Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 446, Game

After a while, Li Mu, Meng Wu and Wang Jian arrived at the gate of the Qin Palace. Zhao Gao had been waiting for them here for a long time.

"The three adults have finally arrived. Your Majesty summons you urgently!" Zhao Gao stepped forward and saluted.

Li Mu, Meng Wu and Wang Jian looked at each other, saluted Zhao Gao and said

"Master Zhao, why did the king summon us in the middle of the night?"

Zhao Gao motioned to the three of them and talked as they walked. The three of them followed Zhao Gao's pace. Zhao Gao said

"I, a slave, don't know the specific reason, but the reason why the king called the three generals to come has something to do with the Chu State."

Hearing Zhao Gao's words, the three of them were stunned for a moment, and then a flash of light flashed in their eyes. They were summoned in the middle of the night, and it was related to Chu State. The most likely reason was that something had changed in Chu State, and they needed to attack Chu State in advance. Ying Zheng summoned them at night to explain that the matter was very urgent, and even bypassed the previous court and prepared to send troops privately.

Silently all the way, the three of them were led by Zhao Gao into the palace where Ying Zheng was. After some courtesy from the emperor and his ministers, the three of them stood below. Ying Zheng sat above and looked at the three of them and said

"I am preparing to attack Chu State in advance. What do you think?"

After the three of them looked at each other in private, Wang Jian stepped forward and said

"May I ask your Majesty if something has happened in the Chu Kingdom?"

"It's not that something happened in Chu State. The teacher is now trapped in Yunmengze. Xiong Qi sent people to surround all the roads in Yunmengze. He should be taking action against the teacher."

"What!?"

Wang Jian, Li Mu and Meng Wu's eyes flashed with shock. They couldn't believe what they heard. Ziyou was trapped in Yunmengze. This was a more important matter than the accident in Chu State. Ziyou is not only the face of Qin State, but also the pride of Qin State. Qin is indispensable for its current situation of gathering hundreds of families, wealthy people, and an unprecedentedly powerful country.

The three of them also understood why Ying Zheng would wake them up in the middle of the night. Ying Zheng was not looking for them to discuss, but asked them to come up with an offensive method.

"Now that all the cities in the north of the Chu State have been captured by us, if we want to attack the Chu State, we only need to move the army southward, and we will be overwhelming. The only things the army needs to worry about are three things. First, Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan's ability to lead the army Ranked at the forefront of the world. Second, His Royal Highness is in the Chu State. If we declare war on Chu rashly, His Highness will fall into a dangerous situation. Third, the climate in the Chu State is hot and humid, and our Qin soldiers For many people in Guanzhong, it happens to be the dog days of summer again, and the south is even hotter, rainier, and full of miasma.

If we are not fully prepared and attack Chu rashly, it will be extremely detrimental to Qin. "Wang Jian said.

As a veteran general of the Qin State, after Wei Liao left the Qin State, Wang Jian took charge of the unification of the six kingdoms. In particular, he studied the old rival of the Chu State very thoroughly and understood the entire Chu State at home and abroad.

"If you were asked to lead troops, how many people would you need and how long would it take to capture Yingdu?" Ying Zheng looked at Wang Jian and asked.

"If we only capture our old land of Qin, I will need an army of 300,000 troops." Wang Jian said with cupped hands.

After Ying Zheng thought about it in his mind, he looked at Meng Wu and Li Mu.

"Where are Meng Aiqing and Wu Anjun?" Ying Zheng asked.

"I may only need a lot more troops. Xiang Yan is indeed difficult to deal with. Especially in the three areas of Nanjun, there are many mountains, so it is difficult for me to carry out cavalry operations that I am good at." Meng Wu said truthfully.

Meng Wu also understands his own strength. If he wants to fight Xiang Yan, he needs to fight a protracted battle, while Ying Zheng needs a quick battle. If it is in the plains, he can try it, but there are many mountains and rivers. The three places in Nan County are no longer his home ground.

"I don't know. I have never fought with Xiang Yan, nor have I fought with the Chu State. I don't know the situation of the Chu State. But if the king wants to win Yingdu quickly, there is a way!" Li Mu said .

"What can we do?" Ying Zheng asked with a flash of hope in his eyes.

"The Qin State's strategy to attack the Chu State was to disrupt its internal affairs, divide its geography, and weaken its national power. Xiong Qi's puppet Chu occupied the three areas of Nanjun. The three areas of Nanjun seemed to be large and mostly mountainous, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, the comprehensive national strength of the three places is not strong. Except for Nanjun, which is rich in grain, the other places in the three places are mostly undeveloped mountains. This is destined to be far inferior to Qin's national strength.

All the troops of the Puppet Chu were also placed in three positions. One was on the Dangyang, Xishi, and Anlu lines to deal with the Lantian army. The second place is Zengxi, to guard against Yang Duan and General, and the third place is Xiling, to guard against Li Yuan's attack.

