"How much grain and grass are left?" King Qin asked with a heavy face.

"The grain and grass in Xianyang, Jingyang, and Liyang are only enough for the 300,000 army for half a year!" Prime Minister Wei Ran revealed a jaw-dropping truth.

Guanzhong Tun grain land, in addition to Xianyang, which belongs to Yong, Chencang in Longxi County and Jingyang, Liyang, and Lantian in Neishi County, now, Wei Ran actually said that the grain storage in the three cities of Xianyang, Jingyang, and Liyang is only enough for the needs of the 300,000 army for half a year! How could the crowd not be surprised?! Not jaw-dropping?!

"How much grain is in Yong, Chencang and Lantian?" King Qin's heart began to hang. If there is not much grain in these three places, then whether to add troops to the east of the river really needs to be carefully considered.

"Enough for an army of 300,000 to consume for a year!" Wei Ran's words made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. However, Wei Ran's next sentence made everyone's faces solemn again-"However, Lantian's grain stock is only the consumption of 50,000 troops in a year!" Wei Ran said.

What this means, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State are very clear. Lantian is only a stone's throw away from Xianyang, and if there is a lot of grain in stock, it can naturally solve the urgent need, and the Qin State can rest assured that it will increase its troops to Hedong. Compared with Lantian, the distance between Yongdi and Chencang and Xianyang is a little far, and the current shape is that if you want to increase the number of troops, in order to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the local garrison in Xianyang, you need to transfer grain and grass from Yongdi and Chencang, which costs a lot!

King Qin also realized that Prime Minister Wei Ran and Zong Zheng Yingqu must be worried about the spring famine in the coming year, so they were unwilling to take risks, but chose a more secure idea, and let Zhao, Qi, and Chu stand up to contain Korea, and then slowly plot Hedong. After all, the state of Qin had already gained a firm foothold in Hedong, and the shape was already very different from more than a month ago.

"What the prime minister said. If you want to break the situation, you must encourage Qi to send troops, but this matter is easier said than done! King Qin did not directly approve or veto Wei Ran's idea, but expressed his bitterness. The implication was that as long as Wei Ran had some way to persuade the Qi State to launch an offensive. I didn't think I would adopt Wei Ran's idea!

Wei Ran's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "The king is wise! Qi is worried about it, but South Korea is not the enemy of one country. Now that Zhao is struggling in Hanoi, why didn't the king send an envoy to persuade King Zhao and order Zhao to divide his troops and join forces with Qi to attack Dong Jun. With the support of my Great Qin, coupled with the pressure of Zhao State, Qi State will definitely not dare to disobey! In this way, not only can the 200,000 army of Qi play a role. It can also allow South Korea to devote its main energy to dealing with Zhao and Qi, and when the time comes, our Great Qin will not be in Hedong to ask for it?! ”

King Qin nodded, admitting that it was a good idea. Zhao's 200,000 troops could not be used in small Hanoi, although I don't know what the current war situation is, but I can't do anything about it. The so-called poor thinks about change, and change makes sense, and most of the Zhao countries have to choose to bypass the song. But in addition to Chaoge, there is only Dongjun left. Although Zhao Guo's attack on the Eastern County, which was originally assigned to Qi State, violated the agreement of the Four Kingdoms at the beginning. But the Qi State has done nothing on the border, and it seems that there is no quarrel with the world, and now it has its own support, and the Qi State is mostly happy to see it.

However, King Qin also thought that Xianyang was thousands of miles away from Handan. Now that it is wartime again, if the envoys sent by himself want to go to Handan, they can only take Taiyuan and Yanmen, and it will take two months to go back and forth. That's a little too long! Even if you take the risk of walking through the party and save more than half of your time, there is still some time to lose! There are so many variables during this time!

"South Korea is now sending troops to Hedong, if South Korea is given enough time, this is the opportunity?" King Qin said uncertainly.

Wei Ran knew King Qin's concerns as soon as he heard it, King Qin wanted to make a move, if the Qin army, which had the upper hand, did not increase its troops, and the Han army said more and more, would the Qin State fall behind in Hedong, or even defeat a big defeat, King Qin needed a guarantee, or a reason to convince himself!

"Your Majesty! Wu Anjun is a famous general in the world, and the violent kite is just a Chinese posture, and the minister thinks that if Wu Anjun does not move, with the temperament of the violent kite and the strength of South Korea, he will never dare to provoke and provoke trouble lightly. If South Korea really thinks that it can win with some advantage in military strength, Wu Anjun will definitely teach South Korea an unforgettable lesson on behalf of the king! The casualties of defending the city are smaller! Wei Ran said meaningfully.

