The rain has been falling, and it is so dripping that it makes people anxious, and Xiong Jing can't wait to rush to Wancheng tomorrow. But horsepower was limited, and when the rain became heavier, he had to take a break in Shangyi.

Shang Yi didn't feel anything before, but after arguing with Qi Xuan about the ownership of Shang Yu's place and who was sorry for who in Qin and Chu first, he gradually avoided this place intentionally or unintentionally. Others didn't know what he was thinking, and seeing that his sad face was even worse, Zhuang Wudi couldn't help but persuade: "Our army can't enter when it rains heavily, and Li Xin can't enter, so I hope the king doesn't have to worry." ”

"Nothing to do." Xiong Jing is just not very comfortable with the business, not worried about the war situation. When he mentioned the war situation, he cheered up a little spirit: "If the sky is fine, let Li Xin go south, and then ......."

Xiong Jing raised his palm and slashed in the air. Zhao Zheng was caught off guard by killing himself, and he didn't come to be rude, and he was going to kill Zhao Zheng by surprise, focusing on Li Xin. It's not that Li Xin is easy to deal with, but according to this clockwise dispatch (Shang Yu is transferred to Fangcheng clockwise, and Fangcheng is transferred to Nanzheng clockwise), only Li Xin can fight.

"Li Xinshu was defeated by me, and it was not good to get along." E Le is the general of the Hubei Division, and it is not the first time he has fought against Li Xin.

"If you don't get along, you have to get along." Xiong Jing Road. He said of a report from the evacuation of Lantian Valley: "On that day, the detective cavalry reported that Yu Fen was in Guanzhong, and there was no cavalry army around Li Xin. If there is no cavalry, why is it not good to get along? ”

After the Battle of Xiangyang, the Chu army became jealous of the Qin cavalry; After the Battle of Daze, the Chu army became jealous of the Qin army's Zhou division. As soon as he heard that Li Xin did not have cavalry around him, Zhuang Wudi, Ele, and Naoxin did not say anything. A few people were a little embarrassed.

"Although there are no cavalry," Al Le muttered for a moment, "our army has come with a division, and there are only six divisions to fight......

"What about the Sixth Division?" Fighting in Chudi rather than in Guanzhong, Xiong Jing was not worried about the lack of soldiers. "Those who are good at fighting are dangerous, and their knots are short. The momentum is like a crossbow, and the knots are like a start. Li Xin is only 200,000 people, and the six divisions of our army, do not forget that the cavalry of the Xiang division will all be under the command of the widow, and the cavalry of the whole army will exceed 10,000, and the 40,000 people will not be able to break Li Xin if the day starts. ”

It is not clear how to beat Li Xin Xiongjing, because he still does not know the situation of Li Xin's department, but it is not difficult to defeat Li Xin. This is what he considered the day before yesterday to fight a victory as soon as possible to stabilize people's hearts, Zhao Zheng has already transferred the elite of the Qin army into Guanzhong, so Li Xin and Wang Jian must be weak in one place, maybe they are weak in both places.

"Report ——!" The sound of military reports also sounded at night, this was a quick news from the Great Sima Mansion, and it was not raining in Fangcheng.

"Our army has won a big victory?!" Xiong Jing almost jumped up when he heard this, looking incredulous.

"To the king, yes." Zhuang Wudi said loudly, holding the news from the Lingqi in his hand. This was transmitted to Yingdu early yesterday morning, and Yingdu was transmitted to Xiangyang at dusk, and Xiangyang was transmitted to Xiyi early this morning, and Xiyi was sent to the fast horse. "The Qin people were defeated, and the Yue division chased them north, and more than 100 of their warships retreated into the water, and they did not dare to enter Daze for a single step......"

"What are the casualties?!" Xiong Jing stood up and sat down again. If it is land, the side that controls the battlefield can rescue the wounded, but this is a water war, there are no wounds at all, and it does not matter whether the battlefield is controlled or not.

"Unspoken." Zhuang Wudi's three words made Xiong Jing jump again.

