Chapter 139 The Chu Army Dispersed
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Especially in this camp, many of the people of the Qu clan who grew up with him, after Pengcheng, the capital of the Chu State, many of them joined Xiang Yu's command or moved their families to the vicinity of Pengcheng.
As a small ethnic group protected by the Qu clan, this tun chief also followed many people who knew him to move his family to the vicinity of Pengcheng and joined Chu **.
But now, he had to gamble on himself, on the people he knew.
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Xiang Zhuang looked at the tun chief kneeling in front of him, and he had some impressions of this tun chief, because this tun chief can be said to have been in the army for a long time, but he can also be said to be one of the slowest people in terms of official promotion.
Other people's official promotions are slow, many times because of some factors, such as their own ability, whether there is anyone to help them, etc., but the official promotion of this tun chief is relatively slow, which obviously has nothing to do with these two reasons.
In the first place, the commander was not a man of inability, on the contrary, from the fact that he knew that the ability of the commander was quite remarkable, because from the time he had been in the army for several years, until now, the casualties of the men under his command, and even the dangers to which he had been subjected, including himself, were quite few.
Relatively speaking, there are relatively few officers and soldiers under his command who can make meritorious contributions and be promoted.
Maybe some people will laugh at him because of such a situation, but Xiang Zhuang doesn't have such an idea, because such a situation can also be said to be a kind of ability.
Because this kind of thing is not something that everyone can easily do. After all, this kind of thing not only depends on a person's luck, but also depends on whether a person's arrangements in this regard are appropriate.
There is another factor that affects the person's path to promotion, and that is whether there is a corresponding relationship.
Xiang Zhuang didn't know much about this, but there was one situation that Xiang Zhuang was very concerned about, that is, this tun chief had close contacts with some middle and senior military officers of the Qu clan Sima many times.
This means a question, not to mention whether this tun chief can get a very high position or even replace Xiang Yu to garrison a place, this possibility is not very large, but compared to this unlikely situation, that is, if this tun chief wants to be a hundred generals or even five hundred masters, it is not a big problem, because those military personnel of the Qu clan can arrange for him to hold these positions.
It can be said that although this tun chief is a little strange, Xiang Zhuang believes that he is definitely not a good-for-nothing person as outsiders say.
And now, it is even more verified, after all, if a person who is good for nothing, he will not say his request in this situation.
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Xiang Zhuang didn't want any problems to arise at this time, although he thought that this tun chief was a little extraordinary, but there was one thing he couldn't change because of this. That's because he hopes that he can return this force to Xiang Yu as intact as possible.
After thinking of such a situation, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then looked at the chief: "What's your name?"
"Wu Jue of Qu County. "This tun chief, or Wu Jue, said his name.
"Your behavior, General Ben can not see it, for now, you should return to your position and do your duty!" Xiang Zhuang's tone was a little tough, he hoped to use a strong tone to make this tun chief named Wu Jue retreat.
But what Xiang Zhuang didn't expect was that this Wu Jue just raised his head and said to him: "General, my subordinates will not leave like this, because this is also for the sake of the generals and your robes, please ask the general to accept the reluctant request of your subordinates." ā
Although Wu Jue's words were good, they made Xiang Zhuang a little angry, because he didn't expect that this Wu Jue would still have a reason.
Although he was a little angry, he was not in a hurry to solve Wu Jue's problem now, but looked at Wu Jue who raised his head a little indifferently, and asked in a somewhat unhappy tone:
"Since Chief Wu Tun said that it was for the sake of General Ben and the soldiers, I don't know what Chief Wu Tun considered for us?"
Xiang Zhuang's words made many of his henchmen understand, and some even planned to deal with this unknown tun chief, but on the contrary, many Chu officers and soldiers gathered near the camp gate became more and more dissatisfied with Xiang Zhuang after seeing this scene.
For them, Wu Jue, a person who some of them have heard about each other, still has some contempt for Wu Jue in their hearts, but from this time, Wu Jue's request is undoubtedly a great help and confidence for them.
It was already difficult for them to resist the thought of seeing their relatives, if they didn't know now that there could be chaos, maybe they would have done something to Xiang Zhuang and the people guarding this camp area, and then leave this place to see their relatives, and never want this experience to happen to them again.
In the crowd, there was a middle-aged twenty-five hundred lord who was about the same age as Wu Jue, looking at this situation with some anxiety.
He didn't want anything to happen to Wu Jue, but he didn't want the Chu army to fail like this.
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For this middle-aged twenty-five hundred master, he doesn't want anything to happen to Wu Jue, mainly because Wu Jue is his friend since he was a child, and even his brother-in-law.
As a side line of the Qu family, the middle-aged man died of his father's illness when he was young, and some of his influence in the family quickly faded.
A few years later, his sister became Wu Jue's wife, and with the help of Wu Jue's father, he was able to enter the Qu clan again and hold a position that was not too small.
And the plan for the family to move to Pengcheng back then was that he communicated with his brother-in-law Wu Jue.
Because of this, Wu Jue left the inherent sphere of influence of the Qu clan and went to Pengcheng to make a splash.
But now he regrets the plan he told his brother-in-law at the beginning, if it weren't for this, maybe Wu Jue would not have been able to enter Chu **.
He really wanted to rescue his brother-in-law, he was very helpless that his brother-in-law would do this, but for him, it was not that he didn't want to bring Wu Jue back, but he knew that if he came forward, it might make things worse, or even irreparable.
This is a situation he doesn't want to see, he can only look at what might happen next and be anxious.
But soon, he felt some unusual aura gradually emanating around him, because many officers and soldiers who were still crying, and even a few of his henchmen, had some strange expressions.
