Chapter 545: Ruthless
Han Xin, the king of Han, had a very unfriendly conversation with Bai Mo after meeting, but in the end, Han Xin still succumbed to Bai Mo's pressure, pinched his nose and promised to give up six counties from Jibei County and assign them to Zhao State.
After sending Bai Mo away, Han Xin, who came to the Miaonu Palace, was still angry.
Seeing Feng Miaonu, Han Xin, the king of Han, was even a little weak-hearted, because he had originally promised to set aside two counties from Jibei County to give Concubine Ai's father and brother to serve as a prince, but now these two counties and the other four counties have been given to Zhao Guo, but it is impossible to fulfill the promise made at the beginning.
Feng Miaonu happened to ask about this, and Han Wang Han Xin was speechless.
After figuring out what happened, Feng Miaonu didn't complain about Han Xin Han Xin, she just cried heartbroken, looking at the plough flowers and rain, I saw the pitiful concubine, Han Wang Han was almost suffocated in pain, and he was also a little ashamed, he couldn't even honor his beloved concubine's promise, what kind of monarch is he? The hatred for the Han Kingdom in my heart was a little stronger.
The hatred in his chest was really hard to eliminate, and the thorn in Han Wang Han's confidence was buried.
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After June, the summer grain entered the warehouse, and a boatload of grain was continuously transported to Aocang from Bashu, Jingxiang and Jiangdong through the water and land channels.
When Xiang Zhuang inspected Aocang, the grain convoy from Jiangdong had just arrived in Aocang, and this convoy was on a waterway, with more than 1,000 large and small ships, and the grain transported was 200,000 stones!
As far as the eye can see, both sides of the chasm are full of black and oppressive slender men, and the sound of trumpets resounded in the sky, which is very spectacular.
Bai Lixian, who was in charge of raising grain, grass and ordnance, excitedly introduced: "Great King, Bashu, Jingxiang, and Jiangdong have all achieved unprecedented bumper harvests, and the harvests in Huaisi and Wei are not bad, at least self-sufficiency is no longer a problem. Now the grain from all over the country is being transported to Aocang one after another, and nearly one million stones have arrived in advance. ”
Xiang Zhuang nodded and said: "Ziliang, the grain of Jingxiang and Jiangdong must be transported to Aocang, but the grain of Bashu does not have to be transported to Aocang, and the widow plans to build another Shucang in Chengdu." Specialized in Shu grain. ”
Bai Lixian responded, of course he knew the intention of Xiang Zhuang's move, Xiang Zhuang specifically built Shu Cangtun grain in Chengdu, and its intention was self-evident, this was to prepare for the use of troops in Hanzhong or Longxi in the near future. In other words, after the destruction of Zhao, it was immediately necessary to use troops against the Han State.
The process of domination is not far off.
Thinking of this, Bai Lixian couldn't help but be slightly excited, thinking that after experiencing the two major battles last year and moving the capital to Luoyang, how could the Chu State also need three to five years of recuperation before it could accumulate enough strength. However, this is not the case at all, it has only been a year, and the Chu State is full of soldiers and food again!
This cannot but be attributed to the changes strongly implemented by the king, and it is the king's drastic reform of national politics that has created the current situation of Chu State with talents, military strength and sufficient food!
Xiang Zhuang seemed to be thinking about something. After being silent for a long time, he said: "Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." ”
Bai Lixian was also speechless, he knew what the king meant, now that the state of Chu is ready for everything, the three forbidden armies stationed in Luoyang are ready to fight at any time. The soldiers of the county governments have also completed their training and can assemble and go out at any time, and the grain of Aocang is enough to support the 500,000 army to fight abroad.
But. The state of Chu still lacks a high-sounding excuse to send troops.
Xiang Zheng finally planted a thorn in the middle of the three countries of the Lianheng Alliance, if he can't give full play to the effect of this thorn, it can only show that Xiang Zhuang is not as capable as him, the prince.
With the current strength of the Chu State, it is not a problem at all to go head-to-head with the Lianheng Alliance, as long as you take a defensive position against two of them, and then concentrate all your efforts to destroy one of them first. And then break the remaining two countries individually, no matter how Chu says, there is a ninety percent chance of winning. However, in this way, the process of reunification will be prolonged, and it is even likely to be delayed for three or five years. …,
But Xiang Zhuang didn't want to drag it out for so long, he was determined to dominate the world within the year!
Therefore, it is necessary to drag the Yan State into the war group, and then the Chu State can send troops into the Zhao State in the name of mediation, only in this way will it not stimulate the Han King Han Xin too much, if the Han King Han Xin has an ambiguous attitude, the entire Lian Heng Alliance will collapse, then the Chu Yan coalition will be able to destroy the Zhao State in a short period of time with a thunderous momentum, and it will not be too much of a loss of national strength.
Then, after a few months of slight trimming, when the autumn grain is harvested, the state of Chu will be able to do its best to defeat the Han.
It's just that what can be done to drag Yan Guo into the battle group? According to the information provided by Ebony Cliff, Yan Wang Zangyan's attitude has been a little ambiguous recently, and he has even been in constant contact with the Black Ice Platform in secret, if the Chu State takes the initiative to provoke a war at this time, the Yan State will never participate in the war, and it will drag the Chu army back behind.
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When Xiang Zheng returned to Lu County, Tian Heng, Pang Yu, and Wu Shi had already arrived in advance.
