Looking at the Xiang family manager in front of him, who has always been known for his loyalty and has always been trusted by everyone, including Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan's mood was extremely complicated.

"When did you become Wu Xinjun?"

Xiang Yan couldn't help asking.

The manager smiled: "From the moment he stepped onto the land of Chu."

More than ten years ago, Zhao Kuo, who had just won the Battle of Changping, founded the Nightingale.

Under Zhao Kuo's order, the first batch of nightingales set out secretly and went to various countries.

Each nightingale has no fixed mission. They are just told the names of some families before they set out, so that they can enter these families when they have the opportunity.

By chance, the manager met a woman and then tied the knot with the woman. It happened that the woman's father was one of the Xiang family's managers. So with the support of his father-in-law, he also gradually became a manager from an ordinary servant of the Xiang family.

A very trusted manager of the Xiang family, who even gave the task of guarding the future heir of the family.

Xiang Yan was in a complicated mood. I wonder if he should be glad that someone helped him or if he was afraid that there were people in his family who were so deep hidden.

The manager did not give Xiang Yan too much time: "Young master, the head of the family has begun to assemble the team at home. No matter what you want to do, I'm afraid there is only half a night left."

When Xiang Yan heard this, he became alert.

Yes, this is not something he has to do when he is hesitating.

Xiang Yan did not act immediately, but thought for a while before speaking: "Do you have any other helpers in this city?"

"Yes, young master."

"Can they find a way to help me?"

"Of course, young master."

Such a refreshing answer made Xiang Yan stunned: "Aren't you worried that I will betray you?"

The manager was silent for a moment and smiled: "I believe in the Lord's ability to look at people, and... I also believe in the Young Master."

This answer suddenly touched Xiang Yan's heart.

Xiang Yan is a young man, and young people are very likely to get impulsive. For them, it may be enough for just one sentence or a certain look.

Xiang Yan also laughed: "What are you waiting for?"

Hurry up and make some delicious food, so you can do big things when you have enough food!”

Just as Xiang Yan was eating food voraciously, Xiong Zhengzhe, the newly appointed commander of the Chu army, was excited to patrol the Shouchun City Defense in the dark night.

Xiong Zheng walked, and said to the many generals of Chu behind him with a very stern expression: "Everyone is wary of me. Everyone is responsible for the location of the city wall where everyone is stationed. If anyone is climbed by Zhao's army, then I will punish whoever is punished!"

After hearing Xiong Zheng's words, these generals of Chu were naturally submissive.

But in fact, they really want to complain. After all, everyone in the middle of the night knew that Zhao people would not come. It would be fine if you, Xiong, came to show up, but you, still pulled us here to blow the night wind. Is it interesting?

It would be better to let everyone go back to bed and have a good time tomorrow morning with Zhao Kuo.

After all, Xiong Zheng was also an old man. After walking for a while, he felt tired, so he hammered his waist and said, "Okay, let's get here today.

But you must remember that no one can relax. The king asked me to take this position to make you clear about the responsibilities on your shoulders!”

After scolding the Chu general present, Xiong Zheng returned home proudly.

After returning home, Xiong Zheng’s wife and children who received the news naturally came up to celebrate together, which greatly satisfied Xiong Zheng’s vanity.

The youngest son, who is most beloved by Xiong Zheng, asked: "Father, can we block Zhao Kuo's attack this time?

He is the most famous general in the world."

Old Xiong Zheng glared at his eyes and said in a deep voice: "The world's number one general?

Humph, that's because he has never touched me before! You all watch it. In a few days, when Chunshenjun's army returns to help, I will let Zhao Kuo know what failure means!”

Zhao Kuo, who was told by Xiong Zheng that he was about to fail, was looking at Sima Shang in front of him, and his tone was relaxed: "Are you ready?"

Sima Shang nodded: "Everything is ready.

The current preliminary plan is to directly fill the carriage seized from several nearby manors with explosives, rush directly to the gate of Shouchun City and then detonate."

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said, "Can you ensure success?"

Sima Shang said: "There are six gates in Shouchun City. We have prepared twelve carriages, each carriage has more than 800 kilograms of explosives. I think it should be no problem."

Zhao Kuo said again: "What if the Chu people shoot horses?"

Sima Shang said: "We will put the horses that pull the cart with the armor of Chiyou Army. Although the burden on the horses will be very heavy, we will increase the horses to eight, and the most outstanding emperor's hand will wear the heavy armor of Chiyou Army to drive the cart.

In this way, these horses only need to run from the position to the city gate, which is about five miles away.

