Fan Zeng is dead!

Rumors spread everywhere within the Chu army.

Especially the news brought back by Shang Jing and Wu Tianran made the Chu army feel nervous and it was impossible to siege the Qin army. There were too many people who were ready to go to Guanzhong to live. These people were also divided into two factions. One faction could follow the King of Chu to Guanzhong, and the other faction planned to "smuggle". Many lower-level officers felt that Fan Zeng was gone in the army, as if the building had no beams and was shaking. For a moment, morale was depressed.

At this time, the Qin army took the initiative to evacuate Xingyang and head for Chenggao. Before leaving, they took away the people in the city and left an empty city for the Chu army.

After receiving the news of Fan Zeng's death, Xiang Yu was indesolent to grief. Although he resented Fan Zeng's "betrayal" himself, he could not give up the father-son relationship he had been with each other for years. The retreat of the Qin army surprised other generals, but Xiang Yu felt it was reasonable. He felt that Qin Ershi must be afraid of his power.

This is Wang Ao's plan. Wang Ao means that according to Suihe's idea, the north and Han Xin will destroy Qi in the east, and then settle the north first. The prerequisite is that Xiang Yu must withdraw his troops first. According to Xiang Yu's personality, he is unlikely to pursue the Qin army, and the retreat to Western Chu to attack Ying Bu is relatively large.

If Fan Zeng was alive, he might even give Xiang Yu some advice. Once Fan Zeng died, Xiang Yu would be free from his power and command without hesitation.

"Tomorrow, the army will withdraw to Western Chu, attack Ying Bu, and avenge Yafu!" Fan Zeng raised the tent overnight and announced in public.

Everyone knows that Fan Zeng died of illness and has nothing to do with King Yingbu of Jiujiang. How could Xiang Yu say that? Fortunately, Mr. Xiang Yu did not ask everyone to wait for too long, so he gave the standard answer: "Ying Bu rebelled, and Ya's father was depressed, so he couldn't afford to get sick. We must find Yingbu to figure out this battle clearly!"

Zhonglimei and others agreed timidly, but they muttered in their hearts that who could deceive such words? Yafu was wrongly accused by you. Zhonglimei felt from the heart that this is not the time to retreat. If the Qin army retreated to Chenggao, they should take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and expand the results of the battle. How could they ignore the overall situation in order to retaliate against Ying Bu? But Zhonglimei would not be too troublesome this time. He obeyed Xiang Yu's decision unconditionally to show his loyalty.

The Western Chu general Tu Gangqiu, and Xiang Sheng led a 70,000 army to Xingyang. The rest of the troops returned to Jingdingtao on the same route, and Waihuang returned to Jiujiang to attack Yingbu.

Wang Zhu thought from his heart that Xiang Yu was a talented person. He was too easy to act emotionally and too easy to fall into a trap. As long as you find his weakness in character, you can control him tightly. The success of the counter-espionage plan is not how clever Chen Ping's plan is. {not only not clever and even a bit ridiculous} can only show that there are serious flaws in Xiang Yu's character.

Since Xiang Yu had already fallen into the trap, Wang Zhu thought he could go directly to Wei County to attack Qi State, so on the night when the Chu army withdrew, he found a group of think tanks to discuss which route to advance.

Wang Ao said to the head, "Retract back to Guanzhong first, you must withdraw first!" Wang Zhu wondered, "Retract back first? Then how could it be too late? Xiang Yu will come back soon."

Wang Ao said, "We must withdraw first and stabilize the King of Qi. As for Xiang Yu, Ying Bu, is not easy to deal with. In addition, Sui He helps, it will take at least a few months to conquer Jiujiang."

Li Zuoche Lane; "No matter what, Ying Bu is also our allied army. Can we not save him?" Wang Ao smiled; "Ying Bu surrendered Qin Baji to follow the threat of his tyranny, making it difficult for him to ride a tiger, and he had to submit. I heard that he was usually a heroic and arrogant person, and he took no one seriously. Such a person has edges and angularity, and has both talent and shortcomings. If the king uses it, he should slapped his spirit. If Ying Bu had the land of Jiujiang and had 100,000 powerful soldiers, how could he truly belong to the king? It would be better to let Xiang Yu pull out his feathers to make use of it."

Li Zuoche smiled strangely and said, "Missing! Yingbu is a Chu native, and the power of the Jiujiang generation is deeply rooted. Even if he is defeated now, he can still play a great role in the future."

