Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 230 Resolutely Framed
There is no need for Liu Laosan to feel so guilty about Xiang Kang, because Xiang Yu suddenly sent someone to prevent Liu Laosan from entering Hangu Pass. The real reason was not Tian An's small report later, but because of Liu Laosan's good brother Xiang Kang .

It’s a very long story. At the beginning, in order to avenge Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang, the power officials and brothers who were in collusion, the king of Chu, Xiong Xin, just discovered that Xiang Kang had the intention to enter the military pass from Wuguan, and immediately issued an order as the leader of the anti-Qin alliance. Xiang Yu also became selfish. In order to win the throne of Guanzhong, he sent his Zhongjuan Hao Kui as an envoy to Nanyang and Xiang Yu with letters. Kang contacted and forced Xiang Kang to give up entering Guanzhong with his brotherhood and family, and return to the army to reinforce the Central Plains battlefield.

It's a pity that Xiang Yu seriously underestimated the thickness and vigilance of his cousin. After knowing that Xiong Xin had this decree, Xiang Kang played a trick and got the letter written by Xiang Yu first, and returned it. The torch burned the letter that Xiang Yu Zhongjuan Hao Kui had sent so hard, making it impossible for Xiang Yu to show affection for him, and allowing him to enter the army without the burden of family affection. The dream of entering the military pass.

Afterwards, Xiang Kang hypocritically wrote a letter to intercede for Hao Kui, Xiang Yu's envoy who 'accidentally' lost the letter, but because he knew Xiang Yu's character well, Hao Kui felt a bulge in his heart just after he returned to Yingchuan County Hao Kui was extremely worried that he would be punished by the grumpy Xiang Yu after returning home. The more he thought about it, the more afraid he was. .

Fortunately, Hao Kui's two entourages were relatively loyal to their duties. Even though they were looking hard for Hao Kui to disappear, they still insisted on going north and returning to the team. There was another chaos, the roads were seriously blocked and extremely dangerous, and the journey was very difficult. It took countless hours and exhausted all the efforts, eating bark and grass roots all the way, and finally returned to the territory of Sanchuan County, and then listened to Said that Xiang Yu was besieging Wangli in Henan with the main force of the anti-Qin coalition army, so he hurriedly diverted to the west, and finally met the Chu army returning to the western suburbs of Luoyang, and reported the news of Hao Kui's escape to Xiang Yu, and also by the way The important news that Xiang Kang has entered Wuguan with the young commander.

Hearing that his envoy dared to abandon his post and run away, Xiang Yu was of course furious, and immediately ordered Hao Kui's parents and relatives to be executed. He was even more furious, and was so angry that he smashed the case in front of him on the spot.After yelling at his cousin for his ambition, Xiang Yu suddenly remembered that Liu Laosan, who had a good relationship with Xiang Kang, was also in the vantage point of attacking Hangu Pass first, and he forgot to tell him not to go west and attack Hangu Pass first. Guguan.

The news of Xiang Kang's advance to Wuguan has been confirmed. If there is no accident, Qin Ting must give priority to the Guanzhong army to guard the southern battlefield. The Hangu Pass on the eastern front must be relatively empty. If Liu Laosan finds out about this situation If you don't do it, you will also be greedy, and take advantage of Xiang Yu's opportunity to enter the pass, and send troops to attack Hangu Pass first.The more Xiang Yu thought about it, the more worried he became, so he quickly sent an envoy to the west to send an order, ordering Liu Laosan to only cooperate with Tian An to attack Wang Li's defeated soldiers, and not to attack Hangu Pass without authorization. Ting caught up with Liu Laosan's funeral.

Then, the small report sent by Tian An immediately proved that Xiang Yu was not worrying in vain. The seemingly honest and honest Liu Laosan was indeed the same as Xiang Kang. In addition to being furious, he immediately hated Liu Laosan to the extreme. In addition to sending someone to bring his own warrant to call Liu Laosan back to the teacher, he angrily urged the anti-Qin coalition forces to step up their attack on Luoyang City, hoping to eradicate Qin as soon as possible. The remnant forces of the army in Sanchuan County dredged the food roads to solve the problem of food and grass supply, and quickly freed up their hands to take the throne of Guanzhong, which they had long regarded as forbidden.