Combined with the national strength of the Puppet Chu, they divided their forces into three routes. Each route's troops seemed powerful, but in fact they were just superficial. We only need to send three routes and three armies to attack the Puppet Chu from three places. There is only one famous general in Puppet Chu, Xiang Yan, but he cannot fight against the three armies at the same time. All it takes is one person to hold Xiang Yan back so that he can't take care of the other two routes, and then he can go straight into Yingdu and capture Puppet Chu. "Li Mu said.

Li Mu's idea is very simple, which is to use Qin's strong national power and logistical capabilities to launch three small battles to destroy the country, thereby overwhelming Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan. Xiang Yan is very capable of leading troops, and he also has these four major corps and An army of more than 200,000 may seem like a lot, but compared with Qin's army of one million and hundreds of thousands of old soldiers, it is not enough. Once the troops are divided, Xiang Yan's army will not be enough. Even if Xiang Yan's ability to lead troops in battle is among the best in the world, it is impossible for you to deal with Wang Jian, Meng Wu and Li Mu at the same time.

Wang Jian himself was evenly matched with Xiang Yan. Although Meng Wu was not as good as Xiang Yan, he was just not as good as Xiang Yan alone. As for Li Mu, the first place and the person fighting for second place were fighting to reduce the dimensionality.

It's just that Li Mu's method was too risky. Not to mention the huge logistical pressure caused by dividing the troops into three routes, if one route was defeated by Xiang Yan, it would be a huge blow to the entire Qin army. This method was rejected immediately in Wang Jian's heart, which was seeking stability.

"It's too risky to do this," Wang Jian said.

Ying Zheng thought about it and felt a little moved in his heart. The current Qin State has this ability, and it is a bit difficult to let Zhang Cang be responsible for the mobilization of grain, grass and armaments for the three armies, but it can be done.

"I think it's feasible." Ying Zheng said, knocking on the table.

Seeing that Ying Zheng had finalized the matter, Wang Jian didn't know what to say and began to collect useful information in his mind.

"At the same time, intelligence came back from three places in Nanjun that in order to deal with our Qin state, the Puppet Chu was recruiting troops and stockpiling food without regard for the life and death of the people. After the Puppet Chu was established, it still implemented the Qin law, but the Qin law was implemented The people of the law are fake Chu dignitaries. They only regard the Qin law as a banner to stabilize the people, and use the Qin law to oppress the people and make profits for themselves. The people of the three places are dissatisfied and miss the laws and prohibitions under the rule of our Qin State. .

As long as we spread the news during the attack and inform the people in the three areas of Nanjun, they will definitely abandon the dark and turn to the light and welcome the royal army. "Wang Jian said.

Hearing Wang Jian's words, Li Mu glanced at Wang Jian. It was the reason why Zhao Guo lost many times on the battlefield.

"This matter has been settled. The three of you will go back immediately to prepare for the trip south. When the meeting ends tomorrow, you will start preparing for war." Ying Zheng said.

"promise!"

The next day, there were also people in the Qin court who opposed the current attack on Chu. However, the attack on Chu was already determined by Ying Zheng, and they had no choice but to do anything to oppose it. So the entire Qin State started to move again, and a huge war was launched for other countries. Maybe it should be avoided as much as possible, but when it comes to the Qin State, except for a small group of people, everyone in the Qin State is eager to fight every now and then. Faced with Qin's big move, it was natural that they could not hide it from Chu's spies, and soon the information about Qin was presented to Xiong Qi.

Xiong Qi looked at the information in his hand and asked his chamberlain to invite Xiang Yan. Half an hour later, Xiang Yan, dressed in military uniform, arrived at Xiong Qi's palace.

"Da Sima, Qin's actions are faster than we thought. Our previous move to block Yun Mengze was indeed inappropriate." Xiong Qi handed the information in his hand to Xiang Yan.

Xiang Yan unfolded the information, looked at the contents and said thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, it's useless to regret now. According to the intelligence, the Qin State has now transported all the food and weapons to Lantian. They should be taking the dried fish mouth from Lantian. The sailors will go down the river and approach Yunmeng. Ze. At the same time, he led his troops to continue southward, passed Dangyang, and went straight to the capital of Ying."

"I am worried that Yang Duan from Zengxi will send troops from Zengxi. Then we will be attacked from both sides." Xiong Qi said.

"We still have time. The Qin State is mobilizing its army. There are only 30,000 Qin troops in Zengxi. As long as we defend, we can stop Yang Duanhe. As long as we defeat the Qin army on the front, we will have hope." Yan said with cupped hands.

"The training of the Three Thousand Yue Female Sword Troops has been completed. Although they cannot compare with the original Three Thousand Yue Archers, they can still fight against Qin Rui Shi." Xiong Qi said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiang Yan said.

