Baili Wuji had already received information at the end of February, and Guo Wei ordered the western expedition to Shu.

At that time, I thought that Guo Wei's Second Route Army only had more than 70,000 people, and the Shu State had hundreds of thousands of troops, plus Meng Chang's henchman Han Jixun, a wise general, could block the invasion of the Zhou army no matter what.

And Baili Wuji's judgment of Guo Wei's purpose is to only recover the lost territory of the four states.

Therefore, Baili Wuji did not respond to this.

And by mid-March, when Baili Wuji learned that the Sword Gate had been lost, although he had the intention to order Ma Jiyunxi to rescue, he could not get Meng Chang's authorization, this Chu State was a vassal state after all, although the Chu army had a precedent for entering Shu, but that time it was Baili Wuji who was justified first.

That's how things went wrong.

Providence is so unpredictable.

And when Meng Chang led an army of 140,000 to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, the news of the destruction of Shu came.

It's already April 21st.

Baili Wuji was shocked to realize that the backyard of Chu State was on fire.

The western frontiers such as Gyeongju and Gangneung were completely exposed to the Zhou Dynasty's troops.

Feng Dao's fears were fulfilled.

And it was fulfilled so thoroughly that it didn't give Baili Wuji any time to make amends.

The monarchs and ministers of Chu had been discussing in the palace for a whole day at this time, and now there were only two ways to the situation, one was to send envoys to the Zhou Dynasty and make an alliance after harmonious relations, and the other was to fight a decisive battle with the Zhou Dynasty and decide the outcome of the battle.

Otherwise, once the Zhou Dynasty launched an attack on the Chu State in the three directions of Shudi, Jiangling, and Suzhou, it would be a big trouble.

When the country is large, the mobilization of troops is very troublesome. Although the state of Chu now has about 280,000 Black Flag troops, these troops are all spread all over the country and used for local defense. It is really controlled by Baili Wuji, and only half of the Black Flag Army can be mobilized cheaply, which also includes Bailikang's special operations army and four-compartment guards.

In the past few years, in addition to the reorganization of the Southern Han and Southern Tang armies, the Chu State has not recruited a single soldier.

Baili Wuji was not afraid of the Zhou army going south, and the Chu State had been operating for several years, so he was undoubtedly full of confidence in blocking the invasion of the Zhou army.

But the key now is not to stop the Zhou invasion. It's either not going to war, or once the two countries go to war, they won't die. Either Chu will destroy Zhou, or Zhou will destroy Chu.

This is not what Baili Wuji hopes, the two strong men are opposed, but it is the Northern Han and the Khitan in the north who take advantage of the fisherman.

Hundreds of miles of unscrupulous knowledge of the road. Now it's time to force Liangshan. But the decision is still difficult.

When the monarch and ministers of Chu were in trouble, the guards came to report, and the mother of the prime minister of Shu Zhao, and the waiters asked to see.

The monarchs and ministers of Chu State were shocked, this Shu Emperor Meng Chang surrendered, what else did they do when the Shu Prime Minister's mother Zhao descendant and Han Baozheng came to do it?

Without thinking about it, Baili Wuji ordered the guards to invite people in.

"The ministers pay a visit to the King of Chu." Mu Zhao and Han Baozheng led more than a dozen people to come in and pay respects to Baili Wuji.

To say that in the Shu Dynasty, Mu Zhao and others don't need to be so formally visited, but no matter how important the position of Mu Zhao and others is. No matter how he is Meng Chang's henchman, Baili Wuji is Meng Chang's king after all. What's more, when he came to the territory of Chu State, and asked for a hundred miles of Mowgli, this bow is always unavoidable.

Baili Wuji hurriedly got up, supported his mother Zhao and others to bow down, and people gave face, and they always had to give back a face.

"Chengdu has fallen, how did you come to the Chu State?" Baili Wuji asked.

