Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 236 Invincible in the world
On the Guanzhong battlefield, the reason why Liu Laosan was able to successfully take down Ningqin County was, of course, that the Young Marshal deliberately released water, swallowed his anger and accepted Liu Laosan's extortion, and took the initiative to give up Ningqin City to Liu Laosan.

If Xiang Kang could have half of Liu Laosan's luck in history, Liu Laosan would not be able to blackmail him. In history, Liu Laosan destroyed Qin in October [-] BC, and Xiang Yu didn't know about Guanzhong until December. After being seized by Liu Laosan, he aggressively came to Liu Laosan to settle accounts. In three months, Liu Laosan had not only established a firm foothold in Guanzhong, but also recruited new soldiers and recruited soldiers, etc. When I entered the pass, the strength of more than [-] troops expanded to [-]. Even if I am still not Xiang Yu's opponent, it is definitely not something that ordinary princes outside the pass can easily bully!
Xiang Kang was unlucky, just eight days after Qin was destroyed, Liu Laosan, who was eager for merit, discovered this situation, and then Liu Laosan, who had nowhere to go, decisively attacked Hangu Pass in order to protect himself, slandering Xiang Kang as In Guanzhong, he claimed to be king without authorization, and blocked the anti-Qin coalition forces from entering the pass by force, which directly provoked the war between the anti-Qin coalition forces.

In just eight days, the Young Marshal's Army has not even gained a firm foothold in Guanzhong, but even the east, west, north, south, and north of Xianyang Street have not had time to figure it out. How can it be possible to recruit new soldiers in time, recruit soldiers, and expand the army?The only army of more than 3 has to control Xianyang and the officials of the Qin court, and it has to guard against the Qin army that has just surrendered in Guanzhong. crazy attack?
To make matters worse, Guanzhong was newly established, and the hearts of the military and civilian officials in Guanzhong who were forced to surrender were not stable. A little turmoil may immediately lead to unpredictable consequences. When the battle was in full swing, the rear suddenly caught fire, causing the young commander's army to be wiped out by the enemy's entire army. , it is definitely not impossible!The possibility of this is quite large!
So there is no way, even though he knew that the matter of Hangu Pass was probably caused by Liu Laosan, not only did Xiang Kang not dare to send troops to avenge Liu Laosan who slaughtered Hangu Pass, but he had to beg Liu Laosan in a low voice. And, take the initiative to wipe Liu Laosan's ass, and put all the responsibility on the innocent Hangu pass guard Wang Muli, while borrowing Liu Laosan's way to negotiate with Xiang Yu, and try his best to peacefully resolve the dispute and the land in Guanzhong At the same time, seize the time to prepare the army for war, so as not to be powerless to fight back after the negotiation fails.

Xiang Kang once again underestimated the thickness of Liu Laosan's thick skin. Within a few days, Liu Laosan sent his accomplice Lu Jia as an envoy to negotiate with Xiang Kang at Hongmen, the new residence of the Young Marshal Army. Demanding that Xiang Kang unconditionally hand over the three cities of Ningqin, Huaide, and Lianjin in exchange for Liu Laosan's so-called helping Xiang Kang to seek peace with Xiang Yu is a hooliganism to the extreme.

Knowing the purpose of Lu Jia's visit, although Xiang Kang's self-cultivation is considered good, it is inevitable that there will be an urge to boil with anger. The young general Ding Ji who happened to be present directly revealed the case in front of him and rushed forward. Grabbing Lu Jia, he roared with red eyes: "Post, do you still want to show some shame? We have killed so many of us at Hangu Pass, and we haven't even bothered with you, and now you dare to ask for three of us?" A city? Aren’t you afraid of dying?!”

"General, please calm down." Liu Laosan's subordinates are indeed full of talents. Even though they have been lifted off the ground by Ding Ji, Lu Jia still has no fear, and said with a smile: "Our Pei Gong is not asking for it, but please take the initiative to let us go." The three cities allow us, Pei Gong, to communicate with the former general, and also help the right general to prove that the Hanguguan incident is all caused by the tyrant Qin's surrender, so that we, Pei Gong, can also take the opportunity to persuade the former general and the right general to reconcile and stop sibling rivalry , fratricide, is for your own good!"

"Fuck you for our own good! Shameless bitch!"

