Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 151 As if Familiar
The sheep and wine for Uncle Zhou were indeed sent by Xiang Kang, but the sheep and wine were not paid for by Xiang Kang. In addition, it was Chen Ping's idea to send wine and sheep to Uncle Zhou.

It’s a long story to tell. On the afternoon of the same day when the incident happened, Liu Laosan, who had eaten and drank several meals at Xiang Kang’s place before, finally realized his conscience. He bought some pigs and sheep, and ran to Xiang Kang to return the gift. He also wanted to use Xiang Kang's place to entertain the Xiang family's children, and to contact the Xiang family's children.

He didn't hold a banquet in Liu Laosan's own camp, but ran to treat guests in his own camp. At first, Xiang Kang still didn't understand Liu Laosan's behavior, but after careful consideration from Liu Laosan's point of view , Xiang Kang soon discovered Liu Laosan's brilliance - among the Xiang family's children, only he had a relatively close relationship with Liu Laosan. If Liu Laosan held a banquet in his camp, the Xiang family's children or Whether it's because they don't have that friendship with him, or they are worried about their safety, there will definitely be many people who find excuses to refuse.By hosting a banquet for the children of the Xiang family on their own site, these scruples can be avoided, and at the same time, more favors can be sold to the children of the Xiang family, so that they will not spend their pockets and waste their time.

While secretly admiring Liu Laosan's meticulousness, Xiang Kang still took face, and immediately sent someone to invite the Xiang family's children to the camp for a banquet. As a result, except for Xiang Sheng and Xiang Ta who happened to have something to do, the rest of the Xiang family The children, including the overlord brother Xiang Yu, all readily accepted the invitation, and came to Xiang Kang's place to eat and drink for nothing, and Liu Laosan got to know most of the Xiang family's children.

There is nothing annoying to discuss, it's purely for eating and drinking. Of course, Liu Laosan and the Xiang family's children, who are quite friendly in this regard, are eating and drinking very happily, and they are also playing happily in Xiang Kang's Chinese army tent Playing the throwing pot, Xiang Kang followed suit twice. Unfortunately, his skill was too poor and his hit rate was extremely low. Honestly drink all the fine wine.

After finally drinking all the penalty wine, Xiang Kang, who was so full of stomach, could only sit back and take a rest to catch his breath. Unexpectedly, Chen Ping, who was by his side, suddenly said: "General You, why did General Zhou Shuzhou return to Weiying? You never came back to see us, did you forget us?"

"Probably not." Xiang Kang replied smoothly: "It should be because he is busy with military affairs and has no time to come back."

"I really miss him." Chen Ping sighed, and said again: "General You, anyway, there is a lot of wine and meat today, why don't we send someone to send him some over there, ask him to enjoy it with us, and remind him by the way , Let him come back and visit us when he has time."

Looking at Chen Ping very strangely, Xiang Kang was a little puzzled for a while—Of course Xiang Kang was not reluctant to give wine and meat to Uncle Zhou, but Xiang Kang didn't want to expose his feelings for Uncle Zhou in front of so many people. At the same time, I don't want Liu Laosan and Xiang Yu to discover Uncle Zhou's uniqueness.So Xiang Kang made some calculations and said: "Another day, brother Liu brought the wine and meat today, we can't take his wine and meat as favors for us."

Xiang Kang was also unlucky, and Liu Laosan on the other side vaguely heard the conversation between himself and Chen Ping, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Brother Xiang, what did you just say, you can't use my things as favors? We brothers What kind of friendship, do you still need to have these scruples?"

Chen Ping's actions still made Xiang Kang feel strange. When Liu Laosan asked, Chen Ping, who was always cautious, rushed to say: "Pei Gong, that's what happened. Our right general and Uncle Zhou of the Wei camp are very close. I mentioned him by accident just now, and General You suddenly wanted to send him some wine and meat, and invite him to enjoy it together, but I was worried that Peigong, you think that General You is taking your things as favors, so you have some scruples."

Liu Laosan laughed when he heard this, and said, "Brother Xiang, you look down on your brother Liu so much. Are you the kind of stingy person? Hurry up and send someone to invite your good friend General Zhou Come, let's have a banquet together, and let me meet your friend by the way."

Knowing how accurate Liu Laosan's eyes are on people, Xiang Kang certainly didn't dare to introduce him to Uncle Zhou who hadn't been taken over by him, so he quickly shook his head and said, "Brother Liu, don't embarrass General Zhou. Clearly, one is that he doesn’t like excitement, and the other is that he is very loyal to his duties, it’s already dark, he will definitely not come over, Brother Liu, if you want to get acquainted with him, you’d better wait for the next opportunity.”

