Overlord of the late Qin Dynasty

Chapter 255 Chen Liu's Conspiracy ([-])

Zhou Shi's words made everyone present nod their heads, and Wei Jiu also deeply agreed.

"Then how can we get Chenliu and other lands out of the hands of Chu State? What's the best strategy for you dear ones?" Wei Jiu looked at the courtiers and generals and asked.

"I think it's better to persuade Chu State to return Chenliu and other places with righteousness!" Lieutenant Ma Zhou first proposed.

"The last general thinks it's impossible!" Deng Zong stepped forward to stop Ma Zhou after he finished speaking. "Chu is so powerful, I am afraid that Xiangguo should know. Zhang Han has more than 30 soldiers and horses than Chu, but he was defeated. My Wei State has less than [-] soldiers, and most of them are recruits and Qin State. , how to compete with Chu for Chenliu?"

After Zhou Shi returned to Daliang, in order not to affect the people of Wei State, the young men who had just been recruited among the farming generals were all dismissed.The military strength of Wei State dropped from 50 to less than 30 in an instant, which greatly reduced the expenditure of the army and the burden on the court.

"What the general said is true! Chu State sent an envoy to discuss with Wei State; if the king does not hand over Chen Liu and other places to Chu State, I am afraid that the army of Chu State will come next time." !"

"I think that although Chenliu and other lands belong to our Wei land, they were taken back by Chu State from the Qin army. Why not cede these lands that are no longer in the hands of Great Wei to Chu State. This will not only make good relations with Chu State, but also Let the people of the world know about the greatness of the King!"

"If the king of Chu gave up the city and land as soon as he made a statement, it would really make people in the world laugh at the king's cowardice. If the king first took a tough stance and asked Chu to return the city and land that belonged to our great Wei, and then used food, grass, gold and silver as The reward for sending troops from Chu State this time. If Chu State does not accept it, the general will be willing to raise [-] troops to fight Chu State for life and death!"

Sima Ang, Gongsun Miao, Liu Ji and others came forward to propose to Wei Jiu, while Wei Jiu who was on the throne was deep in thought.

Seeing Wei Jiu, all the civil and military officials did not speak, but stopped in deep thought and waited for Wei Jiu's decision.

"Chu's troops are in full swing now, so it's not appropriate to create a quarrel with them. It's better to meet the Chu envoy first, and then make a decision after figuring out his purpose!" After a long time, Wei Jiu said helplessly.

"Here!" All the civil and military officials of the Wei State bowed their hands and took orders.

Daliang City, post house.

The guards of the Chu State Mission had already completed the defense of the posthouse, and Kuai Che and Li Zuoji were in the room listening to the report by Zhu Zhen, the general of the Mission Guards.

"Doctor, general! The entire posthouse has been fully defended!" Zhu Zhen clapped his hands and reported to Li Zuoji, who had already been named a partial general, and Kuai Che, the envoy of the mission.

"Lieutenant Zhu has worked hard!" Kuai Che nodded to Zhu Zhen, and then motioned him to sit down.

Zhu Zhen glanced at Li Zuoji, saw him nodding and sat down opposite him.

"General Li and Captain Zhu, in your opinion. If this post house is besieged by the Wei army, can it be defended?" Kuai Che handed Zhu Zhen a cup of tea, and then suddenly asked the two of them.

Zhu Zhen was flattered, and first took the tea from Kuai Che with both hands. Seeing that Li Zuoji didn't make a sound, he reciprocated: "This post house is too close to the Wei Palace, and the terrain is small. If the Wei army besieges, it may not be able to hold on!"

Kuai Che nodded with a smile, took a sip of tea and asked again: "Do those two people know why Wei Guo asked me to wait here to stay here?"

This time, Zhu Zhen didn't know how to answer the question.Li Zuoji, on the other hand, took a sip of tea and said to Kuai Che: "Doctor, we are all vulgar people, and we have no way of knowing who the King of Wei is! However, the Duke of Han ordered me to guard the doctor, even if I died in battle In Daliang City, the doctor will be guaranteed to escape safely!"

