Chapter 676: Self-Killing
In the evening, under the sunset, the county town of Xiaxiang fell into fear and chaos.
In the morning, he swore that he would take three thousand subordinates to break the Qin army, attack Pengcheng in the north, and recover the Xiang brothers of Jingchu back.
It's just that their return did not bring the so-called big victory, but a large number of subordinate soldiers who were chased by the Qin army.
When the Xiang brothers first arrived at Xiaxiang City, Xiang Tang couldn't help but admonish: "Brother, all the troops in the city have been brought out by us, and there are only fifty or sixty guards guarding the city, even if we add those who have fled back, it is only a few hundred, and it is impossible to defend the Qin army. The prime minister is no longer defensible, so let's go to Huainan and join General Jingtong, and then fight with the Qin army!"
As he spoke, Xiang Tang also looked back at the back from time to time, his face frightened.
They fled on horseback, and there were Chu soldiers behind them blocking the way, making the chasing Qin cavalry unable to get up fast, enough for them to have time to escape.
But this time can't be too much, the cavalry of the Qin people may catch up at any time, and it will be too late by then.
"Go to Huainan to join Jingtong?"
Xiang Liang sneered, "So we want to abandon all the clansmen in this Xiangcheng? Women, children, old people, abandoned our Xiang family's mansion, like dogs in distress, chased by the Qin army all the way to Huainan, and brought the disaster all the way to Ji'er."
Xiang Liang looked stunned, and heard that there was a bad meaning in Xiang Liang's words.
He argued: "How can you bring calamity to Ji'er, we are righteous, General Jingtong will definitely raise the flag in response when he hears about it, they have been exposed, we go to them, it is a confluence of the river, save the strength to resist the tyrannical Qin."
"No, I have a lot of correspondence with Jing Tong, and he often says that you should think twice before doing what is righteous, and you can't easily compromise your strength. He knew that we were implicated by Zhang Liang this time, and the time was not ripe at all, so Jing Tong would not respond easily. Unless······ My Xiang clan can really break through Zhao Tuo's army and fight to Pengcheng, and Jing Tong will raise the flag when he sees hope."
Xiang Liang's face was bitter.
If he can really do all this, how good it would be, not only can the Xiang clan be preserved, but he also has the hope of reviving the Chu State.
It's a pity that he met Zhao Tuo.
Xiang Liang went to the battlefield for the first time, and he had no combat experience, so he met a famous general in the world.
Just like when Zhao Kuo met Bai Qi in Changping.
It's a pity.
He, Xiang Liang, like Zhao Kuo, has no chance to come again.
Xiang Liang sighed, turned his head to stare at Xiang Tang, held the hilt of the sword in one hand, and threatened, "Follow me into the city and go back to the clan."
Xiang Tang was intimidated by Xiang Liang's gaze, and did not dare to resist, so he could only lower his head and respond.
Soon after the Xiang brothers entered the city, two hundred Qin cavalry drove the Chu army to the route.
"Open the gates and surrender at once!" "The resisters will die, surrender, open the door!"
There was no need for the cavalry of the Qin army to shout, those Chu army routs had already begun to shout and surrender.
Xiang Ying, a disciple of the Xiang clan who was guarding the city, gritted his teeth and looked at the scene outside the city.
But thinking of the Xiang brothers who had just entered the city, it was guessed that Xiang Liang might be going to settle the clan and find a way out for the Xiang family.
Xiang Ying roared: "Can't open the door, the Qin people are tyrannical, they will slaughter the city, we swear to die and coexist with the next minister······ Uh·····."
A sword pierced Xiang Ying's chest from behind, and he reluctantly turned his head to see that it was several of Xiang's servants who had killed him.
"Xiang Jun, we want to live!" The servant cried.
Another person stepped forward and cut off Xiang Ying's head, held it high on the city wall, and shouted outside the city, "We have killed Xiang's people, we are willing to surrender!"
With a burst of shouts, the gate of the city was opened by these defenders.
In the southeast corner of the city, in the prime minister's mansion, there was already a cry at this moment.
The cries of the old men, the weeping of the women, and the noise of the children were all in chaos.
"The Xiang clan will be destroyed!"
The old man of the Xiang family, Xiang Cang, looked up to the sky
After a long shout, after howling, he hit the column head, and fell to the ground with blood streaming on the spot, and a bunch of people rushed up to him and cried out.
Xiang Liang stood in front of the main house, silently watching this scene. After a while, he turned his head to stare at Xiang Tang, and said in a low voice, "See, my Xiang clan was killed by your Xiang Tang, and it was the destruction today."
Xiang Tang's face turned pale, and he said, "Brother, I didn't know it would become like this, I just wanted to kill Zhao Tuo, thinking that Zhang Liang would make a move, I was just doing me a favor, how did I know that these things would come out."
"Yes, help, help until now my Xiang clan is going to be destroyed by the Qin people."
Xiang Liang let out a long sigh, then he pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed at Xiang Tang, and said in a deep voice in the other party's stunned look, "So you can apologize for your sins, just like you wanted to do before."
Xiang Tang was stunned.
