In order to ensure that they could persuade Qi Wang Tian Jia to act according to the plan, Xiang Zhuang and Liu Laosan not only appointed Lu Jia, a famous scholar in the late Qin Dynasty, as the envoy of the Western Chu army to Linzi, according to Han Xin's request, but also specially arranged for his cronies who were also eloquent to accompany Lu Jia as his deputy, so that they could jointly persuade Tian Jiao.

Licheng to Linzi has a spacious gallop road to pass, Lu Sui and the two of them rushed to Linzi in a hurry, but it took a little time to arrive at Linzi, and also relied on the tiger skin of the Western Chu Army, and met the King of Qi Tian Jiao on the same day, but then it was not so easy, no matter how Lu Jia and Sui He were like a river, with a lotus tongue, Tian Jia just had no way to make up his mind.

The reason is of course very simple, Han Xin proposed this tactical plan is too risky for Qi State, half of the main army went to Licheng to participate in the battle, leaving only 20,000 troops stationed on the Weishui line to prevent Tianheng rebels, and the remaining 20,000 troops had to defend Linzi, the capital of Qi, and had to deal with the Yan army deliberately recruited by the Western Chu Army for Qi State, as long as there was a little accident, Qi State would definitely be more than just a rear emergency, and it was not impossible for Linzi to be taken by the enemy.

Because of this, not only Tian Du himself hesitated, but his civil and military cronies were even more furious, and they were all very dissatisfied with the Western Chu Army's design to lure the Yan Army directly into the hinterland of Qi State, and felt that the Western Chu Army was deliberately sacrificing the interests of Qi State - in fact, it was exactly the case.

Fortunately, just a cold lip and tooth through the ages made the Qi royal court absolutely not dare to turn against the Western Chu army because of this, and Tian Jiao also had to seriously consider whether to act in accordance with the requirements of the Western Chu army, and take the huge risk of the old nest being ended to help the Western Chu army and the Jibei army win the decisive battle in Licheng.

Lu Jia and Sui He also made a big fuss on this point, repeatedly pointing out that although this move was risky for Qi State, if Qi State did not take the risk to help the Western Chu Army win the decisive battle in Licheng, even if more troops were left to guard the mainland, they would not be able to stop the Han army from entering Qi State in the future, not to mention that the Han Army, Yan Army and Tian Heng Rebel Army attacked Qi State in three ways, only by defeating the main force of the Han Army's Northern Front Corps, Tian Jiao had hope of keeping Qi State and calmly cleaned up the Tian Heng rebels who were clowns jumping off the beam in Jiaodong County.

In addition, Lu Jia and Sui He of course had to make a promise to Tian Jiao on behalf of Xiang Zhuang, promising that as long as Tian Jiao helped the Western Chu army win the decisive battle of Licheng, then no matter if Qi lost the city land, the Western Chu army would definitely help Qi to take it back in the future, and at the same time, they would also ask Xiang Yu to take the city land of Zhao and Yan to give Qi appropriate compensation.

Tian Jiao really understood that it was useless to leave more troops than the Han army, so Tian Jia still did not refuse the request of the Western Chu army in person, and chose to let Lu Jia and his party go to the post house to rest first, and then sat down with a few of his most trusted civil and military henchmen to discuss the matter carefully, and after discussing it for a long time, in view of the fact that the Qi army had formed a deep hatred with the Han army, Tian Jia and others finally decided to take a gamble and take the risk to help the Western Chu army win the battle of Licheng, and keep the Jibei Ping Domain and the Qi State.

"If there are other options, this king is really not willing to gamble on all the old books!"

In order to keep his throne and territory, Tian Jiao still went to order the eastern front, adjusted the deployment to turn the offensive to the defensive, and transferred the army to the west to aid Licheng, while establishing a defensive line in Dixian and Jishui, preparing to arrive at the Yan army to attack, and at the same time summoned Lu Jia and Sui He again and told them his decision.

Seeing that Tian Jia was still obedient, Lu Jia and Sui He were of course overjoyed, but for the sake of prudence, Lu Jia and Sui He were not in a hurry to say goodbye and return to Licheng to resume their lives, but just reported the good news to Xiang Zhuang and others by letter, planning to wait until the main force of the Qi army withdrew to Linzi, and then go to Licheng with the Qi army, at the same time, Lu Jia was extremely uneasy and told Tian Jia: "King Qi, the Han thieves are famous for being good at divisive rebellion, and now they have the opportunity to contact you directly, but I am afraid that they will repeat the old tricks, He also sent envoys to you to deceive you, persuading you to be neutral or even surrender to them directly, and I hope that the king will never forget the lesson of the king of Qi Gong (Tian Jian) who was killed by the tyrannical Qin (starved to death), and fell for the tricks of the Han thief envoy. ”

