PS: It's been a long time since I've been to the starting point, and there's been a lot going on with Jazz lately. Home decoration, talking about girlfriends, preparing new books, etc., almost rarely go online, so I apologize for making everyone wait for a long time.

Now that the matter has basically come to an end, the update of "Iron and Blooded Great Qin" has also begun to continue when Jazz's new book "Chinese Dragons" began to be uploaded.

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On a dark and windy night, the Qin and Chu armies fought the turbulent Huaishui River, and the flames that rushed to the sky reflected the entire night sky, which was clearly visible more than ten miles away.

Xiang Liang led 50,000 Chu troops to set up a strict formation on the south bank, arrows rained down, struggling to block the landing of the Qin army, and taking advantage of the dilemma that the Qin cavalry could not land for a while, the strong chariots and cavalry of the Li Chu army killed the Qin troops who landed on the shore one after another. Although the Qin army fought bloody and hard, the Chu army had a geographical advantage, and it could not conflict with the defense line of the Xiang Liang army for a while.

And Xiang Yan personally led the main force of 100,000 Chu troops to the shore to line up and meet the Mengwu Division. The two armies also fought hard across the Huaishui, and the killing was inextricably linked.

At this moment, on a relatively hidden river bank in Huaishui, the 20,000 elite Qin troops of Meng Tian's department had quietly made all preparations. The 20,000 warriors who were about to decide the outcome of the battle were all brave and good at fighting, and they were all proficient in water, and the first 5,000 cavalry had to rely on their own strength, without boats and ferries, because the situation required them to quietly seize the beachhead.

After Meng Tian and his generals inspected the preparations of the headquarters, they stood on the river embankment and looked south, only to see that the two river crossing points were full of killing sounds and bright fires, and it seemed that the attention of the Chu army had been completely attracted by Wang Jian and Mengwu's two armies.

Meng Tian waited for a while, calculating that the time should be ripe, and waved his hand to give a signal. The 5,000 cavalry waiting on the shore went into the water one after another, and he took the lead in swimming with a horse's tail and began to force the Huaishui to cross!

Although it was already the height of summer, the river water in the middle of the night was still cold, icy and biting, and the Qin soldiers only wore single clothes in order to cross the river lightly, so they couldn't help but freeze their lips purple, and their hands and feet were cold. Fortunately, most of the Qin people were brave and hard-working, so they gritted their teeth and paddled forward desperately, floating towards the south bank from time to time on the turbulent river, spitting out a mouth full of turbid river water from time to time!

The distance of five or six hundred steps wide is nothing if it is land, but after it is replaced by a river, it is still enough for the Qin army to drink a pot. After drifting with the tide for half an hour, the five thousand Qin cavalry finally arrived at the south bank of Huaishui quietly, without alarming any Chu army.

Meng Tian, who was so wet that he was like a chicken in soup, didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the soldiers to take off their wet clothes and change into the yellow uniform of the Chu army. For a while, on the bank of the hidden Huai River, in the dim moonlight, there was a pile of healthy meat in Baihuahua!

The cavalry of the Qin army moved very quickly, and soon completed the change of equipment, and immediately lined up on the bank in order to protect the follow-up infantry crossing the river!

Fifteen thousand foot soldiers then rushed across by raft, also in full sets of Chu army armor and carrying all kinds of siege equipment. After a while, the Qin army's foot soldiers without any interference also landed on the south bank and quickly assembled!

As the saying goes: the most dangerous place is often the safest place, and the bold Meng Tian took advantage of the paralyzing psychology of the Chu people to quietly land on the bank of the river near Changping City and succeeded in sneaking in one fell swoop.

Meng Tian led the army to sneak to the vicinity of Changping City, observed it carefully, and found that the Chu people were defenseless, there were few lights on the city, the patrol posts were normal, and there was no abnormality at all! It seems that the Chu army thinks that the main force of the Qin army is fighting with Xiang Liang and Xiang Yan on the river, and there will be no Qin army attacking here at all!

