My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 56 Arrogance
Xiang Yu had an inexplicable sense of relief and joy on his face, as if he remembered something. He waved his hand and said decisively, "It is all thanks to the spirits of our Xiang family's ancestors. You don't have to worry about my face. Chang'er is not as good as me in military operations, but he is not only better than me in strategy and lobbying, but I am afraid he is no less than my father."

After a pause, Xiang Yu sighed again:

"Since last night, Chang'er seems to have become a different person. His actions and words are always unexpected, but in the end, he will find that some of his actions are well-targeted and make sense. It can be seen that a critical battlefield will really mature a person in the shortest time and fully bring out his potential. He becomes more courageous when faced with setbacks and is fearless in the face of danger. He is worthy of being the offspring of our Xiang family."

As Xiang Yu's cousin, Xiang Sheng knew his elder brother very well. He knew that Xiang Yu was arrogant and self-willed because of his bravery. He believed that he could defeat the whole world by himself. He always looked down on other people's talents, thinking that no one was better than him.

He said this with the intention of testing Xiang Yu to see what his attitude was towards his son's talents.

After repeated defeats in recent years, watching the entire Great Chu go from being arrogant and domineering to being on the verge of collapse, Xiang Sheng, a member of the Xiang clan and a senior general of the Great Chu, was one of the smartest people at the time. He had already felt in his heart that there was no future if he continued to follow the Overlord in this way, and it would only be a dead end.

Since last night, Xiang Chang suddenly showed up. Facing the ambush set up by the Han army, which was a lethal killing array, he was not afraid and faced the challenge head-on. He led them step by step, and found a way out of the impossible. He turned a situation that was doomed to fail around, and allowed the dying Chu to revive and usher in life.

When the Han army retreated and the siege of Gaixia City was lifted, Xiang Sheng was completely immersed in endless relief and joy. While admiring the talents of Master Xiang Chang, he also keenly saw the possibility of Da Chu regaining its strength and regaining its former glory.

But whether this goal can be achieved depends on how the Overlord views his son Xiang Chang. If the Overlord is still arrogant and conceited as before, the breath of fresh air that the Great Chu has managed to survive will eventually be cut off.

Now hearing Overlord say this, Xiang Sheng was quite pleased and proud of Xiang Chang's talent, and he secretly felt relieved.

Xiang Sheng secretly thought that it might be Liu Bang, Han Xin, Chen Ping, Ying Bu, these people whom he had never looked down upon before, who united together and became so powerful that they beat him, the overlord of the time, to death and almost died in this small city of Gaixia. This made him realize that his self-confident bravery was completely vulnerable under the beating of the heroes. The cruel reality hurt and awakened him, and also knocked out his arrogance, forcing him to face up to the talents of others.

At this time, a general came alone on horseback, his armor was tattered, his robe was covered with bloodstains, his helmet was lost, and he had a head of gray hair. He walked slowly towards them from a distance with a shamefaced look on his face.

Although they were still some distance apart, he had already jumped off his horse, lowered his head, walked to the front of Xiang Yu's horse with a face full of shame, and knelt on the ground.

Xiang Sheng had long recognized that it was Grand Marshal Zhou Yin. When he thought about how the arrogant Chu was forced to be trapped in the isolated city of Gaixia, with no way to retreat or escape, and almost doomed, he could say that it was all because of the guy in front of him. He was furious for a moment!

Xiang Sheng held the sword in his hand, ready to jump off his horse, step forward and chop the bastard down with one blow!
But Xiang Yu was one step ahead of him. He jumped off his horse, strode up to Zhou Yin, and without saying a word, swung his whip and whipped him on the head.

Xiang Yu was extremely strong and he obviously did not hold back when he whipped. Every time he whipped, a bloody mark was left. Zhou Yin's tattered armor had no protection at all. After a few lashes, his back was torn and bloody.

Zhou Yin was tough. His whole body was twitching, but he lay there motionless, gritting his teeth and muttering, "I am a sinner who deserves death. I have betrayed the king's trust and am willing to die!" It would have been better if he didn't say anything. Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu became even angrier. He threw away his whip, stepped forward and grabbed his messy gray hair. His eyes were glaring at him, and he exuded a murderous aura. He growled, "Death? You deserve death! You can never be forgiven!"

However, when he saw Zhou Yin's face, with his eyes tightly closed and tears streaming down his face, he was stunned, shouted angrily, and threw him heavily to the ground.

Xiang Yu's expression changed rapidly, his chest rose and fell sharply, and he almost pulled out the sword at his waist several times. After a long while, he took a long breath, forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a cold and hard tone:
"I should have torn you into pieces, but since you were persuaded by the eldest son and stopped at the brink, I will spare you. I will demote you to the rank of captain of the guard army, and leave the army to the eldest son. Get out!"

Xiang Sheng, who was standing aside, was greatly surprised and looked at Xiang Yu as if he was looking at an unknown stranger!

Based on his understanding of Xiang Yu, and his previous arrogant, domineering and aggressive character, and his disdain for others, Zhou Yin should have been chopped into pieces by him now!

Haven’t you seen Ying Bu? After he betrayed him, he was defeated by his furious army and ordered the massacre of all his wives and children.

In addition, after he destroyed the Qin State and established himself as the Overlord, someone persuaded him to build his capital in Guanzhong, but he rejected such valuable advice. Because the person slandered him by saying "a monkey in a human costume", he boiled him alive!

Zhou Yin's betrayal was far more harmful than Ying Bu's, but he actually whipped him a few times and let him go? Is he still the same Overlord?

"The eldest son was able to convince Zhou Yin, which obviously meant that he had promised to keep him safe. The Overlord would rather suppress his volcanic anger than let the eldest son break his promise to him. Well, it can be seen that he values ​​the eldest son very much!" Xiang Sheng's eyes lit up and he realized something.

In the past, the Overlord acted recklessly and would not listen to anyone when he was furious. No matter whether it was Xiang Sheng and other Xiang clan members, or Zhongli Mei, Ji Bu and other generals, they all knew that his actions were wrong, but no one could persuade him, and they were all helpless about it.

But now Xiang Sheng sees hope!
With Master Xiang Chang's intelligence and wisdom, and his ability to make the Overlord willingly listen to his advice, wouldn't he be able to avoid making those low-level mistakes again?
Zhou Yin was also very surprised. He came here alone on horseback and was ready to be killed. But he never thought that the Overlord would whip him and actually spare him.
Zhou Yin knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times. When he was about to stand up, his body tilted and he fell to the ground, motionless and unconscious.

Xiang Yu waved his hand impatiently and ordered his soldiers to drag him away and treat his injuries.

"Report, Your Majesty, the eldest prince is back!" A scout came on a flying horse to report.

The anger and resentment on Xiang Yu's face immediately disappeared, and a strong look of joy appeared.

(End of this chapter)