Volume 17 Redefining the Central Plains Chapter 22 Changes in the State of Chu

Pengcheng, in the drizzle and haze, this ancient city shows a bit of antique charm: majestic and strange.

The General's Mansion, the back garden, and the pavilion.

A majestic figure and a tall waist stared silently at the rain curtain outside the pavilion, and a slender figure also leaned quietly beside him. Majestic and delicate, drizzle and gazebo, how harmonious the scenery is.

"Husband, are you still worried about your uncle?" Yu Ji, who looked like a bird, looked up at Wei'an's husband and said softly. "Well," looking at Yu Ji's peerless face, Xiang Yu's heart was much relieved, and he said softly: "Yes, this damn heavy rain has been more than half a month at once, and it has not stopped, my uncle is thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to supply grain and grass, I am very worried!"

"Are you worried that Han Xin will take the opportunity to attack?" Yu Ji asked. "Well, it can be seen from the Battle of Guangling and the Battle of Huaishui that Han Xin is not a character to mess with. This time it was raining, and his supply line was very short, so he would not be affected too much, and it was very likely that he would take the opportunity to attack. Uncle's burden is not light this time!" Xiang Yu's eyebrows were full of melancholy.

"Husband, my uncle is both civil and military, not Zhaogong and Long, so no matter how powerful Han Xin is, he will not be his uncle's opponent! It's a little difficult, and I think my uncle should be able to overcome it!" Yu Ji said softly. Yu Ji's words were like a flower of interpretation, which suddenly relieved Xiang Yu's heart a lot, and he nodded and said, "Well, I also think that Han Xin will not be my uncle's opponent, maybe I'm too worried!"

"That's right," Xiang Yu suddenly straightened up, causing Yu Ji to be stunned: "When will we have a child, now that my Xiang family has no queen, the eldest uncle and the third uncle are all counting on you." If you can conceive first, the third uncle will return victorious, and he will be even more happy!"

Yu Ji thought that Xiang Yu would say something good, but she didn't expect it to be such a shameful thing, so she couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and performed a traditional female stunt - dragon claw hand, so she twisted a plum blossom on Xiang Yu's right shoulder, and said angrily: "I hate it, who said it was born for you!"

Xiang Yu is such a thick-skinned person, Yu Ji was only bitten by a mosquito, but her face grinned as if she cooperated, and cried out in pain: "Pain, pain, lady, you can't be lighter!" I'm right, why are you screwing me!? Uncle and aunt have no queen so far, the reason you know, the third uncle has not married for me, let alone come out, the responsibility of inheriting Xiang's cigarettes is not all placed on your shoulders and mine, do you think I can not be in a hurry!?"

Yu Ji's face was blushing, and she said a little twistedly: "Then, then I will only give birth to one, I heard my mother say that it hurts to give birth to a child!" Xiang Yu said with a bitter face: "Only give birth to one, how can it be done!" Yu Ji glared at Xiang Yu and said, "Why not?" Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Yu Ji, you know my affection for you, I will never fall in love with anyone else in this life, there will only be you as a woman!" What if you give birth to a daughter in your first child, can I give my huge family inheritance to a daughter!? So you're going to have to give me a son anyway!"

Yu Ji was moved by Xiang Yu's affection, and nodded with some tears in her eyes: "Well, I promise you, but I will only give birth to one son, and I won't give birth to more!" Xiang Yu was secretly happy in his heart: "If you say that if you don't give birth, you won't be born, and the initiative is not in my hands!" My Xiang Yu also has at least three sons, how happy it is!" said with a smile: "Of course, of course, how can I bear to make my wife work so hard, one son is enough!" Hmmm!" Yu Ji nodded, and snuggled up to Xiang Yu's broad chest again.

"Report, Major General, Urgent report from the front!" A Chu Xiang soldier braved the drizzle and rushed over.

Xiang Yu's heart sank, don't be bad news from his uncle, and hurriedly said: "Say it quickly!" The soldiers hurriedly said: "It is an urgent report sent back by General Liu Bang from the front line of Daliang: after more than a month of fierce attack, the Wei army finally couldn't resist it, General Fan Hao took the lead in the city, cut the pass and locked it, and Daliang has fallen into the hands of our army." At this point, Wei Di has been taken by me!"

"Good, great! You quickly go and invite my uncle and Fan Junshi to come to the discussion!" Xiang Yu looked happy. "Whoa!" The pro-soldiers went.

