Chapter 271: Father and Son Meet
Bi Shu vomited blood and fainted, and this peak showdown ended with Fan Zeng's victory.
Zhuang suddenly turned around and strode towards the door. Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and others also looked moved and followed him with great strides.
After going downstairs, Fan Zeng had already returned to the quiet room with the support of two boys. Bi Shu, who vomited blood and fainted, disappeared, and was probably rescued by a familiar friend.
Without any pause, Xiangzhuang walked straight to the quiet room in the northwest corner.
The two boys guarding outside the screen may have received instructions or guessed Xiang Zhuang's identity, but did not reach out to stop Xiang Zhuang. Xiang Zhuang walked straight into the screen. Xiang Zhuang followed Xiang Zhuang behind Xiang Zhuang. Xiang Tuo and others also wanted to enter the quiet room, but were stopped by the two boys. Xiang Tuo was very anxious to argue but asked Xiang Zhuang to stop him.
Xiang knew very well that Xiang Zhuang and the old military advisor must have a lot to say at this time.
Xiang Zhuang strode into the quiet room and saw Fan Zeng quietly sitting in a wheelchair at a glance.
In theory, Xiang Zhuang’s current spiritual hun came from later generations and had no relationship with Fan Zeng. But I don’t know if it was because Fan Zeng left too well in history and ending too tragic, or if Xiang Zhuang’s body still had the original Xiang Zhuang’s residual hun. In short, at this moment, Xiang Zhuang’s nose felt a hint of inexplicable sorrow.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Fan Zeng, who was sitting in a wheelchair, looked up slightly and asked, "Ji'er, is it you?"
"Father Ya? Father Ya!" Xiang Zhuang could no longer suppress the inexplicable emotions that surged in his heart. He rushed forward and knelt down on one knee in front of Fan Zeng's wheelchair. He reached out and hugged Fan Zeng's obviously hunched body, and said emotionally, "Father Ya, it turns out that you are really still alive. It's great, this is really great."
At this moment, Xiang Zhuang's emotions were completely fake.
Xiang Zhuang really respects the little old man sitting in a wheelchair in front of him who looks lying down from his bones, and feels kind from the depths of the spirit. Xiang Yu has a fan who is unable to use it, resulting in his defeat at Gaixia and slashing his throat to Wujiang. What he left for future generations is not only sigh, regret, or pain?
Now, Fan Zeng sat in front of him. How can Xiang Zhuang not be moved, how can Xiang Zhuang not be excited, how can he not be moved? You must know that Fan Zeng is a great man who is smarter than Zhang Liang and Wei Liao. In some aspects, such as decisive killing, Fan Zeng is even above Zhang Liang and Wei Liao. God treats him well!
The gods really treat Xiang Zhuang well. Although Mr. Wei left, he sent his father Ya back!
Fan Zeng's blind eyes were filled with turbid tears. He reached out to wipe away the tears with his sleeve, then patted Xiang Zhuang's shoulder and said with emotion: "Ji'er, I didn't expect that my father was really unexpected. Your brother Wang had already been defeated and committed suicide. Seeing that the Great Chu had already perished, you asked you to make the overall situation come back."
To be honest, when he left Xingyang, Fan Zeng was really desperate about Xiang Yu, and he really felt that the State of Chu was over. Before leaving, Fan Zeng reiterated the extremely resolute words he said at the Hongmen Banquet: If all of them are captured, that means that you will sooner or later become Liu Bang's captives.
After leaving Xingyang, Fan Zeng did not return to Pengcheng. He also took the excuse of a cervical attack on the road and lived in seclusion. Fan Zeng's subordinates escorted him back to Pengcheng, and the one buried in Fan Zeng's old home nest was actually just an empty coffin filled with stones. Fan Zeng ran to Tiantai County, Kuaiji County and lived in seclusion.
Shortly after living in seclusion in Tiantai, the news of Xiang Yu's defeat spread throughout Jiangdong. Then Guan Ying and Zhou Bo fought across Jiangdong one after another. Xiang Guan only led more than 10,000 remnants of the Chu army to retreat to Qiantang. With the support of the local clan, just when Fan Zeng thought that the Han army would wipe out Xiang Guan's remnants with thunder, Zhou Bo and Guan Ying suddenly withdrew!
Immediately afterwards, an even more shocking news spread in the land of Chu. Xiang Zhuang was ordered to complete a counterattack in a desperate situation. He forced the 700,000 coalition forces of Liu Bang, Han Xin and other princes to retreat in one fell swoop. Liu Bang almost died in the Dabie Mountains. The remaining troops of Chu in various places were very excited when they heard the news, and the situation fell into a stalemate.
At this time, Fan Zeng had thought that he would travel thousands of miles to Dabie Mountain to assist Xiangzhuang. Unfortunately, Fan Zeng's eyesight was greatly reduced and almost blind, but his two tui were unable to walk due to cold attacks. He had no other relatives beside him except an elderly servant and two young grandchildren of his servant. He could not travel at all, so he had to give up.
In a blink of an eye, more than half a year passed. Xiang Tuo first brought his remnants back to Jiangdong. Xiang Guan took advantage of the situation to counterattack. The two of them worked together to drive the Han army out of Jiangdong. Not long after, they fought thousands of miles and reversed the world's general trend in one fell swoop. Xiang Zhuang also brought back tens of thousands of cavalry. All Xiangs were dissatisfied and wanted to compete for the throne of King Chu. The situation in Jiangdong suddenly became complicated.
