Chapter 116

"Then we... can capture Xianyang City!"

Xiang Yu was already excited.

At this moment, he was already fantasizing about the scene of overthrowing the tyrannical Qin!

Xiang Liang was about to say something when suddenly, a cavalry scout sent to probe the path for the great army came running, covered in blood!

"What is it!"

Xiang Liang felt an inexplicable panic!

The soldier replied:

"General, there is a person ahead who has dug a huge pit, blocking the advance of our great army!"

069. One Man Fights Alone Against Four Hundred Thousand! The Peerless Li Yuanba!

"What?"..

"One person dares to block the advance of our great army?"

At that moment, Xiang Liang was completely stunned.

Looking at the bloodstains on the soldier's body for a moment, he said, "Did you engage him?"

The soldier bowed down and said:

"This person is as thin as a skeleton, with a face like a sick ghost, yet possesses immense strength. Wielding a pair of hammers, he actually slaughtered twenty-three of our forward scouts!"

"One person slaughtering twenty-three?"

The moment these words were spoken, Xiang Yu immediately became interested: "Where is this person now?"

The soldier bowed down: "He is forty li away. He has dug a huge, deep pit and declared that the Emperor has ordered this pit to be a mass grave for four hundred thousand people!"

"Ha! What a grandiose claim!"

Xiang Yu rose in a rage and immediately grabbed that Eight-Treasure Tu Dragon Spear!

This scene directly stunned Xiang Liang, who hurriedly stopped Xiang Yu: "Yu-er, where are you going?"

Xiang Yu said, "Let me go meet this fellow and see how arrogant he is!"

He shouted, and at this very moment, felt somewhat excited!

Indeed, he had not fought anyone for a very, very long time. As soon as he heard someone could fight twenty people alone, he immediately became interested.

Xiang Liang angrily said, "You are the commander-in-chief of the four hundred thousand strong army. How can a mere petty thief require you to act personally?"

"Just send dozens of people to drive this person away and kill him!"

"Very well!"

Xiang Yu sighed. At this moment, he gripped the Eight-Treasure Tu Dragon Spear in his hand, feeling a bit itchy to fight!

Soon, dozens of people were dispatched by Xiang Yu!

And at the same time, Bo arrived.

He was Xiang Liang's younger brother and also a descendant of Xiang Yan. He spoke to Xiang Yu:

"Now many nobles are very dissatisfied with the marching speed!"

"They say the original plan was to capture Xianyang City within a month and force the Emperor to abdicate, but now, it has already been a month and a half, and we still haven't reached Xianyang City!"

Xiang Yu laughed: "So what if they are dissatisfied?"

"Does my marching speed need them to give orders?"

Xiang Bo said: "Yu-er, do not be careless. These armies belong to those nobles after all, and moreover, this marching speed is indeed a bit too slow!"

Xiang Yu angrily said, "Slow is slow. What? Do they dare to withdraw the troops?"

Xiang Yu was furious!

Xiang Bo opened his mouth, about to say something, but Xiang Liang waved his hand to interrupt him:

"Xiang Bo, this time I stand on Yu-er's side. Look at this great army now; although it now has the appearance of soldiers, yet... where does the combat power of this group of people even compare?"

"They complain the marching speed is too slow, but in my view, the speed of this great army's march is still too fast!"

"Now, we have just entered the Salt Pool. First, find a place to set up camp, then search for advantageous terrain around the Salt Pool. Wait for General Meng Wu's great army to arrive, and then we will drag this out for another month or two before engaging in battle!"

Xiang Liang spoke these words.

Hearing this sentence, Xiang Bo was simply dumbfounded:

"Drag it out for one or two months?"

"Then... won't that group of nobles go crazy with anxiety?"

"Those various nobles originally only raised four hundred thousand shi of grain and five million coins in Qian Liang!"

"If we fight like this, this amount of Qian Liang is simply not enough!"

Xiang Yu smiled: "If Qian Liang is not enough, what does that have to do with me? This battle is fought for them. If they have the ability, let them withdraw the troops right now!"

"This..."

Xiang Bo was in great difficulty!

Xiang Liang said to Xiang Bo: "Tell those nobles that now General Meng Wu is leading a great army of three hundred thousand on the way. If they are confident they can defeat Meng Wu, Wang Ben, and the three of us, then let them lead the troops themselves. But if they lack confidence, then for this battle, they must listen to us!"

"Very well!"

Xiang Bo nodded, and then left.

He was going to start mediating the relationship between the nobles and Xiang Yu!

During this period, they had indeed caused quite a few controversies because of the marching speed!

And Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang, leading a squad of soldiers, began to scout the terrain and search for a place to set up camp!

This was a technical job; setting up camp for a great army of four hundred thousand must choose advantageous locations near water sources, etc.

Similarly, they must also find a place with higher terrain: on one hand, to prevent rain from falling, and on the other, to prevent the enemy from raiding the camp!

Not long after, they finished their patrol. As for the soldiers who went ahead to deal with the roadblocker, neither Xiang Yu nor Xiang Liang paid any attention to them!

What kind of waves can a single person stir up?

If he can fight twenty men, that counts as skill; but fifty men?

How is that possible!

Even Seeing Xiang Yu thought it impossible.

Unless that person is even more fierce than himself!

So, no one took this matter seriously!

By nightfall, Seeing Xiang Yu's great army had finished setting up camp.

Seeing Xiang Yu drank fine wine, then began to pull a sheet of linen paper from his pocket!

On it was a painting: a peerless beauty leading a horse.

Yet Seeing Xiang Yu ignored that beauty; instead, gazing at the horse beside her, he could not stop praising: "What a horse! Truly a fine horse!"

He was stunned.

This horse had been spotted across the river during the march.

At that time, the peerless beauty was bathing this Ma Er; Seeing Xiang Yu had only glanced at Ma Er once and immediately fell in love with it!

He directly asked that beauty what Ma Er's name was.

The peerless beauty shot him a glare, ignored him, and simply turned and walked away!

Later, it was Xiang Bo who told him!

This horse is named Wu Zhui Ma.

It can travel eight hundred li at night and one thousand li by day.

As for that woman, her name is Yu Ji; she is the daughter of Yu Taigong!

As he spoke, he already intended to arrange this marriage for Seeing Xiang Yu.

But... Seeing Xiang Yu's gaze remained fixed on Ma Er, constantly praising: "What a horse, truly a fine horse!"

Indeed... he even specially summoned a painter to paint this horse, planning that once the war was over, he would return specifically to buy it.

However... this painter's skill was inadequate!

He asked him to paint a horse, yet how did he end up painting Yu Ji into it?

Especially her breasts, which actually obscured the horse's head!

They even obscured Ma Er's eyes!

This truly makes one furious!

He wished he could wipe Yu Ji off the painting!

Seeing Xiang Yu was troubled precisely because of Yu Ji on the painting.