In desperation, Ding Ji swung his fist to greet Lu Jia's face, Xiang Kang hurriedly opened his mouth and shouted: "Wait! Ding Ji, don't be impulsive!"

"General right!" Ding Ji shouted at Xiang Kang aggrievedly.

"Don't be impulsive." Xiang Kang yelled again, and said: "The two countries are fighting each other. If you don't kill them, let alone Peigong belongs to the same Chu army as us, put Mr. Lu Jia down. If you have something to say, don't let others Said we were rude to our guests."

After all, it was Xiang Kang himself who was promoted from the grassroots to the young commander-in-chief. No matter how angry he was, Ding Ji let go of Lu Jia helplessly, and then Xiang Kang asked Lu Jia: "Mr. Lu, listen to me." Your tone, if I don’t give up the three cities to Pei Gong, not only will he not help me speak in front of the former general, but he will also intentionally fan the flames to further expand the conflict between me and the former general?”

"General You misunderstood. Even if Pei Gong has a hundred guts, he would not dare to do such a thing." Lu Jia quickly cupped his hands and said politely: "Our Pei Gong is really thinking about you, General You. General, you are the first to enter the pass to destroy Qin, and to fulfill the decree of the king of Chu, whoever enters the pass first will be the king. The king is a certainty. Make a big fuss about Guanzhong, and encourage the former general to enter Guanzhong to fight against the right general. If we, Pei Gong, don’t hurry to help the right general to prove that you have no intention of monopolizing Guanzhong, I’m afraid we will give those shameless villains an advantage I hope that General You must understand the painstaking efforts of our Duke Pei."

After speaking eloquently, Lu Jia hurriedly added: "Of course, if General You is reluctant to part with those three cities, we, Pei Gong, will never force it, and we will definitely try our best to help General You and the former General resolve the misunderstanding, but the former General A decree has been issued requiring us, Duke Pei, to enter the pass immediately and take down the three cities in the pass to open the way for the former general to advance. As the former general's subordinate, we, Duke Pei, have to follow the order. When the two armies fight, we will look to the right General, you must be merciful, and don't take your anger out on us, Pei Gong."

"Come if you have the courage!" Ding Ji roared: "You don't need the right general to go out, I, Ding Ji, will lead the troops alone, and I will take care of killing all of you mobs!"

Lu Jia didn't agree with Ding Ji, but just patiently waited for Xiang Kang's decision. Xiang Kang also made quick calculations in his mind. Knowing the current situation, it would be easy for the young commander to deal with Liu Laosan, who had less than [-] troops. It is huge, but after the conflict expands further, it will definitely be more difficult for me to reconcile with Xiang Yu. Xiang Bo, who hates himself so much, will definitely fan the flames further and encourage Xiang Yu to send troops to seize Guanzhong. The consequences will definitely be more unpredictable.

You must hold back your anger and not rush to take revenge. Xiang Kang has another choice, which is to quickly increase his troops to Ning Qin, or immediately go west to Hangu Pass to block Liu Laosan's way to enter the pass, and prevent Liu Laosan from taking the city by force Opportunity, but if you don't give Liu Laosan any benefit, this hooligan will definitely make trouble on purpose, sabotage his own peace plan, and make it impossible for him to reconcile with Xiang Yu.

So after thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Kang could only make up his mind to continue to swallow his anger, and secretly said: "Anyway, even if Xiang Yu agrees to reconcile, I have to cede at least half of the land in Guanzhong. Ning Qin, who is now at the forefront, bears the brunt, for sure. You have to give up first. Instead of falling out with Liu Laosan, an old rascal, for a city that cannot be kept, it is better to be generous and give up first, so as to keep the hope of peace."

After making up his mind, Xiang Kang opened his mouth and said lightly: "Mr. Lu, please go back to Peigong, and please rest assured that he will enter Ningqin. After he arrives at the city of Ningqin, I will order the defenders of Ningqin to abandon the city and let him take it smoothly." Go down to Ning Qin and give the former general an explanation."

"Thank you, General You." Lu Jia thanked him happily, and then asked cautiously, "General You, what about Huaide and Lian Jin?"

Xiang Kang waved his hand first, restraining Ding Ji's impulse, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, isn't it enough for you, Peigong, to advance one inch and one foot? Do you want to advance three feet? Don't be afraid that we will be pushed into a hurry. Fight to the death with you?"

"The villain doesn't dare." Lu Jia hurriedly cupped his hands and apologized.
"It's best if you don't dare." Xiang Kang sneered, and said: "Go back and tell Pei Gong that as long as the former general agrees to reconcile with us, I will definitely give him two more cities before the negotiation is reached, but if the former general does not The original reconciliation, just ask him to spit out what he ate! Otherwise, we may not be the opponent of the former general, but we are definitely more than enough to deal with you!"

When he said this, Xiang Kang's eyes showed a cold light, and his aura was like a tiger that could violently swallow people at any time. Lu Jia was so frightened that he didn't dare to push his nose on his face any more. Liu Laosan reported Xiang Kang's answer.Ding Ji, who was standing next to him, couldn't bear it any longer. Lu Jia just left and jumped out and said, "General You, how can you agree to give Ning Qin to Liu Jipifu? That's our city!"

"I can't help it either." Xiang Kang sighed and ordered: "Call everyone and hold a meeting. I have to tell everyone the reason."

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, enough young commanders, civil and military, quickly gathered in the tent. Xiang Kang first told his subordinates about his decision, then explained all the difficulties he had to swallow his anger, and finally said: " I agreed to give Ning Qin to Liu Jipifu. Apart from buying time, I also wanted this guy to lure Xiaohan out of the way. If the negotiation fails, we just need to send troops to take Taolinsai outside the city immediately, and we can immediately send him away. Trapped to death in the pass, catch turtles in the urn to avenge our Hangu Pass soldiers." (Taolin Sai is Tongguan, but there was no pass city to defend at that time.)
Fortunately, the young generals, Wen and Wu, knew that their own army could never be the opponent of the coalition forces of the princes. Even if the peace talks were reached, Ning Qin, who was near Hangu Pass, would definitely have to hand it over first, so although everyone felt angry, they still rushed They nodded, expressing their understanding of Xiang Kang's helpless difficulties, and then all of them gritted their teeth, saying that if the negotiation fails, the self-army must kill Liu Laosan to wipe out the entire army, leaving no one behind, Yixue's great shame today!
Once again, Xiang Kang seriously underestimated the degree of Liu Laosan's cunning. After receiving Xiang Kang's reply and confirming that the main force of the Young Marshal's army was hoarding Hongmen, Liu Laosan did indeed personally bring [-] troops into the customs to collect them. Ning Qin is true, but just now forced the Ning Qin defenders to abandon the city according to the order, Liu Laosan did not even enter Ning Qin City, and immediately fled back to Hangu Pass with [-] troops, leaving only Zhou Bo to lead the army The two thousand guards Ning Qin, while looting money, food and supplies in the city, recruited troops and bought horses to strengthen their forces on the territory that should have belonged to Xiang Kang.When Xiang Kang received the news and responded, Liu Laosan had already taken him back to Hangu Pass City.

After successfully winning a Guanzhong city as he wished, Liu Laosan of course sent someone back to report the good news to Xiang Yu at the first time, and actually begged for Xiang Kang, suggesting that Xiang Yu give Xiang Kang a chance to negotiate Taking advantage of Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu's bargaining opportunity, he forced Xiang Kang to hand over two more Guanzhong cities.But only a few days after the dispatch of the envoy to report the victory, the soldiers under his command suddenly reported that the envoy sent by Xiang Kang to negotiate with Xiang Yu had returned outside the east gate of Hangu Pass, and requested to return to Xianyang through Hangu Pass to report to Xiang Kang. Reporting the results of the mission, Liu Laosan did not dare to be negligent, and hurried out of the city to negotiate with the envoys of the Young Marshal Army to inquire about the results of the negotiations.

As soon as he saw the situation of the Young Marshal's Mission with his own eyes, Liu Laosan immediately realized that the situation was not good. First, Li Shiqi, an old man with a white beard and a temper, disappeared, and secondly, the expressions of all the members of the Young Marshal's Mission. It's cold, with a bad look, and it's obviously not like there is any good harvest.Liu Laosan was beating his heart, and hurried forward to inquire about the situation with Zhang Liang, who assisted Li Shiqi on his mission. Zhang Liang also honestly introduced the situation of the mission to Liu Laosan in order to give Han Cheng a chance to withdraw from the customs. Xiang Yu's reply, and Li Shiqi being forcibly detained by Xiang Yu.

