When Chen Zhen heard this, he said: "King, there is a message about Yiqu, but there is a message here. ”

"Oh." Xiong Huai asked, "I don't know what news Keqing has here?" ”

Chen Zhen replied: "Great King, what Weichen got here is not the news of the Qin army, but that the Qin State sent an envoy to the Yiqu State not long ago, bribing the King of Yiqu with heavy gifts, and asking the two countries to reconcile. ”

Hearing this, Xiong Huai thought about Zhaoju and asked, "Xianqing, if the Qin State and the Yiqu State are reconciled, then how many troops can the Qin State draw from the Western Front." ”

Zhao Ju thought for a moment and said: "Great King, a few years ago, in order to take revenge on Yiqu, the Qin State took advantage of the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin, and fought with the Yiqu State for three years. ”

"Now even if Yiqu agrees to form an alliance with Qin, but with the situation of the two countries, they will not rest assured of each other, if Qin wants to defend Yiqu, it must have 50,000 elite soldiers to defend the city."

Xiong Huai said: "That is to say, after the Qin State and Yiqu make peace, they can draw up to 50,000 elite soldiers from the 100,000 elite soldiers on the Western Front. ”

Zhao Ju confirmed: "Great King, that's exactly the case. ”

After a pause, Zhao Ju said again: "Great King, the Qin State attacked the Qi State not like ten years ago, but it was just that we and the Chu State each sent troops to attack Qi, and we need the whole country's troops to fight for hegemony." ”

"Now that the State of Qi has aroused the anger of the people in the world and is isolated and helpless, the State of Qin has the support of the Three Jin and the State of Yan, so there is no need to use the strength of the country to destroy Qi."

"Now Wei has 200,000 elite soldiers in Pushui to fight against Qi, and Zhao has also stationed 200,000 elite soldiers on the border of Yan and Zhao to fight against Qi. And the strength of the Qi country is only about 700,000, and even if it is a nationwide army, it is only a million people. ”

"Therefore, the Qin State sent troops to attack Qi, 200,000 troops are enough, and the 300,000 army is foolproof, if the troops are transferred from the Western Front, then the direction of the Qin State's troops is questionable."

Xiong Huai understood what Zhao Ju meant.

If Qin challenged Qi alone, then a minimum of 400,000 troops would be needed to defeat Qi. But now that Qin has many allies, even if it is only 200,000 Qin troops, they can challenge Qi and 300,000 Qin troops, that is because it is Qin that has a shadow on Qi State, and if there are 400,000 Qin troops, then Qin is here to attack Chu.

Except for the state of Chu, no other country needs so many troops.

Xiong Huai asked Zhaoju: "Xianqing, when will the information on the western front of the Qin State arrive?" ”

Zhao Ju replied: "Your Majesty, two days at the earliest, five days at the latest." ”

"What about Bashu and Hanzhong?" Xiong Huai continued to ask.

Zhao Ju shook his head uncertainly and said, "King, Weichen doesn't know. ”

Now that Zhaoyang is dead, the former Great Sima Jingli left the State of Chu to go to the State of Wei to seek relatives, and Zhaoju temporarily took over the post of the Great Sima, and the time to take over the military affairs of the State of Chu was too short, and it was already good to be able to do this.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai was not too harsh, so he had to say: "Forget it, the road to Zheng in southern Bashu is rugged, Xianqing do your best." ”

After talking about the movements of Qin and Han, Xiong Huai asked Chen Zhen: "Xianqing, how is the situation on the Wei side now, but there is a new situation coming back." ”

Chen Zhen replied: "Great King, the latest news has returned, after Yin went to Wei, Qin also sent envoys to Wei to ask the King of Wei for marriage. ”

"But the King of Wei did not agree to Qin's rude request, and rejected Qin on the grounds that he had already spoken to our Chu State."

"Now that the marriage between Chu and Wei has reached the second step of marriage, just wait to choose an auspicious day and pray to the ancestors for divination."

