My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 69 Grand Slogan
The generals of the Chu army camp were not wrong. After receiving the decree of enthronement from the Overlord, Liu Bang was extremely angry and cursed for half the night. He went to bed tired in the second half of the night, but still did not sleep well. He slept for a short time in a daze, and the pain from the arrow wound in his arm was unbearable, so he woke up at dawn.

Seeing Liu Bang getting up with an unhappy look on his face, the two maids who were serving him in the bedroom also hurriedly got up. They did not care about their half-naked plump bodies shivering in the cold air of late autumn, and busied themselves helping him put on his clothes.

Liu Bang's accumulated beauties, gold, silver, and wealth all fell into the hands of Ying Bu's army after the sudden attack and defeat. He couldn't help but feel upset and distressed when he thought about it these days. Fortunately, he was scared by Xiang Yu, and after signing the "Honggou Covenant" and Xiang Yu returned his father Liu Taigong and his wife Lu Zhi, he immediately sent soldiers to escort them back to Hanzhong, their old nest, and handed them over to Xiao He for care, thus finally avoiding the big mistake of falling into the hands of the Chu army again.

As for the two maids, they were sent by Fan Kuai to warm the bed. After all, Liu Bang was old, his qi and blood were deficient, he was afraid of the cold at night, and his arm was injured. With the two maids serving him closely at night, he felt much more comfortable.

After getting dressed, Liu Bang was too impatient to put on the tall crown. He waved his hand and asked the maid to simply tie a bun for him, then hung the sword on him. He took the warm soup handed to him by the maid and drank two sips. He rubbed the maid's towering chest twice with his intact right hand, frowned, and slowly walked out of the tent.

Xiahou Ying, who was resting in a small tent nearby, heard the noise. He was already dressed in armor and waiting, and followed quietly behind him with dozens of elite guards.

Liu Bang lowered his head, his old face full of worry and confusion, as he walked aimlessly in the military camp. The pain in his arm from time to time made him grimace.

Since he raised his army to fight with Xiang Yu for the world, he naturally suffered repeated defeats in the early days. He was ravaged and tortured by Xiang Yu and cried out for his parents, which was extremely miserable.

Fortunately, there was Xiao He, the super dad, who continuously sent big breasts from Hanzhong and Guanzhong for him to suck and supplement his nutrition, so that he could barely hold on. There was also Zhang Liang, the spiritual mentor, who formulated strategic plans for him, pointed out the direction of the battle, comforted and encouraged him when he was confused and panicked, and helped him persuade several princes such as Wu Rui to submit. In addition, Han Xin, the "military god", used his troops like a god, bypassed the side of Da Chu, defeated several kings in a row, and successfully conquered a large area of ​​new territory. Peng Yue, Ying Bu and other peerless generals also joined in succession, shining brilliantly, and the situation finally became better day by day.

But no matter how good the situation became, it was difficult to completely destroy and defeat Xiang Yu, the famous King of Western Chu. Instead, they were repeatedly defeated by him, ruining the good situation.

For example, the Battle of Pengcheng and the current Battle of Gaixia. It was obvious that he had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command and had an absolute advantage. It went without saying that he was sure to win. According to common sense, even gods would be powerless to stop him. However, that kid Xiang Ji managed to turn the tables.

As a result, this happened again and again, and Xiang Yu almost became an insurmountable mountain standing in front of Liu Bang. Even though he was strong-willed and tough, he could not withstand it.

There is a saying that goes, Even the strongest man has his downfalls.

When the worried man came to his senses, he unexpectedly found himself standing outside a not-too-large, rather clean and elegant cowhide tent. The soldiers serving as guards around him bowed and saluted him.

Only then did Liu Bang realize that he had unknowingly arrived in front of Zhang Liang's tent.

Waving his hand to stop the soldiers from reporting, Liu Bang opened the tent curtain, put on a smile, and walked in lightly.

