At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 137, Zhang Er’s dissatisfaction and Qin Jia’s plan

Early February of the 36th year of the First Emperor.

Qin General Meng Tian led 20 Northern Xinjiang troops out of Yanmen County eastward, and captured 11 counties in Dai County with overwhelming force.

The new King of Yan, Chen Yu, listened to the advice of his confidants and relied on the Yandi city to resist desperately, but he still could not change the situation of continuous defeat.

September 36, the 9th year of the First Emperor's reign

Chen Yu was defeated and was besieged by Meng Tian in Ji, the capital of Yan State. He could only send an envoy to Zhang Er, the prime minister in power in Zhao State, for help.

The envoy sent by Chen Yu was called Kuai Tong, who was his first confidant. It can even be said that without Kuai Tong, Chen Yu would not have the position of King of Yan.

At that time, Chen Yu ordered Zhang Er to go north to conquer the Yan region. It was at this time that Kuai Tong came to seek refuge with Chen Yu. Kuai Tong was a student of the art of vertical and horizontal. He was wise and good at talking about right and wrong. After joining Chen Yu, he helped Chen Yu lobby. Xu Gong, the then magistrate of Fanyang County, analyzed the current situation, explained the stakes, and finally persuaded Xu Gong to surrender, laying the foundation for Chen Yu's attack on Yan.

Then he used his persuasive words to persuade the county magistrates of Yan State to rebel against Qin, and asked Chen Yu to spread his message thousands of miles and conquer more than thirty cities without fighting. This shows the power of his words.

In the end, he encouraged the powerful nobles of Yan to support Chen Yu as King of Yan. It can be said that Chen Yu, the King of Yan, was named by Kuai Tong. Therefore, Chen Yu trusted Kuai Tong extremely and regarded him as his first adviser. In such a critical moment, Chen Yu's first thought was that his own Kuai Tong would help him solve the crisis.

Zhao State, Handan.

After Zhang Er got Chen Yu's letter asking for help, he didn't want to rescue him. First of all, it was of course dangerous to rescue Chen Yu at this time. He was worried that the Qin people would come to surround Wei to rescue Zhao and lure his main force away from Zhao. However, the Qin army suddenly came from Taihang. He fought out of the mountains and captured Handan City, but if he didn't rescue Chen Yu, Zhao was destroyed by the Qin army.

Although the Zhao State has strong military power, its strategic position is too poor. It faces the Qin army directly. At the same time, Zhang Er has not yet mastered the strategic locations around the Taihang Mountains. The entire Zhao State is under the Qin army. This is why Zhang Er sent himself The reason why my younger brother went to conquer the Yan Kingdom was to find himself an ally and to expand his strategic space.

The second is that Zhang Er is dissatisfied with Chen Yu, his younger brother. As the eldest brother, he is still just the prime minister of the Zhao Kingdom, but you, the younger brother, have become the king of the Yan Kingdom. Do you care about his elder brother?

Even if you only become the prime minister of the Yan Kingdom, I, the eldest brother, will be happy, but now you have climbed on top of me. How will the eldest brother get along with you in the future, kowtow to you and call you the King of Yan?

Zhang Er's mentality at this time was that he was afraid that his brother would not live well, and he was also afraid that his brother would drive a Land Rover.

As soon as Kuai Tong saw Zhang Er, he cried and said: "Zhang Xiangguo, Qin General Meng Tian led an army of 20 to besiege the capital of Yan State. My lord sent me to ask for your help. He said that you are his eldest brother, closer than a real brother. You Now it is the Lord's only support.

Zhang Er looked better when he heard this. At least he knew that he was the eldest brother, but he still snorted coldly: "Kuaitong, it is said that you were the one who was responsible for Chen Yu becoming King of Yan. You can be said to be the number one contributor. You Do you know why I am dissatisfied with Chen Yu? I sent him to conquer the Yan State in order to revive the Yan State and fight against the Qin Dynasty, but he went against my wishes and became king of the Yan State. This is not an injustice to me. The people in the world thought that I, Zhang Er, was coveting the land of Yan State, so I sent troops to attack Yan State. He made me very disappointed."

Kuai Tong secretly thought it was not good, but immediately said: "Xiangguo Zhang, all this is the villain's fault. My lord originally wanted to follow Xiangguo Zhang's strategy and become the King of Yan in the Yan Kingdom.

