Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 390 Xiang Yu Messenger
Just like what Xiang Kang worried about, Xiang Guan had already been secretly watching Zhou Yin, the commander of the Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, for no other reason. It can be said that there are many bad records and many criminal records, so Xiang Guan has to guard against it. Second, Xiang Guan has indeed become suspicious of Zhou Yin, and suspects that Zhou Yin has begun to waver.

The time when Xiang Guan became suspicious of Zhou Yin was actually much earlier than Xiang Kang estimated. Long before the start of the Julu War, Xiang Kang tentatively sent an envoy to send a letter to explain the stakes to Zhou Yin. Xiang Guan, who covered most of the letters, was already vigilant, worried that Zhou Yin would really have a different heart because he was afraid that he would not be able to explain to Xiang Yu in the future.

Immediately afterwards, during the Great Deer War, Xiang Kang took advantage of the opportunity of the tough Xiang Guan to lead the troops out of the camp, and sent envoys to contact Zhou Yin again, and wrote a personal letter promising to persuade Zhou Yin to lead the army to surrender. Not only did someone make a small report to Xiang Guan, Xiang Guan also got Xiang Kang's autographed letter from Zhou Yin to check the content, and because Zhou Yin didn't take the initiative to tell him this situation, he became more suspicious of Zhou Yin and more skeptical. Zhou Yin's true attitude and stand.

Under such background conditions, when Cui Guang, the old man from Shangshan, went to the Western Chu army camp to persuade him to surrender, Zhou Yin's shaken expression, of course, could not be hidden from Xiang Guan's eyes, which made Xiang Guan more and more sure, "Zhou Yin, this I'm afraid the man is really shaken, if I don't be careful and let the thieves avoid me and get in touch with Zhou Yin's man directly, the consequences will be unimaginable."

It is also because of this that after violently driving away Cui Guang, the old man from Shangshan, Xiang Guan not only prescribes the right medicine to the case, but also clearly tells Zhou Yin that he will be convicted together with Xiang Yu when he sees Xiang Yu in the future, and secretly intensifies the secret surveillance of Zhou Yin. At the same time, using his influence in the Western Chu army, he placed eyeliners among the defenders of the Western Chu army's camp, explaining that as long as any suspicious person is found entering the camp, or trying to get in touch with Zhou Yin, he must Report to yourself as soon as possible.

Perhaps it was to prove that Xiang Guan's worries were not unfounded. One day passed after Cui Guang was driven away. On the third morning, when Xiang Guan was still sleeping in his tent, the guards suddenly woke him up. , and said in an anxious tone: "General Xiang, wake up, the South Gate hastened to report that someone entered our camp just now, and was taken directly to the Chinese army camp to meet Da Sima."

The words of the personal soldier made Xiang Guan wake up suddenly, and after he quickly lifted his pajamas and sat up, Xiang Guan immediately asked: "Do you know the identity of the person who came? Did you say why you want to see Da Sima?"

"Reporting to General Xiang, I heard that it was a messenger sent by our king to bring our king's order to Da Sima, so he was led to meet Da Sima immediately."

The soldier's answer made Xiang Guan very surprised at first, and then overjoyed, and immediately jumped up from the bed cheering, "Finally got in touch with brother, hurry up, change my clothes right away, I want to see what's going on right away . Are our reinforcements coming?"

With the help of his own soldiers, he changed his clothes in a hurry, Xiang Guan didn't even have time to wash his face, and immediately rushed to the camp of the Central Army of the Western Chu Army to check the situation, and rushed directly into Zhou Yin's Central Army camp without being notified. Handsome tent, it turned out that there was indeed a man dressed as an ordinary person in the big tent of the Chinese army, talking to Zhou Yin.Seeing Xiang Guan coming in, the man immediately bowed down to Xiang Guan, and said respectfully in an authentic Pengcheng accent: "Tan Shuang, the halberd-bearer under the Western Chu king's tent, met General Xiang Guan."

Taking a cursory glance at Tan Shuang, who claimed to be the doctor under Xiang Yu's tent, although he felt very strange, as if he had never seen it before, Xiang Guan didn't care about such details at all, he just waved his hand and said quickly: "There is no need to be polite, get up quickly Okay, where is our reinforcements? When can we reach Julu?"

"Reporting to General Xiang, the reinforcements led by the King himself are still gathering, and the date of arrival at Julu cannot be confirmed yet." Tan Shuang replied honestly, and quickly added: "But general, please rest assured, estimate the date, Just one or two days later, our main force going north from Pengcheng will be able to rush to Lu County to join our king. In addition, our food, grass and military supplies have almost been recruited in Jibei and Xuejun. The king has also prepared enough ferries for us in Pingyuanjin, so as long as our reinforcements are assembled, within ten days at most, our king will be able to bring the reinforcements to Julu."

