Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 241 The situation is out of control

Chapter 241 The situation is out of control

The strategy of the three tigers competing for food presented by Zhang Liang is indeed not so easy to resolve.

Even though Xiang Zhuang had already guessed Liu Bang's intentions, there was nothing he could do in a hurry, because at that time Chu State was still in a state of hostility with Huainan and Liang States. Although Yingbu sent Liu Bang's edict and threatened to form an alliance with Chu State , but Xiang Zhuang still has to weigh it, how sincere is Yingbo?Who knows if the edict is true or false?

Similarly, even if Xiang Zhuang condemned his envoy to Dingtao, he might not be able to win the trust of Peng Yue.

Coupled with the limitations of the backward transportation and communication means at that time, Xiang Zhuang was unable to communicate with Yingbo and Peng Yue face to face, and clearly stated their respective strategic red lines in a timely manner. As a result, the situation in Jiujiang County quickly got out of control.

It's just that even Xiang Zhuang didn't expect that it was Liang Guo who sent troops to Jiujiang County first.

Because the imperial edict issued by Liu Bang to Yingbo is public. Although the imperial edict did not mention the three counties of Xuejun, Sishui, and Donghai that were seized by Yingbo, Jiujiang County was really assigned to Huainan Kingdom as the king of Huainan. The fiefdom of Yingbu, Jin She and Li Zuoche were in a hurry when they heard the news, and immediately condemned their envoys to ask Peng Yue for help.

Peng Yue has a good face, since he has accepted the surrender of Jin She and Li Zuoche, he will naturally not sit idly by.

Although the state minister Zhang Shuo and the military adviser Zhao Yan were firmly opposed, Peng Yue still took the general Liu Kou as his general and led [-] elite Liang troops from Dang County to the south, and stationed in Quyang County in the north of Jiujiang County a few days later.

Zhou Yin, who was guarding Jiujiang, felt the pressure increased, and he also ordered his envoy to ask Xiangzhuang for help.

Jiujiang County is the northern gateway of Jiangdong. Once Jiujiang is lost, the strategic environment of Chu State will be greatly deteriorated. At present, Xiangzhuang also raised [-] troops to cross the river north and stationed in Hefei.

It is not that Xiang Zhuang has not considered the consequences of increasing troops in Jiujiang. Once the Chu army increases troops in Jiujiang, it will easily cause friction with the Liang army and a scuffle will break out. First, Yingbo will definitely profit from it, which is beyond doubt.

Although Yingbo sent a secret envoy to Wuzhong, he also threatened to form an alliance with Chu, but when the news spread that the Liang army had marched into Quyang, the secret envoy sent by Yingbo immediately became "seriously ill". The imperial doctor was dispatched to make a diagnosis and treatment, and even the divine doctor Ji was invited. As a result, the secret envoy's "serious illness" still did not recover, and the signing of the covenant was delayed like this.

Regardless of whether the envoy's serious illness was caused by Yingbo, it at least shows that Huainan is not reliable.

Xiang Zhuang is very aware of the consequences of increasing troops to Jiujiang, but he has no choice, because Jiujiang County is related to the core interests of Da Chu. ", otherwise, where is his prestige as King of Chu?Also, what is the national prestige of the Great Chu State?What is the military might of the Chu army?

After Xiangzhuang marched into Hefei, the situation in Jiujiang suddenly became tense. At the same time, Yingbo also began to gather troops and horses near Xuyi. Although the movements were very subtle, how could the assembly of tens of thousands of horses be truly unknown? Don't know?Xiang Zhuang and Liu Kou had already received the news before Yingbo could gather his troops.

The situation in Jiujiang County is developing in the direction Zhang Liang expected. Although Zhang Liang’s judgment on the situation in Jiujiang is wrong, his strategy of three tigers competing for food has worked. Liang Jun and Chu Jun have formed a confrontation , the Huainan army may also be involved at any time, as long as either side makes a move at this time, it will immediately trigger a big melee!

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In the middle of the night, Li Zuoche, dressed in light clothes, floated into Jin She's residence.

Since Liu Kou's army entered Quyang, Jin She moved his general Xingyuan to Yinling. Fortunately, Liu Kou did not deprive Jin She and others of their military power, but the supply of food and grass for the [-] Liang army fell On the bodies of Jin She and Li Zuo, the pressure on the counties in the northeast of Jiujiang County suddenly increased.

At this moment, Jin She is worrying about Liang Jun's rations.

Jiujiang County suffered a long period of war, and its population has dropped sharply. The counties in the Northeast used to be large counties with abundant resources, but now, the total population is less than 10, less than 6 people, but now they have to support With an army of more than [-], the pressure was too great. Even though Jin She and Li Zuoche had accumulated some food in the army, they still couldn't support it.

While Jin She was sighing, heavy footsteps suddenly came from behind him. When he looked back, he saw Li Zuo, wearing a light gray coat, had walked in calmly. At that moment, Jin She was slightly taken aback, and said, "Li Zuo General? The Chu army is overwhelming, you are not in Dongcheng to supervise the division, why are you running to Yinling?"

Li Zuoche didn't answer, but just took out a silk script from his sleeve and handed it to Jin She.

Jin She reached out to take the silk book, read it hastily, and couldn't help but change his face, and said in a concentrated voice, "Is this secret letter real?"

