After the agreement, Xiong Huai announced his retreat from the dynasty.

Then, let Jing Carp Zuocheng and the two of them accompany him, and summoned Hui Ang again in a side hall.

Hui Ang didn't wait long in the Chu palace before he was summoned by the king of Chu again, and he was immediately relieved.

What he is most afraid of is that the State of Chu will shirk, once it is dragged to the State of Qi is to send troops to attack the Song State, then the State of Song needs to deal with the State of Qi alone for a period of time, even if the State of Song repels the attack of the State of Qi in the end, I am afraid that it will kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 themselves.

Therefore, after seeing the king of Chu and saluting, Hui Ang couldn't wait to ask: "King, I wonder if your country is willing to help?" ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and said in an unquestionable tone: "The Song State is an ally of the Chu State, and now that the Qi State is stationed on the border of the Song State, with bad intentions, the widow will naturally not stand idly by!" ”

Hui Ang immediately showed joy when he heard this, and thanked him: "King Xie helped!" ”

Xiong Huai waved his hand when he heard this: "Huiqing, don't be in a hurry to thank you first, listen to the widow." ”

"Presumably Huiqing also knows the current situation of the Chu State, if he sends troops to confront the Qi State, the consumption of the Chu State is too great. Therefore, the widow was ready to salute first and then send an envoy to the country of Qi to persuade the king of Qi not to have a fluke intention. ”

Seeing that Hui An's face was gloomy, Xiong Huai continued: "Of course, the King of Qi may not be willing to listen to the advice of the widow, so the widow plans to send an important minister to the Song State to do things to show the King of Qi the closeness of the two countries of Chu and Song. ”

"If the king of Qi still insists on going his own way, then the widow immediately stops building the canal, and then raises the Jianghuai army and sends troops to aid the Song Dynasty, I don't know if Huiqing is satisfied."

Hui Ang was stunned.

Now in the situation of the Chu State, it is impossible to send troops, if there is an important minister of the Chu State to go to the Song State, it can be a fox.

After all, the current situation of the Qi State is not to attack the Song State to seize the land, but to obtain grain from the Song State.

If the attack on the Song State leads to another war between the Qi State and the Chu State, this is also what the Qi State, which is now short of food, does not want to see.

Thinking about it, Hui Ang smiled slightly, and asked, "I don't know which great sage the king plans to send to the Song Dynasty?" ”

Xiong Huai pointed at Zuo Cheng and smiled: "It's a widow's confidant, the middle doctor Zuo Cheng!" ”

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Qi country.

The envoys sent by Qi to various countries returned to Linzi one after another, except for the envoys from Wei and Zhongshan who brought back good news, and the envoys of the other defense lines all failed.

King Qi didn't seem to care about this, or he didn't have to care at all, whether the envoys sent out could borrow food, this was not a matter for King Qi.

Anyway, the burning of grain is just a smokescreen for other countries to see.

It's just that after the envoy from Yue Kingdom returned, he brought back a message that made the king of Qi hesitate.

King Qi asked the prince with a solemn face: "Xiangguo, what does this Yue Kingdom mean?" ”

The prince thought for a while and said, "The king, according to the minister's opinion, I'm afraid that Yue Guo is afraid. ”

"Now that our Qi State has formed an alliance with Zhao and Wei, and the Yan State has softened, it can be said that the threat in the north has been lifted, and we can already free up our hands to solve the problem in the south."

"The state of Chu in the south is a country that is even more powerful than the state of Qi, and if the state of Qi wants to face the state of Chu directly, it will only lose both. Therefore, next, the main goal of our Qi State is to fight with the Chu State for the Song State and the Yue State. ”

Saying that, Chu Zi said with a smile: "I'm afraid that Yue Guo also knows this, so he deliberately showed that he wanted to lend grain to Qi State, but was obstructed by Chu State." On the one hand, he wants to use this method to show goodwill to our Qi country, and on the other hand, he wants to provoke the contradictions between Qi and Chu, so as to prevent Qi's eyes from concentrating on Yue Guo first. ”

King Qi nodded when he heard this, and was noncommittal about the ambiguity of the Yue Kingdom.

