Yingdu, in the city of King Chu.

King Chu Wei was sitting on the throne, and the following ministers were silent.

Because King Chu Wei has decided to put the matter of attacking Qi on the agenda.

The voice of King Chu Wei resounded throughout the hall: "Command Zuo Yin, write a letter of war, the king of Xuzhou of Qi and Wei, don't put my Chu country in your eyes, now I want to raise a large army to attack Qi"

Thinking of the scene of King Xiang, King Chu Wei was furious. Qi and Wei were the "princes and kings", and they convened the princes of Sishang to attend the meeting, and such a big pomp made the monarchs witness the change of hegemony in the Central Plains.

(King Qi Wei and King Wei met in the suburbs, saying: "If my ministers have Tanzi, so that they guard the southern city, the Chu people dare not take it for Kou Dong, and the twelve princes of Sishang all come to the court; If my ministers have a son, they will guard the Tang Dynasty, and the Zhao people will not dare to fish in the river; I have a Qianfu, so that Xuzhou, then the Yan people sacrifice to the north gate, the Zhao people sacrifice to the west gate, and there are more than 7,000 people who migrate. - "Historical Records: Tian Jingzhong Completes the Family")

At this time, the courtiers in the main hall began to discuss, and the king's mind was not easy to speculate, but they analyzed the current situation of the countries, and then faced with the domineering power of King Chu Wei to conquer neighboring countries by force, they felt that it was not difficult to understand.

A few people also feel that this is obviously the plot of the Wei State, which has been captured by the Qin State in the past few decades, and the Hexi, and defeated the Qi State in Guiling and Maling, and has long lost its position as the overlord of the Central Plains. This Wei State is also able to bend and stretch, so there is the King of Xuzhou, (Hui Shi's strategy), the purpose is to trigger a war between Qi and Chu.

A large part of the ministers of the court began to plan for the king of Chu. Ling Yin Zhaoyang first analyzed the current opportunity of the Chu State: "The king has annexed the Yue State, and the Wu State has a shallow foundation, and after the destruction of the Yue State, there are early precautions to avoid forcing them into a hurry and then uniting the Song State to counterattack the Chu State, so they can only send troops to garrison, and they must stabilize the hearts of the people of the Yue State that they have just captured."

Everyone was silent, and there was no shortage of disagreeing people.

Zhaoyang continued to decompose what needed to be done to attack the Qi State: "In addition to the unstable people's hearts in the land of Wuyue and the need to guard against it, the relationship between the Qin State and the Chu State is also very delicate, although it is not a tear face, but it is not a good idea, you can send General Zhaorat to garrison Hanzhong County, Qu Kuo to garrison the borderland adjacent to Shangyu. In addition, it is necessary to send the right people to envoy the three Jins, if Weichen goes to Wuyue, then please ask the king to send someone to envoy Han and Wei, the purpose of this trip is not for anything else, as long as Han and Wei are stabilized, and any changes can be reported to the front line in time."

King Chu Wei already knew this in his heart, because he had already discussed these with Jing Cui the night before he returned from the hunting grounds.

With the end of the court meeting, the council hall was empty, and only the key figures of the plan were left.

The king looked at the crown prince Xiong Huai: "It's time for you young people to practice, the prince may send Han to take on this task this time?" Can you send someone to accompany you?"

Xiong Huai turned his head and looked at Qu Yuan, Chen Xiang, Zilan, Jin Shang, and Zhao Ju, because these people were candidates for the county Yin of Quanxian County in the Lantai election, so the envoy to attack the Qi State this time should be handed over to the young descendants.

Xiong Huai still suppressed the thoughts in his heart: "Obey the orders of my father and be willing to do my best for the Chu State"

King Chu Wei looked at these young descendants and began to give orders: "This time send Jing Li to envoy Han, accompanied by Chen Xiang, Zhao Ju, and Zilan, Han is afraid of Wei and my Chu State, this time the envoy Han shows the attitude of Chu State, and appropriately deters them." It is not easy to send an envoy to the Wei State, so I sent Mo Ao Qu Yi to go, accompanied by Qu Yuan, Jin Shang, and the prince, and the strength of the Wei State should not be underestimated, and there are many capable people and strangers, so we must beware of them to support the Qi State to besiege us."

After arranging everything, King Chu Wei began to discuss the deployment of troops with Zhao Rat, Qu Kuo, Zhaoyang, and Jing Cui: "Qu Kuo led an army of 150,000 to garrison the border Bashu area of Shang on the border of Qin and Chu. ”

"Qu Kuo receives the order" Qu Kuo bowed his hands and half knelt in front of the king.

