Chapter 198: The Beginning of the Unification of Bang Zhou
The Qin State completely denied the covenant, and drove the envoys of the Chu State out directly by the Qin State, which was a naked slap in the face.
The king of Chu was teased by the Qin State, his face turned red, and he wanted to attack the Qin State in a fit of rage. Qu Yuan, who was a doctor, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "King, the lord will not raise his army with anger, and he will not be discouraged and cause war." Now the Qin envoy deceived the king to sever diplomatic relations with the Wei State, and he must have planned it a long time ago. If the king is angry now, he will surely fall into his trap! ”
The king of Chu did not listen, and insisted on sending troops to teach Qin a lesson.
At the same time, after Zhang Yi sent an envoy to the Western Chu State, he came to the Huai State and invited the Huai State to send troops to attack the Chu State.
Wang Xu met Zhang Yi in the Qianyuan Palace, and after Zhang Yi complimented Huai Guo for a while, he invited Huai Guo to send troops to attack Chu State.
After Zhang Yi left, Sun Bin stepped forward and said: "King, the Qin State wants to use the power of my Huai State to annex the Western Chu State, this Zhang Yi can be described as a lotus flower, and now he is talking about forming an alliance with my Huai State to defeat Chu, but I am afraid that he will also discuss with other vassal states to discuss my Huai State!" ”
Wang Xu was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "The wolf ambition of the Qin State, this attack on Western Chu is calculating us, so we refuse to send troops?" ”
"No, my lord, we will send troops as usual!" Sun Bin smiled slightly and said very confidently: "The Qin State may take advantage of the time when our army is attacking Chu, and join forces with other countries to sneak attack, and then solve them in one fell swoop." ”
"The king, to attack Western Chu, you need to recruit Shanyue soldiers, and your subordinates have trained 10,000 Shanyue soldiers in accordance with the "Military Strategy". This attack on Chu is mainly based on Shanyue soldiers, supplemented by other armies! ”
"Is Xiangguo sure?" Wang Xu asked.
"Naturally!" Sun Bin nodded and continued.
"Your Majesty, this time you will join forces with Qin to attack Western Chu, but Qin is treacherous, it is better to order Korea and Wei to attack Qin while Qin is sending troops, and when the time comes, Qin will fight on two fronts, and it will definitely not be able to do it with all its might."
Sun Bin knew Qin Guo's thoughts very well, and as early as when Zhang Yi came to lobby Wang Xu, he had already guessed Qin's strategy. And made countermeasures against the Qin state.
Now Korea has almost become a vassal state of Huai, and Wei has also been greatly reduced in strength because of repeated defeats to Qin, and it can be said that he hates Qin to the core.
As long as Huai expressed their support for them, Wei and Korea would naturally dare to attack Qin. Maybe they can take advantage of the opportunity to regain the lost land.
"Xiangguo's plan is brilliant!" Wang Xu nodded again and again, and directly agreed. Then the edict ordered the Shanyue army to go on an expedition and prepare to attack the Western Chu State.
At the same time, envoys were sent to Korea and Wei.
When it was learned that Huai wanted Korea and Wei to attack Qin together, South Korea did not dare to slack off, and directly agreed, and at the same time, Wei did not dare to refuse when he learned that Huai asked them to attack Qin with Korea.
However, although Wei and Korea were united, they were also worried that they were not Qin's opponents, so they wanted to pull Zhao up, and the two countries sent envoys to Zhao to re-form the Three Jin Alliance to deal with Qin.
Since Qin defeated Wei and forced Wei to cede Shangjun, it has bordered Zhao, and the strength of Qin is also what Zhao does not want to see.
At the same time, Qin's envoys once again went to Qi to form an alliance with Qi and discuss sending troops against Huai. I have to say that Zhang Yi is worthy of being the most outstanding figure in the Zongheng family, and he actually relied on his three-inch incorruptible tongue to once again make an alliance between Qi and Qin.
In the Qi State, since the death of Qi Wei Wang, the Qi State is going downhill, with the death of the old ministers of the Qi Wei King era one by one, the Qi State has not abolished the Shiqing system, and the level of the new generation of nobles and scholars governing the country has declined seriously, and they do not see this crisis at all, and even feel that Qi has the confidence to defeat the Huai State.
As a result, this war, which was originally just a war between the Qin State and the Western Chu State, actually involved almost all the states of Bangzhou.
And the Qin State, the initiator, did not realize that this war would develop to such a point, let alone that this war would actually become the beginning of the unification of Zhuxia.
The king of Chu was furious and recruited an army of 100,000 to attack Qin, and at the same time ordered the army of Chu stationed in Brazil to attack Shu.
The Qin and Chu states fought on the land of Bashu, the periphery of the land of Bashu is mountainous, but the central part is a vast plain, both countries have stationed large armies here, the two countries go to war, and the battle here becomes very fierce.
The military strength of Qin and Chu is very strong, but this time the Qin army came prepared, Sima Cuo commanded the army to fight with the Chu army, and the king of Chu ordered Qu Gai to be a general and attack Qin.
Although Sima Cuo's reputation is not obvious, he can be valued by the King of Qin, and it is not an idle person to become the first military general of the Qin State. Although Qu Gai was also a general, the Chu army was blocked by the Huai State and the Qin State, and there were few actual battles, and the level of his command and operation was really worrying.
Sima Cuo commanded the Qin army to retreat, and the state of Chu was in hot pursuit. On the other side, in order to kill and injure the living forces of the Chu State, the Qin State deliberately lured the Chu army out of the Bao Slope, and then led the army to fight with the Western Chu State in Lantian.
After the start of the war between Chu and Qin, Wang Xu had already ordered Sun Bin to be a general and command 100,000 troops to attack Chu in two ways.
Sun Bin led 10,000 Shanyue troops and 10,000 sailors to go upstream, starting from Yicheng to attack Jiangdu. The other army is out of Yunyang to attack Shangyong, and the two roads are launched together.
The Western Chu State had already drawn a large number of troops because of the attack on the Qin State, and there were not many defenders of Shangyong and Kuimen. It's just that these two important places can be described as very steep.
Especially Kuimen, the narrowest part of the Yangtze River here is less than 50 meters, and the cliffs on both sides are almost vertical, and only a few people are needed to garrison it to block the army.
It's just that this time the Chu army is facing a specially trained Shanyue army. Sun Bin sent a large army and a fleet to attack and cover the dispatch of the Shanyue army.
The Shanyue army was originally good at climbing mountains, this time with the hook claws and other climbing tools recorded in the "Wu Strategy", after a lot of money and time training, over the mountains and mountains like walking on the ground, only to see these Shanyue soldiers one by one like apes, quickly climbing on the cliff.
Climb on top of almost vertical cliffs with the help of tools such as flying claws, hook locks, and more. This method of attack was extremely dangerous, and once discovered by the soldiers of the Chu State, as long as they dropped stones from above, they could smash these Shanyue soldiers to death. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Chu State have been stationed here for many years, and they don't believe that anyone can climb up from these vertical rock walls at all.
The Shanyue army climbed the cliff without danger, and then launched an attack from behind the soldiers of the Chu State, the soldiers of the Chu State saw the Huai army rushing from behind, and their faces changed in fright, and the Huai army that attacked head-on also took the opportunity to storm it, the soldiers of the Chu State were defeated, and the Huai army took the opportunity to occupy Kuimen.
(End of chapter)