Bi Huili no longer has the heart to guide Gongzi Xian to think and become smarter. Bi Huiyu has already found that if he continues to guide Gongzi Xiang to think, I am afraid that Gongzi Xiang has not become smart yet, and he will already go crazy.

Bi Huiju got straight to the point and said: "Lord, we can ask Chu for help!" ”

"Chu State? Is the Chu State willing to send troops to help us? You must know that Zaiying (the capital of Chu State, now Jiangling) is not close to here, and it is difficult to get much benefit from the Later Chu State for my contempt country. Is the State of Chu willing to work hard for this? "Although Gongzi is stupid, he is not so stupid that he doesn't know anything, and he still knows the difficulties.

"Nope! The Chu State is willing to meddle in the contempt of the country! Bi Huiju said in an affirmative tone, Gongzi Xiang immediately looked at Bi Huiyu with half-believing eyes, and Bi Huiyu explained in a deep voice: "Although the soldiers and horses of the Chu State have to climb several mountains and dense forests to come to the Gu Nian Kingdom, don't forget. For the State of Chu, the State of Wu is their great enemy! ”

"What does this have to do with Wu Guo?" Childe said puzzled.

"Of course it matters, Chu is the hegemon of the south, he can lose the overlord, but he can't lose his dominance in the south. And there is no doubt that Wu is the biggest threat to Chu State! If after losing the Yue Kingdom, the Chu State will put a knife on the back of the Wu State again, and the Chu State will not mind sending troops to help my Gu Guo! Besides, the State of Chu doesn't need to send many soldiers and horses, thousands of soldiers and horses are enough! For the state of Chu, which has 300,000 troops, this is just a drop in the bucket! Bi Huiju said with a smile.

Gongzi was overjoyed when he heard this, if there was Chu State intervening, even if Han Guo was unwilling in his heart, it would not mean that he would give in. Even Wu was afraid of Chu last year, and after attacking Chen, he chose to retreat without firing a single arrow after seeing the army of Chu.

Bi Huiju added with a smile: "In addition, the country of Chu is far away from my contempt country!" Isn't that right? Even if I take refuge in the Chu State, I will not be constrained too much by the Chu State! ”

"Hmmm! Well! "Gongzi Xiang is now thinking about how to let the Chu State send troops for the Gu State.

Seeing this, Bi Huili didn't say much, and said goodbye to his son. Childe naturally agreed to come down busily, after a night of thinking. In order to show his sincerity, Gongzi decided to send his younger brother Gongzi Su to personally envoy Chu State. And Gongzi himself is with the doctor Bi Huiyu and the remnants of the Han Kingdom and the snake, and the two sides are very happy to play Taijiquan.

However, as a young prince whose head was not well developed, he did not plan to give up on destroying Uncle Tai at the end of winter, and personally led 2,800 people to attack Uncle Tai's Fengyi Navel City at the end of winter. At the end of winter, Uncle Tai only had a total of 500 old and weak soldiers, plus 300 soldiers sent by the Han State. In addition, Uncle Tai's five hundred old and weak soldiers at the end of winter are only eight hundred, and Navel City is a small city. According to Gongzi Xiang's idea, capturing Navel City is just a matter of hand-to-hand capture, and such a force can't capture Navel City, so it really deserves to be struck by lightning.

But Yang Zilu dared to let Xia Huroar lead three hundred people, so naturally he would not be sent to death. The soldiers brought by Xia Hu's roar this time were all equipped with crossbows, as well as two crossbow carts, and the spears fired by the ballista could pierce three armored soldiers in a hundred paces. The effective firing range reaches a distance of six hundred steps. Of course, at such a long distance, it was all a matter of luck, and the accuracy was only a little better than that of a trebuchet, but it was not much better.

However, it was enough to deal with the army of the Gully Country, and as soon as the siege began, a spear fired from a ballista flew over the flagpole of Shuai Qi. And on the side of the flagpole of the handsome flag is Gongzi Xiang, as long as this spear is one or two feet higher, Yang Zilu will not have to play any tricks. Without Gongzi's dying contempt country, it is natural for the doctors to elect Uncle Tai at the end of winter as the monarch of the contempt country.

