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

Chapter 203: The one who enters Linzi first will be the king.

The sun sets in the west, and the setting sun is like blood.

The soldiers of Xiang Yu's army were cleaning up the battle. When they saw their comrades who were still alive, they arranged for people to transport them to treat their injuries, while they patched up the wounded of Qin's soldiers. Even the dead bodies were not spared, but were cut into pieces. He lowered his head and made a huge Beijing view outside Gaomi City.

Xiang Yujun, the main tent of the Chinese army.

Fan Zeng reported the results of the battle to Xiang Yu and others: "In this battle, our army suffered 17,000 casualties, including more than 16,000 infantry casualties, over 1,000 armored cavalry casualties, and over 10,000 soldiers died in the battle."

Xiang Yu couldn't believe it and said, "How could it be more serious than the casualties in the Zhang Han attack?"

Xiang Yu seemed to have gone extremely smoothly in this battle. He broke through the Qin army in almost one battle and killed Feng Jie. The difficulty of this battle was much easier than fighting Zhang Han.

Fan Zeng said helplessly: "There are too many newly joined soldiers. They have poor combat effectiveness and no cooperation experience. They are also the main direction of the Qin army's attack, so these casualties are extremely heavy. Our army's left and right wings were implicated by them and were almost defeated by the Qin army." , We must find ways to train them more in the future.”

Xiang Bo also nodded and said: "Without the support of the Baijia Army, our army's casualties would have been even more serious. Yu'er, you must thank the King of Han. Without the equipment supported by the King of Han, we would not have been able to eliminate the Qin army so smoothly."

Fan Zeng looked at Xiang Bo angrily.

Fan Zeng said anxiously: "Yu'er must not leave Qi State at this time. Yu'er must not forget Tian Heng. This person is still in Qi State, so you cannot leave Qi State. Otherwise, the advantage our army has established will be destroyed by Qi State." Occupied by Tian Heng."

If there was no external pressure from the behemoth Han State, Fan Zeng would definitely suggest that Xiang Yu kill Tian Heng and dominate the entire Qi State.

Fan Zeng said: "The best strategy is to elect another Tian clan member to be the king of Qi. You, Yu'er, will be the general to command the troops and horses of the entire Qi state and firmly grasp the military power. Tian Heng will be the prime minister of the Qi state and win over the entire Tian clan." With the power of the Qi State, you can maintain the stability of the entire Qi State. Only after you stabilize the Qi State can you, Yu'er, strive to dominate the world."

Their interests are consistent with Long Qie's. Long Qie wants to become a new nobleman and general, and people like Xiang Qie want to become the new clan members of Qi.

Long Qie said unwillingly: "Then the wars we have fought for more than half a year have not been in vain. This kind of loss-making business can no longer be done. Tian Heng can be the prime minister, and the general can be the king of Qi."

It's no wonder that Long Qie refused. It would be fine to make Tian Heng the prime minister, but also let a relative of the Tian family be the king of Qi. The official position was occupied by Qi's powerful men. What was left for them? Become a mercenary for the Qi people?
Even if it is for his own benefit, he still wants to promote Xiang Yu as the king of Qi, so that they can become the new nobles of Qi and start a new family.

Xiang Yu is a man with clear grievances. He supported the battlefield because he wanted to repay Xu Fan for his support, and secondly, he wanted to take revenge on Qin.

Originally Xiang Yu thought that Tian Heng was a hero of Qi after all. Although he was repeatedly defeated by the Qin army, he could be regarded as a determined hero despite repeated defeats.

But it definitely won't work now. The Han army is about to defeat the entire Northern Xinjiang army. By then Xu Fan will definitely march westward to Guanzhong. The main military power of the Qin army has been consumed in the Central Plains. There is no military power to stop the Han army. The entire Guanzhong and even All the cities in Shu will be captured by the Han army.

"Yu'er, Tian Heng is a clan member of Qi after all. The Tian family has been entangled in Qi for hundreds of years. Although Tian Heng is not good at fighting, we need the connections in Qi. If you want to occupy Qi, Tian Hengjiu must be the target of winning over.”

Don’t you know that King Han will be their biggest enemy in the future?
What's the point of saying this?
Xiang Yu smiled and said: "The war in the Central Plains is not over yet. After our army captures Linzi, I will personally lead the elite to support the King of Han in return for the King of Han's support for our army. And I also want to meet the King of Han."

