Now the army of King Qin marched in three ways, with 50,000 soldiers led by the Marquis of Jin to Yishui and detour to the west side of Xiongdun.

The Marquis of Qi and the Duke of Song led a large army to confront Xiong Dun on the north side of him, and they were slowly approaching, the key was to keep the military orders in line to prevent Xiong Dun from exerting his best skills in fighting short battles.

The third route was led by Zheng Bo, and the main task was to occupy the land of Fang and Cai and prevent Xiong Dun from plundering eastward.

These days, the princes' coalition army has fought with the Chu army many times, and he has a deep feeling for the bravery of the Chu soldiers, especially Xiong Dun himself, no one is his enemy, and even the armor is useless, he can directly dent the armor.

However, Xiong Dun's situation is still not very good, after all, the Chu soldiers are still small, and the gains in this battle are too great, the Chu soldiers want to return to China, and now they are completely relying on his high prestige to suppress them.

These days, truckloads of slaves, treasures, and grain were transported to the Chu State, and the entire Chu State's family wealth instantly more than doubled.

Luo Su had a good understanding of the situation on both sides, and he came here to quickly end the current state of confrontation, and to maintain the current large army of King Qin, which put great pressure on the finances.

In fact, although the Qin Wang army has now formed a three-sided encirclement of the Chu army, but the Chu army can go directly down the Han River at any time as long as it is willing, and now the five cities of the Han River are all in the hands of Xiong Dun, he can attack, retreat and defend, and the strategic initiative is completely in his hands.

Luo Su did not delay for a moment when he came to the front line, and directly sent an envoy to the Chu army to discuss with Xiong Dun.

Xiong Dun has always wanted to meet Luo Su, which is one of the reasons why he did not withdraw from the army, and the two met again after many years.

A wisp of breeze came in his face, and the two sat opposite each other, Luo Su did not bring a guard, he thought about whether he could capture Xiong Dun with the use of guards, but in the end he gave up, because it was not necessary and he was not sure.

Xiong Dun poured a full dug of wine for Luo Su and himself, and said with some emotion: "Luo Hou, the widow has wanted to see you for a long time, and I still remember that Luoyi is so big, you are the only one who praises the widow as 'the pillar of Bang Zhou, the light of the summer', but I didn't expect to see you now, but the king you are loyal to died in the hands of the widow." ”

Faced with Xiong Dun's self-proclaimed widow, Luo Su didn't have any special reaction, he just said lightly: "Chu Zi, Yu Ji and the others are afraid of the loyal and righteous Qingjun side, so they hold the Son of Heaven hostage, causing the Son of Heaven to collapse in the chaos. You are not the one who kills the king, otherwise Lone would not be sitting here now, but will raise a large army and fight you to the death. ”

Take off Xiong Dun's hat of killing the monarch first, and this negotiation can continue, otherwise there is really no need to talk, if the revenge of the murder of the monarch is not avenged, how can the etiquette and law of Bang Zhou continue?

"Hahaha."

Xiong Dun laughed heartily, and he was not the slightest annoyed that Luo Su called him Chu Zi, because after Luo Su was the king of Su, it was almost instinctive to maintain the system, "Luo Hou is really a wonderful person, it's a pity that you are the queen of the Su king, otherwise if you are brought back to the Chu country, the widow may also be able to get the favor of the mandate of heaven." ”

Luo Su looked at Xiong Dun, who was laughing, and said lightly: "Chuzi, yesterday's events can't be chased, people always have to look forward, and when you are alone here, you should retreat back to Chudi." ”

Xiong Dun put away his smile and said coldly: "What Luo Hou said is arrogant, it is very ridiculous, the army of 100,000 under the command of the widow, Ji Wanxiao'er and the army of Bangzhou were also defeated by the widow, and now he is entering the land of Hanshui, and occupies Shenlu, and can directly attack Luoyi from all sides, do you say that if you retreat, you will retreat?" ”

Xiong Dun's face turned cold, and Luo Su laughed instead.

