Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 246 Unsuccessful Mutiny

Strictly speaking, Liu Laosan actually has a close relationship with Zhang Ao, and the degree of intimacy is even higher than the relationship with Xiang Kang.

When Liu Laosan was young, Qin Shihuang had not yet unified the six kingdoms. Zhang Er, the father of Zhang Ao, who had been a guest of Lord Xinling, served as the magistrate of Waihuang County. He continued the hospitality of Lord Xinling and made friends with heroes everywhere. He was still passionate The young Liu Laosan admired the chivalrous spirit, admired Lord Xinling and Zhang Er, and went from Pei County to Waihuang to visit Zhang Er. He drank for nothing for several months, and even discussed friendship with Liu Laosan in the same generation, and was quite close at one time, so Zhang Ao should call Liu Laosan "uncle" to be more accurate.

Even though he has changed from a hot-blooded youth to a rogue, Liu Laosan, who is still somewhat conscientious, still has not forgotten his friendship with Zhang Er. Even though the military situation was urgent before and after the Julu War, Liu Laosan never met Zhang Er again. Zhang Er did not introduce Zhang Ao to Liu Laosan. Zhang Ao had serious conflicts with Liu Laosan in terms of political stance and interests. Ao regards him as his nephew.

Because of this, Zhang Ao sent someone to contact Liu Laosan, saying that his concubine had given birth to the eldest son, and when he asked Liu Laosan to drink and celebrate with him, Liu Laosan not only agreed, but also hurriedly asked someone to prepare A generous gift for Zhang Ao who just gave birth to his nephew.

It's not too bad, even though they suffered consecutive defeats in front of the young commander's army and almost lost all their supplies and military supplies, Liu Laosan's army managed to take down the two counties of Xin'an and Shanxian by themselves, so there are still some precious jewels and jades , but in a short time, Lu Wan, the captain of the personal army who was born on the same day as Liu Laosan, prepared a very affordable and precious gift for Liu Laosan, and Liu Laosan hastily arranged for Cao Shen and Fan Kuai and other absolute cronies to stay in the camp , led Lu Wan and Xia Houying to the Zhao army camp when they were young.

It was a coincidence that when Liu Laosan came to the gate of Zhao Jun's back camp, Tian An also came to the gate with a group of soldiers himself, and rushed in front of Liu Laosan to report his intentions, saying that he was also The guest invited by Zhang Ao entered the Zhao Jun camp one step earlier than Liu Laosan. During the period, he didn't even say hello to Liu Laosan, as if Liu Laosan didn't exist at all, and walked away in a big way .

Knowing that Tian An was resentful that he had concealed Xiang Yu's injury from him, Liu Laosan didn't mind, and sneered at Tian An's back and scolded: "You maidservant, what's your air? With your ability to lead soldiers, it's really a shame." Get up, my ten thousand troops dare to fight your thirty thousand!"

"Pei Gong, there are many people with mixed ears, so be careful what you say." Xia Houying kindly reminded.

"I'm afraid of a bird. Anyway, I have already made an enemy, so I am afraid that the enemy will go deeper?" Liu Laosan cursed again, and then ordered: "Go, enter the camp, and go drink with the major general."

For Zhang Ao's invitation, he had already greeted the soldiers of Zhao Jun who were guarding the gate, so there was no need to inform them. He just explained his intention, and Liu Laosan and his party entered Zhao Jun's camp smoothly, and went straight to the Zhao Jun camp under the banner of Zhang Zi. Zhang Ao came from the camp.It turned out that even more coincidentally, when he came to Zhang Ao's camp, one of Zhang Ao's officials had just come up to greet him, and Sima Ang, the general of the state of Zhao, also brought some soldiers over, and met Liu Laosan next to Zhang Ao's camp. noodle.

Although he likes to curse the princes and ministers as slaves, Liu Laosan also knows that he needs to unite his comrades. When he met Sima Angfu, who has no festivals, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted, and asked with a smile: "General Sima, what a coincidence, are you here too?" To congratulate the Major General?"

