After Xiong Huai finished inspecting the counties in northern Han, on the way back to Wancheng, Zhaochang, who was sent to Qin, was the first to send back the news.

"Great King, Zuo Yin's news, the Qin State has promised to form an alliance with us, and agreed to withdraw all Qin troops west of Xishui and east of the land to show the goodwill of Qin and Chu.

Moreover, because the ministers of the court besieged Gan Mao, and heard that the king was dissatisfied with the prime minister Gan Mao, who was in charge of attacking Chu, in order to show his sincerity, he had issued an edict to expel the right prime minister Gan Mao.

According to the news sent back by Zuo Yin, not long ago, Qin Wangdang readjusted the court, with Zuo Prime Minister Lou as the right prime minister, Gongsun Zheng as the left prime minister, and Sima Cuo as the national lieutenant, and Wei Ran, the minister close to us, was also promoted and became the imperial servant of Qin. ”

On the carriage, Xiong Huai listened to Chen Zhen's report, his slightly locked eyebrows stretched out, and he smiled: "Too servant! In charge of the chariots and horses of the Qin State, he is already an important minister of the Qin State. Now Gongzi Ji is still a hostage in Qi State, Gongzi Fu and Gongzi Kui's foundation is too shallow, although Xiang Shou is a close minister of Qin Wangdang, but his talent is limited, it seems that the widow is going to bet on Wei Ran next. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai sighed lightly again: "It's just that I hope Wei Ran won't be like Gan Mao and let the widow down." ”

Chen Zhen responded: "The king should also be relieved, Wei Ran is different from Gan Mao, Wei Ran is the younger brother of the Mi family, and he is deeply involved with my Chu country, not to mention that the younger brother of the Mi family is still in my Chu country, and the mother family of the Mi family is also in the Chu country, Wei Ran will not turn his back on the king like Gan Mao." ”

"I hope so." Xiong Huai nodded, then frowned again and said, "There is one more thing, since Gan Mao has been expelled by Qin Wangdang, where has Gan Mao gone now?" Did Zuo Yin ask Qin Wangdang to extradite that guy Gan Mao back to Chu State. ”

Chen Zhen shook his head: "Although Zuo Yin expressed his request to Qin Wangdang that he hoped that Gan Mao would return to Chu, Qin Wangdang said that he knew that the king had a deep resentment against Gan Mao in his heart, and resented him for instigating Qin to invade Chu. If Gan Mao returns to Chu, he will definitely be executed by the king.

Therefore, thinking of his relationship with Gan Mao, he let Gan Mao leave on his own. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of doubt flashed in Chen Zhen's heart: "According to our spies in the Qin State, after Gan Mao left Xianyang, he intended to go to the Wei State. He seemed to be worried that King Ji Se of Han would be close to the state of Chu and would arrest him for the sake of the king, so he did not go to Hanguguan, but went to Hexi, and seemed to plan to cross the river to Wei through Xiayang (Shaoliang). ”

"Went to the State of Wei." Xiong Huai smiled coldly, he was not surprised that Gan Mao went to Wei.

Gan Mao has always been close to the Wei State, and Gan Mao's teacher Shi Ju also worked in the Wei State, and he has many connections on the Wei side.

It's just that the five kingdoms that invaded Chu before, the four kingdoms of Qin, Han, Qi and Song all began to show goodwill with Chu, and only Wei was still insisting on resisting Chu. Now that Gan Mao has just left the Qin State and gone to the anti-Chu Wei State, is he planning to carry out the anti-Chu to the end?

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai said suspiciously: "Chen Qing, the widow doesn't seem to remember the place where there is a negative Ganmao!" When he was working in the Qin State, the widow had a lot of support, and even he planned to move the clansmen of the Chu State to the Qin State, but the widow was not embarrassed, but also opened the door to convenience.

As a result, Gan Mao first instigated the Qin State to attack Chu, and now went to the Wei State to continue to fight against the widows.

