Sure enough, I heard Chu Zilan continue:

After this happened, Yin of Fengjun County, in the north of Yingdu, saw that he was no longer able to resist the widows, so he had sent people to join the widows. And among the rest, more than half of them also wrote to the widow to confess to the widow. As soon as the army of the outnumbered arrives, they can immediately open the door to greet them. ”

Zhu Li was stunned: "Is this true? ”

Zilan smiled proudly: "It's true! ”

Zhu Liji and Gan Mao glanced at each other, and a trace of doubt flashed in their eyes again.

Could it be that even the king of Chu in Yingdu felt that Xiangyang could not be defended?

···

Beam.

Zhao Chang took the edict given to him by the King of Chu, revealing a puzzled look.

According to the news from Yingdu, the King of Chu has decided to defend Yingdu. However, seeing that Wei's attitude was becoming more and more relaxed, the king of Chu would let him go back at this time and give up making peace with Wei.

A wave of doubt flashed in Zhao Chang's heart, he looked in the direction of Yingdu, then looked in the direction of Wei Palace, and then said secretly: Maybe I have to do my last effort.

Thinking about it, he straightened his clothes and headed towards the Wei Palace.

In the Wei Palace.

King Wei looked at Zhao Chang in front of him, remembered the news from Chu State, and was originally depressed because of Zhao's large-scale attack on Zhongshan State and the withdrawal of troops from Chen Di, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Originally, because of the affairs of the Zhao State, the King of Wei had planned to continue to make concessions within the scope of the twenty-seven cities of Chen Cai, and only take the sixteen cities of Chen Cai.

But now, King Wei looked at Zhao Chang and smiled self-deprecatingly, and then asked, "I don't know why Mr. came to find the widow this time?" ”

"The king, the minister is still here for the friendship between Chu and Wei." Zhao Chang gave up his hand, then raised his head, looked directly at the King of Wei and said: "Great King, for the Wei State, the biggest threat is not the Chu State, but the Qin State, if it is..."

Before Zhao Chang finished speaking, he heard King Wei sneer, and then interrupted:

"Sir, how about the widowed Wei State, there are widows and the ministers of the Wei State to deal with it, don't bother Mr. Lao." As he spoke, King Wei's face turned cold, and then he said in a tough tone: "At this moment, what the widow wants to know is whether your country agreed to the widow's previous conditions and agreed to cede Chen Cai and other twenty-seven cities. ”

After speaking, King Wei's eyes showed a wave of greed and longing, staring closely into Zhao Chang's eyes.

Zhao Chang couldn't stand the gaze of King Wei, his eyes wandered away instantly, and then responded: "The king has attacked Chen Cheng for more than a year, and Chen Cheng has not yet fallen. Moreover, the widow had already abandoned the twenty-two cities north of Chencheng. Therefore, as long as the king agrees, he can easily obtain the twenty-nine cities, including Chen Cheng.

In this way, why does the king have to inch in again, and still want me to go to the land of Cai! ”

King Wei sneered: "The twenty-two cities north of Chen City have been taken by the widow as early as a year ago, where is the use of the King of Chu?" The outnumbered army of 250,000 must take Chen and Cai and return, otherwise they will not give up. ”

Zhao saw that the attitude of the King of Wei was firm again, and after a few days of loosening, the King of Wei had already learned about the affairs of the Chu State, and planned to take advantage of the fire to rob and want to cut off the two places of Chen Cai of the Chu State.

In this case, it seems that it is impossible to convince the profit-hungry King of Wei!

Thinking of the edict that the king of Chu had just received, Zhao Chang's face was straight, and his attitude also became tough: "The king, the widow's intention is to give up the Chen land, if the king agrees, then from now on the two countries of Chu and Wei will be friendly, and the Chen land and the land north of it will all belong to the Wei state, and our country will not compete with your country."

If the king must get Chen and Cai, then please ask the king to take it himself, and my Chu State is willing to accompany him at any time.

