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Chapter 11: Hongmen Banquet (Part 2)

After passing through the winding remnants of Mount Li, Cao Wushang's team entered the endless wilderness. From here, he marched eastward, turned a few slopes and arrived at the garrison of the coalition forces.

The place where Cao Wushang was at this time was today's Lintong District area, which was located in the wilderness. After several pursuits by Li Shang, Cao Wushang's subordinates suffered heavy casualties, from more than a thousand to more than a hundred.

Some people surrendered to Li Shang without fighting, which made Cao Wushang even more afraid to fight.

But the pursuers were getting closer and closer. Cao Wushang's horse had been galloping for two hours, exhausted, and the war horses kept sniffing, and could fall to the ground at any time. They died here. Once the horse fell, Cao Wushang knew very well that he would die without a doubt.

Even at this time, Cao Wushang turned around and fought hard, and had only a hundred people under his command, and he could not resist Li Shang's two thousand cavalry. Even if he could fight Li Shang alone, he would not be able to escape the misfortune in the end.

In a state of grief and anger, Cao Wushang raised his head and shouted: "Oh my God, I, Cao Wushang, are you going to die here?"

I wanted to make friends with Xiang Yu and find a way out to leave Liu Bang's command, but I didn't want to backfire. At this time, I was chased by Liu Bang. Seeing that the speed of the war horses gradually slowed down, the pursuers behind gradually approached. Even more than a hundred people around him were occasionally caught and killed by random knives.

Instead of being captured alive by Li Shang, it is better to settle yourself and not humiliate yourself to come to this world. Thinking of this, Cao Wushang put the sword in his hand across his neck. He was sad and felt sad. He shouted to the sky again: "Forget it, forgot, God is so will. Li Shang, why should you catch up with it so urgently? I will do it to you,"

The side of the person wanted to stop him, but the horses of both sides were galloping. They could only watch Cao Wushang commit suicide, but they had no choice but to do anything. Several people shouted: "General... don't,"

Cao Wushang closed his eyes and used his right hand to cut his Adam's apple. However, at this critical moment, a feather arrow roared and the arrow hit the hilt, giving the sword a thrust, causing the bronze sword to tilt outward and fell from Cao Wushang's hand.

Then three more arrows were shot, each of which was shot at the vital point, and Cao Wushang sat down and shot to death. The moment the horse fell to the ground, Cao Wushang was thrown out. More than a hundred soldiers and their followers followed Cao Wushang to stop the war horses, jumped down, and ran to Cao Wushang. Some people went to support him, and the remaining people formed a circle and looked around with vigilance.

The pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, and everyone was sweating on their foreheads, extremely nervous, and the breath of death was approaching, but none of them were willing to escape.

Cao Wushang also staggered and stood up. He looked back and saw that Li Shang was less than three miles away from him. A military horse suddenly jumped out of his way. He threw the soil on his body with his hand and sighed: "I won't let you live or die. How unfair the world is,"

After Cao Wushang's roar, the team that had just stopped him from committing suicide had already rushed forward, with the leader, holding a black eagle bow in his hand, he was Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang looked at Cao Wushang with a cold look and said coldly: "You are Cao Wushang,"

"You are," Cao Wushang was a little surprised, but he quickly remembered it and couldn't help but say in surprise: "You are General Xiang Zhuang,"

In the battle to capture Fengxiang, Cao Wushang had seen Xiangzhuang. At this time, looking at the precious bow in Xiangzhuang's hand, Cao Wushang could determine that the arrows just now must have been shot by Xiangzhuang.

But why did he stop himself from committing suicide?

Cao Wushang was very surprised. He looked back and saw that Li Shang was getting closer and closer. Despair made Cao Wushang shake his head and sigh: "General Xiang Zhuang, you should go quickly. There are pursuers behind him. They are coming to me. Don't implicate you because of me."

"Hmph, what ability do you have to implicate me," Xiang Zhuang laughed loudly, and then ordered: "Take Cao Wushang away,"

Suddenly hundreds of Chu cavalry rushed up. The soldiers around Cao Wushang immediately surrounded him vigilantly and wanted to resist. Cao Wushang knew that there were ambushers in front and pursuers in the back, and he had no way out. But if he asked him to choose one between Li Shang and Xiang Zhuang, Cao Wushang would rather capture his own, Xiang Zhuang.

At this time, everyone wanted to make a last try for Cao Wushang, and Cao Wushang shouted loudly: "You all get out of the way. I am willing to go with General Xiang Zhuang, and I want to kill and cut them all, and I will listen to the emperor."

The soldiers looked at Xiang Zhuang and others unwillingly, and Cao Wushang bowed to Xiang Zhuang again: "I just hope that General Xiang Zhuang can accept my brothers. If they fall into Liu Bang's hands, they will definitely die."

"You are quite loyal, I promise you."

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand immediately: "Take them away, so please comfort them well, don't be too slow,"

Everyone took Cao Wushang and his group away. Xiang Zhuang watched them walk away immediately, and then he ordered: "Let's array,"

Mei Jiao personally led his army to set up a formation in the middle of the road. Several cavalrymen took out their horns from their arms, put them on their mouths, and blew them hard: "Woo..."

This is the pace of the upcoming battle. Soon, two thousand Li Shang's men galloped over. Seeing that the Chu army was already waiting, they had to slam the battle horses and set up their formations. A lieutenant hurriedly rode the horse back and whispered a few words in Li Shang's ear. Li Shang was furious and hurried to the front of the formation, just in time to meet Xiang Zhuang.

