More than ten days later, on April 27, Chu and Yue met outside Zhongwu City.

The next day, Xiong Huai and King Yue met in Zhongwu City, and the two sat opposite each other.

King Yue smiled: "King Chu, dare to ask how this battle will be fought, I don't know what the plan of Chu is, the 150,000 Vietnamese troops brought by the widow are willing to listen to the orders of the King of Chu." ”

Xiong Huai looked at King Yue with a relaxed face, and said with the same smile: "King Yue, now that the Qi State has placed heavy troops in Tancheng and Langya, with our current strength, if we want to capture these two cities, I'm afraid it's a little reluctant." ”

King Yue nodded when he heard this.

The state of Chu had frequently contacted various countries before, and the two countries of Qi and Wei were not blind, so they naturally would not be unprepared.

With the current strength of Chu and Yue, it is naturally not a problem to conquer some small cities, but it is not enough to attack the big cities heavily defended by Qi State.

Xiong Huai saw King Yue nodding, his face seemed to be more relaxed, so he continued: "So, the widow means that the armies of you and me will divide into two roads and clean up the surrounding small cities first. Then our Chu army surrounded Tancheng, and the Vietnamese army surrounded Langya City, in order to contain the Qi State, and then we could wait for the news of the Wei State.

As long as the Wei State could not withstand the pressure of the Four Kingdoms and surrendered to the widows, then the widows immediately took advantage of the situation to form a five-nation alliance and ordered the countries to attack the west of the Qi State. At that time, the Qi State must be difficult to resist in the face of the coalition forces of various countries, and on the one hand, the army withdrew to the western part of the Qi State, and on the other hand, it sent people to ask for peace between you and me. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai showed a smug smile: "At that time, you and I can take the opportunity to ask the King of Qi for all the land south of the Great Wall of Qi, and the widow can obtain Tancheng and Jucheng, while the King of Yue can obtain Langya." In this way, the soldiers who surrendered without a fight, I don't know what the king of Yue thinks. ”

As soon as the king of Yue heard this strategy of the army, there was no need to let the Yue country attack Langya, and his heart was immediately relieved, and he laughed and said: "Gao, the king of Chu is really smart, and the few people admire it." ”

"Where, where!" Xiong Huai responded modestly, with only a smug look on his face, not half modest.

Then, Xiong Huai and King Yue glanced at each other, and the two of them laughed at the same time.

Laughing.

King Yue arched his hand and said: "King Chu, since you and I have set a strategy, and it will soon be the first day of the fifth month, then the widow will not bother, so I will return to Yueying and prepare for the expedition." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "Okay, King Yue, please." ”

With that, Xiong Huai got up and prepared to personally send King Yue out of the city.

Outside the gate of Zhonggo Castle.

Xiong Huai looked at the departing team of King Yue and sighed in his heart.

It's a pity that the Chu army has just arrived in Zhongwu City, and the army is not ready. In addition, it is a pity that Tang Yu and they are not ready now, and they have not been invited into the territory of Yue by Gongzi Yu, so it is difficult to raid Wucheng. What is even more regrettable is that the war of various countries has not yet begun. Otherwise, just now in this Zhongwu City, Xiong Huai had the urge to directly kidnap King Yue.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai shook his head and walked towards the city.

Back in the hall where the proceedings were held, after the monarch and ministers were done again, Jing Cui bowed and said, "King, I wonder if we really attack the small city near Tancheng to continue to paralyze King Yue?" ”

Xiong Huai pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Zhuguo, I don't know what you mean?" ”

Jing Cui responded: "The king, the minister means that the 150,000 Yue troops led by the king of Yue, of which less than half are elite, and most of them are recruited soldiers, even if it is a head-to-head duel, we have a great chance of winning." What's more, leading a large army to forcibly attack a city, even if it is only a few small cities, will take a day or two, or even three or four days. Moreover, the siege of the city had a great impact on the morale of the soldiers.

More importantly, it is the supply of the army. Now that we are still in the Chu realm, we can get supplies nearby, if the battle line advances to Tancheng, then we need to divide a part of the army to transport military rations, which is very unfavorable to our decisive battle.

Therefore, the minister meant that it was better to lead the army north, and after capturing a city, he would stop and rest and recuperate in preparation for a decisive battle. ”

Saying that, Jing Cui hesitated: "It's just that this needs a reason." ”

"Why?" Xiong Huai smiled when he heard this: "This is easy to do, just say that the widow is not accustomed to the water and soil, and he is sick." ”

Jing Cui hurriedly refused: "The king can't, the king is the king of a country, and he is the hope of the Chu country, how can he get sick." This move will inevitably affect our own morale. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again: "Since the widow can't get sick, then let the others get sick." ”

After thinking about it, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "After conquering a small city, it will stop, if the king of Yue comes to ask, it will say that the widow's young son is sick, and the widow's heart is very worried, and he has no intention of fighting, and he hopes that the king of Yue will forgive me." ”

After Xiong Huai finished speaking, he immediately laughed to himself, he didn't believe this reason, let alone King Yue.

At that time, for the state of Chu, it was no longer important whether the king of Yue, who was already about to reach Langya, believed it or not.

The bureau has been set, and King Yue is already a turtle in the urn and can't run away.

At this moment, the laughter of the King of Chu came, and all the generals in the hall laughed along.

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On the first day of the fifth month, this is the day when the countries attack Qi and Wei.

On this day, the combined forces of Chu and Yue divided into two routes, and the king of Yue led the army to Langya City in the northeast. And Xiong Huai led the army to look at Tancheng.

Jucheng of Qi State.

The King of Qi once again sat in Jucheng.

At this moment, the prince of Qi reported to the king of Qi: "King, the news from the south that Chu and Yue have divided their troops. The state of Chu set out from Zhongwu City, and the front of the army pointed to Tancheng. Two days ago, the state of Chu began to attack a small city south of Yishui, and now, although there is no news yet, the small city of Yinan may have been conquered by the Chu army. ”

King Qi's face remained unchanged when he heard this, and then he asked expressionlessly, "So where is the Vietnamese army now?" ”

Chu Ziying said: "Back to the king, the Vietnamese army only left Yancheng two days ago, calculate the time, and now it should be about to arrive in Jiyancheng." ”

King Qi's face showed a hint of joy, nodded, and then asked, "Over there in the Wei Kingdom, what is the situation now?" ”

Chu Zi said with a heavy face: "Great King, the situation in the Wei Kingdom is probably much more difficult than we expected before.

Originally, our Qi and Wei countries jointly took action to win over the ministers of the pro-Qi and pro-Wei factions within the Song State, and also persuaded many Song nobles and nobles to persuade the Song King not to make enemies everywhere, so as to hinder the Song State from sending troops and reduce the pressure on the Wei State. As a result, he did not expect that in the face of the dissuasion of his ministers, King Song would do such a crazy act as shooting the sky and whipping the ground. The ministers of the Song State were taken by the King of Song for a while, and they didn't dare to open their mouths to persuade again. Therefore, the Song State was only delayed for one day, and sent troops to attack Wei on the second day of the fifth month. ”

King Qi's face stiffened, and after a period of silence, a sentence burst out of his mouth: "King Song, this madman, don't pay attention to it for the time being, wait for the widow to solve the state of Chu, and then clean him up." ”