"Of course I came to congratulate you. The major general gave birth to his eldest son, and Prime Minister Zhang gave birth to his eldest grandson. How could I not come to join in the fun at such a happy event?" Sima Yang replied casually, and then asked more casually: "Why? What's the matter? Peigong?"

"Not only did you invite me? General Tian from Qi State is also here. He walked in front of me and should have already entered." Liu Laosan replied with a smile, and asked quite cautiously: "General Sima, Xiang Kang Is there any movement from the traitor? Don't wait a while when we are drinking happily, he runs out to spoil the fun."

"Pei Gong, don't worry, there is no movement." Sima Ang waved his hand casually, and said: "Pei Gong, let's go, don't keep the major general waiting."

"Yes, General Sima, Pei Gong, please hurry up." Zhang Ao Zuoli, who came to greet the Marquis earlier, also urged: "The general has already arrived, and he is waiting for you to come to the banquet. Don't make the general wait too long."

"The general is already here?!"

In the blink of an eye, Liu Laosan's keen intuition suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he blurted out and asked, "The general is here too?!"

"What is Pei Gong talking about?" The official welcoming the guests said with a smile: "The friendship between the general and our Prime Minister Zhang is known all over the world. Prime Minister Zhang has added an eldest grandson, so why should the general not come to congratulate him in person?"

A strong feeling of uneasiness suddenly flooded into Liu Laosan's heart, and he suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong, but he couldn't remember what was wrong for a while?At the same time, out of intuition, Liu Laosan took back the steps he had already taken, and stood there without moving. Sima Yang, who had already walked two steps forward, saw the strangeness and asked, "Pei Gong, what happened?" Is it? The face is so ugly? Is it uncomfortable there?"

"My face is ugly?"

Liu Laosan was taken aback by Sima Ang's question, and when he subconsciously looked at Lu Wan and Xia Houying next to him, the two also nodded quickly, admitting that Liu Laosan's current expression was indeed very strange.Liu Laosan couldn't help but feel even more strange, secretly said: "What's going on? Why am I so nervous all of a sudden?"

"No! What a coincidence!"

The good genes that had been inherited to Uncle Liu suddenly exploded at this moment, and Liu Laosan finally found out what was wrong, and screamed in his heart: "No! This is too coincidental. Zhang Ao Xiaozhuzi just happened yesterday. I personally sent the envoy of Brother Xiang Kang back to the city. Today he suddenly gave birth to a son and invited me to drink with Chen Yu, Tian An, and Sima Ang. Is there such a coincidence in the world? What if Zhang Ao Xiaozhuzi has something different? , we have to be caught by him?!"

"Pei Gong, what's the matter? If it's uncomfortable there, why don't you go back and rest first?" Sima Ang asked again kindly.

Considering that his own strength was too weak, Liu Laosan had already made up his mind without even blinking his eyelids. He immediately stepped forward and grabbed Sima Ang, and quickly said, "General Sima, please come here, I have a very important Tell you something!"

Seeing that Liu Laosan's face was not right, Sima Yang also knew that there must be something wrong, so he let Liu Laosan pull him away, but Liu Laosan lowered his voice and said very quickly: "General Sima, Didn’t you realize that things are still right? Yesterday General Zhang Ao personally sent Xiang Kang’s rebel envoy back to Hangu Pass, and today he suddenly gave birth to a son. It would be too coincidental to invite us to drink with the General. Is it too much?"

In history, Sima Ang, who betrayed Zhao State and was crowned King of Yin by Xiang Yu, was not a fool. Before Liu Laosan finished speaking, Sima Ang also changed his expression greatly, and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Pei Gong, you suspect that General Zhang Ao is going to Trick us into his army and wipe them all out?"

"I'm not sure, but we must be on guard against this!" Liu Laosan said in a more rapid tone: "In short, we must not take risks. Anyway, it is just to congratulate. You and I will say that there is an important military situation to deal with, and we will send people separately Just send the gifts in, go back to your own army first, and make preparations, if it turns out that we misunderstood the major general, it will not be too late to apologize to him."

