Although he doesn't believe in fortune-telling, considering that people in this era are generally superstitious about ghosts and gods, and are easy to be fooled by the so-called destiny hexagram, as well as Xu Mocheng's famous name, Xiang Kang still strongly invited Xu Mozhi to stay by his side to serve, and promised to canonize Xu Mozhi as Taizhu, and at the same time promote Xu Mosheng's father and three elder brothers.

Because Xu Mozhi was famous for not liking to show her head before, Xiang Kang was still a little worried that she would not accept her solicitation at first, but who knew that Xu Mosheng only thought about it for a moment, then immediately nodded in agreement, and said: "It's not that the people's daughter is greedy for wealth, the people's daughter is to repay her father's nurturing grace and the brotherhood of the three brothers, the people's daughter knows that her father and the three brothers have no noble life, if you want to help them get ahead, you can only help them change their lives against the sky with the help of the king's luck, so the people's daughter is willing to serve the king." ”

After that, Xu Mozhi smiled lightly, and said very frankly: "The folk girl does this, and there are some selfish intentions, and the folk girl has also shown herself a face, knowing that her future future is just a feudal marquis, if you want to go further, you must also use the luck of the king to help the folk girl change her life against the sky." ”

Xiang Kang rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said in his heart that you can even fool yourself, and you will not change your words if you are sure that I have some luck to change the world. But of course, these are inconsequential small issues, Xiang Kang pretended to be very happy to express his joy at Xu Mocheng's joining, and casually gave Xu Mocheng's father and three elder brothers a few official positions, and then he no longer cared about this matter, and concentrated on just thinking about the tactics of taking advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng.

In the evening of the same day, Xiang Kang discussed with Uncle Zhou alone the possibility of taking advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng, and after considering the current situation, Uncle Zhou said: "King, from a strategic point of view, the last general is resolutely opposed to taking the risk of entering Pengcheng. Now that we are sitting on the danger of the chasm and the advantage of Aocang, we only need to lure the main force of the Western Chu Army to the Xingyang area to confront each other, compete and consume, it can be said to ensure that we can be invincible, and win the peace, even if we can't defeat the main force of the Western Chu Army in a short period of time, we can still consume the main force of the Western Chu Army to death by attrition alone. ”

"But the last general also knows your difficulties, my lord." Uncle Zhou said again: "Almost all of our main civil and military officials are Pengcheng Huaisi, and now such a good opportunity is placed in front of you, if you still turn a blind eye to it, it will indeed be difficult to explain it to everyone." ”

After sighing softly, Uncle Zhou proposed: "Let's do it, if the king is determined to take advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng and rescue our civil and military families who were detained by the Western Chu Army as soon as possible, then the general will not object, but before entering Pengcheng, we must first take the two cities of Sujube and Yanxian County, establish our northeast buffer, and prevent the main force of Western Chu from suddenly withdrawing from the battlefield of Qidi and attacking Aocang, and then we can rest assured that we can enter Pengcheng." ”

Xiang Kang pondered and nodded, and soon decided to send Zhong Liwu to lead his headquarters to take the lead in advancing eastward, seizing Suozao and Yanxian to build the outer buffer of Aocang, and then actively began to arrange the tactical plan of taking advantage of the void to enter Pengcheng, while patiently waiting for the reply given by Zhao Guo - he couldn't pull Zhao Xie and Zhang Er over and let them help him temporarily contain the main force of the Western Chu army, and Xiang Kang would definitely not dare to risk attacking Pengcheng.

The plan did not change quickly, only a day passed, and there was another unexpected news in front of Xiang Kang, Sima Wei, the king of Henan who had disappeared on the battlefield of Xingyang, suddenly appeared in Anyang, and desperately gathered the remnants of the Henan army in Handan County, trying to make a comeback, Xiang Kang had no choice but to quickly order the Han army general Long He to lead the army to the north to attack the thief Sima Wei.

Fortunately, it was still only a day later, and good news finally came from Zhao Guo's side, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, who were riding the wall to watch the wind, saw that the Han army was strong, and they really abandoned Xiang Yu without hesitation, turned around and re-threw themselves into Xiang Kang's arms, not only concluded a mutual aid alliance treaty with Chen Hui, the envoy of the Han army, but also dispatched troops into Handan County at the first time, and stabbed Sima Wei in the back of the ass. Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard this, applauded and said, "Okay! Zhao Guo really agreed to form an alliance, and now not only do we persuade them to send troops together, but Sima Weipifu doesn't want to be a clown jumping under our noses anymore. ”

As Xiang Kang expected, a few days later, Sima Wei, who was attacked on his back, really did not dare to wait for death in Handan County, and took the initiative to abandon Anyang and retreat south to Puyang, and fled into the territory controlled by the Western Chu army to avoid the pursuit of the Han army. Xiang Kang was even more overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly recalled Long Ji's army, not only fulfilling his promise to return Handan County to Zhao State, but also concentrating his troops to facilitate the invasion of Pengcheng.

