"Ugh!" Doctor Shangguan naturally knew the purpose of this trip, although the war would definitely break out, but the countries at least had to give Qi a chance to show their sincerity.

So he shook his head and said: "No, war is dangerous, death is disgusting, the widow is merciful, how can he rashly attack the Qi country!" ”

"The meaning of the widow is to hope that the king can rein in the precipice, reduce the price of grain, return 300,000 stone of grain to the Song Kingdom, and issue an edict to confess to the people of all countries and promise not to raise the price of grain."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall of Qi State, and the first two points were easy to say, the key was to confess guilt, which was impossible.

If the King of Qi really did what the countries wanted, then what face would the Qi State have to gain a foothold among the countries, which would be a great humiliation to the Qi State.

Meng Weijun took the lead in standing up and said angrily: "Great King, the minister heard that the king humiliated the minister to death, the envoy of the Chu State said nothing, insulted the king, the minister was ashamed, only a death can wash away the shame, the minister is willing to be the vanguard, and fight to the death with the Chu State." ”

As he spoke, Meng Weijun bowed to the ground for a long time.

In fact, as early as a few days ago, the news of the large-scale transfer of troops from the Chu State had reached the Qi State, and the situation that Xue Di had been reduced to the front line of Qi and Chu.

Especially after learning that the Song State also sent an envoy to Linzi, Meng Weijun hurried to Linzi like burning his eyebrows.

If nothing else, just because Xue Di has been surrounded by the Song State, Meng Weijun is worried that the Song State also has thoughts about Xue Di.

Therefore, Meng Weijun desperately hoped that the Qi State could prepare for war, and with Xue Di's strength alone, it would definitely be difficult to resist the Chu State, not to mention that the Song Guohu would be on his side. Another point is that Xue Di is not only his territory, but has basically become an enclave of Qi State, and Meng Weijun is afraid that Qi State will give up Xue Di.

Seeing this, the King of Qi nodded, Meng Weijun knew the situation, how could he not know that now that the King of Chu made such an insincere request, he obviously came to declare war.

After being silent for a moment, King Qi looked at the envoys of the four countries led by the envoys of the Chu State, sneered, and slowly spoke: "Since the King of Chu intends to fight with the widows, then let's fight!" ”

When Doctor Shangguan heard this, he immediately became angry and said: "Since the King of Qi is bent on going his own way and does not listen to the good words and persuasions of various countries, then let's fight!" ”

After saying that, Doctor Shangguan snorted coldly, and walked out with the other envoys of the three countries.

Shou County.

The army of Chu has gathered in Shou County.

After Xiong Huai ordered Zhaoju to stay in Yingdu, he ordered Jingcui, Tang and Gongsun Yan to be deputy generals, and personally led 80,000 Chu troops from Yingdu, and arrived in Shou County on August 17 after more than 20 days of travel.

As soon as he arrived in Shou County, Chen Zhen reported with a heavy face: "Great King, the news from the Kingdom of Qi that the King of Qi issued an edict ten days ago, burned all the grain south of Jucheng, and cleared the wilderness, and moved all the people to various county towns to hold on. ”

Xiong Huai said dumbly: "It seems that our strategy to feed the enemy has failed. ”

Jing Cui said with a smile: "King, although the strategy for grain failed, but the ultimate goal, the strategy of attacking the Qi State through war was successful, and the Qi State burned the grain by itself, which is definitely more convenient than us to grab the grain, and it is clean!" ”

"Yes, exactly. This year, the people south of Jucheng have no harvest, and the widow wants to see how long this war can last? Xiong Huai sneered, paused, and then asked Chen Zhen: "How are the Song and Yue countries prepared, have they already sent troops?" ”

Although ten days ago, seven countries put pressure on Qi State, but only three of them really sent troops, even South Korea, which also sent envoys, finally refused to send troops on the grounds that Qi was too far away and South Korea needed to guard against Qin.

As for the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei, Yan said that their strength was insufficient, and Zhao said that they wanted to guard against Qin, but they did not send troops.

In this regard, Xiong Huai had long expected that the three countries of each country condemned Qi, which was to divert domestic pressure, and he did not send a messenger before, which means that he did not want to start a war with Qi.

Unexpectedly, Wei did not send troops, and even wrote a letter to persuade Chu not to send troops, so as not to fight together and lose their lives.

Regarding the letter from the King of Wei, Xiong Huai could only say that the two countries of Chu and Wei had drifted apart.

On the other side, Chen Zhen heard the inquiry of the king of Chu and responded: "Great king, the king of Yue has sent a letter saying that the army of the Yue country is still being assembled, and this time the Yue country sent 150,000 troops, led by the king of Yue himself, to fight against the Qi country. ”

"In addition, according to the information from the Yue Kingdom, with our encouragement, this time Gongzi's hoof overwhelmed Gongziyu, successfully joined the army of Vaqi, and followed the king of Yue to Vaqi."

Xiong Huai was relieved when he heard the news that Yue Guo had sent troops, Song Guo didn't care, Yue Guo was the key.

And Childe's hoof is also in the army, which is simply perfect.

I'm afraid that Gongziyu is already in Wucheng now!

As for the question of whether Gongzi's hoof can make meritorious contributions, in Xiong Huai's opinion, this is not a problem at all, who called him the son of King Yue!

Chen Zhen saw the King of Chu smiling, paused, and then said: "As for the Song Kingdom, the news from the Song King said that the Song Kingdom was a little slow to mobilize troops because of the autumn harvest, and the Song army was still gathering, and when we arrived at Zhongwu City, the Song King would definitely wait in Zhongwu City." ”

Finally, Xiong Huai asked Jingcui: "Zhuguo, how many troops have been gathered in Shou County now." ”

Yingdu only sent out 80,000 troops, and the other armies were mobilized from the south of the river and Jianghuai, and the Chu army was constantly gathering in Shou County during this time.

Jing Cui responded: "King, it is reported that this time we have mobilized 70,000 troops from Jiangnan, and the current rush to Shou County is close to 60,000, and the remaining more than 10,000 troops are all troops south of Dongting, because the road is far away, and they are still on the way. ”

"In addition, Jianghuai's 100,000 troops have been assembled and can be called upon at any time."

"Good!" Xiong Huai nodded.

After another two days, all the Chu troops south of the river rushed to Shou County to assemble.

Then, the army repaired for three days, and Xiong Huai ordered the army to march towards the Qi country.

Half a month later, the Chu army rushed to Zhongwu City.

At this time, the king of Song had been waiting outside the city for several days, and the king of Yue was still on the road at this time, and there were still three days away from Zhongwu City.

Soon after the Chu army set up camp, Xiong Huai saw the Shangguan doctor waiting in Zhongwu City come to report: "King, the envoy of the Song State has come to visit, saying that the King of Song wants to have a meeting with the king!" ”

"King Song?" Xiong Huai was stunned.

He had only arrived in Zhongwu not long ago, why did King Song hurriedly ask to see him before he received the invitation from the Chu envoy?

What happened to the Favazi?

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai immediately responded: "Okay, reply to the envoy of the Song State, just say that the widow is waiting in the camp, and when the King of Song arrives in the Chu camp, the widow will personally greet him." ”

"Yui!"