The signboard of Huaishuibo Mansion was changed. When it was listed again, the owner of the unit remained the same, but the title of the boss changed from Huaishuibo to Man.
It seems like a downgrade, but in fact it is quite different.
From then on, the man Li Jie and the King of Wu Ji Hui were equal.
It's just that due to military control in Huaizhong City, this wave of exciting news can only be enjoyed behind closed doors.
I don’t know how many people want to seize the opportunity in this grand feast and fly to the sky.
Even though he was a native of Wu himself, he didn't have much idea about Li Jie's independence.
Mainly because there is too little intersection.
Even in Jiangyin City, even if there are people-to-people exchanges with Suzhou, they can only be said to be extensive but not deep.
Each has its own circle, and Li Jie has been fighting abroad for a long time. To the local families of Wu State, Li Jie is a Wu hook used by the late king Gouchen.
It can be said that they are their own people, but they are not their own people, but the former king's.
Now that the late king is gone, it is not surprising that Li Jie behaves like a monster because he is a savage.
"The Chu-Han peace talks will definitely come to an end in the near future. The Chu army in the Dabie Mountains will be betrayed sooner or later!"
"Yin Xiangba, who is surrounded by the capital of Ying, where the officials fight against the emperor, are all loyal ministers of the Chu State. If..."
"Bullshit! What a loyal minister!"
In a market shop where Chu people gathered, the Chu people who were discussing the "Hengshan Army" behind closed doors were all very worried. After one person refuted his companion, he looked around seriously: "I'm afraid you guys don't know yet, but now
Sima Hai has become 'General Zuo' and is heading to Yufu to put down the rebellion!"
"Sima Hai? Yufu put down the rebellion? If you don't go to Yingdu to rescue me, what are you going to do in Yufu?!"
"ha……"
The man sighed meaningfully, "Save me? Save me! Although Xiang Ba served loyally, what's the use? Now he is Sima... Hehe, have you ever seen such a disease-free person?
A powerless Sima? You all once knew that there was a great official fighting against the emperor, but now he is the magistrate of Chu State."
"Ling Yin? Fighting Emperor?!"
Everyone was immediately shocked, "The King of Chu was imprisoned by a man, how could he... hmm? Could it be..."
"good!"
One person nodded vigorously, "The king's order came out from Zhu Palace, and Emperor Dou was granted the title of Ling Yin. Now in the entire Ying capital, the Dou family in Quanyi is the largest family, and no one can match it."
"Traitor!"
"What a great Doushi, what a great doctor there!"
No one doubted Xiang Ba. After all, this old loser, a civilized and dignified doctor, didn't even have a sword. Even if he was asked to dance with a sword, he wouldn't know how to draw it.
Now even though Xiang Ba has become Sima, no one envies him. He is just a "puppet". Maybe he is the old dog Dou Huang, this old traitor, playing tricks in secret to deceive the world.
However, such little tricks are useless in front of "wise men" like them, and they are all seen through.
"Zhao Pan is missing, Sima Hai is fleeing to the west, and the Hengshan mausoleum is probably... more dangerous than good."
"How can Han Jie indulge the Chu army? I'm afraid they will kill them all!"
"Now that the Chu-Han peace talks are ongoing, I heard that the Han Dynasty wants to make the Chu Kingdom "remove the title of king." This method will definitely lead to chaos. By then, maybe things will turn around."
"Are there any messengers going to the nations?"
"Even if a strong army comes to rescue, I'm afraid it will have to wait until next year. Besides, all the countries... haha."
Chu people know very well that they really don’t have many friends internationally.
Chu State's geopolitics is basically closely related to military power. To sum up, there are two paths in the international arena.
Either beat others to death or be beaten to death by others.
"The only ones who can take risks and send troops to rescue Chu are Qin and Qi. As for Chen Cai, they are just vassals of pigs and dogs."
"Qin State..."
Someone frowned slightly, "It was previously rumored that the Han Dynasty had a secret agreement with the Marquis of Qin, and they should attack Chu together during the agreement. Now it seems that the rumors may be wrong?"