On the same day, a major event happened, that is, the Han army spies sent by Chen Ping to Linji finally found the wives and children of Uncle Zhou of the Han army who were living in the people, and took them back to Xingyang to reunite with Uncle Zhou's family.

It was still only a few days later, and the good news came from Zhao's side, under the temptation of the Han army to help recapture the fallen territory, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er really agreed to send troops to Qi to help the Han army contain the main force of the Western Chu army, making it more difficult for the main force of the Western Chu army to get out of the quagmire of Qi as soon as possible. And when things came to this point, the Han army took advantage of the situation to march into Pengcheng, and the conditions were all ripe in all aspects, and only the last problem left was to start implementing.

That night, Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Zhou Shu and others secretly discussed a plan to take advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng, and as a result, under the condition that the time and place were favorable, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang both thought that they should seize the opportunity and decisively send troops, Zhang Liang also pointed out: "King, if this move is successful, we can not only save you and the families of the generals in the army, but also cut off the supply of grain and grass for the main force of the Western Chu army, and destroy Chu in one fell swoop. ”

Xiang Kang, who had a cautious personality, was still a little hesitant, and after Uncle Zhou hesitated again and again, he also said: "King, if you don't let the last general lead the men and horses of the headquarters to Pengcheng, the last general promises that he will do his best to save you and the generals' families, even if they fail, the last general will try his best to bring the army back." ”

"I'm the only one to go." Xiang Kang shook his head and said, "Your army is too small, and the certainty of a lone attack on Pengcheng is too small." And if I don't take the old man Huaisi with me personally, Long Ji, Ding Ji and Zhu Jishi will definitely not agree. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Kang gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and said: "In this way, I will take the main force to fight Pengcheng, General Zhou, you stay in Sanchuan and Hanoi, remember one thing, no matter what happens, you must defend Aocang for me, if there is any accident in the rear, I will take the army to reinforce you as soon as possible." ”

Uncle Zhou hurriedly agreed, and Xiang Kang said to himself in his heart, "It's really to appease the army, I have to take a risk, otherwise, in fact, I would rather find a way to lead my brother's main force into a chasm decisive battle." ”

On the second day, Xiang Kang finally announced his decision to enter Pengcheng in public, and the result was the same as Xiang Kang expected, knowing that he would soon have the opportunity to save his family, most of whom were old people in Huaisi, and the generals of the Han army were really thunderous, raising their hands in agreement with Xiang Kang's decision, and several Han army generals of sufficient weight were still scrambling to be the pioneers.

After a large number of Henan prisoners of war were recruited, the strength of the Han army in Sanchuan has reached more than 130,000 people, and Xiang Kang is no longer as overstretched as before in terms of using troops, and the allocation was soon completed, of which more than 20,000 were handed over by Xiang Kang to Zhou Shu to lead, staying in Sanchuan and Aocang, and more than 10,000 were led by Zhong Liwu, stationed in Suozao and Yan County as a peripheral barrier for Aocang, and the remaining 90,000 troops all followed Xiang Kang to go out, with the Han army veteran Ding Ji as the vanguard, along the chasm and Suishui eastward, ready to take the cities along Suishui first, Then march from Xiangxian to Pengcheng.

To the east of Aocang are the open plains of Pingchuan, the Han army's advance speed is of course very fast, it only took three days to take a little time, the main force of the Han army carrying a large amount of military supplies and grass arrived at Quyu Pavilion near Daliang, and at the same time, the front of the Han army led by Ding Ji also fought with the Chu army outside Daliang City, and then before Xiang Kang decided whether to send troops to help Ding Ji, Ding Ji had already taken the initiative to send someone to send good news, saying that the Han army led by him defeated the Chu army in a battle outside Daliang City, and had taken Daliang City. Xiang Kang was of course very happy when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked: "How did this battle be fought, and how did it succeed so quickly?" ”

"Back to the king, in order to lure the enemy into battle, our General Ding deliberately led two thousand elites to fight outside the Western Chu thief camp under the banner of partial generals while deliberately erecting a pontoon bridge." The messenger replied truthfully: "The Western Chu thieves bullied our few soldiers, and sure enough, they sent troops to meet the battle, and our General Ding took the opportunity to replace the banner of the partial general, showing his banner, so that the Western Chu thieves knew that he personally led the army to fight, and the Western Chu thieves were caught off guard, and our General Ding personally led the army to charge the battle, and the Western Chu thieves were defeated and fled eastward, and we took advantage of the situation to take Daliang City." ”

"This Ding disease, it's really a dog who can't change his appetite, he is already a general, and he likes to charge in person." Xiang Kang scolded with a smile, and said: "But it's okay, we have successfully won the girder, and we don't need to cross the river anymore, and we can directly march to Chen Liu from Quyu." ”

"King, our General Ding still has a gift for you, I hope the king can like it."

Ding Ji's envoy smiled and took out a map and presented it with both hands, the guard stepped forward to take it, and forwarded it to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang took it and only glanced at it a few times, and was immediately pleasantly surprised, it turned out that the map sent by Ding Ji's envoy turned out to be the troop garrison map of the hinterland of the Western Chu Army, showing in detail the deployment of the Western Chu Army in the Huaisi area, and also marking the name and official position of the guard, which is a secret that only senior generals of the Chu Army can know. After the great joy, Xiang Kang hurriedly asked again: "Where did you get this map?" Is it reliable? ”

"Back to the King of Han, it was the Suiyang Shou of Western Chu who secretly sent someone to hand it over to us." The envoy of Ding Ji hurriedly replied, took out another letter and said, "General Wan Xun also wrote a secret letter to us, asking the king to take a look. ”

"Wanyun?" A familiar figure quickly flashed in Xiang Kang's heart, and he immediately recalled that this Wan Yun was once a member of the Young Marshal Army, because of his bravery in combat and military merits, he was personally promoted to be Xiang Zhuang's deputy, but later he made a fool and handed over the military power to Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang split the Young Marshal Army, and Wan Yun left his command and became a member of the Western Chu Army.

Thinking of this, Xiang Kang was of course excited in his heart, and hurriedly took Wan Yun's letter in person to read it carefully, and the result was not as Xiang Kang expected, Wan Yun on the letter, in addition to stating his thoughts about the young marshal's army, did not forget Xiang Kang's promotion grace back then, and was extremely dissatisfied with Xiang Yu's insistence on going to war with the young marshal army regardless of his siblings, so he took the initiative to present the hinterland of the Western Chu army's troop deployment map, and expressed his willingness to act as an internal response to help Xiang Kang recapture the land and city of Dangjun, which once belonged to the young marshal's army.

Excitement turned to excitement, but Xiang Kang did not lose his mind, first asked Ding Jijun about the contact with the envoy of Wan Xun, and then sent Ding Ji's envoy back to restore his life, and asked Ding Ji to send someone to send Wan Yun's secret envoy to meet him as soon as possible, and finally asked Chen Ping and Zhang Liang, who were looking at the map and letter together: "What do you think?" Doesn't it look like a trick to lure the enemy? ”

Old man Fan finally calculated more than Chen Ping and Zhang Liang this time, and after discussing a few words in a low voice, Chen Ping replied: "King, it shouldn't be a fraudulent plan, there are two reasons, first, counting the time and distance, Wan Xun never knew that we had sent troops to the east, and it could not be premeditated in advance." ”

"Second, Wan Xun is stationed in Suiyang, which is not very far from Sanchuan and Aocang, but it is thousands of miles away from Qidi, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the main force of Western Chu has absolutely no possibility to quickly return to Suiyang to ambush, so even if it is to lure the enemy by deception, we will not be in any danger if we advance directly to Suiyang City, and there will be more time to deal with everything in case."

Xiang Kang nodded thoughtfully, and also found that the possibility of Wan Xun's deception was very small. Chen Ping added: "In addition, the map of the garrison of the Western Chu troops provided to us by Wan Xun is also completely consistent with the situation that we have carefully investigated, and it is more detailed and thorough, and it is also impossible to forge it." ”

"You can give it a try, anyway, Suiyang is not far from Sanchuan and Aocang, the situation is not right, I also have enough time to return to Sanchuan immediately." Xiang Kang made up his mind, and then without hesitation, he said: "Then don't waste time, but the chasm, the big beam side will also be handed over to Ding Ji to deal with the aftermath, and our main force will set off immediately and immediately open to Chen Liu." ”

Huan Chu, who was stationed on Chen Liu's side, had just discovered through the scouts that the main force of the Han army was pulling from Quyu to Chen Liu, and Huan Chu knew that the treacherous and slippery Xiang Kang had finally capsized in the gutter and fell for the self-army's plan to lure the enemy deeper. But in addition to the secret joy, Huan Chu had to have a headache for a question, that is, how to lose reasonably and lure the main force of the Han army to continue to advance to the hinterland of Western Chu? Can't show any flaws, so that Xiang Kang can see that he is deceiving and luring the enemy? - You know, this is definitely not an easy problem to solve.

Fortunately, although Huan Chu is not worthy of lifting shoes for top traitors such as Xiang Kang, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang in terms of using schemes, he has a unique great intelligence, and soon thought of an important question, and said secretly: "Why should I worry about this kind of thing?" I can't fight Xiang Kang Xiao'er, but since he raised troops to fight Chen Liu, he will definitely find a way to fight quickly, I just need to pretend to defend Chen Liu, and force him to find a way to lure me into battle, and then no matter what trick he uses, I can't get it? As long as I am careful, don't risk my own life, and immediately flee with the army when the situation is wrong, and I am afraid that he will not take the bait? ”

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