It's not a coincidence, but it's destined, when the so-called Han Xin's secret envoy sent the letter to the main camp of the Western Chu Army, Xiang Yu happened to be in a very bad mood - as for the reason, of course, it was related to the battle on the Xingyang battlefield.

After learning the lessons of the last main battle, coupled with the fact that the Western Chu Army repeatedly increased the front line, the pressure of grain and grass transportation was too huge, and after obtaining the replenishment of troops, the Western Chu Army did not continue to attack the Guangwu camp of the Han army this time, and chose to directly attack the Aocang camp guarded by the Han army's general Ding Ji, and also took advantage of the weakness of the Han army's Aocang defenders' too long battle line, and broke through the Han army's Aocang Shanliang defense line more than once, and entered the Aocang Cangchang field surrounded by the mountain beam on three sides. However......

However, there is no use for birds, the Ao Cang warehouse is surrounded by towering and steep mountain beams on three sides, and the only entrance and exit is blocked by the main camp of the Ding Ji army, even if the general of the Western Chu Army touches the mountains of grain and grass in the warehouse, there is no way to move the grain out - the soldiers of the Western Chu Army can't carry the grain over the mountains to transport grain, right? Therefore, even if it is killed in the warehouse, the Western Chu army can only continue to attack the damned Han army camp, and only by taking the camp established by the Han army at the entrance and exit of the Aocang warehouse can the grain be transported out of the warehouse to play a role.

It is related to the life and death of the main force of the Han army, and also to the strategic trend of the Central Plains battlefield, the Han army's Aocang camp is of course very strong, and the elite soldiers in the defenders are also numerous. And as long as there is a slight opportunity, the Guangwu battalion of the Han army ten miles away will immediately divide troops to strengthen the strength of Ding Ji's army, so that Ding's army has obtained an almost endless supply of troops, so the Western Chu army not only can't see the dawn of victory no matter how they fight, on the contrary, they cross the mountains and mountains to kill the team in the warehouse, and they are often driven out of the warehouse by the counterattack of Ding's army, and they pay a heavy price and get nothing.

Don't think that this is the incompetence of Xiang Yu and the Western Chu army, in fact, Xiang Yu and the Western Chu army have already fought quite beautifully at this historical level, at least they can beat the Han army with their heads in their hands, and there is almost no way to fight back. On another historical level, the Western Chu army dispatched more troops, and it took two years and four months to achieve the victory in the Battle of Xingyang, during which the ace cavalry unit of the Western Chu army was also heavily damaged by Liu Laosan's cavalry east of Chenggao, completely shattering the myth of the invincibility of the cavalry of the Western Chu army.

Not a traverser, of course Xiang Yu didn't know that he had actually done better, what Xiang Yu saw was the corpses of the Western Chu Army soldiers piled up outside the Ao Cang camp, and the soldiers of the Self Army were repeatedly driven out of the warehouse by the Han army, with heavy losses but no progress was made, and anger gradually accumulated in Xiang Yu's chest, gradually turning into a solid form, and almost everything could be burned.

In such a background, when Han Xin's whistleblower letter was delivered to Xiang Yu, the raging anger in Xiang Yu's chest suddenly found an outlet, so that Xiang Yu couldn't help but smash the case in front of him directly with a punch, and roared wildly, "Liu Jipifu!" How dare you do that?! ”

Seeing that the signs were wrong, Old Man Fan, Cao Zhi and Kuai Che and others were busy asking for letters to read carefully, and after learning the content of Han Xin's whistleblowing, Old Man Fan and the others were also taken aback, and Cao Zhi couldn't help but blurt out: "Really fake? Liu Jipifu is so bold, can he have such great ambitions? ”

Still still destined, Old Man Fan quickly said with a gloomy face: "At least the matter of Hangu Pass will not be fake, Liu Ji disobeyed the order to go west at that time, and it was obvious that he was coveting the throne in the pass, but he was preempted by Xiang Kang's rebels, so this puppet quickly changed his ways, pretending to be a loyal minister, and deliberately provoked the conflict between the princes' coalition and Xiang Kang's rebels, and took the opportunity to let him get out by himself." ”

The decision-making level of the Western Chu Army is not a fool, after the Hangu Pass incident, of course, Old Man Fan and Cao Ji also sent people to investigate and secretly visit to investigate the inside truth of the Hangu Pass War, and they have long grasped a certain amount of truth, and they have long suspected that the disappearance of Xiang Yu's envoy who ordered Liu Laosan to withdraw from the army is likely to be related to Liu Laosan, but out of political needs, the Western Chu Army must detain Xiang Kang so that Xiang Yu can justifiably kill Xiang Kang. In addition, Liu Laosan was the local force that the princes outside the Guanxi were most supportive of the war between the Western Chu Army and the Han Army, so the decision-makers of the Western Chu Army deliberately pretended to be confused and helped Liu Laosan insist that all the crimes should be given to Xiang Kang, and they did not investigate Liu Laosan's disobedience to the army and the disappearance of the envoy.

