Chu State, Yingdu, inside the main hall.

Sitting on the throne, he gently put down a silk book in his hand, and an expression of admiration quietly appeared on Chu King Xiong Liangfu's face.

"We sent envoys to eight countries including Chu, Qi, Qin, Zhao, and South Korea respectively to invite the princes from all over the world to join forces in Pinglu. This move by the Marquis of Wei can be described as a generous move!"

After saying something that was half praise and half exclamation, Chu King Xiong Liangfu immediately looked down at the Chu State Ling Yin Zhao Xixie, "What do you think, Master, of Wei State's actions?"

"Your Majesty, I think this is Wei's policy and it's a plan to drain the fire from under the cauldron." Faced with the King of Chu's question, Zhao Xishe replied in a deep voice.

"oh!"

After hearing Zhao Xixie's answer, Xiong Liangfu felt a little puzzled in his heart, and the words of inquiry immediately rang out in the hall, "I wonder what the teacher's words mean by removing the fuel from the cauldron?"

"Your Majesty, this is something I accidentally discovered when the waiter in the palace was making food." After Xiong Liangfu finished asking, he only heard Zhao Xixie talking in the main hall.

"Under the raging fire lit by firewood below, the hot soup in the cauldron above will soon boil. At this time, if the waiter removes the firewood below, and there is no raging fire below, then the heat in the cauldron will

The soup will also stop boiling quickly."

"Oh, it turned out to be such a waste of time."

After a sudden realization, some doubts appeared in Xiong Liangfu's mind. "It's just that I don't understand. What does the bottom of the cauldron in the teacher's words have to do with the fact that the Wei State is now inviting princes from all over the world to come to the alliance?"

"Previously, the envoys of the State of Qi were led by my ministers to meet with the king, and they informed the king of the conditions that the State of Qi was willing to give to negotiate peace with our State of Chu."

Halfway through speaking, Zhao Xixie's voice suddenly became deeper, and a faint light appeared in his eyes.

"Don't you think, Your Majesty, that the envoys from the State of Qi are like the firewood below, and that the State of Chu is like the hot soup that is already burning in the cauldron above?"

Zhao Xixie had made his words so clear, how could Xiong Liangfu, the king of Chu, not understand what he meant.

Doesn't this clearly mean that he is already tempted by the conditions proposed by Qi and intends to abandon Wei as an ally and make peace with Qi alone?

"Teacher, you are worrying too much. I really don't have anything in my heart..."

Before Xiong Liangfu could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhao Xixie's gaze from below. At the same time, the embarrassment in his heart made him unable to continue speaking.

Well, Xiong Liangfu admitted that he was indeed tempted by the conditions proposed by the Qi State envoy.

You must know that it was Jucheng, one of the five capitals of the Qi State. It was the place where the Marquis of Qi strongly supported the Chu State in its strategy of Huaisi, and the Qi State expressed its willingness to surrender to its Chu State.

Xiong Liangfu did not believe that if others were sitting in his position, they would not be interested in the conditions offered by Qi.

After some calculations in his mind to embolden himself, Xiong Liangfu asked Zhao Xixie again as if nothing had happened.

"Since it was about the envoys from Qi coming to Chu, why didn't Wei send envoys to Yingdu to question them, but instead invited them to Pinglu to form an alliance?"

Faced with Xiong Liangfu's pretended calm expression, Zhao Xixie said with a bit of sigh: "I thought this was the brilliance of the Marquis of Wei."

"The Marquis of Wei did not choose to send an envoy to Yingdu to question him this time, but he knew that doing so would be like adding another fire to the already boiling cauldron, which would undoubtedly push our country of Chu to the extreme.

On the Qi side."

"The Marquis of Wei invited the king to the Pinglu League just to draw out the burning firewood below and have a face-to-face conversation with the king."

"This is exactly why I said that the Marquis of Wei's move was a plan to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron."

After Zhao Xixie's analysis, the doubts in Xiong Liangfu's mind completely dissipated. It turned out that Wei Marquis had such an idea in his mind.

That is to say, after figuring out Wei Guo's plan, a thought quietly emerged in Xiong Liangfu's mind, "Teacher, what if we choose not to go to the Pinglu Alliance this time?"

"Then the Marquis of Wei will know immediately that our Chu State has chosen to side with the Qi State and is ready to completely break up with the Wei State."

After directly telling the consequences of not going, Zhao Xixie looked directly at Xiong Liangfu above, "Your Majesty, how does the Chu State at this moment compare to the Qi State? How does it compare to the Wei State? Compared to the people led by the Wei State

What about the coalition of princes?"

Zhao Xixie asked three questions in succession, but Xiong Liangfu immediately extinguished the thought in his heart.

In Xiong Liangfu's mind, he also has a clear understanding of the current strength of Chu State. Although it may be much stronger than Qi State, it is a bit weaker than Wei State, the most powerful country in the world today.

The power of the Wei State began during the reign of Marquis Wen. A reform by Li Kui transformed the Wei State from one of the Three Jin Dynasties to the throne of the world's hegemon.

During the reign of Marquis Wu, the Wei State invaded the east and west, and fought in the south and north. Although it defeated the surrounding princes, it also created too many enemies for itself.

This is also the reason why Chu State and Zhao State joined forces to deal with Wei State during the time of Wuhou, and why South Korea and Zhao State invaded Wei State together.

By the time Wei Feng, the Marquis of Wei, is now in office, the throne of Wei has reached the third generation.

Since he succeeded to the throne, the Wei Marquis has shown a different external outlook from his father. After a fierce battle and alliance, the Wei State consolidated its basic position as the hegemon of the Three Jin Dynasties.

And this action against Qin and Qi showed the powerful national and military power of Wei to everyone in the world, including King Xiong Liangfu of Chu.

On the battlefield against the Qin State, facing the offensive of the Qin State's army of more than 100,000 men, the Wei army retreated first and then advanced, and now they have captured Qin's capital, Yueyang;

On the battlefield of attacking Qi, Wei showed its overlord status and superb diplomatic ability, uniting the princes of Chu, Zhao, South Korea and other six countries to send troops to attack Qi.

When he thought of the 60,000 Chu troops under his command who were stagnant under Jucheng, and then looked at Wei Jun's consecutive battles and victories in the middle, Xiong Liangfu could clearly feel the power of Wei's military in his heart.

If before this war, Xiong Liangfu, the king of Chu, had thought that he could compete with Wei with the power of Chu.

After seeing the performance of the Wei army in this battle, Xiong Liangfu became more determined to send troops eastward and attack Huaisi.

Before it has accumulated enough strength, the current Chu State should not directly confront the powerful Wei State, not to mention that Wei State has never been fighting as a country.

With his thoughts flowing here, Xiong Liangfu once again picked up the silk book in front of him, and his eyes slowly moved over the seal characters.

After a long time, he put down the silk book again. Xiong Liangfu suppressed the emotion in his heart and looked straight at Zhao Xixie below.

"Please also ask the teacher to send someone to tell the envoy of Wei that we will go to Pinglu as scheduled to start an alliance with the Marquis of Wei."

Seeing that Xiong Liangfu had made his decision, a burst of relief slowly appeared on Zhao Xixie's face, and he immediately stood up from his seat.

"I obey."
Chapter completed!