Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 295 Protecting Friends
After discovering that he had been tricked, Xiang Kang, who was so frightened and angry, almost opened his mouth subconsciously, wanting to order the guards to take down Xiao Ying, the personal soldier sent by Feng Zhong, but when the words came to his mouth, Xiang Kang suddenly calmed down, He changed his mind and asked about the date Xiao Ying set off from Pengcheng, what route he took, and Feng Zhong's recent situation, with a suspicious look on his face.In addition, Xiang Kang handed Feng Zhong's letter to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping to read together.

Xiao Ying's answer was obviously well-prepared, the date and route and the route of sending the letter were all reasonable and without any flaws. As for Feng Zhong's recent situation, Xiao Ying, who was indeed Feng Zhong's personal soldier, answered even more fluently, even Feng Zhong The details of his two sons and one daughter who like to call Xiang Kang Jishu directly are not missed.Xiang Kang nodded after hearing this, and said casually: "You have worked hard, go down to rest and receive the reward. After the king has made a decision, he will decide whether to let you go back to deliver the letter."

After saying that, Xiang Kang not only asked his guards to lead Xiao Ying down to rest, but also gave Xiao Ying a reward of [-]. Xiao Ying was overjoyed, and thanked Xiang Kang again and again, and then left under the guidance of Xiang Kang's guards leave.As a result, as soon as Xiao Ying walked away, the smile on Xiang Kang's face disappeared immediately, and he asked Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, "What do you think?"

"General Feng Zhong was forced to write this letter." Chen Ping replied immediately: "Let's not talk about the brotherhood between him and you, the king, just relying on him to secretly report to us that the King of Western Chu was shot by an arrow. There is absolutely no need to say anything that should never be doubted. He deliberately added this sentence, obviously to remind us that he was forced to write this letter, and this letter was not his original intention at all, but was forced by others Written!"

"The flaw is not limited to this point." Zhang Liang also said: "General Feng also deliberately mentioned the old relationship between you and him, the king, claiming that he had an unsatisfactory life under the king of Xichu. It has been proved by practical actions that his real position is to stand on your side, and there is no need to add to the snake and mention these things. In addition, he deliberately did not send the letter to the subordinates you are familiar with, which is also implying that there is something wrong with the letter. "

"Hehe, I haven't seen you for a few years. Brother Feng has also grown a lot. He is far more thoughtful about things than before."

Xiang Kang smiled, but there was no joy in his voice, and then said: "It seems that we were careless again this time, and fell into other people's tricks again. Pengcheng is definitely a trap. If we continue to march into Pengcheng, we will definitely fall into it." My brother's trap."

After reaching this conclusion, Xiang Kang frowned again and said, "However, this matter is also a bit strange. My elder brother asked Brother Feng, who was in Pengcheng, to pretend to surrender and lure us to attack Pengcheng. The purpose is nothing more than two. One is to lure us into his ambush circle in Pengcheng, and the other is to divert the tiger away from the mountain, lure us out of the Sanchuan Aocang battlefield, and create an opportunity for him to attack Sanchuan Aocang."

"However, Pengcheng and Aocang are thousands of miles away, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. How can he guarantee that Brother Feng can lure the enemy? He is not afraid of any sudden changes in the Central Plains battlefield during the period of the false surrender messenger. I can't get away. Let him give up all his previous efforts?"

Reminded by Xiang Kang, Chen Ping also suddenly remembered an important question, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you don't think about this, I really forgot a big event. Didn't your Majesty find out? Is this too coincidental? We As soon as Suiyang was captured, General Feng's personal soldiers immediately sent a letter of false surrender, luring us to enter Pengcheng more confidently and boldly, this coincidence is almost as if it was arranged in advance?"

Xiang Kang also suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "That's right, it was too much of a coincidence. We had just won Suiyang, and the letter of surrender that Brother Feng was forced to write was sent to us right away. Coincidentally, this is probably arranged by our enemy in advance, leading us to Pengcheng step by step!"

Zhang Liang was terrified when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, if this was really arranged by the enemy in advance, doesn't it mean that our big victory in Suiyang might have been deliberately lost by the enemy? Lead the Suiyang garrison Wan Nan who surrendered to us, it is very likely that the King of Western Chu arranged for a fraudulent surrender, and used bitter tricks to deceive our trust. Stab us in the back at a critical moment?"

