Chu Zi pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "King, it is not difficult to get rid of Lou Su, the minister has already begun to lay out, but the time is not yet ripe." As for Wei Xiang's candidate, Zhai Qiang was originally a good choice, but this person was more inclined to the Qin State, supported Zhai Qiang, and nine times out of ten wanted to make a wedding dress for the Qin State. ”

"But except for Zhai Qiang, the status of the others is still insufficient, and it is difficult to take over Wei Xiang's position. In addition to the candidates from the Wei State, in fact, there is also a candidate from our Qi State, but I don't know if the king is willing to do it..."

Before he finished speaking, a waiter reported outside the palace: "King, the envoy of Meng Weijun is arguing and asking to see you." ”

"Qi Xiangbian!" King Qi was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

Ever since Xue Cheng was besieged, Tian Wen had sent people to ask for help almost every day.

Originally, this was nothing, King Qi was used to it. But since a few days ago, people from the important ministers' clans have come to speak out, asking for the rescue of Xue Cheng, so that the situation in the southern part of the Qi country will not be corrosive and out of control.

King Qi was distraught.

As for Qi Maung's debate, except for the first time when King Qi met him, he hid and didn't see him for the next few days.

Just when the king of Qi wanted to open his mouth and refused to meet with Qi Maung again, Chen Jia hurriedly came in from outside and reported: "King, the scout is coming to report, Yue Guo has withdrawn?" ”

King Qi was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Didn't King Yue just refuse the widow, why did he withdraw from the army?" ”

Chen Jia replied embarrassedly: "Back to the king, it is reported that Sun Hong, the guest of Meng Weijun, visited the king of Yue with a heavy gift, saying that it was powerful, and then the king of Yue retreated." ”

“···” King Qi also smiled awkwardly: "It seems that this widow's Meng Weijun is really virtuous." ”

The King of Qi sent people to communicate with the King of Yue many times, but the results were all in vain, and as a result, Meng Weijun only sent someone once, and the King of Yue retreated.

It is true that Gongsun Hong may be the last straw that overwhelms King Yue's thoughts, but King Qi's face is very unsightly.

Despite this, the Yue Kingdom finally retreated, and the King of Qi did not care.

After hearing the news that Gongsun Hong persuaded Yue Guo to withdraw from the army, the prince was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, smiled and saluted: "King, the time has come..."

Chu Ying.

Chen Zhen was overjoyed and reported: "Great King, the news from Tancheng that three days after the Vietnamese army retreated, the King of Qi sent troops from Tancheng, with Kuang Zhang as the main general, supplemented by Tian Jia, an important minister of the clan, and led 150,000 Qi troops to help. ”

"What?" Xiong Huai showed a look of surprise.

Since the Chu and Song coalition forces attacked Xuecheng, the Chu army has been preparing for this battle with Qi reinforcements.

Now, the battle has finally arrived.

After a pause, Xiong Huai asked, "Chen Zhen, which road did the Qi army led by Kuang Zhang take?" Is it from Lu to go straight to Xue City, or from Tancheng to the south, attack Zhongwu City and cut off my way back? ”

Chen Zhen responded: "Back to the king, because the Vietnamese army retreated, they stayed a hundred miles east of Zhongwu City. Therefore, in order to avoid another conflict with the Vietnamese army, the Qi army chose to borrow from the Lu State. ”

"Borrow from the country of Lu!" Xiong Huai repeated, then looked at Tang Yu and said, "Si defeated, as expected, the Qi army really chose to come from Lu State." ”

Tang Yu arched his hand and said: "King, everything is expected, please return to the camp in the east to prevent the Qi army from arriving." ”

"Okay, Tang Qing can go." Xiong Huai nodded.

The battlefield that Tang Mo had started arranging two months ago was finally able to come in handy.

Before Tang Yu left, Gongsun Yan beside Xiong Huai spoke: "King, think about defeat before you think about victory, and treat the enemy with my invincibility, this is the reason of undefeated." ”

"Although this is a critical opportunity for me to defeat the Qi army, but at the same time, it is also an opportunity for the Qi army to defeat our army, please ask the king to investigate carefully!"

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and asked Gongsun Yan: "Rhino head, what do you mean by this, could it be that the widow has missed something?" ”

At this time, Tang Yu reacted: "What does the rhino head mean to Yue Guo?" ”

Gongsun Yan said solemnly: "Exactly, the soldiers are treacherous, and it is common for countries to form alliances in the morning and betray the covenant before sunset. Moreover, in the past two months, the envoys of Qi have frequently visited the king of Yue, if the king of Yue and the king of Qi reach an alliance, the state of Qi attacks from the east, and the country of Yue attacks Zhongwu City, then this Xue City is the place where our Chu army is defeated. ”

Xiong Huai nodded with a heavy face, for Yue Guo, even if Gongsun Yan didn't mention it, he was not at ease.

If the Yue State really turned against him, then the Chu State would be trapped.

"I don't know if the rhinoceros has a solution?"

Gongsun Yan shook his head: "Great King, at this time, the minister only has two suggestions, one is to order the Chu army remaining in Zhongwu City to closely monitor the activities of the Yue army, once the Yue army advances westward, no matter what the Yue country wants to do, we will withdraw immediately." ”

"The second is to strengthen the contact with the Song army, send people to borrow troops from the Song king, once the Yue army betrays, then the Song State is our retreat."

Xiong Huai bowed his head slightly and borrowed troops from the Song State, which was not only to ask the Song army for help, but also to ask the Song army to provide hostages to prevent the Song King from betraying the Chu State in a hasty manner.

"What the rhino head said is reasonable, it's just that the widow beware, at the critical moment of attacking Xue Cheng now, the strength of the Song State is not abundant, and the King of Song may not be willing to lend us troops! Even if King Song wants to borrow it, I'm afraid he won't have any spare strength in Xue Cheng. ”

Gongsun Yan smiled and said, "King, this is the purpose of the minister. If the King of Song borrowed troops, he would definitely not send troops from Xuecheng, but would transfer troops from Pengcheng, and Pengcheng, this is the retreat of our Chu State. ”

Xiong Huai suddenly realized that as long as the King of Song transferred troops from Pengcheng, then if there was a disagreement, the State of Chu would have nothing to say, and he would return to the State of Chu directly from Pengcheng, even if the King of Song did not agree, there was no way.

Hearing this, Tang Yu arched his hand and said: "King, the current situation, the reinforcements of the Qi army are coming, and it is impossible to break through Xue Cheng in a short time. But as long as the reinforcements of the Qi State are broken and Xue Cheng's morale is exhausted, he will naturally be self-defeating, so the minister thought that King Song would definitely agree. ”

"Just in case, please go to the Song camp to meet the king of Song."

Xiong Huai nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

Song Yingzhong.

King Song sat in the camp, looked at Tang Yu who bowed his hand strangely and asked, "Tang Zi, at this time, the siege is in a hurry, and somehow anxious to see the widow?" ”

Tang Yu replied: "Great King, just now the widow got the news that the King of Qi took Kuang Zhang as his general and led 150,000 Qi troops to aid Xue Di. ”

King Song was shocked when he heard this, King Song didn't know this news yet, and the news of Song was a beat slower than that of Chu.

After a pause, King Song frowned, looked at Tang Yu and said, "Although the matter of the Qi army coming to help is important, but if the widow wants to come, the king of Chu will not let Tang Zi come to inform the widow in person!" ”

"I don't know what happened to Tang Zi?"