Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 232 Completely Hopeless
Coincidentally, on the first day when Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang arrived at Hangu Pass, Xiang Yu's order to Liu Laosan was sent to Hangu Pass first, asking Liu Laosan to lead his troops to be the vanguard of the young commander's army. Liu Laosan was required to attack Guanzhong immediately, and Liu Laosan was required to take at least three Guanzhong cities. Then Xiang Yu could not pursue Liu Laosan's fault of attacking Hangu Pass without authorization, and fulfilled his promise to make Liu Laosan King of Nanyang.

In addition, Xiang Yu also sent an envoy to contact Xiang Kang by the way, carrying Xiang Yu's letter to Xianyang to condemn Xiang Kang for claiming the king without authorization, and actively provoking the anti-Qin coalition army to fight with the young marshal. As an excuse to declare war on Xiang Kang, he asked Xiang Kang to immediately put down his weapons and surrender, and voluntarily handed over all the land in the city that the Young Marshal Army had won after the Western Expedition.

Just after listening to Xiang Yu's order, the treacherous Liu Laosan immediately understood that Xiang Yu was going to force himself to die in vain, and also used himself to further expand the scale of Chu's annexation, so that Xiang Yu could have more excuses to clean up the clan hall Brother, if I refuse to obey, not only will there be no hope for the throne of Nanyang, but Xiang Yu will definitely use the excuse of violating the military order to clean up himself immediately.

Fortunately, from the moment when the dog jumped the wall first to provoke the Chu army, Liu Laosan was already mentally prepared to give up everything and save his life. Although he felt very sorry for the Nanyang throne that passed by, but in order to survive, Liu The third child can only choose to work without any effort, intending to pretend to enter the pass, and then quickly withdraw to Hangu Pass when the situation is not right, using the excuse of protecting the anti-Qin coalition army's marching route, to stick to Hangu Pass, and at the same time bribe Xiang Yu's side at all costs Those more and more flattering villains used them to curry favor with Xiang Yu, save their lives and the army, and finally slowly figured out a way to make a comeback.

A man can stretch and bend, keep the green hills, and is not afraid of running out of firewood. Of course, Liu Laosan, a realist, knows how to choose between his wealth and his throne.

However, Liu Laosan also underestimated Xiang Kang's degree of being a bachelor. Only a day later, Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang came to Hangu Pass with Xiang Kang's letter, claiming that the incident at Hangu Pass was all because of the surrender of the Qin army. General Wang Muli deliberately played tricks, wanting to stir up the fire of the Chu army and avenge the Tyrant Qin court, create the responsibility for the Tyrant Qin court to take advantage of the chaos, and put all the responsibility on Wang Muli, the general of the Qin army who had died in battle, and was forced to swallow his anger. He admitted that Liu Laosan had no responsibility in this matter, and in turn apologized to Liu Laosan who took the lead.

Being the same as Xiang Kang, Liu Laosan immediately understood that Xiang Kang had given in. In order to calm the incident, he planned to bow his head to Xiang Yu at all costs to seek peace, and immediately regenerated his greed, first accepting Xiang Kang's explanation on the spot, He promised to temporarily stop fighting with the Young Marshal Army before Xiang Yu made a decision, and personally sent Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang out of the east gate of Hangu Pass, allowing Li and Zhang to go east to communicate with Xiang Yu, and promised to let the messenger of the Young Marshal Army be free. Through Hangu Pass, Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang could contact Xiang Kang at any time.

Then, just as Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang were sent away, Liu Laosan immediately summoned Cao Shen, Xiao He and other cronies, and ordered: "Hurry up and write a letter to Xiang Kang for me, and ask Xiang Yu's son to take me to Guanzhong." Tell him about the three cities, and then say that Xiang Yu's military order is hard to violate, I have to follow the order, and persuade him to give us the three cities of Ningqin, Huaide, and Lianjin, so that I can make a deal with Xiang Yu, or take the opportunity to help He proved that the incident at Hangu Pass was all caused by the tyrant's descendant general, and he tried his best to help him reconcile with Xiang Yu'er as before."

