Beast Taming: Starting from Contracting the Mysterious Beast

The Chu army had been besieging Xingyang for half a year, and was determined to kill Zhang Liang in Xingyang.

What Xiang Yu did not expect was that when the Han army was defeated and the princes turned against him, there were still people who dared to help Liu Bang and cut off his supply route. This setback could not stop Xiang Yu, but it did have a good effect of ridicule.

Within two days of his own food route being cut off, Xiang Yu turned around and cut off Liu Bang's food route as well.

This wave of mutual harm was not a big problem for Xiang Yu.

But for Liu Bang, who had been besieged for half a year, it was really fatal.

Being besieged would lower morale, and now he had to face the problem of hunger. Who could bear this...

Han Xin went to gather more remnants, Zhang Liang was not around, and Liu Bang had no one to discuss with, so he could only talk about this matter at a small meeting to see if he could find a way.

Not to mention, although Zhang Liang was gone, a large number of people under his command were not vegetarians.

Li Shiqi immediately proposed to build a tunnel to seize food and grass in Aodi.

Liu Bang thought he was capable, so he mobilized manpower to start working.

Half a month later, the grain road was completed, and Xiang Yu sent troops to destroy or occupy the tunnel. After transporting several batches of food, the tunnel was lost and the Han army fell into trouble again. At this time, another exciting news came, which made Liu Bang, who was in despair, regain his confidence.

It is said that Xiang Yu besieged Liu Bang outside the city of Xingyang, but his army could not be placed only next to Liu Bang, and Liu Bang was not qualified now.

So, what were Xiang Yu's other troops doing?

The answer is to suppress the rebellion.

Who? Jiujiang King Yingbu.

At the beginning, Zhang Liang planned to persuade Yingbu and Peng Yue to surrender. Zhang Liang himself took Peng Yue's mission and left the quagmire of Xingyang, while Yingbu's side was the counselor Sui He.

Sui He is also a sinister person.

He first used Xiang Yu's tyranny to stabilize Ying Bu, who was wavering, and let him continue to pretend to be sick and refuse Xiang Yu's task of conquering Xingyang.

Later, when the Chu envoy came to urge him, he rushed into the banquet and loudly declared that Ying Bu had surrendered to Liu Bang, the King of Han.

What could Ying Bu, a fence-sitter, do?

He could only rebel.

Then, another army of Xiang Yu led by Fan Zeng came.

The world is wonderful.

If Zhang Liang hadn't used Sui He, Fan Zeng would have formed a Hongmen Dream-Fulfilling Group with Xiang Yu outside the city of Xingyang and beat Liu Bang together. With Liu Bang's strength, he could barely resist the group of people brought by Xiang Yu, and with Fan Zeng's large army, he would be really finished.

When Fan Zeng was fighting Ying Bu.

Xiang Yu sent several letters and ordered Fan Zeng to come.

But the latter always felt that Ying Bu was an unstable factor, and he didn't listen, and he had to destroy Ying Bu anyway.

In this way, the contradictions of the Chu army expanded again.

It was another autumn. The Chu army beat Liu Bang, Fan Zeng beat Ying Bu, and Peng Yue harassed the Chu army.

The Central Plains was full of vitality and everything was flourishing.

At this time, a small episode occurred.

After Peng Yue, the king of kings, left, Wei Wangbao also began to swell.

Relying on his terrain advantage in the lower reaches of Xingyang, he quietly cut off Liu Bang's retreat, so that even if he broke through, he would be caught up by Xiang Yu. He thought that his little move could please Xiang Yu while not alerting Liu Bang.

But he was wrong.

Just two days after the Wei army blocked the retreat of the Han army, Han Xin came.

In a blitzkrieg, Wei Wangbao could not hold on for two days and was defeated by the remnant army led by Han Xin, and he was also captured alive.

Han Xin's move really scared Xiang Yu.

