Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 477

After being thrown out of the Han army camp by Xiang Kang's guards, he was afraid of the danger of sleeping outside the camp. Poor General Xiang You had no choice but to rush back to the Western Chu army camp overnight to report back. Fortunately, his status is sufficient, even in the middle of the night No one dared to stop them when they returned to the camp. The journey was safe and sound, and they finally arrived at their destination safely.

However, when Xiang You returned to the camp, it was already half past three o'clock in the middle of the night, and Xiang Yu had already fallen asleep. Fortunately, Xiang You didn't want to go to see Xiang Yu right away, so he chose to go straight to Master Xiang's camp, and took Xiang Yu who was sleeping Uncle woke up, and first told Master Xiang Bo the specific situation and process of his mission to the Han army camp—of course, Xiang You naturally concealed things related to Shan Youwei, and adapted it into Xiang Kang hating himself for going to the Han army camp. Feigned surrender, insisting on killing himself.

Knowing that the fraudulent surrender and alienation had been seen through by Xiang Kang, Master Xiang was of course taken aback, and when he heard that Xiang Kang had withdrawn the title reward he had promised to himself, and that the Han army officers and soldiers would not show mercy on the battlefield, Master Xiang was even more surprised. He was so angry that he once again yelled at his unfilial nephew, "Little beast! I didn't kill you with a sword before. I was blind!"

Beating his chest and regretting for not beheading the young Xiang Kang, Master Xiang asked angrily again: "Did that little beast say anything?"

"No, after he announced that he would take back the reward and pardon you gave to your father, he asked people to drive the child out of the camp." Xiang You shook his head, and hurriedly said: "But when I was leaving the camp, the child accidentally discovered an important thing. Situation, Yafu also sent someone to deliver a letter to that traitor Xiang Kang tonight!"

"What? And this thing?" Master Xiang was surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Quickly tell me, how did you find out about this situation?"

Xiang You agreed, and then explained in detail what he had overheard that Old Man Fan sent someone to contact Xiang Kang. Master Xiang was furious when he heard it, and couldn't help roaring again with a livid face, "Shameless old thief! No wonder that little bastard Xiang Kang was able to see through our swindle, and after a long time, it turned out that this shameless old thief had tipped us off!"

"Father, what should we do next?" Xiang You asked tremblingly, "That traitor Xiang Kang already hated our father and son to the bone, not only took back the title of reward given to you, but also ordered the army of traitors to kill us, brother Now it is becoming more and more impossible to defeat this traitor, what can we father and son do in the future?"

Uncle Xiang calculated nervously with a dark face, and quickly gritted his teeth and said: "These things can only be taken one step at a time, and we will talk about it later. The most important thing now is to tell your brother about the situation and the old man Fan Zeng's betrayal of us." , go, follow me to see your brother right away."

"Now?" Xiang You said with some surprise: "It's so late now, there's no need to tell brother now, right? Isn't it the same to tell him after dawn?"

"Your head is full of dung?" Master Xiang Bo Xiang has rich experience in slandering his colleagues, and he has no plans, and roared: "I will see your brother after dawn. When the time comes, outsiders will be there to interrupt. How can we speak?" Is it convenient to go now?"

Xiang You thought about it, and quickly praised his father for his thoughtfulness, and before he even had time to change his clothes, he followed Master Xiang to visit Xiang Yu overnight. Fortunately, Master Xiang had a higher status, and Xiang Yu was eager to know that Xiang You was born. Because of the situation in the Han army camp, I heard that Xiang You had returned. Regardless of the night, Xiang Yu immediately put on his clothes and went to bed. He directly met Master Xiang and his son in his dormitory tent. He couldn't wait to ask "How about it? That traitor Xiang Kang, hasn't seen through our scheme yet?"

The cruel facts quickly shattered Xiang Yu's dream. Just as Xiang You finished talking about the situation that Xiang Kang almost killed himself, Xiang Yu's face was so gloomy that he could drip water, and a raging fire burst out of his one eye. Only then did he squeeze out a sentence between his teeth, "Traitor, you really weren't fooled!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is not important now." Uncle Xiang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, do you know that our plan of feigning surrender and divorce was discovered by that little bastard Xiang Kang because there were traitors in our army. Secretly informed the traitors!"

