Not only Kuaiche and Old Man Fan saw that Xiang Yu was not completely relieved of their suspicions, but Master Xiang Boxiang, who was born to be Old Man Fan's rival, also saw it.

So when he was alone with Xiang Yu that evening, Master Xiang not only calmly admitted that he had indeed secretly sent someone to keep an eye on Old Man Fan, but also said to Xiang Yu: "King, don't blame your subordinates for instigating, for Ya Father, you'd better be a little more guarded, you give him too much power, he knows that our internal situation is too much, once he falls with the wind, seeing that the situation is not good, what kind of dissent is really born, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable." ”

"Uncle Ji, don't speculate, Yafu is not that kind of person." Xiang Yu scolded: "Didn't you see it today? As soon as the traitor Xiang Kang tried to rebel against him, he immediately handed it to me with a letter to prove his loyalty to the king. ”

"The king, it's not that your subordinates spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and the father is doing this today, maybe there is another reason." Master Xiang sneered and said: "Father Ya also has many eyes and ears in our army, and when His Majesty received the news that he went to his camp to check the situation, he may not have been able to know in advance, so he was forced to act such a play to clear his name." Otherwise, there was such a coincidence in the world that his subordinates had just arrived at the door of his tent, and he hastened to ask his guards to escort out the messenger of Xiang Kang's traitor. ”

Xiang Yu was a little shaken by Xiang Bo's instigation, and couldn't help but be silent for a while, Master Xiang Boxiang took the opportunity to say again: "Also, it's not the first time that Yafu has been a wallhead, back then, you followed your second uncle to Huaisi to the north to meet with Xiang Kang's traitor's army, and when Xiang Kang's traitor's subordinate Yafu just met, he immediately completely fell to my brother and you, and now the Han thief has completely surpassed us in terms of overall strength, Xiang Kang's traitor's counterattack is imminent, who dares to guarantee that Yafu will not change the court for the second time, Born with the idea of returning to Xiang Kang's traitorous account? ”

Xiang Yu was even more silent, while Master Xiang was gushing, and said: "There is also the matter of Pengcheng Liu Bang mentioned by Xiang Kang's traitor in the letter today, Father Ya insisted that it was Xiang Kang's traitor who made a mistake, but who can prove that Xiang Kang's traitor made such a big effort, just to make a fool of himself?" And who can prove that there is no Pengcheng thing? In addition, if Xiang Kang really intends to negotiate peace, he should definitely ask me, Uncle Ji, to mediate, why did he ask Yafu to go to his camp ...... by name? ”

"Say no more." Xiang Yu interrupted Uncle Xiang very angrily, and said with a calm face: "This matter is over, don't mention it again in the future, I will have my own opinions." ”

Seeing that Xiang Yu's mood was very bad, even Master Xiang Boxiang didn't dare to disobey his request, so he could only keep his mouth shut obediently, but Xiang Yu did not ask Master Xiang Boxiang to give up his surveillance of Old Man Fan, and of course Master Xiang did not take the initiative to mention this matter.

Of course, Xiang Yu had no way to really forget about this matter, only two nights later, Xiang Zhuang sent someone to send a message, saying that the messenger they sent to plot against Uncle Zhou had been beaten out of the Han army camp by Uncle Zhou with a stick, and Xiang Zhuang's letter to Uncle Zhou was also torn to pieces by Uncle Zhou in front of him, and then Uncle Zhou also decisively marched into Boyang, Xiang Zhuang and Tian Da and others knew that Boyang was difficult to protect, so they had to take the initiative to abandon the city and go south according to the original plan, and were forced to retreat and transfer to the hinterland of Xue County.

Knowing this situation, Xiang Yu was of course disappointed, but Xiang Yu was not completely dead, and felt that the secret envoy he had sent to contact Uncle Zhou before, as long as he could successfully tell Uncle Zhou the news that Xiang Kang was ready to let Zhu Jishi replace Uncle Zhou at any time, Uncle Zhou, who was guarded against suspicion, was worried that his power position would be threatened, and he might not accept the throne of King Qi that Xiang Yu personally canonized to him.

