The so-called upper is fateful, and the lower will be effective.

As Zhao Kuo's order to kill and kill was issued, Handan City, which was originally calm, instantly became agitated.

Those who are amazed, there are. After all, the king personally went out to fight, although there is such a tradition in the Zhao country, but after all, it is already a product of the era of King Zhao Wuling, and now the king is suddenly in charge, which is a little strange;

Opponents, yes. In any case, the king's expedition is a big risk for a regime, especially before there is no bad news from the front, and it is not a very good idea for the king to go out in person;

Those who steal joy are even more so. Even those who hope that Zhao Kuo will never return are no longer a few. Although Zhao Kuo has been recognized by the vast majority of people in Zhao State, it is undeniable that there are still many people who are opposing Zhao Kuo.

Of course, the most is excitement and anticipation.

That's right, excitement, anticipation.

Zhao Kuo is also a person, that is the existence that can lead 400,000 weak divisions to defeat the 600,000 army of the Qin army, and the existence that can resist the tens of thousands of troops of the Yan army with 5,000 soldiers in turn.

Now that the king is back on his expedition, everyone seems to have seen a great victory just around the corner.

Whether it's blind or optimistic, this is the trust that Zhao Kuo brought to the people of Zhao State.

This is, of course, a double-edged sword.

On the one hand, Zhao Kuo's expedition comes with its own buff, which naturally increases morale and improves the winning rate; But on the other hand, such a high morale is also extremely easy to make Zhao Kuo, who leads the team, proud, which is obviously extremely unfavorable for the battle.

And once there is any problem with Zhao Kuo's expedition, this will be an immeasurable blow to the confidence of the entire Zhao State.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuo, as a party, does not have such blind self-confidence, let alone pride.

On the contrary, in the face of today's predicament, Zhao Kuo is a little worried to a large extent.

If it is said that in the first battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo still has the advantage of a traverser's understanding of history, then at this time, Zhao Kuo can only rely on his real strength.

Of course, none of this really matters to today's situation.

The important thing is that Zhao Kuo knows that he must set off as soon as possible, before Qin Guo can react.

In order to ensure the top secrecy of the news, while ordering the army to march, Zhao Kuo also immediately announced martial law in Handan. Not to mention personnel, not a single carrier pigeon is allowed to be released.

Of course, Handan, as the capital of Zhao State, is impossible to impose martial law for a long time. Five days, Zhao Kuo's request is five days. For five days, no one is allowed to disclose information to the outside world.

In fact, that's what the government's notice told the people of Handan.

Five days, in the eyes of the female cadres left in Handan by the Qin people, this was just the time when the troops could be assembled and reorganized. Naturally, he will not be too obsessed with passing on the information of Zhao Jun's southward movement.

It's just that the Qin people obviously don't know that as early as when Zhao Kuo decided to send troops to destroy Yan, he had already ordered the Handan army to prepare for war. Therefore, the time for the assembly and preparation of the Zhao army did not take five days at all.

On the contrary, after only one day of preparation, Zhao Kuo led an army of 20,000 to embark on the road to the south.

And these five days were enough for Zhao Kuo to lead the army to quickly reach the Shangdang area; Five days is enough time for Li Musuo, who received the order, to go to the border of Han Zhiguo.

Obviously, Zhao Kuo continued to try to buy more time for his troops.

It's a pity that Qin Jun actually didn't pay much attention to Zhao Guo's actions, and in the eyes of Wang Di now, there was only one goal - Chen Du of Chu State.

The task of cleaning up the surrounding cities was still handed over to Meng Fu.

In front of him, there were 200,000 troops, and they all pressed towards Chen Du without the slightest delay.

The good news is that as early as when the Qin army invaded the state of Chu, the king of Chu had already received the report, and because of the early reminder of the state of Zhao, the army of 100,000 troops had already gathered in the Chen capital of the state of Chu;

The bad news is that with the rapid fall of Zeng Cheng and Xin Cai, it directly led to the lack of confidence of the Chu army in the Chen capital to defeat the Qin army.

Although the Chu army that escaped from Zengcheng and Xincai City brought the strength of the defense of Chendu to more than 125,000 people, the increase in strength did not mean the increase in combat power.

On the contrary, after learning about the elite and size of the Qin army from the mouths of the soldiers of the Chu army who fled from Zengcheng, the Chu army was unconsciously cast a shadow of defeat, even though the Qin army had not actually killed Chen Capital.

Not only in the Chu army, this panic mood immediately spread to the entire Chen Capital with the easy fall of Xin Cai City.

Many dignitaries and nobles even began to secretly transfer their wealth and people outside the city, even if they did it secretly, they could not escape the eyes of the people.

Undoubtedly, the actions of the dignitaries and nobles made the people of Chu lose their confidence in victory.

And the panic of the people re-applied to the court of the Chu State.

As a result, the proposal to persuade the king of Chu to move the capital to temporarily avoid the edge gradually became popular.

It should be said that in the face of such a proposal, the King of Chu had a momentary heartbeat, after all, no one wanted to live with his life.

Fortunately, as a king, the least reason pulled the king of Chu at the last moment.

