Strictly speaking, Liu Laosan actually has a lot of relationship with Zhang Ao, and the intimacy is even higher than the relationship with Xiang Kang.

When Liu Laosan was young, Qin Shi Huang had not yet unified the six countries, Zhang Er, the father of Zhang Ao, who had been a guest of Xinlingjun, served as the commander of Waihuang County, continuing Xinlingjun's hospitality, and making friends with heroes in the rivers and lakes everywhere. Zhang Ao should have to call Liu Laosan uncle.

Even if he has changed from a hot-blooded young man to a hooligan, Liu Laosan, who is still a little conscientious, still has not forgotten his friendship with Zhang Er, even if the military situation is urgent before and after the Julu War, Liu Laosan has never been able to meet Zhang Er again, Zhang Er did not introduce Zhang Ao to Liu Laosan, Zhang Ao has a serious conflict with Liu Laosan in terms of political position and interests, and Liu Laosan, whose conscience volume is almost the same as Xiang Kang, still regards Zhang Ao as his nephew in his heart.

Because of this, Zhang Ao sent someone to contact Liu Laosan, saying that his concubine gave birth to an eldest son, and when he asked Liu Laosan to drink with him to celebrate, Liu Laosan not only agreed, but also hurriedly asked someone to prepare a rich gift for Zhang Ao, who had just given birth to a nephew for himself.

It's not bad, although he lost the battle in front of the young marshal's army and almost lost all the baggage and military supplies, but before Liu Laosan's army took the two county towns of Xin'an and Shaanxi County alone, how can there be some valuable jewelry and jade, but in a moment, Lu Xuan, the captain of the pro-soldier who was born on the same day as Liu Laosan, prepared a very valuable gift for Liu Laosan, and Liu Laosan hurriedly arranged for Cao Shen and Fan Hao and other absolute cronies to stay in the camp, and led Lu Huang and Xiahou Ying and others to go straight to the Zhao army camp when they were young.

Coincidentally, when Liu Laosan came to the front of Zhao Jun's back camp, Tian An also personally came to the door with a team of personal soldiers, and unceremoniously rushed in front of Liu Laosan to inform him of his intentions, saying that he was also invited by Zhang Ao to be a guest, and entered Zhao Jun's camp one step earlier than Liu Laosan.

Knowing that Tian An was resentful of hiding Xiang Yu's injury from him, Liu Laosan didn't mind, and sneered at Tian An's back: "The maidservant girl raises, what's the spirit?" With your ability to lead troops, if you really fight, my 10,000 troops dare to fight you 30,000! ”

"Pei Gong, there are many people, be careful when you speak." Xiahou Ying kindly reminded.

"I'm afraid of a bird, I've already made a feud anyway, and I'm afraid that the feud is deeper?" Liu Laosan scolded again, and then ordered: "Go, enter the camp, and go drink with the young general." ”

Zhang Ao invited guests, naturally he had already greeted the Zhao soldiers guarding the door, so he didn't need to report it, just explained the intention, Liu Laosan and his party successfully entered the Zhao army camp and went straight to Zhang Ao's camp under the banner of Zhang Zi. As a result, it was even more coincidental that when he came to the side of Zhang Ao's camp, one of Zhang Ao's officials had just come up to greet him, and Sima Wei, the general of Zhao State, also led a few personal soldiers over and met with Liu Laosan next to Zhang Ao's camp.

Although he likes to scold the princes and ministers as slaves, Liu Laosan also knows that he needs to unite his comrades-in-arms, and as soon as he met Sima Weifu, who had not celebrated the festival, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted, and asked with a smile: "General Sima, such a coincidence, are you also here to congratulate the young general?" ”

"Of course I'm here to congratulate, the young general gave birth to the eldest son, and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng added the eldest grandson, such a happy event, how can I not come to join in the fun?" Sima Wei replied casually, and asked more casually, "What?" Also invited Pei Gong? ”

