Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 239 Three Tigers Competing for Food
Zhang Liangdao: "Your Majesty, this cavalry is nothing more than that, what I am more worried about is the situation in Jiujiang."

Chen Ping nodded, and said: "Yes, my lord, from the time point of view, the time when this letter was sent was at least ten days ago, that is to say, at least ten days ago, Li Zuoche, Jin She and Zhou Yin has already defeated Liyang City, and Hengshan Kingdom has also perished, so there are only three coalition forces besieging Jiangdong."

At this time, after more than half a month of running around, Mei Yan had already fled into Guanzhong with the protection of Wu Chen, the crown prince of the Hengshan Kingdom, so Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and the others already knew that the Hengshan Kingdom had perished. He didn't know that the Eastern Ou Kingdom had actually perished, and Huainan Wang Yingbu had also withdrawn his troops.

Liu Bang thoughtfully said: "Zifang, are you worried that Xiang Zhuang's child will attack Jiujiang after he recovers?"

"This is an inevitable result." Zhang Liang nodded and said, "Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche are all Han generals. Although Jiujiang County is thousands of miles away from Guanzhong Bashu, it is also the territory of the king. Once Guanzhong regains its vitality , Your Majesty can use Jiujiang County as a springboard at any time to send troops to crusade against Jiangdong. For Chu, Jiujiang County is like a dagger against their weakness. With Xiangzhuang's ruthlessness, how can you not see this? ? So, he will definitely take this opportunity to seek Jiujiang."

"Take Jiujiang County?" Liu Bang frowned, "Xiang Zhuang's son just sat on the throne of Chu. I'm afraid that even the domestic affairs have not been straightened out. He was defeated with the Jiujiang Army, but he still has enough energy to seek Jiujiang County? Zifang, are you worrying too much?"

Chen Ping stroked his long beard, and said: "Your Majesty, Xiang Zhuang is not Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu has Fan Zeng and can't use it. Xiang Zhuang has a lot of trust in the former Qin Tai Wei Wei Liao. Now although Wei Liao has already He is dead, but Xiang Zhuang is also in good shape, and a large group of talented people has gathered under his command, which cannot be underestimated."

Liu Bang's expression suddenly became dignified. Since Yingbo, a traitor, occupied the three counties of Xue, Surabaya, and Donghai, only Jiujiang County remained in the vicinity of Jiangdong in the Great Han Kingdom. In the future battle between Chu and Han, Jiujiang The strategic position of the county is extremely important. Once Jiujiang is lost, it will be a laborious expedition for the Han army to attack Chu again!
After pondering for a while, Liu Bang said again: "But Zifang, Guanzhong's vitality has not yet recovered, and the cavalry has not yet been trained. It is impossible to send a large army to Jiujiang. If it is only 2 to [-] horses, it will not help at all. So, Even if Xiang Zhuang's son intends to seek Jiujiang, you and I are beyond our reach, what can we do?"

Zhang Liangdao: "Your Majesty, Liang has a plan to make the three tigers Pengyue, Xiangzhuang, and Yingbu fight against each other, and Jiujiang may be preserved!"

"Oh?" Liu Bang immediately became interested when he heard the words, and asked rather eagerly, "Quickly tell me, the plan will be released?"

Zhang Liangdao: "In ancient times, the banquet used two peaches to kill three scholars. Today, the king might as well follow the example of the sages and issue a royal edict, first award Jiujiang County to Huainan Wang Yingbu, and then secretly order Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche to secretly surrender Liang Wang Pengyue. The men and horses of the troops are still stationed in Jiujiang and will not leave, so the three tigers will compete for food."

"Zifang, isn't the strategy of the three tigers competing for food a bit too simple?" Liu Bang couldn't help being puzzled when he heard this.

Liu Bang has countless shortcomings, but he is very self-aware. He knows how much he weighs, and never thinks that he is so wise and powerful. If you can see clearly, how can the counselors under Yingbu and Xiangzhuang's account not see through?

Zhang Liang waved it around, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, the simpler the strategy, the more incomprehensible it is. As long as Xiang Zhuang, Peng Yue, and Ying Bu have their hands in Jiujiang's heart, they will definitely enter the boss obediently!"

Liu Bang nodded, and then asked: "Then Zifang, why did you give Yingbo the right to govern Jiujiang, and let Zhou Yin and the others secretly surrender to Pengyue? Why can't Zhou Yin and the others surrender to Yingbo in secret? How about giving Peng Yue the right to govern Jiujiang? What is the difference between the two?"

"Of course there is a difference!" Zhang Liangdao, "Peng Yue, king of Liang, has clear grievances and good looks. If Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche feign surrender to Liang, Peng Yue will probably hand over Jiujiang to the three people to control, but Ying Ying Bu is suspicious by nature, and there are advisers like Kuai Che in front of the tent, once Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche join forces, Yingbo will inevitably be transferred away from Jiujiang."

"Kai Che, it's Kuai Che again." Liu Bang looked at Chen Ping and said with shame on his face, "When I was in Huainan back then, if only I had listened to Chen Ping's advice and killed Kuai Che, alas... "

Liu Bang did have some regrets. If he had killed Kuaiche, he would have no chance to instigate Yingbo to betray Liu Bang. If Yingbo did not betray, Xuejun, Donghai, and Surabaya would not fall. With Sishui County as the backing, Jiujiang County will not be afraid of Xiangzhuang's Chu army, which really affects the whole body.

