Xiang Yan.
This Shangzhuguo of Chu State was in his fifties, with gray hair, but he was in good spirits. He walks very steadily, his back is straight, and his voice is loud and powerful.
He stood in the courtyard, stroking a bronze tripod with both hands.
"Father, do you want to lift the cauldron?"
Xiang Qu, who was eight feet tall, walked in and asked casually.
Xiang Yan shook his head.
"I'm an old man, but I don't have the strength to lift the cauldron. Don't make fun of me like this, kid."
Xiang Qu stepped forward, touched the bronze cauldron with both hands, and then suddenly hugged the cauldron. He only heard him say "ha" and saw the bronze cauldron weighing four to five hundred kilograms being lifted away by those big hands. ground.
"Okay, young people should be more cautious. What's the benefit of lifting the cauldron all day long? Don't be like that Qin King who was injured by lifting the cauldron."
Xiang Yan looked unhappy.
"Hey, that's not what you said when Ji'er lifted the cauldron. What you said at that time was, 'This kid is still young and has the power to lift the cauldron. When he grows up, he will definitely be able to lift the cauldron like I did when I was young. That thousand-pound cauldron has become a great man in the world!,,Father, did I remember correctly?"
Xiang Qu chuckled, knowing that his father was jealous.
When Xiang Yan was young, he loved to lift cauldrons. It is said that he could lift the huge cauldron in Xiangcheng's old house.
He made countless achievements in his life, but as he grew older and suffered from battle wounds, he no longer played such dangerous games.
Instead, he likes to collect various cauldrons and place them everywhere in his home. He touches them from time to time, and his shining eyes seem to be recalling the glorious days of the past.
Xiang Yan glared at her eldest son and asked, "Can you compare with Ji'er?"
"Ji'er is born with a heavy child. He has the appearance of an ancient saint and is endowed with divine power. Although he has not grown up, his character is quite domineering. I, Xiang Yan, have watched countless people in my life, and I will never make a mistake. My son will definitely become a powerful general in the world in the future, he is the hope of the future of my country of Chu!"
"That boy?"
Xiang Qu laughed, knowing that this was his father's words of doting on his grandson, but he didn't take it to heart, and his mind returned to the present. His face became serious and he asked, "Father, what do you think of those last words?"
Xiang Yan also stopped laughing when she saw her son talking about business.
"This person's mind is impure. Although in his words, he always thinks of our country of Chu, in reality he just wants to use the power of our country of Chu to start a war with Qin."
Xiang Qu nodded and said, "When I sent him out just now, I tested his purpose. Although this person didn't say much, when I deliberately asked about the Wei Guo Zhang Er incident, Chen Yu's expression still changed. Yes. I asked someone to find out that Chen Yu and Zhang Er, who was beheaded by the Qin army, were close friends. I am afraid that he came here to use the power of the Chu State to avenge Zhang Er."
Xiang Yan shook his head and said: "These young people are always cutting their necks, thinking they are chivalrous. In fact, they are just petty righteousness, and they don't know the great righteousness of the country. They came here in person just for Zhang Er's orders. He wanted to provoke Qin and Chu. I saw that when Wei was destroyed, I didn’t see this person fighting for Wei.”
Hearing this, Xiang Qu nodded in agreement, but his face turned dark. He whispered: "But father, what Chen Yu said makes sense. Now that the Three Jin Dynasties are dead, the only big countries in the world are Qin, Chu, and Qi. The King of Qin is cruel. Although he made peace with my country of Chu, he He will never keep his word, and sooner or later he will attack our Chu State, especially the incident involving Fan Yi last year. I heard that the incident was revealed and he was torn apart by a chariot and died..."
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"This is natural. Although Fan Yi doesn't know whether King Qin has any intention to attack Chu, the Qin State mobilized so many troops to transport grain and fodder not just to destroy Wei. Now after Wei's death, these Qin troops did not disperse, but gathered on the border of Wei , I think Qin State’s plan is to continue to launch a war to destroy our Chu State after the autumn harvest!”
Xiang Yan looked cold.
Xiang Qu was shocked. It turned out that his father knew everything and even estimated the specific time when Qin would attack Chu.
He hurriedly asked: "If this is the case, then why is our Chu country not prepared? When Lord Songyang and I returned from Qin, we informed the king of the doubts mentioned by Fan Yi, but the king said that we were too worried.
, Qin and Chu made peace, and there would be no war for at least a few years. "
"My King? Do you think our King is a simple person?"
Hearing this, Xiang Yan sneered even more.
"How could he fail to see Qin's plan if he can kill his brother and come to power? Qin and Chu made peace. Qin wants to use this peace negotiation to stabilize Chu, so that it can concentrate its forces to destroy Wei without interference. And our king He is even more clear in his heart that he also wants to take advantage of Qin's attack on Wei to gather power and stabilize the country. Haha, I believe that the king has already mastered the list of Chu officials who have colluded with the Qin people in the past six months. As soon as the war starts, these people They will be removed one by one."
"On the surface, you think that our country of Chu is unprepared. In fact, the princes loyal to the king in various places have already received orders. After this autumn harvest, when the army and food are ready, they will recruit strong soldiers to stalemate Qin. There will be a big battle by then. , but now in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, the king has not announced it, and even you juniors don't know."
