Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 323 Open and honest

The envoy of the Western Chu Army came a day earlier than Chen Hui expected. Just the day after Chen Hui met Yingbu, the envoy of the Western Chu Army led thirty entourages to Jiangling and lived in the Linjiang official establishment. in the post house.

According to the rules, after entering the city, the envoys of the Western Chu Army rushed to the gate of the Linjiang Palace to ask for an audience, hoping to meet with Yingbo to submit the letter of credence, but Yingbo knew very well that the envoys of the Western Chu Army must come to force him Those who sent troops to serve as cannon fodder for Xiang Yu asked Linjiang Dazai, who was in charge of internal affairs, to come forward, saying that he was a little unwell and that he would meet the envoys of the Western Chu Army in a few days, and let the envoys sent by Xiang Yu go to the post to rest and wait I summoned myself.

Not a moment later, Dazai returned to Yingbo and reported that he had sent someone to arrange the envoys of the Western Chu Army to the post to rest and wait. Yingbo nodded and thought of Chen Hui's reminder when he left, so he became more thoughtful. , ordered: "Be careful to block the news, and don't let them know that the King of Han also sent envoys to contact us. Also, send more people to secretly keep an eye on the every move of the envoys of Western Chu and his entourage. If there is any abnormal situation, report it to the king immediately."

Facts have proved that Chen Hui's reminder was definitely not in vain. On the second night, Dazai ran to Yingbo and reported, "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the envoy of Western Chu. His entourage is here today. Move around in Jiangling City, inquiring about our contacts with the King of Han's army, as well as the recent mobilization and assembly of our army."

"Xiang Yu, you really can't trust this king!" Ying Bu was furious when he heard that, knowing that the envoy of the Western Chu Army must have secretly instructed Xiang Yu to do this. The Chu army is not good.

"Your Majesty, there is another strange thing." Dazai reported again: "The official of the post office in charge also reported to the minister, saying that the envoy of the Western Chu Army asked him, asking if there is a Zhongjuan named Fuyue with you, Your Majesty. ?” (See Chapter 310 of this book.)
"May I ask if there is a Zhongjuan named Fuyue around me?" Ying Bu was puzzled when he heard this, thinking that there is no such person around me?Strangely, Ying Bu hurriedly asked again: "Then how did our people answer?"

"Because our people don't know the situation, they say he doesn't know either." Dazai replied truthfully, and Yingbu pondered, but he couldn't figure out why the envoy of the Western Chu Army cared about the officials around him, so he could only tell Dazai to continue. Closely monitor every move of the envoys of the Western Chu Army to see what tricks they can play.

In the following two days, there was no new report from the envoys of the Western Chu Army. On the third day, Chen Hui, the envoy of the Han Army, suddenly ran outside Yingbo's palace again, and Yingbo did not make up his mind at all. , and was afraid that the envoys of the Western Chu Army knew that they had contacts with the Han Army, so of course they flatly refused, and ordered their guards to take Chen Hui back to the post house and put him under house arrest, and Chen Hui was not allowed to go out at will.

Yingbu was surprised again. After a while, the Dianke who had refused Chen Hui came to him again, and said tremblingly: "Forgive me, the king, the envoy of the King of Han still refuses to leave, and I must bring you a In a word, he not only has an important event to report to you in person today, but this important event is also related to your life, Your Majesty, so please be sure to meet him. He also said that after the meeting, you have listened to what he said. He is scaremongering, and he is willing to die to apologize."

"Is it related to the king's life?" Yingbo was a little surprised. After a little calculation, Yingbo made up his mind and said to himself: "Let's meet again. If the envoy of the Han bandits really came to scare me and threaten me, I just made up my mind. Send troops to help the King of Western Chu."

It was only after this decision was made that Yingbo gave the order to agree to the summoning, and after a while, Chen Hui was led to Yingbo again, and bowed his hands to Yingbo as soon as they met, with an extremely sincere tone He said: "Chen Hui, the sinner, came here to ask Linjiang King to die."

"What do you mean by this, sir? Why did you ask the king to die as soon as we met?" Ying Bu asked in surprise.

"Because the sinner deceived the king, he did not tell the king the truth before." Chen Hui replied with a bow, and then said: "My lord, I think you should know by now, right? After the envoy of the king of Western Chu arrived in Jiangling, he immediately sent his Follower, inquire about your secret contact with our Han army. It is clear that you no longer trust your king. Sinners dare not continue to lie to your king. In fact, all these things are caused by our Han army. We arranged a divorce. It made the King of Western Chu suspicious of you, and that's why what happened now."

"Is it because of the alienation plan you arranged? How did you arrange the alienation plan?" Yingbo asked in shock.

