"King, the old man Zhaoyu asks to see." Li Qiu came over to report.

"Let the elder come to see the widow." Xiong Huai commanded.

Zhaoyu took the initiative to find the King of Chu, which is a rare thing.

Xiong Huai turned his head to the prince and said: "Zhuangzi is a famous man in the world, and no one is free to advocate this matter, as for the group of rangers, they will be arrested." ”

When he came to the main hall, Zhaoyu saw the king of Chu walk in and saluted: "Minister Zhaoyu greets the king." ”

Xiong Huai gestured: "The elder doesn't have to be polite, sit." ”

After Zhaoyu knelt and sat down, Xiong Huai asked: "The old man has been recuperating at home recently, I don't know why he came to find the widow today?" ”

Zhaoyu replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister pleaded with the King for today's matter. ”

"Intercession?" Xiong Huai glanced at Zhaoyu in surprise and asked, "Who does the elder want to intercede?" ”

Zhaoyu said: "The king, the old minister heard that the prince and Zhuangzi were besieged by a group of rangers during the debate, so that the prince was injured, so he specially came to intercede with the king, hoping that the king would forgive Zhuangzi. ”

Xiong Huai knew in his heart that at this point in time, the only thing that needed to intercede was the fact that the prince was beaten.

But Zhaoyu inevitably came too quickly.

Before Xiong Huai could figure out what to do with Zhuangzi, Zhaoyu hurriedly came to intercede.

At this time, Li Qiu walked up to Xiong Huai's side again and whispered, "King, Keqing Chen Zhen asks to see you." ”

Xiong Huai bowed his head slightly and said to Zhaoyu:

"At this time, the widow already knows, and the elders don't have to worry."

Soon after Zhaoyu left, Chen Zhen came to the main hall.

Now that the diplomacy of the Chu State, Gongsun Yan is outside, Chen Zhen is inside, and Chen Zhen is coming, there must be a major situation.

"Xianqing went and returned, but what happened?"

Chen Zhen replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen has just received news from South Korea, not long ago Zhang Yi arrived in Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, and after a secret conversation with Gong Zhong, he met with King Han together. After that, South Korea officially announced to all countries that it was ready to gather troops and join forces with Qin. ”

Xiong Huai was overjoyed and said: "In this way, Zhang Yi's visit to South Korea is to discuss with South Korea about sending troops to Qi together, and now all countries have agreed to cut down Qi!" ”

Chen Zhen shook his head and said, "Wang, there is nothing wrong on the surface, but something is wrong with Uncle Han." ”

"What's wrong with my uncle?" Xiong Huai asked, this important minister of the pro-Chu faction in South Korea is an important figure for the Chu State.

Although the relationship between the uncle and the state of Chu is mutually beneficial, the accident of the uncle is also a loss for the state of Chu.

Chen Zhen said: "According to the envoy we sent to South Korea to report, after the uncle and the Han Prime Minister met with Queen Han extravagantly, the uncle announced that he was sick, closed the door and thanked the guests, and never saw anyone again. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment and asked, "Don't you even see the envoy of our Chu State?" ”

Chen Zhen nodded.

Xiong Huai's heart suddenly had a pimple, the uncle and the prince were fighting against each other, basically they had fewer wins and more losses, and each other might have been accustomed to this state, but the uncle who had lost the habit was angry and closed the door, and even the envoy of Chu was not seen, so there was a problem.

"Is there any news on South Korea's troop dynamics now?"

Chen Zhen shook his head and said: "King, the news from South Korea is directly transmitted back by the envoy, the speed is much faster, the movement of South Korea's troops may have to wait for two days, and the king can ask Gong Yin Zhaoju." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, in today's era, the transmission of news is like this, it can't be fast.

"The widow understands that now all the countries in the world are shrouded in the clouds of war, but Zhao Weiqi has restrained each other, and now only our Chu State and Qin and Han have not sent troops, although Qin and Han have decided to send troops, but they must not be guarded against."

"Spread the order of the widow and ask the military to send spies to find out the movements of Qin and Korea."

Chen Zhen agreed.

A few days later, the Chu State was in the main hall.

Zhao Ju said to the King of Chu: "Great King, according to the report of South Korea's spies, after South Korea announced its invasion of Qi a few days ago, it began to transfer troops frequently, mainly concentrated in two places, one is Yiyang, and the other is Yangzhai. ”

"Among them, Yiyang's troops are the largest, Yiyang was originally an important place for South Korea to defend the Qin State, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in reserve, and it is estimated that it will reach 100,000 after gathering troops in the past few days."

"As for Yangzhai, from the current point of view, South Korea intends to focus on defense, and did not gather troops on a large scale, but only gathered troops from nearby places."

"From the current point of view, the army in Yiyang is the main force of South Korea to attack Qi, but in Yiyang, South Korea is not at ease with Qin, and will definitely leave a part to guard against Qin. Therefore, according to Weichen's prediction, the number of troops sent by Yiyang, South Korea this time is about 80,000. And Yang Zhai's Han army, which is not enterprising enough and has more than enough defense, may just be prepared to prevent our Chu State from sneaking up on South Korea. ”

Xiong Huai bowed his head, and then asked, "What about the Qin State?" ”

Zhao Ju said: "Great King, on the Qin side, the famous general of the Qin State has arrived at Hangu Pass, and most of the main forces of Qin have also gathered in Hangu Pass, according to the report of the spies, the current Qin army in Hangu Pass is estimated to have reached 200,000 people, and the troops from all over the Qin State are still going to Hangu Pass one after another. ”

"With the strength of the whole country of Qin, the army that can be recruited normally is about 600,000. However, these troops were scattered in the three places of Bashu and Zhengguanzhong, among which Guanzhong had a large population and the largest number of troops that could be recruited, about 400,000 to 500,000. However, Guanzhong needs to guard against the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han on the front line of the river, defend Yiqu in the west, and defend our Chu State in the southeast. ”

Therefore, Weichen predicted that the army that Qin would eventually assemble at Hangu Pass would be about 300,000, and if you add the 80,000 elite soldiers of Korea, there would be 400,000 Qin-Han coalition troops. If these armies are used to defeat Qi, then with the hundreds of thousands of troops of Zhao and Wei, they can be called a million army, and a battle against Qi is enough. ”

Xiong Huai was relieved when he heard that the main force of the Qin army and the Qin army were in Hangu Pass, and asked, "What about the Qin army in Wuguan and Yuzhong?" ”

Zhao Ju replied: "Great King, the Qin army that fought with our Chu State before has arrived at Hangu Pass, and the Qin army in the Yuzhong region has all been evacuated, and Wuguan currently has only 20,000 elite Qin troops left. ”

Xiong Huai sighed with great interest: "It seems that the Qin State is really planning to cut Qi. ”

Zhao Ju nodded and said, "Great King, this is indeed the case at present. ”

Qu Yuan came out of the column and asked Zhaoju: "Dare to ask Gong Yin, the Qin State can recruit 600,000 troops, and our Chu State already knows 300,000, so what about the army in Bashu Nanzheng and the west of the Qin State." ”

Zhao Ju shook his head and said: "There is no news yet, the roads between Nanzheng and Bashu are rugged, it is too difficult for our Chu State to obtain information about these two places, plus after the Qin and Chu exchanges, the Qin State has been heavily guarded, and the news of these two places is seriously lagging behind." ”

"As for the western line of the Qin State, because it has to pass through the entire Qin State, it will take a few days for the news to come back."