Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 233

In the early morning mist, smoke gradually rose from the camps of the Chu Army and the Anti-Qin Allied Army, and the smell of food gradually permeated the camps.

The large city of Luoyang, which was rich in supplies, was successfully captured a few days ago. The food for the soldiers of the Chu army is much better than when they were in Handan and Hanoi. Just like in times of hardship, wild vegetables and beans account for more than [-]% of a bowl of rice. In the bowls of military officers above the level of the village commander, you can see big oily and fatty slices of meat, while those at the level of a thousand generals Food, that is, the big fish and meat that can only be seen when rewarding the army.

The only exception is the kitchen of Feng Zhong's subordinates of the Chu Army. The fish meat distributed by the logistics officials of the Chu Army to the generals of Feng Zhong's subordinates was all cut into small pieces, and the average amount was poured into each large cauldron and mixed with the food evenly, and then used a horse spoon Scoop them into the bowls of generals and soldiers one by one. There is no difference between generals of all levels and ordinary soldiers. If there is any difference in treatment, it is that generals and soldiers with third-class and above military titles can receive half a liter Dark bean paste seasoned with rice.

Even Feng Zhong himself was no exception. After leading his own soldiers to randomly choose a team of thousands of Chu soldiers belonging to him, Feng Zhong first went to the stove to check the food in person, and then took a share with ordinary soldiers. The exact same breakfast was brought to the crowd of soldiers of the Chu army and squatted down to eat together. The soldiers of the Chu army had long been accustomed to this, and no one was surprised. Many soldiers took advantage of this opportunity and boldly Chat with Feng Zhong.

"General, what the soldiers in other camps envy us the most is that we can eat the same food as our general Pi from Chu." A Chu soldier said with a smile: "Many people who haven't seen it with their own eyes still don't believe it. I don't believe General Feng that you would eat with the same spoon as us, because of this, many brothers in our team won a lot of money."

"It's nothing, the right general of our Chu State did the same thing, I just learned it from him." Feng Zhong replied casually, and then ordered: "There is no need to publicize this matter, as long as you know it yourself, don't let me It's hard to be a man in front of other generals."

The soldiers of the Chu army who were present hurriedly nodded in agreement, but Feng Zhong suddenly noticed that there was a soldier of the Chu army not far away who was not enough in military rank, looking eagerly at the bean paste in his companion's bowl, and even took a bite of his meal, as if he was eating Draw cakes to satisfy your hunger, and use your companion's sauce to serve yourself.Feng Zhong, who was used to this kind of situation, smiled slightly, and beckoned the soldier to come to him, lifted his sauce and poured it into his bowl, the Chu soldier was shocked, and hurriedly said: "General, no need, little one!" dare not."

"I have a bland taste, so I can't eat that much sauce, so I'll share half with you." Feng Zhong insisted on giving half of the sauce to the soldier, and then asked casually, "Is it better to be a gentleman?"

"Shangzao (second class)." The Chu soldier replied hastily.

"Next time you go to war, work harder. If you cut off another head, it will be a hairpin, and you will have sauce when you eat in the future." Feng Zhong encouraged.

"The young one must work hard, must work hard." The Chu soldier nodded hurriedly, and said excitedly: "Next time if there is another opportunity like Henan, the small one will definitely rush into the camp of the Tyrant Qin army and kill that ordinary man Wang Li. Chop off your head so that you can become the king, General. I will never give up all my previous efforts like last time, so that you cannot be crowned king, General, I am so sorry for you."

Feng Zhong knew what this soldier meant. In the last battle in Henan County, the anti-Qin coalition forces besieged the Qin army camp. Feng Zhong's troops were the first army to enter the Qin army camp. They almost won the first victory, but unfortunately they did not He was able to block the Qin army's counterattack, but was kicked out again. Feng Zhong, who became known as having no ambition afterwards, didn't mind, but Feng Zhong's army officers and soldiers all regretted it. Nanyang Wang's chance.This time the soldiers brought it up again, Feng Zhong couldn't help but smiled, and said: "It's okay, I just hope that you will fight hard, and you have never thought about being king, so you don't have to worry about it."

