Just when the crown prince Zhen and Zuo Cheng were meeting, in the Song Palace, King Song looked at the information sent by the spies, smiled coldly on his face, and then said to the minister Tang Ying in front of him: "Xianqing, as expected, the Chu State really sent someone, and the rebel son surrendered his identity and took the initiative to meet the Chu people." ”

When Tang Ying heard this, he smiled and said, "Great King, the crown prince needs to go to the meeting in person, presumably this time the Chu State must be an important minister, who came to put pressure on the prince." Now that the crown prince is powerful in the court, most of them are helped by the Chu state, and when the Chu people come, the prince will definitely agree to the Chu people. In this way, the king only needs to forcibly transfer troops to attack Chu in a few days, which will inevitably make the prince lose his trust in the Chu people.

If the prince loses his trust, the Chu people will be furious. If the countries invade Chu in the near future, the Chu State will suffer another major defeat. In this way, if the two are added together, the Chu people will definitely be angry with the prince.

As long as the Chu people are not supporting the crown prince, the king can do whatever he wants. ”

King Song smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's exactly the reason." Even if the king of Chu can swallow his anger and continue to support the rebel, the widow can exchange the land in the west of Surabaya for the land in the east of Yingshui. In this way, the widow is exchanging the territory that does not belong to him for a large piece of the territory that belongs to the widow.

Weaken the State of Chu, get close to the State of Qi, strengthen the State of Song, pacify internal troubles, kill four birds with one stone, count the kings of various countries, and be as wise as a widow! ”

As he spoke, Song Wangshi laughed.

A few days later, the king of Song summoned the crown prince.

"Meet my father." The crown prince saluted and said, "I don't know what my father ordered when he summoned his sons." ”

King Song looked at the respectful Prince Zhen in front of him, and saw that his hair was gray, and the thin wrinkles on his forehead were looming, compared to two years ago, the current Prince Zizhen looked even older.

Seeing this, King Song's heart suddenly became angry, every time he saw the prince, he couldn't help but think that he was old, and even his son was already old.

Thinking about it, King Song forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said as calmly as possible: "Prince, the widow asked you to come this time because I wanted to discuss with the prince. Not long ago, the widow and the king of the four kingdoms met to discuss the matter of attacking Chu. According to the covenant, this time our Song State will send 100,000 troops to cooperate with the four countries, a total of 700,000 coalition troops to besiege Chendi.

This time, the five countries united as one and besieged Chendi together, and Chendi must go down. After that, it was our five countries that took advantage of the victory to pursue and then carve up the land of Chu. Nowadays, a small part of Huaibei to the west of Surabaya and east of Yingshui in Chu has been in the hands of our Song State, so this time the widow intends to take advantage of the defeat of Chu and go all out to fight for the Huaibei land east of Yingshui in Chu State, and strive to drive the forces of Chu to the south of Huaishui and confront Chu across Huaishui. ”

Saying that, King Song smiled: "However, the strength of my Song State is not stronger than Qi after all, after taking out 100,000 troops to attack Chendi, if you want to gather heavy troops to seize Huaibei, it will inevitably be insufficient." Therefore, the widow hoped that the prince would recruit 50,000 troops from the fiefdom of Huaibei and go to Chendi Huimeng. ”

When Prince Zhen heard this, a wave of resentment suddenly rushed to his head from the bottom of his heart.

He had just promised Chu that Zuo Cheng, the envoy of Chu, would go all out in the Song State to prevent the Song State from sending troops to attack Chu.

Then, now the king of Song actually asked troops to be transferred from his fiefdom to participate in the alliance.

If he does this, what does this make Zuo Cheng, who is still in Shangqiu, think, and what does this make the monarchs and ministers of Chu who are far away in Yingdu think, no matter how much the king of Chu loves his daughter, in the face of his betrayal, he will definitely turn his face against him.

Thinking about it, Prince Zizhen's old face suddenly turned iron-blue.

At this time, King Song saw that Prince Zizhen's face had become ugly, and he didn't give Prince Zizhen a chance to refuse, so he continued: "Prince, now there are rumors in the country that you and my father are not in harmony, and even spread that your father wants to abolish your crown prince, prince, you shouldn't think like this." ”

When the crown prince heard this, he thought that King Song was going to have a showdown with him and forcibly abolish him, so he immediately looked at King Song in horror.

