Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 330
Amidst the melodious sound of silk and bamboo, more than a dozen beauties from Shu are dancing in the big tent. Linjiang Wang Gongwei sits at the head, clapping his hands and saying hello from time to time. The generals of the country, Gongsun Wu and Yaxiang Bubi, sat on the left, right and bottom respectively. Whenever Gong Wei clapped his hands, the four of them would follow suit.

Outside the big tent, Gongsun Bu led more than a hundred sharp men from Linjiang and stood by their swords, concentrating on guard.

Not far away, thousands of generals and soldiers of the Chu army were drinking and carousing with the three thousand Linjiang Forbidden Army brought by Gongsun Wu.

This is not the camp of the Chu army, but a camp outside the city of Jiangling. This is also the idea of ​​Du Hong, the Prime Minister of the Linjiang Kingdom. Choose a camp, because the riverside is open and has a wide field of vision, even if the Chu army's heart is wrong, Linjiang King can get out in time.

In the beginning, the Linjiang army was very wary, but the big soldiers are the big soldiers. Seeing Chu soldiers drinking in big bowls and eating meat in large pieces, they immediately began to feel unbalanced. Deliberately provoking, the Linjiang army quickly became one with the Chu soldiers, and it was hard to distinguish between the north, south, east, and west when you came and went.

Up to now, only Gongsun Bu and Baiyu Ruishi are still sticking to their posts.

In the distance, the thousands of large wooden boxes "gifted" to King Linjiang by Gao Chu, the commander of the Chu Army, had already been loaded into ox carts and were being transported to the city in a mighty manner.

Inside the city gate, Prime Minister Du Hong led more than a hundred soldiers to stop the convoy.

"Open the boxes." Pointing to one of the boxes, Du Hong ordered a general of the Imperial Army to say, "The truth needs to be checked."

"National Prime Minister, I'm afraid there's something wrong with it?" The general of the imperial army was quite embarrassed when he heard the words. These boxes had already been sealed with King Linjiang's seal. If he opened the box and broke the seal, how would he explain it later?
Du Hong didn't talk nonsense, and directly led his family soldiers to overturn dozens of boxes. In an instant, yellow horseshoe gold, white silverware, and a large amount of Sichuan brocade fell out of the boxes. , Attracted a lot of greedy eyes in an instant, Du Hong picked up the gold, silver and Sichuan brocade that fell from the box, and frowned instantly.

When Du Hong wanted to check more boxes, he was resolutely opposed by the generals of the Forbidden Army.

Du Hong had no choice but to send the convoy back to the Linjiang Palace, and then ordered the city guards to take precautions, and at the same time reminded the army in the city to be ready so that they could go out of the city at any time to take the king back to Jiangling. Smell something, the hostility towards the Chu army is extraordinary.

However, Du Hong was the only one making trouble there.

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After drinking for three rounds, the sun slanted westward.

Amidst the bang bang of the weapons hitting the armor, a grown Chu general led a hundred strong Chu soldiers towards the big tent, and Gongsun Bu, who was guarding in front of the big tent, became alert all of a sudden. However, when he saw clearly that the Chu generals and hundreds of Chu soldiers who had come forward had only wine bags in their hands, his heart relaxed again.

The Chu general who was striding forward may have been drunk too much, so he turned a blind eye to the hostility of Gongsun Bu and the hundreds of Linjiang Forbidden Army. We Chu army, only you Linjiang army, why are you so nervous? Come, drink a few sips to relieve fatigue."

"I'm sorry." Gongsun Bu said firmly, "I'm sorry."

"Hey, Gongsun Bu, do you know who I am?" General Chu suddenly laughed wickedly.

Gongsun Bu snorted, but didn't say anything, but said in his heart, how can I know which green onion you are?

In Gongsun Bu's mind, another white-clothed gentleman in a big cloak and waving a feather fan turned around from behind General Chu, first smiled at Gongsun Bu, and then said: "General Gongsun, this... is my king."

"Xiang Zhuang? You are Xiang Zhuang?!" Gongsun Bu was startled, and when he took two steps back and was about to draw his sword, a figure like an iron tower had already rushed up from the slanting stab, and Gongsun Bu felt his throat tighten , and then the whole person had already left the ground, but was lifted off the ground by General Chu who suddenly appeared, holding his throat.

The next moment, Gongsun Bu felt a sudden tightening of his neck, and then clearly heard the sound of bones breaking.

Almost at the same time, more than a hundred other sharp soldiers of the Chu army also shot out one after another, and with lightning speed, they controlled the hundreds of Linjiang Forbidden Army guarding outside the tent. Although these sharp soldiers of the Chu army were unarmed, they were fully armed In front of them, the Linjiang Forbidden Army didn't even have the slightest strength to resist, and they were all overwhelmed with just one care.

The guards in the big tent seemed to have heard the sound outside. When the curtain was lifted, two guards had already squeezed their swords out, but before they straightened up, four gleaming horizontal knives were already on their necks , the bodies of the two guards froze suddenly, and they didn't dare to act rashly anymore.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang waved his hand lightly, and Huben Wei had already stepped forward and overturned the big tent.

When the large tent was opened, Pang Yu, Wu She, and Bu Bi had already stood up and bowed deeply towards Xiang Zhuang. The Linjiang Wang Gongwei who was seated upright and Gongsun Wu who was seated at the lower right were a little dazed. Moreover, both of them were half-drunk, so Gongsun Wu rolled his tongue, pointed at Xiang Zhuang and asked, "Who are you? How dare you make trouble here? Left and right, fork it down."

