What's next?

Life is like chess, one step will lead to the next step, until the end of the chessboard. Lu Zhe still had a lot of problems to solve, but now that Xiang Liang withdrew from the army, there were no longer threatening troops around him, and what he wanted to do most was to further hollow out Jiangzhang County.

Huizhang County is located in the southeast, which is the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in later generations. Now is the beginning of Qin's unification, she can't talk about how rich she is, what Lu Zhe wants to hollow out is not to wave troops to continue to rob wealth, but to move the people, collect the literary classics of Huizhang County, and so on.

"Seven days, we will delay for another seven days, then Ji Bu, Huan Chu, Sima Xin and others should also return to Lujiang with their troops, and then it will be time for us to withdraw our troops."

In fact, Lu Zhe also wanted to see if Chu would fight back to determine whether Xiang Liang had really thrown in and admitted defeat as Kuaitong said. If the Chu State really admits defeat, they don't have to worry about the threat from the east in a short time, and without the threat from this side, they can specifically deal with the northward movement from Baiyue again.

It's not that if you win the Chu State once, you will completely remove the threat of the Chu State, but that the Chu State will not have the mind to fight Lu Zhe again in a short period of time, which is a peculiar psychological reaction, and it is not entirely because of the relationship of strength.

Huizhang County has no special products, Lu Zhe, who wanted to hollow out Huizhang, finally found that there was nothing good to dig out, and most of the local population fled to Huiji County because of the war, and wanted to move but found that most of the remaining were old and weak.

"Hehe, the First World War made the people of Huizhang County miserable, and we are really evil." Lu Zhe is in a good mood, so he will have such ridicule.

It's useless for the old and weak, really moving these people to Nanjun will only increase the burden, and for a while I found that there was nothing "good" to move, and the withdrawal seemed to be able to be advanced?

During the gathering of troops, the scouts from the north reported that they had found an army under the banner of Qi, numbering 70,000.

"Seventy thousand Qi troops?" Lu Zhe was surprised.

Lu Zhe didn't know about the quarrel between the Qi State and the Yan State, but didn't the Zhao State face the conquest of Great Qin? After the State of Qi supported the State of Zhao, there was still the strength to send 70,000 troops south to support the State of Chu?

Where did Lu Zhe know that not a single soldier of the Qi State supported the Zhao State. He found that there were 70,000 Qi troops heading south, and he instantly felt that he should reassess the strength of the Qi country.

Even if Lu Zhe thought in the wrong direction, there is no doubt that the Qi Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, after all, Qi has not been destroyed by the war in the battle of unification.

"It is true that the Qi army supported the Chu State, and it is more likely to be a dagger stabbed in the heart of the Chu State." Kuaitong said this inexplicably.

Lu Zhe, who became sensitive to current affairs, was stunned and reacted, he understood Kuaitong's words, the southward movement of the Qi army was not fierce, and he couldn't see what it should look like to rush to aid Chu, and looking at the position of the Qi army, he could kill Jiujiang County or go straight to Huiji County, and he obviously came with multiple purposes.

"Our army won this battle. Qi Jun knew that this news would definitely not provoke us. Kuaitong took a step closer and pointed to the root more thoroughly: "Now in the world of great contention, how can there be any allies to speak of?" We and the state of Chu are clams, and the state of Qi is a fisherman who wants to be profitable. ”

The world of great controversy? I can't say it completely, it's a term to describe the Spring and Autumn Period, and now there are only a few countries that have been restored one after another, but it is not the era of hundreds of forces.

"Spread the news of the defeat of the Chu army before withdrawing." Lu Zhe laughed for a while and added: "The losses of the Chu army can be exaggerated several times. ”

The tacit understanding between Kuaitong and Lu Zhe is getting better and better, and he understands what Lu Zhe means in an instant. That was to induce Qi to pounce on Huiji, even if it caused Qi Chu to fight each other.

It is an indisputable fact that the state of Chu was defeated in this battle. The establishment of 200,000 yuan has been lost. How many troops did the state of Chu have before this battle? It should be about 250,000, but it lost nearly 100,000 in Lujiang, and there were 80,000 people in Danyang, and it seems that Xiang Liang's soldiers also lost nearly 3,000 people. Those who lost were all armies that the Xiang clan had built up with great care. It's not the kind of rabble that pulls the farmers up to make up the numbers, it can be said that they have been exhausted, and if the Qi State finds out about this, it will definitely not let go of the Chu State.

Lü Zhe didn't want the Qi State to go south, but with only 70,000 Qi troops, it was obvious that he couldn't swallow the Chu State. It's just a lose-lose situation.

"It's a pity that we don't have a solid foundation, otherwise we can make some articles from it." Kuaitong is really a pity.

"The results we wanted have been achieved. The next step is to deal with Baiyue, and at the same time, it is time to stabilize Lujiang County. "Lu Zhe is not greedy at all.

The temporary abandonment of Changsha County has become a reality, just like Kuaitong said, the army is expanding too fast, 110,000 of the Qin family, 30,000 of the Shu family, nearly 70,000 Baiyue people of Luo Shao, and about 60,000 of miscellaneous people, Lin Lin finally has nearly 400,000 under Lu Zhe, this number is too terrifying.

Lu Zhe was eager to have a large army under his command, but he knew how many troops to keep at what time, not that the more troops the better at any time.

Nanjun is the best developed county under Lu Zhe's rule, but raising 120,000 troops is already the limit, and no matter how much it is, it can't support it.

