Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But even so, a large area of ​​land including Chencheng was still occupied by South Korea. Chu State still suffered heavy losses this time, and the entire Central Plains north of the Huaihe River had been completely lost.

Chu State Order Yin Chunshen Jun Huang Xie sat on a carriage and slowly walked on the street.

Compared with before, Huang Xie looked even more haggard, his hair was almost all white, and he looked like a very old man.

For Huang Xie, the past few years have been very sad.

Although the state of Chu experienced short-term revival and victory, most of the time it ushered in failure.

As the monarch of the Chu State, it is undoubtedly impossible for Chu Wangyuan to be harshly criticized, and no one dares to criticize the monarch.

Therefore, the overwhelming voice of doubts can only be borne by Huang Xie, who is Ling Yin.

It would be fine to just be a scapegoat for Chu Wangyuan, but what made Huang Xie feel helpless was that even Chu Wangyuan himself had already developed a feeling of distrust towards Huang Xie.

In the past two years, Huang Xie's authority has been continuously decreasing.

Unlike Xiangbang in other countries, Ling Yin of the Chu State is the commander-in-chief of the army and the government, and has great power.

However, with the continuous failures, the military power in Huang Xie's hands has been completely deprived, and now only the power of the commander is left in his hands.

However, in view of the large number of aristocratic fiefdoms in the Chu Kingdom, the sparse population directly under the central government, and the fact that they are now suffering from wars and perennial siege, it can be said that the central government of the Chu Kingdom has dropped to an unprecedentedly dangerous level of local dominance.

In the past winter, Huang Xie had hardly been idle, and had been working hard to restore the prestige of the central government of Chu State and control over the local area. At the same time, he was busy counting the losses to Chu State in the past war.

The statistical results are not optimistic at all.

Today's Chu State has a population of less than 300 million. Excluding about one-third of the population under the jurisdiction of the nobles, the total number of soldiers and civilians who can organize to deal with the enemy's attack does not exceed 30. Among them, they have been on the battlefield. There are no more than [-] people, and no more than [-] people who can be called veterans.

The current state of Chu is definitely the weakest state of Chu in history since King Zhuang of Chu dominated in the Spring and Autumn Period!

Thinking of this, Huang Xie felt heavy in his heart.

As the Lingyin of the Chu State, Huang Xie knew very well that he could not escape his responsibilities, but he had to persevere.

With the incomparable cruelty of political struggles in this era, once Huang Xie falls, a big purge will begin immediately.

The counterattack of Zhaojing Qu's family will wipe out the entire Huang family, and those ministers and cronies who have taken refuge in Huang Xie will also have no good end.

Even for the sake of these relatives and cronies, Huang Xie must persevere.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of a heavily guarded mansion gate, which was the temporary palace of King Yuan of Chu.

Huang Xie got out of the carriage and walked directly into the mansion.

In the "main hall" of the palace, that is, in the lobby of the mansion, Huang Xie saw his king, King Yuan of Chu, and several important ministers of Chu State sitting on the left and right sides.

"I see the king." Huang Xie respectfully bowed to King Yuan of Chu.

Chu Wangyuan didn't seem to be in a good spirit either, he nodded to Huang Xie listlessly, and said, "Mr. Chunshen, sit down."

Huang Xie sat down, just in time to see his old opponent Jing Jing who was sitting on the other side of Chu Wang Yuan, the eyes of the two were separated in the air, and they were both a little unhappy.

After Huang Xie took his seat, King Yuan of Chu coughed and said slowly: "My dear friends, I called you here today to discuss the matter of moving the capital. I want to move the capital back to Yingdu, my father's father, but I don't know How do you feel?"

From the perspective of Chu people, Chencheng and Xicheng are all called by people from other countries. Chu people always have only one name for their capital, and that is Yingdu.

That's why Chu Wangyuan specifically pointed out that it was the capital of his great-grandfather's grandfather, which was west of Yunmengze. That Yingdu.

In fact, since the Chu people successfully recovered the capital in the Battle of Changping, the reconstruction of the capital has already begun.

However, due to the successive defeats of the Chu State in recent years, the human, material and financial resources are very tight, so the reconstruction of Yingdu is currently at a standstill.

Judging from the reported situation, the current Yingdu is actually just a new shelf. It is impossible to restore the grand scene of the year without two to thirty years.

From this point of view, Chu Wangyuan moved the capital too hastily.

But if you think about it carefully, this seems to be an impossible thing.

Chen Cheng and Shouchun probably won't be able to get them back in a short time. Xicheng is too small by the standard of a capital, and the geographical location of Xicheng is not good, and it is also under the radiation of the Korean soldiers.

Under such circumstances, Old Yingdu, located further south on the Yangtze River, was the only choice.

Regarding this point, all the kings and ministers of Chu State present thought very clearly.

So after Chu Wangyuan spoke, Huang Xie agreed almost without thinking: "Your Majesty, I agree."

Immediately there was a voice of approval, and even Jingyang, who had always been blind to Huang Xie, did not express any objection on this matter.

Now, the dilapidated Xicheng after the war is like a scar. When the kings and ministers of Chu see the dilapidated Xicheng in front of them every day, it is like silently reminding them that the same is true of Chu today. dilapidated.

This is obviously very difficult for any self-respecting person to accept.

The sooner you move out, the sooner you can get rid of this psychological torture.

Seeing that all the officials agreed, Chu Wangyuan breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately his face became serious again.

"My dear friends, what should the state of Chu do after this battle? Let's all come and express our opinions."

Hearing this, all the ministers of Chu State who were present subconsciously straightened their bodies.

In today's Chu State, in a word, it is "the autumn of critical survival". Any decision made at such a time must be very cautious.

If you make a mistake in your errands, maybe the country will really be destroyed.

If that's the case, those who have made a wrong idea can basically determine a notorious ending that will be recorded in the history books and scolded by countless people.

Therefore, after Chu Wangyuan spoke, the hall immediately fell into silence, and no one spoke for a while.

Chu Wangyuan sighed secretly in his heart, and turned his gaze to Huang Xie who was at the bottom: "Mr. Chunshen, please tell me."

Huang Xie took a deep breath and stepped out, "Your Majesty, I think that the only way to do this is to make friends with Zhao Guo."

"Be good with Zhao Guo?"

As soon as Huang Xie said this, the ministers of the state of Chu who were present immediately started whispering.

Huang Xie's old enemy, Jing Jingyang, couldn't help but said, "Mr. Chunshen, have you forgotten that it was not long ago that Zhao Guo took a large area of ​​territory from Da Chu. Could it be that only two years have passed, my Da Chu?" Has Chu already fallen to the point where he needs to flatter Zhao to protect himself?"

Huang Xie sneered when he heard the words, and said to Jingyang in front of him: "Shangzhu Kingdom, you may have forgotten it, if it wasn't because King Zhao agreed to the prince's request and ordered the two countries to withdraw their troops, the siege of Xicheng might be all over now." It hasn't been released yet!"

Jingyang retorted, not to be outdone, and said: "The reason why Xicheng broke through the siege is entirely because of the prince's wisdom. The prince is all credited. What does it have to do with Zhao Wang? , isn’t it seeking skin from a tiger?”

Huang Xie laughed, and looked directly at Jingyang: "Shangzhu country, the Wei army is still in Shouchun, if you don't get married with Zhao, then I would like to ask, wait until the next time the Han Wei coalition forces come back again When it comes to attack, how should we deal with it?"

As soon as Huang Xie said this, Jingyang was at a loss for words.

Although he wanted to say some bold words, Jingyang now knew very well that the current state of Chu was really no match for Han and Wei.