Gongsun Yan thought about it, and he was also extremely puzzled by this, so he said worriedly: "Great King, although the minister doesn't know how King Qi calculates, but thinking about it, there should be problems on the Yan side. ”

Xiong Huai said with a heavy face when he heard this: "I hope that the widow's worries are wrong." ”

A moment later, when Xiong Huai was discussing with Gongsun Yan how to prevent possible problems in Yan Kingdom, Chen Zhen walked in quickly and said, "Great King, there is news from Yan Kingdom. ”

"Not long ago, King Yan sent people to buy horses from the Donghu people with a lot of money, but on the way, the envoys sent to buy horses were attacked and killed, and all the envoys were killed, and the money used to buy horses was also looted. When King Yan learned the news, he was furious and threatened that not everyone in the Yan Kingdom could be bullied. ”

Gongsun Yan's face tightened, and he immediately asked, "What is the result?" ”

Chen Zhen shook his head and said, "King Yan issued an edict to the entire Yan Kingdom to gather troops to start a war with Donghu. ”

After a pause, he said with a heavy expression: "King, spies from all over Yan Country have come to report, and the armies from all over Yan Kingdom, including the National Defense Army in the south of Yan Kingdom, are all gathering to the north, and it seems that King Yan is really preparing to start a war against Donghu." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then his face was slightly gloomy and said: "The widow feels that this matter is unusual, it is really too coincidental. The king of Qi sent Su Dai to reprimand the king of Yan, which caused the king of Yan to be furious, not only secretly sent horses in the name of horse dealers, but also went to the Donghu people to buy horses to support the hostile countries of Qi. In the end, the horse buyers were plundered, triggering the retaliation of Yan Guoxingshi. ”

"This scene seems to be all arranged, which seems reasonable, but it is actually very problematic. If nothing else is said, it is impossible to say that the people who bought the horses were intercepted and killed. The caravan or envoy group sent to buy horses must be not small in scale, and those who know the truth of this team will definitely not go forward to offend Yan Guo without a long eye, and those who don't know the inside story will definitely not be able to eat Yan Guo's team, let alone wipe out Yan Guo's team. ”

Finally, Xiong Huai paused and asked, "Is this a conspiracy of the Qi State, or is it the Yan State secretly harboring bad intentions." ”

Chen Zhen has been thinking about this since he got the news.

Moreover, he was very suspicious that what happened in Yan Kingdom was very likely to be specially arranged by King Yan.

As for the purpose...

It is undoubtedly a decisive battle with the State of Chu without distraction.

Even, today's envoy who arrived at the Chu camp is also part of the Yan State's plan, and the purpose is just to not tear his face with the Chu State.

Just when Chen Zhen wanted to speak, Gongsun Yan sighed slightly, and then immediately spoke: "Great King, no matter whether this matter is the conspiracy of the Qi State or the malice of the Yan State, in the case that the matter has already happened, the first thing we have to consider is not the mastermind of this matter, but the strength of the northern Qi State to defend the Yan State. Once the Yan State officially starts a war with the Donghu people, then the forces in the northern part of the Qi State will inevitably go south, and then we will be in trouble. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and reacted, now that the situation of the Chu army has deteriorated further, this is true.

Damn it!

How can the widow think that this is calculated by Yan Guo!

Thinking about it, he said to Chen Zhen: "Chen Qing, immediately increase the persuasion of King Qi, and let King Qi make up his mind as soon as possible." Also, pay close attention to the affairs of Yan Kingdom, it is best to check whether the affairs in the northern part of Yan Kingdom have anything to do with Qi State. Finally, the armies in the north of Qi and Wei all need to be careful, and the widows don't want to be surrounded in Xuedi. ”

Chen Zhen responded: "Yes, king." ”

Then, Xiong Huai said to Gongsun Yan: "Rhino head, there is Lao Qing to deploy, arrange a retreat for us in advance, and once the situation is not right, we will retreat immediately." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai looked at the far east, and seemed to see the siege of the Yue State against the Qi State, and said slowly: "The purpose of this battle is to weaken the Qi State, as well as to consume the strength of the Yue State, and more importantly, to paralyze the Yue State." As for Xue Cheng, it has never been our purpose, success is gratifying, and defeat is worry-free. Now that our basic purpose has been achieved, there is nothing to retreat! ”

Gongsun Yan bowed and said, "Only." ”

Jucheng.

