Just when Jiang Hua was facing a choice, there were many people who were also facing a choice.

It's just that, many times, it seems that there is a choice, but in fact there is only one path ahead, and there is no choice at all.

Yingdu

After a lapse of five years, He Lu once again held a high-level meeting.

This time, it was still Wu Zixu who spoke first to introduce the situation: "Now, the mobilization of Chu has gone further. ”

"Today, the state of Chu still has more than 4,000 counties, which are relatively large in area, and all of them have been initially developed in the past few days."

"In addition, the Chu State has been annexing the tribes in the jungle, so today's Chu State has a large population, and on average, there are about two million people in one county. There are more than 4,000 counties with a total population of nearly 9 billion. ”

Hearing this number, Fucha only felt a suffocating pressure coming to his face: I can't breathe!

What is the population of Wu Guocai?

Wu originally had more than 200 counties, all of which were large counties, and they were basically large but sparsely populated. Later, more than 100 counties of the Xu State were annexed, and after the start of the Wu-Chu War, more than 200 counties of the Chu State were annexed, and now there are almost 600 counties.

These 600 counties have all completed their initial development, and the degree of development is deeper and longer than that of Chu, so now a county has a population of 3 million. (The southern counties are larger, so the actual population density is not as exaggerated as that of the Central Plains)

In this way, the total population of Wu is only about 1.8 billion.

1.8 billion to 9 billion, in the past, the state of Wu was united, and the state of Chu was faced with the contradiction between the monarch and the feudal monarch, and it could not exert its strength at all, and at that time the state of Wu was not afraid of the state of Chu.

But now that the state of Chu has barely completed the superficial unity through the aristocratic assembly, endless pressure is suddenly coming!

Feeling the huge pressure, the husband looked left and right, but found that Wu Zixu, his father Lu, and his grandson were still unhurried and calm.

"Of these more than 4,000 counties, it is said that only 1,000 counties have been mobilized now, and one county provides 2,000 scholars, which is 2 million scholars, based on them, with a little training, you can train a million or more Xuan-level Dao soldiers."

With people, all that remains is to let these people get familiar with each other, cooperate with each other, and then match them with high-quality Xuanjia and divine weapons, and then with a series of magic weapons and magic weapons, and then they will be considered an army.

"Today's Chu State has completed such a mobilization."

"There are already 1,000 counties, which have completely entered a wartime state, and the remaining more than 3,000 counties are still in a state of peaceful development, and every day there are nobles of Chu State, leading family private soldiers, leading the coalition of other nobles, and leading the county soldiers of Chu State, to conquer the savage tribe together, and to conquer the demons and monsters in the jungle together."

"The territory of the State of Chu is really too big, and it continues to expand almost every day."

"Today, these thousand counties have provided Chu with two million high-quality soldiers. After training, there are currently 1.2 million troops in the army, which can be regarded as Xuan-level Taoist soldiers. ”

"This 1.2 million, in the past five years, we have used various methods to kill 200,000 in the frontal battlefield and the side battlefield, and there is still one million left. But in the past five years, we have also lost 100,000 troops. ”

"Today, the state of Chu has millions of troops on its own. There are 300,000 on the way to Xiang Ji, and 700,000 on the way to Chuhou. ”

"The remaining 800,000 are being trained, and it is expected that every year that passes, another 100,000 to 200,000 Xuan-level Dao soldiers will be trained."

"In five years at the latest, the remaining 800,000 troops will be completely formed."

"Therefore, the strength of the Chu State is now one million. If we don't do anything, in five years, the strength of the state of Chu will jump to 1.8 million. ”

"The most important thing is that such a Chu State still hasn't used all its strength."

"And we, Dawu, have five hundred of the six hundred counties in a wartime state, and each county has drawn three thousand scholars or warlocks for training. Although we are developing better, we are almost at the limit of 3,000 people in one county. ”

"The remaining 100 counties are still working hard to develop, providing all kinds of military funds and materials to ensure that there is no chaos up and down, and it is difficult to continue to squeeze."

"But fortunately, there is money to rob more than 1,000 counties in Chu State, as well as money raised from the Yancheng Bond Exchange, and there is not a shortage of money at present."

"An army of 1.5 million has been trained 1.2 million. However, 100,000 troops died in these five years, and 200,000 troops stayed at home to guard against the country. ”

"There are still 100,000 troops, stay in the hometown of Xu State, to prevent the Central Plains princes from suddenly attacking us, it is not impossible, in case the Song State or which Central Plains prince goes crazy, it is also possible to gather 200,000 troops. There are 300,000 troops, defending the back road of the Yangtze River, and there are only 500,000 troops near Yingdu. ”

"Actually, just looking at the total number, we are not much different from the Chu State. But now that we have three battlefields in Wu, it is necessary for 200,000 troops to stay in the country to deal with possible attacks from Vietnam. There is even a lot of pressure, and there may be 300,000 to 500,000 Xuan-level Taoist soldiers in today's Yue Kingdom, and 200,000 are left behind, and the number of troops can no longer be reduced. ”

"This is still taking into account the fact that the nobles in the country have private soldiers and are willing to send troops when they defend their families and defend the country, so when it is really necessary to be hungry, the nobles can squeeze out another wave of soldiers and resources, otherwise, the country is already in danger."

