Winter turns to spring, and Chu State is located in the south, so their spring comes earlier than in other places. Although it is only February, the temperature has risen a lot, and the young leaves on the tree heads can already be seen.

After the continuous great victories in the past few days, the people of Chu were full of confidence in the rulers of Chu. In their minds, nothing could stump the King of Chu and his ministers, but is this really the case?

At this time, Xiang Liang and Qu Dou were being summoned in the palace of the King of Chu. This was because of the fact that the people of Qi had formed an alliance with the people of Zhao, which had been widely spread in the Chu area. After several years of experience, the King of Chu , no longer understood anything as he did in previous years, and with the help of some internal servants who knew political affairs, he was now familiar with handling military and state affairs. He frowned at the intelligence collected from Qi State, and suddenly raised his head and asked Xiang and Liang said: "It seems that the alliance between Qi and Zhao is true. Our people there have received news that people from Zhao are constantly going to Linzi, and people from Qi are constantly transporting salt to Zhao for sale. It seems that Both parties have reached a tacit understanding."

Xiang Liang has already seen this information, because those spies were sent to various places by him back then. Since they are his people, the information will naturally be sent to him as soon as possible. He said worriedly: "If Qi Zhao is really allowed to If the friendly relations between them continue to develop, I'm afraid their power will grow and even affect the interests of us Chu people, so we must take measures."

When Qu Dou heard the news, he knew that it was another time for him to show off his power, so he rushed to say: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me lead the troops to attack Qi State before the cooperation between them has been formed? It’s time to destroy everything.”

Xiang Liang intercepted his words and said: "It is not wrong for you to want to attack the Qi people, but now our two countries are people who are resisting Qin. It seems unreasonable to attack Qi without any reason. In my opinion, it is the same. They usually form alliances with each other, which is also a good thing for the anti-Qin people in the world."

"But General Xiang, don't forget that the Chu people and the Qi people just fought. Do you think they will accept our overtures? Only when our army presses under Linzi City will they truly form an alliance with us. Even follow us." Qu Dou sneered.

Xiang Liang also counterattacked: "Master Qu, we have to find a reason to attack Qi, right? As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, the things will not be accomplished. Without a good reason, how can you convince the soldiers? How can you let them sacrifice their lives for you? I think you are eager to seek credit and use the lives of our Chu soldiers to pave the way for yourself!"

"You..." Qu Dou was speechless by Xiang Liang, so he could only turn his attention to King Chu, hoping that he could help him.

The King of Chu has now felt the constraints of Qu Dou, and Xiang Liang respects him a little more, so now his actions are to increase Qu Dou's strength and suppress Xiang Liang, but in today's situation, he also knows that it is Xiang Liang What he said was reasonable, and he didn't want to be too supportive of Qu Dou, so he said: "You two don't have to argue. Let's listen to the opinions of the ministers in the palace tomorrow."

Early the next morning, the ministers in the main hall immediately divided into two groups. Those who followed Xiang Liang had already received the news, and naturally opposed the attack on Qi. However, those led by Qu Dou unanimously proposed to attack the Qi people. The main hall was in chaos. There was no difference in numbers between the two sides, which made it very difficult for the King of Chu to deal with. At this time, he saw that among the people who were arguing with red faces, one person did not say a word and held his arms. Looking at the ministers as if watching a play, it was Xiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu. "Why didn't Xiang Liang's nephew go to help him but instead watched the play on the side?" King Chu felt a little strange, but then he remembered A few months ago, there was news from the guards in the palace that Xiang Yu and his uncle were having a conflict. They had a few words of quarrel outside the palace and broke up. At that time, he thought it was just an incident. It's a small matter, but looking at the current situation, it seems that this contradiction is not small. The King of Chu is also a strong-blooded man, and he also wants to make a difference. Now that the Qi people have formed an alliance with the Zhao people, he also wants to send troops to fight the Qi people. The momentum was suppressed. But if he agreed to Qu Dou's proposal, he would openly oppose Xiang Liang. He didn't want to offend Xiang Liang too much, so he never came to a conclusion. Seeing Xiang Yu's expression at this time, he decided to put this The decision-making power of this matter is left to Xiang Yu. If he says war, he can suppress Xiang Liang and the others, and at the same time he can sow discord between the two uncles and nephews. If he says no war, he can sell himself to Xiang Liang. Thinking of this, he signaled the ministers to calm down, and then asked Xiang Yu: "General Xiang Yu, in your opinion, should we attack Qi or not?"

When Qu Dou heard that King Chu actually went to ask Xiang Liang's nephew who was so close to him that he couldn't kiss him anymore, his heart felt cold. When he thought about it, it would be over if he asked Xiang Yu. There was no reason for his nephew not to help his uncle. But Xiang

Liang's face was even uglier than Qu Dou's, because he knew his nephew too well. Maybe just now he would not confront him in public because of his relationship with him, but Xiang Yu wanted to make contributions to many people, so

I'm afraid he will object to his own opinions at this time.

