Chapter 271: Exchanging Xiang Yu
The Wei side occupied more than a dozen cities and counties, tasted the sweetness, and was constantly increasing its troops in an attempt to consolidate the existing gains and then expand the larger Warring States.
On the Chu side, between recapturing Hancheng and attacking Qin Wu, Gongzi Xiong chose to attack Qin Wu on the side.
After all, the State of Chu came under the banner of rescuing South Korea, and now that King Han is in the hands of Qin Wu, and Wei Wuji is under the slogan of helping King Han guard the city, although Gongzi Xiong Bian feels aggrieved in his heart and makes people take advantage, he can only march west towards Daegu City.
However, after the Chu army and the Wei army met for a while, the expansion of the Wei army also stopped. Perhaps in order to consolidate the results of the battle, or perhaps because he did not want to provoke the Chu army to attack them in turn, Wei Wuji led 80,000 Wei troops and 20,000 reinforced Wei troops, a total of 100,000 people, to sit in Hancheng together.
When Xiong flanked towards Daegu City, he passed through Pingyang City and joined Han Zhongren, who was persuaded by Qin Wu to return and was stationed in Pingyang City.
Han Zhongren told Xiong Fang what Qin Wu had said to him before, and when he heard that Qin Wu was willing to release King Han and let King Han rule this land again, Xiong Fang had other thoughts in his heart.
The reason why Han Zhongren easily believed Qin Wu's words and chose to retreat was because his strength was not good and his confidence was insufficient, so he was easily persuaded by Qin Wu. In another place, Xiong Fang, who has an army of 100,000 under his command, will not be so easily convinced, no matter how indiscriminate Qin Wu says, all his actions will be done to achieve strategic goals.
And the strategic goal of Chu is undoubtedly to quell the turmoil in South Korea and finally make South Korea bow down.
In Xiong Fang's eyes, Qin Wu's threat level was obviously not as high as Wei Wuji's.
One is the well-known Four Princes of the Warring States Period, and the other is the leader of the newly rising forces, although Qin Wu has created a series of miracles in front of everyone, but the Wu Army is still just a lone army that has not been established for a long time after all, Xiong Fang has only some fears about Qin Wu, and has never thought that the Chu army will not be able to win the Wu Army.
After receiving the latest information from Han Zhongren, Xiong Fang stationed outside Pingyang City, and secretly sent an envoy to Daegu City to negotiate with Qin Wu.
"General Qin, the marshal of our Chinese army, Gongzi is very pleased to hear that you have not invaded Korea and endangered the king of Han, so he specially sent down to ask General Qin, what conditions are needed to release the king of Han?"
In the hall of the Daegu City Lord's Mansion, the envoy of the Chu army first cautiously saluted Qin Wu, and then asked.
"It's very simple to want to release King Han back, but it's hard for me to appease the dissatisfaction in the hearts of my subordinates by letting go of King Han like this at no cost. As long as one of the generals of the Chu army is given ten years of allegiance to me, I will release the king of Han immediately. ”
Qin Wudao.
"I can't make the decision on this matter, it must be decided by the marshal himself, and I can only help General Qin bring the words to you. I don't know if General Qin has a candidate in mind? ”
Throughout the ages, I have never heard of exchanging a king for a general, such an exchange condition is simply absurd, after pondering for a while, although his face is strange, the envoy of Chu still continues to ask Qin Wu loyally.
The faces of the generals of the martial army in the hall were as strange as those of the envoys of the Chu State, and they were obviously frightened by Qin Wu's jumping thinking.
"The grandson of Xiang Yan, the general of Chu Anxi, Xiang Yu."
A smile appeared on his face, Qin Wudao.
The generals of the martial army in the hall had puzzled expressions on their faces, they had never heard of Xiang Yu's name at all, and the expression on the face of the envoy of the Chu State was a condensation, obviously knowing Xiang Yu's existence.
"Lord, who is this Xiang Yu?"
Feng Qujian asked Qin Wu suspiciously.
"A peerless warrior through the ages."
Qin Wu said with a smile.
Hearing Qin Wu's high evaluation, the expressions on everyone's faces became even more puzzled, when did the Chu State have such a powerful general? The envoy of the Chu State standing in the middle also had a puzzled expression on his face, obviously not agreeing with Qin Wu's words.
Looking at the expression of the envoy of the Chu State, Qin Wu finally relieved a little. It seems that the current Xiang Yu is not as strong as he showed in history, and his strength is not known to the Chu people.
In this way, taking a useless Han Wang for a super fierce general, such a seemingly absurd transaction, the possibility of success is suddenly a few points higher.
Later, the envoy of Chu State asked Qin Wu to meet the king of Han, and Qin Wu allowed it without the slightest obstruction.
After letting King Han contact the envoy of Chu State, and knowing the deal proposed by Qin Wu, the most anxious person was not Qin Wu, but King Han.
As the head of a country, no one wants to fall into the hands of others, and now as long as he pays the price of a general's loyalty for ten years, he can exchange his freedom, no matter how ridiculous Han Wangan thinks this deal is, he will do everything possible to facilitate the success of this deal.
Let the envoy of Chu and Han Wangan communicate privately in the room, I don't know what price Han Wangan paid, in short, the envoy of Chu left Daegu City with a faint excited expression that could not be concealed.
Two days later, the envoys of the state of Chu came to Daegu again and brought the exact news to Qin Wu, Gongzi Xiongfang and Xiang Yan agreed to Qin Wu's conditions, willing to exchange Xiang Yu, the current general of Dangkou, for Han Wang'an, and also put forward additional conditions for the release of the Han royal clan and the Korean ministers at the same time.
