After Zhu Hai heard Zhang Han's words, he kept laughing in his heart, the place where Zhang Han said to return had actually fallen into the hands of the Jin army.

Outside the city, a very large-scale battle broke out between the Jin army commanded by Zhu Hai and the Qin army commanded by Zhang Han.

After eight days of fierce fighting between the two sides, Zhang Han withdrew from Jiangli City, only defending the two cities of Shangdang, and at the same time Zhang Han asked Qin for help.

Chu State, Yingdu.

Wei Wuji sent an envoy to the capital of Chu State.

After not experiencing war for many years, the state of Chu is committed to the road of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and the capital city of Yingdu at this time is very prosperous, which can be said to be the largest city in the south of Kyushu.

In the southern part of Kyushu, it can be said that there is no more prosperous city than the capital of Ying, outside the city of Yingdu, there are merchants and vendors, and there are some people who fight cocks and crickets, and they enjoy the dividends brought by the peace of the state of Chu.

Since Huang Xie came to power, the state of Chu has not been involved in the war, and the people of the state of Chu who have not been involved in the war have begun to develop their own lives and expand their spiritual thoughts.

And in Yingdu City, in the Chu Palace, an envoy of the Jin State clasped his fists with both hands and said to the young Emperor of the Chu State, Xiong Dang: "The envoy of the Jin State, 'Zheng Zhiping', pays a visit to the Great Chu Emperor!" ”

Then he turned to the court, and the only young courtier who was sitting said, "Meet Chun Shenjun!" ”

Zheng Zhiping was Wei Wuji's protégé and served as the secretary of state of Jin at the same time, and Wei Wuji observed that he was clever and very good at talking, so he asked him to send an envoy to the state of Chu to complete the purpose of the state of Jin.

Huang Xie looked at Zheng Zhiping and asked, "I don't know what affairs Mr. has when he comes to my Chu country?" ”

"I, the prince of the Jin Kingdom, Wei Wuji, sent me in the hope that Da Chu could conclude an alliance!" Zheng Zhiping looked at Huang Xie and said.

"The Covenant? I heard that the Jin State was competing with the Qin State, if we concluded an alliance with the Jin State, wouldn't we be involved in the Jin and Chu hegemony? Huang Xie looked at Zheng Zhiping and said.

Wei Wuji saw that Huang Xie was a very ambitious person, he let the Chu State go to the road of rejuvenation, and now the Chu State is getting stronger and stronger, he believes that Huang Xie will not sit still, and he must also want to make achievements.

So he specially sent Zheng Zhiping to Chu to see Huang Xie's thoughts, as for the alliance, Wei Wuji was not very optimistic, he could see that Huang Xie had great ambitions, so it was inevitable that a small favor would not be able to win over Huang Xie.

He sent Zheng Zhiping this time just to talk about what this Chu State had in mind and whether it would help the Qin State.

Whether there is any secret collusion with the Qin State, this is the main purpose of Zheng Zhiping, as for the alliance, it is best to conclude it, if it can't be concluded, Wei Wuji doesn't care.

He wanted to see if the first step in Huang Xie's ambition was the Qin State or the Jin State, as for the Qi State, Wei Wuji believed that Huang Xie would not dare to make a move against the Qi State even if he was arrogant.

If Huang Xie made a move against Qi State, even if he won the war, then Chu State would be in tatters, so he thought that Huang Xie had ambitions, but he would not make a move against Qi State, of course, Jin State had ambitions, but Jin State ambitions, the first target was not Qi State.

Because the Qi State is too strong, so strong that people don't dare to worry about it easily, let them know that they don't have the strength to fight against Qiang Qi.

Even if they saw the idea of Qi having a unified world, the princes could only secretly pray that they were not the first to make a move.

As for fighting against the Qi State, they only hope that when the Qi State attacks other countries, they can share some meat in it, so as to strengthen themselves. Fun reading little books

As for the alliance against Qi, Wei Wuji has actually thought about it, but the first step of joining forces to resist Qi is to conclude the Qin State, otherwise the Qin State will always be your threat.

Therefore, the war with Qin, although it was a war of self-defense, was also a war to conclude an alliance with Qin, and he had to knock Qin down and make Qin realize that he did not have the strength to dominate the world at all, and there was a huge threat in the east.

Because Qi is in the extreme west of Kyushu, he doesn't know how strong Qi is at all, he only knows that it is very strong, but they don't know how strong it is, otherwise they may have already joined forces against Qi State.

Although the Qin State regards the Qi State as the first opponent, in their cognition, the Qi State can still fight with it, and the Qin State is not weaker than the Qi State, especially the Qin State after seizing the land of Xirong.

However, the Jin State is next to the Qi State, he also borders the Qin State, how strong the Qi State is, he knows it very well, and he also knows how powerful the Qin State is, and he also compares this, knowing who is strong and who is weak in the two countries.

"The State of Qin is a threat to the State of Jin, so why not the State of Chu?"

"As far as I know, the Qin State occupies the land of Bashu, which was originally the territory of the Chu State!" Zheng Zhiping looked at Huang Xie and said.

The land of Bashu was actually two princes, and at that time Chu and Qin both wanted to annex, but later because of some things, Chu did not annex it, but let Qin annex it.

The peak Chu State once wanted to start a war with the Qin State, but after the chaos was involved in the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, the matter of the land of Bashu was over.

"My Chu army has never entered the land of Bashu, how can I talk about the land of Bashu belonging to my Chu country?"

"Although there has been a war between my Chu State and the Qin State, there has never been a major war!"

"And although my Chu State is known as Great Chu, if no one knows it today, my Chu State is just a vassal of Qi State!"

"The place that the sword of Qi points to is the enemy of my Chu State, and the ally of Qi State is the ally of my Chu State!" Huang Xie looked at Zheng Zhiping and said.

Zheng Zhiping was stunned, he didn't expect Huang Xie to say this, a huge Chu country is now being revived, the army is strong, if the entire Chu country is gathered, it can be a million heroes.

is such a state of Chu, and its ruler Huang Xie actually said that the state of Chu is a vassal of the state of Qi......

This made Zheng Zhiping not know what to say, and he looked at Huang Xie in a daze at this time.

"I, the State of Chu, have always been courtiers in front of the State of Qi!"

"If your country wants to conclude an alliance with my Chu State, then first conclude an alliance with Qi State!" Huang Xie said lightly.

"If the State of Chu is willing to form an alliance with the State of Jin, how about Shangluo return to your State of Chu when he breaks the Hangu Pass?" Zheng Zhiping looked at Huang Xie and said.

Shangluo is a city after the Qin State entered the Wuguan, once the Chu State occupies this city, which means that the Chu State can always threaten the Qin State.

Wuguannei, is the Guanzhong region of Qin, Guanzhong is the plain, and the capital of Qin is here, if Chu sends 500,000 troops to be stationed in the Guanzhong Plain, it can be said that Qin will never come out.

This is also why the Jin State is willing to give Chu such a big temptation, because if it cedes here, Chu will send half of its troops to be stationed there, so that Chu will not make any moves in the Central Plains.

Although Wei Wuji has always regarded the Qi State as an enemy, this does not mean that the Chu State and the Qin State are not enemies.