"Yu Ji, you go back first, I'll discuss the military situation with my uncle and military advisor, and I'll go back to accompany you!" Xiang Yu looked at Yu Ji and said softly with some reluctance. Yu Ji nodded softly and said, "Well, then I'll go back first!" Go for it!"

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In the inner room of the Fu Jie Hall, Xiang Yu was holding it, waiting quietly. After a while, Fan Zeng and Xiang Bo, who also lived together in the general's mansion, each walked in with an umbrella.

"Yu'er, is there something wrong?" Xiang Bo closed the umbrella and shook the water droplets on his body.

"Uncle, military advisor," Xiang Yu stood up and said with a smile: "That's the case, just now the soldiers came to report that Liu Bang had just captured Daliang, and so far, Wei Di has fallen into my hands!"

"Really!? Great, in this way, the territory of my Chu State has expanded a lot, this Liu Bang is quite competitive!" Xiang Bo said with some joy.

"Well, it's good news, but it is even more important for Yu Fanjun and Zhu Jishi to step up their beware of Liu Bang and don't slack off!" Fan Zeng didn't have much joy.

Xiang Bo is a good old man and has a good relationship with Liu Bang, and said with some displeasure: "Military advisor, Liu Bang is also a cadre, why are you so defensive against him, if it leaks out, won't it chill the hearts of the soldiers!?"

Xiang Yu also had a good impression of Liu Bang, and said with a smile: "Yes, the military advisor is too careful, I think Brother Liu is enthusiastic and righteous, and there will be no dissent!"

Fan Zeng shook his head and said: "Don't be careless, I think that Liu Bang is not ambitious, but he is not willing to submit to him, and the general also thinks so, otherwise he will not send Yu and Zhu Er to personally supervise the battle!"

"Forget it, forget it, don't talk about it!" Xiang Bo saw that everyone had different opinions, and he was afraid that he would blush if he continued to speak, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "Yu'er, is there no news from your third uncle's front?"

"No, it's still news from six days ago, asking us to step up the supervision of grain and grass. Uncle's life is not easy!" Xiang Yu sighed.

Fan Zeng smiled bitterly and said: "Two days ago, General Song Yi came to me and asked me to inform the general to beware of Han Xin taking advantage of the low morale of our army, but it's a pity that the general will listen to what Song Yi said, I can't do anything!"

Xiang Bo nodded and said, "Well, with the third brother's current temper, he really can't hear the contrary words, I just hope that he doesn't have anything to do!" Then Han Xin is indeed not easy to match!"

At this moment, suddenly, in the slanting wind and drizzle, a general of the Chu army stumbled towards Fu Jietang, shouting with sorrow on his face: "Young General, Young General!"

Xiang Yu and the others were startled, and when they looked down, they saw a general of the Chu army under the stairs covered in mud and water, staggering towards Fujietang, it seemed that it was caused by rushing in the rain for days, this was not Zhou Yin. Xiang Yu was shocked: "General Zhou, you didn't accompany your uncle on the front line in Guangling, why did you suddenly come back and be so embarrassed?"

Zhou Yin fell to the ground with a "plop", touched his head with his head, and cried: "Young General, Major General, Great General, Great General, he, he is dead!" Ah!!h Xiang Yu was so shocked that his body shook, only to feel that his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted. Fan Zeng and Xiang Bo were also shocked for a while.

Xiang Bo said with a look of disbelief: "General Zhou, this, this is true!?" You'll go through the details!"

Zhou Yin said while crying: "Due to the rainy days, the soldiers in the army are hungry and cold, and their morale is low, so the general often patrols the battalions in order to encourage morale. Since this was on the front line against the enemy, the last general had been persuading the general to bring more soldiers and horses, but unfortunately the general just didn't listen, and one day, he was found out by the Qin army and ambushed on the road. The general and more than 200 guards were all killed! The army was also raided by Han Xin, all of them were scattered, and the last general and more than 1,000 remnants of Chu Xiang fought their way out of the encirclement and fled to Huai'an to save their lives, but it was a pity that the general he ...... "Talking, talking, Zhou Yin couldn't cry, and he couldn't stop crying!"

"Hanshin โ€”โ€”!" Xiang Yu was furious, jumped up, his bronzed face turned iron blue, and he was extremely terrifying: "I won't kill you, I swear not to be a man!" Suddenly, Xiang Yu fell to his knees with a "plop" and cried: "Uncle!!"

Xiang Bo and Fan Zeng were also weeping and weeping on the side, silent. When the Chu Xiang guards under the stairs heard the bad news, they also fell to the ground together, and shouted sadly on their backs: "General!" Soon, the bad news spread, and the entire Great General's Mansion fell into a weeping.

