Zhang Liang's plan of competing for food with the three tigers is indeed not so easy to resolve. (Genius only needs 3 seconds to remember)

Even if Xiang Zhuang had already guessed Liu Bang's intentions, he was eager to do nothing, because at that time, the Chu State was still in a hostile state with Huainan and Liang States, although Yingbu sent Liu Bang's edict and threatened to form an alliance with the Chu State, but Xiang Zhuang still had to weigh it, how sincere was Yingbu? Who knows if the edict is true or not?

Similarly, even if Xiang Zhuang sent an envoy to Dingtao, he might not be able to win Peng Yue's trust.

In addition, due to the limitations of backward means of transportation and communication at that time, Xiang Zhuang was unable to communicate with Yingbu and Peng Yue face-to-face, and promptly illuminated their respective strategic red lines, resulting in the situation in Jiujiang County quickly getting out of control.

It's just that even Xiang Zhuang didn't expect that it was Liang Guo who first sent troops to Jiujiang County.

Because Liu Bang's edict to Yingbu was public, although the edict did not mention the three counties of Xue County, Surabaya, and Donghai that were forcibly occupied by Yingbu, Jiujiang County was really assigned to Huainan State, as the fief of Yingbu, the king of Huainan, Jin She and Li Zuoche were anxious when they heard the news, and immediately sent an envoy to Peng Yue for help.

Peng Yue has a good face, and since he has accepted the surrender of Jin She and Li Zuoche, he will naturally not sit idly by.

Although the Minister of State Zhang Shuo and the military advisor Zhao Yan were resolutely opposed, Peng Yue still took the general Liu Kou as his general, led 30,000 elite Liang troops from Dangjun to the south, and a few days later entered Quyang County in the north of Jiujiang County.

According to Zhou Yin, who was guarding Jiujiang, the pressure increased greatly, and he also sent Xiang Zhuang for help.

Jiujiang County is the northern gateway of Jiangdong, once Jiujiang is lost, the strategic environment of Chu will deteriorate greatly, and Xiang Zhuang also raised 20,000 troops to cross the river to the north and stationed in Hefei.

Xiang Zhuang did not consider the consequences of increasing troops in Jiujiang, once the Chu army increased troops in Jiujiang, it was easy to have friction with the Liang army and then a melee broke out, once the Chu army and the Liang army officially started the war, the final result is likely to be a defeat for both sides, this time, Yingbu will definitely benefit from it, this is beyond doubt.

Although Yingbu sent a secret envoy to Wuzhong and threatened to form an alliance with Chu, however, when the news of the Liang army's large-scale march into Quyang spread, the secret envoy sent by Yingbu immediately became "seriously ill".

Regardless of whether the secret envoy's serious illness was caused by Yingbu or not, this at least shows that Huainan is not reliable. Baidu Search. Win Q Coins)

Xiang Zhuang is very aware of the consequences of increasing troops in Jiujiang, but he has no choice, because Jiujiang County is related to the core interests of Great Chu, this is not a simple fight or no fight, Xiang Zhuang is absolutely impossible to do something that loses the "national character", otherwise, where is his Wang Wei as the king of Chu? Also, where is the national prestige of the Great Chu State? Where is the military prestige of the Chu army?

After Xiang Zhuang marched into Hefei, the situation in Jiujiang suddenly became tense, and at the same time, Yingbu also began to gather troops and horses near Xuyi. Before Yingbu gathered all the people, Xiang Zhuang and Liu Kou had already received the news.

The situation in Jiujiang County is developing in the direction expected by Zhang Liang, although Zhang Liang's judgment of the situation in Jiujiang is wrong, but the plan he set up for the three tigers to compete for food still works, the Liang army and the Chu army have formed a confrontation situation, and the Huainan army may also be involved at any time, as long as either side makes a move, it will immediately trigger a big melee!

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In the middle of the night, Li Zuoche, who was dressed in light clothes, floated into Jin She's line.

Since Liu Kou's army entered Quyang, Jin She moved his general line to Yinling, fortunately, Liu Kou did not deprive Jin She and others of their military power, but the supply of grain and grass for the 30,000 Liang army fell on Jin She and Li Zuo, and the pressure on the northeastern counties of Jiujiang County suddenly increased.

At this time, Jin She was worried about Liang Jun's military rations.

Jiujiang County has been war-torn for a long time, and its population has plummeted, and the counties in the northeast used to be large counties with abundant products, but now, the total population is less than 100,000 people, less than 100,000 people, and now they have to support more than 60,000 troops, and the pressure is too great.

When Jin She was sighing for a long time, heavy footsteps suddenly came from behind him, and when he looked back, he saw Li Zuo wearing gray light clothes, and he had already walked in, Jin She was slightly stunned at the moment, and said, "General Li? The soldiers of the Chu army pressed the border, you are not in Dongcheng to supervise the division, why did you come to Yinling? Li Zuoche didn't answer, but just took out a silk book from his sleeve and handed it to Jin She.