He didn't understand why, but he seemed to hear the whispers of some officers and soldiers:
"If this tun chief is really punished or even killed by Xiang Zhuang because of this, then what should we do?"
"What we can do is to fight with them, because if we don't find our relatives, sooner or later we will be killed by the Qin people, in this case, we might as well gamble like this. ā
"But how did I hear that these Qin people are also not easy to get along with, I am afraid that we will not end well with our relatives.
"Alas, haven't you heard that the king of the Qin people can even be reused by Zhang Liang, and under Zhang Liang's persuasion, there will be Xiang Tang and Xiang Tuo and others surrendering. Since the king of the Qin people even dares to reuse someone like Zhang Liang, then naturally he won't do anything to us!"
"I see, we have to keep this captain alive because he did what we didn't dare to do. ā
Hearing these words, the middle-aged man's heart couldn't help but chuckle, because he knew very well that such words were very guided, and of course this guidance was not a good thing.
But he couldn't do anything about it, because not just now, but now, more and more similar words continued to spread among the onlookers, and what made him feel even more bad was that many officers and soldiers seemed to have brought their own weapons.
"How is this good?" the middle-aged man didn't know what he should do.
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No one expected that in the crowd, there were two people dressed in the clothes of the chief of the Chu army who were expressing their joy at the development of the situation.
Because the people around them don't seem to know one thing, that is, it is they who have such rumors.
The rumor that can really succeed is not something that can be done by a simple lie, and there is an allusion called three people becoming tigers, which just illustrates this point.
The allusion of the three people becoming a tiger comes from "Warring States Policy: Wei Ce II", and the translation means:
During the Warring States period, the Wei State had an important minister named Pang Cong. One year, he was ordered to accompany his son to Handan, the capital of Zhao State, as a hostage. Before leaving, Pang Cong said to King Wei: "Your Majesty, if someone tells you that there is a tiger in the market, do you believe it?"
The tiger swaggered through the market, and of course the king of Wei did not believe it, so he replied, "How can there be such a thing?"
Pang Cong said, "If another person tells you that there is indeed a tiger in the market, will the king believe it?"
King Wei thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's worth considering!"
"What if another person says the same thing?"
"Well, if both of them say that, it should be true. ā
After listening to the same answer of the King of Wei, Pang Cong said the true meaning of what he said, he said: "In fact, there are no tigers on the street, but they are just false, why does the king believe it, because there are many people who say it." Now that I have left my hometown with the prince and gone to Zhao as hostages thousands of miles away, the king cannot accurately understand the situation there, and maybe there will be rumors like 'there is a tiger in the city', should the king believe it? Therefore, in order to ensure that the prince can smoothly return to China and succeed the unification in the future, please ask the king to first ask three people to spread the word to the public, saying that I have just left the capital, not to Handan. ā
King Wei disagreed. Soon after Pang Cong accompanied the prince to Zhao as a hostage, someone secretly slandered Pang Cong, saying that he tried to support the prince, had two hearts, and plotted against him. said a lot of people, King Wei actually believed it and ordered the prince to return to the country, and Pang Cong was no longer reused. Pang Cong had given King Wei a 'preventive shot' in advance, and it was difficult to escape the fate of "everyone's mouth", which shows the destructive power of rumors.
Perhaps many times, rumors stop at the wise, but in the current situation, there is an allusion to the success of this rumor that can be used as a verification:
Zeng Shen, a disciple of Confucius, was famous for his filial piety When he lived in Feiyi, a person with the same name and surname killed someone, and some people mistakenly thought that Zeng Shen did it, and there were many discussions, and rumors soon spread to Zeng's mother. At that time, Zeng's mother was weaving, so she stopped and said, "My son won't do that kind of thing!" Soon someone said, "Zeng Shen has killed someone!" Great-mother, still calm as before, ignored it. Later, someone said the same thing, and then the great-mother finally became uneasy, and hurriedly began to pack her things and prepare to escape.
Many times, the public has a "herd mentality", thinking that everyone is telling about something, then it seems that it cannot be fake. Because what many people think is right is not necessarily groundless.
And it is precisely because of this psychology that rumors spread very quickly.
And the spread of such rumors has been affected by many factors, and now, the main factor in the success of the spread of this rumor is not on Chu Jun, on the contrary, this rumor is more due to the "embattled" proposed by Zhang Jiashi and revised and implemented by Zhang Liang and others.
After all, in this case, many Chu officers and soldiers are unable to make relatively rational judgments in this environment, after all, their relatives are very likely to be a few hundred meters ahead, how can they continue to calm down and judge the truth of this rumor?
It can be said that it is because of such rumors that they are increasingly unable to calm down.
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After all, in order to avoid too much stimulation of the Chu army and the failure of the strategy, Han Xin, Yujian and others did not do anything that might stimulate the Chu army too much, such as being too close to the Chu army camp to spy on the corresponding intelligence, etc.
However, some clues can be seen in some situations near the gate of the Chu military camp even from a distance.
After receiving the corresponding information, Zang Di asked Zhang Liang suspiciously: "Mr. Zhang, what is the reason for such a thing?"
Zhang Liang pondered for a moment, and then showed a smile: "Captain Zang, this matter is not a bad thing for us, the Chu army is indeed unable to parry the regent's brilliant plan, and now the Chu army is already fluctuating." ā
"So, is it a good opportunity for us to attack?"
Zang Di's question made Zhang Liang shake his head silently.
Seeing Zhang Liang's expression, Zang Di did not continue to ask.
And Zhang Liang showed a calm smile, because maybe it won't be long before this strategy can reap the fruits.