Sima Ang was also very decisive, and when he found that the situation was not right, he immediately adopted Liu Laosan's suggestion. On the pretext of urgent military affairs, he only sent two soldiers to congratulate Zhang Ao with gifts, while he hurried back to his camp. In the same way, Liu Laosan did the same. He sent two soldiers to deliver gifts to Zhang Ao, and immediately fled back to his camp, and immediately made his army ready for the emergency.During the period, the officials sent by Zhang Ao to greet them were at a loss, and they didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, so they could only hurry back and report to Zhang Ao.

Liu Laosan's intuition was so keen that it was almost terrifying, which completely disrupted the overall plan of Zhang Ao and others. When they learned that Sima Ang and Liu Laosan had come to the door, they made excuses to leave suddenly. Even Guan Gao was beaten. He was caught off guard and didn't know how to deal with it—Liu Laosan, who only had more than 2000 troops in his hands, was nothing. Ten thousand!If they turn their backs and fight, even if Chen Yu's army is leaderless, the army in Sima Ang's hands alone is enough to pose a huge threat to Zhang Ao's army!
What's worse is that Chen Yu has also found that something is wrong. First, he heard that Sima Ang and Liu Laosan had urgent military affairs to deal with, and then saw that Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others looked obviously a little strange. Chen Yu, who had also experienced turbulence Immediately, he became suspicious, stood up after a little calculation, and said to Zhang Ao with a smile: "Nephew, I suddenly remembered that I also have a very important matter to do. You drink with General Tian first, and I will come as soon as I go."

Sweat appeared on Zhang Ao's forehead in an instant, and Guan Gao next to him knew clearly that there must be an omission in his plan. If he didn't act quickly and let Chen Yu slip back, then Chen Yu would definitely die soon. If you can find out the truth, your side will die immediately without a place to bury you!So Guan Gao gritted his teeth, immediately grabbed the wine glass in front of him, and smashed it hard on the ground, making a bang!

Fortunately, Zhang Ao's guards led by Uncle Tian carried out the order very resolutely. Seeing Guan Gao's signal, Zhang Ao's guards inside and outside the tent immediately rushed forward, pointed their weapons at Chen Yu and Tian An, Chen Yu Shocked, he subconsciously wanted to pull out the sword from his waist, but Uncle Tian had already charged from behind, strangled him by the neck, pointed the sharp blade at his back, and shouted: "Don't move!"

Roaring, Uncle Tian hit Chen Yu's vest with a sharp knife, warning Chen Yu not to act rashly. Chen Yu's face was as pale as paper, and he hurriedly said, "Nephew, what do you want to do?"

No one answered Chen Yu's words. Zhang Ao's guards, who had been ordered earlier, immediately stepped forward and pinned down Chen Yu and Tian An. soldiers, forcing them to lay down their weapons and surrender.Then, after Guan Gao personally tore off the general's seal on Chen Yu's waist, Chen Yu roared as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Zhang Ao, what do you want to do? You want to mutiny and seize power?"

"So what?" Guan Gao sneered and said, "You traitor, you covet the throne promised to you by Xiang Yu. Not only will you betray Zhao, but you will also stain your crown with the blood of our Zhao soldiers. The Major General is fighting traitors for the country, of course he wants to take you down!"

"You're talking nonsense! What do I have?" Chen Yu struggled and shouted: "What evidence do you have?"

"Of course we have evidence!" Guan Gaoyi sneered, and said, "If you're smart, tell your people outside to put down their weapons immediately, and then send someone to call Mrs. Sima Pifu. When we meet the king in the future, we can still intercede for you." I beg your mercy, I beg your Majesty to spare you!"

