"I have made up my mind to send another 100,000 to march north to attack Wei."

A court meeting related to the State of Wei came to an end, and with the departure of King Xiong Liangfu of Chu, the officials also dispersed in twos and threes.

Walking alone on the avenue of the Chu Palace, Yin Zhaoxi had a pensive look on his face.

He did not pay attention to the famous Chu Palace guard who passed by him. At this moment, his mind was still thinking about everything that had just happened in the court meeting.

Will it be successful for Chu State to send troops to attack Wei at this moment? How will Wei State respond to Chu's army moving north? How much benefit can Chu State take advantage of Wei State's attack on Qin?

Questions arose in Zhao Xixie's heart, causing him to subconsciously slow down his pace.

At this moment, Zhao Xixie's contemplation was interrupted by a burst of hurried footsteps and a call that followed.

"Uncle, wait a minute!"

With his mind separated from his thoughts, Zhao Xixie subconsciously looked towards the direction of the sound, and a hint of kindness emerged from the corner of his mouth.

"It's Boyong."

He bowed slightly to Zhao Xishe, who had an extraordinary status in the court of Chu State, and Qu Boyong, the left disciple who was chasing him, immediately invited him to go with him.

The Qu, Jing, and Zhao clans all come from the same clan of the Chu Kingdom. Although there are inevitably some conflicts between the three clans for power and position, their private relationship is still very close.

When Zhao Xixie came into the imperial court, he had also been cared for by the Qu family. At this time, he was naturally happy to face the invitation of Qu Boyong, a junior.

In this way, I originally walked alone, but because of Qu Boyong's joining, I became a couple.

Consciously walking half a step behind Zhao Xixie, Qu Boyong was silent for a moment, and then asked with some probing the doubts in his heart.

"Uncle, do you think our Chu State can achieve anything by sending troops to attack Wei?"

"Now the Wei State is at war with Qi State in the east, and the west is attacking Qin State. This is a situation of war on two fronts."

Still walking forward as if he was minding his own business just now, Zhao Xixie just answered Qu Boyong's question calmly: "At this time, I, the Chu State, will definitely gain something by sending troops north, but it will only be something."

Zhao Xixie's words, especially the last half of the sentence, immediately aroused Qu Boyong's curiosity.

"Uncle thinks our Chu country will not make great profits this time? Why?"

"Of course Wei has already taken some measures."

Slowly he stopped moving forward, turned around and looked at Qu Boyong who was walking behind him, Zhao Xixie's eyes were filled with a bit of solemnity.

"In the past ten years or so, I have had several acquaintances with the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State."

"In my opinion, the current Wei Marquis is a generation of British rulers, and there are many talented people in the Wei court. I don't think anyone in Wei could have expected that our Chu country would send troops to the north."

As he spoke, Zhao Xixie's thoughts suddenly drifted to the bank of Lishui more than ten years ago. He would never forget that calm face in his life.

Nodding slightly, Qu Boyong continued to ask: "Then how does uncle think Wei will respond?"

"If we want to deal with the Chu State moving north, we can only send heavy troops to garrison key points to block the advance of the army. And..."

Before Zhao Xixie could finish speaking, another set of footsteps appeared behind the two of them.

"I have met with Ling Yin and Zuo Tu. Your Majesty has ordered that Ling Yin be summoned to see you immediately."

"I, Zhao Xixie, sincerely obey the king's orders."

After bowing to accept the order, Zhao Xixie's eyes fell on Qu Boyong beside him.

"Boyong, you come too."

"Here."

After a while, following the footsteps of this palace man, Zhao Xixie and Qu Boyong came to the front of King Xiong Liangfu of Chu.

"I, Zhao Xixie, and Qu Boyong, pay homage to the king."

"Your Majesty, disciple Zuo doesn't need to be too polite."

Regarding Qu Boyong's appearance, Chu King Xiong Liangfu didn't say much, he just handed a silk book in his hand to Zhao Xixie with a gloomy look on his face.

"This is a secret report from the Yue Kingdom. Please take a look at it."

