A country that relies solely on force is like a fortress built on a sand dune. After a violent storm, only a patch of sand is left.

Xiang Tuo, Xiang Zhuang and others were unable to replace Xiang Yu and continued to rule the country which only lasted eight years.

Although Xiang Tuo's secret funeral was concealed for a while, it could not be hidden from everyone's eyes for a long time. After learning that Xiang Yu's body had been put into the tomb and she was not able to see it for the last time, Yu Ji, who had been patient,

Finally, they could no longer control their excitement. At the same time, the excluded veterans of the Chu State were also very excited, and all their dissatisfaction with the Xiang family burst out at this moment.

"Xiang Tuo harmed the country, and the Xiang family took full power——!"

"The Overlord was killed by those shameless guys with the surname Xiang. I heard that these scourges were moving things and were about to escape——!"

"Kill Xiang Tuo, kill anyone named Xiang——!"

Almost in an instant, the people of Pengcheng burst out all their depression and resentment. In the past few years, the reason why they suppressed their support for the Chu State was not because of the bullshit Xiang family, but because Xiang Yu, this upright man, gave

Chu people brought supreme pride.

Now, Xiang Yu is dead.

In addition to the high taxes and heavy burdens imposed by the Chu people, what else does Xiang Tuo have in the Chu State? Nothing, nothing. As for the other Xiang family descendants, they are all enjoying a luxurious life in Pengcheng. Why can they do this?

, and it’s not because of Xiang Tuo’s support behind the scenes.

Pengcheng fell into turmoil overnight.

Xiang Tuo escaped from the city with his cronies in the chaos. A veteran of the Chu State, a former general of Chen Wangsheng, and Wu Chen, the leader of the Cangtou Army, gradually took control of the situation with their seniority and prestige.

In mid-August, Zhou Yin and Xiang Han, who had retreated from Honggou, were surrounded by the Qin army at Yingshui. Zhou Yin led his troops to surrender to Chu under Ji Bu's persuasion. Xiang Han tried to escape, but was captured alive by the Qin army. Later, he was subordinated to Chu.

The Jiujiang, Chen, and Dang counties of the country either raised troops to respond or were occupied by the Qin army. Western Chu, which originally owned seven counties, lost half of its territory in an instant.

August 16th.

Xiang Zhuang, who learned of Xiang Yu's death from multiple channels, had no choice but to order his more than 10,000 Chu army generals to retreat from the Jishui line. Over the past few days, he had planned to get rid of Zhong Limei and then annex the Changshan army.

The conspiracy was hastily ended without even a chance to be implemented.

With Zhong Limei's sophistication, it was no problem to deal with Xiang Zhuang's secret and dark methods. In anger and helplessness, Xiang Zhuang stabbed Zhong Sheng to death with a sword, and hurriedly broke camp and fled to Pengcheng.

At the same time, after more than ten days of gathering, Han Xin's army reached a shocking number of more than 50,000. These farmers who had just thrown away their hoes didn't even have decent weapons or uniform armor, so they shouted

Rushing through the Jishui River. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for the ragtag group that Han Xin had hurriedly assembled to fight against the Chu army. But this time, they were lucky enough to wait until the Chu army had no fighting spirit to escape.

Xiang Zhuang was completely defeated.

At the beginning, he tried to gather his troops and teach Han Xin's army who was chasing behind him some lessons, but what disappointed him was that Xiang Bo, a guy who only wanted to drink but spoke eloquently. On the first night after arriving in the army,

So he revealed the news of Xiang Yu's defeat.

I learned that Xiang Yu died in battle.

After being shocked, the Chu army generals immediately lost all interest in the next war. They just wanted to run back to their hometown and become honest farmers.

What fame and fortune?

This is all a fucking ridiculous joke.

Xiangzhuang collapsed without a fight.

Han Xin's army had to give up the pursuit after chasing for dozens of miles. Zhong Limei's Changshan Army was still resisting. Han Xin was worried that once the Qin army escaped, Zhong Limei would seize the opportunity to launch a sudden counterattack.

Two days later.

Surrounded on the south bank of Jishui River, Zhong Limei accepted Han Xin's persuasion to surrender and led more than 6,000 of his troops to lay down their weapons. At this point, the entire territory of Qi was annexed to Qin.

——.

Li Yuanbing entered Pengcheng. Along the way, scattered Qin troops from all walks of life continued to join. The first was Chen Xi from the southern battlefield. This time Chen Xi's troops were making good progress in Chen County and Jiujiang County. The Chu State who stayed behind

It can be said that the county soldiers had no resistance when facing the Qin army.

