Not afraid of hooligans being good at martial arts, but fear of hooligans being educated. Xiang Yu would not dream of having nightmares for about a thousand times. The Han army envoy Li Shiqi, who was shamelessly detained on the Sanchuan battlefield, would become an extremely terrifying and dangerous enemy of him. His terror and danger were even far beyond Peng Yue, who was born with Xiang Yu, as well as Feng Zhong, the shameless traitor of the Western Chu army, and Yongchi, a Xiaoxiao mouse who worshipped Xiang Kang as an idol since the beginning.

At the beginning, the Western Chu army, which had become a turtle, proposed to exchange Xiang Kang's wife and children for the Han army to give way. In fact, Peng Yue did not want to agree at all, but was worried that the Western Chu army would jump over the wall and would really be unfavorable to Xiang Kang's wife and children. He even took Xiang Kang's wife and children as a shield and forced the Han army to give way, but he did not dare to refuse flatly. In the end, Li Shiqi, who had just been out of prison, discovered a huge loophole in the negotiation conditions of the Western Chu army and offered plans to let Peng Yue set up a bureau to save Xiang Kang's wife and children, and successfully made most of the Western Chu officials surrender to the Han army, shattering the political operation center behind the Western Chu army in one fell swoop.

Li Shiqi's purpose was more than this. After the plan succeeded, Li Shiqi ignored his weak body just after he came out of the prison. He took advantage of the opportunity to have dinner together and said to Peng Yue and Feng Zhong: "General Peng, General Feng, take advantage of our chance now, let's just support a King of Chu in Pengcheng."

With a puff, Feng Zhong, who had an average political talent, squirted out a mouthful of rice, and almost choked into his trachea. He coughed and said in surprise: "Mr. Li, what are you saying, support a King of Chu again? Are you kidding? For no reason, what are we going to support a King of Chu again?"

"Of course I'm not kidding." Li Shiqi said with a solemn expression: "We have re-established a King of Chu. Chu will be one country and two kings. One day and two days, it's hard to make the situation in the Central Plains battlefield more beneficial to our Han King. Xiang Yu's common man must immediately distribute heavy troops to return to the rear to suppress the rebellion, and even lead his troops back to Pengcheng to stabilize the situation. At that time, we can not only share the huge pressure for the King of Han, but also create counterattacks for our Han King, and take advantage of the opportunity of the Western Chu army's division of troops or withdrawing in full, and completely reverse the passive situation of our Han King on the battlefield in Xingyang."

"In addition, if we re-establish a King of Chu, we can immediately receive three effects." Li Shiqi added: "First, we can rebuild the Chu court, and we can legally and reasonably buy the hearts of the people in Chu and control the soldiers and civilians in Chu; second, we can make the new King of Chu declare Xiang Yu, the pseudo king of Western Chu, and call on the soldiers and civilians in Chu to attack him, so that Xiang Yu can be at a moral disadvantage; third, we can make legitimate orders to local counties in Chu, weaken Xiang Yu's control over the local areas of Chu, and isolate him."

"These three points are beneficial to our Han King without any harm." Li Shiqi continued: "And Jing Jia, who has surrendered to us, is still a descendant of the orthodox Chu royal family, is far more qualified to inherit the throne of Chu than Xiang Yu. If we support him as the King of Chu, it will definitely be easier to win the support of the military and civilians in Chu. In addition, most of the officials of Western Chu also surrendered to us. We use them as the team to rebuild the Chu court and it will be easier to win the support of the local counties and counties of Chu."

Feng Zhong's political ability is indeed average. Although he felt it was reasonable after listening to Li Shiqi's analysis, he was still a little worried and asked: "What if our King of Han doesn't agree? We support the King of Chu without his consent. This seems to be arbitrarily arbitrarily?"

"The King of Han is a smart person, and he will not understand that we do this for his sake." Li Shiqi replied: "As long as we support the new King of Chu, we will immediately submit a letter to our King of Han to express our surrender to our King of Han and respect our King of Han, he will definitely not say much."

