Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 251
Not to mention, Xiang Yu's accumulative prestige is really effective. Cao Jiu walked out of Xiang Yu's sleeping tent and loudly asked the princes outside the pass to come to the Chinese army tent to meet Xiang Yu. After that, Tian Du, Wei Bao, Zang Tu and other warlords outside the pass I was really taken aback. The Chu army generals such as Yingbu, Chai Wu, and Huan Chu who were watching the excitement also changed their faces, and subconsciously began to beat drums in their hearts.

Some couldn't believe Cao Jiu's words, Qi State General Tian Jian asked cautiously: "Cao Sima, did I hear correctly? The former general asked us to wait for him in the central army tent, and he will meet us in a while?"

"General Tian heard it right, that's right." Cao Jiu said expressionlessly, "General Tian and all the other generals please go quickly. The former general is changing clothes and will be here soon."

Seeing that Cao Jiu's tone was not deceitful, Tian Jian quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and quickly nodded his head in agreement. Wei Bao, Zang Tu, Tian Du and the others exchanged a few glances with each other, and went to the center of the Chu army without saying a word. Waiting in the big tent, Yingbu, Huanchu and the others did not dare to neglect, they all left Xiang Yu's sleeping tent quickly, for fear that if they walked slowly, Xiang Yu, who is notoriously violent, would be offended, scolded and even killed. disaster.

After a while, the promotion account number of the Chu Army sounded again after many days. The Xiang family's children and Feng Zhong, who was out of the matter, were stunned and rushed to the central army's tent to wait for orders. The princes outside the pass, Yingbu, Chaiwu and others stood on the train, waiting with different thoughts for the arrival of Xiang Yu, who hadn't shown up for a long time, and the solemnity was still the same as usual.

The crowd did not wait in vain. About a quarter of an hour later, Xiang Yu, who was in deep clothes and hair, finally led Fan Zeng, Cao Jiu, Xiang Bo and others into the Chinese army's tent, and saw the silk cloth wrapped around Xiang Yu's right eye. At that time, most of the people in the account who didn't know the inside story were all shocked. Huan Chu, who followed Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew when he was in Jiangdong, blurted out: "Ex-general, your eyes?"

"I suffered some minor injuries, but it's okay now."

Xiang Yu replied lightly, ignoring everyone's surprised eyes, just strode to sit in front of the commander and stood still, and said loudly: "Generals, I have good news for you. The Zhao army led by General Chen Yu has successfully captured The city of Shanxian County, the westernmost part of Sanchuan County, approached the city of Hangu Pass, and sent General Shenyang to cross the Yellow River in the north of Shanxian County, and then rushed to Puban by way of the east. Xiang Kang, the rebellious minister of Chu who entered the hinterland of Guanzhong and proclaimed himself king without authorization, is about to be destroyed!"

This is indeed barely good news. Prior to this, the princes outside the pass and the generals of the Chu army had already heard the news from the envoy of Zhao Guo, knowing that the Young Marshal had recaptured Hangu Pass, and they were already wondering whether they could successfully kill them. There was a wavering during the entry.Now I heard that Zhao's army had finally won a battle, and saw that although Xiang Yu was seriously injured, his walking and speaking were not affected. It is estimated that continuing to lead the army in battle must not be a big problem. Of course, everyone hurriedly clapped their hands and applauded. Chai Wu at the rudder also said loudly: "General Chen Yu fought well. With this big victory, our allied forces of the princes will defeat Xiang Kang's rebellious minister, and it will be just around the corner."

"That's right, it is absolutely impossible for Xiang Kang's rebellious minister to be a chariot with his arms, and it is absolutely impossible for a long time." Xiang Yu took the conversation and said loudly: "But we can't underestimate the enemy. Guguan is dangerous, and we are not sure whether General Chen Yu can successfully defeat him. Therefore, I decided to personally lead the coalition forces of the princes and send a letter to Guguan in the near future, and join hands with General Chen Yu to defeat Xiang Kang's rebels. All generals, make preparations to send troops as soon as possible, enter the Guanzhong with me, and punish Xiang Kang's rebellious ministers!"

"Be cautious of the former general's order!" The princes outside the pass and the generals of the Chu army hurriedly clasped their fists together and replied in unison.

After quietly taking a breath, Xiang Yu held back the pain in his right eye, and said loudly: "There is one more thing. I was unfortunately shot by a flow arrow a few days ago and suffered a slight injury, which caused many rumors in the army. Seriously. It has seriously affected our army's morale, and some people even think that I am dead, and have rebellious thoughts. It is also my fault that I have not come out to meet you in order to recover from my injuries, so I don't have to worry about these things with you, but from now on, I don't want to hear similar rumors anymore, and I can't tolerate people sitting on the wall and watching the wind, do you understand?"

