felt that Liu Laosan's words were quite reasonable, and Xiang Kang, who was too lazy to worry about supporting the king of Chu, also changed his mind, and convened Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping and Li Shiqi and other strategists to discuss the matter on the same day, and what made Xiang Kang quite depressed was that he had just said that he wanted to find a suitable candidate for the king of Chu for Xiang Liang as much as possible, and Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping applauded together, and they all saw at a glance that this move would be beneficial to Xiang Kang in the future, so that Xiang Kang couldn't help but secretly complain about his slow political sense again.

But fortunately, there is still time in time, Xiang Liang ordered the soldiers of the Chu army to look for the descendants of the king of Chu at noon today, and he has not had time to use local forces to carry out this task, so Xiang Kang still has a chance to pick up this bargain, Zhou Zeng led some scribes to quickly pick up the pen and write a book, and a dozen or so letters with similar contents were quickly written, and then Xiang Kang signed and sealed, and then sent someone to hand it over to the local officials of the young marshal army who had been hand-picked by himself, and asked them to help find it in the people. Then you can knock on Erlang's leg and wait patiently for the local delivery to your door.

In the next few days, there was no wave in the ancient well, and there was nothing superfluous to say, Xiang Kang, who had gradually become familiar with his new identity, in addition to supervising the training of the army every day, also went back to the city from time to time to visit his daughter-in-law and sister-in-law, went to the camp to meet Xiang Liang, and helped Xiang Liang deal with some of the remaining problems after the merger of the army.

This situation only changed after a few days, on this day, when Xiang Kang was in the Chu army camp with Xiang Liang and others to discuss military affairs, someone suddenly entered the report outside the Chinese army's tent, saying that Xiang Liang had sent a messenger to Yingchuan before, and picked up Han Cheng, the son of the last king of Han, Hengyang Jun, Xiang Liang did not hesitate to hear it, and immediately asked Cao Zhi to meet Han Cheng on his behalf, Xiang Kang was very strange when he heard it, and asked Xiang Liang: "Uncle, what are you sending someone to bring the descendants of King Han for?" ”

"Your third uncle's friend Zhang Liang's idea." Xiang Liang replied casually: "He persuaded me to take this Han Cheng, make him the king of Han, and let him lead an army to attack the old land of Korea, mobilize the Koreans to fight against Qin, and become our foreign aid. ”

"Uncle, are we losing too much by doing this?" Xiang Kang was surprised when he heard this, and said: "We sent an army to help Han Cheng restore the country, there is no benefit, and there is an extra friendly army that can be equal to us, too much loss, right?" ”

"Silly boy, you can't count accounts like this." Xiang Liang lovingly pointed out: "Sending troops to help South Korea recover the country, on the surface, we are suffering, but in fact, we are just sending a little insignificant army, we can use the influence and appeal of the Korean royal family to organize a large number of old Korean people to rise up against Qin, even if this matter fails, we will not lose much, but once we succeed, we are equivalent to a nail under the elbow of the violent Qin army, which can contain a large number of violent Qin troops for us and reduce our countless pressures on the front." ”

"And no matter whether it succeeds or not, the descendants of the six countries will rush to meet the Shangzhu State, and respect the Shangzhu State as the leader of the anti-Qin Alliance, which will have infinite benefits to the prestige and prestige of the Shangzhu Kingdom." Old man Fan also said: "This is Yangmou, General Right, you have to learn a little more." ”

was too seriously brainwashed by the idea of great unification in later generations, and it was naturally difficult for Xiang Kang to understand Xiang Liang's behavior of turning back history, but seeing that Xiang Liang had already made up his mind, Xiang Kang didn't say anything more, and just tossed around Xiang Liang blindly. However, to Xiang Kang's surprise, when Han Cheng was led to Xiang Liang, when he talked about the restoration of Korea after politely, Xiang Liang not only promised to establish Han as the king of Han after supporting the king of Chu, but also promised to let Zhang Liangzi inherit his father's throne and serve as the prime minister of South Korea, and lead troops to restore Korea with Han Cheng.

