Zhong Li saw Xiang Yu's inquiry, and immediately bowed down and replied: "King Qiyu, the reason why Xingyang City cannot be attacked for a long time is because the Han army knows that the city will die if the city is broken, on the other hand, our army has no such worries. ”

"What the general said is true, I don't know that the soldier dared to take the lead and climb the Xingyang City Tower first." Xiang Yu asked quite directly, and the generals looked at each other.

Long He was on the side, thinking that some time ago, the task given to me by the overlord had not been completed, and there were not many Han troops in Xingyang City today.

Long He made up his mind and immediately saluted: "King Qiqi, the minister is willing to lead two thousand elite soldiers to attack the city directly, if he does not break the east gate, the minister will come to see him!" ”

Xiang Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, "General Long is really brave, with a fierce general like you, why worry about the world, I immediately prepare soldiers and horses, but I hope that the general will be careful in attacking the city."

In the early morning of the next day, in the city of Xingyang, the east gate was still guarded by Fang Gong and Zhou Cao, but the Han army was only a few dozen people, and Long He first ordered a thousand soldiers to release rockets into the city.

While the Han army was busy left and right, the rear team immediately rushed forward, put the cloud ladder on the erection, and Long He took the lead in the city with a gun, so the morale of the Chu army was greatly boosted, and they all went up the ladder.

The fir was on the tower of the city gate, saw the dragon and wanted to enter the city, immediately held the halberd and assassinated the dragon, but the dragon reacted very quickly, saw the fir duke's halberd stabbed, the right hand escalator, the left hand suddenly grabbed the halberd.

Without waiting for the fir to react, the dragon pulled the halberd and jumped on the momentum, and then climbed the city gate tower, so the Chu army behind one after another, like a flood beast, the Han army was instantly defeated, and most of them were killed by the Chu army.

Xiang Yu was under the city, and when he saw that the city of Xingyang was broken, he was overjoyed, and immediately rode his horse into the city, and Long He had already tied up Fang Gong and Zhou Ke, and when he saw Xiang Yu entering the city, he immediately escorted the two to Xiang Yu.

"Lord Qiqi, these two are the guards in the city, what should I do?" The dragon bowed and saluted.

Xiang Yu naturally felt pity in his heart, if the king of Han was in the city, it would be regarded as the past to stick to it like this, but now the king of Han is no longer in the city, and he is still in the city, which shows that he is very loyal.

"You are loyal, compared with Ji Xin, you don't see the high, you are willing to surrender to me now, and in the future, you can divide the seal, what do you think?" Xiang Yu asked very respectfully.

Fang Gong's face remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "Since we are similar in loyalty compared with Ji Xin, but Ji Xin is not afraid, what are we afraid of, we would rather die than live in disgrace!" ”

Xiang Yu was surprised when he heard this, but after all, he was an important minister of the enemy, so he ordered Long He to kill the two of them, and his head was hung in the city gate tower for three days to warn the Han army.

After nearly a year of back and forth battles, Xiang Yu finally got Xingyang City, while Liu Bang, on the other hand, only lost Xingyang City and got the land of Yan Zhao Qianli.

In Xingyang City, Xiang Yu was very happy in his heart, set up a banquet for the ministers, Ji Bu and Zhou Lan were all around, and after three rounds of wine, Xiang Yu's face gradually became serious.

"Now that Xingyang City is broken, what do you think we should do?" Xiang Yu asked very directly, now that the father is not here, Xiang Yu's deliberations are much more casual.

