The covenant signed by the Taocheng Alliance was transmitted back to the Chu State, and Xiong Huai summoned Zuo Yin Ganmao as soon as possible.

In the hall, Xiong Huai handed over the covenant sent back by Zhaoju to Gan Mao, and when Gan Mao finished reading it, he asked: "Zuo Yin, this time the countries joined forces and led an army of 600,000 to attack Qin. ”

Gan Mao had been in the Qin State for more than ten years before, and he had also been the prime minister of the Qin State for many years, so he knew the Qin State very well.

Hearing the King of Chu's inquiry at this moment, Gan Mao groaned slightly, and then responded: "King, the core of the Qin State is in Guanzhong, the northern land of the Qin State Longxi needs to guard against Yiqu and the Hu people, the Southern Zheng needs to guard against the Hanzhong of the Chu State, and the Shu Land needs to guard against the two countries of Bachong and the Wujun of the Chu State.

Therefore, the places where the Qin State can mobilize now are only the two places in the middle and west of the river.

And with these two places alone, the Qin State can normally mobilize 200,000 troops, and at full capacity, it can mobilize more than 400,000 troops, and any more will hurt the vitality of the Qin State and even the fundamentals.

In addition, not long ago, the Qin State seized the Hedong of the Wei State, and then gave a large number of fields in the east of the river to the meritorious soldiers, which made the national strength of the Qin State be restrained by Hedong a lot.

Therefore, according to the minister's judgment of the King of Qin and the national strength of the Qin State, in the face of this attack on Qin, the Qin State could only dispatch 200,000 troops at most. ”

Speaking of this, Gan Mao saw that the King of Chu nodded slightly, so he arched his hand and said: "Great King, although Korea has succumbed to the Qin State, this is an expedient measure that is forced to be helpless, so it is extremely difficult for the Qin State to get support from South Korea, and even has to guard against a sneak attack from South Korea."

In this way, the Qin State faced 600,000 troops from various countries with 200,000 troops, and also had to guard against being cut off by Korea.

In this case, even if Wu Qi was alive, he would not be able to win the war.

Therefore, the minister deduced that this time the Qin State would definitely avoid war with other countries, and directly retreated to Hangu Pass, waiting for the allied forces of various countries to retreat.

As long as the alliance of various countries is dispersed, the Qin State will send troops to threaten Korea again, and then use the power of Qin and Han to coerce the Wei State. After Wei and Han surrendered, Qin could use the power of Wei and Han to persuade Zhao to betray Qi, and then compete with Qi for the position of the overlord of the world.

This is the advantage of sending troops to the east, and the unfavorable will be surrendered to the Guanzhong. ”

Xiong Huai pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Thank you Xianqing for your advice, the widow already knows what to do." ”

After Gan Mao left, Xiong Huai pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Summon, please invite the important ministers of the court to come to discuss the matter." ”

In the main hall, Xiong Huai looked at the ministers, and then looked at the crown prince: "Prince, order Yin to sign an alliance with various countries, this time all countries will attack Qin, and my Chu State needs to send 100,000 troops, I don't know the prince, who do you think my Chu State should be the general this time?" And where do you transfer troops from? ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately said confidently: "Father, Sima Cuo, Wei Ran, and Bai Qi of the Qin State are all famous generals in the world, and ordinary people who lead troops to go there may be taken advantage of by the Qin State." And my Zhuguo is also a famous general in the world, with outstanding military achievements, so the minister thought that at this time, he would cut down Qin and save Han, and he should take Zhuguo as a general.

As for the soldiers, it is easier, there are still 100,000 long-trained elite divisions under the command of Zhu Guo, which are located in Tuntian, south of Shouying. In order to avoid conscripting the people and saving people's power, in order to show the sincerity of our Chu State, just let Zhu Guo lead his army to rescue South Korea. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately glanced at the prince with an expressionless face.

The prince was able to say this, and let Tang Yu lead the 100,000 troops in the south of Shouying, isn't this an ulterior motive?

The reason why he dared to live in the harem and let the prince supervise the country, and also dared to let the prince's people gradually occupy a high position in the court.

