In the thirteenth year of the Marquis of Zhao and the thirteenth year of the reign of King Zhang of Chu (476 B.C.), in the middle of winter and November, Wandi, a region known as "Nanyang" in later generations, a group of envoys from the southern kingdom full of grief and indignation were re-stepping on this land, but not as a revenator, but as a humiliating peacemaker......

Chu Guole Yin Zhongziqi held the national letter in his arms and walked into Wandi Shen County, escorting him was a team of Zhao Guoyu Lin Wei with bright armor, because he had just won the battle, the faces of this group of young people were radiant, and there was a trace of contempt in the eyes that glanced at Zhong Ziqi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhong Ziqi knew what they were thinking.

"Stupid Jing Chu, how dare you not measure your own strength and be the enemy of the great state?"

In the spring of this year, the state of Chu, which had just quelled the civil strife, had only time to plant seedlings when it was violently attacked by the state of Zhao in the north. The 100,000 troops of the Zhao army broke into Zhaoling under the leadership of Youcheng and took Yingru directly, and the 50,000 army took Huainan, but fortunately, the banners of the Yue State stood clearly on the side of the Chu State, and the army gathered to threaten Huainan and Guangling, coupled with the danger of Dabie Mountain, which made the Zhao army's plan to attack on both sides fail to achieve its wish.

Next, Ye Gong, the great hero of the civil war, stood up again, and he led the three armies of Shen, Xi, and Zuoguang to defeat the invincible Zhao army in Shangcai, and the two sides entered the stage of confrontation. Although the state of Chu had just recovered from the civil strife, the northern counties were not swept by the military disaster and still had the strength to resist, while the expedition of the Zhao army was behind the two hundred miles of uninhabited land where the Chu people had migrated, and it was very difficult to supply, and they did not dare to divide the troops rashly, and the two sides began to build walls in Rushui to confront each other.

This confrontation was broken in mid-August, when Zhao Hou's unsympathetic general Mucha commanded 100,000 western troops southward, and Zhao Chu's balance was broken.

The next time was the rapid advance of the Zhao army and the defeat of the Chu army.

In September, the Zhao army captured Luyang, Baxu, Ye!

At this point, Ye Gong ordered Gongsun Kuan's first line of defense to be broken through, and the main force of the Chu army withdrew to Fangcheng, hoping to stop the advance of the Zhao army with this giant fortress in the world.

However, in Zhao Jun's eyes, the Great Wall on the borders of the inland countries was empty. At the beginning of October, the main force of the Zhao army gathered in the north of Fangcheng, and there were Shang Jun Zhao Yi and the Ba people in the west to attack the land of Danyang, the Chu army was attacked by the enemy on both sides, and after half a month of fierce battle, Zhao captured Wancheng! Shen Xi's army was almost surrounded and annihilated, and it was able to withdraw to Yan and Deng in the south.

In the east, the Huainan Zhao army finally took action, cooperated with the northern division, and seized the Jiang, Xi, and Huang Zhudi in Huaixi, but after the "Three Stops of Misfortune" was blocked at the dangerous pass, and the strong attack could not be taken, the troops did not advance.

The first war and Ru water was exhausted, the second war and Xu and Ye Ju, and the third war and Wancheng pulled out...... It only took three months for the Zhao army to sweep through the northern border of the Chu State, although the Chu State adopted Ye Gong's strategy of "preferring to lose land rather than people", preferring to abandon the city and avoid a decisive battle, and barely kept its main force, but now it can only retreat to Yan and Deng (Xiangyang area) to the death.

Yan and Deng control the north and south, which is the important land of the world, and the Han River is the pool, blocking the southward movement of the northern iron horsemen.

At this time, the Zhao army also suffered a lot of casualties, and had to divide troops to occupy the Chu land that had been captured.

In November, after several unsuccessful attempts at attacking, the weather began to turn cold, the front-line food of the Zhao army was almost exhausted, and the winter clothes could not be delivered to Wan and Ye in time, and the supply of 20,000 or 30,000 people and the supply of 250,000 people were not at all the same level, not to mention that the Zhao army had now penetrated deep into the hinterland of the enemy country. Coupled with the rebellion of the Chu people in Rushui and Wancheng in the rear, Zhao Wuxian remembered the promise he had made with Zhang Meng and began to consider a truce.

