Gong Zhongxuan came to Chu not long ago as a Korean hostage, and he was accompanied by Wu Bao, the younger brother of Wu Mengyao, the queen of Zhao. Corresponding to Zhao Bao's visit to Chu, the third son of Chu went to Zhao as a hostage.

Unlike the exchange of hostages between Chu and Zhao, Xiong Huai asked Gongzhong to come to Chu as a hostage, but he did not pay any price at all, which was the price of the last Korean invasion of Chu.

Gongzhong's extravagant visit to Chu not only cut off an arm of the king of Han, but also greatly severed the connection between Qin and Korea, dealt a heavy blow to the pro-Qin forces in South Korea, and also made the pro-Chu forces in South Korea completely dominate.

Because Gong Zhongxuan is the core minister of the pro-Qin faction, and the current uncle of Xiangguo in Korea is the core minister of the pro-Chu faction.

This is also the reason why Xiong Huai had no doubt before that King Han would not refuse Chu State's request to attack Qin.

In this case, King Han and Uncle Han have no possibility of refusing.

After Gongzhong came to Chu, although Xiong Huai still gave him the treatment of the secretary of a great country, he lived in a simple place during his time in Yingdu, and was his hostage in peace.

is also a hostage, Gong Zhongxuan lives a completely different life from Zhao Bao, who visits nobles everywhere and attends banquets everywhere.

It's just that Xiong Huai never thought that this public Zhong, who had been kept closed, would come to ask for a meeting when Qin Chu was preparing for a decisive battle.

Xiong Huai groaned slightly in his heart, and he really couldn't figure out what the purpose of the public was for.

"Please come in."

"Yui!"

After the ceremony.

Xiong Huai looked at Gong Zhong and asked with a smile: "Gong Zhong has been in Chu for many days, I don't know how it feels, is there anything negligent about my Chu country?" ”

King Xie asked. Gong Zhong replied extravagantly: "After the minister came to Chu, the king treated the minister very well, and he was more grateful than Korea. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and then asked, "Then the public judge asked to see the widow this time, but is there anything that needs the widow's help?" ”

"Nothing!" Gongzhong bowed extravagantly and said: "The minister has come to Chu, the king has done enough for the minister, and the minister feels deep and has nothing else to ask for." The reason why the minister asked to see the king was to repay the king's kindness to the minister during this time. ”

"Huh?" Xiong Huai looked at Gong Zhong extravagantly hesitantly.

This guy, who has always been close to the Qin State and does not deal with the Chu State very much, would take the initiative to come to him and tell him that he wanted to repay his kindness to the King of Chu.

This is not normal by any means.

What exactly does he want to do?

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai said without hesitation: "I don't know why the public judge teaches the widow." ”

"Don't dare." Gong Zhong opened his mouth and said: "Dare to ask the king, the minister heard that Zhaoju of the Zhu State has already come to Nanzheng, so the king plans to fight a decisive battle with the Qin State in Nanzheng." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, the previous national mobilization and battle was in an uproar, and he couldn't hide it from people at all, and he didn't think he could hide it from others: "Not bad!" ”

Seeing that the King of Chu admitted without hesitation, Gong Zhong immediately surrendered his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please tell the King a little bit about this matter." ”

"Princess, please."

"The king, the minister heard that the Zhu State has few soldiers, although Nanzheng's strength is weak, but it is not the little force in the hands of the Zhu State that can be captured. Therefore, the king recruited troops in the country to help the pillar country. ”

"Yes, that's what the widow is doing now."

"The minister roughly calculated the time, and the troops from all over the Chu State gathered and then rushed to the aid of Nanzheng, which would take about two months. In the same way, the reinforcements in the Qin State Pass also took nearly two months. However, it took about a month for the Qin army under Sima Cuo of Bashu to rush from Shu to Nanzheng.

Of course, in order to prevent the Chu State from attacking the Shu State again, Sima Cuo would inevitably leave a heavy army to defend in Shu. Therefore, it is also said that within a month, there will be 100,000 Qin troops rushing to the aid of Nanzheng. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, not denying this, in the same way, the army of Chu State would not be stupid enough to wait until the whole situation was assembled before they would kill Xiang Nanzheng together.

In fact, the remaining 50,000 troops in Yingdu had already begun to prepare after getting the news of Zhaoju, and they would go to Nanzheng in the near future.

The prospect Cui wanted to lead the army to aid Zhaoju, and he was talking about the 50,000 Chu troops outside Yingdu.

And the Chu army in Yingdu went all the way to Xunyi by water, and then went ashore to Nanzheng, which took about half a month.

In other words, the Chu army only had half a month or ten days. As long as Nanzheng is not captured during this time, it will be a protracted battle to meet the Chu army.

Seeing that the King of Chu and the King of Chu were silent, Gong Zhong did not look surprised, and continued: "Great King, on the side of the Qin State, in addition to guarding against the troops of various countries, Guanzhong can still recruit 100,000 to 150,000 troops to go to Nanzheng. And in the land of Jianghan in the Chu State, the number of troops is about 200,000.

In other words, in the near future, Nanzheng will gather nearly 500,000 troops one after another. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, if it weren't for the fact that the Nanzheng area was too small, and it was extremely difficult for Qin and Chu to transport grain, the number of this army would have to rise.

"Great King, the gathering of hundreds of thousands of troops in Nanzheng is bound to be a protracted war. In order to keep Nanzheng and Shu, Qin will inevitably ask for help from other countries. Although reinforcements from various countries could not reach Nanzheng, Qi and Wei would inevitably press the border and attack Huaishui in Chu.

And the purpose of the minister's visit is to dedicate Korea to the king. ”

"South Korea?" Xiong Huai said disapprenously: "Gongzhong said that he laughed, now that Korea is an ally of Chu State, Uncle Gong is a friend of the widow, and the widow asks for help, King Han and Uncle Han will definitely not refuse." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at Gong Zhong extravagantly, shook his head and smiled: "And Gong Zhong, you are now in Yingdu." is just a guest of the Chu State, how can he present Korea to the widow. ”

Seeing that the King of Chu was looking at him, Gong Zhong smiled extravagantly: "In this way, the king must have sent an envoy to Korea." However, in the opinion of the ministers, the king's move will definitely fail. ”

"Why?" Xiong Huai asked hesitantly.

Gongzhong said confidently: "The king, that uncle is the enemy, although he is close to the Chu State, but the minister knows that he will definitely be loyal to Korea." Especially now, Uncle Gong has no political enemies in South Korea, and if he wants to keep his position as Prime Minister, he needs to be loyal to King Han.

And the current situation, for South Korea, whether it is Qin and Chu winning, it is not good for South Korea. Therefore, according to the minister's opinion, the uncle will definitely agree to the king's request on the surface, but in fact, he will not move.

Not only that, but the uncle would secretly inform the Qin State that Korea was only forced by the Chu State to send troops. And assured Qin that with the friendship between Qin and Han, South Korea would definitely not attack Qin, so that Qin would fight Chu with all its might, and then Qin and Chu would lose both. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, then shook his head again and said, "Gongzhong is right, there is a great possibility that Uncle Gong will do this, but the widow has a reason why Uncle Gong has to cut down Qin." ”