Tang Yu's face stiffened when he heard this.

At the beginning, the monarch and ministers discussed the matter, Jing Cui proposed to return to Chu directly, and he proposed to advance as retreat, but the king of Chu was on his side and decided to subdue Wei before returning to China.

Now, Zhao Guo does not play his cards according to common sense, Wei Guo is unwilling to bow his head, and the King of Chu has become more and more impatient.

Although the king of Chu did not blame him, he was under a lot of pressure in his heart.

After Xiong Huai spoke, he saw that all the ministers were silent in thought, waited for a while, and saw that no one spoke, so he asked Tang Yu: "Si is defeated, in the current situation, I don't know if Qing has a good plan?" ”

Tang Yu responded: "Great King, the minister suspects that King Zhao has other plans, maybe the war between Qin and Zhao will soon have a result, at that time, no matter whether Zhao wins or loses, Wei will have a result." ”

Xiong Huai continued to ask: "What if the Qin State is prepared, the Zhao State plan fails, or the Zhao State has no plan at all, and the Qin and Zhao countries are in a stalemate?" ”

Tang Yu thought for a while and said: "King, if a month later, the two countries of Qin and Zhao are still deadlocked, then the minister thinks that he can send an envoy to the Yan Kingdom and ask the King of Yan to come out to persuade the two countries of Qin and Zhao to make peace." Yan is friendly with our Chu state, and not only is it an ally of Zhao, but it also has a good relationship with Qin.

Therefore, as long as our Chu State and Yan State persuade Qin and Zhao to make peace at the same time, then the Qin and Zhao countries in the stalemate will inevitably obey our persuasion for peace. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, if King Zhao personally rushed to the aid of Shangjun, once it was difficult for the Qin State to quickly capture Shangjun and fell into a stalemate, it would be difficult to conquer Shangjun for so long. At this time, the two countries of Chu and Yan persuaded peace, and the King of Qin would obey.

Thinking about it, another possibility came out of his heart again, Xiong Huai said worriedly: "Si defeated, the combat power of the Qin army is second to none among all countries, and the Qin State also sent two generals Gan Mao and Wei Zhang at the same time this time, if the Zhao State can't withstand the offensive of the Qin State and loses to Qin, how about it?" ”

Xiong Huai was more worried that the Qin State attacked Zhao at this time, not only strongly supporting the besieged Wei State, but more importantly, once the Zhao State could not hold it, there was a rout, and under the pressure of the Qin State, it would be soft to the Qin State, then the four kingdoms of Qin, Qi, Zhao and Wei would most likely form an alliance against the Chu State, which would be very unfavorable to the Chu State.

"This..." Tang Yu was suddenly startled.

Although the king of Chu did not say the consequences of Zhao's crushing defeat to Qin, he also thought that this result would definitely be extremely unfavorable to Chu.

While Tang Yu was still thinking about it, Gongsun Yan opened his mouth and said: "King, Shangjun is not a critical place for Zhao State, and it can be seen from Zhao's plan to exchange Shangjun for Weiguo that Shangjun is just a dispensable place for Zhao State. Therefore, even if Zhao State was defeated by Qin State, then as long as it could keep Fushi City from being lost, and Zhao State could re-establish a defense line in Lin Di and Lishi to the east of the river, then Zhao State would not fall to Qin State. ”

Saying that, Gongsun Yan arched his hand and said: "The king, the minister suggests that the order be sent to Jingyang, the general of Shangjun, immediately, so that he must defend Fushi City." Next, we just need to continue to put pressure on the Wei state. If, after a month, Qin fails to defeat Zhao, then we will send an envoy to Yan.

At the same time, we can also send envoys to Wei State, and use the Wei land captured by the Chu-Han coalition army as a condition to return most of Wei land to Wei State, and give a small part of Wei land to South Korea, so that the King of Wei can take the initiative to admit his mistake, so that our Chu State can retreat from Wei with dignity and separate Wei and Han. ”

Gongsun Yan's voice fell, and Tang Yu continued: "Great King, the minister thinks that the words of the rhinoceros are feasible. ”

Jing Cui followed: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Xiong Huai let out a long sigh when he heard this: "Okay, then the widow will wait and see." ”

More than 20 days later, when the Chu-Han coalition army was still besieging Yanling, the Zhao army was still besieging Puyang, and the Song army was still blocking Xiangqiu, news came from Shangjun again.

