He Lu also looked incredulous: "Yes, where did he come from so many soldiers in the Tang Kingdom, didn't the doctor see it wrong?" ”

"I can't believe it." Wu Zixu smiled bitterly, "That's why I asked General Sun Wu to analyze one or two." ”

Wu Zixu walked to the map and gave a detailed description of the deployment of the Tang army troops he saw along the way.

After listening to this, Sun Wu pondered intently, and after a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is the Tang Army's suspicious plan. ”

"Oh?" He Lu asked, "How does General Sun know?" ”

Sun Wu stroked the thick beard on his chin: "The doctor's return trip is three days late, but Tang Guo is hindered?" ”

"That's exactly what the general said." Wu Zixu nodded, "The minister originally thought it was Fang Li's suspicious plan, but what I saw along the way, the Tang army along the way did not look like a tired army from Xingyang, but it should be a garrison that had been stationed for a long time, and it happened to be looked at by the minister." ”

"It's not surprising." Sun Wu knocked on the map, "Even if the Tang army has suffered heavy casualties, there are still garrisons in various places." As long as the tired army transferred from all over the place is mixed and hidden in the original soldiers and horses, the doctor will not be able to see it. ”

Sun Wu's analysis was very reasonable, but He Lu still didn't believe that Tang Guojun would fool himself with such a childish trick, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little.

Wu had heavy troops on the Wu-Yue border, and it was easy to mobilize, and the army that could be transferred to attack Chu was less than 100,000 people.

Zheng, Chen, and Cai Puer are small countries, and they have poured all their strength into Chu, and the country is already empty. If the remnants of the Wei and Jin dynasties could not contain the Tang State to the death and let the Tang army attack the Three Kingdoms with their hands empty, then the alliance of the Five Kingdoms would instantly only leave the two countries of Qin and Wu.

Goujian, the king of Yue, has been lying on his back for several years since the defeat of Fujiao, and he hates Wu to the core, if the battle of Chu cannot be resolved quickly, and when Yue Guo eases up to attack Wu, Wu is likely to fall into a two-front battle.

After hesitating again and again, he looked at Wu Zixu, who was bowing his head and pondering: "What does the doctor think?" ”

Wu Zixu pondered for a long time, and also nodded: "Tang Guomeng's generals are like clouds, and it is not impossible to see the strategies of the ministers. ”

He Lu smiled bitterly: "I regret not listening to Mr. 's words, if it weren't for the widow's insistence on letting Mr. go to Tang, but directly send troops, Fang Li would not have had a chance to see through Mr.'s General Sun's plan." ”

But it turned out that in Wu Zixu and Sun Wu's original plan, there was no idea of forming an alliance with Tang.

Qin sent Zhang Yi to envoy Wu to persuade Lu to unite all the countries to attack the backyard of Chu at the same time, and he was caught off guard, Wu Zixu and Sun Wu agreed, and Wei, Jin, Chen Cai and other countries were also ready to send troops.

He Lu felt that if he could persuade Tang to join, he would be more sure to win against Chu on all sides, so Wu Zixu's trip to Xingyang was born.

He Lu couldn't regret it, but Wu Zixu comforted: "The king doesn't have to blame himself, my Great Wu is a clear plan, and the suspicious tactics of the Tang State have also been seen through by General Sun Wu at a glance." The Great Zhou Tianzi didn't know anything about the actual deployment of our army, so even if Fang Li coerced the Son of Heaven, it would not have any impact on the battle to destroy Chu. ”

Sun Wu also hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, please send troops to the Chu State immediately, and destroy Chu before the winter before the Yue Kingdom is out of breath!" ”

He Lu thought about it for a while, and finally decided to follow Sun Wu and Wu Zixu's advice.

In mid-October, Wu State, with Sun Wu as the commander, gathered 50,000 elite soldiers with armor and 30,000 sailors, a total of 80,000 people along the Yangtze River to the west to attack Anqing.

At the same time, Zheng Guojun Zheng Hu sent Zichan and Zizhan to lead 30,000 troops to cross Yuya Mountain and march to the city father. The combined forces of Chen and Cai totaled 50,000 to attack Fanyang in the Chu State.

