Confronted with a formidable foe.

However, there were discordant voices within the Chu army, Xiang Zhuang and Zhong Liwu, two generals belonging to different camps, had a fierce conflict because of different opinions on the implementation of the next military strategy.

Since the Qin army arrived in Jishui, between Xiang Zhuang and Li Yuan, small-scale conflicts continued, the two armies clashed thirteen times, and the Chu army achieved a record of ten wins and three losses, and in a recent large-scale battle, Xiang Zhuang personally led more than 5,000 Chinese troops in his headquarters to cross Jishui to the north, and Han Xin's Chinese army was killed and fled.

If it weren't for Zhong Li's Changshan army being too uncompetitive and failing to intercept Han Xin at the first time, Xiang Zhuang even felt that he could completely annihilate Han Xin's Qin army.

The heart is arrogant.

Xiang Zhuang was proud, but he didn't consider whether this was Han Xin's arrogant strategy. In his opinion, Han Xin, a Qin general who is not in the stream, is not a famous opponent at all, even if Han Xin once participated in the war against the Xiongnu as the chief general of the Qin army who aided Chu, Xiang Zhuang still thought that Han Xin was just lucky to meet Li Yuan, who appreciated him.

Did Han Shin fight any famous battles? Xiang Zhuang was not impressed.

It's not that he is lonely and unheard, or he doesn't know about the situation of Qin, but that the real Han Xin has not made impressive contributions, and Qin can send an intermediary to spy on the military situation of Chu, correspondingly, Chu is of course also secretly lurking in Qin.

Since Han Xin returned to Qin, the first battle was the battle of Shaohua Mountain in Wugong County, and as a result, he was surrounded by Han General Worm Da and others on the top of the Desperate Mountain. The second battle was a few battles against the enemy Liu Bang, but Han Xin didn't have much chance to shine, and the next was some sporadic battles in Zhao Di and Yan Land, at this time, the Liliang of Qin State was already strong enough, and dealing with miscellaneous princes like Chen Yu was simply to bully the weak with the strong and bully the small with the big. What kind of ability is it?

Confined to the unhappy past with Han Xin, Xiang Zhuang inevitably brought some subjective elements when examining Han Xin's achievements. And Zhong Liwu is familiar with Han Xin and knows Han Xin's true skills, so his views are more profound.

In addition, if it were to be at war with other countries, Zhong Liwu would most likely choose to forbear, after all, a war like sweeping up a small group of shili would be a little bit wrong in strategy. It doesn't affect the overall situation. But the Qin State is different, at the beginning of this decision to attack Wei and Qin, Xiang Yu summoned several trusted generals to talk in detail.

Veteran.

They all followed Xiang Yu to fight in the south and the north, and came all the way through the bloody rain, including Zhong Liwu, Zhou Yin and others, Xiang Yu is not unclear about the current dilemma faced by the Chu State, but now he is. has been tightly tied to the chain of Xiang family's interests.

Now, the internal affairs of the Chu State are controlled by Xiang Tuo, Xiangguo, before the death of his father Fan Zengwei. Xiang Yu can also rely on Fan Zeng's resourcefulness to fight against Xiang Tuo, and after Fan Zeng's death, Xiang Tuo has no opponents.

Two years ago, Kuaicher united with his cousin Yu. Trying to share power with the Xiang family, Zuihou represented the new students of the foreign lineage, Liliang Kuaiche, Shusun Tong, An Qisheng and others, who were calculated by Xiang Tuo. Known as the old immortal, An Qi died in prison, and after being imprisoned for nearly a year, Kuaiche took the opportunity to escape from the Qin State, and his uncle Sun Tong was dismissed from his official position, and Zuihou ran to live in seclusion in the Yandi area.

Even relatives who were close to Xiang Yu, such as Yu Ziqi and Yu Ji, were completely disintegrated under the attack of Xiang's ulterior motives, and until Xiang Yu's expedition this time, the cold relationship between Yu Ji and Xiang Yu showed no signs of easing.

Power is hollowed out.

The people who trust betray one by one, and the beloved ones drift apart.

Xiang Yu's trust in the Xiang family is also declining again and again, from the unreserved at the beginning, to doubt and distrust, which is even more deeply disappointed. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu have the grace of raising. But Xiang Tuo and the others, except for the little blood relatives of the clan, do not have such a deep relationship with Xiang Yu.

The battle with Qin was an attempt by Xiang Yu to decide to regain the power of the Chu State, and he hoped that through military victories, he would also re-establish his invincible name, and once again let the Chu people follow him with adoring eyes, only in this way would a group of credible people gather around him.

