After receiving Kongji's letter, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly led his army westward along the unfinished gallop road, and arrived at the Poyang military camp a few hours later.

And Kong Ji actually arrived in Poyang a day in advance, the reason why he told Zhang Ping that Xiang Zhuang was already in the camp was to stabilize the mood of the two, at this time the sky was already dark, the night was coming, Xiang Zhuang had ignored the fatigue of the journey, he stood in front of a sand table, quietly looking at the small flags above, a few small black flags were inserted in several deep mountains in Lujiang County and Zhang County, these are the mountain bandits in Gui Yinghao's mouth.

And what he said today is not to blame himself for the matter of the mountain bandits, he pointed out in disguise that Li Hong did not act after he became the commander of Poyang County, what happened between them? Xiang Zhuang couldn't guess for a while.

But there are also some flags of all kinds planted in the north of the Yellow River, these flags, on behalf of the Yan army, the Zhao army and the Qi army, the chaotic war in Hebei has basically calmed down, but this war has made the princes of various countries also become ready to move, and Xiang Yu has hundreds of thousands of troops, but does not know to curb the rebellion of various countries, so that everyone has a common idea, that is, Xiang Yu is no longer the tiger of the year.

Of course, for Xiang Zhuang, the strife of various countries is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is definitely not a good thing, he doesn't want to see Xiang Yu fall like this, and he doesn't want the Western Chu State to eventually fall as in history, but Xiang Zhuang has also observed the sand table for nearly half a month, he doesn't know, how can he turn the situation around?

And the only thing Xiang Zhuang can do is to go north to participate in the battle for the Central Plains, and attack Liu Bang with Xiang Yu and strangle him in the cradle.

Xiang Zhuang was still thinking in front of the sand table, but the curtain not far away had been lifted, this is the inner tent, generally without Xiang Zhuang's permission, even if it is a general, it is not allowed to enter without permission, but there is a person in the army who has the right to enter the inner tent, she is Ying Xueyue.

Ying Xueyue walked into the inner tent with a bowl of ginseng soup, these days Xiang Zhuang has been busy with military affairs, the internal affairs of Chu State, he has not had a good rest for a few days, Ying Xueyue is extremely worried in her heart, she is very afraid that Xiang Zhuang will be overworked and will not be able to afford to be sick, but she can't persuade Xiang Zhuang, so she can only get more supplements for Xiang Zhuang, hoping that he can take care of himself.

At this time, Ying Xueyue came to Xiang Zhuang's side, put the ginseng on the edge of the sand table, and then said softly: "King, it's night, you haven't eaten yet, drink some ginseng soup." ”

Xiang Zhuang was interrupted to ponder, he looked back, and saw Ying Xueyue's tender eyes staring at him quietly, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, and said softly: "You go and sit on the side first, let me think about the battle situation." ”

"The battle situation? Is there another war? Win Xueyue suddenly became nervous, since the fall of the Qin State, she has an inexplicable aversion to war, at this time listening to Xiang Zhuang's words, her body began to tremble involuntarily, Xiang Zhuang also found the change in Ying Xueyue, especially her face instantly turned a lot whiter, Xiang Zhuang distressed Win Xueyue into his arms, sighed: "War is always everywhere, if there is no real strong man to unify the world, war will never be extinguished, for the people, for the common people in the world, we have no choice, we can only use force to calm everything." ”

"I know, but I ......" Ying Xueyue suddenly bit her lower lip, and said again after a while: "But I'm worried that Dongchu will follow the old path of Qin, I'm so scared ......"

"You don't have to be afraid, I am not the first emperor, and my descendants will not be Hu Hai, I will ensure that your Ying clan can continue to reproduce, and I will let your brother become a famous family in Jiangdong and a prominent family in Dongchu, so that your winners can enjoy the honor I give you from generation to generation."

Xiang Zhuang's words were like a reassuring pill, Ying Xueyue's mood finally stabilized a lot, she slowly fell into Xiang Zhuang's arms, quietly feeling his wide chest, until time slowly passed, Win Xueyue said softly: "The soup will be cold for a while, you drink the soup first." ”

was urged by Ying Xueyue again, Xiang Zhuang had to say helplessly: "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

Ying Xueyue was overjoyed, she picked up the ginseng soup, and was about to hand it to Xiang Zhuang, but a personal guard's report came from the external account: "King, General Huayu is here, ask to see him outside the tent." ”

"Let him wait for me in the outer tent." Xiang Zhuang commanded, and then looked at Ying Xueyue helplessly: "I'm going out to do something, are you ...... Wait for me here. ”

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Hua Yu was ordered to come from Huiji, due to the urgency of time, Hua Yu came by boat from the waterway, he just got off the boat, and he rushed to Xiang Zhuang's handsome account, this time the main report is about the problem of Hanzhong intelligence, and the intelligence of Hanzhong is also part of the information that the scouts hurriedly sent back yesterday, these information is Xiang Zhuang has always been concerned about this time.

At this time, Hua Yu was brought into the big tent by the guards, and just after getting used to the dim light in the tent, someone walked out of the inner tent slowly, and the person who came was Xiang Zhuang.

