Fame and fortune.

Which one do you want?

After a dispute at the court meeting, Xiang Yu did not get a satisfactory answer.

Adopting Kuaicher's opinion means completely negating everything he has done in the past, and when he raised an army against Qin and divided the princes, it was to win prestige in front of the world's heroes, and to make the Xiang clan an important pillar to assist the Chu State. In the past three years, although the rivalry between the princes has repeatedly annoyed Xiang Yu, at the same time, he also enjoys the taste of being sought after, and if Chu talks with Qin, it is conceivable that Xiang Yu will be drowned out by a series of bitter scoldings.

However, not accepting Kuaiche's opinion is tantamount to giving up the opportunity to rapidly expand the Chu State, and uniting those unreliable and selfish princes to confront the Qin State, and Xiang Yu is not without worries in his heart.

If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates. Xiang Yu didn't know this famous sentence of later generations, but the meaning was the same.

Xiang Yu hesitated.

For political affairs and power schemes, this overlord who kills decisively on the battlefield is not good at it, and his character has too many heroic elements, and at the same time, there is a bit of women's kindness.

A few days later, the contents of the meeting, which should have been kept strictly secret, were secretly circulated, and it was impossible to verify who it was.

After inquiring about the contents of the court meeting in many ways, the princes and envoys from all over the country reported to their masters in shock, and on the other hand, they hurriedly contacted the conservative Shili, in order to deny Kuaicher's opinion as soon as possible.

Under the competition of many shili, the dispute at the court meeting of the state of Chu lasted for a whole month, and the new shili side and the conservative shili side were evenly matched, and no one could tell the winner for a while.

Ten days later, this situation was discovered by the Qin State who had infiltrated Pengcheng, and Yan Lexi, who had just taken over the foreign intelligence work, was overjoyed and immediately reported to Li Yuan in the form of an emergency military performance.

After the decisive victory in the war against the Han, the garrison in the area of Nanjun was assumed by the young Feng Xuan, who appointed Feng Xuan over others. Li Yuan also comprehensively considered the surrounding environment of Nanjun.

Far away from Guanzhong, directly facing the anti-Qin Liliang of Changsha Wang Wu Rui, Shanyue Fanhou Meijuan, and Jiujiang County Jiang Thief Yingbu in the south of the Yangtze River, the Qin army can rely on the garrison of Nanyang County in the north, as well as the Ba people Shili from the mountains in the west.

Compared with the few garrisons in Nanyang County, the Ba people live in the west of the Jiangchu Plain, after the rebuilding of the plank road, the Ba people can reinforce the Nanjun area from the land and waterway, from a strategic point of view, it is also an inevitable measure for the Qin State to connect Nanjun and Ba County as a whole.

60,000 Han prisoners began to be escorted to the Guanzhong area in batches to serve hard labor. A considerable number of them will lose their lives in the face of heavy labor, and some will become hostages of the Qin state, and if they want to be released, their families will have to make a different contribution to the great cause of the Qin state's revival.

The nearly 70,000 Qin troops who went out, in addition to the one that stayed behind Feng Xuan, there was also Gan Yong who led a foot soldier to guard together, and the number of the two armies was about 7,000 people, which was already an excess for the current Qin State.

The rest of the ministries. Then they returned to their own defense areas, Cao Xin led the Yueshi people to return to Longxi from Hanzhong County one step ahead, and the two side horses of Sujiao and Menghu also set off one after another, and the humid climate in the south made the tall Hetao horses very unsuitable. This also indirectly limited the development of cavalry in the south.

July 11.

Li Yuan and Han Xin led an army of 30,000 through Wancheng, Nanyang County, and then arrived in the area of Sanchuan County.

Luoyang.

Compared with a year ago, when Li Yuan returned from Tiger Prison Pass, the streets were more prosperous and lively. Luoyang, the future eastern capital, has gradually shown a different style.

Hu businessmen seek profit.

Nearly a year. Some Hu merchants, who had not made much profit in Chang'an, began to choose to continue their adventures eastward, and their pace almost followed the line of the Qin army's expansion.

Jiang Yu, the county guard of Sanchuan, hadn't seen Li Yuan for a long time. After hearing that Li Yuan's car had returned from Nanjun, the excited Jiang Yu welcomed ten miles out of the city, which was a rare move for Jiang Yu, who had always been introverted.

"Wuhou, this time, no matter how busy you are, you have to stay for more than ten days, and take a look at the soldiers and athletes of my Sanchuan County, and the customs and customs." Jiang Yu said in a loud voice.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "With General Jiang guarding the town, how can Ben Hou not be at ease, look at the scale of this Luoyang City, it has more than doubled compared to the past, and the banks of Luoshui are full of people, which is a sign of prosperity." ”

Jiang Yu was a little embarrassed when he heard Li Yuan's praise, and said: "Marquis Wu, General Han, the last general just has something to report, and there is an urgent letter from the Yan attendants of the Zhongche Mansion in Xianyang, saying that it is an urgent military situation and wants Marquis Wu to read it personally." As he spoke, Jiang Yu took out a wax-sealed silk letter from his arms.

