Tang Yu nodded.

Now, most of the elite soldiers of the Chu State have been picked up by Jing Cui, and there are not many elite soldiers left.

After thinking about it, Tang Mo opened his mouth and replied: "King, the 30,000 elites in the hands of General Zhaorat in Hanzhong, the ministers want 20,000." The 10,000 Chu troops in Wujun were not only all wanted, but also the county guard Sima Jianchen was also taken away. In addition, the sailors and ministers of the Chu State all want. As for the rest of the army..."

Tang Yu hesitated in his heart.

Most of the elites of the Chu State were picked up by Jing Cui, and now, there are still some elites left, and there are still some defense lines in Fangcheng, but these can still be prevented, and then, that is Chen Di. But Chen Di is the base of Vawei, and he can't choose the troops here.

Therefore, the only choice he can have is the conscripted army.

In addition to Chen Cai's place, there are Jianghan and Jianghuai.

As for where exactly the army was drafted from?

Tang Mo thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that it was more advantageous to recruit soldiers from Jianghan.

There are two reasons, one is that Jianghan is far away from Yue Guo, and it is not easy to be discovered by Yue Guo, so it will not arouse the vigilance of Yue Guo. At the same time, there is the convenient transportation conditions of the river, and the troops from Jianghan are dispatched, down the river, and go straight to Wucheng. This speed is faster than sending troops from Jianghuai.

On the other hand, the transfer of Jianghuai's soldiers to Wei caused a situation of Jianghuai's emptiness could allow Yue to relax its vigilance against Chu. The elite of Guangling Huaibei was transferred to attack the Qi State, and the soldiers of Jianghuai were transferred to attack the Wei State, so that the Yue State would no longer be more defensive against the Chu State.

Thinking about it, Tang Mo bowed his hand and said: "Great King, as for the remaining army to attack the Yue Kingdom, the minister hopes to recruit from the Jianghan region, and then, with the addition of the sailors, a total of 250,000 troops. ”

Xiong Huai's heart was loose and tight when he heard this.

At present, the number of troops that Tang Wu needs to mobilize plus what Jing Cui has called is only 60,000, and the transfer of troops of this scale should not arouse the vigilance of all countries.

If this aspect can make Xiong Huai breathe a sigh of relief, then this 450,000 army will make Xiong Huai's heart tighten. With Tang Yu's opening, the forces between Jiang and Han have basically been exhausted, which is a veritable national battle.

"Yes, all of Qing's requests can be agreed." Xiong Huai said, turned his head to look at Zhao Ju and said, "Sima, the matter of transferring troops from Hanzhong and Wujun must also be carried out immediately. ”

"Yui." Zhao Ju responded, paused, and Zhao Ju arched his hand again: "Great King, the Chu army in the hands of General Zhao Rat, and the Chu army in Wujun are all the troops of our Chu defense against Qin, and now the official alliance between Qin and Chu has not yet reached Yingdu. Therefore, the minister thought that after the alliance arrived in Yingdu, we could justifiably transfer the army of Wujun in Hanzhong back on the grounds that Qin and Chu had formed an alliance and the two countries were on good terms, so as to show goodwill to Qin. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, Zhao Ju's excuse for transferring troops can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

"Well, this matter is feasible, Sima can arrange it."

After agreeing to Zhao Ju's plan, Xiong Huai paused, and then said to Zhao Ju: "Sima, as for the next matter of besieging Wei with other countries, the widow still leaves this matter to you. As for the troops needed to defeat Wei, there may still be a shortage in the land of Chen Cai, and if there is a shortage of the rest, it will be recruited from the land of Jianghuai. ”

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Ju responded.

After a pause, Xiong Huai said with a very serious face: "Sima, the number of troops transferred by the widow this time can be said to be far more than in the past, this national war that blocked the fate of the Chu State, the widow did not allow anyone to delay in the process. Both the counties and the feudal lords of each region gave them two months' notice of how many troops were to be conscripted.