Chen Hui did not continue to conceal Yingbo, and told Yingbo the details of the incident very frankly, admitting that the decision-making level of the Han army sent someone to pretend to be Yingbo's envoy to the Han army, deliberately attracting Xiang Yu's attention, Xiang Yu sent When the people pretended to negotiate and went to the camp of the Han army to inquire about the news, the false envoy claimed that Yingbu had abandoned Chu and returned to the Han army, and turned to the Han army. Therefore, the envoys of the Western Chu army went around to inquire about the news after they arrived in Jiangling to find out the truth of the matter.

Needless to say, after learning the truth of the matter, Yingbo was of course so angry that he yelled out loud. Before Chen Hui could continue to plead guilty, Yingbo kicked him in the chest and kicked him directly. With all four feet in the air, he roared, "Come on, take this bastard down!"

The guards on the left and right sang promises, and immediately stepped forward to arrest Chen Hui. Chen Hui, who had already made up his mind to die, did not struggle, but said loudly: "Your Majesty, please listen to the criminals, it is indeed wrong for our Han army to plot against you! But have you ever considered a question, my lord? If King Xichu really trusts you, how could he fall into our trap? And why would he ask his envoys to scout around for news, lest you suddenly stab him in the back?! "

"It's not the fault of you Han dogs!" Ying Bu growled.

"We didn't deny that we framed you, Your Majesty?" Chen Hui quickly said, "How can a sinner confess now, not only telling you the truth, but also coming to you to ask for death, isn't it the extreme level of openness? On the contrary, how did the envoys of Western Chu treat you, Your Majesty? Why haven't you come to you to explain the truth to you until now? , ready to suddenly stab them in the back anytime?"

"My lord Mingjian, does it mean that the king of Xichu treats you like this? Doesn't it mean that he has never trusted you? He is always on guard against your lord betraying him? The king of Xichu is so suspicious of you, lord, how dare you rest assured? Would you entrust your life and army to him, and send troops to help him attack our Han army?"

Yingbo was stunned, and only then did he realize that the Western Chu army was asking around for the truth about the secret collusion between him and the Han army. Although it was only a normal reaction, it also meant that Xiang Yu had never trusted him, and was always guarding against himself suddenly behind his back. Stab him—since Xiang Yu doubted him to this extent, if he still sent troops to help him and obeyed his orders, wouldn't he send his head to Xiang Yu's knife, so that he could chop it off whenever he wanted?
Seeing that his words had already moved Yingbu, Chen Hui hurriedly said: "Also, my lord, the sinner also got an important news. This time, the envoy of the Western Chu Army only brought [-] entourages to the south, but he went south to Yingbo. When he was in Sichuan, the King of Western Chu sent another ten followers to catch up with him and went south with him! For no reason, why did the King of Western Chu send him more followers? These ten followers went south with the envoys of Western Chu, and What exactly are you going to do?"

"What are you going to do?" Yingbu asked subconsciously.

"My lord, you should have heard the story of Jing Ke and Zhu Hai, right?"

With just one sentence, Chen Hui completely changed Yingbo's face. After a little calculation, Yingbo immediately shouted an order and sent someone to the post to inquire carefully about the news, to find out if there were any entourages of the Western Chu army envoy There are ten followers who are envoys who joined later?The guard sang his promise and left, Chen Hui took the opportunity to say: "My lord, now you should know who the king of Xichu is, right? Not only has he never trusted you, but he has made up his mind a long time ago. As long as he finds that you have a little Go against the law and take off your head immediately! Such a person, do you dare to continue to entrust your life to him? You have fought for him, and you have been born and died for so many years, in exchange for such an end, are you willing to do so? ?”

Ying Bu's face was livid, he gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, and after a while he told the guards: "Put him down and lock him up in the palace for the time being, and release him when the king makes up his mind. For today's matter, put him under the ban." No one is allowed to disclose a word of the password to the outside world.”

Chen Hui's own life was at stake, so Chen Hui certainly didn't dare to lie to Yingbo. In the afternoon, the guards who went to inquire about the news came back to report and confirmed that Chen Hui's report was true. One of the entourages was the envoys of the Western Chu Army who joined later—of course, all of them are heroic and extraordinary, with thick shoulders and round waists. One can tell that they are carefully selected warriors in the army.

After confirming this situation, although Yingbo was very angry, he still didn't make up his mind immediately. After repeated thinking, Yingbo also summoned the envoy of the Western Chu Army in the evening of the same day to understand Xiang Yu's attitude towards wooing him.However, what made Yingbo angry was that after the meeting, the envoy of the Western Chu Army not only still did not explain the truth to him, but instead kept urging him to send troops northward and directly join the battlefield in Sanchuan County.At the same time, what made Yingbo sneer was that the envoys of the Western Chu Army on behalf of Xiang Yu offered only the two remote mountainous areas of Bajun and Shujun.

Thinking of the previous love, Yingbo gave Xiang Yu one last chance, and asked tentatively: "Why does the king of Western Chu want me to send troops to Sanchuan? If I send troops to fight against the Han rebels, it is more convenient to go directly to Bashu from Nanjun." Huh? Also, if the traitors are wiped out, what will the King of West Chu of Hanzhong County do with it?"

