The queen must start from the head

Chapter 269
After Liu Bang returned to the camp from the Hongmen Banquet, Zhang Liang presented a pair of white jade to Xiang Yu and a pair of jade buckets to Yafu on his behalf.

Seeing this situation, how could Fan Zeng not understand that Liu Bangding was running away?

When Zhang Liang retreated and the banquet broke up, Fan Zeng angrily threw the pair of jade buckets to the ground.

It happened that the jade bucket fell sideways in the mud pit and was not broken.

Fan Zeng drew out his sword and chopped the jade bucket open.

Xiang Yu heard the movement and looked up at Fan Zeng.

When the latter met Xiang Yu's eyes, he looked up to the sky and screamed, hating the iron that could not be transformed into steel, "Alas! There is no way to make a fool of yourself! The person who will conquer the world in the future will definitely be Liu Bang!"

When Xiang Yu heard this, he was already displeased.

But he always respected Yafu as a counselor, so he didn't show any dislike on his face.

Soon, after rectifying the princes' army, he led the army into Xiancheng.

Because of the many old grievances between Qin State and Chu State in the past, and the new hatred accumulated in the past few years of war, Xiang Yu connived his soldiers to massacre Qin officials and people in Xiancheng, raped and looted, and did everything.

When he attacked the city and cut down the land before, he often slaughtered the city, and it is not surprising that he has done such a thing today.

The former Qin Prince Ying who had stayed in the city was also dragged out by his men and beheaded in public.

Then Xiang Yu burned down the magnificent Qin Palace with a fire.

Because the palace is continuous and has many houses, the fire burned continuously for more than three months.

Countless thick black smoke spread over the dilapidated city of Xian, turning it into a black sea.

Not only now, Xiang Yu also sent people to search for the treasures of beautiful women, preparing to transport them back to his hometown of Jiangdong in batches.

But wherever Xiang Yu went, there was nothing but ruins.

The people in Qin who lost their homes were all crying bitterly. They dared not speak out against Xiang Yu, but they were extremely disappointed in their hearts.

If such a tyrannical and innocent person is allowed to be the king of Guanzhong, is there any way for them to survive?

At this time, a man named Han Sheng persuaded Guan Yu that Guanzhong has been a rich place since ancient times, and he can achieve great things if he stays here.

But Xiang Yu didn't intend to stay in Guanzhong at all, otherwise he wouldn't burn down Qin Palace.

And he misses his hometown very much, and desperately wants to go back.

So he told Han Sheng, "Wealth and honor do not return home, like walking in the night wearing brocade clothes, who can see it?"

Xiang Yu is self-willed and thinks highly of himself, and he rarely listens to other people's opinions.

Han Sheng persuaded him not to move, so he had to leave.

But later, when he brought up this matter with others in private, he couldn't help saying angrily, "No wonder people often say that the people of Chu are like monkeys wearing hats. They pretend to be human, but they are actually superficial! Look at that Xiang Yu You know. A person with no virtue and no talent can steal a high position, I'm afraid it won't last long!"

However, this word reached Xiang Yu's ears, who immediately ordered Han Sheng to be captured and boiled him alive in a cauldron.

Seeing that the situation has been settled, Xiang Yu's heart has already swelled.

In his opinion, it was time to entrust various feudal lords.

But after all, the Queen of Chu, King Huai, was supported by his own family. If he passed the other party without knowing it, it would not look good on his face.

So Xiang Yu sent someone to ask King Huai for instructions on how to divide the feudal lords.

The other party only replied with two words "As promised".

As promised?Why keep the promise?
Naturally, "the one who enters Guanzhong first is the king."

In this way, wouldn't Liu Bang become the king of Guanzhong?

After Xiang Yu heard King Huai's reply, he was extremely dissatisfied.

In his opinion, King Huai was supported by his own family and was a puppet who should take orders from him. How could a puppet have his own judgment?

The same goes for going to Zhao to support and attacking Qin from the west. He was the only one who was willing to lead the army to the west, but King Huai appointed Liu Bang to enter Qin.

These actions are not against him, Xiang Yu, but what are they doing?
Xiang Yu already had murderous intentions towards King Huai in his heart.

Since King Huai is not willing to seal him, then he will make himself king!

So he recruited the princes from all walks of life under him and told them, "The world suffered a catastrophe from the demons back then, and Daqin could not resist. The descendants of us princes from all over the world rose up to save the world. Later, the demons retreated and Daqin implemented Tyranny, for the sake of convenience, we temporarily appointed King Huai as the representative to jointly crusade against Great Qin."

