Soon, the kings of the five kingdoms of Qi, Song, Wei, Han, and Qin will meet in Daliang.

When the news reached Yingdu, Xiong Huai was silent for a long time, and then he sighed to Chen Zhen, who reported the matter to him: "The widow has calculated a lot of things in his life, some have succeeded, some have failed, but even if the calculation fails, it is not ugly to lose. Especially in the last twenty years, the widow's calculations have basically not encountered major mistakes.

But only for the King of Song, the widow has been planning in the Song Kingdom for more than ten years, until today, he has not seen any hope of success, and there is even a possibility of failure. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai shook his head with emotion and said: "More than ten years ago, when King Song was sixty years old, the widow thought that King Song had no years to live, so he began to bet on Prince Song Zhen. More than ten years have passed, and now King Song is almost eighty years old, but he is still alive and kicking, and he even has the capital to go to the Liang Alliance.

Now the widow really believes in the saying that things are done in the sky, and for the king of Song... The widow didn't know what to say. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Chen Zhen's face also showed a look of helplessness, and then suddenly frowned, and looked at Chen Zhen hesitantly: "Chen Qing, how old is Prince Zhen this year." ”

Chen Zhen knew what the King of Chu was worried about when he heard it, but at this time, not only the King of Chu was worried, but he agreed that he was also worried, so he responded with a heavy heart: "My lord, the crown prince Zhen has been fifty and two years in recent years. ”

"Two out of fifty!" Xiong Huai's eyes sank slightly when he heard this: "Thirty and stand, forty and not confused, fifty and know the destiny of heaven, I don't want to, in a flash, the prince Zhen has also reached the year of knowing the destiny of heaven." Nowadays, if you are in your thirties, you can call yourself an old man, and if you die in your forties, this is considered a normal death, and not dying at the age of 50 can be regarded as a long life. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at Chen Zhen with some concern: "Chen Qing, do you say that the crown prince will return to heaven before the king of Song, and all the investment of the widow in the prince will be wasted, and then the king of Song will be cheapened in vain, and in the end he can't even see a bubble." ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, although he also had this worry in his heart, only the ghosts and gods knew about lifespan, so he could only comfort: "The king doesn't have to worry, the king has the favor of the mandate of heaven, so the minister thinks that the crown prince will definitely inherit the throne of the king of Song smoothly." ”

Xiong Huai shook his head, who can say for sure that there is such a thing as destiny!

Looking at King Song's lively appearance, it seems that there is no problem in living for another year or two, maybe it is possible to live for another three or five years, Xiong Huai is most worried that if King Song can still be strong for ten years... He had no confidence in whether the crown prince would live for another ten years.

It must be known that the prince is the most difficult high-risk profession in the world, and Wei and South Korea are a lesson from the past, and the princes of these two countries have only died of illness for a few years.

Therefore, he will not pin his hopes on destiny.

"Chen Qing, Song Guo's side... In the future, it is not only necessary to win over the crown prince, but also to win over the eldest son of the prince to serve in case of accidents. ”

Chen Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

On the other side, the kings of the five kingdoms ended the alliance ten days after the alliance of the Great Liang, and the kings of the five countries returned to their respective countries.

Yingdu.

"Great King, the news from Daliang that the kings of Qi and Song have reached a consensus after seven days of talks in Daliang, and have decided to temporarily put aside the dispute in Sixi and deal with our Chu State first. Therefore, not long ago, the kings of the five countries had sworn an oath in Daliang, announcing that they would unite again and send troops to attack our Chu State. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately asked, "Have you ever found out where the five countries will attack?" ”

Chen Zhen showed a hint of embarrassment: "The Five Nations Alliance only has the participation of the kings of the five countries and the important ministers of the five countries, and it also excludes the pro-Chu ministers of various countries, so it is..."

Xiong Huai nodded, and over the years, countries have become more and more vigilant against the Chu State.

"Chen Qing, send more spies to investigate the movements of various countries, and don't give countries a chance to take advantage of them."

"Yui."

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Soon, with the return of the kings of the Five Kingdoms, the Five Kingdoms sprang into action.

"King, the Song Kingdom has sent back news. The spies came to report that as soon as the king of Song returned to Shangqiu, he immediately expelled Zuo Cheng, the middle doctor in Song, and then deposed a group of pro-Chu ministers. Now, the king of Song has recruited a large army in Shangqiu and began to fight as a whole army. ”

"Great King, the news of the five kingdoms of Qi, Qin, Wei, Han and Song, the five kingdoms announced on the same day that the king of Qi would be the leader of the alliance, announcing that the world was going to launch the third expedition to Chu."

"King, the news of the Five Kingdoms, the State of Qi sent 200,000 troops this time, and they are heading from Kuangzhang to the Song Kingdom. The Song State had gathered 100,000 troops in Shangqiu to wait for the arrival of the Qi army, and judging from the current situation, the target of the Qi and Song coalition forces was either Juyang City, which was defended by Ling Yin, or Shou County, which was defended by Huizi.

According to the news of Han and Wei, the Wei general Gongsun Xi led an army of 150,000 troops to Chencheng, and the Han general Han Wei led an army of 50,000 troops to garrison Shangcai.

As for the Qin side, Qin Prime Minister Gan Mao personally led the 20th Army to garrison Wuguan and peeped into the land of northern Han. ”

Xiong Huai listened to Chen Zhen's report, looked at the ministers in the hall expressionlessly, and said: "Zhuqing, now that the five countries have sent troops, how can the Qing and others teach the widows." ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then saw their eyes on Zuo Sima Sima Jian in the crowd. Now that all the generals of Yin Zhuguo are leading the troops, there are only two generals in the court, and Sima Jian has the highest military rank, and Sima Jian should be the first to speak in the military affairs of the country.

Seeing the ministers coming over, Sima Jian pondered for a while, and immediately spoke: "Great King, the situation this time is obvious, the five countries will not concentrate on attacking one place again, but divide their troops. After the division of the five countries, the minister thought that the main forces of the five countries would be Qi and Qin. ”

Speaking of this, Sima Jian paused, and turned to other countries: "Among the remaining three countries, South Korea is the weakest, three years ago South Korea was besieged by various countries, and its strength was greatly damaged, and then the five countries attacked me, and the war lasted for nearly two years, and South Korea was once short of food.

And after the five countries seized my Yingru land, because I took the lead in emptying the treasury of various places, although Korea got the land, it did not get the materials of my Chu country. Therefore, after South Korea's victory over our Chu State, not only did its strength not recover, but it was also greatly weakened because of years of war.

Moreover, after Korea seized a large area of land in Rushui this time, it was necessary to leave troops to garrison it in order to suppress the local Chu people. Therefore, the minister thought that this time the five countries attacked us, and South Korea would only symbolically send troops to help, and would not attack with all its might.

Therefore, the South Korean army can only be regarded as a suspicious soldier, not the main force. ”

Sima Jian finished talking about the Korean army in one breath, and paused before continuing: "The same is true for the Song State, the Song State can only mobilize 300,000 troops, and the Song State can still mobilize more than 200,000 troops after removing the army in the hands of Prince Zhen. And these 200,000 troops not only need to guard against our Chu State, but also need to guard against Qi and Wei, and even need to guard against the mutiny of Prince Zizhen.

Therefore, the minister thought that the Song State would only send 100,000 troops at most, and if the Song King was more conservative, the number of troops sent by the Song State this time would probably be about 50,000. ”