Xiong Huai closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes and said: "The Song State cut off the matter of Yingshui, don't worry, now the main force of the Song army is attacking the city in Huaibei, and after a long time, the Song army's forces are scattered all over Huaibei, and they are unable to continue the expedition." Just let Zhu Guo lead the army north to rescue, at that time, with the strength of the Song army, it was impossible to stop Zhu Guo. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai asked again: "Rhino head, how is the Song army in Pengcheng now?" ”

Gongsun Yan responded: "King, the Song army led by Su He went south from Pengcheng, all the way like a bamboo, and has conquered more than 20 cities in several counties such as Fuli and Qi. Moreover, Suhe's Song army is still moving south, and I am afraid that it will not take a month for the Song army to reach the north bank of Huaishui. ”

Speaking of this, Gongsun Yan paused, and then spoke: "Great King, the Song army has been out for a month, and it has captured more than 200 miles of my Huaibei land, and wait for another month, and when the Song army is weak in succession, the ministers will take into account that the Song army will occupy our Chu country, which will exceed 500 li." If our army is unlucky, then in the near future, I am afraid that the Song State will have to raise troops again to seize our Chu land. ”

Xiong Huai's face sank when he heard this, King Song's contempt for Chu State was indeed beyond his expectations.

Could it be that the King of Song expected that the Chu State would lose this battle?

Just thinking about it, Zuo Cheng walked out of the crowd and bowed: "King, the minister is guilty, he did not investigate his advice, and his strategy was improper, so that the situation was corrupted, and the minister was guilty of death!" ”

At this time, Doctor Shangguan immediately walked out and saluted: "Great King, that King Song shoots the sky and whips the earth, and he is bold, and it is not something that the ministers of the Song State can control at all. Doctor Zuo did not know what was going on, and intended to buy Song Chen to fight against the King of Song, which not only caused my Chu State to lose thousands of gold, but also made Zuo Yin's whereabouts unknown to this day, and delayed the warplane, greatly delaying the time for my Chu State to contact Qi and Wei.

Therefore, the minister thought that the doctor was left to become a misguided country, and his crime should be punished. ”

Zuo Cheng's whole body stiffened when he heard this, and this Shangguan doctor actually wanted to put him to death.

Thinking about it, Zuo Chengli was about to take off the crown on his head, and cried and worshipped again and again: "King, the minister is guilty of death!" ”

Doctor Shangguan's face was straight, and he bowed: "King, please kill Doctor Zuo Cheng!" ”

Xiong Huai looked at the two kneeling in the hall expressionlessly, and after Zuo Cheng bowed a few times, his hair was already scattered, and his hair was scattered, which was very embarrassing.

I couldn't help but shake my head slightly.

Although the suggestion to contact the ministers of the Song State was put forward by Zuo Cheng, and Zuo Cheng took the lead in starting to bribe, Xiong Huai had already made a decision to win over the Song State. It's just that Xiong Huai's original intention was to bribe King Song directly, but King Song refused.

Then, according to Zuo Cheng's suggestion, he bribed the ministers of the Song State on a large scale.

As a result, it still failed.

And because of the huge momentum of the Song ministers, it eventually aroused the jealousy of the Song king, not only caught up with several pro-Chu Song ministers, but also caused Zuo Yin Zhaochang to also fall into Shangqiu, and his whereabouts are unknown.

But!

Xiong Huai repeatedly weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and this time bribing the minister of Song was a very successful diplomatic action.

At the very least, the Song State lagged behind the dispatch time of the troops by a month, which was a major victory for the Chu State.

Anyway, the ministers who died were all ministers of the Song State, and the Chu State had no direct losses.

Thinking about it, he sighed and said: "The ministers' suggestions, what is the crime, the wrong moves, the decision is overlooked, the fault lies with the widow, and it has nothing to do with the ministers." Doctor Zuo, please get up, in the matter of the Song Kingdom, Xianqing has no merit. The Song State was slow to send troops, and this was the work of Xianqing's advice.

