Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 473 I'm Blind!
Although limited by the straight-line distance and road traffic conditions, Xiang Kang was destined to receive the battle report on the Qidi battlefield later than Xiang Yu, but Master Xiang Bo had just sent a secret envoy to deliver the letter from Xiang Liang's wife to Xiang Kang. He immediately guessed that there must have been a huge change on the Qidi battlefield, and it must be a change that is beneficial to the Han army.

Otherwise, the main force of the Han army in the middle and the main force of the Western Chu army have been confronting each other in Puyang for more than two months. How could Master Xiang Bo never think of sending this letter that his second aunt gave him when he set off from Pengcheng?Also, with Master Xiang's gnashing of hatred for Xiang Kang, how could he kindly send a letter to Xiang Kang?

Not only Xiang Kang made such a judgment, but Zhang Liang, who knew Master Xiang well, was also so skeptical. He was extremely suspicious that Xiang Bo saw that the situation of the Western Chu Army was not good, so he quickly found an excuse to ease the relationship with Xiang Kang, an unfilial nephew. In order to know how to return to the precipice in the future, surrender to the Han army, enjoy the title of Heyong Marquis and three thousand households promised to him by Xiang Kangmingwen, and live in the Tongzong Palace rebuilt from the Chu Palace in Beiban.

Of course, with Xiang Kang, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's treacherous prudence, no matter how suspicious they were, they would not dare to take it lightly before receiving the accurate information sent by Uncle Zhou, so as not to capsize the ship in the gutter. In turn, he was overwhelmed by the Western Chu Army, so Xiang Kang stepped up his army's security. While carefully guarding against a sudden attack by the Western Chu Army, he waited patiently for Uncle Zhou's military report. The time when beautiful women made man.

To Xiang Kang's surprise, only one day after sending away Master Xiang's secret envoy, on the third night, that Xiang Bo's secret envoy named Jin Qiang came outside the Han army camp again to ask for an audience with Xiang Kang, and said to Xiang Kang. Kang brought very important information and begged Xiang Kang to receive it immediately anyway.After the news was reported to Xiang Kang, out of curiosity, Xiang Kang let go of the beauties he hooked up with while hunting for beauty in Sanchuan County, and once again received the secret envoy sent by Xiang Bo and Master Xiang.

I have met once before, and this time when I met Master Xiang's confidant, Jin Qiang, Xiang Kang of course saved a lot of nonsense, and asked Jin Qiang directly why he came, and Jin Qiang didn't waste Xiang Kang's time. While bowing respectfully to Xiang Kang, he took out a letter and held it up in both hands, and said in a more respectful tone: "To the King of Han, this is brought by the Patriarch's order to the villain. The head of the family said that the copy of the urgent military report written to our King of Western Chu is very important, please read it immediately, Your Majesty."

"A copy of Xiangzhuang's urgent military report?"

Xiang Kang suddenly became interested, and immediately pouted at Xu Ji, the head of the guard next to him. Xu Ji understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the letter, and passed it to Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang took it and glanced at it briefly. The handwriting is scribbled, it should have been copied in a hurry, and I hurriedly read the contents of the letter carefully, and then when I saw Xiang Zhuang reporting to Xiang Yu the disastrous defeat of the Chuji coalition army in Qi and the disastrous defeat of the Qi rebels, it was Xiang Kang. Always prudent and prudent, he couldn't help but feel ecstasy and almost shouted, "If this is true, then the Western Chu bandits are grasshoppers after autumn, and they won't be able to reach for a few days!"

After careful calculation, I found that no matter whether the letter was true or not, I didn't have any need to deliberately conceal my excitement, so I simply patted the table, laughed and said, "Okay! Great news! Come on, set up a seat for Jin Zhuangshi." , Serving wine and food, this king will personally thank Jin Zhuangshi for his risky letter delivery today!"

Jin Qiang hurriedly backed down hypocritically, expressing that his status was low, and he was absolutely not worthy of drinking with Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang laughed and waved his hands and said, "You are welcome, Mr. Jin, you are my uncle's confidant family, and naturally you are also from our Xiang family." My family, I wish I could work for my uncle Ji, and I will never treat you badly in the future. There is no need to be polite, Jin Zhuang, please sit down."

In fact, Jin Qiang, who didn't know it, was flattered, and said that his risky letter delivery had really hugged Xiang Kang's thickest thighs in the world, and quickly thanked Xiang Kang, and then sat down in the seat arranged for him by the guards On the other hand, Xiang Kang couldn't wait to ask again: "Jin Zhuangshi, apart from this copied letter, Uncle Ji hasn't asked you to bring any message to me?"

