Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

When Dong Huang launched one after another fierce attacks, the Chu State Court finally received one after another bad news.

When the first wave of messengers arrived, Lord Chun Shen was advising King Kaolie of Chu: "Huaibei is bordering Qi, and the matter is urgent. Please treat it as a county and seal it to the east of the Yangtze River.

Chun Shenjun wanted to dedicate his former fiefdom on the border of Qi and Chu in Huaibei to the country and set up counties to protect Qi State, and his fiefdom was changed to Jiangdong.

After Chun Shenjun in history made this suggestion, the fiefdom was changed to Jiangdong, and the capital was Gusu, the ancient ruins of Wu, which was also the place where the war agents acted as monsters.

"Who can be better than a man who is devoted to being a weakling?"

King Chu Kaolie praised happily.

He always felt that only Chun Shen Jun was a good brother who always thought about himself and the country. He decided to conquer a large number of corvees and build a large palace for Chun Shen Jun in Wu Xu.

Without Lord Chun Shen's help in returning to Chu from Qin, he would not have become the king of Chu.

It is precisely because of this that after King Kaolie of Chu came to the throne, he appointed Lord Chun Shen as Ling Yin. This position was the prime minister of Chu State, and then gave Lord Chun Shen twelve cities in Huaibei as fiefs.

The happy King Chu Kaolie took Chun Shenjun's hand and wanted to talk to him on the same bed. At this time, a guard reported that Jing Xing's guard was wearing mourning clothes and asked to see him.

Jing Xing's bodyguard was released after Dong Huang's army captured Jiangdu, along with several surrendered soldiers and Jing Xing's corpse. However, this bodyguard was just one step ahead.

The expressions of King Chu Kaolie and Lord Chun Shen changed drastically on the spot.

"Jing Xing was defeated and died?"

The two looked at each other and quickly let the guards in.

The guard just told the truth about the war, and then he fiercely drew his sword and killed himself.

"Jing Xing was actually defeated!"

Until this time, King Chu Kaolie was not willing to believe it.

That was Jingyang's son. Jingyang had only been dead for a few years.

"It's my fault that I recommended you."

Chun Shenjun, who was your commander, leaned down to plead guilty.

The remaining kings of Chu in the past dynasties were more strict, and their orders were often killed.

Of course, the relationship between Chun Shenjun and the King of Chu would not be like this, but Jing Xing was recommended by him, so he still had to have the proper attitude.

Jingyang was one of the few capable generals in the Chu Kingdom.

Chun Shenjun has a good relationship with Jingyang. They went on an expedition together to defeat Wei and Han Qi. When the Lu was destroyed, Jingyang also contributed a lot because Chun Shenjun recognized Jingyang's ability. He also knew that Jingyang's son Jingxing was a Only those who know the military will decide to send Jing Xing with 40,000 regular troops, 40,000 private soldiers, and 60,000 county divisions after receiving the secret report that Xu Youyu and others are planning to rebel. The army, private soldiers, and county divisions all obeyed Jing Xing's unified command.

Chun Shenjun really wants to support Jing Xing.

There is no way, Chu State has been lacking in general talents in recent years, and Jing Xing is already one of the best. Among the prime generation, Xiang Yan and Jing Xing are outstanding, but Xiang Yan is not close to him. But now that Jing Xing is dead, Chun Shenjun doesn't have many choices.

"I don't blame you, who would have thought of the father and son of the tiger in Jingyang."

King Chu made a comment.

[Fortunately, most of the elites who died were private soldiers of the Jing family. 】

King Chu Kaolie kept these words deep in his heart and did not say them out.

King Chu Kaolie hadn't finished evaluating Jing Xing, but bad news came one after another.

"What, Jiangdu was lost?"

King Chu Kaolie stood up: "Is there another rebellion by the feudal lord?"

According to a certain blue star geography, Jiangdu is almost Yangzhou. At this time, it was an important hub of the Hangou Grand Canal that was built by the Wu State in the past to connect Suzhou, the Yangtze River, and the Huaihe River. It was also considered the hinterland of the Chu State.

Falling here would be very confusing. Not only would trade between the north and the south be cut off, but also the way to move troops south from Huaibei would be cut off.

"The enemy calls himself Dayu..."

The messenger trembled.

"It's Dayu again!"

The king of Chu was furious, and so was Lord Chun Shen.

But the bad news isn't over yet.

