Destiny Only Han

Chapter 241 Xiang Yu: Whack-a-mole, right?

In June of the third year of the Han Dynasty, Wan County.

In Lu Palace, who was promised to give to Liu Ying, Lu Ze looked helplessly at Liu Bang in front of him.

"Aren't you hot?"

"not hot!"

Liu Bang wiped off the dense beads of sweat on his forehead, and took another big mouthful of ice cubes.

In fact, he is hot, after all, it is already dog ​​days, but no matter how hot it is, he still wants to show off his plate armor to Lu Ze!

This is not only a gift from his son, but more importantly, only he has it, no one else has it!
This is very superior!
Lu Ze couldn't laugh or cry, just let him go.

However, Liu Bang's disgusting look full of showing off still made him feel a little uncomfortable, so he turned his head to the side, out of sight.

But opposite him, Liu Bang immediately stood up, and appeared in Lu Ze's field of vision again amidst the sound of armor rubbing against each other...

Just, want to hit someone... Lu Ze clenched his fists, desperately trying to persuade himself not to be angry.

Opposite him, Liu Bang changed various postures, showing his armor from multiple angles.

Well, actually, the two of them are here purely for fun.

Liu Bang came all the way from Guanzhong with great fanfare, and Xiang Yu, who was stationed on the front line of Kaifeng, also went south after hearing the news. At this moment, he is building a camp in the east of Wan County and blocking the road.

Although Yuan Gu's strategy looks simple, it is a conspiracy.

Either Xiang Yu would lead the troops in person, or, after Liu Bang and Lu Ze met, they would go straight to Pengcheng and repeat the scene of the fall of Pengcheng that day.

But this time, Liu Bang, who has gained a lot of wisdom by eating a ditch, will definitely not stay in Pengcheng too much. Instead, after robbing Xiang Yu's small treasury, he will burn all the things that cannot be taken away and return to Wan County.

Everyone knows the truth of avoiding its sharpness and attacking its weakness.

Now that Xiang Yu is here, Liu Bang will naturally avoid the battle.

As Yuan Gu said, the Chu army will inevitably divide its troops, and the division will be weak. Whether it is Wanxian or Xingyang, the pressure they face will drop sharply.

But at this moment, Peng Yue, who was dormant in the Juye Lake and had received the news that Liu Bang was going south and Xiang Yu would go with him, was ready to move again.

His target, of course, is Xiapi City where Xiang Sheng sits.

There is a saying in later generations that one half of the history of the Three Kingdoms is in Xiapi.

Now, Xiapi City is also very important in the dispute between Chu and Han.

Xiapi, Suining, Jiangsu in later generations, is a county under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, located in the southeast of Pengcheng, the capital of Western Chu.

This place is close to Surabaya in the south, and Yishui and Wushui flows around the city. It not only takes advantage of water transportation, but also facilitates irrigation, fishing and hunting. The soil is fertile and the products are rich. Basically, it can be called the logistics base of Western Chu.

Therefore, Xiang Yu's younger brother Xiang Sheng, who had no ability but was quite trusted because of it, was appointed by Xiang Yu to be the general left behind in Xiapi City.

If Liu Ying's family has also traveled through time, she must feel deeply moved.

In such an important place, a tiger should be sent to sit in the town in the future. If there is no tiger, a dog will be sent, and finally a pig will be sent.

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Xiapi, in the county magistrate's mansion, it's late at night.

Xiang Sheng slowly walked into his bedroom with blushing cheeks, fell headlong on the couch, his eyes were wide open, and a little bit of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Nothing tonight, the world is peaceful!
In fact, in his heart, he longs to be like his elder brother, to make contributions and command thousands of troops...

But opportunities hit him like raindrops, but he avoided them one by one.

Now, from the original commanding general, he has become a left-behind general.

It is said that he is in charge of one side, but in fact he is just a warehouse official who looks after grain...

Suddenly, he seemed to faintly see the sky outside the door, which was glowing red.

"Strange, why did the sun rise again..."

He whimpered and said words that only he could hear clearly, stood up slowly, and staggered towards the outside of the house.

Although he was a little drunk, the spectacle of rising again and again was unique even in history books!

This kind of excitement is not to be missed!
It was only when he stood at the door that he realized that it was not the sun rising, but a raging fire!

The fire is soaring!

And the shouts and fighting sounds that seemed to be blocked by him before all also penetrated into his ears.

In an instant, his drunkenness disappeared, but he just stood there, not knowing what to do.

Looking at it like this, it's not a fire dragon burning the warehouse, but a foreign invasion!
Kexiapi is located in the south of Pengcheng!

Could it be that Pengcheng fell?

Our army, defeated?
In Xiang Sheng's mind, he couldn't help but think of a news that was hard to believe, but seemed to be possible.

"General, if you don't leave, it will be too late!"

Outside the door, several of his personal soldiers rushed in, pushed him onto the horse without any explanation, and galloped towards the north of the city.

In the dark night, the Chu army didn't know how many people came from the other party, but they knew that the whole city was full of fire, and they saw enemies everywhere.

Faced with such a situation, it is natural to leave temporarily, and wait until dawn, or when Pengcheng's reinforcements arrive.

