Xue Huairen's worries are not unreasonable, but when Lu Chen heard this, he said: "If Qingguo is unreasonable, but this king relents to him, responds to his request, and then compensates him for silver, then if Qingguo finds another reason to ask for silver from my country, will this king always answer him!?" ”

After speaking, he continued to tremble and said, "Here is this king! There is no such thing as ceding land and losing money! ”

"But the king." At this time, Li Miaocai also stood up and said: "The war is not trivial, and Qingguo is strong and has accumulated strength for so long, so it is really not appropriate for my country to confront it for such a trivial matter." ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen glanced at Li Miaocai and said, "This is not a question of whether to lose money or not, but a question of not being able to back down!" ”

There is nothing wrong with his words, and here in the Wind Country, he also thinks that Qingguo is deliberately finding fault.

In the next few days, Shang Yuan still wanted to see Lu Chen, but Lu Chen refused on the grounds that he was busy with state affairs and had no time to separate.

He refused to see Shang again, and after the latter stayed at the Fengzhou Post House for a few days, he had no choice but to leave in a negative mood. And after returning to Qingguo, Shang Yuan also said in front of Qingwang that Lu Chen was arrogant and domineering, and he didn't take Qingguo in his eyes at all.

After hearing this, Qingwang became angry and ashamed! The result can be imagined, the Feng army dared to invade the territory of their own country without authorization, and killed so many villagers, but they didn't even have an explanation, how could the Qingwang give up!

Seeing that he was going to meet with the soldiers of the Wind Country, Prime Minister Shangguan Jin hurriedly stood up and said with some worry: "King, if there is a war with the Wind Country, I am afraid that the Chu State will not remain neutral." ”

In the current situation in the world, Qingguo is confident to compete with the Wind Country, and the only thing to worry about is that Chu State suddenly intervened, if it remains neutral, it is undoubtedly the best.

When Qingwang heard this, he immediately glared and said, "He dare!?" ”

After speaking, he immediately ordered in a loud voice: "Immediately pass the order more horizontally!" Immediately transfer 200,000 central troops from our Qingguo to garrison Zhanghe! Always ready to get into the wind! ”

"Summons Yue Jin! Let him prepare urgently! ”

"Herald Zhongli! Order him to lead 200,000 troops and garrison Surabaya! ”

King Qing issued royal orders one after another, and even pointed three commanders, and these three people were also generals of Qingguo.

He did not gather a large army to prepare to attack one place, but ordered three commanders, each with 200,000 troops, to march from Zhanghe, Dingyuan, and Surabaya!

With his royal order, the Qing army soon had action, and the 600,000 troops, stationed at three fortresses on the border between the two countries, were ready for battle!

As soon as the Qingguo army moved, it naturally couldn't hide the Fengguo's eyeliner, and the news quickly spread to Lu Chen, who immediately took countermeasures.

He first gave Zuo Shuang on the far border a royal order, telling him to prepare for war urgently and be ready for war at any time, and then recalled Su Muzhi, who was far away in Yandi, and ordered him to lead his army to the border of the Zhanghe River to prepare to meet Yueheng! He also ordered Qin Mu to lead an army of 200,000 to Surabaya to meet Zhongli!

The two major powers, each with 600,000 troops, began to face off on three fronts, and a big war was about to break out!

The people on the border retreated one after another, their families sought refuge with their relatives, and the business travelers of the two countries also began to return to China in panic......

However, at this time, the state of Chu suddenly sent an envoy into the wind.

The envoy sent by Chu this time was not a petty official, but Zhang Heng, the prime minister of a country.

When Chu Xiang came here, Lu Chen of course treated him politely, not only setting up a banquet to entertain him, but also personally accompanying him.

During the banquet, Zhang Heng first toasted Lu Chen with a glass of wine, then put down the wine glass and said: "Your Royal Highness the Wind King, my king has heard that your country wants to compete with Qingguo, so I sent a special envoy to ask His Highness if he needs the help of Chu State." ”

Yo! Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes couldn't help but light up, and then he said: "If the king of Chu really has this heart, of course this king can't ask for it, and if he gets Chu's help, he will definitely be able to defeat the Qing army!" ”

Although the military strength of the Chu State is not as good as Fengqing, its national strength is strong, the heritage is profound, and the source of troops is sufficient.

It's just that although Lu Chen helped Prince Chu ascend the throne at the beginning, he will not stand on the side of the Wind Country for no reason.

At this time, Chu Prime Minister Zhang Heng said again: "Of course, His Royal Highness helped my king to restore the country, and now His Royal Highness needs the help of Chu, of course my king will be grateful for the picture, but before that, I also hope that His Royal Highness can return Sanjiangkou and Hanyang, here, my king will definitely send troops from Chu, together with your country, to attack Qingguo!" ”

It's not that simple! When Lu Chen heard this, he couldn't help frowning deeply, and it wasn't until a long time later that he said faintly: "King Chu is taking advantage of the fire to rob." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Heng hurriedly explained: "Your Highness's words are wrong, Sanjiangkou and Hanyang originally belonged to the territory of Chu State, if Your Highness is willing to withdraw troops from the two places, my king will be grateful, and then he will go all out!" ”

Hearing him say this, Lu Chen also began to weigh the pros and cons, and after a pause, he said: "This matter, this king needs to think about it again, Chu Xiangke can rest in the post house first, and this king will give you an answer tomorrow, how about it?" ”

This kind of answer is extremely promising for Chu Xiang! After he heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "In this way, wait for the good news of His Highness." ”

After the banquet, Chu Xiang also returned to the Fengzhou Post House, and Lu Chen urgently summoned several important ministers in the study.

Among them, there are not Xue Huairen, Lu Boyan and Li Miaocai, the three first-class ministers, but Sima Wen, Chen Qun, and Liu Yuan.

It is not difficult to see from this that Lu Chen's consultation with the minister is completely targeted, if this is a matter of people's livelihood or grain and grass taxation, or a national governance issue, then he will definitely only summon Xue Huairen and Lu Boyan.

But now, the three important ministers in the study are all good at strategy, and they all have their own unique opinions on military issues.

After the three of them arrived at the study, they first saluted Lu Chen, and when they got up, they couldn't help but glance at each other.

Lu Chen said straight to the point: "Today, the State of Chu has visited the king with its prime minister, and the meaning of the State of Chu is that it is willing to help our country and attack the Qing together, but there is one condition, that is, to return their Sanjiangkou and Hanyang." ”

"This ......" As soon as Lu Chen's words were finished, the three of them couldn't help but glance at each other again, and Sima Wen took the lead and said: "King, the intentions of the Chu State are sinister, if our country does not agree, I am afraid that the King of Chu will also go to Qingguo." ”

"This is also what this king is worried about, so he didn't reject Chu Xiang in one mouth." Lu Chen said.

After speaking, he took another deep breath and said quietly: "Now, this king also has reason to wonder if the friction with Qingguo this time is not caused by the Chu State. ”