The army is on the march.

Xiang Chong, Fan Li, and the civil and military officials of the Chu State went out of Pengcheng sixty miles to see off the army.

When the team drove away, Fan Li found that the civil and military officials had serious expressions on their faces, as if they were attending a funeral.

Fan Li knows that he can't underestimate the people of the world.

The officials of Da Chu are not stupid, they can all see that this so-called army is extremely poor, and it is almost impossible to win this war.

Only Xiang Chong rubbed his hands excitedly, looking like he was winning.

"Laughing?"

"Why aren't you smiling?"

Xiang Chong saw that everyone's expressions were serious, and he couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Da Chu Qunchen, you look at me, I look at you, no one can laugh.

Fan Li said lightly: "Your Majesty, my father-in-law has a slight illness, so I will go home to rest first." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Xiang Chong to agree, he turned around and boarded his own carriage and horse.

Let's go.

Seeing that Fan was far away, Xiang Chong was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly realized.

Fan Li was scared away by me!?

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am holding a banquet in the palace today to wish the army a triumphant!"

"No one in the Manchu Dynasty is allowed to ask for leave, except for the Duke of Jin."

"I can understand his feelings, hehehehe, I can understand."

Back at Fan's Mansion, Fan Li's face was indeed ugly.

There is no other reason.

The real war, I'm afraid, will be after the defeat of Miaoyin.

Time was a little tight, so he found Fan Zhengming and Fan Chun and asked the two to start preparing for the battle immediately.

"All 200,000 garrisons are in a wartime state."

"Fan's Commercial Bank suspended its ordinary business, made every effort to deploy military supplies, and transported them to the headquarters of Fan's Commercial Bank in Pengcheng."

Fan Li took out a pen and paper and quickly wrote down the list of supplies.

The Fan brothers looked around and found that the list was varied, including special pills for wartime wound treatment, urban defense equipment, array materials, and so on.

Fan Chun couldn't help frowning and asked, "Second brother, what do you mean by this?" The army has just set out for Xiongzhou, why do you seem to be preparing for the defense of Pengcheng? ”

"This battle will be lost." Fan Li replied while writing hard: "I suddenly remembered that Da Ming and Da Chu were defeated one after another, how would Shi Jingjiao and Li Yu react?" ”

Fan Chun blurted out: "The two emperors of the Celestial Empire must feel that the human dynasty is nothing more than this, and they are not their opponents at all. ”

Fan Zhengming also said: "Will they take the initiative to launch a war to extinguish Ming and Chu?" ”

"Not bad!"

Fan Li nodded.

"Therefore, the two Celestial Empires may have to turn defense into offense, and after the defeat of the Chu army, we can only defend passively."

The Fan brothers suddenly realized.

Fan Zhengming took the list handed over by Fan Li and glanced at it quickly.

"I'll do it right away!"

"Collect as many supplies as you want, even if you fill the entire Peng City!"

Fan Chun was puzzled: "Second brother, since we are going to fight a defensive battle, why don't we push the defense line to the border of Xiongzhou, but defend it in Pengcheng?" After all, this is the capital of the Great Chu State, and once the country is breached, the Great Chu is equivalent to destroying the country. ”

"It's a must."

Fan Li took a sip from the teacup.

"For many years, the Sanskrit Pure Land has been famous, and after the founding of the country, it has attracted countless women to defect. The people of Chu are unstable, all because Xiang Chong and the Daci Dynasty are ambiguous. ”

"If this trip is really as I expected, and Hou Jin sends troops to try to destroy Da Chu, I will temporarily delegate power, and Xiang Chong will still exert his strength."

"If he has the ability to defeat Shi Jingjiao, I will abandon my official position and give up power from now on."

"If he can't do it, then I will preside over the defense of Pengcheng."

"It's just that at that time, the Great Chu army and civilian ministers must completely obey me alone!"

After Fan Li finished speaking, his eyes had never been so resolute.