"Report to the King of Han, and bring them here." Jin Qiang quickly replied: "The master wants the villain to report to the King of Han, saying that after our King of Western Chu received Zuo Sima's military report, he immediately called everyone to discuss countermeasures. As a result, Yafu and the others He proposed two ideas to our king, one is to quickly withdraw the troops and retreat to Pengcheng and turn the attack into defense, and the other is to ask the King of Han for peace talks, so that the war can be ceased and the world will be divided equally. Sue for peace, King of Han, you will definitely ask him to abdicate, maybe you will directly annex our Western Chu, so you haven't made up your mind yet."

Xiang Kang listened to his calculations, and then asked again after a while: "Jin Zhuangshi, is there anything else?"

"Reporting to the king, and more." Jin Qiang's expression became a little cautious, and said: "Patriarch, he said that if the king of Han would be gracious and agree that our king of Western Chu should continue to be king, he would be willing to act as an elder and the current patriarch of the Xiang family." Come forward, do your best to mediate, and help the King of Han to persuade our king to accept the peace talks."

After finishing speaking, Jin Qiang quickly added: "Of course, the Patriarch also said that if the King of Han refuses to forgive the King of Western Chu and insists on letting the King of Western Chu abdicate, or if you have any requirements for the relationship between the city, the land and the monarch and his ministers , and it can also be clearly stated that as long as there is hope, the Patriarch will definitely make it happen."

Xiang Kang nodded his head ponderously, and after the food and wine were served, Xiang Kang ordered: "Soldier Jin, please report back to my uncle Ji. If you Western Chu Army want to make peace, you can do so. Three conditions, one It is the King of Western Chu who must abdicate, the second is that Western Chu must be merged into our Han Kingdom, and the third is that Liu Ji, who turned black and white and started the war at Hangu Pass, and Liu Ji's subordinates named by the king, will all be handed over to us unconditionally. As long as you agree to these three conditions, other conditions can be discussed. In addition, Jin Zhuangshi please tell my uncle Ji clearly that if he can facilitate this matter, the reward promised to him when the king issued an edict in Julu, There will definitely be more!"

Jin Qiang, whose purpose was only to act as a messenger, quickly agreed, and repeated Xiang Kang's words so as not to forget. The same as the second time, Jin Qiang was asked to stay overnight in the Han army camp, and he was asked to go back to report to Xiang Bo at dawn the next day.

After sending Jin Qiang away, Xiang Kang of course told his important accomplices about the situation. As a result, although Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Lou Jing and others were overjoyed when they heard it, they advised Xiang Kang not to rush to draw conclusions , continue to wait patiently for the military report from Uncle Zhou, and then play it by ear. Somewhat anxiously waiting for Uncle Zhou's news.

Fortunately, Xiang Kang was not too tormented. Only two days later, Uncle Zhou sent two military reports with the same content to Xiang Kang by water and land, which confirmed that Xiang Bo and Master Xiang copied it secretly. The Xiangzhuang Army Report sent to Xiang Kang was not a forgery. The Northern Front Corps of the Han Army had indeed won a decisive victory on the battlefield of Qidi, which completely shattered the dream of the Western Chu Army relying on the strength of Qidi to continue to confront the Han Army. It laid the foundation for the Han army to win the Chu-Han War.

It was at this time that the cheers of excitement sounded in the tent of the Han army's commander in chief, and then, when Xiang Kang personally ordered the news to be made public, there were deafening cheers in each battalion and army of the Han army. Countless soldiers of the Han army who had suffered so much from the army cheered happily. They all knew that their own army had a solid chance of winning, and it was only a matter of time before they could completely defeat the Western Chu army.

At this point in the matter, Xiang Kang also basically believed in Xiang Bo and Master Xiang's flattery and sincerity. Zhang Liang and Chen Ping also agreed that Xiang Bo took the initiative to disclose important military information to the Han army. The purpose of old man Fan's arrangement was just to test whether the Han army could accept the peace talks, hoping to stabilize the Han army through negotiations, and buy time for the desperate Western Chu army to make a comeback.

Then, as expected, starting from that day, the scouts of the Han army, who closely monitored the movement of the Western Chu army camp, discovered that the Western Chu army was secretly preparing to retreat. Then the next day, the Western Chu army sent Qin Mo As an envoy, Kuai Che, a well-known debater, brought Xiang Yu's letter requesting peace talks to meet Xiang Kang across the camp, and proposed to the Han army a peace condition with the Jishui gap as the boundary. Accept the sincerity of the Western Chu Army's peace request.

Shameless first act despicable, domineering when the strength is strong, brazenly begging for mercy with family affection when the situation is critical, this kind of villain's method may have some hope of working on the righteous protagonist of the saint, but using the even more despicable Xiang Kang Of course, it was invalid, so Xiang Kang not only immediately rejected Kuai Che's shameless remarks one by one, but also put forward the three conditions he had previously proposed to Master Xiang's secret envoy-Xiang Yu abdicated, annexed Western Chu, and unconditionally handed over Liu The third child and his accomplice lackeys.

