Chapter Thirty-Eight: Hui Ang Plays the Four Kingdoms
The letter from the King of Song to the King of Qi was sent for ten days, but he did not receive a reply, and at this time, the allied forces of the Four Nations had begun to enter the Song Land and began to attack the city.
And the state of Chu first occupied Pidi, sent a part of the soldiers and horses to surround Pengcheng, one of the three richest places in the Song State, and the other part of the soldiers and horses went straight to Taoqiu under the leadership of Sima Jingcui, and the Zhao State also directly arrived under the richest Taoqiu City in the Song State, and Wei and Han also went directly to the outside of Taoqiu City after occupying Kuiqiu and other places, and the four countries all hoped to take the fat of Taoqiu in the Song State first.
For a while, the cities of the Song Dynasty reported danger, so that the Song Wangyan, who had just become king two years ago, was on the verge of collapse, and Hui An, who went to negotiate unsuccessfully, persuaded the Song King again at this time:
"King, you don't have to panic, now the four countries are actually playing their own small calculations, and they all want to occupy Taoqiu, the richest in our Song Kingdom, first, so just like the minister said before, Taoqiu is the life-saving grass of our Song Kingdom!"
King Song couldn't help but say in frustration:
"So what? When they occupy Taoqiu, won't the soldiers and horses of all countries come to Shangqiu, our capital, immediately? When the time comes, where will our little Song Kingdom withstand the siege of the Four Kingdoms? ”
Hui Ang said:
"Then the king, have you ever thought about why the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei have already arrived at the Taoqiu City of our Song Kingdom, but they have not attacked for a long time, why is this?"
宋王 says:
"They just want our Taoqiu guards to take the initiative to surrender, for fear that the strong attack will lead to the rich Taoqiu, even if they get their hands, it will become a ruin, so I'm afraid that none of them want to see it!"
Hui Ang showed a hint of a smile:
"King, you can let the minister go to Taoqiu again this time to lobby the generals of the four countries, I believe that the minister will definitely bring you good news this time!"
King Song had no choice but to agree with Hui An:
"Okay, then Doctor Hui will bother you, and we Song Guoke have to count on your trip to Taoqiu this time."
Hui Ang rushed to the vicinity of the pottery field the next morning, but by this time the pottery hill had already been surrounded by the water of the four countries.
Hui Ang first went to the camp of Sima Jingcui, the great of the Chu State, who had just arrived here.
At this time, Jing Cui was listening to the morning music in his tent, while enjoying the colorful dance of the two bewitching Song girls, and after seeing the Song envoy come to his tent, Jing Cui seemed to continue to enjoy the dance music in front of him as if he didn't see it.
After Hui Ang shouted "General Jingcui" three times in a row, seeing that Jingcui directly pretended not to hear, he shouted loudly:
"The king of Chu has arrived...... The King of Chu has arrived! ”
Jing Cui was startled, quickly got up, motioned for these people to stop dancing and music, and asked a guard who had just come in:
"Has my king arrived?"
Hui Ang rushed back to Jingcui before this personal guard:
"Great Sima, how could the King of Chu come to such a far place in our Song Kingdom? I just lost my words and called the wrong person! ”
And then the Jingcui personal guard who just came in:
"Da Sima, look, what I just shouted was it, I originally wanted to call Chu Bing coming!"
Jing Cui pointed at Hui Ang a little angrily and said:
"Who are you? Why did you come early in the morning to disturb Ben Sima's clear dream? ”
The guard next to him explained:
"Da Sima, have you forgotten? Just now I said that the Song envoy is here and wants to see you, so you let it in? ”
Jing Cui walked over directly and kicked the guard angrily:
"When did Ben Sima say this, since you dare to talk nonsense to me, get out of here...... Get lost...... Get lost! “
After driving the guard out, Jing Cui sat back in his previous position, and then glanced at Hui Ang with contempt:
"What? I heard you just say that you are a Song envoy? Is it? ”
Hui Ang was very calm, without the slightest feeling of being frightened:
"Yes, I am Song Envoy Hui'an!"
Jing Cui asked again:
"Song Jun sent you, right? What are you here for? ”
Hui Ang replied:
"Yes, my king sent me, my king wants me to make peace with General Jingcui on his behalf!"
Jing Cui smiled:
"Peace, I seem to remember, half a month ago, there was also a Song envoy who said that he wanted to come to Ben Sima to make peace, but he was directly frightened by several of Ben Sima's subordinates and spilled his urine and fled directly, could it be that the Song envoy who made peace was also you?"
Hui Ang immediately explained:
"At that time, it was indeed me Hui An, but those subordinates of yours, the general, were too ruthless and rude, not only did they not let me see you, general, but they also deliberately poured water on my Hui Ang to insult me, general, can't you discipline these people well?"