"As for the rest of the Chen family, they don't know the general situation, and they are just trying to provoke the big countries to go to war early. How ridiculous. There are so many things to prepare for a war between big countries. Soldiers, food and grass, nothing needs to be prepared, how can it be said to be a war? Just fight!"
"Does this person really think that he is like Su Qin and Zhang Yi in the past, who can stir up the world's situation with just one mouth, haha."
"You don't need to deal with such villains, and don't see them again."
Xiang Yan sneered and turned to look to the west.
"It's just that I don't know who the Qin general is who is attacking Chu this time?"
"I hope it's not Wang Jian."
Xiang Qu also recovered from the shock, shook his head and said, "I heard that Wang Jian passed away last year and no longer participated in military affairs. I guess it won't be him."
Xiang Yan looked worried and murmured: "Who knows if this is Qin's trick to confuse people, just like in the Battle of Changping, Qin secretly replaced Bai Qi as general and killed Ma Fuzi."
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"Damn Xiang, short-sighted Xiang Yan!"
In Shouchun's hotel, Chen Yu growled angrily.
He confidently went to Shangzhu's mansion to see Xiang Yan. After some excitement, he hoped to persuade Xiang Yan to realize the crisis in Chu State.
Qin will definitely attack Chu in the future. Rather than being controlled by others, Chu would be better off controlling others and striking first to gain strength. When Qin is tired from attacking Wei, he attacks the Qin army and takes the lead, catching Qin off guard.
Faced with such a good plan, Xiang Yan just smiled and said nothing. After a few perfunctory words, he asked his son Xiang Qu to see off the guests.
"No wonder Chu and Qin were defeated in a series of battles. They even lost Chen Ying. Such a cowardly Chu people, bah."
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Chen Yu was indignant.
The two remaining rangers in the room looked at each other, and one of them said: "Chen Jun, since Xiang Yan doesn't listen to Chen Jun's good words, what should we do next? Why don't we also go to Pei County and kill him?" Then Liu Ji avenged Zhang Jun."
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He Qi was dissatisfied. They needed to appease the hearts of the local Chu people before they could successfully hand over the cities in the Qin-Chu peace treaty to Qin.
"Damn envoy from Qin, uncle, why don't you let me kill those Qin people to avenge my Qu family's shame!"
In the room, a young man of the Qu family was furious and walked out with his sword in hand.
"stop!"
Everyone else quickly stopped him.
"Okay, I know what you think. But you must not be impulsive. That person is an envoy of the State of Qin. How can you do it at will?"
Qu Shen also calmed down and sighed: "Now the situation between Qin and Chu is difficult to understand. Zhecu offered my three cities west of Qingyang to the King of Qin. This is to weaken my Qu family's power in exchange for him to seek peace." Success. But from my point of view, this peace treaty is just a temporary matter. Sooner or later, Qin and Chu will have a war. Once the war breaks out, won't these three cities of mine be given to the Qin people in vain? "
"I, the Qu family, don't have much territory here, so how can I give it up? Fortunately, although the Qin envoys there were domineering, the Qin State did not send troops to take it by force. The Fuchu people did not force us, so they could delay it for a day. Let’s count it as one day.”
"During this period, move all the goods, jewelry, and people in those cities as quickly as possible. If Qin Guoqiang wants it, then leave a few empty cities for them. It won't be considered a breach of contract."
Everyone nodded and lamented.
Following the order of the King of Chu, they offered land to the State of Qin, but the Qu family was reluctant to part with it.
Therefore, even if the Qin envoys became more and more arrogant and urged them to hand over territory, they would only deal with it with dragging tactics.
As for the further future, they can't think of it and don't want to think about it.
While all the Qu clan's lords were lamenting, suddenly someone from the Qu clan ran in in a hurry.
"Something bad is happening!"
"The envoy of Qin was killed!"
"What!"
Everyone in the Qu family jumped up with shock on their faces.
Even the young man from the Qu family who had just shouted that he was going to kill the Qin envoy was stunned.
The Qin envoy really died in their Qu family’s territory!
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"Chen Jun is so skilled that he killed the envoy of Qin with one sword. Hahaha, if this happens, Qin will definitely be furious and there will definitely be a war with Chu."
Amid the praises of the two rangers, Chen Yu wiped the blood on his sword and said with a smile: "The Chu State cannot make up their mind to go to war, so I, Chen Yu, will help them decide. Haha, Xiang Yan must have never thought of that. I, Chen Yu, not only know how to use my mouth, I also know how to use my hands!"
Although he was smiling, Chen Yu felt something was wrong in his heart.
Isn't this Qin envoy too easy to kill?
Walking on the street, except for two servants following him, there was no guard. He looked as if he was waiting for someone to kill him.
That night, as the envoy of the State of Qin was assassinated, the shocked Qu family ordered the murderers in the city, and the whole Qingyang was in chaos all night.
At the same time, the news of the murder of the Qin envoy was also sent to all parts of the world by fast horses.
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Xianyang, in the Qin Palace.
Qin Wangzheng looked at the silk book in his hand that had been sent back from Nanjun day and night.
He smiled to his left and right and said, "The King of Chu broke the promise and refused to hand over the three cities west of Qingyang. He also instructed the Qu family to kill my envoy. What should I do with this behavior?"
Everyone on the left and right said: "The king of Chu has broken the covenant and has no faith in the world. The king should attack him with great justice."
"good."
Dongjun taking off
