Jing Huan is the son of the Jing clan of the Chu State, and is now the highest military governor of Wu City. After the Song State conquered the Chu State and fought all the way to the other side of the river, he seemed to be more and more happy.

As a non-descendant who is not valued by the family, he has always felt deeply lost since he was transferred to a remote place like Wu Di. Although the city of Wu where he is located is already the best city in the land of Wuyue, the current desolation and barrenness of this place make him feel cold in his heart.

And what made him even more chilled was that after the rebellion of the nobles of the Yue Kingdom was pacified by Zhaoping, there was no big deal in the entire Wuyue land. For an officer, there is no chance of promotion without war, which means that he may live here for the rest of his life.

Now that Song and Chu are fighting, his role immediately began to appear. To the north of Wucheng, Yunyangyi, across the river from Guangling on the bank of the Yangtze River, is now in a tense atmosphere. Jing Huan heard that the sailors of the Song army and the Chu army also had several small-scale contact battles on the river, and the Chu army was defeated and won more.

It's no wonder that the former arrogant governor of Yunyangyi is now a lost color, and he keeps bowing his head to him and asking for his help. You must know that the state of Chu has a tradition of overthrowing the army and killing generals, and any general who fails in a war can only apologize for his crime with death, if Yunyangyi is lost, then the Yunyang guard will definitely die!

However, Jing Huan was not worried at all that the Wu City where he was now would be breached. Since the Song army conquered the Chu State, the Song army's siege methods have been known to the Chu army. The best way for the Song army is to directly reach a certain city by land and water, rely on a powerful army of land and water, turn the attacked city into a lonely city, and then break the city in one fell swoop!

Although Wucheng is located on the edge of Taihu Lake and is connected to the river by water, Wucheng is located in the heart of Wudi after all. Moreover, this city built by Wu Zixu himself, with high walls and deep pools, is extremely strong, and it is not much better than the big city of Chu in Huaishui, and it is not something that can be broken in a short period of time.

This city originally had nearly 30,000 troops. The state of Chu invaded Qin, and the king of Chu did not transfer a large army from this place in order to maintain the stability of the south of the Yangtze River. And after the war in Yunyang became tense, under the order of Zhao Hua, Jing Huan even transferred nearly half of the army from Wucheng to Yunyangyi to assist the Chu army in defending the city.

And now that the land north of the Chu River has been lost, the land of Huaishui is in the midst of war, and the middle and upper reaches of the river are transporting grain and grass for the Chu State, Wu has become the most important logistics supply base for the Chu army in the south of the Yangtze River, and Wucheng, which controls the core area of Wu Land, is undoubtedly one of the most important places. As a general who controlled such an important place, his power was now second only to that of Jinling.

In order to boost the morale of the Chu army, Zhaohua promised all the generals as a pillar state: anyone who can make a meritorious contribution in this battle, he will report directly to the king of Chu. And the person with the highest merit, he will directly ask the king of Chu to divide the city of Wu as a reward!

Today's land of Wuyue, as the newly seized territory of the Chu State, is in a state of suspense. In the state of Chu, any unresolved fiefdom is a county in the true sense of the word of the state of Chu, which is also the origin of the county. If this place of Wu Land is according to the normal historical process, it will continue until Huang Xie has made a contribution to the Chu State and is named Chunshen Jun, and then it will really begin to be managed by the lord.

Although Jing Huan doesn't like Wu Di very much, if he can make meritorious service and become the feudal monarch here, he is still willing! After all, although the Chu State is big now, there are not too many good places to divide it, and Wu Di is one of the better places!

Now that there is no war in Wucheng, his biggest task is actually to collect grain and grass from the surrounding Wu people and supply them to the Chu army. Therefore, after urging grain again in the front, he summoned the officials of Wucheng and asked them to continue to collect grain and grass from the surrounding areas.

"General, I can't do this anymore! The tax burden of Wu Land was already very heavy, and the Wu people were already overwhelmed. If the levy continues, the Wu people will not be able to live next year. As soon as a general named Wu Cheng heard Jing Huan's suggestion, he immediately persuaded him.

Hearing Wu Cheng's suggestion, Jing Huan was immediately unhappy, this Wu Cheng is a Wu person, when the Great Sima Zhao smoothed down the south of the Yangtze River, he made meritorious contributions because he helped the Chu army collect grain and grass and helped stabilize the land of Wu, so he became a small official responsible for collecting taxes in today's Wu City.

