My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 5 Golden Combination
In front of Commander Han Xin's tent, he heard the loud and passionate war drums coming from the top of the city wall and the loud singing like a tsunami, which brought about a sudden change in the sad and desolate emotions that the Han soldiers had stirred up with the Chuci minor tune. The generals of the Han army looked stunned and looked at each other, especially the unity and determination contained in the singing.

Zhang Liang frowned, stood up with some surprise and looked towards the top of the city wall.

Liu Bang's expression remained unchanged. He laughed and said nonchalantly:

"I didn't expect that Xiang Ji still had such a strong fighting spirit at this point. I really underestimated him. Don't worry, everyone. The destiny is on the side of Han. We have an absolute advantage right now, and the King of Qi is in charge of the military formation. Even if this plan fails, it will not harm the overall situation. I think Xiang Ji is just holding on at the end of his strength."

Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, then gave the order decisively:

"Xiang Yu should not have such ambition and actions at the moment. - Use the established channels to contact the hidden agents in the city and find out whether this was done by the Overlord?"

A deputy general received the order and left in a hurry.

This plan failed, Zhang Liang shook his head and relaxed. The King of Han was right, the overall situation had been decided, the general trend was established, even if Xiang Yu broke his plan, it would be difficult for him to turn the tables and achieve anything in the end.

Although the generals were somewhat disappointed, they had been through many battles and had hearts as hard as rocks. They soon stopped thinking too much and relaxed. Instead, they began to toast each other, brag and chat, planning to have a real feast.

At this moment, the Chu-style war song on the top of the city stopped, and then vulgar, vicious and filthy insults began to be thrown down.

In order to see the extent to which the Chu songs had affected the morale of the people in the city, Han Xin deliberately moved the commander's tent to a place not far from the city. Therefore, the war drums and military songs in the city just now, as well as the current insults, all floated in and were quite clear:

"Liu Ji, Liu Ji, your wife Lu Zhi tastes really good, hahahaha..."

"And me, and me, Liu Ji. I drank the soup too. From now on, we are brothers-in-law. Please take care of me."

"Old Master Liu, your son wants to drink your broth, but you gave birth to such a beast. If I were you, I would have shot him against the wall."

"Old Liu, I heard that your wife was fucked by a snake when she was pregnant with Liu Ji? Tell me the truth, did you see your wife cheating on you? No wonder Liu Ji wanted to drink your broth, it turns out it wasn't yours."

"Zhang Liang, you are a nobleman of Korea, but you are serving as a military advisor to a rogue. Are you addicted to being a dog? The coffins of your ancestors are about to collapse for this unworthy descendant of yours."

"Is that the guy who likes to crawl under people's crotches here? His name is Han Xin, right? There are plenty of crotches here, come quickly! If you crawl under someone's crotch, you will be crowned a king, but if you crawl under your crotches, won't you be made emperor right there?"

"Chen Ping, how does your sister-in-law feel? Your brother worked hard to raise you for your father who died early, but you stole his wife. Are you a human being? You are even more of a beast than Liu Ji!"

"Fan Kuai, the dog killer, are you still killing dogs now? There are dogs all around you, why don't you kill any?"

"Zhou Bo, the boy who weaves silkworm mats, I heard that you are very good at playing the flute? Haha, I wonder if you have played it for Liu Ji's boy?"

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Hearing the unbridled and rude roar coming from the top of the city wall, insulting almost all of them by name one by one, and the insults were particularly precise, directly touching on the dark history that they most wanted to hide from the public, all the good ministers and generals of the Han army, including the King of Han Liu Bang, no longer cared about drinking calmly, and jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, looking angrily towards the top of the city wall.

While looking at the top of the city wall, he did not forget to glance at his colleague beside him, with a thoughtful look on his face: It turns out you are this kind of person.

Han Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Han army and the King of Qi, turned pale and threw the wine cup to the ground.

Everyone who could sit at this banquet had a very thick skin. For example, the most powerful Liu Bang's face was almost thicker than the walls of Gaixia City.

But no matter how thick-skinned they are, it doesn't mean they are willing to make their dark history public and expose it in front of hundreds of thousands of people for comments and appreciation.

