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

Chapter 274, Xiang Yu’s determination and Qi Di Fenghuo

On June 9, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, the Prince of Qi's Mansion in Linzi.

Emperor Han gathered an army of 20 to prepare for the Huns. This news naturally reached Qi State, and King Xiang Yu of Qi convened a high-level meeting in Qi State.

Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Now is a God-given opportunity. The main force of the Han Dynasty is held back by the Huns. I can destroy Tian Heng without worrying about the obstruction of the Han army."

Xiang Yu had long wanted to kill Tian Heng, who was constantly making small moves, but there was the obstacle of Ge Ying behind him, which made him wary. But now that the big man had nothing to do, he finally had time to solve this serious problem.

Xiang Bo advised: "Yu'er, more than half of the three-year period has passed. Why should we offend the Han Emperor at this time? Wait another year and a half. If Tian Heng is still ignorant, I will teach him a lesson later. Why offend the emperor at this critical moment?"

After knowing that the Han Emperor would not let them unify the entire Qi Kingdom, Xiang Bo decided to give up as soon as he could. Anyway, his Xiang family was already prosperous and wealthy, so why bother fighting for the barren Jiaodong Kingdom and arousing the hatred of the Han Dynasty. His Xiang family is different from before, and there is no need to fight desperately.

During this period, Xiang Bo was even trying to find a way to contact Tian Heng, hoping to resolve the conflict between the two parties. Since the emperor would not let any force dominate Qi, why should they be hostile? Even the dominating Qi would arouse the Han Emperor's anger. Fight, why bother.

It's a pity that no one understands Xiang Bo's good intentions. Tian Heng is like a madman. As long as the Xiang family does not leave Linzi, he will fight with the Xiang family. All the envoys sent by Xiang Bo are killed by Tian Heng.

And Xiang Yu was also dissatisfied with Xiang Bo, thinking that he was humiliating the Xiang family. Tian Heng was already a loser, and he should bow his head first.

Xiang Yu said dissatisfied: "Now it's not that we want to deal with Tian Heng, but that Tian Heng is preparing to attack our country of Qi. Now Tian Heng has 6 troops in his hands, and he is eyeing our country of Qi. If we don't take the initiative to attack, why should we wait? Did Tian Henglai pass through our country of Qi?"

In the eyes of these Central Plains powerful men, Xiang Yu came from a famous family and was naturally one of their own, and the policies he implemented in Qi were not as cruel to them as the Han Dynasty.

Compared with Qi State, which still had 6 elite Han troops threatening him, Tian Heng's military preparations for war had not stopped for more than a year. Almost all the people of the small Jiaodong State were soldiers. Even so, he was not satisfied and used The boat master brought back a large number of Qi people from Liaodong and incorporated them into his army. Tian Heng now had an army of 3. However, Xiang Yu wanted to recuperate and had only troops. His military strength was no longer as good as Tian Heng's. .

The battle between Xiang Yu and Tian Heng can be regarded as a civil war. This kind of battle cannot be measured by ordinary wars. Xiang Yu has the advantage. After all, he occupies the richest Linzi County. But it’s not too much, because Tian Heng is from Qi. He can mobilize the people of Qi by occupying a place. If Tian Heng can attack Linzi, he can mobilize the entire manpower of Linzi. So in terms of soldiers, There is no gap between the two sides, and the one who strikes first will have a great advantage.

Zhao Tuo had this idea, but said he wanted to see Xiang Yu's actions first, but Chen Yu didn't see his messenger at all. Although he and Tian Heng were cut off, Tian Heng had saved his life after all. Chen Yu, who was angry at the book business, didn't want to be sorry. Tian Heng. Therefore, Xiang Yu's attempt to unite these princes was extremely unsuccessful.

Xiang Yu said without any trouble: "Whoever prevents me from unifying Qi is my enemy, even if this person is the Han Emperor."

He sent envoys to the State of Wei, saying overtly and covertly that the two countries would form an alliance and advance and retreat together to deal with the Han Dynasty. As a result, King Jiu of Wei was extremely timid and refused to answer the message at all.

Xiang Yu said: "After we occupy the Qi State, we may not be able to fight the Han Dynasty. Ge Ying's 30,000 troops are even more ignored by me. Now the Han Dynasty has to deal with the Huns and does not have the strength to deal with the Han Dynasty. If the emperor dares to favor Tian Heng, I will first kill Tian Heng, then destroy Ge Ying, and then occupy the Central Plains and compete with the Han Dynasty. "

Therefore, Tian Heng, who had mobilized 6 soldiers, asked the senior officials of Qi State. They were still worried about the emperor and did not dare to attack Tian Heng. However, Tian Heng ignored him. Tian Heng's ignorant behavior also made Long Qi and the others Angry, I want to drag them to death together.

