Chu and Han contend for the throne

152 Marriage
Xiang Zhuang got off his horse, stopped Bailimao who was about to salute, and said, "Ziming, what's going on?"

Bailimao smiled wryly and said, "The final general doesn't know exactly what's going on, but that's what Zi Chuan said."

Wu She frowned and asked, "Why are you the only one coming back? Where are your elder brother, younger sister, and You Yuan?" Wu She clearly still doesn't trust these old Qin people.

Bailimao said coldly: "They are still in Jiuyuan."

Bailimao didn't like Wu She either.

While speaking, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Tian Heng, Xiao Kai, Gao Chu, Pang Yu and other generals also arrived one after another.

Not long ago, Xiang Zhuang reorganized the Chu army. The original five armies were changed into the left, middle, and right armies, and Xiao Kai was appointed as the commander of the left army, Pang Yu as the commander of the center army, and Tian Heng as the right army The main general, Gao Chu is the main general of the pro-army, and he specializes in commanding the most elite two thousand veterans of the Chu army!

Most of the old Qin people were incorporated into Pang Yu's central army.

After this reorganization, Huan Chu and Ji Bu no longer have military power.

Of course, Huan Chu and Ji Bu are the second and last generals after Xiang Zhuang in terms of names. If Xiang Zhuang is not there, it is reasonable to say that Xiao Kai, Tian Heng, Gao Chu, and Pang Yu have to listen to them. But the fact is not like this, if Xiang Zhuang is not there, the generals of the armies will only listen to Wei Liao, the military adviser, not the second general Huan Chu or the last general Ji Bu.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang simply told the news about Bailimao's return, and the generals had different expressions when they heard it.

Huan Chu and Ji Bu obviously didn't believe it, while Tian Heng and Xiao Kai looked calm, apparently too lazy to bother about this matter.

Gao Chu and Pang Yu showed worry on their faces. Obviously, both of them felt that the trip to Jiuyuan might not be as smooth as expected, and there might be a fight between the old Qin people in Jiuyuan. It was a terrible battle. Of course, as a veteran of the Chu Army who had participated in the Battle of Julu, Gao Chu didn't take the Qin Army seriously, even the Great Wall Army.

Ji Bu said: "General, Bai Lixian is not trustworthy, we should continue to go north."

"That's right." Huan Chu also echoed loudly, "The old Qin people in Jiuyuan will surrender if they want to. If they don't want to surrender, they will be killed. Isn't it just more than 5000 cavalry? Back then in Julu, we killed them with 5 people 20 people, now we have 2 people, can't we beat them with 5000 people? Hmph!"

Bailimao couldn't help showing sullen eyes, Huan Chu's words made him very unhappy.

If it wasn't for the fact that he just took effect, Bailimao really wanted to fight against Huan Chu, and the two of them would have an upright one-on-one fight to see whether the old Qin people were better or he, the Chu people, could fight.

"Enough!" Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to interrupt Huan Chu.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang ordered Jin Xiang again: "Jin Xiang, go and call me Qi Mai."

"Promise!" Jin Xiang suddenly agreed, and took the order, and brought Qi Mai to him in less than half a cup of tea.

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao, and many generals of the Chu army were present, Qi Mai couldn't help feeling a little terrified, and immediately bowed his hands to greet everyone. Until now, Qi Mai is still a prisoner. Qi Mai was not abused, and even the supervision was not strict, but Qi Mai never dared to have any dissent.

Xiang Zhuang called Qi Mai to the side, and ordered him once, Qi Mai nodded repeatedly, and went to accept the order.

Xiang Zhuang went back to the generals again, and first told Pang Yu, "Pang Yu, you go to the Chinese Army to pick out five hundred elite soldiers, and go north to Jiuyuan with this general!"

"Huh? Go north to Jiuyuan?"

"General, this won't work!"

"Yes, this is too dangerous!"

"What if Bailixian and the old Qin from Jiuyuan set up a trap here?"

All the generals dissuaded him one after another, Huan Chu and Ji Bu even made no secret of their doubts about Bai Lixian, but Pang Yu didn't care about these things, and immediately agreed, and then turned around and went away.

"That's enough, I've made up my mind." Xiang Zhuang said decisively, "You don't need to persuade me anymore."

After that, Xiang Zhuang said to Huan Chu and Ji Bu: "The two generals Huan Chu and Ji Bu will go north with this general, and the other generals will lead their own troops and station in Yuzhong. They must not give orders or act rashly!"

Huan Chu and Ji Bu didn't dare to say anything more, so they obediently agreed.

The rest of the generals also took orders one after another. Gao Chu originally wanted to take the initiative to ask Ying to follow Xiang Zhuang to the north, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth, and then left without saying a word. A hard-core confidant who followed Xiang Zhuang when he started the army from Jiangdong, of course Gao Chu knew the reason why Xiang Zhuang kept him.

After all the generals had left, Xiang Zhuang said to Wei Liao, "Military Master, I'm counting on you here."

"The general in Yuzhong can rest assured, as long as the old man and general Gaochu are around, we will definitely not mess up." Wei Liao said this, not without worry, "On the Jiuyuan side, neither Knowing what happened, General, you only led five hundred elites to go north, so you need to be extra careful."

