Xiang Xian, the son of the King of Wu, led 10,000 troops to attack Danyang County, and nearly 4,000 people were killed, of which 1,000 were elite soldiers.

He took the remnants of defeated soldiers and prepared to return to Wanling City a hundred miles away.

However, he didn't dare to go back like this, and he would definitely be punished by the King of Wu.

Wanling City is only a few hundred miles away from Danyang County, just one hundred miles away. It is about two hundred miles away from the river.

Xiang Xian led the troops, but he slowly wandered around the way for a few days, thinking about how to explain this to the King of Wu.

On this day, Xiang Xian accidentally received a "Da Chu Mansion Newspaper", which published a 100,000-strong army of King Chu who crossed south in Danyang, but failed to return under Xiaohunhou.

The circulation of "Da Chu Di Daily" is huge, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold daily. In just one day, it has been spread to various places in Da Chu, and even business travelers have one copy.

"How much effort did Xiaohunhou fight with the King of Chu again?"

Xiang Xian was stunned, but he quickly reacted.

Even the King of Chu was defeated by a hundred thousand troops. What is his small defeat?!

Only then did Xiang Xian muster up the courage to return to Wanling City.

At this time, King Xiang Bi of Wu was leading an army of 240,000, and attacking Wanling City day and night.

...

Wanling City.

It is the capital of one county and sixteen counties in Danyang, and it is not that easy to fight.

According to the regulations of the Great Chu Dynasty.

The county town wall is one zhang.

The walls of ordinary county governments are two feet tall, like Wanling City.

The city of the county is three meters long, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Chengdu, etc.

The wall of the Jinling imperial capital is four meters high.

The county town is low and there are no regular soldiers and horses. Normally, there are only one hundred soldiers and soldiers, so it is easy to attack.

The county government is nearly two meters high, and there is a standing army of tens of thousands of soldiers. Once tens of thousands of soldiers defend the city at the top of the city, it will be difficult to attack.

Xie Anran was appointed as the prefect of Danyang County and guarded Wanling City.

After he took office, he devoted himself to doing one thing - to increase the height and strengthen Wanling City, prepare for war, hoard a large amount of food and grass, and to purchase all kinds of military equipment.

It was expected that the King of Wu would rebel.

Wanling City is the first to be hit.

Wouldn't you seek death if you don't strengthen the city walls and prepare for war?

After he took office, he raised Wanling City by more than half a foot.

With Princess Xiang Ling's help and Prime Minister Xie's prestige, the Prime Minister's Mansion allocated a lot of money, grain and weapons to support Wanling City.

Xie Anran had 10,000 permanent troops, and in Wanling City, he also organized 20,000 troops to help defend the city with his servants, gentry guards, and young and strong people in the city.

He has 30,000 troops in his hands and has enough food and supplies.

This can be maintained in any county town for a long time.

Even if the King of Wu has 250,000 troops, he would not be able to conquer Wanling City in ten days or half a month.

After all, the walls of Wanling City are so big that at most tens of thousands of people are sent to attack the city at one time. It is impossible for more than 200,000 soldiers to attack the city at the same time.

Reincarnation in the city day and night will cause a lot of troops and horses to be lost and it will take a long time to lose.

...

Wu Army Camp.

When the King of Wu heard Xiang Xian come back and report that he failed to attack Danyang County, he was so angry that he smoked his orifices and slapped Xiang Xian to the ground.

"waste!"

"You trash, you can't even take over a small county with hundreds of soldiers. How can you be my prince?"

Xiang Bi smoked in his seven orifices and cursed.

Xiang Bi is good at fighting and is a famous general in the Great Chu. How could he give birth to such a useless son?!

"Father, Xiaohunhou has 6,000 Danyang soldiers guarding a county town. His Danyang soldiers are so powerful that they are all equipped with gunpowder guns and small steel cannons. It is not the same ten thousand soldiers as the ones that are not as good as the enemy!

Besides, the army of King Xiang Wu of Chu traveled south and met Xiaohunhou's 50,000 troops in Danyang. Wasn't it also defeated!"

Xiang Xian knelt on the ground, crying and shouting for injustice.

He took out a copy of the "Da Chu Mansion Newspaper".