Xiang Yu has been just listening since he entered the hall without saying a word. Although his seat is not too far back, it is still too far back compared to some of the ministers who came after him to assist him, so in his heart he feels bad for himself

His uncle has always had resentment, but he just didn't want outsiders to see the joke, so he didn't conflict with Xiang Liangqi head-on. After hearing Xiang Liang's words today, the anger in his heart burned again. He didn't expect that his uncle was still so afraid of getting into trouble.

, even the small Qi State did not dare to attack. If Xiang Yu had not restrained himself, Xiang Yu would have rushed out and argued with his uncle. But he didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble came, and the King of Chu actually asked him face to face.

Xiang Yu took a breath and said: "In my opinion, the real intention of the alliance between the Qi people and the Zhao people is to fight against our Chu country. If we don't take advantage of their fledgling power to reduce their strength now,

, I am afraid that it will become a serious problem for us in the future, so I suggest that it is better to send troops to attack the Qi people."

As soon as these words came out, there was a "buzzing" sound in the palace. No one expected that Xiang Yu would oppose his uncle's opinions. Of course, this did not include Xiang Liang and the King of Chu. After hearing Xiang Yu's words, Xiang Liang could only

He felt that he had nothing to say, but the King of Chu was overjoyed: "General Xiang Yu's words are very much in line with my wishes, so I agreed to send troops to attack Qi. As for the person who leads the troops..."

"Your Majesty, last time I defeated the Qi people in the East China Sea, and this time I want to lead my troops to take down Linzi!" Xiang Yu immediately answered.

The King of Chu looked at Qu Dou, who looked proud, and Xiang Liang, who looked helpless. He knew that Xiang Liang would definitely not lead the troops this time, and if Qu Dou was allowed to lead them, his battlefield experience would be too much after all.

If he doesn't win, he may not win. Moreover, if he wins, the situation will be reversed and he will become weak and strong, which will be no different from now, so he has also ruled out Qu Dou. And Xiang Yu happens to be a person who can be used

The person who balances the strength between Qu Xiang, thinking of this, the King of Chu said: "Since General Xiang Yu has such confidence in himself, then I will send you as the general to conquer Qi. Who else do you need?"

Qu Dou was anxious when he heard that the King of Chu did not send him to fight, but the King of Chu had already spoken, and he could no longer object, so he had to swallow his words of invitation to fight, and at the same time stared at Xiang Yu hatefully.

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After hearing what King Chu said, Xiang Liang knew that all the preparations he had made for Xiang Yu were in vain, so he had to sigh secretly and say nothing.

Xiang Yu hurriedly stood up and saluted the King of Chu and said, "I only need 50,000 troops, and the other generals in the court don't need them."

The King of Chu did not expect that Xiang Yu would say this, but whether he could win or not did not concern the King of Chu, so he said: "Then as you asked, I will farewell to the general outside the city in three days." One time, there was a question about whether to attack Qi.

The human court meeting ended in this way. The result was that neither Xiang Liang nor Qu Dou was the winner. The real winner was the King of Chu.

After walking slowly out of the hall, Qu Dou stopped Xiang Liang: "General Xiang, please stay." Seeing Xiang Liang stop and look at him with doubtful eyes, Qu Dou sneered and said, "General Xiang is really good at this.

"Obviously it is my nephew who wants to show off his talents, but he uses my power to promote the conquest of Qi. In this way, no matter whether he wins or loses, you, General Xiang, will make a profit." After saying these words, he

Without waiting for Xiang Liang to speak, he walked away, leaving only Xiang Liang with a wry smile on his face.

After returning to his house, Xiang Liang immediately went to find Xiang Yu. At this time, Xiang Yu was wiping his long knife. He used the finest silk to carefully wipe the long knife inch by inch, as if he was stroking his beloved one.

The woman's skin. When he saw his uncle coming in, he just raised his eyes and did not speak.

Xiang Liang suppressed the anger in his heart and then said: "Yu'er, you have a plan in mind, why don't you discuss it with me first?"

Xiang Yu said without raising his head: "If I tell my uncle, will he agree with my opinion? I'm afraid you will only do everything possible to obstruct it. And this time it's not me who stood up and said it, but the king asked me

, I just said what I was thinking, why not?"

Xiang Liang was speechless for a moment, knowing that if he continued talking, his nephew would be more suspicious of his intentions, so he said: "When you attack Qi, you must be careful and make sure you don't make any mistakes." After Xiang Yu nodded and agreed, Xiang Liang

And left.

Three days later, the King of Chu generously rewarded the soldiers who went on the expedition, and then read out the imperial edict to attack Qi. After a fierce drum beat, Xiang Yu set off with 50,000 troops.

As Xiang Yu's army left Kuaiji, there was also a homing pigeon, and its destination was Shangjun.
Chapter completed!