The Chu army marched westward with all its might, except for the soldiers who were more and more brave in the battle, the rest of the divisions and brigades were all in turn, and after pulling out a place, they no longer moved forward, but were attacked by other divisions and brigades. The advantage of this was that the morale of the army was high and the casualties were heavy, but the speed of the siege was fast, and the delay was mainly due to the need to clear the waterways along the way.

Lu Gao's improved tactics saved a lot of gunpowder, and in the past, it was necessary to clear the road and break the obstacles, suppress the city, dig the city to bury the medicine, and ignite the city to blow up the city, and it normally cost 12 tons of gunpowder to pull out a city three feet and six feet high. Now Bacheng only needs to clear the road and break the obstacles, suppress the city head, and fire 400 shells (15 catties of cannons weigh 5.22 kg per shell), and the city guards under the command of Lu Qian can be sent to the city head, and most of them are only 500 rounds.

The saving of gunpowder was very important for the Chu army, which had cut off the source of sulfur at this time, and traced up from the Han River, including Yunyang, Xixue, Xunyang, Chuguan, Xicheng, Shiquan, Chenggu, Nanzheng, and Baoyi...... A large number of cities and passes need to be attacked. In the plan of the Operations Division, the plan for Bacheng gunpowder was 150 tons, and 50 tons for field battles, totaling 200 tons, more than one-third of the total stock.

Counting the part of the sulfur brought by Hu Tanshao, the total amount of gunpowder was 593 tons. The numbers seem huge, but the six Chaos class gunboats have to remove 338 tons of ammunition for each 200 rounds of ammunition, and the infantry can really use only 255 tons of gunpowder. If there were no new tactics to pull out the city, there would have only been fifty-five tons left to capture Hanzhong. After the use of the new tactics of pulling out the city, the gunpowder of the city was not more than fifty tons, fifty tons in the field, a total of one hundred tons, and the remaining gunpowder was one hundred and fifty-five tons.

Because of this, Li He and others suggested that Lu Gao be made a feudal king, on the grounds that his new tactics had increased the stock of gunpowder from a measly fifty-five tons to one hundred and fifty-five tons. But Dou Yu Pheasant and other generals have a lot of complaints about this, Lu Gao's reputation is not obtained by relying on bravery, if the feudal monarch relies on wisdom instead of bravery, it is not only bad for Lu Gao himself, but also bad for the Chu army.

The Chu army is not anti-intellectual, the most significant feature is that craftsmen can also be knighted, and what the generals of the Chu army are unwilling to accept is that those who rely on wisdom to obtain the title are on an equal footing with themselves. Xiong Jing fully agreed with this, and the title of Lu Gao as a feudal monarch was likely to form a trend of advocating wisdom and resourcefulness in the Chu army. If the army values cunning rather than bravery, it is not far off to degenerate into a team of praise.

The document requesting the reward of Lu Gao was placed on the case of Xiong Jingshu, and there was no result for more than ten days, until another document requesting a reward arrived at the front, and he summoned Nao Cunning, Zhao Huang, Dong Yegu, Great Elder Song, Lan Hao, Dou Yu Pheasant, Li Ji, Don't Ji and others.

"Our army has risen to the top." Xiong Jing passed the news of the new arrival to Nao Wei and the others. The upper reaches of the Han River used to be the Hanzhong County of the Chu State, Yunyang was the Han State, Xixue was the Elk State, and Xicheng (now Ankang) was Shangyong. The Chu army has now taken the entire Ankang Basin.

"Congratulations to the king!" The courtiers present congratulated Xiong Jing in unison, and the westward expansion was to compete for the Ankang Basin and the Hanzhong Basin, and if they won Shangyong, they would take the former one.

"Lu Chan," Xiong Jing said out a name. "The general who ascended the city, Yunyang will pull out six cities in a row after Yunyang. Three times he hugged the enemy chief and fell into the city without dying, and the soldiers thought they were gods. Cheng Qing thought that it was necessary to reward this person. There is also Lu Gao, the art of pulling out the city......"

