Different people have different understandings of the world.

But at least, Xiong Dang, the king of Chu, seems to understand what the world is talking about.

Because he understands, he can prescribe the right medicine, and he can confidently think about the attack on the Song Dynasty on the one hand, and on the other hand, think about marrying those ink men who are easy to be ignored by ambitious kings, but have to consider their existence when it comes to unjust wars.

He was full of confidence in the attack on the Song Dynasty, and the Mo Shi was just an obstacle that could not be ignored, but he still had something to rely on besides the Chu people.

That was some of the nobles of the Song Kingdom.

The reason why the Battle of Huangchi broke out twenty years ago was because the Duke of Song wanted to be able to set up a public office and took the initiative to invite the Chu people to go north to contain the increasingly uncontrollable Sicheng Emperor clan.

At that time, the power of Emperor Sicheng was already large enough to "make an appointment with the office".

Although the Chu people's northward march was finally blocked by the still young Wei Si and the troops of the Three Jins, the Sicheng Emperor family finally did not dare to do anything too much to hurt the Song family.

The grievances between the Chu people and Song Sicheng are not a day or two, and now the Sicheng Emperor and his family have taken the initiative to form a good alliance with the Three Jins, which will inevitably lead to the dissatisfaction of the Song State except for Sicheng.

Si Cheng was not originally a Shangqing, but became a Shangqing after the coup d'état many years ago, although he was powerful, he could not completely control the national affairs of the Song State.

As early as a year ago, Xiong Dang had already received the envoy of the Sixth Secretary of the Song State and asked the Chu people to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty.

The people of the Song Kingdom begged the people of the Chu State to attack the Song State, such a seemingly extremely ridiculous thing was indeed normal at this time. The Song State is not from the Song State, and if the Sicheng Emperor and his family win, the Song State is not from the other Liuqing.

If it's not your own, why can't you ask someone else to attack it?

This is the reason why the king of Chu is full of confidence.

As long as the Chu people went north, civil strife would break out within the Song State, and the contradictions between the pro-Chu and pro-Jin factions would be irreconcilable, which would definitely lead to a riot that affected Shangqiu.

Xiong Dang knew about the deduction between the two mechanical saints in the palace more than thirty years ago, and he also knew that the ink man's skill of defending the city was unmatched in the world.

However, can the Inkman hold a city that the nobles are eager to be breached immediately?

Xiong Dang was skeptical.

It was precisely this suspicion that he needed to take this opportunity to open up the situation in the Chu State.

It is not only the hegemony of the Chu people in the northeast, but also the beginning of his sorting out of Chu's internal affairs.

Xiong Dang needed a victory to gain enough prestige, and then the contradictions between the Chu nobles in this victory triggered a change between the new nobles and the old nobles.

Soon after his accession to the throne, his prestige was not enough, and he urgently needed this victory as a support to strengthen the royal power.

When he said his intention to attack the Song Dynasty and explained clearly how to deal with those ink people, Chu Zhi Mo Ao was extremely supportive of going north.

In the first battle of Huangchi, Mo Ao's soldiers were defeated by Weiss, and this resentment had accumulated for more than ten years, and a revenge was needed to restore his reputation.

And the more comprehensive right Yin Zhaozhiai did not think that the matter of going north to the Song Dynasty was very simple.

As the right Yin Zhaozhiai, who was second only to Ling Yin and Shangzhu Guo, did not disagree with the northward expedition to the Song Dynasty to maintain hegemony at this time, but believed that all kinds of unexpected circumstances must be taken into account.

"Now the three Jin Dynasty have won the battle of Qi, and the soldiers are sharp. The Song State is weak and has no worries, and the only one who worries is Sanjin. Wei Si seeks talents, Li Kui governs his government, Wu Qi knows his soldiers, and the three Jin Dynasty are headed by Wei. Wei Si is newly crowned as a marquis, and he will not be defeated...... Sending troops to aid the Song Dynasty, if Mo Zhai returned to Shangqiu, our army could only surround but not attack. ”

"Within half a year, Sanjin, Zheng, Wei and other countries will know, what should they do?"