"Did you just invite me? And General Tian of Qi State is also here, walking ahead of me, he should have already entered. Liu Laosan replied with a smile, and asked quite cautiously: "General Sima, is there any movement on Xiang Kang's side of the traitor?" After a while, we were drinking and we were having fun, and he ran out to spoil the fun. ”

"Pei Gong rest assured, there is no movement." Sima Wei waved his hand casually, and said, "Pei Gong, let's go, don't let the young general wait." ”

"Yes, General Sima, Pei Gong, please." Zhang Aozuo, who came to greet the marquis before, also urged: "The general, he has already arrived, just wait for you to come to the banquet, don't let the general wait too long." ”

"The Admiral has already arrived?!"

In the flash of light, Liu Laosan's keen intuition suddenly realized that something was wrong, and blurted out and asked, "The general is here too?!" ”

"What are you talking about?" The welcoming official said with a smile: "The friendship between the general and our Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is known to the world, and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng has added the eldest grandson, so can the general not come to congratulate him in person?" ”

A strong feeling of uneasiness suddenly surged into Liu Laosan's heart, and he suddenly found that there seemed to be something wrong, but for a while he couldn't remember what was wrong? At the same time, out of intuition, Liu Laosan also retracted the steps he had taken, stood in place and did not move, Sima Wei, who had already stepped forward two steps, saw the strangeness, and asked: "Pei Gong, what's wrong?" The face is so ugly? Uncomfortable there? ”

"My face is ugly?"

Liu Laosan was stunned by Sima Wei's question, and when he subconsciously went to look at Lu Juan and Xiahou Ying next to him, the two of them also nodded quickly, admitting that Liu Laosan's current expression was indeed very wrong. Liu Laosan's heart couldn't help but be even more strange, and said secretly: "What's the matter? How could I be so nervous all of a sudden? ”

"That's not right! What a coincidence! ”

The excellent genes that have been inherited from Uncle Liu Huang suddenly broke out in full force at this moment, so that Liu Laosan finally found out what was wrong, and screamed in his heart: "It's not right! This matter is too coincidental, yesterday Zhang Ao Xiaozhuzi personally sent the envoy of the Xiang Kang brothers back to the city, and today he suddenly gave birth to a son, and invited me and Chen Yu, Tian An, and Sima Wei to drink together, is there such a coincidence in the world? If Zhang Ao's little vertical has any different intentions, we must not be caught by him?! ”

"Pei Gong, what's wrong? If it's uncomfortable there, why don't you go back and rest? Sima Wei asked kindly.

Considering that his strength was too weak, he didn't even blink his eyelids, Liu Laosan had already made up his mind, immediately stepped forward and grabbed Sima Wei, and said quickly: "General Sima, please come here, I have something very important to say to you!" ”

Seeing that Liu Laosan's face was wrong, Sima Wei also knew that there must be a situation, so he also let Liu Laosan pull him to go away, Liu Laosan lowered his voice and said at a very fast speed: "General Sima, didn't you find that something was right?" Yesterday, Major General Zhang Ao personally sent Xiang Kang's envoy back to Hangu Pass, and today he suddenly gave birth to a son, and invited us to come over with the general to drink, this is too much of a coincidence, right? ”

Sima Wei, who betrayed Zhao and was named King Yin by Xiang Yu in history, is not a fool, Liu Laosan's words have not been finished, Sima Wei's face has also changed greatly, and he hurriedly whispered: "Pei Gong, do you suspect that Major General Zhang Ao wants to trick us into his army and kill them all?" ”

"I'm not sure, but we can't afford to guard against it!" Liu Laosan said in a faster tone: "In short, we must not take risks, anyway, it is just to congratulate, you and I said that there is an important military situation to deal with, just send someone to send gifts in, first go back to our own army, make the preparations that need to be done, if it turns out afterwards that we have misunderstood the major general, it is not too late to make amends to him." ”

Sima Wei was also very able to make a decision on the spot, and found that the situation was not right, so he immediately adopted Liu Laosan's suggestion, under the pretext that there was urgent military affairs to deal with, he only sent two personal soldiers to carry gifts to congratulate Zhang Ao, and he hurriedly returned to his own camp army, Liu Laosan was the same, sent two personal soldiers to send gifts to Zhang Ao, and immediately fled back to his camp, and also made his army ready for contingency at the first time. During this period, the assistant officials sent by Zhang Ao to greet them were at a loss, and they did not dare to make decisions on their own, so they could only quickly turn back and report to Zhang Ao.

