The wine sheep for Uncle Zhou was indeed sent by Xiang Kang, but the sheep and wine were not out of Xiang Kang's pocket, and the decision to send wine and sheep to Uncle Zhou was also Chen Ping's idea for Xiang Kang.

On the afternoon of the same day as the incident, Liu Laosan, who had eaten and drunk several meals here in Xiang Kang, finally found out in conscience, pulled a cart of wine, picked a few chickens and ducks, and brought some pigs and sheep, and ran to Xiang Kang to return the gift, and wanted to use Xiang Kang's territory to invite the children of the Xiang family to contact the relationship with the children of the Xiang family.

Xiang Kang still had some incomprehensible actions of Liu Laosan at first, but after careful consideration from Liu Laosan's point of view, Xiang Kang quickly discovered Liu Laosan's cleverness - among the children of the Xiang family, only he has a close relationship with Liu Laosan, if Liu Laosan holds a banquet in his camp, the children of the Xiang family either do not have that friendship with him, or worry about safety, there will definitely be many people who find excuses to refuse. And borrowing your own territory to set up a banquet to entertain the children of the Xiang family can avoid these scruples, and at the same time, you can also sell more favors to the children of the Xiang family, so as not to pay out of your pocket and be busy in vain.

Secretly admiring Liu Laosan's meticulousness, Xiang Kang also gave face, and immediately sent someone to invite the children of the Xiang family to a banquet, but in addition to Xiang Sheng and Xiang It, who happened to have something to do, the other children of the Xiang family, including the overlord brother Xiang Yu, all gladly accepted the invitation, and came to Xiang Kang here to eat and drink for nothing, so that Liu Laosan got to know most of the children of the Xiang family.

There is nothing annoying to discuss, purely for the sake of eating and drinking, Liu Laosan and the children of the Xiang family, who are quite attached to this aspect, are of course very happy to eat and drink, and they are also enthusiastic in Xiang Kang's Chinese army tent to play with the pitcher, Xiang Kang also played twice, but unfortunately the skill is too poor, the hit rate is extremely low, and he was fined a lot of wine, and Xiang Kang, who has nothing to do, is rare that he did not play tricks, and honestly drank all the punishment wine in the laughter of everyone.

After finally drinking all the fine wine, Xiang Kang, who had a strong stomach, could only sit back to rest and gasp, and Chen Ping, who was not intended to accompany him, suddenly said: "General Right, why did Uncle Zhou never come back to see us after General Zhou returned to the Wei camp, did you forget us?" ”

"Probably not." Xiang Kang replied casually: "It should be that he is busy with military affairs and has no time to come back." ”

"I really miss him." Chen Ping sighed and said, "General Right, there is a lot of wine and meat today, why don't we send someone to send him some over and invite him to enjoy it with us, and remind him by the way, so that he can come back and see us when he has time." ”

It was very strange to glance at Chen Ping, Xiang Kang was a little confused for a while - of course Xiang Kang was not reluctant to send wine and meat to Uncle Zhou, but in front of so many people, Xiang Kang didn't want to expose his special appreciation for Uncle Zhou, and at the same time, he didn't want Liu Laosan and Xiang Yu to discover Uncle Zhou's difference. So Xiang Kang thought about it for a while and said: "Another day, today's wine and meat were brought by Brother Liu, and we can't use his wine and meat to give us favors." ”

It was also Xiang Kang's bad luck, Liu Laosan on the other side vaguely heard the conversation between himself and Chen Ping, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Xiang, what did you just say, you can't take my things as favors?" What kind of friendship do we brothers have, and do we need to have these scruples? ”

Chen Ping's actions still made Xiang Kang feel strange, and when he saw Liu Laosan asking, Chen Ping, who had always been cautious, rushed to say: "Pei Gong, that's the case, our right general and General Zhou of Wei Ying have a very close relationship, and I accidentally mentioned him just now, and the right general suddenly wanted to send him some wine and meat and invite him to enjoy it together, but I was worried that Pei Gong You think that General Right is taking your things as a favor, so you have some scruples." ”

Liu Laosan laughed when he heard this, and said: "Brother Xiang, you look down on you Brother Liu so much, your Brother Liu, are you the kind of person who picks the door and is stingy?" Hurry up, send someone to invite your friend General Zhou, let's have a banquet together, and by the way, let me know your friend too. ”

Knowing how accurate Liu Laosan's vision is for people, of course Xiang Kang didn't dare to introduce him to Uncle Zhou, who had not yet been picked up by himself, and quickly shook his head and said: "Brother Liu, don't embarrass General Zhou, I know his temper, one is that he doesn't like to be lively, and the other is that he is very loyal to his duties, it is already dark, he will definitely not come, Brother Liu, you want to get acquainted with him, or wait for the next opportunity." ”

