As soon as he saw Xiang Zhuang holding Xiang Yu's sword to his army to investigate and report the traitor, Liu Laosan immediately understood that he was cheated by Xiang Kang again.

But fortunately, in terms of collusion with the Han army, Liu Laosan is genuine and not afraid of crooked shadows, so Liu Laosan just asked Xiang Zhuang clearly to investigate the cause of the traitor, and immediately agreed that Xiang Zhuang would investigate every general and soldier under his command at will, and repeatedly asked his Pei County friends to cooperate with Xiang Zhuang's investigation, and not to make emotions and tempers, so as not to spoil the primary matter of Xiang Yu's decision-making through Master Xiang.

To Liu Laosan's relief, although Xiang Zhuang brought Xiang Guan and Xiang Han's two cousins to investigate his army, he was very face-saving and did not deliberately embarrass Liu Laosan's absolute henchmen such as Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying, Cao Shen and Zhou Bo, and even Han Xin, who was maliciously framed by Xiang Kang several times before, Xiang Zhuang just casually asked a few words to forget the matter, and focused the investigation on Liu Laosan's guards and sergeants, only asking flies and not touching tigers, and it seemed that he obviously didn't want to make things bigger.

But there are also things that make Liu Laosan strange, tossing until it was completely dark, Xiang Zhuang not only brought seven or eight of Liu Laosan's subordinates back to his camp to continue the inquiry, but also took away all the guards and veterans in the army who had followed Liu Laosan for many years, and all of them were the objects that should not be suspected. In this regard, although Liu Laosan also cautiously asked Xiang Zhuang about the reason, Xiang Zhuang refused to answer, but promised not to wrongfully accuse the people he took away.

Liu Laosan soon didn't have the energy to care about such trivial matters, because it was just dawn the next day, and the scouts of the Western Chu army sent an urgent report, saying that there was a big move in the camp of the Han army, as if they were going to send troops to attack the camp that the Western Chu army had not yet had time to completely build, and then not long after, Liu Laosan had just arrived with the other Western Chu army civil and military forces to the middle army marshal's tent, and suddenly there was an unusual noise from the edge of the camp of the Western Chu army.

"What's wrong? The thief can't come so fast? Send someone to check on the situation. ”

Xiang Yu, who had been injured and sat down in the tent, heard that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered the guards to go out to check the situation, and then the guards first reported that the Han army sent more than 100 light cavalry to the edge of the camp of the Western Chu army, and shot some feather arrows into the camp of the Western Chu army with a strong crossbow to cause an uproar, and then before Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan and others could figure out why the Han army did this, another guard rushed in outside the tent, presented a feather arrow tied with a letter to Xiang Yu, and said loudly: "King Qiqi, the feather arrow that the Han thief shot into our camp has a letter tied to it, And it seems that this is true of every crossbow arrow. ”

"Traitor, you will die if you don't play tricks?!"

After roaring angrily, Xiang Yu hurriedly snatched the feather arrow and tore off the arrow book to watch, but to the surprise of the Western Chu Army, after a cursory reading of the arrow book shot by the Han army, Xiang Yu not only did not jump like thunder as they were familiar with, but on the contrary, he laughed directly and said: "Shameless dog thief, disloyal and unfilial, he actually wants this king to hand over Uncle Ji and Pei Gong to make peace, it is simply a fool's dream." ”

"What? Your Majesty, did you hear me right? The thief actually wants you to hand over the old minister to sue for peace? ”

Xiang Yu smiled easily, but the party Xiang Boxiang Master was taken aback, and hurriedly begged the arrow book to watch it in person, and Liu Laosan, another party named by Xiang Yu, also rushed up to look at it together, and what made Master Xiang and Liu Laosan's faces change color at the same time was that the Han army actually listed two major crimes for them in the arrow book, one is that Master Xiang deliberately concealed the news that Xiang Yu had been seriously injured and shamelessly stole the authority of the Western Chu Army, and the other is that Master Xiang colluded with Liu Laosan and insisted on provoking the Chu-Han War. As a result, hundreds of thousands of Chu and Han soldiers were killed on the battlefield, and the lives of the world suffered from the flames of war, and Xiang Yu was asked to hand over Master Xiang and Liu Laosan to the Han army before the first moment of today's time, in exchange for the Han army and the Western Chu army to start peace negotiations.

