Four days were not very long, and while the combat department was calculating, the results of the Battle of Fanwu would be understood more clearly. Sure enough, news came on the second, third, fourth and even the morning of the fifth. The Qin army's reconnaissance cavalry announced everywhere that the Qin army beheaded 140,000 Zhao soldiers in this battle; the knights sent to investigate in Qingzhou said that the Zhao army was completely defeated and that one of the ten soldiers was not yet ten, but there were only more than 10,000 Dai County troops. The Zhao people north of the Hutuo River panicked, and many people left their homes and fled north.

During the Yan Shi period, the military meeting of the Grand Sima Mansion was held again. The difference from four days ago was that Cheng Jie, one of the seven Ao, was dead, and he performed Ao's duties on his behalf. Cheng Tong was his second son Cheng Tong. Cheng Tong was a subordinate of Xiang Yan before, and he did not look at Xiang Yan at once.

"If Zhao State is not saved, it will perish." Xiang Yan did not see it, but looked at Zhu Ao. "If Zhao State is destroyed, the whole world will be in decline."

"I have the strength of the giant armor, the advantage of the barbarian spear, and the strength of the cannon. What can the Qin people do to me?" Although Xiang Yan, the martial arts competition day before yesterday, showed mercy and won but did not kill him, Cheng Jie used this as a humiliation and buried his sword and died. Cheng Jie's death made Zhu Ao determined to eliminate the differences to prevent similar things from happening. "The Zhao people were connected with Qin to make Chu and Qin fight again, and the fisherman gained profit. Now he is discussing peace with the Qin people, wanting to cut the land south of the Hutuo River to give it to Qin. How can the Three Kingdoms save such actions?

The Grand Sima Mansion is in charge of military affairs, not political affairs. If the prefect thinks that the Grand Sima Mansion can establish national policies, where will the throne be established? Where will Zhu Ao be placed? Where will the king be placed? This discussion will only talk about whether to attack Qin in advance, and only talk about which is more important than the King and the Qin army will return to support, and whether to save Zhao. Attack Qin and rescue Zhao had a decision to decide the court a year ago: I won’t save it!"

Cheng Jie was dead, and he was talking at this time. He didn't want Cheng Jie to die, nor did he want Xiang Yan to die, but unfortunately Cheng Jie died. He now reminded Xiang Yan again: The Grand Sima Mansion has no right to decide national policies, and its power is only in the Zheng Dynasty, Zhu Ao and the King.

The difference in terms of titles revealed Zhu Ao's attitude towards Xiang Yan. Xiang Yan smiled bitterly and mentioned something: "Although the court ruled in the previous year, I was allowed to send troops to rescue Zhao."

"Fourth Division." Naojiu stretched out four fingers, "The four divisions' army rescued Zhao in the previous year to restrain the Qin army. The prefect wanted to save Zhao, but could only send troops from the fourth division. The remaining twenty-eight divisions were all about to attack Qin."

"Report——" As Naojiu spoke, the official outside the hall reported urgently. After he allowed him to enter the hall, he shouted: "The news from Daliang: The Qin people's boat masters were full of earth and stones, and they sank into the gulf overnight. They saved the waters in the south, and the waterways to the rivers were gone!"

The Chu State warships shine with its might and the Yellow River has been around for several years. It is not that Qin State cannot block it, but there is no need to block it. Now that the Zhao army is defeated, Zhao State is about to survive and die. Although the blockage will eventually be eliminated by the Chu army. It may block it for one day if it blocks, and it will be delayed for a moment. As long as Handan is pulled out, Zhao State will be destroyed.

"The Qin people want to destroy Zhao." He heard the sound and Zhu Ao sighed after hearing the news. However, the Grand Sima Mansion was indifferent. This was expected. The Qin army blocked the Zhushui River as a prelude to destroy Zhao. Handan may only be able to defend for three months, maybe six months, or one year, and no one knows how long Zhao State can last.

