He was very confident and looked like he was ready to kill Huan Guo.
And he said this not without reason.
Wu State.
At this time, King Huan had sent Qiu Rong, the Prime Minister of Huan, to the capital of Wu, hoping to meet King Wu to seek military help.
In a situation where countries are competing for hegemony, one-on-one singles rarely happen.
When war breaks out, other countries will be involved, either for profit or to help allies.
This has been the norm for hundreds of years.
There was naturally a reason why King Huan didn't look for Qin, Xuan, or Ling, so he could only look for Wu Chu.
At the meeting hall of the State of Wu.
After entering, Qiu Rong naturally bowed his hands and bowed deeply: "Foreign envoy Qiu Rong, I have met His Highness King Wu."
"It turns out that he is Prime Minister Huan. There is no need to be polite to a prime minister. Why do you want to enter Wu this time?" King Wu smiled and stretched out his hand.
Qiu Rong straightened up and said: "Recently, King Liang has provoked trouble for no reason and wants to start a war and invade our territory of Huan Kingdom. Your Highness should know about this, right?"
"I have heard a little bit about it." King Wu nodded and said: "The King of Liang is indeed too domineering. There is no reason to attack Huan. To put it bluntly, it is just relying on the strength of the Liang army."
"Yes." Qiu Rong said: "Since your highness knows that King Liang is unreasonable, you should understand the anger of my king. Furthermore, Huan and Wu have made alliances with each other several times before. This time, please ask your friendly country to lend a helping hand."
What he said was very direct. When the King of Wu heard the words, he thought about it first and then said: "It's not that I don't want to help, but the Wu army is not easy to move now. Once the army is mobilized north, it will affect the surrounding countries, such as Qin, Xuan, etc." Waiting place.”
"Your Highness is worried. Liang's army has no name. King Qin and King Xuan have no reason to use troops." Qiu Rong said.
King Wu shook his head slightly: "Having said that, war is not a trivial matter. I have to be cautious."
"Xiangbang has been tired of traveling all the way, so he'd better rest for a night first."
King Wu obviously seemed to be perfunctory and prevaricating.
Qiu Rong couldn't help but became anxious and said: "Your Highness, if the Wu army agrees to send troops, all the food and grass needed will be paid for by Huan Guo, and this war will probably not be fought, because once the Wu army arrives, it will definitely scare King Liang. , forcing them to retreat."
"Afterwards, I can promise that I will give absolute benefits to Wu State, including gold, silver, silk, jade..."
Although there were many benefits, King Wu still shook his head.
Then he looked at Qiu Rong and said with a smile: "There is no need to say more, Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister of Huan Guo exercise diplomatic powers?"
"How can a country not be able to decide on diplomacy? Isn't it a joke, Your Highness!?" Qiu Rong's eyes widened with a look of disbelief, and he even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
As a result, King Wu Ruo pointed out: "The seals of all countries can cede territory and determine major diplomatic matters, but the seal of your country's prime minister cannot represent your country, right?"
What he said was obviously referring to Huan Xiang's destruction of the alliance.
Qiu Ronghui realized that he was confused at that time.
Because that is a fact, a fact that he cannot change!
"This!" he said anxiously, but he didn't know what to say.
Subconsciously looking around, he saw that the ministers of Wu State were all suppressing smiles and looking at him with a certain look.
He immediately blushed with embarrassment and felt so ashamed that he wished he could crawl into it.
Where can I stay any longer? He tilted his head, cupped his hands and saluted: "I'll take my leave..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he left here as if he was running away.
Seeing his back, a minister of Wu State coughed slightly, then stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, just humiliating Prime Minister Huan just now, isn't it inappropriate?"
"Huh?" King Wu waved his hand: "That's true. Besides, this can better reject Huan Guo."
King Wu used this as an argument and asked Qiu Rong to retreat without wasting any more words.
How could the latter stay in Wu State after receiving this secret humiliation? After leaving the palace, he set off directly and returned to Huan State.
By the time he came back, it was already more than half a month later.
King Huan was eager to know Wu's attitude. When he learned that the prime minister had returned to the capital, he immediately summoned him and asked him.
Qiu Rong looked like he didn't know how to answer. He paused for a long time and then said: "I am incompetent and failed to persuade the King of Wu. Your Majesty, please forgive me."
"Why is this?" King Huan was puzzled. In his opinion, King Wu offered a huge profit and asked him to send troops to scare him, but it was not a real fight, so the other party had no reason to refuse.
"I don't know." Qiu Rong was unhappy.
Seeing his appearance, King Huan frowned secretly and said: "Since King Wu is unwilling to help, that's fine. But if Huan and Liang really go to war, we must understand Qin's attitude."
"Therefore, Prime Minister, I will make another hard trip to Qin to meet the King of Qin." In King Huan's view, the relationship between Qin and Liang has always been good. He was forced to do nothing. He could fight the Liang army, but he had to He was worried that Qin would help Liang.
Qiu Rong also understood this truth, but said: "Your Majesty, you should find other ministers as envoys. I really don't have that ability."
"Prime Minister, what do you mean by this?" King Huan suddenly showed displeasure.
Qiu Rong smiled mockingly to himself and said, "If I serve as an envoy, even though I will be the prime minister, when I get to Qin, if the King of Qin humiliates me again, won't he lose the face of our country?"
"How is this possible? As the prime minister, the King of Qin must take etiquette into account no matter what he does." King Huan said.
"But what if the King of Qin elaborates on the facts? For example, he says that Huan and the two states are speechless, and that Huan and Xiang cannot establish diplomatic relations. How can I refute this?" Qiu Rong asked.
"This, a country's prime minister or special envoy, can't determine diplomacy?" King Huan's eyes widened.
"But Your Majesty, you have broken the covenant with your seal. This matter has become a source of criticism. As long as I serve as an envoy, I will be mentioned by other countries." Qiu Rong said seriously, one can imagine the dissatisfaction in his heart.
It’s a shame, but it’s a shame for Dafa!
All of this was the result of King Huan's greed for petty gains.
After hearing what Qiu Rong said, King Huan also remembered this matter and said with regret:
"This, this, is all my fault. Prime Minister, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it."
"How dare I?" Qiu Rong smiled bitterly.
Later, King Huan had no choice but to send another minister as envoy to Qin.
At this time, nearly 200,000 troops have been stationed on the Huanliang border. However, the war has not yet begun, but there are already clouds of suspicion.
When the envoy Huan arrived in Qinzhou, Xiao Yuan did not avoid him, but gave him a normal courtesy reception. He also received him personally in the morning of the next day.
King Huan thought that the relationship between Qin and Liang should be very good since they had allied with each other to destroy Jin.
But what he didn't know was that Xiao Yuan had never regarded Liang Kingdom as an ally, and the same was true for King Liang.
As far as the current general trend of the world is concerned, if the Qin State wants to strive for hegemony again, Xuan and Ling will not be mentioned first, Wu Chu and Huan Liang will have to be destroyed.
Regarding this issue, Shangguan Wenruo gave Xiao Yuanxian's strategic concept of unifying the north.
