Chapter 273: Li Yuan Must Die

When Dong Huang's side launched a series of onslaught attacks, the court of Chu finally received a series of bad news.

When the first wave of messengers came, Chun Shenjun was giving advice to King Chu Kaolie: "Huaibei is on the edge of Qi, and its matter is urgent, please think that it is a county and seal it in Jiangdong."

Chun Shenjun wanted to dedicate his previous fief on the border of Qi and Chu in Huaibei to the state, set up counties and counties, and changed his fief to Jiangdong.

The historical Chun Shenjun, after making this suggestion, changed the fief to Jiangdong, and the capital was Gusu, the ancient ruins of Wu, and it was also the place where the war agents were demons.

"Who is the one who is bent on being a widow?"

King Chukaoli praised happily.

He has always felt that only Chun Shenjun is a good brother who thinks about himself and the country everywhere, and he decided to recruit a large number of conscripts and build a big palace for Chun Shenjun in Wuxu.

When Chun Shenjun didn't help him return to Chu from Qin, he couldn't be the king of Chu.

It is precisely because of this that after King Chu Kaolie ascended the throne, he appointed Chunshenjun as Lingyin, this position was the prime minister of Chu, and then gave Chunshenjun twelve cities in Huaibei as fiefs.

The happy King Chu Kaolie took Chun Shenjun's hand and wanted to talk with him, but at this time, there were guards to report, and Jingxing's guards wore filial piety clothes and asked to see him.

Jing Xing's guards were released after Dong Huang's army conquered Jiangdu, and together with a few soldiers and Jing Xing's corpse, this guard was just one step ahead.

The faces of King Chu Kaoli and Chun Shenjun changed drastically on the spot.

"Jing Xing was defeated and died?"

The two glanced at each other and hurriedly let the guards in.

The guards just told the truth about the war, and then fiercely drew their swords and killed themselves.

"Jing Xing was really defeated!"

Until this time, King Chukaolie was reluctant to believe it.

That's Jingyang's son, Jingyang has only been dead for a few years.

"It's the minister's recommendation that is inappropriate."

Chun Shenjun, who is Ling Yin, pleaded guilty.

The kings of Chu in previous dynasties were stricter, and Yin was often killed.

Of course, the relationship between Yichun Shenjun and the King of Chu will not end here, but Jingxing is recommended by him, and the posture that should be there is still to be there.

Jingyang was one of the few generals in the Chu State who could handle it before.

Chun Shenjun and Jing Yang have a good relationship, they went out together to fight Wei Hanqi, and when they destroyed Lu, Jing Yang also made a lot of contributions, because Chun Shenjun recognized Jing Yang's ability very much, and he also knew that Jing Yang's son Jing Xing was a person who knew the soldiers, so after receiving the secret report that Xu Youyu and others were going to rebel, he decided to send Jing Xing to go out with 40,000 regular troops, 40,000 private soldiers, and 60,000 county divisions, and asked the regular army, private soldiers, and county divisions in Wu County and other places to obey Jing Xing's unified command.

Chun Shenjun really wants to bring Jing Xing with him.

There is no way, in recent years, Chu has been lacking in generals, Jing Xing is already one of the best, in the prime of life, Xiang Yan and Jing Xing are brilliant, but Xiang Yan is not close to him. It's just that now that Jing Xing is dead, Chun Shenjun doesn't have many choices.

"I don't blame you, who would have thought of Jingyang Tiger Father and Dog."

King Chu commented.

[Fortunately, most of the elites who died were the private soldiers of the Jing clan. 】

This sentence was pressed in the bottom of his heart and did not say it.

King Chu Kaoli has not finished evaluating Jingxing here, but bad news is coming one after another.

"What, Jiang is lost?"

King Chu Kaolie stood up: "There is another rebellion of the feudal monarch?" ”

Jiangdu is almost Yangzhou according to the geography of a certain blue star, and in this era it is an important hub of the Grand Canal Hangou that was dug by Wu in the past to connect Gusu - Yangtze River - Huai River, and it is also the hinterland of Chu State.

It is very blind to lose here, not only the north and the south are cut off, but also the road to the south from Huaibei will be cut off.

"The enemy calls himself Dayu ......"

The messenger trembled.

"It's Dayu again!"

The king of Chu was furious, and so was Chun Shenjun.

However, the bad news is not over.

"What, more than a dozen port docks along the river were attacked, a large number of ships were seized and burned?"

