As soon as Wu Qi issued the order, the Huaiguo camp immediately started operating. The next day, before dawn, the army was ready to go.
Wu Qi stood on the general stage, waved the flag, and the army set off immediately. In the entire military camp, apart from the sound of walking footsteps, there was not even the neighing of horses.
On the Han River Plain, the Chu State established dozens of cities and camps and formed three lines of defense. During this period, although the Huai State did not attack with all its strength, it was not idle. These cities, towns and camps in the Chu State had long been familiar to the Huai State.
This time the army was dispatched, the camps in the Chu State were completely unprepared. What's more, the original private soldiers of the feudal lord were also taken to the fiefdom. Their strength was not as good as before, and now their numbers were insufficient. How could they be Huai State's opponent?
For a month, these Chu soldiers had already relaxed their vigilance, so when the Huai army attacked the city, the Chu soldiers discovered it.
But by this time, it was already too late. These soldiers beat gongs to notify the enemy of the attack, but in the end not even half of the soldiers came.
The Huaiguo army will not give you a chance to assemble the army, and they will advance quickly one ladder after another. But within a moment, a large number of Huai Kingdom's first dead soldiers had already rushed onto the city wall.
The soldiers of the Chu State were no match for the wolves and tigers of the Huai State, and they were quickly killed and fled in all directions. In just half an hour, Huai Guo completely captured the city wall and opened the city gate.
The Huai State army was dispatched, and it only took an hour for all the cities on the front line of the Han River Plain to be conquered.
After defeating these camps, the Huai army did not stop and immediately attacked other camps and cities. The cities behind had received the news, and when Huai State launched an attack, these camps were also prepared.
However, after a month of laxity, and due to the absence of a large number of feudal lords and nobles, the troops were insufficient, so how could they be Huai's opponent.
Wu Qi commanded the Huai army and defeated the Chu camps one after another. The entire cities on the Han River plain were defeated one after another under the attack of the Huai army.
After breaking through these cities and camps, the army swept away all the fiefdoms on the plains like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
In just three days, the defense line on the Hanjiang Plain that Chu had worked so hard to manage was completely wiped out.
The Han River plain has been lost, Chu State was shaken, and everyone panicked. The King of Chu ordered his ministers to discuss sending troops to resist. Wu Qi divided his troops into two groups, one to attack the Chu capital of Ying, and the other to the north to attack the Nanyang Basin.
The King of Chu asked the ministers in the palace: "My nobles, who is confident that he can stop the Huai army? I am willing to reward you with a hundred miles of land!"
In the palace of the King of Chu, these Shiqing and Shilu ministers, who usually fight for power and gain, and play tricks, look at me and I look at you, they are all speechless.
These people are good at playing politics, but if they are really allowed to govern the country, they will only fight for power, let alone lead troops to fight.
Who is Wu Qi? Over the years, Chu State has already experienced it. When Wu Qi was in Wei State, he defeated Chu State miserably. Now that they are in the stronger Huai State, how dare they fight against Wu Qi.
None of the ministers said anything, and then looked at Qu in the hall. As the most noble minister in Chu State, Qu Qing should have been the leader. Unfortunately, since he supported the reform, these ministers and nobles no longer regarded him as the leader of the officials.
But now at the critical moment, these people still looked at Qu Qing subconsciously. It's just that Qu Qing closed his eyes tightly and didn't care at all.
The King of Chu looked at the eyes of these people, and then said: "Qu Qing, do you have any good strategy to resist the Huai army?"
Qu Qing opened his eyes, but before he started to speak, several voices suddenly came from the hall.
"No!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
Several other nobles suddenly spoke out against it.
You must know that the last time Qu Qing and the Xiang family used the power of the Wei State to kill most of the private armies of the Chu State's officials and nobles, which allowed the King of Chu to implement reforms in the Chu State.
With the lessons learned from the past, how could these nobles still let Qu be in charge of the army? What's more, if they agree to Qu's command of the army, they will have to hand over their power to Qu, which is something they are not willing to do at all.
The threat posed by the Huai State is great, but now the Chu State still has tens of thousands of troops from Yingdu, as well as reinforcements from the Three Jin and Qi States. If there is a fight, the Huai State may not win, but if Qu is allowed to control the army, What if they backhand themselves?
You must know that the late king's body was still cold, but they had staged a big show of killing Jing Mu. They did not dare to rest assured and let Qu lead the army.
Although Chu's failure was tragic, Qu's success was even more unacceptable.
Which one is more important, the nobles of Chu State know very well.
Hearing the obstruction of these nobles, King Chu's face turned red with anger, and he immediately said loudly: "The state of Chu is at a critical stage. Will the Huai army let us go after they capture the capital of Ying?"
"Now the princes and princes are unwilling to fight against the Huai State. When the Huai people conquer the Chu capital, we will all be prisoners of the Huai State. At that time, life and death will be in the hands of others."
"I am the King of Chu. Perhaps I can rely on my ancestors' sacrifices to get the approval of Huai State to keep my life and use it to sacrifice to Chu State. Can you nobles still go to Huai State to become nobles?"
The words of the King of Chu are very correct. According to the tradition of destroying the country and leaving sacrifices in this era, even if the Chu Kingdom is destroyed, the Huai Kingdom will still leave the sacrifices of the King of Chu. After all, Bang Zhou did the same thing when he destroyed Shang.
Huai Kingdom destroyed countless countries in the next year, and they did the same thing. They destroyed the country, leaving only the clan lineage to worship, and all the others moved away and were dismissed as ordinary people.
It's just that King Chu said a lot, but they didn't agree with it at all. If they could talk the truth, the Chu State would have completely implemented the reform long ago, and nothing like what happened today would happen again.
Meat eaters are despicable, this sentence is not just a saying.
Greedy, short-sighted, and striving for power. These people will do one thing after another that makes people look stupid. You think it's completely wrong, but to them, it's right. Their actions were entirely consistent with their class. The butt determines the head.
These nobles would rather die later than hand over their rights to Qu Qing.
Several big nobles of Chu State immediately said: "Your Majesty, it's not that we don't want to, it's that we can't trust Qu Qing! I am willing to lead a large army to guard Yingdu together with the enthroned ministers. As long as we guard Yingdu for a period of time, the Allied Forces of the Three Jin Dynasties and The Qi army will come to the rescue, and when the time comes, the Huai Kingdom will naturally retreat without a fight!"
The King of Chu gave up completely. These insects had no saving value at all!
The Chu State suffered continuous defeats, and the morale of the soldiers was low. They had become frightened birds. How could they be the opponents of the Huai State army? Expecting them to defend Yingdu is just a daydream.
(End of chapter)
