"Brother, brother, I thought that your old bones were buried in a small place and fed to wolves."
When he saw that the old man in front of him was really his brother, with good arms and legs, and even his habit of coughing and spitting had not changed, Li Shang breathed a sigh of relief, but he still couldn't help complaining.
Who told Li Shiqi to follow Zhang Er to the west to attack the Qin Dynasty five months ago, and then there was no news at all?
Li Shiqi sneered: "Who taught you those light knight skills? How many jackals can you be afraid of with your old swordsmanship?"
"Then what big thing has brother done?"
Li Shang lowered his voice. As early as when his elder brother persuaded him to surrender to the Chu Kingdom, he had said that both Chu and Wei would be defeated in the future. Only Heifu could rule the world, and Li Shiqi wanted to get acquainted with the Six Kingdoms.
, when the time comes to sell yourself, you can sell it at a high price...
Li Shiqi didn't answer at first, but asked him if everything was well at home? How many people had he brought?
Li Shang said: "Not many, only two thousand. The remaining two thousand will be taken by Li Xi and left behind at Chen Liu."
Li Xi was the son of Li Shiqi, but Li Shiqi had great distrust in him and said disdainfully: "Li Xi? Is this son able to convince those knights? It's just because of your reputation."
Li Shang was helpless: "Brother, Li Xi is also over thirty years old. I often take him to practice martial arts..."
Li Shiqi shook his head and said: "This kid is not like me, and he can't learn your three skills. It's sad. I'm afraid he won't be able to keep the merit he earned at the risk of his own life. Otherwise..."
He smiled and said, "I'll pass it on to you!"
"Gongjue? My brother is now..."
Li Shiqi said: "I am now the Zuo Geng personally appointed by the Regent of Great Qin."
"This is what I said in Hedong, and it took two counties to exchange for the surrender of one Sima."
This achievement is not an exaggeration. What is amazing is that because Li Shiqi planned carefully and the "Wing Camp" set up by Heifu was very secret, no one except a few people was able to take refuge with Heifu and persuade several counties to surrender.
People can know.
Li Shiqi was able to blend in with the retreating Wei soldiers in Hedong and easily ran to Hanoi County...
"I met Sima Mao, the Zhao general who was ordered to assist the Wei people in the defense in Hanoi. He looked at the Qin army in Mengjin and Heyin, but he was frightened and uneasy."
Now Heidong and Henan have been taken by Heifu. The three rivers are one and the most densely populated and wealthy place in the world. The people of Hanoi surrendered to Qin earlier and even helped King Zhao of Qin win the Battle of Changping. They began to fight against the army early.
The Duke's interests and mentality are different from those of other Guandong counties. They are happy to serve the people of Qin. Hanoi County faces enemies from the west and south. It would be difficult for anyone to guard it.
Li Shang said: "Brother convinced him?"
"Almost."
Li Shiqi sighed sadly: "Sima Mao's grandfather, Sima Shang, was a colleague of Li Mu. The two commanded the army together to repel the Qin army. After Li Mu was killed by Zhao Wangqian, Sima Shang was also deposed from his title. His family had no influence on Zhao."
The country is not that stupid and loyal, but Sima Mao and Li Zuoche are close friends. Li Zuoche is now in Taiyuan against Han Xin, and the war is about to begin. Sima Mao cannot bear to abandon him."
"But the Qin army's advantage in the Central Plains is still not big enough. Sima Mao will give up his last illusion only when he sees that the south bank of the river has become a sweeping force."
"So I crossed the river and went south to Daliang to spy on the military situation."
Li Shiqi smiled and said: "This time, Xiang Liang, as the Zuo Sima of the Chu Kingdom, gathered eighteen county officials to guard against the Qin army's eastward advance in the spring. This place is a mixed bag, but this is my opportunity!"
Zuo Sima, this is the new official position that Xiang Liang got after he returned to the Chu State, except for the title of County Duke. Xiang Yu was the Shangzhu State's Grand Sima, the supreme military commander of the Chu State, and Zuo Sima was his deputy.
, Xiang Yu crossed the Huaihe River, repulsed the Jiangdong division, and then attacked the nearby Hengshan area to the west. Huainan was handed over to Ji Bu, and all military affairs in the north of Huaihe were handled by Xiang Liang.
At present, the division of power within the Chu State is a bit subtle, but it is also a helpless move during wartime. Li Shiqi is curious about how far Xiang Liang can go in the face of this terrible situation. Can he be stronger than Xiang Ji?
"Did he seriously summon the 18th County Sheriff?"
Speaking of which, the so-called Eighteenth Route County Duke is actually a specialty of Chu State, which is equivalent to a title of king.
Because the seven heroes of the Warring States period basically completed the centralization of power and prefectures and counties, only Chu State still stayed in the feudal dream of the Spring and Autumn Period.
There is no way, the country is too big, almost the same as the other six combined, and there are many old states and Puyue foreign races, direct rule is simply impossible, so we have to let the public clans be constantly placed in places.
As a result, more and more titles were granted. Zhao Jingqu and Ruo Ao were all old nobles with a long history. Chu State was not like Yan State and Qin State. After being beaten, they learned from the experience and made drastic reforms.
When Wu Qi came to the Kingdom of Chu, the illness he sought for the King of Chu was: "The ministers are too heavy and there are too many monarchs. If this is the case, the Lord will come down to abuse the people. This is the way of a poor country and weak soldiers."
But Wu Qi's reform also failed. In the third year, he was directly killed by a nobleman at the funeral of King Chu. A civil war broke out in Chu State. The army of the King of Chu and the feudal armed forces of the noblemen fought fiercely.