Wang Ao said, "Please send two envoys, one to meet Han Xin and the other to meet King Tian Guang of Qi. If Han Xin accepts the king's enthronement, the king immediately orders Wang Ben to withdraw from Yan State. As for Tian Guang, the king can send someone to send generous gifts, saying that he wants to redeem Li Shiqi and request an alliance. Seeing the king's humility, Tian Guang and Tian Rong must think that Qin is easy to bully and will not take any precautions on the border. In addition, the main army of Qin has returned to Guanzhong, so they will not be worried. After a month, they will order Guan Ying, who is stationed in Wei County, to attack suddenly and seize Qi State in one fell swoop."

Wang Zhu, who was thinking about Yu Ji, also wanted to return to Guanzhong as soon as possible. Our King of Western Chu has already started digging his own grave. It seems that it is only a matter of time to lose. Wang Zhu wants to go back to cure Yu Ji's eyes and push her body down by the way, but a thought that has traveled through thousands of years. In fact, this matter is not at all easier than the Western Chu army that destroyed Xiang Yu. Yu Ji is a 100% chaste woman who ends up in one go. If she forcefully pushes her down, all she can get is a corpse.

With this bad mentality in mind, after half a month of trekking, the Qin army's vanguard returned to Guanzhong. Wang Zhu fought with the Chu army for a while, and came and went, and returned. The gains of back and forth were not great. It was like two gamblers who were constantly betting and cheating, but their bets were very small, and the limited gambling funds were constantly shifting in the hands of the two. However, everyone knew that this situation would not last too long. Sooner or later, they would bet all their property and show their trump card to determine their life and death.

Before entering the pass, Wang Zhu sent a 800-mile fast horse to notify Gongziying and Xiao He to cancel all unnecessary welcome etiquette. On the one hand, in order to save money and time, so that he could see Yu Ji as soon as possible. He missed other beauties very much, but he missed Yu Ji the most, because Yu Ji had not been pushed down yet. The more he could not get, the more precious it was.

Wang Zhu met all the officials in the Dazheng Palace, arranged some work, rewarded a group of heroes, and rushed to the harem. Wang Zhu began to want Zhang Xi to inform Yu Ji, but then thought that he must have been blocked, so he suddenly attacked and killed him directly.

Unexpectedly, Miss Yu Ji was faster than him and more foresighted, so she had already sent Lu Matong to wait at the corner of the imperial road in the Dazheng Palace. Wang Zhu turned around and was stopped by Lu Matong: "King, Empress Yu Ji asked the generals to wait for the King here. The Empress has a word to bring to the King."

Wang Zhu laughed at Lu Matong three times. Lu Matong's goosebumps all over the floor and said with a numb scalp, "Master, what do you mean?"

Wang Zhu glared at him and said, "You said you had never seen me before. The words had not been heard. Have you heard it? Go back early." Lu Matong was stunned: "But I clearly saw it." Zhang Xi came over and persuaded him, "Brother Lu, why are you so uninterested? You sometimes pretend to be deaf and blind as if you are a blind man in the palace. You don't understand the rules too much."

Lu Matong said, "Anyway, I can't lie to the Empress."

Zhang Xi said, "King, I have a plan to make Empress Yu Ji meet willingly." Wang Zhu said firmly, "I would like to reward you with five hundred gold."

Zhang Xi said happily, "The king pressed Lu Matong to the execution ground and said that he offended the sage. It should be said that he was killed, and the empress would definitely plead for mercy."

Wang Zhu slapped his thigh, "It's a fucking good idea. Come on, Lu Matong attempts to assassinate and arrest me." The assassination was too much. Before he finished speaking, five or six hundred Qin guards rushed out of the alleyway from the imperial roads in all directions, surrounded Lu Matong in the middle, raised swords and guns, and almost rectified the Dharma on the spot.

Wang Zhu shouted, "I will interrogate the living person myself." Lu Matong was frightened and shouted repeatedly, "Master, Lu Matong did not rebel. When will I assassinate? I am wronged, Eunuch Zhang, Eunuch Zhang."

Zhang Xi said, "You dare to deny, I see you trying to assassinate the king." Wang Zhu said, "Stop talking nonsense, everyone, physical evidence, come, take it to the death jail and wait for the death to fall, check who else is there, and prepare to destroy the nine clans, go quickly." Finally, he added, "Don't think about denying, Eunuch Zhang has seen it, is it Eunuch Zhang?"

Zhang Xi's face was not blushing, but his heart was not beating; "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes that Lu Ma and Child Dog are so brave that it is not enough to calm the anger of the people." Wang Zhu coughed, "This, this, I am also in a dilemma. Logically speaking, I have to notify Empress Yu Ji about this matter. This, Eunuch Zhang, why don't you go there?"