Suddenly, Fan Zeng stopped his sorrowful crying and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and his already old face became even more wrinkled. "General Zhou, how is Han Xin's situation now?" Fan Zeng tried his best to calm the grief and indignation in his heart, and said calmly.

Zhou Yin sobbed: "After the thief won, he was unable to advance in the rain, and he was still camping in the north of Guangling, and he had no intention of committing a crime in the north for the time being!"

Fan Zeng nodded, left the table and bowed down in front of Xiang Yu and said: "Young General, now that the great general's great cause has not been accomplished, unfortunately he passed away halfway, and Xiang's foundation is all on the young general, please take care of the aftermath quickly!"

"After what's good!?" Xiang Yubao's eyes widened, and his fiery red eyes seemed to be about to erupt with grief and indignation: "I will lead the army, kill Guangling, cut off the head of Han Xin's child, and avenge my uncle!" As he spoke, he jumped up and shouted, "Bring my halberd!"

Fan Zeng hurriedly shouted: "Young General, don't be reckless, do you think you can still mobilize troops now?" Xiang Yu was furious when he heard this: "I avenge my uncle, who dares to stop me!?" Death to those who stand in my way!" Fan Zeng persuaded bitterly: "Young General, as soon as the general dies, the highest rank of my Chu ** rank is Song Yi, the general of the Xiazhu State, and Huan Chu, the general of the Pi State, which means that the current military power has naturally fallen into the hands of these two people." These two people have always been at odds with me, how could they be willing to hand over the military power to the young general again, and they would definitely not agree to send troops!"

Xiang Yutie blushed, gritted his teeth and said: "If they dare to stop me, I don't care if he is a general of the Pillar State or a general, and there is no forgiveness for killing him!" Fan Zeng was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Young General, the general has just collapsed, and the State of Chu is already in turmoil, and it is necessary to stabilize the foundation and reinvigorate the strength, if you kill each other, wouldn't it be self-defeating!?" What's more, if you force it, our odds of winning are not high! When the general was there, his prestige was lofty, and the Chu army naturally obeyed the wind; As soon as the general died, except for a few generals, there was no one in the Chu army whose prestige was higher than that of Song Yi and Huan Chu, so if the young general wanted to transfer troops, I am afraid that not many people would obey the young general! Please think twice, the young general, don't turn your face with Song Yi, Huan Chu and others now!"

Xiang Yu is still very talented in tactics, he was stunned when he heard this, his clenched fist gradually loosened, he sat down on the ground with a "plop", and said sadly: "Then isn't my uncle's blood revenge not avenged?" Nope!" Fan Zeng hurriedly said: "Of course, the general's revenge must be avenged, but the most important thing now is to stabilize the situation, win the support of the powerful generals in the army, and wait for us to master the military power, and then remove Song Yi and Huan Chu, solve all the constraints, and then send troops to avenge the general!"

"Uncle, look!" Xiang Yu looked at Uncle Xiang unwillingly. Xiang Bo is not a reckless person, although he is reckless and careful, he nodded sadly: "What the military advisor said is very true, you must not be reckless, now you must have a good relationship with Song Yi, Huan Chu, etc., and secretly step up the fight for military power, this is the best policy." As for the revenge of the third brother, sooner or later it will be avenged! Yu'er, now that the burden of the Xiang family has fallen on your shoulders, you have to learn to focus on the overall situation, and you must no longer be as righteous as before!"

Xiang Yu saw that Xiang Bo and Fan Zeng both said this, nodded gloomily and said: "Then so be it, tomorrow it is estimated that the king will hold a court meeting to discuss matters such as military power after my uncle goes, and now I will ask my uncle and military advisor to lobby the courtiers, and strive for me to inherit my uncle's position and control the military power tomorrow!"

Fan Zeng sighed when he heard this: "This is very difficult, with the prestige of Song Yi and Huan Chu, it is unlikely that the post of General Shangzhu will be succeeded by a major general, and General Pi is also very dangerous." It would be good if we could win the first of the four generals in the front, rear, left and right for the major general, after all, the current major general is only a right general, and it is unlikely that he will even surpass several levels!" Xiang Bo also said: "I'll do our best!"

Xiang Yu was a little silent when he heard this, and he was silent for a while!

The mansion of Song Yi, the general of the lower pillar country.

