The Conqueror Isn’t Alone

After getting Han Xin's personal promise, Xiang Yu was finally satisfied.

After experiencing the battles of Wei and Zhao, and having that night talk, he still knew Han Xin's capabilities quite clearly.

As long as Han Xin is willing to do his best, Fengxian will be fine.

Before getting up and leaving, Xiang Yu suddenly said: "Do you know why Feng ran away a while ago?"

Han Xin looked stunned.

Wasn't the reason for my good brother's departure clearly stated in the letter?

Hermits are free and easy-going, which makes people yearn for them. This is because they are indifferent to fame and fortune, come out of righteousness in troubled times, and retire in righteousness when they see prosperity.

Xiang Yu said concisely and comprehensively: "I personally led the troops and pursued eastward for nearly ten days, but I still couldn't find any trace of Fengxian."

Having said this, Xiang Yu paused for a moment, looked at Han Xin who looked confused, and said slowly: "I heard that there were dozens of scoundrels on the outskirts of Huaiyin City, killing one of the rangers in one blow... I just knew that he was heading east all the way. The reason.”

Han Xin was deeply shocked and did not speak for a long time.

Even though Xiang Yu didn't say it clearly, he knew it well: in Huaiyin City, who else could be the bully in Huaiyin City who would provoke Xiandi to kill him personally, except Zhen Er and others who humiliated him deeply in the past?

Xiang Yu saw Han Xin's complex expression and clenched his fists, as if he was deep in thought, so he stopped staying.

His Majesty left, but Han Xin was still in a daze, having completely forgotten the emperor.

He slowly squatted down and covered his face with his hands.

He had mixed feelings in his heart, and his face showed an expression of sadness or joy.

When he was at his lowest and was humiliated, how could he not hate Zhen Er who "forced" him to harm him?

But now that he is successful and famous, if he ever returns to his hometown in glory, he may be relieved and not want to pursue the bleak past that made people worse.

But he forgot how happy and generous his virtuous brother was.

In the past, my wise brother once insulted Your Majesty because of Xiong Xin, so he went into trouble in the palace and killed the mighty King of Chu by himself. After that, he fought nearly a hundred people by himself without any fear.

He deliberately forgot about Zhen Er's humiliation in the past, but the wise brother never let it go - the first thing he did when he abandoned his official position and left the capital was to personally settle the old accounts that others had left with his brother.

The wise brother treated him with such deep affection, even if he was broken into pieces, he would not be able to repay him.

Little did Lu Bu know that a pleasant thing he did in a panic was first misunderstood by the stupid emperor, and then misunderstood by the cheap guy.

The Lord humiliates his ministers to death?

What a joke!

In his case, he is afraid that 'the master will insult his ministers and die! ’ Not bad!

He was half-opening his eyelids, listening absentmindedly to the report of the car named Li, and when he was waiting to set off westwards in half an hour, he was notified of His Majesty's sudden arrival.

Lu Bu, who was drowsy just now, suddenly became energetic the next moment.

That stupid emperor just grabbed him and said some things that made people go numb, so why is he here again?

Lu Bu glanced at the serious Li Chezi lightly: "Let him..."

As soon as the habitual "let him in" came to his lips, he swallowed it back and stiffly changed his words: "I will greet him right now."

"No need."

Unexpectedly, before the soldier could reply, Xiang Yu lifted the curtain himself and strode in.

Lu Bu glanced at him with suspicion, and then slowly prepared to salute.

Xiang Yu raised his hand neatly, indicating that it was not necessary.

Li Zuoche, who had knelt down as soon as he saw the person's face clearly, quickly said to Xiang Yu: "Get up. Stand down first. I have something to tell you first."

Li Zuoche had no doubt that he was there and hurried out.

Perhaps he thought that His Majesty had important military matters to be handed over to the general. As soon as he left the tent, he ordered a group of soldiers to retreat a little further and guard them strictly, not allowing anyone to approach.

There was silence in the room. Lu Bu stared at the calm-looking Xiang Yu warily, and after a while he said, "What important orders does your Majesty have?"

He retreated for no reason, maybe he wanted to bite his tongue again!

"No." Xiang Yu quietly stared at his heroic sweetheart and said frankly: "I am about to leave first, and I can't feel at ease."

——If you can take one more look before leaving, just take one more look.