Getting back to the point, after listening to Old Man Fan's words, Cao Ji immediately said: "Of course I know about the matter of Hangu Pass, it must be true, I just think that this Liu Jipifu's courage and ambition are too great, not only do they want to help him get rid of Liu Laosan with our hands, but they also want us to fight with Xiang Kang and the thieves, so that he can reap the benefits." ”

"Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him." Kui Che said his famous words in advance, and said with a sneer: "If we really lose both sides with the Han thief and see the opportunity appear, wouldn't it be just Liu Ji who wants to reap the profits?" Zhao Xie Zhang'er of Zhao State, Tian Du of Qi State, Zang Tu of Yan State, and even Zhang Han, Dong Peng and Sima Xin, who doesn't want to take the opportunity to pick up this fat deer who has been hit by an arrow and fell to the ground? ”

"Give Gongao an order, tell him to take down Liu Jipifu, let this Han Xin take charge of the Nanyang army, and help us attack the southern line of the Han thieves!" Under the anger, Xiang Yu almost made a decision that could make Xiang Kang smile and crooked his mouth - with Liu Laosan's group of Peixian friends, even if Han Xin took over the military power of Nanyang, he would definitely not be able to sit firmly in the position of acting as the king of Nanyang.

Fortunately, Old Man Fan, Cao Ji and Kui Che and others were quite calm, even if they thought that Liu Laosan must be ambitious, they still stood up to stop him: "King, please calm down, these situations are still just the words of Han Xin's crotch child, without any real evidence, just a whistleblower to take down Liu Ji Pifu and spread it, not only will the princes of the world not be convinced, but Liu Ji's generals and soldiers will not be convinced, and once the Nanyang Army has internal changes, our southern front battlefield may turn victory into defeat." ”

Thinking about it, Xiang Yu could only change his words and ask, "Then what should I do?" ”

After discussing a few words in a low voice, Old Man Fan said: "King, the only plan for now, it is best for us to send a prison army to the Songshan battlefield, urge and force Liu Ji to attack the Han thieves on the southern front, and strive to break through the Songshan defense line of the Han thieves as soon as possible, and enter the hinterland of Sanchuan to cut off the connection between the main force of the Han thieves and the rear of Guanzhong." Of course, it is best to succeed in this way, even if we can't succeed, we can let Liu Ji firmly contain the Han thieves on the southern front for us, so that they can't free up their hands to reinforce other battlefields. ”

"There's another benefit to that." Cao Qi added: "It is to force Liu Ji and the Han thieves on the southern front to defeat both, so that he has no way to preserve his strength and reap the profits, and after the Han thieves are destroyed in the future, it will be much easier for us to clean him up." ”

Xiang Yu nodded slowly, and after a little thought, Xiang Yu untied the sword on his waist, threw it to Master Xiang Boxiang next to him, and ordered: "Uncle Ji, you take my sword to the Songshan battlefield to supervise the army, and force Liu Ji Pifu to send troops to attack the Han thieves on the southern front, if he doesn't listen, or if he dares to play any tricks, you will use my sword to kill him with a sword for me, and ask Han Xin to take charge of the Nanyang army on behalf of Gong Ao to deal with the Han thieves on the southern line!" ”

When it came to the battlefield on the southern front, there was an army of Gongao that could protect him, of course, Master Xiang Boxiang was extremely willing to accept this task that could make him majestic, but Old Man Fan and Kui Che were worried, but they didn't dare to object to Xiang Yu's reuse of his baby uncle, after a little calculation, Old Man Fan could only say this: "King, let Guangwujun Li Zuoche also go with him, let him help Master Xiang, and there will be a discussion in case of trouble." ”

Considering his uncle's ability, Xiang Yu nodded and accepted Old Man Fan's suggestion, and Old Man Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and naturally told Li Zuoche to go to the Songshan battlefield afterwards, and he must do his best to persuade Master Xiang not to act impulsively, and not to cause trouble within Liu Xiang's coalition army, giving the Han army an opportunity. Li Zuoche agreed, and before leaving, he persuaded Master Xiang to bring Han Xin's whistleblower letter with him so that he could use it when needed.

From Xingyang south to the hinterland of Yingchuan, it is only not conducive to the march of large-scale troops, if you insist on going, there are also some small roads that can allow small groups of troops to cross Fangshan and go directly south into the hinterland of Yingchuan.

After arriving at the front line, Master Xiang Boxiang of course summoned Liu Laosan at the first time, and first showed the sword that Xiang Yu gave him, and proudly declared that he could kill anyone with this sword, and then explained his intentions, forcing Liu Laosan to immediately enter the army to attack the Han army's camp, break through the Han army's Songshan defense line as soon as possible, and completely break the current stalemate on the Sanchuan battlefield.