The conditions are very different, and the negotiation is almost doomed to be impossible to succeed, but Kuai Che refuses to give up, and implores Xiang Kang to make concessions with cheeky rhetoric. However, although Kuai Che's eloquence is outstanding, he can't refute it anyway. Xiang Kang, who is the essence of language, was in turn rendered speechless by Xiang Kang's refutation.

In the end, seeing Xiang Kang's resolute attitude, Kuai Che had no choice but to leave honestly. However, when he was leaving the account, Kuai Che turned his head and said with a complicated expression: "The King of Han, there is a word for foreign officials. It should not have been said, but since the King of Han is so determined and merciless, the foreign minister must offend you, although the current situation in the world is very beneficial to you, King Han, you may not have a sure chance of winning."

"What?" Xiang Kang said with a sneer, "Do you still want to die? Welcome, if you want to fight, keep fighting. This king and our Han soldiers will accompany you to the end."

Kuai Che's expression was obviously a little hesitant, but in the end he didn't say anything more, just cupped his hands, and quickly left Xiang Kang's Chinese army tent.Then Kuai Che had just walked away when Wu Shi, an old man from Shangshan who was accompanying him, reminded: "Your Majesty, be careful, Kuai Che's words seem to have something beyond the strings, as if they mean something else."

"Thank you, Mr. Qiliji, for your pointers. I understand it too." Xiang Kang nodded, and said in his heart somewhat strangely: "What does Kuai Che's last words mean?"

Xiang Kang and the decision-makers of the Han army were quite surprised. After Xiang Kang categorically rejected the peace request of the Western Chu Army, the Western Chu Army, which had been secretly preparing to retreat, gave up this action and started to strengthen the camp defense instead. Continuing with deep ditches and high fortresses, they put on a posture of confronting the Han army for a long time, causing Xiang Kang and the decision-makers of the Han army to be puzzled, and began to suspect that the Western Chu army was preparing to fight to the death with all their strength, and strive to win in the middle to reverse the situation war situation. ——This is not impossible at all. If Xiang Yu can defeat the main force of the Han army in the middle and directly kill Xiang Kang, a ruthless and scumbag cousin, it is still possible for the world to continue to have the surname of Xiang Yu.

Another day passed quickly, and on the second night when the Western Chu Army's peace proposal was flatly rejected, Xiang Kang was about to go to bed and bully the beautiful Guanzhong beauty he had met on the streets of Xianyang, when the guards outside the account suddenly came to report and told Xiang Kang Said: "My Majesty, there is a person claiming to be your cousin Xiang You, who came to the gate of our camp to ask for an audience. Please be gracious to see him, Your Majesty."

"Xiang You?" Xiang Kang almost suspected that his ears had misheard, and couldn't help but blurted out: "He still has the face to ask to see the king?"

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with it?" The guard heard Xiang Kang's unfriendly tone, and hurriedly said, "That man has already been captured by our soldiers in front of the camp. You can deal with him whatever you want, Your Majesty."

After hesitating for a while, Xiang Kang changed his words, and ordered: "Take him to the tent of the Chinese army and wait for him. He will be searched closely, and he must not be allowed to hide weapons. In addition, Mr. Zifang, Mr. Chen Ping and Mr. Lou Shilang are invited to go to the Chinese army together." Army tent, accompany me to meet him."

After the good words comforted the disappointed Mazi in Guanzhong, Xiang Kang, who had already taken off his clothes, changed into a normal uniform, and led Xu Ji and other guards to the central army tent to meet Xiang You, and then met with Xiang Kang As expected, the person who was taken by the guards to wait in the big tent of the Chinese army was indeed Xiang You, the cousin who was the most sorry for him among the Xiang family children except Xiang Yu.

After many years, I finally met Xiang You again. Even though I wanted to strangle Xiang You to death, out of hypocrisy, Xiang Kang and Xiang You cried a lot - of course, this was based on the fact that the guards had already killed Xiang You. On the basis of a strict body search, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Lou Jing and others were also ordered to come to the Chinese military camp to accompany the interview. Xiang Kang quickly and logically let go of Xiang You, whom he despised so much, and he didn't have to say goodbye to Xiang You with tears that didn't match his heart.

After a long time of hypocrisy and courtesy to each other, the guests and the host sat down respectively, Xiang Kang also asked Xiang You about his intentions, and Xiang You first wiped away the tears on his face, and then choked up and said, "Brother, it was my father who asked me Come on, my father asked me to beg you, on the matter of the peace talks, make some concessions, don't push our elder brother to a dead end, and don't make it easier for other people with foreign surnames, Huaxia Kyushu, you and Ah It’s enough for the brother and Xiang’s family to share equally, there’s no need to share it with other people.”

