After a long journey of more than ten days, Guan Zhong has also arrived at the capital of Chu State, 'Yingdu'!

The state of Chu was the strongest prince, and the king of Chu was also the only king with a different surname in the Zhou Empire, and the policy implemented was somewhat similar to the Zhou Empire's policy of dividing feuds.

The Chu royal family has the absolute control of the standing army of the Chu State, and this standing army has nearly one million, which is also the reason why the Chu State is so strong, the standing army is about to reach one million, and the Chu royal family still has a royal pawn, which is the personal guard of the Chu royal family, with as many as 100,000 people, stationed in Yingdu.

And the nobles of Chu also have their own military strength, called private soldiers, this group of soldiers serve the nobles of Chu State, do not obey the dispatch of the King of Chu, relatively powerful nobles, private soldiers have nearly seventy or eighty thousand people, and there are thousands of weak people, when the all-out war of Chu State breaks out, this noble private soldier will gather to form a powerful military force and integrate with the standing army of Chu State.

These private pawns belong to the aristocracy and do not need to be raised by the king of Chu, and they can become a military force in times of crisis, and they do not need the royal family to pay any economy, so the royal family of Chu is very encouraging the nobles to raise private pawns.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages, and the private soldiers of the Chu State do not obey the orders of the royal family, so it is difficult to assemble when the war breaks out than it is to assemble the reserves of the Qi State.

And this military force will only appear when the Chu State is in danger, but since the Chu State became the king, the Chu State has no time to be in danger, so in recent years, the private pawns of the Chu State have not shown other uses, but the private clan has developed more and more.

With the passage of time, because of the strength of the private soldiers, the nobles of the Chu State became more and more powerful, and they disobeyed the orders of the King of Chu, but because of the absolute control of the Standing Army of the King of Chu, although these nobles were unwilling to obey the orders of the King of Chu, they did not dare to resist the King of Chu, but they ignored the orders of the King of Chu.

If it weren't for the nobles' disobedience to the King of Chu, perhaps the King of Chu would have solved the problem of Yue Guo and won the Central Plains......

In order to effectively suppress the nobles of Chu, half of the standing army of Chu is distributed in various places, monitoring the nobles of Chu, if the nobles of Chu have the idea of rebellion, the king of Chu can quickly solve the nobles.

In the Central Plains strategy of the Chu State, the strength of the King of Chu in the Central Plains was only five-tenths of the standing army, and the strength of the Yue State was one-tenth......

Although the state of Chu has a large number of generals, the army that can be mobilized at any time is similar to that of other vassal states, but if the state of Chu is invaded, its defensive ability is incomparable to that of all vassal states.

Just like the Yue State sneak attack the Qi State, the Qi State only has a standing army to defend, but if the Yue State sneaks up on the Chu State, at most three cities will be surrounded by the Chu army, and the nobles around the country will stop it from resisting, and the invasion problem will be solved soon.

The overall number of troops of the Chu State is very large, and with the huge strategic depth, no country dares to pay attention to the Chu State.

Even if the three heroes competed for hegemony with the Chu State in the Central Plains, the war never entered the Chu State itself, and entering the Chu State itself meant falling into a very huge war quagmire, which was where the Three Xiongs did not dare.

And the Yue State and the Chu State competed for Yangzhou, and the battlefield was also fought in the Yue State, and the Yue State did not dare to enter the land of Chu easily, and it was inevitable to lose if it entered the land of Chu State.

And in the palace of the king of Yingdu Chu.

King Chu Huai was watching several dancing girls dance, and at this time a eunuch walked in: "King Huai, Guan Zhong, the special envoy of Qi State, asks to see you!" ”

King Chu Huai The current King of Chu, the world's evaluation of King Chu Huai is only four words: 'brave, gentleman'!

King Chu Huai is very brave, often personally go out to fight, the force value is outstanding, in the Central Plains War the commander-in-chief of the Three Kingdoms once commented on King Chu Huai's 'one husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open, brave and good at fighting, infinite strength! ’

At the same time, King Chu Huai is also a very moral person, he made a promise, he will never go back, and the commander of the Three Kingdoms, who gritted his teeth against King Chu Huai, also admired King Chu Huai's personality very much.

Once King Chu Huai captured the wife and son of the general of Wei in the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, when the general of Wei was about to surrender to save his wife and children, King Chu Huai said that the war has nothing to do with children and women.

Therefore, although King Chu Huai captured the enemy's woman and son, he did not hurt the other party, and sent it over, so that the general of Wei could fight well, and from then on King Chu Huai was called the king of gentlemen!

At that time, the general of Wei admired King Chu Huai's character, and retreated 1,000 miles to give it to King Chu Huai as a reward for not killing women and sons.

"Let him come in, Qi and Yue are fighting, this Qi country should want us to send troops to fight!" King Chu Huai said to the people beside him.

"Your Majesty, I think that if you let the two tigers of Qi and Yue fight, we are reaping the benefits of the fisherman!" A courtier said to King Chu Huai.

"Let's see what the envoy of Qi said first, I want to see what kind of trick this Qi country is!" King Chu Huai said to the ministers beside him.

Then King Chu Huai looked at the woman beside him: "You all retreat!" ”

The dancers stopped dancing and left the show......

"Your Excellency, the King of Chu is invited!" A eunuch said to Guan Zhong.

Guan Zhong walked in and saw a very fierce-looking, black-bearded man, sitting on the throne of the Chu State.

"Your Majesty the King of Chu, when I saw it today, it really deserved its name!" Guan Zhong looked at King Chu Huai and said.

"How does it live up to its reputation?" King Chu Huai asked with a smile.

"It is rumored that King Huai's martial arts are extraordinary, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary!" Where did Guan Zhong boast.

King Chu Huai was very happy when he heard it, no one was unwilling to listen to others boast about himself, King Chu Huai was the king, but he was young, only twenty-six years old this year, and he liked the praise of others very much.

"Give Mr. Guan Zhong, bring me the good wine I have stored, I want to have a few drinks with Mr. Guan Zhong!" King Chu Huai said to the eunuch next to him.

King Chu Huai was a very arrogant person, and Wang Yi suddenly stood in front of Guan Zhong and said: "Envoy Guan is unwell, I will wait for Envoy Guan to taste!" "Guan Zhong's body is almost fifty, Wang Yi is afraid of drinking with Guan Zhong and King Chu Huai, and he will be injured by drinking, so he will not be able to explain to Qi Xiaobai.

King Chu Huai looked at Wang Yi with a displeased expression, Guan Zhong suddenly stood up and said, "Who said I can't drink it?" You kid give me down, I was called a madman when I was in Zoucheng, but I was also called a drunkard! ”

Guan Zhong didn't lie, he was called a fanatic, but he was also called an alcoholic, a drunkard who loved wine very much.

"This, my lord, you are already old...... As soon as Wang Yi finished speaking, Guan Zhong kicked Wang Yi's body: "Old? The old man is still in the prime of life, although he can't be compared with the King of Chu, but he is much stronger than you kid, hurry up and get out of here! ”