"King, the Qin army is here!" Diaphragm

"According to our rumors, Qin Wangzheng has ordered Wang Jian to be a general, and he will command an army of 600,000 to send a letter to Guguan in the east, wanting to conquer my Chu State!"

The main hall of the Chu State made Yin Xiangyan's expression solemn, and the words in his mouth frightened many Chu ministers in the hall to the point that their faces turned blue, and many timid people were already trembling with their legs.

On the king's couch, the king of Chu swallowed his saliva and reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

An army of 600,000 is terrifying just to hear.

The population of Huaibei, Huainan, Jiangdong, Jiangnan and even including Ludi in Chu is probably only more than 600,000 households.

Although some nobles will have dependent populations in their families, and the barbarian tribes in Jiangdong and Huainan will not be included in the population pool, in general, with the current national strength of the Chu State, even if the country is poured out, it will not be able to support such a huge force.

In a war, it is not only the number of soldiers that fights, but also various factors such as logistics and grain. Diaphragm

The national strength of the Chu State can't bear it.

As for Wang Qian, the name is even more reminiscent of the already extinct Zhao State and Yan Kingdom.

"Didn't you say before that after Li Xin's defeat, Qin's strength was greatly damaged, and he wouldn't start a war against my Chu State for at least a few years? What's going on now! Say it!"

The king of Chu glanced at the courtiers in the hall, wanting to turn the fear in his heart into anger and vent it.

The left disciples, the right disciples, the left Yin, the right Yin and other cadres of Chuchen all bowed their heads and were silent.

No one expected that Qin Wangzheng would be in such a hurry, it would only take half a year to start the war again, and there would be an army of 600,000 people, this is really scary, Qin is so powerful?

As soon as he heard the words of the King of Chu, Ling Yin Xiangyan was very angry. Diaphragm

At the end of the last war, he was worried that the Qin State might start another war against Chu in the following year, and he wanted to be disgraced.

Therefore, Xiang Yan said to the king of Chu, hoping to rectify the city defenses of Huaiyang, Shangcai, Pingyu and other places, and build a strong defense line against Qin.

At the same time, a group of soldiers were recruited in Huainan for training, hoping to train an elite army to deal with the possible situation of the Qin army's conquest.

[In view of the general environment, the previous renovation of the city defense, the king of Chu was easy to speak, and ordered the newly appointed officials in Huaiyang, Shangcai and other places to supervise and build city defense facilities.

But when it came to asking Xiang Yan to recruit soldiers and train them to be elites, the king of Chu was unwilling to do anything, and used various excuses to prevaricate every time.

What is the spring ploughing, the field needs labor, and it is not appropriate to recruit soldiers during the busy agricultural season.

What Qin State has just been defeated, and there will be no more wars in a few years, and training elite soldiers is just a waste of money and food, I'm afraid it will be useless. Diaphragm

Under various excuses, the king of Chu just didn't agree to this request anyway.

Xiang Yan was also worried that it might cause the king of Chu to be jealous, so he could only stop the idea of training troops and secretly pray that the Qin State would not start a war so soon.

Unexpectedly, the other party would come, and as soon as he came, he would be a soldier of the country.

Wang Qian, 600,000 people!

Xiang Yan gasped when she thought of this, and really felt the danger of losing her country.

Not only him, even if he is as selfish as King Chu Cheng, he also knows that this time Qin Wangzheng is not joking. ….

He couldn't help but exclaim, "What can I do about it now?" Diaphragm

"There is no letter about Songyang Jun's going to the Qi Alliance, and the king can send another messenger with generous gifts to ask the Qi people to save him."

Zuo disciple Sun Chang stood up, and while proposing to ask for help from the Qi State, he said, "Today, my Chu State can defeat Wang Qian, and only Ling Yin is alone. I also ask the king to order Yin to take charge of the army and mobilize the strength of the whole country to fight against the Qin people."

With him taking the lead, the other Chu ministers also stood up and jointly asked for orders: "Please also ask the king to order Yin to take charge of the troops and fight against the Qin people."

The king of Chu's face turned blue and white for a while, and he finally took back the military power from Xiang Yan's hands, and demoted Gongzi Qi to Jiangdong to deal with the Yue people.

