Chapter 172: Seeing Chu Envoy Zhuang Xi Threaten Chu State
After some persuasion from Wei Si again, King Han finally agreed to send Jiuding and Wei to Pengcheng in the Song Kingdom.
After Wei Si dealt with the matter of Jiuding, he first went to Zhou Wangji to appease Zhou Tianzi, and told him in detail about Jiuding, after Zhou Tianzi heard about this, in order to appease the subjects in Zhou Wangji, he recast Jiuding, but this Jiuding is simply a small thing compared to Dayu Jiuding.
After pacifying the Zhou room, Wei Si came to the old capital Anyi again to investigate, after all, the current situation of Wei being rich in the east and poor in the west really made Wei Si, the king of a country, too worried.
However, at the same time, the queen of Qin and her crown prince Yingdang also hurried to Anyi from Daliang to ask for reinforcements from Wei Si.
After Wei Si hugged the two of them and reminisced about the past, he asked about the situation of the two of them in the Qin State:
"Sister, Dang'er, what is the situation in Xianyang now?"
Queen Qin replied:
"Brother, when Dang'er and I escaped from Qin, Xianyang was already besieged by Chu on three sides, leaving only the waterway of the Wei River for us to leave the city, and now Xianyang is in danger...... It's at stake, brother...... Brother! Don't you really look at the love of our sister and brother, and send troops to help my sister once to save ...... Have you rescued my Qin State once? ”
Queen Qin said, knelt on the ground and wailed, and Ying Dang on the side was also full of tears, kneeling on the ground.
Wei Si suddenly remembered that there was a favorite concubine in Yingdang who was the sister of Zhao Bao, the minister of Zhao State, and the beloved daughter of Zhao Bao, the widow of Zhao Bao, who was very famous in Zhao State, so he asked Prince Qin Yingdang on the side:
"Dang'er, you have been out of the Qin capital for more than a month, and I heard that you have a favorite concubine who is the daughter of Mrs. Zhao Guo's Hina Ji, why don't you take your favorite concubine to beg Mrs. Hina Ji to ask for the assistance of Zhao State's soldiers and horses?"
Yingdang didn't reply, and Queen Qin immediately said a word for him:
"Brother Hei, how can you say such a thing as asking Lang'er to take his concubine to beg Zhao Guo? Could it be that our intimate relationship is not as good as Zhao Guo in your eyes? ”
Then he continued:
"Brother, you and I are from the same mother, and your beloved daughter Xi'er married Dang'er as the crown princess, isn't our relationship close enough?"
Wei Si came over and helped his sister Queen Qin:
"Sister, don't say such things! Did the widow say that he would not save your Qin State, but this time the strength of the Chu State is too strong, and with the strength of my Wei State, I am afraid it is just a drop in the bucket! ”
Queen Qin asked with tears in her eyes:
"Then according to your intentions, brother, then you have to let Lang'er go to Zhao Guobing and Wei to rescue us Xianyang? But I heard that now Korea has taken advantage of the danger to attack my Qin State! ”
Wei Si comforted his sister Queen Qin:
"Sister, you don't have to worry about this Korea, as long as you let Lang'er go to ask Zhao to send troops, I will write a letter with King Han, and your Qin State will do some compromise with South Korea, then when we Wei, Zhao, and Han will jointly aid your Qin State, and at that time, won't the crisis in Xianyang, the capital of Qin, be resolved?"
Queen Qin asked again:
"But, how long will it take for reinforcements from your three kingdoms? Our Qin State can't drag it out any longer! ”
Wei Si replied:
"Sister, don't worry, at most three months, according to the current situation, your Qin State will insist on going on, and tomorrow I will let someone escort Dang'er to Zhao State!"
As soon as Wei Si sent the queen of Qin and the crown prince Yingdang out, the envoy of Chu came to ask for a meeting again.
After the Chu envoy entered the hall, after the salute, Wei Si found that the Chu envoy was actually just a teenager, so he was very puzzled, and said with a smile:
"Is there no one in your Chu country? Why would you send a child like you to my kingdom of Wei? ”
The boy immediately replied:
"King Wei, you can't say that, my Chu land is thousands of miles in circumference, which is not inferior to your Wei, Han, Zhao, Qi, and Yan lands combined, and the people are in the millions, how can you say that there is no one in my Chu country?"
Wei Si saw that this person was indeed a little eloquent, so he said:
"Alright, you can introduce yourself!"
I only heard this young man say:
"The Zhuang clan after the king of Zhuang of my Chu country is called Zhuang Yu, and he was ordered by our king of Chu to envoy to your country!"
After speaking, he took out a silk book from his bosom and handed it out.
Wei Si ordered someone to take the silk book, opened it and read it, it was nothing more than that the king of Chu had agreed with the policy proposed by the king of Han to divide the three kingdoms of Chu, Wei and Han into Qin, and came to urge himself to send troops to attack Qin quickly!
And hearing the name of this Zhuang Xi, Wei Si is no stranger to it, this ...... Could this person be the founder of the Dian Kingdom recorded in the history books? However, seeing that this Zhuang Yu was indeed not much older, he asked:
"Are you really a Zhuang Servant?"
Zhuang replied:
"Yes, I'm Chu Guozhuang!"
Wei Si nodded:
"Okay, you Chu Kingdom have also read it, but why didn't your Chu Kingdom let your Prime Minister Zhaoyang come this time, and sent you to see this king?"
Zhuang replied:
"King Wei, you must also know that now our Chu State is pouring all the strength of the whole country to attack Qin, and our King Chu and Zhaoxiang are all day long for this matter, and they are so busy that they are almost out of bedtime, of course, Zhaoxiang can't come to such a distant Anyi to meet you King Wei, and I, Zhuang Yu, as the clan of Chu, when my Chu State needs me, of course I have to do my best to Zhuang Yu!"
