I am already immortal, why should I ascend to become an immortal?

Chapter 241: Release Chu and destroy Qi; Chu gives Qin three cities and a tower

Bai Qi and Chang Lingjun were loyal ministers, one military and one civil, left by Ying Chu for Ying Lou.

But it was different from when Bai Qi died, when millions of Qin people sang Qin military songs, tied white cloth around their bodies, and the whole country mourned and bid farewell to him.

Lord Chang Ling, who entered the game alone with his back to the entire Qin Dynasty and used his life to consolidate Ying Lou's royal power and win a great victory in the Battle of Hangu Pass, was like a rat in a stinking ditch, deserted by his friends and relatives, not only was he condemned by thousands of people, but he also died without a complete body.

Return to the army.

Jin Chan listened to the congratulations from the people around him, but his lips did not even smile.

"All troops should be on alert. Surround the valley entrance and set up barricades. After Qi and Chu leave the pass, the archers will move to the back row. Shield soldiers and spearmen will be in the front row. No war horses are needed."

"Li Cunxiao, you must assign 5,000 Tang troops to dig a mass grave in the rear within one day."

Jin Chan instructed Li Xin, Zi'an and others that if nothing unexpected happened, based on Xiang Yu's character, he would launch an attack immediately.

"Jin Chan, I am a great general of the Tang Kingdom, and you want me to lead people to dig a pit?"

Li Cunxiao slammed the long spear in his hand into the ground, causing several cracks, and asked with dissatisfaction and anger on his face.

"if not?"

Unlike Qin Qiong, Jin Chan did not trust Li Cunxiao that much. After all, this guy seemed to have a good relationship with Xiang Yu. If he was soft-hearted or rebelled, there would be chaos.

"Humph, I know what you are thinking, but I tell you, since I am a Tang general, I will obey the will of the Tang king."

"In the future, not only will I kill you, but Xiang Yu and Li Mu will also be my stepping stones to becoming the greatest general in the world."

After saying that, Li Cunxiao kicked over the black horse beside him, then drew up his halberd again, shouted loudly, and led his men to dig a pit in the rear.

"This guy is quite interesting!"

Although he had only fought with Li Cunxiao a few times, Jin Chan discovered that both he and Xiang Yu had a special temperament.

Now three of the four famous generals in the Central Plains are dead, leaving only the young Li Mu.

I believe that in a few years, Li Cunxiao will be able to take over the vacant position.

As for Xiang Yu, if he could return to the State of Chu alive, he would definitely have a seat in this position.

Inside Hangu Pass on the other side.

No matter how Zhongli Mei and Tian Dan tried to persuade him, Xiang Yu was still unwilling to negotiate peace with the Qin State.

As a result, the situation inside the pass became that Qi State kept its troops on hold, thinking of sending envoys to negotiate with the Qin army.

Xiang Yu had already begun to reorganize his troops and horses, preparing to break out of the pass.

About an hour later.

The gates of Hangu Pass creaked open.

Xiang Yu was seen wearing a suit of silver armor, riding a black horse with a red mane, holding the Overlord Spear and standing at the front of the team.

After a loud shout, he led the mighty Chu army and rushed towards the Qin army at the valley entrance.

However, due to the narrowness of the valley, even though Xiang Yu had already rushed to the valley entrance, most of the Chu army had not yet walked out of the gate.

Xiang Yu was worthy of being a descendant of a famous family of the Chu State. With his pupils opened, he destroyed half of the barricades in front of him with just one strike.

If Jin Chan had not acted in time, all these barricades would have been destroyed before they could even take effect.

at this time.

The golden cicada entangled Xiang Yu, and the fight between the two made the already narrow valley suddenly become more crowded.

The Chu army could only shrink to both sides and try to break out of the encirclement from both sides.

But a pity.

Li Xin, Zi'an, Mu Xuanzi and Bai Macuo, two people in a group, were divided into two groups on both sides of the valley to block the route of the Chu army. In addition, the archers continued to shoot arrows in the rear and the shield soldiers were stuck in the front.

After just one encounter, large numbers of Chu soldiers fell to the ground.

Seeing the soldiers around him falling off their horses and dying one after another, Xiang Yu frowned instantly, his eyeballs spinning back and forth, and anger burning in his chest.

But he also knew that sacrifice was inevitable if he wanted to get out of the pass.

"Xiang Yu, why bother? Even if you can bring some people back to Chu, at least 90% of the hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers will die here."

Jin Chan waved the fish belly wrapped with purple palace thunder, and spoke while struggling with Xiang Yu.

Chu and Qi had a total of more than two million soldiers. Qi sent Tian Dan to reinforce them once because of the King of Qi, so the number of soldiers accounted for more than half.

But from beginning to end, the people sent by the State of Chu were the same ones who were sent at the beginning.

Although if they are completely annihilated, it will indeed cause some damage to the vitality of the Chu State.

However, as the country with the largest land area, the largest population, and the fertile land of the south of the Yangtze River, the Chu State with profound cultural heritage cannot be shaken by this battle.

