From February to March, the situation in the Central Plains was again deadlocked.

The Qin army of 80,000 troops of Henan and Nanyang, while the Chu army of 70,000 troops of Chen County and Dangjun, the two sides were at a stalemate on the front line of Bishui and Fangcheng.

The Qin army was on the offensive in Henan, using Chenggao as a base, constantly crossing the Bishui River to launch an attack on the Chu army between Beijing and Suo, and the large army of the Chu army, the coalition army composed of the Eighteenth Road County Gong, was stationed in Daliang and Chenliu, building Yongdao and supporting the Chu general Zhong Liyi in Xingyang, which was barely able to hold it.

On the southern front, Qin Chu attacked and defended the different situation, in January, Xiang Ji out of Nanjun, passed Shen Xi, fought with the lieutenant in Runan, won the victory, collected the children of the Huai West Chu, supplemented the losses, and then took advantage of the victory to advance westward, wanting to break the square city and trap the Wan city.

But the Qin army had already been in the defense line of Nanyang, Chen Ying led the people to the imperial army, the Chu army was tired, and the end of the strong crossbow could not be worn, and when it was difficult to enter, Xiang Ji asked people to bring the captured Gongwei to Fangcheng, so that he could surrender the old department, but even though the Gongwei was bound, the sword and axe were on the side, but he still shouted:

"Fight to kill the thief, don't live up to the regent!"

He turned back to Chu Jun and shouted: "Xiang Ji'er, if you are not the enemy of Xia Gong, if you are not interested in surrendering, you will be captured!" ”

Xiang Ji was angry and cooked the captain, but the result made the Fangcheng guards try their best, so Chu couldn't cross Fangcheng to the west.

Under the stalemate, Yingchuan, which happened to be sandwiched between Qin and Chu, became the most sinful place.

For the Qin army, this was the best gap to break through, and compared to the Chu, the resistance of the Han was minimal.

For the Chu army, this is another good place to search for food and catch Ding - isn't South Korea an ally of Chu? Naturally, it is necessary to contribute to the war.

As the "fake king" of South Korea, Zhang Liang, who is in Xinzheng, does not know how many heart-wrenching news he receives every day.

For example, the Yuanling where the confrontation took place in Qin and Chu is the place where the tombs of the Han kings of the past dynasties are located, and the two sides encounter here, regardless of the purity of the Han kings. Relying on the mausoleum and ancient songs, the Chu army tried to stop the attack of the Qin army Yue Xiao Mei Kai, and the Qin army also launched a fierce attack on this place.

As a result of the fierce battle between the two armies, the mausoleums of King Han Jiao and King Han Huanhui were tragically destroyed, Gu Song was burned countless times, the burial pits were also dug up, and the corpses of Gongzi Wang Sun were discarded at will......

And the Chu army Sanlu doctor Zhao Sao settled in Xinzheng, many houses, were occupied by the Chu soldiers, the follow-up food of the Chu army was insufficient, and they actually asked the Xinzheng merchants for money, corn and wine and meat supplies, which was something that Zheng and Han Zhijun had never done in the past dynasties......

"This group of monkeys of the Chu State treats the Koreans harshly, and they are more ruthless than the Qin officials!"

This is the cry of the Peng official of Xinzheng City to Zhang Liang, who was beaten by a Chu lieutenant because he came forward to defend Shangjia, and his nose was blue and his face was swollen.

The Qin officials were still sentenced according to the law, but the Chu people were robbers who didn't pay attention to the rules at all!

Zhang Liang protested to Zhaosao, but Zhaosao only picked out the beating Chu General and punished him lightly.

Although Zhang Liang was a false king, in the eyes of the Chu people, he was just a puppet of the Xiang family, no different from Zheng Chang.

The Chu people also did not fully trust Zhang Liang, he only managed the area north of Yingshui, and as for Yingnan, it was still managed by Zheng Chang, the "Han Xiang" in Yangzhai, and it is said that the situation there was even worse.

As the main battlefield of the recent battles, the Jia (Jiá) County (Jiaxian, Henan) and Xiangcheng (Xiangcheng, Henan) in Yingnan suffered the greatest losses, and the Yingbu Department of the Chu Army and the Wu Guangbu Department of the Qin Army fought in the vicinity, and a large number of locals could only take refuge in Yangzhai.

Zhang Liangyou's cronies were ordered to go to Yingnan in February, and when they returned, they reported to him what they had seen and heard.

"The subordinates traveled back and forth between Yangzhai and Xinzheng, and met poor people dozens of times on the road, there were forty or fifty-one groups, and there were more than one hundred groups, all of whom were from Jiaxian County and Xiangcheng, who came to stop the public and express their grievances, and their cries shook the ground."

"They said that Qin Zhanjia County and Chu Zhanxiangcheng fought fiercely for several days, and among the two counties, many townships were burned, and both sides came to grab grain and pull husbands, and those who could not hand over food and had no time to escape were killed. Even in a township in Xiangcheng, because he did not carry out the order of the Chu army to collect grain, he was falsely accused of Tongqin, and more than 70 people were killed. “

After a month, the two counties that were originally rich have accumulated to the point of death, and ten rooms and nine are empty.