At this moment, Fucha suddenly felt that Yue Hou really deserved to die!

Didn't you see that Wu and Chu were at a critical moment, but if they had to attack Wu at such a time, they couldn't let Great Wu and Chu fight with all their might?

If there is a chance in the future, you must abuse this person fiercely, torture him fiercely, and make him regret it!

"Yangtze River battlefield, 300,000 against 300,000. The Yangtze River is so big and so long, it must be guarded, because this is the back road, as long as the Yangtze River is still there, you can use secret methods to withdraw hundreds of thousands or even more people at once in a short period of time. With the Yangtze River, even if the battle of Yingdu is lost, it will not lose too badly, and it can go at any time. ”

"But to protect the back road, and to fight against Xiang Ji, the pressure is too great."

In the face of an opponent at the level of Xiang Ji, 300,000 against 300,000, you have to use two things, even if it is Sun Tzu, Han Xin, and Wu Qi in person, you have to be cautious, serious and cautious, and dare not relax at all.

Although Wu Zixu is also very good, he is still a little worse in the art of war than Xiang Ji.

This also means that there are only 500,000 on the battlefield of Yingdu. However, on the other side, there are 700,000 Chu Hou alone, and there are 200,000 Qin reinforcements, which is 900,000, and the pressure is also very great. ”

Is there a reason why the pressure is so high?

Actually, there is.

The biggest reason is in He Lu himself, as a monarch, he is still a monarch with the strength of a real person, and he is unwilling to hand over the entire army to his grandson.

He Lu felt that allowing his grandson to continue to command the prefecture-level Taoist soldiers was already open-minded. Otherwise, if you change your heart to be a little smaller, you may start to persecute your grandson at this time, squeeze out your grandson, and finally drive your grandson away.

In Wu Zixu's view, this is the lack of talent, the pattern is not enough, the strength is not good, and he was frightened by his grandson!

Back then, during the first battle of Yingdu, Sun Tzu took the prefecture-level Taoist soldiers to fight tens of thousands of miles, broke three levels in a row, and won five battles and five victories, especially the battle outside Yingdu, cutting leeks easily cut the twelve cannon fodder primitives, and the remaining six primaries would have been harvested together if they didn't run fast.

Yingdu was forced, mainly because his grandson was too capable of fighting!

At the beginning, the world did not know whether this was the power of the ground-level Dao soldiers, or the strength of Sun Tzu, a great true person, was too strong, or whether Sun Tzu's talent in the way of soldiers was too strong.

However, when the Tian clan's army of soldiers appeared, the second prefecture-level Dao soldier came out on the bright side.

As soon as he appeared, he was led by Han Xin with an army of 80,000 and maintained an undefeated streak.

In that battle, Han Xin's own strength, that is, the invincibility of real people, was not yet the state of a great real person.

In that battle, the Yancheng army of 80,000, the Qi State of 100,000 Xuan-level Dao soldiers, and the 10,000 prefecture-level Dao soldiers, were undefeated and undefeated!

After that battle, Tian Dan, whose confidence was somewhat damaged, immediately took the prefecture-level Taoist soldiers to find trouble in the Lu country, and wiped out the 80,000 troops of the Lu country and the six first generations in the first battle, and then left very happily.

This battle proves that the strength of ordinary prefecture-level Dao soldiers is indeed much stronger than that of Xuan-level Dao soldiers, and they can indeed crush the first generation.

This battle also proved that they were all prefecture-level Dao soldiers, but the users were different, and the gap was beyond imagination.

Since then, He Lu has been even more jealous of his grandson.

Feeling Wu Zixu's dissatisfaction, He Lu also has his own set of reasons in his heart: times have changed!

During the era of Duke Qi Huan, Duke Qi Huan himself ate and drank well every day, and handed over all political affairs and military affairs to Guan Zhong. I don't worry about Guan Zhong taking the opportunity to seize power and run away from the Qi country.

But what about this day and age?

The Tian clan is about to succeed in usurping the country, and the four big nobles of Han, Zhao, Wei, and the three clans of the Zhi clan are not also Qing clans in essence? And now? The Qing clan is not satisfied with continuing to be a Qing clan, they want to be princes!

Who knows if Sun Tzu will become the next Han Zhao Wei San clan?

Not to mention that Sun Tzu is very loyal, He Lu believes that the ancestors of the Han Zhao Wei San clan and the Zhi clan must have been loyal at the beginning, otherwise, it would be impossible to become the sixth secretary of the Jin State.

Even the Tian clan was loyal to Qi Hou Na back then, but later, his loyalty deteriorated.

If the army is handed over to Sun Wu's command at this moment, the effect will definitely be better, but Sun Tzu's prestige will also go further.

It doesn't matter when he's there, but when he's gone, after the kid comes to power, can he hold down the grandson at that time?

Thinking of this, He Lu looked at his husband, and then shook his head silently in his heart.

Then, He Lu looked at his young grandson, and thought about his body, he probably didn't live as long as his grandson......

"Lone has a bold idea......"

(End of chapter)