Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 403 The truth is useless

When he suddenly received Xiang Yu's summoning order, Tian Du's sixth sense warned him that the situation was not good just by looking at the tense expression and erratic eyes of the envoy of the Western Chu Army who sent the order. It's not that simple.

He had a vague premonition that something was going wrong, and there was nothing he could do about it. Tian Du, the King of Jibei, was appointed by Xiang Yu. He had always been afraid of Xiang Yu like a tiger. Now he had to rely on the protection of the Western Chu Army led by Xiang Yu, so that he could stop the coming Han army. Therefore, Tian Du quickly accepted Xiang Yu's summoning order with a smile on his face, and immediately led a group of guards out of the tent with Xiang Yu's messenger, and went to the Western Chu army camp to meet Xiang Yu.

Liu Hua, Tian Du's important counselor, also saw that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stopped Tian Du when he was about to leave the tent, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the King of Western Chu has a strange look on his face. It’s like being wary of us, this is definitely not a good omen, just to be cautious, Your Majesty, you’d better reconsider whether to meet King Xichu.”

After hesitating for a while, Tian Du replied helplessly in a low voice: "This king also saw that something was wrong with the envoy of King Xichu, but there is no way, the king of West Chu put his temper there, and he sent someone to send a message. Zhao, if this king doesn't go, he will definitely not be happy, and things will happen if nothing happens. But it's okay, I'm not afraid of the shadow, even if I go to see the king of Xichu, there will be no problem, you just need to rest assured. "

Liu Hua, who was also aware of Xiang Yu's temper, had no choice but to give up dissuading him. Then Tian Du got on his horse and went straight to the Western Chu Army camp to meet Xiang Yu. He immediately complained that something was wrong, the atmosphere in the Xichu military camp was very tense, and there seemed to be signs of secret preparations for each battalion and army, Tian Du felt strangely anxious, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go straight into the center At the military camp, enter the Chinese army tent to meet Xiang Yu.

Of course, the seriousness of the situation far exceeded Tian Du's imagination. He had just entered the tent of the Chinese army. As soon as they surged up, they held Tiandu tightly with all their hands and feet.At the same time, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army outside the tent also immediately attacked, surrounded all the guards of the Jibei Army brought by Tian Du, forced them to disarm, and then tied them all up with ropes.

"Your Majesty, what did your servant do wrong? Why do you treat your servant like this?"

Tian Du hurriedly asked in fear, he was so smart that he didn't dare to resist at all, but Xiang Yu directly threw the letter of surrender written by the Han army envoy He Linmo on Tian Du's face, roaring angrily: "Thank you!" You still have the face to ask me why I took you, you see for yourself, what is this?!"

The guards of the Western Chu Army picked up the letter of surrender, held it up to Tian Du and unfolded it for him to read carefully, and then only roughly read the general content, Tian Du was frightened away with three souls, and screamed, "My lord, where is this?" Came here? This..., this was not written by a servant, you can compare the handwriting, Your Majesty, this is really not written by a servant!"

"If it was written by you, this king would have killed you with a sword!" Xiang Yu's expression was extremely ferocious, and he asked angrily: "This king is asking you now, have you ever written such a letter? Have you ever written a letter like this? The traitor secretly contacted and handed over such a letter to the traitor envoy?!"

Soybean sweat immediately appeared on Tian Du's forehead, and he wanted to pretend to deny it, but Tian Du did write such a letter with very similar content, and he didn't know how much Xiang Yu knew, let alone that. Whether the original copy of the deadly letter will appear in Xiang Yu's hands, so Tian Du didn't know how to answer it for a while.

"King Jibei, don't try to cheat!" There was a yell from the corner of the big tent, and he said eagerly: "It's useless for you to cheat, I am the witness! I can swear to God, I saw it with my own eyes in Tobu City. The original copy of this letter is not only written by you, but also your autograph and your seal!"

After seeing clearly that the person who said this was the Han army envoy He Lin who had just taken the initiative to hand it over to the Western Chu army, Tian Du's head buzzed immediately, and he almost fainted from fright on the spot. Maybe he was fooled by the Han army, but because he didn't know the whole incident, Tian Du couldn't understand what kind of trap he fell into.

Fortunately, Xiang Zhuang, Ji Bu and others around Xiang Yu were relatively calm at this time, and they all advised Xiang Yu: "My lord, please calm down. This matter is just one-sided words of the envoys of the traitors. The traitors are treacherous. They are always good at forging letters from others. If the informant emissary of the traitors actually saw such a letter, it may not be true, so let the king of Jibei clarify the matter first."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Zhuang turned to Tian Du and said, "King Jibei, speak up quickly. The envoy of the Han bandit told him that he was in the army of Han bandits in Dongwu City and saw with his own eyes that you wrote to the traitor Xiang Kang. Please send me a letter, have you ever done such a thing? Tell me quickly! Don't worry, if it is a traitor who designed to frame you, we will definitely find a way to prove your innocence!"