King Chu Kaolie's temples were beating straight, and Chun Shenjun was also confused.

"Enemy or Dayu?"

King Chukaoli could no longer suppress his anger.

"Where did this big deal come from???!!!

Seeing the trembling nod of the third messenger, King Chu Kaoli and Chun Shenjun asked questions at the same time.

The messenger silently did not dare to answer, he was also very helpless, he was just a small microphone, where did he know where the enemy came out.

"Maybe the Southern Barbarians? Baiyue remnants? ”

Chun Shenjun looked at the Jingxing guards whose bodies were still cold, and the corners of his mouth twitched: You should make your words clear before you die.

But looking at it now, it can only be the southern Baiyue - anyway, the enemy is from the south, isn't it Baiyue?

"I want to send troops to fight, but there is a good plan?"

King Chu Kaoli couldn't help but ask.

Chun Shenjun Huang Xie is still very capable, and destroying the Lu State will greatly renew the life of the Chu State, otherwise the Chu State, which has even been captured by Bai Qi, will really become a joke of the Seven Kingdoms.

"The enemy army has elephant soldiers, who can destroy the Jingxing Division, and can also capture Jiangdu and continuously send a large number of naval troops to attack the stronghold of our naval army on the river, which shows that the enemy army should have at least about 100,000 elite army and about 100,000 boat divisions, plus the army at the county division level, the total strength should be able to reach about 300,000!

There is too little other information to judge.

However, judging from the current actions of the enemy army, it seems that they want us to temporarily lose the boat division and the ability to attack south of the river, force us to attack Jiangdu first, and force us to fight a decisive battle with them in Jiangbei?

Perhaps, not only to force us to fight a decisive battle in Jiangbei, but also to contain our forces through Jiangbei so that they can take Jiangdong?

Yes, they should just want to divide Jiangdong! After all, this enemy who came out of nowhere, and it is impossible to have too many troops, and their military strength is not enough to support them to complete their greater ambitions, so their most basic strategic goal should be to divide Jiangdong! After the secession of Koto...... They want to be Wu Guo? Want to be a Yue Guo? ”

Chun Shenjun analyzed.

To be able to become the fourth prince of the Warring States Period, Chun Shenjun is still very capable, and basically guessed the strength of Dong Huang's army, and guessed the strategic goal of Dong Huang's army according to Dong Huang's arrangement.

It's just that sometimes what can you do if you guess the enemy's strategic goals? In the end, it's not like you've got the real thing in your hands.

"The widow thinks so, too."

King Chu Kaoli stroked his beard and said.

King Chu Kaolie has a bit of Dong Huang's taste: It doesn't matter if I can do it or not, anyway, I can do it if my subordinates can do it.

"However, the widow is not as good as him, and the widow will fight Jiangdong first! After all, it's your fiefdom! ”

The King of Chu took Chun Shenjun's hand.

"Minister, thank you, Your Majesty."

Chun Shenjun's heart twitched.

He is dedicated to the country, why did he become a lost dog as soon as the accounting strategy was proposed?

In fact, Chun Shenjun was not worried that the king of Chu would take his fief before recovering Jiangdong, what he was really worried about was how to fight the next war.

Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the land of death and life.

Sending troops is never a simple thing, and it is impossible to launch it with a click of the mouse like in the game; Even if the upper limit is locked, the space creature class needs to eat, drink, and sleep, and when there is no military rations, it will immediately collapse and become a deserter for you to see.

There are too many factors to consider when sending troops.

Therefore, it is not very easy for the Chu State to send troops.

There are many armies in the Chu State, and the elite of the eighth-order peak that the country can control has at least more than 400,000 people; Even if it is really time to destroy the country, stimulate the potential, at least be able to dig out 100,000 elite disciples and private servants from the noble feudal monarch.

But the problem is that it is not so easy to transform potential into combat power; The feudal lords are not so easy to talk to, and they need to constantly exchange interests and put pressure on them.

Now, there are only 400,000 elites in the Chu State on paper, and of course there are two or three million soldiers and horses at the county division level, and the total number of troops should be able to be drawn more. But the problem is that it is impossible for all of these troops to be transferred to fight the Yu State.

The real mortal enemy and confidant of the Chu State is still the Qin State.

Bai Qi of the Qin State captured the Yingdu of the Chu State, which is much higher than the hatred of Da Yu, and the heart of the tiger and wolf of the Qin State cannot be unguarded, and it is not too much to put 100,000 elites and 500,000 main forces on the border with the Qin State, right?

