is exactly the same as Zhang Liang expected thousands of miles away, after slaughtering the bear heart with his own hands, although he refused to admit his mistake and couldn't listen to other people's explanations and persuasions, but after gradually calming down, seeing the expressions of Cao Ji and Fan Zeng and other henchmen in this matter, Xiang Yu gradually had the idea of regret.

The idea of regret is getting stronger and stronger, Ma Daha and Xiang Yu can see that although no one in the civil and military affairs of Chu dares to accuse him in person, his attitude towards himself has obviously changed, and almost all of them have become much indifferent to themselves, even Chen Ying, an old minister of Chu who was resolutely on the side of the Xiang family during the battle for military power, did not have his usual cordial and gentle smile, and he obviously spoke to himself with a sense of vitality, and no longer gave people that feeling like a spring breeze.

Cao Ji and Fan Zeng and other absolute henchmen were as loyal to Xiang Yu as ever, but they did not mention a word about Xiong Xin in front of Xiang Yu, and used silent protests to express their dissatisfaction with Xiang Yu's impulsive execution of Xiong Xin.

Xiang Yu, who was notoriously hot-tempered, of course couldn't stand this atmosphere, and a raging anger gradually ignited in his chest, and he urgently needed to find a punching bag to vent, and then just like Zhang Liang was worried, Xiang Yu quickly remembered his cousin Xiang Kang, who made him crazy with jealousy.

Remind Xiang Yu that Xiang Kang is still Master Xiang Boxiang, and after burying Xiong Xin with the gift of the Son of Heaven, seeing Xiang Yu's sullen expression, Master Xiang Boxiang persuaded: "King, the matter has passed, don't take it to heart, whether the righteous emperor is dead, at least we don't have to worry about someone to report to Xiang Kang's little evil animal, which will ruin your big thing." ”

Under the reminder of Uncle Xiang, he remembered Xiang Kang, who was thousands of miles away, and his heart was nameless, and Xiang Yu, who had been holding back a fire in his heart, suddenly shouted: "Immediately call a hundred officials to this king to discuss major matters!" ”

According to Xiang Yu's request, the civil and military officials of Western Chu who were qualified to participate in the meeting soon gathered in the main hall, and Xiang Yu was not polite, and said straight to the point: "I called you here to discuss the crusade against Xiang Kang's rebels!" Now that the king's injuries have healed, and our soldiers have rested enough, it's time to enter the army and exterminate Xiang Kang, the rebellious and traitorous thief, you say, how should we enter the army? ”

Cangtian was still a little blind, after hearing Xiang Yu's words, Xichu Wenwu not only did not speak enthusiastically, but actively offered advice for Xiang Yu to clean up Xiang Kang, the scum, on the contrary, most of them looked at each other, and then Lu Chen's father Ling Yin Luqing also stood up and said cautiously: "King, is it too hasty to enter the army now?" ”

"How did you rush it?" Xiang Yu asked unhappily.

"King Mingjian." Lu Qing said more cautiously: "Today, the decision is still undecided, the king, among the princes of the world you have divided, there are also Zang Di, Zhang Han, Dong Fei and Tian Du and others who have not been able to get all the land and cities that the king has given them, and they cannot provide strong support for our army. The state of Zhao has not yet been attached, in addition, our Western Chu soldiers have been fighting for many years, the soldiers are tired and tired, the army is tired of war, and the people of Western Chu, who have suffered from the war, hope to be able to recuperate and reduce the burden. ”

"King, what Lu Lingyin said is extremely true." Xianyin Moke also plucked up the courage to say: "After years of war, the land has been wasted innumerably, and it is very difficult to collect grain, grass and military supplies. ”

"There is a danger of four stops in the pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack, we are not prepared to rush to move troops, only afraid of being unfavorable in battle, I hope the king will think twice."

"King, let's wait, let's accumulate more strength in the Western Chu Kingdom, and wait for the princes to settle down and be able to free up their hands to support our western expedition, and then it's not too late to enter the Guanzhong."

The opposition continued one after another, and Xiang Yu's most trusted Cao Ji and Old Man Fan also remained silent, and did not stand up to help Xiang Yu, obviously opposing Xiang Yu's current westward expedition. But fortunately, the wicked will eventually have evil retribution, just when Xiang Yu's face became more and more ugly, a voice suddenly sounded, and said loudly: "Shut up, all the princesses!" Hugh is bad for my king's great affairs! If our army does not enter the pass at this time, when will it stay?! ”

Xiang Yu looked at the sound with some surprise, but saw that it was Kui Che who stood up to help force the public opinion, and Kui Che also bowed his hand to Xiang Yu and said: "King Shengming, if our army wants to enter the Guanzhong, it is better to enter the army sooner rather than later, the sooner the better!" ”

"Tell me your reasoning." Xiang Yu asked happily.