But it's too late to regret it now, Liu Bang's only hope is that Zhang Liang's strategy of the three tigers competing for good will work, and Xiang Zhuang, Yingbo and Peng Yue can fight in Jiujiang and lose all three!
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Five days later, Liu Bang's secret envoy arrived in Jiujiang day and night, and Zhou Yin also arrived in Wuzhong.

During the audience, Xiang Ta, Xiang Tuo, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and other civil and military personnel of Chu State all glared at him. If eyes could kill, Zhou Yin at this time would have been torn to pieces by knives. Obviously, in the eyes of Xiang Ta and others Here, Zhou Yin was a traitor through and through, and if it wasn't for his betrayal, the former king might not have been defeated in Gaixia, let alone killed himself in Wujiang.

Everyone's hateful eyes made Zhou Yin feel like a thorn in his back, but for the future and destiny of the more than 2 soldiers in Jiujiang, and even the future and destiny of the Zhou family, Zhou Yin had to endure it, and now Zhou Yin could not afford to kneel in front of Mr. Xiang Zhuang , Said in a shy voice: "The minister is afraid of a strong enemy, bends his knees and rebels, ashamed of the former king, ashamed of the great Chu, and a death penalty!"

Zhou Yin is also a bachelor, so he directly pointed out his guilt. You can do whatever Xiang Zhuang wants. If you are willing to let our Zhou family go, our Zhou family will never think about it again. If you Xiang Zhuang didn't want to let it go, and if he insisted on using our old Zhou's head as a sacrifice to Xiang Yu's spirit in heaven, then our Zhou family and Da Chu would have no ties to each other.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yin has committed a lot of crimes. If you don't kill him, how can you comfort the spirit of the former king Zaitian?!"

"That's right, this guy came to the door by himself, no matter what you say today, you can't let him go, hum!"

Although Xiang Ta and Xiang Tuo hated Zhou Yin to death, neither of them were blind people. They knew that they must not express their opinions easily at this time, otherwise if the king didn't like him, there would be no room for change. However, However, Huan Chu and Ji Bu, the two big bosses, didn't have much scruples, and immediately clamored loudly.

Xiang Zhuang frowned slightly when he heard the words. Of course Zhou Yin could not be killed. Although he turned his back on Da Chu at a critical moment, he also caused great harm to Chu State. He could defeat Xiang Yu and kill himself in Wujiang It would be extremely unfair to place all of Zhou Yin's crimes on Zhou Yin's head. The biggest cause of Xiang Yu's tragedy was himself.

More importantly, Zhou Yin is not just Zhou Yin. If Zhou Yin is just a loner, he will be killed if he is killed. Xiang Zhuang will not even frown, but the problem is that behind Zhou Yin, there are still people who have occupied Jiujiang for many years The Zhou family is a powerful, thriving, and deeply rooted family. Zhou Yin has 2 soldiers from Jiujiang who have been in battle for a long time.

Whether it was out of the consideration of winning over the Zhou family or incorporating the Jiujiang Army, Zhou Yin could not be killed. Not only could he not be killed, but he had to be comforted, encouraged, and even reinstated. But everything has a reason. You can't pardon Zhou Yin for no reason, and return him to his original post, or you will be rewarded and punished!

So I have to give Zhou Yin some credit, but this matter cannot be done by Xiang Zhuang himself.

Xiang Zhuang is now the king of Chu, not a general. With the change of status, he will no longer be able to directly refute the opinions and opinions of Huan Chu and Ji Bu like before. Think about it, the king of a country , but you have to go into battle shirtless and compete with your courtiers verbally. Once or twice is fine. After a long time, where is your kingly prestige?

Therefore, he, Xiang Zhuang, must not come forward directly, he must find someone to speak out his words.

Xiang Zhuang's eyes slowly swept over the civil servants and generals on the left and right sides. Bailixian, Tian Heng, Zi Cheshi, and Xi Qilie were not from the old Chu, and it was obviously inappropriate to be involved in this matter. It’s hard not to say, there is no need to have a grudge with Huan Chu and Ji Bu, the veteran generals of the Chu army. As for Xiao Kai, Zhong Limo and Yu Ziqi, don’t expect them to speak for Zhou Yin.

In the end, Xiang Zhuang's eyes finally fell on Xiang Ta's face. It seemed that only Xiang Ta was suitable.

Seeing the king's eyes on himself, Xiang Ta sighed in his heart. From his heart, he also agreed to kill Zhou Yin to tell Wei Xianwang's spirit in heaven. However, seeing the expression on the face of the king just now, he obviously disagreed. After killing Zhou Yin, there was even a vague intention of widening the lieutenant and encouraging Zhou Yin.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so." Xiang He took a step forward and said loudly, "I think that although General Zhou Yin made mistakes, he can correct them if he knows his mistakes. There is nothing good about him. Therefore, instead of being punished, he should be rewarded. !"

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the civil and military hall, not only Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Kai and other veteran generals of the Chu army could not believe their ears, even Bailimao, Zi Cheshi, Xi Qilie, Tian Heng and the others also faced each other. There was a look of astonishment, only Bai Lixian gently shook his feather fan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although Xiang Zhuang had no expression on his face, his heart was already full of joy.

When he was in Aocang earlier, Wei Liao once commented on Xiang Ta, saying that he has the talent of a prime minister. Want to say something, want to do something, this kind of talent is not inferior to Xiao He.

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PS: Some people always said that the communication in the book was faster than the radio, so I wondered. The book clearly explained the time transition. For example, in the battle of Liyang, Guanzhong got the news ten days later. Zuo Che sent a messenger to Guanzhong to report the news, and it will not arrive in Xianyang in ten days?This is also called faster than radio?
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