It took a while before Liu Bang came back to his senses. He never thought that the other party would actually take him to Xianyang!
Of course he didn’t want to go!
Here, he had his own army and only thought that Zhao Lang would give him some reward.
Even if it was just to let him return to Pei County and be a county magistrate, that would be excellent.
With his current manpower and reputation, he would have no problem at all being a land emperor in Pei County.
But Zhao Lang wanted to take him to Xianyang!
How could this be a good life under the eyes of others?
“Zhao… Your Highness, we have only just taken over this place and we have a lot of business, I’m afraid…”
He just wanted to slap himself twice now, having known Zhao Lang’s identity earlier.
So he forced the other side to become brothers, thinking of taking advantage of them, but he didn’t think that he had pitted himself here!
Looking at Liu Bang trying to find an excuse to stay, Zhao Lang’s eyes flashed slightly, and without waiting for the other party to finish his words, he said that
“Brother Liu, although I am the prince of Qin, you and I are brothers.”
“Of course we should take care of our own family, how can I still make you suffer like this?”
“What’s more, this time you have made a merit! I must seek a good position for you!”
“Just come with me to Xianyang! You don’t have to worry about those peasant warriors!”
“Han Xin! You help take over, but remember to take care of the family!”
On the side, Han Xin naturally responded.
Liu Bang was about to say something else when Fan Kuai, who was on the other side, said
“Hahahaha, brother, there is still such a good thing! You are also old, why are we still fighting?”
“I’ll just follow His Highness to enjoy the happiness!”
With that, he pushed Liu Bang straight ahead.
Apart from his brotherly loyalty, he certainly wanted to follow Liu Bang and enjoy his blessings soon.
Now with Zhao Lang as a leg up, there was a high official title without having to fight to death, so what was there to worry about.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Lang also smiled and said
“Brother Fan Kuai is also my brother, you are right, Brother Liu is not young, it is the right time to enjoy the blessings.”
Liu Bang saw Zhao Lang and Fan Kuai singing in unison, revealing that he felt he really had a bitterness that he could not say.
Zhao Lang’s words sounded like extremely preferential treatment, if it was before, he might have been extremely willing to do the same.
However, nowadays, he knew that he had to have strength and soldiers in his hands, and he could live well everywhere.
If he followed Zhao Long to Xianyang, he would not be able to help himself.
In particular, Zhao Lang’s attitude towards him was somewhat unpredictable.
But soon his heart moved and his face showed a few moments of misery as he said that
“Your Highness, this time I have rebelled against the Chu army, but my wife and children’s parents at home are in Pei County, and I am afraid they will encounter difficulties, I actually want to go and bring them out.”
Hearing these words, Zhao Lang’s face was slightly solemn as he said that
“Brother Liu’s wife, children and parents are still in Pei County? Brother Liu need not worry, I will send someone to fetch them now!”
“Don’t worry yet, they’re all my father’s Black Ice Guards, they can definitely bring them out!”
“I’ll have them set off now! We can definitely get ahead of the Chu army!”
When Liu Bang heard this, he couldn’t help but blink, he suddenly felt as if he had made some kind of mistake.
But now, he was left with no choice.
Zhao Lang revealed a smile at this time and said that
“Brother Liu, my father is in a hurry, there is no need to go into the city, the soldiers and generals have Han Xin to take care of them, and the rest of the things, we will get new ones when we arrive in Xianyang!”
“Well, send the King of Qi out.”
With that, he gave an order and left with his men.
Looking at the back of Zhao Lang’s team leaving, the people at the scene were a little confused.
Did they leave in such a hurry?
Although Meng Yi was a little surprised, he quickly said that
“His Highness the Crown Prince’s orders, you have all heard them, act in accordance with them.”
Soon, everyone moved to action.
Han Xin looked at the back of Zhao Lang’s departure and said, with slight envy, to Xiao He, who was at his side.
“Liu Bang is really lucky to have been seen by Gongzi Lang. ”
In private, Han Xin still preferred to address Zhao Lang as Gongzi Lang.
It seemed to be more intimate.
Xiao He, however, looked slightly moved at this time; he sensed that Zhao Lang seemed to be on guard against Liu Bang.
It seemed that he should also have discovered that Liu Bang was not a mortal.
It had to be said that Gong Zi Lang’s eye for reading people was indeed first class.
Whether it was himself, or Han Xin, I heard that there was another one called Chen Ping in Liaodong.
All are some talented people.
To get one such person would make a king’s career, but the other side was able to find so many.
Not to mention, the Qin body’s own talents.
Sending Zhao Lang away with a few moments of respect, Xiao He then said that
“Don’t think too much about it, Gongzi Long actually thinks highly of us, otherwise he wouldn’t have given us all this place.”
