King Chu Wei stood in front of a huge map of the Chu State made of linen, his brows furrowed, and he did not move. Ling Yin Jingshe stood on the right side with a cane in his hand.

Since his beloved son Jinghe died in battle, Jingshe has suddenly become old, her hair is almost white, she rarely goes out at ordinary times, and she doesn't ask much about state affairs. This time, the Yue people attacked the territory, and King Wei urgently summoned him, so Jingshe picked up his crutches and hurried all the way to Zhanghuatai.

There are many arrows marked on the map, the Wei people are on the first line of Xiangcheng and Shanshan in the north, the Ba people are on the first line of Fangling in the west, and the Qin people are in the valley of Shangyu in the northwest. The arrows of the Wei people pointed directly at Xiangcheng and Fangcheng, the arrows of the Ba people approached Fangling and threatened Yingdu, and the arrows of the Qin people were in multiple directions, pointing directly at Hanzhong, Xiang, Deng, Wan and other places. Two other arrows are located in the east, apparently newly added, and are particularly thick, one along the river and is the Yueren waterway, and the other is the Yueren land route along the north of the river. The two arrows were almost neck to neck, approaching Zhaoguan, and the direction was Yun Mengze.

King Chu Wei stared at these arrows, and for a moment, he turned to Neizai: "When will Zhaoyang and Qu Kuo arrive?" ”

"Returning to the king," Neizai replied in a low voice, "If nothing else, Lord Zhao will be here tomorrow at noon, and Lord Qu will be here the day after tomorrow!" ”

King Chu Wei let out a "hmm", his eyes returned to the territory, stared at it for a while, turned to Jingshe, and sighed softly: "Alas, the widow deeply regrets not listening to the words of Lao Aiqing, hastily cutting down the Song Dynasty, and breaking 60,000 soldiers, not to mention, this is losing the mountain again, and he is passive everywhere!" ”

Jing She burst into tears, choked up, and said: "The king can have this regret, and the minister is very relieved!" ”

"Lao Aiqing, please get up," King Chu Wei grabbed Jingshe, helped him to sit down in front of several cases in the hall, and sat down in front of the main seat, looking at him and said, "The current situation, Lao Aiqing has also seen it, the Wei people have taken my Shanshan, the Qin people occupy my business, after the Ba and Shu disputes, the Ba people moved eastward, forcing me to live in the tomb, the widow is depressed, and the Yue people are advancing by land and water, which is really worse!" "I have been silent for a long time," the widow thinks about it, and there is no solution, and I call Lao Aiqing here today to hear your high opinions. ”

"Your Majesty," Jing She played, "the two contend, and the one with the greatest strength wins; Two families compete, and the one with more people wins; The two armies fight each other, and the wise man wins; The marching and arranging the formation is not about having more soldiers and more food, but about the wisdom of the generals. Wei has Pang Juan, and he can't compete with him. The Qin people occupy our business, and they are unable to fight with me in the short term. Ba and Shu are fighting, and the enemies of the Ba people are not in Shu, although they move eastward, they are not afraid. At the moment, the only one who can be feared is the Yue people. The Yue people have similar habits to me, and they know me very well, but my elite is in the west and north, and the hinterland is empty and vulnerable. The Yue people are near the sea, learn boats, are good at water warfare, and the boat division is invincible. In recent years, in order to fight for the Central Plains, I only focus on chariots and foot soldiers, and there are few boat divisions to compete with. If the Yue people go up against the river, they will inevitably drive straight into the capital and attack Yingdu through Yunmengze. ”

"What Lao Aiqing said is very true." King Chu Wei nodded again and again, "How to resist the enemy, does Lao Aiqing have a good plan?" ”

"In the opinion of the minister," Jingshe explained the ideas that he had already thought of, "I can move to the capital, stay away from Yunmeng Daze, and temporarily avoid the Yue Renzhou Division, so as not to repeat the Wu disaster back then." ”

King Chu Wei frowned slightly: "Moving the capital can avoid the Yue Ren Zhou Division, what about the Yue Ren Lu Division?" ”

"Returning to the king," Jing She said slowly, "Since Gou Jian, although Chu and Yue have interfered with each other, there has been no major dispute. After King Wujiang succeeded to the throne, he took the Qi people as the enemy, and took the Central Plains as the national policy, and did not violate my well and the river. This time, the Yue people turned the spearhead overnight and turned to attack me, which really made the old minister incomprehensible. The king, there must be a cause for the effect, and the minister thinks that I can avoid its sharpness, send an envoy to Yue, find out the strangeness, and talk with Yue, or can turn the war into a jade silk, with four taels of a thousand catties. ”

"Lao Aiqing's meaning is to talk with Yue Ren! What about the Wei people? ”

"We can also make peace."

King Chu Wei's face gradually became gloomy, and he finally snorted: "I have fought for generations in Chu, expanded the territory for thousands of miles, and reached the widow, first lost business, then lost the mountain, lost the teacher and humiliated the country, and suffered enemies on all sides, but Lao Aiqing is also a peace talk in the east, a peace talk in the west, a peace talk in the south, and a peace talk in the north. ”

"Back to the king," Jingshe was not in a hurry or impatient, "the old minister never said that the West also made peace. ”

King Chu Wei was stunned, and his body leaned forward slightly: "Lao Aiqing is saying, Xituba, Shu?" ”

"I'm Wang Shengming." Jingshe nodded, "Ba and Shu are two thousand miles long, many rare treasures, rich in corn, and even more barrier to my west, if I take advantage of its internal strife and divide my troops to seize it, not only to remove the worries of the west, but also to get fertile fields for thousands of miles, wouldn't it be good?" ”

King Chu Wei closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then got up and said: "What Lao Aiqing said is very true, but this matter is very important, and the widow will consider one or two before making a decision." Aiqing is old, and she is tired of walking these dozens of miles, but she can rest in the side hall. ”

Jing She got up, knelt down slowly, and said, "King Wan'an, the old minister retires." After knocking, he withdrew tremblingly with a cane.

The two eunuchs saw it and stepped forward to help. Jingshe shook off the two of them and walked down the third rest platform. There are a total of 240 steps on the three rest platforms, and every 80 steps is a rest, and a platform is set up. Less than forty steps down the Jingshe, he was tired and sat on the steps panting. After gasping for a while, he got up and wanted to leave, and saw Wang Zihuai leading Zhang Yi to the stage. Behind them were four mighty soldiers, struggling to carry a large wooden box, which they did not know what it contained.

Jingshe waited on the platform, saw the prince walking up, bowed down and said, "The old minister has seen His Royal Highness." ”

Prince Huai also waved back: "Aiqing is exempt!" ”

Jingshe glanced at Zhang Yi obliquely, and waved at the prince Huai again: "The old minister retires." Before the prince returned the salute, he went down the steps with a cane, and the crutches fell on the stone steps, making a "bang" sound.

Zhang Yi stared at the back of Jingshe, watched him go down another eighty steps, sat on the second rest platform and gasped, and then turned back to Prince Huai and said, "Dare to ask Your Highness, is this person Lord Ling Yin?" ”

Prince Huai also retracted his gaze: "It's Jing Aiqing." ”

Zhang Yi praised: "The crutch in Lord Lingyin's hand is good, I think it is made of Nanmu." ”

"Hehehe," Prince Huai said with a smile, "Zhang Zi is mistaken, in Chudi, Nanmu is used for longevity, and it is not good to use it as a crutch." Jing Aiqing's crutches should be rosewood. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yi also laughed, "It's Zhang Yi who has lost his eyes!" No matter how you look at it, you think it's made of nanmu. ”

Prince Huai also seemed to understand the voice of Zhang Yi's words, and sighed lightly: "Alas, Jing Aiqing is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, she is over the age of old, and she is indeed old!" Zhangzi, please on stage! ”

The two strode onto the stage and walked straight to the front hall.

There have already been eunuchs in the report, and the inner slaughter welcomes out.

Prince Huai stopped, turned to Zhang Zi and said: "Zhang Zi is here for a while, and when the palace has played his father, he will invite Zhang Zi." ”

Zhang Yi arched his hand and said: "There is His Royal Highness Lao!" ”

Prince Huai followed Neizai into the hall. Zhang Yi waited for a moment, Neizai came back and sang loudly at the door: "The king has a decree, announce that Zhang Yi, the son of the Central Plains Scholar, will meet you!" ”

Zhang Yi straightened his clothes, followed behind Neizai, and walked into the hall.

King Chu Wei is sitting on his lap, and Prince Huai is sitting under the left head. There was a chess table on the table in front of King Wei, on which were two boxes of black and white chess pieces, and there was a vacant seat opposite, which was obviously reserved for Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi stepped forward, knelt down five steps away from King Wei, and kowtowed: "Zhang Yi, a scholar from the Central Plains, knocks to see His Majesty the King of Chu!" ”

King Chu Wei looked at him carefully, and said with a slight smile: "The widow is quite fond of the way of vertical and horizontal. Listening to the prince, Zhang Zi's chess skills are superb, the world is invincible, and the few people are fascinated, so I hereby set up a chess table, and I hope that Zhang Zi will not hesitate to give advice! ”

Zhang Yi knocked again: "It's His Highness's wrong love." The king praised, and he didn't dare to be ashamed! ”

King Chu Wei laughed again: "Zhang Zi should not be humble. "Finger across the empty seat," Zhang Ziping, look at the seat! ”

Zhang Yi thanked him, got up and sat opposite King Wei.