"Understood." Everyone agreed one after another, and murmured together in their hearts, secretly said: "If this is considered a minor injury for you, then I am afraid that only the loss of your head can be considered a serious injury."

"It's good to understand." Xiang Yu snorted again, and said: "Go down and prepare. After three days, we will send troops to the west, first break Hangu Pass, and then take Xianyang. After taking Xianyang, the treasures of the Qin Dynasty for hundreds of years Every one of us and every army has a share! But if anyone is weak in combat and fears the enemy and advances timidly, don't blame this general for his ruthless military methods!"

Everyone agreed again, but Xiang Yu didn't speak anymore, he just waved his hands to order everyone to leave, but as soon as everyone finished walking, Xiang Yu sat down on the handsome seat, and blood oozes out from under the silk cloth of his right eye again, old man Fan and Cao Jiu were shocked when they saw it , quickly came up and asked: "Ex-General, are you okay?"

"It's okay, but the wound hurts a little." Xiang Yu shook his head while supporting himself, and then forced a smile and said, "Should we be able to stabilize the morale of the army now?"

"Should be fine." Cao Jiu tried his best to say nicely, "Seeing that the former general's words and deeds are as usual, Tian Du, Wei Bao and Zang Tu's gang will definitely make smart choices, and our military spirit will definitely be improved. Hold on fast."

"That's good." Xiang Yu said to himself, and flatly rejected the kindness of Cao Jiu and Old Man Fan to take him back to the tent to rest. After panting for a long time, he stood up and walked back to the tent, deliberately letting him go. The soldiers of the Chu Army along the way saw that he was able to move freely, and tried to smash the rumors in the army, but after insisting on walking back to the tent, Xiang Yu's vision suddenly went dark, and he fell into Cao Jiu's arms and passed out again. .

Xiang Yu didn't force himself to hold on in vain. Seeing that his right eye was seriously injured but his words and deeds were as usual, the main force of the Chu army who had already had a fluttering heart was indeed determined. Changed course and scrambled to be the vanguard of the Western Expedition; Zang Tu, Wei Bao, Tian Du and others were greedy for the interests of Guanzhong, and hoped to ascend to the throne with Xiang Yu's support, and even scrambled to reunite under Xiang Yu's banner, gearing up to reorganize the army In preparation for the war, he kept shouting the slogan that Xiang Kang would never withdraw his troops until he broke Xiang Kang.

Just like the prisoners of the Qin army, as soon as they heard that Xiang Yu had returned to lead the army, Sima Xin and Dong Yi immediately packed up hundreds of prisoners of the Qin army who were spreading rumors, and desperately encouraged the prisoners of the Qin army to serve as cannon fodder for the coalition forces of the princes, and returned to Guanzhong. Home, the spiritual outlook is one of the new.

Only Xiang Yu's injury still worried Cao Jiu, Old Man Fan and the others. Almost all the medical staff believed that Xiang Yu's current condition must not endure the turbulent journey anymore and must continue to rest in bed, but Xiang Yu didn't listen at all and insisted on According to the plan he decided to lead the troops to the west, he insisted on riding a horse to fight. Finally, under the begging of Cao Fan and others and the Xiang family's children, Xiang Yu reluctantly gave in and agreed to lead the troops in a horse-drawn carriage instead.

During the busy preparations, three days passed quickly. After confirming that all the preparations were complete, Xiang Yu, who had recovered from his injuries, insisted on presiding over the Western Expedition meeting, and finalized the Western Expedition that Old Man Fan and Cao Jiu had drawn up for him in public. According to the expedition plan, it was decided that the army of Yan State would march westward first, the armies of Wei and Qi would form the second team, and the army of Chu State would be responsible for carrying food and military supplies to follow. The prisoners of Qin Army would also follow the main force of Chu army.

Although Xiang Yu's arrangement was to put the allied forces of the princes other than the Chu army at the front, because Zhao's army had already started fighting with the Young Marshal's army at Hangu Pass, even Zang Tu, who was the vanguard, had no objections. They all accepted Xiang Yu's order without hesitation.Xiang Yu forced a smile on his face, and cheered everyone up: "All the generals must urge their armies to move west as soon as possible. If Zhao's army is allowed to break through the Hangu Pass first, when the treasures of the 500-year-old Tyranny are distributed in the future, this will be the most important thing in the world." Even if the general wants to speak for you, he is too embarrassed to speak too much in front of General Chen Yu and the others."

