It took Zhao Kuo several months to arrive in Chen County, and local old friends, such as Xin Wu, Chen Xiao and others, came to welcome Zhao Kuo again. Here, 200,000 troops were gathered, waiting for Zhao Kuo to issue an order to attack. Before Zhao Kuo came to Chen County, Zhao Kuo had discussed combat methods against Chu with generals such as Liao. Finally, Zhao Kuo came up with a strategy of multi-line attack.

Zhao Kuo was stationed in Shouchun, Chen County with a main force, Wang Jian was stationed in Juyang, Wei territory with 100,000 people, Zhao Kang was stationed in Anlu, Nanjun, and Li Mu was stationed in Lincheng, Qianzhong County with 100,000 people. The situation of Chu State was very dangerous, and Zhao Kuo's main force alone was already very powerful. Including these four enemies, Chu State had almost no power to fight back. Xiang Yan, the general of Chu State, led his army to deploy defenses in various places, but this was useless.

Zhao Kuo came to Chu with his army this time, as if he had already declared the demise of Chu. This was Zhao Kuo's second time to come to the south. The situation in the south was much different from before. Because of the promotion of moral politics by generals such as Xin Wu, the officials here began to imitate it. With the local three-old system and filial piety and brotherly system, the resistance of the people here is no longer as strong as before. Even this time, many people were willing to participate in the expedition to Chu.

This is a good thing for Zhao Kuo, because it proves that the three elders system he created still plays some role. The so-called moral education is not useless. In some cases, morality is even more powerful than the law. The three elders system does not mean to cultivate the powerful people, but to persuade the people to be good, change the social atmosphere, and persuade people through people who they believe in themselves. This is more useful than the persuasion of strange officials.

Xin Wu was very excited when he saw Zhao Kuo again. Because he had received a great reward for fighting with Zhao Kuo before, he was promoted to the title of two levels. In a short time, he could return to the temple to serve as the Nine Ministers. Now that Zhao Kuo is here again, he has promoted his speed of climbing up, so he is naturally very happy. Zhao Kuo began to rectify the army in Shouchun and train them.

In the schoolyard outside Shouchun, the sound of killing was shocking the sky, and the soldiers worked hard and prepared for war.

Zhao Kuo stays at the school every day and is unwilling to leave here. He stays with the soldiers all day long, practices together, eats and stays together, and asks about his well-being. He will care about every soldier. With him, there will be no situation where the soldiers have no winter clothes and asks for money. Zhao Kuo is by his side all day long, chatting with them affectionately. In the past, Zhao Kuo was the friend of the soldiers, but now Zhao Kuo is more like their elders.

Zhao Kuo even asked about their marriage and occasionally urged them to get married. The soldiers respected him very much.

The soldiers under Zhao Kuo did not dare to beat and scold the soldiers easily. They demanded themselves according to Zhao Kuo's standards and rectified them for more than a month. After the army was formed, Zhao Kuo took the lead in launching an attack. He set out from Shouchun and divided his troops into two groups to attack Juchao, Anfeng, Liuxian, Quyang and other areas. At the same time, Zhao Kuo issued an order, requiring Wang Jian to launch an attack on Sishui.

Wang Jian didn't like to divide the troops very much. He liked to directly command all the troops, so he spread the troops again and launched an attack from Xiangxian, Pengcheng, and other areas at the same time. His army formed a straight line and began to advance along the border between Chu and Wei and Qi toward the Sishui and other places of Chu. Then, Zhao Kang in Nanjun, after the three cavalry were collected, he was not fully equipped, but Zhao Kang did have an elite cavalry in his hand.

Zhao Kang set out from Nanjun, and the infantry advanced along Shaxian and other areas, while he led the most elite cavalry to attack Huanglong and launched an attack along the direction of Hengshan. However, none of them attacked the fastest. If it were to be fast, it would still be up to Li Mu. The moment Li Mu received the order for the attack, the army began to march wildly, without hesitation, rapid and terrifying. He quickly captured the city he encountered in front of him under the rushing march, which was unstoppable.

The Qin State's attack from four directions simultaneously made Xiang Yan fall to a disadvantage from the beginning. Xiang Yan's command had more than 300,000 soldiers, and these soldiers were elite soldiers brought out by nobles from all over the country. Even so, in front of the Qin State's 500,000 troops, these people were not enough. Xiang Yan placed the main defensive fronts in Juchao, Liyang, Jiang Cheng, and Guangling, forming a side line of defense.

As for Zhao Kang and Li Mu in the south, he had no way to stop him.

The soldiers of Chu State garrisoned along this line of defense, from Jiujiang to Guangling, Sishui... The King of Chu left Juchao and fled to Qiantang at the suggestion of Xiang Yan. As early as the beginning of the war, Xiang Yan had already made strategic arrangements. He wanted to use the geographical advantages of Chu State to delay the offensive rhythm of the Qin army, and to fight with the other side in Chu, temporarily abandon some areas, and rely on consumption to force Qin State to retreat.

