"What?" Gan Mao suddenly frowned.

This time, the speed of Chu's rescue was beyond his expectations.

And this time, the Chu army rushed to Yiyang so quickly, and the determination to save Han expressed was even more obvious.

More than 100,000 Han troops defended the fortified city, plus 100,000 Chu troops as reinforcements, with more than 200,000 Qin troops in his hands, there was no hope of victory at all.

Thinking of this, Gan Mao suddenly asked with a calm face: "How is Zhao and Wei doing now, have they agreed to send troops?" ”

Feng Xi shook his head: "The Wei State has already agreed to send troops to attack Korea, but the Chu State is not moving a lot on the Chen Di side. Therefore, Wei said that he would first deal with Chendi's Chu army before he could send troops to Korea. ”

When Gan Mao heard this, his face darkened: "Excuse, this is an excuse, although Chen Di is powerful, but the main force of Chu is either in South Korea or Jiangdong, and locally, except for Chen Di, there is no sign of large-scale troop transfer at all." With Chen Di's troops, self-protection is still reluctant, let alone threatening the beam.

King Wei must have thought that the price given by my Qin State was not enough, and wanted to continue to bargain. ”

Gan Mao scolded Wei Guo, and then asked, "What about Zhao Guo?" ”

Feng Xi glanced at Gan Mao and sighed softly: "Zhao Guo is still discussing whether to send troops to attack Han..."

Gan Mao almost got angry when he heard this, and Wei agreed to send troops, but as a result, Zhao has not yet agreed to send troops to South Korea.

Is it just thinking about the benefits, or the benefits are not enough.

Thinking about it, Gan Mao asked hesitantly: "I heard that Lou Shu of Zhao State was sent to Qin State by King Zhao. ”

"Exactly, the king has already appointed Lou Yan as the secretary."

Gan Mao nodded, and then muttered for a while: "You immediately send someone back to Xianyang, and let some ministers write to the king, saying that Zhao State has not agreed to send troops for a long time, that is because the price given by Qin State is not enough, if you want Zhao State to send troops, you still need to appoint Lou Shu as the prime minister." ”

Feng Xi was stunned, looked at Gan Mao in surprise, first mourned for Prime Minister Zuo Sun Zheng for two seconds, and then nodded vigorously: "Yes, Prime Minister, the minister understands." ”

Seeing Feng Xi nodding, Gan Mao sighed lightly and muttered: "The Chu-Han coalition army is holding on to Yiyang, and the strength is still above our Qin army, and it is impossible to capture Yiyang at the moment." However, as long as Zhao and Wei can send troops to attack South Korea, South Korea is still very likely to defect. ”

Saying that, Gan Mao's spirits perked up, and he commanded loudly: "Pass the order, step up the attack on Mianchi, capture this city, and then enter Yiyang..."

Chuying outside Yiyang City.

"Ling Yin, the spies came to report, after the Qin army learned that our army arrived in Yiyang, they strengthened the offensive against Mianchi, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that the Qin army will feel Yiyang soon."

Zhao Ju listened to Yin Jun's report, smiled, and then looked at Zhuang Ji on the side and asked, "General Zhuang, I don't know what you think of the movements of the Qin army." ”

When Yin Jun heard this, he glanced at Zhuang Ji on the other side, and he knew that Ling Yin Zhaoju was cultivating Zhuang Ji.

At this time, Zhuang Ji thought for a while, and arched his hand: "Ling Yin, with more than 200,000 Qin troops in Gan Mao's hands, even if there is no Chu army to rescue Yiyang, it is almost impossible for him to capture Yiyang, which is guarded by more than 100,000 Han troops, not to mention that there are still 100,000 Chu troops in Yiyang City."

And now that Gan Mao learned of the arrival of our army, not only did he not retreat from Michi, but stepped up the siege of Michi. This shows that..."

Zhuang Ji paused, and then said: "This shows that either the Qin State still has reinforcements, and the Qin army will fight a decisive battle with our Chu and Han coalition forces in Yiyang, or the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Zhao will send troops to attack Han." Of course, it's more likely that both are going on at the same time. ”

Zhao Ju smiled and nodded: "Yes, Ben Jiang also thought so." However, there is no news from the Qin side at present, but there should be news from Wei that the king of Wei has promised to send troops to attack Han. ”

When Zhuang Ji heard this, his face remained unchanged and said: "It is not a big problem for Wei to send troops, Xinzheng is the capital of South Korea, it is strong, and South Korea still has two weeks of reinforcements, plus my Chen Di's containment, South Korea should not give in to Wei." As for Zhao Guo..."

