At the end of June, Qin and Chu resumed the war, and in fact, except for the three cities of Chen Ying, Pingyu, and Chengyang, there were not many wars in Chu. Even Chen Ying, who had the most enemy troops, was fierce that night, and after the Wei army was driven out of the city, the Qin and Wei armies were only besieged from a distance, and although the Yongdao outside the city continued to be built, the trebuchets were constantly bombarding and destroying.

The bloody war seems to have turned into a civil war. One side wants to build the city, the other side wants to demolish it, so the road outside the city is getting thicker and thicker, and the trebuchet in the city is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no bloodshed of killing.

The bloodless war lasted for two months, and the Wei state, which was responsible for supplying 550,000 troops (Pingyu still had 100,000 Qin troops and 50,000 Wei troops), could not support it when it needed to transport grain by land every day. The envoys who entered Xianyang to ask for help went one after another, and the beauty treasures were sent away batch after batch, but they couldn't even see the face of King Qin. As a result, the whole country discussed one after another, and they all said that Xiangbang Ziji could be killed, so that the King of Wei had to send hundreds of soldiers to Xiangbang's mansion to defend Xiang.

The state of Wei could not hold on, and the situation of the state of Chu was not good. Last year's war had emptied half of the gold in Yingdu's mansion, and half of the grain in the county's Gaofu had also been sold. In this year's re-battle, although not all the five feet to sixty feet of the whole country were recruited, more than 100,000 soldiers were also recruited. There may still be military spending, but the grain is already stretched thin - those counties that usually steal military endowments, the corn in the high treasury is already dissatisfied, and last year's autumn harvest can still call for current grain, but at the turn of spring and summer this year, the corn and rice are not ripe, how can there be grain to adjust?

If there is no grain to adjust, they can only pay money to buy it in the market, and once they buy it, the already high price of millet rises again. Last year, the highest price was 50 yuan a stone, and the highest price of millet in July this year exceeded 60 yuan. The farmers are still good, but the servants and workers in the city can only eat bean leaf soup and taro rice. Fortunately, after the Chu and Qi alliances, the Qi state sold several batches of corn, and these corns were transported into the Chu state to suppress the price of corn and did not skyrocket again.

Wei could not support the supply of the 55th army of Qin and Wei, and the state of Chu, which fought a national war last year, resisted Qin and Wei very hard. The meaning of marrying a daughter and seeking peace came last year, and this year it is even more urgent. I thought that this matter was hopeless, but I didn't expect that as soon as the Empress Dowager Huayang fell ill, King Qin agreed.

Marrying a daughter, retiring from the army, and meeting an alliance are the result of secret contacts between the two sides. Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, and asking for dates, this series of marriages is progressing extremely smoothly. It's just that after receiving the silk letter from Xianyang Changwenjun last month, in the vague text, Yang Wenjun felt that it would not be so simple to withdraw from the army.

"I've seen Yang Wenjun." The envoys of the Qin State to welcome the princess of the Chu State were still weak, and this was his second trip to Chu.

"Is Qin Envoy all the way?" Dun Huang still entered from Chengyang, and went down the river from Huaishui to Yingdu.

"Okay." The last time he received a weak reception, it was Shen Yinyu who saw Yang Wenjun for the first time, and he couldn't help but look at him weakly. Under the high crown, other Chu people are either delicate and elegant, or they are more rough, and Yang Wenjun does have an indescribable gloom.

"This is the book of the Empress Dowager, please take a look." Suddenly, he took out a silk book from his bosom.

"Xie Qin." The Empress Dowager asked the Qin envoy to bring a book to herself, which must be a book that is beneficial to the Qin State. Sure enough, Yang Wenjun's palms began to sweat after reading half of the silk book, and there were two conditions for the Qin people's other peace alliances: one was to abolish Xiongjing and replace it with Xiong Qiang; The second is to ask for the art of iron, the weapon of breaking the city, and the boat of big wings.