"Don't worry, this king has long known Xiang Kang's traitorous character, how could he be fooled?" Tian Jiao, who was up and down in his heart, replied impatiently: "If the thief doesn't send an envoy to Zizi, if he really dares to send any thief envoy to sow discord in front of this king, this king will not say a word, and immediately cook him to death with Ding." ”

The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, Tian Fake's words inadvertently poked the scar on the heart of Sui He, the deputy envoy of the Western Chu Army, and he did not want to repeat the mistakes of the year, so he hurriedly said to Tian Fake: "The king, the envoys of the Han thieves are all cunning and incomparable, especially good at rhetoric, for the sake of prudence, and ask the king to order the border, as long as there is a Han thief envoy entering the country, let the border soldiers of your country be killed on the spot, so as to completely break the idea of the Han thief." ”

"There is no need for Mr. to say more, this king has his own arrangements." Tian Jiao replied even more impatiently, and he was too troublesome to turn around and leave the matter behind.

More than three days later, Mr. Shusun, who set off a few days late, led twenty entourage, and rode a small road to the border of Qi on the north bank of Jishui, although it was immediately taken by the Qi soldiers who had already started a war with the Han army, but because of the identity of the Han army's envoy, he was not killed on the spot by the Qi soldiers, and was also taken to Di County by the Qi soldiers, and continued to be escorted to Linzi by the Di County guards of the Qi State to hand over the Tian wig.

Mr. Uncle Sun's good luck also ended here, he was monitored by the soldiers of the Qi army, and he had just entered Linzi, the capital of Qi, in the continuous rain, and Lu Jia and Sui He, who were still in Linzi City, had already received the news, and after learning that Uncle Zhou had sent him as a messenger, Sui He, who had suffered a big loss in his hands, also changed color on the spot, and blurted out: "Not good!" Uncle Sun Tong, this old horseman, can not only speak well, but also be cheeky, especially good at flattery, if he is allowed to meet Tian fake, things will be repeated. ”

"Then let's go to see Tian Leave immediately and ask him to directly slaughter Uncle Sun Tongpifu with a sword." Lu Jia said immediately.

"Not the best policy." Sui He shook his head and said: "The two countries are fighting, and if we don't cut it, Tian Jiao may not listen to us." The best way is for us to immediately go to the inn where Uncle Sun Tongpuff lives, find an excuse to meet him, and then kill him directly with a sword, so as to ensure that something happens. ”

"Brilliant plan!" Lu Jia was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "With the current situation, even if we directly kill the Han thief messenger, Tian Jiao will definitely not dare to say anything, and after we kill the old man of Uncle Sun Tong, the Han thief will only credit this account to Tian Jiao's head, and we don't have to worry about what will happen to Tian Jiao." ”

In order to ensure that he could be received by Mr. Shusun, Sui He actually came to thank Mr. Shusun in person, and thanked Mr. Shusun in person for saving his life under the Shenyang knife, so that Mr. Shusun, who also had an entourage, was unguarded to meet him and Lu Jia.

Not to mention, the excuse that Sui He found really deceived Mr. Uncle Sun, and after learning that he had been saved by himself, Mr. Uncle Sun not only did not have any suspicions, but also hummed proudly: "Even if you are a husband, you still have a conscience, and you know how to repay the old man for saving his life, see how you thank me." ”

After that, Mr. Shusun didn't hesitate, he immediately got up and went out of the house, and rushed to the living room with a smile on his face to meet Lu Jia and Sui He, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the living room, he couldn't wait to stretch his neck to see what kind of thank you gift Sui He brought to him.

At this time, Lu Jia and Sui He finally showed a little flaw, Mr. Shusun, who was good at paying attention to details, just glanced twice in the hall, and immediately found that something was wrong with the situation - there was no gift box in the case in front of Sui He, and the entourage behind him was also not holding these things in their hands. Mr. Shusun also suddenly felt strange in his heart, and said secretly: "Are you really here to thank the old man?" Saving his life, there is no money to express, do you want to send the old man away with two empty words? ”

Strange in his heart, Mr. Shusun's footsteps couldn't help but stop, Sui He was also a little anxious, just saw clearly the appearance of Mr. Shusun who had caused him a great shame, and immediately got up and left the table, walked quickly to Mr. Shusun, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shusun, it's been a long time, follow Mr. He's life-saving grace." ”

After that, Sui He really bowed down to Mr. Uncle Sun, and Mr. Uncle Sun hurriedly came to Sui He with a pretended politeness, but muttered very dissatisfied in his heart: "Zhuzi, it seems that I really want to send the old man away in a few words, something without conscience, next time if there is a chance like in front of Shen Yang, see if the old man can save you." ”

"In Xia Lu Jia, I have seen Mr. Uncle Sun."