"Jin Chan, why bother saying this now? Let's fight to the death!"

Xiang Yu with double pupils not only has immense strength, but his moves are also ever-changing. Sometimes his power seems like a landslide, and sometimes his strength seems like the endless flow of a river.

And the speed is so fast that it can leave a trail of afterimages on the horse's back.

"Oh, this guy is such a blockhead."

Jin Chan sighed secretly, and continued to fight back against the Overlord's spear, but Jin Chan did not use any killing moves from beginning to end.

The sky gradually darkened and the setting sun slowly fell down the mountain.

The silver armor was dyed red, and the long hair was tied up and draped over the shoulders in a messy manner.

"withdraw troops!"

Xiang Yu was pulled by Zhongli Mei. Although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to give the order to retreat.

The Chu army suffered heavy casualties throughout the day, but the most important thing was that not a single man or horse was able to escape from the valley.

night.

Inside the tent, Jin Chan, Li Xin and others were drinking wine and eating meat.

Unlike the Chu army, the Qin army relied on shields, spear formations, and continuous shooting by archers and crossbowmen, so the number of casualties was not high.

"Is Xiang Yu's head filled with molten iron? It's harder than stone and he can't hear a word of good or bad."

Jin Chan couldn't help but curse.

"Boss, we won a big victory today, what happened to you?"

Everyone looked over, with the same question marks on their faces.

"I know Xiang Yu's character well. He won't negotiate with me easily. In today's battle, I just wanted to let him know that there is no possibility for Chu to break out of the pass. But who could have thought that guy was so stupid that he didn't even think of retreating after fighting for a whole day."

Jin Chan picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

"Negotiation? We have the advantage, why should we negotiate with Chu and Qi?"

Zi'an asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"I only intend to negotiate with Chu, not Qi."

"Zi'an, let me ask you, if the two million people from Chu and Qi all died at Hangu Pass, what should we do next?"

Jin Chan turned around and looked at Zi'an and asked.

"Rest the troops and march east to destroy them directly."

Zi'an spoke without even thinking about it.

"Who to kill first? Who to kill later?"

Jin Chan held his chin with one hand and asked with interest.

"Qi is relatively weak, and they have the most troops sent to Hangu Pass, so naturally they will destroy Qi first."

"Wait, Chu is powerful, with more territory and population than Qi. We can't give him a chance to catch his breath. Yes, we should destroy Chu first and then Qi."

"No, that doesn't seem right either. Let me think about it again."

Zi'an struggled with this for a long time but couldn't come up with a clear idea.

"Boss, please stop keeping us in suspense and tell us what you are going to do."

After Li Xin finished speaking, he filled the empty bowls in front of Zi'an and Jin Chan with wine.

"Release Chu and destroy Qi!"

Jin Chan raised his lips, dipped his finger in the wine in the bowl, and wrote a big "Qi" on the table. "Release Chu? Boss, we finally trapped Xiang Yu in Hangu Pass, are we going to let him go so easily?"

"Of course I won't let him go for nothing. The three cities of Lin, Le and Liang in Chu, plus Denglou, are the conditions for his release. However..."

Jin Chan didn't say the last sentence.

After all, hundreds of thousands of Chu troops will always be a huge threat. Even if the King of Chu really agreed to his conditions, these people cannot all be sent back.

However, it would be best if this national hatred could be transferred to Qi.

In this case, even if Qin attacks Qi in the future, Chu will definitely not send troops to intervene.

"Li Xin, go check on Li Cunxiao's progress in digging the pit, and tell him that he will be responsible for persuading Xiang Yu to surrender tomorrow."

"But don't mention Chu for now."

Since I can't persuade him myself, I might as well let Li Cunxiao try.

Early the next morning.

In the gate of Hangu Pass which had not been closed all night, when Xiang Yu and the Chu army were preparing to launch another attack, they saw Li Cunxiao, alone on a horse, blocking them not far away.

"Xiang Yu, surrender. Jin Chan seems to be willing to negotiate with you."

Seeing the ally who once stabbed him in the back standing in front of him so arrogantly.

Instead of getting angry, Xiang Yu rode his horse slowly and leisurely.

Throwing a wine bag made of animal skin forward, Xiang Yu said calmly: "Drink first!

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

The two of them quickly drank the entire bag of wine.

"I won't hold back!"

After saying this, Xiang Yu raised his left hand, ready to launch an attack.

"Don't worry, I will never hold back. I have been wanting to have a serious fight with you for a long time, but you should listen to me first, so that I can report to King Tang."

Li Cunxiao threw the empty wine bag high into the air, swung the long spear in his hand, and cut it in half.

"Jin Chan said that as long as Chu gives up the three cities of Lin, Le and Liang, and gives Denglou to Qin, then he will withdraw his troops to the south!"

Taking a deep breath, Li Cunxiao followed Jin Chan's instructions and shouted out these words loudly with all his might.

The voice was so loud that even Tian Dan inside the pass could hear it clearly.

"Now that we have finished talking, let's start the battle!"