What is it that you do?

First, there were three auxiliary ministers in the court, Zhaoju, Qu Yuan, and Gan Mao, who were on the side to contain the crown prince.

Don't look at the current princelings in the DPRK and the central government, and they respond to every call, but in fact, the one who is now in charge of the internal affairs of the country is still Qu Yuan, who is presiding over the reform of the law in various places, and the decrees sent to the counties are still issued by Qu Yuan, and most of the princes and lieutenants in the counties, as well as nearly half of the county guards and county governors, are basically members of the law reform faction.

As long as Qu Yuan is there, it will be difficult for the prince to interfere in various counties and counties, and the same is true for Zhao Ju and Zuo Yin Ganmao, all of whom cannot interfere in the local area.

Therefore, the chaos in the DPRK and China will not affect all localities.

The second is the 100,000 army led by Tang Yu and trained in Shouying Tuntian.

It is this 100,000-strong army that gives Xiong Huai enough confidence.

As long as there are 100,000 troops, then Shouying will not be chaotic, Shouying will not be chaotic, and Chu will not be chaotic.

If according to the suggestion of the crown prince, let Tang Wu lead the 100,000 troops to Korea, then there will be 20,000 troops left in the land of Shouying, as well as thousands of soldiers in the hands of Sima Jian and the guards led by Pang Zhan outside the city.

In this way, once the prince has a different heart.

Then he is in danger of overturning.

Although with his understanding of the crown prince, the prince will not openly rebel now, even if he rebels, with Sima Jian and Pang Zhan, plus the people in the city, he can still suppress it.

But... This kind of obvious flaw, he will not be exposed.

Of course, more importantly, Xiong Huai also plans to take this opportunity to give those noble children and businessmen who have previously paid grain to save the country and obtained the title, but the title cannot be passed on to future generations, and give these people a chance to make meritorious contributions, let them become the beneficiaries of the new law, and let them stand on the side of the new law, so as to enhance the foundation of the law-changing faction.

It can be said that this latter reason is the most important and cannot be hindered.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at the prince and shook his head and said: "The prince's suggestion is indeed foolproof, it can guarantee that my Chu country will not be defeated, and it can also promote the military might of my Chu country."

However, this time, the leader of the alliance of the countries to attack Qin is the Qi State, and the main general of the Qi State is the Tentacle.

Tentacles are just rising stars, but juniors, how can they be compared with my Chu country's famous general Zhu Guo. If you are outnumbered, let the Zhu State take the most elite army of my Chu State to participate in the alliance.

In this way, the coalition forces of various countries will listen to the touch, or listen to the pillar country.

If the coalition forces listen to the Zhu State, then there is a good chance that the Tentacles will return home with the 300,000 troops of the Qi State. If the coalition forces listen to the touch, then the widow and the pillar country will not be able to lose this person.

Therefore, this time the troops were sent to save Han, so that Yin, Zhuguo, and Sima could not be the main generals, and this time the main general candidate was elected as the rising star in the army. ”

At this time, the prince in the audience quickly glanced at his father on the stage, and sighed secretly: "My father is really very wary of me, and he will not show the slightest flaw." ”

On the other side, Xiong Huai instructed: "The candidate for this expedition to save Han from Qin, the widow decided to take Fangcheng Shouxiang Chengjun as the main general, and the commander of the Guards Pang Zhan and the general Qu Hui as the deputy general.

As for the army, 50,000 troops were transferred from Zhuguo, and 50,000 troops were merged in Fangcheng and Shangcai, a total of 100,000 troops, to attack Qin and save Han. ”

As soon as the crown prince heard that he had vetoed the Zhuguo Tang Yu recommended by him, he was replaced by Xiang Chengjun, who had an enmity with him. Although he knew that Xiang Ji had an irreversible relationship with Han Wang, he was like a brother, and he used Xiang Ji as the main general, which could greatly express the goodwill of Chu to Korea.

But he still couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Xiong Huai left Sima Jingqing behind, and then recruited the noble sons of the ministers of the court and the central government to join the army and participate in the operation of killing Qin and saving Korea.

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