Chapter 269 Xiang Yu counterattacks
He was already very concerned about protecting his credit, and at the reminder of Zhang Liang, he discovered the benefits of winning over Zhang Han. Xiang Kang, who was decisive in killing, brutally ruined Zhang Han's beautiful daughter Zhang Han's beautiful daughter, that night, and turned Zhang Han into one of his father-in-laws. Then, one day later, he sent someone to send all Zhang Han's family except Zhang Han to Jin and handed them back to Zhang Han by the northeast of the river.
When he learned that Xiang Kang had generously returned his family, he had already joined forces with Sima Xin and Dong Yi to take down Zhang Han, the capital of Jinyang City, Taiyuan County, and of course he was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears. Even when he saw his long-lost wife and third brother Zhang Feng come to him, Zhang Han couldn't help but pinch his thighs a few times to tell whether he was in a dream. Then he hugged his head with his relatives and cried bitterly, and was so excited that he cried.
After the joyfulness, of course he felt sad. After learning the specific incident, he heard that his daughter had been occupied and humiliated by Xiang Kang. Zhang Han immediately complained and immediately understood Xiang Kang's vicious intentions. He had to swear to Sima Xin and Dong Yi who came to congratulate him...
"King Jin, King Zhai, please rest assured. I can swear to the sky! If I have any strange intentions, secretly collude with Xiang Kang dog thief and betray you to please him, please ask the ghosts and gods to immediately drop the heavenly thunder and kill me, and burn me to death! After death, I still have no place to face, and the corpse in the wilderness will crush my bones and ashes, turning into flying smoke!"
"King Dai must not say that." Sima Xin smiled relaxedly and said, "Who are you, King Dai, I and King Zhai are still not clear? There is no need to make such a poisonous oath. I absolutely believe in the sincerity of your alliance with us, King Dai."
"Yes, you don't have to make any vows," Dong Yi also said carelessly: "Xiang Kang's despicable behavior has long been known to the world. How could this king and King Jin be deceived by him? Please rest assured that we will join forces with you to enter Xianyang and save Zhang Qing's niece!"
"Thank you, the two kings." Zhang Han quickly thanked sincerely, but snorted coldly in his heart: "It sounds nice to say. I don't know who you two are? If you don't always beware of this king's secret collusion with Xiang Kang's children in the future, my king's word "Zhang" is written upside down!"
"You don't have to be polite to the King of Dai." Sima Xin and Dong Yi spoke in unison with humility, and hummed in their hearts: "You are a good man, but when the situation is wrong or necessary, if you, a common man, don't recognize Xiang Kang's son-in-law as soon as possible, your king's name will be read in reverse!"
In this way, no matter how beautiful or beautiful the words were, Xiang Kang still successfully forcibly penetrated a wedge in the Guanzhong surrendered soldiers. It immediately made Zhang Han, Sima Xin and Dong Yi, who were once intimate, feel wary of each other, and lay the hidden danger of the complete division of the Guanzhong surrendered soldiers. What's worse is that Xiang Kang actually took the initiative to send someone back to Zhang Han's family. Almost all the soldiers of the Guanzhong Allied soldiers who were surrendered by the Qin army also missed their relatives in their hometown. The morale of the military was immediately greatly affected. The soldiers were successively invaded by the soldiers because of their homesickness. Zhang Han, Sima Xin and Dong Yi were furious about this, but they had no choice.
In addition, Zhang Han himself did not dare to conceal such an important matter from Xiang Yu, the current leader of the princes. He also knew that the more he concealed, the more suspicious Xiang Yu would be about him. Therefore, there was no need for Sima Xin and Dong Yi to ask. Zhang Han wrote the situation into a letter that day, sent someone to Pengcheng to Xiang Yu, and took the initiative to confess Xiang Kang's win-win and bribery.
It's time to see the situation on Xiang Yu's side. It's basically the same as Xiang Kang's expectations. After returning to Pengcheng with injuries, Xiang Yu really had the idea of Xiang Kang's wife Yu Miaoge taking the blame. It happened that Yu Miaoge happened to give birth to the eldest son of Xiang Kang. Xiang Bo, who hated Xiang Kang so much that he hated Xiang Kang, instigated Xiang Yu to execute Xiang Kang's son, so that everyone in the world would see the fate that he dared not get along with him. Fortunately, Xiang Liang's wife immediately stepped forward and took Yu Miaoge's sisters and Xiang Kang's son to his residence. He also told Xiang Yu directly in person...
"If you want to kill Kang'er's wife and children, kill your uncle first!"
