Wu Palace, Chaoyi Hall.
The decisive battle on the Yangtze River and the fall of Deyang led to a series of defeats.
Behind the king's case directly above, King Wu had nine strings of jade beads on his forehead, and his hands holding the silk book were trembling slightly. After a moment, he shouted sadly:
"Huangfu Yuqi betrayed me, Huangfu Yuqi betrayed me -"
"Oh my God, all of my hundreds of thousands of Wu soldiers died in the Yangtze River——"
"Today, the Qin army enters the country. What should we do? What should we do?"
He couldn't help crying out, and looked at Prime Minister Wu, and said in a trembling voice: "I regret that I didn't listen to the Prime Minister's words, and appointed the new commander because the old general was doing nothing."
He couldn't understand why Huangfu Yuqi had achieved great successes one after another. Why had he suffered a disastrous defeat as soon as he took over as commander? Moreover, it was a complete defeat and the whole army was annihilated!
The minister who had been admonishing Huangfu Yuqi at the time also swallowed secretly and lowered his head tightly, fearing that King Wu would blame him.
There is no doubt about the result. After saying this, King Wu immediately pointed the finger at him, pointed his finger and shouted: "It's all you Ji Shunan! If you hadn't persuaded me, why would this have happened!"
"This, this." The minister immediately panicked and hurriedly knelt down and said: "My lord, I didn't expect it to be like this. Your Majesty, please calm down..."
"Shut up!" King Wu was furious and directed all his anger on him, "Come here! Drag Ji Shunan down and throw him into death row!"
"No!" The imperial guards from outside the palace came in. Without saying a word, they dragged him left and right and left.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I serve my country wholeheartedly..."
But no one paid attention to his shouting.
In the anger of the king, all the ministers were lowered and silent. Who dared to come out to plead for mercy.
In fact, the final analysis of Huangfu Yuqi's appointment as commander-in-chief was due to King Wu himself. In the end, he was defeated in the decisive battle, but he placed all the blame on others.
It can be seen from this that he is actually not a person who dares to face himself, or in other words, he is a bit stubborn.
After the minister was dragged down, it was not until a while later that Wu Xiang had the courage to stand up. However, he changed the subject and said:
"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence report, after King Qin went south, his troops were divided into three groups and attacked separately. At present, Su Yi's army of 100,000 soldiers marched at night and under the stars. In a few days, they broke into the Wu Kingdom for more than 400 miles. It will not take a few days. , just... the troops are about to arrive in Wudu..."
"And our Central Army has been completely wiped out, and there is no force to stop us along the way."
ah! ? When King Wu heard this, his eyes widened. At this time, he was already a little confused, "Then, what is the prime minister's countermeasure?"
Wu Xiang said: "I believe that our country's century-old foundation and city are still there. The most urgent task is to send the king's edict to order the county guards in various places to enter the capital to serve the king."
This is the last resort, because Wu State's regular army has been wiped out, and the only thing that can be relied on now is local strength.
After hearing this, King Wu didn't hesitate at all. He pointed his finger and shouted: "According to the Prime Minister's words, I will immediately send an order to all places to recruit strong men! If there are any deserters, they will be caught by me!"
His royal order was issued very urgently.
But the key problem is that it is very difficult to recruit soldiers in Wu State now. Even if they are captured by force, they will undoubtedly die in vain in front of the battle-hardened tiger and wolf divisions.
If you grab a young man on the street and send him to the battlefield, he will probably pee his pants on the battlefield. How to fight him?
But if Wu Guo wants to continue to deal with it, it can only do this.
The Chu State is similar to him.
Hearing the news of the fall of the Yangtze River, King Chu slumped on his throne and said in despair: "The Wu army has also been defeated. King Qin's army is heading south, and Yan Qi is coming towards the capital of our country. It's over, it's over..."
Spiritual country.
In the palace study room, after listening to the military intelligence report, King Ling couldn't help but shook his head and said: "I knew that the Yangtze River would be lost, but I didn't expect that it would happen so quickly. This King of Wu appointed Pei Zong with all his strength, and with the poise of a veteran general, he could not hold on to it. If he retreats, the King of Qin will definitely have a headache, but he uses Huangfu Yuqi to direct the battle. Although this man is young and promising, he is also very strategist, but he is too arrogant and arrogant. It would be strange to be invincible."
Lingxiang also shook his head and said: "I heard that the Wu army was appointed commander because Huangfu Yuqi won four battles in four battles and greatly defeated the Qin army. This made the King of Wu pay more attention to it. In addition, the veteran general Pei Zong had nothing to do with it. It is inevitable that there will be some objections from the King Wu’s court regarding his achievements.”
"Haha, this is exactly the treacherous plan of the King of Qin." King Ling said: "Deliberately suppressing Pei Zong and giving way to Huangfu, making the King of Wu question him. At the same time, he was arrogant about his soldiers, which would lead to the decisive battle."
"What the king said is absolutely true." Ling Xiang sighed slightly: "The Qin army has hundreds of thousands of people, and the generals under King Qin are all experienced in the battlefield, especially Su Yi and Yan Qi, who are the first-class military generals in the world. In addition to the plans of Jia You and Wang Su, how can a Huangfu Yuqi win consecutive battles?"
"It's a pity that King Wu believed that Huangfu Yuqi could defeat the Qin army. In other words, they were dazzled by the victory at that time." King Ling secretly felt hateful. After studying the war between the North and the South, he was helpless. He said: "Now that the situation is like this, we can't do anything. We can only sit back and watch the King of Qin regain Jiangnan."
Ling Xiang said: "Today's crisis in the south of the Yangtze River is difficult to reverse between Wu and Chu. The old minister is thinking that if the capital of Chu is about to be destroyed, then the King of Chu will have no choice but to seek refuge in our country if he escapes. At this point, your Majesty should do something early get ready."
"The Prime Minister thinks that after the Chu capital is destroyed, does King Chu still have a chance to make a comeback, or will King Qin give him this opportunity?" King Ling glanced at him, paused and said, "Let's talk about it when the time comes."
At the same time, Qin Palace, back garden.
Because the military intelligence was stronger than other countries, the news of Xiao Yuan's decisive victory over the Yangtze River and his troops marching south had come back a few days ago. Now, Lu Yunyan was sitting in the pavilion, and Yang Zhaozheng stood respectfully below, saying seriously:
"My Majesty, your Majesty now has a decisive battle on the Yangtze River and defeated the Wu army. Generals Su Yi and Yan Qi are marching very fast. When the south of the Yangtze River is recovered, your Majesty will definitely gather the power of the whole country and raise a million troops to unify the world!"
"At that time, the mountains and rivers will be unified, the empire will be rebuilt, the king will be the emperor, the empress will be the queen, and the prince will be the crown prince of Da Qin, the future emperor..."
The more he spoke, the more excited he became. Lu Yunyan couldn't help but take a deep breath, her beautiful eyes flashed, but she said: "Don't talk nonsense, there are more than one prince and princess!"
"But empress, you are the main palace, the mother of the world, the prince must be the legitimate son, otherwise, the ministers will not obey." Yang Zhaodao.
"Shut up!" Lu Yunyan frowned, "If you do this, you are not allowed to say it again! Do you understand or not?"
"This... yes, it's the humble minister who made a mistake. Your Majesty, please calm down." Yang Zhao lowered his body and swallowed.
Although it is a taboo to abolish the elders and establish the young, there are many accidents about this kind of thing.
Lu Yunyan didn't want anything to happen.
