Chenggao is located in the heart of the Central Plains, with different climate and scenery than those in the south of the Yangtze River.

The breeze was cool and blew from the water, with a slight earthy smell. This slightly familiar smell made the eyes of the Chu soldiers holding the torch begin to turn red.

The general died in a hundred battles, and the hero returned for ten years.

From the moment they left their hometown and crossed the Yangtze River north, the lives of these young Chu soldiers were involuntarily. They handed over their young life to the tall and mighty man in front of them, hoping that he could take them home one day, return to their hometown one day, and see Gaotang again.

Xiang Yu, can it be done?

Four years ago, the answer was yes.

And now, everything has become unknown.

The person who caused this confusion was approaching step by step. Under the reflection of the fire, Li turned out to be.

Xiang Yu coldly looked at the Qin army team that was getting closer and closer in the darkness. This was the enemy army full of black armor, just like a thick fog that could not be melted, making him unable to see clearly and find his weakness.

Rigorous battle formation.

The soldiers were like long halberds and swords raised in the forest. There were also silence, terrifying homogeneous faces, which made people feel the powerful shock from these Qin soldiers.

"Forget it, Li Zhe really has a trick. Let him go tonight." Xiang Yu sighed lightly, waved his hand to the backyard, and signaled that his generals should not act rashly without receiving the order.

Li Yuan’s guess was not bad. Xiang Yu’s character was indeed stronger than Liu Bang. However, there was another thing he had not guessed. Xiang Yu did take advantage of the opportunity of secret talks at night to test Li Yuan. At night, two elite troops of Chu and Qin fought at close range. The battle between the two main generals was something Xiang Yu liked to do.

"Marquis Li Wu. You are finally here, haha, Xiang thought, you dare not come to see him?" Xiang Yu laughed and drove out the black cone horse, one by one, one by one, like an iron tower, a long halberd and heavy sword, looking majestic.

Li Yuan came out without hesitation. The sweaty horse glanced at the ugly black guy opposite with disdain, raised his arrogant and beautiful head high, and his long "Herody" neighed.

The provocative action of the sweaty horse made the black mare very angry. It kept kicking the ground with its front hooves to express its anger, but it attracted the increasingly severe involvement of its owner. Xiang Yu, who was focusing on Li Yuan, was obviously not interested in the emotions of the war horse under his crotch.

"Overlord, I invite you tonight. Li came only for my prisoners of Qin. I will not say secret words. If the overlord has any conditions, please speak out for it." Li Yuan said calmly.

"Okay. Happy, you are a man. Li Yuan, your cavalry has good combat power. Xiang looked at it. Unfortunately, my Great Chu is located in the south. Raising horses is not easy, how about it? A Hetao horse is exchanged for twenty prisoners. What about this transaction?" Xiang Yu said loudly. The light of hope flashed in his double pupils.

Li Yuan was silent.

Xiang Yu finally expressed his true purpose. All the alliances, negotiations, and anger on the platform were just means to cover up their attention. When, Xiang Yu, who had always been straightforward, also learned to use these strategies, although he was still a little unfamiliar with the techniques he used.

Chu State lacks horses.

This is a congenital disadvantage. In history, Xiang Yu still formed a light cavalry of 5,000 people in a difficult situation. In the Battle of Pengcheng, Liu Bang's vassal coalition was defeated. It can be said that Xiang Yu was an expert in the use of cavalry raid tactics.

If he agreed to Xiang Yu's request, in order to redeem more than 100,000 prisoners, Qin would have to pay the Chu army five thousand horses, which surprised Li Yuan.

With five thousand strong horses in hand, the combat effectiveness of the Chu army has increased by more than one level. It can be said that the joining of five thousand elite cavalry will make the entire Guandong area the attack range of Xiang Yu, which is unbearable to Qin, whose troops are currently divided. As for the treaty to negotiate war, Li Yuan would not believe it, and Xiang Yu was the same.

"Overlord, what else do you want to exchange for besides the war horse?" Li Yuan let out a long sigh and continued to ask without saying a word.

"Haha, Li Wuhou is indeed a very smart person. Xiang heard that the Qin army was equipped with a saddle that allowed soldiers to ride on horseback. If Wuhou agreed, it would be better to deliver it to my Da Chu with the saddle and horse. As for the price, we can discuss it in detail." Xiang Yu said proudly.

From Li Yuan's hesitation, he realized the other party's contradictory mentality towards the prisoners. As long as Li Yuan was concerned, he would have hope of a deal. Thinking that it was possible to form a cavalry in the future, Xiang Yu's heart suddenly became fanatical.

"The overlord has a good plan. He can use a group of prisoners to exchange for a powerful weapon to spread the world. If this transaction is spread, I, Daqin, would be too disadvantageous." Li Yuan said coldly.

"Haha, Wu Hou's words are wrong. Xiang's idea was actually reminded by Wu Hou. I heard that Liu Bang spent a lot of money and food to redeem the prisoners' soldiers. Otherwise, Qin would not have the financial resources to build the capital of Chang'an. Today, I, Xiang Ji, just painted the gourd as I was." Xiang Yu smiled.

