"Great King, the news of the four kingdoms of Qi, Wei, Han and Qin, not long ago, the envoys of the four countries began to contact frequently, and the four countries have begun to transfer troops, the current news, the direction of the four countries' troops is our Chu country."

Xiong Huai did not show surprise when he heard Chen Zhen's news.

As early as not long ago, when Korea expelled the envoys of Chu after the destruction of Zhongshan by Zhao, Xiong Huai already had the consciousness of being besieged by the Five Kingdoms.

At this time, Xiong Huai remembered that Song Guolai, who had not yet moved, and asked expectantly: "Chen Qing, how is the situation on Song Guo's side?" ”

"Back to the king, because we have given the four hundred miles west of Surabaya and south of the Song Kingdom to the Song prince Zhen, and my Chu State Huaibei is no longer bordering the Qi State, so after the last time the five countries seized the Huaibei land, all the land they obtained was reduced to an enclave. Because the contradictions between Qi and Song cannot be reconciled, the two countries have never been able to reach an agreement.

Therefore, although the two countries of Qi and Song have frequent contacts, the Song State has not moved yet, not only did not agree to the Qi State to send troops to attack Chu, but also did not expel the Zhongda Doctor who was lobbying by the Song State. ”

Xiong Huai suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard this.

Since the Chu State was besieged by the Six Kingdoms after the destruction of the Yue State, although the Chu State repelled the attack of the Six Kingdoms, Xiong Huai knew very well in his heart that before the Chu State was not weakened, the offensive of the various countries against the Chu State would inevitably come in waves.

Just like the anti-French alliance in modern European history, as long as one country is strong and all countries are weak, the counterattack of each country will inevitably continue until the strong countries are weakened or the weak countries are all annexed.

It is precisely because of such psychological preparation, so Xiong Huai tried his best to overcome public opinion, and in the case of repelling the siege of the Six Kingdoms for the first time, not only did he not take advantage of the situation to recover the lost land from the panicked Song State, but instead gave 200 li of land to Song Guo in Sixi, and later gave 400 li of land to Song State again by taking advantage of Mrs. Song and Prince Zhen's affairs.

Xiong Huai's purpose in doing this was not only to befriend the Song State, but also to use the Song State to block the Qi State.

Since Xiong Huai handed over the 400 miles of Huaibei to the Song State, the two countries of Qi and Chu have been facing each other across the Huai River.

After the annexation of the Yue State by the Chu State, the water division of the Chu State has been invincible across the rivers and rivers, becoming the first water division in the world worthy of the name, even if the Qi State also has a strong water division, but Xiong Huai believes that the Qi State Water Division, which has been fishing and transportation as a business, is far from being the opponent of the Chu State Water Division who has been fighting for many years.

In this way, when the Qi division was not the opponent of the Chu State and could not break through from Huaishui, the Qi State would inevitably attack the Chu State from other places, either the Qi army would cross the Song State to attack the land of Yingdong, or the Qi army would cross the Wei State to attack the Chen land.

Apart from these two directions, Qi Guo has no choice.

Of course, if the Qi State attacked the Sixi Land of the Song State and made the Qi and Song countries turn their faces, it would be something that the Chu State could not ask for.

Sure enough, when the countries besieged Chu for the second time, it was the Qi State that led the countries to attack Chendi.

The result of the matter was not beyond Xiong Huai's expectations, and the Qi State really exchanged land with the Song State because of the enclave.

And the King of Song, as Xiong Huai expected, did not take out the land from the territory under his control to exchange it with the Qi State, but took out the land of Sixi controlled by the prince Zhen for two hundred miles.

Similarly, Tai Zizhen did not disappoint Xiong Huai, not only did not agree to exchange land, but also directly asked Zang Xin, the general who guarded Sixi City, to unite with the Chu State to assist in the defense of each other and jointly resist the Qi army that came to accept the land.

Xiong Huai felt that if the Qi State and the Chu State fought alone in Huaishui for the land of Sixi, Xiong Huai would be conceited, and with the strength of the Chu State, he should still be able to gain the upper hand.

