Xiang Liang had already fled to Kuaiji City, but there were only about thirty people left behind him.
When he was a hundred steps away from the city gate, Xiang Liang had already shouted to open the door. The soldiers guarding the city did not dare to neglect and quickly opened the city gate.
Xiang Liang fled into the city on horseback and shouted: "Close the door, close the door quickly."
The pawn's reaction was a little slow. He looked at the smoke and dust behind him and thought: "Aren't those Xiang Jiajun?"
As a result, just when he thought of this, he saw the group of people behind him, holding black flags and wearing black armor. They were so dark that they covered them like dark clouds filled with evil spirits.
The pawn was shocked and hurriedly went to close the door, but where was it too late? Li Xin bit down too hard. In a few breaths, he had reached the city gate. With a wave of his hand, the pawn was chopped into two pieces.
Xiang Liang didn't even have time to gather the soldiers in the city, so he could only enter from the north gate, exit from the south gate, and continue to escape. Li Xin divided 500 men to control Kuaiji City, while the remaining men continued to pursue.
Before leaving Kuaiji City, Xiang Liang ordered Xiang Zhuang beside him: "Go to find Xiang Yu immediately, and order Mo Zhi to take him away without delaying for a moment."
Xiang Zhuang responded, took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, turned his horse's head, and fled to a large house.
Xiang Yu has been recovering in there since he was injured. It has been more than ten days now and he has been unconscious. In this big house, there are twenty or thirty Mohists. A dozen guards.
Xiang Zhuang rode directly in and said loudly: "Leave immediately, disguise yourself, and don't let the news leak out."
The Mohists were all frightened and asked, "Failed?"
Xiang Zhuang hummed.
The Mohists were even more frightened, and they were worried: King Kuaiji, with just a few men and horses in his hand, actually defeated Xiang Liang?
But now that the situation is critical, I don’t bother to ask in detail. These people carried Xiang Yu onto the carriage and hurried out of the city.
Many people in the city are fleeing now, and these people are not very conspicuous among them. After leaving the city, the Mohist asked Xiang Zhuang: "Where are we going?"
Xiang Zhuang said: "I don't know, the general has not given any orders, so let's find a place to stay first."
Xiang Liang did not say where he was going. The reason was simple. He has no confidence in his future. If he can survive, it will not be too late to find someone else. If he was going to die, there was no need to let Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Yu die with him.
Several people from Xiangzhuang stood outside the city to discuss it, and finally went to a nearby barren mountain, where there was a group of thieves. With Xiangzhuang's ability, they should be able to subdue them. In this way, even if you can barely stand firm.
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After Xiang Liang left the city, he fled all the way to Wu County. There is a large city in Wujun that is still under his control. At the same time, he sent a messenger and ordered the five thousand troops who were attacking Shuangshe County to immediately return to Wu County for rescue.
As time went by, Li Xin's horse became weaker and weaker, and gradually could no longer catch up with Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang was lucky enough to escape with his life. He did not dare to delay at all and fled towards Wu County at a faster speed.
The deputy general asked Li Xin: "General, do we want to continue chasing?"
Li Xin shook his head: "Our army is already exhausted. It has just experienced another battle. If it encounters Xiang Liang's reinforcements, it will definitely be defeated. Let's go back to Kuaiji City, rest for a while, and regain enough energy to fight again."
The deputy general said with some worry: "What if the rebels also have enough energy?"
Li Xin smiled: "What can that group of rabble do if they have enough energy?"
Afterwards, Li Xin led three thousand troops and slowly walked towards Kuaiji City.
When they walked to the city gate, they found that Li Shui was coming with his son Gao. The two groups of people unexpectedly met under the city gate.
The young master jumped off his horse and saluted Li Xin: "Thank you, General Li, for saving your life."
The generals behind the young master all bowed respectfully.
Li Xin returned the gift with satisfaction. At the same time, he was also a little confused: Why did he feel that they had enough respect but not enough admiration? Logically speaking, shouldn't they be moved to tears by the fact that I ran for more than twenty days to turn the tide? Could it be that the King of Kuaiji is a heartless person?
Li Xin was wondering when he suddenly realized that everyone from the young master to the lowest pawns were looking at Li Shui with admiration.
A few people even muttered in a low voice: "God of War, God of War. Our Great Qin has a God of War like Exiled Immortal, who will surely create peace for all ages."
Li Xin was stunned: God of War? Sophora millet?
He grabbed a pawn and asked, "Is the God of War you call really Huaiguzi?"
The soldier said: "Of course he is the Exalted Immortal. The Exalted Immortal led his army and ran wildly for more than twenty days. He decided the world in one battle and saved me in the face of fire and water. Isn't he the God of War?"
Li Xin looked at the three thousand troops behind him with some suspicion, and then said: "I was the one who defeated Xiang Liang. Did I remember it wrong?"
Shen Lun stroked his beard beside him and said with a smile: "General Li, you defeated Xiang Liang. We all saw it with our own eyes, and we are very grateful in our hearts. But... wasn't it that General Li also won the victory under the command of Ban Xian? Is this a record?"