It's a pity that Xiang Yu woke up too late.

The military adventure did not bring Xiang Yu a turnaround, on the contrary, when facing Li Yuan, who was more sophisticated in strategy and stronger in comprehensive national strength, Xiang Yu not only suffered a heavy defeat, but also lost his life.

The generals of the Chu army were at odds.

After persuading Xiang Zhuang several times to no avail, Zhong Liwu did not say more, the so-called Tao is not the same, with Zhong Liwu's qualifications, he naturally refused to hand over the Changshan army established by himself to Xiang Zhuang, without the support of the army, his fate would be the same as Ji Bu.

Xiang Zhuang stared at Zhong Liwu's back fiercely, and couldn't help but feel angry, others didn't know the grievances between him and Han Xin, but Zhong Liwu was clear. Back then, if Zhong Liwu hadn't tried his best to talk to Han Xin, this scoundrel boy from a humble background might have been cleaned up by Xiang Zhuang a long time ago, where would there be such a scenery as now.

Xiang Zhuang returned to the camp in a rage, and one of the staff strategists who followed up came up and admonished: "Major General, Zhong Liwu avoided the war so much, maybe he has already had contact with Han Xin, we must be careful, don't be cheated by them." ”

This strategist's surname is Zhong, like Xiang Zhuang, he is a native of Wuzhong County from Jiangdong, and the surname Zhong is inherited from Zhong Yong, the elder brother of Wen Wang Chang of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is also a large family.

Wuzhong is close to Taihu Lake, most of the people here make a living from fishing, and the wind and rain have been smooth over the years, this literati surnamed Zhong is also from a good family, and he has studied under several reclusive Confucians, and he can be regarded as having a bit of braggart, of course, Zhongsheng must not have a few real skills, otherwise, he would not have fallen into the role of doing things for Xiang Zhuang.

"What do you mean-!" Xiang Zhuang narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhongsheng and asked.

"Young General, Zhong Liwu is an old man in the Chu army, and he has never taken you seriously, he and Ji Bu are two nails in the Chu army, if you don't pull it out, it is really not easy for you to take over the position of the overlord." Zhong Sheng Yin smiled and said faintly.

"This is also for you to say, as long as you are not sick in the brain, you can see it. Let's talk about how to deal with Zhong Liwu first, don't you tell me that you killed him in his camp and took his life directly? Xiang Zhuang sneered and said.

"Young General, don't worry, your subordinates have a plan to let Zhong Liwu be captured, we might as well be like this-!" Zhongsheng asked Haode to follow up a few steps and whispered to Xiang Zhuang.

Han Xin's "contemptive" behavior made Xiang Zhuang unable to contain his anger anymore, and Zhong Lifu questioned. It made Xiang Zhuang lose his due reason.

The lesson of the defeat of the Luoyang army in Hangu Pass once awakened Xiang Zhuang, but with the passage of time, with the intensification of the struggle between the two factions within the Chu State, Xiang Zhuang's impetuousness reared its head again.

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The north shore of Jishui.

Twin Estuary.

Near the confluence of the two tributaries of the Jishui River, there is a small bazaar, where the water network is dense and the boats are vertical and horizontal. The passage of ships provided great transportation facilities, and such small markets often spontaneously arose because of the convenience of transportation, and perhaps at some time, they gradually fell into disuse due to the diversion of the river.

No one would have thought of it. After Han Xin dispersed the team, he led more than 1,500 Qin troops to be stationed here, and this Qin army was not many in number, only the size of a school captain. Therefore, after secretly arriving at the mouth of the two rivers, it did not attract much attention.

The point of contact here. It was Peng Yue's lieutenant, Luan Bu.

Judging from his face, this is a middle-aged man with a slightly wealthy face and a very wealthy appearance, no different from other vendors who come and go.

In fact, although Luan Bu is secretly Peng Yue's right-hand man, his external identity is a trader.

Luan Bu is also a Wei person, and he and Peng Yue were playmates when they were teenagers, and when Han Xin governed Yandi, Luan Bu, as Peng Yue's representative, also had a lot of contact with Han Xin.

Thieves.

The main source of income is to sell the looted goods, this is because some goods for thieves, there is not much practical use, if it has been placed, then Peng Yue's warehouse, there will be more and more impractical goods, once these things are put for a long time, they may deteriorate and rust or simply have no value.

