Zhao Gao and Zhao Cheng held torches and hurriedly walked through the long and winding secret passage, which was filled with a suffocating musty smell due to the long-term desertion.

At the end of the secret passage was a huge burial chamber, and the two of them pushed open the mottled stone door in front of the burial chamber, and a breath of fresh air instantly rushed to their faces. Zhao Gao couldn't help but suck greedily, then quickly extinguished the torch, poked his head out and looked around the surroundings, and then carefully crawled out of the gap in the stone door.

In the dead of night, looking up at the starry sky, Zhao Gao sat down by the tombstone tiredly, and sighed: "If the prime minister and the court captain have one person to help, how can there be any changes today?" ”

Zhao Cheng also said unwillingly: "The junior brother has already found out, it was Prime Minister Feng Qujian who secretly communicated the news, and he will kill this thief one day!" ”

"That's it! What's the use of saying that at this point? You and my brother can escape from the Qin State, why can't they make a comeback? Zhao Gao let out a long sigh of relief, then stood up from the ground with both hands.

The two of them went straight to an abandoned house not far from the secret passage, and saw two fast horses tied to a grass hut next to the house, and the saddles and luggage were all fully equipped. It turned out that as early as when Yan Le was ordered to go to Jiuyuan to preach the edict, Zhao Gao had already ordered someone to secretly hide two fast horses here in order to be in order.

With the sound of horses' hooves, the figures of the two gradually disappeared into the vast night......

At this time, the state of Chu, which was partial to Jiangdong, was also experiencing an earth-shaking upheaval.

Since the Qin army broke through Yingshou and Mi Qi moved to the capital, Xiang Liang was worshiped as the commander of the Chu State. In the past nine years, under the hard work of Xiang Liang, the state of Chu finally gradually recovered. But at the critical moment when he was motivating his troops and horses to try to recover the lost territory, Mi Qi, the king of Chu, who was in his prime, died of a sudden illness.

Mi Qi did not leave any heirs behind him, and the royal family became prisoners of Zhao when Yingshou fell, and his death suddenly appeared in a huge power vacuum in the temples of Chu State.

Jiangdong was originally the foundation of the Xiang clan, and most of the ministers in the court came from the Xiang clan, and with the unanimous support of the ministers, Xiang Liang immediately became the new king of Chu. But after all, the Xiang family's Dai Chu was not rightly named, and the rebellion was inevitable. For this reason, Xiang Liang had to put aside the Northern Expedition plan for the time being, and put all his energy on calming down the turbulent situation in the country. In order to quell the rebellion, Xiang Liang asked the strategist Fan Zeng to replace him as the commander of the state of Chu, and at the same time ordered his eighteen-year-old nephew Xiang Yu to be the general of the state of Chu.

Xiang Yu has a lot of manpower, and at the age of fifteen, he was famous in Jiangdong for lifting 10,000 catties alone. But Xiang Yu hated reading since he was a child, Xiang Liang asked someone to teach him calligraphy and poetry, and he got tired of it not long after learning it. Xiang Liang later asked someone to teach Xiang Yu martial arts, but he stopped learning it for a few days. Xiang Liang was furious, and immediately asked with a calm face what he wanted to learn, Xiang Yuyan said that he only wanted to learn the skills of ten thousand enemies. Stunned, Xiang Liang decided to teach Xiang Yu the art of war in person, but unexpectedly, he had just read a few military books, and he was once again gone.

After several tosses, Xiang Liang finally understood his nephew, so he found the most famous ironsmith in Jiangdong and used meteorite to create a giant tiger head pan dragon halberd for Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu was overjoyed when he saw this blade, and immediately named it "Ghost God". With this "ghost god", Xiang Yu led 8,000 soldiers to kill all sides, and in only one year, all the rebellions in Chu were completely quelled.

The situation had just stabilized, and King Yingzheng of Qin died suddenly, and the news of the accession of the young son Hu Hai reached Jiangdong. Although Xiang Liang couldn't understand how Yingzheng would let Hu Hai be the king of Qin, Xiang Liang knew that Fusu and Meng Tian would definitely not give up, as long as the Qin State was in chaos, the Zhao State would definitely take advantage of the situation to destroy Qin. As long as Qin Zhao starts fighting, the good opportunity for Chu to recover the lost territory will naturally follow.

In the face of the upcoming great changes in the world, Xiang Liang immediately ordered Xiang Yu to train his military horses and prepare to send troops north at any time.

The development of the situation was just as Xiang Liang expected, at this moment, in the face of a god-given opportunity, Zhao Guo couldn't help but be ready to move. After ten years of rare stable environment, Zhao Guo's reform in the land of Qiyan and Northern Chu has been successfully completed, and the dredging and excavation of the canal has also been completed under the auspices of Zheng Guo, an old hydraulic engineer, and the original barren and abandoned land has been transformed into 10,000 acres of fertile land. Thanks to this convenience, the treasury of Zhao State is becoming more and more abundant, and the national strength is unprecedentedly strong.

