The loyalty and stubbornness of the Jiangdong soldiers greatly surprised Xiang Kang and the soldiers of the Han army, even if they had seen Xiang Yu kill himself on the battlefield, many Jiangdong soldiers of the Western Chu army loyal to Xiang Yu still refused to surrender to the Han army, either self-slaughtered and followed Xiang Yu, or launched a suicidal charge to the dense Han army crowd, composing a tragic elegy of the Western Chu army with blood and life.

Don't say exaggerated and outrageous, in this era of righteousness and light life, even if all kinds of despicable villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death have begun to appear, there are still countless loyal chivalrous warriors who regard death as home, and when Tian Heng, the warlord of Qidi who is far inferior to Xiang Yu in history, killed himself, there are still five hundred heroes who committed suicide to follow, of course, not to mention the heroic Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu.

In the face of the fierce attack of the Han army soldiers like a raging storm, these Jiangdong children just added some unnecessary casualties to the Han army, and in any case, it is impossible to change the cruel fate of the Western Chu army in this decisive battle, nor can it prevent other Western Chu soldiers from surrendering to the Han army driven by the desire to survive.

Only more than half an hour passed, and the last stubborn Jiangdong soldiers lay down on the battlefield forever, and were cut into meat sauce by the angry Han soldiers, and the remaining soldiers of the Western Chu Army, including Xiang Yu's most trusted guard commander Lu Matong, all laid down their weapons and knelt down and surrendered, accepting the fate of the Han army and the passive arrangement of fate with tears.

On another battlefield, after learning the bad news of Xiang Yu's self-killing, Ji Bu, the general of the Western Chu Army, who was surrounded by the Han army, also completely lost his fighting spirit, threw down his weapons and sat on the ground and closed his eyes to die, and the remnants of the defeated soldiers around him were less than 2,000 and surrendered on their knees.

This is also the reunion of Xiang Kang and Ji Bu after a few years, in order to facilitate the recruitment of other generals of the Western Chu Army and the remaining Western Chu Army cities, Xiang Kang also decisively chose to forget that Ji Bu had laughed at himself in person for not being upright enough, and when Xiang Kang raised the army, Ji Bu was close at hand but resolutely refused to join the young marshal army, not only untied Ji Bu with his own hands, but also untied his cloak and draped it on Ji Bu's scarred body.

Then, of course, Xiang Kang said hypocritically: "General Ji, the past has passed, you didn't do anything wrong, you didn't want to serve this king back then, because our ambitions were different, and then you resolutely followed the king of Western Chu and our army as enemies, and they were also their own masters, and they had nothing to do with you personally." Now, if you are willing to stay, this king will definitely not treat you badly, if you are not willing to stay, when your injuries are healed, you can leave at any time, this king will never ask. ”

Ji Bu is not the kind of person who is completely stubborn, seeing that Xiang Kang said emotionally, and seeing that Xiang Kang gave himself enough face, Ji Bu of course immediately chose to bow down to Xiang Kang, and immediately asked to surrender, Xiang Kang laughed, in addition to picking up Ji Bu again, he also named Ji Bu as a lieutenant on the spot, stayed by his side to listen, and gave a heavy reward, Ji Bu was overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly saluted Xiang Kang again to thank him, and the suspicion between him and Xiang Kang disappeared.

When he continued to reassure Ji Bu with kind words, a guard suddenly came to Xiang Kang quickly, and saluted Xiang Kang and said: "King Qiqi, after General Ding Ji led his army into the camp of the Western Chu thief army, he met a group of generals and soldiers of the Western Chu thief army who took the initiative to lay down their arms and surrender, and the three of them claimed to be the king's brothers Xiang Xiang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Han, and asked to meet the king immediately....... ”

"Quick, quick, get them here."

Before the guard's words were finished, Xiang Kang couldn't wait to order to summon Xiang Xiang and Xiang Guan and others, but as soon as he turned around after the guard agreed, Xiang Kang stopped him and ordered instead: "Lead me to meet them, this king will personally go to meet my brothers of the same clan!" ”

Half of it was really nostalgic, and the other half was out of guilt, leading the Han army to rush to the scene quickly, and when he saw Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and Xiang Xiang who helped him form the Young Marshal Army again, Xiang Kang not only shed tears of excitement, but also took the initiative to bow down to Xiang Guan and Xiang Han and others with complicated expressions, and choked up and said: "Little brother Xiang Kang, I have seen two brothers, Xiang Xiang, you have grown up." ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang actually bowed to himself as the king of Han, the three people who were taken aback, Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and Xiang Xiang immediately knelt down and returned the salute, and Xiang Xiang, who was slightly younger than Xiang Kang, hurriedly said: "Brother, don't be like this, you are the King of Han and my brother, how dare I give you such a big gift?" ”