"Wechen obeys." Kuaiche sang a promise and said: "Our army is currently entering the Guanzhong, and its advantages are threefold, first, it can make Xiang Kang's rebellion not have enough time to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong, win the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, train new soldiers to improve the combat strength of the army, and also give the remnants of the tyrannical Qin who refuse to submit to Xiang Kang's rebellion have the opportunity to launch a rebellion. ”

"Second, now the princes of the world are still vigorous, or they are greedy for the money and food treasures in Guanzhong, or they hope to expand their territory, or they are eager to get the land and cities that the king canonized to them. On the contrary, if our army does not move for a long time, Xiang Kang's rebels will have the opportunity to break the princes around him as they did with Wei Bao Chai Wu, and after the other princes settle down, they will inevitably be greedy for enjoyment, do not want to forge ahead, and refuse to venture into the army to help our army crusade against Xiang Kang's rebels! ”

"The third is that Xiang Kang Xiao'er is currently unrighteous and helpless, none of the princes in the world dares to collude with him, even the only Zhao State that is allied with him, because he is annoyed that he refuses to go north to rescue Taiyuan Daijun and other places, he may turn against him at any time! If the king does not seize this God-given opportunity, the time has been delayed for a long time, and the princes of the world are planning for their own interests, and they are likely to be co-opted and divided by Xiang Kang's traitors, and they will no longer work together to defeat this traitor, so the king must not hesitate, he must gather troops and horses as soon as possible, contact the princes of the world, and enter the pass together! ”

After saying it out loud, Kui Che added another sentence, saying: "As for the grain and grass, it is not a problem at all, although Chu is short of grain, but in the Ao Cang, the grain and grass are still piled up, which is enough to support the king to launch the western expedition, so why do we need to worry about the people of Chu who cannot afford it?" ”

Xiang Yu smiled happily and said with a smile to Lu Qing and the others, who had resolutely opposed his immediate western expedition, "Did you hear that?" What is the words of the old Cheng Mou Guo, this is called the Lao Cheng Mou Guo words! If this king hears your cowardice and short-sightedness, then it is a great thing! ”

Can't distinguish Kui Che, Lu Qing and the others can only shut their mouths helplessly, and Xiang Yu also said proudly: "It's so decided, immediately gather troops and horses, transfer military grain and grass, contact the princes of the world, and make an appointment to go west!" Doctor Kuaiche, he was immediately promoted to Doctor Zuotu, and followed the king to the west to Guanzhong! ”

Kui Che hurriedly saluted and thanked him, but after raising his head, Kui Che found that among Xiang Yu's three most trusted courtiers, Master Xiang Boxiang was full of disdain, and Old Man Fan and Cao Qi were full of indifference, and Kui Che immediately understood in his heart, knowing that they did not want to see themselves reused by Xiang Yu, and quickly rose to the decision-making level of the Chu army as a newcomer, taking away their power and Xiang Yu's trust in them. Kui Che didn't mind, but said in his heart: "The king has the wisdom to know people, what can you do if you are unhappy?" ”

After the decision to go west was forcibly finalized by Xiang Yu, although they were not very happy, Cao Ji and Fan Laotou and others still did their best to help Xiang Yu plan the west expedition plan, and soon decided to attack Guanzhong in three ways, among the three routes of soldiers and horses, Dong Peng, Zang Di, Zhang Han and Sima Xin formed the North Route Army, and marched into Shangjun and Yunyang of the Han Army, and the South Route Army was composed of Liu Laosan, Yingbu and Wu Rui, and marched to attack Hanzhong Bashu and other places of the Han Army. The Middle Route Army was personally led by Xiang Yu, and led the princes such as Sima Wei, Shenyang, Tiandu and Tianshi to directly enter Hangu Pass and attack Guanzhong from the front.

In addition, Xiang Yu adopted Kui Che's suggestion and sent someone to issue an ultimatum to Zhao State, demanding that Zhao State immediately sever the alliance with Xiang Kang, send troops to attack Hedong, and promised to divide Hedong to Zhao State after the victory, so as to compensate Zhao State for the loss of Zhao's northern front.

Kui Che and Xiang Yu are doing this too much, because when Xiang Yu's envoy arrived in Zhao State, the news of the loss of Daijun has also spread to Julu, annoyed that Xiang Kang is selfish and refuses to help Zhao State keep Taiyuan and Daijun and other places, without Xiang Yu's orders, the angry Zhao Wangxi and Zhang Er have already made up their minds to break off diplomatic relations with Xiang Kang, and this will see Xiang Yu send someone to issue an ultimatum, promising to compensate Zhao Guo for the land east of the river, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er of course did not hesitate, and immediately agreed to Xiang Yu's request, and called the Han army envoy Chen Hui, In front of Xiang Yu's envoy, he announced the decision to sever diplomatic relations with Chen Hui, and asked Chen Hui to leave Zhao within a time limit.

