After Wu Qi cut off the back road, and then took advantage of the domestic political chaos in Chu to use the embattled strategy. Little by little, the psychological defense line of the 100,000 Chu army that was divided and surrounded in the middle of the city collapsed.

The reform of the state of Chu failed, the nobles and feudal lords seized power again, and the vast majority of the fields that had been given to the people were deprived again. Those soldiers who had benefited from the law were once again oppressed and enslaved.

If these people had never enjoyed the benefits of the Fa change, then oppression and slavery had become their habit, and these people might still fight for the Chu State. But after enjoying the light, and then driving people back into the darkness, do you expect them to help?

Wu Qi keenly seized this opportunity, first showed his authority, and broke through the three cities in a row to deter the Chu army. Then the navy detoured to the rear, surrounded the Chu army, cut off its rear road, and at the same time embattled, disintegrated the fighting spirit of the Chu army, and finally lured it to take advantage, as long as it surrendered, it could get the distribution of acres and so on.

This operation can be said to have completely grasped the psychology of Chu Jun.

Wu Qizai came to Huaiguo, and read Sun Wuzi's "Art of War" and the "Martial Strategy" left by King Wen preserved in the Huaiguo Office, and had a better control of the situation on the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Chu State on the Dabie Mountain defense line, except for the commander and a few generals, everyone wanted to surrender.

When the soldiers at the bottom of the first city rebelled and surrendered, it was as if dominoes had been overthrown, and one city after another surrendered.

Xiang Rong, the chief general of the Chu State, was unwilling to surrender, Wu Qi's army besieged the city, and the grassroots soldiers in the city directly opened the city gate to surrender, Xiang Rong resisted with his own soldiers, and the result was naturally easily suppressed by the Tengjia army.

In just a month, the defense line of Dabie Mountain, which was pinned on by the Chu State, was completely broken.

Of course, Wu Qi will not break his promise, for these surrendered Chu soldiers will be allocated land, there are large areas of wasteland in the Huai State that need to be reclaimed, and it is not a problem at all to allocate them to these Chu State soldiers.

Within a month, Wu Qi broke through the defense line of the Chu army, and Wu Qi immediately led his army straight into the Han River Plain. At this time, the capital of Chu State, the parties who were still vying for power and profit were shocked when they heard the news.

The 200,000 troops of the Huai State invaded the Han River Plain, and the Chu State once again recalled the fear of being defeated by Sun Wuzi in a battle.

In the entire Yingdu, he immediately panicked, and the king of Chu requisitioned the northern army to the south overnight, and at the same time quickly reached an agreement with those nobles and feudal monarchs, abolishing all the provisions of the law, restoring the feudal monarch system and the Shiqing system, and at the same time retaining some preferential treatment for the soldiers.

The state of Chu has reached the juncture of its demise this time, which is the first time that the king of Chu and the nobles of the state of Chu realized after Wu Qi broke through the defense line of Dabie Mountain.

After the aristocracy of Chu reconciled with the king of Chu, they immediately began to recruit private soldiers and went to Hanshui to stop Wu Qi's army. On the other hand, they sent envoys to ask for help from the Qin State, the Three Jin States, and the Qi State.

"Your Majesty, this time the Huai State attacked my Chu State to destroy my Chu State, and the King should prepare as soon as possible." Qu Qing found the King of Chu as soon as possible.

When the king of Chu heard Qu Qing's words, he was shocked, you must know that Qu Qing is the most important minister of Chu now, if even he doesn't have the confidence to defend Chu State, then Chu State will really be in danger.

"Uncle, why is this so, my Chu State still has a large army of 300,000, the Northern Army has also gone south to Hanshui, and the envoys to Sanjin, Qin, and Qi have also set off, as long as we can hold out for a while, Sanjin and Qi will definitely come to the rescue. When the time comes, how will Huaiguo be the opponent of the six countries such as me? ”

Qu Qing sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the law change is abolished, the morale of the army in the country has dropped greatly, those nobles and nobles have seized the land of the soldiers and regarded them as slaves, how can the soldiers die to serve the country?" ”

"This is the battle report from the front line that I just received, Wu Qi was able to break through Dabie Mountain because a large number of soldiers surrendered"

"What!" King Chu's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly took the bamboo slip and looked at it, and after a while, the bamboo slip fell from his hand with a bang.

The king of Chu sat down on the couch and said with a look of disbelief: "Why is this, the surrender of 100,000 troops, why is this!" ”

The king of Chu couldn't figure it out, how could an army of 100,000 surrender to Huai in less than a month.

"Isn't it just a field? Why is that! How can you surrender when you have received the grace of the country."

The king of Chu muttered to himself, he didn't want to believe that because of just ten acres of land, these soldiers were willing to betray the state of Chu.

Ten acres of land is just a drop in the bucket for the King of Chu, and even the cost of his meal is higher than the output of these ten acres of farmland. But for the soldiers, it was all their property.

Qu Qing sighed, this was his negligence, the king of Chu didn't know about the people's suffering, and he forgot about it because he was entangled by those nobles and nobles.

"The heart of the army has been lost, the morale of the army is low, Wu Qi is a famous general in the world, the first battle of the Yin and Jin Dynasty of the Qin State, 50,000 broke the Qin army of 500,000, the world was shocked, this time it brought 200,000 elites of the Huai State, only relying on the 300,000 demoralized Chu army, how is it its opponent?"

Speaking of this, Qu Qing suddenly felt a rush of anger rise, and couldn't help but scold: "The Chu State has fallen to this, and this group of insects is still fighting for power and profit. ”

"How can a group of insects govern the country well? The first king was too merciful at the beginning, Jing Mugong should be more strong, and directly kill all these nobles and nobles, and there will be no more follow-ups! ”

"If that's the case, how dare Huai State attack our Chu State at this time!"

Qu Qing vented, and the king of Chu also understood the reason why the Chu army could not fight, and immediately asked Qu Qing: "Qu Qing, is there a way to remedy?" ”

"If there is another month, the ministers will raid the homes of those scholars and nobles of the Zhu clan, distribute the land to those soldiers, and replace these fields, even if the army is a little dissatisfied, it will not surrender, and we still have a chance."

"It's too late now! His Majesty had already ordered that those fields and properties were distributed to the remaining soldiers, but there was no Dabie Mountain defense line, and less than thirty percent wanted to block the Huai army. ”

"As for asking for help from the Sanjin, Qin, and Qi, the Qin State was defeated, suffered heavy losses, and was unable to support, the Sanjin State has also been divided, the Zhao State and the Wei State have just fought a big battle, and the casualties are not small, even if they send troops, it will not be too much, and the Korean State is small, and the Qi State has also suffered a big loss in strength because of several consecutive failures."

Qu Qing shook his head helplessly and said: "All countries have lost their national strength, but Huai State is strong, if you want to defeat Huai State, you must pay a heavy price, how can all countries be willing to do this for the sake of Chu State?" ”

"Fengjun, aren't the nobles willing to hand over their private soldiers?"

"After the first king's change, the nobles' private soldiers are not as good as before, and the king still has a plan!" Qu Qing said.

(End of chapter)