Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 348 The most poisonous woman's heart
"Mr. Qiliji, Mr. Qiliji, I have heard Mr. Cao Jiu's name for a long time, and it's like thunder. I only regret that I can't see Fubo. I really didn't expect that Mr. can come to Jiu's barracks in person today. I have no regrets in this life."

Out of respect for the well-known Shangshan Sihao among the scholars, Cao Jiu not only came to meet Wu Shi in front of the camp of the Western Chu Army in person, but also bowed to Wu Shi as soon as they met, and bowed to the ground. He did not put on airs as the temporary coach of the Western Chu Army. Although Kuai Che, who came with him, strongly disapproved of contacting the Han army, but out of courtesy and respect for Shangshan Sihao's outstanding reputation, Kuai Che still obediently went up. He bowed before him and reported his name and official position to Wu Shi.

Even if the host is so polite, Wu Shi, as a guest, will certainly not lose his manners. In addition to smiling back at Cao Jiu's courtesy, he also asked Kuai Che curiously: "Doctor Kuai, your honorable name is Kuai Che, so you must Is that the Zhao Digao who spoke for the king of Zhao's military ministers to surrender more than [-] cities in Yanzhao?"

"It's true, but I dare not be a master." Kuai Che replied with a polite smile: "Compared with the famous Mr. Shangshan Sihao Qili Ji, I can't even be regarded as a junior."

"Doctor Kuai is modest." Wu Shi said with a more polite smile: "When I was living in seclusion in Shangshan, when I talked with Dong Yuangong and Mr. Luli about the wise men in the world, Dongyuan Gong and Mr. Luli were right. Doctor Kuai, you have a lot of praise, just like the old man, everyone thinks that among the wise men in the world, there are only a few who can reach the level of you, Doctor Kuai."

Kuai Che is not a person who is easily moved by good words. Even though Wu Shi's words are quite sincere and not intended to please, Kuai Che is still smiling and modest. He is not at all excited because the famous Shangshan Sihao thinks so highly of him. On the contrary Yes, but Cao Jiu next to him looked a little displeased. He obviously disdained Wu Shi's praise of Kuai Che in detail. Che Duo added a few compliments, taking the opportunity to observe Cao Jiu's reaction.

After being courteous for a while, Cao Jiu respectfully invited Wu Shi into the camp to talk, Wu Shi was not polite, thanked him, and followed Cao Jiu and Kuai Che into the camp, and the entourage disguised as Han soldiers hurriedly followed. In the end, because Cao Jiu didn't speak, the Western Chu soldiers didn't dare to stop them. They just watched Wu Shi's entourage enter the camp according to the rules, took them to the guest tent to rest, and gave the Han army secret agents a chance to spy on Western Chu. The opportunity of the internal situation of the army camp.

On Wu Shi's side, after Cao Jiu entered the Chinese army tent and took his seat, Cao Jiu just asked Wu Shi's intention to come. Taking Xiang Kang's order, he came to persuade Cao Jiu to take the initiative to lead the Western Chu army to surrender to the Han army, and promised to enfeoff Qihou and five counties in Xiang Kang's place.But Cao Jiu didn't even answer the letter, and immediately waved his hands and said, "Mr. Qiliji, it seems that this time I can only let you go for nothing. The king of Xichu's kindness is as great as a mountain, and I will be smashed to pieces. It’s hard to repay in case. So don’t say that the king of Han is enfeoffed as Qihou, even if he is enshrined as king, I will never have any ambiguity towards the king of Western Chu.”

"I won't run in vain." Wu Shi said with a smile: "Cao Sima, in fact, we Han King have known very well that you, Da Sima, will not accept our persuasion to surrender no matter what. , so this letter of persuasion is just a cover, Cao Sima, if you don’t read a word, we Hanwang will not take it to heart. The Hanwang sent the old man here, in fact, he wanted the old man to send a sentence to Da Sima for the Hanwang. "

"What did the King of Han ask Mr. Qiliji to tell me?" Cao Jiu asked curiously.