He didn't expect that Liu Bang had another army outside Xingyang City, and he ordered Fan Zeng to bring people back again.

Fan Zeng was about to defeat Ying Bu. He was reluctant to receive the order, but he had to do it.

But because he was full of resentment, he did not walk very fast.

Fan Zeng should have walked faster...

Han Xin captured Wei Wang Bao. The news spread to Xingyang, and Liu Bang was overjoyed when he learned about it.

But in Liu Bang's group of advisers, another person secretly started thinking.

His name was Chen Ping...

"My lord, our chance has come!"

"Ah?" Liu Bang, who was immersed in joy, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "What chance?"

"The chance to get rid of Fan Zeng!"

Chen Ping's eyes flashed, and the cold light of his thoughts made Li Shiqi and others beside him feel chilled and stepped aside.

"What do you mean?"

Hearing that Fan Zeng could be eliminated, Liu Bang's expression suddenly became extremely solemn.

Even though it had been a long time, he still couldn't forget the murderous intention of Fan Zeng towards him at the Hongmen Banquet that day. He didn't want to think about that feeling again in his life.

Liu Bang sat upright on the chair and looked directly at Chen Ping.

"Mr. Chen, please speak."

"My Lord, the King of Wei was captured by General Han. The one who is most worried at this moment is not someone else, but Xiang Yu!"

"My Lord, think about it. Will Xiang Yu be worried that we will cooperate with General Han to attack him?"

Liu Bang is not a fool, and his eyes gradually brightened.

"Keep talking!"

"If we spread the news that Fan Zeng had already reached an agreement with you, saying that Fan Zeng came to Xingyang just to attack the Chu army with you from both sides, what do you think Xiang Yu will think?"

What else can Xiang Yu, a stubborn and reckless man, think!

Liu Bang said immediately.

"Mr. Chen, I will leave this matter to you!"

"Yes!"

Chen Ping spread the news, but did not spread it on a large scale. He only spread rumors near Xingyang City, which also saved Fan Zeng from having to defend himself.

Not long after, a piece of news came from the Chu army.

Xiang Yu was ready to dismiss Fan Zeng and let him return home to live in retirement.

Dozens of miles away from Xingyang, Fan Zeng, who heard the news, was stunned for a long time. He did not show much indignation about the news, and did not even defend himself.

He only ordered the army to continue to move forward, and he left the team.

On the way back to his homeland, Fan Zeng died of a serious illness.

After Xiang Yu learned the news, just like Fan Zeng that day, he was silent for a long time and did not express anything.

Because he had come to his senses and realized that he had been fooled again...

Fan Zeng died, and reinforcements arrived as expected.

Liu Bang was not happy for a few days after hearing the news of Fan Zeng's death, and fell into a more crazy offensive and defensive battle.

He began to worry and began to look for a way out.

This time, without anyone saying much, Liu Bang had taken the initiative to ask everyone if there was a second strategy to repel the enemy.

Liu Bang did not wait for the strategy to repel the enemy, but waited for another strategy.

"My lord, I have something to say."

Li Shiqi walked out of the ranks and bowed to Liu Bang.

Seeing that it was Li Shiqi, Liu Bang did not hesitate to let him speak.

"Mr. Li, what good ideas do you have? Tell me quickly!"

Li Shiqi bowed respectfully and then spoke.

"In the past, when King Tang of Shang defeated King Jie of Xia, he granted his descendants the title of Qi. When King Wu defeated King Zhou, he also granted his descendants the title of Song. The King of Qin lost his virtue and abandoned his righteousness. He successively conquered the six kingdoms, and their country was destroyed. There was no place for them to stand in the world. Now the lord is kind and benevolent. If you can do the king's work and enfeoff the six kingdoms, the six kingdoms will be grateful and will serve the lord. No one dares to disobey."

Liu Bang hesitated, and he opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

At this time, a shocking shout came from outside the door.

"No!"