Xiang Zhuang said calmly: "Military Master, don't worry, the person who can kill me Xiang Zhuang has not yet been born."

Wei Liao nodded happily. What he admired most was Xiang Zhuang's self-confidence. No matter how difficult things were, they would be easily solved when he got to Xiang Zhuang. No matter how confusing and dangerous the situation in Jiuyuan is, Xiang Zhuang might not be able to stop it.

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Jiuyuan, the general Xingyuan.

Meng Jing looked at Princess Yingzhen in surprise, and said in disbelief: "His Royal Highness wants to marry King Loufan?!"

"Why?" Yingzhen glanced at Mengji lightly, and said, "General Mengji doesn't agree with my marriage with the Hu people?"

"Uh... no, of course not, the last general definitely didn't mean that." Meng Chu quickly denied that, as a survivor of the Great Qin Dynasty, how could he, Meng Chu, dare to make decisions for Princess Yingzhen?

"Alas..." Princess Yingzhen sighed, and said in a low voice, "Why is this palace willing to marry that Loufan king? It's just that if I don't marry Loufan king, I'm afraid the old Qin people in Jiuyuan City will be married." I really want to die with the Hu people, for the safety of the [-] old Qin people in Jiuyuan City, why should I spare the body of the thin willow?"

Meng Xi was silent, but an indescribable shame welled up in his heart.

The barbarians outside Jiuyuan City have indeed retreated, Meng Ji was still surprised at first, but he didn't think it was because of this!

As a survivor of the Great Qin Dynasty, he could only watch His Royal Highness commit himself to the barbarians. As a hot-blooded man, he could only watch a woman sacrifice herself to save the cowardly old and young women in Jiuyuan City. How can Gao be tortured?At this moment, Meng Ji really had the heart to wipe his neck.

"Princess!" Meng Ji knelt down on one knee immediately, and said tragically, "I will ask you to take back your life!"

After this pause, Meng Ji said again: "The final general would rather take five thousand Qin cavalry in Jiuyuan City to fight the barbarians to the death in a bloody battle, and he will never watch His Royal Highness be humiliated!"

"The general can't talk about life and death lightly." Princess Yingzhen took two steps forward, gently supported Meng Ji, and said, "The safety of the old Qin people depends on the general alone, and the revival of the Great Qin Empire cannot be separated from it." General Kai's great help, and as for the marriage between my palace and King Loufan, wouldn't it be a blessing if the Loufan tribe can help revive the Great Qin?"

Meng Xi was silent when he heard the words, and thought to himself that it seems that Her Highness the Princess has made up her mind to marry Lou Fan Wang.

But after thinking about it, it is reasonable for the princess to make such a decision. After all, the strength of the old Qin people in Jiuyuan is not as good as before, and the old Qin people in Nanyue are thousands of miles away. It is an unknown number, so it is understandable that Her Royal Highness, in order to revive Daqin, resorted to the power of barbarians.

It's just that the price of sacrificing one's lifelong happiness in order to get help from the barbarians is too heavy.

Yingzhen sighed again, and said faintly: "General Meng, my father, brother, and relatives are all dead, and there is really no one else in my natal family, so I have to trouble you, General, to make arrangements for me. It is agreed that at noon the day after tomorrow, King Lou will send someone to greet the bride, and I will be getting married at that time..."

"No." Meng Jin cupped his hands and bowed, obediently agreed.

Ying Zhen thought for a while, and then urged: "Also, General Meng, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, please keep quiet about the marriage between this Palace and King Lou Fan, okay?"

Meng Ji respectfully replied: "I will not care about it at the end."

"General Meng, please be busy, I'm leaving." Yingzhen sighed again, turned and left.

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Jiuyuan post house.

Baili Xianjie said: "As I expected, Her Royal Highness really plans to marry King Loufan!"

"Brother, please think of a way." Baili Yishui shook Bailixian's arm and said sadly, "I must not let the princess sister marry those coquettish and dirty barbarians, please, brother."

You Yuan also said: "How can the princess of our old Qin marry a barbarian?"

Bailixian said: "Little sister, Zi Chuan, don't worry, the princess can't marry a barbarian!"

Be it public or private, Bai Lixian will not let Princess Yingzhen marry King Loufan, because from a young age, once Princess Yingzhen and King Loufan are successfully married, it will pose a fatal threat to the Chu army going north to Hetao , from a young age, once Princess Yingzhen really married King Loufan, it would be a shame to all the old Qin people!

However, it would take the three of them alone to stop this marriage.

Therefore, Bai Lixian and the others can only wait for the elite sent by Xiang Zhuang to arrive.

At that moment, Bai Lixian told You Yuan, "Zi Chuan, if there are no accidents, the elite sent by the general will arrive outside Jiuyuan City at the latest tomorrow night. You should try to get out of the city and go to the south straight road to meet him!"

"Promise!" You Yuan suddenly agreed, picked up the hunting bow, put away the long sword and swung away.

Bai Lixian said to Baili Yishui again: "little sister, these few days you will be with the princess, talk with her, relax with her, and pay close attention to those barbarians around her. I know when King Lou Fan will send someone to welcome the bride, and only when I know the exact date of the wedding can my eldest brother make arrangements in advance."

"Yes, my little sister understands." Baili Yishui nodded and left.

(End of this chapter)