Chapter 423

Changsha City.

Since the last defeat, the eighth King seemed to have been greatly hit. He stayed in the back palace all day, and all military and political affairs were left to sun Wang.

AI nengqi is still in Yuezhou, while Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu are fighting in all directions. One of them has entered Sichuan and the other is about to reach Guangzhou.

Although the four brothers are everywhere, they all obediently return to Changsha to pay New Year's greetings to the eighth king during the new year.

At this time, the four brothers almost didn't draw their swords against each other in the main hall of the palace, because after the new year, the Chinese army moves frequently and may go south at almost any time. However, the four brothers have great differences on how to deal with the Chinese army.

First, the eldest brother sun hope asked Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu to lead troops back to Changsha, defend Yueyang City and fight the Chinese army to the death in the Dongting Lake Basin.

Second brother Li Dingguo and third brother Liu Wenxiu naturally do not want to come back. They suggest that Changsha abide by the code and not give up the code. They should first retreat to Guangdong and Guangxi and plot to the southwest.

Although the fourth elder AI nengqi also supported his eldest brother sun Wang, he was unwilling to stick to Yueyang City. Obviously, he was afraid of being surrounded. At last, Qin Huan caught him and scratched his skin and cramped.

AI nengqi didn't dare to defend Yuezhou. Needless to say, it was also unrealistic for the eighth king to defend himself, so they both wanted Li Dingguo to defend.

The four brothers hyped a group. No one could convince anyone. In the end, they could only look at the eight kings.

In fact, the eight kings are also hesitant.

Although in the past six months, the troops and horses have recovered to 100000 again, and hundreds of large and small warships have been refitted, they have no confidence in a decisive battle with the Chinese army, but they are not willing to give up the three houses in Changsha.

"Adoptive father, although the Qin army has strong combat power, it does not have many troops. It also has to guard against sneak attacks by left thieves. The number of troops that can be transferred this time will never exceed 100000. Yueyang City and Changsha City are solid cities. Field operations are no better than city defense. As long as we stick to March and may, there may be a change at that time.

What's more, the second son has just arrived in Sichuan, and the third son still needs time in Guangdong and Guangxi. If he really gives up the third house in Changsha directly, if the little beast takes advantage of the victory and pursues, I'm afraid we can't stand in Guangdong and Guangxi in the end.

If my second brother is willing to defend Yuezhou, I will stay in Changsha and stick to it. My fourth brother will defend Changde. My adoptive father can go to Sichuan first, and my third brother can lead troops back to Changsha. Even if the last thing can't be done, I can also retreat to Guizhou and Sichuan. "

Sun expected to see the eight kings hesitate and said with a gnash of teeth.

After thinking for a while, the eight kings also thought that this was a panacea. After all, the key to the war was how long Yuezhou could keep, so they looked at Li Dingguo.

"Second, the relationship between the boy and you is well known. If the boss can't defend Yuezhou, he will die. If you are willing to defend Yuezhou, we will act according to the boss's plan and deal with the boy in Changsha first. If you don't want to, we will withdraw directly to Guangdong and Guangxi."

"Then do it according to my brother's plan!"

Li Dingguo sighed and nodded. He knew what big brother said was right. If Xiao Yu won the three houses in Changsha without effort, he would fight into Guangdong and Guangxi.

The Chuang army has occupied Hanzhong and it is possible to enter Sichuan at any time. Therefore, it is really necessary to stick to Yuezhou in Changsha for a period of time and completely win the two cantons.

"Well, Yuezhou has only 30000 troops. You can take another 20000, and all the water troops will be under your command. My adoptive father believes that with your ability, 50000 troops will definitely be able to hold Yuezhou in March and may."

Zhang Xianzhong got up happily and waved his big hand.

Sun expected to frown slightly, because Changsha had only 60000 soldiers and horses in total. If he let the second son take 20000 away, there would be only 40000 left, but the second son was willing to defend Yuezhou, so he couldn't say anything.

"Adoptive father, Changde has only 10000 soldiers and horses. Why don't you let brother give me 10000 people."

AI nengqi tried to say that there were only 10000 people, so he was not sure to keep his virtue.

"Fart, can Changde compare with Changsha and Yuezhou? That little beast will never dare to attack Changde on a large scale unless he takes Yuezhou. There are more than 10000 people. If you are too few, let's change. You guard Changsha and I guard Changde. "

Sun expected to be angry. The eighth King's face was also a little ugly. Obviously, although he didn't say anything, he was dissatisfied with his greed for life and fear of death and refused to keep Yuezhou. After all, he was more familiar with the environment near Yuezhou and the 30000 soldiers and horses than his second son.

"Forget it." Enoch shrunk his neck.

Then the father and son discussed for a while and left respectively. Although sun Wang and the eighth King were worried that Li Dingguo would directly surrender without war, there was no better way.

Three days later, Li Dingguo took 20000 troops to Yuezhou. Eight kings and AI nengqi also went to Changde and Guizhou respectively. Liu Wenxiu went south to return to Guangdong. Sun is expected to stay in Changsha to strengthen urban defense.

In order to learn from the lesson of the last time, the eight kings not only took all their wives and concubines, but also sun Wang's wives and concubines to Guizhou.

To the surprise of his father and son, Qin Huan was not slow either.

In early February, after 100 warships were launched and half of them were equipped with artillery, Qin Huan couldn't wait to swear in Wuchang to fight against the state of Chu.

It was a sunny day. Wuchang wharf was a sea of people. Hundreds of tall warships were lined up in a very spectacular way. The rows of black gun tubes on the ship surprised the spies of all forces.

This time Qin Huan decided to go both land and water, take Yuezhou first, then Changsha, and then sweep the whole Dongting Lake Basin.

He personally commanded the waterway, led 30 400 armed warships, 40 200 armed warships, 10000 sailors, two cannon fodder battalions and one firearm battalion, with a total of more than 30000 people, went up the river and went straight to Yuezhou.

By land, the first, second and seventh towns were led by Qin tie, with a total of more than 50000 troops, who took the official road to Yuezhou.

Qin Yi commanded the eighth Town, a firearm battalion and the remaining Navy warships to stay in Wuchang.

In order to prevent Zuo Liangyu's sneak attack, the firearm camp and the eighth town did not stay in the city, but pressed into Xingguo Prefecture. If Zuo Liangyu dared to sneak attack by water, Qin Yi led his troops to Jiujiang and copied Zuo Liangyu's nest.

As teams of soldiers boarded the warships, in the sound of long horns, warships slowly left the wharf and went towards the river.

It was not until dozens of warships and hundreds of merchant ships gathered on the river that huge sails rose and went upstream.

The war started again. In a short time, everyone's eyes focused on Huguang again, but almost no one was optimistic about the eight kings.

It is certain that the state of Chu will be destroyed. What people speculate is how long the eight kings can last.