Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-08-15

From winter to spring, Chu State is located in the south, so their spring comes earlier than in other places. Although it is only February, the temperature has risen a lot, and the young leaves of the trees can already be seen.

After the continuous victories in the past few days, the people of Chu are full of confidence in the rulers of Chu. In their minds, nothing can stop the king of Chu and his courtiers, but is this really the case?

Xiang Liang and Qu Dou were being summoned in the palace of the Chu Palace at this time, because of the fact that the Qi people had formed an alliance with the Zhao people, which had been widely spread in Chu during this period of time.After several years of experience, the King of Chu is no longer as ignorant as he was in the past few years. In addition, he has some servants and assistants who understand political affairs, and now he is familiar with handling military and state affairs.He frowned at the information collected from Qi, and suddenly raised his head and said to Xiang and Liang, "It seems that the alliance between Qi and Zhao is true. Our people over there got news that people from Zhao kept going to Linzi, Moreover, people from Qi continue to transport salt to Zhao for sale, it seems that the two parties have reached a tacit agreement."

Xiang Liang had already seen the information, because those spies were sent to various places by him back then.Since he belonged to him, the information was naturally delivered to him immediately.He said worriedly: "If the friendly relationship between Qi and Zhao is really allowed to continue, I'm afraid their power will also increase, and even affect the interests of our Chu people, so we must take some measures."

When Qu Dou heard the news, he knew that it was time for him to show off his prestige again, so he preemptively said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let the ministers lead the troops to attack the Qi State, and before the cooperation between them has formed, The time is over."

Xiang Liang stopped him and said, "It's not wrong for you to want to attack the Qi people, but now our two countries are both people who resist Qin, and it seems unreasonable to attack Qi without a reason. In my opinion, it's still the same. They generally form alliances with each other, which is also a good thing for the anti-Qin people in the world."

"But General Xiang, don't forget that I just fought a battle between the Chu people and the Qi people. Do you think they will accept our overtures? Only when our army falls under the city of Linzi will they really form an alliance with us Even follow us." Qu Dou sneered.

Xiang Liang also counterattacked: "Master Qu, we must find a reason to attack Qi, right? As the saying goes, if the name is not right, the words will not go well, and if the words don't go well, things will fail. Without a good reason, how can you convince the soldiers? How can you let them work for you? I think you are eager to seek merit, and use the lives of our Chu soldiers to pave the way for yourself!"

"You..." Qu Dou was speechless by Xiang Liang's pressure, so he could only look at the King of Chu, hoping that he could help him.

The King of Chu has already felt that Qu Dou is constraining him, and Xiang Liang has a little more respect for himself, so now his behavior is to increase Qu Dou's power and suppress Xiang Liang, but he also knows that Xiang Liang What he said was reasonable, and he didn't want to be too partial to Qu Dou, so he said: "You two don't need to argue, let's listen to the opinions of the ministers in the hall tomorrow."

Early the next morning, the officials in the main hall immediately divided into two factions. Those who followed Xiang Liang had already received the news and naturally opposed the attack on Qi, while those headed by Qu Dou unanimously proposed to attack the people of Qi. The hall was in chaos.In terms of the number of people, there is no distinction between the two sides, which makes it very difficult for the king of Chu.At this time, he saw that among the people who were arguing red-faced, there was a person who did not say a word, and looked at the officials with his hands folded as if he was watching a play. It was Xiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu. "Why didn't Xiang Liang's nephew go to help him but instead watched the show?" King Chu felt a little strange, but then he remembered something that was reported by the guards in the palace a few months ago, and that was Xiang Yu. He was having a conflict with his uncle, and they broke up after a few quarrels outside the palace.At that time, he thought it was just a trivial matter, but looking at the current situation, it seems that this contradiction is not small.The King of Chu is also a man of youth, and he also wants to do something. Now that the people of Qi and Zhao have formed an alliance, he also wants to send troops to suppress the momentum of the people of Qi.But if he agrees to Qu Dou's proposal, he is clearly against Xiang Liang, and he doesn't want to offend Xiang Liang too much, so he has not come to a conclusion. Seeing Xiang Yu's expression at this time, he decided to make this decision The power was handed over to Xiang Yu. If he said war, he would be able to suppress Xiang Liang and the others. At the same time, he could provoke the relationship between the two uncles and nephews. If he said no war, he could sell himself to Xiang Liang.Thinking of this, he signaled the officials to calm down, and then asked Xiang Yu, "General Xiang Yu, in your opinion, should we attack or not?"

When Qu Dou heard that the king of Chu actually went to ask Xiang Liang's nephew who was too close to kiss him any more, Qu Dou felt cold. He thought it would be over if he came to ask Xiang Yu, and there was no reason for his nephew not to help his uncle.But Xiang Liang's complexion was even uglier than Qu Dou's, because he knew his nephew too well, maybe he would not confront him in public just now because of his relationship with him, but Xiang Yu's desire to make contributions is quite common , so I am afraid that at this time he will object to his own views.