"General Xiangzhuang, we have a rebel general who escaped. Please get out of the way," Li Shang's tone was cold and he was not polite, but Xiangzhuang ignored Li Shang. He immediately played with the sword in his hand. The sword was black as a whole. After a while, Xiangzhuang slowly unsheathed the sword. In the sun, the murderous aura of the sword splashed everywhere, making people shudder.

Xiang Zhuang put his sword across his chest, stared at Li Shang, and said coldly: "This is the important place of the Chu army. If you lead the army, do you want to kick the camp?"

After stopping, Xiang Zhuang said again: "Don't bully me, no one in the Chu army. If you don't accept it, you can fight me for three or five rounds. If you can win, I will let you go."

Xiang Zhuang's provocation made Li Shang extremely unhappy. He wanted to go out and try it, but after all, it had already passed Mount Li, which was Xiang Yu's sphere of influence. If he went to fight rashly, Xiang Yu would have reason to cross Mount Li and directly //At that time, his recklessness would harm Liu Bang.

Thinking of this, Li Shang finally endured this tone. He looked at the sky. According to the time, Liu Bang should have been on the way to come. As long as Cao Wushang was in Chu Camp, he was not afraid that he could escape from Guanzhong. Thinking of this, Li Shang had to change his tone and said, "General Xiang Zhuang, I have no intention of offending you, let's say goodbye."

Li Shang turned his horse's head and waved forward and said, "Let's retreat,"

Li Shang led his army to retreat in a mighty way. Looking at their departure, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but smile coldly. If Li Shang really challenged him, Xiang Zhuang was confident that he could persuade Xiang Yu to attack Liu Bang and Liu Bang was destroyed. Who else in the world could compete for power?

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang put away his sword, laughed to the sky, and laughed out loud. //Unruly, this is an era of random murder, and it is also an era of heroes carrying it. One hundred thousand soldiers' souls are buried in the foreign land, heroes compete for the destiny, treacherous heroes, heroes, who is the ups and downs, conspiracy, open conspiracy, who is the real dragon, the country, the beauty, this is the case from generation to generation. Only by putting aside everything can you become the real master of this era.

A long time later, when the figure of Li Shang's army was no longer visible from afar, Xiang Zhuang turned his horse's head and ordered everyone: "We will return to the camp,"

After Li Shang was blocked by Xiangzhuang, he had to lead his army back. He galloped all the way and gave him a scout. Finally, he found Liu Bang's route and turned to the Li Shang foothills trail to meet with Liu Bang.

About an hour later, Li Shang finally saw Liu Bang who was slowly coming. He quickly came to Liu Bang by horse and bowed his hand, "Lord, I..."

Seeing Li Shang returning empty-handed, Liu Bang had guessed a few points. Perhaps, Cao Wu's life should not be lost, but he actually escaped. Liu Bang had a secret hatred in his heart and sighed: "Just run away, you can go with me to Xiang Yu's camp."

"No, it's not that Cao Wushang ran away, it's that he was rescued," Li Shang stuttered,

Hearing that he was rescued, Liu Bang could no longer contain the anger in his heart. He looked at Li Shang coldly and said word by word: "Who is so bold?"

“It’s Xiangzhuang,”

"Xiang Zhuang, you shameless man," Liu Bang was furious, and he roared angrily: "You dare to openly save my rebel general. I am incompatible with you."

Seeing Liu Bang's disobedience, Zhang Liang sighed, "It's true that it's not as expected. General Liu, our enemy in the future will not be Xiang Yu, nor is it all coalition forces, but Xiang Zhuang,"

After saying that, Zhang Liang gave a wink to Li Shang and others. Li Shang and others made a way, and the team continued to move forward. Two thousand soldiers and horses also integrated into Liu Bang's team. After walking for a while, Zhang Liang said again: "Xiang Zhuang has begun to show its edge, we must be careful,"

"You might as well say it straight," Liu Bang had calmed down a little at this time. He gradually realized that it was not accidental that Xiang Zhuang rescued Cao Wushang. Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that he had just expelled Cao Wushang, and his feet appeared.

Just when Liu Bang was puzzled, Zhang Liang said again: "Cao Wushang can also be regarded as a tiger general. Xiang Zhuang took action to save him, but in order to win over the hearts of the people, he took Cao Wushang under his command. This is Xiang Zhuang recruiting talents."

After hearing Zhang Liangyi's words, Liu Bang completely understood that Xiang Zhuang had indeed begun to plan a way out. This powerful enemy must be eliminated.

But when I think about it carefully, Liu Bang couldn't save himself at this time, how could he eradicate Xiang Zhuang? Thinking of this, Liu Bang couldn't help but smiled with a ridicule. The current situation was so he could only take one step and look at it.

After a while, Liu Bang immediately sighed: "I am very worried that Xiang Zhuang will take advantage of my visit to Xiang Yu to design a trick to me, and my numbness can have a wonderful plan."

"It cannot be ruled out that Xiang Zhuang has left a backup plan, so we can only watch it. However, General Liu doesn't have to worry. With Xiang Bo as his inner support, Xiang Yu dares not give face."

Zhang Liang's comfort made Liu Bang feel relieved. He looked ahead and looked at the sky again. It was already midday. If he didn't rush to Xiang Yu's camp, after noon, Xiang Yu must have made things difficult for him because he did not pay attention to the meeting.

"Snap forward, you must rush to Xiang Yu camp before noon," Liu Bang ordered immediately,

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