Xiang Liang was shocked when he heard that the county governor's mansion was on fire, and said without thinking: "Quickly put out the fire."
But almost at the same time, he suddenly came to his senses and said to the people around him: "Slow down!"
The man who was about to put out the fire was stunned and said: "General, fire and water have no mercy. If we delay for a moment, it may cause serious trouble."
Xiang Liang shook his head and said to his confidants: "Immediately lead three thousand elite soldiers to guard the south gate. Anyone who intrudes, no matter who they are, will be killed immediately. In addition, tell the Xiang family's descendants to lead their own men and guard the other three gates." .”
The confidant was a little confused and asked cautiously: "Someone broke in?"
Xiang Liang shouted: "Go quickly."
The confidant responded and left in a hurry.
Xiang Liang said to the remaining people: "The remaining soldiers and horses, follow me to the governor's mansion. No one in the mansion, no matter male, female, old or young, will be left behind."
The soldiers were startled and said cautiously: "General, in the governor's mansion..."
Xiang Liang drew his sword and said angrily: "Wu Yu had a different intention, so I will gouge out his heart."
Then, Xiang Liang strode out. When the others walked out of the camp, they found that Xiang Liang was already on horseback. These people did not dare to neglect, got on their horses one after another, led their troops and horses, and rushed towards the governor's mansion.
The governor's mansion was on fire, and everything was on fire. Wu Yu had jumped down from the wall long ago and was standing in the middle of the street, drinking wine and composing poems while looking at the firelight.
After seeing the heroic appearance of the county guard, some people couldn't help but sigh: He is the county guard after all. His home is about to be burned to the ground, but he is still so calm. This courage is really admirable.
After Xiang Liang arrived with his people, he immediately dispersed his troops and surrounded the entire county governor's mansion.
He looked at Wu Yu: "The Sheriff is so elegant."
Wu Yu smiled slightly and chanted in a longer voice: "I sigh to cover my tears, lamenting the hardships of the people's livelihood. General Xiang, the world has just settled down, and you are making trouble again, and the people are suffering."
Xiang Liang drew his sword and put it on Wu Yu's neck: "Where is Wu Gang?"
Wu Yu sighed: "Confucian scholars say that those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. Everyone in the world thinks that it is pedantic. I believe that those who win the hearts of the people may not win the world. But those who lose the hearts of the people will definitely not be able to win the world."
Wu Yu slowly turned his head and looked at Xiang Liang: "General Xiang, do you think you have won the hearts of the people? Needless to say, the hearts of the people in the world. How much have you gained from the people of Wu County?"
Xiang Liang glanced around. The people lowered their heads one after another, with fear in their eyes.
Wu Yu chuckled: "No one in the country dares to speak. The road is based on the eyes. General Xiang has the demeanor of the Emperor of Zhou, but unfortunately... he is King Li."
Xiang Liang suddenly took back his sword and said with a smile: "The governor is very brave today."
Wu Yu said calmly: "When death is imminent, what is there to be afraid of? Naturally, you will be bolder."
Xiang Liang said calmly: "I don't plan to kill you anymore. Killing you like this will be a bit advantageous to you. It's better to imprison you in the military camp and torture you every day to eliminate the hatred in my heart."
Wu Yu smiled slightly and said, "Then thank you General Xiang for sparing my life."
Xiang Liang laughed, waved his hand, and said to the people behind him: "Except Wu Yu, kill all the men and women in the county guard's mansion."
All the servants in the mansion were stunned. They cried and said: "We wait, I wait are cowards."
It's a pity that they only shouted so loudly and were killed.
Wu Yu sighed and closed his eyes.
Not only the servants in the mansion were killed, but also his family members. But in troubled times, what can we do?
Soon, all the people in the county guard's mansion were killed. Wu Yu suddenly opened his eyes, laughed and said: "The world often says that Qin people are cruel. But isn't Xiang Liang cruel? So many innocent people Women and children were all chopped down in the blink of an eye. Just think about it, if these people conquered the world, would you really be able to live a peaceful life?"
Wu Yu said this to the people around him. After hearing this, everyone had strange looks on their faces.
Wu Yuyou sighed: "It can be seen that the Qing Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty are all bluffing. Xiang Liang's purpose is nothing more than to restore his own power. What's more, it is to do it for himself Emperor. Tsk, tsk, tsk, for the sake of the dignity of one person, you want thousands of people to fight and fight. This is a very treacherous and evil person."
Xiang Liang held the sword in his hand tightly. The veins on his forehead were exposed and he wanted to cut it off immediately. But he held it back, sneered and said, "I hope you can still be so eloquent after being beaten all over."
Later, two of the Xiang family's children rushed over, tied up Wu Yu, and stuffed a rag into his mouth.
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The moment the fire broke out in the Sheriff's Mansion, Wu Gang, hiding in the darkness, opened the bag of tips.
He was curious about what clever plan his father, who had always been submissive and mediocre, could come up with this time.