They are all top experts in deceitful deception. After listening to Zhang Liang's analysis, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping's expressions changed drastically, and they quickly calculated the possibility of this matter carefully, and then it was natural that Xiang Kang and Chen Ping were very happy. Soon, I discovered several doubts that I had accidentally ignored before—why did it happen that Huan Chu found out that Wan Zhe was going to defect to the enemy?Then why did Huanchu retreat so resolutely? The Han army had just reached the gate of the Suiyang garrison's camp, and the Huanchu army who was besieging the Suiyang garrison's central army did not make any struggle and immediately fled from the camp to the east?Also, after Wan Nan led his army to surrender, why did he encourage the main force of the Han army to immediately enter Pengcheng?
After discovering these doubts, Chen Ping was the first to say: "My lord, there may be something really wrong with this Wan Yu, maybe he is really trying to gain our trust by tricks, we have to guard against him."

Xiang Kang continued to calculate, and quickly said: "Just being on guard is not enough. I was careless and let him continue to lead the army as soon as he surrendered. If he doesn't solve this problem as soon as possible, there will be endless troubles. We must find a way to find out what he really is. Surrender or false surrender, if he really surrendered, I can rest assured that he will continue to lead the army. If he really surrendered falsely, we will conveniently plant the accusation of leaking the news on his head, so as to protect Brother Feng and let him continue to lead the army. It will be of even greater help to us at critical moments in the future.”

After saying that, Xiang Kang hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, there is still a little time now, so hurry up and deduce how Wan Zhe and Huan Chu performed a bitter trick to deceive us, and see if there is any loophole in the middle that we can take advantage of. Find a way to get him to take the initiative to confess the truth."

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After everything was settled, when it was almost evening, Xiang Kang sent someone to announce the former young commander-in-chief Wan Nan, and asked him to have dinner with him with a smile. Wan Nan was flattered and quickly expressed that he and Xiang Kang's status is very different, and he is not qualified to have dinner with Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang waved his hand with a smile and said, "What is your status? You don't know what kind of temper this king has? When we were still under the banner of the Young Commander, Didn't I eat with a horse spoon that time? Hurry up, I haven't seen you for several years, and I want to have a few drinks with you today."

Wan Nan had no choice but to quickly thank Xiang Kang again, and then sat down at the table. Zhang Liang and Chen Ping also sat next to Xiang Kang, and had dinner with Xiang Kang.Then Xiang Kang naturally asked about various changes in Wan Nan's situation after leaving the Young Marshal's Army, and the current situation of the Xiang family's children. Wan Nan answered as truthfully as possible, and kept flattering and complimenting Xiang Kang, saying What Xiang Kang really is that Jinlin is originally a thing in the pool, just surrendered the Huaisi foundation laid by himself, and not long after, he created a bigger world in Guanzhong.Xiang Kang laughed loudly, waved his hands and said, "General Wan has said it before, this king was able to successfully take the land of Guanzhong, Bashu, all because of the dedication of the three armies and the concerted efforts of the soldiers, so can it be said that it is the work of this king alone?"

Wan Nan hurriedly continued to compliment, Xiang Kang waved his hand to express his disobedience, first he asked the guard to fill Wan Nan with another glass of wine, and then filled himself with a glass of wine, and then raised the glass, Wan Nan knew that Xiang Kang was Ready to have a drink with him, he hurriedly cupped the wine bar in front of him with both hands, but Xiang Kang suddenly said: "By the way, General Wan, what happened yesterday? You summoned all the generals to prepare for a mutiny, why did you suddenly leak the news? Let Huan Chu get ready? Have you found out the specific reason?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, the general is incompetent, and the reason for the leak has not been found yet." Wan Nan pleaded guilty, and hurriedly said: "But don't worry, the king, the general will find out the reason as soon as possible, and bring out the spies who leaked the news." Crushed corpse."

"Really?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Wan Nan was a little dumbfounded, before replying after a while: "Of course it is true."

"That's not right." Xiang Kang suddenly protracted his voice, looked into Wan Nan's eyes and said, "But why did I hear someone say that this matter was discussed with Huan Chu, General Wan, in advance, and I will act for this king?" Look, so Huan Chupifu has made preparations in advance?"

