The queen must start from the head

Chapter 266 Battle of Julu
After Liu Bang accepted the arrangement of King Huai, Empress of Chu, after setting off on the Western Expedition, it was as if a god helped him along the way.

He first recruited Xiang Liang and Chen Sheng's scattered soldiers, then defeated Qin general Wang Li's army, and then pushed the men of other rebels from all walks of life, making his team grow stronger and stronger.

Later, when they attacked a place called Changyi, they failed to take it down.

At this time, generals Peng Yue, Li Shiqi and other talents came to join Liu Bang.

After that, Liu Bang continued to advance westward, captured Yingyang one after another, and invaded the Luoyang Basin.

In June, Liu Bangjun fought against Nanyang County, and the county guards here fled all the way to Wancheng.

Liu Bang wanted to give up the pursuit, but Zhang Liang persuaded him that if he gave up the pursuit, our army would probably be attacked by the enemy.

As a result, when Liu Bang led people to attack Wancheng, the sheriff of Nanyang County surrendered to Liu Bang under the persuasion of his subordinates.

Maybe it's because Daqin is exhausted, or for some other reason.

Next, the cities on Liu Bang's westward march opened their gates and surrendered to him when his army arrived.

Liu Bang's side was going smoothly, but Xiang Yu encountered some troubles on the other side.

When King Huai, Empress of Chu, arranged for Xiang Yu to support Julu, he was named the second general, and the top general was General Song Yi.

After Song Yi led his troops to Anyang, they stopped to repair and refused to move forward.

However, in Xiang Yu's view, the Qin army was besieging Julu at this time, and their team led the army to arrive, just in time to give the Qin army an internal and external pincer attack and wipe them all out.

But Song Yi was stubborn and insisted on not wanting to send troops. He even entertained guests in the army, drinking and having fun.

His stay lasted more than 40 days, which wasted a lot of opportunities.

At this time, the weather on both sides of the Tongtian River was damp and cold, and it was raining heavily.

Xiang Yu, who had patrolled around the barracks, returned to his tent with a cold face.

Just now he walked all the way through the barracks and found that the soldiers were trapped here, most of them were suffering from cold and starvation.

Unfortunately, Song Yi has been reluctant to send troops. Is it possible that we really have to force him to take action?

He thought about it in the camp, and finally went to see Fan Zeng, the last general of the army, to ask his opinion.

Fan Zeng is now in his seventies and old age.

This trip with the army, his body couldn't bear it, and many old problems on his body also followed.

Seeing Xiang Yu visiting him at night, he also guessed the purpose of his visit.

There is a candle in the tent, and the candle light flickers gently.

Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng sat face to face.

Xiang Yu spoke first, "Father Ya, you know why Song Yi has been reluctant to send troops for so long?"

Fan Zeng's eyes turned slightly, as if a light flashed through his pupils.

This scene did not escape Xiang Yu's eyes.

He had known for a long time that his sub-father was not an extraordinary person, had extraordinary means, and was quite insightful in all matters.

Fan Zeng caressed his beard and said, "It should be that King Huai was afraid and asked Song Yi to fight carefully. That's why he wanted to sit back and watch Qin's army and Zhao's snipe and clam fight, so that the fisherman could benefit."

Xiang Yu thought to himself, is King Huai afraid?
Who is he afraid of?Could it be yourself?
After all, Song Yi was promoted by King Huai, and King Huai had no reason to trust him and not Song Yi.

Also, Song Yi originally followed his uncle Xiang Liang.

Later his uncle was defeated and killed, Song Yi was not only safe and sound, but was valued by King Huai.

In Xiang Yu's heart, his uncle's death may not have nothing to do with this person.

Therefore, after thinking for a moment, he stood up, approached Fan Zeng, and said, "Father, it's better than us..."

He didn't say anything behind, but his right hand made a diagonal chop gesture towards the air.

That's the beheading pose.

He planned to kill Song Yi.

Hearing Xiang Yu's words, Fan Zeng glanced at the pillar of luck on his head,
The child's luck pillar contains red light and golden light intertwined with traces of gray energy.

This means that although his move is risky, the result may not be bad.

Therefore, under Xiang Yu's gaze, Fan Zeng finally nodded.

Seeing Yafu nodding, Xiang Yu also put down a big stone in his heart.

After the two talked for a while, Xiang Yu planned to get up and leave.

Before leaving, he suddenly asked on a whim, "Ya Fu, if one day I am cornered, will someone come down from the sky to save me?"

Fan Zeng was taken aback.

He looked up at Xiang Yu and said, "Why did Yu'er suddenly ask this question?"

Xiang Yu smiled and said, "It's just nonsense."

After speaking, he picked up the curtain of the tent and walked out.

Inside the tent, the dim orange candlelight reflected Fan Zeng's weather-beaten face.

The firelight on the table revealed his lonely figure cast on the ground.