In the end, the bad nobles were killed, but the King of Chu also saw the power of the nobles and compromised. It was so tepid and difficult to return until the Qin State occupied Jianghan. After the migration, the Chu State not only did not change, but also intensified its enfeoffment.
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Who could have imagined that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu State, which shouted "I am a barbarian, will not take the posthumous title of the Central Plains" because he refused to obey the Zhou Dynasty and established himself as king, became the country that most abided by the Zhou system and was most obsessed with rituals and music.
As a result, when the Qin army came again, the King of Chu still had no appeal at all. The noble Xiang Yan had to come forward and summon the county officials to fight Qin to the death. He won the first time, but failed the second time.
After the fall of the country, the county officials, their retainers, and descendants who were deprived of their privileges became the most active group of anti-Qin people. They hid in the world and fought to the death...
The sharpest rebel at that time has finally become the most conservative tomb-keeper withered bones. Even though he has turned into bones, his smooth skull still has an exaggerated high crown on his head, and his white body is covered with a robe that is as bright as fire and has wide cuffs.
Wear deep clothes.
Now that the state of Chu has been reborn, it is still being instigated by the old aristocrats, not Lu Zuosi. Naturally, orthodoxy must be highlighted. Since people keep saying that they want to restore the Chu system, it must not be as casual as adding "Yin" after the official name.
The Chu system without enfeoffment has no soul!
In addition, the real power factions in various places have their own armed forces. In order to unite with the outside world, the new Chu State also readily recognized their power. In the vast Chu land, there were suddenly dozens more "county officials", and the smaller ones had more troops.
Hundreds, sometimes thousands, and the largest one is like Xiang Ji, who covers the entire Donghai County. As long as the descendants of the Xiang family come of age, they all become county officials.
It’s not that no one saw the drawbacks of this system, but they did it anyway in the end, perhaps because of the helpless compromise of reality, or perhaps because of belief...
The heroes who have obtained the fief can fight for themselves and the Chu State, right?
"If Duke Xia knows about this, he will definitely kill every one of these county princes. Although the name is the same but the meaning is different, otherwise, there is no way to show the nobility of the Duke."
So today, Xiang Liang has to fight against the Qin army advancing eastward, and he also has to learn from his old father's tactics. After some convening, lords from all over the country, big and small, can bring their own men to join...
For a time, the script of heroes seeking blackmail has been completed.
"We are now on the 17th route."
Li Shang was Chen Liugong, he was relatively close to here, and he came early, so he told his brother one by one. When Li Shiqi heard his name, he could usually report his deeds. This was the "intelligence" he sold to Hei Fu.
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"Gulinggong Zhou Wen."
Li Shiqi said: "Xiang Yan's army was looking at the sun, and he participated in the battle fifteen years ago. This man is one of the very few who has fought in a big battle. Is he also Xiang Liang's right-hand man?"
"Exactly, Zhou Wenjin is appointed General Pi."
"There is also Yu Fanjun, father of Xiacheng. He was the first group of people to surrender to Xiang Ji. There is Mo Aolongqi, and there is Chen Sheng who ran away to Zhao State..."
"Fu Kuan, Duke of Hengyang, is a native of Wei and is extremely brave."
"Those who took advantage of Duke Zheng Bu, raised troops to meet Xiang Ji, and besieged Tan Di."
"Xia Pi Gong Xiang Mao, Xiang Liang Jidi."
"Yongqiu Gongxiangshe, this is the son of Xiangxiang, Gongxiang of Xiangxian County, Huangkou Ruzi."
Li Shang disliked this neighbor very much. At first, Xiang She was Chen Liugong, but he felt that Chen Liu was a young knight and it was difficult to control him. So he reported it to Xiang Yu, so he exchanged with Li Shang, which suited him, but he despised Xiang She more and more.
"Feng Gong Yongchi and Xia Yi Gong Wang Ling are all figures from Fengfei area. They are all county knights. They have no outstanding achievements, but they all responded to Xiang Liang's call."
Li Shiqi commented: "If I don't come, I'm afraid I'll be attacked. Although the situation has been decided, the county officials are all vulgar people and may not understand, and..."
"Every county official has hostages detained in Pengcheng! This is Fan Zeng's strategy!"
Li Shang gritted his teeth. His son Li Ji was the hostage, otherwise he wouldn't be so timid.
"We're only seventeen, and there's still one more person to come..."
Li Shiqi smiled: "Pei Gong Lu Ze."
"My brother, you bet with me, Lu Ze, do you still dare to come here to pay homage to Xiang Liang?"
Li Shang shook his head: "I don't dare to come. There are rumors outside that Lu Ze is secretly communicating with Hei Fu. If he comes and can't explain clearly, won't he be taken off the sacrificial flag? All the Manchus will be executed?"
Since the day Li Shang called, he had heard from people from Hedong that Heifu was at the Hongmen Banquet. No one else asked, but he asked Lu Ze by name and one of his subordinates named Fan Kuai...
But if they don't come, Lu Ze's two brothers may be in trouble as hostages in Pengcheng.
"Brother, is this true or false? Did Lu Ze really defect to Qin? How could he do it after being so far away? Could it be Xiao He from Pei, and Cao Shen recommended him. I heard that both of them are in high positions."
"How could I know..."
Li Shiqi muttered that some of the regent's practices seemed to come easily from his fingertips, but also seemed to be far-sighted. Even someone as smart as him could not understand them at all.
He only knew that Heifu had dug a hole at the Hongmen Banquet, but he didn't understand what the regent was doing with a little-known little county official. Even if it exploded, it would have little impact. Li Shiqi could only act according to the situation...
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Of course, the premise is that Lu Ze has the courage to come here.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside. Li Shang went out to ask, and when he came back, he said angrily: