Chapter 46: The Disease of Lost Souls
This is the end of the play, and it ends with a completely unexpected ending.
Han Sheng traveled thousands of miles from Han to come from Han Land, just to advise Xiang Yu about Wang Xianyang, even if it was useless, it would not be possible. But who would have expected that just because of Han Sheng's one or two whining words, he would end up in such a miserable end.
This can only be said to be a creation to make people, the tragic situation of the day, the princes and kings present are all related, except for Zhang Han, others are not comfortable.
Such a tragic thing in the world, once you experience it, you will never forget it for the rest of your life. The scorched black that Han Sheng had turned into seemed to have been appearing in front of everyone's eyes, and the sound of the "hissing" fried foreign object had also become a lingering nightmare for everyone.
Unconsciously, the princes' mentality towards Xiang Yu changed subtly.
In the past, they may have been afraid of Xiang Yu, but it was just a fear of Xiang Yu's force. But this time, everyone couldn't help but reflect - since Xiang Yu dared to cook Han Sheng to death today, if one day, if he made Xiang Yu angry, would Xiang Yu use such torture on himself?
There is obviously no answer to this question, and no one knows what will happen until the day it happens.
But after thinking about this question for a long time, the kings all had a faint worry in their hearts. Xiang Yu is jealous and violent by nature, and many times he is willful, and no one dares to guarantee that he will always be safe under Xiang Yu's hands.
Han Sheng's tragic death also made everyone start to think about their own way out.
Xiang Yu's power has reached its peak at this moment, and even Liu Bang, who has 100,000 troops, does not dare to try his edge, and others naturally dare not go beyond it.
Originally, if it continued like this, the princes would always be pressed by Xiang Yu, so they simply accepted their fate. But Xiang Yu is short-sighted after all, he chooses to be in a safe corner, but this gives others a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Now the kings have no foundation, but if they can manage their respective forces in time, then it is unknown whether they can compete with Xiang Yu at that time.
The princes all thought like this, since they could not guarantee eternal safety under Xiang Yu's command, they could only develop it themselves. As long as there are soldiers in hand, the waist pole will be straight, after all, only strengthening oneself is the most fundamental solution.
Three days after the meeting, Xiang Yu officially pulled up the camp and returned to Chudi.
There is another episode in this that has to be said. It turned out that Emperor Yi was still living in Pengcheng at this moment and refused to leave, Xiang Yu wanted to build the capital by himself, how could he make Emperor Yi live for a long time? Therefore, at the same time as the army set off, Xiang Yu sent another army to Pengcheng to urge Emperor Yi and force him to migrate, as if he was relocated.
In addition, Xiang Yu allocated 30,000 troops to escort Pei Gong under the pretext of ordering him to go west to the country.
Although Xiang Yu said it well, Liu Bang didn't know Xiang Yu's abacus, and what kind of escort he said was obviously worried that he would not go to Shu and escape with his troops halfway, so he was so "escorted by force".
But even if Liu Bang was angry in his heart, he didn't dare to be dissatisfied on the surface, so he could only take his men to Shu under the supervision of Xiang Yu's army.
Now that Xiang Yu and Liu Bang have risen up and begun to march towards their respective fiefdoms, the monarchs and ministers of various countries have no intention of staying. Whether it was the frustrated Zhao Wei and other old kings, or the newly rising many new kings of the real power, they did not hesitate and returned to the town on a certain day.
To be honest, they couldn't wait to go back to develop, but Xiang Yu hadn't moved before, and it was not good for everyone to take the lead. At this moment, Xiang Yu set off, and the princes of the dozen or so roads ran faster than rabbits, and hurried back to manage their respective fiefdoms.
In this dilapidated pass, the princes are still subject to Xiang Yu, but once they go back to their respective territories, it is really high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps. Within a few days, the kings who had returned to their respective countries began to expand their power in a frenzied manner.
Now forced by Xiang Yu's might, the world seems to be temporarily calm, but the many disasters left by Xiang Yu's division are being revealed little by little.
And at this critical time when the princes are developing with all their might, the smell of gunpowder in Guanzhong is not as heavy as imagined, this is not that the relationship between the three Qins has eased, but that Zhang Han, one of the three Qins, did not make the slightest move!
This is by no means Zhang Han's style, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, whether it is Zhang Han's efforts to absorb the hearts of the people some time ago, or secretly exporting weapons to arm the people, these actions clearly show that he is a very ambitious person.
At this moment when every second counts, Zhang Han, as the head of the Three Qins, naturally attracted the attention of many forces with his abnormal behavior. Many princes sent scouts to Xianyang to inquire about the news, but the information they sent back made many princes and kings extremely stunned.
Zhang Han is sick, and he is very sick.
To be honest, no one expected this to be the reason. What time is it? It is the time for all the princes to work together. Everyone is competing, every vassal state is an opponent, a little slack, you may be surpassed by the other party, and thus be in a disadvantageous situation, but Zhang Han is good, because of an illness, there is simply no action.
For Zhang Han's move, the kings were deeply suspicious after being shocked. They all felt that this was just a smoke bomb released by Zhang Han, in order to confuse others. After all, at the meeting a few days ago, Zhang Han was still alive and well, what kind of illness could he have at this moment, I am afraid that in secret, Zhang Han may not be planning some conspiracy.