"Brother, what do you mean by that? Explain it more clearly." Xiang Kang immediately heard that something was wrong, and Zhang Liang and Chen Ping beside him immediately looked at each other, and together they understood that what happened tonight must not be simple.

"Brother Yu, what Brother Yu said next may be too shocking for you, you have to be mentally prepared." Xiang You's expression was very sincere, and he said in a hoarse voice: "But please be sure to understand, brother Yu and father, we do this. , it is for the benefit of our Xiang family, we can fight to the death in order to fight for the world, but we must not take advantage of outsiders for nothing!"

"Brother, just say it directly." Xiang Kang's expression became serious, and he said, "I will understand what you and Uncle Ji mean."

Xiang You nodded, then took out a letter from his arms, raised his hands and said, "Brother, this is what my father risked his life to steal from my brother's tent. It is our brother's letter." The original letter received the day before yesterday."

Xiang Kang blinked his eyes, and then pouted at Xu Ji. Xu Ji understood, and immediately stepped forward to take the letter, and forwarded it to Xiang Kang. When Xiang Kang reached out to take it, Xiang Kang's most trusted letter The familiar handwriting of General Zhou Shu of the Han Army immediately caught Xiang Kang's eyes, and then Xiang Kang couldn't help but blurted out: "How is it possible?"

Quickly read the original letter of Uncle Zhou, and saw that Uncle Zhou was testing whether Xiang Yu would support him to become king in Qidi. After reading Uncle Zhou's letter carefully, he also ordered the guards to fetch the letter that Uncle Zhou had written to him for careful comparison. During this period, he raised his head several times to check Xiang You's facial expressions. candid expression.

The Chinese military tent was quiet for more than 20 minutes. After a long time, Xiang Kang suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Come on, take Xiang You down for me!"

The guard in the tent sang Nuo, and immediately stepped forward to hold Xiang You down. A trace of panic flashed in Xiang You's eyes, and then he forced himself to calm down and said, "Brother, if you suspect that this letter is forged, it is me and Father used it to lie to you, then you can do it, brother, I have absolutely no complaints!"

"You think I don't dare?" Xiang Kang roared angrily, "You guys are too young to play with me! Just relying on this letter, you want to drive a wedge between this king and our general of Han. You think beautifully!"

"Then you can do it." Xiang You said boldly: "But before you are sentenced, I have to tell you something, because you refused to negotiate peace with our elder brother, and our elder brother has agreed to the proposal made by Uncle Zhou's secret envoy. According to the conditions, I am ready to do my best to help Uncle Zhou become the king in Qi, and the three kingdoms of Han, Qi and Chu will divide the world, and then we may join forces with Uncle Zhou to attack you in the next step. Father, he is fully opposed, and he is unwilling to take what should belong to our Xiang family. The world is distributed to outsiders, but my elder brother refuses to listen to anything."

Xiang Kang's expression showed hesitation, and Xiang You said again: "There is one more thing, brother, don't you find it strange? Why did he propose to draw the water and the chasm as boundaries with you, and face the land and the city?" You don't make much concessions? It's because he knows that Uncle Zhou is rebellious and he still has room, so he refuses to make too many concessions."

Xiang Kang fell silent, and finally handed the letter of Uncle Zhou to Chen Ping, Zhang Liang and the others to read it together. After reading it, Chen Ping, Zhang Liang and the others all looked shocked, not daring to say a single word. It's just that I asked Uncle Zhou's previous letters for careful comparison.After Chen Ping put down the letter, Xiang Kang walked up to him, turned his back to Xiang You and asked Chen Ping, "Mr. Chen Ping, you are an expert at imitating handwriting. What do you think?"

Chen Ping opened his mouth to answer, but Xiang Kang shook his head to signal him not to speak directly, and then pointed to his own ear. Chen Ping understood, got up and whispered in Xiang Kang's ear, with a serious expression on his face... …

At this moment, of course, Xiang You's heart rose to his throat, jumping almost out of his chest, but fortunately, after Chen Ping finished speaking, Xiang Kang did not yell at him. Turning around in circles, walking faster and faster, it is obvious that the mood is in a very agitated state.Xiang You took a good look at his words and said hurriedly: "Brother, as long as there is peace talks now, the world will immediately belong to our Xiang family, and no one will have a chance to take away an inch of land from our Xiang family. Why do you do this?" Stubbornness, how about giving outsiders and our Xiang family a chance to divide the world? I beg you, just give in and don’t take advantage of outsiders!"

Xiang Kang's footsteps stopped suddenly, and the muscles on his face twitched. After standing there for a while, Xiang Kang suddenly kicked over the desk next to him, and shouted angrily: "Idiot! This king trusts you so much, I can't think that you will repay him so much." Me! This king used you as a general, I was blind——!"

(End of this chapter)