According to the agreement, in the afternoon, under the strict supervision of the Han army soldiers, the Western Chu army first disarmed himself in the palace, and then marched out of the palace gate to assemble, and then Xiang It also led the Western Chu officials to lay down their arms, and went out of the palace in a carriage with the second uncle and the Yu family sisters, and then slowly went out of the city from the south gate under the supervision of the Han army soldiers. - Of course, Wang Yong, the court of Western Chu who was named and left behind by the Han army, was also handed over to the Han army by the Western Chu army at the first time.

What relieved Xiang He and many Western Chu officials was that after they left the palace, the Han army not only did not force them to hand over Xiang Kang's wife and children immediately, but also took the initiative to send Xiang Sheng, the previously captured Western Chu general, and Xiang Kang's third uncle and mother, so that Xiang Sheng, the third uncle and Xiang It and others left the city together, proving with practical actions that the Han army team was true to its words and promises, which also made many Western Chu officials and soldiers very grateful and had a good impression of the Han army.

Prior to this, the soldiers of the Han army had also sent people to inform the families of the Western Chu officials who were about to leave Pengcheng from house to house, and let their families go out of the city on their own, go outside the south gate of Pengcheng to meet them, and leave Pengcheng with them. However, to the surprise of the Han soldiers, the Han army released people with grace, and there were many family members of Western Chu officials who were not very reluctant to leave Pengcheng, and inquired about their family property and land after leaving Pengcheng, and some even timidly expressed their willingness to surrender to the Han army in exchange for them to continue to stay in Pengcheng to protect their family property and land.

In this regard, after discussing with Feng Zhong and other Han army generals, Peng Yue and Feng Zhong gave a reply that they would let the families of these Western Chu officials go out of the city to meet with the Western Chu officials first, and then let them decide to stay for themselves, and promised that those who were willing to stay could keep their land and mansions, so that most of the families of Western Chu officials were coaxed out of the city.

In the eyes of everyone, when Shen Shi was about to be at the beginning, the West Chu Lang Central Guard and the West Chu officials finally walked out of the south gate, and temporarily assembled outside the city under the supervision of the Han army soldiers, and it was also at this time that Feng Zhong personally came forward and led a team of soldiers to welcome Xiang Kang's wife and children back to the team, Xiang It and others were powerless to fight back, and the other was grateful to the Han army team for their words and letters, and they did not dare to have any tricks, and honestly led Feng Zhong to the car with the Yu family sisters and Xiang Kang's son, so that Feng Zhong and Xiang Kang's wife and children met.

This is also the first time that the Yu sisters have met Feng Zhong after being under house arrest for more than a year, seeing the familiar Feng Zhong saluting themselves in front of the car, the Yu sisters inevitably cried bitterly, Feng Zhong was also in tears, and couldn't wait to reach out to hug the nephew they met for the first time, crying and saying: "Good boy, come and let Uncle Hug him, what's his name?" Uncle is sorry for you, you are so old, and Uncle has never hugged you. ”

Xiang Kang's son was afraid of life, so he hid in his mother's arms and didn't dare to let Feng Zhong hug him, but he just peeked at Feng Zhong timidly, Yu Miaoge was inevitably even more sad when he saw it, and hurriedly said to his son: "Zhi'er, give your uncle a hug, he is your Uncle Feng, your fastest friend, give him a hug." ”

After taking the child that Yu Miaoge handed over, and holding his friend's son in his arms, Feng Zhong cried directly, kissing his nephew's face non-stop, and the Yu sisters were also crying so much that they even suspected that they were in a dream, and the Han soldiers next to him also cried, and even Xiang It couldn't help but have a sour nose, and felt more and more guilty in his heart.

After crying for a while, Feng Zhongcai wiped his tears and said to the Yu family sisters: "Princess, sister of the Yu family, get out of the car quickly, I will take you back to the army of the Han King, and you will not have to suffer any grievances in the future." ”

Crying and getting out of the carriage, the Yu sisters suddenly remembered something again, rushed to the carriage behind, and knelt down on their knees together to the second and third uncles who were sitting in the carriage, and burst into tears, but they were so sad that they couldn't even say a word. Of course, the two uncles sitting in the car were already crying bitterly, and after a long time, the second uncle waved to the Yu sisters and said, "Go back, don't worry about our two old bones, it will take care of us." ”

"Second uncle, you can go with us." Yu Miaoge pleaded: "Husband, he is also your nephew, if you go back with us, he will definitely not treat you badly." ”

The second uncle and aunt cried more and more sadly, but shook her head resolutely and said: "No need, my uncle can't go with you, first, your uncle and your eldest father's graves are in Chudi, and no one can take care of them, and second, if I go with you, someone will say it behind my back, saying that my old woman is a grass on the wall, falling with the wind, seeing that the nephew is powerful, just go with the nephew, your uncle can't afford this infamy." ”

