On the other side, after Xiong Huai finished speaking, Gongsun Yan arched his hand to King Song and said: "King Song, now that the country of Qi has changed, Kuang Zhang's attack is imminent, and Tengcheng is difficult to conquer." Therefore, in order to avoid the time when the main force went north, Kuang Zhang led his troops to raid Xuecheng, or cut off the retreat of the coalition army from the Lu State. The minister thought that Xue Cheng should be heavily defended at this time. ”

King Song pondered for a while, now the state of Chu is obviously unwilling to attack Tengcheng again, and Xue Di is new, people's hearts are unstable, it is easy to cause chaos, and it is inevitable that heavy troops will be stationed in Xue Cheng, and it is really unwise to divide troops at this time.

Thinking about it, King Song bowed slightly, and then replied unwillingly: "Yes, the words of the rhinoceros are a safe policy."

Seeing that King Song decided to give up Tengdi, Xiong Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and then worried: "King Song, we have already forced Wei to withdraw by virtue of the great victory over the Qi army, but now, the widow is a little worried that the capture of Tengcheng by Qi will make Wei regain confidence, and then send troops here to help Qi." ”

When King Song heard Xiong Huai mention Wei Guolai, his face suddenly turned cold, and then he frowned and said: "Wei State is indeed a trouble, but now the main force of Song State is still in Xue, and the country is empty. ”

Saying that, King Song looked at Xiong Huai and said, "King Chu, now your country's Sima Zhaoju's army in Chen Di should not have dispersed." The widow wanted to ask the state of Chu to continue to station troops in the form of waiting and watching the state of Wei. ”

"No one can agree to this." Xiong Huai nodded in response, paused, and spoke again: "However, in addition to the Chu State stationing troops in Chendi to threaten the Wei State, the widow also wants the Chu and Song countries to send envoys to the Wei State at the same time to persuade the King of Wei to remain neutral and not to make mistakes." ”

"Okay." King Song responded.

Just when the Chu and Song dynasties decided to wait and see the situation in Xue Di.

Jucheng's side also got news from Tengcheng.

"Great King, three days ago, after Shengzi learned that Tian Jia was defeated, in order to boost morale and avoid the fall of Xue Cheng, he echoed with the people in Tengcheng inside and outside, and attacked Tengcheng at night. When the king's edict reached Shengzi, Shengzi had conquered Tengcheng, so Shengzi wrote a letter to ask for guilt. ”

Listening to the good news reported by the prince, King Qi ignored Shengzi's plea, showed disbelief, and asked, "Xiangguo, why did Shengzi conquer Tengcheng so quickly?" ”

Chu Zi replied: "Great King, Shengzi used to stay in Pinglu for several months, and during this time, he was not idle, but he had been preparing for the attack on Tengcheng. Teng Jun is virtuous, the people are attached, the king of Song destroyed Teng for no reason, and killed Teng Jun and expelled the Teng clan, and the people of Teng have always been dissatisfied with this.

Therefore, when Shengzi was in Pinglu, he actively contacted the people of Teng, and got in touch with the prince of Teng, who fled to Wei, and won his support. Therefore, as soon as the Shengzi army arrived, the people of Tengdi immediately rebelled. It's just that in order to plot against the Chu and Song coalition forces, Shengzi left Tengcheng behind, luring the Chu and Song armies to come to the rescue.

Later, the news of Tianjia's defeat reached Tengdi, and in order to avoid the situation from eroding, before our order reached Shengzi, Shengzi immediately made a decision and captured Tengcheng in one fell swoop. ”

Listening to Chu Zi's explanation, King Qi's face was not happy, but stiffened slightly.

Previously, the State of Qi was defeated in the Land of Xue, and the King of Qi had decided to show weakness to the world and use fear to unite countries against the State of Chu. As a result, as soon as the envoys sent to various countries here went out, the sound of the voice over there captured Tengcheng.

In this regard, King Qi did not know whether to be happy or worried.

