Hearing the King of Chu ask about Wu Cheng, Chen Zhen shook his head and said: "King, it has only been a few days since we sent the message to Zhao Cheng, calculate the time, at this moment, the envoy sent should still be on the way to Wu Cheng." And wait for Gongzi Yu to successfully control Wu Cheng and establish himself as the king of Yue. By the time the news comes, it should take more than 20 days. ”

Xiong Huai smiled when he heard this: "That's right, this is a widow's impatience." The widow has been waiting for this day for more than ten years, and now, it is not worse than ten or twenty days. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the south expectantly, and said secretly: Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

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Wu Chengzhong.

Zhao Hua stood in the hall of his mansion, with a worried look on his face at the moment, looking north, waiting for the order from the king of Chu from the north.

Since getting the news of Zhaoyu's death more than twenty days ago, Zhao's mood has become very bad.

Not only because Zhaoyu is his biggest supporter, but also because he is also worried about the war.

The Zhao clan was the most powerful clan in the Chu State, and the death of Zhao Yu when Zhao Ju, another pillar of the Zhao clan, led an army to attack Wei, would undoubtedly leave the entire Zhao clan without a leader.

Although Zhao Ju was not in Yingdu at this time, he could not effectively integrate the Zhao clan and take the opportunity to become the new leader of the Zhao clan, which was beneficial to him Zhao Slip.

However, at this time period, the state of Chu is unable to integrate internally, which is extremely unfavorable to the plan of exterminating Yue that the state of Chu has planned for more than ten years.

Just as Zhao Hua was worried, since the ambitious Gongzi Yu, after receiving the news of Zhao Yu's death more than twenty days ago, he was immediately panicked, and suspended the pace of the mutiny for fear of not being able to get the support of the Chu State.

No matter how Zhao slip persuaded him, how to guarantee it, Gongziyu has never acted.

Thinking of the situation in Wucheng, Zhao Slip's mood became a lot more impetuous.

Just as Zhao Slip was sighing for a long time, the doorman Wu Yi walked quickly to Zhao Slip's side and hurriedly saluted: "General, there is a messenger from the north." ”

"What?" Zhao slip was in good spirits.

Calculating the time, where did the news of Zhaoyu's death reach the king of Chu in the north, and then the king of Chu decided whether to change the next plan and pass the order to Wucheng, that is, the matter of these few days.

Thinking about it, Zhao Slip immediately responded, "Quickly ask the messenger to come in." ”

"No." Wu Xuan responded, immediately turned around and left, and soon, walked in with another person.

After verifying his identity, the messenger handed Zhao Slip a wooden box, and then spoke: "General Zhao Slip, the king also sent a message to the general, saying: The general is in Wucheng, and you need to take care of yourself." ”

"Take care!" Zhao Hua silently repeated a sentence in his heart, and suddenly thought for a moment.

Although I haven't read the contents of the wooden box yet, the words "careful" and "take care" have also shown the attitude and determination of the king of Chu.

Thinking about it, the hand holding the wooden box suddenly shook it hard, and then thanked him: "Thank you for the king's care." ”

After speaking, he straightened up and said to the messenger: "The messenger is tired from afar, please rest in the house for the time being." ”

The messenger replied, "General Xie." ”

After Wu Yan brought the messenger down, Zhao Slip immediately opened the wooden box, took out a silk book, and opened it to take a look.

And so it was.

Finish watching.

After a long groan, Zhao Slip immediately commanded loudly outside: "Come on, prepare the car, I was going to see Gongziyu." ”

"No."

Someone outside immediately responded.

Soon, a carriage stopped outside Gongziyu's house, and Zhao Slip got out of the car, walked to the gate, and said to the guards guarding the door: "I was tired of reporting to Childe, and I said that Zhao Slip asked to see me." ”

The guards guarding the door saw Zhao slipping coming from a distance, so they had already sent one person to report to Gongzi Yu. At this time, listening to Zhao Slip's words, he immediately responded with a smile: "The general is here, where do you need to report, the general is invited to come in, Gongzi is dealing with things in the study at the moment, and the general can go by himself." ”

Zhao Slip nodded, and then walked towards Fuzhong.