"Old lady, come with us." Feng Zhong hurriedly said: "Our King Han is your nephew, or the person you raised with your own hands, we, the courtiers of the King of Han, take you away, who dares to gossip?" ”

Xiang Liang's wife's fierceness believes that there is no need to repeat it, even if she misses her nephew Xiang Kang who she raised with her own hands, but in order not to fall into the laughing stock and embarrass the Xiang family, the second uncle and mother still firmly shook their heads and refused, no matter how the Yu family sisters and Feng Zhong pleaded, they were unwilling to leave the Western Chu army to join the Han army, Feng Zhong and the Yu family sisters of course did not dare to force her, so they could only shed tears under the urging of the second uncle and mother, and when they left, Feng Zhong also obediently bowed to the two uncles and said goodbye.

Then, when Feng Zhong led the Yu family sisters and Xiang Kang's son back to the Han army, of course, the Han soldiers were thunderous, and countless Han soldiers shouted the slogan of long live the Han King, Xiang It and Xiang Sheng and others had gloomy faces, and they didn't want to see such a scene anymore, so they quickly opened their mouths and ordered the disarmed Western Chu army to march westward, preparing to retreat to Zhuyi, which is still controlled by the Western Chu army, and then try to meet the main force of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu.

"Wait!"

Unexpected suddenly, Peng Yue, who presided over the overall situation, just opened his mouth to block it, and immediately a Han army team stopped in front of the Western Chu army, Xiang It, Xiang Sheng and the Western Chu army were all taken aback, and said that the Han army was about to turn his face and lie on the account when he rescued Xiang Kang's wife, and regretted breaking his promise, Xiang He hurriedly shouted at the Han army flag array: "What are you doing?" Do you want to keep your word? ”

"Who says we don't keep our word?"

Peng Yue sneered and asked loudly, and then bowed to the Hu Yu next to him, and immediately led a team of Han soldiers and soldiers to stride forward, walked to the crowd of officials of the Western Chu Army wearing official uniforms, and said loudly: "If you want to go, you can leave your seals first!" ”

Emphasize the importance of the seal ribbon in this era, in this era, the seal of every official and even each king is undoubtedly their own lifeline, without the seal ribbon, there is no way to command the commander, command the army, and the official documents issued are also like waste paper, in history, Liu Laosan has twice stole Han Xin's seal ribbon in Xiuwu and Dingtao, and immediately took away Han Xin's military power, Chen Yu and Zhang Er, who were once like siblings, turned against each other, and it was also because Zhang Er took Chen Yu's seal ribbon and took away Chen Yu's military power. Therefore, the Han army suddenly asked the hundred officials of Western Chu to hand over the seals, and of course the officials of Western Chu were in an uproar, and they were all caught off guard.

"General, General." Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Qing, an old minister of Western Chu who had come forward to negotiate with the Han army before, hurriedly stood up and said to Hu Yu: "General, when the old man negotiated with you last night, he didn't say that he would hand over the seals of our Western Chu officials to you?" ”

"You really didn't say that." Hu replied confidently: "But you didn't say that you want us to promise to allow you to leave with the seal?" Now we are asking you to hand over the seals, are we breaking our promise? Fail to keep the faith? ”

Lu Qing was completely dumbfounded, and only then did he remember that when he came forward to negotiate with the Han army last night, he really did not talk about the issue of the disposal of the seals of Western Chu officials, and Xiang It, Chen Ying and others were also dumbfounded, and they also remembered that when the Zijun proposed negotiations, they did forget the important issue of how to deal with the seals of Western Chu officials. And then, Chen Ying, Lu Qing, Lu Chen and others immediately remembered another important problem - the Han army led by Xiang Kang really attaches great importance to credit, but while attaching importance to credit, even if there is a little hole to drill, Xiang Kang and the Han army will definitely be able to drill a big hole!

"Don't have anything to say?" Hu Yu continued to ask rhetorically, and said: "If you have nothing to say, you will hand over your seals immediately, and then leave, we will never break our word." ”

"General, slow." Lu Qing hurriedly made a request and said, "Please let the old man meet General Peng and General Feng again, and talk to them again in person." ”

"Okay." Hu Yu was quite easy to speak, and agreed to Lu Qing's request in one bite, and said, "But be faster, it's not too early." Also, I don't think you need to run in vain, old sir, our General Peng and General Feng are not fools, and they will never let you leave with the seal, so that you can continue to command with the seal, and bring the army to fight us. ”