Zang Tu, Tian Du, Wei Bao and others laughed together, and they all nodded in agreement. Then, just as Xiang Yu was about to announce the disbandment of the tent, an official from the Chu army suddenly walked up to the gate of the Chinese army's big tent, and asked Cao Jiu again. After winking and beckoning again, Cao Jiu understood, hurried to the big tent door and whispered to the official, and took something from the Chu army official.Master Xiang Boxiang's sharp eyes saw that Cao Jiu was receiving an urgent military report with chicken feathers on it, so he couldn't wait to ask: "Cao Sima, where is the urgent military report? Is it true that General Chen Yu and the others have good news again?" ?”

Cao Jiu didn't dare to make a sound, first lowered his head and tried to build up his emotions, then raised his head and said with a smile: "Master Xiang misunderstood, it's not an urgent military report from General Chen Yu, but the news from Yingchuan."

"Yingchuan?" Master Xiang was taken aback, and said, "Is there any news from Yingchuan? We don't seem to have sent troops to Yingchuan?"

Hearing this, everyone present was all surprised, but Cao Jiu wanted to strangle Master Xiang to death, so he forced a smile and said, "Master Xiang, I'll talk about it later, the former general, everything that needs to be arranged has been arranged, right? Is it time for the generals to go down and command the troops?"

It was useless to change the subject, and Xiang Yu had already seen that something was wrong, and said, "Cao Sima, what happened? Where did the military report come from?"

Cao Jiu didn't dare to say anything, and the princes outside the pass and the generals of the Chu army were all suspicious, and they all said, "Cao Sima, what's the situation? The army is about to go to war. If there is any change in the military situation, you should let us know what's going on. .”

Old man Fan is already Cao Jiu's confidant, he knew that something earth-shattering must have happened with Cao Jiu's appearance, so he stepped forward to ask for details in a low voice, after Cao Jiu answered in a low voice, old man Fan's face suddenly changed, his lips trembled After a long time, he said in a low voice: "It's useless to hide it, it will spread soon, so let's talk about it."

Cao Jiu shook his head helplessly, and then said: "Generals, I just received the news that Zhao's army suddenly mutinied outside Hangu Pass, Zhao's traitor Zhang Ao kidnapped General Chen Yu and General Tian An and fled into Shan County. , Zhao's army was leaderless, and was defeated by Xiang Kang's rebels in a battle. The losses were very heavy, and the remnants have fled back to Mianchi."

Before Cao Jiu could finish his words, the countenances of the princes outside the pass and the generals of the Chu army changed drastically, and almost all of them screamed, "How is it possible? Zhao's army of 10,000+ was defeated in just one battle?! "

Cao Jiu ignored the crowd's exclamations, and just kept staring at Xiang Yu with concern. To Cao Jiu's surprise, Xiang Yu's face didn't show any expression when he heard the bad news. He showed a little smile, and said with a smile: "As expected of my younger brother, he is really powerful. The 10,000+ Zhao army was defeated by him in one battle. It's amazing."

After speaking with a smile, Xiang Yu suddenly slammed his fist heavily on the table in front of him, cracking the panel of the table, and then jumped up and roared: "But he shouldn't be too happy! I still have two 10,000+ troops, plus over 30 soldiers from Tyrant Qin! I don’t believe it, he can still defeat me in one battle?!”

"Ex-general, your eyes!"

Several people pointed at Xiang Yu's injured right eye and screamed, but Xiang Yu didn't care that his right eye was bleeding again, and just shouted: "What are you still doing? Send me troops immediately to Hangu Pass and Xiang Yu Rebel Kang will fight to the death! Don't break through the pass! Swear not to withdraw troops!"

No one received Xiang Yu's military order, and everyone pointed to Xiang Yu's eyes and exclaimed: "Former general, your eyes are bleeding, and there is a lot of blood."

He wiped his cheeks and saw that his hands were full of blood, but Xiang Yu didn't care, and shouted: "What's the point of bleeding? You can't die! Send troops immediately, and anyone who hesitates will be killed immediately!"

Seeing that Xiang Yu had completely squalled, he was afraid that he would really use himself as a punching bag when he marched in a rage. The princes outside the pass and the generals of the Chu army did not dare to disobey, so they could only clasped their fists and agreed, and then rushed out to command the troops. Old man Fan also hurried up to ask about Xiang Yu's situation. Xiang Yu raised his hand to express that he didn't need it. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm fine, just change the cloth to stop the bleeding. You guys go down and keep an eye on it. Make sure the army moves. I'll rest while walking!"