"Huh?!" Hu Yan, who had just cut off Gongsun Bu's neck, was furious. He took two steps forward and grabbed Gongsun Wu's throat again, and then lifted his two hundred kilograms body like a chicken. Picking it up, Gongsun Wu's face instantly turned purple, and his limbs twitched again and again, as if he might die at any time.

Linjiang Wang Gongwei's drunkenness suddenly woke up, and he begged immediately: "Be merciful, and the strong man will be merciful!"

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand lightly, and Huyan snorted, and threw Gongsun Wu to Gongwei's feet with a light wave of his hand, Gongwei quickly leaned over to help Gongsunwu up, and said with concern: "General, are you okay?" ?”

Gongsun Wu coughed a few times, shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, I'm fine." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Wu turned his head to look at Xiang Zhuang again, and asked sternly, "You guys, who are you, what do you want to do? "

Xiang Zhuang didn't answer, just looked at Pang Yu and Bai Lixian and laughed.

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At the head of Jiangling city, Du Hong, Prime Minister of Linjiang, has changed into military uniform and is patrolling the city defense.

During the inspection, suddenly a fast horse rushed to the gate of the city, and shouted sharply: "Open the gate, open the gate quickly, the villain has urgent military affairs to report to the Prime Minister!"

At that moment, Du Hong held on to the battlement and asked, "Here is the truth. What military affairs are there?"

"Prime Minister of the State!" Seeing Du Hong, the man immediately rolled off his horse and cried uncontrollably, "It's over, it's over!"

Before the words were finished, a mass of cavalry from the Chu Army appeared in the distance. Du Hong was in a hurry, and immediately ordered the guards at the top of the city to put down the hanging basket, and finally rescued the little school on the top of the wall before the Chu army's pursuers arrived. .

The little colonel went to the top of the wall and reported to Du Hong: "Minister of the State, the three thousand forbidden troops have all been drunk by the Chu soldiers, and the king and the Shangben army have also fallen into the hands of the Chu people."

"Ah?!" Du Hong was anxious when he heard the words, "Gongsun Wu is an idiot!"

Suddenly, a small official under the door reminded in a low voice: "Minister of the country, now the king and the general have fallen into the hands of the Chu people. What if the Chu people take the king and the general as hostages and threaten me to submit to Linjiang Kingdom?"

"You want to submit to the king as a pledge? That's a dream!" Du Hong snorted, and said righteously, "The people of my Linjiang country will die, and my integrity must not be lost! The truth is ordered to welcome the crown prince as the new king immediately. , together with the army and civilians of the whole city, fought to the death with the Chu people, and at the same time urgently ordered all the counties and counties to send troops to rescue Jiangling immediately..."

"Guo Xiang, it's not good, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good..." Just as the words fell, Ben He, the doctor of Zhongguo, yelled loudly, and hurried to the top of the city.

"Ben He!" Du Hong said angrily, "Why panic?!"

"The royal palace!" Ben He came to Du Hong in a hurry and sighed, "The royal palace has already been attacked by the Chu army, and the queen, the crown prince and more than a dozen princes have all been captured by the Chu army!"

"Nonsense!" Du Hong said suddenly, "How is this possible?!"

"How is it impossible?" Ben He lamented, "The Prime Minister doesn't know that thousands of dead soldiers of the Chu army were hidden in the five thousand boxes brought into the palace. The dead soldiers broke out of the box, and there were only a few hundred guards guarding the palace, they couldn't resist it at all, and by the time I knew it, it would be too late."

"Ah?" Du Hong said dejectedly, "So, there is something wrong with those boxes?"

At this moment, Du Hong really regretted his bowels. If he had known this, he would have tried his old life to cut off these thousands of boxes, as long as the Chu army hidden in the boxes would not enter. Palace, as long as the prince is still there, even if the king falls into the hands of the Chu people, even if the Chu army has all entered Jiangling City, so what?

As long as the crown prince is here, as long as there is an elder son, even if Jiangling and the entire Nanjun are lost, Linjiang Kingdom will not perish!

But now, the king, the crown prince, and more than a dozen princes have been captured by the Chu army, and there is no room for Linjiang to resist. Chu people are so ruthless. What room!It's a pity that the Linjiang Kingdom has only two generations of monarchs, and I'm afraid it will perish...

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Outside Jiangling City, Linjiang Camp.

Linjiang Wang Gongwei and Linjiang State General Gongsun Wu have been escorted down by Chu army elite soldiers. Looking at the dejected Gongwei and Gongsun Wu, and looking at the "high-spirited" Linjiang Guoya, Wu She suddenly Some couldn't bear it, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "Your Majesty, why do you feel that the victory is not martial?"

In any case, the Chu army was able to attack Bashu, thanks to the Linjiang Kingdom, but now, the Chu army has wiped out the Linjiang Kingdom with a backhand.

Xiang Zhuang was silent for a moment, and then said: "Bazhi, you have to remember that politics has never been sentimental, and there has never been kindness between countries. The Linjiang Kingdom has four counties for thousands of miles. But if the ministers are weak and unable to defend, our great Chu will not take it, and other countries will take it sooner or later. It is better for me to take it than to be an enemy."

(End of this chapter)