Chu State had a lot of nobles, and they were in charge of various places and had relatively large power. This was an important factor that hindered him from fighting for hegemony with Qin State. Because the internal situation was not unified enough, it was messy and even the army could not be unified. This was a very bad thing. But from another perspective, such an internal situation was not completely useless. The most important thing was that the King of Chu did not have to worry about money and food.

The princes in various places had the obligation to serve the King of Chu during the war, and they had to bear the food and weapons themselves. Therefore, the Chu State could recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but would not directly collapse the Chu State's treasury. Moreover, these nobles with very strong rural feelings would spontaneously bring their private soldiers and their disciples to fight. At some point, they would take advantage of the Qin army's unfamiliarity with the terrain to attack the Qin army occupied the countryside and harass the logistics and food routes.

The State of Chu also knew what it was facing this time. Many nobles were united in defending the State of Chu. These barbarians from the State of Chu were very cruel and were very bloody. Almost few nobles surrendered or were captured, either died in battle or committed suicide. Xiang Yan, as the main general, was also worried at this moment. Zhao Kuo defeated his left-wing defense line, causing Jiujiang, Changsha and other areas to lose contact with him.

Faced with the huge Chu State, Zhao Kuo chose to cut the mobile warfare, which was to divide the Chu State into four parts from two directions and slowly annexed it. In this way, it could effectively prevent Xiang Yan's strategic depth. In fact, Wang Jian and Li Mu may not be able to use such strategies, because such command requires too much. Zhao Kuo has such experience, but the others are still a little short of experience.

Zhao Kuo led his army to break through Juchao and other places, led his army to the vicinity of Lushan, and directly cut the Chu State in a straight line. Li Mu's rapid advance rushed directly from Changsha to Qiantang, cutting the Chu State horizontally again. In this way, the Chu State could not be integrated, and the four parts fought each other. Zhao Kang quickly captured all the Chu State north of Juchao, and the Chu State was in danger.

Xiang Yan's fight and retreat seemed to be not feasible, because Zhao Kuo cut the battlefield in Chu into four pieces, Xiang Yan could only choose to open up the connection between these areas so that they would not be able to be quickly annexed by Qin, and the King of Chu wanted to continue running because Li Mu had already killed here. The war also entered the most anxious state. The Chu people who did not want to see the destruction of the country exerted their strongest combat power and even started a counterattack in Guangling and other places.

The young people of Chu were constantly transferred to the station by the officials. They had no weapons, no food, and even had to take farm tools or eliminated old equipment to participate in the war. These young lives were constantly ended in the battlefield, and Zhao Kuo became busier and busier. Qin must not fall into the quagmire and must resolve the Chu State as soon as possible. The cultural customs of various parts of Chu State were too different.

Many areas that have been captured will still be rebellious and turbulent. Zhao Kuo must be extremely careful. The strength of Qin is indeed terrible, but what he has to do is to end the war at the lowest cost. These young soldiers, at the same age as his son, cannot watch them die meaninglessly here. Even if a soldier dies, he feels very distressed.

When Zhao Kuo approached the South China Sea, he had already drilled the Chu State straight through. Next, all the troops cooperated to annihilate the live forces of the Chu army on the four battlefields. Zhao Kuo sat in the tent and quickly arranged the strategy. The obstacles Wang Jian encountered were the greatest. This was also the place where Xiang Yan's main force was, so he could not attack rashly. Now he wanted to take down Chu territory in the southwest, and then the army gathered and directly pulled out the southeast.

Zhao Kuo was busy, and a scout hurriedly walked in and said, "Marquis Wucheng, there is a letter from Xianyang."

Zhao Kuo was a little surprised, raised his head, looked at the scout, asked the scout to put the letter aside, and then continued to talk to several generals about the next attack direction. Zhao Kuo said: "Let Wang Jian hold Xiang Yan's main army, and do not ask him to annihilate it, as long as he can open up the connection with Qu Yang!"

"Let Li Mu not approach Qiantang easily. On both sides of Qiantang, there are a large number of Chu troops. With his current number of troops, he may be blocked here. Let him be prepared to go north to support Wang Jian, contact Wang Jian earlier, let Zhao Kang continue to advance, determine the northern counties along the level, and tell him that the county towns are not allowed to be massacred and the prisoners are not allowed to be killed!!"

