Not to mention, Xiang Yu's prestige is really effective, Cao Ji walked out of Xiang Yu's dormitory, and loudly asked the princes outside the Guanwai to wait to meet Xiang Yu in the big tent of the Chinese army, Tian Du, Wei Bao and Zang Tu and other warlords outside the Guanxi were really taken aback, and the generals of the Chu army such as Yingbu, Chai Wu and Huan Chu, who were watching the excitement on the side, also changed color on their faces, and subconsciously began to beat drums in their hearts.

Some couldn't believe Cao Yao's words, and the general of Qi asked cautiously: "Cao Sima, I heard you right, right?" The former general asked us to wait for him in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he will go to meet us in a while? ”

"General Tian heard me right, that's right." Cao Ji said expressionlessly: "Please General Tian and the generals go quickly, the former general is changing his clothes, and he will come in a while." ”

Seeing that Cao Ji's tone was not fake, Tian Jian quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and quickly nodded in agreement, Wei Bao, Zang Tu and Tian Du and others exchanged a few glances with each other, and went to the Chinese army tent of the Chu army without saying a word to wait, Yingbu and Huan Chu and others did not dare to slack off, they all left Xiang Yu's tent quickly, for fear that if they walked slowly, they would annoy Xiang Yu, who was notoriously short-tempered, and attract a scolding and even death.

After a while, the horn of the Chu army's promotion was also sounded again after many days, and the children of the Xiang family and Feng Zhong and others, who were out of the way, were stunned, but also hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army, and stood on the train with the princes outside the Guanwai and Yingbu, Chai Wu and others, waiting for the arrival of Xiang Yu, who had not appeared for a long time, solemnly as usual.

Everyone did not wait in vain, about a quarter of an hour later, Xiang Yu, who was deeply clothed and tied with hair, finally led Fan Zeng, Cao Ji and Xiang Bo and others into the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, but when they saw the silk cloth wrapped on Xiang Yu's right eye, most of the people in the tent who did not know the inside story were of course all shocked, and Huan Chu, who followed Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew when he was in Jiangdong, also blurted out: "Former general, your eyes? ”

"I've had some minor injuries, but it's out of the way."

Xiang Yu replied lightly, ignoring everyone's surprised eyes, just strode to the front of the handsome seat and stood still, and said loudly: "Generals, let me tell you a good news, the Zhao army led by General Chen Yu has successfully taken the westernmost Shaanxi County of Sanchuan County, and the troops are under the Hangu Pass, and he also sent General Shenyang to cross the Yellow River in the north of Shaanxi County, and attack Puban by way of the east of the river. ”

This is indeed barely good news, before this, the princes outside the Guanwai and the generals of the Chu army had already heard the rumors from the envoys of the Zhao State, and knew that the young marshal army had recaptured the Hangu Pass, and they had already wavered about whether they could successfully enter the Guanzhong. This will hear that the army of Zhao State has finally won a battle, and seeing that although Xiang Yu is seriously injured, walking and speaking are not affected, it is estimated that it will not be a big problem to continue to lead the army, of course, everyone hurriedly applauded together, and Chai Wu, who can see the wind and rudder, also said loudly: "General Chen Yu fought beautifully, with this great victory, our princes' coalition army broke through Xiang Kang's rebellion, and it is just around the corner." ”

"That's right, Xiang Kang's mantis arm is a car, it is absolutely impossible to last long." Xiang Yu took over the conversation and said loudly: "But we can't underestimate the enemy, after all, Xiang Kang has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the traitors, and there is a natural danger in Hangu Pass, whether General Chen Yu can successfully defeat him, we are not sure yet." Therefore, I decided that in the near future, the general will personally lead the princes and the allied troops to send a letter to Guguan, and join hands with General Chen Yu to crusade against Xiang Kang's rebels, and I hope that all the generals will prepare to send troops as soon as possible, and enter the pass with me, and punish Xiang Kang's rebel ministers! ”

"Beware of the former general's orders!" The princes outside the gate and the Chu army hurriedly clasped their fists together and replied in unison.