"No!" A warrior wearing a thin shirt raised his hand and objected, "I personally think that it is not that the secret agreement does not exist, but that the Qin State wants to watch the East and West 'Li Er' fight!"
The so-called "Li Er" is the dialect of the Chu people, which actually refers to tigers.
The Chu people gathered in the shop fell silent. This time the Chu-Han fight was indeed a fight between two tigers.
It's just that they are not evenly matched. The power of the Han army is really terrifying, but the problem is not just terrifying. The Han army already has such a strong real force, and in the end they even staged a surprise attack and succeeded.
This frightened Chu people.
Chu people are not afraid of fighting a reckless man, but they are afraid of a reckless man who has too many tricks.
The last time the one who acted blindly and recklessly on the territory of Chu State was Wu Wei Wang Gouchen.
"Now the square city is empty. If the Qin State sends troops, there will be no troops to defend the land of Shang six hundred miles away!"
"well……"
After I remembered the sighs, the whole hall was filled with sighs as if they were infected.
But the Chu people in Huaizhong City never thought that the old Qin people working on the banks of the Huai River were now gnashing their teeth with hatred.
In the Palace of the Huaishui Goddess, Zi Che's white buttocks looked sad and gloomy. When talking to the elders of the clan, he could not lift his mood.
"If your Majesty takes advantage of the situation, you can certainly easily obtain the land of Shangyu, but if you break your promise to a man... haha." Zi Che gave a wry smile, even mockingly, "Your Majesty, please wish for your own blessings. "
"If Chu is weak, the foreign powers will not turn a blind eye. From what I can see, Qi will definitely take the opportunity to send troops."
"Even if Qi sent troops, it was not to save Chu, but to invade Qi's surrounding countries in the name of saving Chu. Although the Marquis of Qi resented the Han, he did not dare to come with all his troops on this occasion. In the winter. In battle, in recent years, only men can win by guarding the Yang."
After saying this, Zi Che Bai Butt said again, "With the shrewdness of the Qi people, they might take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble and annex the Lu State."
"Too……"
The old man nodded and came to Huaizhong City, where he had a more intuitive understanding of the international situation and changes in strength.
It's not impossible for Qi State to cause trouble now, but it certainly won't really mean a duel with Li Jie.
"To form an alliance to fight against the Han", it is definitely necessary to have an alliance leader.
The relationship between the State of Lu and King Wu Wei and Li Jie is friendly, and it is not impossible to even say that it is a strategic cooperative relationship.
Qi State can completely use this excuse to directly attack Lu State.
How Li Jie defeated Chu State, Qi State can follow suit.
Li Jie used the Yangtze River to launch a surprise attack on Yingdu.
Then Qi State can completely follow suit and pretend to attack Lu State at Jishui. In fact, it is taking advantage of Ju State and bypassing the south of Taishan Mountains through certain water and land coordination.
As long as it is done properly, Qufu can be taken away in one wave.
As long as you support the Lu State, you can retain the religious incense of the Lu State in name. Why not imitate Li Jie and support a monarch? It doesn't matter who you are, as long as he is obedient, and then install him in the Lu State.
As for other things, high-quality land should be ceded and appropriated, and there is no need to worry about the appearance.
At this moment, the international situation is focused on the outcome of the Chu-Han peace talks.
With Li Jie's current strength, how could he possibly let the Chu State go? He didn't want to cripple the Chu State, but he also had to make the Chu State bleed and push the Chu State back to Hanxi.
By then, Li Jie's territory will truly dominate Jianghuai.
Eastern Wu, Western Chu, South Jiangbei and Huaihe, this vast area is a complete reproduction of the Xu State of the past.
It's just that unlike Xu Guo, the unlucky guy, there is no Emperor Zhou who is playing tricks at this time, and there is no Chu State who wants to fight because of geopolitics.
Li Jie, who is unstoppable, poses a huge threat to the countries in the Central Plains.
In the past, Li Jie had to wear a layer of Wu Guo's skin when doing things, but now he just wears it, and that's it.
After working in Huaizhong City for so long, Zi Che Bai Buti has now figured out a Li family's routine for getting into trouble.
First get a name as a "teacher of justice", then make the opponent who wants to die as "unjust", and then you can start.
