Pengcheng, Lian Po sat on the head of the city with a golden knife, holding a piece of melon the size of a human head in his hand, and looked at the Chu army outside the city while gnawing on the siege equipment.

"The newly cultivated melons from the farmhouse are indeed more delicious than before, sweet and delicious, and there is a lot of water, and it is more comfortable to eat a piece in summer than to stay in an igloo." Lian Po spit out the melon seeds in the direction of the Chu army, but he obviously didn't have Qiu Qianqi's kung fu, and all the melon seeds fell to the city.

That is, the entire city has been blocked, and there are no pedestrians coming over under the city, otherwise Lian Po will definitely be scolded for having no quality.

"A few old men from the peasant family asked me to tell the general that if the general thinks it is delicious, donate some funds to them, and in the future, they will have enough melons and fruits, and how much they want." Yan Xiong stood behind Lian Po with a halberd on his shoulder, like a wall, and said in a humming voice.

"Phew, it's not delicious, I won't eat it in the future." Lian Po stuffed the last bit of melon meat into his mouth, took a towel from the guard's hand and wiped his mouth, "The king gives so much money every year is not enough for them, where does Lao Tzu have the money to give them." Even if you are short of money, ask the king directly, the king is so rich."

Lian Po really doesn't have much money, in fact, the county princes of Zhao State don't have much money, because if they want to build a fief, even if they have money, they have to be frugal.

They are now making money fast, spending money faster, and all the money earned by the domestic industry is smashed on the fiefdom.

Even then, it was not enough.

Although the land in the northeast is fertile, it is all wasteland, and everything has to be developed from scratch, and the manpower and material resources consumed are immeasurable.

"They said they could send someone to the general's fiefdom to help plan land development and crop planting, and if there were good seeds in the future, they would give priority to the general." Yan Xiong said.

"This melon is still very good, I will eat it more in the future. Send someone to send 20 million dollars to the farmer, and say that it is the general's thank you fee." Lian Po waved his hand, and then felt that something was wrong, and looked at Yan Xiong strangely, "How do you know so clearly?"

"They are also looking for the last general...... Yan Xiong said silently, he is not as thick-skinned as Lian Po, after eating the melons sent by the farmer, he directly gave 10 million ......

"Doesn't that mean everyone is looking for it? That's a fart to have this priority! Moreover...... What does the farmer want so much money for?" Lian Po was a little puzzled.

So many people add up to hundreds of millions, just those old men in the farmer's family, can they spend it in this life?

Besides, there has been one less old man in the past few years, and the rest of the people may have to leave when.

"They applied for funding from the king before, because the unification war was going on, and the money and food were relatively tight, but the king didn't approve it, so they found a way to raise it themselves." Cai Ze walked up from under the city.

"It wouldn't cost that much money." Lian Po said that the farm has been developing for so many years, and the core is only one or two hundred people, how much can it cost.

"They...... Travel to the Mauryan Empire and study the local soil and crops...... There are also the Western Regions and the Indochina Peninsula, they are also going to ......," Cai Ze said.

I have to say that these farmers are really bold, I heard that the Peacock Dynasty guarantees two crops a year, and the fertile soil can grow three times a year, no matter how far away it is, so they shouted to go.

It was also said that if the caravan could arrive, they would be able to arrive.

"Actually, the court is not really out of money, even if it can't be given in full, the installment is enough, but the king doesn't want them to go, so he vetoed it." Cai Ze said that the loss of the group of people in the peasant family is the loss of the entire Zhao State.

"That...... Will the money be returned to them?" Lian Po said.

"Give it, give it, Xiangguo said, it's better to be blocked, even if they don't let them go, they will sneak over, and there is no guarantee of safety. It is better to arrange for them to study the Indochina Peninsula and the Western Regions first, because the danger is not high. As for the Mauryan Dynasty, I'll talk about it in a few years." Cai Ze said.

Zhao now has a certain understanding of various regions of the world, and what can be called civilization is the Mediterranean coastal countries in the extreme west, the Seleucid kingdom in the two river basins, as well as the Mauryan Empire and the Central Plains.

The rest of the region is either just emerging from the period of obscurantism or is similar to the savages.

Among them, there are only three that can reach the level of the empire, the Seleucid Kingdom, the Mauryan Dynasty, and the Zhao Kingdom.

Among them, the strongest is the Mauryan Empire, with a large population and strong military strength, and the comprehensive strength of the Zhao State is not comparable to the Mauryan Empire, and it can only compete with it after unifying the Central Plains.

However, the Mauryan Dynasty has an incomparably huge hidden danger, and sooner or later it will erupt.

