Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 226 Quick Battle and Quick Resolution

The capital of Hengshan, Zhuyi.

Prince Wu Chen and several younger brothers are visiting their father, King Wu Rui, in the bedroom. There is a young woman sitting beside Wu Rui's bed. His wife, Mao Shi, is a famous talented woman in Huxiang, and also a famous beauty.

Wu Rui was dying, but she still held Mao's hand, her eyes full of nostalgia.

Feeling Wu Rui's love for him, Mao couldn't help crying, and said in a sobbing voice: "Shangxie, I want to know you, and my life will never end. The mountains have no edges, the rivers are exhausted, the winter thunders shake, the summer rains and snows, When the heaven and the earth are united, you dare to break with the king."

After listening to Mao's swan song, Wu Rui's complexion miraculously returned to rosy. Wu Rui held Mao's jade hand in silence for a long time, and after a long while, he sighed: "Rui Gui should go to the rooftop and watch the gate of heaven. Chiuhui..." Before he finished speaking, Wu Rui died of anger, but his eyes and eyebrows were the same, as if he was a stranger.

"Father!" Wu Chen, Wu Yuan and other princes and princes cried and fell to the ground when they saw this.

The Mao family also wept silently. Obviously, those two sentences just now were the last words of Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan, which meant that after Wu Rui died, he hoped to be buried in Wugujian Yangtiantai in his hometown Yaoli. His father's generation was buried together, and he wanted to be with his father's generation, facing the rising sun in the morning and seeing the sun setting in the evening.

Just at this time, the Prime Minister Wu Zhong also stumbled in.

Although Wu Rui's eyes and eyebrows were the same, as if he was a stranger, but seeing Prince Wu Chen and several princes crying on the ground, and the Queen standing by the king's bed and weeping silently, how could Wu Zhong not know what was going on?At that moment Wu Zhong also fell to his knees and cried loudly: "My lord, my lord, what should I do, what should I do..."

Wu Zhong is really out of control now. He just received an urgent report that the Linjiang Kingdom dispatched an army of [-], divided into hundreds of large and small warships, and went out of the Shaxian Navy Dazhai before copying the waterway. It is less than a hundred miles away from Zhuyi. up!But right now the Hengshan army is far away in Fanyi, Lujiang, and the defense of Zhuyi is empty. At this juncture, the king died again.

When Wu Zhong was howling, Queen Mao said sadly: "President of the country, although the king is dead, state affairs cannot be abolished. You should deal with state affairs quickly. Moreover, it is now the time of the great war, and the general is leading the army outside. For matters big or small, I can only rely on you, Prime Minister."

"Queen, queen, something is wrong." Wu Zhong straightened up and said to Mao, "I just got the news that the general of the Linjiang Kingdom, Gongsun Wu, has raised a hundred thousand troops and has entered Shaxian. Zhuyi is less than a hundred miles away, and the Linjiang army is traveling by water, and the speed is extremely fast, at the latest tomorrow morning, the Linjiang army will be marching towards the city of Zhuyi!"

"Ah, the Linjiang army is about to attack the city of Zhuyi. This, this, the Prime Minister, what should I do?!" Madam Mao's face paled when she heard this. Although she is a talented woman, she is a woman after all. Moreover, I have never had the experience of dealing with major military affairs. How can I not be shocked when I suddenly hear this bad news?
Wu Zhong was also speechless, how could he know what to do?
Prince Wu Chen, who was still only 16 years old, said decisively: "The Prime Minister, for the current plan, can only urgently gather all the strong men in the city of Zhuyi, put the whole city under martial law, and take strict precautions, and then order the surrounding counties to immediately recruit them. Strong men, rush to help Zhuyi, and at the same time send flying cavalry to Fanyi, and ask the general to lead the army to come back quickly!"

"Well, well, well!" Wu Zhong nodded again and again, and then he took the order.

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Gongsun Wu's [-] Linjiang Army has entered Dazhai, the Shaxian Navy.

Two days ago, Wu She, a senior official of the Great Chu, fought with the civil servants and generals of Linjiang Kingdom in the hall, and finally persuaded the king of Linjiang to join the lieutenant, and then the general, Gongsun Wu, raised [-] troops, known as [-], divided into five More than a hundred warships, large and small, sailed down the river, and arrived at the stronghold of the Shaxian Navy in just two days, and the town of Zhu was already close at hand.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Gongsun Wu had just sat down and before he had time to catch his breath, a soldier came in and reported: "General, Wu She, the senior doctor of Chu State, is asking to see you."

"This Wu She." Gongsun Wu smiled wryly, "I really don't want to stop."

After that, Gongsun Wu ordered the soldier again: "Go, please come in Doctor Wu."

"Here!" The guards suddenly agreed and took the order, and after a while, they led Wu She into the big tent.

After entering the tent, Wu She bowed slightly to Gongsun Wu, and said in a loud voice: "General, why did the Linjiang army enter the stronghold of the Shaxian Navy and not go forward?"

Gongsun Wudao: "The superior doctor doesn't know something. Our army's food, grass and equipment are not ready yet, so it is not suitable to enter the army at the moment."

Wu She frowned, and said disapprovingly: "There is not enough food and grass, so we have to raise it locally from the Hengshan Kingdom. As for the equipment, at this time, Zhuyi must be defenseless. Even if there is no heavy equipment, the simple long ladder built temporarily is enough. The city has been seized, if the general has too many worries, I am afraid that he will miss the opportunity of the battle in vain?"

