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Chapter 247: The Chu people return to Pengcheng

The news of the restoration of the Chu State soon spread throughout the world. The three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi and Wei, who were in the fierce battle, also responded accordingly.

After Zhao learned that Zhang Di had taken away the 50,000 Eastern Chu surrendered soldiers stationed in Panxian and returned to Pengcheng to restore the Chu State, he was very happy, because he hoped that not only greatly reduced the strength of the Qi army, but also the rear of Qi State was not stable since then. Therefore, King Zhao immediately sent envoys to Pengcheng secretly at the suggestion of Zhao Xin, hoping to win over Chu State, so that Chu State could attack the rear of Qi and Wei State and restrain part of the troops of Qi and Wei State. Wei State also sent people to bring Chu State into the chariot and fight against Zhao State. In order to show sincerity, he was willing to return the Lu County to the State of Chu State, with great sincerity.

On the contrary, Qi's mood was a bit complicated. On the one hand, Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di could be said to be the rebellion of Qi. Logically, Qi should send troops to wipe out and suppress them as soon as possible. On the other hand, Qi was worried that the restoration of Chu would harass its rear. After all, Qi's main elites are on the front line now and there is no extra force to deal with Chu.

The King of Qi also discussed with the ministers many times for this matter, but he did not get a unified answer. In the end, it was a letter from Han Qing that asked the King of Qi to make a decision.

Linzi, Qi Palace, Taia Palace, Qi King brought the Prime Minister Shang Rong and gave Han Qing's letter to Shang Rong. After reading the first few sentences, Shang Rong was surprised: "The General hopes that the King can show goodwill to Chu State, and at the same time send Xiang Guang and other Chu royal family and Chen Ding to Chu State old ministers back to Chu State?"

King Qi nodded and said, "Shang Xiang may continue to read and share your opinions."

Shang Rong continued to watch, and this was amazing. The more he looked, the more excited he became. After reading it, he said, "The General is such a brilliant genius. He can think of such a brilliant plan."

"It seems that Shang Xiang has recognized the general's opinion." Seeing Shang Rong so excited, King Qi knew that Shang Rong had already agreed to Han Qing's suggestion.

Shang Rong nodded and said, "Yes, King, the general's plan is a magical skill. In the current Chu State, Zhang Di Daquan monopolized it. At this time, putting these old ministers of Chu State back is to stir up internal struggles in Chu State, and putting a group of Chu royal families back, especially Xiang Guang, the former King of Western Chu, which was the former King of Western Chu, would definitely trigger a dispute between the Chu State's royal family. In this way, how could the Chu State, which was trapped in internal struggles, have the ability to harass our border with the Great Qi?"

"It's really a clever plan!" After hearing this, King Qi praised: "Okay, since Shang Prime Minister also thinks this is a clever plan, then as the general said, sending the old and young people in Chu back to Pengcheng to add trouble to Zhang Di and Xiang Kuang."

With Han Qing's letter and the order of the King of Qi, a group of old and young people in Chu State in Linzi were gathered together and prepared to send them to Pengcheng. Among this group, most of the people were still very happy, especially those Chu royal families. After all, after returning to Pengcheng, they would become the best men of that year again. However, one person was not in such a good mood, that is, Xiang Guang, the former King of Western Chu.

The people who are in charge of the Chu State are Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di. The grudges with these two people are too deep. If he hadn't been conspiring with the Long brothers, Xiang Kuang would not have had to be forced to leave Pengcheng, and Chu State would not have been divided. Now when he returns to Pengcheng, he doesn't know whether Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di will spare him. So he begged the King of Qi, hoping to be in Linzi, but how could the King of Qi agree? He was the core of this plan, so Xiang Guang reluctantly followed the large army to Pengcheng.

In the Leling camp, Chen Ding also received news that the King of Qi wanted to send him back to Pengcheng. Chen Ding felt complicated when returning to Pengcheng. In Qi, he was discriminated against and bullied like other surrendered ministers of Chu. Being able to leave Qi was considered a good thing for him. Moreover, his family and tribesmen were all in Pengcheng, and he could still live a prosperous life when he returned to Pengcheng. However, at this time, Chen Ding was a little reluctant to return to Pengcheng, because he was the prime minister of Western Chu and opposed Zhang Di and Xiang Kuang. Now Chu is the head of Zhang Di and Xiang Kuang. Who knows whether they will remember these things? However, the King of Qi has ordered that he must leave even if he doesn't leave.