Feng Zhong was still a little timid and did not dare to make such a major decision without Xiang Kang's consent. He could only turn his attention to Peng Yue. Peng Yue's political ability was much stronger than Feng Zhong. After thinking for a moment, he asked: "Mr. Li, what if the Western Chu thieves launch a large-scale counterattack, what should we do if we can't resist it?"

"If we do not support the new King of Chu, will we be sure to stop the massive counterattack of the Western Chu thieves?" Li Shiqi asked with a smile, and then said: "Since we are not sure to stop it, then we will give priority to the chaos in Chu, as the better. When the Western Chu thieves come back, we can stop it. If we can't stop it, we will immediately take the banner of moving the capital and take the army to retreat, leaving a mess for Xiang Yu to clean up."

Peng Yue nodded after weighing the pros and consequently said, "It makes sense. With our strength, we will definitely not be able to stop the Western Chu thieves' army from launching a large-scale counterattack. Since that's the case, we will take advantage of the current opportunity to completely disrupt Chu territory first. We can support the new King of Chu, but we must hold the military power tightly in our hands and we must never hand it over to the surrendered Western Chu officials."

"That's certain." Li Shiqi replied with a smile: "We have supported the new Queen of Chu, so we will ask General Peng Yue to be the general and the superior state of the new Chu State, and ask General Feng Zhong to be the Grand Marshal of the new Chu State. You two will take charge of the military power of the Chu State, and you will also be the main affairs of the government."

Peng Yue's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately to agree. Feng Zhong was still timid and afraid. He hesitated for a while before saying, "I'd better spare me. There are too many young generals in my army. They all look forward to returning to the position of King Han to serve. I have promised that I will take them back to the position of King Han. If General Peng doesn't mind, please let my army continue to attack the banner of the Han army, and you will be in charge of the military power of the Chu State and the affairs of the government."

After saying that, Feng Zhong quickly added, saying, "Of course, before meeting with our King of Han, I will continue to obey your orders and commands."

Seeing Feng Zhong insisting, Peng Yue did not force it. Peng Yue quickly made up his mind with Li Shiqi. The next day, he pushed Jing Jia, the former royal family member of the Chu State, to the throne of Chu State, and once again raised the flag of Chu State. The officials of Western Chu were mentally prepared for this, and of course none of them stood up and said no. Peng Yue proclaimed himself as the general of Chu State and the Shangzhu State, and actually took charge of the military and political power of the New Chu State. Peng Yue's army immediately changed the banner of Chu State and turned into the identity of the Han army's servant army.

Then, at the request of Peng Yue, Li Shiqi and others, Jing Jia, who finally got his wish, hurriedly declared king, the first edict issued was to pay tribute to Xiang Kang and actively expressed his acceptance of Xiang Kang's orders and commands; the second edict was to denounce Xiang Yu's crime of killing Emperor Yi of Chu Xiong Xin, and formally designated Xiang Yu as a rebel minister of the rebellion of the country, and called on the military and civilians of Chu to attack; the third edict was issued together with the second edict, requiring the Chu county and county to change the flag of the Chu state, and to accept the edicts and decrees of the King of Jing Chu court, and at the same time, stop all the money, grain and military supplies to the Western Chu army.

In addition, Peng Yue certainly had to use the large population of Pengcheng and its surrounding areas to desperately recruit soldiers and use the weapons left by the Western Chu court to equip new recruits, and strive to expand his military strength, and soon expanded his army to a huge 30,000.

Peng Yue, Li Shiqi and others re-established a new King of Chu, which of course caused chaos in the rear of Western Chu, resulting in the local counties and counties in Western Chu that did not know whose orders should be followed. Indeed, some local counties and counties in Western Chu immediately gave up the Western Chu flag and beat the Chu State flag again. There were also many Chu counties and counties who had been overwhelmed to take the opportunity to temporarily stop the supply of food, grass and military supplies to the front of Western Chu. In addition, without the organizational recruitment of the Western Chu court, the transfer of food, grass and military supplies of the Western Chu army was completely paralyzed, and they could no longer provide the main force of the Western Chu army with endless supply of food, grass and military supplies.