"But for more than three years, we are the ones who have personally put on strong armor, fought bloody battles on the battlefield, and fought desperately in the sand! It is the strength of you and me who finally destroyed Qin and settled the world! What does the king have to do with it?"

All the princes nodded after hearing the words, obviously agreeing with his words very much.

Xiang Yu continued, "However, although King Huai has done nothing, we should still give him a piece of land and a title."

"it is good."

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"agree."

The princes all agreed.

They all knew in their hearts that Xiang Yu was kicking away King Huai and preparing to stand on his own.

However, they followed Xiang Yu and appointed him as the general of the princes. They just wanted to get a piece of wealth from him, so why bother with King Huai?
Next, Xiang Yu first respected King Huai as the "Righteous Emperor".

Then he proclaimed himself the "Overlord of Western Chu", delimited his rule to the nine counties of Liang and Chu, and chose to make Pengcheng his capital.

He gave the land of Guanzhong to three Qin generals, including Zhang Han, who surrendered to him, and divided the three into kings.

As for Liu Bang, he was given the excuse that the Bashu area was also considered Hanzhong, so he was named the King of Han and sent him to a remote place.

After that, Xiang Yu successively made more than a dozen of his princes kings in one breath.

However, by this time, the princes could see the situation at a glance.

How could he, Xiang Yu, be talking about meritorious deeds?

This is clearly rewarding his subordinates wantonly!
Also, some people’s foundations are in the west, but he sends them to the east; those who have an inheritance in the north, he sends them to the south.

Another example is Han Xin, who is clearly a talent, and has made a lot of contributions under Xiang Yu's command, but in the end he is still a halberd under the tent, and he is not reused at all.

Most of the princes present were dissatisfied with Xiang Yu's entrustment and arrangement, but no one dared to speak up to refute due to this man's despotic power.

Didn't you see a big pot still burning outside the door?

Anyone who dares to say something bad may be put into a pot and killed!
Seeing that everyone had no objection, Xiang Yu was overjoyed.

Now that he is the Overlord of Western Chu, it's time for him to return home.

When he learned that he was going to be driven to the difficult land of Bashu, Han Wang Liu Bang was very dissatisfied.

Your feather is really too heartless and ungrateful, right?
Even if you don't want to follow King Huai's saying that "the one who enters Guanzhong first is king", you should arrange a good place with fertile water and soil for me, right?
In the end, you gave me the title of "King of Han" and sent me to a poor country, what's the matter?
Because this matter was unfair, Liu Bang even wanted to lead his army to attack Xiang Yu and fight against him.

But Xiao He dissuaded Liu Bang in time, persuading him not to make a big mess if he can't bear it.

Therefore, in the end, Liu Bang could only swallow his anger and lead his army to leave Guanzhong and go to Hanzhong.

At this time, Han Xin, who felt that he could not be reused, also left the Chu army's barracks and turned to the Han army's camp, wanting to join Liu Bang.The person in charge of meeting him was Xiao He.

After the two talked several times, Xiao He felt deeply that Han Xin was an extremely talented general, so he comforted him and stayed by his side, and promised to recommend him to the King of Han.

At this time, Xiang Yu sent all the feudal lords away after enforcing them, and he himself will return to his hometown rich and honored.

But there was one person he had yet to deal with.

So he ordered that Emperor Yi be exiled to a remote county, and at the same time secretly sent two kings with different surnames who had just been entrusted by him to follow each other and kill him.

The fact that Xiang Yu sent people to kill Emperor Yi was a matter that could not be covered by paper, and it was soon known by people.

And Xiang Yu's previous unfair entrustment also planted the bane for the subsequent instability of the regime.

But Xiang Yu, who led his army to Pengcheng complacently, didn't realize it.

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Besides, after Liu Bang came to Hanzhong.

He deliberately burned down the plank road laid on the cliff to paralyze Xiang Yu, showing that he has no intention of leaving this place again, and he will retire here with peace of mind in the future.

Just a few months later.

A king with a different surname who was entrusted by Xiang Yu's subordinates was killed by his subordinates. This person not only proclaimed himself king, but also rebelled.

Xiang Yu was furious and immediately led his army to put down the rebellion.

Liu Bang, the king of Han, took advantage of Xiang Yu's expedition and once again led his troops to Guanzhong, which was entrusted to three surrendered generals of the Qin Dynasty.

You must know that the Qin troops in the hands of these three surrendered generals were all slaughtered by Xiang Yu's Chu troops.

In the hands of Zhang Han alone, 20 troops were killed by Xiang Yukeng!

