In Xiang Yan's heart, his heirs are divided into two kinds.

First, it is Xiang Rong.

Second, there are other children.

Xiang Yan can proudly say that Xiang Rong is his eldest son, his pride, the successor he chose for Xiang's family, and his most satisfactory descendant!

Now, this child who made Xiang Yan the most satisfied really staggered towards him like a child who had not yet grown up.

Xiang Yan's heart was throbbing, and she hurriedly turned over and dismounted.

But this action, which has been done many times in the past, this time caused Xiang Yan to almost fall to the ground due to his weak legs.

"The head of the house! Be careful! ”

Xiang Guan hurriedly hugged Xiang Yan, but Xiang Yan threw him away, and walked towards Xiang Rong with trembling legs.

"Rong'er! Rong'er! ”

"Awen!"

The strong man who was eight feet five inches (196cm) tall, shoulders as wide as a door panel, could run a horse on his arms, had a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and defeated Su Jiao, but now he cried and threw himself into Xiang Yan's arms.

Under Xiang Rong's impact, Xiang Yan couldn't help but staggered back half a step, and hurriedly stood firm, looking at Xiang Rong nervously: "My son, are you okay?" ”

Xiang Rong cried hoarsely: "The child is fine, yes!" ”

"Nephew Liu died in battle! Brother Leigh died in battle! Uncle Beryllium died in battle......"

"Dead, they're all dead!"

"They used their lives to protect Brother Er and Brother Chuan and escaped, only Brother Er and Brother Chuan escaped!"

"Ah Weng, I am ashamed of Jiangdong's father! Shame on my uncle and grandfather! ”

Tears poured out of his eyes, making Xiang Rong's already dirty face even more ugly.

Xiang Rong, who paid a lot of attention to aristocratic manners in the past, ignored it and just cried louder.

"Son, it's damn it!!"

Many people can't understand why Xiang Yan chose to kill herself after the defeat.

Obviously, the Qin State has never killed generals, and even reused many generals.

At that time, the state of Chu was dead, and no one would hold Xiang Yan accountable, and Xiang Yan's end was at most forced to move to Xianyang City.

At the time of Xiang Yan's suicide, there were only 14 years left before Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, and only 15 years before Xiang Liang raised his army.

If Xiang Yan doesn't kill himself, the pattern of Chu and Han competing for hegemony will definitely be rewritten!

Many people can't understand why Xiang Yu also chose to kill himself after the defeat.

Obviously, he has a chance to cross Jiangdong and reconvene the children of the clan soldiers to fight for him, even if he can't make a comeback, he has a chance to divide one side.

There are many reasons for this pair of grandparents to kill themselves.

And one of the points that cannot be ignored is Xiang Yu's words before his defeat:

'Zong Jiangdong's father and brother have mercy on me, how can I see it? ’

Yes, after the defeat, they really have no face to see Jiangdong's father!!

Just like Xiang Rong now.

Unlike soldiers recruited from all over the country.

The name of the clan soldier is the soldier, and the emphasis is on the clan.

When he was a child, he often hugged Xiang Rong's thighs, one uncle at a time, and begged Xiang Rong for maltose with his teeth, and died for Xiang Rong.

The clan brother who followed Xiang Rong's buttocks to dig out a bird's nest to catch crabs, and was punished for skipping school and standing together, died because of Xiang Rong's command error.

When Xiang Rong was a child, he often made toys for him, took him to learn to ride a horse, and helped his uncle who said good things when he was reprimanded, and helped Xiang Rong block arrows and died.

always taught him to read and take him to read with a serious face, but would also quietly stuff him with a piece of jerky as a snack, and died for Xiang Rong.

They were Xiang Rong's 800 clan soldiers.

They are Xiang Rong's eight hundred blood relatives!

They all died because of Xiang Rong!

How does Xiang Rong forgive himself?

Even if Xiang Rong forgives himself, what will be waiting for him when Xiang Rong returns home?

It's thousands of orphans and widows standing at the entrance of the village, full of anxiety!

They handed over their father, their brothers, and their children to Xiang Rong.

If Xiang Rong can bring back some credit, title, fief or whatever the benefits for them, Xiang Rong can comfort himself, and their efforts are at least worth it.

But all Xiang Rong could bring home was 800 coffins and news of defeat...... No!

He couldn't even take home the coffins of some of his relatives!

Xiang Rong really didn't know how to face his grandmother, his aunts, and his sisters.

Xiang Rong didn't know how to face the group of nephews and nieces who shook their clothes and asked themselves for their father and grandfather!

Maybe someone can resist this inner condemnation, but that person is definitely not the ancestor of the Xiang family, but Liu Bang!

"Smack!"

Just as Xiang Rong's cry was getting louder and louder, a crisp slap sounded.

Xiang Rong's head slammed to the right, causing his body to stumble, causing Xiang Rong to almost fall to the ground.

Xiang Yan, who was still in pain, had already let go of the arms holding Xiang Rong, and was angrily retracting his right palm.

Covering his flushed cheeks, Xiang Rong didn't feel the pain, but just looked at Xiang Rong in despair: "Ah Weng! Wrong ......"

"Enough!" Xiang Yan shouted angrily: "Naigong (your father) is deceased!" ”

Xiang Rong hurriedly shook his head: "Ah Weng will be blessed and long-lived!" ”

Xiang Yan's scolding voice became more and more fierce: "Then these are not things you should think about." ”

"My Xiang clan is willing to fight on the battlefield, all because of the public!"

"My Xiang clan's disciples are hiding in Dahong Mountain, and it is also a public order!"

"The patriarch of this clan is still Naigong!"

"But today you are so obsessed with this, don't you have the intention to ask for the position of the patriarch of Naigong!"