King Chu Wei took the white zi made of shells, and pushed the sandalwood box containing the black chess pieces to Zhang Yi: "Zhang Zi is a guest, please take the lead!" ”

Zhang Yi thanked him, took the box, took out a son, and stared at the chessboard in front of him.

Wei Wang waited for a while, and when he saw that Zhang Yi was not falling, he looked at Zhang Yi: "Why didn't Zhang Zi fall?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yi responded, "Yi is watching this chessboard." ”

"Hey," Wei Wang Qi said, "what's wrong with this chessboard?" ”

"In Yi's eyes," Zhang Yi looked up at King Wei, "This chess is played by the countryside, not by the king!" ”

The chess table that he had played for decades was said to be played in the countryside, and King Wei couldn't hold it on his face, so he slowly put the chess pieces in his hand back into the box, and his tone changed: "Dare to ask Zhang Zi, what is the game for a widow?" ”

"The king should be the ruler of the world." Zhang Yi smiled faintly.

"The world?" King Wei was stunned and leaned over, "Where is this shack?" ”

Zhang Yi looked at the prince, and the prince high-fived.

The four palace guards who were already waiting outside the door walked in with a heavy wooden box, opened it on the spot, and lifted out a huge chess table, which was placed in front of King Wei under the guidance of Zhang Yi.

Looking at the chessboard in front of him, King Wei was shocked.

This is a huge chessboard carved from a whole piece of golden silk nan wood, which looks like a round tripod, about the same height as several cases, weighs more than 100 jun, and shines with golden light under the refraction of the clear sun. Inside the disc, there are square chessboards, nineteen each, plus Tian Yuan, a total of nine stars. On the disc around the square table, there are 64 hexagrams, and the two sides are engraved with the river map and Luo Shu. Below the round tripod, there are three tripod feet, carved in the shape of a fox.

Obviously, this is Zhang Yi's copy of the chess table made by Guiguzi himself and treasured in the cave for many years based on memory alone, plus his own originality.

King Wei looked at his small chessboard with only nine lanes in length, his eyes returned to the huge Nanmu chessboard, took a long breath, and slowly shouted: "Dare to ask Zhang Zi, is this what you call the world?" ”

"The world's Kyushu is all above the top, please play it!" Zhang Yi smiled slightly and gave up.

"This..." King Wei paused slightly, "There are so many Taos, Zhang Zike has a solution?" ”

"Returning to the Great King," Zhang Yi said with a smile, "it's not the Tao, it's the way." ”

"The Way of the Sword?" King Wei leaned over and looked inquiringly.

"Everything has a way," Zhang Yi said, "The way of chess, the law of heaven and earth, and the communication between heaven, earth and man, can be the foundation of the change of the fortune of the three." This method of heaven and earth is said to be the way of the ancient sage Fuxi's world. The sky is round like a disk, and the place is like a table. The outer circle is square inside, and the law is like heaven and earth. The three-legged tripod can be regarded as an artifact. ”

"This..." King Wei pointed to the table, "the scales that the widows see are all nine vertical and horizontal, but this one is nineteen, is there a solution?" ”

"The number of all things begins from one." Zhang Yi pointed to Tian Yuan, "There is one in the road of the chess game in three hundred and sixty, one is the master of the chess game, according to the position of Tian Yuan, the movement is in all directions. He also pointed to all the chess moves outside of Tianyuan, "Three hundred and sixty roads around him, like the number of Zhou Tian." "Draw from Tianyuan to any adjacent two corners to form a triangle," three hundred and sixty roads are divided into four, and the law is divided into four corners; Ninety roads in each corner, like the number of days in the season. Pointing to the four sides, "Seventy-two roads outside the periphery, waiting for the day of the law." "Refers to two boxes of black and white chess pieces," the chess pieces are three hundred and sixty, black and white, and the law is yin and yang. "Referring to the chess table and the chess pieces," the game is square and quiet, the chess is round and moving, since ancient times, there is no same game, and the "Yi" coincides, Yu Tiandao changes. ”

King Wei was completely dumbfounded, his mouth wide open, and he was dumbfounded.

"Dare to ask Zhang Zi," Prince Huai obviously discussed with Zhang Yi properly, and lost no time in cooperating, "This is a change in the way of heaven, can this table be a metaphor for the world?" ”

"What Your Highness asked is exactly what makes the game interesting." Zhang Yi pointed to the chessboard, "The chess game has a way to go vertically and horizontally, and Yu Zhishi cannot go against the road." The chess game is unpredictable, there has never been the same game since ancient times, the situation is changing rapidly, and the only way to govern the world is to adapt to the situation, take advantage of the situation, and not stick to the rules. Black and white chess pieces are dead pieces outside the chessboard, and only when they are placed in the chessboard and enter the chess game, they will be vivid, and they will have you and me. When the game is played, if a son falls wrong, it will lose the ground and lose the troops, and the whole situation will be lost. ”

Zhang Yi sold Guiguzi's parting chess metaphor with oil and vinegar, King Chu Wei was dumbfounded when he heard it, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, hug his fists and salute, and said with admiration: "It is rumored that Yiqiu is good at playing, invincible in the world, listening to Zhang Zi's argument, it is comparable to Yiqiu!" Pointing to the chessboard, "Such a chessboard has never been played, Zhang Zi has come thousands of miles away, can he teach the widow with a game?" ”

"Don't dare to teach words!" Zhang Yi returned the salute with a fist, took out a son, and raised his eyes to look at King Wei, "Dare to ask the king, is it big or small?" ”

King Chu Wei pondered for a moment and asked, "What is Yi Xiao talking about?" ”

Zhang Yi put the town in a corner: "Yi Xiao can guard a corner, build a city as a worry-free corner, build the Great Wall into the edge of King Kong, Tao Tao is happy in it, majestic and inviolable." ”

King Chu Wei seemed to have an understanding, nodded and asked, "So... what is Yi Da?" ”

Zhang Yi put away the son of the cloth in the corner, and "snapped" the position of Tian Yuan in the center of the chess game: "Yi Da can be based on Tian Yuan, respond to the way of heaven, follow geography below, neutralize public opinion, keep one and caress the four corners!" ”

King Chu Wei was shocked, and stared at Zhang Yi intently, as if he wanted to see through what this young scholar was thinking in the depths of his heart.

Zhang Yi stared at each other.

King Wei finally understood that Zhang Yi was not here for the game at all, but had other plans.

King Chu Wei put down the chess pieces in his hand, leaned back, and slowed down his tone: "Zhang Zi is talented, and the widow is respectful." Zhang Zi is a person who plays big chess, and his chess skills are mediocre, he can only play small, not big, and he can only disappoint Zhang Zi! ”

Zhang Yi arched his hand and said: "Those who can guard one and caress the four corners must have great virtue and strength." Yi is all over the world, and the person who can take the position of Tianyuan is none other than the king! ”

"This is a fallacy," King Chu Wei shook his head lightly, "Tian Yuan's position has long been held by the Zhou family. Although the Chu people do not accept the Zhou, they are respected by the Zhou dynasties, how can the widow occupy the magpie's nest? ”

"The king is biased," Zhang Yi argued, "Although the position of Tianyuan belongs to the Zhou room, but the Zhou room is declining, and the strength is incompetent, resulting in the four corners not being touched, the chaos is mixed, the world is out of order, the etiquette is bad, and the small states of Wei and Qi Yuer have already risen and replaced them, and the Song Gong lives in the land of projectiles, and he dares to be the king, the king..."

"Alas," King Chu Wei paused slightly, shook his head and sighed lightly, "Although what Zhang Zi said is true, it is too broad and too big, and the widow's virtue is weak, and he has more than enough heart, but his strength is insufficient!" ”

Hearing the words "more than heart", Zhang Yi immediately smiled and gave up his hand again: "King, the way of heaven is one, and only by being consistent can we achieve harmony." Today, the party has lost morality and lacks morality, and there are many from one, and chaos from many, resulting in chaos, misery, and misery, and the people are not happy. Since the way of heaven is born in one, it will return to one. The unification of the world is the trend of the times and the will of the people. The king has both virtue and strength, and he should obey the heavens, give great love to the people, and save the people from the suffering of fire and water, and should not be too humble. ”

King Chu Wei leaned over and asked, "Where do you see the virtue and strength of the widow?" ”

Zhang Yi arched his hand and said: "The king has a strong force but does not send it, so as to save the Zhou room, which shows great virtue." As for the power of the king, it is beyond the reach of the nations. The territory of the king, 5,000 miles from east to west, 5,000 miles from north to south, and the Central Plains countries together, less than half of Jingchu, are one of them. The abundance of rice, the wealth of fish and meat, the output of hardware, and the production of jewelry are unmatched by all the countries in the Central Plains. There are more than 10 million people in Chu, brave and warlike, loyal to the country, and the countries of the Central Plains are incomparable. The king is bright and bright, His Royal Highness is bold and brave, the ministers are virtuous but not pretentious, and the generals are martial and strategic, and these are the fourth. The king has these four benefits, and he is the most powerful person in the world. ”

