At this point, Xiang Bo still wanted to taunt the old man a bit to see if he could just piss him off.
Unfortunately, Xiang Yu had already told his men to withdraw their troops and take the other side back by this time.
It was definitely impossible to fight after this incident today.
What he was curious about was how the Qin army had followed them when they had withdrawn their troops.
Of course, he couldn’t see why.
At this moment, the opposite side of the Qin army.
Looking at the slowly retreating Chu army, Wang Li, who was on the side, said, somewhat incredulously
“Shangqing Meng, the Chu army just retreated like that? This actually did not go after the Crown Prince…”
Before he could finish his sentence, he was glared back by Meng Yi.
To let the enemy army chase after the Crown Prince of Great Qin in public, was this something that could be said?
Wang Li shut his mouth, but Zhang Han, who was on the other side, sighed and said
“Shangqing Meng, the Crown Prince this time is simply… Unbelievable.”
Zhang Han understood what Wang Li meant, if it were him, he would not have let the Crown Prince leave, no matter what.
Such a good opportunity, how could he have killed the other side?
But the other side actually just let the Crown Prince leave with his men?!
Meng Yi said blandly at this time, however
“You guys, however, have only thought of the first level.”
“Let me ask you, if Chu’s army pursues the Prince, what will be the result?”
Wang Li returned.
“We happen to be pinned down with the Crown Prince against each other.”
Meng Yi nodded his head and continued.
“And if you are the opponent’s main general, can you be sure that the Crown Prince has only planted these men? ”
“What if there are more? Will you fight this battle?”
Hearing this, the two men were stunned for a moment.
Only then did Meng Yi say, with a few moments of exclamation
“This arrangement of the Crown Prince, which allows for retreat and advancement, has already obtained the essence of the art of war. ”
“You should learn more from now on.”
“The Crown Prince is still so young, there will be a time when you will be needed.”
The two men instantly responded with heartfelt agreement.
After giving the two men a lesson, Meng Yi then turned his horse around and headed in the direction of the camp.
By now, Xiang Yu had already taken care of Fan Zeng and made his way back to the tent, but did not care too much about this.
After getting a physician for Fan Zeng, he beckoned his men and said.
“Go and send an emissary to the King of Qin.”
Having just been in extreme haste on the battlefield, he did not speak too much to Zhao Lang.
Soon, an is messenger headed in Zhao Lang’s direction.
Zhao Lang was leading his men in the direction of the Qi Di peninsula docks at this time, he didn’t have much time.
“King of Qin, why don’t you let the King of Qi go with us?”
“We are only less than 10,000 men here.”
Han Wangcheng, who was on the side, spoke with some confusion.
Zhao Lang had told them a long time ago that the Qi King’s people were also his people.
The peasants and the Mozi children were few in number, while the King of Qi now had tens of thousands of troops in his hands!
They were going north to fight against Goguryeo, and it was the time when they needed men.
After all, there were 100,000 men on the other side!
Zhao Lang said blandly at this time.
“These people will be enough, besides, the ships can’t carry that many people. ”
Of course, there was another reason why he was also unwilling to give up Qi Di.
As for the manpower, there should still be a total of four or five thousand men, including a thousand elites, on the dozen or so villages in Liaodong.
Ji Wushuang had long since gone to Liaodong to organise the peasants, and should be able to scrape together two or three thousand.
After all, when it comes to times like this, everyone who doesn’t want to die has to go!
Plus Xiao Liu was on his way to Liaodong with 2,000 men, day and night.
The nearly 10,000 men he had here, a total of 20,000, were already ready for a fight.
After all, Liaodong had stifled the manufacture of so many crossbows and black gunpowder.
It was time to put them to use.
Killing these people was not a burden on his mind.
Internally he is fearful, externally he strikes hard!
Soon, marching all the way.
By late afternoon, Zhao Lang led the men to set up camp.
Only just before they settled in, Nou came over and reported that
“Master, there is a messenger from the Xiang clan outside the door, coming over to ask for an audience.”
“Shall I let him in?”
Zhao Lang’s eyebrows were raised and he said that
“An emissary from the Xiang Clan?”
Nu nodded his head.
At this time, Zhao Lang suddenly had a thought in his mind and said that
“You go and prepare the wine and food, I will personally go and greet them.”
After saying that, he walked in the direction of the door.
Nu froze for a moment, even if this messenger was Xiang’s, there was no need for such a generous gift, right?
Even if this wine and food was not enough, why did he still go to greet them himself?
How could this messenger be qualified for this?
Nu’s heart was full of doubts, but he also knew that he could not understand Zhao Lang’s mind, so just do as he was told.
At this moment, Zhao Lang had already arrived at the door.