Meng Tian was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly called Qin Hu and said, "General Qin, it's up to you next!" I'm responsible for attracting the attention of the Chu army sentry, and you lead your headquarters to steal up to the city and forcibly open the city gate!" Questions? ”

Qin Hu was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant at this time with the accumulation of Fusu's military achievements, and he was more mature and brave in battle, and when he heard this, he looked at the dangerous Changping city wall with a cold face, nodded expressionlessly and said, "No problem, leave it to us!" ”

Immediately, Qin Hu led one hundred and fifty 'wolf teeth' dead soldiers to disappear into the dark night, and quietly sneaked to the city. After a while, more than 100 black shadows sneaked to the city, Qin Hu made a gesture, and the Chu army sentry who was unaware of it at the head of the city only felt a numb neck, and it was instantly pitch black in front of him, and he fell to the ground softly.

Immediately, more than 100 flying grabs rose into the air, firmly hooking the battlements, and then one by one the vigorous black shadows, as fast as an ape, light as a raccoon cat, instantly rose from the ground and jumped onto the city wall.

The ferocious 'wolf fang' dead soldier quickly killed the Chu army sentries around him one by one, and the work was done cleanly and neatly, without making a single movement.

At this time, Meng Tian, who estimated that the 'wolf's fangs' were about to clear the obstacles at the head of the city, ordered the Qin army to light the torches and swaggered to the city gate. He shouted, "Whoever is in charge of the city, please open the gates!" ”

The lieutenant of the Chu military academy on duty asked loudly: "Come to the general name?" At this time, the front line is fiercely fighting, why did you retreat? ”

Meng Tian estimated that he had already attracted the attention of the Chu army on the city tower, and the 'wolf fang' troops should be able to succeed immediately. So he said nonsense: "I am General Xiang Tian, the main force of the enemy army crossing the river has been completely annihilated, General Xiang is afraid of the emptiness in the city, so he sent me to lead the army back first to protect the lord!" ”

"Oh, I see! Is there a General Pass Token? "This Chu military captain is also dutiful, and he is still carefully interrogating!

Meng Tian was a little anxious: Why didn't the 'wolf teeth' troops do it yet, they would have to wear it if they were interrogated again! I had to bite the bullet and say, "Of course there is!" ”

"Throw it up and I'll see!" The lieutenant of the Chu military academy is unequivocal!

Meng Tian was anxious when he heard this, and said in a hurry: "No, how can this token be thrown indiscriminately, in case you miss it and don't catch it and it breaks, won't the general cut off your head and mine!" Why don't you go down to the city and test it! ”

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll send someone to open the city gate!"

Meng Tian was secretly happy in his heart: "Yes, the 'wolf tooth' troops had an accident, and they didn't forcibly open the city gate, so I couldn't cheat it!" Or I'm a smart guy! ”

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly floated over the city, and a sharp green light flashed, and the unprepared Chu army suddenly had blood flying! "There is Qin Jun!" Before the horrified Chu people could react, they just paused, and dozens of city gate defenders were killed, and they didn't even have time to call the police.

The heavy gate of the "Boom ......" was quickly forcibly opened by the 'Wolf Teeth' troops, revealing a straight and unobstructed wide avenue!

Meng Tian was ecstatic in his heart, and shouted: "Brothers, it is now to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!" Kill ——! Seeing this, the Qin soldiers were overjoyed, cheered, multiplied bravely, and shouted: "Kill——! "Rush in, crash into the city!

Changping City suddenly began to boil, and the patrol post Chu army on the side of the north city heard the sound of killing and knew that it was not good, and quickly rushed to the north gate from all directions. But in the dark night, I didn't know how many Qin troops there were, and I couldn't tell who the Qin army was, so I was helpless and was cut down by the Qin army! The corpses of the Chu army were all over the field, the blood flowed like a river, and the northern city quickly fell!

After occupying the northern city, Meng Tian quickly ordered: "General Qin, you lead your headquarters to sneak into the city and set fire to all sides to disturb the Chu army!" "Wow!"

"General Mengxin, you lead 3,000 cavalry to hold the north gate, and take the follow-up foot soldiers into the city!" "Whoa!"

"The remaining two thousand cavalry, with Ben in the future, will go to the palace and capture the king of Chu alive!" Meng Tian raised his horse and shouted!

"Capture the King of Chu alive!" The two thousand Qin cavalry cheered and followed Meng Tian to kill the palace of the king of Chu!