"Hahahaha," King Chu Wei leaned back and burst out with a long laugh, "I heard that there are many people with good tongues in the Central Plains, and it seems that Zhang Zi should be one of them today." There is nothing wrong with a good tongue, it's just that Zhang Zi doesn't know the truth and blindly opens his mouth, but it's too much! ”

"Dare to ask the king," Zhang Yi smiled slightly, "What Yi Fangcai said, which sentence is the truth?" ”

"Anything else, the first benefit you speak of alone is hollowness. Chu Di west to Qianzhong, east to Zhaoguan, but 3,700 miles, how can it be said that there are 5,000 miles from east to west? ”

"Hehehe," Zhang Yi smiled faintly, leaned over and asked, "What if it goes east to Yongdong (now Zhoushan Islands)?" ”

King Chu Wei burst into laughter again: "Although Zhang Zi is good at playing, he doesn't know Chu and Yue. Yongdong has always been the land of the Yue people, how did it suddenly become the territory of the widows? ”

Zhang Yi stared at King Wei: "What the king said is only yesterday and today. What the instrument refers to should be tomorrow. ”

King Chu Wei's heart moved, he suppressed his smile, and leaned forward: "May I ask Zhang Zi, how do you understand this?" ”

Zhang Yi sat down and said slowly: "In Yi's eyes, Yongdong belongs to the Yue Kingdom today, and within a year, it will become the territory of the king." ”

King Chu Wei was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Please Zhang Zi teach me!" ”

Zhang Yi smiled slightly, and there was a voice outside the words: "The Yue people are in groups and come to die, the king already knows it, why pretend not to know?" ”

King Chu Wei was stunned again, pondered for a long time, suddenly realized, his mental outlook was refreshed, and he laughed a few times: "Hahahaha, Zhang Zi's big chess game, the widow has made a decision!" "Turn to the prince," Huai'er, you go and arrange a meal, set up a chess game in the Guanbo Pavilion, and the widow will play against Zhang Zi there! ”

Prince Huai got up and replied loudly: "Erchen has the order!" ”

At the time of the dark, Zhaoyang, the Shangzhu State with his whole body draped, stood majestically on the chariot, whipped his horse, and the chariot galloped through several streets in the center of Yingdu like a gallop, and stopped in front of Zhaoyang Mansion.

Zhaoyang got out of the car and walked into the house, and the head of the house, Xing, heard the sound and hurriedly led the servants to greet him.

Zhaoyang paused and said to Xing Cai: "Go, summon Chen Shangqing!" ”

Xing Cai responded and turned around and hurried away.

A clever person has more than one plan. Gongsun Yan was built for Daliang in Qin, and Chen Zhen really didn't want to see his face, so he made a long-term plan when he entered Chu this time, and did not live in the pavilion of other Qin envoys, but used the gold rewarded by the Duke of Qin to buy a mansion in Yingdu by himself. Chen Zhen's most familiar and most talkative person in Chu is Zhaoyang, for the convenience of communication, the newly purchased house is located diagonally opposite Zhaoyang Mansion, and it is only a cup of tea on foot.

Xing Cai led Chen Zhen into the house quickly, rushed to the living room, and after a while, Zhaoyang had already washed up and changed into casual clothes.

Chen Zhen stood up and said, "I've seen Lord Shangzhu!" ”

Zhaoyang didn't return the salute, walked to the main seat with a dark face, sat down on his knees, stretched out his hand to point to the guest seat, and said coldly: "Sit down, don't talk about this false courtesy!" ”

Chen Zhen hesitated slightly, and sat down at the guest seat.

"Hmph," Zhaoyang glanced at him resentfully, "what kind of gift?" What is the position of Yin? Zhao is blind and deaf, and he actually believes your nonsense, raises troops to attack the Song Dynasty, and folds 60,000 soldiers, not to mention, this has lost the thirteen cities of Shanshan, and Zhao's face is lost! ”

"Lord Zhuguo is angry," Chen Zhen replied, "The defeat of Shanshan is not an adult, but General Jing alone!" ”

"Oh?" Zhaoyang was stunned, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"As far as I know," Chen Zhenkan said, "the soldiers of the Great Pillar Kingdom are divided into two routes, so that General Jing hides his troops in the mountains, avoids the real and makes trouble, and attacks the Great Liang from afar, which should be the best policy." It's a pity that General Jing didn't listen to the orders of Lord Zhuguo and returned to the army without authorization halfway, so he fell into Pang Juan's trap, resulting in the annihilation of the whole army and the loss of Shanshan! ”

"What Shangqing said is extremely true." Zhaoyang nodded again and again, "If Jinghe attacks Daliang, Pang Juan will definitely return to the division to rescue, and Zhao will return to the division to attack, Pang Juan will definitely fall into a bitter battle, and the outcome will be completely different!" ”

"Alas," Chen Zhen sighed, "look at this, Xu is Lord Zhuguo should have been defeated in his fate!" But...

Zhaoyang hurriedly said: "Lord Shangqing, please speak!" ”

Chen Zhen dragged out his voice and said slowly: "Although this battle is lost, it may not be a good thing for Lord Yu. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Although the land of Chu is large, it is only the three clans of Jing, Qu and Zhao. Over the years, although the three clans have stood on their feet, it is the Jing clan that has led the way. Today, General Jing was defeated and died, making Lord Yin old and weak, and now he has white hair and black hair, and Jing will be in a slump. The Jing family does not stand, the Qu family has no great talent, in the next few years, who can raise their arms in the Chu country, who is the adult? ”

"This..." Zhaoyang's eyes blinked several times, and he lowered his voice, "Lord Shangqing's words, I can only say it here, if others know, even if Zhaoyang has ten tongues, I am afraid that he will not be able to explain it clearly." ”

"Don't worry, adults," Chen Zhen also lowered his voice, "Although I am not talented in the next place, I know what is good or bad." Lord Zhuguo stays close to him like a sibling, can he not know the length of his life? ”

"Hehehe, it's good to know the long and the short!" Zhaoyang smiled, "Don't hide it from Shangqing, although this battle is a defeat in Shanshan, in the long run, Zhao's advantages do outweigh the disadvantages!" At present, Xiangcheng has not been lost, Jinghe is dead again, Zhao has not added a single soldier, and he is still confronting Pang Juan for several months, and he can be regarded as an explanation in front of His Majesty. If not, this time to see His Majesty, Zhao can only lead the sword to accept the life of the crime! ”

"Hehehe," Chen Zhen also laughed a few times, "Old Danyun, 'woe, blessing depends on', it's an adult!" However, if Lord Zhuguo wants to completely turn the disaster into a blessing, he still needs to do something. ”

Zhaoyang asked urgently: "What is the clever plan?" ”

"If you Jing people plead guilty on your own, what should you do?"

"Depending on the size of the crime, the lighter one apologizes, and the heavier one walks on his knees and bears thorns."

"If this is the case, it is better for Lord Zhuguo to suffer a lot, come to a fleshy knees, and bear the guilt."

Zhaoyang seemed to suddenly open up, and arched his hand towards Chen Zhen: "Well, yes! After thinking for a while, he nodded again and again, "Yes, yes!" In the morning, Jinghe's disobedience to the order was played to His Majesty, and at the same time, the results of the battle were played, breaking the Song people's passes, breaking more than 20 Song cities, beheading the Song Dynasty tens of thousands, and then returning to the army to protect the city, severely defeating the Wei army, for several months, so that the Wei people did not dare to exceed the first half a step, which was a great achievement! This time, the face of the gentleman, in the lower residence without showing it, but on the contrary, the flesh and knees, bear the guilt, Your Majesty is not... hahaha..."

Chen Zhenhe said: "Lord Zhuguo takes retreat as advance, and the future is immeasurable!" ”

Zhaoyang thanked him: "If you are enterprising, it is also the work of Shangqing!" After a pause, he smiled, "Lord Shangqing, don't talk about this." I came back next, so I urgently summoned Shangqing, there was another important matter to discuss. ”

"Can it be a matter of the Yue people attacking the border?" Chen Zhen points to the point.

"That's it." Zhaoyang nodded, "Shangqing must have seen it, the current situation is very dangerous." The Yue soldiers were killed in two ways, the momentum was violent, and the Wei people were entangled in the Shanshan side, and it was difficult to get out for a while. ”

Chen Zhen smiled slightly: "Just a few soldiers, why worry about it?" ”

"Oh!" Zhaoyang's eyes widened, and he leaned forward, "Dare to ask Shangqing, is there a good way to teach me?" ”

Chen Zhen leaned forward, Zhaoyang understood, and leaned over.

Chen Zhen whispered, Zhaoyang nodded frequently, and a smile appeared on his face.

On the morning of the second day, as soon as the sky brightened, Zhaoyang drove directly to Zhanghuatai.

Zhaoyang rushed to the stage of the third rest, according to Chen Zhen's plan, took off his shirt, exposed his bare back, and instructed his subordinates to tie their hands behind their backs, pull up the corners of their trousers, bare two knees, and insert a few thorns on their backs, and slowly climb the stage of the third rest.

A eunuch had already reported in, and Neizai heard the news and welcomed him out and introduced him to the Observation Pavilion.

