A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 137: A cut in Wujiang River, an eternal farewell

Xiang Yu fled in front, and Guan Ying's 5,000 elite cavalry were chasing behind them. Soon Xiang Yu and others came to the Huaihe River. Seeing the urgency of the pursuit, Xiang Yu asked his men to cross the river quickly, and he personally led the people to break off the rear.

However, the Han army had too many cavalry. Guan Ying brought three thousand of his own to fight against Xiang Yu, and sent two thousand of his men to stop the Chu army from crossing the river.

After Xiang Yu fought out and crossed the Huaihe River, there were only about a hundred soldiers left behind him.

Seeing that the Han army was about to cross the river, Xiang Yu had no time to grieve, so he had to continue running for his life.

When he came to Yinling, Xiang Yu found himself back to the starting point several times. He knew that he was lost. He saw an old farmer in the field by the road and asked him for directions.

The old farmer saw Xiang Yu wearing Chu army uniforms and asked who they were. The knight next to Xiang Yu said: "Where are all the nonsense? Tell me quickly, which way to Wujiang?"

The old farmer was sure that the person in front of him was the Chu army. He concealed his hatred of being robbed by the Chu army and his family was destroyed. Instead, he smiled and said: "I dare you to teach the general to know that if you go to the left, you will reach the Wujiang River!"

After Xiang Yu heard this, he didn't say thank you and directly led the people to the left. When the old farmer saw them walking away, he spat a mouthful of phlegm to the side and cursed "Chu Gou!", then quickly packed up his things and went home, for fear that they would find out and come back to take revenge.

Xiang Yu and others were just rushing forward without looking carefully at the terrain ahead. Suddenly, Wu Zui stood upright under Xiang Yu. Fortunately, Xiang Yu had superb horse control skills, otherwise he would have been thrown off his horse.

But other knights were not so lucky. Cavalrymen kept failing to rein in their horses and fell into the swamp ahead. They kept struggling, but they only fell deeper and deeper.

Only about fifty riders managed to stop.

Xiang Yu looked at the soldiers trapped in the mud and felt helpless. The knight beside him said to him: "Your Majesty, let's leave quickly! There is no way to save these brothers. If we delay any longer, the Han cavalry will arrive."

Xiang Yu turned around, mounted his horse, and galloped towards the original road. On the way, they met the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying. Even though the Han army was large in number, they were easily penetrated by Xiang Yu.

When he returned to the previous fork in the road, he didn't see the old farmer. Xiang Yu felt depressed for a while, but the Han army behind him was about to catch up again, so Xiang Yu had to continue to escape to the right.

When they reached an unknown highland, Xiang Yu and others were overtaken by Han cavalry and surrounded on the high ground. At this time, there were only 28 cavalry left behind Xiang Yu, while the Han cavalry numbered nearly 5,000.

Seeing that the knights behind him were a little discouraged, Xiang Yu said to them: "Do you still remember the old things at Gaixia?"

The knights nodded and said they remembered. Xiang Yu added: "It has been eight years since I raised my army. I have experienced more than seventy battles, large and small. However, those who resisted me have been defeated. I Those he attacked would express their surrender, so that they were not defeated. Afterwards, he made a large number of princes in Guanzhong and dominated the world.

The reason why we are stuck here now is not because I don't know how to fight, but because God wants to destroy me. Judging from this situation, we must fight to the death today. Look at it, gentlemen, I will fight happily for you, and I will definitely win three times. I will defeat the siege, kill the generals, cut down the flags for you, and let you all be defeated. You know that God wants to kill me, and I would not fight unless it were me. "

Then he divided the cavalry into four teams and said to them: "Let me first kill one of the opponent's generals for you."

After saying that, he ordered the knights to charge down the mountain in four directions and make an appointment to meet on the east side of the highland. He personally led a group of knights and galloped down, and killed a Han general when they met. Han general Yang Xi was about to chase Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu turned around and shouted. Yang Xi's men and horses were frightened and hurriedly retreated for several miles. Dare to follow, dare not step forward.

After Xiang Yu and his men gathered together, they were divided into three teams and went out together. Then they restrained their force and hid in one of the teams. The Han cavalry didn't know which team Xiang Yu was in, so they also divided into three teams to surround him.