The Wei State in the north is close to Chendu, and a few years ago, in order to save the Yan State, the Chu State just put the Wei State, the South Korea, and the Qi State together, which caused the Three Kingdoms' attempt to defeat Yan failed, and the Three Kingdoms hated the Chu State to death, so put 150,000 elites and 700,000 main forces here, not too much, right?

The border with the Qi State is unstable, and the Qi State also remembers the hatred of the Chu State for destroying them and cutting down the Yan before, and makes trouble from time to time; And there are remnants of the Lu State to make trouble, putting 70,000 elites and 400,000 main forces, isn't it too much?

Most of the remaining 80,000 are the personal servants of various feudal monarchs, and a small number are the elites of the Chu State who guarded the inland areas and guarded against Baiyue, but now the elites who guard against Baiyue are basically gone.

The territory is too big, there are too many enemies, and the Chu State is also helpless.

Here, I have to mention the riotous operation of the Warring States Heroes, and the ultimate goal of each of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States seems to be the enemy of the other six countries.

For example, the state of Chu, the capital of the country was occupied by the Qin state, and the result?

I didn't think about how to recover the old capital, but in order to save the Yan State, which was friendly with the Qin State, I sent troops to make enemies of the Qi State, the Wei State, and the Korean State, which directly led to the fact that all the borders of the Chu State were enemies!

There is Qin in the northwest, Qi, Han, and Wei in the north, and a Baiyue in the southeast.

It was precisely because there were too many enemies and the troops were somewhat tight that when they wanted to quell the rebellion of the Jiangdong War Agents, the King of Chu and Chun Shenjun finally decided to take Jing as the main thing.

The mobilization of a large number of kings and regular troops can easily be detected by spies from various countries, causing tension in neighboring countries, and it is also possible to startle the rebellious war agents, but if only one side's private soldiers and a small number of regular troops are mobilized, it will not attract so much attention.

In the eyes of the King of Chu and Chun Shenjun, the Jing clan had many and elite private soldiers, and with the Jiangdong main army and the surrounding county soldiers, it should be easy to win if there are traitors within the enemy.

However, if nothing else, there is an accident.

Jing Xing sent it, Jiangdong was eroded, and the King of Chu and Chun Shenjun didn't even know what the situation in Jiangdong was now, and where Dayu was sacred, so even according to the principle of leniency for the enemy, they couldn't send too few people.

The current situation is that the secret operation of the foregoing has drained the army that the king of Chu can quietly deploy, and the remaining army is the elite private army of the nobles except for the main army and the king's pawn, and if you want to move, you have to negotiate with the nobles, and the assembly of ordinary county divisions also takes time.

On the whole, it will take at least three months for the state of Chu to draw out its troops and gather troops, so that it can gather an army of 100,000 elites, 100,000 elites, and 300,000 ordinary county guards to launch a thunderous blow against the Dayu army without affecting the defense of the border and the capital.

Moreover, this army must advance by land and water.

Otherwise, once the other party's naval army is cut off, it will be ......

You must know that just twenty years ago, Zhuang Ji, the general of Chu and a descendant of King Chu Zhuang, led a large army into Shu, occupied Ba County, and fought to Dianchi Lake, because he was cut off by Qin, so he ...... He didn't fight with the Qin State, but claimed to be the king himself!

Of course, the state of Chu is too close to Jiangdong, and it is unlikely that the army will establish itself as the king when it arrives there because it has been cut off, and there is no story of a yellow robe in this era, but Dong Huang's army is so crazy to attack the naval base of the Chu State, and there is no problem for the Chu State to prepare more naval troops, right?

Take 10,000 steps back, how can you cross the river without a water army!

Could it be true that you want to fight the Dayu army in Jiangdu?

The problem is, even if you win, it's useless to cross the river!

"I want my army to be assembled in two months!"

After thinking for a while, King Chu Kaolie arbitrarily gave the order to die.

Chun Shenjun, who also felt that the soldiers would change if they were slow to come, also agreed with this opinion, and if they went early, maybe they would be able to save Gusu; It's too late, maybe the Yu army has been repaired and integrated the Jiangdong centrifugal forces.

"Who's going to do that?"

King Chukaoli asked a sharp question.

The famous generals of Chu State withered, and after Jingyang's death, Chun Shenjun was already the first general of Chu State, in addition, there were really no famous generals in Chu State, even if it was Xiang Yan, he was just a brilliant general in his prime in this era.

