The Jagged Empire of Daqin

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After an unknown amount of time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall. Zheng Ledu subconsciously opened his eyes and saw a young general walking towards him with strides. There is also a red cloak hanging, which is very majestic.

He is Zheng Fei, who is known as the parachutist. He is 23 years old this year. He has perfected half a step of martial arts, and his riding and archery skills are top-notch. , often beat some tribes in Baiyue to cry father and mother.

No one expected that Zheng Fei, who was guarding the Baiyue border, had secretly come to Taiguang County.

Zheng Fei stopped three steps ahead of Zheng Leduo, bowed down to salute with a solemn expression, and said: "Father, the casualties of our army have been counted, [-] soldiers were killed, [-] soldiers were seriously injured, and [-] Soldiers were slightly injured, a total of [-] casualties!"

Chapter 990 Heavy Casualties!

"The seriously injured soldiers are unable to fight anymore, and the eight thousand soldiers still have meager combat power. Now our army has 17 soldiers left to fight!"

"Ah~" Zheng Leduo couldn't help but sighed, and said worriedly: "In just half a day of fierce fighting, our army lost [-] soldiers. At this rate, we won't last long!"

"Judging from the corpses, the casualties of the Qin army are no less than ours. The general does not need to worry about this, and it is not only our Shu army that has suffered casualties!" Zheng Fei said disapprovingly.

Zheng Leduo got up from the first seat, walked up to Zheng Fei, walked back and forth slowly, and said at the same time: "You are right, but the Qin army is stronger than our army, and Taiguang County is not a heavy city. In today's battle, the city wall has been somewhat damaged!"

"What Rang Weifu didn't expect was that the Qin and Shu army would explode with such great strength. How do you say that the Qin army regained them? Fighting for the Qin army is more fierce than fighting for the mother country!"

Zheng Leduo couldn't help sighing as he spoke, lamenting that the Qin and Shu Legion beat the mother country too fiercely.

"Hehe!" Zheng Fei sneered for a while, and still disapprovingly said: "I didn't expect this. They betrayed their mother country. If they don't help the Qin army destroy their mother country, will they end well when the Qin army withdraws? The court will let them go." Have you ever done them? They are now working hard for their own lives."

"Of course, there must be many people among them who want to climb the big tree of the Qin Dynasty. There are too many such people in the world, so it's not unusual. There is nothing to say."

Upon hearing Zheng Fei's words, Zheng Ledu suddenly thought of something, "Tell me, if we send people to persuade the Qin Shu Army to surrender, how sure are we?"

Hearing this, Zheng Fei disdainfully said: "Father, do you think it is possible? Even if you succeed in persuading them to surrender, will any soldier in the army be willing to hand over their backs to them? At that time, the whole army will be at odds. no good!"

After Zheng Leduo heard these words, he immediately dismissed the idea of ​​persuading the Qin and Shu army to surrender. Without it, what Zheng Fei said made sense.

Once there is a surrender, there will be a second and countless surrenders. Maybe at the critical moment of that day, this group of former Qin and Shu legions will fight against each other.

Zheng Leduo walked to the gate of the court, looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, and said softly: "Tomorrow five thousand recruits will arrive, and you are responsible for going out from the west gate to meet them!"

Zheng Fei had a headache for a while, and he couldn't help complaining: "Why am I going to take care of it again!"

When the Qin army attacked the city today, he led the army out of the city to receive the food and grass sent by the court, so he did not participate in the battle. This is his regret. He still thought that the next time the Qin army attacked the city, he would be able to participate in the battle, but in the end he had to go to meet it again , No battle to fight!

"Why did Taodu have a mutiny? It's not because the Qin army took the opportunity to besiege the city because they didn't send troops in time to supply the food and grass!" Zheng Leduo said angrily.

Eat a sting and grow a wisdom, Zheng Leduo will not make such a low-level mistake, so Qin Jun has an opportunity to take advantage of it.

But Zheng Fei couldn't understand it, and he said in a slightly unconvinced tone: "Tao is not too wide, too wide is not Tao's capital, Taiguang is built between two winding mountains, only the North City If the Qin army wants to appear at the west gate, there is no other way except to enter through the north gate!"

"Father, you must be too cautious. Isn't this a waste of a parachutist? It's simply overkill!"

Zheng Leduo turned around and glanced at Zheng Fei, and said in a solemn voice: "Qin Jun is cunning, what if they go around the mountains and go around to the back!"

