After Gongsun Yan left to write a letter, Xiong Huai was silent for a long time, and asked Doctor Shangguan, "Xianqing, how long has it been since we left Yingdu?" ”

Doctor Shangguan silently counted in his heart, and saluted: "Back to the king, it took us nearly a month on the road, and then it took nearly twenty days to build siege equipment, and then it took almost two months to attack Qiying, roughly calculated, close to four months." ”

"Hmm!" Xiong Huai was noncommittal and asked, "Then what is the purpose of our troops this time?" ”

Doctor Shangguan arched his hand and said: "Because of the marriage of Qin and Qi, we are worried that Qin and Qi will attack our alliance, so we will strike first." In addition, it is to take the opportunity to deplete the strength of Qi and Vietnam. ”

"Not bad." Xiong Huai nodded: "It's for these two purposes, now that the war has been going on for nearly two months, the Qi State has been besieged, its strength has been weakened, and the Yue State has also suffered losses, so it can be said that the purpose of our troops has been achieved, and it stands to reason that we should be able to withdraw and return to China." ”

With the sound of fighting in his ears, Xiong Huai frowned and said: "It's just that this war is really a wreck, and it doesn't matter if the widow is blocked from Zhongwu City, what's more, my Chu army didn't even touch the city wall of Zhongwu City, if you just go back..."

Chen Zhen knew that the King of Chu had already retreated, but he was unwilling, so he sighed and said: "King, the war in the world is nothing more than this, it takes time to gather an army, it takes time to build siege equipment, and it also takes time to build a wall of soil. ”

"This time we only attacked the Qi camp, and it only took five days to build the ground, which is already fast."

Xiong Huai sighed: "Attacking the city is really the next strategy, the Qi camp and Zhongwu City in front of you are fine, thinking back to the time when the Five Kingdoms attacked Qin and besieged Hangu Pass, the widow stayed outside Hangu Pass for nearly a year, and as a result, he did not see any hope of success." ”

However, having said that, once the other side is determined to defend the city, then the attacker has only two options, either to attack the city or to besiege it.

Hearing this, Doctor Shangguan arched his hand and asked, "What does the king mean?" ”

"The wheat of our Chu country will be ripe soon. Now that our Chu, Yue, and Qi Kingdoms have all suffered a lot of losses, and if we continue to fight, the benefits will be too small, and the losses will be too serious, which will not only hurt the foundation of our Chu State, but also let the Qin State take advantage of it, which is not cost-effective. Xiong Huai said heavily.

Chen Zhen sighed when he heard this, the war had been nearly two months, and countless money and food had been consumed, and the soldiers had also suffered a lot of losses.

Xiong Huai said and continued: "But just go back like this, the widow's face is really ugly, so the widow plans to besiege Zhongwu City after breaking through the Qi camp to show the might of the Chu army, and then wait for the rest to be completed, and then return to China." ”

Hearing this, Doctor Chen Zhen saluted and said, "The king is wise. ”

That night, Zhongwu was in the city.

Meng Weijun walked to Kuang Zhang's side with a solemn face and said: "General, Doctor Ju summoned the last earthen wall of the camp, under the attack of the Chu army, has been seriously damaged, and it will collapse in a short time, Doctor Ju asks the general to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Kuang Zhang closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "The camp has been holding on for nearly two months, and it has reached the expected goal, since it can't be held, then let Doctor Ju get ready, and then hold on to the last day, tomorrow night, and prepare to withdraw to the city." ”

"It's the general."

"Also, let Dr. Jimo also get ready, retreat together tomorrow night, and retreat to the north of Zhongwu City to camp and rest."

Meng Weijun was surprised: "General, is it too early to let Dr. Jimo retreat now?" ”

"The Vietnamese army is under the control of our Qi army, and the offensive is far less fierce than the Chu army, and now it has not even broken through the third earthen wall of Jimo Doctor, and Jimo Doctor still has the strength to spare!"

Kuang Zhang shook his head and said: "Zhongwu City is small and difficult to last, so the purpose of setting up a camp outside the city is to frustrate the spirit of the armies of Chu and Yue, not to let the military camp resist the attack of the Chu-Yue coalition army for us." ”

"Now that the morale of the enemy has been drained and the sharpness has been lost, then there is no need for Dr. Jimo to continue to stay in the front."

Meng Weijun nodded thoughtfully: "The last general understands." ”

On the morning of the third day.

"King, the Zhu Kingdom has come to report that the Qi army has left the camp last night, and the Zhu Kingdom has captured the Qi army camp!"

"What?"

Not long after the attack on the camp began, Xiong Huai received a report from Jing Cui.

Xiong Huai was startled, and after nearly two months of onslaught, the Qi army suddenly retreated, and there was a feeling of disbelief.

With emotion in his heart, Xiong Huai walked out quickly.

When I came to the mound of the lookout, I saw that the Chu army had completely captured the military camp in front of Zhongwu City.

After a while, Jingcui came to Xiong Huai's side and saluted:

"King, now that the camp has been lowered, please show the king."

Xiong Huai nodded: "Immediately investigate the news of the Yue Kingdom, if the right battalion of the Qi army is still holding on, then immediately surround the camp of the Qi army, and this time the Qi army cannot be allowed to escape." ”

"Yes, my lord."

Soon after, Jing Cui returned: "King, the news from the Yue Kingdom, the Qi State Jimo Doctor they also ran away last night, and the large camp on the right side is also an empty camp, and the Yue army has captured the Qi camp." ”

"Now that the envoy of the Yue Kingdom is on the way, King, what should we do."

“·······” Xiong Huai thought for a while and said, "Since there is no obstacle in front of Zhongwu City, then let's surround Zhongwu City." ”

"Now that the attitude of the Qin State is unclear, the other allies are all ambiguous with the Qi State, and the widows are always worried that something will be wrong, so stop the offensive for the time being and rest against the Qi army."

"After resting, prepare to withdraw the troops."

"Yes, my lord."

The Vietnamese army battalion.

King Yue listened to Wang Xing's war report, and his face was frosty.

"In other words, under the circumstance that our Yue Kingdom intends to preserve its strength, the losses of our Yue army are only slightly lighter than the Chu army that stormed the Qi camp!"

Wang Xing nodded and said, "Great King, that's exactly the case. In particular, Kuang Zhang's first sneak attack not only broke through the right flank of our Vietnamese army, but also almost broke our Chinese army, and our losses in that battle accounted for a small half. If it hadn't been for the Chu army coming to help at that time, I'm afraid we would have been defeated. ”

King Yue was furious: "Kuang Zhang's child is hateful, the widow did not plan to storm the Qi camp, but he was regarded as weak and bullied, hateful." ”

After a pause, King Yue gritted his teeth and said, "This time, the hatred will be avenged sooner or later." Now the king of Chu has sent a message that the Chu army is surrounding the south and west of Zhongwu City, but our Vietnamese army is surrounding the east, what does the general think? ”

Wang Xing pondered for a moment and said: "King, this move of the King of Chu is against common sense, although the losses of our coalition army are not light, but the strength is still there, the correct way should be to take advantage of the breakthrough of the Qi camp and the morale is greatly boosted, and immediately deploy an attack on Zhongwu City, instead of besieging the city to rest." ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the state of Chu either has other plans, or plans to withdraw its troops."

King Yue was thoughtful.