Soon after, as expected by the Chu people, the Han army stationed outside Yecheng, under the leadership of the Han general Han Wei, officially launched an attack on Yecheng.

However, there were 20,000 Chu troops in Yecheng, coupled with the support of tens of thousands of people in the city, as well as the strong city walls, Han Wei's attack was useless.

Yingdu.

Sima Jian took Yejun's battle report and reported: "King, the news from Yejun is that South Korea has officially attacked Yecheng. However, Ye Jun's side had already prepared and did not give Han Wei any chance. ”

"Have you started?" Xiong Huai nodded, and then groaned.

Now there are several battlefields in the Chu State, among which the three kingdoms of the Huaibei battlefield have fought a big bad battle, and their morale is already very low. Even if the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song were increasing their troops to Huaibei, it was difficult to change the situation of the war, and even the morale of the allied forces in Huaibei could not be boosted.

As for Huaishui, the State of Qi has already sent 200,000 troops to Huaibei, plus it is necessary to guard against the State of Yan in the north, with the strength of the State of Qi and the danger of Huaishui, there is no problem in Huaiyin Shou County.

Therefore, now that the Qin-Han coalition forces are moving, Xiong Huai is not worried that the coalition forces are attacking the east and west, nor are he worried that there will be big problems on the Huaibei or Huaishui front.

If there are differences between countries, then the problem will definitely arise in the west.

Moreover, the key problem is that there is still strength left in the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han.

The people in the Guanzhong of the Qin State are at least more than 300,000 households, that is to say, if one person is recruited from each household in the Guanzhong, you can get 300,000 troops, and now the Qin State has only 200,000 troops in Danxi, which is far from the limit of the Qin State, but just a normal army.

As for South Korea, although the monarchs and ministers of Chu State thought that South Korea's strength had been damaged in recent years, with South Korea's strength, it was no problem to grit their teeth and mobilize 200,000 troops.

And now South Korea is only sending 50,000 troops.

There is also the Wei side, although the Wei State has sent 150,000 troops, this is not the limit of the Wei State.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at Sima Jian and asked, "Xianqing, where do you think the goal of the next five countries will be?" ”

Sima Jian had been prepared for the King of Chu's inquiry, and immediately responded: "Fang Cheng." ”

"Fang Cheng?" Xiong Huai nodded, and asked again, "Why not Ye Jun?" ”

When Sima Jian heard this, he knew that the King of Chu still couldn't make up his mind, so he immediately explained: "King, there are two reasons, one is that Yejun is too far away from Qin, and the other is that there is a strong Fangcheng behind Yejun, and the solidity of Fangcheng is not under Luyang.

Based on these two reasons, the minister thought that if the next increase in troops from the five countries was Qin and Han, then Qin and Han would inevitably attack Luyang. ”

Xiong Huai didn't nod when he heard this, but said hesitantly: "If only Qin and Han send troops, then there is no big problem for the two countries to send troops to Luyang." However, what if Wei also sent troops?

The widow was not worried that the Qi and Song countries would increase their troops in Yejun, but they were worried about the Wei state.

It must be known that although the Wei State is now weakened, the Wei State has also cultivated for many years in recent years, and its strength is strong, and it is almost no longer under the Qin State. With the strength of Wei, it is not a problem to mobilize 300,000 or even 400,000 troops to fight with all their might, even if the labor division expedition cannot be dispatched with all its strength, but the dispatch of 300,000 troops is only a small problem for Wei.

Now the army of Wei attacking our Chu State is only 150,000, so with the strength of Wei State, it is completely possible to dispatch 150,000 troops. ”

"If you add Wei Guo..." Sima Jian said confidently: "If the whole country of Wei comes... If the Wei army reinforces Huaibei, then with the power of Ling Yin, the future may not be so easy, but it is enough to hold Huaibei. If the army of Wei kills Ye County, then our Chu State needs to increase troops to Ye County. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he asked with a heavy face: "Increasing troops?" Where did the outnumbered army come from? ”

"Yes, there are two more forces to mobilize." Sima Jian immediately bowed his hand and said: "If the Wei army kills Ye County, with the power of Fang Cheng Ye County, it will definitely be difficult to resist the siege of the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han.

And if Hanbei is lost, our Chu State will not only lose the important town of Wancheng, but also lead to the instability of Ying, so the minister thinks that Hanbei cannot afford to lose.

At the same time, now on the Huaibei side, Ling Yin has played the prestige of our Chu army, has established confidence for the Huaibei Chu army, and only with the low morale of the Three Kingdoms army in Huaibei, it is no longer possible to capture Juyang.

Yes, the minister thought that at this moment, we could already transfer troops from the Yellow State, after all, with 100,000 Chu troops to defend the Yellow State, the number of this army was also too much. And the Yellow Kingdom is not far from Ye County, and we can completely transfer 50,000 troops from the Yellow Kingdom to Ye County to deploy defenses. ”

Xiong Huai's heart moved when he heard this, and he looked at Sima Qian's gaze more and more satisfied.

