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Chapter 45: Swordsman 3

Even though the big winged warship with flags was not visible, the Empress Dowager Zhao still stared at the direction he went, and said nothing for a long time. Two years ago, she sent her husband away, and a year ago, she sent her son away. The separation again and again made her describe it as numb.

Concubine Zhao said nothing, and Mi Qi and others beside her were crying. Everyone in Yingdu said that the king would be kept by the King of Qin because of this trip. In the past half month, countless people have given advice, but the king has decided and no one can persuade him. So everyone's anger is vented on the head of Ling Yin's mansion, scolding and resenting. One night, a fire broke out in the Ling Yin's mansion. No one expected that the arsonist was an old lame man who hangs in the wine shop every day. After the arson, he did not leave or avoid, and was waiting to be arrested.

The people were so willing, and the Ling Yin Chengjie, who knew it, had to ask Zuo Yin to pardon the man. Xiong Jing had to say that the significance of the alliance was clarified on the news of the Great Chu: in the three years of the war between Chu and Qin, if there was no truce with Qin, the people north of the Huai River and west of the Huai River would inevitably migrate to the south of the Huai River. The Chu State did not have enough boats and the autumn harvest was about to be immigrated. If the autumn harvest was delayed, the Chu State, which was already short of food, would inevitably starve countless Chu people this winter...

The State of Chu, which had not been able to prepare sufficient food before, could almost describe the current situation at the end of the road: insufficient corn, insufficient boats, and half of the soldiers had not undergone complete spear formation training. Because the Jujia was to be sold to Qi, they could only add 5,000 new sets per month. Of course, for military purposes, these are secondary, and the most important thing is that trained and experienced basic officers are seriously insufficient, which is the key to affecting combat effectiveness.

If you can't fight any more, this is the most true portrayal of Chu State.

Above the Huai River, the big winged warships that were moving upstream like the wind, and the journey from Yingdu to Chengyang is nearly 800 miles a day and night. However, every time you arrive in a county and a town, there must be a report to deliver the boat. Most of these reports are to advise Xiong Jing not to trust the Qin people easily, and there are some information gathered from all over the place that knows the enemy sent by the officials, especially Zhao. After capturing the nine cities of Yecheng, Zhao State, the Qin army had retreated, but the soldiers did not disband and return home. There is evidence that these Qin troops had entered the Wei and Han countries. The Qin army entered the Wei and Han, and its intention was self-evident.

"King, the King of Qin will be left and then attack me." Zhaoshu, Changjiang and others no longer dared to persuade him, and the Right Shi still dared to make a statement. "Please don't enter Qin."

"What if I don't join Qin Nai?" Xiong Jing handed the report to Chang Jiang and continued to correct the test papers - in the past or two months, he devoted more energy to the aviation school, which was a course that he could teach.

"Whether the King enters Qin or not, the Qin army will attack me." The Right Historian continued to persuade him. "With the King here, the morale of the Chu army will inevitably be greatly boosted. If the King is left to Jiyi by the Qin people, his morale will decline."

"If the unscrupulous one does not enter Qin, how can my husband's clan give up?" Xiong Jing sighed. Everything has a price. If the husband's clan wants to return, he naturally has to take the snatch from the fire. "The State of Chu also needs peace, and the people of Chu need to breathe."

"Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, how can the king believe it?" Zhao Shu, who was in the same boat, felt that the king had always been wise. Ironically, such a wise king did such a stupid thing because of the situation in the middle of the country. Is this the heaven going to be the only one who is so wise?

"The Qin State is not a slander, naturally he doesn't believe it." Xiong Jinghan's light flashed, "It is still unknown who will win and lose in Jiyi Alliance."

*

"Prime Minister," the wide wooden mat was placed in front of Xiong Qi, with a complete picture of Qin and Chu handover and Jiyi. The general who spoke was Li Xin, the king's beloved general. He fought with the Chu army several times and was most familiar with the situation of the Chu army. "There are four or five thousand soldiers with King Jing who accompanied him. The last general thought it was an exaggeration. He asked the Prime Minister to inform King Jing that he could only bring 500 people into the alliance."

"If King Jing doesn't want to do it, what?" Xiong Qi's eyes only fell on the map and glanced at Li Xin slightly.

"If King Jing is unwilling, the 800,000 troops will attack Jing." Li Xin sneered. Compared with Qin, Chu is only a small country, and every victory can only achieve slight results. Once it fails, it will be doomed. Moreover, Chu cannot continue to fight for several years, which is determined by the strength of the small country; while Qin can attack Chu for more than ten consecutive years, until Chu seeks peace.

"Is the five hundred people too few?" Except for Li Xin, Xin Sheng was also in the tent. "Xiang Yan's army is still in Chencheng, and the Chengyang army is only tens of thousands, so he will not dare to go deep alone. Even if King Jing enters the country, he will not be able to compete with our army's tens of thousands of soldiers."

"Don't cause too much trouble." Li Xin looked at Xin Sheng, knowing why Xin Sheng replied to such a request.

"Please tell the people of Jing that except for King Jing, only 500 people are allowed to enter the alliance." Li Xin took back the wooden slut on the case.

"No." Xiong Qi smiled, "I will send someone to tell King Jing today that only 500 followers will be allowed to enter the country tomorrow."

"I thanked the Prime Minister until the end." Li Xin did not see that Xiong Qi's smile was a little stiff. He raised his hand and bowed and stepped down.

"Master!" Yongli stood on one side. Although Li Xin and others did not say it clearly, tens of thousands of soldiers were placed in Jiyi, and their intentions were obvious.

