Sima Jian swallowed his saliva, and continued: "Among the five kingdoms, the weakest Han and Song countries are removed, and the remaining three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Qi are all powerful countries, this time the Qin State and Qin Qi each sent 200,000 troops, and the Wei State sent 150,000 troops, which proves that the three kingdoms are far superior to the strong strength of Song and Han. ”

After Xiong Huai and the others briefly explained the situation of the five countries, he asked again: "I don't know what Zuo Sima thinks, how the five countries will attack my Chu State this time." ”

Sima Jian immediately responded: "Great King, it is good to say that the Qin army attacked my Chu State, which is nothing more than the two roads of Wuguan and Nanzheng, and now Qin Prime Minister Gan Mao personally led the army to garrison Wuguan, so the target of the Qin army's attack must be my Danxi defense line."

Now the Danxi defense line is garrisoned by the general Zhuang Ji led by 50,000 Chu troops, and the ministers think that the 50,000 Chu troops are stationed in the Danxi defense line for more than 100 miles, and the strength is dwarfed, so we must increase the troops for the general Zhuang Ji, and we must gather 100,000 troops for the general Zhuang Ji. ”

"An army of 100,000." Xiong Huai nodded.

Last time, the five kingdoms were all concentrated in Chendi, so it was enough for Zhuang Ji to lead 50,000 Chu troops to guard the Danxi defense line.

But now that Gan Mao is about to lead 200,000 Qin troops to attack, the 50,000 Chu troops are far from enough, and only by gathering 100,000 Chu troops can they be foolproof.

At this time, Sima Jian saw the king of Chu nodding, and immediately continued: "Yes, the minister means to recruit soldiers from the people who have not yet sent troops in Hanbei County, so that each of the seventeen counties of Hanbei County can produce one adult soldier. In this way, the Danxi defense line not only has abundant troops, but also uses the local people of Hanbei to defend Hanbei County, which will surely inspire the people of Hanbei to fight to the death. ”

Xiong Huai did not immediately agree when he heard this.

When the Five Kingdoms moved before, he had already sent half of his troops from Hanbei, and now he is recruiting from the families of the remaining people who have not yet sent troops, so all the families of the people in Hanbei have sent troops.

If it is other places, conscription will also be conscription, but the three counties of Hanbei are different.

The three counties of northern Hanbei have been restructured for several years, and the small family system has been implemented for several years, and most of the people in each family are two husbands and wives, plus an eldest son and the remaining minor children. Therefore, most of the people in the three counties of Hanbei have only one middle-aged male in their homes, and no matter how many there are, the most is only two.

In the past, when conscription was carried out from Hanbei, half of the troops were recruited from each county, and the remaining half was rested to allow the people to have time to rest. Now the people of Hanbei have recruited one soldier from each household, and they have basically been emptied of the strong men in Hanbei County.

Xiong Huai was not only worried that the Hanbei Army would be unable to bear the burden, but also worried that other places would resist the small family system after seeing what happened to the people of Hanbei County, which would destroy the overall situation of his reform based on the three counties of Hanbei.

At this time, Qu Yuan saw that the king of Chu did not immediately agree to Sima Qian's suggestion, he knew the concerns of the king of Chu, but at this time, facing the national war, he couldn't take care of his team.

So, Qu Yuan immediately spoke: "Great King, since the Five Kingdoms conquered Chencheng and seized the land of my Yingru, the differences between the Five Kingdoms have become increasingly obvious, and the world can already foresee that the Five Nations Alliance will soon fall apart. And after the five countries fell apart, with only one or two countries or even two or three countries, with the strength of our Chu country, we can not be afraid at all.

And now the reason why the five countries can barely reach out and jointly send troops to attack our Chu State is because after the defeat of our Chu State in Chencheng, the five countries thought that our Chu State had fallen into weakness, so they jointly sent troops to take advantage of our Chu State.

Therefore, the minister thinks that in the next battle, our Chu State must not fail, otherwise, all countries will attack our Chu State endlessly, and constantly cut the land from us.

Therefore, in this war, we not only need to hold the defense lines in various places, but also concentrate our forces to defeat one or two of them and teach the five countries a lesson.

Only if our Chu State wins once or even twice, can we repel the Five Kingdoms and disintegrate the Five Nations Alliance. Only the five-nation alliance has collapsed, so that in this war, we must go all out to play the prestige of our Chu country, so that the five countries will not dare to bully our weakness and attack us easily.

In this way, we can have enough time to cultivate. ”

As soon as Qu Yuan's voice fell, Zuo Yin Zhaochang continued: "Great King, Zuo disciple is extremely true, after the first battle of Chen Cheng, the contradictions between countries have overwhelmed the fear of my Chu State, and the purpose of the war has changed from fear of my Chu State to greed for my Chu State. Therefore, this war is a key battle for our Chu State to reverse the unfavorable diplomatic situation.

Therefore, the minister thought that this time, not only Hanbei County needed to mobilize all the troops, but also all the troops in Jianghan and Jianghuai needed to be requisitioned, and each household sent one soldier to tide over this crisis.

