The mind of a genius is usually difficult to be understood by ordinary people, after Liu Laosan told his decision to dedicate Nanjun to the Western Chu Army to a cadre of civil and military henchmen, of course he was resolutely opposed by the friends of Pei County except Xiao He.

There was no way, Liu Laosan could only pull the Peixian friends to sit down, patiently introduce to them the reasons for his decision, and clearly told them that if the army insisted on returning to Nanjun, there would be three huge dangers, and the remnants of the Nanyang Army could be killed at any time.

The first of these great dangers, of course, is that Li Ji, the commander of the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, who has betrayed the Nanyang Army twice, and now the strength of the Nanyang Army is not even enough to give Li Ji a gap between his teeth, but he still holds a large area of land and cities. In addition, Xiang Kang is well-known for being good at divisive rebellion, and joining forces with Liji, whose strength has far surpassed that of his own army, to cross the river, is equivalent to stuffing his head under Liji's axe, and he may die at any time!

The second danger is that the people of Nanjun are not attached, many places are forced to surrender after Yingbu fled to Hanzhong, the loyalty is very low, and now the families of local chiefs in various parts of Nanjun have fallen into the clutches of Xiang Kang, if the remnants of the Nanyang Army insist on withdrawing to Nanjun, even if Liji will not have dissent, it is impossible to block the continued attack of the Han army, the Han army does not need to dispatch the main force, only needs to send a partial division, plus Yingbu's old department in Nanjun helps, it is possible to easily kill the remnants of the Nanyang army.

The third danger is even more terrifying, after the Nanyang army has been hit hard, it has reached the verge of extinction, not only can it no longer play any role in the Western Chu army, but on the contrary, it has to drag the Western Chu army to protect itself, just ask Xiang Yu's bear temper, as well as the greed and cruelty of the Western Chu army's top brass, how can it be possible to tolerate this situation for a long time? Therefore, as long as someone fanned the flames a little, Xiang Yu could order himself to be killed at any time and directly annex the land and city of Nanjun!

"The truth has been told to you, I think you all understand, we can't keep Nanjun no matter what, and there is a possibility that Nanjun and the Western Chu Army will turn against each other, in this case, why don't we be happy and take the initiative to give Nanjun to the Western Chu Army? As long as Xiang Yu's husband is happy, can he still treat us badly? With the help of his power to start from scratch, won't we soon be able to make a comeback? ”

After exhausting his tongue, Liu Laosan finally persuaded the Peixian friends who lived and died with him, so that they no longer objected to his helpless decision, but Han Xin was silent, and his expression was still very disapproving, Liu Laosan saw his disdain, and took the initiative to ask: "General, do you think this king is wrong?" If you are sure that you can hold Nanjun, you can directly say that this king can also reconsider the decision just now. ”

"If you can control and command the Western Chu army, with the Han Water Danger, your subordinates will have the confidence to fight with the Han thieves." The thief replied.

"General, if this can be done, how can this king decide to take the initiative to dedicate the remaining land and cities to the Western Chu army?" Liu Laosan smiled bitterly and said, "Don't sell it, just say it, do you agree with this?" ”

"Your Majesty may not object." Han Xin replied: "But your subordinates must remind the king of two points, first, you and the king of Western Chu have also had some festivals before, so don't you ask him to settle old accounts with you?" Second, what kind of temper is Xiang Yu's husband, presumably you also know the king, if you want to make a comeback under his account, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. ”

"The king is not afraid to settle the old accounts, the king has given him so many cities, land and population, if he still wants to find the king to settle the old accounts, who will dare to follow him in the future? No matter how confused Xiang Yu is, he won't understand this truth. ”

Liu Laosan replied calmly, and said: "What kind of temper Xiang Yu is, of course this king knows, but this king is really not afraid of dealing with him, this puppet is far easier to deal with than Xiang Kang's little traitor, this king only needs to think of a little way, so that it is definitely not difficult for him to obey this king's words." ”