The most favored by Xiang Liang was to borrow Xiang Yu's 100 courage. Of course, Xiang Yu did not dare to touch a hair of his second aunt. In addition to Xiang You, the children of the Xiang family also advised him. They said that even if Xiang Kang had 10,000 wrong and 10,000 should be damned, they should not be involved in Xiang Kang's wife and children in their hearts. In addition, Xiang Yu's absolute confidants Cao Ju and Old Man Fan also tried their best to persuade him. They said that only by keeping Xiang Kang's wife and son in their hands can they play their greatest value. Xiang Yu did not pay attention to Xiang Bo's fanning the flames, leaving a way out for Yu Miaoge and his son.
Maybe it was the blessings that Xiang Kang and his wife and children had temporarily let go. Kuai Che, a famous Zhao man who defected to Xiang Yu after the Julu War, did not receive the trust and heavy use of Xiang Yu, who was not well-known, but still fulfilled his duties and invited his friend An Qisheng, a famous hermit and doctor in Langya County, to treat Xiang Yu's injuries. Xiang Yu had long heard of An Qisheng's famous reputation, and he was patient and accepted An Qisheng's treatment. Then after An Qisheng's careful treatment, Xiang Yu's eye injury quickly improved greatly and was infinitely close to healing.
However, Xiang Kang did not let his clan brother Xiang Yu go. Although An Qisheng repeatedly warned Xiang Yu not to get angry, when he received the news that the two princes of Wei Bao and Chai Wu were killed by Xiang Kang in an instant, Xiang Yu was still furious twice, which affected his injury recovery twice. Then when he received the news that Xiang Kang deliberately attracted Zhang Han, Xiang Yu was furious for the third time, causing his injuries to repeat.
"Despicable villain! Shameless rat! It's simply a shame for our Xiang family! In order to sow discord, he was so despicable that he couldn't be so despicable. Don't that scum knows how to write the word "shame"?!"
"The king calms down, calms down your anger, your injuries, Mr. Anqiu (An Qisheng) has repeatedly reminded you not to get angry anymore!"
"How can you please calm down your anger?" Xiang Yu roared and interrupted Cao Ju and Old Man Fan's persuasion. He ignored the pain of his right eye and red left eye just yelled, "In order to provoke discord, the scum of our Xiang family took Zhang Han's daughter as a concubine and sent it back to Zhang Han's family. If this continues, as long as there is a little wrong, Zhang Han's spouse will definitely turn to that scum immediately! How can you tell me that I can endure this tone?!"
Cao Ju and Old Man Fan shut up helplessly, and knew very well that Xiang Yu could not bear this tone. Xiang Bo was angry and said, "Nephew, you must not let that little beast continue to be arrogant. You must find a way to punish him quickly. Otherwise, the three kings of Guanzhong might soon be divided and let the little beast reap the benefits of the fisherman."
After hearing Xiang Bo's instigation, Xiang Yu immediately shouted to Cao Ju and Old Man Fan: "You guys, what should I do about this? How can I deal with that scum so that he will stop being so arrogant and proud!"
Cao Ju and Old Man Fan exchanged a look of frowning, and then Cao Ju said: "King, please let the ministers and Fan Zuoshi discuss it carefully, and then give you a reply. Taking this opportunity, we'd better invite Mr. Anqiu to show you the injury, so as not to worsen again."
He also knew that Cao Ju and Old Man Fan were kind-hearted. Xiang Yu suppressed his anger and immediately sent someone to invite An Qisheng to check his injuries. Cao Ju and Old Man Fan quickly discussed in a low voice, trying to find a way to satisfy Xiang Yu's demands as soon as possible and appease Xiang Yu's bear temper.
After a moment, An Qisheng, who was fluttering in the robe, was invited to Xiang Yu, untied the silk cloth and took a look. An Qisheng sighed, knowing that someone must have provoked Xiang Yu again, but An Qisheng was too lazy to talk nonsense to Xiang Yu, so he prescribed a prescription and asked the guards to take medicine according to the prescription, and then asked Xiang Yu to lie down for the time being, using massage techniques to clear the meridians for Xiang Yu, and help Xiang Yu dissipate the anger as soon as possible. It took quite a lot of effort, which restored Xiang Yu's mood to calm down.
At this time, Cao Ju and Old Man Fan also discussed some results, and Cao Ju spoke out: "King, in the current situation, if we want to punish and weaken Xiang Kang's undeniable ministers, lay the foundation for our future entry into Guanzhong and reduce resistance, the ministers and the subordinates believe that we can adopt three strategies at present."
"Those three strategies?" Xiang Yu asked immediately.
"First, win over Zhao State, let Zhao State rebels and Xiang Kang become enemies, and use Zhao State to curb Xiang Kang's momentum of expansion east of the Yellow River." Cao Ju replied.
"Is that easy?" Xiang Yu said angrily: "Because of Chen Yu, Sima Sui and Shen Yang, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er and other men have already signed an alliance with Xiang Kang, the scum, to join forces to fight against this king and other princes. How could they turn against each other again?"