When Xiang Yu heard Fan Zeng's words, he smiled disdainfully and said, "Tian Heng is a man with withered bones in his grave. He has great fame but no ability. Our army has annihilated Zhang Han's tribe and cut off Feng Jie's food route. Under such circumstances, he I don’t dare to attack Feng Jie’s tribe. I don’t dare to join our army to fight against the enemy. I just dare to station troops far away from the battlefield, and I still want to be a fisherman! But I have never thought about whether I have the strength.”

When the Chu Kingdom fell, the First Emperor moved the nobles of the six countries to Xianyang. Xiang Liang had tried his best to keep a low profile in Guanzhong, but enemies still found them, forcing Xiang Liang to kill people, and then fled to Wuzhong. Xiang Yu's few days in Guanzhong Nian was oppressed by the Qin people, and he always wanted to take revenge.

"Uncle Yafu, how can we win over Tian Heng?" Xiang Yu saw that the two elders said they wanted to win over Tian Heng, so he asked them for their opinions.

But this time Tian Heng's actions made Xiang Yu extremely despised. The leader was hundreds of miles away from the battlefield and wanted to make him and Feng Jie fight in a lose-lose manner. With such a villain mentality, how could Xiang Yu think highly of him!

If Tian Heng is invited over and a clan member of Qi is made king of Qi, what will Xiang Yu do and what will they do?
Even for their own benefit, they must push Xiang Yu to become the king of Qi.

They thought that there was no need to give such huge benefits to Tian Heng and the Tian clan. Xiang Yu led them to annihilate more than 100,000 Qin troops in two battles, almost sweeping away the Qin troops in Qi. At this time, their self-confidence reached The pinnacle.

Fan Zeng said: "After all, Tian Heng is a descendant of Qi State. He has been on the front line against the violent Qin for the past three years. He is a banner in Qi State. If you want to occupy Qi State, Yu'er, you need Tian Heng's support." .”

"My cousin led us to conquer the State of Qi. My cousin must be the king of Qi. If Tian Heng refuses to agree, we will destroy them." The juniors of the Xiang clan, such as Xiang Ta, Xiang Sheng, and Xiang Zhuang, also came together. shouted.

"Yu'er, after all, we are foreign generals, separated from the Qi people, but the Tian family's influence in Qi is in all aspects, and wooing Tian Heng will help us gain a foothold in Qi." This time Bo Xiang There is no objection to Fan Zeng.

There is not much time left for Xiang Yu. If he cannot integrate Qi before Xu Fan consolidates the world, even if they occupy the entire Qi, they will not be able to compete with Xu Fan for hegemony. And Xiang Yu wants to quickly integrate the entire Qi. To obtain the land's resources, they must cooperate with Tian Heng and the Tian family behind him.

From the perspective of Xiang It and others, the reason why Tian Heng was given the title of Prime Minister of Qi was because Tian Heng had been resisting Qin all these years. The people of the Tian family were not worthy of the position of King of Qi at all. They had already done so decades ago. The Qi State was lost. The current Qi State was defeated by their Xiang clan with one punch and one kick.

Fan Zeng glared at these juniors of the Xiang family. Fan Zeng's usual prestige soon made them afraid to speak out.

"Why must I support a relative of the Tian clan as the king of Qi? With my current reputation in Qi, isn't it enough to be recognized as the king by the people of Qi?
The King of Han conquered the world with one punch and one kick. He did not find a clan member of the Chu State to be the King of Chu, but made himself the King of Han. What the King of Han can do, I, Xiang Yu, can't do! Xiang Yu said proudly.

He didn't want anyone to put pressure on him. Xiang Liang was his uncle in the past and he had raised him since he was a child. He had to listen to Xiang Liang, but now he was allowed to have a Tian family member he had never seen put pressure on him. Xiang Yu felt in his heart do not like.

Fan Zeng said sincerely: "The purpose of supporting the Tian clan as the king of Qi is to allow the Tian clan to help our army quickly integrate the resources of the entire Qi region. Although Qi is a wealthy land, it has been fighting bloody battles for three years, and hundreds of thousands of people have been killed." The army was tearing back and forth on the ground, and their vitality had already been severely damaged.

Destroying the Qin army is not the end of this, but the beginning. We must establish rule in Qi, collect grain, grass, weapons and equipment in Qi, recruit soldiers to build a strong army, and restore Qi's national strength as soon as possible. These are all indispensable. The powerful pillars of Qi State are indispensable without the help of the Tian family. With Tian's help, we can restore the power of Qi as soon as possible, establish a stable rule, and then use Qi as the foundation to strive for world hegemony."

“The reason why the King of Han was able to ignore the Chu clan and establish himself as king was because he trained his own army, conquered his own territory, and trained his own officials. Although we have an army, we don’t have our own army. The officials cannot establish a stable rule in Qi, and can only win over the Tian family and the powerful people in Qi."