King Chu Wei continued to transfer troops: "Zhao Rat led an army of 200,000 to garrison the land of Yongguo in Hanzhong County, which was harassed by Qin"

"The Rat Commands"

"Zhaoyang led an army of 300,000 to garrison Wuyue"

"Zhaoyang's will of another king"

King Chu Wei counted the troops: "My Chu country has a million divisions, and there are 10,000 cars." Jing Cui led an army of 350,000 and outnumbered people to attack Surabaya, besieged Xuzhou, and if the battle lasted for a long time, Peng Jun could be asked to come to the aid and return it

Another 100,000 troops can be put together."

"Jing Cui takes the order" Jing Cui took the king's talisman.

Qu Kuo, Zhaoyang, Zhaorat, and Jingcui were all ordered to retreat aside.

Then the king of Chu called Gong Yin and the treasurer to count the grain and weapons reserves stored in the warehouse.

The treasurer replied to the question of the king of Chu: "Your Majesty, the treasury has enough grain to support more than a month, but it will be harvested soon, and the grain paid by the fiefs will still be supplied to the countrymen.

Qu Kuo replied to the king of Chu: "Your Majesty, the merchants who have been stationed in the land are enough to grow food and be self-sufficient."

And the team sent by Zhaoyang was in trouble, and the Huainan area over there had also reached the harvest year, in addition to the military supply, the people who had been defeated in the war and surrendered to Cheng in the Yue Kingdom had to be appeased, and they could not starve them.

King Chu Wei asked the treasurer if the harvest from Huainan could supply the army stationed in Wuyue.

Treasurer: "Your Majesty, the minister has calculated, if only Huainan's grain is not enough to supply the army and the people, it is necessary to transport grain from Yuanxiang"

King Chu Wei is also a little helpless, and the great Chu State will also worry about food, but even if there are many difficulties, it cannot retreat from the ambition of the King of Chu to expand the territory of Chu State.

Now that everything is in place, you can start on a good day by divination. King Chu Wei sent an order to Zheng Zhan Yin: "Where is Zhan Yin, divination whether there are auspicious days in the past ten days"

After Zhan Yin received the order, he immediately opened the altar for divination, and as the turtle shell crackled and cracked on the fire, irregular lines cracked on the turtle shell.

Zhan Yin picked up the turtle shell and interpreted the heavens: "Your Majesty, two days later are auspicious days, followed by the third and seventh days."

"Okay, pass the order, we will mobilize the three armies outside the city in two days"

A few days later, the news of Chu's attack on Qi reached Qi, and the king of Qi urgently convened his ministers to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

At this time, Chen Zhen, the envoy of the Qin State, happened to be an envoy to the Qi State.

King Qi began to be anxious, his mood could not be hidden at all, and he couldn't escape Chen Zhen's eyes, Chen Zhen was waiting for King Qi Wei's help.

"How should Qi resist the enemy now?" King Qi Wei asked the people.

Chen Zhen had already taken a countermeasure, and assured very easily: "Don't worry, the king, I am willing to retreat the Chu army." ”

King Qi Wei: "Xianqing may as well talk about the strategy of retreating from the enemy."

Chen Zhen recalled the conversation with Zhaoyang in Chu State......

"How do you reward the victorious generals of the Chu State?" At that time, Chen Zhen was also very curious.

Zhaoyang said: "You will be awarded the position of general of Shangzhu State, given a high title, and you can also take Yugui." ”

Chen Zhen then asked, "Is there a higher reward than this now?" ”

Zhaoyang replied: "Yes, it is to appoint Ling Yin's position." ”

Chen Zhen completely believed what Zhaoyang said, because now Zhaoyang is Ling Yin, the highest official position, which proves that what he said is true.

Let me tell you a little story. So, Chen Zhen told the story of painting snakes.

(In 334 B.C., King Wei Hui and King Qi Wei met in Xuzhou (now Teng County, Shandong) and honored King Qi Wei as king, and King Qi Wei also recognized the title of King Wei Hui, known as "King of Xuzhou" in history.) After learning the news that Wei, Han and other vassal states went to the court to meet Qi and respected Qi as king, King Chu Wei was very angry. For a long time, the state of Chu, which was the first to be king, hoped to fight against Zhou Tianzi. However, the sudden ascension of Qi to the king, and the fact that it was met by the vassal states such as Wei and Han, undoubtedly stimulated the Chu State, which meant that the Qi State was about to be on an equal footing with the Chu State. ）