"As Chu Zi said, Gu Nai is the queen of King Su, and the Bang Zhou Sheji and the Mandate of Heaven belong to Gu, all in the hands of Gu!"

He looked straight at the rolling river behind Xiong Dun, and suddenly asked a question that was not related to the wind and horses: "Chu Zi, do you know that the will of heaven is like a knife, and those who go against the sky will be blamed by it."

The 600-year-old Sheji of Yin Shang is not spared, this land of Shenlu is really a good scenery, but if it snows heavily and the river freezes, what will happen? ”

Xiong Dun heard Luo Su's threatening words, and said with a disapproving face: "Luo Hou is really a whimsical idea, widows are born and die, don't believe this, now in June, how can it be ......?"

As he spoke, he saw that Luo Su still had a serious expression, and suddenly recalled the legend recorded in the classics that when King Su was on his expedition to the east, he borrowed the legend of the wind from the heavens, and a piercing chill instantly rushed to his head.

If it snows heavily and the river freezes, the Chu army will die without a place to be buried!

Xiong Dun's murderous aura rose straight up in an instant, he stared straight at Luo Su, and said with a little hoarse voice: "Luo Hou must be joking with the widow, heaven ......"

Luo Su didn't seem to feel the almost materialized murderous aura, he still said with a warm smile on his face: "Chu Zi sit, taste this cup of ice wine, when you came alone, you went to the temple and begged the old ancestor to come here, and it is a pleasure to be able to drink a cup at this time." ”

Ancestor!

Su Wang!

"Luo Hou Mo wants to joke, King Su was already in the time of King Kang."

Xiong Dun said, while involuntarily reaching out to pick up the glass of wine, only to feel a biting cold, and when he looked closely, there was a thick ice cube condensed on it, and the souls were all rising, and he sat down directly in despair, and muttered: "King Su, is this the blessing of heaven?" ”

Looking at Luo Su's elegant face, he thought that if the heavy snow fell, I don't know how many Chu troops would be able to escape.

Xiong Dun couldn't help but have a broken jar in his heart, kill Luo Su first, and then lead the army to fight with the Qinwang coalition army, so that he would walk in this world in vain.

As soon as he saw Xiong Dun's expression, Luo Su knew that Xiong Dun was probably already thinking about killing himself, and he didn't plan to force Xiong Dun really urgently, so he took out a wine lord again, poured it full of wine and pushed it over, and said with a smile: "Chu Zi doesn't have to be so flustered, if he wants to wipe out the Chu army, Gu will not sit here today." ”

Xiong Dun, who was already in a state of shock, hurriedly said when he heard this: "What kind of widow does Luohou have, no, teach the lonely." ”

Seeing that Xiong Dun's attitude had changed drastically, Luo Su couldn't help but feel that the artifact was really useful.

Just now, he used a bamboo stick given by the ancestor to condense ice cubes on the wine jue, plus the prestige deeds of the ancestors, as well as Bang Zhou's unswerving propaganda of the Mandate of Heaven for many years, and instantly subdued Xiong Dun.

In fact, even if it really uses June snow, it is impossible to freeze a big river, at most it will hit the morale of the Chu army and weaken the combat effectiveness of the Chu army.

"Chu Zi, don't worry too much, although you have been arrogant and claimed the throne all these years, but you are just boasting in the country, Lone knows that when you conquered the barbarians, you still used Zhou rites to educate, this is your merit, and it is also the reason why Lone is here to save you now.

Back then, the lonely ancestor King Su was feudal, and maintaining the eternal existence of the Mandate of Heaven of Bang Zhou was only secondary, in fact, it was for the sake of Xia Jun and the people, and the heavens issued an edict, but wherever the sun could shine, it would be turned into a happy land for Zhuxia.

You are a person who has contributed to Zhuxia, so Gu has been easing the relationship between Chu and the Son of Heaven, and is even willing to ask for the title of Marquis for you.

