Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 100

The history of Xiang Liang's rebellion is very different from that of history, because Xiang Kang was one step ahead of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang and raised the flag to rebel. The demon moth wings disrupted the development of history to a certain extent. Xiang Liang, who was afraid of being implicated, could only take The eldest nephew Xiang Yu hides in the grass, and he dare not go back to the same way as in the history. Even after the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, he was active in the Wuzhong area openly, and once planned to go north and return to Huaibei to join Xiang Kang.

But Xiang Liang is not Xiang Bo after all. Although it is relatively easy to go directly north to pick peaches, Xiang Liang always feels that it is too embarrassing to go back empty-handed. Liang resolutely gave up the idea of ​​going north directly, and chose to imitate his nephew Zhengqi and organize the people to launch an uprising on the spot.As a result, relying on Xiang Liang's accumulated connections in the Wuzhong area over the years, and the lofty prestige accumulated by the old Xiang family in Chu State, after a lot of hard preparation, Xiang Liang finally succeeded in gathering more than a thousand people. Ma, launched an anti-Qin uprising on the shore of Taihu Lake, and immediately launched an attack on the neighboring Wu County, the prefecture of Kuaiji.

Yin Tong, the prefect of Kuaiji, desperately courted his own death just like in history. Seeing the rebellion and rebellion in the Central Plains, he was ambitious and started to rebel. This will see Xiang Liang gather a crowd to revolt and send troops to attack Wu County. Not only did Yin Tong not actively organize The army sent troops to suppress or guard the city. On the contrary, they took the initiative to send people to find Xiang Liang, expressed their willingness to cooperate with Xiang Liang in raising troops, and proposed to use Xiang Liang as a general so that Xiang Liang would raise troops against Qin under his own command.Xiang Liang laughed when he heard the news, and took the opportunity to make a plan. He pretended to agree to be Yin Tong's cow and horse, and asked Yin Tong to allow him to lead his army to the city of Wu County. The army and civilians revolted together.

Fainted by the benefits, the ecstatic Yin Tong's head turned hot, and he really opened the city gate to welcome Xiang Liang's army into the city. After taking away Yin Tong's prefect seal, he proclaimed himself the prefect of Kuaiji, and took control of Wuxian County, the prefecture of Kuaiji, and then quickly expanded the army to thousands of people, turning himself into the leader of Jiangdong.

The road was far away, and many places along the way were still controlled by the Qin court. When the news of Xiang Liang's rebellion was presented to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang had already personally led his army north to the city of Tan County, Donghai County, and defeated them in a field battle. The Donghai County recruits hastily formed by Donghai County Prime Minister took advantage of the situation and seized the city of Tan County, the most populous city in Donghai County.As for the news of Xiang Liang's rebellion, the traverser Xiang Kang certainly didn't have any surprises, and sighed: "Why don't I have such good luck? Can I meet such a stupid opponent as Yin Tong? If Zhao Zhuang and Gongsun Qing This man is also the same as Yin Tong, so let alone Tancheng, I have already taken down Xiangxian County (the county seat of Sishui)."

"Young Marshal, it seems that this is not the time to lament this question?" Zhou Zeng smiled wryly, and said, "You respected your second uncle as Marshal Wu Xinjun, Shangzhu State and Chu State Marshal, this time he is also in Jiangdong. The army has been raised, and it is not far from our southern line control area, after we join forces with him, you will have to obediently obey his orders."

"It doesn't matter, just obey when you should. Who told him that he is my elder, and his qualifications and prestige are far above me?" Xiang Kang waved his hand generously, and then said: "Don't worry, Uncle Ya, my second uncle and my third uncle, although They are brothers from the same country, but their personalities and tempers are completely opposite. They are proud of their temper, but they still know what it means to be a corporal, and they also know how to behave in moderation. They can listen to other people's advice and fight under his orders. You and I absolutely don’t have to worry about being sloppy.”

"Really?" Zhou Zeng was skeptical, and said, "One mother and one compatriot, Xiang Zhuguo's temper and character are so different from Master Xiang Bo's?"

"It's absolutely true." Xiang Kang nodded. Although he couldn't tell Zhou Zeng what happened in the future, he still recalled the memory left by the last Xiang Kang and said: "Second Uncle treats our Xiang family children equally, and never likes them as much as Third Uncle Partial. In the past, even if our Xiang family's children made some mistakes, he didn't just beat and scold us like an elder like the third uncle. He would only teach us patiently, explain the truth, and let us know right from wrong. We pay special attention to the cultivation of our Xiang family's children. Our Xiang family's children basically learned martial arts from him. It's a pity that he was forced to flee after killing someone a few years ago, and our studies were wasted. Otherwise. If he can teach us a few more years, our Xiang family disciples will not be as disorganized as before."

