Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Cai Ze looked at Zhao Dan with a smile at first, but gradually he couldn't smile anymore.

After a while, Cai Ze began to break out in cold sweat.

It wasn't until this time that Zhao Dan spoke slowly: "What I want my husband to know is that it is never a good choice to be an enemy of the widow and Zhao Guo."

Cai Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Wei. Your Majesty's words are very true."

Zhao Dan looked at Cai Ze's flustered expression blankly, secretly amused in his heart.

Regarding Cai Ze's pretentiousness at the beginning, Zhao Dan was actually somewhat unhappy in his heart.

Want to play tricks with the widow?

Do you still want to treat the widow as someone who has been taken advantage of, and eventually become Ru Cai Ze's big pusher?

dream!

Ru Caize's little conspiracy, the widow has already seen it clearly!

Don't you dare to pretend to be coercive with the widow now?hum.

However, now that Cai Ze has admitted his cowardice, Zhao Dan didn't take it too seriously, and said: "If you have nothing to do, you can go to the posthouse to rest first, and someone will deliver what you need later. I just hope that sir will not forget what the widow said today."

Cai Ze didn't dare to say more, stood up obediently, and went straight out of the hall, but he no longer had the demeanor of pointing the country in front of Zhao Dan just now.

It wasn't until he walked down the steps of the Dragon Terrace and put his feet on the ground that Cai Ze dared to look back at the incomparably tall palace behind him, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands, feeling deeply moved in his heart.

"It is said that this Zhao Wang Dan is brilliant and powerful, and now he is really extraordinary! With such a wise king, why worry that the Zhao Kingdom cannot dominate the princes?"

Cai Ze suddenly hesitated.

Or just stay in Zhao country?

After thinking about it for a while, Cai Ze finally gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly, "Come on, since I already have a plan, why do I have to look forward and backward? Just enter the Qin Dynasty and make plans in the future!"

With a wave of his sleeves, Cai Ze boarded the carriage that had been waiting for a long time at His Royal Highness Longtai, and headed towards Zhao Guo's post.

Chapter 285 The Distraught King Yuan of Chu (Second Update)

The capital of Chu State, Chencheng.

Contrary to the cheering and enthusiastic atmosphere when Yingdu was recovered a year ago, the palace of Chu State at this moment is full of dignified atmosphere.

Chu Wangyuan sat at the head, his brows were furrowed, and his tone was somewhat gloomy.

"Now that the Qin army is attacking from two directions, Jingyang's army is in a critical situation. What can we do?"

It's not that Chu Wangyuan is not strong enough, but the current situation is really quite unfavorable for Chu.

After conquering Yingdu, the Qin cavalry led by Wang Ling first attacked Zhanjingling along the west of the Yangtze River, and then crossed the Han River to the north. Going northward from Baishan Mountain, we crossed the river about a hundred miles east of Chuisha and entered Nanyang County of Chu State.

At this point, Wang Ling's troops had actually been inserted between the frontline army of Chu State Wancheng led by Jingyang and the capital Chen Ying.

Now Xianghe and Zhongqiu among the three main roads connecting Wancheng and the front line have been occupied by Wang Ling, leaving only Fangcheng still in the hands of Chu State.

This Fangcheng is not the Fangcheng defense line of Chu State, but a city named "Fangcheng" in the Fangcheng defense line.

Judging from the current situation, the fall of Fangcheng is basically a matter of time.

This is very bad news for Chu State today.

Once Fangcheng fell, the connection between Chen Ying, the capital of Chu State, and the Jingyang army on the front line would be completely cut off, which meant that the front line army of Chu State would be in danger of running out of food.

It is absolutely impossible for an army without a supply of food and grass to win a battle.

After the Qin people cut off the food channel of the Chu army, they didn't even need to launch any offensive, and they could sit back and relax and wait for the frontline Chu army to be automatically defeated.

King Yuan of Chu asked the many ministers of Chu State in the hall with some frowns: "Masters, the Qin army is attacking fiercely now, and the battle ahead is unsustainable. What should I do?"

