A few days later.

Just as Xiong Huai was waiting for the news of the movement on the western front of the Qin State, Chen Zhen and Zhaoju asked to see each other.

"Great King, great joy, news from the Yue Kingdom, two days ago, the Yue Kingdom will withdraw the army gathered on the border of our Chu State." Zhao Ju said happily.

Xiong Huai asked in surprise: "Sure enough?" ”

The stone in Xiong Huai's heart was finally put down, and Zhao slipped into Yue for so long, and Yue Guo finally moved.

Zhao Ju nodded and continued: "Great King, not only that, the Yue Kingdom has already sent an envoy to our Chu State with heavy gifts, saying that he wants to make peace with our Chu State. ”

Xiong Huai was overjoyed and said: "This is good news, our Chu State and Yue State have been at odds for more than ten years, and now we can finally take a breath, it's really good." ”

After Xiong Huai digested the news, he asked Chen Zhen, "I don't know what happened to Xianqing?" ”

Chen Zhen took out a box and saluted to the king of Chu and said: "The king, Weichen is in charge of diplomatic affairs, and he has just received a secret box. ”

"Secret box?" Xiong Huai was stunned and gave Li Qiu a look.

Li Qiu understood, took the box from Chen Zhen's hand, opened it and took out a piece of silk book, and after checking that it was correct, he handed the silk book to the king of Chu.

Xiong Huai quickly glanced at the silk book, and then showed a look of ecstasy.

"Hahaha, the country is worry-free."

Seeing this, Zhao Ju and Chen Zhen glanced at each other and asked, "King, I don't know what happened in Yueguo?" ”

Xiong Huai put away the silk book and smiled at Zhao Ju and Chen Zhen: "Not long ago, the State of Qi sent an envoy to bribe the State of Yue with heavy gifts, but a few days ago, the King of Yue cooked the envoy of the State of Qi outside the palace to show that he would break off diplomatic relations with the State of Qi, and agreed to the alliance request of the envoy of the State of Wei, and decided to form an alliance with various countries to fight Qi. ”

Zhao Ju and Chen Zhen looked at each other when they heard this.

It is no wonder that before the Vietnamese envoys arrived in Yingdu, the Vietnamese army retreated first.

King Yue is so bold!

Xiong Huai then continued: "Not only that, but the Yue State also transferred all the heavy gifts from the Qi State to the Yue State to our Chu State, asking for peace with our Chu State. ”

Chen Zhen said dumbly: "So the gifts brought by the envoys of the Yue Kingdom now are all from the Qi Kingdom!" ”

Zhao Ju was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know if King Qi will get sick when he learns this news?" The king humiliated the ministers to death, even if the king of Qi can bear it now, I am afraid that those ministers of the Qi country will not be able to bear it, it seems that the Yue country will not be able to make peace with the Qi country in a short time. ”

Xiong Huai remembered that Yue Guo was moved by Zhao Slip to play the banner of restoring Lu Qi, and couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "This is not the most important thing, for the King of Qi, there is even more unbearable." ”

Zhao Ju asked, "King, is there any more excessive behavior in the Yue Kingdom?" ”

Xiong Huai said with a smile: "In order to compete for the position of the leader of the alliance, the Yue State intends to restore the status of the Lu clan in the Qi State. ”

Zhao Ju and Chen Zhen were speechless for a moment, and were stunned for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid that even King Qi can't bear it now." ”

Xiong Huai laughed out loud again when he heard this.

Seeing the great joy of the king of Chu, Zhaoju Chen Zhen saluted the king of Chu and said: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, it took no time to solve the Yue Kingdom." ”

After Xiong Huai calmed down, he asked the two: "According to the two virtuous ministers, how do we treat the envoys of the Yue Kingdom?" ”

Zhao Ju replied: "Great King, since Yue Guo wants to make peace with our Chu State, then agree to Yue Guo's request." ”

Xiong Huai agreed: "Yes." ”

Zhao Ju continued: "King, King Yue is greedy, if we accept the gift of Yue Kingdom, I am afraid that King Yue will have complaints in his heart. In order to make the Yue Kingdom happily fight with the Qi State, our Chu State also needs to prepare a return gift. ”

Xiong Huai nodded.

