Xiong Huai's face sank, and he reprimanded: "Ziji, the widow has always been kind to others, how can he do such a thing as buying and selling slaves?" ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai shook his head and explained: "Three days ago, Uncle Han Xianggong visited, and Chu and Han re-aligned. When the widow was worried about the lack of food and no food to supply the captives, the uncle learned of this and took the initiative to borrow 400,000 stone of grain for the widow to feed the captives. The widow saw that it was difficult to resist the hospitality, and the widow was really short of food, so he agreed. ”

After a pause, Xiong Huai looked at Gongziji and said helplessly: "Ziji, Chu and Han have just formed an alliance, and South Korea has lent a large amount of grain to the widow. If the widow returned the captives to Qin at this time, he would undoubtedly deceive the king of Han and let Chu and Han break off diplomatic relations again.

Therefore, the matter of returning the captives is still Ziji Xiuti, so as not to embarrass the widows. ”

Gongzi Ji saw that the last sentence of the King of Chu did not hesitate, and his tone was unquestionable, and he immediately knew that the task of replacing the prisoners had failed.

What shocked Gongziji even more was that Chu and Han had formed an alliance so quickly, and South Korea also gave grain for Chu to raise the captives of Qin, South Korea dared to do this, even if Chu was persecuted, South Korea should have refused, but South Korea agreed.

In any case, this shows one thing, that is, South Korea has completely fallen to the state of Chu.

Thinking about it, Gongzi Ji settled down, saw the estranged expression of the King of Chu, thought about it, and then arched his hand and said: "The king, since this is the case, the matter of the capture of the Qin State will be discussed in the future, this time, the minister came to the Chu State with peace, and the widow hopes that the two countries of Qin and Chu will be friendly again." For this reason, our country is willing to offer Danyang land to peace. ”

Xiong Huai immediately agreed to make peace with Qin: "The two countries of Qin and Chu are reconciled, which is also what the widow wants." ”

Not long after, Xiong Huai looked at the back of Gongziji's departure, and couldn't help but shake his head, this Gongziji, as Zhao often said, has no strong courage. It must be known that Qin is not a small country in distress like South Korea, but a big country, and it has the strength to negotiate conditions with Chu, even if he, the king of Chu, will agree in the end, Gongziji should put forward conditions.

But as soon as Gongziji saw that his face was wrong, he immediately coaxed, which was extremely inappropriate.

With such a character, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with Gan Mao and others in the Qin State.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai buried his plan to support Gongziji deep in his heart.

The other side.

As soon as Gongziji returned to the hotel, the deputy envoy Xiang Shouxiang hurriedly asked Gongziji: "Gongzi, I wonder if the King of Chu has agreed to our request?" ”

Gongzi shook his head, and then told what happened in the palace.

Xiang Shou hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Childe, about this matter, Shou also heard a message not long ago. ”

"What's the news?" Childe asked strangely.

"Shou heard that the king of Chu originally planned to kill all the prisoners of my Qin country because of the lack of food in Chu State, and after my uncle knew the news, he took the initiative to borrow grain and dispelled the idea of King Chu."

Gongziji thought of his uncle who was stranded in Yingdu and had not left, such a secret thing, I am afraid that only the uncle himself knows.

Thinking about it, he sneered: "Brother, I heard the news from my uncle!" ”

Xiang Shou remembered the heavy gift from Uncle Fang Cai, and couldn't help but nod awkwardly.

Seeing this, Gongzi Ji shook his head, although the caliber of the King of Chu and the uncle are not the same, but the words of these two people have a common meaning, that is, Korea sent grain to let Chu detain Qin's 30,000 troops, and this alone is enough.

So, Gongziji sneered: "The two ends of the first rat, towards Qin and Duchu, are talking about a country like South Korea!" Since you are already planning to take refuge in the Chu State, and since you have formed an alliance with the Chu State, don't think about making friends with Qin and Chu at the same time. Between the states of Qin and Chu, Korea could only choose one. ”

As he spoke, Gongzi snorted coldly, then left Xiang Shou and walked to the room alone.

A few days later.

On the same day, envoys from the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song arrived in Yingdu.

After getting this news, Xiong Huai made a big difference, and then looked at Chen Zhen, who arrived in Yingdu with Qi envoy Su Dai in front of him, and asked: "Chen Qing, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms rushed to Yingdu on the same day, I don't know what Xianqing thinks?" ”

Chen Zhen responded: "My lord, the minister heard that the envoy of Wei was the first to set off, followed by Song, and Qi again, Wei was close and Qi was far away, but now, the Wei envoy who was close and the first to set off arrived in Yingdu on the same day as the Qi envoy..."

Saying that, Chen Zhen arched his hand and said: "Great King, the minister thinks that the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song have reached an agreement, at least, the three kingdoms have reached a consensus. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that these three countries are not here to make peace with the widows, but to demonstrate to the widows." ”

At the same time, in the Chu State Guesthouse.

Qi envoy Su Dai, Wei envoy Lou Su, Song envoy Qiu Li, the three of them gathered together.

At this time, Lou Yu, who arrived in Yingdu first, looked at Su Dai and Qiu Li with a rather heavy face: "Two, I got the news from South Korea that Chu and Han have formed an alliance. Moreover, the king of Qin also took Gongzi Ji as an envoy to come to make peace with the state of Chu, and the king of Chu had agreed to make peace with the state of Qin. ”

Qiu Li's face suddenly changed when he heard this, which was extremely bad news for Song Guo.

Originally, the Song State thought that the Chu State would be able to repel the countries this time, and at most it would be able to make peace with the countries. If you want to re-align the alliance, you will have to wait for a while, and at the very least, you will have to mobilize a large army and force other countries to force other countries to form an alliance again.

However, now, the speed of the alliance between Chu and South Korea is too fast.

Among the six countries, Song and Han are the weakest, and more importantly, the Song State occupies 500 li of the Huaibei land of Chu State, and now after the truce and retreat, it still occupies nearly 400 li of land, no matter how you look at it, the Song State is extremely prominent. Now that Chu and Han have formed an alliance, then the best target of Chu is undoubtedly Song.

Thinking about it, Qiu Li couldn't help but glance at Su Dai and Lou Su, if it weren't for Qi and Wei to instigate the King of Song, the King of Song would have retreated from Huaibei and returned all the land in Huaibei to the King of Song.

But...

Qiu Ye remembered King Song's situation, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Even without the agitation of Qi and Wei, it is difficult for the King of Song to ride a tiger now. Since the invasion of Chu, although the Song army has captured 500 miles of Chu State, and the news that the Qin and Han coalition forces have broken the Chu army, the prestige of the Song king has risen to an extremely high level. However, with the news that the state of Chu broke the Han army and repelled the Qin army, the prestige of the king of Song suddenly plummeted.

At the same time, the prestige of the crown prince of Song was increasing in the Song Kingdom, and he was almost close to the King of Song.

If the Song State retreats from Huaibei this time, it will not only be fruitless, but also offend the powerful Chu State, so the prestige of the Song King will inevitably fall further, and I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress the crown prince.

This is that the withdrawal of troops is beneficial to the Song State and unfavorable to the Song King, but the tough occupation of Huaibei, although it is not good for the Song State, is beneficial to the Song King.

Thinking about it, Qiu Li couldn't help but have a big head, and then couldn't help but sigh in his heart, now the King of Song can't withdraw his troops and return to China, and Chu and Han are allied, and the sword of Chu is aimed directly at Song. At this moment, perhaps they can only agree to the conditions of Qi and Wei.