My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 35: Face Like Pig Liver
Ying Bu felt very familiar with these cavalrymen at first glance. They were all his personal guards, led by his close minister Wang Qi.

Seeing their panicked appearance, Ying Bu instinctively felt that something was wrong and rushed straight towards them.

Liu Xin blinked his eyes, unconsciously slowed down his horse, and fell behind.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Just now, Lü Matong, the deputy general in the army, held the Han king's command arrow, struck the drum to gather the generals, sat in the commander's seat, took away the seal of the general, and said that you surrendered to the Overlord again, so he replaced you as the commander of the army by the order of the Han king."

"Dozens of generals that the King of Han had planted in our army all supported him. Generals like Zuo Sima Tian Liao and Hujun Duwei Yu Hai were unable to resist him and only pretended to be friendly with him, allowing us to escape and find you, so that you can return to the barracks as soon as possible."

"My Lord, what shall we do? Are you really surrendering to the Overlord again?"

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When Wang Qi saw Ying Bu, he was overjoyed. He did not care about running over, sweating profusely and panting, and told him everything that had happened in the military camp in the shortest time possible.

When Ying Bu heard this, he realized that Xiang Chang had actually predicted it. Liu Bang sent Liu Xin to calm him down on the surface, but secretly sent a message to Zhou Teng to seize military power. Ying Bu was furious for a moment.

It's a rare opportunity for me to trust you, but you can't get rid of your gangster nature. You are not worthy of my trust at all!

He turned his head angrily and looked at Liu Xin, wanting to ask him for an explanation, but it would have been better if he hadn't looked. Once he saw him, he almost exploded with anger.

Liu Xin leaned over the horse's back, whipped the horse wildly, and fled in panic in the direction he came from.

As for the dozens of cavalry guards who escorted him here, they had no idea what was happening and stood there like wooden geese, at a loss as to what to do.

I have to say that the Liu family's natural ability to escape is truly amazing. They never put themselves in danger and can always sense danger in advance when the wind is just rising at the tip of the green reed.

While Liu Xin was fleeing, he secretly cursed Liu Bang for being a beast. On the surface, he sent himself to appease Ying Bu, but secretly sent a message to someone to seize Ying Bu's military power. He did not take his own life seriously at all.

As for whether the order to seize Ying Bu's military power was done by Liu Bang, neither he nor Ying Bu had any doubt at all.

Based on their understanding of Liu Bang, who else could do such a cool thing except him?
This really cannot be blamed on anyone else. We can only blame Liu Bang for having too many outrageous actions and dark histories in the past, which have formed a fixed impression on people.

For example, Liu Bang had been defeated many times by Xiang Yu in the past, and he was able to secretly run into Han Xin's army, seize his military power, and then regroup.

The reason why he was able to seize military power so smoothly was that he had placed many generals in Han Xin's army in advance. These generals naturally obeyed him, and Han Xin was only the nominal commander.

As he did this kind of thing so often, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Bu, and even Zhou Yin became very wary. Although they could not stop him from placing generals in positions of power, they all promoted and employed their own confidants to fight against him.

For example, a large number of generals in Ying Bu’s army, such as Zuo Sima Tian Liao and Duwei Yu Hai, were promoted by Ying Bu and are loyal to him.

Liu Xin's escape undoubtedly confirmed that it was Liu Bang who seized Ying Bu's military power.

Ying Bu cursed angrily, took off his longbow, bent the bow and drew the arrow. With a "buzz" sound, the bowstring vibrated, and Liu Xin, who was lying on the horse's back and running away dozens of meters away, fell to the ground.

As for the dozens of cavalrymen who were confused and had no idea what was happening, they were surrounded by more than a hundred of Ying Bu's personal guards, and were all killed. Not a single one escaped.

He shot Liu Xin to death with an arrow to vent his anger, but Ying Bu was still furious. He held his spear and stepped forward himself, stabbing several Han cavalrymen to death in succession before stopping his men.