Of course, Old Man Fan and Kui Che understood that this dream had already been shattered, and Kui Che was better, but he just euphemistically suggested that Xiang Yu prepare for both hands earlier, but Old Man Fan was extremely direct, and clearly pointed out that Xiang Kang had already seen through the discord of the Western Chu Army, and the so-called secret edict to Zhu Jishi was just an act for Xiang You to see, even if it was written in front of Xiang You, it was definitely not really sent to Zhu Jishi, and sending someone to tell Uncle Zhou was just a humiliation, and strongly persuaded Xiang Yu to withdraw his troops to Pengcheng as soon as possible to regroup, Don't give the Han Army's Zhou Shu Corps a chance to encircle the last main force of the Western Chu Army from the road of Wuyan in Zhangxian County.

The field is invincible, don't be too afraid that Xiang Kang will personally lead the army to pursue, Xiang Yu at this time led the army to withdraw to Pengcheng, of course, he has a great certainty, but directly leading the army to withdraw to Pengcheng is equivalent to directly giving up most of the East County and Xue County, Chen County, Dang County, a large area of land and cities, Xiang Yu is of course very painful, and he is not sure to make up his mind.

Xiang Yu was reluctant, but Master Xiang Boxiang was clear-minded, thinking that Old Man Fan's conclusion was too arbitrary, and felt that there was no evidence to prove that the Western Chu Army's discordant plan had failed, so he suggested that he might as well wait patiently for a few more days, and because of this, he had another dispute with Old Man Fan, and no one could convince anyone.

In the end, Xiang Yu, who was undecided, could only make a decision to let himself think about it for a little time, and the old man Fan persuaded him to no avail, so he had to let Xiang Yu use his muscular brain to consider, and Master Xiang Boxiang did not dare to disobey his overlord nephew, who also honestly sang his promise, and parted ways with the old man Fan as soon as he came out of the big tent, and swaggered back to his tent to rest.

To Master Xiang's surprise, when it was close to evening, Xiang Yu actually sent a guard to give an order, asking him and his baby son Xiang You to go to the tent to meet Xiang Yu immediately.

Seeing Master Xiang's father and son coming in, Xiang Yu was not polite, first waved his hand to stop Master Xiang's father and son from saluting, and then said straight to the point: "Uncle Ji, this king carefully considered what you said in the morning, and felt that Father's conclusion was a bit arbitrary, and there is indeed no evidence that our plan has completely failed, and we may not have regained hope of regaining a turnaround on the battlefield on the northern front." ”

"The king sees it clearly." Master Xiang hurriedly echoed: "We just need to wait patiently for a while, wait for our secret envoy to tell the news to Uncle Zhou, and when Uncle Zhou finds out about Xiang Kang's traitor's secret edict to Zhu Jishi, we must still have hope of reversing the situation in the world." ”

Xiang Yu nodded, and said: "But Yafu's reminder, we can't ignore it, if we are delayed in the Puyang battlefield for a long time, Uncle Zhou Pifu took the opportunity to lead the Han thieves on the northern line to reinforce Xiang Kang's traitors on the road of Wuyan in Zhangxian County, and the Han thieves on the northern line and the middle road joined forces, and we could completely drown us just by relying on the advantage of troops, and we must also prepare for this in advance." ”

"What are you going to do, my lord?" Master Xiang asked curiously.

"I want Brother Xiang You to go to the Han thief camp again." Xiang Yu pointed to Xiang You next to Master Xiang and said: "Under the pretext of explaining to Xiang Kang's traitor, it was Ya Father and they opposed the peace talks, so you failed to persuade me to discuss with him what to do in the future, and by the way, test the truth of Xiang Kang's traitor, see what his reaction is, and then I can act at the opportunity." ”

Before Xiang Yu's words were finished, Xiang You's face had already changed a little, Master Xiang loved this son very much, and hurriedly said: "King, it's okay to try, but there's no need to let You'er go in person, right?" For such a trivial matter, just send an ordinary messenger. ”

"I have to go to Brother Xiangyou." Xiang Yu immediately said: "I can't trust others, only if Xiang You's brother goes, I don't have to worry about being tricked by Xiang Kang's traitors, let alone worrying that the messenger was bought by Xiang Kang's traitors and betrayed me." ”

Master Xiang was helpless, so he could only turn his gaze to his precious son, Xiang You was crying with a sad expression, saying that he was unwilling to accept Xiang Yu's too much trust in him, Xiang Yu finally saw his thoughts, and snorted coldly: "What? Brother, this king asked you to take such a little risk, you don't have the guts? ”

"King, this time is different from the last time." Master Xiang said cautiously: "This time Xiang Kang's traitor may have seen through our divisive plan, Xiang You went to meet him again, if he ......." ”

"Uncle Ji, you just said that Xiang Kang's traitor couldn't have seen through our discordant plan, why did he change his mind right now?" Xiang Yu asked angrily.

