Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 443
Master Xiang Bo, who was not enthusiastic at first, really changed his attitude, and suddenly became concerned about Xue County's combat preparations. In addition to pretending to understand the various situations of the Western Chu Army's early assembly of troops in Xue County, he also selflessly took the initiative Advise Xiang Yu, try his best to persuade Xiang Yu to break the rules and promote him, and let Liu Laosan, who had just returned to Xiang Yu's tent not long ago, be the commander of Xue County's partial division, responsible for dealing with the Pengyue bandit army that is about to advance eastward, and at the first time Rushed to Qi to reinforce Tian Da and Tian Jia, the last two princes outside the Guan who still surrendered to the Western Chu Army.

However, Master Xiang Bo Xiang's recommendation is indeed sufficient. Among the generals of the Western Chu Army whose talents are gradually fading, apart from Huan Chu, who can never be mobilized at present, Liu Laosan has the most experience in commanding troops and the most military exploits. Prominent, the experience of being alone is beyond the reach of Huan Chu, and at the same time, he is very familiar with various situations in Xue County. He can be regarded as half of Xue County's local snake. Others are much more certain.

Much to Master Xiang's surprise and joy, old man Fan, who always liked to fight against him, also took the wrong medicine this time, and he agreed with his point of view very much. The difference is that Liu Laosan was appointed as the deputy, and Xiang Zhuang, who was once able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang under Xiang Liang's account, was the coach of Xuejun's partial division.

The headstrong Xiang Yu has always only listened to the opinions of three subordinates, one is Cao Jiu who had died on the Puyang battlefield, and the other two are his father Fan Zeng and Master Xiang Bo. At the third platform, Xiang Yu, who had no such plan at first, also changed his mind, nodded quickly and said: "Forget it, since both Yafu and Jishu think that Liu Ji should be sent to Xuejun, let him go, let him go." Serve as deputy to brother Xiang Zhuang, and assist Xiang Zhuang to lead our Xuejun division."

Old man Fan cupped his hands to thank, Master Xiang also cupped his hands happily, and said in his heart: "Brother Liu Ji, although you were not able to make you the coach of our Xue County partial division, you just said that you wanted to go to Xue County to kill thieves." Meritorious service, I didn't say that I must be our head coach, so this old man has fulfilled his promise to you, you should continue to thank this old man."

Old Man Liu didn't disappoint Old Man Fan either. After learning that Xiang Yu had resolutely agreed to let him go to Xue County, even though he was only serving as an assistant to Xiangzhuang, Liu Laosan still took the valuable things that Lu Shizhi and Lu Jia brought from the south of Nanyang again. He took out a part and thanked Master Xiang Bo Xiang who spared no effort to help him. At the same time, he said proudly in his heart: "Even if you send Xiangzhuang Xiaoer to Xuejun to suppress me? That little Zhuzi has never had any ideas. As long as Xue Jun thinks about it a little bit, he won't have to worry about letting him be at my mercy."

After Haosheng thanked Master Xiang, he was elated. Of course, Liu Laosan quickly summoned several of his cronies to tell the good news to Fan Kui, Cao Can and other friends from Peixian County, so that they should hurry up and prepare so that As I went north to Xue County to participate in the war, the friends in Pei County, who were not valued at all under Xiang Yu's tent, were not happy when they heard it. They all wished to leave Pengcheng as soon as possible, and followed Liu Laosan to the northern line of the Western Chu Army to create a new world .

Only Han Xin still had a grim expression, and when all the friends in Pei County were overjoyed, Han Xin said to Liu Laosan: "You Sima, if it's just a head-on confrontation, it's definitely not difficult to deal with Peng Yue. The difficulty lies in how to find his main force for the decisive battle. If we do not find a solution to this problem, our prospect of going to Xue County may not be as optimistic as imagined."

"Is this problem considered a problem?" Liu Laosan said with a smile: "This problem must be difficult for others, but for you, Brother Han, it is not a matter of little effort? Brother Han, don't be modest, let's talk, we What should I do? We all listen to you."

The proud Han Xin has always liked to be complimented, so he pretended to evade a few words and said: "Two ways, one is to build more beacon towers in the west of Xue County after arriving in Xue County, and quickly grasp the Pengyue bandit army through the flames and smoke. The second is to send more secret agents to pretend to join the Pengyue bandit army, find out where the Pengyue bandit army's lair is as soon as possible, and find out where his food, grass, military supplies and weapons are stored, and then things will be much easier."