Tian Heng finally set foot on his homeland again after more than ten years, his mood is undoubtedly complicated, there are joys and worries, but more is loss, because at this time his "Qi country" can no longer be regarded as the real Qi country, not so much it is Qi country, but it is more appropriate to say that it is Xue country, because his territory is only one Xue County.
What makes Tian Heng feel even more disappointed is that he, the monarch, is just a puppet, the military power is in the hands of the general Pang Yu, and the appointment and dismissal of officials is in the hands of the minister Wu She, and he, the monarch, also symbolically does something to give orders, the only thing to be thankful for is that hundreds of families have migrated from Linzi.
But Tian Heng knew very well that if he didn't have an army in his hands, these wealthy families alone would not be enough to support his royal power, so he had to clamp his tail and be a man.
Is it the general of Qi Zhao Xi, who led the 30,000 Qi army, didn't Pang Yu reorganize it? In addition to the selection of 3,000 of them to form the government soldiers of Xue County, the remaining more than 20,000 people have all been sent to the counties to become households, although Zhao Xi is full of reluctance, but in front of Pang Yu's strong soldiers, how dare he resist at all?
Therefore, as soon as Xiang Zheng arrived in Lu County, Tian Heng quickly put down his body and took the initiative to visit.
The reason why Tian Heng deliberately lowered his posture in front of Xiang Zheng was to put on a deferential appearance in front of Xiang's father and son, so that Xiang Zhuang could completely rest assured of him, and then he could let go, but it was a pity that Tian Heng's hard work was all in vain, and when Tian Heng said goodbye and left, Xiang Zheng's expression was quite cold.
"What the King of Qi is trying to do." Looking at Tian Heng's distant back, Xiang Zheng said lightly.
Pang Yu and Wu Shi on the left and right seats glanced at each other, and the corners of their eyes swept a trace of Xinwei, compared with more than half a year ago, the prince's experience and temperament are very different, it seems that war is indeed a training person.
Xiang Zheng's topic quickly turned to Xiang Zhuang, and asked Pang Yu and the two: "General, Prime Minister, I don't know if my father is in a good mood recently?" There are also two queen mothers, are you okay? ”
Wu Shi knelt down from the seat and replied, "The queen and the concubine are very good, but the king's mood is not very good. ”
"Father, but is he upset because of the war against Zhao?" Although the matter of cutting down Zhao is confidential, Xiang Zheng, as the prince of Chu, is naturally qualified to participate in it, so he roughly knows about it.
Pang Yu sighed: "Isn't this just for this? ”
Xiang Zheng bowed his head slightly, but the corners of his eyes suddenly flashed a trace of ruthlessness that was not easy to be noticed.
After Pang Yu and Wu Shi said goodbye and left, Xiang Zheng first found the commander of Xuanyi Wei in Lu County, and then summoned Gao Lang to Xingyuan, and the two talked secretly in the second half of the night, and Gao Lang said goodbye and left. …,##########
One day half a month later, a mysterious person suddenly came to Chunyu County and asked to see Bai Yan, the general of the Zhao army.
Bai Yan has already lost most of Jiaodong County, which originally belonged to Zhao State, and the reason why he was able to hold the last Chunyu County was not because the Zhao army absolutely counterattacked and repelled the Chuyan coalition army, but because the Chuyan coalition army did not attack Chunyu County, Bai Yan knew very well in his heart that if the Chuyan coalition army launched an attack, the Zhao army would definitely not be able to hold it.
However, Bai Yan did not dare to abandon the city and escape, the battle had such a tragic result, if he even abandoned Chunyu County without a fight, then he might really be beheaded by Bai Xuan after returning to Handan, although Bai Xuan was his clan uncle, but Bai Yan knew very well that his clan nephew launched a surge that was really not recognized by his six relatives.
"Who are you?" Bai Yan looked coldly at the unknown figure in front of him.
"The general doesn't care who the villain is, you just listen to the villain." Faced with the undisguised murderous intent on Bai Yan's face, this person was not only frightened, but even seemed extremely calm, "Three days later, Prince Chu will go to Anqiu with Prince Yan to hunt. ”
"Prince Chu will go hunting in Anqiu with Prince Yan in three days?!" Bai Yan's heart was pounding, Anqiu is only more than fifty miles away from Chunyu County, if he can send an elite army to ambush in Anqiu Mountain in advance, and then capture Prince Chu and Prince Yan alive, how can it be a great achievement, right? When I return to Handan in the future, my head must be worry-free.
However, after the fiasco of Tiger Leaping Canyon, Bai Yan was already in a hurry, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, and he said coldly at the moment: "It's just a trick to lure the enemy, and you dare to use it to deceive our army, is it really an idiot to be a general?" After that, Bai Yan shouted again, "Come on, drag this spy out with General Ben...... Chopped! ”
The mysterious man was not afraid, and only said abruptly: "The general missed a great achievement, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”
Until he was pushed out of the gate by the knife and axeman, the mysterious man did not change his face, and Bai Yan thought about it again, and immediately ordered the knife and axe hand to stop, and then pushed the mysterious man into the gate, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?" ”
The mysterious man raised his head and said indifferently: "General, it doesn't matter who the villain is, the important thing is that Prince Chu and Prince Yan will go hunting in Anqiu three days later." ”