It is necessary to deal with the Chu army's arrows within 500 steps. It is basically impossible that the explosive truck cannot reach the city gate because the horse pulling the cart is shot down."

Zhao Kuo continued to ask: "How can the safety of the royal soldiers be guaranteed after arriving at the city gate?"

Sima Shang said: "At that time, we will chase and rush under the city wall in advance to suppress the Chu army on the city wall.

According to Li Si's information, the Chu army in the city can be called the maximum of 40,000 combat-capable people. Among them, there are only about 4,000 archers who have been killed. It is no problem for us to suppress them by 100,000 cavalry."

Zhao Kuo was completely satisfied now and nodded and said, "Yes, what we want is this spirit of striving for excellence.

You must consider and implement every step in detail in daily life, so that you can truly play a role on the battlefield and not fall into the enemy's strategy."

Sima Shang said respectfully: "Please rest assured, this time it will definitely be foolproof."

After Sima Shang left, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief and lay on the bed.

The march these days is actually a great burden for Zhao Kuo. After all, he has not been riding on horseback every day for a long time, and he has been riding all day long.

So Zhao Kuo also needs a good rest.

Until tomorrow, Zhao Kuo will witness with his own eyes and see how the Zhao army invaded Shouchun City in a turbulent way! It was dawn.

The next day, in the morning.

After waking up, Zhao Kuo, who was energetic, rode a horse and surrounded by many Chiyou troops, stared at Shouchun City not far away.

“So small.”

This is Zhao Kuo's evaluation of Shouchun City.

Although Shouchun is one of the best cities in the Chu State today, this city is located in the Huaihe River Basin. For a long time, it was the front line for the war between Chu State and Wu State and Yue State. It was not until recently that Yue State was destroyed in recent years, but it still cannot be compared with Central Plains cities such as Handan, Daliang and even Chen City.

Looking at Shouchun City, a figure suddenly appeared in Zhao Kuo's mind, so he turned to Li Si beside him and smiled: "Li Si, can the King of Chu listen to him after Xiang Yan goes back?"

Li Si hesitated for a moment, and then said, "After all, the Xiang clan is also a loyal minister who has served in the Chu State for hundreds of years. Even if the King of Chu does not fully accept it, he will still believe some of his words.

I actually feel that I shouldn’t let him go back, because this will cause some unnecessary trouble for us to attack Shouchun City next.”

Perhaps because of the contribution, Li Si was obviously more courageous in front of Zhao Kuo than before.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Li Si and suddenly smiled and said, "Do you don't like Xiang Yan?"

Li Si was stunned for a moment and couldn't answer for a moment.

The reason why Zhao Kuo said this is because he knew that Li Si was a smart person.

Why does a smart person misjudgment?

The answer is actually very simple, because emotions influence his brain and make his judgments no longer objective.

So being able to say what Li Si just said can only prove that he was very malicious towards Xiang Yan.

Li Si said: "I will tell you that after leaving the lord's tent yesterday, he told me that I would give me a lot of 'repay' in the future, so I really don't like him."

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"It's okay. If there really is one day in the future, remember to come to me, and I will make the decision for you!"

While speaking, Sima Shang rushed over and reported loudly: "Master, everything is ready!"

Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile: "Since you are all ready, then start!"

Zhao Kuo gave the order, and an arrow suddenly soared into the sky.

Then more arrows took off with the first arrow, and the air was filled with the whimpering sound of arrows.

After hearing the sound of these arrows, hundreds of thousands of Zhao cavalry began to dispatch one after another.

The sound of hooves shocked the earth. The grass that had just grown in spring was directly trampled into a mess by countless horse hooves. The rolling dust filled everyone's sight, making Zhao Kuo unable to see clearly Shouchun City not far in front of him.

In Shouchun City, Xiong, who was standing on the top of the city, was trembling at this moment.

The feeling of extreme oppression brought by the 100,000 cavalry charges will not be able to experience it unless they are experienced personally.

Not only Xiong Zheng, but also the many Chu soldiers around Xiong Zheng also felt breathless, and people couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Fortunately, Xiong Zheng is also an old man after all, and has a wide range of knowledge. He recovered after a moment and laughed and said, "How much more powerful are the cavalrymen of Zhao?"

Could it be that they can climb over so many high walls and fly into Shouchun City?"

Xiong Zheng's laughter was loud, but he was still overwhelmed by the sound of horse hooves.

But no matter what, Xiong Zheng's statement barely added a little confidence to the Chu people.

Seeing the Zhao State vanguard cavalry continue to approach, Xiong Zheng immediately left under the escort of his personal guards.

Next, the battle between the soldiers at the bottom of the two sides.
To be continued...