At this time, Lu Jia also greeted Mr. Shusun and saluted, distracting Mr. Shusun's attention to create a hands-on opportunity for Sui He, Sui He comprehended, and immediately took the opportunity of Mr. Shusun to look up at Lu Jia, and quickly reached out to pull out the sword on his waist......

Sui He really underestimated Mr. Uncle Sun, and saw his arm move out of the corner of his eye, Mr. Uncle Sun also said that he went to his sleeve pocket to get a valuable gift to thank him, and quickly cheered up to take a closer look, and when he saw Sui He actually go to hold the hilt of the sword on his waist, Mr. Uncle Sun was immediately taken aback, and said secretly: "What does this husband want to do?" ”

It was too late, it was fast, he had just grasped the hilt of the sword, and Sui He immediately drew the sword, but what Sui He never dreamed of was that Mr. Shusun's reaction speed was far above his imagination, and he had just seen his sword halfway out of the sheath, and Mr. Shusun had already come back to his senses, and his hands immediately pushed his chest, pushing him back two steps and hitting Lu Jia's body, and then turned around and ran out of the hall, screaming like a pig, "Help!" Killed! ”

"Piff!"

The assassination failed at the last moment, and in a fit of rage, Sui He and Lu Jia did not hesitate, and immediately pulled out their swords together and rushed out of the hall to chase and kill Mr. Shusun, and the entourage they brought immediately followed, and also drew their swords and cut down the two Han army entourages who accompanied Mr. Shusun to meet them, and the Qi military officials and servants in the post house were all stunned by this scene, and they retreated in surprise, and none of them dared to come up to help any party.

Of course, this is a bitter pity for poor Mr. Uncle Sun, his entourage was killed by the enemy, the other entourages lived in the lower room and couldn't rush to help for a while, and the Qi army was frightened by the mutation and stood by, and Mr. Uncle Sun could only deal with Sui He and Lu Jia who were chasing and killing him at the same time with red eyes.

But fortunately, Mr. Shusun is very experienced in this area - the reason will be said later, hurriedly turned back and saw that the situation was not right, Mr. Shusun did not dare to stop for half a step, but just used the strength to eat, and even rushed directly to the gate of the post house, and also struggled to tear off his robe during the escape, and quickly took it off and threw it away, so as not to bring wind to the robe with wide robe and large sleeves, affect his escape speed, and even trip himself.

That's not all, when he rushed to the gate of the post house, the gatekeeper who heard the sound came to check the situation, and Mr. Shusun not only passed through their gaps as sensitively as a rat mouse, but also turned around and pushed a Qi sergeant towards Lu Jia and Sui He, and shouted loudly again, "Killed!" Help me! ”

The Qi sergeant who pushed over blocked Sui He and Lu Jia, and Mr. Uncle Sun rushed to the street without hesitation, and also drilled into the crowded place, and even pushed and pulled at the first opportunity, using the unprepared passers-by to block the pursuers for himself, Sui He and Lu Jia Several times The tip of the sword has touched his body, and he has been extremely flexible to dodge, during which Sui He was also tripped by his own robe and gnawed mud, so angry that he scolded, "Old horseman!" Stand for Naion! ”

At this point, Mr. Uncle Sun will still stand, of course, it is stupid, and he is running desperately like flying, and Mr. Uncle Sun also saw that the courtyard door of a family on the side of the road was open, and there was no one in front of the door, so he rushed into the courtyard without saying a word, quickly closed the courtyard door with lightning speed, and before Sui He and Lu Jia smashed the door open, he locked the latch like flying, temporarily blocking Sui He and Lu Jia who were angry bullfighting.

Sui He and Lu Jia's angry scolding and the sound of banging on the door quickly startled the owner of the house, seeing the disheveled Mr. Uncle Sun against the courtyard door, of course the owner hurried over to question the situation, Mr. Uncle Sun while using his back to the hospital door, while arching his hand to the master, deliberately said loudly: "Sir, help!" Help, sir! In the next is chased by the murderer, desperate to escape here, please let the next into your house to hide for a while, wait for the officers and soldiers to come to take down the murderer, in the next must be a good reward Mr. ”

After saying this, Mr. Shusun took another breath to let himself have enough oxygen for his body to use, and then rushed to the backyard of this mansion with a puff of smoke, and deliberately shouted loudly: "This lady, I am rude in Xia, please let me go into the room and hide!" ”

Without Mr. Uncle Sun using his body to push up the door of the house, of course, the thin courtyard door was quickly knocked open by Sui He and Lu Jia, and after leading a few entourages to rush into the courtyard with swords, Sui He and the others, who heard Mr. Uncle Sun's shouting, of course, rushed directly into the house to search, and immediately scared the female children of this family into crying and shouting, but Sui He and the others didn't pay attention to it at all, just quickly searched every room and didn't even let go of the beams. In the end, after finding nothing, Lu Jia grabbed the hostess who was already paralyzed with fright, and shouted with red eyes: "What about that puppet? Where did he hide? ”

"The strong man spared his life, the strong man spared his life, he didn't come in, he ran directly from the backyard over the wall."

