The Battle of Yexian County, the happy annihilation of the Yexian defenders of the Han Army, as well as the main force of the Han Army, beheaded the veteran general Ren Kai of the Young Marshal Army, and captured alive Han Cheng, the king of Han who is currently only recognized by the Han Army, The reason why the Three Kings Coalition Army composed of Liu Laosan, Yingbu and Chai Wu fought so beautifully is of course because the combat effectiveness of the Three Kings Coalition Army is really strong, but the biggest behind-the-scenes hero behind it is Han Xin, the general of the Liu Army who has just joined Liu Laosan's team.

After the soldiers came to the city of Yexian, Han Xin judged that the Han army and the Han army were ready to hold on to the plan to wait for reinforcements through on-the-spot exploration and collected Han army intelligence, so he suggested that Liu Laosan dispatch the main force of Liu Jun in the afternoon to attack the Korean army camp located outside the city, first take advantage of the opportunity of sufficient light to level the outer fortifications of the Korean army camp, and then really exert force when it was dark, and make all efforts to storm the Korean army camp, and let Yingbu and Chai Wu two armies deliberately hold their troops still, pretending to be unwilling to help Liu Laosan seize the fiefdom city, but in fact, they were recuperating. Secretly prepare all kinds of siege weapons and prepare to launch a sudden sneak attack on Ye County.

After Liu Laosan followed the plan, the main force of Liu's army, which had a huge advantage in troops, really successfully leveled the outer fortifications of the Korean army's camp during the day, opened the road to directly enter the Korean army's camp, and suddenly exerted force at night according to the plan, and attacked the Korean army's camp with all his might, Han Cheng and Han Xin and others could not resist it, and were forced to abandon the camp and retreat south. And because Yingbu and Chai Wu had been standing still before, the soldiers of the Han army led by Ren Kai were really fooled, believing that the danger had passed, and it was impossible for the enemy to launch an attack this night.

Then, in the middle of the night, when the long-standing Yingbu and Chaiwu coalition forces suddenly launched a sneak attack on Yexian, the Han army was immediately killed by a surprise, and the more experienced and more combat-effective Yingchai coalition army rushed to the city in one fell swoop, seizing a large area of the city's head position, even if Ren Kai personally led the army to launch a counterattack, it failed to expel the enemy from the city, and the Yingchai coalition army took the opportunity to rush to the city in an inexhaustible stream, completely occupied the north gate position of Ye County, covered the rear army to break open the city gate, and opened the road directly into the city.

At the critical moment, the veteran of the young marshal army Ren Kai also made a wrong choice, in the case of the disparity in strength, Ren Kai not only did not decisively lead the army to break through the siege and flee south, but also personally led the army to start a street battle with the enemy, as a result, he was unfortunately killed by the British soldiers in the street battle, and the leaderless Han soldiers had no power to fight back, some of the soldiers were killed, the other part was forced to lay down their arms and surrender, and some of them fled south and were blocked and slashed by Liu Laosan's army, and the three thousand defenders were all wiped out. Unfortunately, he became the first Xiang Kang army to be completely annihilated by the enemy since the lower prime minister's army.

Liu Laosan's luck on the battlefield has always been good, although the all-out pursuit of the Han army was to paralyze the Yexian defenders, but what Liu Laosan didn't expect was that his soldiers actually captured Han Cheng alive in the pursuit, so that the Three Kings Alliance won a comprehensive victory in the Battle of Yexian. Then, as Chen Ping analyzed, in the case that there was no need to execute Han Cheng at all, in order to show his generosity, and also to let Han Cheng go back to block Xiang Kang, Liu Laosan waved his hand, and Leng sent someone to send Han Cheng to Yangcheng and returned it to the remnants of the Han army who fled to Yangcheng.

Liu Laosan's hand did play a big role, seeing that the strength of the defenders was only second to Wancheng's Ye County, which was easily taken by the Three Kings Alliance, and seeing that Liu Laosan was so strong that even an important prisoner like Han Cheng could be released unconditionally, plus the remnants of the Han army fled south to Wancheng first, and the outnumbered Yangcheng defenders did not make any resistance at all, and the Three Kings Coalition Army had just arrived in the suburbs, and the Yangcheng defenders took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender, so that Liu Laosan, who was about to become the master, took an intact Nanyang county town.

