My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 8 New Daddy is Here
During the Hongmen War, Liu Bang was facing a life-and-death crisis. In order to win over Xiang Chan, the fool, he respected him as his elder brother and wanted to marry his children to him. After the Han Dynasty conquered Chu, Liu Bang never mentioned this again and only conferred him the title of "Marquis of Sheyang".

In response to this, Xiang Chan changed his arrogance when facing his nephew, and instead, like a castrated dog, he lowered his head and looked submissive. He was very tactful and never mentioned it again, cooperating with Liu Bang to completely forget the matter.

Although he was granted the title of marquis, his son Xiang Sui was soon stripped of his title for his crimes after his death, and this branch of the Xiang family disappeared in the dust of history...

Xiang Chang was very curious about this. His cheap great-uncle was now the Marquis of Sheyang in the Han Dynasty. He had lived as a grandson for so many years. Did he ever regret his decision to be a traitor?

And in this life, since his uncle, the second-in-command of the Chu army and the famous Overlord, is unwilling to do it, then he won't do it either as the grandson of Marquis Sheyang!

——If he doesn't want to be respectable, then as a direct descendant of the Xiang family, I have the obligation to help him be respectable!
I don't want to be like my cheap dad, who is about to die but still has a soft spot for his heart.

"What's your name? What's your current position?" Xiang Chang gathered his thoughts, turned around, walked up to Hei Shi, patted him on the shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice.

Xiang Chang didn't care at all whether Xiang Chan was so angry that he ran to his cheap father to complain that he had been disrespectful to him on the city wall.

Right now, his cheap dad is busy figuring out how to break out and escape tonight, so why would he care whether his uncle's face is damaged?

Moreover, with his cheap father's character of being lenient on the outside but cautious on the inside, he was now being tortured by Liu Bang and was on the verge of collapse. Although he did not say it on the surface, he might have been resentful in his heart about the protection his uncle Xiang Chan had shown Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet.

Although his cheap father himself did not want to kill Liu Bang, Xiang Chang knew too well the psychology of those in power.

How can the superior be wrong? If so, it is because he was deceived by the people below him. He did not want to kill Liu Bang, but why did you protect him? If you protect him, you are not loyal enough and you are guilty!
Therefore, Xiang Chang was very clear in his mind that this man was Xiang Chan, his cheap father's uncle. If it were someone else, he would have been chopped into eighteen pieces by his cheap father by now.

That's why he was not afraid that Xiang Chan would slander his father, because he would be the only one who would be frustrated.

"His name is Heishi. He is currently the leader of a thousand soldiers under Grand Marshal Xiang Sheng. He is a native of Chu." Xiang Zhuang said from the side.

Hei Shi also immediately bowed and saluted the eldest son, being much more respectful than he was to Xiang Chan.

As an officer guarding the city wall, he naturally knew how vicious the Han army was surrounded by enemies tonight. However, the eldest son actually rushed to the top of the city wall first and used the Chu war song to suppress the homesickness and war-weariness tune sung by the Han army, successfully saving the collapse of the morale of the 50,000 Chu troops, which made him admire him greatly.

The old Chu people have always respected people with real abilities.

Don’t you see that the Overlord of Chu and his followers have suffered such heavy casualties, but the remaining 50,000 soldiers are still in high spirits and still worship and trust him.

Hei Shi had just contradicted the Shangshu Ling Xiang Chan because, on the one hand, he couldn't stand his attitude of appeasing the Han army, and on the other hand, he was impressed by the eldest son who was not only brave but also wise.

Xiang Chang nodded and looked through his memories.

He found that the organization of the Chu army was extremely simple. Five soldiers were organized into a squad, with a squad leader; two squads were organized into a platoon, with a platoon leader; five platoons were organized into a garrison, with a garrison leader; two garrisons were organized into a hundred, with a hundred general; five hundred people were organized into a five hundred leader; and one thousand people were organized into a thousand leader.

Like Hei Shi in front of us, he is the Thousand Soldiers Master. The Thousand Soldiers Master is a watershed in the military sequence of the Chu Army. Above him are the Colonel, Lieutenant, and Lieutenant General, which are the real middle-level officers.

Above the General of the Household are the Generalissimo, the Grand Marshal, the Commander of the Guards, the front and rear generals, the left and right generals, and other core decision-making and command levels of the highest military level.

Xiang Sheng, a member of the Xiang clan, served as the Grand Marshal.