Although Tengdi is a hundred miles in size, it is still not as rich as Xue Di, but Xue Di is Tian Wen's fief and is not under the direct jurisdiction of King Qi. And the Tengdi conquered by Shengzi is the real land of Qi.

In this way, even if you count the few cities that were taken away by the Yue Kingdom, it seems that the Qi Kingdom is still strong.

Thinking about it, King Qi said with a hint of joy in his heart: "Xiangguo, is our previous strategy of showing weakness to all countries invalid!" ”

"No." The prince hurriedly dissuaded: "Great King, although we have captured Tengdi, this is only taken from the Song State, and it is the Song State that is weakened, not the Chu State.

When the situation is today, it is still a dispute between Qi and Chu, Chu has the help of Song and Yue, and on our Qi side, Wei has withdrawn its troops, and now only we are left. Therefore, in terms of strength, Chu is strong and weak, this is still the current reality. If we don't show weakness to the countries, and it is still our Qi State that resists the coalition led by the Chu State alone, then even if our Qi State can defeat the Chu State, the Qi State will also be weakened. ”

Saying that, the prince solemnly bowed to the king of Qi and said: "The king, it is irrational to ignore the general trend of the world because of the immediate interests, please think twice." ”

King Qi was stunned for a while, and then spoke: "I don't know what Xiangguo means?" ”

The prince pondered for a moment and responded: "Great King, if you want to continue to implement the previous policy of showing weakness, the current way is to invite back the prince of Teng from Wei and re-establish Teng, so as to show that Qi has no intention of Teng's land." In this way, in addition to secretly revealing that we have fallen into weakness due to the defeat of Tian Jia, it can also show the benevolence of the king to the nations.

In this way, the state of Chu held itself and held its own strength, and waged wars against various countries for many years to seize the land of various countries. However, our Qi State is different, first there is the righteousness that helped Zhao and Wei to fight against the Qin State, and then there is the Great Ren who helped the Teng State to restore the country. As long as the next time Chu sends troops, no matter which country we attack, we will send envoys to contact all countries, in the name of benevolence and righteousness, with fear as the truth, and even to resist Chu.

As long as the state of Chu is defeated, then we can raise troops to the south to recover the land of Huaibei. ”

After speaking, Chu Zi looked at King Qi and said: "Great King, the land of Teng Kingdom for hundreds of miles is really not worth mentioning compared to the land of hundreds of miles of Huaibei in the south. ”

King Qi sighed for a long time: "What Xiang Guo said is extremely true, Teng Guo is indeed a little small. An order was sent to Chen Jia to welcome back the prince of Teng from Wei, and the widow wanted to restore Teng. ”

The prince bowed and said, "The king is wise." ”

King Qi smiled slightly, and then continued to order: "Pass the order, let Kuang Zhang lead the Qi army into the Lu country."

The order was sent to Chen Jia, asking him to continue to stay in Wei to cheer Wei up, so that the king of Wei should not be afraid, and he could not let Wei take the widow's city, and then fall back to Chu. ”

"Yui."

Xue Cheng.

"King, the spies have come to report that the State of Qi has sent someone to pick up Teng Wang, the prince of Teng State, from Wei State, and is ready to restore Teng State and take Teng Wang as the king. For this matter, the king of Wei has already agreed to the request of the state of Qi. In addition, according to the report from Wei, the envoy of Qi also requested that Wei Ning, the son of the king of Wei, be used as the minister of Teng. For the latter request, King Wei was still hesitant and did not immediately agree. ”

Just after Shengzi captured Tengcheng, Qi Guo has been making frequent moves these days.

First, Kuang Zhang led 70,000 Qi troops into the Lu State, and then, the envoys of the Qi State began to frequently go to various countries.

At this moment, after hearing the news of Teng's restoration, Xiong Huai looked at the ministers in the tent and said: "Zhuqing, Qi Guo let Teng return to the country, so as to show the benevolence and righteousness of the King of Qi, it is really a great determination." The State of Qi first lost the land of Xue, and now gave up the land of Teng in a blink of an eye, and the sum of the two is two hundred miles of land, and the king of Qi is really willing to do it. ”