The Yingdu of Chu, the pivotal place of Chu, is now in a state of slaughter because of the national war. This always prosperous southern capital also seems a little deserted because of this solemn atmosphere.

Now in the streets of slaughter, there are men on horseback, galloping briskly, to the palace. The soldiers of the Chu State who were patrolling the streets saw such a scene, but none of them dared to stop it.

Since the state of Chu and the state of Song fought in Xiangyi and suffered a big loss at the hands of the cavalry of the state of Song, the state of Chu also absorbed the advanced experience of the state of Song and developed its own cavalry. However, the state of Chu was located in the south and lacked horses, unlike the state of Song, which was able to train cavalry on a real scale. Most of their cavalry is used to deliver messages.

I have to say that with such a vast area of the Chu State, since there are cavalry to be responsible for delivering news, the efficiency of military intelligence transmission in the Chu State has also been much higher. And the soldiers in Chu also knew at this time that whenever the cavalry was dispatched, it must be an urgent military report, and no one dared to stop it!

The knight rode his horse until he arrived near the palace of the king of Chu, and the palace guards stopped him. When the person's identity was confirmed, and it became known that the person was indeed transmitting an emergency military report, the guards immediately let him go.

Soon, the news in the hands of this person was sent to the king of Chu. When the King of Chu saw this urgent report, the whole person became extremely angry, and even Zheng Sleeve, the favorite concubine who had always pleased the King of Chu, could not calm down his emotions.

Subsequently, all the ministers of Chu received an urgent summons from the king of Chu.

"Everyone, take a look at this urgent report that has just arrived!" As soon as he saw that all the ministers of the Chu State had arrived, the king of Chu directly threw the urgent report he received to Yin Zhaoyang, who was the closest to him.

Zhaoyang was also a little surprised to see King Chu's attitude, and then he took this urgent report and looked at it, and after reading it, his face was full of extremely gloomy expressions. Then he handed this urgent report to the big Sima Jingcui beside him, and after Jingcui read it, his face was also full of shock.

When all the ministers of Chu State read it, everyone was speechless because of the news that came from it.

Subsequently, Jin Shang, who did not belong to the three surnames, stood up and said: "King, Zhaohua is a famous general of my country, and the elite soldiers he has trained are the strongest soldiers in my country. Moreover, he fought with the Song State many times, and personally quelled the rebellion of the Yue people in Jiangnan, but now he was defeated by the Song army in a row within half a year, and lost the land in the south and north of the Yangtze River, not to mention, even he himself was killed in the hands of the Song State. This shows that the Song Kingdom is now extremely powerful, and it is not something that our country can deal with......"

Before Jin Shang's words were finished, Zhao Sui stood up and said: "Jin Shang, why do you want to grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige, the Song Kingdom is just a small country, and it is necessary to carry out a sneak attack when our country is facing a crisis, so why should you worry?" ”

For Zhao Sui, Zhao Sui's death in battle was not only a loss for the Chu State, but also a major loss for the Zhao Clan! The defeat of Zhao Hua caused the Chu State to lose its right to rule these two places, and also made the Zhao clan lose its influence on these two places. At the same time, the strength of the Zhao clan has dropped greatly because of the loss of the elite soldiers to which Zhao slip belongs! This is not only a national hatred, but also a family hatred!

In today's world, the interests of the family are even more important than the interests of the state. The state of Chu raised troops to the west and fought a decisive battle with the state of Qin, which was only bad for the Zhao clan, not good. Therefore, he has long been dissatisfied with the fact that Chu has moved the country to the west and has a decisive battle with Qin, and now is the opportunity to take advantage of the defeat of the Chu army to shift Chu's attention to the east!

For a while, the king of Chu was also upset by the quarrel between the two, and then it was under the persuasion of Ling Yin Zhaoyang that the two stopped arguing. However, the state of Chu did not come up with a result on how to deal with the land now occupied by the Song state.

And at such a time, the Song envoy Su Li also came to the Chu State. When Su Li arrived in the State of Chu, he did not directly go through the official channels of the State of Song, but directly relied on the help of the merchants of the State of Song and came to the State of Chu privately.

As soon as the other party arrived in the Chu State, they first learned about the war situation facing the Chu State through the intelligence agencies and merchants of the Song State, and then learned in detail about the political orientation of the various factions in the court of the Chu State before they began to act.

He first met Jin Shang, a favored minister of the king of Chu, through the relationship of merchants.