Seeing that Xiang Liang readily agreed to help South Korea recover, Han Cheng and Zhang Liang were of course overjoyed, but Xiang Kang, who knew what was called the plot of the ovary, felt very sorry and regretted that he had not been able to seize the opportunity to recruit Zhang Liang and make him his accomplice lackey. But now that the wood has been completed, and he has sat on the cold bench in the young marshal army before, Zhang Liang's attitude towards Xiang Kang is obviously very cold now, so Xiang Kang just wants to have no chance to make amends, and he can only watch Zhang Liang become the second top strategist to pass by after Old Man Fan.

This also made Xiang Kang feel very bad, even when he returned to his camp, Xiang Kang's face was obviously depressed, and he looked very unhappy. However, Chen Ping, who has always been good at observing words and feelings, was unusual, not only did he not notice that Xiang Kang's expression was wrong, but also hurriedly asked as soon as they met: "General Right, I heard that Xiang Zhuguo sent someone to welcome Han Cheng, the son of King Han, from Handi, what did you say after meeting?" ”

"How do you know?" Xiang Kang was asked, and he didn't expect Chen Ping to have such well-informed news.

"It was the people below me who inquired about it." Chen Ping replied casually, and asked more eagerly: "General Right, has Shangzhu State promised to establish Han to become the king of Han, and when will it be established?" ”

"Yes, but I didn't say when." Xiang Kang replied truthfully: "I just said that after we have established the king of Chu, we will discuss when to ordain Han and become the king of Han." ”

"That's good." Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and then after rolling his eyes, Chen Ping hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "General Right forgives me, there is still a very important thing to do immediately, so I will leave first." ”

After that, Chen Ping hurriedly left the account, leaving Xiang Kang inexplicably in the big tent of the Chinese army, not knowing what kind of medicine Chen Ping was selling in the gourd, and not knowing why Chen Ping was so concerned about Xiang Liang's preparation to establish Han and become the king of Han.

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It's hard to say two words with one mouth, let's take a look at the situation of the Wei Leopard Army, the only Wei Leopard Army in the Pengcheng area that did not carry the banner of the Chu Army, when the previous recruitment of the genius Wei Leopard General Zhou who was buried by history failed, Xiang Kang not only regretted it, but also cried emotionally for a while. But what Xiang Kang didn't know was that after Uncle Zhou returned to Wei Bao's army, although Wei Bao was arranged by Wei Bao to continue to lead the original army, in the Wei army camp, some rumors that were extremely unfavorable to Uncle Zhou suddenly appeared.

I don't know if it was a bad seed who planted and framed him, and even spread rumors and slandered that when Uncle Zhou was a guest general under Xiang Kang, because he was treated favorably by Xiang Kang, he gradually gave birth to the idea of betraying Wei Bao, not only did he say bad things about Wei Bao behind his back, but also encouraged Xiang Kang to make a statement to Xiang Liang, so that Xiang Liang could forcibly incorporate the remnants of the Wei army under Wei Bao's command and annex Wei Bao's army, and then Uncle Zhou could rightfully become the general of the Chu army and serve Xiang Kang, the master of the Ming Dynasty in his mind.

At the beginning, this pure rumor was only circulating in the stroke of Wei Sergeant, but as time passed, this rumor inevitably reached Wei Bao's ears. At the same time, Wei Bao's two cronies, Bai Zhi and Feng Jing, also reported to Wei Bao separately, saying that when Uncle Zhou was under Xiang Kang's account, he was not only highly valued by Xiang Kang, but also accepted a lot of generous gifts from Xiang Kang, and he already had the intention of turning his back on Wei Bao and joining Xiang Kang.

