Jiujiang has Chu in the east, Baiyue in the south, and although it is said that the weak Henan and Han are in the north, Yingbu cannot easily do it because of the presence of Western Wei and Chu.

The only vassal state that could be easily taken by the British and Bu troops was the Linjiang State, which was still loyal to King Chu Huai in the West.

Yingbu assigned all the men except Ge Liang to the task, and Ben Hyuk took them to the army for training.

In the royal court, Ge Liang still lowered his head and said nothing.

The violent Yingbu was surprisingly patient, sitting on the throne and quietly watching Ge Liang.

Fu Li Geying is not a king or a marquis, but he can firmly rank first in Chen Sheng's army by virtue of his military merits, whether it is a chivalrous man in the rivers and lakes, a local hermit, or an old minister of the world, he can only be willing to live under him.

"The King of Jiujiang doesn't have to force it." Ge Liang opened his mouth and said, "If my Ge family lives in peace and is immersed in farming, there will definitely be no disaster of swords. Whether the prince and general are born noble, I don't know, I only know that the Ge family does not have this blessing. ”

"There is no need to be so low, the Ge family is a family of generals who are favored by few people." Yingbu's tone was resolute, "It's Chen Sheng, it's his life that didn't call the king, which is why Brother Ge Ying is affected!" ”

Yingbu hurriedly got up, didn't bother to care about his status as a king, and knelt in front of Ge Liang.

Yingbu stretched out his hand and pointed to the northeast direction, and said hurriedly, "Back then, the 'false king' Wu Guang led a heavy army to attack Xingyang for a long time, and Chen Sheng's commander Tian Zang was impatient, and he killed Wu Guang with false news. They didn't know that at that time, Zhou Wen had already made a detour to Hangu Pass. As long as Tian Zang is patient and Wu Guang and Zhou Wen join forces, the world of Qin will already be Chen Sheng's. Ah Liang, do you think this is Chen Sheng without blessings? ”

"At that time, my father was no longer there. It doesn't matter who owns the world. Ge Liang said in a low voice.

"Ah Liang still doesn't understand?" Yingbu hurriedly persuaded, "If Brother Ge Ying is here, it will not be Wu Guang's turn to lead the troops, and Xingyang will have been captured a long time ago." It's Ge Ying's brother who follows the wrong person and will be killed. ”

Ge Liang sighed silently, after his father died, the family could only rely on him to work hard to make a living.

The villagers who were in awe of their father also inexplicably made things difficult for the Ge family. After Xiang Yu won the world, the Ge family, as Chen Sheng's former minister, was often ridiculed and excluded in Fuli, Chu.

"Over the years, the Ge family has had a hard time, right?" Yingbu asked, "As long as you follow the widow, take your family to Jiujiang, and help the widow win the world." Whatever you want, the widow will give you. ”

"The King of Jiujiang has seen the wrong person, and he can't help him." Ge Liang refused, "Deng Tong is high-spirited, and he should be dedicated to fighting and assisting Jiujiang." His father Deng Zong once led an army to capture Jiujiang County, and Deng Tong should do the same in his day. ”

"Deng Zong is a fart!" Yingbu scolded, "What is there to praise for only opening a warehouse and releasing grain to buy people's hearts, and sending tens of thousands of people to fight a person's heart against Qin?" In the end, it was not defeated and died! ”

"Zhou Wen was once a disciple of Chun Shenjun Huang Xie, proficient in the art of war, and able to calculate the good fortune of the ministers. The King of Jiujiang can reuse his son Zhou Chang. Ge Liang said lightly.

"Extrapolating the good luck, why didn't he calculate that he himself would be killed by Zhang Han? Familiar with the art of war, how can he still defeat a young mansion in the Qin State? Yingbu said disdainfully, "He was originally from Wei and was familiar with the terrain of the Hangu Pass, so he could take a detour to enter the pass and win a false name by luck." ”

"In addition to these two, there are also Deng Shuo, Wu Chen, Zhu Jishi, Yu Fanjun... They are all famous generals for a while, and the king of Jiujiang can find their descendants, and he can also help Jiujiang achieve hegemony. Ge Liang said.

