"This news was found by our spies from inside the Qin army barracks. The news spread in the Qin army barracks. The herald said.

"How many people know about this news?" Xiang Yan asked.

"The Qin army did not hide this news, and many of our soldiers knew about it." The herald hesitated.

"This is the false news deliberately spread by the Qin army, deliberately disturbing the hearts of our army. My son Xiang Qu and Mr. Fan have successfully taken Xiling City, and the prince of Qin, Fusu, has fled in disarray, and my son and Mr. Fan are chasing and killing Fusu. Do you remember? Xiang Yan looked at the herald.

Being stared at by Xiang Yan's gloomy eyes, the herald first trembled in his heart, and then said

"It's Da Sima, my subordinates remember. The subordinates spread the word. ”

"Go ahead."

Xiang Yan waved his hand, and the herald retreated, and the generals around him also retreated after taking a look at Xiang Yan, and Xiang Yan who was sitting in the handsome seat was left in the entire conference hall.

Xiang Yan clutched the information in his hand, according to their plan, if Xiang Qu and them were safe and sound, the information about Xiling City would have already reached him, and now the information about Xiling City has not yet arrived, which makes him have an extremely bad feeling in his heart.

"Qu'er, Mr. Fan hopes that the ancestors of the Xiang clan will bless you with peace and well." Xiang Yan said in a low voice.

The worry in his heart flashed, Xiang Yan once again became the commander of the three armies, as a commander, he can't mix any personal feelings when commanding the operation, he must always stay calm, but now he has to face Li Mu.

"The 150,000 army wants to defeat me, is Li Mu proud or is he really sure of this?" Xiang Yan looked at the map and whispered.

Although half of his 200,000 troops are recruits who have been trained for less than a year, but the numerical advantage is still there, and he is still defending the city, occupying the geographical advantage, and recently it has been rainy in autumn, and the Qin people of Guanzhong are extremely unsuitable for this rainy weather in the south, it can be said that he occupies the right time and place, but Li Mu still uses 150,000 troops to attack him, which makes some incomprehensible.

The next day, when Xiang Yan was eating breakfast, the herald hurriedly came to his meeting hall.

Looking at the lymphatic piercing in a hurry, Xiang Yan asked

"When did you get so panicked?"

The herald looked at Xiang Yan and hesitated

"Da Sima, the Qin army shouted before coming to the city, and more"

"And what?" Xiang Yan put down his rice bowl and said.

"The clamoring people are holding the heads of the young master and Mr. Fan in their hands, and they said that they would return them before the battle, and the province made you worry about the safety of your children and military advisors." The herald whispered.

A flash of anger flashed in Xiang Yan's eyes, his hands pressed on the table, and the green tendons on the back of his hands flared up, but he still maintained his composure on the surface.

"Take me to see it." Xiang Yan said coldly.

"No!"

When Xiang Yan came to the city, Su Jiao, the general of the Qin army below, was shouting with a small team of men and horses under Dangyang City.

"Xiang Yan, my Wu Anjun Nian is also one of the world's famous generals, and he is an opponent worthy of respect. I also know that you love your eldest son Xiang Qu very much, and he regards him as his successor, and Fan Zeng is also your military advisor who is also a teacher and friend, so I specially asked me to return the heads of these two. Su Jiao laughed at the city.

"Hahaha, that's right, our Wu Anjun is kind-hearted!"

"Xiang Yan hasn't sent someone to receive the head!"

The Qin soldiers behind Su Jiao also shouted in agreement, and the two soldiers held up the box containing Xiang Qu and Fan Zeng's heads, so that Xiang Yan could see it clearly.

Meng Wu led a part of the Qin army in a hidden place behind Su Jiao, and the captain beside Meng Wu looked at Xiang Yan at the head of the city.

"Deputy Marshal, do you think Xiang Yan will accept their heads?" The lieutenant asked.

"It doesn't matter if Xiang Yan accepts it or not, Wu Anjun's goal is to disturb their military morale." Meng Wu said, "If I were Xiang Yan, I wouldn't say this head." Yesterday, our spies came with news that Xiang Yan had just claimed that Xiang Qu and Fan Zeng had broken through Xiling City and were chasing and killing His Royal Highness the Prince, how could they admit that these two heads belonged to Xiang Qu and Fan Zeng. ”

"Tiger poison doesn't eat children? If Xiang Yan didn't accept the head, his favorite son would be gone. The lieutenant said.

"Xiang Yan, he's cold." Meng Wu said.