Xiang Rong hurriedly shook his head: "I have no such intention!" ”

Xiang Yan shouted: "Since this is the case, these things should be handed over to Naigong." ”

"It's not your turn to cry and scream!"

"Now, back to the team!"

Compared with Xiang Yan, Xiang Rong is lucky.

Compared with Xiang Yu, Xiang Rong is also lucky.

Because Xiang Yan and Xiang Yu were already patriarchs and fatherless when they were defeated, they could only bear all the consequences by themselves, and when they couldn't bear the consequences, they would choose to kill themselves more easily.

But when Xiang Rong was defeated, Xiang Yan was still alive.

Even if he has no face to see Jiangdong's father, for the sake of his son, Xiang Yan, the old father, will help Xiang Rong resist all the pressure!

Xiang Rong said in a scorched voice: "But, Ah Weng, this defeat is ......"

Xiang Yan glared angrily: "In the army, you should be called a position!" ”

"Now, Ben will return to the team!"

Under Xiang Yan's continuous shouting, Xiang Rong was directly trained from his son to a grandson.

The tall and brave strong man didn't dare to say anything, so he could only stand behind Xiang Yan timidly, and said in a loud voice: "Only." ”

In order to prevent Xiang Rong from thinking too much, Xiang Yan forcibly suppressed the grief and distress in his heart, and no longer said more to Xiang Rong, but solemnly bowed to the twenty-five generals: "This general is ashamed of the generals!" ”

Jing Chou and other generals returned the salute hastily with slow movements.

Jing Chou said bitterly: "It's not that Shangzhu is ashamed of the last general, but that the last general is ashamed of the trust of Shangzhu State!" ”

Xiang Yan shook his head: "Now is not the time to talk about this. ”

"The Qin army is still on the east side of our army, and I don't know when it will be pursued."

"Please enter the big tent first and tell the generals what happened in this battle."

Qu Ou said in a hoarse voice: "Talking about what happened in this battle, I will bother Captain Xiang." ”

"The last general has run out of oil, so I implore Shangzhu Guoyun to take a bath and rest first."

Qu Ou's request sounded reasonable at first glance, and many humane generals would agree.

But Xiang Yan sternly refused: "No! ”

"This is a military order!"

"Please join the army immediately!"

It's not that Xiang Yan is unkind.

But Xiang Yan knows very well that when people are fleeing for their lives, they will only think about how to live.

But after being saved, we think about what we will face when we live.

Xiang Rong's pressure is also the pressure on Qu Ou and other generals of various ethnic groups.

This battle is already miserable enough, Xiang Yan can't let the generals who died in this battle become more!

Under Xiang Yan's strict request, the twenty-six defeated generals walked into the Chinese army's tent with a body of smoke and dirty faces, and Jing Chou seriously recounted the battle.

After listening, Sun Xing couldn't help but ask: "On the occasion of the pre-war meeting, Shangzhu Guo said that the Qin army was likely to send a partial division to Dahongshan, so Deputy General Jing must send more scouts. ”

"A few days ago, Shangzhu sent a herald to Dahongshan again, once again emphasizing the need to send more scouts."

"Regardless of whether it is based on what Vice General Jing said, or according to the judgment of our army so far, it can be determined that the Qin army is the main force heading towards Dahongshan, with more troops and easier to detect."

"But why did Deputy General Jing's headquarters only find out about the movements of the Qin army after the Qin army set fire?"

This confusion lingered in the hearts of all the generals of the Chu army and could not be solved for a long time.

Because the bottom line and lower limits of war morality have limited the imagination of the generals of the Chu army.

They could think of all the arrangements that Ying Chengcheng had made to avoid exposure.

But they didn't expect that Ying Chengcheng would let the scouts be outcasts and businessmen!

Just as Guan Yu couldn't imagine that Lu Meng would let his corporal pretend to be a merchant and cross the river in white.

This is not a contest of IQ and military strategy, but a confrontation of moral bottom lines!

However, after the defeat, Jing Chou obviously had a bit of a bad mentality.

Since I couldn't figure it out, I didn't want to think about it, so I arched my hand directly to Xiang Yanyi: "Relying on the advantageous location of Dahong Mountain, and getting the order of Shangzhu State to explore the surroundings, our department did not find out the movements of the Qin army, but was set on fire by the Qin army. ”

"After the fire, the last general hesitated, vetoed Xiang Duwei's advice, and insisted on breaking through from the southwest."

"It's such a fiasco!"

"The last general, you should apologize with death!"

Qu Ou and other twenty-five generals also surrendered their hands in unison:

"The last general wants to die!"

Xiang Yan looked at the generals with a slight slight: "General, it was ordered by the general." ”

"The policy is what it will be."

"The location was chosen by Ben."

"The reason for the defeat of this battle is the first responsibility of the general."

"Are you asking Ben to die with you?!"

Jing Chou and other generals hurriedly bowed their hands and saluted: "Don't dare!" ”

"The end will only be ......"

However, before they could finish speaking, Xiang Yan angrily reprimanded: "The battle is not over yet, why do you want to die!" ”

"Don't you want to give the Qin State a victory for nothing!"

"This general still has to fight with the Qin army, and my Da Chu still needs to win this battle!"

"Wipe away the tears, we don't have time to grieve!"

Xiang Yan put the wooden stick in his hand on the Kunyu map, and said solemnly: "Qin Chang'anjun entered Dahong Mountain with the main army, exposing his cowardice that he was unwilling to fight with our army on the water!" ”

"As a result, Qin Chang'anjun is likely to lead his army straight down to Echeng and intercept the Yangtze River to cut off our army's baggage."

"The first priority now is to break this dilemma!"

(End of chapter)