Chapter 239 The King of Chu is ruthlessly pulling out the fuel. This is the common people’s counterattack!
"The young master has become a dragon." King Chu Han was silent for a few moments before sighing regretfully: "What a pity."
"If Marquis Wenxin (Lu Buwei) had been more ruthless, Now perhaps it is not Lord Chang'an who leads the Qin army to attack Shouchun City, but Lord Chang'an who leads the Chu army to attack Xianyang City!"
Just after the death of the Queen Mother Xia, the Queen Mother Huayang completed negotiations with King Chu Kaolie! .
King Kaolie of Chu expressed a warm welcome to Ying Chengyu's arrival and has increased troops on the Qin-Chu border and Chu-Han border, preparing to bring Ying Chengyu into Chu.
Unfortunately, Ying Chengyu forced Lu Buwei to compromise through the battle to destroy Han, and through suture delivery technology and Ying Zheng's support, he won over the Qin royal family and gained a firm foothold in Qin.
In the past, the kings and ministers of Chu State mentioned this matter, but it was a pity that they could not use Ying Chengyu as a springboard to indirectly participate in the power seizure within Da Qin.
But today, the kings and ministers of Chu State were suddenly shocked.
The greatest value of Ying Chengyu is not his political status in Da Qin, but his own war talent and military literacy!
If this had been known earlier, the Chu State would have tried its best to lobby Qin’s important ministers and dignitaries, and would have even sent more troops to aid Korea to extinguish Ying Chengyu’s strategic plan and force Ying Chengyu to come to Chu!
Unfortunately, there is no if in the world.
King Han of Chu could only watch the Qin army garrisoned at the foot of Shouchun City, and asked solemnly: "Do you have any good advice for me?"
Jing Chou immediately said: "Your Majesty, please give me some advice. , ordered Shangzhu State to immediately lead his army back to support Shouchun City!"
Li Yuan shook his head: "The Qin army only has more than 60,000 soldiers, but we have more than 50,000 soldiers in Shouchun City."
“Why bother to mobilize Shangzhu’s troops to return reinforcements?”
"My admonition is to order all the princes to send private troops to aid Shouchun!"
The King of Chu nodded vigorously: "Ai Qing's words are reasonable."
Li Yuan immediately faced Jingchou. He bowed and held his hands in his hands: "Please set an example for Jing Mo Ao!"
Jingchou said with a face full of shame: "Jing's food court was hit by floods last year, and the harvest was greatly reduced. It is really difficult to send out private soldiers again."< br>
“My private soldiers of the Jing family have been engaged in fierce battles one after another. They have suffered a lot of damage and their morale has been shattered. It is really difficult for them to shoulder the important task of defending the city!”
Doesn't Jingchou know that he shouldn't influence Xiang Yan who is commanding troops abroad?
He knows better than King Han of Chu!
But the total number of regular troops, county soldiers, and guards in Shouchun City was only ten thousand, and the remaining 40,000 soldiers and horses were all Jing's private soldiers.
If Xiang Yan does not return reinforcements, Jing's private soldiers will be the main defenders of the city in this battle, supplemented by the regular army and county soldiers.
What was being defended was King Chu Han's capital, but those who died were all Jing's soldiers and horses.
Isn’t it a huge loss for Jing’s family?
The King of Chu Han said in a deep voice: "I am willing to take 50% of the harvest from this battle and divide it with the number of private soldiers sent by the princes."
"Besides this, , the clan who fought bravely can send twenty daughters to the palace as concubines."
"If Jing Mo Ao can guard Shouchun City for me, I will promote Jing Mo Ao to be my Great Chu Right Yin!"
Chu Wang Han gave his conditions, but Jing Chou only thought it was ridiculous.
Qu has two intentions, and it is unknown whether he can win this battle.
Use 50% of the gains from this battle in exchange for Jing’s private soldiers to defend the city?
Isn’t this a perfect picture!
As for the position of You Yin, Jingchou was a little moved, but not much.
You Yin is just Ling Yin's deputy, so Li Yuan can only let Jing Chou, the right Yin, do what he does not do.
