Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 501 I owe them

The defeated soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were caught up by Xiang Zhuang and his party were really Liu Laosan's team. Liu Laosan himself, his friends from Peixian County, and Han Xin were all in this group of nearly 500 people. In the defeated army.

Just as Xiang Zhuang suspected, Liu Laosan and his party did cross Surabaya at a remote ferry that Xiang Zhuang accidentally discovered, and escaped from the pursuit of the Han cavalry.

The situation at that time was like this, after being chased by the cavalry of the Han army to the vicinity of Liu County, Liu Laosan, who was the first to lead the army to escape, pretended to order the defeated soldiers under his command to rush across the Liuxian Ferry to escape, and then Liu Laosan did not expect it , the defeated soldiers under his command had just started to cross the river, Ding Gu, the famous old slicker of the Western Chu Army, fled to the scene with more defeated soldiers, and rushed to the pier to snatch the boats from Liu Laosan's army. Some of the cronies continued to flee south and hid in the dense forests to the southeast, leaving the defeated brigade of the Western Chu Army to block the gunshots at the Liuxian Ferry, attracting the firepower of the Han army's pursuers.

Then as expected, within a short time, the cavalry of the Han army led by Guan Ying and Yang Xi chased to the scene, and the defeated troops of the Western Chu army who had not had time to cross Surabaya hurriedly continued to flee south, attracting the attention of the cavalry of the Han army. Liu Laosan, who is familiar with the terrain in this area, patiently waited until the Han cavalry had gone south, and then rushed to the remote ferry near Shilipu with his cronies , Quickly crossed Surabaya and went south, successfully getting rid of the Han army's pursuit.

The pavilion that Xiang Zhuang discovered later was also looted by Liu Laosan's army, and long before the looting of the pavilion, Liu Laosan had put away his own flag and hid among his own soldiers without personally participating in the looting. In order not to let the people of Liuxian who are close to Peixian recognize him and inform the Han army, let the Han army know his whereabouts.During this period, several seriously injured soldiers were killed by Liu Laosan's little friends in Pei County because they couldn't walk, and they threw their bodies into the ditch beside the road and temporarily buried them with weeds.

After struggling through the night, Liu Laosan didn't see any Han troops chasing him from the north. Only then did Liu Laosan know that he had passed the most difficult hurdle, but of course Liu Laosan still didn't dare to rest assured, and just rested After half the night, at dawn, they quickly took the remaining defeated soldiers southward and continued to flee for their lives in the direction of Pengcheng.

Liu Laosan's cautiousness and cunning are more than that. In fact, when he was about to be overtaken by Xiang Zhuang and others, Liu Laosan was still thinking about whether he should show his identity and go to the city to rest after returning to Pengcheng.

When he gradually had an idea in his mind, Xiang Zhuang also took a dozen of his own soldiers to chase behind Liu Laosan's team. He didn't take this matter to heart, so he arranged for a trustworthy fellow from Pei County to go back and negotiate with Xiang Zhuang and the others to find out their identities. In the future, we will not enter the city for the time being, and I will hide in the army without showing up. You are in charge of going to the city to contact, find a way to see Xiao He as soon as possible, and ask him to send us more food, grass, military supplies and wound medicine, and prepare for any emergency. Get out of town and get ready to run south with us."

"Why?" Cao Shen asked a little strangely.

"You don't have a brain?" Liu Laosan scolded angrily, and then said: "Our main force must be finished. Even if Xiang Yu can escape back to Pengcheng alive, their Xiang family will definitely persuade him For peace, as long as he wavers or agrees, he will definitely take me down and prepare to dedicate it to that little traitor Xiang Kang in exchange for peace talks. If he dies on the battlefield, let alone the Xiang family who stayed behind in Pengcheng will definitely surrender immediately The traitor Xiang Kang will also take me down and hand it over to the traitor Xiang Kang."

"So I absolutely can't take the risk to show up, let alone enter the city." Liu Laosan sighed, and said, "Unless Xiang Yu escaped back to Pengcheng alive and decided to continue fleeing south to Huainan and Jiangdong to regroup, I would Dare to meet him and return to the team. Otherwise, I can only run south quickly, and I have to run as far as possible.”

"Pei Gong, what shall we do in the future?" Xia Houying asked.