King Qin laughed, knowing that he was in love! My initial worry was that if I fought any longer, the casualties of the Qin State would be too great! The additional troops are also intended to reduce casualties with the advantage of troops! Wei Ran simply proposed to be stationed on the spot, South Korea either accepted the current reality and let the Qin State digest the results step by step, or took the initiative to attack, in this way, the Qin army, as the defending side, could defeat the Korean army with fewer casualties, why not?! In this war, Qin naturally hopes for a quick victory, but South Korea is more eager than Qin to quickly divide a victory or defeat, and if it drags on, it will only be South Korea and not Qin that will be anxious!

As soon as Lü Buwei saw King Qin's expression, he knew that King Qin had been convinced, and it was useless to oppose it at this time. However, Lu Buwei had an idea, but he was convinced: "The prime minister is for the country and the people, and he sleeps at night, he is really a model for my generation!" Listening to the prime minister's words, Ling Chenmao suddenly opened! The king of Qiyu, the ministers thought that since the west of Anyi had already belonged to my Great Qin, the army of Yin and Jin should cross the river to reinforce Wu Anjun. In this way, when the Han army comes to attack in a big way, Wu Anjun's subordinates will not be without usable soldiers! When Zhao and Qi won a big victory in Dongjun and the Han army retreated in a hurry, the army also had enough soldiers and horses to cross the river into Sanchuan, or take advantage of the victory to join the party! ”

King Qin thought about it and immediately agreed to this construction. Although grain and grass still plagued the Qin State, there would never be a shortage of 20,000 soldiers and horses! Counting these 20,000 soldiers and horses, Qin's army in Hedong was only worth 100,000. Before Bai Qi left, he could bring enough grain and grass for two months for an army of 150,000, and now the grain and grass is enough for an army of 100,000 to use for more than a month. Taking advantage of this time, it is just right to allocate some grain and grass from Jingyang and Liyang!

Wei Ran felt that this move was completely useless, and the 20,000 Qin army could also play a role in Yin and Jin, and there was no need to cross the river, but he just wanted to speak out against it, but the King of Qin had already made a decision, so he could only give up! Wei Ran knew very well that if he objected again, he would lose face to King Qin! It's just 20,000 horses, let's just agree with Keqing Lu Buwei's idea!

Soon, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State selected the envoy to the Zhao State - the guest secretary Lü Buwei. Lü Buwei, who was born as a businessman, was good at observing words and feelings, and lived in Handan for a long time. In addition, he is the prince's confidant, and he is the guest secretary of the Qin State, so he is the most suitable person to venture into Handan!

On the tenth day of November, Lu Buwei and his entourage drove lightly and left the east gate of Xianyang. Carrying the heavy trust of King Qin, he crossed the frozen Jingshui and went straight to Shangjun!

Chu State, Yingdu.

Since the king of Chu ordered to send 20,000 troops to exterminate the 50,000 Dongyue army that had entered Jiujiang County, Yingdu has strengthened its defenses! 20,000 troops stationed in the river above the river known as the gateway to Wushan, behind the pass, Badong, Yiling, also have 5,000 troops garrisoned, obviously, in the downstream Yingdu has been very wary of the threat from the direction of Bashu! Otherwise. There will not be such a heavy army to defend Bashu.

In Lantian, a hundred miles south of Yancheng in the lower reaches of the Han River, the State of Chu also deployed an army of 20,000 to guard against the Han army in Nanyang! Although South Korea is quite overwhelmed in the face of the million-strong four-nation alliance, Chu has never taken it lightly! Especially after the invasion of Dongyue, in order to prevent the Korean soldiers from making dangerous moves, the Zuo disciple Huang Xie wrote to the king of Chu to request additional troops on the border. So Lantian, which originally had only 10,000 troops, now has 20,000 Chu army elites!

After making these preparations, there were only 30,000 people left in Yingdu. But in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State, Yingdu is already impregnable. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is also like this, the north and west of Yingdu are facing the threat of South Korea, and 50,000 troops are enough to deal with it! In Jiujiang County to the east, the Dongyue Kingdom made waves. But with the 20,000 Yingdu soldiers and the 30,000 Huaisi Chu army entering Jiujiang, it is no longer a threat to Yingdu! What the monarchs and ministers of Chu are looking forward to most now is that the Qin State will attack Sanchuan earlier, and at that time, it will be the opportunity for the Chu State to attack Runan County! Today's Runan County. Like a difficult bone, the Chu army has suffered 40,000 casualties, but it still does not occupy a place close at hand.

However, accidents often happen unexpectedly, just when the monarchs and ministers of Chu State fantasized about Korea cutting land and praying for surrender, and the army of Dongyue was defeated and annihilated, a bad news spread to Yingdu, and South Korea counterattacked under the siege of Qin, Zhao, Qi, and Chu! Moreover, it is to attack the state of Chu!

In the palace, the King of Chu had a heavy face, and he had already lost the mood of having fun a few days ago. The news of the invasion of 50,000 Korean troops made the king of Chu unpleasant, and after receiving the news that Lantian was surrounded by the Korean army and the life and death of 20,000 Chu troops was unknown, the king of Chu lost his senses! The king of Chu will never forget jì, more than ten years ago, Bai Qi's army also set out from Nanyang, went down the Han River all the way, conquered Yingdu, burned Yiling, and forced himself to lead a small number of soldiers and civilians to retreat to Chen County in a hurry! Is the tragedy going to happen again?!

It's just that last time, I had 300,000 troops on hand to encircle and intercept the enemy, and now, in addition to the 30,000 troops in Yingdu, the entire vicinity of Yingdu can be called a strong outsider! Once Lantian's 20,000 Chu troops are wiped out, the Korean army will basically not encounter decent resistance on the way from Lantian to Yingdu! That's the scariest thing! Now, it is too late to investigate right and wrong, and the king of Chu knows very well that whether to gather a large army to go to reinforcements to avoid the Han army from coming to the city of Yingdu or quickly abandon Yingdu and take refuge in Huaisi, where the main force of the Chu army is located, has become the most urgent and realistic problem!

"Your Majesty! The minister thought that at least 30,000 reinforcements should be mobilized to Lantian for reinforcements, and if the Korean army conquered Lantian, the consequences would be unimaginable! Yin Qiliang woke up from the shock for the first time and proposed a proposal.

Seeing the hesitation on the face of the King of Chu, Mi Liang knew that the King of Chu must be worried about his personal safety, in other words, whether the 30,000 reinforcements could relieve the siege of Lantian was a muttering in his heart. After all, if another 30,000 troops are sent out, Yingdu can almost be regarded as having no soldiers. If Lantian is broken again, the king of Chu can only be captured.

"Your Majesty! The Qin army invaded Hedong, every battle must be won, every city must be conquered, and Korea is losing and retreating, which is irretrievable! And the 300,000 Zhao army is in Hanoi and Shangdang offensive is very urgent, in this case, South Korea can mobilize absolutely not many soldiers and horses! After all, the 200,000 army of Qi and the nearly 200,000 army of General Jingyang (originally 250,000, 30,000 were killed in battle, 30,000 were sent to Jiujiang to exterminate the army of Dongyue, and the actual strength was less than 200,000) must make South Korea very jealous. Mi Liang first said that the South Korean army currently has only 50,000, and the possibility of additional troops in the future is not large.

The King of Chu nodded, and said with trepidation: "But the soldiers under the widow are only 80,000, and this still counts the 20,000 troops in Lantian!" Bai Qi was only an army of 50,000 at the beginning! ”

"Bai Qi was boating down the river at the beginning, and our Chu State didn't notice it for a while, and we didn't mobilize enough boat masters. Only then did it take advantage of the white rise! The Lantian battle report has already said that most of the Korean army this time is cavalry infantry, and there are no more than 100 boat divisions, even if all of them are used to transport soldiers, the number is no more than 10,000 at most. Moreover, in the opinion of the minister. There are thousands of boatmen in South Korea, and more of them are transporting grain and grass! This is called this time and that time! ”

"There are 20,000 troops in the direction of Bashu as an obstruction, which is enough to ensure that there is no obstacle to the west of Yingdu! Even if South Korea wants to attack our Chu State from the direction of Bashu, it will be blocked under the city! Why didn't the king transfer the 10,000 garrisons of Yiling to Yingdu, so that there were 40,000 soldiers available in Yingdu. 40,000 troops, 30,000 galloped to the aid of Lantian, not seeking victory, but seeking delay. retarding the speed of the South Korean army; 10,000 followed the king to sit in Yingdu, and mobilized a large army from Jiujiang and even Huaisi to aid Yingdu. Mi Liang put forward his own vision for dealing with the crisis.

