In the fourth year of the Great Qin New Calendar, this summer of 204 BC.

The clarion call for the revival of the Qin State sounded in the wilderness on the Jiangchu Plain, and the sound of this horn was like the war song of the Qin army, deep and powerful, full of indomitable momentum.

On the territory of the princes as kings, the war continues to continue, and the intrigues between the princes are still the same, today they are brothers, and tomorrow they draw their swords against each other, which is commonplace.

In May and June, the army of Western Chu suddenly went north, with the momentum of thunder, in the Jimo area to break the 50,000 rabble, this time, Xiang Yu did not relent, he personally led the army all the way to chase.

Under the pursuit of the Chu army, Tian Heng, the tragic figure of the Tian family, killed himself on the shore of the sea, and several Tian family guests and dead soldiers accompanied him to commit suicide, and the specific number of people is not 500 strong men, it is impossible to test.

The national policy of Western Chu changed from expansion to internal suppression, which made history go in an unknown and different direction.

In the four years of the Chu and Han dynasties in history, Tian Hengshili of Qi was like a moth attached to the Chu State, constantly gnawing on the body of the Chu army.

Now, with Tian Heng dead, the Western Chu State occupies the vast areas of Qi, Chu, Wu, and Yue, which are densely populated with plains and rich production, coupled with the abundant manpower that continues to flee from the Central Plains, so that the national strength of Western Chu has also grown.

Everyone's path is different.

There are many choices, just like a maze game, each choice will have a different ending, Tian Heng is like this, Liu Bang is like this, and Xiang Yu is the same.

What makes them different is that, in addition to their age, they also have ability, tenacity, and a little bit of luck.

Tian Heng was forty-two years old, and his life deeds came to an end this year.

Liu Bang was fifty-one years old, and his career as a Han king basically ended in this year, and he fled to the mountains of Yingchuan, guarding more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated army in a miserable panic. If you want to make a comeback, it is no longer an advanced difficulty, but a super advanced part, under the attack of Li Yuan and Xiang Yu on both sides, Liu Bang has no chance.

Unlike Liu Bang, who was a martyr in his twilight years, the overlord Xiang Yu was just thirty years old, and the tragic hero who was once forced to kill himself in Wujiang ushered in a turning point in his career this year.

This turning point began with the defeat of the Chu army.

The shock that battle gave Xiang Yu far exceeded that of any other battle. Under the personal leadership of Xiang Yu, the Chu army, which had been invincible, was hit by a bloody head, and the elite soldiers directly lost more than 10,000 people, including a young general like Ji Xin, and what made Xiang Yu even more sad was the departure of the general Zhong Lifu and the depression of another general, Ji Bu.

The Five Tiger Generals of Western Chu: Long Ji, Yingbu, Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu, and Yuzi Period.

Long He was killed, Yingbu defected, Zhong Lifu was self-reliant, and only the latter two remained in the Chu army, but. After Ji Bu was captured by his brother Ji Xin by the Qin army, he was in a depressed mood, and he was sick several times, and Xiang Yu began to suspect that Ji Bu was deliberately shirking. When I went to visit Jibu Mansion, what I saw was a man who was thin and only had an empty shelf.

The psychological torture has brought down this iron-clad man, and before Ji Bu's dead knot is untied, Ji Bu is basically abolished.

As for zuihou, a general Yuzi period. Relying more on Yu Ji's relationship to the upper position, in terms of ability, it can only be regarded as a medium level. There is a feeling that the generals in the army are not connected, in this flat battle. Xiang Yu boldly used a group of young generals, and Xiang Zhuang, Huan Chu, and Zhou Lan were all promoted to the position of partial generals who led the army alone.

The rankings of the new five tiger generals are as follows: Xiang Zhuang, Yu Ziqi, Zhou Yin, Huan Chu, and Zhou Lan.

Xiangzhuang is no longer what it used to be.

This cousin Xiang Yu, who has a rude and straightforward personality, has behaved impressively in the past year, and the guy who only knows how to go straight in the past is now also coarse and fine, and occasionally uses a scheme, but it is also decent, which makes Xiang Tuo, Xiang Sheng and other elders very pleased.

Zhou Yin was the great Sima of the Western Chu State, who had been presiding over the military and political affairs in the Jiangdong area, and this time he was also transferred to the north by Xiang Yu, and replaced Ji Bu as the mainstay of the Chu army.

Huan Chu and Zhou Lan are two young generals who have been following Xiang Yu's side, and their promotion largely reflects Xiang Yu's will.

Compared with seniority, the Chu general Ding Gong and the leader of the Cangtou Army, Lu Chen, are undoubtedly more qualified to become one of the five tiger generals, but one of these two people lacks strategic vision, and the other is Chen Wangsheng's old department, which is a little lower in loyalty. A number of young generals such as Xiang Huan Chu and Zhou Lan were reused and promoted, which provided the possibility for the growth of the Chu army.

So far, in this race of strength, Xiang Yu is still the leader, but he was a little ahead before, and now he is only half a position ahead of Li Yuan.

Pengcheng.

The palace of the king of Chu.

The court meeting of the Western Chu State is underway.

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, sat in the middle, his expression was slightly tired after many days of battle, and a pair of heavy pupils were also low, and he couldn't see the murderous momentum of the past, of course, no one would think that Xiang Yu's domineering was weakened, and a restrained Xiang Yu was more difficult to deal with than a domineering Xiang Yu.

In both compartments, there are a number of civil and military personnel of the Western Chu Kingdom, compared with Liu Bang's fewer and fewer talents, Xiang Yu has received a lot of new Kwantung celebrities during this time.

