In the early morning, a rising sun rose above the earth, and Zhaoguan Camp, located on the border between Chu and Yue, gradually woke up from the silence of the night.

"Dong dong dong..."

The sudden sound of war drums broke the originally quiet atmosphere and added a touch of fighting spirit to the camp.

After a while, a Chu army general in full armor gathered in the Chinese army's tent, silently waiting for the arrival of the general.

"Tap tap tap..."

Accompanied by a burst of rhythmic footsteps, Chu State's Great Sima Jingshe strode into the tent with head held high.

Passing by the Chu army generals on both sides, and walking to the position of his own general, Jing She's body suddenly turned back.

With eyes like a tiger sweeping over everyone in the tent, Jing She slowly raised his right hand.

Seeing the scroll of bamboo slips in Jing She's hand, every Chu army general present had a blazing look in his eyes.

For this war against Yue, the Chu State had prepared for two years.

During the past two years, they were sent to the Chu-Yue border one after another, and the army's food, grass and baggage were also sent down the river one by one.

They have already been waiting for the day, hoping that that day will come as soon as possible, and looking forward to making achievements in the war.

Feeling the enthusiasm gathered on him, Jing She let out a breath of turbid air, and then his eyes suddenly radiated infinite light.

"Generals, the king's order has arrived."

As soon as Jing She finished speaking, the expressions of the Chu army generals were immediately shocked, and their figures became even more upright.

"We, the State of Chu, have always had good relations with the State of Yue. We do not want the State of Yue to betray its trust and join forces with the State of Wei to attack our State of Chu."

"If this shame cannot be washed away, how can we be worthy of the armor we are wearing, and how can we be worthy of the king's trust?"

Jing She's words made the eyes of the Chu generals present feel a little more moved, and a fighting spirit arose in their eyes.

"I am willing to listen to Da Sima's instructions."

I don't know who shouted this sentence, and the next moment the shouts of the Chu army generals rang out in the big tent.

"I am willing to listen to Da Sima's instructions."

"good!"

Listening with satisfaction to the shouts that were as fierce as the tide in his ears, Jing She sighed in his heart that the military spirit could be used.

"According to the order of the king, our country of Chu will attack the country of Yue from now on..."

"Start the war."

With great solemnity, he unfolded the scroll of bamboo slips and placed it on the table behind him. As the commander-in-chief, Jing She led his generals to perform a military salute.

After that, Jing She slowly took off his sword from his waist and raised it in front of the Chu army generals present.

"Where are the generals?"

"The end is here!"

Jing She asked with a solemn voice, and received a landslide-like response from many Chu army generals.

"Every general will listen to the order and return to the camp to reorganize the troops and horses. Three days later..."

At this point, Jing She paused deliberately for a few breaths, and his sharp eyes once again scanned the generals in front of him.

"The troops are sent to Guangling!"

"Follow orders."

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Accompanied by an order from the Chu army's chief general, Grand Sima Jingshe, the 100,000-strong Chu army rushed towards the Yue Kingdom's Jiangbei with Guangling as its core, like a raging flood.

At the same time, the Qi State, as an ally of the Chu State, also took action. The 30,000 Qi troops who had been waiting for danger, under the leadership of the general Tian Ji, surrounded Langya, the former capital of the Yue State.

However, what Tian Ji did not expect was that the Qi army, which was originally preparing to engage in a fierce battle with the Yue State inside and outside Langya City, faced an undefended empty city.

It was not until Tian Ji led the Qi army into Langya City that he learned the truth from several local veterans who did not choose to leave.

It turned out that the Vietnamese army in Langya City had already received the order to retreat, and even before the Qi army crossed the border, they had retreated southward along the highway to Guangling.

After simply analyzing the war situation, Tian Ji guessed the reason why the Vietnamese army retreated without a fight.

The civil strife in the palace that occurred more than ten years ago almost consumed most of the national power of the Yue Kingdom. Although the current Yue King Wu Zhuan tried his best to recover, the Yue Kingdom no longer had the strength of the southeastern hegemon.

Facing the menacing Chu army, the entire land north of the river in Yue State may fall into the enemy's hands.

At that time, the original capital of Langya will become an isolated island, and the Vietnamese troops stationed in Langya will become a group of people trapped on the island, waiting for death.

Rather than being cut off by Chu's 100,000-strong army, it would be better to abandon Langya, the old capital, which has almost no value.

While lamenting the decisiveness of the Vietnamese army, Tian Ji did not forget to send messengers to convey the news to his ally Chu that the Vietnamese army had moved south.

When the messenger sent by Tian Ji saw Da Sima Jingshe, the main force of the Chu army had already arrived at Guangling City.

Judging from the progress reported by the Chu army in other directions, it seems that the Yue Kingdom is ready to completely abandon other lands north of the river and wants to rely on the strong Guangling City in front of it to delay the main attack of the Chu army.

The news and accompanying analysis from Qi Army General Tian Ji also confirmed this point from the side.

Faced with the Yue Kingdom's almost obvious plan, Jing She, as the general of the Chu army, made a decisive decision after weighing the situation.

Since the Vietnamese army is going to fight a big battle in Guangling City, then Jingshe and the Chu army under his command should accompany him.

After waiting for ten days, when the ladders and other siege equipment were completed, Jingshe issued an order to attack Guangling City not far away.

The fighting power of the Vietnamese army was not without fierceness, and the battle at the head of Guangling City was not without cruelty.

Almost every second, soldiers fell to the sword, and almost every minute, soldiers fell directly from the city wall.

When the sun hanging in the sky gradually set towards the west, and the sound of gold rang out from the Chu army's formation, what was left inside and outside Guangling City, like a beach after the tide receded, were corpses with mutilated flesh and blood.

Such battles took place countless times at the head of Guangling City in the following months.

Although they were at a complete disadvantage in terms of military strength, the Vietnamese army still relied on its fierce combat power to block the Chu army's attacks again and again.

It's just that two fists are no match for four hands. Facing the Chu army's fierce attacks one after another, the Vietnamese army, which could no longer support themselves after a hard fight, finally gave up on Guangling City.

Finally, after several thousand remnants of the Vietnamese army retreated to the south of the river, the Chu army, which had been fighting for several months, captured Guangling City.

The end of the Battle of Guangling also marked that the entire territory north of the Yangtze River in Yue fell into the hands of Chu and Qi.

When news of the fall of Guangling came back to Kuaiji, Yue King Wu Zhuan, who was still discussing the current war situation with the Prime Minister, immediately fell silent.

The King of Yue, who was supported by powerful ministers and had reigned for only seven years, dismissed everyone including the Prime Minister and stayed alone in the empty hall.

Later that day, the order of King Wu Zhuan of Yue was conveyed to the ministers of Yue State through the mouth of the Prime Minister.

There were two things in total, one was to actively plan for the next battle in Wudi, and the other was to once again order the envoys stationed in Anyi, the capital of Wei State, to ask for help from Wei State.
Chapter completed!