"Go to Huainan first, then cross the Yangtze River, and hide your name to see if there is a chance to start from scratch." Liu Laosan said blankly: "If there is no chance, go to Lingnan and join Zhao Tuo. In short, that traitor Xiang Kang will never tolerate me. , I can’t stay on his territory and wait to die.”

"Huainan, Jiangdong, and Lingnan are all remote and smoky places with a sparse population and little money and food. If you go there, Pei Gong, even if you have the opportunity to start over, it will be difficult for you to do anything big."

Han Xin who was next to him said, "Why doesn't Peigong consider the Huns in the north? I heard that the Xiongnu is Shan Yuxiong, and has already annexed many grassland tribes. Not only do they have a large number of troops, but the army is generally brave and good at fighting. Peigong, you are incomparable. Familiar with the situation in the Central Plains, once we get there, there is a good chance that we will be reused by the Xiongnu Shanyu, and relying on the Xiongnu’s help to start again is much better than going to Zhao Tuo.”

Liu Laosan was silent, and then said after a while: "I am from the Central Plains, and Zhao Tuo is also from the Central Plains. I can go to him with peace of mind, but the Xiongnu are only barbarians outside the Great Wall, not my race. If I go to him, I will help him invade the Central Plains." , harming my fellow clan in the Central Plains, then I will even despise myself."

Han Xin's expression became obviously a little surprised. He looked at Liu Laosan as if he didn't know him. Liu Laosan understood Han Xin's thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Are you laughing at me for being pedantic? At this point, I I am willing to be pedantic. Back then when the Qin Dynasty destroyed Zhao, Zhao Wang and his son would rather die than borrow troops from the Huns and barbarians. Am I not as good as them? I used to laugh that they didn’t have such a brain, but then I took the guards to the frontier After I went to build the Great Wall, I saw with my own eyes how the Huns and barbarians tortured us Central Plains people, and I immediately admired them."

Han Xin had nothing to say, and lowered his head thoughtfully. After a while, Cao Wushang, who was sent by Liu Laosan to contact the people from the north, trotted back to Liu Laosan. He clasped his fists to Liu Laosan and said, "I would like to report to Pei Gong that it is Ji Bu and his soldiers who are coming from the north."

"It's Ji Bu?" Liu Laosan's shock was not trivial, and he said in surprise, "He broke out? How is our king, did he break out?"

"Pei Gong forgive me, the villain didn't ask just now." Cao Wushang said truthfully: "General Ji just asks you to wait for a while, he will come to meet you right away."

"You told him I'm here?" Liu Laosan's expression changed, and he regretted that he hadn't made up his mind earlier, and didn't tell Cao Wushang not to reveal his identity.

"The little man said it." Cao Wushang nodded and said, "General Ji's personal soldiers asked about this, and the little one told him right away."

Because I didn't order Cao Wushang to keep it secret before, Liu Laosan, who was fairly clear about rewards and punishments, of course didn't blame Cao Wushang. After a little calculation, Liu Laosan quickly turned his anger into joy and said, "Ji Bu is fine." Well, this man has always put face and loyalty more important than his life, and he has always looked down on the traitor Xiang Kang, and because of the breakout at Jinjiling, he turned his back on Xiao Zhuzi Xiang Zhuang who advocated seeking peace from the traitors. He explained the reason, and he will definitely help me keep it secret, and maybe help us run south.”

Liu Laosan immediately made up his mind about the man who could trust Ji Bu, and said to a few friends from Pei County next to him, "Hurry up, come with me to meet Ji Bu, and say something nice when we meet, first tell him He will hold it up on the road and talk about it."

"To meet Ji Bu?" Cao Wu moved sadly, and suddenly understood the purpose of the people from the north, and immediately said in his heart: "I can't say anything else, this is an opportunity, I have to try it anyway, the great thing is to suffer." I scolded, I was careless, Mrs. Liu Jipi couldn't have killed me for this matter. If the north is really a member of the King of Han, I don't have to accompany this guy all the way south."

Quickly made up his mind, Cao Wushang also closed his mouth. Not only deliberately did not report the suspicious situation he found to Liu Laosan, but also quietly followed behind Liu Laosan and the others, following Liu Laosan He and Zhou Bo, Han Xin and others came out more and more, temporarily left the team of Liu Laosan's cronies, and took the initiative to meet the visitor from the north whose identity has not been confirmed so far...