Honorable men are recommended by honorable men of the same division and brigade, and then reviewed by the Ministry of Military Affairs. Feudal monarchs are different, and they cannot be crowned monarchs unless they have great merit. Once the feudal monarch will have a fiefdom, the former fiefdom was the first generation, at most the third generation, and now it is passed down from generation to generation. Lu Gao's matter had been discussed more than ten days ago, and everyone knew that Lu Gao was a little unfamiliar.

"This person fell into the city three times, but he didn't die?" Dou Yu Pheasant was very curious. The Qin city is three feet six feet high, which is not short.

"I don't know why." Xiong Jing remembered that Lu Chan was a former classmate, but he didn't know anything else, and he also wondered why this person didn't die when he fell off the city three times.

"King, such a brave general, he deserves to be crowned." When he heard that he was a brave general, he agreed 100% in his heart.

"Where is that seal?" Xiong Jing asked. "Lu Gao and Lu Gao are familiar with each other, and Lu Gao must be sealed without sealing Lu Gao."

"Since he is a brave general, he can be sealed in Nanzheng." Li He suggested that Nanzheng was the seat of the Hanzhong County of the Qin State, that is, the Hanzhong of later generations. It's a good piece of land, albeit a little remote. However, this made Dou Yu Pheasant shake his head.

"No." Dou Yu Pheasant said: "Nanzheng is the essence of Hanzhong County, how can it be sealed in Qi people." ”

Lu Qian is the young son of King Xuan of Qi and the younger brother of King Qi Tong Tian Tong, after the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi, King Xiang of Qi ascended the throne, and there were many rejections of the same sect. The Lu clan moved into the state of Chu, but it also declined after a few generations.

"The minister thought that he could be frustrated." Zhao Huang suggested. Futong Tho, that is, the Tho country that led to the destruction of Bashu. It was located in the west of Nanzheng (now Wuluo County), guarding the water arteries of Hanzhong, Bashu and Guanzhong.

"Yes." There is no doubt about the importance of Fucheng, and this place does not occupy the richness of the Hanzhong Basin, and Dou Yu Pheasant no longer opposes it.

"Although it is dangerous, it is in the mountains, if there is no Nanzheng, it will not be defended." Li also knew the reason for Dou Yu Pheasant's opposition, if the Ao clan did not want others to be sealed in his sphere of influence, but in fact, it was impossible for the Hanzhong Basin to be sealed in the Yi clan.

"Yes." Xiong Jing nodded. If Lu Chan was not the queen of Qi, even if he was after Lu Hun Rong, he would support him to be sealed in Nanzheng. Of course, it is impossible to seal the entire Nanzheng Basin, but only the land of Nanzheng City. "How about renegotiating this? Lu Yu is like this, Lu Gao does not want to make him a false king, a brave and wise general, there should be a difference. ”

Fake is not the fake of true and false, it is temporary and informal. False fathers, false guards, and false generals all mean this. Xiong Jing has no opinion on this treatment of the ministers. 'Fake' is just a name, and it doesn't actually affect the size of the fiefdom.

"Don't worry about me, can there be news in Linzi?" Everything is done by people, and in addition to grasping big things, Xiong Jing's remaining energy is mainly focused on personnel. After discussing the personnel, he will ask about major matters.

"Your Majesty, there is no news from Linzi." Six Chaos-class gunboats have already headed east, and the Handan transportation plan is about to begin. Whether or not there is no one left to transport the Zhao people out, Qi Guo is very important. After I finished answering, I said: "It is also reported that the Linzi Zhengchao has discussed the matter of rescuing Zhao, and the doctors of Zhuyi are afraid of the Qin people and are unwilling to send boats and fishing boats to Handan to transport people. ”

"Qi people are really like this." Among the ministers, Zhao Huang still has some hope for the Qi country. The two clans of Zhaoqu are both somewhat close.

"Yes, yes." Don't talk to me. "The Qi people only want Qin and Chu to fight each other, not to save Zhao. Save it, the Qin army is in full swing, and the Qi people are afraid; Yunzhi, the Qin army has all the land of Zhao, and it is also afraid. Therefore, Linzi strictly ordered Qi Guozhou to leave Qi to go to Zhao, and there were war boats patrolling along the coast. ”

"How's the field leave?" Qi Guo's choice Li He and others had already predicted it, but it was rare to be afraid to this extent.

