Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "However, what Ziyi said just now makes sense. The road to Shu is difficult and dangerous. Once the Han army in Shu is prepared in advance, this battle will be difficult to fight. Therefore, before entering Sichuan, there is a tactical deception. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple.com"

"Tactical deception?" Baili Xian said, "Why is the king saying, "Is it that the king attacking Liang Kingdom openly and attacking Bashu secretly?"

"Yes." Xiang Zhuang pointed his head and said in a deep voice, "Han Xin played the plank road openly and secretly crossed Chen Cang to help Liu Bang settle Guanzhong in one fell swoop. Today, I also gave him a secret attack on Liang State and secretly attacking Bashu!"

"Attack Liang State openly and attack Bashu secretly?" Xiang He said worriedly, "Master, will he really fight with Liang State?"

According to the king's opinion, he wanted to make a fuss about Liang's country and implement the tactic of fighting the east and west. The problem is that Peng Yue is not good at recommending, and the Liang army is even more difficult to mess with. Once Peng Yue is annoyed, the Liang army will take the initiative to attack. Wouldn't the Chu army have to fight on both sides? Although 260,000 government troops have been trained, if they really want to go to war with Han and Liang countries at the same time, I am afraid that it is not enough to do so?

"Ziyi, you are too worried." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said calmly, "In the past ten years, although Liang State has been replenishing its strength and has also implemented certain changes, it is not as thorough as us. Ten years ago, we did not have any advantage in the Liang State, but now, our national strength and military strength are far better than Liang State. No matter how arrogant Peng Yue is, he will never dare to take the initiative to attack in the face of more than 200,000 elite soldiers of Chu."

Baili Xian smiled slightly and continued, "King, why not invite the doctor to go on a mission to Pengcheng and Jiangling to lobby Huainan Kingdom and join forces to attack Liang? If Huainan Kingdom and Linjiang Kingdom are willing to send troops, that would be the best. Maybe there is a chance to take advantage of the situation to destroy Liang Kingdom. Even if the two countries do not send troops, at least the attack on Bashu can be made more hidden."

"Well, this idea is good." Xiang Zhuang turned to Wu Shidao immediately, "Bazhi, thank you for your hard work."

Wu She quickly knelt down and stood up to bow to Xiang Zhuang, and said in panic: "It is the duty of the minister to be able to serve the king and do his best for the Great Chu, and it is even more of an honor for the minister."

"Okay, that's it!" Xiang Zhuang stretched out his hand and slapped his thighs and looked around everyone and said, "Ziyi is responsible for transporting grain and grass, Xuejian is responsible for recruiting soldiers from various counties. Zi Yan summoned the Lord (mainly the veterans who obtained the title), Ziliang transferred the navy, and Ba Zhi immediately went to Pengcheng and Jiangling to lobby the two countries to send troops. According to this charter, each of them should prepare. ("《》影 7*"

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Three days later, Wu She rushed to Pengcheng, the capital of Huainan, day and night.

Wushe chose Pengcheng as his first stop on his mission and Yingbu as his first lobbying target. This is very particular.

Because the national strength of Huainan Kingdom is much stronger than that of Linjiang Kingdom, if Huainan Kingdom agrees to send troops, it will undoubtedly have a great impact on Linjiang Kingdom. On the basis of Chu and Huainan Kingdom having decided to use troops to Liang Kingdom, Linjiang Kingdom has a great possibility of sending troops and attacking Liang Kingdom from the southwest direction.

In the inn, Wu She hurriedly washed away the dust on her face. Then Wu She came to the Huainan Palace overnight and asked to meet Yingbu, the king of Huainan. Now Chu and Huainan are allies. Ma Ye dared not neglect them. He hurriedly went inside to report to Yingbu. Yingbu was discussing matters with Kuai Che. He heard that Wu She, the senior doctor of Chu, was visiting, and quickly ordered Ma Ye to invite him to meet in the study.

