When Xiong Yuan heard that Qu Xiong was going to go in person, he was also shocked. Although he was indeed too embarrassed before, he wanted to take back the three counties of Wu, which would make people safe and secure, and he was also a little annoyed by Qu Xiong's targeting him, but he was not stupid. He also knew that Qu Xiong was the security of Chu now. Yue State held 300,000 troops in the north. If Qu Xiong was not there, how could he be at ease? After all, the three counties of Wu State occupied land, and the south of Fenghu is the hometown of Chu State. The two are different. It is like ceding the nine counties in the northwest, which are not as large as any of the three counties in the Wu State, but the pressure brought is greater than losing the three counties in the Wu State. The nine counties were swallowed by Wei State and wanted to take them back, so he had to attack Wu State.
"Now that the Yue Kingdom has hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the north, the Grand Marshal wants to resist the Yue Kingdom's southward and cannot be easily mobilized." Xiong Yuan said immediately.
Qu Xiong also immediately said from the heart: "Your Majesty, how can I not know about this? But compared to entering Wu, although Yue State is heavily in the north, our Chu State's defense line will be operated for a long time. Even if I am not here, it will not be a problem to support it for a year or two. But if I am not wrong, it is very likely that Yue State deliberately lures the enemy. It is the Wei family, Lin Haoming, Zhu Feiling and others deliberately want to consume the battlefield of our Chu State soldiers. Therefore, if they want to go, only by defeating the enemy can they truly take back the three counties of Wu."
"I understand that the heart of the Great Marshal is that only resisting the Northern Yue Kingdom, there is no lack of the Great Marshal. Moreover, I already have a candidate, so I can't bear to run around." The King of Chu said as if comforting.
"I wonder which general it was?" Qu Xiong looked at the King of Chu and seemed to be full of confidence. Although he also guessed that the King of Chu might have made a decision early in the morning, and recruiting himself to come to discuss matters was just a matter of course.
The King of Chu immediately smiled and said, "Thunder King Wang took action when he annexed the three counties of Wu. Uncle Wang was really as famous as his name. The thunder force destroyed Wu all the way, so that Daxia could swallow the entire Wu Kingdom without any time to help. In terms of his understanding of Wu Kingdom, no one can compare to Uncle Wang."
"The Prince of Thunder is indeed a famous coach, but the prince is over 80 years old and is still going to go to war in his 80s. Is this... this suitable? Moreover, the prince ignored military affairs after being injured many years ago. It has been more than 30 years since he was founded. Is it appropriate to take charge of military power now?" Qu Xiong asked suspiciously.
The King of Chu said with great certainty: "Why did Uncle Wang give up his military power back then? Everyone knows it. This matter is a bit shameful to Uncle Wang, so not long ago, I went to Uncle Wang's side in person and asked Uncle Wang to come out. As long as Uncle Wang takes action, I believe that Wu will definitely get it back. As for what you said, Uncle Wang also thought of it, so don't worry, Grand Marshal, and Uncle Wang is also a congenital master. Although he is over 80 years old, he is still strong. Innate masters, age does not make much sense until the end of the day. Grand Marshal's matter is settled like this. Could it be that you can't believe Uncle Wang?"
"Since that's the case, I'm going to accept the order." Qu Xiong had something to say, but seeing that His Majesty had made up his mind and others seemed to know that this decision was not possible. He was not prepared at all for whether Xiong Leiting could be as he had done back then.
Lin Haoming was waiting here, from early autumn to Mid-Autumn Festival. Seeing that the weather was getting colder, he himself wondered whether Chu was planning to talk about it next year. As a result, by the end of autumn, Chu finally couldn't stand sending troops.
The reason for Chu to send troops was very simple. The people of Chu in Wu were poisoned by the rioters, so Chu had to send troops. The Chu State was really powerful. It occupied the three counties of Wu before the New Year. Before the Chu army came, the King of Wu was already slaughtered by the so-called rioters, and the upper class of Wu was even more blood-scrapped.
This was the opportunity Lin Haoming was waiting for, but Lin Haoming was not in a hurry to send troops, but allowed the Chu army to spread out completely in Wu, and then began to dispatch troops. At this time, a princess of Wu happened to take the young prince into Huangye City and ask for help from Lin Haoming. Naturally, Lin Haoming finally sent troops.
Xiong Leiting is the uncle of the King of Chu now. He is the younger brother of the previous generation. Because he was two brothers, the King of Chu of Chu trusted Xiong Leiting very much. Xiong Leiting was indeed an outstanding general. After having military power, he first defeated the Southern Barbarians and then destroyed the Wu Kingdom, and once became the hottest figure in the Chu Kingdom. However, such a person is not only a royal family, but also more than 20 years younger than his brother's King of Chu. In this way, problems arise in the matter of the heirs. In order to allow his son, the King of Chu is now the King of Chu, successfully succeeded to the throne. Xiong Leiting's brother deprived his younger brother of his military power and hid this brother who was good at fighting for more than 30 years, until now he regained military power.
Lin Haoming was also a little surprised when he knew that it was Xiong Leiting who was in charge of military power in Wu. After all, this person had faded out of the Chu army for more than 30 years, but he didn't expect to come out again. But because of this, Lin Haoming either did not send troops, and as soon as he sent troops, he would directly attack Huanglong and go directly to the army entrenched near the King's Capital of Wu.
Xiong Leiting seemed to realize Lin Haoming's intention, so in addition to dispersing his troops when he first entered Wu, he concentrated his troops after conquering the capital to avoid being defeated by Lin Haoming. So two days before the Chinese New Year was about to be celebrated, the 100,000 Yue army led by Lin Haoming and the 150,000 Chu army led by Xiong Leiting directly met in Xunmapo, 70 miles away from the capital of Wu.
Just two days before the contact between the two sides, Jiang Heng specially sent troops south to put pressure on Qu Xiong. Before the old prince entered Wu, Qu Xiong had seen the old general and told him not to divide his troops. If the Yue army came over, he must concentrate his troops to fight on his own initiative and not give the other party the opportunity to mobilize and deploy.
Xiong Leiting was a famous general, so he naturally knew that Qu Xiong was right, so since he occupied the capital of the King of Wu and knew that Lin Haoming sent troops, he was ready.
The day before the New Year, the two armies lined up here. There were no conspiracies at this time. Conspiracies and tricks were of little significance in such a scene. Both sides used open conspiracies, and what decided the outcome was the subsequent decisive battle and the subsequent battle.
Although it was winter, it was particularly sunny today, which made the Chu army, which did not like winter combat, seem to be more favorable, not to mention that the Chu army had 150,000 to 100,000. However, here, Lin Hao clearly set up his formation to charge directly. With few troops, he planned to break through the opponent's army directly.
Chapter completed!