It is indeed the right thing for the "teacher of justice" to sanction the "unjust country".
Especially regarding this point, immigrants like Ziche Baibuti are actually relatively supportive.
Because in the name of "justice", more wars can be launched.
Only with more wars can outsiders like them make contributions.
That's not a problem just relying on Princess Yeyue's blessing.
If the princess could live forever, there would be no need to think too much about it.
It's a pity that not only will the princess die sooner or later, but her official identity will be cleared and she will not be seen in the short term, unless Li Jie really has the tendency to "unify the world".
By that time, the relatives and families in Li Jie's harem would not dare to grimace in the face of such power.
But at this moment, the situation is different. As long as the Huaishui Goddess Palace dares to clear its name, they will dare to stir up trouble.
Anyway, you are a goddess, and everyone knows that the princess died after jumping into the Huai River.
What does it matter if a few more old Qin people die?
The brave will be starved to death by starvation. Zi Che Baigui understands this principle very well.
After he finished saying, "Your Majesty, you seek blessings for yourself," he solemnly said to the elders of the clan: "From now on, the Ziche family will ignore all matters related to the Marquis of Qin."
"Hi!"
"yes……"
"yes!"
The old men raised their hands in salute. Originally, if Qin State attacked Chu State as scheduled, they still had the idea of returning to Qin State. Even if they did not necessarily have to do it, it was still a way out.
As for now, it's all over. If we really leave such a retreat, we will only be dragged to death by Qin.
There are hundreds of harms but no benefits. There are so many people in the Ziche family, and it is impossible to just bury them with them.
"Now, what will the Zi Che family do..."
"Gentleman! Gentleman! Gentleman!"
Just as they were continuing their conversation, they were interrupted by shouts, and saw a young samurai from the Che clan, wearing a short jacket and wearing wooden clogs, rushing in.
When he got to the corridor, he ignored the etiquette and kicked his wooden clogs on his feet, causing them to hit the floor with two thuds. Then he got down from his seat, saluted, and shouted loudly: "Gentleman! Urgent report! Han and Chu have negotiated peace. Chu
The Queen Mother, now returns to Yingdu!"
"Where is King Chu?!"
"Shang is still in Nagisa Palace!"
"The King of Chu is still in Zhu Palace?!"
"Exactly!" The warrior wiped the sweat from his forehead and said loudly and breathlessly, "This man is the 'uncle' of the King of Chu, and he teaches the King of Chu the art of war in Zhu Palace."
This is what I say to the outside world anyway, to give the Chu people some face.
If you really take it seriously, you are bringing shame on yourself.
Zi Che Bai Butt looked shocked. He had thought that Li Jie would drag it on for more than a month anyway, and then wait until next year. When the "Anti-Han Alliance" appears and they come again, wouldn't it be more serious?
earn?
Who would have thought that the matter would be solved now.
"How was Chu's loss?"
"I heard that the Ling Division has been abolished and only twenty troops can be retained."
"field!"
"To the east of the Han River, more than ten cities on both sides of the Lishui River were ceded. Now they are in chaos, and there are countless anti-Han people. Only Shangbo has not been in turmoil. I heard that it was leased to Hanzi for thirty years, in the name of 'Hanzi'."
"..."
Hearing this result, Zi Che kicked his white buttocks twice and staggered back two steps. Li Jie naturally did not eat all of Chu State with this bite, but Chu State's efforts of one or two hundred years were completely in vain.
Zi Che Bai Buti believed that the Chu people must still be thinking wrongly, thinking that Li Jie could not digest such a large territory. As long as the Chu people made trouble, the Han army would be tired of suppressing the rebellion. In the end, they were miserable and had to leave the Han army.
East.
It's a pity that, not because of Zi Che's white buttocks, the resilience of the Chu people may not be able to withstand the massive construction of Huaizhong City.
In order to burn coal, the entire Huaizhong City has opened more than a dozen mines, large and small, and I don't mind a few more mines at all.
"I'm afraid that the Tu tribe in the east of Han Dynasty have not received the promise from the Han Dynasty to retain their interests in the east of the Han Dynasty."
An elder of the Che family judged this.