But the tyrant Ying Zheng had no choice but to kill him cruelly. When Prince Dan sent Jing Ke to assassinate Qin, Ying Zheng was deeply jealous. After conquering the Yan Kingdom, he massacred the entire royal family and clan members of the Yan Kingdom, and burned all the classics and records of the clan clan in the Yan Kingdom. The family tree of the Yan State has changed over the years, fearing the pursuit of the Qin State, and they have long forgotten the origin of their clan.

After the powerful nobles of the Yan Kingdom could no longer find a kinsman, they had no choice but to find a person with high moral character and prestige in the Yan land to become the King of Yan. At that time, the lord regained the Yan Kingdom, and everyone in the Yan Kingdom was extremely grateful, so they supported the lord. Be the king.

But even so, the lord still remembered the words of the Prime Minister, and tried to shirk the position of King of Yan in many places. However, the heroes and people of the Yan Kingdom did not agree, so the lord had no choice but to become the Yan Kingdom. However, the lord still remembered the words of the Prime Minister and often regretted it. "

Zhang Er's face looked better at this time.

Kuai Tong saw that Zhang Er's face was not as ugly as before, and he was secretly happy and continued: "Prime Minister, your lips are dead and your teeth are cold. Now we are facing the invasion of Qin. If we don't unite, Yan will fall. Next, Meng Tian's troops will The front will definitely point towards Zhao, so saving Yan now means saving Zhao."

Zhang Er: "Okay, needless to say, Chen Yu is my brother. I will never see him strangled by the Qin people. I will prepare an army to support the Yan State."

Kuai Tong: "Xiang Zhang, you are indeed a hero who has followed Lord Xinling. Your righteousness is as small as the sky, and it can shine on the sun and the moon."

No matter how dissatisfied Zhang Er was in his heart, he just vented his anger to let Chen Yu know that his elder brother was very angry, but his younger brother still had to rescue him. He had already offended the rebels. If Chen Yu, his younger brother, was killed again, he would There was really no ally in Zhao State, and he was now a loner. Meng Tian would probably point the finger at him directly if he killed Chen Yu.

He immediately led 5 troops and went north to prepare to rescue Chen Yu.
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In mid-September of the 36th year of the First Emperor, Pengcheng, Sishui County.

While war is raging in the north, it is the golden autumn in Pengcheng in September. On the endless fields, golden waves of millet are floating in the wind. The scene of a bumper harvest is extremely comforting.

Qin Jia and Wu Chen rode together, followed closely by their personal guards.

Qin Jia smiled and said, "I guess my brother also knows that our general Shangzhu conquered 4 counties of the Qin army in one battle and annihilated more than Qin troops again. The world was shocked. Now most of Chu's land has been conquered by Shangzhu." The general has recovered it, and if we continue to fight, I am afraid that there will be no place for our brothers in Surabaya County."

Xu Fan's annexation of the four counties in Chu was the biggest shock to Qin Jia and others. In their memories, Xu Fan's power developed extremely slowly. In two years, he only occupied two counties, but in less than a month Over time, Xu Fan's territory expanded threefold, occupying the five most fertile counties of Chu and the entire South Korea. A behemoth suddenly appeared. This huge contrast even made Qin Jia unable to react.

But Wu Chen was able to adapt, because he had such experience. He only led 3000 soldiers to attack Dangjun, and it took less than 3 months to occupy more than 20 cities in Dangjun. The army expanded to more than 6. The whole Dangjun was a hero. They all turned to themselves.

At that time, I also thought that I was destined by fate. At this rate, it would not be easy to destroy Qin in one year and dominate the world in three years. That's why he recognized himself as Lord Wu Xin and expanded to the point of fighting with Li You's 5 elites in the field. It was the defeat in the battle with Li You that woke him up, and he realized that he was not destined to be destined, but just standing in the wind.

Although he was not surprised by Xu Fan's expanding strength, it did not mean that he was willing to see this happen. From the time when the military ministers invaded Sishui County, a small Sishui County became the Three Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony. Qin Jia had already regarded Sishui County as his own territory. Faced with the military minister's behavior, he immediately warned him to get out of his territory.

But how could the military minister be afraid of Qin Jia? He immediately replied: "You beat yours, and I'll beat mine. Let's keep the same."

Qin Jia couldn't bear it, so he immediately led his younger brother to teach Wu Chen a lesson, and the two sides fought in Xiaxiang County.