"We have already deployed spies on the two mountains. The Qin army overcame the mountains. We are not blind, right? What you said is right, and I listen to you!" Zheng Fei originally wanted to refute, but Zheng Le was livid With a look on his face, he didn't dare to refute immediately, so he had no choice but to obey.

"It's always right to be careful, that's all, go down if you have nothing to do!" Zheng Leduo said cautiously.

"Okay, let's go first!" Zheng Fei resigned in a rather disappointed editorial, and soon left the main hall. After Zheng Fei left, Zheng Leduo sat back on the first seat, took away the brush and letter paper, and prepared to write a letter to the court. Inform the court of the results of today's battle.

Time passed slowly, and with the passage of time, Qin Jun's casualties were also counted.

In the first battle of the Battle of Taiguang, the First Army of Qin and Shu died [-], the Second Army of Qin and Shu killed [-], the Third Army of Qin and Shu killed [-], and the Qin Army [-], for a total of [-]. Serious injuries are negligible.

Because in this kind of defeated siege battle, seriously injured soldiers cannot run back alive. Therefore, serious injuries represent death for the side that launches the siege. The Qin army has many minor injuries, but most of them have the power to fight again. , can also be ignored.

After a siege battle, the two sides combined killed almost [-] people. It was really tragic, and the population of several counties was wiped out at once.

In the following time, the Qin and Shu armies entered a state of rest, preparing for the next war.

Fast forward three days, the 28th year of Shengqin, October 25th!

Chen Shi!

On this day, Lieutenant General Yang Wu led 14 Qin Army, Qin Shu Fourth Army, Qin Shu Fifth Army, and Qin Shu Sixth Army, a total of [-] troops launched a tragic siege battle again!

After these three days, the Shu army got 18 recruits from the imperial court, and its strength reached [-]!

This siege battle lasted for a whole day. The Qin army's 14 troops attacked the city in turn. The offensive was very fierce. They almost occupied the entire North Tower several times, but they were pushed back every time. In the end, the Qin army was defeated and retreated!

This siege battle is called the second siege battle of the Taiguang Campaign.

The second siege of the Battle of Taiguang lasted for one day, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. First of all, the Qin Army killed [-] in the Sixth Army of Qin and Shu, [-] in the Fifth Army of Qin and Shu, and killed [-] in the Fourth Army of Qin and Shu. At [-], the Qin army killed [-], for a total of [-]!

Thirty thousand Shu troops were killed and two thousand seriously injured!

The two sieges ended in failure, and the morale of the Qin army gradually began to decline. Yang Zhong had to temporarily stop the siege, choose a temporary recuperation, and look for an opportunity to fight again.

Although the Shu army won two big victories, they also lost almost [-] people in battle, which made Zheng Leduo quite uneasy, worrying that if the Qin army came a few more times, Taiguang would not be able to defend.

Time passed slowly, the days passed day by day, ten days in a flash!

For ten days, the situation in Shu was calm, and it seemed that the war had ended, but everyone who understood knew that the Qin army would launch a violent siege, but no one knew when this day would come.

ps: "I started writing this book during the Chinese New Year this year, and it has been almost a year now. I didn't expect that the author spent a year writing a book. Time flies so fast!"

Chapter 991 The Chu Dynasty's court meeting!

The territory of Shu is temporarily calm, but the territory of South Korea is very lively. When the Han court sent Wang Kai to negotiate, it had already begun to fortify the walls and clear the country, integrate the population and resources of the three west counties, and also mobilized 30 Korean troops to station in various parts of Yuzhou County. Prepare to fight against Qin.

Therefore, on the official roads of the three west counties in the Korean border, people and food teams with their families and families were everywhere, and Ying Chang personally led the army to attack Yuzhou County on the sixth day after discussing with Wang Kaijin.

The battle between Qin and Han is about to start

The 28th year of Shengqin, November [-]th!

noon!

Great Chu Dynasty, Shouchun Emperor Capital, Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room!

Emperor Chu Xiong Nai was sitting on the dragon chair reviewing the memorial, but after a special memorial was approved, he couldn't help feeling distracted, and his eyes flashed with unconcealable panic.

The content of this memorial is: Emperor Qin sent troops to attack Han, Han Guimen was closed, and three cities were lost in a row!

The content of the memorial is very small, but the hidden information is huge. For a long time, Xiongnai believed that the main goals of the Qin Dynasty were the three dynasties of Qi, Zhao, and Chu. But now it seems that the real goal of the Qin Dynasty is not only that, it wants to destroy Kingdoms of the Northwest!

