After a long time, he watched Shengzi leave directly, and then watched Zhai Qiang walk out directly, and at this moment, hearing Zhai Qiang suddenly ask for instructions, Teng Jun felt honored, and hurriedly responded: "Sir, although he goes, Teng Guo's safety is in danger, so please ask Mr." ”

"Xie Junshang trusts." Zhai Qiang responded, then flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall in two steps.

Chu camp outside the city.

The Chu and Song coalition forces set up a large camp, and just when Xiong Huai and the Song King coordinated how the Chu and Song countries would defend, a general walked into the big tent and reported: "The king, the king of Song, the rhino head who sent the envoy to Wei and Mr. Qiu are back, and they are waiting outside the camp at this moment. ”

"Rhinoceros, they're back!" When Xiong Huai heard that the envoy sent to Wei had returned, he was immediately overjoyed: "Quickly invite them to come in and talk about it." ”

"Yui." The general did not leave immediately, but spoke again: "Great King, who returned with the rhino head, there is also Wang Ben, the envoy of the Zhao State, and the envoy asks to see the Great King and the King of Song. ”

"Zhao State Envoy?" Xiong Huai was taken aback, glanced at King Song, and responded: "Okay, the widow knows, quickly invite them to come." ”

"No."

Then, Xiong Huai said to Chen Zhen: "Sir, you have to go to meet the envoy of Zhao State." ”

"Yui."

King Song also said to Doctor Shangguan: "Xiangguo, you have to go to meet the envoy of Zhao on behalf of the widow." ”

"Yui." Doctor Shangguan saluted.

Not long after, Gongsun Yan and Qiu Li, who looked tired, walked into the big tent and bowed together: "The minister greets the king." ”

"The two gentlemen don't have to be polite, they have been fortunate all the way." Xiong Huai replied.

When Gongsun Yan heard this, he bowed again: "The king, the minister is not good, and he has the trust of the king, this time he went to Wei not only failed to convince the king of Wei, but at this time, Wei has ordered Gongsun Xi to be the general, leading 180,000 to aid Tengcheng." ”

"Wei has sent troops." Xiong Huai got the news from Gongsun Yan's mouth, like a boulder in his heart falling to the ground, and couldn't help but sigh.

Then, Xiong Huai said with a smile: "The rhino head doesn't have to blame himself, the widow has long expected the matter of Wei sending troops, otherwise, the widow will not lead the army to grab Tengcheng and confront the Qi army." ”

King Song also spoke: "Rhino head, sir, please get up, since the king of Chu and the widow got the news from you, they have already counted such a day. The King of Wei was arrogant and self-sufficient, and kept the two gentlemen persuading each other with kind words, and this time he would definitely teach Wei a lesson. ”

"Yes, that's what King Song said." Xiong Huai answered, and then spoke: "Rhino Head and Mr. Please get up." ”

"King Xie."

After the two of them got up, Xiong Huai asked, "Rhino Head, I don't know how you rushed to Tengcheng with the envoys of Zhao State, did you meet by chance on the road, or did you meet here in the Great Liang of Wei State." ”

When the words fell, King Song also stared at Gongsun Yan intently.

met by chance on the road, which shows that the envoy of Zhao was originally an envoy to Chu and Song.

Starting from Daliang, this means that the Zhao envoy went to Wei first, and then temporarily decided to visit Chu and Song.

If it is the latter, it remains to be examined, what did the Zhao envoy say with the king of Wei in the Great Liang, or whether the two countries of Zhao and Wei were colluded. Was the envoy on the side of Zhao or on the side of Wei?

Gongsun Yan saw that the King of Chu and the King of Song came over, and naturally knew what they cared about, so he responded: "Back to the king, Zhao envoy Wang Ben just met by chance on the road, Wang Ben originally planned to go to Xuecheng to meet the king and the king of Song, but halfway learned that the Chu and Song coalition forces killed Tengguo, so he changed to Tengcheng.

