Chapter 62: An Alliance with a Devil's Heart!
Just when Gongzi City and the monarchs and ministers of Chu were arguing about the alliance, the news of the victory of the Qin army came from Yongdi, thousands of miles away.
After half a month of siege and interception, the Qin army finally besieged the only remaining 80,000 soldiers and horses in Yiqu on the front line of Jicheng. On March 25, Bai Qi led the army to launch a general attack, and after a day of fierce fighting, the army of Yiqu was broken. Only less than 30,000 Yiqu wolf horsemen escaped from the encirclement of the Qin army and fled back to Yiqu through Di Dao. Yiqu's vitality was greatly damaged, and he could no longer pose a threat to the Qin State.
Chu State accompanied the capital, Chen County.
After the alliance with Qin was finally decided, Chu's attitude changed 180 degrees. The Qin envoy naturally moved out of the dark and damp post station and lived in a palatial courtyard with pavilions, small pavilions, small bridges and flowing water.
On the willow tops of the moon, in the courtyard where the Qin delegation lived, two richly dressed people were talking.
"Gao Lingjun, the opinions of our monarchs and ministers on the alliance between Chu and Qin this time are very different! You also know that our Chu State is very wary of your Qin State because of the Huai Wang. Once the news of this alliance comes out, the people don't know what kind of chaos will happen! Chu Guozuo disciple Huang Xie raised his glass and said with a sad face.
It is also human nature for Huang Zuo to have this concern. But now it is not as good as in the past, when the Huaiwang incident happened, my Qin State was ruled by the Queen Mother, and everything was decided by the Queen Mother. Now that the Queen Mother has returned to the throne of Qin, she will watch my king's actions and build the world with faith. Although he repeats his country, he will not deceive him. ”
Gongzishi first explained, showing that it was up to the ruler whether the Qin State emphasized faith or not. At that time, it was completely the Queen Mother's idea to trick King Chu Huai into Wuguan, how much knowledge can a woman have?! Now that the wise, wise, and martial King Qin is in power, he is a person with ideals and ambitions, and he will not be treacherous, so let your Chu State put one hundred and twenty hearts!
Then Gongzishi swore an oath, "The monarch of our country also knows that the whole of Chu is wary of the alliance between the two countries, so he sent me thousands of miles to your country to offer Yingdu as a token of his heart." I also ask Zuo Tu to tell the King of Chu again that my Great Qin's intentions are very sincere. As for the reaction of the people, hum, I think your country still has more ways to deal with these ordinary people. When the letter of alliance between the two countries is drafted, your country will hand over the letter of state to me, and I, Daqin, will immediately return it to Yingdu without delay. ”
"With Gao Lingjun's words, I am much more relieved. Gao Lingjun, come, for the friendship of Qin and Chu for generations, we drink this cup. ”
"Left disciple, please!" Childe greeted with a smile.
"Please!" Huang Xie raised his glass.
After talking about business, the two naturally talked about the ups and downs. During the period, they talked very happily, and the two had a feeling of hating each other. Taking advantage of the wine, Huang Xie simply took Gongzi City to the Alley of Smoke and Willow to have fun, so as to fulfill his friendship as a landlord. Gongzishi also wanted to see Wu Yue's soft voice, and he didn't shirk it, and readily agreed.
In this way, the two of them came to the most well-known female Lu in Chen County-Xiaoxiang Pavilion. After enjoying a period of singing and dancing, Huang Xie saw that Gongzi City was almost drunk, and immediately asked ** to arrange for the top girl to serve Gongzi City and go to Wushan together.
The next day, Childe woke up dizzy, only to find a pair of jade arms around him, sleeping. Looking at the lovely person in front of him, a trace of pride flashed in the corner of Gongzi's eyes, but he put on a squinting look, and said with a smile: "Beauty, the spring night is short, let my son love you again." ”
A woman's exclamation came from the room, but then it stopped abruptly, and turned into a coquettish voice, and the sound echoed throughout the room.
In the palace of the king of Chu, Huang Xie, the left disciple, was making a report to the king of Chu.
"How? Has Qin's true intentions been clarified? The King of Chu asked with a stern expression.
Zhuang Xin entered the palace after the court meeting to persuade himself, thinking that Qin was a country of tigers and wolves, and he did not believe his words. It's okay to promise an alliance now, but it's hard to guarantee that Qin won't make some small moves behind his back, and it's best to find out Qin's true intentions.
