Night.

The king of Song took Hui Ang and five hundred retinues to the Chu camp, and was then welcomed into the camp by Xiong Huai himself.

In the big tent, after the ceremony, Xiong Huai looked at King Song, who was a few years older than him, tall and burly, and asked curiously: "King Song, I don't know what happened to come to the widow at this time?" Could it be that there is something wrong with the Qi country? Or what is wrong with the Song Kingdom? ”

King Song shook his head and said, "Neither." The widow came to see the king of Chu, but there was only one thing to inquire, I don't know where the Chu State plans to attack the Qi State this time? ”

Xiong Huai glanced at King Song in surprise, the Three Kingdoms swore to fight Qi, shouldn't the Three Kingdoms study together after King Yue arrived?

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "At this time, King Yue has not fallen, why not wait for King Yue to arrive in Zhongwu City, and then our three kingdoms will discuss it together!" ”

King Song laughed and nodded: "Yes, this time the Three Kingdoms are in Qi, and we should wait for King Yue to arrive, and then discuss together." ”

"But..." Saying that, King Song said with a little hesitation: "Now that Chu and Yue have occupied Zhongwu, at this time, they will face two choices, one is to attack Tancheng to the north, and then crusade against Jucheng, the important city of Qi, and on the other side is Xue Di of Qi, the widow wants to hear what the King of Chu means, I don't know which direction the King of Chu intends to attack?" ”

Xiong Huai took a deep look at King Song, the problem of Tancheng Xue Di was only a matter of the direction of attack for the Chu State, but for the Song State, it was a crucial question of gain and loss.

If the State of Chu attacks Tancheng, then the State of Song attacks the State of Qi alone, and I am afraid that it will not be able to catch it.

If the State of Chu attacks Xue Di, then with the strength of Chu and Song, it cannot be said that it will be easy to attack Xue Di, but on the whole, there is still hope for the Song State to pull out this nail.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai relaxed, since the Song State had an urgent need to attack Xue Di, then the Chu State was naturally not in a hurry.

"King Song, the widow and the generals have not yet discussed the result, Xue Gong is hated by the widow and the first king, but the first king has died, the first Xue Gong is also dead, and it is difficult to weaken the Qi State. And Tancheng is located, connecting the two countries of Qilu, a strategically important place, and few people want to take it. ”

Hearing that the King of Chu seemed to be more inclined to attack Tancheng, Hui Ang beside King Song bowed his hand, and then said: "King, now the King of Qi is going to Jucheng to sit in town, and the famous general of Qi Kuang Zhang led the main force of Qi to garrison Tancheng, and the city wall of Tan is high and deep, backed by Qilu, and reinforcements are continuous, and the minister is worried that even if Chu and Yue attack with all their might, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through Tancheng within a year and a half." ”

As he spoke, he saw that Jingcui Tang Wu on the side of King Chu all nodded, and continued: "Therefore, the minister's meaning is that instead of attacking the insurmountable Jiancheng Tancheng, it is better to attack Xue Di. The city wall of Xuedi has only been built for a year or two, and it is far less solid than Tancheng. The main general of Xue Di is Tian Wen, who can only sell righteousness and buy fame, and the army is also a rabble cobbled together by Qilu and other countries, and it is not vulnerable at all. ”

"And Grandma Xue is the enemy of your country, and if she captures Xue Di, this is to avenge the first king. What's more, although Tancheng is important, it is far less rich than Xue Di. ”

"Therefore, the minister suggested, why not join forces with the Song State and attack Xue Di. At that time, our Song State will send 150,000 troops and unite with 250,000 Chu troops, and Xue Cheng will definitely go down in one go. At that time, wouldn't it be beautiful for our two countries to divide the land wealth of Xuedi! ”

Seeing that Hui Ang instigated the King of Chu to attack Xuedi, Chen Zhen smiled, bowed to the King of Song, and said: "Great King, what Huizi said is extremely true, and it is true that the matter of cutting down Xue is profitable. But this crusade against the Qi State is to seek justice for the people of the world and crusade against the unrighteous act of the Qi State. ”

"Xue Di, this is Xue Gong's territory, even if you capture Xue Di and take the wealth of Xue Di, I'm afraid you can't let King Qi bow his head, only Tancheng, the key place, can make King Qi lower his arrogant head."

