On another five days, Xiong Huai crossed the river with a large army and came to Huaiyin City along the ditch.

As soon as he got off the boat, he saw Huaiyin Jun ordering Yin Jin Shang and General Jingyang to wait at the ferry.

"Greetings to the king." When Jin Shang and Jingyang saw the king of Chu stepping on the ferry, they immediately led the crowd to come forward and salute.

"No courtesy."

After Jin Shang and the others got up, Xiong Huai casually looked at the environment around the ferry.

Although there is no trace of snow on the land of the ferry, the snow layer of more than a foot thick is still left on the grass and trees not far away, telling Xiong Huai that the snow at the ferry has only been cleared, and Huaiyin City has also been hit by heavy snow.

From Huaishui to Jiangshui, from Yingdu in the upper reaches of the river to Tangyi in the lower reaches of the river, heavy snow has fallen, and the scope of this heavy snow is far greater than Xiong Huai expected.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai pointed to the snow on the side and asked Jin Shang, who came to the front: "Xianqing, the widow sees that the snow in Huaiyin City is very thick, I don't know how the people in the city are?" Is there a shortage of charcoal and firewood in the city? ”

When Jin Shang heard this, he immediately responded: "Thank you for the king's concern, but please rest assured that it is not the first time that such a heavy snow has occurred in Huaiyin City, because the people in the city have been prepared for a long time, so there is no situation of being caught off guard." ”

Saying that, Jin Shang smiled and arched his hand: "King, as early as more than a month ago, when there was a heavy snow on the side of Qi State, the minister had already taken precautions after receiving the news and increased the storage of charcoal and firewood, so in the past month, although there has been heavy snow in Huaiyin City twice, there is still no shortage of charcoal and firewood in the city. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he said happily: "Okay, good, Xianqing is prescient, this is a great achievement." ”

When Jin Shang heard this, a wave of joy suddenly welled up in his heart.

Only since Zheng Sleeve became a victim of the waste of the King of Chu, he lost Zheng Sleeve's assistance in the inner palace, and he became estranged from the King of Chu.

It wasn't until a year ago, after Gongzi Ziqing was named Huaiyin Jun, that the King of Chu released him to Huaiyin Jun Ling Yin, and when Gongzi Ziqing went to Zhao as a hostage, he was the real power minister of Huaiyin City, and his status was improved.

Now, the King of Chu affirmed it in person, which suddenly made him feel that his efforts in Huaiyin in the past two years had not been in vain.

Now that Ling Yin, who is a feudal monarch in various places, is not subordinate to the feudal monarch but directly to the king of Chu, Jin Shang feels that with the words of the king of Chu, he may be able to go further after he is transferred back to Yingdu in the future.

Thinking about it, Jin Shang smiled and said: "Lai King Shen, the minister does not dare to take credit." ”

Xiong Huai smiled when he heard this, and then looked at Jingyang on the other side: "General, in the face of this heavy snowfall, I don't know how the generals and soldiers in the army are." ”

Jing Yang replied with a solemn face: "Back to the king, there are 30,000 soldiers in Huaiyin City, there is no shortage of winter clothes and firewood, and the morale is high, and they can fight for the king at any time." ”

"Okay." Xiong Huai nodded slightly, Jingyang had been in Huaiyin City for two years, and he was much more mature than before.

Then, Xiong Huai led his ministers towards Huaiyin City, and asked Jingyang, "General, what is the current situation in Qinghe City north of Huaishui?" ”

Jingyang was one position behind the king of Chu, and responded: "Back to the king, after the news of the king's assassination in Jiangdong came out, the Qi general Kuang Zhang personally led an army of 70,000 to garrison Qinghe City, peeping at Huaiyin day and night. The last general led 30,000 Chu troops to collect Huaiyin, and then Shen Yifu, the general of the water division, led 20,000 water divisions to aid Huaiyin, plus the king had his own heavenly protection, Jiangdong was not in turmoil.

