Chapter 235: Great Changes (Part II)

In fact, within the Chu army, Feng Zhong was not the only one who opposed the war with the young marshal's army, and most of the children of the Xiang family who were the same generation as Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang also disagreed with fratricide, and preferred to solve the problem through negotiation, but it was still useless, the influence of the children of the Xiang family on Xiang Yu was not too great, and most of them were not very resolute, so they still failed to achieve any effect.

This also has a lot to do with the Xiang family's own reasons, in fact, speaking with conscience, except for Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and Xiang Kang, the traverser, do not compare their personal force, the talent and ability of the Xiang family's children are not very strong, even if it is second only to Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu, Xiang Zhuang, who is second only to Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu, has a major defect in command and operation, and is generally at the level of second-rate military generals, and it is difficult to take on heavy responsibilities, let alone take charge and become Xiang Yu's right-hand man.

Previously, when he was under Xiang Kang's account, because of the blessing of Xiang Kang's despicable tricks, he just acted according to orders, worked hard when he should be desperate, and pretended to be a grandson when he should pretend to be a grandson, this weakness of the children of the Xiang family was not exposed, and because of the experience accumulation, they have gained a lot of growth, even if they still can't afford to carry too heavy a burden, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and Xiang Sui and others alone have no problem in commanding troops to deal with county-level battles, if they can continue to grow under Xiang Kang's account, There may not be no hope of becoming a first-class general in the future.

It was still Xiang Bo who harmed the children of the Xiang family, and listened to the instigation of his younger brother Xiang Bo, after Xiang Liang incorporated the young marshal army, in order to weaken Xiang Kang's influence on the Chu army, and also in order to strengthen the Xiang family's control over the Chu army, he pulled out the seedlings and helped to transfer almost all the children of the Xiang family from Xiang Kang's side and placed them in important positions in the Chu army. did not give Xiang Zhuang a chance to grow gradually, which also led to Xiang Zhuang gradually becoming mediocre after the failure of the Northern Expedition, and becoming an ordinary general who could only passively accept orders.

The other children of the Xiang family were even more miserable, after being forcibly placed in important positions in the various departments of the Chu army, the treatment of the children of the Xiang family was directly improved, and their status was immediately much more prominent, plus the generals of the Chu army looked at Xiang Liang's face, and they all treated the children of the Xiang family with courtesy, and they easily did not dare to hand over any dangerous tasks to the children of the Xiang family, resulting in the children of the Xiang family being stuck in a comfortable environment, and the ability to grow up under Xiang Kang's account was even somewhat degraded.

Later, Xiang Yu was more skilled than Xiang Liang, but he tried to use the children of the Xiang family, and found that it was not easy to use, and the effect was not good, so Xiang Yu simply put his brothers on the shelf, and blindly handed over the idle errands with oil and water to his brothers, what management of grain and grass and military supplies, responsible for the distribution of weapons, money and food, cleaning the battlefield, counting the loot, receiving the granary, and the treasury, the good things were basically given to the children of the Xiang family, but the dirty work was all handed over to others to do, and the children of the Xiang family just drank wine and hugged the beautiful women to enjoy, You don't have to tie your head to the waistband of your pants and work hard, and of course you don't have any hope of growing into a leader in your own right.

These objective reasons also directly led to the gradual loss of the right to speak in front of Xiang Yu by the children of the Xiang family, although for the sake of sibling affection, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and others all persuaded Xiang Yu not to kill each other and solve the problem of Guanzhong through negotiation and dialogue, but Xiang Yu has never listened to their persuasion habits, plus Old Man Fan and Cao Ji and others suggested that Xiang Kang be killed, and it was indeed for Xiang Yu's future considerations, so Xiang Yu didn't pay attention to his brother's persuasion at all, and just promised to spare Xiang Kang not to die, In the future, Xiang Kang will be given the life of a rich man.

Xiang Bo is also in it, in addition to vigorous, Xiang Yu detained Li Shiqi and completely tore his face with Xiang Kang on the afternoon of the day, Xiang Zhuang pleaded for Xiang Kang again, and now Xiang Bo, who has the highest rank in the Xiang family, decisively summoned the children of the Xiang family, and asked the children of the Xiang family in the reputation of the elders not to oppose the war with Xiang Kang again, and must unconditionally support Xiang Yu to crusade against Xiang Kang, in addition to the righteous and awe-inspiring reprimanded Xiang Kang's great rebellion, let the children of the Xiang family know that Xiang Yu is famous, and said this very explicitly:

"Your eldest brother Xiang Yu decided to kill his relatives in righteousness, and it was also for your good! How did your brother Xiang Yu treat you, don't you have a number in your heart? As long as there is something good, didn't your brother think about you first at that time? High-ranking officials, jewels and beauties, money and food rewards, did you Xiang Yu lose your brother once? When he wins the richest Guanzhong in the world, how much benefit can you get, don't you want to think about it in your hearts? ”

"Your brother Xiang Yu treated you like this, how did Xiang Kang, that little evil beast, treat you? When you were fighting in Huaisi, what kind of hard work was not done by you, and what benefits were not returned to people with foreign surnames? Did he tell you to take care of the grain and grass, or did he receive money and grain from the treasury? Now that he has laid down Guanzhong, have you said a word and written a letter asking you to go to Guanzhong to enjoy happiness with him? What benefits did Guan Zhong have not been given by him to those foreign surnames? Eating inside and out to this point, you still want to talk to him? ”

was softened by the comfortable life, and the children of the Xiang family did not dare to refute Uncle Xiang who stood with Xiang Yu, and had to admit that in terms of treatment and distribution of benefits, Xiang Yu was much more 'fair' to the children of the Xiang family, and Xiang You also took the opportunity to stand up and say: "Brothers, listen to Brother Xiang Yu, anyway, the matter has been decided, it is difficult to recover, and Brother Kang promised that he would never kill Brother Xiang Kang, and we don't have to worry about Brother Xiang Kang, so don't talk about it." ”

The children of the Xiang family reluctantly agreed, and Xiang Bo also turned his anger into joy and said: "Then don't talk, assist your brother to take Ao Cang as soon as possible, and then enter the army to defeat Xiang Kang's rebellious little evil animal, don't drag your brother back, he will take Guanzhong, there will only be Baili for you, and there will be no harm!" ”

It also happened that on the afternoon of the next day when Xiang Bo personally came forward to settle the Xiang family's children, the anti-Qin coalition army was just basically ready to storm Aocang, and Chen Yu, who led the Zhao army to besiege Xingyang, also sent someone to send news, saying that the Zhao army was also ready to attack the city, and decided to launch a comprehensive assault the next day, striving to take Xingyang City in a battle. Xiang Yu was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the whole army, and also decided to launch a full-scale attack on Aocang the next day, and asked the main force of the Chu army and all the princes to take Aocang in one fell swoop the next day, so as to completely solve the problem of grain and grass supply in the anti-Qin coalition army.

The moment of the decisive battle soon came, and in the early morning of the next day, the anti-Qin coalition army on the battlefield of Aocang dispatched seventy percent of its forces in one breath, and arrived at the battlefield of Aocang surrounded by mountain beams on three sides, and decided to attack the Qin army camp located in the north mountain pass with the main force of heavy troops, and attack the mountain beams to the west and south of Aocang with partial divisions, and completely annihilate the Qin army Sima Duan (corpse plus two) troops trapped in Aocang. In order to boost morale and boost the morale of the army, Sima Duan also resolutely left Cangcheng on the top of the mountain, and went to the mountain pass position on the front line to command the decisive battle.

Before the official start of the war, both sides made quite sufficient mobilization preparations, in order to boost morale, Xiang Yu once again made a promise, promising that whoever can take the lead in leading the army into the Qin army camp in the mountain pass will be named the marquis, and eat thousands of households. Sima Duan said in a sad tone, and said loudly to the soldiers of the Qin army: "Soldiers, the thief army is finally here!" We have no reinforcements to count on, and whether we can survive depends on whether we can hold Aocang and hold out until the thieves of the Six Nations have exhausted their food and retreated! I hope you will fight bravely, hold Aocang, and keep our hope of survival! ”

"Don't expect to surrender and survive! The Great Qin soldiers who fled from Luoyang a few days ago have already told you how the thief army of the Six Nations bullied and insulted our Qin State soldiers! Surrendered to the Six Nations Bandit Army, we are also dead! Instead of being bullied and killed by the thief army, it is better to fight to the death and kill one enough! Kill a pair and earn one! ”

Sima Quan's desperate roar echoed in the Qin army's camp, and the soldiers of the Qin army also looked sad, clenching their weapons, and they were all determined to die. Because before this, there were already some Qin army soldiers who fled from the battlefields of Luoyang and Henan, and told the Qin army of Aocang how the anti-Qin coalition army treated the Qin army's surrender, and the Qin army of Aocang had long known that even if they laid down their arms and surrendered, they would definitely not end well if they fell into the hands of the anti-Qin coalition army, so the soldiers of the Qin army in Aocang could only decide to fight to the death, and would rather die on the battlefield than surrender and be humiliated.

