Chapter forty-ninth I also die
After Xiang Yu returned, Zhonglimei told him about the large-scale collective escape of the Chu soldiers. After hearing this, Xiang Yu was so angry that his limbs were trembling. He drew his sword and was about to rush out of the tent to slaughter all those who wanted to escape. Zhonglimei stopped him in every way and said, "King, if the enemy is in front of each other, it will not only hurt his vitality, but also give the Qin army an opportunity to take advantage of it. This is absolutely impossible!"
Xiang Yu had no choice but to sit at the desk and drank another jar of wine. He could no longer bear this torment and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Zhonglimei, Yu Ziqi, Shang Jing, Wu Tianran, what are you going to do to retreat to the enemy? Why don't you stand and not speak? What about Yu Ji? At this time, she ran there, could she run away with those ungrateful guys?" Xiang Yu nagged, drunk, angry, moaning, sobs, and sympathy.
Zhonglimei lifted up the curtain and wanted to go out to ask the guards to find out the situation. There were guards outside the tent. There were only cold moon and cold wind on both sides of the tent, and the familiar Chu Ge floating from afar: "The cold wind at night was cold and the vast wilderness in the fields, and the Chu Camp was sad everywhere. Who is brave to fight to the death? Parents, wife and children are crying. People are thin in the battles in the south and north, and people are imprisoned in the wind. Who in the world doesn't miss their relatives? Escape from the Chu Camp is free and carefree."
Zhongli Mei heard it, his heart was full of courage and he was in a state of utmost lordship. He hurriedly came back to tell Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu came out and listened carefully. He was full of Chu Ge in all directions, and couldn't help but sigh; "The Qin army has surrounded us!"
The Chu camp was clear and the sound of Chu songs. Chu soldiers and generals suddenly felt the heart when listening to the songs of their hometown. Seeing the tragic situation of no food and grass inside and no rescuers outside, they seemed to feel the arrival of the god of death, as if they touched the hands and feet of the god of death. ‘Who in the world doesn’t miss their relatives?’ Especially those people in the dying state. The balloon gaze of their parents, the meticulous care of their wives, the innocent smile of their children, the friendship of mutual respect and mutual assistance in the neighborhood, the mountains, rivers and trees of their hometowns, appear one by one in the song of Chu, pulling people’s affection and urging people to survive. The Chu camp was defeated by a new round of Chu songs. The Chu soldiers escaped from the Chu camp in the songs of Chu, leaving a lonely camp, shaking in the cold night.
"Repay! King, the strategist Wu She ran away with the jade seal and the bronze dragon and phoenix master!" Xiang Yu felt a threat like a death-like death. When he heard this news, he felt like he was sprinkling bitter salt on Xiang Yu's bleeding heart. At this time, Zhonglimei and Yu Ziqi ran in panting again and said, "King, there are Chu songs all over the place, the soldiers are already scattered, and the military camp is in chaos. We might as well rush out in the middle of the night." Yu Ziqi advised, "Over King, as the saying goes, a gentleman takes ten years to take revenge. As long as he can break out of the siege, he may regroup, make a comeback, and regain the Western Chu mountains." After that, he rushed out of the tent and moved to the black horse. Zhonglimei pulled out the Fang Tian Hua Ji from the weapons stand beside him, and held it with his hands to Xiang Yu. "Over King, let's go."
Xiang Yu stroked the black horse's black mane, and tears were shining in his eyes: "Ye, Wu Ge, you and me have worked hard for so many years, but in the end they ended up like this. It's really a sightless thing. Our fate is too bitter." Yu Ziqi sighed and wanted to pull the black horse away. Unexpectedly, the black horse stood there like a cast of iron, staring at Xiang Yu quietly, refusing to leave half a step. No matter how you pull it, you can't pull it away.
When the east was white, the quiet Gaixia was trembling in the gray morning light. The Western Chu camp was in a mess, with tents collapsed, battle flags torn, chaotic cars and horses, and guns and swords everywhere. The main force of the Qin army, the left army and the right army, merged into one, eliminated some of the remaining troops, attacked 800,000 troops, and surrounded the Chu camp without leaking water. The Qin soldiers and generals stared at the Chu camp with their eyes, like hungry wolves chased by hunters from the wilderness or in the mountains and wilderness, staring at the crazy tiger that had been fierce and exhausted, with blue light emitted from their eyes, and murderous aura and greed were condensed in the light.
Wang Zhu was protected by the escort army led by Fan Kuai and Cang Haijun, hiding behind thousands of troops, and conveying the battle reports sent from Han Xin with ten fast horses. There were always beauties behind him, with a cloud of delicate voices, and the apricot mouth was terrifying, but he did not suppress his wrinkle because of anxiety.
"King, let's finish drinking the ginseng soup!" Bo Ji brought a bowl of ginseng soup and knelt in front of Wang Zhu and said softly. Wang Zhu stood in front of the tent without hearing it. He seemed to see Yingbu, Guanying, and Wang Ben leading his troops back and tricked Xiang Yu into the encirclement. However, Yingbu, can Wang Ben stop Xiang Yu? If Xiang Yu ran away, what should he do? Wang Zhu was extremely anxious. After all, he was not Han Xin himself. Although he did it completely according to Han Xin's strategy, it is still unknown whether he could succeed.
"King, be careful of the dragon body and drink a bowl of ginseng soup! The weather is cold, drink a bowl of soup to warm your body." Qi Ji also whispered behind her, with a sound like spring breeze and a ray of warmth.
Wang Zhu stood there motionless, as if immersed in the joy of catching Xiang Yu, and more as if he was worried and nervous.
"King, the ginseng soup is almost cold!" Han Ling'er looked at Wang Zhu's back, her delicate gaze was a little more beautiful than the moonlight. Suddenly, the maids and concubines in the tent knelt on the ground together and begged in the same voice, "King, I haven't eaten for a day, let's have some soup!"
Wang Zhu was irritated and angrily threw the soup bowl to the ground and cursed, "Drink! Drink! You know how to eat and drink!"
The maids in the tent were sobbing in grievance, but no one dared to speak out. Bo Ji, who was serving the soup just now, even more tears, crying and her shoulders trembled.
"Report, the king, the Chu army retreated one after another in the voice of Chu. Now there are only 50,000 soldiers in the Western Chu camp."
"Report, the king, nearly 20,000 more troops from the Chu army escaped from the camp. They threw away their armor and only wanted to survive in a mess."
Wang Zhu said sternly, "Add to continue to instruct any escaped Chu soldiers, and let them run away. Those who surrender will be treated well and must not make any mistakes!"
"Abide by the order!"
"Report, the king, Xiang Yu's adviser Wu She, Shang Jing, and Wu Tianran have surrendered to King Yingbu of Huainan, and presented the imperial jade seal and the bronze dragon and phoenix master. The situation of Xiang Yu's rebellion and separation is over."
Five consecutive battle reports made Wang Zhu happy and his face full of glory. The anger, worry, and anxiety suddenly disappeared. "Hurry, let Wu She, Wu Tianran, and Shang Jing come to see me. I have something to do and give me instructions!"
Wu She, Wu Tianran, and Shang Jing were sent by Ying Bu to Wang Zhu's tent. Wang Zhu had no good feelings for these three guys who were greedy for life, fearing death and forgetting their righteousness. In fact, he only wanted to get the jade seal and the bronze dragon and phoenix master, and was afraid of being embezzled by Ying Bu, so he couldn't tell it directly. He could only say that there was an important task to find the three people.
Wu She, Wu Tianran, and Shang Jing knelt down at Wang Zhu's feet, flattered Xiang Yu in turn, criticizing the wrongs of Chu Ba Wang, and making the Chu Ba Wang's words worthless, and all the problems were all wrong. Wang Zhu interrupted them impatiently, "Okay, stop talking, I'll ask you how many soldiers and horses there are in the Chu camp following Xiang Yu!"
Wu She rushed to make a contribution and quickly climbed forward a few steps and said, "This, Xiang Yu's troops have all escaped, and even the eight thousand soldiers have died, and now there are only less than a thousand people left." Wang Zhu recalled history and stood up with a whisper. "Hurry up, tell Fan Kuai, Lu Matong to see you!"
Wang Zhu said to Fan Kuai and Lu Matong, "Xiang Yu is about to break through, and you will immediately lead 30,000 troops to pursue the south. You must stop Xiang Yu from crossing the Wujiang River and returning to Jiangdong. No mistakes are there. Qin Ai, Qin She, Dong Yi, Sima Xin, where is Canghai Jun?" "The last one is here!" Qin Ai was guarding outside the tent. When he heard the call, he immediately picked up the curtain and rushed in with a gust of cold wind.
