Zhuang Ji closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Brother, if the king does not move the people of Huaibei and does not take the initiative to give up Huaibei, then it will be possible for Korea, Yue, and Qi, especially Korea and Yue, it is always easier to attack allies." But now, the chances of the king aligning the two countries with troops are probably greater. ”

Zhuang Xin continued to ask, "So is it Qi or Yue?" ”

Zhuang Ji shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's possible, for Qi State, you can use Huaibei as a bait to lure Qi State to come and recover the lost territory, and then defend the city, consume Qi State's national strength, and finally take the opportunity to contact allies to attack Qi, so as to continue to weaken Qi State." For the Yue Kingdom, with Huaishui as the line of defense and concentrating troops to attack the Yue Kingdom, you must know that the king has been consolidating Guangling City for several years, and even the defeat has been sent over. ”

In the end, Zhuang Ji muttered softly: "Maybe the possibility of Yue Guo is higher." ”

Zhuang Xin nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Fool thinks the same way, but no matter which country the king uses troops against, it must be in the east." ”

Zhuang Ji sighed when he heard this, as a low-level soldier in Yingdu, he was afraid that he would not be able to go to the battlefield in a short time.

Seeing Zhuang Ji's face darkened, Zhuang Xin smiled and said, "Brother Xian, your opportunity has come." ”

Zhuang Ji perked up, looked at Zhuang Xin and said, "Brother means..."

Zhuang Xin stood up suddenly, and then said loudly: "I think my Zhuang family is a descendant of King Zhuang, but the tragedy that happened in the Chu Palace a few decades ago caused my Zhuang family to collapse from then on, and the main line fled abroad, and the branch line further sank." finally came out of Zhuang Zhou, but he would rather be poor for a lifetime than return to China to do things. I heard that when Zhuang Zhou's wife died, he couldn't afford to play drums, so he could only knock on the pot and sing to send his deceased wife away. ”

Saying that, Zhuang Xin sighed: "Since Tingli committed suicide not long ago, now the Zhuang family can only rely on you and my brothers, and the rest of the clan are just ordinary people." ”

"It's just that even so, when the foolish brother entered the office, he was just a small confessor, and the virtuous brother was ten times more talented than the foolish brother, and when he entered the army, he was only a centurion, you and I were brothers, not even doctors."

Zhuang Ji was gloomy by what Zhuang Xin said, and his heart was too.

Zhuang Xin continued: "However, now that the king has given a chance, an opportunity to revive the Zhuang family is in front of the virtuous brother. ”

Zhuang Ji saluted when he heard this: "Please give my brother advice." ”

Zhuang Xin said: "This time, the foolish brother will go to Guangling with Ejun, what kind of person Ejun is, not only the people of Chu know, but I am afraid the whole world knows." Brother Yu admits that when it comes to trading, we people in the Zhuang family are all tied together, and we are not the opponents of Ejun. But if you go to Guangling, there will be a lot of war, and with the ability of Ejun and those under Ejun, I am afraid that it is just to hold Guangling City. ”

"If the virtuous brother can trust the foolish brother, why not go to Guangling with the foolish brother, now Ejun and Ejun's subordinates, proficient in doing business is far better than marching and fighting, but the Jianghuai area is turbulent, upright and eventful, Ejun can be said to be unavailable, as long as the foolish brother finds an opportunity to recommend the virtuous brother to Ejun, then with the ability of the virtuous brother, he will soon be able to emerge and become the right-hand man of Ejun."

"I don't know what the virtuous brother thinks!"

Zhuang Ji was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed: "What my brother said is very true, instead of staying in Yingdu and being an idle centurion, it is better to go to Guangling to fight." ”

After that, Zhuang Ji took out his military card, threw it on the table, and said, "If this centurion doesn't do it..."

Three days later, Ejun took his own Exiang Sima and other confidants, Zhuang Xin took his brother Zhuang Ji, followed Ejun, set off from Yingdu, went down the river, and went to Guangling City.

A few days later, E Jun and others rushed to Guangling City, and at this time, Tang Wu was already waiting outside the city.

When Ejun saw Tang Mo waiting outside the city, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "There is a long time for the defeat of Lao Si, and Eqi is late, late." ”

Tang Yu smiled and said: "Where is Ejun, I just received the king's edict not long ago, and Ejun is here." ”

With that, the two entered Guangling City together, chatting all the way to the city guard's mansion.

In the castle guard, the two sat down.

Tang Wu officially introduced Guangling City to Ejun: "Ejun first came to Guangling, wait for me to explain one or two in detail. Guangling City is on the verge of Hangou, not far from the east is the territory of the Yue State, on the land of Jianghuai, my Chu State and the Yue State and even the previous Wu State, repeatedly fought for hundreds of years, until 20 years ago, the eastern border of our Chu State was extended from Shou County to Hangou, almost cut off the Yue State, for this more than ten years, the Yue State will attack my Chu State every year, just to recover the lost territory. In particular, Hangou, the river dug by King Wu, is the main channel connecting the river and Huaishui, and it is also the most important channel connecting the north and south of the Yue country. ”

"Cut off at the waist?" Ejun inexplicably remembered a previous statement, the eastern part of Chu used to go east to the sea, but now Yue and Chu are repeatedly fighting for Hangou, it seems that Yue has recovered a lot of lost land over the years.

Tang Yu continued: "It is precisely because Hangou is very important to the Yue Kingdom that in the past few years, the main direction of attack of the Yue Kingdom has always been Guangling City. For this reason, Guangling City has 50,000 standing soldiers, and once something happens, it can immediately transfer troops from various counties in Jiangxi (this Jiangxi is not the current Jiangxi), and recruit troops from the feudal monarchs of Jianghuai, and within a month, 150,000 troops can be gathered. ”

“···”

It turned out that Guangling City was a target, specially used to be attacked.

However, when I thought of entering the city, I was relieved to see the nearly two-zhang high city walls and the wide moat of Guangling City.

Ejun swallowed his saliva, looked at Tang Wu and asked, "Dare to ask Si Defeat, won't Yue Guo attack from others?" ”

Tang Yu smiled: "Of course it will, our Chu State and Yue State also have discord from time to time in the area of Peng Li and Yang Han (Poyang Lake and Ganjiang), but since Peng Li and Yang Han have become the territory of our Chu State, there have been a lot fewer wars." In addition, the east is not far from the core area of the Yue Kingdom, and there are few people on Peng Li's side, and there is not enough food and grass, so there is no large-scale war. But we only need to hold Guangling, and we don't have to worry about the war over there. ”

Hearing Tang Yu mention grain and grass, E Jun asked: "Si defeated, I don't know if there is enough grain and grass in Guangling City?" ”

Tang Mo shook his head and said, "Grain and grass are indeed a problem for Guangling City. ”

"Because Guangling City used to be just a small city, the population was seriously underpopulated, and until now, it is still the case. For this reason, of the 50,000 troops here, 40,000 need to farm during agricultural time, and the other 10,000 are on guard all year round. Because Guangling City is already very close to the capital of Yueguo, once something happens, the army of Yueguo will come overnight, so when exploring the movement of Yueguo, it takes a lot of effort. ”

After a pause, Tang Yu continued: "However, there is no need to worry about the grain and grass problem, the west of Guangling is Huainan, which has been operated by our Chu State for a long time, and Shou County is also the largest county in my Chu State, Shou County is rich in grain and grass, and most of the grain needed by Guangling City can be requisitioned from Shou County." ”

Saying that, Tang Yu smiled and said: "For Guangling City, as long as the city is not lost, it is a credit. ”