Just when Xiong Huai was quickly thinking about how to refute Sun Hao, on the other side, Qu Yuan, who had already known outside the palace that Sun Hao was planning to impeach Zhaoju, was already thinking about dealing with the attack of the ministers on Zhaoju when he was waiting for the summons of the King of Chu outside the palace. Although it didn't take much time to enter the palace and eat, he had already prepared all kinds of copings in his heart.

At this time, as soon as Sun Hao's voice fell, Qu Yuan immediately retorted: "Tingli, why do you say that the war between my Chu State and the Five Kingdoms is over. If the war is over, and our Chu State has already shaken hands with the five countries, then shouldn't I want a large piece of land that my Chu State lost not long ago? ”

Xiong Huai was relieved when he heard Qu Yuan speak. Now that Qu Yuan has come on the scene to refute Tingli, he is naturally happy to see it happen, aren't the ministers under him used to share their worries?

After all, it is always inconvenient to argue with the minister with the dignity of the king of Chu.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai immediately nodded, smiled at Qu Yuan first, and then turned his head to look at Sun Hao.

On the other side, when Sun Hao heard this, he knew that Qu Yuan was cheating on him, so his face suddenly turned cold: "Zuo's words are wrong, although the war is over, but the land lost by my Chu State cannot but be recaptured." However, the war to regain lost territory is a matter of the next war.

Now that the main forces of the five countries have retreated, and the war ahead is over, this means that this war has ended. As for how the next war should be fought, that will be the next time. ”

"The end of the war? I'm afraid not! Qu Yuan shook his head, looked at Sun Hao and asked, "Tingli said that the war is over, so Pingli has to ask Tingli for advice, what are the rumors in the city now?" ”

"Rumors?" Sun Hao was stunned.

"That's right, it's a rumor that spread throughout Yingdu in an instant early this morning." Qu Yuan nodded, and then asked, "I don't know who the court thinks spread the rumors in the city." ”

When Sun Hao heard this, he said as a matter of course: "Of course it was spread by the five countries. ”

Qu Yuan smiled when he heard this, and said with deep approval: "Tingli's eyes are like torches, and Ping also thinks so."

When Sun Hao heard that Qu Yuan agreed with his point of view, he suddenly felt a pimple in his heart, and secretly exclaimed that it was not good.

But before he could speak, over there, Qu Yuan had already bowed to the king of Chu and said: "Great king, the relationship between the father and son of the king and the crown prince, the relationship between the monarch and the minister of my Chu country in the city, and the relationship between the ministers of the Chu country, with the intention of disturbing my Chu country, such as all this, except for the five countries behind the plot, the minister can't think of anything else that will target my Chu country like this." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he already understood what Qu Yuan wanted to say, so he immediately nodded cooperatively, and then asked the ministers in the palace: "I don't know what the ministers think, is the rumor in the city the result of the Five Kingdoms, or is it someone else?" ”

When the ministers heard this, many people had already realized that something was wrong, but at this moment, they would never refute the rumors that the five countries did it, not the five countries, or did they do it themselves?

Thinking about it, the ministers echoed and said: "The king is wise, the rumors in the Yingdu must be caused by the five countries. ”

As soon as the ministers' voices fell, Qu Yuan immediately continued: "King, before the five countries have captured a large territory of our Chu State, the Qin and Han coalition troops besieged Yecheng, and the armies of the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song looked at Juyang from afar, one east and one west, the reason why the five countries retreated was not that they did not want to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take the land of Huaibei, but after two years of war, the people's livelihood withered, the soldiers were tired, and in the face of my strong city Yecheng Juyang, they were already unable to catch it, so the five countries temporarily withdrew their troops to recuperate. ”

Speaking of this, Qu Yuan raised his voice and said loudly: "However, although the Five Kingdoms have withdrawn, the war has not ended because of this, and now the rumors in my Yingdu City are proof of this." If the truth of the war is over, then why should the five countries spread rumors among our Yingdu? ”

"This..." When Sun Hao heard the rumors in Qu Yuan's city, he was speechless.

The other ministers also frowned at this time, originally the rumors in the city were the help they borrowed, but as soon as Qu Yuan said it, the rumors had become Zhaoju's talisman, and they couldn't refute it.

Rumors can't be spread by themselves, and they can't be spread by feudal lords everywhere, the former is a capital crime, and the latter will cause turmoil in the country, and if the Chu State is in chaos and the countries are attacking, the Chu State will be at risk of being torn apart. Therefore, since the rumors were not spread by the Chu State itself, it could only be the Five Kingdoms that were hostile to the Chu State.

In this way, this confirms the rumors in the city that the attack of the Five Kingdoms on the Chu State is a continuation of it.

At this time, Qu Yuan paused, saw that no one came out to refute, and then said: "King, and you, I think that the reason why the five countries spread rumors is because the five countries are temporarily unable to break through Juyang Yecheng, so they plan to take advantage of the rumors to divide the monarchs and ministers of our Chu State, let my Chu State be chaotic without a fight, and then take over the hand of my Chu State to get rid of Ling Yin who is sticking to Juyang."

Therefore, the withdrawal of troops by the five countries is nothing more than a strategy of the five countries to advance by retreating, but it is just a change in the form of war. It is important to know that war has never been just a form of battlefield fighting.

The art of war is cloudy: the first soldier to fight, the second is to fight the enemy, and then the army is to fight, so the minister thinks that the withdrawal of the five countries is not the end of the war, but the war has entered a new stage, in the war, in the war. ”

Speaking of this, Qu Yuan paused, bowed his hand and said: "King, now that the way of war has changed, because of just rumors, he has thrown himself into chaos, killed the main generals of the front line, and done this kind of thing that the five countries have always wanted to do, but have never been able to do, this is the defeat of the war.

Therefore, the minister asked the king to think twice. ”

As soon as Qu Yuan's voice fell, Xiong Huai immediately agreed: "Yes, what Zuo Tu said is extremely true, the war between my Chu State and the Five Kingdoms is far from over, not only do the widows want to recover the lost land, but the Five Kingdoms also want to cut off another piece of meat from the widows." The rumors in the city now are clear proof, that is, the five countries disturb my Chu country, and it is the prelude to the five countries wanting to destroy me. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai glanced at the ministers with a heavy face, and said directly: "Zhuqing, killing generals before the battle, the taboo of soldiers, is now in the middle of a big war, and the widow hopes that Zhuqing can work together with the widow to win this war together."

As for the defeat of Chen Cheng before, it was just a temporary defeat, and it was nothing. As for the responsibility for the defeat, it is not possible to hold the generals at the front accountable while the war is still going on, so the matter is not to be mentioned, at least, before the war is over, the widows do not want to hear such remarks. ”

Qu Yuan immediately chimed in: "The king is wise. ”

The ministers saw that the king of Chu had made it clear that he wanted to support Zhaoju, and the doctor Jing Shao was squeezed by the king and couldn't speak, and Sun Hao, the court manager, was speechless by Qu Yuan's words, and seeing that the general trend had gone, everyone had to respond: "The king is wise." ”