“…… Linjiang King Yingbu was shameless, betrayed the king of Western Chu, and suddenly sent troops from Nanjun to the north to attack Deng County, the defenders of Deng County of the King of Nanyang were caught off guard, and the city was taken by the Linjiang thief army in a battle, and Nanyang's Shandu, Zhucheng, Suixian and other cities and the national capital Wancheng were in an emergency at the same time! Therefore, the Nanyang Army asked the King of Nanyang to return to the camp quickly and preside over the overall situation! ”

Bang, before the Nanyang emergency report conveyed by Gongao's soldiers was finished, the bronze wine lord in Liu Laosan's hand had already fallen on the desk in front of him, and his face, which was praised by the old man Lu Gong, was still not a little bloody, and the Gongao, Li Zuoche and Master Xiang Boxiang next to him also changed color on their faces, and then Master Xiang Boxiang also shouted directly, "Yingbu Pifu!" Shameless rats! How daring! ”

"The crumbs raised by the maidservant! A tattoo on the ass! Naigong (your grandfather and me) don't chop up your husband with his own hands! Naigong is not surnamed Liu! ”

Liu Laosan, who likes to scold, scolds much more badly than Master Xiang Boxiang, but unfortunately no matter how ugly it is, it will be useless, hundreds of kilometers away, Liu Laosan has wings on his body, and he has no time to fly back to Deng County to snatch back his southern gate, so he scolded, Liu Laosan could only hurriedly say goodbye and return to the camp to understand the situation on his southern front, Gongao and Master Xiang and others did not have the intention of drinking to celebrate the defeat of the Han army last night, but sent messengers back to the main battlefield of Xingyang as soon as possible, Let Xiang Yu also know about this important news that happened suddenly.

It was only after returning to his camp that Liu Laosan knew from the urgent report sent by Xiao He that the situation in Nanyang was even worse than he imagined, and the army stationed in Deng County was almost completely annihilated by the British and Bu troops because they were caught off guard, and the remnants did not even have a chance to escape back to Wancheng, so they could only retreat west to Shandu to defend the city. At the same time, because the main force of the Nanyang Army needed a large amount of grain and grass to go north, most of the reserves of the Nanyang Army were concentrated on the northern line to transfer grain and grass, and there was also to prevent the Han army from sending troops from Wuguan to attack the hinterland of Nanyang, and it was too late to go south to resist the British army.

Because of this, just after reading the urgent report sent by Xiao He's fast horse, Liu Laosan didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted: "Quick, send an order to the whole army, pull out the camp and set off, and go south to save our national capital!" ”

"Calm down, King!" Strategist Lu Jia hurriedly stopped Liu Laosan and said quickly: "In this situation, the King of Western Chu will definitely not agree to let us retreat, how to withdraw the army, we have to discuss it carefully." ”

"Shaft! Discuss your head! Liu Laosan scolded again, and shouted with red eyes: "Yingbu Xiao'er is going to conquer our national capital, what if we don't hurry up and withdraw the army, what if we lose Wancheng?" ”

"Calm down, King." Lu Jia hurriedly persuaded again, and said: "The war between us and the Han thieves on the southern front has reached a critical moment, and retreating at this time is not only tantamount to abandoning the previous achievements, but also the Western Chu army's partial division will also be in danger, once the Han thieves take the opportunity to break through the Western Chu army's partial division, or draw out their hands to reinforce other battlefields, the king of Western Chu will definitely be furious, and when the time comes, he will blame it, how can we explain?" ”

Lu Jia's persuasion still made Liu Laosan regain some of his senses, considering that he must not offend Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan could only withdraw the order to withdraw his troops immediately, and asked Lu Jia instead: "Then what do you think should be done?" ”