Thirty steps away from the pavilion, Zhaoyang bent his legs, walked on his knees, knelt on the Guanbo Pavilion step by step, and cried in front of King Wei: "The criminal minister Zhaoyang knocks to see my king!" ”

"Zhao Aiqing," King Chu Wei stared at him, obviously a little surprised, "what's wrong with you?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhaoyang cried, "the defeat of Shanshan and the loss of soldiers and generals are all the faults of the criminals, please let my king fall!" ”

King Chu Wei slowly got up, walked in front of Zhaoyang, untied the rope, threw away the thorns, helped him sit down, and sat down on the main seat himself, and sighed: "Alas, the defeat of Shanshan, if it is investigated, it should be the fault of the widow." Aiqing has done her best, so why bother with it? ”

"Your Majesty," Zhaoyang wiped away his tears, "60,000 soldiers and thirteen cities were all lost in the hands of the guilty ministers, and the guilty ministers could not escape the blame for their deaths." The sinner is guilty of a capital crime, and my king can not be blamed, but the sinner cannot be forgiven! ”

King Chu Wei sighed: "Aiqing, the matter of Shanshan has twists and turns, and everyone knows about it. Aiqing tried her best to save the situation, the merit outweighed the fault, which led to self-blame, and there was no pretense in the slightest, which is really rare! ”

"The king..." Zhaoyang's tears fell like rain, and he couldn't cry.

"This matter is in the past," King Chu Wei handed over a silk scarf, "Come, wipe it, the widow has summoned you here today to discuss important matters." ”

Zhaoyang took the silk scarf, but he was reluctant to use it, carefully folded it, put it into his sleeve, and then wiped his tears with his sleeve, and changed his sitting posture to a kneeling position: "Thank you to my Wang Longen!" ”

"Alas," King Wei sighed, "Aiqing, you have also seen the current situation, and the widow will not say more, but just want to hear your opinion." ”

"Returning to the king," Zhaoyang replied, "the minister thinks that the Yue people can only be peaceful, not warn." The Wei people can only fight, not peace. ”

"Oh?" King Chu Wei was slightly surprised, and looked up at Zhaoyang, "Please Aiqing explain!" ”

"Chu and Yue have had no entanglements with each other for a hundred years, let alone grudges. There may be a reason for the sudden U-turn around and attack me this time. I should send an envoy to the Yue camp to find out the truth, know the benefits, promise the benefits, and the king of Yue may be willing to withdraw his troops. The Wei people are different. The Wei people invaded my territory, took more than 10 cities in my Shanshan, occupied more than 100 miles of my territory, killed more than 50,000 of my soldiers, plundered my grain and carried countless burdens. ”

Except for Zhan Wei, Zhaoyang and Ling Yin Jingshe's opinions were exactly the same, which was much unexpected by King Chu Wei.

King Wei pondered for a long time, then raised his head and asked, "Even if the Yue people are willing to retreat, Wei You can defeat Pang Juan, how can Aiqing defeat him?" ”

"The king can rest assured, the minister has a plan to defeat Wei!"

"Oh?" King Chu Wei leaned forward, "What's the plan?" ”

"Qin and Wei have been fighting for Hexi for a long time, and they don't share the sky. If I form an alliance with the Qin people, I can relieve the northwest border troubles and transfer Wancheng and Hanzhong armies. If you reconcile with Yue again, you can call out General Qu Kuo, and the minister and General Qu and Hanzhong, Wancheng and other places can join forces, and there can be 200,000 people who can fight, not to mention one Pang Juan, that is, two Pang Juan, and the minister can also capture them together! ”

"An alliance with the Qin?" King Chu Wei frowned slightly, "The Qin people took me six hundred miles from the valley, and this account has not yet been settled!" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhaoyang replied, "an alliance is only an expedient measure. After I break the Wei, it's not too late to deal with the Qin people. ”

King Chu Wei frowned: "What if the Qin people are unwilling?" ”

"The king can rest assured," Zhaoyang leaned forward, "I am far away from the Qin people, although the Qin people have to negotiate, but it is not so easy to get me." Wei is different. The Qin people wanted to get through Shandong, and the Wei people bore the brunt, so the real opponents of the Qin people were not us, but the Wei people. The minister had already met with Chen Zhen, the secretary of the state of Qin, and he promised that the Duke of Qin would be very willing to form an alliance with our king and jointly fight against Wei. As long as the king is interested, the Duke of Qin can lead his troops out of Hexi and attack Anyi and Kunshan. When the king of Wei heard the news, he would dispatch Pang Juan's army to meet the Qin people. When Pang Juan rushed to Hexi, I took advantage of the weakness to smash the beam, so that Pang Juan could not take care of both sides. ”

King Chu Wei's heart moved, and he nodded: "Well, what Aiqing said, the matter is very important, and the widow will consider it carefully before making a decision." ”

Zhaoyang got up and bowed: "The minister retires!" ”

Zhaoyang withdrew.

Seeing that Zhaoyang was fading away, King Chu Wei tapped a few cases: "Come on, summon Zhang Zi!" ”

Zhang Yi, who was waiting for the order in the side hall, rushed to the scene when he heard the summons.

King Wei got straight to the point: "Someone asked the widow to form an alliance with the Qin people and fight for Wei with Yue; There are also people who invite the widow and Yue, and Wei, and Qin, and fight for Ba and Shu in the west. The widow wanted to hear Zhang Zi's opinion. ”

"Returning to the king," Zhang Yi replied, "In Yi's opinion, fighting with Yue Wei should be the next policy; The three kingdoms are peaceful, and the west is fighting for Ba and Shu, which should be the middle policy. ”

"Please explain in detail!"

"Fighting with Yue for Wei is to abandon the fat on the lips, and to compete with others for a bone that will not be reached, and Yi thinks it is the next policy; Harmony with the Three Kingdoms, fighting for Ba and Shu in the west, is to abandon the nuts at hand, and to explore the soft persimmon in the bag, Yi thought it was the best policy. ”

"Zhang Zi said," King Wei pondered for a while, leaned over and asked, "Even if the widow and the Duke of Qin join forces to plot against Wei and attack from both sides, they can't defeat the Wei people?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yi nodded, "If you want to seek Wei, you must first know Wei." As far as Yi knows, if my king had sought Wei three years ago, he would have been invincible and invincible. Today's plan is not the right time. ”

"Oh?" King Wei exclaimed, "Why did Zhang Zi say this? ”

"Because of talents," Zhang Yikan said sarcastically, "Wei Wenhou has only one person, Wu Qi, and he has moved left and right, expanding the land for thousands of miles, and no one in the world is invincible." Today, the king of Wei has Pang Juan, not to mention, but also Sun Bin, even if Wu Qi is reincarnated, he may not be able to be defeated. ”

"Oh?" King Wei leaned over and asked, "In the battle of Huangchi, Pang Juan became famous, and the widow already knew about him. May I ask Zhang Zi, is this Sun Bin stronger than Pang Juan? ”

"Returning to the king," Zhang Yi said in an affirmative tone, "As far as Yi knows, Sun Bin's talent is ten times better than Pang Juan." ”

King Wei was stunned and stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses: "How does Zhang Zi know? ”

Zhang Yi smiled slightly: "These two people are in the same door as Yi, and they have been cultivating for several years from Mr. Guigu of Yunmeng Mountain. ”

King Wei took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, nodded and said, "The widow believes it!" "After pondering for a while, I leaned forward again," May I ask Zhang Zi, why is it the middle strategy for Ba and Shu in the west? ”

"May I ask the king," Zhang Yi smiled again, "there are nuts on the tree, and now there is a person who can pick them up and take them, break them and eat them, but abandon them, and reach out to the bag, and find out the soft persimmon hidden in the bag, can you call this person a wise man?" ”

King Wei pondered for a moment and shook his head.

Zhang Yi continued: "Ba and Shu are fighting for each other, and they are trying their best to be poor, which can be described as a soft persimmon in my king's pocket, and it can be taken sooner or later." The more people don't know the current affairs, they send them to the door, just like the nuts on the tree, if they don't pick them at this time, the more people turn around, won't it be too late to regret it! ”

"What Zhang Zi said is very true!" King Chu Wei Zhen shouted, "The widow no longer has any doubts, and Wei Xuanyue!" ”

On the street of Yingdu, a fast horse galloped and stopped in front of Chen Zhen's house, a man in black jumped off the horse, hurriedly walked into the courtyard gate, handed Chen Zhen a silk book, whispered, and turned to leave.

Chen Zhen tore open the silk book, the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and he was thinking to himself, someone came in, it was the family leader, and he said: "Lord Qiqi, the Zhaofu Xing family is here, saying that Lord Zhuguo is invited." Looking like that, there is an urgency. ”

"Got it." Chen Zhen didn't raise his eyelids, "Tell Xing Jiazai and let him wait for a while." ”

Chen Zhen closed his eyes and thought for a while, slowly stuffed the silk book into his sleeve, got up and walked outside the door.

Seeing Chen Zhen come out, Xing Cai bowed: "Lord Shangqing, hurry, the lord is invited!" ”

Chen Zhen returned the salute: "Xing Jiazai, please!" ”

The two hurriedly came to Zhaofu and saw Zhaoyang sitting in the hall with an edict in front of him.

Chen Zhen bowed his hand: "I've seen Lord Zhuguo!" ”

Zhaoyang raised his head: "Shangqing, please take a seat!" ”

Chen Zhen walked to the guest seat and sat down, and when he saw that Zhaoyang still had a blank face, he asked in a low voice, "Lord Zhuguo, what's the urgency?" ”

Zhaoyang pointed to the edict on several cases: "Shangqing, please see!" ”

Chen Zhen picked it up, hurriedly swept a few glances, frowned, and for a moment, put down the edict and looked up at Zhaoyang.

