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Chapter 25 Chapter 25
In Han Xin's eyes, Xiang Yu is still the peerless general and the overlord of the world, who speaks little and laughs, has great majesty, and is unpredictable.
In Lu Bu's eyes, Xiang Yu was still a big fool who pretended to be a decent guy.
The two entered together, and were only halfway through saluting Xiang Yu on the seat, when Xiang Yu interrupted them and said succinctly, "Sit down."
Lu Bu took the seat closest to Xiang Yu in a drastic manner, while Han Xin was nervous and sat down quietly in the lower seat.
——I don’t know if he escaped from the camp privately and ordered his virtuous brother to come after him. The king will gently put it down and not be held accountable. It is still difficult to be kind.
It's a pity that the other two people present, but none of them noticed him at this time, and they went straight to start a strange conversation that was quite incongruous in his ears.
Lu Bu looked unintelligent on the face, but in fact he felt heartbroken, and he was really worried that the next moment he heard the earth-shattering 'My son Feng Xian', and lost his old face more than 300 years later.
Fortunately, Xiang Yu's expression was as stinky as usual. He couldn't see where he was, and his worries were completely unfounded.
He was relieved and asked impatiently: "According to what the guards said, the king has appointed Bu to be a general? I don't know how many men and horses Bu can lead? Where will he be guarded? When will he take office? The preparation of military discipline, so as not to rush everything, so as not to miss the important matters of the king."
Xiang Yu listened to his burst of guns without changing his face, and asked slowly, "Can you have dinner?"
Lu Bu replied without hesitation: "Not yet."
Xiang Yu nodded slightly and made a solemn decision: "Eat it first."
Lu Bu was outside all day, running around under the scorching sun. He was afraid that he would be delayed for a while, so Han Xin, who had set off the night before, was nowhere to be seen, so that aside from taking a few sips of water on the way, he really didn't have time to use anything. .
As soon as he returned to the Chu army camp, he was heard by Xiang Yu. After being reminded by Xiang Yu, he also realized that he was hungry, so naturally it would not be of any significance, and said happily, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Han Xin was puzzled when he heard the words, and he came back to his senses and thanked Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu nodded reservedly.
Although Xiang Yu was sitting upright, Lu Bu cocked one leg comfortably, thinking it would take a while to wait.
Guessing that the moment he put his legs on, there was a voice from outside the hall. After Xiang Yu said in a deep voice, "Church the meal," several cooks, under the guidance of the guards, filed in tremblingly with food. .
In the blink of an eye, Xiang Yu, Lu Bu, and Han Xin each placed one in front of him. The dishes were the same, but the portions were different.
Only the cook knows that these three meals are actually divided into two meals, and it is a loss that the portion was enough before, so it is not too small now.
Lu Bu asked curiously, "Why so fast?"
It was only a few words after Xiang Yu's order, how could the meal be ready?
Astonishment turned into astonishment. Lu Bu, who was so hungry when he was eating meat, really didn't bother to think about the trivial details, so he ate to his heart's content.
On the contrary, Han Xin glanced at the steaming and fragrant dinner, then at Xiang Yu, who was still cold and arrogant, and at his virtuous brother, who had a big heart, and had a vague guess.
Thanks to this gift of food, his heart was suspended for a long time, and he slowly let it go - if King Xiang had the intention to blame the two of them for going out of the camp without permission, he would have eaten a meal at the moment, and It can't be Lu Bu's good meat.
After the three of them had eaten and drank enough, the entourage removed the bowls and chopsticks. Lu Bu contentedly touched his slightly bloated belly.
He resisted this urge and recalled the questions that he was most concerned about when he entered the door.
Before he could ask again, Xiang Yu took the initiative to pick up the previous topic and replied with a blank face: "Fengxian then finds Yafu to lead General Yinshou, and can lead up to 30,000 soldiers and horses. As for which army to lead, Where to guard it...not yet decided."
Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say cheekily: "My minister has a proposal, I wonder if the king would like to hear it?"
Xiang Yu glanced at Lu Bu, who had bright eyes, and was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slightly: "Yes."
Lu Bu smiled and said tentatively, "I wonder if the former Qin capital army that stayed in the Nei Shi area has a new commander?"
Every time he thinks of the heroic and majestic figure of the Qin army who swept the six kingdoms with the First Emperor, went through hundreds of battles, and finally ruled the world, Lu Bu's heart rippled and yearned for it.
As a general, who doesn't want to personally lead such a sturdy army?