Receiving the news that King Yan had sent troops to fight the Donghu people, King Qi and Prince Qi looked at each other and smiled.

"Xiangguo, since the King of Yan has personally led the Yan army to fight against the Donghu people, then our troops in the north to guard against the Yan State can be transferred to the south, so that the widows will have more confidence in the big battle of the Chu and Song coalition forces." Saying that, King Qi hesitated again and asked:

"Although the widow has decided to solve the matter of Xue Cheng first, but the offensive of the Yue Kingdom is very fierce, and the guards of Ji Yancheng have asked for help one after another, and the widows are a little worried that Ji Yancheng will not be able to hold it, and at that time, the people in the eastern area of Jucheng will be ravaged by the Yue State."

Although the location of the king of Qi was in the east of Jucheng, and the object of his words was the people, the prince knew in his heart that the king of Qi was worried that after the Yue Kingdom broke through Ji Yancheng, he would lead his troops to besiege Jucheng.

In case Jucheng is not defended, the king of Qi in Jucheng will become a big joke among the countries in the world.

The king of Qi wanted to retreat, or the king of Qi wanted to transfer some troops from the north to Jucheng to increase his sense of security. In this regard, Chuzi instinctively wanted to refuse.

Chu Zi opened his mouth to persuade: "Great King, the strength of the Three Kingdoms is strong, and it is inevitable that our Qi State will face the siege of the Three Kingdoms alone, and it is inevitable to take care of one and lose the other. The strength of the Yue State is weak, and there are still 20,000 Qi troops in Ji Yan City to defend, plus the people in the city, it is enough to hold the Vietnamese army for a while.

Now as long as we can say that the king of Wei is on our side, and then send troops to attack the Song on a large scale, so as to create conditions for a decisive battle between our Qi army and the state of Chu. At that time, our more than 300,000 Qi troops who were waiting for work besieged the more than 200,000 exhausted Chu troops, and this battle will be won. After solving the Chu State, Song Yue, the two accomplices of the Chu State, will naturally retreat without a fight, and no matter how much they eat, they have to vomit it out doubled.

Therefore, at this critical moment, we should make up our minds to fight to the death with the Chu State. ”

King Qi looked at the determined gaze in the prince's eyes, took a hard breath, nodded and said, "Okay, the widow will be out this time." ”

After making up his mind, the king of Qi instructed the prince: "Xiangguo, pass on the order of the widow, let the soldiers of the northern land prepare, once the Wei State agrees to send troops, then all the troops in the northern land will immediately go south to Pinglu and be under the command of Shengzi."

In addition, send people to the Wei State again. Didn't the King of Wei always worry that Wei would attack Chu and be liquidated by Chu? Since this is the case, then let Wei not fight Chu. As long as Wei is willing to attack the Song army, then the widow is willing to pay the price of ten cities for Wei Wangshou. ”

"Only" the storage son should be.

King Qi paused, and then hesitated: "Xiangguo, the widow still has a question, that is, the candidate for the main general, whether to choose Shengzi or Zhangzi?" ”

"This..."

For this question, Chu Zi is not easy to answer.

In terms of prestige and combat record, Kuang Zhang is higher than Shengzi, and it stands to reason that Kuang Zhang should be chosen as the main general. But if Kuang Zhang is the main general, the troops in the hands of the main general will not be as many as the deputy general's troops, and it will be nothing if Kuang Zhang's face is ugly at that time, and Chu Zi believes that Kuang Zhang's character will be considerate of King Qi.

The key problem is that Chu Zi is worried that Shengzi will ignore Kuang Zhang's orders at that time, and the Qi army, which was originally fighting together, will become its own battle at that time, and if the Chu State finds an opportunity to break through each other, it will be over.

This kind of thing has not happened before, the last time Kuang Zhang and Shengzi were mixed together, and Kuang Zhang was transferred to the Shengzi battalion as the chief general, there was a problem of the main general and the deputy general competing for command, but the final result was that the fighter was delayed.

As for the matter of making Shengzi supplemented by the main Kuang Zhang, Chu Zi never thought about it, the reason is very simple, Kuang Zhang can't afford to lose that person.