Seeing that the King of Chu understood, Chen Zhen continued: "Great King, although we need the Yan State to contain the Qi State behind the Qi State, this series of policies of the Yan King can make the Yan State strong. ”

"If it is the king and the hegemony of the world, then the rise of a new power in the far north is naturally beneficial to the Chu State, and if it is the king and the sweep of the universe, it is necessary to limit the development speed of the Yan State."

The combination of Yan Zhaowang and Le Yi was like a thorn in his heart, making Xiong Huai feel uncomfortable all the time. Now Chen Zhen proposed to restrict the development of Yan Kingdom, and he strongly agreed with it in his heart.

According to the principle of distant friendship and close attack, Yan is a country that needs to be befriended, but a strong Yan country is not a good thing for Chu State.

If you want to weaken the Yan State, the Chu State whip is beyond its reach, and you can only go through other countries, and this country, Xiong Huai determined that it was the Qi State without thinking about it.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "The widow has heard a nursery rhyme, which is to praise the king of Yue Goujian, which said: Hard-working people, the sky does not bear, lie on the salary and taste the gall, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu." ”

Chen Zhen saluted when he heard this: "The king is wise, Weichen will immediately arrange for spies to spread this rumor in Linzi of Qi State." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and then asked: "The widow has heard people talk about a great sage before, named Le Yi, I don't know if Xianqing has ever heard of it." ”

"Le Yi?" Chen Zhen thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "Back to the king, Weichen has never heard of this person. ”

Xiong Huai sighed, he hadn't even heard of Chen Zhen, I'm afraid Le Yi didn't know where he was at this time?

The idea of recruiting Le Yi in advance was shattered, and Xiong Huai retreated: "Now that King Yan has issued a recruitment order, no one is worried, I don't know if Xianqing can stop King Yan from recruiting talents?" ”

Chen Zhen disagreed: "Great King, according to the minister's opinion, there is no need to worry about King Yan's recruitment, such as today's great sage, who has been born, most of them are in the Jixia School Palace of Qi State, and a small part is scattered in various countries, and the world's capable ministers have been divided among various countries." As for those great sages and capable ministers who have not yet been born, with the three powerful countries of Chu, Qin, and Qi in front, they will definitely not give priority to the weak Yan State. ”

"If the king must destroy the recruitment of talents in the Yan Kingdom, then Weichen has a strategy to disrupt the recruitment of talents in the Yan Kingdom."

Xiong Huai immediately asked, "What's the way?" ”

Chen Zhen said: "That is to ruin the reputation of King Yan." We can send famous fugitives and morally corrupt rangers from all over the world to Yan Kingdom, if Yan King does not accept it, then we will spread rumors in various countries, saying that it is better to meet Yan Wang than to be famous, just to show off his reputation. If King Yan accepts these people, we will spread another rumor that King Yan is good at being a hero, and luring fugitives and rangers from various countries to flood into Yan Kingdom, causing the King of Yan to only like rangers. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said: "This matter is feasible, the matter of the fugitive and the ranger, summon to Ejun, he has a wide range of contacts in various countries, and he will definitely be able to handle this matter." ”

Chen Zhen responded: "Only." ”

Chen Zhen just nodded, Li Qiu walked up to the King of Chu and said, "King, Sima Zhaoju has something important to ask to see." ”

"Sima!"

Since Zhaoju was promoted to Sima, he was in charge of the military of the Chu State, and before the prince's wedding, the Chu State did not seem to have any major military operations.

I'll find out later, I hope it's not bad news.

Xiong Huai groaned and said to Li Qiu: "Pass." ”

"Yui."

Zhao Ju walked in and saw that Chen Zhen was also there, nodded slightly, and saluted the king of Chu: "Meet the king." ”

"No courtesy." Xiong Huai asked, "Sima, is there any major change in asking for a meeting at this time?" ”

Zhao Ju nodded and said: "Back to the king, that's right, Weichen just received an urgent report of the defeat of the division, and the Qi State has withdrawn its troops." ”

"What? The State of Qi has withdrawn its troops! Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then realized.