Tian Du's reaction stunned Xiang Zhuang who kindly wanted to help him clean up his crimes. Considering that he had indeed written such a letter and had indeed had secret contact with the Han army envoys, it would not be impossible for Xiang Yu to find out the truth if he investigated deeply—— The few insiders that day have all been taken out of the tent by the West Chu Army.And considering that the Han army wanted to frame him, there must be a way to hand over the original letter to Xiang Yu, so after hesitating for a long time, Tian Du asked tremblingly: "General Xiang Zhuang, can you tell Xiao Wang what is the matter?" What kind of experience?"

"What do you mean?"

Xiang Zhuang also had an ominous premonition, and after hesitating for a while, Xiang Zhuang told Tian Du the whole incident in detail. What made Xiang Zhuang even more dumbfounded was that after listening to his introduction, Tian Du Not only did his face gradually turn gray, but he was so frightened that his whole body trembled, his legs couldn't stand upright at all, and when Xiang Zhuang finally finished explaining the situation, Tian Du screamed in despair, "I've been fooled! Xiang Kang Rebel, you are too ruthless to set up such a vicious trap for this king to take advantage of!"

"King of Jibei, what exactly do you mean?" Xiang Zhuang realized that the situation was not good, and asked in a trembling voice, "Could it be that you really wrote such a letter?"

Tian Du's helplessness nodded and admitted, so that Xiang Zhuang, Ji Bu and others almost passed out on the spot. After finally realizing that he had fallen into Xiang Kang's trap, Tian Du, who was in the hands of the Han army, did not dare to hide anything. Immediately, he knelt down to Xiang Yu and wailed, "Forgive me, my lord, I did write such a letter! But I was also deceived, so I was tricked by the Han thief into writing this letter!"

I never expected that Tian Du would admit that there was indeed such a thing. Xiang Yu, who thought it would take a lot of effort and time to find out, couldn't help opening his mouth, but Tian Du didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and hurriedly kowtowed desperately while Weeping and telling Xiang Yu the truth of the matter in detail, honestly admitting that he had a secret contact with another Han army envoy the day before yesterday, and in order to preserve the remaining army, he wrote this letter against his will and handed it to the Han army envoy. He admits that the letters written by Xiang Kang and Tian Xin, the traitor of the Jibei Army, are currently hidden in his own army.

"Your Majesty, I can swear to the sky that I am truly loyal to you! It's just that I was afraid that Tian Xin would jump over the wall in a hurry and really lead the army to surrender to the traitors, so I pretended to agree to surrender to the traitors. There is a way to trick that idiot Tian Xin back! This servant has already made up his mind, as soon as that idiot Tian Xin returns with an army, I will immediately tell you the truth and execute that idiot Tian Xin!"

Not to mention, Tian Du's frankness really calmed down the hot-tempered Xiang Yu a lot, but after careful consideration, Xiang Yu asked Tian Du with a dark face, "Then why did you put me in the middle of the night immediately?" Report the situation to the king? Tell the king the truth in advance?"

"Because the envoys of the traitors threatened my subordinates, saying that Xiang Kang's traitor has a lot of eyeliners by your side, the king. If the subordinates dare to tell you the situation, they will immediately ask Tian Xin to surrender on the spot. For Xiao Wang's sake." There is still an army in Jibei Kingdom, so I didn't dare to take the risk of reporting the situation to you in advance!"

Life was at stake, Tian didn't dare to hide anything, he could only quickly confess his worries and worries honestly, admitting that he chose to keep the secret from Xiang Yu temporarily in order to protect the army, and kowtowed like a chicken pecking at rice, crying bitterly Said: "Your Majesty, I deserve death for my crimes. I shouldn't hide it from you because of my own army, but I am really loyal to you, really loyal to you!"

It was after Tian Du broke his forehead that Xiang Zhuang, Ji Bu and the others gradually came to their senses as if they had just woken up from a dream. The king has already admitted it frankly. It seems that this matter is definitely true. And this matter is indeed reasonable. The King of Jibei was short of soldiers and food. In order to preserve his remaining army, he chose to feign surrender to the Han bandits. , I also ask the King Nian to take the initiative and confession of the King of Jibei, and give the King of Jibei a lighter punishment, let him take the crime and make meritorious service, and make atonement for his crime."

Seeing Tian Du's honest confession, and listening to Xiang Zhuang's persuasion, Xiang Yu, who has never had much brains, was inevitably a little shaken, and almost wanted to give Tian Du a chance to make meritorious deeds and atone for his sins.But it is a pity that at the critical moment, Master Xiang Bo suddenly jumped out, leaned into Xiang Yu's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty, don't trust me lightly. Beware that Tian Du'er really intends to surrender to the traitors, just because the mechanism leaked it." , That's why I made up these lies to lie to you."