Although he still doesn't like Uncle Zhou's confrontation and speaking too directly, Wei Bao still has some confidence in Uncle Zhou's character, so at the beginning, Wei Bao said that he didn't believe such rumors, but the three of them became tigers, and after seeing that Bai Zhi and Feng Jing, who were his most trusted, also said so, Wei Bao inevitably began to be a little suspicious in his heart, plus Xiang Kang did give Uncle Zhou a lot of gifts in order to thank Uncle Zhou for his help, and after hearing about this situation, Wei Bao inevitably became more suspicious of Uncle Zhou. It's just that it's not in a hurry to reveal it.

The situation quickly changed again, Wei Cheng came to Pengcheng in the evening of the day, Xiang Liang's tent under the scribe Gao Qian suddenly in a private capacity to visit Wei Bao, Wei Bao saw Xiang Liang's face on the banquet hospitality, but when the banquet arrived, Gao Qian actually persuaded Wei Bao to give up the banner of the Wei army, take the remnants of the Wei army into the Chu army, like Yingbu and Lu Chen to become Xiang Liang's generals.

Gao Qian, of course, persuaded the wrong person, as the younger brother of the Wei royal family, Wei Bao, of course, dreamed of reviving the Wei State and becoming the King of Wei. So after listening to Gao Qian's persuasion, Wei Bao immediately looked angry and asked directly: "Mr. Gao, is this what you mean?" Or did Xiang Zhuguo send you to say so? ”

I didn't dare to implicate Xiang Liang, and Gao Qian, who had received someone's benefits, replied honestly: "Don't dare to deceive General Wei, this is a little foolish opinion of the villain, but the villain is really for the sake of the general, the general, you are now less than 3,000 soldiers, and there is no shortage of grain, grass and ordnance, and if you want to revive the Wei State, it must be difficult to ascend to the sky." Rather than insisting on being unique, the general should be ....... ”

"Shut up!" Wei Bao rudely interrupted Gao Xu, and said angrily: "Since this is just what you mean, sir, then please don't say it again, Mr. Wei Bao was born as a Wei person and died as a Wei ghost, and he will never switch to another country and serve other countries!" ”

"General Wei, why are you doing this?" Gao Qian persuaded again: "Don't you know that among the soldiers under your command, there are also many people who have their hearts set on the Chu State and look forward to you changing your banner and joining the Chu army?" ”

"Who? Under my account, who is looking forward to me changing my banner and joining the Chu army? Wei Bao asked sharply.

Gao Qian didn't dare to speak, but Wei Bao became more and more angry, and simply said directly: "It's not early, if Mr. has nothing else to do, please leave." ”

Gao Qian didn't dare to hesitate, hurriedly said goodbye, put down the wine and meat that had not been eaten and left the Wei army camp, but although he didn't eat enough here in Wei Bao, Gao Qian's heart was still happy, because this trip to Wei Ying, Gao Qian had already earned gold that he couldn't earn for ten years, and at the same time, Gao Qian was definitely not afraid that Xiang Liang would know about this - after all, persuading Wei Bao to merge into the Chu army was also for Xiang Liang's interests, wasn't it?

Gao Qian walked away, but Wei Bao was still angry, in addition to being angry at Gao Qian's shameless persuasion, he was also extremely vigilant about Gao Qian's last words, after thinking about it, Wei Bao simply called Bai Zhi and Feng Jing to tell them what had just happened, and asked for their opinions. As a result, Bai Zhi and Feng Jing were very vigilant when they heard this, and hurriedly said to Wei Bao together: "General be careful, although Gao Qianfu said that it was his intention to persuade us to merge into the Chu army, but we must guard against him from being a lobbyist for Xiang Liang and testing your attitude, in fact, Xiang Liang wants to forcibly annex our army." ”

"Of course I'll be careful about that." Wei Bao snorted coldly and said: "If the old thief Xiang Liang really proposes to annex our army, I will leave here immediately with the soldiers and horses, I don't believe it, he really dares to attack the anti-Qin friendly army, and he will be scolded by the world!" ”

Bai Zhi and Feng Jing nodded yes together, but Wei Bao still couldn't let go, and said: "You say, is it true or false that Gao Qian said that there are people in our army who want to change their banners?" Is he talking nonsense, or is it true? ”

