On the night of the fall out with other countries, Xiang Ji led the remaining Chu army to retreat from Hangu Pass overnight.

The remaining Qi, Zhao, Wei, and Yan Four-Nation Alliances handed over a four-nation alliance after showing off their might outside Hangu Pass, and then retreated eastward.

Xianyang.

Qin Wang Dang looked at the covenant sent by the four countries on the king's case, and his face was extremely gloomy.

After a pause, Qin Wang Dang said to Sima wrongly: "The four countries are too deep in bullying the widows, and they actually handed over a letter of state to threaten the widows and forbid the widows to send troops to attack Korea, which is really unreasonable!" ”

Sima Cuo took a quick look at Qin Wangdang, and arched his hand: "Great King, Wei and Han have been greatly injured, like fish meat on a board, let me slaughter them."

But the reason why my Qin State can't swallow the two countries now is because Wei and Han are afraid of our Qin State, and they are tightly united around the Qi State.

I attack one, its rescuer three, and even five, this is the root cause of my Qin State's inability to surrender to Wei Han. ”

"Alas, the widow also knows that as before, as long as the widow sends troops to attack Korea, it will lead to the intervention of various countries." Qin Wangdang said with some irritability: "What the widow wants to know now is not the reason and reality, but how to solve the situation in front of him. ”

Sima Coo hesitated slightly, and then arched his hand and said: "Great King, the minister thinks that what my Qin State wants to do now is to be pro-Wei Shanhan, make friends with the three kingdoms of Chu, Zhao and Yan, and then wait for the opportunity." ”

King Qin said nonchalantly: "It's too negative, how can a widow sit here and wait in vain and do nothing." ”

Sima Cuo responded: "King, now there are only three ways for my Qin State to send troops, go north to attack Yiqu, cross the river to attack Zhao, go south to attack Chu, and go east to Hanguguan to attack Han. The road between Chu and Zhao is dangerous, and the strength of the two countries is too strong to bring them to their knees.

On the South Korean side, according to the spies, in order to avoid being attacked by our Qin State again, South Korea not only rebuilt the defense of Yiyang, but also sent 20,000 troops to assist the Qi State in attacking the Song Dynasty.

In addition, the King of Chu and the King of Han have a close relationship, and they are like father and son, once our Qin State sends troops to attack Han, the Chu State will definitely not sit idly by.

So, now we just have to wait. ”

As he spoke, Sima Cuo arched his hand and said, "King, in fact, we don't have to wait long. Now the Song State has suffered defeats one after another, its strength has been greatly damaged, there is no danger to defend, and it has been attacked by various countries.

As long as I, the Qin State and the Chu State, do not make a move, and even as long as our Qin State does not make a move, with the current situation within the Chu State, the Chu State will not be able to send troops to rescue the Song State alone.

Song had no reinforcements, and the interior was chaotic.

Therefore, the minister predicted that the Song State would definitely be defeated by the next gathering of the coalition forces of various countries to defeat the Song Dynasty, and then be divided by various countries.

As soon as the Song State died, the next target of the Qi State must be one of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei, among which the Wei State is the most likely.

Because Wei and Han are now not only the fish on the board of my Qin State, but also the fish and meat on the mouth of Qi State, but my Qin State has no choice, and Qi State still has a choice. ”

King Qin was stunned, looked at Sima Cuo in surprise and said: "In this way, if it is fast, it will be one or two years, and if it is slow, it will be two or three years, and the Qi State will definitely fall out with other countries." ”

Sima Cuo nodded affirmatively: "That's right." ”

Qin Wangdang nodded, and then asked, "What about the Chu State?" ”

Sima Cuo's face froze slightly when he heard this, and then he responded: "Great King, with the current situation of the Chu State, as long as the King of Chu dies, the relationship between Chu and Han will definitely be relaxed, and there will definitely be a civil strife in the Chu State that will affect the entire country."

With the age of the king of Chu······ Of course, if the king can't wait, we can also send someone to lobby the prince of Chu to cause civil strife in Chu in advance.

During this period of time, the minister often heard that the king of Chu and the prince of Chu were getting more and more at odds.

As long as the Chu State is in chaos, then the Chu State will definitely not be able to take care of South Korea.

And Korea lost the two countries of Qi and Chu as a support, so the king did not need to abolish a soldier, only a messenger was needed, and the king of Han could take the initiative to come to Xianyang to offer Yiyang as a minister. ”

Qin Wangdang pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "It's only been a few years, and the widow still has to wait." ”

Saying that, Qin Wangdang immediately ordered: "Prime Minister, pass the edict, immediately send an envoy to the Qi State, just say that the widow has been served, and from now on I will never dare to peep at Korea again." ”

"The king is wise."

"Pass the edict to the Prime Minister Zuo in the Song State and let him come back, the country in the Song State has given up."

"Yui."

"Spread the edict and send envoys to Wei and Han, and the widow wants to return Puyang to Wei, and return Xincheng and Mianchi in Korea to make friends with the two countries."

"Yui."

"Spread the edict and send envoys to Yan and Zhao to give heavy gifts to make friends with the two countries."

"Yui."

