Because of Xiang Yan's reputation, Xiang Liang's news of crossing the river spread like thunder to Huaiyin City. People cheered and cheered, thinking that the sky was about to change. At this time, Han Xin, who had disappeared from people's sight, appeared again and walked around the busy city frequently. It seemed that he had encountered something good. It turned out that Han Xin was very excited when he heard that Xiang Liang had crossed the river. He also knew that Xiang Liang must have strong appeal. He also had a premonition that the earth-shaking moment was coming, so he was actively preparing. During this period of time, Han Xin has worked very hard to realize his lofty ideals in life. He must be a big shot. He wants to be a general. He wants to command thousands of troops and horses. He wants to gallop on the battlefield thousands of miles away. He wants to be famous. Bamboo and silk. Thinking of this, Han Xin decided to join the army.
On this day, he wandered around Huaiyin City at will, and finally came to the shop of the butcher who had asked him to fuck him more than ten days ago. He deliberately looked inside and saw the butcher just inside, so he gave a warning. The butcher smiled unpredictably and contemptuously. When the butcher suddenly saw Han Xin like this, he was frightened. He felt confused and thought that Han Xin was coming to take revenge, and he felt fear in his heart. But when he saw Han Xin leaving without stopping, he quickly walked out to watch and followed him all the way. I saw Han Xin striding away from Huaiyin City and walking proudly upstream along the Huaihe River. He didn't know why this poor boy was so awesome today. Did he find some backer or helper to settle the score with him? The butcher thought about it over and over, and became so nervous that when he went to bed at night, he would hold a butcher's knife in his arms, for fear that Han Xin and someone would suddenly break in and chop off his head. This is true: a gentleman is magnanimous, while a villain is always concerned.
After Xiang Liang crossed the river, Guangling looked at the wind and descended, and the army moved forward. One day, Xiang Liang saw many people coming towards him and running in the opposite direction. He was very curious, so he stopped a few people and asked why. The people all replied: "There is going to be a war now. I heard that the magistrate of Dongyang County is very good to the people. Let's go to him and hope to get his protection." Xiang Liang heard that there was such a good magistrate, so he asked his name. The people all said: "His name is Chen Ying, and he is a loyal elder." Xiang Liang nodded secretly after hearing this, and then sent someone to Dongyang County to contact Chen Ying.
It turns out that this man named Chen Ying was the magistrate of Dongyang County. After Chen Sheng's uprising, the three old heroes in the county connived at some of their sons to kill the county magistrate, and then elected Chen Ying as the leader to respond to the uprising. But Chen Ying was not enthusiastic about this leader, so everyone forced him to do it. Chen Ying had no choice but to agree first. But his mother said: "Son, since I married into your Chen family, I have never heard that your ancestors had noble people. Now you suddenly got such a big name. This is not auspicious! I heard It is said that Xiang Liang is the son of Xiang Yan, and his army has crossed the river. You should contact him as soon as possible and become his subordinate. If things go well, you can make a marquis; if things go wrong, you can still evade responsibility, because Are you not the one that the world is paying attention to?" Chen Ying listened to his mother's words and said, "What mother said is very reasonable." While he was talking, someone suddenly came in to report that Xiang Liang's envoy had arrived. When Chen Ying heard this, he was really overjoyed and hurriedly asked the envoy to come in.
After the envoy saw Chen Ying, he said that General Xiang Liang wanted to join forces with him and go north together. Chen's mother happily said, "It's better to rush early than to rush quickly. Can my son belong to him as soon as possible?" Chen Ying followed his mother's advice and said to his subordinates: "The Xiang family has been a general for generations and is well-known in Chu State. Now, If we want to do something big, we should rely on him. Chu and Qin have been feuding since ancient times, so Qin will definitely perish?" Everyone agreed with Chen Ying's suggestion. Chen Ying then sent an envoy to greet Xiang Liang warmly. After Xiang Liang got Dongyang, he wanted to make Chen Ying his general. But Chen Ying said: "I am just a civil servant and cannot lead troops to fight." Xiang Liang said: "Then you go to Wuzhong as the governor of Kuaiji, develop the rear of the Chu army, and build a strong and wealthy country for us Chu people. Base area, how is it?" Chen Ying thought it was a good job, and his expertise was very relevant, so he modestly said: "I can still barely do this job!" Xiang Liang was overjoyed. Chen Ying took a group of civil servants and prepared to set off to Wu County to take office. Before leaving, he handed over all his troops and horses to Xiang Liang, and took only dozens of followers with him. Xiang Liang was overjoyed, and from then on he handed over the development of the rear to Comrade Chen Ying, and led his army to continue heading north. When the army arrived at Xutai, Xiang Liang ordered everyone to search for ferries and prepare to cross the river. At this time, the people of Chu region gathered in response.
