Chapter 25: The Conspiracy of Lisheng



The Anyang camp seems to be as quiet as ever, but all the soldiers know in their hearts that Xiang Yu is in power, and a big war is about to start, many people seem to be excited about it, but there are still many people who are slightly worried, nearly 300,000 Qin troops, although they fought hard against the giant deer and were damaged, but their strength is still not to be underestimated, can they defeat them with just 100,000 Chu troops?

This worry gradually spread in the barracks, and many people began to abscond, but the Chu army arranged a large number of scouts and patrols on the front line of Anyang, and batches of captured soldiers gouged out their eyes and noses in front of the officers and soldiers of the three armies, which was unbearable.

Today, it is the same, the officers and soldiers of the three armies gathered in the open space, hundreds of steps ahead, a temporary platform was set up, Xiang Yu was wearing armor, a cyan cloak on his back, majestic, watching the execution,

About 20 Chu soldiers escaped from the camp, they fled all the way to the south, but they were captured by the Chu army patrol who was ambushed here on the mountain path, and after they were brought back to the camp, a military order was served, and all of them were executed.

Although the troubled times should be punished heavily, but Xiang Yu's brutality was fully revealed at this time, many people pleaded for these soldiers, they are old, and some are young, if they are executed, their families will be heartbroken, and some families will lose their pillars and cannot survive, but Xiang Yu did not buy it, he only gave an order that everyone applauded, that is, to order the march master book to record the list, have normal military salaries, and issue the families of these soldiers,

A scream rang out, blood flowed down the blade, and the soldiers were beheaded in extreme agony, gouging out their eyes, cutting off their noses and ears, and their deaths were extremely tragic.

But this is also beneficial, many Chu troops who were planning to flee saw this scene, they gave up the idea of escaping, and decided to stay in the Chu camp with all their hearts.

Just after the execution of the punishment of deserters, outside the camp, more than 100 horsemen galloped over, as the leader of the general, it was Huan Chu, at this time he bypassed the military formation, shuttled in the crowd, and soon came to the front of the general's platform, first arched his hand to Xiang Yu, and then faced the soldiers of the three armies, took out the general's seal from his waist, and shouted: "The king has a decree, Xiang Yu has a merit in killing the traitor Song Yi, and he is promoted, and he is a general, and he is a captain, taking over the 100,000 army, and immediately go north, and fight with Zhang Han, there must be no mistake,"

As soon as Huan Chu's voice fell, he turned over and dismounted, strode onto the general's platform, knelt on one knee, and presented the general's seal to Xiang Yu with both hands, and then shouted: "I am willing to listen to the general's orders,"

"I would like to listen to the general's orders......"

The three armies shouted, and the sound shook the four fields, and at this time, Long and the others also came over, arching their hands in front of Xiang Yu and saying: "I am willing to die for the general,"

At this moment, 100,000 Chu troops completely surrendered to Xiang Yu, if a few days ago, everyone was just afraid of Xiang Yu's power and prestige, then at this time, King Huai's edict completely changed everyone's minds, in the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies, they have deeply believed that it was Song Yi who rebelled, Xiang Yu waved his army to quell the rebellion, and everyone followed Xiang Yu's determination, unswerving,

Xiang Yu watched the soldiers of the three armies shouting hard, and the thousands of ambitions in his heart swelled, he pulled out his sword from his waist, stared at everyone, and shouted: "Kill all the Qin dogs, restore my mountains and rivers,"

"Kill all the Qin dogs, restore my mountains and rivers,......"

The morale of the Chu army was greatly boosted, and in the afternoon, the troops were collected and returned to the camp, and at the same time, all the generals rushed to Xiang Yushuai's account, waiting for the order to go out.

An inconspicuous partial tent, Xiang Yu sat at the table, staring at the map in front of him, on the side, the old subordinates of the Xiang family, Fan Zeng and others were also bowing their heads and pondering, the war is coming, and the excitement in everyone's hearts is far greater than the fear of war.

