The camp of the Qin army on the west bank of Xishui.

At this time, Gan Mao, who had collected his troops and returned to the camp, looked at all kinds of information from the Chu State, and his face showed a heavy expression.

"The two important ministers of Chu State, Zuo Yin and Xianyin, actually gathered their clansmen and prepared for the whole clan to go to the front line and go to the national disaster together!"

Gan Mao's heart was shocked, and his eyes were full of hesitation and shock.

This is a rumor spread by the king of Chu to boost the morale of the Chu army and force the nobles from all over the country... Or are the two of them really ready to go to the battlefield with the whole clan?

Gan Mao pondered for a long time, unable to confirm what the situation was.

If it is the former, the main purpose of the king of Chu is to force the nobles in the country to continue to contribute, and even Zhaochang and Fan Huan are forced, then this is a major benefit to the matter of the Five Nations Alliance to attack Chu.

One shows that the state of Chu is really exhausted, and it is the king of Chu who will make this decision. Second, the king of Chu behaved like this, even if those people were forced to go to the battlefield, they were just some coolies with low morale and passively avoiding the battle, and these people went to the battlefield, which would only deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Chu army on the front line.

In this way, the defeat of the Chu State is decided.

However, if Zhao Chang Fan Huan and the two were voluntary, then the situation would be completely different, the country was in danger, and the minister ruined his family to relieve the difficulty, which would be extremely inspiring, and even encourage others to join the war with their families.

As for the question of whether the minister of Chu will destroy his family and relieve his difficulties?

Gan Mao himself is a Chu native and knows a lot about the Chu State.

The nobles of the Chu State had great power in their fiefs, and in normal times, they might fight with each other, and they would also take care of their families to the detriment of the Chu State.

However, the nobles of Chu State also shared weal and woe with Chu State, one glory and one loss, which also led to the Chu people being very patriotic.

Two hundred years ago, when the state of Chu was destroyed by the state of Wu, many nobles and clans rushed to the country.

Now that the state of Chu is facing a life-and-death juncture, it is very likely that some nobles will come again. There are so many nobles, it can't be all moths. At the very least, Qu Yuan, who was bent on changing the law to change the state of Chu, and even knew that he could not do it, definitely did not lack the will to die calmly.

Thinking of this, Gan Mao suddenly remembered that the last time he attacked Chu, he strongly advocated refusing peace talks with Chu and fully encouraged the King of Qin to send troops to seize northern Han.

Thinking about it, Gan Mao snorted, then immediately shook his head, and then said with a firm attitude: "What is the destruction of the family to relieve the difficulty, this is fake, the king of Chu single-handedly planned this kind of farce, how can he be undefeated." ”

As he spoke, Gan Mao immediately wrote a letter, and then summoned a general: "Immediately send the general's letter back to Xianyang and give it to the king." ”

"No."

The other side.

In the camp of the Qin-Han coalition army outside Luyang Pass, Sima Cuo, the commander of the coalition army, looked at the news from the Chu State and sighed: "The country has a Ming monarch and the dynasty has virtuous ministers, how can such a country decline, how can such a country be defeated, and even if it is defeated by one or two battles, what can it do?" ”

As he spoke, Sima mistakenly remembered that the State of Qi was besieged by various countries in the past twenty years, and that time, the State of Qi also suffered an unprecedented defeat.

Moreover, after the defeat of the Qi State, it was besieged by various countries led by the Chu State for several years, but what was the result.

Jun Ming Chenxian, in just ten years, the Qi State recovered, and in twenty years, the Qi State recovered all the lost territory, and even the territory was greatly expanded.

The former Qi State is today's Chu State, and the heritage of Chu State is far stronger than Qi State, Qin State is now seizing Hanbei, I don't know if it can win, even if it wins, it is just a mortal enmity with Chu, and then Qin and Chu are tug-of-war around Hanbei.

For the Qin State, Hanbei was only a distant and important place, but for the Chu State, it was indeed a confidant.

In this way, the Qin State and the Chu State engaged in a tug-of-war in northern Han, and the final result was actually self-evident.

Thinking about it, Sima Cuo's heart sank, and he sighed: "This big battle is enough to fight now, and we can't continue to fight, so we should accept it when we see it." ”

After speaking, Sima Cuo immediately picked up the pen and wrote a letter to the King of Qin.

Xianyang.

Qin Wangdang looked at the two copies of the book he was holding in both hands and frowned tightly.