For a while, the strength of the Chu army in Changping City was empty, and now they can't distinguish between the enemy and us, and they can't help but be in chaos! I saw that Changping City was full of shouts and killings, and there were flames raging in all directions, and the poor people were crying for their fathers and mothers, fleeing from east to west, and countless people died in the rebellion!

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At the same time, Xiang Yan's battle against the Mengwu army was also in full swing.

Xiang Yan led the army to lay down the painstakingly created Sancai array along Huaishui, and fiercely attacked the Mengwu army with strong bows, hard crossbows, and locust stones.

For a time, the rockets over the Huai Shui were like locusts, covering the sky, illuminating the night sky red. Countless Qin ships were shot by rockets and turned into blazing torches, reflecting the entire river in red. Countless Qin troops were burned by the fire and cried wolves, and jumped into the Huai water like dumplings to escape, because many Qin people did not know how to use water, and countless people died.

Although the Chu army's stone machine is not as sharp as the Qin army, it can reach a thousand steps, but it is still more than enough to deal with the five or six hundred steps wide Huaishui. In the fiery night sky, flying stones whistled for a while, and the strange screams were terrifying, splashing columns of water on the surface of the river. Countless Qin ships were hit by flying rocks, split apart, and sank to the bottom of the river.

Before the Qin army actually landed, there were about 20,000 people who were killed by fire and sunken ships in the river. When the boat was about to dock, it was hit by a giant tree buried under the water by the Chu army, and the people who fell into the water were strangled by the gillnets in the water.

By the time the Mengwu troops fought hard to open a bloody road and forcibly landed on the shore, there were only more than 50,000 people left in the 100,000 Qin army that crossed the river!

Meng Wu looked back and looked back: in the surging Huai Shui, 50,000 strong soldiers of the Qin army died here and died for the country! On the blood-colored river, dense corpses drifted helplessly with the waves, sometimes hidden and sometimes sinking, coupled with countless burning and sunken ships, the Qin army almost filled up the Huaishui at the cost of their lives!

Meng Wuhu's eyes were full of tears, his chest was almost blown up by anger and sorrow, looking at the Chu army in front of him who was still raining arrows, Meng Wu hissed wildly: "Kill——! Avenge the dead brothers! ”

The Qin army was furious, and the large amount of blood of the robes made these fearless warriors grieve to the extreme, and these warriors were bareheaded and shirtless, waving the weapons in their hands, and charging towards the Chu army with a roar.

The mourning soldiers are unstoppable, and Xiang Yan knows the reason. The archers were immediately ordered to shoot at the formation, and the stone machine behind the formation quickly retreated, loaded with gravel, and turned into a locust machine. With the order of the officers of the Chu army, dozens of locust machines were inspired, and thousands of gravel fell from the sky, roaring, flying like swarms of locusts, and those who were hit by the Qin army were either killed or wounded, and there was a miserable howl for a while!

Especially because the Qin army was brave and brave, it never liked to wear thick armor and heavy helmets when fighting, so the casualties caused were even greater. Therefore, less than 40,000 of the more than 50,000 Qin troops could really rush into the Chu army's array.

But after all, the Qin army was a well-trained division of a hundred battles, and they formed a formation while charging in the arrows and stones of the Chu army, showing extremely high military quality. By the time they reached the front of the Chu army, the Qin army had already formed forty phalanxes in an orderly manner and rushed towards the Chu army's Sancai array!

But the Sancai Array was invented by Xiang Yan and created specifically to deal with the Qin army. Therefore, when the Sancai Array was operating, the Qin army often suffered heavy casualties as soon as it opened and closed, and its combat strength gradually dried up!

Although the Mengwu army was brave, the casualties when crossing the river were too great, and they encountered the last main force of the Chu army under the personal command of Xiang Yan, although they tried their best, they could not resist it. Gradually, the sky became brighter, and the Mengwu army was defeated and retreated by Xiang Yan, retreating to the riverbank, and could only support it hard, and see that there was a danger of annihilation of the whole army!

