The Han army pursued the soldiers without mentioning, and said that Xiang Yu led more than 20 horses, around the hour, only to arrive at the outskirts of Dongcheng, at this moment has been sleepy and tired, all the horsemen are tired, Xiang Yu saw this, had to order the generals to dismount, find a place to rest.

Xiang Yu saw that there was a big family in the south of Dongcheng, so he knocked on the door with the soldiers, and it was an old man who came out to open the door, and he couldn't help but be a little shocked when he saw that the person who knocked on the door was the Chu army.

"You are soldiers, why did you come to this Dongcheng, could it be that the Chu and Han soldiers have already fought here?" The old man asked, a little frightened.

The soldier hurriedly waved his hand, "This is not true, my king just wants to rest here for a while and eat something, I don't know if the old man can act?" ”

"Who is the king of your house? Why beg? Lao Suo asked with a blank face.

Seeing this, Xiang Yu in the back immediately walked over, "Don't be afraid, the old man, I am the overlord of Western Chu, and now I have been defeated by the Han army, so I fled here, and I want to ask the old man to give some food." ”

When the old man heard that it was the overlord of Western Chu, he immediately bowed down and saluted: "I don't know that the king is coming, how rude it is, please forgive the king, there are some miscellaneous rice in it, please go to the inner hall to speak." ”

Xiang Yu immediately picked up Lao Suo, "The old man is polite, let's rest for a while and leave." After that, he immediately went to the inner hall with the old man, and there were three or four old men among them.

It turned out that this was the battlefield between Qin and Chu, and many big families had left, so they left many houses, and these old people were old and refused to leave, so they lived in them.

The old man was busy from the kitchen for a while, and then took out some dry food and distributed it to Xiang Yu and the others, "The king still asks for it, there is no other food here, only these dry rice, I hope the king will not give up." ”

"The old man is willing to give to us, which is already grateful, so why dislike it." Xiang Yu hurriedly took the food and said respectfully.

"The king is in Pengcheng, why did he flee here, isn't it all lost?" Lao Suo asked with concern, these old men have never known about Xingyang, and the Xiang Yu they know is still in the original battle of Julu, defeating the main force of the Qin army, so that the people are no longer enslaved by the Qin Dynasty, which is also the reason why they are respectful to Xiang Yu.

"It's hard to say this, I originally drew a gap with the king of Han as a boundary, but I never thought that Liu Bang would not keep his reputation and cross the border to provoke a war, resulting in the defeat of the Chu army and the flow here." Xiang Yu said sadly.

The old man bowed slightly, "The old man has heard that Liu Bang is a small official in Pei County, and his talent is not as good as that of the Chinese people, how can he compare with the king, it turns out that he is acting in breach of contract, which is really shameful." ”

Just when a few people were talking, the soldiers outside suddenly came to report, and Xiang Yu immediately got up when he saw this, "What happened outside, so panicked?" ”

"King Qiqi, the Han army has already chased after you, please leave the king quickly, don't stay, otherwise you will inevitably be captured and killed by the Han army and insult the reputation of the king!" The soldier said anxiously.

Xiang Yu felt justified, and immediately said goodbye to several old men, and rode on a black horse towards the Wujiang River in the south, at this time the Han generals behind had already caught up.

Seeing Xiang Yu in front, I didn't feel a little overjoyed, thinking that Xiang Yu was a trapped beast in a cage at this time, many Han soldiers saw this and rushed up, but they underestimated Xiang Yu.

Although the Chu army only had a few dozen people, they were not afraid of the Han army of several thousand, and they all fought bravely to kill the enemy, and at the same time rushed towards the south, a little, before rushing out of many Han troops.

