Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 402 Han Traitor
Xiang Kang’s threats through the shameless traitors of the Jibei Army actually did not bother Tian Du. With Tian Du’s status, when he saw Xiang Yu, he asked Xiang Yu to leave all outsiders and talk to him alone. Xiang Yu would not refuse. Then as long as Tian Du told Xiang Yu what had happened and his plan, Xiang Yu would definitely understand, and secretly agreed with Tian Du to lure back the Jibei Army who still had some energy left.

In this way, Tian Du's surrender letter to Xiang Kang will of course be completely useless. Even if Xiang Kang finds a way to shake it in front of Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu will definitely not pursue it. Inside the Jibei Army, at most it will only lose Tian Xin It's just with his accomplices, it won't hurt Tian Du himself at all.

Tian Du also planned to do the same. Just after sending away the shameless traitor Zhao Peng, Tian Du immediately wanted to rush to the Western Chu army camp and tell Xiang Yu the truth in person. But Du stopped and recalculated again, because Tian Du suddenly thought of a fatal problem. It is not difficult for him to ask to talk to Xiang Yu alone, but if the Han army really has an eyeliner by Xiang Yu's side, seeing that he asked to talk to Xiang Yu Speaking alone, how can you not guess that there must be something weird?And once Xiang Kang knew about this, how could he let Tian Xin bring the army back to take risks?

In addition, Xiang Yu's fiery temper also made Tian very worried. With Xiang Yu's violent personality and lack of city government, knowing that Tian Xin had betrayed and was about to stab him in the back, Xiang Yu would definitely be able to jump nine feet high. At that time, his loud voice As soon as he yelled, the news might leak out at any time. Once Xiang Kang found out, wouldn't the remaining main force in Tiandu immediately feed the wolves?
Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages has been human nature since ancient times. Considering this danger, Tian Du had to change his mind and said secretly: "Don't be in a hurry to tell Xiang Yu now, otherwise if the news gets out, the rest of the king's main force will be destroyed." It's over. The safest way is to wait for that idiot Tian Xin to cross the river with the king's army, and then tell that reckless man Xiang Yu the truth. At worst, wait until there are fewer people around Xiang Yu. He, otherwise, if this king just goes to see Xiang Yu directly and asks him to drive away the people around him and talk to him alone, the spy of Xiang Kang's traitor lurking beside him will definitely become suspicious!"

Will Xiang Kang be the first to stab Xiang Yu with that fatal letter?Of course, Tian Du also had to consider this issue, but after thinking about it carefully, Tian Du found that this possibility was almost impossible, because Xiang Kang's biggest purpose was to force himself to turn against him, and stab Xiang Yu in the back during the decisive battle, so It is in the best interests of the Han army, and will never take the initiative to break the matter first because of a small loss, and ruin the decisive battle between the Han army and the Western Chu army.

It was precisely because of these considerations that Tian Du finally gave up on the idea of ​​telling Xiang Yu the truth now, and instead chose to issue a password ban to the guards who knew the news, and sealed the news tightly. Liu Hua, his important adviser, didn't let him know. He planned to pretend to be nothing, and tricked the damned traitor Tian Xin into bringing his army back.

After all, Tian Xin is also the general of the Jibei Army, with a high position and authority, and has deep roots in the Jibei Army, with many eyes and ears. If Tian Du doesn't keep his mouth tight, Tian Xin will hear the wind directly. This is possible.

In this way, in order to protect his own army, Tian Du finally chose to keep it a secret from Xiang Yu for the time being. Fortunately, because the traitor Zhao Peng came to contact Tian Du disguised as an ordinary person, the Western Chu Army who was close at hand did not Discovering this situation saved Tian Du a lot of trouble, and also allowed Tian Du to patiently wait for his army to return as if nothing had happened.

Tian Du was surprised and puzzled. On the afternoon of the third day, soldiers from the Jibei Army on the west bank of the river came to report again, saying that envoys from the Han Army had come by car and asked to meet Tian Du by name. Kang's letter of credence must be presented to Tian Du in person.Tian Du was puzzled when he heard the words, and thought to himself: "What's going on? Why did the Han bandits send someone to contact me again, and they came by car. I'm afraid the Western Chu Army doesn't know?"