"Don't worry, although it is difficult to make Zhao State and Xiang Kang rebel against each other, this is not impossible." Old Man Fan explained: "The reason why Zhao State signed an alliance with Xiang Kang was because he was dissatisfied with our splitting Zhao State's army and territory. Now that the country is in a row, Zhao State is seriously injured, and it is impossible to change the current fait accompli. As long as we change our strategy and take the initiative to show goodwill to Zhao State, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er may still be pulled over by us for the benefit of Zhao State and become enemies with Xiang Kang."
"And it's still an opportunity at the moment." Cao Ju also added: "Zhang Han and his men advanced to seize Taiyuan County controlled by Zhao State. Xiang Kang's rebel ministers were close at hand. Not only did they not lend a helping hand in time, but they also won over and please Zhang Han, who was about to enter Dai County. The people of Zhao State would definitely be very dissatisfied."
"There is also the issue of the ownership of Shangdang County, which is also an opportunity for us to win over Zhao State. Shangdang County was originally restored by Zhao State's army from the tyrannical Qin army, and then was granted to Wei Bao as the land of Wei State by the king. Now Wei Bao is forced to surrender to Xiang Kang's rebel ministers. Logically speaking, Shangdang should belong to Xiang Kang's rebel ministers, and Zhao State will never spit out this piece of fat that has been eaten into his mouth. As long as we do some work on it, we will not worry that Zhao State and Xiang Kang's rebel ministers will rebel against each other."
After hearing Cao Ju and Old Man Fan’s arguments were reasonable, Xiang Yu finally nodded and asked, “What should I do in detail?”
"Send an envoy to Zhao State to formally return Shangdang County to Zhao State, and promise not to pursue the past mistakes of Zhang Er and his son, take the opportunity to explain the pros and cons to the monarch and ministers of Zhao State, and persuade Zhao State to cut off the alliance with Xiang Kang." Cao Ju immediately replied: "In addition, we promise Zhao State that as long as they help us fight against Xiang Kang's rebellious ministers, we will also allocate Hedong County to Zhao State as compensation for them. Our Western Chu is strong and Xiang Kang is weak, and Zhao State is weighing the pros and cons, and seeing that there is profit, we will definitely make a wise choice."
After putting himself in his shoes, he found that with his strong army and invincible military power, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er would definitely not be shameless as long as they actively requested reconciliation with Zhao State. Xiang Yu nodded and said, "Just do it like this, send someone to contact Zhao State immediately, and ask Zhao Xie, the envoy who expelled Xiang Kang's rebels, and instead form an alliance with us."
"King, my subordinates believe that Wu She should be sent to persuade Zhao's king and ministers, so that they can be the most confident and successful." Old Man Fan hurriedly said: "Wu She is outstanding in eloquence and eloquence. Only by asking him to go to Zhao's mission to persuade Zhao to abandon Han and surrender to Chu."
"Then let's call Wu She." Xiang Yu replied impatiently, and said, "What are the other two strategies?"
"The second strategy is to win over the old ministers of the tyrant Qin in Guanzhong, support them to launch a rebellion, and give Xiang Kang a sword from behind." Cao Ju said: "When Xiang Kang's Hangu Pass was in emergency, the old ministers of the tyrant Qin who refused to submit to Xiang Kang's rebellion had already launched a rebellion. Although they were quickly suppressed by Xiang Kang's remaining troops, it is enough to show that the old ministers of the tyrant Qin are still missing their homeland and have the idea of restoration. We just need to follow the flow and incite the old ministers of the tyrant Qin to launch a rebellion again. Regardless of whether their rebellion can succeed, they can shake and attack Xiang Kang's control over the tyrant Qin."
He suffered too much loss in similar cases. He wanted to make a fuss over his teeth. Xiang Yu did not hesitate and immediately said, "What should I do?"
"Send people to Guanzhong to secretly contact the old tyrant Qin prince Ying who was forced to surrender to Xiang Kang's rebellious minister." Cao Ju replied: "In exchange for promises to restore Qin, he encouraged him to lead the old tyrant Qin ministers to launch a rebellion and to support our army into Guanzhong."
"Okay, just do it." Xiang Yu was also very good at doing business and said: "Although this is not sure, once it succeeds, it will definitely be extraordinary. Moreover, even if we fail, the losses will be irrelevant. Arrange reliable personnel to do it as soon as possible."
Cao Ju quickly agreed, and Xiang Yu asked about his third strategy and Old Man Fan. Cao Ju hurriedly replied: "The third strategy is to bribe and win over Xiang Kang's generals. Our detailed work has already found the accurate information. Wang Ling, a fellow villager of Liu Ji, the king of Nanyang who was proclaimed as Ranghou, was not allowed to be valued by Xiang Kang's rebel in Nanyang after being incorporated by Xiang Kang's rebel in Nanyang. He must be quite dissatisfied."
