The capital of Chu State, Chen City.

Chu State Order Yin Chunshen Jun Huang Xie has not been in a good mood recently.

On this day, Chunshen Jun Huang Xie summoned several trusted retainers to a meeting and said worriedly: "Everyone, the king asked Jingyang to lead troops to rescue Qi. This marquis originally thought that he would return without success, but he did not expect that he could still win. Now he has even attacked Zhao's land. What should we do?"

Although Chu State won, because the victory of the Chu army was Chunshenjun's mortal enemy Jingyang, Chunshenjun was the loser.

National interests and personal interests are often not unified, which can be seen from Chunshenjun’s embarrassing position on this matter.

Several confidants were silent when they heard this, and then Li Yuan said, "Who is the one who is better to find a way to persuade the king to withdraw his troops?"

Chunshenjun's expression moved, but immediately shook his head and said, "Now that the five-nation coalition forces have 400,000 siege Lingqiu City, how easy is it to withdraw troops?

Maybe the king himself still wants to invade Handan City and destroy Zhao's hegemony."

Another confidant retainer, Zhu Ying, said: "Your Majesty, you can't let Jingyang continue to win, otherwise the momentum of the three major families will inevitably prosper because of this victory, and we will not be able to wait for it."

Chunshenjun sighed and said, "I don't know about this situation, but what can I do now?"

Suddenly, the door of the study was knocked, and a voice came from outside: "June, someone claims to be the envoy of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo to ask for a visit!"

One hour later, the Chu Palace.

The King of Chu has been in a good mood recently. The battle he was worried about to aid Qi State unexpectedly won a great victory. You must know that his opponent is Zhao State, the world's largest powerhouse.

Many ministers of Chu submitted memorials to flatter him in a variety of ways, and directly compared the King of Chu to King Zhuang of Chu among the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, which greatly satisfied the King of Chu's vanity.

At this moment, the King of Chu was meeting with two important officials, Zhao Zhong and Qu Feng, and discussed some matters related to the front-line army.

Suddenly someone reported: "King, Chunshen Jun and Zhao envoy Li Si asked for a meeting!"

"Envoy from Zhao State?"

The King of Chu was stunned.

Zhao Zhong and Qu Feng looked at each other and saw a vigilant expression on each other's faces.

Zhao Zhong immediately said: "King, the war is so smooth now. It is when the Great Chu defeated Zhao State with one might and dissolved Zhao State's hegemony. The envoy of Zhao State must have come to deceive the king with sweet words. The king must not see him."

Qu Feng also said: "King, the old minister thinks Shangzhu Kingdom is right!"

The King of Chu pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's meet."

The King of Chu also had his own idea. The ginseng business was nominally done by Chunshenjun and Zhao people. In fact, Chunshenjun also "paid tribute" a lot of profits to the King of Chu.

Moreover, the defeat of Zhao State is approaching, and Chunshenjun's momentum will inevitably be suppressed by the three major families. From the perspective of checks and balances, the King of Chu felt that it was necessary to give Chunshenjun a little face.

So after a moment, Chunshenjun took Li Si into the hall.

Li Si bowed to the King of Chu and said, "Foreign ministers have met the King, congratulations to the King, and congratulate the King."

When the King of Chu heard this, his face suddenly became a little strange: "Where does the joy come from?"

Zhao Zhong sneered and said, "Is this Zhao envoy who wants to congratulate the Great Chu for defeating Zhao and destroying more than 100,000 Zhao troops?"

The King of Chu snorted and couldn't help laughing.

Li Si's expression remained unchanged and he said very seriously: "The reason I want to congratulate the king is because the king is about to avoid a tragedy of making wedding dresses for others, and even more because the king is about to recover Fangcheng and Yingdu."

The King of Chu frowned and said lightly: "Where does this start?"

Li Si said: "Da Zhao suffered a severe blow in the Battle of Gaotang, and now he was surrounded by 400,000 troops of the five countries, and the losses were very heavy.

If Lingqiu is captured, even Handan will be under great threat. In the most extreme circumstances, Handan is likely to be captured, and the Great Zhao is even at risk of destruction of the country.

King, is the foreign minister right?”

The King of Chu nodded and said, "It's true."

Li Si said seriously: "Then the foreign minister wants to ask the king here - if the Great Zhao was really destroyed, will this matter be of any benefit to the State of Chu?"

Zhao Zhong snorted and said first: "How could it be of no benefit?

