In 327 B.C., in the year of Jiawu, on March 5, Qin, Qi, Wei, Yan, Han, Yue, Zhou, Song, Lu, Zhongshan, and ten kingdoms allied in Xiangling of Wei, forming a combined army, attacking Chu in four ways.

The state of Qin sent 80,000 troops, named 100,000, to attack the Wuguan of the state of Chu; The three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Zhou formed a coalition army, totaling 120,000, named 150,000, to attack Luyang in the state of Chu; The states of Yan, Lu, and Zhongshan formed a coalition of 110,000, named 150,000, and entered the land of Huaisi and Wei to help Wei defend against the 150,000 army commanded by Xiang Jun of Chu; The states of Qi and Si formed a coalition of 90,000 in total, named 100,000, to attack the land of Chu and Huaisi that had not been captured by Wei; The Yue State sent 40,000 troops, named 80,000, to attack the Zhaoguan of the Chu State.

For a time, the world was changing, and the state of Chu was in danger.

In the Yingdu of Chu State, the sky was full of dark clouds at this time, the heavy rain was about to fall but it did not fall, and the dull air made everyone feel depressed.

There are not many pedestrians on the street anymore, and the soldiers of the Yingdu Patrol Battalion have blocked the city gate and sent many soldiers to patrol the street.

Boom, boom, thunder in the distance, but still not a drop of rain was seen, and this weather was the most disturbing.

Above the main hall, an abnormal atmosphere enveloped the building, Xiong Huai looked at the music in front of him, hissed a breath of cool air, and then spit it out.

The courtiers couldn't help but look up to observe Xiong Huai's expression, however, Xiong Huai's expression made them unpredictable, and they didn't know if Xiong Huai was panicked or had everything under control.

Outside the hall, a soldier rushed into the hall, took out a bamboo slip from his waist, held the bamboo slip in both hands, and said, "King, Wuguan asks for help!" ”

Xiong Huai put down the concerto, waved his hand and motioned for the waiter to bring up the bamboo slips, and the waiter walked down knowingly to take the piece and put it in front of Xiong Huai.

Xiong Huai picked up the bamboo slip, unfolded it, looked at it, put it down again, and then handed the bamboo slip to the waiter, who handed it to Zhaoyang and the others below.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Xiong Huai said in an unpredictable tone, "is there any good way to wait for this situation?" ”

No one in the main hall spoke, and they all looked nervously at Zhaoyang, who was reading the battle report, and now the situation on the front line was not known, and they could not make any accurate judgments.

Xiong Huai was very patient this time and waited for everyone to read the battle report, and he was not angry.

Finally, everyone finished reading the battle report. Xiong Huai asked again, but still no one spoke.

Xiong Huai couldn't help but show a little gloomy, lowered his voice, and used a dull voice: "Ask the widow again, what can you do if you don't have any?" Ladies and gentlemen, workers! The last few words were almost uttered through gritted teeth, and it was obvious that Xiong Huai was a little angry.

Jin Shang's eyes rolled around, and when he saw Xiong Huai's gloomy expression, he knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stood up, lowered his head and said, "Great King, the purpose of the nations attacking Chu is to destroy Chu State. ”

As he spoke, he looked up at Xiong Huai's expression, and saw that the gloomy on Xiong Huai's face had faded, so Jin Shang continued, "If we forcibly resist, we will inevitably be destroyed by the nations, so the minister thinks that it is better to break up the alliance between the princes and the princes." ”

"What is Eli breaking up the alliance of alliances?" Zhang Yi on the side squinted at Jin Shang and asked.

Jin Shang looked down on a person from a civilian background like Zhang Yi, didn't even look at Zhang Yi, and continued to say to Xiong Huai: "After Eli breaks up and merges, he will slowly try to be strong!" ”

After speaking, he looked at the Shangguan doctor next to him, and the Shangguan doctor looked at Xiong Huai, then at Jin Shang, stood up helplessly, and said, "Wang, the minister thinks that what Dr. Jin Shang said is reasonable, but there are still shortcomings. ”

Xiong Huai smiled and said, "Regardless of the shortcomings for the time being, Jin Shang, the doctor of the Xiangguo asked you how to lure him with profit, why didn't you answer?" ”

Jin Shang raised his head and said, "After the ministers are the nobles of Chu, they don't want to talk to the common people like Xiangguo. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said, "Sure enough, you are clean and self-conscious, and you don't talk to the common people?" Okay, then you don't want to stand on top of this court, and the widow doesn't want to talk to a bastard like you! ”

"The king is the king of a country, how can he say such vulgar words?" Jin Shang did not show weakness.

