Chen Zhen nodded: "King, that's exactly the case." Qin and Han advocated attacking Chu from Wei and Han, while Qi and Song advocated going south along Surabaya and crossing Huaishui to attack Huainan to save Yue. And Zhao Wei's two Chinese languages are unknown, they are swaying, and they can't make up their minds. Therefore, as it stands, it will take some time for countries to reach an agreement. ”

“······” Xiong Huai was stunned, and then sneered: "The widow has long known that this group of scattered sand will cause conflicts sooner or later, but the widow never expected that when the countries had not sent troops, they would first make a mess internally. ”

Then, Xiong Huai sighed again: "Before, our countries besieged the Qin State, but there was no choice, so all the countries gathered outside the Hangu Pass. Now the place to attack my Chu country is like this, but the countries have not been able to choose a place to attack. Therefore, sometimes, when there are too many places to choose, there will be hesitation and delay the fighter. ”

Chen Zhen was dumbfounded when he heard this, pondered for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "King, the countries have different opinions, should we insert them and take the opportunity to divide the countries." ”

Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "There is no need to be like this, if the general trend is to unite with Chu, this trend will not change, even if the countries are in dispute, but it is not something that my Chu country can separate." At this time, the outnumbered people come to the fore, which may also have the opposite effect, prompting countries to speed up the time of the attack.

So, since the countries are going to make trouble, let them make trouble! ”

Chen Zhen nodded and responded, "The king is wise!" ”

Then, after a pause, Xiong Huai asked again: "Chen Qing, I don't know if there is news from Ejun." ”

Chen Zhen shook his head and said: "Go back to the king, calculate the time, at this time, the king of Ejun should have only arrived in the Yan Kingdom for a short time, and if you want to convince the king of Yan, I am afraid it will take a while." ”

Xiong Huai sighed when he heard this: "I'm still impatient!" ”

As he spoke, Ling Yin Jingli hurriedly came, then handed over a wooden tablet, and saluted: "King, General Zhao Rat is the king!" ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, the general Zhao Rat was on the book at this time, could it be that there was a change in Hanzhong?

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai immediately took the wooden Jane, and then opened it to take a look, his face suddenly sank, and his eyebrows were tightly squeezed together.

Seeing this, Chen Zhen immediately asked worriedly: "King, but there is something in Hanzhong?" ”

Xiong Huai nodded, then shook his head and said: "There is nothing to do in Hanzhong, the general Zhao Rat wrote to ask for resignation from the widow, and on the grounds of old age and infirmity, he wants to relieve his armor and return to the field!" ”

"What?" Chen Zhen let out an exclamation and was immediately shocked.

At this time, Xiong Huai suddenly closed Zhao Mouse's book, and then asked Jing Li hesitantly: "Ling Yin, General Zhao Rat didn't have any signs before, why did he suddenly write a letter and ask for resignation?" ”

As he spoke, the wrinkles between Xiong Huai's eyebrows became deeper.

At this time, it was at the head of a national crisis, and there was no one available in the court, and even Ye Gong, who had not been in battle for a long time, was pulled out of the town by Xiong Huai to preside over the war in the land of Danxi.

Now at this critical juncture, as a major general in the DPRK, Zhao Rat actually wants to resign.

Isn't this pulling the hind legs of Chu State again!

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai hesitated for a while.

Could it be that he was divided before, and Zhao Rat was dissatisfied with only sealing one town to him.

Indeed, Zhao Rat was originally a general of the Chu State, but he was a younger brother of the Zhao Yu clan, but he was only more than ten years younger.

Before the Qin State destroyed Bashu, the Chu State originally intended to attack Nanzheng and cut off the connection between Qin and Bashu, and Zhao Rat was the main general of the attack on Nanzheng, with 100,000 heavy troops.

Now, almost ten years have passed, the general Zhao Rat has become the Hanzhong guard, and the 100,000 heavy soldiers in his hands have also been transferred by Xiong Huai one after another, leaving only more than 10,000 soldiers in Hanzhong Tuntian. And Zhaoju, Tang Wu and others, who were originally under him, have now come from behind and obtained a county fief, this comparison has an obvious gap.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai sighed in vain, and the anger in his heart against Zhao Rat had dissipated most of it.

At this time, Jing Li saw that the anger in King Chu's eyes had faded, so he responded: "King, General Zhao Rat is very old, and he has been stationed in Hanzhong for ten years, maybe this resignation is really unwell!" ”

Xiong Huai heard Jing Li's defense of Zhao Rat, nodded, did not refute, thought about it, and then said: "Ling Yin, General Zhao Rat's situation is also very understandable.

However, now that the national crisis is at hand, although General Zhao Rat is old and frail and has been on the border for a long time, the widow hopes that General Zhao Rat can still focus on state affairs and live up to the expectations of the widow. Therefore, Ling Yin immediately replied to General Zhaorat, and his resignation was not allowed. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai added: "Ling Yin, Ling passed on the edict of the widow, the general Zhao Rat guarded the border pass for ten years, and the hard work was high, and the widow decided to promote the general Zhao Rat to the general, and added 300 households, hoping that the general Zhao Rat could reluctantly make it difficult and continue to serve the country." ”

Jing Li saw that the King of Chu not only did not blame Zhao Mouse, but also promoted him, and immediately relieved, and immediately responded: "The minister will go to pass on the edict to General Zhao Mouse." ”

As he spoke, Jing Li bowed, then immediately got up and walked out quickly.

Xiong Huai looked at Jing Li's back, hesitated for a moment, and then instructed Chen Zhen on the side: "Chen Qing, immediately send someone to see General Zhao Mouse, the widow wants to know if he is dissatisfied with the widow or is really sick." ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhen immediately lowered his head and responded: "Only! ”

There were seven days.

At this time, Xiong Huai was discussing the military situation with Gongsun Yan in the palace, when he saw Chen Zhen walking in, bowed to him, and retreated aside, as if there was no major matter.

So Xiong Huai nodded to Chen Zhen, and then continued to Gongsun Yan: "Rhino head, now that Zhao Ying has led the main force of the water division to complete the deployment in Huaishui, the front line of Huaishui can be described as foolproof. Now that the army between Jiang and Han has been put in place and deployed? ”

During this time, the generals of the Chu State were outside, and there was no one to use in Yingdu, so Gongsun Yan acted as Sima and assisted Xiong Huai in dispatching the army.

When Gongsun Yan heard this, he immediately responded: "Great King, Ye Gong has come to report that most of the troops that the Great King has re-recruited from the feudal lords from all over the country have arrived in the land of Danxi, and now the soldiers of Danxi will soon be deployed by the river. In addition, the general Zhuang Ji led an army of 50,000 to arrive in Wancheng in a few days. Therefore, before the countries send troops, the defense between Jiang and Han will inevitably be completed. ”

Xiong Huai nodded when he heard this, then looked at the map and sighed: "The defense widows in Huaishui are not worried, and similarly, the defense widows in Danxi Fang City are also not worried. The most worrying place for widows is here! ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai pointed to Chen Cheng, where Zhao Ju was stationing, and then moved his finger from Chen Cheng to Shang Cai Cheng.

Xiong Huai had to worry that the Chu army in other places was all defending according to the danger, but the land of Chen Cai had no danger to defend, and could only rely on the city to hold on, and more importantly, the Chu State did not have any extra troops to reinforce, if the coalition forces of various countries concentrated on storming Chencheng, under the onslaught regardless of casualties, Chen Cheng was only a matter of how long he could hold on.