"The great general Xiang Yan is already gathering the army of Chu State, and is ready to order Huang Zun as the main general and Jing Xuan as the deputy general, and in a few days he will go south to resist the army of Qin led by Wang Ben."

Xiao Gu looked at the news that Fang had just taken, looked at Bai Yan, and then handed over the bamboo slip in his hand.

"Now is an opportunity!"

In Xiao Gu's eyes, this is an opportunity for Bai Yan, the division of troops in the Chu State means that the troops are bound to be scattered, and now Bai Yan can send the news to Xianyang first, and then let Ying Zheng send a large army, with him in and out, he can attack the Chu State.

Inside the carriage, the small curtain swayed slightly with the shaking of the carriage, because it was on the official road, so there were not many pedestrians, only occasionally heard some hawkers on the side of the official road, shouting.

After reading the bamboo slips, Bai Yan shook his head at his little uncle.

"Little uncle, this matter still needs to be considered!"

Bai Yan said.

When Xiao Gu heard the words of his little nephew, he sighed helplessly, a little puzzled.

"Tell my uncle, but what are you worried about?"

Xiao Gu never understood why the little nephew didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity right now.

"The battlefield is not child's play."

Bai Yan looked at his little uncle's anxious appearance, thought for a while, and explained to his little uncle seriously.

Chu is different from other vassal states, in Chu State, there are many scholars, and each clan has a large number of private soldiers, dead soldiers, and doormen, once after the Chu State lost Nanyang, there is almost nothing left of the Chu army directly under the King of Chu, which is why the king after the Chu State is difficult to do.

These little uncles should all know.

Therefore, if you want to attack Chu with all your strength at the moment, more than the court of Chu State, it should be more to understand the situation among the various clans, the inventory of grain and grass, the number of troops, the geographical location of Chu State, the relationship with the king of Chu, the interests involved in Chu State, and the number of troops that need to be mobilized on the Qin side, where to mobilize and transport the grain and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops, and the territory of Chu State is so large, where the army of Qin State will attack Chu State from, and where the decisive battle is appropriate, these all need to be taken into account.

rashly attacked the state of Chu, even if he relied on the news of his uncle and was familiar with the deployment of the Chu army, so as to defeat the army of the Xiang family of the state of Chu, and break through Shouchun and kill the king of Chu, but the final result was not the destruction of Chu.

The special relationship between the clan of Chu and the king of Chu, as well as the vast territory of Chu State, are all destined to be destroyed directly with the king as the king was seized and killed just by capturing the capital and killing the king of Chu.

The scholars in the state of Chu never cared who was the king of Chu.

Among the scholars, most of them have private soldiers in captivity, and if these private soldiers are not solved, under the vast territory of the Chu State, the death of the king of Chu is not the destruction.

Not to mention.

For a long time, although he Bai Yan had been the deputy general of the Qin army when he attacked Zhao State, and had the experience of leading a large army, but in the real frontal battlefield, the number of troops he Bai Yan led to participate in the battle was only tens of thousands of people in the battle of Jing Cheng.

Unlike this time, if you really decide to fight, then the number of Qin troops participating in the war will probably exceed 200,000 or 300,000.

With such a scale and the decision of hundreds of thousands of lives, Bai Yan must not directly submit a letter to Xianyang and hand it over to Yingzheng if he didn't know anything.

How to make Ying Zheng believe in him, rest assured that the 200,000 or even 300,000 troops of the Qin State will be in his hands, how to make other ministers of the Qin State not worry about his ability, and will not choose another general to serve as the chief general of the Chu War, what he Bai Yan has to do now is to write down how to start the war, the situation of the Chu State, the situation of the scholars, the geometry of the number of troops needed, the probability of victory, and the offensive line, all of which are written out in detail in the letter, and then submitted to Ying Zheng for review.

This is also the purpose of this trip to Chu State, there is no one.

Only by personally understanding the situation of Chu can we see whether we can fight, and also decide whether we can persuade the King of Qin to fight.

Inside the carriage.