Not long ago, the news that Chu Guozhao and Chang Fan Huan were willing to raise their clans to go to the battlefield came, which surprised him very much.

Just when he was hesitating about the war, Gan Mao and Sima Cuo, who were commanding the army on the front line, sent a letter one after another.

The right prime minister, Gan Mao, persuaded him to continue to insist on fighting against Chu until he took the middle and upper reaches of the Han and Northern Han Dynasty of Chu.

And the national lieutenant Sima Cuo persuaded him to take advantage of the exhaustion of the mountains and rivers of the Chu State, and to take advantage of the fact that the Chu State had not yet been aroused to mobilize all the people of the country to launch a national war, and took the opportunity to force the Chu State to make peace and cut off the two counties of Hanzhong and Shangyong of the Chu State.

At this time, whether it was war or peace, these two thoughts kept wandering in his mind, and it also made it difficult for him to make up his mind.

After thinking hard for a long time, Qin Wangdang, who was difficult to decide, put down the book in his hand, and then ordered: "Pass the edict, please ask Prime Minister Zuo to come and see the widow." ”

Soon, Lou Yan arrived, and Qin Wangdang looked at him and said, "Prime Minister, the news from the Chu State has made it difficult for the widow to distinguish the true from the false, and it has also made it difficult for the widow to sleep and eat. Now the judgment of the right prime minister and the national lieutenant on the war has their own opinions, and it is difficult for the widow to make a decision now, and I don't know what the prime minister thinks. ”

Lou slowly heard the words, and suddenly showed a deep groan.

He also knew about the affairs of the Chu State, and he also knew that the Chu State had sent Zuo Yin Zhaochang to the Zhao State for help.

Now that the King of Qin is asking him for his opinion, he is actually still asking him about Zhao's opinion on the Five Kingdoms and Chu.

It's just that for Zhao State, at this time, it is natural to let the Five Kingdoms continue to attack Chu, and it is best that both the Five Kingdoms and the Chu State will lose.

Thinking about it, Lou slowly arched his hand and said: "Great King, the minister's opinion is the same as that of the right prime minister, the so-called destruction of the family and the relief of the distress, this must be a trick used by the king of Chu to persecute the nobles in the country and intimidate our five countries." ”

When Qin Wang Dang heard this, his spirits perked up, and he immediately asked, "Prime Minister, how can you see it." ”

"The king, if it were any other time, the ministers would not dare to make a judgment easily, but the current Chu State..." Lou slowly smiled:

"Great King, the decision of the King of Chu to change the law is known to the world, and the King of Chu in order to clear the obstacles to the change, but a few years ago, with the help of the combined forces of my Qin, Han and Wei, he swept away the feudal monarch of Han Water in one fell swoop, and also took the opportunity to severely damage the feudal monarch between Jiang and Han. Yes, the king of Chu is virtuous, but for the nobles of Chu, this is also too tyrannical. In the face of such a king of Chu, how could the feudal monarchs of the state of Chu work together with the king of Chu.

Therefore, the minister concluded that the so-called Zhaochang and Fan Huan's destruction of the family and relief must be a helpless move under the persecution of the king of Chu, even if it was not forced by the king of Chu, it was also a rumor released by the king of Chu, and it was not enough to believe it. ”

Qin Wangdang listened to Lou Xuan's words, and nodded incessantly, and now he also thought that Zhao Changfanhuan's move was definitely not out of sincerity.

Thinking of this, Qin Wangdang looked at the downstairs under the stands again, and then secretly pondered.

Lou Xuan said this, and also said that Zhao Guo now also hopes that the Five Kingdoms can continue to attack Chu, does this also mean that King Zhao will reject Chu's request for help.

Thinking about it, Qin Wang Dang smiled: "Good, the widow already knows what to do." ”

On the other side, Zhao Guo Handan.

"Chu Guozhao is often here." Master Zhao learned that Chu Zuo Yin Zhaochang had arrived in Handan, and immediately ordered: "Pass the edict, let Xiangguo Feiyi personally receive Zhaochang, if Zhaochang asks to see the king, don't stop it, let the king summon Zhaochang, and give Zhaochang a very high courtesy." ”

"Yui."

"If Zhao often asks to see a widow, he will say that the widow is itchy, and it is inconvenient to meet guests."

"Yui."

"Spread the edict and secretly send someone to inform the five countries, saying that the strength of the Chu State is also what the widow is worried about, and the widow will not agree to the request of the Chu State."

"Yui."