"No." The Chu soldier quickly shook his head and said, "If there is another chance, even if we risk our lives, we will definitely help you take the throne, General."

The soldiers of the Chu army next to him echoed one after another, hoping that Feng Zhong, who loves soldiers like a son, can become king, but Feng Zhong sighed quietly, and secretly said: "Being king? It's as easy as that. Brother Xiang Kang is so good at fighting. Everyone is envious of winning the Guanzhong throne, and he is slandering him for treason. If I dare to covet the throne with this little skill, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my head."

While muttering in his heart, a soldier suddenly ran quickly in front of Feng Zhong, clasped his fists and said: "General, it's not good, there was a commotion in the camp of the Bao Qin's soldiers, and there were many Bao Qin's soldiers making trouble."

This time the camp where the Qin army surrendered was the closest to the Chu army's camp. Hearing this report, Feng Zhong certainly didn't dare to neglect. He quickly ordered the soldiers to eat quickly so that they could gather at any time for orders. The soldiers rushed to the side of the camp to check the situation.But it's okay, from a distance, although the Qin army's surrender camp was indeed full of people and there were many soldiers gathered to make a noise, the scale was not large. Sima Xin had also dispatched the military law team to suppress it urgently. Feng Zhong didn't dare to rest assured. Busy and sent someone over to understand the situation.

After a while, the soldiers who went to find out the situation came back to Feng Zhong, and reported: "General Feng, I found out the situation clearly. The food sent by General Xiang You to the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty was too moldy and rotten, and there was no way to eat it." , Bao Qin's soldiers couldn't swallow that breath, so they beat the people sent by General Xiang You to deliver food."

Feng Zhong's face was a little gloomy, because after moving to the Aocang battlefield, Feng Zhong had heard several times that the grain Xiang You sent to the soldiers of the Qin army was mixed with moldy old grain. I didn't expect that today's situation would be so serious, which caused the Qin army's surrender and riot.

At this time, Xiang Yu also sent someone to send an order to Feng Zhong, asking Feng Zhong to lead 3000 troops out of the camp to help Sima Xin suppress the riots. just in case.Fortunately, the commotion was not serious. When Feng Zhong arrived at the scene with the army, Sima Xin had already ordered more than 20 soldiers of the Qin army who led the disturbance to be taken out of the camp and handed over to Feng Zhong for disposal. At the same time, he was responsible for managing the grain and grass Xiang You also led a team to the scene to understand the situation.

The soldiers of the Qin army who were taken to Feng Zhong's face desperately cried out for grievances. They all said that the rotten food was impossible to eat, so they forced them to seek justice from Xiang You's men, but Xiang You tried to protect his men and demanded that Feng Zhong immediately Sima Xin also quickly ordered his soldiers to prepare for the punishment of these troublesome Qin soldiers. Feng Zhong was reasonable, first stopped Sima Xin, and then ordered: "Go and get some food. Let me see."

"Brother Feng!"

Xiang You's tone improved a bit, but Feng Zhong said with a cold expression, "Brother Xiang You, the war is about to start, and the stability of the army's morale is the most important thing, and they will kill people without distinction. If there is another chaos like that outside Luoyang City, Are you responsible or am I?"

Xiang You closed his mouth with a gloomy face. Feng Zhong also insisted on sending people out of the camp, and soon moved some grains that were rotten and discolored and maggots were born. Feng Zhong took a look and said to Xiang You: "Brother Xiang You ,What do you think?"

Xiang You's face became more gloomy, and it took him a while to tell his subordinates, "Go and see how much of this kind of food is left, and make it up for them."

After finishing speaking, Xiang You turned his horse's head and went straight back to the Chu army's camp. Feng Zhongye then pointed to the Qin army's soldiers brought in front of him by Sima Xin, and said, "You guys, although what happened today has a reason, But when you gather a crowd to make trouble, you have to be held accountable, and when you go back, you will each receive forty army sticks, will you accept it?"

"You wait for your heart to be convinced." More than 20 soldiers of the Qin army knelt down together and kowtowed to Feng Zhong to thank him. Many of them still had tears in their eyes.

"Just obey, go back and lead the army stick." Feng Zhong ordered casually.