After taking a breath quietly, Xiang Yuqiang endured the pain in his right eye, and said loudly: "There is another thing, a few days ago, I was unfortunately shot by a stray arrow and suffered a slight injury, which led to many rumors in the army, which seriously affected the morale of our army, and even some people thought that I was dead and had a rebellious mind. It's also to blame that I haven't come out to meet with you in order to recuperate from my injuries, so I don't have to worry about these things, but from now on, I don't want to hear similar rumors, and I can't tolerate someone riding on the wall to watch the wind, seeing the wind and making the rudder, do you understand? ”

"Understood." Everyone agreed, and muttered in their hearts together, secretly saying: "If you are also a minor injury, then I am afraid that only if your head falls off, it can be regarded as a serious injury." ”

"It's good to understand." Xiang Yu snorted coldly again, and said: "Go down and prepare, three days later, send troops to the west, first break through the Hangu Pass, and then take Xianyang, after taking Xianyang, the hundreds of years of treasure of the tyrannical Qin, every one of us and every army has a share!" But if there is anyone who is ineffective in fighting and is afraid of the enemy and cowardly, Hugh blames General Ben for his ruthless military law! ”

Everyone agreed again, but Xiang Yu didn't speak again, just waved his hand and ordered everyone to leave, but as soon as everyone left, Xiang Yu sat on the handsome seat, and blood oozed from under the silk cloth in his right eye again. ”

"It's okay, it's just that the wound hurts a little." Xiang Yu shook his head strongly, and said with a forced smile: "This should be able to stabilize the army's heart, right?" ”

"It should be fine." Cao Zhi tried his best to pick a good tone and said: "Seeing that the former general's words and deeds are as usual, Tian Du, Wei Bao and Zang Di will definitely make a smart choice, and our military spirit will definitely be able to stabilize quickly." ”

"That's good." Xiang Yu muttered to himself, and categorically rejected Cao Zhi and Old Man Fan's kindness to bring him back to the sleeping tent to rest, and took a long breath before he stood up and walked back to the sleeping tent by himself, deliberately letting the Chu soldiers along the way see his free movement, so as to smash the rumors in the army, but after insisting on walking back to the sleeping tent on his own, Xiang Yu's eyes immediately turned black, and he fell into Cao Qi's arms and fell into a coma again.

Xiang Yu did not force hard work in vain, seeing that although his right eye was seriously injured, his words and deeds were as usual, the main force of the Chu army, which was already fluctuating, was really determined, and Yingbu, Huan Chu, Chai Wu and others, who were already thinking about the back road, also immediately changed their ways, and rushed to ask to be the vanguard of the Western Expedition; Zang Di, Wei Bao and Tian Du and others coveted the interests of Guanzhong, and hoped to ascend to the throne with the support of Xiang Yu, and they were even more eager to reunite under Xiang Yu's banner, preparing for war, and constantly shouting the slogan that Xiang Kang would never withdraw his troops if he did not break it.

There are also prisoners of the Qin army, as soon as they heard that Xiang Yu had returned to lead the army, Sima Xin and Dong Fei immediately packed up hundreds of prisoners of the Qin army who spread rumors, and desperately encouraged the prisoners of the Qin army to serve as cannon fodder for the princes' coalition army, and returned to Guanzhong to return home, with a new mental outlook.

Only Xiang Yu's injury still worries Cao Ji and Old Man Fan, almost all the medical workers think that Xiang Yu's current situation must no longer be affected by the bumps in the journey, and he must continue to recuperate in bed, but Xiang Yu did not listen at all, insisted on personally commanding the western expedition according to the plan he decided, and insisted on riding a horse to fight, and finally under the bitter pleading of Cao Fan and others and the children of the Xiang family, Xiang Yu reluctantly gave in and promised to take a carriage to lead the army instead.

In the busy preparations, the three days passed quickly, and after confirming that all the preparations were perfect, Xiang Yu, who had recovered from his injuries, presided over the meeting of the Western Expedition again, and finalized the plan for the Western Expedition drawn up by Old Man Fan and Cao Ji in public, and decided to use the Yan army as the vanguard to advance westward, the armies of Wei and Qi as the second team, and the Chu army was responsible for carrying grain and grass and military supplies, and the Qin army prisoners also followed the main force of the Chu army.

Although Xiang Yu's arrangement was to put the allied forces of the princes except the Chu army in front, because the Zhao army had already started fighting with the young marshal's army at Hangu Pass, even Zang Di, who was the vanguard, did not have any objections, and all of them accepted Xiang Yu's orders without hesitation. Xiang Yu forced a smile and cheered everyone up: "The generals have to urge their respective armies to move west as soon as possible, if the Zhao army is allowed to break through the Hangu Pass first, when the five hundred years of the Tyrannical Qin Collection is distributed in the future, even if General Ben wants to help you speak, he is embarrassed to open too many mouths in front of General Chen Yu and them." ”

