Legends in Chu and Han - C318

After Long Tianyu made his decision, he wrote a letter to Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, and agreed to head to Hongmen Palace to attend the banquet tomorrow night, and formulate a plan to send troops out tomorrow night. Guan Ying would lead ten thousand of her elite soldiers, along with Zhou Chang and the four thousand cavalrymen of Chai Wu, to be in charge of supporting them, and also send some people to inform Zhou Bo that the army would be split into two, and that they would be prepared to sneak over once the Chu Army used trickery, and immediately go over to rescue.

Zhang Liang, Fan Kuai, Yu Ziqi, Xiahou Ying and a dozen or so strategists followed Long Tianyu to the banquet, conveniently choosing a few hundred Steel Cavalry soldiers to accompany them. Even if they had something to do, it would be enough to stop them for a while, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Pure feather Wan’er and Yi Yi Yi also wanted to go with him to the Hongmen Banquet, but were rejected by Long Tianyu. Two of the women had already landed in the Chu Army’s hands to threaten him, and were forced into the tiger’s den.

Just like this, Wan’er and Yi Yi Yi stayed to guard the Xianyang. The Wang Ling father and son, Zhang Yun, Ge Li and the two others who used to have Shao Quan and Gu Jie to protect the city. They were responsible for dealing with sudden situations and protecting the safety of the two young madams.

After discussing the details of sending troops to the feast, Chen Ping got up and said his goodbyes. He wanted to return to Lan Tian to contact a group of his brothers in distress, and took the opportunity to escape from Lan Tian to the Xianyang during the Hongmen Banquet.

Sima Mao suddenly stood up from the corner of the hall and said worriedly: “Pei Gong, I have something to ask of you. Can Sima Mao lead his subordinates to meet up with Chen Hou tomorrow night?

Long Tianyu looked at Chen Ping, this kind of rare military plot cannot go wrong, and nodded: “Alright, tomorrow night you will bring the three hundred riders to the south gate, and wait for General Chen Ping along the way.”

Sima Mao was overjoyed. He thanked Pei Gong and then nodded respectfully at Chen Ping.

Chen Ping felt a burning passion in his heart. He had never imagined that his former division general would still respect him so much. He felt a sense of loyalty!

Long Tianyu personally saw Chen Ping to the city gate, and told him to be careful of Fan Zeng’s schemes, understanding and understanding each other, making him feel touched, he thought to himself that being so understanding of a master was truly his luck, before getting on the horse, Chen Ping’s eyes became moist, and sighed: “Chen Ping had the good fortune to meet a kind lord, if he was able to return, he would definitely serve Pei Gong to the best of his ability!”

Long Tianyu sighed: “Master Chen, you have to be extra careful and act according to the circumstances, do not rashly try to work, and avoid going head on with Chu Army. As long as you retreat back to Xianyang, in the future, we can work together and not lose to Chu Army Xiang Yu.”

Chen Ping nodded his head, and said: “Pei Gong does not need to send me off, I will bid my farewell!”

Long Tianyu waved his hand, and the city gates opened. Chen Ping led the few cavalrymen and led them straight towards the Lantian City in the southeast direction.

Zhang Liang smiled faintly at the side, thinking that Tian Yu’s methods of winning over people again were getting more brilliant. He didn’t need money or beauties, with just a few words, he had unknowingly made a wise man willing to serve him.

Seeing that there were no more fights, Fan Kuai was depressed in his heart, but he did not dare to make a sound. Could it be that he dared to say that he could not exchange Pengcheng for the two Dragon Sisters?

Perhaps the generals understood the temper of their commander and didn’t say anything. At any time, there would only be absolute obedience.

Long Tianyu looked at Chen Ping’s departing back and let out a long sigh. He suddenly spoke out, “Hou Tian, pass down the Alliance Master’s orders, send someone to inform the Nine-Way Allied Army to come to the palace to discuss matters and prepare to head to Hongmen Emperor Feng!”

… ….

The hundred thousand Chu Army s were camping in the wilderness, it was too crowded, the transport wagon and horses were loading and unloading, the Hong Men Land was filled with the figures of Chu Army, after an hour of bustling, it looked like a fire beacon army camp.

On the other hand, there were two types of infantry in Chu Army: light infantry and heavy infantry. They were the regular troops that had undergone strict training in their respective counties for several months.

Light infantry does not wear armor, holding bow, crossbow and other weapons, wartime occupies the front row, specifically for the long-range killing of the enemy responsibility.

Heavy infantry soldiers were clad in bronze armor, and they used long weapons such as spears, spears, and halberds to fight their enemies in close combat.

