"King, the spies have come to report that Qin and Han have conscripted troops again. The spies came to report that the Qin State was gathering troops at Hangu Pass, and the South Korean side was also gathering troops in Yangzhai, looking at the current posture, there was a chance that Qin and South Korea would attack the front line of Fangcheng. ”

Not long after Han Wei of Yejun led the Han army to attack Yecheng, in the attention of the monarchs and ministers of Chu State, the spies of Zhibeiya came with news from Qin and Han.

When Xiong Huai heard Chen Zhen's report, he quickly asked people to unfold the map, looked at the location of Hangu Pass and Yang Zhai, and then looked at Lu Yang, which was not far south of Yang Zhai, and immediately asked:

"Chen Qing, did Sima Jingque know the news."

"I already know that as soon as there is a movement between Qin and Han, the spies who know Beiya will immediately notify Sima, and now Sima has arrived in Luyang to set up defenses to wait for the Qin-Han coalition army."

"Okay." Xiong Huai nodded and ordered: "Xianqing continues to inquire about the news of Qin and Han, and the widow wants to know how many troops are dispatched by the two countries?" And whether the two countries have done their best. ”

"Yui."

"In addition, the Qi and Wei sides can't relax, in case the two countries take advantage of my unpreparedness."

"Yui."

A month later.

In the main hall of the Chu Palace, Sima Jian pointed to Yang Zhai in South Korea and said: "According to the news from the spies, South Korea gathered 100,000 troops in Yangzhai a few days ago. ”

As he spoke, Sima Jian pointed to Hangu Pass and said: "At the same time, the Qin State also gathered fifteen armies in Hangu Pass, and under the leadership of the Qin general Sima Cuo, they also went straight to our important town of Luyang. ”

As soon as Sima Qian's voice fell, Xiong Huai immediately asked, "How is Sima preparing?" ”

"Please rest assured, the King." Sima Jian replied: "Long before the Qin-Han coalition army was dispatched, Sima had already made preparations in Luyang, and at present, there are 50,000 Chu troops guarding Luyang Pass, plus the Great Wall that my Chu State has operated in Fangcheng Mountain for hundreds of years, the terrain is dangerous, and the Guanyi is strong. Although the Qin-Han coalition army was outnumbered, it was still unable to conquer Luyang in a short time.

Not only Luyang, but also the Baili Great Wall on Fangcheng Mountain are also defended by our Chu army to ensure that they will not be attacked by the Qin and Han coalition forces. ”

"Okay." Xiong Huai nodded, suddenly remembered the other three kingdoms, and asked, "Xianqing, now there is movement in the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song." ”

Sima Jian shook his head and responded: "On the other side of the Qinghe River of Qi State, the 100,000 Qilu coalition army under Shengzi still has not moved, and as for the defenders of Yan State in the northern part of Qi State, this distance is too far for the minister to know. Therefore, this information has to be asked to assassinate Shi Ling. ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he saw the King of Chu looking over, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the spies of the minister's department have been paying attention to all parts of the Qi Kingdom, and there is no movement on the Qi State side at present. Not only the Qi State, but also the Wei State did not move, and it seemed that this time the Wei State would not cooperate with the Qin and Han countries.

As for the Song Kingdom, the Song Kingdom is small, the King of Song and the crown prince Zhen are about to tear their faces, and the King of Song still needs to guard against the prince Zhen and take risks, so the Song State sent 80,000 troops, which is already the limit of the Song State. ”

"There is no movement between Qi and Wei!" Xiong Huai frowned.

Qin and Han pointed at Luyang, and Chu could naturally deal with it in Luyang, while Qi and Wei still had spare strength and an unclear goal, which is a bit intriguing.

After all, they are all vicious dogs, and those who don't bark are more dangerous. is also a swordsman, and the person who has not yet drawn a sword is more dangerous than a person who has already drawn a sword.