Seeing Zhao Lang, the messenger was also slightly taken aback.
He was the close attendant beside Xiang Yu, and had still seen Zhao Lang before.
How could he not have expected that Zhao Lang would actually come out to receive him personally!
So it seemed that this King of Qin still cared a lot about his own master.
“King of Qin, I am…”
The envoy was about to salute and identify himself, which was the rule for ambassadors.
However, he did not expect that Zhao Lang would stride over at this time, and without giving him a chance to finish his sentence, he said with extreme intimacy that
“This king has been waiting for a long time!”
“Come, come, the wine and food are ready, we must have a good drink together! ”
This action made the messenger a bit baffled, what do you mean by waiting for a long time?
Did the King of Qin know he was coming?
That doesn’t make sense!
With his doubts, the envoy followed Zhao Lang all the way to the banquet.
By this time the slave had already prepared the wine and meat.
On the way in, Zhao Lang deliberately took a few steps behind and said quickly in a low voice to Nu that
“Come in and call me in a quarter of an hour, and say that someone is asking for an audience.”
The slave nodded, and only then did Zhao Lang follow the messenger into the tent and entertain the other party with extreme hospitality.
Only when he was seated did the messenger get up to salute again, but he was still interrupted by Zhao Lang.
“Messenger, how is your master doing?”
When the messenger heard the question, he felt more and more puzzled.
But still, with the utmost courtesy, he replied.
“My master is well, and let me also ask the King of Qin how he is.”
Zhao Lang said with a smile at this time, and
“It’s good that you are fine, my king was extremely worried, hehehe, I have to say, that mouthful of blood still spurted extremely realistic, my king almost believed it.”
The messenger said in a confused manner.
“King Qin, what spit…”
The messenger’s words, halfway through his sentence, his face suddenly changed!
But stopped his words stiffly, and instead changed his mouth to say that
“My master is much better.”
But never again mentioned his identity.
Zhao Lang also seemed not to have seen this scene, still entertaining warmly, and after drinking some wine, he said that
“When the messenger returns, thank your master for me, for without him these provisions would not have been taken as well as I did.”
“Also, after this time, I hope your master will urge Xiang to hurry up and attack the Qin army and deplete Xiang’s strength.”
“And again, the fact that the King of Qi, Tian Du, had followed my king in the first place will certainly be able to cause a gap between the two.”
Zhao Lang spoke in a series of words.
The envoy just nodded his head repeatedly, but a cold sweat had already broken out behind his back.
Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed.
The slave came in at that moment and said that
“There is someone at the door, master, who asks for an audience.”
Zhao Lang heard this, but he frowned and chided to
“Can’t you see that I am entertaining an honoured guest?”
“Who cares who he is, none of them will be seen!”
The ambassador, however, swallowed nervously at this point and stood up with a pretended calmness and saluted
“King Qin, it’s getting late now, I have to go back to my orders.”
Zhao Lang made an appearance of slight regret and said that
“Alas, so be it, the messenger must remember what the king has just said.”
“Tell your master that when it is done, he will be given a throne!”
The messenger did his best to squeeze out a smile and said that
“I will certainly bring the message to you!”
Zhao Lang instantly revealed a smile and said that
“In that case, this king will send you.”
The messenger hastily excused himself and
“I do not dare to be obliged, and I ask the King of Qin to stay. ”
Zhao Lang also showed a hint of drunkenness at this time, and smiled back, saying
“That’s fine, my king is also a bit incompetent to drink, so I will not see you off.”
The messenger nodded his head repeatedly before he hurriedly walked towards the outside.
After the messenger had left, Zhao Lang’s eyes instantly regained their clarity.
He was certainly not drunk.
“Slave, when he leaves, send someone after him some more, and remember, don’t really catch up.”
Slave nodded, then walked out.
Only then did Zhao Lang sit down at ease, having done so once, then before he had fully secured Liaodong.
The Chu army should not be able to make any big moves.
After drinking a glass of water to rinse his mouth, Zhao Lang found that Tian Yi was hanging his head on the side, not making a sound.
He only looked at Zhao Lang with a bit of worry every now and then.
Anyway, there was nothing going on now, and this kid seemed to have not spoken for a long time, so don’t really suffocate his illness.
After some hesitation, Zhao Lang still said.
“What are you worrying about? Who has provoked you again?”
Tianyi looked at Zhao Lang and did not answer the question directly, but said in a listless manner that
“Grandpa Huang has been telling us a lot of stories about going to heaven at the manor recently.”
Zhao Lang’s eyes lit up as he listened, it had been a long time since he had paid attention to the Taoist Old Huang and the others.
The stories that were told should have prepared him for the mythological background of Taoism.
So he hastily asked.
“What was told?”
