From the time he fled the state of Chu, Jinghua became a commoner rather than an aristocrat. Nanjun is the old land of the Chu State, and the words and deeds are no different from the Chu State, and the rule of Mishan is not strict, as long as there is money, many things can be accommodated. Jinghua spent a total of about four gold, and settled down in Chengjiu. Bang's demise was deliberate, and the injury was because he couldn't get used to seeing the old Qianshou arrogant and domineering, so he beat several of them.

"In the land of the old Ying, the old Chu people are the new Qiantou, the Qin people are the old Qiantou, and the old Qiantou often humiliates the new Qiantou, and it is repeatedly banned." Cheng Jiedao. "And under the rule of the Qin people, they fought every year, and the common people were miserable, and they suffered Qin for a long time. If the Qin army can be broken, the common people should rise up against Qin. ”

Jiu Ying has infiltrated for several years, not to mention the Great Sima Mansion, even Zhu Ao is also clear about this. Under the rule of the Chu State, the hierarchy is strict, but the Chu State is lazy, the government does not interfere too much in the lives of the common people, and the taxes are also routine, and the most important thing is not to fight, there is a surplus in the year of not fighting, although the life is not too good, it is not too bad. Under the rule of the Qin State, the officials were diligent, took the law as the teaching, and took the officials as the teachers, and every year they either fought wars or forced labor, and they did not stop all year round, and they might have to die on the battlefield.

"I don't think so." If there is an accident, don't let me speak out against Chengjie. "We all know the difference between Qin Zheng and Chu Zheng, but do the old Ying and old Chu people know?"

"How don't you know?" Seisuke asked rhetorically. "Qin Zheng, Chu Zheng, at a glance......"

"It's clear at a glance, only to the ears of onlookers. The old Chu was born under the rule of the Qin State, no selfless school, no newspapers, no business travel, no witches, only know the Qin law and Qin officials, how to know how to know the Chu government? "Don't let me go." There are many people in the old Chu who only know that there is Qin, but they don't know that there is Chu and the world. If the king does not enter the old land to summon him, what will happen to the common people? Chop wood at the right time for the soldiers to oppose Qin, and Qin officials also. ”

"Qin officials?" Not only Cheng Jie, but even Nao and Xiang Yan were surprised by my judgment.

"If our army can defeat the Qin army, those who oppose Qin first will also be Qin officials." Li Ji's judgment turned out to be the same as that of me.

"Faith." Ruo Ao Duxing once personally entered the old Ying, and after coming back, he had a deep talk with Cheng Jie, and Cheng Jie was convinced that the Chu people had been suffering for a long time.

"Cheng Ao Fuxin, what can I do?" Don't let me smile bitterly. "How do the common people know the general trend of the world? How did the common people know that our army was attacking Qin? Those who know the world and the trend of the old Ying must be Qin officials; If the common people don't go to the bazaar, they don't go out of the book, how can they gather troops? The common people are based on farming, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, how dare they oppose Qin? Those who can gather troops to oppose Qin must be Qin officials. Therefore, I think that the old Yingqin officials should not be killed, but should be surrendered. ”

Don't worry, my opinion has already been mentioned, that is, to pardon the old Qin officials and traitors, thinking that I will use them, but the courtiers do not agree. There are no officials and traitors in the Chu State, how can the officials and traitors of the Qin State be pardoned? These people may have killed the Chu people and killed the surname Mi.

This is the reason why the courtiers do not agree, but it is not my original intention, he means to pardon first, and then find an opportunity to move these people out of the old Ying, which can also achieve the goal of purging officials and traitors. However, as soon as this method was said, it was scolded by the courtiers. If you kill it, you will kill it, if you are pardoned, if you promise it, you will be pardoned, and if you promise it, you will not be trusted, and the state of Chu will not do anything that is treacherous.

"That's a word for it." As a Shangguan, Xiang Yan glared at me and asked him to stop.