As soon as Zhao Zhiai's words fell, a young man's crisp and confident voice came.

"Right Yin is worry-free, this matter is not unsolvable."

The person who spoke was Xiong Dang's son Xiong Su, who was young and courageous, and Xiong Dang greatly appreciated it.

Xiong Su's words were a little frivolous, but in this situation where all the nobles gathered here, it would be bad to appear silent.

It's just that Xiong Suspicious's method hasn't been said yet, and some people have already complained: "My brother doesn't lead the troops, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to know the military." This is a major matter of national political conquest, and it must be thought through. ”

This is obviously looking for trouble with Xiong Su, but the nobles didn't think there was anything wrong with this matter, because the person who spoke was also Xiong Ding, the son of the King of Chu and Xiong Su's brother.

Xiong Ding looked at his brother, who had attracted everyone's attention before, and said in a deep voice: "In the past, Zizhou once said: Zheng Zhao and Song are deaf. The Song people are unclear and unclear, and if they attack the Song Dynasty, the Song people will defend to the death. And Zheng Ren Zhaoming, the Three Jin Dynasty had just defeated the Qi people and got 30,000 corpses, how could they not be pro-Jin and betray Chu? ”

"Since the Song people are defending, Shangqiu City is big and strong, and with the help of ink people, how can it be easily captured? After a year of siege and no one cultivates the city, won't Chu have a food shortage? Besides, the besieging army will be frustrated, the three Jin, Zheng, and the guards will arrive, and the city will fight a decisive battle, how can they win? ”

There are also quite a few nobles who support Xiong Ding, and most of them are some nobles who are close to the right-wing counties of Chu State. Once the siege of the Song Dynasty fails, a decisive battle with Zheng Wei of the Three Jin Dynasty and return defeated, it will definitely be many military counties on the right flank that will suffer.

Xiong Su laughed and said: "My brother only knows one thing, but I don't know the other." ”

"Zizhou did say that Zheng Zhao and Song were deaf, but Zheng Ren was clear, how could he easily send troops? Sanjin is undefeated by our division, and Zheng will not send troops. ”

"Han Wuzi killed Uncle Zheng, the Zheng people have a blood feud with the Han people, and they have been at war for several years, how can they easily let go of their hatred?"

"Wei Ren is declining, in the past, Fang Bo was just broken by the Qi people a few years ago, where can he help Sanjin send troops now?"

"The Song people are deaf and reamouflaged, and the inherent ink people help each other, but how can the Song be single-minded? Song Gong Xinxue, the country is undecided, and we are not like Chen and Cai to send troops, not to destroy the country, but to let the Song people make a pilgrimage, how can they resist to the end? Even if Song Gong is willing to resist, are the Song people willing to resist? Pro-Chu and pro-Jin, how can the Song people care? ”

Xiong's words also attracted the support of many nobles, especially some nobles who had suffered humiliation in the Battle of Huangchi that year and wanted to take this opportunity to increase their merits.

Xiong Dang looked at his arguing son with satisfaction, and asked Xiong suspiciously: "Your words can be regarded as reasonable." But how can this be ensured? ”

Xiong said suspiciously: "Although the three Jin Dynasty won Qi and returned victorious, the soldiers were tired. After several years of cultivation, you can fight again. Even if the Song Dynasty is encircled, the Sanjin Dynasty has the heart but is powerless, and it is not possible to send troops to Shangqiu in the short term. Since the rebellion of the Gongsun Society, Han Zhaowei sent troops three times, and the national strength was exhausted. ”

"Besides, the three new marquis will not dare to be defeated. If you don't send troops, you won't be defeated. Even if you send troops, you must prepare for a long time, and strive to be undefeated before you dare to send troops to save Song. ”

"Wei Dexi River, the Qin people resent. Although there is Wu Qi in Xihe, even if this person knows the soldiers, he may not be undefeated. You can send an envoy to bribe Qin with gold and jade beauty, and ask Qin to send troops to Xihe. ”

"The Qin people originally wanted to get Xihe, as long as they knew that we would send troops, the Qin people would send troops to Xihe for help. Even if he can't win, Wu Qi can't leave the West River, and the Wei people have broken an arm. ”

"The country of Zhongshan is newly settled, the old clan is resentful, it is not that it cannot be pacified for several years, and the Wei people have broken their arms."