In addition, the minister got the news from Daliang that Zhao not only sent Wang Ben to Chu and Song, but also sent an envoy Fuding to Wei. ”

"Oh!" Xiong Huai said in surprise: "Does the rhino head know what Fu Ding said to King Wei?" ”

Gongsun Yan nodded and responded: "Back to the king, when Fu Ding arrived in Daliang, it happened that Wei learned that the Chu and Song coalition forces were attacking Tengcheng, and at that time, Fu Ding advised Wei not to send troops to interfere in the war in Tengcheng, but was rejected by King Wei. Then, the next day, Wei sent 30,000 elite reinforcements from Daliang to reinforce Gongsun Xi. ”

"The King of Wei not only rejected Zhao's advice, but also increased his troops, which is strange." Xiong Huai was suspicious.

Is this Zhao secretly supporting Wei, or is Wei planning to unite the Qi army under Tengcheng to fight a decisive battle with the Chu and Song coalition forces?

However, no matter what Wei thinks, Wei's increase in troops is in the hands of Chu and Song.

Just as he was thinking about it, King Song's voice came:

"King Chu, the widow is a little worried, maybe the two countries of Qi and Wei want to fight a decisive battle with us. Therefore, just in case, scouts should be immediately dispatched to the southeast to investigate, so as not to prevent Qi from shelling Kuangzhang Golden Cicada and secretly attacking. ”

Xiong Huai heard the words and responded: "What King Song said is true. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said to Jing Cui on the side: "Zhuguo, immediately send scouts to investigate, and expand the scout's monitoring range from thirty miles to sixty miles. In addition, non-commissioned officers were arranged to strengthen the camp defense. ”

"Yes, my lord." Jing Cui responded.

After Xiong Huai finished speaking, King Song said to Song General Zang: "General, send scouts to explore the northwest side, and also monitor the surrounding sixty miles. ”

"Yui." Zang Xin responded.

Shortly after Jing Cui Zang Xin left.

Chen Zhen and Doctor Shangguan guided Wang Ben, the envoy of Zhao State, in.

"The foreign minister Wang Ben visited the king of Chu and the king of Song." Wang Ben saluted.

"No courtesy."

After Wang Ben got up, Xiong Huai asked Wang Ben with a smile: "I don't know what Mr. Zhao sent here for!" ”

Wang Ben originally came here to instigate the Chu-Song coalition army to start a war with the Qi-Wei coalition army, but as a result, halfway through, the Chu-Song coalition army had already killed Tengdi.

Seeing that the main task had been easily completed, Wang Ben did not return to Zhao because of this, but rushed to Tengcheng to continue to show goodwill to Chu and Song, and instigated the Chu and Song coalition forces to fight a decisive battle between the two armies of Qi and Wei.

At this moment, listening to the inquiry of the king of Chu, Wang Ben bowed his hand and said: "Great king, the widow is very worried when he hears that the Wei State has sent troops to attack the Song State not long ago, so the special minister came to visit the king and asked the king not to misunderstand the Zhao State. The affairs of the Wei State were only the decisions of the King of Wei himself, and had nothing to do with the Zhao State.

Not only that, but after hearing the news of Wei's treachery, the widow was also very annoyed with the king of Wei, if it weren't for the fact that Zhao's Shangjun was being attacked by Qin, the widow would definitely not stand idly by. Although we could not send troops to Wei, the widow had already sent an envoy to put pressure on the king of Wei, telling him not to make a mistake and apologize to the king of Song and the king as soon as possible. ”

Although Xiong Huai already knew the news of Fu Ding's envoy to Wei, he was still happy when he heard Zhao Guo's statement: "Although the envoy is relieved, the widow naturally knows that Zhao is Zhao and Wei is Wei, and he has never confused Zhao and Wei. ”

"In this way, the widow will be relieved." Wang Ben breathed a sigh of relief, paused, and asked again: "King, the widow has sent a minister here, and there is another matter to inquire. Not long ago, your country replaced the general Zhaoying with the general Jingyang, so that the general Zhaoying left Zhao Ying in the war, I don't know if it was because of the poor hospitality of our country, which made the general Zhaoying unhappy, so he resigned. ”