Peng Yue's bandit troops arrived shortly after, but he only came with about five hundred strong bandits. The main force of his army was commanded by Hu Zhu and Luan Bu, and they were chasing Xiangzhuang's remnant troops along the way.

Pengcheng.

Surrounded by the Qin army.

Among the generals left in the city, there are only more than 2,000 defeated soldiers of the Chu army who were gathered together by the military officials. In addition, plus the old troops of Yu Ziqi and some old soldiers of the Cangtou army, the Chu army only has 3,000 soldiers in full force. Just based on this alone

If these people want to defend the city, they are like Tianfang Night Pond.

In desperation, the military ministers and Yu Ziqi discussed it for a while and asked Yu Ji for instructions, and decided to surrender the city.

August 21st.

Li Yuan accepted the surrender of the Chu State near the west gate of Pengcheng. All other important ministers of the Chu State fled and disappeared. The one who presented the surrender on behalf of the Chu State was Yu Ji, the widow of the Chu Overlord Xiang Yu. Facing such a person dressed in plain clothes

, a woman who didn’t wear makeup, even Li Yuan, who always thought he didn’t care much about women, couldn’t help but hold his breath.

Beautiful and delicious.

It is a blessing from heaven to be able to describe such a beautiful and unique woman like Yu Ji.

Under the control of the world, Li Yuan is now past the age where he is not selective about food and would take women into the palace when he sees them. He only has respect for Yu Ji, this famous woman in history.

——.

Donghai County.

The small town of Huaiyin is the hometown where Han Xin was humiliated.

Xiangzhuang retreated all the way and was in panic all day long. When he arrived at Huaiyin, of the nearly 10,000 generals under his command, only less than 5,000 were left.

The rest of the soldiers either escaped in the middle or were overtaken by the Qin army and were either killed or captured. At this time, Xiang Zhuang had no intention of defeating Han Xin. He had only one idea, which was to escape to Jiangdong. Xiang Tuo's secret message

It was mentioned in it that the money and silk secretly transported back to his hometown in Jiangdong in the past few months has been enough to support the survival of several generations of the Xiang family.

Jiangdong.

The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and it is my hometown.

As long as they can cross the river, Xiangzhuang is like a fish in the sea. If the Qin people want to encircle and suppress him in the Jiangdong area, it is absolutely impossible to succeed without more than ten times the force. Even with ten times the force, Xiangzhuang only needs to go to the east of the river.

When the people of Yue and Yue hid in the place where they lived, the people of Qin could not find the place even if they tried to find it.

After the storm has passed, Xiangzhuang can recruit troops and buy horses again, fight out of the mountains and forests, and compete with Qin again to win or lose.

"Xiang Guo, how could the overlord be defeated at Honggou? A while ago, there was news that our Chu army was fighting smoothly and the Qin army was suppressed in Hexi and could not move?" Xiang Zhuang's first thought when he saw Xiang Tuo was

He asked eagerly.

"Hey, I don't know the truth behind this. I only know that the Overlord fell into the Qin thieves' trick to lure the enemy. If he hadn't crossed the river and attacked at night, the war wouldn't have been so bad." Xiang Tuo sighed and said that he was not ready to command the battle.

He was not good at the things on the front line. Therefore, he could not tell a reason for the changes that happened on the front line.

"Xiangguo, now all the counties are in the hands of the Qin people. We must speed up our march and cross the river back to Jiangdong before the Qin people completely block the waterway. Otherwise, none of us will be able to escape.

, so those who have difficulty walking and can’t walk can only be abandoned here." Xiang Zhuang snorted coldly and said.

"Xiang Zhuang, you, what are you talking about? Have you forgotten that your surname is also Xiang?" Xiang Tuo was angry and pointed at Xiang Zhuang and shouted.

Marching all the way.

Those under Xiang Zhuang's command, as long as they are old and weak, have been abandoned. On Xiang Tuo's side, on the contrary, more than half of the Xiang clan members who are raising their families are old, weak, women and children. If they are abandoned,

These descendants of the Xiang family would be killed by the rebels without waiting for the Qin people to arrive.

"Xiangguo, why don't you understand that if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. If we continue like this, the Qin people will catch up, and by then, none of the Xiang family's children will be able to escape." Xiang Zhuang said anxiously.

Xiang Tuo sighed and said: "——! Otherwise, Xiang Zhuang, you take a group of soldiers and leave first, and I will follow with my clan members. If we really can't escape, it will be God's will."

As the leader of the clan.

Xiang Tuo is not as carefree as Xiang Zhuang. He has too many scruples. Among the old and weak, Xiang Tuo's family members account for more than half. Among these people, there are his children, grandchildren, and relatives, so what can he do?
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