"It's best to get the consent of the Western Chu Army first." Lu Jia proposed: "The king might as well go to the Western Chu military camp again, explain the situation to the Western Chu army truthfully, tell them that we must withdraw our troops immediately, and ask them to agree that we will withdraw our troops to deal with Yingbu Pifu first, and then return to help them attack the Han thieves after we have packed up Yingbu Pifu." ”

Liu Laosan nodded if he wanted to, but as soon as he rushed to the door of the Chinese army's big tent, Liu Laosan suddenly paused again, and said with an extremely ugly face: "It's useless, Xiang Yu's husband is selfish and selfish, and he will never agree to let us withdraw from the army." Gong Ao and Xiang Bo will definitely not agree to let us withdraw first, and after leaving their palace, they will definitely use the excuse to ask Xiang Yu's opinion first, and then give us an answer. ”

"King, how about a step-by-step approach?" Sui He proposed: "First persuade the Western Chu army to agree to our withdrawal of 20,000 troops to save Nanyang, and then slowly find a way to withdraw the rest of our army." ”

Liu Laosan carefully calculated and found that this seemed to be the only way to save the emergency and persuade the Western Chu army to agree to withdraw his troops, so he nodded, and then ordered: "Quick, send a fast horse to give Han Xin an order, so that he can temporarily hand over the matter of supervising the transportation of grain and grass to others, and come back immediately to wait for his life." Besides, block the news, and don't let the thieves know about the emergency situation in our rear! ”

After the order was finished, Liu Laosan rushed to the camp of the Western Chu army with Xiao He's urgent report, and tried to persuade Gongao and Xiang Bo to promise to let him withdraw 20,000 troops first to go back to save the emergency, but what made Liu Laosan angry was that his situation had reached this point, and he had already taken the initiative to endure it to this point, Gongao and Xiang Bo were still playing their little calculations, under the pretext that they did not dare to call the shots on this matter, and they must first ask for Xiang Yu's consent and refused to allow Liu Lao's three troops to retreat.

"King Nanyang, don't worry." Gong Ao's tone was extremely relaxed, and he said: "Wancheng is your national capital, the city is high and deep and strong, it is definitely not a problem to hold it for a long time, we still have time to adapt, and it is not very far from here to Xingyang, we had better seek the decision of the King of Western Chu first." ”

At the critical moment, Master Xiang Boxiang suddenly forgot the jewelry beauty that Liu Laosan gave him, fiddled with Xiang Yu's sword, and said in a more relaxed tone: "Besides, even if Wancheng is lost, as long as we defeat the Han thief, we can free up our hands and go south, and it is also a matter of words to snatch Wancheng back for you, so King Nanyang, you'd better wait and wait for the King of Western Chu to make a decision." ”

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't dare to offend Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang at the same time, Liu Laosan would definitely be able to turn around and leave immediately without saying a word, and immediately take the army back to save his lair, and then ignore the life and death of the Western Chu army's partial division, but because he couldn't afford to offend Xiang Yu, and his strength was too weak to stand out, Liu Laosan could only think quickly with a blue face, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

At this time, Li Zuoche, who was pondering on the side, suddenly spoke and said: "King Nanyang, the foreign minister is foolish, I think you should not just ask the king of Western Chu to agree to your return to the army to save Nanyang, you should directly open your mouth to ask the king of Western Chu for help, and ask the king of Western Chu to send you reinforcements to help you rescue Nanyang, and even counterattack Nanjun and crusade against Yingbupifu." ”

Liu Laosan rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that what you said is good, Lao Tzu is not even sure that he will ask Xiang Yuxiaoer to promise me to return to the army to save Nanyang, do you still want him to send me reinforcements?