"This is ten thousand..."Yang Wenjun looked at it and shook his head again and again, "...... Never. ”

"Why not?" Suddenly smiled slightly, "Lixiong is the king, the king is Ling Yin, and the big and small things of Jing Guo are all in the hands of the king." ”

"Never, never." Xiong Jing's shadow appeared in Yang Wenjun's mind. Those half-innocent and half-sharp eyes, he couldn't look directly at them. "This can't be done, and the Queen Mother won't agree to ......"

"This is not for you to do," explained weakly, "this is what the Empress Dowager told you, and the king will not stop until he reaches these two points, you just need to secretly facilitate it." ”

"Please tell the Empress Dowager Huayang, I can't make this happen." Yang Wenjun bowed his head. "This sin of treason!"

"What about the rest?" He exhaled weakly, "The king wants the art of iron, the weapon of breaking the city, and the boat of big wings, can it be done?" ”

After discovering that Zhao Guo would sacrifice the art of iron to Qin, the State of Chu immediately cut off all kinds of raw materials for iron smelting, and the craftsmen who arrived in Handan refused to start work, and the art of Qin State's iron art was yellow again. After the art of iron, the Qin State saw the big-winged warboat and the trebuchet, the big-winged warboat was just that, the trebuchet King Qin chanted from time to time, and the Shaofu also started trial production, but unfortunately it didn't work out.

"The art of great iron may be," Yang Wenjun thought for a while, "The weapon of breaking the city is absolutely unacceptable, and the large-winged warship is absolutely unacceptable." ”

"The rest is enough, the weapon that breaks the city is not missing." Tona stressed weakly. "The king must be a weapon to break the city."

"This matter needs to be told to the Queen Mother and Ling Yin, I can't decide." Yang Wenjun said.

"Then please ask the Empress Dowager to order Yin." The two things were not done in one way, and he was a little unhappy. Of course, he is not in a hurry, now it is the Qin army attacking the Chu State, not the Chu State attacking the Qin State. Yang Wenjun couldn't see any waves on his face, he didn't return the silk book, but put it in his arms and retreated, got in the car and walked to the palace.

The east side of the royal city is the palace room, and the west half is the garden. With Xiong Jing's order, the pavilion in the garden was dismantled, and only the high steps remained. As soon as the princess of Qi came, another low wall was built in the garden, and the good garden was immediately shortened by a small half.

The temple people led the way in front, and on the way to Ruoying Palace, Yang Wenjun had no intention of looking at those remnants, only thinking about the words on the silk book. Abolish the king and set up a bear, with the power of today's king, this is absolutely impossible. Since she knew that she couldn't do this, why did the Empress Dowager Huayang mention it in the silk book? Could it be......

"What did the Qin envoy say?" Ruoying Palace Mingtang, in addition to the Queen Mother, Ling Yin Nao was also cunning, and both of them looked at Yang Wenjun.

"Qin envoy said," Yang Wenjun paused, "Qin envoy said that if you want to withdraw your troops, you need the art of iron, the weapon of breaking the city, and the boat of big wings, otherwise you will ......"

"How else?" Concubine Zhao glanced at Nao Cunning, and the hand holding her sleeve tightened again.

"Otherwise, we will not withdraw our troops." Yang Wenjun replied.

"The Qin people really have no faith." Concubine Zhao was suddenly disappointed, the Qin people didn't discuss it like this before, and they said that they would marry Qi Qian into Qin.

"The art of iron, the weapon of breaking the city, the boat of big wings," Nao's cunning voice was very deep, and his eyes were blood-red. "These three are all offensive weapons, if the Qin people have them, they can dominate the world in a few years, they know that I will not do it, why do they come to welcome it?"

"This?" Yang Wenjun couldn't help but look at Nao Cun, Nao Cunning is not a smart person, could it be that the strategists of the Great Sima Mansion reminded him.