Xiang Yu acted as if he didn't hear anything. He swung the Overlord Spear in his hand and rode towards Li Cunxiao.

Since the "wrestling match" when they first met, this was the first time that the two of them had put their full strength into a head-on confrontation.

Different from fighting against the Golden Cicada.

The clash of military spirits between the two men caused a turbulent storm in Hangu Pass, and the sand and dust that were raised turned the sky into a dark yellow color.

"Lin, Le, Liang three cities, plus a half-destroyed Denglou, in exchange for his Chu army of 800,000. Boss, what do you think Xiang Yu was thinking? He was not willing to do this?"

Zi'an turned around and asked Jin Chan beside him.

"proud!"

Xiang Yu was arrogant, and Jin Chan saw it from the first time they met.

Although it is a good idea to be arrogant when young, the 19-year-old Xiang Yu did have the reason to be proud, but if he wanted to use the lives of 800,000 Chu soldiers to fulfill his arrogance, that would be "foolish".

"By the way, Boss, why is Yan Zi missing?"

Zi'an was a little confused. Yan didn't come to the hall when he was drinking last night, and he was nowhere to be seen today.

"He should be almost at the capital of Chu now!"

Jin Chan looked up at the sun in the sky. At Bai Longju's speed, plus Tang Qianyan's various tricks, they would be almost there.

Another moment passed.

Seeing that Xiang Yu and Li Cunxiao were fighting to a standstill, Jin Chan decisively chose to take action and stood between the two.

"withdraw!"

"withdraw?"

At this time, Li Cunxiao's fighting spirit was at its peak. Let alone Jin Chan's words, even if Li Yingtai gave the order himself, it would be difficult to stop him.

"I said, retreat!"

Holding his hand on Li Cunxiao's halberd, Jin Chan said in a cold voice.

And at the same time.

Tian Dan, who had a lame leg, and Zhongli Mei rushed over in a hurry.

"General Xiang, stop fighting, stop fighting for now!"

"General Xiang, as long as you agree to General Jin's peace terms, Qi is willing to cede ten cities and give ten thousand taels of gold to compensate Chu for its losses."

Tian Dan, sweating profusely, rode his horse and blocked Xiang Yu.

He was about to lose hope and was ready to take a gamble, but after hearing what Li Cunxiao said just now, he immediately became alive, like a dead tree coming back to life in spring.

"No, I cannot give up even an inch of my land. Besides, Denglou is a gift from the King of Chu to me. I will never give it to these wolves of Qin."

Xiang Yu picked up the Overlord Spear and challenged Tian Dan directly, not giving him any face at all.

"General Xiang, the tower is destroyed and what remains is just a pile of scrap metal. Can't I give it to the Qin people in exchange for your 800,000 Chu people and my more than 1 million Qi people?"

Although Tian Dan had a broken leg, he was not much inferior to Xiang Yu and Li Cunxiao in terms of martial arts. It's just that he was not as ambitious as these two young men.

"General, as long as we can return alive, we will be able to take back the ceded city sooner or later. As for Denglou, even if it is not half destroyed, the Qin people cannot use it. As long as the army of our Great Chu can march to the city of Xianyang one day, Denglou will return to your hands."

"Moreover, if 800,000 soldiers died on Qin soil, it would shake the foundation of our great Chu. If things go wrong, Chu will be swallowed up by the tyrannical Qin."

Although Zhongli Mei covered his mouth with his hands and spoke very softly.

But Jin Chan still heard it clearly.

However, Jin Chan didn't care. Instead, he was glad that there was such a guy who could persuade Xiang Yu.

"Xiang Yu, I will give you seven days to consider. During these seven days, I will provide you with food and fodder."

Say it.

Jin Chan mounted his warhorse and turned to walk towards the valley entrance.

Li Cunxiao looked at Xiang Yu and knew that he could not continue fighting today, so he picked up his halberd and left with Jin Chan.

Return to the camp.

"Boss, Chu and Qi have run out of food. If we starve them for a few days, they will definitely agree to anything. Why do we still need to give them food?"

While asking, Zi'an asked the corporal beside him to pass the message to the general of the baggage camp.

"Zi'an, there are some things I am saying that you may not understand, but in seven days, without us taking any action, the armies of Qi and Chu will surely fight each other!"

Jin Chan smiled and then spoke to the commander of the baggage camp who had come over.

"Prepare enough food for one million people and send it to Hangu Pass. Starting tomorrow, reduce the amount of food by 200,000 people every day."

"promise!"

The general of the baggage camp responded and retreated.

Sudden.

Just outside the tent, a loud horse neighing sound was heard.

"Brother Jin, I'm back!"

In just over a day, Tangqianyan actually made a round trip to the capital of Chu State. Even Jinchan did not expect this speed.

"Damn it, I thought this was the hybrid of Old White Hair and a mortal wild horse, but I didn't expect to be fooled by it."

As soon as he walked out of the tent, Jin Chan saw Yan cursing in front of the hall.

The white dragon horse next to him opened its mouth and bit Tang Qianyan's head.

(End of this chapter)