Since Zhao sent troops to rescue Yan, and Chu decided to wait and see for the time being, half a month has passed.

Although the state of Chu had decided to wait and see, it did not relax its vigilance in the north, but paid more attention to the war in the north.

"Great King, on the side of Zhao Kingdom, after the Niu Jian Department in the north set off from Daidi, it was like a bamboo, sweeping through the northeast of Zhongshan Kingdom. Now Niu Jian has broken through the two cities of Xiyang, but after Niu Jian conquered Xiyang, he ordered to stop the army and rest, and did not advance eastward. ”

"No eastward expansion?" Xiong Huai was stunned when he heard this, Zhao Jun's actions were different from what he had expected.

Before, he thought that after the Zhao army conquered the Chinese, it would advance eastward and rebel, but the movement of the Zhao army was beyond his expectations, not only did it not advance eastward, but continued to move south.

Now the Zhao army has conquered Xiyang again, but it still did not go to the rescue of Qu Wei, but stopped to rest.

This series of actions of the Zhao army seemed to be just to attack Zhongshan Kingdom, without the slightest intention of saving Yan.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai's heart moved, and he asked: "Xianqing, Zhao Guo has acted like this, I don't know what Yan Guo's attitude is now?" ”

Chen Zhen shook his head: "King, since Niu Jian did not go to Qu Yi to rescue as Yan Guo wished, Yan Guo sent more than a dozen waves of envoys to Niu Qian's army every day to lobby and urge, so that Niu Jian could send troops to rescue Qu Yi City. But that's just it, and today's Yan Kingdom, apart from this, has no other actions. ”

"Alas!" Xiong Huai sighed when he heard this.

Although he had already made up his mind before, he would not move his troops for the time being, waiting for the two countries of Qi and Zhao to attack each other.

After all, King Zhao has received such a big benefit from Yan Guo, and he will definitely take action.

However, after Zhao Jun's abnormal actions, Yan Guo's attitude was extremely weak.

At this time, Xiong Huai reacted that the current Yan State, after experiencing a fiasco not long ago, has suffered a great loss of national strength, and it is difficult to threaten the Zhao State, and even, under the threat of the Qi State, the Yan State must be attached to the Zhao State in order to be preserved.

Therefore, now Zhao Guo has nothing to fear.

Sending troops to save Yan has already sent troops, but how to save it next, that is Zhao Guo's own decision.

The only thing Yan Guo can do is to keep asking for help, like a chick waiting to be fed, like a seedling in a drought for months, and can only wait for the arrival of Zhao Jun.

Even if King Yan has hated King Zhao to death in his heart now, he can only bury it deep in his heart, but his appearance can only be a look of gratitude, and a look of hope for King Zhao.

At this time, hearing the long sigh of the King of Chu, Chen Zhen's heart moved, and he quickly glanced at the King of Chu, and saw that the King of Chu had a complicated expression, and knew in his heart that the King of Chu had hesitated about his previous decision.

Just as Chen Zhen opened his mouth, a guard walked to the door of the hall and reported: "The king, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom and An Shijun are outside asking to see you. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and responded loudly: "Please!" ”

Since Qu Yong arrived in Huaiyin, he received an affirmative reply from him, saying that after the arrival of the Chu army in Jiangdong, he would immediately send troops to rescue Yanhou. In the past half a month, Qu Yong has basically come every day to urge the Chu army to act as soon as possible, and repeatedly begged the Chu army to send troops as soon as possible.

As for An Shijun's son, An, he originally stayed in Yingdu, but since he got the news of the fiasco of Yan State, he rushed from Yingdu to Huaiyin ten days ago.

In the past ten days, Gongzi An has either lobbied him, the king of Chu, to send troops to attack Qi, or he is giving gifts to the important ministers of Huaiyin to lobby the ministers.

At this time, Qu Yong and Gongzi An asked to see at the same time, thinking that they must have received the news that Zhao Guo was not moving, so he was in a hurry, so he came to ask for a meeting and urged Chu to send troops.

Sure enough, after the two entered the hall, they immediately started lobbying, hoping that the State of Chu could send troops to save Yan as soon as possible.

In this regard, Xiong Huai still comforted with kind words, and once again said that as soon as the Chu army arrived, he would immediately send troops to attack Qi.

After the two left, Chen Zhen arched his hand and said, "King, the minister thinks that now is the time." ”

"This..." Xiong Huai frowned, and shook his head hesitantly: "Zhao Guo is not moving, although Yan Guo is already dissatisfied with Zhao Guo at this time, but Yan Guo's resentment is not deep enough, and the widow thinks that he has to wait a little longer..."

On the other side, in the camp of the Chu army outside Qinghe City.

Zhao Ju looked at the news that had just come from Huaiyin in his hand, and after seeing that the King of Chu had rejected Yan Guo again, the wrinkles on his forehead couldn't help but deepen.

Ever since Zhao sent his troops, he was extremely worried.

