Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 378
In Fuli County, Sishui County, Bi Shu's army was crossing Suishui northward with the support of the navy.

Bi Shu was dressed in light clothes, and stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back. The cold river wind swayed the white cloak behind him, making a sound of hunting. Behind Bi Shu, Zi Che Shi, Xi Qilie, and Yu Ziqi stood proudly. There is also General Huben Jin Xiang.

Yu Ziqi took two steps forward and stood beside Bi Shu, and said, "General, the army has crossed Sui River from Fuli County, and within two hundred miles to the north is Pengcheng, the capital of Huainan. However, the Huainan army has never been seen." It seems that Wang Yingbu of Huainan intends to concentrate all his troops and defend Pengcheng to the death."

Bi Shu smiled lightly, and said: "This is the best, and it just happens to complete the work in one battle."

Yu Ziqi thought for a while, and then said: "General, as far as I know, Fei Zhu, Zhu Jian, and Ma Ye are all greedy villains. Did they secretly send someone to bribe them, or can they As an internal response in our army?"

Bi Shu shook his finger and said: "Although Fei Zhu, Zhu Jian, and Ma Ye are greedy, they will never make a choice lightly until the general situation is clear, so instead of worrying about them, it is better to With an upright and upright teacher, with the power of Mount Tai, break Pengcheng and crush Huainan in one fell swoop!"

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Pengcheng, the residence of General Feizhu.

The last general, Fei Qixing, walked into the hall in a hurry. Fei Qi was Fei Zhu's younger brother. The two brothers were originally butchers of pigs. Later, the younger sister married Yingbo and became a concubine. After entering a small school, he accumulated meritorious service over the years and was promoted to general. Later, Fei Zhu was promoted to top general, and Fei Qi became the last general as a matter of course.

"Big brother, big brother!" Fei Qi laughed at Fei Zhu, "Hahaha, this time we got rich, we got rich!"

Before the words were finished, Fei Zhu had already slapped Fei Qi hard twice, but he slapped Fei Qi in a cloud, and Fei Qi covered his red and swollen face, and said loudly: "Brother, what are you doing?" ?”

"What are you doing?" Fat Zhu said angrily, "You still have the face to come back?"

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Is there anything you can't say well?"

"Well, let me ask you, who told you to rob Zhongli and Quyang counties? Oh?!"

"Isn't that what you said, brother? To stir up disputes at the border, so as to help the king make up his mind to form an alliance with Qi Han..."

"I asked you to provoke disputes at the border, but I didn't ask you to loot, let alone kill people, but you are lucky. Not only did you loot Zhongli and Quyang counties, but you also slaughtered more than 2 people! Do you know , because of your recklessness, we have completely cut off the retreat of our fat family to return to Chu, and now we can only follow Yingbo to the dark!"

The matter has to start three months ago. Three months ago, Lu Jia, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, approached Feizhu, hoping that Feizhu could beat the side drums in front of Yingbu and promote the Huainan Kingdom's defection. After accepting a large amount of gold and silver After the jewels, Fei Zhu and Zhu Mai began to gossip in front of Yingbo, lobbying Yingbo to abandon Chu and form an alliance with Qi Han.

Despite the lobbying of ministers such as Fei Zhu, Zhu Mai, and Ma Ye, Yingbo still couldn't make up his mind.

In order to "help" Yingbu make up his mind early, Feizhu arranged for Feiqi to provoke a dispute at the border.

However, Fei Zhu never thought of betting all the treasures on Qi and Han. Apart from accepting bribes from Han envoys and lobbying Yingbo to form an alliance with Qi and Han, Fei Zhu was still flirting with Chu in secret. It was very clear that Huainan Kingdom was about to perish, and if the Fei family didn't want to perish along with Huainan Kingdom, they had to find a way out as soon as possible.

Originally, Fei Zhu was speculating on both sides. If Chu State destroyed Huainan State, then he would surrender to Chu State. If Huainan State was annexed by Qi Han, he would surrender to Qi Han. There is no way out to retreat to the state of Chu. Fei Qi has killed so many people in the state of Chu, how can Xiang Zhuang spare the two brothers?
"You, you." Fat Zhu pointed at Fat Chi's nose, furious, "You're really stupid than a pig."

Fei Qi pursed his lips, and said disapprovingly, "What's the big deal? Didn't we just kill tens of thousands of people? Xiang Zhuang's son won't let us go, and our Fei family is not willing to go to him. Hmph, let's just say this." In the Huainan War, the Huainan Army and the Qi Army combined had a total of 20 troops, and their strength was no less than that of the Chu Army.

"You know what, Bi Shu is so easy to deal with?" Fei Zhu said, and sighed again, "But now there is no other way, I can only do my best to fight Chu Jun, if Huainan If the country is annexed by Qi or Han in the future, our Fei family will still have a way to survive, but if Chu is annexed, we will be ruined."

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Five days later, the Chu army finally approached the city of Pengcheng.

After the army set up camp, Bi Shu led hundreds of his own soldiers to the south bank of Sishui. He stood on the bank of Sishui River with his hands behind his back, looking at the endlessly flowing vast river. Bi Shu couldn't help being slightly dazed. After a battle with Han Xin, if Yingbu hadn't broken the Qi army's camp in the end, I really don't know what the result would be.

