My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 41 Beaten to death with sticks
Not long after, under the escort of a team of cavalrymen including Tian Jian, Wu She, the Right Counselor of the Great Chu, went out of the north gate and hurriedly galloped towards Peng Yue's army stationed more than ten miles to the northeast.

To be honest, Wu She was still quite talented, but he thought highly of himself and was arrogant. There were few people in the Chu camp whom he could take seriously. He even had some complaints against the Overlord Xiang Yu, believing that it was entirely his fault that the Chu camp had fallen to this point.

He was originally furious at Xiang Chang's harsh orders and humiliating accusations, thinking that Xiang Chang disliked him and wanted him to die. Before leaving the city, he opened the scroll and read it carefully several times. He was really impressed and felt that he could really convince Peng Yue based on the analysis of the scroll.

Peng Yue's army had 80,000 soldiers, and Liu Bang was always afraid of them. They were stationed outside the northeast of Gaixia City as a defensive mobile force, and Kong Xi's left army was also used for surveillance. Now that Zhou Yin's army and Ying Bu's army rebelled one after another, the situation in Da Chu was about to change. Han Xin, the commander-in-chief, would never let these two armies remain stationed.

Once these two armies are put into the battlefield, the situation that has just improved in Da Chu will inevitably be overturned again.

From the perspective of the Han camp, the final victory in the Chu-Han War was generally based on three important factors.

The primary factor was that Liu Bang personally led the main force to pin down Xiang Yu head-on; the second was that Han Xin carried out a thousand-mile roundabout encirclement, sweeping across Zhao, Yan, and Qi; finally, Peng Yue led a detachment to conduct guerrilla warfare everywhere, constantly wreaking havoc in the heart of Da Chu and continuously bleeding Da Chu.

During the Battle of Pengcheng, Liu Bang was beaten to a pulp by Xiang Yu and fled in panic. The reason why Xiang Yu could not advance westward and pursue Liu Bang to eliminate him completely was that Peng Yue was guarding Liangdi.

For Liu Bang, in terms of military achievements, Peng Yue was even better than Ying Bu.

Therefore, both the Han and Chu camps were very familiar with and convinced of the military talents of Peng Yue, who was later praised as the ancestor of guerrilla warfare.

According to historical records, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin and Peng Yue were all killed by Liu Bang and their countries were exterminated. Ying Bu was afraid and rebelled. He once said that among all the generals under Liu Bang, he was afraid of Han Xin and Peng Yue, and did not take the rest of Cao Shen, Fan Kuai, Guan Ying, Zhou Bo and the like seriously. This also shows how strong Peng Yue's military talent was.

Therefore, lobbying Peng Yue's army is the top priority at the moment, whether it is persuading him to withdraw his troops or even just maintaining the status quo and keeping the troops in place, the situation of Da Chu's revival will be secured.

Realizing that there was a real chance that persuading Peng Yue would succeed, Wu She suddenly perked up. Before leaving the city, he found Xiang Xi again and asked him in detail how Xiang Chang had persuaded Zhou Yin. He walked out of the city with high spirits, as if he had found a treasure. His eyes lit up and he walked out of the city with great enthusiasm.

Another good thing about Wu She is that he is really impressed by people who can subdue him! As a counselor and strategist, he was completely subdued by Xiang Chang in his professional field.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were many violent and cruel people. However, the envoys who came to persuade the emperor were treated with courtesy. There were few acts of cruelty unless there were special circumstances. As the saying goes, "When two countries are at war, they will not kill the envoys."

Therefore, Wu She came to Peng Yue's army without any reservation and asked Tian Jian to go up to inform him of his identity. Then he sat upright on his horse, raised his signature chin, squinted at the sky, waiting to be summoned by Peng Yue.

Sure enough, not long after, a eunuch came out quickly to greet them and led them into the camp, through the numerous tents, and came to a magnificent and huge white cowhide tent.

Along the way, he saw that the camps were arranged in an orderly manner, and the soldiers, whether sentinels or patrols, were all tall and strong, with bright armor and sophisticated weapons. When he arrived at the camp, he saw that the defenses were strict and nothing was left out. Tian Jian, the brave general of the Great Chu, couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

Tian Jian and his cavalry were left outside the tent, while Wu She was taken into the white cowhide tent alone. The tent was very spacious, with thick sheepskin carpets. There was nothing luxurious, and it looked very simple. There were several huge weapon racks placed around, with swords, spears, halberds, shields, bows and arrows and other weapons on them. In addition, there were several sets of fine iron armor hanging, which were very typical of military generals. On both sides, there were several jujube wood desks, on which were piled Lao Gao's silk books and bamboo slips.

In the middle of the tent, Peng Yue, wearing a black silk straight-hem gown with a cloud pattern, was sitting there with two maids in his arms, joking and flirting with them. He seemed not to have heard Zhongjuan's report, and just left Wu She, who was bowing, there.

Among the three kings of the early Han Dynasty, Peng Yue was the oldest. He was nearly fifty years old, but he was still strong and looked old. His resolute face and deep and determined eyes showed his strong character and deep thoughts.

Wu She had lobbied him before and was familiar with him. Seeing his behavior, he was immediately angry. He took a step forward, bowed and shouted, "Wu She, the envoy of the King of Chu, pays homage to Peng Yue, the Prime Minister of Liang."

Wu She's words clearly showed that he was trying to play tricks on Peng Yue.

Relying on his outstanding guerrilla harassment tactics, Peng Yue fully played the role of a troublemaker in the war against Chu. He wantonly harassed the Chu army's rear, repeatedly cut off the Chu army's food supply, and put the Chu army into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides many times, making Xiang Yu, the King of Western Chu, exhausted and anxious.

Despite his outstanding contributions, Liu Bang did not make him king, but only appointed him as prime minister of Wei. Later, King Bao of Wei rebelled and was killed by Liu Bang, but he was not made prime minister.

Hearing Wu She's inappropriate words, Peng Yue finally raised his head, glanced at him, and waved his hand casually: "Stand up." There was no more words after that. He neither arranged for Peng Yue to sit down nor said anything else. He continued to flirt with the maid, showing his contempt for Wu She, the envoy.

It was no wonder that Peng Yue looked down on him. The last time Wu She came to lobby him, he had nothing new to say except that King Liu Bang of Han treated people with contempt, insulted generals like scolding slaves, and Overlord Xiang Yu treated people with sincerity, and promised to give high titles and generous rewards as long as they surrendered to him. Peng Yue found it boring and thought that this was just another rehash of the same old stuff, so he naturally had no interest in it.

Wu She became furious and stopped talking. He drooped his face, crossed his arms, and looked down at Peng Yue with cold eyes.

This time it was Peng Yue's turn to lose his temper. He looked up at Wu She and asked arrogantly, "Doctor, why are you here this time?"

Wu She snorted and said coldly, "I heard that the Prime Minister has a serious eye disease and a serious leg disease. He can't walk and is almost blind. Wu She feels that he has a friendship with the Prime Minister, so he came to visit him. Now I see that it is true! Prime Minister, you must take care of yourself!"

Peng Yue was stunned. He did not expect Wu She to say such a thing. He blinked and said blankly, "How can you say that? My legs and eyes are fine. How can I say that I have a disease?"

"Hey, how can it be fine? I am an old friend of the Prime Minister, and I came to see him, but the Prime Minister sat with his legs spread out, standing in front of you and ignoring you. Is he blind or has a broken leg?"

Peng Yue then realized that this guy was trying to trick him again. He became furious and slammed the tables in front of him, ordering the soldiers to drag this rude guy out and beat him to death with sticks.

(End of this chapter)