These 20 troops are all the fathers, elder brothers, and sons of the people in Qin, and they are all close relatives connected by blood.

But Xiang Yu sent these three people as kings who made the people of Qin want to eat their flesh and sleep on their skins. The resentment in the hearts of the people has already been as high as mountains and seas.

Therefore, when Liu Bang, the king of Han, sent his troops to Guanzhong, the people of Qin land lined the road to welcome him.

Liu Bang lived up to expectations, and soon won the Guanzhong land, and began to rectify the army.

At this time, someone came to Liu Bang and told him that Emperor Yi was killed by Xiang Yu's men. Liu Bang immediately burst into tears and mourned for Emperor Yi for three days.

Then, in the name of Xiang Yu killing Emperor Yi of Chu, he united with the princes of the five routes to crusade against Chu.

This team pulled together 60 million people and swept across the Chu land in a mighty way, and even captured Pengcheng, the old lair of the overlord of Western Chu.

This group of vassals swept down all the way, their self-confidence instantly swelled, and they began to stay in Pengcheng to live a happy life of luxury and money, singing and singing every night.

You must know that Xiang Yu swept away countless precious beauties in Xiancheng back then!
Now it's all hidden in Pengcheng!
At this time, Xiang Yu, who was still fighting against the rebellion, suddenly heard that Liu Bang had the courage to take over his lair.

He immediately ordered most of his subordinates to stay behind in the army. He took only [-] light cavalry and flew south overnight to return to Pengcheng.

Because Xiang Yu was familiar with the terrain and defense of Pengcheng, he successfully launched a surprise attack and tore a hole in the periphery of Pengcheng.

Then he marched at a rapid pace, leading his 3 men all the way to Pengcheng, and launched an attack on Liu Bang's army.

This battle directly killed more than [-] Han troops.

Seeing that Liu Bang led his men to flee, after Xiang Yu regained Pengcheng, he continued to lead his men to pursue the victory and chased Liu Bang's army to the edge of a big river.

Countless Han troops were forced to enter the river. Arrows rained down on the bank, and the river was crowded with people, making it impossible to move forward.

In this river alone, 10 people drowned.

At that time, the entire river was almost blocked by these piled up corpses. Hundreds of thousands of corpses floated on the surface of the water. The scene was terrifying and creepy.

At this time, the Chu army who came chasing after them successfully surrounded the remaining three layers of Liu Bang's team.

Liu Bang, who knew he was at the end of his rope, could only raise his head and shout in tears, "Oh God, please save Liu Ji's life! I am the son of the Red Emperor! You have supported me all the way to where I am today. You can't abandon me." Liu Ji!"

Mu Lian, who was hiding in the void, looked down at Liu Bang who was indeed cornered.

The luck pillar above the latter's head was now filled with black energy, symbolizing the impending disaster.

Mulian sighed inaudibly.

She and Liu Bang were already connected by luck, so she couldn't just sit back and watch him be defeated and killed.

She glanced at the terrain below and waved her sleeves.

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind blowing from the northwest direction.

The strong wind was mixed with countless flying sand and rocks, and it was dark for a while, making the Chu army unable to see the way ahead, and many people were even injured by the rocks.

And Liu Bang, who knew that God heard his prayers, knew that it was God who was saving him.

He immediately turned his horse's head and fled from here quickly. Dozens of people around him also fled with him on horseback.

In this battle, the Han army could be said to have suffered a disastrous defeat.

Xiang Yu successfully defeated the 56 Han army with only [-] troops.

Even if this group of Han troops were mobs recruited by the princes, the bravery of the Chu army under Xiang Yu's command can be seen.

After that, Xiang Yu continued to send people to chase and kill Liu Bang, but Liu Bang gathered his army and retreated while fighting. A tug-of-war gradually formed between the two sides.

As Liu Bang recruited more and more civil and military ministers, his Han army grew stronger day by day.

At this time, the Chu army and the Han army agreed to use the gap as the boundary to divide the Chu River and the Han boundary.

Liu Bang sent someone to ask Xiang Yu for peace.

Xiang Yu was also tired of fighting and wanted to agree to this, but Fan Zeng once again expressed his opposition and suggested that Xiang Yu take Liu Bang.

Chen Ping, Liu Bang's subordinate who learned of this, used countermeasures to separate Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, making Xiang Yu mistakenly believe that Fan Zeng was colluding with the Han army.

Xiang Yu, who was in the middle of the trick, ordered Fan Zeng's military power to be cut off.

Fan Zeng was furious and wanted to retire and return home.

