Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 334
Most of the ministers who participated in the court meeting had dispersed, and only Liang Wang Peng Yue, Guo Xiang Xia Shuo, General Liu Kou, and military adviser Zhao Yan were left in the huge hall.

Peng Yue has also calmed down from his anger, and he really regrets it in his heart, but regrets are regrets, but Peng Yue will not show it on his face, let alone say it out of his mouth. He is a very face-saving person. Even knowing that there are mountains of swords and flames ahead, he will bite the bullet and rush forward.

The opinions of the ministers are divided into two diametrically opposed factions. The civil servants headed by the Prime Minister Xia Shuo firmly oppose the use of troops against Jingxiang, while the military generals headed by the above-mentioned general Liu Kou fully support them. Now, among all the ministers, only the military adviser Zhao Yan has not Expressed his opinion, Peng Yue wanted to hear Zhao Yan's opinion.

Zhao Yan pondered for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, using troops against Jing Xiang is like taking food from a tiger's mouth."

Peng Yue remained silent. He knew that what Zhao Yan said was true. Jingxiang was an important place connecting Bashu and Jiangdong. Xiang Zhuang spent a lot of effort to snatch Bashu from Liu Bang, so how could he be reconciled? Give up the land of Jingxiang?What's more, Chu State still has the advantage of the navy, and Jingxiang has many waterways. If you want to take Jingxiang from the Chu army, isn't it just a tiger's mouth to snatch food?
Xia Shuo's expression lifted, he looked at Zhao Yan with hopeful eyes, and asked, "Does the military division mean that Jing Xiang will not be taken?"

Zhao Yan shook his head unexpectedly, and continued: "However, from the analysis of the general situation of the world today, we can only sit still and wait for death, and grabbing food with a tiger's mouth is also a way to survive."

"We can only sit still and wait for death?" Xia said, frowning, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Yan sighed, and said helplessly: "The national government should be more clear than my subordinates. The Chu and Han countries are determined to change and work hard to govern. In the past ten years, the country has been booming and the population has been increasing. It will get bigger and bigger, isn't this just waiting to die?"

Xia said that he gave Peng Yue a resentful look, without making any distinctions.

Speaking of which, Xia said that he also wanted to reform the law in the Liang Kingdom. He also wanted to follow the example of Chu and Han, and let Liang's noble relatives, nobles and pariahs pay food together, but in the end it was not done because of Peng Yue's opposition. The reforms of the Han Dynasty received the full support of Xiang Zhuang and Liu Bang, but what about King Liang?Can this be his fault?
Zhao Yan said again: "Chu and Han countries have just completed their reforms, and it is no longer possible to compete with them in national strength, but we still have the opportunity to compete with them in military strength. An elite teacher will still have a chance to compete with Chu and Han for the world, no matter how bad it is, there should be no problem in self-protection."

Peng Yue took it for granted that a weaker national power and a smaller country didn't matter, as long as there was a tiger and wolf army capable of conquering wars, no matter how strong the national power of Chu and Han was, what could they do?

Xia said: "According to what the military adviser said, our Daliang really can't rest on our laurels, we should indeed support war and create an elite army, but we don't need to use troops against Jingxiang to take food from the tigers of Chu, right? Compared with Chu, isn't Zhao in Hebei, South Korea in Hedong, or Huainan easier to deal with?"

Zhao Yan smiled wryly and said: "President Han, Zhao Yanqi and our Daliang are all allies. If you attack Han Zhao and Zhao, you will be accused of treachery, but if Han Zhao asks Han Qi for help, then Liu Bang and Han Xin will probably send troops to follow Attack our Daliang from the east and the west, and maybe the Chu State will also send troops at that time, so Daliang is in danger."

"Then what about Huainan?" Xia said, "Huainan is an ally of Chu, should you hit her head office?"

"Huainan country is not good either." Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "Because Liu Bang, Xiang Zhuang, and Han Xin don't want my Daliang to destroy Huainan country. We will join forces to intervene, so our Daliang will also be in danger of being surrounded by enemies."

"There is only the possibility of taking Jingxiang, or there is the possibility of taking millet from the fire." After saying this, Zhao Yan said again, "For the Han Kingdom, Liu Bang hopes that our Daliang will be able to fight against Chu, so that he can sit back and accept it." Therefore, not only will Liu Bang not prevent us from attacking Jingxiang, but he will even provide support, your majesty may wish to ask him for some benefits."

Peng Yue curled his lips and said nothing, he didn't care about such a small benefit.

Zhao Yan smiled wryly, and then said: "As far as the Chu State is concerned, two major battles have just been fought, especially the Huainan battle, which has consumed a lot of Chu's national power and military power. It is difficult for the Chu State to mobilize The army is going to Jingxiang to fight my Daliang decisively, at that time, we only need to face Pang Yu's tens of thousands of horses, and we still have a slight chance of winning."

Liu Kou interrupted suddenly: "Don't forget that there is Zhongli Mo's navy!"

In Meishan and Huaishui, Liu Kou suffered enough from Chu's navy.

Zhao Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Zhong Limo is a famous general, and Chu's navy is indeed difficult to deal with, but there are not many rivers in Nanjun and Hengshan County, so it is difficult for the navy to be useful unless they attack the central Guizhou on the south bank of the river. , Changsha two counties, otherwise, Chu's navy will not be able to play much role."

Xia Shuo, Liu Kou and Zhao Yan focused their gazes on Peng Yue.

