Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 148 Meeting Liu Laosan Again
The official positions and identities are not enough. Among the civilian officials of the Young Marshal Army, only Zhou Zeng attended the army reorganization meeting hosted by Xiang Liang. Continue to work, handle the military affairs they are responsible for, and wait for changes in their positions and affiliations.

The only exception was Chen Ping, who resigned from Wei Bao's official position in the state of Wei and fulfilled his promise to join the Young Marshal Army. Handsome army and generals, but because Xiang Kang never likes to ride, in fact, his main job is to help Xiang Kang watch the generals below, and to advise Xiang Kang and act as secretary.At this meeting, Xiang Kang has temporarily left the Young Marshal's Army, and the generals and generals of the Young Marshal's Army have not yet been designated as subordinates, so Chen Ping is of course idle, at least on the surface, there is nothing to do.

However, Chen Ping is a person who can't be idle, and he didn't take this opportunity to be lazy and sleep. When I was in the tent, I went into the tent by the way to visit Uncle Zhou, a former colleague of Wei State.As a result, when he got in, Chen Ping saw that Uncle Zhou was packing his luggage with his own hands. Chen Ping hurriedly asked, "General Zhou, what are you doing? Are you going to leave?"

"Yes." Uncle Zhou nodded calmly, and said: "When I first returned to Pengcheng, I already wanted to say goodbye and go back. Young Marshal Xiang insisted against it. He insisted on staying with me for a few more days. He had no choice but to stay. But I've lived here for too long, and it's not an option if I don't go on like this, so I pack up my things, and I'll go to Xiang Shaoshuai to say goodbye after a while."

"Why is General Zhou so anxious?" Chen Ping persuaded, "Young Commander Xiang kindly wants to keep you, and there is no war going on now, so why rush back, what does it matter if you stay for a few more days?"

"No need." Uncle Zhou shook his head and said, "Although there is no war now, it happens to be an opportunity to train the army, so I want to go back as soon as possible and help General Wei Bao train his troops."

Seeing that Uncle Zhou couldn't be persuaded, Chen Ping had no choice but to give up, but he said with a sly smile: "What? General Zhou, an old friend is visiting, why don't you invite me to sit down?"

Chen Ping and Chen Ping, who was once Wei Chen, were indeed old friends. Uncle Zhou had no choice but to put down the luggage that was about to be packed, and asked Chen Ping to sit down in the tent, and then poured a glass of cold boiled water for Chen Ping with his own hands. He smiled and said: "General Zhou really hasn't changed at all. If I remember correctly, Young Marshal Xiang sent you a jar of good wine every day. Unexpectedly, General Zhou is still the same as before. He only likes to quench his thirst with plain water. Never drink alcohol."

"I have been in the army not drinking casually, for fear of developing a habit, so I can only live up to the good intentions of the young commander." Uncle Zhou explained, and said: "If Mr. Chen Ping likes to drink, I will go get it."

The thick-skinned Chen Ping nodded immediately. Uncle Zhou had no choice but to fetch the high-quality rice wine that Xiang Kang gave him and serve it to Chen Pingman. After drinking it, Chen Ping applauded and praised: "It really is good wine. It's definitely hard to drink, even Young Marshal Xiang would never be willing to drink such a good wine."

After the compliment, Chen Ping ignored Uncle Zhou's objection, insisted on filling a glass of rice wine for Uncle Zhou, and invited Uncle Zhou to have a drink together, but Uncle Zhou refused, so he had to drink with Chen Ping. Chen Ping asked again with a smile: "General Zhou, how is it? The wine that Young Marshal Xiang gave you is not bad, isn't it?"

"It's really good wine, and I would never be willing to drink such good wine at ordinary times." Uncle Zhou replied truthfully.

"Then why are you still in such a hurry to leave, General?" Chen Ping took the opportunity to say, "Actually, even a blind person can see that Young Marshal Xiang appreciates you, General, why are you still so hard-hearted and persistent? Do you want to refuse Young Marshal Xiang's kindness to you?"

Although he is not good at communicating with people, Uncle Zhou, who has outstanding military talents, immediately heard Chen Ping's implication. Then he sighed, and then Uncle Zhou said very sincerely: "Young Marshal's kindness, Uncle Zhou is indeed I'm flattered, but Uncle Zhou is both a native of Wei and a general of Wei, and he really can't bear to betray General Wei Bao when his mother country is destroyed, so Uncle Zhou can only say sorry for Young Marshal Xiang's kindness."

