Chapter 27 The army was defeated twice

Mr. Mi Huai has a serious stand on this matter, not like a fool.If Mr. Chen Zhen's words were really followed, Mr. Zhang got drunk and Li Erma got drunk and picked the wrong partner, which would indeed attract more humiliating ridicule.The problem is that the combat effectiveness of the Chu Kingdom is no longer what it used to be. With the strength of the Chu Kingdom alone, it is difficult to deal with the vigorous Qin Kingdom alone.The only choice for Mr. Mi Huai is to restrain his anger, follow the example of the Qin Kingdom, reform the internal affairs, and strive to become stronger.However, Mr. Mi Huai chose war.Military is an extension of politics, and the military of the Chu Kingdom is as corrupt as politics, but Mr. Mihuai doesn't know it.

Mr. Mi Huai appointed Mr. Qu Gai as the commander-in-chief, and Mr. Fenghou Chou, who followed Mr. Zhang Yi to the Kingdom of Qin to accept the land, as the deputy commander-in-chief to lead an expeditionary force of 100,000 in the Northern Expedition.The Qin Kingdom also mobilized an army of 100,000 to fight. The commander-in-chief Mr. Peng Zhang and the deputy commander-in-chief Mr. Gan Mao are both contemporary famous generals.The two armies fought in Danyang (north bank of the Danjiang River in the southeast of Xichuan, Henan). The Chu army collapsed, and the Qin army narrowed the encirclement and carried out a merciless massacre. More than 80,000 Chu troops were killed on the battlefield, and only more than 20,000 escaped.More than 70 senior generals (Jie Gui), including the commander-in-chief Mr. Qu Cai and the deputy commander-in-chief Mr. Feng Houchou, all died.Taking advantage of the victory, the Qin army returned to occupy Hanzhong County (Nanzheng, Shaanxi) in the Kingdom of Chu.

When the news of the defeat reached Yingdu, Mr. Mi Huai was both sad and angry. This time he really went crazy and ordered to mobilize all men who could fight in the country to launch a larger-scale attack.How many people were mobilized this time and who was the commander is not recorded in the history books. "Historical Records" only said: "It is learned that the national soldiers will return to attack Qin." Shocked by the huge number, the army of the Kingdom of Chu was unstoppable this time. It entered the border of the Kingdom of Qin and pointed directly at Lantian (Lantian, Shaanxi).Lantian County is only 50 kilometers away from Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Kingdom, but 600 kilometers away from Yingdu, the base of the country, in a straight line (the ground distance should be about 1,800 kilometers), and the Chu army is already at the end of its battle.The result of this battle was even worse than that of the previous one, and the entire army was wiped out.

In one year, there were two devastating defeats, and the weaknesses and shortcomings of the Chu Kingdom were all exposed, and they never recovered from it.This is the same as the First Sino-Japanese War between China and Japan in 1894. After a miserable defeat, China fell to the bottom.Alas, Mr. Zhang Yi's one lie has caused tens of thousands of dead bodies on the battlefield and the changes in the international situation are shocking.However, the useless things that Mr. Mi Huai did are endless, and this is just the beginning. When the news of the defeat of the Chu Kingdom came out, the appetites of the Han Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom were great. In order to prevent the Qin Kingdom from eating, they decided to divide the Chu Kingdom into five horses.The North-South Defense Alliance (Combined Vertical), which was sworn in the past, has been written off, and the leader of the "long vertical agreement" is not worth a fart.The two countries dispatched armies respectively to raid the Kingdom of Chu, and the raiding army of the Kingdom of Wei, the vanguard has arrived in Deng County (Deng County, Henan Province).Bad news came from all directions, Mr. Mi Huai couldn't resist it, he no longer had the capital to persist.If you must persist, there is only subjugation.I had no choice but to bow my knees and send Mr. Chen Zhen as the special envoy to apologize to the Kingdom of Qi.Then send Mr. Qu Yuan to the Kingdom of Qin and sacrifice two cities for peace.Woohoo, since we have today, why bother at the beginning.

The Qin Kingdom agreed to reconcile and was willing to return half of the land in Hanzhong County (Nanzheng, Shaanxi), which is a generous condition. Mr. Mi Huai's answer was that he didn't want half of the land in Hanzhong County, but only Zhang Yi.Mr. Gai Mihuai hates Mr. Zhang Yi to the bone. He has forgotten that he is a king and should put the country's interests first.He couldn't bear Mr. Zhang Yi's fooling, and he was willing to get it. He wanted to use the cruelest punishment to skin him alive. Mr. Mi Huai's counter-suggestion caused disturbances in the Qin Kingdom government, and some senior officials who were jealous thought it was the best way to get rid of Mr. Zhang Yi.But the king of the Qin Kingdom, Mr. Qin Huiwen and Wang Yingsi, still has a conscience. He knew that Zhang Yi would die tragically once he entered the Chu state, so he couldn't bear to do so.However, Mr. Zhang Yi volunteered and was willing to throw himself into the trap.