In the evening, Cao Wan came to the palace to report.

"The king, Lu Tian rebelled, and all the participants were beheaded. One hundred and thirty-two officers and soldiers died. The raid on Lu Tian's mansion has now been completed. ”

"Good, good kill!"

Cao Wan also thought that the master was Zan for killing the rebels well, and said: "The king, the minister has lived up to your trust and has completed a thorough investigation of Lu Tian and Gong Zhi. The only regret is that no evidence of Chen Yu's involvement has been found. ”

What he is good at is implementing the law, investigating cases, and enforcing the law, and he didn't hear what his master said for a while.

Zhao Xie looked at the list of belongings, the value was only equivalent to thirty percent of Gong Zhi's, although it was a little small, it could still top more than 100,000 troops for more than a month's military expenses.

"The widow knows, you're doing a good job. If nothing else, step aside! ”

Cao Wan did not retreat, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Great King, human nature is evil, and it must be governed by strict punishment and strict laws, the existing laws of Zhao State are too lenient, and I implore the king to allow the current laws to be amended." ”

Zhao Xie said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you will write the provisions of the law that need to be amended and present it to the widow." ”

Cao Wan said: "My king, the minister wrote it three months ago, but the Xiangguo and the fake picture were not adopted at that time!" ”

It's really persistent, Zhao Xie sighed in his heart, and said, "You will present it when you go to court tomorrow." ”

"No!"

Cao Wan saw hope and went back in a hurry.

Zhao Xie immediately issued an order to inform the officials of Xiangguo that they would go to the court tomorrow to discuss matters.

There are two key points in tomorrow's deliberations: the first is to remove Chen Yuguo from his post; Second, it is necessary to announce the initial reform measures.

Also, Zhao Xie has a way to make the courtiers more attentive, and he must do a good job in the court tomorrow.

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In Xiangguo's mansion, Chen Yu was drinking stuffy wine.

In the past three months, a series of events have dealt a great blow to him, first of all, the country was captured by Han Xin, and Chen Yu, as the king of the dynasty, became the king of the country;

Then came the battle of Jing Cheng, who was almost defeated by Han Xin, and then was removed from the post of general by King Zhao;

Then after the army returned to the city, King Zhao had decided to take action against Chen Yu, and the situation became more and more unfavorable for him.

The combination of these three things made Chen Yu disheartened and decadent.

Originally, Chen Yu had more than a dozen doormen, but since he lost his position as a general, half of the doormen have left, and the situation has changed in the past two days, everyone can see that Chen Yu is no longer good, the trees are falling and scattered, and the doormen have gone, and even Ling Zhao, who he relied on the most trust in the past, is also missing.

If Chen Yu rebelled, there was obviously no possibility of success; If he defected to another country, Liu Bang was absolutely impossible, as for Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu was originally unfair, Chen Yu was very dissatisfied, and later sent troops to drive away Zhang Er, which was obviously a betrayal of Xiang Yu.

If you can't defect to another country, and you can't rebel, what else can you do? It's better to automatically resign from the affairs of the country and try to be comfortable.

Chen Yu has a lot of family wealth and a lot of land, and he can still live well if he is not an official.

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Dozens of miles east of Xingyang, there are continuous military camps, where hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chu army are stationed.

Wu Shi hurried back to Chu Ying and reported the situation to Xiang Yu.

In the tent of the king of Chuying, Xiang Yu was furious after hearing Wu She's report.

"Zhao Xie, you dare to be on an equal footing with me, wishful thinking!"

Xiang Yu, who was emotional, was about to raise his account, and wanted to leave some of his generals here to confront Liu Bang, and led his army to attack Zhao State.

"King Xiang, Liu Bang is our enemy, and he is also the enemy of Zhao State, if we fight with Zhao State, we will only cheapen Liu Bang! Kill Liu Bang first, and then you can clean up Zhao Xie. ”

Fan Zeng persuaded Xiang Yu for a long time, and finally persuaded Xiang Yu.

