After defeating the 30,000 Northern Chu army, Jing Ranjun's main task has now changed, and he now has more than 10,000 soldiers on hand who can be used to fight, which once made Jing Ran and Daniel Zhang and others very happy, in this world, only the soldiers in their hands can let themselves have the right to speak, everything else is illusory, if someone really cares about his identity as the king of Chu, he will not be exiled to Jinyang, but also send people under the fence.

But after a brief period of fun, they soon realized another serious problem: food.

This is the most important condition for their own hegemony, and the defeat of the Northern Chu army is a good example, if these 30,000 people have enough spiritual grass, relying on the 10,000 people of the Jingran army and the Qin army, they have no chance of winning at all.

Gongsun Yi also told Jing Ran about this matter after the battle, although Qin State can provide some military rations, but Qin State is far away, and Qin Zhao is in a big war, and Qin State's own food is buckled, and it is impossible to have too much ability to help Jing Ran.

Jing Ran naturally knows this, and he still knows the truth that relying on the mountains and relying on everyone to go, so the top priority now is to find a base of his own and make long-term preparations for his own battle.

But where to find such a place.

Jing Ran had been in his military tent for a whole day, and his eyes did not take off the map hanging on the wall for a moment. His fingers slid around on the map, and when he stopped in one place, he thought for a moment, but then shook his head again, saying no, such an action has been done more than a hundred times today. He is still like this now, until Li Ren's arrival.

"My lord, Mr. Li asks to see you."

Jing Ran stopped the movement in his hand at this time: "Please." ”

As soon as Li Ren entered the big tent, he saw Jing Ran with haggard eyes in his eyes, and he couldn't help but shake his head in his heart: This king has a hand in fighting, but the overall situation is still a little worse.

After the two casually agreed and sat down, Li Ren took the lead in speaking:

"Your Majesty, there are already rumors in the army."

Jing Ran suddenly had the spirit, and now his army is all his own capital, so there must be no surprises:

"Sir, what's wrong with the army!"

Li Ren looked at Jing Ran and smiled slightly: "It's not a big deal, it's mainly about food, and now there are rumors in the army that our army has stored food for less than three days, and I'm afraid that there will be a mutiny in the army because of this." ”

Although the matter seemed to be a bit serious, Jing Ran knew when he saw the smile on the corner of Li Ren's mouth that the strategist he had kidnapped from Jiang Yue should already have a way.

"Sir, don't joke yet, dare to ask if Mr. has a plan?"

Li Ren didn't hide his selfishness, and said generously: "The king clearly sees that there are indeed three strategies in the next place, which can solve the king's current difficulties. ”

Jing Ran was refreshed when he heard it, this guy really has an idea, he is worried about this matter, and he already has three strategies!

"Sir, come quickly!"

Li Ren stood up and walked towards Yutu, and said slowly: "Does the king know where the main problems of our army are at present?" ”

Jing Ran was about to speak, but Li Ren interrupted: "There are two main problems for our army now. ”

"First, there is already a problem with our army's military rations, because of the absorption of surrendered troops, the number of combatants in our army has exceeded 15,000!"

"Ah, that's so much, haha, this beautiful tight......"

Li Ren shook his head and continued: "This fifteen thousand is the specific number after the dismissal of many prisoners, except for the five thousand people of the Hexi Army, which can still be regarded as our own people, the rest are all surrendered to the army, the family background of these guys can all be in Beichu Jingyu, let them return to their hearts, it is a difficult thing, besides, the amount of food of these soldiers is amazing, if they are a little unsatisfactory in the food, they will begin to embarrass the quartermaster, the logistics have been tireless in the past two days, just now there were more than a dozen people gathered to make trouble, It has been beheaded by Daniel Zhang's order. And I also gave an order that from now on, all the weapons and equipment of the surrendered troops will be put into the arsenal. ”

Jing Ran: "It's so serious! ”

Li Ren: "Yes, King, so this is the first problem we face. ”

Jing Ran: "Sir, please talk about the second thing." ”

"This second difficult thing may be a little troublesome, that is, we desperately need a base area!"

Jing Ran frowned: "This widow also knows, but ......"

Li Ren smiled and said, "But I can't find a reasonable place." ”

"yes."

At this time, Li Ren put his hand on the map and pointed directly to a place.

"King, this place is a godsend now!"

"Go to the party!"

That's right, the place Li Ren pointed to was Shangdang.

Li Rendao: "Although Shangdang is now in the war between Qin and Zhao, it is still my land of Dachu in name!" As for that Jingyu, what contract Jing Hao signed, that is their business, now that the king is coming to the party in person, as long as Qin and Zhao don't want to completely turn their faces with us, we have a chance to seize this land! ”

After Jing Ran listened, his eyes were fixed on the Shangdang on the map.

Shangdang County, located in the west of the Great Chu River, west of Ganzhou of Qin State, east of the north of Zhao County, the people are fierce, the land is fertile, thousands of miles of plains, it is indeed a good place to recuperate, and there is Jinyang in the south of Shangdang, and the Northern Chu army will not be able to fight for a while and a half, it can be said that it is the best place to go.

However, can the states of Zhao and Qin really give up this place? The two of them have already broken their heads and blood, Zhao Guo alone has already left more than 100,000 corpses in Shangdang County, and the Qin State is no better, it can be said that the two big countries have killed in this place, and no one will let go easily.

As for himself, there are more than 10,000 people left in his hands, and in front of the hundreds of thousands of horses and horses of the two big countries, he is like powder, and he can be wiped out in an instant.

Li Ren looked at Jing Ran's nervous face and knew what he thought, but if he wasn't completely sure, would he put forward such an opinion, definitely not, as a scribe, he still had his own pride.