Then, after finding out that the Han army's reinforcements Zhong Liwu had arrived in Wancheng first, Liu Laosan adopted Han Xin's suggestion and deliberately did not rush into Wancheng, and chose to persuade Yingbu and Chai Wu to attack Lixian directly north of Wancheng first, so as to lure Zhong Liwu to go north to rescue Lixian and annihilate Zhongli Wu's department in the field - even if it didn't work, it could shake and hit the morale of the Han army, so that the other defenders of Nanyang County could see clearly what kind of virtue Xiang Kang's so-called reinforcements were.

The disparity in strength was too great, Zhong Liwu and the Han army's Nanyang County Shou Lu Qi were forced to choose to let the defenders of Li County take the initiative to abandon the city and flee south, and also distributed all the grain stored in the city to the people of Li County before fleeing, and barely partially completed the task assigned by Xiang Kang. And after Liu Laosan found out about this situation, he was immediately alert, and said in surprise: "It's just that Lixian is good to say, if other cities in Nanyang do this, then Lao Tzu will be in big trouble, if you don't snatch the grain back, there is no military food available, and the grain grabbing loses the hearts of the people, how can you gain a foothold in Nanyang?" ”

"King, we should send troops to Wancheng as soon as possible." Cao Shen suggested: "Take Wancheng as soon as possible, so that the Xiang Kang thief army in Nanyang will be leaderless and lose its unified command, so that other cities in Nanyang will not dare to do this." ”

"You can't enter Wancheng, that will only play into Xiang Kang's hands." Han Xin objected and said: "Wancheng is the county of Nanyang, the city is high and deep, it is extremely difficult to attack, and now there is the army of the thief army general Zhong Liwu to help defend it, it is difficult for us to take it quickly, once it is dragged into a war of attrition by Xiang Kang's thief army, Xiang Kang's thief army in the south of Nanyang can take the opportunity to implement scorched earth tactics, calmly transfer troops and grain and grass, leaving countless empty cities for us to clean up the mess, and finally even if we successfully take the whole county of Nanyang, we can only get an empty Nanyang." ”

"And what do you think should be done?" Cao Shen asked unconvinced.

"Please ask the king to come forward in person and persuade one of Yingbu and Chai Wu's armies to be in charge of monitoring the Wancheng bandit army." Han Xin replied: "The main force of our army and another army took the opportunity to enter Xixian and Danshui, first cut off the connection between the hinterland of Nanyang and Guanzhong, and formed a situation of closing the gate and fighting dogs, and then calmly seized other cities in the south of Nanyang, and finally marched into Wancheng to annihilate the thief army of Lu Qi and Zhong Lifu, so that Xiang Kang's scorched earth tactics could be smashed, so that the defenders of other cities in Nanyang would not dare to cut off their own retreat." ”

Liu Laosan was indeed a military and political genius, and felt that Han Xin's suggestion was more beneficial to his entry into Nanyang, so he adopted his suggestion on the spot, and immediately sent people to invite Yingbu and Chai Wu to persuade them to follow the plan and help him prevent Xiang Kang from implementing scorched earth tactics.

It's a pity that Yingbu and Chai Wu for their own interests, this time they refused to say anything from Liu Laosan's mercy, among which Chai Wu was better, and the troops in Hanzhong Bashu must rely on Liu Laosan's money and food support, and they didn't oppose it too much, Yingbu, who was anxious to go south to seize his fiefdom, refused to agree to anything, insisting that it was too much waste of time to do so, and there was a danger of being broken by the Han army, insisting on entering Wancheng directly, taking Wancheng as soon as possible and opening the way to the south, so that he could free up his hands to seize Nanjun, Changsha and Qianzhong. was persuaded by Liu Laosan in a hurry, and Yingbu simply threatened that if Liu Laosan didn't listen to him, he would take the army to bypass Wancheng and go south directly to his fiefdom, and let Liu Laosan deal with Lu Qi and Zhong Liwu by himself.

Knowing that Yingbu just wanted to take his fiefdom as soon as possible, and was unwilling to consider Liu Jun's strategic interests, Liu Laosan was furious in his heart, but now he had to ask Yingbu and Chai Wu for help, and he didn't dare to attack in person, so he was forced to have no choice but to ideally agree to directly enter Wancheng, first kill the main force of the Han army in Nanyang as soon as possible, and then seize the whole county of Nanyang. Han Xin was also helpless, so he had to try his best to help Liu Laosan quickly take Wancheng.

It was still when the soldiers of the Three Kings Alliance approached the city of Wancheng, Liu Laosan regretted that he did not insist on continuing to persuade Yingbu to adopt Han Xin's proposition, because the Han soldiers led by Lu Qi and Zhong Liwu had already built Wancheng like an iron bucket, and the garrison was in the Han army Zhong Liwu outside the west gate of Wancheng.

