Xiong Huai had to admit that what Gongshiyu said was very reasonable, and it was indeed a favorable time to attack Qi now.

It's just that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, gains and losses coexist, compared to the Yue country, the Qi country should forget it.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai sighed with regret: "What the envoy said is extremely true, but the state of Chu fought against Qi and Qin one after another last year, dispatching 600,000 elite soldiers, and the consumption of more than a year of the war is really huge." ”

Moreover, now the widow has recruited 300,000 people to build water canals and hold sacrifices to the gods of Sheji, hoping to make the water canals of Chu go smoothly. Therefore, in order to prevent the widows from distrusting the gods and the people, the construction of the aqueduct must not be stopped. ”

"If we attack Qi at this time, we will inevitably need to recruit a large number of people again to fight, although our Chu country is large, but such a reckless behavior will inevitably hurt the foundation of our Chu country. Therefore, although the opportunity to attack Qi this time is good, the widow has to forcibly endure it. ”

Listening to King Chu's undoubted words, Gongshiyu's fiery heart suddenly cooled by half.

Now that Gongzi Hoof has gained an advantage over Gongzi Yu in Yue, Gongshiyu as an envoy intends to move the Chu State to attack Qi, and the purpose is twofold.

One is to plan to contact the state of Chu for Gongzi's hoof, so as to balance the support of the state of Chu for Gongziyu.

The second, and most important, is to start a war, so that Gongzi Hoof can make another meritorious feat and continue to expand his advantage over Gongziyu.

It's just that before coming to Chu State, Gongshi Yu was full of confidence, thinking that as long as Yue Guo took the initiative, Chu State would definitely not be willing to give up this great opportunity to attack Qi, but as a result, he was explicitly rejected by the King of Chu.

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Xiong Huai saw that Gongshiyu's face was ugly, so he spoke: "Envoy, the matter of Qi is too sudden, it coincides with the fact that my Chu State is building a large number of buildings, and I have wasted this great opportunity, and the widow is also very sorry. ”

"Contrary to the good intentions of the king of Yue, and let the envoy go to Chu for nothing, the widow really didn't want to go. Therefore, the widow is willing to offer a pair of white bi, a pair of jade buckets, and two pieces of glass, and is willing to be the king of Yue. ”

"In addition, the widow is willing to give Mr. a high-grade sword, I hope Mr. will not dislike it."

Seeing that the King of Chu was full of sincerity, the Gongshi Yu had no choice but to bow his hand and say, "Thank you for the king's generous gift." ”

After a pause, he spoke again: "Since the king has no intention of destroying Qi, then in order to prevent Qi from recovering quickly, we can only suspend the plan to paralyze Qi and refuse Qi's request to borrow grain." ”

Xiong Huai opened his mouth and said: "There is a labor envoy who has replied to the king of Yue!" ”

Gongshiyu bowed to the king of Chu again.

Seeing Jing Carp and Gongshiyu leave, Xiong Huai couldn't help but smile slightly, no matter what the purpose of Yue Guo is, as long as Yue Guo has not hooked up with Qi Guo, it is good news.

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Gongshiyu left Yingdu and went down the river, but arrived at Wucheng, the capital of Yue, in two days.

In the palace.

After listening to the report of the princess, the king of Yue learned that the king of Chu was unwilling to send troops to attack the state of Qi at this time, and said to Yue Meng regretfully: "Xianqing, it's a pity, the king of Chu was not fooled, and our plan to instigate the state of Chu to send troops to attack Qi in order to consume the strength of the state of Chu failed." ”

Yue Meng said disapprerovingly: "Great King, this is also a very normal thing, the King of Chu is not a mediocre king, and he will not go to war with the powerful Qi State while building a canal." ”

Hearing this, King Yue nodded: "In this case, the plan to attack the Qi State will be canceled!" Relying only on the strength of our country, I am afraid that it will not be able to do enough when the Qi army is ready. ”

"Yes!" Yue Meng responded: "King, since the King of Chu is unwilling to send troops to attack Qi, then we can make the next plan, sell a good Qi State, and make the King of Qi hate the Chu State." ”

"Zhao Slip is angry about my Yue country's loan of grain to Qi State, and has been blocking it, this matter is already known to everyone, presumably, Qi envoy also hates Zhao Slip to the bone! Now that Gongshiyu has returned from the Chu State, then we can officially drive out the envoys of the Qi State. ”

King Yue smiled when he heard this: "Yes, it's time to drive away the envoys of the Qi Kingdom." ”

Smiling, King Yue said to Yue Meng: "I don't know what Xianqing thinks will be done to let Zhao slip to drive away the Qi envoy." ”

Yue Meng smiled: "The king is wise. ”

King Yue smiled proudly, then looked at the north and said: "Now that the widow has expressed his position, it depends on whether the king of Qi is willing to accept the sincerity of the widow!" ”

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On the other side, the day after the departure of the Yue envoy, the king of Song took Hui Ang as an envoy to visit the state of Chu.