"Unspoken? Why not?! Xiong Jing shouted. Didn't the staff officers in the Naritsu shogunate know that the battle report needed to report the dead and wounded?! ”

Zhuang Wudi looked at the news with his eyes, looked at Xiong Jing again, and then looked at the news again, and finally said helplessly: "The king ......, Chengtong has died." ”

"Ah......," exclaimed the people. Before, everyone was still jubilant, because the most feared thing did not happen, Daze and the following frustrations, Tho Di, and Nanzheng were still under the control of their own army, and when they heard that Cheng Tong had died, everyone's faces were suddenly not good.

"Who is in charge of the army? Who sent the message? Ole asked with a bow.

"At this time, the army is temporarily in charge of Wu Yue, and the news is also sent by him." Zhuang is not authentic. "His words, his words, the war boat is only dozens ......"

"Dozens?!" Once again, everyone was shocked. The news report said that it was a big victory, and it was indeed a big victory, and now there were only more than 100 boats left of the nearly 1,000 warships of the Qin people, but not including the Ba division, there were only a few dozen of more than 400 warships left.

Xiong Jing's head was groggy, and what he cared about was not the victory or defeat, but the number of soldiers. Excluding the four and a half divisions in Yuanhu Mountain, there are 140,000 people under Chengtong's command, and now there are only a few dozen war boats left. The Yue people used a large wing of 170 people, 50 large wings only 8 or 9,000 people, and 100 ships only 17,000 people.

"Great King," Zhuang Wudi saw Xiong Jing's face turn sharply, and he comforted: "It's just dozens of war boats, not to mention that there are only more than 10,000 soldiers left in our army." The minister thought that since Daze was in my hands, the pawn who fell into the water could be rescued, and there should be a pawn without a boat. ”

"The battle with the Qin people is at night, how to ......" Xiong Jing flicked his sleeves fiercely, as if to sweep away the comfort of Zhuang Wudi. In the face of reality, he didn't want anyone to comfort him, he could accept the result of the annihilation of the whole army. It's just that his mind is drowsy and his heart is twitching.

"Stand down." Xiong Jing flicked his sleeves and tried to compose himself, he felt that he needed to be still.

"Great, great king......" Zhuang Wudi stammered, he still had a report that he hadn't read. Seeing Xiong Jing nodded, he hurriedly said: "This is the news of the Mandarin Crane Mountain, Cheng Siyan decided to defend the left bank of the river on the eve of Cheng Siyan and block the Qin people from going south. ”

The Chu army in Yuanhu Mountain was nailed to death on the left bank of the water, and the follow-up troops of the Qin army could not go south, which is estimated to be one of the reasons why the Yue division was able to drive the Qin people north. Including Zhuang Wudi, the faces of the generals gradually turned a little bloody. As long as the Chu army nailed the left bank of the water, the Qin army was not allowed to go south, and once the reinforcements from Fangcheng Xiangyang arrived in Daze, the Qin army was blocked in the section from Yuanhu Mountain to Daze.

"Chiya!" Xiong Jing didn't laugh, only said a zhiye.

"If the Qin people can't get to Nanzheng, they can't touch Bashu; If I can hold Daliang, Taoyi, and Weishui, the Qin people will have no food next year. Zhuang Wudi naturally also saw the importance of the divisions nailed to the left bank of the water, although Chengtong suffered heavy losses, but the strategic intention of the Qin army could not be achieved, and this battle was tantamount to fighting in vain.

"King, this is the season of corn harvesting, so Li Xin will definitely grab the corn when he enters Fangcheng." Ele also said.

"Wei produces 70 million stones of corn every year, and the Qin people are not allowed to Bashu, and they will enter Wei to snatch corn." Nao Xin talked about another possibility. However, compared with Bashu, Wei is located in the heart of the Central Plains, and it is contained by the big beams, so it is not as convenient as Bashu.

"Stand down." The generals meant that strategically their own side still had an advantage, but Xiong Jing was not happy. The rest division and other divisions were nailed to the left bank of the water, and it would take at least seven or eight days for reinforcements to arrive, and how many soldiers would be killed or wounded in these seven or eight days? If even these four and a half divisions are destroyed, then the Chu army will only have twelve divisions left to really fight.