After less than half a year of peace of mind, he encountered the incident of Qin Jun's eastward departure, which really made him uneasy.

However, the king of Chu still understands the overall situation and knows how to face today's strictness

In Jun's situation, this is the only choice, so he can only pretend to be calm and say: "In this case, then Nabu Gu will entrust all the troops of the Chu State to Ling Yin."

"I also hope that Yin Neng will defend the enemy from the outside for Bugu, and don't let those Qin soldiers come to Shouchun again." Diaphragm

In the end, the eyes of the King of Chu carried the meaning of threat and warning, and the last time Qin General Zhao Tuo scared him enough, leaving a psychological shadow.

Xiang Yan sighed secretly and arched his hand: "The ministers obey the king's orders and will do their best to fight for my Chu country."

……

In the backyard of Chu Palace, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant.

The king of Chu took off his court robe and wore a green Chu-style curved deep coat with wide sleeves and a high crown of one and a half feet on his head.

As for his face, it was slightly greenish.

"What Xiang Yan said is 'Fight for the Chu State with all your might, not fight for Bugu!'" Diaphragm

The king of Chu gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what does he mean by this?"

A touch of helplessness flashed in Yin Jin Xia's eyes, and he felt that the king's suspicion was getting worse day by day.

However, he naturally wouldn't defend Xiang Yan, and said, "Xiang Yan is good friends with that Xiong Qi, so you must guard against it. But now that the Qin army is attacking our Chu State, we can only resist it with his strength."

"The king is at ease for the time being, and after Xiang Yan drives the Qin people away, he will take away his military power."

The king of Chu nodded, but immediately after, he shook his head again and said: "No, now that the Qin army is coming south, the troops of the Chu State are handed over to Xiang Yan, if he leads the army south after repelling the Qin army, surrounds Shouchun, kills Bugu, and helps Xiong Qi to ascend to the throne?"

"Moreover, what if the Qin army sends a strange army from Huaishui to attack Shouchun like the last time, and he Xiang Yan refuses to come back to help?"

The more the King of Chu thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he roared: "No, Bugu can't hand over all the troops to Xiang Yan, you have to guard against it." Diaphragm

"Bugu will keep 20,000 people in Shouchun City. Otherwise, the Qin army really sent an army of 30,000 to attack Shouchun, and it would be miserable. And Xiang Yan's side ...... There should also be a means of checks and balances."

As he spoke, the King of Chu's negative gaze fell on the favored minister in front of him.

"Jin Qing, you have always been trusted by the valley, but you are a loyal and good minister of the valley......

Jin Xia shuddered, and had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, the King of Chu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and encouraged, "Bugu wants you to follow Xiang Yan as a prison guard."

"If that Xiang Yan has the intention of rebelling against the valley, or like last time, he will ignore the safety of the valley. You can ...... Hmph."

…… Diaphragm

By the end of June, the 600,000 troops dispatched by the Qin State had been under the leadership of the general and the command of the generals and colonels of various ministries and colonels, and they were successively approaching the Qin-Chu border.

Wang Jian led an army of 200,000 from Guanzhong out of the pass, and joined the 100,000 people waiting to be recruited in Sanchuan and Yingchuan near Xingyang, as well as 150,000 troops from Hedong, Taiyuan, Shangdang, Yanzhao and other places.

This is the main force of the entire 450,000 troops.

In the south, there were still 150,000 troops recruited by Nanjun, Nanyang, Ba and Shu gathered, led by Yang Duanhe, the deputy general who went straight south after sending a letter to Guguan.

The southern corps of this Qin army was to go to the vicinity of Shangcai to threaten the defense line of the Chu state from the flank.

Just like Li Xin in the past, he can go straight into the hinterland of Chu at any time from the Pingyu line.

"In this battle, the general must take Huaiyang first." Diaphragm

From the commander's tent, Zhao Tuo looked at the map spread on the eucalyptus and muttered to himself in a deep voice.

Huaiyang, now in the hands of the Chu army, is known as the land of Chen Ying.

Its location is at the center of the chasm, and its geographical location is very important.

Just as Zhao Tuo was thinking about the next war, he soon received his first order to send troops from Wang Qian.

General Zhao Tuo led 20,000 troops.

Marching into Yangxia!.

Dongjun who took off

Acai continues!