From Xiapi County along Yishui, more than 100 miles to the north, is the capital of Donghai County, Tan County.

At the end of June, led by Long and He, a team of 3,000 people marched on the Oriental Gallop Road, which had been inspected by Qin Shi Huang in the past, and at the end of the procession were two middle-aged people in their forties who were riding in the same car.

"In the past, at home, my son was closest to me, and I didn't expect that he could achieve such a great thing now and become the pillar of my Xiang family."

Xiang stroked his beard, chattering about the past, smiling a lot, he felt that his days of running away were finally over, and he could enjoy Qingfu.

Then he looked at Zhang Liang and complained: "Zifang, when I was in Xiapi, I also introduced you to Ji'er, Ji'er heard that you are a righteous man who assassinated Qin Shihuang in Junan, and I appreciate it very much, why don't you go to Pengcheng with him and come to attack Tan County with us?" ”

Zhang Liang smiled: "Naturally, I am reluctant to part with Uncle Xiang (Uncle Word)." ”

Xiang Tang was stunned for a moment, pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "Ofan, ovary." ”

In fact, to tell the truth, Zhang Liang's meeting with Xiang Ji in Xiapi was not very pleasant.

Zhang Liang can also be regarded as a good talker, well-versed in human affairs, after seeing Xiang Ji, he first praised Major General Xiang's "Ten Thousand Enemies", praised Xiang Ji, and had a very good impression of this "Assassin Qin Warrior".

After some business blowing, Zhang Liang's voice changed and said: "But the situation of soldiers alone is not enough to punish Qin, and it needs to be mixed with the art of power and strategy......

Zhang Liangjin's scheming technique is still his old plan: "The soldiers of Donghai County are all destroyed here, Tancheng is empty, and the general should send a team of troops to take Tancheng in the north, and then wait for the opportunity to enter Langya." ”

"Langya's hometown is also Qidi, although Qin Shi Huang moved to the Tian family, but there are still some Tian children in the local area, caves here, hiding in the mountains and forests. I heard that in April, the Qin court had sent envoys to rope Heifu's henchmen, Chen Ping of Jiaodong County, and Cao Peng and Cao Shen fled and disappeared, and the officials were arresting people everywhere, and Jiaodong was in chaos. ”

"If the general can become the king of Qi after Langya supports the Litian clan, and then wait for the opportunity to attack Jiaodong, he can mobilize the heroes of Qi to resist Qin together, and join the power of Qi and Chu, but fight for the Central Plains!"

But I didn't expect that Xiang Ji, who was invincible on the battlefield and treated people politely, was a person who didn't like to listen to people's suggestions, and in the face of Zhang Liang's bitter words, he waved his hand disapplausively:

"The Qi people have always been cowardly, the five countries all died against Qin, and they are alone, so I don't like the Qi people, Tancheng is preferable, because that is the hometown of the Chu State, but enter the Qi land and establish the king of Qi? It's better to wait until I destroy Jing Ju and Qin Jia, and discuss with my father! ”

Xiang Ji is a grudge, what he is most worried about is to hurry up and attack Pengcheng in the west, unify the Chu State, and cut off the heads of Qin Jia and Jingju as a bow......

Therefore, he decided to take Xiang Sheng and the main force of 5,000 people to attack Pengcheng in the west and take Tanxian in the north, and handed it over to Long and Xiang.

Zhang Liang thought about it, and did not go to Pengcheng with Xiang, but still came to Tan County.

"With the courage of Major General Xiang, it is not a problem to take Pengcheng, but I think that it is the most important thing to encourage Qi Di Haojie to oppose Qin as soon as possible!"

Zhang Liang's worries are not without reason, a few years ago, Qi Di had already rebelled once, and the bloody Qi heroes in Linzi and Jibei were almost killed by Heifu. If you can't set off waves in Langya and Jiaodong and block the Qin court's army in Qi from moving south, it won't be long before the newly restored Chu State will face a two-way attack from the Central Plains and the Qin army in Qidi!