At this point Tianyi returned and
“Grandfather Huang said that there were gods and goddesses living in the sky, and one of them was called the Thunder God and the other the Electric Mother.”
“They are in charge of thunder and lightning, and they punish the bad guys.”
“If someone does something bad, they will be struck by five thunderbolts!”
Soon, Tianyi told a story about a presumably bad person who did something evil and then was struck dead by thunder.
Zhao Lang nodded as he listened, Old Huang was still quite resourceful.
This kind of story was meant to warn the world, simple but deep in the heart.
It can serve as a good warning.
Now so it seems that there is progress.
Thinking of this, a smile could not help but appear on Zhao Lang’s face.
Although he was no longer on the farm, he was still very relieved that these things were moving forward.
Just one look at Tianyi, still with that sad face, Zhao Lang smiled and said
“What, are you afraid? Don’t worry, you’re a good person, you won’t be struck by lightning.”
Tianyi nodded with certainty, and then said.
“But, chief, I am worried that you will be struck by lightning, so you should go out less on rainy days in future.”
Zhao Lang’s smile instantly froze on his face!
What did he say, he shouldn’t f*cking talk to Tianyi!
Just when Zhao Lang was regretting that he shouldn’t have let Tianyi open his mouth.
The messenger was running wildly on the road, and he had just come out from inside Zhao Lang’s camp.
The news he got today had to be returned to his master!
Suddenly, a rush of hoofbeats came from behind him, and the messenger’s heart was startled as he hastened to speed up his horse!
And behind him, Wu Guang, with a few cavalrymen, said that
“Slow the f*ck down! If we catch up with the chief, he’ll beat us up!”
After chasing him for a while, Wu Guang said.
“That’s about it, let’s go back.”
After saying this, he turned his horse around.
In Xiang’s camp.
Xiang Yu was attending to business and
“Well, since we have mobilised, in a few more days, we will take the initiative to attack the Qin army!”
Just then, his tent was violently opened and the messenger he had sent stumbled in and
“Great General! Something big is wrong!”
Looking at the messenger’s wretched appearance, Xiang Yu frowned slightly and
“I asked you to go to the King of Qin, how did you get into this state? The King of Qin did not treat you well?”
The messenger took a deep breath at this time, and then said that
“Great General, the King of Qin has been very kind to me, but he treats as if I were someone else’s emissary!”
Soon, the messenger told all that he had seen and heard.
Xiang Yu’s face also bamboo briefly turned iron blue, and when the other party had spoken, he said coldly that
“Are you sure? If there is any half-truth, this General will make you lose your head!”
The envoy knelt down directly at this time and said that
“Great General, I have been chased by the Qin King’s men all the way! If there is any falsehood, I am willing to be punished!”
Xiang Yu waved his hand with a puzzled expression, then said that
“Understood, you go down, these matters must not be mentioned to anyone!”
Only then did the envoy retreat.
Xiang Yu stood in the tent for a long time, he was originally not good at handling these matters.
Originally, it was all about asking Fan Zeng, but now, the messenger brought back news that his sub-father was actually the Qin king’s man!
In that case, some things seemed to make sense.
If his father was so wise, how could he have fallen for the King of Qin’s trick?
But the other man had been put forward by his great-uncle and there was no reason why he would betray him!
For a moment, Xiang Yu’s heart was in turmoil!
Just then, a sergeant came in and reported that
“Great General, Mr. Fan has woken up.”
Xiang Yu was stunned, and his mind finally took a decision.
To distinguish whether Yafu is one of the Qin kings, then just follow the message brought back by the messenger and ask.
Soon, Xiang Yu arrived at Fan Zeng’s residence, and when he entered, he saw Fan Zeng thinking about something.
Seeing Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng did not hesitate and quickly said that
“Yu’er, the King of Qin has already left with his men also, the plan nowadays.”
“But we have to guard against the King of Qi, Tian Du, who is also the King of Qin’s man.”
“Also, while the King of Qin has gone to Liaodong, we should reorganise our troops early and attack the Qin army!”
Fan Zeng spoke line by line about his response.
After he woke up, he began to prepare to counter-attack Zhao Lang.
A truly wise man never feels sorry for himself; if he makes a mistake, he just corrects it.
That little amount of money and food, Xiang could still afford to lose.
Because of the Goguryeo affair, Zhao Lang had exploded his strength in advance, which was instead a good thing.
After Fan Zeng had spoken for a while, he realised that something was wrong and raised his head to see Xiang Yu looking at him with a puzzled expression.
So he asked.
“Yu’er, have you noted down all these things?”
Xiang Yu, however, closed his eyes at this time and said, with a bit of misery
“Yafu, you are actually the Qin King’s man?!”
Fan Zeng was stunned at once.