This reminder prompted another problem. Just like in the decisive battle with Wangli, in order to reduce the casualties of the anti-Qin coalition forces and attack Luoyang, the anti-Qin coalition forces still forced the Qin army to surrender as cannon fodder and fill the outside of Luoyang city. After Xiang Yu ordered to step up preparations, the situation of the Qin army's soldiers naturally became worse. The project of filling the river and opening the road has not yet been completed. Hundreds of soldiers from the Qin army who refused to die in vain were executed by the anti-Qin coalition forces, those who were severely beaten and injured, and those who were shot to death by the Luoyang defenders with bows and crossbows are countless.

I really couldn't bear it any longer, and a few heroes who were not afraid of death appeared in the Qin army's stroke. They secretly contacted some people, suddenly launched a mutiny at night, rushed out of the prisoner-of-war camp to escape, and followed tens of thousands of imitators. The defenders in Li also seized the opportunity to go out of the city to make a surprise attack. Taking advantage of the chaos in the anti-Qin coalition camp, they rushed into the affected Zhao army camp next to the prisoner-of-war camp, causing considerable losses to the anti-Qin coalition army.

When the incident happened suddenly, Xiang Yu could only hastily dispatch troops to put down the rebellion. Although the rebellion was quickly quelled and the Qin army in Luoyang who took advantage of the fire was killed and looted, there were still more than [-] Qin soldiers who took the opportunity to escape, which had a great impact. The morale of the anti-Qin coalition forces was destroyed.Xiang Yu was furious when he heard the report. While sending troops to hunt down the escaped soldiers of the Qin army, Sima Xin and Dong Yi, who had replaced Zhang Han in command of the surrendered soldiers of the Qin army, were escorted to interrogate them.

Sima Xin and Dong Yi also knew that their crimes were serious. As soon as they saw Xiang Yu, they immediately prostrated themselves and pleaded guilty tremblingly, but Xiang Yu couldn't get rid of his anger. , You actually made such a big mistake for me, what's the use of keeping you guys? Come on, push these two bastards out to me and cut them off!"

Sima Xin and Dong Yi hurriedly begged for mercy, and Cao Jiu, a major general of the Chu army who was very close to Sima Xin, also stood up and interceded, saying: "The former general calm down. Although Sima Xin and Dong Yi were guilty, they did not commit crimes during the chaos last night. Taking the opportunity to escape is enough to prove that they are loyal to you, and I hope that the former general will not kill the Qin general who sincerely surrendered for the sake of the overall situation, which will completely chill Qin's heart to surrender."

Old man Fan also walked up to Xiang Yu's side, and whispered in Xiang Yu's ear: "Former general, don't forget that there are [-] old Zhang Han troops in Aocang who have not surrendered. At this time, kill Sima Xin and Dong Yi." , the old [-] Zhang Han troops will never surrender to us, they will only fight to the end."

Considering that Sima Xin and Dong Yi were going to be used to recruit Sima Xin, the Qin general who was guarding Aocang, Xiang Yu's face turned ashen and he thought about it for a while, but he waved his hand to signal the guards to let go of Sima Xin and Dong Yi, who had already been taken down. The second general escaped from death and hurriedly thanked Xiang Yu.Only then did Cao Jiu ask Sima Xin and Dong Yi, "General Sima, General Dong, please tell me how things turned out like this? Why did the Qin State under your command surrender and rebel? Such a big commotion?"

Sima Xin and Dong Yi hesitated and exchanged a few glances, and then Sima Xin mustered up the courage to reply: "General Cao, the last general said a few words of the truth, you must not find it unpleasant, the Qin State surrendered and surrendered." Rebellion is really forced."

Bite the bullet, Sima Xin tremblingly reported to Xiang Yu and Cao Jiu the situation of the Qin army's soldiers these days. Why did the soldiers from the six countries outside the pass deliberately bully, beat and abuse them? The generals of the six countries only wanted to use the soldiers as cannon fodder. They don’t regard the soldiers of the Qin army as human beings at all. There are still some logistics officials who are corrupt and embezzled, and almost never let the soldiers of the Qin army eat their stomachs. It was unbearable for the army to surrender, so they were forced to surrender and rebel.

Looking at his words, he saw that Xiang Yu was angry again when he heard it, Cao Jiu hurriedly said, winking at Xiang Yu as if wiping his neck, and said in a pitiful tone: "Former general, if what General Sima said is true, then We really can't blame the Qin State's surrender and rebellion too much. In the opinion of the last general, we should arrange special personnel to investigate and handle this matter, strictly prohibit the soldiers outside the pass from retaliating and bullying the Qin State's surrender, and fundamentally improve the Qin State's surrender. Only in this way can we stabilize the morale of the Qin soldiers and allow the remaining Tyrant Qin troops to surrender to us with confidence."

