Xiang Yu was not familiar with Luo Ling, because he had always been in contact with Luo Ling through Xiang Liang, but Xiang Yu knew that Luo Ling valued him very much and praised him many times for his appearance as a holy king.
Luo Ling sat under the tree, looking at the heroic Xiang Yu, and felt a little pity. Xiang Liang was like a scabbard, able to keep Xiang Yu's extremely sharp knife in the sheath and prevent him from displaying his sharpness wantonly. Or even accidentally hurt yourself.
"Have you finished talking to Mr. Chu? Come sit down."
Luo Ling greeted Xiang Yu. He was almost ten years older than Xiang Yu, so he was half his elder.
Xiang Yu respected Luo Ling, not only because of Luo's identity, but mainly because Luo Ling was relatively friendly to him. Hearing this, he sat across from Luo Ling and saluted, "Mr. Luo."
Luo Ling muttered: "The Duke of Chu has passed away, and you are the new Duke of Chu. I believe all the princes in the alliance will recognize you."
After Xiang Liang's death, it is very important what kind of face Xiang Yu will use to face the princes. He is not as prestigious as Xiang Liang. His prestige is not enough to unify the power of Chu. He must have a strong person. Give him support.
Luoling's words are to express to Xiang Yu that I will fully support you, and then you can start to contact the Chu forces under Xiang Liang.
"The dead have passed away, and the living must move forward. Both the Luo family and the Xiang family have great enemies with the Qin State, and it is time for them to fight bravely and overthrow the Qin Dynasty.
You are a born military leader and the best choice to destroy the Qin Dynasty. This is the mission entrusted to you by Haotian and King Su. When you make immortal achievements, you will be able to become a leader in an upright and fair manner in front of the people of the world. The world is under common rule.
By then, all the ancestors of the Xiang family will be proud of you, and Duke Chu will be able to rest in peace. "
Almost every word of Luo Ling's words touched Xiang Yu's heart. Xiang Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, Duke Luo. Ji knows the priorities in his heart. Now is the critical period to destroy Qin. Ji will not hold back. This time, we will lead the army." When the soldiers came back, they heard that Zhang Han was brave and brave, and that the heroes of Shandong could not control him.
The Xiang family has always faced difficulties for more than 800 years. In the past, when the Wu Kingdom destroyed the capital of Ying, their ancestors risked their lives to protect the king and the queen mother. The white water flooded Jingchu, and their ancestors fought with their lives.
Even though Ji's talents are not as good as those of his ancestors, he still has the ability to disregard life and death, and the reputation of the Xiang family will not be buried in Ji's hands. "
What Xiang Yu is most proud of in his life is his family background. He is too proud. He wants to fight for the highest glory in the world for the Xiang family. He will not look down on any Qin country. The only one he can look up to is It's Lowe's.
Luo Ling nodded secretly. What he liked most was Xiang Yu's ambition. He crossed his hands and saluted: "Mr. Chu, may King Su be with you."
Xiang Yu was startled. This was the first time Luo Ling used an honorific title for him, and directly called him Chu Gong. Xiang Yu reacted and crossed his hands as well: "May King Su be with me."
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After Xiang Liang's death, the princes of Chu State felt like they were mourning for their heirs. They really couldn't believe it. Chu State was about to become the leader in the world. They, the nobles of Chu State, were all rising. They did not expect to suffer such a major blow suddenly.
Xiang Liang's death was not just his own, but also caused casualties to the Chu army. Although there were still a large number of children in Chu's hometown, especially in the core area of Jiangdong, who were willing to join the army, the Xiang family cherished these Jiangdong children very much. Go through training before going to the battlefield.
This will cause the Chu State to lose strength for at least one year in the future, leaving only the Chu army under Xiang Yu as a basis.
When Luo Ling and Xiang Yu walked in, they were faced with the melancholy Chu nobles. When Luo Ling walked in, they all stood up and saluted. Luo Ling said directly: "Gentlemen, before Chu Gong Liang passed away, he entrusted me with Xiang Yu's inheritance. As the head of the Xiang family, I call him Duke Chu."
Luo Ling calls Xiang Yu after Duke Chu, which is acknowledging that Xiang Yu inherits Xiang Liang's position among the heroes of Shandong. If they are unwilling to surrender to Xiang Yu, they will not give Luo Ling face.
Everyone looked at the majestic Xiang Yu and looked at each other. Now that Chu State has suffered a heavy setback, the most elite ones are only the tens of thousands of Chu troops under Xiang Yu. If Luo Ling is not given face and does not follow Xiang Yu's footsteps, not only Only the princes of Shandong, even among the Chu Kingdom, did not have their status.
So everyone saluted Xiang Yu directly and said: "Meet the Duke of Chu!"
Xiang Yu was not overjoyed when he accepted everyone's worship, but directly said loudly: "I saw that all of you were sighing just now, probably because of the previous failure.
But I want to say that it was just a small failure, and it was really not worth such a long sigh.
The Chu State was just a sub-state a thousand years ago. Our ancestors cut their way through the mountains and forests, and conquered five thousand miles of land with one stroke.
Now that we have two thousand miles of fertile land east of the Yangtze River and millions of people, do we still need to fear the violent Qin Dynasty?
Failure is just another fight. It took a lot of effort to achieve the current results. Do we have to give up?
