South Korea just wanted to determine how the state of Chu would deal with the state of Qi, after all, there was no close interaction between Han and Chu, and after getting a definite answer, Han Fei could return to China, and with Xiong Jing's suggestion of 'unburned salary'. Zhao and Wei have other ideas, but many things are not as they want, such as Qi, Chu, Wei and Zhao Siguo joined forces again, for which Chunpinghou specially sent two groups of people.

It has been more than a year since the Qin army attacked the Zhao State, and the Zhao land, which originated in the south of the Shigu Mountain in the south of Handan, has been owned by the Qin State. Fushui joins the Yellow River in the south of the river, originally Zhao Qi took the Yellow River as the boundary, and now most of the cities in the south of Fushui were captured by the Qin army, and Zhao Qi squeezed into the Qin State.

Before the annexation of Yan, the territory of Zhao to the south of Daidi can be seen as a short-sleeved T-shirt. Handan is at the hem of the clothes, the Taihang Mountain and the Yellow River flowing to the north are sandwiched out of the stout body, the north Yan State and the south Qi State are sandwiched out of the right short sleeve, and the west Taihang Mountain and the east Yan Kingdom are sandwiched out of the left short sleeve. The current situation is that Qin Guo took the scissors and cut a piece in the center of the hem of the clothes, along Handan and the Zhao Great Wall and Fushui in the south of Handan. The body is almost half gone, and the width is no longer as wide as the sleeves.

The north of the Yellow River and the south of Fushui were occupied by the Qin State, and the width north of Fushui and south of Hutuoshui was less than 100 li. Sikong Ma's previous strategy was to cede the south of Hutuoshui to the Qin State, which was equivalent to a cut from the position of the chest, and there was still a pair of sleeves left on it, plus a collar, which could probably only cover the breast, and now that the Qin army occupied the south of Fushui, it could still cover the breast.

Is it to continue the hard fight with the Qin army with half of the body, or to comfortably cede the south of the Hutuo River, and leave a collar that covers the breast, which is becoming more and more of a problem.

Chunping Hou is not Zhao Yan, he fights for half of his body, and he fights for Handan, but more and more ministers in the country think that it is enough to have a decent collar. After more than a year of fierce battles, the Zhao people suffered countless casualties, what if they saved half of Handan's body?

Moreover, Jingcheng, one of the eight mountains of Taihang Mountain, has been occupied by the Qin army. The well is under the left armpit, south of the Hutuo River, and from here it is reduced by a knife to the east, which happens to be the location where Sikong Ma suggested cutting the land. Taking the initiative to cut the land, the Qin State has a great possibility to agree to negotiate peace, and when the Qin army comes out of Jingcheng to the east and attack it by itself, the result may be uncertain, maybe the north of the Hutuo River will not be able to keep it.

Because the Qin State captured the south of Fushui, and the plains and Tianjin had become Qin land, Sikong Ma and Ge De could only go north, and entered the Qi State from Fuyang and Rao'an at the mouth of the Yellow River, and they arrived in Linzi later than Han Fei.

Sikong Ma, who had seen him in the Ming Hall, looked at Xiong Jing and was suddenly stunned, he remembered the short figure that jumped excitedly in front of the Chu army formation five years ago. Now, the short figure has grown up, and the darker complexion that is different from the nobles not only does not make people feel ugly, but makes people feel healthy. When the gaze is calm, it is as light as water, and when it is pressing, it is as sharp as a knife. The bridge of the nose is straight and straight, like the five-foot sword placed on Lan Qi. The only drawback is that he has no long beard and only a ring of fluff on his lips.

Recalling this, what puzzled Sikong Ma was that this was obviously a teenager, but his intuition told him that this was an adult. Now, the eyes of the adult were facing him like a knife, and they were also puzzled.

"Why didn't Zhao say anything?" The voice was childish, and the blade flashed and quickly sheathed, and the gaze became flat again.

"Minister...," Matthew said. "Woohoo! The minister recalled that five years ago, he fought against the king on the bank of the clear water of the Chu State, and he couldn't help himself. ”

"Five years ago?" Xiong Jing didn't breathe as much as Sima Kong, and there was an imperceptible haze in his eyes, and he thought of his father.