Xiang Yu was extremely agitated during this period. These princes were all as timid as mice and were not candidates for alliance at all.

The only good thing for Xiang Yu is that Fan Zeng's contact with the powerful people in the Central Plains was extremely smooth. These people were given land by the Han emperor, and their local rights were controlled by Han officials. The policies implemented by the Han Dynasty this year made these powerful people in the Central Plains even more vulnerable. They were extremely angry. In their opinion, the Han Emperor was using their money and land to win over the people of the world.

With the powerful immigration of these Chinese aristocrats, Qi's economy recovered very quickly. Linzi City once again became the bustling city where carriages hit each other, people shoulder to shoulder, folds of clothes formed curtains, sleeves of arms turned into curtains, and sweat turned into rain, a prosperous city.

Dai Wang Xie also pretended to be stupid, saying that in the future, the country of Dai would also be under the protection of the emperor and enjoy peace in the world.

Xiang Bo thought for a while and said, "I can wait until Tian Heng takes action before we can fight back, so that the emperor will not be able to blame our Qi country."

The most important thing is that Xiang Yu is also extremely capable of fighting. The Qin army in Qi was basically wiped out by him. Except for the Han Emperor, Xiang Yu is the only one in the world who can fight. Now that Xiang Yu has the idea of ​​resisting the Han Emperor, he will attack these powerful nobles. Said that Xiang Yu at this time is almost like a savior.

Long Qie said dissatisfied: "But now Tian Heng has more troops than us. If he recruits troops in Qi State unscrupulously and the army continues to expand, maybe we may be driven out of Qi State by Tian Heng."

Xiang Yu sneered and said: "Tian Heng is just a withered bone in a grave. I can defeat them with one charge."

Xiang Xiang was surprised and said: "The king wants to fight the Han?"

They thought that Xiang Yu wanted to deal with Tian Heng, but they did not expect that even the Emperor wanted to deal with him. Although they were very dissatisfied with the Emperor's actions, they never thought of becoming enemies with the Han Dynasty. The Emperor of Han destroyed Qin in three years and destroyed The record of Qin's millions of troops frightened them so much that they never wanted to be enemies with the Emperor of Han.

Therefore, as soon as Fan Zeng sent envoys to contact these powerful people in the Central Plains, many people took refuge in Xiang Yu, and many even simply moved their families to Linzi City to join Xiang Yu.

Cao Jiu worriedly said: "But what about the Han Emperor's order? It is already known to the world that the Han Emperor wants to cut down the vassal vassal. If the Han Emperor catches him in the wrong, the Han Emperor will definitely not let me go. We may not care about Tian Heng, but we must not care about Emperor Han.”

Of course, most of the powerful people in the Central Plains were still reluctant to part with their family fortunes. They just assured Xiang Yu's envoys that they would raise their troops to support Xiang Yu's army when it came.

These powerful nobles gave Xiang Yu great confidence, because in his opinion, this was similar to what happened at the end of the Qin Dynasty. The First Emperor killed heroes so that the whole world rebelled, and the Han Emperor suppressed the powerful people of the world and there was bound to be a backlash, and the powerful people in the Central Plains were willing to surrender. I am the result of this backlash.

When Xiang Bo heard this, he immediately persuaded him earnestly: "Our Qi country is no match for the Han Dynasty. If we rashly become an enemy of the Han Emperor, we will only seek death."

Xiang Yu said with a smile: "In this year, I have united with the powerful powerful people from all over the Central Plains. They are extremely dissatisfied with the Han's policy of equalizing land and dividing farmers into acres. They have surrendered to me. As long as I lead an army to kill them, they will be defeated." He knows how to raise troops, but the entire Central Plains is on fire. I may not be able to follow the path of the Han emperor and enter the Guanzhong to become the emperor. "

Xiang Yu cheered up his men and said: "The Emperor of Han valued the common people and despised the heroes. The heroes of the world have long been dissatisfied with him. Today's Emperor of Han will be tomorrow's First Emperor."

Long Qi didn't expect that Xiang Yu actually contacted the heroes of the entire Central Plains, and that the heroes of the entire Central Plains actually wanted to rebel. In this way, the current situation in the Han Dynasty really looked like that of the late Qin Dynasty.

But he was still worried: "The strength of the Huns is vulnerable. They may not be able to hold back the Han army for long. The Han army is an elite fighting from the troubled times of the late Qin Dynasty. Their strength is still there. We may not be the Han army." military rival."