Seeing that Xiang Kang spoke emotionally, Zhou Zeng, who was still worried that Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo were the same people, gradually felt relieved, nodded and said: "In this way, we don't need to worry about any troubles that Xiang Zhu will have after being a member of the National Assembly. Oh, by the way, Young Marshal, your elder brother Xiang You asked him to take up the matter of going south and Xiang Zhu as a member of the Diet, how do you plan to answer?"

"He's dreaming!" Xiang Kang's expression changed, and he said with a cold snort: "It's fine if the commander is incompetent and can't take Huaiyin, and even the camp was broken by a gang of mobs, and hundreds of soldiers and horses were lost. Fortunately, he still has face." He proposed to continue the southern expedition, and asked me to assign Chen Ying's army to him as well! Ask Feng Zhong to go, and make Feng Zhong the general of the gangsters (miscellaneous name, ranked under the general of Pi), and let him lead Xiang You and Chen Ying. Infant's soldiers and horses, in charge of the southern front war, responsible for opening up the contact between us and the second uncle."

"If you do this, I'm afraid Master Xiang will have something to say." Zhou Zeng reminded: "The young commander is not afraid that Master Xiang will go to Zhu Guo in the future to instigate you, saying that you use a foreign surname and be mean to the children of the Xiang family?"

"My second uncle won't listen to him!" Xiang Kang said confidently: "My second uncle knows right from wrong, and if he goes to instigate him, he will only make trouble for himself!"

Seeing that Xiang Kang was so confident, Zhou Zeng nodded with confidence, wrote a book according to Xiang Kang's request, and promoted Feng Zhong, who had performed well recently, to the rank of general of the Young Marshal Army, and followed Xiang Kang's order to make the battle Xiang You, who was not effective, was demoted to two or five hundred leaders, and sent to the south line together with the newly printed letters on a fast horse.At the same time, Xiang Kang announced the good news of Xiang Liang's rebellion to the public, in exchange for the cheers of the Xiang family's children in the army, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly encouraged.

Then, having successfully captured Tancheng, Xiang Kang immediately set his sights on the neighboring four counties of Xiangben, Quxian, Lanling, and Zangcheng, and adopted Zhou Zeng's suggestion, proclaiming himself Donghai County In the honor of the county guards, the four county towns were asked to change their banners and surrender.Not to mention the result, when the main force of the county army has been completely destroyed, the nearby Xiangben and Lanling counties really put down their weapons and surrendered obediently. Only Qu County and Zangcheng, which are relatively far away, did not reply. Without hesitation, he immediately dispatched Xiang Sui to lead an army of [-] troops into the east to attack Qu County. The northern part of the East China Sea is the established strategy for the strategic rear.

Another accident, after the partial division left first, when the main force was about to set off, the soldiers patrolling outside the city suddenly brought a man who claimed to be the envoy of Zhang Chuguo to Xiang Kang. After the meeting, the envoy named Li Pan not only showed his identity , claiming to be the Wuping Lord of Zhang Chu State, who was canonized by Chen Sheng himself, and held out a yellow silk edict, representing Chen Sheng to canonize Xiang Kang as the right Sima of Zhang Chu State, asking Xiang Kang to obey Chen Sheng's orders, and also asking Xiang Kang to let Li Pan serve as a prisoner. As an army, he was stationed in the Young Marshal Army and supervised the use of troops by the Young Marshal Army.

Without thinking, he wanted to be Chen Sheng's courtier himself, and he also wanted to be the supervisor of the army as soon as he came in, riding on the heads of Xiang Kang and the young generals to do his best. If it was replaced by someone else, he would not be slaughtered. Li Pan will also drive him away as a psychopath.However, Xiang Kang, who is very politically minded, was very calm. First, he carefully checked Li Pan's seal and talisman, and confirmed that he was indeed the envoy sent by Chen Sheng. Then he politely invited Li Pan to the guest house under the pretext of needing consideration. After dinner, Zhou Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and other young commanders, military and military, were summoned immediately to discuss countermeasures with everyone.

