Chapter 83

Instead, it was full of glory.

Ask who could lead one hundred thousand troops to withstand the Great Qin's god of war Wang Wang Jian's six hundred thousand troops for three years?

No one!

Except for Xiang Yan, no one else!

Even, many people speculated that if Xiang Yan were given the same number of troops as Wang Wang Jian, Wang Wang Jian wouldn't be able to beat Xiang Yan!

But regardless, these were all speculations.

What actually happened, no one could say for sure!

But as the saying goes, Xiang Yan was absolutely worthy of the admiration of everyone present.

And it was precisely because of Xiang Yan that Xiang Yu and Xiang Xiang Lianggong were treated with courtesy here.

And they were pushed to the seats of honor by many nobles.

At the same time, they were also asking each other who could lead these four hundred thousand troops.

Xiang Yu stood up without thinking and said: "Leading four hundred thousand people, who else but me?"

As his words left his mouth, his eyes were like ice knives, sweeping over all the nobles present.

And being swept by his gaze, all the nobles present were given a big fright.

Everyone was terrified.

At the same time, they couldn't help but praise: "Extraordinary at a young age, he will surely achieve great things in the future!"

"I think if we let him lead the four hundred thousand troops, we will surely be able to overthrow the New Emperor and welcome the First Emperor back!"

"Let the First Emperor take back control of the imperial court, what do you all think?"

Everyone nodded: "Very good!"

"Very good!"

Everyone nodded!

Xiang Yu, seeing this scene, was immediately extremely excited!

But... Xiang Liang frowned!

Although he also wanted the command of these four hundred thousand troops!

But... from these people, he saw cunning and sinister intentions!

After all, their purpose this time was not to destroy the Qin state.

But... to overthrow Ying Su!

But after overthrowing Ying Su and letting the First Emperor take back control of the imperial court, what then?

After the First Emperor takes back control of the imperial court, he will definitely remember this account!

And who will this account be blamed on?

The nobles?

It must be all the nobles in the world!

But there were too many nobles!

Even in a state with harsh laws like Qin, there was a saying that the law does not punish the masses.

With so many nobles, how could they be dealt with?

So, a scapegoat was needed!

And this scapegoat must be the commander-in-chief of the army!

Although he saw through all this, Xiang Liang didn't care!

Because, this time raising an army, his purpose was also very clear!

Either overthrow the Qin state right here!

And even if they couldn't overthrow the Qin state.

Then they must use the four hundred thousand troops to force Ying Zheng to restore the Chu state.

The enfeoffment system!

It was imperative!

And he, Xiang Xiang Lianggong, wanted the territory of the former Chu state!

Everyone had different thoughts, but at this moment, they were all drinking and celebrating!

At the same time, they were also discussing the time, when to enter Xianyang City!

Xiang Yu thought: "Give me two months; in two months, I will simply train these troops and appoint generals!"

He said, feeling that two months was still a bit short!

Training troops was easy to say, but appointing generals required a lot of investigation!

However, upon hearing that he wanted two months, the nobles exploded on the spot; in an instant, everyone shook their heads and said:

"No!"

"Two months is too long; in two months, four hundred thousand troops, how much grain and money would that consume!"

"Ten days at most!"

"After ten days, we must march!"

"Ten days?"

As the words left his mouth, Xiang Yu was stunned!

He couldn't help but wonder if these people had ever led troops?

What could ten days do?

Ten days wasn't even enough to look at four hundred thousand faces once; how could they screen for generals?

He was very angry, but the nobles were very persistent!

Even a noble, while drinking, said with a thick tongue: "As far as I know, the unfilial son Ying Su only has ninety thousand troops, and they are all new recruits who would wet their pants at the mention of war. Besides that, there is Li Li Yuanba who can fight fifty thousand people alone!"

"Fighting fifty thousand people, right? Very powerful, then we will send one hundred thousand people to deal with Li Li Yuanba!"

"The remaining three hundred thousand people will go to fight Han Xin!"

"Three hundred thousand people fighting eighty thousand—everyone spitting once would drown them, right!"

"With such a large disparity in military strength, what is there to command, what is there to appoint generals for? Just shout and start fighting!"

"It's not troublesome at all!"

"What did you say!"

Xiang Yu was furious and wanted to draw his sword and kill that noble directly!

At the critical moment, Xiang Liang quickly came out to stop him, apologizing to everyone and saying Xiang Yu was drunk.

While quickly pulling Xiang Yu out of the tent, he shouted angrily at Xiang Yu: "Yu'er, what are you doing!"

Xiang Yu said angrily: "Ten days! What can ten days do?"

"Ten days to train four hundred thousand troops, how is that possible?"

"It's true that we have an absolute advantage in numbers!"

"But... four hundred thousand people, and they are all private soldiers transferred from various families, they don't even know each other, where is the cohesion?"

"It's true that I admit Wang Wang Jian attacked our Chu state back then and stood in a stalemate with my grandfather Xiang Yan, winning by numbers, which was not honorable!"

"But... he is Wang Wang Jian after all!"

"Wang Wang Jian's use of troops is so outstanding; with this kind of four hundred thousand army, they still want to capture Xianyang?"

"Uncle, don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Xiang Yu was furious!

And after listening to Xiang Yu's words, Xiang Yan couldn't help but sigh that although Xiang Yu was zero in politics, he was definitely a genius in military affairs.

Even his father Xiang Yan was probably not as good as this Xiang Yu.

But now, he had to advise Xiang Yu: "Listen to them; they are nobles, and although they sent troops, they also feel the pain of the consumption of grain and money. The consumption of grain and money for four hundred thousand troops is not a small amount; they can't bear it!"

"Now, they just want to push Ying Su down quickly!"

"Push Ying Su down, and it's over!"

"But..."

Xiang Yu was angry and wanted to say something else, but Xiang Yan raised his hand to interrupt him: "I know what you want to say, nothing more than that these four hundred thousand troops are just a rabble and hard to accomplish anything, but... does what you say matter? Do they listen to this?"

"They won't listen!"

"Since they won't give time, then we will fight for time ourselves. This is less than eight hundred miles from Xianyang!"

"The army marches normally and can arrive in half a month, so we will delay it for a month!"