"So, we have to persist for at least ten days."

Xiang Guan frowned slightly, worried that the reinforcements from the Western Chu Army would arrive too late, and then hurriedly asked Tan Shuang if he had brought Xiang Yu's letter, and then Zhou Yin, who was in the handsome position, just revealed that he was still watching Xiang Yu's letter, Xiang Guan rushed up to take it, opened it up for a closer look, and immediately recognized that the signature on the letter was indeed written by Xiang Yu himself, and the seal was also Xiang Yu's Western Chu King's seal.

The content of Xiang Yu's letter is not complicated, but it briefly introduces the current situation of the Western Chu Army, saying that because of the disturbance of Peng Yue Army and the rebellion of most of the civil and military personnel of Western Chu, the situation in the hinterland of the Western Chu Army is currently very chaotic, and he has no way to quickly gather reinforcements Immediately rushed to Julu for reinforcements, so Zhou Yin could only let Zhou Yin lead the Western Chu Army and Zhao Qi Army to stand firm and wait patiently for his reinforcements to arrive.At the same time, Xiang Yu habitually yelled arrogantly, saying that as soon as the elite main force of the Western Chu Army under his leadership arrives, he can definitely kill all the two major corps of the Han Army immediately, so that there is no need for the Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army to have any Don't worry, just wait patiently for him to clean up the traitors.

It was only after Xiang Yu's letter had been read carefully that Xiang Guan returned the letter to Zhou Yin, and then pretended to be relaxed and said, "Da Sima, can you rest assured now? Ten days at most, We only need to hold out for another ten days at most, and our king's reinforcements will arrive."

"The question is, the Han bandits' offensive was so fierce that they took down Julu City in just one day. Are we sure we can survive these ten days? Also, the Han bandits have already divided up their troops and garrisoned in Tobu City in advance, choking us How to solve this terrible problem of food supply for the reinforcements?"

Zhou Yin murmured in his heart, but forced a smile on his face: "Is there even a question? Of course, you can rest assured. As soon as the king's reinforcements arrive, we will not only turn the crisis into safety, but also have a chance to turn defeat into victory. What else should I worry about?" ?”

"That's right." Xiang Guan nodded in satisfaction, and then suggested: "Da Sima, according to the opinion of the last general, we'd better make this good news public immediately, tell all the soldiers in our camp, and pass this news on the way." Tell the Qi army the good news, so that our soldiers and the Qi army will have more confidence to stick to it."

Zhou Yin agreed without hesitation, and in front of Xiang Guan, he immediately arranged for his tent guards to rush to each battalion to spread the news, claiming that Xiang Yu's rescuers would definitely arrive within ten days, and at the same time sent people to contact Qi's army to send out the news. This situation was also reported to Tabe et al.Xiang Guan wanted Tan Shuang to ask about Xiang Yu's recent situation. Tan Shuang answered fluently, saying that Xiang Yu's health is good recently, but because the war is not going very well, his temper is not very good. Xiang Guan, who is familiar with Xiang Yu's character, is not surprising.

Then, when the guards brought breakfast to Zhou Yin, Xiang Guan remembered that he hadn't had breakfast yet, so he simply ate breakfast with Zhou Yin in the Chinese army tent. Tan Shuangze, who had made great contributions, He was led by Zhou Yin's guards to other military tents to eat and rest without mentioning it.

Although I was somewhat disappointed that the arrival of the reinforcements was too late, it was a good thing to be able to get in touch with Xiang Yu's emissary, so when he left Zhou Yin's side, Xiang Guan's face was still full of long-lost smiles, and he saw it to some extent. Some comeback hope.However, to Xiang Guan's surprise, not long after he returned to his camp, his own soldiers entered the account and reported: "General Qi, Tan Shuang, the halberd man who delivered the letter for our king, has come and said that there is an important confidential matter." , I have to report to you, General.”

"Important and confidential matter?" Xiang Guan's heart shuddered, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quickly, bring him in."

According to Xiang Guan's order, not a moment later, Xiang Yu's guard Tan Shuang, who had just met Xiang Guan just now, was brought to Xiang Guan again. When reporting, Tan Shuang looked around Xiang Guan first, and asked very carefully: "Dare to ask General Xiang, is it convenient to talk here?"

Xiang Guan understood what Tan Shuang meant, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, these are all the general's confidantes, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Tan Shuang agreed, and then asked the general to forgive me. Then she took off her coat, tore off the interlayer of the back hem, and took out two white silks that smelled of sweat and horses from the interlayer. In front of Xiang Guan, he said in a deep voice: "General Xiang, this is a letter from the king, please read it."

