When the valley rains, the spring breeze melts, the Qin and Han dynasties in the world's first Guanhan Guguan area is like silk, the dense mulberry plains on both sides of the city are dotted, overgrown with verdant and tender grass, there are wild flowers to be opened, the bright sun shines on the earth, and the traces left by the winter wind, snow and frost can no longer be seen.

However, Wang Muli, the guard of Hangu Pass, was still cold in his heart, standing at the head of Hangu Pass with his hands behind his back, staring at the black Great Qin Army flag fluttering in the wind, Wang Muli's thin face had no expression, nor any brilliance in his eyes, and his heart was even more blank, as if he was a walking corpse that had been hollowed out of his soul.

Wang Muli was not so thin, but since five days ago, after receiving the edict from Xianyang, in just five days, Wang Muli has not only lost a lot of weight, but also has many more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and his temples are still unconscious, giving birth to dozens of hairs, and he looks almost ten years old.

The soldiers of the Qin army around Wang Muli were also lifeless, and no one said a word or a word for a long time, but the scouts who came back from outside the pass rushed to the wall of the pass, and hurriedly came to Wang Muli to report loudly, only to break the silence on the city.

"General Yu, the front team of the Chu thieves has passed Caoyang Pavilion, with a strength of about two thousand, and the leading thief will be surnamed Zhou, and the specific identity is unknown for the time being."

Wang Muli closed his eyes weakly, and after a long time, he slowly waved his hand and commanded in a low tone: "Don't explore anymore, go down and rest." ”

The Qin army scouts hugged their fists and sang promises, and honestly returned to the team to rest, while Wang Muli did not move again, standing as if he had already settled, and a Qin army general next to him hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "General, the Chu thief is about to arrive, where do we go, it's time to make up your mind." ”

Wang Muli ignored the reminders of his subordinates, but tears gradually began to flicker in the corners of his eyes, and when he finally saw the yellow-colored Chu army banner rushing from the east, Wang Muli, who was like ashes, unconsciously remembered the song he had sung since he was a child, and couldn't help but sing it in a low voice......

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yu Xingbing, repair my spear, and have the same enmity ...... his son. ”

"Do you say you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd, and work with the son. How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers, and go with his son. ”

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxing soldiers, repair my spear, and have the same enmity with the son. How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd, and work with the son. How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers, and go with his son. ”

The song gradually rose, and the soldiers of the Qin army present all followed Wang Muli to recite and sing this military song that they were very familiar with since childhood, and then all the soldiers of the Qin army sang this song along with the entire Hangu Pass City, but unfortunately this military song at this moment, but there is no longer any heroic and murderous spirit, on the contrary, it is full of pain and desolation, despair and sorrow, including Wang Muli, many Qin soldiers are singing repeatedly while crying, and then crying silently......

The neatly sung Daqin military song clearly entered the ears of the soldiers of Liu Jun who had come to the outside of Hangu Pass, hearing this already very familiar military song, as well as the painful tune in the song, Zhou Bo, who commanded the front team of Liu Jun, also changed his face and blurted out: "Oh no! The Tyrannical Qin army has already made up its mind to die, and this battle may be difficult to fight! ”

"General, how do you know that the Tyrannical Qin army has made up its mind to die?" The general asked curiously.

"You're a pig! Can't hear with your ears? Zhou Bo, who was born as a drummer, scolded angrily and said: "The military song of the tyrannical Qin army, is it usually such a tune? If you listen carefully, the song of the violent Qin army is full of death, and it is clear that they are ready to die. ”

Listening carefully, he found that the tone of the military song repeatedly sung by the Qin army was indeed very different from usual, and the general quickly nodded, and Zhou Bo ordered very cautiously: "Order the whole army, immediately put on armor, prepare for battle, and prevent the violent Qin army from jumping over the wall and going out of the city to raid our army." ”

According to Zhou Bo's order, the soldiers of the Liu army who came lightly hurriedly put on their armor and lined up in formation to prepare for battle, but fortunately, the situation that Zhou Bo was worried about did not appear, and the soldiers of the Qin army just sang military songs on the city, and did not send a soldier out of the city to launch a surprise attack, and the soldiers of the Liu army were lucky enough to avoid a vicious battle that must be extremely tricky.