“And we are still independent of the Qin army now.”
“But after that, we will also have to join the Qin army, so hurry up and train the army now, so that we can prepare for recovering the Chu land afterwards and make more military achievements.”
“I see that Duke Long is not a man who can wait, within two months at the latest, war is bound to start!”
Han Xin nodded with a little excitement, a husband, of course, should build up his army!
“Brother Xiao, don’t worry, Gong Zi Long has given us the three lands of Han, Wei and Qi, I can have another 100,000 troops in these two months!”
Xiao He nodded his head, he was not worried about Han Xin’s military ability, he just asked.
“In that case, will this soldier’s battle power be a little too low?”
“When the time comes, if the casualties are too, Gongzi Lang is afraid that he will not like it.”
They also knew about Zhao Lang’s status as the head of the farming family, and they were very distressed about their own people.
Han Xin waved his hand and patted his chest, saying
“Brother Xiao need not worry, this hastily gathered soldiers are naturally average in battle, but the Chu army will not be any better.”
“In comparison, I am sure of it!”
Hearing these words, Xiao He asked no more questions and said that
“Let’s also hurry into the city, although that Shangqing Meng cannot rule over us, we should still have the proper manners.”
Although Han Xin was a little reluctant, he nodded his head, not wanting to cause Zhao Lang any trouble.
Xiao He glanced in the direction of the Chu army and re-entered Ding Tao.
At this time, inside a small county in the land of Chu, which leans on the land of Qi.
Countless haggard-looking Chu troops were gathering with their heads hanging in despair.
They had fled all the way to this place and could not hold out any longer.
And they were all quite lucky, more often than not, they had been decimated by the Qin army.
Those rivers, on the retreat, were like ropes for life!
On a stately home in the county, Xiang Yu and his men were inside with serious faces, but Fan Zeng was at the top this time, the
“Sir, the people below have reported up initially.”
“Only 50,000 or so have escaped now, and almost all the various nobles have suffered heavy losses too.”
Xiang Zhuang reported with an ugly face at the side.
The day before, Xiang’s allied army had embraced hundreds of thousands of troops and seemed to be on the verge of capturing this world.
But in the blink of an eye, it was a mess of defeat.
Not many people could accept such a turn of events.
If Fan Zeng had not held Ding Tao and Xiang Bo had protected the provisions in advance, their losses would have been even heavier.
Xiang Yu also made a rare absence of sound and looked to the other side.
Fan Zeng, who looked much older than before at this time, frowned tightly and after thinking for a while, asked
“Are you now sure that the previous King of Zhao, Zhao Lang, was the Crown Prince of Qin?”
Xiang Yu, who was at the side, nodded his head.
Fan Zeng’s chest instantly rose and fell violently a few times, then instantly clenched his teeth, and finally just sighed.
The whole room was instantly plunged into a burst of silence.
The family could all slightly understand each other’s feelings, having previously thought that Zhao Lang was just a member of the Nong and Mo families.
Unexpectedly, the other party was actually the Crown Prince of Qin.
Now that they thought back on their previous games with each other, they were all ashamed and wanted to cut themselves off.
Not to mention that Fan Zeng was directly involved.
Only he knows what it was like.
The crowd was a little worried whether Fan Zeng would vomit blood again, but they didn’t notice that Xiang Bo, who was on the side, was slightly red in the face.
It was only after a while that Fan Zeng came to his senses, but in that instant his demeanour had aged a little and he said with a hoarse voice.
“Zhao… The Prince of Qin is so scheming, the old man is being played with.”
Xiang Zhuang said a few reassuring words, and then asked
“Sir, what should we do nowadays?”
Fan Zeng perked up a little at this point and said that
“This time our army has been defeated, but it is not all bad.”
Hearing this, the others could not help but show a hint of doubt, they were killed by the Qin army, this is not a bad thing?
Fan Zeng continued at this point, saying
“In this battle, although our army suffered heavy losses, the Qin army also had a hard time, and those who escaped now are all elites.”
“The casualties of the nobles everywhere are very, but it is an opportunity for us to collect our men and places.”
Soon, Fan Zeng spoke out his plans one by one.
Previously, although Xiang’s allied army seemed to have a large number of soldiers, in reality, it was bloated and unwieldy.
There were also many petty thoughts among the various departments, and now was instead an opportunity.
In future, the land of Chu will truly belong to the Xiang Clan alone!
The people, who were still a little dishevelled, slowly perked up.
But instead, Xiang Bo frowned slightly.
“Time is running out, gentlemen, let’s act immediately, the Qin army will not give us too much time.”
Fan Zeng said at last.
The crowd took their orders and left, even Xiang Yu took the opportunity to walk out.
