Don't steal a man from me

Chapter 54

At the end of May in the third year of King Shang Lie, Qing and Xi kingdoms joined forces, united Chen and Ji, and Xiong Peng, the general of Xiong, held the general seal of the four kingdoms, and led an army of 50 Haohao Tangtang to attack Qiongcheng on the Luohe River in Chu State. .

At the beginning of June in the third year of King Shanglie, Zhang Yi, Shangqing of Chu, brought Wanyi gold and Qianshuang Baibi to Linyi, Xiguo, and paid a lot of money to bribe Meng Jia, the concubine son of King Xi's favorite minister, and his favorite concubine Huashi. The two received Zhang Yi's benefits, They scrambled to speak well for the state of Chu in front of King Xi, and to speak well for the state of Chu along the way.

At the beginning, King Xi just turned a blind eye and ignored their words, but as time went on, King Xi began to wonder what kind of god-man Zhang Yi, who was said to be a great talent for governing the world and handsome, was like.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang is in our Linyi City right now, so I will send someone to invite Mr. Zhang here." The concubine Meng Jia said respectfully.

"Oh?" King Xi raised his eyebrows, and he said, "Now that Xi and Chu are at war, he came to Linyi, isn't he afraid that the widow will swallow him alive?"

"Zhang Zi admired the majesty of the king, so he persuaded the king of Chu to come and make peace with the king." said Meng Jia, the common son.

"Hahaha... the king of Chu is still a little tender to compete with the widow! It is said that Zhang Yi will come to meet the widow!" King Xi laughed comfortably after being flattered by these words.

"No!" The bastard Meng Jia saluted and stepped back.

About half an hour later, Zhang Yi, who was wearing a scarlet phoenix-pattern robe, followed the visitors to the main hall of King Xi Palace. King Xi, who was dressed in a white robe with a tiger pattern, was sitting on the throne on the third-level white jade steps with a crown on his head. The ministers were displayed on both sides of the hall, Zhang Yi walked to the center of the hall, waved his sleeves and saluted and said loudly: "Chu Shangqing Zhang Yi pays homage to King Xi!"

"Zhang Yi, the King of Chu sent you here to make peace when Xi and Chu were at war. Could it be that you were scared to pee your pants by the Allied Forces of the Four Nations?" King Xi looked at Zhang Yi contemptuously and mocked.

Zhang Yi sneered, shook his head and said slowly: "No, it's not. Chen and Ji are small countries, and they sent troops under the pressure of Qing and Xi. He must have secretly told his commander not to fight with all his strength, and Qing Wang Huiwen also secretly told Qingjun's commander Hui Yu not to be greedy for merit when fighting Chu. Heart, then Xiong Peng's military orders cannot be issued well, and the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms are just a mess, with little power, and our Chumo Allied Forces, the generals and generals share the same hatred. The armies of the two countries must be defeated and flee in all directions. In this way, the army of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations will be disrupted, and the hearts of the soldiers will definitely be shaken. If my army from Chu, Mo, tiger and wolf meets your army of scattered sand from the four countries, will our army be defeated? ? My king, will you be afraid?"

Zhang Yi spoke with ease, sonorous and forceful, only his confident and energetic voice could be heard in the huge palace of Prince Xi, after saying these words, King Xi's forehead was already covered with thick beads of sweat, and he panted heavily He said in a tone: "My four-nation coalition army is united as one, how can you talk nonsense like this?!"

When King Xi said this, he obviously lacked confidence. Zhang Yi smiled, restrained his aggressive attitude just now, and cupped his hands and said: "Since the king came to the throne, the two countries of Xi and Chu have always been friendly countries to each other. I have never led an army to invade an inch of land in the country of Xi. The foreign ministers came here this time to build a friendly alliance between Xi and Chu after King Zhaowen. The land was donated to Xiguo as compensation for the military expenses of Rixiguo.”

What I said was at the right time. First, I hit King Xi with a hammer, and told him that the Chu State was not afraid of the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms to go out of the city to fight, so as to frighten Queen Xi, and give him a jujube while King Xi was terrified. Rejoice, no matter how sensible and calm people are, they will be carried away.

"What? Six hundred miles in Xiangting?!" King Xi stood up in disbelief. Give the hundred miles to the widow?"