More importantly, Jingchou's early withdrawal was to raise troops to investigate.
But to this day, King Han of Chu has not clearly expressed his support for the Jing family and punished Xiang Yan and Qu. Jing Chou has no motivation to fight for King Han of Chu!
Jing Chou handed over his hands with a grateful look on his face: "Your Majesty is benevolent!"
"Although our Jing family's food town suffered a disaster and the morale of Jing's private soldiers was in turmoil."
"But when Chu is in trouble, how can I stand by and watch!"
"I will rectify my troops now, and I will definitely be able to select five thousand soldiers to fight!"
King Chu stared angrily: "Five thousand?!"
Jingchou said sincerely He said: "This is the responsibility of the Jing family, and I will never dare to take credit!"
The anger in King Han's heart increased sharply.
As a powerful family in the Chu State, the Jing family has already recruited 70,000 private soldiers, but if they are really desperate, they can at least draw out another 30,000 to 50,000 capable soldiers.
But now, not only is Jingchou unwilling to squeeze out the Jing family's power, he is even unwilling to mobilize the private soldiers that have been recruited? !
Aren’t you sending beggars away!
Chu King Han was about to scold him when Zhao Cen, the chief of the Zhao family, suddenly said calmly: "The Zhao family has been invaded by bandits this year, so it is difficult to send troops."
The chiefs of the two major clans all After expressing his stance, other small clans immediately lost their scruples and spoke one after another.
There are many reasons, and each one is reasonable and reasonable, making it impossible to make a mistake.
But the final result is that dozens of small nobles have only recruited 500 private soldiers in total, and it is still unclear when they will arrive in Shouchun City.
Chu King Han could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He pointed at the Qin army who had begun to set up siege equipment outside the city, and shouted sternly: "Now the Qin army has arrived at the city and is forcing the capital of Chu State with its troops!" "
"You all claim to be loyal and patriotic ministers, but you are unwilling to fight for the country?"
"We must unite to survive the national crisis. Difficulties. ”
“If the Qin army is allowed to be rampant, the next one to be attacked will be the food of your beloved lords!”
King Chu Han said it sincerely, but Jingchou and others were unmoved. They just made guilty expressions, bowed and handed over their hands: "I am incompetent!"
All the noble leaders had the same look on their faces. He is sincere, but what he does is rogue.
Chu Wanghan suddenly became less angry.
Don’t I already know what these nobles look like?
I shouldn’t have that kind of hope.
King Chu Han's expression calmed down, and he said quietly: "Then I will guard Shouchun City with all the loyal ministers."
Jing Chou quickly handed over his hand: "I will ask Shangzhu Kingdom to come back for help!"
Zhaocen and others all raised their hands: "I second the proposal!"
On the premise of not harming the vital interests of the nobles, the nobles still hope that Chu can defend Shouchun City. After all, they are here now. In Shouchun City.
And this requires Xiang Yan's back-up.
King Chu Han smiled and said: "Looking at the current battle situation, there is no need to order Shangzhu State to return for reinforcements."
"Since Chang'an Lord has led troops to hoard outside Shouchun City, the Qin army must have fewer troops in the rear. "
"If Shouchun City persists for one more day, Shangzhu Kingdom will have an advantage, and maybe we can win a big victory!" Jingchou and others looked at each other.
This is the truth.
But none of our nobles send troops. With only 10,000 regular troops in Shouchun City, you take the lead and hold on!
Suddenly, a roar sounded from the city.
"Who dares to touch me, the leader of the Jing clan!"
Jing Chou:! ! !
Jingchou quickly ran to the inside of the city wall and was shocked to find that the Jing family's private soldiers who were supposed to be gathering troops outside the east city gate actually appeared in the city and were running towards the city wall.
Jingchou shouted angrily: "Jingli, what are you doing!"
I saw Jingchou standing upright on the city wall from a distance, and heard Jingchou's roar in my ears, Jingli was also shocked.
“Didn’t you say that the king ordered the clan leader to be executed, and the clan leader is leading his troops to support him hard?”
Jingli looked at Zhuang An in disbelief: “This is what you call the clan leader. Are you struggling to hold on?"