One day, Xiang Liang came to the north of Xutai City. He watched the large group of people crossing the river, and his heart surged. At this time, Xiang Yu, Ji Bu, Zhong Limei and others came over. They took a jar of wine and said that it was given to General Xiang by their elders. Xiang Liang looked at the wine and said happily: "The kindness of the elders is really appreciated." Xiang Yu poured a full bottle, toasted to Xiang Liang and said: "Uncle, after you drink, will you board the ship?" Xiang Liang accepted it. After drinking, we drank it all, and then we were about to board the ship. Suddenly a sergeant came and reported: "General, there is a man named Han Xin who has come to join the army." Xiang Liang said Han Xin's name and said, "Let him come to see you." The sergeants led Han Xin to Xiang Liang. When Han Xin saw Xiang Liang, he kowtowed and then stood up. Xiang Liang looked at Han Xin and saw that he was of medium build, very thin, and carrying a very conspicuous sword, so he asked with concern: "Strong man, what do you think?" Are you proficient in swordsmanship? Han Xin asked and replied: "To tell you what the general said, Han Xin knows a thing or two about swordsmanship, but he is not proficient in it." Xiang Liang looked at the sallow-looking Han Xin and felt pitiful, so he asked him casually: "Why do you want to join the army?" Han Xin said: "I want to be a general!" Everyone laughed after hearing this. Xiang Liang said: "To be a general, you must have military talents that are beyond ordinary people?" "Han Xin said: "The general is right, you must have a skill that is unmatched by ten thousand people! Xiang Yu said: "How about you dance a few moves and see how your swordsmanship is?" "When Han Xin saw that everyone asked him to dance with the sword, he was not humble, so he immediately drew his sword and started dancing.
Han Xin danced a few moves, but Xiang Yu couldn't hold it in any longer, so he was about to make a joke with him, so he saw an opportunity and stepped forward to grab Han Xin's arms. With a slight push, Han Xin fell to the ground, holding his sword. It also slipped from my hand. This move caused a burst of laughter from people. Thanks to Xiang Liang being an elder, he was afraid of hurting Han Xin's face, so he hurriedly said to Xiang Yu: "Yu'er, don't be rude to the righteous man. Although his swordsmanship is not as good as yours, this man, like you, has the ability to serve thousands of people." The thought of fighting the enemy is really commendable! He is fighting in the army with a sword today, and he can be regarded as a strong man!" After saying that, he quickly stepped forward to help Han Xin, picked up the sword, and handed it to him. At this time, Han Xin said: "My poor swordsmanship has made the generals laugh, but fighting relies on strategy, and swordsmanship alone cannot defeat ten thousand enemies!" As soon as this statement came out, the whole army was shocked. It turned out that Xiang Yu was right in front of him, and the soldiers all knew that his swordsmanship was invincible. But now Han Xin said in front of him that he could not defeat ten thousand people with his swordsmanship alone. Everyone looked at Xiang Yu again.
Xiang Liang, who was indeed his elder, quickly said: "You just said that fighting depends on strategy, right?" Han Xin affirmed: "Yes, fighting depends on strategy." Xiang Liang was very happy and asked: "You Do you understand the art of war?" Han Xin said: "Yes, I have read all the famous military books in ancient times." Xiang Liang stepped forward and took Han Xin's hand affectionately and said: "Young man, for the time being, you can listen to my infantry. From now on, If you really have meritorious service, I will promote you to general." Han Xin happily agreed, then walked into the middle of the team and followed the army across the river.
