Na Shen Baoxu was already dizzy with hunger at this time, and he couldn't get up and stand at all, and saw the guard respectfully holding a multicolored lacquer plate in his hand, stepping out of the temple gate and coming to him.

"Shen Baoxu receives the book of my king!" The guard shouted.

Shen Baoxu got the poem "No Clothes" written by King Qin himself, and knew that King Qin had decided to save Chu, so he was relieved. Bao Xu first entered the palace to meet the king of Qin, knelt down to thank him, and then returned to the hall to drink water and eat. Because of his understanding of his heart, Bao Xu was naturally energetic, and his hunger and thirst for several days were suddenly greatly relieved.

On the second day, Qin Aigong gathered ministers and issued an edict to rescue Chu. Ren generals Zibo and Zihu were generals, leading the army to 500 times, with Shen Baoxu as the guide, and the troops were dispatched on the same day.

Zibo and Zihu gathered their soldiers and horses, bid farewell to the King of Qin, and together with Shen Baoxu, they came to the border of Chu.

Bao Xu knew that the king of Chu and the ministers were living in seclusion in Suiguo, so he discussed with the two Qin generals: "My monarch is in Suiguo, restless day and night, and is always looking forward to me begging for Qin Shi to save him." Such as a great drought looking forward to the rain, falling into the water has a straw. I can finally make my wish come true today, relying on Qin Jun's high righteousness, and sending two generals to save Chu. So I plan to go to Suiguo to report to the widow first, so that the widow can feel at ease first. ”

The second general discussed for a while and asked Bao Xu: "Since the battle between Wu and Chu, the Chu army has suffered many defeats, I wonder if there are still available divisions on the side of the king of Chu?" ”

Bao Xu replied: "I will go to Suizhou first, first, to report the good news to the king and inform Qin Shi of helping Chu to retreat from Wu." The second is to prepare the Chu division in Suiguo to join the general. Although our army was defeated, there were still nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in Suiguo, which could be helped. ”

"The king of Chu temporarily avoided Suizhou, Mr. went, I don't know the path of the Central Plains, but what should I do?"

"The marshal can go west out of Yongzhou, first from the commercial land, through the valley. Then all the way to the east, you can reach Xiangyang. After I went to Suizhou to inform the widow, the rest of our country immediately rushed to Xiangyang to join the marshal. Speculate below: Master Wu is unprepared, and he will definitely not know that Master Qin has come here. Besides, it has been nearly a year since Wu Jun left the army, and the sergeant has been away for a long time, so he will feel homesick. As long as we can seize the opportunity to attack the Wu army, we will definitely be able to fall into its spirit and destroy its momentum. The Wu army can be defeated! ”

Zi Bo instructed: "We will go to Xiangyang first to wait for Master Chu to meet according to Mr. Please remember, don't miss the deadline! When our army goes west, it must be kept secret, so that it can become a strange soldier and make Wu Shi cold. ”

Shen Baoxu nodded in goodness. resigned from Qin Shuai and rode his horse day and night. Rushed to Suizhou.

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It is said that King Zhao and the ministers of Chu lived in Suiguo. Don’t know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon. I only want to rely on this Suiguo as a base to try to restore the country. However, with the narrowness of the country, the national strength has declined to the extreme, and it cannot be relied on at all. Seeing that the hope of recovering the country was far away, King Zhao sighed without locking his eyebrows, thinking that there were no virtuous ministers and good generals in his hands now. The future is bleak.

In the middle of the day and night, King Zhao could not sleep in the military tent. Since arriving in Suiguo, King Zhao was unpleasant to eat and restless, so he put on his clothes and stepped out of the tent.

At this time, the silver moon is like a hook. The moon shadow outside the tent is hazy, the stars are thousands of points, and the shadows of the trees are forested. Sergeants patrolling in the night held torches aloft and walked in formations.

"The wind is sluggish, and there is a country that is far away from home; The road is long, and the heart is endless! King Zhao couldn't help but chant and sing, with tears in his eyes, and Mochizuki sighed.

After a long time, King Zhao stood in the shadow of the moon with sore legs, and then he staggered into the tent and sat on the bed. Seeing the lights and shadows swaying around, Xi Liang was empty, and couldn't help but feel sad from his heart, and took out the sword of 'Zhan Lu' from the side of the couch.

King Zhao stroked the black sword body, and said in his heart: "Zhan Lu! Zhanlu! People say that you are the sword of benevolence and righteousness, and you abandon the 'no way' and return to the 'way'. Why is it so difficult for my Chu country to be ruined today? ”

The sword is silent, leaving the moon shadow in vain. King Zhao tossed and turned in the middle of the night, and saw that the east wanted to know, the sky was slightly bright, and there was the sound of dogs barking and roosters, so he fell asleep.