If we retreat now, who will avenge the hatred of the Jiangdong children? Who will avenge the Chu people who died at the hands of the violent Qin? "
These words made everyone's faces turn red. Long Qie had a stronger temperament and immediately said: "Mr. Chu, I am willing to follow you and fight with the Qin army. Please don't say anything anymore."
Xiang Yu walked up to him, patted him hard and said, "Okay! This is a good man from the Chu State. My uncle often mentioned you to me, saying that you are good at conquering and fighting. You are a rare general in the Chu State. You can attack." Zhang Han, you will be my deputy."
Luo Ling stood quietly aside. He spoke very little and spent most of his time observing everyone and everything he could see. This was one of the fundamentals of his exhaustive strategy.
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Xiang Yu has 20,000 elite Chu troops, plus the defeated army gathered by the Chu nobles, and the army left by Xiang Liang to Xiang Yu, the Chu army totals 80,000. As the Chu army begins to gather again, the clouds of war are once again on the horizon. Condensation formed over Handan County.
Xiang Yu and Luo Ling stayed together. In Luo Ling's script, the protagonists of this war were naturally Xiang Yu, the military leader, and the elite Chu army he led. What he was responsible for was forcing Zhang Han to fight.
In fact, Xiang Yu, as a natural commander, made it clear when he came to Zhao Di, "Since Chen Sheng Wu Guang, Zhang Han is best at defense. Even when attacking, he always pretends to be defeated to lure the enemy deeper." method, so if you want to win, you must fight him head-on.
He is extremely brave and is best at confrontations on the frontal battlefield. However, if you want to force Zhang Han to fight decisively, you must cut off his food routes and reinforcements. This requires Luo Gong to do it. "
Luo Ling nodded and said: "Heroes have the same view. What Chu Gong said is exactly what Ling wants to do. The princes have already arrived around Zhang Han and started to harass Zhang Han's grain road according to the plan. Zhang Han will definitely insist on it in a few months at most. Soon they will have a decisive battle with us."
Among the entire Shandong princes, only Xiang Liang and Luo Ling have the prestige to command the princes, but Xiang Liang is not capable enough, so Luo Ling is the commander-in-chief. Now is the time to play the role of the alliance.
In this war, Xiang Yu is of course under the greatest pressure, because whether it is raiding grain roads or small-scale battles, it does not affect the overall situation. These things are like tests before a big exam, and they will eventually come to the end. On the war.
Once Zhang Han cannot be defeated in the final decisive battle on the frontal battlefield, everything he has done before will be in vain and may even turn into a joke.
A battle report was sent to Luoling. It is a test for anyone to command so many soldiers and horses belonging to different princes at the same time, especially when tactics and strategic goals have to be adjusted according to changes in the situation, even if Luo Ling also felt a little bit of pressure.
Zhang Han clearly felt the change in the situation. He was a true talent. Throughout the era of numerous heroes, there were not many who could defeat him. One by one, the Shandong princes were patrolling around Zhao. Of course, he He understood that he had become a thorn in the side of the Shandong princes.
But Zhang Han was not afraid, and instead said happily to his left and right: "In the past, when I was the young master, how could I have ever thought that one day I would be able to stir up the world as much as I do now?
Your Majesty has granted me the title of king, and the country of Great Qin rests on my shoulders. This must be the highest honor for a minister.
Defeating these rebels, killing them and taking their heads back to Xianyang will surely shock the people of the world and bring peace to the Qin Dynasty with the sword in my hands. "
Zhang Han was full of confidence, but then the news of the raids on the grain roads made him anxious. These actions could not directly defeat him, and as long as he wanted to, he could retreat directly to Xingyang, which was a large granary. Of course, he would not Do that.
It is precisely because of this that Zhang Han feels very puzzling about the behavior of Luo Ling and others. This is completely a thankless task. It is not like Bai Qi annihilated the Zhao army when he was surrounded by mountains. Once the food road is cut off, the capital will escape Can't run.
Zhang Han could leave here with his army at any time. After thinking about it, he finally came to an unbelievable conclusion, "Do these rebels in Shandong want to fight again? They are forcing me to do so." Fight with them?"
No wonder Zhang Han was in disbelief. He really didn't know why the Shandong countries were so confident. Chu's army had just been defeated, and Zhao's army also suffered heavy losses. Normally, they should at least organize their troops and restore their strength.
It has just been less than a month, and it is absolutely impossible to regain strength. As a result, the next war is going to start directly. It is simply crazy.
How did he know that Luo Ling and Xiang Yu could not wait to kill him, and then headed west, not wanting to waste any time.
Zhang Han was hesitant to fight again directly. During his hesitation, he began to organize troops to clear out the Shandong princes who participated in the attack on the grain road.
Zhang Han was a master in fighting the rebels. Basically, every family suffered a lot of losses. However, Luo Ling's goal was still steadily achieved, because no one dared to disobey Luo Ling's orders at this time. Luo Ling almost used the toughest The tone declared to everyone the importance of this war.
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Zhang Han was a severely underestimated commander. People at the time praised him as "Bai Qizhiya". The ancients never omitted this when evaluating famous generals, which is enough to prove his talent.
He was born when the Qin Dynasty was about to be destroyed. He defeated countless Shandong uprisings and almost revived the Qin Dynasty. However, fate did not favor him. His opponents were Xiang Yu and Luo Ling, who were extremely powerful throughout history. , this is doomed to fail. ——"The Destruction of the Empire·Qin"
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