Under the guidance of Ma Ye, Wu She entered the house and bowed to Ying Bu.

Ying Bu replied to the ceremony and asked Wu Shu to take the seat with a solemn hand. Then he asked: "Doctor Shang came to visit late at night. Could it be that something great happened to Jiangdong?"

Wu She nodded and said straightforwardly: "King, my Da Chu is going to go to war with Liang State!"

As an excellent lobbyist, you must not only have good eloquence, but also be good at observing words and expressions. When facing different objects, you must adopt different lobbying methods. This is commonly known as saying people to speak people and talking nonsense when they see ghosts.

In Wu She's view, Ying Bu has a strong personality and is a very independent person. Sometimes, even the Prime Minister Kuai Che cannot control his opinions. Therefore, in front of Ying Bu, there is no need to cover up the clouds and make a fool of himself. You just explain the whole story and let Ying Bu choose. Holy Temple.com

If Ying Bu thinks it is profitable, then he will definitely agree to send troops. On the contrary, if Ying Bu thinks it is unprofitable, then you will say that it is broken and the sky is so scattered, and Ying Bu will never mobilize a soldier.

"Well, Chu State is going to go to war with Liang State?" Ying Bu was stunned when he heard this. This was really a bit surprised.

Although the country of Liang and Chu have been filthy in recent years, and they have almost fought twice, aren't Chu even tolerant? Last autumn, Wu She had just been on a mission to Dingtao and sent Peng Yue a lot of war horses and white wine. But how come Chu was going to fight with Liang after the New Year? Xiang Zhuang's face became too fast, right?

Kuai Che, who was sitting in the side seat, nodded secretly, thinking that Xiang Zhuang was very clever in his move. He first used valuable gifts such as war horses and white wine to paralyze Liang Wang Peng Yue. When Liang army completely relaxed his vigilance, he suddenly attacked and gave him a fatal blow. This is the strategic essence of "unexpected attack, unprepared attack" in military tactics.

"Yes." Wu She said with great emphasis, "The Liang army repeatedly provoked, and my Great Chu often retreated, but Peng Yue was greedy and asked my king for papermaking and winemaking skills. It was unbearable. My Great Chu's retreat had reached its limit, and retreating would mean losing power and humiliating the country. Therefore, my king decided to use troops to Liang, but he didn't know if the king was willing to send troops to help?"

Peng Yue asked Xiangzhuang for papermaking and winemaking techniques. Ying Bu had heard of this. In fact, who in the Central Plains countries didn't jealous of Chu's papermaking, printing and winemaking techniques? Even Ying Bu sent people to Chu several times, hoping to exchange 100,000 stones of grain for winemaking techniques, but he was also rejected.

The State of Chu was unwilling to disclose papermaking and winemaking, and this English Bu could understand it.

Papermaking and winemaking are treasures. Anything can bring huge wealth to Chu State and exchange a large number of war horses, grain, gold and other materials for Chu State. Even if it is the Han State, the old enemy of Chu State, isn’t it secretly doing trades with Chu State, using war horses, grain to trade public transportation paper and white wine with Chu merchants?

Therefore, Peng Yue asked Xiangzhuang for papermaking and winemaking techniques, which was indeed a bit too much.

However, it is not a trivial matter to ask Huainan Kingdom to cooperate with Chu to use troops against Liang Kingdom. No matter what, after ten years of rest and recuperation, the national strength of Liang Kingdom has been greatly restored. Liang King Peng Yue is a hero, and the 100,000 Liang troops are even a brave and good at fighting tiger and wolf army. It is not a joke to provoke such a powerful enemy.

Ying Bu turned around and looked at Kuai Che with a look of inquiry.

Kuai Che shook his head imperceptibly and signaled Ying Bu not to express his opinion immediately.

