Jing Cui shook his head: "The king, this minister is also hesitant in his heart, I don't know what Qi Guo is paying attention to." With the current strength of the Qi State, if he wants to attack Huaiyin City alone, even if he adds the soldiers who have just been recruited in the north of Yuehuai, it will be difficult to succeed. Therefore, the minister has left 30,000 Chu troops in Huaiyin City to defend the city, and with the addition of the sailors who will arrive soon, it is enough to ensure that this Huaiyin City is safe.

As for the purpose of Qi State, according to the minister's speculation, it may be to express Qi State's firm desire to aid Vietnam to other countries, and to prepare for the battle for the leader of the Allied Alliance! ”

Xiong Huai nodded when he heard this, although he hadn't figured it out in his heart, but at present, maybe the purpose of Qi Country was like this, it was for the next hegemony.

At this time, on the opposite side, Kuang Zhang was standing at the ferry and looking south, looking at the royal flag of the king of Chu from a distance, and he was hesitating in his heart.

It is just that the Chu State does not want to cross the Huaibei Land, which is extremely unfavorable to the defense of the Chu army.

It's just that the places where the King of Chu inspected were all on the south side of Huaishui, and he didn't care about Huaibei, could it be that Chu didn't even want Huaibei to the east of Surabaya?

Thinking of this, Kuang Zhang couldn't help but sigh lightly, admiring the atmosphere of the King of Chu, such a large place, if you don't want it, you don't want it.

At the same time, he also shook his head and ordered: "Send someone to report to the king immediately, the Chu State intends to hold Huaishui, and the strategic purpose of our country's plan to fight a decisive battle with the Chu army in Huaibei and weaken the Chu State in this way is already difficult to achieve."

In addition, there seems to be signs of luring our army deep into Chu and intending to fight a decisive battle in Huaishui, so please prepare early and find another strategy! ”

"No!"

Xiong Huai inspected all the defensive points in Huainan and expressed the determination of Chu to all countries, and then began to return to Shou County.

When the fleet arrived at the boundary of Dongyang, another piece of news came.

"Great King, a few days ago, the King of Wei, the King of Zhao, and the King of Qi met in Huangdi, and the three kingdoms announced to the outside world that they had accepted the request of the envoy of the Yue State and decided to jointly intervene in the destruction of the Yue State by the Chu State."

Listening to Chen Zhen's report, Xiong Huai glanced at Gongsun Yan who accompanied him, and then frowned and said: "It seems that King Wei is very busy this time, he only made an alliance with King Han of Qin not long ago, and now he is with King Zhao and King Qi again." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai was suddenly stunned, then looked at Chen Zhen and asked, "What about the news of the Song Kingdom?" ”

Xiong Huai showed hesitation: "For the widow to destroy Yue, the Song State was the first to send an envoy to express his position, and as a result, now except for the Yan Kingdom, all other countries have moved, but the King of Song, who was the first to express his position, has not moved!" Moreover, the king of Wei and the kings of all countries will all be allied, will they forget the king of Song alone? ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai had a flash of inspiration in his mind and said with a smile: "It was still the King of Wei and the King of Qi who decided to clean up the Song Kingdom before crusading against the widows." ”

Chen Zhen smiled when he heard this, and responded: "King, according to the news sent back by Doctor Shangguan and Doctor Zuo, when King Wei was in an alliance with King Qi of Zhao in Huangdi, King Song originally wanted to participate, but was rejected by King Wei.