"These people? Hahahaha. Yingbu couldn't help laughing, "If you say this, you won't believe it yourself, right?" ”

In Yingbu's view, only at the beginning of Chen Sheng's uprising, Ge Ying, who was fighting with the county guard and the county Cheng, was considered heroic. Chen Sheng became the climate, and the people's hearts turned their backs on Qin and Chu, and the generals who led the army to fight afterwards were just taking advantage of the situation.

What's more, these people mentioned by Ge Liang had no official positions and false reputations, or died in the civil strife in Chen Sheng's army, or were killed by Zhang Han's rapid capture, even if they were lucky enough to survive and defect to Xiang Liang, and then they were entrusted with the important task of defending the city, they were quickly broken.

can be favored by Yingbu, but the people who can be wooed are all in Jiujiang, and Ge Liang is just shirking.

Yingbu is not angry but happy, if Ge Liang really wants to live in the field, he will not know the names of so many generals, Ge Liang is still unwilling.

"Ugh." Yingbu sighed deliberately, "The times make heroes, and Brother Ge Ying has missed a great opportunity. Thankfully, the times are not over. If Ah Liang is caught, even if Brother Ge Ying dies, he will be remembered by future generations as the father of heroes, and if later generations of literati painstakingly investigate history, they will also marvel at Brother Ge Ying's exploits. If you miss it, Brother Ge Ying is really just a reckless minister who was killed by Chen Sheng! ”

Yingbu's tone was subdued, Ge Liang's expression moved slightly, and his father's reputation was what Ge Liang cared about the most.

"That's... What are the plans of the King of Jiujiang? Ge Liang asked suddenly.

"Absolutely." Yingbu smiled, and hurriedly took the map, opened it and put it in front of Ge Liang.

"Prince Qin's baby is obstructive, let him fight with Dong Fei first. Although there are capable people in Bashu, it is not a climate, Jiujiang only needs to surround and suppress, and they are powerless and have nowhere to go. Yingbu analyzed, "Wei Wangbao, Chen Yu, Tian Rong, Zang Di, and Han Xin are the great enemies, but they are all in the north, and there is no war with Jiujiang for the time being." The widow co-opted Baiyue, first destroyed the Linjiang State, and then took advantage of Xiang Yu's unpreparedness to attack and destroy the Chu State, and only Jiujiang was respected in the south! ”

After Yingbu finished speaking, he looked at Ge Liang with a smile, and he thought that this plan was a superior method at the right time.

No matter how powerful Wu Rui is, he is still his father-in-law, and he will not hinder him.

If the south is decided, just watch the northern princes fight, and then conspire with Zang Di, the king of Yan, to attack them one by one. In the end, Zang Di was destroyed and the hegemony was achieved.

Ge Liang frowned slightly, and shook his head incessantly, "This plan is the method for Jiujiang to cause the crisis of destroying the country." ”

"What do you mean by that?!" Yingbu's face froze.

"The premise of Jiujiang becoming big is that the Chu State is destroyed, and if the Linjiang State is attacked, it will be extremely profitable. If Xiang Yu knew, he would not let another powerful country appear around the Chu State, how could he not send troops to fight? ”

"Ah Liang is too careful, Xiang Yu is entangled by Tian Rong, and he has no time to take care of Jiujiang." Ying Bu said with a smile, "If the Qi State is destroyed, even if Xiang Yu does not annex the Qi Land to the Chu State, it will be the target of Chen Yu and Han Xin's crusade. At that time, they were also close to the state of Chu. The widow also helped Xiang Yu kill King Chu Huai, and he had no reason to fight Jiujiang first. ”

"Definitely will cut down Jiujiang first!" Ge Liang said firmly.

"Why?" Yingbu was a little flustered.