"I will mobilize all the strength of the country to support. The next Grand Sima needs to recruit and train soldiers as soon as possible. As for food and armaments." At this point, Xiong Qi's eyes flashed with fierceness, "I will suffer if you continue to suffer." If the common people of the country still don’t have enough, I will go to the dignitaries to borrow it, and even if they rob it, they will be able to rob enough food to support you in fighting the Qin army.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. But Your Majesty, it is best not to touch these powerful people. These people are just outsiders. If we are cruel, they may fall to Qin." Xiang Yan reminded.

"As I know, Grand Sima Anxin is training his troops to face the enemy," Xiong Qi said.

"promise!"

After Xiang Yan left, Xiong Qi sat on the throne and said to the chamberlain next to him

"Go and invite Guo Kai!"

"promise!"

At this time, Guo Kai saw off a dignitary from Yingdu at the gate of Guo Kai's mansion.

After seeing off this powerful man, Guo Kai breathed a sigh of relief. This powerful man was Zuo Yi from the Chu State of Yingdu, and he had a very important say in Yingdu.

Since Guo Kai came to Yingdu, he directly sought the allegiance of Xiong Qi. Originally, Xiong Qi was unwilling to accept Guo Kai, but Guo Kai donated too much money, and the remaining strength of the Zhao Kingdom dignitaries brought by Guo Kai Quite a few. Thinking that Chu would soon be Qin's next target, Xiong Qi temporarily took in Guo Kai and gave him a doctor's position in name only.

Deep down in his heart, Xiong Qi was still wary of Guo Kai, not only because Xiong Qi considered himself a wise king and had no good impression of sycophants like Guo Kai, but also because he was worried that Guo Kai would make friends within Yingdu and take advantage of the opportunity to make money.

"There is only one step left to complete it." Guo Kai whispered.

The reason why Guo Kai wanted to entertain Zuo Yi was because Zuo Yi had an extremely important vacancy in his hands, Supervisor Ma Yin. Horse Supervisor Yin is responsible for the affairs of the Chu army's horses. It is an official position that has close contact with the Chu army. It is the most suitable position to inquire about the Chu army's military situation. When Guo Kai came to Chu State, he did not forget the tasks Zi You gave him, otherwise he would not have tried so hard to climb up.

Just when Guo Kai was about to go back and prepare what he promised to Zuo Yi, Xiong Qi's edict came. Guo Kai was stunned for a moment and then followed the servant to the Chu Palace.

"My lord, Guo Kai pays homage to the king!" Guo Kai saluted Xiong Qi and said.

"The doctor is exempt from the courtesy." Xiong Qi said, "I have wronged Prime Minister Guo. He serves as a doctor in my small Yingdu."

"How can we feel wronged by those who have lost their country? Your Majesty's ability to take in those of us who have lost our country is enough for us to be grateful." Guo Kai said.

"To be honest, the State of Qin is now dispatching troops to Lantian, and I am afraid that it will attack the State of Chu soon. I summoned Prime Minister Guo this time to inform him and let you make plans early. The State of Chu will not be able to hold it for long. ." Xiong Qi's tone was touching, like a good man who thinks about his friends.

Guo Kai was stunned for a moment and then saluted and said

"Guo Kai was originally an official of the State of Zhao. The State of Zhao was destroyed by Qin. Your Majesty would rather offend a powerful enemy than take us in. There is no way I can repay such kindness. Although Guo Kai came to Chu for a short time, your Majesty, his colleagues and the people of Chu They have not treated me as outsiders. Now that the Chu State is in danger, how can I abandon the Chu State and leave?

Although Guo Kai was incompetent in writing and martial arts, he was still willing to fight for the Chu Kingdom! "

Hearing Guo Kai's words, Xiong Qi was a little moved and asked tentatively

"Is Mr. Guo willing to live or die with Chu?"

Hearing Xiong Qi's words, Guo Kai was startled and embarrassed, but he quickly suppressed it. Xiong Qi was keenly aware of Guo Kai's move and felt relieved. If Guo Kai was really willing to live and die with the Chu State, he would think there was something wrong. Now Guo Kai's reaction made him feel at ease, so he said

"I'm just joking. Our Chu State has 200,000 elites, and even the great commander Xiang Yan is sitting in charge. We are going to war with the Qin State. It's not clear who will win and who will lose."

"I wonder if there is anything I can do for you?" Guo Kai asked.

"The purpose of calling the doctor here this time is to ask the doctor to send someone to contact the old nobles of the Zhao Kingdom to see if they are still willing to revive the Zhao Kingdom. If they are willing, I hope that they can be there when Qin and Chu are at war. The old land of Zhao raised the flag of revival and caused chaos in Qin," Xiong Qi said.

After hearing Xiong Qi's words, Guo Kai fell into deep thought. Looking at the thoughtful Guo Kai, Xiong Qi continued.

"My dear, you can think about it carefully."

(End of this chapter)