Jing Cui waved her hand outside the tent, and immediately walked in four generals wearing armor and about seven feet tall.
Hui Ang didn't feel the slightest fear, and yelled directly at the four of them:
"Wait for the barbarians, General Jingcui is here, don't retreat quickly!"
The four of them were a little overwhelmed at this time, and Jing Cui motioned for the four of them to go out again.
At this time, Hui Ang directly questioned Jing Cui:
"Da Sima, is it true that your king of Chu also treats the envoys of various countries like this?"
Jing Cui also seemed to see that this Song envoy Hui Ang was a little not simple, so she got up and walked over with a smile, patted Hui Ang on the shoulder, and pointed to the person in front of her desk:
"I frightened you just now, it's my Jingcui's fault, please sit down over there!"
Hui Ang saw that Jing Cui finally stopped embarrassing himself, so he also sat down and talked to Jing Cui.
Hui Ang learned from Jing Cui that the king of Chu seemed to be determined to get Pengcheng and Taodi of his Song Kingdom this time, and he also knew that Han, Zhao, and Wei all wanted to get Taodi, in order to prevent Taodi from falling into the hands of the Three Kingdoms, Jingcui rushed here day and night without capturing Pengcheng.
Hui Ang persuaded Jing Cui:
"Da Sima, I know that the king of Chu wants to get Pengcheng, but now there are too many people in Pengcheng in our Song State, and we can't move them to other places quickly for a while, so can you Chu State temporarily accept our Song State to cede Pi Land, Xiao Di and other places around Pengcheng to Chu State, and wait for our Song State to move the people of Pengcheng away, and then give Pengcheng to you Chu State?"
Jing Cui hesitated, after all, the defenders of the Song State of Pengcheng really inherited the Mo family's strategy of defending the city, it was too tenacious, and if it was captured, I am afraid that it would also cause a lot of losses to its army, and so on to consolidate the Song State and cede these places, it is not too late to attack Pengcheng, and now the king of Chu values the Tao land the most, so he temporarily agreed to the request of Hui'an Pengcheng, and then asked:
"What about pottery?"
Hui Ang replied:
"Of course, our Song State also wants to give it to you Chu State, but Han, Zhao, Wei Sanjin, and the generals, you should also know that they will not agree easily!"
Jingcui waved her hand again, and a guard brought in a volume of documents and put them in front of Hui An, who quickly glanced at them, only to see that the document read:
"The Song State is willing to dedicate the land west of Taoqiu, Pengcheng and its south, within a radius of 100 miles, to the Chu State in exchange for the withdrawal of the Chu State and as a condition for the friendly relations between the Chu and Song countries in the future!"
After Hui Ang read it, he directly pressed a handprint without thinking, and then handed it back to Jingcui.
Jing Cui looked at it, and was very satisfied with letting the guards take down the paperwork, and after the two of them drank three glasses of wine each, Jing Cui sent Hui Ang out of Chu Ying.
Hui Ang left the Chu camp without delay, and went straight to the nearest Zhao army camp, and Zhao Zhuang, the leader of the Zhao army, was very enthusiastic about entertaining Hui Ang with wine and food.
During the wine, Zhao Zhuang said to Hui An:
"I heard that the Song envoy came to negotiate peace with our Zhao State, right?"
Hui Ang nodded:
"Yes, General Zhao Zhuang, it was our Song Jun who sent me Hui Ang to make peace with you Zhao Guo!"
Zhao Zhuang said very directly:
"You are the land of the pottery mound of the Song Kingdom, our Zhao Jun has already taken a fancy to it, I don't know if you Song Jun is willing to dedicate this pottery land to our Zhao Kingdom?"
Hui Ang nodded:
"Actually, our Song Jun has long intended to dedicate this pottery land to Zhao Jun, and now Zhao Jun has sent General Zhao Zhuang to come to take the pottery land, of course our Song Kingdom is willing to offer it with both hands!"
Zhao Zhuang was also happy, after all, if this Song Jun had agreed to dedicate the pottery land to Zhao first, then the other three kingdoms would not be able to compete with him, so he said:
"Okay, Song Jun is really refreshing!"
Then he also ordered his entourage to take out a volume of documents and put them in front of Hui An, the content of which was naturally similar to the document of Chu State, but Zhao Jun was just a pottery land.
After Hui Ang read it, he also quickly pressed his handprint, and after bidding farewell to the Zhao camp, he hurriedly rushed to the camp of the Han and Zhao armies.
And the requirements of Han and Zhao are nothing more than the land of Taoqiu, and Hui Ang also pressed the handprints one by one, and happily returned to Shangqiu, the national capital, to see the King of Song.