"This is the original words of our King of Han." Wu Shi replied: "The King of Han said, although Cao Sima is his enemy now, he has never dared to forget Cao Sima's love for our Han King's uncle, Wu Xin Jun Xiang Liang Gong. Kindness, Duke Xiang Liang has a great kindness to our King of Han, so no matter when or what happens, Cao Sima, as long as you change your mind and go to our King of Han, our King of Han will definitely welcome you backwards, and still treat Cao Sima You respect it as an elder."

Cao Jiu laughed, and he was quite relieved, and he really believed that Xiang Kang would do this, no matter what happened and under what circumstances, he just had to change his course and go to Xiang Kang, remembering that he had saved Xiang Liang back then. For his sake, Xiang Kang will definitely not treat himself badly.

After laughing, Cao Jiu bowed his hands to Wu Shi again and said, "Thank you Mr. Qiliji for bringing the message from the King of Han, and please also ask Mr. Qiliji to bring a message to the King of Han, saying that Cao Jiu appreciates his kindness, but Cao Jiu He is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Since he has chosen to follow the king of Western Chu, he will never vote for the second master in this life. Therefore, when the two armies are on the battlefield in the future, the King of Han does not have to show mercy to Cao Jiu. Correspondingly, Cao Jiu And he will never miss the old friendship, and show mercy to the King of Han."

"Wealth can't be tempted, Juelu can't change one's will, Cao Sima is really a man!" Wu Shi is actually good at flattering sometimes, first he complimented Cao Jiu a few words, then patted his leg and said: "Okay, please rest assured Cao Sima, this old man will definitely Bring your original words here! If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely invite Cao Sima to have a few drinks together, in order to respect Cao Sima's ambition!"

"You don't have to wait for the future." Cao Jiu said with a smile, "Mr. Qiliji condescends to come here. Is there any reason for the younger generation not to entertain with wine? Come and serve the best wine and best dishes. This handsome man will personally serve you." Clean up Mr. Qi Liji."

What Wu Shi was waiting for was Cao Jiu's words. He pretended to decline and accepted Cao Jiu's kindness, and the guards in the tent hurried down to prepare the room. Xiao Yu, it's just you and me drinking with Dr. Kuai, it's lonely, if Cao Sima doesn't mind, can you invite the heroes under his command to have a drink together, and let the old man see the heroism and magnificence of the Western Chu people by the way."

"No problem at all."

Cao Jiu readily agreed, and was about to send someone to pass the order, when Kuai Che who was beside him immediately stopped him and said, "Great Sima, don't you need it? Xiang Kang's army is only a day or two away from Puyang. Delay business."

Wu Shi glanced at Kuai Che, knowing in his heart that Kuai Che must have doubted the purpose of his request to meet the important civil and military officials of the Western Chu Army, but Cao Jiu didn't listen to Kuai Che's dissuasion at all, and said, "What are you afraid of? In Xingyang, we met with Xiang Kang's army is close at hand, why not drink as usual, not to mention that Xiang Kang's army is still more than a day away from Puyang?"

Kuai Che persuaded him again, but Cao Jiu still refused to listen, insisting on ordering Gong Ao, Xiang Han and Huan Chu to accompany Wu Shi for a drink. "Okay, although this Kuai Che is difficult to deal with, Cao Jiu obviously doesn't care about him. This is definitely good news for us."

In no time, Gong Ao, Zhong Gong, Huan Chu and other major generals of the Western Chu Army were invited to the tent. After learning of Wu Shi's identity and purpose, although Gong Ao and others were full of hostility towards Wu Shi, they looked at Wu Shi. In view of Shangshan Sihao's illustrious reputation, Gong Ao and others greeted each other very politely with Wu Shi. Xiang Han also inquired about Xiang Kang's recent situation with great concern. Wu Shi also took the opportunity to discover Xi Regarding the internal situation of the Chu army, knowing that the generals Xiang Yu left to help Cao Jiu were almost all diehard members of the Western Chu army, it was very difficult to recruit or buy.