"Just rely on Xiang Yu to attack the Qi Kingdom, and you won't be able to conquer it for a long time!" Ge Liang said, "Counting the national strength, the five strongest princes of the Eighteen Roads in the world are not Xiang Yu's opponents together. Xiang Yu personally fought against the Qi Kingdom with such effort, didn't the King of Jiujiang feel weird? ”

"What does Ah Liang mean that Xiang Yu didn't use all his strength?" Yingbu touched his chin and thought.

"I didn't even use half of my strength." Ge Liang shook his head.

"Why is that?"

"There are two reasons for this." Ge Liang analyzed, "One of them is to send troops to guard against a sneak attack on Jiujiang. Sima Long Tho often fought with Xiang Yu, and must have led his troops to ambush around Jiujiang. Second, the deliberate stalemate gave time for other princes to attack each other, and when the Qi State was destroyed, Xiang Yu would have a reason to attack other countries again. The king of Jiujiang's attack on Linjiang was an excuse for Xiang Yu. ”

Ge Liang paused and continued, "If the princes want to win the world, they must either rule the south first, or the north first. There are too many powerful princes in the north, and it is difficult to unify the north. But the Jiujiang in the south of Tongnan is what Xiang Yu cares about the most. ”

"In this way, the widows can't attack the Linjiang country? But in this way, Jiujiang will not be able to strengthen the country. Yingbu hurriedly said, he had already been moved by the land in Nanyang, and he was unwilling to leave it to the waste.

"Linjiang State can be attacked, but you must not think that Xiang Yu is entangled, so he will send troops to Chu State, that is the way to seek death." Ge Liang explained.

Yingbu looked down at the map and pondered.

After the deed was completed, the widow pushed the charge of attacking Linjiang State to Bashu, and declared to the outside world that he would help Gongao to take revenge and occupy Nanyang just to besiege Bashu. But... I'm afraid that as soon as the widow sent troops, Sima Long Tho sent troops to Jiujiang, and he couldn't wait for the time to shirk... How good is that? ”

"The king of Jiujiang ignored one point, the south of the river is not only a strong country in Jiujiang." Ge Liang pointed to the south of Linjiang Kingdom, "Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan, has a hundred Yue soldiers under him, but because he is not warlike, he is always ignored by the princes. If he used a strategy to let him send troops to other countries first, Xiang Yu would be even more afraid. ”

"Father-in-law? It's not good. Yingbu frowned.

Although Yingbu is not in awe of Wu Rui, he also regards Wu Rui as his backing, and he feels that it is not worth sacrificing a strong country for the sake of a piece of Nanyang.

"Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan, was originally the 'Pojun' of Li Si, the prime minister of Qin, and helped Qin stabilize the Poyang area, but he responded to Chen Sheng because he was not used to his name. Seeing that Chen Sheng was not virtuous, after Chen Sheng's death, he did not help him avenge and reorganize his troops, but followed Xiang Liang, who had a better reputation. This kind of person has great righteousness, and he will definitely not send troops to help because the king of Jiujiang is his son-in-law, and it doesn't matter if he lives or dies. Ge Liang reminded.

"The widow is not thin on the Wu family, and the widow does not believe in righteousness, and the person who does not believe in righteousness will ignore the affection of flesh and blood." Yingbu shook his head.

"Family affection will be taken into account." Ge Liang suddenly closed his eyes, "But the King of Jiujiang and Xiang Yu killed 200,000 Qin troops together, which has already made Wu Rui's heart cold, and this is the reason why he will never send troops." ”

"There's some truth to that... This group of righteous people is a problem. Yingbu frowned and scolded, "I'm afraid he didn't send troops to follow Xiang Yu because of this." ”

"It's good that the King of Jiujiang can put it down." Ge Liang said in a deep voice.

"Hahaha," Ying Bu suddenly smiled evilly, "The widow didn't treat him as a relative in the first place, so he couldn't let go of anything. ”

"Under ... It's not about Wu Rui, it's about Madame! Ge Liang gritted his teeth and made up his mind, "If you want Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan, to send troops to Linjiang, you must let the wife of the king of Jiujiang die in the hands of the king of Linjiang!" In this way, he can attract the attention of the Chu State for the King of Jiujiang! ”