After glancing at each other, Bai Zhi, who didn't like Uncle Zhou very much, opened his mouth and said cautiously: "General, there is no wind and no waves, I'm afraid this matter is not groundless, now the Chu army is powerful, our army is mighty, and among the soldiers of our army, it is inevitable that there will be people who tend to be inflammatory, which is also human nature, and it is not surprising." ”

"General, in fact, this matter has been rumored for a long time." Feng Jing, who had always been at odds with Uncle Zhou, spoke more directly and said: "In our army, there have been rumors for a long time, saying that General Zhou wants to leave our army and go to the Chu army to enjoy the glory and wealth. ”

Wei Bao hesitated, and said for a long time: "It's just a rumor, there is no evidence, and we can't be gullible." ”

"General, if you think Uncle Zhou is wronged, it is better to take this opportunity to call Uncle Zhou to give it a try." Bai Zhi had an idea, and hurriedly said: "Call Uncle Zhou and tell him about Xiang Liang sending people to the camp to persuade us to change the banner, and then general, you pretend to be hesitant about this matter and ask for his opinion, after he shows his attitude, don't you know if he was wronged?" ”

"Good idea." Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "It's a good way, if he is really loyal to the Wei State, then he will definitely not agree to our merger into the Chu army, but if he has different intentions, he will definitely have an ambiguous attitude in this matter, maybe he will take this opportunity to persuade us to change the banner and serve Xiang Liang's old horseman." Just do this, immediately send someone to pass on Uncle Zhou, and say that I have important matters to discuss with him. ”

It took some time for the soldiers sent out to bring Uncle Zhou back to Wei Bao, and Wei Bao, who was so angry, held back his anger, first politely asked Uncle Zhou to sit down, and then asked with a pleasant face: "What is General Zhou busy with?" Why did it take so long for my soldiers to find you? ”

"Back to the general, the last general is patrolling the camp, so your own soldiers failed to find the last general immediately, and it is the last general's crime to make the general wait for a long time." Uncle Zhou answered truthfully and pleaded guilty.

"It's okay, you're faithful, how can I blame you?" Wei Bao waved his hand generously, and said with a smile: "There is a very important matter to invite the general here so late, and I want to ask the general for your opinion." ”

"Dare to ask the general, what is the important matter?" Uncle Zhou asked curiously.

"The matter of merging our army into the Chu army." Wei Baotu was poor and said: "Just now, the advisers under the account of Xiang Liang, the general of the Chu State, passed the camp and persuaded me to follow the example of Yingbu and General Lu Chen, and take the army to merge into the army of the Chu State, and from then on change the banner of the Chu State. I don't know what you think about this, General Zhou. ”

When the critical moment came, after hesitating for a moment, Uncle Zhou asked rhetorically: "General Wei, what do you think about this?" ”

"It's hard to decide." Wei Bao replied very vaguely and said: "The Wei State has finally been restored, of course I am reluctant to change the banner and take our Wei soldiers to serve others." But our current situation, general, you also know, the capital of Linji was broken by the violent Qin army again, and the army was less than 3,000 people left, and it was more difficult to rebuild the Wei State than to ascend to the sky, and it could be destroyed by the violent Qin army on the battlefield at any time, so it was also a way to protect the army by merging into the Chu army like Yingbu and Lu Chen. ”

Although he didn't know that Wei Bao was deliberately testing himself, Uncle Zhou, who had a more cautious personality, still didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, and turned to Bai Zhi and Feng Jing next to him and asked, "General Bai, General Feng, what do you think?" ”

"Like General Wei, I can't make up my mind." Bai Zhi and Feng Jing spread their hands together, and then Bai Zhi said again: "General Zhou, you have a lot of ideas, tell me what you think." ”

Uncle Zhou was so embarrassed that he couldn't help but think of the request that Chen Ping made to him on behalf of Xiang Kang, and then after hesitating for a long time, Uncle Zhou, who kept his promise, gritted his teeth and said: "General Wei, just like you said, now we are almost at the end of the road, rather than using less than 3,000 remnants to defeat the generals and fight alone, it is better to be like Yingbu and Lu Chen, Yi Zhi and merge into the Chu army." ”

