Chapter 545
After meeting with Bai Mo, Han Xin had a very unhappy talk. However, in the end, Han Xin succumbed to Bai Mo's pressure, pinched his nose and agreed to give up six counties from Jibei County and handed them over to Zhao State.
After sending Bai Mo away, Han Xin, who came to Miaonu Palace, was still angry.
Seeing Feng Miaonu, King Han Xin was even a little guilty because he had already agreed to divide two counties from Jibei County to his beloved concubine's father and brother as a marquis. But now these two counties and the other four counties have been given to Zhao State together, but the promise made was impossible to fulfill again.
Feng Miaonu happened to ask about this, and King Han Xin of Han was speechless.
After figuring out the whole story, Feng Miaonu did not blame Han Xin and Han Xin, but just cried heartbrokenly. Looking at the plowing flowers and rain, I saw my beloved concubine, Han King Han Xin was so sad that he almost suffocated and felt a little ashamed. He couldn't even fulfill Xu No, who was the king of his beloved concubine. What kind of king is he? The hatred for the Han Kingdom in his heart became stronger.
The hatred in his heart was really hard to eliminate, and the thorn in King Han Han Xin's heart was buried.
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After June, summer grain entered the warehouse, and ships of grain were continuously transported from Bashu, Jingxiang and Jiangdong to Ao Cang through water and land passages.
When Xiang Zhuang inspected Ao Cang, the grain transport fleet from Jiangdong had just arrived in Ao Cang. The fleet was traveling by water, with more than a thousand large and small ships, and the grain transported was enough 200,000 stones!
Looking around, there are dark boatmen on both sides of the gulf, and the sound of horns resounded throughout the sky, which was very spectacular.
Baili Xian, who was responsible for raising food, grass and weapons, introduced excitedly: "The king, Bashu, Jingxiang, and Jiangdong have achieved unprecedented harvests. The harvest in Huai and Si and Wei areas is not bad, at least self-sufficiency is no longer a problem. Now the grain taxes from all over the country are being transported to Ao Cang one after another, and nearly one million stones have arrived in advance."
Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "Ziliang, Jingxiang and Jiangdong's grain and taxes must be transported to Ao Cang, but Bashu's grain and taxes do not have to be transported to Ao Cang thousands of miles away. I plan to build another Shu Cang in Chengdu and tuck the grain and grain in Shu."
Bailixian repeatedly replied, of course he knew the intention of Xiang Zhuang's move. Xiang Zhuang specially built Shucang grain in Chengdu. The intention was self-evident. This was to prepare for the early stage of military use in Hanzhong or Longxi in the near future, that is to say, after the destruction of Zhao, a large-scale military use against the Han Kingdom will be launched.
The process of unifying the world will not be too far away.
Thinking of this, Bailixian couldn't help but feel a little excited. He thought that after experiencing two major battles last year and moving the capital to Luoyang, the State of Chu would need three to five years of rest and recuperation to accumulate enough strength. However, the fact was not the case. In just one year, the State of Chu had enough troops and food again!
This cannot be attributed to the reforms vigorously promoted by the king. It was the king's rapid reform of the national government that created the current situation of Chu's talent, military strength and sufficient food and salary!
Xiang Zhuang seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while, he said: "Now everything is ready, but I only need the east wind."
Bailixian was speechless. He knew the king's meaning. Now Chu State has prepared everything. The three imperial guards in Luoyang are ready to fight at any time. The soldiers of the county government have also completed training and can gather to fight at any time. Ao Cang's grain is enough to support the 500,000 troops to fight abroad.
However, the State of Chu is still lacking a high-sounding excuse to send troops.
Xiang Zheng finally laid a thorn among the three countries of Lianheng Alliance. If the effect of this thorn cannot be maximized, it can only mean that Xiang Zhuang is not as capable as the prince.
With the current strength of Chu, it is actually not a problem to fight against Lianheng Alliance. As long as you take a defensive move against two of them, then concentrate your efforts to destroy one of their countries first, and then defeat the remaining two countries one by one, Chu will have a 90% chance of winning, but in this way, the unification process will be delayed, and it may even last for three or five years.
But Xiang Zhuang no longer wants to delay for so long, and he is determined to unify the world within the year!
Therefore, Yan State must be dragged into the battle group, and then Chu State can send troops into Zhao State in the name of mediation. Only in this way can it not stimulate King Han Xin too much. If King Han Xin of Han State is ambiguous, the entire Lianheng Alliance will collapse, and then the Chu-Yan coalition will be able to destroy Zhao State with thunder and thunder in a short period of time, and will not consume too much national strength.
Then, after several months of slight renovation, the State of Chu could do its best to attack the Han Dynasty when the autumn grain was harvested.
But, how can we drag Yan State into the battle group? According to the information provided by Eumu Cliff, Yan King Zangyan's attitude has been a little ambiguous recently, and he even kept in contact with the Black Ice Platform in secret. If Chu State took the initiative to provoke a war at this time, Yan State would never participate in the war, and maybe he would drag the Chu army back behind him.
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When Xiang Zheng returned to Lu County, Tian Heng, Pang Yu, Wu She and his party had already arrived in advance.
