Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 499

The loyalty and tenacity of the Jiangdong soldiers were beyond the expectation of Xiang Kang and the generals of the Han army. Even though they had seen Xiang Yu commit suicide in battle, many Jiangdong soldiers loyal to Xiang Yu still refused to surrender to the Han army. To follow Xiang Yu is to launch a suicidal charge against the densely packed Han army crowd, and compose a tragic elegy for the Western Chu army with blood and lives.

Not to mention exaggeration and outrageousness, in this era of valuing righteousness and despising life, even though all kinds of despicable villains who are greedy for life and fear of death have begun to appear on the stage, there are still countless loyal knights who regard death as home, which is far behind Xiang Yu in history. When the warlord Tian Heng committed suicide, there were still five hundred strong men who committed suicide and followed him, let alone the hero Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.

It's a pity that the suicide charge of Jiangdong's children is doomed to be a moth to the flame, self-destruction. In the face of the violent attack of the Han army soldiers like a storm, these Jiangdong children only added some unnecessary casualties to the Han army. In any case, it is impossible to change the cruel fate of the Western Chu Army's complete defeat in this decisive battle, nor can it prevent other soldiers of the Western Chu Army from surrendering to the Han army driven by the desire to survive.

Only half an hour later, the last Jiangdong soldier who resisted in the corner lay down on the battlefield forever, and was chopped into meat paste by the angry Han soldiers. The remaining soldiers of the Western Chu Army, including Xiang Yu's last Including the trusted head of guard Lu Matong, they all put down their weapons and knelt down to surrender, accepting the fate of the Han army and the passive arrangement of fate with tears.

On another battlefield, after hearing the sad news of Xiang Yu's suicide, Ji Bu, a general of the Western Chu Army who was heavily surrounded by the Han army, also completely lost his fighting spirit. The remnants of the defeated generals knelt down and surrendered one after another. The generals of the Han army rushed forward and beheaded the last less than a hundred stubborn people with knives. They easily captured Ji Bu who gave up resisting on his own, and quickly escorted Ji Bu away. I went to Xiang Kang to ask for credit.

This is also the reunion of Xiang Kang and Ji Bu after a lapse of several years. In order to facilitate the recruitment of other generals of the Western Chu Army and the remaining cities of the Western Chu Army, Xiang Kang also resolutely chose to forget that Ji Bu once laughed at himself for not doing enough. There is also the story of Xiang Kang who was close to Ji Bu when he raised his troops but resolutely refused to join the Young Marshal. He not only untied Ji Bu himself, but also took off his cloak and put it on Ji Bu's scarred body.

Then, of course, Xiang Kang said hypocritically: "General Ji, the past is over. You did nothing wrong. Back then, you didn't want to work for the king. It was because our ambitions and tastes were different. Later, you resolutely followed Xi. The King of Chu is an enemy of our army, and each is his own master. It has nothing to do with you personally. If you are willing to stay now, this king will definitely not treat you badly. If you do not want to stay, wait for your wounds to heal. After you are done, you can leave at any time, this king will never ask."

Ji Bu is not the kind of person who is completely stubborn. Seeing Xiang Kang's words are emotional, and seeing that Xiang Kang has given himself enough face, Ji Bu of course immediately chose to bow down to Xiang Kang, begging for surrender, and Xiang Kang Kang laughed loudly, besides helping Ji Bu again, he made Ji Bu the captain on the spot, kept him by his side, and gave him a big reward. Ji Bu was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted Xiang Kang again Thank you, and the rift with Xiang Kang disappeared.

When he continued to appease Ji Bu with good words, a guard suddenly walked up to Xiang Kang, saluted Xiang Kang and said: "My lord, after General Ding Ji led his army into the camp of the Western Chu bandits, he encountered A group of generals and soldiers of the Western Chu bandit army who surrendered their arms voluntarily arrived. The three leaders claimed to be Xiang Xiang, Xiang Guan, and Xiang Han, your brothers from the same clan of the king. They also asked to see you immediately. General Ding Ji personally verified their identities. Afterwards, special personnel have been arranged to send them over..."

"Quick, quick, invite them here."

Before the guard finished speaking, Xiang Kang could not wait to order Xiang Xiang, Xiang Guan and others to be summoned, but the guard turned around after agreeing, but Xiang Kang stopped him again, and instead ordered: "Lead me to see you." They, this king will personally meet my brothers of the same clan!"

