With a "pang" sound, the cup he was holding firmly fell to the ground, and the tea in the cup flowed all over the floor, but no one paid attention to him anymore. Fan Zeng said loudly: "What did you say?

The palace was invaded by a group of people with unknown origins and led an army? Even the king... was held hostage by them?" The usual calmness and calmness were missing from his voice.

The Chu soldiers who came to report also said tremblingly: "Returning to Ling Yin, that's exactly what happened. The soldiers we sent to patrol the city of Kuaiji were all killed by those people. But when we followed their traces forward, we found that even the palace

They also captured it, and now they are leading the king to confront our people."

Fan Zeng's face suddenly turned livid, and it took him a while before he regained his composure: "Quickly mobilize all the horses in Kuaiji City and go to the palace with me. Be sure to keep the king in the city and kill these rebels on the spot!

"Although his words were full of murderous intent, in fact Fan Zeng himself didn't know how to face this situation. Now he could only control them first. At the same time, he had asked his cronies to bring his handwritten letters out of the city to Jiujiang.

Go and inform Xiang Yu there of the emergency here so that he can be prepared.

Zhou Bo and others did not expect that the Chu army would arrive in such a timely manner, and they did not even have a chance to retreat. But fortunately, because they had the King of Chu in their hands, the Chu soldiers did not dare to attack them, but like this

If they go down, they will be surrounded by the Chu army.

Looking at more and more Chu troops outside, Zhou Bo felt that he had been too hasty this time. They were only a thousand people now, but there were at least five thousand in Kuaiji City. Zhou Bo took a few steps

Then he looked at King Chu who was already pale. He strode up and said: "Your Majesty, you are the only one who can help us now. As long as you go out and say a few words to the soldiers, most of them will

If you defect, then this Kuaiji will be under our control."

The King of Chu glanced at Zhou Bo, whose eyes were already red with anxiety, and he was sure in his heart that even if this person gained the power to rule Kuaiji with his help, he would not end well. In their eyes, he was just a piece of cake.

It's just a useful tool. But now that others are in the hands of the other party, the only way to save yourself is to help them, so I can only nod and say: "Okay, then I will follow your wishes and have a few words with the soldiers."

Zhou Bo was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked his soldiers to take out their shields to protect King Chu, and then led him to climb the outer wall of the palace. King Chu looked at thousands of people standing in darkness outside the palace gate, and his heart skipped a beat.

He was timid, but in the end he still said loudly: "Soldiers, I have the heart of the King of Chu. What you are surrounding are loyal men who protect King Qin, and Xiang Yu and his party are the troublemakers. You are all my great Chu.

Warrior, why do you have to sacrifice your life for those rebellious ministers and traitors? Now come to my side and deal with Xiang Yu and his party together."

Although the voice of the King of Chu was not loud, many Chu soldiers under the wall heard his words clearly, and even the soldiers who had seen the King of Chu confirmed that he was indeed the King of Chu who had not shown his face for a long time. For a moment, these few words

The words spread among the thousands of people, and the original momentum of the Chu army suddenly weakened, and many people showed hesitation in their eyes.

In order to resist the Qin army's attack, Xiang Yu mobilized all his troops. Finally, in order to cooperate with Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng even sent his last troops to Jiujiang. As a result, there were only a few thousand troops left in Kuaiji City.

And most of them are not confidants of Xiang Yu and others. In fact, they still think that they are fighting for Chu and the king of Chu. But now they see the king of Chu saying in public that Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng and others are the troublemakers. How come

How can we prevent them from being surprised?

When Fan Zeng arrived with his people, he happened to see this scene. He couldn't help but feel nervous. After all, these people were not his cronies. Would they turn against him because of those few words of King Chu? Fan Zeng knew it.

At this time, he could no longer care about the identity of the King of Chu. If he hesitated now, more soldiers would be shaken, which would make him passive, so he decisively ordered: "The thieves are holding my King of Chu hostage. They must be from Qin."

The spies, soldiers, rush forward, kill them all, and rescue the king." He said and motioned for the few people around him to rush forward first.

Those people were the personal soldiers sent by Xiang Yu to Fan Zeng, and they were all loyal to them. When they saw Fan Zeng's signal, they killed them without even thinking. When other Chu soldiers saw this, they also followed suit.

They shouted and rushed towards the gate of the palace.

Zhou Bo just saw that the Chu soldiers had hesitated under the words of the King of Chu. He couldn't help but feel happy. He just thought that he might be able to take these troops for his own use. Unexpectedly, Fan Zeng immediately gave the order as soon as he arrived.