Of course, Lu Qing refused to give up easily, and discussed a few words in a low voice to Xiang It, Chen Ying and others, and then immediately ran to the banner array of the Han army, nodded to Peng Yue and Feng Zhong, and begged their subordinates to show mercy, maybe the Western Chu officials left Pengcheng with their respective seals. But it's a pity that after a while, Lu Qing still returned to Xiang It, Chen Ying and the others in frustration, shook his head helplessly, and said: "Lang Zhong ordered forgiveness, and Lord Yin forgave him, the old man has done his best, but no matter what conditions the old man proposes, General Peng and they just won't let go, and we must leave the seal." ”

Xiang He and the others were greatly disappointed, but Hu Yu refused to waste any more time, and immediately shouted to the Han soldiers next to him: "Do it, please ask these courtiers of Western Chu to hand over their seals." ”

The Han soldiers sang the promise, immediately rushed up, and forced the Western Chu courtiers to hand over the seal ribbon immediately in a group of two, but because of the fate of the enemy, there were many Western Chu officials who took the initiative to untie the waist seal ribbon and honestly handed it over to the Han soldier, but there were also some people who refused to let go, but unfortunately it was useless to be stubborn, as long as the Han soldier held them down, it was very easy to forcibly tear off the seal on their waist.

Among them, it resisted the most fiercely, holding down his Lang Zhongling seal ribbon, saying that he would not let go of anything, and shouted that if he had to snatch his seal, he would immediately commit suicide to apologize to Xiang Yu, Hu Yu knew that he was Xiang Kang's cousin, and he didn't dare to make a claim, so he could only send someone to Peng Yue and Feng Zhong to ask for orders, and the personal soldiers he sent quickly reported back: "General Hu, General Peng said, for the sake of our cousin, let him go this time and allow him to take away the seal." ”

Hu Yu nodded, and the Han soldier who held Xiang Qi let go, and Xiang It, who had already been struggling to get his hair scattered, glared at Hu Yu angrily, and then shouted: "Go, go to Zhuyi immediately!" ”

"Wait!"

A new sound of cheering came, and then, surrounded by several Han soldiers, a skinny old man came to Xiang He and the others in a sedan chair on his shoulder, and said again: "Wait a minute, the old man still has something to say." ”

"Who are you?" Xiang Qi asked angrily, "What else do you have to say?" ”

"The old man eats it." Li Shiqi, who was only rescued from prison by the Han army yesterday, replied calmly, and said: "General Xiang, don't worry, the old man just said a few words and left, and he didn't mean to break his word. ”

After answering Xiang It with something to say, Li Shiqi raised his head and said to the officials of Western Chu who had already taken away all the seals: "Ladies and gentlemen of the Western Chu Kingdom, the old man wants to ask you now, things have come to this point, do you still want to go back and die in vain?" Why don't you hurry up and abandon the darkness and surrender to our Royal Highness the King of Han? ”

The eyes of all the officials of Western Chu were focused on Li Shiqi, and Li Shiqi said unhurriedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, others don't know, don't you know what kind of temper Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, has?" Now that Pengcheng, the capital of your Western Chu, has been occupied by our Han army, and your official rune seal has also been cut off by us, even if we let you go back, how can Xiang Yu spare you? Even if you don't think about yourself, don't you think about your parents, wives and children? ”

"Old horseman, you!"

Xiang It and Xiang Sheng were furious together, and subconsciously clenched their fists together, Li Shiqi didn't bother to look at them, and the Han soldiers next to him also immediately moved forward and pointed at them with their weapons, so that they didn't dare to make any next move.

"Your confiscation of our seals was forcible by you." The tougher Lu Chen opened his mouth and said with a gloomy face: "Our king knows the situation, how can he deal with us? ”

"Heh, this lord is quite easy to say." Li Shiqi laughed directly and said: "It is true that your seal ribbon was forcibly confiscated by us, but someone will definitely say in front of the king of Western Chu, why can your Lang Zhongling fight to the death for his seal, why can't you follow him?" Obediently hand over the seal ribbon to save your life, isn't this proof that you are greedy for life and afraid of death? This lord, as well as all the ministers of Western Chu, ask yourself, by the side of the king of Western Chu, is there less shameless rats who stand and talk like this without feeling back pain? ”

At this moment, even Lu Chen closed his mouth, and the officials of Western Chu also had different expressions, each of them made their own calculations, and Xiang It suddenly realized, and finally understood why Han Jun kindly agreed to let him leave the seal, and for a while he was so angry that he had the urge to tear off his seal and drop it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, yesterday we wanted to say these words to you, and advise you to know that you have lost your way and turn to the light as soon as possible." Li Shiqi continued: "It's just that you were in the palace yesterday, and we have no way to put our hearts on you, and you are surrounded by Western Chu soldiers, and your lives are in danger at any time, so we pushed the boat down the river and set up this bureau, first invite you out, and then say these heart-wrenching words to you." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old man feels that you don't have any need to hesitate, you know better than anyone else about the current situation, Pengcheng was recovered by our Han King's army, and your seal ribbon was also confiscated by us, the rear of Western Chu is already doomed to be in chaos, you have returned to the King of Western Chu, in order to vent his anger, he will inevitably use you as a punching bag and sprinkle fire on your head, how will he treat you at that time? He can even kill Emperor Chu Yi, the co-lord of the world, without blinking an eye, let alone you? ”

