When Zhao Ju heard this, he thought for a moment in his heart, and arched his hand: "King, if there are only 300,000 Chu troops defending Chendi, then in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops besieging it, there will be no army left outside the city to respond, and they must all enter the city to hold on.

However, even so, if you want to take the city, you need to divide the five countries, as long as one of the five countries withdraws its troops, and the remaining four countries do not trust each other, it is possible to take the city under the siege of various countries.

Otherwise, the old land will eventually be lost. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he nodded with a heavy face.

The state of Chu was not as long as the state of Qin, and the national border was too long to gather all its forces at one point like the state of Qin, and then drag it out until the morale of the enemy army was exhausted before fighting the enemy army.

In this way, in the face of the superior forces of each country, it can only divide the countries through diplomatic means.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai sighed lightly, and then said: "Ling Yin, the countries are menacing, and the widow wants to take Qing as the main general and guard Chen Di, I don't know if Ling Yin is willing to go to Chen Di." ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he was not surprised, this time he insisted on Chendi, and he needed to transfer troops from all over the country, and he must have an important minister who could shake the scene in order to unify the troops from all over the country.

And at the moment, there is no one else except for him.

Even Jing Quan, who had just been appointed as Sima, couldn't do it.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju immediately responded: "The minister receives the order." ”

Then, after talking about the dispatch of troops, Xiong Huai asked again: "Zhuqing, divide the five countries, I don't know what the plan of the Qing and the others are?" ”

As soon as everyone heard this, Zhao Ju took the lead in speaking: "Great King, in this attack on Chu, the Qi State is the leader of the alliance, and the Qin State is a vassal. When it comes to the determination to defeat Chu, Qi and Wei are the most determined, while Qin is the most hesitant. If it weren't for the words made last time, I'm afraid that Qin and Han might not have attacked Chen Di together with Qi and Wei.

Therefore, the minister thought that among the five kingdoms, the Qin state was the easiest to be convinced. ”

"Yes, if Chen Di is conquered, it will only strengthen the Wei State, and it will not do the Qin State the slightest benefit." Xiong Huai nodded, then looked at the ministers and asked, "When it comes to lobbying the Qin State, I don't know which virtuous Qing is willing to give it a try." ”

Zhao Ju opened his mouth when he heard this, but he didn't speak, his relationship with the Qin State was relatively close, if he personally presided over it, he would have a greater grasp. It's just that as the chief general defending Chen Di, he no longer has the energy to be distracted in the face of the enemy siege.

On the other side, Zhao Chang Zhao Ju did not speak, and immediately responded: "King, please leave the matter of lobbying the Qin State to the minister." ”

"Okay, there's Lao Zuoyin."

At this time, Doctor Zhong Zuo Cheng spoke: "Your Majesty, although the Qin State is the least determined in attacking Chen Di, the minister thinks that the Song State can also win lobbying. The king successively gave the Song prince Zhen 400 miles of land, and how long has it been, the Song State turned against me and the Chu State, and brazenly attacked the Chu State with Qi Wei and other countries.

Such an unrighteous act must be explained by Wang Zizhen, and let Wang Zizhen resist sending troops to attack Chu in the Song State. Otherwise, the minister thought that he could let the Chu people in Huaibei rebel and disrupt the Song State's plan to send troops. If the Song State had given priority to pacifying Huaibei because of this, the enemy army in Chendi would have been reduced by more than 100,000. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he thought about it but shook his head.

He knew what Zuo Cheng meant by letting the Chu people rebel, and last time he deliberately sent two hundred miles of land in order to send the prince back to Shangqiu. After the crown prince accepted the Huaibei land, in order to show his closeness to the Chu State, he only let his eldest son sit in Huaibei and let some henchmen assist, but he did not replace the original Chu State officials in a big way.

Therefore, as long as Xiong Huai is willing now, with just an edict, the two hundred miles of land will immediately rebel against Song and return to Chu.

This may be able to disrupt the Song State's plan to attack Chu and drag the Song State, but if this is done, the friendly relationship between the Chu State and the crown prince will be completely ruined.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai refused: "It's not proper, the Huaibei land that the widow gave to Prince Zhen is to thank Mrs. Song for saving her life." If the territory is recovered now because of a little contradiction between Chu and Song, how can the widow explain to Mrs. Song, how to win the trust of the countrymen and the world. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai saw that Zuo Cheng still had to persuade him, and said again: "Besides, King Song is old, he has reached the age of seventy, at such an age, I don't know if there will be a tomorrow after today, and he will die of illness at any time." For the sake of a small contradiction in front of him, and give up the deep friendship with the crown prince, the widow thinks that it is not advisable. ”

While speaking, Xiong Huai saw that Zuo Cheng showed a look of regret, and said again: "However, what Doctor Zhong said is right, the prince Zhen took the benefits of the widow, and he can't just take the benefits and not work. Therefore, the widow planned to put pressure on the crown prince to resist the Song State invasion of Chu this time.

Zuo Qing, you have traveled to the Song Kingdom many times and made good friends with the crown prince, and this time the action of putting pressure on the prince will be handed over to the Qing. ”

As soon as Zuo Cheng heard that the king of Chu did not reject all of his suggestions, he immediately responded: "Please rest assured, the king will go to the Song State immediately and personally lobby the crown prince." ”

"Okay." Xiong Huai nodded, then looked at Qu Yuan and said, "Zuo disciple, as the leader of the alliance, although the determination of the Qi State to fight Chu is firm, the widow also wants to send someone to lobby the King of Qi and divert the attention of the King of Qi. Qing has sent envoys to Qi State many times, and has made friends with many ministers of Qi State, and the widow hopes that Qing will continue to contact Qi State. ”

Qu Yuan responded: "Please rest assured, the king." ”

After the conclusion of the court meeting, the Chu side immediately began to act.

Although the autumn harvest in various parts of Chu State has not yet begun at this time, in order to deal with the war in advance, the order to transfer troops has begun to be conveyed to various places, and after the autumn harvest is over, the troops can be officially transferred.

And at this time, Zuo Cheng, the middle doctor who was in charge of lobbying the Song Kingdom, took the lead in leaving Yingdu and secretly went to Shangqiu of the Song Kingdom.

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Shangqiu, on the prince's house.

"Prince, Zuo Cheng, the envoy of the Chu State, secretly arrived in Shangqiu and wanted to see the prince."

"Zuo Cheng?" Prince Zhen was slightly stunned.

Since the King of Song and the Four Kingdoms had formed an alliance, he knew that there must be a move on the side of the Chu State, but he didn't expect that the King of Chu would actually send Zuo Cheng, the middle doctor.

Zuo Cheng, as an important minister of the Chu State, came to the Song Dynasty in secret, which is enough to show that the King of Chu attaches great importance to this matter and is determined.

A trace of worry flashed in Prince Zizhen's eyes, and he was very worried that because of the incident of the Song State attacking Chu this time, he would fall out with the Chu State.

Since his return to Shangqiu, he has seen that the king of Song has been very dissatisfied with him, and often suppresses him, trying to remove him from the crown prince.

However, because his strength in Shangqiu was not weak, he had the support of many ministers, and there were 400 miles of Huaibei to help, so King Song maintained restraint and did not immediately attack him.

If he fell out with the Chu State this time, lost the assistance of Huaibei, and lost the support of the pro-Chu ministers in the court, at that time, what was waiting for him would definitely be the thunderous wrath of the King of Song.

Thinking about it, Wang Zizhen took a deep breath.

Now he must not lose the support of the state of Chu.

"Tell me to go down, please Doctor Zuo later, I will visit him in person!"