If Qi Chu can't open up the situation, Fuhan is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

Four days after leaving Xiapi, Long He had already led everyone to arrive at the city of Tanxian County.

Long He commanded Chu to prepare for the siege of the city, and Zhang Liang pointed to the mountains and rivers here: "Donghai County extends to the north to the Xuan, and the south to the Great River. Uncle Xiang, do you know that Donghai County, which is nearly thousands of miles from north to south, why did you choose Tan County in the north as the county government? ”

Xiang shook his head: "I'm not as knowledgeable as the ovary. ”

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "This place is connected to Huai and Si in the south, Qing and Qi in the north, and Teng and Xue in the west. ”

"Since ancient times, there has been something in Nanfu, and it must be fought for Qilu. Sentence Wu Dao Tanzi country, in order to invade Qi Valu. The Yue people not only destroyed Wu, but also destroyed Tan to covet the Central Plains. After the Five Kingdoms invaded Qi, Chu General Naoya also went north from Tandi to Ju and controlled King Min of Qi. ”

When he was in Xiapi, he also explained to Xiang Ji that the so-called "supporting the king of Qi" was not really to help Qi restore the country, but to imitate the former Qi State when the State of Qi was about to be destroyed, the State of Chu occupied a large area of land such as Huaibei in the name of helping Qi.

Back then, Naoya was too impatient and failed to play this strategy well, but now the old trick is repeated, and at worst, it can be in Langya and Xue County, erecting a barrier for the restored Chu State.

Zhang Liang has passed the age of courage and attaches more and more importance to power planning and operation, but he is not very interested in the strategies he offers, but has been asking about the "feat" of assassinating Qin back then...... This is also the reason why Zhang Liang was slightly disappointed with Xiang Ji.

Speaking of this, Xiang Tang understood a little: "Zifang, you have been walking in Qi for a long time, and assassinated Qin Shi Huang in Junan, when you and I hid in Xiapi, you even risked sending cronies to communicate with Qilu Haojie, for today?" ”

"Exactly!"

Zhang Liang said: "The Zhu family, the hero of Xue County, has been helping me contact the heroes of Liang and Lu. In Tan County, there is also Gongsun Qing, a descendant of Tian Qi, who knows that some of the Zhutian forces hiding in the mountains, forests and grasslands of Qi can re-establish contact as long as they take Tan County, and tell everyone the news that the first emperor is dead and Chu is against him, so that everyone can respond! “

Things are similar to what Zhang Liang expected, the soldiers of Donghai County have been defeated by Xiang Ji in Xiapi, Tan County failed to resist for too long, and the Donghai County Guard fled north with a group of people Langya, and Long took Tan County lightly, and after Zhang Liang entered the city, he also saw the old man Gongsun Qing.

"Inform Qi and Lu Haojie of something?"

Gongsun Qing is a local nobleman, and after Qi Gongzi, he looked at Zhang Liang strangely: "Brother Zifang, you still don't know?" ”

"Know what?" Zhang Liang sensed from Gongsun Qing's tone that something was wrong.

Gongsun Qing said helplessly: "Gonggao of Mount Tai, Fei Mian of Yimeng Mountain, Tian Sue of Ju County, and Juliu of Linzi, these heroes from all over the country were originally secretly contacted by me and the heroes of the Zhu family, but they raised troops together on the first day of June. ”

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Hearing that the heroes he contacted had raised their righteousness in advance, Zhang Liang was very surprised:

"Why are you in such a hurry? It was only in the middle of May that I learned the news that General Xiang Shao had raised troops in Huainan in Xiapi, and then raised troops with Xiang Bo and captured Xiapi, which made people pass the news together. ”

Gongsun Qing bowed his head: "No, in late May, you sent someone to deliver a message from the ovary so that we can prepare for the arrival of the Chu soldiers at the end of June and early July." But unexpectedly, at the beginning of June, when my messenger went around, I found that his generation had raised troops to besiege the local county seat! ”

"Although they have taken a few counties, but the official army is strong, and they have suffered defeats, and now they are being besieged by the Qin army of Xue County, Langya, Jibei, and Linzi County!"

