During this time, Jingcui was in charge of attacking the city every day, but he was not idle, and he had been deploying the battlefield all the time, waiting for the arrival of Qi reinforcements.

At this moment, seeing the King of Chu looking over, he smiled confidently: "King, the minister has already arranged the battlefield, just waiting for the Qi army to enter the urn." ”

Xiong Huai slapped his face violently when he heard this, and said happily: "Okay! ”

At the same time, Tian Wen in the city was forced to suffer heavy losses in the past few days, and the reinforcements of the king of Qi were already in sight. From morning to night, I have been asking the doorman if the reinforcements of King Qi have arrived.

After Tang Li reported the results of the battle to Tian Wen, Tian Wen was silent for a long time, and then asked, "Is there any news from Jucheng today?" ”

The doorman Wei Xian shook his head: "Back to the king, there has been no news yet." ”

Tian Wen let out a sigh of "Ao" when he heard this, and then let out a long sigh of concern.

Seeing this, Gongsun Hong opened his mouth to persuade: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qi has only been gone for a few days, it takes time on the road, it takes time to communicate with the minister, and it also takes time to lobby the king, so it will definitely take some time for the king to send reinforcements." ”

Tian Wen nodded and sighed: "These benjuns also know, but now the Chu and Song coalition forces are storming Xue City every day, and the army in the city is decreasing every day, and the period is getting lower and lower day by day. Benjun is worried in his heart, and there is no end! ”

Listening to Meng Weijun's emotion, Gongsun Hong thought about it and said, "Your Excellency, the minister has a strategy to speed up the arrival of reinforcements. ”

"What's the plan?" As soon as Tian Wen heard that Gongsun Hong had a plan, his spirits perked up, and he immediately asked, "Please come quickly, sir!" ”

Gongsun Hong responded: "Your Majesty, the minister's strategy is to give gifts to the king of Yue and the ministers of the Yue Kingdom, and state the benefits and disadvantages. ”

"Gifts to the Yue Kingdom?" Tian Wen was thoughtful.

Gongsun Hong explained: "Your Majesty, the reason why the king has not sent reinforcements for a long time is because the army of the Yue Kingdom has been stationed in the southeast of Tancheng, so the king still has concerns about whether to send reinforcements. ”

"As long as we can persuade the king of Yue to withdraw his troops, then the king's concerns will not exist, and because of the withdrawal of the Yue army, the two countries of Chu and Song will lose a strong reinforcement, especially the Chu army, which is in danger of being cut off by the Qi army at any time."

"In this way, the king has no worries, but the state of Chu suddenly has worries, this is the way to make the king quickly send troops and protect Xue City."

Tian Wen's eyes lit up.

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At this time, in the area where Tancheng was located, since the Yue State had sworn an oath with the Chu and Song dynasties, it moved its main force eastward and stationed it at a place eighty miles southeast of Tancheng, that is, it would not attack Qi in the north, nor would it retreat to the south.

After the Yue army was stationed here for ten days, the envoys of the Qi State began to frequently enter the camp to visit the king of Yue, and he hoped that the king of Yue could temporarily withdraw his troops, but the king of Yue was unmoved.

Today, not long after the envoy of Qi left, the king of Yue said to Yue Meng: "My army of Yue has been stationed in the southeast of Tancheng for more than a month and a half! ”

Yue Meng responded: "King, plus today, forty-eight days!" Calculating the time, it has been a month since the Chu and Song dynasties besieged Xuecheng. ”

King Yue smiled: "Yes, if you want to come to Chu and Song, the losses will definitely not be light now." ”

Yue Meng also smiled and said: "King, according to the report from the spies, Na Tianwen was besieged, and he did not hesitate to pay a lot of money to buy the head of the enemy army, and the defenders of Xuecheng saw the enemy army climbing the city wall at first, so they were happy to cut off their heads and pay the reward, and the losses of the two countries can be seen." ”

King Yue nodded: "Before, the King of Chu said to the widow that he broke Xue and obeyed Lu Vaqi, but the widow still didn't believe it. Now the Chu and Song dynasties will attack Xuecheng with all their might, and the losses are huge, and the widows believe it, this is really to attract the main force of the Qi army, so as to facilitate the widows to attack the Qi country! ”

Yue Meng smiled lightly.

