Originally, he had discovered that through the fact that Fan Xu was provoked by the Han army in turn, Han Xin finally confirmed that he had met an opponent this time, this opponent not only knew quite well about strategy and tactics, the defensive deployment was almost impeccable, and the means were extremely insidious and vicious, good at taking advantage of human weaknesses, and at the same time, he was also very aware of the internal situation of the Nanyang Army, and the degree of danger was so high that Han Xin had never seen it in his life.

If the deception plan that led to the fiasco of the Western Chu Army's partial division under the city of Wu is also the handiwork of this opponent, then this opponent is undoubtedly even more terrifying, because he is not only very aware of the internal contradictions of Liu Xiang's coalition army, but also extremely good at using such contradictions to take things from it, and in the next battle, as long as there is a slight dirty relationship between the Nanyang Army and the Western Chu Army's partial division, it is possible that this opponent will be exploited into a loophole, causing immeasurable dangerous consequences.

Han Xin didn't know who this opponent was, but Han Xin knew very well that this opponent might not be as good as him in terms of tactical use, but when it came to cunning and treacherous, he was likely to have to bow down in front of him.

Fortunately, although the enemy is mysterious and terrible, but in terms of fighting, Han Xin has never been afraid of anyone, even if the strength advantage of Liu Xiang's coalition army is not large, the Han army occupies a great geographical advantage and cannot hold on, and at the same time, the Nanyang army must meet Xiang Yu's harsh requirements, and adopt offensive tactics to put pressure on the Han army on the southern front, so that the Han army on the southern front cannot vacate to reinforce other battlefields, which did not stump Han Xin, after some careful consideration, Han Xin quickly worked out an offensive tactic for the Nanyang army.

Han Xin's tactics are actually very simple, that is, in response to the fact that there are many small roads in the Songshan area, and the Han army has deployed a certain number of troops to guard each small road, so that the Nanyang army can divide multiple squads and attack from multiple ways to attack the small forces of the Han army stationed on each small road.

The Han army's Songshan defense line is therefore full of bloody wind and rain, in the mountains and forests, beside the stream, in the deep stream, on the hills, as long as there are Han soldiers stationed in the place, everywhere you can see the Nanyang army and the Han army soldiers who are holding spears and shouting and fighting, as long as the soldiers of the Nanyang army with two hundred people as a team find the traces of the Han army soldiers, they will immediately launch an attack without hesitation, one team can not beat down the second team, and the two teams can not succeed in joining forces, so they will decisively invest in the third team until the Han army is defeated and run away, In short, while forcing the Han army to bleed, it lured the Han army to send more troops into the small road to fight.

In front of such a dangerous enemy as Han Xin, the complex terrain doomed Xiang Kang to closely monitor every path, and could not give Han Xin any chance to win, and it was also destined that Xiang Kang must continue to invest troops to compete with the Nanyang army for control of the mountain paths, but under the premise that it was too late to build strong fortifications to guard the dangerous points, the Han army could only be forced to face and consume on every path, and the casualty number also skyrocketed.

After successfully taking the hinterland of Yingchuan, the 30,000 Nanyang army at the time of departure has expanded its strength to more than 40,000, and it can continue to obtain cannon fodder supplies from the hinterland of Yingchuan. And if the Han army can't endure such attrition and launches a counteroffensive from the front, it will still fall into the hands of Han Xin and give Liu Xiang's coalition army the opportunity to launch a decisive battle.

Of course, the disadvantage in troops is not very large, and Xiang Kang can also transfer the Han army reserves under the command of Zheng Bu from under the city of the Wu clan to vigorously strengthen the mountain road battlefield, but Xiang Kang knows very well that this is probably one of Han Xin's purposes, as long as he does this, he may give Han Xin the opportunity to gnaw bones and gradually devour his reserve troops. If you don't strengthen the mountain road guards, you can only be beaten, and if you increase the strength of the mountain road guards, it will give the enemy more opportunities for forced consumption, and the dilemma will make Xiang Kang have a headache.

