Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-09-10

Xianyang City, in Zhao Gao's residence.Shortly after Hu Hai knew that Zhang Han had broken Handan City and destroyed the State of Zhao, Zhao Gao already knew the news exactly.At this time, he was discussing this matter with a group of confidantes.Zhao Gao was wearing a soft silk robe. Behind him was a girl who was not more than fifteen years old who was gently beating his shoulders. He closed his eyes comfortably, enjoying the girl's massage while listening to his subordinates. All kinds of sayings.

"Zhang Han broke Handan, which is of course a good thing for Daqin, but it also led to Zhang Han's prestige in the court today, which is not what we want to see." An official said.

"But no matter how powerful he is, he can't compare with the prime minister. After all, the prime minister is the number one hero who holds the current emperor to the throne of God." Another person said.For a while, these people expressed many opinions on this matter, but Zhao Gao seemed to be completely immersed in the comfortable massage, he only listened to their words but did not express his own opinions.

In fact, today Zhao Gao recruited all the people who thought he was his confidant, not because he wanted them to figure out a countermeasure. His purpose was to see how loyal these people were to him. After the shock, some people started to start to strike a balance between Hu Hai and himself, so that he could use these people in a targeted manner, so as to achieve what he had always wanted to achieve.

After all, everyone discussed this way and nothing came out. After Zhao Gao yawned, everyone stood up and said goodbye.Watching them leave the lobby one after another, a sneering smile appeared from the corner of Zhao Gao's mouth.Perhaps because he is not a complete person, Zhao Gao has always been hostile to these courtiers. It is only because he wants to rely on them to control the whole world, so he deliberately establishes a good relationship with them. In his eyes, these people are just a tool of his own, and the one who wants to be right and wrong is a tool he intends to throw away at any time.At this time, a real confidant came to Zhao Gao's side and whispered something in his ear, the mocking smile on Zhao Gao's face disappeared, and he said to him: "You lead him to my secret room." Let's go, I'll change a set of clothes first." Then he went to the inner courtyard.Who is it that makes Zhao Gao value him so much that he wants to meet in the secret room after changing clothes?

When Zhao Gao came to the secret room, one person was already waiting inside.His whole body was wrapped in a wide cloak, and he also wore a hat that could completely cover his face, so no one could see his appearance clearly.Zhao Gao seemed to be very familiar with him. Seeing his attire, he bent down to salute, but was interrupted by him waving his hand: "Your Excellency, you don't need to be too polite." Zhao Gao then came across to him and faced him. sit.Who could make Zhao Gao appear so respectful?

"You should also know about Zhang Han, right?" the man said straightforwardly.

"Yes, don't you think the time is ripe now?"

"The more Zhang Hanli's military achievements, the more confident the emperor will be in him, and at the same time, the less defensive he will be. Once Zhang Han is in a difficult battle in Chu, it is time for us to launch. As long as Hu Hai Except, Zhang Han's army that only relies on the food and grass in his hands cannot compete with you and me. If he is a smart man, he will not be our enemy. What's more, he can't find any evidence that the emperor died in our hands. .” The man’s voice was very calm, and only when he mentioned Hu Hai or the emperor would he show his murderous intent.

"Yes, what is your purpose here?" Zhao Gao felt very strange. In fact, the two of them had already discussed these matters, so there was absolutely no need for him to take the risk of coming here.

"The purpose of my coming today is to tell you that in the next few days, Ying will follow the emperor's order to prepare food, grass and property and send them to Zhang Han, so you should not have any conflicts with him these days." Standing up while talking, "I can't stay with you for long, I'm going back now."

Zhao Gao hurriedly got up and respectfully opened the door for him and sent him away.But when he left, Zhao Gao, who had a flattering expression on his face, showed murderous intent, and stood up straight: "You have always regarded me as a tool, a slave, like Yingzheng, Hu Hai, and you That’s it. But I won’t let you treat me as a tool and a slave anymore, I want to turn all people in the world into my tool, my slave!”

In Jiujiang County, Xiang Yu was discussing the demise of Zhao State with some brothers who followed him to occupy this place. "Actually, it's good that Zhao was destroyed by Qin. I didn't like them a long time ago, and they were the main culprits that caused your defeat, Brother Yu. If they didn't send troops suddenly, you would have destroyed Qi State long ago, and you would have already destroyed Qi State. He has become the greatest hero of our Chu State, why did he fall out with the King of Chu like this now?" Xiang Zhuang was conditionally on Xiang Yu's side.

