Du Xi didn't have anything to hide, and there was nothing to hide, and he said bluntly: "It's true that he came from the Chu State." ”

"Then I don't know if Wei can sign an alliance with Chu?" Zhang Hong stared at Du Xian and asked without blinking.

"Don't hide it from King Wu, as well as all of you, the State of Wei has signed an alliance with the State of Chu." Du Xun did not have a trace of panic, and was still neither humble nor arrogant.

Hearing Du Xian's admission, even Sun Jian's face was no longer as kind as before, a pair of tiger eyes burst out with a chilling cold light, and he stared at Du Jian with a facial expression and asked, "What does King Wei mean by this?" ”

Du Xun was oppressed by the momentum deliberately released by Sun Jian, and suddenly felt that his body was heavy, and he had a feeling of difficulty breathing, and at this moment he realized that the pressure in the face of Sun Jian was not as easy as the feeling when facing Cao Cao.

Taking a deep breath and looking at King Wu with some horror, Du Xi arched his hand and said: "King Wu has misunderstood, this covenant is only valid for Wei and Wu, and has nothing to do with Chu. ”

As soon as Du Xian's words fell, he only felt that his body was light, and his chest was much more relaxed when he was breathing, and the momentum on Sun Jian's body had disappeared, and the feeling just now was as if he was hallucinating.

"Haha, but it was Lone who misunderstood what Meng De meant." Sun Jian simply admitted that he was Meng Lang, raised his glass and said: "Lonely, this glass of wine, make amends to your envoy." ”

Du Raid hurriedly raised his glass in return and said: "It's not the king, it's the attack that didn't explain it, so that you misunderstood, and the attack should be to make amends to you." ”

After that, Du Xi directly drank the wine in the cup.

Zhang Zhao and the others on the side thoughtfully nodded, and no longer dwelled on the matter, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and the room returned to the previous atmosphere.

At a dinner party, Du Xi left the palace drunk.

But after the end, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong did not leave, but followed Sun Jian to a side hall.

"Zibu, what do you think is the purpose of the Wei State?" Sun Jian's face was cold, and the smile on his face had disappeared.

"Even horizontal and vertical, distant and close attack." Zhang Zhao spat out eight words.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Zhang Hong, who was on the side, shook his head slightly, interrupting Sun Jian's train of thought.

"How so?" Sun Jian frowned, glanced at Zhang Hong and asked.

Zhang Hong bowed his hand and said: "Great King, the alliance is probably just a means for the Wei State to guard against Yuan Shu, and they are probably going to start a war against the Lu State." ”

After being reminded by Zhang Hong, Sun Jian and the others reacted instantly, thought carefully about Wei Guo's plan, and felt that what Zhang Hong said was likely to be Wei's next move, so they asked, "How should Gu respond?" ”

Zhang Hong pondered for a moment, a hint of mystery flashed in his eyes, and said, "The king might as well agree." ”

"Why?" Sun Jian looked at Zhang Hong and didn't understand what he meant.

Zhang Hong slowly explained: "The alliance is just a mutual use, and the Wei State wants the Wu State and the Chu State to contain Yuan Shu, so we can naturally use the Wei State to expand the territory. ”

"How?" Sun Jian became interested and recalled Zhang Hong's words.

"It depends on the king's hand." Zhang Hong said.

……

The next day, at the court meeting of the Wu State, Sun Jian specially invited Du Xi to the court, and in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, he promised to form an alliance with the Wei State and exchanged covenants.

Just when the Southern Covenant was signed, Cheng Yu, who went to the Jin Kingdom, also completed his mission.

Relatively speaking, Yuan Shao is much more difficult than Sun Jian and Liu Biao, although he has a deep friendship with Cao Cao, but it involves the major affairs of the two countries, and he is very interested in the opinions of the ministers.

The alliance between the two families, for the strategists under their command, they naturally agreed with each other, not to mention that the Jin State and the Tang State were a strong enemy.

But the difference between the two countries is how to join forces to deal with the Tang State, and the strength of the Tang State has made Yuan Shao and the ministers feel afraid.

So as allies, they demanded that Cao Cao must send troops to deal with the Tang State together, and help the Jin State defend against the Tang State when the Jin State needed help.

But how could Cao Cao do these thankless things, so the two sides began to argue, Wei's attitude was very clear, if they wanted to send troops, yes, the grain and grass needed by the army, the Jin State had to supply all of them, and as for the military salary, the Jin State must also give half of it, and at the same time, the Jin State provided Wei with a large number of war horses for free.

In the face of the lion of the Wei State, where would the Jin State agree, the Jin State is rich, and the grain and grass and military salary Yuan Shao does not care, but this war horse is a scarce resource, how can it be easily given to the Wei State.

So the two sides began to argue, within ten days three consecutive discussions, and finally all broke up, and finally both sides took a step back, and the Jin State opened the war horse trade, and sold 3,000 horses to the Wei State at the price of a war horse every year, until the end of the covenant.

……

Du Xun and Cheng Yu returned to Xudu almost at the same time, both took the covenant and asked to see Cao Cao, and the two came to the palace at the same time, met, looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

When the two of them took out the covenant of various countries at the same time, Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed three times, and said: "The two Aiqing have worked hard, you go down to rest first, and tomorrow the court will have a reward alone." ”

The two hurriedly excused themselves, saying that this was their business and they didn't need a reward.

Cao Cao smiled noncommittally and ordered the two of them to go down to rest.

The next day, the Wei Dynasty meeting.

As soon as the courtiers arrived at the palace, they felt that today's atmosphere was a little solemn, and they all looked at each other in puzzlement, they didn't receive any unusual news, only a few giants knew it in their hearts.

"The king is in court, and the ministers are here."

A sharp voice came out, and the ministers immediately spontaneously lined up to enter the court.

"Greetings to the King." Everyone entered the court, saw Cao Cao, and immediately bowed down.

"Excuse me." Cao Cao stretched out his hand to help.

"King Xie."

"At today's court meeting, there is a big event to announce." Cao Cao glanced at the ministers and said.

The ministers below glanced at each other one by one, all with puzzled expressions.

"Xuan Chengyu, Du attacked the court." Cao Cao said to the attendant beside him.

"Cheng Yu, Du raided the Hajj to see ......"

"Meet the King." The two entered the court hand in hand, and when they saw Cao Cao, they immediately bowed.

"The two Aiqing are both meritorious people, you don't need to be polite, come and give you a seat." Cao Cao walked directly in front of the two and helped them up.

The two were moved by Cao Cao's behavior, their eyes were full of tears, and they felt that the fatigue of many days had been swept away, and they worshiped excitedly: "Thank you, king." ”

Cao Cao returned to the throne and waited for the two to sit down before he said, "With the efforts of Zhongde and Zixu, Wei has reached an alliance with Jin, Chu and Wu. ”

After that, there was a lot of discussion among the courtiers, and after hearing Cao Cao's words, many courtiers' eyes lit up, and they had already understood Cao Cao's intentions.

Sure enough, I only heard Cao Cao continue: "So Gu decided that three days later, the army will be sent to the country of Lu." ”

"The king is wise!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, the important ministers of Wei led by Xi Zhicai came out one after another and promised to do so.

They had already agreed on all the plans.