"King, although Tian Jiao is the prime minister of Qi, the politics of Qi are all in the hands of Doctor Yi." Don't talk to me.

"Where's Taai?" Xiong Jing asked Jimo Doctor Tian He again, this is an old friend of the people of Chu State.

"Dr. Tian is powerless about it." Whether it is Qu Guang, who is in charge of Qi diplomacy, or Zhibisi, who is in charge of Hou Spy, they have all been in contact with Tian He. As a doctor of Jimo, Tian merged and could not affect the entire government.

"Qi people know that if you don't save Zhao, my Chu State will be absolutely Qi." Xiong Jing's voice was low.

"King, the Qi people don't believe it." Don't let me smile bitterly.

"Don't believe me?" Xiong Jing was puzzled, he had never felt that his words were not a deterrent. "Why don't the Qi people believe it?"

"Great King, Chu and Qin are at war, and the Qi people think that our Chu country has a request for Qi country, so they don't believe it." Before I could answer, Higashino Gu preemptively said. "Qi people are smart, so they think that everyone in the world is smart; Qi people value profits, so they think that everyone in the world is heavy on profits. ”

"In that case, what's the use of the alliance?" Xiong Jing sneered. He has more and more a feeling that it is a huge mistake to advocate the alliance of the four countries before, and the state of Chu should not have any expectations for the countries, as long as the state of Wei is controlled, the two countries of Chu and Wei are dependent on each other, and the lips are cold.

In the past, he, like everyone else, constantly blamed Chun Shenjun for ordering the Chu army to retreat without authorization when he was attacking Qin ten years ago, resulting in the failure of that joint column. Now it seems that how can such an ally not retreat without taking his own initiative? Xinling Junhe was able to succeed, that was because he had saved Zhao, and the relationship between Wei and Zhao was deeper than that between Chu and Zhao after all.

Xiong Jing thought about the past, and Zhao Huang felt bad when he saw him sneering, and said hurriedly: "King, the minister thinks that absolute Qi is a strategy for self-harm, and this matter is ......."

When he was in Shouying, Zhao Huang had promised that if the Qi people didn't save Zhao, then he would agree to stop Qi, but now he suddenly repented, not to mention Xiong Jing, even Nao was cunning and glared at him. Zhao Huang's heart was even more anxious, and he said: "Please let the king refractive for a few more days, if the Qi people still don't save Zhao ......"

"Today, the red bamboo will go out of the fertile water to the east, and it will enter the Bohai Sea in seven days at most, and it can only be given to Qi people for seven days." Xiong Jing didn't want to listen to Zhao Xiao's explanation, his patience with Qi Guo had run out. After explaining to Zhao Huang, he said to Nao slyly: "If the Qi people still do not allow the fishing boat to go to Handan after seven days, you should know ......"

The canning factory is located in Zhifu Port in Qi State, and more than 1,000 fishing boats are also in Zhifu Port. The August fishing flood has passed, and the fishing boats are all in the harbor. If the Qi State does not let the fishing boat go to sea, the red boat after the confluence with Luo Kai will open fire and seize the boat. Xiong Jing originally thought that the target of the first bombardment of the gunboat would be the Persians, and no matter how it would be the Qin people, he didn't expect it to be the Qi people.

"The minister has ordered Luo Ao and General Hong, if Qi Guo does not want to let go, they will take the ship." Nao Cunning did not hesitate.

"The king......" The monarch and ministers were deliberating, and the secretary Shi Yan hurriedly rushed in, looking at his panicked expression, everyone thought that something big had happened.

"How's Yingdu?" Xiong Jing saw that Shi Yan didn't shed his skin, his face turned pale, and he couldn't help asking.

Shi Yan didn't speak, he walked straight to Xiong Jing and handed Xiong Jing two telegrams. Xiong Jing shook his hand, and at first glance he saw 15,000 gold, and then looked at the next one, the amount was even bigger, 22,000 gold. He got up in shock, and wanted to open his mouth, but Shi Yan shook his head and waved his hand - it was so stingy to build a royal city, and it was not built outside the road gate, and now the queen mother, queen, and Yingnan spent 37,000 gold at a time, if this kind of thing spreads, it will be on the news of Dachu......