For Qi State, the next main target is Song and Yue, these two countries, Yue is much stronger than Song, but Yue is relatively remote. The relatively weak Song State has a geographical location that is ten times more important than that of the Yue State, and once the Song State defects, then the Qi State will completely reverse the weak situation facing the Chu State.

At that time, the State of Qi can join forces with the State of Qin, contact the Three Jins, take the opportunity to attack the State of Chu, and lay the hegemony of the State of Qi in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the remote Yue Kingdom has never been the goal of the Qi State.

Thinking of this, King Qi couldn't help but stroke his forehead with his hand and said: "Xiangguo, Yue Guo doesn't have to pay attention to it for the time being, it's just that the Song State is bent on mixing with the Chu State, and this time he appointed the minister of the Chu State as the secretary of the Song State, trying to use the Chu State to threaten the widows." ”

"Although this move is meaningless to the widow at all, but the Song State is so firmly on the side of the Chu State, it makes the widow very difficult."

Chu Zi sighed lightly when he heard this.

Song Guo said that it is not big, and it is not small when it is small.

Because the Song State was not big, the Song State did not have the courage to directly confront the surrounding three kingdoms of Qi, Chu and Wei, and appeared to be very passive in diplomacy, and it was easy not to take the initiative to betray the alliance, so as not to be retaliated against. Coupled with the previous lesson of Zheng Guo's tragedy, Song Guo did not dare to face Qin Duchu diplomatically, but he would not easily change his eldest brother until it was urgent.

At the same time, the Song State is not small, the strength is not weak, other countries want to force the Song State to change course, the army is too small, may not be able to defeat the Song State, but if it fights with all its strength, not only will it be resisted by the Song State, but also to guard against the reinforcements of the Song State.

Even if he defeated the Song Kingdom, he would lose a lot.

If it weren't for the last time when the State of Qi insisted on annexing the State of Yan, which caused the State of Qi to be besieged by various countries, I am afraid that the State of Song would still be an ally of the State of Qi now, and would not have thrown into the arms of the State of Chu.

Thinking about it, Chu Zi muttered: "Great King, the Song State is not the goal of my Qi State, and now that the Chu and Song countries are close, the minister thinks that it will take some time to force the Song State to defect." ”

"During this period, our Qi State needs to drive a wedge between Chu and Song, and secondly, we also need to strike at the Song State. There are two advantages to attacking the Song State, one is to teach the Song State a lesson and form a strong pressure on the Song State, and the other is to use the Song State to lure the Chu State to come to the aid, so as to consume the strength of the Chu State and interrupt the Chu State's plan to build a water canal. ”

Saying that, Chu Zi couldn't help but shake his head: "It's a pity that the last time the Qin State was weakened too seriously, resulting in the Qin State now taking care of itself and is entangled with the Zhao State in Shangjun." ”

"If the State of Qin is still grudging against the State of Chu, then the two countries of Qin and Qi join forces to win over and even hold the Three Jin Dynasty hostage to besiege the State of Chu, then the State of Song has only one way to betray the State of Chu, where is there such a trouble."

King Qi sighed lightly when he heard this, the last time he attacked the Qin State, the result was really unexpected.

The two were silent for a moment, and the prince spoke: "Great King, although we have lost the help of the Qin State, but Yingdu is too far away from the Song State after all, and it will be easier for us to force the Song State to fall to the Qi State." ”

"And the overtures of the Yue State to the Qi State, although I don't take the Qi State to heart, but for the Song State, the situation is different."

"Besides, the State of Chu is now making every effort to build a canal, so it costs the people and money, I am afraid it is difficult to spare the strength to take care of the Song State."

Saying that, Chu Zi smiled and said: "Great King, we can take advantage of the east wind sent by King Yue of Chu to unite with Wei to persecute Song State. ”

King Qi smiled and nodded when he heard this: "The debt owed by the Song State to the widow is now time to be repaid." ”

"In addition, the hard work of the Chu State in the past three years, the widow is also ready to ask for ······"