Chapter 868: Hongmen Banquet (I)

Chu Luan Wang Xiong Xi ascended the throne, and Chu Yihuai Wang Xiong Xin naturally could only get out of the way mellowly.

Pushing the descendants of the Chu royal family to power was just a move to win the hearts of the people.

It is out of a habit, as for the struggle for power and profit within the royal family, from the nobles of Chu State to the people of Chu State, it is not very serious.

Don't say that it is today, even when the state of Chu is still there, the royal family of Chu, in order to compete for the throne, has done many unconventional and unethical things, I am afraid it is difficult to say.

This in itself is within the scope of the agreed rules.

The Confucian set of constraints is not appropriate for the present. What's more, even in the heyday of Confucianism, when imperial power changed and usurped each other, how much did they dominate?

To put it simply, Xiang Yu killed the bear's heart, which was the following gram, and the subordinates betrayed their masters. It will be condemned by the people of the world, causing the morale of the army to collapse.

But Xiong Xi ascended the throne, as the new king and the uncle of Xiong Xin, to kill Xiong Xin, that is, the housework within the Chu royal family, whoever has a big fist will be justified, and he is the winner, and no one can say whether he is right or not.

And Xiong Xi, who has Xiang Yu's support, how can he not win the heart of the bear?

Xiong Xin has become a lost dog, and at the same time that Xiong Xi sat on the throne, with the help of some subordinates who were loyal to him, he killed himself out of the palace and fled to the land of Zhao overnight.

At this time, a part of the Qin army in the land of Zhao was fighting with the Zhao people, and Xiong Xin fled there to escape with the help of the chaos of Zhao Land.

It is a small pity that he didn't kill the bear heart in the first place.

But the surging trend is unstoppable.

Xiong Xi became the king of Chuluan, and as expected, Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng and others just raised flowers and grass every day, tuned the piano and played music, and occasionally wrote a few gorgeous but non-fireworks words, which was completely a style of ignoring the world.

The concepts of the words puppet and mascot are implemented very thoroughly.

Some Chu army leaders led by Liu Bang and Song Yi had visited Xiong Xi many times, but they could not meet Xiong Xi alone.

Often only at some banquets held by Xiang Yu, Xiong Xi can be seen from a distance, and before he goes up to talk, after Xiong Xi shows up, he quietly withdraws away.

In the most turbid red dust, this King of Chuluan, Xiong Xi, always seemed to stay out of the matter, holding a posture and not communicating with others.

Xiang Yu took the opportunity to constantly encroach on some small groups of rebels in the name of fighting against the Qin people, gathering them all under his own command, and disintegrating the rights of those rebel leaders.

As Xiang Yu's movements became bigger and bigger, the leaders of the rebel army felt that a crisis was coming.

Among them, Liu Bang is the most anxious.

Hangu Pass is about to be broken, once Hangu Pass is broken, Xiang Yu's army will go straight to Xianyang, Dingding Jiangshan, occupy the righteousness, and the king of the world.

But Liu Bang has reached the point where there is nothing to do.

"My lord, there are two more small princes, who left quietly, and when they came, there were one or two thousand people, but when they left, they couldn't even make up a team of a hundred people. Some of them were deliberately damaged on the battlefield by Xiang Yu, and some of them took refuge in Xiang Yu. ”

"Whether to go, or stay, lord, it's time to make a decision!" Zhang Liang walked in from outside the door, and as soon as he stepped into the threshold, he bowed to Liu Bang and said.

Leaving and staying, the two paths are in front of Liu Bang, and the benefits and disadvantages of them Zhang Liang have already been clearly stated.

If you go, you may still be able to retain a point or two of vitality, wander into the distance, accumulate strength, and maybe have the opportunity to return to the top and compete with Xiang Yu again.

It's just... This walk not only lost face, but also lost courage. The most important thing is that it has not taken the righteousness.

No matter how intriguing they are among the leaders of the rebel army, in order to compete for power.

But the first thing is still to destroy Qin.

The symbol of the destruction of Qin is to attack Guanzhong, step on the Xianyang Palace, and burn the Afang Palace.

Only in this way can we subdue the hearts of the people of the world and truly reign the world.

Therefore, Liu Bang was unwilling to go, even if the bulk of the Qin destruction was taken by Xiang Yu, he still wanted to enrich a little credit, and even if he mastered the rumors and tongues, it was not impossible to reverse the primary and secondary credits.

If you stay, you will continue to endure being suppressed by Xiang Yu, and even continue to encroach and swallow.

You must know that a large part of Liu Bang's subordinates originate from the old subordinates loyal to Xiang Liang, and they are inextricably linked to Xiang Yu's troops. Xiang Yu cannibalized it, especially easily.

And the part that belongs to Chen Sheng's remnants also has Xiang Yu's sworn brother Zhang He, who is constantly in contact and persuasion.

They are all old people from King Chen's army in the past, and they share common characteristics with each other.

Liu Bang knew that his subordinates had already had their own suspicions, and they had many intentions to leave, but they had not yet made up their minds. Stay one more day, and the power of the army in his hands will be weakened by three points.

"Is there a plan?" asked Liu Bang to Zhang Liang.

After Zhang Liang was silent for a while, his eyes flashed with confusion, and he finally spoke: "There are clouds in the Book of Changes: the dragon fights in the wild, and its way is poor. Xiang Yu is powerful, he has already occupied the time, place, and people, if he wants to win, the only way to win is to kill Xiang Yu and cut off his core. ”

When Liu Bang heard this, he was shocked, then smiled bitterly, and couldn't help shaking his head and said: "Kill Xiang Yu? That Xiang Yu has the courage of being invincible, not to mention the 100,000 male soldiers under his command, and there are strong generals such as Long Ji and Yingbu, who follow him all the time, how can I kill him?"

Zhang Liang said: "The lord must know that this feather is arrogant, and he thinks that he is invincible in the world. That's his weakness. ”

"When the Hangu Pass is broken, the lord invites the princes of all parties to set up a banquet in Hongmen, invites Xiang Yu to come, and provokes him with words. ”

"If he dares to come, all the princes will regard him as their master, and there will be no more double-mindedness. ”

After Liu Bang heard this, he was very moved, and he also knew what Zhang Liang had never said.

It's nothing more than that if Xiang Yu is arrogant and comes alone, he will prepare swords and axes outside the Hongmen, and there will also be poisonous wine, assassins, fierce generals and even witch Gu people on top of the banquet.

As long as Xiang Yu died, the Chu army was leaderless, Liu Bang took the opportunity to rise up, gathered a part of the Chu soldiers, attacked Xianyang, occupied Dayi, sat in the center, and then swept the Quartet.

But he also knew that even if Xiang Yu was arrogant and arrogant, he was provoked by him and was willing to come alone.

That Fan Zeng, Long and Zhang He and others will definitely stop it.

"It's difficult... Difficult... It's difficult!" Liu Bang shook his head and sighed.

Zhang Liang said: "Yingbu, the general under Xiang Yu, is greedy and righteous. The lord may wish to lure him with heavy profits and promise to be a high-ranking official. In addition, this person has a grudge against Xiang Yu's brother Zhang He, and he is afraid and uneasy. If someone stops Xiang Yu, he can let Yingbu Guyan lead 3,000 troops and ambush five miles away, but if there is movement, they will send rescue together. ”

"With this guarantee, can Xiang Yuyan not arrive?"

When Liu Bang heard this, his eyes lit up like a light bulb.

Although this move is despicable, Liu Bang has never regarded himself as a noble gentleman, and if he can kill Xiang Yu, even if he bears some infamy, it will not hurt.