Chapter 951: The general trend of the world is trapped in a cocoon
After March.
Xiang An's guess was very accurate. The person who spread the rumor that he killed Ziying was indeed one of the people he guessed.
Peng Yue and Xiang An locked this name.
"The rumors started in the Liaodong area." Xiang Jing pointed to the map and clicked on three locations, "But the three kings over there... Second brother, you probably know what's going on."
"Yeah." Xiang An crossed his chest and nodded with furrowed brows.
He naturally knew what had happened in the territory of Old Qi. A group of people from the Lao Tian family had many grievances with them in Western Chu. During Xiang Yu's enfeoffment, he specifically divided Old Qi into three parts and gave them to the three kings, just to provoke the peninsula.
The internal fighting within the family prevented them from focusing on Xi Chu, but now it seems...
"The three kings of the peninsula don't seem to have enough say." Zijuan sat on a stool, crossed her legs, frowned slightly, and stared at the map, seeming to be thinking about something.
"The Central Plains is so big, but there are only a few generals and leaders who can be trusted." Xiang An shook his head, picked up the bowl and took a sip of water, with a casual attitude, "The Eighteen Kings seem to have a lot of fame, but in fact
There are only a few people who can truly control their own territory, not to mention that as long as you are not blind, you can definitely tell that Big Brother's method of enfeoffment is to encourage others, and he almost didn't take 'fight' as an order."
"I remember that Tian An, the king of Jibei, should be the son of Tian Jia, right?" Zijuan thought about it for a moment and asked with some uncertainty.
Tianjia, the beginning of the rift between Xiang Yu and Xiang An, is also an impressive figure. During the Battle of Linji, when Qi and Wei were in danger, he usurped the position of King of Qi. He was later kicked out and wanted to seek refuge with Xiang Liang.
Many things happened later. After the Battle of Dingtao, he was killed by Xiang An himself.
But his son survived and was made king by Xiang Yu.
Xiang An showed a disgusted expression, but did not bring the topic to Tian An: "The key now is not the three kings of the peninsula, the key is Peng Yue of Ju Ye Ze, the third and fourth boys should know who this person has done before
."
"Liu Ji, King of Han..." Xiang Jing scratched the back of his head and sighed, "It seems that because of some selfish motives, the eldest brother specifically targeted Peng Yue and Zhang Liang, two of Liu Ji's subordinates who were attacking Qin at Wuguan Road.
The great heroes were picked out from Bashu."
"Yes." Xiang An nodded and twirled his fingers uneasily, as if he was calculating something, "But even if some people take it out, their personal power will be much greater than that of some unknown people."
"What are the three kings of the peninsula?" Xiang An sneered, with a very disdainful smile, "They are just a bunch of stinky fish and rotten shrimps. Even if they are ignored, they will not be able to make a difference. But now Peng Yue is standing behind these things.
..."
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"If we talk about military strength and morale, I, the Western Chu, will not be afraid even if we are enemies of the world, but..." Zijuan looked at Xiang An, sighed softly, and shook his head slightly, "The division has no name."
Xiang Yu did not make Peng Yue king, but now he gave Peng Yue the opportunity to hide behind the scenes and do things.
Moreover, the division must be famous. If the war starts without any reason, Xichu will be the target of thousands of people in the world. Sanqi has now secretly spread rumors that Xiang An has killed his son, but on the surface he is actively fighting among himself.
It seems that even on the border with Xichu, there is no real friction. It would be difficult for Xichu to move Sanqi.
You can't just follow the example of the past and say "I'm a barbarian".
Now that Western Chu is prosperous, even if Xiang Yu has not proclaimed himself emperor, the world has already admired him. If the Chu State of this level said that "I am a barbarian", wouldn't it be pointing at the noses of other feudal vassal states?
And the most important thing... whether to fight now or not, Xiang An's words may not necessarily count.
Xiang Yu is the king of Western Chu.
"There will always be a chance." Xiang An didn't care, his eyes flickered.
Although the Central Plains seems to be calm now, in fact, there has been an undercurrent surging for a long time. If there is an opportunity, war is about to break out. Just like a volcano, as long as it erupts, it will sweep across the entire Central Plains. No one can stay out of this "game"
, it is destined that there can only be one winner, and the others will either surrender or turn into ashes.
Although Xiang An wanted to unify the world as soon as possible, he was in no hurry and could only strengthen the internal military strength of Western Chu for a while.
"I won't let go of Peng Yue, and I won't let go of Sanqi either." Xiang An stood up, looked at the sand table divided into eighteen pieces, said in deep thought, and looked up at Xiang Jing.
and Zijuan, "This is not because of rumors, but because they block the way of the world and there is no need to exist from the beginning."
The third and fourth sons of the Xiang family looked at each other with helpless expressions.
My second brother is cursing my elder brother in a roundabout way.
...
"Now the Qin Dynasty is blocking the road, Han Xin, how do you think we can break the situation?" Liu Ji asked at the Han Palace, looking to the side. That was his newly worshiped commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Han Xin, the great general of the Han Dynasty.
Han Xin has long been famous all over the world. Although there are quite a few criticisms about his defection to the Han army. Some people think that Han Xin originally wore the same pants as Xi Chu, which is not credible, but basically everyone recognizes Han Xin's talents.
Other things need to be erased by Han Xin himself while getting along with him.
"Your Majesty, I believe that when your Majesty led his troops to Shu, he must have burned down all the plank roads in the mountains." Han Xin had already made up his mind, smiled slightly, and asked Liu Ji.
"That's right, the northeastern part of Shu is surrounded by high mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. They have blocked the communication between the inside and outside of Shu. However, our ancestors built hundreds of miles of plank roads in the mountains to facilitate the passage of soldiers and horses, which solved the difficulty of the road to Shu. It's just.
....." Liu Ji's hand holding the wine glass froze slightly, and he sighed, with a look of sorrow on his face, "I destroyed the Shu Road just because I had to restore the situation that was easy to defend but difficult to attack."
There were Erqin in the north and Gongao in the east. In order to protect himself, Liu Ji could only burn down the plank road into the mountain in a hurry when he rushed to Shu to prevent the princes from attacking Han from the Shu road. It was a helpless move.
"It doesn't matter, your Majesty's move is a clever move." Han Xin smiled, "Although I don't know what King Xiang's intention is in dividing the world, it is definitely a cocoon to bind himself."
"Let's look at the two Qin states in the north. They are wary of each other. Although King Xiang has given instructions to be wary of our Han, they each have their own thoughts. Internal fighting will definitely involve some thinking. The Communist Ao of the East must be wary of the two countries farther east. Besides, our Han has natural dangers in Bashu to the east.
He won’t set his mind on us either.”
"And as long as your Majesty listens to my words, he can easily conquer the Second Qin Dynasty and return to the Central Plains." The smile on Han Xin's face was extremely confident.
"Oh? What's the plan? Tell me." Liu Ji showed an interested expression and couldn't help but lean forward.