If you want to distinguish what style Xiang's actions have in the two periods, it can only be said that Xiang Liang was full of conspiracy when he was in charge, which may have a lot to do with the fact that he has been planning against Qin for a long time. After Xiang Liang died in Dingtao, Xiang Ji (Yu) was only twenty-four years old at that time, he was young and brave, living under Xiang Liang's wings and rarely suffered twists and turns, and after taking power, he won a big victory in the battle of the giant deer, young and vigorous and full of aristocratic atmosphere, disdainful of conspiracy and tricks to exercise the overlord road.

Of course, now the Xiang family is still in charge of Xiang Liang, and Xiang Ji is holding a crown ceremony after the army. Xiang Liang is in power, so that the style of the conspiracy will not change, what the conspirator is best at is the secret layout and forbearance, usually as long as the goal can be achieved, he will do everything.

The Qin State began to send troops, and the new Zhao was difficult to bear, and Zhao Xie sent the season to Xinyan, Xinqi, and Xinchu to ask for help, and the new Qi, who had territorial disputes with the new Zhao, also knew how to put aside the dispute and resist the Qin State. After receiving a promise from Xinqi that they were willing to return Guangyang County, the Xinyan still drew 40,000 troops to support Xinzhao, despite still fighting the Wei Joseon, which had fled to the peninsula established by the Shang Dynasty.

Xin Chu, who also received Xin Zhao's request for help, Xiong Xin replied that Xin Zhao would send reinforcements to support in the season, but Xiong Xin's reply and Xiang Liang's reply were two different things.

Xiong Xin only has Jingju, Song Yi, and Ding Gong who are willing to obey the order, and these people have at most three or four thousand soldiers, and even only some domestic servants, which together are less than 10,000. And Xiang Liang not only has 8,000 elites in his hands, but also gathers 200,000 troops, Xiang Liang is only obedient to Xiong Xin on the surface, but in fact, he will not listen to Xiong Xin's orders at all, so what will Xiong Xin do to support Xin Zhao?

Xiang Liang was full of plans to occupy Lu Zhe, who occupied Nanjun, Hengshan County, and Cangwu County, in his opinion, the Qin State was still very far away, and Zhao Wangxi and others could not threaten Xinchu for the time being, and Lu Zhe had been dominating the three counties for eight months, and he could swell to more than 200,000 troops in eight months. And Lu Zhe is still planning to annex Changsha County and is also wooing Huan Chu in Lujiang County, taking advantage of the fact that there are Zhao State, Qi State, and Yan State in front of Qin State, and now it is imperative to solve Lu Zhe's problem and let Xinchu own the entire south, and he has no intention of going to the Central Plains at all.

is also developing in the south, Lu Zhe occupies the old land of Chu State, and the natural primary enemy of the new Chu is not who Lu Zhe is? Xiang Liang was extremely firm that if he didn't solve Lu Zhe, he should do it first without waiting for the Qin State to send troops to fight Lu Zhe, and it was better to wait for Lu Zhe to strike first. Moreover, Xinchu, which only has two counties, is too unseemly, and there is simply not enough manpower and material resources to use the land of two counties to fight against Qin. What if it is not risky for Lu Zhe?

The rumors have achieved results, and the Qin army of Sanchuan County really sent troops to attack Lu Zhe, how could Xiang Liang let go of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he naturally took advantage of the conspiracy to take advantage of the effect and immediately marched into the army.

Although Xiong Xin is similar to a puppet, Xiang Liang still has to maintain nominal deference, and he needs to let Xiong Xin open his mouth before sending troops to have a big name.

At a certain court meeting, Xiang Liang bitterly Chen Lü Zhe and the danger of the Qin State, and gave many examples to prove that Lü Zhe was the first target of the Chu State, the sentence "The thieves of the Lu family occupy the three counties of the Chu State." How can I explain to my ancestors if I don't get it back? Xiong Xin was speechless with some of the ministers who wanted to send troops to support Zhao State.

