Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 401
The main force on the northern front was completely annihilated by the Han army, and he was once again forced to retreat in front of his damned cousin. The depression and aggrieved heart of the proud Xiang Yu can be imagined, so even if he successfully rescued more than 1 The defeat of the Qi State also rescued nearly ten thousand troops from the Western Chu Army, and successfully crossed the Yellow River and retreated to the plains where they could rest easy. However, after setting foot on the land on the east bank of the Yellow River, Xiang Yu suddenly faced Wen Wu of the Jinbei Army who came up to greet him with a bow and bow let out a roar...

"roll--!"

Under extreme anger, the volume of Xiang Yu's roar absolutely directly surpassed the famous roar of Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide at the Changban Bridge in the later generations. There was no pause, he was almost perforated and bled on the spot, and even the weaker Tiandu counselor Liu Hua's heart was beating wildly, he couldn't stand upright and sat down on the ground, but Xiang Yu didn't even bother to look at them, striding just Passing through the crowd, he rushed to the distance with a livid face and continued to sulk.

Everyone knew that Xiang Yu was furious at this meeting. Of course, everyone in the Jibei Army and the civil and military soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were present did not dare to touch the bad luck again. They just acted honestly. The others obediently offered wine, meat, food and grass, provided supplies and army tents, and temporarily took on the burden of supporting the defeated troops of the Western Chu Army and Qi Army under a very tight financial situation. Xiang Yu, let Xiang Yu take the opportunity to vent his monstrous anger on himself.

All the boats and boats in the plains were under the control of the Jinbei army. Even if the Han army sent troops to pursue them, they could not defeat Xiang Yu. The soldiers of the Western Chu army were exhausted after continuous rapid marches. During the time, Xiang Yu and others of course also temporarily stationed in the plain to rest.During this period, Xiang Zhuang also carefully asked Xiang Yu for instructions, asking Xiang Yu to decide whether to contact the Western Chu Army Battalion behind, so that the Western Chu Army Infantry Battalion would stop advancing, and stop wasting effort to come to the plains to join the former army. Stationed in the ground, waiting to be withdrawn to the hinterland of Western Chu.

"There's no need for that." Xiang Yu made a sullen decision, and said, "There's not much distance left anyway, let them come. One is to prevent the Han thieves from taking advantage of the situation to advance eastward, and the other is to isolate some of the Jibei Army. In Zhao, we have enough troops, and if necessary, we can also send troops to take back the Jibei army."

Not daring to disobey Xiang Yu's decision, Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to dismiss the idea, and after just over three days, Ji Bu, Xiang Bo and others also led the Western Chu with more than [-] people. The rear of the army rushed to the plains and joined forces with the former army led by Xiang Yu, allowing Xiang Yu to regain the strength to fight head-on with the main force of the Han army.

But it is also a pity that after the rendezvous, not only did the Western Chu army not cheer at all when they reunited, but on the contrary, both the front army and the rear army were lifeless, and most of them had gloomy faces. After learning about the complete defeat of the anti-Han coalition forces, Uncle Xiang cursed at each other, blaming Xiang Kang for his short life.Immediately afterwards, Bo Xiang even encouraged Xiang Yu to launch a counterattack as soon as possible, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Han army's unstable foothold in Zhao, to retake the land and city of Zhao, and once again reversed the situation on the northern front.

Of course, Xiang Bo's proposal almost didn't scare Tian Du out of his urine, because Tian Du knew very well that Zhao Guo had been forced to surrender to the Han army and would no longer provide food, grass and military supplies to the Western Chu army. There was a great chaos, and it was very difficult to raise money and food. If Xiang Yu insisted on launching a full-scale counterattack, Jibei County would bear the brunt. Not only would he have to send troops to help, but he would also have to bear the food, grass and military supplies needed for the main counterattack of the Western Chu Army. Finances on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, Xiang Yu was quite calm. He just thought about it for a while and said: "We will discuss the counterattack slowly. Now we have no troops to support us on the Julu battlefield, and we can't raise food, grass and military supplies on the spot. If we launch a counterattack hastily, the Han bandits will It only takes one person to stand firm and not fight, and the consumption will consume us. Let's wait until we figure out the next move of the traitors before making a decision."

Tian Du breathed a sigh of relief, and another general of the Western Chu Army, Ji Bu, who was not compatible with Xiang Kang, suggested: "Your Majesty, can you think of a way to lure the Han bandits to the plains for a decisive battle? The decisive battle in the plain area, the situation is too favorable for us."