Gongzi, who had just rubbed the edge with death, was really scared and broke out in a cold sweat. Gongzi Xiang couldn't care about anything else, and hurriedly ordered the driver to turn around the troop and escape. Although the war had just begun, the monarch had fled, and the soldiers of the Gu Contempt country, who had just begun to fight, were also stunned for a moment, and then the whole army collapsed. If it weren't for Xia Hu's roar, he would have obeyed Yang Zilu's orders and would not go out of the city to pursue. And the people under Uncle Tai at the end of winter are only 500 old and weak soldiers, I am afraid that the army brought by Gongzi is afraid that it will not be completely wiped out and severely damaged, rather than losing less than 100 people.

After this incident with death, Gongzi Xiang also settled down, at least there were still two terrifying machines on the head of the city that could still kill people hundreds of steps away, and before they moved away, Gongzi Xiang said that he would not dare to use force against Uncle Tai at the end of winter. Some people may wonder why Childe didn't send someone else? He can't ignore the threat of the ballista to him!

Although Childe is a person with many shortcomings, he is a gentleman, but Childe still has a little advantage. He knows one thing, anything can be loosened, that is, the army cannot let go, and only by catching his position as monarch can it be stabilized to the greatest extent.

In particular, his position as the monarch is not very stable now, and many doctors are quite sympathetic to Uncle Tai at the end of winter. Especially when Gongzi Xiang's abilities are not as good as Uncle Tai's late winter, Gongzi Xiang is also afraid that a certain doctor will raise his arms and shout and lead the army to support Uncle Tai's late winter, no one can say whether such a thing will happen. Therefore, Gongzi Xiang did not dare to hand over the army to him, even if it was Bi Huihai, who he trusted the most.

At this time, the palace of Chu was also discussing the affairs of the country of contempt, and just after hearing that King Chu Hui explained the intention of the envoy of the country of contempt. Many doctors in the Chu State are opposed to meddling in the affairs of the Gu Contempt Country, which is too small and too small. There is not even a baron with the lowest price, and it is not considered a vassal state. This category of countries is classified as a small barbarian state. Saving him will not increase the prestige of Chu among the vassal states. On the contrary, it may provoke some vassal states to sarcastically mock in private, barbarians are barbarians, but they will help barbarians!

In addition, more importantly, the state of Gu is not the traditional sphere of influence of the state of Chu, and the state of Chu needs to open up a road in the barren mountains and mountains to send troops to the country of Gu Guo. This is no small thing! Thousands of soldiers need to be sent to open the way.

Just when he was opposing sending troops to help the country, Gongzi Qi, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "The minister thinks that sending troops to the country is certainly disadvantageous, but it is also beneficial!" Interfering in the country of Gu Mi, that is equivalent to my Chu State opening up a road that can go around the back of the State of Wu, although this road needs to pass through the country of Gu and the country of Yue. But it also strengthened the control of my Chu State over Yangzhou! ”

(Note: This Yangzhou is not Yangzhou City, but Yangzhou in Dayu Kyushu.) Speaking of this, Gongzi Qi paused, and then said: "In addition, the minister heard that when Gou Jian was a slave in Wu State, Fucha humiliated him many times, does Gou Jian really have no hatred for Fucha at all?" With the road opened up this time, my Great Chu State will have a channel to directly help Gou Jian in the future, and I can give some materials to the Yue State, so that the Yue State can come to contain the Wu State, at least it can delay the road of the Wu State to fight for hegemony! ”

Ling Yin (the official position of the State of Chu, equivalent to the prime minister and the general, both military and political. When Zixi heard this, he also nodded and said, "What Gongzi Qi said is very true! In addition, the minister also thought of a benefit, the country of Gu was desolate, even if we opened up this road, the state of Wu would not borrow him to attack our state of Chu. On the contrary, my Chu State can still use this to fund the Gu State and the Yue State, so that they can harass the Wu State behind their backs, and we only need to pay a small amount of money, let alone the blood of the people of my Great Chu State! Therefore, this dispatch of troops is only beneficial to our Chu State, and it is harmless! ”

When Xiong Zhang, the king of Chu Hui, saw that Yin Zixi and Shangqing Gongzi Qi also said this, he had no opinion. Not to mention that his current throne was still given up by the two of them, otherwise at that time, he controlled the army of Chu and the order of King Zhao of Chu, and any of them could become the king of Chu. But they gave it to King Chu Hui, who believed that they were all loyal ministers, and was convinced by their words.