Zang Di, Tian Du, Wei Bao and others laughed together, all nodded yes, and then just when Xiang Yu was about to announce the dissolution of the tent, a Chu army official suddenly walked to the door of the Chinese army's big tent, and waved to Cao Ji again, Cao Ji understood, and hurriedly walked to the door of the big tent and whispered to the official, and took something from the Chu army official. Master Xiang Boxiang's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that Cao Ji had received a military emergency with chicken feathers on it, he couldn't wait to ask: "Cao Sima, where is the military emergency?" Is it General Chen Yu that they have good news again? ”

Cao Ji didn't dare to say anything, first lowered his head and tried to brew his emotions, and then raised his head and said with a smile: "Master Xiang misunderstood, it's not General Chen Yu's urgent military report, it's news from Yingchuan's side." ”

"Yingchuan?" Master Xiang shook his eyes and said, "What news can there be from Yingchuan?" We don't seem to have sent troops to Yingchuan? ”

Hearing this, of course, everyone present was also surprised, Cao Ji had the heart to strangle Master Xiang, and tried to laugh and said: "Master Xiang, I'll talk about it later, the former general, everything that should be arranged has been arranged, isn't it time for the generals to go down and lead the army?" ”

It was useless to change the topic, Xiang Yu had already seen that the situation was wrong, and said, "Cao Sima, what happened?" Where is the military intelligence report coming from? ”

Cao Ji didn't dare to say anything, and the princes outside the gate and the generals of the Chu army who were present were also suspicious, and said one after another: "Cao Sima, what is the situation?" The army is about to go on the march, and if there are any changes in the military situation, you should let us have a bottom in our hearts. ”

Old man Fan was already considered a confidant of Cao Qi, and knew that something earth-shattering must have happened to Cao Qi's appearance, so he stepped forward and asked in a low voice for details, after Cao Ji answered in a low voice, Old Man Fan's face suddenly changed, and his lips trembled for a long time before he whispered: "It's useless to hide it, it will spread soon, let's say it." ”

Cao Ji shook his head helplessly, and then said: "Generals, I just received the news that the Zhao army suddenly mutiny occurred outside Hangu Pass, and Zhang Ao, a rebel minister of Zhao State, took General Chen Yu and General Tian An hostage and fled into the county seat of Shaanxi County. ”

Before Cao Jiao's words were finished, the faces of the princes outside the Guanwai and the generals of the Chu army present had already changed drastically, and almost all of them exclaimed, "How is it possible? More than 100,000 Zhao troops were defeated in just one battle?! ”

Cao Zhi ignored everyone's exclamations, just stared at Xiang Yu with concern, and what surprised Cao Yu was that when he heard this bad news, Xiang Yu's face didn't have any expression, and after a long time, Xiang Yu even showed a little smile, and said with a smile: "It's worthy of my brother, it's really powerful, hundreds of thousands of Zhao State troops were defeated by him in one battle, it's amazing." ”

After saying it with a smile, Xiang Yu suddenly slammed his fist on the desk in front of him, directly smashing the panel of the desk, and then jumped up and roared: "But don't be too happy!" I still have more than 200,000 troops here, plus more than 300,000 troops of the Tyrannical Qin! I don't believe it, he can still defeat me in one fight?! ”

"Former general, your eyes!"

Several people pointed at Xiang Yu's injured right eye and screamed, but Xiang Yu didn't pay attention to the fact that his right eye was bleeding again, and just yelled: "What are you still doing?" Send me troops immediately and go to Hanguguan to fight to the death with Xiang Kang's rebels! Don't break the level! Swear not to withdraw troops! ”

No one received Xiang Yu's military order, and everyone pointed to Xiang Yu's eyes and exclaimed, "Former general, your eyes are bleeding, and there is a lot of blood." ”

wiped his cheeks and saw that his hands were full of blood, but Xiang Yu didn't care, and yelled: "What's the point of some blood?" No one can die! Send troops immediately, and if there is any hesitation, you will not be forgiven! ”

Seeing that Xiang Yu had completely lost his squalls, he was afraid that he would really use himself as a punching bag in the madness, and the princes and generals of the Chu army outside the gate did not dare to disobey, so they could only quickly hug their fists and agree, and then rushed out to lead the troops and set off, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan also hurriedly came up to ask Xiang Yu about the situation, Xiang Yu raised his hand and said that he didn't have to, and said through gritted teeth: "I'm fine, just change the cloth to stop the bleeding, you go down and keep an eye on it, you must let the army move, I will recuperate while walking!" ”

Probably the power of anger played a role, although Xiang Yu bleed a lot this time, but miraculously did not faint unconscious, Leng insisted until the princes' coalition army was dispatched according to the original plan, and then returned to the sleeping tent to rest for a while. In the afternoon, Xiang Yu insisted on getting into the carriage despite the dissuasion of everyone, led the main force of the Chu army and the prisoners of the Qin army to set off westward, and insisted on marching to Guanzhong with great momentum.