It must be that after the King of Qi got the news of Yan State, he adjusted Qi State's diplomatic strategy.

It's right to think about it, King Yan followed the example of King Yue and King Qin, intending to take revenge, it is too obvious, there is such a country that is extremely hostile to himself accumulating strength behind his back, and no one will rest assured if he rests on it, not to mention that the State of Qi has been weakened after this battle.

The withdrawal of Qi troops is a matter of course.

Hearing King Chu's question, Zhao Ju hesitated: "Great King, hasn't the envoy sent to the State of Qi sent back the information yet?" According to the news that Si Defeated came back, the reason why the King of Qi withdrew his troops was because he accepted the mediation of our Chu State. ”

"What? This is impossible, the envoy who went to the State of Qi two days ago reported that the King of Qi had already refused the mediation of our State of Chu. ”

Chen Zhen was taken aback, then his eyes flashed, and he saluted to the King of Chu and said, "King, please forgive Weichen for being rude, the minister needs to go back immediately to check if there is any information sent back by the envoy of the Qi State." ”

Xiong Huai heard this: "Qing Ke go quickly." ”

Xiong Huai watched Chen Zhen leave, his brows were furrowed, he also knew the news two days ago, but he didn't take it to heart.

Mediation failed, that is a matter of course, although the state of Qi has been weakened, but it is still a big country, if it is in the case of its own side has an advantage, only an envoy from the state of Chu can persuade the Qi army to retreat, this is an impossible thing.

If this is just Qi Guo giving himself a step down, then that's it.

I'm afraid that Qi Guo is plotting something.

Not long after Chen Zhen left the main hall, he took a silk book and returned to the main hall again.

"But the news of Qi State?" Xiong Huai asked Chen Zhen.

"Back to the king, it is the news of the Qi country." Chen Zhen said, offering the silk book with both hands.

Xiong Huai took the silk book from Li Qiu's hand and saw that it was the news that Qi Guo had accepted mediation.

Two days after the envoy of Chu left Linzi, Qi suddenly sent people to intercept the envoy of Chu at the border of Qi, and then the king of Qi announced the matter of accepting mediation and officially withdrew his troops from Huaibei.

Xiong Huai closed the silk book, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "King Qi is feeling empty!" I am worried that once the Qi State refuses to be outnumbered, I am afraid that I will be retaliated against by the Chu State! ”

Zhao Ju was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "King, why is this?" ”

Xiong Huai motioned to Li Qiuyi and asked him to hand over the silk book sent by Ejun on the case to Zhaoju.

Li Qiu understood.

Zhao Ju looked at Ejun's information, and immediately smiled dumbly, and said, "It seems that Qi Guo is in trouble." ”

Then, Zhao Ju congratulated: "Congratulations to the king, you have an ally." ”

Chen Zhen immediately said to the King of Chu at this time: "King, please immediately send a heavy gift to Yue Guo." ”

"Uh..." Xiong Huai asked, "What is the solution to this matter?" ”

Chen Zhen replied: "Great King, the King of Yue is greedy for money and good reputation, the reason why the State of Qi must intercept our envoy is that in addition to preserving the face of our Chu State, there is also a purpose, that is, to respect Chu and degrade Yue, and arouse the dissatisfaction of the King of Yue against the King." ”

As soon as Chen Zhen explained, Xiong Huai instantly figured it out.

Qi did not even retaliate against the Song State, but only against the Yue State, in addition to the jealousy of the Yue State in the early Qi State, there was also the isolation and weakness of the Yue State.

Now that the State of Qi is attacking the State of Yue, in the case of having an advantage, it obeys the request of the envoy of the King of Chu and withdraws its troops from Huaibei, which is also a humiliation to the King of Yue.

In addition to being angry with the Qi State, the King of Yue will also be jealous of the King of Chu.

King Yue, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, is dizzy and is likely to bite people indiscriminately.