For the Qin State, if the Chu State can annihilate all the encircled Han New First Army, it is of course the best outcome, in this way, the Han State is bound to draw troops from other places to make up for this tore gap, no matter where the troops are transferred, the benefits are the Qin people, you must know that the main force of the Han State is actually basically deployed in front of the Qin people, Xu Yuan's Beiye, Ye Zhen's Central Field Army Group, Helan Xiong's Eastern Field Army Group, which is also mixed with Gu Li's Xiongnu Independent Cavalry Division, Agu Huaien had a Donghu independent cavalry division, hundreds of thousands of troops pressed on the border line of the Qin state, and the pressure on the Qin people was obvious.

It's a pity that no one is a fool, and King Chu Huai may be a little stupid, but Huang Xie, Qu Zhong is all a person who is as cunning as a fox, such a thing that harms himself and others, they will never do it, what if they annihilate the new army in order to covet these merits, Gao Yuan is angry, and he doesn't care about a qiē to retaliate? Now the state of Chu is not ready for a battle of national fortune with the Han state, this ancient kingdom has been sleeping for too long, and it will take much longer to wake up and regain its strength.

At this point, Huang Xie and Qu Zhong saw it very clearly.

"We worked hard to plan this qiē, but in the end, it was the people of Chu who got the most benefits." In the middle of the night, Mingtai looked at Zhongli, who had just returned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Our Black Ice Platform has lost almost all of its manpower in the Han Kingdom, and it has also taken Tan Feng's dark line there, but the result is half of the Chu people, which is really uncomfortable."

"When it's time to share, don't think about monopoly, when it's time to monopolize, it's naturally unceremonious." Zhongli admonished, "In the end, if it weren't for the cooperation of the Chu people, would it be possible for our people to bring Mao Wei back safely?" Things that fall short have come and gone since ancient times. Putting this aside, this time the Chu people successfully launched the Battle of Pengcheng with the help of this incident and surrounded the new army of the Han State, which is not only a great thing for the Chu State, but also a great thing for us?"

"But the Chu people don't want to do things desperately, they are still half-hearted, surrounding but not annihilating, which is obviously currying favor with the Han State." Mingtai snorted coldly. Like this, Hou Ye, can we really believe them?"

"Why can't you believe it?" Zhongli laughed: "The Chu people showed their fangs this time, at least let Gao Yuan realize the threat of this southern power, in the next few days, Gao Yuan's eyes will no longer stare at us, at least half of them will come over and look at the Chu State, this is for us, it can be said that we have put down a huge burden, Mingtai, what do we need now, we need time to recover, last year's battle with the Han State really hurt our vitality. With the containment of the Chu State, we will be much more comfortable."

"But the explosives have to be shared with them, huh?"

"Nothing, don't forget, people are in our hands. Along the way, I have communicated with Mao Wei a lot, and when the time comes, the people are in our hands, and the workshop is also in our hands, what are you afraid of?"

"But they're going to send apprentices."

"That master and apprentice don't keep their hands, but they can't teach the apprentice, starve the master to death!" Zhongli smiled, "I'm sure Mao Wei will understand this soon."

"Master Hou, did you say that after Mao Wei returned to China, would the king really make him Hou?" Mingtai asked.

"What? Hungry?" Zhongli laughed.

"Of course, I've worked hard for most of my life, and the closure is still far away!" Mingtai said with some annoyance.

"When you take my seat, and then do a few beautiful things to come out, are you afraid that you won't be able to wait? What is the place of the Black Ice Terrace, that is the most trusted place of the king. The king's desire for you speaks for itself." Zhongli waved his hand, "I'm tired, I've drunk too much wine today, I want to rest, you go to sleep too, tomorrow we will leave for the Qin State, the envoy of the Han Kingdom is coming, if you accidentally bump into it, you can't help but be embarrassed, after all, we stole other people's things, didn't we?" Hahaha!"

"Master Hou, you're getting more and more humorous."

"The person who is about to leave, of course, will be humorous, stay in this position, you are not allowed to have humor, you can only have a murderous spirit." Zhongli waved his hand.

Just when Zhongli was lying on the high bed and falling asleep soundly, on the road to Yingcheng, a carriage was still on the way overnight under the protection of dozens of guards.

The person on the carriage was naturally the envoy of the Han State who was ordered to go to the Chu State to negotiate. When passing through Pengcheng, Wu Qi, after obtaining the consent of the Chu general Qu Wan, went to the encirclement and met Zhang Hongyu, the commander of the New First Army, and the soldiers who were surrounded there.

The situation of the new First Army is already very bad.

Although they built a solid defensive position, but for the Chu army that had no intention of attacking at all, it was not of great use, and the breakthrough was not captured by Zhang Hongyu, the third division of the new first army that first entered the Pengcheng area suffered heavy losses, a division of tens of thousands of horses, lost most of it, the commander of the first regiment He Dong was killed, the second regiment Mao Afu basically lost its combat effectiveness, and only one third regiment Song Tao's division remained basically intact, in order to rescue the third division trapped in the encirclement, Zhang Hongyu continued to invest in the troops, and the result was that Cui Chengxiu and Gao Chengdong were also put inAlthough the losses of these two divisions were not large, they were also surrounded by their opponents.