"In addition, Wang Ling's family is also in Pei County. We might as well send someone to Pengcheng to treat him with courtesy, and then let his family secretly rebel against Wang Ling, promising to use Wang Ling with high officials and generous salaries for us. Once this matter is successful, we will be like Xiang Kang's inner line being placed by Xiang Kang's military affairs at any time, and Wang Ling can also turn against each other when necessary, insert Xiang Kang's sword from behind, and even directly help us capture and kill Xiang Kang's demon."
"Good idea!" Xiang Yu, who had done this in history, was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly ordered: "Go and do it quickly, the faster the better. Take all Wang Ling's family to Pengcheng as soon as possible!"
Cao Ju hurriedly sang a promise and sent someone to act according to the plan in front of Xiang Yu. As a result, Xiang Yu, who had a way to fight back, was in a good mood and the wound on his right eye was no longer so painful. But just when Xiang Yu turned angry and happy, An Qisheng, a famous Langya scholar who was still serving Tang Yao, suddenly spoke, and said in a sarcastic tone: "King, if you expect these three strategies to make Xiang Kang's rebellious minister at a loss and catch fire in the front and back, it would be easier to rely on the thunder to kill Xiang Kang's rebellious minister."
Before An Qisheng could finish his words, everyone present was shocked. Then Xiang Yu asked incredibly surprised: "What are Mr. Anqiu's words?"
"I am foolish in my opinion. If the three strategies proposed by Cao Sima and Fan Zuoshi may be very likely to work if they are used on other people." An Qisheng sneered and replied: "But with the ability of Xiang Kang's rebellious ministers, these three strategies of Cao Sima and others are destined to be easily resolved by him."
Cao Ju and Old Man Fan, who had finally figured out these three tricks, looked extremely ugly together. Cao Ju couldn't help but sneer and asked, "Mr. Anqiu, I want to ask for advice. How should Xiang Kang's rebellious minister resolve the strategies of his official and Fan Zuoshi?"
"I don't know." An Qisheng answered extremely directly, saying: "I just think that with Xiang Kang's ability, the King's hard work will definitely be solved easily, and the King's hard work will be in vain."
Cao Ju laughed loudly, Old Man Fan sneered, and they all laughed in disdain. Xiang Yu also said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Anqiu, you should concentrate on treating the injury of this king. You don't have to worry about military affairs."
An Qisheng smiled helplessly, closed his mouth and stopped talking. Cao Ju was furious when he saw this and simply said, "Since Mr. Anqiu looked down on his official plan so much, there must be a better way to punish Xiang Kang's rebel minister. I wonder if the teacher's clever plan is there?"
"I am incompetent and can't think of any better way to punish Xiang Kang's rebels." An Qisheng shook his head and suddenly said: "But I know that under the king's tent, there is someone who can definitely come up with a better way to punish Xiang Kang's rebels for the king."
"Who?" Xiang Yu asked curiously.
"My friend, my minister Kuai Che, my uncle." An Qisheng replied immediately.
Hearing An Qisheng's answer, Cao Ju and Old Man Fan couldn't help but sneer. Xiang Yu couldn't help but snorted, looking down on Kuai Che who An Qisheng recommended to him. An Qisheng was a very friend and said, "King, I know, you always think that my friend Kuai Che is just a tongue-talking lobbyist and is not enough to entrust a big deal, but why don't you give him a chance to prove whether he can only lobby or have nowhere to use his strategies? I am willing to use Xiang Shang's head guarantee. Faced with the current situation, Kuai Che will inevitably have better strategies to present to the King."
Like in history, Xiang Yu still disdained Kuai Che, who looked down on him, but unlike in history, Cao Ju was so angry that he simply helped An Qisheng speak: "King, since Mr. Anqiu is so confident in his friend Mr. Kuai Che, why don't you give Mr. Kuai Che a chance? See if Mr. Kuai Che is as wise as Mr. Anqiu praised, but he is full of strategy, but he is not allowed to display it?"
Xiang Kang, who was punished with evil, had always been unlucky. After hearing Cao Ju's instigation, Xiang Yu's heart was a little shaken. Old Man Fan was also very dissatisfied with An Qisheng's contempt for him, so he simply stood up and encouraged Xiang Yu to give An Qisheng's best friend Kuai Che a chance. Xiang Yu was not very interested in anything except war. Unlike Xiang Kang, who cares about political affairs every day and is not afraid of exhausting himself. When he was idle, he nodded and immediately sent someone to call Kuai Che to the front of him, so that he could make suggestions for himself based on the current situation.
Chapter completed!