Wang Zhu said, "You two lead the ambush to Wujiang, I will go with you." Qin Aoqiu Shoo was surprised and immediately knelt on the ground. "King, this is impossible. Xiang Yu has the courage to be inappropriate. Now he is at the end of his journey and will fight to the death. How can the king go to the danger in person?"
Wang Zhu thought to himself, you thought I wanted to go, but there was no way. This alternative 'Farewell My Concubine' must be staged! "Not only me, you can prepare a set of armor for you, and for Empress Yu Ji--"
Qin Ao Qin shot out the tent and sent a command. Canghaijun, Sima Xin and others were both shocked and scared, but they had no way to stop them. They had to ignite more elite troops and prepare for strict protection.
"The Western Chu army began to break through!" The Qin camp suddenly became boiling. Wang Zhu frowned, nervously running around in the commander's tent like a hungry rat, and said in a frustration; "Transmit the order, the person who killed Xiang Yu is rewarded with a thousand golds and a marquis of ten thousand households, no, a 100,000 households!"
Xiang Yu led 800 knights and rushed towards Qin camp in the dark night. He wanted to retreat and complete the breakthrough plan. Zhonglimei and Yu Ziqi, two war horses, one on the left and one on the right, protected him to rush forward and sacrifice his life.
When the Chu army broke through, the Qin army surrounded him like an ant. He heard the drums in the Qin camp dong dong, and the shouts were shocking. The Qin army was like crazy, as if he didn't know that a knife could see dead people, and an iron spear could kill people, and shouted in unison; "Kill Xiang Yu, kill Xiang Yu, the king said, those who get Xiang Yu's head will be rewarded with 1,000 kilograms of gold, and grant 100,000 cities. Kill Xiang Yu, hurry up!" In the blink of an eye, Xiang Yu's eight hundred knights were surrounded by their own soldiers. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiang Yu had to fight back and forth, rescue with all his strength, killing the Qin soldiers everywhere, leading the last 800 people to retreat and escape.
"King, don't worry about them, just break through and help them in the future!" Xiang Yu heard it sincerely, looked back and said excitedly, "Brother Zhongli, you--"
Zhongli Meisha was covered in blood. He rushed to Xiang Yu. The plasma on his body was simmering white smoke. Seeing that Xiang Yu was still in the deep siege for the eight hundred brothers, he was moved and angry, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "King, go quickly, it will be too late." After that, he gritted his teeth and used the handle of the gun to hit the black horse's butt. The black horse roared and rushed out of a bloody road like lightning. Xiang Yu fought with all his strength, broke out of the siege, and fled like lightning.
Behind Zhonglimei Hall, he stopped the boundless Qin soldiers and retreated all the way to a wilderness. He saw that the black Qin soldiers were all over the country, and his scalp was numb. At this moment, countless personal soldiers shouted, "Kill Xiang Yu and seal 100,000 households." Many Qin soldiers ran over from him, chasing Xiang Yu directly, and surrounded Xiang Yu like a tide. Because Xiang Yu was much more valuable than him.
Guan Ying was chasing in front. When he saw Xiang Yu escape, he personally ordered five thousand of the most elite cavalry to pursue him quickly. The Chu soldiers behind him were already red in their eyes and fought with Guan Ying's cavalry regiment, killing the five thousand cavalry to pieces and fleeing in all directions. Even Guan Ying was almost cut by these guys who ignored life and death. After rushing out of the battle circle, he couldn't help but sweat a whole body.
Xiang Yu rushed forward regardless of everything. Qin soldiers were everywhere along the way, and almost every intersection was fighting. The Qin soldiers were almost everywhere. Xiang Yu relied on his unparalleled courage to fight to the death for a day and night, and finally fled to the bank of Huaishui River. Fortunately, there were no ambushes by the river. Xiang Yu casually found a boat on the shore, crossed the Huaihe River, and came to the south bank. Looking back, there were only more than 100 Chu cavalry who could follow closely. Xiang Yu was sad and crying. Suddenly a war horse rushed over, and a person was bleeding from his limbs on his back, unconscious. Xiang Yu hurriedly carried the man off the horse, and looked carefully. It was Yu Ziqi.
"King - Run quickly - Zhonglimei - heading north - he can't get through - I'll come to the palace behind -" Yu Ziqi finished speaking intermittently, spitting blood on his mouth, falling to the ground, gasping for breath in his chest.
