Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 153 Pengcheng's Actions

Chapter 152: Pengcheng's Actions

"Ah, it's too deceitful!" The King of Chu was furious, and swept away everything on the table.

When the news of Shouchun's fall came, the King of Chu was in a daze for a while, and then drove out all the people in the study, and stayed alone in the study, throwing things around.

Outside the door, General Long Chuan of the Chu State, General Zhang Di and Prime Minister Fan Can stood outside the door, silently listening to the roar of the King of Chu inside.

"Come in!" King Chu's voice came from the room, and King Chu, who lost his temper a lot, finally calmed down.

Fan Can and the others entered the study room, and when they saw the letters and decorations all over the floor, they could guess how angry the King of Chu was.

"I'm waiting to pay my respects to the King!" Fan Can and others saluted the King of Chu.

"No, no." The King of Chu waved his hands without a good expression and said, "Let's talk about it, how to solve the Jiujiang matter?"

"Your Majesty, I think you should immediately send troops to rescue Jiujiang," Fan Can said.

"Send troops? Where did they come from?" King Chu's temper flared up again, and he roared angrily.

"Uh..." Fan Can and the others suddenly had nothing to say.

The state of Chu lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the past two years. More than half of the soldiers and horses in the whole state of Chu are gone. The remaining soldiers and horses need to guard the place. .

"Speak, are you dumb?" King Chu continued to shout.

"Your Majesty." As a general, Long Chuan said bravely, "Pengcheng has 10,000 garrisons, Guangling has [-] garrisons, Langya has [-] garrisons, Taishan has [-] garrisons. , The garrison in Xiapi also has [-]+, while ensuring the defense of various places, we can also draw [-] troops.”

"Seventy thousand, is it enough? Can we win?" King Chu asked suspiciously.

"Don't worry, my lord. As far as I know, there are only 10 Wu troops in this invasion. Now that Zhou Kai has captured most of the city in Jiujiang, the newly occupied land also needs soldiers and horses to guard, so Zhou Kai may not have enough soldiers and horses to use. At [-], even if you can't regain the lost ground, you can stop the Wu army from continuing to go north." Long Chuan said.

"Bang!" After hearing this, the King of Chu slapped the table in a rage, and said angrily, "Block Wu Jun? Don't let him continue to go north? What about Jiujiang? What about the widow's Jiujiang? What the widow wants is not to block it." Wu Jun is so simple, the widow wants Jiujiang, Da Chu has already lost a county of Lu, and Jiujiang can no longer be lost, do you remember?"

The current king of Chu has been blinded by his anger, but it is no wonder that Chu has not been going well in recent years, and the fruits of victory in the Central Plains War have been lost step by step. First, he lost the Central Plains twice, and lost half of Lu County. , Now Wu State has taken most of Jiujiang abruptly, lost a city today, and lost a county tomorrow, how many cities can Chu State have to lose?
"Your Majesty, the only solution now is to borrow troops from other countries." Fan Can said.

"Borrow soldiers, where can I borrow them?" King Chu asked.

"Qi State, Chen State, and Deng State can all be borrowed." Fan Shen said.

"Will they borrow it?" King Chu didn't have much confidence. The current Chu State is no longer the former Chu State. Chu State, which has lost several games in a row, has almost exhausted its wealth. Now if you go to borrow troops from others, they will Not sure if I can't borrow it.

"Your Majesty, you have to give it a try, but you still need to dispatch troops to the south to stop the Wu army first." Fan Can said.

The King of Chu thought for a while, and said: "Okay, I will listen to Fan Xiang. Long Chuan obeyed the order and ordered you to dispatch [-] soldiers and horses from all over the country, and go south quickly to block the Wu army for the widow."

"Here!" Long Chuan replied.

"Your Majesty, I request you to follow the General to go south to Jiujiang." Zhang Di said suddenly. Both Zhang Di's son and younger brother died in Jiujiang, so he resolutely decided to go south with Longchuan.

The King of Chu looked at Zhang Di thoughtfully, and said earnestly, "General Zhang, I know that General Zhang Xian and General Zhang Ping died at the hands of the Wu army. You are deeply saddened, but don't lose your mind. It is precarious, and can no longer withstand the slightest wave."

"Your Majesty, I am very sensible now. I know very well what I am going to do. Please rest assured, Your Majesty. Although I and my younger brother died at the hands of the Wu army, I really want to avenge them, but I know that only the Great Chu can avenge me, so I will definitely not be emotional." Zhang Di said.