On the other hand, the Wei State gathered all the troops of the whole country, once again worshiped the captain as the commander, and led 60,000 troops with the intention of directly attacking Xingyang, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

After receiving assurances from the State of Qi that the State of Qi would definitely hold back the State of Yan, the Governor of the Jin State decided to take a big gamble, gathering troops from all over the country and a total of 30,000 prisoners repatriated from the Tang State to march westward in an attempt to recapture the Qing Yuan and point the sword at Shaoliang.

Cao Cao, who received Fang Li's warning early, reacted quickly, decisively abandoned Qingyuan, which was easy to attack and difficult to defend, and ordered the Qingyuan defenders to withdraw to Shaoliang to join the army, preparing to take advantage of the Tang army's good field warfare to fight with the Jin army outside Shaoliang City.

Less than half a month after the armistice came into effect, the three kingdoms rekindled the flames of war, Jia Xu's plan to delay the army failed to take effect, and Chu and Tang were in a hurry.

The king of Chu Xionglu was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and hurriedly ordered the three generals Jing Que, Jing Cui, and Fenghou Chou to fight the fire in three ways, and ordered the herald to urge Xiang Yan to quickly solve the Qin army.

Fang Li learned about Wu Guo's plan from Ji Zheng's mouth, and cold sweat flowed all over his body.

The remnants of the Jin State are not to be feared, although the Wei State is troublesome, it will not force the Tang State to the state of annihilation, but if the Chu State is really destroyed by Qin and Wu, the next one should be his Tang State.

Jia Xu sent an envoy to Zhao State, Xun Yu sent an envoy to Song State, and Fa Zheng sent an envoy to Wei State, all of which are still on the way, and even if they succeed, it will take some time.

Fang Li ordered Cao Ren to strictly control Luoyang, and then personally rushed back to Xingyang overnight, and the three generals Lu Bu, Liu Feng, and Xu Huang learned the news and decisively gathered their troops and went north to aid the national capital.

The Wei army will be able to reach the city of Xingyang in less than ten days, and the defenders in the city are less than 30,000, and the food and grass equipment are sufficient, so they can fight.

But if Fa Zheng makes Wei Shicheng, Tang Guo will not need to fight this battle. Fang Li climbed the city wall and looked in the direction of Wei from afar, and secretly prayed in his heart:

"Even if the Wei army can be defeated, the Tang State at that time will be greatly injured, and I am afraid that it will not be able to participate in the struggle for hegemony among the countries in a short time. Filial piety, you must not live up to the expectations of the widow."

When the eight countries each dispatched troops and sent generals, and the war was about to break out, Xun Yu's chariots and horses finally arrived at Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Kingdom.

Although the Song State did not belong to the first-class powers, its strength was also superior among the small countries of Lu, Chen, Cai, and Zhengwei, and it had 100,000 armor in the country, and often interfered in the internal affairs of Chen Zhenglu and other countries, so the surrounding diplomatic relations were very bad.

Feng Zeng, the current monarch of the country, was forced to go into exile in Zheng State, and was taken care of by Zheng Hu to survive, and after returning to the Song State to succeed to the throne, he eased relations with Zheng State, and the diplomatic relations between the two countries tended to be equal, and Zheng Guo dared to pour his troops into Chu because of this.

But Zi Feng Qiren has a great weakness - greedy for money, seeing that the eyes of money are open to the point that the six relatives do not recognize it, he has relied on his strength to ask Zheng Guo and Chen Guo for money many times, Zheng Hu is extremely disgusted with this but cannot help but give it.

The purpose of Xun Yu's trip was to start from Zifeng's weakness of greed for money, and try to tempt the Song State to send troops to attack Zheng.

When he arrived in Shangqiu, Xun Yu did not ask to see Song Gongzi Feng for the first time, but asked someone to collect all kinds of news in the market first to see if there was anything to be used.

This investigation was really investigated by Xun Yu and there was something wrong.

It turned out that the mother of Gongzi Tu, the younger brother of Zheng Guojun Zheng Hu, was the daughter of the Yong family, a big family of the Song Kingdom, named Yongyao.