In the inner room, a blazing fire is burning to expel the wet and cold weather, and the room is warm. A few cases later, Song Yi, who was in his sixties, had white hair fluttering, and was sitting upright reading a book, which really had the taste of fairy wind and bones.

Suddenly, a soldier outside the door whispered: "General, General Huan Chu is asking to see him in the side hall!" Song Yi paused and said calmly: "Please General Huan come in!" Whoa!" The pro-soldiers retreated.

After a while, a heavy footstep came, and the person who came to the door came first: "General, are you busy again!?" As he spoke, a tall, handsome-looking Lenten general stepped in!

"Oh, General Huan is here, please take a seat!" Song Yi put down the book, smiled and greeted him: "Aren't I also idle and have nothing to do, and I plan to read more books to teach the king!" Because Xiang Liang didn't let Song Yi hold real power, but he couldn't let Song Yi, the general of the lower pillar country, have nothing to do, so he let Song Yi take on the false name of a prince and teach the young King of Chu!

Huan Chuxi sat down diligently and said, "General, I won't be idle in the future, because the time for me to take power has come!" When Song Yi heard this, his heart moved, and he exclaimed: "Could it be ......" Huan Chu smiled: "Exactly!" I just heard that Xiang Liang was arrogant and arrogant, and only took more than 200 personal soldiers on the front line to patrol, but the result was that Han Xin found out and set up an ambush on the way, Xiang Liang died in battle, and the 60,000 army was dispersed overnight, and only a few fled back to Huai'an! You said that as soon as this Liang died, the military power of the Chu State would not fall into the hands of you and me!?"

"Alas, alas, alas!" Although Song Yi had an expected expression when he heard this, he didn't have much joy. Huan Chu was a little surprised: "General, haven't you always been at odds with Xiang Liang, why is Xiang Liang dead now, aren't you very happy!?"

Song Yi sighed and said, "Although I am at odds with Xiang Liang, it is not a personal grudge, just a public grudge!" That Liang is arrogant and domineering, not only does he not take us and others seriously, but also because of his self-reliance, he doesn't even take the king in his eyes, and only sets the king into a puppet, so I have repeatedly fought with him, hoping to restore the royal power! Although Xiang Liang is dead today, the royal power can be revitalized, but this person's literary talent and martial arts strategy are really higher than ours, with him, after all, my Chu State is strong, not afraid of any strong enemy, he dies today, my Chu State's strength is greatly injured, and the resistance to Qin is weak, what is the joy!"

Huan Chu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said with admiration: "The general is dedicated to the country and is loyal!" It's a pity that Xiang Liang couldn't hear the advice, and was finally taken advantage of by Han Xin, which was really self-defeating, and the will of heaven could not be violated! General, although Xiang Liang is dead now, the remnants of Xiang Liang are definitely unwilling to hand over their military power, and I am afraid that there will be some changes in the coming Japanese court!"

Song Yi smiled faintly when he heard this: "As soon as Xiang Liang dies, Xiang Yu is just a right general, what is there to fear!" My Song family, Huan family, Xiang family together known as the three major families of Chu State, when Xiang Liang was in the past, afraid of its might, we can not compete with it, today he is one of the dead, my Song and Huan families as long as they raise their arms, the courtiers will be more used by me, and how can they serve Xiang Yu a district Huangkou Xiaoer!? What's more, the king is also deeply affected by Xiang Liang's dictatorship, and this time he will definitely not let the Xiang family take power again, so he will definitely fully support us and others. General Huan is too worried, who can give up the post of General of Shangzhu Guoda, and General Huan can also go one step further and take over the position of General of Xiazhu Guoda from the old man!"

"Even so, we must not be unprepared, it is better to prepare in advance, so as not to be caught off guard when we get it!" Huan Chu said with a smile. "Well, what General Huan said is reasonable, we can contact the courtiers on the one hand, and prepare on the other!" Song Yi nodded.

"General, I can do the matter of contacting the courtiers! It's just that tomorrow's court meeting, with the momentum of the Xiang family's remaining prestige and the identity of Xiang Yu's relatives, I'm afraid the king will not be able to comfort him. Even if we win the position of General of Shangzhu Guoda, I am afraid that we will not be able to stop Xiang Yu from challenging the three positions of General Pi, former general, and rear general!"