But Peng Yue and Li Shiqi did this and completely stabbed the hornet's nest. They had just received the news that Pengcheng had fallen and Peng Yue's army had established another King of Chu. Zeng Wen's troops, who had been ordered to go east to protect the food route, immediately marched south from the Juyeze battlefield and came to Pengcheng to settle the score with Peng Yue's army. At the same time, Xiang Ta and Xiang Sheng also tried their best to contact local officials in various parts of Western Chu who were still loyal to Xiang Yu, and organized troops to prepare for a counterattack.

The most intense reaction was of course Xiang Yu himself. When he received the bad news from Pengcheng, Xiang Yu was drinking in the tiger tent. As a result, before the messenger coming from behind had enough time to finish his words, the case in front of Xiang Yu flew into the air. Immediately afterwards, Xiang Yu's roar directly numbed the ears of everyone present, "Peng Yue's husband! Feng Zhong's husband! If I don't tear you into pieces, I will crush your bones and ashes! I swear not to be a human being!"

Roaring, Xiang Yu, who was furious, pulled out his sword from his waist, wielded and chopped everything he saw, and chopped everything he saw, which scared all the guards and officials in the tent to escape from the central army's tent, for fear of escaping slowly, so he was treated as a punching bag by Xiang Yu and chopped it into meat sauce on the spot!

The bad news in Pengcheng also shocked the entire decision-making level of the Western Chu army. When they learned that Pengcheng was lost and Peng Yue and others supported Jing Jia to succeed the King of Chu, the civil and military officials in the Western Chu were even struck by lightning, some people even said in their hearts: "Is our Western Chu going to be over?"

Old Man Fan was relatively calm. After forcing himself to calm down and think about it for a while, Old Man Fan immediately said: "King, we have no other choice but to withdraw from the battlefield in Xingyang and free up our hands to quell the rebellion in the rear. After stabilizing our rear situation, we will consider how to defeat the Han thieves."

"You must never retreat!" Kuai Che said quickly: "If we withdraw all our troops and return to our country to suppress the rebellion, Xiang Kang's traitors will definitely take the opportunity to fight back in full force. Even if we don't have to be afraid of their pursuit, as long as we are entangled by him, we will not be able to return to Pengcheng with all our might, which will make us feel uncomfortable."

"Listen to me, I'll finish my words!" Old Man Fan interrupted Kuai Che rudely and said angrily: "Of course we can't withdraw all of us from Pengcheng. We can only bring our main force back to Puyang first, and then divide the army into two, and half of the army stayed in Puyang, so as not to give the Han thieves a chance to take the opportunity to invade our Western Chu hinterland. Half of the army returned to Pengcheng to quell the rebellion, and then quell our rear rebellion, and then go back to Puyang to meet our rear army. Maybe you can still win the chance to fight the Han thieves at that time."

"Miao Ce." Kuai Che changed his words and praised: "Leaving half of the army to station in Puyang, strangling the throat of the Han thieves from the Chidao to advance to our Xichu hinterland. This will not only allow our other half of the army to return to the country to quell the rebellion, but also continue to threaten Sanchuan Ao Cang, so that the Han thieves dare not advance from Dang County to east. In addition, we can also ensure our connection with the Northern Line army and grasp the development of the Northern Line at any time."

Of course, Kuai Che's praise cannot be counted. Xiang Yu must make the decision. As a result, after careful consideration, Xiang Yu quickly said: "Why must all retreat to Puyang? Why can't half of our army be stationed directly on the battlefield in Xingyang and directly restrain the main force of the Han thieves?"

