Chapter 176: Dozens of cities in Chu are cut down

Since the Chu army was in the west to attack the Qin battlefield, and the king of Chu went to the east to resist the invasion of Qi, and the central part of Chu was empty, it was naturally impossible to resist the attack of the Wei army.

Zi Lian led the Wei army to connect Yangcheng, Zhaoling, Dengcheng and other places, and approached the upper Cai city of Chu.

At this time, the king of Han also took more than 100,000 Han troops to recapture Luyang from the hands of Chu State, broke through the Lu Pass of Chu Fang City, and approached Wancheng of Chu State.

The state of Chu was in a comprehensive emergency at this time, and the king of Chu, who was commanding the army in Zhongli City to prepare to resist the invasion of the Qi army, was breaking Xianyang for the Chu army in the west, and was celebrating with the accompanying soldiers, and suddenly received the news of the invasion of the two Koreas, and he was also anxious.

I only heard the king of Chu ask Jin Shang, the minister who accompanied him on the expedition this time:

"Jin Shang, what do you think the widow should do now?"

Jin Shang replied:

"Now Han and Wei are taking advantage of the danger of our Chu State to invade our country, and looking at its momentum, they must want to attack our Chu State Yingdu in one fell swoop, our Yingdu is now weakly prepared, and it will take a lot of time for General Jingcui's troops and horses to return, so the minister suggested that the king should hurry back to guard Yingdu!"

The king of Chu asked again:

"If the widow retreats now, the Qi army will definitely cross the Huaishui, and then our Chu State, the entire Jianghuai land, will be lost to Qi, this can't be ...... Never! ”

Jin Shang persuaded again:

"King, compared to Yingdu, what is this eastern land, only if we go back and retreat the Han Wei army, when the time comes, we can relax and come back to recapture the land of Jianghuai and Surabaya?"

Suddenly, a general next to him interjected:

"Great King, Lord Jin Shang, I heard that when the Qi State occupied our Huaisi, it also took the opportunity to occupy a large amount of land such as Langya of the Yue Kingdom, so we might as well unite the Yue Kingdom, maybe the Yue Kingdom Wujiang will help us deal with the Qi State?"

After hearing this, Jin Shang also hurriedly said to the king of Chu:

"Yes, General Jing is right...... General Jing Yu is right, this time the Yue Kingdom will definitely be able to help our Chu State! ”

The king of Chu had some doubts:

"But last time, our Chu State just fought with the Yue State, and now how can the Yue State help my Chu State deal with the Qi State?"

Jing Yu said to the king of Chu:

"Great King, as long as you are willing to give all the land east of Songyang to the Yue Kingdom, presumably the King of Yue Wujiang will definitely agree to help our Chu State deal with the Qi State, after all, now the Qi State has also invaded so much land in the Yue Kingdom!"

The king of Chu couldn't help but say:

"However, even if the widow agrees, but the people of Chu will not agree, after all, our Chu army lost nearly 300,000 soldiers in the previous battle against Yue!"

Jin Shang suddenly knelt in front of the King of Chu and said pleadingly:

"Now it's time for the life and death of our Chu State, if you hesitate any longer, the time will come when the Han and Wei armies will attack our Yingdu!"

After hesitating for a while, the king of Chu said:

"Okay, let Jin Shang go to Yue Guo for a trip, I hope you won't be disappointed again!"

After Jin Shang went to envoy Yueguo, he really used the lure of land to persuade the king of Yue to send troops to reject Qi, and the king of Chu began to hurry back to Yingdu to deal with the crimes committed by Han and Wei.

At this time, the Korean army had already pulled out the Wancheng of Chu State, and the garrison was in Huangjiao.

The Wei army also took Shangcai, Wuyang, Chongqiu and other places in the state of Chu, and was about to cross the water and capture the chuisha.

At this time, Wei Si also rushed from Xianyang to Huangthorn with Su Qin, and met with the King of Han here to discuss the plan to attack Chu, after all, the war in Qin was over.

Since the king of Han had not yet arrived, Wei Si also began to understand the progress of the war between Wei and Han Liang against Chu under the leadership of Gong Shuying, the main general of the Han army.

I only heard Uncle Ying confidently say to Wei Si:

"King Wei, now our Korean army has been replenished with grain and grass in this Yellow Thorn, just wait for your Wei army to arrive nearby, you can attack Chu Chu's Chu's Sha with your country's Chu's Sha, and now there are still 30,000 troops stationed in Chu's Chu's Sha, but they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they must be vulnerable in front of our two armies."

Wei Si asked again:

"Then after conquering the drooping sand, what are you King Han going to do?"

Uncle Baby replied:

"The will of our king, of course I don't dare to guess as a courtier, but if it is according to the intention of my uncle and baby, of course, I want to work with your country to take advantage of the fact that the Chu army is still in Danyang, and go south along the Han River to attack the Yingdu of Chu."

Wei Si seemed to hear the meaning of the uncle's baby:

"It seems that your King Han will be satisfied with the capture of Chuzhi Chuisha, right?"

Uncle Gong didn't speak.

Wei Si wanted to test his uncle:

"You South Korea can make a lot of money this time, not only get all the Qin land east of Hangu Pass, but also get the entire Chu Fang City, and then your South Korea will rise!"