"General Li is serious! I just asked this question because I felt that the room was too boring!" Seeing that Li Zuoji, who had never made a sound, made a sound as a guarantee, Kuai Che stroked his beard.

Standing up, Kuai Che looked in the direction of Wei Wang's palace and said with a light smile, "I see! If we, the king of Wei, have ten more guts, he won't dare to kill me and wait for the envoys of Chu State!"

"Doctor is right! Our state of Chu is not a soft persimmon. If he dares to kill the king of Wei, the lord will definitely lead the army to destroy the state of Wei!" When Zhu Zhen talked about Xiang Yu, he couldn't help but feel that Xiang Yu's pride as a general.

Kuai Che could hear Zhu Zhen's deep admiration and pride for Xiang Yu and the state of Chu from Zhu Zhen's words. Although it was not the first time he had seen such emotions expressed by soldiers of the Chu army, he still felt that his lord Xiang Yu was worthy of being a A born leader.

Xiangguo Mansion, main hall.

The high seat and the upper head of Zhoushi, Xiangguo of Wei State, the left and right heads are General Wei Guo, Yang Wujun Deng Zong; former general, Yuanyang Emperor Huang Xin.Below the left head are the rear generals Sima Ang, the partial generals Deng Shuo, Sima Fa, and Liu Tai; the right ones are the servants Chai Wu, the partial generals Wu Man, Wei Gang, the captains Huangping, and Huang'an.

"All of you here are the current pillars, generals, or future pillars of our great Wei. In your opinion, how should we deal with the envoys of Chu?" Zhou Shi looked at the group of generals sitting next and sighed first, then Ask them again.

"Xiangguo, the general thinks it's better to give up Chenliu and other lands to Chu State. We still have the big county of Sanchuan in Wei State. Even if there is a dispute with Chu State in the future, the capital will be moved to Luoyang at worst!" After Zhou Shi finished speaking, Huang Xin, who had a good impression of the state of Chu, spoke first.

Huang Xin's words not only got the support of his subordinates Wu Man and Wei Gang, but also Sima Ang and Sima Fa, who are currently regarded as Deng Zong's faction.

Seeing this, Zhou Shi and Deng Zong sighed secretly in their hearts that Wei State was not yet strong, otherwise even if the generals of Wei State were killed in battle, they would not weaken their own country's prestige and turn to admire and envy other countries.

"Someone has a different opinion from Lord Yuanyang!" Deng Zong suddenly spoke up, and called Huang Xin not by his position in the court, but by his title of Wei State.

"Mr. Yangwu has any other opinions, you might as well tell us so that we can know!" Zhou Shijiang Deng Zong knew that he was very dissatisfied with Huangxin's words, but as a prime minister, even if he knew, he would see through and not tell the truth. .

"I feel that if it is possible, I will persuade Chu to give up our land in Wei and form an alliance with it on the grounds that the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty has not yet been destroyed and the world has not yet been settled. Instead of giving up the city and land and throwing it away casually like Lord Yuanyang The capital of hundreds of years!" Deng Zong said to everyone in the hall very calmly, but anyone could hear from Deng Zong's tone that he was very angry now.

"The general's words are reasonable, but it is too difficult to implement them! Chu Xiangyu will not easily give up the city and land he bought with the lives of the Chu army, and he will not give up expansion because the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty is still alive. Footsteps." Even though the attendant Chai Wudang refuted Deng Zong aloud, he was afraid that people would not believe him, so he brought up Liu Ji as an example, "Think about it, everyone, Liu Ji, the single father, lived happily in Sishui County as the Duke of Pei half a year ago. Freedom. If Chu State hadn't sent troops to attack Sishui County, then Liu Ji would have defected to our Wei State? If Chu Xiangyu was annoyed, then our Wei State would be at war!"

(End of this chapter)