Just as Xiang Kang expected, when he told the situation to everyone, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Yang, Chao Zhi, Zheng Bu and other generals immediately roared with laughter, and they all laughed at the whims of Chen Sheng, Li Pan and others, who actually wanted to rely on A so-called bullshit edict to incorporate the Young Marshal who is about to take down the entire county of Donghai.After laughing, Xiang Zhuang couldn't wait to say to Xiang Kang: "My brother, don't talk to him, tell him to go away! We raised troops to restore the state of Chu, not to help Chen Sheng establish the state of Zhang Chu, let alone recognize him as the king of Zhang Chu." Tell us to obey Chen Sheng's orders, dreaming!"

Xiang Kang didn't smile, and didn't immediately adopt Xiang Zhuang's suggestion, but said slowly: "Brother, it's easy to drive Li Pan away, but have you considered what the consequences will be if you drive Li Pan away?"

"What are the consequences?" Xiang Zhuang said with a sneer, "Chen Sheng, can he still send troops to attack us?"

"Why not?" Xiang Kang asked back, saying: "Chen Sheng is so aggressive that he recruited and surrendered all the way. There are already hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, so that he dares to attack from all directions and attack cities everywhere. Who can guarantee that he will not send the first Seven routes of soldiers and horses, attacking us?"

"Come as soon as you come, afraid they won't succeed?" Xiang Zhuang sneered even more, and said: "Even if there are 5 or [-] people, we don't need to be afraid!"

"But if we do this, wouldn't it be too cheap to rape the Qin court?" Xiang Kang asked again, and said: "We are not afraid of Chen Sheng's mob, but if we turn against him, wouldn't it be a fight between snipe and clam, and the fisherman will win?" Li, to tyrannize the Qin court for nothing?"

"Brother, are you planning to accept it?" Xiang Zhuang asked in surprise.

"Young Commander, don't be confused." General Zheng Bu also hurriedly said, "With our current situation, Young Commander, it is not an exaggeration for you to call yourself a king, why should you obey Chen Sheng's orders? What qualifications does he have to command our Young Marshal Army?"

"Of course it is to stabilize Chen Sheng." Xiang Kang replied directly, saying: "If we pretend to agree to join him, we can avoid directly turning against him and use his troops in the Central Plains to block the attack of the Tyrant Qin army for us." The main force in Guanzhong, take the opportunity to consolidate our rear in the East China Sea, and continue to strengthen our strength. Then when Chen Sheng and the main force of Baoqin are defeated, we will break away from Chen Sheng and stand on our own, isn't it just a matter of words?"

Feeling that Xiang Kang's words were reasonable, Xiang Zhuang, Zheng Bu and others were inevitably a little tempted, but at this moment, Zhou Zeng, who had always worn a pair of trousers with Xiang Kang, suddenly stood up and objected loudly: "Young commander, you must not do this. I think your thinking is a bit wrong!"

"What's wrong? Uncle Ya please point me out." Xiang Kang turned to Zhou Zeng and asked.

"There are three inadequacies!" Zhou Zeng replied loudly, first winking at Xiang Kang, and then said: "There are two inadequacies among them, needless to say, the most critical one is that there is less Shuai, you forgot, the flag of our army changes, it is not what you say, but your second uncle, Xiang Zhuguo, our respected Marshal of Chu State, can decide! If you do not ask for his opinion, you will decide to surrender to Zhang Chu , in the future, Xiang Zhu will ask, how do you explain it?"

It was only Zhou Zeng who reminded Xiang Kang that he realized that he was really careless. He forgot that there was another Xiang Liang who was more qualified to be the master for the children of the Xiang family, so he quickly thanked Zhou Zeng: "Thank you very much." Uncle Ya pointed out that I was confused for a while and almost made a big mistake, but fortunately Uncle Ya stopped me in time, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to explain to my second uncle in the future."

"Young commander, you are welcome." Zhou Zeng waved his hand and said, "Young commander, in my opinion, I think you should tell Zhang Chu's envoy Li Pan about this situation, and then arrange people to escort him to Kuaiji to meet Xiang Xiang." Zhu State, please Xiang Zhu State to make a decision, if Xiang Zhu State agrees that we submit to King Zhang Chu, then of course we will obey, if Xiang Zhu State does not agree, then even if Chen Sheng sends troops to attack us, we must not change the flag."

Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Yang and others nodded their heads one after another, and they all thought it was a good idea. Xiang Kang also made up his mind, nodded and said, "Okay, let's do this, tell that Wuping Lord Li Pan about the situation, and let him go See my second uncle, and ask my second uncle to decide for us."

After making this decision, the generals dispersed one after another, and Xiang Kang also asked Zhou Zeng alone: ​​"Uncle Ya, why did you wink at me just now?"