Xiang Yu's insistence on strong support still played a certain role, although the morale of the army has been affected, but under his personal supervision, the princes' coalition army is still marching very fast, it only took three days to take a little time, the Yan army that opened the way in front of the road took the lead in arriving at Luoyang City, and then the main force of the Chu army also arrived in Luoyang on the same day, and at the same time, what made the medical workers feel incredible is that during this period, Xiang Yu's right eye, which has not healed, has not bled again, and the injury is obviously developing in a good direction.

Seeing that Xiang Yu's injuries had improved, Cao Ji, Old Man Fan and others were amazed, but they also inevitably had great confidence in this western expedition, and felt that as long as they firmly grasped the opportunity of the young marshal's army to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, it was entirely possible for the princes' coalition army to take Guanzhong and drive the young marshal's army that had time to digest the fruits of victory into the land of Bashu in Hanzhong. At the same time, just as the main force of the Chu army was resting under Luoyang City, there was good news from the front, saying that Zheng Chang and Tian An had made contact with the front team of the princes' coalition army with Xiang Kang's letter.

In order to grasp the latest situation of the young marshal's army, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan of course suggested that Xiang Yu immediately summon Zheng Chang and Tian An at the first time, and then naturally, after Tian An, whose beard and hair were shaved, was brought to Xiang Yu and others, Rao is Xiang Yu has been suppressing the monstrous anger in the depths of his heart, and he couldn't help but laugh a little, and asked in surprise: "General Tian, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Xiang Kang's little shaft did a good thing!" Tian An replied very directly, and said: "Former general, please be sure to avenge the last general!" As long as the former general can wash away this shame for the last general, the last general will be a grass ring, and he will definitely be a picture! ”

"General Tian, don't worry, I won't need you to say that I will do the same." Xiang Yu waved his hand without hesitation and ordered: "You rest in peace in my army first, and after meeting with your army, I will not only let you continue to command the men and horses of your headquarters, but also replenish your troops, so that you can avenge yourself with your own hands!" ”

Tian An was overjoyed and agreed, and hurriedly saluted and thanked Xiang Yu, but Zheng Chang next to him hesitated in his heart, and his face was full of desire to speak, but fortunately, he calmed down and did not expose the organ in front of Tian An, but according to Xiang Yu's request, he made a detailed report on the situation of his envoy to the young marshal's army, and at the same time presented a letter written by Xiang Kang to Xiang Yu.

Just a few cursory glances at Xiang Kang's letter, Xiang Yu tore Xiang Kang's letter to shreds in three strokes, and then instructed Zheng Chang: "You go down to rest first, this mission failed to succeed, the responsibility is not you, just follow our army and see how I avenge you and General Tian." ”

Zheng Chang breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to wait for the future to slowly report the secret to Xiang Yu, but the old man Fan next to him couldn't wait and said, "General Tian, Doctor Zheng, what kind of situation is it this time?" How could Xiang Kang know that the former general had been injured even though he was thousands of miles away? How much do you know about this, and can you tell us more about it? ”

Of course, Tian An and Zheng Chang would not refuse Old Man Fan's request, Tian An also hurriedly opened his mouth and told Xiang Yu and others that Xiang Kang knew through Liu Laosan that Xiang Yu had been seriously injured. ”

It was Zheng Chang's turn to be unlucky, and Tian An, who didn't know that Zheng Chang was pinching his handle, was open-mouthed, and quickly told Liu Laosan that Xiang Yu was injured through Zheng Chang's entourage, and the result was also natural, before Tian An finished speaking, Xiang Yu had already glared at Zheng Chang angrily, and asked loudly: "Is this really the case?" ”

On the way, he already knew that it was indeed his entourage that made a mistake, and he would be denounced by Tian An in person, Zheng Chang's sweat immediately rolled down, and he knelt down on Xiang Yu's knees with a thud, and said tremblingly: "The former general forgives the sin, it is true, the subordinate was careless for a while, and did not restrain the entourage ......." ”

"Piff!" The case in front of Xiang Yu flew up and smashed on Zheng Chang's head, and roared: "After doing it for a long time, things have become like this, it turns out that the leak is all out of you, the horseman!" Say to yourself, "What sin are you to blame?" ”

"The former general spares his life, the former general spares his life!"

