When Xiong Jing arrived in Wancheng, it was snowing in Wancheng. Thirty Chu military divisions, twelve new divisions, and 80,000 Zhao army front troops, nearly 300,000 troops gathered on the east bank of Baishui, which inevitably reminded him of last summer.

Last summer, the Chu army was also stationed here. After receiving congratulations from the countries, he led his army into Guanzhong and abducted Xianyang. In just over a year, the 100,000 Chu army became more than 300,000.

"Where is Li Xin?" The first sentence he said to Li Xin when he entered the curtain of the Central Army was to ask Li Xin, and he couldn't wait.

"Report to the king, Li Xin is still in the north of the Lishui River." Zhuang Wudi arrived first than Xiong Jing.

"Not the same as before, Li Xin's entire army was waiting to build a bridge in the north of the Lishui River." Dou Yuzhi arrived earlier than Zhuang Wudi. He was the left general, and Sima Shang, who led the 80,000 Zhao army, was the right general. "The river was not sealed, and Li Xin was afraid that our army would fight and dared not advance rashly."

"The Qin people are timid!" Sima Shang smiled. He smiled, and the generals of the Chu and Zhao army in the tent also laughed. Pan Wuming shouted: "I think Li Xin will not dare to enter Fangcheng. Once he enters Fangcheng, it will be difficult to perish. Please ask the king and minister to lead the army to expel the Qin people again!"

The enemy did not dare to fight with him, which was a very morale-enhancing thing. Sima Shang's words were responded to by the generals, and Xiong Jing also smiled. He said, "Our army has not been assembled, and it is not the time to chase him. Li Xin is the best in Fangcheng. If our army is assembled after the assembly is completed, we will chase him again. If the upstream of the Ru River is not frozen, the army can go straight to Hangu Pass."

Fangcheng is also a geographical boundary between north and south. Beyond Fangcheng is the north and within Fangcheng is the south. The dumb mouth in the northeast corner of Fangcheng is called the wind vent. It is windy all year round, with hail in summer and frost in winter. Whenever the river outside Fangcheng freezes, the Fangcheng must slow down for more than ten days or even half a month. The upper reaches of the Ru River that flows into the Huai River are in the south of Xiangcheng City. If this water does not freeze, the silt will be cleared in time at the junction of Qin and Wei, and the army can indeed chase it to the outside of Hangu Pass.

Morale was already high. When they heard that they wanted to drive the Qin army into Hangu Pass, the generals' eyes were all glowing. They immediately shouted long live, and some people also said that they wanted to station troops in Luoyang. Sima and the strategist were embarrassed on one side. If food and grass could be transported upstream of the Ru River, the army could drive Li Xin into Hangu Pass. However, the Operations Department did not confirm that the Chu army would drive Li Xin there, let alone decide to remove Luoyang.

Whether the Chu army can pull out Luoyang involves whether the food and grass can be transported to Luoyang. It is absolutely impossible to station Luoyang. Fangcheng Chu army originally had to cooperate with Shang Yu Chu army and Hanzhong Chu army. If the Qin army attacked Chu from Shang Yu and entered Chu territory in large quantities, Fangcheng defenders would quickly support Shang Yu. If the Fangcheng defenders went forward to station Luoyang, it would be difficult to support. The expulsion of Li Xin's 400,000 Qin army was more of an offensive pursuit, and the army would return to Wancheng afterwards.

The king's words made the shogunate happy. Sima and the advisers dared not speak. They did not agree or show opposition. Fortunately, Xiong Jing did not forget the intention of the Chu army to fight: "It is enough to expel Li Xin into Hangu Pass this time. Wang Jian wants to attack Qi, so he cannot succeed."

"King, it's better if the Qi people don't save them." He was despised when talking about the generals of Qi. When he came back from Qi, the whole army was scolding the Qi people. You should know that if he had drunk too much wine before, the first person to scold was Qin.

"I have said that if I don't save Qi, I won't save Qi." Xiong Jing said very seriously. "I am only worried that the Qin people attacked me in Qi State. If I don't save Qi, I will attack Qin and reject Qin people outside Muling Pass. Are you willing to the Qin people outside Muling Pass?"