As a nobleman of the Jing family, one of the three clans of the Chu State, Jing Huan looked down on Wu Cheng, a "barbarian" with the identity of the Wu people. Now that he saw Wu Cheng interjecting, he immediately scolded: "Wu Zuo, now that everyone hasn't spoken, where is your share of talking!" ”

As soon as the subordinates present heard Jing Huan say this, they all stood up one by one and began to accuse Wu Cheng, as if they had a common enmity with him!

However, even after being reproached by so many people, Wu Cheng still argued with Jing Huan: "General, you must not levy taxes on the Wu people anymore, if you do this again, my subordinates are afraid that Wu Cheng will have something unbearable, and you will regret it at that time!" ”

Hearing Wu Cheng's words, Jing Huan's heart was suddenly shocked, what does this Wu Cheng mean, he thinks that now that the land south of the Yangtze River is attacked by the Chu army, and the Chu State needs the help of the Wu people, can this guy use this to threaten himself?

Before Wu Cheng could say anything, the county lieutenant of Wucheng scolded again: "Bold Wu Cheng, you dare to threaten the general!" I heard that the surrounding area of Wucheng has not been peaceful recently, and there are undercurrents surging everywhere, could it be that you Wu Cheng is a ghost! Do you think that you are a Wu person and can easily collect taxes from the Wu people, so we can't do anything to you? ”

Wu Cheng was also shocked when he heard this, and then he immediately said: "General, there has indeed been an abnormality around Wucheng recently, and I want to tell the general about this early tomorrow." According to the information I got below, this should be related to the fact that Wu Yi, who had previously served in the Vietnamese army, returned to Wu Land..."

When Jing Huan heard Wu Cheng's words, he immediately waved his hand to stop him: "You don't need to say it, what is going on around Wu Cheng, I will find out in the future." As for you, you dare to take advantage of the special period when Jiangnan is now in a war to wantonly threaten our army, if I don't deal with you, how can I govern the army! Someone, take this person down, put him in prison, and wait for the fate! ”

When the surrounding guards heard Jing Huan's words, they immediately walked out, ignoring Wu Cheng's wailing and pleading, and escorted him down.

Jing Huan's handling of Wu Cheng so decisively made all the officials present surprised and delighted. They were shocked, naturally because they were worried that in today's war period, Jing Huan would also treat them in the same way; They are happy because there is no land snake like Wu Cheng to get in the way, so no one can stop them from squeezing benefits from the Wu people!

And with the greed of the Chu people, these officials of the Chu State have become more and more exploited by Wu Land.

At this time, at the foot of Gusu Mountain outside Wu City, Wu Yi said to the many Wu rangers present: "I know that some of you present may not believe what I said, thinking that even if the Song people defeat the Chu people, the situation of our Wu people will not change much. At this point today, I don't want to say anything else, if any of you are willing to join our Song army and fight against the Chu people, you will naturally be able to benefit from it, and if you are unwilling, I will not force it. ”

After listening to Wu Yi's words, the Wu Land rangers present all looked at each other a little. Then one of them stood up and said: "Duke Wu, it's not that we don't want to do things with you, it's really that we have all been helped by Wu Cheng, if we listen to Wu Gong's words today, and betray our promises and make enemies of our benefactors, then what kind of face do we have to survive in Wu Land?" ”

Before the man could finish his words, a man suddenly came from afar, his face was anxious. Then he saw one of the leaders of the Wu Land Rangers, so he walked up to him and whispered something in his ear.

Before the man could say a few words, the leader immediately burst into anger and said, "What did you say? The Chu people dared to catch Engong and put him in prison? ”

As soon as the surrounding rangers heard this person's words, they all came over to inquire, and then after learning what happened, they were all very angry!

Wu Yi, who was standing on the side, was immediately overjoyed when he heard the news, but he still said to everyone with an extremely angry expression on his face: "Everyone, now the Chu people are so arrogant, they don't take us and other Wu people in their hearts at all. Wu Cheng helped the Chu State stabilize the land of Wu, and now he has been poisoned by this, if the people of Chu continue to stay in the land of Wu, can you still gain a foothold in the land of Wu? ”

The rangers of Wu Di listened to Wu Yi's words, and they all knew that they needed someone to come out and take the lead at this time. However, the area around Wucheng is the hinterland of Wudi, after all, it is richer than Nanwu City, and some of these people did not agree to Wu Yi's request in one bite, but excused themselves and said that they needed to discuss carefully before they could decide.

After getting such a statement, Wu Yi knew that the psychology of the heroes of Wu Di had begun to change. As long as they continue to work hard, then these people will eventually join the camp of the Song Kingdom!

When the power of the Song State was gradually infiltrating into the hinterland of Wu, on the Yangtze River, a great war broke out between the Song Army and the Chu Army Yangtze River Division!