Tian Heng finally set foot on his hometown again after more than ten years. His mood was undoubtedly complicated, with joy and worries, but more of it was lost, because at this time his "Qi State" could no longer be considered the real Qi State. It is more appropriate to say that it is Xue State than to say that it is Xue State, because there is only one Xue County in his territory.
What made Tian Heng even more disappointed was that he, a king, was just a puppet, and the military power was in the hands of General Pang Yu, and the appointment and removal power of officials was in the hands of the Prime Minister Wushe. He, the king, also symbolically did some orders. The only thing that is to be thankful is that hundreds of powerful families of Qi came from Linzi.
But if Tian Heng didn't have an army in his hand, it would not be enough to support his royal power based on these aristocratic families, so he had to hold his tail together to be a human being. After all, these aristocratic families could only give him verbally but could not provide substantial help, because they had neither power nor soldiers.
Therefore, General Zhao Xi, the general of Qi, led 30,000 Qi troops, and Pang Yu was reorganized. In addition to selecting 3,000 of them to be organized into Xue County's prefectures, the remaining 20,000 people have been condemned into various counties and become registered households. Although Zhao Xi was unwilling, how could he dare to resist in front of Pang Yu's strong soldiers?
So as soon as Xiang Zheng arrived in Lu County, Tian Heng quickly put down his figure and came to visit him on his own initiative.
The reason why Tian Heng deliberately lowered his posture in front of Xiang Zheng was to act respectfully in front of Xiang’s father and son so that Xiang Zhuang could be completely relieved of him, and then he could let go. Unfortunately, Tian Heng’s painstaking efforts were all gone. When Tian Heng said goodbye and left, Xiang Zheng’s expression was quite cold.
"The goal of King Qi is big." Looking at Tian Heng's back as he was leaving, Xiang Zheng said lightly.
Pang Yu and Wu She looked at each other on the left and right mat, and a hint of Xin Wei's expression flashed across the corners of their eyes. Compared with more than half a year ago, the prince's experience and temperament are very different. It seems that war is indeed a training person.
Xiang Zheng's topic quickly turned to Xiang Zhuang and asked Pang Yu and the others: "General, Prime Minister, I wonder if my father is in good mood recently? Is there two mothers, how can he be in good health?"
Wu She knelt down from the mat and answered, "The Queen and the Concubine are very good, but the King is not in a good mood."
"Is the father upset because of the attack on Zhao?" Although the attack on Zhao was confidential, Xiang Zheng, as the prince of Chu, was naturally qualified to participate, so he knew about this matter.
Pang Yu sighed and said, "Isn't it just for this?"
Xiang Zheng nodded slightly, but suddenly a trace of vicious look that was hard to detect was flashed across the corner of his eyes.
After Pang Yu and Wu She said goodbye one after another, Xiang Zheng first found the commander of Xuanyi Guard stationed in Lu County, and then summoned Gao Lang to the headquarters. The two talked secretly until the middle of the night before Gao Lang said goodbye and left.
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One day half a month later, a mysterious man suddenly came to Chunyu County and asked to see the Zhao army guard Bai Yan.
Bai Yan had already abandoned most of the Jiaodong County that originally belonged to Zhao State. The reason why he was able to defend the last Chunyu County was not because the Zhao army absolutely counterattacked the Chu-Yan coalition, but because the Chu-Yan coalition did not launch an attack on Chunyu County. Bai Yan was not fighting against Chu. If the Chu-Yan coalition launched an attack, the Zhao army would definitely not be able to defend it.
However, Bai Yan did not dare to abandon the city and escape. The battle was so tragic. If he had not even abandoned Chunyu County, he might have been killed by Bai Xuan after returning to Handan. Although Bai Xuan was his uncle, Bai Yan knew very well that his nephew would be recognised by his relatives when he started to be angry.
"Who are you?" Bai Yan looked at the unknown person in front of him coldly.
"General, don't care who the villain is. Just listen to the villain's words." The unknown person has a short figure and is not good-looking. However, he is quite calm when he is still alive. Facing the unconcealed murderous intent on Bai Yan's face, this person is not only not frightened, but even seems extremely calm. "Three days later, Prince Chu will go to Anqiu with Prince Yan to hunt."
"Crown Prince Chu will go to Anqiu with Prince Yan in three days to hunt?!" Bai Yan was moved. Anqiu was only more than fifty miles away from Chunyu County. If he could condemn an elite soldier in advance, and then capture Prince Chu and Prince Yan alive, it would be a great achievement, right? In the future, he would have no worries in his head.
However, after this defeat in the Tiger Leaping Canyon, Bai Yan was already full of war, and the plants and trees were all soldiers. He said coldly: "I dare to use it to lure the enemy to deceive our army. Do you really think that I am an idiot?" After that, Bai Yan shouted again, "Come here, drag this spy out with me and I... chopped it down!"
The mysterious man was not afraid and only sneered: "It's a pity that the general missed a great achievement."
Until the sword and axe hand pushed the mysterious man out of the gate, the mysterious man remained calm. Bai Yan thought repeatedly. He immediately ordered the sword and axe hand to stop, and then pushed the mysterious man into the gate, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
The mysterious man raised his head and said calmly: "General, it doesn't matter who the villain is. What is important is that Prince Chu and Prince Yan will go to Anqiu to hunt in three days." (This site...,.
Chapter completed!