The total strength of the Chu army's water division should be about 200,000, and now the wind army has broken through the mouth of the three rivers, and Tang Ze, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, led the remnants of the defeated army to gallop all the way, and after a few days, he finally hid in Hanyang County in embarrassment.

Hanyang, after the mouth of the three rivers, is also a large county in Chu.

After arriving in Hanyang, he gathered the fleeing stragglers, and Tang Ze checked a little more, and there were less than 100,000 horses left in the Chu army's naval division. At this time, where did he still have the kind of arrogance he had at the beginning, but he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

In the end, Guo Hao suggested to him that he should quickly send a letter to the royal court, asking the king to send troops to support Hanyang County, because the wind army has now successfully crossed the Yangtze River, and the next target of the wind king is very likely to be Hanyang!

The Chu army and sailors lost the Yangtze River, and now even if there are still 100,000 troops, it is impossible to hold Hanyang, of course Tang Ze also understands this, after listening to Guo Hao's suggestion, he didn't say a word, and sent an urgent letter to the eighth prince again.

It took several days for the letter to be delivered, and at this time, the court of the Chu king had just received Tang Ze's first letter, that is, the letter from the previous time.

Who is Tang Ze, he won a small victory before, you can imagine how he boasted about himself in the letter, and how he made wise decisions in the big book, and how he personally led the army to break the wind army.

In his letter, he almost said that a small victory was almost a total annihilation of the wind army, and after the eighth prince read it, he stood up excitedly on the spot and said: "I didn't expect Tang Ze to break the wind army again as soon as he took office, and this king really didn't see the wrong person!" ”

Hearing him say this, Concubine Yu couldn't help asking, "Oh? General Tang sent back good news? ”

"Yes." The eighth prince nodded, and at the same time handed the letter to the jade concubine, and said, "Aifei read it herself." ”

Concubine Yu took it, and after reading it, she also said with a smile: "It seems that the king used the right person this time, but I didn't expect this Tang Ze to be a general who can use soldiers." ”

The eighth prince said: "That's right, I look at Tang Ze's strategy, no less than Wang Shuang, this big victory is worthy of praise." ”

Concubine Yu agreed: "The generals in front broke the enemy, and the king, as a monarch, should be rewarded......"

On the eighth prince's side, after receiving Tang Ze's first letter, he was just about to give Tang Ze a title of general, and then a knighthood or something, but his edict had just been prepared, and before he could send it, Tang Ze's second letter arrived.

This second letter directly made the eighth prince dumbfounded!

He never thought that Tang Ze, who was still talking about the Great Wind Breaking Army just now, would suddenly be defeated! But the military situation is right in front of him, and he can't help but think too much, how important Sanjiangkou is, it is equivalent to the natural danger of Chu State! And Hanyang County after Sanjiangkou is even more important! Because once you cross Hanyang, it will not be far from Chudu!

At this time, the eighth prince, although he was angry and angry, he didn't have the extra heart to ask Tang Ze first, on the one hand, he could only send reinforcements to Hanyang, on the other hand, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately sent a messenger to Qingdi to ask to see King Qing.

For the arrival of the envoy of Chu, it can be said that it was expected by King Qing, or in the calculation of Shangguan Jin, the prime minister of Qingguo.

After receiving this news, Qingwang also immediately summoned Shangguan Jin in the study.

"Weichen see the king-" Shangguan Jin knelt on the ground to salute, he was still like that, his beard was very well groomed, his face was thin, he was wearing an official uniform, and he was decent.

"The prime minister doesn't have to be polite, please get up quickly." Qingwang hurriedly spared the table and personally reached out to help him up. For Shangguan Jin, Qingwang is absolutely very respectful.

After helping him up, King Qing also said straight to the point: "The envoy of Chu will arrive in our country soon, this matter, the prime minister must have heard about it, right?" ”

"Wechen has heard a little." Shangguan Jin said.

Qingwang said: "Based on the Prime Minister's previous opinion, the Chu envoy should have been unable to resist the wind army when he came to our country at this time, and it is certain that my country will send troops to help, but before that, this king wants to ask the Prime Minister if we can take the opportunity to ask Chu for some military funds." ”

The military expenses he talked about, that is naturally a huge amount of astronomical money, after Shangguan Jin heard this, he first pondered for a while, and then said: "The countries have been fighting for many years, but only the Chu State has been staying out of the matter, and the Chu State is also the richest!" And our country, the soldiers are not stopped, the national strength has long been exhausted, Weichen thinks that the king can tell the truth to the Chu envoy, the army moves, and costs countless money and food, and once our youth army enters Chu to fight, it is also helping Chu! In this regard, the state of Chu should pay a huge amount of gold and silver! ”

His words are very good, to put it bluntly, it is to let the Qingwang take the opportunity to open his mouth!

After hearing this, King Qing first thought about it, and then said with some concern: "But in this case, will the eighth prince think that this king is falling into a well." ”

"Huh." Shangguan Jin smiled and said without hesitation: "So what? Eighth Prince, can he not agree? ”

"Having said that, ......" Qingwang was still a little worried.

Shangguan Jin said: "Weichen understands the king's worries, can he dare to ask the king, what is the relationship between the prince of Chu and the king of the wind?" ”

I don't understand why he suddenly asked this, King Qing thought for a while, and said: "Feng Chu has always been good friends, and Princess Shaoyang of Chu State married into Feng Country again, if personally, the current Prince of Chu is the real nephew of King Feng." ”

"But this can't change anything, or rather, it can't change the Wind King's ambition to dominate the world!" Shangguan Jin said: "Does the king think that after the Feng army enters Chu, it will still evacuate the Chu State?" ”

"What do you mean by ......," Qingwang asked.

Shangguan Jin said: "Even if the Wind King really helps the Prince of Chu regain the throne of Chu, the Wind Army will definitely not evacuate Chu easily, on the contrary, the Wind King is very likely to garrison in Chu for a long time!" ”

Hearing this, King Qing couldn't help but gasp, and said in a condensed voice: "In this way, wouldn't the Chu State exist in name only!" ”

"Huh! The Wind King nominally said that he was sending troops to help, but in fact, Prince Chu was just luring wolves into the room! Shangguan Jin said.

After a pause, he arched his hand and said: "Therefore, Wei Chen thinks that it doesn't matter at all what the relationship between the king and the eighth prince is, the important thing is that our Qingjun can enter the Chu land, and we can also take this opportunity to ask for a huge amount of gold and silver." ”

His explanation, listening to the ears of the Qing King, made the latter enlightened, and immediately nodded and said, "En...... The prime minister has a point. ”

The envoy of Chu has not yet arrived, and King Qing's side has already discussed countermeasures with Prime Minister Shangguan Jin, and while sending troops, he also decided to ask for a huge amount of gold and silver from Chu State, and now the eighth prince, obviously, as Shangguan Jin said, he has to agree even if he doesn't want to.

(End of chapter)