Yong's generation in the Song Dynasty as an official, even won the favor of the Song monarchs, Gongzi Tu was born in the Song State, and Zi Feng was close to Zi Feng since childhood, Zi Feng originally wanted to help Gongzi Tu in charge of Zheng Guo, but because of Zheng Hu's life-saving grace, this has been delayed.

Since this is the case, Xun Yu decided to pull this son to help Zifeng make up his mind.

Xun Yu first visited Zihan of the Song Kingdom overnight, Zihan likes beautiful jade, Xun Yu gave him a pair of precious jade obtained from the Jin Kingdom, Zihan was overjoyed, and personally welcomed Xun Yu to the study.

Zihan stroked Baoyu lovingly, and asked casually: "I heard that the Tang Kingdom is in an emergency, and Mr. Wen Ruo doesn't stay in Xingyang to worry about Tang Gong, what's the matter with coming to my Song Kingdom?" ”

Xun Yu didn't know the news of Wei Jin's invasion of the Tang Kingdom at this time, and when he heard this, his hand holding the tea cup froze, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "The news of Xiangguo is very fast." ”

"Where, where." Zihan carefully put Baoyu on the treasure shelf in the study, turned around and poured himself a cup of tea, "Zheng and Chen are both under the nose of my lord, of course they know their every move." ”

Xun Yu smiled: "Xiangguo is going to sit back and watch Zheng and Chen sit big?" ”

"How else?" Zihan took a sip of the hot tea in the cup, and sighed leisurely, "Zheng Hu has a life-saving grace for my lord, and he is becoming more and more disobedient year by year, and my lord is also very helpless." ”

The power of a pair of jades is really great, and before Xun Yu could ask, Zihan's essence had already taken the initiative to reveal Song Gong's dissatisfaction.

Xun Yu secretly paid attention to Zihan's expression, and said decisively and tentatively: "Since Zheng Hu is disobedient, why not change to an obedient one?" ”

Zihan paused, and his face showed a little vigilance: "What does Mr. mean by this?" ”

"That's exactly what Sangkook thought." Xun Yu smiled as warm as jade, "I heard that Gong Song is very fond of Gongzi Tu, why not?"

Zihan looked at Xun Yu quietly for a long time, and saw that the other party's eyes were calm, and he couldn't see any flaws in his expression, so he softened his breath slightly: "Sir, do you think my lord doesn't want to?" Who called Zheng Hu's life hard, so far there is no disease or disaster, you can't kill him, right? ”

Xun Yu quietly tasted the fine tea in the cup, but smiled silently.

The two were silent for a while, and in the end, it was Zihan who broke the gong first, and sighed deeply: "Okay, Mr. Seeing is also a sincere person, I will tell the truth that my lord has already intended to help Zheng Guo change the monarch, but there is no excuse." ”

Zihan looked very troubled: "Zheng Hu is cautious, and he hasn't caught his handle so far, Zheng Guo is not my Great Song Dynasty after all, it's not easy to do." ”

"Isn't it easy to do when you're down?" Xun Yu chuckled, "What excuse in this world is more justifiable than the edict of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Zihan's eyes lit up: "Mr. mean?" ”

Having said this, Xun Yu suddenly stood up and put on a solemn appearance: "My lord sent the envoy Song, I just want to be friendly with the Song country, and the allies are worried, of course my lord wants to help, what about Xiangguo?" ”

Zihan was so excited when he heard this, he pulled Xun Yu to talk all night, and after asking about Tang Guo's plan, he didn't care that he hadn't slept all night, and boarded the carriage and went straight to the palace to meet Song Gong.

At this time, the sky was just dawning, and Song Gongzi Feng had just gotten up from the warm bedding, and before he had washed, he heard a report from the palace people, saying that Xiangguo had something important to see.

Zifeng was confused and asked Zihan to wait in the side hall, and only after washing and dressing did he slowly swing in, and saw Zihan, who had always been calm, turning around like a headless fly, he couldn't help but wonder: "Xiangguo, what's wrong?" ”