Half of it is true nostalgia, and the other half is out of guilt. He led the civil and military soldiers of the Han army and rushed to the scene. With tears of excitement, regardless of his own identity, he took the initiative to bow down to Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and others with complex expressions, and said with a choked voice: "Little brother Xiang Kang, I have met your two brothers, brother Xiang Xiang, you have grown up. "

Seeing that Xiang Kang bowed down to them as King of Han, Xiang Guan, Xiang Han, and Xiang Xiang, who were astonished, immediately knelt down to return the salute, and Xiang Xiang, who was slightly younger than Xiang Kang, hurriedly said: "Brother, You must not be like this, you are the king of Han and my elder brother, how dare I be such a great gift to you?"

Xiang Kang stood up in tears, first he helped Xiang Han and Xiang Xiang with his own hands, and comforted them not to mention the past, and finally he helped Xiang Guan who was the last one who left his side at the beginning, and faced Xiang Guan directly, very frankly Said: "Brother, I don't have the face to lie to you anymore. I did send you back to Pengcheng on purpose, because at that time, Brother Xiang Yu just refused to send my wife's family to Dang County to reunite with me, so I just sent you back to Pengcheng." I know, sooner or later, he and I will turn against each other, in order not to let my brother and family tie my hands and feet, and to not make things difficult for you, I deliberately sent you back to Pengcheng."

"It's all in the past, why do you bring it up?" Xiang Guan sighed, and said very frankly: "It's our fault too, because we are greedy for the glory, wealth and generous treatment given by brother, even though we have long felt that the letter Things in Guguan are not right, and I also help my brother to make things difficult for you, killing two brothers Xiang Sui and Xiang Sheng, killing countless soldiers of Chu and Han, and implicating so many innocent Li Shu, you decide, brother, No matter how you send us, we will never say a word."

"Brother, you are my brothers, how could I be willing to let you go?" Xiang Kang smiled wryly, hugged Xiang Guan again, and said in tears: "Brother, let's never mention the past, from now on Let's continue to be brothers."

Xiang Guan and Xiang Kang embraced and agreed with tears, and nodded repeatedly. Xiang Kang said again: "Brother, there is one more thing to tell you. Brother Xiang Yu died. He killed himself."

"I know, we've heard about it." Xiang Guan cried and said, "But even if brother Xiang Yu is still here, we will never leave him again. Brother Xiang Zhuang and I have already checked it out. What happened in Guguan was all caused by that shameless Liu Ji. You were wronged. And we already know that brother Xiang Yu already knew the truth. Helping Mrs. Liu Jipi wrong you. So as early as this morning, before you had a decisive battle with brother Xiang Yu, we had already made up our minds to leave him."

"Brother, this matter is true." Xiang Xiang hurriedly testified for Xiang Guan: "This morning, because I persuaded brother Xiang Yu to ask you for peace, the three brothers Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Han all died. Brother Xiang Yu locked them into the prison van and was about to punish them, but I led the people to rescue them from the prison van."

Xiang Kang nodded, and even touched the head of Xiang Xiang, who was slightly younger than himself, but when he touched Xiang Xiang's hair, Xiang Kang suddenly remembered a big event, looked around and asked: "Xiang Zhuang Where is brother? Where has he gone? Xiang Xiang, didn’t you just say that you rescued him from the prison van, why didn’t you see him come here?”

"He went after that bastard Liu Ji!" Xiang Xiang hurriedly said: "After I rescued brother Xiang Zhuang from the prison car, because I heard that that bastard Liu Ji had fled south with the defeated soldiers, he immediately He brought a dozen cavalrymen to chase Liu Jipifu, saying that he must avenge Xiang Sui and Xiang Sheng with his own hands."

"Confused! Why is he so impulsive?" Xiang Kang stomped his feet when he heard his distress, and said, "Liu Jipifu still has an army around him, and there are fierce generals to protect him. He took a dozen cavalrymen to chase and kill him. How could he beat Liu Ji? Tipov, don't give your life away for nothing."

After saying that, Xiang Kang quickly sent people to send orders to the various ministries of the Han army who were chasing the defeated Western Chu army, asking them to call Xiang Zhuang back to meet him immediately after they found Xiang Zhuang, and then slowly discuss how to deal with Liu Laosan. Kang also put his palms together and prayed: "I hope you don't catch up. Xiang Zhuang's character is too straightforward and he doesn't know how to change, and there are too few people around him. He is definitely not Liu Jipifu's opponent."

"Brother, there is one more thing." Xiang Xiang said cautiously again: "Uncle Ji took Brother Xiang You and ran away, saying that he wanted to go back to Pengcheng to regroup and continue to fight with you. I originally wanted to persuade them to stay. Came down to surrender to you, but was too late to see them."