"What? The King of Chu crossed south and retreated in defeat?"

When King Xiang Bi of Wu heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly took the "Da Chu Mansion Newspaper" to read it.

Sure enough, the "Da Chu Palace" published it that the King of Chu returned home in a defeat and lost half of his troops.

The King of Wu originally planned to form a coalition with the King of Chu, and after taking down Wanling City, they would siege the Jinling Imperial Capital together.

In this way, Jiangnan belonged to the Wu and Chu coalition forces, and half of the country was obtained.

Unexpectedly, the King of Chu failed to cross the south and was defeated directly by the river. The 100,000 army was defeated miserably, and the loss was terrible.

This is such an important military situation.

Why didn’t the King of Chu pass on a letter to fly pigeons?

Why has he not received the news yet?

On the contrary, it was published in the "Da Chu Palace"?

The King of Wu was shocked and his face changed.

This is not surprising. King Xiang Wu of Chu led an army of 100,000 to cross the south and was defeated in Danyang. He felt that he had no shame to say hello to the King of Wu and retreated in shame.

King Xiang Bi of Wu saw this important news in the "Da Chu Palace" just one day later.

"Silly, stupid!"

"The King of Chu made me a big deal!"

Xiang Bi jumped his feet in anger.

His 240,000 army seemed aggressive, but in fact it was a bit weak. The real elite soldiers were only 50,000, and the remaining 200,000 were all pieced together miscellaneous soldiers, so they could only fight with the wind.

He urgently needed the King of Chu to lead a hundred thousand troops to join in before he had the courage to attack the Jinling imperial capital, which was under heavy troops.

If he had known that the King of Chu had led an army of 100,000 to cross the river yesterday, he would have sent an army of 50,000 to support him.

The King of Wu soon thought of the reason.

The reason why the King of Chu rushed south and did not know him was that he had selfish intentions.

The King of Chu must have thought of grabbing Danyang City, an important iron mine town, and obtaining a large number of elite weapons. Of course, he did not want to tell the King of Wu that he was traveling south.

Although Chu and Wu were known as coalition forces, they were only loose alliances and had the ability to strengthen themselves and consume others' selfishness.

After the King of Chu retreated to Jiangbei, he did not inform the King of Wu in time, and he must have hoped that the King of Wu could restrain Xiaohunhou.

"madness!"

Xiang Bi held his breath and almost vomited blood in depression.

"If the King of Chu could be a little more in harmony with me, don't be so greedy. If he wanted to monopolize Danyang County, he would not have suffered such a crushing defeat and lost 50,000 troops in vain.

This king divided the troops into 100,000 and joined forces with the King of Chu to attack Danyang City. Where is Xiaohunhou still alive?!"

The prince Xiang Xian was silent.

He led 10,000 troops to attack Danyang, and wasn’t he thinking about getting Danyang County first?

However, no one expected that a Danyang County town could bring out six thousand Danyang soldiers, and he was almost defeated and fled.

Xiaohunhou and Li Yu also brought 50,000 elite soldiers out of Jinling City and collided with the army of King Chu who had crossed south.

The King of Chu retreated.

Now, in the territory of Jiangnan, there are only more than 200,000 troops of King Wu, facing Xiaohunhou and the Jinling Imperial Capital alone.

"Father!"

"The rest of Qi, Zhao, Chu, Jinan kings and other princes were all in Jiangbei and Central Plains, and they annexed the cities. Our lonely army was in Jiangnan and facing Xiaohunhou, and the situation was not good!

We need to make a countermeasure sooner!”

Xiang Xian suddenly trembled and said hurriedly.

"I have an army of 240,000, and I am afraid that he will be a little marquis? He only has 50,000 elite soldiers in his hand. He can beat the King of Chu, but he cannot defeat my King of Wu!

Siege the city overnight and take down Wanling City as soon as possible!

This king owns Kuaiji City and Wanling City two county towns. They attack Jinling, and Jinling is still an isolated city.

As long as I take over the imperial capital of Jinling, play half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River and gain a territorial advantage, I can watch the princes in the north of Jiangxi fight each other.

The one who ascended the throne must be my King of Wu!”
Chapter completed!