Qu Dou stood below and secretly looked up at the expression of King Chu above him. When he heard that Xiang Yu had already taken all the 200,000 horses of Chu State into his hands, King Chu didn't seem to be too anxious. General Qu Dou

After finishing the matter, he continued: "Your Majesty, the survival of our country of Chu now depends on your thoughts. Please make preparations in advance."

The King of Chu said: "Although Xiang Yu killed General Liu Bang, he is still a Chu man after all. He will not be detrimental to our Chu country. Lord Qu, you don't have to worry too much."

Listening to King Chu's words, it seemed that he had adopted a tacit attitude towards Xiang Yu's actions. Qu Dou's face became even more ugly. He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I really have to guard against this matter. I think Xiang Yu is in his hands.

When he only had tens of thousands of troops, he dared to seize a county for himself. Now that he has the troops of Chu, his ambitions must be even greater. I am afraid that he is already gathering troops to do harm to me in Kuaiji. I also ask the king to issue an edict to let the people of Kuaiji take their own initiative.

Prepare to fight the enemy."

"Back then, when General Xiang Liang held the Chu army in his hands, didn't he treat me with respect? I don't think Xiang Liang would be harmful to me. Master Qu, please stop worrying about it." King Chu still said indifferently.

Qu Dou tried to persuade him several times, but was rejected by the King of Chu, so he had no choice but to leave the palace. In fact, the King of Chu had already known that Xiang Yu would definitely come to Kuaiji after killing Liu Bang this time, and that he and Qu Dou would be in danger.

But he understood better that if he resisted, he would really be dead, otherwise Xiang Yu might let him go because his uncle was devoted to Chu. Moreover, from the very beginning, King Chu cultivated Qu Dou's power and was in conflict with the Xiang family.

During the fight, he had already decided that if a balance could not be finally achieved in the future, he would stay out of the matter and push the conflicts between the two sides onto one party, and his throne could still be preserved. This is why the King of Chu does not have much real power in his hands.

A technique used by people to protect themselves. Watching Qu Dou exit the palace, King Chu looked at him as if he were looking at a scapegoat.

The lights in Qu's mansion stayed on all night, and Qu Dou had summoned all his confidants to discuss countermeasures: "Now among the major counties in Chu State, only Kuaiji is left in Xiang Yu's hands, and we have less than ten thousand soldiers and horses.

, can no longer compete with Xiang Yu’s hundreds of thousands of troops. If he now raises his troops to attack me in Kuaiji, everyone, what should we do?"

Everyone discussed among themselves in whispers, and finally someone said: "Sir, now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, the only way is to surrender to Xiang Yu and Xu Tu to make plans later. If we want to occupy the city and defend it, we must rely on the men and horses we have now and Xiang Yu's twenty

To contend with an army of ten thousand is like throwing an egg against a stone. But now we still have the king in hand, which is enough to negotiate terms with Xiang Yu."

Qu Dou turned to look at the others and asked, "Do you think the same thing?" He was answered by silence in the room. Apparently everyone thought so. Qu Dou smiled bitterly, knowing that he had learned these things from his previous fight with Xiang Liang.

A person who has come back from the dead has abandoned himself at this critical moment of life and death and made a decision based on his own interests. In fact, if Qu Dou had a choice, he would also choose to negotiate peace with Xiang Yu, but he knew that all the officials voted for Xiang Yu

There may not be any harm in the future, only that once Xiang Yu catches him, he will definitely be eliminated. Because he had planned to get rid of Xiang Yu that day, and Xiang Yu knew in his heart that he had hated himself for a long time. But now if he insists on his own way

To defend Kuaiji County, those seemingly harmless subordinates might just turn around and kill him. So now he is in a certain death situation.

In the next few days, people kept reporting on Xiang Yu's situation. They heard that he had planned to come to Kuaiji after defeating the Qin army. Qu Dou's hair turned completely white in a few days. But he had no choice but to rectify his troops and come to Kuaiji.

I can wait for Xiang Yu to enter the city with his troops, and then take action on myself.

At this time, as the news came that Xiang Yu was getting closer, King Chu also began to feel uneasy. In fact, he still didn't really understand Xiang Yu. He looked very reckless. If so, he might enter the city.

He will completely remove all obstacles that are detrimental to him, and as a King of Chu who has been for several years, he must be a thorn in his side, and his life will be difficult to protect. But sometimes it doesn’t look like he is using troops.

He was a fool, so the King of Chu was having a hard time these days, but since he had made up his mind and had to give up, he had no choice but to stick to it.

Finally, after waiting for nearly half a month, Xiang Yu led his army to Kuaiji County. Instead of the city gates being closed as he imagined, the city gates were filled with defense teams composed of common people. Instead, the city gates were opened wide and the common people stood in front of them.

Both sides of the road were waiting for him to enter the city. This surprised Xiang Yu. He thought he had to forcefully break the city with his troops, but unexpectedly he could enter Kuaiji City without any effort. Then he figured out the reason.