At this time, Xiang Yan at the head of the city, looking at the head of the person below who was lifted by the Qin soldiers, although Xiang Yan was already full of grief in his heart, he still suppressed the sadness in his heart and shouted below

"Qu'er and Mr. Fan are chasing and killing your prince Fusu in Xiling City, instead of you having time to deceive us here, you should quickly send someone to save your prince, if it is a little later, I am afraid that Fusu's head will belong to my Chu State!"

"Hahaha, Xiang Yan, don't you don't know the hearts of good people. My family's Wu Anjun took pity on you so that we returned the heads of the two, even if you are not grateful to Dade, you even cursed His Royal Highness the Prince, it is really vicious. Your entire puppet Chu country, up to your Chu King Xiong Qi, and then to you, the big Sima, are all narrow-minded villains who forget their righteousness. Su Jiao was not in a hurry and continued to shout at the city.

Xiang Yan didn't care about Su Jiao's swearing, but looked at the heads held by the two Qin soldiers, and the sadness in his eyes gradually turned into killing intent.

"Shoot the arrows!" Xiang Yan shouted.

The deputy general on the side glanced at Xiang Yan and said in a low voice

"Da Sima, the heads of the young master and Mr. Fan are still in their hands!"

Xiang Yan glanced at the deputy general coldly, and the deputy general closed his mouth. How could Xiang Yan not know that the heads below were Xiang Qu and Fan Zeng, one was his favorite son, and the other was his friend, and it was unacceptable for him to lose either of them, let alone the two of them.

But in the face of the Qin army's previous onslaught, Xiang Yan's soldiers were once again awakened to the fear of the Qin army, not to mention that the soldiers themselves were unwilling to fight this battle, because the difference in strength between the two sides was too big, and the three places in the south of the county fought against the Qin State, which owned the entire north, even if they blocked the Qin State now, and the Qin State fought a war of attrition with them, they would definitely lose.

Therefore, the morale of the Chu army is not strong, in order to boost morale, Xiang Yan said that Xiang Qu and Fan Zeng will take Xiling City, so that Li Yuan will fight against Qin with them, and there will be the entire Chu State against Qin, which will boost the morale of the Chu soldiers

Xiang Yan knew that Li Mu did not have any good intentions to return the heads, in order to mess up their military morale, so he could only deny that the heads below were not Xiang Qu and Fan Zeng's, although this move would make the two of them die without even a corpse.

"Shoot the arrow!!" Xiang Yan said coldly.

Hearing Xiang Yan's order to release the arrows again, the soldiers at the head of the city loosened their bowstrings one after another, and the dense arrows shot towards Su Jiao, and Su Jiao and the others laughed and beat their horses back.

Seeing the two heads held by Su Jiao waving in his hands, Xiang Yan's heart was dripping blood, and his eyes were red, but he was helpless.

The lieutenant in the rear was surprised when he saw this scene, he didn't expect Xiang Yan to really give up his son's head.

"You are still tender, Ci is not in charge of the army, Xiang Yan is the commander of the three armies, compared to his son's head, the Chu army and the Chu country are more important in his heart." Meng Wu said.

The lieutenant nodded thoughtfully.

"Take someone back."

"No!"

After Meng Wu picked up Su Jiao, the two returned to the barracks together and went directly to find Li Mu.

After seeing Meng Wu and Su Jiao come back, Li Mu said directly

"Xiang Yan shouldn't have accepted the head, right?"

"No, Xiang Yan directly sent someone to shoot arrows, and the last general has a bunch of words in his stomach before he has time to say it." Su Jiao said with a smile.

"Hahahaha." The other generals also laughed.

Looking at the lively camp, Li Mu also threw down an even more exciting news.

"The second army has sent information, they arrived in Tang City two days earlier than expected, and now that Tang City has been taken, they are speeding up the construction of ships and preparing to attack Suicheng downstream, we don't have to spend time with Xiang Yan soon." Li Mu said.

"Great, Lao Tzu has been waiting impatiently for a long time, this time Lao Tzu is the first to attack the city."

"I can finally move my hands and feet."

Hearing the news that they could attack, these generals couldn't be happier, since they attacked the Chu State, except for the Ganyukou attack, the other cities either saw them fall in the wind, or they just couldn't hold out. Because they wanted to buy time for the second and third road armies and attract Xiang Yan's attention, they could only be timid and make the appearance that they were going to fight a decisive battle with Xiang Yan, which made them only put away their fists and feet, and they were not happy to fight.

Tang City.

Wang Jian sat in the Tangcheng County Guard, wiping the sword in his hand, Tangcheng's resistance was stronger than they imagined, fortunately, they took it in the end, now they have taken Tangcheng, the advance force has gone to Suicheng, and now just wait for the ships to be ready, they can go directly down the river and take Chu.

