Chapter 43 Xiang Liang goes north
Pink Butterfly and Miao's calculations are very good, but the plan can't catch up with the changes after all.
Before Hu Hai could open his mouth after listening to the introduction of the third-class beauty of Pink Butterfly, there was a knock on the door.
Hu Hai glanced at Win One in surprise. Win went to open the door, and a dragon guard stood at the door, whispering a few words to Win Yi, and then retreated. Seeing Ying Yi's suddenly stunned face, Hu Hai suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Your Majesty, Lord Wang Li has sent an urgent military situation, and there is chaos in Chudi!" Win Yi returned to Hu Hai's side and whispered.
Hearing Ying Yi's words, Hu Hai's hands on his knees suddenly tightened, and then slowly let go, and said to Zhang Han with a smile: "There is something in the house, it seems that I can't see this princess and beauty today, go back!" ”
Hu Hai said and got up and left, without looking at Pink Butterfly again.
He doesn't have much ill feelings towards women who are forced to sell ** for a living, and he also has only pity for the so-called princesses and wealthy ladies who have been trained as female slaves so much, or the sense of conquest that ordinary people want.
is not only because the princess or the wealthy lady is not as noble as him as an emperor, but more importantly, he is very disgusted with the actions of the red and green family.
Although Zhang Han didn't know what was going on, but Huang Yanjing was gone, how could he still stay here, and he quickly got up and followed Hu Hai out of the Evergreen Building.
From beginning to end, whether it was Hu Hai, Win One, or even Zhang Han, from getting up to leaving, no one said a word to Fan Die.
Pink Butterfly stood in the Evergreen Building in a daze, and it was not until Hu Hai and the others were gone that she suddenly reacted. chased to the door, where was the shadow of Hu Hai and others. Looking at the empty evergreen building, the pink butterfly stomped her feet hatefully.
Out of the red and green family, Hu Hai and the others turned over their horses and ran to the camp on the Bashang.
"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what happened?" Zhang Han, who was following behind Hu Hai, found an opportunity at this time and asked loudly.
"Go back to the camp and discuss it again. Win one, and order Long Wei to thoroughly investigate this red and green family, I am very curious about this invisible and powerful red and green family state owner. Hu Hai instructed to win.
Three buildings with three different specifications of beauties, the status or official position determines which floor you can enter to enjoy yourself, a bit similar to the VIP system in later generations, which is indeed a good means to attract customers and collect money.
But what if it's not just for the sake of making money?
As a knife that can kill people invisibly, collecting money is only one of the roles she can play. Hu Hai is very clear about this. And the red and green family state just has a lot of irresistible beauty.
"Your Majesty obeys!"
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There are a total of 11 counties in Jiujiang County, and the land under its jurisdiction includes the intersection of Henan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in later generations. And Jiujiang County governs Shouchun, which is the capital of the former Chu State.
Shouchun (now Shou County, Anhui) is at the junction of Jiujiang, Chen County and Surabaya, on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Huai River.
After Wu Rui married his daughter on April 16 and raised troops from Poyang, the British and Bu commanded more than 100,000 Baiyue barbarians, and in just three days, they had already driven several county magistrates of Jiujiang into the area of Juchao (near Chaohu Lake in present-day Anhui) and Liyang (in present-day Hexian County, Anhui), and collected the land of Shexian County and Yixian County (near Huangshan) in Huiji.
After Liyang, there are six counties behind Jiujiang County, the gateway to longevity and spring.
Xiang Liang had to raise troops two days later than Wu Rui, but the land of Jiangdong was originally the old land of Chu, so his speed was not much slower than Yingbu.
Since April 18, Xiang Liang began to raise troops against Qin from Huiji County to govern Wu County, and in just a few days, all the counties in southern Jiangji have been bagged. Most of the methods used by Xiang Liang were means of surrender, and with the influence of the Xiang clan in the old Chu land, the speed even exceeded that of Yingbu, who was attacking the city and plundering the land.