Especially the Wei State, the Qi State still needs to leave troops to guard against the Yan State, but the Wei State is not, now in addition to his allies around the Wei State, the remaining one is the Zhao State who is still secretly licking his wounds, the Wei State has no threat at this time, he can completely transfer all his troops to the south to attack the Chu State.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai said again: "Chen Qing, pay close attention to the Wei State, set up spies in the chasm and the river, and monitor day and night, the widow doesn't want to be attacked by the Wei State at this time." ”

"Yui."

At this time, Xiong Huai said with a heavy face: "Zhuqing, now in order to deal with the five countries, the widow has done his best, if Wei does not send troops, it will be enough, once Wei sends troops, and our country's troops are contained by various countries, so, how will the widow deal with the enemy of Wei." ”

The ministers saw that King Chu's face was heavy, and his heart was also heavy.

Not only the army that had not yet appeared on the Wei side, but also the Qin-Han coalition army that was about to arrive in Luyang, although Sima Jingque was sitting on a dangerous pass, the troops in his hands were only 50,000 after all. Once the Qin-Han coalition army attacked the city urgently, the pressure on Luyang was too great, the loss of soldiers was too great, and the morale of the generals was low.

In this way, there will also be problems on Luyang's side.

Coupled with the possible enemies of Wei, the future of Chu is very worrying.

At this time, Sima Jian was silent for a while, and seeing that none of the ministers replied, he frowned, and spoke again: "King, once the Wei army attacks, Ye Jun will definitely not be able to withstand it, so the ministers think that it is necessary for us to transfer troops from the Huang State." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately shook his head resolutely: "It's not proper, if you transfer troops from the Yellow State, once Huaibei is lost, the alliance forces of the Qi, Wei and Song Kingdoms take advantage of the situation to kill Ye County, then even if all the Chu troops of the Yellow State are transferred to Ye County, then Ye County will not be able to contain it, so the matter of transferring troops from Huang State is not appropriate." ”

Seeing that the King of Chu resolutely rejected his proposal for the second time, Sima Jian was very puzzled in his heart, and before the doubts were solved, at this moment he didn't even mention the Chu army in Jiangdong, but directly pleaded guilty: "King, the minister is incompetent." ”

Hearing this, Xiong Huai shook his head, then looked at the other ministers and asked, "Why do you teach widows?" ”

"The ministers are incompetent, please condemn the king." All the ministers bowed down and pleaded guilty.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai let out a long sigh and reassured: "Zhu Qing doesn't have to be like this, the widow knows that Zhu Qing has exhausted his intelligence in the past few months in order to deal with the invasion of the five countries.

However, the affairs of the Wei State are a major matter related to the life and death of our Chu State, and we must think of a countermeasure in advance. Since Zhu Qing has no good plan for the time being, then after Zhu Qing goes back, please think about it carefully. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai didn't wait for the ministers to reply, and then said to Sima Jian to Zuo: "Xianqing, as the saying goes, if you are prepared, you will not be in trouble, and the widow can't wait for the Wei State to gather troops before starting to deal with it." Therefore, Xianqing immediately transferred troops from Jiangnan later, and transferred all the remaining troops from Jiangnan to Wancheng in case of contingencies. ”

"No."

Later, after Xiong Huai asked the ministers to retreat, he found Chen Zhen alone.

Chen Zhen returned to the main hall and saw that the king of Chu had only summoned him, and asked suspiciously: "I don't know what the king has to tell the ministers to come to?" ”

Xiong Huai said with a smile: "There is nothing else to do, I just hope that Xianqing will later spread the news that the widow asked the ministers for advice, and the news that my Chu country has been exhausted to Yingdu and other places in the Chu country, and the widow wants the entire Chu country to know that now the widow is worried about this matter, and not only the widow, but even the princes of the court and the central government are also worried about this matter." ”

Chen Zhen was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the king of Chu hesitantly, he didn't know why the king of Chu took the initiative to expose such a secret thing, but since the king of Chu spoke, he had no choice but to answer: "Yes, king." ”