To wake up the dreamer with one word, it was only after Master Xiang Boxiang reminded Xiang Yu that there was such a possibility that Tian Du really planned to betray himself and surrender to his scumbag cousin, but he was lucky enough to discover the truth. Seeing that things could no longer be denied, that's why I improvised these nonsense to deceive myself!

It is precisely because of this concern that after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, Xiang Yu could only choose a more compromise method, gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, I will trust you for the time being, and I will save your life for the time being. This king has found out the truth of the matter, and then I will send you off!"

Tian Du was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly kowtowed to Xiang Yu to thank him, but Xiang Yu kept his voice and issued orders one after another. First, he sent people to the camp of the Jibei Army to find Tian Xin and Xiang Kang's letters hidden in the army by Tian Du. He also ordered people to interrogate several Tiandu guards who were present at the time in detail, and then temporarily deprived Tiandu of his military power, temporarily detained Tiandu in the camp of the Western Chu Army, and asked Tiandu's fellow clan Tian Da to act as the temporary agent of the Jibei Army In the position of coach, Tian Du only wanted to clear up his grievances. Of course, he obediently obeyed his orders, and he also thanked Xiang Yu for his gratitude.

Tian Du, who was lucky enough to save his life for the time being, soon realized that he was too happy, because this matter was completely a case without a head. , and there is no way to prove whether Tian Du has hidden the heart of surrendering to the Han, and agreed to surrender to the Han army. Is it just to deceive the Jibei army isolated in the territory of Zhao State, or whether he really intends to abandon Chu and return to the Han, and is ready to surrender at a critical moment. Stabbed Xiang Yu in the back.

Even the civilian officials of the Western Chu Army discovered that Tian Xin's letters were suspicious and had slight traces of forgery. Dingtian could only prove that this matter might be a trap carefully arranged by the Han army, but he could not prove that Tian Xin was genuine. There is no hidden dissent, do you really want to surrender to the Han army?

Even if Tian Xin fled back to the territory of Jibei with the rest of the Jibei Army, a few days later, taking advantage of the opportunity that the Han Army had no time to intercept and block, he voluntarily gave up the nearly 2 Jinbei Army in Gongxian County. Fortunately, he got rid of the pursuit of the Han army, and retreated to the territory of Jibei by taking the road of Fuliu and Guanjin, and was not annihilated by the Han army in the territory of Zhao State.However, after returning to his hometown, it was not flowers and applause, nor rewards of wine and meat, but a group of Western Chu soldiers who were like tigers and wolves, who greeted Tian Xin, the general of the Northern Army who had worked so hard. He was escorted to the Western Chu army camp to be personally interrogated by Xiang Yu.

Like all wronged loyal ministers in history, no matter how madly Tian Xin cried out for injustice, and no matter how many people from the Jinbei Army stood up to testify, it proved that he had never secretly colluded with the Han army, and also proved that his trusted guard Zhao Peng had long been there. Missing on the Sishui battlefield, there is no way to convince Xiang Yu that he really did not surrender Xiang Kang secretly, and that he came back with the army to prepare to suddenly stab the Western Chu army in the back at a critical moment.

What's more, there is no way to prove it, or Tian Du wrote Xiang Kang a letter of surrender, whether he really planned to surrender to the Han army, even if the truth of the matter has basically been revealed, all the links have been clearly placed in front of Xiang Yu, Tian Du has no way to prove that he is really loyal to Xiang Yu, and whether the letter of surrender he wrote to Xiang Kang really intends to surrender.After all, even the calmer generals of the Western Chu Army, such as Xiang Zhuang and Ji Bu, could not prove what Tian Du was thinking, let alone Xiang Yu, whose temper was like a firecracker.

In the end, after nearly a month, it was also after the Jibei Army Wenwu sent all the money and food that they had collected with all their strength to the Western Chu Army camp, and at the same time, Qi State was also forced to go westward. After the Chu army paid a large amount of money and food, Xiang Yu received the accurate news that his scumbag cousin Xiang Kang had personally led the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han army down the Chidao and retreated to the Puyang battlefield. The Uncle Corps continued to confront him at a distance.

"It's been tricked again!"

Kicking the table in front of him into the air with one kick, Xiang Yu's one-eyed eyes burst into flames again, roaring angrily, "Xiang Kang! He didn't plan to take advantage of the momentum to enter the plains, he was just playing me! The king has been fooled by him again!"