"Really?" Liu Laosan vaguely found that Xiang Kang didn't tell the truth, but he didn't break it, but he just changed his words and said: "Since that's the case, then forget it, but brother, don't be polite, I have a lot of wine and meat here, if you want to send some to General Zhou, you don't need to be polite, just take it." ”

Afraid that Xiang Kang would refuse, Chen Ping hurriedly said again: "General You, since Pei Gong also said so, then we are not polite, I will send someone to send two jars of wine and a sheep to General Zhou for you, what do you think?" ”

Chen Ping said it to this point, of course Xiang Kang had no other way, he could only smile and nod in agreement, Chen Ping also arranged manpower, using Xiang Kang's signboard to send wine and sheep to Uncle Zhou, there was always a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, knowing that it would be difficult for Wei Bao to be alert and think of someone at this time.

It was late after the wine sheep was sent out, but because everyone's interest was quite good, the wine banquet was still going on, and they kept eating, drinking, talking and laughing until nearly two watches without any intention of ending, and Xiang Kang, who was not very good at drinking, was also drunk by Xiang Yu, Xiang Han and Xiang Zhuang and others, who drank a lot of wine, and his face was red and his neck was thick, and he almost got drunk on the spot. In the end, there was really no way, Xiang Kang could only raise his hand and surrender: "Brothers, I really can't drink it anymore, spare me." ”

"No way!" Xiang Guan shouted: "Usually when you are fighting, you just play tricks, if you don't drink and lie down today, don't think about going back to rest today." Brother and brother, go up together, press Brother Kang to pour wine, and see if he dares to forbid us to drink in the barracks in the future. ”

Because it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol during the battle, Xiang Kang did offend the children of the Xiang family who are generally good at drinking in this regard before, so after listening to Xiang Guan's shouting, the children of the Xiang family who had already drunk responded one by one, including the overlord's eldest brother Xiang Yu, all rushed up to hold Xiang Kang down, pinched his mouth and forcibly poured wine, Xiang Kang struggled and begged for mercy, Liu Laosan clapped his hands and applauded, and the other young marshals and soldiers followed suit, and the big tent laughed and became a mess.

Only Chen Ping didn't follow the coaxing, because when Xiang Kang was pressed down, a head suddenly poked into the tent, and beckoned to Chen Ping, Chen Ping recognized that the person was his subordinate, and hurriedly got up and walked out of the tent, so he didn't follow the nonsense.

"Let go, I'll drink it myself, cough cough, let it ......, I'll ...... it myself."

When Xiang Kang was poured wine and coughed all over his chest, Chen Ping suddenly came back from outside the tent, and as soon as he entered the tent, he shouted nervously: "General Right, the big thing is not good, General Zhou is gone!" ”

The children of the Xiang family who held down Xiang Kang were first stunned by Chen Ping, and then suddenly taken aback, Xiang Kang, who was held down by four or five people, was like being beaten with chicken blood, and suddenly pushed them away and sat up, and resisted Xiang Yu's hand desperately, and asked in surprise: "Is he gone?" Why did he leave? Where did you go? ”

"I don't know why General Zhou left." Chen Ping wiped his sweat and said: "But my people saw with their own eyes that he rode a horse and went out of the Wei military camp alone and went to the direction of Xiao County." ”

After quickly speaking, Chen Ping turned around and said loudly: "General Right, wait a minute, I'm going to chase him for you!" ”

"I'll go with you!" Xiang Kang yelled, quickly broke free from the entanglement of the Xiang family's children, and didn't even have time to change the clothes that were spilled with wine, and rushed out of the tent in a big stride.

"What's wrong?"

The children of the Xiang family were baffled by the sudden change and were at a loss, while Liu Laosan just turned his triangular eyes slightly, and immediately jumped up and rushed out with Xiang Kang. Xiang Yu didn't hesitate when he saw it, and hurriedly followed as well, leaving the other Xiang family disciples looking at each other in the big tent, becoming more and more confused and strange.

Not to mention the next reaction of the children of the Xiang family, it is said that after Xiang Kang rushed out of the big tent, he just went straight to the stable with Chen Ping, and immediately beat the horse out of the camp after leading a horse in the stable, so panicked that Liu Laosan and Xiang Yu followed one after another and did not find out, and just went straight to the direction of Xiao County after leaving the camp.