For such a situation, Liu Laosan is of course worried, extremely worried that the Three Kings Coalition Army will be consumed by the Wancheng defenders to run out of food and retreat, and Chai Wu, who must use the strength of Liu Jun to enter Hanzhong Bashu, is also somewhat apprehensive, Yingbu does not care at all, and even some wish that the Three Kings Coalition Army would take the initiative to give up attacking Nanyang, so that they could go south as soon as possible to seize the fiefdom.

At this time, an accident suddenly appeared, and the three kings alliance had just set up their own camps, and Wancheng sent a team to beat gongs and drums, surrounded by a gorgeous carriage, and came straight to Yingbu's camp, and openly claimed that they were here to deliver the letter of Han military to Yingbu, the king of Linjiang. Liu Laosan and Chai Wu did not dare to slack off when they heard the news, and hurried to the Yingbu camp together to learn about the contact between the Han army and Yingbu in person.

The content of Xiang Kang's letter must not need to be elaborated, in short, it is desperately trying to win over Yingbu, who has almost no direct conflict with the interests of the Han army, Xiang Kang also shamelessly asked Yingbu's relatives for himself, and promised to marry one of his daughters to Yingbu's son in the future to establish an in-law relationship. As a result, there was no need for Liu Laosan and Chai Wu to speak, Yingbu immediately understood what Xiang Kang meant, and said with a smile: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er has a good idea, just with a fluttering so-called national letter, he actually wants to separate the relationship between this king and the king of Hanzhong and Nanyang, and the means are really as despicable and shameless as ever, which makes people sick." ”

The envoy of the Han army who came to contact Yingbu was a disciple of Mr. Shusun, and he had already followed Mr. Shusun to learn that his face was thicker than the city wall, and he was not angry after listening to Yingbu's cynicism, but replied with a polite smile: "Don't misunderstand, our Han King sent a small envoy to present the letter of state, which is definitely just a piece of good intentions, and please read it on the sake of you and our Han King who once fought side by side, and also for the sake of your country and the thousands of people of our Han Kingdom, and establish a friendly relationship with our country that is not easy to come, and never stop the sword soldiers, and forever become a country of brothers." ”

"Less of this!" Yingbu said very rudely: "This king has received the great favor of King Xiang, and he has not reported it so far, how can he establish an in-law relationship with an anti-national minister like Xiang Kang?" Get out of here, go back and tell Xiang Kang Xiao'er that when King Xiang enters the Guanzhong, this king will personally lead the army north to reinforce and help King Xiang crusade against him, a despicable and treacherous shameless villain, and tell him to wash his neck and wait for me to die! ”

"Since the king refuses, the little envoy will definitely report the king's original words to my king." The envoy of the Han army replied very politely, and said: "In addition, our Han King also said that if you refuse to agree now, it has nothing to do with the king, if you figure it out that day, the king, just send someone to Xianyang to contact our Han king at any time, and our Han king will definitely meet you and renew your friendship with the king." ”

Yingbu sneered and didn't answer, just urged the Han army envoy to leave quickly, and then took the initiative to say to Liu Laosan and Chai Wu: "King Nanyang, King Hanzhong, don't worry, no matter how Xiang Kang Xiao'er tries to win over and buy, this king will definitely not fall for him!" I will only work together with you to defeat the Xiang Kang Thief Army! ”

"The king of Linjiang is righteous, and the little king admires." Liu Laosan nodded with a smile, his face was full of absolute trust in Yingbu, but he scolded in his heart, "You don't give Lao Tzu this set!" If you really want to share the sky with Xiang Kang Xiao'er, why don't you put his envoy out and boil it to death with Ding?! Deliberately just drove away Xiang Kang's messenger, leaving room for relaxation in the future, playing this set of Lao Tzu is your ancestor! ”

"Brother Ying doesn't have to explain, I don't know who you are?" Chai Wu also laughed, but sighed in his heart: "Yingbu, this puppet, is unreliable, if he is co-opted by Xiang Kang Xiao'er, Lao Tzu wants to enter Hanzhong from Ye County and Fangling, there must be no hope." ”

It is no wonder that Chai Wu will be targeted by Xiang Kang and Chen Ping's shameless villains thousands of miles away, he is indeed a seamed egg, Yingbu, Liu Laosan and his fiefdom, his fief is the most remote, and it is the most difficult to really get in his hands - Hanzhong and Bashu were originally the rear of Guanzhong, Xiang Kang will never tolerate anyone to get involved, the road is extremely steep and difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack, just with the strength of Chai Wu's army, there is almost no hope to be able to take down Hanzhong Bashu, which Xiang Kang will definitely guard with heavy troops.