The hostess's crying answer made Sui He and Lu Jia dumbfounded, and even a little unable to believe this answer, but still rushed to the backyard with the hostess, and saw the traces left by Mr. Shusun after he was discharged from the hospital over the wall, Sui He and Lu Jia roared wildly, "Shameless old thief!" It's so cunning! At this time, you can still play such a trick! ”

No matter how much you roar, it's useless, when He and Lu Jia and the others rushed out of the house to find Mr. Uncle Sun, there was a vast sea of people, and the houses were falling, where could you still see Mr. Uncle Sun? However, Lu Jia and Sui He still refused to give up, in addition to continuing to search for Mr. Shusun's whereabouts, they also showed their identities to the Linzi official temple officers who rushed to hear the news, and forced the Linzi officers to help them search for Mr. Shusun's whereabouts.

Again, Qi Guo didn't dare to offend Xi Chu no matter what, so after knowing the identities of Lu Jia and the others, the Linzi messengers could only honestly help them search for Mr. Uncle Sun, but what made Lu Jia and the others angry was that even with the help of these Linzi snakes, they searched the surrounding area for a long time, but they still couldn't find the whereabouts of Mr. Uncle Sun, Lu Jia and Sui He were both surprised and strange, and they were so angry that they roared again and again, "Where did this old puppet go?" Is it flying? Or is it gone? ”

Of course, Mr. Uncle Sun did not fly to the sky or escape to the ground, at the same time in front of the palace of King Qi, a donkey cart carrying charcoal suddenly trotted over, after stopping nearby, the driver of the car turned around and said a word to the charcoal pile, the charcoal pile suddenly opened, Mr. Uncle Sun, whose whole body was blackened by charcoal ash, jumped off the donkey cart and rushed directly to the gate of the palace of King Qi, the coachman was furious and hurriedly shouted: "Sir, you promised my money, promised my money!" ”

Of course, Mr. Shusun, who had already taken off his robe, ignored the coachman, but rushed directly to the gate of the palace of the king of Qi, and said with a gesture to the guards of the palace of Qi who came to stop him: "Please ask the general to give the king of your country, just say that the envoy of the Han State Shusun Tong was chased and killed by Lu Jia and Sui He, the envoys of Western Chu, and he came to ask for help. ”

"You are an envoy from the Han Kingdom?" The Qi Palace Guard asked in surprise as he glared at Mr. Shusun, who was covered in charcoal ashes.

"Absolutely." Mr. Shusun hurriedly replied, and said: "Please take it down now, and if it turns out that you are lying, please use the sword in your waist to cut off the head of the next item!" ”

Extremely surprised, he looked Mr. Shusun up and down, and saw that Mr. Shusun's expression was solemn and did not seem to be fake, so the guard of the Qi Palace nodded and ordered Mr. Shusun to go with him, Mr. Shusun hurriedly thanked him, and asked the guard to wait a little, and then turned back to the coachman who had not dared to chase closer, and said to him: "Zhuangman, thank you for saving your life, you can rest assured, I promised you a hundred gold, and I will definitely not miss you in the future." Please go to the post house on East Street now, and ask our Han envoys for money, just say that the old man and uncle Sun Tong asked them to give it, and they will definitely give you a hundred gold immediately. ”

"Really? Don't lie to me again? The coachman asked, incredulously.

"Strong man, if you don't want the hundred gold that the old man promised you, you can also go." Mr. Shusun immediately said: "Also, after you get the gold, please be sure to tell us the whereabouts of the Han envoys, so that they can come here to see me immediately with the old man's clothes, letters, and ribbons." ”

Coveted the 100 gold promised by Mr. Uncle Sun, the coachman still drove to the post house where Mr. Uncle Sun stayed suspiciously, and Mr. Uncle Sun looked at the direction he had fled, and said with a cruel smile on his face: "Just a few of you rats, you also want to kill the old man?" You don't inquire, when the old man escaped from Xianyang and fled back to Xue Di for thousands of miles, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao sent so many people to hunt down and kill the old man, but they hurt the old man half a hair? ! ”

With an extremely smug smile, Mr. Shusun turned around decisively and strode towards the gate of King Qi's palace, his expression became extremely solemn and solemn, and he said word by word in his heart: "Lu Jia Pifu, follow He Pifu, since you are so kind and will take revenge, don't blame the old man for being ruthless!" This time, if the old man doesn't persuade Tian Fake Pifu to cook you to death with Ding, the old man will follow your surname Lu! ”