Yingdu.

"Great King, the Qin State urgently reported that not long ago, the Qin State had officially rejected our request for peace talks and expelled Zuo Yin from the Qin State."

Xiong Huai listened to Chen Zhen's report, his brows jumped, and he was shocked: "What's the matter, the information that the widow received yesterday, Zuo Yin also said that Qin State will soon make peace with Chu State, why did Qin State refuse the request for peace talks today, and still expelled Zuo Yin without any mercy."

Also, Zuo Yin Ke sent back specific news. ”

"Great King, the specific situation has not yet been ascertained, but this news has been transmitted back through the channel of Zhibeiya, and Zuo Yin's news may need to wait for a day or two."

As soon as Xiong Huai heard that this was the news from Zhibeiya, he immediately stopped doubting the truth of this news, and then said with a heavy face: "Check, the widow wants to know what the reason is, how the good situation suddenly changed fundamentally." ”

"Yui."

"Spread the edict, immediately send someone to inform Ling Yin, the negotiation may fail, let be careful. Also, order the border generals to strengthen their vigilance and not let up. ”

"Yui."

Two days later, Zhaochang's messenger returned to Yingdu and brought back news of the failure of the peace negotiations between Qin and Chu.

Then, Han and Wei also sent news of the expulsion of the envoys and the declaration of breaking with the state of Chu

Then, for another three days, specific information about Qin's refusal to negotiate peace was sent back.

"Great King, knowing the news that Beiya planted beside Gan Mao, not long ago, the Wei State bought Gan Mao with a lot of money, and asked Gan Mao to sabotage the Qin and Chu peace talks and speak for the Wei State. Later, Gan Mao was bribed, opened his mouth to sabotage the peace talks between Qin and Chu, and persuaded Qin Wangdang to reach an agreement with Wei.

After that, Gan Mao continued to negotiate peace with Zuo Yin to create an atmosphere of imminent success in order to paralyze us, while waiting for Wei to fulfill the agreement. Until recently, Wei put pressure on Korea, and the king of Han ceded seven cities east of Jiaodi to Qin. After the Qin State obtained the land, he immediately turned against my Chu State. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, and said with a solemn face: "Wei and Qin negotiated terms, but the result was that Korea ceded land, it seems that King Han was sold by King Wei!"

However, the seven cities are completely incomparable to half of the Hanzhong of my Chu State. Moreover, after the Qin State and the Wei State reached an agreement, they did not bargain with our Chu State at all, which shows that the conditions offered by the Wei State must be extremely rich, and our Chu State cannot open them at all. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai looked at Chen Zhen and asked, "Chen Qing, have you ever found out what conditions Wei and Qin have reached?" ”

Chen Zhen shook his head guiltily: "The minister is incompetent, when Qin and Wei reached an agreement, only Gan Mao and Zhai Zhang were present, and others did not know, and the spies we placed next to King Qin and King Wei and Gan Mao Zhai Zhang and others, after many inquiries, did not figure out what the agreement between Qin and Wei was?" ”

"Forget it." Xiong Huai sighed slightly, and then sneered: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, no matter what Qin and Wei want, in the end, they will still have to divide the victory and defeat on the battlefield." If they want to fight, even if they go to the five countries together, how can the widows be afraid. ”

Chen Zhen praised when he heard this: "The king is mighty. ”

Xiong Huai smiled slightly, and then ordered: "Chen Qing, since the first plan to win over the Qin State has failed, now prepare to launch the second plan." Immediately sent someone to contact Prince Zhen of Song and Xiang Shou Wei Ran of Qin State and others, and immediately notified Ling Yin and told him that the second set of plans had begun. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said in a cold tone: "Although he Gan Mao does not want to be a friend of the widow, but there are not only people in the Qin State who want to be friends with the widow, but there are many. ”

On the other side, Chen Cheng.

After another day of bloody battles, Yin Jun counted the casualties, came to Zhao Ju, and saw that Zhao Ju was arranging to defend the city tomorrow, so he stood quietly in front of Zhao Ju, until he saw Zhao Ju pause, and then handed over his calculated battle report:

"Ling Yin, today's battle situation has been counted."

"How's it going?"

Yin Jun said with a heavy face: "The loss is comparable to yesterday. ”

Zhao Ju let out an "oh" when he heard this, and then opened the battle report to check it.

Soon, Yin Jun saw that Zhao Ju had finished reading the battle report, hesitated for a moment, and arched his hand: "Ling Yin, although our Chen Cheng is still as stable as a rock now, I faintly feel that after holding on to Chen Cheng for more than a year, the morale of the soldiers in the city has begun to decrease. ”

Zhao Ju nodded, closed the battle report with his hand, put the battle report on the side of the case, and then looked at Yin Jun, but did not speak.

Seeing this, Yin Jun continued: "Ling Yin, when the Han army began to storm Chencheng before, the morale in the city was already unstable, and after that, the Qin army retreated to Chencheng thirty miles away and watched from the wall, and the morale in the city recovered. At that time, everyone thought that the king's plan to divide the five kingdoms had worked.

However, after that, the king came with the news that the peace between Qin and Chu failed, although this news was not revealed, but immediately after, the Qin army and the Korean army began to storm Chencheng, so that our Chencheng casualties increased greatly.

Now, many of the soldiers in the city thought that the king had failed to divide the countries, and also angered the Qin and Han countries, so that the five kingdoms were all storming Chencheng. Therefore, many soldiers in the city are now talking about it, worrying about the future of Chen Cheng, so that their morale is declining day by day.

So..."

Yin Jun said, seeing that Zhao Ju's face became stiff, he swallowed his saliva, and said cautiously: "Ling Yin, at this moment, do we want to find a way to restore the morale in the city." ”

Zhao Ju was stunned when he heard this.

Then immediately reacted, the Qin army withdrew one after another, and then stormed Chen Cheng with the Han army, which has made the feudal lords in the city have a lot of speculation.

Although Zhao Ju did not announce the failure of the peace between the Chu State and the Qin State, perhaps they had already guessed it.

Before the war, Zhaoju had hyped up that the five countries had their own ghosts and could be divided.

Later, after the Great War, the practice of Qin and South Korea in preserving their strength also confirmed this statement.

However, now that Qin and Han began to storm Chencheng, many people thought that the peace negotiation had failed, and the five countries united to attack the city.

As a result, many people have become pessimistic, thinking that this war cannot be won by the Chu State.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju pondered for a moment, glanced up at Yin Jun, and said with a smile: "Isn't it that the Qin-Han coalition army began to attack the city?" When the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song stormed the city before, the soldiers of our Chu army fought against it without falling behind. Now that they have been fighting for more than a year, the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song have lost their sharpness, even if they add Qin and Han... My hundreds of thousands of troops are guarding the fortified city, and what is there to fear?

Yin Jun, you will pass the general's order to the main general later, and let them come to discuss it tomorrow after the battle, and say that the general has a plan to break the enemy.

Also, tell the generals what they said, so that they can rest assured that the Qin-Han coalition army is not as good as the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song, and the three kingdoms cannot capture Chencheng, plus the same is true of Qin and Han. ”

"No."

Soon after, after Yin Jun left, Zhao Ju groaned for a while, and then ordered: "The general will order that from now on, the inspection of the city walls and streets will be strengthened, and no one will be allowed to act alone on the streets during the day, and no troops other than patrols will be allowed to stay at night, and those who violate the order will be killed." Moreover, if there is no order from this general, all those who intend to leave the city will be punished for the crime of defection, and they will be killed. ”

"No."

Then, Zhao Ju was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "The peace negotiation failed, and the king has already begun to adopt the second plan, so I will also act here." ”