"No." Before Xiong Jing agreed, Naojiu spoke out. "The Lu army is the most crowded, Cheng Jie will not agree. Moreover, when Qi Wei saw that I only sent tens of thousands of troops, why did he fight with the whole country? There will be no 500,000 soldiers from Qi, and there will be no more than 500,000 soldiers."

"The Qi State has 500,000 soldiers, but they need to be equipped in Jixi, and at most 300,000 troops will be sent, the Wei State will send 100,000 troops, 150,000 troops, and our army may be 50,000. These 450,000 soldiers will be able to fight with the Qin people." Xiang Yan roughly estimated the enemy and us's strength and felt that he could fight.

"After the last time the Qin people retreated, the Qin people were on guard. If the Qin army was 600,000 and our army was 450,000, how could they fight with each other?" Xiong Jing did not agree with Xiang Yan's plan to divide the troops. Just like the Battle of Chengpu, the Qin army attacked the Qi and Wei armies, and the two armies were defeated. No matter how strong the Chu army was, it would be detoured. There was no way to fight this battle.

"If the Qin army is 600,000, then I will have Nanjun!" Xiang Yan said, and what he saw was always the whole. "It is not necessary to advance westward to attack Qin. The Qin State's politics is led by Xianyang. If our army can take advantage of the situation to defeat Xianyang, Qin State will be destroyed."

"When will I defeat Xianyang?" Xiong Jing asked back. "The Operations Department has deduced that it is not feasible to enter Wuguan after resuming Ying. It is necessary to take down Nanyang County, obtain Luguan and Fangcheng to enter Wuguan Road. In the past, the Chu army fought in Lantian and had to retreat, and Han and Wei assisted Qin."

The weakest of the four passes in Guanzhong was Wuguan. Eighty years ago, the Chu army broke through Wuguan and fought in Lantian, but was captured by the Han-Wei coalition forces. Zhaoling (now east of Luohe, Henan), and approached Dengyi. In the end, they had no choice but to retreat. After the Chu army restored Ying, they wanted to attack Xianyang from Wuguan Road, and also captured Wancheng, the center of Nanyang County, and seized Luguan to the north of the Nanyang Basin, Fangcheng and Ye County to the northeast. By the time the Nanyang Basin was captured, they had almost accumulated grain in three years and had to accumulate grain again. At this time, Zhao State had long been dead.

This is a purely military analysis. From a diplomatic perspective, if you look at it from a diplomatic perspective, the westward advance to Ying will definitely arouse opposition from the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Zhao. This is obviously to ask the three kingdoms to send troops to attract the firepower of the Qin army and serve as a bastard for the Chu State. If the Chu State restores Ying State, they will not get any benefit. If the Chu State enters Wuguan and really destroys Qin State, the situation in the world will change, and they will instead be wary of Chu State. If the westward advance to Ying State, the alliance of the four countries will not only be defeated in reality, but also be destroyed in trust.

Thinking of this, Xiong Jing couldn't help but mention the old story: "If you go out to attack Qin..."

"Go out of the border to attack Qin's danger!" Xiang Yan said frankly. "Thirty thousand miles away from the border are all wilderness, and the weather is very different. It is even more difficult to move into Qin's more than seven hundred miles. If the Qin people were prepared and subdue me, with the land of Longxi, our army would be full of my arms."

"However, the Operations Department said it is feasible." Xiong Jing insisted that this is not feasible by subjective conjecture, but by practical and numerical.

"The Operations Department said it is feasible but not really feasible." Xiang Yan emphasized. "The army is outside, and there is a slight mistake..."

The combat plans involving the four countries were leaked, and no one party could imagine that any party would leak the secret. Although he avoided Ziwu Ridge from Shangjun to Qin, the Lishui and Jingshui River Valleys were mostly dangerous and densely packed, so it was not difficult for the Qin army to set up an ambush.

"What should I do? I saw Zhao's country fall and not save it?" Xiong Jing asked, "If Zhao's country falls, it will be better for me to get the old Ying."

Xiang Yan couldn't answer Xiong Jing's rebuke, and Naojiu and others couldn't answer either. With the Chu political system, this matter could not be reversed. Advance westward seemed to be a foregone conclusion, and Zhao would surely perish. Xiong Jing, who had no choice but to do anything, said unexpectedly: "Come here! Summon Cheng Jie quickly."