There is another reason why he has special feelings: since the founding of Daqin, it is precisely because of this powerful army that he went north to fight against the Xiongnu, forcing the Xiongnu to flee further north, so that his hometown Jiuyuan County was born .
With the great chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, a group of heroes rose up together. The southern army led by Zhao Tuo took the opportunity to completely cut off contact with the Central Plains, and later became the king of Nanyue ambitiously; while the northern army led by Wang Li, and the temporary The Central Army, which was formed by Qingzhuang and Lishan prisoners and led by Zhang Han, the former Shaofu, was defeated by Xiang Yu at Julu, and all the soldiers except Loufan knights were killed in Xin'an. .
In the past, the powerful and unstoppable Qin army still had one of the most elite troops in the capital, stationed in Guanzhong, and not participating in the war.
Xiang Yu finally opened his half-closed eyes at this time, and looked at Lu Bu, who was eager to try, with a complicated expression: "Not yet. However, there are three parts of it. In the army, only the lieutenant's army is left—"
Lu Bu's eyes were bright, and he immediately shouted: "This is it!"
All of the soldiers in the army were from noble families or important officials, and they were the servants and guards of the former Qin emperor. No matter who accepted the palace of Xianyang, it was impossible for them to keep the most loyal and loyal members of the former Qin Dynasty.
Most of them were killed when Liu Bang was stationed in Xianyang Palace, and there were not many left, and they could not turn the tide.
The Weiwei Army was the Imperial Guard Army. They were originally the guards in charge of defending the entrance and exit of the palace. They were familiar with the terrain of the palace. Of course, it was impossible for them to stay in their original positions.
He also asked Liu Bang to break up and send them out, and temporarily incorporated into the various armies. He originally wanted to take some effort to absorb them, but he didn't want to leave so embarrassed.
When the Chu army led by Tui Bu and Zhong Liying arrived, they were the fastest to surrender.
Both of the capital's army were not what Lu Bu wanted.
His most coveted is undoubtedly the capital Wei Rong army, the most skilled in the field, the original lieutenant army with a full 50,000 people.
Xiang Yu was lost in thought.
Lu Bu's suggestion was not infeasible.
After all, although the Chu army claimed to be one million, the actual number of troops was only over 400,000.
The former Qin army that once died in the former Qin Dynasty, then surrendered to Liu Bang after the former Qin Prince Ying surrendered the city, and later fled and fell into the Chu army because of Liu Bang’s embarrassment, is the same in the eyes of the generals. hot potato.
After all, the generals who are qualified to command 50,000 troops and horses can be counted on one hand in the talented Chu army. When they followed Xiang Yu to fight in the four fields, most of them already had an army of troops that they could take advantage of.
Seeing Xiang Yu's intention to move, Lü Bu knew there was a drama, so he quickly struck while the iron was hot: "The matter of Xin'an has not yet passed, the Qin soldiers are both intimidated and fearful, and the king has not ordered anyone to appease the people's hearts. I am afraid that it will be more likely to arouse the heart of rebellion, and it is extremely inappropriate to send Zhang Han and others to take over - if 200,000 Qin soldiers died and they lived alone, wouldn't the hatred be deep? Going to the Julu battlefield is just right to take over this lieutenant army!"
Xiang Yu glanced at Lu Bu, and seemed to have a deep meaning: "The lieutenant's army has a total of 50,000, and Fengxian can only take 30,000 at most."
Lu Bu didn't know where, since Xiang Yu said such words, Bacheng agreed.
"Your Majesty's words are not good," he was overjoyed, and he said nonsense with a sincere expression: "Since Liu Thief dares to claim 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Your Majesty's 400,000 soldiers and horses are also known as one million... It can be seen that the people in the army do not need to be bound by the details. What’s more, the great king is unparalleled in power, strong and sharp, and he takes the opportunity to plan strategies. He has a direct view and shakes the world. Your Majesty's prestige, if the 50,000 lieutenants' army is actually 30,000, who in the world would dare to question it?"
Xiang Yu was silent, his eyes were unfathomable.
But judging from his attitude of not opening his mouth to refute, everyone knows that he has acquiesced.
Witnessing the whole process of bargaining, Han Xin only felt that he was in the cloud and mist, he was stunned for a moment, and finally he was silent.
From today onwards, he... no longer blame King Xiang for refusing to listen to his advice in the past.
If he can have a three-pointed eloquence of his virtuous brother, how can he not be adopted all the time?
Seeing that Xiang Yu had acquiesced, Lu Bu simply struck while the iron was hot, asking Han Xin to be his assistant.
