Chen Wangliang passed away, and all countries soon learned the news.
The King of Qi immediately summoned King Shun and the Crown Prince back to the court to discuss matters. At the same time, he sent King Wuyou as an envoy to express his condolences in Luo City, Chen Kingdom.
King Wuyou immediately set off and rushed to Luo City. Envoys sent to express condolences from various countries also gathered in Luo City, each with their own concerns, to watch the changes in Chen State.
In accordance with Chen Wangliang's will, the Empress Dowager Chen and the Empress established the second prince Chen Zhong as the new king. State affairs were assisted by the eldest prince Chen Cheng, the third prince Chen Yi, the marshal Chen Qi, the prime minister Xu Boxiong, and the uncle Xiao Tianyou. The Chen Kingdom Forbidden Army
It is the main elite force, and is controlled by the generals Li Hao and Xiao Tianyou at this time; the second prince is in Jincheng, and most of his Jincheng troops are direct descendants of the second prince; Chen Qi has been fighting abroad all year round, commanding Chen Guo's army, but most of his cronies are from various factions.
The general of the border fortress.
Looking at the situation in Chen State at this time, the second prince Chen Zhongshi was the most powerful. He was supported by the Queen Mother and the Empress, and had tens of thousands of troops in his own territory. His uncle Xiao Tianyou was in charge of the Chen State's forbidden army. This is why Chen Wangliang finally had to establish that Chen
The reason for Zhong being the new king. Although Chen Cheng has led troops in battles for many years, most of his forces in the army have been with Chen Qi. They are all Chen's border troops. At this time, only the tens of thousands of troops led by Zhou Yongkai in Pingguan were
The people he can mobilize. The third prince Chen Yi and the prime minister Xu Boxiong are Weng's sons-in-law. Xu Boxiong controls the Longxi Party in the court, and has an irreversible friendship with the chief instructor of the Forbidden Army and the general Li Hao, so Chen Yi's power is concentrated in the group.
Among the ministers and the imperial army.
Chen Zhong returned to Luocheng and held a grand funeral for King Chen. At the same time, he mobilized 30,000 troops from his Jincheng army to station outside Luocheng, and invited foreign aid to defend Luocheng. Xiao Tianyou and Li Hao had already divided the imperial army into the East Camp.
In the west camp, Xiao Tianyou's east camp had 50,000 troops; Li Hao's west camp had 80,000 troops; Xue Houye controlled 20,000 forbidden troops, responsible for guarding the safety of Luo City. The rest of the forbidden troops were mostly distributed in various city defenses.
Chen Cheng knew that he had no direct relatives in the Forbidden Army, and he had almost no available soldiers in Luo City at this time, so he also discussed with Chen Qi, and in the name of Chen Qi's generalissimo, he transferred Zhou Yongkai to lead 30,000 Forbidden Army and returned from Pingguan.
Garrison in the shopping mall closest to Los Angeles.
King Wuyou arrived in Luo City and took the time to visit Xiao Tianyou. At this time, Xiao Tianyou also knew the identity of King Wuyou and said that King Wuyou had deceived him too hard. Then King Wuyou quietly met with Xu Boxiong.
On the other hand, Xu Boxiong had aspirations for the Kingdom of Qi at this time, and he was naturally very enthusiastic when he saw King Wuyou.
King Ashoka also met with each other's envoys from various countries in the post house.
This time Su Lang came from the Kingdom of Shu. King Wuyou specially talked to him a few more words and asked him why Liu Chang came. Su Lang naturally heard that King Wuyou's tone was not good, so he said in a haphazard manner: "The prince is busy with state affairs."
, so I appointed Wei Chen."
King Wuyou said calmly: "I miss him so much. Why didn't he come today? I want to kill him!" To others, these words were just a polite word, and they were said to express my longing for Liu Chang.
But Su Lang understood that the words of King Wuyou were full of murderous intent!
The whole country of Chen was in mourning. After attending the funeral, envoys from various countries returned home one after another. King Wuyou was originally going to return to his territory, but Xiao Tianyou ordered someone to invite King Wuyou to the palace.
