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Chapter 250 Xiang Yu, the Lu Family Has Backbone!

In fact, the people who came to arrest Empress Lu were not sent by Xiang Yu, but the people below made their own decisions. Even Luo Xin was a little wrong, just like Luo's thousand-year glory and good family tradition. do it.

The same is true for Xiang Yu, what a proud man he is.

He grew up listening to Xiang Yan and Xiang Liang tell him family stories, 800 years of glory and heroic ancestors.

He is a person who worships his ancestors very much, and these ancestors would not allow Xiang Yu to do such lowly things.

What's more, he is the Son of Heaven, upright, with the sharp blade in his hand, under the support of countless Chu people, in front of the princes of the world, by virtue of saving the world and destroying the Tyrant Qin, this indisputable feat, won the position of the Son of Heaven .

A person's character is created by his nature and environment. All of Xiang Yu's behaviors will be bound by his family and education. He failed to become a holy king because of his limited wisdom and sexual pattern. He treats people in the world unkindly. is his nature.

But he extended his love to the members of the Xiang clan to the children of Jiangdong, which is the influence of the family on him.

What's more, Xiang Yu is in a state of Qi, so he doesn't have the time to pay attention to Liu Bang's family. Qi Wang Lucheng is really strong. On the one hand, he fought a civil war with the nobles, and on the other hand, he insisted on defending the city and not surrendering.

When Xiang Yu came to the city of Linzi, he found that Lu Cheng was simply a shrinking turtle. No matter how much he scolded him, he would not leave the city, but he wanted to defend Linzi to the death.

Faced with this situation, Xiang Yu's first thought was to intimidate the nobles in the city and ask them to surrender and offer the city, otherwise they would kill all the nobles in the city after the city was broken.

This method is really easy to use. There is a saying that if you defend for a long time, you will lose. The biggest pressure on the defenders is not outside, but internal discord.

No one knows whether other people will surrender first, sell other people for a good price, and exchange other people's lives for their own glory and wealth.

There is a term used to describe this situation in later generations, called the prisoner's dilemma.

And Xiang Yu did what he said, he didn't have the guts to slaughter the entire city, but he still had the guts to kill the nobles and powerful.

But the information sent back by the spies made Xiang Yu numb, "Your Majesty, the nobles in Linzi City..."

Seeing this, Xiang Yu wondered: "Why, is it that the group of soft-boned nobles in Qi State are willing to live and die with Qi Wangcheng? I would rather believe that the Qin Dynasty will come back from the dead."

After speaking, Xiang Yu burst out laughing. No nobleman was willing to die for the country when Qi was destroyed. This is unprecedented and unheard of.

The spies said: "Your Majesty, the King of Qi has already killed all the nobles in Linzi City, and there is no nobleman in the entire Linzi City who is willing to open the city and surrender for our army."

quiet!
Deathly silence!

In the entire Chu army's tent, not only Xiang Yu, but all the generals and counselors did not hold back, and the expression control was out of control.

Xiang Yu opened his mouth to angrily scold the spies for talking nonsense, how could such a thing happen, such a thing as killing all the nobles, he, the emperor, would not dare to do it, how dare King Qi?
But I thought that the reason why I crusade against Qi Wang Lucheng was because he wiped out all the high-ranking nobles, even including the marquis he named himself.

Xiang Yu had no choice but to believe that this matter was true, and couldn't help muttering: "What a lunatic!"

The aristocrats of the Chu State woke up like a dream, they really have learned a lot, and there is such a monarch, but thinking about those old nobles of the Qi State, the Chu State nobles couldn't help but secretly said, it's really good to die.

Although the nobles of the state of Chu fought desperately with the royal family in order to protect their own interests, they still had the courage to play with the state of Chu when the state of Chu fell. Short-sightedness does not mean that they have no backbone. Even the nobles of the Chu state looked down on them.

Not to mention Xiang Yu, when he heard that the king of Qi, Lu Cheng, killed all the nobles in the Qi land, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he laughed directly: "The king of Qi has really helped the widow a lot. .”

If the nobles of Qi State who died under Lu Cheng knew that Xiang Yu also wanted to kill them, I really don't know how they would feel.

No one likes second ministers. Even if they are used to win the world, they will still be dismissed after all. This is determined by the monarch's eternal pursuit of loyal ministers.

"Your Majesty, no one has surrendered the city. Do you want to organize a siege?"

Hearing the suggestion from his subordinates, Xiang Yu hesitated. In fact, it is rare for a big city like Linzi to be captured directly by siege.

Xiang Yu thought for a while and said: "Surround Linzi City first, and don't attack the city directly. If Lu Cheng kills all the nobles in Linzi City, Qi will be in chaos. How can these nobles be so easy to kill? Liang Dao, let's see what Lu Cheng is going to do."

He sighed in his heart, it would be great if Luo Ling was here, just like when the Qin Dynasty was destroyed in the past, there was a strong wind, if it could bring wind, rain, thunder and lightning like the ancient King Su, the city of Linzi would be destroyed overnight.

In Linzi city, Lu Cheng personally led the Qi army to guard Linzi city. As for other cities in Qi state, he relied on his cronies to deal with them.