Zhuang An smiled: "If you didn't say this, how could the captain lead the army into the city?"
Three-quarters of an hour ago, Zhuang An, a hundred soldiers of the family, rushed into the Jing family camp covered in blood. He loudly reported to the King of Chu that he had joined forces with the Qu and Zhao families to threaten Jing Chou and intended to arrest Jing Chou for questioning.
Jingchou refused to be captured and was leading his troops to resist desperately.
Although Zhuang An failed to produce the certificate for troop deployment, the reasons given by Zhuang An were flawless, and Zhuang An kept urging Jing Chou to make a quick decision with Jing Chou's life and safety in mind.
In the end, considering that although Zhuang An was not a member of the Jing clan, he had been diligent and honest in his duties for more than ten years, Jingli finally sent 20,000 troops into Shouchun City for the sake of Jingchou's safety.
As a result, the current situation is completely different from what Zhuang An described!
Jingli yelled angrily: "No wonder the east city gate was opened without attacking!"
"No wonder there are no soldiers and horses in the city to stop our troops!"
"You are a pig raised by this little maid!" A beast as inferior as a dog betrayed the Jing family!"
Zhuang An laughed loudly: "How could I ever be loyal to the Jing family!"
Zhuang An took a step forward, staring intently. Zhu Jingli said: "You are nobles, you can trample on us at will!"
"When my husband was pregnant, he was dragged to play with by your Jing family's children."
"For the sake of the baby, I endured it."
"But my baby is only eight years old. At the age of 10, she was captured by your Jing family's children again just because of her outstanding appearance."
"When she comes home, she will be a corpse."
"No. If you want to endure it, you don’t have to endure it!”
"So I went to make a dog for Jing family, step by step..."
Before Zhuang An could finish speaking, Jing Li had already pierced Zhuang An's throat with his sword!
Many nobles of Chu State simply do not treat the common people as creatures of the same species.
Just like the unborn Xiang Yu, after massacring and burning the city several times, killing soldiers and invading the capital of Guizhou, the nobles of the Chu state still considered Xiang Yu their great hero, and even thought that Xiang Yu was of noble character and Be considerate of the people.
No matter how tragic the experiences of ordinary people are, they cannot make the nobles, including Jingli, feel the slightest sympathy!
Jing Li just stirred the sword blade and shouted angrily: "Just because my Jing family's children killed your husband and daughter, you dare to betray my Jing family?!"
"You beast!"
Zhuang An wanted to ask back.
Isn’t this enough?
But Zhuang An’s subsequent words all turned into a harsh sound of airflow.
"Ho~ho~~"
Covering his neck, Zhuang An looked towards the city with a smile and slowly fell to the ground.
Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my promise.
Please also allow your Majesty to agree!
At the top of Shouchun City, King Chu Han looked down at Jing's private soldiers and said with a smile: "I have never mistakenly believed in Jing's."
"The Jing family is worthy of being a loyal and patriotic family!"
"I am so relieved, I am so relieved!"
For Zhuang An's death, King Chu Han did not have any trouble in his heart.
King Han of Chu had never even heard of the name ‘Zhuang An’.
There are many people that King Chu Han can bribe, and Zhuang An is just the best one among them.
Even if Zhuang An regrets it, someone else will carry out King Chu Han's plan.
Jing Chou's voice was solemn: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliments. Jing's loyalty and patriotism are not false at all."
"However, Jing's private soldiers have long been exhausted and are really unable to fight anymore. "
Jingchou said loudly: "Order!"
"Jing's various ministries..."
King Chu Han laughed loudly and used his laughter to cover up Jingchou's words.
"Hahaha~"
"You are worthy of being a soldier of our great Chu!"
"With such loyal and patriotic people, what should the Qin army have to fear?"< br>
“Pass the widow’s order!”
"Promote Yin Liyuan to be the commander-in-chief and command all the troops of Chu to resist the Qin army!"
"Ordnance is on the city wall, guards are guarding the city, and I personally supervise the battle."
"The bravest man in this battle. , regardless of origin! Regardless of official position! ”
(End of this chapter)