In order to disrupt Qin's plan to unite with Jin to attack Chu, Huang Xie suddenly raised the issue of the prince's hostage to Qin. As expected, both Qin and Han parties were caught off guard, forcing Lord Jingyang to agree to enter Qin with the prince. But this incident had a huge impact on the prince. From the prince's point of view, the later the better. Being suddenly singled out without any psychological preparation, Huang Xie knew that there would be big waves in the prince's heart. So as soon as he returned to the city where he was staying, he drove everyone away and provided psychological counseling for the prince alone. After being comforted for a moment, the prince's grievances poured out instantly, and he burst into tears!
Huang Xie stood aside and stroked his back gently for a long time, high-fiving him and singing: "When you are fighting Wu Ge, you are wearing rhinoceros armor. When the carriage is wrong, you are fighting in close combat. The sun is blocked by the sun, and the enemy is like a cloud. When the arrows are falling, the soldiers are fighting for the lead. Lingyu Formation I am wandering around, my left hand is injured, my right blade is injured. Two wheels of haze are coming, I am picking up four horses, and I am beating the drum to support me."
In his sad voice, the prince said in peace: "The weather is full of anger, and the powerful spirits are angry, and they are killing all, so they abandon the wilderness. If you can't get in, you can't go back, and the plain suddenly seems too far. Bring a long sword, hold a Qin bow, and leave with your head and body. The heart is not punished. Sincerity is both courageous and martial, and ultimately strong and invincible. Although the body is dead, the spirit is spirit, and the soul is resolute and is a ghost hero."
During the song, the prince's tears gradually faded away, and his expression gradually became resolute. When the song ended, the prince said: "I will never forget my father's virtues. Even if I die, I will fight for the chance of giving birth to Chu for ten years!"
Huang Xie said: "The prince entered the Qin Dynasty not to die. The word "Rong Chen" means the prince's ambition is to endure and humiliate!"
The prince said: "You should remember this!"
Huang Xie comforted him again and asked him to sleep a little to rest his spirit.
It's still early to go out and look at the sky. After returning to his room next door, Huang Xie began to sort out the morning's harvest. Judging from the performance of both Qin and Han, the plan to jointly attack Chu has been prepared for a long time, and may only need to be implemented. Qin sent Hu Yang here to finalize various details with Han: it was possible to plan the Qin army to leave Han and attack Chu. What needs to be understood now is whether Wei and Zhao were involved in the matter, and whether the Qi Congress would take advantage of it. The Yan State has decided not to send anyone here, so it is unlikely that they were involved.
Tomorrow the envoy from the State of Qi will come, and the person who comes is Tian Dan, Lord of Anping. This man is also a general and prime minister in the State of Qi. He can defend a lonely city for three years and regain lost ground with an outnumbered enemy. His military ability is definitely first-rate. of. It would be reasonable if he planned to take the opportunity to attack the Chu State and regain the old land occupied by the Chu State in the south.
Tomorrow the envoy from the State of Zhao will also come, and the person who comes is Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng. Although this man is a young master, he has many followers, and his reputation is no less than that of Lord Xinling. Even if he does not lead the troops in person, there is no guarantee that he will have many commanders under him. Experts in the war give advice! However, Zhao and Chu are not in contact with each other, so even if they send people here, they will just do odd jobs!
There is also Wei State. But Wei Gongzi Xinling Jun Wuji will not come until the day after tomorrow. He is obviously tight on time and should not coordinate well with Qin. But don’t be careless. There are many capable people in Lord Xinling’s sect, or there may be a few who have secret contacts...
The key is Qin. As long as Qin doesn't want to fight, others probably don't have much intention. Han, Wei, and Qi were all defeated, so it was right to rest and recuperate. If Qin had not taken the lead in oppression, they would not have thought of fighting Chu! Chu has an area of 5,000 li. It has lost 1,000 li and still has 4,000 li. It still occupies half of the world. I understand that other countries would not dare to take the initiative to provoke it.
Thinking of this, Huang Xie made up his mind: after the funeral, he urged Lord Jingyang to return home as soon as possible, and he took the prince to follow him. This matters more than anything else!