Xiang Yu has been only listening since he entered the hall, without saying a word. Although his seat is not too far back now, it is still too far back compared to some of the courtiers who are behind him, so he has a heart for himself. His uncle's resentment has always been there, but he just didn't want outsiders to see the joke, so he didn't confront Xiang Liang head-on.Listening to Xiang Liang's words today, the anger in his heart was burning again. Unexpectedly, his uncle was still so fearful that he didn't even dare to attack a small state of Qi. If he hadn't kept restraining himself, Xiang Yu would have rushed out to argue with his uncle It's been a while.But he didn't want to cause trouble, but it happened that something was imminent, and the king of Chu actually asked himself such a sentence face to face.Xiang Yu took a breath, and then said: "In my opinion, the real intention of the alliance between the Qi people and the Zhao people is to fight against our Chu State. If we don't take advantage of their fledgling to reduce their strength now, I am afraid it will become our country in the future." Therefore, I suggest that it is better to send troops to attack the people of Qi."

As soon as these few words came out, there was a "buzzing" sound from the hall. No one expected that Xiang Yu would object to his uncle's opinion. Of course, Xiang Liang and King Chu were not among them.Hearing Xiang Yu's words, Xiang Liang felt that there was something to say, but the King of Chu was overjoyed: "General Xiang Yu's words are very much in line with my wishes, and the widow agrees to send troops to attack Qi. As for the leaders... .”

"My lord, last time I defeated the people of Qi in the East China Sea, this time I want to lead troops to take down Linzi!" Xiang Yu immediately answered.

The King of Chu looked at the smug Qu Dou and Xiang Liang, who was full of remorse, and knew that Xiang Liang would definitely not lead troops there this time, and if Qu Dou was to take him with him, his battlefield experience would be too much. Few, I'm afraid he may not win, and if he wins, the situation will be reversed, and it will be the same as now, so Qu Dou was also ruled out by him.And Xiang Yu happens to be a person who can be used to balance the strength between Qu Xiang. Thinking of this, the King of Chu said: "Since General Xiang Yu has such confidence in himself, I will appoint you as the chief general to attack Qi. What else do you need?" people?"

Qu Dou was anxious when he heard that the King of Chu didn't send him to fight, but the King of Chu had already spoken, and he couldn't object any more, so he swallowed his words of asking for a fight, and at the same time stared at Xiang Yu with hatred .

Xiang Liang heard King Chu's words, and knew that all the preparations he had made for Xiang Yu had been in vain, so he sighed secretly and kept silent.

Xiang Yu hurriedly stood up and bowed to the king of Chu, saying: "I only need to bring 5 horses, and the other generals in the court don't need it."

The king of Chu did not expect that Xiang Yu would say that, but whether he could win or not was not on his mind, so he said: "Then as you asked, I will have a farewell party for the general outside the city in three days." The people's court meeting ended in this way, and the result was that neither Xiang Liang nor Qu Dou was the winner, and the real winner was the King of Chu.

After walking out of the hall slowly, Qu Dou called to Xiang Liang: "General Xiang, please stay." Seeing Xiang Liang stop and look at him with doubtful eyes, Qu Dou sneered, "General Xiang is really a good planner!" Obviously it is my nephew who wants to show his talents, but he used my power to facilitate the attack, so that whether it is victory or defeat, your general Xiang will benefit." After saying these few words, he Without waiting for Xiang Liang to speak, he walked away, leaving only Xiang Liang with a wry smile on his face.

After returning to the mansion, Xiang Liang immediately went to look for Xiang Yu. At this time, Xiang Yu was wiping his long knife. He carefully wiped the long knife inch by inch with high-quality silk, as if he was caressing his beloved. woman's skin.Seeing his uncle coming in, he just raised his eyes and didn't speak.

After suppressing the anger in his heart, Xiang Liang said, "Yu'er, you have a plan in mind, why didn't you discuss it with me first?"

Xiang Yu said without raising his head: "If I tell my uncle, will my uncle agree with my opinion? I'm afraid you will do everything possible to obstruct it. And this time I didn't stand up and say it myself, but the king asked me , I just said what I think in my heart, why not?"

Xiang Liang was speechless for a while, knowing that his nephew might become more suspicious of his intentions if he continued, so he said, "You must be careful when you are attacking Qi, and you must not make any mistakes." After Xiang Yu nodded and agreed, Xiang Liang then left.

Three days later, the king of Chu rewarded the soldiers who went to the expedition, and then read out the edict to crusade against Qi. After a burst of fierce drumming, Xiang Yu set off with 5 horses.

As Xiang Yu's army left Kuaiji, there was also a carrier pigeon whose destination was Shangjun.

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