After Gongzi An left, Xiong Huai looked at his back and fell into thought, at the same time, Jing Li, who brought Gongzi An to the main hall, also looked at the back of Gongzi An leaving at this time, unlike Xiong Huai, Jing Carp's face was extremely ugly.

Originally, the Chu State placed most of its hopes on the Yan State, hoping that the Yan State could send troops to stab the Qi State when the Six Kingdoms had no time to take care of it. For this reason, the state of Chu also let the monarch of Ejun stay in Jidu, and spent nearly 5,000 gold before and after, which was used to bribe the monarchs and ministers of the Yan State.

As a result, the Yan State not only did not send troops to attack Qi, but instead sent troops to the Northern Expedition when the Chu State was in the most difficult time.

This is tantamount to stabbing the state of Chu.

Thinking about it, Jing Li showed a decadent look, and secretly doubted in his heart: Am I really not a qualified Ling Yin?

Just when the monarch and the minister were all out of the way, Chen Zhen hurried to the palace.

"King!"

"Ling Yin!"

Chen Zhen saw that King Jing Li of Chu was all lost in thought, so he opened his mouth to remind.

When Xiong Huai saw Chen Zhen coming, he immediately asked, "Chen Qing, how is the situation in Yan Kingdom?" ”

Chen Zhen responded: "The king, starting from the decision of various countries to attack Chu, and at the same time persecuting the Yan State, after the Yan State was persecuted, it prepared for the Northern Expedition under the urging of the countries. Today, the Northern Expedition of the Yan Kingdom has been prepared for ten months, which can be described as sufficiently prepared.

At the same time, Yan's actions aroused the vigilance of the Donghu people, and a large number of Donghu people gathered in the north of Yanzhao to watch and watch three months ago. Later, listening to the news from Zhao State, it seems that the Donghu people saw that the strength of the two divisions of Lou and Lin and Hu had been greatly reduced, so they sent troops to plunder. Then, under the pressure of the Donghu people, King Zhao personally asked King Yan to send troops to the Northern Expedition. After King Yan received the letter from King Zhao, he immediately replied and agreed to send troops to the Northern Expedition. ”

As he spoke, Chen Zhen paused, then swallowed his saliva, and continued: "According to the latest news from Ejun, at the end of November, there was a sudden heavy snowfall in the north, and Donghu, Yanzhao and other places were all unexpected.

Therefore, the Yan State saw an opportunity to take advantage of it and immediately mobilized the whole country, intending to use the strength of the whole country to launch a large-scale northern expedition to remove the threat from the north. ”

Xiong Huai was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately muttered softly: "In other words, the probability of returning from the Northern Expedition of the Yan Kingdom this time is very high!" ”

When Jing Li, who was on the side, heard this, he showed a look of despair: "Great King, the Yan Kingdom is officially on the Northern Expedition, and it is also the power of the whole country, whether it is successful or not, this is a great disaster for my Chu State." After the Yan State sent troops, the Qi State lost the deterrence of the Yan State, and it will inevitably send troops to attack our Chu State without any scruples. ”

"Hahaha..."

Before Jing Li's words fell, Xiong Huai shook his head and let out a series of laughter, and then under the surprised eyes of Jing Li and Chen Zhen, he slowly spoke: "Ling Yin, Lao Ziyun: Blessings and misfortunes depend on them, and misfortunes and blessings lie in waiting." The Yan State launched a large-scale Northern Expedition, which may not be a good thing for my Chu State. ”

"King, the Yan Kingdom is sending troops to the Northern Expedition, not to send troops to attack Qi!" Jing Li thought that the King of Chu was frightened, and couldn't help but remind.