In terms of Wenchen, Fan Zeng, Shusun Tong, An Qisheng, and Kui Che are separated, representing the first line of foreign ministers, and Xiang Tuo, Xiang Sheng, and Xiang Bo represent the Xiang family.

In terms of generals, generals such as Yu Ziqi, Xiang Zhuang, Huan Chu, Zhou Yin, Zhou Lan, and Ding Gong were all dressed in purple robes, with swords hanging from their waists, looking magnificent, sweeping away the gloomy scene of the past.

Fan Zeng, the father who was once valued by Xiang Yu, is seventy and three, and at this age, Fan Zeng is more placed there as a symbolic figure.

The three people who really gave advice to Xiang Yu were Shusun Tong, An Qisheng and Kuaitong. Among them, Kuai Che, the strategist that Xiang Yu accepted in Qidi, was even more important to Xiang Yu than Shusun Tong and An Qisheng.

Kuaiche, a native of Fanyang and generally referred to as Kuaitong in the history books, once lobbied Han Xin, the king of Qi, to become self-reliant, and advised Han Xin that Liu Bang might be unfavorable to him.

Such a person is naturally unwilling to be an obscure mediocre lobbyist, and sure enough, when Xiang Yu said the meaning of the princes coming to Chu and asking for asylum, Kui Che was the first to stand up.

"Overlord, in my opinion, we don't have to pay attention to the princes' requests at all. As a matter of urgency, we should quickly send people to Guanzhong to negotiate peace with Qin. "Kuai Che's words are amazing, Chu Guohe, who has always been the vanguard of anti-Qin, and his sworn enemy in peace talks, I really don't know if Kuai Che is naïve or too smart.

"Mr. Kuai is talking in his dreams, this Qin and Chu, a hundred years of grudge, this hatred is difficult to eliminate. At the beginning, the overlord also had a strong saying: Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu. This is especially true now. Is the gentleman going to be the overlord to break his promise? Among the ministers, a middle-aged man in his forties rose up in a hurry and shouted at Kuai Yue.

"Hmph, the general trend of the world, together for a long time, must be divided, and for a long time, it must be united. Uncle Xiang, what use can you be for a two-faced and three-stabbed puppet besides misleading the country? Kuo Che rolled his face. He sneered at the sour man.

Xiang Bo was hit by Kui Che's words, opened his mouth a few times, and didn't come up with a rebuttal, so he could only sit down with a blushing face. In his heart, he hated Kui Che into the bone marrow.

"Mr. Kuai, how are the children of the Xiang family, why don't you have to comment?" Xiang Tuo's face changed, and he said in a deep voice.

As a Xiang boss. Xiang Tuo is still Xiang Yu's uncle in terms of seniority, and he is the prime minister of Chu in terms of status. His identity is very special, speaking of Xiang Bo, Xiang Tuo can't look down on him, but in this public place, Xiang's reputation must be maintained.

After the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Bo's "glorious" deeds as a lobbyist for Liu Bang were secretly exposed by the Qin State, and Xiang Yu, who was very angry, almost ordered this cheap uncle who was greedy for money and misled the country to be executed on the spot, but later it was Xiang Tuo, Xiang Sheng and others who persuaded each other bitterly, so that Xiang Bo was spared.

Uncle Xiang, whose status has plummeted, has been very depressed in the past two years, and now he is only barely able to stand at the end of the Xiang family.

"Mr. Kuai, if you have something to say, you don't need to say anything else." Xiang Yu frowned slightly and said.

Xiang Yu still recognizes Kuaicher's ability, this disciple of An Qisheng has his uniqueness in terms of eloquence and eyesight, for example, when discussing the strategy of Western Chu, Kuaiche put forward the idea of "destroying Qi Guchu" without thinking. Of course, talented people are a little temperamental, and Kuaicher's arrogance also gave Xiang Yu a headache.

"Overlord, the re-prosperity of the Qin State is irrevocable, our choice is nothing more than two kinds, one is confrontation, the other is peace talks, if you choose the first one, that is to follow the example of the six countries of Kwantung in the past to attack Qin, unite the princes of all walks of life, and then raise troops to fight a decisive battle with Qin, I think that this road seems to be the right way, but in fact it is not the most understanding choice; The second is peace talks, my Great Chu and Qin are hostile to each other, what can be discussed, I think there are many things that can be discussed, such as: the ownership of Yan and Zhao, the survival of Western Wei, and even the disposal of Liu Bang's remnants, these are all bargaining capitals. ”

Listening to Kui Che's outrageous words, the ministers of Chu State widened their eyes one by one, their mouths opened wide, and they didn't know what to say. Kuaicher's words completely subverted the previous position of the anti-Qin camp, and directly and nakedly put forward the idea of carving up the weak princes with the Qin state.

In the face of national interests, the actual profit is the most important. What feelings, what friendships, all go with the wind. This truth, which he understood 2,000 years ago, is still shining 2,000 years later.

"Overlord, this peace talker, except for Mr. Kuai, no one is more suitable, An thinks that the interests of the Chu State are the most important, and the false names touted by the princes are not important." As Kuaiche's teacher, An Qisheng also stood up to increase the confidence of his disciple's statement.

In the past, the decision-making process of the Chu Dynasty was very harmonious, and Xiang Yu adopted Fan Zeng's advice in these generous xiangshang, but this time, Fan Zeng implicitly faded out, and the new shili represented by Kuai Che showed a strong enterprising spirit, which made Xiang Shili, who was mainly conservative, feel threatened.

The atmosphere of the court meeting began to become tense, and this kind of tension was not the same as the saber rattling, but a higher-level confrontation, and the competition was people's intelligence and vision.

The Western Chu regime, after the immaturity of its infancy, gradually began to take the first step towards power, and in the near future, it will become the undisputed greatest opponent of the Qin state. (To be continued......)