Chapter 369

Surround Qi to save Zhao

Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly and continued, "Liu Bang no longer cared about Guandong, so now we have to do our best to block Han Xin, at least we cannot let him easily accept Liang Di. 1. hahawx.com

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To be honest, Xiang Zhuang is really not interested in Liangdi, but he can't take advantage of Han Xin for nothing.

Xiang said: "It is not easy to block Han Xin. So far, less than 100,000 people have fled to Jiujiang and Hengshan counties. However, the Imperial College students sent to various counties in Liangdi have already been arrested and killed by the Qi army!"

Wu She sighed: "Han Xin, with the help of Zhao Yan, will do more than he can pacify Liang land with half the effort."

Xiang Tuo also said: "Yes, it seems that Liangdi belongs to Qi, unless the army is mobilized to fight."

Baili Xian said: "At present, Jingxiang, Bashu and others are fully trained in the training of the military soldiers, while Jiangdong's veterans have been drawn, and the new soldiers are also being trained. The only ones that can be mobilized are the imperial guards. However, the imperial guards have also added many veterans and also need integrated training. Therefore, it is better not to send troops if they don't send troops."

Xiang Zhuang said: "For a mere beam, there is no need to fight hard."

The Chu State is now like the Qin State after the Shang Yang reforms in Chinese history. It is in a critical period before the explosive growth of national strength. As long as you survive these few years, when all the newly recruited government troops from Bashu, Jingxiang and Jiangdong are trained, the Chu State's national strength, financial resources and military strength will usher in an explosive growth!

At that time, the State of Chu would have an overwhelming advantage over Han and Qi!

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang would never have fought against Qi State for Liang at this time. First, Xiang Zhuang did not want to interrupt the power accumulation process of Chu State, and second, Liang Land is really not worth the price. Although Liang Land is in the heart of the Central Plains, since the end of Qin, Liang Land has been through wars for a long time and has been empty and dilapidated.

However, as soon as Xiang Zhuang finished speaking, Qu Bucai walked in with a serious expression.

"King, this is the letter sent by Fei Ge just received." Qu Bucai said as he handed a small roll of paper to Xiang Zhuang, and said, "The carrier pigeon was sent from Linzi."

Linzi? Xiang Zhuang felt a little nervous and took the secret letter from Qu Bucai.

After reading the secret letter, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help frowning. The important civil and military officials who had been watching Xiang Zhuang with concern were slightly shocked. Could something big happened in Linzi? What big move did Han Xin do?

Xiang Zhuang handed Xiang him a secret letter, then looked around and said, "According to the information provided by Eumu Cliff, at least 100,000 more soldiers were gathering from various counties in Qi to Pingyuan County in Jibei County, and the grain stored in Linzi's granaries were also being sent to the plains in large quantities. It seems that Han Xin planned to destroy Zhao State in one go."

"One hundred thousand more soldiers?"

"To destroy Zhao?"

"Han Xin is really brave!"

"The Qi army almost came out in full swing, right?"

"Yes, this time Qi State is almost empty!"

"No, the total number of Qi State is less than three million, and the total number of soldiers is only 300,000. With the main soldiers, the Rong soldiers are only 400,000. Previously, the failure of Huainan, Qi State had already lost more than 100,000 people. Now there are 100,000 troops stationed in the five counties of Liang, and another 100,000 more soldiers are conquered to attack Zhao State. Are there any troops in Qi State?"

Xiang Da, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Bi Shu, Baili Xian and others immediately started to whisper.

"Map!" Xiang Zhuang waved his hand. Jin Xiang had already brought two imperial guards to lift a screen, and found the Hebei map from the bookshelf as quickly as possible and hung it on the screen.

Xiangzhuang compared the distance from plains to Handan on the map, and his face suddenly became dark.

The straight-line distance from the plain to Handan is less than 400 miles. Even at the normal marching speed of fifty miles a day, the Qi army can only enter the city of Handan in eight days. The eight days are short, but not long. With such a short time, it is almost impossible for the Chu State to make a difference. It is no wonder that Han Xin dared to come out in full swing!

After reading the intensive reading, Xiang He transferred it to Xiang Tuo, and then stepped forward and said, "There are two questions now: First, should we rescue Zhao State? Second, if we want to save it, how should we save it?"

"The State of Zhao must be saved!" Xiang Zhuang took a picture of the map with a firm expression.

Indeed, the State of Zhao and Liang were completely different. In the nearly twenty years of Chu-Han struggle, the entire Liang land was almost ruined and had no value of competition or rescue. Therefore, Xiang Zhuang did not mind Han Xin's annexation of Liang, but Zhao, especially the more than ten counties near Handan, was a prosperous place with dense population and fertile land.

If Han Xin was allowed to destroy Zhao, if Qi annexed Zhao, the population and number of strong men in Qi would increase exponentially. In other words, the source of Qi's troops would suddenly double! Han Xin was also very good at commanding large corps operations. Once Han Xin's army exceeded 500,000, who could defeat him in the world?

You should know that Han Xin has super strong command ability, and his military orders can even reach the ministry directly.

Back then, when Han Xin divided his troops from Guanzhong to fight north, he had only 20,000 elderly, weak, sick and disabled under his command. However, after continuously eliminating several countries of Han Dai Zhao Yan, his troops expanded rapidly to more than 200,000. This shows that Han Xin's generals and soldiers did not need to be all elite soldiers. Veterans, even newcomers who had just been recruited, could show sufficient combat power.