Could it be that he hated the Chu State to such a point? ”

Chen Zhen shook his head: "King, what Gan Mao thinks, the minister doesn't know." Maybe he was ashamed of the king in his heart, so he planned to go to Wei to persuade the king of Wei to surrender to the king, or perhaps, he resented the king because of the matter of Qin Xiang, so he wanted to go to Daliang to encourage Wang Wei to continue to fight against the king. ”

"Alas, what a pity! But he couldn't run. Xiong Huai sighed when he heard this, and then ordered: "Chen Qing, send a letter of state to Wei Wangfu on behalf of the widow, and tell him that if he sends Gan Mao to the widow, the widow will withdraw his troops from Chendi." Otherwise, the widows will inevitably raise their troops to attack Wei and recapture Daliang. ”

"Yui."

A few days later, Xiong Huai returned to Wancheng, and at the same time, the news sent by Qu Yuan from Qi also reached Wancheng.

At this time, in the Wancheng City Guard's Mansion, Chen Zhen excitedly reported: "Great King, Zuo said that the Qi State has promised to make peace with us and form an alliance.

As a condition for the alliance, the Qi side decided to withdraw its troops from Qinghe City and cede all the territory within a radius of fifty miles from Qinghe City to us.

As a condition, the king of Qi also hoped that the king would withdraw his troops from Huaiyin and return all the Qi soldiers captured in the Battle of Huaibei to Qi.

At the same time, as an ally, Qi also hopes that Qi and Chu can let the two countries pass through the city, so that the goods of the two countries can go north and south unimpeded. ”

"It's only fifty miles of land, and I hope that the widow will release the captured more than 60,000 Qi troops, and put Tian Jia and other heavy generals back, this sale of Qi Wangdi is very profitable." Xiong Huai smiled, and then responded: "However, although the widow suffered a little loss, the widow still had to agree to him."

It's just that the widow also has a request now, hoping that the king of Qi can agree to the widow. That is, the widow intends to teach Wei a lesson. The widow knew that Wei was an ally of Qi, but now the widow was also an ally of Qi, so he hoped that Qi would not intervene in the war between Chu and Wei in the next year. ”

"What does the king mean?"

"The widow wants to scare the king of Wei and see if he can capture Gan Mao."

"The king is wise. The minister spread the news later. ”

Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Pass the edict, let the Sanlu doctor leave for Linzi of the Qi State immediately, confirm the alliance with the Qi State, and express the request of the widow, asking the Qi State to agree." ”

"Yui."

"Edict, immediately let Huaiyin Jun order Yin Jin Shang to prepare, and when Qi Shengzi leads the army to withdraw from Qinghe City, then immediately cross the river to the north and occupy Qinghe, as a forward base for my Chu State to deal with Qi State."

"Yui."

"The edict asked General Jingyang to prepare, once Qi Shengzi led the army back to the north, then he also led Huaiyin's 30,000 troops south and stationed in Wudi.

Also, he sent an order to Shen Yifu, the general of the water division, and after the Qi State retreated, he asked him to bring all the water divisions to Chendi, occupy the southern waters of the chasm, and work with Tang Yu of the Zhu State to attack the Liang, and the few people wanted to capture Gan Mao. ”

"Yui."

"Spread the edict to Shi Wu, the guard of Cai City Gate, the son of Shi Ju, and tell him that the widow admires Gan Mao's talent very much, and hopes that Gan Mao can return to China to do things. Therefore, let him immediately go to Daliang to lobby Gan Mao, as long as he can persuade Gan Mao to return to China, then he can not guard the gate of Xia Cai for the widow, and the widow will hand over the entire city of Xia Cai to him to guard. ”

"Yui." Chen Zhen responded, and then sighed: "If Gan Mao knew that the king not only did not blame him for instigating the Qin State to attack Chu, but still valued him so much, he would be grateful and eager to fly back to Chu from Wei State, thinking that the king would share his worries." ”

Xiong Huai nodded and sighed, "I hope he can feel the sincerity of the widow." ”