It didn't take long for Liu Laosan to rush to the outside of Hangu Pass with the main force of Liu Jun, although the singing on the Hangu Pass City had stopped at this moment, but seeing the towering wall of Hangu Pass, and the Qin army banner fluttering in the wind on the wall, Liu Laosan's heart was still a little drumming, and he said secretly: "God bless, the violent Qin army guarding Hangu Pass must not be stubborn to the end, otherwise, even if Lao Tzu can take Hangu Pass, the casualties will definitely not be small there." ”

"Pei Gong, you should send someone to the city to surrender first." Cao Shen suggested: "Tell them the news that the violent Qin army outside the gate has been destroyed, and hit their morale." ”

Liu Laosan nodded, and immediately arranged a loud messenger to explain to him how to surrender, and then immediately asked the messenger to step forward, waving a white flag to the city of Hangu Pass and shouting loudly: "Listen to the tyrannical Qin army on the pass, your army outside the pass has been wiped out, Zhang Han surrendered, Wang Li was also captured alive by Pei Gongsheng of our Chu State, if you are smart, you will surrender immediately!" Otherwise, our army will break through Hangu Pass, and there will be no chickens and dogs left in the city! ”

The eyes of all the Qin soldiers on the city were focused on Wang Muli, but Wang Muli looked desperate, and only after a long time did he order: "Yi Zhi, the imperial court has already surrendered, there is no need to let our soldiers die in vain." Send someone out of the customs and tell the thieves outside the customs about our situation. ”

At the same time, in Liu Junjun's army, Liu Laosan was already impatiently arranging for Liu Junjun to cut down trees and make all kinds of siege weapons, but Xiao He next to him suddenly pointed to Hangu Guancheng and shouted in disbelief: "Pei Gong! Look! There is movement in Hanya Seki Castle! ”

Liu Laosan turned his head suddenly, his movements were too violent and he almost sprained his neck, and then, Liu Laosan was immediately stunned to see that on the Hangu Pass City, the black military flags of the Qin army had been put one after another, and in their place, there was an earthy yellow flag of the Chu State! On the flag, there is also a huge Chu character clearly written!

"Wow!"

Countless exclamations sounded in the formation of Liu Jun's soldiers, and Liu Laosan was even more excited and roared and shouted, "Surrender!" Surrendered! The tyrannical Qin army at Hangu Pass actually surrendered! Lao Tzu isn't dreaming, is he? The tyrannical Qin army at Hangu Pass actually surrendered so quickly?! ”

Liu Laosan was indeed not dreaming, first he pinched his thigh and did not wake up from the dream, and then immediately after, the door of Hangu Pass was opened directly, and a knight galloped out quickly, and came directly towards Liu Laosan's handsome flag, Liu Laosan laughed, quickly tidied up his clothes, and prepared to greet the Qin army of Hangu Pass with the most handsome and majestic appearance, and Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and Fan Xu and others next to him were all in ecstasy, and they never dreamed that they would take Hangu Pass so smoothly.

In the almost tormented waiting, the Qin army envoy from Hangu Pass finally came to Liu Laosan's handsome banner, but to Liu Laosan and the others were a little surprised, Liu Laosan's personal soldiers stepped forward to stop the Qin army envoy, led him to Liu Laosan's front and introduced Liu Laosan's identity, the Qin army envoy did not bow his head, but symbolically arched his hand, and said loudly with an expressionless face:

"Don't fight, we have already received an edict from the King of Qin five days ago, asking us to change the banner of Chu and accept the command of Xiang Kang, the right general of Chu State. Now we are the subordinates of Xiang Kang, the right general of the Chu State, and we are your own people, so we don't need to fight anymore. ”

Before the Qin army envoy's words were finished, the smile on Liu Laosan's face had completely solidified, and his Peixian friends were all stupid, looking at the Qin army envoy stupidly, and after not believing his eyes before, he became completely unable to believe his ears.

I don't know how long it took for Liu Laosan to gradually come back to his senses, and pinched his thigh again, once again proving that he was not dreaming, Liu Laosan asked with a trembling voice: "So, your Qin State has surrendered to our right general of Chu State?" ”

The envoy of the Qin army nodded bitterly and said: "General Xiang, he fought from Wuguan and Yaoguan into Guanzhong, our newly enthroned King of Qin was no match for him, and took the initiative to surrender to him, General Xiang and his army marched into Xianyang, and our Qin State died on February 25, eight days ago. ”

With a plop, Liu Laosan fell off the war horse directly, and the sky was spinning in his head one after another, and he kept screaming in his heart, "The Qin State is dead?" The state of Qin is dead? The Xiang Kang brothers had already driven into Xianyang eight days ago? Then didn't I work hard for nothing, and worked hard for nothing?! ”

"Pei Gong! Pei Gong! Are you okay? ”

The friends of Pei County got off their horses one after another, and came to support Liu Laosan, who was on the ground, but after being picked up by the friends, Liu Laosan suddenly turned pale again, because Liu Laosan suddenly remembered that in order to ascend the throne of Guanzhong, this time not only ran to Hangu Pass without authorization, but also refused the kindness of the Qi army, and directly killed the messenger sent by Xiang Yu to contact him, if the news leaked......