Liu Laosan's keen and almost terrifying intuition completely disrupted the overall plan of Zhang Ao and others, and when he learned that Sima Wei and Liu Laosan came to the door and made an excuse to leave suddenly, even Guan Gao was caught off guard, and he didn't know how to deal with it at all - Liu Laosan, who only had more than 2,000 troops in his hands, was nothing, and even if he couldn't take it, he couldn't make any waves, but Sima Wei was completely different, and the army directly under him was 10,000 more than Zhang Ao! If you turn your face and make a move, even if the army under Chen Yu is leaderless, just one army in Sima Wei's hands is enough to pose a huge threat to Zhang Aojun!

What's worse is that Chen Yu has also found out that the situation is not right, first heard that Sima Wei and Liu Laosan have urgent military affairs to deal with, and then saw that Zhang Ao and Guan Gao and other people's expressions were obviously a little wrong, Chen Yu, who had also experienced strong winds and waves, immediately became suspicious in his heart, stood up after a little calculation, and said to Zhang Ao with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, I suddenly remembered that I also have a very important matter to do, you drink with General Tian first, and I will come when I go." ”

Sweat instantly appeared on Zhang Ao's forehead, and Guan Gao next to him was thorough in his heart, knowing that his plan must have been overlooked, if he didn't hurry up and let Chen Yu slip back, then Chen Yu would definitely be able to find out the truth soon, and he would soon die without a place to be buried! So Guan Gao gritted his teeth, immediately grabbed the wine glass in front of him, and slammed it on the ground, making a clanging sound!

Fortunately, the Zhang Ao guards led by Uncle Tian carried out the order very resolutely, seeing that Guan Gao sent a signal, Zhang Ao's guards outside the tent immediately rushed forward, raised their weapons and aimed at Chen Yu and Tian An, Chen Yu was shocked, and subconsciously wanted to pull out the sword on his waist, Uncle Tian had already rushed from behind, strangled his neck, aimed his blade at the back of his heart, and shouted: "Don't move!" ”

Roaring, Uncle Tian also put a sharp blade on Chen Yu's vest to warn Chen Yu not to act rashly, Chen Yu's face was as pale as paper, and he hurriedly said, "Virtuous nephew, what do you want to do?" ”

No one answered Chen Yu's words, and Zhang Ao's guards, who had already been ordered, immediately stepped forward and held down Chen Yu and Tian An, and at the same time, Zhang Ao's cronies outside the tent also surrounded the personal soldiers brought by Chen Yu and Tian An, forcing them to lay down their arms and surrender. Then after Guan Gao personally ripped off the general's seal on Chen Yu's waist, Chen Yu woke up like a dream and roared, "Zhang Ao, what do you want to do?" Do you want to mutiny and seize power? ”

"So what?" Guan Gao sneered and said: "You traitor, covet the throne that Xiang Yu'er promised you, not only to betray Zhao State, but also to stain your crown with the blood of our Zhao State soldiers, our major general will eliminate traitors for the country, of course we want to take you down!" ”

"You talk nonsense! Do I have that? Chen Yu struggled and yelled, "What evidence do you have? ”

"Of course we have proof!" Guan Gao Yi sneered and said: "If you are smart, immediately tell your people outside to lay down their weapons, and then send someone to call Sima Weipifu, and when we see the king in the future, we can also intercede for you, and beg the king to spare you from death!" ”