"Empress Dowager, Qin Envoy is weak, this person is the best at fox and fake tiger power, and oppresses people with power. This is by no means the opinion of King Qin, but it is just his invitation to merit. "It's not that some strategists give advice to Nao, but that Qin envoys are so virtuous in any country." And the minister heard that the wedding of the king of Qin is scheduled for the beginning of the year, if I don't want to, won't the king of Qin be able to get married? ”

It is the end of August, and the first year of the Qin State is in October, and from the end of August to October, there are only two months to be full, and this has to subtract the time on the road. Since the King of Qin listened to the Empress Dowager Huayangzu, and since the King of Qin wanted to marry the princess of Chu State, the time was on the side of Chu State, thinking of this, Concubine Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and she said: "I see, the old woman is not worried." ”

"Please ask Dazai to tell the Qin envoy, if you ask for other things, Chu will never marry a princess into Qin." Nao slyly instructed Yang Wenjun. "The art of iron may be purchased with the same money as Zhao Guo, but it needs to be after the army is withdrawn. It is impossible to throw stones and large-winged warships. Last year, Qin Prime Minister Changping Jun once said that after the Zhou War, the two countries made peace, but now the Qin State did not make peace with me, but drove the Wei State to attack me together. If I give the Qin State a stone-throwing weapon and a large-winged war boat, and the Qin army will attack me again, what if? ”

The words of questioning came out of Nao's cunning mouth, which was imposing, righteous and strict, and then relayed by Yang Wenjun to Dun Weak, it became harmonious and gentle. After hearing this, he smiled and said, "Dazai is just passing the word? ”

He hoped that Yang Wenjun would help persuade Ling Yin and the Empress Dowager, but he didn't want the result to be as expected. What's going on with the money to buy the art of Ju Iron, Zhao Guo has already been fooled. The state of Chu can cut off the raw materials for iron smelting whenever he wants, and he has to charge two gold patent fees for each weapon, which is worthless to buy.

"I'm just Dazai, what if I don't pass on the word?" Yang Wenjun squeezed out a wry smile. "If the Qin envoy is unwilling, I can ask Ling Yin to come here for a while."

"Not necessarily." Suddenly, he restrained his smile, "This is the responsibility of the envoy, and only welcomes the princess into Qin." What the silk book says is not my responsibility, but the responsibility of the king. ”

"I'm just Dazai, how can I do this?" Yang Wenjun's smile became more and more bitter. "Ling Yin is unwilling, what can I do?"

"Then I won't talk about it." "The wedding day is set at the beginning of the year, the princess is delicate, more than a thousand miles, and it takes at least twenty or twenty-five days on the road." At the latest, he will leave Yingqin at the beginning of next month. ”

It is not a trivial matter for the princess to get married, let alone marry into the Qin State as the queen of Qin. Before the deadline, the top and bottom of the Chu Palace were preparing the dowry of Mi Qian. Of course, this is in the name of Princess Mi Xuan, she will be in time next year, and it is natural to prepare a dowry.

The dowry is small, but the retirement is big. Yang Wenjun asked: "If the princess enters Qin, what if the Qin army does not retreat ......?" ”

"Do you have to ask the Qin army to retreat first, so that the Chu State is willing to marry the princess Yu Qin?" Suddenly, he directly pierced Yang Wenjun's thoughts. "Jun Dang knows that what he said before was that he would marry the princess to enter Qin first, and then the Qin army would retire. If you don't want to wait, you can't wait, and you will return to Xianyang empty-handed to ask the widow for the guilt, it's just a big deal, but Jing Guo ......"

Nao Cunning threw out the winning hand, forcing Dun Weak to stop asking for those utensils. Now the sudden weakness also threw out the winning hand, forcing the Chu State to make a choice. There is no suspense, the state of Chu is naturally prepared with a dowry, and the princess will leave Yingying and enter Qin at the beginning of next month. For more than ten days at the end of August and the beginning of September, the palace was busy day and night, and it was not until the night before the departure that hundreds of carts of dowries were hurriedly prepared.