As Bai Yan told in detail the purpose of this trip and the conditions needed to start a war, Xiao Gu was in a trance, and after a long time, he squeezed out a sentence with a sluggish face.

"That's true!"

Xiao Gu pretended to be contemplative, nodded, and then looked at the little nephew in front of him with a somewhat strange expression.

Seriously.

For the first time, Xiao Gu felt so accurately that this little nephew, who had seen the big since he was a child, really looked like a general of the first army, and he could think of so much.

Previously, Xiao Gu had always thought that as long as he helped, Bai Yan would have insight into the layout of the Chu State in advance, and it would not be difficult to destroy Chu, but he never thought that he would have to think so much about whether to start a war or not, and even so much that he felt his scalp tingle and felt quite tricky.

And also

"Is this still my little nephew?"

Xiao Gu sighed in his heart and thought silently.

Thinking of those bamboo slips, and looking at the nephew in front of him, who surpassed him in terms of knowledge and ability, Xiao Gu was full of wonder, how could he not see that he had such a mind at that time.

No wonder in Chu State, so many people are afraid of this kid, even Jing Qi, the ruthless man, when he mentioned his little nephew, his eyes revealed solemnity.

"Then when you are in Shouchun City, my little uncle will go and inquire!"

Xiao Gu came back to his senses and looked at Bai Yan.

It was only at this time that Xiao Gu realized that things were far more troublesome than he imagined, and it was far from being as easy as he thought.

"The little uncle went to investigate alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to find out the remote places, and when Shouchun arrives, Yan'er will find an opportunity to visit Yao Jia in private."

Bai Yan said softly.

In Bai Yan's heart, there is already a rough plan, but the most important thing is to contact Yao Jia first, although the little uncle has won the trust of the Xiang family and the Qu family, but compared to Yao Jia, who got a lot of money from Yingzheng, it is still inferior.

The water of Chu is very deep, and even the kings of Chu in previous dynasties are difficult to control, let alone the Xiang family and the Qu family.

If it weren't for this reason, Xiang Yan in later generations might not have been seized by Wang Jian and finally defeated.

"Yao Jia?"

When Xiao Gu heard the name mentioned by Bai Yan, he looked at Bai Yan and shook his head: "Yao Jia left the Chu State in a hurry before!" ”

Bai Yan looked surprised, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"How could Yao Jia leave the Chu State? The State of Qin sent troops to attack the State of Chu, how could Yao Jia be at such an important time"

As he spoke, Bai Yan saw his little uncle's gaze, and suddenly thought of something, and smiled bitterly.

It won't be because of those bamboo slips again!

Thinking of this, Bai Yan's heart suddenly felt tricky.

What to do?

Yao Jia is not here, if you want to investigate the specific situation of Chu State, it is no less difficult than climbing to the sky, and Wang Jian must have learned about the situation of Chu State through Yao Jia before he said that the 600,000 army would destroy Chu.

Could it be that he also wants to be in the back, directly submit to Ying Zheng, and tell Ying Zheng to destroy Chu, at least 600,000 troops are needed?

"That's right!"

Bai Yan suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly looked at his little uncle.

"Have you heard of a nobleman?"

Bai Yan asked.

Xiao Gu listened to Bai Yan's words, and was a little confused, so he asked him if he had heard of a scholar.

Although he was puzzled, Xiao Gu still looked at Bai Yan.

Under Xiao Gu's gaze, Bai Yan said the name of the Shi clan.

"Ruo Ao clan!"

Bai Yan said.

Xiao Gu listened to Bai Yan's words and thought slightly.

"Ruo Ao? You're talking about the Dou clan and the Cheng clan, both of which work for the Xiang family, and your little uncle and I are very familiar with several of them. ”

Koya said.

In Xiao Gu's eyes, where is there any Ruo Ao clan in Chu State, if it weren't for the Xiang clan, and it happened to know the people of the Dou clan and the Cheng clan, the little nephew suddenly mentioned the Ruo Ao clan, he almost didn't react, Ruo Ao clan, this was the name hundreds of years ago.

