It's just that the population of Dongting is not as good as that of the Jianghan region, and the number of troops that can be recruited is limited, but only about 50,000. And Peng Ze's troops are even less, and under normal circumstances, I am afraid that there are less than 20,000.

Therefore, the south of the river is full of 70,000 troops, and the rest has to be replenished in other places.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai said: "Sima, send an order to all departments, prepare ships, on the first day of the eighth month, the armies of all departments in Yingdu will be ready for war, and this time the widow will take 80,000 elites from Yingdu to go to crusade against Qi." ”

"In addition, it is ordered that all parts of Jianghuai will be conscripted in September, and in October, the widows will wait for Jianghuai's reinforcements to arrive in Zhongwu City."

"Order Guangling Ejun, let him prepare for war, hold on to it, and don't give Yue a chance."

Zhao Ju responded: "Only! ”

Then, Xiong Huai glanced around at the ministers, and then said, "Do you have anything to add?" ”

Tang Yu bowed his hand and said: "My lord, I heard that the upper army is plotting, the second is the attack, and the last is to attack the city. The minister had a strategy, that is, to send an envoy to the country of Qi before sending troops, asking the king of Qi to stop raising the price of grain, and reduce the price of grain, keep the price of grain below 40 yuan, and return peace to the people of the world. Otherwise, if the King of Qi is unwilling, don't blame me for being unpredictable. ”

"And not only that, we also need to send envoys to various countries, and while contacting all countries to fight Qi, we also need to let countries send envoys to go to Qi to condemn Qi."

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Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, before attacking the State of Qi, was it necessary to send an envoy to the State of Qi to condemn the King of Qi?

In a moment of hesitation, Zhao Ju below had already opened his mouth and praised: "Wonderful, great king, send an envoy to the Qi country to condemn the king of Qi as fake, and reveal this news to all countries and the people of the Qi country, this is the real purpose." ”

"Tell the people of Qi State?" Xiong Huai was reminded by Zhao Ju and immediately reacted, this is a clever centrifugal plan.

In the past few months, the price of grain in various countries has soared, and countless ordinary people have gone bankrupt or are on the verge of bankruptcy, although Qi Guo has come up with a strategy of counting the population and selling grain at low prices on time and in quantity to relieve the pressure on the people.

But the occurrence of this situation itself means that in the country of Qi, there has been a phenomenon of embarrassment for many people.

Not only Qi country, but other countries as well. Food prices have generally risen, and no one can run away from anyone except the powerful and wealthy.

As a result, a wave of resentment has accumulated among the nations.

Who is this resentment directed to?

Everyone knows it in their hearts, but now it is not, no matter who this resentment is directed at, now, the state of Chu has found a punching bag for the people of the world, including the people of the country of Qi.

If the people of Qi were full of resentment against their king, and a war of aggression turned into a just war of hanging the people, then the war had not yet begun, and the state of Chu would have won half of it.

Of course, the key to the success of this matter is to use a large number of spies to repeatedly publicize this matter to the people of Qi State, telling Qi State that this time Chu State sent troops to attack Qi State because of Qi State's unrighteous actions.

Xiong Huai smiled and praised: "It's really a good plan, this matter is feasible." ”

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Zhao Chang visited Yue again as an envoy of the Chu State.

Starting from Yingdu, I went down the rolling river, but in just over two days, I arrived at Wucheng.

Then, Zhao Chang frequently visited the important ministers of the Yue Kingdom, saying that it would be beneficial to cut Qi.

On the third day of his arrival in Wucheng, Zhao Chang was summoned by the king of Yue.

In the palace.

Zhao Changjin said: "Great King, the country of Qi suffered a disaster, and all countries did not take the opportunity to attack in the spirit of benevolence and righteousness. However, instead of expressing gratitude to all countries, Qi brought disasters to all countries, causing food prices to soar in various countries, and the people were in dire straits. In this regard, the widow has been unable to bear it anymore, and hopes that all countries will jointly send envoys to unanimously condemn the immoral behavior of the Qi State. ”

"I hope that the king of Qi can wake up, stop beggar-thy-neighbor, stop raising food prices, apologize to the people of Qi, and give an account to all countries."

In order to prevent the king of Qi from not listening to the advice, the widow army hoped that the king of Yue would send an envoy to the state of Qi together with the envoy of Chu to persuade the king of Qi. In the same way, in order to prevent the king of Qi from ignoring the countries, our country has already called up an army, and asked your country to be prepared as well, so as not to fail in persuasion and be ridiculed by the world. ”

When the ministers of the Yue Kingdom heard this, they immediately exchanged their heads and talked about it.

The meaning of the state of Chu is obvious, the envoy has not yet been sent, and the army has already been recruited, obviously to take the opportunity to attack the state of Qi.

King Yue looked at the ministers, and then responded: "At this time, the matter is very important, and allow the widow to think carefully, after three days, the widow will have an answer." ”

Zhao Chang bowed and said, "I am willing to wait for good news!" ”

After Zhao Chang left, King Yue asked, "I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks." ”

Gongzi's eyes caught a glimpse of Gongziyu about to speak, remembering his plan with Gongshiyu in the past two days, Chu invited Yue Guo to attack Qi, which was the time to pursue Gongziyu and take the opportunity to gain more powerful strength.

More importantly, it is also necessary to dismantle Gongzi Yu's strong reinforcement from the Chu State.

Thinking about it, he immediately spoke first: "Father, the son thinks that he can agree to the request of the Chu State. ”

"In the past six months, because of the Qi country, the price of grain in the world has risen sharply, and the grain that usually only costs twenty or thirty yuan has risen to more than 100 yuan, and what is even more excessive is that the Qi country has actually raised the price of grain to one hundred and eighty yuan a stone. As a result, the people of our country were embarrassed, the poor went bankrupt, and the rich were poor. ”

Saying that, Gongzi Hoof said angrily: "Is it tolerable or unbearable, in order to give an explanation to the people, in order to ask the people for an explanation, this matter must be explained by Qi Guo." ”

"Therefore, the sons and daughters asked for orders and were willing to lead the troops to fight Qi."

Listening to Gongzi's words, King Yue nodded with satisfaction.

In the past, in order to target the Qi country, countries have raised the price of grain, although not only did the countries not suffer, but made a lot of money because of it, and collected a lot from the people.

Of course, there are many complaints in the country, which is inevitable.

However, this is not the fault of Yue Guo or Yue Wang, if you want to blame Qi Guo, this dispute was provoked by Qi Guo.

Gongzi's words are to follow the meaning of Chu and transfer the people's grievances to Qi State, which is very in line with the wishes of King Yue and is a good choice.

Now there is a real need for a war to vent the emotions in the hearts of the people.

Thinking about it, King Yue smiled and asked the ministers again: "I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks of Gongzi's words?" ”

Gongshiyu immediately echoed: "The king, the minister thinks that what Gongzihu said is reasonable, and the minister seconded it, and the minister is willing to be the deputy general of Gongzi's hoof, and send troops to attack Qi." ”

After Gongshiyu finished speaking, nearly half of the ministers in the palace immediately spoke up.

Gongzi Yu was anxious and angry when he saw this, the situation was wrong, originally, as the contact person of Chu State, King Yue asked for advice to Chu State, and he should have spoken first.

As a result, without paying attention, Childe's hoof took the lead, and he also said what he was going to say.

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