The next day, the provisional court meeting, Shouying and the ministers, including Tang Wu, who returned to Shouchun overnight, and all the feudal monarchs who rushed to Shouchun, gathered in the palace.

After the ceremony.

Before Xiong Huai, who had a sad face, could speak, the prince was the first to cry bitterly: "Father, my disciple rat died a miserable death!" He left his father and went to Qi as a hostage before he tied his hair, and as a result, in order to drive a wedge between Chu and Yan, Qi sent someone to assassinate Zi Rat, and then blamed Yan Guo.

Although the son is not good, but his younger brother died tragically, he also knows that this revenge must be avenged. ”

After that, the prince bowed his head three times in a row and bowed down: "Father, my son, please fight, please ask my father to give me 300,000 troops, I am willing to drive straight forward and avenge the rat, although I have no regrets in death." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he was immediately moved and said: "The prince and Zirat have a deep brotherhood, and the widow is very comforted. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said to the ministers with a sad and angry face: "Zhuqing, the country of Qi harmed my son, the widow wants to take revenge, and he sent a large army to attack Qi, I don't know if the secretary is willing to help the widow?" ”

At this time, the ministers saw that the king of Chu did not ask if they could send troops to attack Qi, but asked them if they were willing to serve the king of Chu.

Faced with such a problem...

The ministers all bowed and said: "The ministers are not talented, and they are willing to serve the king." ”

"Good!" Xiong Huai shouted: "With the help of the emperors, the widow will be able to avenge the rat." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said angrily: "The widow wants to send an army of 300,000 to attack Qi, who is willing to lead the army to avenge the widow." ”

Before Xiong Huai's words fell, Zhao Ju immediately preemptively said: "If the king wants to take the Song land, then 300,000 troops are enough, if the king wants to avenge his son and make the king of Qi confess his guilt and bow down, it must be an army of 400,000." ”

At this time, Jing Que hurriedly said: "King, the minister thinks that 400,000 troops are not enough. Now the Qi general Tentacle sits in the Song Land, holding an army of 200,000 troops, if there is no general to lead a heavy army to contain the Touch, once the Qi State abandons the Song Land, let the Tentacles lead the army to intercept my back road grain road, then my Qi army will have the worry of overturning.

Therefore, the minister thought that if the king wanted to take revenge, he needed an army of 500,000. ”

"500,000 troops!" Some ministers were shocked by this figure, and Zhu Guo Tang Yu spoke:

"The king, the minister thinks that what Sima said is very true, in order to guard against the Qi army in the Song land, our Chu army must have 200,000 troops to go to the Song land, and in order to avenge the son of the rat, my army commander drove straight into the territory of the Qi country, and will definitely face the strong city of the Qi country.

In this way, 500,000 troops are just enough. ”

As soon as Tang Yu's voice fell, Yan Lingjun immediately spoke: "King, the king of Qi killed his son to humiliate the king, and the minister is ashamed, although the minister is not talented, he is willing to do his best to rule the warriors, and he is willing to avenge the prince." ”

As soon as Yan Lingjun said this, the feudal lords everywhere were taken aback.

When did Yan Lingjun become so loyal to the country? You must know that the last time the king put down the rebellion, Yan Lingjun was also reprimanded by the king because of the problem of sending troops!

Could it be that Yan Lingjun is showing loyalty to the king?

Just when many feudal monarchs hesitated, more than a dozen Jianghan feudal monarchs who were good friends with Yan Lingjun spoke: "The king, in order to avenge the hatred and wash away the shame, the ministers are willing to do their best to rule the warriors, and they are willing to drive for the king." ”

Many ministers and feudal lords were shocked when they saw this.

At this time, on the throne, Xiong Huai, who was very pleased, sighed: "All the ministers are all loyal ministers of the widows, and with the help of the secretaries, the widows will be able to avenge the rats." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said loudly: "Spread the edict, the Qi country bullied the widow too much, and the widow decided to send 500,000 troops to avenge the hatred." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai looked at the ministers and said, "Zhuguo, Sima, the two of you immediately start to recruit troops and gather 500,000 troops as soon as possible." ”

"Yui."

"Ling Yin, you are immediately responsible for recruiting grain and grass from all over the country."

"Yui."

"Gong Yin, you are immediately responsible for preparing military equipment."

"Yui."

"Zuo Yin, you are immediately going to send people to various countries to contact, just say that the widows want to destroy Qi, and ask the countries to help the widows."

"Yui."

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Three days later.

Tang Mo and Jing Que came up with a conscription plan and reported it to the King of Chu, Xiong Huai looked at it, and allowed it.

After Xiong Huai officially issued an edict to recruit soldiers, soon after, Long Shujun walked into the prince's mansion with the information sent by Jing Que.