Although Xiang Yan won a big victory at this time, he was also anxious in his heart, because Xiang Yan saw that the Qin army only had about 100,000 people crossing the river, and there was no follow-up force behind him, and he already knew that he had made a mistake in judgment, and Xiang Liang's side was the main force of the Qin army. When I didn't know what the situation was on Xiang Liang's side, the army cavalry came to report: Xiang Liang opposite the Qin army and Xiang Liang fought a bloody battle in the middle of the night, and the two sides fought to the death, although Xiang Liang was still able to resist for a while, but the Qin army had already erected a pontoon bridge, and the cavalry would immediately pounce across the river, I am afraid that it would not be dawn!

Xiang Yan was shocked when he heard this, knowing that even if he annihilated all the 100,000 Qin troops in front of him, once the main force of the Qin army crossed the river, the remnants of the Chu army would definitely not be able to resist the thunderous blow of the main force of the angry Qin army!

Xiang Yan immediately had the idea of retreating, and was about to use a small number of troops to monitor the remnants of Mengwu and the remaining main force to retreat to Changping, when suddenly, flames broke out in the direction of Changping, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Xiang Yanzhi was so frightened that he shouted: "It's not good, it's a trick!" I didn't care about much, and immediately shouted: "The capital is dangerous, the rear army will become the front army, and Changping will be reinforced!" ”

The battle situation was reversed in an instant, and when the Chu army was killing happily, they suddenly saw that the old nest was ended, and they were suddenly confused, and they couldn't care about entangled with the remnants of Mengwu anymore, and they flew to Changping and retreated sharply!

Meng Wu was overjoyed when he saw this, and led more than 20,000 remnants to shout: "Brothers, kill ——! Kill the Chu army! The Qin army, who had been beaten by the Chu army all night, had a steep spirit and increased their courage, stepped through the blood-colored mud, crossed the dead bodies of the robes, and began to pursue the Chu army.

At this time, the cavalry troops left on the north bank of the Mengwu Department saw that the Chu army had retreated, and there was no longer any strength to block it from crossing the river.

"Kill ——!" The Qin army was barehead and shirtless, chasing after the Chu army like a pack of angry wolves. The Chu army had no will to fight at that time, which was completely different from the heroic time just now, and was killed by the imposing Qin army, and there were countless corpses along the way. At this time, the Qin army showed double ferocity and sky-high anger, and all the Chu troops who were chased and intercepted were all beheaded, and their corpses were cut into a puddle of flesh to vent their anger! By the end of the battle and the Qin army cleaned up the battlefield, the corpses of many Chu generals could not be collected at all, so they could only be hastily piled together and buried the matter.

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Under the city of Changping.

Tens of thousands of defeated remnants of the Chu State were defending in formation under the leadership of Xiang Yan and Xiang Liang, with Changping City defended by Meng Tian's army behind them, and Meng Wu and Wang Jian in front of them who broke through the Huai River defense line. The remnants of the Chu army have fallen into the dilemma of being surrounded on all sides!

"Father, I'll cover your breakthrough!" Xiang Liang gritted his teeth and was determined to fight to the death!

Xiang Yan was silent for a while, jumped on his horse, signaled his entourage not to follow, and rode his horse to the front of the two armies. "General Wang Jian, do you dare to come and talk to Zai Xia alone?" Xiang Yan shouted excitedly!

Wang Jian was stunned on the formation, and laughed: "General Xiang called, how dare Wang Jian not come!" As he spoke, he was about to ride out, but Fusu stopped Wang Jian and said, "Slow down, beware of fraud!" Wang Jian shook his head and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency doesn't have to worry, the general trend has been decided, and Xiang Yan can't play any tricks!" Fusu hesitated for a moment and said, "Old general, be careful!" ”

Wang Jian nodded, and also rode to the front of the formation.

"General Wang, now that my lord is dead, Xiang has no fighting spirit. It's okay to ask our army to surrender, but if you want these tens of thousands of soldiers to leave on their own, and not to take prisoners, can General Wang be willing to agree? ”

According to the old practice of the Qin State: when the enemy troops captured in the war were in an emergency situation and were not suitable to carry, the Qin generals could dispose of them randomly, that is to say, whether to kill or bury, whether to pit or chop were all done by the Qin generals as they wished, so there was such a terrifying move as Bai Qi ruthlessly killing 400,000 Zhao troops. Even if they can leave the prisoners alive, when they are escorted back to the Qin State, they are also mostly treated as prisoners, and they are used to dig water conservancy projects, build mausoleums, or expand the city, and other hard labor, and after a few years, eight or nine out of ten people will die! Therefore, Xiang Yancai hoped to find a way to survive for the remnants of the Chu army, neither allowing them to die in battle senselessly, nor allowing them to die miserably as prisoners in the Qin State!