"The Qin State is now sending troops to attack Lu Zhe, this is our best opportunity to regain the inheritance of our ancestors." Xiang Liang's words touched many people, and he dug up the scars that Xin Chu had to face: "Huan Chu was originally a general of the Chu State, and after occupying Lujiang County, he didn't come to meet the monarch quickly, but he had an eyebrow with Lu Zhe. You can bear it. Liang can't bear it! ”

Song Yi is one of the Shangzhu states of Xinchu, and he was appointed as Ling Yi (equivalent to Xiangguo) by Xiong Xin only before yesterday, he was really afraid that the newly restored Zhao State would not be able to bear the Qin State and let the Qin State sweep the world repeat. However, with only three or four thousand soldiers in his hands, the confidence to speak is insufficient: "The Qin State is a tiger and a wolf, who can compare to the Qin State in the world?" Zhao Guo was in a hurry to ask for help, and the general had to guard against it. ”。 Perhaps to explain something, he added, "After Lu Shizhe became independent, he did not claim the title of king, or even the title of candidate." It can be seen that Lu Shizhe has no ambitions, and we haven't been in contact with him yet, so why don't we try to win him over? ”

Xiang Liang's eyes looked sharply at Song Yi, and then his eyes stared at Xiong Xin, who was smiling all over his face.

Why haven't you tried to win over, the people sent by Xiang Liang have not come back yet, Cao Ji and Xiang have talked a few times, and Lu Zhe has always swayed it. It is even more of a joke to say that Lu Zhe has no ambition, occupying three counties in just eight months and reaching out to Changsha County and Lujiang County, is that what it looks like to have no ambition? However, Cao Zhi and Xiang Wei were sent in the name of Xiang, not in the name of Xiong Xin, and Xiang Liang could not answer Song Yi directly.

"I heard that the Qin State is going to attack Lu Shizhe, isn't now the best time for him to move closer to Great Chu? What do you say, Your Majesty? Song Yi saw that Xiang Liang did not speak, and struck while the iron was hot.

Xiong Xin, who was not really in power, never spoke lightly, he looked at Song Yi and then at Xiang Liang, and asked, "Xiang Qing, what do you think?" ”

Xiang Liang sneered in his heart, how could he not see what this scene was for, it was not because the Xinchu Xiang clan was dominant, and Song Yi and the others had sparse troops and were not hard, thinking that there would be a force to join in to compete with the Xiang clan, so that these people could benefit from it. Who is Lu Zhe? Even if it is attached to the Great Chu, it will be rootless, and then Song Yi and Lu Zhe will become natural allies, and the two sides will have something to do when they fight Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, and they will be able to have a chance to take power at that time.

Xiong Xin looked at Xiang Liang with a blank eye, and Song Yi, Jing Ju, and Ding Gong also looked at Xiang Liang. In an inconspicuous position in the hall, a young man in his twenties also looked at Xiang Liang with a blank face.

The young man was a native of Yangwuhu Township (now Yuanyang, Henan), and his name was Chen Ping. His appearance here has a story that is not complicated, it is nothing more than that when he traveled, he happened to be chaotic in the south, and he couldn't return home from the war everywhere, and the goods on his body were spent in the travels, and it happened that Song Yi recruited disciples and took refuge in the past.

Before the court meeting, Chen Ping was also present when Song Yi was discussing with Jing Ju, Ding Gong and others, Song Yi casually asked Chen Ping's opinion, and Chen Ping dared to say anything more if he was slight.

In fact, in Chen Ping's view, although Song Yi and others have a high official position in New Chu, they have no military power in their hands and are not suitable for the Xiang clan who is strong and strong, but what should be done now is to stabilize Xiang Liang, even if Xiang Liang is no matter how much he is not a king, the important thing in the current Chu State is how to survive, and then slowly find an opportunity to make Xiong Xin take power.