For example, Xiang Zhuang was the commander of the guard army, in charge of the central army led by the Overlord himself, which was of course the most elite army of the Chu army, with all of them tall horses and well-equipped cavalry.

"Hei Shi, I see that you are a brave general. Now I will promote you to the rank of Cavalry Sima. You will reorganize the army, encourage it, and continue to scold those bastards of the Han army. Do whatever you can to disrupt their morale. Just go for it. After I report to the Overlord, I will officially appoint you." When Hei Shi heard this, he could hardly believe his ears: the invisible ceiling above his head, which he was eager to break through, was broken just like that?
In the past, only middle-level officers in the Chu army had to be from noble families or generals. For soldiers like Hei Shi who came from commoner families, no matter how brave and courageous they were, they could only be promoted to the position of the leader of a thousand soldiers.

Hei Shi's hands were shaking with excitement. He bowed quickly to accept orders, and repeatedly stated that he would use perverted means to stimulate and humiliate the Han army and would not stop until he provoked them to death.

Logically speaking, Xiang Chang, the Lieutenant General of the Central Army, had no power to promote subordinates of Xiang Sheng, the Grand Marshal. However, he had a special status. Besides being the Lieutenant General, he was also the only son of the Overlord. If he could really convince the Overlord, it would be easy for him to promote a mere Cavalry Sima.

Xiang Zhuang, who was standing aside, heard Xiang Chang's boldness in promoting Hei Shi to the ranks of middle-level officers in one fell swoop. He frowned slightly, opened his mouth to speak, but finally closed it and said nothing.

Next, Xiang Chang took Xiang Zhuang and a group of cavalrymen and walked around the city wall. He comforted the generals who had just sung war songs and insulted the Han army, and promoted them all.

The Overlord retreated to Gaixia, where he still had an army of 100,000. However, in the gamble-like battle the night before, half of them were lost at the hands of the military genius Han Xin, thus leaving a large number of generals and officer positions vacant.

In recent days, people have been in panic. Generals like Xiang Sheng know that defeat is inevitable, so they have no intention of reorganizing, promoting or strengthening the team.

Xiang Chang was not polite in this case. Looking at the officers who were capable, brave enough to fight and had high morale, he immediately lavishly rewarded and promoted them. In his mind, there was no concept of high and low status, and he had no psychological burden in promoting them no matter how they were promoted.

In this way, while the senior military officers were not paying attention, Xiang Chang's bold move won him a lot of support.

By the time he finished the business of appeasing and promoting the officers, it was almost midnight. Only then did Xiang Chang finally make time to rush to the military camp in the city to see his adoptive father.

Along the way, Xiang Chang could not help but think over and ponder over every detail of his cheap father's short but glorious life as recorded in later historical documents, as well as the memories and impressions of their daily life together.

Soon, the image of his cheap dad became clear and three-dimensional in his mind, causing him to sigh secretly and gain some understanding in his heart:
The name of my cheap father should not be Xiang Ji, but should be "Xiang Quedie"!
He has several distinct characteristics:
This is an extremely self-centered person who has never cared about other people's feelings.

Often full of sincere feelings towards others, but reluctant to share the benefits;
He hated the people who hurt him so much that he wanted to chop them into paste, but he had no opinion of his own and immediately let go of his hatred after hearing a few sweet words from them...

——To put it bluntly, isn't this just a child who possesses unparalleled courage, arrogance, but is mentally immature?

If a child like this is given a father who can control him and possesses a certain degree of wisdom, and uses him as a knife, then he will definitely achieve something that will shock the world.

In the early days, with the help of his two fathers, he did achieve this.

First there was Xiang Liang, then there was Fan Zeng. These two fathers assigned him orders and advised him, and he went smoothly all the way, as if he had been cheated, and was invincible in the world...

But after the loss of these two people, he immediately began to go downhill. Even though he fought in many battles and was extremely brave, he still couldn't stop the trend of decline, until now he is at the end of his rope...

"It seems that whether it is to defeat Liu Bang in the future or to break the current deadlock, the most urgent task is to find a father for my cheap father first!" Xiang Chang thought secretly.

Of course it is easy to say so. Is there anyone in the Chu camp who is suitable to shoulder the important task of being the Overlord's father?
Xiang Chang thought for a long time and finally found that there was only one suitable person, and that was his son!
After waking up from his deep thoughts, Xiang Chang raised his head and looked solemnly at his cheap father's tent. He silently recited in his heart:

"Dad, from now on you will no longer have to conquer the world alone. Your new dad is here!"

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