Xiang Yu smiled and said, "Brother Zhuang, what you said is not entirely true. The failure of the attack on Qi was indeed due to the sudden dispatch of troops by the Zhao people, but we have completely broken with the Chu state, and it has nothing to do with the Zhao people to stand on our own. Big man Born between heaven and earth, one should do something spectacular. It is unwise to only be loyal to others, even to someone who is not as good as oneself. Even if I win in Qi, I am likely to be the enemy of Chu. In the end, it will be the same as it is now. Well, now is not the time to mention this. I want to ask you what you think of this Zhang Han. He is so menacing. One hundred thousand soldiers will destroy Zhao Zhiwei and go straight to our Chu land. We can fight them ?"

A general who was not mighty but shrewd said: "General, why do we have to fight the Qin army? They are going to attack the state of Chu, and we have nothing to do with the state of Chu now." , just watch the two sides fight in Jiujiang County, why bother to stand up for them?"

"Yingbu, what you said is not entirely true." Xiang Ta, a prudent and wise man, followed Xiang Yu to Jiujiang. Liang's painstaking efforts, "As the saying goes, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Moreover, Kuaiji County is behind my Jiujiang, and Zhang Han's army has not grown wings to fly over my Jiujiang. Therefore, a battle between us and Zhang Han is inevitable."

Yingbo was not moved by Xiang Ta's words at all: "Does General Xiang Ta want us to fight the Qin people for the King of Chu and Qu Dou? I'm afraid these soldiers are only willing to fight for General Xiang Yu but not for those two people." Desperate. As for the geographical advantage you mentioned, I suggest that we fight all the way from Surabaya to Donghai County when Chu is preparing to fight Qin, and take Donghai County to sit and watch the battle between the two sides. Maybe when the Chu people are defeated Some people will go there to join us, and then General Xiang Yu will be able to establish his own country."

"You..." Xiang Ta can say for a moment, every step of Yingbo is for Xiang Yu's consideration, although this will cause internal turmoil in Chu State, thus speeding up the demise of Chu State, but this is for Xiang Yu But it is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to strengthen oneself.So Xiang He didn't know how to refute Yingbo.

"This is indeed a good idea, Brother Yu, just do what General Ying said. Since the king of Chu was the first to be benevolent, it's no wonder we took advantage of the fire to loot." Xiang Zhuang said with interest.

Xiang Yu also didn't want to fight Qin Bing, not because he was afraid of Zhang Han, but because he really didn't want to hurt his Xiang family's children for the sake of King Chu.But then he thought of his uncle Xiang Liang. This time when the soldiers of the Qin State were overwhelmed, Xiang Liang was the last person available to the king of Chu. If he didn't help his uncle, he might not be the opponent of those Qin people. Uncle has only two options - one is to die in battle, and the other is to be framed by people with ulterior motives in Chu State.If this is the case, even if he can kill all the enemies on both sides of Qin and Chu in the future, it will be difficult for him to pass this level, so Xiang Yu made a decision: "Okay, you don't have to argue, I decided to look at Chu State first. Which general was sent? If it is someone else, we will go to take the East China Sea as Yingbu said. If it is my uncle who leads the army, then we will help them one last time, and we will think of other ways after defeating the Qin people. "

Seeing that Xiang Yu had already made up his mind, everyone said nothing more.

When they heard that Qin was conquering Chu, the whole country of Qi rejoiced, but the news that followed immediately extinguished the enthusiasm of Qi like a basin of cold water.His ally, Zhao Guo, was destroyed just like that, and it was destroyed so quickly that even the people they asked for help had no time to send a letter to the people of Qi, which made the people of Qi feel the terror of the Qin army again.The last time I experienced this horror was decades ago, when the Qin army surrounded Linzi City.Even if the city gate was breached by the Chu army, the people of Qi did not feel that kind of terror, but only had the desire to die.

Now, there are two schools of thought within Qi like the previous discussion about whether to form an alliance with Zhao. Hatred, those who hold this attitude are all military generals in Qi State. In fact, their subtext is that they don't want to fight against the powerful Qin army.Another opinion is to send people to get in touch with the state of Chu and join hands with the state of Chu to fight against Qin, because they think that when Qin destroys Chu, it will inevitably take advantage of the situation to attack Qi. The loss can be even smaller.

King Qi vacillated between these two opinions, causing people holding these two opinions to argue endlessly in the court every day, which really made his head grow big.Just when he was hesitating, the appearance of two envoys finally made him make a decision. One of the two envoys was sent by the state of Qin, and the other was sent by the state of Chu.

Now they have arrived outside the city of Linzi, the envoy of Qin entered the city through the west gate, and the envoy of Chu entered through the south gate.