At this time, when everyone was silent, Fan Zeng couldn't help but chuckle and said, "How is the general going to fight,"

Xiang Yu was interrupted by Fan Zeng's contemplation, his eyebrows were furrowed, he looked intently, and said in surprise: "The old gentleman has a clever plan,"

"If it has been hard-hitting, the Chu army is inferior to the Qin army in terms of numbers, and it may not be able to achieve the best in terms of morale, which is the way to defeat, but I have a strategy, so that the general has 100,000 male divisions, step through the Qin camp, and cut Zhang Han,"

Hearing the battle of Zhang Han, Xiang Yu couldn't help but be interested, and Lang laughed a few times and said: "I hope that the old gentleman will not hesitate to give advice,"

"Hehehe" Fan Zeng laughed heartily, Xiang Yu's low posture made Fan Zeng extremely satisfied, at this time he thought for a while, sorted out the words in his heart, and said slowly: "After crossing the Zhanghe River, the soldiers can be ordered to carry three days of food and grass each, and make plans not to return, so that the soldiers can strive forward, with one enemy and ten, the Qin army can be broken, otherwise, everyone is in danger, only caring about survival, this battle is dangerous,"

"Crossing the river and cutting off the back road, this plan is very good," Xiang Yu couldn't help but praise, Fan Zeng smiled again: "This is a strategy to fight against the water,"

"A battle against the water is not enough to raise the prestige of the army, I will sink the ship, destroy the Qin army, and swear not to return south," Xiang Yu added,

"What a broken boat, the general Huwei will be given by God, and we will swear to follow," Long He and the others knelt on one knee and shouted loudly,

In the big tent, Xiang Yu's laughter echoed again,

After the laughter, Xiang Yu raised his hand: "Let's all get up,"

Everyone got up one after another, and at this time, Xiang Yu looked at Huan Chu and asked, "On the way back, there is news of Zhong Liyu,"

"Zhong Liwu should have arrived in Yi County at this time, and I believe that soon, there will be news to be delivered,"

After hearing this, Xiang Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed, his eyes wandered over everyone, and soon, his eyes were locked on Pu Shan and Di Bu, and he couldn't help but order: "With you two 20,000 soldiers and horses, go north immediately to open the way for my army,"

The two walked out and sang loudly, and suddenly, a personal report sounded outside the tent: "General Zhongli has urgent documents delivered,"

A personal follower walked in quickly, handed a piece of bamboo slip to Xiang Yu with both hands, Xiang Yu took the bamboo slip, one glance and three lines, and soon read it, he couldn't help laughing and said to everyone: "Zhuang'er's 20,000 reinforcements are on the way north, in addition, he has sent things for the winter, we don't have to worry,"

About an hour later, 20,000 Chu troops, led by Pu Shan and Di Bu, hurriedly galloped out of the Chu camp and marched towards the Zhanghe River.

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Liu Bang since the great break of the king, led the army to the west, along the way through the counties, did not encounter much resistance, many counties frightened, have to Liu Bang to surrender,

More than 100,000 Chu troops were mighty, three days ago, captured Gaoyang, Tunjun City, ready to rest here for a few days, in the west of the strategy,

On the tower of the city, the Chu army is building city defenses, transporting rolling wood and thunder stones, increasing troops to guard, and batches of young men who have just been recruited shouted slogans to deliver stones to the city.

Liu Bang was surrounded by the generals, inspecting the city, a red Chu flag fluttering in the wind, in the sunlight, particularly eye-catching, Liu Bang walked to the wall, couldn't help but drag a Chu flag, put the flag on his face, closed his eyes, and felt it with his heart,

From his own release of prisoners, snake uprising, scenes of the past, as if it happened yesterday, echoed in Liu Bang's mind, in the blink of an eye, he has changed from the unknown Surabaya Pavilion Chief to the mighty general of the Chu State, the former Pei Gong, think about the ups and downs of life, like the flowers in this world, blooming in spring, withering silently in autumn, life is nothing more than that,

Liu Bang is in his forties this year, he doesn't know that he can still toss for a few years.

Just when Liu Bang was emotional, on the side, Xiao He sighed lightly: "Lord, you have been running around for so long, you better go back and rest for a while,"

Liu Bang was also really tired, he hurried back to an old house on East Street under the persuasion of Xiao He, it is said that this house is the mansion of the former Gaoyang Township (Qin State official position, in charge of a township affairs, regulating civil disputes), since the rise of the Chu State, Gaoyang Township Youzhi abandoned the city and fled, at this time, this house was requisitioned by Liu Bang as his temporary residence,

The Chu army arranged three lines of defense in this house, which could ensure Liu Bang's safety.

