In the military tent tightly tied with thick cloth, the sound of silk and bamboo wind music came from time to time, and the soldiers holding halberds outside the tent couldn't help but curse in a low voice. He took out the dry and hard bread from his bosom, put it in his mouth, moistened it with saliva, and swallowed it. He put down the halberd and stomped his feet on the spot, moving his stiff feet, which were already frozen.

It's already October, the weather is gradually getting colder, and the soldiers of the Chu army who lack supplies only have a few thin autumn clothes on their bodies.

In the distance, several people strode towards them, and the guards hurriedly stood in a military posture and saluted with halberds; "See the four generals."

The people who came were Xiang Yu and Yingbu, Zhong Liwei, and Long He. Zhong Liwei listened to the music coming from the military tent, and Zou frowned and asked; "Has the Admiral been in there all the time?"

The soldier hurriedly replied, "Yes, General, the General is entertaining guests in the tent." ”

Zhong Liwei said angrily; "What a Song Yi, there is already a shortage of food and clothing in the Chu army, but he eats, drinks and has fun every day, how can he be worthy of being the commander of my Chu army."

Xiang Yu stretched out his hand to stop Zhong Liwei and said to the three of them, "You just wait outside, I'll just go in by myself." ”

The three of them obviously had great confidence in Xiang Yu, and nodded without any worry, and the soldier saw that the four of them were not good-looking, and they also vaguely guessed what was going to happen. Seeing Yingbu and the three of them staring at him viciously, where did they dare to stop him, he shrank his head and retreated, but he was faintly excited in his heart.

In the big tent, Song Yizheng sat on the throne, with a smile on his face, holding the wine lord and paying tribute to the envoy sent by the king of Chu Xiongxin.

Although he is wearing fine armor and carrying a sword at his waist, he looks like a general in a hundred battles, but in fact, he is a civilian official in his bones. If you look closely, it is not difficult to find the green silk robes exposed in his armor.

He sat down opposite him was the doctor sent by Xiongxin, the king of Chu, who came to reward the three armies on the order of the king of Chu, so Song Yicai deliberately put on armor and pretended to pose as a general.

It's just that the armor is worn on him, although it looks majestic, but with the kind smile on his face, it makes people feel that some tigers don't look like anti-dogs.

Song Yizheng saluted Gemimine with wine, and Jimide quickly stood up and said with a smile; "General, you are polite, and the lower official will do his best to speak for you in front of the king when he goes back."

Song Yi smiled and was about to say a few kind words, but saw the tent door being slammed open, and a big man strode in with his sword.

Recognizing that it was Xiang Yu, Song Yi frowned a little displeased; "Young General, I'm having a banquet for the king's envoy, it's too rude for you to walk in so recklessly."

Xiang Yu squinted at the road; "The soldiers are hungry and cold outside, but here you sing every day. Song Yi, I want to ask you, it has been half a month since our Chu army arrived in Zhanghe, whether you fight or not, whether you retreat or not, what do you want? ”

Song Yi saw Xiang Yu calling him by his name in front of the envoy, and he was so arrogant that he didn't take him as the boss in his eyes at all, so he immediately lowered his face and scolded angrily; "Xiang Yu, in front of the king's envoy, you should be presumptuous. If it weren't for the fact that your uncle and nephew have made meritorious contributions to my Da Chu, I would have cured you of the crime of colliding with the official and beat you to death! ”

Song Yi was born as a scholar, and it was only by relying on his extraordinary talent and opportunism that he climbed to the position of the second person in Chu in the troubled times. Scholars are prone to making mistakes, that is, taking them for granted. In their understanding, the subordinate must obey the superior, so Xiang Yu, the second general, has to obey him, the main general.

He obviously forgot who Xiang Yu was, Xiang Yu killed dozens of robbers with a knife at the age of twelve, killed the county guard Yin Tong at the age of twenty-two to rebel, and killed Li You, one of the mainstays of Great Qin, with fewer victories in the Battle of Yongqiu.

