In the face of King Chu's inquiry, Chen Zhen and Qu Yuan were overjoyed, and King Chu was obviously biased towards them.

Before the doctor Xue Shang came out to speak, the general Qu Kuo shouted confidently: "King, since my Chu State can defeat the Qin State once, then I can defeat the Qin State a second time, if the Qin State does not give it, the last general will ask for a battle and is willing to lead the Chu army to take it by himself." ”

A few months ago, Qu Kuo led the Qi-Chu coalition army to teach Qin State a good lesson, and after a few months, he would teach Qin State a lesson again, naturally there would be no big problem.

"Ahem, ahem." Zhaoyang coughed violently a few times, his face showed a strange flush, stood up and reprimanded Qu Kuo, and saluted Xiong Huai: "King, don't listen to General Qu's nonsense, this is a misleading word." ”

Qu Kuo's remarks shocked Xiong Huai's heart, and the historical Chu State was defeated one after another because the Chu State wanted to take the land of commerce by itself, making the Chu State turn from prosperity to decline and become a laughing stock.

Hearing Zhaoyang's rebuttal, Xiong Huai immediately asked: "Ling Yin, why is this, didn't we already win the Qin State before, why can't we do it now?" ”

In the memory of his predecessor, Ling Yin Zhaoyang was a trustworthy minister, a famous general who recaptured Xiangling, an important town of Chu from Wei, with outstanding military achievements and a great understanding of military affairs.

Zhaoyang replied: "King, this time is also, and that time is also. Last year, our Chu State united with Qi State, and the reason why we were able to defeat Qin State was because we occupied the right time, place, and people. Since the Qin State invaded Qin five years ago, it first fought with the Five Kingdoms, and then Yiqu attacked the rear of Qin, and the Qin army returned to fight with the Yiqu army for many years. After defeating Yiqu, he fought with Zhao Wei and Han one after another, and the labor division went on an expedition to the two countries of Bashu, which was really a tired army. ”

"My Chu army has been cultivating for several years, and I am waiting for work at ease, which is the time of day. The Qin army abandoned Hangu Pass, went out of the east of the pass, and captured the Qudi of Wei, which was an abandonment of geographical advantages. The country of tigers and wolves in the Qin country, and the countries in the eastern part of the country are all hostile, especially the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han, and they hate it to the bone, this is the people. ”

"I help the benevolent and righteous army in need, and attack the exhausted and brutal army of the Qin State with leisure and labor, and naturally I can win a complete victory."

Zhaoyang paused, and then said: "Now it's not the case, the Qi State attacked the Yan State, destroyed the country and cut off the rituals, all the countries in the world were terrified, and they joined forces to resist Qi, and my Chu State is the ally of the Qi State, and it is also the target of the countries." ”

"If it weren't for the wisdom of the Great King, he would have allied with the King of Zhao and the King of Wei as soon as possible, and exerted pressure on the State of Qi to force the State of Qi to change the King of Yan and withdraw its troops from the State of Yan. I am afraid that at this time, the kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Han and Wei have already advanced with a large army and attacked our Chu State. ”

"Now because of the Qi State, the general trend is no longer on the side of the Chu State, once the Qin State is attacked again, the Qi State does not need to say much, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han, which originally supported the Chu State openly and secretly, especially the South Korea, which is extremely hostile to the Chu State, will not only not give help to the Chu army, but will turn around to help the Qin State, and at that time, our Chu army will definitely be defeated."

Zhaoyang said that the head was the Tao, and the attitudes of various countries were pointed out one by one, and Xiong Huai nodded one after another, as if it was really like this, could it be that the great war between Chu and Qin in history was such a failure?

"Great king, the last general will be a capital crime and a capital crime." Hearing Zhaoyang's analysis, the others all nodded, but Qu Kuo was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and he hurriedly pleaded for sin.

"What is General Qu's crime, how can a widow scold people with his words." Xiong Huai smiled, saying that he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Then, Xiong Huai looked at Zhaoyang and asked, "Then according to Ling Yin, how should our Chu State respond." ”

"Great King, it is now imperative to join forces to resist Qi. The longer the time dragged on, the deeper the Qi State's control over the Yan State became. Once the people of Yan no longer reject the rule of Qi, it will be a disaster for us in the four kingdoms of Chu, Zhao, Wei and Han. Therefore, regardless of whether the Qin State ceded the land of Shang Yu to our country, we must immediately make peace with the Qin State and withdraw the army from the front line, so as not to arouse the resentment of the Zhao and Wei countries. ”

"And the king, the land of Shang Yu is not only very important to our Chu State, it is the hometown of our Chu State, but for the Qin State, it is even more important, not to mention ceding to our Chu State, even if our Chu State defeats the Qin State, the Qin State will defend the military pass and will not give up the land of Shangluo. The reason for this is that Keqing Chen Zhen has traveled back and forth between Qin and Chu several times, and he is very familiar with the place where the business is located, so he can ask Keqing to explain it in detail. ”

Chen Zhen was originally the minister of the Qin State, and when he was ordered to send an envoy to the Chu State, he hooked up with Zhaoyang, and the two of them have had a friendship for more than ten years.

When Chen Zhen left the Qin State, it was Zhaoyang who invited Chen Zhen to come to Chu and recommended Chen Zhen to serve as the guest secretary of the Chu State.

When Chen Zhen heard this, he said to the King of Chu and other important ministers: "Great King, the reason why Weichen asked Qin to cede the land first was because the land of Shang Yu was too important to Qin and thought that Qin would not give up. ”

"In the past, Weichen had been sent to Chu several times as an envoy of Qin, and he had also been an envoy to Qin as an envoy of Chu. Every time I travel between Qin and Chu, I take the Shangluo Ancient Road in the area of Shangyu Wuguan, so I am very familiar with the place of Shangyu. ”

"The land of Shang Yu is 600 li, it is an important place of transportation, the closest to our Chu State in the east is Yudi, in the middle is Wuguan, the important land of Qin, and after Wuguan is Shangdi, which is collectively called the land of Shang Yu 600 li."

"Wuguan is built on a relatively flat plateau between the canyons, with the high Shaoxi Mountain in the north, and the dangerous in the south, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The east side of Wuguan overlaps with mountains, the road is rugged, the cliffs are high and the valleys are deep, narrow and difficult to walk. However, the western commercial land of Wuguan is different, it is located in Guanzhong, the terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and the people are rich. ”

"In the past, Shang Jun coveted the wealth of Shang land, and did not hesitate to defeat Wei by fraudulent means and took Shang Land into a fief. To the west of the commercial land, it is the homeland of the Qin State, from the commercial land to Xianyang, a smooth road, and it has nothing to do. ”

"Once the Qin State cedes the land of Shang Yu to the Chu State, our Chu State army will go from Wuguan to the Qin State's important town Lantian, as long as Lantian is captured, the army can go straight to Xianyang, the capital of Qin."

"Great King, imagine the importance of the land of Shang Yu to the Qin State, will the Qin State cede the land of Shang Yu to the Chu State? As long as the land of Shang is no longer in the hands of the Qin State, the Qin State will lose half of its geographical advantage, and there will be an offensive and defensive change between our Chu State and the Qin State, and the Qin State will always face the threat of our Chu State, which is unbearable for the Qin State. ”

After listening to Chen Zhen's narration, Xiong Huai knew the importance of the land of Shang Yu to the Qin State, and the Qin State would not cede it at all.

"Since Zhang Yi has no intention of ceding the land of Shangyu, is it possible that our Chu State rejects the peace talks of the Qin State?" Xiong Huaichi asked.