Wei Chen soldiers were in the north of Jishui and blocked the road from Song to Wei, so the Song king had no choice but to give up. ”

Xiong Huai looked at each other and said, "Could it be that Qi and Wei really plan to clean up the Song King who has been in collusion with the widow all these years?" ”

Gongsun Yan shook his head and said: "Great King, now that the target of all countries is my Chu State, the King of Qi and the King of Wei should not be so unwise, and he will push the Song State with 5,000 troops into the arms of my Chu State at this juncture." If the King of Qi and the King of Wei really did this, the minister also suspected that this might be a trick set up by the two countries of Qi and Wei in conjunction with the Song State, wanting to lure our Chu army to the Song land, and then gather a large army to surround and annihilate it. ”

Saying that, Gongsun Yan thought for a while, and said: "Of course, it is more likely that the King of Wei and the King of Qi are dissatisfied with the Song Kingdom, and plan to take the opportunity to threaten the King of Song, and want to cut off a piece of meat from the Song Kingdom." ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhen immediately agreed: "King, what the rhino head said is extremely true. According to the report from Shangguan Dafu, after the King of Song learned that Wei had blockaded Jibei, he had sent Yaqing Qiu Ye to Zhao State, hoping that King Zhao could mediate in the bureau. According to the minister's opinion, under the maneuver of King Zhao, the countries will soon accept the Song State. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said: "Qiu Li is the minister of King Zhao, he went to Zhao to ask for help, and King Zhao will definitely agree to King Song's request and come out to mediate between Qi and Wei."

However, even if he has the face of King Zhao, judging from the current attitude of Qi and Wei, I am afraid that King Song will have to cut off a piece of meat fiercely. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai sighed long: "The widow has been friends with the King of Song for many years, and now the King of Song has ended up like this, and the widow feels sad for the King of Song." ”

When Gongsun Yan and Chen Zhen heard this, they immediately bowed their hands and said: "The king is benevolent, if the king of Song learns about this, he will definitely feel a lot..."

When Xiong Huai heard this, he laughed.

Shou County.

By the time Xiong Huai returned to Shou County, the three Jingyang people who had gone to attack Huainan to the east of Hangou had already led their troops back, and at this time, the defense around Shou County was more solid.

A few days later.

Just as Xiong Huai was waiting for Tang Yu's news, Chen Zhen came to Xiong Huai's side and reported: "The king, Su Dai, the envoy of Qi State, is here. ”

"Sudai?" Xiong Huai frowned when he heard this, after the State of Qi and Zhao Wei had announced that they would intervene in the State of Chu and destroy Yue, as long as the State of Chu refused to withdraw its troops from Jiangdong, then the two countries of Qi and Chu would not be able to make peace.

Although the relationship between Qi and Chu has been very bad in recent years, it is still necessary to meet with the envoys of Qi to visit.

What's more, Su Dai himself is a world-famous national scholar, and when he visited, although he knew that Su Dai was not good, Xiong Huai was very resistant to this, but he still had to see it.

Thinking about it, he said: "Chen Qing, please come to Su Zi for a while, and ask the rhino head to come and accompany you." ”

"Yui." Chen Zhen responded.

Hall.

After the ceremony, Xiong Huai asked with a smile: "Su Zi, Qing is not accompanying the King of Qi in Huangdi at this time, and he is making suggestions for the King of Qi to attack the widows, but he has traveled thousands of miles to Shou County to visit the widows, do you know what advice?" ”

As soon as Su Dai heard the words of the King of Chu, he was very close on the surface, but he refused to be thousands of miles away from the words, and he knew that the King of Chu not only knew about the alliance of the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Zhao, but also knew that the Three Kingdoms planned to intervene in the destruction of the Yue by the State of Chu.

Therefore, there was considerable resistance to the envoys of the Qi country.

However, Su Dai didn't care about this, because he didn't come to persuade the king of Chu in the first place, but to hit the morale of the state of Chu and shake the resistance of the state of Chu, as long as the king of Chu saw him, as long as the king of Chu gave him a chance to speak, it would be enough.

Thinking about it, Su Dai smiled and said: "The king has misunderstood, the king of Qi met with the king of Zhao and the king of Wei in Huangdi, although he was discussing the matter of the destruction of Yue by the state of Chu, but he did not want to fight with the state of Chu immediately, but planned to unite with Zhao and Wei to persuade the king." ”

"Persuade the widow?" Xiong Huai glanced at Su Dai with disdain, and said, "The four allies of the widow came to persuade them before, but the widow has already made up his mind. Could it be that Su Zi thought that with the addition of Qi and Wei, the widows would succumb? ”