As soon as Chen Zhen heard that the King of Chu understood what he meant, he would not offend Han Xiang fiercely at this time, and immediately arched his hand and said, "The king is wise." ”

Soon, after Chen Zhen left, Xiong Huai was silent for a while, and then asked people to put the map of the world in the hall.

Then, after the map was laid out, Xiong Huai waved away the crowd, and then walked alone to the simple map in the temple, and then set his eyes on Korea.

In the past, the state of Chu painstakingly managed South Korea, and tried its best to support Uncle Gong and fight against the public government, the purpose was not elsewhere, but to use South Korea as a bridgehead for the state of Chu, so that South Korea could attract the firepower of various countries and buy time for the state of Chu.

Of course, in addition to South Korea, there is also a Song State, which is also a target thrown to other countries. However, it is a pity that the state of Chu has just begun to gain an advantage in the state of Song, and it has not yet had time to operate deeply, and the news of the great victory of the state of Qi over the state of Yan came, and the king of Song knew about it, and immediately kept his distance from the state of Chu again, and the plan of the state of Chu to manage the state of Song was interrupted, but the state of Song escaped.

Now, South Korea has attracted the attention of various countries for nearly a year, and with such a big achievement, Xiong Huai can only say that it is enough, it is already worth the money, and all the previous investment has been richly rewarded.

However, South Korea is now clear that it wants to betray, and Chu Han turns against him, and Chu is alone and alone.

Next, Xiong Huai did not have the slightest doubt that the countries would definitely deal with the Chu State. After all, the state of Chu has been strong for so many years and has not been weakened for many years, especially since the state of Chu has also annexed the state of Yue.

It's just that when the countries are about to attack Chu, the situation of Chu is very bad, when the feudal monarch has not separated from him, the king of Chu, as long as he faces a war, he will more or less preserve his strength.

Now, he, the king of Chu, has undoubtedly revealed his intention to change the law and take power, and those feudal lords are even more reluctant to fight for him, the king of Chu.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai set his eyes on the Jianghuai area, and the feudal monarchs here were even more centrifuged.

Unlike the Jianghan feudal monarchs whose strength was greatly damaged, the strength of the Jianghuai feudal monarchs still exists. And the Ling Yin sent to them by the king of Chu has very little power, and even the little officials in their fiefdom are not as good, this is simply a blatant slap in the face of him, the king of Chu, and he, the king of Chu, has to endure it.

The arrogance of the Jianghuai feudal monarchs and their attitude towards themselves, the king of Chu, can be seen.

Now the state of Chu is facing conquests from various countries, and wants to let the feudal lords of Jianghuai and himself, the king of Chu, work together to resist the invasion of various countries.

Even if those feudal monarchs believe that they are the king of Chu, they will not trap them like they did to the feudal monarchs of Jiang and Han, and then take the opportunity to take power.

And he, the king of Chu, also doesn't believe in those feudal monarchs.

It is not because of Xiong Huai's actions that the feudal monarchs are alienated, but that the feudal monarchs are difficult to trust, which is due to the feudal monarchs or the national conditions of the Chu State.

There are two kinds of armies in Chu, one is the army directly belonging to the king of Chu, this part of the army is requisitioned from Yingdu and several accompanying capitals and counties, such as the famous Shenxi division before the Chu State, which is the first county soldier of Shenxi and Xi. Now the army led by Zhao Ju, as well as the army guarding in Jiangdong, are all troops directly under the king of Chu.

And the other is the army of feudal lords everywhere.

When a single feudal monarch is pulled out, his strength is naturally far inferior to that of the King of Chu, but the more than 170 feudal monarchs of the Chu State are all combined, and their strength is even greater than that of the King of Chu.

Every time the Chu State fought a large-scale foreign war, it was composed of two parts: the county soldiers of each county and the private soldiers of the feudal monarchs.

Since the division of Shen Xi became famous, since the state of Chu saw that the combat power of the county soldiers in each county far exceeded the private soldiers of the feudal monarch, every time there was a war in the future, the county soldiers directly under the king of Chu were the main force, and the private soldiers of the feudal monarch were the wings.

In this case, at the beginning of the battle, fortunately, the morale of all the large armies was high, and both county soldiers and private soldiers could fight bravely when they started the battle.

