All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 417: Xiang Yu, how can you face the people of Jiangdong?
"King Xiang."

Xiang Yu's childhood friend came over with a tray and placed it in front of Xiang Yu, "Enjoy your meal."

Looking at the blackened roasted chicken on the tray and the little bit of sauce in the ceramic dish, Xiang Yu couldn't help but frown.

"that's it?"

He has very high requirements for quality of life.

Even though we know that supplies are tight now, we must at least have enough to eat.

Given Xiang Yu's physique, eating several kilograms in one meal was not a problem at all.

"King Xiang." The childhood friend explained carefully, "We are almost out of food, and we can't catch anything big even if we go hunting. There is really nothing we can do."

Xiang Yu simply asked, "How much food is left?"

"Now I only have two watery meals a day." The childhood friend responded again, "It can probably last another month."

After the rebellion of the Chu nobles failed, Xiang Yu annexed the remaining troops and retreated into the land of the Three Yues.

Afterwards, he conquered the Yue people with his bravery and was elected king by the Yue people.

It was not impossible to feed them with the produce of Mitsukoshi.

But Wang Li led the Qin army to chase them all the way, blocked the roads and cut off trade, and continuously sent troops to clear out the enemies, squeezing their living space.

The result was that Xiang Yu's men could not get supplies and had to rely on hunting in the mountains and forests for a living.

This is not the Hutou Mountain in movies and TV dramas. Any hunter can hunt 3,000 kilograms of meat, and a group of hunters can hunt 1 million kilograms of meat.

The real situation is that the harvest cannot meet the needs, especially the lack of important survival supplies such as salt, cloth, and medicine.

Xiang Yu didn't say anything, because he knew that in this situation, he could only go out and rob.

However, it is not so easy to rob the Qin people.

After a long silence, Xiang Yu simply asked, "Is there any news from outside?"

Although he was blocked by the mountains, Xiang Yu was no fool. He had arranged spies outside to detect the movements of the Qin army and then use carrier pigeons to deliver the news.

"I'll get it right away."

In a short while, several messages from different directions and regions were delivered to Xiang Yu.

Thanks to Chen Ran for supplying paper on a large scale and even providing the technology to produce paper.

This led to the gradual construction of paper production workshops in various places, and this low-cost writing material quickly replaced the heavy bamboo slips, allowing Xiang Yu to learn about the movements of the Qin army as quickly as possible.

The first few documents have no useful value. They are nothing more than the local Qin army strengthening the blockade line, constantly squeezing the living space of King Xiang, etc.

But the last one attracted Xiang Yu's attention.

'A Qin army transport team has set out for Dongye County, Minzhong Prefecture. The team is well-prepared, with a strong escort force, and is carrying a large amount of supplies.'

Dongye County was the county seat of Minzhong County, and the more than 20,000 main Qin army corps led by Wang Li were stationed in this county.

Providing them with supplies is naturally large-scale and requires strong escort.

Due to the terrain of Mitsukoshi, which is full of continuous mountains, it is difficult to build a railway.

Therefore, whether it is for supplies or business travel, materials can only be transported using modified carts.

Roads have been built, at least large vehicles can pass through.

Xiang Yu held the information in his hand for a long time without saying anything.

He was wondering whether this was a conspiracy by the Qin people to lure him into sending troops.

After all, if they hid in the mountains, the Qin people could not get in, or they were unwilling to pay a huge price and take the risk to go deep into the mountains.

But the downside is the lack of supplies.

After thinking for a while, Xiang Yu made up his mind that he had to grab it regardless of whether it was a bait or not.

After all, the people in the mountains could hardly bear it anymore.

He simply stood up and "inspected the troops."

Xiang Yu was well aware of the Qin army's internal affairs and knew that a transport team of this size would usually be escorted by at least two teams of a thousand men, and sometimes even more.

You have to know that this is the Qin army, a well-equipped and well-trained Qin army.

Their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and even in an ambush, at least ten times the number of people are needed to carry out the siege.

It's not an exaggeration, the Qin army of that era was just that powerful.

Among Xiang Yu's men, apart from Xiang's relatives, only a small number of former private soldiers of the State of Chu had armor.

But the Qin army was fully armored, and the steel armor alone was enough to make most of the Chu army despair.

In order to ensure success, Xiang Yu not only took away those who could fight, but also those who could not fight but could still transport supplies.

In the camps in the mountains and forests, only the elderly, the weak, women and children were left.

Under the leadership of the local Yue people, they acted quickly and chose a valley 200 miles away from Dongye County to ambush the Qin army.

"Have you investigated it clearly?"

Xiang Yu led his troops to the ambush site, and the first thing he did was to inquire about the search results of the vanguard troops.

"Replying to King Xiang, we have inspected all the surrounding areas. Apart from a team of Qin cavalry patrolling along the road every day, there is no trace of ambushes."

"it is good."

Xiang Yu was obviously relieved. "In that case, let's just wait for the Qin army to arrive."

This wait lasted for several days.

