Chapter 808: And We Will Be King!
"Gou Fugui, don't forget!"
Walking out of the Huaiyang hall and looking at the Honghu flying south in the sky, Chen Sheng remembered what he said to Wu Guang more than two months ago, and felt a burst of restlessness.
With the ambition of "making great contributions and being the king", he went to defect to the Xiang Ji, but he brought humiliation on himself, not only was his subordinates co-opted, but he was only a small halberd bearer, and his theoretical income was not low, but he had no power in his hands!
Chen Sheng also held his breath, wanting Xiang Ji to see his ability, but from Xiapi to Huaiyang, they all followed the rear army, and there was no chance to show at all, and when attacking Huaiyang City, because it was Chen Diren, he was ordered to sneak into the city with Chen Yu, and agreed with Zhang Er on the time when the inside and outside should be combined, which was considered a small achievement.
I thought it would be rewarding this time, but who expected it to be the same position, and Xiang Ji didn't even remember who he was.
Chen Sheng now understood: "This little child, he has nothing to remember about people's achievements, he has nothing to forget about people's sins, and he can't be rewarded for his victory, I came to vote for him, but I came to the wrong place!" ”
What's even more embarrassing is that in Huaiyang, he happened to hear the news of his good brother Wu Guang, and only then did he know that Wu Guangcai went to defect to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and was appointed as Sima of other departments, and led a group of people to recruit troops and horses for Wuzhong Hou in Runan, and then went out of Runan with Han Xin, the captain of the capital, and entered the Central Plains in the north.
Compared to Wu Guang, who wants to be famous and powerful, what is the halberd Lang Chen Sheng. Not to mention that he was depressed, the soldiers who defected to Chu State with Chen Sheng at that time also pointed at him behind his back, and they all regretted it.
But Chen Sheng thought about it carefully, and there was also a risk in defecting to the Northern Expeditionary Army at this time: Marquis Wu Zhong and Wang Ben competed in Jianghan, and it was not yet known which would win or lose. Besides, he is a small halberd bearer, has no reputation, and goes to vote alone, even if he is recommended by Wu Guang, I am afraid that he will not be taken seriously.
Chen Sheng was on Xiang Yu's side, but he was fed up with the white eyes, and he was always looking for an opportunity to leave and start a new business elsewhere.
Chen Yu wanted to go north to Zhaodi, set up Zhao Xie as the king, and set up the banner of Zhao, but gave Chen Sheng a chance. He immediately went out to ask for his life, because Chen Sheng had escorted Chen Yu into Huaiyang, and he was an old friend with Wuchen, under the recommendation of these two, Xiang Ji finally agreed, appointed Chen Sheng as the commander, and asked him to take those Chen Di soldiers who defected to Chu together, and set off the day after tomorrow.
Chen Sheng was grateful to Dade on the surface, but in fact, he held his breath in his heart:
"Princes and generals, rather there is a kind! Why can the prince and grandson of the Six Kingdoms be kings? ”
Chen Sheng is not convinced, he is unwilling, this world is a good opportunity for him to come out as the son of an urn and rope pivot, in the land of Hebei, the chaos has just begun, and if you go there, you can't do something big!
Looking back at the hall, Chen Sheng had no gratitude in his eyes.
"When you get to Zhao Di, who will be the king of Zhao, it's not necessarily!"
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"Major General Fang Cai is dissatisfied with Chen Yu and Zhang Liang's strategy?"
Fan Zeng knew Xiang too well, and after the banquet in the hall was dispersed, this young man who was only twenty-three years old hesitated, touching the seal of "Peng Chengjun" that Fan Zeng brought to him from Shouchun, thoughtfully.
Xiang Ji threw the seal in his hand and looked at Fan Zeng: "Father, Xiang Yu has little reading, I want to ask you, what is the king?" ”
Fan Zeng sat down next to him: "The ancient writer, the king of the three books." The three, heaven, earth, and man, and the king of those who participate in the communication is also, so the three have always been kings. ”
"That's right."
Xiang Ji patted the case a few times and said: "There have been many Ming monarchs and virtuous lords in the Six Kingdoms, King Chu Wei, King Zhao Wuling, and King Qi Xuan, they can indeed achieve consistent three, and they are worthy of the name of king." ”
"But Zhao Qian, Han An, Yan Xi, Chu Chengshu, Wei Jiao, Tian Jian, and the monarchs of previous generations inherited the cause of their ancestors, but they lost their huge territory, and even let the society fall, and the people suffered, and this incompetent person is not worthy of being the king at all!"
"In my opinion, the descendants of the six kings have long lost their social power, and even if the six kingdoms are restored, they are not eligible to obtain the throne again, so why does Yafu have to be after the six kings to be crowned king? Just by blood? ”
Fan Zengle said: "According to the meaning of the young general, Han Cheng, Wei Ji, Zhao Xie and others are not worthy of being made kings?" Who's going to be king? ”
Xiang Ji had his own set of ideas, and immediately said to Fan Zeng: "I think that only those who have merit in the country can be kings." Right now, there is nothing more important in the world than the destruction of the tyrannical Qin and the revenge of the Six Kingdoms. ”
"For example, that Zhang Liang, he only thinks about recovering Han and recovering Han all day long, but if you want me to say, if he can help me seize Yingchuan and destroy the tyrannical Qin, I can support him, kick that Han Cheng away, and become the king of Han myself!"