"You regard this king as Xiang Kang's traitor. Whenever you encounter problems, you will only steal and cheat?" Xiang Yu, who never likes tricks, reprimanded him angrily, and asked Tian Du: "King Jibei, and your army? Has the contact messenger been sent out? When will your army in Zhaodi be able to withdraw?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it has already been dispatched." Tian Du replied respectfully: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, General Tian Xin, who is in command of Xiao Wang's troops, is very strategic. Once he knows the situation on the Julu battlefield, even if he has not contacted Xiao Wang I will definitely withdraw to Jibei immediately, and will not stay in Zhaodi to die in vain."

"Hmph! When it comes to escaping, you Qi people are better than each other!" Xiang Yu snorted in displeasure, and then ordered: "Hurry up to raise food, grass and military supplies, and send more scouts to spy on the Han thieves carefully. If there is any movement, report it to the king immediately."

Tian Du agreed with a sad face, but at this moment, Tian Du's guard suddenly entered the account and reported, "King Xichu, Your Majesty, the secret agent we sent to Julu to inquire about the enemy's situation sent news, Xiang Kang's traitor Reorganize the troops in Julu, raise food, grass and military supplies, and announce that we will personally lead the main force of the Han rebels to march eastward to attack the king of Western Chu and our Jibei army.”

"What?!" Both Xiang Yu and Tian thought they heard it wrong, and then Xiang Yu asked in surprise: "Is the news reliable? Xiang Kang's traitor really wants to take the initiative to come east and fight to the death with this king?"

"Reporting to the King of Western Chu, we heard it personally in Julu, so it should be reliable. In addition, our secret agent also heard that Xiang Kang's rebels have gone to Puyang to order the fleet to be used on the Pingyuan battlefield." Tian Du The guard replied truthfully, took out two more white silks, and said: "Also, Xiang Kang, the traitor, also issued two edicts in the name of the King of Han, all of which are related to your relatives, the King of Western Chu. Make a copy and ask the King of Western Chu to have a look."

The stolen Xiang Kang Mingzhao was soon presented in front of Xiang Yu. I saw that Xiang Kang announced in an edict that he would change the Xianyang Chu Palace to the Tongzong Palace, and divided the pavilions and houses into the children of the Xiang family. He was magnanimous enough to pardon Uncle Xiang, and even promised Uncle Xiang a great reward. Xiang Yu couldn't help being furious again, and said with a smirk, "Well, you Xiangkang traitor, you really do everything you can to drive a wedge between our Xiang clan. Extremely!"

Contrary to Xiang Yu, Master Xiang Bo was ecstatic when he saw Xiang Kang's great reward for surrender in the imperial edict, and quickly lowered his head, for fear that Xiang Yu would see his real reaction, and couldn't help but feel that Secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said quietly: "There is nothing to worry about anymore. That little evil animal is not filial, but he is not filial, and he still keeps his word. This edict is published in the world, and he is even less likely to go back on his word. This old man can do it later." There is a way out."

On Xiang Yu's side, after a smirk, after a little calculation, Xiang Yu made up his mind and shouted: "Order the whole army to immediately build a strong camp at Pingyuan Ferry, and prepare for a long-term battle with the Han thieves! Tiandu, money, food and military supplies I will leave the matter to you, no matter what you think of, you must ensure that the king has no shortage of military supplies on the front line!"

"Your Majesty." Tian Du almost didn't cry, and said tremblingly, "Xiao Wang's granary has already bottomed out."

"That's your business!" Xiang Yu roared: "It's almost the autumn harvest, don't tell me you can't figure out how to get this little food and grass? Also, you don't need to cry poorly for this king, who will fight the Han bandits in the plains." , also for your Jibei country, without this king sitting in Jibei, how can you stop the attack of the Han thieves with your few troops?"

Tian Du thought it was the same, but he had no choice but to agree, racking his brains to figure out where he could transfer money and food to support the uncles of the Western Chu Army before the autumn harvest?

"My lord, will the traitors of Han really take the initiative to go eastward and fight us?" Someone also raised doubts, at least the cunning old general Ding Guding expressed his concern, saying: "With the treachery of Xiang Kang's traitor, it will not be unreasonable." I understand that if you take the initiative to send troops to the east and fight us on the plain, the situation will only be against him..."

"What do you want to say?" Xiang Yu interrupted roughly, and said, "Don't tell me you want this king to take the initiative to retreat and leave Jibei free for the Han thieves to fight?"