Before Zhang Liang finished speaking, Liu Laosan's face had lost any color. In panic, Liu Laosan didn't even reply to Zhang Liang's pleading with him to allow Han Cheng to leave the customs. Someone next to him sent an order to Zhou Bo, telling Zhou Bo not to have any hesitation when he found out that the young marshal had sent troops to the east, and immediately gave up Ning Qin and withdrew to Hangu Pass, lest Zhou Bo's troops be dumped and the angry young man Shuai Jun killed every dog ​​and dog.

It was finally Liu Laosan's turn to cry. He didn't have the guts to detain the envoys of the Young Marshal Army and continued to provoke Xiang Kang, so he was forced to send Zhang Liang and others away. It was just that night when Wei Ji, the supervisor sent by Xiang Yu, arrived Hangu Pass, showing Xiang Yu's warrant, forced Liu Laosan to hand over Hangu Pass to the upcoming Tian An Department of the Qi Army, and marched into the pass to build the outer barrier of Hangu Pass.Liu Laosan, who had already killed Xiang Yu's envoy once, didn't dare to continue messing around, so he could only bite the bullet and agree with his mouth, feeling worried.

That night, Liu Laosan also had a nightmare. He dreamed that he was heavily surrounded by the young marshals who jumped over the wall, and then he was captured alive by the young marshals. Holding a small knife in his own hand to cut his own flesh...

After being so frightened that he didn't dare close his eyes in the middle of the night, another incident happened that made Liu Laosan dizzy. Only one day later, another envoy from Xiang Yu rushed to Hangu Pass to inquire about the whereabouts of Zhang Liang and others. After passing through the Hangu Pass long ago, the new envoy was still frowning and screamed, "It's over, now there is no way to report to General Qian."

"Why did the former general send you to chase after the envoy of the right general?"

Liu Laosan inquired curiously, but the new envoy Xiang Yu kept his mouth shut, and replied with a straight face: "Don't ask me why, I don't know the reason, I only know that the former general ordered me to catch up with the envoy of General Right before he entered the pass." , Invite them back to Sanchuan, since I haven't caught up now, I can only go back and report the truth."

Seeing that the new envoy refused to answer the reason, Liu Laosan didn't ask further, but just pondered in his heart, secretly said: "Invite them back to Sanchuan County? If you use the word please, do you think there will be a turning point in the matter?"

The change of things made Liu Laosan more and more confused. In the morning of the next day, Xiang Yu first sent someone to send an order, asking Liu Laosan to block Hangu Pass and not allow any idlers to enter or leave the pass. Then the next day, Liu Laosan The third child had just received the news that Tian An, the army of the Qi State who had come to take over Hangu Pass, had arrived in Shan County. Zheng Chang, Xiang Yu's confidant, led a group of people to Hangu Pass, claiming that it was Feng's army. Under Xiang Yu's order, he went west and contacted Xiang Kang, asking Xiang Kang and the allied forces of the princes to use the territory they currently control as a boundary, and each restrain their troops to avoid armed conflicts. After Xiang Yu entered the pass, he would negotiate with Xiang Kang face to face on the division of the territory in the pass.He also showed Liu Laosan an order with Xiang Yu's seal on it, asking Liu Laosan to stop attacking the Young Marshal's Army and not to have any more conflicts with the Young Marshal's Army.

In this way, not to mention Liu Laosan, even Wei Ji, who just came to Hanguguan to supervise the army, was inevitably puzzled by Zhang Erjingang, and couldn't help asking Zheng Chang: "Doctor Zheng, what's going on? What's going on? When I set off, the former general had just made an agreement with the princes to attack Xiang Kang’s rebellious ministers, and yesterday he sent someone to block the road in Guanzhong, and today you come to ask for a truce? How did the former general’s attitude change so quickly?”

"Isn't it because of brotherhood?" Zheng Chang said in a helpless tone: "The former general's brothers from the same clan pleaded with the right general, and they all knelt in front of the former general and refused to get up. The former general was soft-hearted, so he had to change his mind. gone."

Hearing Zheng Chang's explanation, Liu Laosan believed it for a while, and was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that not only could he escape the danger this time, but he might also have a chance to keep the throne—after all, it was Xiang Yu who told him not to fight again. no?