But gradually, a gust of cold wind came in from outside the tent, and the shadow on the ground shivered slightly and turned into two.

At this time, a dark figure emerged from the second shadow and stood in front of Fan Zeng.

After seeing the person coming, Fan Zeng immediately stood up and saluted the person, and respectfully shouted "Meet the envoy".

The visitor asked in a cold voice, "Xiang Yu, how strong is he now?"

After thinking for a while, Fan Zeng replied, "This son is already a prince among the people. If he wins this battle, he can make all the princes submit and become king."

Hei Ying thought to himself, is it close to being able to become king?
That's right, the door was already dissatisfied with his meddling in the lower realm. If Xiang Yu could become king at this time, with his strength and Fan Zeng's strategy, with a little help from himself, he would be able to rule the world.

So Heiying nodded and said, "Since that's the case, when you start a big battle with the Qin army later, you will have divine power to help you, so you don't need to make a fuss at that time."

Hearing this, Fan Zeng bowed down and thanked him, "Thank you, the envoy!"

But when he straightened up, the black shadow in front of him had quietly disappeared.

In the tent where he was alone again, it became deserted again for a while.

Fan Zeng sighed inaudibly.

The envoy's background and methods are all extraordinary, if the opponent directly participates in the battle, the Chu army will be invincible and invincible.But the other party is only willing to hide in the dark to command, and push him out to do things in front of others.

This approach made him faintly feel uneasy.

He suspected that if Yu'er failed to proclaim himself king and become emperor in the future, this person might mercilessly kick him and Yu'er away.

Fangcai Yu'er asked him if one day he was cornered by someone, would someone come down from the sky to save him? He thought maybe there would be no one.

Even if he himself was about to die on the road one day, no one would come to save him.

At this moment, Fan Zeng clearly realized that he seemed to be a chess piece forced to be on a huge chessboard.

He is a chess piece, Yuer is a chess piece, King Huai is a chess piece, and Liu Bang is also a chess piece...

Above the chessboard, there are hands invisible to him, on the chessboard between heaven and earth, manipulating these chess pieces to choose to advance or retreat.

They all hide behind many forces and almost never show up in front of others.

Now he himself is already in the game, he can only bite the bullet and go on, there is no possibility of quitting the game.

Unless... until the day he died.

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The next day, the weather on the river bank was very gloomy.

In the gray sky, thick clouds hang low, as if it will rain at any time.

Xiang Yu got up early in the morning.

Putting on his armor, he first touched his face with cold water, and then set off for Song Yi's camp.

The guards guarding the general's camp did not raise any suspicions about him.

Hearing that he was in a hurry to find the general, he was put in the camp.

But not long after the other party entered, the guards heard a scream that seemed to come from the camp.

Not long after, Xiang Yu walked out with a livid face, a sword in his right hand, and a bloody human head in his left hand.

On that head and face that was still dripping with blood, eyes wide open, lips parted, who else could it be if it wasn't Song Yi?

Seeing that all the soldiers in the camp had gathered, Xiang Yu immediately raised the head in his hand and shouted loudly, "Song Yi is a wolf with ambitions. He entertained the envoys of the Qi State these few days in order to conspire with the Qi State to overthrow our country. Great Chu! I have obeyed the secret order of the King of Chu to kill this son!"

After saying that, he threw the head in his hand to the ground.

The large head rolled a few times on the ground, causing the soldiers standing in the front row to take a few big steps back in unison.

Soon, the words Xiang Yu just said spread in the barracks.

Although some people suspect that what he said is a lie, don't you see that he still holds the bloody sword in his hand?
This person is the second general. Once the general dies, he will be the person with the highest status in the entire camp. Who dares to go against him?
After seeing the current situation clearly, someone immediately said, "At the beginning, the people who supported the King of Chu were all members of General Xiang's family. Everyone knows your loyalty to King Chu very well."

"Now the king of Chu has a secret order to let you kill these rebellious officials and thieves. I have no objection. However, the army cannot be without a commander for a day, and someone must take the position of general. In my opinion, Why don't you all recommend General Xiang as acting general?"

After hearing what this person said, Xiang Yu cast an appreciative look at him without any trace.

After other people heard this, it made sense to think about it.

After all, Xiang Yu was famous as a hero when he was young.

He was born with infinite strength and was very powerful in martial arts. Many people in the army were convinced of him.

As a result, everyone supported him as acting general.

After Xiang Yu accepted this position, he sent his two confidant teams.

One of the teams was responsible for hunting down Song Yi's son.

A few days ago, the reason why Song Yi entertained the people of Qi State in the army was to find a good position for his son in Qi State.

Now that Song Yi has died in his hands, the other party's son will naturally have to eradicate him.

The other team is responsible for going to the place where the King of Chu is and reporting to him what happened in the army.

In Chu Palace.