This is exactly a tactic that the ancients used in siege warfare.

Surrounded by three and missing one, leaving a way out for others.

In this way, the will of the army in the city to defend the city will be greatly weakened, and there will be actions of fleeing out of the city when they see the enemy's strength.

In the shadow on the city gate, after witnessing the sound coming out quickly, Peng Yue commanded his men to start encircling them.

Xiang Sheng is Xiang Yu's own younger brother, if he is killed, according to Peng Yue's understanding, he may never have peace, even if he hides in the vast giant wild swamp, Xiang Yu will kill him first regardless.

After all, the hatred of killing one's brother, the hatred of one's parents, and the hatred of taking one's wife are all similar.

Don't share it!

And as soon as Xiang Sheng fled, the Chu army in the city would no longer have the will to resist, so he could search the place slowly.

Xichu collected money, food and taxes last year, but nearly [-]% of them were transferred here, plus the savings from the past, it can be called fat!

Peng Yue felt that since he came here, he couldn't just return empty-handed, right?
Moreover, not killing Xiang Sheng is already giving Xiang Yu face, so these gold and silver treasures should be regarded as the hard work for himself!

As for those cumbersome food and fodder, of course they can be taken away, but if they can't, they will be set on fire!

He, but Prime Minister Liang personally appointed by the King of Han, always wanted to make some contributions to the Han Kingdom.

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When the fire in Dangpi was gradually extinguished, the anger in Xiang Yu's eyes began to blaze in the Chu army's camp in the east of Wan County.

After his fish-lipped Oududou left Xiapi, he didn't dare to stay in Pengcheng at all, and ran all the way to the camp of the Chu army.

Now, after listening to someone's suggestion, he took off his shirt, and knelt outside the gate with the thorn on his back, playing the routine of pleading guilty with the thorn!
The fall of Xiapi, and the burning of millions of stones, food and grass, such a great crime, can it be turned over with just a few strokes of thorns?

Not killing is not enough to deter the three armies!

However, this is his own younger brother, the only relative he has in this world!

Thinking of this, Xiang Yu's eyes were full of tears, and his hands holding the long sword trembled slightly.

This sword is a token of his command to the three armies.

This was the one his grandfather Xiang Yan used. Whether he was fighting an enemy, commanding the three armies, or overthrowing an army to kill a general, he always used this sword.

Later, the sword was passed to his uncle Xiang Liang.

Like Xiang Yan, Xiang Liang also used this weapon when he overthrew the army and killed the general.

This sword was forged by the blood of the Xiang clan, and every gap on the blade was filled with the glory of the Xiang clan, as well as their tears.

Now, if Xiang Sheng, who committed such a heinous crime, used this sword to kill himself, it would not be regarded as obliterating the glory of the Xiang clan!

After a moment of silence, Xiang Yu slowly stood up holding his sword.

Beside him, a woman who was only wearing a plain gauze skirt, but looked graceful, suddenly covered her mouth and burst into tears.

This person was Yu Ji who was always by Xiang Yu's side for some reason.

Having been with Xiang Yu day and night for a long time, she naturally knows what Xiang Yu is going to do now.

Unexpectedly, even his own younger brother, who abandoned all dignity and pleaded guilty, could not disintegrate Xiang Yu's murderous intention.

His heart is really too cruel!

Yu Ji looked at Xiang Yu's figure who left without saying a word, as if she got to know him again.

She sat there, weeping silently.

If, facing such a situation, it was that person's king, the other party probably wouldn't make such a choice... right?

Perhaps, is this the emperor's house?

Concubine Yu sighed deeply, but covered her ears with her hands, trying not to let herself hear some sounds she didn't want to hear.

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At the head of Wanxian County, Liu Bang finally took off his heavy plate armor and put on a set of light leather armor after covering his whole body with prickly heat.

At this moment, he was looking at the railing, and as far as he could see, the Chu army was dismantling the camp as if there was no one else present, as if they wanted to leave the camp.

Although Liu Bang didn't know what happened in the Chu army on the opposite side, he actually had seven or eight guesses in his heart.

With the continuous investment in the past two years, pigeon breeding in Guanzhong is booming.

Naturally, carrier pigeons, a product of epoch-making significance, are also spread all over the country.

When Liu Bang mobilized Xiang Yu to go south, he sent a letter to Peng Yue Feige.

Now, Chu Jun's actions must be inseparable from Peng Yue!

Liu Bang took off the binoculars from his waist, looked at the Chu camp in the distance, and found that, as he had speculated, the Chu army was really pulling out the camp, not a strategy like reducing stoves.

Then, there was a bold idea in his heart.

After Xiang Yu led the elite of his headquarters to the east, the Chu army that besieged Xingyang City became a lone army.

If at this time, he and Lu Ze's company were together, they would have an absolutely superior force, and they could defeat and wipe out this Chu army before Xiang Yu could react!
Especially when the countermeasures worked, even Long Qi, who grew up with Xiang Yu in the Chu army, was dispatched to the east to monitor Qi. As for the remaining Ji Bu Zhongli Mei and others, they had already stood aside up.

The Chu army has no generals!
So, this battle will be won!

(End of this chapter)