The Seleucid kingdom used to be very powerful, but it was defeated by the Mauryan Empire a few years ago, and ceded a lot of land, and in recent years, it was defeated by the Ptolemaic kingdom, and the Bactria kingdom and the Parthian kingdom also became independent from the Seleucid kingdom.

The powerful Seleucid kingdom has declined to the extreme, and it may fall into the imperial sequence at any time, which can be regarded as the floor tiles of the empire.

The strength of Zhao is between the two, and the upper echelons of Zhao attach great importance to the Mauryan Empire, an incomparably powerful opponent who occupies a rich land.

Don't look at the good relationship between the two sides now, but sooner or later a war will break out between the two countries, and then it will not stop fighting.

Of course, Zhao did not know that the Mauryan Empire had sent troops into the Hengduan Mountains to prepare to open the road to the Central Plains.

"Then give it." Lian Po said indifferently, turning his head to look outside the city, the Chu army was transporting the felled timber back to the barracks, "Command all departments, open the city gates, and beat drums and cheers."

"Do you want to attack?" Cai Ze asked.

"Don't attack, just scare and scare the Chu army." Lian Po said disapprerovingly.

Jingyang is not a mediocre general, during this period of time, all his energy was spent on arranging the camp tent and building engineering equipment, and the camp was built by him like an iron bucket, obviously planning to fight steadily and suppress it with momentum.

Lian Po thought about sneaking up on the Chu military camp, but later found that there was no chance, so he gave up.

However, this does not prevent him from beating drums every day to scare the Chu army and suppress the morale of the Chu army, and he does not expect any substantive effect, as long as he can disgust the Chu army.

When the Chu army is disgusted and transparent, it gradually loses its mind, and it will inevitably reveal flaws.

As long as the Chu army shows its flaws, Lian Po is confident that he can seize it, even if he can't defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop, he can establish a certain advantage, and then expand the advantage into a victory.

Although he led the partial army and faced the main force of the Chu army, Lian Po still hoped to be able to play some role, rather than putting all his hopes on Zhao Kuo.

"General, the king is in a hurry." At this time, the guards in charge of guarding the letter eagle quickly arrived from the city and handed over a letter to Lian Po.

Lian Po carefully checked the integrity of the sealing mud before opening it, swept it up and down, and said with great joy: "Hahaha, good thing, great thing, the king has broken Chen Ying."

"So fast!" Cai Ze said in surprise, calculating the time, this is not a delay at all.

"Si Nong arranged for manpower to copy 10,000 copies of this letter, tied it to an arrow, and shot it into the camp of the Chu army." Lian Po handed the letter to Cai Ze and said happily.

The Chu army has definitely not received the news yet, and the Zhao army has a letter eagle to send a letter, and the speed is definitely faster than that of the Chu army, as long as the news is tied to the arrow, it will soon spread throughout the entire Chu army.

You don't need Chu Jun to believe it immediately, as long as you know.

The day after tomorrow at the latest, the news will be sent to Jingyang, and it will be too late for Jingyang to want ***.

As long as he dares to order a retreat, everyone will know that the news of the fall of the national capital is true, and the morale of the army will inevitably collapse, and it will be the turn of the Zhao army to attack at that time.

If Jingyang does not retreat and chooses to continue to fight the Zhao army, then Zhao Kuo will lead the army eastward, and then the Chu army will only face the result of being attacked from both sides.

So Jingyang had no choice.

In addition, the king of Chu would also order Jingyang to withdraw his troops.

……

"General, something is wrong, take a look." In the camp of the Chu army, Jingyang was studying how to attack Pengcheng, Xiang Pei hurriedly walked from outside and handed a note to Jingyang, "This is the Zhao army just shot in, and it said that King Zhao has personally conquered Chen Ying."

"Do you believe this rumor? Zhao State is now divided into three routes, all the way to fight with Qin, all the way to confront our army in Pengcheng, all the way to fight with Han and Wei, how can there be an army to attack our Chu State? Besides, there is still a Wei State between our Chu State and Zhao State, so Zhao Jun can't fly over from the sky."

Jingyang said with a smile, Zhao Jun is really poor in donkey skills, and even uses this method, do you really think Chu Jun will believe it!

"But I think it......" Xiang Pei always felt that this thing didn't seem to be fake, and he couldn't say why, maybe it was intuition.

"Okay, let's not believe it, what to do, what to do, the siege equipment is almost done, and the siege will officially start the day after tomorrow. When I take Pengcheng, I will ask the king for a reward. If you can capture one or two Zhao generals, you will have a chance to exchange with Zhao Guo for Ling Gongzi." Jingyang waved his hand, not taking this matter to heart at all.

After the vast majority of the Chu army saw it...... Well, they didn't react when they saw it, because they couldn't read or understand what was written on it.

But there were literate people in the army, and they asked people, and soon they knew what was written on the note.