After dealing with Liu Laosan for so long, Han Xin of course knew that Liu Laosan was not bragging, so he nodded and said, "Okay, since you have such confidence and confidence, your majesty will not object." ”

It was also a coincidence that this difficult decision had just been unified, and Liji sent someone to urge Liu Laosan to hurry up and go south out of the city and withdraw to Hanshui as soon as possible. I can't wait, Hu Yang has a way to retreat directly to the land of Western Chu, but this puppet doesn't think about returning to the mainland at all, and takes the initiative to go south to Nanjun with us, so anxious that he has to stretch out his claws in his throat. ”

After sneering, Liu Laosan still stood up, and said casually as he walked out: "From now on, you can't call me the king for the time being, just like before, let's call me Pei Gong." ”

Immediately afterwards, an earth-shattering event also happened in Huyang, once majestic and claimed to be the only Nanyang king Liu Laosan who had not suffered in front of Xiang Kang, under the pretext of his own virtue and talent, no confidence and no strength to continue to resist the invasion of the Han army, decided to give all his remaining city land to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, in exchange for Xiang Yu's acceptance and appointment, and also asked Li Ji, the commander of the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, to represent the Western Chu Army and receive his Nanyang King seal letter and dedication documents on the spot.

Seeing that Liu Laosan was so well-behaved, Li Ji, who was indeed already fighting Nanjun's idea, was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly pretended to be modest, and finally under Liu Laosan's repeated pleas, Li Ji looked extremely reluctant to accept the letter from the king of Nanyang, and Liu Laosan ordered all the local army officials of the Nanyang Army to change to the name of the Western Chu State, and to accept the letter of command of the Western Chu Army instead. Then Liu Laosan made a decision again, planning to lead the remnants of his army directly from Huyang to the east, to the Western Chu mainland to defect to Xiang Yu, let Lu Jia and several other civilian officials accompany Liji to the south, and help Liji take over the remaining land, cities and local troops of the Nanyang army.

Because there were only more than 1,000 remnants left around Liu Laosan's side, it had no effect on whether to follow the Western Chu army to continue southward, and after a few words of pretended to stay, he also nodded and agreed to Liu Laosan's decision, and then under Liu Laosan's pleading, he personally wrote a letter to Xiang Yu, introducing Liu Laosan's benevolence and righteousness of taking the initiative to dedicate the city and land, and strongly implored Xiang Yu to see that for the sake of this, don't treat Liu Laosan, who is knowledgeable and interested.

Near noon, the remnants of the Nanyang Army and the Southern Line Corps of the Western Chu Army officially parted ways, when parting, Liu Laosan also hugged and cried with General Liji, who had been fighting side by side for a long time, the scene was touching, during which Liji still smiled in his heart and said: "Count you as a smart horseman, save the general from doing it." Next, as long as you rely on Han water to block the Han thief, and hold on until our king's reinforcements stab the Han thief in the back, Nanjun will be the king's in the future! ”

"Piff, don't get too happy." Liu Laosan also sneered in his heart and said: "If this king withdraws from Hanshui with his army and organizes the manpower and material resources of Nanjun to help you resist the Han thieves, it is possible that Xiang Kang, that little traitor, will not be in a hurry to go south." But I heard that this king is gone, and he has given you all the remaining city land, and that traitor Xiang Kang will definitely go south immediately and kill you completely! ”

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The distance was too far, and there was no time to install fine eyeliner in Huyang in advance, or after more than four days, Xiang Kang and the others were stunned to know this situation, and in disbelief, Xiang Kang also had to sigh: "This king is considered to have served Liu Jipifu, and knows that even if he passes through the Han River, he will definitely die, either in our hands or in the hands of Lijifu, and he can actually come up with such a way to get rid of the golden cicada's shell, save his life and keep the hope of a comeback, this king really wants to admire it." ”