In addition, of course, the Han army arrogantly threatened, saying that if Xiang Yu handed over the two scourges of Master Xiang and Liu Laosan, they would launch an attack on the camp of the Western Chu army and turn the camp of the Western Chu army that had not yet been built into powder!

After hurriedly reading the Han army's threatening requirements, Master Xiang Boxiang, who was distraught, of course shouted loudly and scolded the shameless viciousness of the unfilial nephew, but Liu Laosan hurriedly said: "King, this is the Han thief's strategy, the purpose is to let our soldiers know that you have been injured and hit the morale of our army, and then there is to let the soldiers of Xichu misunderstand your subordinates and Master Xiang, and then resentfully the king who refuses to agree to the peace conditions of the Han thieves, so that our soldiers are unwilling to fight for Master Xiang and his subordinates, and confuse our military hearts, Demoralize us. ”

"Of course the king knows that." Xiang Yu sneered, and said: "Don't worry, this king will not be fooled, the more the thief resents you and Uncle Ji, the more this king will only reuse you." ”

"King, this is also the purpose of the thief." Liu Laosan said with a wry smile: "Human nature, there must be countless soldiers and generals in our army who hope that peace talks will cease the war, don't continue to fight, seeing that the king refuses to negotiate peace, and important ministers and Master Xiang, I will definitely be dissatisfied in my heart, and I will definitely be affected when I fight." Therefore, Your Majesty pleaded, and asked the king to immediately confiscate and destroy all the arrow books that entered our camp, so that the generals of all armies could explain the sinister purpose of the Han thieves to each of our soldiers, and by the way, announce that you were not injured at all, and then to refute the rumors of Master Xiang and his subordinates. ”

Listening to Liu Laosan's words, it was reasonable, and he was somewhat worried that the morale of the Western Chu Army would be affected, Xiang Yu immediately nodded and agreed to Liu Laosan's suggestion, while asking the officers and soldiers of the Western Chu Army to step up preparations for war and prepare for the fierce attack that the Han Army was about to launch, while collecting and destroying the Arrow Book, prohibiting the officers and soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had read the Arrow Book from spreading the content of the Arrow Book, and then refuting the rumors for Master Xiang and Liu Laosan, declaring their innocence, and announcing that Xiang Yu was not injured at all.

Even so, Xiang Kang's self-figured strategy still played a big role, after learning that Xiang Kang was actually willing to negotiate peace with the Western Chu army, many soldiers of the Western Chu army who had not been able to reunite with their families for many years still had a war-weary mentality, plus Master Xiang Boxiang was notoriously unpopular, and many officers and soldiers of the Western Chu army also hoped from the bottom of their hearts that Xiang Yu could accept the request of the Han army and hand over the hated Master Xiang Boxiang in exchange for peace talks, especially those soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were personally led by Master Xiang a few days ago. Even more so. In addition, the news that Xiang Yu had been seriously injured also made the hearts of many soldiers of the Western Chu Army feel upset and upset.

Of course, the matter was not over, and after a period of time, when Xiang Kang personally led more than 150,000 Han soldiers to the outside of the Western Chu military camp, preparing to launch a frontal assault, under Xiang Kang's instructions, countless Han soldiers still shouted slogans in unison......

"Hand over Uncle Xiang in exchange for a truce! Hand over Liu Ji and negotiate peace on the spot! Hand over Xiang Bo in exchange for a truce! Hand over Liu Ji and negotiate peace on the spot! ”

Hearing these neat and rhythmic shouts, of course, the officers and men of the Western Chu Army couldn't help but turn their heads and whispered, and the morale of the army was even more affected.

At the beginning of the day, the Han army made the final pre-war preparations, and Xiang Kang was also very generous to give the Western Chu army the last chance for peace talks, and sent an envoy to the white flag to step forward and issue an ultimatum to the Western Chu army, demanding that the Western Chu army immediately hand over Master Xiang and Liu Laosan, who viciously provoked the Chu-Han war, in exchange for armistice negotiations, and then after Master Xiang ordered the Han army envoy to drive away the Han army envoy with a black face, Xiang Kang issued an order to let the Han army soldiers attack the Western Chu army camp that had not yet been completed.