Not long ago, Xiong Huai originally meant that Sima Jian could only barely qualify for the position of Zuo Sima, but now it seems that Sima Jian is qualified as Zuo Sima or even as Sima.

Before the Five Kingdoms invaded Chu, Sima Jian advocated in the court to deploy heavy troops in the Huang State to control the upper reaches of Huaishui.

Xiong Huai originally thought that Sima Jian did this because he received heavy gifts from Huang Jun and other Huai feudal monarchs, so he strongly advocated leaving 100,000 troops to guard the Huang Kingdom, one to guard the Huang Kingdom, and the other to divide the troops from the hands of Yin Zhaoju.

If it weren't for the fact that Juyang was not as good as Chen Cheng and couldn't let go of the 300,000 army, if it weren't for Sima Jian not objecting to his promotion to Zhaoju as the commander-in-chief of Huaibei and handing over all the troops of Juyang and Huangguo to Zhaoju, Xiong Huai wanted to call him directly at that time.

Now it seems that Sima Jian still has a useful intention to leave 100,000 troops in the Yellow Kingdom.

Leaving 100,000 troops in the Yellow State, one can appease the feudal monarchs of the two Huai, and the other can also be in case of accidents, just like now, if there is something wrong with Ye County, the unwilling Huang State Chu army can quickly go north to Ye County, and then make up for the weak link in the defense network of Chu State.

In this way, with the Chu State occupying favorable terrain, it is impossible for the five countries to quickly overcome the Chu army's defense line.

However, in this way, the war between Chu and the Five Kingdoms evolved into a protracted war.

Although Xiong Huai is ready, this kind of strategy of fighting with the five countries with manpower, material and financial resources, and also seeing hope, is not what Xiong Huai wants.

Compared with Zhao Ju's strategy, Xiong Huai is more inclined to Zhao Ju.

It's just that Zhao Ju's plan is now known to only four people in the entire Chu State and Xiong Huai himself, and Sima Jian is not among these four people.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "No, the Huang State is related to the overall situation of my Chu State in Huaibei, and the Chu army must not be mobilized." ”

Sima Jian froze when he heard this.

Just now he looked at the eyes of the King of Chu, and he was clearly very satisfied with his strategy, why did the King of Chu suddenly reject his suggestion.

Moreover, now the King of Chu has not changed his eyes when he looks at him, as if he is still very satisfied.

The king of Chu was satisfied with his proposal, but the king of Chu rejected his own suggestion, what kind of situation is this.

Is the king of Chu satisfied, or dissatisfied?

For a while, Sima Jian suddenly panicked in his heart, because he suddenly felt that the thoughts of the King of Chu in front of him were too difficult to guess.

After a pause, Sima Jian wiped the sweat on his head and continued: "If the king is unwilling to transfer troops from the Yellow Kingdom, then the minister thinks that we can still transfer troops from Jiangdong. Koto..."

Xiong Huai shook his head as soon as he heard the transfer of troops from Jiangdong, although Sima Qian's idea was good, whether it was the Chu army of the Yellow State or the Chu army of Jiangdong, it would soon be used by Yin Zhaoju, and the troops in these two places could not be transferred to Yejun.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai didn't wait for Sima Jian to finish speaking, and directly interrupted: "Jiangdong Xinfu is related to the overall situation of the Chu State, and the Chu army there must not be moved lightly. ”

When Sima Jian heard this, his whole body instantly stiffened, and after a pause, he looked at the King of Chu in a panic and said: "But the king, now my Chu State still has spare strength in addition to the Yellow Kingdom and Jiangdong, and the Chu troops in other places are just barely enough." If we don't transfer troops from the Jiangdong of the Yellow State, our Chu State will have no troops available. ”

Xiong Huai nodded with a heavy face, which was also what he was embarrassed about.

Now all the soldiers that Chu can transfer have been requisitioned.

Even if the army is recruited from Jiangnan again, with the strength of Jiangnan, the remaining Chu army of more than 10,000 is still in the early 10,000s, facing the hundreds of thousands of troops of the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han, it will be a drop in the bucket.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at Sima Jian expectantly and said: "Xianqing, your ability is still known, except for Huangguo Jiangdong, Qing must still have a way to transfer some troops, the widow believes in you, you can do it." ”

"I..." Hearing this, Sima Jian glanced at the King of Chu, and then lowered his head deeply, he seemed to have betrayed the trust of the King of Chu.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Xianqing, it's not a hurry now, the armies of Qin, Wei and Han haven't appeared yet, we still have time to think, even if Xianqing can't think of a good way for the time being, it's not in a hurry, the widow can give Xianqing more time and let Xianqing think about it carefully." ”

Sima Qian: "···"