Xiong Huai explained a sentence to Jing Li for Chen Zhen, and then said to Chen Zhen: "Chen Qing, Ling Yin is the head of the hundred officials of my Chu State and the pillar of the country, there is no need to hide these things from Ling Yin!" ”

Chen Zhen arched his hand and said, "It's the king!" ”

Then, Chen Zhen wanted Jing Li to apologize again: "Ling Yin, Fang is being pedantic!" ”

Jing Li smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay! Assassin Shi Ling is loyal to the king's order, and his feelings are commendable! ”

While speaking, a waiter reported outside: "King, the rhino head is here!" ”

Xiong Huai smiled: "It's just right to come, please come in!" ”

"No!"

When Gongsun Yan entered the hall, at this time, Chen Zhen had already reorganized his language, bowed his hand to Xiong Huai, and took the lead in speaking: "Great King, although in the past few months, there have been voices of war and Song in the Yingdu from time to time, but its scale is not as large as this month, and its number of people has increased rapidly, and it is far less than this month.

Therefore, the minister was ordered to investigate the matter, and specially sent the spies to walk around Yingdu, and closely investigated the ferries of Yunmeng and Jiangshui, after half a month of repeated investigations. Finally, Chen found a large number of spies from Qi and Wei in Yingdu. ”

"Huh?" Xiong Huai suddenly perked up.

Xiong Huai had long felt that Chu Guo was wrong in discussing the affairs of the Song Kingdom, and he felt quite familiar!

Especially at the time of yesterday's court meeting, the ministers who supported the Song Dynasty had already exceeded half of the total number of councilors.

It's so abnormal, and it's clear that there are other people behind it.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai immediately asked, "What did they all do in Yingdu?" ”

Chen Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "King, in the past few days, Wei Xiangtianwen's disciple Gongsun Hong has been going back and forth to Zuo Yin and Shangguan Dafu's mansion many times, while Wei Chen's doorman is befriending other ministers, and as for the spies of Qi State, they often appear in the venues where dignitaries enter and leave the city, and they advocate the benefits of the Song Dynasty everywhere. ”

As soon as Chen Zhen's voice fell, Jing Li's face sank, although Chen Zhen had no evidence to prove that Zhao Chang and the others betrayed the Chu State, but they befriended Tian Wen's disciples in this situation, which was very likely to cause the dissatisfaction of the King of Chu.

Thinking about it, he solemnly said to Chen Zhen: "Assassin Shi Ling, Zuo Yin and Doctor Shangguan have always been loyal to the king, and it is impossible for the two of them to accept bribes from other countries and betray the Chu State. Assassin Shi Ling said this, may be responsible? ”

Chen Zhen immediately responded: "Ling Yin, although I don't know what Gongsun Hong said to Zuo Yin and them, but Gongsun Hong has entered Zuo Yin's mansion more often, which is a true thing. ”

Jing Li frowned when he heard this, but he didn't speak. He believed that Chen Zhen would definitely not dare to lie about this kind of thing.

At this time, Gongsun Yan opened his mouth and said, "King, Ling Yin!" Maybe Zuo Yin and they didn't have the intention of betraying the king. If the envoys of Qi and Wei all showed their dissatisfaction with the Song State, so as to mislead Zuo Yin and them, once the Chu State attacked the Song State, the Song State would collapse under the attack of the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Chu, and cede the land to sue for peace.

This is the only point, there is no need to let Zuo Yin betray the Chu State, and it can greatly cater to and even encourage Zuo Yin to destroy the Song Dynasty. ”

"This..." Jing Carp nodded and said, "This is also very likely!" ”

Then, Gongsun Yan arched his hand and said: "Great King, as Zuo Yin said in the court meeting, the countries have been attacking Chu for half a year, and the Qin-Han coalition army has been standing still between Danxi, and the alliance army of Qi, Wei and Zhao has been storming Chencheng for half a year, and our Qi, Chu and Wei three kingdoms have all suffered heavy losses, morale is low, and fatigue has appeared.

In this case, it is also possible that the Qi and Wei countries saw that there was no hope of breaking through Chencheng in a short period of time and that it was difficult to obtain the land of the Chu State, so they turned their targets to the Song State. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and he also thought that this possibility could not be ruled out.

Therefore, when Zhaochang and Shangguan Dafu were promoting the war against the Song Dynasty, Xiong Huai had always maintained great patience, and did not forcibly reprimand them, but kept letting Gongsun Yan and them argue with Zhaochang and others.

It wasn't until yesterday that the situation almost got out of control!

Then, Gongsun Yan said with a heavy face: "Great King, another possibility, the Song army in Huaibei and even the Song State were just a bait from the beginning, a bait to lure the army of the Pillar Kingdom to the north. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Please tell me a little bit about it!" ”

Gongsun Yan replied: "King, before the alliance of the countries, my Chu State has already transferred Huaibei, the purpose is to lure the countries to attack Huaibei, and then lengthen the supply lines of the countries, and confront the Huaishui with the countries.

At this time, Kuang Zhang had already led 100,000 Qi troops to Qinghe City, as long as Kuang Zhang led his troops westward, then he could easily seize a large area of Huaibei. However, the Qi army gave up this great opportunity. Not only that, for the sake of Xue Di, the King of Qi also transferred the elite in Kuang Zhang's hands, and then the Grand Duke selflessly helped Wei to attack Chencheng.

With the character of King Qi and the prince, they are not so kind, and they must have other plans.

Also, the Song State is not far from Chendi, and in the case of irreconcilable contradictions between Qi and Wei and Song State, then Qi and Wei will only force Song State to join Chencheng's siege battle together, and then force Song troops to storm Chencheng to relieve the hatred in their hearts. As a result, after Qi Wei forced Song to hand over Xuedi, he would let Song go to attack Huaibei.

The growth of the Song State was obviously not in the interests of Qi and Wei. Therefore, the only purpose of Qi and Wei for letting the Song State attack Huaibei was to use the Song State as bait. ”

After a pause, Gongsun Yan slowly spoke: "Great King, although the State of Qi has sent 150,000 troops to attack Chencheng, the State of Qi still has the strength to spare.

Kuang Zhang still has 20,000 Qi troops in Qinghe, and since a few months ago, after Yue Wang Jiu crossed the sea and arrived in Huaibei, in order to restore the country, 30,000 Yue troops were recruited with the support of Qi, and for more than three months, Kuang Zhang has been training troops for Yue. In the land of Huaibei, there are 50,000 troops in the Qi country.

In addition, after the withdrawal of the Yan State from the south, the forces of the Qi State in the northern land have been vacant, and with the Wei State, plus Teng Xue Luwei, the two countries of Qi and Wei can still make up 200,000 to 300,000 troops. If the Song State is counted, then once the Zhu State leads its army north, the worst case scenario is that it will be besieged by an army of more than 400,000 troops. In the end, the Pillar Kingdom will either break through or be completely annihilated.

The best-case scenario is that Qi and Wei really plan to attack Song, and then Zhu will lead an army to regain lost territory and confront Qi and Wei. Then, the Six-Nation Coalition collapsed due to the betrayal of Qi and Wei. Or, the Song Kingdom has been sold by the Five Nations from the beginning, and then, we still need to confront each other. ”

Hearing this, Xiong Huai closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, then opened his eyes and asked, "What do the three virtuous people think?" Can the intentions of Qi and Wei be judged? ”