Zhao Lang did not continue to explain to Hu Hai, as this plan was too early for now.
“Alright, it’s about time, go and rest.”
“Starting tomorrow, I may not be able to get a good night’s sleep for some days.”
Zhao Lang intended to send Hu Hai away.
Hu Hai bristled and said back that
“Brother Long, don’t underestimate me, it’s just a battle, I’m not afraid!”
“I have captured Xiang Zhuang, and now the army is extolling my mighty name.”
These days, he didn’t stop bragging to the other Qin troops about how he had captured Xiang Zhuang alive in the midst of ten thousand troops.
He was now quite an example to the Qin army.
Zhao Lang watched as Hu Hai bragged so much that he even believed himself, and without looking back, he said.
“Well then, I heard from Shangqing Meng that there is still but one vanguard in the army, why don’t you go?”
Hearing these words, Hu Hai’s face changed and said that
“Brother Long, I will go back first, and you should not be too busy too late.”
After saying that, he slipped out, he was not stupid.
Only when Hu Hai left did Zhao Lang shake his head slightly and continue with his business.
It was not until late at night that Zhao Lang stood up and walked to the door to prepare for his muscles to be soothed.
Looking at the vibrant stars blinking in the night sky of the Great Qin, Zhao Lang exhaled slowly.
“It’s time.”
The next day, the Chu army camp.
Xiang Yu is dealing with military affairs, which are extremely complicated these days as he has to both readjust the granaries and set up military affairs.
He also had some places to defend against Fan Zeng, so he was still a bit tired.
Suddenly a Chu soldier hurried over and said.
“Report! Your Majesty! When our army was moving our provisions, we encountered an attack by the Qin army! And the Qin army is heading towards our new granary to kill it!”
Xiang Yu snapped his head up and quickly said that
“How many men are there!?”
“No less than two thousand! Our army is counterattacking!”
“Order, have Yu Zizhi bring troops forward to support!”
“Yes!”
The Chu army quickly led the order and left.
Xiang Yu’s face at this time, however, had gone cold and stood in place for a while before he muttered to himself that
“Yafu, have you really betrayed my king after all?”
“Someone!”
Hearing the shout, a close servant walked up to Xiang Yu and waited for the order, Xiang Yu quickly said that
“Go and send Yafu to see my king! After Yafu has left his tent, give my king a thorough investigation of his tent!”
When he heard this order, the near-servant’s expression changed slightly, and he knew that the meaning of this was extremely significant.
After saluting, he too hurriedly left.
It was not long before Fan Zeng’s voice came from outside the door, and
“Yu’er, the granary has been attacked and I am mobilising, what are you doing looking for me at this time?”
Fan Zeng walked in with a weary face.
The granary had been attacked and he was busy, but he was called over by Xiang Yu’s edict.
Looking at the look of exhaustion on Fan Zeng’s face, Xiang Yu’s gaze however grew colder and colder as he said indifferently that
“Yafu, it is just an attack on the granary, you need not be alarmed.”
Fan Zeng said with a frown.
“Yu’er, I have many soldiers, and this granary is one of the lifelines of our army!”
“How can I not care?”
Xiang Yu coldly returned at this time, the
“The granary is of course the lifeblood of our army, but shouldn’t you have expected the attack on the granary this time?”
Fan Zeng frowned and said.
“How could I have foreseen…”
Without finishing his words, Fan Zeng froze, and then looked at Xiang Yu with some incredulity.
Seeing the other party’s cold look, how could he not understand in his heart!
He said, almost with a few trembles
“Yu’er! You suspect that old man tipped off the Qin army!”
Xiang Yu shook his head, then said that
“It’s not suspicion, it’s certainty.”
Fan Zeng had understood by this time and angrily said that
“Yu’er, don’t do what you did last time and fall for the Qin army’s trickery by hearsay!”
Hearing this, Xiang Yu’s face reddened slightly and he said that
“Yafu, in your mind, is Xiang Yu so easily deceived?!”
“I ask you! This time, we spent manpower and made several disguises to transfer the granary, even my king’s youngest uncle was excluded! The real place is known only to us.”
“If not you, could it be this king!”
Faced with Xiang Yu’s questioning, Fan Zeng also froze for a moment.
He was the one who handled the whole process of transferring the granary this time, in between to prevent people below from leaking secrets.
Each person only knew their own steps, so unless there was a spy in the whole process, this information would not leak out.
At least, it wouldn’t have leaked so quickly! Then who had leaked the news?
Unless…
Suddenly, Fan Zeng’s eyes fluttered open and a possibility occurred to him!
Eliminating all impossible answers, the final answer left, no matter how outrageous, was the right answer!
Only without waiting for him to speak, Xiang Yu, who was standing by, sneered and said
“Or is it that the entire army of this king is a spy!”