Before Liu Laosan finished speaking, Cao Shen, Xiao He and others had already stared round their eyes, and exclaimed together: "How is this possible? We took the lead in inciting internal strife among the Xiang family brothers, and Xiang Kang now hates you." We must be so hateful that we have all our hearts, how could we take the initiative to give up three cities to us?"

"How is that impossible?" Liu Laosan asked with a smirk, and said, "Xiang Kang didn't dare to go to war with Xiang Yu, and was forced to use the method of framing the tyrant Qin's surrendered general, so he took the initiative to send someone to ask Xiang Yu for peace. I must be mentally prepared to sacrifice the land of the city, the three cities I want to name are all located next to Hangu Pass, and these three cities will bear the brunt of ceding the land and the city."

"Anyway, it will be handed over sooner or later. What is the difference between handing in now and handing in in the future?" Speaking of this, Liu Laosan looked extremely proud, and said with a smirk: "Leave it to me now, and I can help you with it." He begs for peace and doesn't give me this face, Xiang Kang'er must be worried that I will deliberately make trouble and destroy his peace plan. Such priorities, Xiang Kang'er can weigh clearly the weight."

Although I have been used to Liu Laosan's hooligan methods since I was a child, Cao Shen, Xiao He and others were still completely stunned by Liu Laosan's words at this meeting. Do it, maybe there is hope of success, but if you do this, Xiang Kang will not let you go in the future."

"If I don't do this, Xiang Kang will let me go in the future?" Liu Laosan asked confidently, and said with a sneer: "about Hangu Pass, Xiang Kang will definitely know the truth in a short time, maybe it's already gone by now." Knowing the truth, I have long wished to have me skinned and cramped, and my car torn to death! Don’t worry about the debt, since it’s a done deal, we’ll just continue to offend Xiang Kang to death, and force him to surrender With the three cities, Xiang Yu can't find an excuse to deny my throne!"

Thinking about it is also the same reason, anyway, Xiang Kang has been offended to death, why should he be afraid to continue to offend Xiang Kang to death?At that moment, Xiao He immediately picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Xiang Kang for Liu Laosan. On the condition of fully helping Xiang Kang to seek peace with Xiang Yu, he threatened and lured Xiang Kang to hand over the three cities in Guanzhong to help Liu Laosan complete the military order Xiang Yu gave. .Then Liu Laosan sent his staff Lu Jia as an envoy, and immediately rushed to Xianyang with a letter to take advantage of the fire to rob Xiang Kang.

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Not to mention Liu Laosan's robbery and extortion, but only to talk about the situation on Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang's side. It was only after they rushed to the city of Luoyang that Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang knew that Xiang Yu had stormed Luoyang Jiancheng. The main force of the Qin coalition army entered the Xingyang battlefield westward. Li and Zhang did not dare to neglect, and hurried eastward to Xingyang. What surprised and worried Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang was that Xiang Yu actually defeated the anti-Qin coalition army on the Xingyang battlefield. Divided into two, let the Zhao army, which is second only to the Chu army in combat effectiveness, be responsible for attacking Xingyang City, and lead the main force to besiege Aocang.

At this time, the total strength of the anti-Qin coalition army has reached 35. If the surrender of the Qin army is added, the total strength of Xiang Yu's command will directly exceed the 40 mark. Of course it is also a correct strategy.But after knowing this, Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang immediately understood that Xiang Yu wanted to save time and eradicate the remaining forces of the Qin army in Sanchuan County as soon as possible, so that the anti-Qin coalition forces could free up their hands to enter Guanzhong as soon as possible, so Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang didn't dare to neglect, and immediately rushed to Aocang to ask Xiang Yu for an audience.

Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang were even more shocked by Xiang Yu's reaction. His cousin Xiang Kang sent an envoy to see him, but Xiang Yu excused himself from being busy with military affairs and did not meet Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang as soon as possible. Stay here temporarily and call them again when you are free.Li Shiqi and Zhang Liang had no choice but to hastily discuss the countermeasures, and then decided that Li Shiqi would go to see Cao Jiu, present a generous gift to beg Cao Jiu to help him speak, and Zhang Liang also brought a generous gift, pretending to be visiting an old friend Banner came to see Uncle Xiang, and begged Uncle Xiang to let Xiang Kang go, and not to make trouble deliberately and make trouble.

Fortunately, although Xiang Bo and his unfilial nephew Xiang Kang were at odds, Master Xiang hated Xiang Kang to the bone, but he never forgot Zhang Liang's kindness to him. Hearing that Zhang Liang came to visit, Xiang Bo came to the Central Army in person. Greeting Zhang Liangwai at the gate of the camp, he complained as soon as they met again: "Zifang, what are you doing so foolishly? As a Korean Situ, why did you act as an envoy for that traitor Xiang Kang? Cang speak for him? Have you forgotten how he treated us when we were in Huaisi?"

"Brother, forgive me. When we were in Yingchuan County, our South Korean army was at the end of the road, and almost the entire army was wiped out. It was all thanks to the right general's generous rescue that saved our South Korean catastrophe. He owed him a great favor, so he spoke Please, my younger brother has to run for him."

Zhang Liang replied and saluted Xiang Bo, Xiang Bo pulled him up and walked into the camp, saying: "You and I still need so much courtesy? Go quickly and go drink in our tent. But I have something to say first, don’t speak for that little bastard, I won’t listen to you.”

Zhang Liang had no choice but to smile wryly, he really didn't understand why Uncle Xiang hated Xiang Kang so much, but out of duty, after Uncle Xiang entered his military tent, Zhang Liang still quickly asked someone to bring a package, In front of Uncle Xiang, he opened it with his own hands, revealing a bag full of jewels and jade, and said, "Brother Uncle, someone entrusted me to give this to you."

Glancing at the bag of jewels and jade, Xiang Bo sneered, and said, "If someone gave it to me, thank him for me; if it was given to me by that little bastard, please take it back with me, I don't want to dirty mine." hand."

"Brother, why are you doing this?" Zhang Liang persuaded, "General You was a little disrespectful to you before, but those are all things in the past. After all, he is your junior, and you and Wu Xinjun raised him alone. The big nephew is connected by flesh and blood, broken bones are connected by tendons, why must you have to worry about him?"

"Don't mention the past, I'll be furious if you mention it!" Uncle Xiang said angrily: "That ungrateful little bastard, who was disrespectful and disfilial to the old man, repeatedly offended the old man in everything, and the old man didn't have his nephew! How dare he act arbitrarily this time?" To claim the title of king in Guanzhong, trying to monopolize the fertile soil of Guanzhong, has reached the extreme of treason, our Xiang family does not have such a scoundrel like him!"

"Brother, I misunderstood, you really misunderstood, I can testify that General You became king in Guanzhong, it is absolutely false! You can't even trust my words, can you?"

Zhang Liang hastily explained that according to Xiang Kang's request, he unconscionably pushed all the affairs of Hangu Pass to the poor general Wang Muli of the Qin army, and presented the letter written by Xiang Kang to Uncle Xiang, pleading for Xiang Kang in a low voice Uncle Xiang should not be deliberately obstructive, helping others to slander and frame Xiang Kang who has been wronged to the extreme.

It's a pity that Xiang Bo, Master Xiang really hates Xiang Kang, hates Xiang Kang's disobedience to himself, and hates Xiang Kang's refusal to dedicate his military power to himself before, which leads to the fact that the world is about to be divided, but he has no seal Wang hoped.So no matter how Zhang Liang explained it, Uncle Xiang just sneered and said, "It's a good excuse. If something goes wrong, I'll quickly find someone to be the scapegoat. He thought the old man was a three-year-old kid, so he would believe his nonsense?"

