King Wu of Chu was over seventy years old, and he still personally conquered Suiguo, but died of illness on the way, but the Chu army did not retreat because of the death of the king, but continued to advance to Suiguo, until after the defeat of Suiguo, he withdrew his army to mourn for King Wu of Chu.

As for King Wen of Chu, the State of Chu was attacked by the State of Ba that year, losing a piece of land, and the County of Chu marched all the way east to kill not far from Ying. For this reason, King Wen of Chu was furious and personally led the army to attack Ba, but he was defeated. As a result, when King Chu Wen returned to Yingdu in disgrace, he found that the gate of Yingdu was closed and he could not enter the city.

The gatekeeper said that according to the rules of the state of Chu, the king of Chu must return to China only after winning the battle, but the king of Chu Wen suffered a defeat and was not qualified to return to China. Therefore, please ask the king of Chu to win the battle and return to Yingdu.

King Wen of Chu had no choice but to lead his troops out again and destroy the small country of Huang in the upper reaches of Huaishui, and then withdrew his troops and returned to China.

As a result, he died of illness on the way.

King Yue remembered the old affairs of the Chu State, and asked Ju Yu hesitantly: "What does Qing mean that the King of Chu will abide by the ancient tradition of the Chu State?" ”

Ju Yu didn't answer, but asked: "Great King, more than ten years ago, the King of Chu personally led the army of the Five Kingdoms to attack the Qin State, but as a result, he returned defeated. Dare to ask the king, what did the king of Chu do last time? ”

King Yue's face changed when he heard this.

After the king of Chu lost the battle with the Qin State that time, he immediately led the division of the Three Jin Dynasty under the pretext that the Qi State did not abide by the covenant, raised troops to move eastward, and seized a piece of territory in the Qi State, which was the only way to return victorious and save face.

If the Yue State and the Qi State form an alliance this time, will the King of Chu get back face from the Yue State?

King Yue felt a chill in his heart.

The king of Chu still has 200,000 troops in his hands, and once he attacks Yue to the east, then Yue will inevitably lose several cities.

The matter of the city is still a trivial matter, the key is that Yue Guo blocked the sword for Qi and Wei, and made him a laughing stock among the countries, which is disgusting.

Thinking about it, King Yue nodded and said, "The meaning of Qing is unknown to few people." ”

Saying that, King Yue said to Gongzi's hoof: "Pass the order, continue to advance towards Langya, and besiege without attacking after arriving at Langya, so as to wait and see the situation." Also, if the envoy of the Qi State comes to visit the widow again, the treatment of the envoy of Qi will be improved. ”

"Yui."

Juchengzhong.

With a happy look on his face, the prince walked quickly to the side of King Qi, and congratulated King Qi with his hand: "King, great joy, the spies have come to report, not long ago, the Chu army that stayed in the small city of Yinan hung white flags to the outside, and the whole army was always engaged in sacrificing the souls of the dead. ”

King Qi was stunned, and then said with great joy: "Xiangguo, could it be that the king of Chu is dead?" ”

Chu Zi stiffened, and said with an embarrassed smile: "The king, it is not the king of Chu, but the Sikong Zhaoyu of the Chu State." ”

"Akiyu!" When King Qi heard that it was not the King of Chu who died, he immediately sighed regretfully: "It's a pity, it's a pity, it would be nice if the King of Chu died." ”

Chu Zi said with a smile: "King, although it is not the death of King Chu, the death of Zhaoyu is still good news." The opportunity for our Qi State to defeat the Chu State and regain hegemony has come. ”

King Qi was stunned, and immediately looked at Chu Zi in surprise, and asked, "Xiangguo is saying?" ”

Chu Zi arched his hand and said: "Great King, the death of Zhaoyu will inevitably cause turmoil within the Chu State, which may not allow the Chu army to retreat directly, but it will also inevitably make other countries suspicious, such as Yue and South Korea."