Lu Bu effortlessly understood the implication, and suddenly felt even more uncomfortable.

Others showed their intentions, and at most they only broke through a layer of window paper; but this fool, on the other hand, came up with a brutal kick, and kicked straight through a solid wall.

When those wives and concubines had their hearts set on him, they would only give him secret glances and soft words.

How can he be like this stupid emperor who has a soft and hard attitude, first pours a pot of hot soup, and then chases and beats him all the way with the warm soup?

There was a strange feeling lingering in Lu Bu's heart, and he didn't know why it arose.

He didn't want to meet the eyes of this stupid emperor again, so he looked away fiercely and said firmly: "From your Majesty's tone, it seems as if there is nothing to do in the court."

Xiang Yu was not annoyed at all when Lu Bu tried to persuade him with words, but just stared at him openly for a while.

It wasn't until Lu Bu was about to be stared at that his hair would explode that he stopped in time and turned around to leave.

At this moment, Lu Bu slapped his forehead and suddenly remembered another very important issue: "Your Majesty, please stay!"

Xiang Yu seemed to be waiting for this call. He stopped in his slow steps, turned around in the flash of lightning, and said calmly: "Oh?"

Lu Bu was preoccupied with national affairs, so why did he care what this stupid emperor was thinking about?

He rolled his eyes and kept tossing and turning himself all night long.

While sleeping, I was told some important things that I had worked hard to recall.

But it is said that as early as the founding of the country by the First Emperor, the unlucky Laozi and Shanyu Touman of Modu, who were later killed by him, unified the various tribes of the Xiongnu and continued to expand towards the south. Only if General Meng Tian sent troops to repel them, combined with the use of dangerous fortresses and the Great Wall to resist the outsiders, could the border defenses be consolidated and peace be achieved for a short period of time.

This Zhenbei Army stationed at the northern border has a strength of 300,000. And because there is a "straight road" built by Meng Tian under orders, if the emperor's order and military symbols are dispatched, the army can reach Guanzhong within three days.

However, the Zhenbei Army, which frightened the Xiongnu, had a bad fate before the civil strife: first, the son Fusu who had founded the army, the generals Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi and others were persecuted by the conspiracy of Hu Hai, Li Si and Zhao Gao. Either "force" him to "commit suicide", or trick him into entering the capital and kill him; and then send mediocre people to replace the military posts. In order to be wary of this powerful army or to raise the banner of bringing order to the "chaos", they would rather negotiate peace with the rebels, Even though he was seeking skin from a tiger, he refused to transfer back the 300,000 troops to suppress the North.

No matter how strict the military discipline of the Great Qin army was, it could not prevent the Shangguan who was sent to take over the army from now on either being incompetent or simply vacant. In addition, there was neither an imperial edict nor a military order, so even though they knew that the situation in Guanzhong was critical, they could only stand still.

After this, we waited until the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, and the princes split the land and became kings.

However, although this northern-suppressing army was powerful in the north, it was not known to the princes. No one who knows a little bit about this is Zhang Han, the former Qin general who once served as the Shaofu.

It's just that even Zhang Han doesn't know whether the Zhenbei Army is still there after many years of leaderlessness, or whether it has been silently disintegrated.

He couldn't bring himself to mention things he was unsure about to Xiang Yu, but he once expressed his feelings about it in a casual conversation with Han Xin.

He just expressed his feelings for a moment, but Han Xin took it to heart.

Han Xin's original plan was to make recommendations to His Majesty upon his return from the Western Expedition to Bashu and recommend Zhang Han to recruit these tribes to Chu, and either continue to guard the border, or disperse into various tribes.

Since the wise brother mentioned the Xiongnu issue first, Han Xin would tell Zhang Han all the news about the Zhenbei Army.

Lu Bu talked incessantly, and after telling all the words of the cheap guy who he remembered particularly clearly because he was very fond of him, he began to stare expectantly at Xiang Yu, who had a deep face and seemed to be thinking. : "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Xiang Yu looked back at those shining tiger eyes for an instant and said without hesitation: "Good."

He deserved to be so happy, but Lu Bu looked shocked.

He had just been preparing a lot of words out of habit, and he was thinking about how to persuade this fool if he wanted to insist on his own opinion.

Who would have thought that the fool would be so smart this time, he could actually figure it out with just one click!

