My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 63: Unchanged
Relying on a tactic that took almost everyone by surprise by launching two surprise attacks in one night, Xiang Chang led the rear army to successfully defeat Kong Xi's 70,000 troops. In addition to seizing countless tents, weapons, armor, food and other supplies, they also gathered more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers who had no time to escape and knelt down to surrender. It was undoubtedly a resounding victory.

Hei Shi, Xiang Xi, Tian Jian, as well as Han Hu, Ning Xi, Wei Le and other rear army generals, led a group of soldiers and surrounded Xiang Chang, who was personally leading the troops for the second round of raids. They raised their arms, waved their weapons, and cheered that shook the sky.

Generals like Han Hu, Ning Xi, Wei Le, etc., who had just fought a great battle with the Han army in the daytime, and whose cavalry and infantry were well coordinated, could not defeat the 20,000 cavalry commanded by Jin Xu of the Han army with only 50,000 men. At night, the newly appointed rear general, Xiang Chang, used a trick to harass the 70,000 Han army that had been resting and not engaged in the battle, but they were unexpectedly ambushed and defeated by them!
The army is a place where the strongest are respected. Only a strong enough general can lead the entire army to win victory continuously.

The reason why Xiang Yu was so loved and admired by the soldiers of the Chu Army was that he was too strong and was able to lead his troops to achieve one incredible victory after another.

Now, the great victory achieved by Xiang Chang leading the rear army has conquered the hearts of all the soldiers in the rear army, and they no longer have any doubts about him.

For a moment, the entire camp was filled with an atmosphere of excitement and ecstasy. All the generals and soldiers had shining eyes and were inexplicably excited.

Xiang Chang, who was covered in blood and had disheveled armor, was also full of joy. He rode on a big black horse, waving a halberd and cheering with his soldiers.

"Soldiers, you are the bravest! Liu Bang's Han army is not invincible! As long as we stick together, work together, and fight bravely, we will surely achieve the final victory! Long live!" Xiang Chang shouted angrily while holding high his halberd.

"Long live! Long live! Long live the Overlord! Long live the Rear General!"

The morale of the soldiers in the rear army was greatly boosted. They felt that they were extremely powerful and cheered in response.

Hearing the soldiers shouting "Long live the Overlord" after "Long live the Overlord", Xiang Chang frowned. However, he could not stop the current situation. He sighed secretly and looked back in the direction of Gaixia City with a serious look.

He knew that his father was most likely standing on the top of the city wall, looking over here, patiently waiting for the final outcome of this battle.

He had fought so well in this battle, and his position as rear general was completely secured. However, he was a little worried about how to get along with his father in the future.

What he feared most right now was that with the siege of Gaixia City lifted and the situation eased, the urgent atmosphere of life and death would no longer exist, and his father would return to his old ways and become stubborn, self-willed, arbitrary, refusing to listen to good advice and neglecting talented people.

With my father's overwhelming power, he is undoubtedly the supreme leader of the Great Chu. If he continues to act on his own will, the second siege of Gaixia will surely occur again in no time.

Xiang Chang could never accept such a situation.

How can I make my father continue to listen to my good advice? What is the correct way to open up to my father?

Xiang Chang lowered his head and kept thinking secretly.

The Han army camp was also the first to learn of the defeat of Kong Xi's army.

As the commander, Han Xin looked calm and stable, not surprised at all, and showed no resentment. He just ordered all camps to protect their camps and sent an army to support Kong Xi's army to minimize losses. It was sad to say that the Han army still had an undoubted overwhelming advantage in terms of military strength, but because the life and death of King Liu Bang of Han was unknown and the internal generals were restrained and on guard, Han Xin, the great general, was tied up and could not display his skills.

Compared with Han Xin's calmness, generals such as Fan Kuai and Li Shang were inevitably very embarrassed.

Kong Xi's army suffered such a great loss, and in detail, the blame should be attributed to them. If they had not restrained Han Xin, but had chosen to let him do what he wanted, this great defeat could have been avoided, and even if they were attacked by surprise, they would not have suffered such an outrageous defeat.

A flash of guilt flashed through their hearts, and they cheered themselves up, but remained steadfast in their original decision.

Not far to the southeast of Kong Xi's army, hidden in the deep darkness, an elite cavalry of about 3,000 stood quietly, waiting for something.

Even at night, wrapped in thick darkness, this cavalry still exudes a frightening murderous aura that makes people's hearts beat wildly.

Standing at the front of the cavalry was the Overlord with a burly figure and twin pupils.

Even though Xiang Chang's prior plan had at least an 80% chance of success for his son's first battle, the Overlord was still worried. He did not choose to wait for news in Gaixia City. Despite being tired from a day of fierce fighting, he selected this cavalry from Zhongli Mei's subordinates who were still able to fight in Gaixia, and went out of the city to lurk there, ready to respond at any time in case Xiang Chang made a mistake.

"I didn't expect that Chang'er is not only intelligent and strategic, but also so good at using troops in battle." Xiang Yu, riding on his black horse, listened quietly to the cheers of the victory of the Chu army's rear army from the camp, and smiled slightly, "'Two attacks in one night', this strategy is worthless if it is announced, but it is very effective when implemented. It strikes the enemy in an unpredictable way. It's hard to imagine how he could come up with this idea."

Xiang Zhuang, who was accompanying him, smiled from ear to ear, and nodded repeatedly with joy from the bottom of his heart: "I have to say that the eldest son is worthy of being your son. He has your style in commanding troops. I was worried that he would make mistakes since it was his first time as a general. Now it seems that we were worrying too much."

These were the words that the Overlord Xiang Yu liked to hear the most at the moment. Even though he always had a solemn face, rarely showed emotions, and even more rarely showed any special expressions, he couldn't help but laugh happily.

Xiang Zhuang whistled and led thousands of elite cavalry, surrounding Xiang Yu and slowly returning to Gaixia City.

As the sky gradually brightened, the news that the Chu army had defeated Kong Xi's army in the Han camp in a surprise attack at night seemed to have grown wings and flew back to Gaixia in the shortest time, spreading everywhere in the military camps inside and outside the city.

Although Ying Bu's army in the west of the city was fine, the Chu army that was resting inside the city was greatly excited and felt proud of it.

Although they had won two great victories in a row, namely, destroying 5,000 elite cavalry of the Han army and defeating the Han army's rear army in a surprise attack, and successfully lifted the siege of Gaixia, the Han army was too large after all, and the heavy pressure it brought still shrouded the hearts of the Chu army in the city.

The night raid by the rear army led by Xiang Chang was once again a success, which was like another timely rain, greatly relieving their tense emotions.

(End of this chapter)