"And Wei Xuanyue?" Zhaoyang seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be saying to Chen Zhen, "How is it possible?" The king has always been obedient to me, is it? " His body trembled suddenly, and he raised his eyes to look at Chen Zhen.

"Could it be what?"

"Could it be that the king is still remembering the defeat of Shanshan and no longer trusts him?"

Chen Zhen smiled faintly and shook his head from left to right, and then from right to left unhurriedly.

Zhaoyang hurriedly said: "Shangqing, do you know the mystery?" ”

Chen Zhen smiled again: "The Yue people were stationed in Langya, and they wanted to cut down Qi, but they turned around at a critical moment, didn't Lord Zhuguo feel strange at all?" ”

Zhaoyang frowned: "Please teach me!" ”

"The more people are fierce, but their temperament is straight, once they make a decision, they will not give up halfway, and it is impossible to change their original intentions and turn to me."

"Well, I'm confused about this. For several years, Wujiang has been shouting about Vaqi, but he doesn't want to turn around suddenly, does Shangqing know the reason? ”

"King Yue's sudden turn was bewitched by a scholar from the Central Plains."

"Oh?" Zhaoyang was shocked, "Who is he?" ”

Chen Zhen paused word by word: "Zhang Yi." ”

"Zhang Yi?" Zhaoyang's eyes widened, "I haven't heard of this person in the world!" ”

"There are a lot of talents in the Central Plains," Chen Zhen said slowly, "There are many things that Lord Zhuguo has never heard of. For example, this time the Wei people saved the Song Dynasty, the army did not go to the Song Land, but took Xiangcheng directly, and attacked the adults who must save it, and the adults knew who was plotting? ”

Zhaoyang was stunned: "Isn't it Pang Juan?" ”

"No, no, no," Chen Zhen shook his head again and again, "If it is Pang Juan, he will go to Song Land to fight a decisive battle with the adults." ”

"Could it be Sun Bin?" Zhaoyang exclaimed, "I found out that he was a prisoner!" ”

"That's the man!" Chen Zhen affirmed, "As far as I know, Sun Bin and Pang Juan both studied under Guiguzi, Pang Juan is a junior brother, Sun Bin is a senior brother, and their talents are far better than Pang Juan." ”

Zhaoyang gasped: "Fortunately, I can't come out of the next press, otherwise..."

"The consequences will be unimaginable!" Chen Zhen picked up his words, "Don't hide it from your lord, Chen Zhen is in Ying, I don't know how many sweats I have sweated for my lord." ”

Zhaoyang said strangely: "Shangqing knows, why didn't he say it at the beginning?" ”

Chen Zhen realized that he had lost his words, his eyes rolled, and he sighed softly: "Alas, don't hide it from Lord Zhuguo, Chen Zhen has just visited these details, and he is about to report to the lord." As he spoke, he took out the silk book from his sleeve, "My lord, please take a look." ”

Zhaoyang took the silk book, read it in a hurry, and looked at Chen Zhen incredulously: "Zhang Yi actually claimed to be the first swordsman in the Central Plains, and went to Langyatai to compete with King Yue?" ”

"Yes," Chen Zhen nodded, "this man is a geek. ”

"Could it be that he is superb in swordsmanship, and King Yue defeated him, so he turned around and attacked me?"

"No, no, no," Chen Zhen shook his head again, "As far as I know, Zhang Yi is not good at swords, if he really wants to compete with swords, Wujiang can take his life within one move." ”

Zhaoyang was confused, and looked up at Chen Zhen: "Please teach me!" ”

"Alas," Chen Zhen sighed lightly, "As far as I know, Pang Juan's talent is already invincible in the world, Sun Bin's talent is far better than Pang Juan, and this Zhang Yi's talent is even higher than Sun Bin's." This time, King Yue turned around, thinking that he was bewitched by this person. ”

Zhaoyang was so shocked that he opened his mouth and asked for a long time before asking, "May I ask Shangqing, where is this person now?" ”

"It's in Yingdu."

"Yingdu?" Zhaoyang was even more shocked.

"Not only in Yingdu, but also in Zhanghuatai recently, beside the king."

Zhaoyang suddenly realized: "No wonder the king..." stopped talking, was stunned for a moment, and twisted his head towards Chen Zhen, "May I ask Shangqing, since this person led the wolf into the room, why did he still get involved in Ying?" Is it to invite success? ”

Chen Zhen smiled gloomily: "If it is not expected, this person has only one purpose, that is, to bewitch the king to negotiate peace with Wei and start a war against Vietnam." ”

Zhaoyang asked in surprise: "Why is this?" ”

"Excuse me, my lord," Chen Zhen leaned forward, "If the state of Chu starts a war against Vietnam, who will it benefit?" ”

Zhaoyang blurted out: "Wei people." ”

"Ask your Excellency again, according to the current military strength and national strength of Wei, even if Pang Juan and Sun Bin do their best, can they block the east-west attack of the two great powers of Qin and Chu?"

Zhaoyang thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.

"That's it." Chen Zhen went straight to the topic, "In the battle of Shanshan, the Wei State did not lose the Song Dynasty, but also gained more than ten cities in Chudi, and it should be a big profit." Pang Juan and Sun Bin were afraid that the king would contact the Qin people for revenge, so they asked Zhang Yi to go out of the mountain and encourage the king of Yue to attack Chu and divert the king's hearing and hearing. Adults, imagine that Pang Juan, Sun Bin, and Zhang Yi are from the same school, and they are like brothers. Pang Juan is the general of Wei, and Sun Bin helps him. Pang and Sun are in the Wei room, can Zhang Yi really help Chu? ”

Zhaoyang suddenly broke through, and bowed deeply to Chen Zhen: "It's urgent, Shangqing will sit down for a while, and Zhaoyang will enter the palace and meet the king!" ”

Chen Zhen also stood up and bowed back: "Waiting for good news!" ”

Zhaoyang personally drove the chariot to Zhanghuatai like a smoke, asked to see King Wei, and reported what Chen Zhen said.

King Wei exclaimed: "Aiqing is saying that King Yue turned around and attacked me, was he bewitched by a traitor?" ”

Zhaoyang hurriedly said: "Exactly! ”

King Wei closed his eyes, thought for a while, raised his head and asked, "Does Aiqing know who the traitor is?" ”

"Returning to the king," Zhaoyang said, "the minister has found out that it is a scholar from the Central Plains named Zhang Yi. ”

"Zhang Yi?" King Chu Wei was shocked, his eyes widened, and he forced Zhaoyang to look.

Zhaoyang said solemnly: "It's this person!" ”

King Chu Wei pondered again, raised his head, and asked slowly: "Aiqing, do you know, why did Zhang Yi bewitch King Yue?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhaoyang replied in a deep voice, "You can ask Zhang Yi about this matter." ”

"Well," King Chu Wei nodded, slowly standing up, "The widow really has to ask him!" After walking a few steps, he turned his head, "Zhao Aiqing, you can come too." ”

The two walked to a side hall on the northwest side of Zhanghuatai, and heard Prince Huai and Zhang Yi eating tea and laughing from a distance.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Jin Shang, who was on duty outside the hall, caught a glimpse of King Wei, turned around and played: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Prince Huai and Zhang Yi hurriedly greeted them out of the hall and bowed to the ground.

King Chu Wei and Zhao Yang walked into the hall one after another, saw the ceremony, and divided the master and servant into the table.

King Chu Wei's expression was calm, and his eyes fell on Zhang Yi: "The widow has something unclear, so I hereby ask Zhang Zi." ”

Seeing that King Wei's expression was different, and seeing Zhaoyang on his side, Zhang Yi already knew in his heart, and replied in a deep voice: "Yi knows everything." ”

"The widow heard," King Chu Wei forced his eyes over, "King Yue turned around and went south, was he bewitched by Zhang Zi, but is there such a thing?" ”

Prince Huai looked at Zhang Yi in disbelief.

"Returning to the king," Zhang Yi smiled faintly and nodded slightly, "This is indeed the case." ”

Tai Zihuai was shocked: "Zhang Zi, you..."

