Prior to this, the ministers of the Chu Dynasty could only guess how far the Mo family would interfere with the Song State.

When he went to Shangqiu, he clearly picked out the attitude of the Mo family.

It's a kind of bargaining chip, a bargaining chip in the diplomatic mediation with the countries that it will later on, and it means that if the countries are going to intervene, then they must be prepared for an all-out war that will not stop to the death.

Are countries ready for all-out war? At least not yet.

War is also a kind of destruction for Sishang, but once this kind of crisis arises, it depends on which side is the first to instigate. If we don't, there will be no better solution than war.

Most of the ministers of the Chu State were eager to go to war, but they all understood that half of them did not want to go to war, and the king of Chu was precisely on the side that did not want to go to war.

In this case, no amount of exhortation is meaningless.

After the silence, the king of Chu said: "Let the envoy of the Mo family come, and I will listen to what it means." ”

After a while, a group of attendants came forward with the envoy of the Mo family, this envoy had been an envoy to the state of Chu before, and he was also familiar with the king and ministers of Chu. Now that the Mo family has blatantly invaded the Song Dynasty and attacked the city and plundered the land, isn't it contrary to the righteousness of attacking? ”

"Besides, the Song is also in the world. Connecting Qi Wei in the north, Chu Wei in the south, Sishang and Yue in the east, and Han Zhou in the west, the Mo family's actions really have the intention of triggering a war in the world. ”

The envoy of the Mo family said: "The battle of the world is not in the Mo family, but in the princes of Wei, Chu and Han. Song affairs were chosen by the Song people, and the Mo family was only invited to send troops. ”

"In the past, Jing and Jin competed, and Shangqiu was surrounded no less than ten times, what did he do? For the selfishness of a monarch and the hegemony of a country, what crime did the Song people suffer from this? ”

"The giant sent me here this time precisely to truly eliminate the disputes in the world, so that the people of the world will suffer less from the disasters of war."

"Please also ask the king to read it himself."

The Mohist envoy presented the declaration on the third defeat of the army, written in two characters: Sishang script and Chu State seal script.

After reading it, the king of Chu stared for a long time at the contents of the treaties of various countries to build armies, liberalize tariffs, and allow migration.

The so-called negotiation is similar to the sale of goods by a businessman, asking for a price and paying back the money on the spot.

But there is still a little difference in "righteousness", because of the existence of righteousness, then the subject of benefit is not a country or a region, but may be the whole world, which leads to some bottom lines that are impossible for the "princes" of the Mohists to accept.

In the same way, the liberalization of tariffs and the permission of migration were also unacceptable to the aristocracy.

The king of Chu was concerned about the content of the treaty and the mutual protection and independence of various countries, and he stared at the content of "Zheng Guo" for a long time, and he couldn't help but think of the fact that after the coup d'état in the Song Dynasty, the Mo family quickly sent people to Zheng to provide military assistance.

In the eyes of the king of Chu, the Song State was already like this, he really didn't want to fight, and Yan Zhishi's visit to Shangqiu, as an "uncrowned prince", regardless of the tradition of the princes meeting in the capital for the pilgrimage, was all spreading a signal: the Song State was the core interest of Sishang, and it was impossible to allow countries to interfere, and interfering with the Song was equivalent to starting a war against Sishang.

Song and Zheng were both buffer states of Chu, but Zheng was the buffer state of Chu but not a buffer state of Sishang, which is why the king of Chu paid great attention to Zheng after determining that the affairs of the Song state were irretrievable.

The Mohists' occupation of the Song State was not a good thing for the Chu kings, who were interested in strategic contraction and the use of iron tools and agricultural technology to develop the Dongting region.

With the Mo family controlling the Song State, the relationship between Wei and Chu can be eased a lot.

The Dongting area, which was originally difficult to develop, was adjacent to Jianghan and was also the hinterland of the Chu state, and with the spread of iron tools and new technologies, it was clear that it could become the corn land of the Chu state.

Changing the law requires a stable external environment, and it also requires sufficient energy under the overall strategic contraction.

But shrinkage is not a bottomless compromise, there must always be a limit.

Song and Zheng are different.

The Song Dynasty involved the interests of the Mohists, the Chu State, the Wei State, Korea, the Qi State, and the Wei State, and had always been the focus of the Jin and Chu struggles for hegemony. If the Mo family occupies the Song Dynasty, then the Mo family will have to face the siege and coveting of various countries.

After the last three divisions, the defeat of the Great Liang of Chu, and the rebellion of Siziyang, Zheng Guo was actually only concerned with the interests of Chu, Wei, and Han.

In other words, if strategic contraction is chosen, the state of Chu can ignore the state of Song, because this can have more potential allies to ease relations, and by the way, the state of Song will not threaten the core area of the state of Chu, and there is a moral struggle between the relationship between the Mo family and the princes, if the Mo family attacks the Chu countries, they will inevitably start a war against the Mo.

But he can't ignore Zheng Guo, because if Zheng Guo is occupied by Wei Han, then there is actually no direct relationship between the fourth party, and when the time comes, Chu State will not be able to pull allies, even if Chu State chooses strategic contraction, but Zheng State's annexation by Wei Han is equivalent to exposing his chest and may be beaten at any time.

In addition, after the battle of Daliang City, the fulcrum of Chu in the Central Plains was Yuguan, and after Zheng's territory meandered to Yuguan, Zheng was occupied by Wei Han, and once Wei and Chu went to war, Chu did not even have the strength to defend in the Central Plains.