Xiong Huai suddenly felt his head big, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you have to choose an auspicious day for divination, can't it be done today?" ”

Chen Zhen glanced at Qu Yuan and said, "King, the matter of the clan is in charge of the Sanlu doctor, and Weichen doesn't know." ”

Seeing that the King of Chu looked over dissatisfied, Qu Yuan hurriedly said: "King, according to the customs of our Chu Kingdom, divination can naturally start at any time. ”

"However, when Ling Yin sent back the message of Princess Wei, he also sent back the request of the King of Wei, asking our Chu State to choose an auspicious day to carry it out, otherwise the King of Wei will think that our Chu State is rude to the Wei State."

As soon as Xiong Huai heard this, he knew that this was the first end of the Wei State, and he was deliberately delaying time, lest he would anger the Qin State by refusing to ask for marriage, causing the Qin State not to send troops or make enemies with the Qin State.

Although Wei attaches more importance to divination than other countries, and although Wei is a Confucian-dominated country, Wei is also flexible.

You must know that when King Wei Hui sent Wei Meiren to Chu in the past, he didn't say anything and sent it directly.

Despite this, the King of Wei refused Qin's proposal, that is, the King of Wei made overtures to Chu, and Chu had no choice but to admit this small request.

Xiong Huai said helplessly: "Since King Wei has a word first, then so be it." So how is the Zhao State now, has it promised us the goodwill of the Chu State. ”

Chen Zhen replied: "According to the news sent back by the rhino head, King Zhao accepted a gift from our Chu State, and sent an envoy to the Chu State, and sent a return gift. However, Zhao did not agree to make friends with our Chu State. ”

Xiong Huai sighed secretly, although the plan was very good, but the world did not revolve around the Chu State, and the Zhao State still planned to form an alliance with the Qin State.

After inquiring about the news from various countries, Xiong Huai suddenly remembered the Yue Kingdom, a country that had been harassing the rear of the Chu State like kraft candy.

Now that Qi has destroyed Yan, all countries in the world have participated, but Yue still has no reaction, as if he is transcendent.

It has been a while since Zhaoyang sent Zhao to Vietnam, and there is also no news coming, and I don't know what the Yue State is planning, whether to continue to attack the Chu State, or to turn around and besiege the Qi State?

Does Yue Guo really think that if he doesn't take the initiative to participate, everything will be fine!

At this time, the Yue State, because of the arrival of the envoys of the Wei State and the Qi State envoys, had already made a mess, and they were divided into two factions on whether to attack Qi or continue to attack Chu, each with its own opinions, and they did not give in to each other.

And the news that Qin sent troops to Qi and the news of the marriage between Qin and Chu reached Yue, Zhao Hua was first happy, and then overjoyed, and immediately went to the palace of the king of Yue to ask to see the king of Yue.

After Zhao slipped to the Yue Palace, he saluted the King of Yue and said, "The minister pays homage to the King of Yue." ”

"No courtesy." After King Yue got up, he asked, "Sir, when you came to see the widow this time, did you persuade the widow to send troops to attack Qi again?" ”

Zhao Hua shook his head and said: "Back to the king, the minister did not come to see the king this time to persuade the king to fight Qi. ”

King Yue was taken aback and wondered: "Since you are not here to persuade the widow, does the gentleman have any advice when he comes to see the widow?" ”

Zhao Slip said: "The king, it has been almost two months since the minister came to the Yue Kingdom, but the Yue Kingdom has never been able to make up his mind about the attack on Chu by attacking Qi, and the ministers are stupid and don't know how to persuade the king to form an alliance with the Wei State and jointly send troops to attack the Qi State." ”

"Therefore, the minister was sincerely afraid, and felt that he had failed the trust of the king of Wei, so he specially came to resign to the king today, planning to return to the state of Wei and ask the king of Wei for his guilt."