Chapter 9 Li Sheng's Visit

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Although on the surface, Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Peng are inextricably competitive, and there is always a danger of misfire. But in fact, several of them have a bottom line in their hearts, that is, they must not raise this matter to the military level under any circumstances.

The reason why Xiang Yu doesn't care about it now is mainly out of consideration for weakening Liu Bang, but once the three parties fight, it can't be said anymore. If Xiang Yu really waited to stop it, the plan to snatch the source of troops could only fail, which would be a heavy blow to the three parties.

Of course, there is a more important reason in addition to this, and it is also the most embarrassing part. That is, among the three Qin generals, whether it is Zhang Han himself, or Sima Xin or Dong Peng, without exception, they are all Guang Pole Generals. Their original subordinates were all killed by Xiang Yukeng, and now since they were stationed in Qindi, they have not carried out conscription, and all they can support is nothing more than one or two hundred personal guards.

Since there is no army, the armed conflict can be avoided, and the three of them tacitly chose "Wendou", that is, competing for trade.

Under the competition of a new round of price wars, all the weapons of the three parties have now been reduced to zero prices. In this way, there is no profit from the sale of weapons, but the cost of hiring merchants and transportation is discounted, which can basically be said to be exchanging money for soldiers.

But even so, they were happy, after all, the weapons were ready-made, and they only needed to send them to the village. In Daqin's treasury, there are tens of thousands of weapons and ordnance, and a village can give up to one or twenty pieces.

With the "efforts" of the three parties, the vast majority of villages in the Guanzhong region have popularized the militia system. With Xianyang as the core, Beidi County in the northwest, Shangjun in the north, Hedong County in the east, and Hanzhong County in the south have also been greatly affected.

Seeing the current situation, Liu Bang is really in a hurry, but there are many people who are more anxious than him.

The promotion of the militia system and the sale of weapons have of course had the greatest impact on bandits in various places, who used to frighten ordinary people with sharp weapons and wantonly loot and plunder. But now, where do they dare to go to the village to spread wild, not to mention a large village with hundreds of households, even if it is a small village with only a few dozen households, they have to weigh it.

In the past, Jijia Village completely wiped out the Zhongliushan bandits, which can be said to be directed and acted by Zhang Han, but at this point, it is very possible that the extremely vicious bandits are planted in the hands of the people. In fact, during this period, several bandits who had robbed their homes were killed and retreated, and the bandits in the Guanzhong area experienced the most miserable situation.

Of course, Zhang Han doesn't care about the life or death of these bandits, he can't wait for these outlaws to die completely, after all, he formed a militia to fight against bandits. Now that the bandits are cornered, it can be regarded as a small achievement.

Although the tripartite forces are still pulling together large and small villages every day, when it comes to this stage of fierce competition, Zhang Han is idle.

Zhang Han didn't have to worry about the arms sales, and Zhang Ping was in charge of Xianyang's city defense, public security, and even the work of distributing porridge, so he didn't need Zhang Han to worry about it. His daily task now is very simple, that is, to go to Xianyang City for a walk, talk to a few random people, and observe the people's feelings.

According to Zhang Han's understanding, his current life is normal, and as a decision-maker, he naturally does not have to do the specific small things himself, otherwise he will have to do something with his subordinates. As for whether Shi Cheng and Zhang Ping think this way, then he doesn't know.

On this day, Zhang Han was resting in the mansion when a soldier suddenly reported that a man claiming to be an envoy from Minister Pei came to ask for a meeting.

When Zhang Han heard the news, he couldn't help but be shocked. For a period of time, he and Sima Xin and Dong Fei had completely disrupted the situation in Qindi, if it weren't for Xiang Yu watching from the sidelines, Liu Bang would have made a move against them.

Since it cannot be solved by force, now Liu Bang is sending an envoy, I am afraid that he wants to win himself over, so that he can stop selling weapons.

Of course, Zhang Han will definitely not agree, anyway, Liu Bang can't do anything about himself, and there will inevitably be a war in the future, and compromising with Liu Bang at this time is tantamount to digging his own grave.

Compared with it, Zhang Han is more concerned about the identity of the person who came, Liu Bang's subordinates are full of talents, who will be here this time?

At this time, although Zhang Liang had not yet arrived under Liu Bang's account, Chen Ping was still under the command of the King of Chu, and Han Xin was also buried in the army, Liu Bang already had a lot of talents. Like Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Xiahou Ying, etc., these famous figures gathered around Liu Bang, and the thought of seeing them with his own eyes made Zhang Han's heart can't help but look forward to it.

It's a pity that his anticipation only lasted for more than ten seconds, and when Zhang Han saw the face of the messenger who walked in, he couldn't help but be greatly discouraged.

I saw that the person who came was a thin old man, in Zhang Han's impression, the above-mentioned well-known people could not be so old, it seemed that Liu Bang just sent a nameless person, and he suddenly lost interest in the comer.

Although Zhang Han's face was unhappy, the old man was still not in a hurry, he slowly walked in front of Zhang Han, and said, "Crazy Shengli eats his greetings to the king." ”

The person who came turned out to be Li Shiqi, Zhang Han couldn't help but widen his eyes, he really forgot just now that there was such an old dog under Pei Gong's hands.

To be honest, Zhang Han actually doesn't have a good impression of Li Shiqi, not only does he not have a good feeling, but he can even be said to be very disgusted. In Zhang Han's opinion, this sixty or seventy-year-old guy can't find anything worthy of respect except for his age.

At the beginning, Liu Bang coveted Chen Liu, but Chen Liuqin Ling swore to die, and when he was unable to do so, Li Shiqi came out to offer advice, it turned out that he and Chen Liuling had been friends for many years, and they just went to persuade him. When Li Shiqi arrived in Chenliu, he talked happily with his old friend, and after getting his old friend drunk, he secretly opened the city gate and let Liu Bang's army enter, and finally his old friend also died under the knife.

There was also a battle in Tongguan, Li Shiqi went to persuade the Qin generals to surrender, and finally persuaded the defenders to give money and property, and the two sides agreed to attack Qin together. After the defenders relaxed their vigilance, Liu Bang's army sneaked over the Jiangshan Mountain, and after a detour to Tongguan, they raided the Qin army. The Qin army was defenseless, how could they parry, they could only die unwillingly under the butcher's knife.

Zhang Han dislikes him for these reasons, although Li Shiqi is brave and strategic, but his character is too inferior, in order to ask for merit and reward, he will do whatever it takes, which can be regarded as a true interpretation of what it means to be "old and immortal, but a thief".

In the end, in order to rob Han Xin's credit, he sent an envoy to the Qi State, but was framed by Han Xin and was killed by the King of Qi, which can be regarded as a deserved crime.

Seeing Zhang Han's disgusted expression, Li Shiqi's face showed anger, but he was an old fox, and in an instant, he changed his uncertain color, and still looked at Zhang Han with a smile. Although his face was covered with wrinkles, Gu Pan still showed a confident look.

"Why did Li Sheng come to ask for a meeting?" Zhang Han's face was full of displeasure.

Li Shiqi saw Zhang Han's contemptuous expression in his eyes, and couldn't help but say angrily: "When the old student first entered Xianyang, he heard that the people of Xianyang said that King Yong was virtuous, righteous and benevolent, and when I saw it today, it can be seen that the folk rumors are not credible, and they are all false!" ”

"Oh? I don't know why Mr. said this? Zhang Han suddenly had an idea, he wanted to take the opportunity to play a good role with this old dog.