Taking the silk book from Chu King Xiong Liangfu's hand and looking at it, Zhao Xixie handed it to Qu Boyong's hand with a solemn expression.

"What! King Wu Zhuan of Yue is about to send 50,000 troops to attack Zhaoguan!" After reading the contents of the silk book clearly, Qu Boyong said with a look of surprise on his face.

In the past, when the state of Wu and the state of Chu were competing, in order to contain this opponent, the state of Chu chose to support the state of Yue, which was behind Wu.

The reason why King Gou Jian of Yue was able to strengthen Yue and avoid the humiliation that Wu had suffered in the past was because of two important ministers, one named Fan Li and the other named Wen Zhong.

These two important ministers who helped King Gou Jian of Yue achieve hegemony were both Chu people, and they went to Yue State because of the will of Chu State.

The Chu State's support for the Yue State did indeed complete its plan to destroy the Wu State, but it also established a new rival for itself in the southeast.

Since the State of Yue destroyed the State of Wu and marched north to the Central Plains, the originally close relationship between the two countries took a turn for the worse.

If it weren't for the constant civil strife in Yue in recent years, Chu and Yue would probably have had to fight again and again.

What Xiong Liangfu, King of Chu, did not expect this time was that before he had time to attack the Yue State, the Yue State army would preemptively attack Zhaoguan City.

Speaking of Zhaoguan, it is also an important pass on the eastern border of Chu State.

A hundred years ago, Xiong Qiji, King of Chu Ping, took possession of Meng Ying, the fiancée of his son Prince Jian.

In order to cover up his own scandal and eliminate future troubles, King Ping of Chu massacred the family of Wu She, Prince Jian's teacher, leaving only Wu Zixu and Prince Jian to flee to the Song Dynasty.

Later, Wu Zixu fled to the State of Wu, but he was unable to move forward because he was wanted by the State of Chu in Zhaoguan. Wu Zixu was so anxious that he was able to escape Zhaoguan overnight.

This is the story of "Wu Zixu crossed Zhaoguan overnight".

Since its establishment, Zhaoguan has been an important town on the border between Chu and Wu. Later, the Yue State destroyed the Wu State, and the target of this pass became the Yue State.

After learning that the Yue Kingdom was about to attack Zhaoguan, Qu Boyong immediately suggested: "Your Majesty, Zhaoguan is the eastern fortress of our Chu Kingdom."

"Once Zhaoguan is captured by the Yue State, our Chu State's large territory in the east will immediately fall into the hands of the Yue State."

"I think that our Chu State should give up this expedition to the north to attack the Wei State, and send troops to Zhaoguan to deal with the Yue State."

In response to Qu Boyong's suggestion, Chu King Xiong Liangfu nodded slightly, and then he moved his gaze to Zhao Xixie who remained silent.

"Zuo Tu's words are reasonable, what do you think of Ling Yin?"

"The State of Yue has not invaded our State of Chu in recent years. Why do you think the army of the State of Yue is attacking our State of Chu at this time?"

When King Xiong Liangfu of Chu heard Zhao Xixie's inquiry, his expression immediately became serious.

"Ling Yin is saying that there are princes behind the Yue Kingdom, so this prince will be..."

"Wei Guo!"

It didn't take much time for Chu King Xiong Liangfu to figure out the key.

The Wei State really tried their best to attack Qin State. They not only used the princes to attack Qi, but also focused the attention of the world to the east.

In order to cope with the possible actions of the Chu State, they chose to support the Yue State in the southeast and sent troops to attack Zhaoguan to contain the Chu State.

What is certain is that with the Yue State as its opponent to restrain it from behind, it is almost impossible for the Chu State to completely free itself and march north to attack the Wei State.

"Does Ling Yin mean to give up attacking Wei and send his army to Zhaoguan?"

Looking at King Xiong Liangfu of Chu, Zhao Xixie slowly shook his head.

"The troops were divided into two groups. One went north to test the Wei State, and the other went east to deal with the Yue State."
Chapter completed!