Chen Yu was stupid to obey Guan Gao's request, shouting that he just wanted his own soldiers outside the tent to come in and save him, but unfortunately his personal soldiers had already been surrounded by Zhang Ao's soldiers arranged in advance, even if he didn't give up resistance, he couldn't rush in to rescue Chen Yu, and he was quickly killed by Zhang Ao's soldiers. Chen Yu was forced to be helpless, so he could only change his words and yell: "Zhang Ao, if you are smart, you will let me go immediately, and I promise that I will not investigate what happened just now!" Otherwise, if Sima Wei's army and I are killed, no one will be able to save you! ”

"Shut his mouth!" Guan Gao calmly gave an order for Zhang Ao and ordered: "Give orders to our army, prepare for battle, and wait for General Xiang Kang to send reinforcements!" ”

According to Guan Gao's order, Zhang Ao's guards quickly blocked Chen Yu's mouth struggling and shouting with a cloth, and Tian An, who was innocently implicated, was very single, and said with a wry smile: "Major General, my mouth doesn't need to be blocked, I won't shout indiscriminately, and there is no need to shout indiscriminately." Also, if you wish, I can send back and give an order that my army should only guard the camp, and that no matter what happens, they should not go out of the camp to fight. ”

"Thank you, General Tian, but there is no need for this for the time being." Guan Gao thanked him, in order not to immediately reveal the news, he declined Tian An's kindness, and comforted: "Don't worry, we also have to do this just in case, and we promise that we won't hurt you, General Tian." ”

"I hope so." Tian An smiled bitterly, and completely accepted his fate - how can any unlucky thing be put on the stand for himself as an honest person?

In order to buy time and wait for Xiang Kang to send reinforcements, Guan Gao and others were very calm and did not rush to start the next move, but just announced the truth to all the officers and soldiers of Zhang Ao's army, so that Zhang Ao's army was ready to hold on and wait for help. It's a pity that this doesn't have a very big effect, Sima Wei's side has long been suspicious, and has made certain preparations, and has already sent people to keep an eye on Zhang Ao's army, only to learn that Zhang Ao's army is assembled to prepare for war, Sima Wei immediately understood that something big happened, in addition to immediately assembling his own army, and sent people to contact Chen Yu's direct generals at the first time, so that they can also prepare for war, and the Zhao army camp, which was calm before, soon became extremely noisy, and there were Zhao soldiers everywhere who hurriedly assembled but didn't know what was going on. People shouted and neighed constantly.

At the same time, Sima Wei and Chen Yu's generals also sent envoys to Zhang Ao's camp to inquire about the situation, but of course these envoys were all taken down directly by Zhang Ao's sergeants, and there was no response, Li Zuoche, who was lucky not to be invited by Zhang Ao, could only hurry up to meet Sima Wei, and suggested that Sima Wei stand up and turn the tide and force Zhang Ao to return Chen Yu by force, Sima Wei had no choice but to immediately send someone to contact the generals of the Zhao army, declaring that Zhang Ao had surrendered to the young marshal's army, In order to betray the Zhao army in exchange for glory and wealth, he asked the Zhao army to temporarily obey his orders and command, and led the army to surround Zhang Ao's camp, and at the same time the first to lead the army to Zhang Ao's military camp, and asked Zhang Ao to hand over Chen Yu immediately.

In order to gain more time, Guan Gao and others chose to send Chen Yu's personal soldiers, who had surrendered and renegade, to come forward and ask Sima Wei to immediately return to the camp to wait for orders, but Sima Wei was willing to be fooled and insisted that Chen Yu immediately come out to meet him and give orders to himself in person. As a result, during the dispute, the scout of Zhao State finally sent the news, saying that the young marshal's army was urgently mobilizing the army, and there were signs of sending troops at any time. Sima Wei was shocked when he heard the report, and he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately pointed his sword at Zhang Ao's camp and shouted, "Kill it!" Rescue the General! ”

Sima Wei ordered Chen Yu's henchman Wei Xiu to lead 50,000 troops out of the camp, and lined up in front of the camp to prepare to resist the imminent attack of the young marshal's army, while personally leading the army to attack Zhang Aojun's camp, Zhang Aojun struggled to resist, and the two armies also under the banner of Zhao State soon fought fiercely and were inextricable.