Not for anything else, just because he was really fed up with the hard days of having to rely on his own brain for everything.
What made him sad and angry the most was that he not only had to use his brains for his great cause of beheading Liu Bang, but also had to use his brains for this foolish tyrant who thought that it was a success...
As soon as these words came out, Xiang Yu immediately frowned and almost blurted out a "nonsense".
Although it is true that most of the generals are appointed by the general, and the other is either vacant or appointed by Wang Zhao, it is extremely unusual for him to appoint Lu Bu as the general and lead the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the former Qinjing division alone. .
And how important is the army's generals, how can people choose people based on their preferences?
This self-proclaimed king of Korea, but actually has no credentials, Han Xin has been a halberd master by his side for quite a while.
But on weekdays, apart from offering some useless strategies, everything is quite satisfactory, and there is no outstanding performance. How can it be worthy of the position of lieutenant?
The reason why he really looked down on Han Xin was that there were not many people from Huaiyin in the Chu army, but it was not that there were none, so the humiliation they suffered was not a secret at all.
Xiang Yu, who is proud of his unparalleled bravery, thinks that a man with a strong eyebrows stands tall in the sky, but how can anyone with some bloody nature endure such a shameful humiliation?
Such a useless fear of death is simply a man in vain.
Not to mention such a humiliation, but if there is any disrespect, just like his uncle was on the way to escape, he must be killed.
If Lü Bu knew about these various reasons, he would definitely slander this foolish king as a hungry man who does not know that a hungry man is hungry.
No matter how poor the Xiang family was, he was also a very famous noble in the state of Chu. During his exile, there was no shortage of contacts to help him, so he would not worry about food and clothing.
On the other hand, Han Xin's family was a little cold, his parents died early, and there was no one to help him, so he needed to be more tactful. If he couldn't bear the humiliation of that day and stabbed Zhen Er to death, he would save face for a while, but he would kill for his life, and then he would have to sacrifice his life for this, at most, he would end up with a few indifferent sighs from others. Isn't it a very loss-making business?
If it was him, not to mention temporary humiliation, no matter how old he was, he could endure it. Afterwards, it would be better for the enemy family to die.
Seeing the disapproving look between his brows and eyes, Lu Bu only smiled lazily.
"Everyone has their own strengths, but they need to use their strengths, first of all, they need to be in the position of greatness."
He never believed in the nonsense that 'whoever has great talent, no matter where he is, he can sway freely and perform well'.
If a blind man places him Lu Fengxian as a cook or a counselor...
I'm afraid that one day he couldn't bear it and poisoned the entire army with drugs in his food, or one day he became angry with the quarrel and hacked other advisers or the master who didn't listen to him in anger.
He looked straight into Xiang Yu's eyes, and his tone sounded like a condescending man, but in fact the words were clear: "In terms of martial arts, Brother Han is indeed not as good as the eleventh or two of the king; in terms of domineering, Brother Han is not as good as the eleventh or two of the king; in terms of strategizing..."
Speaking of this, Lu Bu rolled his eyes and said slyly: "I also ask the king to be willing to give him a letter, and we will wait and see."
In just a few battles, this idiot must be stunned by Han Xinzhi's ability, saying that he must not see the wrong person!
Just imagining Xiang Yu's stunned and embarrassed look, Lu Bu couldn't help but be proud.
Han Xin listened to his heart and felt his blood boil, and his face was hot.
Although he speaks few words, he is not stupid, but his heart is like a mirror.
The other Chu soldiers in the backroom scoffed at him, saying that he was pretending to be lofty, and he knew it perfectly.
He understood that from the first day of Lu Bu's fight, he had sincere friendship with him and had no intentions; and after menstruation, he knew more clearly that the other party valued him unparalleled.
He has been lonely since he was a child, broken down, and frustrated repeatedly. What he gets the most is contempt, doubt and disapproval.
But it was the first time in his life that he had to be so solemnly affirmed.
And in front of the unparalleled overlord in the world - Xiang Yu.
Han Xin's emotions were agitated, but Xiang Yu remained expressionless.
But since Lu Bu's words have mentioned this step, it shows the strength of his heart... that's all, let him go.
No matter how bad it is, it is impossible to be as bad as Xiang Bo, who was the Zuo Yin of Chu but secretly cooperated with the enemy.
Thinking of his uncle, whose execution should have been completed by noon, Xiang Yu couldn't help but feel a little disillusioned.
"It's up to you. Back off."
He waved his hands casually and drove them out.