The army was launched five days later, and Yingdu was no longer as calm as before, first the Queen Mother took Prince Huang to live in Ruoying Palace, and Concubine Li was put back to Chunyang Palace after crying, which was almost equivalent to house arrest; Then Yang Wenjun took Shoulingjun and Xiangcheng Jun to Lingyin's Mansion and asked Zhao Huang to persuade the Queen Mother to let Prince Tyrant's mother and son live in the East Palace.

His reason is that now that the king is in danger and has no heirs, in order to prevent turmoil in the Chu State, it is not only necessary to determine the crown prince as soon as possible, but also to prevent the mother and son of the prince from being harmed by traitors. Yang Wenjun came to persuade Yin's mansion, and Yin, the county princess, also came to the news, asking Yin to ensure the safety of Prince Tyrant.

In this month, the county princes put forward a series of requirements to repair the new policy, abolish the honorable scholars, and re-establish the virtuous and virtuous people, but most of the demands were opposed by the important ministers - the new policy and the king are equally important, if the king agrees in this era, then what is the use of rescuing the king? Faith is the foundation of the new policy, it is impossible to rescue the king, and then the king will go back on his word, right?

The county does not produce county soldiers or laborers, and only sends some private soldiers in the name of the family surnamed Mi. The county is like this, and Yingdu doesn't take their news seriously. And the army was immediately opened, and all kinds of materials were frequently transported, and Zhao Huang was in Dasima Mansion for half a day.

"Our army has a total of more than 121,000 people, including the number of Lifu." Military Sima Peng Zong informed the important ministers present of the number of troops, "The 20,000 kings of Mulingguan have marched to Qicheng in Lishui, which is still more than 400 miles away from Chen Ying, and it will take about seven days to arrive; Xiang Cheng can also transfer 10,000 elite soldiers......"

Xiangcheng is also in the attack of the Qin and Wei armies, before 10,000 Xiang divisions have been transferred to Gomagu, there are no more elites in the county, and another 10,000 are transferred, Xiang County may only rely on the old and weak women and children to defend the city. The ministers all looked at Xiang Yan, and admiration arose. Xiang Yan didn't say anything, but only urged Peng Zong to talk about the military situation with his eyes.

"Jiangdong's pawn," Peng Zong coughed, "only 20,000 people from Yue Di rushed to Yingdu day and night, and at this time they have already reached Jinling, and there are still more than ten days to reach Yingdu." Ouyue and Minyue each sent 5,000 armor soldiers, but Yue Junkai forbade his division to cross the border, nor did he supply grain, so the two armies could only bypass Yuedi by sea and land at the southern city of Wudi ......"

"Why is Yue Junkai so presumptuous?" Zi Mo was furious when he heard this. After the county was unwilling to send troops, the Qinwang order of the Yin Mansion was sent all over the south - 'Zhen'er south, no invasion of China', Chu is located in the south, is Yuedi, Ouyue, Minyue, Nanyue (South China Sea), Luoyue, Xiou, Miao people...... The king of the tribes of large and small states, and now the king is in trouble, and it is natural for his ministers to send troops to the king. However, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and it is estimated that when the war is over, the farther state tribes may not be able to receive the Qinwang order from Yingdu.

"Why else, they all want to be the king of Yue after the restoration of the country." Lu Yangjun's heart was bright. China looks at the barbarians of the Chu State, and the Chu State looks at the south as the barbarians. After the news of the approval of various countries spread last year, Zhuyue brought jewelry beauties to Yingdu to settle down.

"Zhuyue is to fight for the king, and the Xiou, Miao and other clans are to build the country." Song Yu explained. After allowing the countries under his rule to conditionally restore their country, under the encouragement of the War Division of the Great Sima Mansion, another plan for the establishment of a nation was made for the southern tribes.

The general content is to take the Chu State as a model, and under the guidance of the Chu people, help the tribes improve the construction of religion, politics, economy, science and technology, culture, etc., so that they can become independent states, which is also a planned and long-term assimilation.