Xiang Tang on the side inhaled: "Aren't the Qi people afraid of being killed by the government, and they have always been cowardly?" This time, they didn't wait for us to arrive, and they rushed to make trouble, which is really a strange thing. ”

Zhang Liang thought for a while: "Is there someone spreading the news that the first emperor is dead in Qilu?" ”

Gongsun Qing clapped his palm: "That's right, since May, there have been rumors of madness in all parts of Qilu, saying that the first emperor has collapsed, and most of the people didn't believe it at first." ”

But soon, something happened in Jiaodong, the county and the soldiers fled, and the government arrested people everywhere. Immediately, the Gonggao of Mount Tai, the Fei of Yimeng Mountain, and the Tian Sug of Ju County were suddenly besieged by the government, and perhaps someone reported to the Qin officials that they deliberately rebelled, and everyone was helpless, anyway, people were also killed, and they just got a new batch of armor soldiers and gold, so they raised troops to ......

Zhang Liang frowned: "A soldier, gold? ”

Gongsun Qing said: "Yes, I won't tell you, a few days ago, I also got a batch of gold cakes sent from me, which was given in the name of Zhutian, that's right, it is the son of Tian Dan, Tian Shi!" ”

"He said in the letter, all the land is opposed, and the country of Qi will be restored, and he wants me to raise righteousness in Tancheng on June 15, and there is a slogan, 'June 15, punish the Qin officials'......"

"I felt that something was wrong, and I wanted to tell you, but I encountered that Shangpi was besieged by the commander of Donghai County, and the people I sent were so cowardly that they ran back halfway."

"The son of Tian Dan...... Tian City? Xiang Tang looked at Zhang Liang: "Is there such a person?" ”

Zhang Liang sighed: "It is said that it is a small number of Tian disciples left over from the restoration of Zhutian, and I don't know if it's true or not, Gongsun, show me that letter." ”

Gongsun Qing took the letter and the few catties of gold cakes he received, Zhang Liang checked the color of the gold cakes, and after reading them carefully, he sneered.

"Good Wencai, after reading these agitations, even I am ready to move!"

He shook his faith and said: "You can be sure, it is not Tian Shi who instigates the heroes of Qi Di to do something!" ”

"As the saying goes, one year was bitten by a snake, three years were afraid of grass, a few years ago, the three brothers of the Tian family suffered the loss of a hasty move, Tian Shi as the son of Tian Dan, since he can avoid the Qin official Sona, when he is a shrewd person, he will not rely on a group of mountain bandits to hurriedly raise troops without external support, repeating the mistakes of his father."

"So the initiator this time, there should be someone else!"

Xiang Tang and Gongsun Qing looked at each other: "Who could that be?" ”

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "That person is not small, his hands and eyes are all over the sky, and he can secretly provide gold silk and armor soldiers, I am afraid he has an official background." ”

"He is well-informed, skillful and heroic, and can arrange manpower in advance, and at the same time report his location to the government, so that he is forced to do something, which has attracted the attention of local officials."

"And the location of the incident is almost all over Qilu, except for one place......"

Zhang Liang looked at Gongsun Qing: "Gongsun, no one in Jiaodong has made a move?" ”

Gongsun Qing said: "I haven't heard of this yet......"

"That's right!"

Zhang Liang clapped his hands and said: "There is a fellow believer of mine, who is good at scheming, he has tricks and vicious methods, but he feels that the power of the county officials in Qidi is too strong, and he is afraid that he will not be able to fight hard, so he tries to muddy the water in Qidi and benefit from it......"

He pointed to the north: "If I guess correctly, within ten months, Jiaodong, which looks the most peaceful, will change flags!" ”

Xiang was anxious: "You can make it clear in the ovary, who is the mastermind of this matter?" Are you friend or foe with us? ”

"Who else?"

Zhang Liang stood up, and there was a feeling of meeting an opponent in chess.

"That Marquis Wu Zhong's first strategist."

"Chen Ping!"