While looking at Xiang Yu’s back as he left, Fan Zeng let out a faint sigh of relief.
“When will you learn to bow your head? It is not a bad thing to admit your mistakes!”
Xiang Yu was also to blame for this defeat.
But he did not have the slightest intention of admitting his mistake.
When all the people had gone out, Xiang Zhuang, who had stayed behind at the end, retraced his steps and
“Sir.”
Fan Zeng said at this time, with some seriousness
“The previous plan needs to be speeded up, send a letter to Zhao Lang, and say that the old man is willing to surrender!”
Zhao Lang knew how to use tricks, of course he did too!
“Sir, will the other side believe it?”
Xiang Zhuang said with a bit of worry.
Fan Zeng said with a few moments of misery that
“Whether he believes it or not, I just want to stall for a while.”
Xiang Zhuang understood at once.
Only this time, he did not say another word of flattery, for he knew that every word of his flattery now seemed to be the most bitter irony!
After explaining some more things to Xiang Zhuang, Fan Zeng sighed and said that
“Go and see Yu, this is a matter that requires you to speak to him.”
Xiang Zhuang nodded his head and left the place.
All the way to an empty courtyard, where, sure enough, Xiang Yu was practising martial arts.
The halberd danced in Xiang Yu’s hands, but the things around him suffered and had long since become a mess.
“Yu, take a rest! We still have to prepare the army!”
Xiang Zhuang said in a loud voice.
He didn’t dare to come closer, or else he would be poked to death by Xiang Yu with a halberd, wouldn’t he be wronged?
Hearing the voice, Xiang Yu stopped and then said, with a red face
“I will give the order to arrest all of Liu Bang’s family!”
“My uncle gave him soldiers and a high position in the first place! He actually betrayed me!”
All this information was told to him by Yu Ziqi, who had fled back.
He could accept the betrayal of Tian Du, the King of Qi, because Fan Zeng had also warned him long ago that the King of Qi could not be trusted.
He had not listened, and that was his fault.
But Liu Bang’s betrayal was totally unacceptable to him!
In this life, he will kill Liu Bang!
Xiang Zhuang nodded his head and said that
“I’ll have someone go and catch them, only Yu, your mind should be more focused on matters nowadays!”
“Xiang hasn’t fallen today! You are still needed!”
Resentment flashed in Xiang Yu’s eyes, but he still nodded, and now, he has grown a lot once again.
Seeing that Xiang Yu had restrained himself, Xiang Zhuang was also slightly relieved in his heart and quickly said that
“Yu, it is good that you can pull yourself together. By the way, you should go and write a letter to the King of Chu recently and ask him for a throne. ”
Xiang Yu frowned and said.
“The King of Chu is only a king now, how can he make me a king?”
Xiang Zhuang laughed bitterly and
“We can respect the King of Chu as the Righteous Emperor, Yu, now that Qin has an emperor, we must be of equal status to offset the impact a little.”
Xiang Yu was silent, and Xiang Zhuang then said that
“Ah Yu, I remember that you have always liked the title of Overlord, how about being called the King of Western Chu?”
Hearing this title of king that he had always wanted, Xiang Yu was not excited at this time.
He had only experienced defeat, how could he afford the word overlord?
Seeing that Xiang Yu did not say anything, Xiang Zhuang sighed slightly and said that
“This is the meaning of the gentleman.”
“Yu, when do you see it, it’s better to go to Mr.’s side.”
Xiang Yu froze for a moment before nodding his head, but still said that
“When I have smashed Qin, I will go and apologise to Yafu then.”
Looking at Xiang Yu’s obstinate look, Xiang Zhuang gave a faint sigh and then left.
Not long after Xiang Zhuang left, another figure appeared in the courtyard, and when he saw Xiang Yu, he rushed over to him.
“Yu’er, are you alright?”
When Xiang Yu turned his head, he saw that Bo Xiang was looking at him with a concerned face and his eyes were slightly red for a few moments.
He could only show a slight hint of vulnerability, even at the other side, now
“Little uncle, thankfully there is you.”
This time, Xiang Bo’s established the merit and will retreat with the provisions in advance.
It wasn’t much, but he didn’t have that many troops left.
These provisions were enough to support these Chu troops for some time.
“Alas, poor Yu’er, it’s hard on you! ”
Xiang Bo comforted Xiang Yu for a while with a heartbreaking smile.
Only when Xiang Yu had calmed down a little did Bo look around cautiously and found no one before he said, tentatively
“Yu’er, since it’s so hard, why don’t we surrender?!”
After asking, Bo Xiang felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
If he could really persuade Yu’er to surrender, then Zhao Lang would definitely give him a throne!