Zhuang Ji arched his hand to Zhao Ju and said: "Ling Yin, now the main forces of South Korea are concentrated in Yiyang and Xinzheng, if Zhao sends troops to attack South Korea, or Qi also sends troops, the last general will think that South Korea will be difficult to hold for a long time." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Ju smiled and said: "On the Zhao side, because Gongzi Zhang strongly opposed Zhao Guo's invasion of Han, King Zhao has not yet agreed to send troops to attack Han. Moreover, our people have already tried their best to encourage King Zhao to send troops to Zhongshan, and Zhao should not send troops to attack Korea.

As for Qi Guo..."

Zhao Ju smiled: "The Wei State had already agreed to send troops to attack Xinzheng, but because the Qin State set aside the Qi State and contacted Zhao Wei and Han alone, intending to seize the leadership of the alliance. Therefore, Su Dai has successfully lobbied the king of Wei to postpone the dispatch of troops by Wei. ”

"This..."

Hearing the news from Zhao Ju's mouth, Yin Jun Zhuang was stunned at the same time, but he didn't expect Qi Guo to pull the back of the alliance again.

At this time, Zhao Ju turned his gaze to the west and muttered: "Now, this Ling Yin hopes that Qin Guo can come to Yiyang soon..."

A few days later, the Qin army conquered Michi, and then the army marched eastward to Yiyang.

In the west of Yiyang City, Gan Mao led an army close to the city, then looked at the tall city wall of Yiyang, stunned for a long time, and then turned away.

"Order, closely monitor the movements of Yiyang City and the Chu army."

"Come, immediately start building siege equipment."

"Send an order, send someone back to Xianyang for help."

Chu Ying.

"Ling Yin, after the Qin army set up a large camp, they have already begun to build equipment." Yin Junyu reported.

"Okay, there is Lao Yinjun who continues to monitor the Qin army."

"Yes, Ling Yin." Yin Jun nodded, then turned to leave.

At this time, Zhao Ju looked in the direction of the Qin army from a distance.

"As soon as the Qin army arrived in Yiyang, they immediately built siege equipment, which shows that the plan to deter the Qin army and make the Qin army retreat without a fight failed. Next, if the Qin army besieges but does not attack, once the city is attacked, then the Chu army has to preserve its strength, so that Qin and Han can consume each other, hoping that Qin and Han will lose both.

However, since Gan Mao is determined to attack Yiyang, it shows that Qin is bound to win Korea. And now the state of Chu can't go all out, once the situation changes, I'm afraid of South Korea..."

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju's face sank slightly.

"Regardless of the final outcome, on the whole, be prepared to weaken South Korea as much as possible."

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju suddenly spoke: "Come on, let General Zhuang Ji go to Yiyang to ask to see his uncle, just say that my Chu army is coming from afar, and the military rations are not well prepared, so I ask for support from South Korea." ”

Yiyang.

When the uncle heard Zhuang Ji's intention, he was stunned.

Asking for food? Before the war officially started, Zhao Ju asked for food?

Is this a real shortage of food, or is there a fear that something will change in South Korea?

However, no matter what Zhao Ju meant, when the war was about to begin, he could only agree.

Thinking of this, the uncle immediately responded to Zhuang Ji: "The general's intention is already known, please report to Ling Yin immediately, the matter of food is easy to say, and the Japanese minister will send 100,000 stone of military food to Chu Ying."

Also, in order to reward the Chu army for coming to help, next, Ben Xiang will send 100,000 stone of grain to the Chu camp every half month, please Ling Yin don't have to worry about the lack of military food. ”

When Zhuang Ji heard this, he immediately smiled.

Each person in the army needs to consume about two and a half stones of grain per month, and if South Korea supports 200,000 grains per month, it will solve the problem of more than half of the military rations of the Chu army.

Thinking about it, Zhuang Ji immediately saluted his uncle and said, "Thank you uncle for your generosity, and I will go back to report to Ling Yin in the future." ”

When the uncle heard this, he smiled and nodded.

Then, after Zhuang Ji left, the uncle immediately ordered: "Go, go back immediately to report to the king, please speed up, don't let Chu State doubt the sincerity of Korea." ”