Time passed day by day, and soon, the news of Chu's intention to marry officially reached Qin.

In the Qin Palace, after getting the exact news, Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said to King Qin: "King, since the Chu State has agreed to get married, then the minister can be sure that the next goal of the Chu State is not our Qin State." ”

At this time, Zhu Lijian had already returned to Xianyang, and said: "Yes, if the Chu State wants to attack my Qin State, it can only face the two Xiongguan of Wuguan and Hangu Pass. Once the Chu State attacked these two places, then it was possible for the Zhao and Wei countries to take advantage of the situation to attack the Qin State, which was the Chu State sending troops and letting the Zhao and Wei countries take advantage. ”

"Now that Zhao and Wei have formed an alliance with the Qi State, the Chu State should not be so unwise."

The other ministers of the Qin State all nodded yes when they heard this.

King Qin said with a smile: "This is just right, when my Qin State rests for a while, I can rest assured that I can boldly send troops to attack Zhao and Wei." ”

As he spoke, King Qin waved to Gan Mao on the side and asked, "Gan Qing, did the Wei State really not leave an army in the land of the West River this time?" ”

Gan Mao nodded in response: "Back to the king, that's exactly the case." At the beginning, Wei asked his ministers to recommend Shao Liang Shou, so the ministers tentatively recommended a Qin person, but he didn't expect Wei to approve it. ”

"Now Shaoliang's guards are all re-recruited by Shaoliang Shou, and Wei has only sent a tax collector, who is only responsible for transporting the money and grain from the West River to Fenyin."

Qin Wangdang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Gan Qing, then can I, the Qin State, take advantage of the opportunity to transport money and grain to Shaoliang, and then sneak attack Fenyin?" ”

Gan Mao shook his head: "Great King, according to the minister, this matter is very difficult, the new Fenyin of the Wei State guards Ni Liang, and the guard is tight, and there is no chance at all." ”

"However, the current situation of Shaoliang not only shows that Wei has no intention of re-entering the land of the West River, but also that our Qin State can also take advantage of the opportunity to attack Shaoliang and sneak attack Shangjun in the north."

Hearing this, Qin Wang Dang smiled and said: "Yes, since the Wei State is so acquainted, let the Wei State go for so long, and the Zhao State took it away from the widows, and the widows will have to take it all back sooner or later." ”

Zhang Yi sighed and said: "King, now that the State of Chu has agreed to marry the State of Qin, then our State of Qin still needs to go to propose marriage." ”

"Once Qin and Chu confirm the marriage contract, then our Qin State can hype it up, and after the Sanjin Dynasty hears about it, they will definitely hesitate to Chu State, and when the time comes, they can also win over Wei and Han in one fell swoop."

King Qin said with a smile: "What Father Xiang said is reasonable, then who can go to the State of Chu and formally ask the King of Chu for marriage." ”

Hearing this, Gan Mao arched his hand and said, "King, the minister is willing to go to the Chu State." ”

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Qi country.

The king of Qi smiled bitterly at the prince: "The news from the Chu State, the King of Chu politely rejected the widow on the grounds that the Qin State first proposed to the Queen of Chu to marry. ”

The prince muttered: "Great King, the status of the prince of my Qi State is obviously far above that of the prince of Qin, but the king of Chu has rejected our Qi country, then, the minister suspects that the mind of the Chu country is not pure, I am afraid that my Qi country will still have troubles." ”

King Qi asked, "What does Xiangguo mean?" ”

The prince replied, "Great King, immediately cancel the plan to force the Song State to form an alliance with our Qi State by force. If the state of Chu intends to destroy Qi, then the state of Song is the place where Qi and Chu must fight. Now that Chu and Song are allies, and Qi and Song are estranged, if the Song State is forced to be urgent, it will only lead to the Song State completely falling to the Chu State. ”

King Qi reluctantly said: "That means that our plan to attack the Song Kingdom next year has been canceled?" ”

Chu Zi shook his head and said, "No, not only can't it be canceled, but it is also necessary to increase the scale of sending troops." ”

"What do you mean?" King Qi asked puzzled.

