The undercurrent was surging, and the sudden rumors spread out to make Xihao's defense unguarded, not only the people questioned, even the army, but also those generals who were loyal to Zhu Zhou began to doubt, they were afraid that one day they would follow in the footsteps of the Han family.

But fortunately, Zhu Zhou's means are extraordinary, a few words, plus evidence and promises, let some generals and families understand that he is definitely not a heartless person, and he will remember everyone's goodness.

Finally, Han Zhong appeared, as a survivor of the Han family, his words were the most convincing.

But rumors stop at the wise, but most of the people in the world are not enlightened, how to understand the cats, although many low-level soldiers obey orders, but rumors make them hesitate and waver many times.

The countries continued to make small moves, and the envoys continued to visit secretly, and slowly reached a final agreement.

In the capital of the Shang and Zhou Kingdoms, the Korean envoy Yexing talked eloquently on the Jinluan Palace: "Your Majesty the Shang and Zhou Kingdoms, my Korea and the Shang and Zhou dynasties are friendly neighbors, the grassland tribes in the north, and the invasion of the Xihao Kingdom in the south. At this time, it was an excellent opportunity, and Zhu Shang said that if we help kill the usurper Zhu Zhou and regain the throne of Xihao Kingdom, he will return the land that was once occupied by our two countries. ”

Ji Wei on the dragon chair had a good attitude, but he didn't agree. At this time, Li Yun, the prime minister of Shang and Zhou, who understood his heart well, said: "Come to envoy, although this matter is a good thing, will he Zhu Shang really return the lost territory of my two countries?" What's more, if we wait for the dispatch of troops, when the time comes, the other side may suddenly attack, and it will be difficult to deal with it at that time. ”

"It's nature." Yexing was calm, as if everything was under control, and he said: "This is an enemy country, and the heart of prevention is indispensable, and besides, we are not really sending troops, but just pretending to contribute." For example, if we are secretly preparing to destroy Zhu Zhou of Xihao Kingdom, so that there are fewer people who stir up the world, if we don't send troops, we will make the country suspicious. ”

"Besides, this is also an opportunity, even if Zhu Shangzhi's promise is true, we can't fully believe it, what we have to do is to regain the lost land by ourselves."

"Oh, what does the envoy have to say?" At this time, Ji Wei asked with interest.

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen." Night Star arched his hand and said: "The general trend of the world, now the Xihao country is the strongest, although he has been divided several times, but Zhu Zhou is a bit eloquent, and has annexed the territory of several of his younger brothers, which has made Zhu Shang suffer a lot of losses, if it were not for the existence of Chen Bingshu, the god of war of the former Xihao country, maybe Zhu Shang at this moment has already been killed by Bai Aya." ”

"Because it is the strongest, it will be feared, for their own safety, several other countries, especially those connected to Xihao Kingdom, will definitely not let go of such an opportunity, among them, Zhu Shang wants to destroy it the most, you must know that this throne was originally owned by him, but it was usurped at this moment."

"This alliance of the countries was initiated by Zhu Shang, which shows his heart, after the alliance, more troops and horses will be mobilized to hoard the border of Xihao country, so the forces between my Korea and your country will be weak. Without Chen Bingshu, there are several layers of troops, so we can't recapture the lost territory yet. ”

"The most important thing is that the alliance will let them let down some of their guard, even if they will still be wary of us, but when the two brothers Zhu Shang and Zhu Zhou make a move, they will not be able to help them, and their homeland will definitely return."

After hearing this, Ji Wei and the ministers all felt that it was very reasonable, many times they still relied on their own strength, and for other people's verbal promises, in front of interests, it was just a joke.

At this time, Li Yun spoke: "What the night envoy said is quite reasonable, but how many soldiers and horses do we have to send and how much effort do we have to contribute?" And how do you make sure they don't do anything to our people then? Besides, if we do something to Zhu Shang, what will they do against us desperately? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, Zhu Shang will not be killed, and we need to choose the right time, that is, when the coalition forces of all countries break through the Xihao country, the benefits will be distributed at that time, and Zhu Shang will inevitably divide his troops to guard against it. We don't want anything else, we just take back what belongs to us, and morally we still have it. ”

"Hmm."

Everyone nodded again, but many aspects need to be carefully planned, although the reason is good, but just in case, the dealings between countries, a little carelessness is not a matter of a little loss.

The alliance was quickly promoted, and Zhu Shang's people lobbied everywhere and promised a lot of benefits, but as long as he won Zhu Zhou, he would get more, and in the future, he believed that with the assistance of Chen Bingshu and Qin Bin and others, he could definitely ask for it back slowly.

"Siege!" The war broke out, the world was in turmoil, and the country of Xihao was in dire straits.

At this moment, Zhu Zhou was extremely troubled, because the whole country was in chaos, and there was news of defeat every day, and even the generals who were outside did not even resist, and directly chose to surrender.