During this period, Guan Gao and others also sent envoys to contact the generals of the Zhao army, announcing Chen Yu's crime of treason and self-reliance, asking the generals of the Zhao army to obey Zhang Ao's orders and commands, and also asking them to send troops to attack Sima Wei's army. It's a pity that this didn't have any effect, it was already extremely panicked, and received different orders one after another, the generals of the Zhao army were at a loss, and they chose to wait and see, and no army stood up to help Zhang Ao, on the contrary, the Zhao army was even more chaotic because of this, and the morale was seriously frustrated.

Fortunately for Sima Wei, Zhang Ao and others did not send someone to contact Xiang Kang until the last moment, and the young marshal's army was seriously underprepared for the chaos of the Zhao army, even if Zhang Ao's messenger sent the news to Hangu Pass, Xiang Kang ordered the assembly of troops to prepare for battle at the first time, and it was necessary to beware that the Zhao army was luring the snake out of the hole, pretending to be civil strife to lure the young marshal's army to a decisive battle, and it took time to explore the specific situation. Therefore, Sima Wei did not have to worry about the large-scale killing of the young marshal army for a certain period of time, and he could concentrate all his strength on dealing with the weaker Zhang Ao's troops.

Zhao Junmeng's general Sima Wei successfully seized this opportunity, his army was originally stronger in combat effectiveness, and Zhang Aojun's camp established in Zhao's camp was not protected by strong camp fortifications, and the front team of the young marshal's army led by Ding Ji had just come out of the city from Hangu Pass, Sima Wei's army successfully broke through Zhang Aojun's camp defense line, entered Zhang Aojun's camp, and directly attacked Zhang Ao's command tent. Seeing that the situation was not good, Guan Gao and others had no choice but to quickly suggest that Zhang Ao abandon the camp and flee, Zhang Ao reluctantly agreed, and was forced to immediately take the rest of his army, and held Chen Yu and Tian An hostage to abandon the camp and flee.

Originally, Zhang Ao and others wanted to flee to the west to join the young marshal's army, but Sima Wei and Li Zuoche had already expected this, and concentrated their forces to block the road to the west and not give Zhang Aojun a chance to break through. Although Liu Laosan's army also went out to help Sima Wei from the east, it suffered from too few troops, even if the Qi army without the commander hurriedly sent troops to help, it still failed to stop Zhang Ao's troops who were eager to flee for his life.

This is exactly the result that Liu Laosan needs, Zhang Aojun has just broken through his interception position, Liu Laosan immediately pulled Zhou Chang in front of him, and quickly ordered: "You go and contact Sima Wei, just say that the matter of chasing and killing Zhang Ao and saving Chen Yu will be handed over to me, let him stay and preside over the overall situation, and prevent Xiang Kang's rebels from taking advantage of the fire to rob!" ”

"Pei Gong, the situation is too complicated now, Zhang Ao is the son of Zhang Er, the prime minister of Zhao State, there is no need for us to offend Zhang Er's father and son to death for Chen Yu, right?" Zhou Chang asked with some confusion.

"You're a pig, huh? Do you think I really want to save Chen Yu? Liu Laosan scolded and said: "The army of Zhao is in chaos like this, Xiang Kang will not take advantage of the fire to rob unless he is stupid!" If the Zhao army can't stop Xiang Kang's thief army, we will definitely have bad luck! Only by finding an excuse to run away first, we can run at the forefront if the Zhao army loses, if the Zhao army holds on and stabilizes the situation, we will still be their heroes when we come back! Got it?! ”

"Pei Gong is wise! I see! ”

Zhou Chang suddenly realized, and hurriedly ran to contact Sima Wei, and took another opportunistic trick for Liu Laosan, and slipped away first, while Liu Laosan pointed his sword at Zhang Ao's defeated army who was going away, and shouted: "Run!" Get out of ......, oh no, chase it! Save General Zhao! ”