Because the King of Chu knew that he was no match for him, he simply opened the city so that he would not have any reason to depose him. A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of Xiang Yu's mouth, and he waved his hand and said: "All soldiers, follow me into the city!"

Two hundred thousand horses marched into Kuaiji under the watchful eyes of the people.

At this time, a group of people came from the direction of the palace. It was King Chu who heard the news and came out of the palace to greet Xiang Yu. His appearance was impeccable. When he saw King Chu's car coming, Xiang Yu sat motionless on his horse.

He ordered someone to go up and ask: "Today the Japanese general entered the city and saw that the people in the city and the king came to greet him. Why didn't he see all the ministers?"

When the King of Chu saw that Xiang Yu was so arrogant, he was furious, but thinking that his life was now in the opponent's hands, he had to endure it and said: "General Xiang entered the city too fast, I guess all the ministers are still on the way.

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Sure enough, after a while, countless Chu officials wearing wide robes and long sleeves arrived one after another. When they saw Xiang Yu, they all knelt down to him and said, "I have seen General Xiang. I wish you the best."

General, defeat the Qin army and protect our country of Chu." Regardless of the etiquette or wording, Xiang Yu has been regarded as his master. This made the King of Chu behind him feel very uncomfortable.

Xiang Yu just casually raised his horsewhip and said: "Everyone, get up. As a Chu people, Xiang Yu cannot sit back and watch Chu State be destroyed by Qin. But if everyone can have such respect for us soldiers who live and die for Chu State, this general also

I'm very pleased." He turned around and said to the soldiers behind him, "Everyone has seen it, as long as we serve the country, the imperial court will never forget us." All the soldiers said loudly: "I

You will definitely protect our Chu country, even if you die in battle!" The sound shook the sky, making all the civil servants present feel unsteady. Only then did everyone know that Xiang Yu had indeed completely controlled this army.

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After the soldiers calmed down, Xiang Yu glanced around among the officials, and then asked: "Today all the officials in the court came out to welcome us, why don't we see Lord Ling Yinqu?"

"General, Sir Qu is seriously ill and cannot come to greet the army." One person said boldly.

"Oh? That's it. After I finish my work, I will go to Lord Qu's house to visit him." Xiang Yu said lightly, and no one could guess what Xiang Yu was thinking. Then Xiang Yu read the King of Chu's words again: "Now the color is also

It's getting late. Your Majesty, please go back to the palace. I will go back to the palace tomorrow to discuss the future affairs of our great Chu." After saying that, without waiting for the King of Chu to speak, he left with his army, leaving only Chu on the ground.

The ministers and the King of Chu were there.

"Yu'er, looking at today's situation, everyone in the Chu Kingdom has been impressed by your strength. No one in the Chu Kingdom dares to go against you anymore." Fan Zeng said to Xiang Yu in the main hall of the Xiang Mansion.

Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Today I followed your master's plan to test the courtiers. Most of them did not dare to be my enemies, but there were still a few of them who were dissatisfied with my actions. It seems that they still wanted to attack me.

It's not good. I have already ordered people to find out their origins, and I will take the opportunity to get rid of them when the time comes. It's just that Qu Dou claimed to be sick today and will come to meet me in the future, which is worthy of discussion."

"Now that Qu Dou has been betrayed by everyone, what can he do to help? Yu'er, you don't have to take it to heart at all," said Fan Zeng.

Xiang Yu said: "You can't say that. Didn't Qu Dou have a lot of power back then? In the end, even my uncle couldn't do anything to him, so I can't keep such a person."

"Then what do you want..." Fan Zeng asked.

"I'll go to his house later on as an excuse to visit him. If he's really seriously ill, that's all. If not, I won't leave a troublemaker around." Xiang Yu sneered.

Qu's Mansion was deserted at this time. Compared with the previous scene, it was like a different place. Xiang Yu walked into the gate with hundreds of soldiers and went straight to Qu Dou's backyard before his servants informed him.

When he entered his bedroom, what caught his eyes was the dying Qu Dou with white hair. Seeing that Qu Dou was really seriously ill, Xiang Yu stopped going in, and at the same time, his resentment towards Qu Dou ended.

After they dispersed, Xiang Yu returned to Xiang Mansion with his troops.

A few days later, Ling Yin Qu Dou died of illness. Under the auspices of the King of Chu, the whole country held a large funeral for him. In the next few days, Xiang Yu began to place his people in various key places in Chu State. Fan Zeng succeeded Qu Dou.

His squad became Ling Yin, and Xiang Yu was in charge of the city defense of Kuaiji. As for other generals, he also arranged them to several counties. In this way, Xiang Yu completely took control of the power of Chu State, and asked the King of Chu to make himself the overlord, and his power became even more powerful.

After defeating the King of Chu, for a while the people of Chu country only knew the Overlord but not the King of Chu. Xiang Yu also learned from his uncle's lesson and no longer let the King of Chu handle court affairs. Everything was under his own control. The King of Chu was completely in his hands.
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