The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 515 The Rise of the Xiang Family and the Destruction of the Sun Family

Yuhang County, Fuyang, Xiangfu

"Grandfather (meaning grandpa in ancient times), grandson is back."

It's just that when Sun Ce and Xiang Yan were chatting happily in the hall, a young man suddenly appeared outside his mansion.

The young man's roar was as thick as jujubes, and it had already alarmed the members of the Xiang family.

Immediately, Xiang Yan and Sun Ce walked out of the hall together to receive the young man's return!
Looking closely, this young man is tall and has a resolute complexion, but his eyebrows and eyes are different from ordinary people.

That is. . .That turned out to be the pupil!
As expected, this person is Xiang Ji, the overlord of Chu, who is now Xiang Yu.

Immediately after this time, Xiang Yu stepped forward first, and before Xiang Yan could speak, he clasped his fists and said, "Grandfather, grandson has fulfilled his mission and returned successfully!"

In the next second, Xiang Yu threw the ball wrapped in the cloth directly on the ground, and the looming flash was a human head.

When Sun Ce saw this, he was extremely shocked. It was the head of Hong Xiuquan, the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom.

"This... this, this, Hong Xiuquan was actually killed by you?"

For a moment, Sun Ce was so startled that he couldn't speak, and pointed at Xiang Yu, in a daze.

He just heard Lu Xun once said that Xiang Yu's martial arts was comparable to Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao, but he never expected that Hong Xiuquan was such a noble figure.

But let Xiang Yu be beheaded easily?
Yes, it was easy, because at this time, Xiang Yu's body was not injured except for the blood stains.

Hearing this, Xiang Yan's face was filled with joy, and she asked with concern, "Will your grandson be injured?"

His eyes were full of confidence, and he was not at all surprised by beheading Hong Xiuquan.

This situation seemed to be expected by Xiang Yu's beheading.

Immediately, Xiang Yu cupped his hands and said, "Grandfather, grandson is fine, but the dozens of brothers who accompanied grandson have disappeared forever."

Immediately afterwards, Xiang Yu informed Xiang Yan of the situation word by word, and that haughty tone shocked Sun Ce again.

After Xiang Yu finished his statement, Xiang Yan murmured: "Since my grandson said so, the Taiping Army must fall apart after Hong Xiuquan's death!"

In fact, Xiang Yu was not the one who single-handedly captured and killed Hong Xiuquan in one fell swoop.

In response to this operation, Xiang Yan also specially handed over to Xiang Yu an elite assassin organization that his family had trained for many years.

Otherwise, relying on his own strength, no matter how brave Xiang Yu is in the world, he will definitely not be able to kill Hong Xiuquan, who is distinguished and protected by everyone.

Even so, Xiang Yu had planned carefully in advance to attract attention with many assassins when Hong Xiuquan was out of the city for inspection.

In the end, he seized the last opportunity to capture and kill Hong Xiuquan in one fell swoop!
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At this time, Xiang Yan changed his face, introduced Wu Hou Sun Ce to Xiang Yu, and explained his purpose.

It can be seen that Xiang Yan has a relatively good impression of Sun Ce.

However, when Xiang Yu heard the words, he squinted angrily, and didn't want to see Sun Ce at all, and said coldly, "Marquis Wu?"

"If my guess is correct, the Wu army is currently undergoing a massive attack, right?"

"I don't know why Marquis Wu came to take care of my Xiang family at such a critical moment, could it be to recruit my Xiang family?"

In fact, Xiang Yu's mind was not stupid, and he guessed Sun Ce's intention almost in the moment of thinking.

However, it is precisely because Xiang Yu has no plans to become an official, so his attitude towards Sun Ce has always been hot and cold!

For him, whether it is Sun Ce or Zhu Yuanzhang, they are Xiang Yu's enemies and a stumbling block to his unification of Jiangdong.

Seeing this, Xiang Yan changed her face and persuaded: "Son, Marquis Wu came to visit my Xiang family, and he is a distinguished guest of my Xiang family. How can you be so negligent?"

"Aren't you going to apologize to Marquis Wu soon?"

It's just that Xiang Yu's temperament is so arrogant, but how could he apologize to Sun Ce and turn his head away almost instantly.

Seeing that Xiang Yu didn't give in to his wishes at all, Xiang Yan felt embarrassed for a moment, and couldn't help but apologize to Sun Ce in person.

"Wu Hou, the old man's grandson is arrogant. If his words offend him, I hope Wu Hou will forgive him."

Hearing this, Sun Ce immediately said: "Mister, you are serious. Please think carefully about what this Marquis discussed with you."

"If there is nothing else, I will take my leave and leave!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Ce said goodbye to the members of the Xiang family without resting, and went out of the house.

