Chapter 128: Xiang Yu's first battle shows his might

Qin Jia was relieved to hear that Pei Gong had defeated the Qin army and killed Sima Yi in Liucheng. At this time, Xiang Liang's rebel army had also arrived in Xiapi, and Qin Jia was very worried that Xiang Liang would not be controlled by him after his arrival, because he had already heard that Xiang Liang was the Shangzhu State ordered by King Zhang Chu, how could a Chu State have two Shangzhu States, so he said to Ning Jun: "The soldiers and horses that the king lent to Liu Bang at that time were to defend Liucheng, and now Sima Yi is also dead, you go to Xiayi to get the soldiers and horses back." Ning Jun was very surprised and said: "Liu Bang borrowed troops to recover his hometown Fengyi. Now that Fengyi has not been recovered, how can he return the soldiers and horses? Besides, at the beginning we asked Liu Bang to resist the Qin army at a critical juncture, and now that we have killed Zhang Han's beloved general Sima Yi, Zhang Han will definitely not give up, and we will engage in internal strife at this time, I am afraid that the Qin army will attack again, and we will not be able to resist? Qin Jia sneered: "Liu Bang is just a pavilion chief, he used our army to capture Dangjun, Xiao County, and Xiayi, and recently Cao Shen occupied Yu County, and Zhou Bo conquered Meng County, is he still cheaper?" Besides, when Sima Yi led his troops to call, he suddenly avoided attacking Dangjun, if Sima Yi directly attacked Liucheng, the state of Chu would have been finished long ago, they only cared about grabbing their own territory, and they didn't take the king to heart at all, should we still consider them? You go and get back to the soldiers, Hugh wants Rosso! Ning Jun was embarrassed: "It's better to wait until Liu Bang recovers Fengyi before returning the soldiers and horses, so that there will be no grudge with Liu Bang." Qin Jia said angrily: "What you said is a child's words, I can only think about the affairs of the Chu State, you set off immediately, otherwise I will kill you!" Ning Jun was taken aback, so he had to leave Liucheng and go to Xiayi. After Ning Jun left, Qin Jia sent Zhu Jishi and Yu Fanjun to capture Qi County and Xue County from the Wei people, and he went to capture Hu Ling, preparing to seize some territory quickly.

Ning Jun came to Xiayi, and after entering the city, he saw Pei Gong, and explained the meaning of Qin Jia's return of soldiers and horses. At this time, Pei Gong had also learned that Ning Jun had persuaded Wei Bao to seize Fengyi before, and now Fengyi had not been taken back, but he came to ask for soldiers, and the two things were added together, not only was he furious, so he angrily walked up to Ning Jun, took off his hat, threw it into the night pot next to the couch, sprinkled a soak of urine on his hand, and then pointed at Ning Jun and scolded. Ning Jun's face was full of shame, and he didn't dare to speak. After learning of the situation, Zifang rushed to persuade Pei Gongdao: "Sima Yi is Zhang Han's favorite general, and now that he has been killed by us, how can Zhang Han give up." Now that they have fallen out with Qin Jia, this is not a good thing, and their soldiers and horses should be returned to others. Pei Gong followed the advice of the ovary and returned the soldiers and horses of the Chu State. Ning Jun thanked him again and again, and then took the original team back to Liucheng.

When Ning Jun returned to Liucheng, he told the king of Chu about the benevolence of the ovary and said that the state of Chu should unite with Duke Pei to deal with the state of Qin. The king of Chu said: "This is really good, but I don't know the meaning of Shangzhu Kingdom?" Suddenly, a sergeant ran in and reported: "King, Shangzhu has captured Huling and returned with a great victory." The crowd was amazed.

Qin Jia came back to see the queen of Chu and said, "I heard that Xiang Liang came from Xiapi, and I rushed back to stop him from advancing westward, and now I want to go to Pengcheng to garrison." King Chu said: "Why doesn't Aiqing join forces with Xiang Liang to deal with Zhang Han?" Qin Jia said: "Xiang Liang is the son of Xiang Yan, with a very high reputation, I heard that King Zhang Chu worshipped him as the Shangzhu State during his lifetime, how can a Chu country have two pillar countries?" I conclude that Xiang Liang will not obey the king's moderation after his arrival, so I must stop him from advancing westward, so as to avoid future troubles! "The King of Chu was originally a puppet, so he dared to oppose it, so he had to let it go. Qin Jia took more than a dozen deputy generals and rushed to Pengcheng to block Xiang Liang.

