Then, the Chu and Song coalition forces again confronted the Qi and Wei armies for three days.

On the afternoon of the third day, news from Zhao Guo was the first to come.

"King, the news from the Zhao State, a few days ago, the King of Zhao became a general with the son of a general, and led 100,000 Zhao troops to the south and went straight to Puyang, the capital of the defense of the country."

“···” Listening to Chen Zhen's report, Xiong Huai was speechless.

More than 300 years ago, Weiguo was still a big country, a big country across both sides of the river, but since Weiguo was destroyed by the Di people, and then restored to the south of the river, its strength is not as good as before, and it has become a small country. The current Weiguo is a vassal state of Wei, and the national territory is not much, except for the big city of the capital Puyang, plus some affiliated small cities, although there is still a little strength, but in the face of the surrounding Qi and Zhao countries, they can only rely on Wei to protect themselves, rely on Weiguo themselves, and they can't hold it.

In other words, Zhao has always been greedy for the country of Weiguo, and since Zhao Jianzi more than two hundred years ago, Zhao has begun to attack Weiguo. However, more than 200 years later, Wei Guo still hid under the wing of Wei and was able to protect himself.

Also in the past two hundred years, Zhao and Wei have repeatedly turned against each other because of the relationship between defending the country. But every time Zhao returned in vain, Wei Guo always blocked Zhao's way south.

After a pause, Xiong Huai asked in surprise: "Zhao sent troops to attack and defend the country, is this the king of Zhao planning to take advantage of the fact that Wei is being held back by widows, take the opportunity to attack and defend the country, and complete the will of the ancestors of Zhao State." For this reason, King Zhao didn't even want to go to the county. ”

The ministers were all shocked.

After a while, Tang Mi said with a heavy face: "Great King, Shangjun is poor and weak, and Wei Guo is rich, besides, as long as Zhao Guo wins Wei Guo, then Zhao Guo's tentacles will cross the river and stretch into the Jishui Basin, and even the Surabaya Basin." Therefore, if you use Shangjun to defend the country, it is still very cost-effective. ”

Gongsun Yan continued: "Great King, what Si Yu said is good, the geographical location of the Wei Kingdom is very important, and it is very close to Handan, the capital of the Zhao State. Wei besieged Handan many times, all from Yecheng, if it takes the eastern part of Yecheng to defend the country, it is extremely beneficial for Zhao to defend Handan. ”

Xiong Huai said in disbelief: "That is to say, Zhao Guo may really take the opportunity to annex Wei Guo!" ”

Tang Yu opened his mouth and said, "King, this possibility is very high. ”

Xiong Huai frowned and sighed: "Originally, the widow just wanted to use Zhao and Han to force Wei to temporarily surrender to the widow, so that the widow could calmly withdraw from this quagmire. In this way, it became a widow to contain the main force of Wei in Tengdi, so that Zhao could calmly besiege and defend the country. Misstep, this is a great misstep. ”

When Tang Wu heard this, he bowed down and pleaded guilty: "The king, the minister didn't think about it and offered this clumsy plan, so that the Chu army was used by the Zhao State, and the minister was guilty." ”

"If you fail, please get up." Xiong Huai shook his head and sighed to himself: "The strategy of advancing and retreating is a decision made by a widow, and it has nothing to do with defeat. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai thought for a while and said: "Si is defeated, now that Zhao Guo is pushing the boat down the river and trapping my Chu State in Tengdi, what do you think should happen next?" ”

Tang Mo straightened up, groaned, and said, "Great King, although Zhao's plan was beyond our expectations, our plan to use Zhao and Han to force Wei was still successful. Although Wei Guo was not the native of Wei, it was also very important to Wei.

The western part of the Wei State is Yecheng, an important town of the Wei State, and Yecheng is an important granary of the Wei State, which cannot be lost to the Wei State. Once the Wei State was conquered, then Yecheng was deeply surrounded by the Zhao State, which was unbearable for the Wei State. So, I thought, for now, we just have to wait. Now it is the Wei State that is suffering from the pain, not our Chu State, and the Wei State will definitely not be able to bear the pressure first, take the initiative to withdraw from the Teng State, and ask us for peace. ”

Hearing this, Xiong Huai looked at Jing Cui and Gongsun Yan and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Jing Cui arched his hand and said: "King, the minister thinks that what Si Defeat said is good, and Wei Guo will definitely not be able to bear it first." ”

Gongsun Yan responded: "The king, the minister seconded the proposal. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and asked Chen Zhen, "Chen Qing, has there been news from South Korea?" ”

Chen Zhen shook his head: "Great King, although the king of Han who visited the minister first, and the king of Han also promised to send troops, the king of Han shirked the main force of the Han army to defend the Qin State in Yiyang, so it will take some time to transfer troops."

In addition, the reason why Zhao sent troops so quickly was because the Zhao army, which went out to defend the country, was supposed to go to Shangjun to support, but after King Zhao agreed to Chu's request, he changed the direction of sending troops, so he would be the last to come first. ”

"That's fine." Xiong Huai sighed: "Then please ask Xianqing to continue to pay attention to South Korea." ”

"Yui."

As he was talking, a voice came from outside the tent: "King, King Song is visiting." ”

"King Song!" Xiong Huai was stunned.

Although the combined forces of Chu and Song shared a military camp, the camp of the king of Chu was separate from the camp of the king of Song.

The king of Song usually came in the morning to say hello and return to his camp, and rarely came to visit at this time.

Could it be that the king of Song also got the news that Zhao sent troops.

That's why I came here on purpose!

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai immediately responded: "Please come in King Song." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai got up and walked out.

After a short time, Xiong Huai welcomed the King of Song into the big tent.

After King Song was done, Xiong Huai asked, "King Song, come to find the widow at this time, but what's the matter?" ”

King Song said with a smile: "King Chu, the widow has just learned that the Zhao State sent troops to defend the country, so he came to inquire, I don't know if the King of Chu ever knew the news." ”

Xiong Huai replied slowly: "The widow has just gotten the news about this matter. ”

"Whew!" King Song replied softly, but his heart was shocked.

Song Guo got the news because there was Qiu Liquid to pass the news, and Chu Guo was not so convenient, but he was able to learn about it at the same time as Song Guo, it seems that Chu Guo is very well-informed.

Thinking about it, King Song spoke again: "King Chu, since the State of Chu has also received this news, it would be great. Now that Zhao has sent troops in advance, and the army of the widow in Taoyi is ready, I wonder how your country's army in Chendi is prepared? Will it be possible to send troops to attack Wei as soon as possible? The Song army also cooperated with the Chu army to attack the Wei state at the same time. ”

"The army of the widow in Chen Di is naturally ready, but..."

Xiong Huai continued to say that the army of Chu had not yet escaped from Tengdi, and now it was really entangled and helpless to trap Chendi's army again.

Seeing that the King of Chu seemed to have something unspeakable, Chen Zhen immediately responded: "King Song, our country has just been discussing the matter of sending troops to the Wei State. However, the king of Han first agreed to send troops to Wei, and as a result, now Zhao has already sent troops, and the Korean army still has not seen a trace. Therefore, the widow was a little worried that there would be changes in Korea, so he decided to postpone the dispatch of troops, and then make an appointment with South Korea, and we, Chu, Song and Han, sent troops to Wei at the same time. ”

"Not bad." Xiong Huai hurriedly nodded and said, "That's what the widow means, I don't know what King Song thinks?" ”