Although Wu Cheng was severely defeated by Li You, it must be said that the Suiyang defense battle sharpened the combat effectiveness of Wu Chen's army, while Qin Jia had been fighting badly with the soldiers of Sishui County, and his men were also in the mountains, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as Wu Chen's. Soldier.

As a result, Qin Jia was defeated, and Wu Chen took the opportunity to occupy the three counties of Dang County in the north of Sishui County as his own territory. Fortunately, both sides knew that the Qin army was the enemy, and it would be difficult for them to survive without destroying the Qin army. Moreover, Xu Fan was by their side. They were worried that if they continued to fight among themselves, Xu Fan would find an excuse to annex their territory, so the struggle did not expand.

The two agreed to jointly regard the Qin army as the enemy, and whoever captured the territory would get it. This allowed the two of them to work together to eliminate the Qin army in Sishui County.

Sishui County was occupied by the two of them, with Qin Jia occupying most of Sishui County, and Wucheng occupying the smaller half of Sishui County and Xue County. Neither of them is satisfied with this result, and they plan to have a fight to decide who is the leader of Surabaya County.

But at this time, Chen County heard that Xu Fan had captured the four counties of Chu, and a behemoth appeared beside them. Faced with Xu Fan's pressure, Wu Cheng and Qin Jia realized that if they continued to fight, they were destined to be defeated by Xu Fan. Fan wanted to annex the country, so he decided to abandon the past feud, shake hands and form an alliance to jointly deal with the situation at hand.

Wu Chen has 2 soldiers, and Qin Jia has 3 soldiers. Even if the two of them join forces, they are still the weaker force among the rebels in the late Qin Dynasty. The most important thing is that Sishui County has been fighting for two years, and there are a lot of young and strong people. By escaping, Sishui County's war potential has been exhausted, and even because of the lack of food and grass, it is difficult to maintain the few troops in their hands.

Wu Chen frowned and said: "The situation is not up to anyone now. Where is our way out?"

Wu Chen looked to the east and hesitated: "Even if we capture Donghai County, our strength is still weak, not to mention that to the north of Donghai County is Qin's 15-strong army. They have destroyed Tian Rong and may pour down at any time, and to the south It is Xiang Liang behind the general gate, to the west is the increasingly powerful general Shangzhu, and to the east is the sea. It is a dead end."

Although there are tens of thousands of rebels in Donghai County, because there is no core force, the entire Donghai County is full of rebel forces. They capture counties and eliminate Qin officials, but generally there are only a few hundred or thousands of people. The only stronger Chen Ying tribe is There has never been any intention to expand outward, so Wu Chen was not worried about whether he could conquer Donghai County. It was just that Donghai County's strategy was too poor and it was a dead end. Wu Chen's face showed a deep look of worry. Ever since he was severely injured by Li You, his survival crisis has not been relieved. There are strong enemies everywhere and he can't find a way out. In the past six months, his strength has increased extremely. slow.

Correspondingly, the generals of Shangzhu Kingdom are growing in strength and becoming more and more powerful. Now, even if he and Qin Jia are in alliance, they will not be considered as enemies of General Zhu Guo.

Qin Jia saw Wu Chen's worry and smiled and said: "Brother, the situation is not as serious as you think. Although Shangzhu State is powerful, he is pedantic. Have you ever seen him attack our rebel army in the past few years? Have you ever seen him attack our rebel army?" After annexing a rebel army, even Wei Jiu who was right in front of us, the general did not annex us, which shows his pedantry. As long as our brothers are still on the road to fight against Qin, General Shangzhu will not annex us."

Qin Jia patted his face and said with a smile: "Shangzhuguo is a scholar and he wants to be shameless."

Qin Jia thought that Xu Fan was too pedantic. If he stood in Xu Fan's position, he would find ways to annex the surrounding small forces and attack cities and plunder territory everywhere, instead of supporting these weak rebels to expand.

After Wei Jiuzhou City and others were severely damaged by the Qin army, Xu Fan just rescued them. At that time, Wei Jiuzhou City and others could not survive. It was easy for Xu Fan to annex them, and others could not gossip.

As a result, Xu Fan just watched Wei Jiu and others retrain their troops and recapture Wei's cities one by one. In Qin Jia's view, this was a sign of pedantry.