Lu Matong knew their attention, and the two of them did not carry him on their backs. He shouted, "King, this is not about Lu Matong's business. You can't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Wang Zhu said angrily, "Yu Ji is killing innocent people. If she really wants to save you, she will definitely plead for mercy. If she doesn't come, you won't blame me for being cruel and ruthless. Who told you to assassinate me with courage?" Zhang Xi sighed, "It's not that I said you, your courage is too great. Take it away, take it away quickly."

Lu Matong's chest and back were thirty spears and fifty big knives. He could even breathe and be pierced by a sharp blade. He dared not say anything. After shouting a few unjustly, he was taken away by the angry and rough guards.

Zhang Xi ran to the door of the yard where Yu Ji lived. Zihuan was guarding the second line of defense. When he saw Zhang Xi, he hurriedly said, "The Empress said that she was not feeling well today and could not see the king. Please go back." Zhang Xi said with a frown. "Sister Zihuan, I did not come here according to the king's will. I ran out secretly. There is a hundred thousand urgent matters. I have to report to the Empress."

Zihuan said strangely, "A father-in-law should report such an important national affairs to the king. At the worst, he should report it to Prime Minister Ziying. What does it mean to report to my concubine?" Zhang Xi stomped his feet and said, "It's not a national affairs, it's Lu Matong who was arrested by the king. He said that he wanted to assassinate the king and was arrested on the spot."

Zihuan kept his face coldly. He wanted to snatch a few words, but after hearing this, he was so scared that he turned around and ran to the yard. Zhang Xi almost burst into laughter.

Zhang Xi followed the purple ring slowly into the yard. When he stepped into the hall, he heard someone in the room asking anxiously, "Zhang Xi, who saw Lu Matong assassinating the king, how was the king? How could Ma Tong do this? This is impossible." Zhang Xi said in a sarcasm; "I don't know who is the witness. Lu Matong was caught by the king himself, and it seems that it is impossible. I heard that Lu Matong shot the king's arrow and happened to shoot on the king's invulnerable armor, so he did not take the king's life. The king said he wanted to kill Lu Matong's nine clans. The empress should think of a solution quickly."

During this period, Yu Ji relied on relying on Zihuan Yulang and Lu Matong in Qin. She treated Lu Matong as her own brother. If Lu Matong died, Yu Ji really didn't know how sad she would be.

"Impossible, how could Lu Matong assassinate the king? He has always been grateful to the king. There must be a misunderstanding here. Zihuan Yulang, please help me quickly, I'm going to see the king." Yu Ji groped with both hands, and was supported by Zihuan Yulang to the outside of the house.

Zhang Xi hurriedly greeted him, "Empress, I think you don't go. I came here just because I thought that Empress was good at treating slaves, so I came to report a letter. Assassination of the king in Qin State is a huge matter, and it is easy to destroy the nine clans. It is very likely that his hometown is razed to the ground within ten miles of his hometown. Fortunately, his hometown is not in Qin State. However, Empress should not go, so as not to take the king's anger on Empress and suspect that Empress is Lu Matong's accomplice."

Yu Ji held the wall and found Zhang Xi's body, grabbed his shoulder and said, "I am his accomplice. I want to see the king. Take me to see the king. Ma Tong. He can't die. I want to see the king and plead for him. Eunuch Zhang, please."

Zhang Xi said, "This, hey, okay, I can go and report it, but if the king sees you, it depends on your luck. The main reason is that this matter is too big. The three dukes and nine ministers know that if they don't kill Lu Matong, what is the majesty of the Qin Dynasty?" Yu Ji said in tears. "No matter what, please report it, Yu Ji beg you."

Zhang Xi didn't dare to ask Yu Ji to ask for it. He knew that Yu Ji would be the master sooner or later, and at that time, he would suffer. Zhang Xi stopped when he saw it was good. "Empress, wait a moment, and I'll go now."

Zhang Xi went back to report the results of the battle. Wang Zhu, who was so happy, was about to meet him immediately. Zhang Xi advised him, "Your Majesty, you can't see you now. You must make her obedient to a woman like the Empress. The slave's meaning is worse than a big king." Wang Zhu rolled his eyes; "You are a eunuch, and you are still good at women."

Zhang Xi smiled and said, "Although the slave is a eunuch, there are tens of thousands of concubines in the harem that he has seen in the palace. He has never seen any kind of women, so he certainly knows them."
Chapter completed!