Chen Zhen added: "Great King, our Chu State not only wants to return a heavy gift to the Yue State, but also persuade the Yue State to form an alliance with the Chu State. King Yue is so benevolent and righteous, according to the views of his ministers, King Yue is the leader of the alliance, and he is more qualified than the king of Qin to be the leader of the alliance."

"This has three advantages, one is that the Yue State has agreed to form an alliance with the Wei State, and if we form an alliance with the Yue State, then the Yue State will be the link, and the Chu-Wei relationship will inevitably go further. Second, after the alliance between Chu and Yue, the Yue State was much more relieved about the Chu State, so that the Yue State attacked the Qi State and was even more relieved. Third, you can take the opportunity to add another fire to the Qin State."

Xiong Huai understood when he heard this.

After the good news of the Yue State came, the next day, the spies sent by the Chu State to the western front of the Qin State finally sent back the news that the Qin State had not transferred troops from the Western Front, and although the Qin State indicated to Yiqu that it would be repaired, it was still waiting for Yiqu.

Xiong Huai got the news and relaxed a lot again, and asked Zhaoju, who came to report the news, "Xianqing, how many Qin troops are there in Hangu Pass now?" ”

Zhao Ju replied: "Great King, now that I have received the news, the Qin army in Hangu Pass has gathered 300,000 troops, and judging from the current situation, the Qin State has stopped continuing to increase troops in Hangu Pass. ”

Xiong Huai said with a smile: "With an army of 300,000, it seems that the Qin State has decided to go all out." ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai was puzzled: "So when does the Qin State plan to send troops to attack Qi?" Now that Qin's army has been assembled and Korea's army is ready to go, what is Qin waiting for? It's impossible for 300,000 troops to stay in Hangu Pass and consume military rations, right? ”

Zhao Ju thought for a while and said: "Great King, according to the minister's opinion, there are two possibilities, one is that the Qin State intends to wait for the harvest of military rations, and only after obtaining enough military rations will he go out to fight against the Qi State. Second, I'm afraid that the Qin State is still worried about our Chu State. ”

At this time, Li Qiu came to report: "Great King, there is an envoy from the State of Qin who has come to visit and ask to see the Great King. ”

"Envoy of the Qin State!" Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment and asked, "Has the envoy of the Qin State ever said why he came this time?" ”

Li Qiu replied: "Your Majesty, according to the envoy of the State of Qin, the purpose of this visit to the State of Chu is to discuss with the State of Chu and the matter of picking up the princess of the State of Qin. ”

Xiong Huai reacted at this time, it turned out that King Qin really planned to send his daughter to Chu State.

Zhao Ju guessed: "Great King, I'm afraid that the day the princess of Qin State arrives in Chu State will be the time when Qin State sends troops. ”

Xiong Huai agreed: "It seems that the Qin State still doesn't believe in our Chu State." ”

The next day, in the hall of the state of Chu.

"Foreign Minister Feng Zhang pays a visit to the King of Chu." Feng Zhang came to the state of Chu again.

"No courtesy." Xiong Huai smiled.

After Feng Zhang straightened up, he said to the King of Chu: "My lord, the monarch of our country has prepared a wedding team for the princess, and there are more than 1,000 maidservants in total, and 500 elite soldiers have been sent to escort them. ”

"We are worried that the Qin soldiers entering the territory of Chu will cause misunderstanding in Chu, so we specially sent Weichen to explain to the king, and asked the king to send a team of elite soldiers to meet the convoy of the princess of our country at the junction of Qin and Chu."

Xiong Huai couldn't help but smile and said: "The king of Qin has a heart, and the widow immediately sent an envoy to welcome his relatives, leading a thousand elite soldiers, and waiting for the arrival of the princess at the Qin-Chu border with the envoy." ”

"The king is wise." Feng Zhang praised it, and then said: "The monarch of our country has another matter to ask, about the joint attack of Qin and Chu on the state of Qi, I don't know what the king's plan is, and my country is willing to cooperate with your country's actions. ”

Hearing this, Xiong Huai said to Zhaoju: "Xianqing, I don't know where the army of the Pillar Kingdom has gone?" ”