Zheng Chang, whose head was smashed, hurriedly begged for mercy again and again, but unfortunately the old man Fan and Cao next to him hated him for ruining his own affairs, and refused to plead for him, Xiang Yu was even more angry, and roared again: "Drag it down, cut it!" Find out the few entourages who leaked the news and cut them all! ”

"The former general spares his life!" When things came to this point, Zheng Chang didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly shouted: "Former general, although the lower official has made a big mistake, the lower official is willing to atone for his crimes, and the lower official wants to expose it, Xiang Kang is a traitor who has bribed an important general of ours, and he is responsible for the internal response, and wants that traitor to help him deal with you!" ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xiang Yu was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Who is the traitor?!" ”

"That's him!" Zheng Chang hurriedly pointed his finger at Tian An, and said loudly: "Xiang Kang rebel deliberately tortured this Tian An, the purpose is to let him deceive the trust of the former general, so that the former general you can use him more seriously, and then he can take the opportunity to act as an internal response to Xiang Kang's rebel thief and help Xiang Kang rebel defeat us?" ”

"You talk nonsense! You are talking nonsense! The big black cauldron suddenly smashed on his head, Tian An was of course dizzy, jumped up and shouted loudly: "I will give Xiang Kang Xiao'er as an internal response?" What proof do you have?! ”

"Of course I have proof!"

Zheng Chang replied loudly, first truthfully reported to Xiang Yu the conversation he overheard about Xiang Kang's personal soldiers, and then said loudly: "Also, former general, on the way here, Xia Guan has carefully inquired about those Qi prisoners of war who were imprisoned with Tian An, and on the night he was handed over by Zhang Ao to Xiang Kang's rebel thief, Tian An was indeed called by Xiang Kang's rebel thief to say something for a long time!" If the former general doesn't believe it, he can call those Qi prisoners of war for questioning, and if the subordinate has half a lie, he is willing to be tortured by the car split! ”

Xiang Yu quickly turned one-eyed to Tian An, Tian An's face was as pale as earth, and he hurriedly said: "Former general, wronged!" That night, the foreign minister was taken to meet someone, but the foreign minister saw Shusun Tong, not Xiang Kang! Also, that night, Uncle Sun Tong just asked the foreign minister for Confucianism! ”

Xiang Yu laughed angrily, and said with a cruel smile: "It's just Shusun Tong who you saw? Uncle Sun Tong is just asking you for Confucianism? ”

"You're my three-year-old!"

The grievances and anger of many days completely exploded at this moment, and before Old Man Fan and Cao Ji could come to a conclusion, Xiang Yu had already roared wildly, and at the same time pulled out his sword with a loud cry, threw the sword out with a flick, and the sword broke through the air, accurately hitting Tian An's chest......

"Former general, calm down!"

Old man Fan and Cao Ji shouted a step too late, and the sword had been directly inserted into Tian An's chest, until it was stalked, Tian An lowered his head with difficulty, looked at the sword on his chest in disbelief, raised his head with more difficulty, looked at Xiang Yu in disbelief, and then staggered and fell.

"Former general, you are confused!" Old Man Fan screamed in despair, shouting hysterically: "Let's not say that this thing may not be true, even if it is true, you can't kill Tian An!" He has a great merit to us, and he also has a great favor to us, you just killed him directly, how can we explain to the Qi army?! ”

Old man Fan's desperate screams finally woke up Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu, who was furious, finally remembered that when he was in Jibei County, it was Tian An who resolutely betrayed the Qi State, led the way to help Julu with the army under his command, and made a great contribution to opening the way for himself and the anti-Qin princes, and now he killed him under impulse, and there was really no way to explain to the Qi army!

"Former general, how did you forget that our right general is scheming, and he is especially good at divisive tactics." Cao Ji also said in despair: "If this is his enemy's plan, we will fall for him." ”

Xiang Yu's body shook again, and when he suddenly remembered that his cousin was indeed extremely good at this aspect, he couldn't help but scream in annoyance, and the blood in his right eye also quickly oozing out of the silk cloth again, flowing more than when he heard about the defeat of the Zhao army before, and then Xiang Yu's body shook, and suddenly stumbled, and once again passed out directly......

By the way, Xiang Kang's anti-plot copied from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms deliberately left a foreshadowing even more viciously than in the book, that is, to let Xiang Yu know that Tian An wrote a letter of allegiance to himself, and he also forged a letter of allegiance to Tian An early, so even if Xiang Yu did not kill Tian An directly in anger, Tian An would definitely not have a good life in the future!

Greedy for Guanzhong's interests and repented, offended a despicable villain like Xiang Kang, a sinister villain, what good can poor General Tian An get?