Gongsun Zhe saw that Tang Hou was reluctant to sacrifice the horse, and knew that he was on the same bar. But is this kind of gambling obviously self-inflicted? Tang Hou has been imprisoned in Chu for more than a year, and it seems that if he doesn't sacrifice his horse, Tang Hou will only die of old age.

Gongsun Zhe first spent money to buy off the leader of the forbidden army of Chu Palace and opened up all joints. After some up and down, you can finally enter and exit the pavilion where Tang Hou settled freely, and you can meet Tang Hou at any time.

One day, Gongsun Zhe prepared wine and food, gathered several main attendants around Tang Hou, and discussed the strategy of rescuing Tang Hou from returning to China while drinking.

Gongsun Zhe sighed and said angrily: "The king came to Chu to congratulate him with a good heart, which was originally for the good of the two countries, but he didn't want to be greedy and forcibly ask for bribes, so that the king could not return to the country." And the big king is very stubborn and unwilling to give up BMW, so he is afraid of changing over time after a long time. The son of the world has his life first, let me think of rescuing the king no matter what, I don't know what your plan is? ”

These attendants also knew that it was the two horses that made trouble. Everyone said that only by giving the BMW could it be possible to get out, so they told in detail about Chu Xiangguo's request for the BMW but was rejected by Tang Hou.

Gongsun Zhe asked who was raising the two horses that were taking care of Tang Hou: "Where is this horse being fostered now, and who is the horse keeper?" ”

An attendant said: "Qiu Li, who cares for the king, is very brave, and has been driving for the king's royal horse." Without the king's order, he would never have handed over the BMW. Since we were all detained by the Chu people, he has been taking care of the two horses all day long, and they are inseparable. But this man has a hobby, he likes to drink. ”

Gongsun Zhe twisted his beard and thought to himself for a while, came up with a solution, and said to everyone: "Since Qiu Li is brave, you can find a time, get him drunk for me, and then think of stealing these two horses." In the name of the king, I will dedicate it to Chu Xiangguo, and the bag tile will be magnified by the king and we will return to China after winning the horse. As long as the king can return to China, even if we are held accountable for stealing horses in the future, we will die without regrets! ”

Because Gongsun Zhe was the plenipotentiary sent by the prince of Tang to rescue Tang Hou, Tang Hou's attendants listened to Gongsun Zhe's plan, found a time to get Qiu Li drunk, stole the pair of horseless horses, and handed them to Gongsun Zhe.

When Gongsun Zhe got the horse, he personally led the two horses to Nangwa Mansion to ask for a meeting.

The official asked for clarification, and then went into the house to report to Nangwa. The bag was overjoyed, and ordered the officials to introduce the Tang envoy into the stable of the prime minister's house.

When Nangwa heard that Tang Hou was sending horses, he took advantage of his wishes. It seems that the old horseman, who is harder than the stinky stone, has finally relented. For the sake of these two horses, he carried it like this, and even ignored his own country. Nangwa was a little amused when he thought of Tang Hou's unreasonableness: This Tang Hou, hum! I really don't even understand which is more important than the horse or the country, and it doesn't seem to be a good bird......

Nangwa was standing by the stable of his house and groaning, and saw Sun Zhe, the envoy of the Tang State, pulling the two big horses, which was exactly what he wanted. The two white BMWs, with straight ears and long manes; The four hooves are strong, the ground is more than six feet, and the gait is mighty and kingly. The thick hair on his body was slightly curled and shiny like brocade......

Gongsun Zhe handed the reins of the horse to the attendants of the Xiangfu and knelt on the ground: "My lord Tang Hou knows that Xiangguo is highly respected and is the pillar of the Chu State, so he voluntarily offered two good horses for Xiangguo to drive. If you offend the day before yesterday, Wangxiangguo is broad-minded and does not blame the past. ”

Nangwa was overjoyed, stroked the horse's back, nodded frequently, and promised to let Tang Hou return to China.

Early in the morning of the second day, Nangwa entered the court and discussed state affairs, and Nangwa went to the Chu Palace alone to pay homage to King Zhao, and said: "The territory of Tang is small and the army is not strong, so it will not pose a great trouble to my Chu State. After more than a year of observation by the minister, there was no conclusive evidence that Tang Hou and Wu Guo had formed a party, so the minister suggested that the king let Tang Hou return to the country, so as not to resentment of the Tang people. ”

King Zhao also knew that Tang Hou was innocent, and when he saw that Nangwa was loose, he was naturally willing to let Tang Hou return to China. Those retinues, together with Gongsun Zhe, who was ordered to send an envoy, escorted Tang Hou and ran all the way to Tang Kingdom.