After a pause, he settled his mind before he replied with a pale face: "Father, this is a rumor, pure rumor, this is some villains who are dividing the father-son relationship between you and me." ”

"Not bad." King Song smiled and nodded, agreeing very much: "The widow also thinks so. Therefore, in order to break the suspicion of the countrymen, in order to bankrupt the purpose of those villains, the widow planned to appoint the crown prince as the chief general of the Song army this time, and lead an army of 100,000 to besiege Chendi.

First, the prince personally led the troops, which is enough to show that you and my father and son work together. Second, this time the five countries formed an army of 700,000 and gathered most of the elites of the five countries, and the crown prince, as the prince of the Song State, could contact more countries than he could, so that after he ascended the throne in the future, he would avoid falling into an isolated and helpless situation.

Third, the widow is known for his military strength, and he has many military exploits, and the prince, as the son of the widow, cannot be without military exploits, and this time let the prince lead the army to attack Chu, precisely to allow you to obtain military merits, so that you can ascend the throne in the future. ”

Saying that, King Song looked at the prince affectionately: "Zizhen, the widow is already old, and there are not many days to live, this Song Kingdom will be handed over to you one day, you should not let the widow down." ”

“···” When the crown prince heard this, he immediately looked at King Song with emotion, as if he was moved by King Song.

It's just that I don't believe half of King Song's words in my heart:

"If it weren't for you suppressing me for two years in a row, if you had often wanted to expel me in the past few years, if you hadn't promised several younger brothers in the past few years to make them crown princes and let them besiege me in the court, if I hadn't planted spies around you, maybe I would have really believed this nonsense.

Where is this for me to go to Chen Di to establish meritorious deeds and make friends with various countries to stabilize the status, which is clearly for me to break with the Chu State. ”

If he really led the army to Chendi, he didn't know if he could find help in other countries, but he knew that as long as he went to Chendi, then Chu knew that after he transferred troops from Huaibei to attack Chendi, then he would definitely break with Chu.

It's just that now King Song, in the name of the national army and his father, has given a deep and affectionate order, and he can't refuse. If he refuses now, then he will really officially break with King Song.

Break now, with his current strength, with the current state of Chu, he will be expelled from the Song State nine times out of ten.

You can't refuse, and you can't refuse.

For a while, the crown prince was in turmoil.

At this time, King Song saw that Prince Zhen had not agreed for a long time, his expression suddenly changed, his tone was no longer gentle, and he became a little indifferent: "What, Prince, you don't want to?" ”

When the prince heard this, he didn't dare to think about it, so he had to respond: "No, the son is naturally willing..."

Soon after.

Not long after Zuo Cheng saw that he had attacked and met King Song, there was a prince Zhen who came in a hurry, and seeing that his face was not good, he asked hesitantly: "The prince has brought good news to his subordinates?" ”

"No, bad news." The crown prince shook his head: "Just now in the palace, my father forcibly ordered Zai to transfer 50,000 soldiers from Huaibei to Chendi, and also let Zai Xia be the main general. ”

"What?" Zuo Cheng was shocked, and immediately looked at Prince Zizhen with suspicious eyes: "The prince should not agree." ”

Prince Zizhen nodded and explained: "The king has an order, and he has to obey it." However, in my heart, I didn't want to, so as soon as I left the palace gate, I immediately came to discuss with my husband. ”

When Zuo Cheng heard this, he froze down, and then looked at the prince and said, "I don't know what the prince means?" ”

"The monarch has an order, and the courtiers have to obey, but there are also reasons not to go." Saying that, Prince Zizhen immediately arched his hand and said: "Sir, I would like to ask the State of Chu to send someone to condemn the Song State and the Four Kingdoms to ally against Chu, and then make a disturbance in Huaiyin, Shou County. In this way, the Chu State can move in the future, and on the grounds that the Chu State needs to be guarded against, all the troops will be left in Huaibei.

In this way, if the father transfers 100,000 troops from the country, and is still willing to hand over the military power to the subordinates, let the subordinates lead the troops to defeat Chu. Then in the next place, these 100,000 troops will be the allies of the Chu State. ”

When Zuo Cheng heard this, he stared at the prince for a long time, and saw that his face never changed, so he nodded: "Okay, I believe in the prince, and I hope the prince will not let the widow down." ”

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