After the decisive battle between Chu and the Four-Nation Coalition won a great victory, the Four-Nation Coalition Army switched from offensive to defensive, with Zhao withdrawing from the battlefield.

Gongsun Long, the envoy of Zhao State, came to Yingdu and met with the king of Chu.

Gongsun Long came all the way from Zhao State this time in order to negotiate peace with Chu State and reach some agreements, so that Zhao Guo could withdraw from Chu State with all his body.

For Zhao State, in this war, he did not get a place or a city, and only got some resource subsidies, but after the First Battle of Hubei and the defeat of the Four-Nation Alliance, Zhao's losses were also extremely heavy.

And the State of Qi has already approached the State of Zhao, so that the State of Zhao has to choose to withdraw from this war and deal with the State of Qi in an all-round way.

Although Qi State is declaring without fighting, but his real army has already reached the territory of Zhao State, if they have a hot head and attack directly, Zhao State has no legion left, and it will basically be pushed all the way by Qi State.

From the consideration of Zhao State, they must negotiate peace with Chu State, only the withdrawal of troops is in the interests of Zhao State, of course, now withdrawing, for Zhao State, it is still a bit of a small profit, if it is waiting for Chu State to completely defeat the Four-Power Alliance, he Zhao State will have nothing, and Qi State will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob.

For the state of Chu, the withdrawal of the state of Zhao from the battlefield, for them, it is also harmless, the state of Zhao's Hufu cavalry shooting, should not be underestimated, on the battlefield, for the state of Chu, Zhao's Hufu cavalry can bring them very big trouble.

If Zhao State withdraws, for Chu State, the next battle will be better fought, and more importantly, Zhao State did not seize a city or a place in Chu State, so they withdrew their troops, and Chu State did not need to cut land or anything.

Moreover, after this battle in Hubei, Zhao State will not sign any alliance with Chu State, because they are not qualified to sign an alliance under the city, they can sign equal treaties, and even prefer unequal ones for them.

The main reason for this is that Zhao State has experienced the defeat of the Battle of Hubei, if they did not go through this defeat, negotiate with the State of Chu, and sign an alliance under the city, it is still possible, but after the defeat of the Battle of Hubei, they have lost the possibility of victory, and the losses will only be more serious if they follow the alliance of the four countries.

Zhao's army has withdrawn from Chu, but to have a complete truce with Chu, someone needs to sign an agreement with Chu, otherwise after the war is over, it is very likely that Chu's troops will come to your Zhao State.

Although Chu and Zhao are separated by a Wei State and are not completely bordered, what if people enter the Zhao State from the Qi State Alliance? What if they cross the Wei Kingdom to fight you?

This possibility is not impossible, judging from the strategists of Zhao, Wei is unable to support the attack of Chu, and it is very likely that Wei will cede the southern territory of Wei in order to reduce the pressure from Chu, let Chu and Zhao border, and let Zhao share the pressure from Chu for Wei.

Therefore, from a comprehensive point of view, Zhao must sign an armistice agreement with Chu State, which can not be solved if he can't fight and run, and where is Qi still watching, if he wants to fight him Zhao State and seize land in the name of avenging Chu State, it is also a problem.

Qi State is extremely treacherous, this kind of famous name, Qi State is not impossible to use, if he wants to suppress Zhao State, it is very likely that he will fight this kind of name.

In the wars of the countries, the name is a very important thing, and everything is about a famous teacher, such as the destruction of Yue by the Qi State, and the Qi State fought against the Yue State to repeatedly violate his borders and hurt the Qi people, and the Qi State went out in this way.

The four-nation alliance army attacked Chu, which seemed to be an invasion, but the reputation of the fight was also righteous Ling Ran, on the grounds of civil strife in Chu, to save the people of Chu, cut down Xiong Chu, and entered Chu in the name of supporting the Qing monarch.

Everything is about a justifiable one, and if the State of Qi has a justifiable reason to march into the State of Zhao, then the State of Qi will definitely hold on.

Zhao Guo, who had just experienced the defeat of Hua Chu and had not yet returned to his senses, if he had a tough battle with Qi State, he was afraid that he would be injured and would not be able to recover at all in a short period of time.

After Gongsun Long came to the capital of Chu State, he met the King of Chu Mourning, at this time, the King of Chu Mourning began to counterattack because of the great victory in the Battle of Hubei, his mental state seemed very good, and his smile was also on his face, he knew that when Wu Qi completely drove away the Four-Nation Alliance Army and recaptured Xiangdi, he could start to reform in a big way.

The only regret is that the Qi State took away half of Yangzhou, but the King of Chu Mourning did not mind, because Wu Qi appeased the King of Chu Mourning and said that the hegemony should not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, but should look at the overall situation as a whole.

Although the state of Chu lost half of Yangzhou, the state of Chu was about to become a unified country, and it could integrate the forces of the entire state of Chu to compete with the princes for hegemony.

If the state of Chu integrates all its strength, then the number one overlord in the world will still be the state of Chu, and the princes of the world will attack it in groups, and I am afraid that it will only be able to fight with the state of Chu.

Although the territory of Qi has expanded a lot, it has only been greatly improved in terms of resources, and it has surpassed the countries in terms of resources, but in terms of population, it has received little improvement.

Goguryeo is a semi-nomadic people, their population is very sparse, as for the Dongyi island country, although it is unified, it is also very difficult to mobilize the population of the entire Dongyi island country.

Because the Dongyi Island Country is separated from the Qi State by a sea, the military strength of the Dongyi Island Country that the Qi State can deploy is about 100,000 at most.

Of course, 100,000 of them have been stationed in Goguryeo to help Qi unite with Donghu and Bohai to resist the Xiongnu, and these 100,000 people cannot be used until they are in great danger.

And the 100,000 people who stayed in Dongyi Island Country are actually unlikely to be used for hegemony, and can only be used for key defense.

Therefore, in terms of overall national strength, Qi is still inferior to Chu, but Qi's resources have surpassed Chu, and after getting Goguryeo and Dongyi Island, the territory has expanded, and the resources are greater than before.

This is not the era before Qi Xiaobai crossed, the population still has great significance, the population of Qi is not the Chu State, which is why although the Central Plains country has a small territory, it can withstand the strong Qin, rich Qi, and the reason why it dominates Chu.

Although their territory is not large, the land is very fertile, supporting many people, and the population of the empire basically lives in the Central Plains, and the resources are also very sufficient.

It is also for this reason that they have the qualifications to compete for hegemony.

The territory of Chu is large, but the population is also very large, which is mainly the reason for the expansion of Chu for many years, and although the Qi State has expanded its territory very much and brought itself a strong strategic depth, the population has not increased much.

Therefore, if Qi wants to have the power to unify the world, it must destroy the Song State, which has a large population, this is what Su Qin gave to Qi Xiaobai back then, and the cabinet of Qi State, Guan Zhong, Tian Dan and other advisers all have the idea of destroying the Song Dynasty.