"General loyalty is admirable." Chen Ping praised, and then said: "But General Zhou, as far as Chen Ping knows, you don't seem to be very valuable in the Wei army. (Zhoushi) When you were a general in the tent, Zhou Fu refused to listen to you and was very mean to you. After Zhou Fu's defeat, you followed Wei Bao, the general, and Wei Bao also put you on the shelf, and instead reused your talents far away. Not as good as your Bai Zhi and Feng Jing, who are so blind and reckless, you still miss him, General, aren't you afraid that all your abilities will be buried and you won't have the chance to show your strength?"

Uncle Zhou, who was really disliked by Wei Bao, bowed his head, hesitated for a while before saying: "General Wei Bao just doesn't listen to my simple and foolish opinion, but he treats me well in other respects. I am indistinguishable from other generals, and based on this alone, I, a Wei man, cannot let him down."

Chen Ping sighed, filled the wine for Uncle Zhou, and said: "Since the general has made up his mind, then Chen Ping will not force others. Come, have another drink, General Zhou, I wish you a toast with your wine, and wish you return to Wei Bao After being under the general's tent, he can show his strengths, make great achievements, and his name will go down in history."

Uncle Zhou thanked you, and had another drink with Chen Ping. After putting down the glass, Chen Ping said again: "General Zhou, apart from coming to persuade you for Young Marshal Xiang, Chen Ping also has a small matter. I would like to invite you, General Do a little favor for Young Marshal Xiang."

"Sir, please tell me." Uncle Zhou hurriedly said: "As long as I can serve Young Marshal Xiang, no matter how difficult it is, I will try my best to do it."

"It's not difficult, it's just a trivial matter." Chen Ping said smoothly, "Young General Xiang would like to ask General Zhou that after you return to General Wei Bao's tent, if there is a chance, you must persuade General Wei Bao to follow Ying Ying's example. The two generals, Bu and Lu Chen, also brought the rest of Wei's army to join the Chu army, accepted Xiangzhu's recruitment, and served Chu from then on."

"This..." Uncle Zhou was very embarrassed when he heard it, and said: "Mr. Chen Ping, I am not trying to evade, but I really can't do this, because after King Wei died, General Wei Bao said more than once If he wants to continue to restore the Kingdom of Wei, and as the younger brother of the King of Wei, he definitely wants to be the King of Wei whenever he has the chance, so how could he accept the invitation of Xiangzhu Kingdom and become a subject of the Kingdom of Chu?"

"It doesn't matter, Young Marshal Xiang didn't say that you must do it, as long as you try to help him try." Chen Ping said with a smile: "And you are not fighting alone, General Xiang Zhuguo and Young Marshal Xiang. I will definitely persuade General Wei Bao to merge into the Chu army, and if you help to persuade General Wei by the way, you may have a chance to succeed."

After finishing speaking, Chen Ping quickly added: "Of course, it doesn't matter even if it doesn't work out. Young Marshal Xiang also knows that this matter is difficult, so he will never blame you."

When Chen Ping got to this point, Uncle Zhou was of course relieved, and hurriedly said: "Okay, sir, please report back to Young Marshal Xiang, and say that I will try my best to give him a try next time."

When Chen Ping was overjoyed, he raised his glass to thank Uncle Zhou again. Uncle Zhou, who doesn't like drinking, was forced to drink with Chen Ping again, and then the two chatted some gossip. After sending Chen Ping out of the account, he hurriedly continued to pack his luggage, preparing to return to Wei Jun as soon as possible to continue his post.

It was also a coincidence that after the luggage was packed, Xiang Kang, who had been named the Lord of Lanling and the Right General of Chu State, returned to the Young Marshal's camp not long after. Xiang Kang, who admires Uncle Zhou very much, is of course reluctant to say goodbye in front of Kang. Apart from desperately trying to keep him, he also proposes to recruit Uncle Zhou again, hoping to keep Uncle Zhou for reuse.But Uncle Zhou was determined to leave, Xiang Kang had no choice but to nod his head reluctantly, and personally sent Uncle Zhou out of the gate of the Young Marshal's camp.

When they broke up, Xiang Kang, who was unwilling to give up, performed his wonderful acting skills again. In addition to asking someone to bring a generous gift to Uncle Zhou to express his gratitude, he also held Uncle Zhou's hand with tears in his eyes, and his expression was extremely uncomfortable.Impressed by Xiang Kang's performance, Uncle Zhou couldn't help his nose sore, and said to Xiang Kang: "Young Commander, Uncle Zhou never forgets. If there is a chance in the future, Uncle Zhou will repay you twice."

"General Zhou, I don't want anything in return, I just want you to stay." Xiang Kang finally shed tears, shook Uncle Zhou's hand and said, "General Zhou, please remember that if you change your mind in the future, The gate of my barracks is always open to you, no matter when you come back, I will definitely greet you."