After finishing speaking, Han Xin added: "The selection of the secret agent is the key. First of all, of course it must be reliable. Second, it must be a local near Juyeze. Third, the secret agent we send should preferably have not joined the Western Chu Army. Only in this way can we hope to quickly gain the trust of Peng Yue's bandit army. It is not easy to find someone who meets these three conditions at the same time."

Before Han Xin finished speaking, Liu Laosan and his friends in Pei County had already laughed, and then Fan Kui also said with a smile: "Don't worry, General Han, such a person may be very difficult for others to find. But for us, Peigong, it is as much as we want."

"How much do you want?" Han Xin was a little surprised, and said, "Pei Gong, I know that your hometown, Pei County, is not very far from Juyeze, but after all these years, you can still find such a suitable person in Pei County? "

"Brother Han, don't worry." Liu Laosan smiled even more happily, and said quite proudly: "I don't need to find such a person in Pei County, just in Changyi, Fang Yu and Kang's father, and your sister-in-law's hometown. Father Shan, I have as many people like this as I want."

Liu Laosan, the leader of the gangsters in Peixian County, is of course not bragging. On the second day, Liu Laosan selected several old soldiers and asked them to go north to the surrounding areas of Juyeze to act according to plan, looking for local gangsters to buy The ranger acted as a spy, and took the initiative to go to Peng Yue to act as his eyeliner.At the same time, the news that Liu Laosan's troops were about to follow Xiang Zhuang to go north to Xuejun also spread quickly among Liu Laosan's army. Liu Laosan set off northward.

Cao Wushang, who followed Liu Laosan to fight with Liu Laosan when he was in Peixian County back then, was of course one of them. Wound was named Sima for a time, and when the Han army launched the Southern Expedition, he first followed Cao Shen in the southern expedition to Changsha County, escaped the Nanyang Army's disastrous defeat in Yingchuan Ye County, and was very lucky to escape when the Han army attacked Wancheng. After leaving the battlefield, he ran to Jiyang with Cao Shen to meet Liu Laosan. He did not die tragically on the Wancheng battlefield like many of his colleagues, and became one of the very few old Liu Laosan soldiers who survived Pei County.

It's just that Cao Wushang's good luck came to an end. After Liu Laosan returned to Xiang Yu's tent, his troops were only about [-] people. Even the important generals of the Nanyang Army, Zhou Bo, Cao Can, and Fan Kui, were demoted to two or five hundred commanders. Of course, Cao Wushang could only be punished without fault, and was very wronged to be demoted to command only a hundred soldiers. The centenary commander of the infantry did not even become a five hundred commander who he had no regard for at all.

Regarding this, Cao Shen and Fan Kui, who were loyal to Liu Laosan, had no complaints, but because of well-known reasons, Cao Wushang was of course very upset.But no matter how dissatisfied, there is nothing to do, Liu Laosan has no way to give him any special care, and he does not have the opportunity to please Xiang Yu and win the importance of the Western Chu Army like in history, so Cao Wushang can only swallow his anger , obediently obeyed Liu Laosan's order, obediently made preparations to continue to follow Liu Laosan to the north.

However, something happened that Cao Wushang never dreamed of. Just as he was about to set off, soldiers from the Xichu barracks, who were not in the same army as him, suddenly found him, saying that an old friend from Donghai County came to him, hoping to Meet him.Cao Wushang, who had never been to Donghai County a few times, was of course very puzzled when he heard it, and recalled, "I don't have many acquaintances in Donghai? Did that person say his name?"

"I didn't say that, and I forgot to ask." The gate soldier of the Xichu barracks said impatiently: "Have you seen it? If you see him, go to the gate of the camp to see him. If you don't see him, I will send him away for you." leave."

Out of curiosity, Cao Wushang still followed the soldiers to the front of the Western Chu Army's garrison, and met the man with the eyebrows and mouse eyes who claimed to be his old friend, but Cao Wushang was even more strange after meeting him, because no matter how he recalled, I can't even remember that I have seen this crooked man there.On the other hand, the man with mischievous eyebrows seemed to know him, and when he met him, he smiled and saluted him, and said, "General Cao, why don't you come?"

"Strong man, have I seen you?" Cao Wushang asked in a very confused manner.

"The general is such a noble man who forgets things." The man with mischievous eyebrows and mischievous eyes said with a smile on his face: "The villain is Guan Yun, do you still remember that when we were in Zhuang County in Donghai County, we met outside the city of Zhuang County? Over there?"