"Brother, why do you have to hold on to the right general?" Zhang Liang said earnestly, "You don't even think about it, if the right general really wants to occupy the pass, why doesn't he send troops to take back Hangu pass at this time? ? Why are you still sending Mr. Li and me to explain to the former general?"

"That's because he knows very well that he is no match for my nephew Xiang Yu." Xiang Bo sneered and said, "Otherwise, he would be so humble to this old man?"

Zhang Liang continued to persuade, but Xiang Bo didn't listen at all, and waved his hand and said, "Zi Fang, don't need to say more, let me tell you the truth, the crusade against that rebellious little beast was not only my idea, but also Fan Zeng and Cao Cao's. Jiu’s idea, the leaders of the coalition forces of various countries also support us to do this. My nephew Xiang Yu has already agreed to them. After recapturing Guanzhong, the treasury of the Qin Dynasty for hundreds of years will be shared equally by the princes of the six countries. Just wait for us to take it. Aocang and Xingyang will send their troops to the west immediately to attack that evil beast!"

"Too bad." Zhang Liang groaned in his heart, and said to himself, "I never thought that Xiang Yu's attitude would be so firm. In order to encourage the allied forces of the princes to support him in entering Guanzhong, he even agreed to share the treasures of the Qin Dynasty for hundreds of years."

"Also." Uncle Xiang actually threatened Zhang Liang in turn, saying, "Zifang, you'd better tell your King of Han earlier that when we enter the military pass, he'd better take you to take the initiative to act as internal support for us." , otherwise, not only will he lose his throne, but he may also be liquidated as that little bastard's party. At that time, even if I want to help you speak, I'm afraid I don't have that confidence."

Encountering such an unreasonable proposition of Uncle Xiang, Zhang Liang was completely helpless. No matter how he moved Xiang Bo with affection and reason, Xiang Bo, who hated Xiang Kang deeply, refused to listen. No salt, so much persuasion, Uncle Xiang even got angry, Zhang Liang was completely at a loss what to do, he could only keep his mouth shut, planning to wait for Uncle Xiang's anger to dissipate, and then slowly try to persuade him.

It's a pity that Zhang Liang was never able to wait for this opportunity. When it was getting dark, because Xiang Yu sent someone to summon Xiang Bo to discuss matters, Zhang Liang could only leave obediently and return to the guest tent to rest. —By the way, Zhang Liang did not take away the gift that Xiang Kang gave Xiang Bo, and Xiang Bo also forgot to remind Zhang Liang to take it away.

When Zhang Liang returned to the guest tent, Li Shiqi, who was in charge of contacting Cao Jiu, had already come back one step ahead, and just by looking at Zhang Liang's expression, Li Shiqi knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. , is it a waste of time?"

Zhang Liang nodded helplessly, and said: "I don't listen to anything, General You really offended him too much before, so he was determined not to listen to any explanation from me. Mr. Li, how is your situation?"

"It's not good." Li Shiqi's tone was equally helpless, and he said, "The old man has hinted that he can give up half of the land in Guanzhong and the city, but Cao Jiu refused to let go and insisted that our right general hand over the military power and all the land. Chengchi, I promised that if the right general did it, when the world is divided in the future, he can give us the title of the right general, and reward the food city and fiefdom, otherwise we must be held accountable for our right general's claiming the king without authorization. If the old man is not bad , This should be an idea they have already discussed, and they want to seize the opportunity to take away all the military power and real power of our right general, and force our right general to live in seclusion."

Zhang Liang was silent, and then said after a long while: "I can only count on Fan Zuoshi. He was recruited by General You for Wu Xinjun. He should have some old feelings for General You. You and I will meet him tomorrow and persuade him to set up a good foundation for the former general. Party feathers, don't push the right general too hard."

When Li Shiqi nodded in agreement, the servant brought by Li Shiqi next to him suddenly opened his mouth and said cautiously: "Doctor Li, Zhang Situ, I have something to report to you. After you leave today, Fan Zengfan Zuo Shi They sent someone and called us all to ask questions."

"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Liang was startled, and hurriedly asked, "What did Fan Zuoshi ask you?"