The most terrible thing in the south is not the battle of the trapped beasts of the Chu people, but the disease, Zhao Bing is mostly from the north, the water and soil are not adapted, the winter is fine, if it is fought until the spring and summer of next year, there is a plague or schistosomiasis on the side of the river, it will be completely finished, and it is not impossible for Zhao Wuxian to repeat the tragedy of King Fu. Rather than take the risk of annexing the south, which is temporarily difficult to digest, it is better to take it as soon as it is good, consolidate the newly conquered territory, rest for ten years, and make a comeback after completely integrating the north......

The moon is short, and the strong is the loss, he always feels that if he forcibly goes south, there will be a red cliff or water waiting for him.

However, he didn't plan to let go of Chu just like that, and after the army, he was killed......

In November, the people of Chu, who were only one line away from the death of the country, really couldn't hold their breath first, and sent Zhong Ziqi as an envoy to sue for peace.

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The location of Zhao Chu's peace talks did not choose Wancheng, but placed it in nearby Shen County.

Zhong Ziqi is a smart man, and he knows very well that Zhao Hou's choice of Shenlai as the location of the peace talks is meaningful.

Shen County, is the first county of the Chu State, in the past two hundred years, here and Xi County, was the two pillars of the Chu State, Shen Xi's division is famous all over the world, but after the Fang City did not defend, but chose to avoid the Zhao army's edge, defeated and retreated to the south.

Forty years ago, the ambitious King Ling of Chu forced the Jin State to agree to his assembly of the princes and meet the princes according to the procedures of the Qi Huan Guild League offered by Zi Estate, which can be called the most arrogant alliance of the Chu State, and Chu's arrogance towards the Central Plains has also reached its peak.

Forty years have passed, things are not people, and the glory of the Chu State is gone. Now choosing this place as the venue for peace talks, isn't it a warning to the Chu people to let them see their situation clearly?

With this complicated feeling, Zhong Ziqi stepped into Shen County, and the place of peace talks was still at the other end of the city, and the road under his feet was still long.

Although he was the victor, Zhao Wuxian did not neglect the envoy of Chu too much, and sent a sufficient amount of people to meet him.

When Zhong Ziqi arrived at the gate of Shen County, a doctor of Zhao Guo with a face like a crown of jade was already waiting here, and when he saw him from afar, he greeted him with a smile.

"I have heard the sound of Jing Chu for a long time, and I have admired it for a long time, and I have to see Jun Yarong today, and this trip is not in vain."

Zhong Ziqi had a lot of good feelings about this person's attitude, but he also knew that he was on a mission, so he returned the salute without humility or arrogance: "The envoy of the defeated army came to meet the Marquis of Zhao on behalf of the widow, He Yazhi has ...... I don't know what the doctor is called? “

"Father-in-law of Zhao Guo, Yu Boya ......"

The father-in-law is a special position in Zhao State, that is the husband of the princess, Zhao Hou has many daughters, and there are three people who are married: the daughter of Le Lingzi, the eldest daughter Wan married Dong Anyu's grandson; Ji Huan's daughter, the second daughter Zhen married the son of Jiaodong Bo Han Hu: Kong Jiao's daughter, and the third daughter Shu was allowed to Yu Boya, who was among the best in poetry, calligraphy, and piano in the school palace examination, and was handsome......

Yu Boya doesn't have any great talent, Zhao Wuxian made him a father-in-law doctor, and he only used him as a pedestrian, after all, a talented and beautiful diplomat can alleviate Zhao Guo's image of a tyrannical country of "abandoning etiquette, making the first contribution, and whipping the world with the heart of a tiger and wolf".

Boya's biggest hobby is music, and he has long heard that there is a Zhongzi period in the south, and the performance of "Yang Chun" and "White Snow" is a must in the world. The two were in the same car, and when they drove all the way inside, they chatted without saying a word, and the conversation was out of control. The two musicians hit it off at first sight, talked happily with each other, and even agreed to try to learn from each other after the peace talks were over.

Happy hour was easy, and when the carriage stopped in front of Duke Shen's mansion, Zhong Ziqi suddenly woke up. The county prince of Shen County would not have left this place, he had died in the war, and his mansion was requisitioned as the palace of the Marquis of Zhao, and Zhong Ziqi's mission was to enter the house to meet him.

