Seeing King Qi's hesitation, Chu Zi smiled lightly and explained: "Great King, just like the action that Wei Chen planned last time to destroy the Yan Kingdom, this time our main purpose is to weaken the Chu State. Contacting the countries to attack Qin, the minister thought that there were four benefits. ”

"First, in order to teach the Qin State a lesson, take the opportunity to weaken the Qin State. Our Qi country cannot be humiliated lightly, in order to vent the depression of the Qi country being besieged one after another during this period of time. ”

"Second, it is also to divert the attention of the Hezong Alliance led by the Chu State, in the past two years, the Chu State has always focused on our Qi State, and the pressure is too great."

"Now that the King of Qin is dead, the Three Jin Dynasty will definitely plan to take this opportunity to attack the Qin State, but because it is still hostile to our Qi State, they will be somewhat hesitant to attack Qin."

"If we Qi and Hezong attack Qin together, we can dispel the doubts of Hezong and rest assured and boldly set our sights on Qin."

"Third, this is to further weaken the Chu State, the Chu State first had a vicious battle with our Qi State, and then the army attacked the Qin State in the west, which is exactly what Zhang Yi said, one east and one west of the tired Chu strategy."

"This last point, and the most important point, is to take the opportunity to win over Sanjin. Chen and Zhang Yi had the same opinion, the reason why Chu State punched Qi State and kicked Qin State was because Chu State had the support of the Three Jins. ”

"The reason why the Three Jin Dynasty supported the Chu State was not because the Chu State was highly respected, it was because the Qin and Qi countries were too strong, and now they were afraid of the joint retaliation of the Qin and Qi countries. Now that the two countries of Qin and Qi have been weakened, our Qi State intends to attack the Qin State, if our Qi State spreads goodwill to the Three Jin and befriends the Three Jins, then the Three Jin will inevitably turn to worry that the Chu State is too strong, so as to keep a distance from the Chu State. ”

"The State of Wei agreed to Su Zi's request and made friends with our State of Qi, which is proof of this."

"If we, Qin and Qi are dragging down the Chu State, then the Three Jin Dynasty will inevitably pounce on the Chu State and tear off a piece of meat from the Chu State."

King Qi thought for a long time before he said solemnly: "Xiangguo, our Qi State participated in the siege of Qin, will it cause Qin State to resent our Qi State." ”

Chu Zi shook his head with a smile and said: "Great King, of course this will not happen, the Qin State will not send troops to save Qi, this is because the King of Qin is seriously ill, and of course our Qi State will understand." ”

"But the State of Qin also has to understand our State of Qi, the world has besieged the State of Qi for several months, the State of Qi has sworn to resist, fought bloody battles for several months, suffered heavy losses, and even the Zhongwu City heavily guarded by Kuang Zhang has been lost, our State of Qi has done its best, it is the State of Qin who is sorry for our State of Qi, which has caused the State of Qi to be soft on the King of Chu and recognize the hegemony of the State of Chu."

"My Qi State attacked the Qin State, this is forced!"

Saying that, Chu Zi said coldly: "Even if the Qin State resents our Qi State, not to mention the long distance between the two countries of Qin and Qi, even if the Qin State is on the edge of the Qi State, will our Qi State be afraid of the Qin State." ”

"The former overlord Wei State, if it weren't for our Qi State to defeat it, the Qin State would still be on the verge of annihilation."

King Qi nodded smugly when he heard this, the State of Qi was never afraid of the challenge of any country.

Then, King Qi hesitated and said: "As for the State of Chu, Xiangguo means that the county of Zhongwu will be cut to the State of Chu!" ”

Chuzi nodded: "Exactly." ”

Hearing this, King Qi muttered: "But without Zhongwu City, then Xue Di and Tancheng will be directly exposed in front of Chu and Yue, this..."

Chu Zi said disapprerovingly: "Great King, if this battle is not for Meng Weijun's twists and turns, then the main battlefield of this battle is Tancheng, Zhongwu City was originally a place where our Qi country is ready to give up, Zhongwu City is small, which is not conducive to defense, and heavy troops are stationed in Zhongwu, this is the next policy." ”

"If the Chu army goes deep into the hinterland of our Qi country to attack Tancheng, it will be to use one point of the strength of my Qi country to consume three points of the strength of the Chu country, and this deal can be done."