"What? And this?"

Xiang Yu's surprise was naturally no small matter, and General Xiang You hurriedly explained in detail that Old Man Fan sent someone to contact Xiang Kang, but it was a pity that after hearing this, Xiang Yu not only did not shout at Old Man Fan, but also Lifting Xiang You up, he roared, "Nonsense! Yafu is loyal to me, how could he do such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, I can't believe it." Xiang You said with a sad face, "But I heard clearly that the messenger of the Han bandit really said that Yafu's messenger had arrived, the camp gate officer of the Han bandit's army camp. , and personally rushed to report to the traitor Xiang Kang at the camp of the Chinese army.”

Xiang Yu glared at Xiang You, still unwilling to believe that old man Fan would secretly contact Xiang Kang behind his back, Xiang You was flustered by Xiang Yu's stare, and hurriedly said: "Brother, my younger brother would never dare to joke with you about such a big matter. Brother, I really heard clearly, it was Yafu who sent someone to deliver a letter to the traitor Xiang Kang!"

Xiang Yu closed his one eye and calculated. After a long time, Xiang Yu threw Xiang You to the ground and roared angrily, "Idiot, you have been tricked! There is such a coincidence in the world that you can just hear Yafu's messenger begging to see you." The news? This must be the Han thief who arranged a show for you in advance, and used you to drive a wedge between the king and Yafu!"

Xiang You nodded quickly, not daring to deny that there was no such possibility. Master Xiang Bo, who was next to him, hated the old man Fan who was in a hurry to betray and block his retreat, and said in a gloomy tone: "Nephew, I'm afraid this matter may not be the case. The alienation plan of the traitors. My nephew, please don’t forget that that little bastard Xiang Kang first ordered Yafu to go to the camp of the traitors to negotiate, and then sent someone to send him a letter directly to find out if the letter from Uncle Zhou was true or not. , All these can prove that the Han thieves are trying their best to instigate against Yafu, and now our situation is here again, whether Yafu will be shaken or not, none of us can guarantee."

"Impossible!" Xiang Yu waved his hand resolutely, and said with a dark face: "Yafu is not that kind of person, otherwise, he would not take the initiative to hand over Xiang Kang's traitor's letter and messenger to me!"

"That's probably because Yafu knew that I had gone out of his account." Master Xiang pointed out an important possibility, and said, "I was worried that the matter would be exposed, so I hurriedly handed over the letter and emissary of Xiang Kang's traitor. Afterwards, he only had to Explain it to the traitor Xiang Kang, and the traitor Xiang Kang will definitely not mind such a trivial matter."

Xiang Yu was silent, and asked after a while: "Didn't you send someone to secretly watch Yafu? Did you find anything unusual?"

"Nephew, I wish it was that easy." Master Xiang said with a wry smile, "Yafu has so much power that he can command and dispatch all the generals and soldiers in the army. When you go out on business, even your guards have to listen. His command, how could I keep a close eye on him? He just needs to find an excuse and send someone to send a letter to Xiang Kang's traitor, isn't it just a joke?"

Xiang Yu's face became even more ugly, and it took a long time before he said viciously: "Without any real evidence, I absolutely don't believe that Yafu will betray me!"

Knowing Xiang Yu's trust and dependence on Old Man Fan, Master Xiang, who has been enemies with Old Man Fan since the beginning of acquaintance, certainly would not expect to get revenge with just a few words, so he changed his words and said: "Nephew, if you insist that Yafu is impossible If there is a disagreement, the old man does not object. But nephew, you'd better control Yafu's power a little bit. The situation in the world has reached this point. Our future life will only become more and more miserable. With full knowledge of our internal situation and military and political decisions, we may have even less hope."

Xiang Yu calculated with a dark face, and said after a while: "Go back first, let me think carefully."