"Chengdu was besieged in the north and south, and we sneaked out of the west gate of the left capital after changing clothes, passed through Qiong, Ya, Jia, and Rongzhou, and then entered Lu, Chongqing, and Fuzhou to the Wutai Jiedu envoy, and then the Wutai Jiedu envoy sent troops to escort them to Chu." Han Baozheng replied.

Baili Wuji nodded.

"The mother led the officials to the east all the way hard, the king has learned the bad news of the fall of Chengdu, deeply saddened, but unfortunately the king learned that it was too late, and he could not save His Majesty from prison, hey, this king is a great crime."

Mu Zhaoyi shed tears for a while, and said: "The king of Chu is loyal, and the ministers understand, but this time the Zhou State went west, there was no warning in advance, and the Shu State was defenseless, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops, but they were repeatedly defeated. ”

"Mother, this king really doesn't understand, why didn't Your Majesty send a messenger to order this king to send troops to help as soon as he was attacked?"

"Uh......." Mother Zhao and Han Baozheng were in their hearts, and secretly slandered you, didn't you ask knowingly? You are a vassal king who does not listen to the tune, and it is easy for you to lead the troops to rescue, in case you don't leave, the dove occupies the nest, isn't this leading the wolf into the house? Hey, if you know that Lu Dao will be destroyed by the Zhou army, then it is better to let you lead your troops westward.

"His Majesty had already sent an envoy to Chu when the Sword Gate was broken by the Zhou army, but unfortunately, as soon as he arrived in Zizhou, the Zhou army had already captured Zizhou, so it was impossible to send the letter of His Majesty's order to the King of Chu." Han Baozheng explained.

"Hmm, you guys are lucky to be able to escape from the tiger's mouth this time, I don't know what your plans are for the future?" Baili Wuji asked.

Mu Zhaoyi and Han Baozheng glanced at each other, stepped forward and said, "Please ask the King of Chu to lead his troops to recover the land of Shu and rescue His Majesty from fire and water." ”

"Uh......." That's too much to ask. Meng Chang is now in Guo Wei's hands, which can be released with a "release" from Baili Wuji.

Mu Zhao and Han Baozheng saw that Baili Wuji was silent, and Mu Zhao took another step forward and whispered to Baili Wuji: "Please let the King of Chu retreat left and right, Your Majesty has a secret decree to transfer the ministers to the King of Chu." ”

Baili Wuji was stunned, this Meng Chang passed the edict at this time, is it too late.

But according to what his mother Zhao said, he retreated left and right, leaving only Xu Shiming, Sun Guangxian and Feng Dao.

At this time, Mu Zhaoyi said: "Your Majesty's decree is to establish the King of Chu as the prison country, which can govern all the soldiers and civilians of Shu, recover Shu, and save Your Majesty." ”

As he spoke, he took out a brocade silk from his arms and presented it to Baili Wuji with both hands.

After Baili Wuji opened it, he glanced at the contents, took a closer look at the seal, and then transferred it to Xu Shiming and others.

After the three of them circulated it, Xu Shiming returned the brocade silk to Baili Wuji.

Xu Shiming said: "King, at this time, the morale of the Zhou army is flourishing, and the strength of the Zhou State is far stronger than that of the Chu State. ”

Sun Guangxian stepped forward and said: "The minister thinks that Xu Xiang's words are reasonable, the Zhou army with more than 70,000 people was able to destroy the huge Shu Kingdom in February, and the king must not be careful." ”

Feng Dao was silent on the side.

Baili Wuji glanced at Feng Dao, and he was very hesitant in his heart. If you want to say that you don't want to fight, Baili Wuji really has the desire to fight with Guo Wei, but now there is really no preparation in the country, and it is not Baili Wuji's wish to start a war in a hurry.

Fighting big with small and strong with weak is a good trick of a hundred miles of unscrupulous, but at this time it is no longer as good as in the past, and now Chu is no longer barefoot, but wears shoes, and even wears a good pair of shoes. (To be continued......)