"What, more than a dozen port docks along the river were attacked, and a large number of ships were captured and burned?"

King Chu Kaolie's temples were throbbing with veins, and Lord Chun Shen was also confused.

"The enemy is still Dayu?"

King Chu Kaolie could no longer suppress his anger.

“Where did this big Yu come from???!!!”

Seeing the third messenger nodding tremblingly, King Chu Kaolie and Lord Chun Shen asked questions at the same time.

The messenger was silent and did not dare to answer. He was also helpless. He was just a small mouthpiece. He didn't know where the enemy came from.

"Maybe it's the barbarians from the south? The remnants of Baiyue?"

Chun Shenjun looked at Jing Xing's guard whose body was still cold, and the corners of his mouth twitched: You should speak clearly before you die.

But looking at it now, it can only be Baiyue in the south - the enemy is coming from the south anyway, so what is it if it's not Baiyue?

"I want to send out troops to attack, is there any good strategy?"

King Chu Kaolie couldn't help but ask questions.

Chun Shenjun Huang Xie is still very capable. The destruction of Lu will greatly extend the life of Chu. Otherwise, Chu, whose old capital was captured by Bai Qi, will really become a joke of the Seven Kingdoms. .

"The enemy has elephant soldiers, can destroy Jingxing's troops, capture Jiangdu, and continuously send large numbers of naval forces to attack our naval strongholds on the river. This shows that the enemy should have at least about 100,000 elite land troops and 100,000 With the boat divisions on the left and right, plus the troops at the county division level, the total strength should reach about 300,000!

There is too little other information to make a judgment.

However, judging from the current actions of the enemy, it seems that they want us to temporarily lose our boat division and our ability to attack south of the river, forcing us to attack Jiangdu first, and force us to fight them in Jiangbei?

Perhaps, they not only force us to fight in Jiangbei, but also want to contain our troops through Jiangbei so that they can capture Jiangdong?

Yes, they probably want to separate Jiangdong! After all, this enemy who came out of nowhere cannot have too many troops. Their military strength is not enough to support their larger ambitions, so their most basic strategic goal should be to separatize Jiangdong! After separatizing Jiangdong... they want to become the Kingdom of Wu? Want to be a Yue country? "

Chun Shenjun analyzed.

Being able to become the fourth son of the Warring States Period, Chun Shenjun was very capable. He basically guessed the strength of Dong Huang's army and guessed the strategic goals of Dong Huang's army based on the layout of Dong Huang's army.

However, what can we do if we sometimes guess the enemy's strategic goals? In the end, it is not possible to see the truth behind the scenes.

"I think so too."

King Chu Kaolie stroked his beard and said.

King Chu Kaolie is a bit like Dong Huang: It doesn't matter whether I can do it or not. Anyway, if my subordinates can do it, I can do it.

"However, I don't like him, so I will attack Jiangdong first! After all, that is your fiefdom!"

The King of Chu took Chun Shenjun's hand.

"My lord, thank you, Your Majesty."

Chun Shenjun's heart twitched.

He was dedicated to serving the country, so why did he become a loser as soon as he proposed the plan?

In fact, Lord Chun Shen was not worried that King Chu would take over his fiefdom before regaining Jiangdong. What he was really worried about was how to fight the next war.

Soldiers are the major affairs of the country, the place of life and death.

Sending troops has never been a simple matter, and it cannot be launched with just a click of the mouse like in the game; even the space creature troops with a locked upper limit still need to eat, drink, sleep, and will collapse immediately if they run out of military rations. The deserter shows you.

There are too many factors to consider when sending troops.

Therefore, it is not an easy task for Chu State to send troops.

The Chu State has many armies, and the elites of the eighth level that the state can control are at least more than 400,000. Even if it really comes to destroy the country, if the potential is stimulated, at least ten people can be tapped from the noble lords. Thousands of elite retainers and private soldiers.

But the problem is that it is not easy to convert potential into combat power; the princes are not easy to talk to, and they need constant exchange of interests and pressure to get through.

Now, Chu State only has 400,000 elite troops on paper. Of course, there are 2 to 3 million troops at the county division level. Taken together, the total force should be able to mobilize more. But the problem is that it is impossible for all these troops to be mobilized to fight against Yu State.

The real mortal enemy and thorn in the side of the Chu State is the Qin State.