On the day when the army gathers, if it is discovered by the widow, someone uses the old, weak, sick and disabled to offset the number, or someone does not arrive when it expires, once it is investigated and punished, it will be cut down and demoted, and the knight will be directly reduced to be degraded to a concubine. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai said in a cold tone: "Tell them, don't doubt the determination of the widows, if it is because of them that this defeat failed, the widows don't mind following the example of the first king Su and cleaning up the nobles in the Chu country again." ”

Zhao Ju nodded.

Although the king of Chu pointed out the counties and feudal monarchs at the same time, Zhao Ju knew that the king of Chu specifically referred to the feudal monarchs in various places.

Every time a war is fought, unless there is a great deal of certainty that it will be won, the feudal lords in various places are always not very active in sending troops and food, either the elite soldiers are mixed with the farmers, or the amount of grain and grass is injected with water, or the old grain or secondary grain is added, in short, it is a negative response.

However, in the past few years, the situation has improved, of course, not because of their conscience, but because of the foreign war in the past few years, the state of Chu has called on all countries to besiege other countries by virtue of its status as the leader of the alliance. On the one hand, the king of Chu personally conquered, and the feudal monarch had to be more active, on the other hand, the advantage of the Chu state was great, and the feudal monarchs themselves were willing to actively send troops to take advantage.

With the continuous victories of the state of Chu, as the prestige of the king of Chu continued to increase, this situation became more and more obvious.

Therefore, this time on the bright face of the conscription of troops and other countries to besiege Qi and Wei, in the case of obvious advantages, Zhaoju is confident that enough troops will be recruited from all over the country.

If someone really committed a crime against the wind and dragged his feet in the action of Chu to destroy the Yue State for more than ten years, Zhaoju would not mind getting rid of two or three feudal monarchs.

This kind of thing, without the appearance of the king of Chu, he, an important minister in the court, Sima, can handle it.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju replied with a solemn face: "Please rest assured, the king will not worry, in this war, the ministers will definitely let them send the most elite soldiers in their hands to participate in the war." ”

Xiong Huai nodded.

Then he was still not at ease, so he looked at Jing Cui and Tang Mo on a plate, and the matter of transferring troops had to be done by letting the two of them come out to put pressure on the feudal monarchs.

Jing Cui is a pillar of the country, and Tang Wu is a defeat, although they are not responsible for the transfer of troops, but Jing Cui is the highest general of the Chu army, and Tang Wu is specifically responsible for arresting in the court, and the deterrent power of the two of them is still not small.

Moreover, in the Chu State, the largest feudal aristocratic forces, in addition to the Zhao clan where Zhao Ju is located, the rest are the Jing clan and the Qu clan. As long as the Zhao clan and the Jing clan take the lead, then the remaining clan branches will not dare to have a fluke.

Similarly, Tang Mo came from the ancient great nobles with different surnames in the Chu State, and his prestige among the feudal lords with different surnames was also extremely high. If the Tang family comes forward to say hello, then those feudals with different surnames will not dare to slack off.

The most important thing is that Jing Cui is the main general who attacked the Yue King, and Tang Mo is the main general who attacked the Yue Kingdom, so it is impossible for them not to be active.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai spoke: "Zhu Guo, Si is defeated, and the matter of urging troops from all over the country is urged, and the Qing and others should also assist from the side to help Sima complete this matter together." ”

Jing Cui Tang nodded immediately when he heard this, this kind of thing doesn't need to be ordered by the King of Chu, in the face of this big piece of fat in the Yue Kingdom, no matter who dares to pull his hind legs, it is their enemy.

So, the two of them bowed their hands together and said, "Don't worry, king. ”

Xiong Huai nodded when he heard this, and then did not continue to explain deliberately.

Faced with the major event of Fa Yue, Xiong Huai knew that they knew it in their hearts.