When he arrived at Yinling, Xiang Yu didn't know the road ahead, so he asked the old farmer next to him, although the old farmer was in Dongcheng, he also heard that the third generation was killed in vain, and he felt that Xiang Yu was a brutal person. ”

Xiang Yu heard this, but fell into the quagmire, his heart was full of thoughts, "I want to die today, not the crime of war, I have been in the army for eight years, after 70 battles, I have not tasted defeat, those who are blocked are broken, and those who are attacked are served, so I tried to take the hegemony, but I didn't expect to be trapped here because the old farmer misunderstood me!" ”

Seeing this, the soldiers next to him all hid their faces and wept, so they said to the overlord: "There will be a decisive battle today, and please ask the king to command, we will not give up!" ”

Xiang Yu is also the head of the jaw, "Now that the Han army has descended, I have twenty-eight horsemen, kill the Han generals first, and then you will walk on all sides and meet at the Wujiang Pavilion, you must not disobey!" ”

The generals received the order, and at the same time replied at the same time: "Do as the king commands!" ”

At this moment, the generals of the Han army had already arrived, and the overlord rode his horse first, rushing towards the Han army, and the spear in his hand suddenly waved the flag, and the Han general Yang Xi couldn't dodge, and was stabbed off the horse by a shot.

The twenty-eight horsemen in the rear scattered in all directions, and the overlord was not afraid at all, only galloping back and forth in the Han army, killing the deputy general Li You, beheading the captain Wang Heng, and killing hundreds of Han troops.

Seeing this, Han generals Lu Sheng and Yang Wu were not shocked, "Xiang Ji'er, the soldiers have come here, like a tiger, kill my Han general, why is it so brave?" ”

The two were not convinced, so they raised their weapons to fight, less than ten rounds, the two generals were invincible to Xiang Yu, had to be defeated, Xiang Yu rode his horse to the south, saw the Han army and killed, until noon, killed more than 1,000 Han soldiers.

In the evening, Xiang Yu had already left the Han army and rushed to the Wujiang Pavilion, and the Chu generals only had ten people, and the generals could not help but admire Xiang Yu when they saw Xiang Yu in the Han army, coming and going freely. They all knelt on the ground and bowed: "The king is really a god!" ”

When the pavilion chief in the river saw Xiang Yu coming, he also rowed over, and immediately bowed down and saluted: "The king quickly crosses the river, and you and a certain can be cut off." ”

"Now that the army has been defeated so far, how can crossing the river turn defeat into victory?" Xiang Yu said with a sigh.

The pavilion chief said anxiously: "Although Jiangdong is small, the place is thousands of miles, the king was known for his early years, if he crosses the river, he will be able to gather tens of thousands of people, and it is not too late to fight with Han when the time comes!" ”

"May the king leave in a hurry, besides, there is only one boat here, and if the Han army arrives, it will be difficult to cross the river!"

Xiang Yu sighed when he heard this, "At the beginning, a certain and his uncle crossed the river with eight thousand Jiangdong children, but now no one has returned, even if Jiangdong's father is willing to pity Yu, a certain person is also ashamed in his heart." ”

"The king, victory and defeat is a common thing in soldiers, when Pengcheng was in the first battle, the king killed more than 300,000 enemies, and the king of Han fled and fell into the well, so he has today's work, why can't the king endure this." The pavilion chief persuaded bitterly.

"A certain heart is guilty, never cross the river, the public is an elder, now there is no regret in his heart, only the black horse, and a certain conquest for several years, now given to the pavilion chief, for a good life to take care of, and the other generals and the pavilion chief to cross the river, I am here, willing to fight to the death with the Han army!" Xiang Yu said with great momentum.

The pavilion chief was also unable to take the horse on the boat, and the generals were willing to fight to the death with Xiang Yu, which was also strange to say, the black horse traveled to the center of the river, suddenly screamed, and suddenly jumped into the river, Xiang Yu saw this, and sighed.

Sure enough, in less than a moment, the Han army came, Xiang Yu and the generals fought, and the Han army couldn't get close to Xiang Yu at all, but Xiang Yu knew that he was weak to return to the sky, but he didn't surrender.

So, the old general of Chu, the general of the Han Dynasty, Lu Matong, then stepped forward and said: "The king is trapped today, and his life has been exhausted, why is he struggling, the king can have instructions." ”

When Xiang Yu heard this, he put down his weapon slightly, "I heard that the King of Han bought my leader, Jin Qianjin, the Marquis of Wanhu, I and Er were once monarchs and ministers, and now I will give the head to the general." Then he drew his sword and killed himself.

The overlord of Western Chu was born in the fifteenth year of the first emperor, and killed himself in Wujiang in December of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Chinese New Year's Eve was one year old, and the three-year dispute between Chu and Han ended.

It was the winter of 203 B.C.E.