Bai Qi of the Qin State captured the Ying capital of the Chu State. This was much higher than the hatred of Dayu. Moreover, the Qin State had a tiger and wolf spirit and had to guard against it. It placed 100,000 elite soldiers and 50 soldiers on the border with the Qin State. Ten thousand main force, that’s not too much, right?

The Wei State in the north is close to Chendu, and in order to save the Yan State a few years ago, the Chu State had just brought Wei, South Korea, and Qi together, causing the Three Kingdoms' plan to conquer Yan to fail. The Three Kingdoms hated the Chu State, so they put it here. 150,000 elites and 700,000 main force are not too much, right?

The border with Qi State is unstable, and Qi State also resents Chu State for destroying their hatred of conquering Yan, and makes trouble from time to time; and there are remnants of Lu State causing trouble, so putting 70,000 elites and 400,000 main force is not too much, right?

Most of the remaining 80,000 are private soldiers of various feudal lords, and a small number are the elites of the Chu State to guard the inland areas and guard against Baiyue, but now there are basically no elites to guard against Baiyue.

The territory was too big, there were too many enemies, and the Chu State was helpless.

Here, I have to mention the cool maneuvers of the heroes of the Warring States Period. The ultimate goal of each of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period seems to be to become enemies of the other six nations.

Take the state of Chu, for example. The capital was occupied by the state of Qin. What was the result?

He didn't think about how to regain the old capital, but in order to save Yan State, which was on good terms with Qin State, he sent troops to make enemies of Qi State, Wei State, and South Korea. This directly caused Chu State to have enemies on all its borders!

There is Qin in the northwest, Qi, Han, and Wei in the north, and Baiyue in the southeast. Of course, Baiyue basically has no threat.

It was precisely because there were too many enemies and the military strength was somewhat tight that when they wanted to put down the rebellion of the agents of the Jiangdong War, King Chu and Lord Chun Shen finally decided to use Jingxing as the main force.

Mobilizing a large number of royal soldiers and regular troops can easily be noticed by spies from various countries, causing tension in neighboring countries, and may also alert the rebel war agents. However, if you only mobilize one side's private soldiers and a small number of regular troops, it will not attract so many people. look.

In the view of King Chu and Lord Chun Shen, the Jing clan's private soldiers were numerous and elite, and if they cooperated with Jiangdong's main army and the surrounding county soldiers, they should be able to win easily if there was a traitor within the enemy.

However, if nothing else, something unexpected happened.

Jing Xing sent, Jiangdong was corrupted, King Chu and Chun Shen didn't even know what was going on in Jiangdong, and who Da Yu was, so even according to the principle of leniency for knowing the enemy, they couldn't send too few people.

The current situation is that Jing Xing's previous secret operations have taken away the troops that King Chu can quietly mobilize. The remaining troops, except for the regular army and the elite private troops of the nobles, must be mobilized with The nobles negotiated, and it took time for the ordinary county divisions to assemble.

All in all, it would take at least three months for the Chu State to demobilize its troops and gather troops before it could assemble one hundred thousand elites, one hundred thousand sub-class elites, and three hundred thousand ordinary troops without affecting the defense of the border and the capital. The army of county soldiers launched a thunderous attack on Dayu's army.

Moreover, this army must advance both by water and land.

Otherwise, once the opponent's navy forces cut off their way back, then...

You must know that just twenty years ago, Zhuang Qi, a general of the Chu State and a descendant of King Chuzhuang, led an army into Shu, occupied Bajun, and fought to Dianchi Lake. After being cut off by the Qin State, he did not follow the Qin State. Instead of fighting against the country, he became the king himself!

Of course, the Chu State is too close to Jiangdong, so it is unlikely that the army would declare itself king just because it was cut off. And there are no stories of yellow robes in this era, but Dong Huangjun attacked Chu so crazily. If the Chu State has a navy base, it will not be a problem if the Chu State prepares more navy bases, right?

To put it ten thousand steps back, how can we cross the river without a naval force?

Is it possible that we really want to fight the Yu army in Jiangdu?

The problem is, even if you win the fight, it's still useless if you can't cross the river!

"I want the army to be assembled within two months!"

After thinking for a while, King Chu Kaolie arbitrarily issued a death order.

Chun Shenjun, who also felt that the speed of the army will lead to change, also agreed with this opinion. If you go early, you might be able to save Gusu; if you go late, maybe the Yu army has been repaired and the centrifugal forces in Jiangdong have been integrated.

"Who can be the general?"

