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Chapter 53

Xiang Han, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, and Yu Ziqi all came to Xiang Yu's headquarters.

Even Yu Ji was invited by Xiang Zhuang and now she is sitting in the head north.

Although Xiang Yu had never given Yu Ji any official title, everyone knew that Xiang Yu had not enthroned a new queen for so many years after the queen's death. It was because of Yu Ji. The reason why Xiang Yu did not enthrone Yu Ji as queen was probably because he wanted to hold a grand crowning ceremony for Yu Ji after the world was settled.

Therefore, in the minds of all the Chu remnants and the Chu army soldiers, Yu Ji was their queen.

Xiang Zhuang was indeed a general of the Chu army and had the power to act arbitrarily, but if he could get the support of Yu Ji, it would undoubtedly be the most beneficial. Especially for a clan general like Xiang Han, Xiang Zhuang did not have much binding force on him, and he could not say much respect to Xiang Zhuang, let alone awe. However, Xiang Han could not ignore Yu Ji's attitude.

After everyone arrived and entered the seat, Xiang Zhuang asked Jing Qian to hang his treasure map on a custom wooden rack, and took off the king sword that Xiang Yu gave him from the weapon rack, and pointed the sword at the map with his sword and said, "Please see, the ten counties and mountains of our Great Chu are almost all of them. Only half of Kuaiji County are still trying to support it. The situation can be said to be in danger."

"Yes, my Great Chu is indeed in a state of great power." Before Xiang Zhuang finished speaking, Xiang Han interrupted and said, "The former king has ten counties and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. He is not a match for Liu Bang, let alone our only 5,000 remaining soldiers now? In my opinion, it is better to surrender the King of Han. The King of Han is kind and righteous, and I don't think he will treat us badly."

Before Xiang Han finished speaking, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and other generals had all changed color.

Xiang Han didn't care at all. Before this, he thought that Xiang Zhuang should have tens of thousands of elite soldiers, or even more, but he never expected that Xiang Zhuang now had only more than 3,000 remaining soldiers, only a thousand more people than Xiang Han. With such a few defeated soldiers, is he worthy of being the General of Chu? He also matched with Xiang Han's fingers?

Xiang Han said this not because he really wanted to surrender to the Han Dynasty, but just to show his attitude.

Xiang Zhuang looked calm, but he had already had murderous intent in his heart. He had already killed Xiang Bo and did not mind killing another clan child of the Xiang family. Xiang Zhuang is not a good man and a woman, and he would not care about any clan blood relationship. He would kill anyone who dares to stand in the way of his advance. So what about the clan general? He would kill him if he should, and he would never be ruthless!

Yu Ji didn't say anything either, but her beautiful eyebrows frowned inadvertently.

It can be seen that Yu Ji was a little worried, but she didn't know if she was worried that Xiang Han would trigger internal conflicts among the Chu army, or was she worried that Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han would commit crimes between clans?

Seeing Xiang Zhuang pondering but not speaking, Xiang Han said again: "Xiang Zhuang, what do you think?"

Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly and handed Wang Jian to Gao Chu, and then made a gesture without any trace. Gao Chu nodded slightly.

Xiang Zhuang then turned around and walked towards Xiang Han step by step with a smile.

Gao Chu held Wang Jian and followed behind slowly. Xiang Han didn't realize that death was approaching him. He thought that Xiang Zhuang was concerned about the more than 2,000 elite soldiers in his hands, so he had to be polite to him.

When he arrived in front of Xiang Han, Xiang Zhuang reached out to put his arm around Xiang Han's shoulder and smiled and said, "Xiang Han, what would Liu Bang be rewarded if we really surrendered to Liu Bang? Or a marquis?"

"It is probably unlikely to be named a king." Xiang Han shook his head and said again, "Feng Chehou is certain."

"Is it just a Marquis of Che?" Xiang Zhuang said, and walked around for half a circle, then turned his back to Gao Chu with Xiang Han. Gao Chu pulled out the Wang Jian without hesitation and pointed it at Xiang Han's vest!

Xiang Han's strong body trembled suddenly, his face full of disbelief.

Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhonglimei, and Yu Ziqi also changed their faces. They never expected that the general would turn against each other and just talked and laughed at Xiang Han, but in a blink of an eye, he stabbed the sword into someone else's heart. Such cruelty and coldness were very different from the king's style of conduct.

Yu Ji, who was kneeling in the chief, sighed quietly, as if she had guessed such a result long ago.

Xiang Han turned his head with some difficulty, stared at Xiang Zhuang, and then said with great difficulty: "Xiang Zhuang, you, how dare you attack me behind your back and kill me? I, I..." Before he finished speaking, Gao Chu had already pulled his sword and retreated. Xiang Han, who had lost his support, collapsed to the ground, and the red blood quickly dyed the ground under him red.

Gao Chu wiped the sword tip on Xiang Han's battle robe, then put the sword back into the sheath.

Two personal soldiers had already stepped in and dragged Xiang Han's body out of the hall.

Xiang Zhuang took back the Wang Jian and said coldly: "If you dare to speak nonsense again, kill the Han Dynasty!"

Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Li Mei, Yu Ziqi was shocked when he heard this. Xiang Zhuang said to Xiao Kai, who was stunned again: "Xiao Kai, from now on, you will be the general of the rear army. Xiang Han's more than 2,000 pieces are under your command!"

Xiao Kai was shocked and afraid, happy and worried, but he instinctively held his fists and bowed, "No!"

Xiang Zhuang then walked back to the wooden frame, pointed the king's sword at the map again and said, "Now, Liu Bang's old man has become a force to sweep the world. If my Great Chu wants to revive, I must first break the power of Liu Bang's old man! How to break it? It's difficult, but it's also simple. As long as I provoke disputes between Liu Bang and various princes, my Great Chu can benefit from it!"

Next, Xiang Zhuang asked Wei Liao to come forward and briefly talked about the general strategy he had proposed to attack Ao Cang for a long distance, and then to fight against various countries. After listening to the strategy mentioned by Wei Liao, Huan Chu and Ji Bu had no reaction, but Zhongli Mei and Yu Ziqi looked at each other, not believing in their ears. The Chu army had only a few thousand remaining soldiers, how could this be possible?

"General, I'm afraid..." Zhong Limei hesitated for a long time, and said, "Impossible?"

Yu Ziqi also said: "General, even if our army is an elite veteran who has experienced many battles, it is only five or six thousand people in the end! The grand strategy mentioned by the military advisor requires a ten thousand miles of journey to Central Plains, Hebei, and Guanzhong? How to provide food and grass in the middle? How to supplement the weapons? More importantly, where to supplement the soldiers who have lost their wars?"

"I don't know!" Xiang Zhuang said straightforwardly, "But do we have any other choice?"

Zhonglimei and Yu Ziqi were speechless. Yes, the grand strategy proposed by the military advisor is indeed difficult to achieve, or it is impossible to achieve at all. However, besides this strategy, does the Chu army have other strategies to choose from? Liu Bang has become a trend of sweeping the world. If you don’t take this strange risk, how can you break his power?

Xiang Zhuang paused and said, "But don't be too pessimistic. This long-distance raid is dangerous, but it will not be more dangerous than the previous Dabie Mountains battle! In the Dabie Mountains battle, we have escaped with 5,000 to 500,000. This time, we use surprise troops to go deep into the defense of the empty Central Plains, so why fear?

Huan Chu immediately stood up and expressed his opinion: "I wish to be the front of you!"

Zhonglimei also said, "But with the command of the general, the last general is only dead!"

Ji Bu, Xiao Kai and Yu Ziqi also stood up one after another, expressing their firm support for Xiang Zhuang's decision. At this point, there is indeed no better way. They will rush to Ao Cang for a long distance, then go to Central Plains, Hebei and then go to Guanzhong. There will definitely be no life and no return, but as generals of Chu, they have no choice!

"Okay, as long as you can work together with me to go to the national crisis, why worry about the great Chu not going to rise?" Xiang Zhuang said this, and then changed his mind and continued, "However, there is one more thing to do before going to war. In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Chu army, I plan to draw elite soldiers from each army to enrich the personal military camp. Do you have any objections, right?"

"The last general and others have no objection." Who dares to say "No"?

"Okay, let's get here today." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and others said goodbye one after another.

When Yu Ji finally left, she seemed to have something to say to Xiang Zhuang, but after thinking about it, she still said nothing. She just sighed and returned to her wooden house. Seeing Yu Ji like this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help feeling pity. Since she learned about Xiang Yu's death, Yu Ji seemed to have never spoken again.

However, Xiang Zhuang quickly took his mind back to the main business.

Xiang Zhuang is not Xiang Yu, and he will never have a love affair with his children at this time!

Xiang Zhuang converted the expanded personal military camp into the personal guards, and then set up the trap camp separately. He first entered the camp. When the Lufeng camp thought, Gao Chu suddenly cheered and Jing Qian also clenched his fists hard, and looked extremely excited. In just a moment, the two of them were promoted to two levels, and the Marquis of the Army became the captain directly. How could they not be excited?

After being excited, Gao Chu suddenly remembered something and said, "General, I have stolen a lot of weapons from Shouchun, but there seems to be not many bows inside, so I can't get a 500-year-old."

"Aren't I looking for you?" Xiang Zhuang said, "If you don't have enough bows, then do it yourself!"

"Ah!?" Gao Chu was stunned when he heard this and said, "General, the villain can't make a bow."

"I can't make iron-tied bows, horn bows, can you not make simple long bows?" Xiang Zhuang could only smile bitterly.

Speaking of bows and arrows, the one that impressed the most in the world is the English longbow. However, they did not know that the English longbow is just the most primitive single bow. Whether it is made or lethal, it is far from comparable to composite bows such as iron-tied bows and horn bows. Due to the current conditions of the Chu army, composite bows are absolutely impossible to create, and single longbows are no problem.

There are no yew trees in the Dabie Mountains, but there are many mulberry and ash trees. Cutting down a big tree is enough to make dozens of single longbows. In order to make up for the lack of lethality, I can only lengthen the bow body as much as possible like the English longbow. As for bow strings, raw cowhide, silk thread is difficult to find, and brown skin, but there are many erect.###################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################
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