The day after Gongsun Yu lobbied the crown prince, the prince personally entered the palace to ask for a meeting with the king of Wei, and asked to personally transport grain to Chencheng, one to supervise the war, and the other to show sincerity to Korea.

As a result, the king of Wei agreed to the prince's request.

And the day after the prince left Daliang, Gongsun Yu also set off for the Eastern Zhou Kingdom.

Ten days later.

The Eastern Zhou Jun, who had long been in contact with Qi and Wei, under the persuasion of Gongsun Yu, officially rebelled against South Korea in the name of South Korea's excessive demands, not only sent people to recover the grain that had been lent, but also blocked South Korea's road to the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, making it look like he was going to break with South Korea.

When the news reached South Korea, the government and the opposition were shocked.

"What, how dare he, Himegen, betray the widow?"

When King Han heard the news of the betrayal of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, he was shocked and more annoyed.

"The Eastern Zhou Kingdom is not even comparable to the Western Zhou Kingdom, the land is less than a hundred miles, and it is a small land, and he dares to refuse the request of the widow, who gave him the courage."

As he spoke, King Han instantly hesitated.

South Korea had twice asked the Eastern Zhou State for grain before, and the Eastern Zhou Jun readily agreed, which shows that with the strength of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, there must be no way to resist South Korea.

And now, after agreeing to South Korea's request, the Eastern Zhou Kingdom suddenly changed its hexagram, which must have given the Eastern Zhou Jun confidence and courage.

Otherwise, Dong Zhoujun··· Hehe···

It's just that which country is behind it?

King Han's first reaction was the state of Chu, and now that the five kingdoms are attacking Chu, the state of Chu is the most eager to change the status quo.

It's just that Chu is too far away from the Eastern Zhou State, and it is too busy to take care of itself, and there is a South Korea in the middle, so the Chu State cannot be relied on at all for the Eastern Zhou State.

In addition to the state of Chu, the rest is Qi Wei Zhao.

It's just that Wei has promised to lend grain to South Korea before, and Wei needs South Korea to continue to attack Chencheng, and in this case, it seems impossible for Wei to do so.

In case this news leaks, then Wei will shoot itself in the foot.

There is also the State of Zhao, and now the war of the State of Zhao against the State of Zhongshan is in full swing, and the war of the State of Zhongshan is much more fierce than the battle of the Five Kingdoms against Chu.

If there is one country that wants to maintain the status quo the most, it must be Zhao Guo.

So it is impossible for Zhao Guo.

The rest... Then there is only the country of Qi.

Especially after the appointment of Zhou Zhiqing by the king of Qi, Qi Guo's actions for the two weeks have never stopped.

It's just that now that Qi is leading the five countries to attack Chu, Qi should be more concerned about Chu than in the past two weeks. Therefore, the possibility of Qi Guo making small moves is also very low.

After thinking about it for a while, King Han still couldn't figure out which country was doing things behind it, and he couldn't figure it out, of course it was...

King Han looked at Han Chen in front of him and asked, "Xiangguo, where did you say that the Eastern Zhou Jun got the courage to resist the widows. ”

"This..." Han Chen's lips squirmed, but he couldn't figure out which country was calculating South Korea.

It seems that all countries are possible, but it seems that all countries are not possible.

At this time, King Han saw that Han Chen was submissive, but he couldn't say a reason, seeing this, King Han's heart was suddenly filled with dissatisfaction with Han Chen, this Han Chen is really a little far from his uncle and Gongzhong, and even compared to the open land that just died of illness.

Thinking about it, King Han looked at Han Chen's heart and became more and more dissatisfied, and then he looked a little helpless to bypass the matter, and asked directly: "Xiangguo, the widow plans to teach the Eastern Zhou Jun a lesson and transfer some troops to attack the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, I don't know what Xiangguo thinks?" ”

"No." Although Han Chen didn't know who was plotting against South Korea, he knew that the timing of the rebellion of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom was very good, and it hit the soft underbelly of South Korea, and it was difficult for South Korea to retaliate at this time.