"It's not Shouchun's Dou clan and Cheng clan, it's Ruo Ao's clan that exists in Chu State!"

Bai Yan said softly.

Looking at his little uncle's reaction, Bai Yan frowned slightly, Bai Yan was very puzzled at this moment, after hundreds of years, is there really a Ruoao clan hidden in the Chu State?

"And the Ruoao tribe?"

Xiao Gu, a person who has been in the Chu State for many years, was asked by Bai Yan like this, and he didn't know how to answer.

After all, Xiao Gu had never heard of the Ruoao tribe in the Chu State.

"When you wait for Shouchun, ask the people of the Cheng clan and the Dou clan to take a look!"

Xiao Gu looked at Bai Yan's appearance, although he didn't understand where Bai Yan heard about it, it didn't prevent him from inquiring.

"Nope! Little uncle, this must not be told to them! ”

Bai Yan hurriedly shook his head.

Zhao Qiu did not ask him to directly order someone to contact Shouchun's Cheng clan and Dou clan, but to contact the Cheng Ding businessman, which obviously shows that the two clans of Shouchun are not the Ruoao clan in Zhao Qiu's mouth.

"My lord, you're almost at the city gate!"

Outside the carriage, Hu Cong said loudly as he rode a horse.

When Bai Yan and Xiao Gu heard this, they immediately quieted down, Bai Yan approached the small window of the carriage, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and then immediately saw the endless city in the distance.

Chudu, Shouchun!!

"Yan'er, this is a token of my little uncle."

Bai Yan heard his little uncle's voice, turned his head, and saw that his little uncle was holding a seal in his hand and handed it to him.

"In the mansion, the little uncle still has more than 1,000 gold, which is enough for Yan'er to buy people!"

After watching his nephew take the seal, he spoke.

"Uncle, are you so rich?"

Bai Yan couldn't help but be a little surprised, Qianjin, in the Qin State, Bai Yan was a high-ranking slave in Shangjun, and he also relied on the merits of nine deaths and a lifetime to get five hundred gold, and the little uncle didn't mention the money put in Xia Cai, even here in Shouchun, he actually easily took out a thousand gold.

I didn't expect my uncle to be so rich!

"You kid can't help but underestimate your little uncle, if it weren't for those beauties."

Xiao Gu looked at Bai Yan with a smug face, but when he was proud, he accidentally said something wrong, and hurriedly laughed, didn't continue, and gave Bai Yan a look that understood each other.

After looking at the little nephew's ridiculous gaze, Optics Valley hurriedly diverted the topic.

"It is rumored that you kid is good in Yanmen, but you have two beauties."

Although Xiao Gu is Bai Yan's elder, in the matter of raising pet concubines in captivity, thinking of his mother's teachings, he didn't know why he was a little weak-hearted, so he hurriedly warned his little nephew that they were both men and would have selfish desires.

Regarding Bai Yan's captivity of two beauties, don't look at Xiao Gu in Shouchun, the capital of Chu State, which is extremely far away from Yanmen County, but for Bai Yan's affairs, Xiao Gu has always been clear.

He didn't even need to inquire about it, and if he was a little careful, he heard the rumors.

"Tell me how old those two women are and where they are from? Can you have a surname? ”

This time, it was Xiao Gu's turn to smile evilly, looking at his young nephew, Xiao Gu was not surprised.

It's okay when you don't have rights, but once a man gets the right and status, many times he can't help himself, and it is difficult to stick to his heart.

Sometimes it's just a thought, sometimes it's just looking at a beauty, there is a moment of compassion, and sometimes it's slacking off when you're tired.

Xiao Gu can understand Bai Yan very well.

"You'll see you later, little uncle!"

Bai Yan heard his little uncle's inquiry, smiled bitterly, and didn't explain too much, after all, it was impossible to tell his little uncle that the two women, one was the wife of the Korean general Han Ling, and the other was Zhao Qiu, the princess of Zhao State.

