Xiang Liang's army was very different from history, because Xiang Kang was one step ahead of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to raise the flag and rebel, and the demon moth wings disturbed the development trajectory of history to a certain extent, and Xiang Liang, who was afraid of being implicated, could only take his eldest nephew Xiang Yu to hide in the grass, and did not dare to be like in history, even after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, he was also active in the Wuzhong region openly, and once planned to return to Huaibei to meet Xiang Kang.

However, Xiang Liang is not Xiang Bo after all, although it is relatively easy to go north to pick peaches directly, but Xiang Liang always feels that it is too embarrassing to go back empty-handed, coupled with the instigation of his eldest nephew Xiang Yu and his friend Huan Chu, Xiang Liang decisively dispelled the idea of going north directly, and chose to follow his own competitive nephew and organize the people to launch an uprising on the spot. As a result, relying on the connections accumulated by Xiang Liang in the Wuzhong region over the years, as well as the high prestige accumulated by the old Xiang family in the Chu State, after some hard preparations, Xiang Liang finally succeeded in gathering more than 1,000 people and horses, launched an anti-Qin uprising on the shore of Taihu Lake, and immediately launched an attack on the neighboring Huiji County to govern Wu County.

Huiji County Shou Yin Tong and in history as desperately looking for their own death, seeing the Central Plains rebellion and rebellion, ambitious has long started the idea of rebellion, this will see Xiang Liang gather people to revolt, send troops to fight Wu County, Yin Tong not only did not actively organize the army to send troops to suppress or defend the city, on the contrary, he also took the initiative to send people to find Xiang Liang, took the initiative to express his willingness to cooperate with Xiang Liang to raise troops, and whimsically proposed to take Xiang Liang as a general, so that Xiang Liang could raise troops against Qin under his own command. Xiang Liang laughed when he heard the report, and also took the opportunity to come up with a plan, pretending to promise to be a cow and a horse for Yin Tong, and let Yin Tong allow him to lead his army into Wu County Chengchi, help Yin Tong suppress the Qin court officials who refused to submit, and force the soldiers and civilians in the city to revolt with him.

Li Lingzhi was stunned, and the ecstatic Yin Tong's head was hot, and he really opened the city gate to welcome Xiang Liang's army into the city, Xiang Liang took the opportunity to kill into the city, led the army to smash the county guard and cut off Yin Tong's head, and snatched Yin Tong's county shou seal letter, self-proclaimed Huiji County Shou, and controlled the county seat of Wu County in one fell swoop, and then quickly expanded the army to thousands of people, and became the first hegemon in Jiangdong.

When the news of Xiang Liang's army was presented to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang had already personally led his army north to the city of Zhitan County, Donghai County, and defeated the recruits of Donghai County hastily formed by Donghai County in a field battle, and took advantage of the situation to occupy the most populous city of Tanxian County. As for the news of Xiang Liang's army, of course Xiang Kang, the traverser, did not have any surprise, and sighed: "Why don't I have such good luck? Can you meet such a stupid opponent as Yin Tong? If Zhao Zhuang and Gongsun Qing were the same as Yin Tong, then let alone Tancheng, I would have taken Xiangxian (Surabaya County) a long time ago. ”

"Young marshal, it doesn't seem to be the time to sigh at this time, right?" Zhou Zeng smiled bitterly and said: "You respected your second uncle as Wu Xinjun, the marshal of Shangzhu and Chu before, this time he also raised troops in Jiangdong, and it is not far from our southern control area, and after we join him, you will have to obediently obey his orders and commands." ”

"It's okay, obey when you should obey, who called him my elder, his qualifications and prestige are far above me?" Xiang Kang waved his hand generously, and said: "Uncle Ya, don't worry, although my second uncle and my third uncle are siblings, their personalities and tempers are completely opposite, and their temper and pride are a little proud, but they also know what is called Corporal Lixian, and they also know how to be moderate, they can listen to the advice of others, and fight under his command, you and I definitely don't have to worry about what kind of wretchedness will be suffered." ”

"Really?" Zhou Zeng was skeptical and said: "A compatriot of the same mother, Xiang Zhuguo's temper and personality will be so different from Master Xiang Bo?" ”