Fortunately, the Qin army's transport team arrived on time.

Xiang Yu was very impressed by this. No matter how difficult the conditions were, the Qin army was always very punctual and was almost never late.

Come to think of it, if you miss your military service period, you’ll probably be beheaded.

The scale of the Qin army's transport team was beyond Xiang Yu's imagination.

Moreover, the escort force was not just two teams of a thousand men, but four!

Including the laborers for transportation, the entire team exceeded 10,000 people.

Xiang Yu was not afraid, but rather happy.

Because this long transport team was carrying more than 2,000 large trucks.

The supplies he robbed would be enough for his people to use for a year or two.

After confirming once again that there was no Qin army ambush within a radius of 100 miles, Xiang Yu immediately led his troops into the long valley.

People shouted and horses neighed as they fought madly.

The Qin army did not panic when suddenly attacked, but quickly assembled into units of garrisons and teams of 100 people and put up a resolute resistance.

Even the civilians who were transporting supplies quickly took up their weapons and fought.

The Qin State still had a system of universal mobilization, and the civilians themselves were all reserve soldiers.

However, the people on Xiang Yu's side attacked like crazy.

They really didn't have much food left, and when they saw the mountains of food on the carts, they were really fighting for their lives.

Faced with the overwhelming Chu army, the Qin army fought and retreated, taking the horses pulling the carts with them, and gradually retreated out of the valley.

The Chu army was so anxious that they couldn't wait to cut and tear off the waterproof canvas, pry open the box, pick up the cans and stuff them into their mouths.

The Chu army ate all kinds of fragrant luncheon meat, fish, beef, pork and other canned foods until their mouths were full of grease.

Even Xiang Yu found a freight cart and took out a few cans of fruit to enjoy.

I haven't tasted such delicious food for a long time.

While he was enjoying the food, his cousin Xiang Zhuang hurried over and shouted, "King Xiang, something happened!"

Xiang Yu, who was savoring the sweet taste of canned fruit, frowned and asked, "What's going on? Could it be that the Qin army has come back to attack us again?"

"Not the Qin army!"

Xiang Zhuang stamped his feet in anxiety and simply pushed the boxes full of various canned goods on the cart next to him to the ground.

The glass canned fruit was naturally broken into pieces.

"What's this for?" Xiang Yu was very dissatisfied. "Such a good thing. Huh?"

“This taste.”

It was not until this time that Xiang Yu realized that something was wrong.

Xiang Zhuang on the side was already shouting, "King Xiang, the cans under these boxes are all filled with kerosene~~~"

"And there has always been a draft in this valley."

Even Xiang Yu turned pale involuntarily when he heard this.

Of course, he understood exactly what this meant.

This was clearly a trap set by the Qin people, to burn himself to death!

"Impossible." Xiang Yu shook his head in disbelief. "How could the Qin people know that I would ambush here?"

At this time, Xiang Yu's mind was extremely clear, and he suddenly thought that this was the only place along the way that was suitable for an ambush!
It turned out that he had been plotted against by the Qin people from the very beginning.

When I was distracted, I heard noises and screams of fear near the entrance.

There were flashes of fire over there, and then, carried by the wind, they spread rapidly towards the depths of the valley at lightning speed.

The large trucks piled up in a long line were set on fire very quickly one after another.

Xiang Yu reached out and grabbed the canvas, rubbing it hard, only to find out to his surprise that the canvas was soaked in oil!

"King Xiang!"

Xiang Zhuang rushed over, grabbed the reins of the black horse and ran, "Go!"

In places like valleys, there are originally a lot of dead branches and fallen leaves piled up on the ground, and there are lush forests on both sides.

It was extremely hot in the middle of summer, and the wind fanned the flames. The fire burned with the help of the wind, and it was really like a fire dragon sweeping through.

Many Chu soldiers who fled to the mountains were not burned to death, but were choked to death by the smoke that enveloped the entire valley!
As for the Chu troops trapped in the valley, their fate was naturally needless to say.

The last bit of power of the Chu nobles was basically completely dissipated by this fire.

Xiang Yu, who escaped from the other end of the valley, looked at the hundreds of people following him in a daze, and was completely in a trance.

Xiang Yu didn't care about the private soldiers of other Chu nobles, or even the Yue people who supported him as king.

But those Xiang clan members who followed him out were all his nine clans~~~
Now that only these people are left around him, how is he going to explain to the people of Jiangdong? !

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves rang out, and a large number of Qin cavalry rushed over from the direction of Dongye County.

They had been prepared for this long time. When they saw the fire in the valley in the distance, they immediately rushed over and prepared to deal a fatal blow to the Chu army that had escaped.

A large number of cavalry swarmed in, led by Chen Ran.

Looking at the distraught and extremely embarrassed Xiang Yu in front of him, Chen Ran shouted, "Xiang Yu, are all the nine clans you brought from your hometown gone?"

"Have you ever thought about how you will go back and face the people of Jiangdong who have entrusted their children, grandchildren, husbands and brothers to you?"

(End of this chapter)