This is also the first time after several years that the Han army took the initiative to launch a frontal attack on the main force of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu himself, and the result was that Xiang Kang was quite satisfied that although the Western Chu army already had certain fortifications to defend, which limited the speed and road of the Han army's troops, but under the leadership of the Han army's fierce general Worm Da, the Han army still crossed the camp trench hastily dug by the Western Chu army during the first charge, and rushed to the Western Chu army base, which was only one and a half zhang high.

The next battle was both cruel and bloody and boring, although the soldiers of the Han army took out the greatest strength to charge the ants, and the team attacking the camp was undulating like waves, but with the advantage of limited fortifications, the main officers and soldiers of the Western Chu army with strong combat effectiveness still stubbornly blocked the attack of the Han army, resulting in the battle always being confined to the area of the camp wall of the Western Chu army, and no matter how many times the soldiers of the Han army rushed to the wall that was far less solid and tall than the city wall, it was difficult to advance an inch. There was never any hope of breaking through the defensive line of the Western Chu army's fortress wall.

But it doesn't matter much, because it is very clear that the main force of the Western Chu army is strong and good at fighting, whether it is Xiang Kang or Uncle Zhou, they did not expect the Han army to really enter the camp of the Western Chu army on the first day, and directly win the decisive battle between Chu and Han, forcing the Western Chu army and the self-army to lose troops.

The soldiers of the Han army are also very resolute in the implementation of the tactical plan formulated by the decision-making level of the Han army, from the beginning of the Han army's ant war, the Han army auxiliary soldiers have been carrying sandbags and earth and stones to and fro, constantly throwing the soil and stone sandbags into the trenches, gradually filling the trenches and widening the road to the army, and the Han soldiers who take turns to go into battle have also been repeatedly impacting the fortress wall, and the Western Chu army with little advantage in fortifications is fighting against consumption, even if the casualties are obviously greater than the Western Chu army.

Of course, this kind of attack of the Han army is very clumsy, but what makes the generals of the Western Chu army angry is that they have no way to crack the clumsy tactics of the Han army, they can only blindly respond passively, plus their fortress wall is only more than three meters high (one zhang in the Qin period is two meters and three one), and there is no female wall arrow battlement, it is very easy for the soldiers of the Han army to rush to their camp, so the soldiers of the Western Chu army under their command have been suffering casualties, even if they play a one-for-two battle loss ratio, they can only suffer losses in front of the strong Han army.

On the contrary, Xiang Yu looked extremely relaxed, and climbed the high ground in the camp with injuries, looking at the soldiers of the Han army who were constantly killed and injured in the battle, Xiang Yu also sneered directly, and snorted very confidently: "Go on, see if you have the ability to break through the king's camp, as long as you can't break it, wait for the king's injury to improve a little, and be able to fight again, see how the king kills you thieves!" ”

"Brother! Brother! ”

Xiang Zhuang's familiar voice suddenly came, and when Xiang Yu turned his head to look, he saw that Xiang Zhuang had come to a close place behind him at some point, his eyes were still bloodshot, his hands were clenched with fists, and his cheeks were red like an angry bull. ”

"Brother, please go back to the big tent of the Chinese army immediately, the younger brother has something to say to you!" Xiang Zhuang replied very directly, and added: "It is a very important matter! ”

"What could be more important than the current attack on the camp by the Han thieves?" Xiang Yu asked in surprise.

"Brother, don't worry, it's definitely more important than this!" Xiang Zhuang replied even more rudely, and directly stepped forward to pull Xiang Yu and said, "Brother, please come with me, I will take you to meet two people, and when you see them, you will know everything." ”

After all, he is a cousin who has been born and died for many years, although it is very strange in his heart, Xiang Yu finally returned to the Chinese army tent with Xiang Zhuang, and what made Xiang Yu even more surprised was that his other two cousins Xiang Guan and Xiang Han were also in the Chinese army tent at this moment, and there were two people kneeling in ordinary soldier clothes in the Chinese army tent, and then Xiang Yu immediately misunderstood, and said in surprise: "The traitor of the Han thief has been found out?" So fast? Brother, you are doing a good job! ”

"Brother Hui, they are indeed Liu Jipifu's sergeants, but they are not traitors of Han thieves." Xiang Zhuang's answer surprised Xiang Yu again, and then kicked a sergeant of Liu Laosan, roaring: "Say! Tell us what you have told us the king. ”