Li Yuan nodded, took the silk letter, Yan Le took on the main intelligence work of the Qin State after he promised to come back, and his arrival also gave Chen Ping, who had been suppressed by multiple affairs for a long time, a chance to rest.

In this Qin army's southern expedition, Chen Ping, the governor of Qin, did not go with him, the reason is very simple, that is, he is fully responsible for the supply of grain and heavy baggage, and the requisition of troops many times, the time when orders are issued, and the loss on the transportation road, Li Yuan will not consider these details, and Chen Ping is duty-bound.

After watching the secret music, Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and the appearance of this person made Li Yuan's somewhat relaxed nerves tighten again.

If Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are the heroes of the late Qin and early Han dynasties, Kuaicho is definitely the representative of the villainous strategists, this guy ran out to lobby when Yingbu rebelled against Chu, and he also appeared when Han trusted the king of Qi, if these are not surprising, every exhortation of Kuaicho proves that he is the right person in Zuihou.

Judging from the dispute in the Western Chu Dynasty, there are different opinions within the Chu State, and more importantly, Xiang Yu has not yet made up his mind, and what Li Yuan has to do now is to take the first step to think of countermeasures.

If Kui Che came to Qin as an envoy from the Western Chu State, in what way to receive it, and what kind of words to use to deal with this mutinous man, these detailed preparations seem to be inconspicuous, but they have an extraordinary impact on the outcome of the future Qin and Chu hegemony.

"General Jiang, recently, the Tiger Prison Pass has strengthened the investigation, especially the people from Chu, everyone must be carefully questioned and traced, in case there is a Chu State sneaking in."

"In addition, you will send a letter to Peng Yue of Ju Yeze, saying that I will see him in person once and let him come to Luoyang within ten days."

"General Han, after a short rest, your unit will go to the area of Hedong County, and you can launch some small-scale battles against Chen Yushili in Zhao Land, but don't expand it. At the right time, you can give up one or two cities, so that Zhao Jun thinks that our army's combat strength is only like this. ”

After some scheming, Li Yuan successively ordered that Sanchuan County and Hedong County were connected with the princes, and there was a great possibility that wars would break out in these places in the future.

Different generals use different tricks, what Li Yuan said is only a general strategy, and the specific implementation is a piece, Han Xin and Jiang Yu are already very experienced, and there is no need for Li Yuan to tell them one by one.

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Yingchuan.

Shangcai County.

It used to be the hometown of Li Si, the prime minister of the Qin State, and now it has unexpectedly become the stronghold of the Han State. At the beginning, a dispute between Liu Fei, Liu Jia, Han Wangxin and Zhou Bo gave Liu Bang a place to breathe.

Liu Bang, who finally escaped the pursuit of the Qin army, joined Liu Fei, Zhang Liang and others here, and Liu Bang's body was extremely weak after many days of trekking, if it wasn't for the little hope in his heart, Liu Bang really planned to give up.

Holding hands and looking at each other with teary eyes.

It may be too much to use this sentence to describe the monarchs and ministers of the Han Kingdom, but for Liu Bang and Zhang Liang, Liu Fei, Liu Jia and others, the changes in the past few months are like a thrilling adventure game, but the heroes of Zuihou's victory are not them, but the heinous Qin people.

"King, this time you suffered, it was our poor lobbying that caused the king to suffer this great crime, and only then did so many loyal and brave generals of the Han army die on the battlefield-!" Zhang Liang's eyes were red, and he said in a choked tone.

"The king, it was the incompetence of the last generals that caused the loss of land and the loss of the teacher, and asked the Han to punish him." Hearing Zhang Liang's plea, Liu Jia, Han Wangxin and other generals also said in unison.

"Mr. has done his best, and the king of Pengcheng has also heard Ah Fei talk about it. This defeat is due to the king's underestimation of the enemy and his ineffective supervision of the war, and he is really ashamed of those soldiers who died in battle. After his body has recovered a little, the king will personally pay tribute to the loyal and brave souls at the altar in the city. Liu Bang said in a heavy tone.

"King, Yingchuan is not abundant, and the existing troops of only a few thousand people can be maintained, if you want to expand Liliang again, I am afraid it will be very difficult, and it will not be a long-term solution for us to stay here." Liu Jia said.

After losing a group of generals such as Xiahou Ying, Liu Jia was already the only general in the Han army who had experience in leading troops to fight, and his reminder made Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and others speechless for a while.

The world is big.

Where is the place to stay?

For Liu Bang, who is currently destitute, there is really no suitable place to go.

In the area of Jiujiang County, south of Yingchuan County, there are river thieves Shili who are entrenched in Yingbu, and these murderous thieves have nothing but money in their eyes, and it is impossible for them to work for Liu Bang; In the Chen County to the east, the Western Chu army's troops swept through the county, leaving no gaps to exploit, while in the north and west, the powerful Qin army was like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of Liu Bang and others, which could fall at any time.

What to do?

Whether to stay in a corner until the day of death, or to think hard and seek a chance to reverse, even if he is resourceful and strategic like Zhang Liang, he can't think of a way for a while. (To be continued......)

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