"Really?" Liu Laosan vaguely found that Xiang Kang was not telling the truth, but he didn't point it out. He just changed his words and said, "Since this is the case, then forget it, but you are welcome, brother. I have a lot of wine and meat here. If you want to give it to me?" General Zhou sent some over, you don’t need to be polite, just take it.”

Fearing Xiang Kang's refusal, Chen Ping hurriedly said again: "General You, since Pei Gong also said so, then we don't have to be polite, I will send someone to send two jars of wine and a sheep to General Zhou for you, you What do you think?"

When Chen Ping got to this point, of course Xiang Kang had no other choice but to nod with a smile in agreement, and then Chen Ping arranged for manpower to deliver wine and sheep to Uncle Zhou under Xiang Kang's signboard. There was a mysterious smile all the time, knowing that it would be difficult for Wei Bao not to feel alert and think of someone.

It was getting late after the wine sheep were sent out, but because everyone was in good spirits, the banquet was still going on, and they kept eating, drinking, talking and laughing until almost two o'clock, and there was no intention of ending the show. Xiang Yu, Xiang Han, Xiang Zhuang and others blushed so much that they almost passed out on the spot.In the end, there was really no other way, Xiang Kang could only raise his hands in surrender and said: "My brothers, I really can't drink anymore, please forgive me."

"No!" Xiang Guan yelled, "It's fine if you play tricks when you're in war, but if you don't drink and lie down if you have nothing to do today, you don't want to go back to rest today. Brother and brother, let's go up together, drink as much as Kangdi Let's see if he dares not to allow us to drink in the barracks in the future."

Because drinking alcohol is strictly prohibited during the battle, Xiang Kang really offended the Xiang family's children who are generally good at drinking in this regard, so after hearing Xiang Guan's yelling, all the Xiang family's children who had already drunk responded, including Bawang. The elder brother Xiang Yu, including Xiang Yu, all rushed forward to hold Xiang Kang down, squeezed his mouth and forced him to drink. Mess up.

Only Chen Ping didn't follow suit, because when Xiang Kang was pushed down, a head poked out of the tent and waved to Chen Ping. Chen Ping recognized that the man was his subordinate, and hurriedly got up and left the tent. , That's why I didn't follow the nonsense.

"Let go, I'll drink it myself, ahem, let it go..., myself..."

When Xiang Kang was so drunk that he coughed up his chest, Chen Ping suddenly came back from outside the tent, and as soon as he entered the tent, he shouted nervously: "General You, something is wrong, General Uncle Zhou is gone!"

The sons of the Xiang family who were holding down Xiang Kang were first taken aback by Chen Ping, and then they were suddenly taken aback. Xiang Kang, who was being held down by four or five people, suddenly pushed away as if he had been spat with chicken blood. They sat up, resisted Xiang Yu's hand desperately, and asked in alarm: "He left? Why did he leave? Where did he go?"

"I don't know why General Zhou left." Chen Ping wiped his sweat and said, "But my people saw with their own eyes that he rode a horse and left the military camp of Wei State alone, heading towards Xiao County."

After finishing speaking quickly, Chen Ping turned around and went out of the tent again and said loudly: "General Right, wait a moment, I will go chase him for you!"

"I'll go with you!" Xiang Kang roared, and quickly broke free from the entanglement of the Xiang family's children. He didn't even have time to change the clothes full of wine, and rushed out of the tent with big strides.

"What happened?"

The members of the Xiang family were baffled by the sudden turn of events, and at a loss what to do, Liu Laosan just turned his triangular eyes a little, jumped up immediately, and rushed out with Xiang Kang.Xiang Yu didn't hesitate when he saw it, and hurriedly followed, leaving the other Xiang family children to look at each other in the big tent, becoming more and more confused.

Not to mention the next reaction of the Xiang family's children, but to say that after Xiang Kang rushed out of the big tent, he followed Chen Ping and went straight to the stables. After each led a horse in the stables, they immediately drove the horses out of the camp. Mr. Liu was so flustered. Sanhe and Xiang Yu followed one after another but didn't notice. After leaving the camp, they just went straight to the direction of Xiao County.

Coincidentally, the night weather was excellent, the sky was full of stars, the moon was shining in the sky, and the night scene was very beautiful. Unfortunately, neither Xiang Kang nor Chen Ping was in any mood to appreciate the night scene. In this seemingly familiar environment, they hurried along the road Galloping, and kept shouting, "Uncle Zhou, General Zhou! Uncle Zhou! General Zhou! Don't go, wait for us!"