"Soldiers, tricks." Gongsun Wu frowned and said, "As for the matter of attacking Hengshan, this general has his own decision, so I don't need to worry about it, the weather is very good today, why don't you and I have a drink? How about it?" After finishing speaking, Gongsun Wu turned around and waved his hand again, and said loudly, "Come here, serve the wine!"

Immediately, some soldiers brought water, wine and meat.

Wu She could only shake his head and smile wryly. He's actually not stupid. Of course, he knew what Gongsun Wu was thinking. Obviously, before he saw the rabbit, Gongsun Wu didn't plan to hawk. It is impossible for the Linjiang army to advance even half a step before the elite army has defeated the main force of Mei Yan's Hengshan army.

It is completely reasonable for Gongsun Wu to have such an idea.

The truth is obvious, if the Linjiang army attacked rashly, brazenly approaching the city of Zhuyi, if Mei Yan decisively returned to the army, and Xiangzhuang followed suit, then the situation would turn into a confrontation between Hengshan Kingdom and Linjiang Kingdom. And Xiang Zhuang is likely to take this opportunity to escape from Hengshan and return to Jiangdong to clean up the other princes.

All in all, Linjiang Kingdom never minds the destruction of Hengshan Kingdom, but it does not want to be a pawn of the Chu army. If the main force of your Chu army in Xiangzhuang can defeat the main force of Meihan's Hengshan army, our Linjiang army will take advantage of the situation to capture Zhuyi and perish Hengshan Kingdom, but if you Xiangzhuang want to fish in troubled waters, I'm sorry, our Linjiang army will not cooperate.

"Forget it, drink, drink!" Having figured this out, Wu She no longer forced the Linjiang army to continue eastward.

In fact, with Gongsun Wu as the general of Linjiang Kingdom, [-] troops were stationed in Dazhai of the Sha Xian Navy, and Wu She's task of lobbying Linjiang Kingdom has been completed. Next, it will be up to the King, as long as the King can Defeating the main force of the Hengshan army in Meizhen in Fanyi, the Linjiang army will surely take advantage of the situation and advance eastward, directly attacking Luyi, and the Hengshan Kingdom will be over.

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Twenty miles to the east of Fanyi City, there is a camp on Mount Heng.

Four days have passed in a blink of an eye, but what makes Mei Yan feel uneasy is that the Chu army did not launch a strong attack, but set up a camp boat five miles away, and strengthened the camp every day. The trenches in the trenches have been dug to six feet deep and two feet wide. Judging from this posture, the Chu army plans to confront the Hengshan army for a long time?
At noon that day, Mei Yan once again summoned Geng Sheng, Geng Wang, and Mei Cheng to come to the big tent to discuss matters, but several people discussed for a long time, but there was still no conclusion. For a while, Mei Yan also fell into hesitation. Should we spend it with the Chu army, or decisively fight the Chu army before the army rations are exhausted?

"General, don't hesitate, let's fight the Chu army!"

"No, the decisive battle now is not in the arms of the Chu army?"

"The problem is, if we wait any longer, our military rations will be exhausted. What will we do then?"

"Damn it, it's all due to the terrible weather. If it weren't for the terrible weather, the hundreds of thousands of shi of military rations in Taicang, Zhuyi should have been sent to the camp in Fanyi. How could we be at a loss like we are now?"

When the generals were arguing endlessly, a travel-worn messenger suddenly entered the tent, knelt down and said sadly: "General, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good..."

Mei Yan recognized at a glance that the person who came was actually a subordinate of Guoxiang's mansion, she was taken aback immediately, and said in a broken voice, "Sir, what happened to Zhuyi?"

The suppressor said tragically: "General, Linjiang Wang Gongwei, with Gongsun Wu as his general, has raised [-] troops, and has entered Shaxian, less than a hundred miles away from Zhuyi. Zhuyi is at stake, and Hengshan Kingdom is at stake. The prime minister asks the general to lead the army back to Zhuyi as soon as possible, otherwise something will happen!"

"Ah?! The army of Linjiang is approaching Zhuyi?!"

"Damn Gongwei, you really know how to pick your time!"

"Damn, this is troublesome. The Chu army here has not been sent away yet, and the Linjiang army over there is here to join in the fun again. Now we are under the enemy's back."

Geng Sheng, Geng Wang, and Mei Cheng's expressions changed drastically when they heard the words.

Mei Yan's complexion also changed again and again, and after a while he said: "Sir, Linjiang Kingdom really sent troops?"

"General, is this still a lie?!" Repeller wiped the dust off his forehead with his sleeve, and said sadly, "One hundred thousand Linjiang troops took thousands of large and small warships down the river, almost covering the entire river surface. It took less than two days to go straight from Jiangling to Shaxian, and the fishermen and woodcutters along the way all saw the truth, how could it be fake?"

"General, I'm afraid this is true." Geng Wang said solemnly, "I think that most of the envoys sent by Xiang Zhuang have arrived in Linjiang Kingdom. I will take advantage of this opportunity to send out troops, and deal a fatal blow to Hengshan Kingdom from behind, if the general does not return quickly to help, Zhuyi will be in danger."

"Damn it!" Mei Yan couldn't help but frowned. Will the Chu army agree to return to aid Luyi at this time?
Geng Wang sighed and said: "General, for the current plan, we can only fight quickly with the Chu army, try to defeat the Chu army in the shortest possible time, and then return to Zhuyi."

Mei Yan shook his head and smiled wryly. The Hengshan army wanted to fight the Chu army quickly at this time, but the Chu army might not agree, but if they ignored the Chu army and withdrew their troops, they would probably be hunted down by the Chu army. Once the army loses its footing and becomes defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable...

(End of this chapter)