Linzi, the palace of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Ji sat on the main seat, and Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Zhong You, and Bu Shang were on both sides.

A messenger stood in the middle of the main hall and bowed to Liu Ji and the others, saying, "The little one greets the king, the two sages, and the two prime ministers. ”

Liu Ji waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, I ask you, how is the battle ahead?"

The messenger arched his hand and said: "Three days ago, the state of Chu increased its troops by 50,000, and the morale rose sharply. ”

The scouts found out that the state of Chu was still increasing troops on the battlefield, and the marshal was very worried about this, and the special order came to ask the king for help. ”

Before Liu Ji could speak, Xiao He, who was sitting second on the left, preemptively said: "Before he was in charge, Jiang Shang claimed that an army of 50,000 could repel the Chu army. More than half a month passed, and Jiang Shang not only did not repel the Chu army, but repeatedly asked for help. ”

"So far, the king has ordered three times to spare all the soldiers of the Qi Prefecture and county to send 100,000 to the front, and he is still not enough. ”

"I want to ask, how many soldiers does he Jiang Shang want, does he want to empty all the soldiers of the entire Han Kingdom?"

The messenger looked frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Zuo Xiang is angry, the small one is just ordered to pass the letter, I don't know what the big marshal thinks, if the left minister wants to know, the small one will turn around and convey it to the big handsome, let the big man reply to you." ”

Xiao He heard that his fingers were pale, and he said with a cold face: "If you can't say it clearly, don't rashly ask for help, the Han Kingdom was just established, and the national strength is limited, so it can't withstand his squandering." ”

When the messenger heard this, he looked at Liu Ji, and then at Zhong Youbu Shang, and was a little at a loss for a while.

Zhang Liang said at the right time: "You retreat first, go down, Jiang Shuai's support, after discussing with the king, I will summon you." ”

As if pardoned, the messenger bowed and quickly withdrew.

As soon as the messenger left, Xiao He had a gloomy face and said bluntly: "Jiang Shang has bad intentions, you should find a way to take away his military power, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Zhong You immediately reprimanded: "The Soldier Saint is a famous power in heaven and earth, how can you not have the right mind? Xiao Xiang, you are just a mortal, how can you talk about the Soldier Saint behind your back?"

"If this word spreads, and therefore the soldier saint is evil, he will not let you go without him taking action himself. ”

Xiao He felt humiliated when he heard this, and was about to slap the table and get up, but was caught by Zhang Liang on the side.

Zhang Liang grabbed Xiao He and said in a deep voice: "Zhongyou Sage's words are a bit excessive. ”

Zhong You sneered and said, "Is it over? I think that my Confucianism is too generous, so that some people have lost their self-knowledge and made a lot of nonsense. ”

In Zhong You's opinion, what he said just now was very polite, Jiang Shang was invited by him, if Jiang Shang had a problem, wouldn't he not know people and lure the wolf into the room?

Besides, there is a difference between saints and mortals, what qualifications does Xiao He have to judge heaven and man?

Dare to say that in front of him.

If it weren't for the sake of the Emperor of Heaven, Zhong You would have to directly punish him, so that he would be different from what is called Confucianism.

When Zhang Liang heard this, Huo Ran got up, looked directly at Zhong You, and said in a quiet tone: "Zhong You Sage, do you want to guarantee Jiang Shang with your net worth?

Zhong You's eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone was slightly cold: "You use my master to press this seat?"

Zhang Liang's expression was calm: "How can you have the courage to do this? I just want to find out that the Han State cannot afford a big defeat, and Confucianism cannot afford the defeat of the Han State." ”

"Confucian saints and many Confucian disciples don't know how much effort they put in to establish the country as the Han Dynasty, is it because of an outsider that they don't care about the life or death of the Han Kingdom?"

Zhong You hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The matter of the soldier saint defecting to Confucianism, my teacher and Confucian saint are aware of it, and there can be no problem with the soldier saint. ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhang Liang's mouth and said: "Jiang Shang, known as the saint of soldiers, in the Shang and Zhou Wars, Jiang Shang relied on his ability to lead the troops to deploy the formation, led the Great Zhou, defeated the strong with the weak, and destroyed the Great Shang in one fell swoop." "59 Stacks

"Such a person, with similar strength, could not repel the Chu army, but stalemate for more than half a month, Zhongyou Sage actually felt that it was no problem?"

"Dare to ask Zhongyou Sage, is it because the generals of the Chu army are too strong, or is it because the soldiers have not led the troops for too long, so they are unfamiliar?"