Ying Bu understood and said to Wushe: "Doctor, this matter is of great importance. Although I am the king, I dare not rashly put two million people in a dangerous situation. I have to call the ministers to discuss it. Why don't you go back to the inn to rest first and wait until you have news from me and then send someone to come to discuss it? "

Wu She stood up, bowed sideways and said, "So, I'll say goodbye."

Ying Bu personally sent Wu She out of the study room, and then returned to the table and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Yingbu asked Kuai Che: "Major, what do you think about this?"

Kuai Che stroked his long beard under his chin and replied, "The State of Chu wants to go to war with the State of Liang. Although this matter is a bit sudden, it is in line with the essence of "unexpected attack and unprepared attack" in the art of military affairs. However, Liang is not a small country after all, so you must be cautious about the use of military forces in Liang. I think that you can agree to the State of Chu's request, but you will never send troops before the State of Chu."

Ying Bu suddenly said, "What the Prime Minister means is that when the Chu army completes the assembly, we will start to assemble the army, and then when the Chu army has already attacked Liang State, we will follow the troops to the Liang State?"

"Yes." Kuai Che said, "Otherwise, we would be most likely to be attacked by Liang State first."

Kuai Che was also a smart person. He knew that if the Huainan Army followed the Chu army to gather in the border area at the same time, it would inevitably arouse the Liang army's vigilance. In order to avoid falling into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, the Liang army was very likely to send troops first and try its best to defeat the weaker Huainan Army before Chu and Huainan countries sent troops.

If this situation really happens, Huainan will suffer a huge loss.

Therefore, Huainan Kingdom must not make the first move forward, and if you want to make the first move, you can only make the State of Chu stand first.

"Well." Ying Bu nodded, "That's it. If the Chu army does not move, we will not move. If the Chu army moves, we will follow us again! Although this benefit will inevitably lead to the Chu army's big head, the price paid by the Chu army will definitely be far better than our army. It is also good for our army to follow the Chu army's butt to be more affordable, haha."

"This may not be." Kuai Che smiled slightly and said, "Do you remember it? The heroes of Qin have joined forces at the end of Qin. Although Xiang Yu is extremely powerful, he fell into a hard battle with the main force of the Qin army in the Central Plains. Although Liu Bang is not strong, he attacked Guanzhong before Xiang Yu and occupied Xianyang. Therefore, sometimes the weak side may not be able to get great benefits."

Ying Bu's eyes suddenly narrowed. After thinking carefully, the situation Kuai Che said was really possible.

If the Chu army gathered to the border first, the Liang army would inevitably react and would also gather large troops towards the border between Liang and Chu. Once the Chu army and the Liang army fell into a hard battle on the border, the Huainan army would be very likely to march straight in and take advantage of the opportunity to capture the capital of Liang State Dingtao. In this way, most of the benefits of destroying Liang State would fall into the hands of Huainan State.

Although doing this will inevitably anger Xiang Zhuang, Ying Bu couldn't care about so much.

Could it be that Xiang Zhuang really dared to turn against him Ying Bu? It is necessary to know that among the princes in the world, Ying Bu is willing to form an alliance with Xiang Zhuang. Other princes such as Peng Yue, Han Xin, Zhang Ao, Zangtu, etc. all regard Xiang Zhuang as their enemies. Although Ying Bu wants to use the power of Chu to fight against Qi, wouldn’t Chu also use the help of Huainan to fight against Han King Liu Bang?

Therefore, the interests between Chu and Huainan are related to the interests of losing and prospering together. Even if there is a little unpleasantness due to uneven divisions, it will never break the alliance between the two countries.

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ps: I found that some readers questioned the data found in Nine Astronomy.

Could it be that during the Qin and Han dynasties, the entire China had only 180,000 kilograms of bronze? If there were only such a little bronze, the Qin army would not only arm the millions of troops, but even the 100,000 troops would be enough to arm the six Kanto countries, even with their hands empty and wearing common clothes to fight the Qin army.
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