However, the warrior who came to report the news quickly said: "Master, I don't know something. The Anlu family still surrenders to the Han army."
"Hmm?! It's absolutely impossible! The Anlu family is the Lu Hunrong of the old Qin state. Even if they surrender, they will still have to fight for a while."
"All the heads of the Lu family were killed, and now the Anlu Lu family has been torn apart."
"How... how is this possible? The Han army is stationed in Zhu Palace, and Anlu is east of the Qishui River. If the Han army attacks Anlu, wouldn't it be a small loss but a big loss?"
In the eyes of the old man, even if there is a fight, it is only to fight Quanyi and then fight. Why fight Anlu?
"They were not killed by the Han army, but by the Dou family in Quanyi who hosted a banquet for the Lu family in Anlu. Later, the Dou family's dead men killed thirty-two people in the direct lineage of the Lu family..."
"..."
"..."
The whole hall was silent. What the hell does Quan Yi Doushi's operation mean?
In order to facilitate Li Jie to better rule and absorb Han Dong?
Or is it that Dou Huang has already betrayed his country, so he should simply betray his country more completely?
"The Emperor Dou has taken refuge with the man."
No matter what the truth is, the result behind it is this.
"well……"
The sighing sound was even more complicated. If this was the case, I'm afraid that the Han army would try to control the hearts of Han Dong. It really wasn't that complicated.
All the hatred was attracted by the Chu State Ling Yin. Compared with Quanyi Doushi, even the wolf-like tigers of the Han army seemed to have a kind look on their faces.
However, the people of the Ziche family did not sigh for the people of Chu, but for themselves.
When we first contacted Qin, even if we only sent a small symbolic force to the land of Shangyu, we didn't even need to fight, we just showed off our power, waved flags and shouted, and pretended to attack, but the result was very different.
Zi Che Bai Buttocks could even guess that at this time, the old Marquis of Qin was probably filled with regrets.
It's a pity that everything can't be repeated. Who would have thought that Li Jie would make a surprise attack?
Even the countries in the Central Plains imagined that the Huai-Chu war would be a back-and-forth between you and me. No matter what, the Huai army would lose two thousand, and the Chu army would lose ten thousand. The two sides kept fighting hand-to-hand, causing countless casualties and consumption.
Endless money and food, eventually exhausted, and then peace talks.
It's a pity that the style of painting has completely changed. The whole process of the Huai army turning into the Han army is just a big man picking up a brick and beating a child like a three-year-old crazily.
After a beating, he also snatched the child's lollipop and walked away.
Just as Zi Chebaihip expected, within the palace walls of Qin's ancient capital, the Marquis of Qin, who was also watching the autumn harvest farming, almost couldn't breathe after receiving the news that Li Jie had attacked Yingdu and captured the King of Chu and the Queen Mother of Chu alive. He covered his heart and sat down behind the desk.
If the palace maid holding instant noodles hadn't reacted in time, the old Qin Hou might have been knocked to death in the main hall.
"hehe……"
The Marquis of Qin, whose beard and hair were all white, raised his hand and pointed at the seal on the case, "Send out... send out troops! Send out troops -"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
"Send troops and merchants to—"
The old Marquis of Qin roared, his eyes were ferocious, and under the loose skin, the blood vessels were bulging one by one. The Qin Marquis who was gritting his teeth now felt extremely regretful.
He originally wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, which was not wrong, but the mistake was that even if he sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, he should watch from the top of the mountain, instead of saying nothing from across the mountain.
Now even if he sends troops and merchants to the land, he can certainly get a bargain, but the greater possibility is that he will have to face several competitors.
What are you waiting for if you don’t take advantage of it now?
This is the best time to take advantage of Chu State.
As for whether to establish an "anti-Han alliance", that is a matter for later and depends on the situation.
Almost at the same time that the Qin State received the news, the four kingdoms of Zhou, Zheng, Sui, and Tang all sent out troops respectively. In the name of "recovering their homeland," they occupied the land that the Chu State had acquired quickly. .
At the same time that the Tang Dynasty and the two kingdoms sent out troops, the general guarding Datun Pass, Danyang Gong Douzun, immediately sent an envoy to the Huai River army outside the pass.