However, Xiang Yu couldn't save face to keep people, so he could only let Fan Zeng leave.

Afterwards, Xiang Yu agreed to the peace talks, kept his promise and withdrew his troops, and released Liu Bang's father Lu Taigong and his wife Lu Zhi who had been taken hostage by him in Pengcheng earlier.

But Liu Bang launched a surprise attack on Xiang Yu's army while the opponent was retreating, and the Chu army, who was caught off guard, retreated all the way.

Liu Bang took the opportunity to send his troops out to attack, cutting off all possible retreat routes for the Chu army.

When the Chu army suffered defeats one after another and fled all the way to Gaixia, generals such as Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Yingbu who had surrendered to Liu Bang brought several times as many troops as the Chu army and surrounded Xiang Yu and others in Gaixia City.

At this time, Xiang Yu also went to the end of the road.

But he was unwilling to give up, let alone surrender to Liu Bang.

Seeing that the Chu army was still resisting tenaciously, after nightfall, Liu Bang designed to let the Han soldiers learn to sing the folk songs of Chu.

It was night, and besieged from all sides sounded.

Facing the situation of being besieged and unable to escape, many Chu soldiers thought that they had no way out, so they burst into tears and their morale collapsed.

At this time, the golden color in Xiang Yu's natal aura has long since dissipated, leaving only traces of gray and black aura.

Seeing this situation, the Nether Sect disciple who secretly absorbed his luck immediately severed all ties between his family and this person.

Because they are connected by luck, once they are disconnected, they will suffer backlash.

Not only did this Nether Sect disciple drop in cultivation, he was also seriously injured.

But just when he wanted to stay away from Gai Xiacheng at night, Mu Lian's figure quietly appeared behind him and cleaned him up.

The information about the support behind Liu Bang must not be leaked.

She couldn't let this person go back to the Upper Realm.

Once he told the teacher about the methods he had used before, the Nether Sect might be able to find her footsteps, and then find out that she did not die in the fluttering area or the hands of the Demon God.

In this way, her plan to become a god by dormant will be completely ruined.

And Xiang Yu, who had been cut off from his luck connection by the Nether Sect disciple, felt lost in his heart at this moment, as if he had lost something.He who was sleeping in the tent suddenly got up, and Yuji served by his side.

At this time, listening to the song of Chu coming from all directions, he knew that the army's morale was gone.

Xiang Yu stood up, straightened his clothes and put on a military uniform.

At this time, those soldiers who were loyal to him also came outside the tent, begging him to break through and leave the city.

Faced with this situation, looking at the beauty in front of him, and thinking of the glory and wealth that have passed away, Xiang Yu couldn't help singing aloud, "Strengthening the mountain and overwhelming the world, the time is unfavorable and the time is not dying. The time is not dying and the time is not dying." He, Yu Xi Yu Xi Nai Ruo He!"

At the end of the song, Yu Ji on the side also echoed.

Two lines of tears fell down King Xiang's face, and the subordinates on the left and right also bowed their heads and wept, but no one looked up.

After that, Xiang Yu led his [-] light cavalry to break out from Gaixia City overnight.

Under the cover of night, Mu Lian looked at Xiang Yu's figure running at night, with a trace of compassion in her eyes.

A generation of overlords, one wrong step after another, transformed from a hero in the past into a hero in the present.

Forget it, let me give you a chance.

She waved her hand, and saw a mist coming in, and the Han army who was about to pursue Xiang Yu fell to the ground one after another, and fell asleep soundly.

Therefore, it was not until dawn the next day that the Han army discovered that Xiang Yu had escaped last night.

Han general Guan Ying immediately led 5000 troops to pursue the fleeing Xiang Yu and others.

Due to the loss of luck and the entanglement of bad luck, the Chu army lost their way on the way to escape.

When Xiang Yu and others stumbled all the way and got rid of the Han army and arrived at the Wujiang River, only 800 of the 26 people with him were left.

The head of the pavilion here in Wujiang appeared.

Seeing a boat docked by the river, he persuaded Xiang Yu to go to Jiangdong to escape the difficulty.

"Although Jiangdong is small, there are 10 people, enough for a king to be king. Now I am the only one who has a boat. The king might as well cross the river quickly. Even if the Han army comes after them, they don't have a boat to cross the river."

However, Xiang Yu laughed out loud when he heard the words.

"If heaven wants to kill me, why should I cross the river?"

Back then, he led eight thousand Jiangdong disciples to bring down a great country, but now he has nothing, so why would he have the face to meet his Jiangdong elders?
Because of his delay in crossing the river, several thousand troops of the Han army had already caught up.

