Xianyang City, Zhao Gao's Mansion. When Hu Hai learned that Zhang Han had destroyed Handan City and destroyed Zhao State, Zhao Gao had already known the news in full. At this time, he was discussing the matter with a group of confidants. Zhao Gao

Gao was wearing a soft silk robe, and behind him was a girl who was no more than fifteen years old and was gently beating his shoulders. He closed his eyes comfortably, enjoying the girl's massage while listening to the comments of his subordinates.

kind of statement.

"Zhang Han's defeat of Handan is certainly a good thing for Daqin, but it has also led to Zhang Han's prestige in the court now being at its peak, which is not what we want to see." An official said.

"But no matter how powerful he is, he can't compare with the Prime Minister. After all, the Prime Minister is the number one contributor to the ascension of the current emperor to the throne." Another person said. For a while, these people expressed many opinions on this matter,

But Zhao Gao seemed to be completely immersed in the comfortable massage, only listening to their words without putting forward his own opinions.

In fact, Zhao Gao's purpose of calling in all the people he considered to be his confidants today was not to let them figure out a countermeasure. His purpose was to see how loyal these people were to him. After learning about Zhang Han's great reputation,

After the resurgence, some people began to play both sides, trying to balance Hu Hai and himself, so that he could use these people in a targeted manner to achieve what he had always wanted to achieve.

After all, everyone could not come up with anything after such a discussion. After Zhao Gao yawned, everyone stood up and said goodbye. Watching them leave the lobby one after another, a trace of ridicule appeared from the corner of Zhao Gao's mouth.

The smile. Perhaps because he is not a complete person, Zhao Gao has always been hostile to these courtiers. It is just because he relies on them to control the entire world that he deliberately engages in trouble with them.

Although he has good relationships, in fact, in his eyes, these people are just tools for him, and those who want to have both sides are tools that he intends to throw away at any time. At this time, a real close family member came to Zhao Gao and stood beside him.

After whispering something in his ear, the sarcastic smile on Zhao Gao's face disappeared and he said to him: "You lead him to my secret room. I'll go change my clothes first." After that, he went to the secret room.

He left the inner courtyard. Who could Zhao Gao value so highly that he wanted to meet him in a secret room after changing his clothes?

When Zhao Gao came to the secret room, a person was already waiting inside. He was wrapped in a large cloak, and he also wore a hat that could completely cover his face, so no one could see his appearance clearly.

Zhao Gao seemed to be very familiar with him. When he saw his clothes, he bent down to salute, but was interrupted by him waving his hand: "Prime Minister, there is no need to be so polite." Zhao Gao then came to face him.

Sitting there. Who could actually make Zhao Gao look so respectful?

"You should also know about Zhang Han, right?" The man went straight into the tunnel.

"Yes, do you think the time has come now?"

"The more military achievements Zhang Han has, the more confident the emperor will be in him, and the less defensive he will be. Once Zhang Han falls into a bitter battle in Chu, it's time for us to take action. As long as Hu Hai is

Except, Zhang Han can't compete with you and me with only his army without food and grass supplies. If he is a smart man, he will not be our enemy. Besides, he can't find any evidence that the emperor died in our hands.

"." The man's voice was very calm, and only when he mentioned Hu Hai or the emperor did he reveal his murderous intent.

"Yes, what is the purpose of your coming here?" Zhao Gao felt very strange. In fact, they had already discussed these things, and there was no need for him to take the risk of coming.

"The purpose of my coming today is to tell you that Ying will prepare food, grass and property and send them to Zhang Han in the next few days according to the emperor's order, so you should not have any conflict with him these days."

He stood up and said, "I can't stay with you for long, I'm going back now."

Zhao Gao hurriedly stood up, respectfully opened the door for him and sent him away. But after he left, Zhao Gao, who was originally flattering, showed murderous intent on his face and stood upright: "You have always treated me as a human being.

I am a tool and a slave. Yingzheng is like this, Hu Hai is like this, and you are like this. But I will not let you treat me as a tool or slave anymore. I will turn the people of the world into my tools and my slaves!"

In Jiujiang County, Xiang Yu was discussing the demise of the Zhao Kingdom with some of his brothers who had occupied this place with him. "In fact, no matter whether Zhao was destroyed by Qin, I have long disliked them, and they still caused Brother Yu to become a big brother."

The main culprit of the defeat, if they had not suddenly sent troops, you would have destroyed Qi State long ago, and you would have become the biggest contributor to our Chu State. Why are you falling out with the King of Chu like this now?" Xiang Zhuang stood unconditionally.

Xiang Yu's side.

Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Brother Zhuang, what you said is actually not entirely correct. The failure of the attack on Qi was indeed due to the sudden dispatch of troops by the Zhao people. However, our complete break with the Chu State and the raising of troops to stand on our own had nothing to do with the Zhao people. Real man

When you are born in the world, you should do something vigorous and vigorous. You only know that it is unwise to be loyal to others, even those who are not as good as yourself. Even if I win a great victory in Qi, I will most likely become the enemy of Chu State.

In the end, it will be the same as it is now. Okay, now is not the time to mention this. I want to ask you what you think of this Zhang Han. He is coming very menacingly. One hundred thousand soldiers took Zhao Zhiwei and rushed straight to my Chu land. We can fight them.

?"

A general who did not look mighty but looked shrewd said: "General, why do we need to fight the Qin army? What they want to attack is Chu State, and we have nothing to do with Chu State now.

, I just have to watch the two sides fight in Jiujiang County, why bother to stand up for them anymore?"

"Yingbu, what you said is not entirely correct." Following Xiang Yu to Jiujiang was Xiang He, a steady and wise man. The reason why he came was because he hoped that he could persuade Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang to get back together, because he knew that Xiang Liang

Liang's painstaking efforts, "As the saying goes, Kuaiji County is behind our Jiujiang, and Zhang Han's army has not grown wings to fly over our Jiujiang. Therefore, a battle between us and Zhang Han is inevitable."

Yingbu was not moved by Xiang Ta's words at all: "Does General Xiang Ta want us to fight the Qin people for the King of Chu and Qu Dou? I'm afraid these soldiers are only willing to fight for General Xiang Yu but not for those two people.

Fight hard. As for the geographical advantage you mentioned, I suggest that we take advantage of the fact that the Chu people are preparing for a war with Qin. We fight all the way from Surabaya to Donghai County, capture Donghai County and watch the battle between the two sides. Maybe after the Chu people are defeated, we can fight.

Some people will run there to join us, and by then General Xiang Yu will be able to establish his own country."

"You..." Xiang Ta was speechless for a moment. Every step Yingbu took was for Xiang Yu. Although this would lead to internal turmoil in the Chu State and accelerate the demise of the Chu State, this would not be the best for Xiang Yu.

It was a good opportunity, a good opportunity to strengthen himself. So Xiang didn't know how to argue with Yingbu.

"This is indeed a good idea, Brother Yu, just do what General Ying said. Since the King of Chu was unkind, no wonder we took advantage of it." Xiang Zhuang came and said with interest.

Xiang Yu didn't want to fight with Qin Bing. It wasn't that he was afraid of Zhang Han. The key was that he really didn't want to hurt his Xiang family children for the sake of King Chu. But then he thought of his uncle Xiang Liang.

When the Qin soldiers came, the last person the King of Chu could use was Xiang Liang. If he didn't help his uncle, I'm afraid he might not be the opponent of those Qin people. Then my uncle would have only two options - one is

One of the reasons for dying on the battlefield was that he was framed by people with ulterior motives in the Chu State. If this was true, even if he could kill all the enemies on both sides of Qin and Chu, he would still be unable to survive, so Xiang Yu made a decision

: "Well, you don't have to argue. I decided to see which general Chu sent. If it is someone else, we will go to the East China Sea as Yingbu said. If it is my uncle who leads the army, then we will go to the East China Sea.

Help them one last time, and then think of another way after the Qin people are defeated."

Seeing that Xiang Yu had already made up his mind, everyone said nothing more.

When they heard that Qin was attacking Chu, the whole country of Qi was rejoicing, but the news that followed was like a basin of cold water that extinguished Qi's enthusiasm. His ally Zhao was actually destroyed in this way. It was so devastating.

So fast, even the people they asked for help had no time to send a message to the Qi people, which made the Qi people once again feel the terror of the Qin army. The last time they experienced this terror was decades ago, when the Qin army surrounded Linzi City.

At that time, even if the city gate was breached by the Chu army, the Qi people did not feel that kind of terror, but only had the desire to fight to the death.

Now, as in the last discussion on whether to form an alliance with Zhao, there are two factions of opinions within the State of Qi. One faction proposes to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, watch the struggle between Qin and Chu, and even regain some of the Chu people's strength if they have the opportunity.

Hatred, those who hold this attitude are all generals in the Qi State. In fact, their subtext is that they do not want to fight with the extremely powerful Qin army. Another opinion is to send people to get in touch with the Chu State and join forces with the Chu State to fight against Qin, because

They believed that when Qin destroyed Chu, it would definitely take advantage of the situation to attack Qi, so it would be better to send troops to fight Qin in Chu, where their losses would be smaller.

The King of Qi was wavering between these two opinions, which led to people holding these two opinions arguing endlessly in the court every day. The quarrel really made his head big. Just when he was undecided, two envoys appeared.

But he finally made a decision. One of the two envoys was sent by the Qin State, and the other was sent by the Chu State.
Chapter completed!