How to choose, it's all up to the king's thoughts, please make your own decisions! ”

King Wei was stunned, and was puzzled by Zhao Chang, who suddenly became tougher, and didn't understand what the confidence of the Chu State was at this moment.

"Sir, now that the Qin-Han coalition army is about to reach Yingdu, Zilan will officially become the real King of Chu soon. Could it be that the king of Chu really wants to make peace with the widow for the sake of the land of Shangcai. ”

Zhao Chang stared at Wei Guo tightly, his face did not change at all, and he was not moved in the slightest.

Seeing this, King Wei sneered and said: "Sir, now the widow only needs the twenty-seven cities of Chen Cai and the two places, if the Qin and Han coalition forces are killed in Yancheng, at that time, the Chu State will come to sue for peace again, and the widow will not be at this price!"

Therefore, please consider carefully. ”

When Zhao Chang heard this, his face stiffened and said: "Since the king insists on Chen Cai's land, then ask the king to send someone to fetch it." ”

Saying that, Zhao Chang arched his hand and said: "Thank you for the hospitality of the king in the past two months, now that the war of Chu is imminent, the minister is about to return to China to serve the widow." Therefore, Chente asked the king to resign and take his leave! ”

After speaking, Zhao Chang didn't wait for King Wei to respond, and then turned around directly and walked away.

Seeing this, King Wei said angrily: "Okay, well, the widow wants to see what confidence the Chu State has at this moment to dare to negotiate terms with the widow." ”

As he spoke, he said loudly: "Spread the edict of the widow, order General Xiwu to strengthen the offensive against Chen Cheng, and the widow wants him to capture Chen Cheng within a month at all costs!" ”

The other side.

Half a month after Gongsun Yan returned to Yingdu, half of the reinforcements near Yingdu had arrived in Yingdu before the deadline.

Seeing this, Gongsun Yan entered the Chu Palace on the grounds of military training, and then after getting the permission of the King of Chu, everyone was allowed to enter and not leave the reinforcement camp that was closed.

And on the night of the second day when the reinforcement camp was closed, Gongsun Yan led 5,000 guards to leave quietly, all the way to the south, straight to the river, where the king of Chu had already prepared the boat.

Late at night seventeen days later, Gongsun Yan led his army to Fangcheng County, at the eastern end of the Great Wall of Fangcheng in Chu State.

After the guards settled down with the help of Jing Que, Gongsun Yan came to the big tent in the army and immediately asked: "General Jing Que, I don't know how the battle situation in Wancheng and Xiangyang is now!" ”

Ever since the Qin-Han coalition army reached the southern part of Fangcheng's defense line and cut off Fangcheng's retreat, Jing Que has been paying close attention to the war in the south. Especially after getting the news that Gongsun Yan, the main general of Jianghan, was coming to Fangcheng, he did not dare to slack off his attention to the south.

At this time, as soon as he heard Gongsun Yan's inquiry, he immediately responded: "Please rest assured, the spy came to report today, Gongzhong is still leading the Han army to attack Wancheng, and Wancheng has 50,000 elites led by General Zhuang Ji, plus there are many people in Wancheng, the Han army has attacked the city for two months, and the casualties are not light, but it can't help Wancheng at all."

As for Xiangyang, since the collapse of Wei and Zuo Yin's return to Chu, Qin has strengthened its offensive against Xiangyang, but Xiangyang is under the leadership of Qu Yuan, the city guard, and Xiangyang is still as stable as a rock. ”

"Okay, that's going to be a good thing." Gongsun Yan immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, paused, and asked again, "I don't know what the situation of the defenders of Fangcheng is?" ”

Jing Que responded: "General, half a month ago, all the 50,000 defenders were transferred to Luyang, and just waiting for the general's order, they could go south along the river and go straight to the Korean army outside Wancheng." ”

"Well, that's good!"