Li Zuoche saw Liu Laosan's thoughts at a glance, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, King Nanyang, the King of Western Chu is also a person who is good at strategy, he must know that there are two advantages to doing this, one is that you can counterattack Nanyang, protect your rear, and crusade against Yingbu Pifu who suddenly betrayed him." The second is to force Yingbu Pifu to ask Xiang Kang for help, at that time Xiang Kang will not send troops, Yingbu will be destroyed, and the princes of the world will immediately know the fate of betraying the king of Western Chu, and they will not dare to have the slightest dissent, if Xiang Kang sends troops to rescue, we can also take the opportunity to fight with his partial division on the southern front, so it is better than we are forced to attack their strong camp. ”

Li Zuoche's words reminded Liu Laosan, so that Liu Laosan found that Xiang Yu did have such a strategic choice, and considering that it was easier for him to repay the money at a sky-high asking price, even if Xiang Yu refused to send reinforcements to help him, it was easy for him to persuade Xiang Yu to agree to return to the army to save Nanyang, so he hurriedly saluted and thanked Li Zuoche, and wrote a letter on the spot, begging Xiang Yu to send reinforcements to help him counterattack Yingbu or promise to let him temporarily withdraw from the army, and then hand it over to Gongao and Xiang Bo, begging them to send a fast horse immediately.

Of course, Master Gong Ao and Xiang would not refuse such a trivial matter, and immediately arranged a fast horse and asked the messenger to rush back to the main battlefield of Xingyang to deliver the letter on the Fangshan path, so as to send away the anxious Liu Laosan. Then after Liu Laosan said goodbye and left, Gong Ao and Master Xiang laughed and gave Li Zuoche a thumbs up, and said: "There are still many ways for Guang Wujun, if Guang Wujun didn't say so, we really can't make Liu Ji, a horseman, temporarily calm down." ”

"You think I'm perfunctory to Liu Ji? If Xiang Yu can calm down and send reinforcements to help Liu Ji clean up Yingbu Pifu first, then the situation will really be in our favor. Li Zuoche snorted coldly in his heart, and said in his heart: "God bless, don't let Liu Ji think of that way." ”

Of course, Li Zuoche also underestimated Liu Laosan, in fact, before he got out of the camp of the Western Chu Army, Liu Laosan had already quietly made up his mind, and said secretly: "Of course, it is best for Xiang Yu Xiaozhuzi to send reinforcements to help me deal with Yingbu Pifu, and it is okay to promise me to go back to the army to save Nanyang, if he doesn't even agree to this, and insists that Lao Tzu help him fight the Han thieves first, Lao Tzu will not think about anything else, and bring the army back to keep the nest first!" ”

"Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, he has already rebelled against Shen Yang and Yingbu, Xiang Yu Xiaozhuzi still has the courage to force Lao Tzu to rebel and force Lao Tzu to Xiang Kang's side!"

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Xiang Kang's side, because the road is blocked, there is no way to quickly receive the news that Yingbu abandoned Chu and returned to Han like Liu Laosan, and the decisive battle that has been planned for a long time has not been successfully launched, on the contrary, he also paid a lot of price when attacking the camp of the Western Chu army at night, in fact, Xiang Kang was also as anxious as Liu Laosan, and once gave birth to the plan of letting Long and Zheng Bu defend the southern line and return to Xingyang to preside over the overall situation.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the scouts of the Han army made a miraculous achievement, in an almost unworthy scout encounter, accidentally caught a scout of the Western Chu army, and asked from his mouth about the important situation of Liu Laosan's rear urgency - Gong Ao Ke was not so kind to give a ban order to help Liu Laosan conceal the news, and then the Han army scout reported the situation to Long Ji, and Long Ji of course reported the good news to Xiang Kang at the first time.

"Really? The news is not reliable, Yingbu really chose to take refuge in us and helped us suddenly stab Liu Ji in the back? Xiang Kang asked excitedly.