Wei Si then said:
"It's not easy, it's not easy, it's the same when the widow fought with Qi before, so it is!"
Zhuang Xi suddenly asked:
"King Wei, I heard that the left disciples and princes of our Chu State are both guests in Daliang, the capital of your country, but is there such a thing?"
Wei Si didn't expect that this Zhuang Yi would actually ask about the Prince of Chu and the Zuo disciples, and he also knew that he was here in the name of urging himself to attack Qin, but in fact, it was just for the Prince of Chu and the Zuo disciples.
Wei Si smiled:
"I don't know where the Chu envoy learned that the prince of your country and the Zuo disciple were guests in my Daliang?"
Zhuang replied:
"Now that our prince of Chu and Zuotu have left Linzi and defected to your country's Great Liang, it has been spread wildly between Qi and Song, and the king of Qi has issued a war letter to our king of Chu for this matter, so I Zhuang Yu represents our Chu country, and I would like to thank you King Wei for your kindness to our prince of Chu and Zuo disciples!"
Wei Si couldn't help but say:
"Then according to Chu's wishes, did you come here to take the prince of your country and Zuo Tu back to Chu?"
Zhuang Xi replied:
"King Wei, since you already know, please return our prince of Chu and Zuo disciple!"
Wei Si immediately replied:
"Put it back? Don't you Chu State think that the widows have detained the prince and the left disciples of your country? ”
Zhuang Yu suddenly changed his tone:
"Could it be that King Wei, are you insisting on detaining our crown prince of Chu and Zuo disciples?"
Wei Si smiled lightly:
"Chu envoy, you listen clearly to the widow, the widow is not detaining your prince of Chu and the left disciples, but your princes and the left disciples are willing to be guests in our Daliang!"
Zhuang Yu suddenly said to Wei Si with a fierce attitude at this time:
"You Wei State has no faith, and you actually detain our prince and Zuo disciples, and when our Chu State destroys the Qin State, the next one to destroy is your Wei State!"
After hearing this, Wei Si was furious, and immediately ordered someone to restrain this Zhuang Yan, and went up directly and kicked him hard:
"You little, you dare to threaten this king, this king tells you, what if this king detains you the prince of Chu and the left disciples? Go back and tell you the king of Chu, if your Chu country doesn't exchange the land of Chen and Cai, you prince and Zuo disciple don't want to go back to Yingdu in this life! ”
Zhuang Yu endured the pain and replied:
"Okay, then this time the division of the Three Kingdoms into Qin is not about your Wei State!"
Wei Si laughed:
"Do you think that the widow is rare to carve up the Qin State with your Chu State? Are you really a fool of my Wei State, these three points of Qin's policy, you Chu and Han have all the land of Qin, but my Wei can only be divided into those wilderness of Qin? You Chu State dream, dream go, this king wants to see how your Chu State destroyed the Qin State? ”
Zhuang Yu is still hard-mouthed:
"Then wait and see, our Chu State will definitely destroy the Qin State and show it to you Wei State!"
Wei Si replied:
"Remember to tell you the King of Chu, within half a month, if you don't dedicate the land of Chen Cai, my Wei State will destroy your Chu State!"
Then he ordered someone to drive the village out.
In fact, Wei Si had already prepared to aid Qin and Chu in his heart, but now he was just deliberately delaying, Wei Si wanted to wait until both Qin and Chu were dragged down, and this was the best opportunity for Wei.
And Wei Si asked Prince Qin to go to Zhao for help, in fact, he wanted to unite the Three Jin Dynasty to deal with Chu State, so that he would be more sure and reduce the losses caused by Wei's troops.
Wei's strategy to aid Qin was to let himself go to Xianyang with Zhao Jun to aid Qin's capital, and then let Qin make peace with Han and return the land of Sanchuan in Korea, so as to promote Korea to turn to aid Qin and Chu, and finally his own Wei State and Korea to attack Chu State Chen, Cai and Fangcheng Land, seeking the best interests of Wei State.
However, this matter of exchanging the prince of Chu and the left disciple for Chen Cai of the Chu State, Wei Hei didn't expect too much, but he just wanted to threaten the king of Chu, and also leave a back hand for his own Wei State, in case the attack on Chu failed, there was still the chess piece of the prince of Chu to use.
Therefore, after Wei Si and other Chu envoys left, he quickly ordered the Hexi army led by Gongsun Xi to prepare for war, and personally raised food in Anyi to prepare for Qin's aid, and in Daliang, Wei Si also asked Zilian and Chen Zhen to rush back to organize the army near Daliang and prepare to attack Chu.
The capital of Yingdu of Chu.
Xiong Huai, the king of Chu, was confidently drinking and feasting with the children of the Chu State clan in the main hall at this time.
I only heard the king of Chu laugh and say:
"This time, as long as the King of Wei agrees to our plan to divide the three kingdoms of Qin, then our Chu State will temporarily divide the Qin State with Wei and Han for the time being, and delay it for a year, and after getting the grain and grass of Bashu, our Chu State will be able to attack South Korea from the west and south, and after forcing South Korea to surrender, we will send troops to take Daliang directly, destroy Wei State, and then attack Song, Lu, Qi, and destroy Zhao, Zhongshan, and Yan, and then our Chu State will succeed in the hegemony of the world!"
Zhaoyang also smiled and said:
"Yes, when the time comes, the king, you will go to Zhou Wangji again to receive the royal weapons of the Zhou family and the things of Jiuding, and then the world will belong to my Chu country, and it will all belong to you, the king!"