King Chu's brows furrowed, weighing the pros and cons and possibilities of this matter in his heart, at this time, Sanlu Doctor Zhaowen stood up and objected: "What Ling Yin said, the minister does not dare to agree. Although the South Korean army is only 50,000 people, South Korea has won many battles over the years and has not tasted a single defeat. On the other hand, our army's chances of victory are very small. At present, Lantian has become an isolated city. No one knows what the situation is in the city, if the defenders of Lantian are already frightened or suffer heavy casualties, how long can these 30,000 troops hold up even if they rush to Lantian? Once the Han army breaks through the defense line, there is no danger to defend the two hundred miles from Lantian to Yingdu, and with only 10,000 troops, how long can Yingdu be able to hold on? ”

"What does Doctor Sanlu mean?" King Chu hurriedly asked. What I am most worried about is here, General Jingyang is far away in Huaisi, and Xiang Cheng, Marquis of Anping, is in Jiujiang to conquer the Dongyue Kingdom, and there are no good generals in Yingdu, and once the 30,000 Chu troops enter the tiger's mouth. There are only 10,000 left in Yingdu's army, which is too little!

Zhaowen was deeply moved, and said confidently: "In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to close the four gates of Yingdu tightly, in order to prevent South Korea from entering the city to listen to the reality of our army, this is one of them!" Second, to ask for help from the Marquis of Anping of Jiujiang County, so that he divided his troops to be the first to help, Jiujiang is thousands of miles away from Yingdu, and it is urgent to report it with 800 li, and the reinforcements of Anping Marquis can arrive in just over 20 days at the earliest. Then General Jingyang was ordered to divide his troops, one to attack Runan, and the other to return to Yingdu, so that South Korea could not take care of both things and things, and the other was also! Third, ask for help from Linzi and clearly tell the State of Qi that now Korea is very urgent to attack our State of Chu, and the 200,000 troops of the State of Qi have not dared to attack, which has made it difficult for the State of Chu to support. If the State of Qi does not send troops to attack Korea, the state of Chu is willing to cede land to Korea and pray for surrender, and then unite with South Korea to attack the State of Qi to make up for the loss! ”

King Chu suddenly looked overjoyed, and said excitedly: "What Aiqing said is very reasonable! ”

The reason why South Korea dared to divide an army of 50,000 to attack Chu was because the 200,000 army of Qi would only blask and not dare to fight with South Korea with real swords? ! simply made this clear with Qi and forced Qi to send troops. Once Qi really contributes, South Korea will definitely have no better way than to withdraw its troops!

After hearing this, the ministers also suddenly realized that there was a lot of discussion, and there was no doubt that this idea was more in line with reality. If you really send 30,000 troops to help Lantian, the outcome is unpredictable, this is to gamble with your own glory and wealth and net worth, once the gamble is lost, Yingdu will be surrounded by the Korean army. At that time, the best outcome is nothing more than cession of land and peace, and it is very likely that your own fiefdom will be in the ceded land. Even, what's worse is that his own people will become captives of Korea along with the king of Chu. For the new law of Korea, the ministers kept it in mind, once they became the courtiers of Korea, they would not be able to be as powerful as they are now, and in the future, even the land and slaves under their names would be restricted, and such an outcome was unwilling to be accepted by the nobles of the Chu State.

Seeing that the shape of the hall was about to turn sharply, Mi Liang couldn't help but look at Zuotu Huang Xie as if asking for help, what Sanlu Doctor Zhaowen said, of course he thought about it, but in this way, it will take a long time! If you don't reinforce Lantian, just relying on Yingdu, how long can Yingdu support?! If there is no army to be saved, there is no city to defend inside, Mi Liang is very worried, if he does not send reinforcements, Lantian will not be able to hold out for long, and when the time comes, Yingdu will inevitably have a war. When the Han army sees the reality of Chu clearly, it will be dangerous then!

"Dare to ask Doctor Sanlu, the two hundred miles from Lantian to Yingdu are not in danger to defend, if all the 30,000 troops are transferred into the city and let Lantian fall, whose crime is this?" Huang Xie spoke.

"It is a blessing for the soldiers and people of Lantian to sacrifice for the king! From the perspective of the ministers, Lantian has an army of 20,000, which is enough to resist for a while! Zhaowen avoided the important and said lightly.

Huang Xie smiled slightly and said, "For a while? I don't know how long this period of time is! Yingdu now has an army of 30,000, Lantian has 20,000, these two places, can be said to be each other's horns, Lantian is lost, Yingdu can not exist alone! And if there are soldiers who do not save them, will they not trap the king in an unkind and unrighteous place? (To be continued......)