Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Envoy from Chu State
Chu State, Pengcheng

Pengcheng is the capital of Chu State personally selected by Overlord Xiang Yu. It has witnessed the rise and fall of Chu State for more than 200 years.

The State of Chu occupies Xiapi County, Pengcheng County, Donghai County, Guangling County, Langya County, Pei County, and Jiujiang County, all of which are fertile land and have a large population.

Pengcheng, Chu Palace
Since the overlord Xiang Yu returned to Pengcheng, Chu and Han have been fighting for hegemony for many years, and have allies. After retiring from the Han Dynasty, the court of Chu State started a dispute over whether to form an alliance with Deng State.

King Xiangju of Chu is the No. 17 king of Chu. He has been ambitious since he ascended the throne, and he wanted to restore the glory of his ancestors when he was divided into feudal vassals. Lost the position of the boss of the East.

Xiang Ju was 40 years old at the time, and he was in the prime of his life. He planned to expand the hegemony of Chu State. The victory of Deng State allowed him to find a breakthrough point, so he came up with the idea of ​​forming an alliance with Deng State.

Xiang Ju: "How are you, gentlemen?"

"Your Majesty, in the battle between Han and Deng, although Han was defeated, it was Han who took the initiative to retreat. If Qin, Zhao, and Wei did not send troops, I am afraid that Deng would have been destroyed by Han long ago. I think that with Deng It is meaningless to form an alliance." General Long Chuan of the Chu State first said that although the strength of the Deng State was not bad in the early stage, in his opinion, the domestic elite suffered heavy losses in the two battles. Who can guarantee whether Deng Guo can withstand the next attack of Han Guo?If after the alliance between Chu State and Deng State, Deng State was still destroyed by Han State, wouldn't it damage the prestige of Chu State?
"General Long's words are wrong. I think we should form an alliance with Deng Guo." Fan Can, Prime Minister of Chu State, objected.

"Your Majesty, although the elites of the Deng Kingdom have lost a lot, they haven't hurt the root cause. I heard that the Lord Deng has already restored his military strength to that of his father King Wuzhuang after the war. I am afraid that the war in the Three Kingdoms of Wei will not end for a while. This time is enough for Deng Guo to rebuild its defense system. Therefore, even if Han Guo attacks Deng Guo again, Deng Guo will not be helpless. As long as Deng Guo can Withstood the first wave of Han's attack, then I believe that Qin, Zhao, and Wei will send troops to Han again, so I think it is feasible to form an alliance with Deng to contain Han." Fan Shen analyzed, in his It seems that although Deng Guo is weak, it is not that weak, otherwise it would not have defeated Jing Guo twice, and almost wiped out South Korea, and more importantly, once Han Guo destroyed Deng Guo, it won Nanyang and the land of Shangyong, then Jing Guo and Xiang Guo in the south will not be able to stop the advance of the Han State. In this way, the land of Jingchu will all belong to the Han State. Do you think Wu Guoguo, who is in the east of the Yangtze River, will agree? ?
The two giants put forward their own opinions respectively, and the entire court of Chu State immediately quarreled. Most people in the military supported Long Chuan's opinion, while the civil servants supported Fan Can. It was very lively.

"Okay, what's the point of being noisy." Xiang Ju shouted and stopped the noise of the ministers. Xiang Ju knew that he needed to make his own decisions at this time.

He thought about it carefully, analyzed the opinions of Long Chuan and Fan Can, and still felt that it would be more beneficial to form an alliance with Deng Guo.

Xiang Ju: "After thinking about it carefully, I still feel that an alliance with Deng Guo is beneficial to the current situation."

"My king is Shengming." Now that Xiang Ju has already made a decision, there is no point in their arguing.

Xiang Ju: "Where is Tao Shao, the Chinese doctor?"

"The minister is here." The doctor Tao Shao came out and said.

"Order Tao Shao as an envoy to go to Deng Guo to congratulate Deng Guoxin on his enthronement, and at the same time finalize the alliance between the two countries."

"Here!"

Wancheng
After winning the war with Han and Jing, Deng Sheng began to recuperate. After the war between the two sides, Deng's livelihood was already in depression, and he could no longer stand the slightest turmoil.

Wancheng Palace
"My lord, 15 soldiers and horses have been recruited and trained. I believe they can go into battle in a short time." General Huang Biao is the No. 1 in the military. Of course, the conscription is entrusted to him. The foundation is relatively strong, otherwise more than 7 people will be recruited at once, and I am afraid that there will be big problems. If this is the case, Deng's soldiers and horses have reached their limit. It hurts.

Deng Sheng nodded. Regarding Huang Biao, he was quite at ease, and said: "Well, the general is doing business, and I am very relieved, but I am afraid it will not be possible to gather so many soldiers and horses in Wancheng."

"I don't know what your Majesty's plan is?" Prime Minister Cai Feng was the most observant, and soon knew that Deng Sheng didn't want to put soldiers and horses in Wancheng, so he asked this question.

Deng Sheng praised Cai Feng secretly, he really didn't want to put so many soldiers and horses in Wancheng, but wanted to assign most of the soldiers and horses to Chang Yuchun and Yang Yanzhao's command so that he could control the military power.

Deng Sheng: "Today, [-] soldiers are stationed in Ye County in the north, [-] in Xi County, [-] in Xinye, and [-] in Shangyong. The remaining [-] soldiers are stationed in Wancheng. The horse went to Xinye and joined Yang Yanzhao's command. Ten thousand soldiers and horses went to Xixian County, ten thousand soldiers and horses went to Ye County, and another ten thousand strong soldiers and horses were transferred to the Yulin Army. The remaining fifty thousand soldiers and horses were divided into three parts and stationed in Wan In the north, west, and south directions of the city, we will support the border at any time."

"Here!"

During the two wars, Deng Sheng’s materials accumulated over the years were seriously consumed. Deng Sheng ascended the throne in November of the 16th year of Wuzhuang. He had a hunch that once Qin, Zhao, and Wei withdrew their troops, the Han State would send troops again to recover the situation. It is better to quickly accumulate some supplies. In addition, Deng Sheng also sent people secretly to Wei State, South Korea, and Shu State to buy food. To serve as military use, fully prepare for the next war.

After the court meeting ended, following Deng Sheng's order, the whole country of Deng was in a hurry.

In February of the first year of Deng Wangsheng, Tao Shao, the envoy of Chu State, came to Wancheng.

Wancheng Palace
Attendant Deng Yong was reporting to Deng Sheng about the arrival of the envoy from Chu State. When Deng Sheng heard this, he felt that the envoy sent by Chu State this time was probably not just to congratulate him on his enthronement, but also for other things, so he sent someone to report to him. Cai Feng, Cui Hao and Huang Biao all called.

"Your Majesty, Chu State sent envoys here this time probably for the purpose of forming an alliance." After a little analysis, Cui Hao firmly believed that Chu State came to form an alliance.

"Oh? How did you see Cui Qing?" Deng Sheng and others were a little puzzled. Chu State is far in the east. Since Deng State established the state, there has been basically no contact. After all, when Deng Xuan established the state, it was attached to the Han State. Chu Han It is a deadly enemy, so how could Deng Guo interact with his boss' deadly enemy? Besides, Chu State and Deng State do not border each other, and Deng State should not be of much value to Chu State. Chu State is a powerful country in the world. How could someone condescend to send someone to form an alliance?It's almost the same for Deng Guo to send someone there.

(End of this chapter)