Liu Laosan didn't dare to think about it anymore, but the cruel reality forced Liu Laosan not to hurry up and think about the next thing, originally Liu Laosan planned this, as long as he could preemptively enter the Guanzhong and cook the raw rice into mature rice, no matter how dissatisfied Xiang Yu was, he had to consider the consequences of violating the Xiong Xin's decree, and then as long as he took out part of the land and city to trade with Xiang Yu, even if he couldn't get the entire territory of Qin, he could at least tear the soil and claim the king, and still get a prince, and not listen to Tian An's dissuasion and the disappearance of Xiang Yu's envoy, It's also relatively easy to solve.

But now the situation is completely different, Xiang Kang took the first step to destroy Qin directly, Liu Laosan, the king of Guanzhong, has no hope, and naturally there is no bargaining chip to trade with Xiang Yu, with Xiang Yu's bear temper, he will definitely carefully track down the truth about the sudden disappearance of the herald messenger, and when the time comes, as long as the slightest rumor is revealed, Liu Laosan will immediately die without a place to be buried!

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Xiahou Ying is absolutely reliable, all those in the know can be killed, Xiang Yu can't find out the truth about the disappearance of the envoy, and he will definitely not give up - no matter how developed Xiang Yu is and simple-minded, he won't not understand that the disappearance of the envoy must have something to do with Liu Laosan, right? When the time comes, Xiang Yu will find an excuse casually, and he can still ask for Liu Laosan's head! In particular, Tian An must have made a small report to Xiang Yu, saying that Liu Laosan did not listen to the dissuasion and insisted on attacking Hangu Pass!

At this time, seeing that Liu Laosan was only in a daze and did not speak, the envoy of the Qin army who came to negotiate with Liu Laosan did not have the patience to wait any longer, and took the initiative to say: "Pei Gong, the villain has been brought, and the villain will leave first." In addition, General Right also gave us an order at Hangu Pass, regarding the arrival of foreign troops, please rest temporarily outside Hangu Pass, and send an envoy to Xianyang to contact him first to discuss how to enter the pass. ”

After saying that, the envoy of the Qin army arched his hand, turned around and was about to leave, but Liu Laosan suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait! ”

"What else does Pei Gong command?" The envoy of the Qin army looked back in confusion.

Liu Laosan didn't answer, but walked directly to the Qin army envoy and said, "What did you just say?" I didn't hear clearly. ”

The villain said ......."

The envoy of the Qin army just said a beginning, and a sharp blade had already stabbed into his heart, and the envoy of the Qin army bowed his head in disbelief, and he couldn't believe it was Liu Laosan who personally stabbed a sharp sword into his heart.

Pulling out his sword, Liu Laosan pushed down the corpse of the Qin army envoy, turned to Cao Shen and Xiao He, who were already stunned, and said loudly: "Tell all our soldiers that Xiang Kang, the right general of our Chu State, is rebellious, and has already claimed the king in Guanzhong without being canonized by the king!" We are not allowed to enter the customs yet, and we want to monopolize the Qin soil in Guanzhong! Tell our soldiers to prepare for the attack, enter Hangu Pass, and crusade against Xiang Kang's rebels! ”

Cao Shen and the others, who knew the truth, opened their mouths, but Liu Laosan yelled angrily, "What are you still doing?" Immediately convey the order, so that all our soldiers know that Xiang Kang's traitor has already claimed the king in the pass without authorization, and we are not allowed to enter the pass! ”

Since he was a child, he was accustomed to obeying Liu Laosan's orders, and seeing that Liu Laosan was angry and anxious, Cao Shen and Zhou Bo and others did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly arranged manpower and spread rumors to Liu Laosan's army sergeants, slandering that Xiang Kang had claimed the title of king in Guanzhong without authorization, and did not allow troops outside the Guanzhong to enter Guanzhong, and asked Liu Jun's officers and soldiers to prepare for the attack immediately. And then don't say it, most of the soldiers of Liu Jun heard such rumors, and they were really taken aback, and many grumpy people even scolded directly, extremely dissatisfied with Xiang Kang's selfish behavior.

Then, Liu Laosan quickly glanced at Zhou Bo, called him in front of him, whispered in his ear, Zhou Bo nodded, and immediately strode forward with his army, lined up and walked to Hangu Pass, where the gate was still wide open, and only on the way did he explain Liu Laosan's specific orders. And because of the distance, Wang Muli and other Qin soldiers on the city did not see that their envoy had been killed by Liu Laosan himself, and when he saw Liu Laosan suddenly send troops over, although he was extremely strange in his heart, he was not too guarded, and watched Liu Laosan's army come directly to the city of Hangu Pass.