"King, these two problems are in front of you, so let's talk about the solutions."

Jing Ran nodded in a daze and motioned for him to continue.

Li Ren: "First, our army can rush to Jinyang tomorrow, and with the power of a great victory, let Jiang Yue recognize the reality, at least let him guarantee that he will not make a mess in our rear." ”

"Second, immediately repair the book to Gongsun Zhi, the general of the Qin State, on the one hand, let him temporarily stay away with some grain and grass for support, and on the other hand, talk about some things about Shangdang County, such as the matter of the king coming to Shangdang in person."

"Third, unite the Qin State and defeat the Zhao State!"

Jing Ran was a little confused when he heard Li Ren's words, can these people of his own deter the Marquis of Jinyang?

Li Ren said: "The king can't, but the other person can." ”

"Who?"

"General Gongsun loses, he is a native of Qin, as long as his cavalry wanders around Jinyang, he can give Jiang Yue a signal that the king has made an appointment with Qin! In this way, Jiang Yue didn't dare to think anything else about us. ”

"Hmm...... I'll leave this matter to Mr., and be sure to ask General Gongsun to help me. ”

Li Ren nodded and continued: "As for the Qin State, the king can imagine that for the sake of the king, they have already made a bad deal with Jingyu, and they have already made a bloody investment, there are one and two, and the problem of food will be solved by General Gongsun Zhi for us, as for Shangdang County, I believe that no one can stand anywhere, except for the king!" ”

Jing Ran turned around and looked at Li Ren: "Oh? Why is that? ”

Li Ren said: "The king can know that the trend of the world is nothing more than the hearts of the people, the land of Hexi is the land of my Great Chu before the five generations of kings, and Emperor Mingguang has garrisoned here many times, as if I am the capital of Great Chu, the people here are all interested in Great Chu, as far as this Qin-Zhao War is concerned, the offensive and defensive momentum of the two armies changes three times a day, and there are heavy casualties, but there is no Shangdang people to cheer for the Qin army or the Zhao army, they can be far away from home, and they are not willing to be under the rule of other countries, and there are many mountains and forests around Shangdang. The rebel army of the Restoration of the Country, all of this shows a problem, that is, the Shangdang people will only be Chu people! ”

"I see."

Li Ren: "Great King, if we cooperate with the Qin State, the Qin army will confront the Chu State head-on, and our army will gather the restoration troops from all over the Shangdang to harass the occupied territories of the Zhao State, attack its rear, and let them ignore it, and the Zhao State will definitely be defeated, so that even if the Qin and Chu countries divide the Shangdang equally, for us now, it is a reasonable and timely thing." Besides, as far as I know, Qin and Zhao can be said to have worked hard for this war, and now as long as one side of the power changes, it will be either life or death for the other side, after this war, Qin and Zhao will definitely have countries that will be beaten for twenty years! So. Our ideas will be of great benefit to us as well as to the Qin State! ”

Jing Ran understood that Li Ren's idea was to stabilize Jinyang first, let Jiang Yue be willing to be the screen of Shangdang County, and then solve the food problem, and finally defeat Zhao in uniting with Qin, and on this basis, divide the Shangdang equally and find a place for himself to live.

Jing Ran looked at Li Ren, and the confusion in his heart for many days was suddenly resolved.

"Thank you, Mr. for teaching me," he said, looking at Li Ren.

"Sir, don't worry, the widow has arranged for the county lord of Xicheng to go to Xicheng, and I will definitely help Mr. and his family reunite next."

Li Ren replied and expressed his gratitude.

Now the plan is certain, and it will be implemented.

Jing Ran first found Gongsun Yu and asked him to go to the north of Jinyang City according to the plan, pretending to be a large number of Qin troops to confuse the Jinyang scouts, and then he wrote a letter according to Li Ren's plan, and Baoyu, who had just arrived at the Dao military camp, personally sent it to Gongsun Zhi.

Now that everything is ready, all that is left is these soldiers of their own.

Jing Ran walked to the barracks and it was obvious that the difference between the Northern Chu Army and the Hexi Army was obvious, although these Northern Chu troops were defeated by the surrender army, but they did not have the pitiful appearance of the surrender army at all, and after a few days of repair, these people's bodies have gradually recovered their health.

No wonder they make trouble.

Jing Ran said to Daniel Zhang: "These people can't all be taken away, as long as a hundred of these people have other ideas, then the entire military camp will be bombed, how can we control it at that time?" ”

Daniel Zhang nodded and said, "What does the king mean?" ”

"Let them go if they want to go, but they can't take away weapons and equipment, or food."

After speaking, he turned his head and went back, leaving Daniel Zhang shaking his head and smiling bitterly: There are no weapons, no food, then what are they making trouble, there are no knives and no food in this year, just one person may not be able to get out of the jurisdiction of Jinyang County. And maybe he died at the hands of something.

Sure enough, as soon as Daniel Zhang said this, all the surrendering troops were immediately stable, and he killed a surrendered army who tried to coax and complain in public, and the entire army was immediately as before, extremely quiet.

"You still have to use knives for these doglegs......"

The next day, Jing Ran and Gongsun lost the two armies parted ways and marched, Gongsun lost because he was playing, and he returned to the division with the power of a great victory!

Riding on the standing horse, Jing Ran remembered Jiang Yue's arrogant eyes. remembered that when he first arrived in Jinyang, as a king, he was forced to feudal his courtiers, such a thing is a great shame for a monarch. Such a monarch and such treatment, I'm afraid only the emperor of Zhongzhou has enjoyed it......

Thinking of this, there is nothing to be sad about. It's just that he looked in the direction of Jinyang and silently set a goal for himself:

"Sooner or later, you will willingly be my Marquis of Jinyang!"