In the same way, the Qi side should not have the intention of fighting with the Chu State alone, not only because the Qi State does not know whether it can defeat the Chu State, but more importantly, even if the Qi State even if the Chu army takes the land of Sixi, it will be the Qi State that loses.

Therefore, since the withdrawal of the Five Kingdoms, the two countries of Qi and Song have been torn apart in the land of Sixi.

Qi looked for the king of Song, the king of Song pushed it to the crown prince, the state of Qi looked for the prince, the prince Zhen pushed it to the king of Song and Zang Xin, and the state of Qi looked for Zang Xin... Except for the first time, the envoys of the Qi State did not even enter Sixi City in the next few times, let alone see Zang Xin's face.

Therefore, the current situation is that when the Qi State attacked Chen Cheng before, it paid a heavy price as the main force of the siege, but as a result, the Qi State did not get anything in the end, and the big head was swallowed by the weak Song State.

If Qi is weak and Song is strong, it is nothing, and Qi Guo dares to be angry at most. However, the reality is that Qi is strong and Song is weak, and such a contradiction is a big contradiction that is enough to tear apart the relationship between Qi and Song.

Xiong Huai thought about it, and the King of Song must have also seen the crisis of the Song State, so he did not promise the Qi State for a long time, and even Zuocheng, who was lobbyed by the Song State, was not expelled. On the one hand, he constantly had in-depth contact with the Qi State, and on the other hand, he was constantly ambiguous with the Chu State, which was the only thing the King of Song could do.

Otherwise, if the king of Song deposed the crown prince, then the Song kingdom would fall into civil strife. If the king of Song took out two hundred miles of land from the mainland, then the king of Song would not be able to suppress the crown prince, and the Song kingdom would be divided into two from then on. If the Song State did not exchange land with the Qi State, then the Qi State would not be able to hold the newly acquired enclave thousands of miles away, and the Qi State would work in vain, and the Song State, as a wing, would eat with a mouth full of oil, which would also make the Qi and Song countries full of contradictions.

Therefore, the four hundred miles of land sent before not only strengthened the strength of Prince Zizhen and won over the Song State, but also prevented the Qi State from directly attacking the Chu State and snatching territory from the Chu State. lest the Qi State grow stronger and stronger, and in the end, it will be difficult for the Chu State to face the Qi State soldiers.

And the State of Qi cannot obtain the territory of the State of Chu to strengthen itself, as long as the State of Qi sends troops to attack Chu, it is the State of Qi that works in vain, that is, the State of Qi is weakened, even if the State of Qi defeats the State of Chu and plays a prestige, this cannot change the reality that the State of Qi is getting weaker and weaker even if it wins.

Of course, these two points are not important, the most important thing is that after the success of Qi and Song, they will fall into irreconcilable contradictions, so that the Song State will never be able to completely fall to the Qi State.

And the ultimate goal of the Chu State is to use the Song State to catch the Qi State.

Now it seems that although the state of Chu was defeated in Chencheng for a while last time, the two countries of Qi and Song entered the game.

In exchange for a large country with 9,000 troops, Xiong Huai felt that this deal would be a sure deal.

As for the growth of the Song Kingdom, Xiong Huai said that he never took the Song Kingdom that survived in the cracks in his eyes.

After thinking about the situation in the Song Kingdom, Xiong Huai smiled and said, "Okay, since the King of Song is riding on the wall and watching, the widow must also make persistent efforts." Chen Qing, passing on the edict of the widow, told Yin Huizi of Shou County to transfer 5,000 gold from Shou County to Doctor Zuo, continue to buy the ministers of the Song State, support the crown prince, and try to delay the time for the Song State to send troops to attack Chu, so that the widow can take a breath more, and also let the Zhao State have more time to recover. ”

"Yui."

"Also, please Xianqing to monitor the movements of the four countries with all his might, and the widow must know their main direction of attack this time."

"Please rest assured, the minister has been keeping an eye on the five kingdoms."

"Hmm!" Xiong Huai nodded and ordered, "Xianqing go and get busy." ”

"Yui."