He went out, called a guest, gave him a talisman, and ordered him to drive a small boat back to Chenqiu quickly, and informed the Prince's Mansion that the Prince's entourage must arrive in three days; told Zilan that it was prepared for the Queen Mother Gifts must also arrive on the same day.
In the afternoon, the Korean envoy came to report that there was a sudden flood in the Zhao state of the Yellow River. Both the prince and Pingyuan Jun wanted to stay in Zhao to relieve the disaster, so they sent the guest guest Yu Qing to South Korea instead. Now Yu Qing has crossed the Yellow River and is expected to enter Huayang at dusk. Huang Xie thanked the envoy and asked, "Who will welcome me on the next day?"
The envoy replied: "Maybe the envoy will welcome you to the city."
Huang Xie asked: "Will the Qin envoy welcome him?"
The messenger replied: "I haven't heard of it yet."
After sending away the Korean envoy, Huang Xie had a big burden: Zhao Guo would definitely not participate in the attack on Chu.
Not long after the previous envoy left, another envoy came to report that Qi Anping Jun Tian Shan Feng Prince Jian came from the west of Jishui. He will enter Xingyang for a rest today and enter Zhengzhou at dusk tomorrow.
Huang Xie asked the Prime Minister of Han, the envoys of Qin and Zhao as usual if they wanted to greet him? The answer is that they have no plans to go. Huang Xie was now convinced that the possibility of Qi and Qin coordinating their attack on Chu was slim to none.
Since Prime Minister Han did not go to greet them...he called a retainer and asked him to arrange the arrangements and find out where the envoys of Zhao and Qi would stay and when Prime Minister Han would visit. These are not confidential matters, and it shouldn't take much effort to find out. The retainers soon left.
Huang Xie was most worried about the prince. The prince is young and has a heavy responsibility. Now he has to deal with these old foxes. Not only can he not be played by them, but he also has to play with them in the palm of his hand. The wisdom and agility involved are really beyond the ability of a young man who has just reached his prime! He quietly walked into the prince's room and found the prince sitting in silence and motionless. Seeing Huang Xie come in, the prince knelt down, crossed his hands and saluted. Huang Xie bowed his head and said, "How is the prince?"
The prince returned the greeting: "Good morning, Father Xie! Please sit down, Father Xie! What do you want to teach me, Father Xie?"
Huang Xie said: "I feel that Qin and Han have the intention to attack me, so I have sent the prince to Qin to attack its plot. Now, neither Zhao nor Qi are with Qin. If Qin and Han are defeated, there is no need to worry."
The prince said, "Wei is also on the border with Chu. Why doesn't Father Xie say anything?"
Huang Xie said: "The prince is wise. The reason why I don't say anything is because I don't understand the truth. But I guess that Lord Xinling will arrive in the next day and there will be no time to discuss military affairs. Moreover, after Wei's initial defeat, he did not have enough reserves. He wanted to If we add troops to Chu, we may not be able to do so."
The prince said: "My servant is confused, I would like to teach my father Xie. When Qin first attacked Chu, his troops were powerful, and he was bound to win: he won the first victory over Yan, and then he defeated Ying. His power was unstoppable. Once he captured it , why did Chu reject it with its remaining troops and turn back and attack its front?"
Huang Xie said: "The prince asked about the key to actual military force. Anyone who attacks a country will become more and more dwarfed the further it enters. How about dividing the troops to defend the territory, each plundering the property, and not being able to provide support? When Qin attacks Yan, it cuts across the river. I am afraid that my Chu army will lose its fighting spirit. When we fight again at Ying, the Chu army disperses before reaching the enemy. It is truly a shame that Chu has not reached the enemy! If a husband is defeated by Chu, it is not a bad idea to fight with arms and armour. Soldiers, arrows are falling, and soldiers are fighting for the lead. Although the haze is hazy, the horses are still reeling, and the drums are still beating to support the troops. Those who have not heard of the army and are defeated! Are they defeated when they return to Yingxia, is it going to be a disaster?"
The prince said: "Now that Qin has entered Ying, its power is stronger than before; Chu has lost to Ying, and its power is weaker than before. But in the past, even though Qin could not win, now even though Qin and Han are here, my father said there is nothing to worry about?"