As soon as he entered the Tang realm, Gongsun Zhe led all the attendants and guards, knelt in front of the Tang waiting car, and asked for sin: "The minister Sun Zhe returned to the country for the king, and stole the horse and horse without permission, which violated the will of the king, so the ministers please blame the king, please punish the sins of the ministers!" ”

Tang Hou got out of the car, personally helped Gongsun Zhe, and comforted everyone: "The widow is confused for a while, and it is the crime of the widow to give up two good horses and mistake the ancestors. Today, the Chu country is greedy, bullying the weak, and forcibly robbing the things loved by the widows, if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely avenge today's revenge! The fact that the widow can return to the country today is all the credit of Aiqing, as long as you don't complain about the widow. ”

The monarch and the minister spoke clearly, and each untied the knot. After Tang Hou returned to China, he thought that his national strength was not good, so he had to endure it at first.

Nangwa got the horse, and let Tang Hou return to China. After Cai Hou heard about it in the pavilion, he also had an idea. It seems that this bag tile will not give up if it is not achieved its goal, if it is consumed like this, there will be no hope of returning to the country, so Cai Hou called his attendant leader and asked him to see the bag tile.

"When you go out to meet Xiangguo, you will say that the widow is willing to give away mutton fat white jade and mink fur."

The attendants first bought off the forbidden army before they got out of the post house and went to the prime minister's mansion to report Cai Hou's intentions.

Because Cai's national strength was much stronger than Tang's, and his influence among the princes was much greater. Although Nangwa imprisoned Cai Hou, he was still relatively in place in terms of supply and living security, and he didn't dare to be too lazy.

Seeing that Cai Hou had changed his mind, Nangwa accepted the two treasures offered by Cai Hou and asked King Zhao for instructions to let Cai Hou return to China.

Cai Hou came out of Yingdu, angry and angry. Passing by the Han River, I saw that the river was surging, and it was connected with the sky. This time, he was humiliated by Nangwa and imprisoned for more than a year, and he was naturally angry in his heart. So Cai Hou took a jade pendant, sank into the Tangtang River, and swore: "If the widow can't take revenge, he will never cross this river from now on!" If you break your oath, people and gods will be angry! ”

Cai Hou returned all the way to China and returned to the capital Xincai, and the ministers were ten miles away from the capital to greet him. On the second day, Cai waited for the ministers to gather together, and other state affairs were postponed for the time being, and the policy of reporting to Chu was discussed first.

As soon as Cai Hou returned to China, he decided to set out to take revenge on Jihua. Above the court, an edict was issued: "Order the prince of Cai Guo Shiyuan (the crown prince, the prince of Tang State) to be held hostage to the Jin State." Appointed the doctor Chen Zhou as an envoy, and together with Shi Ziyuan, he sent an envoy to the Jin State to ask for troops.

Cai Dafu Chen Zhou received Cai Hou's order and brought a lot of treasures to the Jin State, at this time the Jin State was ruled by Fan Ying (also known as Shi Ying), who was the secretary of the Jin State and the general of the Chinese army.

At this time, although the hegemony of the Jin State was declining, it was still a nominally overlord country, and the general princes and small countries would still ask the Jin State for help when they were unjust, hoping that the Jin State would maintain justice.

Chen Zhou told Jin Ding, the monarch of the Jin State, that the Chu State was greedy, bullied, and immoral, and now Cai Hou was angry and held the prince Yuan in the Jin State, hoping that the monarchs and ministers of the Jin State could uphold justice for the Cai State.

The Duke of Jin Ding consulted with the ministers and decided to help Cai Guo. So he gathered the power of the princes and wanted to crusade against the Chu State. But nominally, you should still say hello to King Zhou Jing, after all, Tuba is carried out under the premise of "respecting the king".

King Jing of Zhou agreed to assemble the princes at the request of the Jin Kingdom, and sent Liu Juan, the secretary of the dynasty, to pass on the princes in the name of the king's division, so that the princes could send troops to help each other and accompany the Jin division to attack Chu.

These princes agreed to send troops from a total of 17 countries, large and small, calling the 17 princes, all of whom hated the greed of the bag and were willing to send troops to attack Chu. Among these princes, the largest ones were Jin, Cai, Song, Qi, Lu, Wei, Chen, Zheng, and Xu, while the others were all small states.

After this combined force was assembled in the Jin Kingdom, it was stationed in the place of Zhaoling. Jin Zhengqing Fan Ying is the main commander, and Jin Secretary Shi Xun Yin is the deputy.

Deputy Marshal Xun Yin thought that the Jin State was a teacher for Cai Guo, and called on the 17 princes to help, and Cai Guo would definitely be grateful, so he sent a confidant messenger to Cai Guo to see Cai Hou, wanting to ask for a bribe.