It is precisely because of this that Chai Wu not only has to rely on the help of Yingbu and Liu Laosan to hope to get Hanzhong Bashu, but also has to prevent Yingbu or Liu Laosan from suddenly turning against each other and seeing that Li Wuyi is on Xiang Kang's side, so after seeing Xiang Kang desperately trying to win over Yingbu, Chai Wu's heart is actually more worried than the cunning Liu Laosan, and he is also more worried that he will be used by Yingbu as a bargaining chip to reach a despicable deal with Xiang Kang.

After returning to his camp worriedly, Chai Wu couldn't help but drink the stuffy wine, and once again quietly cursed in his heart Xiang Yu, who rewarded and punished unfairly, that he would give the remote and difficult Hanzhong Bashu to his meritorious self, and Nanyang to Liu Laosan, who was a clown jumping off the beam-Nanyang, which had no danger to defend, was much easier to fight than Hanzhong Bashu, and was not greatly damaged by the war, and it was no less than the land of Hanzhong Bashu located in the poor mountains and bad waters.

Of course, Chai Wu also knew that he was not without a chance, as long as Liu Laosan and Yingbu could fully support him to enter Hanzhong Bashu, and when Xiang Yu's injury healed and entered the army, it was also very promising for him to win Hanzhong Bashu. But Chai Wu had to worry about whether Liu Laosan and Yingbu could tolerate the self-army eating and drinking for nothing on their territory for a long time until the day Xiang Yu entered the Guanzhong? And will Xiang Yu give up entering the army in the future because of other accidents? - After all, Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang are cousins of the same great-grandfather, breaking bones and connecting tendons, whether they will shake hands and make peace in the future, even the ghosts and gods dare not guarantee it.

"Let's take one step at a time, fortunately, Liu Ji and Yingbu, the two horsemen, have asked me now, don't worry about the problem of military food and supplies for the time being, and when they successfully take the fiefdom, maybe Xiang Yu's one-eyed boy will enter the military pass."

Sullenly poured the residual wine into his mouth, seeing that the sky was already slightly dark, Chai Wu was planning to arrange a night defense affair and go back to rest with the maid who was snatched in Ye County, but he never thought that outside the tent suddenly there was a personal soldier to report, saying that there was a person who claimed to be a secret envoy of the Han army, and came to contact Chai Wujun with two entourages, and said that there was a very important event to report to Chai Wujun in person.

"Nine out of ten are here to sow discord, can you see it?"

Chai Wu was not confused, and immediately guessed the intention of the Han army's envoy, but after a little calculation, Chai Wu found that it was best to figure out how the Han army planned to sow discord, so as not to be fooled, but Liu Laosan and Yingbu, two fools, fell into the scheme, and finally suffered a loss and didn't know what it was for. So Chai Wu still ordered: "Bring him in." ”

In a moment, the handsome Han army envoy was brought to Chai Wu, first reporting his identity, saying that he was the Sheren Gongliang of the Han Army's Nanyang County Shou Lu Qi, and then presented Xiang Kang's letter to Chai Wu with both hands, but after the soldiers forwarded the letter to Chai Wu, Chai Wu didn't bother to reach out to pick it up, and directly sneered and said: "Say, how does Xiang Kang Xiao'er plan to buy this king?" Do you also want to marry this king? Okay, this king can agree, but he has to hand over Hanzhong Bashu to this king first. ”

"King, please read our letter from King Han first, and then talk to the envoy after reading it." Gong Liangzao, the envoy of the Han army, said very sincerely: "The little envoy can guarantee that after reading it, the king will be surprised, and he will definitely understand the kindness of our Han king immediately." ”

I couldn't hold back my curiosity, Chai Wu finally picked up Xiang Kang's letter, and the content of the letter didn't need to be detailed, of course, Xiang Kang shamelessly framed it, and framed Liu Laosan to deliberately release Han Cheng, the purpose was to show goodwill to the Han army, hoping to reach a secret deal with the Han army, by selling Chai Wu in exchange for the Han army to take the initiative to give up Nanyang, and then conclude an alliance with the Han army to fight against other princes, and then Xiang Kang persuaded Chai Wu to form an alliance with the Han army, help the Han army kill Liu Laosan, and promised to give Nanyang to Chai Wu to build a country afterwards, He also threatened that if Chai Wu refused to accept the kindness of the Han army, Xiang Kang would instead form an alliance with Liu Laosan and sacrifice Chai Wu in exchange for peace on the southern front of the Han army.