Probably the power of anger played a role. Although Xiang Yu bled a lot this time, he miraculously did not faint. He persisted until the allied forces of the princes dispatched according to the original plan, and then returned to the dormitory to take a rest.In the afternoon, regardless of the dissuasion of the crowd, Xiang Yu insisted on getting into the carriage, led the main force of the Chu army and the prisoners of the Qin army, and set off westward, insisting on marching towards Guanzhong aggressively.

Xiang Yu's persistence played a certain role. Although the morale of the army has been affected, under his personal supervision, the coalition forces of the princes still marched extremely fast. It took only three days to open the way. The Yan army arrived at the city of Luoyang first, and then the main force of the Chu army also arrived in Luoyang on the same day. At the same time, the medical staff felt incredible that during this period, Xiang Yu's unhealed right eye did not bleed once again. , The injury situation is obviously developing in a good direction.

Seeing that Xiang Yu's injury had improved, Cao Jiu, Old Man Fan and the others were amazed, but their confidence in this Western Expedition was greatly increased. It is entirely possible for the allied forces of the princes to take Guanzhong and drive the young marshals who had time to digest the fruits of victory into the land of Hanzhong, Bashu.At the same time, when the main force of the Chu army was resting under the city of Luoyang, good news came from the front, saying that Zheng Chang and Tian An had contacted the front team of the coalition of princes with Xiang Kang's letter.

In order to grasp the latest situation of the Young Marshal Army, Cao Jiu and Old Man Fan, of course, immediately suggested that Xiang Yu summon Zheng Chang and Tian An immediately, and then naturally, Tian An, whose beard and hair had been shaved off, was brought to Xiang Yu and the others. Rao Xiang Yu has been suppressing the monstrous anger deep in his heart, and he couldn't help laughing, and asked in surprise: "General Tian, ​​what's wrong with you?"

"That little Zhuzi Xiang Kang did a good job!" Tian An replied very directly, and then said: "Former general, please avenge the last general! As long as the former general can wash away this shame and shame for the last general, the last general will be married , will definitely be reported!"

"Don't worry, General Tian, ​​I will do the same without you telling me." Xiang Yu waved his hand without hesitation, and ordered: "You rest in peace in my army first, and after meeting with your army, I will not only let you Continue to command the troops in the headquarters, and I will give you additional troops so that you can avenge yourself with your own hands!"

Tian An agreed with great joy, and hurriedly saluted and thanked Xiang Yu, but Zheng Chang next to him was hesitant, with a face full of hesitation. I made a detailed report on the situation of the Young Marshal's mission this time, and at the same time submitted a letter from Xiang Kang to Xiang Yu.

Just glanced briefly at Xiang Kang's letter, and Xiang Yu tore Xiang Kang's letter into pieces twice, and then told Zheng Chang: "Go down and rest first, this time the mission failed, the responsibility is not on you. You, just follow our army and see how I can avenge you and General Tian."

Zheng Chang breathed a sigh of relief, and was planning to report the secret to Xiang Yu slowly, but the old man beside him couldn't wait, and said, "General Tian, ​​Doctor Zheng, what's going on this time? Why is Xiang Kang's traitor so far away? In addition, can you also know that the former general has been injured? How much do you know about this, can you introduce it to us in detail?"

Of course, Tian An and Zheng Chang would not refuse Old Man Fan's request. Tian An rushed to speak and told Xiang Yu and others that Xiang Kang knew through Lao San Liu that Xiang Yu had been seriously injured. Old Man Fan and Cao Jiu were shocked when they heard this. Busy asked again: "Pei Gong is also thousands of miles away, how did he know that the former general was seriously injured?"

It was Zheng Chang's turn to be unlucky, Tian An, who didn't know that Zheng Chang was holding his own handle, was open-minded, and soon told Liu Laosan that Xiang Yu was injured through Zheng Chang's entourage, and the result was very natural. Before Tian An finished speaking, Xiang Yu glared at Zheng Chang, and asked loudly, "Is that so?"

On the way, he already knew that his entourage had made a mistake, and Tian An would report him face to face again. Zheng Chang's sweat immediately rolled down, and he knelt down to Xiang Yu's knees with a plop, and tremblingly said: "Excuse me, the former general!" , This is indeed the case, the official was careless for a while, and did not restrain his followers..."

"Idiot!" The case in front of Xiang Yu flew up and hit Zheng Chang on the head, roaring: "After a long time, things have become like this. It turns out that the fault is all on you, an idiot! Say it yourself, What are you to blame for?"