Xiang Kang got up in tears, first picked up Xiang Han and Xiang Xiang with his own hands, comforted them and said don't mention the past, and finally picked up the last Xiang Guan who left his side, and directly faced Xiang Guan, and said very frankly: "Brother, I don't have the face to lie to you anymore, I did deliberately send you back to Pengcheng, because at that time, Brother Xiang Yu just didn't agree to send my wife's family to Dangjun to reunite with me, I knew that sooner or later he and I would turn against each other, in order not to let my brother's family tie my hands and feet." , and in order not to embarrass you, I deliberately sent you back to Pengcheng. ”

"It's all in the past, what are you going to do with it?" Xiang Guan sighed, and said with great frankness: "It's also our fault, it's because we covet the glory, wealth and generous treatment given by our brother, even if we have long felt that something is wrong with Hanguguan, we have also helped Brother and you to make things difficult, harmed the two brothers Xiang Sui and Xiang Sheng, and also harmed countless Chu and Han soldiers, and also affected so many innocent Li Shu, Brother you decide, no matter how you send us down, we will never say more than half a word." ”

"Brother, you are my brothers, how can I be willing to give you away?" Xiang Kang smiled bitterly, took the initiative to hug Xiang Guan again, and said with tears: "Brother, let's never mention the past again, from now on, we will continue to be brothers." ”

Xiang Guan and Xiang Kang hugged and agreed with tears, nodded again and again, and Xiang Kang took the initiative to say: "Brother, there is one more thing to tell you, Brother Xiang Yu is dead, and he killed himself." ”

"I know, we've heard that." Xiang Guan cried and said: "But even if Brother Xiang Yu is still here, we will never go with him again, Brother Xiang Zhuang and I have already found out, the matter of Hangu Pass is all done by Liu Ji's shameless puppet, you have been wronged." And we already know that Brother Xiang Yu actually knew the truth for a long time, he just didn't want to share the world with you, so he resolutely helped Liu Jipifu to wronged you. So as early as this morning, before you had a decisive battle with Brother Xiang Yu, we had already made up our minds to leave him. ”

"Brother, this thing is true." Xiang Xiang hurriedly testified for Xiang Guan: "This morning, because of persuading Brother Xiang Yu to ask you for peace, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Han were all put in the prison car by Brother Xiang Yu, ready to punish them, and I took someone to rescue them from the prison car. ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and touched Xiang Xiang's head, which was slightly younger than his age, but when he touched Xiang Xiang's hair, Xiang Kang suddenly remembered a major event, and hurriedly looked left and right and asked, "What about Brother Xiang Zhuang?" Where did he go? Xiang Xiang, didn't you just say that you rescued him from the prisoner car, why didn't you see him here? ”

"He's going to chase Liu Ji's puppet!" Xiang Xiang hurriedly said: "After I rescued Brother Xiang Zhuang from the prison car, because I heard that Liu Ji's puppet had fled south with the defeated soldiers, he immediately brought a dozen cavalry to chase Liu Ji's puppet, saying that he must personally avenge the two elder brothers Xiang Sui and Xiang Sheng. ”

"Confused! Why is he so impulsive? When Xiang Kang heard the complaint, he stomped his feet and said: "Liu Jipifu still has an army by his side, and there are fierce generals to protect him, he will chase and kill with a dozen cavalrymen, how can he beat Liu Jipifu, don't give your life in vain." ”

After that, Xiang Kang hurriedly sent people to send orders to the various departments of the Han army that pursued the defeated troops of the Western Chu army, asking them to find Xiang Zhuang and immediately call Xiang Zhuang to come back and meet with him, and then slowly discuss how to clean up Liu Laosan, and finally Xiang Kang also prayed with his palms together: "I hope you don't catch up, Xiang Zhuang's character is too straightforward and unchangeable, and there are too few people around him, so he is definitely not Liu Ji's opponent." ”

"Brother, there's one more thing." Xiang Xiang said cautiously: "Uncle Ji ran away with Brother Xiang You, saying that he was going back to Pengcheng to regroup and continue to fight with you, I originally wanted to persuade them to stay and surrender to you, but I was a step too late and couldn't see them." ”