"Zeng County in Donghai County?? Have I been there?" Cao Wushang tried hard to recall, but after searching hard in his old memories, Cao Wushang's face suddenly changed again, because Cao Wushang suddenly I remembered that not only had I been to Zhuang County in Donghai County, but I had also met a man there who is now famous all over the world... (see Chapter [-] of this book)

Watching his words, Guan Yun saw Cao Wushang's expression change just now, and Guan Yun, who had mischievous eyebrows, knew that Cao Wushang had remembered the past, so he nodded and bowed hurriedly and said, "General Cao, it seems that you have remembered, can you take a moment to speak? I have the courage to ask you to help me with something very important."

Cao Wushang, who had already remembered the past, was of course heartbroken a little faster, and his mouth began to feel dry and bitter, but after seeing Guan Yun winking at him a few times, Cao Wushang, who was not as good as before, still nodded his head , Nunzui turned to the distance of the camp, and said with a smile: "Brother Guan, brother, I am just a little Baichang now, I am not qualified to invite you in to sit down and talk, go over there for a walk."

Guan Yun nodded and bowed in agreement, and hurriedly followed Cao Wushang to the distance of the camp, and because Cao Wushang was only a small commander, of course the soldiers of the Western Chu Army next to him didn't bother to pay attention to such trivial matters. People follow up to check the situation.However, even so, Cao Wushang's heart was still beating fast, and just as he walked far away, he couldn't wait to ask Guan Yun in a low voice: "Are you the one who brought the army to take down Zong County? ?”

"Reporting to General Cao, that's right." Guan Yun answered in a low voice, then took out a small cloth bag and handed it to Cao Wushang, and said with a smile: "General, that person asked the villain to bring it to you, it's a trivial matter. "

Cao Wushang hesitated and didn't reach out to pick it up, but Guan Yun smiled again and said, "General Cao, accept it, this is just a greeting gift, even if you don't want to do things for us, you can accept it with confidence, we won't force you Do what you don't want to do."

All his wealth and property had been lost in Wancheng, and it was because of his nature, Cao Wushang hesitated again, and took the small cloth bag, but in the end he just rubbed it casually through the cloth bag, and Cao Wushang's heart was full of tears. Immediately overjoyed - the cloth bag is full of pearls as big as fingertips, judging from the weight, they must be valuable pearls.

"Our Majesty did not misunderstand the person." Guan Yun smiled again and said: "To tell the truth, General, in fact, when we were in Zen County, our Majesty already admired you very much, but our Majesty's strength was still very weak at that time. That's why I didn't open my mouth to recruit you, General."

"Your Majesty thinks so highly of me, a nobody?" Cao Wushang asked in surprise, and hurriedly hid the bag of pearls in his bosom.

"If our king hadn't had a high regard for you, general, why would the villain have traveled all the way to Pengcheng to contact you, general?" Guan Yun asked with a smile: "And let the villain bring you ten valuables?" A thousand-gold East Sea pearl? There are also two moon pearls (night pearls) that are extremely precious in the palaces of all countries? Doesn’t this prove our king’s sincerity to you, general?”

"Bright Moon Pearl?!" Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Cao Wushang calmed down and asked, "What does Your Majesty want me to do?"

"General, please join our Han army secretly and help us deal with Liu Jipifu and the Western Chu bandit army." Guan Yun replied directly and in a low voice: "After this is done, our king will never treat you, General Cao."

He had already guessed the reason why Xiang Kang sent someone to give him such a generous gift. Of course, Cao Wushang was not too surprised by this, but asked very strangely: "Guan Zhuangshi, don't you know my current situation? I am just a How can the little commander of the Western Chu Army help you?"

"Don't worry, general, our king said that no matter what your current situation is, you will definitely be of great help to us." Guan Yun replied, "We don't want you to do anything now, but just ask you to continue lurking in the west." In the ranks of the Chu thief army, when there is a need in the future, our king will naturally send someone to contact you, and as long as the general acts according to the order, our king will not treat you badly."

"Of course." Guan Yun added: "At that time, if the general knows something important about the Xichu bandit army and needs to report to our king, he can also take the initiative to send a reliable person to contact us. At that time, our king will absolutely You and your messenger will not be wronged."

Cao Wushang hesitated again, and then said: "Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple." Guan Yun nodded easily, and said, "Of course, if you don't want to, General, we won't force you, and you can keep the gift, General. I just ask General Nian to send you a generous gift from thousands of miles away. For the sake of it, just don’t sell out the villain.”

Guan Yun, an experienced special agent of the Han Army, was surprised. After hesitating for a moment, Cao Wushang nodded decisively and said, "Since the King of Han still remembers the nameless general, the last general, and thinks so highly of me, a little leader, then my life From now on, it will belong to the King of Han. Please tell the strong man to report to the King of Han, and say that in the future, if there is an assignment, he will definitely go through fire and water."