With a bang, the bronze wine bar in Wan Nan's hand fell by mistake and fell on the table in front of him. At the same time, Wan Nan's face was a little pale, and it took him a long time to force a smile, and said to Xiang Kang: "My lord! Are you joking? Who would say such a thing?"

"A soldier of Mr. Huanchu." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "He had a soldier who was greedy for the king's reward and escaped from Mr. Huanchu's army in chaos. He quietly returned to Suiyang to inform the king, saying that yesterday What happened at night was entirely a bitter plan that you and Huan Chupifu discussed, General Wan, and performed a play for this king, deliberately sacrificing some of your soldiers, so that you can deceive me into trusting you. General Wan, you Is that so?"

Wan Nan jumped up, but the Xiang Kang guards behind him were already prepared and immediately stepped forward to hold him down. At the same time, the other Xiang Kang guards also immediately showed their weapons and stepped forward to protect Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. .Seeing that Xiang Kang was already prepared, Wan Nan gave up the thought of doing something, and hurriedly plopped down on his knees, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you are wronged! You must not listen to other people's one-sided words! You will be wronged in the end." what!"

"Huan Chu's soldiers have no grudges against you in the past, and they have no grudges in recent days. Why should they risk their beheading to wrong you?" Xiang Kang asked with a sneer.

"This is a trick! This is Mr. Huan Chu's trick!" As expected of the character who almost cheated Xiang Kang, Wan Zhe thought very quickly, and immediately kowtowed his head to argue: "My lord, it must be Mrs. Huan Chu who hates Mo very much." The general abandoned the dark and turned to the bright. In order to frame the last general, he borrowed the hand of the king to get rid of the last general, so he deliberately sent someone to pretend to surrender, and wanted to put the last general to death. Your majesty is a wise and powerful man, please be careful, and never listen to the Western Chu bandit army Elaborate one-sided words!"

"Of course I won't listen to one-sided words." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "But there is no way. After I sent someone to investigate carefully, I found another relevant evidence. I can't help but not believe it."

"Your Majesty, have you found evidence?" Wan Nan's face changed again, and he blurted out, "What evidence?"

"Do you really want to see the coffin and not cry?" Xiang Kangyi sneered, and said: "You tell the truth now, this king can still spare you from death, but if you are still obsessed with your obsession, then this king has the heart to forgive you, and he will not forgive you." You made sense."

Wan Nan hesitated a little, but Xiang Kang immediately said, "Come on, push that car in!"

Chang Nuo, the guard outside the tent, quickly pushed in a grain cart full of goods. Chen Ping got up and walked to the grain cart, took a package and opened it, revealing a large bag full of rice balls made of white rice. Said: "General Wan, when our soldiers were chasing Huanchupifu's defeated soldiers, they seized several such grain trucks on the road. In such a hurry, how could there be enough time to make so much dry food and carry it out of the camp, so that his defeated soldiers would not be hungry on the way?"

"this……."

Wan Nan was so dumbfounded, he just kept yelling at Huan Chu for cheating, leaving obvious clues for the Han army to see the flaws.Xiang Kang looked at his words and shouted again: "Aren't you telling the truth? You sent someone to send a letter to ask for your surrender. Is it a fraudulent surrender plan arranged by the King of Western Chu?!"

Wan Nan hesitated even more, and Chen Ping persuaded him with good intentions: "General Wan, hurry up, as long as you confess your accomplice, our king will definitely not kill you. Otherwise, you will be killed, and your Those accomplices will never shed a single tear for you."

"Your Majesty, I... have been wronged."

Wan Nan still wanted to struggle to the death, but Zhang Liang encouraged him beside him: "Your Majesty, the situation is critical, and we will return to Sanchuan tomorrow. Anyway, the evidence is solid, it is better to behead Wan Nan, who is the most harmful person, and wait until we return to the army." When we arrive in Sanchuan County, it will not be too late to investigate his accomplices slowly."

Xiang Kang nodded when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Come here, push this man who dares to tease the king and kill him!"

Although there is no real evidence in hand, for the sake of caution, Xiang Kang really intends to use false evidence to kill the unreliable Wan Nan first. Traitors with military power are no joke.The result was okay, the guards in the tent had just stepped forward to set up Wan Nan and walked out, Wan Nan lost all courage, and hurriedly struggled and shouted: "My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life! Sins will be committed, and sins will be committed against everything!" !"