No matter how Xiang Yan tries to persuade Sun Ce to stay, Sun Ce has already known the Xiang family's attitude following Xiang Yu's attitude.

The Xiang family would not choose to be loyal to him no matter what. As for the reason, it was because of his weak power in the Sun family.

Therefore, when the big family was choosing a master, how could they choose his Sun family.

After all, the Xiang family won't get much benefit from investing in the Sun family!

Moreover, since the Xiang family prevented the plot to assassinate the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan, Sun Ce seemed to understand one thing, that is, the Xiang family was not a person who lived under others for a long time.

It's okay for Xiang Yan to say that he doesn't have much ambition, but Xiang Yu is different.

On the way back, Sun Ce galloped his horse, thinking secretly.

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Xiangfu
After Sun Ce left, Xiang Yan closed the door of the mansion tightly and summoned the whole family to the main hall.

"Grandson, how can you be so reckless, then Sun Ce is also a prince after all, and it is not reasonable for you to treat him like this!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu put away his previous arrogance and said: "Grandfather, uncle, father, this is actually what Yu did on purpose."

"From the very beginning, Yu knew about Sun Ce's intentions. Yu didn't want my Xiang family to have anything to do with his Sun family, so he would run on Sun Ce like this."

"Now that Hong Xiuquan is dead, and the Taiping Army is falling apart, the time has come for my Xiang family to raise an army, and the day to dominate Jiangdong is coming!"

If Gao Qiruo were here at this time, he would definitely sigh in his heart, is this really the arrogant Chu overlord in history who didn't take anyone seriously, and advocated force?

Based on these words alone, it can be positive that Xiang Yu is not just a strategic idiot.

"Ugh!"

"Since Hong Xiuquan died, Uncle Xiang, go and invite Mr. Fan here!"

"Mr. Fan is resourceful and resourceful. The assassination of Hong Xiuquan this time was also planned by him. My Xiang family's success cannot be done without his staff."

Immediately, Xiang Yan sighed and gave instructions to his son Xiang Bo.

The "Mr. Fan" in Xiang Yan's mouth is Fan Zeng, the only adviser of the Xiang Group in history.

This time, after his birth, he also had a close relationship with Xiang Yan. This time, the Xiang family raised troops and assassinated Hong Xiuquan's plan was also written by him.

In fact, Xiang Yan didn't have much ambition, all he wanted was to seek refuge with one of the princes in order to preserve the family's glory.

However, Xiang Yan found that both his son Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu had hidden ambitions in their hearts.

He was not interested in joining the princes at all. Therefore, after discussing with Fan Zeng, Xiang Yan decided to use the Xiang clan to form an army and annex the Taiping Army.

Therefore, the assassination of Hong Xiuquan was a key part of the Xiang family's rebellion!
After a long time, Fan Zeng, who was over half a century old, also slowly entered the main hall under the guidance of Xiang Bo.

Immediately afterwards, members of the Xiang family hid in a group and began to discuss the matter of raising troops.

For a while, the situation in Jiangdong suddenly fell into a turbulent situation!
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Yongcheon-gun

At this time, Yi Wang Shi Dakai led the main force of the Taiping Army to get rid of the war in the South China Sea and retreated to Longchuan County.

Just as Shi Dakai was thinking about the next step, his Jiangdong urgent report came.

"Speak to King Yi, Yuhang, Huiji, and Yongjia are in critical condition, and they are now in a state of disintegration."

Hearing this, Shi Dakai couldn't help being extremely surprised, and asked in confusion: "Why is this happening? There is a heavenly king in Jiangdong who is in control of the overall situation. How could this be?"

Indeed, according to what Shi Dakai thought, no matter who would blow up the nest, he would not believe that Hong Xiuquan would collapse.

Because, the reason why the Taiping Army can develop and grow, among which its solid thinking is the key.

It can be said that Hong Xiuquan is the foundation of the Taiping Army, as long as Hong Xiuquan is there, the army will never be chaotic!
After all, the enacted Heavenly Acres System is no joke.

Immediately, the messenger was short of breath, with a sad look on his face, and reported to Shi Dakai the news of Hong Xiuquan's death and the Yuhang Xiang family's rebellion.

"what?"

"Xiang Yu, you are too deceptive!"

For a while, Shi Dakai was furious following the orderer's report.

After being angry, he couldn't help calming down and thinking about it, Shi Dakai led his army and galloped into Yongjia territory to control the overall situation.

If you want to say who is the most important person in the Taiping Army, it is undoubtedly the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan.

But the next thing I want to talk about is Feng Yunshan, Shi Dakai and others.

Although the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing's status was greater than both of them, but that was only on the surface, secretly Feng Yunshan was number two.

It must be known that before Feng Yunshan was defeated by the Qi army and died, he was the actual controller who was stationed in Lingnan and defended the Taiping Army's western front.

