Winter is approaching, and the war between Qin and Chu has been greatly promoted by the Qin people, counterattacked by the Three Kingdoms coalition forces, and tug-of-war, and the Qin State has been defeated by unilaterally. It has been from spring to cold winter. South Korea is the first to withdraw its own army because they need autumn harvest. Because of Pingyuanjun, Wei State has abundant food, and the soldiers sent there will not affect the country's autumn harvest, so it has never withdrawn. As for Chu State... it ushered in a tragic winter.

Because the war began in spring planting, hundreds of thousands of young and strong people were suddenly recruited, which greatly damaged the agriculture of Chu. There were already grain shortages in many places. Chunshen Jun also sent people to ask for help from his neighbors, hoping to borrow some food. Pingyuan Jun just sent some. After all, Wei had sent people to help, and what he did was to be kind and righteous. The most surprising thing was Qi. Qi actually lent a lot of food to Chu.

The queen of Qi was indeed a strange woman, or a strange woman. This time, the timely help caused the hatred that lasted for many years between Chu and Qi also vaguely dissipated. The King of Chu was very moved and wrote a letter to the King of Qi himself, giving him many treasures to him, thanking him for his kindness. In addition, the State of Chu directly transferred the troops stationed in the southeast to guard against Qi, and put these troops into the Nanyang battlefield to show his trust in Qi.

After experiencing a tragedy of being attacked by the six countries, Qi State has now made a huge breakthrough in diplomacy and has begun to be active among various countries again, and through various methods to improve relations with other countries.

In the palace of the King of Qi, the King of Qi was particularly happy to see the gifts given by the King of Chu. He played with the sword sent by the King of Chu, then he smiled and put them away. Looking at his mother sitting beside him, he grinned and said, "Mother... I was a little reluctant to send food to the State of Chu before, but I didn't expect that just some food could get so many treasures..."

The queen opened her eyes and looked at her son, with a little disappointment flashing in her eyes. She said, "Jian... Did I send food to the State of Chu for the treasures of King Chu?"

The King of Qi was stunned, thought seriously for a moment, and then said with a smile: "You are trying to improve your relationship with Chu."

The queen then smiled and said, "It's true that Chu wants to alliance with various countries. Now we have helped them in the most dangerous time of Chu. In the short term, Chu will not dare to plot against Qi, because if he plans to plan against Qi, it will make the princes despise him and destroy his alliance strategy..."

"But, mother, his alliance strategy was to join forces with Qi. Even if we didn't give away food, how could they attack Qi?"

"The alliance has never been reliable. All you can rely on is your ministers and your soldiers... Only when Qi becomes stronger can others avoid other people's plans. If Qi becomes stronger, it must avoid useless wars and give Qi a chance to revive..." The queen said, she sighed and said, "It's a pity that the person who can help you is not willing to return to Qi, and even throws the gifts out of the courtyard."

"I invited him in the manner of treating the sages, but he humiliated me so much. This person should..." The King of Qi said indignantly. Before he could finish his words, the Queen went forward and pinched his ear. The King Jian of the Great, but could only cry out in pain and begged his mother to let go. The Queen looked around and then let go. She said angrily: "If your father had not followed my advice and forced him away, how could today's happen?"

"You have to remember that if it weren't for him, Qi would have perished long ago. How could you sit here and play with the gifts sent by the King of Chu?!"

"People should learn to remember the kindness of others, not to mention that they are your elders!"

King Jian of Qi was not young, but when facing his mother, he looked just a child. He rubbed his ears and said aggrievedly: "Mother... I understand."

"I heard, do you want to spend money to expand the palace?" The Queen asked again. The King of Qi smiled and said proudly: "Mother, I want to build you. I want to build the best and most luxurious palace for you..." The Queen of the Queen did not scold him, but just said gently: "Build, there is no need to do this. Instead of spending money to build a palace for me, use this money to overhaul the Jixia Academy... The people in the Academy are all talents who can revitalize Qi..."

"Since Xunzi left, there has been a lack of a high priest. You can invite a wise man to the Jixia Academy to serve as the high priest of the Academy."

"Who are you invited?"

"The horse of Zhao State is the king."