King Song listened to Chen Zhen's high-sounding words, and he didn't like it in his heart, these lobbyists would say some lofty lies!

It's a nice thing to say, but the people here don't have fools in the fields, don't they know the inside story? Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed when you say this?

Although he disdained Chen Zhen's words, Chen Zhen was a Chu minister after all, and the King of Song couldn't do anything to him.

Hui Ang saw that King Song's eyes were cold, and he who had been friends with him for many years immediately understood King Song's displeasure.

Then, he immediately frowned and shook his head and sighed.

Chen Zhen's face sank: "Why does Keiko sigh, but what's wrong with Zhen?" ”

Hui Ang shook his head and said: "No, it's just that I'm worried that the coalition army will not be able to conquer Tancheng within a year and a half, and as a result, not only will it not make the Qi country bow its head, but it will also make the coalition army ridiculed by the world." ”

Chen Zhen froze when he heard this.

Although Chen Zhen is not good at commanding battles, he also knows that now that the main force of Qi is in Tancheng, it will not be easy to conquer Tancheng.

The last time Chu and Yue besieged the small city of Zhongwu City, it took several months and they have not yet been captured, let alone the tall Tancheng.

Not only Chen Zhen, but also none of the generals of Chu State boasted about Haikou.

The king of Song saw that there was no way for the monarchs and ministers of Chu to guarantee that they would be able to conquer Tancheng, so he spoke: "King of Chu, the widow has a suggestion to use the Yue army as a suspicious soldier to contain Kuangzhang's army, and then the Chu and Song coalition forces will go all out to take Xue Di, and then move eastward to subdue the Lu State. ”

"As long as the state of Lu surrenders, then Jucheng will also be exposed to the eyes of the Chu army, and it can directly let the army besiege the king of Qi, and then there will be no need for Tancheng to hold on, and it will naturally be self-defeating."

Xiong Huai bowed slightly when he heard this, and King Song's suggestion was a feasible strategy at that time, and he could achieve the goal of attacking the Qi State without facing the strong city.

Moreover, attacking Tancheng now will do more harm than good to the Chu State, and the gains will indeed outweigh the losses.

Moreover, capturing Xue Di is also a good choice to bury a nail between Qi and Song, so that the tentacles of Song can penetrate deeper into the sphere of influence of Qi State.

Moreover, it was more advantageous to hand over the land to the Song State than to attack Tancheng with the Yue State, and then the land obtained by the outnumbered people of Chu and Yue.

After all, a ruined Yue State could not stop the offensive of Qi State at all, but Song State was not.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai made a decision.

It's just...

Xiong Huai glanced at King Song and did not agree to this matter easily.

Not only because of Yue Guo, but also because he wanted Song Guo to pay the price, Xue Di was Song Guo's henchman, and he couldn't just be so cheap Song Guo.

King Chu of Song moved, but he still did not let go, his face smiled slightly, and he said: "King Chu, the widow still has an idea, if the Chu and Song countries capture the Xue land, the widow wants to share the Xue land equally with the Chu state. Of course, as a price, the widow was willing to cut off the eight cities including Mengcheng as compensation. ”

Xiong Huai immediately smiled when he heard this, this is the price of King Song, but this is not enough.

Mengcheng was a city in the Song Kingdom near the Chu State, and Zhuangzi and his family lived here. Although the eight cities such as Mengcheng are not bad, they are still insufficient compared with Xue Di. What's more, compared with cities such as Mengcheng, Xue Di is a strategic place in the Song Kingdom, and it is a problem for henchmen.