It was February 205 BC.
Before and after, it has been a year since Xiang Yu conquered the world.
Before the spring thunder came, a roar like thunder came from the camp outside Linzi's defense line.
"What the hell did you say!?"
boom--!
!
During the march, the eucalyptus platform that Xiang An had been using was smashed to pieces by Xiang An's palm. Xiang An's eyes were filled with anger as he looked at the trembling messengers who were kneeling there.
In addition to Xiang An's heavy breathing, one could almost hear the sound of a needle drop in the entire commander's tent. The huge momentum pressed on the poor messenger's body, making him feel dizzy and vomiting involuntarily.
Xiang An crossed the eucalyptus platform that had been turned into pieces and strode towards the messenger, frightening Zijuan who was standing beside him.
"Second brother! Calm down! Hey——"
Zijuan grabbed Xiang An's arm, but was carried forward by Xiang An's huge strength and almost fell down.
Xiang An grabbed Zijuan's shoulders before Zijuan fell and helped Zijuan upright, but the menacing glare in his eyes still made Zijuan's spine shiver.
Xiang An sat in Zijuan, took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down, leaned down, looked at the messenger's violently shaking penis, and asked word for word.
"Tell me what you just said again."
"The great... great... king, he captured... Dingtao City, and then brought... 80,000 people inside and outside the city... All of them..."
"...Okay!" Xiang An interrupted the messenger angrily and violently before he could finish his words, and stood up violently.
The atmosphere in the handsome tent was deathly silent.
"You go out first." After a long silence, Zijuan said to the messenger.
As if the messenger was granted amnesty, he ran out in a mess and didn't dare to stay in the commander's tent for a moment longer.
Only Xiang An, Xiang Lu, Zi Juan, and Liao Ye were left in the commander's tent. None of them made a sound. The three of them just stood on three sides, silently looking at Xiang An, who was standing in the center and taking a deep breath.
This is the second time Zijuan has seen Xiang An like this since she can remember.
The last time was after Xiang Yu divided the world.
"Son of a bitch......"
These three words were squeezed out from Xiang An's teeth.
Xiang An stared forward with a pair of fierce eyes, his teeth clenched loudly, as if they were about to break in the next second.
Very angry, very angry.
Angry, incomprehensible anger, Xiang An clenched his fists, his nails pierced the tough flesh, and thick blood dripped from his fingers to the ground. Xiang An's emotions were on the verge of losing control.
"Xiang An!" Xiang Lu suddenly shouted, suddenly waking up Xiang An who had fallen into a certain state.
Xiang An turned his head and looked at Xiang Lu with his bloodshot and scarlet eyes filled with undissipated anger.
"...Fourth Uncle."
Xiang Lu said nothing, his lips trembled slightly, and he just... shook his head slightly.
Xiang An suddenly lowered his head, as if he was discouraged.
"...Second brother, let's-" Zijuan saw that the atmosphere had relaxed slightly and wanted to say something.
"Xiaosi!" Xiang An's voice was loud, interrupting Zijuan's words.
He strode to the broken eucalyptus stand, picked up his helmet from the shelf, and said while putting it on.
"Reorganize the whole army..."
He turned around and looked angrily to the west, in the direction of another army from Xichu, his tone was as calm as before a volcano erupted.
"Let's go back."
"I'm going to open that bastard's brain—"
"Look what's inside."
...
Linzi, military camp.
In the commander's tent, Peng Yue and Tian Bing were discussing something.
Today's Qi State does not dare to let down its vigilance at all.
Jiaodong and Jibei are gone. The peninsula and the large land within the peninsula once again belong to the country named Qi. The only remaining leaders are Peng Yue and Tian Bing. Because Tian Shi parted ways with Peng Yue, Peng Yue regarded him as a stable leader. The title of the Ministry was conquered, and Tian An, Xiang An personally chopped off his head on the city wall of Boyang.
However, even though Peng Yue and Tian soldiers integrated all the remaining forces of the three Qi states, they were still unable to withstand Xiang An's attack from the west, which was like a violent storm. Qi's defense line had been withdrawn again and again, and now it has withdrawn to Linzi , the connection with the Changshan Kingdom of South Korea and other vassal states in the west was directly cut off, and it fell into a state of isolation and helplessness.
Xiang An, on the other hand, was stationed eighty miles away from Linzi, watching with eager eyes, as if a ferocious tiger was about to pounce at any time and eat Qi alive.
but......
"You mean, Xiang An withdrew?" Peng Yue frowned and looked at the messenger with a suspicious expression.
"This...are you sure Xiang An has withdrawn?" Tian Bing and Peng Yue looked at each other, both in disbelief.
"Back to the king, back to the general, it's absolutely true. My subordinates were hiding three miles north of Xiang An's military camp. They saw with their own eyes on the high slope that Xiang An's army retreated to the west this morning after being integrated." The messenger said. Kneeling on the ground, he said it with confidence.
"... Could it be that that guy was tricking me into tricking me into leaving the city to meet the enemy?" Tian Bing hesitated for a few seconds before speaking with some uncertainty.
Peng Yue was silent for a long time, and then ordered again: "I will give you a fast horse. You should go west now and find out for me whether Xiang An retreated or not, and why he retreated. Let me figure it out." clear!"
"yes!"
...
"Second brother, now that the eldest brother is no longer in Dingtao, we... let's just walk along the Wenshui River, turn due west from Boyang, and go to Dongjuncheng." Zi Juan rode behind Zao Ji On the back, the tone was a little cautious, looking at Xiang An's broad back, he sighed briefly after speaking.
Xiang An didn't answer, just feeling the bumps on the horse's back, walking at the front with empty eyes, not knowing where to look.
He was angry, confused, and puzzled. Most of all, he was helpless.
The broad back looks a bit desolate.
"Little Four." Xiang An's voice was slightly hoarse and his head was slightly lowered. "What exactly do you want to do?"
Zijuan pursed her lips.
She knew that Xiang An was not asking herself this question, so she did not answer.
Xiang An didn't wait for Zijuan to answer and continued.
"I know he is my eldest brother. He has been my eldest brother since he was born under the Qin Palace."
"I've always wanted to believe in him, I've always believed in him."
Xiang An's hand holding the reins of Turbulence trembled slightly.
"Back then, in Xue County, he said that if Tianjia could be arranged in Qi, it would bring peace to the world. I believed him."
"Then Julu, he said that if Zhang Han doesn't die, he can help him stabilize the world. Although I have already killed Zhang Han, I still believe him."
"Later in Xianyang, he wanted to kill Ziying in case there was still some mysterious residue in Ziying's hands. Even if I stopped him, I still felt that what he said was reasonable."
"Afterwards, when he divided the world, I became very angry. I argued with him. He said that the world belongs to people themselves, not to salvation machines like us. Even though I was extremely skeptical, I still believed it after I came back."
"But this time."
There were tears in Xiang An's eyes, and big tears fell from his eyes onto the turbulent hair and shattered into pieces.
"I... really can't believe it anymore."