Puzzled, out of curiosity, and limited by the unwritten rules left over from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Tian Du still asked his own soldiers to escort the envoy of the Han army who had just arrived across the Yellow River, and brought him to the camp to meet him. Meet.Then after a while, the envoy of the Han army dressed as a Confucian scholar was escorted in front of Tian Du. As soon as they met, he respectfully saluted Tian Du and introduced himself very politely: "He Lin, a Dianke pedestrian under the King of Han, has seen Ji King of the North."

"You don't need to be too polite." After all, he was a nobleman, and no matter how he didn't want to see the envoy of the Han army, Tian Du still waved his hand, making the envoy of the Han army He Lin stand up and excuse him, and then asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"Foreign ministers are ordered by the King of Han to come to Pingyuan to hand over our Han Kingdom Letter to King Jibei, please accept it."

He Lin didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained his purpose of coming. At the same time, he picked up the Hanjun Guoshu in the gift box with both hands. Tian Du was completely confused when he saw the Han army's credential handed over by the guards. In the credential, Xiang Kang once again offered to surrender to Tian Du, explaining his interests and urging Tian Du to make a wise decision and lead the Jibei army to abandon Chu Guihan dumped Xiang Yu and made himself a cow and a horse. He also promised that as long as Tian Du chose to surrender to him, he would never pursue Tian Du's previous crimes of chasing and beating the families of important officials of the Han army. The county was granted to Tiandu as a reward.

"What the hell is Xiang Kang doing? This king has already pretended to agree to surrender, why did he still send envoys to persuade him to surrender? Is it because of the route, Xiang Kang who is currently in Julu doesn't know the situation? Or did Xiang Kang send a team at the same time?" There are two envoys to surrender, one in the dark, and the other doesn't know the situation, so the envoy sent in the open is here again?"

When Tian Du was puzzled, a notice came from outside the tent that Liu Hua, an important counselor, asked to see him. After Tian Du casually agreed to summon him, Liu Hua also quickly entered the tent, and first looked at the Han army standing in the tent. The envoy He Lin glanced at him, then immediately walked in front of Tian Du, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I heard that the traitors sent someone to contact us. Is this the person?"

Tian Du nodded in recognition, and handed Xiang Kang's letter of credence to Liu Hua. Liu Hua quickly read it, then lowered his voice even more quickly, and said, "Your Majesty, you must not hesitate. You must send this envoy of the traitor, together with Send the letter of credence of the traitors to the King of Western Chu! Otherwise, the king of Western Chu is irritable and suspicious, once he hears the news, he will definitely become suspicious immediately, and then we will be in big trouble!"

As if to confirm Liu Hua's words, before Tian Du made a decision, Xiang Yu's Zhonglang General Tang Xiu begged to see him from outside the tent, and before Tian Du opened his mouth to agree, Xiang Yu's Tang Xiu stood behind him. He just walked in without saluting, and said to Tian Du directly, "King Jibei, our king heard that the Han bandits sent envoys to contact you, and asked foreign ministers to come over to see what's going on. , Why did the traitors send envoys here?"

"I am planning to send someone to report to the King of Western Chu." Tian Du hastily smiled apologetically, handing Xiang Kang's letter of credence to Tang Xiu with both hands, while explaining: "The Han bandits sent envoys to deliver the letter to Xiao Wang. Xiao Wang has just finished reading the Dao Guoshu, and is about to send the Dao Guoshu, as well as the envoy of the Han bandits, to the King of Western Chu for disposal."

After casually reading Xiang Kang's letter of credence to Tian Du, Tang Xiu smiled and asked, "King Jibei, so the foreign minister can take away the Han thief's credential and the envoy now? "

"Of course, of course."

Tian Du hurriedly agreed, and immediately ordered the guards to hand over the envoy of the Han army to Tang Xiu. To the surprise of Tian Du, Liu Hua and others, seeing Tian Du handing himself directly to the person sent by Xiang Yu, Han Not only did He Lin, the military envoy, not panic at all, on the contrary, he winked at Tian Du repeatedly, and said with a smile, "King Jibei, the envoy is gone."

