Chapter 366: Re-Seeking (I)
"Our plan failed, and the Qin army in the territory of the Lu thieves did not rise up violently. We have created rumors in the hope that the Lu thief will fall into war under the rule of Lu Thief, and all the attempts to destroy the military strength of Lu Thief have lost all effect. It took only two measures and less than a month for the Lu thief, and most of those Qin dogs chose to surrender. β
"Failed...... there were rumors once or twice, it was difficult to catch Lu Shizhe off guard again. Not only Lu Shizhe, but also his bureaucrats, his army, and his subjects, once they hear anything in the future, they will not blindly follow it, but will think about it first, and then look at Lu Shizhe's actions. β
"We still have a chance to ......"
"Let me be quiet."
Huiji, Wu County. Xiang Shi ...... In other words, the base camp of the newly restored Chu State, since Xiang Liang led the army to the west a month ago, the water has been completely muddy.
The expansion of the Chu State was not successful, and a defeat turned Huizhang County into a land of erosion, and the Surabaya County that negotiated a compromise with the Zhao State in exchange also became an enclave.
Defeat will inevitably lead to a demoralization setback, and no one can stop not only the morale of the army, but also the fluctuation in people's hearts. The news of the defeat was transmitted back to Huiji, and someone immediately sent the news of Xiang Liang's defeat to Song Yi who was far away in the Central Plains, and Song Yi, who was discussing things with the Central Plains countries, rushed back to Wu County, the temporary capital of Chu State, non-stop.
The state of Chu was reinstated because of the Xiang family, although it was said that Xiong Xin was the king of Chu, but all important official positions were in the hands of the Xiang family, and the army was not as good as the army of the Xiang family, and the Chu country had always been the hall of the Xiang family.
In the past, the Xiang family not only had the great merit and righteousness of restoring the Chu State and supporting the bear heart, even if the Chu State was the Xiang family's Yiyantang, many people were unhappy in their hearts, and they could only endure the general trend and righteousness, but it did not mean that they would sit dry when they had the opportunity to compete for the right to speak.
The Xiang family, who was once only a second-rate aristocrat of the Chu State, suppressed the court of the Chu State too harshly, and those first-class nobles who had been princes for generations were inferior in strength and reputation, even if they were scolded by Xiang Liang, they could only laugh.
First-class aristocrats, who have been rampant in the Chu State for an unknown number of years, and have enjoyed privileges by bloodline for generations, it is just that they lose their privileges when the country is broken. After all, the Qin State was really fierce and couldn't carry it. But...... But the state of Chu has been reinstated, shouldn't those of them who have the bloodline of the minister get a high position and continue to enjoy the privileges brought by the bloodline? It was suppressed by a descendant whose ancestors were only in the Chu State and were urgently appointed as generals!
Dissatisfied, or feel humiliated, the first-class nobles suffered a series of blows after the death of the Chu State, and their strength is not as good as before, compared with the Xiang clan's great merit of restoring the Chu State with the male soldiers in their hands, but don't they still have the blood of the minister?
Well? Not! In terms of blood, even if it is an idiot, as long as his father and grandfather have produced a great big man, they should sit on the merit book and enjoy wealth forever. This argument has been set since the Xia Dynasty, how can it end when the Warring States period ends and the unification of Qin can end. Not only can it not be over. I also want to tell who my father is, who my father is, who my ancestors are, and then the tradition of superiority should continue!
It is impossible to say that the people who were originally high above were suppressed by the enemy, but after the restoration of the country, they actually had noble blood, but they became inferior figures, and all kinds of unwillingness or unaccustomed forced them to seize the opportunity to seize power.
Everything has changed, and the old first-class nobles of the current Chu State suffered an unbearable blow during Qin's domination of the world, and too many new magnates have emerged in the new Chu court, except for the former second-rate nobleman Xiang. Some people such as Song Yi and so on have taken the place of too many people.
The Xiang family is dominant, so the weak party must have a gang, Jing Ju and some people have formed a gang, and Song Yi has formed a gang with a group of people. When the opportunity came, we took action.
After Xiang Liang was defeated and retreated from Huiji, Song Yi, who returned to Huiji from the Central Plains, took the lead in making trouble, and constantly fought for power with Xiang Liang, who returned from defeat, in the court.
Momentum is sometimes important, and Xiang's defeat is a fact. In terms of momentum, it will be weaker in the first place, but it does not mean that the Xiang clan will be soft in the face of the struggle for power, and it is too big to kill Jingju and Song Yi. Since these two people can't be killed, then Xiang picked out some small fish and shrimp to kill, and used blood to warn the people who jumped out, although Xiang was defeated in the hands of Lu Zhe, it does not mean that Xiang's knife has been blunted, not only is it not blunt, but it is also quite sharp to kill people.
Xiang's answer to Jing Ju, Song Yi and others fighting for power is very direct, that is, there are constantly people who dare to criticize who will be stabbed to death by people who suddenly come out when they walk on the street, their heads will be cut off when they sleep at home late at night, and they will suddenly have severe pain in their abdomen when they are eating.
