Yingdu.

"Great King, the news just came from the Qi State, Qin Xianglou sent an envoy to the Qi State and asked the Qi State to send troops to help. As a result, when the Qin State used Gongzi Ji as a hostage, the King of Qi agreed to the request of the Qin State.

Immediately, the king of Qi ordered Kuang Zhang to be the main general and send troops to Korea. In addition, after the state of Qi agreed to send troops, the state of Wei immediately sent troops to respond, and now, the Wei general Gongsun Xi led 150,000 troops to besiege the Han capital Xinzheng. ”

"It's all bad news!" After Xiong Huai listened to Chen Zhen's report, the exclamator shook his head.

The battle between Qin and Han lasted for half a year, and the previous situation had always been favorable to the Chu and Han coalition forces, but now that the Qin State moved, the situation suddenly changed greatly.

Gongziji was not only the younger brother of King Qin, but also the son-in-law of the State of Chu, and he also spoke for the State of Chu many times without harming the interests of the State of Qin. Of course, the State of Chu also gave Gongzi Ji great support.

Now, Gongziji was sent to Qi as a hostage, which caused Chu to suffer a lot of losses in Qin's power.

And the dispatch of troops from Qi and Wei also put South Korea under great pressure in an instant, perhaps, this time South Korea, an ally, really can't keep it.

It is true that if the state of Chu goes all out and mobilizes the whole country to fight a decisive battle with various countries in Korea, it does still have the strength to fight, and it may be able to drag it out until the countries can no longer hold on, and then take the initiative to withdraw their troops.

However, a decisive battle in Korea put too much pressure on the state of Chu.

Second, if the whole country mobilizes troops, Xiong Huai believes that the feudal monarchs everywhere will definitely not dare to disobey, but who will they let come out to fight? That's hard to say. Moreover, in this situation, there is a great possibility that the feudal lords will not contribute their troops.

In this way, there is really no chance of winning a decisive battle with other countries in South Korea.

So, now we have to give up on South Korea.

However, giving up South Korea cannot be given up so easily, and it should continue to consume South Korea's strength while South Korea is still an ally of Chu.

After all, next time we see you, Chu and Han will be the enemy country, and nine times out of ten, South Korea will join forces with other countries to attack Chu State, so South Korea is naturally as weak as possible.

After making up his mind, Xiong Huai asked Chen Zhen: "Chen Qing, what is the situation in South Korea now." ”

"Uncle sticks to Yiyang, and with Ling Yin on the side to help, there must be no problem. As for Xinzheng, the city is tall and populous, and South Korea has also transferred a lot of troops from two weeks, if South Korea insists on it, there will be no problem in a short time. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "However, South Korea's grain is a big problem, although South Korea has never experienced war after the defeat of Chu, and the grain reserves are abundant, but after all, South Korea is not big, not only to maintain its own military rations, but also to bear the military rations of our Chu army...

In addition, South Korea needs to defend the city with all its might, so South Korea's spring plowing this year will be delayed. If the war continues for another three months, South Korea will have to wait for the whole country to replant wheat and rice in the autumn and winter of this year, but even so, South Korea will not have much food in the coming year. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he suddenly understood.

As long as South Korea delays for another three months, South Korea will not be able to send troops to attack Chu next year.

In that case, then hold on for another three months.

A few days later, the South Korean envoy Cheng Yangjun came to visit.

In the Chu Palace.

Cheng Yangjun eagerly requested: "Great King, the army of Wei is besieging the capital of our country, the situation is critical, and the widow also heard that the army of Qi is already on the way, and the country of Qi is small and weak, and Qi Wei is strong, and it is difficult for us to hold it for a long time." Therefore, the widow sent his ministers to Chu to ask for help, hoping that the king would quickly send reinforcements for the sake of his allies to relieve the siege of the country. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately responded: "Please rest assured that Chengyangjun is an ally of the widows, and when the Qin State attacked Korea, the widows had already sent reinforcements to rescue, and now the widowed Ling Yin is still fighting the Qin army outside Yiyang City."

Now that Qi and Wei are bullying South Korea, the widow will naturally not sit idly by, and later, the widow will send troops to relieve the siege of Korea. ”

When Cheng Yangjun heard that King Chu agreed, he immediately bowed down with joy: "King Xie." ”

After Cheng Yangjun left, Xiong Huai suddenly set his eyes in the direction of South Korea.

Although he has decided not to throw his whole body into the quagmire in South Korea, but when Qu Yuan changed the law for the first time more than ten years ago, he had already cheated King Han and his father once, if he still used the original excuse this time, just verbally encouraging him, I am afraid that King Han has the lesson of his father, and he will definitely not die.

So...

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai immediately ordered: "Pass the edict and immediately let the general Shen Yifu lead the sailors to the north to attack Qi." In addition, he gave an order to Chen Di Shou Zhaoying, asking him to move and act when he saw the opportunity. ”

"Yui."