After drinking with the civil and military officers of the Western Chu army in a calm manner, Wu Shi remembered another important matter, and simply asked Cao Jiu directly: "Dare to ask Cao Sima, who knows that the famous former Zhao Guoguang Wu Jun Li?" Zuo Che, is he in your army? Can you also invite him to meet the old man?"

"Yes, both he and the King of Henan are in our army." Cao Jiu's answer made Kuai Che's expression change, and he ordered casually, "Come here, quickly invite the King of Henan and Lord Guangwu to drink."

"You might as well invite this Mr. Qiliji into your bedroom and let him look through your military documents at will!"

Kuai Che roared in his heart, but the guards in the tent obeyed the order, and soon invited Sima Ang and Li Zuoche, who had been parasitic in the Western Chu army for a long time, to the central army's tent, and let them fight with Wu Shi. Sit down and drink together, and needless to say, Sima Ang, whose land and city had been snatched away by Xiang Kang, naturally didn't look good towards Wu Shi. To test the military situation of the Han army, it is a pity that the four old men in Shangshan are all from the Guiguzi sect, and they are all good at strategies. Naturally, Li Zuoche did not get anything useful from Wu Shi.

The matter was almost over, after drinking and eating, out of courtesy, Cao Jiu wanted to keep Wu Shi in the camp of the Western Chu army for a night, but this time not only Kuai Che refused, but even Gong Ao and others waited for Xi Chu. The generals of the Chu army quit, and they all insisted that Cao Jiu send Wu Shi away immediately under the pretext of being worried about Xiang Kang. Wu Shi also knew that the Western Chu army had doubts about him, so he stopped and thanked him. With Cao Jiu's kind intentions, he bid farewell and left the Western Chu army camp.

After being sent out of the Western Chu army camp by Cao Jiu himself, Wu Shi had just left with a group of followers, and Wu Shi couldn't wait to ask the Han army who was disguised as a follower, "Did you find anything useful?"

"Reporting to Shangqing, I found a few things that may be useful to our King of Han." The captain of the entourage replied: "First, there are many new recruits in the Western Chu bandit army, and many of them obviously have not been to the battlefield a few times, but The discipline in the battalion is not bad, and it should be strictly controlled. Second, the defenders next to the Xichu bandit camp are equipped with significantly more bows and arrows than crossbows. If this is the case, we must be careful when attacking fortifications. The bows and arrows of the thieves were thrown. Thirdly, the Xichu thieves hoarded a lot of wood in the camp. It may be to make temporary weapons for camp defense, or it may be used to light fire and prepare to stand for a long time. In addition, we also stole The barracks of the bandit army in Western Chu were measured and found to be two and a half feet high and eight feet thick."

"Where is the water source?" Wu Shi was most concerned about the problem of water intake for the Western Chu army, and hurriedly asked: "What do the Western Chu bandit army mainly rely on for water? Are there any wells in the camp?"

"The Xichu bandit army keeps a very strict eye on the young ones, and there is no way for the young ones to steal the situation of their wells." The captain of the entourage put off a pass, and said quite proudly: "But the little one thought of a way to let The brothers deliberately used all the water to wash their feet and wipe their bodies, and pretended to be thirsty. They asked the soldiers of the Xichu bandit army to lead the way and let us fetch water by ourselves. Although the Xichu bandit army did not agree, I heard them say It's an important sentence."

"What important words?" Wu Shi hurriedly asked.

"The hundred commander of the Xichu bandit army who received us asked his men to fetch water." The captain of the entourage replied proudly: "Then his men said that the queue at the well could be a mile long, and I don't know how long it will take. The captain of the Chu bandit army then told them to go far away to fetch water from the ditch next to the camp. He also said that their people drank the water in the ditch, and it didn’t matter much if we guests drank some. From this point of view Small ones can conclude that even if the Western Chu bandits have some wells in their camps, there are definitely not many of them, and it is definitely not enough when the weather is particularly hot or when they draw a lot of water, and they must often draw water from the ditches at ordinary times."

