The Xiang clan has been plotting for a long time, how could they only be willing to occupy the two counties, no matter what it is for, they will expand outward, otherwise the restoration of Xinchu will become a big joke.

There is intelligence that Xiong Xin sealed a man named Long He as a partial general, and he led an army of 20,000 to the north into Surabaya County, and has taken five counties in a short period of time.

Xiong Xin is just a puppet, and it is Xiang Liang of the Xiang clan who really controls the Chu State, and Long is more likely to be assigned by Xiong Xin than Xiang Clan.

The Zhao army, which had originally entered Surabaya County to occupy some counties, saw that the Chu army began to cede the city when it arrived in Surabaya County, and some idle troops entrenched in the county town would not be the opponent of Long Ji, and it was foreseeable that Xin Chu would soon add a county as a territory.

No! It should not only be Surabaya County, I heard that Xiang Liang is also reorganizing the army, and he will go out as soon as the news of the occupation of Surabaya County comes from Longhe, and it is said that the target is Chen County in the upper reaches of Yingshui.

"The Xiang family is best at conspiracy, Xiang Bo is in Lujiang, if he is allowed to seize the opportunity, I am afraid that there will be changes in Lujiang County." Kuai Tong doesn't understand, in fact, it's not someone from the Xiang family who is good at conspiracy, it's Fan Zeng who has been killed by Lu Zhe.

If there is no guess error, Xiang's strategic layout should be written by Fan Zeng, but Fan Zeng died, Lu Zhe suddenly rose again, and Xiang's layout encountered an unexpected situation, and there would be incomprehensible slowness and faults.

If you analyze it carefully, it is obvious that there are two methods in Xiang's previous exercise rules and the latter methods, the former is full of patience and ruthlessness, and the latter is also ruthless but seems to be much more impatient. There is also a subtle difference between the two, that is, one is based on the overall situation, and the other is a single target.

Kuai Tong looked at Lu Zhe very strictly, and then looked at his colleagues, seeing that they were listening carefully, and said in more detail while being happy: "The Xiang clan drew everyone's attention to Xu Yan in Sanchuan County, in order to create an atmosphere that no one could withstand the attack of the 300,000 Qin army alone. All they want is to make everyone scared. Then, at this time, the state of Chu was restored in order to gather the Qianshou who was afraid of the Qin army's retaliation, and the most important thing was to create an atmosphere of fear to make some leaders take the initiative to get closer. Obviously, Xiang's actions were successful, and he gathered 200,000 troops in a short period of time. ”

Zheng Jun smiled "hehe": "It's a pity, the lord is preparing for war immediately, and Huan Chu is hesitant because the lord has arrangements." ”

"No, no!" Kuaitong shook his head: "It's still a success." At least we don't have the extra energy to stop the expansion of the Xiang clan, and the original plan to encroach on Changsha County has been exposed in advance, so we can only concentrate on preparing for war in the north and west. ”

"Yes......" Lu Zhe sighed: "In order to prepare for the war, the construction of the three counties has come to a halt, and the original thing of sending troops to fight in rotation to accumulate experience has also failed. ”

"Lord!" Kuaitong suddenly shouted. Lu Zhe retracted and sighed, his face became stern, and many of the rest of the people were even more excited.

Kuaitong just drank and didn't say it in public, in his opinion, how can he sigh in front of many subordinates as the master, there should be the majesty of being the master. Seeing that Lu Zhe reacted immediately, he continued: "Although we didn't raise the anti-flag, how could the Qin State tolerate the autonomy of three counties. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with guarding against the Qin army. In the general direction, although the preparation for war has brought people's livelihood to a halt, has it also strengthened the workshops needed for ordnance? This will be of great help to us in the future. ”

At this moment, Lu Zhe felt strange in his heart. When he gets along with Kuaitong, even if he is discussing the current situation and official business. Many times, Kuaitong would always find an opportunity to feed him a kind of knowledge of how a lord should behave.

This is what the ruler should do to make his subordinates loyal, and how to exercise his power to make his subordinates fearful, and this is what Kuaitong talks about the most, on the contrary, he rarely gives advice on military affairs and administration. Originally, Lu Zhe thought that Kuaitong was like this. I didn't expect to talk about the current situation now, and I will talk about the pros and cons of passive operation in a few sentences.

"Ba County, Hanzhong County, and the Qin State established granaries in the two counties, and the spies reported that the granaries did continue to hoard grain. Apparently it is not an illusion taken to deceive people. There are really troops in the two counties that are constantly moving and gathering, Ba County has 20,000 garrisons in Jiangzhou alone, and there are 15,000 garrisons in Dianguan in Hanzhong County. Kuaitong said several more place names in a row. It can be seen that there is a lot of effort to understand the situation in the two counties. He asked a rhetorical question: "Jiangzhou is 350 miles away from Nanjun, and it is also 250 miles away from Quren, where it is stockpiling grain. Dianguan is one hundred and eighty miles away from Fangling, and it is a Xiongguan in Hanzhong County that is stuck in the southern attack. Why did the Qin state separate the garrison of the army from the grain storage area, and why did it rebuild and garrison the garrison after destroying the Dianguan? ”

Before, I only thought that the Qin army was going to attack, but now it is said in such a clear way by Kuaitong, the meaning expressed is very clear, Lu Zhe is preparing for a possible attack by the Qin army, and the Qin State is also arranging a defensive line to prevent Lu Zhe from suddenly attacking!

"Xu Yan is stockpiling food and mobilizing the army. Who was the first to release the news? Kuaitong paused.

There is no doubt that a little probing of the source can tell that it was the first news released by the Xiang family, but before the rumors spread, Lu Zhe's meticulous work had already discovered this situation, and combined with Xu Yan's various actions, Lu Zhe changed his strategy to prepare for the war, so Lu Zhe's preparations were before the rumors.