"In the same way, if there are heroes of Yan, Zhao, and Wei, who can lead the army to join the project, and follow me into the customs to destroy Qin in the future, and make great contributions, they can also be the king of Yan, the king of Zhao, and the king of Wei!"
Fan Zeng stopped laughing, and asked instead, "What about the King of Chu?" ”
"Young General, do you also think that you who have made the greatest contribution to the restoration of the Chu State are qualified to be the king of Chu?"
Xiang Ji was told by Fan Zeng, and he was not ashamed to deny it, and raised his eyebrows: "I personally risked the arrow stone to revive the Great Chu, at least it is more worthy than the 'King of Chu Huai' who shrank in Shouchun City, not what Peng Chengjun does!" ”
After that, he actually threw the seal brought by Fan Zeng on the pillar and smashed it!
"Hahaha."
Fan Zeng smiled: "The young general has great ambitions, but the old man remembers that you have always been straightforward and fast-hearted, but you were in the hall, in front of everyone, why couldn't you hold back and didn't say anything?" He also promised to make Han Cheng, Wei Ji, and Zhao Xie kings. ”
After sprinkling his temper on the seal, Xiang Ji seemed to be in a better mood, and was a little embarrassed: "Didn't my father look at me?" ”
Besides, Zhang Liang's sentence is right, a rabbit goes, hundreds of people chase it, accumulate rabbits in the city, and ignore it. If you don't want a rabbit, you can't fight for it. ”
"Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded, and those who have made great contributions to Qin should be kings, which is a matter of course, but not now. I think in this troubled world, almost everyone wants to be called a king and a marquis, once the name is uncertain, there will be things like Jing Ju and Qin Jia, and the Chu State will be in chaos, it is better to set up a puppet that looks justified, and let him be a rabbit in a cage, so that everyone will die. ”
Fan Zeng bowed: "That's right, this expedient measure is also." ”
Xiang Ji said: "Moreover, although I am qualified to be the king of Chu, Xiang Yu's ambition is not only to be the king of the princes!" ”
Chong Tong'er said proudly: "I said, the first emperor, you can replace him!" ”
Fan Zeng stood up and looked at Xiang Yu expectantly: "Young General, do you want to be the emperor?" ”
Xiang Yu shook his head: "Qin Shi Huang forced the six countries to be one, but everyone cherishes their homeland, so there is today's chaos." I'm not going to do that, I'm going to be a bully! Be an uncle who can divide the princes of the world! ”
"When I destroy the tyrannical Qin, I should re-preside over the division of the feud and let the meritorious person be the king, and those princes who will only rely on the shadow of their ancestors to get on the throne will rush to the barbaric border to graze!"
Fan Zeng was slightly disappointed, but still nodded: "This young general's great desire is also, but if you want to realize it, you can't feel sorry for the land that has not yet been seized, the world is in chaos, everyone is for themselves, everyone is staring at the throne, the king's name, it is worthless." ”
What Chu King Xiangqiang, Chu King Jingju, although they died, but the latecomers emerged in endlessly, looking at the world, there are grass kings everywhere.
Xiang Ji frowned: "What does Father mean by this?" ”
Fan Zeng said: "In my opinion, not only should we re-establish the Five Kingdoms as the king, and we should build more henchmen for the Chu State, but we should also send people to send a few kings in other places." ”
"Which places? To whom is the king horn given? ”
Fan Zeng touched the crutches made of trees for him when he was in Chaohu, and said slowly: "Young General, do you know that when I was in Huainan, I often had unpleasant food and couldn't sleep at night, what was my biggest concern?" ”
He raised his cane and pointed to the south, his eyes full of worry: "It's the Northern Expeditionary Army across the river, close at hand!" ”
"Heifu's subordinates Anpu, Weiyang and others have occupied Jiangdong, cruising the river in boats, sharpening knives all day long, training soldiers, and staring at Huainan. It's just because Heifu is busy fighting Wang Ben now, and he doesn't dare to start a war with us at the same time, but in the future, Chu State and his Heifu will definitely fight on the battlefield! ”
"The belonging of this world is not the end of destroying the tyrannical Qin, Heifu is the future enemy of the young general! At present, he not only has 100,000 troops in Jianghan, but also occupies Jiangdong, and Cao Shen and Chen Ping also responded in Jiaodong to stop Long and seize Qidi. We can't just stare at Qin Jun and forget about this black guy, we still have to make plans early......"
Xiang Ji gritted his teeth and said: "Heifu once took the banner of my eldest father, I will repay this revenge, but Yafu, although I have won several games in a row, but the soldiers under my command have also suffered a lot of casualties, and the current strength is only enough to attack Weidi, and even the west of Yingchuan and Sanchuan can't be done, and the newly recruited soldiers in various places have not been trained, how to deal with Heifu?" ”
Fan Zeng said with a smile: "Some battles must be won by long swords and spears, and some must be won by pen and paper and messengers. ”
Seeing that Xiang Ji was still puzzled, Fan Zeng solved the mystery: "Discord!" ”
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The autumn leaves of the old Chu Palace in Huaiyang were slowly falling, and Fan Zeng was whispering to Xiang Ji about his poisonous plan.
"Seventy years ago, King Yan Zhao died, and Zi Li became King Yan Hui. At that time, Le Yi broke more than 70 cities, and only Jimo and Jucheng remained. Qi general Tiandan was in Jimo, and when he heard that King Yan Hui succeeded to the throne, he rebelled against Yan. ”
"The people of Tiandan said this: Qi City is not under the ears of the two cities, but those who do not pull out early, Wen Leyi and Yan Xinwang have a gap, and they want to join the army and stay Qi, and the south is the king of Qi!"
King Yan Hui listened to this, and he also believed that Le Yi wanted to be self-reliant, so he made the commodore rob and summoned Le Yi. Le Yi knew that King Yanhui was not good at replacing him, and he was afraid of punishment, so he surrendered to Zhao in the west. ”
After listening to Fan Zeng's words, Xiang Ji frowned: "Heifu has always been cunning, and sending someone to divide the relationship between him and his subordinates, I'm afraid it's useless?" ”
"The relationship between the upper and lower levels is the most complicated, although Heifu will not easily listen to our divisive plans, but his subordinates are all in command of more than 10,000 troops, stationed in various places, after a long time, it is difficult to say that he also wants to be called a king and a marquis......"
Fan Zeng gave an example: "Wu Rui, who occupies Huiji, was originally the ruler of the Yue people, and now he has Ganyue, Minyue, Donou, and Yu Yue in his hands, with more than 20,000 soldiers, but Huijian and Wei were obtained by Xu Shu and Wei Yang, Wu Rui is still the guard of Fujian, and he must be unwilling in his heart." ”
"If at this time, the young general sent an envoy to contact him, promising that if Wu Rui rebelled against Heifu and came from Chu, he could cut Jiangdong one day and be named the king of Yue......"
Xiang Ji didn't do it: "How can the great Jiangdong be ceded to him?" ”
Fan Zeng said helplessly: "Jiangdong is still in the hands of Heifu, young general, this is generous to others, using other people's things to do favors, but it can make Wu Rui and Heifu have a gap." ”
Xiang Ji thought about it carefully, seemed to make sense, nodded, and reluctantly agreed to this plan.
Fan Zeng said again: "There is also that Han Xin, who has 20,000 generals, went out of Runan, and repeatedly defeated the Qin army, he is a good general, and the major general also appreciates him very much." ”
"At present, Heifu is trapped on the shore of Hanshui, this Han Xin must be his killer move to break the siege, and after he wants to cut off Wang Ben, cut off the grain road, threaten Nanyang, and make Wang Ben have to retreat. In this case, the young general might as well send Wu Shi as an envoy to Yexian to catch up with Han Xin, promising that if he does not go south to Nanyang, but joins forces with our army, and attacks Yingchuan and Sanchuan in the north, after the matter is completed, he can be named the king of Henan! ”
In this way, Heifu can only continue to confront Wang Ben, and the young general has to be a good general, and take Yingchuan and Sanchuan, this plan to kill three birds with one stone. If Wu Rui's side can also make trouble, then Heifu will have a hard time! ”
Xiang Ji touched the black hair that slowly grew under his chin: "Wu Rui and Heifu are sworn brothers, and Han Xin started in the army, he was pulled by Heifu, betraying his brother and the old master, will they agree?" ”
Fan Zeng disagreed: "The young general thinks too well about people's hearts, and now Heifu is in a dilemma, and it is said that he has suffered defeat, and his power is not as good as before, and it is time for his subordinates to think about themselves." ”
What's more, Heifu himself betrayed the Qin Dynasty and took the lead in not keeping his loyalty, which was seen by the world. He also ignored other people's **, raised the army for half a year, and still regarded himself as a Qin official, he did not call himself the king, and his subordinates could not be called the king even if they made more contributions to Heifuli. ”
"The king of Yue, the king of Henan, the land of the three rivers in Jiangdong, who can resist this low-hanging fruit? Han Xin is a young man who has nothing to do in Huaiyin, I don't believe he can! ”
"Even if Han Xin hesitates, then let Wu Shi lie to him!"
Old man Fan's poisonous plans were one after another: "Wu Sheke told Han Xin that Heifu was forced by Wang Ben's soldiers to follow the example of the king of the Five Kingdoms and accepted the title of king given by the Shangzhu State of Chu, and was willing to unite with the Six Kingdoms to enter the customs and destroy Qin together!" ”
Xiang Ji was happy: "Father, father, you really don't have a word of truth in your mouth, so if Han Xin asks, what should be Heifu's royal name?" How should Wu Shi answer. ”
Fan Zeng scratched Hao's head, which had lost a lot of hair, and when he thought about it, he opened his mouth and came:
"Heifu raised troops in Nanjun and occupied Jianghan, so he called ...... It's called King Han! ”