"Exactly!" Zhang Yi said solemnly, and he bowed his hands and continued: "If the king does not trust the foreign ministers, he can send an envoy and the foreign ministers to Chu to hand over the land."

Mei Hao frowned, and said, "Xiangting Lake is Chu's granary, the King of Chu is too generous."

"When Mr. Zhaowen was in phase, my king donated Jiaocheng and Quwo to your country. Is there a lie?" Zhang Yi smiled and said.

Mei Hao sighed inaudibly, and he wanted to say something more, but King Xi interrupted impatiently: "Mei Aiqing always said not to treat a gentleman's heart with the heart of a villain, how come she wants to say something at this time?" What about embarrassing the envoys of the Chu State? Come and pass on the widow's edict, Xiong Peng will immediately lead our 30 troops back to the country, and the senior doctor Huang Xie will go to Chu to hand over the land with Chu Shangqing."

"Zhang Yi wishes that we, Xi and Chu, will always form a good alliance. King Xi will live forever, and King Chu will live forever!" Zhang Yi waved his sleeves and bowed to King Xi.

"Hahaha...retire!" Xi Wanglang smiled and left the main hall.

Mei Hao walked out of the main hall of Xi Palace weakly, raised his head, a dark cloud floated over and covered the sun, he closed his eyes and said softly: "May my Xi never have any more wars."

In mid-June of the third year of King Shanglie, Xiong Peng withdrew his 30 troops stationed under the city of Chuquan. Seeing this, Chen and Ji found a reason to withdraw their troops and returned to the country. The country's [-] troops.

This frightened Hui Yu a lot. He hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat. Suddenly, the sound of war drums rang out behind him, and the gate of the city of Qiong opened slowly. The sound of soldiers running came like thunder, and the ground seemed to be shaking faintly. The soldiers of the Qing army threw away their helmets and armors in fright, and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy: "Please forgive us, please forgive us, grandpas walk around For the young ones, there are old and young among us!"

"Hahaha——" There was a burst of hearty laughter, and Hui Yu tremblingly raised her head to look in the direction of the laughter.

I saw Chu Yunqi wearing silver armor, a red-tasseled helmet on his head, and a scarlet cloak fluttering behind him in the wind. He stood on the city wall and said loudly: "Go back and tell King Qing that the widow will not bully the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and will not take advantage of others." If you are in danger, you will not make trouble, take your dog and get out, grandpa will let you live, and allow you to go back and serve the old and young wives and children."

Only then did Hui Yu realize that there were not many soldiers at all, just a small column of Chu army cavalry. Fan Kui rode his horse with a horizontal sword, and said with a smile: "My king ordered you to spare your lives, why don't you learn how to bark a few times for your grandfathers?" ?”

Hui Yu was afraid that Fan Kui would cut off her head by mistake, so she quickly lay down on the ground and imitated the barking of a dog.

All the soldiers of the Chu army looked up to the sky and laughed, and one of the cavalrymen spat at him and said with a smile: "Spineless thief, how dare you steal the country?! I will take your dog's head off sooner or later."

"Brothers, have you had enough fun, it's time to go back to the city." Chu Yunqi's voice came.

"Hi!" All the soldiers responded loudly, with their legs clamped around the horse's belly, Juechen headed towards the city of Quancheng.

Hui Yu returned to Quyang in disgrace with hundreds of thousands of lifeless Qing soldiers. When Qing Wang Huiwen heard that his son was humiliated in the city of Qiong, he overturned the pile of memorials and slips in anger. He trembled and never dared to He said something cruel about Chu State, because he knew that with the current national strength of Qingguo, he would not dare to compete with Chu State, so he attributed all his grievances to King Xi's failure to keep his promise and withdrawing troops privately. Make the continuation fail.

King Qing thought about it, but still couldn't swallow this breath, so he summoned Feng Qing to come to discuss countermeasures, how could he not offend Chu State, and express this bad breath for his son.

"Push the main country of the four-nation coalition attacking Chu to the Xi State, take us out of the coalition attacking Chu quietly, form an alliance with Chu, unite Chen, Ji, Song Wei, and Mo, and the six countries attack Xi, Destroying the country of Xi will not only restore my reputation, but also gain a lot of benefits from it. After winning the battle against Xi, our army can turn around and attack the three kingdoms of Chen, Ji, Song and Wei." Feng Qing said calmly.