Seeing that Xiang Yu was already angry, Master Xiang had no choice but to turn to his precious son and whisper: "You'er, if you can't do it, just run away, don't worry too much, it's okay for your brother Xiang You to be caught by that traitor, it's all about the Xiang family's affection, even if he sees through it, he will definitely not give you anything." ”

Thinking of Xiang Kang's past when he released Xiang Han, as well as remembering the heavy reward Xiang Kang gave him last time, knowing that as long as Xiang Kang has not seen through his deception, he will definitely not treat himself badly, Xiang You finally nodded reluctantly, and said to Xiang Yu: "Don't worry, the little brother will go immediately." ”

Xiang Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly discussed with Xiang Bo and his son the excuse for Xiang You to contact Xiang Kang again, as well as the way to test the reality of the Han army, and then asked Xiang You to go back to the tent and change into civilian clothes, and hurriedly went to the Han army camp to test Xiang Kang under the cover of the gradually approaching night. And this time, because Xiang Yu was too lazy to discuss with Old Man Fan and the others, Old Man Fan, Kui Che and the others didn't know about this situation......

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With the secret escort of Xiang Yu's guards, Xiang You of course left the defense area of the Western Chu Army very smoothly, and came to the vicinity of the Han army camp after it was dark, and was soon stopped by the Han army sentry team patrolling to interrogate his identity, and when Xiang You explained his identity and intention, the Han soldiers also did not dare to slack off, and quickly took him to the camp for temporary detention, and at the same time sent someone to hurry to the Chinese army camp to report the situation to Xiang Kang, who was preparing to rest.

Needless to say, hearing this, Xiang Kang was of course immediately overjoyed, and blurted out: "Okay, God help me!" Now you can save a lot of things! Quick, immediately prepare a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army, and send someone to invite Long Ji, Zhong Liwu, Ding Ji and Zheng Bu to the big tent of the Chinese army to drink with me. In addition, Xu Ji, you hurry up and arrange manpower ....... ”

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Because Xiang Kang needed some time to prepare, Master Xiang's precious son Xiang You of course waited for a while, and then he was led into the Chinese army camp by the guards sent by Xiang Kang and brought to Xiang Kang's Chinese army tent. As a result, to Xiang You's surprise, Long He and Zhong Liwu, who had fought side by side with him on the Huaisi battlefield, and other young marshals and old men were all in the big tent of the Chinese army at the moment, and they were still drinking and laughing with Xiang Kang.

Not to mention, although he was extremely disgusted and jealous of Long Ji, Zheng Bu and others who had been reused by Xiang Kang, because they hadn't seen each other for several years, after entering the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiang You was still very surprised and rushed to say: "General Long, General Zhongli, why are you all here?" It's been a few years, how are you doing? ”

"Thanks to the general, it's not bad." Ding Ji, who used to have a very bad relationship with Xiang You, spoke first, and said with a malicious smile: "What? General Xiang You, have you come to deceive again? ”

"Surrender?!"

Xiang You was dumbfounded, and the generals next to him, Zhong Liwu and Zheng Bu and other generals also burst into laughter, Xiang Kang also laughed out loud, and complained to Ding Ji: "General Ding, what are you anxious about?" Wouldn't it be better for us to tease my brother and then say that? ”

Hearing Xiang Kang's words, Xiang You's face was of course even more pale as paper, Zheng Bu and Long Ji and others laughed even more, echoing Xiang Kang's complaints that Ding Ji had solved the mystery too early and missed the rare opportunity to play Xiang You. I'll punish myself with a cup, and after a while, the king will order to cut people, and I'll do it myself, it's all right? ”

After that, Ding Ji really drank all the wine in the cup, and then put down the wine glass heavily, staring at Xiang You with a cruel smile on his face, Xiang You was flustered in his heart, and in extreme fear, he simply forgot what place this was, and ran out as soon as he turned around, and then needless to say, of course, the Xiang Kang guard behind him stopped him immediately, and directly knocked him to the ground. As a result, seeing Xiang You's embarrassed and fallen appearance, of course, the generals such as Long Ji and Ding Ji laughed out loud.