King Chu Kaolie asked a pointed question.

The famous generals of the Chu State withered. After Jingyang died, Chun Shenjun was already regarded as the number one general of the Chu State. Apart from that, there really were no famous generals in the Chu State. Even Xiang Yan was just an outstanding young man in this era. Just a general.

"I am willing to lead the army."

Chun Shenjun said bravely.

In fact, Chun Shenjun really wanted to recommend Xiang Yan, but Jing Xing, whom he recommended before, had already died, so it was no longer easy to recommend him. Moreover, Xiang Yan's age was also a hurdle. He was not from a royal family and commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. He is not qualified yet.

However, Xiang Yan cannot be the main general, but he can still be the deputy general.

Chun Shenjun was ready to make a request.

However, before Chun Shen Jun could speak, King Chu said, "Thank you for your hard work. Who should I choose as deputy general? How about Li Yuan?"

【not so good! 】

King Chu's words made Lord Chun Shen frown slightly.

Li Yuan was originally Chun Shenjun's retainer. Chun Shenjun listened to Li Yuan's advice and sent Li Yuan's sister Li Yan to the palace. As a result, Li Yan was favored and Li Yuan gained power.

What's annoying is that after gaining power, Li Yuan showed signs of disobeying his orders.

Chun Shenjun's recent new aristocratic disciples told him that Li Yuan was ambitious and that if King Chu Kaolie had any problems, Li Yuan would definitely assassinate him and then seize power.

It was enough for one person to say this, but when three or five people said this, Chun Shenjun became a little suspicious.

After all, three people make a tiger.

At this time, Chun Shenjun's mastermind Zhu Ying also persuaded him to the same extent, which made Chun Shenjun even more suspicious of Li Yuan.

However, when your boss asks you about candidates, he is just giving you face, not really asking you to decide on personnel.

Personnel power is the first obstacle to those in power.

Even Dong Huang was able to rest assured because his core subordinates were dedicated generals who had passed the test of time, and the military power was firmly in his hands.

Therefore, Chun Shenjun could only suppress his dissatisfaction with Li Yuan and think of other problems.

Thinking of Li Yuan, he thought of those retainers. Thinking of those retainers, Lord Chun Shen suddenly had another plan: "Your Majesty, I heard that many county monarchs have many elite men under their command, and they support tens of thousands of private soldiers. If we recruit private soldiers along the road this time, I estimate that there may be 100,000 elite troops and 4 to 500,000 troops along the road!"

"so much?"

King Chu raised his eyebrows.

Among the Six Kingdoms, Chu State was the country with the least thorough system of prefectures and counties, and it was also the country with the most popular feudal system. There were many large and small feudal lords, such as Chun Shen Jun, who had twelve counties. The "Three Households" of Chu, who were born in the royal families such as , Jing and others, were once extremely powerful.

Nowadays, although the Qu family and the Zhao family have gradually declined after the war between Qin and Chu, and the Jing family has also been seriously injured not long ago, the King of Chu thought that there was no tyrannical power in the country. When did it secretly appear? So many powerful lords?

This number is comparable to the total number of troops originally estimated by the King of Chu to defeat Yu.

"You can make your own arrangements...if you bring more lords, will you have less time to assemble the army?"

Although the King of Chu had a brilliant idea to kill many birds with one stone.

"The minister and Li Yuanke first led 50,000 regular troops, their own private soldiers and 100,000 county soldiers from Chendu, and went south along the chasm - Yingshui. They reorganized the troops of the county princes along the way, requisitioned their food and grass, and finally arrived at Shouchun reorganization; at the same time, Xiang Yan can reorganize the navy, collect ships, and private soldiers and county divisions along the way in Xiacheng (Wuhan), and go to Jiuzi (Wuhu). I will cover the army crossing the river, search for the main enemy force, and fight. Win it!"

"Based on the enemy's movements, the enemy's main force should be from Jinling to Wuxian. If the Yu army has not captured Wu by this time, we can still attack front and back with the Wu army."

Chun Shenjun stated his strategy, but he did not mention the time issue.

Lord Chun Shen is also a man who knows how to fight. Even if the battle is within the country, the pressure on logistics and other aspects will be minimized, but two months is short enough. If it is shortened any longer, the battle may be over.

"Can!"

King Chu Kaolie nodded.

As a result, the number of troops that can be used is more than the half million previously expected, and may reach six to seven million.

With so many armies, they still can't take down the Yu State that appears from nowhere?