Of course, there are some reasons that are difficult to explain. They wanted to integrate the entire Qidi's resources so quickly because they wanted to compete with Xu Fan for world supremacy.

When the First Emperor established a centralized unified dynasty for the first time, the world's far-sighted people were deeply attracted by this model. They abandoned the backward feudal system one after another and supported the centralized unified dynasty. .

Fan Zeng was also such a wise man. The hegemony he planned for Xiang Liang was to follow the path of the First Emperor and establish a new unified dynasty, so he regarded Xu Fan as his biggest competitor very early on. If they really want Qi to be the end of their hegemony, they should find a way to eliminate Tian Heng, and then use Xiang Yu's confidants Long Qie and Qitong to replace the mighty Qi people, and use people like Xiang Ta, Xiang Sheng, and Xiang Zhuang. Replaced the Tian clan and established the Qixiang Kingdom.

But Fan Zeng's plan is not only to establish a Qixiang state, but also to establish a new Qin Empire.

But there are only a few knowledgeable people after all. People like Long Qie and Xiang Qi have lived in an environment under the aristocratic enfeoffment system since they were young. Under the enfeoffment system, it is difficult to break through their own horizons.

They do not want to become the ruling groups that only appear in unified dynasties such as landlords and nobles.

They want to become military nobles. It is best to have a fiefdom of their own, become a lord, establish a small vassal state, and start a new clan.

In the eyes of people like Xiang Talongqie, the pinnacle of their career is to occupy the entire Qi State. As long as the forces in Qi State are their enemies, Tian Heng is their competitor, and it makes sense to win over Tian Heng in order to reduce losses.

But this cannot affect the desire to be the King of Qi. If even the King of Qi is lost, what is the point of wooing Tian Heng? Xiang Yu is not the king of Qi, how can they become kings?

This is due to different visions, different structures, and different interests of both parties. This is the most fundamental conflict between them and Fan Zeng, which is almost irreconcilable. Moreover, they will not agree with Fan Zeng's strategy.

Xiang Bo was well-informed and understood Fan Zeng's thoughts. These days, if the king of Chu had no military power, he would be killed. As long as they had good control of the military power of Qi, no matter who was the king of Qi, he would be their puppet. Relying on the power of Tian Heng and the Tian family can quickly stabilize the situation in Qi and quickly restore the vitality of Qi. Although this is beneficial to their forces, he does not think that this is necessary.

However, he believed that Bao Qin was about to be destroyed by the nobles of the six countries, and the King of Han would become the common ruler of the world. The King of Han is a kind, trustworthy, generous and generous king. After destroying the Qin State, the world will soon enter a state of peace. The King of Han will become the lord of the world. Wei, Qi, Zhao and other small vassal states will submit to the Han State and be established again. The vassal system.

The world will once again have a beautiful era like the ancient Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. If they can't solve Tian Heng now, it will be difficult to solve it in the future.

Therefore, Xiang Bo said: "What God does not take will lead to the blame. Yu'er annihilated 120,000 Qin troops in two battles. After conquering Linzi, he became the person who restored the entire Qi Kingdom. His achievements are as good as those of Tian Dan. At this time, Yu'er takes the opportunity to become king, and he will definitely be supported by the people of Qi.

And if I listen to Fan Canjun's suggestion and support Tian's clan as the king of Qi and Yu'er as the general, I am only worried that Yu'er will fall into the fate of Tian Dan and be driven out of Qi by the king of Qi and Tian Heng. . "

Xiang Bo's worries were not unreasonable. At first, Tian Dan only relied on the land of two cities to drive away the Yan army and restore more than 70 cities in the Qi State. He restored the Qi State that was about to be destroyed and became the savior of the entire Qi State. If Tian Dan takes the opportunity to become king, with the support of the entire Qi State, there will not be many people who will oppose it.

But he chose to support the son of King Qi Min as king. Although this was Tian Dan's noble character, it also laid the hidden danger of Qi's decline.

Later, King Xiang of Qi gradually came to power and began to fear that Tian Dan would replace him, so he tried his best to drive Tian Dan out of Qi State. Tian Dan was reduced to Zhao State to provide for the general in his old age. With such a failed example, what do you think of Xiang Bo? Don't worry.

Fan Zeng disagreed and said: "If we want to take control of the military, how can we be afraid of Tian Heng and King Qi? Just wait until the time is right and you, Yu'er, can replace them."

