After three months.
Daliang City, the capital of Wei State, and Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Jian'an Zhao Meixu brought many civil servants to discuss an important matter.
The State of Chu, which was about to use troops against the State of Wei, sent an envoy and would soon arrive at Daliang, the capital of the State of Wei.
There was a heated discussion about this throughout the Wei Dynasty.
"What is the purpose of sending envoys from Chu to Wei at this time?" Emperor Jian'an sat on the throne, frowning and questioning.
Receiving envoys from various countries is one of the main tasks that Wu Hanwen, the Minister of Rites, is responsible for. Seeing Emperor Jian'an raising questions, he took the initiative to stand up and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, from my perspective, the State of Chu wants to pay homage first and then attack, and persuade Wei State to cede the city. If you don't want to, you can use this as an excuse to send troops later."
Zhongshu Zuo Chenghong Daowen also stood up and said: "Master Wu's words are reasonable, and I second my opinion."
Yu Hezheng, Shangshu and Shaobao of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, with our joint efforts, the food and fodder for the garrison troops in various places have been fully prepared, the armies on the three sides have been mobilized, and the appointed generals have also rushed to the corresponding garrison places. , if the Chu State is rude, just fight tit for tat, I, the Great Wei, have nothing to fear from the Chu State."
Zhang Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Grand Master, suddenly said: "Everyone, Chu State only wants to pay homage first and then send troops to Wei before sending envoys to Wei. Wei Chen thinks this reason is too far-fetched."
Emperor Jian'an Zhao Meixu's expression became serious and he asked, "What do you think, Grand Master Zhang?"
"Since the Zhou Dynasty, rituals and music have collapsed, and the use of troops has become a deceitful way. Countries like to fight without declaring it, so as to catch them by surprise. The state of Chu often imitates barbarians and does not obey the rules of etiquette. How can it want to send an envoy because it is so complacent? Come here, do you want to be polite first and then fight?"
As soon as Zhang Qian, the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Grand Master, said this, the other ministers all became thoughtful.
Xiao Boling, Youcheng of Zhongshu, and Chen Mou, Minister of Industry, did not agree with this view.
Xiao Boling stood up and said: "Chu is certainly a barbarian and refuses to accept civilization, but you must know that this time it is the alliance of Chu, Zhao and Han to attack Wei. Zhao and Han have multiple etiquettes, and it is impossible to fight without declaring it. I need an excuse to occupy the righteousness."
Jian'an Emperor Zhao Mixu said: "So this time the Chu State wants to make a fuss about this envoy?"
Xiao Boling, the right minister of Zhongshu, said: "That's right. Wei Chen thinks that when Chu approaches Daliang City, it is best to have Jinwu Guards go to meet him to prevent accidents. If the two countries are at war, the envoys will not be killed. If Chu's envoys are there, If there is a problem in Wei State, it will give Chu State an excuse."
Emperor Jian'an Zhao Meixu pondered for a while and said: "What Xiao Aiqing said makes sense. According to my decree, General Jinwu will lead a group of forbidden troops and Wu Aiqing to go outside Daliang City to meet the Chu envoys."
"I accept the order," Wu Hanwen said with cupped hands.
There are two villages in one village, one hundred people in one village, two teams in one village, and fifty people in one team. There are five soldiers in each team, such as Shi Chang and Wu Chang, so there are two hundred people in the imperial army for this song.
The Forbidden Army are all martial arts practitioners, and this configuration is enough to intimidate the surrounding Xiaoxiao.
Xiao Boling suddenly remembered something and reminded: "Your Majesty, the master of the Chihe Palace must be on guard when he breaks through to the realm of creation. At this time, the leader of the Zhengda sect needs to come forward."
Zhao Meixu replied expressionlessly: "I have already made plans in my heart about this matter."
"Your Majesty is wise, but the humble minister is worrying too much."
Emperor Jian'an sat on the dragon throne, thinking deeply.
A martial artist in the Creation Realm can move mountains and reclaim seas, and one person can block three armies alone.
If ordinary soldiers were to besiege them, they would only die in vain.
Against such an existence, it still takes a high-level martial artist to withstand one or two.
The highest martial artist in the entire Wei Dynasty was the leader of the Zhengyi Sect.
However, now that Zhao Mixu has visited him several times, the other party has shown a lack of interest and has used the critical moment of cultivation as an excuse to temporarily shirk the situation.
He would only take action if he said Wei was in danger of subjugation, leaving him helpless.
Zhao Mixu reminded: "Chen Aiqing, it's better to speed up the casting process of the God and Demon Weapon recently. Maybe it will be of great use in the future."
Chen Mou, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, stood up and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best."
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According to the etiquette of diplomatic relations between the two countries, in order to show respect for the sending country, the Chu envoys would send someone to submit their credentials and then obtain the permission of the King of Wei before entering the capital of Wei, Daliang.
Before that, the Chu State's envoys would find a suitable place to camp and wait for the result after the credentials were submitted.
Just after the Chu envoy submitted his credentials, Emperor Jian'an Zhao Meixu received the credentials and almost immediately sent Wu Hanwen, the Minister of Rites, and General Jin Wu to respond.
Going with him was a whole army of forbidden troops.
However, when Wu Hanwen and several other officials arrived at the reception area for the Chu envoys, they found that all the Chu envoys were dead and no one survived.
A total of seventy or eighty people were killed.
Wu Hanwen arranged for General Jinwu to stay behind, but he himself ran back to Daliang City almost non-stop and brought back the shocking news.
"Who attacked the Chu State's envoy?" There was a hint of anger in Zhao Meixu's tone.
Du Zhaohua, the Minister of Punishment, said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please give me some time to find out the whole story."
"It's too late. This is Chu State's conspiracy. This is what they are waiting for." Xiao Boling said with a sigh.
Now something happened to the Chu envoy as soon as he arrived in Wei, and something happened when he arrived near Daliang City.
No matter what, Wei Guo cannot escape the relationship.
However, if such a big case occurs, it cannot be completed overnight.
At this time, Chu State may have been prepared for a long time. Once the news is received, it will be the time for Chu, Zhao and Han to send troops.
Even if they give corresponding results, the other party will not deny it.
After all, it is spring, which is a good time to use troops.
It is inevitable to meet each other at war.
The fact is as Xiao Boling said, just after the Chu State envoy was attacked, for some reason, the news was quickly spread back to Chu State.
Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu, wrote a petition because of the Chu envoy being killed in Wei, listing the three major crimes against Wei.
First, the Wei State has recently deployed troops and generals on three sides of the country one after another, indicating that it has the intention of starting a war. They, the Chu State, sent envoys to Daliang City in the hope of peace, but they were robbed and killed without even seeing the King of Wei. The purpose of the Wei State was clearly revealed, and it was rude.
Second, Wei is a big country, and it is unkind to bully a weak country like South Korea. It has also destroyed small countries such as Wei and Dai in history.
Third, the Wei State has been secretly forging weapons of gods and demons for nearly a hundred years, hoping to challenge the world's martial arts structure and break the covenant. This is disloyal to the martial arts forces in the world.
Therefore, under these three major crimes, Chu, Zhao, and Han, headed by the Chu State, formally declared war on the Wei State, and each assembled their troops on the border and marched towards the Wei State.
