Except for two brief reunifications from south to north (the first one was subverted by Zhu Di's Yan army 34 years later, and the latter was only nominally unified, which lasted only 22 years), the rest were unified from north to south. The state of Chu is located in the south, and if you want to avoid such a historical fate, you can only use the geography of mountains and rivers to block the offensive of the Qin army, otherwise you can only survive by entering the sea.

However, between the north and the south, there is only the last line of defense of Jianghuai, Xiangyang and Bashu, and Bashu and Xiangyang have long been in the hands of Qin, and this line of defense is difficult to maintain only by Jianghuai in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It may be useful to establish Wuchang, which is at the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River, to hold the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, but the rivers are different from the mountains, and whoever controls the mountains and rivers will benefit.

Once the Jianghuai defense line is broken through, the last line of defense that the south can rely on is only five ridges, and Da Yuling is one of them. Thinking of this, he stood up abruptly, and when he saw the night outside, he had to sit down again.

"Please get up and change your clothes." Chang Jiang's annoying voice would ring in Xiong Jing's ears every morning, reminding him of his early self-study in elementary school. "Please get up and change your clothes." Chang Jiang shouted again, and at the same time glanced at the drummer beside him painfully - according to Xiong Jing's royal order, if he didn't get up after shouting twice, the drummer would beat the drum.

The drum beat of 'Knock ......Knock' sounded in the sleeping tent, and Mi Xuan looked at Concubine Zhao with a smile: "Brother Wang is late again." ”

"The king is diligent." Concubine Zhao was sitting on the banquet, and the servant was arranging breakfast. Since it is not in the hall, it is not easy to make a fire when there is wind, and the fire will not be extinguished by the wind until all the firewood is burned. Soon after the smoke curled, the soup in the copper tripod began to boil, and at this time, Xiong Jing, who had panda eyes half-open, appeared on the earthen platform of Ruoying Palace.

"The child greets the queen mother." Xiong Jing was confused and nodded at Concubine Zhao.

"The queen mother is fine, but the king ...... "whether the son was born by himself or died in death." Concubine Zhao looked at her son distressed. "The king's government affairs should be handed over to Ling Yin, and the military affairs should be handed over to the great Sima ......"

"Mother, they don't understand what I can do?" Xiong Jing drank soup with his eyes closed, he only slept for more than two hours last night.

"Well, they don't understand." Concubine Zhao didn't want to say anything, she just wanted her son to sleep more, even if it was at breakfast.

"The king, the people of the country will come to the court in half an hour, and ask Yin Rangchen to come and tell the king." After recovering from his injuries, he returned to the left and walked on the earthen platform of Ruoying Palace.

"I don't know." Xiong Jing got up late, and he didn't finish his meal until now with his eyes closed. He opened one eye and glanced at Zhao Huang, then looked at Chang Jiang, and said, "What is written on the paper makes the Great Sima Mansion do it quickly." ”

"Respectfully obeyed." Zhao Xiao agreed, took the Chu paper from Chang Jiang's hand, and stepped off the stage again. When he saw Nao cunning outside the court, Fang said: "The king ordered the Great Sima Mansion to act quickly." ”

"What?" Nao Qian opened the Chu paper and looked at it a few times, only to see that it was written on his head: Investigate along the Xiangshui and Ganshui rivers and build the Wuling defense line. After looking closely, he didn't speak for a long time, and only came back to his senses when Zhao Huang shouted a few words to him.

"What's the king's fate?" Zhao Huang is not Ling Yin, and he has no right to read the royal order written by the king to the Great Sima Mansion.

"The Great King...... "The Great King took a deep breath and said with a smile: "The Great King was born to know that if he wants to build a city in the South China Sea and the north of Yuyue, he will build a city to prevent the Qin people from going south. ”

"South China Sea? The South China Sea is a land of miasma. Zhao Huang gasped and said in horror: "The king is saying that my Chu people are going to retreat to the South China Sea?!" How about the more land, the more land? ”

"The Qin people attacked me, if I retreat to Jiangdong, I will fight back against Zhao Guoye." The eighty army pressed the border, but Nao was very clear about the situation in his heart, and it was impossible for the Qin State to cross the Yangtze River and continue to attack the Chu State. "When the Zhao State is destroyed and the five Kwantung countries are all destroyed, we will attack our Chu State again. At that time, the Qin people will cross the river and fight hard with me. Jiangdong only Yue North can be guarded according to the danger, Dongting, Gandi is not dangerous, now the king ordered the Great Sima Mansion to explore the five mountains, want to build a city in the five mountains and guard, this great goodness also. ”

"Where does Yingdu stand?" The Zhao clan was sealed in Yuedi, but Yuedi was narrow.

"Naturally, it is in the South China Sea, and it is impossible to stand in the South China Sea. If the Qin people captured Shangjiang, the sea route could lead to the South China Sea. So ......" Nao thought of the small states and tribal leaders of King Qin in the north, and his face was embarrassed. He vaguely knew some of the five ridges that the king said, and these were all some trails for the Baiyue tribe to go north. It is not difficult to build a city here, but it will be a little difficult for Baiyue to accept Chu Min to retreat to the South China Sea and Luoyue. The Nanban people cherish the land and mountains and forests very much, and more than 2 million Chu people poured into the South China Sea and Luoyue, and they will definitely oppose it.