"The minister is willing to lead the troops."

Chun Shenjun said stubbornly.

In fact, Chun Shenjun really had the heart to recommend Xiang Yan, but Jing Xing, whom he recommended before, had already lost his teacher and died, so it was no longer good to recommend him again, and Xiang Yan's age was also a hurdle, and he was not from a royal family, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, so he was not qualified to do so.

However, Xiang Yan can't be the main general, but he can still be a deputy general.

Chun Shenjun was ready to make a request.

However, before Chun Shenjun could speak, the King of Chu said: "Thank you for your hard work, who will the deputy general choose?" How is Li Yuan? ”

[Not good! 】

King Chu's words made Chun Shenjun frown slightly.

Li Yuan was originally Chun Shenjun's doorman, Chun Shenjun listened to Li Yuan's nonsense, and sent Li Yuan's sister Li Yan to the palace, as a result, Li Yan was favored, and Li Yuan's was in power.

What is infuriating is that after gaining power, Li Yuan faintly showed signs of not obeying his orders.

A few of Chun Shenjun's newly recruited small nobles even told him that Li Yuan was ambitious, and once King Chu Kaolie had three longs and two shorts, Li Yuan would definitely assassinate him and then seize power.

It's okay for one person to say this, but if three or five of them say so, Chun Shenjun is a little skeptical.

After all, three people become tigers.

At this time, Chunshenjun's mastermind Zhu Ying also persuaded him to say similar things, which made Chunshenjun even more suspicious of Li Yuan.

However, when your boss asks you about your candidates, he just gives you face, but he doesn't really let you decide on personnel.

Personnel power is the first scale of those in power.

Even if it is Dong Huang, it is because the core subordinates are all generals who have been tested by the times, and the military power is firmly grasped in their hands, so they can rest assured.

Therefore, Chun Shenjun could only suppress his dissatisfaction with Li Yuan and think of other problems.

Thinking of Li Yuan, thinking of those doormen, thinking of those doormen, Chun Shenjun suddenly had a calculation again: "King, the minister heard that there are many elite people under the command of many county monarchs, and there are tens of thousands of private soldiers, if this time it is better to recruit private soldiers along the road, the minister predicts that there may be 100,000 elites and 450,000 troops along the road!" ”

"So much?"

King Chu raised his eyebrows.

Among the six countries, Chu is the country with the most incomplete county system, and it is also the country with the most prevalent feudal system, with large and small feudal monarchs inside, such as Chunshenjun, there are fiefs of twelve counties, and the "three households" of Chu from the royal families such as Zhao, Qu and Jing were once extremely strong.

Now, although the Qu clan and the Zhao clan have gradually declined after the battle of Qin and Chu, and the Jing clan has also suffered a great injury not long ago, the king of Chu thinks that there is no strong feudal power in the country, when did so many powerful feudal monarchs emerge in secret?

This amount is comparable to the total number of troops originally estimated by the King of Chu.

"You can arrange it yourself...... If you bring more feudal lords, will you have less time to gather troops? ”

Although the king of Chu had a brilliant idea of killing many birds with one stone.

"Chen and Li Yuan can first lead 50,000 regular troops, their own private soldiers and 100,000 county soldiers from Chendu, along the chasm - Yingshui south, all the way to reorganize the troops of the county monarchs along the way, requisition their grain and grass, and finally reorganize in Shouchun; At the same time, Xiang Yan can be asked to reorganize the naval army in Xiacheng (Wuhan), collect ships, assemble private soldiers and county divisions along the way, and go to Jiuzi (Wuhu), I will cover the army across the river, search for the main force of the enemy, and win the battle! ”

"According to the movement of the enemy, the main force of the enemy army should be from Jinling to Wu County, if the Yu army has not captured Wu at this time, we can still fight with the Wu army in front and rear."

Chun Shenjun said his strategy, but he didn't say a question of time.

Chun Shenjun is also a person who knows the soldiers, even if he fights in the territory, the pressure on logistics and other aspects is minimized, but two months is short enough, and if it is reduced, this battle may be hanging.

"Yes!"

King Chukaoli nodded.

As a result, the number of troops that can be mobilized is more than the 500,000 previously expected, and may reach 6 or 700,000.

With so many troops, they can't take a Yu country that doesn't know where it came from?

King Chu Kaolie went back to the harem to play with the beauty Li Yan with peace of mind.