Kuaitong should also know that Lu Zhe's preparations for the war were earlier than the rumors, so why do you want to say that?

Lu Zhe looked around at everyone: "Pay close attention to the movements of the Qin army to make sure that nothing goes wrong." His eyes fell on Wei Han, "In the end, your responsibility must not be neglected." ”

Wei Han respectfully complied.

"Prepare for the war as fast as possible. The materials needed by the army are also intolerable," Lu Zhe looked at Mian Biao and Mei Wei, "You two, you must also be dedicated." ”

Mei Kai and Mian Dipper bowed their hands together: "Job, understand!" ”

Lu Zhe stood up slowly, "Mr. Kuai and Su Lie stayed," straighten up the hem of your clothes and stand still, "The rest of the people should stand down." ”

After everyone saluted, they retreated one by one, Kuaitong and Su Lie glanced at each other, and the two turned their heads to look at Lu Zhe who was walking towards the map of mountains and rivers.

The map hanging on the shelf is obtained from Fan Zeng, which not only records the rivers and mountains of the southern counties, but also marks the townships and counties, which can be said to be very detailed.

"The flood of the Yangtze River has receded, and the bridge is being restored." Lu Zhe was talking about the route from Nanjun to Cangwu County, and raised his hand to Hengshan County, "It is rumored that Xiang Liang is preparing his army, and he will send troops to Chen County as long as he takes Surabaya County." But the co-captain reported that the spies who found Xin Chu in Jiujiang County, it seems that the Xiang family played with rumors? ”

Su Lie asked: "What does the lord mean is that Xiang Liang is about to send troops to Chen Jun is false, and it is true that he wants to send troops to Jiujiang?" ”

"True and false." Lu Zhe pointed to Jiujiang County on the map, "It seems that the new mastermind of the Xiang clan has eaten it deeply." ”

Confusing the public has always been a means adopted in military affairs, making it impossible for people to make correct judgments, and using this method to perfection is to attack the west in the art of war.

"Xinchu is far away from us, so even if we know that they are 'borrowing' the 'potential' of the Qin army in Sanchuan County to involve our mental strength, we are helpless for the time being." Kuaitong was halfway through what he had just said, and he walked over and asked Lu Zhe to look at Jiujiang County and Lujiang County, "These two counties are buffers, and the Xiang clan must be involved in one of them." They are trying to find ways to border us, and the Lord must be on guard. ”

Whether it is Fan Zeng as a strategist or the current new mastermind, Xiang is implementing a strategy, that is, trying not to fight with Qin before it is clear, Chen County was originally the old land of Wei State, it is an out-and-out Central Plains land, and she is adjacent to Sanchuan County. As long as the trajectory of the Xiang clan has been clear, it is not difficult to see that the Xiang clan will not attack Chen County at all, so that he will confront the Qin army early.

Lu Zhe, who had pondered for a long time, understood this, but Kuaitong detected from some clues that Xiang's attack on Chen County was a fake march into Jiujiang County.

"What the gentleman said is very true." Lu Zhe turned around and saluted, then turned back to look at the mountains and rivers, "The Xiang clan wants to border us before the Qin army makes a move, I'm afraid it wants to take advantage of our big battle with the Qin army?" ”

"If two tigers fight, one will die and one will be seriously injured. Since the Lord has noticed that the Xiang clan has malicious intentions......" Su Lie hurriedly spoke, and was interrupted by Kuai Tong laughing in the middle of speaking.

"General Su, don't worry, I'm afraid the Lord has already made a decision in his heart." Kuai Tong looked at Lu Zhe with a smile.

Resolve? Lu Zhe just has a general idea, and it can't be called a decision. He didn't know if Xu Yan, who was far away in Sanchuan County, had noticed that Xiang was squatting on the side waiting to be a fisherman, and what kind of attitude Xu Yan would have after noticing it.

"I have arrangements on the Huan Chu side of Lujiang County, and the success rate of Xiang Bo persuading Huan Chu to return to Chu is no more than 30 percent." Lu Zhe clicked on Fanyang, where Huan Chu was located on the map, "Perhaps, we should induce Huan Chu to go to the ...... before the Xiang clan makes a move to Jiujiang County."

"Huh?" Kuaitong knew that Lu Zhe didn't want anyone around him to be able to completely control a county, "Is it to let Huan Chu send troops to Jiujiang County?" In this way, Huan Chu has become an obstacle to the road, and the Xiang clan will definitely fight with Huan Chu if he wants to occupy Jiujiang County.

Huan Chu is not a fool, and it is very difficult to induce him to attack Jiujiang County before he has a stable dìng Lujiang County. Lu Zhe also needs to make another preparation, and arming the local forces of Jiujiang County is also an option.

"Excuse me, Lord, who was in charge of spreading rumors on our side some time ago?" Kuaitong obviously also thought of going with Lu Zhe, "I also want him to spread remarks in Jiujiang County!" ”

The person who runs that thing is Mi Bi, he is now in charge of the civil affairs of Nan County, and he is so busy that I am afraid he can't get out of it?

Kuaitong thought about it, and it was not necessary to make the Xiang family's plot against Jiujiang County public, but only to let the heroes of Jiujiang know. He laughed a few times: "An Feng in Jiujiang County is under the control of our army, who does the Lord plan to hand over An Feng to?" ”

"Ge Ying!" Lu Zhe did not hesitate to have a candidate, "It doesn't matter if Huan Chu supports the local forces in Jiujiang." Two things together! ”

Xiang likes to play yin, so Lu Zhe will use Ming to deal with it! (To be continued......)