Fierce, very intense, Xiang used one life after another to sue those who dared to criticize, Xiang was defeated on the battlefield, but it does not mean that Xiang is a toothless tiger. Xiang told some people with facts that not only did they have their teeth, but their claws were also exposed, and whoever wanted to jump would continue to jump.
Horror, too terrifying, Xiang has ignored the rules of the game, and when facing the struggle for power, he actually uses "assassin politics", instead of confronting each other from the situation and words according to the rules of the game.
How else to play? Xiang Liang was defeated and returned, but he still brought back nearly 300,000 horses. Although the Xiang clan was defeated, its strength is still there!
Jing Ju stopped, and began to be the low-eyed Chu State Wang clan again.
Song Yi suddenly remembered that he still had a lot of things to discuss with the Central Plains countries, so he hurriedly drove the carriage to the Central Plains, and continued to do his best for the Chu State and then left.
Under the watering of blood, the state of Chu seems to have become a group that unites around the Xiang clan as the core, and strives for the revival of the state of Chu.
After solving the internal crisis, Xiang Liang finally had time to deal with the outside.
The 70,000 troops of the State of Qi are still stopped at the border of Huiji County, but after some compromises by the State of Chu, the 70,000 troops of the State of Qi are no longer menacing, but have become good friends of the State of Chu again.
The watchdog, the villain who takes advantage of the danger of others, many indignant Chu people are secretly scolding, but compared to the secret scolding, what do they say to Qi Guo? I understand the friendship between Qi and Chu for hundreds of years, and I thank the Qi army for sending troops to support when Chu encountered misfortune.
It's stronger than people! After the defeat and internal strife, the state of Chu needed time to breathe a sigh of relief.
Qi State is just persecuting Chu State, should it really do something to wave the army to fight Ji County to the city of Wu County?
Since he felt that the Qi army was just intimidating, and the Chu army also needed to re-train, shouldn't the Xiang clan take some time to figure out how the painstaking strategy didn't work?
"Yes...... two measures, two powerful measures."
"Qin Gou is so useless, he really followed Lu Thief's order to go to Nanling, which is not in line with the design of the riot after hearing the rumors that Qin Gou's generals would stay in the barracks and hear the rumors."
"In all fairness, it is understandable that the generals of the Qin army obeyed the order and only took a small number of armor soldiers to Nanling. An edict made them outcasts, like duckweed without roots. Even if they knew that they would live or die after going to Nanling, they had no choice. Moreover, Lu Shizhe's attitude after collecting them is too deceptive, and it is human nature for them to choose the good side of their imagination in a nervous mood. β
Xiang Liang and Xiang Ji knelt face to face.
Xiang Ji is Xiang Yan's sixth son, and the rumors that Lu Zhe wants to kill and consume the Qin army are all operated by him in Nanling.
"Did Qin Gou want to give in a long time ago?"
"Yield? No, they, the outcasts, just want to grasp at the straw that saves their lives. β
Xiang Ji didn't care about the follow-up after releasing the rumors, he knew very well that Lu Zhe would definitely pursue the source of the rumors after the rumors were released, so he immediately withdrew and left after the rumors were spread, and it took almost a month to return to Wu County.
Chu Guo released rumors, but what they didn't expect was that Zhao Guo would also come to intervene in ....... Oh! It seems that Zhao is facing the blow of the Qin army, and it seems to be expected that Lu Zhe and Qin will go to war with Qin.
"The Lu thief expelled Uncle Tian and seized Li Zuoche, and issued a so-called 'stern statement', claiming that if Zhao Wangxi did not give a satisfactory explanation, he would send 600,000 troops to the Central Plains in the coming year."
"A stern statement? Not...... I can probably understand this term. So what language does Lu Shizhe have for us? β
"No, there were no statements about us from beginning to end."
Xiang Liang was silent when he heard Xiang Ji say that.
LΓΌ Zhe's so-called stern statement to Zhao Guo means that there is room for reversal, and as long as Zhao Wangxi gives appropriate compensation, LΓΌ Zhe may also let Zhao Guo go about creating rumors.
Zhao Guo was on the front line of the anti-Qin army, and Xiang Liang felt that Lu Zhe was not stunned because of the rumors created by Zhao Guo, and obviously hoped that Zhao Guo could withstand the Qin army for more time.
For the State of Chu, Lu Zhe just announced that the State of Chu had created rumors without any statement, Xiang Liang did not feel that Lu Zhe was afraid of the State of Chu so he shut up, and Lu Zhe simply felt that he was at war with the State of Chu, so it was not an exaggeration to say anything to the warring parties. After all, you can't always dictate what kind of method your enemy should use against you, and stipulate what your enemy should not do, right?
"Do Zhang Liang and Wei Bao convey our desire to make peace?"
"This ......"
"They didn't say it, but Lu Shizhe must have known that Zhang Liang and Wei Bao were entrusted by us."
Xiang Liang was silent again after speaking, he knew that they and Lu Zhe's side were both groups in the southern region, and whoever wanted to grow would try their best to attack the other side, so the confrontation of the war, the mutual design of strategies, would never stop.
"We ......" Xiang Liang took a deep breath: "Officially send an envoy and send a weighty person!" (To be continued......)