It's a pity that although the moonlight is good, even at night, the eyesight is bright, but Xiang Kang and Chen Ping rushed for more than [-] miles without seeing Uncle Zhou. , but Xiang Yu, who was riding a black horse, chased after him, and yelled at Xiang Kang as soon as they met, "Brother, why are you crazy? What are you doing running so far in the middle of the night?"

"Brother, don't worry about it, I have very important things to do."

Xiang Kang didn't bother to explain to Xiang Yu, kicked the horse and just continued to rush forward. Xiang Yu had no choice but to hit the horse and follow closely. However, he rushed forward for more than ten miles, but Uncle Zhou still disappeared. Xiang Kang was very anxious, I couldn't help but asked Chen Ping: "Chen Ping, did your people see clearly? Is Uncle Zhou coming this way? Why have you chased him so far and still haven't seen him?"

"This...." Chen Ping was also extremely troubled, and said: "I also heard from my subordinates. I can't be sure whether General Zhou has come here or not."

"Did you hear that?" Xiang Yu next to him said angrily, "I'm not sure if the person you're looking for came here. Stop chasing him, go back and find another way."

After chasing for a long time with no results, Xiang Kang also hesitated, and subconsciously reined in his horse to plan. At this time, Liu Laosan, who was very good at riding (good at escaping), also chased after him. After asking Chen Ping and Xiang Yu what happened, , Liu Laosan also persuaded: "Brother, don't waste your time. After chasing for so long, you haven't caught up. Your friend must have gone another way, or went in a different direction. It will be a waste of time to chase him." Strength, go back."

After hesitating for a while, Chen Ping also persuaded: "General You, why don't you go back, anyway, the hundreds of miles around Pengcheng are all under our control, and General Zhou won't be able to go far in a while, go back and arrange people to search carefully Him."

Xiang Kang didn't say a word, after thinking about it, Xiang Kang gritted his teeth again and said, "No, you go back, I will continue to chase, even if I chase to Xiao County, I will definitely chase General Zhou back!"

After saying that, Xiang Kang clamped his horse and galloped westward along the road. Xiang Yu cursed, Chen Ping and Liu Laosan also sighed together, but they were worried that Xiang Kang would be in danger if he traveled alone at night, so they could only fight together. The horse followed, followed by Xiang Kang in the distance and continued to catch up.

"Uncle Zhou, General Zhou! Uncle Zhou, General Zhou!"

Roaring all the way and chasing for more than ten miles, when Xiang Kang's neck was already hoarse and his heart was gradually despairing, a miracle appeared. Under the moonlight, a knight suddenly appeared on the road and strangled him. The horse looked back, apparently hearing Xiang Kang's cry.Seeing his shadow, Xiang Kang was overjoyed, so he hurriedly cheered up and urged his horse crazily, gradually closing the distance with the knight...

"Young Master Xiang, why is it you?"

When Uncle Zhou's familiar voice came into his ears, Xiang Kang seemed to hear the sound of nature, and his whole body relaxed all of a sudden, but after he opened his mouth, Xiang Kang cried out directly, choked up and said: "General Zhou, you made it easy for me to find!"

"Master Xiang, why are you here? What are you doing here?" Uncle Zhou asked in surprise again.

"What am I here for? Of course I'm here to chase you!" Xiang Kang's voice was hoarse, and he immediately grabbed Uncle Zhou's sleeve and said with tears in his eyes, "Why are you leaving? Why didn't you tell me when you left? Do you know how much I have suffered to catch up with you?"

By the moonlight, after clearly seeing the sweat on Xiang Kang's face, the dust all over his body, and the embarrassing clothes that were too late to change, Uncle Zhou couldn't help being very moved, and said: "Forgive me, young commander, the reason why the last general left without saying goodbye is because It's because General Wei Bao wants to drive me out of the barracks, I can't bear this uselessness, so I want to go back to my hometown in Weidi."

"He doesn't want you, I want you!" Xiang Kang roared loudly: "Wei Bao has no eyes, and he discards your peerless talent, General, like a shoe. I'm not blind, I want you! Come to my side, I will never I will treat you badly!"

Uncle Zhou hesitated, but Xiang Kang shouted louder and louder, "General Zhou, why are you still hesitating? If you think I'm not worthy of letting you work for me, I will recommend you to my uncle and ask him to use you! But you must not leave , our army of Chu State absolutely cannot do without a great talent like you!"

Roaring, Xiang Kang simply turned over and got off his horse, prostrated himself on the ground, and shouted in a crying voice: "General Zhou, I beg you!"

