Xiang Yan finally got the 50,000 reinforcements and food, which made him suddenly realize that he was in danger.
Before this, Xiang Yan always thought that he had only one enemy, and that was the Qin army.
He thought that at this moment when the country was about to be destroyed, all the major clans and even the cities of Chu were willing to hand over their troops and even their property to fight against the Qin army.
But he found that was not the case.
Not only were these nobles unwilling to hand over their troops, they even planned to take this opportunity to eradicate the Xiang family...
Otherwise, what would happen if the Zhao family sent someone to send a secret message saying that the Xiang family was plotting rebellion?
Obviously, saying that the Xiang family is rebellious has two purposes: on the one hand, it can make the king suspicious and further weaken the Xiang family or even reduce the military power of the Xiang family; on the other hand, it can also prevent the nobles from sending troops and food...
If the Xiang family rebels, the nobles will naturally not need to hand over troops and food to Xiang Yan for his command.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be supplying rebels?
How sinister this plan is!
After Xiang Yan heard this, he was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood. He didn't understand why these nobles would destroy the Great Wall regardless of the overall situation...
Isn't the situation obvious?
If everyone only cares about their own fiefdom and is unwilling to send troops or provide food, in the end they will have to be defeated by the Qin army one by one, and no one will be able to take advantage of it.
But everyone had a lucky mentality: if they wanted to die, let others die first. It would be best if the Qin army reached their door and would be unable to fight anymore.
Xiang Yan became more and more afraid the more she thought about it.
If the nobles in the rear think so, is their strategy for dealing with the enemy still feasible?
The king's 300,000 soldiers already have 250,000 in Caozhou and Chencheng, and only 50,000 are left in Shouchun.
Originally, this was nothing, because there were more than 300,000 soldiers distributed in various cities and nobles in the rear, and these soldiers were enough to protect Shouchun Zhouquan.
However, the nobles only wanted to preserve their strength and refused to send troops... So wouldn't it be dangerous to exhaust the king's troops on the periphery?
Even if Xiang Yan can defeat the Qin army, there will probably be very few of the 250,000 soldiers left.
What will happen next?
The Zhao, Qu, and Jing tribes will be stronger than the king. The Qin army retreated but the king could not control the three tribes. If the king could not control the three tribes, how could there be Chu?
Then Xiang Yan understood that the battle could not be fought like this.
That's why Xiang Yan used the tactic of "luring the enemy deep" against Li Xin in history.
In fact, Xiang Yan had to use this tactic. Even when Chu was attacked by Wang Ben, there was almost no resistance... He conquered ten cities in a row for more than ten days, almost one city a day.
The reason is that a large area in the north is the land where the king of Chu carried the cud.
The relationship between the King of Chu and the nobles of Chu is somewhat like that between the King of Zhou and the vassal states.
The Qin army's attack on the King of Chu was not painful for the nobles. The nobles even hoped that both the Qin army and the King of Chu would suffer losses, so that they could seize power and seize the throne.
Thinking about it from the perspective of the King of Chu... he also did not dare to use all his troops to fight against Qin, otherwise even if he successfully blocked the Qin army, he would not be able to suppress the nobles of Chu. Is he, the king, worthy of his fate?
Do you want more?
Therefore, due to this special situation, Chu State could only "lure the enemy to penetrate deeper".
It will be different when the Qin army reaches the interior of Chu State... The Qin army is already standing on the nobles' fiefdom and has even reached the door of the nobles' fiefdom. Can the nobles not send troops?
Only then did the nobles feel the pain.
Only then will the nobles respond positively.
Only then will the nobles be united!
Li Xin didn't understand this, so he lost the battle unjustly: 200,000 against the Chu army's 700,000...
The actual number was not only 700,000, but the nobles also had many private soldiers. Together with the temporarily recruited civilians, the total number was probably four to five times that of Li Xin's army.
Coupled with the problem of the Qin army's supply line, how can Li Xin still be invincible!
At this time, Shen Bing didn't think much about this. He had already begun to train the newly recruited 100,000 surrendered troops.
The one hundred thousand surrendered troops was different from the previous training of three thousand black-armored troops. As soon as he stood in the school grounds, he saw a dense darkness. Shen Bing felt a little scared when he saw it.
Shen Bing was promoted to deputy general at this time, while Wei Wei was promoted to captain.
In the Qin State, titles were not only the order of seats in court, but more importantly, they were the most direct symbol of military merit without any water content.
Because no reward for meritorious deeds is the most unbreakable foundation of Qin law.
In the Qin State, those who were talented but had no merit could receive a position, but they could not receive a title. Therefore, the people of Qin valued titles more and did not care so much about the level of the job.
At this time, Wei Wei fell into this situation of "talent but no merit". Although he was made into a second-level knight, he was appointed as a school captain.
But this is also because of the special situation:
If Wei Wei was in charge of the Qin army instead of the Wei surrendered troops...then there would be many talented and meritorious people in the Qin army, and it would be inevitable that some would be dissatisfied with Wei Wei's appointment as a captain.
At this time, no one had any objections to letting him serve as the commander-in-chief of the surrendered army, which other generals of the Qin army disdained.
So Shen Bing didn't care about the large number and directly transferred Wei Wei to train 100,000 infantry.
He was a general of the Wei State before, so he was certainly able to manage these 100,000 infantrymen with ease.
The first thing Shen Bing said to Wei Wei was:
"This 100,000-strong army is not a full military establishment. After two months of training, those who fail to pass the training will be removed from the army."
Wei Wei couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
He knew what this meant. Eliminating the troops meant going back to hard labor.
After hesitating for a moment, Wei Wei asked:
"I wonder how much staff the deputy general plans to retain?"
Shen Bing replied:
"It depends."
"After the training, those who pass the training will be retained, and those who fail will be eliminated."
"The captain won't blame me for this!"
Wei Wei quickly replied:
"My subordinates dare not."
"The vice-general has shown us a great kindness, and now he makes decisions based on the situation of the war. I am not as grateful as I am, so how dare I blame the lieutenant-general."
Shen Bing nodded and asked Wei Wei to pass on the news.
The reason why Shen Bing did this was that he hoped to improve the quality of his troops to a new level in the short term.
The infantry is different from the black armored army.
The Black Armored Army was selected from the best of 200,000 people, and there was basically no problem with the quality of their individual soldiers.
But the infantry was 100,000 people selected from the 200,000 Wei soldiers. The quality of the Wei soldiers was originally poor, and after the second selection, it was still not much better.
Shen Bing used this "last elimination system" to stimulate them to strive for the top.
Sure enough, when Wei Wei told the soldiers what Shen Bing said, the soldiers immediately felt stressed.
Of course, there is pressure. This is not just a matter of losing the opportunity for meritorious service and promotion. Once you are eliminated and returned to hard labor, your life is likely to be at risk.
However, Wei Wei still comforted them with a few words:
"Don't worry, we have learned the art of war and formations before."
"The training is nothing more than that. You just need to handle it carefully and you will be able to pass."
However, Wei Yao soon learned that this was not the case.