"Your Majesty, it is our Western Chu king's decision to take which route to attack the Han rebels. Foreign ministers have no right to ask questions. We can only ask Your Majesty to follow orders." The envoy of the Western Chu Army replied very arrogantly, adding: " As for the ownership of Hanzhong County, it can only be determined by our West Chu Wang Gangang, and the foreign ministers dare not ask."

After all, the envoy of the Western Chu Army added, "But the envoy thinks, Your Majesty, you should also think about your allies. The King of Nanyang is also a volunteer to fight against the Han thieves. Of course, our King of Western Chu will not let him go in vain." Hard work, geographically speaking, Hanzhong County should belong to Nanyang King."

Yingbo's face became gloomy, and he said after a long while: "Sir, go back to the post to rest, and I will discuss it with the ministers, and I will give you a satisfactory answer as soon as possible."

The envoy of the Western Chu Army agreed, and followed the guards with a bit of arrogance and left. Ying Bu pondered for a long time with a sullen face, and suddenly ordered: "Invite the envoy of the King of Han."

Chen Hui is a smart man, just now when the guard invited him back to Yingbo in a polite manner, Chen Hui guessed that Yingbo must have found out the correct information, so when he saw Yingbo, Chen Hui immediately became respectful Saluted, and said sincerely: "My lord, I think you should know that the foreign ministers have not lied to you. The foreign ministers lied to the king first, and dare not force the king to listen to the persuasion of the foreign ministers. If the king must continue to attack Han from Chu, the foreign ministers I dare not object, and I am willing to let the king immediately push the foreign ministers out of the palace and behead them, and use the heads of the foreign ministers to prove the king's determination to attack Han from Chu."

The answer to Chen Hui was Yingbo's long silence, or did Yingbo suddenly say after a long time, "Come here..."

No one wants to die, even though Chen Hui has already made up his mind to die, at this critical moment of deciding whether his head will fall, Chen Hui still raises his heart to his throat, but fortunately, Yingbo will continue The words are, "Set up a seat for the envoy of the King of Han."

After taking a long breath of relief, he put his heart back into his stomach again. Chen Hui first thanked Yingbo for giving him a seat, and then immediately said: "Your Majesty, at this point, you must make up your mind, King Xichu I ordered you to send troops to the north to attack our Han army. If you do not obey the order, it is a betrayal. The King of Western Chu will never let you go! If you obey the order and lead the army to the front line, the King of Western Chu will definitely force you and your army to charge forward. Use your hand to weaken our Han army, and use our Han army's hand to get rid of you! Sending troops is death, not sending troops is also death. In this case, why don't you immediately make up your mind to abandon Chu and return to Han, and help us crusade against the West? Chu army?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the King of Han will never ask you to fight head-on with the main force of the Western Chu bandit army. We only need you to invade Nanyang and help us cut off Liu Ji, the henchman of the Western Chu bandit army, and become king! As for the reward, my envoy Now I can promise you on behalf of the King of Han that in addition to enfeoffing Nanyang County to you, I will also entrust you with the land of Yingchuan, which has no owner at present, so that you can set your capital in the Central Plains, and you don’t have to live in this misty land of Nanjun anymore. !"

After speaking quickly, Chen Hui cupped his hands again and said, "My lord, no one knows the reputation of our King of Han better than you. Back then, the King of Han handed over the foundation of Huaisi that we laid down with our own hands. Your lord, you are both the party involved and have witnessed it with your own eyes! The King of Han attaches great importance to morality and reputation, so why do you have to worry about it, Your Majesty?"

The stupid things Xiang Kang did at the beginning played a crucial role at this moment. Considering Xiang Kang's reputation and the price he offered himself, Ying Bu suddenly slapped the case in front of him heavily and shouted: "Come on, Immediately go to the post, take down all the envoys of Western Chu and his entourage, and behead them immediately!"

Yingbo’s order not only cost the heads of 31 envoys from Western Chu, but also the lives of many Yingbo soldiers. They have been quietly guarding against Yingbo. Responding to armed resistance, he also tried to escape from Jiangling City and report back.What made Yingbo even more angry was that afterwards, his guards found an edict bearing Xiang Yu's seal from the luggage of the Western Chu envoys—an edict for Li Ting, an important general of the Yingbo army, to take over as the king of Linjiang. !

Without hesitation, he ordered the execution of Li Ting who had secretly colluded with the Western Chu Army, and Yingbo shouted again with red eyes: "Xiang Yu, since you are not benevolent, don't blame Yingbo for being unrighteous! Send troops immediately and go north to attack Nanyang Commandery, attack Liu Ji, the henchman of the Western Chu bandit army!"

　My back hurts like it's broken, and I'm sweating from the pain...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)