More than twenty soldiers of the Qin army nodded again, got up honestly and went back to receive the punishment, but one of the soldiers of the Qin army hesitated, and summoned up the courage to ask Feng Zhong: "General Feng, everyone says you are a good man, can you tell Xiao Yes, what is the situation in Guanzhong now? The right general of Chu State has entered Guanzhong, will our parents, wives and children in Guanzhong be in danger?"

"Bold!" Sima Xin hurriedly scolded: "What are you, dare to say such things to General Feng of Chu State?"

The Qin soldier had no choice but to shut up, but the eyes he looked at Feng Zhong were full of expectation and desire, as well as endless pleas.Feng Zhong couldn't bear it, so he said: "Don't worry, although our right general of Chu State has entered Guanzhong, but I can guarantee that your parents, wives and children in Guanzhong will never be in any danger."

"Really?" The Qin army's descendant asked happily.

"I can assure you." Feng Zhong nodded, pointed to his own army behind him, and said, "You should know the discipline of the soldiers under my command, right? To tell you the truth, they are all the right generals of the Chu State." Xiang Kang's former subordinates have always kept in mind the teachings of our General Right, and they have strict military discipline. They have never hurt innocent old and weak women and children, and have never deliberately bullied you. Don't worry, I can guarantee with my head that your parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters in Guanzhong will never be bullied casually, and will only live better than before."

I have known for a long time that Feng Zhong's army has strict discipline and is the most friendly army among the Chu army to the soldiers of the Qin army. Of course, the soldiers of the Qin army were overjoyed after hearing Feng Zhong's explanation, and hurriedly knelt down to Feng Zhong to salute. Then he returned to the camp to receive the sentence with great excitement, and told Feng Zhong's answer to his fellow Qin Jun who also missed his relatives in Guanzhong day and night.

Looking at the back of the Qin army's surrendered soldiers happily led away, Feng Zhong, who had successfully appeased the Qin army's surrendered soldiers, had no joy on his face, but his eyes were full of worry and sadness, and secretly said: "Brother, if the former general wins I left Aocang and insisted on entering Guanzhong to fight with you. Brother, I really don’t know what to do. I believe you are not that kind of person. You certainly didn’t claim to be king in Guanzhong, and you took the initiative to attack our Chu army at Hangu Pass Let’s go to war, but I’m a soft-spoken person, the former general doesn’t listen to what I say, don’t listen!”

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Feng Zhong's worries have become reality. At the same time, in the central tent of the Chu army, in front of all the princes and their representatives, Xiang Yu has flatly rejected all Xiang Kang's demands for peace talks. Xiang Yu threw the letter of Hangu Gatekeeper Wang Muli on the ground with incomparable contempt, and said with a sneer: "Don't use this to fool me, he is already dead, of course you can forge such a letter as you want. Forgery, anyway, the one surnamed Wang can't open it anymore, so you can say whatever you want."

"If the former general still doesn't believe it, you can send people into the pass to investigate." Li Shiqi suppressed his anger and said, "If you find evidence that the right general claimed to be king in the pass, our right general and the lower officials can do whatever you want! "

"Of course the general will investigate." Xiang Yu sneered and said: "But for such a big matter, the general must investigate in person, and personally lead the anti-Qin coalition forces outside the pass to investigate. If he is smart, brother, he will obediently put down his arms Surrender, when I find out the truth, I will return his innocence. If he continues to be obsessed with obsession, and even dares to resist by force, I will have no choice but to kill him as a younger brother."

"Your surname is Li, don't waste your saliva." Uncle Xiang couldn't wait any longer, and said, "Just because you dare to attack us at Hangu Pass, our former general will not listen to any of your explanations, and go back and tell us." Xiang Kang, that little bastard, if he still wants to live, he has only one choice now, which is to put down his weapon immediately and surrender unconditionally!"

Meeting Xiang Yu and Xiang Bo who were so unreasonable, Li Shiqi was so angry that even his gray beard was trembling, but no matter how angry he was, it was useless. Xiang Yu and Xiang Bo had a firm attitude, and they had to ask Xiang Kang to take the initiative After handing over the military power and all the land and cities, the old man Fan and Cao Jiu next to him were expressionless, and the expressions of the princes from all walks of life were different. Many people were obviously gloating, and no one stood up to help Xiang Kang to say even a fair word No matter how eloquent Li Shiqi was, there was nothing he could do at this moment.