King Chu Kaolie returned to the harem with peace of mind to play with the beauty Li Yan.

Just now, he fulfilled his promise to Li Yan and gave Li Yan's brother Li Yuan a chance to make great achievements. Li Yan should answer him well tonight, right?

New poses can be unlocked again!

King Chu Kaolie couldn't let go of this beauty, she was so charming!

He has secretly made up his mind that he will make Li Yan the queen in the future. If he dies, his and Li Yan's son will take the throne. Then Li Yan will be the queen mother!

On the other side, Chun Shenjun was not as interested as King Kaolie. The first thing he did when he returned home was to summon his confidant Zhu Ying and his new retainer He Ning.

He Ning is a war agent. He has a special unit - Chong Ji. This unit is similar to Dong Huang's Dancing Girl, but Dong Huang uses it for his own use, while he uses it to please the natives.

He first opened up the door to Zhu Ying by sending his concubine, and then won the favor of Chun Shenjun by sending his concubine.

Of course, his final goal is to copy Li Yuan's path and win the favor of King Chu Kaolie by sending his beloved concubine. It is best to be able to conceive King Chu Kaolie's child, and then find an opportunity to kill King Chu Kaolie and Chun Kaolie. Lord Shen, dominate the state affairs of Chu State, and then have a good fight with Da Qin.

As a war agent, He Ning looked down on those idiots who could only kneel down and lick. In his opinion, with Chu's national strength, it was really not possible, so just develop a fleet, blockade the Yangtze River, and rule the river with Qin!

If the operation is done well, taking advantage of the main force of Qin to attack Zhao, Wei and Han, seize the capital of Ying (Jiangling) and Deng (Xiangyang), and then capture Bashu, maybe we can contain Qin's offensive!

Of course, this is all for later, the most important thing now is to lick Chun Shenjun well.

Well, he licked it too.

But he firmly believed that his licking was different from other people's licking. He knelt down to lick others softly today so that he could be hardened and let others lick him tomorrow.

Chun Shenjun told his two confidants what happened today, and then looked at He Ning. It was He Ning who came up with the idea of ​​using county soldiers to fight, and he was the one who spread the news of the betrayal of Xu Youyu and others; of course, He Ning's sisters are also great - He Ning claimed that all his favored concubines were his sisters.

"What do you think?"

Chun Shenjun asked.

"I'm afraid the Gusu side has been lost."

He Ning touched his heart and smiled bitterly.

"what happened?"

Before Chun Shenjun opened his mouth, Zhu Ying could no longer hold back.

Gusu is thousands of miles away from Chendu, why do you know? But what other news channels are there?

However, although it was a question, it was not meant to specifically remind He Ning to explain. After all, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. It would be bad if Chun Shenjun suspected that He Ning had some secret channels.

As a fellow member of He Ning, Zhu Ying is also helping him.

Seeing that Lord Chun Shen had also looked over, He Ning touched his chest again and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you and your twin brother are one and the same, and their hearts are connected. My heart is in severe pain today. I'm afraid my brother has died in Gusu." ."

He Ning said half-truthfully.

His truth is that Gusu is really dead and his brother is dead; his lie is that that person, like his sisters, is not a real blood relative, but his special general and his means of resurrection.

If he dies, he can be resurrected in this general. The general can usually act independently. In fact, the relationship between Dong Huang and Dong Hui is similar.

However, he is not as luxurious as Dong Huang.

Dong Huang has many first-class heroes under his command. Even Dong Hui, a talented military general with the dual template of "Xia Houyuan of Cao Wei's Eight Tiger Riders + his own abilities" can be kept in the golden house to prevent her from encountering danger; but He Ning can only Use his resurrection method.

However, He Ning was also smart. He used the other characteristics of this military commander to let him bring a city to pretend to be the agent of war. In the end, he really caught the big fish of Xu Youyu.

Originally, He Ning thought that he should be able to take off with the help of killing Xu Youyu and other dozen war agent alliances, but as a result...

I lost my wife and lost my troops!

"Condolences."

Chun Shenjun and Zhu Ying could only comfort them like this.

However, He Ning quickly cheered up and offered advice: "Since the king has asked Li Yuan to be the deputy general of the king, this may be an opportunity..."

"Be careful!"

Lord Chun Shen was furious.

But He Ning and Zhu Ying looked at each other and understood what each other meant: Li Yuan must die!