"A staircase?"

King Qi's first reaction was to donate the land, so he asked: "Does Xiangguo want Wei to dedicate the land of Fenyin to Qin in exchange for Qin's retreat?" ”

"No." When Chu Zi heard this, he immediately stopped: "Great King, the reason why the Qin State has been so decadent over the years is not because the Qin State has weakened, but because the Three Jin Dynasty and the Chu State have blocked the way out of the Qin State, resulting in the Qin State being powerful and having nowhere to go. If Qin gets the land of Fenyin, then our Qi State will need to fight with Qin again for Wei, which will be detrimental to our next actions. ”

King Qi bowed slightly, paused, and asked, "So how does Xiangguo plan to buy the Qin State?" ”

Chu Zi smiled: "Without him, Wei Zhang is enough." ”

King Qi was stunned and said in surprise: "Will King Wei agree?" ”

Chu Zi said with a smile: "Of course, it is the Wei State that is being besieged by various countries now, not our Qi State. ”

King Qi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

Seeing King Qi laughing, the prince paused, and bowed his hand to King Qi: "The remaining Song Kingdom, as the king said, is only a small country, and the remnants of Yin Shang are all incompatible with the surrounding countries, and they have no position of their own. As long as all countries withdraw their troops, then the Song State will beg to make peace with us. ”

When King Qi heard this, the melancholy in his heart suddenly dissipated, and it seemed that the fighting spirit of his whole body was stirred up by Chuzi.

After a while, King Qi spoke: "Xiangguo, now if you want to break up the alliance led by the Chu State, the Three Jin Dynasty is the key, and among the Three Jin Dynasty, the Zhao State is the breakthrough. It's just that now that Zhao Guo is watching the situation in the world, how can we make Zhao Guo stand on our side? ”

Chu Zi smiled and said, "King, then it depends on what Zhao Guo wants." ”

Saying that, Chu Zi arched his hand and said: "King, not long ago, Zhao State made peace with the Qin State Alliance, and Zhao State made concessions to Qin State in Shangjun, which means that Zhao State has no intention of continuing to entangle with Qin State in Shangjun. Then, the countries raised troops to attack our Qi and Wei, but Zhao State waited and watched at this time, and did not send troops, which shows that Zhao State has no intention of making enemies with our Qi and Wei countries.

Since Zhao Guo has no intention of facing both sides of the southwest, what is Zhao Guo's goal, does he want to rest for a while, or does he have other plans? ”

King Qi was stunned when he heard this, and then spoke: "In the past few years, the Zhao State has fought against various countries, and basically returned victorious, and has not suffered major losses. Even in last year's battle of Daidi, the main force of Zhao was still undamaged. So, there is very little possibility for Zhao Guo to recuperate? ”

Saying that, King Qi looked at Chu Zi with questioning eyes and asked, "So Xiangguo, where does Qing think Zhao Guo's goal is, is it planning to take revenge on Zhongshan Kingdom, or King Loufu or King Lin Hu, or is it planning to attack Yan Kingdom?" ”

Chu Ziying said: "Great King, no matter what the goal of the Zhao Kingdom is, the Zhongshan Kingdom is an ally of my Yan Kingdom, and there is no problem for the Zhongshan Kingdom to strengthen its defenses. The strength of Zhongshan is not as good as that of Zhao, but in terms of defense alone, Zhao may not be able to do anything to Zhongshan. Therefore, if Zhao attacks Zhongshan, then Qi is not in a hurry, and only needs to support Zhongshan to resist Zhao.

If Zhao intends to take revenge on King Lou, then we will give Zhongshan enough confidence to gather heavy troops on the border of Zhao. In this way, as long as Zhao Guo can be worried, this is the opportunity for my Qi State, Qi and Zhao are still allies, as allies, shouldn't they solve each other's problems? ”

King Qi nodded: "The widow has heard of it, people have relatives, and diseases are far and near, and now the trouble of Chu is at hand, and the disaster of Zhao is not yet obvious, so there should be a trade-off." Zhongshan has been favored by widows many times, and now, it is time to pay it back. ”

When the prince heard this, he responded: "The king is wise. ”

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Pingcheng.