Such a young hero, he actually treated ordinary people in the same way, he Song Yiyan has the reason to be immortal?

Song Yi only felt a cold light in front of him, and he didn't even have time to be afraid, Xiang Yu had already cut off his head with a knife, and reached out to hold it in his hand before his head landed.

A frightened scream sounded around him, and the envoy of the King of Chu, Ji Mi, was already so frightened that he knelt on the ground, looking at the headless corpse of Song Yi who was still standing there with a face full of fear, and seeing Xiang Yu, who was covered in blood, set his eyes on him, he hurriedly waved his hand desperately and begged; "Don't kill me, Major General, don't kill me, I don't say anything, I don't see anything."

Xiang Yu snorted contemptuously and shouted; "I'll kill you to do something, you go back and tell the King of Chu, Song Yi is afraid of the enemy's cowardice and support the army, and has been killed by the soldiers loyal to the Chu State, I, Xiang Yu, will take over the position of the commander, and lead the army to cross the Zhanghe River north and fight to the death with the Qin army."

"Do you understand?" Xiang Yu shouted.

"I understand, I understand." The giamide on the ground trembled like chaff, and nodded desperately and said. After speaking, he saw Xiang Yu signaling him to leave, so he escaped with a crawl.

Xiang Yu strode out of the camp tent with Song Yi's head, let Yingbu beat the drum to gather the generals, and stood on the general platform and said loudly: "Song Yi plotted to surrender to Qin, I have killed him by the king's secret order, from today on, I Xiang Yu will command the Chu army, and cross the Zhanghe River to the north on the same day and fight to the death with the Qin army." ”

The Chu army was created by Xiang Liang, and Xiang Yu's reputation in the army is extremely high, whether it is merit or martial arts, no one can do it, no one can beat it. Although Song Yi was the commander appointed by the King of Chu, he was not popular with the army, and when he saw Xiang Yu taking over, the generals supported him, and a few of Song Yi's cronies were also controlled by Xiang Yu.

The seizure of power that Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng had planned for a long time was easily completed with lightning speed, and only one person was killed or injured, and that was Song Yi.

Most of the generals in the army are Xiang Yu's cronies, and Xiang Yu firmly held the 100,000 Chu army in his hands in just half a day, and before sunset, everything had already settled.

When the moon set and the stars sank, Xiang Yu stood alone on the bank, quietly looking at the river flowing under his feet.

Zhangshui flows from west to east, and it has been a thousand years of vicissitudes in the blink of an eye, and the changes and turbulence in the world cannot change its quiet flow. Compared with the eternal existence of heaven and earth, the giant stars that shine like meteors in human history are just a drop in the ocean.

There was a sound of stumbling footsteps behind him, and Xiang Yu didn't look back, but he already knew who it was.

"Uncle Fan, why are you here?"

Fan Zeng's slightly old voice sounded. "I heard that you haven't been back to the camp since then, and I'm a little worried about you, so I'll take a look."

Xiang Yu looked at Fan Zeng's already gray hair, saw his thin body trembling slightly in the night, and said with some emotion; "Uncle Fan, don't worry about me, I'm just thinking about what will happen after the North Crossing tomorrow. The night is a little cold, I'll accompany you back to the camp first. ”

Fan Zeng didn't answer, but just asked, "Yu'er, are you worried about the decisive battle with the Qin army, worried that they are too strong for us to defeat?" ”

Xiang Yu looked up at the starry sky, took a deep breath and said, "Yes, I'm worried, I'm afraid of failure." Fear is not a weakness, the strong is to make your enemies more fearful than you, and if you want to become strong, you can't be afraid. ”

"So I won't be afraid, I'll only let my enemies fear me, and I'll succeed." Xiang Yu held his palms tightly and looked into the distance with resolute eyes.

Fan cheered loudly; "Good ambition, so heroic!"