Peng Yue slammed his fist on the case, and said in a deep voice: "Then it's settled, I will lead a hundred thousand troops to attack Jingxiang, the general and military adviser will go out with me, and the Prime Minister will stay and supervise the country!" Peng Yue Finally, he kept an eye out and did not take away all 15 Liang Jun, but kept 5 in the country.

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Ziling, the Palace of the King of Chu.

Xiang Zhuang was taking a nap in the back garden when he was suddenly awakened by a loud noise. He listened attentively, as if a group of children were arguing behind a rockery not far away.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang got up and quietly came to the back of the rockery.

Standing behind the rockery and looking out, I saw a dozen or so children arguing under a plum tree. The six brothers Xiang Zheng, Xiang Zhi, Xiang Quan, Xiang Shu, Xiang Wang, and Xiang Yong were all there, and there was a girl with a hair comb. The little girl with braided horns was extremely cute, but she was Xiang Yuying, the eldest daughter whom Xiang Zhuang loved the most.

In addition, there were more than ten children, but Xiang Zhuang didn't know them.

The dozen or so children were divided into several camps, seven or eight followed Xiang Shu and Xiang Wang to move the ladder, three or four followed Xiang Zhi, Xiang Quan, and Xiang Yong to climb trees, and only one boy and Xiang Yuying followed Xiang Zheng out Moving boxes, obviously, these little guys all wanted to eat plums, but they thought of different ways.

Xiang Zhuang immediately became interested, and immediately hid his body and began to peep with relish.

After at least half an hour, Xiang Shu and Xiang Wang successively moved several long ladders, but they couldn't reach them. Xiang Zhi, Xiang Quan, and Xiang Yong climbed the tree, but they only picked the ones near the trunk. A small amount of green plums, judging from their expressions after tasting the plums, it seems that they are not very tasty. As for Xiang Zheng, he is still moving out the box.

The children were probably a little tired, and they started to play around. Xiang Zheng, who was still carrying boxes out, became the target of children's teasing. Not to mention Xiang Zhi, Xiang Quan, and Xiang Shu, even those Xun Zheng Qi's younger brother dared to make fun of Xiang Zheng, which made Xiang Zhuang a little annoyed. Damn, no matter how stupid Zheng'er is, he is still Lao Tzu's eldest son!
But Xiang Zheng wasn't annoyed at all, he was still carrying boxes under the plum tree in a dull mood.

The boy who moved boxes with Xiang Zheng and Xiang Yuying obviously had a good relationship with Xiang Zheng. In order to protect Xiang Zheng, he even fought with Xiang Zhi who was as strong as a calf. Shouting and rushing up, although he is young, he has a lot of vigor, and he doesn't know whose son it is.

While peeking, there was suddenly the sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

When he looked back, he saw that Jin Xiang had already strode over, and his face was quite dignified, Xiang Zhuang didn't want to disturb the children, so he went up to him and said, "Zi Cheng, what's the matter? "

Jin Xiang hastily clasped his hands together and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, there is a change in Liang Guo!"

"Huh?!" Xiang Zhuang's eyes sharpened, and he said immediately, "Go, go to the study."

When Xiang Zhuang hurried to the upper study room, Xiang Ta, Xiang Tuo, Bi Shu, Bai Lixian and others were already waiting for him.

After seeing the ceremony between the monarch and his ministers, Qu Bucai took out another roll of secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Xiang Zhuang, saying: "Your Majesty, I just received a letter from Feige from Dingtao. Liang Guo's army is coming from Dangjun and Dongjun , Chenjun, and Yingchuan counties gathered towards Nanyang County, and the Liang army in Dingtao also marched towards Nanyang yesterday."

"Nanyang?" Xiang Zhuang read the secret letter hastily, and said in a deep voice, "Liang Jun really dare to play Jing Xiang's idea?"

Wu She said: "This Peng Yue is really simple-minded, he can't even see through the scheme of driving tigers and wolfs away?"

"Otherwise." Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said, "Peng Yue can't see through the scheme of driving tigers to devour wolves, but Zhao Yan and Xia Shuo under his command can't see through either? Liang Jun is trying to snatch food from the tiger's mouth."

"Tiger's mouth snatches food?!" Xiang Zhuang said fiercely, "Snatch a fart, I will swallow him whole, including skin and hair!"

Xiang He sighed and reminded Xiang Zhuang: "Your Majesty, there are only 10,000+ shi left in the grain storage in Taicang. If there is another war between Jing and Xiang, I should have the audacity to borrow grain from the big families."

Xiang Zhuang frowned. The problem of food shortage has plagued Chu State for a long time.

In the past ten years, the national strength of the Chu State has been booming, and the population has also been increasing day by day. Only this grain has never been abundant. The previous million shi grains were saved over the years, but after Bashu and Huainan were harvested, the million shi grains were saved. It has almost bottomed out. Although the big granary of Bashu has been taken down, it is still too early to feed back to the national treasury.

As a matter of fact, the situation in the two counties of Bashu and the four counties of Jingxiang is not completely stable yet. The officials sent by the Lingyin Mansion, such as sheriffs and county magistrates, have arrived, but these officials have relatively inexperienced resumes and varying abilities. If it is not uniform, it is good to be able to gain a firm foothold in a short period of time. If you want to open up the situation, don't even think about it for a year or so.

"Did Gao Chu arrive in Jiangling?" Xiang Zhuang sighed. As early as more than half a month ago, Xiang Zhuang issued an edict to transfer Pang Yu to Shuzhong, and Gao Chu to defend Jing Xiang. Now, we can only hope Yu Gaochu is a titan.

(End of this chapter)