Until Xiang Yu left and Han Xin arrived... Lu Bu's face was still full of disbelief.

Han Xin just calmed down alone for a while and finally returned to normal.

Seeing his wise brother sitting in a daze, as if his soul was out of his body, his heart tightened, he quickly stepped forward and called out loudly: "Good brother!"

Fortunately, although Lu Bu was in a trance, he did not run far away and recovered as soon as he shouted.

Weird, that fool's brain really got better and better after he became the emperor!

Although he was so surprised and sighing in his heart, his face remained calm. Looking at the cheap brother with a concerned look on his face, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "Brother Han?"

When Han Xin saw this, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, so he reassured: "It's time to launch the army."

Lu Bu nodded lightly.

As soon as he lifted his robes, he happily forgot about the stupid emperor and said with high spirits: "Let's go!"

Suddenly it was learned that 300,000 elite soldiers of the Chu State marched from Xianyang, passed through Feiqiu, passed Guandao Ziwu, climbed over the mountains and ridges, and headed straight for Hanzhong.

That time in Hanzhong, Han Xin was made a small test opponent. Not only did he easily recapture the city, he also captured more than ten thousand young men, which was a great victory.

And when one goes down and the other goes down, Liu Bang's old wounds have not healed, and he has added new ones. With his vitality greatly damaged, he had no choice but to flee back to Bashu in a hurry to recuperate and wait for new opportunities.

But the opportunity Liu Bang was looking forward to never came.

The hope of leaving the customs has become extremely slim as the situation outside the customs becomes more stable and clear.

Zhang Liang, who he relied on most and was also the most resourceful under his command, has been unknown since he was captured that day. Sui He went to accuse Zhou Yin of rebelling against Chu, but after the incident was defeated, his whereabouts were unknown. Even Zhang Liang, headed by Xiao He, was still with him. , a group of old subordinates who have always planned for him have become increasingly silent recently.

On the day when Xiang Yu ascended the throne and established his capital in Xianyang, and the country was named Chu, as soon as the news came, Liu Bang did not eat a grain of rice all day long and refused to see anyone.

He just locked himself in the palace, drank like crazy, and finally became so drunk that he could only talk nonsense.

In the dead of night, when Xiao He, who had finally finished his day's work on government affairs, heard about this and forced his way into the palace, he saw Liu Bang lying on the ground like mud, his clothes disheveled and smelling of alcohol.

"You came?"

Liu Bang raised half of his eyes and looked at it unclearly.

He was decadent and his speech was unclear. Xiao He felt rather indescribable and deep fatigue than panic or hardship.

Xiao He sat silently next to Liu Bang, grabbed a jar of wine, tore open the seal, and drank expressionlessly.

Liu Bang's eyes had long since moved away from him. At this time, he was looking at the decorations on the roof in confusion, and suddenly sighed: "What old Dukang? It's not as good as the wine from that broken wine shop."

His sigh seemed to be without any clue, but Xiao He felt sad in his heart.

This old wine is hundreds of times better than the tasteless water wine of the past, but we drank together in the past

, good brothers who cut large pieces of meat, but one of them will never come back.

But Brother Fan died miserably, who is to blame?

Xiao He felt sad.

Perhaps the dust has settled on the overall situation, and their time to linger in this corner is destined to be short.

That made him no longer able to avoid those details in the past...that he had deliberately ignored.

Liu Bang knew that the banquet was dangerous, so he had no choice but to leave Zhang Liang to deal with the aftermath of the banquet to bear Xiang Yu's anger because he trusted Zhang Liang to be resourceful.

But he knew that the situation was not good, and he remembered to leave a horse for him to ride on beforehand, but he left one horse alone, so the four loyal generals had to follow on foot.

And for what?

——What else could it be for?

Fan Kuai was not only a good brother who they drank together and started fighting together, but also not only the most capable general of the Han army, the most desperate subordinate, but also Liu Bang's true brother-in-law!

Employing nepotism is a taboo for bosses.

But if you don't even care about your relatives, how can you care about your subordinates?

When Xiao He thought about this, he couldn't help but look at Liu Bang, who was getting drunk, gradually fell silent, and fell into a slumber.

His expression was dull, but a chill gradually grew on his back.

His limbs and bones were all as frozen as the clear moonlight in this room.