After the Ao system, state affairs were no longer determined by the Yan Dynasty. Xiong Jing suddenly summoned Cheng Jie, which was a bit surprising, but it was reasonable. Cheng Jie quickly responded. He just sat down and said, "Cheng Qing thought that how many years can you enter Wuguan Road to attack Xianyang?"

When the king summoned each other and asked about national policies, they were summoned separately. Now Xiang Yan, Naojiu and others were all on one side, which made Cheng Jie very uncomfortable. He glanced at Xiang Yan and others and said, "Please ask the king to hold others back."

"Hmph!" Yi Tu's hatred in the martial arts field was not gone. Now that he heard this, he snorted away without waiting for Xiong Jing to retreat. After he left, Xiang Yan and others bowed their respects to leave. In the end, only Xiong Jing and Cheng Jie were left.

"Reporting to the king, I think I can enter Wuguan Road to attack Xianyang when I restore Ying." Cheng Jie said loudly, with great ambitions.

"It was possible back then..." Xiong Jing was shocked, "Nanyang is more than 1,300 miles away from Xianyang, and there is Wuguan..."

"The king is wrong." Cheng Jiedao. "This is not the battle of Fu Ying, but the battle of the Chu army attacking Baxianyang in the west. Tens of thousands of troops advanced west along the Wuguan Road and transported food and grass from Danshui. Another 100,000 troops stationed in Wancheng to protect its retreat. The two countries of Qi and Wei sent envoys to send troops to Daliang and attack Qin in the north, so that the Qin people had no time to rescue them.

The Chu army was light and could arrive in a thousand miles of land in twenty days. When we knew that we were attacking Qin, the Qin people were hesitant to advance and retreat, or sent troops to aid Nanyang Old Ying, but we did not know that our army was advancing westward to attack Xianyang. When they knew that the army had entered Fangcheng, there were 100,000 Chu troops in Wancheng who were blocking each other; when they retreated, they could not hurry to Xianyang to rescue..."

"A hundred thousand troops were in Wancheng to block the Qin army?" Cheng Jie outlined the entire strategic layout in just a few words. The infantry of the Chu army should be at Fuyi, Magu entered Nanyang County, and the Zhou army naturally attacked Nanjun from the Han River, and then went north to Linpin (now Junxian Town, Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province). Linpin is the intersection of Danshui and the Han River. When the boat arrived here, it was Wuguan Road.

"And my food and fodder are all east of Taihang Mountain, how can I transport it to Wuguan Road?" Xiong Jing asked again after thinking about the entire layout.

"Report to the king, our army should send troops to August and eat Nanyang. All the grains they have been cut are used as military rations." Cheng Jie replied. "A hundred thousand troops defend Wancheng, and with the power of artillery, they will definitely prevent the Qin army from moving south."

"One hundred thousand people defend Wancheng?" Xiong Jing shook his head, "If the Qin army besieged the city with 300,000 people and 50,000 people headed south, our army's food route would be gone."

"So what?" Cheng Jie was not worried about the food route being circulated. "With the help of gunpowder, our army can quickly break Wu Pass until the city of Xianyang. There has been no war in Xianyang for nearly a hundred years, and the equipment will be loose. Our army suddenly arrives, so it can be used to make food for the enemy."

"This is a battle that will be achieved?" Cheng Jie described it as an almost Hannibal-like surprise attack, a battle without a rear.

"King, Xianyang is the head of Qin. If you behead his head, Qin will perish." Cheng Jie did not admit it or deny it. This was not his own point of view. This was the result of the analysis of Cheng and Dou family together, especially after carefully studying the power of gunpowder breaking the city.

"The city of Xianyang is 80 miles away, and a hundred thousand troops will not surround Xianyang!" Xiong Jing smiled bitterly. "It is not that Xianyang is the leader of Qin, but that Zhao Zheng is the leader of Qin. A hundred thousand troops are coming to Xianyang, and Zhao Zheng cannot be obtained even if the city is broken."