Really angry to the extreme, Li Shiqi, who was already bad-tempered, couldn't hold back his impulse anymore, and simply laughed wildly: "Okay! Okay! Since the former general insisted on driving his cousin to death, then we also I have no choice but to accompany you to the end! Forget it, this old man will go back and report to the right general, asking him to immediately rectify his army and horses as the former general wished, and prepare to fight to the death with the former general, and fight to the death with the former general! Farewell!"

After saying that, Li Shiqi didn't salute, turned around and walked out, but Xiang Yu shouted loudly: "Stop! Am I allowing you to go?"

Li Shiqi turned his head and asked with a sneer, "What orders does the former general have?"

"As far as this general knows, your brother Li Shang seems to be attacking Hanzhong and Bashu on behalf of my rebellious brother?" Xiang Yu said with a smile, "write a letter to your brother for me, and advise him to take it with him." The army surrendered to me and blocked Xiang Kang's escape route to the south for me. Not only will I not pursue the crimes of your party's attached Kang Nichen, but I will also promote you and your brother. Otherwise, you You should know what will happen to you!"

Of course, Xiang Yu threatened the wrong person. In history, Li Shiqi was not even afraid of being boiled to death, so how could he be afraid of his false threats?As he became more and more furious, Li Shiqi nodded and grinned grimly, and said, "Okay, no problem, I'll write to you now!"

After finishing speaking, Li Shiqi rushed to the side, and really picked up a pen to write a few words quickly on the silk, then fell in front of Xiang Yu, and shouted: "Are you satisfied now?"

A little accidentally picked up the letter Li Shiqi had just written, and saw that the letter turned out to be "Help the Right General Kill Xiang Yu" in seven big characters, Xiang Yu immediately flew into a rage, and yelled, "Old man, how dare you play tricks on me! Come, push this old man to bury him alive!"

"Wait!"

Fortunately, Cao Jiu, who had a relatively calm personality, stood up in time to stop him, walked up to Xiang Yu's ear and whispered: "The former general, you can't kill him, kill this old man Li Shiqi, not only will we have no chance to pass The envoy negotiated and forced General You to surrender voluntarily, and his younger brother Li Shang will definitely be our enemy, and when General You flees to Hanzhong Bashu, we don’t know how long it will take if we want to unify the world.”

"Also, General You is your cousin after all, killing his envoy will only damage your reputation, General." Cao Jiu said again in a low voice, "It's better to temporarily detain him in our army and let others Go back and report to General You, so that we can use him to coerce Li Shang to surrender, and at the same time make General You not dare to trust Hanzhong Bashu completely."

Xiang Yu could still listen to Cao Jiu's words, so he suppressed the anger in his chest forcefully, and Xiang Yu changed his words and said, "Put this old man under custody, and never let him run away, and don't allow him to commit suicide!"

The guards quickly escorted away Li Shiqi, who was yelling at him, and Xiang Yu pointed at Zhang Liang who had never said a word, and shouted: "Zhang Zifang, take what I said to that general, Xiang Kang, and tell him clearly. If you are smart, put down your weapon and surrender immediately. Even if he is guilty afterwards, I will guarantee his position as Marquis. But if he continues to be obsessed, don't blame me for killing his relatives!"

"And, by the way, I would like to give you a word for King Han." Xiang Yu added: "If you ask him to act as an internal response for our army, or you will leave the customs immediately and break off with Xiang Kang's rebellious minister! Otherwise, I will challenge him again. People, set up another king of Han!"

At this point in the matter, Zhang Liang certainly knew that it was useless to say anything. In order to go back to Xiang Fu's life, Zhang Liang could only hand in his hands and agree, "Please don't worry, the former general, the foreign minister will definitely bring the words for you. But The matter has too much to do with it, so please ask the former general to give me a letter, lest the foreign ministers go back and say nothing."

