As soon as Xiong Huai's voice fell, Zhao Ju immediately arched his hand with a heavy face: "Great King, the minister thinks that the urgent matter of my Chu State now is not to send troops to save Yan, but to immediately gather troops on the borders of various countries to prepare for the unexpected. ”

"Huh?" Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Ju hesitantly.

Zhao Ju explained: "Great King, although the minister does not know what benefits the Qi State gave to the Zhao State, let the Zhao State betray the Yan State. However, since the State of Zhao has betrayed the State of Yan, then the State of Qi will inevitably take precautions after having the confidence to defeat the State of Yan, so as to prevent our State of Chu from rescuing the State of Yan. ”

"What's more!" Zhao Ju paused, and after all the others looked over, he spoke: "Zhao Guo betrayed Yan Guo and stood on the side of Qi State, Yan State has been defeated by Qi and is powerless to contain Qi State. Therefore, such as the situation today, the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Zhao formed an alliance, and the Qin State also stood on the side of the Triple Alliance. As for the Song State, it remained neutral.

And my Chu State now has one ally left, South Korea, and this ally is still extremely unreliable, and it is possible to be persuaded by Zhao and Wei at any time. ”

Saying that, Zhao Ju bowed and said: "Great King, so the minister said, what my Chu State has to do at the moment is to guard against the attack of various countries, and to guard against and win over Song and Han, at least let these two countries remain neutral, and not let Song and Han also fall to the Lianheng Alliance." ”

Xiong Huai's face changed when he heard this, and then he immediately ordered: "Zuo Yin, immediately pass on the edict of the widow, with the general Deng Lingguang as the main general, to guard against the Qin State in Xiyi, and take the general Zhuang Ji as the general, and go to Chencheng to garrison in order to prepare for the Wei State." In addition, let Yin Hui'ang of Shouxian County strengthen his vigilance and let him be careful of Song Guo.

Also, immediately give Prince Song and Uncle Han Xiang a heavy gift. ”

"Yui." Zhao Chang gave up his hand with a solemn face, and then knew that this matter was urgent, and then gave up his hand again, and then immediately turned around and retreated.

After Zhao Chang left, Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Ju and said: "Zhu State, Yan State is very important to my Chu State, if Yan State is disabled by Qi State this time and is greatly weakened, I am afraid it will be difficult to contain Qi State in the future." Without the containment of the Yan State, the widows are worried that the Qi State will attack our Chu State with all its strength without any scruples.

In this way, the widow is very worried, and he doesn't know that the Zhu Kingdom can have a way to save Yan. ”

"This..." Zhao Ju suddenly fell into deep thought.

If there is no containment from various countries, the Chu State will do its best to attack the Qi State with all its might, but it will also be able to return to the Qi army.

But now, Wei is an ally of Qi, and Zhai Qiang has just served as Wei's minister with the support of Qi, so Wei may attack Chu at any time.

And the Song State, which is the grass on the wall, has always been strong and obedient, and there is a great possibility of defection, so Chen Dishou County and Chen Dishou County have to send troops to garrison, which contains most of the troops of Chu State.

On the Huaiyin side, Kuang Zhang led an army of 70,000 to garrison Huaibei, and with Kuang Zhang's ability, he defended along the river, and at least 200,000 troops were needed to defeat Kuang Zhang, and put strong pressure on Qi to prompt Shengzi to return to help.

And if you want to raise 200,000 troops in Huaiyin, unless you transfer more than 100,000 troops from Jiangdong, it is impossible.

But...

Zhao Ju glanced at King Chu and sighed secretly in his heart.

Jiangdong is much more important than Yan State, and the value of the three Yan States is not as good as that of one Jiangdong belonging to Chu State, and it is impossible for the King of Chu to transfer troops from Jiangdong.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju slowly shook his head and arched his hand: "King, it is not appropriate for my Chu State to make a big move at the moment, and the Qi State has the lesson of destroying Yan last time, so I don't think it will risk the disapproval of the world again and destroy the Yan Kingdom."

Therefore, the minister thought that my Chu State only needed to blempty in Huaiyin, and then send an envoy to mediate, and then let the Yan State cede the land and sue for peace, and it would not be too much to come to the Qi State. ”

"No way!" When Xiong Huai heard Zhao Ju's negative countermeasures, he immediately shook his head: "In the matter of Yan Kingdom, the widow will not pin his hopes on Qi State, and Zhu Country can have other countermeasures?" ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he hesitated for a moment and said: "If the king must go all out to attack Qi, please transfer 100,000 Chu troops from Jiangdong, so that the minister will be able to repel Kuang Zhang and force the Qi army to return to help." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, but still shook his head and said: "No, Jiangdong has been decided, the people have not yet been attached, and the Chu army in Jiangdong cannot be transferred." ”

"This..." Zhao Ju bowed his hand and said: "King, the minister is incompetent. ”

After Zhao Ju pleaded guilty, the other generals in the hall lowered their heads when they saw the King of Chu coming over, not daring to look directly at the King of Chu.

After Xiong Huai's eyes scanned, he saw that all the ministers were silent, and he was speechless.

However, he also knew that his requirements were indeed a bit difficult for strong people.

It is almost impossible to attack the state of Qi without sending a large number of troops.

Then, there was silence in the hall for a while, and just as everyone was thinking hard about a good plan, Zuo Cheng walked out of the crowd and arched his hand: "King, the minister has a strategy that can prompt the Shengzi Yan army to return to help." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy: "What is Qing's good plan, come soon." ”

Zuo Cheng showed a hint of a smile, then walked to the side of the map, and pointed to Qinghe City, where Kuang Zhang of Huaibei was located, with his right hand finger and said: "King, Kuang Zhang led 70,000 Qi troops to defend Qinghe, so my Chu army must be 200,000." But! ”

As he spoke, Zuo Cheng moved his finger to the area of Langya Jimo in the hinterland of Qi State, and said: "However, now the army of Qi State is either transferred to attack Qi State, or in the south to guard against our Chu State, or on the border to guard against other countries, and the hinterland is extremely empty. Therefore, the minister's meaning is that Zhu Guo led the main force to contain Kuang Zhang of Qinghe, and then sent a partial division to attack the hinterland of Qi to attract Shengzi to come back. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, and looked at Zuo Cheng hesitantly: "Xianqing, the widow is stupid, this Langya Jimo is thousands of miles away from Huaiyin, not only has Kuang Zhang, a roadblock, but also all the way is the territory of Qi State, how can my Chu army go straight to the hinterland of Qi State." ”

Zuo Cheng arched his hand and said: "King, of course you can't take the land route, but if you take the sea route, the road will be unimpeded, just like the two-hundred-year-old Wu State Sailor, who will go straight to the heart of the Qi State." ”

"But Wu Guoshui failed back then!" Zhao Ju retorted, and then saw that the king of Chu had some intentions, and immediately gave up his hand to dissuade him: "Great king, the sea is vast and surging, and the boats in the sea are completely different from the boats in the lakes and rivers. Moreover, the sea area of Qi is still a completely unfamiliar water area of my Chu country, the depth of the sea water, whether there are reefs, my Chu country does not know anything.

What's more, where there are rivers flowing into the sea and islands on the side of Qi, I don't know in Chu. If it is, if the Qi army ambushes our naval division on the island or in the river, then our Chu naval division will definitely be like the Wu State, and there is a worry that the whole army will be annihilated. ”

Saying that, Zhao Ju bowed with a heavy face: "King, the sailors will go on an expedition to the Qi country, and if they succeed, they will gain nothing, and if they fail, the whole army will be wiped out. ”