It was only at this time that Xiang Kang really understood the horror of Han Xin, and he also hoped that he could capture the thief and capture the king first, and quickly clean up this dangerous enemy and reverse the current passive situation of the self-army. The result is not bad, at the critical moment, the scouts of the Han army finally heard the important news that Xiang Yu sent Xiang Bo to the Songshan battlefield to serve as a supervisor by scratching his tongue, and as a result, this situation had just been reported to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang immediately applauded and said: "It's successful, the Han letter we forged really made my brother suspicious of Liu Ji, so I sent my stupid Uncle Ji to supervise the army." ”

"My lord, I'm afraid it's not necessarily good news." Long He continued to report worriedly: "The scout of the Western Chu thief army we caught also confessed, saying that the king of Western Chu also sent Li Zuoche, the martial monarch of Situ Guangwu, from Henan, to the Songshan battlefield to help your Uncle Ji supervise the army. Wei Chen remembered that General Zhou Shu once told us that this Guangwu Jun Li Zuoche was also a very dangerous opponent, and it was almost impossible to succeed in his strategy. ”

Hearing that Li Zuoche, who was no less dangerous than Han Xin, was also here, Xiang Kang was not surprised, and applauded again: "Good opportunity, just kill two birds with one stone, and clean up Li Zuoche and Han Xin, the two troublesome opponents, at the same time!" ”

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On the same day that Xiang Kang finally counterattacked, on the battlefield of the mountain path, the Nanyang army once again achieved results that Liu Laosan and Han Xin were very satisfied with, and at the cost of more than 300 dead and wounded, they successfully killed and captured more than 500 Han soldiers, which accumulated in the past few days, and has caused more than 2,000 casualties to the Han army, which is no less than a victory in a medium-sized field battle.

"Why are you saying that the thieves are so stupid?"

Proud, Liu Laosan also laughed at the stupidity of the Han army in front of Han Xin and Peixian's friends, and said: "Knowing that we have to send troops to the mountain road every day to clean up the thieves who guard the path, and every day we just left, we immediately sent troops into the path to wait for death, so we didn't dare to increase our troops, or take the initiative to give up the control of the path." ”

Cao Shen and Zhou Bo and other Peixian friends laughed together and echoed one after another, but Han Xin was silent and said: "The Han thieves are not stupid, on the contrary, the Han thieves are also very rational and smart, they know that the terrain in this area of Songshan is complex and suitable for surprise, once they give up the monitoring and control of the path, it is equivalent to tying up their hands and feet for us to fight, only by strictly controlling every big and small road at any cost, will not give us a chance to win by surprise, and once the troops are increased, It will also give us more opportunities to consume their forces in the field. That's why the thieves would rather suffer certain losses every day than adjust the established tactics. ”

"It's for the best." Liu Laosan said grinningly: "Killing hundreds of thieves every day can not only block the mouth of Xiang Bo's old horseman, but also accumulate a lot, gradually depleting the strength of the thieves, and when we make breakthroughs in other battlefields, the thieves are forced to make adjustments, and it will be much easier for us to break the thieves." ”

Han Xin nodded, and he was more and more glad that he was with the right person, not only able to firmly implement the tactics he proposed, but also able to understand and understand his tactical intentions, such a boss was not so easy to find-Feng Zhong had only obeyed Han Xin's words before, but he could not comprehend Han Xin's tactical intentions on his own.

At this time, it was not early, and seeing that Han Xin and Pei County's friends had already finished dinner, Liu Laosan quickly arranged the night defense work of the Nanyang Army, and then ordered the tents to be dispersed, so that the generals of the Nanyang Army would return to their tents to rest. During the period, seeing Han Xin sneezing, Liu Laosan also took off his cloak again, forcibly draped it on Han Xin's body, and scolded and asked Han Xin to wear more clothes in the future, and never get sick from freezing.