It was a coincidence that the weather was excellent at night, the sky was full of stars, the moon was in the sky, and the night scene was very beautiful, but unfortunately Xiang Kang and Chen Ping were not in the mood to appreciate the night, in this seemingly familiar environment, the fast horses just galloped along the road, and kept shouting during the period, "Uncle Zhou, General Zhou!" Uncle Zhou! General Zhou! Don't go, wait for us! ”

It's a pity that although the moonlight is good, even at night, they are cheerful, but Xiang Kang and Chen Ping rushed out of more than 20 miles in one breath, and they never saw Uncle Zhou's figure, on the contrary, Xiang Yu, who was riding a black horse, chased after him, and yelled at Xiang Kang as soon as they met, "Brother, what are you crazy about?" In the middle of the night, what are you doing running so far? ”

"Brother, don't worry about it, I have something very important to do."

Xiang Kang was too lazy to explain to Xiang Yu, he just continued to rush forward while kicking the horse, Xiang Yu had no choice but to hit the horse and follow, but he rushed forward for more than ten miles, but Uncle Zhou's figure was still missing, Xiang Kang was so anxious that he couldn't help but ask Chen Ping: "Chen Ping, do you see it clearly?" Is Uncle Zhou coming this way? Why did you chase him so far and still haven't seen him? ”

"This ......." Chen Ping was also very embarrassed, and said: "I also listened to what my subordinates said, whether General Zhou came here or not, I can't be sure in Xia." ”

"Did you hear that?" Xiang Yu next to him said angrily: "The person you are looking for is not sure if it is coming here, don't chase it, go back and find another way." ”

After chasing for a long time without results, Xiang Kang was also a little hesitant, subconsciously reined in the horse and calculated, at this time, Liu Laosan, who was very good at riding (good at escaping), also caught up, and after asking what happened from Chen Ping and Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan also persuaded: "Brother, don't waste time, I haven't caught up after chasing for so long, your friend must have gone another way, or went in other directions, and then chasing down is just a waste of effort, go back." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Ping also persuaded: "General Right, why don't you go back, anyway, hundreds of miles around Pengcheng are all under our control, and General Zhou won't be able to go far for a while, go back and arrange for people to look for him carefully." ”

Xiang Kang was silent, and after thinking about it for a while, Xiang Kang gritted his teeth again and said: "No, you go back, I will continue to chase, even if it is chased to Xiao County, I must chase General Zhou back!" ”

After that, Xiang Kang clamped the war horse and galloped west along the road, Xiang Yu scolded angrily, Chen Ping and Liu Laosan also sighed together, but they were worried that Xiang Kang would encounter danger when he was alone at night, so he could only catch up with the horse together, and followed Xiang Kang to continue to chase after him.

"Uncle Zhou, General Zhou! Uncle Zhou, General Zhou! ”

Roared all the way and chased for more than ten miles, just when Xiang Kang's neck was already hoarse, and his heart was gradually despairing, a miracle appeared, under the moonlight, a knight suddenly appeared on the road, and also reined in the horse to look back, obviously having heard Xiang Kang's shout. Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he saw his shadow, and quickly cheered up his spirit and frantically urged the horse, gradually narrowing the distance between him and the knight......

"Young Marshal Xiang, why are you?"

When Uncle Zhou's familiar voice came into his ears, Xiang Kang seemed to hear the sound of heaven, and his whole body suddenly relaxed, but after opening his mouth, Xiang Kang cried directly, choked up and said: "General Zhou, you let me find it!" ”

"Young Marshal Xiang, why are you here? What are you here for? Uncle Zhou asked again in surprise.

"What am I here for? Of course I'm here to chase you! Xiang Kang's voice was hoarse, and he directly grabbed Uncle Zhou's sleeve on the horse, and said with tears in his eyes: "Why are you leaving?" Why don't you tell me when you go? Do you know how much I have suffered to catch up with you? ”

Through the moonlight, after clearly seeing Xiang Kang's sweat and dust, as well as the embarrassed clothes that he didn't have time to change, Uncle Zhou couldn't help but be extremely moved in his heart, and said: "Young marshal forgive me, the reason why the last general said goodbye is because General Wei Bao wants to drive me out of the barracks, and I can't stand this, so I want to go back to Weidi's hometown." ”

"He doesn't want you, I want it!" Xiang Kang roared loudly: "Wei Bao, he has eyes and no beads, and he has abandoned your peerless talent like a shoe, I am not blind, I want you!" Come to my side, and I will never treat you badly! ”

Uncle Zhou hesitated, but Xiang Kang roared louder and louder, "General Zhou, what are you hesitating about?" If you don't think I'm worthy of your service for me, I'll recommend you to my uncle and ask him to reuse you!" But you must not go, our army of Chu must not be without a talent like you! ”

Roaring, Xiang Kang simply turned over and dismounted, bowed to the ground, and roared with a crying voice: "General Zhou, I beg you!" ”

Tears of grievance and emotion finally poured out of Uncle Zhou's eyes, and after turning over and dismounting, Uncle Zhou also bowed to Xiang Kang, kowtowed desperately, and cried loudly: "The young marshal knows the grace of the encounter, even if Uncle Zhou is broken, it is difficult to repay the young marshal's kindness." Since the young marshal values Zhou so much, then my life will be yours in the future, Uncle Zhou swears to the sky, from now on, he will do his best to assist the young marshal to achieve great things and never betray! ”

Finally hearing Uncle Zhou say such things to himself, Xiang Kang suddenly burst into tears, worshiped Uncle Zhou, and cried together.