"King! Wake up, King! "Who's making noise? I don't know if the widow had insomnia last night and couldn't sleep all night? Before King Zhao opened his eyes, he became a little angry when he saw someone shouting that his residual dream had been shattered.

"King! Dr. Shen Baoxu has returned from Qin! King! ”

"Shen Baoxu? How did he come back from Qin, and when did he go to Qin? King Zhao couldn't understand for a while, and rubbed his sleepy eyes.

Seeing the guards come in and clean his face, King Zhao asked the waiter who had awakened him, "What's the matter with Shen Baoxu?" ”

While the waiter was dressing King Zhao, he replied, "The ministers have been waiting outside for a long time." The villain heard that Lord Shen Baoxu begged the King of Qin for the Qin master, and the Qin State had decided to send a division to save Chu. So the adults waited for the king outside, and let the villains hear the king. ”

King Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this, but he didn't know whether it was in a dream or outside a dream, so he patted his thigh and asked, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

"The villain doesn't dare to lie."

King Zhao grabbed the cloth for a while, and regardless of the robes that had not yet been tidied up, he stepped out of the tent in a few steps. Sure enough, seeing that the ministers were surrounding the middle person who was making a noise, and when they saw King Zhao coming out, everyone quieted down.

I saw the person in the middle, Eguan Bo belt, with a long body, rich and handsome, who is not Shen Baoxu?

"Chenshen Baoxu knocks on the king!"

"Aiqing, please get up!" King Zhao put his hands up, looked down for a while, and said, "I heard that Aiqing went to the Qin State alone?" ”

Bao Xu nodded and said, "The minister asked the King of Qin from the Qin State to send troops to rescue Chu. In order to report this news to the king, the minister went to Suizhou first. The Qin division is already waiting for our army to join forces in Xiangyang, and I ask the king to give an order to let our army rush to Xiangyang. Otherwise, let the Wu army find out the news of Qin's troops, and lose the opportunity. ”

King Zhao was overjoyed, informed Suihou of the news of Qin's army, and personally led all the ministers to the Suihou palace to thank him.

So King Zhao and Zixi, Ziqi, Wang Sunyin, Douxin, Douchao, Zigu, Song Mu, Yuanyan, Zhong Jian, Shen Baoxu and other ministers led the remaining more than 10,000 Chu troops, resigned from the marquis, and rushed to Xiangyang.

It took two months from Shen Baoxu leaving Yongzhou to break up with Qin Shuai to Chu Shi to Xiangyang and joining the Qin army. In June of the 10th year of the reign of Helu (505 BC), the Chu and Qin divisions converged in Xiangyang.

When King Zhao and his ministers arrived in Xiangyang, they prepared grain, grass and wealth and went to the Qin army to reward them.

The king of Chu arrived at the big tent of the Qin division and met the commander of the Qin army. I saw that Qin Shuai was about forty years old, with a strong physique and slightly dark skin. He is the warrior of the Qin State, and he has the courage of ten thousand people. Deputy Marshal Zihu, with the name of 'Qin Tiger', this person's martial arts are even better, he has been taught by everyone since he was a child, and Tian Kaijiang and Gu Yezi are as famous warriors.

King Zhao saw that Qin Shuai's martial arts were strong, and Qin's soldiers were extremely strong, and there were 500 chariots in people, and he was overjoyed. In order to ensure the logistical supply of the Chu army and the Qin division, King Zhao ordered the sub-period to be in charge of grain and grass and set up an armory.

Later, King Zhao learned that Shen Baoxu was crying in the Qin court for seven days, and only then did he send troops. King Zhao ordered Zixi to be the commander, Bao Xu as the deputy, and attacked Wu together with the Qin division, and began the battle for the restoration of the country.

The Chu army is Zixi as the commander, and the Qin army is the Zibo as the commander. Zixi and Zibo discussed: "Tan Ma reported that the Wu army has a heavy garrison in Yishui, so it is better for us to attack him by surprise." ”

Zi Bo said: "When you are in battle with the Wu army, please take the Chu army first." Since my Qin division secretly went west, the princes did not know about it. The officers and soldiers of the Wu army also did not know that we had sent troops to rescue Chu, and when Wu and Chu were fighting, our Qin division would come out as a backup. The Wu army is defenseless, and must be panicked, and he must be killed in this battle, and he must lose his armor! ”

Zixi followed Zibo's strategy and led the Chu army to Yishui first. It is known that the vanguard general of the Wu army is stationed here. Zixi ordered the army to camp on the spot and sent a small work to inquire about the news of the Wu army. The Qin army hid twenty miles outside Yishui as a backup. (To be continued......)