Liang Jingru gave you courage, Xiong Huai became angry when he looked at Jin Shang's appearance, threw the bamboo slip in his hand at Jin Shang fiercely, and said to the guards on the left and right: "Jin Shang confronted the monarch above the court, belittled his colleagues, violated the laws of the Chu State, dragged it down, and killed him." ”

"What?"

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Everyone was shocked, and looked at Xiong Huai, who did not show a gloomy color, this, kill if you say kill? Anyway, Jin Shang is also an important minister of the Chu State, this ...... Don't give any affection?

Jin Shang was also confused by this sudden capital crime, this time he deliberately offended Xiong Huai's reverse scales, just to let Xiong Huai know that not everyone in Chu was on Xiong Huai's side, he wanted Xiong Huai to know that they would not make concessions.

His original idea was to use Zhang Yi to quarrel with Xiong Huai first, and then let the people on his side stand up against Xiong Huai, so that he felt a lot of pressure to take into account their interests.

He knew that this change of official position was just a prelude, and there would be even greater changes in the future, and he believed that if the people on his side did not stand up and let Xiong Huai know their existence and take into account their interests while they were still in control of nearly half of the power in the Chu State, then they would have no capital to oppose the changes in the future.

However, the development of things deviated from his expectations, and Xiong Huai had no intention of quarreling with him and killed him directly. Who is reasoning with this, and it has not been counted as Xiong Huai's killing............

The Shangguan doctor next to him saw that the situation was not good, and said: "King, this, it is inevitable that it is a little too much, although Doctor Jin Shang is at fault first, but he will be dealt with as a capital crime, I'm afraid, I don't accept it." ”

Xiong Huai laughed and said, "What? Are you speaking for him against the widow? ”

"The minister doesn't dare," Shangguan Doctor hurriedly stood up and apologized to Xiong Huai, "The minister didn't mean to go against the king, the minister just thought that Jin Shang was guilty, but the crime was not to death, and what he committed was insignificant." ”

"Insignificant?" Xiong Huai stood up, threw a seal on the desk in front of them, and said, "Take a good look, what Jin Shang has committed these days is insignificant?" Do you think that the widow is so easily condemned? Besides, Zhang Yi is a pillar of the Chu State, and the widow invited him, so if you insult him like this, isn't it just a slap in the face of the widow? ”

Zhang Yi hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you for the king's love!" ”

Xiong Huai walked up to Zhang Yi and said, "Zhang Yi is the prime minister of Chu State, you should admire him!" ”

Jin Shang picked up the pieces on the ground, opened them one by one, and the more he looked at it, the more sweat he had on his body.

Suddenly, Jin Shang knelt on the ground and said, "King, the minister is guilty, the minister should not pass information to Jing Shao, the minister is guilty, the minister is guilty." ”

"What? Deliver information to Jing Shao? There was an uproar in the court, I didn't expect Jin Shang, who was clean and self-conscious on the surface, to be such a person?

"Damn it!" Many people thought of Yingdu defending their own private army that died under the rebels, and pointed at Jin Shang with indignation and scolded.

Xiong Huai walked in front of Jin Shang, stepped on Jin Shang's head with his foot, and said, "It's okay, you stay in this court first, and when the widow breaks the army, it's not too late to kill you." ”

"It's all gone." As he spoke, Xiong Huai walked towards the inner hall. The courtiers also retreated.

In the hall, there was a Jin Shang who knelt on the ground and trembled, he didn't expect that his own matter would also be known to Xiong Huai.

The chamberlain above smiled and said, "Doctor Jin Shang, go back, the king's scales are not something you can touch." ”

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(End of chapter)