Huang Xie said: "Try to tell the prince about the twists and turns. In the eighteenth year of the king's reign, he wanted to avenge the death of the previous king's guest, so he allied with the princes. In the nineteenth year, even before we joined forces, Qin attacked us, and the army was defeated. Shangyong and Han were cut off. North. In the 20th year, Qin captured my Xiling. In the 21st year, Qin captured my Ying. In the 22nd year, Qin again captured my Wu and Qianzhong counties. In the 23rd year, Wang Naifu gathered 150,000 troops to resist Qin. From this point of view, when Qin entered Ying in the past, it took advantage of Chu's unpreparedness. Now the so-called lack of concern means that it is well prepared."
The prince said: "Since the king wants to attack Qin, why not be prepared?"
Huang Xie said: "Ying has been engaged in many battles. Although it has been victorious or defeated, all the elites have been lost, and those left behind are all old and weak. The elites are in the lands of Dongjiang, Huaihe and Wuyue. At that time, the king wanted to raise the eastern army and go out of Sanchuan to attack Qin. But Ying then became weak and was taken advantage of by Qin."
The prince said: "Now I want to restore the old Ying and return to my old capital. What can I do?"
Huang Xie said: "As I see it, if you leave Ying and enter Chen, the dragon will enter the sea, the tiger will enter the mountains and forests, and the five thousand miles of rivers and mountains will be at my disposal. If you camp them well, even if there are not enough in the world, how about one Ying?"
The prince did not expect Huang Xie to be so insightful, so he said: "As my father said, a sincere servant has his heart's desire."
Huang Xie said: "The noblest people in the country and the country are the most valuable. The king decides on the policy of raising children in ten years, and the success or failure depends on the prince. If the prince is in Qin, he will not attack Chu for ten years, and the prosperity of Chu will surely be expected."
The prince said: "I heard that in the past, when the king of Yue lost his country, he and his wife were both ministers to Wu, and they died to destroy Wu. Being a servant to Qin is not that I am inferior to my ministers; and being a servant to Qin is not that it is difficult to destroy Wu." Gou Jian can do it, and so can a servant!"
Huang Xie bowed to the ground and said, "The Prince of Chu is like this, and the Prince of Chen is like this, how fortunate it is to be like this!"
In the evening, the people sent by Huang Xie found out that Zhao sent Yu Qing with only one chariot and a hundred soldiers. Qi envoy Tian Dan and Prince Jian arrived in Xingyang with five hundred soldiers. Xingyang Ling had already welcomed him into the post and arranged for a ride on the road the next day. They have also found out where they are staying outside Zheng Di, and naturally they are also the two fiefdoms of Dr. Han.
Huang Xie was thinking in his mind. After dinner, he said to the prince: "Your Majesty, please have a rest. You may work again tomorrow."
The prince asked: "What will happen tomorrow?"
Huang Xie said: "When the envoys of Zhao and Qi come back, they may meet with the envoys of Qin!"
The prince said: "I only obey my father's orders!"
Huang Xie sent the prince into the room, and stood alone in front of the court. He asked doubtfully: "Why is there a big flood in Zhao? Is Zhao Yu lewd this summer? If the river flows out, will Wei and Qi also be affected by it?" The envoy from Zhao Yu Qing only brought one hundred soldiers to see, Zhao must have encountered a lot of difficulties, otherwise, King Zhao would never have humiliated himself in front of the princes like this. But if Zhao suffered a disaster, it would incite Qin and Zhao to fight... This made Huang Xie even more looking forward to tomorrow's talks. After breakfast the next day, Huang Xie took the prince, ten of his entourage, and twenty guards in a boat, went around to a place with few houses outside Zhengbei Gate, and anchored the boat. Leave ten guards to guard the ship and lead the others to sit on the pavilion. After resting for a while, I saw dust billowing from the direction of Huayang. Huang Xie and others sat still and waited for the envoy from Zhao to pass by the main road one mile away.
There was a leather chariot in front of the procession, with three people standing on it, two dressed as Koreans and one dressed as Zhao, thought to be the Han envoy and Yu Qing; behind was a baggage cart, pulling the deacon's stolen items; indeed there were only about a hundred people. Guard. Huang Xie stared at Yu Qing with great concern. Yu Qing seemed to feel something and actually looked over here.