At this time, Xiang Yu saw that the opportunity had come, so he galloped out, killed another Han general, and killed nearly a hundred people at the same time. He then joined the cavalry and galloped towards the east. When the cavalry gathered together, only two of them were lost. Xiang Yu asked: "How about it?"

The knights replied excitedly: "Just as the king said."

Xiang Yu laughed loudly and led them to continue galloping towards Wujiang River.

Xiang Yu and others came all the way to the Wujiang River. They saw that the Wujiang River bank was wide and the water was deep, and the ships on one side had been collected and burned by Han Xin in advance.

Xiang Yu felt desperate and knew that he could not escape death. At this time, the knights on the side saw what seemed to be a small boat swaying on the river. They quickly reminded Xiang Yu, and then waved their arms and shouted with other knights.

After a while, the boat docked, and the boatman's name was Chu Yin. Xiang Yu said happily: "Where is the boatman?"

The boatman did not answer, but asked everyone about their identities. Because of the boatman's accent, the knight next to Xiang Yu was not arrogant, but still looked proud and said: "This is Xiang Yu, King Xiang, the overlord of Western Chu!"

After hearing this, the boatman immediately saluted and said: "I've finally met your king. I'm the pavilion chief of Wujiang River in the east of the Yangtze River. I heard that your king's war in the Central Plains was unfavorable. I also saw someone burning ships on the other side a few days ago, so I stopped here every day." On the river, I thought about whether I could be of help to the king. When I saw the king today, I knew that my guess was correct. Please come on board, the king."

Xiang Yu was very moved when he heard the concern of his hometown elders, and the smile on his face did not stop. However, when the pavilion chief asked him to leave the soldiers alone and escape, he refused.

The head of Wujiang Pavilion anxiously advised: "No, Your Majesty. As long as Your Majesty remains here and returns to Jiangdong, with the support of his father and fellow villagers, there will definitely be a chance for a comeback!"

The knights around him were also persuading. Xiang Yu looked at the people around him who were thinking about him. He smiled very happily. He pulled the Wuzui horse, handed the reins to Wujiang Pavilion Chief and said: "No, back then. My uncle and I led eight thousand Jiangdong disciples across the Wujiang River, hoping to provide a bright future for Jiangdong and the Xiang family, but now there are only these twenty-five of the eight thousand disciples left.

If I cross the river and return to Jiangdong, if the villagers ask me: 'Your Majesty! My son followed you across the river. Did he come back? 'How should I answer!
My uncle died in Jiangxi, eight thousand people from Jiangdong died in Jiangxi, and Yu Ji also died in Jiangxi. I was left alone to return to Jiangdong. How unkind to me! This black horse has been with me on the battlefield for many years and saved my life several times. I really don’t want to see it die in front of me. Now I will give it to you and ask the pavilion chief to treat it well. ah! "

Wu Zhui seemed to sense something and lowered his horse's head to lick the tears on Xiang Yu's face.

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at the knights and said: "This small boat can carry at most three people. With the pavilion chief and Wu Zui, there is only one person left. I don't want everyone to hurt the brotherhood because of this position, so I will replace you." We make the decision and let me stay in Jiangxi to die, you won’t blame me!”

All the knights looked at each other, and then they all smiled and said to Xiang Yu: "As for your Majesty, what an honor and pleasure it is to follow your Majesty to die in battle!" Xiang Yu smiled, turned to the pavilion chief and said, "You Go quickly! The Han army is about to catch up!"

Wujiang Pavilion Director wiped away his tears, led Wu Zui onto the boat, and then let go of the rope on the shore. The river water carried the boat farther and farther, and after a while, he only saw the Pavilion Director holding Wu Zui and waving to everyone, and Wu Jiang Zui's neighing sound spread further and further.

"Your Majesty! The Han army has arrived!"

Xiang Yu turned around and saw countless dust sweeping in. Below him were thousands of elite cavalrymen of the Han army.

Xiang Yuhuan looked around and found a hill on the left, so he ordered to defend the hill.

The knights obeyed the order, dismounted, released the horses, and followed Xiang Yu on foot up the mountain.

Soon after Xiang Yu and others took their station in Shanbao, thousands of Han cavalry surrounded Xiang Yu and others.