Even Master Xiang didn't dare to disobey Xiang Yu's order. Of course, Uncle Xiang and his son said goodbye immediately, but Xiang Yu didn't want to fall asleep any more. He just sat in the tent and just kept thinking. The guard brought the wine, drank the wine alone, the expression on his face was still cloudy, changing constantly...

In the end, when the sky was twilight and the dawn light entered Xiang Yu's sleeping tent, Xiang Yu suddenly slammed the wine glass on the ground, and after a few minutes, he made up his mind...

After another period of time, after a hasty breakfast, as usual, old man Fan came to Xiang Yu's Chinese military account with a pile of military documents in his arms, and went through the motions as usual to ask Xiang Yu to sign and seal these official documents. To Old Man Fan's surprise, Xiang Yu signed for the first time without even looking at it. On the contrary, he picked up several of the most important military documents and read them carefully. Put pen to paper on the official document of the decision and formally approve it.

Not knowing the inside story, old man Fan was secretly happy for a while, thinking that the iron tree blossomed and the horse had horns, Xiang Yu finally made some progress.But what made old man Fan dumbfounded was that after finally approving the official document he had drafted, Xiang Yu actually said: "Yafu, you are old, don't overwork yourself. Let's do this. In the future, in the army, you will be a thousand-man commander and above. The appointment of generals is decided by the king himself, so you don't need to interfere. Also, the official documents sent from the rear of Pengcheng are directly handed over to Kuai Che and Wu She for handling, so you don't have to worry about it."

Hearing this, not only old man Fan was stunned, but also the civilian officials Kuai Che and Wu She of the Western Chu Army who happened to be present were also dumbfounded, not understanding why Xiang Yu suddenly took power away from old man Fan.Then, old man Fan thought that Xiang Yu was really understanding himself and wanted to help him reduce the burden, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you, my lord, but it doesn't matter, this old minister can still hold on, even if you continue to handle these things, it's okay influences."

"People in their 70s should take care of themselves." Xiang Yu's smile was obviously a little forced, and he said, "By the way, otherwise, the army's food, grass and military equipment should also be handed over to my Uncle Ji by the way. , Ya Fu, don't worry about it, and concentrate on making suggestions for the king in the future, helping the king decide on strategic and tactical plans."

Hearing this, Kuai Che, Wu She and the others didn't even dare to speak loudly, and they also understood that Xiang Yu was indeed deliberately reducing the power in Old Man Fan's hands, and Old Man Fan finally realized it, and looked up and down in amazement After looking at Xiang Yu for a while, old man Fan asked directly: "My lord, is something wrong?"

"No, nothing happened?" Xiang Yu denied it flatly, and then yawned pretendingly, and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, and I want to take a rest. You all go back to your own business."

After saying that, Xiang Yu got up and walked away, leaving old man Fan tongue-tied in the big tent of the Chinese army, not understanding why Xiang Yu would suddenly take away so much power in his hands, while Kuai Che and Wu She on the other side looked at each other quietly , and then said together in their hearts: "Oops, something big must happen."

Finally, according to Xiang Yu's order, Old Man Fan returned to his tent in a daze. However, when Old Man Fan became more and more puzzled, something happened that almost made him explode——Xiang Yu actually sent another A team of guards took away almost all the important military documents in Old Man Fan's account under the pretext that he wanted to see them in person!Old Man Fan was of course furious when he saw this, and simply asked directly: "Did Your Majesty tell you when you will send these official documents back?"

"Reporting to Yafu, the king didn't say anything." The Xiang Yu guard who led the team answered with cupped hands, and then said cautiously: "Yafu, the king also asked the villain to give you a message. He heard that your former guards did not serve you well. Alright, I decided to replace all your guards, someone will come to replace Yafu your guards in a while."

Old Man Fan opened his mouth wide, and after a while he let out a smirk, and said, "Go back and tell the king, just say thank you to the old man, thank you for his concern!"

The guards sent by Xiang Yu also knew that this was definitely not normal, so they didn't dare to say anything more, but hurriedly sang promises and agreed, and then hurriedly left with the important official documents from the Western Chu Army that Xiang Yu asked for, leaving old man Fan behind in a sudden change. In the much empty tent, his face was livid, and his chest heaved violently.