Next.

Hui Ang followed the guests and walked in the Chu Palace, feeling quite heavy.

Originally, the news that the grain of the Qi State was burned reached the Song Kingdom, and the whole Song Kingdom gloated, and they were still very happy.

It's just that the subsequent actions of the Qi State suddenly made the Song Kingdom suffer.

The state of Qi was worried that Chu and Yue would take the opportunity to attack the state of Qi, so they gathered part of their army in the southern region of Xuedi.

In other words, since the Song State annexed the Teng State, the place of Xue Di has also become particularly important.

Xue Di is located in the north of Pengcheng, the south of Tengdi, and the east of the Song Dynasty, which is like a nail nailed to the land of the Song Kingdom, making it difficult for the Song Kingdom to sleep and eat.

Therefore, the Song State decided to wait for the time when the Chu State invaded Qi, sent troops to help Chu and Qi, and pulled out the place of Xue Di.

It's just that time passed day by day, and the state of Chu didn't seem to hear of the disaster in the country of Qi, and there was no movement at all.

As a result, after waiting for the Chu army to arrive for a long time, in the end, the king of Song could only send Hui Ang to envoy Chu and encourage Chu to attack Qi, so as to share the pressure of Song.

No, when he arrived in Yingdu, after seeing many people building canals in full swing, Hui Ang knew why the Chu State did not send troops to attack Qi.

It's not that I don't want to, but I have a weak heart!

"Hui An, the envoy of the Song Kingdom, visited the king of Chu."

In the main hall, Hui Ang saluted the king of Chu with a straight face.

Unlike the public master who came to Chu secretly, Hui An, the envoy of the Song State, was an upright envoy to the Chu State, so Xiong Huai learned that the envoy of the Song State Hui Ang had arrived, so he summoned Hui Ang in the main hall with the etiquette of the secretary of a great power.

After the ceremony.

Xiong Huai asked, "Huiqing, I don't know what is important for the King of Song to send you to visit the Chu State?" ”

For Hui An, Xiong Huai or his predecessor is still more familiar, when Huizi Huishi was expelled by Zhang Yi in Wei State, so Huizi defected to Chu State, Hui Ang is Huizi's junior, and is following Huizi.

At that time, Zhang Yi was in the middle of his ambition, and his predecessor had just ascended the throne and was defeated by Wei, in order to avoid making enemies with Zhang Yi, and the predecessor heard that the current King of Song valued Huizi very much, so the predecessor sent Huizi back to his hometown Song and let Huizi preside over the Song dynasty.

Huizi died, and this Hui'an became a confidant of the Song king.

Therefore, with this layer of relationship, Xiong Huai raised Hui An's treatment by half a level.

Hui Ang was courteous to the King of Chu, and it had been confirmed that the State of Chu was building a large number of canals, so he had no time to take care of the State of Qi, so naturally he would not make a request to embarrass the King of Chu.

So, Hui Ang spoke: "King, since the alliance between Chu and Song, the Song State has always been the head of the Chu State, and the King has attacked the Qi State three times, and the State of Qi has followed each time. And because of the affairs of Qin, Qi and Chu decided to make friends, although we have a bad relationship with Qi, but we are also willing to obey the will of the king, let go of the grievances with Qi, and stop attacking Qi. ”

"Now that there is a disaster in the Qi country, our country feels the same way, mourns for the Qi country, and does not mean to take advantage of the fire to rob and attack the Qi country."

"Although the kingdom of Qi did not want to do much, in order to raise grain and grass, the king of Qi paid attention to the head of the kingdom and gathered the main force of the Qi army on the border of the Song kingdom, with bad intentions. This is not only a plan to send troops to attack our country, but also ignores the majesty of the king and invades the king's allies. ”

"Therefore, the widow's special minister came to visit and asked the king to help, stop the action of Qi to borrow grain by force, and return peace to the world."

ps: I have something to do today, only one more, forgive me!