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Chapter 9

When the news of the good news arrived, Liu Bang had already rushed from Guling to Gaixia and was in the Qi army's camp to invite all the princes.

Although it was in Han Xin's place, Liu Bang still sat in the middle chief carelessly. Although he was nominally the King of Han Xin, King of Qi, King of Liang Peng Yue, King of Jiujiang Yingbu and others were not half a square foot higher, but in fact, everyone knew that Liu Bang was the leader of all the kings and would sooner or later become a king or emperor.

As for whether Liu Bang wanted to learn from Xiang Yu to be the overlord or Ying Zheng to be the emperor, no one knew.

When Lu Yan strode into the tent with Xiang Yu's head, a low breath sounded. These princes lived tremblingly in the shadow of Xiang Yu for five or six years. The fear of Xiang Yu had already been integrated into their bones. At this time, when he saw Xiang Yu's head, he still felt the two wars and his expression was trembling.

Liu Bang also had a complicated expression. While breathing a sigh of relief, he also felt a hint of loneliness and melancholy. He should have been happy, but Liu Bang found that he was not happy at all.

After a while, Liu Bang asked Lu Yan: "What's your name?"

"The last time I will be the general of Lu Yan." Lu Yan bowed with his fists, his expression somewhat complicated.

"Lu Yan? Gu remembered that you are Xiang Yu's horse boy?"

Lu Yan was speechless and just lowered his head with shame.

Liu Bang asked Han Xin again: "King of Qi, have you issued an edict to be granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu at Xiang Yu's head?"

Han Xin quickly stood up and said, "Xiao Wang did have an imperial edict, but if the King of Han feels it is inappropriate, he can give him another reward."

"Since there has been an edict, I should follow it." Liu Bang waved his hand and looked back at Chen Pingdao, who was standing behind him. "He drafted an edict to confer the title of Lu Yan as the Marquis of Zhongshan and the town of tens of thousands of households."

"No." Chen Ping quickly recorded it.

Under the tent, Lu Yan also knelt down and thanked him.

After enthroning Lu Yan, Liu Bang looked at Han Xin deeply. Since Xiang Yu died, it was time to deal with Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Bu and other princes holding heavy troops. It was not that they wanted to kill them, but at least they had to cut off their military power. Otherwise, even if Liu Bang became the emperor, the throne would be unstable.

Han Xin had no idea how Liu Bang was already considering how to deprive him of military power. What he was obsessed with was still the plan to destroy Chu. He asked Lu Yan immediately: "General Lu Yan, have all the remnants of the Chu army breaking through Gaixia had been wiped out?"

Lu Yan said: "Reported to the King, part of the remnants of the Chu army who broke through Gaixia was destroyed on the north bank of Tuo River, and part of them were burned to death on the wild horse field. The rest were all killed on the edge of the Wujiang River. General Guan Ying had led his army across the Wujiang River and could sweep Jiangdong soon and capture Zhangjun and Kuaiji counties."

"Okay." Han Xin quickly stood up and congratulated Liu Bang, "Congratulations to King Han, the world is settled and there will be no war ever again."

The other princes, including Peng Yue, Ying Bu, Zhang Er, and Liu Jia, Zhou Yin and other generals with heavy troops also stood up to congratulate.

However, Liu Bang, Han Xin and the others were still too happy after all. Although Xiang Yu died, the Chu army was not over! With Xiang Yu's cover, more than 4,000 remnants of the Chu army had fled near Dongcheng.

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The night was dark, and Xiang Bo was using fire to carve wooden slips. It was a secret letter to King Liu Bang of Han. In Xiang Bo's eyes, Liu Bang has always been a benevolent and righteous king, so at the Hongmen Banquet, he tried every means to prevent Fan Zeng from killing Liu Bang. So now, he believes that surrendering to the Han Dynasty is the only way out, and at least he can preserve the Xiang family's bloodline.

A sound of footsteps suddenly went from far to near, and then stopped abruptly.

"Who!" Xiang Bo quickly put away the wooden slip and drew his sword in his hand.

"Uncle San, it's me." Xiang Zhuang's faint voice sounded outside the hut. No wonder the personal soldiers guarding outside did not respond. It turned out to be the boy Xiang Zhuang.

"Ji'er?" Xiang Bo put his sword in his arms and knelt down on the ground again, and said, "Come in."

At the opening of the wood door, Xiang Zhuang's tall figure had already lowered his head and crawled in. Xiang Bo said carelessly: "Ji'er, you haven't been sleeping so late, but what's the matter?"

Xiang Zhuang pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand, looking at Xiang Bo without saying anything.

Uncle Xiang frowned and said unhappily: "Ji'er, if you have something to do, you'll have to rest if you have nothing to do."

"Uncle San." Xiang Bo suddenly took two steps forward, and his right hand was already on the hilt of the sword, and said in a sequel, "I borrowed the head of Xiang's head to use it!"

Xiang Bo suddenly looked up, but before he could get up, Xiang Zhuang had already drawn his sword. A cold light flashed, and the sharp blade had already pressed against Xiang Bo's neck. Xiang Bo's figure suddenly stopped, then looked up, stared at Xiang Zhuang viciously, and shouted: "Xiang Ji, beast! What are you going to do? Do you really want to kill Uncle Lun?"

Uncle Nilun Shishi? Xiang Zhuang's lips suddenly sneered.