Completely desperate, the soldiers of the Qin army, who were determined to fight to the death, also sang the famous military song, "How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxing soldiers, repair my spear, and have the same enmity with the son. How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd, and work with the son. How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers, and go ...... with his son. ”

In the loud military song, the anti-Qin coalition army couldn't wait to launch an attack, the Qi army climbed the mountain from the south and directly attacked the Cangcheng located on the top of the mountain, the Yan army attacked the mountain beam from the west, and the Chu army once again urged the Qin army to surrender to the vanguard, head-on the Qin army camp in the north of Aocang mountain pass, and the troops were divided into three ways to attack at the same time, giving full play to the advantage of troops, forcing the Qin army in an absolute disadvantage to divide the troops and fight.

The treatment has improved somewhat, this time Xiang Yu sent a long shield man and a crossbowman to step forward to release arrows to cover the trench filling, the morale of the Qin army's soldiers has obviously improved, and the speed is obviously faster than before, but in front of the dense feather arrows of the Qin army in Aocang, the Qin army's soldiers still continue to fall, sacrificing at the last moment when the battle outside the gate is about to end, and it is also after sacrificing more than a thousand soldiers that it is not easy to fill the outer trenches of the Qin army, and help the Chu army take the Qin army's sheep and horse wall behind the first trench, It opened the way for the Chu army to reach the Qin army camp.

Xiang Bo strongly encouraged Xiang Yu to continue to use the Qin army's soldiers as cannon fodder, first filling in the second trench outside the Qin army camp and then attacking, fortunately, Fan Old Man and Cao Mo still knew how to learn a lesson, and insisted on immediately putting into the army, while attacking the camp and filling the trench, in order to appease the Qin army soldiers who had worked hard to fill the trenches, Xiang Yu also accepted the suggestion of Fan Cao and the others against his will, and ordered the Qin army to quickly raze the sheep and horse wall on the periphery of the Qin army, and immediately sent Huan Chu to lead 4,000 troops to come forward to storm the Qin army camp and cover the Qin army's soldiers to fill the trenches.

The intensity of the battle also immediately rose in a straight line, in the earth-shattering shouts and war drums, the feather arrows of the warring sides came and went in the sky endlessly, on the ground, the anti-Qin coalition soldiers were like ants, carrying a variety of offensive weapons and filling in the trench and striding forward, rushing to the trench outside the Qin army camp to fill the trench to open the way, attacking the second sheep and horse wall outside the Qin army camp, the Qin army soldiers who were determined to die resisted stubbornly, and the Chu army fought in the trench sheep and horse wall defense line until the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark.

Because the Qin army's resistance was too stubborn, it fought fiercely for nearly an hour, and paid a very heavy price, the Chu army barely broke through the Qin army's second trench and sheep and horse wall mixed defense line, and touched the solid camp built by the Qin army, and the Qin army's soldiers also worked hard to fill in many trenches, Xiang Yu, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately rotated the army, withdrew the Huan Chu department, which had suffered heavy casualties, and ordered his favorite general Chai Wu to lead the army forward and continue to attack the Qin army camp.

At the same time, the Yan army also successfully rushed to the west of Aocang's mountain beam, and the Qin army on the mountain beam was inseparable, although the Qi army was blocked by the strong Cangcheng of Aocang, but it also made the Qin army in Cangcheng unable to free up their hands to reinforce other battlefields, so in general, the progress of the anti-Qin coalition army was actually quite smooth, and there was great hope for taking Aocang in one fell swoop.

However, the smooth progress of the anti-Qin coalition army also ended here, in front of the Qin army camp that is comparable to the city wall, the Chu army soldiers were met with the most fierce and stubborn resistance, no matter how the Chu army soldiers attacked, the Qin army soldiers just stuck on the camp wall and did not give an inch, and repelled the fierce attacks of the Chu army again and again, killing the Chu army soldiers all over the field, with heavy casualties, and the fierce battle did not rush to the Qin army camp for more than half of the time, which also made Xiang Yu so angry that he had to withdraw the frustrated Chai Wu army, and rotated Yingbu to lead the army into battle, Continue to storm the Qin army camp.

After many actual combat exercises, the Yingbu Division, which had to rely on the protection of the young marshal army on the Suiyang battlefield, has been trained into an ace army under Xiang Yu, and has repeatedly made meritorious achievements in the decisive battle with Zhang Han's main force, and has won Xiang Yu's trust and reuse. But this time, the British army encountered unprecedented stubborn resistance, no matter how sacrificed their lives, they were also unable to attack the Qin army camp, and each time at most, a few soldiers rushed to the camp, and they were immediately killed by the Qin army soldiers.

