This time Qu Dou led his men and horses to attack Chen County. Actually, he had no confidence in his heart, but because he saw Xiang and Liang's uncle and nephew repeatedly making military exploits, if he didn't take advantage of their feud to make meritorious deeds, he would not be able to do so in the future.

Fa and Xiang Liang were vying for supremacy in the court. So this time he was bound to win Chenjun. He thought that with the help of Liu Bang and Song Yi, he would be able to take down Chenjun.

Everything went smoothly beyond his expectation. Presumably, these Qin people also knew that their one hundred thousand army was defeated by the Chu people. When they saw the Chu army coming, those Qin soldiers did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

After being besieged by the Chu army for several days, some of them opened the city gates and surrendered. In this way, Qu Dou's army only besieged the city for a few days before occupying Chen County and successfully returned to Kuaiji.

After the King of Chu knew about this, he greatly rewarded Qu Dou and the others. The rewards were no less than those when Xiang Yu recaptured Donghai County and Xiang Liang defeated 100,000 Qin soldiers a few days ago. Naturally, the people in the Chu Kingdom understood the situation clearly.

The people in the Chu Kingdom knew about Chu King's favor for Qu Dou, so a group of people who had never dealt with Xiang Liang came to Qu Dou's side. For a time, the power of Chu State, which was already biased towards Xiang Liang, was once again balanced.

"I didn't expect that this King of Chu already knows the way of checks and balances after only a few years of service. If this continues, our life will be difficult." Xiang Ta said as he looked at Xiang Liang, who was frowning.

Xiang Liang smiled bitterly and said: "If the King of Chu is really for my great Chu, then the smarter he is, the happier I will be. Unfortunately, although Qu Dou he values ​​​​is very good in terms of talents, he is not someone who is dedicated to my great Chu.

He just wants to gain power, so I won't let them succeed. But now the most important thing is

What I'm worried about is Yu'er. From what he said to me last time, I can tell that his dissatisfaction with me has made him unable to bear it anymore. It turns out that I want to let him experience it again. By then, everyone in the Chu Kingdom will

I obeyed him, but now it seems that he doesn’t want to take this step, so that will only allow him to achieve more military exploits.”

Xiang Ta asked: "General, now that the king has begun to cultivate Qu Dou, what should we do?"

Fan Zeng said with a smile: "Qu Dou's foundation in our Chu country is far less solid than that of the general. Now he is just relying on the trust of the king. In fact, even this king is just a chess piece in the hands of the general. If they really have any interest in the general,

Unfavorable behavior, we can find another Chu person to be the king of Chu. But for the stability of our Chu land, and at the same time to deal with the Qin people, we have to let the people of Qu Dou exist first, so that more talented people can exist.

Scholars come to my country of Chu."

"That's it." Only then did Xiang realize that everything was still under Xiang Liang's control, and what he was showing now was just an illusion.

But Xiang Yu didn't know this, and now there was a rage in his heart that had nowhere to go. Ever since he and Xiang Liang captured Kuaiji County, Xiang Liang had become a powerful figure in the Chu State, but he had never been able to achieve much success.

, this is indeed a kind of torture for an ambitious young man. He has always believed that his uncle has his best interests in mind, so even if he is not allowed to lead troops to fight, he will endure it. But this time

he thinks it is

Xiang Liang blocked the great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, which made him very angry. Then Qu Dou made military exploits, catching up with Xiang Liang. This result made Xiang Yu really start to doubt his uncle. Was he afraid that he had made meritorious deeds?

There are more people than him, so why is he always not allowed to lead troops? This doubt has existed in Xiang Yu's mind for a long time, but now he still doesn't have the courage to question Xiang Liang, but the rift between uncle and nephew is getting bigger and bigger.

Big.

This time Chu's occupation of Chen County not only affected its own internal affairs, but also affected two other countries that had never dared to have a direct conflict with the Qin people - Zhao and Qi.

Ever since Zhao was almost led to Handan by Zhang Han, they have not dared to make any big moves. They only claimed the throne in Handan City and did not even dare to attack the original cities. But now Handan

There is not much food left in the city. If the Zhao people don't think of another way, I am afraid that the newly re-established Zhao Kingdom will automatically die.

Zhao Ye looked at the officials below and asked: "Now that the life and death of our country, Zhao, is at stake, is there any way you can help us, our country, to overcome this difficulty?"

Zhao Ting, who was named Changluhou, came out and suggested: "Now our Zhao country is just a small place in the Central Plains. It is indeed very difficult to attack the Qin people's counties. But if we find an ally, like when the six countries joined forces,

As long as we resist Qin, we may still have the possibility to survive. But I think that the Chu people in the south have enough soldiers and national strength to compete with Qin. Now they have defeated Qin's 100,000 soldiers. As long as we and

If Chu unites, he will definitely be able to deal with Qin."

"No, Marquis Changlu said this wrongly." A man came out with a loud voice.