"Well, that makes sense. At present, among the four major generals in the front, rear, left, and right of the court, the position of the former general is respected, followed by the rear general and the right general, and the left general last. Now that General Zuo has granted Zhong Lifu, General Right is Xiang Yu, only the former and rear generals have not yet been awarded, plus the position of General Pi vacated after General Huan's promotion, there are three vacancies available! If Xiang Liang and the others can't get one of the Shangzhu Generals, they will definitely retreat to the second, but they can't let him completely get his wish!" Song Yi thought for a while and said: "Now that Liu Bang has just captured the Wei State, he has made great contributions, and he has a good relationship with us, it is better to let Liu Bang take over the post of General Pi, and there should be nothing to say about this in the court." In addition, Peng Yue's new surrender has not been sealed so far, which is also inappropriate, so let him take over the post of former general, and it is understandable to treat the subordinates well. As for Xiang Yu, just let him take over the post of general to show comfort!"

Song Yi was really treacherous, and he had to work hard to let Xiang Yu's position be determined.

"Great, I'm going to talk to the courtiers of my Song and Huan sects, and tomorrow I'll see how that Xiang Yu'er cries!" Huan Chu laughed.

The palace of the king of Chu, the hall of the council.

Hundreds of officials of the state of Chu waited quietly in the hall for the arrival of the king of Chu, and from time to time there were officials who were close friends exchanging views on the current situation in a low voice, making gestures that only each other could understand. But Song Yi, Huan Chu, Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng, and Xiang Bo were silent, and they couldn't see anything with a calm face.

After a while, suddenly a sharp voice came: "The king has arrived in โ€”โ€”!"

The courtiers hurriedly bowed to the ground and said respectfully: "Great blessing to the king!" Xiong Xin, the young king of Chu, walked in from the palace gate, passed through the corridor formed by the ministers, and ascended to the throne.

"Ladies and gentlemen," the King of Chu said with a sad expression: "I was shocked to hear yesterday that the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom was killed on the front line of Guangling, and our army was also defeated and defeated, and my heart was not very sad. General Xiang is dedicated to the country, loyal and upright, and his death in battle today is not only a loss for the outnumbered, but also a loss for my Chu country. God is jealous of talents, sighs, sighs!"

Although Xiong Xin is also dissatisfied with Xiang Liang's control of the government, the people of country Z have always had a beautiful tradition of not blaming the deceased, so they don't mind praising Xiang Liang a few more words!

Xiang Yu tied a filial piety scarf on his head, wore filial piety clothes, and said with a sad face: "The king, the uncle of the minister died for the national strength, and he has done his best to be a minister." The uncle has no sons, but he treats his ministers like parents and sons, so the ministers must also fulfill the filial piety of father and son. Please allow the king to allow his ministers to lead the army, avenge his uncle, and be ashamed of the state of Chu!"

Although Xiang Yu said it was more vague, he actually said: I want my son to inherit his father's business and continue to control the military power!

"This โ€”โ€”!" King Xiong of Chu looked at Song Yi with a sad face, obviously not wanting to continue to hand over the military power to the Xiang family. After all, although Xiang Liang also respected the King of Chu before, he actually set up the King of Chu to an empty shelf, and Xiong Xin didn't want to live such a day anyway.

Song Yi saw that the King of Chu was in trouble, so he hurriedly came to the rescue, and said: "King, General Xiang's filial piety is commendable, and he must do something to avenge General Xiang, but not now." Because now that there is no leader in the middle of the court, it is not too late to elect a person of high moral integrity to serve as the general of the Shangzhu State to appease the people, and then reorganize the soldiers and horses, and then fight a decisive battle with the Qin army!" Song Yi is actually just turning a corner to show that Xiang Yu is not qualified to command the army now.

"Well, that's good! Who do you think is suitable to succeed you as the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom?" The king of Chu hurriedly got off the donkey down the slope and said with a straight face.

A courtier came out and said: "King, General Xiang Shao is a famous family, he has been deeply taught by General Xiang since he was a child, and he is the best candidate for Tao Wuluo, and he can inherit his father's position and stabilize the army's heart, which is also a good story in the future!" This is a figure of the Xiang family's party, and what he said made Xiang Yu secretly happy.

As soon as the words fell, a courtier jumped out and said: "No, the position of the general of the Shangzhu State is the first important position in the imperial court, and it should be appointed by the sage, how can the father die and the son inherit this set." You must know that this court is a state, not a family of his Xiang family!" This is another figure of Song and Huan's party.

Another Xiang family refuted the ministers: "Whether or not to engage in the system of father's death and son's inheritance is not the point, the important thing is that Major General Xiang is rigorous in governing the army, has a deep understanding of military strategy, and has excellent martial arts and brave champions, who in this court can be more suitable for this position than Major General Xiang!?"