Hearing Master Xiang's request, Liu Laosan, who had no chance of winning, of course shouted bitterly, and quickly explained that the strength of the self-army did not have any advantage, and the Han army was in danger of not coming out, and it was not only impossible to force the troops to attack, but also the possibility of losing troops in the battle, and consuming a large amount of vital strength, and begged Master Xiang Boxiang to understand and be accommodating, allowing himself to continue to maintain a state of confrontation with the Han army, and it was not too late to send troops to attack when the fighters appeared.

"King Nanyang, you don't have to make excuses, you don't have to make excuses." Fiddling with Xiang Yu's sword, Master Xiang Boxiang said with a smile: "The situation of the Han thief, the old man knows as well as you, most of them are recruits urgently recruited by Xiang Kang's rebel thieves in Hanzhong Bashu, and they have never been on the battlefield and have no actual combat experience, but the strength looks similar to ours, but in fact, they are not our opponents at all." Please also ask the king of Nanyang not to be greedy for anything to preserve his strength, to attack the Han thieves as the priority, and to send out all his strength to attack the camp of the Han thieves tomorrow. ”

Seeing that Master Xiang didn't even say anything about not trying to preserve his strength, Liu Laosan's face suddenly changed, knowing that it was difficult for him to find an excuse to prevaricate this time. Li Zuoche next to him said: "King Nanyang, don't blame Master Xiang for saying it so directly, the key is that now the Sanchuan battlefield has completely fallen into a stalemate, and we must make a breakthrough as soon as possible in order to completely break the current stalemate." The recruits of the Han thieves on the southern front account for most of them, and you and General Gongao join forces to attack, which may not have no chance of winning, and please think about the overall situation of the Han thieves and act in accordance with the orders of the King of Western Chu. ”

Liu Laosan had no choice but to change his words and say: "Then Xiao Wang go back and think of a way, and give Master Xiang a satisfactory answer as soon as possible." ”

Master Xiang nodded with satisfaction, and said casually: "King Nanyang, I heard that you worshipped a general named Han Xin in Wancheng, and let him come over after you go back, the old man wants to meet him and discuss how to join forces to enter the army." ”

"Han Xin?" Liu Laosan's face changed again, although he immediately nodded in agreement, but he couldn't help but say in his heart: "Uncle Xiang, this old horseman, why did he want to meet Han Xin by name?" What does he want to do? ”

Liu Laosan was inexplicable, after learning about Master Xiang's request, Han Xin himself was of course even more confused, but since the high-powered Master Xiang opened his mouth, Han Xin still obediently came over to meet Master Xiang immediately, and as a result, Master Xiang naturally would not show Han Xin's whistleblowing letter as soon as they met, praising him for his small report and playing well, but he praised Han Xin in a fog, and asked Han Xin to keep an eye on Liu Laosan for himself, and report to himself immediately if there is any situation. In the end, he clearly told Han Xin that Xiang Yu admired what he did, and if Liu Laosan really refused to listen to the greeting, he would immediately take down Liu Laosan and let Han Xin take over Liu Laosan's army as the general of Nanyang.

"Let the foreign minister take over the army of the King of Nanyang?" Han Xin almost suspected that his ears had heard it wrong, and hurriedly said: "Master Xiang, the foreign minister has not built an inch, how can he be virtuous, and be able to lead the army of the King of Nanyang?" ”

"Crotch boy, pretending to be a elephant!" Xiang Bo scolded secretly in his stomach, but said with a smile on his lips: "Who said that you haven't done anything?" If you keep an eye on the King of Nanyang for the King of Western Chu, you have already achieved a great achievement, and it is not logical to take over the army of the King of Nanyang in the future? ”

Han Xin, a political rookie, was completely dizzy, and after a while, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and said secretly: "I understand, it must be that the King of Western Chu is dissatisfied with our refusal to send troops to attack the camp of the Han thieves, and suspects that the King of Nanyang wants to preserve his strength, so he wants me to keep an eye on the King of Nanyang, and at the critical moment, he also wants to use me, an old subordinate, to replace the King of Nanyang in charge of the Nanyang army, and give them the blood of the soldiers of Nanyang in exchange for victory." ”

Vaguely guessed the purpose of Xiang Yu and Master Xiang, Han Xin hurriedly gave Liu Laosan a help, explaining the reason why Liu Xiang's coalition army currently chose to confront the Han army on the southern front, Master Xiang was of course extremely inexplicable when he heard it, but when he accidentally saw Li Zuoche sitting next to him, Master Xiang suddenly realized and said with a smile: "No need to explain, your bitter old man understands, don't worry, Guangwujun is an insider, there is no need to hide anything in front of him in the future." ”