"Very good, you have brains, you can come up with this method to test the military situation of the Western Chu bandits, and I will definitely give you a reward when you go back." Wu Shi praised with satisfaction, and urged: "Hurry up, go back and see the King of Han immediately, we are here The trip was not in vain."

The next morning, when Wu Shi and his party returned to Xiang Kang, the main force of the Han army had successfully arrived at Baima City, which had been strategically abandoned by the Western Chu army. , began to cross the south of the river at Baimajin, and planned to join forces with the main force first, and then join forces to march towards the Puyang battlefield. Xiang Kang also asked the main force of the Han army to stop for a short rest, and even let the main force take off the umbrella in the flag formation. , leading the main body of the Han army, Wen Wuzang, to hide from the scorching summer sun under an umbrella.

Hearing that Wu Shi was back, Xiang Kang of course went out to meet this old fox who was nearly [-] years old and was still running around for him. He respectfully invited him to sit under the umbrella in the flag formation, and then asked about Wu Shi. Wu Shi answered one by one about the situation of the mission, and told Xiang Kang all the important information about the enemy. When he learned that Xiang Yu actually left Kuai Che and Li Zuoche in Puyang to help Cao Jiu, Xiang Kang was inevitably disappointed. Frowning, he said, "It's a bit troublesome. Li Zuoche is already more difficult. Why did my elder brother keep Kuai Che behind? We have already found out the news from our detailed work. It was this Kuai Che who came out at the beginning. Someone who wants my elder brother to separate Li Shang and Wang Ling, who can come up with such a bad idea, is definitely not easy to deal with."

"Don't worry, my lord, I'm pretty sure that your Uncle Cao won't completely listen to that Kuai Che."

Wu Shi smiled and comforted him, and then he told Xiang Kang that he found that Cao Jiu was quite disdainful towards Kuai Che. Xiang Kang nodded, first kept this matter in his heart, and then said: Like Li Zuoche, Cao Jiu hosted a banquet for you, Mr. Qiliji, but did not invite him to accompany you. It was Mr. Qiliji who spoke before Cao Jiu called him and Sima Ang. From this we can see that, My Uncle Cao doesn't pay much attention to this Li Zuoche, even if Li Zuoche has some good plans, my Uncle Cao may not adopt them, which is also good news for us."

"Your Majesty, can you do something about that Sima Ang?" Zhong Limei, who was dragged beside him, suggested: "Sima Ang is now just a short-shouldered King of Henan, and there is no hope of getting back the land and city. If we promise him something, we should be sure that we can win him over?"

"It's unrealistic." Xiang Kang immediately shook his head and said, "One is that the Western Chu bandit army is too heavily guarded, and they guard against our envoys so much that we have no way of contacting Sima Ang. The other is that Sima Ang is just an empty talker now." The princes and kings, apart from a few followers, don't even have half a soldier left, even if they turn him around, it won't do much."

Zhong Limei shut up in disappointment, another Shangshan old man Tang Bing glanced at Wu Shi with a relaxed smile, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qiliji, since you are smiling so happily, you must have made an important discovery. It’s a secret, let’s tell the king and us a surprise.”

"It's Dong Yuangong, I really can't hide it from your eyes."

Wu Shi laughed, and then told Xiang Kang about the water source problem of the Western Chu Army that he had discovered, and especially introduced the important situation that the number of wells in the Western Chu Army camp discovered by the Han Army was definitely not enough. Of course, Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard it , clapped his hands and said: "Is there such a good opportunity? There are 12 thieves in Western Chu, and there is a small lake for drinking water every day. It is five or six miles away from the big river, and the army can be stationed. If we cut off their water source..."

"Your Majesty, don't blame foreign ministers for pouring cold water on you. It is even more unrealistic to cut off the water source of the Western Chu bandit army." Zhang Liang interrupted Xiang Kang, and said in a very helpless tone: "Puyang is close to a big river, and the groundwater is abundant. As for the water source of the Chu thieves, the West Chu thieves can solve the problem of water source as long as they hurry up and dig more wells in the camp. If the foreign ministers’ expectations are not bad, it is probably because of this that Cao Jiu is relieved to let him go. The army draws running water temporarily from the trenches of the guard camp."

