When Xiang Liang received the news from Shouchun that Xiang Yu had discovered the Qin army on the south bank of the Huaihe River, Xiang Liang's army had just arrived in the east city and was having a lively chat with Fan Zeng.
Fan Zeng was born in Juchao County, Jiujiang County, Qin Dynasty (now Yafu Township, Chaohu City, Anhui Province). Historically, he was respectfully called "Yafu" by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu. Chen Ping used a divisive trick to make Xiang Yu suspicious of Fan Zeng, and Fan Zeng finally became angry.
Died on the way home.
As Xiang Yu's most important adviser at the time, Fan Zeng's death officially meant that Liu Bang had removed the last obstacle around Xiang Yu that threatened him. It also heralded the demise of the Overlord of Chu.
Juchao County is between Poyang and Liu County, west of Liyang County. The reason why Fan Zeng went to Dongcheng, east of Liyang, is Yingbu's credit.
Yingbu himself was a bandit, and his untrained army of more than 100,000 Yue barbarians had no military discipline at all. And Yingbu, who was leading the troops outside, had no restraint from Wu Rui.
Therefore, wherever the Yingbo army passed, not only were there no humans or animals, at least burning, killing, and looting of the people occurred from time to time.
Yingbu has always turned a blind eye to these things, and he even took several wealthy women as concubines for his sexual pleasure. The reason why Yingbu's army came from Liyang to Lu'an
The journey of just over a hundred miles took six days, and it was precisely because of the plundering that the march was delayed.
When the Yingbu army passed by Juchao, Fan Zeng originally wanted to defect to Yingbu, but the burning, killing and looting by Yingbu's men immediately made Fan Zengjue think about it. An army with no military discipline at all, even if it has millions of people, will be the same.
It's vulnerable.
What's more, Yingbo raised his troops from Jiujiang. Jiujiang and other places can be regarded as the foundation of Yingbo. The burning, killing and looting of Yingbo's army seemed to Fan Zeng to be a completely conscious foundation.
Because Yingbu came from the south to go north to Shouchun, Fan Zeng had no choice but to follow the fleeing people all the way east to Dongcheng County. Fan Zeng had just arrived in Dongcheng for only one day when Xiang Liang's army arrived in Dongcheng County.
Jiujiang and Kuaiji are originally Chu lands, and Xiang Liang's army is basically all Chu people. The Xiang clan's army itself is famous for its strict military discipline, so although Xiang Liang's army has only been trained for a short period of time, it has been less than seven years.
However, the army made no mistakes all the way north.
Fan Zeng looked at Xiang Liang's army entering the city and immediately decided that this was the Ming Lord he wanted to assist. What's more, the reputation of the Xiang family has always been praised by the people in Chu.
Fan Zeng and Xiang Liang, who recommended themselves, met late and chatted all night long. It was not until Xiang Liang's personal guards reported that Xiang Yu's personal guards had sent urgent military information that the two of them ended with unfulfilled intentions. They looked at each other and laughed.
After reading Xiang Yu's letter, Xiang Liang's face suddenly became solemn, and then without any hesitation, he handed the letter to Fan Zeng and said: "Sir, please read it!"
Fan Zeng is not a hypocritical person. Although he has never dealt with Xiang Liang before, and they only knew each other for less than a day, for some reason the two of them seem to have known each other for a long time. Maybe this is what the saying goes.
Let the love burst out.
Taking the bamboo slip with military information written on it from Xiang Liang, Fan Zeng opened it and looked at it carefully.
Since Xiang Yu did not discover Yingbu's army of more than 100,000 men, the military information he sent only revealed information about the Qin army on the north bank, and he still had rough information about how many soldiers there were and who the general was.
"General, don't worry. I learned from the Major General's letter that the Qin Army on the North Bank has not found the Major General's troops. The General can order the Major General to find out the strength of the Qin Army on the North Bank before making a decision." Fan Zeng grasped the key point in a blink of an eye and spoke.
road.
"Sir, what you said is true!" Xiang Liang nodded, and then loudly ordered: "Send the order to the young general, to find out clearly the reality of the Qin army, and report immediately! The army will camp on the spot!"
There is another reason why Xiang Liang stopped setting up camp. He was waiting for news from Poyang.
The two groups of people who rushed out of Wu County on April 24 were heading straight to Wu Rui in Poyang. From Fan Zeng's mouth, he also learned that Xiang Yu's army was not mentioned in the army report.
information.
Judging from the marching speed of the Yingbo army, Wu Rui had already moved north on the day he raised his troops, otherwise he would not have advanced to the six counties so quickly. Fortunately, since Xiang Yu's military report did not mention the Yingbo army, it means that
Yingbo had not captured Shouchun yet. This made Xiang Liang breathe a sigh of relief.
In fact, Xiang Liang's original intention was not to support Xiong Xin, the son of King Huai of Chu.
If he really wanted to re-establish Xiong Xin as the king of Chu, then it was not impossible for Wu County, the seat of Kuaiji County, to be the capital of the new Chu State. The reason why he wanted to tell Zhaotong that he would rebuild the Chu State after taking Shouchun,
The real purpose is to wipe out all the Zhaoqujing clan in one fell swoop.
Shouchun is hundreds of miles away from Jiangdong. Once the Chu Kingdom is to be rebuilt, Zhaotong, Qu Ping, and Jing will inevitably leave Jiangdong and follow Xiong Xin to Shouchun. Originally Xiang Liang's plan was that as soon as these people arrived in Shouchun
, he killed them all, and then took the opportunity to annex the three tribes.