Uncle Zhou nodded, withdrew his hand and wiped his eyes, wiping away the tears that had oozed out of the corners of his eyes, and then bid farewell, got on his horse and left, turning his head several times during the process, seeing that Xiang Kang had been watching him off in front of the Daying Gate. , Uncle Zhou was still a little shaken for a while, but he was trapped by loyalty, Uncle Zhou still had a war horse, and went to the Wei army camp without looking back.

Uncle Zhou left, and so did Xiang Yang and Xiang Ta, two confidantes in the Chinese army. Xiang Zhuang, Feng Zhong, and Chen Ying also left the Young Marshal's camp with their troops. At one point, their strength reached more than [-]. The main force of the Young Marshal's army also dropped sharply to just over [-], and the once orderly Young Marshal's camp suddenly became much more empty, which made Xiang Kang, who was already extremely disappointed, feel even more unhappy taste.

Fortunately, either out of sympathy or out of respect, the remaining generals of the Young Marshal still paid respect to Xiang Kang, and did not show any disrespect because Xiang Kang was deprived of a lot of power. After adjusting the camp, Chao Zhi , Zhujishi, Zheng Bu, Ding Ji, Zhongli Mo and Long Qie and other generals also came to the big tent of the Chinese army to congratulate Xiang Kang on being promoted to the right general and being named Lanling Lord. Have fun together, celebrating the formal incorporation of the Young Marshal Army into the Chu Army.

There were too many changes, and the atmosphere of the banquet was of course not particularly festive. In order to enliven the atmosphere and win over these old men with different surnames, Xiang Kang simply adjusted the personnel at the banquet, promoted everyone present one by one, and appointed Chen Ping as the guard capital. Wei, succeeded Xiang Yang in charge of military law and military secret documents, made Xu Ji, his confidant apprentice at Shilingting blacksmith shop, serve as the captain of the army, and promoted Guan Ying to be Xiang Guan's deputy to assist Xiang Guan in commanding the cavalry. Thank you one after another, and the atmosphere of the banquet gradually became active.

But there were still inappropriate voices, and Ding Ji asked directly, "General You, shall we continue to be alone in the future, or will we follow the main force of Xiangzhu Kingdom to fight like other armies?"

This is exactly what Xiang Kang is worried about, but in front of so many people, Xiang Kang can only smile and say: "Of course this depends on my uncle's arrangement, we will fight as he tells us to. "

"The hope is to continue to let us be alone." Ding Ji said more directly: "I am used to only listening to you, the young commander, so I really don't want to add an extra layer of restraint on the head, because it is not at all enjoyable to fight with your hands tied. "

Everyone agreed, but Xiang Kang didn't say a word, he just said in his heart: "The words are not rough, and I don't want to be tied hand and foot to fight. As long as I have the opportunity in the future, I have to try my best to act alone, otherwise, If it is not done well, it may be implicated by pig teammates."

It was quite a coincidence that at this time, a scout outside the tent suddenly came in and flew a report, and he habitually called Xiang Kang the young commander, saying: "Young commander, Liu Ji, the Duke of Pei, personally led a thousand troops to the north bank of Gushui, claiming to be They are here to form an alliance with Xiang Zhu's army, and someone from Xiang Zhu's camp has already crossed the river to negotiate with Liu Ji's army."

"Understood." Xiang Kang nodded, and casually ordered: "This matter has nothing to do with us, so don't worry about it, just keep an eye on their army carefully."

The scouts led away, and the banquet continued, but what no one expected was that, not long after, there were reports of soldiers outside the tent, saying that Mr. Liu had brought a few entourages to ask for an audience outside the gate of the camp. Kang was taken aback, and said in surprise, "Why did he come here? Logically speaking, after he arrives in Pengcheng, he should go to visit my uncle first?"

It's strange, but he and Liu Laosan are friends after all, and they received Liu Laosan's favor in the battle of Pengcheng, so Xiang Kang still took everyone out of the camp to greet him, but when he went to the gate of Daying to see, his face was full of smiles. The rogue-looking Liu Laosan really led Fan Kuai, Xia Houying and other old acquaintances to wait in front of the door. After seeing Xiang Kang, Liu Laosan gave Xiang Kang a bear hug without politeness, and laughed and said: "Xiang Kang Brother, I miss you Brother Liu."

"Brother Liu, I miss you too." Xiang Kang hugged Liu Laosan back, and then asked curiously: "Brother Liu, since you are here to make an alliance with my uncle, why didn't you go to see my uncle first, instead ran away?" Come to me?"

"Your uncle is very polite. He said he wanted to see me tomorrow." Liu Laosan explained, "I thought I was bored in the army, so I came to you to ask for a drink and catch up on the past."

