Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 470 The Real Murderer
It rained densely in the early morning, like ox hair, thin and slanting, drenching the beard and hair, and drenching the armor, so that the crimson Han army flag had to cling to the flagpole, and when it was waved, it could sprinkle a string of drops of water.

But no matter how heavy the rain was, it couldn't dilute the strong smell of blood in the air, it couldn't wash away the dark red blood slowly flowing on the ground, and it couldn't cover the remains of corpses all over the mountains and plains.

Riding on a horse and looking around, you can see Jinjiling in the east, the rolling Taishan Mountains in the south, and the endless open plain in the southwest. There are corpses in various postures, and many corpses are still incomplete. Heads and limbs that have been chopped off by knives and axes can be seen everywhere, and dead people with liver and intestines leaking out of the body are everywhere. , The broken and broken military flags floated up, pools of blood accumulated in the low-lying places, trampling on them with horseshoes could splash foot-high blood.

Riding his horse on the devastated battlefield, No. 1 Uncle Zhou of the Han Army showed no joy and excitement after a big victory on his face. On the contrary, he suddenly sighed and said with a lonely expression: "I heard that Lord Wu'an Bai Qi When he was sentenced to death, he once said that he was punished by the heavens and deserved to be sentenced to death, now I finally understand his state of mind at that time, how could the heavens have no reason not to punish such a massacre?"

"General, don't say that, and don't blame yourself like that." Zhou Shu, an old man from Shangshan next to him, comforted him: "The reason for such a tragic scene is all because of the perverse behavior of the puppet king of Western Chu, Xiang Yu, and his greed. Insisting on fratricide with our great king, instigating wars and poisoning the world, has nothing to do with us, and it has nothing to do with you, General."

Uncle Zhou forced a smile, and then sighed in his heart: "Although the words are reasonable, strictly speaking, we are not good people."

No matter how much you can't bear it, there is nothing you can do. Being kind to the enemy on the battlefield is always cruel to your own people. In order to reduce the casualties and losses of the soldiers of the Han and Yan armies, and to win the land as soon as possible, the earlier end has already made the people of the world In the desperate Chu-Han war, Uncle Zhou had no choice but to let the various units of the Han army that participated in the war continue to go south to pursue the remnants of the Chu-Ji coalition forces that were still fleeing, and try their best to eliminate the enemy on the way to the south and reduce the pressure of the Han army. Step into the resistance of Boyang, the capital of the northern capital of Jiji, and the mainland of Western Chu.

The various ministries of the Han army who went all out to hunt down the remnants of the enemy and the Yan army who helped them did not disappoint Uncle Zhou and others. The good news kept coming like snowflakes. First, the Han army marched westward and ambushed in the Hero Mountain area yesterday afternoon. The ambush troops successfully intercepted the defeated brigade of the Chu-Ji coalition forces, joined forces with the pursuers to defeat the Chu-Ji coalition forces again, beheaded and captured countless enemies; Together, Dadu abandoned the commander-in-chief and gave up his command, letting the remaining soldiers of the Chu-Ji coalition army flee south on their own; in the afternoon, the pursuers of the Han army took advantage of the opportunity to take down Licheng Xiaoyi, forcing many soldiers of the Chu-Ji coalition army to flee here in a hurry. Putting down their weapons and surrendering completely opened the way for the Han army to march into Boyang.

During this period, the soldiers of the Han army also beheaded and captured countless scattered soldiers of the Chu-Ji coalition army in the mountains, forests and wilderness. Corpses are also increasing all the time. The Chu-Ji coalition army, which once had a strength of more than 14, also completely collapsed on this day. There are countless casualties and prisoners.

It was only when it was getting dark that Uncle Zhou ordered the army that participated in the battle last night to stop, rest and regroup, and rotate the rear team that he personally led to continue the pursuit. After nightfall, he defeated the team that had managed to get together with great difficulty. A large group of enemies were beheaded countless times. The cries and screams of dying soldiers of the Chuji coalition army echoed in the dark night, as miserable as countless innocent souls screaming in Shura Hell.

At noon the next day, Uncle Zhou gave the order to stop the pursuit until there were no more than a hundred defeated enemy soldiers in front of him, and set up a temporary camp beside a small river with dead bodies constantly floating in, waiting for the rear team to join up.During this period, the various ministries of the Han army and Yan army who were chasing separately also rushed to meet up with the captured heads and captured prisoners, gradually turning the temporary camp of the Han army into a sea of ​​cheers.