A large number of refugees who fled from the war-burned villages poured into the cities like a tidal wave, and according to statistics, the total number of refugees who fled to the vicinity of Xinzheng in recent days has reached 9,000, and the number continues to increase. Yang Zhai was even more, but Zheng Chang refused to accept it, closed the city gates, turned away the refugees, and left them to fend for themselves......

Yingchuan, which has been reduced to a battlefield, is struggling in dire straits, thieves are rampant, order is corrupted, and the extortion of the Chu people is becoming more and more excessive, which makes Zhang Liang worried.

"This stalemate will only bring the greatest damage to Yingchuan! Spring ploughing has been delayed, there is no food for autumn and winter, and if even summer replanting is missed, half of the millions of Koreans in Yingchuan will starve to death if they do not die in the war. ”

This is the sorrow of small countries, their fate is never in their own hands.

It is also ridiculous to say that when he was young, he fought hard to assassinate Qin, praying for chaos in the world, but when he was old, he longed for peace......

Maybe it was because at that time he only had national hatred and family hatred in his eyes, but now, there are more state and country fathers and elders, and he has begun to look at problems from their point of view.

Fortunately, when the time entered late March, Zhang Liang had been looking forward to a person for a long time, but he finally came back!

On March 15, Li Shiqi, who had been separated from Zhang Liang for two months, arrived in Xinzheng again under the escort of his cronies arranged by Zhang Liang!

……

"I thought that when the ovary saw that Qin Chu was deadlocked again, he would regret it again and kill the old man."

When they met again, Li Shiqi was even more confident, and even teased Zhang Lianglai, who was always frowning because of the bad situation in Yingchuan.

"The state of Chu seems to have withstood the onslaught of the Qin army, and even won and lost each other, but in fact, this is just a return to the past......"

Zhang Liang knew very well that the state of Chu had exhausted its war potential.

"As far as I know, Ding Zhuang in Guanzhong was farming at home during spring ploughing. On the other hand, in the state of Chu, the young and strong people in the country were all levied to Liang and Chen, and the eighteen county dukes were also subordinate to each other. ”

"It's like, right now Chu has made ten points, but Qin has only scored five points, once the spring plowing is over, it is time to divide the winner and loser......"

What's more, Xiang Yu's uncles and nephews are all in the Central Plains, Huainan must be empty, and the troubles that Xiang Yu's military adventure has not been able to solve: Nanjun, Hengshan, and Jiangdong will backstab the base camp of the Chu army at any time.

Compared with the overall situation, even a little tactical victory has nothing to do with the overall situation, if nothing happens, this war, as it was thirteen years ago, will end up with Qin winning and Chu defeating.

Since you can't beat it, you can only join.

Seeing that Zhang Liang could see it clearly, Li Shiqi laughed:

"I don't hide it, in the past two months, the situation in Hebei has been decided, and Chen Sheng, the commander of Zhao, raised troops in Hengshan and attacked Handan in the south. And the general Han Xin has broken Lu Goujian in Changping, captured 40,000 Zhao soldiers, and used it as a striker to attack the eldest son and Taihang Zhudao. Zhang Er gave up the party and fled to Dongyang, and Li Zuoche was also trapped in Taiyuan. Now it seems that the strength of the Zhao State has gone to half of it, and next, it will be the turn of the Chu State......"

"And the regent of Great Qin, Xia Gong, has also sworn to the east, and at this moment he has passed the Hangu Pass, after entering the summer, it is the time when Qin and Chu will fight the Central Plains, and Qin will destroy the Xiang clan with several times the number of people!"

Li Shiqi saw what Zhang Liang was worried about, and arched his hand:

"Congratulations to the ovary, so that South Korea can finally get out of the predicament it is in."

Zhang Liang said: "My condition, black ...... Xia Gong agreed? ”

"The regent of Great Qin accepts your conditions."

Li Shiqi stretched out two fingers:

"First, forgive all the Koreans, you must know that Gongsun Xin once fought with the Han Xin Department under the regent, and fought together in Kunyang, which was originally an ally, but now he is forced to attach himself to the Chu army, but he is only coerced. After the war, Han Zhi's officials and soldiers will not be punished for any crime of rebellion and group robbery. ”

"Second, after the Han land was surrendered, 300,000 stones of grain were transported from Luoyang and Nanyang to Yingchuan to relieve the famine of the Koreans, and he would even send agricultural officials to assist the Koreans in planting grain, so that the judge could sentence the captured Chu people and uphold justice for the Koreans who died and suffered financial losses!"

Zhang Liang listened carefully to every word, and sighed: "Xia Gong, his mind is indeed broad, and he deserves to win half of the world, so Zhang Liang is relieved......"

Li Shiqi said again: "But the regent, there is also a condition!" ”

"What does he want?"

Zhang Liang became vigilant, and he knew that things could never be so simple, what did Heifu want? Do you want Koreans to be the ones who fill the gullies in the war, and you want Yingchuan to pay punitive taxes after the war? Do you still want the children of Koreans as hostages......

What price do Koreans have to pay for peace?

Zhang Liang really hopes that it's as simple as just his own life......

"The regent said it himself."

Li Shiqi pointed at Zhang Liang, who looked sick, and said with a smile:

"He wants you!"

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening.