After all, he is a cousin with a blood relationship, and in many cases, Master Xiang Boxiang is actually better than Xiang Liang to Xiang Kang, a cousin.

No, Xiang Kang had just withdrawn from the garrison on the mountain path, let go of the path and let the Nanyang army march back to his back at will, and after receiving the news, Master Xiang Boxiang called Liu Laosan to face as soon as possible, and ordered Liu Laosan to immediately march from the path in the tone of Lao Tzu's order to his son, attack the back of the Han army, and destroy the Songshan defense line of the Han army.

In addition, Master Xiang Boxiang also sneered and told Liu Laosan that if Liu Laosan refused to obey the order, he would carry out Xiang Yu's order, choose another merit in the Nanyang army, replace Liu Laosan in charge of the Nanyang army, and also replace Liu Laosan to implement the order issued by Xiang Yu.

After swallowing his anger and agreeing to Master Xiang's request, he returned to the camp of the Nanyang Army, in addition to scolding, Liu Laosan could only summon his subordinates and discuss with his most trusted Peixian friends how to enter the army, as a result, Cao Shen and Zhou Bo and others After careful discussion, they really gave Liu Laosan a good idea, and said: "King, otherwise, tonight we will send troops and horses, ambush in the narrow part of the mountain road, and tomorrow send troops to take the path and pretend to attack the back of the Han thief, and lure the Han thief to send troops to meet the attack, Then the retreat was defeated, and the Han thief pursuer was lured into the mountain road, and our ambush suddenly came out, cutting the Han thief chasing into two sections, and the front army turned around and killed back, and the front and back were flanked, and they were sure to win a big victory. ”

"It's better to be safe." Cao Shen hurriedly added: "The mountain road is narrow, even if the thieves refuse to be fooled and do not chase into the mountain road, our army can fight and retreat, and withdraw calmly, there is almost no danger." ”

After pondering for a while, he found that this was indeed quite sure of victory, and even if the enemy failed, it was not easy to suffer heavy losses, Liu Laosan nodded and agreed to the suggestions put forward by Cao Shen and others, and immediately ordered Zhou Bo to lead 5,000 troops to prepare for night battles, set off at night, enter the mountain road first to arrange an ambush, and ordered Zhou Cao and Zhou Chang brothers to lead 4,000 troops to dispatch the next day, take the small road and pretend to attack the back of the Han army, and lure the Han army to send troops to meet it.

Under the cover of night, the ambush of the Nanyang army was smoothly arranged in place that night, Liu Laosan heard the great news, and immediately sent the Zhou brothers to lead the army to the north on the small road, and personally led an army to the gate of the Han army's Cheyuanting camp, launched a frontal attack, pretending to attack the Han army's Cheyuanting camp before and after, so as to confuse the judgment of the Han army.

There is still hope for the Nanyang Army's strategy to conceal from other army commanders, the news of the Nanyang Army's division of troops and taking a detour has just been reported to Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang, who has read countless ancient and modern battle examples, immediately laughed, and didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately arranged a trap that would be planned, and in turn lured the Nanyang Army to be fooled.

Just after noon that day, the four thousand Nanyang troops led by the Zhou brothers successfully detoured back to the back of the Han army's Cheyuanting camp, and the result was the same as Cao Shen and others expected, the Han army's mobile response team stationed behind the Cheyuanting camp really dispatched an army of equal strength to meet the battle, and the two armies would fight in the field, but when the battle was engaged, before the Nanyang army could start to deceive the defeat, the Han army had already taken the lead in defeat and left, shouting and fleeing to the direction of the camp. The brothers of the Zhou family were dumbfounded, and they all said: "Why are the thieves so vulnerable?" Losing so quickly, how can we lure the enemy? ”

The opportunity to beat the water dogs was placed in front of them, but after a little hesitation, the Zhou brothers decisively urged the army to launch a pursuit, thinking that even if there was no way to lure the Han army into the mountain road battlefield, they could make some gains in the pursuit battle, and there was an explanation when they went back, and the soldiers of the Nanyang Army who did not know the inside story were elated, and said that it was difficult not to win a battle today, shouting that they were all chased fast and urgently, and were soon lured to the back of the Han army camp by the defeated soldiers of the Han army.

At this time, of course, the mutation happened, the main force of the Han army Zheng Bujun stationed under the city of the Wu clan ten miles away, suddenly dispatched two soldiers and horses, one was composed of cavalry, and rushed to the entrance of the mountain road where the Nanyang army entered at the fastest speed, and the other road went directly south, killing the back of the Nanyang army.

Seeing this scene, the Zhou brothers of course understood that their intentions had been seen through by the enemy, and in turn fell into the enemy's trap, forced to helpless, the Zhou brothers could only quickly retreat with the army back and forth, with two legs and the four legs of the Han cavalry race, in a vain attempt to seize the entrance of the mountain road in advance, to keep the retreat of the army, the defeated army of the Han army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Nanyang army's hasty retreat, in turn the Nanyang army was killed and wounded, and the ghost cried wolf.

The two legs of the soldiers of the Nanyang Army have never been able to outrun the four legs of the Han cavalry, the Han cavalry took the first step to seize the entrance of the mountain road, and the road blocked the retreat of the Nanyang Army, and the Han Army pursued the soldiers and bit very tightly, not giving the Nanyang Army the opportunity to retreat from other mountain roads at all, the Zhou brothers had no choice but to lead the army to the death and charge, and make every effort to break through the interception position of the Han cavalry.

In the end, relying on the full strength of the friendly army, the Zhou brothers reluctantly fought out of the encirclement and fled into the mountain road with injuries, but the four thousand troops they brought to the back of the Han army camp were beheaded by more than half of the Han army soldiers, and thousands of prisoners were captured, and only less than a thousand people escaped into the mountain road, and the Han army resolutely pursued into the mountain road, and the Nanyang army trampled on each other, fell into the mountain stream and killed countless people. The news was reported to Liu Laosan, who was leading the army to attack the Han army camp, and Liu Laosan was shocked and had no intention of fighting, so he could only lead the army to retreat in a hurry, ending the battle in embarrassment.

After the defeat, Liu Laosan hung his head, but Master Xiang Boxiang, who loved his cousin, refused to give up, and sent Li Zuoche to the camp to order Liu Laosan to listen to the training in front of him, wanting to force Liu Laosan to continue to fight again, Liu Laosan of course understood that there must be no good fruit to eat when he went to see Master Xiang at this time, so he simply used the excuse that he was injured when he returned to the camp, and lay on the couch to meet with Li Zuoche, pretending to be injured and refused to meet Master Xiang, and wanted to use this excuse to postpone the continuation of the army.

Fortunately, Li Zuoche is a reasonable person, seeing Liu Laosan lying on the couch and moaning with a dying breath, and a wooden board and a thick cloth belt wrapped around his calf, Li Zuoche was full of embarrassment and said: "King Nanyang, with all due respect to the minister, although your leg is injured, the leg injury will definitely not affect your command of the army. ”

"Guangwujun, Xiao Wang's legs are broken, and he can't even walk, how can he lead the army to fight?" Liu Laosan played hooligans and said: "Please also ask Guangwujun to go back and say a lot of good words to Master Xiang, and ask him to let Xiao Wang rest for a few days, wait for Xiao Wang's injuries to heal a little, and then lead the army into battle to attack the thief army for the King of Western Chu." ”

"The king of Nanyang forgives his sins, and the foreign minister has no ability to say that he can move the master." Li Zuoche shook his head and said, "The only person who can say that Master Xiang agrees to suspend the attack is King Nanyang himself." ”

"Guangwu Jun has said it, Xiao Wang has that ability?" Liu Laosan said bitterly: "What is Master Xiang's attitude towards Xiao Wang, haven't you seen it with your own eyes, Guangwujun?" As soon as they met, they yelled and trained, and two of the three sentences were to force Xiao Wang to enter the army to attack the thief camp, how could Xiao Wang be able to move him? ”

Li Zuoche smiled and said suddenly: "King Nanyang, you can't ask Master Xiang, but the things in your hand can be Master Xiang, doesn't King Nanyang know that Master Xiang's preference for rare treasures has always been different from ordinary people?" In addition, Master Xiang came from afar, and there were only some clumsy soldiers around him, and it was extremely inconvenient to eat and drink, if the King of Nanyang took care of Master Xiang in these aspects, he was afraid that he would not be able to move Master Xiang? ”

Liu Laosan was stunned, and only after a while did he ask tentatively: "Guangwujun, do you want to help Xiao Wang?" ”

"It's not to help you the king of Nanyang, it's to help all the soldiers of the Nanyang Army and the Western Chu Army." Li Zuoche replied very frankly: "The Han thieves are holding the danger, and the deployment is extremely thorough, if the king of Nanyang continues to be forced to attack, it will not be many days, it is possible to suffer heavy casualties, expose flaws, and give the Han thieves a chance to take advantage of, if the king of Nanyang you are unfortunately defeated, the Western Chu army is also destined to be poisoned." In today's plan, we can only stand still, raise our soldiers, and patiently confront the Han thieves, and wait until the Han thieves can't hold their breath and reveal their flaws in turn, and then we take the opportunity to attack the army, so that we can have a chance of winning. ”

Liu Laosan blinked his eyes, and then the injury was difficult to pretend, and he immediately jumped up and bowed to Li Zuoche to the ground, and said in an extremely sincere tone: "Thank you Guangwujun for your advice, if you can do this, after breaking the thief, Xiao Wang will thank Guangwujun heavily." ”

"The king doesn't have to be polite, just do his duty." Professional strategist Li Zuoche replied casually.

According to Li Zuoche's instructions, Liu Laosan immediately asked people to prepare a valuable gift for himself, ran to Master Xiang's front and offered it with both hands, and explained in a low voice that he had done his best, but the thief was too cunning, and he saw through his plan to lure the enemy at a glance, and in turn let himself suffer a big loss, and the camp was too strong to be defeated, begging Master Xiang to be a little accommodating, let his tired division rest for a while, and wait until the fighter was mature, and then launch an attack.

Master Xiang Boxiang does have a special hobby for money, in history for a hundred gold and two buckets of pearls, Leng is persuaded to persuade Xiang Yu to give Hanzhong County to Liu Laosan for nothing, this will see Liu Laosan hands to send enough ordinary people to eat and wear eight lifetimes of expensive gifts, Master Xiang Boxiang really changed his fierce tone, plus Xiang Yu also once explained, saying that if there is really no way to break through the Han army's Songshan defense line, as long as the Han army's partial division can be contained in the southern front and unable to move, Therefore, Master Xiang just excused himself a few words, and reluctantly accepted Liu Laosan's expensive gift, and also promised to let Liu Laosan temporarily stand still and let the Nanyang army rest for a while.

Then, on the second day, when Liu Laosan sent four beautiful girls like flowers and jade to Master Xiang Boxiang, and asked them to serve Master Xiang's diet and daily life, Master Xiang Boxiang never mentioned the matter of asking the Nanyang Army to enter the army, and under the warm invitation of Liu Laosan, he came to the camp several times to enjoy wine and food with Liu Laosan, and his relationship with Liu Laosan became more and more intimate, so naturally he never had any problems with Liu Laosan.

Originally, Xiang Kang thought that as long as he drove away Han Xin, coupled with the help of his good cousin, he forced Liu Laosan to take the offensive, and it would definitely not be a big problem to deal with the Nanyang army, but Xiang Kang did not expect that his good cousin would suddenly become so 'smart', even if he took the initiative to let go of the mountain road and give up the tactical initiative, he actually calmed down, and did not play his supervisory army prestige anymore, forcing Liu Laosan to take the initiative to send him to death, and let Liu Laosan take the confrontation tactics that gave him the most headache.

This also made Xiang Kang very difficult, it was very small to take the initiative to march into the army to win, and at the same time, Liu Xiang's coalition army still had the choice of sticking to the battle without fighting, and the time was delayed for a long time, not only did other battlefields not dare to make themselves feel at ease, but also the news may leak, so that the Western Chu army knew that they had left the important situation of the main battlefield in Xingyang, causing unpredictable dangerous consequences. Leave the southern front and return to the Xingyang battlefield, but I am worried that Han Xin will suddenly go and return, and the troops on the southern front will not be able to mobilize to deal with the changes in the Hanoi battlefield that is being attacked by the combined forces of Chu and Zhao, and as long as one front of the Han army is broken through by the enemy, the entire Sanchuan battlefield is in danger of complete collapse.

Under the dilemma, Xiang Kang could only make concessions in terms of tactics for the first time, and began to consider how to take the initiative to launch an offensive and fight to repel Liu Xiang's coalition army.

After two days of careful preparation, at the third watch at night, the Han army suddenly sent troops to attack the camp of the Western Chu army's partial division, and almost broke through the West Gate of the Western Chu army's camp and entered the camp, creating quite a lot of pressure on the Western Chu army, and then Xiang Kang did not expect it, seeing that the camp of the self-army was in an emergency, Gong Ao and Xiang Bo really had the idea of sending someone to Liu Laosan for help, but Li Zuoche stopped them and said: "Master Xiang, General Gong, you can't take risks, the thief army is attacking late at night, and the situation is unknown, We must prevent the Han thieves from attacking our camp, and actually lure the king of Nanyang to send troops to rescue and take the opportunity to ambush our friendly troops. Now we can hold on, it is better to hold on to the camp, and do not send people for help until the last moment. ”

Considering that the camp of the self-army is quite strong, and there is a camp of the Chinese army to defend, Gong Ao, who has already suffered a big loss, gritted his teeth, and also said to Master Xiang Boxiang: "Master Xiang, let's stop holding on for a while, anyway, we still have the camp of the Chinese army to hold, unless the Han thieves have broken through our outer camp, there is no need to rush to the king of Nanyang for help." ”

"If the thieves enter our outer camp, how long are you sure you can hold the Chinese camp?" Master Xiang asked in a trembling voice.

"At least two hours!" Gong Ao replied categorically: "If you insist on even a pillar of incense, the last general will be willing to apologize with death!" ”

Seeing that Gongao answered confidently, and considering that the distance was not very far, Liu Laosan's reinforcements could arrive no matter what, Master Xiang reluctantly nodded and agreed with Li Zuoche and Gongao's proposal, and did not rush to send someone to Liu Laosan for help, but just let the Han army continue to rush and kill outside the camp, and did not go out of the camp with all his might. And then not to mention, relying on the strong camp built in advance, the Western Chu army not only held the camp to the death, after a fierce battle for about an hour, the Han army's offensive also slowed down rapidly, and finally had to take the initiative to give up the attack, retreat back to the camp on their own, and lost many soldiers in the late night attack with no clear sight, and finally gained nothing.

After the war, the scout's investigation report directly scared Gongao and others out of a cold sweat, and without noticing, the Han army actually arranged ambushes at the exits of several nearby mountain roads, waiting for the Western Chu army or the Nanyang army to leave the camp for protection, and then take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. At the same time, the main force of Zheng Bu of the Han army, which was originally stationed under the city of the Wu clan, also appeared next to the Cheyuan Pavilion of the Han army unknowingly, and could be dispatched at any time to launch a full-scale decisive battle when the Western Chu army and the Nanyang army were not well prepared!

Liu Laosan is also very well-behaved, the next day just after dawn, Liu Laosan personally ran to the Western Chu military camp, apologized to Gongao and Master Xiang and others in person, and frankly admitted that the army did not save the Western Chu army last night because the Han army's move was too sudden, and the enemy situation was unknown, so he did not dare to risk the battle, and expressed his willingness to accept any punishment from Master Xiang.

Thinking that he was just in danger, Master Xiang of course forgave Liu Laosan very generously, and took the initiative to tell Liu Laosan that the reason why the Western Chu Army did not force Liu Laosan to send troops to rescue him was because Li Zuoche also expected that the night attack of the Han army had ulterior motives. Li Zuoche waved his hand to say that he didn't have to, and said: "King Nanyang, General Gong, the Han thieves made a big move last night, unscrupulously luring us to send troops to a decisive battle, which shows that the Han thieves are also in a hurry, anxious to break the deadlock, and free up their hands as soon as possible to reinforce other battlefields, since this is the case, then we must not follow the will of the Han thieves, we only need to defend ourselves and confront the Han thieves patiently, then it will not take much time, and the Han thieves will inevitably make adjustments in our favor under anxiety." ”

This time, even Master Xiang Boxiang nodded yes again and again, very much recognizing Li Zuoche's patient confrontation proposition, Gong Ao also took the opportunity to smile and said to Liu Laosan: "King Nanyang, the terrain in this area of Songshan is surprisingly very favorable to the thief army, and we can't blindly defend the camp every time like last night, giving the Han thieves a chance to break us." The best way is to see if you follow the example of the previous Han thieves, divide the troops, and arrange troops to garrison ...... on every road. ”

Before Gong Ao finished speaking, Liu Laosan already understood what he meant, and immediately patted his chest and said: "General Gong, rest assured, Xiao Wang will allocate troops today, and arrange troops to garrison every small road nearby, and will definitely not give Han thieves a chance to suddenly enter the army from the small road." ”

"Then is the king of Nanyang too much at a loss?" Gong Ao asked with a smile.

"It's all about breaking the Han thieves, how can Xiao Wang care who suffers and who takes advantage?" Liu Laosan smiled and waved his hand, saying that he would never care about these trivial things, but he muttered in his heart: "This king doesn't suffer some losses, okay?" The next time the Han thieves sneak attack your camp, as long as there is danger, you will definitely force me to risk sending troops immediately, but if the Han thieves sneak attack Lao Tzu's camp, even if they enter Lao Tzu's Chinese army camp, you will definitely die and not be saved! ”

In order to celebrate the victory of last night's camp, Gong Ao and Master Xiang still warmly invited Liu Laosan to drink a few cups, and Liu Laosan, who hoped to have a good relationship with Master Xiang, of course, did not refuse, but when Liu Laosan and Gong Ao, Master Xiang and others exchanged cups to celebrate the victory, a Gong Ao's personal soldier suddenly hurriedly entered the account and reported to Gong Aoyu: "General Qiyu, someone from the camp of King Nanyang came to say that there is an urgent matter to report to King Nanyang in person. ”

"What's urgent?" Gong Ao asked casually.

"Urgent matters related to the King of Linjiang." The soldier replied, "Linjiang Wang Yingbu ......." ”