After passing Le'an, Xiong Jing on the war boat only glanced at this small town twice, and then withdrew his gaze. This will be the only city that Yingshi passes through, and then go down is Judian, Judian is another hundred and ten miles, the left is Anping, the right is Linzi, but it will be night, Linzi city gate is closed, there is no possibility of taking advantage of the chaos to seize the door.

Xiong Jing just glanced at Le An, and Sun Hao on the city wall saw him and saw the Chu army boat division passing under the city, and suddenly felt that his hands and feet were cold and his legs were weak. When Xiong Jing's winged warboat sailed by, he sat down on the ground.

'Whoever attacks and takes, attacks what he does not defend; Those who defend and must be solid, defend what they do not attack. Therefore, those who are good at attacking, the enemy does not know what they are defending; Those who defend well, the enemy does not know what they are attacking. Little, as for the invisible. God is divine, and as for silence, it can be the command of the enemy......

The art of war of the ancestor Sun Wuzi is a family tradition, and Sun Hao, who is familiar with the art of war of the ancestors, can't help but think of the content of the virtual and real chapters. The Chu army traced the water route from the sea to attack Linzi, and the moment it appeared at the mouth of the water, the Qi State had already lost the war. The country's soldiers rushed to Mulingguan, and the country's boat division was transferred to the coastline south of Chengshan, although there were 100,000 halberd-wielding men in Linzi, but what was the use?

"Chu people said: Don't harm Qi people, only punish the aftermath." Sun Yi helped him up, he didn't expect his brother to be so distracted. Since the Chu army only came to win the victory, not to destroy the Qi country, what did he have to worry about.

"What can I do if it doesn't hurt or not?" Sun Hao sighed. "Quickly send the news to Bochang, and Yan Chushi will enter the country."

Bochang is already in another direction, but the waterway to Linzi has been occupied by the Chu army, and if Le'an wants to spread the news to the outside world, it can only be transmitted to Bochang. With the speed of the Chu army's war boats, it was too late to warn Linzi when the news reached Bochang. The sea route has never been the direction of Qi equipment, not to mention the road, there is not even a beacon tower. Sun Hao's move was more symbolic than practical, and Sun Yi immediately received the order and immediately took a chariot out of the city from the north gate of Le'an and ran to Bochang, dozens of miles away.

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"The widow heard that the king of Chu was going to want to kill Qi, is it true?" Yingshi passed through Le'an and went west along the water. Linzi was sleeping, Qi Wang Tianjian didn't know where to hear some rumors, and immediately summoned Hou Sheng to inquire. By this time, the sun had set in the west, and night was approaching.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. However...... "The recruitment of soldiers and horses across the country is a major event, and the military talisman cannot be faked, and Hou Sheng has no choice but to admit it." "Ranchen has already made up his mind, please don't worry about it."

"Why did the King of Chu cut Qi?" Tian Jian's tone changed when he heard this, "Just because the widow broke his word, he didn't ally with the Zhao people?" ”

Tian Jian didn't know what had happened between Qi and Chu in the past few months, and Hou Sheng didn't dare to tell him one by one. "Great King, the state of Chu wants to make our Qi country attack Qin together, and take him as the leader of the alliance, so as to establish its authority in the world. Do not be angry, so you slay me. The minister has ordered the troops of the Gao Tang Dynasty to Muling, and ordered the boat division to equip along the East China Sea, and Chu will defeat me. The country of Qin's marriage alliance is also willing to send 100,000 troops to help me fight against Chu......"

"Send 100,000 troops?!" Tian Jian was stunned when he heard this, he just didn't want to anger the Qin people by marrying the Qin State, and he remained neutral between Chu Zhao and the Qin State, and never thought of asking the Qin State to help. "No, never. Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, how can you ask for help. ”

"Your Great King, because Qin is the country of tigers and wolves, the minister did not agree." Hou Sheng hurriedly explained, sweating in his heart.

