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As expected, Shen Bing got news from Yang Duanhe the next day that the king had sent someone to Anling.

So Shen Bing put down half of his hanging heart. Fortunately, Ying Zheng had no fascination and desperately ordered the dispatch of troops, otherwise he would not know how he died this time.

Shen Bing's side is not going well, Xiang Yan is not much better.

Xiang Yan sent a letter to Shouchun to ask for another 50,000 soldiers to be transferred, but for a long time no troops were sent.

Xiang Yan sent people to remind him again and again, and it seemed as if the sea had disappeared.

In addition, the grain, grass and arrows that should have been sent from Shouchun are also wave after wave, which makes Xiang Yan have to go to Qi State for grain.

Xiang Yan sighed, secretly saying that he was still an outsider to Chu State after all.

From the perspective of origin, the Xiang clan is indeed an outsider.

A hundred years ago, the Xiang family was originally a small country near Weishui (Yanhe in northern Shaanxi), named Xiang Guo.

The king of the country is a man who can plan. He believes that if his small country participates in the killing of the Central Plains countries, it will easily be destroyed without leaving a trace.

So he made up his mind to only guard one acre of land and not play.

As a result, when Qi State called on the Central Plains countries to fight against foreign invasions under the banner of "respect the king and fight against the barbarian," Xiang State still did not participate.

It's just that you don't participate in the usual battles. In the Spring and Autumn Period, you also talk about "benevolence, righteousness, and morality".

But the joint fight against foreign invasion will not participate, which is excessive.

So the Qi State Secret Union made a decision to destroy this country.

It was easy to destroy Xiang Nation, and Lu Xi brought tens of thousands of soldiers in the name of hunting.

Afterwards, all the captured Xiang clan were exiled to the wild land east of the Yangtze River to live a fishing and hunting life.

At this time, the Xiang family realized a truth: if you are not strong, whether you wait and see or get involved in disputes, you will end up as a foil for the strong.

Since this family, the style of martial arts has become popular, and the children of nobles have been familiar with the art of war since childhood.

Then Yue State destroyed Wu State, and Chu State destroyed Yue State.

In order to be able to control Baiyue in the east of the Yangtze River, the State of Chu recruited the Xiang clan who were still martial artists. The condition was that the Xiang clan could retain his fief and establish a city in Baiyue northeast of Shouchun.

This is equivalent to making Xiang the fourth tribe outside of the three tribes of Chu Guozhao, Qu, and Jing.

But this is actually only the fourth largest family in name.

The three tribes of the Chu clan: Zhao clan governs state affairs, Qu clan controls royal military and political affairs, and Jing clan controls defense and national military affairs.

Xiang clan...Only when an enemy comes, he will be called in, and if there is no war, he will be left alone.

So it is no wonder that Xiang Yanhui would think that Chu State always regarded Xiang as an outsider.

After thinking for a while, Xiang Yan ordered:

"Send someone to ask for reinforcements."

The minister responded and turned around to make arrangements.

After waiting for the generals to go down, Xiang Yan recruited the three sons, Uncle Xiang, and confessed in this way.

In fact, the king of Chu had his own difficulties if he did not send troops.

In terms of the number of soldiers, Chu State is more than a mere 300,000, and the entire Chu State has nearly 700,000 soldiers.

Chu's soldiers are roughly divided into two parts:

One is the defenders scattered across the border defenses.

There are nearly two hundred cities in the Kingdom of Chu. There are about fifty large cities with defenses, and about 300,000 garrisons.

The supply of these soldiers has always been half of the country and the fiefdom of the city.

However, the fief often secretly gave benefits to the city defense soldiers. Over time, the city defense soldiers almost became private soldiers of the fief, and it was difficult for the country and even the king of Chu to move.

The second is the direct army under the leadership of the king of Chu, totaling more than 400,000.

This is the main force Xiang Yan can use.

However, it was used by Xiang Yan for the beam to be flooded and damaged by 100,000. At this time, only 300,000 remained.

Xiang Yan led one hundred thousand in Caozhou, his son Liang led one hundred thousand in Chencheng, and Shouchun only had one hundred thousand.

At this time, Xiang Yan asked for fifty thousand... Then Shouchun only had fifty thousand?

Then who would defend the city if the Qin Army hit Shouchun?

Therefore, the king of Chu did not dare to send troops for a while, but hoped that he could transfer soldiers, horses, food, and grass from various fief cities to collect 50,000 and then send troops to Xiang Yan.

The king of Chu gave an order, and the nobles rushed out, then packed their luggage and rode out of the city.

This time, King Chu Wang was very moved, and said secretly:

"But it's a crisis to see the truth. With so many wise ministers and good generals helping me, why worry about the Qin army coming to attack?"

However, within a few days, the king of Chu cried and couldn't cry anymore...Where did those noble children go back to move troops, they were worried that they would take the opportunity to escape back in Shouchun.

Later, the king of Chu ordered them to send troops, and the answer was either that they were still preparing or not having enough food.

A few days later, all fiefs did not send a single soldier without exception.

The king of Chu originally wanted to send the Shouchun guards to Xiang Yan first.

But at this time, receiving a secret letter made him press this idea.

It turned out that someone from the Zhao clan, the first big clan of the Chu Kingdom, reported that it was the Xiang clan gathering private soldiers in the east of the Yangtze River in an attempt to fight against the Yue tribe.

Chu Wang Minzu didn't believe it originally.

But then I thought:

"This Yan has repeatedly led the war against Qin and ended in failure. Isn't he worried that the widows will blame him?"

"Or is Xiang Yan already shocked by the Qin Jun, knowing that Wuwang against Qin wants to take this opportunity to stand on his own?"

This idea makes sense.

Because the Xiang family is located in the Jiangdong water network and there are many mountains and dense forests, the Xiang family has been here in Baiyue for many years. If Baiyue is united with Qin, it is very likely that it will be as safe as before.

So King Chu hesitated again.

At this moment, someone came to report:

"Great King, General Xiang Bo begs to see you."

The king of Chu was shocked, but he calmly said, "See you."

Xiang Bofeng came into the hall quietly, and after a courtesy to King Chu, he asked straightforwardly:

"My lord, it is heard that someone has accused me of rebellion against the Xiang clan. I wonder if this is true or not?"

It turned out that Xiang Yan expected that Shouchun would not send troops for a long time, so she ordered Uncle Xiang to rush to Shouchun personally.

This uncle was also impatient, and when he found out the news, he went to the palace and questioned the king of Chu.

The king of Chu was so heartbroken that he almost didn't start to sweat. He calmed down and answered:

"Someone did inform."

"But the general should not be too mindful. If a widow is suspicious of the Xiang clan, how can he not solve the Xiang clan's military power first?"

In Xiang Bo's eyes, the killing intent was fleeting, and he raised his head and said:

"If the Xiang clan plots to cause chaos, it is time for Qin Jun to go south! Why should I wait to resist Qin's self-injury?"

"But if someone insists on forcing Xiang clan to oppose Chu, then Xiang clan may not be opposing!"

"Xiang's rebellion against Chu, the first thing to do is to kill those who force me to rebel!"

"The national disaster is at the forefront, and the royal family does not care about the safety of Chu, why should the Xiang family bother for Chu?"

The threatening tone of these remarks is very obvious.

If this was in peacetime, the king of Chu would be afraid that Xiang Bo and even Xiang Yan would be punished immediately.

But now...Xiang Yan is heavily armed and has picked up the words clearly:

Don't force me Xiang, no matter how hard it is, it will be really the opposite.

Therefore, the king of Chu can only answer:

"The general is serious. The army and the food and grass are ready, and the general can take it."