But not long after King Hui of Chu made up his mind, a Han merchant who sold straw paper in Chu heard the news. was shocked, but fortunately, Yang Zilu had established a detailed organization in this stable period of time-Jiantai. However, it is a pity for Yang Zilu that he has not yet cultivated the talent of carrier pigeons. Therefore, this important information has to be transmitted through the messenger, but because the Chu army wants to open up a road, their advance speed is not fast, and Yang Zilu is not too late when he receives this news, and of course it is not too early.

Yang Zilu was greatly surprised when he received this information, he didn't expect the Chu State to be involved here. And this is the first battle after the monarch of Chu ascended the throne, thinking about it with his ass, he also knows that the monarch of Chu will not want to lose the first battle, at least he will not accept defeat in the hands of a semi-barbarian vassal state. If the soldiers are also in the hands of opponents of the same level such as Wu State and Jin State, then it is considered defeated, at best, it is still glorious although defeated, and at worst, it is understandable that it is a failure. And losing to the Han Kingdom, it was simply a shame, no less than Yang Zilu spitting a mouthful of saliva in the face of King Chu Hui.

So even if Yang Zilu defeated the Chu [***] team that entered the Gu Confidant State, the Chu State would definitely send another army. And the State of Chu can definitely withstand this pressure, maybe these soldiers and horses of the State of Chu will not seem to be too much, but for the small State of Han, even if the State of Chu sends only 5,000 people, it is a very great pressure. And 5,000 people are only less than 2% of the total strength of the Chu State, even if they are completely annihilated, it will not be to the extent that the Chu State will break its muscles and bones.

Yang Zilu once again desires to become stronger, only by becoming stronger, what Chu State, Yue State, and Wu State are all scum, only in this way can he protect the people he wants to protect. And unlike now, he was bullied by the Yue State, forced by the Wu State to send troops to help the war, and was bullied by the Chu State to the point that he almost chose to retreat in shame.

However, Yang Zilu couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while, so he ordered the guards to ring the Jingyang bell, and when he heard the bell, soon the doctor-level officials hurried to the council hall. Because the situation was very serious, Yang Zilu did not hand over the letter and let the doctors read it one by one, but let the emperor read it.

"What do you think?" After the royal guard finished reading all the news on the papyrus, Yang Zilu asked with a solemn face.

The doctors were also stunned, they didn't have time to digest the news at all, they had considered the attitude of the Yue Kingdom, the attitude of the Wu Kingdom, and even the attitudes of the tribes of the Baiyue tribe. But I didn't expect Chu Guo to meddle in this matter at all!

"The Lord must prevent the State of Chu from interfering in the affairs of the State of Gu! Once the army of the Chu State entered the Gu State, all the investment of the Han State this time was not only in vain. It is a blow to the prestige of the Han State, even if the opponent is the Chu State. But all are worshiped and attached to the strong! Hou Xiong hurriedly spoke.

Yang Zilu stroked his forehead with his hand, and Yang Zilu didn't know what Hou Xiong said, but Yang Zilu was helpless because he knew. Now the Han State has sent troops to the Gu Guo, although nominally to stop the end of the winter between the Taishu and Gongzi from going to war. But people of insight know that Han Guo's move is actually to help Uncle Tai at the end of winter, even if Yang Zilu falls to Gongzi Dying, saying that the investigation result is that Uncle Tai is unreasonable at the end of winter, and in the end it will only hit Han Guo's prestige even harder.

Although many people are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, people always hope that there will be people who are not afraid of power. Most people will think that the Han State is afraid of the Chu State, and will not think that the Chu State is too strong, and it is normal for the Han State to retreat. The current Han Kingdom is simply an arrow that has been shot out, and there is no way to turn back.

Han Jiading gritted his teeth and said with a hideous face: "Lord, since this is the case, we will be ruthless!" Didn't Gu Scorn come to Chu State? Why can't we find Wu Guo? Although Wu Wangfucha focused on the north, he was bent on fighting for hegemony. But the lord, don't forget that the state of Wu and the state of Chu are feuds! And Yangzhou is the traditional territory of Wu, no matter how weak the husband is, no matter how much he pays attention to the north, is he willing to start a fire in his backyard? ”

When Ju Gu heard this, he was shocked and said, "Lord, wouldn't this allow the forces of the Wu State to come into contact with the vicinity of my Han Kingdom?" Later, the Han Kingdom could only open up to the south! ”

Although the south was a very wealthy province in modern times, in fact it was very backward during the Spring and Autumn period, and even during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, Guangdong was the place where the Song Dynasty was exiled by degraded officials. Completely unexplored places are not so easy to develop, and the first thing to deal with is miasma and beasts. In the end, there will be a large-scale relocation of people to develop this place. None of this is something that the weak Han Kingdom can do.