Xiong Jing asked the generals speechlessly. Everyone didn't like Qi, but whether they liked it or not, the reality was that once Qi was destroyed, the eastern front would be uneasy. The 300,000 troops that had finally gathered were estimated to have 100,000 to defend the eastern front. If Qi was not destroyed, Muling Pass could almost be ignored.

"This winter, the Huai River will not be sealed, so the attack on Qin will be discussed separately." Xiong Jing said. "Li Xin is outside the Fangcheng at this time, so our army should be calm and gather troops. Li Xin enters Fangcheng, and is the best. If Li Xin does not enter Fangcheng, he will chase him."

"I respectfully accept the order!" There were shouts in the big tent.

The convening generals to lead the shogunate to report their strategic intentions, especially to inform the entire army that in addition to expel Li Xin, they must also prepare to go to the eastern front to attack Qin. Rescuing Qi and attacking Qin are essentially the same, but if they don’t say so, the generals cannot mobilize. At least in terms of name, saving Qi is to save people, which is to altruistic; attacking Qin has nothing to do with Qi people, which is to benefit oneself. This is the Chu State itself rejecting the enemy from the country's gates.

The soldiers in the army are different. They don’t quaintly. The king saves Qi when he says he wants to save Qin when he says he wants to attack Qin. No matter whether he is good for others or selfish, he just fights. Anyway, the Qin army is too crowded and he doesn’t fight at all.

The generals retreated, only the left general fought Yu Zhi, the right general Sima Shang, and the Dongye Gu and Sima, and the strategists stayed in the shogunate. At this time, Xiong Jing asked, "What's Wang Jian? Have you left Puyang?"

"Of course, Wang Jian has left Puyang." Wang Jian's out of Puyang was the news the day before yesterday. Nao Xin suspected that Wang Jian and Li Xin were planning to synchronize. Li Xin crossed the water and Wang Jian left Puyang. After careful study, the time was actually on the same day.

"I think the Qin people used Li Xin as bait to lure our army here, while Wang Jian quickly attacked Pingyin to break the city." Dongye Gu was most concerned about the safety of Qi, and his judgment was the same as Nao Xin.

"Pingyin is a strong city. Even if Wang Jian breaks Pingyin, there is no baggage, he cannot break Linzi." Sima Shang said. "Now the river has not yet frozen, and the more than 200,000 servants and cattle conquered by the Qin army are all in Zhao."

"This..." Dongye Gu was speechless. Wang Jian's actions were indeed incomprehensible.

"Did Wang Jian's 300,000 troops all came out of Puyang?" Xiong Jing asked.

"No." Nao Xin said. "The army that came out of Puyang is only 150,000."

"Fifteen thousand?" Xiong Jing laughed a little. "How can the 150 thousand army attack the city?" Thinking of another cavalry in Qin State, he asked again: "Where is the Hufen cavalry? Will you leave Puyang?"

"It has not been fully released." Nao Xin's answer is even more puzzling.

"I haven't made it all out? Where is that passion?" His own boy became the general of the cavalry of Qin. Xiong Jing always wanted to laugh whenever he thought of this. He remembered that man, who was thin and tall, and honest, was a traitor?

"Guo Fen led 7,000 cavalry out of Puyang with Wang Jian." Nao Xin said. "There are still more than 30,000 cavalry in Puyang camp."

"Is it true?" The 150,000 army left Puyang, but the cavalry was only 7,000.

"It's true. Zhao Dili soldiers crossed the river and sent them to Puyang. The camp fed the horses and children and counted the daily turkeys transported into the camp, and there were indeed 35,000." Nao Xin said with certainty, and after saying that, he handed over a newspaper. This newspaper just arrived today, in order to confirm how many cavalrymen came out of Puyang with Wang Jian.

"Wang Jian only had 150,000 infantry soldiers, 7,000 cavalrymen advanced eastward, and 300,000 Qi troops were sitting in a strong city to defend. This is no danger." Sima Shang said.
Chapter completed!