"Absolutely!" It was Huan Chu's relative Huan Shun who spoke: "If you want to be worthy of the post of General of the Pillar Kingdom, there are two most important points: first, prestige, without prestige, it is difficult to be popular; Second, military strategy, without military strategy, it is difficult to defeat the enemy; As for whether the martial arts are brave or not, it should not be considered, after all, the general of the Zhu State does not need to be the courage of that horseman. And when it comes to prestige, the highest person in the court is General Song, General Song is a famous family, an old minister of the four dynasties, and he is highly respected, who can compare with it!? If you want to talk about military strategy, General Song was a general many times in the previous dynasties, although he was not as powerful as General Xiang Yan, but he was also a famous veteran of my Chu State for decades, and there were always more soldiers than some Huangkou children! Therefore, the minister thought that the post of General of Shangzhu State should be succeeded by General Song, and General Song had already been the general of Xiazhu State, and it seemed justified and natural to take over the post of General Xiang at this time!" This Huan Shun listed Song Yi's advantages one by one, and looked at Xiang Yu provocatively.

Xiang Yu was furious, his eyes were upside down, and he suddenly pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, with the intention of attacking. Fan panicked, hurriedly looked at Xiang Yu, and shook his head. Xiang Yu held back his anger, snorted coldly, and no longer paid attention to Huan Shun.

And with Huan Shun's words, the sons and subordinates of the two famous families of Song and Huan, as well as the courtiers who saw that the situation was not good and fell down, came out one after another, and strongly recommended Song Yi to take the post of general of Shangzhu State. It's just a pity that Xiang Liang was originally in response to Yun Cong, and now that Xiang Liang is dead, there are only two or three out of ten courtiers who are willing to die for Xiang's family, and they are pressed back by the courtiers of the Song and Huan families, and they look weak and lonely.

Xiang Yu was very lonely when he saw this: "It's really a wall that everyone pushes, I think when my uncle is here, how majestic he was at that time!"

Seeing that there was a lot of noise in the hall, King Xiong Xin not only made himself dizzy, but even looked at the posture of using force, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, be quiet, be quiet!"

The king of Chu spoke, and the courtiers were not good at not giving face, so they had to return to their respective positions and gradually calm down.

Seeing that the hall was quiet, King Chu Xiong Xin said with a straight face: "The widow just listened to what you Aiqing said, and most of the people still support the old general Song Yi to take the position of the general of the Shangzhu State, so the widow will be as good as the stream, and the old general Song will be appointed to the position of the general of the Shangzhu State!" In addition, General Pi Huan Chu took over the post of General Song Lao Zhu Guoda, which is also more reasonable!"

"Minister, Song Yi thanks to the king of Houen!" Although Song Yi and Huan Chu were happy in their hearts, they looked respectful and grateful on their faces.

Xiang Yu saw that the post of general of Shangzhu was hopeless, and he was very disappointed in his heart, and looked at Fan Zeng. Fan Zeng understood and said: "King, since the post of General Pei is vacant now, then you might as well let General Xiang Shao take this position to assist General Song and General Huan in handling military affairs, and you can also have the ability to avenge General Xiang in the future, please allow this request for filial piety!"

The King of Chu hesitated when he heard this, to be honest, Xiong Xin was still grateful to Xiang Liang for finding him out of the commoners and establishing him as the King of Chu, and Xiang Yu was still nominally related after all, and now that Xiang Liang is dead, it is not good to be too harsh on Xiang Yu, otherwise it will be rumored that there will be a suspicion of 'the bird is hidden in the bow, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked', so he wants to agree.

Song Yi was so familiar with Xiong Xin, and when he saw the look of the King of Chu, he knew that the King of Chu wanted to respond to this invitation, and hurriedly said: "The king is slow!" Although the two posts of the general of the upper and lower pillars of the country are the supreme commanders of our army, they generally only deal with general military affairs in peacetime, and they are not in the permanent army, but the actual resident army is the general who leads the troops, so the post of general is generally chosen to be appointed by those who have made outstanding achievements in war, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the people. Now the partial general Liu Bang is brave and outstanding, and his military achievements are outstanding, not only breaking Wei Bao in Chen County, but now he has captured the entire territory of Wei State, capturing Wei Qi, Wei Bao and others, although his military achievements are not as good as the late General Xiang, but he is already the head of the court, so the old minister thinks that Liu Bang must hold the post of General Pi!"

