The capital of Chu, Chencheng.

Contrary to the cheering and enthusiastic atmosphere when the Yingdu was recovered a year ago, the palace of the Chu State at this moment was full of solemn atmosphere.

Chu Wangyuan sat at the top, his brows were tightly locked, and his tone was a little gloomy.

"Now that the Qin army is attacking from both sides, the situation of the Jingyang army is critical, what can I do?"

It's not that Chu Wangyuan is not strong enough, but the current situation is really quite unfavorable for Chu State.

After conquering Yingdu, the Qin cavalry led by Wang Ling first attacked Zhanjingling along the west of the Yangtze River, and then crossed the Han River from here to the north, and then captured Xinshi and Sui along the way, and then crossed the Tongbai Mountain to the north, crossed the Zhushui about a hundred miles east of Chuisha, and entered Nanyang County of Chu State.

At this point, Wang Ling's army had actually been inserted between the army on the front line of Wancheng of Chu led by Jingyang and the capital Chen Ying.

Now Xianghe, one of the three main roads connecting Wancheng and the front line, and Chongqiu have all been occupied by the royal tombs, and only Fangcheng is still in the hands of the Chu State.

This Fangcheng is not the Fangcheng defense line of the Chu State, but a city called "Fangcheng" in the Fangcheng defense line.

Judging from the current situation, the fall of Fang Cheng is basically a matter of time.

This is very bad news for the current state of Chu.

Once Fangcheng fell, the connection between Chen Ying, the capital of Chu State, and the Jingyang army on the front line was completely cut off, which meant that the army on the front line of Chu was about to fall into a crisis of food shortage.

It is absolutely impossible for an army without a supply of food and grass to win a battle.

After cutting off the grain route of the Chu army, the Qin people didn't even need to launch any attack, they could sit back and wait for the automatic rout of the Chu army on the front line.

Chu Wangyuan asked the many ministers of Chu in the hall with some sorrow: "Zhuqing, now that the Qin army is attacking fiercely and the war ahead is unsustainable, what should the widow do?" ”

As soon as Chu Wangyuan's voice fell, a minister of Chu immediately jumped out and said loudly to Chu Wangyuan: "Great King, my Chu country is vast and rich, it is a country of ten thousand times, and it has a population of one million, and an army of 50,000 royal tombs, what is the way?" The king only needs to allocate 100,000 soldiers and horses to the ministers, and the ministers will definitely be able to break through the royal tomb and take the head of the royal tomb to be presented in front of the king! ”

These words were impassioned and infectious, and immediately won a big white eye from Chu Wangyuan.

If Chu Wangyuan was really able to put together an army of 100,000 with enough combat strength to defeat Wang Ling at this moment, then would this king of Chu still be worried here?

In fact, let alone 100,000, even 50,000 troops can't be taken out by Chu Wangyuan now!

Although it is said that after recovering the two southeastern circles, the current Chu State has recovered to the level of its heyday in terms of territory area, but the current Chu State can only be called a quasi-hegemon-level country at best, and there is still a certain gap from the Southern Heaven Heyday Chu State in its heyday.

This disparity is reflected in many aspects, such as the combat effectiveness of the army, the country's finances, and the population that can act as a source of soldiers.

The lack of troops is the biggest problem facing the Chu State at this moment.

Before this, in order to deal with the invasion of Qin and Qi, Chu Wangyuan had mobilized 400,000 troops, and these 400,000 troops were already the largest number that Chu could use at the moment.

The number of 400,000 troops was actually the highest number that other countries in the world could use at that time, except for the two great powers of Qin and Zhao.

But for the current Chu State, these 400,000 are not even enough! And there's no way to get more soldiers and horses out.

This led to a very embarrassing situation, that is, the current Chu Wang Yuan could only watch Wang Ling lead 50,000 Qin troops like Sun Wukong getting into the belly of the iron fan princess to turn over the river and the sea in Nanyang County, Chu State, but he was completely helpless and helpless.

Chu Wangyuan sneered and said, "How can the widow have 100,000 soldiers and horses? This is not enough, and retreat. ”

The minister of Chu who proposed it was flushed by Chu Wangyuan's reprimand, and he retreated.

Soon, another minister of Chu State came out and said, "Great King, it is better to order Shangzhu State and Ling Yin to take the initiative to attack, if you can defeat the main force of Qin Qi on the frontal battlefield, then the 50,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Ling are not enough to worry at all." ”

As soon as this remark came out, many ministers of Chu State echoed it.

Chu Wangyuan thought about it and felt that this could actually be regarded as a feasible strategy.

Indeed, if it is possible to defeat the main force of the Qin army or one of the great armies of the Qi State on the frontal battlefield, then the Chu State will have an extra 200,000 troops out of thin air to deal with Wang Ling.

At that time, it will not be Wang Ling who will cut off Jingyang's back road, but Jingyang will directly turn Wang Ling to make dumplings.

However, this idea is not without its opponents.

Before Chu Wangyuan made a decision, another minister of Chu immediately retorted: "This is a bad statement, Qin is the overlord of the world, and Qi is also a powerful country in the east. ”

This statement has also won the approval of many people.

When Chu Wangyuan heard this, he felt that it seemed to make sense.

In the past few decades, the Qin State has been the bitter master of the Chu State, and the Qi State has also won a big victory over the Chu State such as the Battle of the Hanging Sands, although it is said that the Chu State has also returned color to these two countries in the Battle of Changping and the Five Kingdoms Expedition to Qi, but if it is really a full-scale war, Chu Wang Yuan is actually not confident in his heart.

So when someone said this, Chu Wangyuan began to be a little uncertain and silent again.

During the time when Chu Wangyuan was hesitating, the ministers of the two factions had a fierce quarrel over whether to send troops, and the hall was extremely noisy for a while, like a vegetable market.

"Enough!" Chu Wangyuan, who finally couldn't continue to be silent, slapped the table in front of him in an irritable mood, and shouted angrily: "Noisy and yelling, what kind of system is it?" Shut up the widows! ”

The whole hall slowly fell silent.

Looking at the faces of the ministers with different expressions in front of him, Chu Wangyuan's heart was upset for no reason.

It's not even good to come up with an idea, what's the use of the widow asking these courtiers!

Chu Wangyuan took several deep breaths before he could barely suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Do you have any other plans?" ”

In Chu Wangyuan's view, attacking is too risky, and holding steady is equivalent to slow death, both of which are actually undesirable.

Since none of them are desirable, then of course there is no other way to find another way.

I have to say that there are actually quite a few courtiers in the Chu State who have ideas.

After a moment of silence, another minister of Chu came out and said: "Great King, the minister heard that the main force of the Sanjin coalition army has begun to enter Hedong County under the leadership of Lian Po a few days ago, and at this moment the Qin State is also under the enemy's back, if Hedong falls into the hands of the Sanjin coalition army, then the coalition army can either go west to attack Xianyang, or go south to cut off Wang Gong's back road, Qin has to defend, then the battle situation will have a turnaround." ”

When Chu Wangyuan heard this, his eyes lit up.

That sounds like a pretty good idea!