Looking at Xiang Yu's eyes were also full of expectation, he felt that Xiang Yu had grown from the original reckless and impulsive teenager to a real army commander. He was very pleased, for the dead Xiang Liang, and also for the Xiang clan of Chu State.

"Yu'er, you have to remember that the most important thing to defeat the Qin army is to arouse the belief that the soldiers will win in their hearts, and we Chu people have never lacked hatred for the Qin people. Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu! The Chu people in the world all hate the Qin people, all they lack is confidence in victory, and you are where their confidence lies. ”

"You have to inspire them to fight to the death, so that they have nothing to fear, so that we can have a chance to live."

"You know, people's biggest opponent is often yourself."

When the Chu army was the first to sound the charge to counterattack the Qin army, the first to shine was Yingbu, a giant thief who was entrenched in the river in the past. Yingbu is known for his bravery, second only to Xiang Yu in the Chu army. On the order of Xiang Yu, he led 20,000 men to cross the Zhanghe River first, and launched a fierce attack on the Yongdao where Zhang Han transported grain and grass to Wang Li.

Zhang Han stationed most of the elite soldiers in the rear to rest, and most of the soldiers guarding the Yongdao were old and weak, and they were caught off guard by Yingbu and lost all ten battles.

In the big tent, Zhang Han sat on the throne, and the heralds who rushed into the messengers outside the tent from time to time kept reporting the latest battle reports from the front line. Bad news that was unfavorable to the Qin army kept coming, but Zhang Han was unmoved, and was still chatting and laughing with the generals on the seat.

Han Xin, who was sitting down, couldn't help but stand up and said loudly; "General, the vanguard of the Chu army is only tens of thousands of horses, but we and the northern army have been cut in half directly. Please allow me to fight, I only need my own men and horses, and I will definitely be able to defeat this Chu army. ”

Zhang Han stopped talking, just looked at Han Xin with deep meaning, and said for a long time; "I have ordered the whole army to retreat, the morale of the Chu army is now high, I don't want to confront them, wait for their morale to slack before counterattacking."

Han Xin hurriedly said again: "It's just a general, the last general is worried that the morale of the Chu army is like a rainbow, and it may be dangerous for the northern army to fight alone." ”

Zhang Han smiled disapprecitatively; "You are too worried, the Northern Army is the first elite of my Great Qin, and the number is twice that of the Chu Army, and Wang Li, Su Jiao and others are also serious about a hundred battles. I have estimated that the grain and grass in the northern army are enough to last for seven days, and I want to let the northern army wear down the morale of the Chu army first, and when their morale is exhausted, we will strike another thunderous blow. ”

Han Xin was stunned, and he didn't know what to say. In fact, Zhang Han's strategy is indeed feasible, according to common sense, Wang Li's northern army is unlikely to be so vulnerable, and Zhang Han's so-called planning and then action is not a good way to win.

Although he thought so, Han was still faintly uneasy in his confidence. If anyone was replaced as the commander of the Chu army, he might not be worried. But the current commander is Xiang Yu, he is by no means an ordinary person, if there is anyone in the world who can make Han Xin jealous, it is only Xiang Yu!

After thinking about it again and again, Han Xin still tactfully reminded Dao Zhanghan: "General, let's be safe, the new commander of the Chu army is Xiang Yu, this person is definitely not comparable to the previous Song Yi, so ......."

"Presumptuous." One person Huo Ran stood up, it was Zhang Han's brother Zhang Ping. He has seen that his eldest brother has been extremely close to Han Xin in the past few months, but he has snubbed his own younger brother, and he has a nameless fire in his heart. Today, when I saw Han Xin contradicting Zhang Han three times and twice, I couldn't help but stand up and reprimand angrily.

"Han Xin, don't think that you can do whatever you want in front of my eldest brother with a little military merit, my Daqin has the most important military regulations, and it is taboo for the lower officials to bump into the upper officials, you are so bold!"