"Great general, good news! So far, we have killed more than 8000 heads of the Chu Ji bandit army, and captured more than 2 prisoners. If there is no accident, our final number of beheads will definitely not be lower than Forty-five thousand, and the number of captives is likely to reach [-]. In addition, the bandit soldiers who died in the deep mountains and old forests, and the bandit soldiers who fled in disorder and were unwilling to return to the team, the Chuji bandit army could escape to Bo [-] people! There must be a serious shortage of weapons and military supplies!"

Mr. Uncle Sun's report made the main civil and military personnel of the Han army gathered around Uncle Zhou cheer again, and then they couldn't wait to congratulate Uncle Zhou one after another, and praised: "The general uses his troops like a god, and he defeated Chuji in the first battle." The thief army has completely established the victory of Qi, and its achievements are unmatched, and the last general and the subordinate officials should congratulate the general!"

"General, my uncle, Sun Tong, really admires you so much! Adding up the front and back, it only took you more than two months, and you have already fought the battle of Qidi like this, even if it is Sun Wu Reincarnation, Wu Qi's rebirth may not be able to do this!"

Mr. Uncle Sun's exaggerated approval made Uncle Zhou smile slightly, and then Uncle Zhou said from the bottom of his heart: "Mr. Uncle Sun, you must not be so absurd, the battle of Qidi can be fought to this point, in fact, the one who has contributed the most It's not me, it's our king, it's each of our soldiers, it's our Yanqi allies, and the result of your joint efforts, it really doesn't have much to do with me, I'm really thanks to you."

"Don't think that I'm being hypocritical and modest. I'm telling the truth. The battle of Qidi could have reached this point. If it weren't for our Han soldiers who threw their heads and blood, tied their heads to the belts and fought bloody, We absolutely can't do that."

"The battle of Qi, if not for our great king's foresight, sending us enough reinforcements in time, if not for the full support of Yan Qi's allies, if not for the patience and sacrifice of General Zhujishi, General Li Shang and General Feng Zhong, For my strong support, if it weren't for the foresight and selflessness of Dr. Li and the two senior Shangshan seniors, and the heroic fighting and effective command of the generals, we would never have won such a big victory so quickly."

Sincerely sighed here, Uncle Zhou remembered something again, and added with a busy smile: "I almost forgot, Mr. Shusun, you are also outstanding in this battle of Qidi. If you hadn't been sent to Linzi to persuade Qi Wangtian to leave The whole country surrendered and helped us cross the Jishui River during the flood season. We will never have such a brilliant victory. Please rest assured, sir, I will truthfully report your great achievements to the king, and I hope the king will reward you heavily."

"No! General, please don't!" Mr. Shu Sun waved his hands quickly, and said in a panic, "General, if you really want to reward the subordinates, please don't let them go to the enemy's camp in the future. I am already satisfied. In the situation encountered in Linzi, the next official is not willing to go through it again!"

Mr. Shusun’s panic made all the civil and military officers of the Han army burst into laughter, and Uncle Zhou also laughed out loud, nodded and said, “Okay, Mr. Uncle Sun, I can promise you right now, and I will never force you to take risks on missions in the future.” Enemy camp."

In fact, Mr. Uncle Sun, who was telling the truth, was overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly thanked Uncle Zhou. However, at this moment, a Han military official suddenly walked up to Uncle Zhou, held a head and said: "General, I just found out about the important situation. Xiang Sheng, the cousin of our king and the general of the Xichu bandit army, disguised himself as an ordinary soldier of the Xichu bandit army, and was beheaded and killed by our soldiers on the way of pursuit. It has been confirmed that it is Xiang Sheng, the head is here, please take a look at it, General."

After carefully looking at the appearance of the head and confirming that it was Xiang Sheng himself who had fought side by side with him, Uncle Zhou suddenly showed a sad look on his face, as did Zhu Jishi, Li Shang, Fu Kuan and other young commanders beside him. Lonely, Feng Zhong, who is strictly speaking from Xiang Sheng's hometown, even took Xiang Sheng's head with his own hands, and said with tears: "Brother Xiang Sheng, I really didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances. Actually, Most of your Xiang family brothers are not worthy of death."

"Our king knows this situation, and I'm afraid he's going to cry again." Uncle Zhou sighed, and then asked, "Can his body still be found?"

