In the palace of Shouchun Chu, there is a lotus platform, and under the stage is a pool of lotus flowers. It was June, and the lotus flowers in the pond under the high platform were open, and the light fragrance was refreshing.

"The lotus is used as clothes, and the hibiscus is used as clothes, and our Chu people love lotus very much, and the last Chu king often let the concubines take lotus as their clothes and play in the water."

Cai Ci walked here, and muttered to Fan Zeng, who was much older than him, behind him: "I remember that thirteen years ago, the Qin army broke the city, and it was also in May and June, when I, as the king of Chu, could only be powerless to witness the destruction of the city and the country, and the princess Ji Qi was unwilling to be humiliated, from this high platform, she jumped down with her favorite raccoon slave, and died when she landed......

"It's also ironic, the country is dead, but this pool of lotus flowers has not bloomed and failed, and it has grown until now."

While speaking, Cai Ci suddenly realized that there was no one beside him, and when he turned around, Fan Zeng sat on the edge of the pond, staring at the fish in the pond and smiled: "It's a good place for fishing, no worse than Chaohu Lake." ”

Seeing this old decay behaving like this, Cai Ci stopped beating around the bush, paced back and asked, "Duke Fan, where did you find that 'great-grandson of King Chu Huai'?" I have also been in the palace for many years, and I have even been the deputy of the Sanlu doctor, who specializes in the genealogy of the clan, but I have never heard of it! ”

Cai Ci's suspicion has been a long time, at the end of May, they just broke the spring of life, Fan Zeng found a sixteen or seventeen-year-old orphan, said that he was "the great-grandson of King Chu Huai", and forced him to the position of King of Chu, still called King Chu Huai.

Cai Ci had quite an objection to this, but he didn't have the right to speak at that time, recently, with the black Qin flag falling to the ground, the red Chu flag fluttering high, all the systems of the former Chu State have been restored.

The official system of the state of Chu is different from that of the three Jin of Qin Yan and Qi, because the state of Chu did not obey the Zhou Dynasty and engaged in its own set, and the official system was more complex and had a unique name, such as the prime minister and the state of Qin and the other five countries, which the state of Chu called "Ling Yin".

Ling Yin's position, Fan Zeng strongly recommended Cai Ci to serve, because Cai Ci was once a "Fang Jun", a large nobleman, always highly respected, and the only remaining court official, so he was promoted to Ling Yin, Fan Zeng himself only did a small "left disciple" position.

Although he knew that he was just using his reputation and actually had no real power, Cai Ci still wanted to ask clearly, otherwise he would not be able to get over it in his heart.

Facing Cai Ci's questioning, Fan Zeng only stared at the lotus and said: "I heard that this pond lotus was originally planted with only one lotus, and after dozens of hundreds of years, there is a pond full of bright colors, dare to ask Ling Yin, which one in this pond is the descendant of the ancestor of the lotus?" ”

Cai Ci shook his head: "In the past few decades, it has already branched out and changed several times, how can you tell the difference?" ”

Fan Zeng slapped his palm and smiled: "Yes, the so-called descendants are difficult to find, but all lotus flowers are the descendants of the ancestors, although they are not the great-great-grandsons of King Chu Huai, but the descendants of the surname Mi cannot be fake......

In Chudi, there are not 10,000 but 8,000 descendants surnamed Mi, Fan Zeng frankly admitted that there is a problem with the identity of the so-called "great-grandson of King Chu Huai", and Cai Ci can't help but be worried.

But I didn't know that Fan Zeng was also bitter and couldn't say it, more than ten years ago, he had hidden a true . The great-grandson of King Chu Huai, named Xiong Xin, sent him to his friend Ban Yi, but unexpectedly, the Qin Dynasty had a migration order, Ban Yi moved north to Yanmen, and Xiong Xin also followed as a shepherd boy, Fan Zeng had no choice but to find a Xibei goods.

Old man Fan could only say: "Ling Yin thinks that now that the harsh winter has passed, the most important thing is to find out which lotus plant?" Or do you try your best to make the flowers bloom longer in the lotus pond? At least as soon as the banner of King Chu Huai was played, all directions gathered to respond, if Yin felt that it was inappropriate, wait for the recovery of Chu Realm, and after the destruction of the tyrannical Qin, then slowly look for the real royal descendants, what is it? ”

"The big picture is important, and it is also ...... That's all there is to it. ”

Cai Ci's face was cloudy, and he reminded: "But Fan Zuotu should also be careful, Chu is so big, there are many survivors of the nobles, and there must be more than one person who has doubts in his heart, such as those three families......"