Xiang Liang heard that Qin Jia was an unrighteous person when he was in Xiapi, and then he heard that he occupied Pengcheng and intended to block the army, so he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately gathered all the generals and said: "King Chen has the merit of the first thing, so all the heroes in the world have responded. After hearing that King Chen X was defeated, he sent his deputy general Wu Pingjun to Qin Jia for help, but Qin Jia, this kid, not only did not send troops, but also killed Wu Pingjun. King Chen had no choice, so he sent General Zhaoping to Jiangdong to worship me as Shangzhu State, and asked me to lead my troops westward to meet the Qin army. Now Qin Jia has set up a fake King of Chu, which is really rebellious! Jingju was originally a descendant of Jingyang of Chu State, how could a courtier be a king? They are trying to obstruct our army's westward advance, which is really a mantis arm as a car, which is ridiculous! Jing Ju and Qin Jia are both unrighteous and should be crusaded first! General Zhaoping was the first to stand up and vigorously support it. The generals on the left and right said in unison: "Crusade against pseudo-Chu, kill Qin Jia, and capture Jingju alive!" And all the soldiers came to Pengcheng.

When Qin Jia heard that Xiang Liang had been killed in Pengcheng, he sent two brothers, Zhu Biao and Zhu Hu, the leaders of the peasant army who had come to defect to the king of Chu, as the vanguard and led their troops out of the city to meet the battle. He sat in the city, and ordered dozens of generals such as Ding Ji, Zheng Bu, Dong Xuan, Dong Yun, Song Chun, and Ma Yuan to sharpen their knives and prepare for battle.

The Zhu brothers came to a place about ten miles southeast and set up camp. Zhu Biao said to his younger brother Zhu Hu: "We have been away from King Wu for more than a year, and now we have not created a little fame, which is really a big husband." This time I fought with Xiang Liang, and Shangzhu sent us to take the lead, this is a good opportunity to get ahead! Zhu Hu said: "My brother is right, but since we came here, those generals have despised both of us, don't they think our background is too low?" But I don't understand why Shangzhu Guo didn't fight the Qin army, but couldn't get along with Xiang Liang? If Chu and Xiang Liang join forces to deal with Zhang Han, the Qin army will be unlucky? Zhu Biao smiled: "This matter is not something that the two of us can explain clearly, you think Xiang Liang is also a Shangzhu country, and the general of our family is also a Shangzhu country, how can a mountain accommodate two tigers?" Alas! Since the defeat of King Chen, there has been no true hero in the world who is against Qin! I heard that the kings of Zhao, Yan, Qi, and Wei all wanted to be kings and hegemons themselves, and they didn't have the heart to fight with Qin at all. I heard that Xiang Liang is the son of Xiang Yan, and with his background, he must have a loyal heart to the Chu State. Why don't you fight him first and see how this person is? Zhu Hu thought about it and said, "If you want to defeat Xiang Liang now, you should suddenly attack while his foothold is not stable." Zhu Biao worried: "But we only have 2,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid we can't beat Xiang Liang?" If only the enemy took the initiative to attack. Zhu Hu asked what the tricks were. Zhu Biao said: "Let's withdraw the soldiers and horses to the periphery and set up an ambush, leaving only an empty camp, and when Xiang Liang enters the camp, we will encircle and suppress it from all sides." Zhu Hu felt that what his brother said was very good, so he was ready to implement his plan.

Xiang Liang led a large army to Pengcheng, and the military detectives reported that Qin Jia had sent an army to intercept it in front. Xiang Liang touched his beard with his hand on the chariot and said, "How can a nobody's pawn resist my righteous army? I must get rid of this dog thing Jingju and re-establish the power of Chu! After speaking, he drove the army over, less than half a mile away from the camp of the Zhu brothers. Xiang Liang stood up, pressed his sword in his hand, and ordered Xiang Yu to obey the order. Xiang Yu heard his uncle calling him, so he galloped to his uncle's car. Xiang Liang ordered him to immediately lead a cavalry to attack the Chu camp. Xiang Yu accepted the task, and asked the junior colonel in charge of the flag for a flag of Xiang Jun, wrapped it around his waist, and said to Xiang Liang: "Today is the first time my nephew has charged into battle, and I want my uncle to see how I defeated the enemy." Xiang Liang said happily: "We crossed the river and Huai, this is the first battle, I hope my nephew will win!" Before the words fell, four generals suddenly flashed behind him, and they asked for battle together: "General Xiang, we have just arrived in the army, this first battle should be fought by someone with a foreign surname, how can you arrange your own family first?" Xiang Liang saw that it was Yu Ying, Huan Chu, Di Bu, and Pu Jiang, so he smiled happily: "Zhu Biao and Zhu Hu are both unknowns, my nephew got a BMW in Jiangdong, called Wu Hu, and he has not yet been in battle, I just want to see if Wu Hu can adapt to the battlefield." And you are all contemporary tiger generals, how can you covet this small credit? When the four of them heard that Xiang Liang wanted to see Wu Qi's performance, they retreated.