Fan Chun was puzzled and said: "Second brother, if you want to seize the country of Chu, it seems that you don't have to be so troublesome, right?" ”

"Huh?"

"I'm not interested in Da Chu Jiangshan, it's enough to be a powerful minister."

"It's just that from now on, I want the subjects of Dachu to keep it firmly in mind."

"The country guarded by my Fan is a stable country!"

"The Emperor of Chu that I identify is the rightful Emperor of Chu."

"It doesn't matter how high or low her cultivation is, how old or young, whether she is a man or a woman."

……

…………

The report of the battle came very quickly.

As Fan Li expected, the Miaoyin Holy Lord was defeated.

When the 180,000 army arrived in Xiongzhou, the Holy Lord of Miaoyin immediately played a song "Heavenly Demon Dance".

The army is in high spirits!

The Holy Lord of Miaoyin commanded the army to attack the city, and the soldiers who should have fled from the battle were divided into two groups.

A group of combat troops really began to frenzied siege the city.

Another group of logistical baggage troops withdrew from the Xiongzhou battlefield one after another as originally planned.

The Holy Lord of Miao Yin is really not a qualified commander.

She only cared about admiring the siege of the city, and did not even notice the quiet withdrawal of the heavy troops in the rear.

But the defeat of the battle situation was only really established after the appearance of the Later Jin Emperor Shi Jingjiao.

Later Jin Shi Jingjiao, what he cultivated was actually a trick.

One by one, the huge machine beasts jumped out of the city and rushed to kill the besieging Chu army.

According to the intelligence description, the machine beast is six or seven zhang tall and nearly ten zhang long, and looks like a cow and an elephant.

There are tens of thousands of heads!

The fighting units made up of ruffians and bullies were immediately crushed.

Those who were lucky enough not to die quickly woke up from the glamorous sound of "Heavenly Demon Flurry".

They began to flee one after another, and the Xiongzhou reconquest was thus declared a failure.

Chu Emperor Xiang Chong was shocked when he heard the news!

He summoned Fan Li to the court to discuss, and Fan Li said that he was ill.

Xiang Chong had no choice but to convene hundreds of officials to discuss countermeasures, but he had just mobilized 180,000 soldiers and horses from various places, and it was impossible to transfer troops from the local area.

Under the premise that Fan Li refused to use the garrison, Xiang Chong found that he was a clever woman and it was difficult to cook without rice.

The only good news.

Shi Jingjiao's army of machine beasts pursued and killed the defeated soldiers, and only stopped at the border of Xiongzhou, and did not leave the country to pursue.

But Rao is like this, the battle report came, the 180,000 army was lost, and the Holy Lord of Miaoyin had no troops available, and had returned to the Daci Dynasty on his own.

"Defeat in one battle?"

"What kind of useless army will be defeated in a battle?"

"Are the soldiers and horses of my Great Chu Prefecture and County so unbearable?"

In the court, Xiang Chong's face turned pale.

Of the 180,000 troops, it is said that only 30,000 or 40,000 died on the battlefield.

The remaining more than 100,000 people turned out to be deserters and scattered to flee to the prefectures and counties of Dachu.

"Gathering is a cloud of mud, scattering is a sky full of stars?"

"What do I want this waste for?"

"Order, order all states to arrest deserters, once caught, do not need to ask for an order, behead on the spot to set an example!"

But the news from the states and counties of Great Chu once again made Xiang Chong desperate.

Deserter?

None of them were caught.

On the contrary, the prisons in various states and counties, which were empty and idle not long ago, suddenly occupied many criminals.

So, except for a fool like Xiang Chong, almost all the officials in the capital knew what was going on.

"Your Majesty!"

"The Duke of Jin is still working on state affairs during his illness, and he has a piece of music to submit, asking His Majesty for permission to implement it."

Xiang Chong became interested when he heard it.

Although Fan Li's recitals are just a formality for him.

But if there is any way to break the enemy, Xiang Chong will also be grateful to Fan Li!

"Jin Gong please, immigrant."