Hearing this, the Han army around Xiang Kang inevitably couldn't help laughing, and he wished that Master Xiang Boxiang could do what he said, reorganize the army after fleeing back to Pengcheng, and fight a decisive battle with the Han army - so that the generals of the Han army would definitely be able to draw lots to grab the credit. Xiang Kang also smiled helplessly, and then asked, "It is Xiang Xian and Xiang Dian who are staying in Pengcheng now, right?" ”

Xiang Xiang hurriedly nodded, and said: "Pengcheng still has more than 10,000 troops, and the recruits we recruited in Huainan are also on the way to Pengcheng. The rear army on the Jiangdong side, brother, you don't have to worry, Song Yi rebelled in Damo County, Huiji County, and restrained our Jiangdong rear army. ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and asked again: "Two elder brothers, Xiang Xiang, which of you is willing to work hard for me, go to Pengcheng to tell Xiang Xian and Xiang Dian what happened here, and persuade them to surrender to me?" ”

Xiang Han, Xiang Guan, and Xiang Xiang of course all immediately expressed their willingness to go, and after Xiang Kang thought about it, he still handed over the messenger to Xiang Guan, and asked Xiang Guan to pick up this almost destined great merit in vain, so as to make up for Xiang Guan, who was deliberately transferred back to Pengcheng by himself in the future. Xiang Guan happily clasped his fists and sang a promise, and asked again: "Brother, what about Uncle Ji and Xiang You?" If you don't give them a little promise, I'm afraid they won't agree to surrender so easily, right? ”

The disgusting feeling like eating flies reappeared on Xiang Kang's body, but there was no way, after hesitating for a while, Xiang Kang still said: "Brother Annoying Lao told Uncle Ji that the Marquis of Yong's title and food I promised him will be honored, and Brother Xiang You, he will continue to be my brother, and I will definitely not be less than what should be given to him." ”

As soon as Xiang Guan heard the great joy, he immediately understood that there was no difficulty in persuading him to surrender this time, and he hurriedly requested that he immediately go south to Pengcheng to persuade Xiang Bo and Xiang Xian, Xiang Dian and others to surrender, Xiang Kang smiled and said: "Don't worry, first, there is no need for this, and second, my army is still chasing the defeated soldiers who refuse to surrender, and there must be continuous battles on the road, it is too dangerous." Brother, you better rest for a day, go and meet with Xiang It, and then set off to Pengcheng tomorrow to persuade him to surrender. ”

When Xiang Guan agreed, Xiang Kang added viciously in his heart, and said secretly: "Delay it a little and see if there can be a miracle, I hope that the cavalry led by Guan Ying can catch up with the old horseman Xiang Bo, and the order I issued to the old horseman and his son has not been revoked." ”

On this day, many things happened, in addition to the main force of the Han army launched a super-large-scale pursuit battle to beat the water dogs, the Peixian county commander on the west bank of Surabaya saw that the Western Chu army was gone, not only couldn't wait to send people to ask Xiang Kang to surrender on the same day, but also offered Peixian Chengchi and many defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army who crossed the river to flee for their lives, as well as the small city of Liuxian more than 20 miles to the south.

There was another thing that surprised Xiang Kang, in the evening, Qiu Yue, the head of the Surabaya Pavilion who had fled west to the west bank of Surabaya, actually took the initiative to send the Han army the famous dog nemesis Fan Xu, who had deceived Xiang Kang, saying that when Liu Laosan fled south, he sent someone to send Fan Hao to his residence to recuperate, and wanted to let the unconscious Fan Hao recover from his injuries and then go south to meet him. Originally, Xiang Kangnian was in Fan Xu's great name and in history to help establish the great Han Dynasty, and he also wanted to treat Fan Hao well, but unfortunately Fan Xu's injuries were too serious, and he was sent to the Han army by his fellow villagers and died not long after, Xiang Kang had no choice but to let Fan Hao be buried in the Surabaya Pavilion on the spot, so that he could return to his roots.

On this day, the soldiers of the Han army never found Xiang Zhuang who was chasing Liu Laosan on horseback, Xiang Kang was very anxious about this, but he was helpless. What made Xiang Kang even more helpless was that the next morning, after the exhausted Han cavalry collected their troops and returned to the camp to rest, they reported that although they caught up with the Western Chu army team that protected the escape of Master Xiang Boxiang and his son, they were unable to kill Master Xiang and his son, and let them escape into the swampy forest area east of the road.