Knowing that Cao Jiu didn't want the remaining Tyrant Qin army to be cornered, Xiang Yu had no choice but to order casually: "Okay, uncle, please take care of this matter."

Cao Jiu quickly agreed, first he ordered Sima Xin and Dong Yi to go back to stabilize the morale of the army, and at the same time sent his men to go deep into the army of the Qin army to investigate the situation of the Qin army's surrender, which he had heard about for a long time, and then asked Xiang Yu to order , Strictly prohibit the soldiers of the coalition army from continuing to bully the soldiers of the Qin army, improve the food problem of the soldiers of the Qin army, and send medical workers to treat the wounded soldiers of the Qin army, and promise not to deliberately force the soldiers of the Qin army to die in vain. It took quite a lot of effort to barely dissipate some of the grievances of the Qin army's surrender.

Not everyone can understand Cao Jiu's good intentions. After learning about his methods of appeasement, at least Xiang Bo smirked in front of Xiang Yu and said, "Nephew, we can't let the tyrant Qin surrender too much. They are dead, they can even do things like mutiny in the middle of the night, and we actually want to please them in a low voice. Doesn't this tell Tyranny that the more they oppose us, the better their lives will be? The more you have to swallow your anger on them?"

"Let's talk about it after taking down Luoyang and Aocang." Xiang Yu replied with a very ugly face: "Now Luoyang and Aocang are still in the hands of the Tyrant Qin army. They will have to wait until later.”

It was also when Xiang Kang was to blame, and when Xiang Yu was in a very bad mood, another soldier came from outside the tent, saying that Liu Laosan sent Zhou Ke, a guest under the tent, as an envoy to visit Xiang Yu, and said that there was an urgent and important military situation report.Hearing this, Xiang Yu became even more angry for no reason, and said with a smirk, "This daring bastard finally thought of sending someone to report the military situation to me. Call him in, I want to see why Liu Ji is here to report something urgent Important military situation?!"

While roaring, Xiang Yu also made up his mind, preparing to chop off the envoy sent by Liu Laosan as soon as he reported that Liu Laosan had captured Hangu Pass, and then sent Someone went to Hangu Pass to arrest Liu Laosan and punish him for the felony of disobeying the military order!

Of course, the development of the matter greatly exceeded Xiang Yu's expectations. After being led into the Chinese army tent, before he had time to salute Xiang Yu, Zhou Ke loudly said in a panic: "Former general, something is wrong! Our right-hand man in Chu State General Xiang Kang has already established himself as king in Xianyang! He also ordered the Qin army at Hangu Pass who surrendered to him not to allow a single soldier from the army outside the pass to enter the pass!"

"What?!" Xiang Yu jumped up directly, roaring and asked: "My younger brother has already established himself as king in Xianyang? The news is true or false, is it reliable?!"

"Former general, it's absolutely true! Absolutely reliable!"

Zhou Ke nodded in a hurry, and while quickly taking out the letter written by Liu Laosan to Xiang Yu, he introduced the so-called process, saying that after Liu Laosan captured Shan County and captured Wang Li alive, he originally wanted to stop advancing , Waiting for Xiang Yu to go west to join the army, he didn't expect to find out the news that Xiang Kang had taken Guanzhong, so he hurriedly took the army to Hangu Pass to understand the situation. But he also said that Xiang Kang had established himself as king in Xianyang, and claimed that Xiang Kang had ordered him not to allow Xiang Yu's anti-Qin coalition army to enter the pass.

Then, Zhou Ke turned black and white even more, saying that Liu Laosan also maintained restraint at that time, and sent someone to accuse Xiang Kang of rebellious act of proclaiming himself king without the consent of the princes, and asked the Qin army in Hangu Pass to open and close the gate. He asked himself to send someone into the pass to negotiate with Xiang Kang, but the Qin army at Hangu Pass flatly refused, and threatened to use force to forcibly expel Liu Laosan's army.Liu Laosan was really angry, so he launched an attack on Hangu Pass without authorization, and took down Hangu Pass that had surrendered to Xiang Kang by force!
After listening to Zhou Ke's introduction, and hastily reading Liu Laosan's letter, Xiang Yu, who has always regarded the Guanzhong throne as his pocket, is no longer as simple as being furious, but directly draws out the sword on his waist, and cuts the case in front of him into two with one sword. In the middle of the day, he roared as if a thunder had suddenly exploded, "You man! How courageous!"