If you win, the alliance of the five countries will collapse, and if you lose, all countries will continue to take advantage of our Chu country, and if you win, you will win a chance to breathe, and if you lose, you will not be able to be peaceful for several years.

Therefore, the minister thought that my Chu State must go all out in this battle. ”

At this time, Sima Jian continued: "The king, what Zuo Yin Zuo said is exactly what the minister meant, in this battle, in the area north of the river, all the people, each household must send one soldier. And if there are no adult men in the people's families, then as long as there are more than sixteen men in the family, then they must send troops. ”

As soon as Sima Qian's voice fell, the right Sima Deng Lingguang immediately bowed his hand and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

The other ministers followed suit: "The minister seconded the proposal..."

Hearing this, Xiong Huai took a deep breath, and then nodded: "Okay, since this is the case, then this war will be opened, and all the people in Jiangbei will be requisitioned to fight with the Five Kingdoms." ”

"The king is wise!"

Then, Xiong Huai calmed down and asked Sima Qian: "Zuo Sima, except for the 100,000 troops on the Danxi defense line, what do you think of the troops in other places?" ”

Sima Jian responded: "King, the defense line of my Chu State stretches for two thousand miles from Huaishui to Hanzhong. Among them, the road from Qin to our Chu State is more rugged, in addition to the 100,000 Chu troops in Danxi, in addition, it is necessary to levy troops from the two counties of Hanzhong and Shangyong to garrison in Hanzhong, where Hanzhong can rely on the Great Wall, only 20,000 troops are enough to deal with it.

On the Bashu side, the king can ask the two countries to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the sneak attack of the Qin State, and then add the response of the Wujun Chu army to the two countries, then Bashu can have no worries.

Therefore, even if the Qin State comes from all over the country, our Chu State only needs fifteen troops to hold the Western Front. ”

After talking about the Qin State, Sima Jian paused, and then said: "As for the Korean side, the losses of the Korean army are not light, and the food is even more seriously insufficient, so South Korea only needs Sima Jingqi to guard the Great Wall of Fangcheng, and then let Ye County guard mobilize the people, and transfer some people from the two counties of Shangyong and Xiangyang to assist in the defense, and the two places can gather 100,000 troops to defend the two places of Fangcheng Ye County." ”

"As for the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song..." Sima Jian frowned: "At present, the troops dispatched by the Three Kingdoms have exceeded 400,000, and if you add the Qi army on the other side of the Qinghe River, the troops used by the Three Kingdoms have exceeded 500,000.

And on the side of my Chu State, where Huaibei is still in the hands of my Chu State, there are only Juyang where Ling Yin is stationed, and the Yellow State in the west of Juyang. According to the minister's inference, the primary goal of the five countries this time should be to pull out the two places of Juyang and Huangcheng and completely drive the forces of our Chu State to Huainan.

As long as Huaibei does not have the base of our Chu State, then all countries can defend themselves across the river from our country, so that all countries can defend the key points and use very few troops to stop our Chu State south of Huaishui, so as to get enough time to digest the Huaibei land they occupied before.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the recovery of the strength of our Chu State in the future, the two places of Juyang and Huangcheng must not fall into the hands of the Five Kingdoms.

Therefore, the minister thought that the land of Juyang must have 200,000 troops to hold on, and the Huangcheng side also needed 100,000 troops.

In addition, the two places of Shou County and Huaiyin in Huainan are strategic points of our Chu State, and it is necessary to leave enough troops to garrison, so as not to make a false shot in Juyang by the Qi and Song Dynasties, and then suddenly launch a surprise attack on these two places to open a gap in Huainan.

Therefore, in addition to the will of the people in the city, Shou County must also leave 30,000 troops to defend. And Huaiyin is a strategic point, and the Qi general Shengzi has 100,000 Qi troops in Qinghe City, so Huaiyin needs to have 50,000 Chu troops to garrison, and our Chu State Water Division also needs to be concentrated in Huaishui to respond. ”

After speaking, Sima Jian bowed his hand and said: "The minister's opinion has been said, and I ask the king to consider it in detail." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he estimated it in his heart.

150,000 Chu troops on the Western Front, 100,000 Chu troops in Fangcheng Yejun, 100,000 Chu troops in Huangcheng, 200,000 Chu troops in Juyang, and 100,000 Chu troops in Huainan, roughly speaking, it is close to 600,000 Chu troops, which is already a nationwide battle.

Fortunately, the war took place in the Chu State, and the defense lines in various places had already left enough food, and the Chu State did not have to worry about the food supply problem.

However, Xiong Huai was still a little disappointed in his heart, that is, Sima Qian's deployment was a bit regular, even too conservative, and he was enough to defend and not aggressive enough.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai pondered for a while, looked at the ministers and asked, "Zhuqing, for Zuo Sima's arrangement, do you have any additions and think it is inappropriate?" ”

When the senior doctor Jing Shao heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "The king, the minister has objections." ”