Hua Yu was startled, hurriedly greeted him, knelt on one knee, and arched his hand: "Meet the king." ”

Xiang Zhuang smiled and waved his hand: "Going south in such a hurry, General Hua is also tired, right?" ”

"It's my job to be busy for the king, and I can't talk about being busy." Hua Yu replied again, and was immediately helped up by Xiang Zhuang with one hand, at this time, Hua Yu looked at Xiang Zhuang and said with a little anxiety: "King, the news from Hanzhong has been sent back." ”

Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he was just about to ask, but a personal guard's voice came from outside the tent: "King, Daxing has ordered Master Kong to come." ”

This announcement made Xiang Zhuang's anxious mood a little suppressed, he coughed dryly, and ordered outside: "Let him come in quickly." ”

At this time, Xiang Zhuang's mood had calmed down a lot, he was no longer as anxious as he was just now, he walked back to his table and sat down, looked at Hua Yu and said, "You can also sit down first." ”

Hua Yu sang a promise and sat down on the soft seat on the side, at this time, the curtain of the tent was opened, Kong Ji also walked in quickly, he entered the big tent and saw Hua Yu stunned at first, then looked at Xiang Zhuang again, and arched his hand: "King, I'm late, please forgive the king." ”

"Hehe, Jiangling and his party, Master Kong is tired." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and motioned for Kong Ji to sit down as well, Kong Ji sang a promise, and after walking to the side and sitting down, Hua Yucai continued: "Guanzhong sent intelligence, our scouts have entered the logistics department in Jiangzhou, after nearly half a month of observation and secret visits, we can be sure that the Han army is smelting iron weapons on a large scale, including, iron swords, iron spears, iron ge, iron halberds, iron arrowheads, iron shields, etc., they have begun to equip the army on a large scale at this time. ”

"Oh? Do they have that speed? Xiang Zhuang was surprised, and Hua Yu continued to add: "The king may not know that the Han army has worshiped Han Xin as a general not long ago, and he led the three armies to the north, and it was Han Xin who smelted iron. ”

This fell as Xiang Zhuang expected, who is Han Xin? That's his former subordinate general, but now that he has gone to Hanzhong, how can he stay honestly? Moreover, in history, Han Xin worshiped the generals, killed the Yongjun and fled in all directions, forcing Zhang Han to apologize for his crimes, which is an indisputable fact, and now that he has worshiped the generals, the Han army is armed with iron weapons, so the Han army at this time must not be underestimated.

Kong Ji had heard Zhang Ping mention this matter before he came, although he had already been on guard in his heart, but when he heard Hua Yu's report, he was still very surprised, at this time Hua Yu had just finished introducing the situation in Hanzhong, Kong Ji was impatient and said: "The matter is basically true, this time Zhang Ping's visit is also for the transformation of the Han army's weapons." ”

Hearing Kong Ji mention Zhang Ping, Xiang Zhuang also nodded slightly, and asked, "The purpose of his coming should be to let me teach him the skills of iron smelting, right?" ”

"The king is clever, indeed." Kong Ji nodded, but Xiang Zhuang changed his words and said coldly: "I'm afraid they don't have time to cast weapons." ”

As soon as Xiang Zhuang's words came out, Kong Ji was already stunned, and Hua Yu on the side also interjected: "We also got the specific time for the Han army to go north, which is set at the beginning of August, that is, in these days, the Han army is about to go north." ”

The tent was suddenly silent, everyone was silent, Kong Ji was even more speechless, he didn't know, if Yongguo encountered soldiers, what was the meaning of Zhang Ping's eastern visit?

And Kong Ji still wanted to ask Xiang Zhuang about his attitude towards this matter, but Xiang Zhuang stood up with a tired face, he looked at Hua Yu, and then at Kong Ji, and only commanded in a deep voice: "Master Kong, tomorrow you can bring the envoys of Yongguo and Linjiang to the military camp to see me." ”

Kong Ji sang a promise, and Xiang Zhuang instructed Hua Yu again: "You go and investigate one thing for me, I will give you three days, the matter is ......"

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After the two got Xiang Zhuang's instructions, they left in a hurry, and at this time the tent was silent again, and after a while, Xiang Zhuang walked back to the inner tent, Kong Xiuyun was still waiting here obediently, she saw Xiang Zhuang come back, and hurriedly got up to greet her, but Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "The date of the expedition is far earlier than I imagined." ”

"I just heard it, Liu Bang is about to go on a northern expedition?" Kong Xiuyun asked softly with concern, Xiang Zhuang nodded, and sighed a little weakly: "I must lead the army westward, unite the Linjiang army and the military forces of the three kingdoms of Guanzhong to fight against Liu Bang, and drive him back to Hanzhong. ”

Xiang Zhuang sighed lightly again, his eyes fell coldly on the sand table, a few red flags planted on the soil of Han China, this army is the root of Xiang Zhuang's biggest headache.

Kong Xiuyun picked up the ginseng soup, the ginseng soup was already cold, and she looked at Xiang Zhuang helplessly: "I'll go and heat it up." ”

Kong Xiuyun left, Xiang Zhuang once again paced around the sand table, and soon after, Xiang Zhuang looked outside the tent and shouted: "Come on, go and find Ying Liang for me." ”

The guards outside the tent sang a promise, and then there was a burst of footsteps, and the footsteps became farther and farther away, until the tent was quiet again, at this time, Xiang Zhuang looked at the sand table, and secretly calculated in his heart, who should be the safest to guard the Jiangdong land for himself?

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