The king of Chu, who came to his senses, soon realized that once he gave up the Chen capital, it would be equivalent to giving up the most elite territory of the Chu State, and from then on, the Chu State would completely withdraw from the stage of hegemony and completely become a country like the Han Zhiguo, which lived by the faces of Qin and Zhao.

What's more, Chen Du may already be the most fortified side city in the northern part of the Chu State today.

It's easy to give up Chen Du, but will the Qin army stop them?

If the Qin army continues to pursue all the way, where will they retreat to be considered the end? The land of Wu Yue? Or the Southern Barbarians?

What's more, as the king of Chu, he has no resistance in his own capital, so how can he be the king after that? Who else is willing to obey their own orders?

Therefore, whether it is public or private, Chen must abide by it, and it must be guarded.

With this basic judgment, the king of Chu no longer hesitated, and when several ministers who were about to give up Chen Du were put in prison, and at the same time, Zeng Cheng and Xin Cai, who had lost their army and desperately drove them back, directly took their posts and questioned them.

Obviously, the purpose of these two actions is only one, that is, to tell all the people of Chu State: they must guard the Chen capital.

After expressing his attitude, the next thing the King of Chu has to do is to tell everyone: We may not lose this battle.

It's a pity that in the face of the 200,000 army of the Qin army, even the Chu State, which has the advantage of terrain, is difficult to win.

And if you want to win, a strict arrangement is naturally necessary, and the King of Chu has also made a lot of efforts in this direction, of course, such a big gap can no longer be solved by strict arrangement.

The most important and effective way to do this is to tell everyone that you still have reinforcements.

Therefore, while the king of Chu issued an order from King Qin to the surrounding cities, he also sent envoys to the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Qi.

The king of Chu believed that at least the state of Zhao would not allow the state of Qin to arbitrarily annex his own state of Chu.

And as long as Zhao State participates, his Chu State may not be able to reverse the decline in one sentence, or even turn the tables.

Soon, under the encouragement of the half-truths of the king of Chu, the Chu army still stabilized his mentality and began to defend Chen Du strictly.

At the same time, the main army of the Qin army also arrived outside Chen City.

Without the slightest pause, almost as soon as the camp was arranged, Wang Di had already ordered the army to attack.

Obviously, Wang didn't want to waste any time that might be overtaken.

An army of more than 100,000 (tens of thousands of people retained in the rear army) began to unfold on the periphery of the huge Chen City, the banners with dark silver characters shone in the scorching sun, and the sound of whimpering horns made the entire sky become low and solemn.

Stepping on the neat beat of the drum, the Qin army dressed in black armor appeared in the city

In the eyes of the soldiers of the head Chu army.

Far more arrow towers, ladders, and rushing vehicles were almost lined up in front of Xincai City, and the soldiers of the Qin army slowly leaned towards the tower of Chen Cheng.

Obviously, the Qin army has made full preparations for this moment.

Looking at the boundless Qin army front, the soldiers of the Chu army above the city tower couldn't help but swallow their saliva fiercely.

Fortunately, as the Qin army approached, the drums within the Chu army also sounded immediately, which woke up those Chu army soldiers from shock and fear.

Licking his somewhat chapped lips and clenching the Changge in his hand, the soldiers of the Chu army immediately prepared for a bloody battle amid the sound of drums.

"Put!" The Chu army, which had a high superiority, took the lead in launching an attack on the Qin army.

It is still in the form of bow and crossbow shooting, which opens up a new offensive and defensive defense. It's just that, compared with the embarrassment of Xincaicheng, which needs to draw troops from the north gate and the east and west gates, Chen Du's troops are obviously more sufficient.

And under the more dense rain of arrows, naturally there were more Qin soldiers killed on the spot.

It's just that with this casualty, Wang Yi won't even blink his eyes.

The captain of the Qin military academy in charge of the foot soldiers, holding the battle sword in his hand, held it high - it seemed that because he had not received the slightest influence from the rain of arrows of the Qin army just now, he still ordered his troops without hesitation: "Enter!"

500 steps,

400 steps,

......

Soon, the Qin army's arrow towers finally reached the effective range - the crossbow fire was immediately launched.

Immediately afterwards, the Qin soldiers under the arrow tower immediately accelerated again, and the soldiers of the Qin army, who were like ants, rushed towards the city tower one after another.

I could only hear the crisp sound of "popping", and the ladders were immediately hung on the castle tower.

"Whoa" shouted, and countless soldiers of the Qin army immediately stepped on the cloud ladder that had not yet been completely stabilized, and killed the Chu army in front.

It's just that Chu Jun is not a dead man in the end.

At the moment when the ladder was about to be set up, countless Changge stretched out from the battlements and pushed the ladder aside.

And even if it is a ladder that has been built to the city tower, Chu Jun will naturally not let it go, and the countless rolling wood and stones and the golden juice that has been burned through will be the best gift to welcome the Qin army.

Countless Qin troops who rushed up the ladder fell down again, and red, yellow, and white flowed all over the ground.

The battle went to a fever pitch almost from the start.

Wang Di, who was watching this scene, also sighed a long sigh in his heart: Sure enough, Chen Cheng is not easy to attack!

It's just that now Wang Yi is facing Chen Cheng, but there is no more way than to use his life to pile up......