"Don't worry, Liu Jipifu is only doing this to save his life, and he still wants to make a comeback, I'm afraid there will never be this hope." Wu Shi, the old man of Shangshan, arched his hand and said: "Don't forget, the king of Western Chu, Xiang Yu, has long known about the affairs of Hangu Pass, even if he doesn't want to pursue it, it will never be possible to reuse Liu Jipifu, and if it's great, he will seal an idle position and let Liu Jipifu go to retire, and we don't have to worry about the threat of this puppet." ”

"Mr. Qiliji, I'm afraid you are taking it for granted this time, and you are too underestimating Liu Jipifu and the gang of traitors around my brother." Xiang Kang sneered, and said thoughtlessly: "If nothing else, this king's Uncle Ji and Master Xiang Boxiang will definitely be able to make a fortune." ”

"It's ironclad." Zhang Liang took over the conversation and said: "Among the three most trusted henchmen of the King of Western Chu, Cao Ji is already dead, with the wisdom of his father, he will not fail to see that Liu Ji can be of great use, and then as long as Liu Ji Pifu buys Master Xiang to say good things for him, it is difficult not to mix under the account of the King of Western Chu." ”

Wu Shi, who didn't know who Master Xiang was, couldn't believe it, but seeing that Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang didn't seem to be joking, Wu Shi could only change his words and ask: "King, since this is the case, what should we do about it?" ”

"It's too far apart, and there is no way to sabotage it, so I can only find a way when the two armies face off later." Xiang Kang replied helplessly, and said: "Since Liu Jipifu slipped away in advance, then we can only hurry south, let Ding Ji lead 20,000 troops to the south, first seize Deng County and Shandu on the north bank of the Han River, gather ships to prepare for the crossing, and then wait for the army of Li Shang and Yingbu to arrive in Deng County, and immediately launch a rush to cross, don't give the Western Chu thief army a chance to gain a foothold in Nanjun." ”

After that, Xiang Kang turned to Wu Shi again and said: "Mr. Qiliji, the chief officials of all parts of Nanjun are in Wancheng, and Yingbu still has many old departments in Nanjun, we must attack the heart to seize Nanjun, which Ding Ji and Li Shang are not good at enough, you work hard, follow Ding Ji to lead the army south, and go to help them deal with these problems." ”

Wu Shi immediately hugged his fists and agreed, and Xiang Kang said: "Our main force continues to rest in Wancheng and prepare to meet my brother, although there is no money and food provided by Liu Jipiff, it is unlikely that my brother will continue to march into Yingchuan and Nanyang, but we also have to prevent him from being angry and desperate to come to us desperately." ”

The progress of the Han army's southern expedition this time was too fast, and the main force of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu was too far away from Nanyang, or after another ten days, Xiang Kang received accurate news, and learned that Xiang Yu personally led the army across Chen County and was killing Ye County at the junction of Yingchuan and Nanyang. Let his overlord cousin be attacked again.

Three days later, the main force of the Han army returned to the city of Yangcheng, when the army set up camp to rest, Chen Ping suddenly came to Xiang Kang with an official document with a smile on his face, and he couldn't wait to say to Xiang Kang as soon as they met: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, Zhou Xiangguo sent someone to send an urgent report from Guanzhong, Guanzhong is ripe this year, and all the counties in the history of the grain harvest, we don't have to worry about grain and grass next year." ”

"Good thing." Xiang Kang nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Grain is the foundation of the country, and if there is a bumper grain harvest in Guanzhong, we will have more confidence to fight against the Western Chu thief army." ”

"It's more than that." Chen Ping shook his head, and said with a happy smile: "Wang, guess what, after switching to the Quyuan plow, manpower plough and pedal plough created by yourself, what is the average grain yield per mu in our Guanzhong this year?" ”

"How much more prolific?" Xiang Kang asked curiously, and said: "This king remembers, it seems that since the Zhengguo Canal was dug out, the grain yield per mu in Guanzhong is about one minute (two hundred catties), how much is it this year?" “