Whether it is the restoration of the country or the founding of the country, there are four things that are most important: one is the gods, which is an important sign to distinguish between me and non-me. The second is history books, which are especially important for the heroes of their own people. After reading the draft of the history of Chu, Xiong Jing's biggest opinion is to recompile the history of Chu based on heroic figures, rather than historical events. It is necessary to let the heroes of the Chu people be vividly displayed in front of the eyes of the Chu people, so that they can be the gods in the hearts of everyone in the hearts of the Chu people'.

Third, that is the written language. All countries in the restored country used their own languages, forbidding the Yayan promoted by the Qin State in the country, artificially creating language barriers and ruling barriers, so that in the future, the difference between the rulers and non-rulers in these regions was formed between the self and the non-self; As for the founding of the country, of course, there is no way to change the language in the short term, and it can only be changed in the future when universal education is popularized, but the script must use the bird and insect script of the Chu State from the very beginning.

The fourth is the military system. In addition to recruiting honorable scholars, the military academy also recruited nobles and samurai from the tribes of various southern states to help them establish their own military system and military industrial system.

A large reason why the Great Sima Mansion took great pains to formulate a strategy for the establishment of a state in the south was to prevent the Qin army from taking a strategic detour in the south. At this time, the land route of Hunan could already connect to Jiangxi, and Jiangxi threatened the flank of Zhejiang, the last base of the Chu State. If a large number of nails are not planted in the south, the Qin army will encircle Zhejiang on three sides in the future;

Or according to history, if the Qin army built the Tongling Canal and occupied Luoyue and Nanyue, then the merchant fleet of the Chu State would lose the relay station of Guangzhou. More importantly, once the Qin army mastered the construction technology of the three-pulp wings (both steaming and steaming were means of bending the wood, as long as the Chu army's large-wing warships were captured, from a technical point of view, the Qin army could also build the three-pulp wings), it was very likely that they would attack the merchant fleet with the three-pulp wings fleet in the South China Sea, and the speed of the sailing ships would not be as fast as the three-pulp wings;

In addition to this, there is also a visible benefit, which is the manpower of the southern tribes. The export of culture, systems, and technology is only a copy of the existing version of the Chu State, not to tighten their belts to aid them. It is difficult to create high-end things, but the cost of reproducing them after creation is very low. The State of Chu helped them build the country, and they naturally had to help the State of Chu desperately. It's just that the state-building plan has just begun, and the Yin Mansion is obviously too anxious to transfer the manpower of the southern tribes.

"There is no hope for the teachers of the tribes of the south." Peng Zong picked up the words interrupted by the quilt Mo and talked about Qi Guo again. "There is no news from the Qi State so far, if the Qi army does not arrive, our army will only be more than 151,000. If it converges with Chen Ying's army, there may be 200,000. ”

It had been a month since Chen Ying's defenders retreated into the royal city, and 200,000 was just Peng Zong's speculation. If the retreat is carried out in a step-by-step manner, then the losses of the defenders will be small, but if the retreat is panicked, then the defenders will definitely not have 50,000.

Two hundred thousand against four hundred thousand. The only fortunate thing is that these 400,000 are tired troops, and as of today, they have been attacking the city for nearly half a year. The 150,000 reinforcements are all new forces, and their physical strength and will are in an advantageous state.

"How's the boat?" After Peng Zong finished talking about the situation of the troops, Xiang Yan asked about the transportation. The 150,000 army was not on foot, but by boat - in order to make a surprise attack, in addition to the ships necessary for other defensive lines, all the large and small boats of the Chu State were requisitioned to Yingdu.

"General, the boat is sufficient." The answer was Ezhuo of the Transport Division. "There are already 321 new wings, which can transport 52,965 people; There are 565 old-style warships, which can transport 30,000 soldiers and 30 soldiers. The remaining 1,626 boats can transport 80,000 people, but in fact only 63,000 people need to be transported. ”

After speaking, E Zhuo said: "The 640-mile waterway from Yingdu to Chenying has been equipped with night navigation lights and buoys, and it can also be navigated at night. The new-style big wing can go to Chen Ying in one day and night, the old big wing takes two days, and the folk boat needs to ...... It may take four days. ”

"Four days?" Although Xiang Yan is a general, he has no idea what the future Chu army will be like.