But Wang Jian frowned and said with a smile: "Wang Jian has an idea, that is, to still let General Xiang lead the old department and guard all parts of Chu for the Qin State, and then Wang Jian will report to the King of Qin and seal the official position!" Wang Jian spoke earnestly and seemed very sincere!

When Fusu heard this, he was overjoyed, and said in his heart: "If this is really the case, the Xiang Yan clan will be submissive to my Qin State, and in the future, I am afraid that Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu will not be able to rebel?" Busy with a column of war horses, he also came to the front of the formation, and said with a smile: "General Xiang, Fusu is polite!" Although General Xiang was defeated by our army, it was really a matter of the general situation, the national strength was not good, and it was not a crime of war! General Xiang is still a first-class hero in the world! My father is thirsty for talent, and he has been looking up to the general's talent for a long time, if the general can really lead the army to surrender and help Su to serve with his life, he will definitely be reused! ”

Xiang Liang shook his head decisively when he heard this: "Thank you Wu Anjun for your kindness, but my Chu State only has a decapitated general, not a surrendered general!" Forgive Xiang for not being able to obey his fate! ”

Wang Jian smiled bitterly when he heard this, knowing that Xiang Yan's stubborn temper would definitely not surrender, so he nodded regretfully and said: "Since General Xiang insists on this, the old man will follow General Xiang's wishes." If the Chu soldiers and generals want to stay, they will stay, and if they don't stay, they will leave by themselves! ”

"A gentleman's word?"

"It's hard to chase a horse!" Wang Jian took out an arrow from the quiver and broke it hard: "Break your promise and be such an arrow!" ”

Seeing that Wang Jian actually agreed, didn't Fusu let the tiger return to the mountain, he was in a hurry, and he couldn't stop it for a while, so he had to threaten him: "General Xiang can think about it: you don't want to surrender, but you let my 100,000 Qin army warriors stain Huaishui with blood, and my Qin State will not let you go!" In the future, your Xiang clan will definitely be affected by you, and there will be no peace! ”

Xiang Yan laughed when he heard this: "I have heard for a long time that there are endless heirs of ancient and modern gentlemen, and something is coming at me!" Wu Anjun is known for his benevolence, virtue and faithfulness, so he must not do such a desperate evil deed! ”

Fusu was so angry that he was angry, a little angry from his heart, and he said coldly: "That's not necessarily, in order to never have troubles, Daqin Yong'an, this gentleman doesn't dare to do anything!" ”

Xiang Yan's face remained unchanged when he heard this, but he just glanced at Fusu coldly, and actually returned to his army by himself. Seeing that Xiang Yan looked at him as if he had nothing, Fusu's face suddenly became very embarrassed, and his heart became murderous: "Good Xiang Yan, you dare to be so rude to this gentleman, I will not cut your Xiang family to the roots, and swear not to be a person!" ”

At this time, I heard Xiang Yan loudly announcing the agreement with Wang Jian on the Chu army array. The Chu soldiers shouted with tears in their eyes: "General, we will not surrender, we are willing to fight to the death with the general!" ”

"Put down your arms and go home, the general situation is decided, and it is useless to die!" Xiang Yan's voice was choked, and she held back her tears to prevent them from flowing out!

Seeing that Xiang Yan's heart had been lost, the Chu army knew that the situation was irreversible, so they had to cry bitterly and put down their weapons one after another. The Qin army also obeyed the agreement to give way. In less than half an hour, tens of thousands of remnants of the Chu army were scattered. Beside Xiang Yan, only Xiang Liang and a few relatives remained.

Xiang Yan saw that the Qin army really kept the agreement, nodded gratefully to Wang Qian, lifted his battle clothes and knelt down in front of the coffin of King Changping that Meng Tian had just hung from the city, and said sadly: "The minister is incompetent, humiliating the lord, and ashamed of the Chu State!" He shouted to Xiang Liang again: "Remember, although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu!" ”

Xiang Yan suddenly pulled out his sword, a cold light flashed rapidly, blood splashed between Xiang Yan's neck, and Wei An's body suddenly softened and fell on top of Changping Jun's coffin!