At this time, a tall Wei Ji subordinate suddenly walked up to Liu Laosan, and taking advantage of Wei Ji's opportunity to concentrate on talking to Zheng Chang, he whispered to Liu Laosan: "Pei Gong, can you take a step to speak? important."

Glancing at the tall Wei and his subordinates, Liu Laosan found that they looked familiar, so he asked, "Who are you? Why do we seem to have met there?"

"Han Xin." The tall Wei and his subordinates said in a low voice: "I served as a lance bearer under the former general's tent. I met Peigong several times in the former general's tent."

"No wonder." Liu Laosan suddenly realized, and asked curiously, "What do you want to tell me?"

"It's very important, especially for you, Pei Gong." Han Xin lowered his voice and said, "There's no time, please ask Pei Gong to speak now."

Liu Laosan is also a blessing in his heart. Out of curiosity and without any hesitation, he immediately walked to a remote place next to him. Han Xin followed immediately, and just caught the opportunity, he immediately said: "Pei Gong, you didn't realize that this matter is very serious. Is something wrong? The previous general’s temper, even if his brothers from the same clan pleaded for the right general together, he should not violate the agreement with the princes outside the pass, give up force to attack the right general, he suddenly changed his mind, I am afraid the real reason is not just this.”

"The former general is the elder brother. All the brothers pleaded with him. Can he not show some face?" Liu Laosan said casually.

"The former general is the elder brother, but there is Master Xiang Bo by his side." Han Xin said with a sneer, "How much Master Xiang hates General You, Peigong, you don't know, right? He's fanning the flames, and he's coming out to suppress it." Youngsters of the Xiang family, can the youngsters of the Xiang family really get the former general?"

Liu Laosan fell silent, thinking of Xiang Yu's order to block the road to enter the pass, he inevitably became suspicious, Han Xin then said in a low voice: "Doctor Zheng will never tell the truth, but he has many followers, inside There must be a lot of people who know a little bit of inside information. The villain thinks, Peigong, you'd better seize this opportunity and quickly ask Dr. Zheng's entourage for news from the rear to find out the situation. Only you who are on the front line have the opportunity to plan ahead and prevent everything just in case."

The eyeballs in Liu Laosan's triangular eyes rolled wildly. First, he thanked Han Dao in a low voice, and then immediately called Zhou Chang, who was good at communication, to his face, and whispered in his ear to explain the opportunity. Feeling relieved, he secretly said: "Fortunately, he is indeed a persuasive person, much more cunning than Xiang Yu, and more assertive and decisive than Feng Zhong."

Then, although Zheng Chang tried his best to refuse, and wanted to enter the customs immediately to negotiate with Xiang Kang, Liu Laosan insisted not to allow it, and must stay with Zheng Chang for a meal before leaving. As Liu Laosan and Wei Ji went to the lobby for a banquet, Zhou Chang politely invited his entourage into Guanzhong, where they went to another venue to drink in big bowls and eat large pieces of meat.In the meantime, quite naturally, several of Zheng Chang's attendants were invited away by Zhou Chang and his subordinates respectively, and they asked them about the situation in the rear with gold and rhetoric.

Liu Laosan's friends in Peixian County have always been very efficient in their work. After drinking and eating, Zheng Changcai took the envoy sent by Xiang Yu to leave Hangu Pass to the west, and Zhou Chang sneaked to Liu Laosan In front of him, Xiang Liu Laosan whispered: "Pei Gong, I have heard some important news. During the attack on Aocang, the former general was shot in the thigh by a flow arrow, but the injury is minor and will not have any major impact."

Before Zhou Chang finished speaking, Liu Laosan's expression changed, and he said in a low voice, "Oops! It must be false news that the injury was minor, but the truth is that the injury was serious. No wonder he changed his mind and agreed to Xiang Kang's peace. At that time, Xiang Kang Xiaozhuzi was already invincible in the world!"

After muttering, Liu Laosan was inevitably extremely depressed again. He didn't understand what kind of luck he had. In order to stabilize Xiang Yu who had been offended by him, he had just offended Xiang Kang to death and bullied him so much. Completely reversed, Xiang Kang has the upper hand and takes the initiative, ready to pinch himself to death like an ant at any time?
(End of this chapter)