"The ten-year period has arrived, and now Yingzheng is dying violently, and the Qin State is in turmoil, do you think it is appropriate to destroy Qin at this time?" As soon as he learned of the turmoil in the Qin State, Zhao Wangjia convened an emergency court meeting in the east side of the palace of the Handan royal city.

"The minister thinks that it is the right time to destroy Qin, and the minister is not willing to lead the foot to ride 100,000, attack Xianyang in one fell swoop, and determine the foundation of my Great Zhao in one battle!" Neishi Liu Bang said impassionedly.

Xiangguo Li Si then echoed: "After ten years of recuperation, I am already a rich country and a strong people, and my military strength is far better than Qin!" In the past, Qiang Qin had already become the end of a strong crossbow, and he was vulnerable! Today, Fusu Kankan is in the bloody storm, Zhao Gaoyu's party is still ready to move, at this time, it is the best time for me to dominate the world, please don't hesitate! "Since abandoning Qin and joining Zhao, Li Si has been looking forward to this day for fifteen years, and seeing that his temples are already gray hair, how can he not be anxious?

"The ministers seconded it!" Li Si and Liu Bangnai were the heads of the Wenchen, and the ministers also agreed when they saw this.

"The minister has an objection!" Suddenly, an old but loud voice suddenly sounded in the hall, and everyone followed the prestige, and the person who spoke was actually Zhao Kuo, a general who was over sixty years old.

"Oh? Wasn't the strategy of destroying Qin in ten years exactly what the general had proposed? Zhao Wangjia asked puzzled.

"My lord, this is a different time! The decline of the Qin State was far faster than the ministers expected! Since it has become the meat of my mouth, it is at my fingertips, so why rush for a while? Today, my greatest rival is not in the west, but in the south! Zhao Kuo straightened up and stood in the middle of the corridor, not showing any old age.

"Chu State?" Zhao Wangjia was slightly stunned.

"What the king said is true, the trouble in Jiangdong is far worse than that of Qin! In the past ten years, Xiang Liang has reorganized his armaments and has obtained 300,000 elite soldiers, of which 8,000 Jiangdong children are the most powerful. At this moment, if I send troops to attack Qin, Xiang Liang will follow the law of our army to attack and occupy Northern Chu back then, and take advantage of the situation to wave the army north, so that I can't care about each other! The pros and cons of this, please think twice! When the words landed, Zhao Kuo's eyes immediately swept around, and in the face of Zhao Kuo's incomparably sharp eyes, the ministers lowered their heads one after another.

Hearing Zhao Kuo say this, Zhao Wangjia's heart began to shake a little: "Then according to the general's law, what should I do?" ”

"Chu first and then Qin, the so-called first difficult and then easy!" Zhao Kuo blurted out without the slightest hesitation, "If you attack Qin first, then Chu will attack my rear, and if you attack Chu first, Qin will not send troops to attack, I can gather all my strength and completely wipe out Jiangdong." The south is set, I will take advantage of the situation to wave to the west, and Qin will also go down with a drum! ”

Zhao Wangjia was silent for a moment, and saw that none of the ministers objected, so he made a decision: "Since this is the case, according to the general's plan, destroy Chu first!" Please also ask the general to be in the palace to tell the strategy of destroying Chu! ”

"No." Zhao Kuo bowed slightly, then straightened up and said loudly, "Jiangdong is covered with a dense water network, which is not what I am good at flying horses and heavy armor foot soldiers!" The old minister thought that if he didn't plan it, he would attack Qin with a partial division, lure the main force of the Chu army to the north, and then gather and annihilate again, and it would be effortless! Chu has lost the main force, and Jiangdong can also be defeated in a battle! ”

After listening to Zhao Kuo's combat strategy, Zhao Wangjia's face couldn't help but show a satisfied smile......

Ten days later, the news that Zhao sent 300,000 troops to attack Qin spread all over Huiji, and while delighted, Xiang Liang summoned Fan Zeng and Xiang Yu to secretly enter the palace. After some discussion, Xiang Liang decided to divide the army into two routes, and he personally led an army of 200,000 to cross the river to the west, attack the Huainan Prefectures, and restore Yingshou. Xiang Yu led 8,000 Jiangdong disciples to cross the Huaishui River to the north to take Pengcheng, and Xiang Liang's army was a horn to echo each other.

The war broke out suddenly, and the Zhao army left behind in Northern Chu seemed to have no defense, and Xiang Liang's army swept through the entire Huainan in only two months, beheading more than 10,000 Zhao troops; Although Xiang Yu's department only had more than 8,000 people, it also marched all the way, and captured the fortified Pengcheng in less than 20 days after crossing the river.

For a time, the entire Northern Chu was shaken.