Xiang Yu said: "Qi State only has such a small amount of land. The Han Emperor is not even willing to hand over Jiaodong County to us. You want to enfeoff the territory but you don't have any land. Do you think you are worse than people like Yingbu Jibu?"

Long Qi, Cao Jiu and other generals under Xiang Yu looked ugly. There was also a dissatisfaction with the Han Emperor in their hearts. They did not think that they were inferior to Yingbu and Jibu, but now these people had become princes, and they still had no titles. Finally, King Qi He opened his mouth and said that if he annihilated the Jiaodong Kingdom, he would give them a title.

As a result, the Han Emperor did not allow them to eliminate Tian Heng. This did not block their way forward.

Why can your subordinates be crowned princes and kings? We can’t even get a small fiefdom.

Then Xiang Yu said proudly: "If I become the lord of the emperor, you and other heroes will not be like Yingbu and others who are enfeoffed to the cold and miserable land outside the Great Wall. I will directly enfeoff a county to you." These dragons and they all made a sensation. The First Emperor unified the world and established the county system. There were only fifty counties in the whole world. Each county was equivalent to a medium-powerful country in the Spring and Autumn Period. The most important thing was that Xiang Yu enfeoffed all the lands in the Central Plains. This reward was much more generous than that of Xu Fan. .

"Your Majesty, give the order."

"I have long been dissatisfied with Tian Heng and Ge Ying."

"First kill Tian Heng, then kill Ge Ying."

With such a picture, the military morale of Long Qie and others was unified by Xiang Yu. Since the Han Emperor blocked their future, don't blame them for overthrowing the Han Emperor.

Looking at these exciting rewards, Xiang Bo was speechless. He knew that he could no longer persuade Qi Guo.

When leaving Qi Palace, Xiang Bo found Fan Zeng and asked, "Can Yu'er really take over the Han Dynasty?"

Now that it has reached this level, he certainly hopes that Xiang Yu will succeed in becoming the common master of the world, otherwise his Xiang family will surely suffer disaster.

But he was very doubtful in his heart. Although the princes of the Central Plains all supported his nephew, and the situation in the Han Dynasty was similar to that in the late Qin Dynasty, he always felt that there was something wrong with it. The Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty were different, but in detail, what was the difference? I can't say it. They are all heroes who have offended the world, and there are also internal undercurrents surging. So he wanted to ask Fan Zeng to give him confidence.

Fan Zeng said calmly: "Wars are fought, not calculated. If we had only planned, Xu Fan would have been unable to defeat Qin's million-strong army when he led 800 prisoners in the rebellion. But the reality is that the Han Emperor only spent The powerful Tyrant Qin was wiped out in three years."

"Today, Yu'er may not have no chance of winning. The Han Emperor has gone from tyrannizing the Qin to another extreme. Back then, the tyrannical Qin had millions of troops, but the Han Emperor cut off a large number of troops when the world was not stable. Now the Han's 20 elites and the Xiongnu People are facing each other on the border, and there are only 3 elites of Ge Ying in the entire Central Plains. This is the same situation as the violent Qin stationed a large number of elites in the southern and northern borders. The hinterland of the Han Dynasty is extremely empty. "

"Yu'er first eliminated Tian Heng to solve his worries, and then destroyed Ge Ying's 30,000 elites. The Han Dynasty in the Central Plains would no longer have soldiers stationed there. If Yu'er could seize the opportunity to seize Hebei and the Central Plains, he would have the capital to divide the world with the Han Emperor. Now, the next step is to compare the strength of both sides. With the help of heroes from all over the world, we may not be able to win the whole world."

After Fan Zeng finished talking about his strategy, Xiang Bo shook his head and said: "It's too risky. If one of these strategies goes wrong, everything will be lost."

"I am very dissatisfied with your strategy. Back then, you formulated a strategy for my eldest brother to dominate Qi. However, it was almost destroyed due to the arrival of Zhang Han's cavalry. If it weren't for Yu'er's bravery and the support of the Han Emperor, we would never have been able to conquer Qi. Qi Guo stood still.

Then the situation where the world is divided into three parts did not appear at all. The Han Emperor defeated the Qin Dynasty with overwhelming force. The Han Emperor was not the First Emperor. He was the most powerful general in the world. We can catch him off guard, but after he reacts, we will face hundreds of thousands of Han troops. , you are sending our Xiang clan into despair. "

Fan Zeng said: "But this is what Yu'er wants. He has always been unwilling to be inferior to others and wants to challenge the status of Emperor Han. Now is the best time. If we miss this opportunity, our chances of winning will be even lower. Unless You can persuade Yu'er to stay on his own terms, and you have to find a way to persuade the Han Emperor to give up the idea of ​​reducing the vassal, otherwise the battle between Han and Qi will be inevitable. "

Xiang Bo was speechless. He couldn't stop Xiang Yu from challenging the Han Emperor's status, nor could he stop the Han Emperor from wanting to cut down the vassal vassal. He couldn't help but smile bitterly that this was an unsolvable knot.