"What is this man doing with his winks?" Tian Du was puzzled, but Tang Xiu next to him couldn't help but order the guards to take He Lin away. Tian Du even winked like killing a chicken and wiping his neck, Tian Du was naturally even more surprised when he saw it, and he couldn't understand why the envoy of the Han army gave him completely incomprehensible winks.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the traitor seems to be giving you winks. What does it mean?" Liu Hua who was standing next to Tian Du also saw that something was wrong, and couldn't help but asked strangely.

"How does this king know? It must have been frightened and foolish, and he must have lost his mind." Tian Du replied casually with a bewildered head.

Not to mention that Tian Du and Liu Hua were strange in the camp of the Jibei Army, but that after He Lin was escorted out of the tent of the Chinese Army in Tian Du, he was immediately tied up by the soldiers of the Western Chu Army sent by Xiang Yu, and then directly escorted to the Western Chu Army. The camp of the Chu Army was escorted into the Central Army camp of the Western Chu Army, but He Lin was unable to see Xiang Yu directly. Tang Xiu, the Zhonglang General of the Western Chu Army who escorted him, was only temporarily detained outside the tent to wait for his release. Then he took the Han army's credentials that Tian Du voluntarily handed over to the account alone, and reported to Xiang Yu the situation of contact with the Jibei army.

Needless to say, Xiang Yu immediately flew into a rage when he saw his scumbag cousin doing the same thing again, sending envoys to surrender and instigate rebellion before the battle was fought, of course, Xiang Yu immediately flew into a rage, and immediately shouted: "Chop that traitor envoy, and hang his head!" Go up to the gate to show the public! In addition, tell Tian Du that this time, because he is still smart, this king will not argue with him, next time he dares to meet the envoys of the Han bandits privately, and exchange letters with the Han bandits, be careful of his head! "

Then, when Tang Xiu was ordered to issue an order to send the escorting soldiers to take the envoy of the Han army directly to the execution ground and behead him, He Lin, who was carefully selected by Mr. Shusun from among his many disciples, of course panicked, and hurriedly shouted: : "The two countries are fighting, don't behead the envoy! I am the envoy, you can't kill me! You can't kill me!"

Shouting was useless, the Western Chu soldiers who escorted He Lin didn't say anything, dragged He Lin to the direction of the execution ground, He Lin became more and more frightened, besides being scared enough to pee his crotch, he yelled frantically: "Help! Help! King Xichu is really going to kill me! Save me quickly! I don't want to die, I still have my parents to support, my son is not yet ten years old, and he still depends on me for food! Help! Help!"

No matter how much you shouted and begged, it was useless. Mr. Uncle Sun’s poor student, He Lin, was still forcibly dragged onto the execution platform by the soldiers of the Western Chu Army, and pressed to the wooden anvil to be beheaded. He Lin even frightened his six souls away, and cried out almost subconsciously, "King Jibei! King Jibei! Where are you, King Jibei? We agreed to just pretend to be King Xichu." Look, it’s agreed that you will intercede for me and let King Xichu let me go back! Why don’t you keep your word?! Come and save me!”

"Wait!"

Hearing such cries, Tang Xiu, the general of the Western Chu Army who supervised Xiang Yu's beheading, of course couldn't remember being suspicious, and immediately ordered the executioner to suspend the execution, and then rushed to the execution platform and asked He Lin, "You man, what are you doing?" What do you mean by what you said just now? What do you mean by saying that you are just pretending to show our king?"

After all, he is Mr. Uncle Sun's disciple, and He Lin was quite loyal and hesitant. He didn't immediately answer Tang Xiu's question. Tang Xiu became even more suspicious when he saw it, and hurriedly shouted: "Say it quickly! Otherwise, the general will let the executioner go first." Cut off your hands and feet, and then chop off your head!"