Hearing this, the civil and military soldiers of the Han army around Xiang Kang couldn't help but couldn't help laughing, and they also wished that Master Xiang could do what he said, fled back to Pengcheng, reorganized the army, and fought a decisive battle with the Han army. The generals of the army will definitely be able to draw lots to grab the credit.Xiang Kang also gave a forced smile helplessly, and then asked: "The ones staying in Pengcheng now are Xiang Xian and Xiang Dian, right?"

Xiang Xiang nodded quickly, and said: "Pengcheng still has more than 1 troops. In addition, the recruits we recruited in Huainan are also on the way to Pengcheng. The rear army on the Jiangdong side, brother, you don't have to worry. Song Yi is here Damo County in Kuaiji County rebelled and restrained our Jiangdong rear army."

Xiang Kang nodded, and asked again: "Brothers, brother Xiang Xiang, who of you would like to work hard for me, go to Pengcheng and tell Xiang Xian and Xiang Dian what happened here, and persuade them to surrender to me?" ?”

Of course, Xiang Han, Xiang Guan and Xiang Xiang all immediately expressed their willingness to go. After Xiang Kang made some calculations, he still handed over the task to Xiang Guan, and asked Xiang Guan to choose this great achievement that was almost destined to be obtained, so that he could discuss his achievements in the future. During the reward, he made up for Xiang Guan, who was deliberately transferred back to Pengcheng by himself.Xiang Guan happily clasped his fists and sang promises, and then asked, "Brother, what about Uncle Ji and Xiang You? If you don't give them a little promise, I'm afraid they won't agree to surrender so easily?"

The disgusting feeling like eating a fly reappeared on Xiang Kang, but there was no way to do it. After hesitating for a while, Xiang Kang still said: "Brother Anxiety, tell Uncle Ji that I promised to grant him the title of Marquis of Yong and Shiyi. Cash it in, and brother Xiang You, he will continue to be my brother, and I will definitely give him what he deserves."

Xiang Guan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately understood that it was not difficult to go south this time to persuade them to surrender, so he hurriedly requested to go south to Pengcheng immediately to persuade Xiang Bo, Xiang Xian, Xiang Dian and others to surrender. It is necessary, and the second is that my army is still chasing the defeated soldiers who refuse to surrender. There must be constant fighting on the way, which is too dangerous. Brother, you should rest for a day, go meet with Xiang Ta, and set off tomorrow to Pengcheng to persuade you to surrender. "

When Xiang Guan agreed, Xiang Kang added viciously in his heart, and secretly said: "Let's wait a little longer to see if a miracle can happen. I hope that the cavalry led by Guan Ying can catch up to that old man Xiang Bo. The death order issued by that old man and his son has not been revoked."

On this day, many things happened. In addition to the main force of the Han army launching a super-large-scale pursuit and beating the dogs in the water, the magistrate of Peixian County on the west bank of Surabaya saw that the Western Chu army was gone, so he couldn't wait to send someone to Xiang Kang on the same day. Surrendered, he also sacrificed the city of Peixian County and many defeated soldiers of the Western Chu Army who fled across the river, as well as the small town of Liuxian County more than 20 miles to the south. In the face of the general trend, these weak local officials of the Western Chu Army naturally There is no thought of burying Xiang Yu.

There was another thing that surprised Xiang Kang. In the evening, Qiu Yue, the head of the pavilion of Surabaya, who fled to the west bank of Surabaya, took the initiative to send Fan Kuai, the famous dog nemesis who had deceived Xiang Kang, to the Han army, saying yes When Liu Laosan was fleeing south, he sent someone to send Fan Kui to his residence to recover from his injuries, hoping that the unconscious Fan Kui would go south to join him after he recovered from his injuries.Originally, Xiang Kangnian wanted to treat Fan Kui well because of Fan Kui's great reputation and his help in establishing the great Han Dynasty in history, but it was a pity that Fan Kui's injury was too serious, and he was sent to the Han army by his fellow countrymen before he died. Angry, Xiang Kang had no choice but to have Fan Kui buried in the Sishui Pavilion on the spot, so that he could return to his roots.

On this day, the soldiers of the Han army still failed to find Xiang Zhuang who was chasing Liu Laosan on horseback. Xiang Kang was very worried about this, but he had no choice.What made Xiang Kang even more helpless was that the next morning, after the exhausted cavalry of the Han army returned to the camp to rest, they reported that although they had caught up with the Western Chu army that was protecting Master Xiang Boxiang and his son from fleeing, He failed to kill Master Xiang and his son, so they fled into the swamp forest area east of the road in chaos.