Li Xin looked confused. For a long time, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: What happened to Great Qin? Why can't I understand it at all?
Li Shui, who was surrounded by everyone, also felt a little emotional: "If I had known earlier, I should have brought a few scholars here. How could I not record such a grand occasion?"
Suddenly, a big fat man beside him said: "Don't worry about banishing the immortal, I have already written it down, clearly and clearly, every word has been missed."
Li Shui looked at this man in confusion: "Who are you?"
The big fat man smiled dryly and said: "I am the governor of Kuaiji County, Juhu."
Li Shui looked at Young Master Gao and said doubtfully, "Didn't the governor of Kuaiji surrender to Xiang Liang?"
The giant man's face turned pale, and he said with a look of fear: "Xiaguan didn't surrender to the thieves, Xiaguan was caught by the thieves. Xiaguan has been dealing with them, trying to keep quiet and destroy their plan. "
Li Shui chuckled, took what Jufu had written down, and flipped through a few pages. Li Shui was immediately elated. Jufu praised Li Shui to the extreme. Although most of them were nonsense, who could refuse to flatter him?
Li Shui patted Jufu on the shoulder: "You have a future, keep writing."
The giant man burst into tears with gratitude, picked up the pen and paper again, and started writing in the car.
Originally, according to Li Shui's wish, the giant man was to be tied up. But then I thought about it, this guy's force value was almost zero, so forget it and let him go.
In the end, Li Shui arranged for two craftsmen to monitor Ju Fu, and that was all.
After the giant man returned home, he immediately arranged for people to kill pigs and sheep, and warmly entertained the soldiers and horses from Xianyang.
By the time everything was done, it was already late at night. The giant man returned to his bedroom exhausted and saw his wife waiting inside with a worried look on her face.
The giant man smiled bitterly and said to his wife: "Now that I, the governor of Kuaiji County, I don't know how many days I can live."
The lady struggled for a while and asked in a low voice: "Why did this beam fail so quickly?"
The giant man said: "Li Xin and the Qin soldiers came from Xianyang City day and night and defeated Xiang Liang in one battle. What's wrong with this?"
The lady asked in a low voice: "Li Xin came so quickly? Was he already on the way, or did he just come after receiving a message?"
Jufu said: "I think I must have received the report. I heard the soldiers talking about the emperor's messengers escaping from Chu, riding into Xianyang quickly, and informed your majesty of what happened here."
The lady's expression changed for a while, and suddenly she said with a pale face: "Husband, the emperor's messenger, I let you go."
The giant man was stunned and looked at the lady with a blank expression.
The lady added: "I just want to leave a way out for my descendants. I didn't expect that because I let the envoy go, Xiang Liang was defeated so quickly. You didn't even have time to get away. Did I hurt you?"
The giant man shook his head, took his wife's hand, and said with tears in his eyes: "Not only did you harm me, you also saved my life. It wasn't until today's battle that I saw what kind of traitor it was. The momentum is huge, but it is actually a mob. Once they encounter the tiger and wolf army, they will collapse in an instant."
The giant man said with emotion: "How long has it been since your Majesty unified the six kingdoms? The majesty of the Tiger and Wolf Division of the Great Qin Dynasty is still there, and the name alone is enough to intimidate people."
The giant man turned his head and smiled at his wife: "It is a great achievement for you to let the messenger go. This time, I will definitely not die, haha."
After hearing this, the lady was overjoyed and some color returned to her face.
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Three days later, the rebels who attacked Shuangshe County withdrew, and five thousand troops hurried to Wu County to join Xiang Liang.
Xiang Liang had another five thousand troops, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and became more confident.
At the same time, after resting, Li Xin also took his people to the outside of Wujun City and set up camp, as if he was about to attack the city at any time.
A confidant said to Xiang Liang: "Li Xin only has 3,000 men. Why don't we go out of the city and fight with him? This time we are well prepared and we will definitely not make the same mistake again."
Xiang Liang shook his head slowly: "I have five thousand men, but most of these five thousand men were kidnapped. But Li Xin's three thousand men are elite soldiers and generals. How can they fight?"
Xiang Liang thought for a while and said: "Wujun City is high and deep, and the food and grass can last for a year. As long as we can't hold on, Li Xin can't attack."
The confidant nodded slowly and said: "However, the longer the time goes by, the more troops and horses will come from Xianyang. By then, Wu County will be in danger."
Xiang Liang smiled: "It doesn't matter, I have a clever plan."
He knew in his heart that Wang was coming, maybe even on the way.
Li Xin only had 3,000 troops, which was definitely not the main force in countering the rebellion. If the Wang family does not seize this opportunity to come to Chu, the only way is to exterminate the clan, so they will not give up.
Therefore, Xiang Liang only did two things next. First, organize all the men in the city into the army, and then train them day and night, turning them into elite soldiers and generals in the shortest possible time.