Chu Zi explained: "Great King, increase the scale of sending troops, this is to intimidate the King of Song. Now that Zhao and Wei have formed an alliance with our Qi country, Zhongshan State is an ally of our Qi State, and Yan State has surrendered to Qi State not long ago, so the remaining enemy countries of my Qi State are only the three kingdoms of Chu, Song and Yue. ”

"The most important territory of the Chu State, the land between Jiang and Han, is far away from our Qi State, and it will take a while to wait for the Chu State to get the news and send troops. And the strength of the Yue State is not strong, and it can support the Song State. ”

"Therefore, the minister took advantage of the time when the Song State was temporarily isolated and took the opportunity to send troops to attack the Song State, as long as he could bet on the Song State before the arrival of the Chu army's reinforcements, then he would intimidate the Song State and force the Song State to marry us."

King Qi suddenly realized: "Xiangguo means to use the marriage of Qi and Song to separate the Chu and Song countries. ”

Chu Ziying said: "King, that's exactly the case. ”

King Qi shook his head and said, "The widow is worried that he may not be able to separate Chu and Song Dynasty by marriage alone. ”

Chu Zi said with a smile: "Marriage alone is naturally not feasible, but if the Song Kingdom not only sends the royal daughter, but also uses several cities as a dowry, and the daughter of the Song King is not the wife of the prince of our Qi Kingdom?" ”

King Qi was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "If King Song does this, then the State of Chu will definitely suspect that the State of Song is colluding with our State of Qi." ”

"It's just..." King Qi hesitated and said, "Will the Song Kingdom agree to such harsh conditions?" ”

"Of course not?" The prince arched his hand and said, "King, but what if we ask the King of Wei to take Princess Wei as the crown prince's wife?" ”

King Qi's eyes flashed: "Qi Wei married and persecuted the Song State together?" ”

Chuzi nodded.

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Chu.

When Jing Li learned the news that the Qin State had come to greet his relatives, he immediately attacked to report it.

"Great King, there is news from the Qin State, the King of Qin heard that our country has promised to marry the Qin State, and has officially sent an envoy to propose marriage."

"Oh!" Xiong Huai asked, "Do you know who is coming to greet you this time?" ”

Jing Li replied: "Back to the king, it's Keqing Ganmao." ”

"Gan Mao?" Xiong Huai paused and said: "This person has heard of it, and the widow remembers that he was originally a Chu person, who left Chu to go to Qin a few years ago, and after being recommended by Zhang Yi, he became the guest secretary of Qin." ”

Jing Li responded: "I heard that the minister is the same. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said: "I heard that Gan Mao is now highly used by the King of Qin in the Qin State, and Gan Mao is also extremely talented, so Yin thinks that he can separate Gan Mao?" ”

Jing Li thought for a while, shook his head and said: "King, now that Qin Wangdang and Gan Mao have a close relationship, King Qin's trust in Gan Mao is only under Gan Liji, and King Qin's most trusted Zhu Lijian is friendly with Gan Mao. In this case, it is difficult for the disparity meter to work. ”

"And now Gan Mao's family has all moved to the Qin State to show his intentions, and it is almost impossible to start from Gan Mao. Therefore, the King of Qin will not believe the ordinary divisive plan. ”

Xiong Huai sighed lightly when he heard this, there are many talents in Chu State, but the situation of brain drain is also very serious.

Although there are endless talents in the office, the advantages and disadvantages are also obvious.

Seeing that King Chu was silent, Jing Li immediately knew that King Chu was not satisfied with his answer.

After thinking about it, he spoke: "Great King, although we can't separate the Qin Kingdom, it's still okay for us to befriend Gan Mao now." ”

Xiong Huai glanced at Jing Li and asked, "Ling Yin means to befriend Gan Mao and let him favor the Chu State." ”

Jing Li nodded: "King, Gan Mao is also from Chu, and his knowledge was also learned in the Chu State, so it is not difficult for him to be biased towards the Chu State." ”

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