Xiao Tianyou had already changed out of his mourning clothes in the palace, had refreshments prepared, and was discussing important matters alone with King Wuyou in the secret room. He ordered his guards not to receive anyone who came.
King Wuyou sat in front of the coffee table and looked at Xiao Tianyou, waiting for him to speak. Xiao Tianyou closed the door, returned to the coffee table, and said to King Wuyou: "Should I call you Prince, or brother?!"
King Wuyou chuckled and said, "Brother, it's up to you!" His words of "brother" naturally showed his attitude. He still regards Xiao Tianyou as his eldest brother, so it depends on how Xiao Tianyou chooses.
When Xiao Tianyou heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, brother, I'm calling you here today and I won't be polite to you. I've accepted the new king's wish to discuss with you." After saying that, he picked up the teapot and started talking to Wuyou.
The king poured the tea and filled a bowl himself. King Wuyou took the tea and pointed to Xiao Tianyou, and took a sip.
Xiao Tianyou put down the tea cup and continued: "Now that the new king of the Chen Kingdom has ascended the throne, everything needs to be sorted out. The new king has met you, brother, before and has become a close friend. Therefore, I would like to explain to you that I, the Chen Kingdom, are now willing to work with you.
The two countries have good relations, put aside their past grudges, and become brothers and allies."
After hearing this, King Wuyou looked surprised and asked, "Brother, is this the intention of the new king?"
Xiao Tianyou nodded and said: "That's what the new king meant. He asked me to explain to my brothers that Qi and Chen are neighbors and should help each other. Last time, I, Chen State, invaded Xiang State, causing a war between Qi and Chen.
The harmony between our two countries has been broken. But this is all in the past. The new king’s intention is to conclude the alliance with Qi and advance and retreat together in the future!”
King Wuyou nodded while listening. When Xiao Tianyou said this, King Wuyou said: "Brother, since you have said this, I will not mince words. This spring, our Qi Kingdom will attack Shu. You
Chen Guo should not have intervened in the affairs of Qi and Shu, but the new king mobilized troops from Jincheng without authorization to send troops to the city to help Shu attack Qi. I didn't know what the new king's intention was at that time?"
Xiao Tianyou nodded and said: "Brother, it was Qin who promised Shu to stop the dispute. The new king has a close relationship with Qin. You should also know that due to human feelings, we had to send troops, but I, Chen Jun, and Qi Jun even
It’s true that we haven’t even met each other yet!”
Seeing what Xiao Tianyou said, King Wuyou naturally couldn't dwell on this issue anymore, so he nodded and said to Xiao Tianyou: "Brother, don't worry, since our Qi State and Chen State are close neighbors, we can live in a friendly relationship. As long as Chen State doesn't
If you continue to interfere in the affairs of our State of Qi, our State of Qi will never interfere in the internal affairs of our State of Chen. If the new king really wants to form an alliance, I will go back and report to the King of Qi. Once Qi and Chen form an alliance, then the affairs of the State of Chen will be ours.
When the time comes, my brother’s business will be my brother’s business. My brothers must do their best!”
After hearing this, Xiao Tianyou took King Wuyou's hand and said, "Brother, go and report to King Qi that our Chen State is willing to form an alliance with Qi State, and the new king is also willing to join hands with King Qi."
King Wuyou then asked: "Is it just for this matter that the eldest brother came to see the younger brother today?"
Xiao Tianyou pondered for a moment, and then said: "Brother, you have been in Luo City for a few days, and you should know that there is still something wrong with our Chen country at this time. The new king has ascended the throne and the regime is unstable. At this moment, we are still
I hope that the Qi army can reduce its intrusion on the border, and that Qi and Chen retreat at the border to avoid causing friction."
King Wuyou nodded and said to Xiao Tianyou: "Brother, please don't worry. I will go back and report to King Qi right away. I think as long as Chen State does not participate in the affairs of Shu State, our Qi State will definitely not participate in Chen State's internal affairs."
Xiao Tianyou was greatly relieved after receiving this reply from King Wuyou. Now outside Luo City, the second prince's Jincheng Army and the eldest prince's Pingguan Army were both eyeing him. The third prince and Li Hao also frequently mobilized the troops of the Western Camp of the Forbidden Army.