Thinking like this, the princes and kings couldn't help but speed up their respective actions, especially Sima Xin and Dong Peng, taking advantage of Zhang Han's delay in launching, they had already established a considerable army in their respective fiefdoms, and the situation was extremely unfavorable for Zhang Han.
And at this moment, Zhang Han was still indifferent, in fact, the news sent back by the scout was true, and Zhang Han was really sick.
Since the end of the alliance under the play, Zhang Ping brought him back to Xianyang, he started a high fever. Although the high fever subsided, the whole person was sluggish, and he didn't think about tea and dinner on weekdays, and his body was losing weight day by day.
This can be very bad for Zhang Ping and Shicheng, Zhang Han is their backbone, and it is also the desire of the entire Xianyang people. Now that the princes have returned to their respective countries and begun to vigorously develop their own forces, but their own side has stopped moving forward, how can they not be anxious.
Looking at Zhang Han, who had been groggy all day, the two of them were busy asking for prescriptions and medicines, and after spending a lot of effort, they finally invited a very famous old doctor in Qindi.
At this moment, the old doctor was pulsing the sleeping Zhang Han. And Shi Cheng Zhangping, and even Han Cheng and Ying Ying, all stood aside with bated breath, not daring to disturb the doctor at all.
After a long consultation, the old man slowly withdrew his hand from Zhang Han's wrist, and there seemed to be some difficult problem in his heart, so he couldn't help frowning.
"Old man, I don't know what's wrong with my eldest brother, do you have a cure for the old man?" Zhang Ping was the most breathless among the crowds, and couldn't help but ask.
"Well, according to the old man's many years of medical experience, King Yong is afraid that he is suffering from soul loss."
"Lost soul?!" Ying Ying couldn't help screaming, and a pair of tender little hands tightly covered her mouth.
"What? Lost souls? Zhang Ping was not calm for a moment, he stepped forward and grabbed the doctor, and asked loudly: "This is impossible, my eldest brother is a general in charge of the army, what kind of scene has not been seen, how can he suddenly lose his soul." ”
"Stop, let the doctor go, what kind of body are you like this."
Shi Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to grab the excited Zhang Ping, and then he turned to the doctor and asked suspiciously: "General Zhang Ping is right, King Yong didn't have anything abnormal before, how could he suddenly get this loss of soul?" ”
The old man shook his head and said, "This is also what I can't figure out, the disease of losing the soul is usually weak and weak-willed. And King Yong has been in battle for a long time and has a strong body, which should not be like this. But when I look at his symptoms, there is no great cold or heat, no boredom or food, drowsiness and sleeplessness, and gibberish, which is exactly the sign that the wind and cold are deep and his mind is also injured. I'm afraid that King Yong was stimulated a few days ago, so his soul was damaged, and if he didn't treat it, he was afraid that the condition would be more serious. ”
Several people couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, Zhang Han had fallen into this serious illness since he came back from the play. A few people just thought that they had a sudden evil disease, but they were all greatly stimulated, so that their spirits were damaged.
"But I don't know if my husband has a way to treat it?" Shi Cheng asked the old man with a worried face.
The old man chuckled lightly when he heard this, and replied slowly: "The old man has traveled the world and has seen several cases of this disease. You don't have to worry, as long as you decoct the medicine according to my prescription, use the decoction prescription to dispel evil spirits every day, and use pills to calm the nerves, King Yong can gradually recover. ”
Hearing this, Shi Cheng and Zhang Ping couldn't help but be overjoyed, it was Han Tan and Ying Ying, and their faces also showed a look of relief. After all, Zhang Han is the backbone of everyone here, and the decision-making of everything here is inseparable from him, and when he heard that the doctor had a forensic treatment, everyone was naturally very excited.
Looking at the happy crowd, the old doctor waved his hand and said, "Don't be too happy, since King Yong's soul is damaged, he naturally has to rest and recuperate, and he can't carry out too complicated mental activities." In the past two months, there are no 100,000 urgent matters, and it is better not to trouble him in all political affairs, and there must be no great joy and sorrow, otherwise, I am afraid that my soul will be severely damaged. ”
As soon as these words came out, several people who were still extremely excited were stunned again. The reason why they are busy making Zhang Han better is not to let Zhang Han preside over the overall situation, make decisions and make overall plans.
But if Zhang Han can't think about it in a month or two, wouldn't it be the same delay? But now, there is no other way, curing Zhang Han is the top priority, and other things can only be put later.
Shi Cheng thought for a moment, and finally made up his mind, he said solemnly to Han Tan: "Han Tan senior, King Yong also told me about your origin before. The identity of you and the young princess is too special, King Yong didn't want you to take power, but now that the incident happened suddenly, King Yong was groggy all day long, Yongdi must not sit still, and asked Han Tan's predecessors to make suggestions and preside over the overall situation. ”
Shi Cheng knew very well in his heart that Han Tan had been in the Qin Palace for a long time, and his knowledge and strategy were not comparable to himself and Zhang Ping, and letting him come out to make overall decisions at this moment could fill the gap in Zhang Han's recuperation.
However, although he gave Han Tan the power to make decisions, he also kept an eye on it, Han Tan only had the power to make suggestions and deal with political affairs, but the military power was in the hands of Zhang Ping.
With such checks and balances, I just hope that nothing happens.