"Because there are still two points, you are even more careless, young commander." Zhou Zeng, an old official in the officialdom, said in a low voice: "Pretend to submit to Chen Sheng, temporarily stabilize him and wait for the opportunity to strengthen our strength. After he and the Tyrant Qin army are defeated It is indeed a brilliant move to turn against him again. But how did you forget, young commander, if you agreed so readily, wouldn't that Li Pan immediately become your restraining force? If he uses the banner of Chen Sheng at that time When asked to send troops, do you obey or not?"

"Also." Zhou Zeng said in a low voice again: "If you directly agree to surrender, how will you explain to the world when you fall out with Chen Sheng in the future? Since you have the opportunity to shirk, why do you want to be this villain? Bear this infamy? "

Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and quickly thanked Zhou Zeng for his kind advice. Zhou Zeng was modest and said: "Young commander, things were in a hurry just now, and I was a little thoughtless. I forgot that there is a better excuse to evade Li Pan, which is Chen Sheng." You haven't conferred an official title on your uncle Xiang Zhu yet. After you meet Li Pan, if you don't want to visit, ask Li Pan to go back to see Chen Sheng first to get an official title for your uncle, and then go to Jiangdong to visit your uncle, etc. After your uncle agrees to submit to Chen Sheng, we will follow orders. In this way, we can buy more time."

Xiang Kang nodded in understanding, then hurriedly led Zhou Zengtong to visit Li Pan in the guest house, and told Li Pan that he had to obey Xiang Liang's order as an excuse, and also excused that Chen Sheng had not conferred any official title on his uncle Xiang Liang. , asked Li Pan to go back and solve this problem with Chen Sheng first, and then go directly to Jiangdong to discuss with Xiang Liang.

Forced by Xiang Kang's many excuses, Li Pan had no choice but to bid farewell to Xiang Kang obediently, and hurried back to Chen County, the capital of Zhang Chu State, to meet Chen Sheng, and told Chen Sheng Xiang Kang's answer, and ended up serving the Western Front. Chen Sheng, who was troubled by the unfavorable war, did not hesitate, and immediately asked someone to write an edict, canonizing Xiang Liang as the Shangzhu State and Wu Xinjun of Zhang Chu State, and asked Xiang Liang to immediately raise his troops to the north to join the anti-Qin battlefield.Then Li Pan was sent as an envoy to Jiangdong to appease Xiang Liang.

After spending a lot of time, Li Pan finally delivered Chen Sheng's edict to Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang, who had already known Xiang Kang's intentions through letters, immediately accepted Chen Sheng's edict without blinking an eyelid, and sent Chen Sheng's edict to Chen Sheng. Express surrender.As a result, Xiang Yu, Xiang Liang's eldest nephew, was of course very unhappy, and asked Xiang Liang: "Uncle, why did you submit to that bastard Chen Sheng? Our Xiang family is now strong and powerful, and the land is vast, why should we bow our heads to others?"

"What do you know?" Xiang Liang scolded with a smile, and said, "Chen Sheng is located in the Central Plains, and he is the barrier on the western front between us and your brother Kang, so please say something nice to him in a low voice, and use him to stand in front of us to secure a solid territory for us." And the time to strengthen our strength, where can we find such a good deal? At this time, we pretend to surrender, and when our strength is enough, and when Chen Shengpifu and the Tyrant Qin army are defeated, we will stand on our own, isn't it just a sentence? What about talking?"

Xiang Yu came to his senses, but he was still a little bit aggrieved, and said: "This deal can be done, but we absolutely can't let that bastard Li Pan be our military supervisor, what kind of person is he, and he should also supervise our Xiang family's children on behalf of Chen Sheng? "

"Don't worry, there are plenty of ways to deal with him." Xiang Liang smiled even more happily, and said, "In the south of Donghai County, isn't there a man named Qin Jia who refuses to join us? Let Li Pan be powerful for a few days, and then Tell him to recruit Qin Jia for us. Qin Jia has a grudge against our Xiang family. He will definitely not give him any good looks. Maybe he will kill him directly. No matter whether Li Pan is beaten back or Qin Jia Just chopped it up with a knife, wouldn't we have a legitimate excuse to annex Qin Jiapifu's army by force?"

"Otherwise." Xiang Liang smiled again, and said, "Whether it's us or your brother Kang, if we directly send troops to attack other anti-Qin rebels, wouldn't we immediately be scolded by all the anti-Qin rebels in the world? We want to recruit them in the future." Wouldn't it be much more difficult to surrender the other anti-Qin rebels?"

(End of this chapter)