However, as long as it takes a long time, the feudal monarchs will suffer certain losses, or continue to fight, and they will not be able to make ends meet. The feudal monarchs will preserve their strength, they will be very sluggish when they advance, they will not move forward during the battle, and they will run fast as soon as there is a disturbance, and then the state of Chu will be defeated.

This phenomenon of the Chu army has lasted for hundreds of years, so much so that when Wu Qi wrote the military book in the Wei State, he also deliberately gave targeted suggestions for the chaotic characteristics of the Chu army, which was for Wu Qi to teach you how to fight the Chu State.

Now, Wu Qidu is about to die for a hundred years, but the situation in Chu is still like that. Even, in history, when Wang Jian destroyed Chu, the core tactics used were still Wu Qi's.

With this characteristic of the Chu State, even if there is no matter for the King of Chu to take power, Xiong Huai estimates that it is impossible for the feudal monarchs to fight a protracted war with various countries wholeheartedly.

You must know that although he deliberately set up a situation to harm the Jianghan feudal monarch last time, the direct cause of the last Danxi fiasco was that after a year of confrontation between the feudal monarchs and the Qin and Han coalition forces, the three of them turned against each other. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so badly defeated.

Therefore, the current situation is that the feudal monarchs do not believe in him, the king of Chu, and at the same time, he, the king of Chu, does not believe in those feudal monarchs.

In this case, how will the Chu State respond to the attacks of various countries next?

Thinking about it, the corners of Xiong Huai's mouth twitched, and he looked at Jianghuai's map and showed a trace of pain.

In the case of the centrifugation of the monarch and the ministers, and the centrifugation of various places and the center, it is impossible to maintain the territorial integrity of the Chu State to the greatest extent under the strong attack of various countries.

But what exactly to give up?

The three counties of northern Han, or even the Jianghan region? That's impossible.

Therefore, we can only focus on defending the west, and then hand over the east to the feudal lords of Jianghuai to defend.

As for how much territory can be contained...

When Xiong Huai thought of this, he instantly stroked his forehead with one hand and covered his heart with the other, and his heart hurt even more.

The only thing he, the king of Chu, can do, is to disintegrate the alliance of various countries as soon as possible, and then the east can cut less, so let's cut less.

Of course, it is not difficult to deal with various countries, the difficult thing is only how to endure the pain of cutting meat. In this regard, Xiong Huai has long been psychologically prepared, as early as when he transferred the feudal monarch of Hanbei to the feudal monarch, and when he hated the feudal monarch between Jiang and Han, he was already psychologically prepared.

The pain, the labor pain, it's all worth it.

Responding to the attacks of various countries is only to take the initiative to cut the flesh, but how to break the alliance of various countries in the flesh cutting, and even more importantly, to find suitable allies from the alliance and get rid of the isolated and helpless status, this is the difficulty.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai turned his gaze from Jianghuai to South Korea.

Originally, he had not set a goal before, and he vacillated between Song and South Korea, but now, South Korea's approach has made him instantly determine the goal.

Of course, this is not because of South Korea's approach that makes him unhappy, but because of South Korea's approach that makes him see South Korea's weakness.

When Chu's intention to abandon Korea was very obvious, South Korea did not straighten its waist and take the initiative to betray Chu, but still persisted for a long time under the attack of various countries, until Zhaoju was about to enter the territory of Chu, and then sent an envoy to break off relations with Chu on the charge of treachery.

What does this mean?

This shows that after holding out for nearly a year under the attack of various countries, South Korea's national strength is already very weak, and the loss of troops, equipment, especially food, is extremely great. Therefore, South Korea does not want to see the situation that the countries have just retreated, and they are facing the condemnation of the Chu State, and even being attacked by the Chu State.

A weak South Korea, this is the breakthrough point for the Chu State to tear apart the alliances of various countries, even if South Korea can still get support from Zhao and Wei more or less, but the current South Korea is still easier to break through than the isolated Song State.

So...

Xiong Huai nodded, then turned his gaze to the state of Qin to the west of Korea.

Therefore, the state of Chu is most likely to break the alliance, and the country that forms an alliance with it is the state of Qin.

And after the alliance with Qin, the next joint goal...

Xiong Huai thought for a while, and then set his sights on the Qi country, if you want to engage the Qi country, you have to form an alliance with it first.

And if you want to form an alliance with Qin Qi...

Xiong Huai frowned, from now on, it will be laid out in Song and Han.