Li Zuoche said in displeasure: "General Jin, this general and you are like grasshoppers on the same rope now. If you can't escape, you can't escape me. Do you think this news is true or not?"

Jin She nodded and said grimly: "It just so happens that the general's military rations are about to run out, so let's take this opportunity to borrow some military rations from Huainan Kingdom, hehe."

Li Zuo said: "Early tomorrow morning, you and I will each lead [-] elite soldiers and set off from Yinling and Dongcheng at the same time, but we must pay attention to hiding our whereabouts along the way, so as not to be discovered by the Huainan army prematurely."

Jin She nodded and said, "Don't worry, General Li, this general knows how powerful he is."

"That's it, I'll take my leave." Li Zuoche bowed, turned around and left.

Watching Li Zuoche's figure go away, Jin She suddenly turned around and shouted, "Come here!"

Some soldiers entered the hall in response, bowed their hands and said, "What orders does the general have?"

Jin She waved his hand and said sternly, "Pass down my general order, and the personal battalion...Assemble immediately!"

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Xuyi, Huainan army camp.

While Ying Bu was talking to Kuai Che, Ma Ye, a follower of the sect, suddenly came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the [-] shi of military rations escorted by General Fei Zhu has arrived in Xu County, and will arrive in Xu Yi soon."

Ying Bu frowned and said, "Why are there only eight thousand stones?"

As the saying goes, food and grass go first before the army is moved. For an army, the supply of military food is always the most important thing. Even the mighty Liu Bang was trapped in Guanzhong because of the lack of military food?There is also Xiangzhuang, with the national strength of Chu State, it is absolutely no problem to recruit 2 strong men, but Xiangzhuang only brought [-] people to the north, isn't it also because of the lack of food and grass?
Yingbo's life is not easy. Although Xuejun, Sishui, and Donghai were once rich and large counties, but the five years of melee between Chu and Han, these three counties have been devastated by the war, with a population of ten to six, and a large number of fields. Even if they are rich and powerful, there is not much food left in their families. It is actually not easy for the Huainan army to raise military food.

Just this time, Yingbu wanted [-] shi for military rations, but Feizhu only raised [-] shi, which was less than half of it.

Kuai Che sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, Huainan has suffered from wars for a long time, and the people have been in chaos. The people have no food to collect. I'm afraid General Fat Zhu spent all his efforts to send the [-] shi to Sishui County. If it goes on like this, the rich and powerful households in the entire Sishui County will complain."

Yingbo couldn't help but change slightly when he heard the words. Today, the old Chu families in the three counties of Xuejun, Donghai, and Surabaya all hold great hostility towards Yingbo. The reason why Yingbo can control the situation in the three counties is entirely because of the Without the full support of the rich and powerful, once these wealthy and powerful people no longer support Yingbo, then Yingbo will be in trouble.

Kuai Che said again: "Your Majesty, the King of Qi, Han Xin, is determined to change and strive to become stronger. He sees that the national strength is growing day by day, and the national situation is also thriving. It is a waste of money and food to mobilize teachers and mobilize people in Jiujiang County, which is not something wise people do."

Ying Bu said a little impatiently: "Didn't you already agree to reform? Yaxiang Zhu Jian's ten strategies for reform have already been tried in various counties in Xue County?"

Kuai Che still wanted to do something big in Huainan. First, he persuaded Xiang Tuo to give up Lu County with his three-inch tongue, and helped Yingbo take down Xue County without bloodshed. The second counties of Surabaya then tried their best to encourage Yingbo to form an alliance with Xiangzhuang in order to seek a stable external environment, and then reform and strengthen themselves.

However, Yingbo did not fully adopt Kuai Che's suggestion, which made Kuai Che very helpless.

Kuai Che said: "Your Majesty, the reform is not a trivial matter. It requires all the efforts of the whole country, and more importantly, a stable external environment. I think that it is really inappropriate to get involved in the disputes in Jiujiang County at this time. A mere Jiujiang County Compared with the future of the entire Huainan Kingdom, their gains and losses are really nothing, Your Majesty."

"That's enough, that's enough, Prime Minister, don't talk about it, besides, your ears are callused." Ying Bu waved his hand, and said, "The widow has already told you about the reform, you and Yaxiang Discuss it, as long as you think it is feasible, everyone will do it, but this Jiujiang County widow is going to make a decision, if you don’t take advantage of it, you are not a fool?"

Kuai Che persuaded: "Your Majesty, if you are greedy for petty gains, you will suffer big losses!"

In Kuai Che's view, a mere Jiujiang County has only [-] to [-] registered households and more than [-] Dingkou.However, if Huainan Kingdom misses this excellent opportunity for political reform, once King Qi's hard work comes to an end, Huainan Kingdom will have no chance to reform and become stronger. Isn't this just a small gain but a big loss?
Ying Bu was furious, and was about to reprimand Kuai Che for a few words, when Wei Liji, the personal soldier, suddenly strode into the big tent, bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, return from the expedition, a Han army of about 2000 men The army set off from Yinling and went straight to Xu County, it seems that the Han army probably got the news and was going to intercept the rations escorted by General Fei Zhu."

"Huh?!" Yingbo's face changed slightly when he heard the words. The [-] shi army rations were collected by Feizhu with great effort. What?At that moment, Ying Bu stood up and said in a loud voice, "Here's an order, the Chinese army and the former army will assemble immediately, and I will go to Xu County with you to meet General Feizhu."

(End of this chapter)

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