"It's easy to talk about drinking. I don't have anything else here. I have plenty of wine." Xiang Kang laughed loudly, and hurriedly invited Liu Laosan and his party into the Chinese army's tent, and served wine and food to treat them warmly.

They are all comrades in arms against the Qin Dynasty, and they have helped each other a lot. In addition, Liu Laosan has a straightforward personality and funny words, so the atmosphere of the banquet in the Chinese army tent has become more enthusiastic, and everyone has been drinking until the sky It was slightly dark, and several people passed out drunk on the spot before the banquet ended.However, Liu Laosan's intention for coming here is definitely not as simple as just wanting to drink with Xiang Kang, and offered to stay overnight in Xiang Kang's camp. Xiang Kang agreed without hesitation, and asked the soldiers to arrange for Liu Laosan and his party. At the same time, he invited Liu Laosan to the back tent to talk alone.

When there were no other outsiders present, Liu Laosan, who was sitting opposite Xiang Kang, got straight to the point and asked with a smile, "Brother, suddenly there is a layer of restraint on the head, and the flags have been changed. Does it feel uncomfortable?"

"To be honest, brother Liu, I'm not used to it." Xiang Kang replied frankly.

"Hold it, you have to learn to adapt." Liu Laosan rarely put away his playful smile, and pointed out with a brotherly demeanor: "You are a young man, and you will inevitably be envied by others. If you can't learn to bear at this time, those despicable The villain takes the opportunity to slander and slander behind your back, I'm afraid it will be very bad for you."

Xiang Kang nodded, and thanked Liu Laosan for his guidance, and Liu Laosan said directly: "Brother Xiang, don't worry about something. To tell you the truth, I am not here to meet the alliance this time. I came here to ask your uncle to incorporate it, and from now on, I will also change to display the Chu flag and follow your uncle's orders."

Xiang Kang was stunned for a while, and said very strangely: "Brother, you are not usually such a person? I used to rely on my strength and strength, and I wanted to recruit your army several times. You would rather die than follow. How could it happen this time?" Take the initiative to ask my uncle to be incorporated?"

"Brother Xiang, don't be surprised if you speak directly. Don't suspect that I am trying to sow discord. I am just saying a few words from my heart." Liu Laosan was still very straightforward, and said: "I can see that your uncle and your style of acting It's completely different. You value morality and love reputation. You have had the opportunity to forcibly annex my army several times, but you dare not do it because of scruples. But your uncle, although I haven't met him, but he ate yours in one bite. As far as the army is concerned, I can tell that he is completely different from you. If I still want to daydream and continue to fight for myself, I am afraid that catastrophe will happen soon."

After all, Liu Laosan sighed, and said: "So there is no other way. Instead of struggling to the death, it is better to take the initiative and honestly ask your uncle to be incorporated, and I will work for your uncle with you in the future."

Xiang Kang kept silent, but he admired Liu Laosan's bachelor style in his heart - when it was time to show weakness, he was indeed better than anyone else at pretending to be a grandson.Liu Laosan said again: "Brother Xiang, I came to drink with you today. Apart from trying to persuade you to be patient, there is one more thing I would like to ask you for a favor. Say a few more good words in front of your uncle, let me continue to lead the army and horses of the headquarters, and don't break up my old department and reorganize it."

"As for the reason." Liu Laosan explained: "It's also very simple. My old soldiers and veterans are very easy to use. If they are completely dismantled and reorganized, I must be very difficult to use when fighting, which will seriously affect the combat effectiveness. , and may miss your uncle's important event. In addition, my generals are all from Peixian County, and they grew up with me. If they are separated, everyone will feel bad. So brother Xiang, please, read it For the sake of my brother who fought side by side with you in the past, please do me this favor."

Liu Laosan can deceive others with these excuses, but Xiang Kang cannot. At the same time, Xiang Kang is also very clear that if he deliberately does not help, Liu Laosan may be killed in the bud by himself.However, after thinking about it, Xiang Kang nodded and said, "No problem, it's not difficult. I just need to persuade my uncle not to chill the hearts of the friendly troops, and he shouldn't break up your army and reorganize it." .”

Liu Laosan, who was worried about this matter, was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang repeatedly, and couldn't wait to pat his chest and said: "Brother, don't worry, brother, I am not the kind of person who knows how to thank you and never repays it. Today we are together for you." Uncle, as long as there is an opportunity, I will definitely do my best to help you make contributions and achieve great things."

After making a promise, Liu Laosan blinked his eyes slyly, and said in a voice: "Brother, I heard that your second uncle has no heirs, and when he arrives, I will definitely do my best to help you. "

Xiang Kang smiled and said nothing, but said in his heart: "When we get here, I'm afraid the one who wants to replace my uncle the most is you Liu Laosan, right?"

(End of this chapter)