Regarding this, Xiang Kang hypocritically said a few words of luck, and finally withdrew the order to kill Uncle Xiang and his son against his will. Into the lake and drowned, in short, this king absolutely does not want to see this old man again, let alone honor the reward promise he gave him."

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Perhaps it was God who destined Xiang Kang to be disgusted. At this moment in the swamp and dense forest in the southeast of Liuxian County, not only was Xiang Bo not killed by a poisonous snake, he was eaten by wild wolves and tigers, and he did not fall into the swamp and drown in the lake. With the support of his precious son Xiang You and a centurion of the Western Chu Army, he was limping along in the dimly lit dense forest.

"Ouch, I'm exhausted, You'er, rest, take a rest before leaving."

"Father, we haven't walked very far. Why do you want to rest again? Let's hold on for a while. Walk a little longer. We will be safe only when we reach Pengcheng."

"The old man said to take a break, so rest! You are still as young as you when you are an old man, and you can continue to walk long distances with sprained feet? Rest for a while, and then go!"

The pampered and sensual life of the past few years has already completely softened Master Xiang Boxiang's bones that had been hard for a while, making him unable to return to the time when he could quickly escape after killing someone. It is true that I am getting older, and I accidentally sprained my foot while running for my life. Master Xiang Bo Xiang only felt that every step forward was extremely difficult, and every step was an indescribable pain all over his body, so he did this for a little rest. I got angry at my precious son for such a trivial matter.And when Xiang You and the hundred commander of the Western Chu Army put him down according to the order, Master Xiang immediately fell to the ground and moaned loudly, "I'm exhausted!"

Perhaps it was because of his good conscience. After gasping for breath for a while, Master Xiang suddenly asked weakly: "Your, do you think Yuer can break out of the siege of the traitors by himself and escape back to Pengcheng?"

"It's definitely not a problem." Xiang You replied confidently: "Brother is so good at fighting, father, you don't know, even if the Han thieves completely surround him and kill a bloody way to break through, it's definitely not good for brother." What a problem."

"It's a pity that even if he escapes to Pengcheng, there will be no army to fight against the traitors in the future." Master Xiang's voice was suddenly filled with despair, and he said even more weakly: "And without the army, even if we want to defend Pengcheng There is no hope."

"Father, don't worry." Xiang You comforted: "It doesn't matter if we can't keep Pengcheng, we still have Huainan and Jiangdong, so we can continue to retreat south."

"Huainan? Jiangdong?" Master Xiang said with a wry smile, "Let's not talk about whether you can escape to those places. Even if you can escape to Huainan and Jiangdong, living in such a ghostly place where the birds don't shit, wouldn't life be worse than death?"

After finishing speaking, Master Xiang sighed again, and said with a bitter smile: "And the family property that I have accumulated so hard over the years, I will definitely not be able to keep it. It's all in vain, all in vain!"

Sighing here, thinking that the rich family property he has accumulated so hard is destined to go to waste, Master Xiang still couldn't help crying, crying, Xiang You had no choice but to comfort him: "Father, it is important to save your life. The traitor Kang offended him so badly, and if he falls into his hands, he will definitely end up dead without a place to die, so we have no choice but to flee back to Pengcheng first, and then flee to Huainan and Jiangdong."

Xiang You's words had the opposite effect. After thinking for a while, Master Xiang suddenly said: "Your, if we go back and surrender to the traitors now, do you think the traitor Xiang Kang will spare us? Don't pursue the past. ?”

The light in the dense forest was dim, and Master Xiang didn't notice it. When he said this, the expression of the hundred commander of the Western Chu Army who was resting near him suddenly changed. After discovering this detail, he just said hesitantly, "This..., I'm afraid it's difficult. Father, you offended him so hard before. He must have hated you to the bone long ago. I'm afraid he won't accept our surrender."

"What if he hates me any more?" Master Xiang suddenly raised his voice, and shouted: "If he hates me any more, he hates me to the core. I am also his Uncle Ji, the elder who raised him! If he kills me I am just unfilial and ungrateful! My elder brother and his second uncle can't spare him under the nine springs, but the spirits of our ancestors and ancestors in the sky will spare him even more! He will be even more ashamed of his third aunt in the future!"