Chen Ping even felt that it was a great failure to win over Lu Shizhe to enter Xinchu to compete with the Xiang family, and even if Lu Shizhe returned to Xinchu, he would never give up his military power, and Xinchu would only be more chaotic at that time. If there is chaos inside the Qin State outside, what future can such a country have? In the end, it was just another Qin State annihilation.

Chen Ping, who coincided with the meeting, wanted to know how General Xiang Liang would deal with the demands of Song Yi and others, and he was eager to see if Xiang Liang would maintain even false respect for Huai Wang Xiongxin if he was forced to do so.

"If the king thinks he should try it, then send someone to try it!" Xiang Liang finished saluting Xiong Xin, and when he straightened his waist, he said again: "Since Ling Yi came up with this idea, it can be seen that it is sure to succeed, why didn't the king send Ling Yi as an envoy." With the envoy of Yizhizun, it is enough to show the sincerity of Da Chu. ”

Xiong Xin was stunned, Song Yi was also stunned, and many people were stunned. They never imagined that Xiang Liang would agree, and they were a little speechless for a while, so that no one reacted after Xiang Liang finished speaking.

After a while, Song Yi stepped out, first saluted Xiong Xin, and then said to Xiang Liang with a smile: "The general attaches great importance to Da Chu and is grateful for righteousness. This means that he agreed to go on a personal mission.

Xiong Xin also stood up: "The cooperation of several Qing families will definitely revive Dachu." ”

Chen Ping, who was standing in an inconspicuous position, saw that all the ministers were bending down and saluting, and naturally followed, but there was a wry smile on his face when he lowered his head, Xiang Liang clearly did not change his mind, and he still made up his mind to enter the army.

Chen Ping straightened his waist and no longer looked at anyone, he pondered for a moment, Xiang Liang Jianyì Song Yi's envoy was nothing more than the intention of branching out, so Xiang Liang would definitely lead the army to set off after Song Yi left. He was very suspicious that Xiang Liang had any intentions in letting Xiong Xin send Song Yi to Nanjun, when Song Yi was in Nanjun, Xiang Liang forced Nanjun again, so would Lu Zhe see that the army of Chu State was coming, would he cut down Song Yi who was in Lingyi of Chu State?

Chen Ping, who felt that something was very bad, didn't think about reminding Song Yi, but he didn't think it would have any effect. After the court meeting dispersed, he really went to remind Song Yi, but out of good intentions, he was scolded by Song Yi fiercely. Out of Song Yi's house, he looked up at the sky and thought, "I want to find an opportunity to get rid of Song Yi's identity as a guest!" ”

The day after the meeting, Song Yi set off for Nanjun with the necessary personnel.

On the third day of the departure of the Song Yi envoy group representing Xiong Xin, Xiang Liang asked Xiong Xin for his life to go on the expedition, and Xiong Xin asked if he was looking for an opportunity to conquer Jiujiang County or Chen County, and he agreed to give the festival battle and fish charms in front of the witness of the ministers.

Huizhang and Huiji counties left 50,000 troops to be garrisoned by the clansmen, and Xiang Liang led the remaining 150,000 to set off, and they marched along the Zhongjiang River, seeing that the marching route was indeed straight to Jiujiang County.

When the 150,000 Chu army marched from Yangxian in Huiji County, Xiang Liang paused for two days for unknown reasons, and then continued to pull out the camp to the west, entered Zhang County and went to Yan County to get grain and grass before entering Zhang County, where he stopped for another three days.

The stop-and-go posture made Xiong Xin and the ministers of Wu County a little inexplicable, but Chen Ping, who was looking for an opportunity to get out of Song Yi's sect, knew that he was just waiting for the opportunity. He was sure that if the news of the Qin army's attack on Nanjun came out, Xiang Liang would definitely immediately rush to Lujiang County to force Huan Chu to make a statement, instead of going to Chen County, which was hyped up and clearly stated that he was going to attack. (To be continued......)