Therefore, it is necessary and inevitable for the Han Kingdom to expand to the north, unless Yang Zilu is willing to learn from Goujian, gather ten years of lessons in ten years, and spend twenty years to come to Xu Xu Tuzhi, it may not be impossible to develop southern Zhejiang and Fujian and become a big country in the south. At that time, Yang Zilu was only in his forties, to be honest, this age is not too old, and there are still more than ten or twenty years to compete for world domination.

But is Yang Zilu willing? Yang Zilu is now twenty-two years old, upright, young and vigorous. To put it bluntly, he is eager for quick success, and he is not very willing to be patient.

Yang Zilu Huo Ran stood up and said, "What is the State of Chu!" Could it be that my Han State is so weak that even a Chu army with a labor expedition can't deal with it? If you can't even deal with a partial division of the Chu State on an expedition of laborers! What is the use of the soldiers and horses that the few people have spent money and national strength to train? ”

"The Lord is angry!" The doctors were shocked, and everyone bowed their heads and bowed.

"Rest your anger! Calm your anger! You will give wrath to the widow. Can the anger be able to solve the soldiers and horses of the Chu State? Yang Zilu roared, and it could be seen from these words that Yang Zilu was actually a little afraid of Chu State in his heart. After all, it was from the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was a traditional power among the vassal states. Even if it didn't take long for the state of Wu to almost wipe out the state of Chu, this was not something that the nascent Han State could bully.

"Lord, the minister has a word! Maybe it can relieve the anger in the heart of the Lord! At this time, a voice suddenly sounded.

Yang Zilu looked down and found that the person who spoke was Ayapin, who had never been very good at scheming, but Yang Zilu planned to listen to what Ayapin said. Yang Zilu nodded to Aya and said in a deep voice: "Doctor Aya said it!" ”

"Lord, when the minister was in the Yue Kingdom, he heard that the husband often asked the left and right ministers that the widowed Wu State was so powerful that it almost destroyed the Chu State. Why is Wu not the overlord yet? It can be seen that Fucha's ambition is not the south! Why should the Lord be afraid that his husband will turn his attention to the south? Besides, the war between Chu and Wu will definitely implicate Shangyue State! After the war, whether it is Wu, Chu, or Yue, they will be quite tired! Isn't this a good opportunity for our Han Kingdom to take advantage of the opportunity to rise on the side? The Lord can take advantage of this time to occupy the Yue Kingdom! If the Wu State has an opinion on the Lord, the Lord can unite the Chu State to resist the Wu State! I believe that the State of Chu is happy to replace the State of Yue by the State of Han and restrain the State of Wu! After all, all they need is a vassal state that restricts the state of Wu, and whether this vassal state is the Yue state or the Han state does not make much difference to them! Ayato said with a bowed head.

"No!" Ju Gu was shocked when he heard this, and opened his mouth to persuade: "The lord's plan is too dangerous!" Once it is not handled properly, I am afraid that the Yue Kingdom is not tired, and our Han Kingdom has already fallen into the mud of war and cannot get out! On the contrary, it gave the country a chance to take advantage of! ”

"Yes, Lord! The Lord is only twenty and two now, and he can slowly figure it out, so why worry that the Han Kingdom has not risen? Besides, Wu Guo is actually so easy to deal with? If it is, I'm afraid that the State of Chu will not support the State of Yue to come to the State of Wu to restrain it! The old and serious Ou Li also spoke out to persuade.

"No!" Yang Zilu said with a firm gaze: "Wealth is in danger!" The current Han Kingdom is too weak, according to what you came to say, slowly Tuzhi! Isn't Yue Guo slowly trying to figure it out? Can we get past it? Even if it can be done, it will be more than ten or twenty years later. After destroying the Yue Kingdom, there is also the Wu Kingdom, will I also slowly figure it out at that time? Life is only a few decades, is it possible to live a lifetime? ”

Jugu and Ou Li were both speechless by Yang Zilu, moving their lips as if they wanted to say something, but they couldn't think of any reason to persuade Yang Zilu.

(To be continued)