Ding Gu quickly shut his mouth, and scolded himself in his heart: "What are you doing with so much nonsense? We are stationed in the plains to accumulate food and prepare for a decisive battle with the Han thieves. Could it be that I will pay for the money and food myself? Stop talking nonsense, or Let Tian Du suffer from this worry."

Just like that, Xiang Yu, who was still hesitating at first, immediately made up his mind because of a spy report, and decided to stay on the plain battlefield for a long time, which is beneficial to his own army, and wait for his scumbag cousin to come to his death on his own initiative, no longer thinking about whether to Retreat or take the initiative to attack. ——Of course, this is not wrong. The two major corps of the Han army are currently stationed on the Julu battlefield four hundred miles away. You can easily kill the Jibei Army, which has long been severely injured and returned to small profits.

It’s just that doing so of course made poor Jinbei King Tiandu suffer. Before that, Tiandu had already been forced to pay a lot of money and food in order to supply the Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army to enter Zhaodi. In addition, Xiang Yu personally led the army to rescue Zhao Di, and forced Tian Du to bleed twice. Now Xiang Yu decided to stay in the plain for a long time, and Tian Du was of course overwhelmed. So in the next few days, Tian Du Every night, I was so worried that I couldn't sleep, and when I finally fell asleep, I usually dreamed that I couldn't satisfy Xiang Yu's bottomless appetite, and was hacked by the hot-tempered Xiang Yu himself.

Fortunately, there was something that surprised Tian Du. A few days later in the afternoon, soldiers of the Jibei Army who were on patrol on the west bank of the Yellow River suddenly sent an urgent report, saying that General Tian Xin of the Jibei Army had sent his guard Zhao Peng as an envoy to disguise himself as an envoy. As ordinary people sneaked to Pingyuan Ferry, there was Tian Xin's confidential letter to present to Tian Du. Tian Du, who was worrying about his remaining army, was overjoyed when he heard it, and immediately ordered to summon him.

Not long after, Tian Xin's guard, Zhao Peng, was brought in front of Tian Du, and because he had seen Zhao Peng by Tian Xin's side more than once, Tian Du didn't even have to go through the process of identifying his identity, and immediately covered his face with Zhao Peng. Zhao Peng asked: "Quickly tell me, how is the situation of our army?"

"Don't worry, your majesty, our army is in good condition now."

Zhao Peng answered honestly, and then he gave an overview of the situation of the Jibei Army currently isolated in the territory of Zhao. He said that after the disastrous defeat in Sishui, the Jibei Army was entrusted with the blessing of the Han Army's Uncle Zhou's corps to rush south. It was able to regroup and gather the remnants of the army, and reassembled an army of about [-]. Later, with the help of the remnants of the Zhao army, they took back Gongxian County and temporarily solved the problem of food and grass, and did not completely collapse due to lack of food.

"This king knows all these things." Tian said impatiently: "Now, what is the situation of our army now?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, after our army received the news of the Julu battlefield, they quickly voluntarily abandoned Gongxian County and are currently on their way back to Jibei County." Zhao Peng continued to answer truthfully, and said hesitantly: "But, but , During the retreat, the general made a very important decision, a decision that was vital to the life and death of our Jibei country, so he sent the villain back first to deliver a letter to let your majesty know about it."

"What important decision?" Tian Du felt an ominous premonition.

Zhao Peng didn't dare to say anything else, he just took out a letter from his arms, raised his hands above his head, the guard immediately stepped forward to take it, and handed it to Tian Du, when Tian Du quickly opened it for a closer look, his face soon became pale. Grayed out, his heartbeat accelerated suddenly, almost jumping out of his throat...

Tian Bu couldn't help but be so terrified. In the letter to Tian Du, Tian Xin, who was trusted by Tian Du, actually told Tian Du clearly that he had secretly accepted the Han army's persuasion to surrender, and planned to pretend to lead the army to break through and withdraw to Jibei. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity of the decisive battle between the Han army and the Western Chu army at the border of Zhao and Qi, he suddenly stabbed the Western Chu army from behind and helped Xiang Kang kill Xiang Yu. I want to get Tian Du's consent first, and ask Tian Du to agree to lead the Jibei Army anyway, and then dare to bring the Jibei Army back to act.

In addition, Tian Xin naturally had to explain his interests and interests to Tian Du in letters, saying that Xiang Yu was tyrannical and lawless and lost the hearts of the people, but Xiang Kang was generous and benevolent, and the world returned to his heart. He persuaded Tiandu to change his family in time, made up his mind to abandon Chu and return to Han, surrender Xiang Kang and continue to be the king of Jibei.