But the military minister was still worried and said: "Don't forget that the capital of Ying conquered by the Shangzhu Kingdom is the old capital of the Chu Kingdom. If the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom calls the King of Chu in Ying Capital and asks us to surrender, I'm afraid even if I can't wait, I am willing, but my subordinates will also be eager to submit to General Shangzhu."

Did Wu Chen know that his brother Shao Sao had always wanted to return to the Shangzhu Kingdom's command? Since the last time Shangzhu State besieged Wei and rescued Zhao, Shao Sao had become Shangzhu State's fanboy. He often asked him to return to Shangzhu State's command, saying that it was better than them working alone. Following the general of Shangzhu State, he would not be short of public servants in the future. The position of Hou.

But I, the military minister, am not satisfied with the position of Duke. What I want is to be king.

Qin Jia's face changed immediately when he heard what the military minister said. Xu Fan has not even proclaimed himself king now, so he has forgotten about it. But if Xu Fan really calls himself King of Chu in Yingdu, he will have an excuse to annex their territory and army. I'm afraid His subordinates were also willing to join Xu Fan.

There is no way, the contrast is too strong. They have been working alone for 2 years. Although they occupy half of the county, they have been impoverished. They are almost too poor to eat, while Chen County, not far away, is prospering. , Qin Jia's younger brothers don't think they can't fight, but the gap with their leader is too big. They don't mind changing to another leader now.

Therefore, Qin Jia has a strong sense of crisis. They came from Chen County, and Chen County has been supporting them. Most of them are related to each other. They will not refuse to serve under Xu Fan, but There is only one excuse, and if Xu Fan really calls himself the King of Chu, this will be the best excuse. Who let Sishui County once be the territory of Chu State.

Qin Jia immediately said: "The right way is to strike first and gain the upper hand. We can't just wait and let Xu Fan become king in advance. We have to get a King of Chu first so that we can have an excuse to resist Xu Fan's annexation." Brother, you have experience, there are clans all over Surabaya, as long as we find a descendant of Chu and elect him as King of Chu, Xu Fan will not have the name to annex us."

The military minister looked at Qin Jiada in surprise: "Even if the Shangzhu Kingdom annexes us, it will still give us the position of general. You see, Wu Guang and Tian Zang were completely defeated by the Qin army, but they were still reused after they took refuge in the Shangzhu Kingdom, but you If you seize the throne of the Chu King of Shangzhu Kingdom, you are seeking your own death. There is someone in the entire Chu Kingdom who is more qualified to be king than the general of Shangzhu Kingdom."

Even if Wu Chen didn't want to be Xu Fan's younger brother, he still wanted to leave a way out. In his opinion, the King of Chu was already in Xu Fan's pocket, and by doing so, they were completely against Xu Fan.

Qin Jia gritted his teeth and said: "How come he is not qualified? His surname is Xu Fan, and the king of Chu's surname is Xiong. After that, there are Mi, Qu, Zhao, and the Jing family who are all more qualified to be king than Xu Fan. We only need to find one of them and support him." Being the king of Chu is more qualified than Xu Fan. Even if Xu Fan becomes king, as long as he is not the king of Chu, he has no reason to annex us."

Wu Chen's face hesitated, but he was still very worried. After doing something that completely offended the general of Shangzhu Kingdom, there was no turning back. From now on, Xu Fan is not only no longer their ally, but also an enemy who kills them quickly.

Facing such a powerful enemy, Wu Chen was still a little worried about his own life. All 20 Qin troops were destroyed by Xu Fan, and a few of his lives were lost to Xu Fan.

Qin Jia saw Wu Chen's hesitation and continued: "Brother is willing to become Xu Fan's younger brother? If brother really has this idea, why not join Shangzhu State now? Judging from Shangzhu State's magnanimity and generosity, the position of Duke is undesirable. You will be missing your brother."

Wu Chen thought about his near-death experience during this period, and gritted his teeth and said: "He Xu Fan can become the king, why can't I, Wu Chen."

Qin Jia thought for a while and said: "Except for Xu Fan, the biggest forces in Chu now are our brothers, Chen Ying from Donghai County and Xiang Liang from Kuaiji County. If several of our forces form an alliance, our three forces will unite to occupy the three counties." If we, in the name of the King of Chu, appoint generals and recruit heroes from all over the country, our alliance can have more than 10 troops and become a force that can change the situation in the world. At that time, whether it is the Qin army or Xu Fan wants You should think twice before dealing with us."