In this situation of losing the battle and the clan is about to fall, Xiang Liang actually wants him to commit suicide.
Xiang Tang's hands and feet trembled a little, when he heard that the Qin army was coming, he really wanted to commit suicide and apologize in self-blame and guilt, but he was stopped by Xiang Liang flying up and kicking him.
But after all, it was before, once a person mustered up the courage to commit suicide but failed, it was not so easy to commit suicide again, and now Xiang Tang is exactly this mentality.
He shook his head and said, "Brother, we can't do this, if we die here, what will we do in the future? The child is only fourteen years old, and Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Tuo are even younger, so they need the help of the elderly."
Xiang Liang said coldly, "Jing Bi is more suitable for you to teach them. You have to know one thing, the leaders of this time raising the flag against Qin are our two brothers. I am a general, you are a deputy general, they are all on the list of Qin people, if we don't die, then the Qin people will continue to track down until Zhao Tuo chases Jingtong, and then everyone will be finished."
"There is no way for the Xiang clan in Xia Xiang City to do it, this time we did it to raise the flag, and at this time, there is only one thing to live and die with the clan, and there is a matter of fleeing for your life with the clan!"
At this point, Xiang Liang was already raising his eyebrows, and his face was threatening.
Xiang Tang was silent.
He knew that Xiang Liang was right, he had brought such a big disaster to the clan, if the whole clan would be destroyed by the Qin people, he would have fled.
In terms of the atmosphere of this era, he Xiang Tang will be even more villain than a villain, and he is not worthy of Xiang's name at all.
"What my brother said is that I caused the disaster, and I should apologize with death, and I can no longer implicate others."
Xiang Tang muttered, pulling out the sword at his waist and placing it across his neck.
He sighed and said, "I am entangled, and this life is all ruined in the hands of Zhang Liang."
After saying that, Xiang wrapped his horizontal sword and killed himself, and his body fell down heavily.
Such a scene made the already chaotic Xiang Mansion's mansion sound all kinds of call signs again.
Xiang Liang looked at the corpse of his brother on the ground and sighed softly.
Just like he said to Xiang Tang, there is no one in this world who is a child of a nobleman who escaped with his life after causing trouble and implicating the clan.
That kind of despicable thing should not be something that a descendant of the Xiang family can do.
The reason why he forced Xiang Tang to death was not only the honor of being a nobleman, but also the words he said to Xiang Tang just now.
This time the rebellion, he and Xiang Tang are the masterminds, if the two don't die, Zhao Tuo will definitely chase and kill to the end, and it will never be allowed to go, no matter where they run, they will bring the disaster away.
Rather than this, it is better to end this matter with death, so that it can also cover Jing Tong, Xiang Ji and others in Huainan.
"I've been very careful with Jing Tong's contact, only Xiang and I know his true location, and the previous messages were all forwarded several times in the middle, and it was difficult for others to know the specific location. As long as we are all dead, it is impossible for Zhao Tuo to investigate."
Xiang Liang breathed a long sigh of relief, this was actually one of the reasons why he forced Xiang Tang to kill.
Out of understanding the character of this younger brother, Xiang Liang suspected that Xiang Tang was caught by Qin Jun and was easily interrogated about the information of the same person, so it was better to die.
Only the mouth of the dead is the strictest. "Now it's my turn."
There was chaos outside the mansion
With shouts, a large number of Qin soldiers in black armor slammed open the door of the mansion and rushed into the Xiang family's mansion, exclamating continuously.
"Although the clan is gone, but Ji'er and the others are still there, my Xiang clan is not extinct."
Xiang Liang whispered, no longer hesitating, and put the sword in his hand across his neck.
"Father, brother, I'm here."
When the words fell, Xiang Liang killed himself in Xiang's mansion. Blood splattered, red and blinding.
After the sky darkened, Zhao Tuo, the Marquis of Great Qin Martial Arts, led the Qin army to arrive outside the city of Xiaxiang.
He met Zhao Guang, who led the front army to drive out the rout and capture the city of Xiaxiang.
"Yu Junhou, the lower prime minister has been controlled by our army, and all the clans in the city have been surrendered to the Xiang clan, and the clan has also been arrested, but Xiang Liang and Xiang Tang are the two······
Speaking of this, Zhao Guang was a little embarrassed.
Zhao Tuo frowned and said, "Could it be that these two abandoned the city and ran away?"
Zhao Guang shook his head and said, "That's not true, it's just that the two of them are dead, and now only the corpses have been found." "Xiang Liang is dead?"
"Xiang Tang is also dead?"
"Why are these two dead, who killed them?"
Zhao Tuo's face was full of doubts, although he had given the order to see people in life and corpses in death, but the living must be better than the dead.
Soon, Zhao Tuo got the answer. "Why did you kill yourself again?"
Zhao Tuo's face was stunned, and he blurted out the word "again".
He thought of Xiang Yan and Xiang Qu.
Now the people of the Xiang clan who killed themselves after being defeated by him are going to have more Xiang Liang and Xiang Tang.
Xiang's people, how do they always like to commit suicide.