However, when he opened the kit and took a look, he was shocked. It read: Rush out of the south gate.
Wu Gang was a little dumbfounded: "Charge out of the south gate? This is easy to say. I am alone, how can I rush out..."
Just when he thought of this, there was a cry of killing coming from the direction of the south gate.
Wu Gang was shocked. He turned his head and looked over there, and found a dozen soldiers holding swords and slashing at the gatekeepers.
Wu Gang was surprised to find that these people seemed to be servants in his own family.
There were originally more than a hundred soldiers guarding the south gate, and more than half of them were on guard on the city wall. There were only fifty or sixty people guarding the gate. After the fire broke out, half of the people went to put out the fire.
Now these servants suddenly attacked, and the pawns didn't even have time to react, and five or six people were killed in an instant. The rest were so frightened that they simply dispersed.
Immediately afterwards, the servants began to race against time to open the city gate.
Wu Gang slapped his forehead: "My father is really a god."
He put the kit in his arms and ran away. When he ran to the south gate, the heavy city gate had just opened a gap.
Wu Gang squeezed out, and then saw the soldiers and horses outside the city.
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The soldiers and horses outside the city are Li Xin's people.
After Li Shui ordered people to shoot an open letter on the city wall, he notified Li Xin and immediately led his troops to the outside of Wu County to prepare to take over the city.
Li Xin sneered at this, but Li Shui's words were conclusive, so Li Xin came with doubts. But before coming, he and Li Shui made an agreement that if the city gate was not opened before dawn, Li Shui would publicly admit that Li Xin was the God of War.
To this, Li Shui readily agreed.
The names of God of War and Immortal were just names, and Li Shui didn't care.
What's more important is that Li Shui has thoroughly studied the psychology of the Qin people. These people are somewhat simple-minded. Now the rumor that the Immortal is omnipotent has completely brainwashed them. Everyone feels that there is nothing that the Immortal cannot do.
Even if the city gate was not opened before dawn, Li Shui gave Li Xin the title of God of War. The people of Qin would also think that this was just to banish the immortal to be humble, not greedy for merit, and to deliberately fulfill Li Xin.
Thinking of this, Li Shui glanced at Li Xin sympathetically.
Coincidentally, Li Xin was also looking towards Li Shui.
Looking at each other, Li Xinxin thought: There seems to be some pleading in Brother Huai's eyes. how? He was worried that admitting that I was the God of War in public would be too embarrassing? Haha, I will not pity him, but I want him to bow his head in public. Anyway, Brother Huai is thick-skinned, so it doesn’t matter if he hurts his face.
Thinking of this, Li Xin laughed.
Li Shui shook his head and thought sympathetically: Silly boy, smiling like a fool.
At this moment, Nancheng was on fire.
Li Shui immediately smiled: "Brother Li, let's prepare to enter the city from the south gate."
At this time, Li Xin was still a little doubtful. He waved his hand, led the people out of the darkness, and ran towards the south gate. At this time, there was no need to hide.
The rebels on the south gate wall looked at Li Xinjun outside as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
At this time, a cry of killing suddenly came from under the city wall. Before the rebels understood what was going on, Wu Gang had already opened the city gate and ran out crazily.
At this time, the rebels on the city wall finally realized: someone opened the city and surrendered.
They immediately drew their bows and arrows and shot at Wu Gang.
But it was too late. Li Xin's army rained down arrows, instantly turning all those who dared to show their heads on the city wall into hedgehogs.
When this round of arrows ended, the defenders discovered that Li Xin had led people into the city. Thousands of men and horses were like tigers descending the mountain, and it was impossible to stop them.
They resisted for a while, and after sacrificing more than a dozen lives, they wisely surrendered.
Li Xin had just entered the city when 3,000 reinforcements sent by Xiang Liang also arrived.
However, Xiang Liang's three thousand people were of mixed composition. There are descendants of the Xiang family, Qin soldiers from the original county, and people recruited from the army.
These people are either brave and fierce, accustomed to fighting alone, but do not know how to march and fight. Either he is forced to become a thief and has no will to fight at all. Either he is as timid as a rat, always thinking about surrendering to his death.
Therefore, as soon as the two armies came into contact, the outcome was decided in a matter of seconds. Li Xin's army rolled over like a huge boulder, and Xiang Liang's three thousand men collapsed immediately.
Most of the bravest Xiang children were killed. And all the ordinary people lost their weapons and ran for their lives. As for the Qin soldiers in the county, they surrendered directly.
After killing these three thousand people, Li Xin led his men and rampaged through Wu County. Anyone who saw a weapon in their hand was killed first and asked later.
For a time, Wujun City was in chaos.
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The Sheriff's Mansion has been burned down. Xiang Liang had just tied up Wu Yu and was about to help defend the city. Suddenly, a descendant of the Xiang family ran over and shouted with blood: "General, Wu Gang opened the city gate and let Li Xin in. Now there is a chaos in the city. I The army fled in all directions."
