Chapter 10 1. Birth of a puppet

After Liu Bang defeated Yong Chi through untold hardships, he finally settled his big worry.However, at this time another city——Xiangcheng, the end of the world is coming over this small city. In May, the summer sun shines on the turbulent Xiangcheng.Under Xiangcheng, Xiang Yu looked up at the city, and the bright sunlight shone into his pupils, which was particularly dazzling. Xiang Liang asked all the generals to set up military orders to go to various places, and Xiang Yu was one of them.In fact, there is no need for Xiang Liang to issue a death order, this mere city is too childish, as long as Xiang Yu gives an order, Xiangcheng can be razed to the ground immediately.

Chen Bing lined up, everything was ready to fight. But Xiang Yu was wrong. Like Liu Bang before him, he made the mistake of optimism.Xiangcheng is simply another Fengyi, easy to defend and difficult to attack, not as vulnerable as imagined. Sure enough, Xiang Yu launched countless attacks and reaped countless counterattacks. Xiang Yu, known for his heroic combat, finally hit a hard nail that was hard to pull out. Xiang Yu was angry.With the mighty power to pull out the mountain, is it possible that you can't even pull out a single nail?I'm not Liu San, so there's no need to ask for foreign aid, even if I'm the only one left, I'll throw Xiangcheng into the pot!

Before preparing for the final attack, Xiang Yu rode his horse and looked up at the curling fireworks on the city wall. This scene was too exciting for Xiang Yu. He swung his sword fiercely and issued an iron order: fight into the city for me, No one can stay! This iron order devastated Xiangcheng like wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and the soldiers captured Xiangcheng quickly like a god's help.Anger firmly controlled Xiang Yu like a devil. After he captured Xiangcheng, he ordered that all the remaining living people in the city be mutilated and killed! In Xiangcheng, the cries shook the sky, and piles of living people were pushed into the fire pit.This is the so-called revolution. Those who oppose me will die, and those who follow me may not prosper.However, killing and surrendering is ominous, and there have been trainings in ancient times. This massacre of the city, as the first bad record in Xiang Yu's military career, not only exposed his cruel character, but also planted a dangerous mine for his fate.

Let's go back to Xiang Liang to watch a good scene.Six months ago, King Chen Sheng was killed, and half a year later, Xiang Liang confirmed that this was true.The real king of Chu and the fake king of Chu are gone, at least a new king must be established.The king is a banner, without a banner, in what name can the war go on to the end? So Xiang Liang decided to call the princes to discuss the matter, and Liu Bang was also invited. If nothing else, the new king of Chu will be Xiang Liang. But there was an accident. Someone stopped Xiang Liang and advised him not to proclaim himself King of Chu and become the target of public criticism. This person was the old immortal Fan Zeng.

Fan Zeng, a native of Juchao (now Yafu Township, Juchao District, Chaohu City, Anhui Province), was later honored by Xiang Yu as "Yafu".The so-called honorary title "Yafu" is actually a title given to him in respect of the old man, commonly known as godfather, and his status is second only to his father.When Fan Zeng debuted, he was seventy years old, almost the age of Xiang Yu plus his father, so calling him godfather is Xiang Yu's promotion of him, and it is not too much for Xiang Yu to call him godfather according to his seniority. Fan Zeng, a grandpa, usually lives in seclusion. He doesn't like raising birds and feeding shrimps, drinking daddy's tea, or playing lottery tickets.He has only one hobby, and that is to study the art of war.The old guy has practiced for decades, but instead of becoming a vixen, he became a human spirit.Fan Renjing was full of ingenious schemes, just when the world was in turmoil, it was a good time to go out of the house to make use of the remaining energy for the country, so he came to Xiang Liang.

Fan Zeng gave Xiang Liang a few reasons for not making him king: First, Chen Sheng's failure is entirely his own fault.At the beginning, King Huai of Chu was deceived to the state of Qin, and later Qin destroyed Chu. Chu was the most innocent, so the people of Chu still feel sorry for the king of Chu.However, Chen Sheng did not establish himself as the king of Chu, but he became the king of Chu. The popularity of the people did not return, and he failed of course. Second, the Chu people are scrambling to join you, Xiang Liang, not because of your extraordinary ability, but because your ancestors of the Xiang family have been generals of Chu for generations.