"Prince." Long Shujun said with a smile: "The news from Sima that the army recruited by the king this time will be the main force of the 100,000 Chu army under the command of Tang Yu, and at the same time, the 30,000 elite divisions deployed in Chen Cai to defend against Wei Han were all transferred by Sima, and the 30,000 elite divisions deployed in Jiangdong to deter the Wu people and the Yue people were transferred by Sima 25,000 people.

At this point, the army that remained in the country and was loyal to the king was only the 30,000 army in Fangcheng and more than 10,000 Chu troops in Jiangdong, Hanzhong, and Wujun.

At the same time, Sima transferred a large number of county soldiers from the counties of Jianghuai and Hannan, and as long as the army went out, the entire counties of Jianghuai and Hannan controlled by Qu Yuan's party would fall into an extremely empty state.

Once the prince rises up, these counties will not be able to stop the prince and will not be able to resist the prince. ”

After listening to this, Prince Heng frowned and said: "Sir, Gu specially instructed Sima to transfer the defenders of Fangcheng before, why did the entire Hanbei and Fangcheng not move this time." ”

Long Shujun shook his head and said: "The prince is angry, Sima mentioned that he wanted to transfer troops from the three counties of northern Han and Fangcheng, but he was rejected by Zhuguo, who said that Qin was ambitious, and the three counties of northern Hanbei and Fangcheng were the main forces to guard against Qin, and they could not transfer troops.

Sima argued with Zhu Guo, but he couldn't, so he could only give up Hanbei. ”

"The three counties of Hanbei!" The prince said solemnly: "These three counties are Qu Yuan's foundation!" ”

Long Shujun comforted: "Don't worry, the prince, although the three counties of northern Hanbei are the foundation of Qu Yuan, but after all, these three counties are too far away from Shouying, besides, Yejun Shoujingfeng is the prince's person, plus Yingdu Shoujingyang is the prince's henchman, and Chengyang guards the upper reaches of Huaishui, and the three counties of northern Hanbei must be beyond the reach of the whip." ”

When the prince heard this, he nodded slowly: "What Mr. said is very true, but if the three counties of northern Hanbei do not move, then Chengyang will become a key place." ”

Just when the crown prince was conspiring with Long Shujun, Deng Lingguang secretly entered the palace.

In the palace.

After Xiong Huai dispersed the waiters, his eyes were fixed on Deng Lingguang: "Have you found out?" Is it Qi State? Or Zhao Guo? Or is it Yan Guo? Or other countries? ”

"Back to the king, the news from the five countries of Yan, Zhao, Qi, Wei and Qin has been sent back by the spies, and the five countries have not done anything." Deng Lingguang shook his head slowly and heavily.

When Xiong Huai heard this, he said angrily: "The five countries have never done anything, so who killed the widow's rat." ”

Deng Lingguang hesitated for a long time, and then bowed: "Great King, the news from the Qi State that when Gongzi was assassinated, he did not leave the school palace normally, but left during the lecture of Shenzi, the teacher of Gongzi, and according to Shenzi and the students who listened to the lecture together, Gongzi received a letter before leaving, and the letter was written in the Chu language, but the specific content is unknown.

After reading the letter, Childe immediately confessed to Shenzi and resigned, and then was assassinated outside the palace. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, and an inexplicable panic suddenly appeared in his heart.

At this time, Deng Lingguang continued: "Forty-six days ago, the spies in the Prince's Mansion came to report that the prince had sent a hundred disciples to leave Chengyang in front of Shouying, but the people we mixed into the Chengyang army, as well as the people around Gongziping, reported that there were only seventy princes who arrived in Chengyang. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, his eyes swelled with anger.

After a pause, Deng Lingguang continued: "Forty-two days ago, the soldiers who were collecting taxes at the chasm checkpoint and investigating smuggling found a Wei caravan from Chu to Daliang, a medium-sized caravan of thirty-three people, and a caravan with only exit records but no entry records.

The minister has already checked in Taifu Yin, and this Wei caravan has no entry record at various Chu and Wei checkpoints.

Moreover, the minister has also checked the entry and exit checkpoints of my Chu State and other countries, and this Wei State caravan is the first time to appear in the records of the Chu State checkpoints. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Lingguang spoke again: "Although the assassins who assassinated Gongzi are all dead, their bodies are still there, and after the minister learned that Gongzi was assassinated, he sent a message to the internal response of the Qi State, asking them to transmit the appearance and characteristics of the assassin back to Shouying, calculate the time, and wait..."

A loud "bang" immediately interrupted Deng Lingguang's words.

"No need to wait." Xiong Huai said in a cold tone: "The assassination case of Gongzi Rat is over, and the real culprit is Qi Wangdi's assassination of Zi Rat to blame Prince Yan Zheng, in order to destroy the relationship between Chu and Yan."

Also, let all the people around the prince stop their activities, and take self-preservation as the first priority. ”

When Deng Lingguang heard this, he didn't dare to take a breath, but responded softly: "Only! ”