If it wasn't for Feng Yunshan's death, how could Yang Xiuqing have the chance to take over?

Shi Dakai was loved by the soldiers because of his style.

It can be said that the prestige of Feng Yunshan in power and Shi Dakai in charge of the army is only lower than that of Hong Xiuquan.

Therefore, Shi Dakai's consideration now is to lead the army into Jiangdong and use his own strength to suppress the unfavorable situation brought about by Hong Xiuquan's death.

As for foreign aid, Chen Yucheng was sent as an envoy to Poyang to meet with Chen Youliang and ask him to assist his army and fight against the Xiang family.

In fact, Shi Dakai had long guessed that Chen Youliang was rebellious, but he suffered from the lack of conclusive evidence.

On the other hand, it was also because the Taiping Army was indeed unstable internally and did not want to make troubles out of the way, so it kept turning a blind eye.

Now that Hong Xiu is dead, with Shi Dakai's thinking and Chen Youliang's ambition, will he take this opportunity to stand on his own?

This sentence is afraid that Shi Dakai will be killed, he will not believe it.

Therefore, Shi Dakai's plan at this time was not to order Chen Youliang, but to negotiate with him in a deliberative manner.

With Shi Dakai's prestige, as long as he takes control of Jiangdong, he will be able to integrate the chaotic Taiping army and resist Xiang's attack.

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Wu County, the Great Wall area

At this time, because the Qi army and Chen Bing were staring at the border, Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered Deng Yu to send an army back to defend for safety.

Therefore, this also led to the delay in taking the Great Wall defense line, and being unable to go further, capture Wu County, and destroy the Sun family.

However, in Liyang City, his eldest son Zhu Biao and his adviser Li Shanchang are discussing secretly.

"Sir, due to the Qi army's Chen Bing on the border, they are conducting military exercises wantonly, and they are watching like a tiger."

"For the sake of safety, my father ordered General Deng to lead an army back the day before yesterday, but this move greatly weakened the strength of our own army."

"Now it has been unable to attack for a long time, but Wu Jun's defense line is as stable as Mount Tai!"

"Therefore, the purpose of summoning Mr. Biao is to ask you for advice on how to quickly destroy Wu's army?"

Because Sun's occupation of Wujun seriously threatened the survival of the Huaixi Army, this was also Zhu Yuanzhang's single-minded purpose to eradicate Sun's in one fell swoop.

Hearing this, Li Shanchang didn't answer immediately, but stroked his beard, saying: "My lord, I have a plan, but I need you to lead the army in person."

"I don't know if the young master is capable of living in the army?"

Seeing this, Zhu Biao looked unhappy, and said slowly: "Sir, what are you talking about? My father started his career as a general. As his son, how could he be incapable of serving in the army?"

"Sir, just talk about the countermeasures. No matter how difficult it is, I will share it with my father, so as to eliminate the losses as soon as possible and seize Wu County."

For a while, following Zhu Biao's rhetoric, Li Shanchang couldn't help but nodded secretly, expressing his appreciation for his performance.

In fact, Li Shanchang was very sure of Zhu Biao's talent, and he made this plan just to let Zhu Biao establish his own military prestige in the army as soon as possible.

This can reduce unnecessary troubles in the future!

Moreover, if Zhu Biao really assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to level up the Sun family this time, then Zhu Yuanzhang must look at him with admiration!

In this way, Zhu Biao's position as the eldest son is as stable as Mount Tai.

After thinking for a while, Li Shanchang stroked his beard lightly, without any haste, and said, "My lord, have you considered attacking Wu County across the sea?"

"Across the sea?"

For a while, Zhu Biao obviously didn't understand what Li Shanchang meant, so he couldn't help but look puzzled.

"My lord, Wu Commandery is located on the eastern edge of Jiangdong, with its back against the sea and across the river from Jiangdu County."

"Chang Yuchun once trained a navy. If so, why didn't our army use it?"

At this time, Li Shanchang had already spoken to this point, and Zhu Biao had already understood his meaning.

Zhu Biao couldn't help explaining Li Shanchang's plan slowly, "Sir, what you mean is to let me lead the navy to cross the sea to Hudouzhou and go straight to the eastern port of Wu County."

"Destroy the Sun family in one fell swoop without anyone noticing from behind?"

"Young master is smart, this minister really thinks so."

Immediately, Li Shanchang also affirmed Zhu Biao's idea.

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Now that a consensus has been reached, Zhu Biao is also a vigorous and resolute person. After entrusting all the government affairs of Li Yang to Li Shanchang, he went to Jiangdu Port in person to summon the navy.

Then he quietly went south by sea boat and attacked the Sun family across the sea!
Obviously, if there is no accident this time, the Sun family's demise may be inevitable!

(End of this chapter)