Chapter 454 The envoy of the State of Chu

Outside the city of Xia Wei, on the expanded Xia Wei ferry, the soldiers of the Han army were densely arranged into a neat phalanx, and the banners covered the sun. Black Bear, Hou Xiong, Zigong and others all gathered on the ferry, but obviously they were not preparing for war, Black Bear and the others all looked relaxed, and they got together with acquaintances and whispered.

It didn't take long for a fleet of ships to come upstream, and the tall warships were like warriors with their heads held high, splitting the water pouring down the Yangtze River and slowly docking at the ferry. A wide plank sticks out from the side of the boat and rests on the ferry. Two columns of majestic soldiers of the Yulin Army took the lead and lined up in two columns below the exit, everyone with their heads held high, their armor bright, and a murderous aura circulating on their bodies. Yang Zilu, who was wearing a white robe, slowly stepped on the plank at this time, followed by Mang Gao and Jiao Shuyan, two generals of the Yulin Army, and walked off the battleship.

The black bear and the others were already ready, Yang Zilu stepped on the land with one foot, and the black bear and the others had already saluted: "The ministers see the lord."

Seeing this, Yang Zilu smiled happily and said with both hands: "No courtesy." ”

"Thank you, Lord," the doctors and generals thanked one after another.

Yang Zilu suddenly saw that there was an extra face in the front row of the crowd, and it stands to reason that if it was a more important doctor under his command, even if he didn't know what his name was, he should have seen it. Who is this person?

Seeing that Yang Zilu noticed the man, Zigong took a step forward and introduced Yang Zilu softly: "The lord This person is a messenger sent by the king of Chu, and when he learned that we are here to greet the lord, he will come anyway." It was difficult for the minister to refuse, so he only agreed to let him come, hoping that the Lord would punish him. ”

Yang Zilu waved his hand disappreciably and said, "This is nothing, how to talk about punishment." During this time, thanks to Zigong, you have been able to handle tedious government affairs, by the way, there is nothing important during this time, right? ”

When Zigong heard this, he somewhat understood what Yang Zilu meant, and said: "There are no important things, they are all ordinary things, and there is no problem in dealing with them for a day or two in the evening." ”

Yang Zilu nodded, as for military affairs, it is even more impossible to deal with anything by himself. As long as there is no war, the military is generally a Qingshui yamen, and there can be something important. Besides, even if there is, Zigong knows that it is impossible not to remind himself.

So Yang Zilu instructed Zigong: "Since there is nothing important, Zigong, you take the envoy of the Chu State to bring the widow in the carriage, and the widow wants to see what medicine the Chu State wants to sell in the gourd this time." ”

"Nuo" Zigong responded.

Yang Zilu chatted with the black bear on the dock for a few words, and then got into the carriage. The carriage that Yang Zilu was riding in this time was very large, about the size of a small room. This small room is also cut and divided into a living room and a bedroom, although it is not large, but it is better than the sparrow, although it is small, it has all five organs.

Yang Zilu got into the carriage first, and it didn't take long for Zigong's voice to sound outside the carriage, "Lord, the envoy of the Chu State is here." ”

"Well, come up, Zigong, you can come up too, so as not to run a little more and get into the carriage, anyway, it's all going to Xia Wei City," Yang Zilu said.

"Then the trouble is on the master" Zigong said trouble, but you are welcome, opened the wooden door of the carriage, and went in first. The envoy of the state of Chu followed Zigong and got into the carriage.

After entering the carriage, the envoy of Chu State first knelt down and sat down, and Yang Zilu was just about to look at the other party. The envoy of Chu State had already clasped his hands and raised them above his head, but the hanging sleeves blocked the face of the envoy of Chu State, so that Yang Zilu was not depressed. The envoy of Chu didn't know about it, he did a good job of preluding, so he bowed to Yang Zilu and saluted: "The envoy of Chu and the doctor of Sanlu bend their eyes to meet the king."

When Yang Zilu heard this, she smiled helplessly, but then her heart moved, she thought of a celebrity, and asked curiously: "The doctor doesn't have to be polite, please don't know if there is someone in the doctor's family named Qu Yuan?" ”

Hearing this, Qu Mu thought for a while, and said, "Qu Yuan? As far as Qu Mu knows, there doesn't seem to be a clansman named Qu Yuan, doesn't the gentleman know Qu Yuan's sons and daughters? ”

Yang Zilu smiled and said, "No, I just happened to hear someone in the market that there was a person named Qu Yuan in Chu who was very good at composing poetry. It's probably just a nonsense from people in the market."

Hearing this, Qu Mu smiled, paused, and said with a somewhat bitter face: "Your Excellency, Qu Mu is here on behalf of the king of my family this time, and I hope that I can turn hostility into friendship with you, and rebuild friendship between Chu and Han."

As he spoke, he took out a map from his bosom, barely showed a flattering smile, and then said: "In addition, the king of my family is willing to cut the land east of the Han River and the west of the Lishui to the king. to witness the friendship between Chu and Han"

Saying that Qu Mu was about to spread out the map, Yang Zilu watched Qu Mu spread out the map and didn't know why the allusion to Jing Ke's poor dagger flashed. Yang Zilu hurriedly smiled and took the map and said, "It's okay for the widow to come."

