When Yang Zilu heard this, his brows furrowed and said, "Zigong, few people understand what you say, but what is the great help of the Song State to the Chu State that seems to be outnumbered?" The widows considered the Qin state to be more important. The Qin State was located in the west, and was trapped by the Jin State to defend the eastward advance. The south is the state of Chu to hold Hanzhong, and it will never go south. In this way, if the widows sent people to unite the Qin State, the Qin people would be even more eager to expand their living space, and they would definitely wholeheartedly contain the western part of the Chu State. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zilu paused, with a look of disdain on his face, and said: "But this is not the case with the Song State, although the Song State borders the Chu State, but now the Chu and Han are competing, no matter who wins or loses, there must be a lot of time consumed during this period." There would be no danger in the Song Kingdom in a short period of time, how could the Song Kingdom risk forming an alliance with the widows? And in the eyes of the widow, his role is to provide the widow with 10,000 weak soldiers at most! Moreover, the widow still has to prevent some weak soldiers from being defeated by the Chu army at the touch of a button, which will affect the morale of the army, and if it is not good, it will lead to the rout of the whole army! ”

When Zigong heard this, he shook his head and said, "Definitely! Lord, you know only one thing, but you don't know the other. The soldiers of the Song State were weak, although weak, but occupied the Surabaya Valley. The land is fertile, and the fertile land is not much worse than that of the Han Kingdom! And isn't it more wonderful than the lord to transfer grain from Wu County and Huiji County to the north and get grain from the Song State? Moreover, weak soldiers also have the role of weak soldiers, so why should the Lord use them as soldiers? Why can't they be put in charge of transporting the grain? In this way, wouldn't it be possible to add a lot of soldiers to the battlefield for the Lord? ”

Yang Zilu touched the short beard of his chin, it seems that what Zigong said is right!

Zigong then said, "What does the Lord think? And with this time of mission, wouldn't the Han State be able to train soldiers better! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he smiled dumbly, stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Zigong and said with a smile: "Zigong! Zigong! It's really you! If you can't stop the widow from sending troops, you will delay the time for the widow to send troops! ”

When Zigong heard this, he smiled wryly, and he knew that he couldn't hide Yang Zilu for long with his careful thoughts.

Although Yang Zilu knew Zigong's careful thoughts, he did not disappoint it. Because now Yang Zilu has also come back to his senses, he feels that he was indeed a little radical before, and Zigong's words are very reasonable. After careful consideration, Yang Zilu decided to carry out a diplomatic strategy according to Zigong's offer.

Yang Zilu sent the doctor Chishi, who had surrendered from Wu, to envoy Cai Guo. Sent the doctor Ou to the Song State. However, there was a problem in the matter of the envoy to the Qin State, which was located in the west. At that time, the Qin State was not the Qin State during the Warring States Period, and it was the Six Kingdoms. At this time, the Qin State could be called down. Although the land is not small, it is definitely not big, but it only occupies the Weishui Basin.

Moreover, there are more than 1,000 miles of land in the country, all of which are pastures and the like, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the local people are all Xirong tribes who have taken refuge in the Qin State, to put it bluntly, they are half-readable, and the constraints of the Qin State on them are not very great. Moreover, the military vehicles of the Qin State in this era are only **100 times, in terms of the number of military vehicles, they are only a few points stronger than the small country of Zheng State, and even the military vehicles of the Lu State are more than those of the Qin State. And Hangu Pass, which had prevented the westward advance of the Six Kingdoms, was in the hands of the Jin State.

Even in the eyes of many vassal states, the Qin state was not a vassal state, but a state established by the Xijon people. To put it bluntly, it is a barbarian country. In such a situation, not many people are learning Qin at all. In particular, the Han and Qin states can be called two extremes, one is the southeast end of the Zhou Dynasty, and the other is the northwest end of the Zhou Dynasty.

As a result, Yang Zilu found that Zigong was the only candidate for the envoy. Because among the doctors of the Han Kingdom, only Zigong can speak Qin, although he is not very fluent, but there is no problem with normal communication, but Yang Zilu does not want Zigong to go out. In Yang Zilu's view, Zigong is called killing chickens with a knife. However, those who know Qin language in the Han Kingdom are not qualified to be envoys, but it seems that only Zigong is the only one who can speak Qin language.

Just when Yang Zilu had a headache, Remnant Zhu came to Yang Zilu to recommend himself and asked him to hold a scepter and envoy to the Qin State.

Yang Zilu couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, looked at the remnant bamboo who came to him to recommend himself suspiciously, and said, "Remnant bamboo, do you know Qin language?" ”

Remnant Zhu said: "It will be a little, after all, the minister has stayed in Chengzhou (the capital of the Zhou Dynasty) for a while, and there will be some Qin merchants there from time to time. And the minister was also familiar with several of them, and he also learned some Qin language to some extent. Moreover, there is a junior brother who is now serving as a junior official with Zhou Tianzi, and he is familiar with the Qin language. There the minister could find his interpreter (translator) for the minister. ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he didn't immediately agree, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Then you go, who will manage the platform for the widow?" ”

Remnant Zhu was obviously prepared, and as soon as Yang Zilu's question came out, he had already said in an orderly manner: "The station already has a set of rules for operation, how can it not run without ministers?" The minister is ready to recommend the minister's deputy, Hou Yuanzhi, to replace the minister, and the minister also wants to develop the power of the platform in the west! ”

Yang Zilu thought about it, and it seemed that if the remnants of the bamboo didn't go, he had to let Zigong go. And now what Remnant Zhu said also makes sense, the current platform is not impossible to run without anyone. Yang Zilu nodded and said, "Okay! But remember to be careful in the Qin Kingdom! ”

"No!" Hearing this, Remnant Zhu responded respectfully.