People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, what else does he have to talk about strings and songs?

Yu Boya knew what Zhong Ziqi was thinking, smiled and asked him to get out of the car, and blessed: "I wish Ziqi a smooth peace talks, Zhao Chu can regain his old friendship, and the world will fight the army!" ”

"Borrowing the words of Boya Ji ......" Zhong Ziqi saluted with a wry smile, and entered his territory with heavy steps, thinking in his heart, no matter what, he must fight according to reason and live up to his mission!

However, only half an hour later, Zhong Ziqi, who was full of grief and indignation before, was frightened by the aggressive momentum of Zhao Chen Chulong, who was in charge of the peace talks opposite, and sweated profusely.

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"Do you still think that the uncle can be easily dismissed like Duke Qi Huan? The fortress of Fangcheng has been broken, and the danger of Han water is not enough to worry about! The country of the lord is thousands of miles, the counties and counties face each other, the towns of ten thousand families are innumerable, there are thousands of cars, tens of thousands of rides, millions of people with halberds, go south to Linchu, and throw whips to cut off the Han water. Today, the state of Chu is weak, defeated again and again, abandoned thousands of miles, and its fate is endless. Thanks to the kindness of the uncle, after Nian was also in the Chu State, he couldn't bear to exterminate Rusheji, so he decided to let it go. You still want to negotiate terms with Zhao Guo? ”

Chu Long slapped the case and threatened: "A weak country has no diplomacy, if the Chu State cannot unconditionally accept the alliance proposed by the Zhao State, then the Zhao army will add another 100,000 troops, raise Yan Ying in one battle, burn Yiling in another battle, and die in three battles in Chu Sheji!" I hope that the messenger will think twice, and don't say it unexpectedly! ”

"Dare to ask, what are the conditions of Zhao Guo?" Zhong Ziqi was stubborn, he knew very well that with the current predicament of the Chu State, there was almost no room for bargaining.

Chu Long turned his head and looked at Zhao Hou, who was on the couch behind him, closed his eyes and recuperated, and said nothing, unless the King of Chu or Ye Gong came in person, Zhao Wuxian would not be condescended to talk to the envoy of the enemy country.

Seeing that the monarch nodded, Chu Long's momentum came up again, and he slapped a covenant that had been drafted on the desk for Zhong Ziqi to read for himself.

Zhong Ziqi opened the alliance book, but saw that there were three requirements written on it.

"First, the state of Chu ceded the three passes of the underworld and the Ye, Wan, Runan, Huainan, and Yiyang inside and outside the city to Zhao ......"

He wiped his sweat, these are the territories seized by the Zhao State, if it is recognized in the situation of the alliance, half of the Chu State has gone, and the status of a great power will be lost.

"Second, the state of Chu went to the king and called the Marquis of Chu."

Zhong Ziqi's hand trembled, counting from Xiongqu, the state of Chu has been king for three hundred years, and since the king of Chu Wu, there are also two hundred and fifty years, self-contained, like a southern dynasty confronting the Central Plains, and now, is this unique pride coming to an end?

This is a false name, he persuaded himself like this, if he can't even keep the country's social security, then is it still useful to be the king?

Looking down further, Zhong Ziqi couldn't help but be shocked to help the case.

"Third, on the New Day of next year, Chu Junzhang must personally go to the north to pay tribute to Maobao, and meet the Son of Heaven and the new Son of Heaven!"

"New Son of Heaven?" Zhong Ziqi was stunned and looked at Zhao Hou, who had been sitting on the top from beginning to end without saying a word.

"Yes, yes." Zhao Wuxian stood up.

"The widow swept away the rebellion of Jinqing, listed as a prince, legislated, cultivated and weaved, and repaired the tools of war. Later, he inherited the hegemony of Jin Wen and visited China and had four yi. Expedition to the sea in the east, Longhan in the west, desert in the north, Jianghan in the south, strong country to serve, weak country into the dynasty, Liuhe and eight wilderness, all of which are followed! Today, the widow wants to be the king of Chu and Yue, and join the princes for a day. For three generations, the successive generations of the Son of Heaven and the Lord have made meritorious deeds better than this? Take it in this way, for the tyranny, although the king can also! ”

PS: The war drama is saved, anyway, you will say that it is not good-looking, Kou Heng! There is one more chapter in the evening