The transaction in which Li Yuan squeezed money from Liu Bang was known to more and more people with Liu Bang's defeat. It was natural for Xiang Yu to know about this. However, it was really impressive that he could quickly transplant it and make the initiator Li Yuan a forced transaction object.

"What if I don't agree?" Li Yuan stared at Xiang Yu who was laughing arrogantly and loudly, and said word by word.

"If Wuhou refused, Ji would of course not do anything, but the prisoners loyal to Qin would be in trouble. People came and took a team of Qin soldiers to come up and take a look at Wuhou." Xiang Yu sneered.

With Xiang Yu's order, Xiang Ying, who had been waiting for a long time, raised his whip high and whipped the prisoners who were so hungry that they were only standing with a little hope.

Ma Jin slowly raised his head down, and there was only one name in his heart that kept shouting: Wuhou, Wuhou. Even if he was trapped in the enemy country, Li Yuan's name still made the prisoners feel hope like the spring breeze and rain. It was him who led a team of Qin generals to defeat one strong enemy after another in desperate situation. It was him who took back the lost capital and drove the Guandong thieves who shouted the slogan of resistance against Qin out of Guanzhong.

Now, it was him who defeated Liu Bang, Chen Yu, Sima Mao and others one after another, and expanded the territory of the Qin Dynasty from west of Hangu Pass to the border of Chu.

"Bang!"

The whip straightened Ma Jin's face, and immediately exploded a blood groove with deep bones. Ma Jin narrowed his eyes, and did not wipe the blood on his face. He stared blankly at the young Qin general dressed in an ordinary Qin army captain not far away.

"Xiang Ying, kill him." Xiang Yu's double pupils flashed and he pointed at the person who was struck by the stroke. Unfortunately, when all the prisoners bowed their heads, Ma Jin, who raised his head, became the target of public criticism.

"Old King, please be optimistic." Xiang Ying sneered, put away his whip and took the sword in his hand, and was about to stab Ma Jin.

"Brothers, fight for it." In despair, Ma Jin shouted, and a burst of strength burst out from somewhere, and rushed towards Xiang Ying, who was caught off guard.

"Looking for death." Xiang Ying had just pulled out his sword, but when he saw Ma Jin coming up, he couldn't help but have a teasing smile on his face. A prisoner who was so thin that he was skinny that he could not do anything to him even if he had some strength.

Ma Jin shouted with blood on his face, and lowered his body and collided on the side of Xiang Ying's war horse. The man collided with the horse. According to common sense, people must not get any cheaper, but this time it was surprising. Although Ma Jin was knocked out and bounced out a long distance, Xiang Ying's war horse seemed to be seriously frightened. From the part of his winged horse's neck, a stream of hot horse blood was flowing down like an open water dragon.

A war of men and horses.

The Ma surname finally defeated the animal with wisdom with only brute force. In the collision just now, the broken pottery piece sandwiched in Ma Jin's hand cut open the neck artery of Xiang Ying's mount.

The mount, which had lost too much blood, knelt down on his front hooves and overturned Xiang Ying off the horse's back. The prisoners were a little nervous, but now seeing Ma Jin succeeded with one blow, they immediately surrounded Xiang Ying and trapped Xiang Ying in the center.

"Wuhou, Wuhou!"

"I will be proud of the old Qin Dynasty, and my rivers and mountains will not flow, and I will never stop fighting!" In the team of prisoners, who was humming the low and desolate battle song of the Qin army. The song was sung by the prisoners and added their hard experience of struggling and survival over the past few years, making the listeners feel sad.

"Prepare to kill them all!" Xiang Yu's face changed drastically and he shouted furiously. He did not expect that these prisoners who had been living in Pengcheng for four years had not lost their fighting spirit yet. This shame of being resisted by the ants made Xiang Yu lose his mind all of a sudden.

At this moment, Xiang Yu returned to the former fierce general of the Chu army who looked down on everything and killed the warlike ones, and was no longer the overlord of the Western Chu State.

"Overlord, can you still count the exchange conditions just now?" Li Yuan took a long breath and shouted at Xiang Yu.

"What are you doing? What are you saying?" Xiang Yu's raised hands and stopped in the air. He didn't realize what Li Yuan meant halfway.

"Overlord, we can talk about the matter of captive soldiers for war saddles. If you kill them, there is really nothing to talk about between Qin and Western Chu." Li Yuankeng replied.

The final resistance of the Qin army prisoners in front of him made Li Yuan's thoughts fluctuate and it was difficult to calm down. To be honest, these Qin soldiers did not know any of them. The Qin army that failed tragically in Julu and Jiyuan had no intersection with Li Yuan.

But today, Li Yuan was moved by them.

The shouts and war songs of "Wuhou" were filled with the desire for life of these Qin army prisoners. Although they had never known each other, they were wearing the same armor and holding the same weapons, just like the Qin army behind Li Yuan, and they also had the same name: Daqin.

PS: The first update is given.
Chapter completed!