The five divisions of Xiang and Zhu were transferred to Nanzheng, the eight divisions of Ying, E, and Tang were to guard Fangcheng and Shangyu, and the remnants of Zhao and Wei were to guard Daliang and the entire Wei and Lusong and Wu ten divisions to guard Muling Pass. 200,000 people are less than the battle line, but the length is 3,000 miles, and the troops are too thin and thin. Can such a thin line of defense really hold out until next year? Can you really hold on until the Qin State runs out of food?

Xiong Jing couldn't believe it! However, he was also unable to give up the existing areas, because giving up any of them would be good for the Qin state, and it would get food from the newly occupied areas. If you don't shrink the defense line, you can only expand the army, of course, not in Fangcheng and Jiuying, but only in the east.

But after years of war, 100,000 soldiers have been lost before, and how many soldiers can be recruited in the east? Thinking of this, his head became even more dizzy. In the first battle of Daze, the five divisions were estimated to be wiped out, and now they can't build a new shelf.

thinking about how to continue to maintain the pressure on the Qin people and let the Qin state run out of food and die; Thinking that since there is still hope for victory, whether the 'Chenghuan Plan' should be temporarily suspended; thinking about those who have died, Xiang Yan, Yi Su, Gong Loser, Cheng Tong, and ......, Xiong Jing has not slept all night.

As soon as he entered Fangcheng, the sky was clear. There are more and more news, and when they arrive in Wancheng, Li Er, Don't worry about me, Zeng Yin, Shi Yan, these people are already waiting. Xiong Jing did not see Li and Don't meet me, but saw Zeng Yin and Shi Yan first.

As he expected, the common people of Kwantung were temporarily attracted by the so-called victory of Su Yue, and did not realize that more than 100,000 soldiers died in Daze. Concealed from the common people, but could not hide from the courts and big business tycoons of the countries, these people reacted quickly, and Zhao Weiqi quickly sent an envoy to Yingdu to discuss and decide a policy; The big businessmen secretly ran on gold and silver, sold copper money and bonds, and hoarded supplies.

The price of millet during the harvest season was originally very low, and the price of millet was depressed, so that the merchants could buy it on a large scale and hoard it until next year's price increase, but now the price of millet has risen to more than 300 yuan a stone, and it is still rising. The only thing that could make Xiong Jing happy was that all the materials hoarded by the merchants were transported to the state of Chu - the Qin people also had war boats, and Wei, Zhao, and Qi, the three kingdoms were terrified of this.

"What's going on in the country?" After listening to the report of Shi Yan's skyrocketing prices, Xiong Jing asked again.

"Yu Dawang," Ele is in the army, and the confidant is mainly in charge of Zeng Yin, and he said one thing uneasily: "It seems that someone is rumoring that my Chu State may not exist, and we want to avoid moving to the sea, and many of the clans have ordered sea boats......"

"It's not a rumor, it's a precautionary measure." In a hurry, Xiong Jing did not inform his confidant of the 'Chenghuan Plan'.

At this time, even Shi Yu was taken aback, "If this matter is spread outside, the king will abandon the country and leave, and the price of corn will ......."

"Why did the widow abandon the country and leave?!" Xiong Jing said loudly. "It is a private matter for nobles to make a boat to avoid relocation, and it does not matter where people who are not Fu are going. The court avoided relocation, and except for the craftsmen, they could only be unregistered boys, wounded soldiers of various divisions, women, and a few ministers, temple people, palace maids, witches, doctors, gentlemen, and no one else. It's just a matter of planning ahead.

And how this matter has not yet been decided, this matter will be discussed in the court next month, the original intention of the widow remains unchanged, and the Fu man will not move. ”

"The minister knows also." Shi Yan hurriedly saluted, and then he talked about the incident again: "The gold and silver in the house will be exhausted, and the wind will turn next month, and the people who have returned by the sea boat have returned, but they don't know ......."