Putting on Liu Laosan's cloak and returning to his sleeping tent, Han Xin did not immediately lie down to rest, but sat under the oil lamp, opened his family heirloom "The Art of War" and read it hard, and repeatedly studied the chapters that he had already memorized word by word, looking for inspiration from them and pondering how to deal with the enemy in front of him. However, just when he was halfway through the Nine Changes, the pro-soldier suddenly entered the account and said, "General, you have seen that drifting mother's relative come again, saying that there is something important, please be sure to meet him again." ”

"Nope." Han Xin casually ordered: "Tell him to leave immediately, and then tell him clearly that he will dare to come again in the future, be careful of his head." ”

The soldier took the order and left, but after some time, the soldier returned to the tent, held a letter in front of Han Xin, and said: "General, according to your order, the villain has driven the man away, but when the man is leaving, he wants the villain to bring this letter to you, and it is a letter from Xiang Kang, the king of Han, please be sure to read it." ”

"Xiang Kang's handwritten letter from the thief?" Han Xin looked up, and when he subconsciously looked up, he saw that the letter was written directly on a white silk and was not sealed, Han Xin's heart suddenly cried out, and he said secretly: "Trouble, there is no way to prove whether I have read this letter or not." ”

While complaining in his heart, Han Xin hurriedly asked, "Has this letter been read by others?" ”

"The general forgave the sin, and General Lu Ze (Liu Lao's third brother-in-law) read it first." The soldier replied truthfully and said, "When the villain went to get rid of that person, it happened to be night when General Lu Ze was also beside him, so he asked for the letter and read it first. ”

"Traitor! Sure enough, treacherous! Knowing early on that our king was very close to the army, he deliberately sent someone to deliver the letter at night, and deliberately did not put the envelope on it, making it clear that he wanted others to see the contents of the letter! Despicable and sinister to the point of you, it can be regarded as the pinnacle! ”

scolded Xiang Kang a few words in his heart, in order to know the content of the letter, so that he would not be cut off by Xiang Kangyin in the future and still didn't know how he died, Han Xin had no choice but to quickly take the letter and read it carefully, and then before he finished reading the letter, Han Xin's hair had already stood up one after another, and he screamed in pain, "It's over!" This time, I can't tell even if I have a hundred mouths! ”

The content of Xiang Kang's letter is actually not very complicated, that is, he told Han Xin in a big way, saying that he had received a reliable insider secret report, and knew that Han Xin had written a whistleblower letter to Xiang Yu, and secretly told Xiang Yu the truth about the matter in Hangu Pass, so as to provoke the relationship between Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan, and wanted to use Xiang Yu's hand to get rid of Liu Laosan, and take the opportunity to replace Liu Laosan, causing Xiang Yu to send Xiang Bo to the Songshan battlefield as a supervisor, ready to kill Liu Laosan at any time, and let Han Xin replace Liu Laosan in charge of the Nanyang army.

Then Xiang Kang said what did Brother Han Xin, if you want to be the king of Nanyang, you can say to yourself earlier, as long as you Han Xin help me kill the Western Chu army led by Liu Laosan and Gongao, I will not only immediately crown you the king of Nanyang, but also give you the land of Yingchuan, and will also send troops to help you take the land of Nanyang and become a veritable king of Nanyang. But if you refuse to agree, then I'm sorry, don't blame me for sending someone to tell Liu Laosan about betraying and slandering him, and let Liu Laosan clean you up!

With a bang, a heavy fist slammed into the case in front of him, Han Xin suddenly remembered the headless words that Master Xiang Boxiang had said to himself before, and suddenly understood that there must really be a so-called whistleblower letter sent to Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu believed that it was true, so he suddenly sent Master Xiang Boxiang to the front line to supervise the army, and also hinted that he was ready to replace Liu Laosan with himself at any time! - If Liu Laosan's performance can't satisfy Master Xiang, maybe Master Xiang will really do such a thing!