Uncle Baby replied:

"Isn't it the same with your Wei Kingdom? Your country came to Qin's aid before, and obtained a large amount of land from Wucheng to Hangu Pass from Qin, and now your country's Shangluo is no longer an enclave! This time to attack Chu, your country has seized all the hometowns of Chen and Cai in Chu State, which is full of some anointed land, and my South Korea just recovered the homeland that was once lost to Qin and Chu, and then got the land of Chu Fangcheng! ”

Wei Si saw that although this uncle was old, he was still a shrewd old fox, so he smiled:

"Old general, I didn't expect you to know so much about my Wei Kingdom!"

Uncle Gong laughed:

"King Wei, my uncle is also a battle-hardened general, if I don't know anything about the world, how can my king let me lead the army to fight?"

When Wei Si first came, he heard rumors that South Korea had already privately exchanged messengers with Chu State, obviously he didn't want to attack Chu State anymore, if South Korea didn't fight, then his Wei State naturally couldn't use the power of a country to attack Chu's Yingdu, and Chu State's army to attack Qin was about to withdraw, so I wanted to test Uncle Gong's baby.

I didn't expect that although Uncle Ying didn't say it directly, his meaning was already clear, so Wei Si had to make the best next move, which was to find a way to negotiate with Chu State like South Korea and seek existing benefits, after all, the prince of Chu State and Zuo Tu are in Daliang, which is Wei Si's biggest backing.

Wei Si talked with Su Qin that night, and asked Su Qin to secretly go to the capital of Chu to conspire with the king of Chu.

A few days later, King Han also arrived at Yellow Thorn.

At the same time, the Wei army, led by Zi Lian and Chen Zhen, also reached Huangthorn.

Wei Si and King Han together celebrated here with the soldiers of the two countries.

After the banquet was served, the two kings first acknowledged each other, all the lands that the two countries had acquired in Qin and Chu this time, and then talked about other important matters.

I just heard King Han say:

"King Wei, thanks to the help of you and your country, otherwise our Korea might have become devastated under the blow of the Qin State."

Wei Si replied with a smile:

"King Han, you're polite, we, Wei and Han are each other's lips and teeth, as it should be!"

After another kind talk between the two kings, King Han suddenly asked:

"King Wei, according to the fact that Xianyang is destroyed like the Qin State now, which greatly hurts the vitality, how should our two countries treat the Qin State in the future?"

魏嗣 says:

"Although the Qin State has suffered a great injury, it cannot be underestimated, now Bashu is still firmly in its hands, and the Qin State is afraid that it will definitely recover within three years, so our two countries must be cautious!"

King Han nodded:

"Yes, after all, we in South Korea have been deeply harmed by Qin over the years, and this time the Qin State can be regarded as having to settle down!"

Wei Si deliberately asked King Han:

"Then I don't know how King Han plans to treat Chu State? Now that our two countries have occupied so much land in the Chu State, presumably the King of Chu will not give up! ”

Han Wang replied:

"What else, of course it's a fight, it just so happens that the main force of the Chu army can't come to support now!"

Wei Si asked again:

"Then what if the reinforcements of the Chu State come over?"

King Han smiled:

"So what? Of course, the armies of our two countries and the Chu army fought to the death, and the armies of our two countries are now advancing all the way, and their morale is flourishing, but it is not comparable to the army of Chu! ”

Wei Si laughed out loud and deliberately said:

"Haha...... Haha, King Han, you really have courage, but this king thinks that even if we defeat the Chu army this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to get much benefit? ”

King Han also laughed and said:

"Really?"

Wei Si thought about it, but still said bluntly:

"King Han, I heard that you have sent several groups of envoys to the Yingdu of Chu State, I don't know what the result is?"

King Han was stunned for a moment, naturally he didn't expect that such a strict matter of his own would be known by King Wei, so he had to reply:

"Yes, if we continue to fight with the Chu State now, it will only be an endless war, so this king has indeed sent some envoys to see the King of Chu!"

Wei Si also sighed:

"Alas, yes, we are now victorious just because we took advantage of the emptiness of the defense of the Chu State, and when the main force of the Chu army comes, I am afraid we may not be able to win!"

Then he asked:

"Then I don't know what the King of Chu means now?"

Han Wang replied:

"Of course, the king of Chu is angry and wants us Han and Wei to withdraw from the occupied Chu land!"

Wei Si asked again:

"Then is it true that the armies of our two countries really want to fight to the death with the Chu State? There is no room for redemption? ”

King Han smiled:

"However, listening to the meaning of Chu Xiang Zhaoyang, it seems that he is inclined to make peace with our Han and Wei, but because our two countries are now occupying too much Chu land, I am afraid that this peace is a bit difficult to carry out, and even if we quickly send troops south to attack Yingdu, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed, and we will also encounter the main force of Chu withdrawing from Qin!"

Wei Si laughed again:

"Haha, then it seems that our two countries have to occupy more Chu land when the main force of the Chu army cannot come to help, so that the Chu State will agree to make peace, right? King Han! ”

Han Wang replied:

"Yes, but I heard that the main force of Chu has rushed from Danyang to Chuisha, and when the time comes, our two countries will have a life-and-death battle with Chu Zhen, and it is unpredictable whether we win or lose, in case we lose, then won't all these Chu lands we occupy be recovered from Chu?"

Wei Si nodded:

"Yes, it seems that this battle of the sand must be fought with the Chu State, and this battle will also decide, whether we can keep the Chu lands that we are now occupying this time!"

King Han said:

"Yes, if this battle of Lisha is won, we can force the king of Chu to admit that these places belong to our Han and Wei, if this battle is lost, then the Chu State will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue our Han and Wei!"