King Huai was furious when he learned that Xiang Yu had killed Song Yi who he trusted in private.

However, the situation on the front line was stalemate, and no one under his command was available for a while.

Therefore, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and issue a document, directly appointing Xiang Yu as the general, and sent an envoy to pass the news back to Xiang Yu's army.

At this time, the story of Xiang Yu's murder of Song Yi had already spread in the Chu State, and the princes of other countries had also heard about it, and they couldn't help feeling a little awe of Xiang Yu.

For Xiang Yu, now that the stumbling block of Song Yi has been removed, the next thing to do is naturally to defeat Qin.

He seized the time to reorganize the army and sent two generals to lead two armies to cross the Tongtian River.

After the two armies successfully crossed the river, they intercepted several times the supply and grass of the Qin army who was besieging Zhao at this time. However, this move did not substantially help Zhao's siege.

In desperation, Zhao sent people to find Xiang Yu overnight and asked him to send troops to support him.

So Xiang Yu resolutely decided to lead the whole army across the river!
In order to boost morale, after the soldiers passed by, he ordered people to break the cooking pots and sink all the boats crossing the river.Because this battle is a battle of life and death!

They can only go forward, there is no way back!
Facing the situation of a last stand, the murderous spirit and morale of the Chu army were raised to the extreme.

After that, Xiang Yu took the lead and led the army to fight nine battles with the Qin army.

In every battle, he rushed to the forefront, and he was brave and invincible.

On the battlefield, the Chu soldiers shouted in unison, the voice shook the heavens and the earth, arousing the blood and murderous aura in the hearts of the comrades.

Because they are not fighting alone!
Does it say no clothes? With the same robe.

Cultivate my spear and share the same hatred with my son!
After these nine battles, Xiang Yu forced Zhang Han to defeat and move north to join Wang Li's army who came to support him.

Seeing that the opponent had become a dog in the water, Xiang Yu continued to march north to attack Wang Li, and finally defeated the Qin army in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the general situation of the Qin army was over, the Qin generals who were unwilling to surrender to Xiang Yu committed suicide one after another. Wang Li was captured alive by him, and Zhang Han surrendered to him. This battle of Julu can be described as a complete victory.

At this time, Xiang Yu returned triumphantly with the posture of complete victory, and summoned the nearby princes and generals at Yuanmen.

It was still freezing cold.

However, when the princes came to see him, they all knelt on the ground and moved forward step by step on their knees to worship the terrible man sitting on the high throne.

When he got close, no one dared to look up at him.

But anyone who has seen Xiang Yu stand against a hundred with one on the battlefield will not be overwhelmed by his murderous aura.

This man is a born god of war!

He will be a generation of overlords, and he is very likely to become a generation of overlords in the future!
If you want to take refuge in this person, now is the best time.

If they don't know how to seize the opportunity, they are really fools!

Therefore, with the support of many princes, Xiang Yu became the "general of princes".

With great power in his hands, he became the commander-in-chief of the armies of the princes from all walks of life.

This year Xiang Yu was only 25 years old.

……

When Xiang Yu won the big victory in the Battle of Julu, Liu Bang, who was still advancing westward, sent envoys to Xiancheng.

The news of Qin Ershi's death spread quickly.

Although Zhao Gao claimed that the second emperor committed suicide, everyone with a discerning eye knew that he forced Qin Ershi to death.

But in the eyes of most of the world, these two people are not good birds.

One played power, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and the other favored traitors and ignored the government, all of which were the scourge of Great Qin.

Later, Zhao Gao sent people to kill Prince Ying of Qin, who tried his best to save the Qin Dynasty from collapse, and even demoted himself to the title of "King of Qin" instead of the emperor.

But all to no avail.

When Liu Bang led his army to continue westward and dispatched good generals to attack Hanzhong, Ba, Shu and other places, Daqin organized its last strength to fight Liu Bang's army to the death.

But the final result of this battle was still a big defeat.

In this way, the Great Qin Empire, which had come to a dead end, was like a giant beast riddled with holes. After draining its last drop of blood, it collapsed completely and its life came to an end.

This year, Qin Ziying sat on a white horse and pulled a white car to surrender to Liu Bang on the road that Liu Bang must pass through, and handed over the jade seal of Daqin.

Some of Liu Bang's men advised him to kill Qin Prince Ying, but Liu Bang refused and just kept him as a prisoner.

When this little gangster who came all the way from Pei County entered Xiancheng, the capital of the Great Qin Kingdom, and saw those magnificent palaces with carved beams and painted buildings, he couldn't help but get excited.

So many gorgeous palaces, this inexhaustible treasure of gold and silver, from now on, it will all belong to Liu Bang!

So, he lived in the most noble palace in the world happily, and began to enjoy life.

At this time, he didn't know that after winning the battle of Julu, Xiang Yu was leading an army of 40 to rush towards Guanzhong starry night.

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