As soon as Song and Huan heard it, they knew Song Yi's intentions: the county official will not give you Xiang Yu, and the county manager will not give you Xiang Yu. Hurriedly came out and said: "Yes, since General Liu Bang set out to attack Wei, he has made many great contributions, but he has not been rewarded. Especially at this time of national disaster, it is even more necessary to encircle the heroes, so the ministers respectfully ask the king to appoint Liu Bang as the general!"

For a time, the Song and Huan parties drowned out the opposition of the Xiang family.

Seeing this, Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, already knew what his teacher Song Yi meant, so he pushed the boat down the river and said: "Yes, General Liu Bang has made great contributions to the country, and he can't help but reward him, so the widow obeyed the wishes of the ministers and ordered Liu Bang to be the general to show his reward!" King Shengming!" Song Yi and the others bowed tightly and nailed down the matter.

Xiang Yu's face turned even paler, and there was also a hint of murder in the eyes of Song Yi and the others, and he said in his heart: "Old thief, if you dare to take my position as a former general again, I will have to cut off your dog's head!"

Seeing this, Xiang Bo sighed in his heart, and said: "King, since the courtiers think that Xiang Yu is young and shallow, and is not enough to take on important responsibilities, but my brother rebelled at the beginning and supported the royal family, and now he has died in a bloody battle, the king can't be indifferent and not show mercy!?" If this is the case, and it spreads, how will the people of the world think of the king!"

When Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, heard this, his face was a little pale, and he felt quite guilty in his heart, and when he was about to say that Xiang Liang was promoted to a former general, he suddenly came out and said: "King, General Xiang has made great contributions to the country in the past, and now he died in a bloody battle. In addition, the original Marquis Peng Yue surrendered to our Chu State in the front, and then followed Liu Bang's bloody battle against the Wei State in the back, in line with the principle of preferential treatment and generous rewards for meritorious heroes, and Peng Yue was also a prince at the beginning of the world, so the minister thought that Peng Yue should be awarded as a former general to show the king's favor!"

"What General Huan said is very good, and the ministers seconded it!" The party of Song and Huan immediately echoed it again, with a posture of chasing and fighting fiercely and vowing not to give up until the goal was achieved.

Xiang Yu was furious when he heard this, his eyes were churning with murderous aura, he jumped up suddenly, pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword and shouted: "Huan Chu, when my uncle was here in the past, you were as well-behaved as a dog, and you didn't dare to put one more fart!" Seeing my uncle pass away like this, do you think that my Xiang clan is easy to deceive!? Tell you, I, Xiang Yu, also have a killing blade!"

For a while, Xiang Yu's eyes with angry eyes exuded a powerful murderous aura and terrifying pressure, and the eyes of Xiang Yu, who were born with strange magical powers, suddenly became frightened and softened, and shouted in horror: "You, what do you want to do!" Before the king, do you dare to kill me!?"

Xiang Yu shouted angrily: "If I kill you, it's like slaughtering a chicken and a dog, why don't you dare!" As he spoke, he raised his sword and wanted to go straight to Huan Chu. Huan Chu was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, knowing that Xiang Yu was brave enough to crown the three armies, and the ten of them were not his opponents when they were tied together, so he hurriedly shouted to the king of Chu, Xiongxin: "The king save me!"

Fan Zeng and Xiang Bo saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Xiang Yu. Xiang Bo hurriedly said: "Yu'er, this is before driving, how can you be reckless, blame put down your weapon!" Fan Zeng also said in a low voice: "Major General, the situation is not favorable to me at this time, let's temporarily calm the anger of the thunder, and think about it in the long term after returning home!"

To say that ten Fan Zeng can't hold Xiang Yu, who is as brave as a god, fortunately, there is a tall and strong Xiang Bo here, although Xiang Bo's martial arts are not strong, but he is also born with divine power, plus Xiang Yu is also afraid of hurting Xiang Bo and Fan Zeng, and he doesn't dare to work too hard, so he struggles for a while.

At this time, Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, had already been frightened by Xiang Yu's murderous aura, and he was just trembling when he stayed on the throne, how could he say a word. Song Yi's martial arts were mediocre, seeing Xiang Yu's anger, he was also afraid, he took a few steps back, and pressed the hilt of the sword under his waist with his left hand, if there was anything wrong with the situation, he would draw his sword to resist.

"Major General, you must focus on the overall situation, and you can't fire! You see that the outside of the hall are all Song Yi and Huan Chu's subordinates, you can't be reckless!" The old man Fan Zeng hugged Xiang Yu and persuaded him in a low voice.

