My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 45 Heart Location
Not long after, Xiang Ju walked out of the tent, with the mud lump in his hand. Two guards followed behind him. After identifying the direction, he walked towards the depths of the military camp.

After walking for a long time through the numerous tents, the defense became tighter and tighter, with sentries and patrolling soldiers everywhere. The three of them passed three checkpoints, but were stopped by the guards at the fourth checkpoint, allowing only Xiang Ju to pass.

"The dozen white camel tents in front are where the King of Han and his generals and ministers live. The military advisor also lives in one of them. I will personally roast this bird and present it to the military advisor to express my filial piety. You two can go back now."

Xiang Ju turned around and gave an order to the two guards, then holding the lump of mud, he slightly bent his waist and controlled his back, and passed through the checkpoint with a respectful look.

Zhang Liang is Xiang Ju's uncle. Although Xiang Ju is not favored by Liu Bang at the moment, she can still meet Zhang Liang at any time.

In this checkpoint, under the golden autumn sun, more than a dozen huge white camel tents appear magnificent and spectacular.

The four strong soldiers guarding the pass could not help but glance at him with contempt when they saw that Xiang Ju had just been driven out, and had turned around to burn a bird and come back to curry favor with Zhang Liang.

The two guards bowed and agreed, then turned and walked back the way they came. After passing a few tents and no longer being visible at the checkpoint behind them, they slowed down their pace.

Xiang Chang looked around and saw a skinny old soldier driving a bullock cart loaded with broken weapons and armor that had just been replaced, slowly walking towards the back of the camp. Xiang Chang glanced at Xiang Gou, who quickly stepped forward and started chatting with the old soldier in a friendly manner.

Xiang Chang then quietly moved forward, picked up a spear with a broken shaft from the ox cart, and used the sharp tip of the spear to stab the two bells under the crotch of the ox pulling the cart.

Next, the sturdy black bull let out a miserable howl, tucked its tail between its legs, and with red eyes, it pulled the ox cart forward like crazy.

The old soldier who was holding the reins of the cow was caught off guard, stumbled and was dragged to the ground.

He was horrified and had no idea why this usually docile bull suddenly went crazy. However, he knew very well what a crime it was to let a bull run wild in the depths of the military camp. So he cursed and yelled at the bull while holding on to the reins tightly.

However, he was just an old and skinny man with weak body, how could he hold the big and strong bull that had gone completely mad? He was dragged seven or eight meters away. Finally, he was unable to let go and watched the bull dragging the ox cart rampaging in the military camp, destroying seven or eight tents in succession and making a mess of the camp.

For a moment, all the soldiers in the camp looked at each other with a frown, some shouted loudly, some tried to stop them, some shouted in gloat over their misfortune, and some even shouted angrily...

Xiang Gouqing knew that his mission was accomplished, so he quickly left the scene and returned to the logistics camp to look for the rest of his subordinates.

Xiang Chang's eyes flashed, he looked around, selected a tent, walked over quickly, and slipped in.

The tent was filled with neatly stacked cotton and linen uniforms, which looked like a military supply warehouse. Upon closer inspection, most of the uniforms were very dirty, and a large part of them looked very familiar. They were all looted from the Chu army soldiers who were defeated and killed in battle.

Xiang Chang's eyes turned cold. He took out a leather bag from his arms and opened the stopper. Inside was thick grease, which he evenly poured on the pile of military uniforms. Then he took out a wooden tube, pulled it open, and waved it vigorously in the air a few times, and a ball of fire came out.

Then he stepped forward and set the military uniforms on fire one by one, and then stood quietly waiting.

Until this time, Xiang Chang found that he was still extremely calm and composed. Not only was he not in a panic with trembling hands and feet, he was not even excited. It was as if he was standing aside from the matter, as if all this was not his doing.

Since last night, he has clearly sensed several times that he has this trait in himself, which he doesn't know whether it is mental strength or mental abnormality, but in short, it is a trait that is very suitable for doing bad things.

He shook his head, put aside the wild thoughts that came to his mind, and waited for a while, until the fire grew stronger and stronger and he could no longer bear the burns. The burns on his body began to hurt sharply. Then he drew his sword, cut open the tent, rolled out from behind it, and flew away from this place in a few flashes.

At this time, the fire in the camp was unstoppable. The flames mixed with billowing black smoke rushed straight into the sky. Under the clear autumn sky, it was clearly visible even more than ten miles away. The soldiers around had just pinned down the bull, and then saw the fire in the military uniform tent. There was another round of panic, shouting and chaos. An officer ran over, scolded him, and organized the soldiers to put out the fire.

The tent was full of military uniforms, which were flammable. At this time, it turned into a huge fireball. Even with buckets of water, the soldiers could not get close and could only watch it burn.

The strong wind blew, picking up the burning sparks from the tents and throwing them everywhere. In late autumn, the tents, fences, car frames, armor, flags...almost everything in the camp was extremely dry and would catch fire. So it was very lively next, with fire and smoke everywhere.

The officers were horrified, and shouted loudly, commanding the soldiers to put out the fire desperately, but it was useless, and the fire continued to burn in tents and places one after another...

In desperation, the officers ordered soldiers to either dismantle and move the surrounding tents, or soak them with water in advance to prevent the spread of the fire.

Fortunately, the fire was not very strong, and after all the panic work, they were able to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to the entire camp.

Such a big commotion alarmed Liu Bang and a group of generals and ministers in the White Camel tent not far away, and they all ran out to watch.

Soon a soldier came to report: "There is a fire in a tent. It seems that a soldier was cooking and accidentally set it on fire."

Xiahou Ying was furious: "Asshole! We are in wartime, isn't it forbidden to make fire and cook?"

The black lump of mud in Xiang Ju's hand was now in Zhang Liang's hand. He looked at the black smoke rising from the burning tent, which was extremely blinding and could be seen from far and near. He also saw that the tents of Liu Bang and other commanders were within reach. His face changed and he said in a hurry:
"Send someone to investigate immediately to see if the fire was real or intentional!"

Liu Bang turned to look at him and said hesitantly: "Zifang means..."

Zhang Liang threw the lump of mud on the ground and said sternly: "If someone did it, I'm afraid it was for..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard the dull sound of horse hooves from the southwest, accompanied by deafening shouts of killing; a large number of cavalry were attacking suddenly!

Liu Bang was surprised: "Whose troops are these?"

"Old Liu Bang, you are dead today! Come and accept your death!"

"Kill Liu Bang and make him a marquis! Brothers, charge!"

"King Yingbu of Jiujiang of the Great Chu is here. Anyone who stands in my way will die!"

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The cavalry roared loudly and rushed into the rear army camp like thunder, heading straight for the tent with billowing black smoke - and also headed straight for Liu Bang's central army camp.

When they heard that it was Ying Bu's army and saw the domineering and fierce momentum of this cavalry, both Liu Bang and his ministers were frightened.

(End of this chapter)