Xiang Yu saw this and said to the others: "What do you think of the scenery here?"

Someone said: "With mountains at the back, a river in front, mountains and rivers, and Jiangdong on the other side, what a great place!"

Another person said: "Be buried here, even if the prince comes, he will not change it!"

Everyone laughed, and Xiang Yu also laughed.

Seeing this terrain, the Han army knew that the cavalry could not deploy and go up the mountain, so they ordered everyone to dismount and walk up the mountain.

Since there are no archers, we can only engage in close combat.

Soon, the Han army attacked the mountain, and Xiang Yu and others fought with it.

Not long after, one Chu soldier was killed, two, three...

With the advantage of numbers, even though the Chu soldiers were elite, they could not defeat the four-handed soldiers with two fists!
"Your Majesty! Tong Ji is going!" "Your Majesty! Xiang Kong is going!" "Xiang Lin is going!" "Xiong Wu is going!"...

As the number of Chu sounds became less and less, Xiang Yu knew that his brothers and sisters had died one after another, until finally not a single Chu sound was heard. Xiang Yu knew that the twenty-five Jiangdong disciples were all dead. The eight thousand people in those days were now dead. Not one is left.

Xiang Yu's eyes were red with blood. He just wanted to kill and keep killing. His eyes were blood red and he couldn't tell who was who. He couldn't even notice the injury. He could only slash instinctively.

three hours later

There was no one around Xiang Yu. Under his feet, the Han army formed a hill. He stood on the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. He woke up because no Han army around him dared to step forward. He could not cut down for a long time. Meeting people made him find himself again.

There were hundreds of corpses of Han soldiers at his feet. The surviving Han soldiers around him looked at him like a devil, their whole bodies trembling. They only dared to surround Xiang Yu with weapons, but did not dare to step forward.

Because the wound continued to bleed, Xiang Yu also felt that his strength was constantly draining. He used his sword to support his proud body and stood on the mountain of corpses.

The general of the Han army saw that this was not going to work, so he shouted: "The King of Han has an order: whoever takes Xiang Yu's head will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, and will be granted the title of Marquis of ten thousand households."

The eyes of the Han soldiers suddenly brightened, but they still tremblingly surrounded Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu looked at the man who had shouted just now and pointed his sword at him. This move once again caused the Han soldiers around him to fall. They were so frightened that they kept retreating, and some even collapsed from fear.

"You look familiar to me, are you my old friend?"

The accused Han general was called Lu Matong, who was a member of the Bai Kingdom who followed Bai Wei. He once followed Bai Wei to rescue Xiang Yu, and then defected to Liu Bang and was appointed as a Cavalry Sima.

Lu Matong did not dare to look at Xiang Yu, so he turned to look at Wang Yi, the doctor next to him, and said, "This is Xiang Yu!"

Wang Yi was from Lao Qin and had a deep hatred for Xiang Yu. He did not comment on Lu Matong's words and just stared at Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu was not angry because Lu Matong ignored him, but said: "It's not a waste of time to have an old friend see me off before I die. I just heard you say that Liu Ji came with one thousand gold coins and ten thousand households. There is a reward for my head, and since you are my old friend, I will grant you my reward."

After saying that, he put the sword across his neck. This was the sword that Yu Ji used to kill herself. Xiang Yu looked up at the sky and said: "The only person in the world who can kill me, Xiang Yu, is myself. God, even though I die today." But he is still the Overlord of Western Chu!"

After saying that, he committed suicide and died. The body fell backwards stiffly and stared at the sky angrily.

Seeing Xiang Yu commit suicide, the soldiers wanted to go up and cut the body into pieces to collect the merits. However, after climbing up the mountain of corpses, they saw that Xiang Yu still had his eyes open. They were immediately frightened and backed away. At this time, Wang Yi separated from the crowd and came to Xiang Yu. Looking at Xiang Yu who was glaring angrily, he was a little instinctively afraid, but thinking about the tragic situation in Guanzhong four years ago, he had the strength to chop off Xiang Yu's head.

Seeing that Xiang Yu had no head, the surrounding soldiers dared to step forward to share the credit, including Lü Matong.

(End of this chapter)