"The king, the small country of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it is not difficult to teach a lesson. But at present, our South Korea is in a shortage of food, and all the food needs to be guaranteed first. And the grain we borrowed from other countries, the Western Zhou State was too little, and it could only be used for emergencies, and the grain on the Wei side had already been transported to Chendi by the Prince of Wei, while the grain on the Qin side did not know where it was.

Therefore, although we have an army to cut down the Zhou in South Korea, there is no food to cut down the Zhou. It is necessary to think about the long-term situation. ”

Hearing this, King Han couldn't help but ask a little impatiently: "Could it be that the Eastern Zhou Jun betrayed the widow, and the widow is just like that." ”

"Of course you can't just leave it at that." Han Chen said excitedly: "If we let go of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom like this, then the Western Zhou Kingdom will know about it, and it will inevitably be ready to move, in order to retaliate against the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, in order to deter the Western Zhou Kingdom, I South Korea must take action." ”

"How Sangkook intends to act."

"This..." Han Chen pondered for a long time.

At this time, King Han saw that Han Chen had been silent for a long time, and he couldn't say why, and his disappointment suddenly overflowed.

And Han Chen saw the disappointment on King Han's face, his heart was very anxious, and in his eagerness, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and then he arched his hand and said, "King, the minister has a way." ”

Han Wang was stunned for a moment, and then asked expectantly and unexpectedly: "Will the plan be released?" ”

Han Chen responded: "Your Majesty, the minister's plan is to send envoys to condemn Qi and Wei, saying that Qi and Wei are taking advantage of the weakness of our Korea to win over our Korean vassals. Then, after expressing our dissatisfaction with South Korea to the two countries, he expressed his intention to withdraw his troops from Chendi. ”

"Nope." As soon as King Han heard Han Chen's plan, he immediately shook his head and objected: "The widow just borrowed grain from Qin and Wei to attack Chu, and Qin and Wei also agreed to the widow, and the prince of Wei also personally transported grain to Chendi.

Especially the Wei State, because my Korean army was not able to attack the city, I have long been dissatisfied with me. If the outnumbered troops retreated, the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song would inevitably follow. However, let alone keep the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, I am afraid that even the Western Zhou Kingdom, and even my Korean mainland will not be able to keep it.

Therefore, it is absolutely not feasible to withdraw from the army. ”

When Han Chen saw that King Han finished speaking, he immediately looked at him with sharp eyes, as if he had a bad idea.

Seeing this, he immediately explained: "Don't worry, the king doesn't worry, about the matter of retreating, the minister naturally knows the severity, and the minister's meaning is not to retreat, but to retreat as advance." ”

"Retreat as advance?" King Han was stunned and looked at Han Chen in surprise.

"Exactly." Han Chen nodded and explained: "Great King, now the most important thing for my five countries is to attack the Chu State, at this moment, if my South Korea retreats, the plan of the five countries to weaken the Chu State will collapse immediately, so now the other four countries will not allow my South Korea to withdraw troops from Chen Di without authorization."

Because of this, the minister meant to see that the mastermind behind the rebellion of the Eastern Zhou State against Korea was pushed to the two countries of Qi and Wei, and on the grounds that the two countries of Qi and Wei took the lead in plotting against our Korea, they threatened to withdraw from Chendi.

And the withdrawal of the army is not the goal, its real purpose is to force the Qi and Wei countries to swear, and the people who instigated the Eastern Zhou Jun are not them, and then in order to let the Qi and Wei countries prove their innocence, they asked the Qi and Wei countries to send envoys together with our South Korea to warn the Eastern Zhou State, ask the Eastern Zhou State to expel the Xiang State, and compensate our Korea and ask for guilt. ”

Speaking of this, the more Han Chen spoke, the smoother he spoke, and the faster he said: "King, the two countries of Qi and Wei will definitely not disagree in order to defeat Chu and win over our Korea." On the side of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, although he dared to rebel against our Korea, the Eastern Zhou Jun would definitely not dare to rebel against our Qi, Wei and Han at the same time.

