Competing

Chapter 573 Timely Rain

That's right, the decision-making power is actually in the hands of Yue Wang Yinxu.It is not an exaggeration to say that Yue's decision will directly affect the situation in the world.

Yin Xu looked at the crowd solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "I think we can try to cooperate with the Han army to destroy Chu."

King Yue's speech can basically be said to mean that the major event has been determined, and the matter of forming an alliance will come into play.

Yin Xu continued: "This is an opportunity, not only for the destruction of the Western Chu Kingdom, as long as the decisive battle of this alliance begins, the consequences will be unimaginable. There are risks and many opportunities. As long as you make good use of it, We can take a big step forward. Instead of being in a stalemate, we should find a way to break the current half-dead situation and seek a breakthrough."

Li Si, Wei Liao and Chen Ping saw Yin Xu's solemn and determined expression, they knew that King Yue had made up his mind this time.They see the pros, cons and risks of the matter, and they are completely aware of it, and they don't worry about any problems.At the same time, they also hope that the country of Yue can make great strides forward as soon as possible, especially Li Si, who is getting old and doesn't know how long he can live.He really hopes that in his lifetime, he can see the Yue Kingdom rule the world and reproduce the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty in the past.

"Your Majesty, that's true. For us, we can't just form an alliance with Han. Liu Bang is now thinking about how to destroy Xiang Yu, but we must focus on the overall situation. All actions must be carefully considered. Convenience and maximum benefit." Chen Ping is also aware of the possible potential benefits.

Wei Liao agreed, "That's right. Once the state of Chu is destroyed, there must be a conflict between the state of Han and the state of Yue. It doesn't matter which side Han Xin is on. The situation will not be very favorable for us. In this case, we have to consider the actual situation. Overall planning. After the destruction of Chu, immediately start a big plan, start a full-scale war, and deal with unexpected needs."

Everyone knew very well that the alliance between Han and Yue would come to an end when Xiang Yu died in battle and the Western Chu Kingdom fell.Then there will be a life-and-death battle between each other, for which we must prepare early.Whoever can seize the first opportunity, whoever can take the initiative, the balance of victory will fall to which side.So preparation in advance and this first step is very important.Yin Xu wanted it, he wanted to let it go and do a big job.

"Your Majesty, ministers and others will go all out to support your majesty in realizing his grand plan and great cause." Several important ministers said in unison, which warmed Yin Xu's heart and doubled his confidence.

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Now that the king of Yue had made such a decision, the alliance with Han had to start in time.Liu Bang and Zhang Liang are stalling for time, so they must be waiting impatiently.Yin Xu thought it was a matter of urgency, and wanted to send a message to Xingyang in time, so as to give Hanwang and Mr. Zifang a reassurance.

Li Ze was summoned again by Yue Wang Yinxu. When he received the news, Li Ze let out a long sigh and sighed: "I finally summoned!" He knew that the unresolved matter would have a result today.

To be honest, he was really anxious to wait.

The news of the Chu-Han peace talks has spread all over the world, and what kind of response the Yue State will have is still unknown.It was the stalemate at Guangwu Mountain. As Mr. Zifang's confidant and someone who knew the inside story, he naturally knew what Zhang Liang was delaying?Therefore, King Yue's answer is very important, but after waiting for a long time, there is still no news, which makes people very worried.

Li Ze really couldn't sit still. If Yin Xu continued to hesitate like this, he had to find a way to inform his elder Xingyang to give up the cooperation with the Western Chu Kingdom.As time flies, it will take a long time for the news to reach Xingyang, what Li Ze is afraid of is that he will miss a major event.So the past few days have been like ants on a hot pot, fidgeting.

At this moment, he finally got the news, and the king of Yue summoned him.Finally, I breathed a sigh of relief temporarily, but what would the result be?Li Ze was apprehensive, afraid that it would be another disappointing result, but it was better than suffering like this.

Li Ze could be said to have trotted all the way into the Yue Palace. At this moment, the tense situation had already made him lose his composure.