"Brother, little brother really admires your courage." Xiang Kang opened his mouth with a smile, and said with a cruel smile: "Last time, I fell for you, I almost wronged Uncle Zhou, and let you deceive the priceless Qingong Pearl from me, I didn't expect you to have the courage to take the initiative to come to the door to send you to death this time, let's say, how are you going to lie to me this time?" ”

Seeing that the matter had been revealed, and he was under siege and absolutely unable to escape, poor General Xiang You had no choice but to quickly half-get up, and for the second time in his life, he knelt down on Xiang Kang's knees, crying and kowtowing desperately and begging: "The king spares his life!" The king spares his life! I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore! Please, for the sake of us being brothers of the Xiang family, spare my dog's life! ”

Seeing Xiang You kneeling in front of him crying and begging for mercy again, and thinking of what Xiang Bo's father and son had done over the years, the anger in Xiang Kang's heart was difficult to contain, and he simply said coldly: "Brother, how many times do you want me to spare you?" I already spared you once last time, but then did you know to repent? How many things have you done to be sorry for me over the years, and have you ever fulfilled the words you swore when you kowtowed in front of me and begged for mercy, do you want me to spare you a second time? ”

Xiang Youli didn't dare to refute, so he could only continue to cry and kowtow desperately to beg for mercy, but Zhong Liwu and Long Ji and the others next to him heard that something was wrong, and they all turned their puzzled eyes to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang understood their thoughts, and said: "Generals, I didn't want to publicize the ugliness of our Xiang family, but today, in order not to let you think that I am mean, I refuse to give my cousin of the same sect a chance to live, and in order to let you give this king a testimony in the future, in front of the scum of our Xiang family, I'll tell you something from a few years ago. ”

Then, after taking a big sip of wine, Xiang Kang told Long You and Zhong Liwu and others about Xiang You's collusion with Shan Youwei to assassinate him in the future for the sake of a woman, and then told him about the story of Xiang You's betrayal of his siblings, as well as Xiang You's ugly state of kowtowing and begging for mercy in front of himself and Feng Zhong. During this period, although Chen Ping and Zhang Liang, who were most trusted by Xiang Kang, also came one after another, they all stood aside and did not speak, allowing Xiang Kang to state the past that had been dusty for many years.

"At that time, the reason why I spared him was because I knew that if I shook this matter out, the two uncles who raised me with their own hands would definitely not be able to accept it, and I didn't know what it would be like to be sad, so I gave him a chance. But I didn't expect that my brother would not know the slightest repentance, continue to lead soldiers and kill me, and now he will come to lie to ......me again. ”

Xiang Kang's angry accusations have not yet been finished, Ding Ji and Zheng Bu and other generals present are already full of anger, and they all roared like thunder, Ding Ji was so angry that he grabbed the wine glass in front of him and smashed it on Xiang You's face, roaring wildly: "Piff! Are you worthy of being a human being too? For the sake of a woman, even siblings want to be harmed?! ”

What Xiang Kang said was originally the truth, and his life was in Xiang Kang's hands, of course Xiang You didn't dare to deny it, so he could only kowtow desperately and cry, shouting in despair: "Brother, I admit all these things you said!" Admit it all! I'm damned! I deserve death! But after all, I am your brother, and for the sake of us being born to a great father (great-grandfather), give me another chance, and you can do whatever you tell me to do! You can tell me to do anything! ”

"Do you think I'll trust you again?" Xiang Kang snorted coldly, turned to Zhang Liang next to him and said, "Mr. Zifang, you and my brother's father are close friends, do you think I have done my best to him?" Now that I'm killing him, is it still fratricidal? ”

Zhang Liang's face was full of hesitation, hesitating and not daring to speak, Xiang You was as if he had seen a savior, and quickly turned to Zhang Liang and kowtowed and begged: "Uncle! Uncle Zhang! You save me, save my little nephew! Little nephew, I deserve to die, but my father and you are closer brothers than brothers! Please save me, save me! ”

Zhang Liang's expression was even more hesitant, but he still didn't dare to open his mouth to intercede for Xiang You, and Xiang Kang said coldly: "Brother, for the sake of us all being a tall father, I will leave you a whole corpse." Someone, drag this puppet out, and hang him with white silk. ”

