I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 77 Fight!

North China Plain, by the Zhangshui River.

At this moment, a scout came galloping from a distance, showed his badge to identify himself, and then walked straight into the Chinese army camp out of breath.

"General Xinxiang, the former army of the Qin people...the former army is about 3 people, and it is less than [-] miles away from our army." The scout didn't even have time to catch his breath, so he began to urgently report the situation he had surveyed.

"It's hard work, go down and rest first, I will arrange someone else to take your place later." Xiang Yu arranged the scout's next position calmly, and seemed not to care about the movement of the Qin army. He then told the guards, "Pass my order, order the whole army to remain on alert at all times, and be ready to go out of the camp at any time."

After arranging these two things, Xiang Yu sighed: "A big battle is coming."

Chen Luo replied: "It is indeed as expected by Brother Yu. The strategic goal of the Qin army is to annihilate us. Even if we leave Handan County, they will also come after us."

Xiang Yu smiled and said: "After all, our army's combat strength has not been compromised, and guerrilla attacks here can threaten the Qin army's food and road at any time, causing great trouble. Of course, they want to get rid of us quickly.

However, when they came to pursue us, they must have thought that we were fleeing northward in a panic, but they didn't know that this was the battlefield I had carefully selected. "

Going north and entering the range of Julu County, I caught this place at a glance.

The large plains in North China have an overall terrain undulation of less than 50 meters. Compared with the rugged mountains or the Jiangnan area with many water systems, it is undoubtedly the best place to display cavalry charge tactics.

So he put the location of the decisive battle with the Qin army here.

Chen Luo nodded, and said in a firm tone: "If we win this battle, we will surely destroy Qin in one fell swoop."

"30 vs. [-], the advantage is not on our side." Xiang Yu described the facts calmly, but his eyes were more decisive than Chen Luo's. "But for the next battle, we have put everything on our hands. We can only win, and we will only win."

After arriving at Zhangshui five days ago, he asked Sima Xin to take the [-] Qin soldiers from Handan and most of the Qin soldiers from Dongjun to transport grain and grass across the river first.

Then yesterday, most of the food and grass had been sent to the other side.

Xiang Yu ordered all the ships to be scuttled, and then cooked all the meat they carried for a meal, and then smashed all the pots, leaving only three days of dry food on everyone.

This move made Sima Xin on the opposite bank dumbfounded. He almost thought that he was the one who didn't cross the river and would be left behind to delay the Qin army.

The soldiers who stayed on Xiang Yu's side were basically all Chu people, and the core part was made up of those Wuzhong children. After seeing that the boat was broken, the morale of the army was not disturbed, and it was surprisingly stable. They were all determined to fight to the death.

If they want to survive, then they can only kill all the enemies and win the war!

"Although there are three households in Chu, the death of Qin must be Chu. Whether it is a prophecy or a lie, it depends on today." Chen Luo wanted to tease, but under the oppressive atmosphere of the imminent life and death battle, he still had a tense face when he said this.

According to the original historical development, after Xiang Yu broke the boat here, he bravely defeated 40 Qin troops, and even shocked the crowd of onlookers.

It's just that the world line has changed to 25% now, and many details are completely different from the original history.

Under such circumstances, can they really reproduce the miracle of winning more with less in the Battle of Julu in history?
Seeing that Chen Luo was silent, Xiang Yu said softly, "Jiang Ning, do you know what the 'Ji' in my name means?"

"Ah?" Chen Luo was taken aback by this sudden question, "Is it the meaning of a book? That brother Yu is now wearing a tough coat, and I'm afraid it's far from what the elders expected."

"That's not the case. My 'ji' is a pretext for 'magpie', which means a little bird." Xiang Yu shook his head and grinned, "Jiang Ning, you didn't expect this, right?"

"It's no wonder Brother Yu's name is Yu." Chen Luo said by inference.

Most of the names and characters of the ancients are related to each other, and the ancient meaning of "Yu" is the long hair on the wings of birds. Thinking about it this way, if "ji" in Xiang Yu's name means books and classics, then the two are not related to each other.

The pronunciation of "ji" and "magpie" are extremely similar, which meets the conditions of sound similarity and falsehood. It's just that Chen Luo has always called Xiang Yu Brother Yu before, and has never called Xiang Yu by his full name.

Xiang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly: "In the legends of Chu, magpies are also called spirit magpies. They have the ability to ward off bad luck and seek good fortune, and avoid Tai Sui. My uncle told me that my father gave me this name in the hope that my life would be smooth and disaster-free."

"Since Brother Yu can seek good luck and avoid bad luck, I think he can come to Gongqing without illness or disaster." Chen Luo smiled. He knew that Xiang Yu had seen his nervousness, so he brought up light topics that had nothing to do with the war, so as to divert his attention.

"When a man is alive, he should use the halberd in his hand to smooth out the troubled times," Xiang Yu said with a smile, "I want to be a Kunpeng more than a magpie. I once read an ancient book called "Swimming", which said that there are Kunpeng, saying that they are so big that they seem to be able to eat a wild horse in one meal."

Speaking of this, Xiang Yu frowned slightly and scratched his head, obviously trying to remember.

Hearing Zhang Yu's remarks, Chen Luo was almost amused.

He coughed and reminded: "Brother Yu is talking about Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou", which is 'There is a fish in the North, and its name is Kun. The size of the Kun is more than a few thousand miles. It turns into a bird, and its name is Peng...' This passage? But the 'wild horse' in this article refers to wandering qi, not a real wild horse."

Fortunately, Chen Luo's high school Chinese is fairly solid, and he can still recite the full text and explain the meaning.

"So that's the case." After learning the truth, Xiang Yu's enthusiasm for Kunpeng has not diminished, "Jiang Ning, tell me, can such a huge creature really exist in the world?"

After thinking about it, Chen Luo shrugged his shoulders and said, "If I had to say something, I wouldn't pay attention to Dapeng after he became a Pancake Man. Instead, I commented on Kunkun. I was afraid of a lawyer's letter warning..."

Xiang Yu: "?"

"Talk nonsense and relax, Brother Yu, don't worry about it too much." Chen Luo smiled easily, putting the pressure of the original battle to the back of his mind for the time being.

At this time, another messenger rushed in from outside the tent, and hurriedly said: "General Zhixiang, the front of the Qin army is only twenty miles away from our army, and it is estimated that it will appear in our field of vision in an hour."

"I see." Xiang Yu nodded solemnly and looked at Chen Luo, "It's time for us to leave."

Then he got up and said to his personal guards: "Give me an order to go down. The whole army will put on their armor and mount their horses, and line up in the southeast of the barracks. I will go to command in a quarter of an hour."

"No!" Hearing this, the guard ran out excitedly to deliver the order.

Compared with the long wait, the charge relieved them.

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