Liu Laosan's luck has always been good. At this moment, Xiang Yu is sitting next to Xiang Bo. He has always hated Xiang Kang, an unfilial nephew, and now he has a chance. If Xiang Bo is polite again, he will be too sorry for himself conscience and conscience.Almost without hesitation, Uncle Xiang immediately yelled: "Rebellion! Rebellion! Xiang Kang's son is really rebellious! The overthrow of Tyranny Qin is the common credit of the princes of the six countries, and the annihilation of Zhang Han and Wang Li The two main forces of the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty were a vicious battle fought by you, nephew! Nephew Xiang Kang cheated and played tricks, took advantage of everyone, and even dared to claim the king in Guanzhong without authorization, and did not allow troops from outside the pass to enter the pass! Make it clear! He wants to monopolize Guanzhong, he is treasonous! Nephew, we must not spare him this time!"

"Invite Yafu and Cao Jiu here immediately! Hurry up!" Xiang Yu roared with a livid face, shaking the eardrums of everyone in the tent. If Xiang Kang was in front of Xiang Yu at this moment, Xiang Yu would definitely completely forget his relationship with him. Xiang Kang's blood brotherhood, a sword split Xiang Kang into two parts from head to toe!

Old Man Fan and Cao Jiu were quickly called to Xiang Yu's tent, and when they learned that Xiang Kang had already become king in Guanzhong, the two absolute confidants of Xiang Yu were also shocked. Fortunately, both of them were calmer than Xiang Yu, so they quickly questioned Zhou Ke. In detail, Zhou Ke kept in mind Liu Laosan's advice, and was not afraid of Xiang Yu's investigation. He insisted that Xiang Kang had already established himself as king, and let the defenders of Hangu Pass prevent Liu Laosan from entering the pass by force, regardless of Old Man Fan and Cao Jiu. No matter how you ask, you will not change your mouth.

After all, they are Xiang Yu's absolute buddies. After listening to Zhou Ke's introduction, although Old Man Fan and Cao Jiu were only dubious and didn't fully believe what Liu Laosan said, but considering Xiang Yu's interests and their own personal interests, Both old man Fan and Cao Jiu hoped that Xiang Yu could become king in Guanzhong and ensure their own glory and wealth, so neither of them raised any doubts.

This naturally gave Xiang Bo Xiang room to play, almost from the beginning to the end, he has been encouraging Xiang Yu to send troops to Guanzhong, kill his unfilial nephew and regain the throne, and said plausibly: "Nephew, you must not let this matter go easily! You must kill your relatives righteously! Xiang Kang's nephew, who was greedy for the heavens, took it for himself. He established himself as king in Guanzhong without authorization, and he didn't allow the armies of the six countries to enter Guanzhong. If the treacherous ministers of the country followed suit, wouldn't that cause chaos in the world?!"

Xiang Yu was angry and confused, he just asked Cao Jiu and Old Man Fan, "Yafu, Uncle Cao, why don't you speak? What do you think about this?"

After hesitating for a long time, old man Fan waved to Zhou Ke who was sent by Liu Laosan, and ordered him to go out and wait. Zhou Ke didn't dare to disobey his order, so he hurriedly resigned in fear.Old man Fan also said to Xiang Yu: "Former general, whether Liu Ji's memorial is true or not is not important, what is important is whether you are willing to let General You become king in Guanzhong?"

"Of course I don't want to! Although Xiang Kang has worked hard and made great achievements, how can he take the fertile land in Guanzhong alone?!" Xiang Yu blurted out and added in his heart, "Especially when he became king in Guanzhong, where should I become king? !"

"Then the former general, you can't have any hesitation." The old man Fan said immediately: "The former general, please call the princes now, and announce the disobedience of the right general who wanted to monopolize the pass, and confirm his charges, and then quickly settle the case." The remnants of the Tyrant Qin Army in Sanchuan County, enter Guanzhong as soon as possible, and attack General You!"

"Yes! That should be done!" Uncle Xiang couldn't wait to agree, and said: "First announce his crimes, and call on the people of the world to attack Xiang Kang's rebellious nephew, and then enter the military pass to kill this rebellious nephew righteously!"

Seeing that old man Fan advocated going to war against Xiang Kang so readily, Xiang Yu hesitated and said, "Father Ya, we can't give brother a chance to repent."

"It can't be given, and there is no need to give him a chance to repent." Old man Fan replied more directly, saying: "If the former general cared about family affection and couldn't bear to kill each other, just give the right general a chance to surrender and live. After the world is settled, It is enough to reward General You for his contribution to destroy Qin."

Cao Jiu was more direct than old man Fan, he stepped forward and whispered into Xiang Yu's ear, "Former General, Fan Gong is doing it for your own good, only if you are convicted of the right general's crimes, can you justifiably turn against him Go to war and regain the throne of Guanzhong. Otherwise, according to the decree of the King of Chu, the right general is the king of Guanzhong. What excuse do you have to take back the throne of Guanzhong? Although this is a bit sorry for the right general, it is related to your future throne. There must be no woman's benevolence."

Xiang Yu suddenly realized it, and only then did he realize that only by firmly grasping this excuse can he force Xiang Kang to spit out the fat that has been eaten in his mouth. What should be his own Guanzhong throne? !

Still the same sentence, in front of the throne, any brotherhood is fake, only the position of power is real, for who can inherit Xiang Liang's position as the general, the relationship between Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang is still dirty, not to mention the Guanzhong throne ?So after thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Yu made up his mind and said: "Since Yafu and Uncle Cao think that I should kill my relatives righteously, then quickly call the princes to announce the crimes of Xiang Kang's younger brother, and call on everyone in the world to rise up and crusade against Xiang Kang." Kang's disobedience."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Yu added another sentence, saying: "Of course, I will also give brother a chance to reform himself. As long as he voluntarily puts down his weapon and surrenders, I can guarantee that I will not kill him. Afterwards, I will definitely make him a marquis, and the food will be three thousand." Hu, in order to reward him for destroying Qin."

"The former general is really kind-hearted."

Old Man Fan nodded and said casually: "By the way, didn't Mr. Pei have already captured Wang Li, and he also volunteered to be the pioneer to attack General You's disobedience?" General, you should fulfill your promise and make him the king of Nanyang. But he entered the army and attacked Hangu Pass without asking for instructions. This matter must not be ignored. The former general, you should clearly reward and punish him. While agreeing to Pei Gong's volunteering, order him to enter the army immediately. In Guanzhong, he clearly told Pei Gong that only if he can take down the three cities in Guanzhong before the main force of our army enters the pass, can he be rewarded for his crimes, and he will not be held accountable for his unauthorized actions, and he will be crowned King of Nanyang. He will definitely not be the King of Nanyang if his merits are compromised by his crime."

As soon as old man Fan finished his words, Cao Jiu, who was standing next to him, already understood, and hurriedly said, "What Fan Gong said is very true. The last general also thinks that the former general should reward and punish Pei Gong clearly. Also, regarding this matter, we should also immediately Send an envoy to communicate with the right general, and tell the right general what happened, and let him know that we sent troops to attack because of him not because of his unknown, but because he has conclusive evidence of his crime."

Although he didn't quite understand the intentions of Old Man Fan and Cao Jiu, Xiang Yu understood very well in his heart that with Liu Laosan's strength, it would be a daydream if he wanted to win three cities from the Young Commander's Army, and it would be equivalent to dying in vain. In order to save the throne and fiefdoms, and because he was annoyed that Liu Laosan dared to covet the Guanzhong throne before, Xiang Yu immediately nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Seeing that Xiang Yu agreed with his suggestion, Old Man Fan and Cao Jiu immediately smiled and said together in their hearts: "Liu Jipifu, I know that your report must not be completely true, but it doesn't matter, as long as it is beneficial to us, we can pretend to be confused and go directly Admit it! But don’t be too happy too early, Xiang Kang knows that you are the one who is sowing discord in the middle, and he will definitely not spare you! He killed you, and we will have more excuses to regain the Guanzhong throne!"

Smiling in their hearts, old man Fan and Cao Jiu are not afraid of stealing and playing tricks. They would rather not take the Nanyang throne than enter Guanzhong. Anyway, Liu Laosan is a general of the Chu army, and Xiang Yu has the power to kill him. A one-sentence question with an excuse?
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