In this regard, Xiang Kang pretended to say a few words of luck, and finally withdrew the order to kill Xiang Bo and his son, but said in his heart: "I was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, eaten by a wild wolf and tiger, and drowned in a lake, in short, this king definitely doesn't want to see this old man again, let alone fulfill the promise of a reward given to him." ”

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Maybe God is destined to disgust Xiang Kang, at this moment in the swampy dense forest in the southeast of Liuxian County, Master Xiang Boxiang was not only not bitten to death by poisonous snakes, eaten by wild wolves and tigers, and did not fall into the swamp lake and drowned, on the contrary, he was limping in the dimly lit dense forest with the support of his precious son Xiang You and a hundred elders of the Western Chu army.

"Ouch, I'm tired of the old man, You'er, rest, rest before leaving."

"Father, we haven't gone far, why do you have to rest again? Hold on a little longer, go a little more, only when we get to Pengcheng will we be safe. ”

"The old man said that if he wants to rest, he will rest! You are still as young as you when you are an old man, and you can continue to walk a long way if you break your foot? Take a break and then go! ”

In the past few years, the life of pampered and sensible dogs and horses has already completely softened the bones of Master Xiang Boxiang who had been hard for a period of time, so that he can no longer return to the time when he could quickly escape after killing someone, plus he is indeed old, and he accidentally injured his foot while escaping, Master Xiang Boxiang only felt that every step forward was extremely difficult, and every step was an indescribable soreness in his whole body, so he was angry at his baby son for such a trivial matter as a little rest. And when Xiang You and the hundred elders of the Western Chu Army put him down according to the order, Master Xiang immediately fell to the ground and moaned loudly, "I'm tired of the old man!" ”

Maybe it's because the conscience is still in the air, after taking a big breath for a while, Master Xiang suddenly asked weakly: "You'er, do you think Yu'er can kill himself out of the encirclement of the Han thieves and escape back to Pengcheng?" ”

"Surely." Xiang You replied quite confidently: "Brother is so capable of fighting, father, you don't know, even if the thieves completely surround him and break through with a bloody road, it will definitely not be difficult for Brother A." ”

"It's a pity that even if he escapes to Pengcheng, there will be no army to fight the Han thieves in the future." Master Xiang Boxiang's voice suddenly brought despair, and he said even more weakly: "And without the army, even if we want to hold Pengcheng, there is no hope." ”

"Father, rest assured." Xiang You comforted: "Even if we can't keep Pengcheng, it doesn't matter, we still have Huainan and Jiangdong, and we can continue to retreat south." ”

"Huainan? Koto? Master Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Let's not talk about whether you can escape to those places, even if you can escape to Huainan and Jiangdong, and live in that kind of ghost place where birds don't, isn't life better than death?" ”

After that, Master Xiang let out a long sigh again, and said with a bitter smile: "And the family property that the old man has accumulated so hard over the years will definitely not be able to keep, in vain, in vain!" ”

Sighing at this, thinking that the rich family property he had worked so hard to accumulate was destined to go down the drain, Master Xiang couldn't help but cry and cry, Xiang You was helpless, so he could only comfort: "Father, it is important to save your life, we have offended Xiang Kang's traitor so badly, and if it falls into his hands, it will definitely end up dead without a place to be buried, so we have no choice but to flee back to Pengcheng first, and then flee to Huainan and Jiangdong." ”

Xiang You's words had the opposite effect, and after thinking about it for a while, Master Xiang suddenly said: "You'er, if we go back and surrender to the Han thieves now, do you think Xiang Kang's traitors will spare us?" No longer pursuing the past? ”

The light in the dense forest was dim, Master Xiang didn't notice it, when he said this, the Baichang of the Western Chu Army, who was sitting near him to rest, suddenly changed his face, Xiang You didn't notice this detail because he was facing away from him, but just hesitated and said: "This ......, I'm afraid it's difficult, father, you offended him so hard before, he must have hated you in his heart for a long time, I'm afraid he won't accept our surrender." ”

"How about he hate me again?" Master Xiang suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "If he hates me again, he will hate me to the bone, and I am also his Uncle Ji, the elder who raised him!" If he kills me, he will be unfilial and ungrateful! My brother and his second uncle can't spare him under Jiuquan, and the heavenly spirits of our Xiang family's ancestors and ancestors spare him even more! He will have no face for his third uncle and aunt in the future! ”

Xiang You thought about it carefully and found that it was also, and felt that even if Xiang Kang hated himself and his father again, it would never be possible to kill himself directly without giving any face, as long as he and his father saved their lives, they would definitely be able to keep Wanguan's family wealth and beautiful wife and concubine, and in the future, Xiang Kang would be knighted, even if he and his father couldn't eat meat, they could drink a little soup with just one Xiang word!