Fan Zeng smiled: "Although the young general took the post of Shangzhu State, Mo Ao may have given it to Long Ji, but many official positions in the Xinbang State, such as the Great Sima, the Left and Right Sima, the Right Disciple, and the Sanlu Doctor, were kept by the Zhao, Jing, and Qu families." ”

"I'm afraid they still don't look down on these positions."

Cai Ci is still worried, first, there are not as many responders as they imagined, and many counties still need to be stormed to capture. Second, the Qin Dynasty's official government is far from the level of "collapse", Heifu Shouyi has been in April, and Xiang Ji has been in the matter for almost three months, but the "Chu State" has only occupied Jiujiang County, slightly crossed the Huai River and seized several counties of Chen County, and among the forces, there has been some debate about where the future will develop......

Just as he was thinking about it, a disciple of the Xiang family came to report: "Father, Ling Yin, the young general has returned from Shangcai, please go and discuss." It happened that the people of Chen County came to vote, and received a letter from Huaiyang, claiming to be Zhang Er and Chen Yu, I heard that the major general raised the banner of righteousness, restored the Great Chu, and the special envoy came to make an appointment, and I wish to cooperate with the outside to seize Huaiyang and Chen County! ”

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"Huaiyang, is the capital of the ancient Ku sacrificial clan, said the ruins of Dahao, the early Zhou Dynasty sealed Shun after the concubine is full here, for the Chen State, Chu annihilated Chen, thought that the county, decades ago, Xiang Xiang Wang migrated here from Jiangling, thinking that Chu was ......"

"Huaiyang is on the verge of a chasm, which is the key to the north and south, the suburbs of Cai and Ying, and the way of Wanliang and Song. And the wilderness is fertile, and the water flows through Jintong, which is really the gateway between Chu and the Central Plains! ”

The new dragon has a little brush, just sit for a while, and in a few words, he will show the importance of Huaiyang one by one.

He looked at Xiang Ji: "And Zhang Er and Chen Yu, I have heard of their names, they are both from the Great Liang of Wei State, Zhang Er is Wai Huang Ling, after Xin Lingjun, the most famous hero in Liang Land, Chen Yu is more famous in Zhao Land, and the two are friends of the neck." ”

"When Qin destroyed Wei, Zhang Er resisted to the death, Qin destroyed Wei a few years old, and he had heard that these two people were famous people of Wei, and they bought Zhang Er's daughter, Chen Yu 500 gold...... Unexpectedly, the two of them were hiding in Huaiyang City. ”

In the past ten years, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Qin government, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms have really racked their brains, some of them have fallen into the grass like Xiang Ji, some have fled overseas like Zhang Liang, and there are not many of them who have hidden in the city like Zhang Er and Chen Yu, which is enough to prove the courage and insight of the two.

Xiang Ji is a little interested in Huaiyang, that is in the first war, Changping Jun anyway, 3,000 people in the city raised their arms, and then defeated the Qin army, if it can be captured, it will definitely shock the world!

So he said: "Father, Yu Fanjun, Chen Sheng and others, who have recently come to defect from Chen County, also ask me to give them a soldier, so that they can collect Huaiyang in the north and occupy Chendi, so that they can go north to the Central Plains!" ”

Unexpectedly, Fan Zeng disagreed: "Go north to the Central Plains, what are you going to do?" To be attacked head-on by the main force of the Qin army? ”

Ying Bu, who was an observer, said as a matter of course: "When you go to the Central Plains, you naturally want to exterminate the violent Qin ......"

Fan Zeng glared at him: "The restored Chu State is no more than one county in Jiujiang, with less than 20,000 soldiers, even if it goes north, how can it fight against Qin's hundreds of thousands of troops?" ”

He laughed and said: "Fortunately, there is Heifu Shouyi, and this bureaucrat keeps saying that he wants to go north to conquer Jingjing, which has attracted the attention of Qin Ting. Now all the deployments in Xianyang, the deployment of troops, are all in order to eliminate the great trouble of Heifu, and the army is concentrated in Nanyang, confronting the Nanjun side, and does not take care of these 'group thieves'. ”

"At this moment, if the Chu army goes to Huaiyang, it is undoubtedly reminding the Qin court to let the other generation divide the troops to attack, but it is to share the pressure on Heifu, young general, Long Moao, can the Chu State do such a thing that harms itself and others?"