It is true that many nobles rebelled directly, but Lu Cheng didn't care. These two or five boys would rebel if they didn't now, and they would rebel when Xiang Yu came.

As for the letter of war sent by Xiang Yu, it was directly thrown into the brazier by Lu Cheng.

He also said with a smile to his close vassal: "All Xiang Yu's applications for invitation to fight have been rejected.

Self-knowledge is the most important thing in a person. Although I dare to resist Xiang Yu, I am indeed not as capable as Xiang Yu on the battlefield.

Especially in field battles, when Zhang Han's 40 troops were defeated by Xiang Yu, the widows saw with their own eyes how invincible Xiang Yu was on the battlefield, so they went to field battles with Xiang Yu only if their brains were sick.

The more he urged, the more the widow would stay still, just guarding here, the food and grass in Linzi city would be enough for three years, and the water source was no problem, no matter how strong Xiang Yu was, would he still be able to directly tear down the city wall? "

He laughed out loud after he finished speaking, his tone was rather smug, he didn't resist Xiang Yu as soon as his brain got hot, and he knew Xiang Yu's strengths and weaknesses thoroughly.

Xiang Yu cherishes the Chu people from Jiangdong under his command very much, and he is absolutely reluctant to let these people come to attack the city and consume it, "At most three months, Xiang Yu will either bypass Linzi City and go north, or his letter of persuasion will be sent, you will wait and see .”

Sure enough, as Lu Cheng expected, Xiang Yu only organized a siege, and the casualties of thousands of people made Xiang Yu immediately stop the siege.

Xiang Yu's subjects, whether they were generals or counselors, advised him, "Your Majesty, there are no survivors in a war, and now the most important thing is to capture Linzi City, otherwise Qi will always be behind, which will be a great harm to Chu. "

But Xiang Yu just shook his head and said: "Everyone knows what you said, but no, the Xiang family has been in Jiangdong for hundreds of years, and Jiangdong's elders handed these sons into the hands of the widow. land?

If it was like the Battle of Handan in the past, it would be an honor to die in battle, but now that he died in the siege without even seeing the people of Qi, there were so many casualties. If he really wanted to capture this city How many Jiangdong children will die in the city?

Five thousand or ten thousand?
The ten lives of the Qi people are not as good as the one of the Chu people. Immediately go and catch the Qi people and let them attack the city. "

Xiang Yu had nothing to do in the face of Lu Cheng. He could only go north to gather the Qi army, capture them and prepare them to be cannon fodder to attack the city. On the other hand, he stepped up to urge the kings to come to Qi as a supplementary attack, which is actually a consumable. , first consume the Qi people's defense tools.

Then he sent a letter of persuasion to Qi Wang Lucheng.

King Qi Lucheng proudly showed it to the ministers, "Look, as I expected, Xiang Yu sent me a letter of persuasion."

Xiang Yu was not planning to kill King Qi. In Xiang Yu's eyes, King Qi was not bad enough to be his vassal. He was planning to completely defeat King Qi and make him a false king like King Linzi.

Therefore, the persuasion letter was written with full sincerity, and it analyzed the current situation to Qi Wang Lucheng.

"You now occupy Linzi City, how fortified Linzi City is, if you want to conquer it, you may have to pay tens of thousands of casualties.

Ji was sympathetic to the lives of the people of Qi and Chu, and did not want both sides to cause so many casualties, so he did not want to attack the city.

You are safe enough in the city, but Ji is still worried about you.

You have killed so many nobles, is there anyone in Qidi who is willing to obey you?

No one is willing to obey you, and the Chu army is besieging Linzi City, so you will not get new food.

You must have stored enough grain in your city to last for three or even five years, but even if the grain is not spoiled, what about after three to five years?
Can you stay in Linzi city all your life?This is what worries you.

I would like to grant you the throne of King Linzi. If you can make great contributions, I will hand over the position of King Qi to you. I hope you can think about it carefully. "

King Qi Lucheng looked at the letter and knew that what Xiang Yu said was correct. The Chu army could really surround him for several years. Chu was right behind him, so there was no logistical pressure at all.

But King Qi Lucheng did not agree. He recalled the days in Zhaocheng before, and then looked to the west, thinking to himself: "Will the King of Han be willing? I don't believe it."

Xiang Yu didn't react when he was rejected. He thought that Lu Cheng, the king of Qi, was just not so clear-headed. As long as he recognized the reality after a while, he would agree.

So Xiang Yu wasted in Qidi in vain like this, he had no idea that Liu Bang solved Guanzhong very quickly.

The general trend of the world has undergone unexpected changes.

It wasn't until Liu Bang began to contact the princes who were dissatisfied with him to attack him together that he got the news.

Xiang Yu was naturally shocked and angry, completely unaware of why the two kings he divided up in Qin land were defeated so quickly.

This completely messed up his arrangements. The Guandong has not yet been resolved, but the Guanzhong has already been unified!
"Liu Ji!"

Xiang Yu roared angrily, then glanced at Linzi city unwillingly, "Withdraw!"

Qi State can't take care of it anymore, anyway, Qi State is in great chaos now, and it is not easy for Lu Cheng to solve it. Solving Liu Bang is the top priority now.

(End of this chapter)