Everyone could feel the urgency of time more and more, and asked cunningly: "Can you attack Qin in advance?"

"Yes." Li Qie replied. "But only seven days in advance."

"Why can it be only seven days in advance?" Zhaoshu asked.

"Today is the eighth day of April. It was originally scheduled to order mobilization and gatherings on the fifteenth of this month. On May 10th, it can only be adopted for seven days." E Zhuo said. "The Transportation Department checked the hydrology for these four days and knew that although the water was still shallow at this time, it was still possible to take a boat."

The climate is always the first factor affecting military operations, especially large-scale military operations. Chengsuke previously proposed an attack in August. In addition to feeding the enemy, another thing that did not explicitly state is that the attack in August can avoid the rainy season that starts in April and reaches its peak in late June. In later generations, it is to avoid the plum rainy season.

Although the vegetation in the Yangtze River Basin has not been damaged on a large scale in this era, it is very common for floods to destroy cities and roads under heavy rains. If the Qin army took the opportunity to replace soldiers with water, it would still be able to slow down the attack speed of the Chu army. August is late summer and early autumn, with clear and cool autumn and dry weather, which is the most suitable for marching.

However, the ambition of the Chu army not only occupied the old Ying, but also wanted to advance to Lantian and attack Xianyang. Danshui became the most important channel. In order to ensure the depth of the boat draft, the attack time could only be advanced to early May. It rained shortly in April. At this time, the water in Yunmeng Zeze was too shallow and it was not suitable to pass through the warship. After May, the water in Yunmeng Zeze rose sharply. The warship could go north from the Ze to Jingling without passing through the Han River.

Later, the sleeping area was a metaphor. Xiapu (now Hankou) was the gate of the road, and Jingling was the gate of the bed. To reach the gate, you had to climb the steps. Before reaching the steps, you had to cross the gate. Before Xiayi built a city, Xiapu on the other side of the river was just a small town. After Xiayi built a city for fifty miles, the Qin people built a city of 30 miles in Xiapu. Hanpu, 75 miles behind Xiapu (rui, the intersection of Han River and the Li River. The Li River exited Tongbai Mountain in the south, passed through the Tang Dynasty, flowed into the Qin territory with the two counties, and passed through Anlu County and merged into the Han River). There were also cities and towns, and the boat troops could block the Han River at any time. The Qin people set up defenses in this way, and the Chu army could only pass north from the Yangtze River to the north and enter Jingling.

E Zhuo's explanation has no objection to Zhu Ao. The water depth and shallow water are the reality, and it is not subject to human will.

"In this way, the king will only delay seven days?" Zhaoshu continued.

"Yes," Li Qi said. "The king knew that our army would be able to rush to Xiayi before May. Even if it was delayed, it would only be delayed for three or five days, and the situation would be fine."

"What about the Qin army?" Lan She asked the Qin army. "The Zhao army was defeated, our army attacked Jiuying and Nanyang. When will the Qin army return to aid?"

"To look at it now, Qin State was eager to destroy Zhao, so it blocked the Honggu and saved the waters in the south. If our army could clear the blocked boats before attacking Qin, and when attacking Qin, the warships blocked the Dahe Mengjin, Weisu, Xiwo, Niukou crossings, and the Qin army south of Handan could only retreat from Hedong Road to Qin, and go to Xintian and along the Fen River to the Dahe River by land, from Fengling, Dayu and Maojin to the south of Dahe River, exit the Yanling Pass of Wushui (now Qinglongjian River) to Luoshui, Yiyang, Luoyang, and then go south from Luoyang to Nanyang, which is more than 1,800 miles. If he marched sixty miles a day, it would take thirty days to reach Wancheng..."