"Ex-general, spare your life, ex-general, spare your life!"

Zheng Chang, whose head was smashed, hurriedly begged for mercy, but old man Fan and Cao Jiu who were beside him hated him for spoiling their own affairs, and refused to plead for him. Go down, cut it off! Also find out the followers who leaked the news of him, and cut them all down!"

"Ex-general, spare me!" At this point, Zheng Chang didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly shouted: "Ex-general, although I made a big mistake, I am willing to make amends, and I want to expose it. The traitor Xiang Kang bought one of our important generals, and gave him an internal response, asking that traitor to help him deal with you!"

"Is there such a thing?" Xiang Yu was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Who is the traitor?!"

"It's him!" Zheng Chang hurriedly put his finger on Tian An, and said loudly: "Xiang Kang's rebellious minister intentionally tortured this Tian An in order to make him cheat the former general of your trust and make you more important to him. Then he can take the opportunity to act as an internal agent for the traitor Xiang Kang and help the traitor Xiang Kang defeat us?"

"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense!" The big scapegoat suddenly fell on his head, Tian An was of course dizzy, jumped up and shouted loudly: "I'm going to be Xiang Kang's baby boy? What evidence do you have?!"

"Of course I have proof!"

Zheng Chang replied loudly, first he reported to Xiang Yu the conversation he had overheard with Xiang Kang's personal soldiers, and then he said loudly: "Also, the former general, on the way here, the subordinate officer has already detained those Hetian An. The prisoners of the Qi State have inquired carefully. On the night he was handed over to the traitor Xiang Kang by Zhang Ao, Tian An was indeed called by the traitor Xiang Kang to talk for a long time! If the former general does not believe it, he can call those prisoners of war of the State of Qi Asking questions, if the subordinate officials have a half-truth, they are willing to be punished by the chariot!"

Xiang Yu quickly turned his one-eyed eye to Tian An, Tian An's face was ashen, and he quickly said: "Former general, you are wronged! That night, the foreign minister was taken to meet someone, but the foreign minister met Shusun Tong, not Xiang Kang! Also, that night, Shusun Tong was only asking foreign officials about Confucianism!"

Xiang Yu laughed back angrily, and said with a smirk, "I only saw Shusun Tong? Did Shusun Tong just ask you for advice on Confucianism?"

"You are my three-year-old child!"

The grievance and anger of many days erupted completely at this moment. Before old man Fan and Cao Jiu could come to a conclusion, Xiang Yu roared wildly, and at the same time drew out his sword with a clatter, and threw the sword with his hands. Break through the air and hit Tian An's chest accurately...

"Ex-general, calm down!"

The old man Fan and Cao Jiu shouted a step too late, the sword had already been inserted into Tian An's chest until it was gone, Tian An lowered his head with difficulty, looked at the sword on his chest in disbelief, then raised his head even harder, even more He looked at Xiang Yu in disbelief, and then blood gushed out of his mouth, and he staggered down.

"Former general, you are so confused!" Old man Fan screamed in despair, hysterically shouting: "Let's not say that this may not be true, even if it is true, you can't kill Tian An! He has done us harm Great merit, and great kindness to us, you just killed him directly, how can we explain to the Qi army?!"

Old man Fan's desperate cry finally woke up Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu, who was in a rage, finally remembered that when he was in Jibei County, it was Tian An who resolutely rebelled against Qi State, led his army to lead him to help Julu, and fought for himself and against Qin. The princes have made great contributions to opening the way, and now I kill him on impulse, there is really no way to explain to the Qi army!

"Former general, why did you forget that our right general is full of scheming, and he is especially good at alienation." Cao Jiu also said in despair: "If this is his trick to alienate the enemy, we will be fooled by him. "

Xiang Yu's body was shocked again, and when he suddenly remembered that his cousin was really very good at this aspect, he couldn't help but yelled in annoyance, and the blood from his right eye also seeped out of the silk cloth quickly again, and the flow was even worse than before. It is said that Zhao Guo’s army was more defeated, and then Xiang Yu shook his body, staggered suddenly, and passed out again...

By the way, Xiang Kang plagiarized this countermeasure from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and intentionally left a foreshadowing more vicious than the book, even to let Xiang Yu know that Tian An wrote a letter of loyalty to himself, and forged it early A letter of loyalty from Tian An awaits, so even if Xiang Yu didn't directly kill Tian An in a fit of rage, Tian An will never have a good life in the future!

Greedy for Guanzhong's interests, breaking his promise, offending a despicable person like Xiang Kang, a treacherous villain, what good can poor General Tian An ask for?

(End of this chapter)