Rumors in Shangyong City popped up almost overnight.

Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, and Bai Mo woke up and found that rumors had spread in the city, some said that Zhou Bo supported his own army and was ready to establish himself as the king of Liang after seizing the Liang State, and some said that Lu Ze, the commander of Sanchuan County, had already claimed the king in Luoyang, which was not counted, and there were even more exaggerated, saying that the Lu family had captured Xianyang and supported the crown prince Liu Ying as the king of Han.

At the beginning, Liu Bang and Zhang Liang didn't pay much attention to it, but a few days later, the rumors in the city not only did not subside, but also spread more with noses and eyes, and what is even worse is that the eyeliner in Xianyang, Luoyang, Wancheng and other places also came back with amazing news, and five kings appeared in the Han Kingdom at once, all of which were sealed by Xiang Zhuang.

Liu Bangcai realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly convened Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and Bai Mo to discuss the matter.

At this moment, Liu Bang was furious in the lobby: "Shameless, it's shameless, Xiang Zhuang is so shameless, how can he do this?" What qualifications does he have to make a widow's courtier? Huh?! Liu Bang forgot that he was the first to seal the high school, and this Pandora's box was opened by him Liu Bang first.

Chen Ping's expression was a little unnatural, this was really shooting himself in the foot.

Xiao He stroked his willow whisker under his chin and said, "King, rumors are rumors after all, so don't pay attention to them." ”

"Ignore it, is this okay?" Liu Bang frowned, and looked at Zhang Liang and Bai Mo with an inquiring gaze.

"I'm afraid not." Bai Mo shook his head and said with a serious expression, "If it's just the Chu State spies spreading rumors, if it's just Xiang Zhuang's sowing discord, the king can indeed ignore it, but the current situation is probably not so simple." If you don't get it, some people will get involved and contribute to it. ”

Liu Bang's face was suddenly covered with a layer of haze.

Although Liu Bang is close to old age, his brain is not confused, of course he can hear it, who are the "some people" in Bai Mo's mouth? Some of the people Bai Mo said were actually the queen Lu Pheasant. In recent years, the contradictions between Liu Bang and Lu Pheasant have become deeper and deeper, and even several disputes have broken out.

What's more, in terms of merit, Lu Ze should indeed be crowned king.

Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping were a little embarrassed, and they dared to say this.

Among the three, Xiao He and Chen Ping are obviously inextricably linked with the Lu family, although they are loyal to Liu Bang. But he doesn't have any ill feelings towards the Lu family, as for Zhang Liang, as he gets older, he has gradually faded into contention, except for the occasional suggestion to Liu Bang on state affairs, but he doesn't express his opinion much on the rest of the things.

It's just white ink. Not only is he in the prime of life, but he is also capable. The battle of ambushing Xiang Zhuang in the Sword Pavilion made him even more famous, and he had Liu Bang's unsparing support. Bai Mo really dares to say anything and do anything, especially with the Lu Group, there is quite a-for-tat trend.

"That's it, let's not talk about that." Liu Bang finally felt that Lu's affairs were extremely tricky, so he instinctively chose to escape. Change the subject at the moment. "Let's talk about the Liang first, Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer named Zhou Bo as the king of Liang. His heart is extremely vicious and sinister, even if Zhou Bo has no different intentions, but what about his parts? You have to be careful. ”

Bai Mo said: "Why don't you recall the general and send another general there?" ”

Zhang Liang said: "But there is no need, Yichen's understanding of the general, the general is now afraid that he has relieved himself of the military power, and personally escorted the Chu envoy to Shangyong to explain to the king." ”

"Self-dismissal?" Bai Mo said, "The battle for the land of the beam ......"

Zhang Liang shook his head and sighed: "Liang Di is only afraid that it belongs to the Qi State." ”

"Well, could there be such a thing?!" Liu Bang's heart hung up in an instant, if this situation really happened, Jing Xiang Jingxiang couldn't take it down, and Liang Di couldn't win it, then this expedition of 200,000 troops and countless grains and grass would not be an empty bamboo basket? How does this work?! …,

When Liu Bangzheng was in shock, Liu Bi suddenly stepped inside, and said proudly: "King, the general is in a hurry!" ”

"Bring it up!" Liu Bang's heart suddenly jumped, and he hurriedly reached out to take Zhou Bo's flying newspaper from Liu Bi's hand, and after reading it in a hurry, he immediately sat down on the seat, and sighed for a long time, "It's over, it's all over, Zhou Bo has relieved himself of the military power, Liang Di must be cheap Han Xin, and Han Xin's white-eyed wolf is cheap for nothing, alas......"

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At this moment, in the study room of the palace of Ziling Chu, there was laughter.