"If the Chu army attacks Xue Di, then what needs to be worried is the Song State and Meng Weijun, the Song State does not need to say it, just say that Meng Weijun has the wealth of Xue Di, but he does not want to serve the country, but spends a lot of money to buy famous dealers, so that the disciples can sing his Meng Yanjun's wisdom throughout the world, so as to influence state affairs. This incident is a clear proof, our Qi army went south, and the battle damage far exceeded expectations, and Meng Weijun's crime was not small. ”

"If this kind of thing continues, then Meng Weijun's mind of only planning for himself and not caring about the interests of the Qi country will sooner or later become the scourge of my Qi country."

King Qi paced a few steps, thought for a long time, and made up his mind: "Okay, according to Xiangguo's words." ”

"Send an envoy to visit the king of Chu to sue for peace, to show the submission of our Qi state, and the widow intends to cut the city of Zhongwu to the state of Chu and respect the state of Chu as the overlord. If the state of Chu agrees to our state of Qi's sue for peace, then condemn the state of Qin's treachery, and show the king of Chu that our state of Qi also intends to teach the despicable state of Qin a lesson. ”

"Send an order to send an envoy to the Yue country and cut a city to the Yue country to express the friendship between Qi and Yue."

"Send a messenger to Sanjin to inform us that Qi is planning to teach Qin a lesson because of Qin's betrayal, and ask Sanjin if this means, and then everyone will go together!"

"Sent an envoy to the Qin State, one to express the widow's condolences, and the widow was also very sad about the death of the Qin State. The second congratulated the new King of Qin. The three expressed the anger of the widows, and severely condemned the Qin State for not sending troops at the first time, resulting in heavy losses for our Qi State, which was unsustainable, and had to bow to the Chu State. ”

"Tell Kuang Zhang to prepare to withdraw his troops from Zhongwu City."

Chu Zi arched his hand and said, "The king is wise." ”

Chu Jun.

The day after Xiong Huai received the death of the King of Qin, the army officially began to camp and return to China.

The army of more than 200,000 people was divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, and set off in turn, Xiong Huai moved with the Chinese army, and it was already the second day when he set off, and Tang Yu, as the rear army, had to march a little later.

A few days later, when Xiong Huai led the army to Xiapi City, the envoys of Qi State hurriedly arrived.

"Envoy of the Qi Kingdom?"

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, this battle was over, and he led his troops to retreat, what happened when Qi sent an envoy?

Aren't you convinced, you still want to make an appointment with the widow and then fight again!

Chen Zhen said on the side: "Great King, the visit of the Qi envoy at this time must be related to the Qin State. ”

Xiong Huai nodded: "Pass on the widow's order and let the Qi envoy come to see the widow." ”

When Chen Jia saw the King of Chu, he immediately saluted with a smile on his face: "The foreign minister pays a visit to the King of Chu." ”

As soon as Xiong Huai saw Chen Jia's smiling appearance, he knew that Qi Guo was not here to find fault.

The serious face suddenly relaxed, and he smiled: "I don't know what the envoy is doing here, is it that the King of Qi is planning to fight with the widow again?" ”

Chen Jia was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The king said that he laughed, the king is wise and powerful, the Chu army is majestic in this battle, and the widow got the report of the general Kuang Zhang, so he knew that the Chu country was heroic, and the Qi country was incomparable." ”

Well? The envoy of the Qi State is so soft!

If you are courteous to others, you will ask for something.

Is there anything in the State of Qi that needs to be requested from the State of Chu?

Xiong Huai said darkly: Is it a peace!

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai's eyes narrowed: "Then what happened when King Qi sent an envoy?" ”

Chen Jia said with a smile: "Great King, the two countries of Qi and Chu have been allies for many years, but because of the poor communication and the villain's troubles, the king has misunderstood the widow. ”

"Therefore, the king sent troops to attack our country in a fit of anger, although the widow had the heart to explain, but he was worried that the king's anger had not subsided, so there was no messenger to come."

"This time, the king sent troops to attack the Qi country, and in order to take care of the former feelings between the two countries, the widow specifically warned the generals before leaving, they can only defend passively, and not take the initiative to attack the Chu army, so as to wait for the king's spirit to subside."

Xiong Huai was stunned and said: "Could it be that the widows in this battle were not attacked by the Qi army, or the result of the King of Qi's special warning?" ”

Chen Jia nodded as a matter of course.

Then, Xiong Huai sneered: "Does the King of Qi think that if the Qi army attacks the Chu army, will the widows be defeated?" ”

"Huh!" A layer of fine sweat broke out on Chen Jia's forehead, and he hurriedly shook his head and said: "Great King, the Chu army is mighty, even if the Qi army attacks the Chu army, it will naturally not succeed, the widow is not worried about the defeat of the Chu army, but he is just worried about hurting the friendship between Qi and Chu and deepening the misunderstanding between Qi and Chu." ”