As soon as Chu Wangyuan finished speaking, a minister of Chu State jumped out and said loudly to Chu Wangyuan: "My lord, my Chu State is vast in land and rich in resources. It is a country of ten thousand chariots. The army, what is the point? Your Majesty only needs to dispatch one hundred thousand soldiers to your ministers, and your ministers will surely be able to defeat the royal tombs and take the heads of the royal tombs to present in front of your majesty!"

These words were impassioned and contagious, and immediately won Chu Wangyuan a big roll of his eyes.

If at this moment Chu Wangyuan could really gather an army of [-] strong enough to surpass Wang Ling, then would the king of Chu still worry about it here?

In fact, not to mention [-] troops, even [-] troops are not available to Chu Wangyuan now!

Although it is said that after regaining the two circles in the southeast, the current Chu State has recovered to the level of its heyday in terms of territorial area, but the current Chu State can only be called a quasi-hegemonic country at best, and it is far from the peak period of the year. There is still a certain gap between the Nantian Ba ​​Chu Kingdom.

This gap is reflected in many aspects, such as the combat effectiveness of the army, the country's finances, and the population that can serve as a source of soldiers.

Insufficient military resources are the biggest problem facing Chu at this moment.

Prior to this, in order to deal with the invasion of Qin and Qi, Chu Wangyuan had mobilized 40 troops, and these 40 troops were already the largest number that Chu could use at the moment.

The number of troops of 40 was actually the highest number other countries in the world could use at that time except for the two great powers of Qin and Zhao.

But for the current state of Chu, this 40 is not even enough!And there is no way to get more soldiers and horses out.

This led to a very embarrassing situation, that is, the current king of Chu can only watch Wang Ling lead fifty thousand Qin troops back and forth in Nanyang County of Chu State like Monkey King getting into the belly of Princess Iron Fan Overwhelmed, but completely helpless, helpless.

Chu Wangyuan sneered, and said: "Why do you have [-] soldiers and horses? Your words are not worth it, so let's retreat."

The minister of the Chu State who proposed was blushed by Chu Wangyuan's reprimand, and retreated embarrassingly.

Soon there were ministers from Chu State who came out and said, "Your Majesty, it is better to order Shangzhu and Ling Yin to take the initiative. If they can defeat the main forces of Qin and Qi on the frontal battlefield, then Wang Ling's [-] soldiers and horses will not be a threat at all." .”

As soon as this remark came out, many ministers of Chu State echoed it one after another.

Chu Wangyuan thought about it, and felt that this was actually a feasible strategy.

Indeed, if it is said that the main force of the Qin army or one of the Qi army can be defeated on the frontal battlefield, then Chu will have an extra 20 troops out of thin air to deal with Wang Ling.

At that time, it will not be Wang Ling who cuts off Jingyang's retreat, but Jingyang who will directly make dumplings for Wang Ling in turn.

But the idea is not without its detractors.

Before Chu Wangyuan made a decision, another Chu minister immediately retorted: "This statement is wrong. Qin is the overlord of the world, and Qi is also a powerful country in the east. If you attack rashly, not only will it be difficult to win, but you may lose your speed." Da, was taken advantage of by the enemy."

This statement also received the approval of many people.

When Chu Wangyuan heard it, he felt that it seemed quite reasonable.

In the past few decades, Qin State has always been the sufferer of Chu State, and Qi State has also won such a big victory over Chu State in the Battle of Chuisha, although Chu State also fought against this State in the Battle of Changping and the Five Kingdoms' Conquest of Qi. The two countries fought back, but if a full-scale war really broke out, Chu Wangyuan actually lacked confidence in his heart.

So when someone said that, Chu Wangyuan became a little hesitant again and fell silent.

During the time when Chu Wangyuan was hesitating, the ministers of the two factions started a fierce quarrel over whether to send troops, and the hall was extremely noisy for a while, like a vegetable market.