Ji Bu immediately got up and replied: "Xingyang City has been occupied by our army today, just stay a little to guard the soldiers, if you live in Xingyang for a long time, it is inevitable that Yingbu will cut off the back road, and you should retreat to the spiritual wall at present to watch the future." ”

At this time, Zhou Lan next to him frowned slightly, "What Ji Bu said is inappropriate, now Liu Bang fled to Chenggao, and he should quickly send troops to encircle and suppress, but as everyone knows, Chenggao is the lifeblood of Hanzhong, if it is occupied by our army, the Han army will have no chance to fight back, and now Han Xin Chen Bing Yanqi should seize the opportunity to eliminate Liu Bang's Han thieves in one fell swoop." ”

"General Zhou doesn't know, now Han Xin's soldiers Chen Yanqi, Tian Guang has no talent, now our army has just occupied Xingyang, the soldiers are tired, if you go to Chenggao and the Han army, the victory or defeat is unpredictable, if Tian Guang is attacked by Han Xin, Qi is destroyed, Yingbu and Han Xin can attack Pengcheng with each other, and we will be the turtle in the urn." Jibu immediately retorted.

Zhou Lan wanted to speak, but Xiang Yu immediately waved his hand and signaled, "Now Liu Bang is not afraid, only Han Xin and Yingbu, the soldiers will be wide, if they attack Pengcheng, it will definitely make our army suffer from the enemy, Xingyang has been taken, it is better to go back to Lingbi to cultivate first, and then discuss whether to attack Chenggao." ”

Zhou Lan saw what Xiang Yu said, and there was some truth, so she no longer argued with him, after all, he was the boss, and if he talked too much, it would affect the relationship between the monarch and the minister after all.

So, after Xiang Yu occupied Xingyang, he left Huan Chu to guard, left 10,000 soldiers, and then withdrew his troops to Lingbi to prevent Yingbu from sneaking attack, as for Liu Bang returned to Chenggao, he saw Xiang Yu withdraw his army, and he was a little dazed, so he sent people to inquire about the situation in Xingyang, and wanted to recapture Xingyang.

Hanzhong didn't mention anything, and looking at Han Xin's camp, they were also sitting and watching the dynamics of Qi State, and suddenly heard that the scouts came to report, saying that Li Sheng had persuaded the king of Qi to surrender, and Han Xin was quite happy when he heard this.

Just when he was about to withdraw the troops, Kuaitong came to see Han Xin, saying that he had something important to discuss.

Han Xin saw Kuaitong's face fluctuating, so he asked: "What is the so-called matter of Mr. now, now that the King of Qi has surrendered, as long as he returns to Xingyang, he will occupy Chu and unify the world." ”

"The general is really confused, Shangjun to Yanzhao, but there are more than 50 cities, and Qidi is rich in more than 70 cities, who is better than the two?" Kuaitong said slowly.

Han Xin was beside him, frowning slightly, "Mr. has something to say." ”

"There are more than 70 cities in Qi today, all of which are the work of Li Sheng, and I want to introduce Confucianism, but in a few words, I actually persuaded the King of Qi, but his merit is higher than that of the general, this is really the credit of Li Sheng?"

"No, this is really the general's work, the first general set the three Qin, take Anyi, slightly Zhaodi, so that the general is famous, the four seas surrender, even if Li Sheng does not persuade the Qi country, presumably the king of Qi will also personally accept the surrender, this time the general fought for two years, but the credit was taken away by Confucianism, it is really sad." Kuaitong said slowly.

Han Xin was beside him, and when he heard the words, he also felt reasonable, Qi Zhaoyan's merits should belong to him, but he didn't expect to be overtaken by Li Sheng, and he couldn't bear it.

"What does the gentleman think should be done?" Han Xin asked quite seriously.

"Pretending not to know what Li Sheng said about surrendering, attacking Qi land, so that the king of Qi no longer has the power to resist, it can be regarded as seeking war merits for the general, during this time, Li Sheng is in Qi country, Tian Guang will definitely not be defenseless, take this opportunity to attack Qi land, you can easily get more than 70 cities." Kuaitong said rather coldly.

Han Xin hurriedly waved his hand beside him, "This matter must not be allowed, Li Sheng is just a Confucian student, but there is no need to be merciful, but Brother Lu is also in the capital of Qi, if I send troops, my brother's life is difficult to protect, how can I harm my brother because of his military exploits?" Please also ask the gentleman to find another good way to follow it. ”