"Hahaha." Xiang Zhuang looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and then said proudly, "Liu Bang is afraid that he is angry, right?" ”

"Needless to say? Even if you don't die of anger, you have to stay in bed for at least three days! Wu Shi smiled slightly, and said, "It is said that Liu Bang Lao'er released his words early, and he is bound to win the five counties of Liangdi, but now it's okay, the king just sealed the king's order, and directly forced Zhou Bo's army back to Wanxian, but Liangdi didn't have anything to do with Liu Bang." ”

Xiang He shook his head and said: "Although Liu Bang is angry if he can't take Liangdi, it will not damage the foundation of the Han Kingdom, but the king will entitle Lu Ze as the king of Sanchuan, but he really wants Liu Bang's life." ”

Bai Lixian also said: "Yes, this contest between the Liu family and the Lu family is inevitable." ”

Bi Shu nodded, and also said: "The dispute between the Liu family and the Lu family has always been the biggest hidden danger in the Han Kingdom, but in the past, the status of the crown prince Liu Ying was as stable as a rock, and the two families were at peace, but now Liu Ying's health is getting worse, according to the information of Ebony Cliff, I am afraid that it will not be able to survive this year, and in this case, the dispute between the two families will be inevitable." ”

Xiang Zhuang deeply believes that in the real history of China, throughout the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, relatives have always been a great trouble for the royal family, and the reason is that the Lu family at the beginning of the founding of the country set a very bad precedent, because the Han Emperor Liu Bang did not eliminate the threat of the Lu family to Liu Han until he died of old age, which led to the later usurpation of power by the Empress Lu and the rebellion of Zhu Lu.

In fact, it is not that Liu Bang does not want to eradicate the Lu family, but that he can't shake the Lu group at all.

The focus of the contest between Liu Bang and the Lu Group is the dispute over the abolition of the prince, Liu Bang wanted to abolish Liu Ying several times and set up Liu Ruyi as the prince, but in the end he failed to do so, according to the history books, Lu Hou invited Shangshan Sihao to intercede for Liu Ying, which avoided the end of being abolished, but Xiang Zhuang knew that this was just the words of the historian, and it could not be accepted at all.

Let's ask, Liu Bang, a civilian emperor who was born as a scoundrel in the market, can ask Xiang Yu for his father's human soup in front of hundreds of thousands of parts, do you think he cares about a few nonsense words from the four white-bearded old men? Obviously, the real reason why Liu Bang did not dare to abolish Liu Ying was that the power of the Lu Group was too great, so big that Liu Bang could not be shaken.

It is precisely because Liu Bang has never been able to eradicate the Lu group that he has repeatedly compromised and retreated, until he has not been able to push the heir he chooses in his mind to the crown prince, which cannot but be said to be Liu Bang's sorrow, but also the sorrow of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, and since then until the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the dictatorship of foreign relatives has always been Liu Han's henchman.

Now, Xiang Zhuang's sealing of the king's order is equivalent to picking up this pus, this contest between Liu Bang and the Lu Group, I am afraid that it is difficult to avoid, now, it depends on how Liu Bang fights with the Lu Group, no matter whether the final result is Liu Bang wins, or the Lu Group is in power, at least for a short time, the Han Kingdom will definitely not stop.

This gives the state of Chu an opportunity to take advantage of, although now the state of Chu has swallowed Bashu and Jingxiang, and it is enough to digest and absorb it in three or five years, but this does not mean that the state of Chu cannot do anything, it cannot continue to annex territory, and it is always okay to go to Liangdi, or then to South Vietnam to plunder some people and come back, right?

In this era, population is national strength, military power, and productivity! ..., Xiang Zhuang said: "Everyone, Liu Bang is now taking care of himself, but letting Qi annex Liangdi is not necessarily a good thing, since the defeat of Huainan, it is said that Han Xin has been greatly stimulated, not only politically mature, but also obedient to Lou Jing, but also issued a merit-seeking order, his ambition is not small." ”

Originally, Xiang Zhuang really didn't take Han Xin to heart, because Han Xin in history was a genius in military affairs but an idiot in politics, such a character, let him be a commander, but let him be the king, that is reluctant, so in the end he died in the hands of Lu Pheasant, a woman.

For such a Han Xin, Xiang Zhuang didn't have to defeat him militarily at all, Xiang Zhuang only needed to adopt political skills, which was enough for him to die without a place to be buried.

But now, due to the crossing of his Xiangzhuang, history has long been confused.

First of all, the biggest confusion is that the state of Chu did not perish, and then, Liu Bang is still alive and well, and then, after the defeat of the conquest of Huainan, Han Xin seems to have really been stimulated, and he seems to have matured politically.

Bi Shu said: "The State of Qi is indeed not to be underestimated, especially after the annexation of Liangdi, the population, national strength, and military strength of the State of Qi will suddenly increase, coupled with Han Xin's ability to lead the troops, sooner or later I will be a strong opponent of Chu!" ”

Xiang Zhuang looked around at everyone and said, "So, should we do something?" ”

Bai Lixian and Bi Shu glanced at each other, and the two of them said almost at the same time: "Plunder the population!" ”

For the state of Chu, plundering the population is nothing new, as early as several years ago, the state of Chu did it once, plundering 200,000 strong men from South Vietnam, and making Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, angry enough.

Xiang said: "Now is really the time to plunder the population from Liangdi. ”

Before the Liang king Peng Yue raised troops in a big way, but not from the treasury of money and grain, but directly from the hands of the people, the Liang army not only robbed the enemy country, the people of their own country also robbed, the summer grain of the people of Liang has been plundered by the Liang army, and even the seeds of autumn grain have not landed, at this time, only a little incition, the people of Liang will flock south.

In fact, the legend of the abundant food and clothing of the people of Chu has already spread throughout the Central Plains.