On the 11th day of the sixth lunar month in the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Gaomi, Jiaodong Kingdom.

Tian Heng said excitedly: "God bless our Qi Dynasty. The Han and Hungarians assembled 20 troops in Yanmen County for a melee. This battle made it impossible for the Han Dynasty to interfere in Qi's war for half a year. This is the best way for us to regain Qi. Chance."

Tian Heng didn't care about Xu Fan's three-year agreement at all. He had been thinking of ways to accumulate strength, buying weapons and armor from all parties, recruiting Qi people from Liaodong to return, and finding ways to obtain food and grass from the powerful nobles of Qi to make the population more prosperous. The Jiaodong Kingdom, which had only a small population of less than 50 people, had all the people in the army. However, Tian Heng recruited an army of 6 people, and it was also a fully equipped army.

It can only be said that the wealth of Qi State is far beyond the imagination of the people in the world. Even after going through war, it can still earn a lot of money and food. Of course, because of the need to raise this army, Tian Heng has squeezed the entire Jiaodong Kingdom to the limit. The army in his hands can be regarded as a disposable army. This army was established at the expense of Tian's strength in Qi Kingdom. The powerful and powerful people who were close to the Tian family were all gone. All he wanted was soldiers. If the Tian family failed again, they would no longer be able to compete with the Xiang family.

But Tian Heng doesn't care, because he knows that if he develops according to conventional methods, he can't be Xiang Yu's opponent at all. Time is in the hands of the Xiang family. If it takes a few more years, all the powerful people in Qi will submit to Xiang. Shi, by then it would be impossible for him to gather an army to recapture Qi.

He only used all the chips he had and risked his life, because if he didn't win the Qi Kingdom, they would really have no share in it.

Qi State belongs to his Tian family, and he does not allow Xiang family to take root in Qi State.

Originally, he was worried about Ge Ying's army interfering in Qi's war.

But now hundreds of thousands of Huns have invaded. It is said that the Han Emperor is also in Yanmen County. The entire Han Dynasty's attention has been attracted by this battle. The Han army has no ability to interfere with him, so Tian Heng will say God Bless Qi. if.

But Tian Jie worriedly said: "Even if the Han Dynasty cannot interfere with our Qi State now, the Emperor will still interfere after the battle in Yanmen County is over. How will I, the Tian family, face the Emperor's wrath by then?"

Of course, he did not mention that King Xiang Yu of Qi was a fierce general capable of defeating ten thousand enemies. Xiang Yu destroyed almost all the Qin armies in Qi State at the time. The ability of cavalry in combat should not be underestimated. It can even be said that Tian Heng is far inferior to Xiang Yu. He is more worried that Tian Heng will not be able to defeat Xiang Yu, and that the emperor will be held back by the Huns.

He was afraid that it was not them who destroyed Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu who destroyed them. However, the emperor was held back again, and it was too late for them to ask for help.

Tian Heng snorted coldly: "That will happen in the future. Emperor Han really wants to avenge Xiang Yu, and I, the Tian family, are not easy to bully. Back then, the people of Qin could not make us Qi surrender. The same is true for the Han people now. Emperor Han dared Send troops here, and we will continue to fight the Han army. In short, Qi State belongs to our Tian family’s ancestral land, and it is my Tian family’s responsibility to recover the territory of Qi State.”

Tian Heng said excitedly to his generals: "We are waiting for the army to attack Linzi City and destroy the Xiang family in one battle. Do you have confidence?"

"Report to your Majesty. A certain general is very confident!" All the generals of Qi State raised their heads and held their chests high.

The Jiaodong Kingdom has been preparing for this war. They have been preparing for two years, but the Xiang family has reduced their troops due to lack of food and grass. Now their strength is less than half of theirs, but they are elites who have been trained for the past two years. They can't think of any reason to fail.

Tian Guang was even more excited and said: "Your Majesty, please use my nephew as the vanguard. My nephew will definitely behead Xiang Yu."

Tian Hengdao: "Okay, Tian Guang will be the vanguard of the army and open the way for our army."

Tian Guang said excitedly: "No!"

Tian Heng continued: "The remaining generals will follow me to kill Linzi. If we don't recapture Linzi City this time, we will not stop."

The generals of Qi State nodded and said: "Promise!"

Without Xu Fan knowing it, the war in Qi was completely ignited.

(End of this chapter)