Daqin Engineers

The ministers did not speak, Chu Wang's expression was very ugly and silent, Xiang Liang also stood in the middle without saying a word, and the atmosphere in the hall was strange for a while.

In this silence, the various forces are secretly competing:

The ministers of the various forces were thinking about whether they should contribute, how much they should contribute, or if they could not stop the Qin army in the end... just surrender to survive.

Chu Wang Siu was somewhat dissatisfied with Xiang Liang's remarks.

You must know that those Chu soldiers were all his troops. He put the troops in the hands of the Xiang clan because of his trust in the Xiang clan, and Xiang Liang lost more than 30,000 people, not only did not have an explanation, but he took it for granted.

But the king of Chu didn't dare to suffer from stubbornness. After all, the Xiang family belonged to a large family. At present, the military power is holding and supporting the state of Chu. Who offends the Xiang family to lead and stop the Qin army?

Xiang Liang's idea is much simpler: this is the situation, what do you think?If you want to die together or live together, you have to figure it out!

After a while, Sima Jingyu broke the situation with a cough:

"Xiang Liang, the old man asked you, the army retreated to the front line of Ruyin and Chengfu, but are you waiting for the strategy of fearing Qin and avoiding war?"

Jingtu is the third tribe of the three major forces of Chu, "Zhao, Qu, and Jing". At this time, asking questions from the weakest Jing clan will reduce the possibility of conflict with the Xiang clan.

This also shows that at this time the tacit understanding between the three major forces has almost reached the point of understanding.

Xiang Liang's neither overbearing nor overbearing answer:

"Ruyin and Chengfu have always been the two key points in northern Shouchun."

"My army's entry into the two places is just to choke the Qin army's throat and prevent it from going south to attack my capital. Is it a strategy to fear Qin and avoid war?"

"And my Xiang family has transferred eight thousand children from Jiangdong and ten thousand navy troops to Rushui for defense."

"Dare to ask Da Sima, how long will Jing Shi send troops again?"

"The theory of Da Sima, I will finally think that it is too much!"

Jing Yu was in a mess for a while, because Jing Clan had not sent a single soldier so far, he hurriedly replied:

"Jing's reinforcements are being prepared, are being prepared..."

Chu Wang Sing understood this, and said secretly:

"Well, the Xiang clan sent all his private soldiers to defend against Qin, enough to see Xiang clan's determination to fight Qin."

"On the contrary, these veterans who make irresponsible remarks in the temple do not practice, and they speak nicely without sending a single soldier..."

"The ridiculous widow is still in the dark!"

Right now, King Chu's face sank and asked:

"The armored weapons and rations were conscripted before, why haven't they arrived at this time?"

Xiang Liang replied:

"Previously, all the grains and grasses that have been expropriated are in the warehouse, and they have not entered the Xiang's fief!"

"If the king has doubts, he can send special envoys to investigate at any time."

After a pause, Xiang Liang added:

"The King!"

"In this battle, Qin is strong and our weakness is related to the survival of Chu State!"

"If we can't unite our national strength to make a long-term anti-Qin plan, then Chu will follow in the footsteps of Han Zhaoyan and Wei!"

"And if you do a long and fierce battle plan, the food and grass and the army will be far from enough!"

"This is the meaning of the general, and the final words are here."

Chu Wang Chui glanced coldly at the old officials on both sides, and made a heavy "hum", just about to get angry and finally endured it.

It is not easy for him to be a king of Chu.

At this time, if the crime of treating these ministers was committed, wouldn't it be forcing them to turn?

So King Chu’s anger could only be picked up heavily and put down gently. He nodded to Xiang Liang and said:

"What the general said is extremely true."

"But as far as anyone can see..."

"I was not prepared for the Qin army's raid on Chu State. The fact that the grain and grass have not arrived is not because the parties did not send it out, but because the time is urgent and the deployment is not sufficient."

The ministers on both sides nodded and said yes to the words of Chu Wang.

In fact, it has been several months since Xiang Yan assisted Wei Shou, and it is certainly not a problem of "short time deployment".

Then the king of Chu turned his words:

"No, take the general here, I'm waiting to discuss with the general about the allocation of food, grass and troops?"

The ministers couldn't help but froze, and then they could only answer one after another:

"As it should be!"

"Weichen has this intention!"

"Great King Yingming!"

...

After some discussion, the monarchs finally agreed on four countermeasures:

First, the king's order was established, and with Da Sima Jingyu as a special envoy, he strictly supervised the garrisons of various clans to go north to Xiang Yan as soon as possible;

Second, to make Yin Zhaoxie and lead the army to support all things, he fully supervised the requisition and transportation of grain and grass in the Han's fief.

The reason why they had to be handled separately by Jingtong and Zhaozai was not because Chu Wang Xichu trusted them.

It's that these two people represent the Zhao clan and the Jing clan respectively. If their two clans agreed, the Qu clan would naturally dare not help.

If the Zhao clan and the Jing clan did not send troops again, the Chu king would be able to "delay the military situation" in punishing the crimes of the Jingtong and Zhaozhao clan, and then the Jing and Zhao clan would have nothing to say.

Therefore, for their own lives, Jing and Zhao will try their best to persuade the three clans to send troops and provide food.

So the problem in this area was finally solved. After receiving the news, all ethnic groups followed orders to send troops and food to Ruyin and Chengfu.

Xiang Liang also rushed back to Ruyin to garrison starry night and sent someone to inform Xiang Yan of the situation.

It is Shi Xiangyan who is inspecting Rushui fortifications.

As mentioned before, the Rushui East Bank fortification is the weak point of this line of defense. Once the Rushui line is breached, the Chu army will have to start a land battle with the Qin army, which is not the length of the Chu army.

So Xiang Yan has been strengthening the Rushui line from beginning to end.

however……

The originally requested mountain and stone barriers have become civil barriers.

The original requirement was a fortress barracks, but it simply became an earth ditch, plus an earth wall crease.

The weapon workshop originally planned to produce five thousand arrows per day in the two cities, but after inspection, it was found that there were less than two thousand, and there were many defective products...

In all these cases, no matter how irritated Xiang Yan was, the military affairs and Sima did not make any excuses. When he was reprimanded, Nono responded, and turned around again as always.

Xiang Yan tried to punish these inefficient officers several times, but several times he picked up Ling Jian and put it back.

There is a saying that "the law does not rule the public".

These phenomena are not one or two in the Chu army, but are common in the whole army.

This was caused by Chu Jun's usual inadequate management of the army and ineffective supervision. Everyone was messing around and was able to get through it casually. They were used to not being able to change suddenly.

At this time, if Xiang Yan uses strict laws because of the war, I am afraid that half of the officers in the entire army will be removed. Who will lead the battle at that time?

This is Chu Jun, what can Xiang Yan do?

When Xiang Yan felt a headache, Xiang Liang’s messenger came to report:

"General, General Xiang has convinced the ministers that reinforcements and grains are coming at full speed!"

The big rock hanging on Xiang Yan's heart was only half down.

Although the Chu army's combat power was inadequate, it would not be a problem to block the Qin army if there was a large army gathering everywhere and there was a natural danger.