Chu State, Yingdu.

"The army of Zhao people has arrived in Dengcheng?" Chu's imperial eunuch Li Yuan looked very ugly when he heard the news.

To be honest, it was not the first day that Li Yuan knew that Zhao was going to destroy Chu, but when the Zhao army had really arrived at the north shore of the Han River and would enter the territory of Chu in a few days, Li Yuan could not stop panic and fear.

That swept across the entire Central Plains and swallowed up the invincible heroes of the other five countries. The great reputation of this army was not blown up, but was killed with countless enemies' corpses.

Now, this hero is eyeing Li Yuan’s doorstep and may rush in at any time to swallow Li Yuan and swallow Li Yuan with his skin and bones into his stomach. How can Li Yuan not panic?

"There are so many of the 150,000 Zhao troops!" Li Yuan gritted his teeth and slapped the table hard, venting the anger in his heart and the few traces of fear contained in his anger.

In fact, Li Yuan is also very clear that the number of 150,000 is not much.

If the king of Zhao in Handan was willing, a large army of 500,000 could appear on the border of Chu at any time.

But the problem is that even if there are only 150,000 people, Li Yuan can't resist it now.

Li Yuan took a deep breath and asked several of his confidants in front of him: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Yingdu City now?"

Several of the confidants looked at each other, and they didn't seem to dare to speak.

Seeing this, Li Yuan was even more irritable and slapped the table in front of him again: "Say!"

When the confidants saw that they had no choice but to answer, "Go back to you, there are about 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yingdu now."

"Thirty thousand?" Li Yuan suddenly widened his eyes: "Only 30,000? How could it be only 30,000?"

Li Yuan almost roared and said the following sentence.

You should know that in order to deal with the attack of Zhao, Li Yuan has tried every means to catch the powerful men in various parts of Chu.

According to the report half a month ago, there were already 50,000 soldiers in Yingdu at that time.

Although Li Yuan also knew very well that the so-called 50,000 soldiers were not as good as 50,000 mobs, with such a soldier, at least Li Yuan could still have some hope to fight against Zhao State.

As for surrendering to Zhao State... To be honest, Li Yuan really had such an idea.

But once Li Yuan has been dormant in the Chu State for so many years, and finally finally turned over and gained power. This feeling of controlling the power of a country is too wonderful, making Li Yuan reluctant to give up and no longer willing to return to the previous life of bowing down and serving others as a dog.

The second reason is, needless to say, it is because of Mao Sui. Li Yuan is still extremely angry that he has been fooled by Mao Sui so many times. Thinking that if he surrendered to Zhao State, he would see Mao Sui's bad face every day and be a minister with Mao Sui every day, Li Yuan felt that he could not pass this level.

So after a brief temptation, Li Yuan rejected the possibility of surrender and focused on preparing for the war.

As a result, prepare for the war. After several months of preparation, 50,000 people have been preparing for the war and 30,000 people have been preparing for the war??

Originally, the hope of 50,000 people being able to defend the city was very small. Now it has been reduced to 30,000 people. How can I play this?

Flames were almost spurted out from Li Yuan's eyes, and he said almost word by word: "What's going on?"

When saying this, Li Yuan's words were obviously murderous intent.

Li Yuan’s confidants were obviously frightened by Li Yuan’s temper, and no one dared to speak for a long time.

Seeing that Li Yuan's anger had gradually reached the verge of explosion, a close confidant finally spoke carefully: "Your Majesty, actually... these people have escaped quietly."

"Escape?" Li Yuan said with great dissatisfaction: "Is it the military judge in the army? Just catch the escaped guy and behead him!"

The confidant coughed dryly and said in a more cautious tone: "Actually... the military judge also escaped."

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he didn't know what to say.

In fact, these close friends still lied to Li Yuan.

The escape did not start half a month ago, but started when the news of Zhao's troops were heard.

As a powerful country that once dominated for a while, there are still many sensible people in Chu.

Think about it, so many countries have already perished in the hands of Zhao. Now this weak and inconsistent, divided into two halves by Li Yuan and the three major families, and at the same time, the Chu State, which had been in civil war for two years, could it be the opponent of the Zhao army?

Not to mention that the Zhao army also has the kind of weapon that is well-known to the world.

The thunder of the sky is simply not too famous for many ordinary people in Chu.

According to folk rumors, this kind of thunder is a gift from the gods to Zhao State. As long as any army faces the army of Zhao State, it will be completely defeated by the people of Zhao State with this power given by the gods. No matter how tall the city walls and defense lines are, they cannot be the opponent of the thunder.

This is an era of superstitiousness, and the State of Chu was the most superstitious of ghosts and gods among the heroes of the Warring States Period.

The monarchs of Chu State in all dynasties have always had another "part-time job", that is, the great witch Zhu of Chu State.

Under such circumstances, the blow to the hearts and morale of the Chu people can be imagined. In addition, the burden on the people has long reached a very heavy level in the foreign and civil wars in the Chu country, which can be said to be overwhelmed. Therefore, when we learned that the Zhao army had really started to move south, a large-scale desertion wave was inevitable.

It is not just deserters, but in fact, the population of Yingdu is also decreasing at a very fast rate.

Before this, the tall city walls of Yingdu and the many soldiers gave the people here a great sense of security, but now people know that such a city wall can't stop the thunder of the Zhao people!

Since that's the case, if you don't run away now, will you still have to kill the people of Zhao?

It is ironic that even the confidants in front of Li Yuan have been secretly prepared to run away, but Li Yuan is still hidden by these subordinates.

Li Yuan sat down weakly and said for a while: "How long will it take for the Zhao army to arrive at Yingdu?"

The confidant replied: "It can be as long as half a month, and it can be as low as ten days."

Li Yuan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed long and said, "From today on, close the city gate and enter the state of guarding the city."

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