At first, the Yue State was also worried that the Chu State would deceive, and would fake the attack on Xue Cheng to induce the Yue army to fight hard with the Qi State. For this reason, the Yue State contained the main force of the Qi army in Tancheng for many days, the purpose was to let the Chu and Song countries rest assured and boldly attack Xuecheng, so that the heads of the Chu and Song countries on Xuecheng would be broken and their strength would be greatly damaged.

Now this purpose has been successful.

Although there were twists and turns in the process, the Song army almost really broke through Xue Cheng, but fortunately, Tian Wen still had the strength and defended Xue Cheng to the death.

King Yue spoke again: "Xianqing, the widow thinks that the time is almost now. If we continue to contain the main force of the Qi army here, then it is possible that the Chu and Song countries will really break through Xuecheng. The two countries of Chu and Song broke through Xuecheng, and then subdued the state of Lu and forced the state of Qi, so that the state of Chu will definitely be strengthened, which is very unfavorable to us. ”

"Therefore, the widow plans to wait for the envoy of Qi to arrive at the camp again, extort a sum from Qi State, and then temporarily withdraw the army."

Yue Meng arched his hand and said: "The king is wise." ”

While he was talking, after Gongzi Hoof sent away the envoy of Qi State, he came in and reported: "Father, there is a person outside the camp who claims to be Sun Hong, the guest of Meng Weijun, who wants to see him!" ”

King Yue and Yue Meng glanced at each other and laughed: "It seems that Meng Weijun is under a lot of pressure now, and he has come to visit the widow!" ”

Yue Meng opened his mouth and said: "Great King, it seems that there is no need to wait for the envoy of the Qi State, tomorrow, we can withdraw our troops." ”

King Yue nodded and said, "Please come in Gongsun Hong!" ”

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Jucheng.

After the envoy who returned from the camp of the Yue army reported to the king of Qi, after the king of Qi let the envoy out, he said to the prince: "Xiangguo, I didn't expect the king of Yue to refuse the widow again!" ”

The prince said heavily: "King, for the Yue Kingdom, dragging the main force of the Qi State here, and then letting the Chu and Song countries besiege the fortified city, whether it succeeds or not, it will be beneficial and harmless to the Yue Kingdom, why not!" ”

King Qi sighed lightly and asked again: "The state of Chu is about to send troops for two months, how can the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei reply to the state of Qi now?" Are you willing to speak for Qi Guo? ”

Chu Ziying said: "Yan Guo is respectful to Qi Guo on the surface, but secretly guards us very strictly. And the state of Zhao and the state of Qin were filthy again in Shangjun, and they were too busy to take care of themselves. As for the Wei state, although under the instigation of the pro-Qi ministers, the king of Wei has already favored the Qi state, preventing the Chu state from being strengthened again, which is not good for the Wei state.

However, because the state of Chu is strong and the state of Qi is weak, the king of Wei is unwilling to easily fall to our state of Qi, so as not to be retaliated by the state of Chu afterwards. Second, because of Wei Xianglou, it is precisely because of Wei Xianglou's strong opposition that the King of Wei has always wavered between Qi and Chu. ”

"Wei Xianglou..." King Qi muttered in his mouth, and a cold light appeared in his eyes.

The first concern of the King of Wei was not a problem at all, the purpose of this Qi-Wei alliance was originally to weaken the Chu State, so that it would continue to weaken the Chu State in the future, and there was no need to worry about the Chu State retaliating afterwards.

Therefore, Wei Xiang, supported by the Chu State, this is the crux of the problem.

Thinking about it, King Qi spoke: "The widow wants to get rid of Lou Su and support a pro-Qi faction Wei Xiang, can Xiangguo have a way?" ”