"Reporting to the general, it should be possible." The Han army official who came to report hurriedly replied: "Help us identify the prisoner of General Xiang Sheng's head, and know the approximate location where he was killed. If we must find it, there should be hope. have to come back."

"Then look for it and bring it back." Uncle Zhou ordered: "After you find it, put it in a coffin with the leader, and then send someone to send it to the Chu Ji bandit army, and let the Chu Ji bandit army take the remains of General Xiang Sheng." Send it back to the hometown of our great king for burial."

The official of the Han army quickly agreed, but Zhou Shu, an old man from Shangshan, was moved in his heart and hurriedly said: "General, if you can find General Xiang Sheng's body, let this old man send his coffin to Boyang. "

"Why do you have to go to such a trivial matter, senior?" Uncle Zhou asked strangely: "Besides, it's quite dangerous to do this. Kill me."

"Don't worry, general. As far as I know, Xiang Zhuang, the commander of the Chuji bandit army, is not unreasonable. I kindly sent his cousin's body back. He will definitely not kill me on the spot." Zhou Shu replied: "I want to send General Xiang Sheng's coffin in person. I have a few words, and I want to take this opportunity to talk to the Xiang family's children face to face. If it goes well, maybe it can help our king solve a problem." The big problem he couldn't avoid."

Thanks to the joint efforts of the soldiers of the Han army and the prisoners of the Western Chu army, the headless body of Xiang Sheng, who was dressed as a soldier, was found the next day. Even though Uncle Zhou and others tried to dissuade him, Zhou Shu, the old Shangshan man, insisted on leading a team of entourages to personally escort Xiang Sheng's coffin to the south of Boyang, and return it to Xiang Zhuang who had already confirmed that he had fled here.

Because of the delivery of Xiang Sheng's coffin, Zhou Shu was of course personally interviewed by Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and others, but after opening the coffin and seeing Xiang Sheng's body, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and Xiang Han In addition to crying loudly, the four members of the Xiang family, Xiang Han, who is more impulsive, drew his sword in his hand, cried and roared to the sky, "Brother, slow down! Brother, I swear to God, I will Cut off the head of Xiang Kang's traitor with my own hands, and avenge you—!"

"This General Xiang, I can't understand what you say." Zhou Shu said with a strange face: "Did our king kill your cousin, General Xiang Sheng? Why do you want this to be charged to us?" On the head of the king, you swear to the sky that you will take revenge on our king?"

Hearing this, Xiang Han, who was extremely emotional, of course immediately glared at Zhou Shu, the veins on the back of the right hand holding the sword were still throbbing, and he might kill someone in a fit of rage at any time. Blocked: "Brother Xiang Han, calm down! It was Mr. Luli who brought our brother's coffin back. We can't take revenge!"

"Zuo Sima, it doesn't matter. This old man is very clear about your current mood, so he won't take it to heart." Zhou Shu waved his hand, and continued almost provocatively: "But this old man must correct one point. It wasn't our king who killed your cousin. General Xiang Sheng, if you want to get revenge, don't find the wrong person."

"Don't talk sweet words here!" Xiang Han roared angrily, "Even if he, Xiang Kang's traitor, did not kill us himself, it was his accomplice who killed our brother, of course we have to pay the debt to Xiang Kangni On the thief's head!"

"Wrong! Big mistake!" Zhou Shu said loudly: "General Xiang Han, Zuo Sima of Xiang Zhuang, and these two generals, the person who really killed General Xiang Sheng was neither our Han King nor our Han King. Soldiers, there are other people! If you really want to take revenge, you must find the right person, and don't force the blame on our King of Han!"

"Old man!"

Xiang Han was also short-tempered, he stepped forward regardless of the consequences and was about to cut Zhou Shu with his sword, but fortunately Xiang Zhuang was quick-sighted and grabbed his hand in time, then turned around and shouted at Zhou Shu: "Mr. Luli, let's go, I thank you for returning the body of our younger brother, and I will definitely repay you twice if I have the opportunity, but now I don’t want to say anything to you, you leave immediately!”

"Zuo Sima, don't worry." Zhou Shu refused to move, raised his head, and said calmly: "You can only hide for a while, but not for a lifetime. If you insist on not knowing who killed me General Xiang Sheng, you will only suffer in your heart for a lifetime, and the hearts of your Xiang family children will only be condemned by your conscience for a lifetime."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Xiang Zhuang asked strangely while holding Xiang Han firmly.

