Several old generals retreated, only Xin Xin and Song Yi were left in the main hall to sit opposite each other, and after the waiter brought tea, they also left in a hurry, as if there were only two people left in this world, no one spoke, only silently tasted tea,

After a while, she put down the teacup and smiled a little helplessly: "It seems that the widow should not agree to Xiang Yu's request,"

Song Yi couldn't answer too bluntly, so he had to say tactfully: "Forced by the times, this matter is no wonder to the king,"

Both of them smiled bitterly, tacitly, the heart got up and walked in the hall, he seemed to be thinking about something, Song Yi saw that the heart was preoccupied, and it was inconvenient to disturb, so he had to take the teacup and drink the tea quietly, about half a cup of tea, Song Yi's teacup was empty, and the heart also sighed: "Before you came back, the widow had considered reusing Xiang Zhuang, taking him as the main general of the northern expedition, to aid Zhao State, but Xiang Zhuang strongly recommended Xiang Yu, which disappointed me to the extreme, and now the soldiers are divided into two roads, Liu Bang is going west, you can be worry-free, you can go north, Please also ask Song Qing to fight for me,"

He didn't expect that he would trust himself so much, and after a short thought, Song Yi sighed: "Leading the army to the north, on the surface, it is to rescue the Zhao State, but in fact, we are waiting to see the changes, so I think that the candidates for the north must be able to forbear, be able to unite the Qi State in the east, and resist Zhanghan in the north, and cannot easily enter the army, and have participated in the battle in advance, so ......"

Song Yi paused, but Xin Xin had already walked back to the imperial case, leaned over and asked, "Who is Song Qing promoting?"

"If the king can be trusted, I am willing to take command myself and share the worries of the king,"

The hall suddenly became extremely quiet, and after a short period of thought, he nodded and smiled: "Song Qing goes north, this battle will be won,"

In the main hall, there was the laughter of the two......

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After the meeting in the palace of Chu, Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang and others came to the Xiang Bo Mansion, at this time, the back hall of the Xiang Bo Mansion, several relatives were guarding outside, the door was closed, and no one could approach within ten steps.

Fan Zeng since following Xiang Liang, although the name is Chu Guan, but in fact, Fan Zeng's heart is still on the side of the Xiang family, after all, Fan Zeng's ideas are different from others, since the four directions, countries have become self-reliant, the future of the world, who wins and who loses is unpredictable, although the king of Chu is still nominally in charge of the Chu State, but how long can he be on this throne, whether the Chu State can be strong again in his hands, these, in Fan Zeng's view, are all illusory,

Only the Xiang family has won the hearts of the Chu people, although they are on the cusp of the storm, but sooner or later, Xiang Yu will break free from the shackles, fish into the sea, and the dragon will go to the sky.

At this time, the house is very quiet, everyone is quietly drinking tea, for Xiang Yu to ask for his life to go west today, some people agree, some people oppose, all kinds of voices emerge in endlessly, but Xiang Yu himself feels that it is inevitable to go west, besides, once Xiang Yu goes west, he can regain military power, and the Xiang family is in his hands, and he can rise again,

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Xiang Bo coughed dryly, he put down the teacup in his hand, laughed dryly, and then said: "I agree with Yu'er's westward expansion, which is beneficial to our Xiang family's regaining control of military power,"

"I also agree, if Brother Yu agrees, I am willing to be the vanguard, re-lead the Long family army, and open the way for Brother Yu," Long echoed beside him,

After Xiang Yu heard this, he laughed loudly, what he needed was the support of his clansmen and subordinates.

But Fan Zeng was a little worried, he, like Xiang Zhuang, didn't want Xiang Yu to ask for orders to go west too early, at this time, Fan Zeng saw that everyone was blindly looking at the present, not considering long-term interests, but sighed lightly and said: "It is a matter of time before the Xiang family masters the military power, but I think after all, it is not a wise move to expose ambitions too early, and please consider it again,"

After speaking, Fan Zeng glanced at everyone, and continued: "If we wait for the Chu army to advance westward, encounter resistance, and be in a dilemma, General Xiang Yu is asking for an order to advance westward and clear the Qin army, at that time, the prestige of our Xiang family will be more prominent, far more favorable than the westward advance in front of us, only seeking to be fast for a while,"

Fan Zeng's words came out, many people nodded silently, Fan Zeng's insights were terrifying and unique, but Xiang Yu couldn't wait for that time, he was a very anxious person, he thought of it, he had to do it, at this time Xiang Yu slapped the table case angrily, and said hatefully: "I have made up my mind, no one should say it again,"

Xiang Yu's attitude is tough, everyone knows very well that no further persuasion is useless.

When everyone remained silent and no longer persuaded him, Xiang Zhuang sneered and sighed: "Brother thinks that King Chu Huai will easily let you go west, I look at this matter, there will definitely be other variables,"

Xiang Zhuang's sudden words puzzled many people,

That day, Xiang Xin's words still echoed in Xiang Zhuang's ears, Xiang Xin's jealousy of Xiang Yu was so deep, how could he let Xiang Yu return to military power,

But Xiang Zhuang is not easy to say, Xiang Yu is extremely dissatisfied with Xiang Zhuang at this time, and poured cold water on himself at this time, what is this, Xiang Yu wanted to get up and refute Xiang Zhuang, but Xiang Zhuang stood up first, sighed lightly and said: "Tomorrow, everything will be known,"

After speaking, Xiang Zhuang took Kong Ji, Xiang Sheng and others to leave the back hall in a hurry, leaving only the surprised eyes of everyone in the room still staring at Xiang Zhuang's departing back for a long time.