This is a small city not far north of Zhongwu City, south of Yishui, with a radius of more than a mile, and the people in the city are not even 800 households.

Therefore, when the army of Chu attacked, Pingcheng only held on for half a day, and then it was broken by the Chu army.

After the capture of Pingcheng, the Chu army stopped, and the main force was stationed outside the city, and the city became Xionghuai's temporary palace, temporarily residing in Qizhong. And Xiong Huai's personal guards also settled in the city, crowding the small city.

As for the people of the city, they have all gone to the south.

Soon, Xiong Huai stayed in Pingcheng for nearly twenty days.

At this moment, Chen Zhen reported to Xiong Huaiyu: "King, the news from the Yue State side, after the Yue army left Ji Yan City, they went all the way to Langya. According to the news sent back by the spies, King Yue had broken through the fifth city and the second county seat on the road to Langya three days ago. At this time, the Yue army was still seventy miles away from Langya City, and there was only one county town left along the way. The minister predicted that in three days at the fast and five days at the slow, the king of Yue would lead a large army to arrive outside the city of Langya. ”

When Xiong Huai heard that the Vietnamese army had broken through the two counties of Qi, a smile appeared on his face: "Good, very good!" The Vietnamese army's offensive is very fierce! I don't know what the casualties of the Vietnamese army were? ”

Chen Zhen shook his head: "Back to the king, it seems that most of the soldiers of the Qi Kingdom have been transferred to Langya City. Therefore, the Vietnamese army was not only overwhelming, but also suffered very few casualties. ”

Xiong Huai said disapprerovitically: "It's okay, as long as the Yue Kingdom attacks the city, it will be very beneficial to the next decisive battle." Every time the Yue State captures a place, it is necessary to leave a part of the army to defend it, no matter what the casualties of the Yue State are, all the troops left behind by this part of the Yue State are the losses of the Yue State, which is unavoidable.

Therefore, now, the widow hopes that the more cities that Qi will give up, the better, the best way, Qi even Langya City will be given to Yue Guo, so that Yue Guo has to leave thousands of elite soldiers in order to defend Langya City. ”

Chen Zhen suddenly came to his senses, and bowed his hand and said, "The king is wise." ”

Xiong Huai waved his hand and asked again, "How is Wei now?" ”

Chen Zhen smiled and said: "King, the Chu army led by Sima has already besieged Xiangcheng and is still building siege equipment. The Qin army led by Gan Mao, because it was only separated from Fenyin by a river, had a steady stream of support from Xiayang, so the Qin and Wei countries had been fighting fiercely since the day of the war, and the winner had not been decided in a short period of time.

The Han army led by Uncle Gong had already besieged Yanling at this time, and it would soon attack the city. And the Song Kingdom, although it set off last, has already achieved results. The Song army, under the leadership of the main general Zang Xin, crossed the Jishui and broke through one county and three cities in the Wei State. ”

Xiong Huai heard that the wars of all countries were going in the direction expected by the Chu State, and immediately showed a bright smile: "Great, now that all the countries have been dispatched, it is no longer possible to take care of the Chu State, it seems that it is time for Gongziyu to stand on his own feet in Wucheng and lead the Chu army into Vietnam." When the news of Gongzi Yu's self-reliance reached Langya, and when the king of Yue hurriedly returned to his division, it was the time of the decisive battle between the widow and the king of Yue. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai immediately restrained the smile on his face, corrected his color, and said: "Chen Qing, immediately summon Zhaohua to Wu Cheng, tell him that the time has come, and let him encourage Gongzi Yu to officially stand on his own." And let him be ready, the widow will eat the entire Yue country in one bite this time, and the widow will want the south of Huaishui, which is the land of my Chu country. ”