"In this way, our predicament is solved. After we become stronger, we can sit on the mountain and watch the battle between tigers and tigers, watch Xu Fan and the Qin army fight, and then take the opportunity to expand our strength.

My brother still doesn't know what kind of person the First Emperor is. He is extremely domineering. Anyone who offends him will be killed quickly. Xu Fan destroyed Qin's 20-strong army. It is impossible for him to endure this tone. , they will fight soon. "

This sentence became the last straw that broke the camel's back

Wu Chen gritted his teeth and said, "I did it for my brother!"

Then he asked: "Who do our brothers recommend to be the King of Chu?"

"My younger brother got to know a clan member by chance and his name is Jing Ju. He is a clan clan member of the Chu State. He is a highly respected person in the local area and can be the king of Chu."

Wu Chen thought for a moment and asked, "There won't be any trouble, right?"

When he promoted Wei Jiu to the throne, he wanted to be a puppet, but he did not expect that Wei Jiu actually united with Zhou Shi, who was born in Dangjun, and got rid of the puppet situation. This was why he left Dangjun but could not take away all the troops. The reason is because Wei Jiu has already won over many Wei generals.

Qin Jiadao: "Jingju himself doesn't have much power. As long as our brothers deploy good manpower, he won't be able to change the world."

Wu Chen nodded and said: "This matter needs to be discussed with Xiang Liang and Chen Ying. If they agree, the King of Chu will be considered established."

Qin Jia shook his head and said: "I can't say that even the matter of establishing the King of Chu should be done quickly. It should be decided before forming an alliance, so that we can take the initiative. Otherwise, Xiang Liang will be the successor of Xiang Yan, and Chen Ying will also be the successor of Qin Dynasty." Officers, their prestige is higher than ours, and they will elect the King of Chu they want, and then our brothers will make wedding clothes for Xiang Liang and the others."

Qin Jia said solemnly: "We brothers have been fighting hard for more than two years, but we are the weakest side. If we don't control the King of Chu now, the person in charge after the alliance will most likely be Xiang Liang, and we two brothers will have to step aside. And by taking control of the King of Chu, our brothers will have the initiative. We can expand our power in the name of the King of Chu."

Wu Chen was right. They established this alliance to seize the initiative. If they wanted to become Xiang Liang's younger brother, they might as well join Xu Fan directly. After all, Xu Fan still cared about old friendships.

After the two had reached an agreement, they sent envoys to Donghai County and Kuaiji County to discuss alliance matters, and at the same time sent people to find Jing Ju to prepare for the king-proclaiming ceremony.
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Kuaiji County, County Sheriff's Office.

Xiang Liang looked at a map of Chu and sighed. Xiang Liang, who was born as a general, was cautious. This was why he had to wait and see after Xu Fan's uprising. Only when Xu Fan wiped out 8 Qin troops in two battles did he think the time was ripe. , immediately killed Yin Tong and occupied Kuaiji County.

And he is different from other rebel forces. Other rebel forces do not pay attention to the development of territory at all, but Xiang Liang is one of the few anti-Qin forces who, like Xu Fan, believes that consolidating the foundation is more important.

After he occupied the entire Kuaiji County, he did not immediately lead his soldiers to attack. Instead, he spent more than half a year recruiting soldiers, training soldiers, consolidating the homeland, and placing his cronies in the prefectures and counties of Kuaiji County, and his nephews into the army. among. When he felt that the entire Kuaiji County was in his hands, Xiang Liang officially started his crusade against Qin.

He originally planned to divide his troops into two groups, march eastward to occupy Jiujiang County, and march north to occupy Donghai County. But at this time, he encountered an embarrassing thing. There was a person with the same vision as him, but he rebelled against Qin a year earlier than him, and had one more year to develop. When he wanted to expand his territory, that person had The far-sighted people also began to expand their territory, and the two sides collided.

As soon as Xiang Liang gathered his troops, Jiujiang County was captured by Ji Bu with 5 troops, and the southern part of Donghai County was occupied by Chen Ying with 2 troops. Xiang Liang was suddenly stuck and felt very uncomfortable.

The most difficult thing for him to accept was the betrayal of his hometown. A few months ago, Xiang Liang occupied Kuaiji County and immediately sent a message to Xiang County, asking Xiang Biao to send his nephews to help him. In his opinion, it was a sure thing. , but something unexpected happened, and people in his hometown were unwilling to help him.

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