At this time, in order to lure Liu Laosan to leave the defeated army for a while, Xiang Zhuang and others were of course also trotting towards the south, and when they saw a few knights turning back to the north, Xiang Zhuang, who was hiding behind the soldiers, of course He was overjoyed, and apart from clenching the spear tightly in his hand, he prayed secretly in his heart: "It must be that idiot, it must be that idiot!"

Tian fulfilled his wish, his eyesight was not harmed by the computer and mobile phone, and after trotting forward for a certain distance, when he was only sixty or seventy steps away from the person coming from the south, Xiang Zhuang finally vaguely saw that he had been his deputy for a while Liu Laosan, who caused his own brothers to fight each other, was indeed walking in the front of the people coming from the south, and he laughed loudly and shouted early: "General Ji, little brother Liu Ji is polite!"

Hearing Liu Laosan's familiar voice, Xiang Zhuang didn't hesitate any longer, immediately clamped his horse under his crotch, and shouted sharply in a low voice: "Do it! Go!"

God gave Liu Laosan one last chance. When Xiang Zhuang and his soldiers had just charged with their horses, Han Xin who was beside Liu Laosan suddenly shouted: "Pei Gong! The person who came here is deceitful! They don't have any bloodstains on their bodies, absolutely no It may be Ji Bu and his soldiers who were surrounded by traitors yesterday!"

Looking closely at Xiang Zhuang and the others in surprise, they saw that Xiang Zhuang and his party did not have any wounds or blood on their bodies. In any case, they couldn't be the ones who broke through the siege with all their strength. They had already opened their hands to hug Ji Bu's third son Liu He was startled at first, then quickly reined in his horse and turned around, shouting: "Go, go back!"

At this time, even though Xiang Zhuang and the others had already started charging with their horses, they were still at least [-] steps away from Liu Laosan, leaving enough time and space for Liu Laosan to escape.So after seeing Liu Lao San turn around suddenly, Xiang Zhuang was startled, and couldn't help crying out, "That's bad!"

When Xiang Zhuang complained, Han Xin, Zhou Bo, Xia Houying, Cao Can and others who found something wrong had already turned around one after another. Of course Cao Wushang who was following behind was also turning around, but his movements were a little slower...

"Come on!"

After quickly turning the horse's head, Liu Laosan roared, and the horse rushed towards the team of his cronies. At the same time, Xiang Zhuang also rushed out from behind the soldiers, clutching the spear tightly, his red eyes loudly Shout, "Pimp! Stop going!"

He yelled with all his strength, but because of the distance, Xiang Zhuang still knew very well in his heart that his hope of success was actually very slim, as long as Liu Laosan fled into the crowd of the Western Chu army first, not only would he not have any chance to serve his brothers and sisters again. Revenge, and it is very likely that Liu Laosan's cronies will kill him in turn!

Of course, Liu Laosan, the ancestor of the life-saving master on the battlefield, also understood this truth very well, so in addition to clamping the horse, Liu Laosan also waved the whip heavily to urge the horse to move forward at the fastest speed, but when Liu Laosan was about to meet the following When Cao Wushang passed by, something happened that Liu Laosan never dreamed of. Cao Wushang, his fellow villager in Pei County and his confidant who had followed him through life and death for many years, swung his spear and pointed it at his chest heavily. Smashing!

"what!"

Without Takahashi's saddle and stirrups to fix his body, and being hit by a spear on his chest and arms during a high-speed charge, even though Liu Laosan was already very good at riding, he was also caught off guard by Cao Wushang's spear After falling off the horse, he let out an unbelievable scream!

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang, who was rushing towards him at high speed, widened his eyes and couldn't believe his eyes at this moment. The same was true for Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Xia Houying and others who had fled south of Jiama. Cao Wushang's clan Brother Cao Shen immediately roared, "Cao Wushang, you—!"

There was no expression on Cao Wushang's face, he just straightened out his spear and stabbed Liu Laosan in the chest when he fell off his horse. Liu Laosan had no choice but to endure the severe pain all over his body, and immediately shot him The lazy donkey rolled to avoid Cao Wushang's spear, and rolled several steps away in one breath, then got up at an unbelievable speed, and ran south.

"Pei Gong!"

Zhou Bo and Xia Houying reined in their horses in alarm, and hurried over to protect Liu Laosan, while Cao Shen stabbed his brother Cao Wushang with a spear with red eyes, and roared, "My man, you are so brave!"

