Xiong Huai's face immediately changed when he heard this, and he said worriedly: "King Wei still decided to betray the widow after all." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai turned his head to look at Gongsun Yan and said, "Rhino head, there is news from Si Defeat, and Tian Jia has signs of sending troops." ”

Gongsun Yan shook his head with a heavy face.

"This..." Xiong Huai was silent for a moment, and then spoke: "Order, please come back to see the widow, just say that things have changed, and you need to discuss the next action." ”

"Yui!"

After a while, Jing Cui, who looked tired, walked in from the outside with a quick step, and saw Gongsun Yan and Chen Zhen all sitting on the side of the King of Chu with a solemn face, and the King of Chu also frowned, bowed, and just sat down opposite Gongsun Yan, he asked eagerly: "King, but something big happened, and he actually handed over the ministers from the front line." ”

Xiong Huai nodded: "Yes, there is indeed a major matter, Chen Qing, I have to ask you to tell Zhu Guo about the matter of Wei again." ”

"No!"

After Chen Zhen finished speaking, Jing Cui couldn't help but show a heavy look.

Although he had expected the affairs of Wei State, he didn't want Wei State to move so quickly and so unexpectedly.

From Chen Jia's lobbying of King Wei to Lou Su's deposition, and then Gongsun Xi went to Jibei to watch, it all happened on the same day.

The whole process was too fast, and at the same time it showed the determination of King Wei.

After a while, Xiong Huai saw that Jingcui seemed to have made up his mind, so he spoke: "Although the Wei State has not officially announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Chu and Song, judging from the current situation, this is already an undoubted thing. The only question now is whether the Wei army will immediately declare war on the Chu and Song dynasties after the assembly of the army.

Now there are some doubts in the hearts of the widows, that is, whether we can defeat the Qi reinforcements in the east and capture Xuecheng before the arrival of the Qi-Wei coalition army in the north. In other words, whether we still want to attack Xue Cheng and whether we should immediately withdraw our troops. ”

After speaking, Xiong Huai asked Jingcui and the others, "I don't know why Zhuqing taught me." ”

Jing Cui and Gongsun Yan glanced at each other, nodded to each other, and then said at the same time: "King, you can't retreat now." ”

"Why?" Xiong Huai asked.

In fact, Xiong Huai was also reluctant to withdraw at this time, the State of Chu had made a lot of preparations in order to capture Xuecheng, especially for the problem of the Eastern Qi Army, even the trap ambush had been prepared, and it was a pity to retreat now.

Although he is unwilling, Xiong Huai must remain sober, the goal of Chu at this stage is not Wei, there is no need to fight a war with Wei, even if he wins, Chu will lose.

It doesn't matter if Xue Cheng is not defeated, it is still blocked by the Qi and Wei coalition forces under Xue Cheng, Xiong Huai thinks it is not worth it.

Jing Cui opened his mouth and said: "Great King, the purpose of our attack on Xue Cheng was not to obtain the land wealth of Xue Land, but to show the strength of Chu by attacking Xue Cheng, so as to deter other countries, especially the Wei State with an ambiguous attitude, so that all countries can temporarily maintain their alliance with Chu State, and create a favorable external environment for us to take over the attack on Yue State."

Now, the countries of Wei are showing signs of turning to Qi, and they have not completely expressed their attitude towards Qi, so we hastily withdraw our troops. This will not only make our efforts in the past few months go to waste, but it will also make Wei despise Chu. Once the state of Chu shows weakness, not to mention the state of Wei, which has betrayed, I am afraid that Zhao and Han will also be separated from us because of this.

Therefore, the minister thought that there was no way to retreat at this time. ”

After Jing Cui finished speaking, Gongsun Yan continued: "The king, the minister thinks that what Zhu Guo said is extremely true, the art of war is cloudy, and it can't be shown if it can't, and it can't be shown if it can't. If we want to attack Viet Nam next year, then now is the time to be strong. Through the strength shown by the Chu State, it gave the allies of the Chu State strong confidence. In this way, the next time we invite Song and Yue to attack Qi, then Song and Yue will surely happily obey. ”

Hearing Jing Cui and Gongsun Yan's explanation, Xiong Huai was silent for a moment, and then dispelled the idea of retreating immediately.

"Yes, now the widow really can't retreat." After a pause, Xiong Huai asked again: "However, the current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for us, if we are blocked by the Qi and Wei coalition forces in Xuedi, then what should we do?" The widow didn't want to lead the Chu-Song coalition army to a decisive battle with the Qi-Wei coalition army at this time. ”

Jing Cui nodded and said, "King, we can't retreat now, but we can't really have a decisive battle with the Qi and Wei coalition forces, which will undoubtedly delay our time to attack the Yue Kingdom." ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly when he heard that Jing Cui agreed with his point of view, and then asked, "So how does Zhu Guo think we should avoid a decisive battle?" ”

Jing Cui muttered: "King, there are two ways to avoid the occurrence of a decisive battle. One is that we can capture Xue City before Qi Wei's reinforcements arrive in Xuedi, so that Wei will be greatly frightened and stop rescuing Qi. ”

"Yes, as long as we can defeat Xue Cheng, we can naturally avoid a decisive battle." Xiong Huaiyou frowned and said, "But we have been attacking Xue Cheng for several months, how can we capture Xue Cheng in a hurry." ”

At this time, Chen Zhen, who had been silent beside him, reminded: "King, yesterday the spies in the city came to report, and Tian Wen ordered Qi Maungbi to visit Tian Jia with his daughter. As a result, when Qi Maungbi returned, all the wealth of his daughter was left in the Tianjia camp. Tian Jia received such a heavy gift, and it was not long before Tian Jia sent troops. ”

Xiong Huai was reminded by Chen Zhenyi and immediately reacted, and then, thoughtfully: "Zhu Guo, now that the rescue army of Wei is coming, there is not much time left for us. If you want to conquer Xue City, it will be in these few days. ”

Jing Cui nodded and said: "Don't worry, the king will definitely step up his attack on Xue Cheng, put on a posture of attacking Xue Cheng in the next few days, and force Tian Jia to enter the army as soon as possible." ”

After a pause, Jing Cui spoke again: "Now that Wei is about to send troops, maybe Tian Jia's time to send troops is almost up!" ”

Xiong Huai nodded, smiling without saying a word.

"The king, the minister thinks that if you want to lure Tian Jia into the army, the best way is to withdraw the army." Gongsun Yan made an astonishing suggestion.

"Retirement?" Shocked by Gongsun Yan's words, Xiong Huai and the three of them let out an exclamation at the same time.

Then, Jing Cui was the first to react: "Clever plan, the rhino head is really clever." ”

Xiong Huai then reacted.

The current situation has gradually evolved into an unfavorable situation for the Chu State, and once the Qi-Wei coalition army arrives in Xuedi, it is almost impossible for the Chu State to break through Xue City again.

At that time, the first thing the Chu State had to do was to protect itself so as not to be surrounded by the Qi State.

Therefore, a temporary retreat and changing the geographical advantage of Qi and Wei will become the primary task of the Chu and Song coalition forces. And if the State of Qi wants to occupy a favorable position and fight a decisive battle with the State of Chu under Xue Cheng, it is bound to entangle the main force of the Chu army before the Chu army withdraws, and at the worst it will eat the flank of the Chu army.

In order to achieve this goal, Tian Jia will definitely send troops.

In other words, the moment Tian Jia sent his troops was an opportunity for the Chu State. And this opportunity cannot be given by Tian Jia on his own initiative, because there will be no objection.

The best time should be for the state of Chu to create an illusion, lure Tian Jia, and then make a time difference.