Xiang Yu gradually calmed down, and looked coldly at the frightened Chu King Xiong Xin, the general Song Yi, and Huan Chu, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Uncle, military advisor, let it go, I won't kill these people, killing them will only stain my sword!"

Xiang Bo saw that Xiang Yu didn't want to struggle, so he slowly let go of his hands, and then Fan Zeng, the old man who was half tired and half dead, also let go of Xiang Yu. "Zheng!" Xiang Yu put the long sword back into the sheath, glanced at everyone coldly, and then shook off the cloak behind him, and strode away from the hall.

At the entrance of the hall, the imperial sergeant was about to stop it, but Xiang Yu opened his eyes angrily: "Wellโ€”โ€”!" Suddenly, the frightened Chu army softened and obediently gave way to a way.

Xiang Yu, the gatekeeper, left by himself, and everyone was stunned for a while, they didn't expect Xiang Yu to be so arrogant, and he didn't take the king of Chu and the ministers in his eyes at all!

Seeing Xiang Yu leaving, Huan Chu's waist, which was originally trembling with fright, immediately stiffened, and said to the king of Chu, Xiong Xin: "King, Xiang Yu flashed his sword in front of the emperor, and wanted to kill the country's important ministers, this is a crime of great rebellion, please punish the king by edict!" Xiong Xin also came to his senses at this time, and remembered Xiang Yu's angry appearance in shock, and couldn't help but hesitate: "This ......"

Fan Zeng hurriedly said: "King, the right general is not in a hurry, not because of the pretend to be King Fan, please also ask the king to see that the right general is young and vigorous, and open the net!" Xiong Xin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and he was also a little hesitant in his heart: "Xiang Liang just died, if I kill his son and nephew, I am afraid of infamy in the world!" What's more, although this clan has lost great power, Xiang Yu still has tens of thousands of heavy soldiers inside and outside in his hands, especially the elite of Chu Xiang, who is not an ordinary person, if it conflicts, I am afraid it will not be the blessing of the country!"

The king of Chu, Xiong Xin, was thinking about it, and Song Yi hurriedly said: "The king, the minister also thinks that the right general's suitability is indeed just an unintentional mistake, and it is caused by the impulse of the young man. As we all know, General Right has always been not very harmonious with General Huan, but it is not surprising that there is such a conflict, and I ask the king to pardon him. However, the minister also thinks that General Huan's recommendation is also quite appropriate, General Peng Yue descended to me in the front, and the meritorious service is in the back, it is indeed more appropriate to be a former general, please think twice!"

Seeing that Song Yi was actually speaking for Xiang Yu, Huan Chu couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly whispered: "General, you ......" Song Yi saw that Huan Chu's face was displeased, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "This matter has been revealed, go back and talk about it!" Huan Chu had no choice but to endure it.

Fan Zeng and Xiang Bo saw that Song Yi was also speaking for Xiang Yu, and they were slightly stunned, but they already understood: "Song Yi is also for the stability of the overall situation, and he endured this evil breath!"

King Xiong Xin of Chu saw that Song Yi was also in love with Xiang Yu, so he hurriedly got off the donkey down the slope and said with a forced smile: "What the general said is very true, the widow is also a young man, and he is often impulsive, what the right general did is not surprising, and the widow pardons it!" In addition, General Huan's talent was also accurate, so he ordered Peng Yue to be the former general, and Xiang Yu was promoted from the right general to the rear general! You have any objections!"

"King Shengming!" Song and Huan hurriedly slapped their ass. Xiang Bo, Fan Zeng and others saw that the general trend had gone, so they had to endure the grievances in their hearts and bow down to thank them!

After the dispersal of the dynasty, with the return of the courtiers, the battle between the Xiang family and the Song and Huan parties officially shifted from the secret to the open, and for a time the news in the well of Pengcheng was boiling. The people have no friends and no party, and they receive more favors from Xiang Liang on weekdays, so they are more sympathetic to Xiang Yu, and secretly scold Song Yi and Huan Chu!

And Xiang Yu, under the persuasion of Fan Zeng and Xiang Bo, for the sake of the stability of the overall situation, had to temporarily endure this evil breath, but the anger in his heart was never extinguished. Under the persuasion of Song Yi, Huan Chu, who was originally indignant, also put the overall situation first, and temporarily endured the hatred of being humiliated by Xiang Yu in the court.

However, the court of the Chu State, which was originally quite stable, has since planted the root of the collapse, and it may break out at any time to shake the world!