"Of course the widow knows that the Yan Kingdom is on the Northern Expedition! Although in the short term, this is not good for my Chu State, but as long as the Yan State wins, it will be of great benefit to my Chu State in the long run. Saying that, Xiong Huai glanced at the two of them confidently, and then directly ordered: "Ling Yin, you spread the news that Yan State was persecuted by the Six Kingdoms and was about to send troops to the Northern Expedition to various places, and said that soon, the Qi army would attack Chu in a big way." The widow wants to use this news to calm down the rising voice of the Song Dynasty in Yingdu. ”

"King, please think again!" Jing Li was taken aback and persuaded: "Not long ago, General Zhao Ying retired from the Song Dynasty, so that the morale of my Chu State was slightly restored, and it will be at this time that the news of the Northern Expedition of the Yan State will be spread, and the ministers are worried that it will cause panic among the ministers and the people, and this move will do more harm than good."

Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, it is better to wait and see the changes. We first dragged it for a month with the letter of the Zhu State, and then waited for the Yan State to send troops, and then told the news to the ministers and the people. In this way, our Chu State will have enough time to deal with the situation. ”

Xiong Huai smiled slightly when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Ling Yin, the widow has his own opinion on this matter, and the Qing and the others can do it according to the widow's will." When the widow gets the news, the turning point of my Chu State is about to come, so as long as the news of the Yan State is delayed for a month or two, the Six Nations Alliance will collapse! ”

Jing Lichen looked at the other party in surprise when he heard this, and they all saw a trace of doubt in the other party's eyes.

The other party didn't know where the turning point of the Chu State was!

So where did the news of the King of Chu come from?

Could it be that the King of Chu has other sources?

It's just...

The two saw that the King of Chu was full of confidence and did not seem to be fake, so they buried the doubts in their hearts in the bottom of their hearts, and then replied: "Only! ”

After Jing Carp and the two left, while Xiong Huai was thinking alone in the hall, a waiter reported outside the hall: "King, the rhino head asks to see!" ”

"Rhinoceros?" Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then while tidying up his clothes, he responded: "Please come in!" ”

"Yui!"

After a short time, Xiong Huai saw Gongsun Yan come in with a scroll of wooden slips in his hand, and came to the front and back to salute: "Meet the king!" ”

"Rhinoceros is exempt!" Xiong Huai asked strangely, "I don't know what happened to the rhino head?" ”

Gongsun Yan responded: "The king, the general Zhao Rat is on the book, so Chente will present the wooden slip to the king." ”

Xiong Huai nodded.

This was specially ordered by him when he left Xunyang, as long as the general Zhao Rat wrote a book, then no one could inspect it without authorization, and could only directly hand it over to him for personal inspection.

In the past year, all the battle reports of Zhao Rat have been checked by Xiong Huai himself, and the ministers of the court have become accustomed to it.

This time was no exception.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai responded: "Okay, there is a rhino head." ”

After Gongsun Yan left, after Xiong Huai was left alone in the main hall again, Xiong Huai slowly opened the wooden tablet sent by Zhao Mouse.

Compared with the previous content, in addition to a rough introduction to the battle situation, one more thing has been added...

That is, this year's winter is a little colder!

Let's see.

Xiong Huai was silent for a long time, then looked at the north, and slowly spoke: "Winter has arrived, and when the cold wave comes, the widow wants to see whose blood is cold and whose blood is hot!" ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai commanded loudly: "Please assassinate Shi Ling to see the widow!" ”

The news of Yan's imminent Northern Expedition suddenly spread in Yingdu, and at the same time, the news that Qi would increase its troops to attack Chu also spread.

When the whole Chu State learned of this news, a pessimistic atmosphere quickly spread.

The first day of January.

The Great Imperial Council.

As soon as Xiong Huai was on the throne, Doctor Shangguan saw that Zhao Chang hesitated and did not speak, so he immediately gave him two looks. It's just that seeing that Zhao Chang didn't react, he could only walk out of the ministers in person and said: "King, the Yan State is about to send troops, and the deterrence of the Yan State has been lost.

Therefore, the minister thought that at this time, he should immediately send troops to attack the Song Dynasty, in order to try to solve the Song State before the Qi State officially sent troops, one to relieve the pressure on Huaibei, and the other to improve the morale of our Chu army. ”