Da Chu is also among them!

"Call the ministers to discuss immediately!" Xiong Nai said in a deep voice!

"Obey!" A eunuch bent down and responded.

It didn't take long before the emergency court order was quickly spread to the ears of the sixth-rank officials in the imperial capital. In a short while, many officials rushed to the palace on their own carriages. The place of discussion—Tai Cang Palace!

The Taicang Palace is large in scale and is located in the Chu Palace. After all the civil and military officials have arrived, Xiong Nai walks out from the apse, walks up the steps to the high platform, and sits on the supreme throne that countless people dream of.

"Minister and so on"

"Okay, don't salute, I have something urgent to announce!"

Xiong Nai suddenly interrupted all the officials to pay their respects, he is not in the mood to listen to Long Live My Emperor.

Baiguan was a little surprised when he heard the words, but he still stood obediently in his position. Hearing Xiong Nai's announcement of the urgent matter, Xiong Nai didn't write any words, and said directly to the officials: "I think some Aiqings already know about this matter. But I still want to say, what do you think about Qin's invasion of Korea?"

Prime Minister Du Tang, who was standing at the head of the civil service, immediately took a small step forward, bowed down and saluted solemnly, and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that Qin's invasion of Korea has revealed its ambition. It is expected that the next step of the Qin Dynasty will be to send troops to attack our Great Chu!"

boom!

After the words fell, all the ministers of the court were shocked, their eyes widened, and they looked at each other in dismay, some couldn't believe it,

In the eyes of most of the Chu ministers, Qin and Chu are far apart. No matter how ambitious Qin is, he has to progress in a circular manner. He will not continue the southern expedition after the destruction of the three dynasties of Qi, Zhao, and Xia. But what Du Tang said today really made them I broke out in a cold sweat.

"Is the prime minister serious?" A minister stood up suspiciously.

The minister's name was Xiang Tao, and his official worship was the left servant of the fourth-rank military department. He was half a military officer and half a civilian official. In other words, he was capable of both civil and military affairs.

"It's not serious at all!" Du Tang said firmly.

Xiang Tao frowned slightly, and said to Du Tang in a doubtful tone: "The Qin Dynasty is powerful, as we all know, but the officials don't think that the Qin Dynasty has the ability to destroy the Northwest Kingdom in one go. Weak and easy to attack, but my Great Chu is strong and strong, with 80 soldiers, how dare Qin attack my Great Chu?"

Xiong Nai said immediately after hearing the words: "Whether Qin wants to kill me Da Chu or not, I Da Chu shouldn't just sit and wait for death!"

"Now that the three great dynasties of Zhao, Xia and Qi have perished, there is no buffer between our Great Chu and the Qin Dynasty. If the Qin Dynasty attacks our Great Chu, the troops will go down smoothly, and it will be difficult to parry. The frontiers are all under the front of the Qin army!"

"If my Great Chu continues to sit back and watch the Han Dynasty perish, the day of my Great Chu's demise will not be far away. Your Majesty, we can't just sit and wait for death!" Du Tang asked for orders with a dignified expression.

When Xiang Tao heard these words, he knew that he couldn't speak to the two monarchs and ministers, so he retreated to his seat.

"Your Majesty, you cannot just sit back and watch the Qin Dynasty act recklessly!"

"Your Majesty, please give me an order!"

"His Majesty!"

Many ministers leaned over to compose one after another, admonishing Xiong Nai.

Xiong Nai thought for a moment, then said deeply: "Of course I won't let the Qin Dynasty act recklessly, but the question now is, in what way should I, the Great Chu, attack the Qin army?"

Xiang Tao, who had just returned to his seat, heard this sentence, and hurriedly stood up and made a salute, saying: "Your Majesty, I have an idea about this, I don't know if it is mature or not."

"Speak!" Xiong Nai shouted lightly.

Xiang Tao looked at Xiong Nai with a stern face and replied: "Your Majesty, although Xia has already surrendered to Qin, the Qin army has not yet occupied the entire Xia Dynasty, and the people's hearts have not yet recovered, and there are no soldiers on the Xia-Chu border. This is a great time for me, Da Chu, to send troops!"

"There are three advantages of my Great Chu sending troops to the Xia Realm. First, the Qin Army in the Xia Realm has won successive victories, and they are already arrogant. Don't you think that my Great Chu dares to send troops to attack, and once my Great Chu sends troops, it will surely catch the Qin Army by surprise! "

"Second, the Great Chu sent troops to attack the Xia territory, so that the Qin army could be occupied outside the country's gates, and the flames of war would not be burned to my Great Chu's homeland; Third, the land in southern Xia is fertile and has millions of people. If my Great Chu can occupy , will definitely strengthen our national power of Great Chu!"

