Chapter 45: All the princes in the world rebelled against Chu
"Qin Jun? Gu Zheng was preparing to look for them, but they came to the door themselves." Xiang Yu turned to look at Fan Zeng: "Father, let's go take a look together."
The envoy of the Qin army was Bei Guhe, one of Han Xin's subordinates. On that day, he was lucky enough to kill Xiang Yu with his sword. He was not frightened when he saw Xiang Yu. He followed the etiquette of the emperor's envoys to the princes and kings.
Xiang Yu didn't care. After completing a set of procedures, he expressed the purpose of his trip and presented a list of exchanges.
Seeing this list, to be honest, Xiang Yu was actually a little overjoyed. As long as he could get Yu Ji and Xiang Zhuang back, he would be happy without risking sending troops to attack Qin.
Although I thought so in my heart, I still had to discuss it with Fan Ya's father. After all, it would not be good to make his own decisions just after he came down the mountain: "Qin Envoy, you go down first, and then you can discuss it with Fan Ya's father."
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After Beigu retreated, Xiang Yu handed the list to Fan Zeng: "What do you think, Yafu?"
"I would like to ask your Majesty, does Yu Ji have to be saved?"
Xiang Yu was silent for a while, and then answered decisively: "Yu Ji is Gu's second life. You can give up anything in the world, but she is the only one that Gu will never leave alone."
Looking at Xiang Yu who was serious, Fan Zeng had no choice but to say: "Then change it. This year there will be a bumper harvest in Chu. We can still make up two to three hundred thousand stones of grain and grass. For the rest, you can issue an edict to collect from other princes."
"As for the gold, we have also issued an order to all the princes and kings to collect it. If they don't obey, we will get it ourselves. Anyway, it's time to give them some color to see, so as not to think that Yu'er can't lift the sword.
Xiang Yu bowed deeply, and then said fiercely: "Xie Ya's father is considerate, Gu Ye thinks it's time to teach them a lesson, the tiger doesn't show its power and thinks I'm a sick cat."
"Having said that, we can still negotiate the price and pay less if we can."
“It’s all up to Yafu!”
The bargaining between the two military groups was a battle of wits and courage. After many negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement. After obtaining Li Feng's consent, Han Xin agreed to Xiang Yu.
"Five hundred thousand stones of grain and grass, four hundred thousand taels of gold, three thousand fine horses, and twenty boxes of pearls and jade. The two countries have agreed not to start a war within three years, and then Yu Ji and Xiang Zhuang can be sent back."
"All supplies must be delivered to Hangu Pass within four months without any mistakes. Otherwise, Xiang Zhuang will be beheaded in public and Yu Ji will be put into the Jiaofang Division. I hope King Xiang will not make any mistakes."
Han Xin is not polite at all. How aggrieved he was under Xiang Yu's account back then, he is now so arrogant.
"Han Xin, this traitor, deceives others too much!"
Xiang Yu was furious, but he had no choice. He knew exactly where Jiaofangsi was. Now that the initiative was in someone else's hands, he had no choice but to submit.
Food and grass are easy to collect, but gold, horses, treasures and other items need to be given to the various princes.
An edict was issued from Pengcheng, asking Zhang Er, the king of Changshan, Wei Bao, the king of the Western Wei Dynasty, Liu Bang, the king of Qi, Yingbu, the king of Jiujiang, Zhao Xie, the king of Dai, Gongao, the king of Linjiang, and others to come together to collect the numbers.
Unexpectedly, only Yingbo contributed 30,000 yuan, while the other princes all complained and made excuses.
Liu Bang saw that Xiang Yu was gradually losing the support of the public. On the surface, he threatened to raise military pay to support his good brothers. In fact, he secretly contacted seven princes, including Zhang Er, Wei Bao, Zhao Xie, Gong Ao, Wu Rui, and Zang Tu, to kill the Righteous Emperor and blackmail him for no reason.
All the princes came together to oppose Xiang Yu.