In the next few days, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er also entertained Xiang Yu's envoy every day, and all the wine and beauty could take out to entertain Xiang Yu's envoy, desperately trying to please the envoy sent by Xiang Yu. However, just when Xiang Yu's envoy was about to return to Pengcheng, there was an urgent report from the Shangdang side, saying that Xiang Kang sent an envoy to Jiaodong through Zhao Guo to negotiate and contact Wangtian City in Jiaodong. ”

"Why did the king decide that?" Zhang Er asked.

"Counting the time, Xiang Kang Xiao'er must not know that we have decided to break off relations with him, thinking that we are still his allies who can respond to his needs." Zhao Xie sneered and said: "So his envoy is likely to have some important secrets hidden, we will take down his envoy, if we ask anything useful to the King of Western Chu, we can just use it to present it to the King of Western Chu, proving our determination to break off diplomatic relations with Xiang Kang Xiao'er." ”

Zhang Er thought about it too, and said: "The king is wise, there are many discords between Tianshi and the king of Western Chu, and Xiang Kang is thousands of miles away to contact him, there must be a major plan, if we can ask for secrets, the king of Western Chu will be very happy, and we can repair the rift between us and the king of Western Chu to a large extent." It's just that it's ...... to do so. ”

"It was Xiang Kang who forced this king to do this unrighteous act." Zhao Xie interrupted with a sneer and said, "If he had reached out in time at the beginning, how could our Taiyuan, Yanmen and Daijun have fallen?" Since he is unrighteous first, don't blame this king for a tooth for a tooth! ”

In this way, it was still expected by Zhang Liang, hating Xiang Kang's death and not saving and anxious to curry favor with Xiang Yu, Zhao Guo really immediately sent the envoy sent by Xiang Kang to contact Tian Rong in Tian City, and also searched out the letter of state written by Xiang Kang to Tian Rong from the Han army envoy, and after the envoy and the letter of state were sent to Julu together, seeing that Xiang Kang actually instigated Tian Rong and attacked Xiang Yu before and after, Zhao Xie was of course overjoyed, and almost without hesitation, he sent someone to escort the Han army envoy and the letter of state to Pengcheng to express his sincerity to Xiang Yu.

It is both a coincidence and a fate, during the period when the Han army envoy and the letter of state were still sent to Pengcheng, Xiang Yu had already received a reply from Tiandu and Tianshi to his request to send troops to Guanzhong, among which Tian Du, who had only received Jibei County, complained loudly, saying that Tian Rong of Tian City refused to take the initiative to give up the Linzi County that Xiang Yu assigned to him, and he was preparing to solve this problem with Tian Rong of Tian City by force, and he could not spare his hands to help Xiang Yu at all.

Tian Shi (also known as Tian Fu) replied to Xiang Yu even more annoyed, Tian Shi's uncle Tian Rong not only wrote a book by himself, saying that Qi and Xiang Kang had no grievances and no festivals, and categorically refused to send troops to help Xiang Yu, but also still signed as the prime minister of Qi State, indicating that he refused to recognize Xiang Yu's canonization of Qi King Tiandu, and openly despised Xiang Yu's authority to the extreme.

Seeing that Tian Rong not only did not give himself face, but also dared not to admit that he had canonized the King of Qi, Xiang Yu of course did not hesitate in anger, and immediately ordered Tian Du to send troops to crusade against Tian Shi and Tian Rong, and decided to send troops to Tian Du to help. Kui Che saw that the situation was not good, so he could only quickly stand up and dissuade him, and said: "King, the western expedition is imminent, it is better not to make extraneous branches, since Tian Shi and Tian Rong are unwilling to send troops, then we don't need to force them to send troops." Let Tian Du carefully guard Jibei, block Tian Shi's road to the west, and turn around and come back after we break through Guanzhong, and then it is not too late to destroy Tian Shi and Tian Rong, the two traitors. ”

After that, Kuaiche hurriedly analyzed for Xiang Yu: "King Mingjian, Tian Shi and Tian Rong have no ambitions, they are just two dogs guarding the door, at most, they just want to protect themselves, so there is no need to worry about it. The only person in the world who can pose a threat to the king is Xiang Kang's traitor, and you must not lose a big one because of a small one, delaying the time of the Western Expedition, and giving Xiang Kang a chance and time to take advantage of the opportunity to sit big. ”