After settling the candidate for the envoy, Yang Zilu began to reorganize the armament. 10,000 strong men were transferred in Guangling, together with 10,000 Yulin troops and 10,000 soldiers from Guangling County. A total of 30,000 people were trained on the outskirts of Guangling City, and they would not be released home to harvest until the day before the autumn harvest.

In addition, Yang Zilu also purchased 3,000 war horses from Yan Guo through the Tian family, and these war horses will be transported to Guangling City in three months. The ordnance supervisors in various places also began to manufacture weapons in full swing, and the security chiefs and garrison envoys in various places began to train the local village bravery. Although many Han citizens did not know exactly what was going on, tensions had spread within the country.

Naturally, it is impossible to hide what the Han State has done.

…… Zai Ying......

Ye Gong walked into the hall with a dusty face, sat straight to the main seat, waved his hand to the doctors who stood up on both sides and said, "Sit down, now is not a time to pay attention to red tape." ”

The doctors sat down. Ye Gong glanced at Zuo Sima Zikuan, who was sitting on his right, and immediately asked, "I received news from Yun Mengze that the Han Kingdom was preparing for war, so I rushed back." But I don't know much about the details, so tell me how the situation is now? ”

Zuo Sima Zikuan reported with some concern: "Ling Yin, the situation is not very optimistic, the Han State is not only armed. Moreover, according to the detailed report in the territory of the Han State, the Han State also sent people to other vassal states, preparing to unite them to attack our Chu State. At present, those who know the vassal states that Han is going to send envoys include Cai and Song, and I don't know that there are no other vassal states. ”

Ye Gong deserved to be Ye Gong, who suddenly thought of the key point of the problem, and said: "Cai Guo and Song Guo? I'm afraid it's not just these two countries, if it's these two vassal states, they won't help the Han barbarians enough. I estimate that the Han barbarians will send people to contact several countries such as Qin, Yue, and Zheng. I don't need them to send troops, I only need them to be stationed at the border, which is enough for the soldiers of my Chu State to have to be heavily stationed on the border of various places, so that when we face the Han barbarians, I am afraid that our troops will be much less, and even less than the Han barbarians. ”

"Ling Yin Yingming!" A doctor complimented.

When Ye Gong heard this, he was noncommittal, glanced at the doctors, and asked, "What method have you thought of for the Han State to win over other vassal states?" ”

When the doctors heard this, they immediately looked at each other in embarrassment, and one of them plucked up the courage to say: "Ling Yin, it is precisely because we are at a loss that we need Ling Yin's wisdom!" ”

Ye Gong couldn't help crying and laughing when he heard this, glanced at Zuo Sima Zikuan, and saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, so he looked at Zikuan and encouraged: "Say whatever you want!" Here, as long as you don't say anything rebellious, it doesn't matter if you say anything wrong! ”

When Zuo Sima Zikuan heard this, he said: "Ling Yin, I think it's not just Han barbarians who can win over the princes!" We can also co-opt! Moreover, the strength of our Chu State is here, and I am afraid that more princes will choose us. Of course, among these vassal states, the Gou Jian of the Yue Kingdom will destroy him if we say anything! And the other princes who were co-opted by our Chu State saw that we were trying to win them over with the Han State, so they naturally couldn't help but wait for the price to sell, and let the negotiations go into a gelatinous manner. In this way, whether it succeeds or not, we have already delayed the plan of the Han barbarians to send troops, so that our Chu State has more time to prepare. Even if it fails, it will make the Han barbarian pay a bigger price! ”

Ye Gong nodded and said, "You are good at this matter, but you are not thoughtful enough. We also sent envoys to win over the other vassal states, which was necessary, but separately. There are some vassal states that they can fight hard for what they can strive for, and some vassal states are perfunctory. ”

When Zikuan heard this, he was convinced: "What Ling Yin taught! ”

When Ye Gong heard this, he smiled reservedly and said to the doctors: "Okay, you all go down and prepare for the battle!" In addition...... "When Ye Gong said this, he named a few doctors, kept them down, and gave them a face-to-face lecture, and the next day these doctors set off for other vassal states one after another, either in carriages or boats.

For a while, the atmosphere in the world became tense, and at this time, the fool also knew that Chu and Han were afraid of going to war.

Zhiyao's heart also moved, and he was ready to go to war. Of course, the pool of water in the Chu State and the Han Kingdom is very deep, and Zhi Yao is not mixed into it. He was preparing to clean up a barbarian country called Feng Xuan in the north of the Jin Kingdom.

(To be continued)