Xiang Yan’s strategy is not wrong in the general direction, but his enemies are too terrible.

When Zhao Kuo's army came to Juchao, the garrison here collapsed. Under the fierce attack of generals Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin and others, Juchao only defended for three days and then fell. Xiang Yan's defense line was torn before it was formed. Xiang Yan hurriedly asked the troops from all over the country to continue to adjust, allowing the western defense line to shrink back, and the western defense line contracted, which means that Xiang Yan took the initiative to give up Changsha, Nanhai and other places...

This made Zhao Kang and Li Mu's attack very smooth, especially Zhao Kang, who once approached the King of Chu's escaped army with his cavalry, which scared Xiang Yan so much that he hurriedly contracted the army in Guangling, and then repelled Zhao Kang, who wanted to capture the king directly. The terrain here was not very suitable for cavalry, otherwise, Zhao Kang would be able to capture the King of Chu this time, and Xiang Yan's act of conscripting Guangling soldiers gave Wang Jian an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity, and Wang Jian directly captured Guangling.

Xiang Yan was completely passive and was beaten on the whole line, but he did not give up and continued to command with his teeth.

Such a war will test the main generals of both sides, especially for Zhao Kuo, it is not easy to command a 500,000 army at the same time. Although the generals in various places are outstanding people and do not need to give too many orders, he still has to command from the general direction, so that he will not waste troops or time, and let each general play his greatest value and role.

Zhao Kuo's strategy in the general direction is that Li Mu will cross the state of Chu, divide the state of Chu into two, and then Zhao Kang will complete the attack and destruction of the main force. Wang Jian's responsibility is to make contributions to the northern region as quickly as possible. Zhao Kuo must defeat the enemy on the front battlefield. Different news comes to Zhao Kuo every day. Zhao Kuo needs to make different choices to change the strategy and choose a better method.

The war lasted for a while, and winter came, but the winter of Chu was not so cold, and the soldiers could still fight. Zhao Kuo was originally worried that his body would not be able to bear it, but Chu was not Yan State, so he could still tolerate the cold winter here, but Zhao Kuo was still very tired.

Although the winter in Chu is not vicious enough, the cold winter in other places is still so cruel and so cruel.

For example, in the winter of Qin, it started to snow heavily in many places including Xianyang.

It was cold and no one dared to go out again. The empty world seemed a bit desolate.

Yi still goes out every day to ask about the news of the war. When she learned that Zhao Kuo had defeated the enemy again and the news of the Qin army's victory, she still couldn't help asking about Zhao Kuo's situation. Only when she learned that Zhao Kuo was safe and sound could she feel relieved and be busy with family affairs. Over the years, Yi has not been willing to find a few retainers to help her cook, and she did everything alone.

She was used to this kind of life, like this when Zhao's mother was like this, so too, and now the rhyme is like this.

Shan can already help, which has relieved some of Yi's affairs. Many times, she is at home, silently waiting for Zhao Kuo to come back.

It was early in the morning that Ying Zheng sat up and looked at the concubine lying beside him, and sighed helplessly. He had not had sex with Ming for a long time, probably because neither of them could express his true thoughts. It is said that Ming was in poor health these days. Ying Zheng had sent the imperial physician to take care of her, but he himself had not come to visit her. Ying Zheng got up, changed his clothes, and had to start the whole day of office after dinner.

Ying Zheng sat in the hall, looking through the war situation that had just been sent, his face full of smiles. He was not worried about the war in Chu. His father led those people to Chu. Not to mention Xiang Yan, ten Xiang Yan couldn't stop him. Sure enough, the situation was all about the victory of the Qin army. The biggest victory was won by Zhao Kuo. He wiped out more than 80,000 troops from Chu's Western Front in Hengshan and directly cut off one of Xiang Yan's arm.

Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing, the sword is not old.

He was about to open other books when he heard a panic footstep. Ying Zheng stopped his work. The only one who dared to disturb him at this time was probably Fusu. This kid, now that his eldest father is not by his side, he still dares to be so arrogant. It seems that he deserves to be beaten. Ying Zheng was thinking, when he suddenly saw Shan, who was covered in tears, rushing into the back hall. Several warriors stood not far away. They wanted to report, but they couldn't stop the girl.

They didn't dare to stop them either.

Ying Zheng did not blame him. He looked at his sister's appearance and was shocked and angry. He suddenly stood up and asked, "What's wrong?!!"

"Mother...Mother..."

At that moment, Ying Zheng was stunned.

......