Jin Shu stretched out his hand to take the silk book, and after reading it hurriedly, he couldn't help but change his face, and said in a condensed voice: "Is this secret letter true?" ”

Li Zuoche was displeased and said: "General Jin, General Ben and you are now grasshoppers on a rope, you can't run away and you can't walk me, do you say this news is true or false?" ”

Jin She nodded, and said in a cruel voice: "It's just right, General Ben's military rations are about to run out, so take this opportunity to borrow some military rations from Huainan Kingdom, hehe." ”

Li Zuodao: "Early tomorrow morning, you and I will each lead two thousand elite soldiers to set off from Yinling and Dongcheng at the same time, but we must pay attention to concealing our whereabouts along the way, so as not to be discovered by the Huainan army too early." ”

Jin Shu nodded and said, "General Li don't worry, General Ben knows how powerful." ”

"So, I'm going to take my leave." Li Zuoche shook his head and turned around.

Seeing Li Zuoche's figure go away, Jin She suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Someone!" ”

A soldier had already entered the hall in response and said, "What does the general command?" ”

Jin She waved his hand and said sharply: "Pass my general order, pro-barracks...... Assemble now! ”

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Xuyi, Huainan Army Battalion.

Ying Bu was talking to Kui Che, and Ma Ye, a subordinate of the door, suddenly entered the account and reported: "King, the 8,000 stone military rations escorted by General Fei Baht have arrived in Xu County, and they will soon arrive in Xuyi." ”

Yingbu frowned and said, "Why is there only eight thousand stones?" ”

As the so-called army has not moved, grain and grass go first, for an army, the supply of military food is always the top priority, even if it is the indispensable Liu Bang, is it not because of the lack of military food is trapped in Guanzhong? There is also Xiang Zhuang, with the national strength of the Chu State, it is no problem to recruit 100,000 strong men, but Xiang Zhuang only brought 20,000 people to the north, isn't it also because of the lack of food and grass?

Yingbu's life is not very good, although Xue County, Surabaya, and Donghai were all rich counties, but the Chu and Han five years of melee, these three counties were devastated by the war, the population was six out of ten, and a large number of fields were barren, even if the rich families were strong, there was not much surplus food at home, and it was not easy for the Huainan Army to raise military rations.

Let's just say that this time, Yingbu wanted 20,000 stone of military rations, but Fei Baht only raised 8,000 stones, less than half.

Kuaiche sighed and said: "King, Huainan has been in war for a long time, the people are in chaos, and the people have no food to collect. ”

Yingbu couldn't help but change color slightly when he heard this, to this day, the Chu clan of Xue County, Donghai, and Surabaya counties all have great hostility towards Yingbu, and the reason why Yingbu was able to control the situation of the three counties was entirely because of the strong support of the majority of rich and powerful people, once these rich and powerful no longer supported Yingbu, then Yingbu would be in trouble.

Kui Che said: "King, Han Xin, the king of Qi, is determined to change and work hard, seeing that the national strength is strong day by day, and the national situation is also thriving, and Liu Bang, the king of Han, is also recuperating in Guanzhong and preparing for war, while my Huainan Kingdom is for a mere Jiujiang County and mobilizes the people, consuming money and food in vain, and the wise man does not do it." ”

Ying Bulio said a little impatiently: "Didn't the widow already agree to change the law, and the ten strategies of Yaxiang Zhu Jian's change have also been tried to be implemented in the counties of Xue County?" ”

Kuaiche still wanted to do something big in Huainan, first persuaded Xiang Tuo to give up Lu County with a three-inch tongue, helped Yingbu soldiers take Xue County without blood, and then carefully designed to help Yingbu attack the two counties of Donghai and Surabaya, and then strongly encouraged Yingbu to form an alliance with Xiang Zhuang in order to seek a stable external environment, and then change the law to become stronger.

It's just that Yingbu didn't fully adopt Kucher's suggestion, which made Kuacher very helpless.

Kui Che said: "King, changing the law is not a trivial matter, you need to go all out with the strength of the country, and you need a stable external environment, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate to get involved in the disputes of Jiujiang County at this time, and the gains and losses of a single Jiujiang County are not worth mentioning compared with the future of the entire Huainan Kingdom, the king." ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, Prime Minister, and besides, the ears of the widow are calloused." Yingbu waved his hand, and said, "The widow has already told you, you discuss with Yaxiang about changing the law, as long as you think it is feasible, the widow will do it, but this Jiujiang County widow is going to be decided, if there is a cheap one, then it will not be a fool?" ”

Kuaiche persuaded bitterly: "King, if you are greedy for a small profit, you will suffer a big loss!" ”

In Kuaicher's view, a mere Jiujiang County is only 780,000 households and more than 200,000 Dingkou, what is the benefit and what is the loss? But if Huainan Guo misses this excellent opportunity to change the law now, once King Qi's hard work comes to an end, Huainan will have no chance to change the law to become stronger, isn't this just picking up a small bargain but suffering a big loss?

Yingbu was so angry that he couldn't help but reprimand Kui Che a few words, when the pro-soldier captain Li Ji suddenly strode into the big tent and said: "King, the horse is returned, a Han army of about 2,000 people set off from Yinling and went straight to Xu County. ”

"Huh?!" Ying Bu's face suddenly changed slightly when he heard this, these 8,000 stone army rations were collected with great effort, if the Han army was robbed, what would the 30,000 Huainan army gathered in Xuti eat? At that moment, Yingbu stood up and said loudly, "Order, the Chinese army and the front army will assemble immediately, and go to Xu County with the widow to meet General Fei Bai." ”