"The two arms are broken, the Wei people are the head of the Three Jins, the Wei people will hesitate, or ask Zhao and Han to send more troops."

"The Zhao family is ambitious, and they can send someone to secretly meet Zhao: send troops to rescue Song, and Zhao Heyi? The Zhao people and the Song were separated from Wei, and the three Jin Dynasty went south, the Wei people benefited and Han Ke got Zheng, what could the Zhao people get? Since the Zhao people couldn't get anything, why did they send troops to help the Wei people become hegemons? ”

"Even if there is an alliance between the Three Jin Dynasty, the Wei people have broken their arms, and they are the main force of the Qi Dynasty, so they must ask Zhao Han to send more soldiers. Provoking Zhao Ji, how could Zhao people be willing to be Wei's lackeys? Cracks must be born. ”

"In the past, Han Wuzi killed Uncle Zheng, how can the blood feud be forgotten? You can send another person who is close to Zheng and say Uncle Zheng: If Chu wins, it is nothing more than Hajj. If Jin wins, I am afraid that Zheng Di will be Jin soil. Zheng Han has a blood feud, and the Zheng people are worried about the invasion of the Han people, so they will not send troops. ”

When he said this, he seemed to unconsciously glance at his younger brother Xiong Ding.

This seemingly unconsciously glanced at Xiong Ding's heart: When my brother said that he was close to Zheng, wasn't he talking about himself?

Lobbying Uncle Zheng, at least he must be a nobleman above the doctor, otherwise the etiquette is not enough. Or it is the blood relatives of the king of Chu, so that the Chu people can show that they attach importance to it.

Xiong Ding's mother is the daughter of Zheng Bo in the past, and it can be said that he is the best candidate to envoy Zheng Guo.

If it is done, it is just a feat that is better than nothing: Xiong Su has already said that Han Zheng has a blood feud, which means that it is normal for this matter to be done, but if it can't be done, it is incompetent.

The big war was imminent, and Xiong Ding knew that his father would inevitably lead the troops in person, and as the first battle since he succeeded to the throne, he also took the opportunity to accumulate fame and prestige.

Who stays in the national capital?

Of course, Xiong Ding wanted to stay in the national capital, but his brother's words clearly wanted him to go to Zheng Guo and complete this thing that seemed to be without merit and would be wrong if he didn't do it well, but he had to do it.

And his brother Xiong suspects that his mother is Qiren.

The Qi people had just been defeated, and even if they were asked to send troops at this time, they would not have the strength to send troops, which fundamentally eliminated the possibility of Xiong Su's envoy.

Although Zheng Guo is weak, he is also a prince, and if the king of Chu wants Zheng Guo to stand on the side of Chu in the upcoming Jin and Chu hegemony, it is best to send a prince to show his attention.

In addition, there are some things that need to be made clear to the Zheng people: Regarding the matter of your pilgrimage to Zhou Tianzi in Luo, the Chu State can think that you are helpless and will not pursue it.

Xiong Su knew in his heart that his brother had an advantage in this matter.

Not only did he send him to the national capital when his father sent out the army, but he also gave him a task that seemed to require no talent, but could not be accomplished.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, no matter how he thought about it, he, Uncle Zheng's niece, was also the best candidate.

However, he couldn't refute what his brother said, and the nobles who were close to him were all nobles from Chen, Cai and other places who opposed this time. They feared that after defeat, the Jin people would give priority to retaliating against them.

However, it is obvious that his father's mind has been determined, and if he opposes it again at this time, he will incur his father's dissatisfaction.

And the elder brother was on the side of the main battle faction from the beginning, not because he thought about the Chu people, but because the nobles who supported him all wanted to obtain meritorious deeds.

Xiong Su scolded secretly in his heart, but he was helpless, he couldn't explain things too clearly, so it would only make his mind dark.