"Li Xin, go and read a letter for me..." Zhao Kuo shouted to Li Xin, looked at the other generals, and continued, "Qian Xu, you lead the troops of the chariots to attack Nanye and other areas. After taking them down, don't act rashly and wait for my military order. Si, you are responsible for going to Xiangshui. General Li Mu's main force is heading towards Qiantang. This place has been occupied by rebels again. You want to take back the surrounding county town. At the same time, you must check those rebels who are hiding, but don't hurt the people by chance!"

"only!"

"Marquis Wucheng, General Li Mu sent a war report. His vanguard troops encountered the King of Chu. The number of Wang soldiers was about 60,000. General Li Mu said that these people were temporarily summoned by the King of Chu. They were all old and weak, without decent weapons and equipment... This army was heading north to prepare for reinforcements to Xiang Yan's troops. At the same time, an army was transferred out from Luling, and the target seemed to be in the Wushang area... General Li Mu was waiting for your order."

Zhao Kuo was busy, and Li Xin, who did not have to go to the battle for the time being, picked up the letter. He lowered his head and looked at it for a moment. He was about to read it, but he was stunned. His face changed drastically and hesitated for a long time. He couldn't help looking at Zhao Kuo and interrupted him in a low voice, "Marquis Wucheng... This... your letter from home." Zhao Kuo, who was giving the order, stopped, looked at Li Xin's unnatural expression, and took the letter from him.

Zhao Kuo took the letter and looked down a few times.

Suddenly, he was stunned.

He looked at the letter in his hand and remained motionless.

The generals around were still talking about the war that followed, talking about the movements of the Chu army, but Zhao Kuo could not hear anything, and only felt a buzzing sound in his ears, dizzying. Li Xin looked at him worriedly. He looked at Zhao Kuo's increasingly pale face, wanted to say something, opened his mouth, but didn't know how to comfort him. At that moment, Zhao Kuo's face became extremely ugly, and his hands were trembling.

"Marquis Wucheng...General Li Mu is still waiting for your order...Marquis Wucheng?Marquis Wucheng??You are not at stake?"

"Ah...I...I'm fine." Zhao Kuo folded the letter and put it in his arms. He looked at the generals. The generals stopped at this moment and stared at him. He had no idea what had happened. Zhao Kuo lowered his head and looked at the map in front of him. He spoke: "The so-called king's army cannot reinforce Xiang Yan. Xiang Yan himself wants to retreat. How could he summon reinforcements? Luling sent troops at the same time. This reinforcement army attracted Li Mu to pursue. This Luling army wanted to open up the road cut off by Li Mu and welcome Xiang Yan back."

Zhao Kuo analyzed carefully, and while he said, tears fell down.

Tears fell on the wooden table in front of him, but Zhao Kuo did not stop. He said, "Let Li Mu ignore this royal army, let him turn around to face this Luling army, tell Zhao Kang, let him... let him send an army of 20,000 to Quyang. If the Chu King's Army approaches the northern battlefield, let him go and defeat... If he doesn't get close, let him ignore them."

"Is there any other situation?" Zhao Kuo raised his head and asked.

The generals looked at Zhao Kuo quietly, with tears on his face, but they didn't know what to say. They suddenly realized that something was wrong at Wu Chenghou's family. They shook their heads and said, "We'll go and execute it now."

"Okay, then go."

The generals left, their faces full of confusion, but they felt a little distressed. Seeing Zhao Kuo's sad appearance, they felt really uncomfortable.

When the general left, Li Xin did not follow him. When Li Xin saw the straight general in front of him, he bent down and sat down slowly. Perhaps in an instant, he became a little old and his whole body was trembling slightly. He didn't say a word and sat there, sitting for a long time... Li Xin said, "Mr. Jun, the king asked you to return to Xianyang... When will you set off?"

"Mr.?"

Zhao Kuo raised his head and looked at Li Xin in front of him blankly. He looked for a moment, "I can't go back yet."

"But..."