"May I ask Zhang Zi," King Chu Wei remained silent, "can you tell me why you bewitched King Yue?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhao Yang sneered, "this is not for him!" ”

"Zhao Aiqing," King Chu Wei was slightly unhappy, and twisted his head towards Zhao Yang, "If he doesn't say anything, you can just say it!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty," Zhaoyang rolled his eyes, deliberately hiding Sun Bin to avoid extraneous branches, "The minister has verified that Zhang Yi was originally from Wei, and studied with Pang Juan, the general of Wei, and worshiped Guiguzi in Yunmeng Mountain as a teacher. Zhang Yi went to Chu this time, it must be their senior brother and brother who colluded to seek my Chu country! ”

"Oh," King Chu Wei stared at Zhaoyang, "tell me how they colluded with me?" ”

"Your Majesty, please see," Zhaoyang gestured, "the Song people have no way, the ministers will destroy the Song, and the Wei people will take the opportunity to send troops to attack my Xiangcheng and seize more than ten cities in my Shanshan." The minister returned in time to rescue, rescued Xiang Cheng, and was about to fight a decisive battle with Wei, but at this moment, the Yue people turned around and attacked me. Among them, it is worth pondering! ”

After Zhaoyang connected the two things so lightly, King Chu Wei's heart also chuckled, and his body leaned forward: "Zhao Aiqing, what is so strange about it?" ”

"The minister thinks," Zhaoyang Kan said, "Although Pang Juan won a small victory in Shanshan, Wei Ku has no grain in stock, and the national strength is empty. The reason why Pang Juan attacked Xiangcheng from afar was to take my grain and grass, but fortunately, the minister returned in time to help, but he failed. I confronted him for months, and I knew that he was not capable of fighting me. Pang Juan must be unable to support it, and he was afraid that the Qin people would take advantage of the opportunity to invade the east, so he came up with a plan, asked his senior brother Zhang Yi to go out of the mountain, and let him bewitch the king of Yue, so that the Yue people would turn around and attack me, so that I would have no time to take care of him! ”

King Chu Wei's face was condensed, and his gaze shot coldly at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi smiled and turned his gaze to Zhaoyang: "Lord Zhuguo has always been wise, why is he suddenly confused today?" ”

Zhaoyang said angrily: "Zhang Yi, you dare to play tricks when you are dying!" Let me ask you, what's wrong with Zhaoyang? ”

Zhang Yi's smile was still the same: "According to the general, Zhang Yi, as a Wei person, must be planning for Wei?" ”

Zhang Yi caught this point and made it difficult, Zhaoyang was a straight person, he didn't understand, he thought he was reasonable, sneered, and asked him rhetorically: "As a Wei person, can you still plan for Chu?" ”

Zhang Yi restrained his smile and said sonorously: "I heard that Lord Zhuguo is well-versed in the past, why did he forget the past of Chu so quickly?" Wu Zixu is a Chu person, but he regards Chu as an enemy, causing Chu to be miserable and bleeding. Wu Qi was not a native of Chu, but he fought for Chu in the east and west, expanding the land for thousands of miles. From ancient times to the present, good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters, what is the difference between Wei and Chu? ”

Zhaoyang was speechless, stunned for a long time, and then squeezed out a sentence: "Okay, good, don't mention the Wei people and Chu people, you can tell me, why did you bewitch the king of Yue to abandon Qi and Chu?" ”

"Well," King Chu Wei turned his head to Zhang Yi, "The widow also wants to know why Zhang Zi bewitched King Yue?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yi turned to King Wei and arched his hand and said, "The Lord of Ming will seek the world, and the world will be the general trend tomorrow." If the king wants to achieve great things, he must create a great trend. Although the land of Chu is vast, it is still insufficient to map the countries in the north. Zhang Yi thought that the current strategy of the Chu State should not be suitable for the north to compete for power, but should be strong. Wuyue belongs to the north and south 6,000 miles, east and west 2,000 miles, boats, rice, silk, fish and rice are rich, comparable to the Great Chu. Not to mention, the king of Yue has no borders and even the hearts of the people, before and after only more than ten years, has made the Wu and Yue tribes united, and the power has expanded to Fujian and Guangdong, and the power is far greater than that of Goujian. This time, Wu Yue raised his arms and shouted, and Wu Yue gathered 210,000 people, which can be seen. The more the momentum grows, the boundless ambition grows, and in a few years, it will become a general trend. The more Chu has lips and teeth, the more people become the general trend, can the king sleep peacefully? With this big trouble on the side, can the king be at ease with the great cause of Beitu? ”

Zhang Yi is strategic, every sentence is reasonable, even if Zhaoyang listens to it, it is also impeccable.

King Chu Wei nodded again and again, his eyes kind: "Well, Zhang Zizhi's words are not unreasonable. ”

Zhang Yi gave up his hand again: "Yi worked hard, went to Langya, and tried his best to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, inducing King Yue to fall off the horse's head and turn to me." King, the land that Pang Juan got is only a hundred miles. The land of Wuyue, how can it be thousands of miles? Xiangcheng's grain storage is only one million stones, and Wuyue's grain storage is more than ten million stones? There are only 300,000 lost people in Shanshan, and the people of Wuyue are more than 3 million? If the king gets Wu and Yue, and then Tuba and Shu, the general trend can swallow rivers and rivers. At this time, if you go to the Central Plains of Beitu, the king only needs to give an order, and the million army is like a river bursting its embankment, locusts flying north, and even if there are ten Pang Juan and Sun Bin in the countries, what can it do? ”

When Zhaoyang heard this, he pondered for a while, got up and bowed to Zhang Yi: "What Zhang Zi said is very reasonable, Zhaoyang may have misunderstood." However, Zhaoyang is still confused, if Zhang Zi can explain clearly, Zhaoyang will be convinced! ”

Zhang Yi also got up and returned the salute, smiling slightly: "Lord Zhuguo, please speak!" ”

"Don't say that the Yue Ren Zhou Division, the land division alone is 160,000, and it is also a strong opponent in the Central Plains countries. can listen to Zhang Zi's words, the more people and the water and the army are like a group of ants, and the more land seems to be at your fingertips. Let me ask below, is Zhang Zi talking big, or is he really in his chest? ”

"Hui Zhuguo's words," Zhang Yi smiled slightly, "In Yi's eyes, there are no Yue people, only Chu people." ”

Zhaoyang was slightly surprised: "How do you understand this?" ”

"Because," Zhang Yi paused word by word, "within a year, all Yue people will become Chu people!" ”

Zhaoyang and Prince Huai looked at each other, and turned their heads to King Wei in surprise.

King Wei closed his eyes for a moment, and turned to the ministers: "Drive back to Ying, tomorrow's dynasty, the ministers above the official doctor will listen to the decree of the Jinhua Palace!" ”

The next day, in the Jinhua Hall of the Chu Palace in Yingdu, the ministers above Yin, Zhuguo, Zhiqi, and the official doctor stood in the dark and filled the entire hall.

King Chu Wei sat on the dragon throne and glanced at the ministers majestically: "Ladies and gentlemen, the king of Yue has no borders and no reason to raise a division, invade my territory, and no one will decide, and he wants to raise the strength of the country to fight a decisive battle with Yue." Shangzhu Guo Zhaoyang, Shangzhu Guo Qu Lu, Prince Xiong Huai listen to the order! ”

Zhaoyang, Qu Kuo, and Prince Huai knocked: "(Son) the minister is here!" ”

"Feng left Sima Zhaoyang as the main general, right Sima Qu Kuo as the deputy general, the prince as the supervising army, raise 250,000 troops, and fight a decisive battle with Vietnam!"

Zhaoyang, Qu Kuo, and Prince Huai knocked again: "(Son) the minister's decree!" ”

King Chu Wei said again: "Zhang Yi, the son of the Central Plains of Xuan, has entered the palace!" ”

Zhang Yi, who had already been waiting outside the hall, strode into the hall and stepped forward and knocked: "Zhang Yi, the scholar of the Central Plains, knocks to see the king!" ”

"Zhang Yi, the son of the Central Plains, is a guest, and he is given the title of deacon, and he is a widow! Give Zhang Yi a guest mansion, 100 gold, 50 brocades, and 30 servants! ”

Zhang Yi bowed again: "Thank you, the king is on Longen!" ”

After retiring from the court, Zhang Yi strode out of the palace. Because it was not far from the inn where he lived, Zhang Yi neither called a taxi nor called someone to accompany him, and walked slowly along the Lishui River bank outside the palace alone. The fierce battle of the past few days has finally come to an end, and he doesn't want to miss this rare comfort and leisure at the moment.

Seeing the inn from afar, Zhang Yi faintly heard the sound of a piano coming, ethereal and intermittent. Zhang Yi listened with his ears and knew that it was Xiangnu who was practicing the "High Mountain" he had recently taught, and it was even able to become a tune.

Zhang Yi listened to it for a while, and said to herself: "Others practice the piano, it is difficult to make a tune in three years, but Xiangnu can play it like this only a few times, she is really a natural genius!" When I go back, Meimei praises her a few words. ”

Zhang Yi thought about it and strode towards the inn. As soon as he arrived at the door, Xiao Er saw it, hurriedly greeted him, and arched his hand: "Lord Guest, you are finally back!" ”

Zhang Yi was shocked: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Er smiled: "It's not much, it's just that the swallow girl is anxious, I don't know how many times a day I look at the street, and I cry at the palace several times!" No, not long after I went upstairs, I played this tune, and I heard the villain's heart! ”

Zhang Yi laughed: "Your kid's ears are only worthy of listening to the slaughter of pigs and sheep, like this elegant song, and my heart is troubled!" ”

"That's right." Xiao Er, hehe, hey, "Miss Swallow has explained, I want the villain to watch here, see the adult, and report it immediately." The guest officer is waiting here, and the villain will go and ask the girl to come downstairs to greet her! ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "It's all home, what else do you welcome?" He rolled his eyes again, shushed at him, sank his face, coughed heavily, and walked upstairs.

Xiangnu was studying the piano by herself, when she suddenly heard the familiar footsteps coming from the stairs, her ears pricked up, and she listened for a while, suddenly got up, and just walked out of the door, she saw that Zhang Yi had reached the second floor and was turning towards their private room.