Xiang Yu agreed immediately, and immediately ordered Xiang Bo to write a letter to Xiang Kang and Han Cheng, signed and printed a letter and handed it to Zhang Liang, and ordered Zhang Liang to return to Guanzhong immediately and hand it to Xiang Kang. Zhang Liang had no choice but to accept it obediently. Fate, leave immediately.Then, according to Xiang Yu's request, the feudal princes outside the Guanzhong swore in public to join forces to enter Guanzhong, never contact Xiang Kang in private for peace talks, and once again clarified the decision to eradicate Xiang Kang's forces by force, and then they each left.

Before the matter was over, after the princes had dispersed, Old Man Fan spoke to Xiang Yu again: "Former general, since we have clearly rejected General You's request for peace talks, we must prevent him from taking the lead when he is desperate. It is relatively easier to fight eastward, so it is better for us to immediately increase our troops to Hangu Pass to protect our way of advancing, lest the right general take back Hangu Pass first and block our army's way to directly enter the pass."

"That's right, that's how it should be." Xiang Yu nodded, and asked again: "Then which army should be sent to reinforce Hangu Pass?"

"It would be a waste of time to divide the troops from the Sanchuan battlefield and enter the pass, and it is easy to have long nights and dreams." Fan old man suggested: "Qi Guotian'an's army is currently in Mianchi, why not tell him to go west immediately to take over Hangu Pass, and let Pei Gong Liu Ji free his hand to do his best. Enter the pass, capture the city west of Hangu Pass, and build the outer barrier of Hangu Pass, so that we can block the counterattack of the right general for a long time and ensure that the main force of our army can return to Hangu Pass smoothly."

Xiang Yu agreed without hesitation, but Old Man Fan still refused to give up, and said: "Former general, Pei Gong is a bit slippery and likes to take advantage of things. You'd better send a trusted aide to bring a team of guards and your sword to Pei Gong's army. The central government is determined to urge Pei Gong to fight Xiang Kang's rebellious ministers, lest Pei Gong want to preserve his strength and dare not fight head-on with Xiang Kang, which will ruin your event."

Of course, Old Man Fan wanted to drive away wolves and tigers by doing this, and taught Liu Laosan who had dared to covet the throne in Guanzhong before. Although Xiang Yu didn't know his vicious intentions, he still agreed without hesitation, and immediately ordered Wei Ji, the vice-captain of his personal guards, to help him. Liu Laosan's supervising army took his own sword and rushed to Hangu Pass to urge Liu Laosan to fight. Wei Ji was also quite courageous. Even though he knew that the trip might be dangerous, he still accepted it without hesitation. Order.

After accepting the order, Wei Ji arranged for his entourage at the first time, and planned to select a few guards from Xiang Yu's guards to help him, but to Wei Ji's surprise, he hadn't said this yet. Zhong Han Xin, who was recommended to Xiang Yu by Zhong at the beginning, took the initiative to find him and said: "General Wei, you are going to the Peigong Army to supervise the army this time. Can you take your subordinates with you? Do something for you."

"Aren't you afraid of danger?" Wei Ji asked casually, and then said: "Pei Gong's army is on the front line, ready to fight Xiang Kang's rebels at any time."

"If you're afraid of danger, your subordinates won't say that." Han Xin said with a smile: "On the contrary, staying in the camp every day makes me bored."

Although the friendship with Han Xin who is not good at communication is mediocre, seeing that Han Xin had the courage to take the initiative to invite Ying, Wei Ji still agreed. Han Xin hurriedly thanked him, and then said in his heart: "Xiang Yu is a headstrong man who does not listen to advice. It is useless to stay by his side." If there is no hope, Feng Zhong has no face to go back, why not go to Liu Ji to try his luck, that guy is an ambitious master, with him, maybe I will have a bright future."

By the way, although Han Xin is also very clear that Liu Laosan is on the front line and may be killed by Xiang Kang at any time, but it doesn't matter, because of the friendship between Han Xin and Feng Zhong, and the friendship between Feng Zhong and Xiang Kang, Han Xin also has Grasp another vote at the critical moment, run to Xiang Kang's account and continue to try his luck.

(End of this chapter)