Knowing that he had fallen into a trap and had no choice, Han Xin could only quickly take the letter and hurriedly came to Liu Laosan's bedroom to ask for a meeting, but after entering the tent, Han Xin wanted to cry and see without tears that Jiang Zhong, a small official of the Han army who had met with him, was still in Liu Laosan's bedroom at the moment - Lu Ze, the general of the Nanyang Army who led the army on duty tonight, was of course next to him.

After reluctantly offering Xiang Kang's handwritten letter to Liu Laosan to himself, Han Xin said even more helplessly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty knows that you have been tricked, and you also know that I have a hundred mouths now, and it is absolutely impossible to say it clearly." But your subordinates can swear to the heavens, if I really write any letter to the king of Western Chu and fabricate slander to you, I can ask the heavens to send down thunder and chop your subordinates to death! ”

"Hahaha!" Liu Laosan laughed out loud and said with a loud laugh: "General, you don't need to swear any poisonous oath, what kind of virtue is Xiang Kang's little traitor, this king still doesn't know?" Spreading rumors and sowing discord has always been his forte! Any of his so-called letters, let alone a sentence, is just a word, and this king will not believe it! ”

After laughing, Liu Laosan first picked up Han Xin with his own hands, and then patted Han Xin on the shoulder and said, "Don't take it to heart, this king can definitely trust you!" Don't worry about going back and resting, tomorrow we will go to see Master Xiang together, make it clear in front of him, and tell him that the bullshit letter is fake, and that Xiang Kang Xiaoer forged it to frame you, and ask him to destroy the bullshit letter in person! In the future, we will continue to work together to defeat the Han thieves! ”

Han Xin hurriedly nodded in agreement, and thanked Liu Laosan sincerely, but in his heart, Han Xin asked himself extremely worriedly: "The king really believes in me like that?" Will he suspect that I swore a poisonous oath because I accidentally leaked the news? ”

Han Xin's worry was right, because he had just said goodbye and left, and Lu Ze immediately asked Liu Laosan: "Wang, are you really so trustworthy to Han Xin?" What if he deliberately swore some bullshit because he accidentally leaked the news? ”

"Shut up! Of course, this king can trust Han Xin! ”

Liu Laosan scolded sharply, but in his heart, Liu Laosan had to ask himself: "Does this king really dare to trust Han Xin'er?" This little vertical man is not a character who is willing to live under the people, what if he really has the ambition to replace this king? If he really has this ambition, whether it is Xiang Yu or Xiang Kang, he is sure that he can help him do this! ”

In addition, neither a traverser nor a God's perspective, Liu Laosan had to consider another important question, why did Xiang Kang so deliberately divide the relationship between himself and Han Xin? Xiang Kang is far away in Xingyang, he doesn't know the situation on the front line, and Han Xin is only an honorary general, and he has no military power in his hands, even if he succeeds, Dingtian will kill Han Xin with his own hands, which has no impact on the situation on the southern front, why does Xiang Kang need to make so much effort to do such a thing?

"Could it be that Han Xin's little snitch is true?"

In the end, Liu Laosan had to have such doubts in his heart. Then, Liu Laosan even had such a vein in his heart - that day, the Han army failed to recruit Han Xin, not because Han Xin was really loyal to him, but because Han Xin's ambition was far greater than the Han army imagined, at the same time, Han Xin secretly told Xiang Yu, in a vain attempt to use Xiang Yu to let him replace him, the king of Nanyang, Xiang Kang heard about this matter through careful investigation, and then generously satisfied Han Xin's ambitions, so there was a matter of sending a messenger to persuade Han Xin to surrender tonight......

Don't exaggerate, if Liu Laosan really had confidence in Han Xin, he would not have stolen Han Xin's seal twice in history and forcibly deprived Han Xin of his military power.