Most of the Huiji started, and Xiang Liang's strength suddenly increased greatly. In addition to the 8,000 elite soldiers of Jiangdong personally trained by Xiang Yu, these Jiangdong counties have come to vote, and Xiang Liang has used nearly 100,000 soldiers in just a few days.
But this army of more than 100,000 people, except for Xiang Yu's 8,000 Jiangdong disciples, the rest of the soldiers didn't even have decent weapons, let alone armor, shields, war horses and other weapons and equipment.
Therefore, Xiang Liang decisively rejected Xiang Yu's suggestion to take the opportunity to go north to attack Jiujiang and enter Guanzhong, but recruited craftsmen and craftsmen scattered among the people to start building armor and weapons, and on the other hand, comprehensively organized and trained the army.
On 24 April, Xiang Liang had just returned from the large camp outside the city of Wu County when he received an urgent military information from Xizuo. At this time, Xiang Liang knew that Wu Rui, the commander of Poyang County, had actually raised an army against Qin before him.
As an official of Great Qin, Wu Rui raised troops against Qin, which was indeed a bit unexpected for Xiang Liang, but it gave Xiang Liang a wake-up call.
Now, including the officials of Great Qin, plus the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and some well-intentioned people who are still hidden in the shadows, they all want to overthrow the behemoth of Great Qin, which is pressing on everyone's heads, and share the fat of Great Qin.
And the fat is only so big, how to make the Xiang clan get the biggest piece in this upcoming carving-up feast, it is placed in front of Xiang Liang. Obviously, the strategy of taoguang is no longer suitable.
Of course, Xiang Liang didn't know the changes in Guanzhong at all, and he also didn't know that the Wei State that Zhang Er and Chen Yu had restored had been destroyed by Wang Li's army three days ago, and Zhang Er and Chen Yu were beheaded on the twenty-second day, and the heads were already on the way to Xianyang.
"Go and call the Major General!" Xiang Liang ordered, and the guards at the door bowed down and turned around to leave.
"Slow! Go and invite the three patriarchs of the Zhao family, the Qu family, and the Jing family again! Let's just say that General Ben is invited! Xiang Liang thought for a moment and called the guard and added.
"Whoa!"
After a while, Xiang Yu came first.
"What did my uncle tell my nephew?" Xiang Yu came in and bowed to Xiang Liang.
"Jiujiang, the former Qin County Commander, Wu Rui has raised troops in Poyang, and now his son-in-law Yingbu has led more than 100,000 troops to go straight to Shouchun, the capital of my Chu State, even in several counties." Xiang Liang told Xiang Yu the original news of the detailed report.
"Please give your uncle's order!" Xiang Yu said very simply.
"Good! The uncle wants his nephew to lead 8,000 Jiangdong elites as the vanguard of the front army, the uncle leads 50,000 troops as the Chinese army, and the eldest brother Xiang Bo leads 20,000 troops to the north of Shouying, the former capital of my Chu State. Xiang Liang high-fived.
"My nephew obeys my uncle's orders! It's just uncle, we all lead the army to the north, what should I do with the hometown of my Xiang clan in Jiangdong? Xiang Yu said worriedly.
"Nephew, don't worry, my uncle has already invited the three patriarchs of the Zhao clan, the Qu clan, and the Jing clan in advance, and we will wait for the army to go north, and this Jiangdong land will be handed over to the three clans to defend on their behalf!" Xiang Liang said with a smile.
Why is that? The nephew thinks it's wrong! The ambition of the wolf son of these three clans, the ancestors were in the hands of my Xiang clan at the time, and now my Xiang clan has taken in these three clans It is already benevolent and righteous, why do we need to give up my Xiang clan's hometown to these three clans? The nephew thought that his uncle should lead his own army to stay in the land of Wuzhong, and the nephew only needed to command 8,000 Jiangdong elites to win Shouying for his uncle! Xiang Yu said in a rough voice.