The King of Qi laughed and said, "I know him, but will he come to Qi?" The Queen sighed, "I hope he can come. His knowledge can help you. If Zhao uses him as prime minister, Zhao's power can surpass Qin. If Qin uses him as prime minister, no one in the six countries can stop Qin. If Chu uses him as commander, Chu can continue his hegemony and get involved in the Central Plains. If you can use him as prime minister... Qi can become the hegemon who once could command all countries..."

King Qi widened his eyes, and he suddenly stood up, pointed to the treasures in front of him, and said, "Mother, I will send all these treasures to Zhao State and invite Ma Fujun to come to Qi State!"

.........

What Jingyang did not expect was that the war was surprisingly smooth. At the forefront, the army that pursued the Qin people had won consecutive victories and directly killed the Qin people. Everyone thought that Jingyang was right. After the Qin people were reorganized according to Ma Fujun's military thought, their combat power had indeed declined rapidly. If this continues, let alone Nanyang and Nanjun, even Xianyang can be defeated!

But the more successful the war, the more frightened Jingyang felt.

Jingyang had an excellent sense of battlefield smell. He once led the Chu army to fight over mountains and ridges to Yan State, and then returned to Chu State safely under the siege of various countries. This was inseparable from his wisdom and his natural sense of smell. At this moment, he felt a strangeness and a fatal threat, but he could not see where this danger was. Along the way, he seemed to attack with all his might, but he was very cautious.

The main army slowly advanced, never stopping exploration of the surrounding areas to avoid ambush by the Qin people.

It can be said that Jing Yang was cautious enough to the core, so the entire main army was still very slow. At the same time, he was also maintaining control of all parts of the battlefield, and through his outstanding command ability, this Chu army with mixed organization was not aggressive or impulsive. He could not have imagined what kind of danger would be. Everyone was very dissatisfied with his cautious approach.

Because of Jingyang, the Qin people have been fleeing towards the Great Wall. If the Qin people were asked to return to the Great Wall to guard in time, the battlefield would enter the confrontation mode. This was not what the Chu people wanted to see. They just wanted to end the war earlier and return to their territory.

Jingyang was sitting in a military carriage, listening to scouts from all over the world coming to report the movements of the Qin people, but he was still thinking about the strangeness of the Qin people. There must be a problem with the Qin people retreating too quickly, but what is the problem? If the attack was stopped just because the Qin people retreated too quickly... this was not a strategy arranged by the Qin people to stop the attack, right?

At this moment, Xiang Xianzheng led his remaining troops to retreat towards Yangcheng. Sitting in the military carriage, Xiang Xian lowered his head, his body was covered in trauma and bleeding. After Jingyang's army had just left Shangcai, the Qin army, which should have been pursued by Jingyang, suddenly appeared around Shangcai. Xiang Xian saw the dense Qin people around the city, and their bodies were cold. What made him even more panic was that the three Qin characters were written on the flags set by these Qin people, "Wu Chengjun"

Before Xiang Xian could react, he encountered a fierce attack from the Qin people. Shang Cai was like a small boat driving on the water in a storm. He couldn't help but shake it. Bai Qi besieged the city from three sides and deliberately released a gap. Xiang Xian thought he could get Jingyang's reinforcements, but he stayed in Shang Cai for six days. However, Jingyang's reinforcements were gone, and the soldiers in the city were almost dead...

Xiang Xian could only helplessly break through the gap released by Bai Qi and give up Shang Cai. It was no surprise that Bai Qi had already arranged an ambush at this gap. Xiang Xian fought hard and fought out the ambush. Finally, he fled here with less than two thousand remaining soldiers. Xiang Xian sent people to various places to ask Jingyang for help, but the scouts he sent were not visible. Bai Qi directly cut off the correspondence of the scouts of Chu through elite cavalry. Before he attacked Shang Cai, he occupied some important roads to avoid the leak of the news.

Xiang Xian thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand where Qi came from. It was obvious that there were hundreds of thousands of troops from Jingyang before him.