After three years, he Bi Shu appeared on the banks of the Sishui River again with a large army, but the Huainan army became his enemy, and the Qi army became the allies of the Huainan army.

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Bi Shu stood by the Sishui River full of emotion, but Ying Bu scolded his mother in the palace.

"It's all your fault, you, you, and you, it's all your fault, you idiots, pigs, I've been ruined by you!" Ying Bu pointed at the noses of Zhu Jian, Zhang Mai, Fei Zhu, and Ma Ye one by one. , even Kuai Che was scolded, because Kuai Che was in favor of abandoning Chu and forming an alliance with Qi Han.

Kuai Che did not accept the benefits of the Han envoy, he was really planning for the Huainan Kingdom.

The situation has become very clear. With the continuous and rapid expansion of Chu's national power and military power, Xiangzhuang's sweeping trend has become more and more obvious. On the other hand, it will be a matter of time before Chu State takes action against Huainan State.

Therefore, instead of waiting for Chu to tear up the covenant and being caught off guard by the Chu army, it is better to take the initiative to abandon the covenant with Chu and form an alliance with Qi and Han. If the Huainan country takes action, the Qi and Han countries will certainly not stand idly by. If so, Huainan country may still have a glimmer of life.

However, Yingbo obviously would not think so far-reachingly. He believed that the immediate crisis was caused by these ministers. How could Yingbo tear up the covenant with Chu?If the alliance is not destroyed, how can the Chu army suppress the territory with a large army?
Yingbo scolded several ministers bloody, and didn't sit back on the table angrily until he was tired of scolding.

Kuai Che sighed, and remonstrated bravely: "Your Majesty, the army of Chu State has already approached the city. It is meaningless to pursue who is responsible at this time. The most urgent thing is to split up and consolidate the city defense. Don't wait until the army of Chu State begins to attack the city. If we have not prepared enough supplies to defend the city, then we will be in trouble.”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, it is better to quickly assign tasks and strengthen the city defense."

"The minister also agrees with the suggestion of the Prime Minister and the General. It is more important to strengthen the city defense."

As soon as Kuai Che's words fell, Zhu Jian, Xu Cai, Zhang Mai, Fei Zhu, Ma Ye and other ministers rarely expressed their agreement. Ying Bu made sense after thinking about it. Jian and Xu Chai raised grain, grass and military equipment, Zhang Mai and Ma Ye raised people to transport rolling wood and rocks, and Kuai Che took people to Xue County to contact the army of Qi State.

After all the distribution was finished, Yingbu ordered Liji to fetch the golden armor that had not been put on for several years, put it on, and then went straight out of the palace, crossed the street and went straight to the south gate. At present, Yingbo has to cheer up the people and soldiers of Huainan no matter what.

It has to be said that Yingbo's prestige in the minds of Huainan soldiers is still quite high.

Although Yingbu has not been in battle for several years, and he seldom goes to the barracks, as soon as Yingbu appeared, the Huainan soldiers who passed along the street immediately cheered, feeling the admiration of the soldiers, listening to their enthusiastic cheers, The blood in Yingbo's chest, which had been silent for a long time, gradually boiled up.

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In Xuejun, one hundred thousand Qi troops are marching south along Chidao.

The army was about to enter the outskirts of Teng County, and it was getting dark. Han He immediately ordered the whole army to set up camp on the spot, and ordered Cao Yu to enter the city to inform the magistrate of Teng County to prepare the army food and fodder. All the counties and counties along the way had to provide food and grass, otherwise it would be dereliction of duty.

After Cao Yu left for about half an hour, he brought a short and thin middle-aged man into Han He's big tent.

"Prince." Cao Yu bowed to Han He, then pointed to the short and thin man and said, "This is Kong County Magistrate of Lu County."

The short and thin County Magistrate Kong quickly stepped forward and gave a long bow, and said respectfully: "Kong Wen, County Magistrate of Lu County, see the crown prince."

Han He waved his hands indifferently, and said bluntly: "Magistrate Kong, have you brought the food and grass needed by the army?"

"Reporting to the crown prince, all the food and grass in the city have been brought." County magistrate Kong hurriedly said, "It's outside the account, please count the crown prince."

Han He nodded happily, and immediately he and Zhao Yan and Shen Tujia opened the tent, but saw a dozen or so ox carts parked outside the tent, Han He couldn't help frowning, there were only a dozen carts, and it would be too late if they were exhausted. Three hundred shi, even if it is boiled into porridge, it is not enough for a hundred thousand troops to drink a mouthful, what can it help?At that moment Han He said coldly: "Magistrate Kong, that's all?!"

Magistrate Kong sighed, and replied with a gloomy expression: "Prince, that's all."

"Kong Wen! How dare you fool the Crown Prince?" Han He was furious, "Go back immediately, and then conscript?!"

"Prince!" The county magistrate Kong knelt on the ground, and said tragically, "Prince, the people have no food to collect!"

"I don't care about this prince. In short, before the army starts tomorrow, you must deliver the rations to the camp. Five thousand shi, not one shi is allowed, hum!" He said a few words, but his lips muttered twice, but in the end he still didn't say anything, the Qi army was short of food.

(End of this chapter)