Meng Wu on the other side also found that they had gone all the way south and indeed did not encounter decent resistance.

Even when passing through many cities, they were not used to attack the city at all, and the local officials and nobles surrendered the city.

"This is the State of Chu! This is the aristocracy! "Meng Wu is disdainful.

"That's understandable!" The others nodded as well.

The state of Chu is highly autonomous, and it is said to be a country, which is more like an aristocratic alliance, similar to the original Zhou Tianzi division.

The nobles of Chu have absolute autonomy over the locality, and naturally put their own interests first, and their first reaction when they see that something cannot be done is to protect themselves.

Especially in this big battle, they are not optimistic about Xiang Yan at all, let alone Chu State.

The old nobles who have been able to govern the local government for decades or even hundreds of years naturally have their own team of disciples and staff, and a little analysis can know the contrast between the strength of Chu and Qin.

In terms of the number of troops, on the one hand, the Qin State had 100,000 old troops supported by the old Zhao State, 300,000 troops of the Qin State, and 100,000 troops of Longcheng, with a total strength of more than 500,000, while the Chu State only had 300,000 people in various cities and counties.

In terms of excellent equipment, the Qin State has the most robust and fierce war horses in the world, the most advanced armor equipment built by the Mo family and the Gong losers, and the most complete training methods (including the cavalry training of the Zhao State, the archer training of the barbarians in Northern Xinjiang, the training of Wei Wushu, the training of Korean crossbowmen and the training method of Qin's own sharp soldiers), and the only sailor who can handle it in Chu was also abolished by Longcheng.

In terms of the command of the generals, the commander of the Qin State this time will be Li Mu, who is recognized as the first general in the world, Wang Qian, the deputy general of Tu Baiqi, Yang Duanhe, and Meng Wu, Wang Ben, Pang Xuan, all of whom have brilliant achievements, and there is only one Xiang Yan in the Chu State, and he is still a guy who has been defeated by Long Jun many times.

Therefore, the nobles of Chu are not stupid, and they also know that the general trend of Chu is gone, so they directly choose to find their next home!

The most important thing is that before Mengwu attacked Shouchun, these nobles of Chu State had already known the result of the battle of the city father in advance, and knew that Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi's army had been severely damaged by Meng Tian, which made them even more determined in their thoughts.

It is impossible for a nobleman to hang himself from a tree, especially if the tree has decayed, and it is impossible to cling to it again.

"Wu is still very puzzled, why did they directly surrender to us, but resolutely resist Long Jun?" Meng Wu looked at his cronies suspiciously.

The cronies are also puzzled, they also received the battle report from the Dragon City side, it can be said that the Dragon City army has encountered extreme resistance everywhere they go, and there is quite a kind of death will to survive the city attack, which is completely different from what they encountered.

"Could it be that the Huainan nobles are more bloody?" The cronies said ambiguously.

"Impossible, if it is a nobleman, I can understand it, but all the cities have burst out with absolute will when they encounter the army of Dragon City, this is impossible!" Meng Wu shook his head.

No matter what battlefield or what country, there will always be some wall-riding factions at both ends of the snake and rat, such as these they encounter, but there will also be some unwavering diehards, these are normal.

But Huaishui is separated by two worlds, which is not normal!

"Is there a possibility that they are afraid of us?" The cronies were also unconfident, and then shook their heads.

They are only 50,000 people, and in terms of reputation, the reputation and prestige of Long Jun are higher, and they are afraid of Long Wei, not them.

"It's possible!" Meng Wu suddenly became enlightened.

"Huh? I'm just talking about it! The cronies hurriedly said, if this matter spreads, they will offend Long Cheng, who doesn't know the relationship between Long Jun and the current king.

It's really spread out, how will they gain a foothold in the court in the future.

"I mean, they're not afraid of us, they're even more afraid of the Dragon King!" Meng Wu said seriously.

"Because we don't have enough ability to destroy and occupy all the cities, they have bargaining room with us, so they can choose to surrender to the city, and we will make corresponding concessions in order to capture Shouchun faster."

"But Long Jun is different, Long Jun is too steady, what he wants is absolute control, and Longcheng Longwei also has such ability, which means that these nobles of Chu State do not have any bargaining qualifications and strength in Long Jun, so they can only choose to fight to the death in a desperate way!"

Meng Wu carefully analyzed, they only had 50,000 people, and if they wanted to fight under Shouchun City and still have the strength to attack the city, it was impossible to leave too many men to occupy the city that had already been captured, so it meant that they needed to use the power of the local nobles to help them control the territory they had occupied.

As a result, they also had to compromise with the local nobility and make corresponding concessions in many matters.

And Longcheng does not have this worry, Longcheng is very close to the battlefield, as long as it is occupied, it can easily transfer manpower from the rear to take over the city, ensuring that the establishment and number of the army remain unchanged.

In addition, Longcheng once killed all the nobles in the occupied land, and it was clear that there would be no compromise and trust with them, in this case, those nobles in Huainan, even if they were unwilling, could only resist desperately, otherwise after being occupied by Longwei, there was only one way for them to be ruined.

Therefore, the battlefield style and treatment of the two armies are also very different, the first army of Mengwu is not like going to war, more like going to spring outing, everywhere they go, the local nobles will take the initiative to open the city and surrender to welcome the arrival of the king.

On the other hand, Long Wei was like an evil order, and was met with frantic resistance from various counties along the way, and there were rivers of blood and corpses everywhere when he wanted to march.

The nobles of the Chu State Shouchun Wangji all over the country had gloomy faces and were extremely ugly.

They received the battle report from the front line, even if Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan had been concealing it, they still knew about it.

So they hoped that Meng Wu would come soon, so that it was only the royal family who died, and they could still live well.

It's just that Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan didn't leave enough troops to resist Long Cheng's attack, causing Long Wei's attack to be overwhelming, and they were quickly rushing towards Shouchun.

The lesser of the two evils, compared to Long Wei breaking Shouchun and exterminating the nobles, they would prefer to let Meng Wu take over Shouchun, at least in this way, they still have a chance to live, and the death is only the royal family, which has little to do with them.

"What the hell are the gang of people in front of them doing, they have all thrown themselves into the city, and they still let Meng Wu come so slowly, do they want to kill us?" A nobleman said anxiously.

Now the speed of the siege of Longcheng is almost the same as the speed of Mengwu's march, and even to a certain extent, it is likely that Longwei will rush to Shouchun City faster than Mengwu.

(End of chapter)