Zhang Han stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Ping, looked at Han Xin and said calmly; "Han Xin, I already understand what you mean, but I am not Li You, and he Xiang Yu is not Xiang Liang, since I have arranged it like this, I naturally have the certainty of winning, you don't need to say more."

At this point, Han Xin couldn't say anything more, so he had to lower his head and say, "Yes." ”

Zhang Han looked around again and said; "Okay, it's not too early, let's disperse first."

Everyone agreed, and Zhang Han glanced at Han Xin again; "Han Xin, you stay."

When the people were gone, Zhang Han looked at Han Xin and said slowly: "You disappointed me today, with your ingenuity, it is impossible not to guess my intentions in doing this, but you have spoken against me three times and twice, am I really too indulgent to you." ”

Han Xin lowered his head, he didn't know Zhang Han's intentions, but he just wanted to use the hands of the Chu army to weaken the strength of the northern army. The Northern Army was too strong, so powerful that Zhang Han couldn't swallow it in one gulp. The Northern Army has long been a system of its own, an army of its own, and Wang Li is also an ambitious person. Unless the Northern Army weakens the Dao to the point where he can swallow it, Zhang Han will definitely be happy to see this happen.

It's just that Han Xin felt that Zhang Han was playing with fire, he wanted to use the fire of Chu Jun and Xiang Yu to complete the process of seizing power, but he didn't know that he might be eaten by the flames.

Zhang Han saw that Han Xin was silent for a long time, thinking that he was moved by himself, so he continued: "Han Xin, you are still young, you don't know how to weigh the pros and cons, war is always a continuation of the temple dispute. You should know Li Si, he has been Qin Xiang for more than ten years, and his protégé forces are all over the government and the opposition, but there is one person here, who was still uprooted by Zhao Gao and wiped out. ”

"I ask myself that my merit and scheming skills are not as good as Li Si, don't look at my infinite scenery now, but once the world decides that I lose my role, then Zhao Gao will definitely not hesitate to take me under the knife, and my future fate may not be better than Li Si, so I need to seize power and need enough capital to confront Zhao Gao. You must know that Wang Li has already thrown himself into Zhao Gao, and he must be very happy to cooperate with Zhao Gao to take my place. Only if I can swallow the Northern Army, can I truly control the fate of the Qin State and have the capital to gain a foothold. Otherwise, once I leave the army and return to Xianyang, at that time, 'people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat', Zhao Gao wants to kill me, wouldn't it be easy. ”

Han Xin was silent, he knew that Zhang Han had made up his mind, and he couldn't change his plan no matter what, so he had to ask, "Then General, when will we fight back?" ”

"Five days, just five days." Zhang Han opened his palm, "At that time, the Northern Army and the Chu Army must have been defeated, and we just went to sit back and enjoy the success!" ”

Zhang Han is making a big gamble, and the bet is Wang Li's more than 200,000 northern army, as well as the safety of the entire Great Qin. It's just that he, a gambler, is full of confidence and thinks that everything is under control, but he ignores another gambler - Xiang Yu!

On the Zhanghe River, the ambitious Xiang Yu was watching the Chu army cross the river one after another. In order to arouse the courage and determination of the Chu army, he ordered all the boats that crossed the river to be scuttled, all the pots and stoves used to make rice were smashed, and every soldier of the Chu army carried three days' rations tightly on their bodies.

If you defeat the Qin army within three days, you will live, and if you can't defeat the Qin army within three days, you will die! Xiang Yu conquered every Chu soldier with unprecedented determination and courage, and the Chu army, which had cut off the way to retreat, burst out with amazing courage. Yingbu's successive victories had already boosted their morale, and no one doubted that defeating the seemingly formidable Qin army was a myth.

Xiang Yu, who was standing on the high platform, was full of ambition, and at this moment he was murderous, and his eyes were full of desire. His gaze was firmly locked on the north bank of the Zhanghe River, and he seemed to have faintly seen the black water banner fluttering in the Qin army.

Although there are tens of millions of people, I will also go!