Chapter 1598

Tuoba Zheng only understood half of what he heard. He was only skilled in martial arts and knew very little about military strategy, so he usually listened to strategist Pang.

"Strategist Pang, your words are a bit profound. Why do you say that Chu Shao Yang is the key to opening the West Chu gates? This prince can't see what use he has. He is just a brat still wet behind the ears and has never fought a battle before. He only relied on his familiarity and caught West Chu off guard to successfully take down the Southern Pass City. What's so great about him! "

Strategist Pang looked around and pulled Tuoba Zheng to a place where there was no one. Then he whispered, "Your highness, what do you think the emperor has been thinking about all these years?"

"Naturally it's to unify the world!" Tuoba Zheng replied without any hesitation.

"That's right, but unifying the world is very hard. Not to mention East Qin's strength is equal to ours, just West Chu is a fat piece of meat that both East Qin and our emperor want. Whoever can take this fat piece of meat first will have a large increase in strength. But after all these years, although the West Chu emperor is young, he has managed the country well. Although he has a few soldiers and few generals, he has a general that our three countries are envious of, Shen Fang! As long as Shen Fang is here, East Qin can forget about getting any benefits from West Chu. Our emperor has been eyeing West Chu like a tiger watching its prey, but we don't know anything about West Chu at all, so we never dared to send troops. Now that this is a heaven sent opportunity, no one would have thought that Chu Shao Yang would defect to our South Yue and even give a heavy gift to our emperor. Once he surrendered, we were like blind people opening their eyes, clearly seeing the situation in West Chu. Tell me, isn't he the key to opening the gates of West Chu? "

Hearing strategist Pang's words, Tuoba Zheng suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "That's right, that's right. This prince is really muddle-headed, it's the strategist who can see things clearly. My father made him a king and gave him the power of the army, it was just to use him."

Strategist Pang said with a faint smile, "That's natural. The emperor has given Chu Shao Yang great favour, making him a king and giving him the title of commander. He wants to win him over and have him work for our South Yue, using him to destroy West Chu! Does your highness really think that in the emperor's heart, your position can't compare to Chu Shao Yang who surrendered? "

Tuoba Zheng's heart was at ease. He raised his head and burst into laughter. His laughter spread far and wide.

At the same time, the three armies sent by Mo Chuan arrived at Shuang Lu.

The general leading the troops thought there would be a large battle or that Shuang Lu would be lost, but when they arrived at Shuang Lu, they saw the West Chu war flag flying in the distance. Moreover, it was calm outside the city, not a single South Vietnamese soldier could be seen.

They looked at each other in blank, not daring to believe what they were seeing.

This was because the southern pass was only three days away from Shuang Lu and the southern pass had already been lost for five days. According to their estimations, after the South Yue army captured the southern pass, the first thing they would do would be to take Shuang Lu. There would be a large battle at Shuang Lu City.

The three armies gathered together to discuss and decided to set up camp in the city first. If they set up camp outside the city and the South Yue army attacked, there would be no barriers in the wilderness. They were few in numbers and would be attacked from all sides, so it would be better to defend the city.