Combining the above two points, we can draw a conclusion: only when the descendants of the king of Chu are kings when the six kingdoms are established, can we truly deserve the name and unite the hearts of the people.Chu Nangong once said that although Chu has three households, if Qin dies, Chu must die.If the people of Chu are united against Qin, they will surely win. Older gingers are more spicy.This statement is well-founded, and it is not enough to refuse to accept it. Xiang Liang took it seriously, and decided to establish Chu as the king. But here comes another problem. Chu has destroyed the country for many years, and the royal family and nobles have gone their separate ways. Now the world is in chaos. I am afraid that the descendants of Chu will die at the hands of bandits. Where can I find a living person to be the puppet King of Chu? ?

Xiang Liang, don't worry, Mr. Fan has already thought of it for you. The easiest way is to spread the word and post a missing person notice to find someone. Therefore, Xiang Liang had no choice but to post an advertisement and send people to look for the descendants of King Chu.The hard work paid off, and Xiang Liang found Mi Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu who made a living by herding sheep for others. In June, Xiang Liang chose an auspicious day, and Mi Xin was officially established as King of Chu.In order to cater to public opinion, he was respected as King Huai of Chu, his capital was Xuyi (now Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province), and Xiang Liang called himself Lord Wuxin.

In ancient China, the head of state was called the monarch.And the other Wu Xinjun and Wen Xinjun are all a status symbol. This kind of title is often a high-level nickname bestowed by the monarch, that is, the king, on those who have done a lot of hard work.Xiang Liang dared to call himself Lord Wuxin without being bestowed by King Huai of Chu. This is equivalent to saying that Xiang Liang respected King Huai of Chu secretly, but secretly regarded him as an empty shell. boss. At this time, Zhang Liang watched Xiang Liang reorganize the state of Chu, and he also wanted to take the ride of the reform and push that dilapidated small company in South Korea to the market.Therefore, Zhang Liang lobbied Xiang Liang, meaning that at present, Qin Chao's opponent is still very powerful, and a company from Chu State alone cannot compete with him to divide the market.Han Zhugong's son Hengyang Jun Han Cheng is the most virtuous, you can make him the king of Han, so that you will have one more partner, and then you can compete with Qin for the world.

Zhang Liang did not read "Taishi Art of War" in vain, and he was no worse than Fan Zeng at all.Xiang Liang also took it seriously, and asked Zhang Liang to go to Han Cheng, and made him the king of Han and Zhang Liang the prime minister (Situ).Zhang Liang's grandfather had assisted the fifth King of Han in the second generation, and it was reasonable for Zhang Liang to inherit the ancestral system. For many years, Zhang Liang lost his entire family and went into exile in a foreign country, in order to return to his homeland and regain the glory of his ancestors one day. He finally waited for this day.However, it is not an easy task for Zhang Liang to truly regain the glory of his ancestors.Because what Xiang Liang gave them was just an official hat, and they didn't have many soldiers in their hands, let alone land.

Therefore, if Han Wangcheng and Zhang Liang want to be real kings and prime ministers, they must bravely fight back to South Korea and take back their city from the Qin army. Only in this way can they truly deserve their names. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have soldiers. Anyway, Liu Bang set a precedent for borrowing soldiers. Besides, Xiang Liang is a big landlord, so lending him a few thousand soldiers is more than enough.Sure enough, Zhang Liang took the initiative to ask Xiang Liang to borrow troops.However, Xiang Liang laughed as soon as he heard it. It is okay to borrow soldiers, but I can only lend you more than a thousand soldiers.Whether you lose or win in the future, you have to pay back my money. Xiang Liang smiled, and Han Wangcheng wanted to cry. What a joke, more than a thousand soldiers want to snatch food from the mouths of Zhang Han's hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves. Isn't that more difficult than climbing to the sky? Archimedes said: Give me a fulcrum, and I can pry the earth up. Zhang Liang said: Give me a thousand soldiers, and I can take back the land of South Korea. Zhang Liang comforted King Han to become a Taoist, it doesn't matter, now that the army is in chaos, it is already very good to be able to borrow these thousand soldiers.Believe me, as long as we work hard, one day, we will definitely be able to take all of Korea back. If you don't try the knife, you really don't know its benefits.Sure enough, Zhang Liang returned to his hometown with more than a thousand soldiers, and he immediately snatched several cities back from Qin Bing. But unfortunately, Qin Jun didn't eat for free. They took back the city that Zhang Liang had acquired before they could wait for Zhang Liang to sit on his ass. In the end, he could only lead his brothers to lurk in Yingchuan (now Yuzhou City, Henan Province) to fight guerrillas. It's really unlucky, Zhang Haohao is not easy to change his body and become the general manager of a Korean brand company, but he is beaten into a guerrilla without paying attention.However, Zhang Liang still told himself that he must be patient, patient, patient, and believe in himself, the opportunity will definitely come again! Yes, Zhang Liang, just wait a little longer, your good friend Liu San will come to help you!