Jin Shang, as a figure with great influence in the court of Chu State outside the three clans of Chu State, is actually a confidant of the King of Chu. When Jin Shang saw such a young man as Su Li and learned about his identity as an envoy of the Song State, he immediately said with a cold face: "Now that the Song State is at war with my Chu State, and the Song Envoy is in private with my Chu State, aren't you afraid of encountering accidents?" ”

Su Li didn't care about Jin Shang's threat at all, he said to Jin Shang: "I came here with the order of my monarch, if I don't do things well, how can I meet the lord?" Moreover, when I came down to the Chu State, I came for the peace of the Song and Chu countries, and I believe that Dr. Shangguan would not joke about the safety of the Chu State! ”

Jin Shang's heart moved after hearing this, and then he said quietly: "Song State thinks that he can take advantage of the war between my Chu State and the other countries to sneak attack our country, and then he will be able to reap the benefits of my country, then he will underestimate my Chu State!" Now that the army of the Song State is still stationed on the territory of our Chu State, where is there peace between my Chu State and the Song State? If the Song State wants peace, it is very easy, immediately withdraw all its troops from the territory of our Chu State, and return Jiangnan and Jiangbei to our country, and our Chu State can not blame the previous behavior of the Song State! ”

Hearing Jin Shang's words, Su Li immediately laughed: "Now that my Song State and Chu State are fighting in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, they have the upper hand, and all the important cities in these two places have fallen into the hands of my Song State, does Doctor Shangguan think that my Song State is afraid of Chu State's revenge, so he came to ask Chu State for peace?" If you think so, Doctor Shangguan will underestimate my Song Kingdom too much! Since I, the Song State, dared to take the territory of the Chu State, I naturally had the confidence to keep it. ”

As soon as Jin Shang heard this, he immediately asked, "In that case, why did your envoy come to my Chu State privately?" ”

Su Li replied: "I am here for the peace of the Chu State!" Now the state of Chu has been defeated in the east by the hands of our Song state, and the land south of the Yangtze River and the north of the river has been lost. It has been under siege by Han Wei in the north in the Huaishui and Nanyang areas, and in the west it has been at war with the Qin state for more than nine months. Now not only Nanyang and Huaishui, which are the core places of the Chu State, are in danger of losing their land, but even the land of Yan Ying of the Chu State is also threatened by the Qin State. ”

Jin Shang said coldly: "Having said so much, the Song State still wants to seize the land south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River in our country. The Song envoy said such things in front of me, if he said this in front of my king, I am afraid that he would not want to leave my Chu country! ”

Su Li smiled and said, "Doctor Shangguan is angry, there is no such meaning in Xia. It's just that I think that now the state of Chu is facing the siege of the four countries, and it is very unwise to carry out it on three fronts at the same time. In the following opinion, the land south and north of the Yangtze River occupied by the Song State now, the Chu State has no energy to take it back in a short time. In this case, if the state of Chu negotiates peace with our country and recognizes that the lands south of the Yangtze River and north of the river belong to our country, our country is willing to give the state of Chu some returns. ”

"What in return?" Hearing this, Jin Shang was really interested.

"Fifty million dollars! And this money, if the Chu State is willing, my Song State can exchange it for the equivalent war materials for the Chu State, whether it is food or weapons, my country will not be stingy. I think these things will make a big difference to the current situation of the Chu State, right? Su Li inadvertently said the conditions of the Song Kingdom.

Hearing this, Jin Shang was also a little silent. As a confidant of the King of Chu, of course he knows the current situation of the Chu State, as Su Li said, the Chu State is currently at war on three sides, and in the most core Nanyang, Huaishui and other places, the Chu State is facing the pressure of Qin, Wei, and Han at the same time. The king has long been extremely dissatisfied with the situation that the Chu State is facing now, and wants to change it, and now the proposal of the Song State is indeed worth considering!

However, although Jin Shang is a confidant of the King of Chu and an important minister of the Chu State, he also knows that this matter is not for him to decide. Then he said to Su Li quietly: "The meaning of the Song envoy is clear below, I will definitely report this matter to my king and ask my king to decide." ”

"It's nature!" Su Li nodded and said, "As an important minister of the Chu State, Doctor Shangguan has long admired him. Here are some gifts from Song merchants, I hope Dr. Shangguan can like it! ”

After Su Li finished speaking, he summoned the summoning hand, and several people came in carrying a few boxes. When the gift was delivered, Su Li took his leave. After Su Li left, Jin Shang only opened those boxes a little and found that they were full of gold, silver and all kinds of precious Song Kingdom items, and he couldn't help but feel happy at the moment.

For Su Li, the final gift was really helpless. The state of Chu has been in existence for hundreds of years, and by now, its politics have become extremely decadent. In state exchanges, if you don't open the way with heavy courtesy, you can't accomplish anything at all! Even if he is confident in his eloquence, he doesn't want to fall short because he doesn't do things properly!

After persuading Jin Shang, the favorite of the King of Chu, Su Li chose another target. Pure eloquence, or even analysis of interests, is completely useless for this goal, and only great propriety can play a role. This person is now the most favored concubine of the King of Chu, Zheng Sleeve!