Gong Fei Ji

Chapter 208

In the Chu Palace, in the study of the Chu Palace.

King Chu's eyelids were twitching when he was discussing matters with his ministers and staff. He frowned, then shook his head, trying to calm down the twitching brows.

The left eye is twitching, the right eye is twitching, and both eyelids are twitching. This is really not a good sign.

Seeing that something was wrong with him, Prince Chu stood up and asked worriedly, "Father, are you alright?"

The King of Chu said lightly: "It's okay, let's continue the discussion."

The subordinates and staff below glanced at each other, and then one of them stood up, cupped his hands and said to the king of Chu, "My lord, since the court is not benevolent to us, we don't need to be loyal to the court. The lord has a hundred thousand soldiers in his hands." Ma, why don't we take the opportunity to raise the flag and turn back, seize Xiangzhou and Jinzhou first, serve the prince as the master, first designate Chuzhou, Xiangzhou and Jinzhou as the country, and then compete with the imperial court..."

Others chimed in.

Listening to the voice below, the King of Chu stroked the wrench in his hand, but did not speak.

Two months ago, someone accused the king of Chu of being arrogant and lawless, increasing taxes in Chu, secretly recruiting soldiers, recruiting desperadoes, and harboring unruly intentions towards the court.The later emperor sent envoys to Chuzhou twice, asking the king of Chu to defend himself when he entered the court.The king of Chu shirked on the grounds that he was ill and asked for a delay in entering the court.

And the spies of the Chu Palace in Luojing have already received the news that because the Chu King refused to enter the court, the emperor has ordered to reorganize the army, with the left guard general Xue Ding as the commander, and will soon send troops to attack Chuzhou.

The king of Chu still half-closed his eyes and said nothing, as if it was hard to make a decision.

At this time, an aide stood up again and said to the King of Chu, "Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible. The army of the imperial court has probably already set off, and only if you make a decision as soon as possible can you gain the upper hand."

Nanyu sighed, and said: "It's not that this king is unwilling to make this decision, the court is orthodox after all, and this king raises the flag to turn against it at this time, which is against the law of heaven and loyalty."

The prince of Chu stood up at this time, and said to the king of Chu: "Father, people have already bullied us, and we can only stand and be beaten. You are a vassal king who was conferred by the emperor's father, and the emperor ascended the throne. Afterwards, he disregarded family affection and filial piety, and made things difficult for us in the Chu Palace. What kind of loyalty and righteousness are you talking to him at this time?" He said, "Father, you just don't think about yourself. All the loyal ministers and righteous men of the palace will be reduced to prisoners."

It wasn’t that the King of Chu didn’t want to rebel, but the reason why he said this was just to show that it wasn’t that he wanted to rebel, but that the court forced him to rebel. Now the ministers and the prince of Chu have already expressed what he wanted to say. After finishing speaking, he naturally followed the pole, pretending to have finally made up his mind, stood up and said: "Although this king has no intention of rebelling against the imperial court, you have followed this king for so many years and are loyal, but this king cannot let you follow me." This king became a prisoner of the imperial court together." He said, picked up a cup on the table, threw it on the ground vigorously, the cup shattered, and then the king of Chu threw the ground and said loudly: "In that case, let me do this. Treacherous villain. If the king of Japan is lucky enough to win the world, this king will be rich and honored with you. If this king fails unfortunately, he can only let you share the troubles with this king. Are you willing to follow this king?"

Everyone in the study knelt down and said loudly to the King of Chu, "I will swear to follow the prince to the death."

King Chu nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "Very well, the army of King Chu's Mansion has been reorganized, and tomorrow we can divide the troops into three groups, one going south and one going west, first capturing Xiangzhou and Jinzhou, and staying on the other side." Chuzhou..."

Then the king of Chu and his ministers and staff discussed the strategy of dispatching troops, soldiers, horses, food and grass and other matters.

(End of this chapter)