Chen Yu was stupid enough to obey Guan Gao's request, yelling that he wanted his soldiers outside the tent to come in and save him, but unfortunately his soldiers were surrounded by the soldiers arranged by Zhang Ao in advance, even if he didn't give up resisting, he never gave up. Way rushed in to rescue Chen Yu, and was quickly killed by Zhang Ao's soldiers.Chen Yu was helpless, so he could only change his words and shouted: "Zhang Ao, if you are smart, release me immediately, and I promise not to pursue what happened just now! Otherwise, if Sima Yang's army and I come to kill you, you will be killed." No one can save you!"

"Shut his mouth!" Guan Gao calmly ordered for Zhang Ao, "Give our army an order to prepare for battle and wait for General Xiang Kang to send troops for reinforcements!"

According to Guan Gao's order, Zhang Ao's guard quickly covered Chen Yu's struggling and shouting mouth with a cloth. Tian An, who was implicated innocently, was a bachelor, and said with a wry smile: "Young General, I don't need to block my mouth anymore. I will not shout, and there is no need to shout. Also, if you want, I can send someone back to issue an order that my army is only allowed to guard the camp, and no matter what happens, they are not allowed to go out to fight."

"Thank you, General Tian, ​​but there is no need for this at the moment." Guan Gao thanked him, declined Tian An's kindness in order not to let the news go out immediately, and comforted him: "Don't worry, we have to do this just in case, we guarantee It will not hurt you, General Tian."

"I hope so." Tian An smiled wryly, and completely accepted his own fate - how can such an honest person suffer from any bad luck?
In order to buy time to wait for Xiang Kang to send troops for reinforcements, Guan Gao and the others were very calm and did not rush to take the next step. They just announced the truth to all the soldiers of Zhang Ao's army, so that Zhang Ao's army was prepared to stand firm and wait for reinforcements.It's a pity that doing so is not very effective. Sima Ang has long been suspicious and made some preparations. He has sent people to keep an eye on Zhang Ao's army, and only then did he learn that Zhang Ao's army was gathering for battle. Immediately understood that something big happened, in addition to immediately gathering his own army, he also sent people to contact Chen Yu's direct generals at the first time, so that they were also ready to go to war. The Zhao army camp, which was peaceful before, quickly became It was extremely noisy, and there were soldiers of Zhao Jun who had assembled in a hurry but didn't know what happened, and they kept shouting and neighing.

At the same time, Sima Ang and Chen Yu's generals also sent envoys to Zhang Ao's camp to inquire about the situation. As a result, all of these envoys were directly captured by Zhang Ao's soldiers, and they never heard back. Fortunately, they were not invited by Zhang Ao. Li Zuoche could only rush to join Sima Ang, and suggested that Sima Ang stand up and force Zhang Ao to return Chen Yu by force. Zhang Ao has already surrendered to the young commander-in-chief. He wants to sell Zhao's army in exchange for glory and wealth. He asks Zhao's generals to temporarily obey his orders and lead the army to surround Zhang Ao's camp. At the same time, he is the first to lead the army to Zhang Ao's camp. , asking Zhang Ao to hand over Chen Yu immediately.

In order to buy more time, Guan Gao and others chose to send Chen Yu's soldiers who had surrendered and rebelled, and asked Sima Ang to return to the camp immediately to wait for orders. .As a result, during the dispute, Zhao Guo's scouts finally sent news that the young commander was urgently mobilizing troops, and there were signs of sending troops at any time.Sima Yang was shocked when he heard the report, and he didn't dare to hesitate any longer. He pointed his sword at Zhang Ao's camp and shouted, "Go in! Save the general!"

The mutiny of the Zhao army, which had hoped to seize power directly, turned into a fire battle. Sima Ang ordered Chen Yu's confidant Wei Xiu to lead [-] troops out of the camp, and lined up in front of the camp, preparing to resist the upcoming attack by the young commander's army. Leading the army to attack Zhang Aojun's camp, Zhang Aojun fought hard to resist, and the two armies also bearing the flag of Zhao soon fought in full swing.

