My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 59: Shouldering a Heavy Responsibility
Standing proudly in the middle of the tent, Xiang Chang turned around and looked at the generals one by one.

The generals' hearts tightened, they felt that this boy's eyes were sharp, aggressive, full of aggression and oppression, and they all avoided his gaze unconsciously.

"It seems that you are not very satisfied with me as the rear general..." Xiang Chang narrowed his eyes slightly, with a half-smile on his face, and spoke in a long tone.

Zhou Yin, who was lying on the couch, was very anxious. He struggled to stand up and took the lead in greeting Xiang Chang, but Xiang Chang stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder and pressed him on the couch.

The generals saw that this boy was surrounded by them, but he ignored them and threatened them. Their hearts were pounding. They dared not neglect him anymore. They bowed and saluted, shouting in unison: "Greetings, General!"

Seeing the generals saluting him and acknowledging him as the commander-in-chief and confirming his status, Xiang Chang's expression eased greatly and he paced in the tent with his hands behind his back.

All the generals retreated in all directions unconsciously and in a panic, standing by the tents to give him enough space.

Looking at this scene which was like a tiger king patrolling his territory and wolves, leopards and other beasts retreating one after another, Hei Shi, who was standing outside the tent, couldn't help but sneer.

Xiang Chang said coldly, "When I came here, my father told me that your Chu army has been stationed in Chu for a long time and has rarely experienced wars, and now you have become weak. This can be seen from today's battle, when you were suppressed by Jin Xu's 20,000 cavalry. In the past, under his command, he would have put Jin Xu's 20,000 cavalry into his pocket and swallowed them up in one gulp. After I became the commander, I have to train them well, otherwise they will be useless. What do you think about this?"

"General Hou, I don't agree with what Overlord said!"

"You are looking down on me!"

"I'm so angry!"

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Hearing this, the generals' faces turned red, and they started shouting with mixed feelings of shame and anger.

"Haha, it seems that you are not convinced?" Xiang Chang said with a smile, then his face straightened and he said sternly, "I also said this to my father! I said, every man in my Chu land is a good man! There is not a single coward! The men of my Great Chu would rather die with a cry than live in silence! Even if there are only three households in Chu, Chu will be the one to destroy Qin! Isn't the Great Qin Empire strong enough? Isn't the Qin Army strong enough? In the end, they were still defeated by our Great Chu Army!"

The generals felt that Xiang Chang had really spoken to their hearts. They raised their arms and shouted loudly, and the atmosphere was very heated!

"But then again, how can an army make its friendly forces feel awe and the enemy tremble in fear? Can we do it just by talking nonsense and raising our arms? Why? Tell me!"

"Military merit in a bloody battle!" This time all the generals shouted together, and the deafening sound almost blew the tents away.

"Well said! Your answers coincide with mine! Doesn't the Han army look down on us? Don't the rest of Ying Bu's army and the king's army also look down on us? I have made up my mind. Tonight, I will personally lead an army to raid the Han camp, teach the Han army a lesson, and make a contribution. Let all those who look down on us shut up and say in admiration: This is a fearless and sharp army! Do you have..."

"Fight! Fight! Lord Chang, no, General Hou, I, Wei Le, request to join the battle!" "And I, Ning Xi, am willing to serve as the vanguard, please allow me, General Hou!"

"And I, Han Hu, cannot ruthlessly kill the Han army and make great achievements. I will die in the Han camp tonight!"

The last voice was extremely familiar. It was the young general with a fierce face and bold words just now. He followed Qu Fu back to the tent and raised his fist to challenge for a fight.

Xiang Chang gave him an approving look, then clenched his right fist and waved it heavily in the air:
"Good! It seems that you are all heroes! Heishi, you follow the generals to the military camp to select 5,000 elite soldiers, have a good meal, equip them with good armor, and then have a good rest and wait for my order. As for the other generals who volunteered to fight, I will issue military orders later."

After Xiang Chang gave the order, all the generals were in high spirits and hurried away with some impatience, surrounding Hei Shi and others.

After all the generals left the tent, only the two of them were left. Zhou Yin stared blankly at the sky above the tent, and sighed with a dull look on his face: "Compared with you, I find that I have been living like a dog for the past few decades!"

Although he had already seen Xiang Chang's eloquence, now he just talked a few words, used both kindness and force, teased and stimulated, and won the hearts of all the generals, making them eager to fight. Everyone was willing to mobilize 5,000 elite troops to raid the Han camp tonight for a decisive battle, which still made him dazzled and amazed.

It was obvious that Xiang Chang intended to follow the example of Xiang Wang and Ying Bu and have these 5,000 elite troops serve as the central army, led by him personally.

Xiang Chang waved his hand, dismissed the military physician, took the medicine jar and applied the medicine to Zhou Yin himself, and threw the bandage to the military physician to boil it in boiling water for a while, then wrung it out and dried it before bandaging it again. He frowned and said, "Didn't we agree that I would take you to see my father when I come back? Why do you have to go first?"

Xiang Chang was in a hurry to come back, in large part because he wanted to see the Overlord in advance and save Zhou Yin. He also didn't expect that Zhou Yin would be greedy for merit and advance rashly at the last moment, and suffered a great loss at the hands of Han Xin, losing many soldiers, which was tantamount to adding crime to crime!
Now that his father had fallen into such a miserable state and was almost dead, it was no exaggeration to say that he hated Zhou Yin to the core. In addition, Zhou Yin had suffered such a great defeat, and with new and old grudges, Xiang Chang knew his father's character, so he would definitely chop him into a paste!
He never thought that his father only whipped him and let him go. He was very surprised to hear the news.

Zhou Yin did not continue talking about this topic. He slowly lay back on the tiger-skin couch, enjoying the meticulous service of the eldest son of the Great Chu State. His body completely relaxed, and he said with a somewhat gloating tone: "This heavy responsibility will be handed over to you from now on. During this period of time, I found that I was able to manage the internal affairs, but I was really incapable of military strategy. And these arrogant soldiers and brave generals, one after another, are all troublemakers. You can take care of them all."

Xiang Chang remained silent.

With his intelligence, he guessed most of it even though Zhou Yin didn't say it. The reason why Zhou Yin went to see the Overlord in advance was because he was afraid that if he got involved, it might affect the relationship between them and cause discord between them.

Zhou Yin knew too well the stubbornness of the Overlord, who would kill people in a rage if he was disobeyed. And from his understanding of Xiang Chang, it was clear that Xiang Chang was not a good person either. Since he promised to save himself, he must keep his word.

In this case, conflicts and disputes are bound to arise between father and son.

He rushed to see the Overlord first because he naturally didn't want Xiang Chang to be caught in the middle and he completely disregarded his own life and death.

The purpose of his behavior is self-evident. The reason he surrendered to the Great Chu again this time was not because of the Overlord, but because he was optimistic about him and placed his bet on Xiang Chang!
Xiang Chang suddenly felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. That was the responsibility of carrying the lives and property of his subordinates completely and with unreserved trust!

(End of this chapter)