Huang Xie was originally the official in charge of this part, and he also interceded for the Qin State in the court, and had a life-saving grace for Gongzi City. So the king of Chu simply sent Huang Xie to get drunk in Gongzi City, and then visiting Xiaoxiang Hall at night was just to further paralyze Gongzi City and use beauties to show the true intentions of the Qin State.
Huang Xie didn't dare to slack off, and immediately replied respectfully: "Back to the king, everything has been investigated." The Qin State did want to sacrifice Yingdu this time, but it did not come to form an alliance, but to stabilize our country. According to Zhao Shi's drunken words, the Qin State lost 250,000 troops and millions of stones of grain and grass after this chaos, which can be described as a great loss of vitality. In addition, Han, Zhao, and Wei were attacking the two counties of Hedong and Hexi, and Qin was unwilling to go to war on three sides and be attacked on all sides. Therefore, after determining that Yingdu could not be held, he decided to take the initiative to sacrifice it in exchange for peace between Qin and Chu. After a year and a half to stabilize the situation, the Qin State will pour the troops of the whole country to the Chu State in one fell swoop. ”
"What?! The Qin State wants to destroy the widowed Chu State! How good is that? After hearing Huang Xie's true intentions of the Qin State, the King of Chu was immediately shocked.
The Qin State used Yingdu as a bait to win over the Chu State, causing the Chu State to become hostile to the Han, Zhao, and Wei Kingdoms. If the state of Chu really forms an alliance with the state of Qin, once the state of Qin reneges on the agreement to destroy Chu, most of the three Jin will not support and may even fall into the ground.
"Why don't you give up your alliance with the Qin State? Anyway, we can defeat Yingdu, and Qin Chu is a feud, so there is no need to fight the three Jin for this. King Chu asked tentatively.
Huang Xie, who was a confidant of the King of Chu, frowned slightly and said: "The king has agreed to form an alliance, and I am afraid that it is inappropriate to regret it at this moment, and the Qin State may be angry and raise troops." The king must know that even if the Qin State is now greatly damaged, it is not something we can compete with right now. ”
"It's not okay to form an alliance, it's not okay not to form an alliance, so what do you say, Aiqing?" The king of Chu was a little worried, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, so he would not have made a decision so quickly if he knew it.
"In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to form an alliance first and stabilize the Qin State. Then he sent a secret envoy to Han, Zhao, and Wei to explain the matter. When the State of Qin asks for help from our State of Chu, we just act like it, and we must not have any conflict with the Three Jins. ”
"In this way, won't we still offend the Qin State?" The king of Chu still felt that something was wrong.
"No matter whether you offend the Qin State or not, the Qin State will not die if my heart of Great Chu dies. It's just that at the moment, our Chu State is weak, so we can only delay time as much as possible. When we take back Yingdu without blood, our strength will recover faster. The minister thought that if the king could always reuse the virtuous ministers and capable officials, alienate the villains, and add the lives of the three armies, it would not be long before our Great Chu could fight against the Qin State. What's more, we are only making friends with Qin on the surface, but in fact, we can secretly make friends with Qi and Yan, so that if something happens, there will also be reinforcements. ”
"Good! The widow followed the words of the left disciples. The Qin State has repeatedly teased the previous king, and now the widow wants to use his own way to govern his body and play the Qin State once. Zuo disciples, the alliance should be prepared quickly, and the widow can't wait to return to Yingdu. ”
"Command!" Huang Xie then took the order and left.
Under the full impetus of the Chu State, the matter of the alliance between Qin and Chu was quickly finalized, and all the details were drafted as soon as they were completed, and they only waited for the two kings to meet, and the blood alliance could be announced to the world. Qin State showed enough sincerity, and after obtaining the letter of state from Chu State guaranteeing that Qin and Chu would be friendly and support each other for generations, he immediately ordered Qin State to withdraw from the land 200 miles around Yingdu.
The 100,000 Chu troops assembled by the river immediately entered Yingdu, and after five years of farewell to Yingdu, the Chu army finally appeared in the capital of their own country.
On this day, Yingdu was empty. The surviving Chu people ate pot pulp and welcomed their children and soldiers. Some cry, some laugh, some go crazy, some are demented. They originally thought that they were already the people of the dead country and were subject to the Qin people from then on, but they didn't expect that the peak would turn around and witness the recovery of Yingdu by Wang Shi.
On March 30, 273 B.C., the state of Chu recovered the capital of Yingdu and its surrounding thirteen cities, including Zifang, Yiling, and Jingling. On the same day, the state of Chu announced an alliance with the state of Qin. It's just that no one knows that the alliance between Qin and Chu, which is very optimistic about Qin Guoda, was a farce from the beginning because of Gongzi City's bad fortune.
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