Qi country Linzi.

When Qi Wangdi heard Zhou Shi's report, he was overjoyed and said: "Chen Zhen's old puppet is sick and dead, this is really good, and the widow now has one less henchman." ”

Smiling, Qi Wangdi asked again: "Xiangguo, how is Chu Guolong Shujun now?" The widow heard that he had been introduced as a guest by the Prince of Chu before, but he heard that he acted very high-profile in order to separate the King of Chu and the Prince of Chu, did he reveal his identity? ”

Zhou Shi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister got the news that Long Shujun has not revealed his identity so far. ”

Saying that, Zhou hesitated and said: "It may be because Chen Zhen is seriously ill, so during the previous period, the spies of Chu Guozhi Beiya were in chaos, and they did not discover Long Shujun's true identity." ”

Qi Wangdi laughed: "Xiangguo said that it was because of Chen Zhen, but it seems that the widow may not be." In the past two years, the widow has sent 20,000 gold to Long Shujun back and forth, such a large amount of money, but Chu State is ignorant.

It can be seen that Chu Guozhi Beiya is nothing more than that. ”

Zhou said the most, although he knew that this was because of the war in Shouchun of Chu and the relocation of the capital, he did not refute, but said with admiration: "King Shengming." ”

Qi Wangdi laughed and said: "Xiangguo, since Long Shujun's identity has not been exposed, then Xiangguo will send Long Shujun ten thousand gold later, so that he can increase the relationship between the father and son of the King of Chu, and it is best to make the father and son of the King of Chu become the same as the father and son of the King of Song." ”

"Yui."

"Xiangguo, now that all countries have agreed to attack the Song Dynasty, and there is chaos on the Chu side, it is a godsend to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty."

"Yui."

A month later.

Chu State Shouchun, royal palace.

The new assassin Ling Deng Lingguang reported: "The king, the state of Qi urgently reported, not long ago, the king of Qi took the general Tentacles as his general, led 200,000 Qi troops, as well as Lu Wei and other 50,000 subject state coalition troops, to raise the army and attack the Song Dynasty.

At the same time, the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei responded one after another.

Among them, the king of Yan took the general Zhang Kui as his general and led 20,000 Yan troops to the south, bringing his own grain and grass to help Qi fight the Song Dynasty. The king of Zhao took the general Zhao Yuan as his general, led 50,000 Zhao troops, and sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty. The king of Wei took the general Wei Qi as his general and led 20,000 Wei troops to attack the Song state. ”

"It's finally Song Guo's turn." Xiong Huai smiled slightly, and then spoke: "Before, the Qi State teamed up with the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin, and then attacked Wei twice, once attacked Zhao, and then attacked Yan, and now they have begun to send troops to attack Song, and all countries in the world, except for South Korea, have basically been attacked by the King of Qi once, or even more than once." ”

At this time, Deng Lingguang reported again: "King, there is another news, Qi Xiangzhou has used his influence the most, and has sent someone to persuade Er Zhou to defect to Qi State.

Not long ago, the king of Han sent people to collect grain from the Duke of Western Zhou and the Duke of Eastern Zhou, and as a result, the second Zhou had the state of Qi behind his self-sustainment, so he rejected the king of Han and drove away the envoys of the king of Han.

When King Han learned of this, he was furious, but because of the great power of the Qi state, he did not dare to openly persecute Erzhou. ”

"Huh?" Xiong Huai was stunned, he didn't expect that South Korea and Er Zhou would also have a conflict.

Then, Deng Lingguang said again: "King, the people who recently monitored Jiang Chengzi found that Jiang Chengzi got a large amount of money, and the spies followed the vine and found that the person who funded Jiang Chengzi was a person from Qi State.

Therefore, the minister has reason to believe that the rumors of Shouchun were everywhere before, and it may be that Qi Guo contributed behind it. ”

Xiong Huai smiled coldly: "Hehe! Qi Wangdi is preparing to lead various countries to attack the Song State at this moment, and if he doesn't come to befriend the widows, he even dares to provoke the widows. Is it true that the widow is old and confused, and is it really that the widow is a vegetarian? Don't you hear that the tiger is old and mighty! ”

When Deng Lingguang heard this, he just stood there straight and did not speak.

After Xiong Huai sprayed Qi Wangdi for two sentences, he saw Deng Lingguang standing there motionless without conforming to and not dissuading, so he stopped with interest, and then sighed: "Forget it, the widow is generous, don't worry about Qi Wangdi." ”

After that, Xiong Huai instructed: "Continue to keep an eye on Qi Guo, as for Qi Guo's small actions against my Chu State, ignore it for the time being." ”

A few days later, the envoy of the Song Kingdom, the son of Prince Zhen, came to serve.

In the palace.

Gongzi Fu arched his hand and said: "King, the former widow heard that Gongzi was rich and virtuous, and he wanted to pay attention to him, but he happened to meet Gongzi Fu and got married, so it was delayed."