It was Kuangzhang who had been staying in Huaiyin for the past few months, and had not made any moves except to train the army in Huaibei. After the king of Qi and Qi returned to heaven on the same day, the morale of the Qi army plummeted, and for more than a month, Kuang Zhang has been sticking to Qinghe City, and even the inspection of Huaishui by the Qi army and water division has been canceled. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and the king of Qi died on the same day, which will inevitably be a great blow to the Qi country.

If it weren't for the fact that the King of Qi had been wooing the Three Jin and Qin States before, and had also taught the Yan State a few lessons, I am afraid that now all countries would invariably fight the attention of the Qi State.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai sighed, if the King of Qi and Qi Xiang returned to heaven on the same day before the destruction of the Chu State, then even if the Qi State was not destroyed, it would have to take off a layer of skin ruthlessly.

But now this situation is not the time to do anything to Qi Guo!

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai shook his head regretfully.

Then, Xiong Huai paused, looked up into the distance, and his eyes seemed to pass through Huaiyin City, through Huaishui, and arrived at Huaibei. Then, Xiong Huai retracted his gaze and said to Zhaochang not far behind him: "Zuo Yin, since the widow has arrived in Huaiyin, and Prince Zhen is in Huaibei across the water, then there is Lao Xianqing to go to Huaibei and ask Prince Zhen to come and see the widow." ”

"Yui." Zhao Chang smiled when he heard this, and immediately gave up.

Xiong Huai nodded, and then looked at Huaiyin City to guard the mansion and left.

On the other side, Zhao Chang turned around and returned to the boat, after passing through Huaiyin City, going against the Huai River, after traveling more than ten miles, crossing the Huai River and going ashore, and walking more than ten miles in a carriage, only then arrived at the newly built city of Prince Zhen: Sixi City.

Zhao Chang looked at the Sixi City that was preliminarily completed in front of him and the city wall was less than two miles, and couldn't help but smile.

He had heard that the King of Song had asked the crown prince to build a city in the west of Sixi in Huaibei, across the river from Huaiyin in Chu and Qinghe City in Qi to guard against Qi and Chu. However, after the prince came to Huaibei, he did not build a city near the water, but built a city more than ten miles away from Huaishui Surabaya. did not confront Qi and Chu.

Thinking of the confrontation between King Song's father and son, Zhao Chang couldn't help but smile.

City.

After greeting the prince for a while, Zhao Chang expressed his intention and said: "Prince, this time I came here on the order of the widow, because the widow has arrived in Huaiyin City, and Song Meiren also arrived in Huaiyin with the car. ”

When the prince heard this, she looked at Zhao Chang with a pair of sharp eyes, and her heart was very heavy.

Of course, he knew that the king of Chu sent important ministers to invite him to Huaiyin, naturally it was not that his daughter Song Meiren missed him, but wanted to discuss the current situation with him.

To go or not to go?

Prince Zhen looked at Zhao Chang and did not reply immediately.

What Doctor Shangguan did in Shangqiu before, Prince Zhen, who always paid attention to Shangqiu, knew it clearly.

If Doctor Shangguan was not so aggressive, but accepted it when he saw it, and after his father relented, he asked Song Chen to come forward to persuade his father, then he would have returned to Shangqiu at this moment.

As a result, because of the unrelenting attitude of Doctor Shangguan, it not only led to the rapid deterioration of the relationship between Chu and Song, but also led to the further deterioration of the father-son relationship between him and his father.

Although he didn't know why his father's attitude towards him had suddenly changed drastically, after coming to Huaibei for a few months, his father did not take any further actions against him, which gave rise to a burst of hope in his heart.

Perhaps, the change in the father's attitude before was just a villain's slander, which made the father temporarily blinded, but as time passed, the father will definitely react, and then the father-son relationship will be restored to the same as before.

But what Doctor Shangguan did caused the Song government and the opposition to be angry, and then his father transferred the strong man who built the city in his hands to the side, but there was no word of appeasement...

This series of behaviors all made him feel hopeless, and it also made him deeply hate the Chu State, thinking that the Chu State was using his excuse to intervene in the Song State.

and made him a sinner who betrayed his father and treason.