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the king of Western Chu shows mercy and spares you from dying, those flattering villains around him are also merciful and do not slander and frame you, what hope does the Western Chu Kingdom have? The rear of Western Chu is in chaos, there is no way to provide food and grass supplies for the main force of the front line of Western Chu, the collapse of the Western Chu army is imminent, and Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, is already bound to be defeated. In this case, sooner or later you will have to surrender to our Han king, why don't you take the opportunity to make a decision and surrender to our Han king's army now, and take the dragon as soon as possible? ”

After talking for a while, Li Shiqi said: "Good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the lord and do things, my lords, now the opportunity is given to you, those who are willing to stay, we will definitely not treat you badly, in the future, our Han King will rule the world, and high-ranking officials will definitely be indispensable to you, and you can even consider retaining you in your original position." If you don't want to stay and want to go back to Xiang Yu as a punching bag, you can leave now, we will definitely not stop you. ”

After speaking, Li Shiqi waved his hand, nodded to Hu Yu next to him, Hu Yu understood, and immediately waved his hand to the Han soldiers who blocked the way of the Western Chu Army, and shouted with a big hand to give way, and the Han soldiers immediately dispersed according to the order, making way for them, and Hu Yu also said loudly to the Western Chu Army: "If you are willing to go, you can leave now, if you are willing to stay and surrender, we welcome, whoever dares to pull you away, we will naturally help you out." ”

"Let's go!"

Xiang It roared angrily, took the lead and walked out, Xiang Sheng followed closely in anger, but there were very few officials in Western Chu who followed, including Chen Ying, Lu Qing and Jing Jia and other important ministers of Western Chu all stood motionless, among which Lu Chen wanted to go, but was also pulled by his father Lu Qing, and glared at him viciously, Lu Chen hesitated, but still stopped, honestly lowered his head and stood still.

Still walked out of a distance, Xiang It and Xiang Sheng were stunned to find that only a few Western Chu officials followed them, Xiang Sheng turned around angrily and shouted angrily, asking the Western Chu officials to follow them, but these Western Chu officials all hung their heads and pretended not to hear, and said lazily: "Xiang Sima, others don't want to go, what are you forcing them to do?" We have not promised that if those who are willing to surrender to our Han army, we will force them to go with you. ”

Xiang Sheng almost burst his chest, but seeing that most of the Western Chu officials were still standing in place and keeping their eyes and noses and noses, Xiang Sheng was also helpless, so he could only rush forward angrily, ignoring these shameless betrayal of Western Chu officials.

In the end, more than eighty percent of the Western Chu officials chose to stay and surrender to the Han army, and among the Lang Central Guard led by Xiang It, there were also hundreds of Pengcheng soldiers who were either unable to leave their homeland, or did not want to live a life of exile, and chose to stay and surrender to the Han army, Xiang It and Xiang Sheng were furious about this, but they were helpless, and finally had to take the rest of the army to protect the two uncles and left angrily.

Seeing this scene, Li Shiqi, who actually directed this situation by himself, was of course very happy, Xiang He and Xiang Sheng and others had just taken Lang Zhongwei away, and Li Shiqi immediately bowed his hand to the officials of Western Chu and said: "Thank you for your love, please rest assured, our Han King army will never break its promise, and will never treat you Chu righteous people who abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Li, I will swear allegiance to His Royal Highness the King of Han to the death."

All the officials of Xichu saluted and thanked Li Shiqi, and swore to be loyal to Xiang Kang in the future, and one of them couldn't wait to rush forward, saluted to Li Shiqi and said: "Mr. Li, the criminal minister Jing Jia is willing to swear to the sky, and he will swear to follow His Royal Highness the King of Han in the future. ”

"You are the clan relative of the Chu State, Jingjia Jing Situ?" Li Shiqi was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and he was busy standing up with the support of the Han soldiers, picked up Jing Jia with his own hands, and laughed in a low voice: "Jing Situ, I won't tell you that the person the old man wants to stay most today is none other than you." ”

After that, Li Shiqi also deliberately patted the back of Jing Jia's hand with his skinny old hand, and smiled very happily, Jing Jia vaguely understood what Li Shiqi meant, and couldn't help but jump immediately, and said in surprise: "Won't it?" Do I really have a dream come true one day? ”