Chapter 464: One word is called: drag

Zhao sent troops to attack Chu. Deng Sheng knew everything before Fan Ting came to Wancheng, but Deng Sheng had been unable to make up his mind on whether to send troops, so he came up with a bad idea of ​​pretending to be sick to delay time.

There was a disagreement in the court about whether to rescue Chu. A group of people led by Jiang Wan and Bao Zheng believed that Deng Chu was an allies, and that Chu continued to exist, which could create a buffer zone between Deng Zhao and attract some of Zhao's firepower for Deng. It would be of great benefit to Deng's future northward, so they advocated sending troops to rescue Chu.

The group led by Cui Hao and Zhang Bin felt that even if Deng's current strength did not exist, Deng could face Zhao directly and win the battle. It did not need the existence of Chu at all. What's more, in recent years, Chu has also gained a lot of benefits after Deng's country, and its own strength has been continuously strengthened. In order to avoid raising tigers, they advocated not to send troops.

For this matter, Deng Guo’s court was already quarreling, and the ministers each had their own opinions and finally kicked the ball back to Deng Sheng.

In Ganyang Palace, Deng Sheng summoned Cui Hao alone. Among the civil and military officials in the court, Deng Sheng trusted Cui Hao the most. Although most of the entire Deng court was summoned by Deng Sheng from the system, there is no doubt about ability and loyalty. However, because Cui Hao's identity is Deng Sheng's mother tribe, Deng Sheng trusted Cui Hao the most. As a vanguard against sending troops, Deng Sheng summoned Cui Hao alone, which was that Deng Sheng was more inclined not to send troops.

Cui Hao also roughly understood Deng Sheng's thoughts, so when he saw Deng Sheng, he began to talk endlessly: "King, it is not advisable to rescue Chu. Zhao State has 300,000 elite troops heading south. There are also famous generals like Li Rubing. Even if our army is not afraid, it is easy to fall into the quagmire of war and cannot extricate itself. In the end, it will only be a waste of Qin State and let the Qin people reap the benefits of fishermen. Moreover, the situation is very clear today. My Great Deng, Zhao State and Qin State compete for hegemony. The demise of Chu State is only a matter of time. Even if we send troops to rescue Chu this time, what about the next time? Could it be that my Great Deng will always protect Chu State? This will not be of any benefit to my Great Deng's great cause, but will consume its strength in Chu State in vain!"

After hearing Cui Hao's words, Deng Sheng frowned and said, "But, Chu and my Great Deng are allies, which is well known to everyone in the world. This time, the Zhao army attacked Chu in a large-scale attack. If I, Great Deng, and let the Zhao army destroy Chu, how will the people in the world view my Great Deng? What do you think of me?" To put it bluntly, it is a matter of face. In fact, at this time, Deng Sheng also understood that the State of Chu is unsuccessful. Although the existence of Chu is not harmful to Deng, it is not very beneficial. Now Deng has destroyed the southern country and dominates the entire south. He can truly attack and defend, and advance is the ruler of the emperor. Retreat is the supreme position of the princes. He is innately invincible. Is there any state of Chu the same?

"King, there are no eternal allies in the world, only eternal interests. What about Qi in the past? No one can avoid the common people in the face of interests. The continued existence of Chu will not only be able to continue to provide assistance to Da Deng, but will instead restrict the development of Da Deng. Those who achieve great things should know how to make choices and break them. If the king is embarrassed to directly reject the Chu envoy, he can delay time. According to my ministers' estimate, Chu will never last for half a year under the offensive of the Zhao army, and it is probably enough for three months to be enough. It's a pity, so as long as it can be dragged down, Pengcheng would have been defeated by the Zhao army long ago!" After learning that Deng Sheng actually didn't want to send troops, he was just concerned about face issues, Cui Hao immediately offered a plan for Deng Sheng, that is, to drag it down, not to express his opinion, and to drag it until the Zhao army breaks through Pengcheng. As long as Pengcheng is captured by the Zhao army, everything can be solved. This is an open conspiracy. It's not that I won't send troops, but that your Chu State is too unsuccessful and cannot stand it, and it has nothing to do with us.