If you, Xiang Bo wants to offer his army to surrender to the Han Dynasty and push the Xiang family to the death, who can you blame? The world is the greatest and the life cannot be saved. Why do you talk about ethics? What's more, he is not the real Xiangzhuang. The real Xiangzhuang has already died in battle, and he is just another soul sent to Xiangzhuang's body. How about being unfamiliar?

As if he felt Xiang Zhuang's determination, Xiang Bo couldn't help but panic and beg for mercy in a trembling voice: "Jier, calm down, don't act irritably. Uncle has figured it out. Since Jier has appointed you as the general, I believe he has his own reason. From now on, Uncle will fully support you. Who dares not obey your orders? Uncle will never end up with him!"

"Is that right?" Xiang Zhuang's lips sneered again, but this time he sneered with contempt.

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang was not good at the soft and hard, Xiang Bo became more and more panicked and shouted in a harsh manner: "Xiang Ji, if you kill me, my two thousand divisions will definitely not give up. Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Limei, Yu Ziqi and others will be free from their morale. The four thousand Chu troops will be even more dismal and will be defeated without fighting. In the next day, how can you explain to Ji'er and your father (Xiang Liang)?"

"This, it won't be a problem for you, Uncle San." After Xiang Zhuang said that, his right hand suddenly exerted force, and the sharp sword blade pierced through Xiang Bo's neck side, cutting Xiang Bo's common cervical artery. The red blood immediately shot out. Xiang Bo's originally high head drooped instantly, and a pair of terrified eyes gradually became dim.

Xiang Zhuang cut off Xiang Bo's head with two more swords, then held the sword in his right hand and the head in his left hand, and strode out of the hut.

Outside the thatched hut, dozens of Xiang Bo's personal soldiers were killed. Jing Qian and Gao Chu were covered in blood, as if they had just crawled out of the blood pool. Behind the two, more than 200 Xiang Zhuang's personal soldiers were waiting for each other. On the outside, there were the rear army led by Xiang Bo, with nearly two thousand people, but they did not act rashly.

On the outside, there are Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, Xiao Gongjiao and Yu Ziqi.

The three sides confronted each other layer, and the situation at the scene was very subtle and dangerous.

Xiang Zhuang strode out with his head, but there was no pause for a moment.

If you do it, you will do it. If you kill it, you will kill it. There are only two people, either killing people to establish their authority, or Xiang Bo's troops swarm and chop him into meat paste. But no matter what the result is, it is better than waiting to die! When Xiang Bo sends out the secret letter, and when Xiang Bo discusses with his troops, even if Xiang Yu comes back, he will not be able to save the fate of the Chu army's defeat!

As the saying goes, if you stop breaking, you will suffer from chaos. The longer the time is delayed, the more unfavorable it will be for the Chu army. Instead of waiting for death, it is better to take risks and take risks!

"Puff!" Xiang Zhuang strode forward and threw Xiang Bo's head heavily in front of the two thousand corpses.

Seeing that it was Xiang Bo's head, Xiang Bo's two thousand divisions suddenly became turbulent.

"Xiang Chan (Bo), as a general of Chu State, secretly colluded with the enemy. His crime was unpardoned and he was already executed!" Xiang Zhuang was completely afraid, and strode to Xiang Bo's army, and then glanced past the front row soldiers with a wolf-like gaze, then shouted sternly, "What? Do you want to follow him to rebel against Chu and collude with the enemy?"

Xiang Bo's two thousand pieces looked at each other, but no one took any rash moves.

After all, they are just Xiang Bo's troops, not his personal soldiers. The troops are essentially different from their personal soldiers. The soldiers are actually diners and share the same relationship with the master's family, but the troops are just temporarily under the command of the general. If Xiang Yu is there, Xiang Bo's military power can be cut off in just one sentence and his troops will be taken over.

However, for Xiangzhuang, things are not that simple.

Xiang Yu was brave enough to win the three armies, and the reputation of the overlord of Western Chu is well known to everyone in the world, but Xiang Zhuang is just a powerful general under Xiang Yu. Not to mention the heroes of the world, even the generals of the Chu army do not take him seriously. Therefore, Xiang Zhuang suddenly killed Xiang Bo, and the consequences were unpredictable. For Xiang Zhuang, this was an adventure and a gambling!

At least until now, Xiang Zhuang's adventure has been successful.

Although Xiang Bo's troops did not take action, they did not mean to disperse. As long as they were still together, there would still be mutiny or even rebellion. Once Xiang Bo's troops mutiny or rebelled, the entire Chu army would inevitably attack each other and split into pieces. Before dawn, the Chu army would no longer exist.

And this is naturally the worst result, and it is by no means the result that Xiang Zhuang wants.

Now, only Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhonglimei, Xiao Gongjiao and Yu Ziqi are still able to change the situation. Only when one of the five people comes forward can one immediately stabilize the morale of the army and reverse the situation. However, before killing Xiang Bo, Xiang Zhuang did not communicate with them in advance because he could not control the five people's thoughts, and he did not have this time.

Most of Xiang Bo's expressions were not kind, but Xiang Zhuang's face was not afraid at all. However, his back was already wet with cold sweat. It would be a false to say that he was not nervous. Facing such a situation, life and death were all in a flash. Let me ask, who can truly be calm? The so-called fearlessness is just for people to show off!

Time passed quietly in the confrontation, and even the air began to become stagnant.
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