Just now, he fulfilled his promise to Li Yan and gave Li Yan's brother Li Yuan a chance to make a great contribution, Li Yan should also answer him well tonight, right?

It's time to unlock new poses again!

King Chu Kaoli can't put down this beauty, it's so charming!

He has secretly made up his mind that he will definitely make Li Yan the queen in the future, and if he dies, he and Li Yan's son will be enthroned, and Li Yan will be the queen mother at that time!

Chun Shenjun on the other side was not as interested as King Kaolie, and the first thing he did when he went home was to summon his henchman Zhu Ying and his newly recruited doorman He Ning.

He Ning is a war agent, and he has a special class - pet concubine, which is a similar class to Dong Huang's dancing concubine, but Dong Huang is for his own use, and he uses it to curry favor with the natives.

He first relied on sending a pet Ji to open up Zhu Ying's door, and then won the favor of Chun Shenjun by sending a pet Ji.

Of course, his final goal is to copy Li Yuan's path, send his favorite concubine to win the favor of King Chu Kaolie, and it is best to conceive King Chu Kaolie's child, and then find an opportunity to kill King Chu Kaoli and Chun Shenjun, dominate the state politics of Chu State, and then have a good fight with Daqin.

As a war agent, He Ning looks down on those fools who can only kneel and lick, in his opinion, with the national strength of Chu, it is really not possible, so he will develop a boat division, block the Yangtze River, and row the river with Daqin to rule!

If the operation is good, take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of Great Qin to attack Zhao Wei Han, seize Yingdu (Jiangling) and Deng (Xiangyang), and then capture Bashu, maybe you can still contain the offensive of Qin!

Of course, this is all an afterthought, and the most important thing now is to lick Chun Shenjun.

Well, he licked it too.

But he firmly believes that his licking is different from other people's licking, and he kneels today to lick others softly, so that he can get hard tomorrow and let others lick himself.

Chun Shenjun told his two henchmen what happened today, and then looked at He Ning. The idea of using county guards to fight was from He Ning, and the news of the betrayal of Xu Youyu and others was also spread by him; Of course, He Ning's sisters are also great - He Ning claims that those favorite concubines are his sisters.

"What do you think?"

Chun Shenjun asked.

"I'm afraid Gusu's side has been lost."

He Ning touched his heart and smiled bitterly.

"What's going on?"

Before Chun Shenjun could speak, Zhu Ying couldn't help it.

Gusu is thousands of miles away from Chendu, how can you know that? But what other sources of information are there?

However, although it was a question, it was not a special reminder to He Ning to explain, after all, a companion is like a companion tiger, in case Chun Shenjun suspects that He Ning has any secret channels, it will not be good.

As He Ning's fellow believer, Zhu Ying can be regarded as helping him.

Seeing that Chun Shenjun also looked over, He Ning touched his chest again, and said helplessly: "Junhou Rongyu, his subordinates and twin brothers are one and the same, and their hearts are connected, and their hearts are in severe pain today, I'm afraid my younger brother has died in Gusu." ”

He Ning said half-truthfully.

His truth is that Gusu is really finished, and his younger brother is dead; The lie is that that man, like his sisters, is not really a blood relative, but his special general, and his means of resurrection.

When he dies, he can be resurrected on this general, and the general can usually act independently, which is actually similar to the relationship between Dong Huang and Dong Hao.

It's just that he is not as extravagant as Dong Huang.

There are many first-class heroes under Dong Huang's command, and even Dong Hao, a genius general with the combination of the dual template of "Cao Wei's Eight Tigers Riding Xiahou Yuan + his own ability", can be kept in the golden house to prevent her from being in danger; But He Ning could only use his resurrection methods.

However, He Ning is also smart, using the other characteristics of this general, let him bring his own city to pretend to be a war agent, and he really caught the big fish of Xu Youyu.

Originally, He Ning thought that with the merit of destroying Xu Youyu and more than a dozen other war agent alliances, he should be able to take off, but the result was ......

Lost the lady and broke the soldiers!

"Condolences."

Chun Shenjun and Zhu Ying can only be so comforted.

However, He Ning quickly cheered up and offered advice: "Since the king has made Li Yuan the deputy general of the prince, this may be an opportunity......

"Be careful!"

Chun Shenjun was furious.

But He Ning and Zhu Ying glanced at each other, and they both understood the meaning in each other's eyes: Li Yuan must die!

(End of chapter)