Therefore, Peng Yue and the others must have a channel to sell the stolen goods, originally, they could also get in touch with Jiang Yu of Sanchuan County and conduct some secret transactions, but in this transaction, the location of Sanchuan County and Juyeze is adjacent to each other, and the production of goods between them is basically the same, plus the harmony between Qin and Chu some time ago, which makes the things in Chu Land arrive in Luoyang, and they can hardly be sold at a price that is too haode.

The goods of the southern Chu State, especially once traded to the Huns, are several times or even more than ten times the benefits.

Luan Bu is undoubtedly an expert in this regard.

Of course, while Han Xin opened the Luan cloth net, he also followed the ban on not sending copper, iron and other war auxiliary materials to the Huns, as for luxury goods such as tortoiseshell in the ocean, there were no restrictions.

Inside a house near the river.

Heavily guarded.

This is a stronghold of Peng Yue.

"General Han, this place is surrounded by dense reeds, and our people are patrolling from afar, how could the Chu people never think that the general is right under their noses, hahaha-. In addition, in the Chu camp, there are our secrets, including Xiang Zhuang's personal soldiers, and there are also our people. Luan Bu smiled and smirked.

Han Xin also changed his brocade forging, like an ordinary businessman, he was holding a tea cup, and asked with a light smile: "Mr. Luan, you can talk about the situation of the Chu army opposite Jishui one by one, don't have any omissions." ”

Peng Yue has been able to hold Daze for many years, in addition to the support of the Qin State, of course, he also has his own set of means, Han Xin did not ask who it was in the dark, he just needed to get the exact information of the Chu army from Luan Bu.

Luan Bu did not hide it, and informed the news one by one, about the dispute between Xiang Zhuang and Zhong Liwu, which was also recorded secretly and truthfully, and summarized on Han Xin's desk, now Peng Yue and Han Xin are both generals of the Qin State, facing the same enemy, there is nothing to guard against each other.

"Mr. Luan, you should go to Juyeze quickly, inform General Peng Yue, and ask him to pretend to be the Chu army and intercept and kill the grain and straw of the Chu army, but don't intercept too much each time-!" Han Xin groaned for a while and commanded.

"No! This is the end of the day. Luan Bu replied with a puzzled face, he obviously didn't understand Han Xin's intention to do this, but he didn't continue to ask.

After Luan Bu left, Han Xin continued to unfold the pile of bamboo slips on the desk, and looked at them carefully, these bamboo slips from all over Qi recorded the situation after the Qin army's many small forces were dispersed to various counties and pavilions, and what made Han Xin happy was that the number of troops was expanding rapidly.

The Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

The Qin State and the Six Kingdoms of the Kwantung region are life and death rivals.

However, among the six countries, there are differences. For example, Zhao, Chu, Yan, Han, and Wei were all fiercely killed by the Qin army in the battle of unification, and among them, Zhao was buried 500,000 people alive because of the Battle of Changping, which made every household take care of it and everyone cried. Men over the age of 14 were killed and wounded in the country, and the country was almost wiped out.

In contrast, Qi is quite different, because of Qin's habitual foreign policy of distant friendship and close attack, coupled with the inconsistency of Qi's understanding of Qin, there are not many times when Qin and Qi really meet each other, and sometimes even the two countries have a tacit understanding to fight together with several countries living in the cracks.

Even the battle of Qin to destroy Qi in Zuihou was because the monarch of Qi decided to give up resistance and led the people to surrender to Qin, so that Qi was not looted by much war. Therefore, the Qi people did not have as much grudge against the Qin people as the people of other countries, and in the later anti-Qin storm, among the princes, only the Qi State did not participate in the battle against Qin.

With these foundations, coupled with a series of previous infiltration, Han Xin's purpose of dispersing the Qin army to all parts of Qi was also clear, and he hoped that through this method of "rioting" in a short period of time, he would quickly form a large number of troops, so as to form an overwhelming advantage over the Chu army.

General Han Xin, the more the merrier.

This is different from Li Yuan's usual strategy of elite troops, in the country of Qin, Han Xin also has to take into account the logistics supply problem after the army is large, while in Qi, there is no need to worry about this problem, the Qin army formed by the Qi people can be supplied on the spot without spending anything.

After the news was transmitted back from the bamboo slips, the strength of all the units of the Qin army has improved a lot, and to sum up, Han Xin's troops have expanded from a little more than 10,000 when they entered Qi to nearly 20,000 people, and if there is a little more time, Han Xin believes that this number will double. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for your dreams, Purple Moon Immortal Emperor, Feng Weizhao, who forcibly kissed my reward, and thank you for the monthly votes.