Fan Zeng froze for a moment at this time, although he had excluded Xiang Bo this time and came to arrange the provisions himself, the people under his hand were still Xiang Bo’s.
If these people, all of them were from the Qin army, then it would make sense!
If you think about it, Xiang Bo had no talent of his own, yet he had suddenly become a master at managing food and supplies!
It was because the Qin army had prepared these men for him a long time ago!
But Fan Zeng, who had figured everything out, was even more desperate at this time!
At that time, when Zhao Lang was still so weak, he had already started to arrange his present backhand.
Fan Zeng closed his eyes and said.
“Yu’er! That’s exactly it!”
“The men under your youngest uncle were all arranged by the Qin army!”
“The provisions he saved for the army before were only to gain trust!”
Xiang Yu’s face was already red when he heard Fan Zeng’s words!
rebuking angrily.
“Fan Zeng! Do you really think that my king is stupid!”
“You betrayed Xiang Zhuang, and now you want to frame my youngest uncle!”
“Do you really think that the King doesn’t know about your collusion with the Qin army?
“My King’s guards, with their own eyes, saw you send the letter out!”
Xiang Yu could not hold back again at this time, and told all the information he knew.
“This King has already sent someone to search your tent! It must be convincing to the heart!”
Listening to Xiang Yu’s words, Fan Zeng’s face slowly turned from red to white.
He knew that he had lost.
He took the reply letter that Zhao Lang had given him earlier directly out of his arms and said that
“Is the Overlord looking for this reply letter?”
How could he just put something like this in the tent?
It’s just that now, it’s come to the end of the day, so it’s better to bring it out and make it clear.
Xiang Yu’s eyes widened and he took the letter directly over, then viewed it.
Fan Zeng said at this time in a wooden voice that
“Whether King b*****d believes it or not, this is in fact a fraudulent surrender scheme by Lao Fu.”
“The old man just wants the other side’s way of making paper, as well as telling them about the fake granary.”
Fan Zeng told all his plans, and concluded by saying that
“This matter is also known to General Xiang Zhuang.”
When he finished, he couldn’t help but give a bitter laugh, Xiang Zhuang was now captured by the Qin army.
He was without his most crucial witness.
There was no way Xiang Yu would believe him.
Sure enough, by this time, Xiang Yu had also finished reading the letter that Fan Zeng himself had brought out, and had listened to the other party’s words.
But he still had no expression on his face.
He merely sent the letter towards Fan Zeng’s eyes, saying that
“Fan Zeng, why do you think there are several ambiguities in this letter?”
“And the Qin army is still thanking you, thanking you for what?”
“This letter was received just after Ah Zhuang was captured!
“The Qin army is thanking you for betraying Ah Zhuang, right!”
Fan Zeng looked at the ambiguous part of the letter, he was a little confused then, but now it was all clear!
“Hahahaha, so that’s how it is, so that’s how it is!”
Fan Zeng laughed wildly straight away at this point, and
“The old man didn’t lose unjustly!”
“Prince Zhao Lang of the Great Qin, you really are a master of calculation! I am convinced!!!”
Looking at Fan Zeng’s madness, Xiang Yu only thought that his opponent had been punctured of all his lies and was pretending to be mad.
He was about to order the other man to be dragged out and beheaded, when a Chu soldier hurried in and said.
“Your Majesty! The Qin army is attacking!”
Xiang Yu jerked to his feet and said that
“This group of shrunken heads finally dare to come out and fight my King head on!”
“Pass the order! Respond to the battle!”
When it comes to fighting, who has he, the King of Western Chu, ever feared!
This time, he had prepared his own secret weapon too!
And after hearing this, Fan Zeng, who was on the side, was slightly stunned and said to himself.
“Disrupting his mind and attacking him, good tactics of the Qin army!”
Looking at Xiang Yu who was about to strike, Fan Zeng at this time laughed miserably and exclaimed that
“Overlord! I advise you to surrender as soon as possible, don’t give up the lives of your soldiers in vain!”
“You can’t defeat Zhao Lang!”
Hearing these words, Xiang Yu immediately said, his face full of red
“Lock him up for me! Do not go out half a step!”
Fan Zeng laughed loudly at this time and
“Overlord, you may as well kill the old man! Just remember to hang my head on the city wall.”
“I will watch the Qin army enter the city!”
Xiang Yu exclaimed, furiously
“Take him down!”
In any case, Fan Zeng was also his sub-father, and he could just kill the other side.
The attendants at one side directly moved to drag Fan Zeng away.
Only the other man’s voice still came from afar.
“The King of Western Chu is nothing but a woman of indecision!”
“Hahahaha!”
Fan Zeng repented!
He had always thought Xiang Yu was a king and a hegemon!
But only now did he realize that Xiang Yu was only a man who seemed to be domineering, but was actually indecisive!