After that, Master Xiang waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, the old man is also tired, go back and discuss with Liu Jipifu how to enter the army, as soon as there is a situation, immediately send someone to report, the old man will not send you." ”

Knowing that he couldn't persuade Master Xiang, who was surprisingly stupid and arrogant and domineering than anyone else, Han Xin could only close his mouth and leave with a heavy heart, but Li Zuoche next to him was full of suspicion, or after Han Xin left, Li Zuoche said to Master Xiang: "Master, something is wrong, how did the foreign minister find out just now that this Han Xin seems to be really opposing the sending of troops to storm the Han thief camp, doesn't it seem to be pretending?" ”

"Why isn't it pretending?" Master Xiang asked rhetorically and said, "Guangwujun, you have been beside you all the time just now, Han Xinxiao'er is afraid that you will know the ugly thing he secretly informed, so of course you have to pretend to be a little bit." ”

Li Zuoche was suspicious, and couldn't help but regret that he had just cared about Han Xin's face, did not ask about Han Xin's informant in person, and met Han Xin for the first time, did not understand Han Xin's temperament, and was not sure whether Han Xin was a despicable villain who was a traitor seeking glory and was good at concealment, so he could only secretly ask Gong Ao for the military Chinese books that came and went with Han Xin out of prudence, and quietly compared Han Xin's handwriting - but unfortunately, he did not see any flaws.

The matter is not over, out of loyalty to Liu Laosan, after returning to the Nanyang Army camp, Han Xin decisively chose to be honest with Liu Laosan, and told Liu Laosan the details of his meeting with Master Xiang, needless to say, Liu Laosan, who is famous for scolding his mother, of course, immediately scolded, from Master Xiang's nineteenth generation ancestors to Master Xiang's newborn grandson, if it weren't for not daring to offend Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu at the same time, the two powerful forces, Liu Laosan almost wanted to retreat immediately with the Nanyang Army, Throw down Master Xiang and accompany the Han army on the southern front to play with his life!

No matter how much you scold, it's useless, things have come to this point, Liu Laosan, who has already formed a mortal enmity with Xiang Kang, has no way out - if Xiang Yu is offended again, no matter how big the world is, there will be no place for Liu Laosan. So in desperation, Liu Laosan could only discuss with Han Xin how to implement the orders of Xiang Yu and Master Xiang, Han Xin was also helpless, and thought for a while before saying: "King, try to insult and fight, I heard that Long and that puppet has a reckless personality, sometimes likes to act impulsively, and now he has a rear army to follow, send more people to the camp of the Han thieves to scold, there should be hope to provoke him out of battle, so we have a better chance of winning." ”

Liu Laosan nodded helplessly in agreement, and sent Zhou Bo and Fan Xu to lead 10,000 troops out of the camp early the next morning, and ran to the camp of the Han army to insult and fight, in a vain attempt to provoke the dragon who was not very good-tempered and engage the self-army. However, to Liu Laosan and Han Xin's surprise, Long He, who likes to act impulsively in the intelligence, turned out to be uncharacteristic this time, not only did not go to battle, but also organized more loud Han soldiers to run to the wall to scold the Nanyang army.

That's not all, between scolding each other, the soldiers of the Han army even led a dog to the wall, and got two straw men wearing women's clothes, a straw man was named the female elder of the famous fierce general Fan Xu of the Nanyang Army by the Han sergeant, and a straw man was named Lu Xiao by the Han sergeant, let the dog and the two women's straw men do all kinds of unsightly and obscene actions in public, and desperately exposed the old bottom of Fan Xu's dog meat dealer, claiming that he used this dog to avenge the puppy who was innocently killed by Fan Xu. The soldiers of the Han army laughed, Fan Xu's face turned pale, and Liu Laosan immediately shouted that it was not good after receiving the report, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, send someone to call our army back!" That stupid pig has no brains, don't be provoked by the thief in turn! ”

It's a pity that the herald's action was a step late, and when Liu Laosan's order arrived at the front line, he couldn't bear the insult of the Han army, Fan Hao had already roared and urged the army to attack, and once again took the lead, rushed to the front line and insulted the Han soldiers who insulted their elders' wives.

In the end, it was Liu Laosan who rushed to the scene in person, and after slapping Fan Hao in the face, he calmed down Fan Xu, who was completely dizzy, and glanced at the Han army camp in the distance with great resentment, Liu Laosan shouted: "Go, collect the troops and return to the camp, go back and discuss how to avenge today!" ”

Fan Xu only agreed, and followed Liu Laosan back to the camp with his head down, but Han Xin looked at the Han army camp very strangely, wondering in his heart, "Long and Pifu, when did you become so calm and calm?" He also knows the situation on our side well, and can in turn provoke our commanders? Did he come up with it himself, or did someone else give him an idea? ”