"I'm a man of the King of Han!" Cao Wushang finally revealed his true identity. While fighting with his clan brother with a spear, he shouted, "Brother, surrender! I will protect you from death in front of the King of Han!"

Cao Shen, who was extremely loyal to Liu Laosan, of course did not accept the kindness of his clan brother. With red eyes, he just stabbed Cao Wushang crazily, and temporarily stopped Cao Wushang, who was closest to Liu Laosan.Seeing that the situation was wrong, the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu Army rushed up to meet Liu Laosan and others.

Of course, the charging speed of the war horse is much faster than that of human legs, but in a short time, Xiang Zhuang, who was extremely surprised, had already rushed to Liu Laosan's back. Zhou Bo and Xia Houying came to block him with red eyes, but Xiang Zhuang just After parrying for a while, he immediately let his own soldiers entangle Zhou Bo and Xia Houying for a while, and then continued to ride his horse towards Liu Laosan who was fleeing quickly to the crowd of the Western Chu army.But at this moment, Xiang Zhuang is only less than ten steps away from Liu Laosan, but Liu Laosan is more than [-] steps away from the closest soldiers in his cronies...

The sound of the wind was whistling in Xiang Zhuang's ears, and the roars and screams of the defeated crowd of the Western Chu Army came along with the wind, but Xiang Zhuang was completely deaf to it. Staring at Liu Laosan's vest...

One step, two steps, the distance was getting closer and closer, and after finally rushing to within one step behind Liu Laosan, the spear in Xiang Zhuang's hand stabbed out like an electric shock, with hatred for Liu Laosan and Thinking of sacrificing his brothers of the same clan, he thrust a sharp spear into Liu Laosan's vest...

"what--!"

Blood splattered, the spear pierced through his chest, Liu Laosan let out another scream, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the enemy, and when he saw clearly that the person who stabbed his chest was Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan also immediately fell into a coma. After a shock, he immediately understood all the causes and consequences.Xiang Zhuang was expressionless, he drew back the spear that had already pierced Liu Laosan's chest, drew an arc in the high-speed charge, and rushed to the way he came from without looking back, and at this time, tears Then Xiang Zhuang's eyes welled up, and he murmured: "Brother, I have avenged you."

Xiang Zhuang rushed off the way he came, without looking back, his soldiers and Cao Wushang quickly left the battlefield, and chased after Xiang Zhuang at full speed. Cao Can, Zhou Bo, Xia Houying and others did not chase after them, but jumped off their horses in a hurry , rushed to check the situation in front of Liu Laosan who had fallen to the ground, but to the despair of Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others, Liu Laosan had not only been pierced with a transparent hole in his chest, but also injured his heart. There is no hope of being rescued.

At the last moment of his life, Liu Ji, who never had a chance to change his name to Liu Bang, covered his wound with his hands, and even showed his usual free and easy smile on his face. Brothers of the Xiang family deserve this fate."

"Pei Gong—!"

Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others hissed and cried together, but Liu Laosan still smiled, coughing up blood and said, "Don't cry, you don't owe the Xiang family brothers, cut off my head, take it and surrender to Xiang Kang." , His kindness is not completely pretended, he will..., will save you..., save your life. You..., you have followed me..., for so many years, my head is a thank you ..., thank you..., thank you..."

After finishing these words with difficulty, Liu Laosan tilted his head. On another historical level, he died at the hands of Xiang Zhuang who should have been forced to let him live.

"Pei Gong——!"

Cao Shen, Xia Houying, Zhou Bo, and countless other trusted soldiers of Liu Laos cried out in despair, while Han Xin in the distance was motionless on his horse. Hearing the cries of the crowd and the sound of the wind, Han Xin suddenly let out a long sigh, and then Stirring the horses, a lonely person walked into the distance, not very fast, but farther and farther, farther and farther...

Nearly a month later, a tall man appeared next to the Huai River in Huaiyin again with a fishing rod. He was sitting alone on the bluestone by the bank to fish. Some passers-by recognized him and asked curiously. : "Hey, aren't you that grandson? I heard that you went to join the army as an official, why are you back fishing?"

"The fish in Huaiyin is delicious. I want to eat it, so I came back." The tall man replied calmly with a blank face.

(End of this chapter)