At this moment, listening to the messenger's report, Xiong Huai was in a good mood, and couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart.

It's just that, in the end, when I heard that Gongzi Yu planned to sacrifice all of Huaibei, I suddenly had doubts in my heart.

Xiong Huai looked at the envoy below, secretly wondering, this is Gongzi Yu's temptation of Chu State, worried that Chu State has ideas about other parts of Yue State?

Or did Gongzi Yu know that his strength was insufficient and it was difficult to resist the pressure of the Qi State, so he wanted to ask the Chu State to take Huaibei in order to block the pressure of the Qi State for the Yue State?

No matter what Gongziyu thought, in the case that it would take a few days before the decisive battle with King Yue, in order not to make Gongziyu suspicious, in order to allow Tang Yu to break through Wucheng in one fell swoop later.

So, Xiong Huai, in line with the principle of being cautious and not making a big mistake, excused himself and said: "Where the envoy said, the widow helped Gongzi because of the friendship between Gongzi and Chu State, and where was it because he coveted the land of Yue Kingdom!" ”

Seeing that the king of Chu refused to accept it, the envoy bowed again: "The king, the prince once said that because of the king's support, the prince has obtained the entire Yue country, how can the prince not repay it, how can he be reluctant to the land of Huaibei." Therefore, please do not doubt the sincerity of the prince.

Before the minister left, the prince had already entrusted the map of Huaibei and the household registration of the people in Huaibei to the minister, and let the minister dedicate himself to the king. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, this Gongzi Yu directly brought the map and household registration, and the determination to dedicate the land can be described as resolute!

Just as he was about to excuse himself again, Chen Zhen coughed lightly twice on the side, and then arched his hand and said: "The king, the prince is full of sincerity, if my Chu State resigns again, it will be unkind." Therefore, according to the minister's opinion, why not smile and accept it with the heart of a lenient son. ”

Xiong Huai glanced at Chen Zhen hesitantly, and saw that his face was straight, not like a joke.

So, after a pause, he responded: "Okay, since the son's kindness is difficult, the widow will reluctantly accept the son's good intentions." ”

When the envoy saw that the king of Chu accepted, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "The king is wise." ”

Chen Zhen then spoke: "Messenger, I don't know where the map sent by Gongzi is registered?" ”

At this time, the envoy had a good impression of Chen Zhen, who had just spoken, and immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Hui, the map household registration is in the hands of the minister's deputy envoy, and he can be passed in to present the map." ”

Chen Zhen nodded, then turned to Xiong Huai and asked for help: "King, please pass on the deputy envoy." ”

Xiong Huai was about to nod, but suddenly, inexplicably remembered the allusion of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin, so he shook his head and said: "The widow sent troops to help the son, because of the friendship between the son and the widow, is it for the land of Huaibei." Now, the son has succeeded, and the widow can't wait to ask for the map household registration, and the widow is ashamed. ”

After speaking, he sighed and said to Chen Zhen: "Xianqing, please go and get the map household registration in person." ”

Chen Zhen was stunned, not knowing why the King of Chu suddenly became sentimental, but responded: "Only." ”

And the envoy of Gongzi Yu, seeing that the King of Chu looked ashamed, it seemed that he really didn't want all the Huaibei land of Yue Kingdom, and it seemed that it was just Yue Guo's request, so he reluctantly agreed, so he praised it: "The king is benevolent." ”

After a while, Chen Zhen came in with a box.

Seeing that Gongziyu's envoy didn't follow, Xiong Huai couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Chen Qing, this map of Huaibei is of no great use to the widows, and the widows have not thought of occupying Huaibei now." Why did Xianqing persuade the widow to accept this gift? Instead of refusing to accept it, with the heart of An Gongziyu. ”

After Xiong Huai finished asking, Gongsun Yan on the other side of the hall also looked at Chen Zhen hesitantly, and he didn't understand this. Accepting Gongziyu's so-called gift is obviously not beneficial to the Chu State.

After Chen Zhen handed over the wooden box to a guard, he replied to Xiong Huai: "Great King, Gongzi Yu presented Huaibei for two reasons, one is to abandon Huaibei and avoid the pressure of Qi State. The second is to ask us to stop the king of Yue from returning to the south at the expense of Huaibei. lest the king of Yue negotiate peace with the state of Qi, and occupy Huaibei, Yandi, and Ji to hold on to him. ”

Gongsun Yan opened his mouth and said: "Gongzi Yu's purpose, Yan also has a glimpse or two, but, assassinating Shi Ling, what good is this for the Chu State?" ”

Chen Zhen smiled and said: "The king, rhino head, the purpose of the ministers to persuade the king to accept the great gift of Gongzi Yu is only one, that is, to dedicate this gift to the king of Yue as a generous gift from the state of Chu on the occasion of the decisive battle between my Chu State and the king of Yue." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and reacted instantly.

The king of Yue has been on the throne for more than 30 years, and in the past few decades, the greatest achievement of the king of Yue has been to recover a large number of occupied homelands of the Yue country in the hands of Qi and Chu, especially in the past few years, the two countries of Chu and Yue have formed an alliance, and the war of the Yue country against the Qi country has been victorious, and now it has reached Langya, the former capital of the Yue country.

Huaibei plus Ji Yan, this is the lifelong achievement of King Yue.

If, before the decisive battle between Chu and Yue, the king of Yue saw the great gift sent by Chu and found that he had pursued the results of his life's work, but he was abandoned by Gongzi Yu and abandoned all of them at once.

After decades of hard work, he returned to the pre-liberation period.

Xiong Huai can imagine that it was King Yue's face must be very exciting.

What's more, the art of war is cloudy, and you can't be angry and raise a division. When King Yue received this news before the war, he must have been angry and ashamed, and in this case, Xiong Huai couldn't think of how Chu could lose to King Yue.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai laughed and said: "Yes, this big gift from Gongziyu is indeed a heavy gift, and the widow really should accept it." ”

On the other hand, Gongsun Yan also figured this thing out.

For a while, I had to admit that although Chen Zhen did not have a good view of the overall situation and could not lead the army to fight, he was two streets away when he calculated people's hearts.

No wonder they are all foreign courtiers, they are also trusted by the king of Chu, and they are also excluded by Chu ministers, but Chen Zhen is better than him.

If you don't enter the state of Chu, it will be the same everywhere in various countries, such as the state of Qin, where his grandson Yan was abandoned by the state of Qin, but as a result, he and the state of Qin turned against each other and did not dare to return to the state of Qin for the rest of his life. And Chen Zhen took the initiative to turn his back on the Qin State, and once he returned to the Qin State, he could still be treated as a guest by the King of Qin.

It's all the same people, but the gap between people is so big.

The reasons for this cannot but make people think deeply.

Just thinking about it, Gongsun Yan suddenly heard the roll call of the King of Chu:

"Rhino head, now that the envoy of Gongzi Yu has arrived in Pingcheng, I want to come, and the person who reports to the king of Yue will also arrive at Langya, where the king of Yue is located, within a day or two. When the king of Yue learns of this bad news, he will definitely immediately lead the army to return south, and at that time, it will be the time when my Chu State will fight a decisive battle with the king of Yue. ”

Xiong Huai's eyes were sharp, and he said: "Immediately notify the Zhu State in the Chu army camp outside the city, so that the Zhu State can prepare and send troops to fight the King of Yue at any time." ”

Gongsun Yan's heart was hot, and he immediately responded: "The minister receives the order." ”