In addition to this, the Han envoy of course handed over a forged letter from Liu Laosan by the way - but unfortunately, there was no seal of Liu Laosan.

Xiang Kang's similar tricks were really too much, so after quickly reading the two letters, Chai Wu, who had long heard about Xiang Kang's bad temperament, not only did not get angry, but immediately sneered and said: "Come on, push out this thief army envoy and behead him." ”

The Han Army's Nanyang County Shou Lu Qibei has little ability, but the vision of the people who received the Roomon guest house is quite unique, and the doorman Chen Hui who was snare before even Xiang Kang is quite appreciative, and now the Gongliangzao who is sent to contact Chai Wu is the same, at the critical moment of life and death, Gongliangzao not only did not panic at all, but also asked very calmly: "Dare to ask the king, why do you want to kill the little envoy?" ”

"Why did you want to kill you?" Chai Wu sneered and said: "You took a fake book for Xiang Kang Xiao'er to deceive this king, in a vain attempt to make this king and the king of Nanyang turn against each other, why didn't this king kill you?" ”

"The king thinks Liu Jipifu's letter is a forgery?" Gongliangzao was quite surprised and asked: "Why doesn't the king take a closer look at the handwriting of the letter, is this letter the handwriting of Liu Jipifu?" ”

"Is handwriting hard to fake?" Chai Wu smiled and asked, "If this letter is really written by King Nanyang, then why didn't he put his seal on the letter?" ”

"King, with all due respect, it's no wonder that Liu Jipifu dared to betray you so confidently and boldly." Gongliangzao chuckled lightly and said: "Liu Jipifu does not stamp the seal, this is exactly his cleverness, he wrote this letter, and deliberately did not seal it, not only to express his intentions to our Han King, but also to prevent our Han King from making his letter public, no matter who reads it, he can use the excuse that there is no seal forged by our Han King, and the king is aware of everything, can't you see this at all?" ”

Chai Wu was a little speechless, and Gongliangzao took the opportunity to say: "King, if you still want to ask Liu Jipifu why he betrayed you behind his back, then the little envoy can answer now, if our Han King is determined to keep Nanyang outside the lonely pass, and sends reinforcements from Guanzhong to the south, or personally leads the army south to rescue Nanyang, how sure do you think Liu Jipifu can take Nanyang?" Wouldn't it be a win-win deal for us and him to take you as a gift to our Han King, in exchange for our King allowing him to gain a foothold in Nanyang and let him become the southern barrier of our Han King? ”

"You can talk a lot." Chai Wuyi sneered and said, "Okay, even if what you say makes sense, then how can you prove that this letter is not forged by Xiang Kang'er?" But the handwriting of the king of Nanyang? ”

"If the little envoy can't prove that this letter is written by Liu Jipifu, he won't dare to come and die in vain."

Gongliangzao's answer made Chai Wu stunned, and then Gongliangzao said in a deep voice: "King, tomorrow our King Han will find an excuse to send someone to contact Liu Ji and get him to try to betray your reply, please send someone to secretly keep an eye on Liu Ji's every move, and everything will be clear when the time comes." If you can't prove that Liu Jipifu really intends to betray you in secret, please ask the king to send the little envoy at will, and the little envoy will die without regrets. ”

General Chai Wu was suspicious, thinking about not speaking, Gongliangzao said eloquently: "King, in addition, the envoy has to tell you a news by the way, our Han army has successfully taken the land east of the river, forcing the Western Wei King Wei Bao to surrender in Kaicheng, the northern front has turned from danger to safety, and our Han King is now also considering whether to increase the southern line and make every effort to keep Nanyang." Whether you can replace Liu Ji as the lord of Nanyang, it is likely that there is only one chance. ”

After pondering for a long time, considering that the possibility of Liu Laosan sacrificing himself to curry favor with Xiang Kang could not be ruled out, and Yingbu was also a little unreliable, Chai Wu still nodded and said: "Okay, this king will take a look tomorrow, how do you prove that Liu Ji betrayed this king behind his back, so that you can die without regrets." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gong Liangzao nodded hurriedly, and then advised: "Please keep an eye on Liu Ji tomorrow, when our envoy goes to contact him, the king may as well come to the scene in person to see what kind of despicable face Liu Ji Pifu is!" ”