If he had killed Zhao Lang earlier!
If he had expelled Xiang Bo earlier, he would not have been in trouble today!
He had now seen clearly the arrangement of the Qin army.
In this battle, the Chu army would be defeated!
By now, Xiang Yu had already led his own personal guards, with his overlord’s halberd in hand, and rode his wuzhui horse all the way to outside Pengcheng.
There, his generals were already waiting for him.
When he appeared on the battlefield, all the Chu troops couldn’t help but look at this man whose body seemed to glow with light!
Xiang Yu strides his horse to the front of the army formation, then raises his halberd high!
He looked majestic!
Seeing this scene, all the soldiers of the Chu army only felt the battle spirit rise up in their hearts!
At the same time, they shouted.
“Hegemon! Overlord! Overlord!”
The shouts of the Overlord resounded through the heavens and the earth!
The force of Xiang Yu is recognized by all the Chu troops!
Even though he had lost once before, that time, he still managed to kill his way out of the siege!
Listening to the cheers of the Chu soldiers, the anger in Xiang Yu’s heart just now was swept away!
The battlefield is where he belongs!
At this moment, the rear of the Qin army’s camp.
Zhao Lang is standing with Meng Yi on a slightly higher carriage, which gives a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.
“Brother Long, why is this one even more loaded than me!”
Hu Hai looked at Xiang Yu who was receiving the shouts of thousands of Chu soldiers in the distance and said with this bit of sourness.
He also wanted to pretend so much.
He was trembling with excitement just watching this scene.
It would be worth his life if he could pretend like that for once.
Zhao Lang laughed and said.
“If you’re willing, go and fight each other in single combat now, and you’ll surely be famous for ages!”
Hu Hai stopped talking at once, he loved the prestige, but loved his own little life even more.
At this point Meng Yi ignored the two men’s small gestures and ordered that
“Attack!”
It was also the first time that Zhao Lang had seen the Qin army fight on such a large scale.
Only after hearing Meng Yi’s order, the nearby messenger soldier hurriedly left with the order banner.
Soon, a drumbeat rang out in the army formation.
At once the Qin army advanced slowly in turn.
As the many messengers moved to and fro, the Qin army’s formation slowly changed.
The multi-armoured shield-bearers were in front, the halberdiers in the middle and the archers at the back.
There are also guards on either side.
And between those gaps in the ranks were some cloaked prisoners of sin soldiers, armed only with a sharp weapon.
They were responsible for the breakthrough.
The whole Qin army, like a precise whole, was rigid and disciplined!
Zhao Lang also seemed to understand why the Qin army was able to sweep through the six kingdoms.
The Chu army opposite them also responded, but the other side’s movements were much simpler.
Apart from the central army led by Xiang Yu, everyone else was huddled close together, howling at each other for courage.
But the opponents were far outnumbered.
Gradually, the two armies slowly approached.
Suddenly, a loud roar resounded across the battlefield and
“Wind! Gale! Gale! ”
The roar only rang out as the shield-bearers at the forefront of the Qin army stopped, then crouched slightly.
The Chu troops on the opposite side also realised what was going on and put up improvised shields.
In the next instant, the
Buzz!
Zhao Lang then saw a black rain curtain suddenly rise from the Qin army!
Buzz buzz buzz!
This black curtain of rain rose three times in a row!
Then it shot towards the Chu army in an overwhelming manner!
Although this rain of arrows was not as exaggerated as Zhao Lang had thought, it was still shocking enough!
Soon, there was a howl of misery from the Chu army.
When the rain of arrows stopped, Zhao Lang originally thought that the Chu army should be a bit timid.
Instead, he saw Xiang Yu hissing loudly at something in the distance, and the rain of arrows that had just come close to him were all stopped by him with his halberd.
Soon, a roar of fury resounded from the Chu army once again.
Then, Xiang Yu took the lead, leading the Chu army towards them!
With that heroic stance, even Zhao Lang could not help but be bowled over a few times, saying to himself that
“Worthy of being a king!”
In terms of bravery, the King is the first!
Soon, the two armies were approaching fast!
Eventually they collided viciously!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Even if Zhao Lang was in the midst of the rear army, he could hear the muffled sound of a collision!
Followed by roars and wails of fury!
On the other side, Hu Hai’s blood was boiling as he watched, and he wanted to howl twice.
But then he noticed that Zhao Lang’s face was as deep as water.
He stopped at once.
Only the big dog at the side knew that the master of his family was distressed by those peasants.
For he had also heard many times, when Zhao Lang had nothing to say, that
“Chinese people don’t kill Chinese people.”
And, of course, the head of the family had told them that
“For the sake of the unification of the Great Qin! Some people should be killed and still be killed!”
“Kill in order not to kill.”
He was a little confused at the time, but now, it seemed like he understood something.