Cai Ci echoed: "In the past, Wu Wangfu sent the country to be unstable, so he hurriedly went north to fight for hegemony, and as a result, a society fell, how can he follow suit? Zuo Tu is right, only by sitting big first and returning to Chu can he destroy the tyrannical Qin. ”

Fan Zeng bowed: "Huaiyang is important, but at this moment, the Chu State must not be attacked!" For the sake of today's plan, it is still necessary to collect the land of Dongchu as soon as possible! ”

The so-called Eastern Chu is Donghai County and Jiangdong's Huiji County, so there are three counties.

Fan Zeng said eloquently: "Donghai County obstructs Huai by the sea, north of Qi Ju, south of Wuhui, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the husband wants to pass through China, out of Jianghuai, that is, engaged in this, and Donghai County has tens of thousands of households, no less than Jiujiang, plus abundant food, fertile fields have the capital to cultivate, the ark has the benefit of transport, can solve the lack of Chu. ”

"And Jiangdong is the place where Chunshenjun Huang Xie has been operating for a long time, the people of Jiangdong are fierce and brave, if they can get their help, the strength of Chu will be able to multiply! After the major general takes these two places, sends a general to the north to take Surabaya County, and connects Qilu, the momentum of the Chu State has been achieved, and then sit and watch the Qin court and the two tigers of Heifu fight, so as to take advantage of it is not too late! ”

Xiang He also lost no time in suggesting: "Young General, Donghai County is also our hometown, when I came, I heard that Xiang Xiangzu's uncle and Xiang Sheng's uncle were in the next phase and took the Xiang family's children to the old department, and they were fighting with the Qin army, so it is better to attack them!" ”

"That's it."

Xiang Ji got up, and after some deliberation, the future strategic direction of the restored Chu State has also been finalized.

"Ling Yin, Yafu, and Zhong Liyi stayed in Shouchun and practiced the 10,000 newly recruited soldiers."

"Long He and I led an army of 7,000 to Donghai County to support the Prime Minister!"

"Yingbu, you take 3,000 people, cross the river on a raft, and go to collect Jiangdong!"

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Time flies, and in late June, Cai Ci and Fan Zeng, who stayed in Shouchun, received good news from Xiang Ji:

It has only been more than ten days since he led the army eastward, because under the banner of Chu and Xiang Yan, Xiang Yu has already conquered? 眙 (Jiangsu?) Yi), the young heroes of Dongyang County even responded to the incident (Jiangsu Tianchang), they successfully crossed the Huai and connected with the rebel army of the next minister.

Xiang Ji also learned that Xiang Tang also had an affair with the Korean nobleman Zhang Liang in Xiapi and had seized the local area.

The rest of the thousands of soldiers gathered, and the rebels of the Qin officials were innumerable, and the situation in Donghai County was very good!

But there is also bad news, which comes from the Surabaya county.

Qin Jia, a native of Lingxian County, Dong Xuan, Zhu Jishi, a Fu Li, Zheng Bu, and Ding Ji, a Xu person, etc., also raised an incident before and after the Xiang Ji raised troops, and each occupied the county of his hometown, and joined forces to attack Pengcheng with five or six thousand people, I don't know if they did not receive the news of the "restoration of the Chu State", or if they had other plans, they openly supported the old Chu nobleman Jingju, and also called the king of Chu!

At this time, two Chu kings appeared in Chu......

"Not good!"

Fan Zeng secretly said that it was not good, Xiang Ji had already jumped like thunder in the letter, and he was going to take people to attack Pengcheng Qin Jia and Jingju.

But to add insult to injury, there is still to come.

A few days later, Yingbu sent a dispatch from Yingbu, who had captured Guangling County (Yangzhou, Jiangsu), to report: "There is a boat division across the river!" Chu soldiers are not allowed to cross! ”

"Boat Master? Where did the boatman come from in Jiangdong? Cai Ci was stunned, but Fan Zeng understood, pinched his fingers and calculated the distance and time, and sighed:

"It's fast enough, we're still a step too late......"

Sure enough, Xiang He said: "Those building ships and ships are under the banner of the Northern Expeditionary Army!" ”

"It's the South China Sea Boat Master under Heifu!"

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PS: There is only one chapter today

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