After the roar, in a rage, Xiang Yu yelled and ordered that the Western Chu Army immediately send troops to the west to launch a counterattack against the giant deer!Ji Bu who was next to him quickly reminded: "My lord, the traitor Xiang Kang raised his troops to the south, and he will definitely make Zhou Shupifu stick to it! Our hinterland is empty again. If we can't take down the giant deer quickly and wipe out the traitor Zhou Shu The main force of the Ministry, Xiang Kang took the opportunity to attack our hinterland and cut off our food roads, how should we respond?!"

Xiang Yu was stunned, and only then remembered that he had been seriously injured after being severely injured, and there was no decent army behind the hinterland that could stop the advance of the Han army. Uncle Zhou under him is dragged into a war of attrition, so the scumbag cousin who has already gone south only needs to take the opportunity to cut off his long food road, and starve his last main force to death!
"Your Majesty, the only thing we can do now is to go south as soon as possible and retreat to the rear of our homeland." Ji Bu added, "In this way, we can not only have enough troops to resist the attack of the Han bandits, but also hope to take advantage of the Han bandits. The opportunity to take the initiative to attack, and get the opportunity to take the opportunity to fight the traitor Xiang Kang."

What Xiang Yu likes most is decisive battles, especially with his scumbag cousin, so after a little calculation, Xiang Yu immediately nodded and said: "It makes sense, we should withdraw to the mainland as soon as possible, and find a chance to fight Xiang Kang's scumbag!" Decisive battle! On the northern front, temporarily guard, after we deal with the traitors Xiang Kang, it will not be too late to turn around and deal with Uncle Zhou! Send the order, prepare to retreat, and take away all the food, grass and military supplies!"

Seeing that Xiang Yu had made a decision, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly said cautiously: "Your Majesty, what should we do with King Jibei's fields? My subordinates believe that since the Han bandits previously threatened to attack Jibei was just a bluff, it would be wrong to instigate rebellion against King Jibei and General Tian Xin." It can be proved that there is nothing, so why don’t your majesty pardon King Jibei and Tian Xin and give them justice. In this way, they will definitely be grateful, defend Jibei, and help us contain the Han thief Uncle Zhou’s troops, and buy us time on the southern front.”

"Don't take risks! Never take risks!"

Master Xiang Bo jumped out in time to give advice to Xiang Yu, a filial nephew, and said: "None of us can prove whether he is sincere or false in sending a letter to the Han bandits from Tiandu Pifu! It is also possible that we heard the news and knew that Tian Du's husband had been exposed, and it would be difficult to win without internal support, so he adjusted his strategy and chose to divide his troops to go south! Moreover, Tian Du was imprisoned by us and seized power, so he will definitely hold a grudge. Once our army leaves, no one monitors and controls it As for him, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to surrender to the traitors, and suddenly stab us in the back from the northern line, and the consequences will definitely be disastrous!"

"Uncle Ji, you..." Xiang Zhuang also finally understood why Xiang Kang hated Xiang Bo so much, and Master Xiang - when you mess around, it's no different from a stick!

"What's wrong with me? I'm thinking for our Western Chu!" After scolding Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Bo and Master Xiang hurriedly said to Xiang Yu: "My lord, the best way is to take advantage of Tian Du's admission that he once The opportunity to ask the traitors to surrender, use this excuse to execute him and the unreliable Tian Xin, and let Tian Da, who listens to us, succeed him as the king of Jibei. This can be done once and for all, and Tian Da will be more loyal to us , so that we don’t have to worry about sudden changes on the northern line.”

In history, Zhou Chang, the best friend of Liu Laosan, was staying in Xingyang. For the sake of caution, he did not hesitate to execute Wei Bao, who had a history of betrayal. This is the case with Zhou Chang, a famous official, let alone Xiang Yu, the overlord of Xiang Yu, so it is just a little pondering After a while, Xiang Yu nodded resolutely, and said, "Uncle Ji, the hidden danger of Tiandu cannot be left behind! We can only get rid of it immediately!"

"Your Majesty is Shengming." Master Xiang Bo hurriedly complimented him, then lowered his head and said with a sinister smile in his heart: "Mr. Tian Dapi, the king of Jibei you asked for from this old man, I have already fulfilled it for you. The reward you promised to this old man, but Don't discount it."

In this way, when the truth has actually been revealed, because he could not prove whether the letter he wrote to Xiang Kang to persuade him to surrender was sincere, the poor Jibei Wang Tiandu was still put on the execution ground, and he and the hard-working Together with General Tian Xin of the Jinbei Army, they accepted the punishment of beheading rewarded by Xiang Yu.

It may be that God also knew that Tian was wronged. When Tian Du was put on the execution platform, the sunny and sunny plain was suddenly covered with overcast clouds. In the middle, Tian, ​​who was full of grievances, couldn't help but burst into tears, and couldn't help shouting up to the sky, "Heaven! My Tian is wronged! Wronged——!"

(End of this chapter)