When Nao kept thinking about how to discuss this matter with Nanban, Xiong Jing, who had finished breakfast, had already arrived at the court. As soon as he came out of the door, the court trembled, and the courtiers, witches, heavenly officials, and countrymen who had been waiting for a long time saluted and said, "The minister has seen the king." ”

"No courtesy." Xiong Jing shouted the waiver and bowed to the left court, the right court, and the middle court respectively. After the salute, he did not sit down, but said angrily: "Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the country, and rumors are all over the city, saying that my Chu State is going to move the capital again. It is not clear today that the Qin State has gathered a total of 800,000 troops from Wei and Han to attack us again......"

"Ahh The 800,000-strong army was like a thunderbolt on their heads.

"Quiet!" The people were horrified and immediately asked each other left and right, and the servants shouted quietly when they saw this.

"Dare to ask the king," someone came out in disregard of etiquette: "Eighty army, is this news true?" ”

"This news is investigated by Zhibisi, and there is no doubt about it." Xiong Jing stopped the maid and pointed to me who was standing beside me. The people of the country have the right to know about the major affairs of the military, and they are no strangers to me.

"Dare to ask the king, my Chu country, my Chu country, my Chu country......" No one panicked about moving the capital, everyone panicked the Qin army. Another Chinese man stood up, he was probably stunned, and he didn't say anything about the problem.

"Dare to ask Ling Yin, 800,000 troops will attack me, what will happen to my Chu country?" Finally, there is a Chinese man who does not stammer, and he only dares to ask Ling Yin.

"God bless Dachu, our army will win." Nao didn't give any explanation, he blew his beard and replied with eight words.

"However," Xiong Jing said, "the Qin army is recorded as a meritorious service with the first rank, and the army has passed everywhere, and there are no people or animals left, so the people in the west of Huaibei need to move to Huainan." The palace was demolished, and the county and private residences were demolished for this purpose. Merchants and common people's homes want to build boats, but the boats can not be made of wet wood, otherwise the boats will be broken for a few years, and they can only use dry wood. ”

As Xiong Jing refuted the rumors, the excited crowd in the court slowly calmed down. After Xiong Jing finished speaking, almost all the people in the court fell to their knees, and they shouted: "The king would rather demolish the palace and save the people, benevolence." ”

Xiong Jing laughed when he heard this, he never took 'benevolence' as his criterion.

"The minister dares to ask the king, why don't you make peace with the Qin people?" There are praises and doubts, and the one who asks is Wei Di, a native of the country of Xuanxian.

"You should go to Xianyang and ask King Qin about this." Xiong Jing's face was expressionless. The person next to him had told him that this person was a Ink Scholar, and that he had no good feelings for the Ink Scholar - if he despised a Confucian like Mencius, then he would dislike the Ink Scholar. It's just that this person can be selected as a countryman, and he has not been captured by the confidant, so he naturally has his reasons.

"If the king can ......write to the king of Qin with the courtesy of a courtier," Wei Di continued.

"Rude!" Without waiting for the servant to reprimand, the countrymen around Wei Di were already angrily reprimanded.

"This Qin spy also." In addition to angry accusations, there are also resentful accusations. The position where Wei Di stood was immediately vacant, and everyone avoided it, only a few Song Di people stood beside him.

"Let him finish." When the armor was about to step forward, Xiong Jing stopped them.

"King Xie." Wei Di was a little surprised by Xiong Jing's generosity, and it was rumored in Song that the king of Yingdu would repay and kill people like hemp. "The minister thought that instead of demolishing the palace and moving the people to Huainan, it would be better to ask the king of Qin for peace, so that the attack could be avoided and the people could be saved."

After Wei Di finished speaking, everyone in the court shook their heads, and it was delusional to sue for peace with the Qin State. Look at the Zhao State, this year's alliance, next year's attack, the Qin State has no faith at all, what's the use of seeking peace? Wei Di also knew everyone's thoughts, and he felt that he was asking for the people's life, and he said again: "The minister heard that the Qin people asked for the king's ear, if the king can go to Xianyang......"

"Bold!" The armor soldiers around the court were drinking, and a few of them had already pulled out the road.

Xiong Jing stopped again and asked with interest: "Why do the Qin people ask for nothing, and if they don't ask for it, they want to go to Xianyang?" ”

"If the king goes to Xianyang, all the people will be preserved." Wei Di went out, others didn't dare to say this kind of thing, he dared.

"If all nations cannot save themselves, what good will they save if their own lives depend on the death of others?" Xiong Jing finally understood Wei Di's thinking, it was not strange, there were more such people in later generations. "Such a thousand people are not worthy of being the people of my Chu country, but only worthy of being the slaves of my Chu country. Even if he is already a slave, why should the master sacrifice himself for the slave?

The Qin people's eighty army and one million army attacked me, can you be afraid? The slaves are all fearful, and the Chu people may be apprehensive, but they will not panic when they fight. In the past, the ancestors were all the ancestors? In the past, the Zhou people also attacked Chu, and the ancestors were afraid? Don't accept the week also!

Now that the Qin people have not yet unified the world, they are fighting in two wars, wanting to sacrifice others and survive themselves, and they are so humble that they can be slaves. ”

As a king, it is not necessary to be able to speak well, but the king in front of everyone has benefited from the afterlife, and the meticulousness of his thinking is breathtaking. Wei Di was scolded on the spot, he really couldn't imagine how sacrificing a person for the sake of all people, such a noble act could become 'despicable'. Fortunately, he was relieved soon after his embarrassment, and a flying officer from the Great Sima Mansion rushed over, and this person shouted in his mouth: "Report to the king, the Qin people want to make peace with me!" ”