Xiang Kang, who is not particularly proficient in hydrology, kept his mouth shut, but Chen Ping, the most poisonous man in the world in this era, was thoughtful, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Zifang, you are familiar with history books, have you read Qin Jinggong Shi Yanyan The part of the battle?"

"I have read it." Zhang Liang replied immediately, and recalled: "During Qin Jinggong, the Qin and Jin countries turned against each other, and the Jin State contacted the princes of the Central Plains to attack the Qin State. Crossing the Jingshui to set up camp, the Qin army seized the opportunity to poison the upper reaches of the Jingshui in large quantities, and the allied forces of the princes mistakenly drank the poisoned water, resulting in heavy casualties..."

Before Zhang Liang finished speaking, his eyes lit up, and Xiang Kang and Hanjun Wenwu next to him all had their eyes shining, and they all clapped their legs and said happily: "Good idea! We can follow suit! Even Jingshui is so big. How wide and deep can the Xichu bandit army dig, can the poisoning effect be better? "

"But where did we get so much poison?"

Shangshan old man Tang Bing's words brought Xiang Kang and Hanjun Wenwu back to reality, Xiang Kang and Hanjun Wenwu also remembered that there were indeed some poisons such as aconitum in the army, and they were prepared to It is used to feed the arrow weapons to kill the enemy with poison at critical moments, but the quantity is too small. Even if all of them are put into the upper reaches of the water source of the Western Chu Army, it is just a handful of salt sprinkled into the big river, which will not have much effect. .

After finally coming up with a strategy to defeat the enemy, Xiang Kang certainly refused to give up. After a little calculation, he hurriedly asked Chen Ping and Zhang Liang: "Mr. Chen Ping, Mr. Zifang, if we send fast horses back to Sanchuan now, in a short time, Are you sure you have collected enough poison?"

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were very embarrassed, and then Chen Ping replied: "My lord, I'm afraid it's very difficult. Poisons are not common in the first place. Sanchuan County has suffered from repeated wars, and people's livelihood has declined. I'm afraid we can collect the poisons from all the medicine shops in the cities of Sanchuan." Come to think of it, the number may not be much."

Xiang Kang was completely helpless, but secretly hated himself for being too honest and honest—at least Xiang Kang himself thought he was a kind person, and he didn't stock up enough various poisons in the army, so he missed this rare opportunity.However, at this moment, a crisp female voice suddenly sounded, and she said with a smile: "My lord, if you want poison, why do you need to send someone back to Sanchuan to look for it? solve this problem?"

The woman who can speak in the decision-making layer of the Han army is of course the only female officer in the Han army, Taizhu Xu Negative. When Xiang Kang turned his head to look in surprise, he saw Xu Negative smiling, and he seemed to have a plan in his chest. He hurriedly asked: "Xu Taizhu , do you have a way to solve this problem?"

"Of course there is." Xu negative replied with a smile: "Although it is too detrimental to the morality, but since the servants eat the king's salary, they have to be loyal to the emperor, so they can't take care of so much. Since the king wants poison, the servants are not There is a way to let the king have as much poison as he wants, and it will not take much time."

"Xu Taizhu, do you have a way to get so much poison in a short period of time?" Zhang Liang also asked in amazement: "It seems that there are no poisons in Puyang and Baima area?"

"Who said that? Who said that the Puyang and Baima areas can't be rich in poison?" Xu Negative asked, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Zifang, have you forgotten what season it is now? What kind of things are being produced in this season?"

As soon as Zhang Liang slapped his forehead, he suddenly realized, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping all slapped their foreheads in remorse, secretly hating themselves for forgetting that kind of thing?Then they said together in their hearts: "It really is the most poisonous woman's heart. When it comes to poisoning, we men are really no match for women."

(End of this chapter)