Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 159

Chapter 158: East and West Stand Together

Zhang Di and others didn't know Longchuan's plan, but directly led their troops north to Pengcheng, and Zong Yuan and Chen Feng also led their troops to Pengcheng.

On September 13, the [-]th year of Qianyuan, the three armies of Zhang Di, Zong Yuan, and Chen Feng joined forces outside Pengcheng, with a total of [-] troops.

"My lord, please pay respects to your majesty, my king Wannian!" Zhang Di, Zong Yuan, Chen Feng and others bowed to Xiang Kuang in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Please hurry up, Zhu Qing!" Xiang Kuang, who was sitting in the main seat, waved his hands with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone thanked and got up.

Xiang Kuang looked at the generals in the tent, and said with a smile: "It's unfortunate for the country. There are such rebellious officials and thieves as Xiang Guang and the Long family brothers. I am helpless, so I can only flee Pengcheng in a hurry. Thanks to the help of all the ministers, the widow was able to escape. Returning to Pengcheng, now the thieves are still entrenched in Pengcheng, I hope that the princes will work together to help the widow regain Pengcheng and kill the rebels."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the ministers will help the King to regain Pengcheng, kill the rebels, and stabilize the world!" Everyone responded.

Just when Zhang Di and others joined forces in Pengcheng, the envoy sent by Longchuan to Linzi also arrived in Linzi at this time. After seeing King Qi, he conveyed the words of Xiang Guang and Longchuan to King Qi. Those who don't plan to send troops, after all, in the current civil war in Chu, no matter who wins or loses, only the Qi State will be the cheapest in the end, why should Qi State get involved, but when he heard that Xiang Guang was willing to cede Langya County, the king of Qi was moved .

Now Zhao State is slowly recovering its vitality, I am afraid it will not take a few years to go south in a big way, and the time given to Qi State is running out. If you can take Langya County without bloodshed, Qi State will have great benefits of.

After some discussions between the king of Qi and the ministers, they finally decided to take the general He Jiong as the main general, Tai Shiwei and Wu Lie as the deputy generals, and command an army of [-] to go south.

On September 13, the [-]th year of Qianyuan, after the Qi army took over Langya County, the army went south, first defeated Yu Zilong's troops in Tan County, East China Sea, and then marched into Wuyuan.

Knowing that the Qi army was going south, Zhang Di and others were shocked.

"Boom!" Xiang Kuang slapped the table in the tent of Zhang Di's army, and said angrily, "Xiang Guang, Long Chuan, you dare to lead Qi's army to the south, you are really short-sighted, it makes no sense, and Lang Ya A county, which was taken by our ancestors through bloody battles, and now they have sent Langya to the state of Qi in order to fight against the widows, aren't they afraid that after death they will be ashamed to see their ancestors?"

While knowing that the Qi army was going south, Xiang Kuang and others also learned that Xiang Guang and Long Chuan ceded the land of Langya County to Qi State in order to get the aid of Qi State, which attracted [-] Qi troops.

"Your Majesty, calm down. It is useless to scold Xiang Guang and Long Chuan now. Let's think about what to do next." Chen Feng said.

When everyone heard this, it was true that one hundred thousand Qi troops marched south and instantly smashed the advantages of themselves and others to pieces. Long Chuan still had fifty or sixty thousand soldiers in his hands, plus one hundred thousand Qi troops, he would definitely not be able to defeat him. , It's better to think of a way out sooner.

Xiang Kuang calmed down a bit, and asked Zhang Di: "I wonder what good strategy General Zhang has?"

Zhang Di frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, now that the [-] Qi troops are marching south, the situation where the enemy is inferior and we are superior has been broken, and our army is still at an absolute disadvantage. It is recommended to retreat to the three counties of Peijun, Xiapi, and Guangling to accumulate strength before we can plan for big things."

"General Zhang, are you really going to go this far?" Xiang Kuang was very unwilling. Moreover, if he really came to this step, the state of Chu would really split. He occupied Xiapi, Guangling, Peijun, Xiang Guang Occupying Pengcheng, Mount Tai, and Donghai, by then, he would really be Xiang's sinner.