Xiang You thought about it carefully and found out that even if Xiang Kang hated himself and his father no matter how much he hated him, he would never be able to kill himself without giving any face. As long as he and his father saved their lives, they would definitely be able to keep their wealth and beautiful wife Concubine, in the future, Xiang Kang will be awarded an official title, even if I and my father can't eat meat, they can still drink some soup with just one item!

When Xiang You wavered, Master Xiang also made up his mind, slammed the ground heavily, and said: "That's it, go west, find the traitor army on the road to surrender! I don't believe it, that traitor will really do it!" Kill me with one knife! Also, your uncle Zhang Liang is by his side now, and he will definitely help us to intercede, our safety will not have any problems!"

After making up his mind on this idea, Master Xiang did not know where a burst of strength came from. Regardless of the pain in his feet, he struggled to stand up by himself. Uncle, while vigilantly paying attention to the centurion of the Western Chu Army who was still sitting on the ground, he leaned into Uncle Xiang's ear and whispered, "Father, if you must surrender to the traitors, my son will not stop you!" , but before we surrender, we must kill the bastard next to us."

"Why?" Xiang Bo asked strangely.

"I'll explain later, baby." Xiang You said in a low voice, "Anyway, baby will suddenly attack later, so don't stop me. I'll tell you the situation after I get it."

My precious son just wanted to kill an unknown pawn who loyally accompanied him to escape here. Of course, Uncle Xiang would not stop him, and immediately nodded his head. , help me with my father."

"promise."

The Hundred Commander of the West Chu Army sang a promise, got up and walked over, but when he walked in front of Xiang You, the Hundred Commander of the West Chu Army suddenly swung his left hand and threw a handful of sand on Xiang You's face. Xiang You was caught off guard by the mud and sand, and his vision was blurred. The centurion of the Western Chu Army quickly raised the spear tightly held in his right hand, and stabbed Xiang You hard in the chest. Suddenly there was a scream.

When the incident happened suddenly, Master Xiang Bo was of course taken aback, but the centurion of the Western Chu Army was merciless, and stabbed Xiang You twice in the chest, directly knocking Xiang You, who was bleeding from his chest, to the ground. Then he turned his spear and stabbed heavily at Master Xiang, who was still sitting on the ground. Master Xiang was in a hurry, but turned his body slightly, and was stabbed in the right shoulder by the spear...

"Ah! Pifu, what are you doing?!"

It was still at this time that Master Xiang screamed and said the above words, and the hundred commander of the Western Chu Army sneered and said: "What are you doing? You two dogs are going to kill me to silence me. If I don't act first, won't I die in the In your hands?"

"Why did we kill you to silence you?" Master Xiang, who really didn't know the inside story, asked in surprise.

"Go and ask your precious son on the way." The centurion of the Western Chu Army sneered ferociously, and said, "Surrender to the traitors, you dogs can save your dog's life by virtue of your surname, but Nai Weng is sure to die. Even if Xiang Kang's traitor spared me, your shameless son will definitely kill me. Just now you two whispered quietly, you were discussing killing me, right?"

"No! I don't!"

Master Xiang quickly denied it, and quickly drew out his sword to resist. Unfortunately, Master Xiang had injuries to his feet and hands, and he was sitting on the ground fighting. Centurion of the Chu Army?The spear stabbed randomly, and the poor master Xiang was hit by spears one after another, and soon he could only change his roar into pleading, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I'll give you all my money! General, please spare me!" , forgive me, it is my son who wants to kill you, not me..., ah!"

After heavily stabbing the spear into Master Xiang's heart, the centurion of the Western Chu Army still refused to let go, and then stabbed the corpses of Master Xiang and his son with the spear until the corpses of Master Xiang and his son were smashed to pieces. The centurion of the Western Chu Army stopped panting heavily, and after recalling the past for a while, the centurion of the West Chu Army shed tears and said to himself...

"Fan'er, Ah Weng is incompetent. In this life, there is no hope of killing the traitor Xiang Kang to avenge you, but Ah Weng personally killed two people surnamed Xiang and sent them to be your companions. You should be able to rest in peace." Fan'er, Ah Weng really misses you!"

After weeping bitterly for a while, Shan Youwei, who had joined Xiang You's command as early as when the Young Marshal's Army and Qin Jiayi's armies were at the same time, wiped away the tears on his face, and quickly searched for the money and jewels of Master Xiang and his son. The bloody spear quickly disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.Master Xiang Bo Xiang and Xiang You, who left their corpses in pieces, lay in the overgrown forest, staring helplessly at the dense branches and leaves above them, and they didn't close their eyes until the corpses became cold...

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