"Spread the edict, immediately send an envoy to the state of Chu, give the prince of Chu ten thousand gold, let the prince of Chu say a few kind words in front of the king of Chu for the widow, and dedicate ten cities north of the east Danshui to the king of Chu, as an apology for the widow to fight Han."

"Yui."

"Prime Minister, add a few spies to the Chu envoy group, and ask them to contact those people in Chu who are close to us, especially those from the Zhao clan and the Jing clan, and ask them to support the prince of Chu more."

"Yui."

"Send a few more henchmen to defect to Prince Chu and encourage Prince Chu to rebel."

"Yui."

"In addition, in the past two or three years, where are the five countries such as Sanjin and Chu Yan, aren't they all rumors about the threat of the Qi State? Then let's get a kick in too. Qin Wangdang said, then looked at Sima and said: "Prime Minister, withdraw 20,000 gold from the treasury, let people go to Guandong to spread the threat theory of Qi State, and win over the Three Jin Yan State to continue to isolate Chu State." ”

"Yui."

Chu Guoshou Ying.

When Xiang Chengjun returned with part of the army and most of the generals in the army, Xiong Huai immediately issued an edict, summoned the ministers the next day, and specially asked people to go outside the city to invite Tang Yu, the pillar country who was sitting in the military camp.

The next day, in the main hall, when Xiong Huai sat on the throne, when the ministers sat in the palace.

With the edict of the king of Chu summoning the main general, and then the general Xiang Chengjun of the Qin Dynasty led more than 30 generals from noble backgrounds, more than 10 generals from merchants and powerful generals, and a general from a commoner into the main hall.

After the ceremony.

Xiang Ji's face was disgraced, and he pleaded guiltily: "The king, the minister was ordered to save Han and Qin, and fought fiercely outside the Hangu Pass for May, with more than three percent of the casualties, but the work was fruitless, and he failed to break through the Hangu Pass, weakening the Qin State, and asked the king to surrender." ”

"Please, the king, to condemn." The generals behind Xiang Ji all opened their mouths to plead guilty.

At this time, Xiong Huai waved his hand: "After this battle, the widow already knows that although the generals failed to break through the Hangu Pass, this is not because you and others are ineffective, but because of the two ends of the head of the Qi country."

However, the purpose of saving South Korea in this battle has been achieved.

According to the news from South Korea, the Qin State was already frightened after this battle, and did not advance eastward to attack Korea again with the retreat of the coalition army, but returned the two places of Xincheng and Michi in Korea.

Therefore, you have a meritorious service in this battle. ”

After saying that, Xiong Huai immediately glanced at Sima Jingque.

Jing Que understood, his eyes quickly swept over the generals who were kneeling in the hall, and after staying for half a breath on the three sons who went out with the army, he said loudly: "According to the statistics of Sima Mansion, this battle has a merit in saving Han..."

After all the meritorious deeds of General Jing Que were announced, Qu Yuan immediately spoke: "According to the new law, those who have meritorious service will be rewarded. Therefore, this battle lord will be Xiang Chengjun's meritorious service, increase the number of food and food 500 households, and the deputy general Pang Zhan will be meritorious..."

According to the meritorious service of the generals, Qu Yuan either turned the title of the meritorious person into a regular person, or gave him a knighthood, or accumulated one meritorious service for those who had insufficient meritorious service.

After the reward was announced, all the ministers in the palace shouted in unison: "The king is wise." ”

At this time, Xiong Huai, who was sitting on the throne, once again felt the moment when the monarch and the ministers were concentric.

At this moment, he not only greatly strengthened the foundation of the Fa-Changing faction, but for the first time, no one objected.

After the court meeting, Xiong Huai summoned Qu Yuan and Tang Mo again.

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at the two of them: "Two virtuous Qings, according to the statistics of Sima Mansion, in this battle of Hangu Pass, there are more than 5,000 soldiers who successfully won the head of the Qin army and returned to China alive. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at Qu Yuan and said, "There is Lao Zuo to give them their titles as soon as possible." ”

Qu Yuan immediately bowed his hand and said, "Please rest assured, the ministers will promote their titles according to their merits within today." ”

"Hmm." Xiong Huai nodded, then turned his head to look at Tang Yu and said: "Zhuguo, now the situation of the new law is also very clear, although the counties are not bad, but in each village and each li, the clan power is deep-rooted and extremely strong, and the new law is difficult to achieve results for a long time.

Therefore, the widow means that he hopes that the pillar country can release people. ”

When Tang Yu heard this, he immediately gave up his hand and said: "I don't know how many people the king wants, and the minister will go to Sima later to rotate the soldiers." ”

Seeing this, Xiong Huai said with a smile: "This time, there are more than 5,300 soldiers of the Jin Jue, and the widow hopes that the Zhu Kingdom can exchange 5,000 people. Moreover, these 5,000 people hope that they can spread all over the country in all counties and villages. ”

Tang Yu was shocked in his heart, but nodded without hesitation: "Please rest assured, the minister already knows what to do." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and said to Qu Yuan: "Xianqing, after these five thousand people return to their hometowns, the widow hopes that Xianqing can arrange positions in various counties, townships, and villages as soon as possible, so that they can return to their hometowns in fine clothes, so as to further open up the situation in various villages." ”

Qu Yuan nodded vigorously: "Only." ”