In Li Qi's description, because the Chu army's warships guarded all the ferries on the Yellow River east of Sanmenxia, ​​the Qin army could only retreat westward to the Fen River Basin. Recently, it had to cross the Yellow River from Maojin Ferry northwest of Sanmenxia. After crossing the river, it took Nangu Mountain Road, exited Yanling Pass and entered the Luoyang Basin, and then headed south from the Luoyang Basin to enter the Nanyang Basin. Because it was an internal marching, it was estimated that it could march for 60 miles a day, which required thirty days.

Thirty days plus decision-making time, army assembly time, various accidents and delays on the road, the actual entry into the Nanyang Basin should be forty days later, with gunpowder blasting, forty days enough for the Chu army to sweep along the Han River.

"..., however, our army's partial army needs to gather the Wei and Qi armies to lure the Qin army to gather heavy troops in Gongyi." After Li Qi finished answering, he once again explained the importance of the partial army. The three countries must make a gesture of doing their best to lure the Qin army to gather the remaining troops in Gongyi near Baixing and prevent the Three Kingdoms coalition forces from rescuing Zhao.

"The strategy of luring the enemy is enough, and there should not be more partial troops." Naojiu carefully looked at the entire combat plan. luring the enemy is an extremely important part of the battle to attack Qin. In fact, with the Huai River as the boundary, both sides of the Huai River and the Chu army north of the Huai River must participate in luring the enemy.

"Since South Korea wants to restore its country, it should harass the Qin army and stop its advance." Naojiu talked about South Korea again. Luoyang traveled south to Han territory. After Qin annexed South Korea, it did not keep its promise and gave Han Wangan the fiefdom, nobles and rich land that had previously promised were all taken over by the Qin people to have official positions. The Koreans were extremely dissatisfied with this.

"The Koreans are too weak, and they may not be able to stop the Qin army from advancing." Don't tell me, he is most familiar with the situation in South Korea.

"If the Han people do not stop the Qin army from advancing, how can they restore the country in the future?" Nao looked at him. "The king's mother married to all countries. Can anyone who marry my princess of Chu restore the country?"

Naojiu asked me so much that I could not be speechless. Helping South Korea restore the country was promised by the king, but it was just the promise of the king rather than the state of Chu. Of course, South Korea also has some bargaining chips, such as the network of marquis spies all over Qin, but this chip was effective but not miraculous, which was not enough to convince the ministers of the court to support South Korea's restoration. Naojiu asked the Koreans to obstruct the Qin army, which was considered to ask the Koreans to pay for the future restoration of the country.

"I know." Don't let me bow and say politely, and I am determined to send Zhang Liang and others back to Korea.

"If there is no objection, you can order today." Naojiu looked at the other Zhu Ao, who had originally planned to mobilize comprehensively today.

"No objection." Zhaoshu, Lan She, Dong Yegu, Luo Kai, the Great Elder Song, and Cheng Tong all had no objection.

"Please ask for Fu Jie." The questioning was just a mere moment. All the seven people brought Fu Jie. The seven pieces of Fu Jie could issue a mobilization order on behalf of the King of Chu. The seven sections were merged in front of Xiang Yan, and Ao Zhaoshu, who was on duty, handed over to Xiang Yan. Xiang Yan held Qi Jie over his head and shouted: "According to the order of the king, all the cities and towns in the country, the southern tribes immediately mobilized and assembled to prepare for the battle to attack Qin. If there are delays and omissions, they will not be beaten!"

"According to the order of the king, the counties and towns across the country will be mobilized and assembled immediately to prepare for the battle of attacking Qin. If there are delays and omissions, they will not be punished!" When Xiang Yan shouted, all the departments and departments of the Grand Sima Mansion stood up, and after shouting again, they hurried out. Soon similar words sounded again in the mansion, but the word "attack Qin" had been replaced by "save Zhao". Wang Ling was immediately sent to all counties and towns across the country and to Baiyue tribes in the south by the knights, boats, and flying news.

According to the strategy of seducing the enemy, the king's orders from the Grand Sima Mansion were unconcealed. In less than half an hour, the king's orders spread throughout Yingdu.
Chapter completed!