Wu She's report, in addition to the events in the court of Zhao State, also includes what he saw and heard in Zhao State, he left the post house and returned after the end of the court meeting that day, and the things announced by Zhao Xie at the court meeting have been known to him.

"More than 100 years ago, Sun Bin pretended to be crazy, so that Pang Juan could be deceived and escaped to Qi State. Zhao Xie did the same, pretending to be weak and seizing the opportunity to seize power. This person knows how to forbear, has extraordinary vision, is assertive, and decisive, which is beneficial to us in the short term. ”

Fan Zeng was analyzing.

Xiang Yu was puzzled: "Father, I won't settle accounts with Zhao Xie for the time being, is it beneficial or disadvantageous for us?" ”

Fan Zeng said: "Liu Bang and Zhao Xie are already incompatible, Zhao Xie blocked Han Xin's offensive, so that Liu Bang could not control the north, which is beneficial to us." But if Zhao Xie is too strong, defeating Han Xin in turn and controlling the Yan State, the Dai State, and the Wei State, it will be beneficial or avoided for us, but it is difficult to say. ”

From the first battle of Jingcheng to the court meeting three days ago, during this period Zhao Xie's various actions, Fan Zeng had judged that King Zhao had a strong ability, and he made another analysis, if Han Xin lost his eastward expedition to Zhao again, Zhao would be even stronger.

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The capital of Wei, Pingyang.

Since Han Xin withdrew his troops from Jingcheng, this place has become his base camp, and he issued an order to recruit 150,000 recruits in the territory of the former Western Wei and Dai states.

It has been more than half a month since the withdrawal of troops, and conscription orders have been issued to all counties, counties, and townships.

In the counties under their jurisdiction, every day, men of school age in the jurisdiction led by the township chief and pavilion chief go to report.

In Binh Duong City, the General's Mansion.

Han Xin received the news of Zhao through the spies, which was transmitted from Xiangguo on the afternoon of the Zhao Dynasty meeting, and the news described various measures in the court meeting; And as for why King Zhao suddenly appeared in the camp of Jingcheng during the Jingcheng battle, the spies also gave the answer, and it was Zhao Wangxie who decided to rush to Jingcheng on his own.

Han Xin and Kui Che were both surprised by Zhao Wangxie's actions.

Kuaicher's face was calm, but Han Xin's expression became solemn.

In Han Xin's view, Zhao Wangxi is a Ming monarch and a hard hand, and such a person in charge of Zhao will definitely increase the difficulty of combat.

Kui Che said: "General, you don't need to worry, after a few months, hundreds of thousands of troops will be trained by you to become elite soldiers, and you will lead the troops to fight, even if Zhao Wangxi is capable, even if Li Zuoche is the commander of the Zhao army, what can he do?" In the battle of Jingcheng, you must defeat the strong with the weak; A few months later, your army and the Zhao State are at least equal in military strength, are you worried about your command ability? ”

Han Xin's mood immediately relaxed, he was very confident in himself, he could almost create a miracle if he defeated the strong with the weak, there would be more than 100,000 well-trained soldiers, there was no need to worry too much.

In the battle of Jingcheng more than half a month ago, he was outnumbered at that time, and he was worried that the Zhao army would deal with it according to Li Zuoche's strategy. When the military is equal, he is very confident.

In Han Xin's heart, he compared the changed Zhao Wangxie with the Han Wang, and quickly concluded that Zhao Wangxie's ability was stronger than that of the Han Wang.

Kuaiche also compared Liu Bang with Zhao Xie, Zhao Xie's performance in the past half a month is enough to show that he is Mingjun, but unfortunately, Zhao Xie took power too late, and the pattern of the world has been determined.

In his eyes, the world either belongs to Xiang Yu, or belongs to Liu Bang, or Han Xin, who he assisted, broke away from Liu Bang and stood on three legs after seizing the north, and there is no one else's share.