Qing Wang Huiwen listened, greedy eyes reflected in his triangular eyes, he held Feng Qing's hand affectionately and said: "Feng Aiqing is considerate for the country and the people, I did not listen to Mr. , I'm really ashamed!"

Feng Qing withdrew his hand, curled his lips, and said word by word: "Feng Qing will assist the king, dominate the Central Plains, and sit on thousands of miles of rivers and mountains."

The corners of Huiwen's eyes twitched. For some reason, he felt a chill from the bottom of his heart. He subconsciously glanced at Fengqing, only to see that he was looking at him with a smile. Huiwen pinched the center of his brows, thinking it was The state affairs are too busy and too tiring to make me have an illusion, so I waved my hand and said: "I am a little tired, you can step back."

"No." Feng Qing bowed his hands and left the side hall after saluting.

The sunlight outside the hall was just right, shining on Feng Qing's face, but the ice in his eyes never faded away.

Let's talk about Zhang Yi and Huang Xie returning to Chu together.

When the car was driving outside Yancheng, Zhang Yi suddenly yelled that she was too tired from sitting in the car and wanted to change the horse. She never thought that Zhang Yi had ridden for ten miles, and accidentally fell off the horse. Broken leg, Zhang Yi was carried back to Shangqing Mansion of Chu with a mouth full of "Oh". The doctor of Xiguo caught up and wanted to ask the King of Chu about handing over the [-]-mile land in Xiangting, but was slapped at the door by the guard of Shangqing Mansion. Outside, Huang Xie raised his hand and put it down again, finally heaved a long sigh and stomped his feet, so he had to find an inn to live in first.

Chu Shangqing stumbled and fell off his horse, broke his leg, and closed the door to the outside world without seeing any guests. This rest period lasted for a month. Xiguo Huang Xie would come to wander around the gate of Chu Shangqing's mansion every day, catching those who came out of Shangqing's mansion. The servant then asked, "How is your lord? Is it better?"

"No, no, my lord is still recuperating, and I can't even pick up my pen." The servant waved his hand impatiently and said: "The envoy should wait at the inn now, and when my lord recovers, I will send someone to inform you .” After speaking, he walked away without looking back.

"Hey... wait..." Huang Xie wanted to say something, but the servant had already gone away.

Another month passed like this, and King Xi issued three royal letters in a row. If he couldn't get the six hundred miles map of Xiangting, he would have Huang Xie's life.

Under this heavy pressure, Huang Xie came to Shangqing again, where the door was closed. This time, he made up his mind. If he didn't see Zhang Yi, he would sit at the door and wait. He never thought that he only knocked twice this time. , the guard opened the door respectfully and welcomed him in.

Zhang Yi came out with a limp, and he said with a smile, "Zhang Yi is sick, so I can't salute."

"It's okay." Huang Xie waved his hand and said, "My lord, hand over the map of the six hundred miles of Xiangting to me as soon as possible, so I can go back and report to you."

"Huh? What is the map of the six hundred miles of Xiangting?" Zhang Yi asked with a puzzled face.

"Have you forgotten, my lord? It was said in my Xi court that the king of Chu would donate six hundred miles of Xiangting to my king as compensation for my Xi's military expenses." Huang Xie said anxiously.

"My lord, you can't talk nonsense. Zhang Yi is just a small minister. How could he make such a promise to give away the land to another country? This could be torn apart!" Zhang Yi shook her head with a cautious look on her face. Speaking of.

"What do you mean? That day when you persuaded my king to retreat, you made it clear!" Huang Xie said.

"Oh, maybe my lord heard it wrong. What Zhang Yi said was to donate her fief Liuli to Xiguo." Zhang Yi slapped his forehead with an expression of just remembering.

"You!" Huang Xie said with a sullen face: "The state of Chu has no faith in its words and teases our king. Isn't the king afraid that my king will devote all his strength to attack you?!"

"You have to ask my king about this. Zhang Yi is just a small courtier, and I dare not speculate on my king's thoughts." Zhang Yi smiled and said.

"Hmph!" Huang Xie glared at Zhang Yi with a gloomy face, then flung his sleeves and left.

Huang Xie returned to the country and told King Xi of all the neglect he had received in the two months in Chu and Zhang Yi's inconsistency.