Over a hundred thousand men and five men were divided into five groups. Thirty thousand men in the core of Hongmen camp was the main venue for this banquet. The rest of the four roads were crisscrossed.

As they were camped high up in the hills, they were able to make use of the forest, mountains, rocks, foothills and other natural conditions to cut down the wooden fences, making it an effective defence against night raids. At the same time, they had also dug out trenches that were miles long, a few of them had been inlaid with iron sheets to form a suspension bridge, which could not only prevent the enemy soldiers from suddenly attacking, but also prevent the marquis from escaping during banquets.

The place Fan Zeng had set up the Hongmen Stronghold was extremely advantageous. In front of him was a branch of the Weishui River and with the water as a barrier, the hill behind him was slowly moving closer to the cliff, which was not beneficial to the enemy sending their troops out from the other side of the hill. All five camps were set up layers upon layers of fences and trenches.

Once the terms were not agreed upon, the banquet would be abandoned on the spot, and the face would be torn apart.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, and like a whirlwind, the horses approached. At this time, the guard who was standing guard at the archery tower shouted, “Who are you, state your name, otherwise, make sure your arrow will pierce your heart, and use the proper method on the spot!”

“Hold on, I am General Chen Ping, an advisor under the command of the Overlord. I am the envoy of the Xianyang, come back to report.” The shouts from afar were loud. Worried that the guard would mistake him for an enemy and recklessly shoot arrows, wouldn’t that mean he had lost his life for nothing?

Fan Zeng’s eyes flashed, and laughed sinisterly: “Let’s go, let’s see what good news Chen Ping has brought.”

Xiang Yu, Ji Bu, Long Qie, Ying Bu, Huan Chu, Xiang Sheng and the other generals were also worried about Long Tianyu’s decision, and they walked towards him with large strides.

guard heard the person who came and reported his identity, and knew that he was one of his own people or a famous general. He did not dare to hesitate at all, and immediately opened the gates to let them in.

He dismounted from his horse and was about to head to the camp to report the news to the Commander. Suddenly, he saw the figures of Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng and the rest of the riders not far from him. They were walking towards him.

“Calm down, I’ll do as I see fit!” Chen Ping instructed the guards beside him in a low voice.

These guards had been recruited along with Chen Pingyang during the uprising. They were very loyal to Chen Ping, and kept a straight face as they retreated to the side. They all thought that after today, they would be able to join the Dragon Army.

“Greetings, General Chen Ping, Mr. Fan!” Chen Ping and the others bowed in respect.

“What did you get?” Would Long Tianyu agree to personally come to the Great Clan Hall to attend the banquet to discuss the matter of the Peerless Battalion? ” Xiang Yu’s temper was impatient, she immediately asked about what everyone was most concerned about.

When Long Tianyu heard that Yu Ji and Yueyao were going to return it to him, he did not have the mood to care about the land of the Pengcheng. He also said that he did not love the rivers and mountains and loved beautiful women, and as long as these talented girls were to accompany him, it would not be a regret even if he did not win the world. Sigh, it seems that the Mr. Fan had spoken the truth.

Everyone jumped in joy, laughing and scolding Long Tianyu for being so unpromising.

Fan Zeng did not care about all these, and asked: “Do you have a letter to reply to?” This was a serious matter, Fan Zeng thought that Chen Ping was not a normal person, if he was in the middle messing things up, it would be bad.

Chen Ping nodded his head, and took out the letter Long Tianyu wrote on, and handed it over.

He then said to Chen Ping: “General Chen, you have done a great service for Chu Army this time, and it was truly unfortunate. This old man suddenly recalled something, the Lantian City’s manpower was empty, and forgot to leave behind a trusted general to guard it.

Chen Ping frowned, he was cursing in his heart, this cunning fox wanted to keep him at his side, afraid that he might do something bad, it seemed that he was still worried for him, hence he pretended to be loyal to him, “Chen Ping, you have my orders, we will guard Lantian City strictly!”

“Let’s go then.”

“Yes sir!” Chen Ping cupped his hands towards Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng and the rest, then turned and left the camp.

Xiang Yu watched as he and her men left, and asked in puzzlement: “Since Chen Ping did a great job as a lobbyist this time, why did he still take him away? Isn’t Blue City guarded by Zhongli Mei, Duke Xue, Wei Wuzhi, and the others?”

Fan Zeng sneered: “Before the banquet, not only do we need to send him away, but we need to send people to watch his movements. This old man has a feeling, that means Chen Ping has the intention to rely on the Dragon Army, this cannot be prevented, if Chen Ping is good with his plan, if he cannot be used for Chu, then we cannot let him go there alive to scheme, if we are to ambush another thousand people on his way to Xianyang, if there are any signs of Chen Ping surrendering, we will kill him midway!”