The Qin army must enter the Qi realm with the help of the water, and he will retreat in the second place, and the key is that the defense of the Qi State in Hubyi will be in the eyes of the Qin people, which makes Tian Jian very uneasy. Fortunately, Hou Sheng did not agree to the Qin envoy, and the Qin army did not enter the country. Tian Jian, whose face returned to normal, said again: "The queen mother is very cautious about Qin, and she has faith with the princes, but she is ...... widowed."

"What is the king's sin against himself?" Hou Sheng persuaded. "The king of Chu has a bad heart and wants to make my Qi country and the Qin people enemies......"

"Tell the king, the great Sima asks to see you." Hou Sheng was comforting Tian Jian, and the person who was outside the bed suddenly told him.

The official system of Qi State, there are five senses under the generals and ministers, namely Daxing, Da Sima, Da Sitian, Da Si Li, and Da Ji. In addition to the five senses, there are Situ, Sima, Sikou, Sikong, judge, military advisor and so on. The great general Tian Luo has already gone to Mu Ling in person. However, there are still great Simas and military divisions in Linzi to manage military affairs. The great Sima Tianzong is dying, but the military advisor Mu Chong has some of the demeanor of Sun Bin back then.

"Tell the king, the minister heard that the Chu State Boat Master has been out of Langya for a few days. When the Chu people strike me, they will use the boat division, and their boat division will go out of Langya and not see it, and they will go around the sea, or enter the water to my Linzi. To the east of Linzi, there is only one city in Le'an on the side of the water, and there is no way to defend each other, and the minister asks the king to send a teacher to Le'an to warn the Chu people. Mu Chong ignored Hou Sheng's eyes, and told each other when he came in.

"King, the big waves on the East China Sea are monstrous, why did the Chu people come across the sea?" Hou Sheng didn't want Tian Jian to blame, so he hurriedly argued.

"Even if there are big waves, you need equipment." Tian Zong is old, but he is not confused, "The minister thinks that when it is extraordinary, he can stuff the water." ”

"King, the Chu army has not arrived and stuffed the water, I am afraid that the world will laugh at me, and the Qi country is afraid of Chu like a tiger." Hou Sheng originally wanted to say that Tian Zong was an enemy, but his identity was different from that of Tian Widow, the general who was transferred to the boat division. Tian Widow is another sect, but Tian Zong is the uncle of the king. "There are 100,000 halberd-wielding men in Linzi, three men in each household in the city, and 130,000 soldiers in armor in 60,000 households. Not in Yuanxian County, Linzi has 230,000 pawns.

The minister heard that the Chu State and the Qin State fought for three years, and many soldiers died, and now there are only 200,000. 200,000 Chu Jin attacked me, 230,000 defended the city, how can it be broken? And the Chu army came from afar, and there was almost no grain; Knowing that it is in Qi, I can't hold it out, how can it win? ”

Hou Sheng was still timid at first, but after counting the troops of Linzi City, his voice became louder and louder, and his tone became more and more affirmative. Even if all the troops of the Chu State came to Linzi City, they couldn't do anything about Linzi. There will be a shortage of grain and grass on the expedition of the labor division, as long as Linzi guards the city defense, and when all the soldiers gather in Linzi, that is the time when the Chu army is defeated. Speaking of this, he even hoped that the Chu army could really come across the sea and reach the city of Linzi.

Hou Sheng is so hopeful, in fact, his hope is less than seventy miles away from Linzi. At this time, the sun was slowly setting, and the glow of the sun stained half of the sky red. The convoy was advancing at a speed of five knots, thirty-three miles in an hour. Linzi is not far ahead, and every soldier and even the transporter knows this, but how to attack Linzi is a big problem.

The Chu army did not carry trebuchets, only thorn crossbows. The crossbow can fire stone projectiles of about 10 to 20 kilograms, but according to the experience of the beams, the bottom of the capital is as wide as 2 to 30 meters, and it is almost impossible to break the city with stone bullets from the crossbow. And Linzi city circumference fifty miles, the city height is four feet eight feet, the water is tied around, the water surrounds the city, the ditch is more than ten meters or even more than twenty meters wide, not to mention that there is no trebuchet, even if there is a trebuchet, it is difficult to capture.