What made old man Fan even more angry was still to come. After a while, Xiang Yu not only sent a team of guards to replace the powerful guards who had followed him for many years, but the new guards he sent were all old man Fan The soldier under the command of master Xiang Bo, the deadly enemy, and the chief guard who leads the team, is also one of Xiang You's many wives and brothers!

Seeing Xiang You's brother-in-law standing in front of him with a smile on his face, he said that he would be in charge of serving him in the future. No matter how dull Old Man Fan was, he knew that Xiang Yu had already had great doubts about him, and he would never trust him like before.As we all know, old man Fan has a violent temper. After receiving such obvious suspicion, old man Fan naturally couldn't bear it. The new guard in front of him rushed out of his camp with big strides.

Under the surveillance of the new guards, old man Fan rushed straight to the front of Xiang Yu's tent, and before the guards in front of the tent reported, he pushed the guards away and entered the tent, shouting extremely angrily: "Go away! This old man wants to see the king!"

Maybe it was fate, or after directly rushing into Xiang Yu's camp, old man Fan found that Xiang Bo, the master of Xiang Yu, who was incompatible with him, happened to be in the tent, and was still whispering to Xiang Yu furtively. .Seeing old man Fan rushing in with an ugly face, even Xiang Yu was slightly taken aback, and blurted out, "Yafu, what are you doing?"

"There are important military matters that I need to discuss with you, Your Majesty." Old Man Fan said with a dark face: "Didn't you say that when you took away the old minister's power today, Your Majesty? Let the old minister concentrate on making suggestions and formulating strategic and tactical plans for you in the future, old minister." Follow orders, so come now."

"Yafu was joking." Master Xiang took the conversation and said with a smile: "Your Majesty trusts you so much, how could he take away your power? Your Majesty is just understanding Yafu, who is old and weak, and wants others to share the burden for you." a little."

Old man Fan didn't bother to pay attention to Master Xiang's hidden sword in his smile, so he just sat down on the opposite side of Xiang Yu, and said very directly: "My lord, we have collapsed on the Qidi battlefield. After the northern army of the Han bandits is free, they will definitely take advantage of it." Entering our hinterland and cutting off our connection with the rear of Pengcheng, there is not much time left for us. The old minister believes that our only choice now is to withdraw directly to Pengcheng and lengthen the supply of food roads for the Han thieves. Time, and then gather Jiangdong and Huainan's forces to defend Pengcheng with all your strength! The old minister hopes that you will stop having illusions and act according to the plan immediately, just say it."

"Withdraw directly to Pengcheng, what about our Dongjun, Dangjun, and Chenjun?" Xiang Yu said hesitantly: "So much land in the city, can we just give it up to the Han thieves?"

"Do we still have any hope of keeping these places?" Old man Fan asked with a sneer, "Over the years, our Western Chu army has become weaker and weaker, while the Han bandits have become stronger and stronger. Now all the princes in the world except for one Tian who is isolated in Linzi and struggling to survive. Outside, everything has fallen to the Han bandits, and the hundreds of thousands of Han bandits' army is unstoppable, what hope do we have to keep these places? Since we can't keep them, it's better to just give up."

Xiang Yu couldn't refute, but Master Xiang next to him said in a strange way: "Yafu is really generous. If you can't keep it, why don't you just give up? Did Yafu forget how much effort we put in and how many people died? These lands and cities that have just been taken?"

"Then what do you think Master Xiang should do?" Old Man Fan asked with a sneer, "If you, Master Xiang, have a better way to deal with the current situation, I am willing to follow your decision."

Master Xiang, whose strategy and tactics value was almost negative, was speechless, and after a while he forced a smile and said: "Our king will naturally make a decision on this matter. How dare the old minister speak indiscriminately and interfere with the wise decision of the king?"

"Wise decision?" The old man Fan simply laughed out loud under the extreme anger, and then said to Xiang Yu whose face was turning blue: "Your Majesty, you decide whether to adopt the old minister's plan? If you adopt it, the old minister will Go back to Pengcheng with you, if you don't accept it..."