At this time, the time for Fan Zeng to come out was ripe, but he was not in a hurry to come out.
Fan Zeng wanted to see if Xiang Zhuang was not only impressive in military terms, but also in politics, it was also very mature enough in politics. To talk about military achievements, Xiang Zhuang's performance was slightly inferior to Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu eventually ruined the good situation because of his political short-sightedness. Fan Zeng wanted to see if Xiang Zhuang was another Xiang Yu?
In the end, Xiang Zhuang's soldiers resolved the disputes between Xiang without bloodshed and successfully ascended the throne. The facts proved that Xiang Zhuang was far better than Xiang Yu in politics. Fan Zeng saw that it was so comforted by Lao Huai, so he decided to go out. However, as soon as Mr. Fan arrived in Wuzhong, Jiangdong was besieged by the seven-way coalition forces, and Xiang Zhuang also led his troops to go to Lujiang.
Since Xiang Zhuang was not here, Fan Zeng was too lazy to pay attention to others.
Next, Xiangzhuang repelled the seven-way coalition forces and then began to implement the new law.
Fan Zeng saw it, but he was relieved, but he had the idea of completely seclusion, because he discovered that Xiang Zhuang was quite mature at this time, both military and politically, and with the assistance of a large number of rising stars such as Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, Baili Xian, it would be insignificant whether he was a blind old man Fan Zeng. If it weren't for the shocking game against Bi Shu just now, Fan Zeng might have lived in seclusion like this.
Xiang Zhuang then sat down on the table with Fan Zeng, and then sat opposite Fan Zeng.
"Father Ya." Xiang Zhuang sighed and said with some emotion, "You don't know how dangerous the situation has been in the past year and how tired the child has been. Several times, the child wanted to give up, but when he thought of Brother Wang's instructions before his death, he felt that if he gave up like this, he would be in the dark and he could not explain to Brother Wang and his father in the future, so he gritted his teeth and persevered."
Fan Zeng said, "Ji'er, you are very good. You are really better than Yu'er!" After a pause, Fan Zeng said with emotion, "To be honest, I really didn't see that my father had such great wisdom, courage and determination, and even my father didn't think you were a general who could stand alone. Now it seems that Yu'er's light was covering you at the beginning."
When Xiang Yu was there, Xiang Zhuang was always Xiang Yu's personal general. The impression was that he was very brave and good at fighting, but he didn't like to use his brain. Now it seems that Xiang Zhuang was not smart, but Xiang Yu didn't give him a chance to use his brain at all. Fan Zeng didn't know that this Xiang Zhuang was no longer the same Xiang Zhuang, and they were just two people.
Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Father Ya, if it weren't for you today, I wouldn't be able to suppress Bishu."
Fan Zeng nodded and said, "This man has a very good chess skills. What is particularly rare is that he has such an accomplishment at such a young age. He is one of the only masters he has seen in his father's life. Just chess skills, this man is still above Zhang Liang back then. However, this kid is still young after all. He is still a little bit fighting with his father and tricks, hehe."
"Father Ya, this Bishu is not an ordinary person, he is the descendant of Guiguzi!" Xiang Zhuang said this and said, "The child is suffering from being unable to keep him in Chu State, but he doesn't know if Ya's has a solution?" "He is the descendant of Guigu?" Fan Zeng moved slightly, "No wonder."
After saying this, Fan Zeng said, "But Ji'er, you don't have to worry too much. For your father, you see what this person says and does, including playing chess with Xu Jiang and the little lady Xu Fu, it seems to be deliberately done. If nothing unexpected happens, this person has already belonged to the Great Chu, but is just trying to test whether you have tolerant and elegant temperament, haha."
Xiang Zhuang said: "However, if Yafu didn't beat him, Bi Shu would probably still leave."
Fan Zeng smiled slightly and suddenly said, "By the way, there is another thing. The little lady named Xu Fu, I just felt familiar with her. But now when I think about it carefully, I suddenly remembered that this woman is probably the famous Yin Yang family, but this woman has been following Liu Bang, but I don't know why she came to Wuzhong?"
"Yin Yang, everyone?" Xiang Zhuang's heart moved slightly when he heard this, "Xu Fu?"
Not to mention, Xiang Zhuang really saw Xu Fu's name in an unofficial history. It is said that this woman was born with a jade piece, and there was a picture of the King Wen's gossip on the jade piece, and she could speak a hundred days after she was born. Later, she studied under Huangshi Gong and learned from Wuche. In the end, she was named the Marquis of Female Ting by Liu Bang, and the first precedent for a woman to be named Marquis of Madame.
However, the anecdotes of the unofficial history also mentioned that there seemed to be some ambiguous entanglement between Xu Fu and Liu Bang, and even the relationship between Xu Fu and Empress Lu was quite good. Empress Lu was able to defeat Concubine Qi and Crown Prince Liu Ying was spared from being replaced by King Zhao Liu Ruyi, which seemed to have a great relationship with Xu Fu.
Xiang Zhuang suddenly understood Fan Zeng's implication and said immediately: "Father Ya, you mean that Xu Fu is the forbidden body of Liu Bang. If it can lead to good things between her and Bi Shu, it will be impossible for Bi Shu to join Liu Bang. In this way, our Great Chu will become Bi Shu's first choice, right?"
Chapter completed!