"The Great Sima Mansion thinks that if the king enters the old Yingying as late as May, what will the war be?" Nao asked slyly, he had to prepare for the worst. "Which is more important, the king entering the old Ying, and the Qin army sending troops to rescue? Are there any grains and grasses, boats, armor, and soldiers? ”

"I don't know yet." There is no way to answer these questions.

"When will you know?" Nao asked slyly.

"Four days later." He opened and closed his mouth, and finally opened his mouth.

Four days is not a very long time, and while the combat division calculates, the results of the battle of Fango will also be known more clearly. Sure enough, news came on the morning of the second, third, fourth, and even fifth days. The Qin army's scouts and cavalry went around announcing that the Qin army beheaded 240,000 Zhao soldiers in this battle; The knights sent to investigate in Xiangzhou said that the Zhao army was completely defeated, and there was not one out of ten soldiers, but the more than 10,000 generations of county troops were still in the ranks. Zhao Min, north of Hutuoshui, panicked, and many people abandoned their homes and fled north.

At the time of the Yan meal, the military meeting of the Great Sima Mansion was convened again, and unlike four days ago, Cheng Jie, one of the Seven Ao Ao, had died, and it was his second son Cheng Tong who performed Ao duties on his behalf. Cheng Tong used to be Xiang Yan's subordinate, and he didn't look at Xiang Yan.

"If Zhao Guo is not saved, he will die." Xiang Yan didn't look at Chengtong, but looked at Zhu Ao. "If Zhao Guo dies, the world will fall."

"I have the solidity of the armor, the strength of the spear, and the strength of the artillery, what can the Qin people do to me?" The day before yesterday, although Xiang Yan was merciful and won without killing, Chengsuke took this as a humiliation and died with a sword. Seisuke's death makes Zhu Ao determined to put an end to his differences in order to prevent something like this from happening. "Zhao is the number of people who go through the Qin State, so that Chu and Qin can fight again, and the fishermen will benefit. Now that they are negotiating peace with the Qin people, they want to cut off the land south of Hutuoshui to Qin, how can the three kingdoms save them from such acts?

The Great Sima Mansion was in charge of military affairs, not political affairs. If Fu Yin thinks that the Great Sima Mansion can set a national policy, where is the right dynasty? Where to put it? Where is the king? In this assembly, it only said whether it was possible to attack Qin in advance, only that it was more important for the king not to return to the Qin army for reinforcement, and not whether to save Zhao. Attacking Qin and saving Zhao had already made a decision: don't save it! ”

Cheng Jie is dead, and it is Nao who is talking at this time. He didn't want Cheng Jie to die, and he didn't want Xiang Yan to die, but unfortunately Cheng Jie died. He now reminded Xiang Yan again: The Great Sima Mansion has no right to decide national policies, and the power is only in the Zheng Dynasty, Zhu Ao and the Great King.

'Xiang Bo' and 'Fu Yin', the difference in titles reveals Zhu Ao's attitude towards Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan mentioned something after a wry smile: "Although the previous dynasty decided not to save Zhao, I was allowed to send troops to save Zhao." ”

"Fourth Division." Nao stretched out four fingers, "The army of the fourth division rescued Zhao in order to contain the Qin army. If Fu Yin wants to save Zhao Guo, he can only send four divisions of soldiers. The remaining 28 divisions were all going to attack Qin. ”

"Report-" As he spoke, the interrogator outside the hall reported urgently. After being approved, he entered the hall and said loudly: "News from Daliang: The Qin people's boat master is full of earth and stones, and he sank into the chasm overnight, the south of the water, and the waterway to the north to the big river!" ”

The battle boat flaunted its might, and the Yellow River was several years long, and the Qin State was not unable to block it, but there was no need to block it. At present, the Zhao army is defeated, and the survival of the Zhao State is imminent, although the blockage will eventually be cleared by the Chu army, it may be blocked for a day, and it can be delayed for a moment, as long as Handan is pulled, the Zhao State will also die.