"Yes. Although the folk requisition boat is equipped with what the king said, it can travel against the water in Yingshui for a day and night, but it is not more than 170 miles. Xiang Yan was surprised that Zhou Ji was traveling so fast, and E Zhuo thought he was too slow.

"Xiang Bo didn't know," Yi Su, who knew what kind of army the Chu army would be in the future, didn't deal with Xiang Yan at all, and didn't give any explanation at all, so Lu Yangjun opened his mouth: "With the king's intentions, in the future, the Chu army will be all changed to boat divisions." ”

"Boat Master?" Xiang Yan wanted to laugh very much, but she couldn't laugh.

"Yes, yes." Lu Yangjun is very serious. "If the new big wing is only rowed for one day, it can travel 900 miles in a day and night along the water, and more than 600 miles in a day and night against the water. Just ask the 200,000 Chu army, traveling 600 miles a day, what is the enemy? ”

"Nine hundred miles?" Whether it is Xiang Yan or Peng Zong, they all opened their mouths when they heard the words. Traveling 900 miles in a day and night, this is equivalent to appearing in front of the enemy army out of thin air, and it will be leveled by a ** before it has time to gather troops, Xiang Yan looked a little excited, and said: "There is no way to prevent it!" ”

"Yes." Smart people don't have to speak, Lu Yangjun smiled. "In the future, the Chu army will all stop by boat, and the soldiers only need to practice paddling, not water battles. They will fight when they land on the shore, and if they are unfavorable, they will retreat, and all the cities that can be reached by boat are the cities that our Chu army attacked. ”

"In this way, why don't you ......" Xiang Yan stammered again, and after stammering, he hurriedly said: "Why don't you attack Rongyang?" At the turn of spring and summer, the Wei State has run out of grain, and now the corn eaten by the Qin and Wei armies is out of Aocang, if you can go down to Rongyang and burn Aocang, the enemy army has no food! ”

"The general can know that Rongyang has 50,000 Qin troops and 20,000 Ao Cang. Our army's new-style wing is limited, and there are only more than 50,000 soldiers who can go. "The combat secretary has to speak." If Rongyang is attacked, how many people can be left to save Chen Ying after the war? ”

"How many are left?" 50,000 against 70,000, and to take Ao Cang, Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment.

"Even if the grain of Aocang is burned, the grain wagons along the way, the accumulation of military camps, and the surplus grain of Han and Wei can also make the Qin and Wei armies support half a month. If the city is broken in the middle of the moon...... "It's rare for someone to think of a piece with him, and he can't help but talk about the details."

"Cut off their grain, what if?" Peng Zong interjected. He was also wondering how to use the army, which traveled 900 miles a day. It's a pity that he laughed as soon as he spoke. He also sensed the problem at this time, and hurriedly said, "I was mistaken." If the corn comes from Aocang, it will definitely be transferred from Xinzheng, the capital of Han, to Xiangcheng and Chenying. ”

There are already few soldiers, and it is obviously unwise to go deep into South Korea by land to intercept the Qin army's grain route. Maybe the task of the 200,000 Korean troops is to guard the grain route of the Qin army, and Korea is more pro-Qin than Wei.

"Everything is about the king." Zhao Huang, who had been silent, spoke. Chen Ying and Ao Cang's choice had already been made, and there was no need to discuss it again. "Does the Admiral think this battle is winnable?"

"Our generals will use their lives and be victorious." The battle of rescue was likely to be 150,000 against 300,000, and Qin Wei only left 100,000 people to contain the defenders in the city. Xiang Yan has been thinking about this battle for a long time, and she has her own strategy in her chest.

"Oh." A smile spread across his face, the happiest thing he'd ever heard in a month. "Please, General."