"Father's ——!" Xiang Liang couldn't grab relief, and couldn't help crying loudly. Qin Jun saw Xiang Yan's tragic death, and he was also very admired, and was silent!

Wang Jian admired Xiang Yan's ability to use soldiers, and saw that Xiang Yan didn't want to resist, so he wanted to let him live, but seeing that he was so strong at this time, he couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "It's a pity, this generation of famous generals!" ”

Fusu was also stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Okay, count yourself as a kind!" You don't want to involve the clan and kill yourself to take the lives of 100,000 Qin troops! But in order to avoid future troubles, I still have to hurt my hands! ”

At this time, I saw Xiang Liang in the formation crying bitterly and asked Xiang Yan's corpse to hug the war horse, glanced at Wang Jian and Fusu coldly, and then rode away with his relatives!

Fusu turned back to the city and shouted, "Where is Qin Hu? Qin Hu in Changping City came out: "Not yet!" ”

"You rate the 'wolf fang' to pursue Xiang Liang and kill him, there must be no mistake!" "Whoa!" Qin Hu received the order, and he was about to set off!

Wang Jian was shocked when he heard this: "Wait! What does this mean? Fusu said with some dissatisfaction: "The old general's move is a little confused, you shouldn't let go of the Chu army at all, especially not Xiang Yan's father and son!" Didn't you hear Xiang Yan still shouting before he died, 'Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu'! If you don't kill Xiang Yan and the others, how can you tell Benjun to feel at ease? ”

Wang Jian frowned and said: "The reason why I agreed with Xiang Liang's opinion just now is that I expected that the Chu army would leave, but Xiang Yan would not leave, and I would definitely die to thank the Chu country!" Without Xiang Yan in the Chu State, there will be no more storms at all, so there is no need to waste the lives of our Qin soldiers for useless battles! Why should the king chase after him, not only let the old man break his promise, but also let the king have the notoriety of being the heir? ”

Fusu was so angry that sparks were about to pop out of his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "The combat power of the Chuxiang clan is very strong, didn't the old general see it!" As long as the strength is relieved in the future, Xiang Yan's descendants will make waves again. Wouldn't it be unwise for the old general to leave such a confidant for the Qin State! ”

Wang Jian was silent when he heard this, thought for a while, and still shook his head and said: "No, so the world will think that I Wang Jian has no faith!" What's more, now that the king is very wise, how can he give Xiang Liang and other juniors a chance to recover, the king is too worried! ”

Fusu was anxious, and said loudly: "I am the supervising army, the general has no right to order me, and I will not mobilize the general's army, just appoint the headquarters to attack!" As he spoke, he shouted to Qin Hu, who was still on standby at the head of the city: "Qin Hu, pursue, cut off the beam and return!" "Whoa!" Qin Hu ignored Wang Jian again, and led more than 100 'wolf teeth' warriors to the west to pursue Xiang Liang!

Wang Jian saw that he couldn't stop Fusu, so he had to smile bitterly and shook his head.

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When it was almost noon, Qin Hu led the army with a depressed face to report: "Qi Yu Jun, the minister led the army to chase Xiang Liang all the way to Caijiadu, but unexpectedly, Xiang Liang took the first step and called the remnants of the Chu army in Caijiadu Several remaining warships went down the river and fled south!" The minister has no ship to chase, so he has to come to the king to get his life! ”

Hearing this, Fusu looked at Wang Jian dissatisfied, Wang Jian knew that there was an estrangement between him and Fusu, and closed his eyes and was speechless. Fusu saw that a long time had passed, and if he transferred the Qin warships on the water to chase south, he was afraid that it would be too late, so he had to shake his hand with a wry smile and said, "Forget it, you go down and rest!" This gentleman has his own arrangement! "Wow!"

Fusu stood up and paced back and forth in the room: "Did you flee to the south, it must have fled to Chu Xiang's base area!" Hmph, even if you Xiang Liang is a ground mouse, Benjun must dig you out in Huiji! ”