Xiang Liang crossed the Huaihe River and continued to move forward. Suddenly someone came to report: "General, there is a sturdy man with a group of men and horses blocking the way." Xiang Liang thought to himself, could it be Qin's soldiers and horses? He led a group of generals and drove to the front of the team to take a look. They saw a man with a yellow face, broad cheeks, tattooed face and short beard, holding a double-moon iron halberd, standing majestically under the gate. Xiang Liang asked loudly: "Why are the strong men blocking the army?" The man said: "I am a gangster from Pengli Zezhong. I heard that there are many of you, so I came here to ask for some money!" Seeing this, Xiang Yu said: "We just Raising troops, we haven't captured any of the Qin army, but we met a robber who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. Is it strange?" He rushed to the front of the formation, shook the Canglong Qiankun Moon-Swallowing Halberd in his hand, and said "I've got a lot of money, but I don't know if I'll accept this?" The man said, "What an ignorant person!" After saying that, he clapped his horse and rushed forward, raising the weapon in his hand high, and then said: " Young man, if you can block my blow, I will obey you?" Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Old man, if you can block my blow, I will obey you, no matter the expense, you can come and get it!" The man said He said: "Okay, let's attack at the same time." As the two said, they each raised their iron halberds and hit each other. There was a "clang" sound as their weapons collided together, sparks flew everywhere, and the sun shone on the two bright weapons, emitting a shuddering light that made people tremble in fear.
Xiang Liang saw that the man's move was really extraordinary, so he shouted to stop. Xiang Yu and the man stopped their weapons. Xiang Liang asked: "May I know the name of the strong man?" The man holding the halberd replied loudly: "My name is Yingbu. Because I was tattooed by the Qin State, everyone in the world calls me Yingbu. We heard that General Xiang is coming. I came here specifically to greet you. I just wanted to test your strength, so I made a joke with you. Please forgive me, General Xiang!" After saying that, he dismounted to meet us, and all the soldiers behind him also dismounted. Ting Bu pointed at the man behind him holding the big ax and said: "This is General Pu, known as 'General Pu' in the world. He is my friend." He also pointed to a scholar behind him and said: "This is my sworn brother. His name is Zhu Jian. We came here specifically from Chencheng." After the introduction, Qingbu pointed at Xiang Yu and said, "I didn't expect this young general to be so extraordinary! I, Qingbu, have been wandering in the world for so many years, and I have never encountered him before. Having faced such an opponent, are you the legendary Xiang family master Xiang Yu?" Xiang Yu said: "That's right!" Ting Xu said: "Today is really an eye-opener, it's like there are people outside the world, there is a sky outside the world, I admire you, I admire you! Xiang Liang was overjoyed and asked: "Didn't the strong man go back to Xianyang in the past and kill the 'four sons of the royal family', the tattooed warrior?" Qianbu replied: "He is the one!" Tingbu and others meet.
After Yingbu met Xiang Liang, he told how he met Lu Chen and how he captured Chencheng. He also said that they were sent by General Lu Chen to welcome the army. Xiang Liang was so happy that he met everyone one by one and said, "Why don't you tell General Lu Chen and discuss the strategy of attacking Qin together." Ying Bu was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to invite General Lu. Xiang Liang then appointed Yingbu as the captain of the left, Pu as the captain of the right, and Zhu Jian as the marching commander. The three of them together served as the vanguard of the attack on Qin. The army then marched towards Xiapi.
At this time, Han Xin was in the middle of the team. When he saw that Xiang Liang valued these three people so much, he said to himself: "The coach only values military strategy and not literary skills; he only uses generals and not scribes. Such a person I'm afraid it won't last long!" Someone reported this to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu was furious and ordered people to capture Han Xin and said: "You rat, you just came to the army and you dare to slander my uncle. I will kill you first!" After that, he raised his sword to kill Han Xin. Xiang Liang happened to see it and shouted loudly: "Nephew, don't be rude!" He came to Xiang Yu's side. When he asked about the situation, he smiled and said: "Since this person can say such things, he must have great ambitions." The strategy will be verified slowly in the future. If you kill him now, it will stop the heroes of the world from moving forward. Besides, when a new army starts, it is unlucky to kill innocent people first!" Xiang Yu then gave up, but from then on, he treated Han Xin I felt disgusted.
