During this period, good news has been heard on the front line, and even the soldiers who reported the news have their faces filled with joy.

But today the ministers could clearly feel that the news he brought back must not be good news.

Sure enough, the soldier ran into the hall, knelt in front of the hall with one knee, bowed with both hands and saluted directly, "Report to Your Majesty, news comes from the direction of the city."

"The Chu State's general Wu Qingshan, who was guarding the border, detained Wu Daozi, the Minister of Personnel of my country for no reason. Now, General Ye Chen and General Guo Hu, led more than 200,000 troops, have advanced to the Uentian County of Chu State."

"The two generals specially ordered people to return to Beijing to ask you for instructions. Should we take down the State of Chu in one fell swoop, or to erode them step by step? Please also ask Your Majesty to decide."

Li Xiaoyao's sword eyebrows were slightly frowned. Now the Han Dynasty is pushing the whole country to attack Zhao. If a second battlefield is opened at this moment, it will inevitably cause huge pressure on logistics support.

He turned his head and looked at Chen Guoliang, and said with a serious expression: "Chen Guoliang, tell me, how should I reply to the request from Ye Chen and Guo Hu?"

"Your Majesty is great and has great ambitions." Chen Guoliang walked out of the queue, bowed slightly and continued, "Your Majesty, I urge you to allow Hua Yuanbao, the Minister of Works, to answer your questions with you."

I?

Hua Yuanbao, who was standing in the clerk's queue, was shocked.

He raised his head with a confused look on his face, feeling nervous and nervous. He would definitely lose money when he was pulled out by the Minister of Revenue.

Today, he didn't read the almanac. He was always inconspicuous in the court, but he was frequently named today.

"It's OK." Li Xiaoyao looked at Hua Yuanbao.

Hua Yuanbao lowered his head and squeezed out of the queue in a daze. On the way, he still secretly glanced at Chen Guoliang, his eyes full of complaints.

After Hua Yuanbao finished the ceremony, he stood side by side with Chen Guoliang.

Chen Guoliang turned his head and said politely: "Shangshu Hua, please introduce to Your Majesty the people's livelihood situation we are facing now."

Hua Yuanbao nodded and felt relieved. He had already roughly understood Chen Guoliang's intention.

Then, he bowed with his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the land of the Han Dynasty is poor, and the grains they plant can only be harvested once a year. In the past, we all had to rely on vendors to buy grain from Chu State to transport it back to China. However, since the situation in the Han, Chu and Zhao State changed, the current border trade has been completely blocked, so the current domestic grain can only be maintained on a daily basis."

"Your Majesty, what Secretary Hua said is exactly the concern of the ministers." Chen Guoliang responded and bowed and said, "There is no shortage of food in the Han Dynasty at present, but if a war is started, the consumption of food will definitely increase significantly. By then, even if you have silver in your hand, you may not be able to buy food."

Li Xiaoyao's sword eyebrows frowned slightly.

At this time, Ye Hongyuan stepped out and said, "Your Majesty has something to do to report."

"Accepted!" Li Xiaoyao said in a deep tone.

"Your Majesty, our Han army has occupied the border town of Zhao, but if we want to advance to the hinterland of Zhao, the supply of food and grass will become the top priority. Therefore, I suggest that for the sake of the overall situation, we should maintain stability in the direction of leaving the city for the time being to ensure the supply of our army to attack Zhao."

What Ye Hongyuan said was exactly what Li Xiaoyao was concerned about. Today, Zhao State is in a time of internal and external troubles. If the army continues to advance now, it is a good time for the Han State to occupy a large area of ​​land without any effort.

But he was unwilling to accept it on the side of Chu State.

Now Ye Chen has led a large army to Ueda County. With his personality, Li Xiaoyao is really worried.

Then, he leaned over and looked at the soldiers who had been kneeling in the hall and said, "Tell Ye Chen that he would conquer several cities of Chu with lightning speed, causing the Han army to be under pressure, and put pressure on Chu."

"But... let Ye Chen grasp a certain degree and not add pressure to the logistics supply troops of the Zhao army."

"No..." The soldier kowtowed, then stood up, turned around and left.

Chen Guoliang frowned slightly and bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, should you add a supply line to the direction of the city?"

"No need for the time being, you just need to concentrate on attacking Zhao's army." Li Xiaoyao said with his eyes looking at the world.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the hall bowed their heads and started to talk.

"If you leave the city and fight with Chu State, once the war expands, the consequences will be immeasurable."

"If the logistics supply is not in place, the front-line army will inevitably be in panic."

"Your Majesty did not add a supply line. If the Chu State finds out the truth about our country, the consequences will be unimaginable."

The ministers' words naturally reached Li Xiaoyao's ears. He was betting that the King of Chu did not dare to confront him head-on.

At the same time, he also believed in Ye Chen. Since Ye Chen led his troops to Ueda County, he naturally had his considerations.

As the saying goes, if you are outside, you will not accept the orders of the king.

Li Xiaoyao is still very enlightened in this regard.

At the same time, the fifty armies led by Lin Xiao have occupied the entire border city.

Now, he left 50,000 troops to guard the border city, and himself, led an army of more than 400,000 to continue advancing towards the hinterland of Zhao.

Previously, Lin Xiao had already received news that the old King Zhao had passed away, and now, the crown prince of Zhao had just ascended the throne.

In order to consolidate the dynasty, the new King Zhao had gathered all the troops from all directions to the capital of Zhao.

The second prince of Zhao State defected at the time of war and led 150,000 Zhao troops to a border city adjacent to Zhao State and Qi State.

Now, Lin Xiao attacked all the way, in the shortest time, taking advantage of the chaos in Zhao's country, to occupy more cities in Zhao State.

Compared to Lin Xiao and the others, Ye Chen and Guo Hu are not so relaxed.

Outside Uentian County, Chu State, Ye Chen and Guo Hu stood a thousand meters away on war horses.

Both of them were frowning.

At the end of the day, our 200,000 troops also suffered some losses.

Ye Chen and Guo Hu did not expect that Wu Qingshan’s 100,000 Yuanlicheng border troops would resist so fiercely and tenaciously.

"Ye Chen, let's stop the troops first today! If we continue to fight like this, we will suffer the loss." Guo Hu glanced at Ye Chen beside him.

Ye Chen was expressionless and stared at the front with a cold expression.

"Ming Jin withdraws the troops!" Ye Chen's eyes turned cold and he turned around and left.

Guo Hu seemed to have become accustomed to Ye Chen's indifference and ordered to the messenger beside him: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops."

Ye Chen rode a war horse and recalled the defensive formation of the Chu army along the way.

The crossbowmen on their own attacked, but the Chu army avoided them all. When the crossbowmen retreated and the infantry attacked the city, the archers of the Chu army emerged.

It caused considerable casualties to the Han army.
Chapter completed!