Xiong Huai suddenly smiled "haha", looked at Sun Hao, who had been worshipping on the ground for a long time, and said: "Tingli is dedicated to the country, and he dares to face Ling Yin, and the widow is very relieved in his heart. However, although the battle of Chencheng was defeated by our Chu State, this defeat was only temporary, but a temporary defeat, judging from the war between the Five Kingdoms and our Chu State, Ling Yin still had a chance to turn defeat into victory in the future.

Just like more than 50 years, the Great Sima Jingshe sent troops to attack Wei, first defeated the Wei army in Daliang, and then was defeated by the Wei and Han coalition forces, so that all the land north of Yedi was lost, and that defeat was similar to this defeat. However, in the face of this defeat, King Xuan did not give death to the Great Sima Jingshe according to the law of the Chu State, but let Jingshe continue to lead the Chu army to hold Yecheng in order to counterattack. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai suddenly turned his head to look at Jing Shao, the grandson of Jingshe on the side, and asked, "Doctor Shang, when you said that Da Sima was defeated by Wei Han, why didn't King Xuan give Da Sima death." Also, do you say that when Da Sima was defeated by Wei Han back then, should he commit suicide to serve the country. ”

"Uh... This..." When Jing Shao saw that the King of Chu suddenly asked himself, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he didn't know how to answer the King of Chu for a while.

If it is said that Jingshe should be killed, or that Jingshe should commit suicide, this is not only an insult to the ancestors, but also a great unfilial piety to the ancestor Jingshe.

However, if he now says that the first king did the right thing, and the ancestor Jingshe endured the humiliation and was finally able to turn defeat into victory, this is undoubtedly to support the king of Chu not to dispose of Zhaoju, and support Zhaoju to continue to stay in Juyang to lead the Chu army to fight.

In this way, it is contrary to his purpose today.

Seeing that after the five countries conquered Chencheng, the contradictions have been highlighted, and then it doesn't take much effort to disintegrate the five-nation alliance.

As long as the alliance of the five countries collapses, and then the Chu state gains one or two more allies, and with the strength of the Chu state, it will not be difficult to regain the lost territory.

The great achievement of recovering hundreds of miles of lost land in one fell swoop, the Zhao family wants, and the Jing family wants it even more. Zhao Ju desperately needed this credit to restore his reputation.

But in the same way, Sima Jingque also urgently needs this credit to justify himself. Jing Que sat in Fangcheng for twenty years, and was promoted to Sima by hard work rather than merit, so that many people thought that Jing Que was sitting in Sima's position by virtue of Jing's strength, rather than his own ability.

In the front, there were Zhaoju, Tang and Zhuyu in front, and Zhuang Ji and even Jingyang and others rose rapidly in the army, and this situation was very unfavorable to Jing Que. Not only did Jing Que's Sima status be a little unstable, but it also formed various obstacles for Jing Que to be promoted to Ling Yin in the future.

Therefore, the Jing clan needs to take the opportunity of the turmoil in the country, guide public opinion, borrow the power of the fathers and elders in the country, take the opportunity to pull Zhao Ju off the horse, and then change Jing Que to take office, in order to obtain the great credit of turning the tide, in order to suppress all kinds of discordant voices in the Chu State, and pave the way for Jing Que to take over Ling Yin.

If it succeeds, the Jing clan will have three Ling Yin in succession in just a few decades, which is very likely to make the Jing clan replace the Zhao clan and become the number one clan in the Chu State.

Just for this reason, Jing Shao put pressure on Sun Hao again and again before, and even did not hesitate to personally come forward to encourage Sun Hao and make all kinds of promises.

Now that Tingli Sun Hao has acted as a pioneer, he must not withdraw his own hind legs.

However, now the king of Chu has associated Zhaoju with the ancestor Jingshe, and he criticizes Zhaoju, not only the king of Chu, but also the ancestor King Xuan and the ancestor Jingshe, which must not be done.

But he can't just agree with King Chu to support Zhaoju so simply!

What can I do?

For a time, Jing Shao was in a dilemma, and it was difficult to ride a tiger.

At this time, Xiong Huai saw that Jing Shao was asked by himself, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat, and he was speechless in which branch, and it seemed that it was difficult to decide.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai smiled in his heart, he would not give Jing Shao extra time to think about how to answer.

So, Xiong Huai immediately asked in a dissatisfied tone: "Doctor, should Sima Jingshe commit suicide in shame?" ”

Jing Shao was in a dilemma, when he suddenly heard the King of Chu say in an affirmative tone that Jing She should commit suicide, as if he was aiming the finger at the entire Jing family, he immediately hit a spirit, and then blurted out: "Of course you shouldn't commit suicide." ”

As soon as these words came out, Jing Shao immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, but he hadn't thought of how to get around.

On the other side, Xiong Huai, who was waiting for his words, would not give him a chance to make amends, and immediately shouted: "Okay, it turns out that Doctor Shang also thinks that Ling Yin should be allowed to stay in Juyang at this moment and wait for the opportunity, just like when King Xuan arranged for Da Sima Jingshe." ”

"King, I..."

"Doctor Shang doesn't need to say much, the widow knows what you mean, and he also knows that Ling Yin Zhaoju is in the same situation as the Great Sima Jingshe back then, so it is inconvenient for Xianqing to say more." Saying that, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "The widow doesn't want to embarrass Xianqing, just don't speak, the widow understands Xianqing." ”

When Jing Shao heard this, he opened his mouth, and he didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, the ministers in the palace all looked at Jing Shao with disdain, and even, Xianyin Fanhuan, who was originally standing with Jing Shao, intentionally or unintentionally widened the distance from him.

When Jing Shao saw everyone's attitude, he suddenly showed a look of embarrassment and shame on his face.

At this time, Tingli Sun Hao saw that his biggest reliance was even Jing Shao, who was the driving force behind the scenes, but in just a few words, he was directly said by the King of Chu to have no choice but to defect, and he instantly changed from a pioneer to a lonely army.

Then, he saw Jing Shao close his mouth tightly in shame and embarrassment, as if he had followed the king's advice.

Seeing this, Sun Hao couldn't wait to stand up immediately, then pounced on Jing Shao with a sword, and then sang praises to the King of Chu. However, at this moment, he had already opened his bow and had not turned back, let alone be so anticlimactic, so he bowed again:

"The king, the minister thinks that the king will be the same as Ling Yin, which is very inappropriate. Although Jingshe and Ling Yin were both defeated, and both lost Chen Cai's land, of course, not to say that Ling Yin's losses were far more serious than Jingshe, it is said that the situation at that time was completely different.

In that year, the defeat of Jingshe, there was still the Qin State to attack the west of Wei, the Qi army attacked the east of Wei, and the Zhao army held Handan to drag the main force of the Wei army. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Hao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a more and more passionate voice: "However, it is different now, not to say that it is my Chu State that is besieged by the five countries, but to say that the news from the front line at this time that the main force of the five countries has retreated, which means that the battle of the five countries to attack Chu has ended, or has come to an end." And Ling Yin led the army to defend Juyang, but he had no intention of sending troops north to recover the lost territory.

Therefore, the minister thought that when the war was over, it was the right time to reward merit and punish crimes. ”

After speaking, Sun Hao bowed three times and said: "Therefore, the minister risked death to hear about it, and I hope that the king will investigate the responsibility for the defeat and correct the law of the country." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately frowned, what Sun Hao said was the biggest difference between the situation faced by Jingshe and Zhaoju.

If the war is not over, it is natural that you cannot kill the generals in battle.

However, if the war is over, it is natural that the defeat will be held accountable.

How can this be refuted?