Ying Zheng sat uneasy on the edge of the bed. The Imperial Doctor Ling was carefully diagnosing Yi. Yi was lying on the bed, motionless and breathing faintly. Her forehead was very hot, and her whole body seemed to be ignited, which was scary. After Shan got up in the morning, he found that his mother had not gotten up, which made her very strange. When she walked in, she saw her mother lying on the ground, motionless.

Shan cried and helped his mother up, but why couldn't he help her?

With the help of Zhao Fu and others who came to hear the sound, they helped Yi up and informed Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng was very uneasy. He looked at his mother who couldn't get up, his eyes were red. Things about him from childhood kept appearing in front of him. He was a little scared. He held his mother's thin hand with wrinkled lines, and he couldn't help crying. The imperial physician ordered to prescribe a prescription for Yi to treat his illness. Ying Zheng ordered that all famous doctors be summoned to treat her mother. Those who can cure her can be promoted.

Two days passed like this, and Yi slowly opened his eyes.

Yi opened his eyes, as if he saw Zhao Kuo sitting in front of him. After watching for a moment, it turned out to be Ying Zheng. At the same time, there were Shan, Yun, and Ming. The young Fusu did not come. These people stood around and were extremely happy to see Yi awaken. It was Ying Zheng. He grabbed Yi's hand and his whole body was trembling. He could no longer hold it back, and tears kept falling. He wiped his tears and shouted his mother's name.

Yi trembledly stretched out his hand and wiped away the tears from Ying Zheng's face.

"Mother, I'll send someone to inform my father and let him come back..."

"No, don't go... I'm fine, a king of the world is your father's lifelong dream..." Yi looked a little anxious. She struggled to get up and wanted to prove that she was fine. Ying Zheng didn't dare to say that again, so he had to agree to his mother. Yi held his hand and said seriously: "He is still fighting and can't affect him. If something happens to him, what should we do?"

Ying Zheng nodded and agreed to his mother's request. Then, he stayed by his mother's side, and refused to go to work or leave. Shan, Yun, Ming and others were always by Yi. Yi was kind and very kind to everyone. Therefore, her daughter, son, and daughter-in-law all loved her very much. These were her children... Ming looked at the painful Ying Zheng, and wanted to speak several times, but he held it back.

Yi looked at them and said seriously: "Zheng..."

"Mother..."

"Sharpen Ming's hand and apologize to her."

"I..."

"go!"

Zheng looked at Ming, but lowered his head. Just as he was about to speak, Ming stopped him, and took the initiative to reach out and hold his hand. The two of them held hands and looked at their mother. Yi then laughed and nodded at them. She said, "That's right. How can people who want to accompany their whole life quarrel over a small matter? I have never quarreled in my life, and he always gave in to me. Why don't you learn from your father?"

Speaking of Zhao Kuo, there was always a light in Yi's eyes.

"Mother...I was wrong."

Yi's condition was not very good. Although she opened her eyes, she still had a fever and fainted from time to time. At the worst, she even stopped breathing.

"Kill!!" Zhao Kuo stood in the military carriage, and the military carriage ran forward. Zhao Kuo pulled the longbow in his hand, gritted his teeth, and the arrow pulled the full moon to the full moon, and shot it out suddenly. The general of Chu State fell from the military carriage, and no longer heard. Zhao Kuo raised the spear in his hand, and the military carriage kept charging forward. The arrow flew past him, but he could not hurt him. He looked at the general flag of the Chu army in the distance and raised the flag!!

Yi lay quietly on the bed, breathing getting weaker and weaker, and shouting Zhao Kuo's name in a low voice... The angry Ying Zheng almost executed the three imperial physicians, but fortunately Ming stopped him. He sat beside his mother, holding his mother's hand, and couldn't help crying. He muttered his mother's name over and over again, trying to wake Yi up. With Ying Zheng's shouting over and over again, Yi would sometimes wake up and smile at Ying Zheng.

Her breathing was still weak, and her legs sometimes twitched involuntarily. She looked at Zheng's direction, with tears flashing in her eyes, but she had already lost her voice and could not speak.

"Mother..." Zheng seems to have shed all the tears these days.

Yi slowly looked towards the door, and she seemed to be waiting. The tall and handsome boy in horse suit would come in with trauma and give her a big hug.

One day, Zheng saw that her mother's whole body was trembling. She looked at the direction of the door and moaned in pain... After a while, she calmed down, her eyes were dull, staring at the door, motionless.

"Sorry... I can't accompany you to travel around."

Zhao Kuo carried the remaining flag of Chu State in his hand and stood in a mountain of corpses. Looking at the soldiers of Chu State fleeing around him, he was so tired that he was panting. He threw the flag of Chu State on the ground and sat on the ground tiredly. At this moment, for some reason, he felt a sudden inexplicable pain in his heart.

Zhao Kuo frowned and wiped his face. How could he have tears?
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