"The King forgives sins." Long He replied helplessly: "The news we asked from the mouth of the scout of the Western Chu Thief Army that we caught by chance, there is no circumstantial evidence, I really don't know if it's true or not." And the scout of the Western Chu Thief Army also confessed that he was only hearsay in the camp of the Western Chu Thief Army, and he didn't know if it was true or not. ”

Xiang Kang rubbed his hands nervously, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly said loudly: "Whether it's true or not, you have to give it a try!" Long Ji, you immediately use your reputation to write a letter to Liu Ji, saying that you already know about Yingbu's abandonment of Chu and return to Han, and persuade him to follow Yingbu's example to betray Western Chu and take refuge in our side, in exchange for us to let Yingbu withdraw and stop fighting him, and give him a land reward after defeating Western Chu! ”

Long He agreed, and immediately wrote a letter of persuasion to Liu Laosan in his own reputation, and Xiang Kang instructed: "Pick a capable messenger to send it, and explain that he carefully pays attention to Liu Ji's expression." Also, let this envoy take a float to see Liu Ji, and be sure to let the Western Chu Thief Army know that we sent someone to contact Liu Ji! ”

Long sang a promise, and immediately selected a capable envoy from his command according to Xiang Kang's arrangement, and asked him to take a gorgeous float out of the camp and send the Nanyang army camp with great fanfare. Then, when Long Ji's letter was delivered to Liu Laosan, of course Liu Laosan couldn't cry, so he could only scold the Han army envoy, claiming that Long He was talking nonsense, and resolutely denied that his rear was in a hurry.

The matter is not over, just sent away the messenger sent by the Han army to tempt, Gongao sent people to the camp to inquire about the contact between the Han army and Liu Laosan, Liu Laosan scolded again, but he had no choice but to obediently hand over the letter written by the dragon and himself, so that the Western Chu army knew that the Han army was trying to surrender himself. Then needless to say, in order to prevent accidents, Master Gongao and Xiang Boxiang of course immediately strengthened the monitoring of the Nanyang Army, preventing Liu Laosan from following Yingbu's example, and suddenly stabbed himself in the back.

Liu Laosan's swollen face and fat man may be able to hide it from others, but he can't hide it from Xiang Kang, who is extremely familiar with his personality and temper, just after learning Liu Laosan's reaction, Xiang Kang already knew that there must be a door to this matter, even if it is not very certain, but he also categorically dispelled the idea of returning to the main battlefield of Xingyang immediately, and immediately ordered Zheng Bujun to move the camp to Cheyuan Pavilion, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Nanyang army at any time!

Liu Laosan is also as good at judging the situation as Xiang Kang, and just after seeing the Han army gathering troops in Cheyuan Pavilion, Liu Laosan knew that the Han army on the southern front was ready to move, and planned to take advantage of the opportunity of his eagerness to return to the army to save the rear, and stabbed himself in the back a few times. However, what is worse is that at this time, Xiang Yu also sent someone to send a reply, not only categorically rejected Liu Laosan's request for help or withdrawal, but also ordered Liu Laosan to join forces with Gongao to launch a decisive battle as soon as possible, and defeat the Han army on the southern front head-on to break the stalemate in Sanchuan.

Of course, while forcing Liu Laosan to enter the army, Xiang Yu of course had to throw out a little chicken bone and fish bone to send Liu Laosan, in addition to promising to help Liu Laosan get back Nanyang County in the future, he also promised to seal the land of Yingchuan to Liu Laosan.

On the night of receiving Xiang Yu's reply, Liu Laosan had no sleep all night, and on the morning of the next day, Liu Laosan rushed to the camp of the Western Chu army with red eyes, and offered to jointly send a letter with Gongao to make an appointment, determined to join forces with the Western Chu army to launch a decisive battle the next day, and make every effort to defeat the Han army on the southern front. Gong Ao saw that Liu Laosan was ruthless, and knew that Liu Laosan was in a hurry to return to the division to save the old nest, and he would definitely go all out in the decisive battle, of course, he agreed, and immediately wrote a war agreement with Liu Laosan, inviting the Han army on the southern front to fight to the death the next day!