Zhao is so powerful and powerful that the failure and decline of Zhao are what every country wants to see.”

Li Si laughed and said to Zhao Zhong: "I would like to ask Shangzhu Kingdom, if the Great Zhao really perishes, will Chu State obtain even acre of territory?"

Zhao Zhong was stunned.

Chu and Zhao are not bordered, so if Zhao really perished, Chu will certainly not be able to distribute land.

Qu Feng, on the other side, reacted quickly and immediately spoke: "Didn't Qin obtain the enclave of Taoyi when he attacked Qi? Of course, Da Chu can also obtain the enclave!"

Li Si's smile remained unabashed, and he seemed more and more sarcastic: "So, can Qu Qing, does Tao County, the Qin enclave, still belong to Qin?"

Qu Feng was also silent.

Taojun, the enclave of Qin, was captured by Wei in the war in the past few years, and is now the territory of Wei.

Li Si looked at the King of Chu and said earnestly: "Have you not discovered it yet?

The decline or demise of Zhao will not make Chu stronger, but will only make Qi, Yan, Han, Wei, and even Qin stronger. Which of these five countries has no blood hatred with Chu, and which country will not attack Chu after its strength?"

The King of Chu opened his mouth and couldn't speak.

Li Si continued: "Only our country of Zhao will not! Because our country of Zhao is not bordered by Chu at all, there is no conflict of interest between the two countries and is also the best ally of nature.

But now, king, you have to sit around and watch your only best ally, Zhao State, besieged to death by the princes, and sit down and see your real enemies, Qi, Yan, Han, and Wei State, ate the blood and land of Zhao State as nutrients to grow vigorously. Is this the wisest choice you have made as the king of Chu State?"

There was a silence in the hall.

Although Li Si's words were indeed defending Zhao State, the King of Chu suddenly realized that... it seemed to make sense.

The demise of Zhao did not allow Chu to take the opportunity to grow stronger. Instead, it took a long time to strengthen Qi, South Korea and other countries that border Zhao. Wouldn't Chu suffer a lot if he calculated this way?

The King of Chu began to shake his heart.

Of course, this kind of shake-up cannot be concealed from Zhao Zhong and Qu Feng's eyes, and these two were immediately anxious.

Zhao Zhong immediately spoke, "Emunited, you are so confident, then I will ask you, what are the benefits of cooperation between Chu and you Zhao?"

Li Si laughed: "Of course there is a benefit. Has the king forgotten the covenant he signed with my lord Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo before?

As long as Zhao Chu can cooperate to attack Qin, he can take back all the Fangcheng land and Yingdu and Yandu in the future. This is the most suitable road to revival for Chu!”

Qu Feng snorted and said coldly: "Wu Xinjun told the king this way before, but Zhao did not attack Qin but ran to attack Qi. What explanation would your head do?"

Li Si said in a hurry: "Have Qu Qing forgotten that my head and lord were just ministers of Zhao State, not kings of Zhao State?

The attack on Qi was advocated by General Lian Po, and my husband had always been very opposed, so Lian Po led his troops to attack Qi.

Now that Lian Po has suffered a great defeat, my family’s chief’s opinion has been taken seriously by the Queen Mother.

With Lian Po’s past lessons, will the Empress Dowager dare not cooperate with Chu in the future?

Qu Qing is overly worried."

Li Si's words were reasonable, profitable and concise, and he refuted Zhao Zhong and Qu Feng, two senior officials of the Chu State, one after another, leaving both of them speechless.

Seeing this, the King of Chu was even more shaken.

Li Si looked at the King of Chu again and said seriously: "I also know that the king is worried about the power of Zhao, but now our Zhao State has lost troops and generals in Gaotang. There is a total of 120,000 losses. How powerful can it be?

If the Great Zhao really perished, it would not be an exaggeration for foreign ministers. At that time, the dangers of Chu would inevitably come one after another. It is even very likely that the State of Chu would become the second country to perish after the Great Zhao! What is going on? Please think twice about it!"

Chunshen Jun observed his expression and knew that the King of Chu was extremely close to forming an alliance with Zhao again, and immediately spoke: "King, Wu Xinjun has always kept his promises very much. However, Qi, Han, and Wei countries have often backed their alliances to attack our Great Chu.

Instead of believing in countries like Qi, Han and Wei, it is better to stand on the side and form an alliance with Wu Xinjun!"

As the prime minister of Chu and the person the King of Chu trusted the most, Chunshen Jun finally became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel.
Chapter completed!