Xiang Kang breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly ordered Wan Nan to be brought back in front of him, and ordered him to tell the truth, but Wan Nan was completely intimidated by Xiang Kang, and immediately explained the matter in detail and admitted it truthfully Knowing that he had obeyed Xiang Yu's secret order to feign surrender to Xiang Kang, and joined forces with Huan Chu to stage a bitter trick to deceive Xiang Kang's trust, took the opportunity to encourage Xiang Kang to enter Pengcheng, and even confessed several of his accomplices.Then Wan Nan had to kowtow again and again, desperately begging Xiang Kangnian to spare him for the sake of his young commander and old man.

Xiang Kang was indeed soft-hearted, moved by Wan Shu's tearful pleading, Xiang Kang sighed, and said: "For the sake of past affection, this king can spare you, but you have to do something for this king first." thing."

"Please order, Your Majesty, the crime will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate!" Wan Nan hurriedly kowtowed.

"I don't want you to go through fire and water." Xiang Kang said with a sneer: "My king, as long as you confess in public, saying that you really want to surrender to this king, and secretly confessed all the facts to this king, and then write a letter to my elder brother Xi. Overlord of Chu, laughing at him for being so blind, he actually used you, an old man in the young commander who really wanted to surrender to me, to trick you into surrendering, and then this king can save your life and give you some rewards as appropriate."

Hearing that Xiang Kang's condition was so simple, Wan Nan agreed, and immediately wrote a letter at Xiang Kang's request, laughing at Xiang Yu's blindness, and using himself, a young marshal who had long wanted to surrender to Xiang Kang, as his own. The old man in the army cheated and gave himself the opportunity to lead the army to surrender to Xiang Kang and sacrifice the important town of Suiyang, and then signed his name at Xiang Kang's request.

The next thing is very simple. After quickly taking down several of Wan Nan's accomplices, Xiang Kang first summoned the generals of the Han army and announced in public that although Wan Nan was ordered to feign surrender, he couldn't bear the torment of his conscience, and saw that he was treating him. He was indeed not thin, so he betrayed all his accomplices again, and executed all of Wan Nan's accomplices in public.Then he forgave Wan Nan's crimes in public, changed him to Shaofu Cheng, took away his military power and transferred him back to Guanzhong to serve - and by the way asked Zhou Zeng and Chao Zhi who stayed behind in Guanzhong to kill him secretly.

Then, Xiang Kang ordered someone to bring Xiao Ying, Feng Zhong's letter-delivering soldier, to the front, scolded him for helping Feng Zhongyu deceive himself, shaved off his beard and hair, tattooed his face, and cut off one of his bones. Ear, asked him to bring a letter of breaking up with Feng Zhong back to Feng Zhong, scolding Feng Zhong in the letter for his injustice, betraying his friends, helping Xiang Yu to deceive himself in order to covet glory and wealth, and threatening to kill Feng Zhong in the future. The hatred in Xue's own heart.There is also the mocking letter written by Wan Nan to Xiang Yu, of course Xiang Kang asked Xiao Ying to take it to the Western Chu army.

"Brother Feng, I can only protect you so far. Take care of yourself. I will come back to pick you up when the time is right." This is Xiang Kang's true heart.

After saying this, even though it was still uncertain whether Xiang Yu was luring the enemy to go deep or diverting the tiger away from the mountain, for safety reasons, Xiang Kang led the main force of the Han army back to Sanchuan early the next morning, and rushed back to Aobei day and night. Warehouse just in case.In addition, Xiang Kang also said to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping: "It seems that we all have to be careful in the future. Not only has my elder brother completely learned badly, but he also has an expert to help him make suggestions, and he can formulate a plan that can fool us all." The strategy to lure the enemy has calculated our minds in everything. We cannot have such luck every time, and if we are negligent, we may have to suffer such losses."

Chen Ping and Zhang Liang nodded in agreement together, and said together in their hearts: "The king of Xichu didn't learn from you. With your treacherous cousin who likes cheating and abducting all day long, can the king of Xichu not learn from you?"

(End of this chapter)