"Tell me, the alliance is a fraud." Xiong Qi whispered, looking at the high platform outside Jiyi City. It was built by the king a few months ago. He was preparing to join the new king of Chu at that time. As a result, he had to return in defeat after the news of the defeat of the Qin and Wei armies. Now, although this high platform is not used for alliance, it can be used as bait to lure the king into a retreat.

After Xiong Qi gave the order, Yongli took a car with flags hanging on the car. The Qin and Chu troops did not dare to stop them along the way. From Jiyi to Chengyang for more than 140 miles, but from Jiyi to the actual border between the two countries, Xieyi on the east bank of the Huai River was less than 100 miles. Xiong Jing's boat team did not stop in Chengyang for more, but directly arrived at Xieyi on the border between the two countries.

Unfortunately, this is the limit of the boats going up the water. The Huai River here is like the horizontal character "Ji". Xie Yi is located on the vertical position in the middle of the three verticals. You can only go to the top and turn left to the west. It is impossible to go west. There are huge rocks in the mudflats, and the riverbed is curved and has a huge drop.

Shortly after Xiong Jing arrived in Xieyi, he crossed the river with a banner and came to Xieyi. Xiong Jing had met him in Chen Ying last year. When they met again, they looked away with their eyes, expressionless, as if they had never seen him before.

"I am following the Prime Minister's order to tell the king that no more than 500 people will enter our Qin territory to join the alliance." Yong Li said after bowing to him, which immediately caused a lot of criticism.

"It's unreasonable!" Pan Wuming, the commander of Chengyang who led his army to protect each other, shouted. He was going to follow Xiong Jing to Jiyi. "If your prime minister is afraid, you and me can join the Huai River, why do you and I have to go to Qin?"

"I am the leader of the alliance. The alliance platform has been built long ago. How can we join the alliance between the two countries? "Yong Li is like Changping Jun, showing disdain for the Chu State everywhere. He finally said: "Whether or not to go is in the king. I will return to Jiyi tomorrow and return to his post."

"You!" Pan Wuming jumped straight, wishing he could kill Yongli with one sword, but he had no choice but to take Yongli.

"Please go down and rest." Xiong Jing instructed Changjiang and asked Changjiang to take him down.

"King," Shouling Jun Shouyi was waiting in Xie Yi for a long time. "It is not easy for the King of Qin to be with me. If you don't go, the Qin army will attack me, please go."

"If the king had made mistakes in this trip, what's the matter? You're lying to apologize?" If the eyes could kill, Shouling Jun would have died a thousand times. At this moment, Zhaoshu was staring at him and questioning loudly.

"If the Qin people attack me because the king did not leave, what's the matter?" Shouyi met Zhaoshu's gaze without fear. The two of them had no result in a dispute. After all, Xiong Jing had not yet entered Qin, so he didn't know whether the Qin people's alliance was true or false.

"What's the benefit of fighting?" Xiong Jing glared at Zhaoshu, and he looked at Shou Yi and said, "If the Qin people say again, the King of Qin must go to Xianyang to join the alliance before they can join the alliance, what? If the King of Qin arrives in Xianyang, the King of Qin said again, if the King of Qin wants to join the alliance, what's the matter?"

Xiong Jing’s question stunned Shou Yi, and also made Cai Wen and Mu Boxun who were accompanying him stunned. He stopped talking to them, Xiong Jing said, “Buying only wants to know where is the bottom line? Where can you wait to give up on the Qin people?!”

"If the king is afraid of death, he can return to Ying." Shouyi was also anxious. He believed that as the king, he should seek peace at all costs. Since he dared to go to Qin to seek peace alone, the king should also have such courage.

"What do you mean?" Xiong Jing looked at him and smiled. "Doesn't you kneel in front of the King of Qin and beg him to stop the army?"

"I don't mean this!" Shouyi said loudly. "I think if the king is afraid of death, he can return to Ying."

"If Buying dies, the Qin people will not be with me..." Xiong Jing said again.

"I am willing to die with the king." Shouyi was very upset when asked by Xiong Jing and had to speak like this.

"What's the use of your death?! What Chu wants is to stop the army and speak with peace, not to die. If you can't stop the army, what's the point of your death?" Xiong Jing retorted. "The unchecked one is here to make a decision. Tomorrow, the unchecked one will join the Jiquan of Qin and join the Qin people. If there is another change during this period, you will return to Chu. From now on..." Xiong Jing looked at Cai Wen, looked at Mu Boxun, and even looked at Shou Yi. "Those who dare to speak with Qin will be killed!"

"The king is like this..." Cai Wen and Mu Boxun are smart people. They knew that this was Xiong Jing's bottom line. They didn't say anything. Only Shouyi still thought Xiong Jing was afraid of death. Before he finished speaking, Xiong Jing rushed to him and looked straight into his eyes: "If the King of Qin said, "It's okay, but I want the King of Chu to cut off his head?"

Shouyi was stared at by Xiong Jing, and his eyes finally avoided, but he said, "If it is me, I would like to cut off my head to seek peace."

"However, if you cut off your head, the King of Qin is still in disagreement, what?" Xiong Jing asked, capturing his dodging gaze.

"I have done my best, and it means disagreement." Shou Yi replied, his eyes still wandering.

"You dare to cut off your head and offer it to the King of Qin, why don't you dare to pull out the sword that cuts your head and stab the Qin people?" Xiong Jing's voice was filled with great regret. "You are not forgiven by Duke Yin's request, but by your unyielding and determined to make the brave brother the king. Who would have thought! You are such a coward who would rather die than resist."

Xiong Jing's words were like a sharp awl that pierced Shouyi's heart. His face turned red, but he wanted to defend himself but his lips moved.
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