"Husband..." The fragrant girl screamed happily, and was about to pounce on it, but suddenly saw Zhang Yi's face blank, his expression was melancholy, and his eyes were blank, so he quickly closed his momentum, put on a smiling face, and said with concern, "Husband, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhang Yi didn't say a word, and walked into the room with a sad face.

The fragrant girl was stunned and cautiously followed behind her.

Zhang Yi stepped into the door and sat in front of the piano with a heavy face, looking at the strings in a daze.

Xiangnu bit her lip lightly, slowly walked to Zhang Yi, knelt down at his feet, gently took his hand, and put it on her cheek.

After a long time, Zhang Yi let out a long sigh: "Alas-"

"Husband," the incense girl looked up and asked, "I think you haven't seen Your Highness?" ”

Zhang Yi shook his head.

Xiangnu said again: "Have you never seen the king?" ”

Zhang Yi shook his head again.

The fragrant girl pondered: "That... is the king unwilling to obey her husband?" ”

Zhang Yi shook her head again.

The fragrant girl was puzzled, and opened her eyes to look at Zhang Yi: "Everything is fine, why is the husband sighing like this?" ”

"Alas," Zhang Yi let out another long sigh, "just listen, I will definitely reward the house, the gold, the servants or something, but let me be depressed!" Reward is also reward, the king is a guest again, and he has to serve around the next, although it is difficult for the strongman, he is also from the bottom. Seal it, seal it, the king is not reluctant, he has to add a title, in the next one... Alas, I can't push it if I want to! ”

The fragrant girl's eyes widened more and more, as if she didn't understand, and she didn't seem to react: "Title? What knighthood? ”

"What's it called?"

"Zhiqi?" Xiang Nu repeated, and she also understood in an instant, she was surprised and delighted, hugged Zhang Yi's neck, and shouted, "Oh my God, Zhiqi is the highest title in Chu State, and the king is a reusable husband!" ”

Zhang Yi didn't seem to be able to hold it back, picked up the fragrant girl by the waist, hugged her fiercely for a while, pushed it away again, got up and circled the piano a few times, and laughed a few times: "Hahahaha, so far, in the next mountain, it can be regarded as a good start, not inferior to Pang Juan and Sun Bin!" Xiangnu, you go and order Xiao Er, let him prepare good wine and food, and when Brother Jing comes back, we will drink it three jars, and rest when we get drunk! ”

"Well," the fragrant girl was full of joy, "the slave family is really happy for her husband!" The slave family also has a gift for the husband! ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yi was surprised, "What kind of gift is it?" ”

"Husband, wait a moment."

The fragrant girl walked to the inner room and took out a small and delicate jar: "Husband, please see, what is this?" ”

Zhang Yi lifted the lid and looked inside, but it was a cicada chrysalis. It was almost early summer, and the cicada had not yet been unearthed, and the cicada chrysalis lay motionless in the jar.

Zhang Yi seemed to be stupid and froze there.

"Husband," the fragrant girl said lightly, "the fragrant girl has been looking for a long time before she found this cicada chrysalis." When I dug it, it was still asleep in its nest. The fragrant girl should take good care of it, and in another month, it will become a cicada and sing for her husband every day! ”

Zhang Yi raised her head, stared at the fragrant girl for a long time, tears gradually gathered in her eyes, and finally she couldn't hold it back, and slowly turned her face away.

"Husband," Xiangnu was stunned, looking at Zhang Yi in a daze, "Slave family..."

"Xiangnu," Zhang Yi wiped away her tears with her sleeve, turned her head, and smiled faintly, "In which forest did you dig it?" ”

"It's... in the willow forest in front of us."

"Xiangnu, accompany it to go back, okay?"

The incense woman knew that she had done something wrong, so she hurriedly picked up the jar with both hands, made an obedient "um", and walked out of the door with her head bowed.

In the next few days, the entire Chu State took action. The prince of Chu Wei sent envoys to Wei to "cede" more than ten cities such as Shanshan that had been in the hands of the Wei people to the Wei people, and the troops were called at peace. King Wei Hui discussed with Hui Shi and a few people, and he accepted it when he saw it, and ordered Pang Juan and Sun Bin to return to the dynasty.

At the same time, Zhaoyang secretly ordered the three armies to divide into two roads, 50,000 all the way, through Shouchun to the south, quietly inserted into Zhaoguan, the rest of the men and horses to make another road, through the period of thought, Xiyang, into Dabie Mountain. At the same time, more than 100,000 Chu troops on the western front stationed in Hanzhong, Sui, Deng, Fangling, Yiling and other places also went east to Yingdu under the leadership of Qu Kuo of Shangzhu State and assembled along the Han River.

The General's Mansion is located in Jinglingyi, which is two hundred miles away from Yingdu.

Jingling is an ancient city, originally belonged to the country of wind, at the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, it was owned by the Yun State, and at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, it was destroyed by Chu, and Jingling was set up. Jinglingyi is bordered by Yunmengze in the south, Hanshui in the east, and Yingdu in the west, which is an ideal outpost against the enemy.

In order to ensure the destruction of Yue in one fell swoop, King Chu Wei secretly moved to Jingling, and lived in a summer palace called Huanchun in the inner mountains on the north side of Jingling, and Yingdu was still ruled by the prince.

In early summer, the winter wheat is filled with grain, and the weather is getting hotter. At dusk, King Chu Wei was analyzing the situation and discussing military affairs with the main general Zhaoyang, the deputy general Qu Kuo, the guest secretary Zhang Yi, and the prince Huai in the main hall of the palace of the Chun Palace, and discussed military affairs. ”

The general waiting on the side approached the situation map and marked the location of the Vietnamese land division with a pen.

Zhaoyang thought for a moment, raised his head and asked, "Where is the boat master?" ”

"Returning to the general," replied the lieutenant, "the Yue Ren Boat Division is going upstream, marching very slowly, and the advance has just passed Guangling, and it is estimated that it will reach the long shore in five days!" ”

Zhaoyang said: "Continue to sentry!" ”

The lieutenant replied loudly: "The last general obeys!" He slowly withdrew.

Everyone turned their eyes to King Wei.

King Wei slowly walked to the side of the situation map, carefully examined the map, and looked at Zhang Yi: "The two divisions of Yue Renzhou and Lu have penetrated into our territory, does Zhang Zi have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Back to the king," Zhang Yi replied in a loud voice, "the minister thinks that we can't retreat from the enemy now." ”

"Oh?" King Wei was stunned, turned his eyes to Zhaoyang, Qu Kuo, and Tai Zihuai, and saw that they were also looking at each other, and then looked back at Zhang Yi, "Zhang Zi, please tell me more!" ”

Zhang Yi pointed to the map and drew the arrows of the Yue people along the river to Yunmengze: "The minister thinks that not only can we not repel the Yue people, but let them march west along this river, and the farther away the better!" ”

King Wei was thoughtful, and looked at Zhang Yi without blinking: "What does Zhang Zi mean... ”

"I'm Wang Shengming!"

"Zhang Zi's brilliant plan!" Zhaoyang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly brightened, "Only by luring them to go deep can we completely annihilate the Yue people!" ”

"Hehe," Qu Kuo laughed a few times, rubbing his hands back and forth excitedly, "Good strategy, the farther people fight, the longer the way home, and the more difficult it is to escape!" ”

Prince Huai nodded: "According to Zhang Zi's opinion, where is it appropriate to lure the Yue people to?" ”

"This is it," Zhang Yi pointed to the map, and his fingertips fell on Neifang Mountain, "Neifang Mountain!" After a pause, he looked up at King Wei, "If it is not as expected by the ministers, Wujiang will learn that the king is in the inner mountain, and he will wade into the water." King please see, once the Yue people waded through the Zhuanshui, the front was the Han River, the back was the Zhuanshui, the tail mountain, the south was bordered by Canglang Water and Yunmengze, and the north was Dahong Mountain and Jingshan. At that time, as long as we have no way back, the 200,000 Yue people will be trapped in a barbaric area with a radius of only 200 miles, unable to enter, and unable to retreat, just like a turtle in an urn. As for how to catch turtles, it's up to the two generals! ”

"Zhang Zi is so strategic!" King Wei nodded heavily, "However, if the Yue Ren Boat Master comes to respond, can Zhang Zi have a way to deal with it?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty," Zhang Yi pointed at Yun Mengze, "The 200,000 Yue people mentioned by the minister should include the boat master." I don't have a boat division, and Ruan Yinglong, the deputy general of the Yue Kingdom, is crazy on the water, and he will use the boat division to go around Dongting and attack Yingdu. At this time, King Wenyue was trapped, and Ruan Yinglong would definitely return to Xiakou and trace the Han River to respond. When his boat master enters the Han River, I can lock the Xiakou, which is here, trapping the Yue people between the Han River, the Canglang Water, and the Zhuan Water. There are swamps all over here, and the water is vast, but in fact it is not feasible. The boat is bigger, and if you don't know the depth, the boat may run aground. At that time, we only need to hold Xiakou, and we can completely block the Yue Renzhou and the land division, and force their boat divisions to abandon the ship and go ashore! ”

Zhang Yi told the story, thinking big, starting small, reasonable, not leaking, such a large-scale decisive battle is as simple and easy as a child's game, even Zhaoyang, Qu Kuo, such a general who has experienced a hundred battles, also has respect in front of such a huge encirclement and annihilation grand plan, and nods frequently with admiration.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu people have destroyed countless countries and expanded thousands of miles, however, it seems that this time they hunted more than 200,000 land and water troops, and they swallowed it in one bite, which is unheard of in the history of Chu.