Not only was he worried that Zhao Guo would succeed in saving Yan, and it would be difficult for Chu State to get the expected gain, but he was also worried that Zhao State would succeed in saving Yan, so that Chu State's rescue operation would be abandoned halfway, resulting in his efforts as the chief general of the Chu army to be fruitless.

Now that the state of Chu is vacant, this rescue operation is extremely important to him.

If the credit is too small, or there is no credit, it will lead to another twist and turn in his already stable position of Ling Yin.

After the sailors of the king of Chu in Jiangdong arrived in Guangling and decided to postpone the expedition to Qi, he was very worried.

However, at that time, the king of Chu was thinking about the state of Chu and obtaining greater benefits, so although he was helpless, he didn't say anything.

However, now that Zhao Guo is not moving, he has no other plans, and the envoys sent by Yan State every day to ask for help have already arrived to the point where the rear car can see the front car.

At this moment, it has already shown that Yan Guo is eager, and even Yan Guo has already complained about Zhao Guo.

In other words, now is the best time to cut down.

Missing this opportunity did not have any loss for the Chu State, but it was a great loss for him Zhaoju.

After all, Huaiyin is too far away from Yan Kingdom, and opportunities are often fleeting and difficult to grasp.

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Night.

Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Ju and asked in surprise: "Xianqing returned to Huaiyin overnight to ask to see the widow, but what is the important matter?" ”

Zhao Ju nodded, and then asked, "Great King, did the minister hear that the army of Zhao State to rescue Yan State stopped its troops in Xiyang to rest?" ”

"Not bad!" Xiong Huai nodded, and then said that Bai Ri had rejected the envoy of Yan Country again.

"This... Alas..." Zhao Ju suddenly let out a long sigh when he heard this.

Xiong Huai was stunned, looked at Zhao Ju strangely and asked, "Why did Xianqing sigh?" ”

Zhao Ju looked at the king of Chu, stopped talking, paused, and then asked: "King, the envoy of Yan State did not arrive before, as soon as the king heard the news of the defeat of Yan State, he convened his ministers overnight to discuss the strategy of saving Yan, and the ministers were stupid and dared to ask why the king was like this!" ”

"Of course..." Xiong Huai's words just began, and then he was stunned.

At that time, he was in a hurry to rescue, naturally in order to let Yan Guo save his vitality and insert a nail behind Qi Guo.

However, Zhao Guo's actions made Xiong Huai feel like he was being calculated, and for this reason, he decided to suspend the war.

So much so that he forgot the original intention of saving Yan.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai let out a long sigh, and then bowed his hand to Zhao Ju and said, "Thank you Zhuguo for reminding you, otherwise the widow will be blinded by anger." ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately arched his hand and said: "King, as the saying goes, saving an emergency is like fighting a fire, and it should not be delayed. What's more, the State of Chu is far away from the Kingdom of Yan, and it can be said that the water is far away to save the fire, so it should be urgent as soon as possible.

The whole Yan country, because of the defeat of the two Qi, has greatly hurt people's hearts and panic. King Yan bribed Zhao Guo with heavy gifts, precisely because Qu Shuncheng was already in danger after being besieged, and Yan Guo was powerless in the face of Qi State, so he put aside his prejudices and went to Zhao State for help.

Therefore, the situation in Qu Reverse City can be imagined. ”

Saying that, Zhao Ju paused, saw that the King of Chu showed a contemplative expression, and continued: "Great King, now that the Zhao army, which Yan State has placed high hopes on, has stopped, Qu Rebellion City will inevitably fall into a deep loss, and its morale will plummet, and it may be conquered by the Qi army at any time.

At this time, the minister thought that the king should be anxious and should immediately send troops to rescue.

As for the success or failure of the countries in the north..."

Saying that, Zhao Ju showed a hint of a smile: "Great King, it is the Qi State that borders my Chu State, not the Yan and Zhao countries, and the enemy of my Chu State is the Qi State, not Yan Zhao." Therefore, the two countries of Yan and Zhao in the north, no matter which country grows, it will be beneficial to our Chu country.

As long as it is beneficial, why should the king be Yan or Zhao. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ju arched his hand with a heavy face and said: "King, if the overall situation of the destruction of the Zhongshan Kingdom of the Zhao State has been decided, the minister thinks that my Chu State will not only not be able to drag the Zhao State back, but will push the Zhao State."

The strength of the Zhao State will inevitably arouse the jealousy of the surrounding Qi, Yan, Qin, Han, Wei and other countries, so that only the Zhao State is jealous of all countries can prevent all the countries from focusing all their attention on our Chu State.

In this way, my Chu State can get a chance to breathe. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he was silent for a long time before he nodded thoughtfully.

"What Zhu Guo said is extremely true, and few people know it."

Saying that, Xiong Huai sat upright, then his face turned straight, and he said loudly: "Spread the edict and summon the ministers to discuss the matter." In addition, let the envoy of the Yan Kingdom be in the side hall later, the widow has something important to say to the envoy tonight..."