In the past, the countries checked and balanced each other, and the strength of the Xihao Kingdom was still able to stabilize its territory, but now, it is losing and retreating. The previous rumors were used by the coalition forces to portray Zhu Zhou as a senseless and faint king, and they came to crusade against sinners.

"Run, run quickly, they'll kill them right away."

"Defend it, you must not live up to Your Majesty's trust, people are in the city!"

"Come down, it's just a pointless resistance."

The minds of each family can test a person's heart the most in times of crisis, but in the face of death, how many people can maintain their hearts?

The surrender of the surrender, the escape of the escape, the destruction of the left, the land of Xihao Kingdom was encroached on little by little, seeing that it was about to attack Xijing City, Zhu Zhou felt powerless.

"Escape?" Zhu Zhou suddenly had such a thought in his heart, but soon he shook his head in denial, thinking in his heart: "No, there is still a way, there must be a way." ”

Suddenly, Zhu Zhou made a decision, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly summoned his henchmen and said, "Go to the treasury and get a few carts of gold, silver and jewelry, and then ...... like this."

Xijing's safety is urgent, although there are still many loyal soldiers on the front line who are desperately resisting, but who knows how long he can resist, he needs to turn things around as soon as possible.

A certain city in the north of Shang Zhou and Korea is now occupied by the grassland tribes, but in the city lord's mansion, although the houses are still the same, there are felt bags everywhere, and these grassland barbarians are still accustomed to their own residences.

At this moment, in the largest felt bag, a number of people of different races sat with a big grin, gulping wine and eating meat, and said in a rather disdainful tone: "Central Plains people, what are you doing here?" ”

"Honorable leaders, the little one is from the Central Plains Xihao Kingdom, and I am entrusted by Your Majesty to tell you a piece of news?"

"Message? Is it a war between your countries? One of the Great Khans said: "We don't want to get involved in the affairs of your Central Plains people, at the beginning, the Shang Zhou Kingdom and Korea gave up a large area of land, and now we are living a good life." ”

"That is, our warriors of the grassland are good at fighting, and they can easily get it, so why do we still have to fight."

In fact, they are just acting, don't look at them as savage, but their minds are not stupid. Moreover, they are not unclear about the current situation in the Central Plains, and the reason why they are procrastinating is just to be able to get more benefits.

Now the house is full of chiefs of various tribes, who used to have their own territory, but these days they are gathered to discuss whether they can go further into the Central Plains and occupy more land. The richness of the Central Plains, as well as the delicate little ladies, are all things they like.

"Hehe, the little nature knows the courage of the grassland man, what I came to say this time is to tell you that there is an excellent opportunity to go south easily, and even take Shang Zhou and Korea, aren't you excited about the leaders?"

This is the envoy sent by Zhu Zhou to persuade the grassland tribes to go south and share the pressure for themselves. For his own sake, he no longer cares about any national righteousness.

The envoy was kind and persuasive: "Shang Zhou and Korea only promised the chiefs how much land, how barren this place is for the rest of the Central Plains, don't you want to get more fertile land and wealth?" Now there is an opportunity, the countries are attacking our Xihao country on a large scale, our Xihao country, as the largest country in the Central Plains, involves most of their troops, as long as the leaders seize this opportunity at this moment, they can drive straight in. Our emperor promised that when the time comes, we will row the river with the warriors from the steppe, and all the northern Shang and Zhou and Korea will belong to you, and our majesty will also send a large amount of grain and grass. ”

"Yes, very sincere." One of the leaders said: "But why should we help you, when you are defeated, we are not the same to drive straight in, and you can't stop the warriors of the steppe." ”

"Naturally, but then your subordinates will also lose a lot, the leaders. Unlike now, with us involving a large number of their troops, it will definitely be much easier for the warriors of the steppe to go south, and then we will attack from the north and south, so why not. ”

The more the envoy felt that if he did not show some sincerity, these people would not let go, he clapped his hands and said: "In order to show the sincerity of our emperor, take five carts of treasure as a gift, and when the war is over, there will be more treasures to offer, what do you think of the leaders?" ”

Seriously, it's false that they don't like it, there's nothing more tempting than real money, and according to the news, most of the information said by the person in front of them is still accurate.

However, they did not agree, but said, "Let's think again, and reply to you later." ”

"Naturally, the little ones are waiting for the good news of the leaders." If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and he can stop in moderation.

After the envoy left, the tribal leaders present did not have any delay, they preferred to be direct. Tanai, the leader of the Tata tribe, said, "Do you think we should send troops? ”

"Out!"

"Yes, this is a great opportunity, and we can even occupy the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop." Their ambitions are not only that, they can even want the entire Central Plains.

This made everyone's eyes full of greed, and soon, these leaders began to gather the warriors of their tribe and wave their troops south.

Naturally, the movements here did not hide from Liu Feiyun's intelligence department, and soon this news was presented to Liu Feiyun.

Seeing such information, Liu Feiyun had a flash of inspiration and muttered, "It seems that it can be like this." ”