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......"

In Li Ji's description, because the Chu army's war boats held all the ferries on the Yellow River east of Sanmenxia, the Qin army could only retreat westward to the Fenshui Valley, and recently only crossed the Yellow River from Maojin in the northwest of Sanmenxia, crossed the river and took the Nankun Mountain Road, out of Yanling Pass into the Luoyang Basin, and then from the Luoyang Basin to the south, into the Nanyang Basin. Because it was an internal march, it was estimated that it could march 60 miles a day, and it would take 30 days.

Thirty days, plus the decision-making time, the time for the army to assemble, and all kinds of accidents and delays on the road, the real time to enter the Nanyang Basin should be forty days later, there is gunpowder blasting, and forty days is enough for the Chu army to sweep along the Han River.

"......, but this requires our army to gather the Wei and Qi armies to lure the Qin army to gather heavy troops in Gongyi." After answering, he once again explained the importance of partialism. The Three Kingdoms had to make an all-out gesture in order to induce the Qin army to gather the remaining forces in Gongyi near Baicheng and prevent the Triple Alliance from rescuing Zhao.

"The strategy of luring the enemy is enough, and there can be no more partial divisions." Nao Cunning carefully looked at the entire battle plan, and luring the enemy was an extremely important part of the battle to attack Qin. In fact, with the Huaishui as the boundary, the Chu army on both sides of the Huaishui River and north of the Huaishui had to participate in luring the enemy.

"Since Korea wants to restore the country, it should attack and harass the Qin army and prevent it from entering." After the Qin State annexed Korea, it was not true that the Qin State did not keep its promise, and gave Han Wang'an the fief promised before, and all the acres of land owned by the nobles and rich people were nationalized by the Qin people, and the Koreans were extremely dissatisfied with this.

"The Han people are too weak to stop the Qin army from entering." Needless to say, he is most familiar with the situation in South Korea.

"The Koreans don't stop the Qin army from marching, how can he return to the country one day?" Nao looked at him slyly. "The king's wife is married to the nations, can anyone who marries the princess of my Chu country be able to restore the country?"

Nao asked so sly that I was speechless. Helping Korea to restore the country was what the king had promised, but this was only a promise from the king and not the state of Chu. Of course, South Korea also has some bargaining chips, such as the Hou spy network all over the Qin State, but this bargaining chip has an effect but no miracle effect, and it is not enough to persuade the ministers of the Zheng Dynasty to support the restoration of Korea. Nao cunning asked the Koreans to obstruct the Qin army, which was regarded as asking the Koreans to pay the reward for the restoration of the country in the future.

"I know." Don't bow to me, and decide to send Zhang Liang and others back to Korea.

"If there is no objection, it can be ordered today." Nao looked at the rest of Zhu Ao, who had planned to fully mobilize today.

"No objections." Zhao Xiao, Lan Hao, Dong Ye Gu, Luo Kai, Great Elder Song, and Cheng Tong all had no objections.

"Please." The inquiry was just a passing scene, and all seven people brought runes, and the seven runes could be combined to issue a mobilization order on behalf of the king of Chu. The seven sections were merged in front of Xiang Yan's eyes, and handed over to Xiang Yan by Ao Zhaomi, who held the seven sections above his head and shouted: "By the order of the king, the cities and towns of the whole country and the southern departments immediately mobilized and assembled to prepare for the battle of Qin. ”

"According to the order of the king, all counties and towns across the country and all departments in the south immediately mobilized and assembled to prepare for the battle of Qin. When Xiang Yan shouted, all the ministries and divisions of the Great Sima Mansion stood up, and after shouting, they hurriedly walked out of the hall. Soon similar words sounded around the palace again, but the word 'attacking Qin' had been replaced with 'saving Zhao', and Wang Ling was immediately sent by knights, Zhouji, and Feixun to all counties and towns in the country and to all the departments of Baiyue in the south.

According to the strategy of luring the enemy, the royal decree from the Great Sima Mansion was undisguised, and this royal decree spread all over Yingdu in less than half an hour.

Li Mu was assassinated by the Qin people and the Zhao army was defeated by the Qin army, these news have long been known to everyone, but there are very few people who know about Zhao Guotong Qin and Qin Yihe. After the royal decree came out, everyone in the streets and alleys of Yingdu applauded, and in the afternoon, some armor soldiers actually gathered in front of the palace and shouted long live. They had waited too long for this day.