Seeing this scene, Xiang Guan of course understood that Xiang Yu's letter must be very important, so he hurriedly stepped forward to take it in person, and when he unfolded it, he saw a letter written by Xiang Yu himself on a white silk. It changed. It turned out that Xiang Yu wrote in his own hand on the letter:

"My brother Xiang Guan, I know all about the Zhao land. Zhou Yin was cowardly and incompetent. He lost his teacher and humiliated the country, causing countless soldiers of Western Chu to die on the battlefield. Brother Xiang Sui unfortunately died in battle. His crime is unforgivable. I It is expected that this beast is afraid of the laws of Western Chu, and will definitely have a different heart, and even have the idea of ​​surrendering to the Han and rebelling against Chu. Brother Wanwang Guan is careful, and must not let this beast collude with the Han and thieves, and ruin my remaining soldiers of Western Chu and Shang Ke. If Brother Guan finds something unusual, you must not hesitate, and you must act first, behead Zhou Yinpifu and his henchmen, take over the military power of the army, and wait for my help! Brother, Xiang Yu."

In addition to this letter, Xiang Yu also attached a handwritten warrant of his own, asking Xiang Guan to kill Zhou Yin with his own warrant when necessary, take over the Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, and allow Xiang Guan to dispose of it at will. Civil and military soldiers of the Western Chu Army who obey orders.

After repeatedly reading Xiang Yu's letters and warrants, Xiang Guan first carefully folded the letters and warrants and put them in his arms, then said to Tan Shuang: "You have done a good job. When I see our king, I will report to Tan Shuang for you. Your Majesty asked for credit. Go back and rest, remember, don’t let other people know that you also brought me a letter from your Majesty.”

Xiang Guan underestimated Zhou Yin's ability to control the army. In fact, when Tan Shuangcai delivered Xiang Yu's letter to Xiang Guan, Xiang Yu's guard Tan Shuang came to meet Xiang Guan, and was reported to Zhou Yin in front of.As a result, Zhou Yin immediately became suspicious when he heard it, and secretly said: "Your Majesty's guard, it took so much hard work to send the letter order to my camp. If you don't feel relieved to rest, why are you in such a hurry to see Xiang Guan?"

There is no need for any complicated logic, just a little calculation, Zhou Yin guessed the biggest possibility of this matter, and thought: "Could it be to convey some secret order to Xiang Guan behind my back? Secretly pass the order to Xiang Guan, But they don’t want me to know, the matter must have something to do with me, it seems that I have to be more wary of Xiang Guan, a little bitch.”

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Two flowers bloomed, one for each branch. When Zhou Yin was suspicious of Xiang Guan, another famous old man from Shangshan, Zhou Shu, also led a few servants to the camp gate of the army of Qi State on a gorgeous float. In addition, he revealed his identity to the soldiers of the Qi army and asked to enter the camp to speak face-to-face with Tian Bu, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army.

The prestige of the four old men in Shangshan is indeed outstanding among the scholars. Even if they are thousands of miles away, Tian Bu, the commander of the Qi army, has heard of their names. Not only did he not refuse to meet Zhou Shu, but he even came to the gate of the Chinese army camp to greet Zhou Shu in person, and very politely invited Zhou Shu into the Chinese army tent to sit down.

In reciprocation, Zhou Shu of course also praised Tianbu's virtue of respecting his elders, and also praised Tianbu's ability to manage the army and employ troops skillfully. Then suddenly the conversation changed, and he said: "General, this old man can't take up too much of your time. Just say it, this old man came here under the order of our Han king to persuade your army to turn hostility into friendship and take the initiative to fight with our Han army. Evacuate the Julu battlefield and return to Qi. If the general agrees, we Han Wang will not only officially recognize your Qi king as the lord of Qi, but also send a large army to help your country resist the attack of the Western Chu bandits."

"Forgive me, Doctor Zhou. This important matter cannot be decided by the younger generation as a courtier." Tian Bu replied politely: "It is necessary to invite Doctor Zhou to Linzi to discuss with our King Qi face to face, and treat our King Only after a decision has been made can the younger generation follow orders."

"The general is really straightforward, and he speaks directly." Zhou Shu praised again, then nodded and said: "Yes, it is related to your country's position, and such a matter really needs to be decided by King Qi himself. But..."

After intentionally prolonging the ending, Zhou Shu suddenly changed his tone, and said with a smile, "But General, if you can accept the canonization of our King of Han and replace Tian Jia as the Lord of Qi, wouldn't you be able to use the title of King Qi?" Identity, made such an important decision?"

Before Zhou Shu finished speaking, Tian Bu's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "Mr. Luli, this junior respects you for your high age and reputation, so I treat you with courtesy, but this junior really doesn't care about you." Come to think of it, Mister came here to persuade the juniors to behave like beasts who are unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent and unrighteous!"

(End of this chapter)