Xiang Liang stood on the high chariot and immediately ordered the drumming to march. For a time, the horns of the Chu army sounded in unison, and the golden drums were noisy. I saw Xiang Yu wearing an embroidered battle robe, wearing delicate fierce armor, a lion barbarian treasure belt tied around his waist, a dragon swallowing moon halberd in his hand, and a bronze glazed helmet, leading a thousand cavalry, and rushing straight towards the opponent's camp. The black horse was truly extraordinary, and from a distance it looked like it was a foot long from head to tail, and eight feet tall from the horse's hooves to its pointed ears, and it neighed and roared, and ran and jumped like a black cloud, and it was gone. When Wu Qi came to the front of the camp, he jumped over the fence, and the sergeants who followed behind quickly pulled the fence open, and the Xiang army rushed in. Xiang Yu entered the Chu camp, looked up, and found that it was an empty camp, and was wondering, suddenly there was a bang, and there was a loud shout of killing on the left and right sides, and it turned out that Zhu Biao and Zhu Hu were outflanked from the periphery. Xiang Liang was on the battlefield opposite, and when he saw this, he immediately ordered Zhong Liwu and Ji Bu to lead a team to encircle the Chu soldiers from the left and right sides to avoid Xiang Yu being harmed.

Xiang Yu was in the Chu camp, and suddenly saw the two soldiers killing together, but his heart was not affected in the slightest, so he shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, the enemy wants to defeat us with the small skill of carving insects, it is impossible!" He picked up the iron halberd and slapped the horse to meet it, and after a while, he saw that the place where the moon swallowing halberd swept was one after another. The brave Xiang Yu was like a god descending to earth, and the soldiers or generals who stood in front of him fell to the ground one after another. Xiang Jun also followed behind and raised his halberd to stab, and when he met someone, everyone clashed back and forth, as if entering a no-man's land. At first glance, it looks like a group of experienced farmers are harvesting miles away with their sharp sickles aimed at ripe wheat stalks. Xiang Yu overturned a large piece in one go, and the unruly black horse he rode on was also showing his skills at this time, showing his style, only to see its nose like thunder, kicking forward and kicking back, rampage, only to step on the Chu soldiers on their backs, four on their backs. When all the soldiers of the Chu army saw Xiang Yu and Wu Qi, they were all frightened and frightened.

When the Zhu brothers saw Xiang Yu like this, they joined forces to kill Xiang Yu. But who knew that as soon as they fought, the two of them were shocked by Xiang Yu's halberd and their arms were numb, and the tiger's mouth was broken. The two of them quickly turned around and fled, and they didn't dare to touch Xiang Yu anymore, so they fled the battlefield. At this time, Zhong Liwu and Ji Bu had also been killed from both sides, and they worked together to smash the Chu army to pieces. Some sergeants only hated that their parents' legs were too short, so they broke their legs and farts, cried for their fathers and mothers, and were killed by Xiang Jun before they could escape. Ji Bu and Zhong Liwu also wanted to win the first credit, so they shouted together and chased after Peng Cheng. Xiang Yu saw that the Chu army was retreating like a tide, so he strangled the black horse, he suddenly turned around and saw that the Chu army's Chinese army flag was still flying high in the Chu army's barracks, so he let the horse come, cut off the flagpole with a halberd, and then dismounted to replace the 'Chu' army flag with the 'Xiang' flag, and planted the flagpole on the ground. Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the flagpole was almost blown over. Xiang Yu pressed the sword with his left hand and held the flagpole with his right hand, letting the wind run wildly, but the flagpole did not move in the camp. And the sergeants he led also returned to the Chu camp together and formed a formation, like a wall. After a while, the wind was stable, and Xiang Yu let go.

Xiang Liang saw Xiang Yu charging into battle from a distance, cutting the flag of the general, and thought to himself that there was such a heroic nephew, which of the soldiers in the whole army was not convinced? If you take the name of your father Xiang Yan to order the Quartet, the heroes of the world will not surrender, so they will be very happy and say: "My nephew is really a hero, he is like Wei Li is alive, Du Fusheng, just Qin Jia, why bother?" Hahaha! The spectators were also shocked. Duo Bu and the others were also dumbfounded, and they were all intimidated by Xiang Yu's momentum. Xiang Liang saw that everyone was convinced by Xiang Yu, and his heart was happy, so he ordered Xiang Yu to return to the battle, and praised Xiang Yu again: "My nephew is charging into battle and cutting the flag is like a leisurely stroll, why should I worry that the Qin State will not be destroyed?" "He commanded the army to attack on all fronts and approached Pengcheng.