A small team of a thousand people entered the city through the newly melted snow. It was Xiang An's people who had been away for nearly four months.
Xiang An threw his armor stained by black blood to several of his servants and entered the city. He had a general understanding of the world's situation outside, but now he needed more detailed information.
"Zhongli Mei, you didn't follow the king on the expedition?"
Many generals were taken away by Xiang Yu. As a ferocious king of Chu, Xiang Yu had many generals under his command. There were many who could name them, such as Xiang An, Xiang Lu, Zi Juan, Ji Bu, Long Qie, Chen
Ping, Zhongli Mei, Jiang Chun, Wei Hao and others. Before Xiang An attacked the foreign tribes in the north, he took away Xiang Lu, Zijuan and Wei Hao. The others seemed to have been taken away by Xiang Yu or assigned tasks by Xiang Yu.
An only found Zhongli Mei in Pengcheng.
"General, you are finally back!" Zhongli Mei was overjoyed when he saw Xiang An, "The king left an order and asked me to tell you that after you come back, go to Chengwu as soon as possible. He will be waiting for you there to discuss matters!
"
"Chengwu? Isn't it Yongqiu..." Xiang An frowned, "It seems that the big brother has encountered a lot of resistance..."
"How many soldiers are left in Pengcheng?"
"Back to the general, together with the city defenders, there are 24,000 people in total!"
"That's all. Let's order troops tomorrow morning. You can come with us!"
"The general will obey the order!"
...
Xiang An's charisma and reputation within Western Chu are still very high, at least among the middle and high-level scholar-bureaucrats.
These people are all those who followed Xiang Yu and even Xiang Liang to rebel against Qin II. They had a big meal with Xiang An along the way. They must know what kind of person Xiang An is. There is no conflict between Xiang An and these people.
He is a very approachable person, and precisely because of this, these people admire Xiang An and are willing to listen to his orders when Xiang Yu is away.
No one would dislike a general who can win battles and be kind to his subordinates.
Xiang An returned from Zhong Limei's mansion, and together with Zijuan, arranged for more than a thousand old soldiers, and told Xiaoye to bring the tokens of the dead soldiers to their families.
But Xiang An received something.
"What is this?" Xiang An looked at Liao Ye strangely, with a surprised expression.
He is holding a very strange mask in his hand. It looks a bit like a Nuo mask, but is more perverse and more ferocious. It can be seen that the craftsmanship of making this mask is good.
What's even more concerning is the material of this mask - it can be seen that it comes from a foreign race.
"Back to the general, Lao Ye and I did this together." Wei Hao walked over from the side. He had just taken off his armor that smelled of blood. It was hot in the middle of winter but he was covered in sweat. He faced Xiang An.
Smiled.
Xiang An had doubts in his eyes.
Liao Ye, a nine-foot tall man, stood nearby, squirming like a girl.
It happened that at this time, Zijuan also came over: "Second brother, let me explain."
She rolled her eyes, pushed Liao Ye away, took the ferocious-looking mask from Xiang An's hand, and pressed it on Xiang An's face without saying much.
"well?"
"How about trying it first."
Xiang An didn't resist. These people were all his family members. Even Wei Hao, who was not considered a family member, was also his confidant. It was impossible for these people to harm him, except Xiang Yu.
Xiang An looked at the three people behind the mask and touched the mask. It was not heavy and it fit well.
It's just that the material may not have been tanned, so it smells a bit smelly.
"Huh! It looks good!"
"I feel like I will be more powerful when I enter the formation!"
"I feel like we can make some changes here..."
Xiang An took off his mask and looked at the three people helplessly: "What are you doing? Why did you give me this mask?"
"Xiaoye has been fighting with us for a long time, and he discovered something." Zijuan took back the mask and said with a smile, "Second brother, you are serious enough and steady enough, but you are a little less fierce and a little less.
ruthless."
"Lao Ye said that when I followed you into the battle with the general, I would not be so scared if I stood on the opposite side. I always felt that something was missing, so I collected some things from those beasts and made such a mask.
, to make up for such a small shortcoming." Wei Hao took over Zi Juan's words and pointed at the mask in Zi Juan's hand, "How about it, it's scary enough."
Xiang An was a little dumbfounded: "No... I'm as scary as you said. I'm not scary enough. Why do I have to be so scary?"
"And this mask smells so bad, Xiaoye, have you never washed it?"
Liao Ye stared: "Ah? Haven't you washed it?"
He snatched the mask from Zijuan's hand and ran away with his face flushed.
Xiang Lu hugged his helmet, stretched and leaned over, and said to Xiang An: "Set off to find your elder brother tomorrow? Where is your elder brother now?"
When they talked about business, Xiang An's expression became serious: "Zhongli Mei is still in Pengcheng. I asked about it. Now he is in Chengwu... I thought I could hit Yongqiu."
"The resistance is not small..." Xiang Lu sighed, "Order the troops tomorrow morning?"
"Yes." Xiang An nodded, looked at Zijuan, and said to Xiang Lu, "Uncle Fourth, Xiaosi and I will go to the North Camp to see the situation first. I'll leave this to you first.
And Wei Hao, please tidy up this place first."
"The general will obey the order!" Wei Hao said seriously, clasping his fists.
"Okay, let's go quickly, time waits for no one." Xiang Lu waved his hand. In such a private occasion, he could still salute less seriously.
Time waits for no one...
Xiang Lu's slightly tired eyes closed for a while, as if he was remembering something.
Remembering...what.
Xiang An and Zijuan left and headed for the northern camp. There were many things that needed to be prepared for the expedition. Xiang An was a general, so he had to do some things himself.
Turning his head, he saw Wei Hao. The unlucky boy was still looking at the direction Xiang An and Zi Juan were leaving, with a look in his eyes that could be understood at a glance.
"Look, look, look, there are a lot of things we need to be busy with." Xiang Lu rolled his eyes, "And it's useless for you to look at it, it's impossible."
"I..." Wei Hao scratched his head with a look of sadness and anger, which turned into depression two seconds later.
"Yes, it's impossible..."
It's definitely impossible. Zijuan never looked at him with the eyes of someone choosing a mate. It was the way he looked at Paoze and his colleagues, so he could only have unrequited love in this life.
Moreover, Zijuan and the general...
What on earth were they thinking?
Xiang Lu looked at Wei Hao, who lowered his head and was deep in thought, stopped talking and went about his own business.
As he walked, he closed his eyes and recalled something.
Time never waits for anyone. Counting the days, it’s almost gone.
Throughout the ages, how many heroes and great figures have been defeated by time...