Gongziyu's mansion is very familiar, and he is so familiar that he can freely enter and exit the mansion without waiting for a report, and he doesn't even need a waiter to guide the way.

When Zhao Slip came to the study, Gongzi Yu was already waiting at the door of the study, seeing this, Zhao Slip immediately walked up quickly, bowed and said, "Childe." ”

Gongzi Yu also returned the salute, and then, while walking towards the study with Zhao, he asked, "Mr. is here, I don't know what is the matter?" ”

Zhao Slip nodded, and did not stop, without answering.

Seeing this, Gongziyu suddenly understood, and did not speak, waiting for the two to come to the study and sit down, and then, Gongziyu waved his hand to the maid in the study.

After all the maids and maids had left and the door of the study was closed, he continued to ask, "Where did the gentleman come from?" ”

Zhao Hua responded: "Childe, the news of the death of Sikong Zhaoyu of Chu State, the King of Chu already knows, and he has already made a decision. ”

Gongzi Yu's heart tightened when he heard this, and he immediately held his breath, as if he was waiting for his verdict, and looked at Zhao Hua expectantly and nervously and asked, "I don't know what the King of Chu has planned?" ”

Regarding Zhaoyu's death, Gongziyu was also extremely worried.

Zhao Yu is the leader of the Zhao clan of the Chu State, and the Zhao clan is the biggest assistant of his son Yu in the Chu State.

Therefore, as soon as Gongziyu heard the news of Zhaoyu's death, he immediately suspended his actions.

Because Gongziyu was very worried, if he raised troops in Wucheng to stand on his own, and because of the Zhao clan, the reinforcements of the Chu State did not come, or they were late.

If he can't use the strength of Chu to deter the other ministers of Yue, then he will be finished.

On the other hand, Gongziyu was also worried that after King Yue learned of Zhaoyu's death, he might take the opportunity to make peace with Qi and withdraw from the army. Gongziyu knew very well that the purpose of King Yue's Northern Expedition this time was to contact various countries to defeat Chu.

Now that Zhaoyu, an important minister of the Chu State, has passed away, it is undoubtedly good news for all countries.

Perhaps, the countries are already communicating in secret and preparing for the event.

If he raised troops to stand on his own at this time, Gongziyu was very worried, once the king of Yue learned the news, he had already reached an agreement with the Qi State, and then led his troops back, I am afraid that even if he had the support of the Chu State, he might not be able to succeed.

Due to the consideration of these two situations, Gongziyu suspended his action and then waited and watched in Wucheng.

Zhao Slip groaned for a moment, and said in Gongziyu's nervousness: "Gongzi, because of the Sikong Zhaoyu of the Chu State, the King of Chu has given up attacking the Qi State. ”

"What?" Gongzi Yu was stunned.

The king of Chu gave up attacking the state of Qi, so what about the king of Yue.

Don't think about it, Gongziyu also knows that once the King of Chu gives up, then the King of Yue will definitely lead his army back to China.

Thinking of this, Gongziyu asked in a panic: "Sir, is the King of Chu going to lead the army back to China?" ”

Zhao Hua shook his head and said, "Son, the King of Chu is still staying in Yinan and has not set off to return to China. ”

Gongziyu's heart was relieved when he heard this.

The state of Chu has not withdrawn its troops, which means that the king of Yue has also not withdrawn his troops.

It's just that what is the plan of the King of Chu now?

Gongziyu was shocked in his heart.

Did he give up his son-in-law Yu just to reaffirm the friendship between Chu and Yue with the king of Yue again and exchange covenants?

Or...

Thinking of this, Gongziyu looked at Zhao Hua with a heavy and expectant heart and asked, "I don't know why King Chu is still staying in Yinan now." ”