Therefore, the minister's meaning is to immediately send someone to contact the king of Yue again. If the king of Yue still refuses to form an alliance with our Qi country, then we can relax the conditions for the Yue country, and only need to let the Yue army retreat south, then the Qi country can still cede the land of Langya to the Yue country. ”

King Qi nodded and responded, "Okay, Xiangguo can go and arrange it." Also, the news of the widow's intention to give up Langya was transmitted to the Wei state, telling the king of Wei that once the Yue country withdrew its troops, the widow would immediately let Shengzi lead the Qi army to reinforce the Wei state. At the same time, let the King of Wei win over Korea as soon as possible, so that he should not be reluctant to give up the land of Yanling, as long as he can defeat the Chu State, all the losses of the Wei State can be recovered from the Chu State. ”

Saying that, the King of Qi looked to the south from a distance and muttered to himself: "There is an internal accident in the Chu State, and then the Vietnamese army is difficult to withdraw, such a morale-damaging behavior, the widow will not believe it, and the Chu State can still command all countries." ”

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In the flat city.

A few days have passed since Xiong Huai learned the news of Zhaoyu's death, and the news from the north has reached Pingcheng one after another.

In the hall, Chen Zhenyu reported: "There is news from Zhao Guo that not long ago, King Zhao has left Handan and gone to Daidi on the grounds of condolences to the people of Daidi. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, revealing a hesitant look: "King Zhao went to represent the land at this time, I'm afraid he was thinking quietly, and he had no other plans!" It will definitely not be as simple as condolences to the people. ”

However, on second thought, the state of Chu and the state of Zhao did not share a border in the first place, and there was no way to stop the actions of the state of Zhao.

Now, when Zhao intends to take advantage of the war between the countries and intends to take action, it will undoubtedly not be able to take into account the war in the south.

This is a good thing for the state of Chu.

What's more, isn't Chu State's plan to make the more chaotic the countries as possible?

Zhao's actions were in line with Chu's intentions.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai smiled again: "Now that King Zhao has left Handan to go to Daidi, he undoubtedly wants to solve the problem of Zhongshan Kingdom in the north, which is good news for my Chu Kingdom." ”

Chen Zhen arched his hand and said: "The king is wise, the affairs of the Zhao State are indeed beneficial to our Chu State's next actions. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and then asked, "Chen Zhen, have there been any unusual news from those allies of ours recently?" ”

Chen Zhen shook his head and said: "King, the news from various countries, King Yue did not appear abnormal when he learned the news of Sikong's death. At this moment, the Vietnamese army has besieged Langya City and is building siege equipment. However, according to the spies, after the Vietnamese army arrived in Langya, the envoys sent by the Qi State to the Yue camp seemed to have suddenly increased a lot, and the exchanges between the two countries were frequent. ”

Xiong Huai had a smile on his face when he heard this, but there was a cold fierce light in his eyes, and he didn't care: "It's okay, at this moment, even if King Yue forms an alliance with the Qi State, he is no longer able to return to the sky." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai continued to ask, "What about the Wei State?" ”

Chen Zhen responded: "King, the countries on the other side of Wei are still attacking Wei. Especially after Sima launched a feint attack on Xiangcheng, the countries intensified their offensive against Wei. It's just that, except for the Song State conquering the three counties and seven cities of the Wei State, the Qin and Han countries did not have any results. ”

Xiong Huai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and at the same time, he was not much surprised by the results of the battles of various countries.

This time, the direction of Wei's main defense was Qin and Chu, and Qin did not face the Fenyin land with river and natural dangers, so it was difficult to exert its strength, and it was normal to have no results.

As for South Korea, attacking Yanling, which is not a small city, is obviously not a result in a short period of time.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai smiled at Chen Zhen and said, "Xianqing, now that the countries have fallen into a big war, it is difficult to withdraw from it, and this is a great opportunity for my Chu State to act." I don't know, there is any news from Wucheng in Yueguo now? ”