"Five years ago, the minister was a Qin minister, and he was in the Qin army, and he was the protector of the general Mengwu." Sima Kongdao. "Xiang Yan caused the Qin army to fall into an ambush, and Mengwu wanted to retreat, but the ministers reprimanded him so that he would not retreat."

"Oh?!" The Battle of Qingshui has become history, and it was made a case by the Yingdu Military Academy, but the Qin army was ambushed, and no one knew what Meng Wu thought, so Xiong Jing was surprised by Sikong Ma's words.

"Wenxin Hou Vachu is a last resort." Speaking of Lü Buwei, Sikong Ma sighed again. "The king of Qin wants to destroy the six kingdoms, and the Marquis of Wenxin does not want it, and the war of Chu is a struggle for the authority of the Qin state. The minister angrily reprimanded Meng Wu for not making the Qin army retreat, and only asked for the Qin army to be defeated. The king is heroic and martial, and the Qin army is defeated, which is the luck of the Chu country and the world. ”

In the war five years ago, only Meng Wu on the Qin army knew what was going on, and Sima Kong's words did not make Xiong Jing feel much grateful. And his words contradict themselves, Lü Buwei attacked Chu by attacking Zhao Zheng, or Zhao Zheng's help of Chu relatives, as Lü Buwei's disciple, he should hope for Mengwu's victory, how could he hope that Mengwu would fail?

Xiong Jing politely greeted Sikong Ma Tu, and asked him to sit down before asking, "Qin Guo is in a hurry with Zhao Riyu, how is Zhao Guo?" ”

"King Yu, Zhao Guo is going to die." Speaking of Zhao Guo, Sima Kong described sadness.

"Dying?" Xiong Jing was slightly moved, and randomly understood that this was Sikong Ma's exaggeration.

"Yes, yes." Sima Kongdao. "The Qin State is poor and millions of armor soldiers are attacking Zhao, and the Zhao State will die."

"Zhao Guoxi has the danger of Taihang, and the protection of Zhangshui and the Great Wall in the south is about to die." The corners of Xiong Jing's mouth sneered, he felt that he didn't like the Sikong horse in front of him, and he didn't say a word of truth for a long time.

"The king is mistaken. Last year, the general Hu was defeated in Pingyang, and the Zhao army beheaded 60,000; Since last year, the Qin State has been attacking continuously, and Zhao has died a lot, and the Zhao army can only hold the Great Wall and the north of Fushui, but if the Qin army crosses the Fushui and converges with the army of Qin Jing in Yi'an, the Zhao State will die. Sima Kong lamented.

Hutuoshui, which goes out of Taihang in the east, can cut off all the body in the south, leaving only one collar and two sleeves. Along the water to the north of the water, to Changcheng (now northwest of Jizhou, Hebei) as the boundary, south of Julu Ze, Julu Ze to the south of the sand dune, the sand dune to the south of the giant deer, the giant deer to the south of the Guangping, Chengxiang, Lieren, the south of the Lieren is Handan. Daze Castle makes the rear of Handan not a casual detour.

The Qin army could only make a detour north of Changcheng, which was already above the chest. Moreover, there is a remnant directly above the cut off part, and this piece has Fuliu, Changcheng, Guanjin, Wuyi and other cities. Crossing the water to pull down these cities, and then crossing the water is the plain where Yi'an and Xiaquyang are located. Attacking here, Handan was surrounded, and the state of Zhao was divided into two.

Xiong Jing often looks at the map of Zhao State, if the Qin army on the southern route and the Qin army on the middle road converge on the Yi'an Plain, the Zhao State will naturally die, but in fact it is not that simple. The Yellow River diverges in Yuanjin (now southwest of Puyang, Henan), this one that divides Zhao Qi is the main river, the other goes north, crosses the east of the Great Wall of Zhao, and the confluence of Zhangshui and Fushui goes north, after the confluence, the Fushui forks out in the north of Juluze, and flows into the main river of the Yellow River to the east, and the rest continues to go north to meet with the water of Lushui and Huaishui in the north of Juluze, passing through Changcheng and Xiabo, and joins Hutuoshui in Wusui (non-Yanguo Wusui, now Wuqiang, Hebei) and flows into the sea in the east.