Regardless of whether it is one of Qi and Wei who is agitating for the Eastern Zhou State behind the scenes, or both countries, but as long as the envoys of the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Han stand in front of the Eastern Zhou Jun, then the Eastern Zhou Jun will inevitably think that the two countries of Qi and Wei are standing with our Korea and will inevitably submit to our Three Kingdoms.

Therefore, the minister thought that this plan of retreating as advance would definitely succeed, and my Korea could also solve the Eastern Zhou Kingdom without blood. ”

King Han nodded again and again when he heard this, and the indifference on his face became a little soothed, and just as he was about to open his mouth to agree, a waiter reported loudly outside the palace: "King, Uncle has just written a letter outside the palace to present to the king." ”

"Uncle?!" King Han was stunned, and his face instantly became very complicated.

At this time, Han Chen saw that King Han's face was wrong, and immediately persuaded: "King, Uncle is too deeply involved with the State of Chu, and now that I have something to do in Korea, Uncle must have come to persuade the King to withdraw from the State of Chu. ”

When King Han heard this, he hesitated, shook his head and said: "No, my uncle has assisted the widow for many years, and he still has feelings for the widow and South Korea. ”

After saying that, King Han immediately responded: "Present your uncle's letter." ”

"Yui."

Seeing this, Han Chen suddenly let out a long sigh in his heart.

Even if he is now Xiangguo, his status in King Han's heart is still not as good as that of his uncle.

Not long after, King Han finished browsing his uncle's book, and then passed his uncle's book to Han Chen with a smile, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing." ”

Han Chen was stunned for a moment, then took the silk book and looked at it, only to see that his uncle was making a suggestion similar to the one he had just put forward to retreat, even more detailed and thoughtful than his plan.

Seeing this, Han Chen closed the silk book with a heavy face, and sighed secretly in his heart: I'm not as good as my uncle!

At this time, King Han saw that Han Chen had finished reading his uncle's book, and said with a smile: "Xiangguo, since the plan for the Eastern Zhou Kingdom was first proposed by Xianqing, then this matter will be handed over to you to deal with, and please Xiangguo not let the widow down." ”

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Soon, after Han Chen finished arranging the envoys to Qi and Wei, he took out his uncle's letter again, silently read it for a long time, and sighed again: "I'm not as good as my uncle." ”

As he spoke, Han Chen looked preoccupied again.

He was very worried at this time, not about his uncle, but about his father-in-law. Because of the relationship between the state of Chu, the uncle can no longer threaten his position as the prime minister.

But what about the public scum?

Gongzhong and Gongshu have fought in Korea all their lives, although Gongzhong was driven to Chu by Gongzhong, but this does not mean that Gongzhong's talent is inferior to Gongshu, but Gongzhong's luck is not good.

If it weren't for the fact that Gongzhong was not in South Korea before, it is estimated that the position of the Korean minister would not be his turn.

In terms of talent, status, and the mind of King Han, he is all inferior to Gongzhong.

It's fine when the Gongzhong is not in Korea, but what if the Gongzhong returns to Korea.

Thinking about it, Han Chen suddenly remembered that after he rejected Fan Huan, the envoy of the Chu State last time, Fan Huan did not leave Xinzheng immediately, but still stayed in Xinzheng to lobby the minister, especially Fan Huan had a close relationship with Gongzhong's clansmen and got along very well.

It seems that the king of Chu intends to send Gongzhong back to China to serve as prime minister?

Thinking about it, Han Chen frowned, and said with a gloomy face: "In order to prevent Gong Zhong from returning to China, it seems that I am going to prepare a heavy gift for Fan Huan and the King of Chu." ”

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