"See the King of Yue!" When he came to the main hall of the King of Yue, Li Ze realized that he was a little flustered today, so he quickly collected himself.

"Well, sir, are you still used to staying in Hongdu?" Yin Xu was not in a hurry, and seemed to be talking about him a little bit.

Li Ze condensed his mind and said: "It's okay, everything is okay."

"That's good, sir, don't be negligent when you come from afar." Yin Xu looked at Li Ze with a smile, as if he was trying to tease Li Ze.

At this time, Li Ze was no longer as patient as before, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "Excuse me, King Yue, how did you think about what the minister said yesterday?"

There is no way, it has to be explained in this way, it is basically impossible to expect the King of Yue to be straight to the point.After Li Ze finished speaking, he looked at Yin Xu solemnly, waiting for King Yue's answer.

"This..." Yin Xu pondered slightly: "What you said, I have carefully considered it. It is indeed a good proposal, and Yue Guo is willing to participate."

Ah... The big stone that weighed on his heart finally fell, and Li Ze suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. The King of Yue finally agreed, and this time under Jiangdong, he lived up to everyone's expectations.But after a moment of excitement, he was a little bit disappointed, and a deep worry appeared in his eyes.

"What? The widow has already agreed, isn't Mr. happy?" Yin Xu looked at Li Ze's expression, half angry.

Li Ze shook his head lightly and said, "My two countries are able to form an alliance and cooperate, and I'm not overjoyed. It's just that Hongdu and Xingyang are thousands of miles away. Is it too late to send the news now? I'm worried about what happened to Guangwu Mountain!"

What Li Ze said was very clear, no matter what happened, he had to leave a way out for himself.Isn't Yin Xu like this?What he said was not false at all, and Yin Xu fully believed it, and this was exactly what he was worried about.Now Yue is most worried about the true alliance between Chu and Han, so how dare Yin Xu be careless about these matters?
"This...does sir have any code words to contact the King of Han and Mr. Zifang? If so, please tell the widow!" Yin Xu didn't directly address him, but asked about another matter.

Li Ze was slightly taken aback, what do you want this for?Although he still didn't want to understand what King Yue meant, he still nodded dully.

Yin Xu smiled and said: "That's it, sir, let me know the code to communicate, and then the widow will find a way to inform the King of Han."

Li Ze was taken aback for a moment, but then he reacted again.The fact that the State of Yue was able to receive news of the peace talks between Chu and Han in such a short period of time proved that the State of Yue had an extraordinary ability to transmit information.Since Yin Xu can say that, it proves that he has this method.

"This will trouble King Yue!" It is very important for the Han Kingdom to be able to pass the news back in time, and at the same time keep the results of his trip.

Yin Xu nodded and said: "Send the news back first, and then sir, don't stay any longer, and return to Xingyang immediately to see the King of Han and Mr. Zhang Liang. Don't worry about them and delay things."

"That's great!" Li Ze believed that Yin Xu would not deceive himself in this matter, and there was no need for it.Now he finally understands that Yin Xu is a master who does not see the rabbit and does not cast the eagle, and now he finally has a conclusion.There is also a reason why people dare to do this. Who makes people better at delivering messages?The timing is so just right, people can be called confident.

After that, the two discussed some details of the peace talks together, and Yin Xu didn't care about the details.What's more, as soon as Feige Chuanshu left Hongdu, it would not be long before an envoy from the Yue Kingdom would have an interview with Liu Bang on his behalf, so there was no need to waste much time on these matters.

"Sir, I'm afraid you want to temporarily wrong your reputation?" After finishing speaking, Yin Xu mentioned this matter.

How could Li Ze not understand, and immediately said: "It's okay, everything is about the overall situation..."

Immediately thereafter, news came out that the envoys from the Han Kingdom had visited Hongdu, and the king of Yue had treated him well.As a result, the news of the peace talks between Chu and Han came, and Yue Wang Yinxu was furious. After whipping the Han envoy Li Ze, he was expelled from Yue...