"You..., you...." Pointing at Zhao Peng in front of him, Tian Du was so angry that his whole body trembled, and it took him a while to say a complete sentence, "You guys are so courageous!"

"My lord, the general also made this decision out of his loyalty to you!"

Zhao Peng was obviously an insider, so he immediately knelt down to Tian Xin, nodded heavily and said: "Also, the villain also came here with the determination to die! If the king refuses to agree, don't let the villain give it to me!" If the general brings back an accurate answer, then our general will immediately take the rest of the army and return to Han, and will not return to Jinbei to die!"

Zhao Peng's words directly hit Tian Du's vital point. Originally, there was only Jibei County with meager capital. Of course, Tian Du could not tolerate any mistakes in his remaining main force, so he immediately dismissed Zhao Peng, a traitor. The idea of ​​beheading outside the account was launched, and it was changed to nervously calculating the pros and cons.Zhao Peng peeked at Tian Du's nervous expression, and immediately realized that he had successfully frightened Tian Du, so he took out another letter from his underwear, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the villain also brought Please read the letter from the King of Han to you."

"You also brought a letter from Xiang Kang's traitor?" Tian Du was furious once again.

"Your Majesty, if the King of Han hadn't sent someone to escort him, how could the villain have sent the General's letter here so quickly?" Zhao Peng replied shamelessly.

Very angry, he went forward and snatched Xiang Kang's letter to himself. Seeing that Xiang Kang's letter was full of sweet words, he tried his best to persuade himself to surrender to the Han army, and helped Tian Xin go behind Xiang Yu's back during the decisive battle between Chu and Han. Stabbed a knife, in exchange for continuing to be king in Jibei, and promised to grant Langya County to himself after Qi was destroyed in the future. Despicable means to bribe opponents.

It's useless to curse secretly, Tian Xin, the general who commanded the main force of the Jibei Army, has already rebelled, and threatened that if Tian Du doesn't give an answer, he will take the remaining main force of the Jibei Army and surrender directly to the Han army Of course, Tian Du, who was small and profitable, did not dare to take risks with his main force, so after a moment of nervous calculation, Tian Du could only lower his voice and ask, "Apart from you and Tian Xin, there are other people involved in this matter." Do those people know?"

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty, very few people know about it." Zhao Peng replied in a low voice: "In order to prevent the news from leaking out, the general only let a few people know about this situation."

"Okay, there is still hope!" Tian Du was secretly happy, and immediately said in his heart: "First find a way to lure that idiot Tian Xin back, and then as long as he is killed, the king can still keep the army!"

Immediately after making up his mind on this idea, Tian Du forced himself to smile a little, and then personally helped Zhao Peng, patted Zhao Peng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Well done, in fact, this king already has this idea." It’s a plan, it’s just that you haven’t made up your mind, since you have already made the decision for me, it’s God’s will for me to act like this.”

"Your Majesty, so you have decided?" Zhao Peng happily asked.

Tian Du nodded immediately, lowered his voice and said: "Go back and tell the general to come back quickly, and then we will discuss how to proceed together."

Zhao Peng hurriedly clapped his hands and sang promises, and said cautiously to Tian Du: "Your Majesty, the King of Han still has an explanation, please make sure the villain brings him a reply letter."

"Traitor! Really treacherous!"

Tian Du gritted his teeth, and immediately understood that Xiang Kang wanted to leave a letter to prove it himself, but in order to protect his army, Tian Du made up his mind very quickly, returned to his seat and wrote a letter to Xiang Kang himself, leaving ink. Eat silk to prove that he was determined to betray Chu and return to Han, signed and stamped and handed it to Zhao Peng, and arranged for the most reliable guards to escort Zhao Peng out of the camp, let him cross the river and return to Zhao to hand over the letter to Xiang Kang.

"As soon as you leave, this king will immediately go and confess to the King of Western Chu! Explain the truth and let Xiang Kang take this letter, and there is no way to blackmail me!" This is Tian Du's heartfelt words.

As if hearing Tian Du's heartfelt voice, Zhao Peng lowered his voice again when he was leaving, and whispered to Tian Du: "Your Majesty, the King of Han asked the villain to bring you a word. He has a lot of eyeliner in the Western Chu King's tent , if this matter is known to the King of Western Chu, the King of Han will soon know about it too. At that time, the General will never venture back again.”

A murderous look flashed across Tian Du's eyes, and the murderous look disappeared quickly, then he smiled and said, "Don't worry, this king knows what to do."

(End of this chapter)