After Xiang Liang heard this, his anger suddenly surged up, he looked up to the sky and howled, suddenly raised his sword, swung it with all his strength, and cut Wu Yu into two pieces.
Wu Yu fell to the ground, even with a smile on his lips.
In fact, he knew very well that he could not survive. He had known for a long time that no matter how well-prepared Xiang Liang was, he could not defeat the mighty First Emperor.
So from the moment Xiang Liang forced him to surrender, he knew he couldn't survive. Not only will they not be able to survive, but after Xiang Liang is defeated, his family will be confiscated and his family will be exterminated.
So he drank all day long, and while he was feeling decadent, he would also think about whether the Wu family had any chance of survival. Now, he has found this glimmer of hope.
After tonight's arrangements, although he died, he could at least keep Wu Gang alive. It may even win the emperor's sympathy, which will not affect Wu Gang's future and give him a chance to revive the Wu family.
Wu Yu, after living a submissive life, finally shined brightly before his death.
After killing Wu Yu, Xiang Liang immediately shouted: "Meet the enemy, prepare to meet the enemy."
The descendant of the Xiang family cried and said: "General, the city is now in chaos. The soldiers are running around. How can there be any troops to meet the enemy?"
Xiang Liang looked around in confusion. He suddenly had a feeling that he didn't know where his life should go.
rebel? He himself raised the flag of righteousness. But how long has it been? In less than a month, he was actually chased by a mere 3,000 people, fleeing here and there. In his heyday, he only occupied two cities. As for now, I'm afraid the grass will turn into a bandit.
rebel? It's just a joke.
Xiang Liang was in a trance. He seemed to have seen the history books a hundred years later. Those mean historians would write a sentence for him: Don't underestimate your own ability and laugh for the world.
At this time, he suddenly felt the Xiang family's children shaking his shoulders.
When Xiang Liang came back to his senses, he heard the children of the Xiang family saying loudly: "General, we can distribute the swords to the people in the city and order them to follow the army to kill the enemy. The general has been training them to march and fight recently. Now is the time."
Xiang Liang looked around and at the people who wanted to escape but did not dare to leave. If you really want to give swords to these people, will they join the army and kill the enemy, or will they defect in battle?
If they had used it before today, they might still be able to use it, but after listening to Wu Yu's words, the people probably had extreme distrust of Xiang Liang.
Xiang Liang sighed and said to the children of the Xiang family: "I have become King Li of Zhou, so I don't want to be King Zhou of Shang anymore. Let's go."
The descendants of the Xiang family asked in confusion: "Where to go?"
Xiang Liang mounted his horse and said, "Run for your life."
Then he galloped wildly.
Xiang Liang knew that Li Xin was coming from the south gate, so he galloped straight towards the north gate.
Along the way, soldiers kept sneaking away. At first there were one or two, but later they simply fled in droves.
Everyone knows that Li Xin's main target is Xiang Liang. Following him is simply asking for death. It is better to choose another way to escape alone.
When Xiang Liang left the city, only about ten people were left behind him.
Not long after they left the city, there was a rumble of horse hooves behind them, and Li Xin had already caught up.
Xiang Liang felt a little desperate and looked up to the sky and sighed: "It seems that the sky is going to destroy Chu."
The descendant of the Xiang family behind him suddenly said: "General, take five people and leave on foot."
Xiang Liang was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand what he meant. But five people had already helped Xiang Liang off his horse. He pulled him and hid in the grass on the roadside.
The remaining five people rode on horses, each holding five empty horses, and ran forward wildly.
It was getting late at this time, and Li Xinjun, who came from afar, didn't notice Xiang Liang hiding at all, and chased after the ten horses.
Xiang Liang looked at the five people who had run away and burst into tears: "Loyal ministers and righteous men. My heart hurts like a knife."
The descendants of the Xiang family beside him comforted him: "They each carry two horses. They keep changing horses. In a short time, Li Xinjun will not be able to catch up with them. At this time, the general needs to regroup."
Xiang Liang sighed: "Now there are only five of you left, how can we regroup?"
The descendants of the Xiang family around them were also a little confused. They had no choice but to support Xiang Liang and stagger away towards a remote place.
Along the way, Xiang Liang was thinking about who else he could use.
By the way, he also has Xiang Yu, and there are twenty or thirty guards around Xiang Yu, as well as thirty or so Mohists. If we subdue some more thieves, we can always gather hundreds of people.
Over the years, Xiang Liang has been making friends with the powerful people in Chu. If he borrows troops from them, they will not refuse.
By the way, there is also Wang. As long as the Wang family comes over, everything will be easy to handle.
Thinking of this, Xiang Liang said to the disciples around him: "Do you know where the Song family village is? I want to visit Song Liu's house."
A descendant of the Xiang family said: "I know. We can walk there before dark tomorrow."
Xiang Liang nodded and breathed a long sigh of relief: "I have a good relationship with Song Liu. It shouldn't be difficult to borrow some people and food from him."
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