And because of the existence of Yingshui, Zheng Guo is related to the security of the upper reaches of the Huaibei region of Chu State.

The Song State is different, the Song State threatens the lower reaches of the Huai River, but the lower reaches of the Huai River and the Jianghuai region now have a Yue power, and it is really difficult to swim upstream.

If Zheng was occupied by Wei and Han and used Yingshui to transport, in fact the Chu State would be very dangerous.

The Luguan area in the direction of Nanyang and Huaibei are horns of each other, if the Wei and Han soldiers divide into two routes, all the way along the Luguan to attack Nanyang, and all the way along the Yingshui River to the Huai River, then the Chu State will face a two-front battle.

Chen Cai's division and Shen Xi's division are one battlefield, and Luyang Fangcheng's division is another battlefield, and they cannot support each other.

Because...... These county divisions and corps are all locals, and if they give up the Huaibei battlefield to support Nanyang, then Chen Cai Shenxi's division will inevitably oppose it, and vice versa.

Rushing along Yingshui to Huaishui, with the understanding of the consistent attitude of the Mo family of the King of Chu, I am afraid that the Mo family will shout "This is the dog eat dog of the unrighteous king".

If the Mo family really has the intention of annexing Yunei, it is not known when the time comes, taking advantage of the opportunity of Wei Chu's war to annex the Yue Kingdom.

When the time comes, he will help Chu to "manage" some cities in the lower reaches of the Huai River and expand his power.

Anyway, the Mo family is not afraid that the Wei State will become bigger, if it really becomes bigger, when the Mo family counterattacks and starts a war against Wei, there is no need to ally with the Chu State, the Chu State will fight back against the Wei State for its own interests, and it will be thanks to the Mo family, and then it will really be a fisherman's profit.

Regarding this, the king of Chu was very convinced.

The background of the hegemony war on the Moyue Si was the battle of Wei and Chu Liang.

The background of the Meqifeidi War was the War of Succession of Zhao, the Restoration Movement of Zhongshan State, and the Rebellion of Prince Ping of Chu.

The background of the two important battles in which the Mo family was entrenched in Sishang and was difficult to cure was fought under the background of the war of the princes, and it was only three, if the king of Chu couldn't even see this, it was really unworthy of virtue and ability to support his ambitions.

The battle of Daliang City here is over, and the Moyue hegemony war over there is over; Here, the rebellion of the prince subsided, the inheritance of Zhao State was settled, and a peace treaty was signed with Qi State......

This is precisely the reason why Chu Da Sima went to the alliance and demanded peace in the Central Plains and the establishment of a common defense line against Mexico.

If there is a threat from the Mo family in the Central Plains, then the direction of Wei Chu's war is only Luguan.

That is, along the only passage area at the junction of Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, go to Luyang Zhumadian, and go straight to the Nanyang Basin.

The key to Luyang lies in the gap between Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, which is also the focus of the defense line of the Great Wall of Chu State, and it is the essence area of Chu State.

If Luyang can't hold it and Zhumadian is captured, then the entire Nanyang Plain will have no danger to defend, and the next area that can organize an effective defense is Xiangyang, if Xiangyang can't hold it, then the Chu State will also die.

To the east of Xiangyang is the three passes of Yiyang, the three passes are broken, Huaibei has no danger to defend, Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain directly divide the remaining land of Chu into two places that can not be connected from end to end.

But the same, the state of Chu has heavy troops in the Nanyang area of Luyang, and a large number of feudal monarchs are here, and this will become the most capable place for the state of Chu: when the feudal monarchs guard their fiefdoms, they will do their best, and the royal power of the land of Chen Cai is destined to start a war in the Central Plains, and the feudal monarchs are only afraid that they will work and not make efforts to wait and see.

Therefore, what the king of Chu has always hoped for is to maintain peace in the Central Plains and maintain the war of the Wei, Chu and Han wars at the northern foot of Funiu Mountain, on the one hand, to weaken the power of the noble feudal monarchs, and on the other hand, to make the feudal monarchs have a great need for the support of the central government, which can force the feudal monarchs to accept some conditions and thus centralize power.

Therefore, the king of Chu still has some support for these seemingly unrealistic fantasies of the Mo family, at least on the issue of "arming the army to resolve disputes between countries".

Not because he is peace-loving.

It was because he chose strategic contraction and was temporarily unable to attack, otherwise the third army meeting more than ten years ago would not have finally come to naught, and after the battle of Daliang City, he regretted why he didn't continue to abide by the army alliance.

The King of Chu was silent for a moment and then asked, "I already know the meaning of Shizi. As Shizi said, the Song, Zheng, and Wei divisions of the four small countries are not neutral, and all countries are not allowed to invade and occupy them, which is indeed beneficial to the world, and it is also beneficial to the widows. ”

The envoy of the Mo family hurriedly said: "Zheng Han's enmity, my Mo family also wants to dissolve it with the righteousness of loving and not attacking and killing soldiers." The giant has already sent people to Zheng Di to reorganize the armament, and Zheng Jun also has the intention of joining the non-offensive alliance. ”

This Zheng Jun is not Zheng Jun, because the Mo family does not recognize the system of princes and princes, and does not recognize the order of dignity and inferiority, so the monarchs of various countries are basically called Jun by third parties in diplomacy.

In fact, according to the Zhou etiquette system, Jun is ...... The lowest title, although Zheng Guo is weak now, has not yet reached the point of being a king.