As for the Song State's large-scale attack on Chu, this is because the ambition of the King of Song exceeded the expectations of the people of the world, and it was not the fault of the virtuous king. Moreover, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, and the king of Song will attack Wei Pochu, and the world will give him a retribution sooner or later. ”

Zuo Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this: "King Xie! ”

Then, Xiong Huai said to Doctor Shangguan: "Xianqing, it is the responsibility of the ministers to make suggestions, even if the strategy is wrong, it is the fault of the widow who does not investigate, how can the widow sin with words." Therefore, please ask Xianqing to mention this matter! ”

Doctor Shangguan showed a look of regret in his eyes, and bowed: "Yes, king!" ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and then spoke: "Xianqing's suggestion in the past, although the widow did not adopt it, but now that I think about it, Xianqing said that King Song shot the sky and whipped the earth, and his ambition was too great, and he had the intention of swallowing elephants, but it was reasonable.

Therefore, the widow decided to give 100 gold, and hoped that Xianqing would make persistent efforts and make suggestions! ”

Doctor Shangguan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, the king!" ”

After bowing, Doctor Shangguan straightened up, the hatred in his eyes flashed, and then he arched his hand and said: "King, now the Song State has sent troops to attack Huaibei, and the troops are divided into three routes, the first one is Nangu, and it is raging in the land of Huaibei for hundreds of miles. Therefore, the minister suggested that our Chu State should take this opportunity to let the Zhu State lead the army north, raid the Song army, and break each one. ”

As he spoke, Doctor Shangguan raised his voice and said: "King, as long as the Song army is defeated, then our Chu army can not only take advantage of the situation to recover Huaibei, but also enter the Song State, force the Song State to fall to our Chu State by force, and then use the power of Chu and Song to threaten Qi and Wei and force Qi and Wei to withdraw from Chendi."

In this way, the situation of the various countries will be solved immediately, please check it out. ”

As soon as Dr. Shangguan's voice fell, many people showed expressions of interest.

Although there is no unstoppable news from the front line, the pressure brought by various countries is still very great after two months of the war. If you can solve it quickly, it will be good.

At this time, Xiong Huai couldn't help but shake his head slightly when he heard Dr. Shangguan's suggestion. This suggestion is not only contrary to the strategic planning of the previous ministers of the Chu State, but also too much to take for granted.

I was about to open my mouth to veto, but when I saw some ministers showing their intentions, they were silent for a while, and then saw Jing Li and other important ministers showing inappropriate faces.

So, he smiled and said, "I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks?" ”

Jing Li's eyes immediately glanced at Gongsun Yan when he heard this, and saw that he closed his mouth tightly, his eyes were closed, as if he hadn't heard anything, and he clearly didn't want to be the first to speak.

So, Jing Li opened his mouth and said: "King, the minister thinks that it is very inappropriate to let the Zhu State attack the Song Dynasty at this time. The minister was not worried that the Zhu State would not be able to defeat the Song army, but was only worried that once the Zhu State went north from Huaishui and defeated the Song State, the Qi and Wei countries would not be moved and continue to storm Chencheng. Once Chen Cheng is lost, the Zhu State is in the Song Dynasty, and the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Zhao go south along the Yingshui, then Huainan, the State of Chu, will be overturned in an instant. ”

After Jing Li opened his mouth, Gongsun Yan immediately bowed his hand and said: "Great King, what Ling Yin said is extremely true, and the minister is even more worried, I am afraid that this will be a strategy of various countries, and the purpose is to lure our Chu army to abandon Huaishui. If the Song State saw the Zhu State going north, it immediately withdrew to the country, at that time, the minister was worried that the Zhu State would be in a dilemma in the land of Huaibei! ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and then said to Doctor Shangguan: "Xianqing's suggestion, the widow needs to consider it carefully. Moreover, at this time, the Song army was victorious, its morale was high, and its vigor was flourishing, and it was not a good opportunity for the Zhu State to send troops. ”

Seeing that the King of Chu did not allow it, Doctor Shangguan couldn't help but say regretfully: "This... The king is wise. ”