Chapter 649 Farewell My Concubine (Part 2)
Chapter 647: Farewell My Concubine (Part 2)
“Inappropriate.”
Liu Yu glanced at Yuan Shu indifferently, as if he was about to see through him. Under Liu Yu''s gaze, Yuan Shu retreated with a wry smile.
Princes like Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, because their territory was too far away, only led some elite troops to come. Therefore, if they were evaluated by military strength, the leader of the alliance would definitely be Yuan Shu, who had the most troops.
"Mr. Yu believes that how should we elect the leader?" Liu Bei asked.
After Liu Yu glanced at the princes, his eyes finally fell on Li Shimin and said with a faint smile: "I believe that the leader of the alliance should be the one who has made the greatest contribution to the attack on Ming."
Liu Yu’s implication is to let Li Shimin be the leader. After all, who is here to make the contribution that can be comparable to Li Shimin’s attack on Chenliu?
Everyone''s eyes focused on Li Shimin. Li Yuan smiled when he saw this and said, "Yan Hou was joking, how could a child have this qualification."
"No, Cao Cao also believes that General Li Shimin is the best candidate for the leader." Cao Cao smiled heartily.
"Prefect Cao, you..."
A trace of disbelief flashed in Li Yuan''s eyes, but then Song Jiang also said, "General Li Shimin is the leader of the alliance, and I, Song Jiang, are convinced."
"I, Yang Jian, think that Shimin''s virtuous nephew can be the leader." Yang Jian smiled and supported his beard.
Seeing this, Li Yuan saw a trace of doubt. His son’s contribution was indeed great enough, but this is not enough to command the major princes, right?
At this moment, Li Shimin also stood up. Li Yuan thought his son would refuse, but the development of the matter was far beyond his expectations.
Li Shimin''s eyes were full of firmness and said sincerely: "The eldest brother and the third brother all died at the hands of Xiang Yu. If Li Shimin can be the leader of the alliance today, he will do his best to kill Xiang Yu."
Everyone looked at me and looked at you, and finally bowed and said in unison: "Greetings to the leader of the alliance."
Li Yuan was so shocked that he could not even close his mouth, but he felt extremely happy in his heart.
People only know Qin Hao, the son of Qin Wen, and Shimin, the son of Li Yuan, will never have worse achievements in the future than Qin Hao.
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After Li Shimin became the leader of the alliance, he immediately integrated the forces of various princes and divided the troops into five routes.
Li Shimin, Yang Jian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Yu led the way together to encircle Xiang Yu and completely blocked all the retreat routes.
During the breakout, although Xiang Yu caused great casualties to the Han army, his troops under his command also fought less and less.
The south is also the territory of the Han army. Unless Xiang Yu can break through all the way to Jiaozhou, there is absolutely no possibility of survival.
It is more than a thousand miles away from Jiaozhou to Jianghuai. With the thousands of remaining soldiers of Xiang Yu, it is almost impossible to escape to Jiaozhou under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Han troops.
So in everyone''s eyes, Xiang Yu is already dead.
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Nanyang, Wancheng.
When Qin Hao thought about it for a long time, he finally made an amazing decision.
At the Military and Political Meeting, Qin Hao ordered: "Li Cunxiao, Ran Min, Xiong Kuohai, Xue Rengui, Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, you and six others will lead a thousand light cavalry and follow this marquis to the Jianghuai River."
Xun Yu stood up and asked, "Lord, what''s the matter with you going to Jianghuai at this time?"
A trace of recollection flashed in Qin Hao''s eyes, and then he smiled and said, "In order to kill Xiang Yu, nearly half of the princes in the world will start to come out. How can Qin Hao be less than such a feast?"
When the strategists heard this, they were shocked at the same time. The lord is going to cause trouble again.
Liu Ji stood up and advised, "Lord, now Nanyang..."
“Okay OK.”
Qin Hao interrupted impatiently and said firmly: "No need to persuade me anymore. This marquis has no intention of leaving."
The reason why Qin Hao wanted to go to Jianghuai was certainly not because he wanted to attend any feast. He just wanted to give his opponent a last journey. Xiang Yu, are you finally going to die? Why am I not happy at all? Qin Hao thought in an extremely complicated way.
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Jingzhou, Xiangyang.
"Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, you two lead 300 cavalry and follow me to the Jianghuai River."
Cao Xing was stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "Lord, there is a war in Jianghuai. What are you doing at this time?"
A trace of sadness flashed in Lu Bu''s eyes, and he said lightly: "Go and send an old friend."
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Under the siege of the Han army, Xiang Yu took advantage of all the opportunities he could use to constantly break through the weak areas of the Han army, and even he himself did not know where he was.
In the end, Xiang Yu broke through to an unknown river mouth, and there were only more than one hundred cavalry left beside him.
Looking at the turbulent river surface, Xiang Yu asked, "What is this river?"
“This place is Wujiang.”
“Wujiang?”
Xiang Yu''s pupils shrank, and then he smiled bitterly, "Is this my fate?"
More than 400 years ago, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, committed suicide here, and Wujiang has become famous all over the world since then.
More than four hundred years later, Xiang Yu, who had lived for a lifetime, fled to Wujiang again, which is really amazing.
Boom...boom...boom...boom...boom...
Countless cavalry rushed towards the river mouth and surrounded Xiang Yu and more than a hundred cavalry in a semicircular shape.
The hundreds of cavalry had already made a fighting posture, but the center of the cavalry line was cleared out, and Li Shimin slowly drove out on a white horse.
"Xiang Yu, this is the burial place I carefully selected for you. I wonder if you still like it?"
Li Shimin looked at Xiang Yu and sneered: "The descendant of the overlord Xiang Ji, a new generation of overlord Xiang Yu, has now committed suicide in the Wujiang River. Both generations of overlords committed suicide in the Wujiang River, which will definitely become a good story and be praised for generations."
"Yeah?"
Xiang Yu glanced at Wujiang behind him, turned to Li Shimin, and said lightly: "But who told you that I would commit suicide?"
A hint of pleasure flashed in Li Shimin''s eyes and he sneered: "Suicide can still retain the last dignity. Resisting one''s own stubbornness will only bring shame on oneself."
Xiang Yu was silent, then sighed and said, "Li Shimin, you have taken great pains to kill me."
"You have this qualification."
Li Shimin''s lips curled slightly and he sneered, "I said before Hulao Pass that if you can''t kill me, you will definitely die at my hands in the future. Do you regret not trying everything to kill me?"
"I, Xiang Yu, never regret doing things."
Xiang Yu stared at Li Shimin and said coldly: "If you want to take my Xiang''s head, then come and pick it up in person."
As soon as Xiang Yu finished speaking, several warships drove upstream of the Wujiang River, and then a delicate shout that made him extremely familiar.
“Husband…”
Xiang Yu turned his head and saw that the person standing at the bow of the boat was Yu Shilan, the wife whom he married, who had always respected each other.
Xiang Yu held the Overlord''s Sphur tightly and was ready to fight to the death, but Li Shimin did not stop him from boarding the ship.
Xiang Yu suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and looked at Li Shimin before boarding the ship, but Li Shimin showed him an extremely strange smile that Xiang Yu would never forget in his life.
(This chapter ends)