"This..." Xianyang has a great city, but if there are hundreds of tons of gunpowder, it will definitely blow up the Xianyang city wall. It may not be able to capture and kill Zhao Zheng, but the explosion of Xianyang may not be able to capture and kill Zhao Zheng. The huge Xianyang city of 100,000 Chu troops could not be surrounded by 100,000 Chu troops. Not to mention that Zhao Zheng had 30,000 guards, 3,000 guards could break through the thin defense line of the Chu army and fled to Jingyang, Yongcheng, or Liyang. These three places had been the capitals of Qin.

"If the King of Qin leaves Xianyang, he can send the cavalry to pursue him." Cheng Jie was just a little hesitant. "After the next year, our army has more than 5,000 dragon horses and 5,000 dragon horse cavalry will surely capture the King of Qin."

"This matter..." Xiong Jingzhao Cheng Jie had a set of rhetoric, but Cheng Jie's plan to attack Qin made him forget what he was going to say just now. He thought for a while before he said: "Xiang Bo wanted to lead the partial army and the Qi and Wei army to gather in Daliang and go north to rescue Zhao."

"The Chu army is only 200,000, and it cannot be divided." Cheng Jie shook his head without thinking.

"How can we advance westward if we don't gather with the Qi and Wei army in Daliang and restrain the Qin army?" Xiong Jing asked.

"If Master Xiang wants to go north, that's right, but the troops from other counties must not go north." Cheng Jie finally made a concession.

"The Lu Master is remote, maybe..." Xiong Jing did not mention Master Chen, but talked about Master Lu, which is a recognized weak teacher.

"King, Lu can send 50,000 troops, plus Xiang's army, there are more than 70,000 troops, why is it a partial army?" Cheng Jie was very unhappy. He wanted to say that Zhao State was not worth saving, but he still held back when he said that it was right.

"How many soldiers do you think are the partial teachers?" Xiong Jing asked back.

"I think the partial teacher should have 30,000 people." Cheng Jie said. "The third Xiang family's third division has more than 20,000 people. At most, one more division is enough, and the fourth division is enough."

"I only sent 30,000 troops, how many troops were from Qi? How many troops were from Wei?" Xiong Jing asked.

"The king said both the partial army and the restraint, and the fourth division was enough." Cheng Jie tried hard to say. "Before Qi and Wei sent troops, it can be clearly stated that this is not a real battle, but just a bluff. Since this is the case, the amount of troops our army sent has nothing to do with Qi and Wei."

"In this way, only the twenty-eighth divisions remain to attack Qin in the west?" According to the organization, the Chu army had 32 divisions, with a full squad of more than 210,000 people. However, due to financial and manpower limitations, it is difficult for some counties to complete the squad.

"Of course." Cheng Jie nodded. "Don't forget that the old Ying is in Chu. Tens of thousands of boat troops came from Xiapu. Jingling entered the old Ying. He can summon people from Chu to fight. There are tens of thousands of people here. I ask the king to personally lead the Ying troops from Xiapu to Laoying. When the people of Chu heard that the king came, they would cut down the woods and serve as soldiers, lift up the pole to form flags, and gather under the phoenix flag."

In Cheng Jie's opinion, if Xiong Jing appeared on the battlefield, the Chu army would never be defeated. The tens of thousands of people he mentioned actually mentioned above was that if he really attacked the old Ying, there would be no less than 100,000 Chu soldiers gathered together. This is also thanks to Mi Shan, the governor of Nanjun County, and Mi Ji, and to the Empress Dowager Huayang Zu. With them both, the conscript and labor of Nanjun were the lightest among the Qin counties.

Xiong Jing was a Chu man after all, with the blood of the Chu man running. Cheng Jie described the "... The Chu man heard that the King came in person, he would cut down the woods and serve as soldiers, raise the pole to serve as flags, and gather under the phoenix flag. Not only did he yearn for it, but he was also excited.

By this year, the State of Chu lost the old Ying and moved east for forty-seven years. The next year, the next year, it was forty-nine years. Not only did the young people remembered that year were old, but there were not many left. If they didn't fight and wait for these people to die, how many people remembered that they were from Chu? I know that the infiltration of the old Ying by the Secretary was not unsuccessful, but there were many poor people in the old Ying. They were not only farming but also fighting wars, so how could they have time to admire the heroes of the Chu people?
Chapter completed!