General Qin

Xutai County, Donghai County, in the vast reed swamp.

In a slightly old wooden house, there were several figures sitting opposite each other.

"Zhao Tuo has successively attacked Minyue, Nanyue and Xiou, and almost pacified most of Baiyue. The war has reached this point, what is Xiang Ji doing?"

"Didn't he say that after joining the army, he would look for opportunities to assassinate Zhao Tuo so that he could avenge the Xiang family and our Chu country? Why did Zhao Tuo not die? Instead, Xiang Ji made great contributions in the Qin army, first as a doctor , he was an official last year, and this year he got the title of public official!"

"Could this kid really defect to Qin?"

Jing Ju shouted, expressing his dissatisfaction.

Around him, there were also core anti-Qin figures such as Jing Tong, Xiang Sheng, Xiang Tuo, and Xiang Lu.

This is the meeting between everyone after more than half a year.

In the past two years, as all the nobles of the Six Kingdoms were moved by the emperor to the Six Kingdoms City in Guanzhong, the Qin government's control over the people in Guandong became slightly looser.

Officials in various counties and counties are busy with government affairs and implementing various government orders issued by the central government. With the complicated affairs, the local government no longer wanted and hunted down the remnants of the Six Kingdoms as it did when they were first unified.

As soon as the general environment relaxed, Jingtong and others found the opportunity to leave the water hiding place.

Everyone was born into the nobility of the Chu Kingdom. They had been accustomed to living a wealthy life since they were young. Before, they gritted their teeth and hid in the harsh swamp to save their lives. Now that they had other options, they naturally had to run away.

They obtained legal household registration and inheritance through families such as the Xutai Liu family who were grateful for the old friendship. With a sudden change of identity, just like Liu Ji, he has a new identity after changing his name, and can appear openly to the outside world.

Of course, Jingtong and others also know that the general trend of the world has been decided. After the Qin State has been running the world for nearly ten years, and the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms have been relocated, there are basically not many anti-Qin forces left in the Six Kingdoms in Guandong.

Coupled with the example of the failure of Xiang's first rebellion, these remnants of the Six Kingdoms could no longer afford to make any big waves, so they were cautious outside after going out, just to protect themselves and survive.

The reason why they returned to this swamp to gather again this time was that the Qin army destroyed another large Yue country in the south.

The news that Zhao Tuo conquered Xi'ou and killed Alamo, the king of Xi'ou, has spread all over the world under the propaganda of the Qin government. While it made countless people happy and praised, it once again cast a shadow on the hearts of these remnants of the Six Kingdoms.

"Zhao Tuo, this thief, is really a natural-born general. I heard that those Yue people are cruel and barbaric by nature, and they rely on the favorable geographical location of Baiyue. The last time that butcher Sui led an army of 100,000 to conquer Xiou, he was killed by them. If he didn’t stay, even Tu Sui himself would be killed. Such a ferocious place was conquered by Zhao Tuo, who else in the world can stop him!"

While being horrified by Zhao Tuo's achievements, Jing Ju couldn't help but vent his negative emotions on another person.

Item records.

This person who keeps saying that he is going to assassinate Zhao Tuo has been promoted again!

Along with the news of the Qin army's conquest of Xiou reached Xutai, there were also documents from the front line offering promotions and meritorious service.

The title is promoted in the military, and the rewards after the promotion will be transmitted through documents to the county where the recipient of the title is from, and the local government is responsible for distributing the rewards.

Because Xiang Ji enlisted in the army as Liu Yu, a descendant of the Liu family, this reward was directly notified to the Liu family, and Jing and others learned about Xiang Ji through this.

Jing Ju was very dissatisfied with this.

He agreed to assassinate him, and he got promoted and made a fortune in a blink of an eye. This made him feel so comfortable that he complained to everyone about Xiang Ji's actions as soon as they met.