"The Qin people want to destroy Zhao Ye." Hearing the sound and knowing the meaning, Zhu Ao sighed after hearing the news. The Great Sima Mansion was indifferent, this was expected, and the Qin army's blocking of Zhushui was the prelude to the destruction of Zhao. Handan may only be able to hold for three months, maybe six months, or a year, and no one knows how long Zhao Guo can hold on.

Everyone could feel the urgency of time more and more, and asked slyly, "Can you attack Qin in advance?" ”

"Yes." I replied. "But only seven days in advance."

"Why is it only seven days in advance?" Zhao Huang asked.

"Today is the eighth day of April, and it was originally scheduled to be mobilized and assembled on the 15th of this month, and to enter Qin on May 10, so it can only be advanced by seven days." Ezhuo Road. "In the past four days, the transportation department has checked the hydrology and knows that although the water is still shallow at this time, it is still feasible."

Climate will always be the number one factor influencing military operations, especially large-scale ones. Narisuke had previously proposed an August attack, but in addition to providing food to the enemy, another thing that did not be explicitly stated was that the August attack could avoid the rainy season in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which began in April and peaked at the end of June. In later terminology, it is to avoid the rainy season.

Although the vegetation in the Yangtze River basin was not destroyed on a large scale during this era, it was not uncommon for floods to wash away cities and roads during heavy rains. If the Qin army took the opportunity to replace the troops with water, it could also delay the attack speed of the Chu army. August is the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the autumn is crisp and dry, so it is the most suitable for marching.

However, the ambition of the Chu army was not only to occupy Jiuying, but also to enter Lantian and attack Xianyang. Danshui became the most important passage, and in order to ensure the draft of the boat, the attack could only be advanced to the beginning of May. It rained soon in April, at this time the water of Yunmengze Zeze was too shallow, not suitable for the passage of the war boat, after May, the water of Yunmeng Zeze rose sharply, and the war boat could not pass through the Han River, and went directly from Ze to the north to Jingling.

In the future, Xiapu (now Hankou) is the road gate, and the tomb is the bed gate. To get to the dormitory, you must first climb the stairs, and before you climb the stairs, you must cross the road door. Before Xiayi built the city, Xiapu on the other side of the river was just a small city, and after Xiayi built the city for fifty miles, the Qin people built a city of thirty miles in Xiapu. Seventy-five miles behind Xiapu, the Han River (Rui, that is, the confluence of the Han River and the Lishui. Lishui south out of Tongbai Mountain, through the Tang Dynasty, with the two counties into the Qin realm, through Anlu County into the Han River), also built a city, the boat division can block the Han water channel at any time. The Qin people were so fortified that the Chu army could only go north from the Yangtze River through Yunmengze to Jingling.

There is no objection to Zhu Ao's explanation, the depth of the water is shallow, this is reality, and it is not subject to human will.

"So, the king is only seven days late?" Zhao Huang then asked.

"Yes, yes." Li said. "The king knows that our army will attack Qin in May, and he will definitely be able to rush to Xiayi before May. Even if it was delayed, it was only delayed for three or five days, and it was no obstacle to the war. ”

"What about Qin Jun?" Lan Hao asked Qin Jun. "The Zhao army was defeated, our army stormed Jiuying and Nanyang, when will the Qin army come back to help?"

"From today's point of view, the Qin State was eager to destroy Zhao, so it blocked the chasm and the rivers in the south. If our army can clear the blocked boats before attacking Qin, and when attacking Qin, the war boats will block the big rivers Mengjin, Weisu, Xiwo, and Niukou Zhudu, and the Qin army south of Handan can only retreat to the Qin border from Hedong Road, and enter the big river along the Fenshui by land to Xintian, from Fengling, Dayu, and Maojin to the south of the big river, and go out of Yanling Pass along the Lushui (now Qinglongjian River) to Luoshui, Yiyang, Luoyang, and then go south from Luoyang to Nanyang, which is more than 1,800 miles. If it marches sixty miles a day, it will take thirty days to reach Wancheng......"