Chapter 703 The Public Loser

The house is elegant and the fragrance of tea overflows.

Since Xiang raised his army, he has been marching north to attack cities and territories. Pengcheng is the most important city among the cities occupied by the Xiang family.

As an important town in the Central Plains, Pengcheng and Chen County are at the same strategic level, so they are regarded as the base camp by the Xiang family.

Fan Zeng raised his tea cup and glanced at his guest opposite.

The head of the public loser, the public loser!

At that time, there was an unrest in Guanzhong, and Gong Shuqiu took advantage of the chaos and escaped. After going through many places, he was finally gathered by the Xiang family.

However, Gong Shuqiu's situation here is not good. After all, in the war when the imperial army attacked and destroyed the Chu State, they inevitably suffered from the beasts of Gongshu. Today, many of Xiang's old tribe and the ministers of the Chu State have experienced that era. Naturally, they will not hate Gongshu. polite.

Fortunately, Fan Zeng was very polite to him. Fan Zeng knew Gong Shuqiu's intention, but he didn't point it out.

"Master Gongshu, isn't this tea good?"

"No matter how good the tea is, I can't drink it." Gongshu Chou lamented, "Although I escaped from Guanzhong, half of Gongshu's disciples didn't escape, and the machine beast he created with many years of hard work also fell into Zhao Shuang's possession. In hand."

"Back then, Gongshujia served the Chu State and made great contributions. But after the death of King Qin Huiwen, the Mohists left Qin, and Gongshujie, who regarded the Mohists as enemies, began to move closer to Qin."

"No, the big reason why Gongshu decided to defect to Qin back then was because Bai Qi conquered the capital of Ying. Qin and Chu were clearly divided, and it wasn't all the Mohist's fault."

Fan Zeng nodded. He didn't know the details of the underlying cause.

"But now that Zhao Shuang has taken control of Guanzhong, the Mohist family is also on his side. Why don't the public losers surrender to Chu again?"

Gong Shuqiu looked at Fan Zeng, who was also looking at him.

"The Xiang family also wants to compete in the world?"

"Qin lost its deer, and the whole world fought for it. The Xiang family is no exception."

Fan Zeng said calmly, which made Gong Shuqiu smile on his face.

"But the Chu State is still very weak now, and it can't even separate its spare troops."

Chu's army was mainly Xiang's army, which was concentrated in the northern area of ​​​​now Chu, confronting Qi's army, competing for wealthy areas such as Lu and Song, and guarding against each other.

Gong Shuqiu wanted to take revenge, so he helped Xiang's army attack the Nanchu area, fight against the Mohists, and capture Guancheng. But Chu Jun couldn't do it at this time.

"Isn't it the same for Gongshu? Zhao Shuang went to Guanzhong, cleared the net, and captured the disciples of Gongshu. But Zhao Shuang did not treat those people like Luowang, but established a new head of Gongshu and let Gongshu Don't take command of these disciples. Master Gongshu will definitely not be able to go back now."

Gong Shuqiu gritted his teeth, with a look of resentment on his face.

"Zhao Shuang's methods are sinister. Now he not only has the Mohist family, but also half of the public losers. In terms of institutional battles, no one in the world can match him. Even if I am willing to help the Chu State, I am probably not his opponent."

"Mr. Gongshu, there is no need to worry so much. Things are not that bad."

Gong Shuqiu raised his head and looked at Fan Zeng.

"What do you mean, Mr. Fan Zeng?"

"Father, the battle report from the front is here."

Xiang Shaoyu's words came into the room, breaking the original silence. Gong Shuqiu saw a heroic general walking in. When he saw him, he was different from an ordinary person, and he immediately felt solemn in his heart.

The scouts sent a military report, but Xiang Shaoyu did not read it himself, but brought it to Fan Zeng to read together.

Now Xiang Liang is in Dingtao with his army, and Xiang Shaoyu is only accompanied by 8,000 Jiangdong troops and the two armies of Long Qe and Ji Bu. All matters are resolved through consultation with Fan Zeng.

"Yu'er, I've met Mr. Gongshu."

Fan Zeng did not read the military report first, but introduced Gong Shuqiu to Xiang Shaoyu.

"Meet sir!"

Xiang Shaoyu was very polite to Gongshu Qiu. Although they were enemies back then, Xiang Shaoyu was very polite and virtuous at this time.

"Don't dare. I have offended you many times. I hope the young general will forgive me."

"What happened back then is in the past, and there is no need to say more. Mr. Gongshu has no official position in our army. I am about to report to the king to make him the fifth doctor."

Xiang Shaoyu is very clear about the importance of Gongshujia to them at this moment, and also understands that Gongshujia is a weapon against the Mohist family.

"Thank you, Major General."

"Since sir is here, let's take a closer look at the military situation in Xingyang!"

"Then it would be disrespectful for me to refuse."

Fan Zeng opened the military newspaper and read it carefully.

"Li Xin led 30,000 flying troops to break through Tian Hu's tent and defeated Zhang Chu's army of tens of thousands."

Gong Shuqiu looked at it and murmured.

"It seems that the Mo family also contributed a lot. In this battle, eight machine White Tigers and two machine Suzakus were dispatched..."

Gongshu Chou looked at the military report and suddenly became very angry and cursed.

"evil creature!"

In this war, not only did the Mohist family send out three thousand disciples, but the Gongshu family also contributed, using three hundred three-foot bat wings to burn down several grain forts of Zhang Chu's army.

Gong Shuqiu's reaction did not surprise Xiang Shaoyu. There is still a gap between the combat power of the Chu army and the imperial army.

However, Fan Zeng's reaction puzzled Xiang Shaoyu.

"Yafu, what's wrong?"

"After the imperial army defeated Zhang Chu's army, they did not attack. Instead, they allowed Tian Hu to lead the remaining army into Han."

"Li Xin's army only has 30,000 troops. Even if Li You is included, Zhang Chu's army cannot be completely destroyed. Isn't it normal?"

Fan Zeng shook his head, with a worried look on his face.

"If Zhao Shuang wanted to, he could mobilize a force comparable to that of Zhang Chu and destroy him in one fell swoop. But he didn't do that. Instead, he stopped when he saw the opportunity. There is a lot of wisdom in this."

Xiang Shaoyu thought for a while and said thoughtfully.

"Does he want to watch Zhang Chu fight among himself and reap the benefits?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." When Fan Zeng said this, he suddenly sighed, "What a pity!"

Xiang Shaoyu asked confused.

"What's the pity for Yafu?"

"The imperial army is very beneficial, but Zhao Shuang did not use it lightly. Instead, he restrained his strength and recuperated. For us, even though it is a great benefit, it is also enough to worry about."

"Why?"

At this moment, the three of them heard a horse's cry.

Long Qie rode a horse and broke into the mansion directly. When he saw Xiang Shaoyu and others, he was panting.

"Shaoyu, Yafu, Mr. Gongshu, I personally brought Zhang Chu's military information."

"What happened, are you so anxious?"

Xiang Shaoyu asked doubtfully.

"After Tian Hu led his army to withdraw to Han, Chen Sheng marched westward with an army of more than 100,000 people on land and water, and started fighting with Tian Hu. There was already a huge chaos between Yingchuan and Suishui."

Fan Zeng touched his beard and warned.

"Shao Yu, the land of Guandong will soon be in chaos, so gather your troops as soon as possible!"

No matter who wins or loses between Chen Sheng and Tian Hu in this battle, Zhang Chu's defeat is irreversible. When the time comes, the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu, and Qi will surely compete to plunder the power left by Zhang Chu.

"Yu'er understands."