However, after a long night of talks with Fan Zeng yesterday, Xiang Liang finally changed his original plan and accepted Fan Zeng's suggestion to make Xiong Xin, the heir of Queen Chu, the new King of Chu.
Fan Zeng's method of persuading Xiang Liang was very simple. Now that the survivors of the Six Kingdoms are together, if Xiang Liang kills the Prince of Chu at this time, he will not only lose the hearts of the people of Chu in an instant, but more importantly, the survivors of the Six Kingdoms will also inevitably be killed.
Will regard Xiang as a threat.
As the Qin Dynasty has not yet been destroyed, Xiang Liang is digging his own dead end by doing this. But if Xiang Liang first supports the descendant of the King of Chu as the King of Chu, and takes the initiative in destroying Qin, he will wait until the general trend of the world has been determined, and then he can take Xiong Xin
Instead, it's a matter of course.
Hearing Fan Zeng's analysis, Xiang Liang couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, and decisively gave up the idea of killing Xiong Xin and the Zhaoqujing clan.
Xiang Liang did not tell Fan Zeng his original plan, but Fan Zeng guessed Xiang Liang's thoughts from Xiang Liang's various arrangements. This was also an important reason why Xiang Liang was so convinced of Fan Zeng in just one night.
late at night!
A curved and sexy little crescent moon hangs in the sky, casting a little bit of dim light.
On the north bank of the Huaihe River, in the mountains and forests more than ten miles away from Wang Li's army, a group of more than ten men in black were rushing through the forest. The direction they were heading was clearly where Wang Li's army was camping.
Separated by densely packed tall trees, on the other side less than three miles away from the group of men in black, more than twenty muscular men with disheveled hair, wearing only trousers, with their upper bodies exposed to reveal dark muscles full of explosive power, were also there.
He shuttled swiftly towards the direction of Wang Li's army.
The dim moonlight shines through the dense branches and leaves, and the ferocious tattoos on the dark skin can be vaguely seen.
These more than twenty big men were divided into two waves, front and back, advancing in a straight line more than a hundred steps apart.
The two parties were unaware of each other's existence, and were running cautiously and quickly through the dense woods. However, it was obvious that the more than 20 bare-chested dark men were more agile than the more than 10 men wearing black clothes on the other side.
many.
He was extremely agile when walking through the dense forest, landing silently, and his speed was much faster than those ten men in black.
"Buzz!"
A cold light suddenly appeared! More than a dozen small black crossbow arrows suddenly flew out from the dense branches and leaves, and went straight to the bottom. More than a dozen bare-armed men were swiftly passing through. The bright crossbow arrows exuded a cold light.
Hearing this buzzing sound, the expression of the naked and muscular man who was walking through the forest below suddenly changed. It was too late to react. More than ten bright cold lights quickly enlarged in his pupils, and then they were already fierce.
burrowed into their bodies.
"ah!"
"Ploppap!"
Blood spattered everywhere, and shrill screams suddenly rang out from the quiet forest, startling the large numbers of birds that lived in the forest, flapping their wings and circling in panic over the forest, screaming.
Five of the more than ten strong men fell down under the sudden burst of arrows, and the remaining six or seven people were behind and did not enjoy the kiss of the crossbow arrows.
As the crossbow arrows ripped open the skin of the lean and muscular men below and penetrated into their bodies, more than ten black figures quickly slid down from the tall trees, holding daggers and silently moving towards the remaining six or seven
The big man pounced.
The dozen or so black figures turned out to be Qin army scouts wearing black armor!
The remaining six or seven elite men were extremely tough and tough. They didn't care about their accomplices who were already lying on the ground. When they saw the attackers appearing, they roared and rushed towards the more than ten Qin army scouts who were rushing towards them.
The sudden scream broke the silence of the dense forest.
More than a dozen men in black three miles away saw the frightened birds in the distance and quietly came over.
The dozen or so strong men who were also naked, who were a hundred steps behind the attacked, heard the screams in front, and immediately spread out and surrounded the place where the fight was going on.
The fight between more than a dozen Qin army scouts and six or seven elite men had already concluded in just a few breaths.
The six or seven able-bodied men who rushed towards more than ten black shadows sliding down from the trees were extremely brave, and they were completely risking their lives. Four of the dozen Qin army scouts fell in a moment of fighting, and the able-bodied men were
All have died.
The pungent smell of blood permeated the dense forest.
The remaining eight Qin Army scouts checked the more than ten strong men who fell on the ground one by one, stabbed those who were still alive, and then carried the four fallen Qin Army scouts in pairs to prepare to retreat deep into the dense forest.
They didn't notice at all that another wave of more than ten strong men came from behind and surrounded them.
"Swish, swish, swish," more than a dozen gentle sounds bursting through the air suddenly sounded.
"Watch out!"
One of the scouts in front shouted loudly when he heard the sound. Before he finished speaking, a copper needle that sucked in cow hair was inserted into his face. He reached out and pulled out the copper needle inserted in his face, and was about to draw his sword.
In front of him, his body went limp and twitched and he fell to the ground.
If there was light at this time, then you would find that where the Qin army scout was shot by the copper needle, a black streak was rapidly spreading and expanding.
"It's...poisonous!"
The Qin Army scout who fell to the ground struggled to say two words. As he spoke, large mouthfuls of smelly black blood continued to vomit out of his mouth. Then black blood trickled down from his eyes, ears and nose, and his convulsing body gradually became stiff.
.
In just a few breaths, this Qin Army scout had been poisoned and died. (To be continued)