"It's a big mistake to make Yin!" Before he finished speaking, Huan Chu couldn't hold it back, and stepped forward to retort, "What Zhou Yin committed was a heinous crime of treason, if he hadn't betrayed Chu and returned to the Han Dynasty, how could the first king have been defeated, and if the first king hadn't been defeated because of the army, how could he have killed himself in Wujiang?" Zhou Yin's crime cannot be punished, how can he be spared? ”

Ji Bu also strode forward, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "King, please kill Zhou Yin to comfort the first king!" ”

"The words of the second general and the last general are extreme." Xiang He didn't squint, and said lightly, "It is a fact that Zhou Yin raised the Jiujiang Army to rebel against Chu and return to the Han Dynasty, but the Jiujiang Army did not participate in the battle of Qixia, and when the Jiujiang Army arrived, the first king had already been defeated, so it is inappropriate to put the blame for the defeat of the first king's army on Zhou Yin alone." ”

After saying this, Xiang He said: "Moreover, General Zhou Yin can get lost and know his way back, and at this critical juncture, the Jiujiang army will return to Dachu, and its merit is not small, if the king does not reward him, but wants to take General Zhou Yin's head to pay tribute to the former king, I am afraid that the old family of the nine counties of Chu will be cold, and the king will also be infamous for unfair rewards and punishments." ”

Huan Chu was suddenly speechless, playing with swords, guns, swords, halberds, ten items he is not as good as one Huan Chu, but the debater, even a hundred Huan Chu plus one piece is not as good as one item, at the moment Huan Chu turned his head and looked at Zhong Liwu and Yu Ziqi with a look of help, but Zhong Liwu and Yu Ziqi both turned their eyes elsewhere.

What kind of eyesight do Zhong Liwu and Yu Zi have, why can't they see that this is what Xiang Zhuang means?

At that moment, he waved at Xiang Zhuang again, and said loudly: "The minister asks the king to make a clear decision." ”

Xiang Zhuang snorted lightly and said, "What Ling Yin said is reasonable, although General Zhou Yin said that he had betrayed Chu. It also caused great harm to Da Chu, but he was able to get lost and return, and he was able to return to Da Chu with more than 20,000 Jiujiang disciples, which was still a great merit for Da Chu, and he should be rewarded, giving him fifty horses of silk and fifty pieces of gold! ”

Zhou Yin hurriedly shook it to the ground, and said gratefully: "Minister...... I'm ashamed. ”

"Edict. Zhou Yin was still the Great Sima of Great Chu and the commander of Jiujiang County, and the 20,000 Jiujiang Army was still under the command of Zhou Yin. Xiang Zhuang paused when he said this, then looked down at Zhou Yin, and said earnestly. General Zhou Yin, the widow of Jiujiang County will be handed over to you, you must guard the north gate of Dachu for the widow. ”

Zhou Yin sighed in his heart, and once again shook himself to the ground, and said, "Minister...... Dare to die in retribution! ”

Xiang Zhuang said to Xiang Period, who was standing at the corner of the hall: "Xiang Period, you will go down to arrange a banquet, and tonight, the widow will feast the ministers in the main hall." Reward the meritorious soldiers, and by the way, also give General Zhou Yin a clean sweep. ”

"Whoa!" Xiang Qi shook his head and took the order.

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When Xiang Zhuang was feasting his ministers at night, Liu Bang's edict also reached Pengcheng.

Yingbu touched the beard that curled up at the corner of his lips and asked Kui Che: "Prime Minister, do you say that Jiujiang County will take it or not?" ”

Hearing this, Kui Che shook his head without thinking, and said categorically: "King, the minister thinks that Jiujiang County can't take it categorically!" ”

"Categorically unacceptable?" Yingbu frowned. "Why is that? It is rare for Liu Bang to be generous and give Jiujiang County to the widow, why can't the widow take it? ”

Kui Che said: "King, this is Liu Bang's plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf!" ”

"A plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf?" Yingbu said puzzledly, "The prime minister said that Liu Bang wanted to use the hands of the widow to get rid of the three evil wolves, Jin She, Zhou Yin, and Li Zuoche, but this is not right." Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche are not all Liu Bang's subordinates, and why did Liu Bang borrow the hands of the widow to get rid of the three of them? ”

"The king is wrong." Kuaiche shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche are just three dogs guarding the household, and they are not worth mentioning. What Liu Bang really wants to get rid of is the king, you or Xiang Zhuang! ”

"Xiang Zhuang?" Yingbu suddenly said, "How did the widow forget this stubble? ”

Let Kui Che remind him, Yingbu suddenly woke up, Jiujiang County was originally one of the nine counties of the old Chu, and Xiang Zhuang also entered a nail in Jiangbei, obviously, Xiang Zhuang is bound to Jiujiang County, if he Yingbu rashly intervenes in the disputes of Jiujiang County, he will start a full-scale war with Chu State, which is what Yingbu does not want to see.

At that moment, Yingbu asked again: "Prime Minister, what should the widow do now?" ”

Kui Che said: "The king, it is better to send the edict of the king of Han to Wuzhong and hand it over to the king of Chu to show that the king will never touch the heart of Jiujiang, and then take advantage of the situation to propose an alliance between the two families." "Okay." Yingbu said happily, "That's it." ”

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A few days later, Peng Yue, the king of Liang, also received a secret letter from Jin She and Li Zuoche, and immediately summoned the minister of state, Zhang Shuo, the military advisor, and the general Liu Kou to the palace overnight.