"No, no, the following is wrong. This is a big taboo. I would rather Yu'er became king now than kill a Qi king and then become king again. Wouldn't the initiator be free of future troubles? Such troubles would be too great." After all, Xiang Bo He is from a noble family and wants face and reputation.

The reputation of regicide is so bad. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States centuries, every official who committed regicide was notorious and had an extremely tragic end. People in the world don't care whether the King of Qi was supported by Xiang Yu or not. They only care about Xiang Yu. He is a minister, and the King of Qi is a king. If he kills the king with his ministers, he will commit crimes against his superiors, and he will be a traitorous minister.

Politicians of this era have not yet pointed out the political technology tree of abdication. In the eyes of politicians of this era, abdication is a very sacred political act. The bottom line of politicians of this era is not as low as that of later generations. They do not Think of how despicable things can be done to sacred things.

It was Wang Mang who completely discredited this sacred system and became a necessary process for future generations of powerful officials seeking to usurp the throne.

Xiang Yu looked at Fan Zeng strangely. Although it was not clear, he could feel that Yafu was deeply wary of the King of Han. Everything Yafu was doing now was to guard against the King of Han.

But Xiang Yu didn't think they needed to be on guard against the King of Han, but on guard against Tian Heng, so he said, "Tian Heng can continue to be the prime minister of Qi, but Tian Heng must support me, the King of Qi. My contribution in Qi is enough to become the king." , I don’t want to be under the Tian family, if Tian Heng is not even willing to agree to this, you can’t blame me for being ruthless.”

"The King of Qi is supposed to be a general." Xiang Yu answered with such a domineering voice, which won the cheers of all the generals present.

Xiang Bo said: "Yu'er should attack Linzi City immediately. As long as the capital of Qi is occupied, Tian Heng will have even less capital to negotiate with our army."

Xiang Bo also has his own interests, which is to compete with Fan Zeng for Xiang Yu's influence. Now that Xiang Yu's power has been established, it is no surprise that the entire Qi Congress is their territory. Xiang Yu will create the Qi Xiang regime. At this time, only Xiang Yu's elders are left. Next, he and Fan Zeng (those like Xiang Biao will not be mentioned if they are not influential).
If he can influence Xiang Yu, he can influence the entire political power of Qi. He is now competing with Fan Zeng for Xiang Yu's position as the group's second talker. Xiang Bo doesn't regard Fan Zeng as an enemy yet, but he has already regarded Fan Zeng as an enemy. Fan Zeng regarded him as a competitor.

"Shu Zi is not enough!" Fan Zeng said helplessly. He was not talking about Xiang Yu alone, but the entire senior leadership of Xiang Yu's camp. No one in the entire Xiang Yu camp supported him, and they never thought about how to dominate the world.

The words are divided into two parts, Qi Jun camp.

"Xiang Yu has defeated Feng Jie and annihilated the 7 Qin army?" Tian Heng said in disbelief.

This is a battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops. It is normal to fight for a year and a half. Even if it is faster, it will take ten days and a half. As a result, this battle with a scale of 100,000 people will end in less than three days. Feng Jie, this invincible enemy and the devil of Qi, was actually defeated by Xiang Yu in one battle.

Tian Heng had mixed feelings in his heart at this time. He felt that he had lived in a dog's body for half his life. He was not even as good as a young man. Compared with Xiang Yu, he was incompetent.
"Uncle, hurry up and go north to Linzi. If you are late, Linzi will be occupied by Xiang Yu," Tian Guang said anxiously.

Now Xiang Yu cannot take the credit for destroying the Qin army, but they must take the credit for reviving Qi, otherwise they will definitely be squeezed out of Qi by Xiang Yu.

Tian Heng shook his head and said, "It's too late. It's impossible for Xiang Yu to let us capture Linzi when his momentum is at its peak."

"I'm so old!" Tian Heng was really a little frustrated at this time. Compared with Xiang Yu's results, he really didn't know what the meaning of his three years was. Could it be that he was sending the young men of Qi to die.

Tian Jie and others were also silent for a while, not knowing how to comfort Tian Heng. They knew Xiang Yu was powerful, but they didn't expect him to be so powerful. In two battles, almost all the Qin troops in Qi were annihilated.

"Report, Prime Minister, Xiang Yu's envoy asks for an audience."

"Please!"

After Xiang Yu's envoy entered the tent, he saluted Tian Heng and said: "My general has destroyed the Zhang Han tribe and Feng Jie tribe of the Qin army in two battles. At this time, only Linzi Mengyi is left in Qi. In order to prevent our two families from fighting against the Qi State, Dispute, my general means that whoever enters Linzi first will be king."

(End of this chapter)