"King, unless you are staying at the battlefield in Xingyang, no one among our generals can be the opponent of Xiang Kang's thief." Old Man Fan answered helplessly and said, "And we must withdraw from Puyang to re-establish defense, because our Hanoi partial division has been wiped out, and Zhao's friendly troops were trapped in Hengshan County by the Han thief's partial division. The Han thief's partial division has no worries. If they seize the fighter plane and take the opportunity to cross the Baimajin with all their strength, and the Zhonggong General can't resist it, then our main force in Western Chu will be completely cut into two sections by the Han thief."

History has indeed changed a lot. In history, because there is no Old Man Fan’s guidance next to him, and Master Xiang Bo was too powerful and gave Xiang Yu bad ideas every day. In history, when Xiang Yu was in a hurry in the rear, he threw down the front-line army without caring about his head and tail and returned to the rear to suppress the rebellion, giving Liu Laosan the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack. The situation is completely different now. First, he is very clear about how vicious and cunning his cousin is, and second, Master Xiang, who has no real power, closed his mouth again and did not jump out to help. Xiang Yu hesitated for a while, and nodded reluctantly and said, "Then do it like this, withdraw back to Puyang first and set up defense again."

Old Man Fan and Kuai Che breathed a sigh of relief, and then Old Man Fan quickly said: "King, when retreating, you must ask you to lead the army behind the palace to shock the thieves. Only in this way can the thief Xiang Kang dare not pursue it with all his strength, and our main force is confident to withdraw back to Puyang and re-arrange the defense."

Of course Xiang Yu likes to hear this, so he immediately agreed. At that time, the decision-making team of the Western Chu army hurriedly discussed the plan of retreat. On the same day, Huan Chu led a army to cross the gulf first, establish a position to protect the ferry, and the next day, the comprehensive crossing of the river was launched, transporting all the food, grass and military supplies across the river, and deploying heavy troops to protect it. Xiang Yu personally led 30,000 elite Western Chu army behind the temple. It was only after the army and various military supplies were transported across the river that Xiang Yu finally crossed the river and led the main force of the Western Chu army to slowly retreat to the Puyang battlefield along the way.

As expected by Old Man Fan, because Xiang Yu personally led the rear of the army to cover the retreat of the entire army, fearing the fierce and bravery of the Overlord Cousin, Xiang Kang did not dare to send troops to pursue the army in large numbers - don't blame Xiang Kang for being timid. At this time, the Han army was really not sure of defeating the main force of the Western Chu army. In addition, the road was blocked, and there was no time to receive news from Pengcheng. He was afraid that this was the Western Chu army's plan to lead a snake out of the cave. Xiang Kang certainly did not dare to play big tricks. He just sent scouts to do all his efforts to inquire about the news and the reasons for the main force of the Western Chu army breaking through the siege and withdrawing troops. In addition, he also grasped the trends of the Western Chu army and waited patiently for new changes in the enemy situation.

Xiang Kang's helpless move also gave the Western Chu army a chance to retreat to Puyang and re-arrange the defense. Six days later, the main force of the Western Chu army, whose current number of troops is about 220,000, successfully retreated to the Puyang area. First, he met with more than 20,000 people from the Xichu army stationed in Baima, and then took the initiative to give up the Baima Ferry away from Puyang and teamed up to withdraw back to Puyang. Then Xiang Yu did not stop and immediately convened a meeting to announce that Cao Ju, who he trusted most in military affairs, would lead an army of 120,000 to station in Puyang, and personally led another 120,000 troops back to Pengcheng to suppress the rebellion.

"Cao Sima, remember." Xiang Yu reminded him worriedly: "After I leave, if the Han thief army attacks in large numbers, you cannot risk sending troops to fight in decisive battles no matter what. You can only defend the camps and cities to the death, so that the Han thief cannot bypass Puyang eastward. Our current food and grass are enough for you to take two months, at most one month. I will definitely quell the rebellion and bring the army back to join you. Then we will not have to be afraid of anything!"