"Absolutely." Xiang Kang nodded, although he couldn't tell Zhou Zeng about the future, he also recalled the memory left by Xiang Kang in the previous one and said: "The second uncle treats the children of our Xiang family equally, and he never likes partiality as much as the third uncle. In the past, even if our Xiang family made some mistakes, he would not only put on a scolding and reprimand with the elders like the third uncle, but would only teach us patiently, explain the reason, and let us know what was right and wrong. He also attaches great importance to the cultivation of our Xiang family's children, and our Xiang family's children's knowledge and martial arts are basically learned from him, but it is a pity that he was forced to flee after killing someone a few years ago, and our studies were abandoned. Otherwise, if he can teach us for a few more years, our Xiang family's children will not be scattered like before. ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang was talking emotionally, and Zhou Zeng, who was still worried that Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo were the same thing, gradually relieved his heart, nodded and said, "In this way, we don't need to worry about what trouble Xiang Zhu will have after the council. Oh, by the way, young marshal, your brother Xiang You asked him to take charge of going south and Xiang Zhu's national division, how are you going to reply? ”

"He's dreaming!" Xiang Kang's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "Even if the commander is incompetent and can't take Huaiyin, even the camp was broken by a gang of rabble, and hundreds of soldiers and horses were damaged. Tell Feng Zhong to go, make Feng Zhong General Dangkou (miscellaneous, rank below General Pi), and let him lead Xiang You and Chen Ying's soldiers and horses, the general department of the southern front war, and be responsible for opening up the communication between us and the second uncle. ”

"If you do this, I'm afraid Master Xiang will have something to say." Zhou Zeng reminded: "The young marshal is not afraid that Master Xiang will run in front of Zhu Guo in the future and instigate, saying that you reuse your foreign surname and be mean to the children of the Xiang family?" ”

"My second uncle won't listen to him!" Xiang Kang said confidently: "My second uncle can tell right from wrong, he runs to instigate, and he will only find bad luck by himself!" ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang was so confident, Zhou Zeng nodded with confidence, wrote a book according to Xiang Kang's requirements, promoted Feng Zhong, who had performed well recently, to the miscellaneous general of the young marshal army, and followed Xiang Kang's order to demote Xiang You, who was ineffective in combat, to two or five hundred long, and sent it to the southern front with a fast horse together with the newly prepared seal. At the same time, Xiang Kang made the good news of Xiang Liang's army public, which brought cheers from the children of the Xiang family in the army, and the morale of the soldiers was also greatly encouraged.

Then, having successfully taken Tancheng, Xiang Kang of course immediately set his sights on the neighboring counties of Xiangben, Quxian, Lanling and Zhangcheng, and adopted Zhou Zeng's suggestion to proclaim himself the county guard of Donghai, and demanded that these four county towns surrender in the name of the county guard. Not to mention the result, in the case that the main force of the county soldiers has been completely destroyed, the two counties of Xiangben and Lanling next to them really obediently laid down their arms and surrendered, only Quxian and Zhangcheng, which are relatively far away, did not reply, Xiang Kang did not hesitate when he heard the report, and immediately sent Xiang Sui to lead an army of 2,000 east to fight Qu County, and led the main force to the west, while collecting the Qin army and county soldiers in Xiangben and Lanling counties, while advancing to Zhangcheng, preparing to attack the city by force, and completing the established strategy of seizing the northern part of the East China Sea as a strategic rear.

There was another accident, after the division left first, when the main force was about to set off, the sergeant who was patrolling outside the city suddenly brought a man who claimed to be the envoy of Zhang Chuguo to Xiang Kang, and after meeting, the messenger named Li Pan in addition to identifying himself, claiming to be Zhang Chuguo's Wu Pingjun who was personally canonized by Chen Sheng, and held out a yellow silk edict, on behalf of Chen Sheng, canonized Xiang Kang as Zhang Chuguo's right Sima, asked Xiang Kang to obey Chen Sheng's command, and asked Xiang Kang to let Li Pan enter the young marshal army as a supervisor to supervise the use of troops to fight.

The headless and brainless want to be a courtier for Chen Sheng, and as soon as he comes in, he will be a supervisor, riding on the heads of Xiang Kang and the young marshal's generals as a prestige, if it is replaced by someone else, even if he doesn't kill Li Pan, he will be driven away as a psychopath. However, Xiang Kang, who was very politically minded, was very calm, first carefully checked Li Pan's seal and symbolic verses, and confirmed that he was indeed a messenger sent by Chen Sheng, and then under the pretext of needing to consider, he politely invited Li Pan to the guest house for dinner, and then immediately summoned Zhou Zeng and Xiang Zhuang and other young marshals to discuss countermeasures with everyone.

