Late at night, the west gate of Xiangyang slowly opened.
More than a dozen light riders rode out, and as soon as they came out, they galloped away in different directions.
The horse's hooves trampled the ground, and the knight on the horse jerked the horse's buttocks. They all carried important military information on their bodies, and they just wanted to escape from here alive and reach the royal court.
Of course, the Qin army's defense line could not be stationed just outside the city, but it was a large-scale siege.
The Qingqi was extremely fast, and not long after, one of them was galloping on a forest path. The main traffic road was blocked, and he could only choose to take a small road to avoid the large Qin army.
The trees on both sides flew by quickly, and the knight on horseback whipped his horse's buttocks again.
Suddenly, a sharp arrow shot from the right side, hitting him right in the body.
With a miserable howl, the Chu army also fell off their horses.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen Qin Army spies rushed out of the woods with bent bows in hand.
"It's really the Chu army."
"Quick, search!"
"Hey, there is a secret message..."
This happened in more than one place, and others were captured alive. How could these more than ten fast horses sent by Hanzhou escape under the siege?
Half an hour later, the Qin army reached its main tent.
At this time, Xiao Yuan was ready to rest. He was taking off his royal clothes and wearing a white middle coat, but he received a report from the guard saying that Lin Chu wanted to see him.
"Let him in."
Not long after, Lin Chu entered, knelt down on one knee, stepped in and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, it's an emergency."
"Oh?" Xiao Yuan raised his eyebrows, put on his coat and said, "Get up and talk."
"Yes." Lin Chu stood up, and then shouted directly outside: "Bring him in!"
Following his words, a Chu army scout was tied up and led into the tent.
Before Xiao Yuan could ask questions, the man knelt on the ground with a thud and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, King Qin, have mercy on me, Your Highness, please have mercy on me..."
Xiao Yuan frowned slightly.
Lin Chu immediately explained: "Tonight, the Chu army sent a dozen Qingqi from different directions in an attempt to spread information. This is one of the people who was captured alive. In addition, this is a secret message collected from him."
As he spoke, he respectfully handed over the letter.
Xiao Yuan took it, opened it and took a quick glance.
The content of the letter was reported by Hanzhou to the Chu court. It was nothing more than the critical situation in Xiangyang and asked the court to find a solution as soon as possible.
After reading it, he thought about it for a moment, then put the letter away and threw it in front of the Chu Jun, "Let him go."
"Ah?" Lin Chu didn't react for a while and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, this is the enemy's intelligence..."
Xiao Yuan raised his hand to stop him, looked at the Chu soldier and said, "Today, with my kind heart, I will spare your life and leave quickly."
Not to mention that Lin Chu didn't react, Chu Jun was even more confused. He thought he was dead, but he never expected this result.
He was stunned, and after a long while he stammered: "Qin... His Highness, King Qin, is he really willing to spare this villain?"
"If you don't leave, I will change my mind." Xiao Yuan said coldly.
"Ah!? Yes, yes, yes... I'll leave right now, I'll leave right away..." The Chu Jun responded repeatedly and immediately got up on his knees, not caring about anything else.
"slow."
"Ah? Your Highness the King of Qin..." The Chu army just stood up and couldn't help crying again after hearing this.
Xiao Yuan pointed to the letter on the ground, "Take your things."
After saying that, he said to Lin Chu: "Untie him."
"This..." Although Lin Chu was puzzled, he did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, so he had to step forward and untie the thick rope.
"Thank you, His Highness the King of Qin, for not killing anyone..." After being untied, the Chu army was beaming with joy. He didn't dare to delay. He picked up the letter on the ground and ran out in a hurry.
"Go down and pass the order so that no one can stop him." Xiao Yuan signaled to the guard again.
"No!" The guard took the order and left.
Seeing the other party running away, Lin Chu couldn't help it anymore, clasped his fists and bent down and said: "Your Majesty, what are you..."
Xiao Yuan smiled and said: "This information is insignificant to us, but it is fatal to the Chu State. Sometimes, letting the other party know the crisis will have better effects. Maybe the King of Chu will Hence the mistake.”
He was right. The King of Chu would be very anxious when he got this news. Once he was anxious, he would take action.
Lin Chuhui came to his senses and immediately saluted: "The king has a far-sighted vision, and I understand."
"Go ahead and pay close attention to Chu's next moves." Xiao Yuan waved his hand.
"promise!"
A few days later, the Chu State went to the meeting hall.
Because Xiao Yuan deliberately released the news, the King of Chu had received a personal letter from Hanzhou and had a clear understanding of the situation in Xiangyang.
Knowing that all their food and supplies had been burned, all the ministers of Chu State panicked.
There was a commotion in the hall, and then Lu Chang stood up, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, even Han Shuai doesn't know about the secret channel. It is impossible for the Qin army to know about it. Someone must have colluded with him. In the past, Xiangyang was built and renovated by Cui Ji. Responsible, I heard that after Cui Ji was released from prison, he did not return to his hometown, but secretly crossed the river and secretly went to the Qin army camp."
"What did you say!?" King Chu was furious when he heard this. Cui Ji suddenly disappeared before, and he had sent people to search carefully, but he did not expect that he had gone to Qin camp.
There is no need to say more about all of this.
In anger, he immediately shouted: "Come here!"
"Your Majesty." The guards outside the palace stepped inside and saluted with clasped fists.
The King of Chu was so furious that his eyes were about to burst. He pointed his fingers and shouted: "Move the imperial army immediately and behead Cui Ji's family, young and old, and all relevant clan members!"
"No!" The guard didn't ask any questions and just took the order and left.
This was equivalent to merging nine clans. All the ministers couldn't help their Adam's apple slipping and swallowed secretly.
It wasn't until King Chu's anger subsided a little that someone had the courage to stand up and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Xiangyang's supplies are cut off and the situation is critical. For the current plan, we can only ask the Wu army to go north and open a road for the Xiangyang defenders. Evacuate, otherwise, the entire army may be in danger of being annihilated."
As soon as he finished speaking, Prime Minister Chu followed up and said: "Your Majesty, you should discuss this matter with King Wu to find out your interests. If we move for one more day, our army will be in more danger."
When he was asked to evacuate Xiangyang, he was reluctant to leave the huge city and strategically important place. Now even if he wanted to evacuate, he couldn't. He had to ask Wu Jun to open up the situation.
Now, in the Chu State, except for the royal palace forbidden troops and some local miscellaneous soldiers, there is no regular army to mobilize.
When the King of Chu heard this, he didn't think much about it, and immediately said: "The Prime Minister will personally go there on my behalf and be sure to ask the King of Wu to send troops."
"I accept my order." Prime Minister Chu bowed his hands and saluted.
This is why Xiao Yuan deliberately let go of the military situation, in order to let Wu Chu send troops to support you. As long as you dare to come, he will definitely open the opening on the north bank of the Yangtze River, let Wu troops in, and then encircle and destroy them.
Once this happens, all the main forces of Wu and Chu are trapped in the Jiangbei area, and it will be too easy to go south and cross the river.