During this period, Guan Gao and others also sent envoys to contact the generals of the Zhao army, announcing Chen Yu's crime of treason and self-reliance, asking the generals of the Zhao army to obey Zhang Ao's orders instead, and also asking them to send troops to attack Sima Ang's army.It's a pity that doing so didn't have any effect. They were extremely flustered and received different orders one after another. The generals of the Zhao army were at a loss and chose to wait and see. None of the troops stood up to help Zhang Ao. On the contrary As a result, Zhao's army was even more confused and its morale was seriously frustrated.

Fortunately for Sima Ang, Zhang Ao and others did not send someone to contact Xiang Kang until the last moment. The Young Marshal’s army was seriously insufficiently prepared for Zhao Jun’s chaos. Even after Zhang Ao’s messenger sent the news to Hangu Pass, Xiang Kang immediately ordered the assembly of the army to prepare for the battle, but he had to beware that Zhao's army was trying to lure snakes out of the hole, pretending to be civil strife to lure the young generals to send troops for a decisive battle, and it took time to investigate the specific situation.Therefore, within a certain period of time, Sima Ang didn't have to worry about the large-scale killing of the young commander, and could concentrate on dealing with the weaker Zhang Ao's troops.

Sima Ang, the fierce general of the Zhao army, successfully seized this opportunity. His army was originally stronger in combat effectiveness, and the Zhang Aojun camp built in the Zhao army camp was not protected by solid fortifications. After Guguan left the city, Sima Ang's army successfully broke through the defense line of Zhang Ao's camp, entered the interior of Zhang Ao's camp, and directly attacked Zhang Ao's command tent.Seeing that the situation was not good, Guan Gao and the others had no choice but to quickly suggest to Zhang Ao to abandon the camp and flee. Zhang Ao reluctantly agreed, and was forced to immediately take the rest of his army, and took Chen Yu and Tian An hostage to abandon the camp and flee.

Originally, Zhang Ao and the others wanted to flee to the west to join the Young Marshal's Army, but Sima Ang and Li Zuoche had expected this a long time ago, and they concentrated their forces to block the road to the west, preventing Zhang Ao's army from breaking through. This conflict was unsuccessful, on the contrary, there were quite a lot of casualties, and they were forced to temporarily change their minds and fled to the east in a mess.And although Liu Laosan's army also mobilized to help Sima Ang from the east, they suffered from too few troops. Even without the commander-in-chief, Qi's army hurriedly sent troops to help, but they still couldn't stop the people who were eager to escape. Zhang Ao's troops, after paying a considerable price, Zhang Ao's army finally found a way out and fled to the east road in a mess.

This is exactly what Liu Laosan wanted. As soon as Zhang Aojun broke through his interception position, Liu Laosan immediately pulled Zhou Chang in front of him, and quickly ordered: "Go and contact Sima Ang, just say hunt him down!" Leave Zhang Ao and rescue Chen Yu to me, let him stay and preside over the overall situation, and prevent Xiang Kang's rebels from taking advantage of the fire!"

"Pei Gong, the situation is too complicated now, and Zhang Ao is the son of Zhang Er, Prime Minister of Zhao Guo. We don't need to offend Zhang Er and his son to death for Chen Yu, right?" Zhou Chang asked with some doubts.

"Are you a pig? Do you think I really want to save Chen Yu?" Liu Laosan yelled and said, "Zhao's army is in such a mess. Unless Xiang Kang is stupid, he won't take advantage of it! If Zhao's army can't stop Xiang Kang bandit army, we must be in bad luck! We can only find excuses to run far away first. If the Zhao army loses, we can run ahead. If the Zhao army holds and stabilizes the situation, we will still be their boss when we come back. Hero! Do you understand?!"

"Pei Gong is wise! Got it!"

Zhou Chang suddenly realized, and hurried to contact Sima Ang, and once again opportunistic for Liu Laosan, he ran away first, but Liu Laosan pointed his sword at Zhang Ao's defeated army who was going away, and shouted: "Run! Run away!" Go out..., oh no, hurry up! Rescue General Zhao!"

(End of this chapter)