Therefore, once Qi destroyed Zhao State and Han Xin obtained hundreds of thousands of strong men from Zhao State, Qi State would become a strong enemy that was not inferior to Han State. The situation of the Three Kingdoms that Xiang Yu, Wushe, Kuai Che and others had been looking forward to was likely to come true, but this is something that Xiang Zhuang could never accept.

Therefore, no matter what, Han Xin cannot be allowed to destroy Zhao State!

More than 160 years ago, in order to save Zhao, the soldier Sun Bin directed a wonderful show of siege Wei to save Zhao. Today, Xiangzhuang also wants to come to siege Qi to save Zhao, completely killing Han Xin's ambition to annex Zhao!

"The State of Zhao must be saved!" After a pause, Xiang Zhuang said again, "There is nothing to say about this."

Xiang he nodded and said, "Okay, the question now is, how to save Zhao State?"

Xiang Tuo said: "Military rations are not a problem. The 200,000 stones of rice from the Qin family have been transported to Zhiling."

Wu Shedao: "The biggest problem is the distance. Pingyuan County is only four or five hundred miles away from Handan, while Ziling is more than two thousand miles away from Handan. Even if it is a marching force of 200 miles a day, it will take more than half a month to arrive. Moreover, there will be a passage through Huainan Kingdom and Liangdi on the way. Therefore, it is already a miracle to be able to reach Handan within two months."

"Our army doesn't have to go to Handan." Bailixian shook his feather fan and said, "Just go to Linzi."

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but look back at Bailixian, thinking that Ziliang thought to go with him and surrounded Qi to save Zhao!

"Go to Linzi?" Xiang Tuo said with a slight expression and said, "What the military advisor means is to take advantage of the great opportunity that the Qi army was so empty that the country was empty, and attack Linzi in one fell swoop and destroy Qi?"

Baili Xian shook his head and said calmly: "No, the general is too optimistic. You need to know that Linzi is not that easy to take over. It is even more difficult to take advantage of the opportunity to destroy Qi. Our army sets up an opportunity to attack Linzi, just to force Han Xin to return to his army to save himself. In this way, the danger in Handan will be resolved without a fight, and Zhao will be saved."

Wu Shedao: "The problem is that Linzi is more than 1,500 miles away from Ziling, and it will take at least half a month to march urgently. There is a Huainan Kingdom in the middle. Since the battle of Huainan was captured and released by Qi's army, Ying Bu's attitude towards our Great Chu has become much ambiguous. If our Great Chu sends troops, Ying Bu will not be able to pull his legs and intercept my food route."

The study room suddenly became quiet, and Wu She's worry was not overly worried.

Nowadays, the relationship between Huainan and Chu is indeed very subtle. Although the two countries have not yet terminated the alliance, Huainan is no longer so friendly to Chu. In recent months, the Huainan army has repeatedly entered Jiujiang to fight for the family and robbed the house. The county magistrate of Jiujiang has submitted several times to request the court to intervene.

Xiang Zhuang did send people to Pengcheng to protest, but the Huainan army was still the same.

If the Chu army used Huainan Kingdom to attack Qi at this time, the Huainan Army would have captured the Chu army's retreat. If this were the case, it would be a big problem.

In the suffocating silence, Xiang Zhuang suddenly said: "Since the Huainan Army may cut off my food route, then our army will no longer have to carry food and grass during this expedition!"

"Hmm? No food and grass?"

"What do the soldiers without food and grass eat?"

Everyone looked at each other, only Baili Xian thought something. He vaguely guessed that the king might have to follow the example of the Liang army in the battle between Chu and Han, and raised grain on the spot. In this way, not only the problem of food and grass will be solved, but it will also cause great damage to Huainan and Qi, and will also weaken the national strength of the two countries.

Xiang Zhuang said again: "This time, I will personally lead the cavalry to fight!"

Xiang, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Bi Shu and other civil and military ministers suddenly changed their faces. When they were eager to advise and dissuade them, they were forced back into their throats by Xiang Zhuang's gesture. Xiang Zhuang's cold eyes swept across the faces of the ministers one by one, and then said: "When I am not in Zhiling, the prince's supervisor, the general, the superior, the superior, and the general of the guard should assist them with all their strength!"

Xiang Zhuang's idea was decided, Xiang he, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Bi Shu didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to respond.

At that moment, Xiang Tuo, Wu She and Bi Shu went down to prepare for the trip. The army was about to go to war, and everyone had to be busy. Xiang Tuo wanted to prepare ten days of dry food for the soldiers. Xiang Tuo wanted to summon the veterans who had already been awarded the title and returned home. Bi Shu wanted to summon the soldiers from the Cavalry Camp, and Wu She wanted to issue a statement.

Only Xiang Zhuang, Baili Xian, Jin Xiang and Hu Yan were left in the study.

After thinking about it, Xiang Zhuang ordered Jin Xiang again, "Zicheng, go and call Mrs. Ying."

Xiang Zhuang was really worried about Ying Zhen. He was worried that when he went out, Ying Zhen would take the opportunity to make trouble. To be on the safe side, it would be better to keep her by his side.
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