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At the same time, carrier pigeons flew across the river and headed for Jiangbei.In a certain city in Huainan, someone took down the pigeon letter and replaced it with another carrier pigeon.In this way, like a relay race, the pigeons flew in the sky from Jiangdong to the Central Plains in time to deliver the news in time.

Yes, the flight distance of the homing pigeon is limited.Especially for these homing pigeons newly domesticated by Luluo, it is still very difficult to fly long distances.In order to deliver the news in a timely and prepared manner, Yin Xu adopted this kind of relay of one battle after another in Feiying's settings to ensure that there would be no major problems.First of all, it can ensure the stability of message transmission, and the speed is slightly slower.

However, at the same time, an effective network has also been formed, effectively combining the Fan family's original contact point with Feiying's network, forming a highly efficient information transmission network.At this moment, is playing a vital role.

Now Xingyang has become the de facto capital of the Han Dynasty in a certain sense, and it is also the front line of the Chu-Han dispute, and the focus of the world's attention.Feiying's investment and attention in this area is great, because of the importance of many things, sometimes someone may need to do some important things.Therefore, if it was just an ordinary person, Yin Xu was not at ease, so he deliberately feared that a plenipotentiary representative would be here, and this person was Du Shang.

The beginning of the peace talks between Chu and Han, as well as the actual internal affairs of Han, and related information were discovered by Du Shang in time, and Fei Ge sent a letter to Hongdu after the meal.After the news was sent out, he knew that the king of Yue would definitely issue an edict, maybe he was a little busy.So these days it has been on the alert, ready to fight.Today, in the blue sky, I finally saw a carrier pigeon flapping its wings and landing in the yard...

Immediately someone fetched the secret letter from the carrier pigeon, and Du Shang felt a little nervous.As the person in charge of Yue Guo Feiying on the front line of Xingyang, he is well aware of the current situation, and the decision of King Yue has a huge impact and is also crucial.

Opening the secret letter with a slightly apprehensive mood, after reading it, he immediately threw it into the fire and burned it. Du Shang knew what to do.He will spare no effort to implement the edict of King Yue, and he will do it well.

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When the sun went down, the peace talks in Guangwu Mountain came to an end again.When Zhang Liang returned to Xingyang City, his heart was even heavier.Western Chu State seems to have noticed Han State's deliberate delay. Although they don't know what Han State is waiting for, Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi obviously don't have the patience they had before.

Today, Yu Ziqi's meaning is obvious, the peace talks can't be dragged on endlessly here, there must be a result as soon as possible.At the same time, the Western Chu State requested that there must be an explanation tomorrow, otherwise they would stop the peace talks.

Zhang Liang was not worried about the military threat from the Western Chu Kingdom, but if the peace talks were to end like this, then all previous plans and tricks would be in vain.This was not the result Zhang Liang hoped to see, and it was also a great loss.

In fact, the peace talks between Chu and Han were not of that great significance originally, and some conditions could be agreed to casually.But now Zhang Liang had to argue with reason and deal with each other, in order to avoid suspicion from the Western Chu Kingdom.Secondly, if the talks on the Yue side collapse, the Chu-Han peace talks will really be meaningful. How can the conditions be agreed indiscriminately?

However, there has been no news from Li Ze's side so far, and Zhang Liang has lost hope about it.Is the great opportunity just missed?They don't know what Jiangdong's attitude is or what the situation is.

Alas, Zhang Liang sighed again, and walked on the road outside Xingyang City in a carriage.

At this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly.

"What's going on?" Mr. Zhang Liang, who has always been gentle and refined, had a trace of dissatisfaction and anger in his tone today.

Soon the guards came over, handed over a piece of cloth, and said, "Sir, someone stopped the way to deliver this item, saying that it is very important, and you will understand after seeing it."