Tears of grievance and emotion finally welled up in Uncle Zhou's eyes. After getting off his horse, Uncle Zhou also kowtowed to Xiang Kang, kowtowed desperately, and cried loudly: "Young Marshal's kindness, even if Uncle Zhou is smashed to pieces, it is difficult to repay him." The young commander's kindness is just in case. Since the young commander values ​​Zhou so much, then my life will be yours from now on. Uncle Zhou swears to God that from now on, he will do his best to help the young commander achieve great things and never betray him!"

Finally hearing what Uncle Zhou said to him, Xiang Kang burst into tears, and worshiped Uncle Zhou face to face, weeping together.

At this time, Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan and others had also arrived at the scene one after another. It turned out that Xiang Kang finally managed to catch up with Uncle Zhou. It's not in vain to work hard for Xiang Kang.Xiang Yu, however, was full of disdain, and was very puzzled why his cousin Xiang Kang valued the unattractive Uncle Zhou so much, but Liu Laosan secretly admired him, and said inwardly, "No matter whether this Uncle Zhou is a great talent, from now on, I'm afraid this person will never leave Brother Xiang. Brother Xiang wins people's hearts, and I have to learn a lesson."

In this way, relying on Xiang Kang's perseverance, Uncle Zhou, a military genius buried by history, finally lowered his proud head and willingly became Xiang Kang's accomplice. It was quite a commotion, even Xiang Liang was startled, and couldn't help scolding Xiang Kang for his nonsense, for an unknown young general who was abandoned by Wei Jun, he left the army to chase so far.

But fortunately, Xiang Liang still loves Xiang Kang, his up-and-coming nephew, from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't pursue it other than scolding Xiang Kang a few times. Ass, invited Wei Bao to come to the front and patiently explained that he had absolutely no intention of trying to forcibly annex the remnants of the Wei army, and promised to make Wei Bao the king of Wei after supporting the king of Chu, and promised to add some supplements to Wei Bao Forces, let Wei Bao go to recover the city of Weidi.Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard that, not only apologized to Uncle Zhou who had been misunderstood by him in public, but also agreed to Xiang Liang's request to make Uncle Zhou a general of Xiang Kang.

After finally successfully recruiting Uncle Zhou, whom he coveted for a long time, Xiang Kang's luck suddenly became much better. First, Yu Miaoge shyly told Xiang Kang that he was pregnant, and then Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng The old subordinate Sun Gong sent a letter from Donghai County, saying that he had found Xiongxin, the great-great-grandson of King Huai of Chu who was herding sheep among the people, and sent someone to send him from Donghai to Pengcheng.Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurried over to the camp to report the matter to Xiang Liang, but Xiang Liang didn't ask if the person Sun Gong found was confirmed to be the descendant of the King of Chu, and he just asked, "How old are you?"

"This year is seventeen (false years old)." Xiang Kang replied truthfully.

"It's him!" Xiang Liang made a decision on the spot, and ordered: "Kang'er, you and Song Yi will immediately lead a team north to meet the descendant of the King of Chu. I'll take a look at it and as long as we're satisfied, we'll support him as Chu immediately." king."

According to Xiang Liang's order, Xiang Kang and Chu State Commander Yin Songyi immediately led a thousand troops north to meet Xiong Xin, and successfully met Xiong Xin on the road leading from Pengcheng to Fu Yang. However, at the age of sixteen or seventeen, Song Yi, a die-hard supporter of the Chu royal family, was of course in a bad mood, and immediately guessed Xiang Liang's real purpose for attaching so much importance to Xiong Xin - and Jing, who had already passed thirty years of standing. Compared with Ju, Xiong Xin, who is only sixteen or seventeen years old, is of course much easier to control.

On the surface, it seems that Xiong Xin, who is younger than Xiang Kang, is indeed easier to manipulate. He is not only polite, but also obviously cautious. hand, and said very sincerely: "General You, thank you very much. Everyone after our princes and princes of Chu Kingdom must thank you. If you hadn't raised the banner of righteousness for the first time, smashed the tyranny of Qin, and regained countless old Chu lands, we How can there be a bright future after the princes of the Chu Kingdom? Please rest assured, the general, if there is a chance in the future, Xiong Xin will definitely repay the general's extraordinary achievements with all his strength."

"Young Master, you are serious. Those are the things that the last general should do." Xiang Kang said modestly, but he snorted coldly in his heart: "Pretending to be the truth, if I didn't know a little bit about what you did in history, I'm afraid I would have to do it too." I was tricked. But it doesn't matter, the more you pretend, the more chance you have to become the king of Chu, and of course I have a better chance to fish in troubled waters."

(End of this chapter)