Xiang Yu, who had never had any opinions, was a little shaken, but Xiang Bo ran out to fan the flames, and said: "King, the two horsemen of Tianshi and Tianshi are bold, not only refuse to hand over the land and city you gave to Tiandu, but also still regard themselves as the king of Qi and the prime minister of Qi, they dare to do this when they are close at hand, spread it out, and everyone in the world will follow suit, how can you order the world and command the princes to enter the pass?" ”

Kuaiche had the urge to tear Master Xiang's stinky mouth apart, but Xiang Yu hesitated, and only said after a while: "Let this king think about it before making a decision, anyway, we are still preparing military rations and grass, and we still have time to decide what to do." ”

In this context, when Zhao Guo sent someone to send Xiang Kang's envoy and the letter of state to Xiang Yu, seeing that Xiang Kang dared to instigate Tian City and Tian Rong to sneak attack his rear, Xiang Yu was of course more and more furious, and decided to postpone the time of the westward expedition without thinking about it, and first personally led the main force to the north to sweep the hidden danger of Tian Rong in Tian City.

Seeing the great urgency, Kui Che hurriedly stood up and persuaded: "King, you must not postpone the time of the Western Expedition." The envoys who have contacted the princes have been dispatched, and the princes of the world have been preparing to launch a westward expedition with you, if we are unwilling to send troops to the west, the morale of the princes will be frustrated! ”

Doctor Zuotu, what should we do if our main force suddenly catches fire in the rear after advancing westward? Cao Ji asked with a sneer.

"The main defense of the northern line is enough to prevent just in case." Kuaicher immediately replied: "If the king is worried that relying on the strength of Tiandu's army alone will not be able to prevent Tianshi Tianrong Pifu from sneaking south to attack our rear, he can send a reinforcement army north to help Tiandu defend Jibei, which is enough to make Tianshi Tianrong unable to move south an inch, and there is no need to waste time using our main force to go north to deal with them." ”

Xiang Yu, whose ears were extremely soft, shook a little, and never thought that Old Man Fan suddenly opened his mouth and said: "King, the old minister thinks that it is best not to ignore the threat of Tian Shi and Tian Rong, the two husbands, in order to borrow the matter of Lu Jibei, they have already formed a deep hatred with the king, and now the king you have sealed the anointed land of Qi to Tiandu, they must be even more deep in your bones, seeing that the king you are leading the main force to the west, there is an opportunity, they will definitely attack south at any cost, When the time comes, if there is any mistake in our rear, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Your Majesty, your subordinates also think that we should give priority to sending troops to the land." Cao Ji also said: "There is a danger of four stops in the pass, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is urgent and difficult to attack, and if the time is delayed for a long time, there may be danger in our rear." The open terrain of Qidi is conducive to our army's quick victory, and after quickly defeating Tian Shi and Tian Rong, we can rest assured that we will advance westward, and take advantage of the great victory to defeat Xiang Kang's rebels. ”

Seeing Xiang Yu nodding slowly, Kui Che also understood that the situation was not good, so he could only say as if he was dying: "Cao Sima, Ya Father, then if Xiang Kang rebelled against the thieves to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and took the opportunity to send troops outside the Guanwai to attack the princes outside the Guanwai who had surrendered to our king, how should we rescue?" ”

"Wouldn't that be better?" Cao Qi immediately said: "Xiang Kang's rebel thief sent troops outside the pass, we first asked the princes outside the pass to besiege his exit army, and then turned around to crusade against him, wouldn't it be more certain that Xiang Kang's rebel thief would be defeated quickly?" ”

"Cao Sima said it easily." Kui Che groaned in pain: "The princes outside the gate are each for their own benefit, and without the presence of the great king, which of them is willing to really help rescue the allies?" ”

Master Xiang Boxiang was not happy when he heard this, and immediately said: "Doctor Zuotu, what you said is not right, our king is powerful in the world, he ordered the princes to rescue the allies, who dares to disobey?" Who dares to be false and wronged? ”

Kui Che was completely speechless, but Xiang Yu quickly made up his mind, and immediately said: "It's still Yafu and Cao Sima who are right, we have to give priority to clearing the hidden dangers in our rear." That's it, first send troops to the ground, and then turn around to clean up Xiang Kang's traitors. If Xiang Kang's traitor dares to take the opportunity to send troops eastward, he will ask the princes outside the gate to entangle him first, and then clean up his traitor when we have our hands free. ”

Kuaiche didn't have the strength to speak, but silently watched Cao Ji and Old Man Fan and others help Xiang Yu plan the Northern Expedition, and only after a while did he say in his heart: "Either the rat is blind, or the virtuous and jealous, or arrogant, surrounded by such people, how can you be undefeated?" ”