"The king, it has nothing to do with us, we were also forced to do that by Pei Gong at the beginning!" The two sergeants of Liu Laosan hurriedly shouted, and hurriedly said carefully: "Back then, in Hangu Pass, Xiang Kang traitors did not order the closure of the pass, and after the tyrannical Qin army in Hangu Pass changed to the banner of Han thieves, they also immediately opened the gate and surrendered to us. ”

Shouting, the two old soldiers under the command of Liu Laosan, who were carefully selected by Xiang Zhuang and others, told Xiang Yu the truth of the Hanguguan incident that year, but to Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Han, to their surprise, after they finally let the truth be revealed, Xiang Yu's expression not only did not show the slightest anger, but also appeared extremely calm and calm, as if ......, as if he had known this situation for a long time!

What made Xiang Zhuang and the others dumbfounded was still behind, when the two Liu Laosan's old soldiers completely finished the situation, Xiang Yu suddenly pulled out his sword, raised the sword in his hand and dropped a sword, and quickly stabbed the two Liu Laosan's old soldiers to death, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han and others were shocked when they saw it, and they all exclaimed: "Brother! What are you doing? This is the human ID card we finally found? ”

"They are the traitors of the Han thieves, and they were bought by the Han thieves, slandered and framed Pei Gong, and separated the relationship between this king and Pei Gong." Xiang Yu replied very easily, and said: "You can find them out, do a good job, go back and rest, and I will have someone send the reward to you in a while." ”

"Brother, they're not meticulous!" Xiang Zhuang hurriedly said: "They are witnesses that we finally found, the incident in Hanguguan was deliberately framed by Liu Jipifu, you wronged Brother Xiang Kang!" ”

"Brother Xiang Kang?" Xiang Yu glanced at Xiang Zhuang coldly, his eyes were full of anger, and he snorted: "Brother, what do you mean by suddenly changing your name?" ”

"I ......."

Xiang Zhuang, who had always been afraid of Xiang Yu, didn't dare to answer immediately, and Xiang Yu snorted coldly: "Thinking about brotherhood, I will make a mistake when you make a mistake, I won't care about you this time, but if there is a next time, I will never spare it!" Also, the matter of Hangu Pass is not that Pei Gong wronged Xiang Kang as a traitor, I have already sent someone to carefully investigate that matter, and it is exactly the same as what Pei Gong said, you should not investigate this matter again in the future! ”

The three brothers Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Han were dumbfounded at the same time, and after standing for a while, Xiang Zhuang gradually woke up, trembling and said, "Brother, could it be that you already know the truth?" ”

"Of course I do." Xiang Yu sneered and said: "But what I know is that Pei Gong didn't lie to me, Xiang Kang, the traitor, closed Hangu Pass in order to monopolize Guanzhong, and didn't want me to lead the princes outside the pass into the pass, Pei Gong forcibly tackled the key and slaughtered all the Han thieves in Hangu Pass, which was done very right and made a great contribution to me." ”

"Brother, you ......."

"Shut up!"

Xiang Yu finally let out a fire and roared: "If you are still my brother, don't worry about the affairs of the former Hangu Pass!" What I did to you, and what Xiang Kang, the traitor, did not know to you? Do you still want to take revenge? ”

As far as treatment is concerned, Xiang Yu's previous treatment of Xiang Zhuang and others is indeed better than Xiang Kang, who is coarse and poor, countless times, so after Xiang Yu mentioned this, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han and others could only shut their mouths for a while, Xiang Yu saw that his roar was effective, so he changed his words again and said: "Go back and rest, when we defeat the Han thieves and calm the world, I will give you the title of king, and the treatment for you in the future is guaranteed to be better than before." ”

It was difficult to accept such a result, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han and the others of course stood still, and Xiang Yu's face quickly became gloomy again, and he snorted coldly: "What? Don't even listen to me? Go back now! ”

didn't dare to disobey Xiang Yu, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han and others could only reluctantly retreat, but when they left the Zhongjun Marshal's account, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and the others of course became extremely dazed, and they couldn't accept the result that Xiang Yu insisted on helping Liu Laosan continue to wronged Xiang Kang. At the same time, looking at the backs of them leaving, Xiang Yu also had some drums in his heart, and said secretly: "These three little shafts, shouldn't they have any different hearts?" Although they don't have many troops in their hands now, it is better for this king to be on guard. ”