After a night attack by the Wu army, most of the Chu army's food and grass were destroyed and burned.

Shen Yinshu knew that with the current situation of running out of food and grass and low morale, the Chu army was unable to fight anymore, so he sent his envoy Yu Qingji to negotiate peace with the Wu army.

"Peace negotiation?"

In the lobby of Zuzi City, Qingji looked at the envoy sent by Shen Yinshu at the bottom of the steps and couldn't help but sneered and said: "You Chu army, are you still qualified to negotiate peace with me? Are you negotiating peace or asking for peace?"

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"Reporting to the King of Wu, our army's peace negotiation is also a request for peace. Peace should be the most important thing in everything. Our Chu army still has the strength to fight. It is reasonable and reasonable to negotiate a peace with the King of Wu!"

The envoy of Chu said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Although the Wu army has won many battles and has always been invincible, its military strength is still far inferior to our Chu army. If the King of Wu does not agree to negotiate for peace, is he not afraid of increasing casualties?"

"It doesn't matter if our Chu army fights to the death or defeats the net. Chu is a large overlord country with a vast land, a large population, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and thousands of chariots!"

"Chu can afford casualties, but can Wu?"

Hearing this, Meng Bi and other Wu generals standing on both sides couldn't help but glared at the Chu envoy, as if they wanted to tear him into pieces.

Qing Ji's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he sneered: "Chu Ambassador, are you threatening me?"

"I don't dare. I just ask King Wu to think again!"

The Chu envoy bowed and said: "The war has progressed to this point, whether it is war or peace, it all depends on the king of Wu."

"However, I have to remind King Wu that the current enemies of Wu are not only the Chu army, but also the Han people and the Yue people who are all invading Wu, and the main army of Wu is at the front line of Zuzi!"

"The King of Wu is not afraid. The capital of Wu has been lost and his family cannot return. This loss of the country is really heartbreaking!"

Upon hearing this, Qingji just smiled indifferently and said: "This is my duty, don't worry about it. Come and see the guest off!"

"King Wu!"

Before Ambassador Chu could continue to speak, Qingji waved his hand and asked the Su guards standing on the left and right to carry him out and keep him out of sight.

At this time, Meng Bi stepped forward very puzzled and asked: "Your Majesty, since the Chu people are asking for peace, why don't your Majesty agree to it?"

The generals present were quite puzzled.

Because the current situation in Wu State is very critical, and it faces more than one enemy, Chu State!

According to Qingji's original plan, he planned to fight quickly and deal with the enemy Chu army as soon as possible.

Now that the Chu army has surrendered, why is Qing Ji so aggressive and unwilling to give in?

In this regard, Qingji just wanted to say: The plan cannot keep up with the changes!

"Haha, things are different now."

Qing Ji smiled and said: "Second sons, do you think that the people of Chu can easily surrender to our country of Wu?"

"This... is unlikely."

All the generals shook their heads!

After all, Wu and Chu are feuding countries and have an irresolvable blood feud.

If the Wu army were to surrender to the Chu army, they thought they couldn't do it unless they were at the end of their rope!

"The Chu army is already desperate!"

Qing Ji said very confidently: "I admit that the Chu army does have many soldiers and generals, and it is still capable of fighting. But its food, fodder and baggage are not much left. People are not made of copper and iron. They are indispensable for food, drink, diarrhea and sleep."

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"No matter how powerful an army is, if it is not supplied with food and grass, it will be nothing more than a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled!"

"Why should I fear the Chu army like this?"

After hearing this, Meng Bi and other generals suddenly realized it and immediately said in compliment: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Qingji just laughed it off.

As the saying goes, hit a snake with seven inches, and now the Chu army's seven inches have been firmly grasped by Qingji!

How could the Chu army not collapse when they were isolated and helpless and running out of food and grass?

Surrendering to the Wu army at that time will be their only choice!

In order to ensure the proper settlement of the surrendered Chu soldiers, Qing Ji had to send people back to Wudu to ask Dazai Jizha and other officials to raise more food.

If not, Qing Ji can't guarantee that if he accepts so many surrendered soldiers from the Chu army at once, he will kill them because of lack of food, and do something similar to the Qin State's trap and killing of Zhao soldiers in the Changping War.

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Prepare for a rainy day, this is what Qingji must do!

The battle on the front line of Zuzi once again came to a stalemate.

Because Qingji refused the Chu army's request for peace, Shen Yinshu had to gather his troops and camp on the spot.

Shen Yinshu plans to just do this with Wu Jun for the time being and wait and see what happens!

Because he has received news that the Vietnamese army has been attacking the city and will soon be at the gate of Wudu. How can Qingji not be anxious when there is a fire in the backyard?

When the time comes, the person being picked on may actually be Qingji!

However, what worries Shen Yinshu is that the army's food and grass have been almost exhausted.

In desperation, Shen Yinshu could only let his soldiers go hunting in the nearby mountains and forests, pick wild fruits, or fish in the lake, trying every means to obtain subsistence supplies.

However, this is ultimately a drop in the bucket!

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Chu army can only eat less than half of what they used to eat every day. How can they fight?

"It's time to eat! It's time to eat!"

In the Chu army's camp, as soon as it was time to eat, many Chu army soldiers rushed over like hungry wolves and queued up in an orderly manner to eat.

However, there is very little they can eat!

In the wooden shed, hundreds of large pots were set up. The pots were filled with white water, mixed with rice grains, vegetable leaves, fish shreds, and minced meat. However, the amount that went into the soldiers' bowls was too little.

A soldier looked at the dozens of grains of rice and minced meat in his bowl and couldn't help being very dissatisfied and shouted: "How can this little thing satisfy your hunger?"

"Is there any mistake? Two meals a day are porridge! Is this bowl of porridge porridge? It's obviously soup!"

"That's right!"

"If we eat this kind of food again, let alone fight in battle, we won't even have the strength to lift a sword!"

The dissatisfaction among the soldiers of the Chu army was immediately triggered, and they all blamed the cooks in charge of the dishes.

The military officer on one side immediately glared at the troublemaking soldier, lashed him with a whip, and cursed: "Ban Ma Ri! Some food is pretty good, how dare you ask for big fish and meat?"

"Get out of here, or I'll beat you to death!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers dared to be angry but did not dare to say anything. They carried the food in their bowls and left in anger.

Shen Yinshu, who was inspecting the camp, felt helpless when he saw this scene.

The deputy general Mi Ji on one side couldn't help but sigh: "General, this is not the way to go."

"In recent days, the soldiers' food has been dwindling, and they are complaining privately. The general is really worried that before long, there will be a large number of deserters in the army, and our Chu army will collapse without a fight."

Shen Yinshu nodded slightly.

How could he not know this?
Chapter completed!