Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 546

Luoyang, go to the study.

Ever since Xiang Zheng's army dispatched Li Zuoche's army with aggressive tactics, and since Pi's family successfully crossed the river, Xiang Zhuang's emotions have been completely mobilized. Waiting for people to eat and sleep in the study, while discussing the military situation in front of the map, while waiting for the good news of Xiang Zheng's army.

However, it was Shangyong's defeat that came first.

After reading the Tang newspaper, Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian were still calm, but Xiang Ta and Xiang Tuo jumped up in anger.

"Borrowing a knife to kill, Bi Shu is clearly borrowing a knife to kill!" Xiang Tuo said angrily, "He knows that Bai Mo is not Yi Yu's generation, so why did he let the two old generals, Huan Chu and Ji Bu, chase him? Only two old generals were allowed to bring 20 armored soldiers? Shangyong has 5000 troops, why did Bi Shu only give [-] troops?"

Xiang Ta and Bai Lixian looked at each other, Xiang Tuo really dared to speak.

"Zi Yan speaks carefully." Xiang Zhuang frowned and scolded, "The general is not that kind of person."

"What your majesty said is very true. It is also a common practice for the general to send two old generals, Huan and Ji, to lead troops to chase after them. If the enemy loses, he does not pursue, and soldiers do not take what he has. As for the two old generals who lead an army of five thousand, it is also a common practice. It is really helpless, because the Han army abandoned their luggage and marched extremely fast, so only a small number of elite soldiers can catch up." Bai Lixian said this in his mouth, but he absolutely didn't think so in his heart.

Bai Lixian is very clear about Bi Shu's thoughts. Bi Shu's move has three major intentions: first, to take the opportunity to get rid of Huan Chu and Ji Bu, and weaken Xiang Yu or Xiang Zhi's power for the king, and further consolidate the royal power; second, Through this defeat, he will smear his reputation and eliminate the influence of his undefeated army god, especially the doubts in the king's heart; third, deliberately create conflicts with the Xiangzhi Department, so as to lay the groundwork for one day he will take up his post.

However, Bai Lixian knew better that it was okay for Bi Shu to smear his reputation, but it was very difficult to dispel the doubts in the king's heart. It must be known that the king is also a man of extraordinary intelligence, so how could he not guess Bi Shu's thoughts?
Xiang Tuo was still angry, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, even if Bi Shu is not suspected of murdering with a knife, he has suffered a defeat this time, and he must be severely punished, at least his title as Duke of Wu must be cut!"

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "We will discuss this matter after the Ping-Han War is over."

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When Xiang Zheng appeared in front of the Weiyang Palace surrounded by Gao Lang and hundreds of soldiers, he saw that the entire palace had been surrounded by armored soldiers of the Chu army, and equipment such as ladders and crash carts had been transferred from outside the city. There are also teams of archers lined up outside, and it seems that they are preparing to storm Weiyang Palace.

On the palace wall of Weiyang Palace, there are also Han soldiers running back and forth, yelling.

From time to time, there were sparse arrows falling from the palace wall, but they were blocked by the heavy armor of the Chu army in the front team with oar shields and large shields. block off.

When it comes to this, everyone knows that Weiyang Palace can't be defended at all.

Surrounded by the old general Mei Yan and Yulin Youzhonglang General Uncle Sun Shang, King Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty stood on the archway of the palace gate, looking at the dark sea of ​​Chu Jia below the archway, his heart was filled with sadness, Xianyang finally stood guard, The Han Kingdom finally perished, and the foundation entrusted to him by his father was finally about to perish.

At this time, a loud voice suddenly came from the Chu army formation outside the palace gate: "The prince of my Great Chu Kingdom has something to say, and King Liu Heng of Han stepped forward to answer it!"

When Liu Heng, Mei Yan, and Uncle Sun Shang looked down, they saw that Chu Jia outside the palace gate had stepped aside, and a dozen Chu generals walked out from the middle. He was still wearing a bright yellow cloak, so he was undoubtedly Xiang Zheng, the prince of Chu.

"Your Majesty, the last general will shoot and kill this fellow!" Shusun Shang said as he drew his bow.

However, Liu Heng held his uncle Sun Shang's hands holding the bow, shook his head at the old general Mei Yan, then walked slowly to the archway, and proudly said to Prince Chu Xiang Zheng in front of the palace gate downstairs: "The widow is here!" So, speak up if you have something to say."

Xiang Zheng looked at the archers of the Han army holding bows and arrows on the archway, and smiled lightly: "King of Han, I don't need to say much about the current situation. If you issue an edict to surrender, you can save the soldiers and maids in the palace from death." Once you die, the people of Xianyang will be saved from the disaster of swords and soldiers, if you insist on going your own way and resist to the end, the whole of Xianyang will flow into rivers and corpses will be scattered all over the field."

"Xiang Zheng, there is not a single coward in our Great Han Kingdom!" Shusun Shang said angrily, "Let's attack the city if you have the guts. If you can't kill you all, my general will not be named Shusun."

Xiang Zheng's expression turned cold in an instant, and he asked, "King of Han, is this really your answer?"

Liu Heng's expression changed again and again, and finally he let out a long sigh, turned his head and told Uncle Sun Shang, "General Uncle Sun, open the palace gate to welcome the Chu army in."

After a while, the Weiyang palace gate slowly opened.