The guards in the tent sang a promise, Xiang You was in a state of despair, and the sound of screaming and begging for mercy was comparable to killing a pig, Zhang Liang gritted his teeth, and quickly drank the guards who were already dragging his hands, and then knelt down to Xiang Kang, and arched his hand and said: "King, General Xiang You really deserves death, but after all, he is your cousin, please read it for the sake of this point, and also for the sake of Weichen's thin face, spare him again." ”

"Mr. Zifang, you don't need to say more." Xiang Kang said with a dark face: "I have already given him a chance, but not only does he not know how to cherish it, but this time he even wants to separate the relationship between the king and General Zhou, if I spare him again, how will I explain to General Zhou in the future?" ”

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, if General Zhou is here at the moment, he will also beg you to spare General Xiang You again." Zhang Liang said: "Because General Zhou knows that you and Xiang You are brothers, and he also knows that in order to let your brothers know their way back, you have built the Tongzong Palace in Xianyang and rebuilt a Shiling Pavilion that is exactly the same as your hometown, so he will definitely not be willing to delay the big event that you are ready to reconcile with your brothers in the same clan for his sake." ”

Xiang Kang finally closed his mouth, and Zhang Liang said again: "Also, the king, your subordinates can be sure that this fraudulent surrender is definitely not Xiang Youxian's nephew's original intention, he is also acting on orders, which can barely be regarded as excusable, and we have confirmed that the incident of General Zhou Shu is fake, the defeat of the Western Chu thief army has been decided, even if Xiang You still wants to be ungrateful and take revenge, there is no chance again." You should think that God has the virtue of a good life, and spare him again. ”

Xiang Kang twisted his face away, Xiang You saw that Xiang Kang had been shaken, he was busy and desperately crying and begging for mercy, swearing that he would never dare to go against Xiang Kang again, and immediately returned to Pengcheng's hometown to serve the two uncles and aunts, and no longer stayed in the army to fight with the Han army, and suddenly remembered the two uncles who were very respected by Xiang Kang, and hurriedly cried and said: "Brother, you don't look at other people's faces, the faces of the two uncles, you should always look at them, right?" I beg you, for the sake of my mother and my second uncle's mother who raised you, spare me this time. Otherwise, if they knew that I died at your hands, they would not know what they would cry for——! ”

Thinking of the two uncles and aunts who raised him with his own hands, Xiang Kang's face was inevitably even more pale, Zhang Liang continued to plead, and also mentioned the past that Xiang You had also given Xiang Kang some credit when he was in the young marshal army, Xiang Kang couldn't bear it, so he waved his hand reluctantly, signaling the guards to let Xiang You go. Xiang You was of course overjoyed after being let go, and quickly kowtowed to Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang again and again to thank him.

"Don't get too excited just yet." Xiang Kang said coldly: "Tell you clearly, this is the last time I will spare you, and there will definitely be no next time!" ”

After speaking, Xiang Kang turned to Long He and Zhong Liwu and the others and said: "Several generals, tell the whole army the soldiers of this king's order clearly, if you meet this puppet on the battlefield again in the future, and his father Xiang Bo, you don't need to give this king any face, slaughter it first, don't take it prisoner!" ”

Long Ji and Zheng Bu and other four generals of the Han army immediately clasped their fists and sang a promise, while Xiang Kang turned to Xiang You, who had already cried with snot and tears on his face, and said coldly: "Go back and tell your father that this king has decided to take back the title of Marquis of Heyong given to him, and also withdraw all the rewards and forgiveness given to him!" Doesn't he like to help Brother Xiang Yu and me do it right? Then he will give our brother Xiang Yu a burial! Get lost! Drag this puppet out of the camp and throw him out of the camp to get the hell out of here! This king never wants to see this puppet again! ”

The guard in the tent sang a promise, immediately dragged Xiang You away, and dragged directly to the gate of the Han army's camp, but by chance, when the guard dragged Xiang You to the door of the Chinese army's camp, a Han army herald suddenly ran quickly to the door of the Chinese army's camp, and said to the Han army camp gate officer guarding the gate of the Chinese army's camp: "Please report to the king immediately, the messenger of Yafu is here, and he wants to meet our king immediately." ”

"Whose messenger?" The camp officer apparently did not hear clearly.

"General Hui Yu is the messenger of the father, and he said that he brought the letter written by the father to the king again." The herald answered very clearly this time.