"Your Majesty, you must not, peace talks are the trend of the times, and you must not refuse.

Now that the Qin-Chu peace talks are urgent, once the stalemate continues, Zhao and Wei will not be able to wait for Qin's reinforcements, and it is very likely that they will take a defensive position in the confrontation with Qi, so as to draw troops, and Qin and Han will unite with the troops of the four countries, and the four countries will jointly attack Chu, and use force to replace Qin's worries. ”

In this way, the state of Chu will be even worse, and Zhaoyang immediately dissuaded Xiong Huaidao.

"Ling Yin, in your opinion, how should my Chu State deal with it, should I be fooled by Zhang Yi?" Xiong Huai no longer dared to underestimate the ministers under him, thinking that even if he was a human for two lives, he had gained more than ten years of experience from his predecessor as the king of Chu, and it seemed that there was still a little distance between him and Ling Yin Zhaoyang.

"Great King, according to Weichen's opinion, it is better to want the land of Bazhong than to ask for a place where the Qin State cannot cede to Shangyu. The land of Bazhong is adjacent to my Chu State, through Wu County upstream, the army set out from Zongyi to the west, as long as it captures Yangguan in the east of Jiangzhou, and then it is a smooth road, occupy Jiangzhou, occupy the entire territory of Baguo, and can compete with Qin State for Shu Zhongnan Zheng. There are six reasons for this: "

"First, the two places of Bashu are the same as Nanzheng, and they are located in the upper reaches of our Chu country. It is really difficult for our Chu State to go against the current and attack these two places. But from Hanzhong and Bashu down the river, it is very simple to attack the hinterland of our country, and the Qin State has Bashu, which is really a problem for the henchmen of the Chu State. ”

"Second, the land of Bazhong is different from the land of business. The land of Shang Yu was too important to the Qin State, and it was impossible for the Qin State to cede it. The land of Bazhong is different, the people in Bazhong are poor, it is a poor and remote land, and Qin Debashu is just to rob the wealth accumulated since the founding of Bashu. ”

Third, Bashu is the newly acquired land of Qin, taking advantage of the opportunity of the competition between the two countries, under the pretext of mediating disputes, the two countries of Bashu were destroyed. Since the destruction of Bashu by Qin, the remnants of the two countries have gone down the river to our Chu State, and there are not a few people. Therefore, as long as our Chu State attacks Bashu now, we will be able to gain the support of the remnants of the two countries. ”

"Fourth, the former Qin State was the chief general of the Qin State to attack Shu, who was the guest secretary Sima Cuo, not the Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi. If my Chu State can get the land of Bashu from Zhang Yi, then it is inevitable that Sima will have a grudge against Zhang Yi. As long as my Chu State gets the land of Bazhong, I can make Zhang Yi Sima make a grudge and divide the Qin State from each other. ”

"Fifth, if our Chu State asks for Ba and Qin State agrees but does not give it, and sets up heavy troops to defend Ba State, then Qin State will defend three places in the south of Ba State Zhengwu Pass at the same time to prevent our Chu State from sending troops. At that time, the Qin State will inevitably disperse its forces, and there will be no extra troops to send troops to attack Qi, as long as the army of our Chu State does not move in the country and does not confront the Qin State, then it is the Qin State that loses its trust in our Chu, Zhao, Wei and Han at the same time, prompting the Three Kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han to take refuge in our Chu State again, and our Chu State can join the troops of the Four Kingdoms without spending a single soldier, whether it is to attack Qi or Qin, it will gain the support of the world. ”

"Sixth, if Bashu is obtained and Hanzhong is annexed, my Chu State will no longer have to worry about the future. Please see the king. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he asked the others: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what Ling Yin's strategy is. ”

The others looked at each other, and they all bowed to the ground, "Only the king is from him." ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said, "Okay, since you Aiqing have no objections, then it's decided." Come and pass on Zhang Yi to the palace"

Xiong Huai couldn't help but sigh: "With Ling Yin here, my Chu country has no worries." ”

"Ahem." Zhaoyang coughed twice, his face flushed, and said, "The king has won the prize." ”

Soon, under the guidance of the envoy of the Chu State, Zhang Yi walked in from outside.

After Zhang Yi entered the palace, his steps were not hurried or slow, he was calm, as if he was strolling in the middle of the main hall, and saluted to the king of Chu and said: "Foreign minister Zhang Yi has seen the king of Chu. ”

"No courtesy."

After the ceremony.

Zhang Yi said calmly: "Today, the Qi country is brutal and ravages the Yan country. In the past, the destruction of the martial king, the call of the public in Yan, since the call of the public, has been more than 800 years. King Yan is virtuous and has the noble character of ancient Yao Shun, but the State of Qi sent troops to kill King Yan. Killing the king of Yan, taking the country of Yan, destroying the blood sacrifice of the country of Yan, insulting the gentlemen, mutilating the people, and the brutality of the country of Qi are unprecedented. ”

"When all the countries in the world heard this, they were all filled with righteous indignation, demanding that the Qi State withdraw from the Yan Kingdom, re-establish the Yan King, and restore the temple worship of the Yan Kingdom."

"The person whom the king of our country respects the most is the king, and I am a courtier, and I want to be a courtier for you; There is no one more hated country than the Qi State, and the monarch that the minister Zhang Yi is most unwilling to serve is the King of Qi. Now the crime of Qi is extremely evil, and there is nothing more serious for the king of Qin, so the state of Qin is ready to send troops to conquer the state of Qi, but your country has concluded a military offensive and defensive alliance with the state of Qi, so that the king of Qin can not serve the king well, and at the same time, he cannot make the minister Zhang Yi a loyal minister of the king. ”

"If you can follow my advice, abolish the alliance with the Qi State, and sever diplomatic relations, I can offer the six hundred li of land to the Chu State, and let the beauties of the Qin State serve you as concubines. Qin and Chu can marry each other, and they can become brothers forever. ”

Xiong Huai waited for Zhang Yi to finish speaking, and asked the ministers, "What do you think?" ”

"King, the survival is interrupted, and the sacrifice of the Yan Kingdom is restored, this is a good thing for the people of Shuntian, and it should be supported." Zhaoyang replied.

Great Sima Jingli continued: "Great King, what Ling Yin said is extremely true, although my Chu State is an ally of the Qi State, I can't tolerate the Qi State's angry behavior, and I must break off relations with the Qi State. ”

Gongyin Zhaoju followed: "Great King, our Chu State and Qi State are allies, and it is inconvenient to directly send troops to act for Tianxingdao, in order to show support for Qin Yan, Zhao, Wei and Han, Qin State ceded Shang Yu, and the minister thought that he could give up." lest the other countries think that our Chu State is greedy for business, and betray the ally Qi State. ”

"What Gong Yin said is exactly, the king, for the sake of the king, for the sake of the Chu State, don't want to do business." Doctor Shangguan echoed.

“···” Xiong Huai was still thinking about how to resign from the place of business, who to talk to, the result was like a rehearsal, and the four of Zhaoyang sang and harmonized.

A group of good actors.

Xiong Huai praised.

Although Zhang Yi has long known that the State of Chu is going to break off relations with the State of Qi, but with the greed of the State of Chu, he doesn't even want to negotiate with the land, what is going on, what does the State of Chu want?

Zhang Yi fell into deep thought for a while.

Xiong Huai saw that no one from the ministers came out to speak, so he immediately nodded and said, "In this case, our Chu State will break off diplomatic relations with the Qi State." ”

"Wait, King." At this time, Chen Zhen stood up to stop it.