"And." Xiang Yu quickly added: "If my traitor, Ah Brother, leads the main force of the Han traits to enter the hinterland of Xichu from Dang County, you must confirm that he has gone far before you can take the opportunity to send troops to attack Sanchuan Ao Cang. You must not be greedy for merit and advance rashly. I am the Han traitor's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. My traitor's cousin is too cunning, you are not his opponent. As for him, he sent some partial troops to the hinterland of our Dang County, I don't have to pay attention to him, I will send troops to deal with it."

Cao Ju quickly agreed with his fists and swears to remember Xiang Yu's advice. Old Man Fan is still uneasy and volunteers: "King, let the old minister stay and assist Cao Sima. The old minister is familiar with Xiang Kang's nature of a traitor. No matter what tricks he plays, the old minister is sure to deal with it."

Xiang Yu was a little moved, but there were too few talents around Xiang Yu who were proficient in military and government affairs. Returning to Pengcheng to suppress the rebellion must involve a series of internal affairs issues such as appeaseing the people and rebuilding the bureaucratic system. So Xiang Yu shook his head and said, "Father Ya, you must go back with me. There are still a lot of things in Pengcheng that cannot be separated from you to help me deal with, and I am bound to be by my side."

Old Man Fan nodded helplessly, but said, "King, what if you leave Kuai Che and Kuai to Cao Sima? Kuai is a meticulous person and has a lot of opinions when it comes to things. He will definitely be a big help to Cao Sima."

Xiang Yu did not refuse again this time and immediately agreed. Old Man Fan then turned to Cao Ju and told him: "Cao Sima, when encountering something, discuss with Doctor Kuai. Also, Li Zuoche, the Situ of Henan, is also a wise man who can make good decisions. If you have any problems, you might as well listen to his opinions."

Cao Ju agreed with a smile, but muttered in his heart: "Father Ya, let's not look down on me, why are you so worried about me? When something happens, you actually want me to listen to the opinions of the yellow-haired boy Kuai Che? And that Li Zuoche. If he has real skills, the Henan army would be killed by the Han thieves and wiped out the entire army, and even the land and city were left without any left?"

Xiang Kang's side, after confirming that Xiang Yu led a 120,000 army left Puyang, Xiang Kang finally received an urgent report from Peng Yue to send people to the Dang County road, as well as the letter of surrender sent by the new King of Chu Jingjia, and knew about the earth-shaking changes that had taken place in Pengcheng. Needless to say, of course, none of the Han military civil and military officials cheered and celebrated the miracle that Peng Yuejun and Feng Zhongjun jointly created. Even Zhang Liang was so excited that he burst into tears because Peng Yuejun and Feng Zhongjun rescued his old master Han Cheng. He cried bitterly in front of Xiang Kang and others for the first time.

Of course, Xiang Kang was also very excited, but after the excitement, Xiang Kang looked a little unkind. Chen Ping was the worm in Xiang Kang's stomach. When he guessed that Xiang Kang was not particularly happy, he found an opportunity to persuade Xiang Kang in a low voice: "King, Peng Yue and others did not agree with you, and supported Jing Jia as the new King of Chu without your permission. However, in terms of the effect of disrupting the enemy, their approach is also the most correct way. Don't worry too much."

Xiang Kang nodded reluctantly and advised himself in his heart: "Don't blame too much. After all, people of this era have limitations of this era. Can you know the dangerous consequences of the feudal system? Peng Yue is not the old man I brought out, so it's not surprising that he has a little selfishness. In general, he still has more achievements than his faults. At worst, just like Liu Laosan, it's not too late to unify the world first and then slowly quell the rebellion."

At this time, the Han military and civil and military officials were already eager to ask: "King, what should we do next? Should we send troops to Puyang immediately and completely annihilate Puyang's Western Chu thieves' army?"

"Is this a question?" Xiang Kang smiled and said, "If we don't seize such a good opportunity, wouldn't we be too sorry for the Chinese people who are anxious about living in peace? Immediately send troops and go east to Puyang!"
Chapter completed!