Gao Lang swarmed in with the armor of the Chu army, and saw that all the guards and servants in the palace had gathered in the courtyard of the front hall, and the aisle in the middle was filled with weapons dropped by the imperial guard of the Han army. Gao Lang gave an order, Then the iron armor of the Chu army came forward with a spear and a knife, and escorted the disarmed Han army Yulin and the palace servants to resettle outside the city.

After the safety of the palace was confirmed, Xiang Zheng entered the palace with his own soldiers.

Walking to the Wende Palace, Han Wang Liu Heng had already knelt under the steps of the palace, holding the seal letter high in both hands, and a large group of concubines and court ladies were kneeling behind him. All of them turned pale, their expressions trembling, they didn't know what kind of fate was waiting for them.

"The King of Han, please stand up." Xiang Zheng stepped forward to take the seal and helped Liu Heng up.

When Xiang Zheng's gaze accidentally glanced over the face of Dou Yifang who was kneeling behind Liu Heng, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, and asked Liu Heng, "King of Han, this is..."

Liu Hengxin's hair was bitter, and he said in a shy voice, "It's the widowed queen Dou."

"So it's the queen." Xiang Zheng nodded at Dou Yifang, then turned back and told Gao Lang, "General Gao Lang, send more armored soldiers to protect the Weiyang Palace closely, especially to protect the safety of the King of Han and the concubines in the harem."

"Here!" Gao Lang responded with a bang, and then responded to ordering the accompanying soldiers behind him, saying, "Pass down the order to seal the Forbidden Palace. No one is allowed to enter or leave without the order of the crown prince and this general. Anyone who violates the order...beheaded." !"

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As soon as Liu Heng, king of the Han Dynasty, issued an edict to surrender, the Han troops stationed at various gates in Xianyang surrendered one after another.

More than 5000 Qiang soldiers who were in charge of attacking the west gate of Xianyang swarmed into the city. After slaughtering dozens of barbarian tribes along the way, these Qiang soldiers had already turned into murderous demons. Looking at the red men and women hiding at home panicked and at a loss, these Qiang soldiers suddenly became fierce.

Almost from the moment they entered the city, the Qiang soldiers began to burn, kill and loot crazily. Suddenly, the entire west city of Xianyang was full of killing noises. Groups of Qiang soldiers armed with knives, guns, swords and halberds smashed open doors, Climbing over the courtyard wall, they killed anyone they saw, robbed anything they saw, and the pretty young lady was brutally gang-raped in the street...

Surprised and angry, Pang Zheng hurriedly approached Xiang Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, you must stop these Qiang soldiers as soon as possible. If you let them continue to slaughter like this, they will kill all the people in Xianyang City!"

But Xiang Zhi waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "They are just some untouchables from the enemy country, if you kill them, you will kill them."

"My son's words are wrong!" Pang Zheng said anxiously, "The King of Han has descended, and the Han Kingdom has been destroyed. These people are now the people of the Great Chu Kingdom, and are no longer pariahs from the enemy country."

"Okay, Pang Zheng, you don't need to say more." Xiang Zhi frowned, and said unhappily, "This son knows it well."

When Pang Zheng wanted to persuade him again, Xiang Zhi already rode off impatiently, and the dozen or so generals of the Qiang soldiers who accompanied Xiang Zhi turned their heads to look at Pang Zheng with unkind expressions. Colonel, this Qiang soldier is nominally under his control, but along the way Pang Zheng always advocated restraining the Qiang soldier, while Xiang Zhi advocated indulgence of the Qiang soldier, so the Qiang soldier had already only obeyed Xiang Zhi's orders and abandoned Pang Zheng's name The Qiang soldiers on the battlefield are in command.

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As soon as Xiang Zheng left Weiyang Palace, he ran into a bloody Sima.

"Prince, something has happened!" The other Sima rushed to Xiang Zheng, and said anxiously, "The Qiang soldiers who entered the city from the west gate are burning, killing and looting the west city of Xianyang, and the prince even brought hundreds of people into the Changle Palace. !"

"What? The second brother is just messing around!" Xiang Zheng frowned, pointed to the blood on the other Sima's shirt, and asked, "You were fine just now, what's going on?"

The Sima of the other department said sadly: "The last general tried to stop the Qiang soldiers from committing crimes just now, but these Qiang soldiers became very aggressive and attacked the late general without any explanation. Dozens of soldiers who accompanied the late general were all killed. Although the last general escaped by chance, he was hacked more than a dozen times by them."

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!" Hearing this, Xiang Zheng was furious, and immediately ordered Sima Dao, "Call together a large army and control Xicheng to the prince. If the Qiang soldiers dare to kill innocent people indiscriminately, they will be wiped out on the spot! "

"Here!" The other Sima responded abruptly, and left with a murderous look.

Xiang Zheng shouted at the Sima and Junhou who were accompanying him: "All of you, follow the prince to Changle Palace!"

Changle Palace was originally the palace built by Xiao He for Liu Bang. Later, when Weiyang Palace was completed, Liu Bang moved to Weiyang Palace, and Changle Palace became the east palace of Prince Liu Ying. Ji's bedroom, in addition to Bo Ji, there are hundreds of Liu Bang's concubines living in Changle Palace.

When Xiang Zheng led his troops to Changle Palace in a hurry, he saw the gate of the palace was wide open, and several servants were lying on the steps, their bodies were stained with blood, and they had died for a long time. There are servants in the palace all over the place, and sometimes there are corpses of maids, and all of them are naked and dirty.

(End of this chapter)