The capital of Chu State, Chen City.

In contrast to the cheering and enthusiastic atmosphere when Yingdu was recovered a year ago, the palace of Chu State was full of solemn atmosphere.

King Yuan of Chu sat on his head, frowned, and his tone was a bit gloomy.

"Now that the Qin army is attacking each other in two groups, the situation in Jingyang's army is critical. What if it does?"

It’s not that King Yuan of Chu was not strong enough, but the current situation was really quite unfavorable for Chu.

After conquering Yingdu, the Qin cavalry led by Wang Ling first attacked Jingling along the Yangtze River, then crossed the Han River from here to north, and successively captured Xinshi along the way, followed, then crossed Tongbai Mountain to the north, crossed the Lishui River about a hundred miles east of Chuisha, and entered Nanyang County, Chu.

When he arrived here, Wang Ling's army had actually been inserted between the front army of Wancheng, Chu State led by Jing Yang and the capital Chen Ying.

Now, Xianghe, among the three main roads connecting Wancheng and the front line, has been occupied by the royal tomb, and only Fangcheng is still in the hands of Chu.

This Fangcheng is not the Fangcheng defense line of Chu State, but a city called "Fangcheng" among the Fangcheng defense line.

Judging from the current situation, it is basically a matter of time before Fangcheng falls.

This is very bad news for the Chu State today.

Once Fangcheng falls, the connection between Chen Ying, the capital of Chu, and the front-line Jingyang army will be completely cut off, which means that the front-line army of Chu will soon be in a crisis of food cuts.

It is absolutely impossible for a force without food and grass to win a battle.

After the Qin people cut off the food route of the Chu army, they did not even need to launch any attack, and they could sit back and wait for the automatic defeat of the Chu army on the front line.

King Yuan of Chu asked at the many ministers of Chu in the hall with a frown, "You are so angry, the Qin army is now in a fierce attack, and the war ahead is unsustainable. What should I do?"

As soon as King Yuan of Chu finished speaking, a minister of Chu jumped out and whispered to King Yuan of Chu: "King, our Chu country is vast and rich in resources, and it is a country of ten thousand chariots. There are also a population of one million. What's the point of being a mere 50,000 troops of Wangling? The king only needs to allocate 100,000 troops to me. I will definitely be able to defeat the Wangling tribe and take the head of the Wangling to present it to the king!"

These words were passionate and infectious, and immediately attracted a big roll of eyes from King Yuan of Chu.

If King Yuan of Chu could really gather a 100,000 army with combat power that was enough to surpass Wang Ling, then would this Chu king still worry about this place?

In fact, let alone 100,000, even the 50,000 troops cannot be used for King Chu now!

Although after recovering the two laps in the southeast, the Chu State has returned to its heyday in terms of territory, the Chu State can only be regarded as a quasi-hegemonic country at best, and there is still a certain gap between the Southern Tianba Chu State at its heyday.

This gap is reflected in many aspects, such as the combat effectiveness of the army, the country's finances, and the population that can serve as a source of troops.

The shortage of troops is the biggest problem facing Chu State at this moment.

Before this, in order to deal with the invasion of Qin and Qi, King Yuan of Chu had mobilized 400,000 troops, which was the largest number that the Chu State could use at present.

The number of troops of 400,000 people was actually the highest number that other countries could use in the world except for the two powerful countries of Qin and Zhao.

But for the current Chu State, this 400,000 is not even enough! And there is no way to get more troops out.

This led to a very embarrassing situation, that is, King Yuan of Chu can only watch Wang Ling lead 50,000 Qin troops, as if Sun Wukong had crawled into Princess Iron Fan's stomach, and was like Sun Wukong was in the stomach of the Chu State, but he was completely helpless and helpless.

King Yuan of Chu sneered and said, "Where did I get 100,000 troops? This is not worth mentioning, so let's retreat."

The proposed minister of Chu State was blushed when King Yuan of Chu reprimanded him and he stepped back awkwardly.

Soon, the ministers of Chu made a report, saying, "Your Majesty, it is better to order Shangzhuguo and Lingyin to take the initiative. If you can defeat the main force of Qin Qi on the front battlefield, the 50,000 troops led by Wang Ling will not be a problem at all."

As soon as this statement was made, many ministers of Chu agreed.

King Yuan of Chu thought about it and felt that this was actually a feasible strategy.

Indeed, if we can defeat the main force of the Qin army or one of the Qi army on the front battlefield, then the Chu State will have an additional 200,000 troops out of thin air to deal with Wang Ling.

By that time, it would not be Wang Ling who cut off Jingyang's retreat, but Jing Yang would directly turn to make dumplings for Wang Ling.

But this idea is not without opponents.

Before King Yuan of Chu made a decision, another minister of Chu immediately retorted: "This is a bad statement. Qin is the hegemon of the world, and Qi is also an Eastern power. If you attack rashly, it will not only be difficult to win, but you may not be hasty and have the opportunity to be taken advantage of by the enemy."

This speech also received many approvals.

When King Yuan of Chu heard this, he felt that it seemed quite reasonable.

Qin has been the victim of Chu for decades, and Qi has also won such a great victory over Chu in the Battle of Chuisha. Although Chu also retaliated against these two countries in the Battle of Changping and the Five Kingdoms' attack on Qi, if the war really starts in full swing, King Yuan of Chu is actually not confident enough in his heart.

So when someone said this, King Yuan of Chu began to ponder and ponder again.

During the period when King Yuan of Chu was hesitating, the two ministers quarreled fiercely over whether to send troops. The hall was very noisy, like a vegetable market.

"Enough!" King Yuan of Chu, who was finally unable to continue to remain silent, irritated and slapped the table in front of him, and shouted angrily: "What's the point of noisy? Shut up all of you!"

The whole hall slowly became quiet.

Looking at the faces of the ministers in front of him with different expressions, King Yuan of Chu felt annoyed for no reason.

Even if I can’t come up with an idea, what’s the use of asking these ministers?

King Yuan of Chu took several deep breaths before he could barely suppress the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Do you have any other plans?"

In the view of King Yuan of Chu, attacking is too risky and keeping a firm mind is equivalent to chronic death. Both are actually undesirable.

Since none of them are desirable, of course we can only find another method.

I have to say that there are actually quite a few ministers with ideas in Chu State.

After a moment of silence, another minister of Chu came out and reported: "King, I heard that the main force of the Sanjin coalition forces had begun to enter Hedong County under the leadership of Lian Po. At this moment, Qin was also attacked from both sides. If Hedong fell into the hands of the Sanjin coalition forces, the coalition forces could not only advance westward to attack Xianyang, but also go south to cut off the king's retreat. Qin had to defend, and the situation would turn around."

When King Yuan of Chu heard this, his eyes lit up.
Chapter completed!