"With such an obvious self-respect, the sages actually turned a blind eye?"

Zhong You was shocked when he heard this, and he still said to himself: "Maybe the soldier saint has other plans, but he didn't say it." It would be too arbitrary to conclude that he has a problem based on this alone. ”

Zhang Liang took a step forward and said, "Don't the sages know that it is better to take precautions?"

Zhong Yu snorted coldly: "Then can you rely on guessing the innocence of the dirty person?"

Zhang Liang took a deep breath, bowed to Liu Ji and said: "The minister asks the king to move to the Henan camp, if there is an accident, with the protection of Cao Shen's tens of thousands of troops, the king can make a comeback." ”

Bu Shang said at the right time: "Zhang Liang, what do you mean by this?"

Zhang Liang said calmly: "Literally, if Jiang Shang has a problem, the first thing to bear the brunt of it is the king." I can't take this risk and gamble with the king's net worth and life to gamble that Jiang Shang is a loyal minister. ”

Zhong You slapped his palm on the armrest, and said angrily: "You have the final say when you are the Han Kingdom, if you want to take the King of Han away, take the King of Han away?"

Zhang Liang said without showing weakness: "That's not Zhongyou Sage You have the final say, if the king wants to leave, who dares to stop him?"

A coercion of the realm of heaven and man suddenly erupted, enveloping the entire council hall, Zhong You did not say a word, and directly expressed his attitude with his actions, I dare.

The atmosphere was extremely tense for a while.

Bu Shang stretched out his hand and patted Zhong You gently, and said in a low voice: "It's just a matter of discussion, why should senior brother be angry? A war with the Chu State is related to the life and death of the Han State, Zhang Xiang is worried, it is really human nature. ”

Zhong You said coldly: "Worry is not a reason for him to be presumptuous, if there is no Confucianism, how can there be a Han Kingdom?

Zhang Liang said indifferently: "Zhong You sage this big hat is buttoned down, and I can't afford it." If you are dedicated to the performance of the Han Kingdom, in the eyes of the sages, it is presumptuous, and you are willing to resign from the post of the right minister of the Han Kingdom, and send your affection to the landscape, and from then on you will only ask about state affairs. ”

Zhong You's face changed slightly, and he just wanted to speak, but he heard Bu Shang scold him first: "Zhang Xiang said cautiously, it is not good for you to anger Confucianism." ”

Zhang Liang took a step back and remained silent.

Bu Shang's face improved slightly, and he said to Zhong You: "It is not unreasonable for Zhang Xiang to be worried, senior brother asked himself, when the soldier saint promised to lead the troops to the battle, do you think he would easily repel the Chu army?"

"With the power of the Soldier Saint, on the other side is the defeated general Di Xin of the past, how can he stalemate for half a month not only not make progress, but repeatedly ask for help?"

Zhong You said with a burst of irritability in his heart: "What can I do then?

"Send another person to stop the Chu army? I'm afraid that as soon as the soldier retreats, the Han State will be defeated, and the entire Qi land will be defeated by the Chu army. ”

"Zhang Liang and Xiao He, don't you two claim to be wise? Since you suspect that Jiang Shang has a problem, what do you think should be done?"

Zhang Liang and Xiao He exchanged glances, and then Zhang Liang said in a deep voice: "There are three strategies to solve this matter." ”

"First, in the fastest time, form an alliance with Western Qin, and pay a certain price in exchange for Western Qin sending troops to repel the Chu army. As soon as the Chu army retreated, they immediately withdrew Jiang Shang's military power, and the problem was naturally solved. ”

"Second, the truce with the state of Chu, the two sides signed an agreement to turn hostility into friendship, and from then on they will not invade each other and be safe for each other. ”

"Third, let South Vietnam repel the Yuzhang Chu army as soon as possible and march to Jiangdong, the backyard of Chu caught fire, and the army naturally retreated. ”

"This war was originally caused by the destruction of Chu by Buddhism, and only because Confucianism and Buddhism were friendly that the Han Kingdom would help from the side. Now the Han State and the Chu State have fought viciously five times, and the national strength has been greatly consumed, but South Vietnam has dragged on and refused to work hard. ”

Bu Shang thought that Zhang Liang's analysis was quite reasonable, nodded slightly, turned around and asked, "What does Senior Brother think?"

Zhong You said in a deep voice: "On the side of Buddhism, I will send someone to negotiate, as for the alliance with Western Qin or the truce with Chu, I can't be the master, I have to ask the teacher." ”