When Xiang You was shaken, Master Xiang also made up his mind, hammered the ground hard, and said: "It's decided, go west, go to the road to find the Han thief army to surrender!" The old man didn't believe it, that traitor would really kill me with one sword! Also, your Uncle Zhang Liang is by his side now, and he will definitely help us intercede, and there will be no problems with our safety!" ”

After making up his mind, Master Xiang didn't know where a force came out, regardless of the pain in his feet, he struggled to stand up by himself, Xiang You suddenly remembered a big thing, and hurriedly grabbed Xiang Bo, while vigilantly paying attention to the Western Chu army Baichang who was still sitting on the ground, he leaned into Xiang Bo's ear and whispered: "Father, if you must surrender to the Han thief, the child will not stop you, but before surrendering, we must kill the puppet next to us." ”

"Why?" Xiang Bo asked strangely.

"The child will explain later." Xiang You said in a low voice: "Anyway, the child suddenly started after a while, don't stop you, and tell you the situation when you get it." ”

The baby son is just trying to kill a nobody who loyally accompanies him to escape here, of course Xiang Bo will not stop him, he immediately nodded, and Xiang You pretended to support Master Xiang, and at the same time commanded the hundred chiefs: "Shan Chang, help me hold my father." ”

"No."

The hundred elders of the Western Chu army sang a promise, got up and walked over, but when they walked in front of Xiang You, the left hand of the hundred leaders of the Western Chu army suddenly waved out and sprinkled a handful of mud and sand on Xiang You's face.

The incident happened suddenly, of course, Master Xiang Boxiang was taken aback, but the commander of the Western Chu Army was merciless, and stabbed Xiang You twice in the chest, directly stabbing Xiang You, who was bleeding in his chest, to the ground, and then turned the spearhead and stabbed Master Xiang Boxiang, who was still sitting on the ground, Master Xiang was in a hurry, just turned his body slightly sideways, and was stabbed in the right shoulder by a spear......

"Ahh Piff, what are you going to do?! ”

It was only at this time that Master Xiang exclaimed and uttered the above words, and the hundred commanders of the Western Chu Army sneered and said, "What are you doing? You two dogs are going to kill me, if I don't strike first, won't I die in your hands? ”

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

"Ask your precious son on the way." The Western Chu army sneered fiercely and said: "Surrender to the Han thief, you two dogs can save the dog's life with your surname, but Nai Weng will die, even if Xiang Kang's traitor is kind to spare me, your shameless son will definitely kill me." Just now, you two dogs were quietly muttering, just discussing killing me, right? ”

"Nope! I didn't! ”

Master Xiang hurriedly denied it, and quickly pulled out his sword to resist, but unfortunately Master Xiang had injuries on his feet and hands, and he was sitting on the ground fighting, how could he beat the hundred commanders of the Western Chu army who held a spear in his hand and had received school education? The spear stabbed indiscriminately, and poor Master Xiang was hit by spears one after another, and soon he could only replace his roar with a plea, "Don't kill me!" Don't kill me! My money is all for you, all for you! The general spares his life, spares his life, it is my son who wants to kill you, not my ......, ah! ”

After stabbing the spear into Master Xiang's heart, the hundred elders of the Western Chu army still refused to relieve their anger, and stabbed the corpses of Master Xiang's father and son with spears one after another, until the bodies of Master Xiang's father and son were stabbed, and the hundred chiefs of the Western Chu army gasped and stopped, and then recalled the past for a while, the hundred leaders of the Western Chu army shed tears and said to himself......

"Fan'er, Ah Weng is incompetent, and there is definitely no hope of killing Xiang Kang and the traitor to avenge you in this life, but Ah Weng personally killed two surnamed Xiang and sent them to you as companions, you should be able to look at them. Fan'er, Ah Weng really misses you! ”

After crying bitterly, as early as when the young marshal army and Qin Jiayi's arms were merging, he had already invested in Xiang You's subordinate Shan You, wiped away the tears on his face, quickly searched for the money and jade on Master Xiang's father and son, and quickly disappeared into the depths of the dense forest with a blood-stained spear. Master Xiang Boxiang and Xiang You, who had left the corpses sparsely rotten, both lay in the overgrown woods, staring weakly at the dense branches and leaves above, until the corpses became cold, and did not close them......