Stunned appeared on Wei Bao's face, looking up and down at the anxious Uncle Zhou, Wei Bao suddenly changed his tone, and asked with a sneer: "So, General Zhou, are you in favor of merging into the Chu army?" ”

I don't know why Wei Bao's face suddenly changed, Uncle Zhou panicked, and hurriedly said: "General, the last general is unwilling to give up the banner of Wei from the bottom of his heart, but considering our current situation, I feel that merging into the Chu army is also an option." If the general was unwilling to merge with the Chu army, the last general would never object. ”

"General Zhou, it seems that you are wrong, right?" Wei Bao sneered even more fiercely, and said, "How do I think, you sincerely hope that our Wei army will be merged into the Chu army and make you a courtier of the Chu State?" ”

"General, what do you mean by that?" Uncle Zhou was struck by lightning.

"What do you mean?" Wei Bao was even more angry, gritted his teeth and said, "General Zhou, what are you pretending to be?" Recently, there are some rumors circulating in our army, do you really know anything about General Zhou? ”

Uncle Zhou woke up, hurriedly got up and clasped his fists and said: "General Wei, don't listen to the instigation of those despicable villains, those rumors have also been heard by the general, it is pure nonsense, slander out of thin air, the general is loyal to the Wei State, the sun and the moon can be learned!" ”

"Since it's a rumor, then why did you just persuade me to accept the incorporation of the Chu army and change to the banner of the Chu State?" Wei Bao asked angrily.

"This ......, this ......." Uncle Zhou's weakness is that he really can't speak, and after a long time, Uncle Zhou simply confessed: "The last general was entrusted by others, so I persuaded you general." ”

"Who's entrusted?!" Wei Bao asked with a roar.

"Xiang Kang, Young Marshal Xiang." Uncle Zhou told the truth and said: "When the last general was in his camp, he once asked the last general to make a speech in front of the general, and persuaded the general to merge into the Chu army, and the last general agreed to him, in order to fulfill his promise, so he persuaded the general just now." ”

"Haha, good, good, that's true!" Wei Bao laughed angrily and roared, "Very good! Since you are so devoted to Young Marshal Xiang, why are you still staying here? Get lost! Let me go to Xiang Kang'er's army and serve him! I am now outnumbered, and there is no room for you in the army, and I dare not delay your good future! Get lost! Get out of here! ”

"General, the last general is guilty!" Uncle Zhou hurriedly bowed to the ground and said quickly: "The last general should die, the last general shouldn't have persuaded you to join the Chu army for him because of the kindness of Young Marshal Xiang, the last general should die!" But the last general's loyalty to you and the Wei State is definitely something to learn from heaven and earth! Please General Wei recite the past merits of the last general, spare the last general this time, and give the last general a chance to make meritorious atonements! ”

Saying that, Uncle Zhou paused again and again, and his sincerity was cut to the extreme, and Bai Zhi and Feng Jing next to him were already smiling in their hearts, and then Feng Jing also pretended to persuade: "General Wei, General Zhou seems to really know that he is wrong, or give him a chance." General Zhou knows that his mistakes can be corrected, and maybe there will be no dissent in the future. ”

It was also Uncle Zhou's bad luck, just at this moment, someone outside the tent suddenly came to report, saying that Xiang Kang sent someone to send two jars of good wine and a roast sheep, and wanted to give them to Uncle Zhou by name, Wei Bao was even more angry when he heard it, and roared at Uncle Zhou: "Did you hear that?" Young Marshal Xiang picked you up? Why don't you go with him to meet Young Marshal Xiang? Go to him and enjoy the glory and riches? ”

"General Wei, the last general has absolutely no intention of betraying you!" Uncle Zhou wails in despair.

"Get out!" Wei Bao roared hoarsely, "Get out!" From now on, don't come to me again, I don't want to see you again! ”