Especially now that they have achieved a high position, possessed enormous power, and are about to become kings and nobles, if this were to be publicized, it would certainly become a black material for their entire family, and their descendants would be mocked and ridiculed from generation to generation.

For example, when Zhou Bo's descendants had disputes with others, they could just scold him: "Didn't your ancestor become a marquis just because he played the flute for the King of Han? Why are you so arrogant? Your family should be called Xiao Hou!"

Another example is Chen Ping. His descendants in later generations will probably be cursed like this: As the saying goes, a sister-in-law is better than a mother. Your ancestor even messed with his mother. What a beast! - By the way, how does your mother taste?
——Faced with such insidious insults, no matter how thick-skinned one is, one would be furious, right? Their dark history was not unknown before, but it was known only to a small number of people, such as the lower-level soldiers, who had no way of knowing it. But now, after the Chu soldiers on the city wall spread the news, it can be said that everyone in the world knows about it.

As more people spread rumors, it is unknown what bizarre version the story will eventually turn into.

It is entirely foreseeable that from now on these soldiers will no longer have any respect for these high and mighty figures.

Even if they appear to be submissive and fawning on the surface, they still have to secretly consider whether others are secretly criticizing them.
In fact, now that they turned around and looked at the guards around them, they were already wondering in their hearts, are these guys already beginning to mock them in secret?

"Who is this bastard? I'm going to chop him to death, chop him to death like I'm killing a dog." Fan Kuai jumped out first, cursing wildly.

The maintenance of power depends first on a sense of mystery and majesty. Without mystery and majesty, the lower classes will lose their awe, and the execution of orders from the upper classes will naturally become distorted and greatly compromised.

How could the high-ranking officials tolerate this?

At this moment, the insults from the city walls changed again:

"Brothers from Chu, Liu Ji is a scoundrel, and the people around him are all the same kind of people. You are foolish to work for such people!"

"That's right! And brothers in Hanzhong, as men, you are blind and confused to follow a scoundrel who even his own father has to cook soup for you to fight for the world. Our king, the dignified Overlord of Western Chu, is such a hero, isn't he worthy of your following? Hurry up and surrender to us. If you surrender to us, you will be promoted three levels right away."

"Brothers, if you kill Liu Bang, you will be rewarded with 10,000 gold and be granted the title of Marquis of 10,000 households. If you kill any of the generals, such as Chen Ping, Zhang Liang, Fan Kuai, Guan Ying, etc., you will be rewarded with 1,000 gold and be granted the title of Marquis of 1,000 households. Once the Overlord speaks, it is real gold. The more you kill, the greater the reward. First come, first served. Look for an opportunity and act quickly."

"That's right, brothers. Whether you can turn over and become a noble and have your descendants become nobles for generations depends on your own choice. What are you waiting for? Give it a try, and a commoner can become a noble!"

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Zhang Liang stepped out from the crowd and walked to the front. He looked at the city wall for a while and said thoughtfully:

"This is definitely not the work of the Overlord. - Go check again and ask the spies in the city who is behind this? We must find out his identity and background."

"Also, let's find out what Xiang Ji's mental state is like right now? Has he been affected by the enemies surrounding him just now?" Chen Ping stepped forward and asked.

Another deputy general hurried away.

After hearing Zhang Liang's affirmative words, the generals thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement. They couldn't help but feel a tightness in their hearts and a chill down their spines.

No matter how brave Xiang Yu was, at this point, even though they were afraid, they no longer felt powerless and desperate as before.

But just when the overall situation was about to be decided, an old rogue suddenly appeared in the Chu army who was as good at planning as Fan Zeng, had no bottom line like Liu Bang, and dared to use any insidious and cruel means. This added variables and was enough to give them a headache.

As it stands now, this fellow not only broke the plan of Zhang Liang, who was extremely wise and resourceful, but also turned the tables on them, stripping off the underwear of all of them present one by one, and hanging them naked in front of the two armies to give them a good feast.

The combination of Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng would be a nightmare if Xiang Yu could also follow Fan Zeng's advice.

Liu Bang and Han Xin looked at each other quickly and saw the concerns in each other's eyes. However, when they thought that they had 600,000 troops to rely on, they felt relieved.

Even though they were scolded like this, none of the Han generals dared to threaten to launch an attack. They all chose to stick to their original plan and were determined to besiege the Chu army to death.

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