Qu Mu was stunned when he heard this, but he still didn't say anything, and let Yang Zilu take the map and spread it out. There is no dagger on the map, which makes Yang Zilu secretly scold himself in his heart, and there is a bit of indescribable embarrassment.

Qu Mu naturally won't mock Yang Zilu on this matter, and now it's important to make peace. Qu Mu stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the map, enclosing the land between the Lishui and the Han River, the place is not small, with a radius of more than 300 miles, especially on the east bank of the Han River, the cities are relatively dense, and the population is 300,000 at least. And this is still a conservative estimate, even if there are 600,000 people, it is possible, and the condition of King Chu Hui is really not ordinarily rich.

Yang Zilu did not show excitement or satisfaction on his face, but looked at the map and thought quietly, Zigong and Qu Mu both remained silent, and the atmosphere in the carriage seemed a little cold when they boarded.

After half a ring, Qu Mu was a little breathless, and took the lead in saying: "The lord may not know a piece of news, the Qin army has been defeated by our Chu army, although it has not been defeated, but it is no longer able to besiege Dengyi, and instead confronts our Chu army on the outskirts of Dengyi." ”

Yang Zilu did not speak, but looked at Zigong.

Zigong knew that Yang Zilu was asking himself, so he nodded and said, "Doctor Qu's words are basically not wrong, but the Qin army was only a small defeat, and the loss was only a thousand. The reason for the retreat was because Shen Baoxu came out of the mountain and brought 40,000 Chu troops to Dengyi, and the Qin army retreated. ”

Yang Zilu asked, "How many Chu troops are there in Dengyi?" ”

Zigong thought for a while and said, "There should be about twenty-five thousand people. ”

"With the geographical advantage and the city as a support, the total number of troops is 65,000. Although the Qin army had 50,000 men, soldiers were stationed all the way. The real strength of the army is probably about 40,000, or even less than 40,000. More than half of the opponent's troops, coupled with the opponent's new defeat, are only confrontations. In this way, most of the 65,000 people of the Chu army have just been trained and can barely go to the battlefield. However, the actual combat effectiveness is not at all the same number of Qin opponents. Yang Zilu analyzed very calmly.

Qu Mu listened to it on the side, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't think that he was just one sentence, and Zigong's two sentences. Yang Zilu had already figured out the situation of the Chu army, and Qu Mu was more and more worried about the future of the Chu State, facing such a terrifying opponent, the Chu State did not know whether it could be done with hard support.

Yang Zilu looked at Qu Mu, drew a circle on the map, and said: "As for the number of Chu troops, don't say it, the widow put forward such a request, the land you just talked about, plus the area of Dongting Lake in Chu State, to the east of Dongting Lake and south of the Yangtze River. And the widow is the mainstay, and the widow can promise to make a blood alliance with the Chu State, and protect the Chu State to avoid military disasters. Otherwise, the widow won't say anything, and you understand."

Qu Mu glanced at the place where Yang Zilu was divided, and immediately his face changed greatly, if Yang Zilu was divided, then the state of Chu would shrink to only the two river basins between the Yangtze River and the Han River, as well as the land in the upper reaches of the Han River. The land will be reduced to one-third of its original size.

"Impossible," Qu Mu Huo Ran stood up and objected strongly. "Your Majesty, if you cut the land according to you, then my Chu State will only be left with one-third of the original territory, which is impossible no matter what."

"Then the widow will let the Chu State perish," Yang Zilu said lightly, as if he was saying something insignificant.

Qu Mu heard this, and his face turned red, but in the end he thought of something, so he sat down aggrievedly and said: "In addition to ceding the land from Lishui to the Hanshui Valley, my Chu State can pay tribute to the king every year......"

Yang Zilu forcefully interrupted Qu Mu's words, "Didn't you hear the conditions of the widow clearly?" Either perish or surrender This is the widow's reply to the Chu State, as for you Chu people put forward conditions, you can defeat the widows, even if you propose that the widows cut out of Guangling City."

Qu Mu couldn't help it this time, his hands were clenched into fists, his waist straightened, he looked at Yang Zilu, and said angrily: "Don't you think it's too much to deceive people?" Although the state of Chu is facing such a predicament, it may not be able to break the net."

"Will you be able to break the net with the widow?" Yang Zilu leaned forward slightly, as if a mountain was about to be pressed down, and the majestic momentum pressed down on Qu Mu.

Qu Mu didn't know if he was suppressed by Yang Zilu's momentum, or if he was told by Yang Zilu to break his weakness, and his face turned a little pale. Gritted his teeth and said, "But it's better than sitting back and watching the ancestral inheritance be lost."

"No, this is nothing, losing the ancestral inheritance, these are just messing up, anyway, King Chu Zhao shouldn't have appeared in this world in the first place, he just relied on that chaos. Lun's mother got the throne, and all the widow has to do now is to set things right and return the throne that originally belonged to the crown prince to the descendants of the prince Jian," Yang Zilu said calmly.

"Really?" Qu Mu sneered.

"No, it's not up to you. It's whether the people of Chu believe it or not" Yang Zilu's words once again stabbed Qu Mu's weakness.

Many Chu doctors didn't think that Yang Zilu could annex Chu State, he just came to help Bai Gongsheng get the throne. Maybe some people know, but emotionally they don't believe it. Because of this, since Yang Zilu entered the Chu State, he has not encountered too much stubborn resistance. The doctor of the state of Chu was loyal to the state of Chu, not to the king of Chu.

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