"Then what is Yafu going to do?" Master Xiang Bo hurriedly asked.

"Then please Your Majesty allow this old man to resign and return to his hometown!" Old man Fan blurted out, and then said: "This old man is incompetent and did not assist His Majesty well, so that the situation of our Western Chu Army has deteriorated to this point. As an apology, this old man asks His Majesty to take me back Cut your job for the people, let the old man return to his hometown and close his mind!"

Unexpectedly, old man Fan would be so angry that he resigned directly. Xiang Yu was in a hurry, but Master Xiang next to him couldn't hide his joy. He hurriedly said in surprise, "Yafu, how can you leave? Our situation is so critical now, my lord. Just needing you to help him make plans and strategize, how can you resign as soon as you say you want to? What should our king do?"

"Master Xiang, stop pretending." The old man Fan couldn't bear it anymore, and roared: "Isn't it your wish to drive the old man away from the king? The old man has fulfilled your wish today, and please stop pretending to be hypocritical." Already!"

Master Xiang hurriedly shouted his grievances, and asked Xiang Yu to testify for himself, proving that he never wanted to drive old man Fan away, but old man Fan didn't bother to pay attention to Master Xiang, but turned to Xiang Yu again, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please decide." , Should I immediately withdraw to Pengcheng? Or let the old man retire and return to his hometown? You decide with one sentence!"

Unlike in history, although Xiang Yu also had serious doubts about Old Man Fan, but because of the critical situation of the Western Chu Army, Xiang Yu did not dare to easily decide to expel Old Man Fan, his right-hand man.Master Xiang on the other side saw Xiang Yu's thoughts, and in order to have the opportunity to continue to slander, he urged Xiang Yu to make up his mind to let old man Fan go away. How can our king easily make a decision? Well, let our king think about it for one night and give you an answer tomorrow, what do you think?"

Old man Fan still didn't bother to talk to Master Xiang, his eyes were cloudy, and he just stared at Xiang Yu who was sitting directly opposite him.But what made Old Man Fan completely give up was that Xiang Yu not only did not flatly reject his resignation as he imagined, but also apologized to him and returned the power of the Western Chu Army that he had held for a long time. He also said hesitantly: "Ya Fu, this matter is too big, let me think about it for one night, and I will give you an answer tomorrow."

Hearing this, Master Xiang was of course overjoyed, and immediately said viciously in his heart: "Old man, if I don't persuade my nephew to tell you to leave tonight, my surname will not be Xiang, but your surname!"

Still hearing these words, old man Fan suddenly seemed to be ten years old suddenly, and then slowly stood up, and said slowly: "Okay, then think about it carefully, my lord."

After saying that, Old Man Fan staggered and turned around and walked out. When he reached the gate of the camp, Old Man Fan turned around again and said to Master Xiang, "Master Xiang, I heard that you have been complaining behind your back, complaining Your elder brother Wu Anjun is too kind to the traitor Xiang Kang. In fact, you are wrong, you are the best uncle to the traitor Xiang Kang."

After saying this, Old Man Fan shook his sleeves and went out of the tent. Xiang Yu couldn't bear it when he saw it, and hurriedly got up and wanted to go out of the tent to catch up. Master Xiang, who was really better for Xiang Kang, hurriedly stopped him, and couldn't wait to say: "My lord, Yafu is in a bad mood right now." Excited, anything is possible, we should let him calm down first, and then decide what to do."

Unable to withstand his uncle's repeated persuasion, Xiang Yu sat down again, and completely missed the last chance to keep Old Man Fan.

In fact, there was no need for Master Xiang to try his best to persuade and slander him. It was just that night, when Xiang Yu was still thinking about whether to keep old man Fan with all his strength, old man Fan, who was extremely frustrated, had already packed his luggage and took a ride. A light vehicle left the Xichu army camp alone and disappeared into the night.And when Xiang You's brother-in-law reported the situation to Master Xiang, Master Xiang not only suppressed the news and did not report to Xiang Yu, but also ordered: "When the king asks about it tomorrow, you should say that Yafu went to the Han bandit camp. direction."

(End of this chapter)