Fortunately, the city's defense is in charge of Lord Xue, who belongs to the queen, so there is no problem in Luo City for the time being. However, if the eldest prince and the third prince join forces to force the palace, the second prince will still find it difficult to deal with it. After all, the prime minister Xu Boxiong
The Longxi Party controls the government, and Generalissimo Chen Qi controls the border garrison. Once there is a general uprising, the second prince will only rely on the rear party, and it may be difficult to convince the public.
If another country is involved at this time, the situation in Chen State will definitely be in chaos. At that time, Chen Zhong, the new king, will not be able to sit on the throne. Qi State is the biggest threat around Chen State, and Chen Zhong also knows that
His move to help Shu in the spring was really a failure, so when he learned that King Wuyou had come to Luo City, he quickly asked Xiao Tianyou to inquire about King Wuyou's tone. Now King Wuyou has agreed, as long as Chen Guo does not participate in Qi State
In the matter of conquering Shu, the Qi State would not participate in the Chen State's affairs, and could even help a little bit. Xiao Tianyou was naturally very happy.
At this time, Chen Zhong, the new king of the Chen Kingdom, no longer had to take care of the affairs of the Shu Kingdom. He was scratching his head just how to deal with the eldest prince and the third prince.
King Wuyou also understood at this time that the Chen State had no time to take care of the Shu State, so this was the best time for the Qi State to capture the Shu State. His own troops in the city could no longer target the Chen State, but directly rush to the aid of King Shun.
Fight against the Qin State and contain the Qin army. If Chen Zhong wants to deal with the eldest prince and the third prince, it will inevitably cause a backlash between the two. Then the Chen State's national strength will also suffer a great loss, which is in the interests of the Qi State.
King Wuyou promised Xiao Tianyou that he would do whatever he could to help him and Chen Zhong, and it was not an empty promise. As long as it caused civil strife in the Chen Kingdom, that was what King Wuyou wanted to see most.
After the national mourning of Chen State was over, King Wuyou also reached an agreement with the new king: Chen State would no longer participate in the affairs of Shu State, and Qi State would not use troops against Chen State while the new king of Chen State was not in charge. At the same time, in order to prevent Xiang State from forming an alliance with the third prince
, Qi State needs to prevent Xiang State from participating in Chen State's affairs.
King Wuyou achieved the purpose of his trip. Naturally, he took the envoy back to Qi State's Lucheng City and reported to King Qi King Ping, King Shun and King Yue face to face the gains of Chen's trip.
After hearing King Wuyou's report, the King of Qi discussed with King Ping, King Shun and King Yue. He believed that either the Chen brothers would fight each other and cause civil strife, or the new king would suppress the other two brothers and reorganize the dynasty.
But no matter what, Chen Guo had no time to care about him at this time.
King Shun also pointed out that the Qi army in Shu at this time was fully trained and equipped with all kinds of siege equipment, and could launch a war against Shu.
King Wuyou also said that his troops from the territory could go west. At the same time, in order to prevent Xiang Guo from interfering in the political situation of Chen State, King Wuyou invited King Xiang to send troops to jointly attack with his Qi army near the city to contain the Qin army.
The King of Yue also said: The country of Yue has been firmly controlled, and if necessary, more troops can be sent to support the war against Shu.
Prince Ping has also mobilized a large amount of grain and grass and prepared enough military pay; and the defense arrangements for the Yan State have also been completed, and the Qi State can now launch a crusade against Shu.
After hearing what everyone said, the King of Qi burst out laughing. He patted the dragon writing table and said, "Okay, dear friends, let's start preparations immediately. I want to hear the news that King Shu Liu Sheng has been captured before the Mid-Autumn Festival!"
After the King of Qi's decree, King Shun, King Yue, and King Wuyou each returned to their respective territories. King Shun arranged for Dali, and the Chu army continued to harass the Shu army, creating friction in order to provoke war.
King Wuyou also sent Zilong to lead 50,000 Qi troops out of Wolong Mountain in the west and headed straight for the Qin border.