Of course, the soldiers of the Qin army also paid a very heavy price for this, in order to prevent the soldiers of Chu from gaining a firm foothold on the wall, many soldiers simply rolled down the camp wall with the soldiers of Chu who rushed up, and died together with the soldiers of Chu in the chaos!

In the face of such a stubborn enemy, even if Yingbu personally led the army to initiate the ant annexation, he failed to break through the Qin army's camp defense line, and was still firmly blocked under the wall by the Qin army soldiers who were determined to die, and they could not rush through the wall alive.

At the same time, the reserves of the Qin army had also climbed the mountain beam west of Aocang, helping the friendly army to kill and repel the Yan army led by Zang Di, and resolving the crisis on the western front.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yu's face was of course very ugly, and he asked the generals of the Chu army in front of him: "Who dares to take over Yingbu and take the camp of the violent Qin army for me?" ”

They all saw the stubborn resistance of the soldiers of the Qin army, and they all knew that the later they attacked, the greater the certainty of succeeding in attacking the camp, including Ji Bu, who was not inferior to Yingbu in bravery, did not say anything, but Feng Zhong, who was notoriously unambitious, pursed his lips, stood up and said: "The last general is willing to go." ”

"Good!" Xiang Yu nodded with satisfaction and said: "General Feng, it's up to you, if you can take the lead in the tyrannical Qin camp like in Henan County, General Ben will immediately make you a marquis, eat thousands of households, and never break your word!" ”

"Don't seal the marquis at the end!" Feng Zhong replied loudly: "If the last general can lead his own army into the tyrannical Qin camp, the last general only wants to ask the former general to promise the last general one thing. ”

"Go ahead!" Xiang Yu waved his hand decisively and shouted: "As long as you can take the lead in entering the Tyrannical Qin camp, General Ben will promise you everything!" ”

I was afraid that Xiang Yu would ask me what he wanted him to promise, but I didn't expect Xiang Yu to agree without half a nonsense, Feng Zhong was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him, and immediately rushed to his army to organize his own headquarters to attack. However, Xiang Bo blinked his shrewd little eyes, thoughtfully, and said secretly: "This puppet, shouldn't he want to intercede for Xiang Kang's little beast?" It doesn't matter if it's true, the old man doesn't believe it, just with your little mud-legged pavilion chief, you can really be the first to enter the camp of the Tyrannical Qin army! ”

Before the start of this battle, Feng Zhong's troops had grown to more than 7,000 people, in order to ensure that he entered the Qin army camp in one fell swoop, Feng Zhong pulled all his capital to the front line, and after arranging the formation outside the range of the bow and crossbow in the Qin army camp, Feng Zhong first arranged two thousand teams to be responsible for bow and arrow cover, and then arranged two thousand teams to serve as the vanguard of the attack camp, and then asked his remaining three thousand generals: "After the front army goes up, I will personally lead a thousand people to go into battle to kill the enemy, which of you dares me to go?" ”

"The last will go!"

The three thousand-man generals all clenched their fists to receive their orders, Feng Zhong nodded with satisfaction, first selected the most reliable thousand-man team, and then commanded loudly to the thousand-man general: "Return to the team immediately, you take the lead, and call all the soldiers under your command to disarm!" Go shirtless with me! ”

After saying it loudly, Feng Zhong ripped off his helmet, took off his armor and shirt in public, and ripped off his own hair bun with his hands, wearing his hair naked and scattered, clenching his weapons and preparing to go into battle to kill the enemy, his generals were all shocked when they saw it, and they all exclaimed: "General, what are you doing here?" ”

"Shut up! This battle is very important to me! Tears were already flashing in the corners of Feng Zhong's eyes, and he yelled at the thousand-person general who had been scared stupid by his own pick: "What? Don't dare to go? Don't dare to go to me to replace! ”

The thousand generals blushed, and did not speak, but arched their hands to Feng Zhong, strode back to their ranks, and took off their armor as they walked, scattered their hair, and rushed back to their own ranks to give orders, and the soldiers under his command also followed suit, and at the same time as they quickly disarmed and shirtless, those soldiers under Feng Zhong's command also sang a war song, "Sadness for the world's exile, mourning for the loneliness of the heart; The king does not lose his sorrow, and he does not abandon his wilderness; In the remote corner, Gou Anxi, everywhere is happy and happy......"