At this time, Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan and others had also come to the scene one after another, but seeing that Xiang Kang finally succeeded in catching up with Uncle Zhou, Chen Ping, the mastermind behind the whole thing, was of course relieved, knowing that he had not worked for Xiang Kang in vain. Xiang Yu was full of disdain, and he was very puzzled why his cousin Xiang Kang valued Uncle Zhou, who was not amazing, but Liu Laosan secretly admired it, and said secretly: "No matter whether this Uncle Zhou is a great talent or not, from now on, this person may never leave Brother Xiang." Brother Xiang has the hand to win people's hearts, and I also have to learn well. ”

In this way, relying on Xiang Kang's perseverance, Uncle Zhou, a military genius buried by history, finally lowered his proud head and willingly became Xiang Kang's accomplice lackey, and at the same time, this incident also caused a lot of sensation in the Chu army camp, and even Xiang Liang was alarmed, and couldn't help but scold a few words of Xiang Kang's nonsense, for an unknown young general who was abandoned by the Wei army, he actually abandoned the army to chase so far.

But fortunately, Xiang Liang still loves Xiang Kang, a competitive nephew, from the bottom of his heart, except for scolding Xiang Kang for a few words, he did not pursue it, and after figuring out the truth of the matter, Xiang Liang also personally came forward to wipe Xiang Kang's buttocks, invited Wei Bao to the front and patiently explained, saying that he had absolutely no intention of trying to forcibly annex the remnants of the Wei army, and promised to establish Wei Bao as the king of Wei after supporting the king of Chu, and also promised to add some troops to Wei Bao and let Wei Bao recover the city of Wei. Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard this, not only apologized in public to Uncle Zhou, who was misunderstood by him, but also agreed to Xiang Liang's request to make Uncle Zhou Xiang Kang's general.

After finally successfully recruiting his long-coveted Uncle Zhou, Xiang Kang's luck suddenly became much better, first Yu Miaoge shyly told Xiang Kang the good news, saying that he was pregnant, and then Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng's old subordinate Sun Gong sent a letter from Donghai County, saying that he had found Xiong Xin, the great-grandson of King Chu Huai, who was herding sheep among the people, and had sent someone to send him from the East China Sea to Pengcheng. Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard the report, and hurriedly went to the camp to report the matter to Xiang Liang, but Xiang Liang didn't ask if the person Sun Gong found confirmed that it was really a descendant of the King of Chu, and opened his mouth to just ask, "How old is it?" ”

"Seventeen years old this year." Xiang Kang replied truthfully.

"That's it!" Xiang Liang made a decision on the spot and ordered: "Kang'er, you and Song Yi immediately lead a group of men and horses to the north to meet the descendant of the king of Chu, and as long as I am satisfied, we will immediately support him as the king of Chu." ”

According to Xiang Liang's order, Xiang Kang and Chu ordered Yin Songyi to immediately lead a thousand soldiers and horses to meet Xiong Xin, and successfully met Xiong Xin on the galloping road from Pengcheng to Fuyang, but when he saw that Xiong Xin was only sixteen or seventeen years old, Song Yi, a hardcore supporter of the Chu royal family, was of course unhappy, and immediately guessed Xiang Liang's true purpose of valuing Xiong Xin so much - compared with Jing Ju, who had already passed the age of thirty, Xiong Xin, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, was of course much easier to control.

On the surface, Xiong Xin, who is younger than Xiang Kang, seems to be relatively easy to manipulate, speaking not only politely, but also obviously cautious, in addition, after learning Xiang Kang's identity, Xiong Xin also took Xiang Kang's hand, and said very sincerely: "General Right, thank you, everyone after the prince of our Chu State must thank you, if it weren't for you to raise the banner of righteousness, break the tyrannical Qin, and recapture countless old Chu lands, how could we, the princes of Chu, have a bright future?" Please rest assured that in the future, but there is a chance, Xiong Xin will do his best to repay the general's miraculous achievements. ”

"Childe is serious, those are what the last general should do." Xiang Kang was modest on his lips, but he snorted coldly in his heart: "Pretending to be true, if I don't know a little bit about what you have done in history, I'm afraid I will have to be deceived." But it doesn't matter, the more you pretend to be, the more chance you have of becoming the king of Chu, and of course, I have more chances to fish in troubled waters. ”