He said that he was going to march there, but it was a matter of opening and closing. In a real marching battle, we must consider not only the mountains and rivers, but also the water system. There is no river in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and only after the construction of embankments in various countries can there be a river, and even if there is a river, the river water often takes away the course of the river. If the Qin army on the southern route wanted to make a detour to Handan, it would not only have to cross the Fushui River to capture Fuliu and Changcheng, but also forcibly cross the tributaries of the Yellow River, which was obviously impossible. After the tributaries are injected by the water and Huaishui, the river surface becomes very wide, and the strength is not easy.

When Xiong Jing's smile flashed, Sikong Ma finally showed his killer move, and he said: "Does the king know that the Zhao State has wanted to cut the land south of the Hutuo River and the river to the Qin State in order to seek peace?" If the king does not save Zhao, Zhao can only bribe Qin's existing state. In this way, Qin will be defeated by Chu. ”

"South of Hutuo Water?" Xiong Jing thought back to the map of Zhao Kingdom, and couldn't help but take a half breath. The south of Hutuoshui is just north of Jingcheng, Zhao Guozhen wants to cede the south of Hutuoshui, then Wusui is bounded by the tributaries of the Yellow River in the east, and Hutuoshui is bounded by Hutuoshui in the west, and it can indeed be defended according to the river. The state of Qin won the land and negotiated peace with the state of Zhao, and the Qin army was about to turn.

Xiong Jing's reaction was in his heart, and this was the effect he wanted. If it sounds good, it's a call for help, and if it's not good, it's a threat: if you don't save me, I'll hurt myself, and it's a big deal to die together.

"What Zhao Guo wants is a matter for Zhao State, and it has nothing to do with Chu State." Xiong Jing contracted his pupils, his eyes turned into blades again, he was not angry, he just said very calmly: "Send off." ”

"The Great King......" Sikong Malai thought of countless countermeasures before, but he didn't expect Xiong Jing to order the send-off. Under the gift of the servant, he shouted: "The king really wants Zhao to cut the land and bribe Qin without saving Zhao? The king really wants Zhao to cut the land......"

"The Great King...... "Xiong Jing is not alone in the Ming Hall, there are also Qu Guang, Jin Yi and others. They were still thinking about who Zhao would attack next, and Xiong Jing had already driven away.

"Shameless!" Xiong Jing scolded, only feeling angry in his heart.

Previously, Zhao Yan was the master of peace, and after Chunping Hou took office, he did not purge the previous ministers, such as Taifu Guo Kai, Sikong Ma and others, which means that there is something going on within Zhao State, and Qin State must know. In view of this, even if the Chu State wanted to save Zhao, it could not let the Zhao State know - the Chu army must have sent troops by waterway, although there are other water systems connected to the Yellow River outside the chasm, but as long as they are willing to work hard, the Qin State can block all these rivers, and it is extremely troublesome to clean up the blocked rivers.

"King, Zhao State bribed Qin, Qin Wuxin, and Zhao died." Qu Guang did not believe that the Qin State would negotiate peace with the Zhao State at all.

"The King. Zhao Guo bribed Qin, but he was actually asking for help. But if the nations do not listen, the nations are in danger. Jin Yi's mood is a little calmer. Since the Warring States period, there is no shamelessness, only more shamelessness, Sima Kong's behavior is really nothing.

"Please summon the king to Xin Lingjun and Qi Dynasty to discuss. Otherwise, Zhao State bribed Qin, and if Zhao State died quickly, it would be Qin and Qi Wei. Jin Yi said again. He didn't think that this was a matter of the Chu family, it was a matter of the three kingdoms of Chu, Qi and Wei.

"Call!" Xiong Jing pressed down his emotions and made the confessor summon Xin Lingjun and the prime minister of Qi State.