"Your Majesty, the county is in a hurry. Not long ago, after gathering the main forces of Zhao and the allied forces of various countries, King Zhao led his army to a decisive battle with the 300,000 Qin army led by Wei Zhang Ganmao. ”

As he spoke, Chen Zhen gasped slightly.

As soon as he got the news, Chen Zhen hurried to report it.

Xiong Huai was shocked when he heard that King Zhao took the initiative to find the Qin army for a decisive battle, and hurriedly asked, "What is the result of the battle, is there anything wrong with King Zhao?" ”

"King Zhao is fine." Chen Zhen shook his head and gasped: "Not only is King Zhao fine, but Zhao also won the Qin army, and the Qin army was defeated in this battle, and finally retreated more than thirty miles. ”

At this time, Jing Cui and the others, who rushed over after hearing the news, heard this and immediately asked: "What's the matter, Zhao Guo actually won the Qin State, how did they win?" ”

Chen Zhen responded: "It's the Hu people, and the king of Zhao recruited 30,000 Hu people." ”

"Hu Ren?" Xiong Huai was stunned.

Chen Zhen nodded and said, "That's right." After gathering nearly 300,000 troops in Shangjun, the king of Zhao made an appointment with Wei Zhang Ganmao, and the Qin army readily agreed. During the war, King Zhao personally commanded the Chinese army, with Niu Jian as the left wing and the allied forces of various countries as the right wing, and fought a decisive battle with the Qin army.

As a result, when the battle was fierce, Zhao General led 30,000 Hu cavalry led by Tuo to raid the rear of the Qin army, and the Qin army was defeated and retreated, not only tens of thousands of people were killed, but even the battalion was taken away by the Zhao army. ”

Jing Cui frowned and said: "No, Wei Zhang Ganmao is also a person who has been in battle for a long time, and there are not a few 30,000 Hu cavalry, how can it not be discovered?" ”

Chen Zhen replied: "Zhuguo, the Qin army failed to find out the reason for Hu Qi, and I also found out in Xia. ”

Seeing that everyone had all looked over, Chen Zhen hurriedly said: "The reason is that on the route of Hu Cai's march this time, the Daidi reinforcements led by King Zhao directly passed through Zhao State, passed through Lin Land, crossed the river, and arrived to support Shangjun. Hu Cai, on the other hand, did not pass through the Zhao State, but went south from the Yin Mountain in the north, day and night, and only then did they kill the Qin army in the great battle.

When the Qin army scouts found out, because the speed of the cavalry was too fast, the Qin army had no time to redeploy the formation, and was immediately killed by surprise. ”

Jing Cui suddenly realized: "The north of Shangjun is the territory of the Hu people, and the minister has heard some merchants say that Yinshan is difficult to walk, so the Qin army must focus on monitoring the route of Lin Difushi, or will also pay attention to Yiqu Kingdom, and then see that there is no sign of a large army marching on the east and west, so he relaxed his vigilance." ”

Gongsun Yan nodded and said, "I think it's the same." ”

Tang Yu wanted to say something, but Xiong Huai waved his hand and interrupted the generals' discussion: "Zhuqing, the matter of Zhao Guo's defeat of the Qin army is certainly gratifying. However, what the widow wants to say is how we can use this matter to subdue Wei and make Wei surrender to us. ”

Gongsun Yan smiled and said: "Great King, this is easy to do, now that Wei's secret allies have been defeated, Wei will definitely be terrified." The minister invited him to go to the Wei State, told the King of Wei to be powerful, and then returned some land to the Wei State, which would definitely persuade him to surrender to the Chu State again. ”

Xiong Huai smiled: "Okay, then there will be another trip with Lao Xitou!" ”

Gongsun Yan arched his hand and smiled: "I am willing to serve the king." ”