"In order to avoid the disturbance of war, the Jin Gong Song asked the people of the prefectures and counties close to Xiongzhou to temporarily move to other places."

"Fan's Commercial Bank will ensure the smooth completion of the resettlement and the subsequent resettlement work, and the local government only needs to cooperate and assist as much as possible."

Xiang Chong was confused.

He opened Fan Li's recital and found several familiar place names, all of which were very close to Pengcheng.

"That's not right!"

No matter how stupid Xiang Chong is, he can also go up with IQ when it comes to his own safety.

He carefully read Fan Li's recitals and found that the several states and counties that needed to be immigrated, if the common people were really moved away, an unobstructed straight passage would be formed between Xiongzhou and Pengcheng!?

Theoretically, except for a long distance between the capital of Great Chu and Xiongzhou, there is not a single soldier to hinder it?

"Wait a minute!"

Xiang Chong was shocked.

"If you emigrate according to the arrangement of the Duke of Jin, when Shi Jingjiao sends troops to call, will I want my Pengcheng to face the enemy army?"

No one answered.

Silence is acquiescence.

The officials of Da Chu also did not understand Fan Li's thoughts, but they also admitted that if they did not emigrate, the weak combat strength of the local army, those prefectures and counties would inevitably be destroyed in the war.

Kyoto Pengcheng, sooner or later you still have to face a strong enemy.

"Your Majesty, this is what Duke Jin meant, please don't hesitate any longer." Some ministers persuaded.

"Fart! Fart fart fart! Xiang Chong yelled, even with a hint of crying. My people don't know how to protect me? Could it be that I, as the Son of Great Chu, want to send these small people to death? ”

When these words came out of Xiang Chong's mouth, he didn't think there was anything, but the civil and military officials were red-faced when they heard it.

How shameless would an emperor say such a thing bluntly?

What about backbone?

You are also the bloodline of the overlord Xiang Yu?

Cowardice before fighting, how can there be the shadow of the overlord of Western Chu?

"No, no, no!"

"It's okay!"

"Didn't Shi Jingjiao's Trap Beast leave Xiongzhou?"

"He wants Xiongzhou, just let me give it to him?"

"Since then, the two families have been at peace, I have recognized him, established diplomatic relations with him, and exchanged envoys."

"Yes!"

"That's it, I and His Majesty Shi Jingjiao can ......"

Fan Li said that he was sick, and Miaoyin was defeated.

When it really came time for Xiang Chong to preside over the overall situation alone, he panicked so much that he had no master, and even came up with a way to give up Xiongzhou and cut the land for peace.

He was talking nonsense, and he couldn't care about the disappointed and angry expressions of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

Suddenly!

The sky resounded twice, and it was actually the sound transmission technique of the master of the Mahayana realm.

"I am Li Yu, the son of the Tang Dynasty, and I will launch a war of annihilation against the Ming State from now on. Where the subjects of the Ming Kingdom serve the Tang Dynasty, I am not to blame for the past. If you continue to be obsessed, when you destroy the Ming Kingdom, you will rot with the rotten wood! ”

"I am the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingjiao, and launched a war of annihilation against the State of Chu on the same day. Where the subjects of the Chu State serve the Great Jin Heavenly Dynasty, I am not to blame for the past. If you continue to be obsessed, when you destroy the Chu State, you will not leave all the eggs under the nest! ”

The voice of the Son of Heaven echoed in the world for a long time.

Xiang Chong was dumbfounded, trembling like chaff.

After a long time, he asked in a crying voice, "Ladies Aiqing?" I...... I...... What should I do? ”

"Your Majesty."

The minister who had just delivered the message for Fan Li was once again listed from the court.

"The Duke of Jin has something to say, let the minister tell His Majesty."

"Say! Hurry up and say! Xiang Chong stood up and urged.

"Duke Jin asks Your Majesty to remember the duty of the Son of Heaven."

Seeing Xiang Chong's confused face, the minister sighed and slowly said five words.

"The Son of Heaven guards the country."