"Oh?" Zhang Liang was a little surprised, he didn't expect such an encounter while walking on the road.He took the cloth with suspicion, but he didn't know if he didn't read it. He was startled when he saw it, but when he saw the words and arrangement on it, his heart was shocked.

"Where is the person who delivered the cloth? Let him come to see me!" Zhang Liang immediately opened the curtain and said.

"Yes!" The guard was still a little worried. Mr. Zhang Liang was in a bad mood. If someone teased him like this again, he would be the one who suffered.I didn't expect it to be so, it seems that this little cloth is really extraordinary.

Soon, in Xingyang City, a strong man in his 30s was invited into Zhang Liang's mansion.

"Where did you come from this thing?" Zhang Liang was very surprised, he didn't expect the secret code agreed with Li Ze to appear in such a way.

"A man named Li Ze said that in this way, Mr. Zhang Liang can be contacted and trusted." The strong man returned in a deep voice.

Zhang Liang originally thought that the person who came was someone entrusted or dispatched by Li Ze, but when he heard the answer, he found several different meanings from it.

"Where is Li Ze now? Who are you?" Zhang Liang asked in a deep voice.

The strong man replied: "Li Ze is still in Hongdu. As for Du Shang, he is the personal guard of the King of Yue, and he is also the envoy of the King of Yue."

"Messenger of the King of Yue?" Zhang Liang was very surprised. How did this happen?
"Yes!"

"Can you explain clearly?"

Du Shang said: "Li Ze, on behalf of the King of Han, discussed cooperation with me, the King of Yue, and the King of Yue has already agreed. If the conventional method is followed, the news cannot be delivered back to Xingyang in time. So Li Ze and my King Yue used this method to deliver the news in time. Report to Mr. Zhang Liang!"

King Yue agreed?Zhang Liang didn't know if it was a surprise, or he was a little baffled by this method.

Du Shang said: "It is also an expedient measure to follow the authority in a hurry. Mr. Zhang Liang can disbelieve me, but you have to trust Li Ze's secret words, right?"

Zhang Liang read the whole book again, and what he said was not bad at all.Li Ze is his confidant and can be trusted completely. This code word was also washed out voluntarily and actively, and its authenticity is completely credible.

What surprised me was this delivery method, Li Ze didn't have time to send back the news, and entrusted the king of Yue.So what did Vietnam do?After Zhang Liang carefully inquired about a few details, he already believed that it was true.

"How on earth did you do it?" Mr. Zifang was so clever and intelligent that he still didn't understand how the news came.

Flying pigeons passing on letters is a secret of the Yue Kingdom, so naturally Du Shang would not tell him.He just said: "Don't worry about the method, sir. The important thing is that the news has been sent. You can also respond according to this news. Li Ze will return to Xingyang later, and then verify it."

Zhang Liang was skeptical, but Li Ze's secret words made it very clear that Yue had already agreed to the alliance.Now the purpose of sending Du Shang here is to discuss the details, at least this is a happy day.As long as the Yue Kingdom agrees to join, the peace talks in Guangwu Mountain will be much easier, and it can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need. It is really a timely rain.

At the same time, Zhang Liang was secretly startled, what kind of capability does the Yue State have, to deliver the news so quickly.Although it has nothing to do with me now, Han and Yue can be regarded as allies, but in the future it will inevitably be a hostile relationship.The potential enemy has such an extraordinary and powerful ability, how can it not be frightening?At the same time, there is always a trace of uneasiness and doubt in my heart, Du Shang's identity and appearance are too unexpected.

"What's the matter with King Yue sending His Excellency here?" Zhang Liang asked softly, and no longer dared to belittle Du Shang.

Du Shang said indifferently: "If it's possible, Mister Zifang can arrange something, and I want to meet the King of Han. I have met the King of Han once, and the King of Han recognizes me, so Mr. Zifang can put all his doubts to rest."

Zhang Liang hesitated slightly, nodded and said: "Stay here and go to the palace to meet the King of Han, and meet you later..."

(End of this chapter)