However, he could only keep running away at this moment. The Qin people began to advance again. It was ridiculous to say that they left the Chu army behind them and started to advance directly. The target was the royal city of Chendu. Xiang Xian was almost crying. The Chu army was all in Jingyang. If Jingyang did not return to aid in time, the Qin army would attack Chendu, capture the King of Chu, and destroy the Chu State...

General Jingyang!! What are you doing?!

When the Qin army attacked the heartland of Chu again, the Chu people were completely desperate. The Chu people cried and picked up wooden sticks and farm tools to welcome the invading Qin people because they felt that their children and their beloved people were dead in front of them. Otherwise, how could the Qin people appear here? Of course, the Qin people were not polite, and grinned in the face of these heads they sent to them.

One town after another was slaughtered, and there was no trace of pity on Bai Qi's face.

The Qin soldiers divided into three groups, attacking the direction of Yangcheng, attacking the direction of Pingyu, crossing the Yingshui River, and not encountering the soldiers of Chu at all. They were as powerful as the bamboo shoot and advanced very quickly. When Xiang Xian led the remaining soldiers to Chendu, Chunshen Jun ran out of the city, even disregarding etiquette. His eyes were red, and he looked at Xiang Xian in front of him, lifted him up, and asked angrily: "Where is the 300,000 army of Chu? Where is the army?!"

"I don't know... there is no news about General Jingyang... It's white."

Chunshenjun staggered a few steps, and was filled with grief and anger. He suddenly drew out the short sword and pointed it at him. Seeing this, Xiang Xian rushed forward and snatched Chunshenjun's short sword and said, "The State of Chu has not been defeated. It has not been long since General Jingyang left Shangcai. Bai Qi is absolutely impossible to defeat him in such a short time. Please don't do this. Please calm the hearts of the people and wait for General Jingyang to return to help!"

Huang Xie reacted, took a deep breath, then laughed, helped Xiang Xian in front of him, and said loudly: "General Xiang Xian severely injured Bai Qi! This is a great achievement, and he should be rewarded!" As he said, he helped the soldiers who followed Xiang Xian back one by one. Xiang Xian knew what he was doing, and also stood up and said loudly: "After Bai Qi was defeated by General Jingyang, the defeated soldiers fled everywhere. General Jingyang's troops were chasing them. Soon, they were eliminated!"

The two of them laughed and walked into the city. Xiang Xian raised his head high, as if he had won a big victory.

The King of Chu sat in the palace and picked up his sword again. Just now, Chunshen Jun walked in and told him something incredible that Bai Qi was coming, and the army of Chu seemed to have mysteriously disappeared without any trace at all. The King of Chu had always wanted to avenge Qin. He was burdened with blood debts. He had thought of going to the battlefield and killing the enemy himself. Because of this, he never forgot to wipe his sword.

However, when this day really came, when he really encountered his mortal enemy Bai Qi, the King of Chu was surprised to find that his hands holding the sword were trembling, and the sword was shaking slightly. No matter how hard the King of Chu tried, it seemed that he could not raise the sword in his hand. Chunshen Jun told the King of Chu that he would definitely repel Bai Qi. He temporarily summoned the noble children in Chendu, their disciples, domestic warriors, and the elite soldiers who were originally responsible for protecting the palace, so that Chendu's city guards reached 100,000...

However, the combat effectiveness of these 100,000 people...is hard to say.

Huang Xie was smiling all day long, and he told everyone that General Jingyang was coming soon.

The King of Chu knew that he was pacifying the morale of the army. Huang Xie asked him to keep everything going and could hold a banquet to entertain important officials and help him pacify the people in the capital. However, the King of Chu did not want to hold a banquet. He knew that Xiang Xian was commanding his soldiers to fight against the Qin people outside the city. The Qin people attacked the capital fiercely. It seemed that Bai Qi did not want to occupy several more cities of Chu, but wanted to capture himself and destroy Chu.

The King of Chu seemed to be able to hear the roars coming from the city wall, and the Chu people were bleed and sacrificed on the city wall.

The King of Chu slowly stood up, wearing military uniform and holding a sword. He looked at the warriors in the palace and said seriously:

"Please follow me and fight Bai Qi."

ps: Since I opened this book, my readers have started to use sentences like "I heard..." and "really wise man". Today, an author I know said to me: You have finally made your readers crazy.
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