Due to Yue Heng's military order, Ma Ying did not meet Zhao Chuan, and Zhao Chuan's side, like him, did not lead the army to pursue because of Xiao Wang's military order.

After the Qing army completely retreated, Xiao Wang's side also began to lead the army back to Hanyang City.

In the council hall in the city, all the generals gathered together, and Zhao Chuan was still complaining dissatisfiedly: "Hmph, such a God-given opportunity, Xiao Shuai himself did not dare to pursue the enemy, but he did not let others chase ......"

Xiao Wang didn't bother to pay attention to his complaints, but glanced at everyone, and then fixed his eyes on Chen Qun, and said: "Lord Chen, now that the civil war in Chu has been settled, I don't know if our army will still be stationed in Hanyang." ”

When Chen Qun heard this, he pondered for a moment and said, "What does the prime minister mean is that the prince of Chu is very likely to ask the king for Hanyang?" ”

"This is an obvious thing, Hanyang is the hub of the Chu State, and the first thing the Prince of Chu has to do after he takes the throne is probably to let my troops withdraw." Xiao Wang said.

Hearing this, before Chen Qun could say anything, Zhao Chuan couldn't help but interject: "Why!?" Hanyang was defeated by our army in a bloody battle! It belongs to our country! ”

Hearing him say this, Chen Qun smiled and said: "General Zhao is right, if Prince Chu wants to return to Hanyang, it is not just a word from him, of course, my Wang Wang's order has not arrived, and the prime minister does not have to pay attention to Prince Chu." ”

Xiao Wang nodded and said, "This is natural, but now the king has not let my country's officials come to Hanyang to take up his post, and the head of Hanyang County is still a Chu official, so I don't know what the king's plans are......"

On their side, the army continued to be stationed in Hanyang, and before Lu Chen's royal order arrived, it was impossible for Xiao Wang to withdraw the army without authorization, and at this time, Lu Chen was also thinking about this matter in the Wind King Palace.

At the beginning, the prince of Chu asked Lu Chen for help, and in order to help him restore the country, Lu Chen sent troops unconditionally, not like Qingguo, asking for a huge amount of gold and silver.

In the case of war, once the soldiers are used, the cost is very large, not to mention the casualties of the soldiers of the Feng Army! Now that the battle is over, let the Feng Army go back where it came from, and give nothing, how could Lu Chen be willing.

Although Prince Chu has not mentioned this matter yet, Lu Chen does not need to think about it to know that the matter of Hanyang and Sanjiangkou will be mentioned sooner or later.

A few days later, the Chu envoy entered Fengzhou.

At the court hall, its envoy first bent down and bowed his hand, bowed to Lu Chenshen, and then said respectfully: "The envoy of Chu will see His Royal Highness the Wind King." ”

Lu Chen waved his hand slightly, and said, "The envoy doesn't have to be polite, this time I came to Fengzhou for the prince of Chu to become the king of Chu, right?" ”

"Your Highness is wise." The envoy of Chu straightened up and said straight to the point: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered to come here, and specially informed His Royal Highness the Wind King that the enthronement ceremony will be held in Chu on the eighteenth day of the next month. ”

In that era, the new monarch of the neighboring country ascended the throne, according to the courtesy, other countries should send envoys to congratulate, in this matter, Lu Chen also had nothing to consider, after hearing the words, he also nodded and said: "Well, this king will send a special envoy to congratulate the new king of Chu on his accession to the throne." ”

"In this way, there is nothing else to do next, so I will retire first." The Chu envoy gave another salute, and then respectfully withdrew from the main hall.

After he left, Xue Huairen was the first to stand up, he first bent down to Lu Chen and bowed his hand, and then said: "King, the previous time our Feng army entered Chu to fight, and occupied two important places in Hanyang and Sanjiangkou respectively, and now the civil strife in Chu has just been settled, and after the prince of Chu is on the throne, he will inevitably ask our army to withdraw and return Hanyang and Sanjiangkou at the same time. ”

Lu Chen didn't answer him this question immediately, but glanced at everyone in the hall and asked quietly, "What about the opinions of the secretaries?" ”

Hearing this, Sima Wen immediately stepped out of the ranks and said: "As soon as the army moves, it costs a lot of money, not to mention the loss of national strength, just my Feng army soldiers, there are many people who died on the front line!" Therefore, Weichen thinks that Hanyang and Sanjiangkou should be included in the territory of our country. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Miaocai stood up and said the same: "That's right! The king, in order to help the prince of Chu to restore the country, our army traveled a long distance to fight in Chu, which was simply unconditional to send troops, not only that, but also after the prince of Chu had an army, our country gave help in all aspects such as grain, grass and ordnance in the early stage, and now the war is over, and the prince of Chu ascends to the throne and cedes a Hanyang and Sanjiangkou, which is also reasonable. ”

"The minister seconded the ......"

"The minister also seconded the proposal that our country cannot make any concessions on the issue of Hanyang and Sanjiangkou......"

The ministers of the Wind Country began to list one after another, and almost all of them thought that Hanyang should belong to their own side, looking at the large number of ministers in the palace, Lu Chen couldn't help but think deeply.

Seeing that the king never spoke, Sima Wen said again: "Dare to ask the king, do you have the intention of attacking Chu?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but look at Sima Wen.

Seeing this, the latter immediately said: "Although our country will not attack Chu now, the king wants to dominate the world!" Sooner or later, the state of Chu will be destroyed! The land of Hanyang is the best springboard for attacking Chu, and our infantry army must pass through Hanyang to land! And if Ai Hu's troops withdraw from the Sanjiang Estuary, then it will be difficult for our army to cross the Yangtze River moat! Therefore, Weichen thought that the king should take precautions. ”

His words were speaking to Lu Chen's heart!

After hearing this, Lu Chen also had a lot of thoughts, and then said: "The opinion of the king, this king already knows, it is definitely impossible to return Hanyang and Sanjiangkou in this way, but in this matter, we still try not to provoke conflicts with the Chu State......"

Prince Chu hadn't mentioned this matter yet, and the Wind Country had already started to discuss it in advance.

And after the Chu envoy withdrew from the court hall, he did not leave immediately, but went to see the princess of the wind, Princess Shaoyang.

Chu Guo is the maiden family of Princess Shaoyang, therefore, Princess Shaoyang was also very polite to the envoy of Chu's request to see, and after serving tea in the living room, she smiled slightly and asked: "The envoy asked to see the palace this time, what is the so-called matter?" ”

When the envoy of Chu heard this, he hurriedly said respectfully: "Yu Niangniang, you are the princess of Chu State, and Chu State is also your mother country, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has quelled the rebellion and is about to inherit the throne. ”

As he spoke, the envoy of Chu also took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Princess Shaoyang's personal maid with both hands.

The latter took it, and then handed it to Princess Shaoyang, and after reading it, he couldn't help but stand up, and said bitterly: "Brother Wang was really killed by the eighth prince......

After saying this, Princess Shaoyang sat back again, put the letter on the table, and said to the Chu envoy: "Rest assured, the envoy will inherit the unification, and the palace will definitely go back to the Chu country to see." ”

Seeing that she agreed so quickly, the Chu envoy was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "If Niangniang can go back to Chu to watch the ceremony, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be delighted......