After a night attack by the Wu army, most of the grain and grass of the Chu army were lost and had been burned.

Shen Yinshu knew that under the current situation that the grain and grass were running out and morale was low, the Chu army was no longer able to fight, so he sent Yu Qingji to negotiate peace with the Wu army.

"Peace?"

In the lobby of Luzi City, Qing Ji looked at the envoy sent by Shen Yinshu at the foot of the steps, and couldn't help but sneer, and said, "Waiting for the Chu army, do you still have the qualifications to negotiate peace with the widows?" Is it to negotiate peace, or to seek peace? ”

"Back to King Wu, our army is also seeking peace, everything should be precious, our Chu army still has the strength to fight, and it is reasonable to negotiate peace with King Wu!"

The Chu envoy said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Although the Wu army has won many battles and is invincible, it is still far inferior to our Chu army in terms of troops. If King Wu does not agree to negotiate peace, he is not afraid of increasing casualties? ”

"My Chu army fights a fish to die and the net is broken, it doesn't matter. Chu is a hegemonic power, with a vast land, a large population, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and thousands of military vehicles! ”

"Chu State can afford casualties, Wu Guoran?"

Hearing this, Meng Ben and other Wu generals standing on both sides couldn't help but glare angrily at the Chu envoy, as if they couldn't dismantle him.

A fierce light flashed in Qingji's eyes, and he sneered: "Chu Envoy, are you threatening the widow?" ”

"I don't dare. It's just that please think twice about King Wu! ”

Chu envoy said: "The war has reached this point, whether it is war or peace, it is all between King Wu's thoughts. ”

"However, the minister has to remind the king of Wu that the current enemies of Wu are not only the Chu army, but also the Han people and the Yue people are attacking the Wu country, and the main army of the Wu country is on the front line of the Wu country!"

"King Wu is not afraid, Wu is lost, and he can't return to his home? This difficulty of losing the country is really painful! ”

As soon as he heard this, Qingji just smiled indifferently and said, "This is a matter within the scope of the widow, so don't worry about it." Someone, send off! ”

"King Wu!"

Before the Chu envoy could continue to speak, Qing Ji waved his hand and asked the guards standing on the left and right to carry him out, so that he could not see it.

At this time, Meng Ben stepped forward and asked, "King, since the Chu people are asking for peace, why don't the king take advantage of the situation and agree to come down?" ”

The generals present were quite puzzled.

The current situation of the state of Wu is very critical, and there is more than one enemy in the state of Chu!

According to Qingji's original plan, he planned to fight a quick battle and solve the great enemy Chu army as soon as possible.

Now that the Chu army has admitted to relent, why is Qingji aggressive and unwilling to take a step back?

In this regard, Qingji just wants to say: the plan can't catch up with the change!

"Hehe, it's not what it used to be."

Qingji smiled and said, "Second and third sons, do you think that the Chu people can easily succumb to my Wu State?" ”

"This ...... Unlikely. ”

The generals shook their heads!

After all, Wu and Chu are a feud, and they have an irresolvable blood feud.

If the Wu army is allowed to succumb to the Chu army, they think that they will not be able to do it, unless they have reached the point of exhaustion!

"The Chu army is already cornered!"

Qingji said very firmly: "The widow admits that the Chu army does have a large number of generals and still has the strength to fight. But there is not much grain and straw left, and people are not made of copper and iron, but they are indispensable for eating, drinking, and sleeping. ”

"No matter how powerful an army is, if there is no food and grass supply, it is a rabble, old, weak, sick and disabled!"

"With such a Chu army, why should a widow be afraid?"

Hearing this, Meng Ben and other generals suddenly realized, and immediately complimented: "The king is wise!" ”

Qingji just laughed it off.

is the so-called snake beating seven inches, and now the seven inches of the Chu army have been firmly grasped by Qingji!

Isolated and helpless, with all the food and grass running out, how could the Chu army not collapse?

Surrendering to the Wu army at that time is their only choice!

In order to ensure the proper settlement of the surrendered Chu soldiers, Qingji had to send people back to the Wu capital to ask Dazai Jizha and other ministers and doctors to raise more food.

Otherwise, Qingji would not dare to guarantee that when he receives so many Chu soldiers at once, he will not be a killer because of a lack of food, and do the same thing as Qin Guokeng's killing of Zhao in the Battle of Changping.

Take precautions, this is what Qingji must do!

The battle on the front line of Luzi was once again deadlocked.

Because Qingji refused the Chu army's request for peace, Shen Yinshu had to gather his troops and horses and camp on the spot.

Shen Yinshu plans to spend time with Wu Jun like this, and wait and see what happens!

Guy has already received the news that the Vietnamese army will attack the city all the way, and the troops will be able to come to the city of Wu in a few days.

When the time comes, the person who is pinched may be jealous!

However, what worried Shen Yinshu was that the grain and grass in the army had almost been consumed.

In desperation, Shen Yinshu could only let his soldiers go into the nearby mountains and forests to hunt, pick wild fruits, or go to the lake to fish, trying to get something to eat.

But, after all, this is a drop in the bucket!

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Chu army, who can eat less than half of what they used to eat every day, how can they fight?

"It's time to eat! It's time to eat! ”

In the camp of the Chu army, as soon as the meal arrived, many soldiers of the Chu army rushed over one after another like hungry wolves, lining up in an orderly manner to eat.

It's just that they get very little to eat!

In the wooden shed, hundreds of cauldrons were erected, and the pots were full of white water, mixed with rice grains, vegetable leaves, shredded fish, and meat foam, but the amount of water in the soldiers' bowls was too small.

A soldier looked at the dozens of grains of rice and meat foam in his bowl, and couldn't help but be very dissatisfied, and shouted: "How can this little thing be satisfied? ”

"Make no mistake! Two meals a day are full of gruel! Is this bowl of porridge porridge? It's clearly soup! ”

"That's it!"

"If you eat this kind of thing again, let's not say that we will fight in battle, and we don't even have the strength to lift a sword!"

The dissatisfaction of the soldiers of the Chu army was suddenly detonated, and they blamed the kitchen soldiers in charge.

The military officer on the side suddenly glared angrily at the troublesome soldier, whipped it, and cursed in his mouth: "Banma Day! Some of them eat well, but you still dare to ask for big fish and meat? ”

"Get out, or Lao Tzu will beat you to death!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and walked away with the food in the bowl.

Shen Yinshu, who was inspecting the camp, felt helpless when he saw this scene.

The deputy general on the side, Mi Ji, couldn't help but sigh and said, "General, it's not a way to go on like this." ”

"In recent days, the food of the soldiers has been decreasing day by day, and they have complained in private, and the last general is really worried that it will not be long before there will be a large number of deserters in the army, and our Chu army will collapse without a fight."

Shen Yinshu bowed slightly.

How could he not know this?

If even the most basic food and clothing problems cannot be solved, the morale of the soldiers is secondary, and the results of mutiny and camp roar are not what Shen Yinshu is willing to see.