Sinzheng, South Korea.

At this time, King Han was very anxious, since Lou Yan arrived in Qi State, his heart could no longer be stable.

Sure enough, when people are unlucky, they are afraid of what they are afraid of, originally Wei has always shouted loudly, but there is no actual action, as a result, as soon as Qi promised Qin, Wei immediately sent troops, 150,000 Wei troops, the first day from Daliang, arrived in Xinzheng in the afternoon of the next day.

The Wei army came so suddenly, so quickly, that he, who was not ready for war in his heart, was greatly taken aback.

However, fortunately, there were not many Wei troops, and the 150,000 troops were not as many as the defenders in Xinzheng City.

However, it didn't take long for Kuang Zhang to lead 150,000 Qi troops to arrive outside Xinzheng City.

Then, after the persuasion failed, the 300,000-strong army of Qi Wei began to storm Xinzheng.

Now the Qi-Wei coalition army has been attacking the city for half a month, and Korea has also defended the city for half a month, and the reinforcements from Chu that King Han expected have not come. As a last resort, King Han could only send Cheng Yangjun to Chu for the second time to ask for help.

In a flash, Cheng Yangjun had been gone for a month, but there was still no movement on the side of Chu State.

On this day, when King Han was anxious, a waiter quickly ran to King Han: "King, Cheng Yangjun is back." ”

"Quick!" King Han perked up and immediately shouted.

Soon, King Han saw Cheng Yangjun returning, and without waiting for Cheng Yangjun to speak, he asked eagerly: "Cheng Yangjun, how's it, when will the Chu State send troops to rescue the widows?" ”

When Cheng Yangjun heard this, he said with an ugly face: "Great King, the King of Chu said that the water division of the Chu State has looted the three cities of the Qi State to force the Qi State to withdraw its troops, but the effect is not obvious at present. Therefore, the king of Chu has ordered the Chu State Navy Division to go north to attack Jimo, which is an important town of Qi, and as long as the troops surround Jimo, they will definitely be able to force the Qi army to retreat. ”

"Bah." King Han took a sip and scolded: "Although the water division of the Qi State is less than half of the Chu army, but the water division of the Chu State is only 50,000 people, such an army, in the face of the heavily guarded cities of the Qi State, can only steal chickens and dogs to attack some small cities that are not well defended, where can the big cities be captured, let alone a big strong city like Jimo."

50,000 Chu soldiers surrounded Jimo and forced the Qi army to retreat, this is what the king of Chu wants to be beautiful, or is the widow dreaming. ”

Speaking of this, King Han looked at Cheng Yangjun with an ugly face: "Xianqing went to Chu State this time, did you ask Chu State to send troops to rescue Xinzheng again?" ”

Cheng Yangjun hurriedly responded: "Back to the king, the minister has repeatedly asked the king of Chu for help, but the king of Chu refused the minister on the grounds that the spring ploughing was in a hurry, and only ordered the Chu army of Chen Di to go north to attack Wei, hoping to make the Wei state retreat."

Moreover, the king of Chu has promised his ministers that as long as the spring ploughing of Chu is completed, the king of Chu will immediately order a large army to rescue him, and ask us to hold on one or two more. ”

"What is the urgency of spring ploughing, and what is the insistence on one or two?" King Han said angrily: "Now that the two countries of Qi and Wei are attacking the city urgently, the state of Chu, as an ally, is not saved, but is busy with spring ploughing, which is really unreasonable." ”

Seeing this, Cheng Yangjun remembered that when he went to Chu for the second time, the king of Chu gave him a four-color stone, as well as five monochrome five-color stone cups of different colors, and suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, the king, Qi Wei attacked Xinzheng, if my Korea betrayed Chu at this time, the previous actions would be in vain."

Moreover, spring ploughing is only about a month, and my Xinzheng city is tall and well-garrisoned, Qi Wei wants to capture Xinzheng, it has to be a long time, and I still have time in South Korea.

Therefore, according to the minister's opinion, why not temporarily hold on to the city, wait for the end of the spring ploughing of the Chu State, and then ask the Chu State for reinforcements, at that time, if the Chu army is still in the future, then it is not my South Korea betraying the Chu State, but the Chu State betraying South Korea, at that time, my South Korea has the name of faith, and it can justifiably take refuge in various countries. ”

When King Han heard this, he remembered Yiyang, which had been under the onslaught of the Qin army for half a year, remembered what his uncle said about Zheng Guo in the twilight of the Jin Dynasty, and remembered that this Xinzheng was the capital of Zheng Guo before, in order to avoid South Korea repeating the mistakes of Zheng Guo, he could only pinch his nose and respond: "Okay, the widow will wait, I hope the Chu State will not let the widow down, otherwise..."