Two days later, in the afternoon, Han Xin came to Deng Yulong.

"Brother Deng, the formalities have been completed for you, and tomorrow you can leave after standing on the last post, and you can get a sum of money to return to your hometown."

"Thank you, Brother Han!"

Han Xin just did what needed to be done for his subordinates.

The next morning, the sky cleared.

Hongmen Chu military camp, where flags are displayed, and war drums sound.

Outside Xiang Yushuai's tent, there is a point general's platform, and the leaders of all kinds of soldiers and horses, as well as Xiang Yu's generals, are all gathered in front of the point general's platform, and they are about to announce the list of princes and kings who are about to be divided.

Xiang Yu's main department will include Yingbu, Yuzi Period, Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu, Long And, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Sheng, Xiang It and others.

Who is qualified to be a prince and king is completely up to Xiang Yu, before the list is announced, except for Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, no one knows how many princes and kings there will be in total.

Everyone is in a different mood, some people are confident that they can become kings, and some people are looking forward to Xiang Yu being taken care of.

Before the person appeared, everyone began to chat.

Deng Yulong was still standing guard outside the tent, seeing the dozens of people clearly, he already knew the result.

Not long after, Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng, and Xiang Bo came out of the tent, and Xiang Yu held a cloth in his hand.

The scene was suddenly silent, and all eyes were focused on Xiang Yu, waiting for this extremely brave man to announce the final result.

The three of them ascended to the point platform.

Xiang Bo faced everyone and said loudly: "The edict of the king of Chu made the general Xiang Yu the overlord of Western Chu, commanding the troops of various countries, and controlling the princes on behalf of the widows. ”

Nominally, the anti-Qin leaders, including Xiang Yu, were all courtiers of Xiong Xin, the king of Chu Huai, and they also issued edicts in the name of Xiong Xin. In fact, this is all up to Xiang Yu, and King Chu Huai is just a puppet.

Under the stage, everyone bowed slightly, behaving respectfully.

At this time, Xiang Yu handed the cloth in his hand to Xiang Bo.

Xiang Bo took the cloth and held it up, and said, "The following is a list of princes and kings from all walks of life, which are sealed by the overlord. ”

He opened the cloth and said loudly: "In March of the second year of King Huai of Chu, in January of the first year of the overlord of Western Chu, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was ordered by the edict of King Chu Huai of the Yi Emperor to seal the princes and kings in Hongmen in Guanzhong. Feng Pei Gong Liu Bang is the king of Han, with jurisdiction over Bashu, Hanzhong, and the capital Nanzheng; Fengzhang Han is the king of Yong, with jurisdiction over the area west of Xianyang, and the capital is ruined; Feng Sima Xin is ......"

Xiang Bo read it all the way, and the list of the eighteen princes and kings was: Liu Bang, King of Han, Zhang Han, King of Yong, Sima Xin, King of Sai, Dong Peng, King of Zhai, Wei Bao, King of Western Wei, King Shenyang of Henan, Han King Han Cheng, King Sima Qiong of Yin, Zhao Xie, King of Changshan, King Yingbu of Jiujiang, King Wu Rui of Hengshan, King Gongao of Linjiang, King Han Guang of Liaodong, King Zang Di of Yan, Wang Tianshi of Jiaodong, King Tiandu of Qi, and Wang Tian'an of Jibei.

In itself, Xiang Yu can take advantage of the gathering of all the princes to wipe them out, at least to confiscate the military power, and make himself the emperor, but he wants to engage in a feudal system, and he himself becomes the co-lord of the world.

And in the separation, there are many unfairness, and it is difficult to convince the public.

For example, Tian Rong and Chen Yu were very dissatisfied with their failure to be crowned king.

All this laid the bane for his future failures.

Despite this, the current situation is controlled by Xiang Yu, and if anyone dares to attack, it will be a long life.

Some people are dissatisfied, and naturally some people are happy.

For example, Yingbu, who jumped from general to king of Jiujiang, made him very happy.

When the reading was finished, everyone had to receive the seal.

Xiang Yu looked down at the princes and kings of the Eighteen Roads, he was their co-master, just like Zhou Tianzi before, how high-spirited.

At this moment, in his mind, he thought that everything was settled.

Immediately, Xiang Bo said again: "The overlord's edict, the princes can only keep 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the surplus soldiers and horses are under the unified jurisdiction of the overlord. ”

As soon as these words came out, the eighteen princes and kings were all shocked, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke.

It's just that they don't speak out now, and everyone's dissatisfaction with Xiang Yu has further deepened.

This is a method that Fan Zeng came up with in order to weaken the military power of the princes.

The overlord ordered, don't dare not obey, Xiang Yu glanced at the princes and kings, no one dared to disobey the order, and he was complacent.

He said loudly: "It seems that everyone has no objections, very good, the division has been completed, the congratulatory banquet will be held, and you will rest today when you are drunk." ”

The crowd followed into the big tent and laid down the delicacies.

Xiang Yu and those who were unexpectedly crowned kings all ate and drank to their heart's content, and the others were bored eating.

Before four o'clock, a new batch of halberders came to take over the shift, and Deng Yulong got off work.

Deng Yulong went to the corresponding department, went through the resignation procedures, received a little return fee, and according to the regulations, he could still stay in the barracks for one night.

Deng Yulong was unwilling to stay longer, and rushed to Liu Bang's side early tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Han Xin called Deng Yulong aside.

"Brother Deng, what are your plans for the future? Back to your hometown? ”

"No, let's leave first."

is still in the Chu army, if you directly say that you will defect to the Han army, you may be considered to have defected to the enemy.

Han Xin patted Deng Yulong on the shoulder and said, "I hope that in the future, you and I will meet one day." I don't want to stay here anymore, so I'll talk to General Zhongli about it tomorrow. ”

Before joining the army, he and Zhong Liwu were good friends, it was Zhong Liwu who first defected to the Chu army and became a general, and then Han Xin defected to the Chu army, Zhong Liwu recommended him to Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu didn't know talents, and only gave him a halberd Langzhong, which was more than a year.

During this period of time, Han Xin made correct suggestions to Xiang Yu several times in military matters, but they were directly ignored by Xiang Yu, which made him more and more depressed.

Deng Yulong responded with a surprised expression, which was a normal reaction.

"Brother Han, you have the ability to command the army, go to a certain prince and king, maybe you can be reused."

Han Xin said: "I haven't decided yet, just like you, I'll leave first and then talk about it." ”

In the original history, Han Xin only rushed to defect after Liu Bang set off for Hanzhong, and only had the opportunity to meet Xiao He after he went to Hanzhong.

The next morning, outside the Hongmen camp, a large number of Chu troops gathered first, and then went to the Liu Bang camp in Bashang from Yuzi Period and Ji Bu.

Because of Xiang Yu's order, all the princes and kings could only keep 30,000 soldiers and horses, and all the extra soldiers were included in Xiang Yu's jurisdiction. This order seems to be fair, and every prince and king is treated equally, but it is actually specifically aimed at Liu Bang.

Among the princes and kings, Liu Bang, who has 100,000 soldiers and horses, is the strongest, and even if the other princes and kings have more than 30,000, they are not much.

Xiang Yu specially sent these two people to collect Liu Bang's extra soldiers and horses.

After the army set off, Deng Yulong came out of the camp alone, he carried his burden and walked to Bashang.