"So far, all strategies have been formulated by myself. If I leave, all places will be temporarily in chaos. Wang Jian was in Guangling and could not take over... The resistance in various parts of Chu State was very strong, and the land of Chu was vast, which was completely different from the situation in Yan State. The people here all hated us. The King of Chu was still recruiting soldiers. If you don't pay attention, this war would turn into a protracted war. At that time, more than 500,000 people would be consuming here, so how big the impact would be."

"But you..."

"I'm fine. You are not allowed to tell anyone about this today. If it is leaked, I will deal with you according to military law."

"only!"

"There is General Zhao Kang's place..."

"I will tell him, you can go out first, come to me if you have something to do..."

Li Xin also walked out of the camp, and Zhao Kuo sat here alone. Then he took out the letter from his arms tremblingly. Looking at the letter in his hand, he finally couldn't help but cry silently. Zhao Kuo almost collapsed, but he couldn't go back, nor could he go back. The war was not over yet, hundreds of thousands of lives were in his own hands, and the future of millions of people was in his own hands, and he had something to do.

The next day, Zhao Kuo walked out of the tent, and the generals were surprised to find that Zhao Kuo was old.

He was hunched over, his face was pale, and even his hair was mixed with countless silver-white hair, which was a bit unacceptable. Zhao Kuo summoned the generals, prepared, got on the chariot, and continued to move forward. Zhao Kuo still commanded the army, but his changes were still great. He no longer joked like before. He was always in a daze and stunned. He could often see him wiping tears. Under Zhao Kuo's command, the Qin army once again achieved a major victory.

The royal army was indeed the bait. Li Mu gave up the pursuit and turned to the army in Luling, and wiped out the elite troops of more than 50,000 people. The bait was also dropped into Zhao Kang's hands. Zhao Kuo separated his army everywhere, cooperated with Li Mu's army and captured the entire southwest region within two months. By this time, the army of Chu was completely squeezed into the southeast corner, trembling.

Zhao Kuo began a comprehensive organization of attacks, and the troops from all over the country gathered in the southeast. For a moment, all over the Chu State were soldiers of Qin who were transiting through the border. These soldiers looked solemn, looked ahead and marched towards the southeast in an orderly manner. This attitude scared the people of Chu to dare not go out. The nobles from all over the country were also pursued by the Qin soldiers along the way, fled everywhere, and some fled further south.

At this time, Zhao Kuo had already arrived at Luling. It was captured by Li Mu not long ago, and it also became Zhao Kuo's temporary command center against Chu. Wang Jian's offensive became more and more rapid, and Xiang Yan could not hold on. Li Mu was behind him, staring at him. As for the King of Chu, he was hiding in Qiantang at this moment. Looking at the Qin army surrounding him from all directions, he finally became seriously ill. Although he did not die, he was probably not far away.

All the burdens of Chu State fell on Xiang Yan.

This general who had fought for Chu for generations was in a desperate situation at this moment. Zhao Kuo did not pity him. Instead, he launched a full-scale attack while he was weakest. The Qin army, led by famous generals, launched attacks from all over the place. However, within a few days, the Chu State suffered a series of defeats. Xiang Yan first lost to Wang Jian, and then was defeated by Li Mu when he broke through Li Mu's defense line and was about to return to Qiantang.

When he was about to take a detour to attack Luling, he encountered Zhao Kang's army again. The two sides fought and Xiang Yan was defeated again.

Hundreds of thousands of troops of Chu were cut into four pieces by Zhao Kuo, and then easily annihilated. Now more than 100,000 troops around Xiang Yan were besieged in a narrow territory and trapped on all sides. Under such circumstances, he could not support Qiantang and other places. One month later, the main army of Qin captured Qiantang and other areas. The southeast of Chu was really a wild land, and even Liaodong of Yan was much better than here.

When Zhao Kuo was watching a TV series of a famous book, he saw a scene where miasma was everywhere and soldiers could be poisoned to death by drinking water. He thought this was just a dramatic treatment, but when he came to this land of Chu, he finally understood that it was true. There were many areas where living people could not get close to, with poisonous water sources and beasts everywhere. Not to mention developing this place, it was not easy to live here.
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