Zhang Di smiled wryly and said: "My lord, if there is a chance, I don't want to go to this point, but there is no way, if we fight the enemy force head-on, we can't fight at all, the only plan we can do now is this."

"You all go out first, wait for the widow to think about it." Xiang Kuang asked Zhang Di and others to go out first, he really had to think about what to do.

Outside the tent, Chen Feng and others surrounded Zhang Di and said, "General Zhang, why don't you persuade the king anymore, now that the Qi army is imminent, if we don't make a decision, we will all die here."

"Yes, General Zhang, why don't you persuade the king again." Everyone persuaded Zhang Di one after another. The situation is very serious now, and the Qi army is coming soon. I can't go anymore.

Zhang Di suddenly felt a pain in the head, and supported his forehead and said: "Okay, Your Majesty has his own opinion, and this general believes that His Majesty will definitely make the most correct decision."

After a while, soldiers came to invite Zhang Di and others to return to the Chinese army tent.

After they returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiang Kuang said: "General Zhang, I trust you and retreat first, but this means that I will temporarily give up Pengcheng and choose another king's capital. I don't know what General Zhang has. Opinion?"

Zhang Di thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, after careful consideration, I feel that only Xiapi City, the prefecture of Xiapi County, has such a large scale and can take on the important task of being the capital of a country."

"General Zhang, Xiapi is good, but it's too close to Pengcheng, isn't it bad?" Xiang Kuang also thinks Xiapi is good, but it's too close to Pengcheng, so he doesn't feel safe.

Zhang Di smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it is because it is close to Pengcheng that I suggested that Your Majesty choose Xiapi. You must know that as long as we withdraw from Pengcheng, Qi State will definitely withdraw its troops. As long as Qi State retreats, Longchuan will return It won't be our opponent, then we can take the opportunity to attack Pengcheng and put down the rebellion."

Xiang Kuang thought about it, and felt that what Zhang Di said was reasonable, so he agreed to Xiapi as the temporary capital.

Afterwards, Zhang Di and others led an army of [-] to leave Pengcheng and retreat to Xiapi.

Sure enough, as Zhang Di said, the Qi army began to retreat after the siege of Pengcheng was resolved. Although Xiang Guang and Long Chuan kept persuading the Qi army to stay and help them eliminate Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di, He Jiong did not Agreed, in He Jiong's view, he was only here to relieve the siege of Pengcheng this time, and there was no need to involve too many things, so he led his troops back to Qi.

When the Qi army retreated, Longchuan was afraid that Zhang Di and others would invade again, so he expanded his army massively, and finally got 5000 new soldiers. Together with the original soldiers and horses, they had a total of 9 soldiers. , Integrate troops and horses, and finally support [-] troops.

Zhang Di and others also tried to attack Pengcheng again, but after the expansion of the army, Longchuan was defending the city, and Zhang Di had no choice but to retreat to Xiapi.

So far, the civil war between the two kings of Chu has come to an end. The result is that the two kings of Chu stand side by side, Xiang Guang occupies Pengcheng, Taishan, and Donghai, and uses Pengcheng as his capital; Xiang Kuang occupies Xiapi, Guangling, and Peijun, and Xiapi is his capital.

The state of Chu officially split. Since Pengcheng was located to the west of Xiapi, Xiang Guang's regime was called West Chu, while Xiang Kuang's regime was called East Chu.

The Chu civil war has blinded the eyes of the world. Less than three months after the death of King Xiangju of Chu, the huge state of Chu was split into two halves. The most important thing is the Qi State, which solved the siege of Pengcheng and directly took down the entire Langya County, greatly increasing its strength.

Wancheng, in Qianyang Palace, Deng Sheng took the news from Chu, and suddenly sighed. Who would have thought that Chu, who used to be the overlord of the Central Plains, overwhelmed all the heroes, and competed with the Han for more than 200 years, would split like this. Knowing that Xiang Yu, the ancestor of the Xiang family, knew about it, what kind of mood should he be in.

However, Deng Sheng has no intention of meddling in Chu State's affairs now. On his imperial case, there is a resignation letter, which is the resignation letter of Zhongshuling Deng Yong.

(End of this chapter)