Secondly, that is to wait, wait for the Wang family to arrive, and then both parties cooperate, fight and retreat, and take the opportunity to grow stronger. It would be great if Li Xin could be killed in the chaos.
Seeing Xiang Liang's confident look, his confidants could only do as he was told.
Li Xin, who was outside the city, did not rush to attack the city. He is mobilizing officers and soldiers loyal to Da Qin from nearby counties and counties, and will fight to the death with Xiang Liang when he is strong enough.
Therefore, outside Wujun City, the two parties actually confronted each other.
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Xianyang City, Imperial Palace. Civil and military officials are holding a court meeting.
This time there was neither Li Xin nor Li Shui in the court. Everyone was a little uncomfortable with it. At first, they were cautious, fearing that someone would catch them when they spoke and label them as rebels.
But after an hour, the courtiers began to get used to Li Shui's absence, so they all became talkative. They were itchy and talked endlessly in the court, enjoying the joy of freedom.
Ying Zheng looked helpless at the somewhat crazy courtiers. He interrupted a courtier's speech and directly pointed at Wang Jian: "How are you preparing for the counter-rebellion?"
Wang Jian bowed and said: "I and Wang Heng have been working day and night. We have prepared all the soldiers, horses, baggage, food and grass, as well as the servants accompanying the army. We can set off for Chu today. We can reach Chu within a month. .”
Ying Zheng sighed: "One month, I don't know whether King Kuaiji is alive or dead."
At this time, a young eunuch walked in cautiously.
Ying Zheng asked: "Is there any news about King Kuaiji?"
The young eunuch nodded nervously and said: "There is news. It was the magistrate of Shuangshe County. More than ten days ago, he sent someone to risk his own life to go to Yuewang Mountain. This man saw that Yuewang Mountain was surrounded by water. Xiang Liang built Huge trebuchets attack the mountain day and night. The shouts of killing and bombardment are deafening, and the sound can be heard for miles."
"Shuangshe County Magistrate did not dare to neglect and ordered the envoy to send the news to Xianyang immediately. According to him... when the envoy set off, King Kuaiji was still alive."
Ying Zheng nodded slowly: "More than ten days ago, King Kuaiji was still alive. I don't know if Li Xin's men have arrived."
At this time, Wang Jian suddenly said in a deep voice: "I dare you, my Majesty, to tell the world and announce the death of King Kuaiji."
Ying Zheng's eyes narrowed and he shouted sharply: "What did you say?"
The courtiers also looked at Wang Jian in surprise, thinking: Xiang Liang rebelled recently and Wang Jian regained military power. Even so, there is no need to be so bold, right? Forgot your last name?
Wang Jian was not afraid at all and said loudly: "Yuewang Mountain is just an isolated mountain. How can it support it? Once King Kuaiji is captured, Xiang Liang can use King Kuaiji's seal and ribbon to issue various false orders."
"What if he, in the name of King Kuaiji, asks Qingjun to side and march into Xianyang? Will the powerful people in Chu respond? Will the remote county magistrates and governors follow blindly? After all, once this is successful, it will be a fate. A great achievement. It’s worth the risk they took.”
"Therefore, I ask your majesty to immediately announce that King Kuaiji is dead. In this way, even if Xiang Liang captures King Kuaiji, there will be nothing he can do."
Ying Zheng looked livid and said nothing.
Then Zhou Qingchen stood up and said: "Old General Wang, this is wrong. If your Majesty tells the world that King Kuaiji is dead, then King Kuaiji will no longer be of use to Xiang Liang. Originally, King Kuaiji fell into Xiang Liang's hands. There is still a glimmer of hope, but this edict can drive King Kuaiji to death."
"What's more, the banished immortal and General Li Xin have already rushed to Chu. Perhaps at this moment, King Kuaiji has been rescued. But he suddenly received an edict and heard that his majesty had announced his death. Wouldn't this be surprising? Is he cold?"
"Furthermore, even if Xiang Liang really uses the seal of the King of Kuaiji to issue all kinds of false orders. I, the Tiger and Wolf Division of the Great Qin Dynasty, are enough to destroy the rebels. We should take this opportunity to destroy the powerful and local officials with different intentions."
After hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.
Wang Jian sighed: "I heard that Mr. Zhou is the best at figuring out the intentions of his superiors and trying to please and flatter him. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true."
Zhou Qingchen narrowed his eyes: "Is that so? General Wang thinks the subordinate is trying to flatter you? From this point of view, do you think the King of Kuaiji has no physique?"
Wang Jian said calmly: "Exactly."
Zhou Qingchen smiled: "Sir, do you dare to risk your life?"
Wang Jian was so angry that his heart couldn't stop rising and falling: These people are so bad, they specifically picked me, Wang, to bet on their lives?
Wang Jian said loudly: "I have fought all my life and made great contributions to our great Qin. Who do you think you are, worthy of gambling with me?"
Zhou Qingchen was not annoyed and grinned: "Just forget it if you don't dare."
Wang Jian couldn't take a breath and felt a little dizzy.
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