On July 20, 17th year of Qianyuan, a group of old and young people from Chu arrived in Pengcheng. Zhang Di and Xiang Kuang were still happy that these people could come back. Now the Chu State is in a mess and lacks civil servants. If these ministers can come back, they will solve Zhang Di and Xiang Kuang’s urgent need.

The return of the royal family made Xiang Kuang even more happy. Now in Pengcheng, Xiang Kuang is the only son of Xiang Kuang and his two years old left in the Xiang clan. It is worth mentioning that Xiang Kuang, as the crown prince of Chu, also had many wives and concubines and children. However, when the Long brothers and Xiang Guang were plotting against each other, Xiang Kuang escaped from Pengcheng in a panic. Before he had time to take his family away, they all stayed in Pengcheng. Later, they were all secretly dealt with by Xiang Guang and the Long brothers.

After these people returned to Pengcheng, Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di restored their former status. Even Chen Ding, the former prime minister of Western Chu, Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di did not take any grudges and appointed him as prime minister of Chu. After all, Chen Ding made contributions to the restoration of Chu today, which finally made Chen Ding's uneasy heart finally calm down.

However, there is one person except Xiang Guang. As a traitor in the eyes of Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di, his treatment was not very good. In Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di's view, if Xiang Guang and the Long brothers had not caused trouble, the Chu State would have been divided and greatly damaged, and they would have been destroyed by Qi State so easily. However, Xiang Guang was the legitimate son of the Chu State royal family and Xiang Kuang's younger brother. Xiang Kuang was afraid that others would have said that their brothers were tragic and just put him under house arrest. However, this also made everyone in the ministers who had served in Western Chu and were afraid that one day they would be liquidated by Xiang Kuang.

However, the return of this group of old and young people opened up another dispute in the Chu State, that is, the battle between Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di. Before the group of old and young people returned, the emerging Chu State, both in the army and in the court, were all Zhang Di's people. It can be said that Xiang Kuang, the King of Chu, was just a puppet, and the real power was all in the hands of Zhang Di. As long as Zhang Di did not nod, Xiang Kuang's will would not be able to leave the Chu Palace.

The return of these old and young people gave Xiang Kuang the hope of regaining power, so he appointed Chen Ding as prime minister as soon as possible. Chen Ding was the head of the Chen family in Pengcheng. After the Fan family was destroyed, the Chen family in Pengcheng had become the leader of the Chu family. Xiang Kuang hoped to win over the aristocratic family and take back the power from Zhang Di.

The restoration of Chu State is not big or small for the situation in the entire Central Plains. After all, the Chu State has only 50,000 troops, and any finger of several powerful countries can kill Chu State. However, Zhang Di chose a good opportunity, that is, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi and Wei, and Deng State is recovering its strength. None of the major powers has time to care about him. This has made Chu State successfully restore its country.

If you want to say who the restoration of Chu has the greatest impact on, then it is Qi. For Qi, the restoration of Chu is not only a Pengcheng County, but also a loss of face. Before the war between Zhao, Qi and Wei started, Qi had 300,000 troops on the northern plains. Later, the Battle of Ge State lost 40,000 people. In addition, the rebellion of the Long brothers and Zhang Di, the 300,000 Qi army was instantly reduced by 130,000 troops, leaving only 170,000 troops. Facing the more than 300,000 Zhao army, it was not enough. Although Han Qing had already written to the King of Qi to request reinforcements, the current Qi State still had extra troops to support. In the end, the King of Qi dispatched all the troops from the Western Front and gathered 50,000 people to support the front line. After all, Qi and Wei State were already grasshoppers on the same rope, so there was no need to be guarded.

In fact, Qi State is on the southern front, especially Guangling and Xiapi counties, which are more than 100,000 troops. This is used to guard against Deng State. Now that Chu State is restoring the country in Pengcheng, Qi State is even more afraid to draw these troops.
Chapter completed!