"Ask about what our right general did in Guanzhong, and about the attitude of the people of Qin in Zhongzhong towards our right general." Congren replied truthfully.

"Then how did you answer?" Zhang Liang hurriedly asked.

"Of course I answered truthfully." Congren replied truthfully, and said: "Young people said that our right general did not become king in Guanzhong, but just made three chapters with the Qin people in Guanzhong, and did not do anything wrong to the Qin people in Guanzhong or the tyrannical Qin officials. In addition, all parts of Guanzhong surrendered voluntarily, and the Qin people in Guanzhong elected representatives one after another, and rewarded our army with wine and food."

Zhang Liang's face changed drastically before he finished speaking, and he blurted out, "It's over! There is no hope! With Fan Zuoshi's foresight, it is impossible not to see the potential threat that the right general poses to the former general. There is absolutely no possibility of speaking for us!"

Li Shiqi's face was also livid, and he said after a long while: "If there is no accident, it seems that our right general and the former general are really fighting each other!"

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Of course, Zhang Liang and Li Shiqi were not worrying unfoundedly. In fact, Xiang Yu suddenly sent someone to summon Xiang Bo to the Chinese army's tent to discuss matters. Warning, reminding Xiang Yu that he must not raise the legacy of a tiger, leaving Xiang Kang as a threat to Xiang Yu's future power status, and urging Xiang Yu to make a decisive decision, reject Xiang Kang's peace request as soon as possible, and do everything completely.Xiang Yu was a little undecided, so he called Xiang Bo, Cao Jiu and other cronies to discuss it.

Evil comes with evil. Historically, because Liu Laosan had never done anything wrong to Xiang Bo and Master Xiang, Xiang Bo looked at Zhang Liang’s face and helped Liu Laosan at the Hongmen Banquet, completely rewriting it. historical development process.But at this historical level, Xiang Kang, who has done a lot of evil, offended Uncle Xiang into an intolerable attitude, so after listening to Old Man Fan's suggestion, Uncle Xiang, who was with Old Man Fan at the Hongmen Banquet, changed course and resolutely stood by Old Man Fan. side!
"Nephew, what Fan Gong said is for your own good, you must not have any hesitation! Xiang Kang, a rebellious animal, took revenge as a favor. After entering Guanzhong, he not only pursued the tyrannical Qin royal family's monstrous blood vendetta against our Chu country, but also desperately Buy people's hearts and please the Qin people in Guanzhong. It is clear that you want to become king in Guanzhong, imitate the Tyrant Qin and fight against the six countries outside the Guanzhong. If you don't seize this opportunity to uproot him, he will bite you back sooner or later! Never! The legacy of raising tigers must be wiped out!"

"Nephew, it's not because of personal enmity that this old man hates that little bastard so much! Do you still remember that when you sent someone to give him an order to march directly from Baima to the hinterland of Sanchuan, he dared to be your envoy and said Why did he not participate in the Julu League, why should he listen to your commander? (see chapter 180 of this book)"

"At that time, he was fledgling and dared to disrespect you so much. Now that he dominates Guanzhong and tyrannizes the old land, what else can he do to you? If you don't take advantage of his unstable foothold, hurry up! Cut him off, and when he has gained a firm foothold in Guanzhong and has been incorporated into the Guanzhong army to strengthen his strength, maybe he will come out of the pass to fight against you!"

Old Man Fan suggested not to raise the legacy of tigers. Uncle Xiang wanted to swallow Xiang Kang alive. Another important confidant, Cao Jiu, also thought that at least all of Xiang Kang's military power and real power should be taken away. Under the same voice, Xiang Yu of course made up his mind and said : "Then let's do this. Tomorrow, we will summon the princes of the six countries, publicly reject Xiang Kang's rebellious minister's peace proposal, force Xiang Kang to hand over all his troops, land and cities, and don't give him any chance to negotiate peace!"

If you want to know what will happen next, please read the next chapter, "Great Changes"!
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