Zhanbai's premeditated campaign was undoubtedly successful, and by mobilizing all the forces of the rivers and lakes to spread all kinds of rumors, especially against Gongzi Jun, whether it was positive or bad, it undoubtedly greatly enhanced his prestige and popularity. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And for Gongzi Jun, as his son, once he has prestige, he is not afraid that no one will vote.

Not surprisingly, in just half a year, Gongzi Jun was surrounded by a large number of civil and military officials. Moreover, almost all of these civil and military officials have a common characteristic, first of all, most of them come from local areas, and it is difficult to be promoted or directly hopeless. Secondly, it is a person who is not willing to be dull and ambitious.

As Zhan Bai analyzed before, the background and power gap between Gongzitian and Gongzijun is huge. Defecting to Gongzijun undoubtedly has to take a great risk, if you don't have a little courage, there are really few people who dare to make such a decision.

And for this kind of result, Zhanbai and Gongzijun are undoubtedly happy to see. According to Zhanbai, in this troubled world, one ambitious subordinate is far stronger than ten incompetent people who are willing to be mediocre.

Of course, among so many attached civil and military officials, there is no shortage of inner ghosts who are employed by Gongzitian, and this depends on the eyes of the two and the means of governance.

In fact, sending each other internal response is an indispensable means in the midst of war. Gongzitian is like this, how can Gongzijun not be. It's just that, compared to Gongzitian, Gongzijun's methods are more secretive. That's all for later, and I'll talk about that later.

In the past six months, the two brothers have almost tried their best to win over and expand, but they have only ignored the extremely special and even tacit understanding of one party.

This force is the border garrison stationed on the border between Chu and Han.

If you talk about combat strength, among the millions of troops in the Chu State, if the border army says that it is the second, then absolutely no one dares to call it the first. To put it bluntly, whoever can win it over to their side will completely resist the outcome of this change.

Although since Wu Qi's death, the war between Chu and Han has been reversed, with fewer victories and more losses, the border army still bears the iron gate on the border of Chu, and it is precisely because of them that the invasion of the Han team has been greatly hindered.

The responsibility of the border army is so great, even Gongzi Jun and Gongzitian do not dare to easily win them over, or even deliberately ignore them, for fear of shaking the morale of the army and causing the collapse of the frontier. At that time, the state of Chu will not face a change of dynasty, but a catastrophe of annihilation.

Because of this, most of the people who are now attached to Gongzi Jun and Gongzi Tian are local practitioners.

The so-called practice of courage is much more complicated, including the local army under the establishment of the court, and the private army raised by the family of the gate lords.

The current Gongzi Jun has gathered 200,000 troops under his command, and claims to be 500,000 to the outside world. According to intelligence, although Gongzitian's command is known as a million-strong army, it is actually only 500,000.

Nowadays, most of the troops of the two sides are stationed in the important towns on both sides of the Tianshui River to prevent each other's attacks.

Gongzi Jun rubbed his swollen head, and he looked a little tired after just finishing a discussion. didn't have time to rest, and after sending off the civil and military officials, he walked straight into his study, and at this time, Zhan Bai had already been waiting inside for a long time.

Now Zhanbai has been promoted from a strategist to a military advisor. However, more often than not, he is still used to hiding behind the scenes, and rarely participates in daily meetings.

"Sir, I've kept you waiting." After entering the study, Gongzi Jun first politely saluted Zhanbai.

"How's it going today?" Zhanbai is not overly polite, and he gets straight to the point.

"It's still the same as before, and now it's generally divided into two factions, one side is the main battle, and the other side tends to split the ground. The two sides are evenly matched, and it is difficult to distinguish each other. Childe Jun said worriedly.

Now he is undoubtedly painful and happy, and while enjoying supreme power, he is also under pressure from all sides.

"Ripping the Ground?!" Zhan Bai sneered.

This concept is different from the previous admonition of Zhanbai to Gongzijun.

The so-called this time and that time. Before, Zhanbai had told Gongzi Jun about a strategy to split the earth, but at that time, the king of Chu was still on the throne, and Gongzi Xiao did not die. The so-called strategy of ripping the ground is also carried out more in secret, just to slowly accumulate its own strength.

But things have developed so far, and it is really ridiculous to mention the separation of the soil.

Not to mention how Gongzi Jun is, but how can Gongzitian give up and voluntarily give up three points of the Chu country.

"Do those people think that a Tianshui River can stop Gongzitian's army?" Zhan Bai asked.

"This person always has a fluke mentality." Gongzi Jun smiled bitterly, "For those people, now that their status has improved, they have achieved the effect of their attachment to me, so they naturally don't want to have a decisive battle with the second brother again." ”

This truth, how Zhanbai does not understand.

But almost all those who are willing to belong to Gongzi Jun have speculative intentions. Perhaps, before this, they had great ambitions, and they also thought about following Gongzi Jun to do a great job and make a brilliant conviction.

It's a pity that after everything settles, the huge gap in Gongzijun's strength will inevitably make many people sober up. Then, the aggressiveness was replaced by the great risk of attachment, and the current conservative faction was formed.

"No need to sigh, didn't we already expect this kind of result before?" Zhan Bai was comforted.

"I'm just a little aggrieved, I didn't have such a scenery before, but at least I still have the final say. But now, it is necessary to take into account the interests of all aspects, and it is sandwiched in the center and the mud like now, where the king is, it is simply a bag of anger. Gongzi Jun complained again.

It is said that the tail is too big to fall, and the current Gongzi Jun has this feeling.

His own power has grown, but the real henchmen have not increased, and those attached officials are simply running for their own interests, each of them has their own selfishness, and for a time even has the intention of bullying the master, so that Gongzi Jun has to be afraid of one or two, where is there still the feeling of the past like an arm.

"It's embarrassing for you, but for the sake of the overall situation, you still have to go down with those people. However, this kind of day will not take long, and when we have completely mastered the military power, we can restore the Yiyantang, and then we will not be able to afford some small nights. Speaking of this, Zhanbai's face couldn't help but show a touch of gloom.

If this situation had been expected before, how could there be no countermeasures?

Don't look at the current mix of forces, but as long as you uncover the layers of pasted locks, it is not difficult to find the core thing.

In troubled times, what is most important, military power.

The so-called power comes out of the military pole, as long as the military power is completely mastered, then Gongzi Jun will no longer have to look at the faces of all parties to live.

Now, the military power that can be completely mastered by Gongzi Jun is still only more than 1,000 people, which is a drop in the bucket in the 200,000 army, and it is precisely because of this that he does not have much right to speak. As for the remaining military strength, this is in the hands of the military attaches and gate lords who have taken refuge in all sides.

It is obviously impossible to capture the army in the hands of these military attachés and gate lords. In that case, it can only be done in secret.

In any army, it is not the high-ranking generals who can really master the lowest soldiers, but precisely the grassroots officers who are easily overlooked.

Ten-commanders, centurions and even thousand-commanders, these are the core of an army.

Zhan Bai and Gongzi Jun's strategy is to secretly buy these grassroots officers, which has reached the bottom of the kettle and has reached the effect of drawing salaries.

So far, evolution has gone well.

In addition to some grassroots officials who are retainers who are difficult to win over, more people are moved by the purchase of Gongzijun's money status.

For these junior officers, there is not much right to choose allegiance. In the past, there was no chance, and he could only be loyal to the current Shangguan, but now that he can catch the line of Gongzijun, he will undoubtedly get a shortcut to promotion, so why not do it.

"Oh, yes, sir. The caravan that had previously sent Qin has returned. ”