"So happy? Is it true or not?" Cao Wushang's straightforward answer made the Han army's special agent Guan Yun feel drummed, so he asked tentatively, "General Cao, do you have any other requests?"

"A strong man, it's not that the last general can't trust you." Cao Wushang's answer surprised Guan Yun again, and said in a low voice: "One is that it is inconvenient here, and the other is that the strong man has to go back to Guanzhong for a long distance to return to his command. The road is too dangerous. Therefore, the final general cannot write a letter of loyalty to the King of Han, but please rest assured that the King of Han and the strong men will not go back on their promises.”

"Really or not? This man, is he coveting the great gift from our great king, and won't accept what we have, right?"

Guan Yun, who never expected it to go so smoothly, felt more and more excited, but the task assigned to him by Xiang Kang and Chen Ping was to just get in touch with Cao Wushang, and he was not required to obtain any evidence of Cao Wushang. He also explained early on that it doesn't matter if Cao Wushang refuses to agree, so Guan Yun nodded and said: "Don't worry, general, the villain will definitely bring your message. That's it. The Chu thief army is suspicious, if the general has no other orders, the villain will leave first."

Once again surprised Guan Yun, Cao Wushang didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately said: "The strong man wait a moment, in order to repay the king's generous gift, the villain has two important things to report. First, Liu Ji The day after tomorrow, he will lead the army of Xiangzhuang to the north with the Western Chu thief, and go to Xuejun to prepare to fight General Peng Yue. Second, the villain accidentally heard from his brother Cao Shen a few days ago that before that, Liu Ji had already arranged for people to go north first. They went to buy the rangers around Juyeze to act as eyeliners in General Peng Yue's army, looking for the places where General Peng's military supplies were stored, but those secret agents who were sent didn't know."

Guan Yun was tongue-tied, and after a while he said in his heart: "This man, you sold your master too quickly, didn't you? If you didn't know my details, just tell me such an important military situation, he won't be afraid that I'm a thief from Western Chu. Sent to test him?"

Surprised, but out of duty, after returning to the area controlled by the Han Army disguised as ordinary people, Guan Yun still wrote the situation into a letter, and sent it to Guanzhong as quickly as possible through the special channel of the Han Army Secret Service Bureau. Chen Ping, the chief of the military secret service, reported his contact with Cao Wushang, and also reported the important military situation of the Western Chu Army that Cao Wushang voluntarily betrayed.As a result, after receiving the report, Chen Ping didn't dare to hesitate, and also immediately reported to Xiang Kang who was working hard to create humans and personally supervised the spring farming in Guanzhong.

"Sure enough, the thing that the king was most worried about happened, but I didn't expect that before Peng Yue made a move, the Western Chu bandit army had already made arrangements in Xue County. It seems that this matter is [-]% Liu Ji again. Or maybe Han Xin did something wrong and saw through our strategic intentions in advance."

This was the first sentence Xiang Kang said after listening to the report, and he added: "I'm afraid Peng Yue will suffer a big loss this time. He is not Liu Jipifu's opponent in the first place. If Liu Jipifu's secret work finds him Peng Yue's lair and told Liu Jipifu the secret, Peng Yue will definitely lose even worse this time."

"Your Majesty, what should we do then?" Chen Ping quickly asked, "Do you want to send someone to remind Peng Yue?"

"Let's try it, but I'm afraid it's too late." Xiang Kang replied helplessly, and then said: "Send someone to tell Uncle Zhou about this situation, and send a message to Uncle Zhou by the way, telling him to do it as soon as possible. Break through the Dahe natural barrier that the Jibei bandit army is guarding before the Western Chu bandit army goes north to reinforce Qi. Otherwise, even Uncle Zhou may not be sure that he can break through the Dahe natural barrier under the noses of Liu Ji and Han Xin."

"That's right." Xiang Kang added: "By the way, I would like to tell Uncle Zhou that when you meet Liu Ji and Han Xinpifu, there is only one way to deal with them, which is to win with more troops, don't take risks and use tricks, and don't be greedy for merit and underestimate the enemy. If his strength is not enough, tell him to speak up, and I will find a way to send him reinforcements."

Chen Ping sang promises, and Xiang Kang said: "We can't stay in Guanzhong for too long. As soon as the spring plowing is over, we will form a new army and go to the front to put pressure on my elder brother. Otherwise, he will draw too many troops. Going north to Qidi, it must be more difficult for Uncle Zhou to win Qidi."

(End of this chapter)