At this time, a maid with the army brought warm water, put it in front of Liu Bang, took off Liu Bang's shoes and socks, and then knelt in front of Liu Bang, soaking his feet and massage, Liu Bang in addition to alcoholism, the biggest hobby, and foot soaking, he likes to soak his feet when he is tired, drink some wine, and sleep on a sleep, the fatigue of the day suddenly dissipated,

At this time, Liu Bang closed his eyes and recuperated, and the maid gently massaged Liu Bang's feet, but a reckless pro-soldier Tun Chang broke in, until he saw Liu Bang was closing his eyes to recuperate, he was so frightened that he knelt on one knee and didn't dare to squeak, he wanted to report to Liu Bang, but he was afraid of making a noise to Liu Bang, and he was beaten by the board, but he left like this, and the tun chief was worried that he would lose his manners, so he knelt on the ground embarrassedly,

In fact, Liu Bang didn't fall asleep, at this time he felt the presence of the tun chief, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter, let's talk about it,"

Seeing that Liu Bang was not asleep, Tun Chang was happy in his heart, and arched his hand and said: "Lord, there is a sixty-year-old man outside, who claims to have a clever plan to help the lord, and he has come to work,"

Speaking of this, Tun Chang paused, he looked up at Liu Bang, and saw that his face was expressionless, still closing his eyes and recuperating, so he had to continue: "This sixty-year-old man is dressed in tatters, and his subordinates dare not let him in rashly, so he has come to show his lord,"

Hearing the report, Liu Bang thought for a while, if there is a big chaos today, and all forces are trying to become stronger, he should also recruit the sages and assist him, so he ordered: "Bring him in,"

Tun Chang saw that Liu Bang had agreed, sang the promise to leave, soon, a shabby sixty-year-old man slowly walked in, he had gray hair, but the physique is still strong, his name is Li Shiqi, Gaoyang people, when Chen Sheng Wu Guang uprising, Li Shiqi was not in a hurry to defect to any force, but to wait and see its changes, now, Liu Bang swore to the west, there is a great tendency to destroy Qin, Li Shinai put on the post, came to serve,

At this time, Li Shiqi came to the guest hall, and saw that Liu Bang was closing his eyes to recuperate, and a maid was washing his feet, Li Shiqi was slightly displeased, and regardless of whether Liu Bang allowed it or not, he walked straight to the soft seat and sat down, and arched his hand: "Dare to ask the general, do you want to help Chu and Qin, or do you want to help Qin conquer the Quartet?"

After Liu Bang heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and waved his hand to the maid, and the maid retreated.

"Since the general wants to cut down Qin, why treat the wise man so lightly, I won't take it for the general," Li Shiqi's words were frank and straightforward, Liu Bang couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, got up and walked to the back hall,

About half a cup of tea, Liu Bang wore a red coat, re-entered the guest hall, bowed to Li Shiqi, and bowed, "Dare to ask the old man's name,"

Seeing that Liu Bang was hospitable, Li Shiqi got up and saluted back: "The little old man is an Anyang personnel, surnamed Li, and his name is eaten, today I heard that the generals and soldiers have passed here, and they have come to meet each other, and please don't blame the little old man for the crime of just colliding,"

Seeing Li Shiqi say this, Liu Bang couldn't help waving his hand and laughing: "It's okay, it's okay......"

The two of them sat down, and a personal soldier sent two cups of hot tea, Li Shiqi picked up a cup, took a sip, and then smiled: "Chenliu County is the world's most rushed, extending in all directions, getting here, attacking and retreating, and having sufficient grain reserves, why don't the generals take Chen Liu's first, they have made a jumping platform, and Xu Tu Quartet,"

"I want to take Chen Liu's long-term history, but I'm afraid that Chen Liu's troops are too wide and not easy to attack, and the old gentleman can have a good plan to help me capture Chen Liu," Liu Bang sighed lightly,

"I'm here for this," Li Shiqi saw Liu Bang asking, but continued: "Chen County Commander is a friend of the old and young, and he has a deep relationship, if the general is willing to listen to me, I will rush to Chenliu overnight to persuade him to surrender the city, if he insists on refusing, I am willing to cooperate with the general inside and outside, and attack Chenliu at night, I don't know if the general is willing,"

"This plan is wonderful, it is ...... as I wish" Liu Bang praised,

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