Yingdu.

Chu State Order Li Yuan sat in the upper position of the palace, looking quite tired. While reaching out to knead his temples, he listened to the reports from his subordinates in front of him.

"The situation of the Lord is not very good now. Now the entire Changsha County has been occupied by the rebels of the three major families. If the war continues like this, then the rebels of the three major families will come to the city of Yingdu in the future. By that time, Yingdu will be really dangerous."

After hearing the news, Li Yuan's brows jumped and couldn't help but say, "Didn't I mobilized another 20,000 reinforcements a while ago? Could it be that these 20,000 reinforcements can't do anything at all?"

During this nearly two years of civil war, Li Yuan's troops rarely gained the upper hand when facing the troops of the three major families. Basically, they all lost more and won less.

Since the three major families occupy the high positions of Chu State for so many years, there are actually many people in Chu State's country's power to oppose the three major families. It is precisely because of the strong support of these nobles who oppose the three major families that Li Yuan can support it until now.

But even so, the current dangerous situation still made Li Yuan involuntarily get angry.

The confidants standing in front of Li Yuan looked at each other, and finally one of them replied: "Your Majesty, it is mainly because they had to promise a salary and rewards when recruiting, but the rewards were not fulfilled after these soldiers arrived at the front line, so the morale of these soldiers became quite depressed..."

Li Yuan slapped the table and said angrily: "Didn't you tell them before that as long as you can defeat the traitors of the three major families, then there will naturally be a large area of ​​land in Kuaiji County afterwards. Why are you still so greedy? The territory has not been defeated. Now let me cash it, how can I cash it?"

Li Yuan's roar kept echoing in the palace, and no one dared to look up and answer.

In fact, they know the real reason for poor morale.

I heard that among the three major families, they used real money and silver to recruit and motivate the soldiers who joined the army. Even the worst was that they were distributed, food and cloth.

On the other hand, Li Yuan had nothing practical at all. They were just some seemingly illusory promises. If they died in battle, they would not know whether these promises could be fulfilled.

Under such circumstances, it is very normal for Li Yuan’s troops to be unable to defeat the troops of the three major families.

War is a matter of hard work. It is not good to want someone to work hard, so who can do it?

Li Yuan looked at the staff members in front of him, and they all lowered their heads like ostrichs, and felt a little angry. Just as he was about to get angry, someone suddenly reported: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Zhao is here."

"Is the envoy of Zhao State?" Li Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this. After he hesitating for a moment, he spoke, "Please invite someone."

Li Yuan dared not neglect the envoys of Zhao State.

A moment later, a young Zhao Guoxiu appeared in front of Li Yuan and bowed to Li Yuan very politely: "I have met you."

Li Yuan nodded and said very politely to the envoy of Zhao State in front of him: "What is the matter for you to come this time?"

When saying this, Li Yuan's tone was both a bit guarded and a little bit of expectation.

Beware of that needless to say, Li Yuan, the heart of tigers and wolves that Zhao State has now annexed the world, is naturally very clear about it, and has always been very vigilant.

As for this expectation, of course, I thought that if Zhao did not intend to invade Chu in the south, then maybe Zhao would want to use Li Yuan's knife to completely eliminate the three major families.

In this case, Zhao might have a little chance of providing Li Yuan with subsequent assistance.

But it turns out that Li Yuan’s idea is indeed a bit too much.

After a brief greeting, the envoy from Zhao immediately looked at Li Yuan with an aggressive look and said arrogantly: "I wonder if you have heard of the assassination of the prince of our country in Qi a while ago?"

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I have indeed heard of this."

The envoy of Zhao State nodded, and then said, "Very good. Since that's the case, then please hand over the murderer by General Lord."

"What?" Li Yuan suddenly widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "Does King Zhao suspect that this assassin was sent by me, Li Yuan?"

The envoy nodded and spoke proudly: "It is. According to the joint investigation between our country's supervisory guard and Hu Yiwei, this assassin is obviously from Yingdu. So I came here this time because I was ordered to give my king an explanation. Otherwise, if I anger my king, then the army of Handan will go south, and Yingdu will be in danger!"

The words were full of threats.

Li Yuan slapped the table and said angrily: "It's like a slander. I have never sent any assassin to Qi. This assassination has nothing to do with Chu!"

The messenger looked at Li Yuan with a smile, and then said, "If you say this, don't you plan to hand over the murderer?"

Li Yuan snorted heavily and said, "Even if I want to hand over the murderer, then one of them must be handed over! You go back and tell King Zhao that there must be some misunderstandings in this matter. The assassination of the prince must have nothing to do with me and Da Chu."

The envoy of Zhao did not continue to say anything more, but turned to Li Yuan's actions, and then left the palace with his head held high.

Li Yuan sat there blankly, and it seemed that he had suddenly become several years older.

After a while, Li Yuan suddenly sighed and summoned several confidants waiting outside again, and then said to the confidants in front of him: "Immediately send an envoy to tell the three major families, and I will discuss peace with them.

"Party discussion?" As soon as Li Yuan said this, his confidants were shocked and immediately advised: "Your Majesty, now the three major families regard you as a thorn in their eyes, and they swear to get rid of it quickly. Even if you really want to make peace with them sincerely, the three major families will never agree."

Li Yuan snorted, his expression suddenly became a little desolate, and he said, "They will agree, because the people of Zhao will be called soon. Tell them that if they don't want to be taken advantage of by the people of Zhao, then agree to my request immediately, and then find a way to deal with the upcoming invasion of Zhao!"
Chapter completed!