Buying the heart of the army to get Xiang Kang's true inheritance, Feng Zhong seriously underestimated his influence on the soldiers, seeing that he did such a heroic job, his remaining two thousand-man teams even took the initiative to undress and undress, abandon their helmets and scatter their hair, and prepare for the death without return. The two thousand-man teams responsible for serving as the vanguard, as well as the thousand-man team responsible for the cover of bows and crossbows, also wanted to follow suit, but fortunately, the four thousand-man generals stopped them in time and shouted: "Don't take it off!" We are the vanguard, and we are responsible for entangling the tyrannical Qin army, and we are not allowed to take it off! Only by entangled the tyrannical Qin army can the rear army have a chance to break the camp! ”

While shouting and stopping, the four thousand-man generals also shed tears, and the soldiers under their command also burst into tears, clutching their weapons and preparing to launch a decisive charge!

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Qin army in the distant camp were of course dumbfounded, and they all understood what kind of vicious battle the army was going to face. And Xiang Yu jumped up in the Chu Army Banner Formation, and shouted excitedly: "See it!" This is the real warrior of our Chu country, you all learn a little from me! ”

The war drums sounded, the bows and crossbows were intertwined, and the two thousand Feng Zhongjun soldiers were like tigers descending from the mountain, rushing to the Qin army camp battlefield full of corpses without hesitation, shouting and putting one after another flying ladder on the Qin army fortress wall, and stepping on the ladder without hesitation, although the Qin soldiers on the camp wall also resisted desperately, but they could not stop the murderous aura of Feng Zhongjun's soldiers, and were soon pulled into close combat by Feng Zhongjun, and Feng Zhongjun's soldiers who also had the determination to die quickly rushed to the wall one after another, although they failed to open the situation, But it also followed one after another, causing huge pressure on the Qin army.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Feng Zhong did not hesitate, and immediately instructed his deputy Xu Ci: "After I go up, you are responsible for commanding the rear army, and you must not hesitate when you have the opportunity!" ”

After that, Feng Zhong picked up the knife and walked towards the thousand-person team he had picked before, but Xu Ci suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Feng Zhong's hand, and struggled to throw Feng Zhong towards Feng Zhong's personal guards.

Countless feather arrows pierced the unprotected bodies of Feng Zhongjun's soldiers, and many soldiers fell on the way to charge, but no matter how fierce the feather arrows of the Qin army soldiers were, they did not stop the charging footsteps of Feng Zhongjun's death squad, and the Feng Zhongjun soldiers in front of them also shed tears while desperately swinging their swords to kill the enemy, while desperately releasing arrows, doing their best to share the pressure for the decisive warriors of their own army.

In the midst of the flying flesh and blood, when Feng Zhongjun's death squad rushed to the camp wall, the first Chu army banner also rushed to the Qin army camp wall at the same time, and the Chu army cheered all over the place, but the Qin army was in an uproar, and the morale was suddenly frustrated. Feng Zhong was overjoyed, and was about to lead the remaining two thousand-man teams to charge, but Xiang Yu led Old Man Fan, Xiang Bo and a team of cavalry, holding high his handsome flag Pegasus to come to him, and said loudly: "General Feng, well done!" Give it to me immediately, rush into the tyrannical Qin camp, no matter what you ask me for, I will promise you! ”

Feng Zhong was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to hug his fist to thank Xiang Yu, but he didn't think that Xiang Yu added, "But I have a word first, and I can't have anything to do with Xiang Kang's rebel!" ”

Feng Zhong was stunned, and his whole body suddenly fell into an ice cellar, and Xiang Bo next to Xiang Yu had a wicked smile on his face, and said in his heart: "The old man knows that you, a stinky grass man, are working so hard and desperately, just to intercede for Xiang Kang's little beast!" ”

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At the same time on the wall of the Qin military camp, Sima Duan, the general of the Qin army who led the army to defend Aocang, also saw Xiang Yu's handsome banner from a distance and came to the front line of the battle, staring at Xiang Yu's handsome banner with red eyes.

"Traitor, die!"

The feather arrow flew out of the air, with the sound of the whistling wind, with the endless resentment of the Qin army Sima Duan (corpse plus two), and also with the bitter hatred of the Qin army soldiers for Xiang Yu, drawing a wonderful arc in the sky and throwing it towards the location of Xiang Yu's handsome banner......

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At the same time, seeing that Feng Zhong was stunned, Xiang Yu, who had already been reminded and warned by Xiang Bo, sank his face, glared at Feng Zhong and shouted, "What are you still doing?" Fighters are rare, don't you get on them soon? ”

Feng Zhong's lips trembled, and he was about to say something, but suddenly saw a sudden feather arrow falling from the sky, as if it had eyes, and directly drilled into the socket of Xiang Yu's right eye, who was looking up......