Xiang Liang looked at Xiang Yu, who was anxious and red-faced, got up, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "How can this uncle of the heart of the three clans not know?" It's just that it's different now, if the remnants of the six countries rise up together, the officials of the Qin State also rise up against Qin.
The heroes in the world don't know how many, and only my Xiang clan is afraid that they will eventually be alone. The foundation of these three clans in my Chu land is far-reaching even that of my Xiang clan, and the foundation of my Xiang clan is in the army. ”
Therefore, Chu has a total of four major families, the Zhao family, the Qu family, the Jing family, and the Xiang family. Except for the Xiang clan, the other three clans are all branches of the ancient Chu royal family.
And the Xiang clan itself is not from the Chu State.
In the Yin Shang period, there is a small Fang country Xiang, because it is only the fourth class viscount among the princes, so it is called Xiang Ziguo, its country is on the verge of Weishui (now Hailing District, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, has been filled), the land under its jurisdiction is only a radius of 100 miles, this Xiang Zi country, all take the country as the surname, and have the earliest Xiang clan.
Later, Zhou destroyed Shang, and the weak Xiang Ziguo did not send troops to King Qin. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, there was a rebellion in charge of Cai Wugeng, and at this time Xiang Ziguo had already lost his land and was not involved. For this reason, Zhou Pingping re-divided the fief after the Cai Rebellion, and deliberately restored the Xiang fiefdom, thinking that the small state was a model of loyalty and obedience, so there was Xiang Ziguo again.
In this way, for hundreds of years, King Zhou Ping moved east to Luoyang, and the world entered the spring and autumn era of endless disputes. Xiang Ziguo also took the opportunity to swallow up more than a dozen smaller city-states around the small princes, and was renamed with the approval of the Zhou royal family, officially called Xiang Guo, and its capital Xiangcheng became a small and prestigious town in Huaibei.
When Xiang Guo was thriving, Lu Xun Gong fell in love with the land of Xiang Guo. So he reached an agreement with the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period at that time, Qi Huan Gong, and the Lu Gong soldiers came to Xiang City, and all the land of Xiang was divided into the territory of Lu State, and the Xiang people were handed over to the sparsely populated Qi State by Lu State.
At that time, Guan Zhong, the prime minister of the Qi State, issued an order to banish all the Xiang clans to the East China Sea and punish them with hard labor as fishing and hunting tribes. In order to escape the hard labor of the prisoners, the Xiang clan fled to the state of Wu, which was beyond the reach of the whip of the Qi State at that time.
After escaping into the state of Wu, the Xiang clan learned from the pain, and flourished the style of martial arts, or fishing, hunting or farming, everyone must practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies, and the children of the clan must have some talent, and the first thing to do is to learn the art of war.
At the same time, the Xiang clan also reformed the clan rules, and all walks of life in the clan were governed by the military system. Gradually, the strong reputation of the Xiang clan in Wu spread in the Yue Kingdom of Wu State, and the children of the Xiang family also entered more and more of the Wu Yue two [***] team.
After more than 100 years, it entered the world of the Warring States War. The Yue State destroyed the Wu State, and the Chu State destroyed the Yue State again. When the Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu, the Xiang clan fought and became an outlaw elite that made Goujian, the overlord of the countries at that time, a headache.
Until the destruction of the Yue Kingdom, the Xiang clan did not return to the Yue Kingdom, but escaped into the rivers and lakes of Daze, connected with the old Wu tribe in many ways, and constantly raised troops to attack the Yue Kingdom. Although the state of Wu has not been restored, the name of the Xiang clan has spread far and wide.
The state of Chu destroyed the Yue country, and in order to appease and gather the Baiyue tribes scattered around the state of Chu, the king of Chu at that time, King Chu Wei sent a special envoy into the rivers and lakes of Wuzhong, looking for the Xiang clan in many ways, and solemnly invited the Xiang clan to come out of the mountain.
(To be continued)