Hengshan County has not been developed with much care, mainly because the population constraints and the devastation of the war are too strict, and she can only feed about 30,000 troops.

Cangwu County is better, Lu Zhe has migrated nearly 150,000 people to Cangwu, and the foundation of the agricultural system left by Baiyue is still there, and it is not a problem to raise an army of 50,000 after a little operation.

Speaking of which, if the threat of Baiyue can be solved, the development prospects of Cangwu County will be far better than that of Nanjun. After all, Nanjun is a county that has been developed for hundreds of years, and the potential for exploitation has been almost tapped. Cangwu County has not been developed due to population constraints, and civil affairs officials went to investigate and found a lot of plains and basins suitable for farming, and also found a lot of minerals around the river system of Lishui, so it can be said that Cangwu County is a treasure land that has not been used by people.

Lü Zhe will reorganize most of the army in the future, keeping 150,000 as soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers will be eliminated again, or demobilized or reorganized into tuntian soldiers (auxiliaries). He planned to spend half a year reorganizing the army, and it was time to put it in order.

On the third day after they transferred to Lujiang County, the 200,000 troops gathered by Lü Zhe also set off from both land and water and began to withdraw to Nanjun.

After getting the news that Lu Zhe had really evacuated from Huizhang County, Xiang Liang, who had returned to Wu County, was greatly relieved.

Xiang Liang is now facing a lot of troubles, because of the defeat in the battle with Lu Zhe, the wind direction of the court of Chu is changing, and the courtiers who did not dare to say a word to Xiang Liang before now have the courage to say irresponsible things, and it seems that the 70,000 Qi troops who came for help have also become trouble.

It is not surprising that the court of Chu has the courage to argue with Xiang Liang, after all, Xiang Liang not only failed to obtain Lujiang County but also lost nearly 150,000 soldiers, and his prestige will definitely be greatly hit. They couldn't stand the atmosphere of the Chu State being the Xiang family's Yiyantang for a long time, how could there be a reason not to take advantage of Xiang Liang's defeat and return to the disaster?

Xiang Liang was defeated, but it didn't mean that he could let a cat and a dog come out to shout. In the face of the court's criticism, Xiang Liang not only did not flinch, but even raised a butcher's knife and killed many people who dared to be impatient.

What is the situation now? To be realistic, now is the troubled times, only with soldiers in their hands can they have the confidence to speak, and if there are no soldiers in their hands, Xiang Liang, who still has more than 200,000 troops in his hands, will be polite to them?

This is a complete tear in the face, but Xiang Liang was also forced, if there was no threat of the 70,000 troops of the Qi State stopping at the border, he would still have the idle time to use his wrists to "write" with those restless colleagues. However, after a defeat, there were 70,000 Qi troops eyeing the border, and he could only quickly cut through the chaos and "force" those who called for the fight.

"The king of Qi asked Da Chu to cede the entire county of Surabaya to the state of Qi." Xiang Bo's face was pale, and he had already scolded Tian for opening this mouth countless times.

This is something that Xiang Liang had long expected, and the state of Chu transferred most of the Chu army in Surabaya County to the south, and now the state of Chu has only 20,000 garrisons in Surabaya County. In addition, Jiujiang County was occupied by Lu Zhe, and for going abroad, Surabaya County had become an enclave of Chu State. If the Chu State is strong, even if Surabaya County is an enclave, but now that the Chu State is weak, the Qi State has enough confidence to open that mouth.

The Qi State is very strong, and it will be even stronger in the future, and Surabaya County cannot be swallowed by the Qi State in anyone's hands. Qi now has seven counties, and there are enough people under his rule, and they are already strong enough, and if they are swallowed up Surabaya County, wouldn't it be even more powerful?

"Anyone can get Surabaya County, but Qi Country can't!" Xiang Liang was thinking about something, and closed his eyes for a long time. After he opened his eyes, he said in a muffled voice: "Send envoys immediately, go to Nanjun, go to Xindeng, and go to Handan!" ”

With the current situation of the Chu State, it is almost impossible to keep Surabaya County, Xiang Liang has made up his mind, since he can't keep it, then waste it.

"Take Surabaya County as a courtesy, and say peace to Lu Shizhe......" Xiang Liang was cut off by Xiang Bo halfway through his words.

"Brother, Lu Zhe is a thief, it is impossible to go to Surabaya County." Xiang Bo said.

Xiang Liang pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said, "I know that Lu Shizhe will not want Surabaya County, if he will, I will not talk about Surabaya County." What we want is for Lu Shizhe to refuse, and to use Lu Shizhe's power to deter the Qi State. ”

Xin Deng is the king of Wei, and Xiang Liang sent people to lend the territory that he can't keep to Wei State, and Wei State is now in a situation where he will be happy to borrow land for development. At the same time, the strength of the Wei State is weak, and the Chu State is not afraid that the Wei State will dare not return it in the future.

"Zhao ......" Xiang Liang is very aware of Zhao Guo's situation, compared to Wei State, Zhao State is not much better now, but Zhao State and Qi State are dirty, and Zhao State is pulled in to check and balance. He dragged a long voice, and then said: "Send someone to find Zhang Liang too, if you find it, let him take Han Wangcheng to Surabaya County." ”

Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang are close friends, and they often exchange letters, but Xiang Bo knows where they are now.

"Next, it's time to think about how to make peace with Lu Shizhe." Xiang Liang let out a long sigh: "Perhaps...... It would be a good thing for the state of Chu to make Lü Shizhe the overlord of the south. (To be continued......)