After entering the tent, he was greatly surprised to see Zhang Liang's slender body covered with thick brocade on a soft mat at the innermost side of the tent. His handsome face was as pale as paper, and he coughed sharply from time to time, but he forced himself to lean over a desk, writing something on a bamboo slip with difficulty.

"Haha, Zifang has woken up? How is his injury?" Liu Bang was very happy and walked over, but he couldn't help complaining, "You should recover from your injury right now, what are you busy with? There is no end to the work, and when you recover from your injury, there will always be something for you to do." Seeing that it was Liu Bang who came, Zhang Liang hurriedly struggled to get up and greet him, but Liu Bang ran over and held him down, his old face full of concern: "Zifang, don't be polite, I couldn't sleep for a long time at night, and I was worried about your injury. When it was dawn, I couldn't sleep anymore, so I just got up and came to see you."

Zhang Liang was full of gratitude, and a blush rose on his pale face. He panted for a while and said, "Don't worry about my injury. You are also injured and need to rest well. The hundreds of thousands of troops in the Han camp depend on you. You must not make any mistakes."

Liu Bang turned around and saw that there was no one serving him, and there was no charcoal burning in the tent. It was very deserted and he was furious: "Where did all these bastards go? You are so seriously injured, and they don't serve you or burn charcoal by your side. Look at me..."

Zhang Liang pulled Liu Bang's sleeve, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Han Wang, please don't be angry. I need to be quiet to think about things and cannot be disturbed by others, so I drove them all out."

Liu Bang's thick black eyebrows twitched, and he looked helpless: "Zifang is so seriously injured, why don't you take a good rest? What are you worrying about? Why don't you tell me?"

"With the rebellion of Ying Bu's army and Zhou Yin's army, the defeat of the rear army, and the temporary lifting of the siege of Gaixia by Xiang Yu, the war situation has temporarily encountered an unfavorable situation. But these things must not worry the King of Han. In my opinion, the King of Han should have other worries at the moment?"

After hearing Zhang Liang's frank question, Liu Bang sighed deeply and patted Zhang Liang's arm gently with his hand: "Zifang knows me well. Although the war situation has suffered a setback, the advantage is still on my side. With the King of Qi as the commander-in-chief, I am not too worried. What worries me is that Xiang Ji's brain seems to have been kicked open by a donkey, and he actually uses tricks. He actually sent imperial edicts and command arrows and seals to Han Xin and Cao Shen, Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Li Shang and other important ministers and generals under my command, and made them princes."

"When Xiang Ji declared himself the Overlord of Western Chu, he had a fairly good bottom line when enfeoffing the princes. But now he has become so shameless and despicable. Can the princes be enfeoffed casually? He is playing around like this, without thinking about how it will end. The establishment of numerous vassal states will eventually lead to mutual attacks and endless wars in the world. He really deserves death for his perverse behavior that disregards the lives of the people."

Xiang Yu's division of fiefdoms really touched Liu Bang's pain point. In the end, he became furious and kept cursing with saliva flying everywhere.

Zhang Liang was silent for a while.

After Han Xin pacified Qi, he sent envoys to ask Liu Bang for the title of King of Qi. Liu Bang was furious. He and Chen Ping, the two smartest men in the world at that time, keenly grasped Liu Bang's mind, which was that he absolutely did not want to enfeoff princes.

Now Liu Bang's words undoubtedly further revealed his intentions.

However, those generals who fought across the world without caring about life and death and conquered vast territories and were regarded as having made great contributions, were not finally crowned kings, while their Liu family enjoyed the world alone, ascended the throne and became emperor, and passed the throne to their descendants for all eternity. Such behavior was extremely shameless.

For this reason, Liu Bang himself felt that it was a bit unacceptable, so he shouted out grand slogans such as "not being crowned a king" in order to avoid conquests by the princes and to prevent the people from suffering." He forcibly painted a nice cover for his shameless behavior.

(End of this chapter)