It is impossible to siege the city, and there may not be a chance of victory in the field. Just like Hou Sheng's calculation, there are 100,000 halberd-wielding soldiers in Linzi, of which 50,000 are equivalent to the king's pawn of Chu.

The other 50,000 are conscripts in the city, and Linzi is not only a capital, but also a commercial city. There are large cities and workshops in the city, and there are countless servants, so it is not necessary to recruit 200,000 in an emergency. 250,000 against 30,000, in fact, because the attrition is less than 30,000, it cannot be said that victory must not be won, but the hope of victory is extremely slim.

"The minister thought that tomorrow morning he should take advantage of the unpreparedness of the people to attack his city...... "The commander of the fourth division gathered in Xiong Jing's winged war boat, and raised his mouth to attack the city by taking advantage of the gap. This is the most commonly used plan, if the Qi people do not find out that the Chu army is coming across the sea, the city gate will be opened early tomorrow morning, and it is best to rely on cavalry to sneak attack and capture the city.

"I don't think so." Yan Qiu objected, "If the king only kills and wins, it is okay to attack the city, but if he wants to change the law in the Qi country, he can't attack the city." ”

"Yes." Xiong Jing looked at him, and the schematic diagram continued.

"King Qi was once called the Eastern Emperor, and the Qi people were proud of it. If you attack its city, you will not accept it. If you don't take the will of the people, you can't change the law of Qi to do Chu politics; Can't change the Qi law to carry out Chu politics, our division retreats, Qi people will inevitably repeat, pro-Qin again, what is the benefit of this battle? ”

Yan Qiu is old-fashioned, but what he said is not unreasonable. Wars are won and lost, but not every victory is convincing. Yingshi not only came to fight a victory to punish the Qi people, but also to urge the Qi State to change its diplomatic strategy and abandon Qin and Chu. And with Xiong Jing's transcendental, in history, the Qi State did not reach the Qin people desperately, so he still had an idea in his heart: that is, to change the Qi law to implement the Chu government, so that the Qi people with two hearts can truly unite and resist the Qin army in the near future.

War is a continuation of politics, and politics is necessarily higher than war. However, war is practical and objective, and no matter how high the politics is, it cannot violate the laws of war, and how to balance the two requires the wisdom of the king.

"There are 100,000 men with halberds in Qi, more than 200,000 soldiers in the whole city who can fight, and our army is less than 30,000, how can we win?" Yang Yu was dissatisfied with the strategy of Qiu Qiu's rebuttal. "This Qi people are fighting with me, if they can't hold on and wait for the soldiers of the two capitals to rescue, what will our army do?"

"Our army is invincible, so we can retreat. More than 2,000 miles across the sea to attack Qidu, which is enough to be proud. "Yan Qiu is not angry with Yang Yu, compared to Yang Shi, after all, Yan Shi is from the Qing doctor, and considering war is not only from the perspective of war." What's the use of winning instead of winning with an upright teacher? To make the Qi people kiss me, not to make the Qi people hate me. ”

"Let the king decide." Yang Yu can't argue with Yan Qiu, so he can only throw the problem to Xiong Jing.

"What do you think?" Xiong Jing is also difficult to decide. 30,000 people will definitely not be able to defeat 200,000, and they can only rely on surprise attacks. But the question is that after the surprise attack, the war is won, what should the Qi people do if they are not convinced? When Wu Shi entered Ying, the Chu people in the city were the first to be brave and fight. At this time, there will be no generals, and each will die.'

If the Chu army takes Linzi, and the Qi people in Linzi City do the same, then things will be very difficult. It is likely that when the Qi troops from all over the country rush to Linzi, they will have to withdraw from the Qi State like Wu Shi.