Similar to Xiang Kang's expectations, when he told everyone about the situation, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Yang, Chao Zhi and Zheng Bu immediately burst into laughter, all laughing at the whimsy of Chen Sheng and Li Pan and others, and even wanted to use just a so-called bullshit edict to incorporate the young marshal army that was about to take down the entire county of the East China Sea. And after laughing, Xiang Zhuang couldn't wait to say to Xiang Kang: "Brother, don't bother with him, tell him to get out!" We raised troops to recover the Chu State, not to help him Chen Sheng establish the Zhang Chu State, let alone recognize him as the King of Zhang Chu! Let us listen to his command Chen Sheng and dream! ”

Xiang Kang didn't smile, and he didn't immediately take Xiang Zhuang's suggestion, but said slowly: "Brother, it's easy to get rid of Li Pan, but after you get rid of Li Pan, what will be the consequences, have you thought about it?" ”

"What can be the consequences?" Xiang Zhuang sneered and said, "Chen Sheng, that horseman, can he still send troops to fight us?" ”

"Why not?" Xiang Kang asked rhetorically and said: "Chen Sheng's husband has been reckless, recruiting rebels all the way, and there are already hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, so that he dares to attack from six ways and attack cities all over the country, who of us dares to guarantee that he will not send seven soldiers and horses to attack us?" ”

"Come on, I'm afraid they won't succeed?" Xiang Zhuang sneered even more and said: "A group of rabble with broken copper and iron, even if there are thirty or fifty thousand people, we don't need to be afraid!" ”

"But if you do this, wouldn't it be too cheap to storm the Qin Imperial Court?" Xiang Kang asked again and said: "Chen Sheng's rabble, we are not afraid, but if we turn our faces with him and use force, wouldn't it be a snipe and a clam to fight, and the fisherman will profit, and the Qin court will be cheapened for nothing?" ”

"Brother, you don't plan to accept it, do you?" Xiang Zhuang asked in surprise.

"Young marshal, don't be confused." Zheng Bu, a general with a foreign surname, also hurriedly said: "With our current situation, it is not an exaggeration for you to call yourself the king, young marshal, why do you still have to obey Chen Sheng's orders and commands?" What qualifications does he have to command our young marshal's army? ”

"Of course, it's to stabilize Chen Sheng." Xiang Kang replied very directly, and said: "If we pretend to agree to belong to him, we can avoid a direct war with him, use his soldiers and horses in the Central Plains, block the main force of the tyrannical Qin army in Guanzhong for us, take the opportunity to consolidate our rear in the East China Sea, and continue to strengthen our strength." Then when Chen Sheng and the main force of Tyranny Qin are both defeated, and we will break away from Chen Sheng and stand on our own, isn't it just a matter of one sentence? ”

felt that Xiang Kang's words were reasonable, Xiang Zhuang, Zheng Bu and others were inevitably a little tempted, but at this time, Zhou Zeng, who had always worn a pair of pants with Xiang Kang, suddenly stood up and objected loudly: "Young marshal, you must not be like this, I think your idea is a little inappropriate!" ”

"What's wrong? Please ask Uncle Ya for advice. Xiang Kang turned to Zhou Zeng and asked.

"There are three defects!" Zhou Zeng replied loudly, first giving Xiang Kang a look, and then said: "Needless to say, there are two defects, the most critical defect is that you have forgotten that the banner of our army has changed, not that you can count it, but your second uncle, our Marshal of Chu State, Xiang Zhuguo, can decide!" If you decide to surrender to Zhang Chu without asking for his opinion, how will you explain if Xiang Zhuguo will ask him in the future? ”

Still had to be reminded by Zhou Zeng, Xiang Kang also realized that he really didn't think about it, and forgot that there was a more qualified Xiang Liang who could make decisions for the children of the Xiang family, and he hurriedly thanked Zhou Zeng: "Thank you Uncle Ya for your advice, I was confused for a while, and I almost made a big mistake, but fortunately, Uncle Ya stopped it in time, otherwise I really won't be able to explain to my second uncle in the future." ”

"The young marshal doesn't have to be polite." Zhou Zeng waved his hand and said: "Young marshal, in my opinion, I think you should tell Zhang Chu's envoy Li Pan about this situation, and then arrange manpower to escort him to Huiji to meet Xiang Zhuguo, and ask Xiang Zhuguo to make a decision, if Xiang Zhuguo agrees with us to submit to King Zhang Chu, then of course we will obey, if Xiang Zhuguo does not agree, then even if Chen Sheng sends troops to attack us, we must not change the flag." ”

Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Yang and the others nodded one after another, they all felt that this was a good way, Xiang Kang also made up his mind, nodded and said: "Okay, then do it, tell the situation to that Wupingjun Li Pan, let him go to see my second uncle, and ask my second uncle to make the decision for us." ”

After making this decision, the generals dispersed one after another, and Xiang Kang asked Zhou Zeng alone: "Uncle Ya, why did you look at me just now?" ”

"Because there are two more points, young marshal, you are even more thoughtful." The old fritter Zhou Zeng of officialdom said in a low voice: "Pretending to surrender to Chen Sheng, temporarily stabilizing him and taking the opportunity to strengthen our strength, and then turning his face with him after he and the tyrannical Qin army are both defeated, this is indeed a good move." But how did you forget, young marshal, if you agreed so quickly, wouldn't that Li Pan immediately become your restraining force? At that time, if he asks you to send troops under the banner of Chen Sheng, will you obey the order or not? ”

"And." Zhou Zeng said in a low voice: "If you directly agree to surrender, how will you explain to the world when you turn your face with Chen Sheng in the future?" If you have the opportunity to shirk, why should you be this wicked person? Bear this infamy? ”

Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and hurriedly thanked Zhou Zeng again for his kind advice, Zhou Zeng was modest, and said: "Young marshal, things were in a hurry just now, and I was a little lacking in consideration, and I forgot that there was a better excuse to shirk Li Pan, that is, Chen Sheng has not given your uncle Xiang Zhuguo the official title." After meeting Li Pan for a while, you don't want Li Pan to go back to see Chen Sheng first, first ask for the title and official position for your uncle, and then go to Jiangdong to visit your uncle, and after your uncle agrees to surrender to Chen Sheng, we will obey the order. That way, we can buy more time. ”

Xiang Kang nodded in understanding, and then hurriedly led Zhou Zengtong to the guest house to visit Li Pan, and told Li Pan that he had to obey Xiang Liang's orders as an excuse, and under the pretext that Chen Sheng had not yet canonized his uncle Xiang Liang with any official title, he asked Li Pan to go back and solve this problem with Chen Sheng first, and then go directly to Jiangdong to discuss with Xiang Liang.

Forced by Xiang Kang's many excuses, Li Pan had to say goodbye to Xiang Kang obediently, and rushed back to Chen County, the capital of Zhang Chuguo, to meet Chen Sheng, and told Chen Sheng Xiang Kang's reply. Then he sent Li Pan as an envoy to Jiangdong to appease Xiang Liang.

It took a lot of time, and after Li Pan finally sent Chen Sheng's edict to Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang, who had already known Xiang Kang's intentions through the letter, didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately accepted Chen Sheng's edict and expressed his submission to Chen Sheng. As a result, Xiang Liang's eldest nephew, Xiang Yu, was of course extremely unhappy, and asked Xiang Liang: "Uncle, why do you want to surrender to Chen Sheng's husband?" Our Xiang family is now strong and strong, and the land is vast, so why should we bow to others? ”

"You know what?" Xiang Liang scolded with a smile and said: "Chen Sheng's husband is located in the Central Plains, which is the western front barrier between us and your Kangdi, whisper a few good words to him, and use him to block the front to give us time to consolidate our territory and strengthen our strength, where to find such a good deal?" At this time, if we pretend to surrender, when our strength is enough, and when Chen Shengpifu and the Tyrannical Qin army are defeated, and then we stand on our own, isn't it just a matter of words? ”

Xiang Yu woke up, but he was still a little indignant, and said: "This deal can be done, but we must not let Li Pan's puppet be our supervisor, what kind of thing is he, and he is also worthy of Chen Sheng's puppet to supervise our Xiang family's children?" ”

"Don't worry, there are ways to deal with him." Xiang Liang smiled even more happily and said, "In the south of Donghai County, isn't there another puppet named Qin Jia who refuses to join us? Let Li Pan be majestic for a few days, and then ask him to recruit Qin Jia for us, Qin Jia has a grudge against our Xiang family, and he will definitely not give him a good face, maybe he will kill him directly with a knife, and no matter whether Li Pan is beaten back or directly chopped by Qin Jia, don't we have a justifiable excuse to annex Qin Jia's army by force? ”

"Otherwise." Xiang Liang smiled again and said, "Whether it's us, or your brother Kang, if we directly send troops to attack other anti-Qin rebels, wouldn't we be about to be scolded by the anti-Qin rebels all over the world?" Wouldn't it be much more difficult for us to recruit and surrender other anti-Qin rebels in the future? ”