Of course, the matter is not over, early the next morning, Liu Laosan fulfilled his promise, and personally took Han Xin and the Han army messenger Jiang Zhong to the camp of the Western Chu Army, and made it clear in front of Xiang Bo, but Master Xiang didn't believe it at all, and he was also extremely suspicious that it was because he accidentally leaked the news, so Han Xin flatly denied that he did not tell Xiang Yu the secret. In addition, Master Xiang Boxiang is also extremely concerned about one thing, that is, who is it that leaked such a confidential matter to the Han army?

Not to mention, under the coercion and temptation of Master Xiang Boxiang, Jiang Zhong, a small official of the Han army who sent a letter to Han Xin, really gave an important piece of information, and said: "General, when our General Long wanted to send a letter, he inadvertently said that it was the people around Master Xiang Boxiang of the Western Chu State who provided us with the news of the King of Han. ”

"The people around the old man?!"

Master Xiang's hair also stood up, and when he subconsciously continued to ask, Jiang Zhong could no longer provide more useful information, and just said that Long and in order to reassure himself to send the letter, he casually said that it was the people around Master Xiang who leaked the news and told Xiang Kang about Han Xin's whistleblowing, and the other dragons didn't say much, and Jiang Zhong didn't dare to ask more. And when Master Xiang Boxiang looked at him with suspicious eyes, Li Zuoche, who was not a courtier of the Western Chu Army and knew the inside story, of course, became the object of Master Xiang's key care!

Facing Master Xiang's suspicious eyes, Li Zuoche of course immediately understood that he was suspected, but there was no way to refute it, so he could only maintain the posture of looking at his nose and nose, and did not dare to say a word, so as not to be more suspicious of Master Xiang Boxiang, who was as smart as a pig, - this is not a joke.

In the end, after thinking about it, because of the great suspicion that Han Xin was forced to deny it, in order to protect the whistleblower, Master Xiang Boxiang not only did not take out the letter to confront Han Xin, but also flatly denied the existence of the letter, Han Xin and Liu Laosan also understood his thoughts, but they had no choice but to choose to admit Master Xiang Boxiang's casual explanation - all this is Xiang Kang's shameless trickery, the purpose is to separate the intimate relationship between the Western Chu Army and the Nanyang Army, so that the Western Chu Army and the Nanyang Army are suspicious of each other, and can no longer continue to work together.

Of course, strictly speaking, Master Xiang Boxiang's judgment is definitely not wrong, Xiang Kang's poisonous plan is not only Liu Laosan and Han Xin, but also the Western Chu Army who wants to use cannon fodder and the Nanyang Army who do not want to be cannon fodder.

It's just that the public case was closed on the surface, Han Xin knew very well that this matter was not over, and then it was not surprising, only in the afternoon of the same day, Liu Laosan called him and made a secret talk to him, and swore that he could definitely trust Han Xin, but there was no way, Master Xiang Boxiang, who was as smart as a pig, was still watching and delaying beside him, and he could really replace himself with Han Xin at any time, in order to avoid accidents and unforeseen consequences, Liu Laosan could only ask Han Xin to leave the front line temporarily, Go to the rear to organize people to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, so as to ensure that there is no shortage of grain and grass on the front line, and at the same time protect Han Xin himself, and not give the treacherous Han army the opportunity to continue to use Han Xin to make a fuss.

In order to prove his innocence, Han Xin calmly accepted Liu Laosan's request, left the front line on the same day, and led a rear army back to the rear to organize people to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. Before leaving, Han Xin repeatedly told Liu Laosan, saying that there were capable people hidden in the Han army on the southern front, and asked Liu Laosan to be careful in the use of troops, not to take risks, and it was best to continue to maintain a state of confrontation.

The advice was useless, and just after finding out that Han Xin was forced away by his own tricks, Xiang Kang's first order was to withdraw all the Han soldiers stationed in the mountain trail, and said with a cruel smile: "Doesn't the thief army like to take control of the path and launch a surprise attack?" This king has perfected you! Without Han Xin, this king wants to take a look, who can play tricks tactically? ! ”