It's just that in this battle of Hanshui, you made a big mistake, and your previous achievements will be written off. ”

Xiong Dun knew that he had no ability to refuse, and he only wanted to bring the Chu army back to the Chu State now.

These people went out with him, and he couldn't let them all die in a foreign land, so he said in a dull voice: "Luohou, please speak up, in today's situation, can Lone have any other choice?" ”

Seeing Xiong Dun's statement, Luo Su said the countermeasures he had thought about all the way: "Chuzi, you have to ask Luo Yi for a letter of guilt, which points out these points.

First, the arrogance of being the king is just a word of indignation, and you know in your heart that you have not been ordered by heaven, so you have not been called the son of heaven, and now you are willing to go to the king's name, submit to Bang Zhou, and release back the nobles who were previously captured.

Second, you raised an army to resist the Son of Heaven, but you only held a great contribution to Bang Zhou, but you were not rewarded, but you did not expect that the Son of Heaven was killed by traitors, and this landslide, you were grief-stricken, blamed yourself and apologized, so you offered the treasures of Chu as the Son of Heaven to accompany the burial, in order to show your loyalty to the king.

Third, you will definitely not be able to occupy the land of Shenlu, the land of the five countries, with the Tang Erdi, will be taken back, and important ministers will be sent to establish the Hou State, which will be good for you and me, and the three places of Deng, Lu, and Yan will be left to you, otherwise you are afraid that you will not be able to explain to the country.

Let you go back this time, be sure to forge ahead, the ancestor King Su once said, Chu to the south, there are three thousand miles of splendid rivers and mountains, you can take it, lonely words are all here, that's it. ”

Xiong Dun's mood has gradually calmed down, and when he saw that Luohou was still thinking about himself, he was a little moved, and solemnly saluted to Luosu: "Lone here, I swear to the Han River, Luohou is in Wangji for one day, Chu Bingfeng will never go north, if the future monarch of Chu is fortunate enough to go to the Central Plains, let him go to Luohou Tomb to worship." ”

Both of them knew that even if he was re-named Chennagong, Xiong Dun was different from the other princes, and it was impossible for him to go to Luoyi to worship the Son of Heaven, and this time they parted, the two might never see each other again.

As for Bingfeng's promise not to go north, one is to add a boost to Luo Su, and the other is that he understands that he will never have a chance to go north again.

"Luohou, there will be a period later!"

Xiong Dun turned and left the place.

"There will be a date later." Luo Su got up to say goodbye to Xiong Dun and watched him drift away.

……

"Ancestor, Xiong is here, the south is vast, and the State of Chu will definitely be a big trouble for my Bang Zhou in the future."

"You still chose to let him go."

"Ancestor, you are wise, did Su do the right thing?"

"I can know a thousand years in advance and a thousand years later, but I can't say a word, I can only teach you some principles of being a human being, how to do things, it depends on yourself."

"Sue knows."

……

As soon as Luo Su returned to King Qin's marching camp, a bunch of princes surrounded him, "Taifu, what did Xiong Dun say?" ”

Some of these people want the negotiations to break down so that they can seize power in the war, and some want the peace talks to succeed, because the war is not an important thing now, but the political one is the big problem.

Luo Su informed everyone of the results of their discussion.

"Taifu, you're not kidding, are you?"

"Can a rebellious person like Xiong Dun agree to such conditions?"

"It's normal for Shenlu to give up the land, but Tang can also give it up with him? Is this really going to be a re-vassal? ”

Voices of disbelief came, Xiong Dun's strength is not weak, and the most important thing is that he can come from the whole country, for the goals of this war, the two sides are different from the beginning, which is the fundamental reason for the stalemate between the two sides.

The five countries of Hanshui, far away from the Central Plains, sparsely populated, numerous barbarians, it is said that there is a miasma, it is a wild place, even if it is sealed, there are not many nobles willing to go, for the vast majority of princes, building a country here is a waste of manpower and material resources in vain.