Except for a few who were worried, most people didn't take it to heart.

This kind of thing is outrageous.

Compared with Zhao Jun's attack on Chen Ying, they were more willing to believe that this was Zhao Jun's strategy.

In addition, Jingyang quickly refuted the rumors, and everyone left them behind.

Until the evening of the next day......

One rode into the Chu army camp......

"What! Zhao Jun really hit Chen Ying!" Jingyang took the letter, opened it, and jumped up from his seat.

He led the Chu army to Pengcheng for a few days, and he didn't start the official siege of the city, you tell me that the Zhao army has reached the national capital?

Are a large bunch of you all trash?

"No...... It's not that Chen Ying has been hit, it's that Chen Ying has been broken. Wei and Han betrayed the alliance, and King Zhao led the troops of the Three Jin Coalition to the city. The main forces of our country are all on the front line, and the rear forces are empty, unable to resist the Zhao army, and the king can only lead part of the troops to temporarily withdraw from the city." The soldier delivering the letter said quickly.

「…… What Zhao Jun said is true!" Jingyang almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, if the news was sent in advance, he could still retreat in advance, and he could *** at the worst, and now the news that the Zhao army had broken Chen Ying had spread all over the army.

Lao Tzu just refuted the rumors and ordered to attack Pengcheng tomorrow, and at this time he gave up the siege and led the army to retreat, isn't it clearly telling everyone that this matter is true!

"Didn't Zhu Rongwei stay in Chen Ying?" Jingyang said in a deep voice.

There is a military soul legion stationed, and at least 350,000 strong men can be requisitioned in the city, even if there are more troops of the Three Jin Dynasty, it should be able to hold for a while, why not be broken in less than a day?

"King Zhao brought the Praetorian Guards, Zhu Rongwei...... After Zhu Rongwei stayed in the city, eighty percent ...... Eighty percent of them have been wiped out." The soldier delivering the letter bowed his head and said.

"How many troops does Zhao Jun have?" Jingyang forced himself to calm down and looked at the soldier who delivered the letter.

"At least one hundred or two hundred thousand, mostly Wei and Han troops." The soldier said.

Well, I don't even know how many Zhao Jun there are, this is because there was no battle at all, and they fled directly!

Jing Yang's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and asked again, "Where are the Great King and Chun Shenjun now?"

"Chun Shenjun has gone to Jiangdong to recruit troops and transfer grain, and the king is now waiting for the general in Jiao County." The soldier said.

"Go and get General Xiang here." Jingyang said to the guard, walked to the seat and sat down, rubbed his head, and felt an incomparably headache.

Zhao Guo's move smashed Huanglong directly, making all his previous efforts a joke, and now let alone recapture the land of Huaisi, it is difficult to say whether he can safely withdraw or not.

With his understanding of Lian Po, the other party would never let him withdraw his troops so peacefully.

"General, you're looking for me." Xiang Pei lifted the curtain and saw the embarrassed messenger soldier, he was stunned for a moment, and a bad premonition appeared in his heart.

"Chen Ying has fallen, what Zhao Jun said is true." Jingyang handed the letter to Xiang Pei.

「…… So we ...... What to do." Xiang Pei took the letter, scanned it briefly, raised his head to look at Jingyang, and said with difficulty.

"There is no choice but to withdraw." Jingyang said.

"Then Zhao Jun ......" Xiang Pei said, Zhao Jun got the news ahead of them, and must have been prepared, as long as

They retreated, and the Zhao army would inevitably lead the army in pursuit.

"You led the main force to retreat overnight, and I led the front army to break the rear. There is no need to hide the news, anyway, everyone knows it, and I will tell you directly that Chen Ying has fallen, and we have to rush back now, maybe it can also inspire everyone's momentum of hatred and hatred." Jingyang said.

Retreat is necessary to retreat, rather than long nights and dreams, it is better to retreat overnight.

Of course, this is not without risks, but relatively speaking, the risks will be smaller.

"Okay." Xiang Pei nodded, now is not the time to excuse himself, how to bring the Chu army back is the most important thing.

……

"General, there is movement in the Chu army." In the room, Lian Po was studying how to strengthen his battle formation, and a centurion walked into the room to report.

"It seems that the Chu army received the news and was ready to retreat, and it was quite decisive, so soon to withdraw. Flame Bear, go and see for yourself, don't be discovered." Lian Po grabbed his weapon and strode outside. "Gather the soldiers and all the young men in the city, and prepare to go out of the city to meet the battle."

It was impossible for him to sit back and watch the Chu army leave like this, these were all military merits, how could they let them run away like this.

However, the number of Zhao troops was too small, and it was really difficult to leave the Chu army, so Lian Po recruited all the young men in the city in advance and waited for the Chu army to retreat.

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