"Ziqi, Ziqi, my good brother!" Xiang Yu cried in tears, grabbed Yu Ziqi's shoulder and shook it back and forth, and finally woke him up. Yu Ziqi smiled bitterly, stood up hard, waved his sword, and said proudly; "Power, please get on the horse, and I will break the back personally. Please, don't miss the opportunity and never come again!"
Xiang Yu grabbed Yu Ziqi's arm and said excitedly, "If you want to go, I will die, and I will not throw you here. Let's go back to Kuaiji together." Yu Ziqi laughed wildly, "I can't leave anymore. Today's affairs, only one person can cut off the rear, so that the pursuers can be pulled away. The overlord came to Jiangdong and raised his arms and shouted, reorganized his strength. Don't forget to avenge me! Let's go, if you don't leave, so many brothers will die in vain!"
Xiang Yu's heart was as if he was shaking his sword. He pinched Yu Ziqi's arm hard, trembling his arms, and got on the horse angrily. The black horse roared a long roar, and a hundred cavalry followed Xiang Yu and ran away. On the north bank of the Huai River, people were already seen from afar, and the pursuers came closer.
Xiang Yu went south and came to Yinling to take a small path and galloped forward. He saw the rivers and ditches in front of him, and he lost his path and didn't know which direction to go.
Xiang Yu stopped the cavalry and slowly looked for a way out at the intersection of the three forks. Suddenly, he saw an old farmer who had plowed the fields. He was overjoyed and shouted in secret, "God really helped me." Xiang Yu was as if he had been rescued, so he hurried over to ask. Seeing Xiang Yu and the others murderous intent, covered in blood, their armor was crooked, and they were panting, thinking they were robbers, so they pointed casually; "Let's go left!"
Xiang Yu believed it and ran down the path guided by the old farmer in the farm. The road became narrower and narrower and harder to walk. Suddenly, there was a wilderness ahead. In the wilderness, colorful pythons were passing through. The sound of gurgling bubbles came from afar. The smell of rotten tides evaporated, invading the soldiers' noses. The scene was desolate and tragic. Xiang Yu felt puzzled, but he was afraid that the pursuers would arrive and dare not stop, so he rushed towards the wilderness without hesitation. Unexpectedly, the wilderness was a mud swamp, and the swamp was like a demon's cave.
The big bubbles that popped up from the Onuma pond were creepy. The horses rushing in front of them suddenly fell into the mud, struggling and neighing to escape, but they couldn't even pull out their hooves. The people didn't dare to move when they rode on the horse, and the horses sank inch by inch as quickly as they were swamps.
Xiang Yu led more than a hundred knights to hold his breath, hold his life tightly in his sweaty palms, and retreat inch by inch. Some of them sank into the swamp little by little, with people and horses. The terrifying scene and powerless tragic situation made everyone who saw it feel uncomfortable.
Xiang Yu had no choice but to be afraid that the black horse would sink, so he had to throw away the copper whip behind him, take off his armor and throw it into the swamp. He took the horse's head high and slowly wandered to the side.
Xiang Yu walked out of the swamp with difficulty and returned to the three-way intersection. This was the Qin soldiers who had already caught up with him!
Seeing that there were nearly 10,000 pursuers, Xiang Yu did not dare to fight, so he led the soldiers to choose another road and run directly south. When he arrived at the east city of Jiujiang County, Xiang Yu had a little name, and there were only twenty-eight people.
Xiang Yu and twenty cavalry climbed out of the swamp and were already trapped and exhausted. They were chased by the Qin soldiers and ran away all the way. Nearly 80% of their strength was consumed. The Qin soldiers surrounded him, and the twenty-eight Chu generals were already sweating and panting before they were beaten, as if they were about to slump on the horse. Seeing this, Xiang Yu had to lead them up to a hill and thought to himself: 'By relying on the terrain, maybe they can hold on for a while."
The twenty-eight generals were so tired that they looked deserted and breathed like fire. A captain said to Xiang Yu tragically, "King, we are exhausted. It seems that this hill is the tomb of our twenty-eight people. You can go by yourself, and we will fight for you one last time."
Xiang Yu frowned and looked at the twenty-eight knights affectionately: "Brothers, I, Xiang Yu, have been in the process of starting a war, and have fought more than 70 times in person. Who can block my way? Wherever I go, there is no one who is not subjugated and has never failed. Therefore, I became a tyrant! Being trapped here today is completely the will of God. It is God to destroy me, not because I can't fight. Since it is the number of days, I cannot escape. However, the foolish king Qin II was fierce and cruel,
Chapter completed!