"The old man just wants to point out clearly to you, Zuo Sima, who killed General Xiang Sheng, and General Xiang Sui who died in the battle of Sishui before." Zhou Shu said coldly, "Why? Zuo Sima, and the three Xiang General, things have come to this point, you still don't have the courage to ask this old man, who killed General Xiang Sheng and General Xiang Sui?"

"Then who are you talking about?" Xiang Zhuang finally asked this question, and quickly added: "But Mr. Luli, don't blame the junior for not warning you. If you get involved in any way, you can just pass the buck to our elder brother On the king of Western Chu, or on other civil and military officials of Western Chu, don't blame the younger generation for not obeying the rules of the two countries fighting each other and not killing each other."

"Don't worry Zuo Sima, this old man will never get involved in any way, and he will never shift the responsibility to King Xichu or others." Zhou Shu sneered, and said: "The one who really killed Xiang Sheng and General Xiang Sui, It's not someone else, it's you Xiang Family disciples yourself!"

"What?" Xiang Zhuang was stunned, and Xiang Han, who was in a rage, was so surprised that he stopped shouting. Xiang Guan on the other side took over Xiang Han's anger and shouted: "Old man, what are you talking about? We killed Xiang Han." Two brothers, Sheng and Xiang Sui?"

"That's right, it's you." Zhou Shu said calmly, "If you are brave and responsible, the two generals Xiang Sheng and Xiang Sui will never die, and you Xiang family's children and our king will never leave. To this day, either you die or I live!"

"What do you mean?" Xiang Zhuang became more and more confused the more he listened, and asked, "Why are we not brave enough, and why are we not responsible enough?"

"Zuo Sima." Zhou Shu slowed down his voice a little, and said, "If you really have the courage and responsibility, why don't you find out the truth about the incident at Hangu Pass? Is it difficult for the powerful in the army to find out the truth about the incident at Hangu Pass?"

Xiang Zhuang was stunned, Xiang Han, Xiang Guan, and Xiang It also stared at Zhou Shu in surprise, Zhou Shu said again: "Zuo Sima, the three generals, the reason why our king and your Xiang family's children are fratricide, It was all caused by the Hangu Pass incident. If you had the courage and responsibility, you would have been able to secretly investigate the truth of the Hangu Pass incident, find out who is right and who is wrong, and who is determined to turn black and white , forcing our king to meet your Xiang family's sons and swords, and the brothers fight against each other."

"But you don't have the courage to do this." Zhou Shu continued: "Because you know in your heart that if you find out the truth about the incident at Hangu Pass, you will have to choose between the King of Western Chu and the King of Han." , you have always been afraid of making this choice, so you dare not know the truth. Your brothers, General Xiang Sheng and General Xiang Sui, also died because you did not have the courage, so the real harm to your brothers is not someone else , it wasn’t even Liu Ji who was the culprit of the incident at Hangu Pass, but you Xiang family brothers yourself!”

Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and the other four were completely silent, while Zhou Shu said again: "Four generals, escape is not an option. If you don't want to make mistakes again and again, be brave and investigate the matter of Hangu Pass by yourself. , What kind of truth is it, then your hearts will not be so painful, and you will not have to suffer from the torture of your conscience all the time. Four generals, you say it yourself, right? "

Xiang Zhuang and others were even more silent, and it was a coincidence that at this time, Liu Laosan who received the news also led Han Xin to the scene, and he burst into tears early, beating his chest and crying: "Brother Xiang Sheng! , why are you so heartless and leave us alone? Don’t worry, Brother Yu Liu Ji, I will avenge you, and I will personally cut off the head of that rebel Xiang Kang, and let all the traitors be buried with you— —!”

Too lazy to pay attention to Liu Laosan who was pretending, Zhou Shu bowed his hands to Xiang Zhuang and others, and said: "Zuo Sima, this is all I have said. If there is no other order, I will leave and go back to my life. I hope to meet again next time." Now, don’t continue to deceive yourself and others.”

After saying that, Zhou Shu turned around and walked back, leaving Xiang Zhuang and the other four in place with complicated expressions and ups and downs, and Liu Laosan asking all kinds of things, beating around the bush to find out what nonsense Zhou Shu was talking about just now.

(End of this chapter)