Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-12-16

With a sound of "pong", the cup that was held firmly in his hand fell to the ground, and the tea in the cup also flowed all over the floor, but no one paid attention to him anymore, Fan Zeng said loudly: "What did you say? The palace was breached by a group of unknown people leading an army? Even the king was... also held hostage by them?" The usual calmness and composure were missing from the voice.

The Chu soldiers who came to report also tremblingly said: "Hui Lingyin, that's exactly the case. All the soldiers we sent to patrol Kuaiji City were killed by those people. But when we followed their trail, we found that even the palace It was also captured by them, and now they are leading the king to confront our people."

Fan Zeng's face suddenly turned ashen, and it took a while before he regained his strength: "Quickly gather all the horses in my city of Kuaiji, and go to the palace with me. Be sure to keep the king in the city, and kill these rebels on the spot! "Although the words were full of murderous intentions, Fan Zeng himself didn't know how to face this situation. Now he can only control them first.At the same time, he had asked his cronies to take his own handwritten letter out of the city to Jiujiang, to inform Xiang Yu there of the emergency here, so that he could make preparations.

Zhou Bo and the others did not expect that the Chu people's army would arrive in such a timely manner, and there was no chance for them to retreat.Fortunately, because they have the king of Chu in their hands, those Chu soldiers dare not attack them, but if this continues, they will fall into the siege of the Chu army.

Seeing more and more Chu troops outside, Zhou Bo felt that he had acted too hastily this time. There were only a thousand of them now, but there were at least five thousand in Kuaiji City.After taking a few steps, Zhou Bo looked at the pale-faced King of Chu. He strode up and said, "Your Majesty, only you can help us now. As long as you go out and say a few words to those soldiers, they will The vast majority of them will turn their backs, and by then this Kuaiji will be under our control."

The King of Chu glanced at Zhou Bo whose eyes were red from anxiety, and he was sure that even if this person obtained the ruling power of Kuaiji with his help, he would not end well.In their eyes, they are nothing more than a useful tool.But now that others are in the hands of the other party, the only way to save themselves is to help them, so I can only nod and say: "Okay, then I will talk to the soldiers according to your wishes."

Zhou Bo was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to take out their shields to protect the King of Chu, and then led him up to the outer wall of the palace.Seeing thousands of people standing in the dark outside the palace gate, the King of Chu felt timid, but finally he said loudly: "Soldiers, the widow is the heart of the King of Chu. You are surrounded by loyal men who protect King Qin , that Xiang Yu's party is the one who caused the rebellion. You are all my warriors in Great Chu, why do you give your life for those rebellious officials and thieves? Now come to the widow's side and deal with Xiang Yu's party together."

Although the voice of the King of Chu was not loud, many soldiers of Chu under the wall still heard his words clearly, and even the soldiers who had seen the King of Chu confirmed that he was indeed the King of Chu who hadn't shown up for a long time. The words spread among these thousands of people, and the original momentum of the Chu army suddenly weakened, and many people showed hesitation in their eyes.

In order to resist the attack of the Qin army this time, Xiang Yu dispatched all his troops. Finally, in order to cooperate with Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng even sent the last of his troops to Jiujiang. In this way, there were only a few thousand troops left in Kuaiji City. And most of them are not the confidantes of Xiang Yu and others, they actually still think that they are fighting for the Great Chu and the King of Chu.But now, seeing the king of Chu publicly say that Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng and others are rebels, how can they not be surprised?

When Fan Zeng arrived with his men, he happened to see this scene, and his heart tightened. After all, these people were not his cronies. Would they turn against him because of those few words from the King of Chu?Fan Zeng knew that he could no longer care about the status of the King of Chu at this time, and if he hesitated now, more soldiers would be shaken, which would make him passive, so he ordered decisively: "The thieves are holding my King Chu, they must be the king of Chu!" The spies of the Qin people, the soldiers rush up to me, kill them all, and rescue the king." He said and signaled to the few people around him to charge up first.

Those people were soldiers sent by Xiang Yu to Fan Zeng, and they were all loyal to them. As soon as they saw Fan Zeng's signal, they killed them without even thinking.Seeing this situation, some other Chu soldiers rushed to the gate of the palace with them shouting and killing.

Zhou Bo just saw that the Chu soldiers had hesitated under the words of the King of Chu, and he couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that he might take all these troops for his own use without bloodshed, but Fan Zeng immediately ordered Attack the palace.While cursing Fan Zeng in his heart, Zhou Bo hastily ordered his soldiers in various critical positions to join the defensive battle.