Attacking the palace. While cursing Fan Zeng in his heart, Zhou Bo quickly ordered his soldiers at various key points to engage in defensive battles.

But the words of the King of Chu still had an effect. Although the Chu soldiers followed Fan Zeng's soldiers and killed them, they were hesitant in their hearts. This led to them only showing off when they attacked the palace.

, watched as they rushed forward, but the attack on the enemy was very weak, and they retreated after a while. It was obviously impossible to capture the Chu Palace with only a handful of people loyal to Xiang Yu. Fan Zeng also saw

At this point, he still had troubles that he couldn't express. He knew that even if he risked his life to let those people attack, it would be impossible for them to obey the order in their current situation, and it might be counterproductive, causing those sergeants who had already wavered to turn against him.

Himself, so he could only turn a blind eye to this.

The troops on both sides fought inside and outside the palace walls for a long time, but they could not decide the winner. In the end, it was a draw. Those inside could not be attacked, and those outside could not be killed. When it was daylight, both armies were exhausted.

In desperation, he had to stop his troops and wait for the soldiers to recover before fighting again.

In the next few days, Fan Zeng continued to send people to attack, but Zhou Bo and others in the palace also knew how to use their troops. In addition, the palace wall was relatively strong, so they were able to defend the palace with more than a thousand troops. And every time

Before the war started, the King of Chu would always be invited by Zhou Bo and others to go up to the wall and say some words of inspiration to the Chu soldiers. This made the morale of the Chu army outside the city even lower. This was one of the reasons why the Chu army failed to attack the wall continuously.

One reason.

However, as the siege lasted longer, the food stored in the palace became less and less, and it was about to become unsustainable. Zhou Bo and others gathered together to discuss. Cao Shen said: "Now even if we have enough food,

I'm afraid we won't be able to defend it for a few days. Most of our people are injured, and Fan Zeng will definitely take the news here to Jiujiang to ask Xiang Yu for help. Once Xiang Yu leads his army, how can we defend it with just a few people?

Where do you live?"

Xia Houying frowned and said: "You are right. I don't know if the King of Chu has lost his appeal in the army because he has not been in charge of politics for a long time. After calling for so many days, he still can't get those Chu soldiers to switch sides. Now

What else can we do? If we don’t find a solution to our current predicament, we will eventually be trapped here."

Zhou Bo looked at the helpless faces, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Since we can't hold on any longer, then we will concentrate on breaking out. As long as the King of Chu is in our hands, all the counties in Chu will be defeated."

It is our foothold, and once we leave Kuaiji, Fan Zeng will not be able to pursue us with all his strength in order to defend the city, and then we can find a city and start over again."

The others had no good solution to the current situation, so they could only adopt Zhou Bo's advice and rush out before the Chu army attacked the next day.

But in fact, it was not that they felt the crisis. Fan Zeng, who was attacking the city, also felt the same. In the past few days, whenever the King of Chu stood on the wall and shouted to the Chu army, he had a strong desire to order him to be shot.

Fan Zeng had the urge to kill, but Fan Zeng knew that the Chu army below would inevitably be in chaos. Not everyone had the courage to bear the charge of regicide. And with the words of the King of Chu, the morale of the Chu army had dropped to the bottom.

, Fan Zeng was very afraid that some soldiers would actually surrender in a day or two. Once someone started to attack, Fan Zeng knew that many people would surrender, and then the advantage in strength would go to the rebels.

I will be completely defeated.

Therefore, Fan Zeng has not had a good sleep in the past few days. He has to patrol the entire camp every night to prevent anyone from defecting to the enemy. Now Fan Zeng is very conflicted. On the one hand, he hopes that Xiang Yu can bring his troops to stabilize the situation in time.

In this way, Kuaiji will remain as stable as Mount Tai; but on the other hand, he also knows the importance of Jiujiang. Once Xiang Yu returns with his troops, Jiujiang will inevitably fall into the hands of the Qin people, and then the Chu country will be really in danger. In the contradiction

During this period, Fan Zeng could not really fall asleep.

It was dawn again, and Fan Zeng stood up and ordered his troops to gather together, preparing to launch a new round of attack on the palace. He only hoped that the rebels would lose the ability to fight because they could not keep up with the supplies.

Just when he was ready and ordered his soldiers to attack, suddenly the palace gate opened, and hundreds of people rushed out from the palace gate and headed straight for his army.

When the Chu army outside saw the enemy suddenly coming out, they couldn't help but froze. Just for a moment, the hundreds of people had already reached them, and they raised their weapons and chopped them down.

Fan Zeng immediately understood the enemy's intention. He shouted loudly: "The whole army listens to the order and surrounds and kills the enemy. Don't let them break out!"
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