At this time, Xiang Yu jumped off the horse, and the 26 people behind him also got off the horse immediately.

He brought his black-tailed horse to the head of Wujiang Pavilion, asked him to take care of the horse, and told him, "This horse has been with me for five years. It is a horse that can travel thousands of miles a day." BMW. After I rode it on the battlefield, no one can stop it. I can't bear to kill it, so I give it to you today."

Then, Xiang Yu turned his head to look at his blood-stained brothers.

"You go too, don't follow me anymore, and cross the river by boat. What Liu Bang wants is my life, and those Han troops will not hunt you down."

The 26 people knelt down on their knees and shouted in unison, "I will follow the Overlord to the death!"

After hearing this, Xiang Yu raised his hand and pulled out the long sword at his waist, and said in a deep voice, "Since you don't want to go, then fight to the death with me!"

At this time, the Han army had arrived.

Holding a long sword in his hand, Xiang Yu rushed directly into the Han army, killing frantically.

He was brave and invincible, and many people were not his single-handed enemies. In just a short moment, hundreds of people were beheaded by him.

But he himself was wounded in many places, and hot blood continued to flow down the wound.

Feeling his body getting heavier, his forehead was already covered with sweat and blood.

He looked up, but saw a playmate Lu Matong who grew up with him in the Han army.

He held the sword in his hand and asked Lu Matong, "Aren't you my former companion?"

Lu Matong didn't dare to look him in the eye, turned his back to Xiang Yu, and said to Han General Wang Yi, "This man is King Xiang."

Xiang Yu heard what he said, and said, "I heard that Liu Bang spent a thousand taels of gold and ten thousand households' food cities to offer a reward for my head. Today, I will give you a gift."

After he finished speaking, he wiped his neck with the long sword in his hand.

In an instant, blood flowed wantonly from his neck, splashing all over the ground like spring water.

Xiang Yu's body slowly fell to the ground.

His gradually stagnant gaze stayed on the bloody ground that snaked like a red snake.

He knew it was over.

Whether it is wealth, wealth or beauties, everything is over.

In the dimness of losing consciousness, he seemed to see the figure of an old man who was singing a poem:

The world is out of my generation, and the years are reminded as soon as I enter the world.

In the chatting and laughing of Emperor Tubaye, it is a drunken life.

Raising a sword and riding a straddle, wielding the rain of ghosts, the bones are as frightened as a mountain bird.

The dust is like the tide and the people are like water, only a few people in the rivers and lakes return.

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Seeing Xiang Yu's death, Wang Yi was the first to rush forward and cut off Xiang Yu's head first.

You know, this human head is worth a thousand taels of gold and food for ten thousand households!

Seeing that the officer had taken Xiang Yu's head, the others also started fighting for Xiang Yu's body.

After robbing each other's eyes, they both moved their knives, and dozens of people died in the Han army's cannibalism.

In the end, the other four, including Lu Matong, took part of Xiang Yu's body.

These five people came to Liu Bang and pieced the corpses together.

Liu Bang saw that this person was indeed Xiang Yu, so he bestowed fiefdoms on the five of them and made them marquises.

After the news of Xiang Yu's defeat and suicide spread, Fan Zeng, who was living in seclusion in a remote mountain village, burst into tears after hearing the news.

"Zhu Zi doesn't listen to my words, there will be today!"

After crying, he disappeared into that village, and no one knew where he went.

At this point, Liu Bang won a great victory in the conflict between Chu and Han.

In February of the same year after Xiang Yu's death, Liu Bang held an enthronement ceremony on the banks of the Sishui River, named the country Han, established the Han Empire, and was known as "Emperor Han Gao" in history.

After Liu Bang ascended the throne, he named Lu Pheasant the queen, Liu Ying the crown prince, and made Chang'an the capital.

Since then, the Han Empire was formally established.

　Why didn't Yu Ji appear?

　　Because she was killed by Xiang Yu on the way, and was buried in a place more than 60 miles away from Gaixia City. (See "Taiping Huanyu Ji") Since ancient times, when men are defeated in battle, they will kill their wives and children first to prevent their wives and children from being humiliated.

　　There are only a few words about Yu Ji in "Historical Records" and "Han Shu", but there is no mention of her ending.

　　So—Xiang Yu was reluctant to kill the horse, but he was willing to kill Ai Ji.

　　Farewell My Concubine is just a poignant love story.

　　Since ancient times, in both history books and folk tales, those who are cute cannot be trusted, and those who are trustworthy are not cute. This is not the case.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)