The State of Qin completely denied the alliance and directly kicked out the envoys of the State of Chu. This action was a naked slap in the face.
King Chu was tricked by Qin, his face turned red, and he was so angry that he wanted to attack Qin. As a doctor, Qu Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Lord will not raise an army out of anger, nor will he go to war out of anger. The Qin envoy must have had a premeditated plan to deceive the King into severing diplomatic relations with Wei State. If the King is angry now and If you raise an army, you will definitely fall into his trap!"
The King of Chu refused to listen and insisted on sending troops to teach Qin a lesson.
At the same time, after Zhang Yi went on a mission to the Western Chu State, he came to the Huai State and invited the Huai State to send troops to attack the Chu State.
Wang Xu met with Zhang Yi in the Qianyuan Hall. After Zhang Yi complimented Huai for a while, he invited Huai to send troops to attack Chu.
After Zhang Yi left, Sun Bin stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the State of Qin wants to use the power of the State of Huai to annex the State of Western Chu. This ceremony can be said to be a lotus flower. Now it is said that it will form an alliance with the State of Huai to attack Chu. I'm afraid He also discussed with other vassal states to jointly conquer our Huai Kingdom!"
Wang Xu was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "The Qin State is ambitious. This attack on Western Chu is plotting against us. Then we refuse to send troops?"
"No, Your Majesty, we will send troops as usual!" Sun Bin smiled slightly and said extremely confidently: "The Qin State may take advantage of our army to attack Chu and join forces with other countries to launch a sneak attack. Then we can finish them off with one blow."
"Your Majesty, to attack Western Chu, we need to recruit Shanyue soldiers. I have trained 10,000 Shanyue soldiers in accordance with the "Military Strategy". These soldiers can walk in the mountains as if they are on flat ground, and can even climb vertical cliffs. This time To attack Chu, we should mainly use Shanyue soldiers, with other armies as supplements!"
"Is the Prime Minister sure?" Wang Xu asked.
"Of course!" Sun Bin nodded and continued.
"Your Majesty, this time we join forces with Qin to attack Western Chu. However, Qin is cunning. It is better to order South Korea and Wei to attack Qin when Qin sends troops. When the time comes, Qin will be fighting on two fronts and will not be able to attack Qin with all its strength."
Sun Bin knew Qin's thoughts very well. When Zhang Yi came to lobby Wang Xu, he had already guessed Qin's strategy. And made countermeasures against Qin.
Now South Korea has almost become a vassal state of Huai State, and Wei State has also lost its strength due to repeated defeats by Qin State, and it can be said that it hates Qin State to the core.
As long as Huai State expressed support for them, Wei State and South Korea would naturally dare to attack Qin State. Maybe we can take the opportunity to take back the lost land.
"The Prime Minister's plan is brilliant!" Wang Xu nodded repeatedly and agreed directly. Then he ordered the Shanyue army to go out and prepare to attack the Western Chu Kingdom.
At the same time, envoys were sent to South Korea and Wei.
The arrival of the envoy from the Huai State was a big event for South Korea. When they learned that the Huai State wanted South Korea and the Wei State to attack Qin together, South Korea did not dare to neglect and directly agreed. At the same time, the Wei State gained Even when they knew that Huai State asked them to attack Qin together with South Korea, they did not dare to refuse.
However, although Wei and South Korea had united, they were worried that they would not be Qin's opponents, so they wanted to win over Zhao. The two countries sent envoys to Zhao to re-form the Three Jin Alliance to deal with Qin.
Since Qin defeated Wei and forced Wei to cede Shangjun, it has been bordering Zhao. The strength of Qin was also something Zhao did not want to see. After learning that South Korea and Wei wanted to attack Qin, Zhao He quickly agreed to form the three Jin coalition forces.
At the same time, Qin's envoys went to Qi again, hoping to form an alliance with Qi and discuss sending troops to deal with Huai. It has to be said that Zhang Yi is indeed the most outstanding figure among political strategists, and he once again made Qi and Qin form an alliance with his sharp tongue.
In the State of Qi, since the death of King Qi Wei, the State of Qi has been in decline. As the old ministers from the era of King Wei of Qi passed away one by one, the State of Qi has not abolished the system of ministers. The new generation of aristocrats and ministers have the ability to govern the country. The decline was serious, and they did not see the crisis at all. They even felt that Qi had the confidence to defeat Huai.
So this war, which was originally just Qin's attack on Western Chu, actually involved almost all the states of Zhou and Zhou.
The Qin State, the initiator, did not realize that this war would develop to this point, let alone that this war would become the beginning of the unification of the Xia.
The King of Chu was furious and summoned an army of 100,000 soldiers to march out to Baoxie Road to attack Qin. At the same time, he ordered the Chu army stationed in Brazil to attack Shu.
Qin and Chu were fighting on the land of Bashu. The outer periphery of the land of Bashu was mountainous, but the central part was a vast plain. Both countries stationed large armies here. When the two countries went to war, the fighting here became very fierce.
Both Qin and Chu had strong military strength, but this time the Qin army came well prepared. Sima Cuo commanded the army to fight with the Chu army. The king of Chu ordered Qu Gai as a general to attack Qin.
Although Sima Cuo was not well-known, he was valued by the King of Qin and became the number one military commander in the Qin State. Although Qu Gai was also a veteran general, the Chu army was blocked by Huai and Qin and rarely fought in actual combat. His level of commanding operations was really worrying.
Sima Cuo commanded the Qin army to retreat, and the Chu army pursued them. On the other side, the Qin State deliberately lured the Chu army out of the Baoxie Road in order to kill the Chu State's effective forces. Then Qin Liji led the army to fight the Western Chu State in Lantian.
After the war between Chu and Qin began, Wang Xu had ordered Sun Bin to be a general and command a hundred thousand troops to attack Chu in two directions.
Sun Bin led 10,000 mountain Vietnamese troops and 10,000 naval troops upstream from Yicheng to attack Jiangdu. The other army came out of Yunyang to attack Shangyong, and both groups attacked simultaneously.
The Western Chu State had already drawn a large number of troops because of its attack on the Qin State, and the Shangyong and Kuimen defenders were not that large. It's just that these two important places are extremely dangerous.
Especially in Kuimen, the narrowest point of the Yangtze River here is less than 50 meters, and the cliffs on both sides are almost vertical. Only a few people can be stationed to block the army.
It's just that this time the Chu army faced the specially trained Shanyue army. Sun Bin sent an army and fleet to attack, covering the dispatch of Shan Yue's army.
The Shanyue Army was originally good at climbing mountains. This time, they had the hooks and other climbing tools recorded in the "Martial Strategy". After a lot of money and time training, they were able to climb mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground. I saw that each of these Shanyue soldiers were like apes, moving quickly. Climb on the cliff.
Use flying claws, hook locks and other tools to climb on almost vertical cliffs. This method of attack is extremely dangerous. Once discovered by Chu soldiers, they can kill these Shanyue soldiers as long as they drop stones from above. Fortunately, the Chu soldiers had been stationed here for many years and did not believe that anyone could climb up these vertical rock walls.
The Shanyue army climbed up the cliff without any danger, and then attacked from behind the Chu soldiers. When the Chu soldiers saw the Huai army rushing from behind, their faces changed with fright. The Huai army, which was attacking from the front, also took the opportunity to attack fiercely. , the Chu soldiers were defeated, and the Huai army took the opportunity to occupy Kuimen.
(End of chapter)