"Well, I agree with you to go south together." After thinking for a while, the king of Chu still agreed to let Zhang Di go south, not because of Zhang Di's oath, but because there is really no one in the Chu country.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Di said excitedly.

Soon, the Chu State summoned [-] troops from various places to Pengcheng, led by Longchuan to the south, and at the same time sent a large number of envoys to Linzi, Wancheng, and Chencheng to borrow troops from Qi, Deng, and Chen.

At this time in Jiujiang, Zhou Kai sent troops to Xiacai, Dangtu, Yicheng, Zhongli and other cities in the north of Jiujiang after a few days of rest in Shouchun. So far, the entire county of Jiujiang fell into the hands of Wu Jun.

After learning that Longchuan led 7 Chu troops to the south, Zhou Kai divided his troops to garrison Xiacai, Yicheng, Dangtu, Ping'a, Zhongli and other places. After occupying Jiujiang, Zhou Kai had less than [-] soldiers available. So Zhou Kai gave up the idea of ​​continuing to go north, but chose to garrison the existing territory. The Chu army only has [-]. As long as the Wu army can hold the city, then Jiujiang County will enter Wu Kingdom. It will become a fact, which also completed Zhou Kai. The purpose of going north is clear, and the defense of the river must be the defense of the Huai River. Occupying the two large counties south of the Huai River, Lujiang and Jiujiang, will make the Wu Kingdom more comfortable in both offense and defense in the future.

Dangtu City, this city on the banks of the Huaihe River, became the base camp of the Wu army. Zhou Kai and Lu Ao led [-] troops to garrison, and the four cities of Ping'a, Yicheng, Xiacai, and Zhongli, respectively Lu Feng, Lu Shou, Pan Qing, and Huan Heng were sent to garrison with [-] troops each.

At the head of Tucheng, Zhou Kai looked to the north. According to the report from the spies, the [-] Chu army led by Long Chuan had arrived at Ping'a City, where Zhou Kai's favorite student Lu Feng was guarding.

"Deputy Governor Lu, how is the Chu army doing now?" Zhou Kai asked Lu Ao beside him.

Lu Ao said: "Back to the governor, according to reports from the spies, after Longchuan arrived in Ping'a, he launched several strong attacks, all of which were repelled by Lu Feng, so it is not ruled out that Longchuan will turn to Xiacai, Yicheng and other places."

Zhou Kai nodded, and said: "Well, order the various ministries to hold on. The [-] soldiers in Longchuan's hands should be the last soldiers that Chu can mobilize. If the losses of this army are too great, even It is not worth the loss for him to take back Jiujiang, so Longchuan must not dare to attack recklessly, as long as we hold on, Longchuan will retreat after a long time, and Jiujiang will be owned by my Great Wu."

Lu Ao nodded, but he was still a little worried, because according to Pengcheng's detailed report back, Pengcheng had recently sent a large number of envoys to Qi, Chen, and Deng.

So Lu Ao said to Zhou Kai: "Governor, Chu State has sent envoys to Qi State, Chen State, and Deng State. If the Three Kingdoms send troops to Jiujiang, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to defend."

Zhou Kai shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't worry, the Three Kingdoms will not send troops."

"Why is this? Deng Guo and Chen Guo are allies of Chu State. Now that Chu State is in trouble, why don't they send troops? As for Qi State, although Lu County only has some festivals with Chu State, Qi State will not sit idly by. Watching me go north." Lu Ao asked puzzled.

Zhou Kaidao: "Although Deng Guo and Chen Guo are allies of Chu State, Deng Guo did not send troops in the battle of Lu County. Now Deng Guo has just fought with Wei Guo. Although he won, he lost a lot of troops and horses. Yes, even if you want to send troops, you can’t. What about Chen Guo? During the battle of Lu County, tens of thousands of elites were lost in order to save Chu State. Chen Guo is a small country, how many soldiers can it consume? There will be troops."

"As for Qi State, Zhao State has now defeated Yan State, and its power has doubled. Qi State is under so much pressure. What Qi State is thinking about now is how to expand its strength and increase capital to fight against Zhao State in the future. It is estimated that Qi State is still thinking about it. What about the state of Chu, but the state of Qi alone cannot take over the entire state of Chu, so we are now consuming the strength of the state of Chu is what Qi state wants to see most, why do you think Qi state will send troops?"

"The governor is wise, but the last general is not enough." Lu Ao couldn't help admiring after hearing this.

"Hehe!" Zhou Kai patted Broadband on the shoulder with a smile, and said: "Remember to let all the ministries stick to the city. Now that the general situation is in my hands, we can't capsize in the gutter."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)