Zhao Yan, the word Zijin, and Zhang Liang is a fellow villager, it is said that the two once studied under Huang Shigong at the same time, Zhao Yan was recommended to Peng Yue by Zhang Shuo more than half a month ago, Peng Yue and Zhao Yan contacted a few times, and was completely impressed by the other party's profound knowledge, plus Zhao Yan is familiar with military books and Tao strategy, Peng Yue immediately worshiped Zhao Yan as a military advisor.

On Peng Yue's desk, there are two volumes of wooden tablets, which are the books that Jin She and Li Zuoche have just sent to Dingtao, and Zhang Shuo, Zhao Yan and Liu Kou have just circulated these two volumes.

At that moment, Peng Yue asked the three of them: "What do you think?" ”

Minister Zhang Shuo and military advisor Zhao Yan were silent, but General Liu Kou said without thinking: "King, what is there to hesitate about?" Jin She and Li Zuoche are rare tiger generals, and there are tens of thousands of male soldiers under their command, they are willing to surrender to the Liang, which is the blessing of our Liang, how can the king turn them away? ”

Peng Yue said: "But Jin She and Li Zuoche are Han generals after all, if the widow accepts them, will the face of the King of Han be unpleasant?" And what do the heroes of the world think of widows? "Peng Yue is a good-looking person, and he cares a lot about what others think of him, because Liu Bang has been kind to him, so he is a little hesitant.

"That's fine." Minister Zhang said, "As the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose the lord to do things, Liu Bang's important minister Zhang Liang, wasn't he also the minister of South Korea in the past?" Han Xin, the king of Qi, was even just a guard in front of Xiang Yu's tent at first, but now he has become a prince king who splits the soil and claims to be kings? Jin She and Li Zuoche were willing to return to Liang, and King Han had nothing to say. ”

Peng Yue said: "So, Jin She and Li Zuoche return to Liang, is it really irrelevant to the widow?" ”

Zhang said: "Of course, this matter has nothing to do with the king, and if Jin She and Li Zuoche really return to Daliang, the princes of the world will only praise the king's name, so that the heroes of the world will compete to return." ”

Peng Yue was still a little unsure in his heart, and asked Zhao Yan again: "Strategist, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yan stroked his willow whiskers under his chin and said: "If Jin She and Li Zuoche come to surrender sincerely, even if the king accepts it, he can get a county for nothing without much effort, plus tens of thousands of elite soldiers, why not do it?" After saying this, Zhao Yan said again, "Chen is just a little confused, why did Jin She and Li Zuoche suddenly have the idea of returning to Liang?" ”

"What's so strange about this, Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche attacked Liyang first, and Xiang Zhuang didn't give up? Now they feel the pressure of the Chu army, and the king of Han is far away in Guanzhong, and the whip is beyond his reach, and now the one who can save them from the danger is our Great Liang Kingdom. Liu Kou pursed his lips, his expression was a little disapproving.

For Zhao Yan, Liu Kou is really a little disdainful, isn't he just a scholar who is good at rhetoric, relying on reading a few military books and saying a few allusions, he is really qualified to be the military advisor of the Liang army? It is necessary to know that the military division is not a false position, but a key official position in the entire Liang army that is second only to King Liang and the general, and he can't take his turn, why is this kid?

Zhao Yan smiled faintly and said: "The general's words are reasonable, Jin She and Li Zuoche may really feel the pressure of the Chu army and the idea of returning to Liang came up, but the king still needs to deal with it carefully, so as not to be dragged into the muddy waters of Jiujiang by Jin She and Li Zuoche by taking the opportunity. ”

Peng Yue couldn't help but bow his head lightly when he heard this, Zhao Yan had already made his words very clear, there was no problem in accepting the surrender of Jin She and Li Zuoche, but the Liang army must not be easily involved in the disputes in Jiujiang County, otherwise, for Liang Guo, it is likely that good things will turn into bad things, and in the end, if you don't get Jiujiang, you will lose your troops.

Minister Zhang Shuo thought deeply and said: "The king, the minister thinks that what the military advisor said is not unreasonable. ”

Peng Yue said at the moment: "Don't worry, the prime minister and the military adviser, the widow already knows what to do." ”

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Almost at the same time that Peng Yue received the letter from Jin She and Li Zuoche, Xiang Zhuang also received a secret letter from Zhou Huan.

Due to the long distance of the road, Liu Bang and Zhang Liang did not know about some specific affairs that were happening in Jiujiang, and they did not know that Zhou Yin was secretly in contact with Xiang Zhuang, so at the same time that Jin She and Li Zuoche were ordered to surrender to Peng Yue, Zhou Huan, who stayed in the six counties, also received the same edict, Zhou Huan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent the edict to Wuzhong.

Xiang Zhuang immediately summoned Bai Lixian, Zhou Yin, Wu Shi and others overnight to discuss countermeasures.

Zhou Yin said: "King, this is Liu Bang's old man's plan to compete for food, and his intention is nothing more than to provoke a dispute between my Dachu and Liang Guo, and he Liu Bang will profit from it!" ”

"Two tigers competing for food?!" Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said, "I'm afraid it's the three tigers competing for food." ”

After saying this, Baili Xian said again: "If Liu Bang issues another edict and assigns the entire Jiujiang County to Yingbu, then Jiujiang County will immediately become the source of disputes between the Chu State, the Liang State and the Huainan State. ”

I have to say that Zhang Liang's plan to Liu Bang to compete for food with the three tigers is indeed very simple and clear, not to mention strategists like Kuaiche, Zhao Yan, and Bai Lixian, even Xia Shuo and Zhou Yin's vision is also insightful, but as Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang, the more simple and clear the strategy, the more unsolvable, knowing that this is the plan of the three tigers to compete for food is one thing, but it is another thing to successfully resolve it. (To be continued......)