But the words of the King of Chu still have some effect. Although those Chu soldiers followed Fan Zeng's personal soldiers and killed them, they were hesitant in their hearts. , watched as he rushed up, but the attack on the enemy was very weak, and he retreated after a while.It is obviously impossible to capture the Chu Palace only by those few people who are loyal to Xiang Yu.Fan Zeng also saw this, but he couldn't express his suffering. He knew that even if he tried his best to let those people attack, it would be impossible for them to obey their current situation, and it might backfire. The sergeant turned against him, so he could only turn a blind eye to it.

The two sides fought for a long time inside and outside the walls of the palace, and there was no way to tell the winner, but in the end it was a tie, the inside couldn't attack, and the outside couldn't get in.When the sky was bright, the two armies were already exhausted. In desperation, they had to strike first and wait for the soldiers to recover before fighting again.

In the next few days, Fan Zeng continued to send troops to attack, but Zhou Bo and others in the palace also had a way of using troops, and the palace wall was still strong, so they were allowed to defend the palace with more than a thousand troops.And every day before the start of the battle, the king of Chu would always be invited by Zhou Bo and the others to go up to the wall and say something inspiring to the soldiers of Chu, which made the morale of the Chu army outside the city even lower. One of the reasons for the gram.

But as the time of siege increases, the food hidden in the palace has become less and less, and it seems that it will not be able to sustain it.Zhou Bo and others gathered together to discuss.Cao Shen said: "Even if we have enough food now, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend it for a few days. Most of our people are injured, and Fan Zeng will definitely take the news here to Jiujiang to ask Xiang Yu for help. Once Xiang Yu leads the army to drive away Come on, how can we hold on to this little force?"

Xia Houying frowned and said, "You're right, the King of Chu doesn't know if he has lost his appeal in the army because of his neglect of politics for a long time, and after calling for so long, he still can't get those Chu troops to defect. Now What else can we do? If we don’t want a solution to the current predicament, we will be trapped here to death in the end.”

Looking at Zhang Zhu's face, Zhou Bo finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Since we can't hold on any longer, let's concentrate on breaking through. As long as the King of Chu is in our hands, all the counties in Chu will We have a foothold, and once we leave Kuaiji, Fan Zeng will not be able to chase us with all his strength in order to defend the city, and then we will be able to find a city and start again."

Several other people had no good solution to the current situation, so they could only adopt Zhou Bo's opinion and rushed out before the Chu army attacked on the second day.

But it wasn't that they felt the crisis. Fan Zeng, who was attacking the city, felt the same way.In the past few days, whenever the King of Chu stood on the wall and shouted to the Chu army, he had the urge to order someone to shoot him, but Fan Zeng knew that if this happened, the Chu army below would inevitably be in chaos, killing Not everyone has the guts to bear the crime of Jun.Following the King of Chu's proclamation, the morale of the Chu army has dropped to the bottom. Fan Zeng is afraid that some soldiers will vote in a day or two. Once someone starts, Fan Zeng knows that many people will vote. At that time, the advantage in military strength will go to the rebels, and then he will be completely defeated.

So Fan Zeng didn't get a good night's sleep in the past few days, and he had to patrol the whole camp every night, in case someone really turned to the enemy.Now Fan Zeng is very contradictory. On the one hand, he hopes that Xiang Yu can bring troops to stabilize the situation in time, so that Kuaiji will remain as stable as Mount Tai; but on the other hand, he also knows the importance of Jiujiang. Jiujiang will inevitably fall into the hands of the Qin people, and then Chu State will be really in danger.In the conflict, Fan Zeng couldn't really fall asleep.

When it was dawn again, Fan Zeng got up and ordered his men to prepare for a new round of attack on the palace. He only hoped that the rebels would lose their ability to fight because of insufficient supplies.

Just when he was ready and ordered his soldiers to attack, suddenly the palace gate was opened, and hundreds of people rushed out from the palace gate and went straight to his army.

When the Chu army outside saw the enemy coming out suddenly, they couldn't help being stunned. In such a dazed time, the hundreds of people had already killed them, and the weapons in their hands were chopped down at them.

Fan Zeng knew the enemy's intention immediately, and he said loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, surround and kill the enemy, and don't let them break out!"

Only then did the Chu soldiers wake up, and they all took up weapons and surrounded them, and a fight began...