"One and a half minutes! One acre of land is enough to collect half an hour and one hundred catties more than the previous ordinary year! Chen Ping replied excitedly, and hurriedly said: "Also, Zhou Xiangguo also reported that now the capital of Qianzhong in Guanzhong is so happy that he is dying, and they all say that the king is the god of agriculture in the sky, so that they don't have to worry about starving anymore." After the autumn harvest in many places, they also took the initiative to build ancestral halls for you and burn incense to worship. ”

Xiang Kang laughed and said: "The king doesn't particularly like this thing in the ancestral hall, so send a message to Zhou Xiangguo, and ask him to arrange for officials to come forward to persuade and stop it, so that Guanzhong Qianshou can save money and food to improve his life." Also, remember that next year we must use the Daitian method to reclaim this year's grain planting land, and in the autumn of next year, the Qianshou of Guanzhong will definitely be happier. ”

Chen Ping hurriedly agreed, and only then did he present the harvest report of the autumn grain in Guanzhong sent by Zhou Zeng to Xiang Kang, and then when Xiang Kang nodded again and again, Chen Ping lowered his voice again and said: "King, there is one more thing, I am afraid that you may not be happy when you hear it, the secret report of your subordinates in Guanzhong, there are some old ministers of the remnants of the tyrannical Qin, and some are ready to move, and the subordinates have also received accurate information that the abolished Qin prince has had secret contact with the outside world, and this, Zhou Xiangguo, Lieutenant Chao and Xianyang Ling, they don't seem to be aware of it. ”

Xiang Kang pondered, and asked after a while: "Who is the eyeliner you planted next to Ziying?" What identity? ”

Chen Ping, the head of the secret service, replied in a low voice the identity and name of the eyeliner he placed next to Ziying, Xiang Kang nodded after listening, and then raised his voice and said: "The abolished prince of Qin is also pitiful, he was forced to surrender to us after only a few days on the throne, and after surrendering, he was so obedient, he was placed under house arrest in his house all day long, and he couldn't even get out." In this way, give Zhou Xiangguo a document, saying that this year's Guanzhong Dafeng is blessed by the sky, and we must thank God for our generous gifts, so that he will hold a ceremony to worship the sky in Xianyang on behalf of the king, and let Ziying also participate in it when the time comes, and by the way, ask Ziying what requirements he has in terms of daily life, as long as it is reasonable and reasonable, try to meet it. ”

"What do you mean, my lord?" Chen Ping asked in surprise.

"What do you say?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile.

After all, it is the roundworm in Xiang Kang's stomach, and he is a first-class master of intrigue and trickery in the world, just after a little calculation, Chen Ping understood what Xiang Kang meant, and nodded hurriedly and said: "Your Majesty understands, please rest assured that the king will not miss your big event." ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and said casually: "Also, after Wang Ling took Daijun, didn't Zhang Han's family move back to Xianyang?" Ask your person to come forward and contact Zhang Han's nephew Zhang Zhi to see if he is interested in contacting those old people of the Qin Court, and watch the situation of those old people of the Qin Court for us, if he agrees, he will secretly make him Lang Zhong and let him do things for you. ”

"Isn't it a bit risky to do this, my lord?" Chen Ping said with some worry: "Although Zhang Han's family is your relative, they were very hostile to you before, will it be self-defeating to let Zhang Zhi do this kind of thing?" ”

"Afraid of what? How much wind and waves can a small loach make? Xiang Kang asked with a smile, and said: "This is also the opportunity I give this brother-in-law, if he is not even willing to seize such an opportunity, he will not have any chance to advance in the future." ”

Chen Ping arched his hand and sang a promise, and Xiang Kang said to himself: "If my brother is still smart and chooses to take the initiative to withdraw after knowing the situation in Nanyang and Yingchuan, this king should also go back to Guanzhong, there are some hidden dangers, the sooner they are eradicated, the better." ”