There is a shortage of food and medicine in the army, and many wounded soldiers can only watch them leave in wailing and pain because they cannot be treated in time, and on the day Wu Qi arrived, Zhang Hongyu had already decided to concentrate all his forces and break through alone, even if he couldn't break through, he had to bite off a piece of the opponent's flesh before he died.

After Wu Qi arrived, he immediately stopped Zhang Hongyu's action, from what he saw in the Chu army, the opponent had obviously anticipated his possible actions and made full preparations, if Zhang Hongyu launched a breakthrough, it would only be a matter of time before the whole army was destroyed, in that case, the problem would be intensified, and the two countries would have to fight a decisive battle between the two countries that no one wanted, which was neither what Chu wanted, nor what Han wanted, in Gao Yuan's mind, Qin was still the number one enemy of Han.

Wu Qi closed his eyes, recalling the conversation with Qu Wan after returning to Qu Wan's residence from Pengcheng, and from Qu Wan's attitude, he further spied into the psychology of the courtiers of Chu State. I want to get the necessary benefits from Han, but I don't want to completely break with Han. This is your chance.

Wu Qi asked Qu Wan for food, because the new army had already run out of food, and now he had begun to kill horses, find wild vegetables, and peel tree bark. Qu Wan first refused, but in the end he promised to provide 1,000 catties of rice to the new army every day, although 1,000 catties of rice is a drop in the bucket for an army of tens of thousands of people, but at least he can hang his life. And when he asked him for a large amount of medicinal materials, the general of the Chu State did not hesitate and directly agreed.

Qu Wan's attitude is naturally from Yingcheng's instructions.

"General Qu Wan, if when our two countries complete the combination of medicines, what I see is that the soldiers of the new First Army are starving all over the place, then the peace treaty is a piece of waste paper, and the army of the Han Dynasty will definitely come to the country, and at that time, it will be General Qu Wan who provokes a full-scale war between the two countries!" Before leaving, Wu Qi also threatened Qu Wan fiercely, considering that Qu Wan had been defeated by the Han army in the Qi State and was chased by the Han army for thousands of miles, Wu Qi was worried that they would take this opportunity to retaliate, and it was necessary to beat it at the right time. The king of Han wanted the soldiers of the new army to return to the country safely, not to bring back a long coffin that he could not see.

"As long as your army doesn't take risks, we will naturally maintain the status quo." Qu Wan's answer made Wu Qi at least half of his heart, now, it depends on his negotiation with Yingcheng, how to rescue the new army without paying too much price, this is a question that Wu Qi has been thinking about, Han King Gaoyuan gave him a lot of autonomy, how to use this autonomy to fight for more benefits for the Han State, will greatly improve his status between the discussion and politics, now the five members of the council hall, Wu Qi thinks that he is the fifth, Jiang Jiaquan needless to say, that is the first assistant, Yan Shenghao also followed Gao Yuan, and Li Can, He has a considerable say in the maritime affairs, above the maritime affairs, several other councilors can't say anything at all, and they are also indispensable in the deliberations, Wu Kai, who entered the council hall with him, has qualifications that he can not compare, and Jiang Jiaquan also respects him very much. If you want to climb up, there is the best opportunity in front of you, at least you have to press Li Can down.

Among the five councilors in the council hall, in terms of ability, only Jiang Jiaquan was the only one who really made Wu Qi happy and convinced, and the other three, Yan Shenghao was good at civil, Li Can was good at maritime affairs, Wu Kai was more proficient in the economy, but when it came to the overall situation and the vision of politics and strategy, they were far inferior to themselves, like this new army incident, Jiang Jiaquan did not speak, Yan Shenghao, Li Can, Wu Kai strongly advocated raising a large army and fighting to the death with the Chu State, to be ashamed of this, only he strongly objected, advocating a negotiated solution, It seems that his thoughts are right on the king's mind, so he has the opportunity to serve as a special envoy to deal with this matter, Jiang is old and old, but he is afraid that he will have to retire after a few years, and then it will be his own opportunity, if he can serve as the first assistant of the most powerful country on the continent now, he will not be disappointed to come to the world. What's more, his current master is wise and not domineering, and it is really hard to believe that he has respect for his subordinates if he does not experience it himself.

Under the leadership of this king, he may become the most accomplished chief assistant on this continent, and establish a powerful country, which was unimaginable when he served as the first assistant of the Wei State in the past, and at that time, he was thinking about how to survive between the cracks of the great powers.

Wu Qi doesn't want to be a hundred years later, the self recorded in the history books is just the first assistant of the Wei State, and leaving a name in history is the biggest pursuit of his life. (To be continued......)