Among them, the King of Linjiang and the King of Hengshan took the lead in attacking. They gathered a total of 200,000 troops and purchased a large amount of Liu Bang's specially made fire oil, siege engines and other weapons. They attacked the royal city of Jiujiang Wang Yingbu with lightning speed. Yingbu fled in embarrassment.
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Xiang Yu was furious, so he selected the best men in the army, organized 30,000 elite cavalry, and gathered his famous generals such as Zhong Limei, Chen Wu, Ji Bu, Chen Ping, Luan Bu, and Ying Bu to conquer Gong Ao and Wu Rui.
After the first battle, the Chu army descended like a divine force from the sky and killed the coalition forces of Gong Ao and Wu Rui until they lost their helmets and armor and were completely defeated.
However, after regaining Yingbu's territory, in the name of losing troops and losing land, Yingbu's royal title was revoked, Jiujiang County was established, Jiujiang territory was included in the territory of Western Chu, and general Zhong Limei was sent to guard it.
Although Yingbu was dissatisfied, he did not dare to show off.
Now Xiang Yu finally realized that the enfeoffment system was wrong and was preparing to continue the attack. When he destroyed King Linjiang and King Hengshan in one battle, Pengcheng was in danger.
The other five princes sent a total of 600,000 troops and elected Liu Bang as the leader of the alliance. They invaded the Chu region and attacked the city along the way. Soon they arrived at the gate of Pengcheng. Seeing that the situation was not good, the defender Peng Yue presented the city and surrendered.
Chen Ping, who stayed in the city, was alert in advance and escaped overnight to seek help from Xiang Yu.
When Xiang Yu learned this, he was furious and immediately decided to send his army to Pengcheng after resting for two days.
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu completely broke up.
After easily capturing Pengcheng, Liu Bang thought that Xiang Yu's lair had been uprooted, and underestimated the possibility of Xiang Yu's quick counterattack. He neglected to be on guard. He neither had a strategic plan to counter Xiang Yu's possible counterattack against Pengcheng nor made corresponding combat arrangements.
He boldly searched for treasures and beauties in the city, and spent the whole day drinking and having fun with the beautiful ministers in Xiang Yu's palace, celebrating his victory.
At midnight, when the war came, Liu Bang and other princes and kings were still sleeping with their beauties in their arms, while Xiang Yu had arrived ten miles outside Pengcheng and was cheering for the soldiers:
"Brothers, you are the Jiangdong soldiers whom Gu relies on the most. Ever since Gu raised his army, you have been invincible and invincible. No one has ever dared to act wild on the heads of our Jiangdong soldiers."
Xiang Yu pointed in the direction of Pengcheng and shouted to all the soldiers: "But now, Liu Bang, Wei Bao and those despicable villains have actually captured our Pengcheng. Our fathers, fellow villagers, wives and children are being humiliated by them, and our property
They plundered everything, what do you think we should do?"
"Kill back, kill! Kill!" The soldiers of the Chu army were furious.
"Okay, in this battle, I want you to go all out and kill until all those bastards are driven away."
Xiang Yu led his army from the south of Lu to the direction of Pengcheng. In the first battle, he defeated the Han army at Xiaqiu via Lu and beheaded Liu Bang's general Xia Houying. Then he immediately galloped to Huling and took advantage of the darkness to encircle Xiaoyi again. The situation was overwhelming.
At dawn, they bypassed the solid city head in front of Pengcheng and suddenly launched a general attack from the flanks.
The Han army suffered an unexpected attack and could not organize effective resistance at all. They fled in a hurry towards the Pengcheng base camp. Xiang Yu pursued him to the base camp, while Liu Bang and other princes were still meeting with Zhou Gong.
Facing a sudden attack by Xiang Yu's army, they trampled on each other and became chaotic. Then they were defeated like a mountain and more than 100,000 people were killed by Xiang Yu's army in the suburbs of Pengcheng.
Liu Bang and others had just woken up at this time, and hurriedly led their troops to flee south. With the so-called new weapons they developed, they attempted to organize a counterattack by taking advantage of the favorable terrain in the Luliang Mountain area.