"How's the ship count?" Wang Jian asked.

"The ship is ready, the army has boarded, just waiting for your order, the general." Sima Su said.

"Okay, you take the army by water, and I take the rest by land." Wang Jian said.

"No!"

Xiang Liang, who was stationed in Tangcheng, fled to Suicheng like a lost dog at this moment, and they were not ready to meet the attack of the Qin army in Suicheng, so they found that the advance force of the Qin army had surrounded Suicheng, and Xiang Liang could only block the attack of the vanguard of the Qin army on the one hand, and on the other hand, constantly sent people to convey the news of the fall of Tangcheng to Xiang Yan.

Shouchun, inside the palace of the king of Chu.

Li Yuan looked at Xiong Huai, the king of Chu, who was sitting on the ground, with some puzzlement in his eyes. As for why Xiong Huai sat paralyzed in front of Li Yuan, everything had to be found out from Li Yuan that Xiong Huai and Xiong Qi were connected, intending to launch a rebellion in Shouchun and seize the power of Chu, so as to fight a decisive battle with Qin.

"Is it a minister who is not good for the king? The king was just a member of the clan who was ignored by everyone, but now he can become the king of Chu State, all of which depends on the merits of his ministers, and how does the king repay his ministers? Xiong Qi, the sworn enemy of the minister, colluded to kill the minister and kill the Chu country!! Li Yuan looked at Xiong Huai and said.

Xiong Huai also changed his previous appearance of being afraid of Li Yuan, and looked at Li Yuan angrily and said

"Traitors, everyone will be punished, although I Xiong Huai is an inconspicuous little person in the Chu royal family, but what I keep in my body is the blood of the Chu royal family, the Chu country is created by the ancestors of my Chu royal family from generation to generation, it is my Xiong's, not you're from Zhao Li Yuan!"

"I originally thought that you were going to murder your ministers in order to unite Xiong Qi against the Qin State, but I didn't expect it to get power. If the king wants power, he can tell his ministers at any time, so why bother to meet each other with the handle of the sword? Li Yuan said lightly.

"Phew, it's the destiny of heaven that I can't calculate, who would have thought that all of my Chu State clan would fall to you, let me plan for many years to come to naught, and I want to kill you at will." Xiong Huai said sharply.

"The minister is Ling Yi of the Chu State, and he is the courtier of the king, how can he do it to the king?" Li Yuan looked at Xiong Huai and said, "I don't understand, the minister let the king from a precarious little person to become the king of Chu, living in the most luxurious house in Chu State, drinking rare wine in the world every day, eating delicacies that ordinary people can't taste in several lifetimes, and having peerless beauty company, isn't this good?" ”

"No one wants to be a puppet, the widow is the king of Chu!" Xiong Huai said.

"Be a puppet? Hehe, how long does the king think this Chu State can survive? Li Yuan said with a sneer.

Looking at the sneering Li Yuan, a terrible thought suddenly appeared in Xiong Huai's mind, and suddenly Xiong Huai rushed towards Li Yuan as if he was crazy, but Xiong Huai was kicked to the ground by Li Yuan.

"Li Yuan, do you really want to bear the reputation of a traitor and leave a stench for 10,000 years?" Xiong Huai scolded angrily.

"Ten thousand years of stench? The reputation of the minister has long been reached. It's just that compared to the ministers, the king has to bear the reputation of a dead king. Li Yuan said with a smile.

"Li Yuan, if you let Fusu become the king of Chu, the people of Chu will not recognize it, let alone accept the rule of Qin!" Xiong Huai shouted like crazy.

"This is not to worry about the king, tomorrow the minister will announce in the court that the king is willing to Zen in Moao Fusu and let him become the king of Chu." Li Yuan said.

"The widow will not agree!" Xiong Huai roared.

"It doesn't matter if the king agrees or not, the people of Chu have agreed, and the ministers of Chu have agreed, as for the king, I will leave the king's life, after all, the Zen throne still needs the king to come forward." Li Yuan said lightly.

Li Yuan glanced at Xiong Huai, whose face was like ashes, flicked his sleeves and left the main hall, and said to the guards outside the main hall

"The king is suffering from typhoid fever, from today onwards, no one is allowed to disturb the king's recuperation, you must also protect the king, and you must not let the king have any mistakes!"

"Please rest assured, we will definitely be optimistic about the king." The guard said.

Li Yuan nodded and left the Chu Palace.

(End of chapter)