Now Gongzifu is married, and he has also arranged the affairs of the fiefdom of Songyang, and returned to Shouchun to do things.

Therefore, the country wants to advance again, and invites Gongzi Fu to go to the Song Kingdom as the prime minister, I don't know what the king wants. ”

Xiong Huai shook his head: "Chu and Song are close, and Gongzi is the brother of Mrs. Song, it is said that Gongzi came to invite him personally, and the widow should not refuse."

However, the last time the prince came, the widow had already made it very clear. As long as the crown prince has not ascended the throne, as long as the king of Song, who secretly fornicated with the Qi State, is still on the throne, then my Chu State will never interfere in the affairs of the Qi and Song Kingdoms. ”

Gongzi said in a hurry: "The king, now that the alliance of the four countries is coming, the widow has completely cleared the wolf ambitions of the Qi country, and will never make peace with the Qi country again."

Moreover, the widow has promised that as long as Gongzi Fu goes to Shangqiu, then the Song Kingdom will be entrusted to his father and Gongzi Fu, and the widow will never interfere.

Please King Mingjian, and then continue the good of Chu and Song! ”

Xiong Huai shook his head.

Gongzi Fu said again: "Even if the king doesn't think about the Song State, please ask the king to think about the Chu State." The state of Qi is a brutal country, and it has already defeated all the surrounding countries, leaving Chu and Song countries that have not yet surrendered.

If our Song State is defeated and reduced to a vassal state of Qi, then next time, Qi State will once again gather the army of the Seven Kingdoms to hunt down Chu.

At that time, how could the king sit here? ”

Xiong Huai sneered: "The widow has been besieged by various countries three times before, but there has been any fear, if the Qi country dares to come, then the widow will fight another battle with the Seven Nations Alliance on the Huai River." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai waved his hand: "Son, go back, the widow can't trust the Song King who rebelled against the alliance." ”

“···” Seeing this, Gongzi could only return to the Song Kingdom disappointed in the end.

Song.

After King Song and Prince Zhen got the news that Chu State would not send troops to rescue, they all panicked. Then, after complaining to each other for a while, the father and son had to face the army of the Four Kingdoms led by Qi State again.

At this time, the King of Song pointed to the map and said: "This time, the soldiers of the Four Kingdoms came, and their troops pointed directly at Taocheng, the important place of our Song Kingdom. Therefore, the widow planned to gather the main force at Taocheng to meet the enemy army. ”

Saying that, King Song looked at the crown prince Zhen and said: "The widow's army has fought several times before, and the soldiers are weak, and it is difficult to hold Taocheng. Therefore, the widow felt that he should transfer 50,000 troops from the south to Taocheng to garrison. ”

Prince Zhen looked at the map, the north of Taocheng is the Wei State, and the east is not far from the Qi State, which is a strategic place in the Song State and the richest place in the Song State.

Once Taocheng is lost, then the Four-Nation Alliance will directly move south to threaten the capital Shangqiu.

Although Taocheng was important to the Song Kingdom, if the 50,000 troops he sent to Taocheng were swallowed by his father, he would lose his life.

Thinking about it, Prince Zizhen immediately spoke: "50,000 troops are too little, I have decided that at least 100,000 troops need to be transferred from the south to Taocheng." ”

When King Song heard that Prince Zhen wanted to defend Taocheng at any cost, in addition to disbelief, he was more moved and excited, and looked at Prince Zhen and smiled: "Is what the prince said true?" ”

Prince Zizhen nodded and said, "Seriously, however, the general who defends Taocheng needs to be Zang Zi, the premier general of my Song Kingdom." ”

When King Song heard that Prince Zhen recommended his henchman Zang Zi, his face suddenly sank: "No, Zang Zi is the number one general of my Song Kingdom, and he needs to sit in Shangqiu and take charge of the overall situation." As for Taocheng, Cao Bin, the general of the Song Kingdom, can defend it. ”

"Cao Bin can't."

"Zang Zi is even worse."

"If Zang Zi doesn't defend Taocheng, then the southern army won't go north."

King Song was furious: "The defeat of the Song Kingdom, what good will it do to you, the crown prince?" ”

Tai Zizhen: "···"

Seeing that the crown prince was silent, the king of Song said angrily: "If the army from the south does not come, the widow will cut three hundred miles of land in the north and east, including Taocheng, to the Qi State, in order to sue for peace with the Qi State." ”

The crown prince was furious and said: "If this is the case, then I will lead the subjects under my rule to defect to the Chu State, and I am willing to be the feudal king of the Chu State." ”

King Song froze: "Rebel son..."

The crown prince looked at King Song silently.

After a stalemate between the father and son, the king of Song finally compromised and exchanged Pengcheng for an army of 50,000 under the command of Prince Zhen to go north.