Knowing how brutal the Western Chu Army was, and knowing that Tang Xiu's words were definitely not a joke, after hesitating for a while, He Lin's will to survive still gained the upper hand, and tremblingly said: "General, if the villain tells the truth, can you Spare the villain not to die?"

"As long as you tell the truth, this general promises to intercede with the king and ask him to spare you." Tang Xiu replied immediately.

He Lin gritted his teeth, and still yelled, "Mr. Tian Du, it was you who broke your promises first. Since you are unkind, don't blame Mr. Ben for being unrighteous!"

It was only after the roar was over that He Lin turned to Tang Xiu and said quickly, "General, Wang Tian of Jibei handed over the villain to you. It was our Han army who discussed it with him first. He intentionally handed over the villain to us. The King of Han's letter of credence is handed over to you in order to let the King of Western Chu think that he is loyal and will not rebel, and no longer be wary of him, so that he can suddenly stab you in the back when our King of Han sends troops eastward!"

Tang Xiu opened his mouth wide in disbelief, and then blurted out, "Really?!"

"It's absolutely true!" He Lin replied firmly, and then said with a sad face: "General, can you spare the villain now?"

"Don't kill him! Absolutely don't kill him! Wait until I report to the king first!"

After roaring wildly, Tang Xiu, of course, immediately flew back to the big tent of the Chinese army, and reported the important situation to Xiang Yu, who was drinking in the tent, and more naturally, Tang Xiu flew back to deliver the order , Let the soldiers immediately take He Lin into the tent of the Chinese army and hand it over to Xiang Yu for interrogation in person!And then, when Mr. Uncle Sun's proud disciple He Lin finally saw Xiang Yu himself, Xiang Yu immediately lifted his collar and roared, "Say! Tell me the truth, what is going on! ? If you dare to tell half a lie, be careful with your head!"

When the matter came to this point, He Lin had no choice but to weep and say truthfully: "Your Majesty, the situation is like this. The villain was originally a disciple of Shu Suntong, an important minister of the Han Army, and he has been working under the account of the King of Han. A few days ago, the villain’s teacher, Mr. Shusun, suddenly brought the villain to Tobu City, and then yesterday, the villain’s teacher, Mr. Shusun, arranged for the villain to be our King of Han The envoys of the Han Dynasty came to Pingping to present the letter of credence to the King of Jibei."

"The villain was afraid of danger, so he never dared to come, but the teacher told the villain that the king of Jibei had actually surrendered to our Han king in secret, and that there would be absolutely no danger for the villain to go to Pingyuan. He also said that the villain had arrived After the Pingyuan, King Jibei will deliberately hand over the villain and King Han’s credentials to you, King Xichu, so that you will think that King Jibei is loyal to you and stop being wary, and then he can be your king. During the decisive battle with our King of Han, he suddenly stabbed you from the back and helped the King of Han to kill you. Then, the King of Jibei would persuade you to let the villain survive and let the villain go back to do business, so the villain is brave Here we come. Otherwise, even if you borrow a hundred courage from the villain, the villain will never dare to lie to you, King Xichu!"

Before He Lin finished crying, Xiang Yu's chest exploded with anger, and he roared and asked, "Tian Dupifu, did you really betray this king? Did you secretly surrender to you traitors?"

"It's absolutely true." He Lin hurriedly said again: "By the way, the villain's teacher, Mr. Shusun, also showed the villain the letter of surrender written by Tian Du himself to us King of Han, and there is also the seal of King Jibei on it." "If you don't believe me, my lord, I will recite it to you."

After all, He Lin actually recited Tian Dujiang's letter that he had seen with his own eyes, and the content was basically the same as that of Tian Du's invitation to surrender letter. He fell on the ground and forced him to silently write out the content of Tian Dujiang's book, and then shouted: "Come on, go and call Tian Du Xiaoer to this king immediately!"

Thinking about it, Xiang Yu felt uneasy, and immediately added: "Also, tell our army to prepare for battle immediately, and closely monitor every move of the Jibei Army! If there is any abnormality, you can send troops to attack the Jibei Army immediately without asking for orders!"

(End of this chapter)