But they knew that Sui Tang was the core interest of the Chu State, and once they ceded this, Luo Yi would soon be able to rebuild a defensive line.

"Although Xiong Dun has surrendered, but the defense of the Chu State can not be left behind, Gu has already decided, after the crown prince ascends the throne, ask the new emperor for the golden book, in the four places of Shendi, Place, Tongbai, Tanghe, canonized the four marquis of three hundred miles square, and garrisoned for three years to stabilize the society of the four countries."

Four Marquises!

This is a big deal, and the canonization of each marquis means the redistribution of wealth, so now the canonization of princes is becoming more and more cautious, and only real princes and sons can be canonized.

As for whether the Son of Heaven will disagree, it is simply impossible, Ji Xi is not yet an adult, and it will definitely be Luo Su who will be in charge at that time, just like the former Su King.

The only difference is that Ji Zhao was the regent at the beginning, and it was the edict of King Wu himself, which was the chief regent Zhou, acting on behalf of the king, and had all the power of the Son of Heaven, Luo Su did not have an edict, there would be many people against him, and there would definitely be a battle in Luoyi at that time.

After Xiong Dun handed over the letter of guilt, Luo Su sent an army to receive the land of Shenlu, and when the two cities were in his hands, the confrontation was completely over.

Xiongton's retreat was fast, and he still needed to return to the country to reward the nobles in the country, and he also needed to explain the reason for his sudden retreat.

King Qin's army also began to slowly withdraw, most of the troops were brought back to the feudal country by the princes' subordinates, as for the princes naturally will not go back, the crown prince Ji Xi's enthronement ceremony began to prepare when Luo Su left, this time back, to support Ji Xi to ascend the throne.

Many people came to ask Luo Su when he would support the crown prince, even if it was a sure thing to take the throne according to the etiquette system, but the merits of supporting the crown would be recorded, and all kinds of rewards would be listed at that time.

Originally, this kind of thing, everyone was the first to brush their faces in front of the prince, but now Luo Su didn't ask for the credit given for nothing, and it was obvious that he was planning in this matter.

In this case, even those princes who did not deal with Luo Su did not dare to become the target of public criticism.

Luo Su could only tell everyone over and over again: "There is a good plan in the lonely belly, and when I return to Luoyi, I will inform you." ”

In fact, Luo Su has already made a list of supporters, politics is no trivial matter, and the next Luoyi political order will start from this support.

The most important thing now is to recuperate, and you must not fall into infighting, so Luo Su spent a lot of thought, and after returning to Luo Yi, the princes finally received this list from Luo Su.

In the face of this list, thinking about Luo Su's intentions, everyone can only worship, worthy of being the queen of Suwang.

There are more than a dozen princes on the list, divided into four groups.

The first batch was Luohou, Yanhou, and Jinhou, the three most powerful princes with the surname Ji, which was to announce the approval of the princes surnamed Ji for his heir, and Luo Su deliberately did not include the Marquis of Wei in it.

The second group is the two kings and three ke, as the guests of Bang Zhou, their political status is still very high, showing the orthodoxy of Bang Zhou's mandate of heaven.

The third group is the heavyweight relatives of Qi State, who are powerful and can show the power in the hands of the Son of Heaven.

Finally, there are other representatives of princes with different surnames, whose existence is mainly to prove that Bang Zhou is not only a land with concubines, but also that the Son of Heaven treats all subjects in the world with benevolence.

With everyone's persuasion of Ji Xi, the Zhou Dynasty ushered in a new son of heaven, Ji Xi.

……

Chu Wangdun, breaking Zhou, attacking Ba, suppressing barbarians, where more than 100 battles, no invincible, no invincible, all the people of the time are called the master of the soldiers.

The waiter said: Why don't you go north to win the championship?

The king said: Luohou, after the king, is in charge of the royal industry, the mandate of heaven is in Zhou, I respect the heavens and know the fate, so I do not go north. - "Historical Records: The Chu Family"