In the eyes of the world, these two people, one is a person who should have died, and the other is a person who aspires to restore the Zhao State.

"Isn't it a woman who can't see people?"

When Xiao Gu heard Bai Yan's answer, he glanced at Bai Yan angrily, as if he was dissatisfied with Bai Yan's trickery, but he didn't bother to continue to ask.

Anyway, they are all women who were brought back by their nephews who don't know where to come from, and there are at least seven women like this, and they are already strange.

Inside Shouchun City.

Under Bai Yan's reminder, Xiao Gu did not dare to easily place Bai Yan in his mansion, but ordered Hu to go back first, take out a hundred gold from the mansion and hand it to Bai Yan.

When Hu Cong returned, Xiao Gu also learned from Hu Cong where Xiang Liang had looked for him today, and learned that he had gone to Xia Cai to visit his wife, so he went back early.

"Yan'er, I'll go to Xiang's for a trip, remember, if there is any situation, use the seal of the little uncle to leave first, don't worry about the safety of the little uncle, the little uncle has saved Xiang Liang's life, Xiang Liang's nature, no matter what the situation, will save your little uncle's life."

Before leaving, Xiao Gu told Bai Yan uneasily, although saving Xiang Liang was the attention of Bai Yan's little nephew, but after two years of contact, Xiao Gu understood Xiang Liang's heart better than anyone else.

"Yes! Little uncle rest assured! ”

Bai Yan said with a smile.

Looking at the little uncle's eyes that didn't believe it at all, and the helpless look on his cheeks, Bai Yan smiled bitterly, and hurriedly urged him to hurry up and go to Xiang's to see if Xiang Liang was in a hurry.

Looking at the little uncle sighed, he left the carriage, and instructed the groom's voice.

Bai Yan has actually always seen that his little uncle is also anxiously waiting for the destruction of the Chu State, waiting for the Qin State to destroy the Qi State after the Chu State falls.

At that time, the little uncle no longer needs to care about the identity of the minister of the Chu State, he can't leave the Chu State without authorization, and he doesn't need to worry about the assassins and killers in the secret of the Qin State, and he doesn't need to worry about the scholars who have offended in the Chu State in the past and can't get rid of them, so he can return to his hometown with fame and fortune with peace of mind, see his grandmother, see his eldest uncle, and see his mother.

The little uncle has been away from home for so many years, and Bai Yan can imagine how much he misses his family.

"Ruo Ao."

Bai Yan looked at the small wooden box beside him, filled with pieces of gold, at the moment Yao Jia is not in the Chu State, if it is as Zhao Qiu said, there is really a Ruo Ao clan in the Chu State, then the Ruo Ao clan must be the key to helping him destroy Chu.

Lu Qi is in Shouchun, do you want to go to him?

However, Bai Yan always had a hunch that after learning that he was going south, Jing Qi and those scholars in the Chu State would definitely be on guard against him getting news from Lu Qi, and I am afraid that he had already ordered someone to keep an eye on Lu Qi's people.

"Peddler's utensils are mostly exquisite"

In Bai Yan's mind, Zhao Qiu's words to him in the mansion slowly appeared.

Look at the gold in front of you.

Xianyang, Qin State.

In the Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng knelt on the palace hall with a happy face, looking at the ministers of the Qin State under the palace, chatting with each other in the banquet, enjoying the singing and dancing of the art girls in the center of the hall, Ying Zheng smiled.

The head of Prince Dan has been hung under the city tower outside Xianyang City, and Li Xin has also led the iron cavalry under the command of Bai Yan in the past, with only a few thousand people, he chased and killed tens of thousands of Yan State troops, killing King Yan and fleeing far away.

Now Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, has become the city of Qin.

"Your Majesty! General Wang Ben sent news! ”

Suddenly, Han Zheng suddenly hurriedly walked over with a roll of bamboo slips, Ying Zheng heard this, and without thinking much, he reached out and picked up the bamboo slips in Han Zhi's hand.

Ying Zheng thought it was news of Wang Ben's victory at this moment.