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When Xiang Zhuang returned to the mansion, it was already night, and it was dark everywhere, only a few lanterns lit in the mansion, faintly glowing, illuminating the road ahead.

Entering the back hall, Xiang Zhuang took off his cloak, feeling that the whole person was much more relaxed, Kong Ji, who had been following Xiang Zhuang, also found a place to sit down in the house, and a personal attendant brought tea and put it in front of the two before leaving.

The room was very quiet, Kong Ji didn't say anything at this time, he picked up the teacup in front of him, blew the hot air, and tasted the tea slowly.

After a day of running, Xiang Zhuang also felt tired, he just wanted to pick up the teacup, but saw that there was an extra sword on the table, a sword with a black body, at this time, Xiang Zhuang shouted outside the house: "Come on,"

A relative entered with the door, stopped in front of Xiang Zhuang, and arched his hand: "General, you look for me,"

"What's going on with this sword," Xiang Zhuang picked up the sword, the sword body was very heavy, you can try it out, this is a sword with exquisite workmanship,

Seeing Xiang Zhuang asking, he couldn't help but smile back: "General, this sword was sent from Poyang, and General Cao Feng personally received it, she told us that this sword can be placed on the general's case, and the general will understand when he comes back,"

Hearing Poyang, Xiang Zhuang faintly guessed a few points in his heart, he waved his hand outside the door, and retreated with him, on the side, Kong Ji laughed dryly twice, and sighed: "She seems to be in love with you,"

"How did the brother-in-law say this," Xiang Zhuang pretended to be surprised, but his heart was very clear, he slowly drew the sword // out of the scabbard, the scabbard rubbed, the sound was extremely harsh, and soon, the sword was pulled out by Xiang Zhuang // out, the cold light splashed, this sword has a murderous aura that is difficult to hide,

"It is indeed a good sword," Xiang Zhuang praised, he took a closer look at the oil lamp on the side, and there were three words engraved on the sword, Wu Fangzhu,

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang was completely stunned, did Wu Fang start to learn to cast a sword, this sword is clearly a sword, judging from the workmanship of the sword and the feeling of starting it, this sword can not be beaten at least ten thousand changes, is it really as Kong Ji said, is she really in love with herself?

In fact, Xiang Zhuang already knew Wu Fang's thoughts in his heart, but he didn't want to admit it, seeing this sword at this time, Xiang Zhuang was sincerely moved, but he didn't want to reveal it in front of Kong Ji, after all, Kong Ji was his brother-in-law, and Kong Xiuyun was his wife who had not passed the door.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang put the sword into the sheath and praised with a smile: "Good sword,"

"Why don't you give the sword a name," Kong Ji also got up with a smile, walked over and looked at the sword in front of him, the sword body was black all over, Kong Ji couldn't help laughing: "Just call him 'Chu Cone', how,"

"Chu cone," Xiang Zhuang silently recited two sentences, and couldn't help laughing: "What a Chu cone, just call it this name,

"Fang Chu cone, ashes are hard to fly," Kong Ji laughed loudly,

Xiang Zhuang heard that Kong Ji had something to say, but he didn't answer, and only diverted the topic and said: "Brother-in-law can pack up these days, and in a few days, I will leave Pengcheng,"

Xiang Zhuang's words did not surprise Kong Ji, in fact, Kong Ji also advocated that Xiang Zhuang return to Yi County as soon as possible, and everything could start again, but in Pengcheng, I am afraid that sooner or later, one day, the heart of the Xiang family will attack, this is a matter of time.

The reason why the Xiang family can still live in Pengcheng safely is that the Xiang family is too powerful at this time, at this time, Kong Ji thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "I support the general's decision, but I don't know when the general is going to leave,"

"It's set at the end of this month, I still want to have a good talk with the King of Chu, I hope to return to my army, in the name of guarding Hengshan County, and leave Pengcheng," Xiang Zhuang sighed lightly, and glanced at Chu Cone on the table again,

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Xiang Zhuang and Fan Zeng did not support their westward advance, Xiang Yu was extremely dissatisfied with the two of them, early in the morning, after Xiang Yu got up, the first thing he did was to gather the generals, ask the king of Chu for his life, and prepare to invite troops to go west.

At this time, more than 20 generals, led by Long Ji, Ji Bu, Yu Ziqi, Zhong Liwu, Huan Chu, Xiang Guan, Pu Shan, Di Bu and others, followed Xiang Yu to the main hall.

In the main hall, Jin Xin was discussing the westward advance with Song Yi, Liu Bang and others, and suddenly saw Xiang Yu and others coming, and the heart was slightly melancholy, and he wanted to dismiss Xiang Yu and discuss the westward advance another day, but Xiang Yu took the first step and said: "The king, the last general has been prepared, and today I have come to invite troops to go west, for the king to be firm and persistent, and the sword is pointed at Guanzhong,"

"Widow...... The widow decides and Liu Bang alone...... Leading the troops westward," his heart was a little weak, and he hesitated a little in his words, but at this moment, Xiang Yu was already furious, and suddenly pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed forward with the blade of the sword, and shouted angrily: "Is the king so insulting to me?"

The hall suddenly became tense, more than 20 guards rushed in, surrounded Xiang Yu and others, Long and others saw that the situation was not right, immediately drew their swords in their hands, and confronted the guards, at this moment, the heart was already scared and sweaty, slumped on the soft seat, I don't know what to do......

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