My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 13: Horse Head Hanged
Xiang Chang raised his spear, looked around, and shouted:
"We are currently surrounded by Han soldiers and the situation is critical. We should all unite as one and work together. Anyone who dares to have a different mind, defect or cause chaos will be dealt with according to the current situation!"

All the generals, including eight hundred elite cavalrymen, jumped off their horses and knelt on one knee to agree.

Xiang Yu took a deep look at his son, then sat high on his horse, looking down at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "Tonight we will break out of the siege, and you all should keep working hard. When we are out of the siege and reorganize our army to fight Liu Bang again, everyone will be rewarded tonight, and I, Xiang Yu, will never break my promise."

All the generals and eight hundred elite cavalry responded loudly.

Xiang Chang saw that the generals and the eight hundred elite cavalrymen responded to his father's promise much more enthusiastically than they did to himself. He knew that he still had a long way to go if he wanted to have the same reputation as his father among the generals. But it didn't matter, he had finally taken the first step, and using the head of the Shangshu Xiang Chan as a sacrifice had a very good effect, which could be said to be a good start.

Xiang Chang jumped off his horse and checked Xiang Chan's team, but surprisingly did not find Yu Ji's body. He asked Xiang Ju, but Xiang Ju was speechless and only looked at the leather bag on Xiang Chan's horse.

Xiang Chang's heart skipped a beat. He stepped forward and opened the leather bag that Xiang had wrapped around his horse's back. He took out a brocade package, which contained Yu Ji's head.

Xiang Chang didn't expect that Xiang Chan was afraid of trouble and did not carry Yu Ji's body, but instead cut off her head and carried it with him. He was furious for a moment, thinking that he had just shot him to death with an arrow, which was too easy for him.

When Xiang Yu saw this, his face turned pale, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, and for a moment he was afraid to look at Yu Ji's head.

As a powerful overlord, invincible in the world, he couldn't even protect the woman he loved. In order to escape without being a burden to himself, and to avoid being humiliated by Liu Bang, she was willing to commit suicide. But now, even though she is dead, she can't even keep her body intact...

You should know that the ancients attached great importance to corpses. Even in the Ming and Qing dynasties, when eunuchs died and were buried, their castrated organs would be placed in the coffin, implying that the body was complete and not defective. Not to mention the end of the Qin Dynasty today.

Xiang Chang was furious. He thrust his spear into the ground, held Yu Ji's head high, knelt proudly in front of his father's horse, and shouted:
"Father, Madam Yu is looking at you. She is saying that the man in front of her is not the King of Chu whom she deeply loves! She loves the King of Chu so much that she would never desert even if she died! The moment you said to flee, Madam Yu had already decided to die! Because the King of Chu whom she loved was also dead at that moment."

"Father, Madam Yu is looking at you. She is asking you, where is the King of Chu in her heart? The Han army is right in front of us! The King of Chu in her heart will go forward even if there are tens of thousands of people. No matter how many enemies there are or how powerful they are, she will not be afraid and will treat them as nothing. She has the confidence to defeat them."

"Father, Madam Yu is asking you. Tonight, she is watching you lead your warriors to turn the tide again, reverse the situation, and repeat the glorious feat of 30,000 men defeating 560,000! Let that scoundrel Liu Bang, and the dog butchers, funeral trumpet players, and carriage drivers like Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, and Xiahou Ying tremble with fear."

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Xiang Chang knew that this was the last chance and the only glimmer of hope for survival, so he tried his best to encourage his father.

He was very clear in his mind that if he wanted to break the current ambush, he had to maintain the morale of the 50,000 Chu troops on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to capture his father and never let him break through and escape.

Once my father really breaks through, everything will end. History will continue to develop according to the established trajectory. The great King of Chu will be chased by a group of hyenas all the way, and his elite cavalry will be killed in battle. In the end, he will be alone and desperate, and commit suicide by the bank of the Wujiang River...

Of course, it is far from enough to just hold Dad back and prevent him from breaking out. You also need to stimulate and stack Dad's anger value before there is a real chance of a turning point in this siege.

Looking back at my father's past glorious achievements, whether it was the Battle of Julu or the Battle of Pengcheng, he was at an absolute disadvantage, a situation where he could only die. However, in those two battles, my father was completely enraged, and his fighting power increased greatly, as if he was assisted by God. In the Battle of Julu, he won nine battles in a row and defeated the main force of the Qin army. After the war, the frightened princes had to kneel before my father. In the Battle of Pengcheng, he led 30,000 elite cavalry to a long-distance raid, sweeping away 560,000 Han troops who were waiting for the opportunity, and cleared out Liu Bang's wealth accumulated over the years!
So others may not mobilize troops out of anger, but for Dad, it's just the opposite. It is necessary to stimulate his anger and let him mobilize troops out of anger to truly bring out his potential and unleash his terrifying fighting power!

Therefore, when he was waiting in his father's tent just now and saw Yu Ji's body, it was like a flash of lightning passing through his mind, which made him sharply think of using Yu Ji's body to stimulate his father, prevent him from breaking through, and choose to fight in anger instead!
Therefore, he went to Xiang Chan in advance, forcing him to surrender to Han in advance, and also ordered him to bring Yu Ji's body with him. He knew very well the relationship between his father and Madam Yu, and his father would definitely be furious when he saw Yu Ji's body being humiliated.

Sure enough, things developed as he expected.

The only thing that was beyond his expectation was that Xiang Chan was afraid of trouble and actually chose to cut off Yu Ji's head and take it with him to surrender to the Han Dynasty. However, this undoubtedly touched the sore spot in his father's heart.

The Overlord's face was ferocious, his double-pupil eyes were wide open, and an invisible aura was surging all over his body, like a sleeping lion slowly waking up.

Turning his head, he looked solemnly towards the Han army camp.

Xiang Chang felt a chill in his heart and muttered to himself: Am I going too far?

The King of Chu pointed his halberd directly at the Han army camp and said in a low voice like thunder: "Soldiers, tonight, let us once again make the Han army tremble in fear and let them taste the taste of fear! - Follow me and take the head of old Liu Bang!"

Xiang Chang was greatly inspired. He jumped up, stepped forward, hung Yu Ji's head under his father's horse's neck, and said vigorously:

"Father, Madam Yu wants to accompany you in the charge. She wants to see with her own eyes how you defeat the Han army and show your might as a king again."

The Overlord raised his head and roared, urging his black horse to charge towards the Han army camp.

Including Zhongli Mei, Ji Bu, Xiang Sheng, Xiang Guan and other clan generals, as well as eight hundred elite cavalry, all of them felt a buzzing in their heads, their blood boiled, and their bodies were filled with murderous intent, as if their Overlord had returned. They didn't think about anything else, didn't care about anything, and urged their mounts, brandished their spears, and followed closely behind.

Xiang Chan's son Xiang Ju, along with the Xiang clan members and a group of cavalry guards, were left there and no one paid any attention to them.

This time, Xiang Zhuang did not follow the Overlord to protect him as he did in the past, but followed Xiang Chang. It was obvious that he had received orders from the Overlord to make protecting Xiang Chang his top priority, and to protect Xiang Chang and escape if the battle situation became unfavorable.

"Why do you have to force the king like this? It would be the same if the king broke through and escaped, and then made a comeback like Liu Bang did. Why do you insist on taking such a dangerous step?" Xiang Zhuang rode closer and said in a low voice with great dissatisfaction.

Xiang Chang remained silent, as if he hadn't heard it.

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