Deng Sheng did not continue to speak, but leaned against the throne, closed his eyes and thought quietly about what Cui Hao said. Seeing this, Cui Hao did not urge Deng Sheng, but sat quietly below and waited. He knew that Deng Sheng would definitely make the most correct decision.

After a long time, Deng Sheng opened his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Cui Hao: "Cui Qing, go and talk to Chen Qun, just say that my condition has been repeated and the recovery period is unknown. Let Fan Ting wait with peace of mind, and tell Fan Ting that I hope Chu can hold on, and I, the eldest Deng, will never give up Chu easily!"

"Here!" Cui Hao responded with a smile. He understood Deng Sheng's meaning. Although he had decided to give up Chu, he could not let Zhao take down the entire Chu State so easily. Deng Sheng told him that he would give Chu State a hope and thought so that Chu State and Zhao Army would fight to the death and fight some of the elite Zhao Army. No half, it would be better to have one third, not one third, and not one fifth. In short, that is, the longer the Chu State holds on, the greater the casualties of the Zhao army, the more benefits it will be for Deng State.

When Cui Hao passed on Deng Sheng's words to Chen Qun, Chen Qun understood what Deng Sheng meant at the first time, and suddenly felt a little sigh. Chen Qun was from Yingchuan. In his growth experience, in the past few decades, he had always been a Korean. At that time, Chu was already a famous powerful country in the world. His homeland, and even Deng's country back then, did not even have the qualification to carry shoes to Chu. But now? The powerful country at the beginning became a slaughter of others, and now Deng Sheng's words determine the fate of Chu.

Since he knew what Deng Sheng meant, Chen Qun sent someone to invite Fan Ting over. As soon as Fan Ting saw Chen Qun, he immediately asked: "Shu Chen, what's going on? I wonder if King Deng has decided to send troops?" These days, Fan Ting's life in Wancheng has been a torment. On the one hand, he was unable to see Deng Sheng and was irritated. On the other hand, his motherland was facing hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and he was in danger, but he was powerless.

Chen Qun asked someone to pour a glass of water for Fan Ting, then sighed and said, "Secret Fan, the matter of sending troops has been discussed by the three provinces and six ministries and the General Governor's Office, and the elites from all over the country are also on guard. However, because my king's condition has been repeated recently, the imperial physician said that the king urgently needs rest and should not be disturbed. Even the government is under the presidency of the prince!"

"What does this mean? Your country will not send troops? Is your country watching our country demise? You must be clear that we are allies. Twenty years ago, if I hadn't helped me, the State of Deng, would have been destroyed by the Han State. Now you want to cross the bridge and remove the board?" Hearing Chen Qun's words, Fan Ting immediately left. In Fan Ting's opinion, Deng State refused to send troops to rescue the State of Chu, which was ungrateful, so Fan Ting reiterated the past.

Chen Qun was very unhappy in the face of Fan Ting's questioning, but Chen Qun, who came from a noble family, had a very good cultivation. Chen Qun also knew that it was not the time to turn against Chu State, because Deng State needed Chu State to defeat more elites in Chu State.

Chen Qun said: "Secret Fan is a little restless. Of course, I, Da Deng, remember what happened back then. It's just that the matter is sent to the army. This matter is very important. You must have the emperor's handwritten edict. Now the king is ill in bed and cannot be in charge of the ministers. He can only wait with peace of mind. But Fan Xiang rests at ease. My great Deng has reached a consensus inside and outside the court and the country, and will never give up on your country. As long as my king's health improves, I, Da Deng, can send troops north immediately!"

Fan Ting also realized that his words were a little rushing. Now Chu State dared not offend Deng State. If Deng State had lost his intention to rescue Chu State because of some of his words, then Fan Ting would be unable to redeem his crimes after he died. So he apologized to Chen Qun: "I was a little impulsive just now, so I would like to ask Chen Shangshu to forgive him, but I don't know when your country will be able to send troops? Our country really can't last long!"
Chapter completed!