Zhao Ye looked carefully and saw that it was Lian Hai, the descendant of the famous Zhao general Lian Po. He strode up to Zhao Ting and said: "Marquis Changlu, you have to know that the current military strength of the Chu people is indeed higher than that of Qin."

but at the same time their ambitions are no less than those of the Qin people. Their goal is also to unify the world. If I, Zhao

If the state of Zhao forms an alliance with Chu, it may not take a few years for it to be annexed by the Chu people. By then it will be too late for us to regret it. Moreover, to the Chu people, our Zhao state’s 20,000 to 30,000 horses are not in their eyes. Even if they and Chu people

If we form an alliance, I'm afraid they won't value us too much, so I think we must never form an alliance with others."

Zhao Ting really didn't consider this, but his proposal was refuted by Lian Hai as useless, leaving him no place to put his face, so he asked: "What should we do about General Yi Lian's intention?"

He originally wanted to embarrass the young man, but Lian Hai said confidently: "I have thought about this issue. Now we should unite with the people of Qi who are far to the east. Although the people of Qi have always regarded themselves as equals to the people of Qin

Dong Emperor, but now they are also

Like me, the people of Zhao, we were severely defeated by the people of Qin, and the people of Qi were also driven back to Linzi by the people of Chu. It was a time when we were in sympathy with each other, and Qi was far away from the Central Plains. It was not easy for them to annex our country of Zhao.

It’s an easy thing. Qi Zhao joining forces is a move that is beneficial to both parties.”

Zhao Ye also said after hearing this: "It's not unreasonable for me to listen to General Lian's words. We can send people to have a try. What do you think?"

The other ministers did not care. Now is a critical moment for Zhao State. Naturally, no one will stop anything that is beneficial to them from happening, so everyone agreed to Lian Hai's proposal. Even Zhao Ting nodded in support.

So Zhao Ye wrote a letter of credence in person, and took Lian Hai with it to Qi State, hoping to get help from the people of Qi.

After a few days' journey, Lian Hai arrived at Linzi, the capital of Qi, with his credentials. Seeing the prosperous scene in Linzi City, Lian Hai was filled with emotion: "Now we know how rich the people of Qi are. Far away from the Central Plains.

It seems that it is not as devastated by war as Handan and other places." While thinking, he came to the gate of the palace.

Qi Palace is the palace that was not burned down by the Qin people, so it looks much more grand than the newly built Zhao Palace in Handan, and it also has a deep sense of history. The soldiers guarding the gate knew that the visitor was an envoy from Zhao State.

, he went in and announced, and then the welcoming officials came out to welcome him and stayed in the hotel not far from the palace. All the etiquette was as grand and detailed as before.

Early the next morning, Lian Haicai went to the palace to meet King Qi under the leadership of the palace guards.

"General Lian came to Linzi this time to join forces with Qi to fight against the Qin people?" King Qi asked after reading the letter sent to him by King Zhao.

"Yes, both Qi and Zhao are coveted by others now. Only when our two countries unite can we defeat the Chu and Qin people and even restore our former homeland." Lian Haibukang.

He said without humility.

"But your State of Zhao only has one county in Handan, the capital, so why can you cooperate with our State of Qi?" An official among the Qi people suddenly asked.

"There is no need to worry about this. Although our Zhao State was beaten by the Qin people and only the capital Handan was left, there are still hundreds of thousands of Zhao people in the Zhao Kingdom. As long as our king raises his arms, he can form an army of hundreds of thousands.

Won't it be easy to capture a few cities by then?" Lian Hai said confidently.

King Qi smiled and said: "Since Zhao is still so powerful, why do you think of forming an alliance with Qi?"

"Just because we know that Zhao alone cannot compete with Qin. Only by uniting with other anti-Qin forces can we possibly restore our homeland."

"But our Qi State's homeland has almost been recovered, and now we have more than enough to protect ourselves. Why should we ally with Zhao State to help you restore our homeland?" Another minister asked.

"This gentleman is wrong. The reason why our six kingdoms were destroyed by Qin back then was because they were not united enough and even attacked each other. This gave the Qin people an opportunity to take advantage of it. Now we cannot make the same mistake again. And I

I also heard that the people of Chu have been keeping an eye on the country. If they know that our two countries have formed an alliance, they will have to weigh the strength of our two countries together when they want to attack Qi again. Therefore, our two countries joining forces will benefit both sides.

It’s something.”

King Qi looked at the ministers below and found that they were all moved by Lian Hai's words, so he asked: "If we form an alliance, what should we do?"

"It's very simple. As long as we help each other, when one side is in trouble or sends troops, the other side must send troops to help. Only in this way can we deal with the threats from Qin and Chu."

After thinking for a while, King Qi nodded and said: "Okay, I will agree to form an alliance with Zhao. From now on, we will help each other and advance and retreat together!"

Lian Hai hurriedly knelt down and said: "The King of Qi is wise, after our two countries form an alliance, they will definitely become stronger!"

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