The envoy of the State of Chu brought additional conditions, and Qin Wu knew in his heart that this deal could basically be confirmed.
The state of Chu put forward additional conditions, and Qin Wu did not show weakness, and put forward additional conditions for a thousand war horses, and after the envoy of Chu State returned to restore his life, he soon rushed to Daegu City with the news that Gongzi Xiong Fang agreed to Qin Wu's additional conditions.
For Qin Wu, using a Han Wang'an, who he felt was of little use, to exchange for a future Chinese No. 1 general, the overlord Xiang Yu, Qin Wu felt that this was really worth it.
For Gongzi Xiong Bian and Xiang Yan, it is obviously a very cost-effective deal to use the young Xiang Yu for ten years to exchange for the king of a country and a group of royal families and ministers.
The deal between Qin Wu and Chu Jun was like Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one was willing to fight, the other was willing to suffer, and both sides felt that they had taken a big advantage.
As for who took advantage in the end, this is up to history to tell.
"King Han, let's go."
Two days passed, and when it was finally time to trade, Qin Wu was wearing a gorgeous royal dress on his side, slightly majestic, but his eyes revealed a trace of apprehension Han Wang An Dao.
Han Wang'an glanced at Qin Wu and didn't speak, and after his eyes swept over the Han royal clan and the ministers behind him, he looked ahead again.
Gongzi Xiongfang personally went out this time, leading 300 chariot troops to camp on the plain ten miles away from the 100,000 army, waiting to trade with Qin Wu.
After five hundred sentinels were sent out to make sure that the Chu army was not ambushed, Qin Wu also led two thousand cavalry out of the city to meet with Xiong Fang, the marshal of the Chu army.
"General Qin."
Childe is dressed in a military uniform on the side, looking heroic, with a pair of sword eyebrows towering, eyes as sharp as a sword, and two mustaches on his mouth, which makes people feel that he is very shrewd at a glance.
Gongzi Xiong is a person on his side, eight feet tall, with a majestic figure, bronze skin like steel and iron bones, his appearance is a bearded man from a distance, but his face is handsome and abnormally handsome up close, his thick eyebrows are like swords, he towers obliquely into the clouds, and his eyes have double pupils, which is daunting.
There is no doubt that this is the fierce general of the ages, known as the first military general in China, Xiang Yu with the name of the overlord!
Now he is 16 years old, but he is no different from someone in his 20s.
The two met five or six meters apart, and Gongzi took the lead in greeting Qin Wu.
"Marshal Xiong, presumably this is General Xiang Yuxiang."
Qin Wu returned the salute, and then looked at Xiang Yudao.
Xiang Yu's gaze also looked towards Qin Wu, and the two eyes met together, as if two currents had collided together, and no one was willing to take the lead in moving away.
Qin Wu's heart rose with a raging battle intent, Xiang Yu's heart from the beginning of the resentment, to now also gave birth to a majestic battle intent, the two looked at each other for a while, and immediately had a plan to compete.
"Xiang Yu must not be rude."
The condition of the transaction is that Xiang Yu will be loyal to Qin Wu for ten years, and as soon as the two of them meet, they will begin to stare at each other, so that a clear-eyed person can see at a glance that Xiang Yu has no intention of being loyal to Qin Wu, so that the deal cannot be reached.
"Yes."
Nodding with a calm face, a pair of pupils glanced at Qin Wu, and Xiang Yu took a step back from his gaze.
"Xiang Yu, from today onwards, Qin Wu will be your lord, why don't you go and see him soon?"
Xiong said again.
"How can you be my lord of the rebels and thieves!?"
With heavy pupils, Xiang Yu said with an unhappy face.
"Shut up! This is my order and that of your grandfather, how can I allow you to disobey it even a little? ”
The bear side scolded angrily.
"Xiang Yu, who do you think can be your lord?"
Compared with the angry bear side, Qin Wu was extremely calm, his eyes looked at Xiang Yu, who frowned, like a fierce tiger unwilling to give in, Qin Wu asked with a light smile.
"Naturally, it is to be a prince overlord like King Zhuang."
Xiang Yu said without hesitation.
King Zhuang is the King of Chu Zhuang of Chu State, and Xiang Yu believes that only a great man like King Chu Zhuang, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, is enough to become his lord.
"Then how do you know that I am not as good as King Zhuang?"
Qin Wu asked.
"You are a chaotic minister and thief, stealing a city, and there are no more than 100,000 soldiers, how can you compare with King Zhuang."
Xiang Yu looked at Qin Wudao without showing weakness.
"I started from scratch, and in just two months, I captured more than a dozen cities along the way, annihilating nearly 200,000 troops, and my own military army has grown from 20,000 to 80,000 now. My current background and achievements are not comparable to King Zhuang, but how do you know that my future achievements will not be able to surpass King Zhuang? ”
Qin Wu retorted with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiong Fang and Xiang Yu were all speechless.
Qin Wu's deeds are mysterious in the eyes of many, and the protagonists of the battle of Shangdang are Qin and Zhao, not Qin Wu. And the 50,000 Qin troops that the Qin State lost one after another in order to attack Yecheng were Bai Qi who concealed the battle report in order to help Meng Tian cover his shame.
It was not until Qin Wu left Shangdang and led his army out of Yecheng that he captured Daegu City and then Hancheng in a lightning flash, that the strength of the Wu army gradually began to be talked about in the Zhou Dynasty.
Hearing Qin Wu personally say about the terrifying achievements created by the Wu army in a short period of time, Xiong Fang and Xiang Yu couldn't help but be surprised.
(To be continued)