The letter of war was sent to Long He and Zheng Bu, and under the instruction of Xiang Kang, Long He quickly approved the four words of the decisive battle in the coming day, and then ordered the Han soldiers to prepare for the night battle with a cruel smile, determined to take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy to prepare for the decisive battle the next day, and use his own sneak attack tactics to surprise the enemy at night - of course, it is best to succeed in this way, and if you can't succeed, you will play a fool and not fight, and patiently wait for Liu Laosan, who is in a hurry in the rear, to take the initiative to retreat, and then use better fighters to break the enemy in one fell swoop.

It was the second watch of the night, with the cover of the night, the Han army was divided into two ways, respectively sneaked to the Nanyang Army and the West Chu Army outside the camp to ambush, but to the surprise of the Han army, the Han army soldiers who were responsible for the sneak attack on the Nanyang Army had just touched the outside of the camp, and they were immediately discovered by the soldiers of the Nanyang Army, and sounded the gong alarm.

On the contrary, outside the camp of the Western Chu army, the Han army was stubbornly blocked by the soldiers of the Western Chu army, and they could not rush into the camp of the Western Chu army, but could only wander and shout outside the camp of the Western Chu army.

The situation was reported in front of Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang was stunned, and suddenly shouted with remorse: "Fooled!" Liu Jipifu calculated our combat habits and knew that we promised a decisive battle, and nine times out of ten we would send troops to attack and rob the camp at night in advance! He took the opportunity to prepare for retreat early, and justifiably withdrew from the Songshan battlefield at the lowest cost! ”

It was too late to find out that he had been fooled, when Xiang Kang confirmed this situation, the well-prepared Nanyang army had already escaped more than 20 miles, and the Han army did not have time to pursue it with all its might, and because of the existence of the Western Chu army's partial division, it was even more difficult to chase with all its might, so he was forced to helpless, Xiang Kang could only divide part of his forces to pursue Liu Laosan, but unfortunately Liu Laosan had already prepared and arranged for Fan Hao to lead the army to die in the palace, resulting in the Han army Although the pursuers also made certain gains, there was no way to severely damage Liu Laosan's main force.

Xiang Kang is not the worst to be pitted, the worst is the West Chu Army's partial division, although relying on the soldiers to fight to the death, fully defended the camp, did not give the Han army a chance to enter the camp at night, but after Liu Laosan's 'big defeat' and left, the Western Chu Army's partial division immediately became a helpless partial division, which could only defend the camp with all his might, while sending people to the Lord for help, and had to take on the heavy responsibility of containing the palace for Liu Laosan's 'defeated soldiers'.

At this time, Liu Laosan, who had replenished grain and grass in Yangcheng, had immediately abandoned the south of the city, and kept sneering on the road, saying: "Xiang Yuxiaoer, Lao Tzu was forced to retreat after losing the battle this time, see what you can say?" Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, when things come to this point, do you dare to take the initiative to turn your face with Lao Tzu? Wait for Lao Tzu to clean up Yingbu, and wait for you and Xiang Kang's little traitor to lose both, and Lao Tzu will come back to reap the profits! ”

While smiling, Liu Laosan was also a little strange, and said secretly: "Lao Tzu, why is he so right?" Sneak attack while making an appointment to fight, although it is Xiang Kang's trick of a little traitor, but how could Long Ji and Zheng Bu, two brainless puppets, learn so similarly? It's as if Xiang Kang's little traitor personally went to the southern front to command? ”

The book explains that Liu Laosan is actually not sure that he will be able to retreat smoothly last night, Liu Laosan just gambled, betting that the Han army on the southern front would be as despicable as their commander Xiang Kang, promising a decisive battle the next day during the day and launching a sneak attack in advance at night. As for the gamble, it doesn't matter if you lose, your rear is in a hurry, Liu Laosan believes that the Han army on the southern front will be really anxious to fight a decisive battle with the army unless it is stupid, as long as it doesn't really fight and fight for all the money, Liu Laosan will find another way to retreat.