The more Xiong Nai listened, the more intense the smile on his face, and when Xiang Tao finished speaking, he immediately called out three times: "Okay, okay, very good!"

Seeing Xiong Nai was overjoyed, Xiang Tao was also very happy, and many ministers also looked thoughtful, as if they were thinking about whether this strategy was feasible.

"Your Majesty, let me lead my troops to attack Qin!" At this time, a sixty-year-old minister with frost on his temples stood up and asked for Ying.

The sixty-sixth veteran named Jing Xiang is a veteran who has fought for many years. He is 64 years old this year.

"Haha, don't worry, old general!" Xiong Nai laughed softly, and then his face changed, and his expression became serious: "This time, I will attack Qin, and I will play a big game, so as to fight against the arrogance of the Qin Dynasty. Don’t you like playing Total War?”

"I will also launch a full-scale war for the Qin Dynasty. I am going to send three armies to attack the southern part of the Xia Realm in an all-round way, and wipe out the Qin Army in the Xia Realm with a sweeping force. Each of the three armies has 20 troops. Names, a total of three top generals and six left and right generals!"

"Finally, there will be a Grand Marshal of the Three Armies to command the three armies to fight. The candidate for the Grand Marshal of the Three Armies should be General Jing. recommend yourself!"

ps: "Brothers, order one of them all, and thank you brothers for your rewards, thank you!"

Chapter 992 Reject the enemy at the gate of the country!

When the old general Jing Heng heard this, he was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed his head to thank: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will live up to His Majesty's expectations, and I will return in triumph!"

"Okay, before the old general goes out, I'm going to throw a farewell banquet!" Xiong Nai said in a tone full of enthusiasm.

Old General Jing Heng looked up at Xiong Nai, with a stern and firm face, he said: "No, the old minister only drinks celebration wine!"

Xiong Nai got up immediately when he heard the words, and said with great satisfaction: "The old general has this determination, I am very at ease, then I will have the old general Lao lead the big Chu men to defeat the Qin Dynasty!" After finishing speaking, Xiong Nai wrote to the old general Jing Heng After saluting, the old general Jing Heng was agitated and hurriedly kowtowed in return.

Old General Jing Heng swore inwardly that he would return victorious from this battle and not let His Majesty down!

After the old general Jing Heng thanked him, he got up from the ground and stood back to his seat. Xiong Nai immediately looked at the civil and military officials and said, "Do you have any recommendations or self-recommendations?"

Without further ado, Xiang Tao raised his hand and saluted, "Your Majesty, I recommend myself to be the general along the way, and recommend my nephew Xiang Xin to be the general on the left or the right!"

Xiong Nai frowned slightly, and said in a hesitant tone: "Xiang Aiqing is indeed a good candidate to be the general along the way, but why haven't I heard of this letter?"

Without waiting for Xiang Tao to reply, old general Jing Heng stood out of the queue, looked at Xiong Nai with a smile on his face and replied, "Your Majesty, the old minister knows about Xiang Xin, and Xiang Xin is a captain under the old minister. I have already familiarized myself with the art of war and strategy, and my martial arts are high-strength, and I have reached the realm of perfection!"

"The most important thing is that although Xiang Xin is young, he is not frivolous. He is seasoned, cautious, and low-key. He is a natural god of war. If he is not only 16 years old, the veteran will definitely ask His Majesty for a general post for him!"

hiss!

Xiong Nai took a deep breath, his face was full of shock and surprise, and said, "I, Da Chu, still have such talents?"

Xiong Nai himself is also a martial arts practitioner, but his martial arts are not high, but he also understands how perverted a 16-year-old consummate master is.

"Yes, Your Majesty, what Old General Jing Heng said is true!" Xiang Tao said with a blushing smile.

"Oh, old general, Xiang Aiqing, such a great talent, why didn't you recommend it to me earlier!" Xiong Nai said reproachfully.

"My minister is guilty!"

"The old minister is guilty!"

Xiang Tao and old general Jing Heng said dumbfoundedly.

Xiang Xin is still a little younger, otherwise, they would have recommended him a long time ago, so how could they have waited for today.

Xiong Nai looked at the other civil and military ministers, and asked, "What do you love about this letter?"