Hearing Jing Ju's words, Xiang Sheng said with a face full of displeasure: "Brother Jing's words are wrong. Let me ask him, Zhao Tuo is the commander-in-chief of the army, and there are countless guards around him. How can Xiang Ji, a newbie in the army, get close to him?" And assassinate Zhao Tuo? The only way is naturally to perform meritorious service on the battlefield and get promoted, finally win Zhao Tuo's attention, suddenly burst out when summoned, and assassinate him. This matter has been discussed with you before joining the army. Clearly, why would Brother Jing say such words?"

"That's right! My brother has transformed from a Guizhou chief to a public official in just three years. He is already very impressive. Who can compare with him? We should be happy for his promotion. Only in this way can we have a chance to get close to Zhao Tuo. Brother Ji risked his life to assassinate the Zhao thief for the sake of the Six Kingdoms. How can you, Jingju, talk nonsense about such a righteous thing!"

Xiang Zhuang also glared and scolded Jing Ju mercilessly.

Xiang Tuo even had a cold face and put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Jing Ju was stared at by three Xiang family members with big eyes, and his mood became a little weak, but he still couldn't help but reply: "The sky is high and the road is far away, and people's hearts are unpredictable. How can we deal with Xiang Ji's affairs in the south?" I know, maybe..."

"Enough, you still dare to talk nonsense here!"

Jing Tong suddenly spoke to stop his brother's nonsense.

He stood up, bowed his hands to the three Xiangs, and said, "Please forgive me for Jingju's lies. He just saw that Zhao Tuo had won many battles in the south and was about to conquer Baiyue and return. He was worried and said Don’t choose words.”

Seeing Jing Tong's appearance, he thought that all members of the Xiang family had to be protected by each other to survive.

Xiang Sheng said hurriedly: "We understand that General Jing can rest assured. Since Xiang Ji said he would assassinate Zhao Tuo, he will not regret it given his character."

After hearing this, Jing Tong smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, I don't want Ji'er to actually carry out the assassination. Now that the world belongs to the Qin people, judging from the current situation, even if Qin does not have Zhao Tuo, the people of the six countries will never be able to do it." There is no hope of restoring the country. So there is no need to throw away your life to assassinate Zhao Tuo. Your only bloodline is Ji'er."

Jing Tong's voice was filled with sadness.

He thought of Xiang Qu who committed suicide by the Sui River, Xiang Yan who died for his country by the Huai River, and the Xiang Liang brothers who bravely raised an army.

The Xiang family is full of loyal people.

He really didn't want to see Xiang Ji die because of this.

What's more, Jing Tong had fought against Zhao Tuo many times and knew Zhao Tuo's abilities very well. He didn't think that such a figure could be easily assassinated by Xiang Yu.

Xiang Ji would most likely have lost his life in vain.

In the past two years, every time Jing Tong thought about allowing Xiang Ji, an ignorant child, to act recklessly, he felt very regretful and felt that he was unworthy of Xiang Yan, Xiang Qu and his son.

Especially when documents about Xiang Ji's title promotion came to Xutai, Jing Tong's fear and regret deepened.

The faster the title rises, the closer it is to Xiang Yu's assassination.

Jing Tong couldn't bear it, so he summoned Xiang's clan members here just to remedy the matter.

After taking a deep breath, Jing Tong solemnly said to Xiang Sheng, Xiang Zhuang and others: "I hope you can pass a message to Xiang Ji in the secret language of the Xiang family, asking him to give up the assassination. Revenge is no longer an option, I hope He can come back alive.”

Everyone was stunned.

A few days later, a letter sent by the Liu family in Xutai was mixed with letters home from local people to their children on the front line. It was passed along by the mailman and sent to the front line in Xiou, thousands of miles away.

It's early autumn.

The Qin soldiers stationed in the fields of Xiou received letters one after another from their hometown.

"Haha, I knew Lao Fan's life would be boring without me around, so he actually wrote me a letter."

Liu Bang held a letter from Juchao in his hand and smiled happily.

At this time, he saw Xiang Yu who was also reading the letter next to him.

"Hey, Brother Yu, why are you blushing?"