The more King Chu Wei thought about it, the more beautiful he became, and he was overjoyed, and he arched his hand at Zhang Yi and said: "Heaven helps the widow with Zhang Zi, and the Chu people are lucky!" ”

"Thank you for your love!" Zhang Yi returned the salute and turned to Zhaoyang and Qu Kuo, "However, if this battle is to be won, the two generals still need to do one more thing." ”

"Zhangzi, please speak!" Zhaoyang was really convinced, and bowed his hand to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi returned the salute, smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "May I ask the general, if the general leads an army of 210,000 troops on an expedition, what should be the first thing to consider?" ”

Zhaoyang didn't hesitate: "Grain and grass!" ”

Zhang Yi closed her eyes slightly and stopped talking.

Zhaoyang suddenly understood, and smashed a few cases with a fist excitedly: "Lure the enemy deep, cut off his grain route, clear the wilderness, and fish with all his might!" ”

Since the breakthrough of the Zhao Pass, the land division of the Vietnamese army has advanced all the way along the north side of the river, and the momentum is like a broken bamboo. Just after May, the vanguard of the land division had broken through the muddy water. Xishui flows out of the Dabie Mountains and flows into the river near Yicheng. The defenders of Yicheng were less than 1,000, and they had not yet seen the flag of the Yue people, and they had already scattered and fled in a hurry, and the people in the city were also scattered, leaving the Yue people with an empty city.

Although there is no barrier on the river, the boat division is tracing the river, and the river detours through the Jiujiang River, which is an extra journey of hundreds of miles, so it is delayed by several days compared with the land division. Due to the difficulty of land transportation, the state of Chu had no boat division to match, this time to attack Chu, Wujiang changed tactics, subtracted 50,000 boat divisions, changed to land divisions, and changed the warships to baggage ships, full of grain and grass and other necessary items, echoing the land route.

Seeing that Xiakou was in front of him, Wujiang ordered the army to rest in Yicheng for a few days, waiting for grain and grass, and Ruan Yinglong. Yun Mengze is close at hand, Chu Duying can reach out and touch, how to defeat the enemy, the next strategy is very important.

On the fifth day of the holiday, Ruan Yinglong's boat division arrived, and nearly 1,000 large and small ships, thousands of sails blowing, waving flags, and decorating the more than ten miles of river surface quite spectacularly.

Wujiang stood on the temporary reception platform on the bank of the river, looking at the mighty river scenery from afar, looking back at the clusters of camp tents on the shore, a heroic atmosphere arose, laughed a few times, and said to Lun Qi, Ben Cheng, and Lu Brown who were standing on the side: "Back then, Wu Wang Lu only relied on tens of thousands of soldiers, and beat the Chu people to the ground, broke through Yingdu, dug up the grave and whipped the corpse, and now there are more than 200,000 heroes, and there are all Aiqing to complement each other, think how can the Chu people resist the enemy?" ”

"The king," Lu Brown also responded with a smile, "The king of Wu has Wu Zixu, the king has Lun Guoshi, the king of Wu has Sun Wuzi, and the king has General Ben." Not to mention, the king has General Ruan's boat division, and he is invincible! ”

Ben Cheng has always regarded himself as Zixu, and when he heard that Lu Brown compared Lun Qi to Wu Zixu, he was quite unhappy, snorted in his nostrils, and whispered: "In this way, Doctor Lu should be from Bi Bo 嚭 (pǐ)!" ”

Lun Qi has always advocated cutting Qi and disapproving of turning around and cutting Chu, so he has a grudge against the initiator Lu Brown, and when he heard this, he also laughed: "Yes, yes, the position of Bo Yao is none other than Dr. Lu!" ”

Everyone knows that Bo Yao is a traitor of Wu State, not only killed Wu Zixu, but even Wu Guo died in the hands of this person. Lu Brown wanted to please the two, but he didn't want to be ridiculed, his face was hot, he forced a smile of embarrassment, turned his head to the riverside, happened to see Ruan Yinglong's handsome boat, and shouted loudly: "Look, General Ruan has arrived!" ”

After a while, Ruan Yinglong's handsome boat docked, and Ruan Yinglong quickly disembarked from the boat, knocking on the boundless. The ministers flocked to Wujiang and returned to the big tent, Wujiang listened to Ruan Yinglong's situation after completing the boat, he was very satisfied, and looked at Ben Chengdao: "Ben Aiqing, the big war is coming, you talk about the whole situation first, and you Aiqing will discuss a strategy!" ”

Ben Cheng hugged his fists and said: "The minister obeys the order!" Then he got up and walked to the situation map.

And they arose, and went after him.

Ben Cheng pointed to Xiakou: "My army is only a hundred miles away from Xiakou, and there are 5,000 Chu troops in Xiakou. The defenders' banners are scattered, and they have no fighting spirit, if it is not surprising, Xia Kou is at his fingertips! After a pause, his gaze fell on Yun Mengze, "In the past, Xiakou was Yun Mengze, and Chu Wuzhou was almost no danger to defend." Hearing that our troops were coming, the Chu palace was caught off guard, and there was chaos, the Zhaoyang army was in Xiangcheng to confront Wei, the king of Chu urgently requisitioned the northwest border army, and the Qu Kuo troops of the Shangzhu State were rushing to Yingdu one after another. ”

Wujiang was overjoyed, squinted at the map, and smiled at Ben Chengdao: "Ben Aiqing, Ruan Aiqing has also arrived, and you can tell me, how to attack the party as a complete strategy?" ”

"Returning to the king," Ben Cheng replied loudly, "the minister thinks that I can divide the army into two routes, the land division crosses the Xiakou, crosses the Zhuanshui, passes through Xinshi, wades into the Han River, and attacks Yingling from Jingling." The boat master traced the Han River to attack, one to ensure that the grain and grass were safe, and the other to assist the land division to cross the Han River. ”

Before Ben Cheng's words fell, Ruan Yinglong hurriedly said: "The last general thinks it's inappropriate!" ”

"Aiqing, please speak."

"In the end, the general thought that the boat master could be divided into two routes, all the way to transport the baggage, accompanied by the land division, all the way back to the river to Yingdu. In the past, Xiakou, the river was wide and the water was wide, and there was a southeast wind to borrow, so I could detour to Dongting at full speed and go straight to Yingdu! ”

"What does the national teacher think?" Wujiang turned to Lunqi.

Lun Qi brushed his beard and said: "The minister thinks that what General Ruan said is feasible!" ”

At this time, a partial general hurriedly walked in and reported: "Report to the king, according to the report from the sentinels, the king of Chu led an army of 100,000 troops to camp in Jingling, and was fortified along the Han River. ”

"Hehehe," Wujiang laughed a few times, looked at Lun Qi and Ruan Yinglong and said, "Xiong Shang even uses his family background!" Lun Guoshi and General Ruan, according to the widow's opinion, since Xiong Shang is in Jingling, we don't have to make a big detour. The boat master traced the Han River from Xiakou and went straight up, helping the Lu division to besiege the inner mountain and capture the bear merchant alive! ”

The ministers took the command and departed.

Wujiang called Lu Brown: "Doctor Lu, is there any news from Zhang Zi?" ”

"Returning to the king," Lu Brown said, "I heard that Zhang Zi has been reused by the king of Chu, and has been worshiped as a guest and given a bounty, which is very important!" ”

"Good!" Wujiang shook a few punches, "Zhang Zi has to use it, and Chu must be destroyed!" Lu Aiqing, you immediately contact Zhang Zi and listen to Zhang Zi's arrangement. ”

"Command!"

Seeing that the King of Chu obeyed Zhang Yi and Wei Zhengyue, and the great thing was about to be accomplished, Chen Zhen sighed, drafted a book, called his attendants, and asked him to quickly present it to the Duke of Qin.

Hui Wengong received Chen Zhen's secret letter from the parchment and read it:

Your Majesty, the Chu people have laid huge bags in the west of Zhuanshui and east of Hanshui, and the walls are clear, wanting to swallow the people. The more people don't know what the plan is, they drive straight into the pocket for a long time. Throughout the whole process, the more people abandon Qi and seek Chu, and they also tend to die. The Chu people abandoned Wei Mouyue and did it in one go, without a single flaw. According to the minister's investigation, the big chess game of the battle between Chu and Yue was played by Zhang Yi alone. Zhang Yi, Pang Juan, and Sun Bin all studied in the Ghost Valley, and looking at it today, they should be above Sun Bin!

Respectfully

Hui Wengong read it repeatedly, his brows were tightly locked, and he fell into deep thought, and after a while, he took the pen and ink, and wrote on the desk: "Chen Aiqing, squeeze out Zhang Yi at all costs!" Yingsi. After writing, he summoned Gongzihua and instructed him, "You go to the treasury to withdraw a thousand gold, select a batch of jewels, send them to Chu as soon as possible, and deliver them to Chen Zhen together with this letter!" ”

"Brother obeys!"

"Zhang Yi?" After Gongzihua left, Hui Wengong unfolded Chen Zhen's secret letter again, and said to himself, "It's Ghost Valley again!" How can this ghost valley have such characters? ”

"Alas!" Hui Wengong sighed lightly and slowly closed his eyes.