After all the Han cavalry were killed, he raised his spear high and shouted to the soldiers around him:
"Follow me and kill all the traitors including Lu Matong!"

Xiang Chang's judgment of Ying Bu was very accurate. Military power was his lifeblood. Liu Bang's seizure of his military power was undoubtedly digging into his lifeblood. How could he tolerate this? These close ministers and generals were all loyal to Ying Bu. Many of them had followed him for many years and their wealth and honor depended on him. They immediately agreed.

At this time, a horse suddenly rushed towards Ying Bu, with a man lying horizontally on the horse's back. He was tied up and his mouth was blocked. At this time, he couldn't stop moving like a silkworm and making a "wooooo" sound.

When Ying Bu saw him, he remembered him and signaled the guarding cavalry to untie his bonds and return his weapons to him. Then he led the way and galloped towards the military camp.

After Xiang Chang was freed from his bonds, he breathed a sigh of relief, retrieved his weapons and bow, and rode his horse closely behind the procession. He saw the rage in Ying Bu's heart that was like a volcano erupting, so he kept silent and did not provoke him with words.

Ying Bu's military camp. In front of the general's tent.

The two teams of generals were standing in clear opposition, facing each other, on the verge of a fight. And around them was a circle of elite soldiers in heavy armor, tightly surrounding the two teams of generals.

The atmosphere at the scene was heavy and solemn, extremely depressing, and it seemed that even the slightest spark could cause an explosion.

"Tian Liao, Yu Hai, I want to ask you, are you still Han soldiers? Do you listen to the orders of the King of Han? Now I am here under the order of the King of Han to temporarily take over the position of the general. Not only do you refuse to obey orders, but you also lead your army to besiege us. Are you planning to rebel?"

Standing in the center, Lu Matong, with a narrow face full of anger, held the general's seal in one hand and a golden command arrow in the other, stared at the generals opposite and shouted.

Behind him, more than a dozen senior generals appointed by Liu Bang, including the front general Li Wu, the rear general Wang Meng, the general of the center army Yang Xi, etc., spread out like goose wings, guarding him and also glaring at the opposite side.

Most of the generals on the opposing side were middle-level officers such as Lieutenant Generals, Cavalry Langzhong, and Cavalry Sima. Although their positions were far inferior to those of Lu Matong's side, they had the advantage of large numbers, with more than 30 of them. Under the leadership of Zuo Sima Tian Liao and Duwei Yu Hai, they were not at a disadvantage when confronting senior generals such as Lu Matong.

"Please be patient, General. As everyone knows, our general has always been loyal to the King of Han. Now you have rushed to the Zhou Yin army to discuss military situation, and now you have seized the military power. Although you have the military order of the King of Han, how do you know that the King of Han is not deceived by slander?"

Facing Lü Matong's shouting question, Zuo Sima Tian Liao put on a fake smile but his words were extremely cold.

"That's right! We can't let you punish the general who has made such great contributions just because the King of Han was deceived and we have to carry out the wrong military orders! Why can't we wait for the general to come back and make it clear to him face to face? What if you make a mistake in handling the matter, humph, and wrong the general, and what if it ruins the King of Han's great cause, Lü Matong, can you bear this responsibility?"

The Guard Commander Yu Hai also spoke up, and a big hat was put on the person who was the first to complain.

The two men did not even show outward respect in their words, and kept calling Lu Matong by his original military rank, obviously not recognizing him as the newly appointed general.

As the two of them stood out in front, as soon as they finished their rebuttal, the generals behind them started to make noises, gathered around and rushed forward, shouting loudly:

"Well said! Brothers, the general has been slandered and the King of Han is going to take away his military power. How can we agree to this?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Whoever tries to seize the general's military power will be killed by me!"

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The faces of high-ranking generals including Lu Matong looked like rotten pig livers, as ugly as they could be.

During the period of the new book, I sincerely ask readers not to hold back the book, but to read it more and support it. It is very important to read new books. Huo Niu thanks you very much.

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