"Kill!"

The mutation arose again, and the front army of the Liu army led by Zhou Bo suddenly shouted in unison, and countless soldiers charged together, like a sharp blade, directly killing the wide-open Hangu Pass, and the Qin army was caught off guard, and they all exclaimed, "What's the matter?" We have all surrendered, why do the Chu thieves still want to beat us? ”

It was only when Sergeant Liu swarmed into the gate that Wang Muli came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted: "Release the arrows!" Down the stone! Stop the thieves! ”

The Qin soldiers who were in a hurry to respond to the situation panicked and dropped arrows to resist the attack of the Liu army, and hurriedly put down the jack gate on the inside of the city gate to save the emergency, but unfortunately it was too late to do so, a part of the Liu soldiers had already rushed into the Hangu Pass City, and the hastily put down the jack gate was quickly destroyed by the Liu soldiers, and the Liu soldiers swarmed into the city, shouting and killing people when they saw them, and the Qin soldiers in the city in the city could only fight back in order to protect themselves, and in the blink of an eye they fought with the soldiers of Liu in full swing.

At this time, Liu Laosan had already sent Fan Hao to lead the army forward to reinforce the battlefield in Guannei, and he had already given the order to slaughter the entire city of Hangu Pass without leaving a single prisoner, Xiao He next to him looked blue and white, and said tremblingly: "Pei Gong, what are you doing here?" ”

"To survive, of course!" Liu Laosan's expression was full of expression, and he said with an extremely hideous appearance: "If you don't plant a false accusation for Xiang Kang, slander him as the king in Guanzhong, and don't allow troops outside the customs to enter the customs, Xiang Yu will definitely not spare me!" ”

"But after the truth is revealed, Xiang Yu can't spare you!" Xiao He replied even more tremblingly.

"If you were Xiang Yu, would you want the truth to be revealed?"

Liu Laosan asked rhetorically, and said with a cruel smile: "If you were Xiang Yu, would you watch Xiang Kang claim the throne in Guanzhong and monopolize the fertile soil of Guanzhong and the jewelry beauties of the Qin State?" If you were Xiang Yu and knew that Xiang Kang would not allow us to enter the customs and meet us by force, would you take the opportunity to make a big deal and use this excuse to enter the customs? If you are Xiang Yu and have an excuse to start a war with Xiang Kang and seize the throne of Guanzhong by force, are you reluctant to give up this excuse? ”

Xiao He gradually woke up, but he was still extremely worried, and couldn't help but remind again: "But Pei Gong, Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang are brothers, although they are not brothers, they are also siblings of the same clan, they will really fight for the throne of Guanzhong and kill each other?" ”

"Brother shit! Bullshit siblings! Liu Laosan swore a lot of words, and said with a more hideous expression: "You are a person who has read books, are there fewer brothers and sisters who killed each other for the throne in the history books?" Not to mention brothers, even fathers and sons kill each other! Not to mention that Xiang Yu Xiao'er and Xiang Kang Xiao'er are just cousins, and even the eldest father is not the same person, what can they not do for the throne of Guanzhong?! ”

The more Liu Laosan spoke, the more excited he became, and he pulled Xiao He in front of him again, and said quickly in his ear: "Listen! In order to preemptively enter Hangu Pass and claim the king, not only did we not listen to Tian An's dissuasion, but also directly killed the messenger sent by Xiang Yu'er. There is no impermeable wall in the world, if Xiang Yu really insists on tracking it down to the end, he will definitely be able to find some clues! If we want to live, if we want Xiang Yu to stop pursuing the killing of the envoy, we can only quickly set up Xiang Kang as an enemy for him and divert his hatred! Also help him take the throne of Guanzhong! Then there is a possibility that he will not pursue us! ”

Xiao He stood still, and said weakly after a while: "Yes, now we can only make a desperate bet." ”

On that day, the Chu army led by Liu Laosan relied on a sneak attack to take Hangu Pass in one fell swoop, and slaughtered all the Qin soldiers in the city. Afterwards, Liu Laosan sent his confidant Zhou Cao as an envoy at the first time, and rushed back to Sanchuan County with a letter to report to Xiang Yu, claiming that Xiang Kang had established himself as the king in Guanzhong, and did not allow the anti-Qin coalition army to step into Hangu Pass, and also ordered the defenders of Hangu Pass to block the Chu army from entering the pass by force, and out of righteous indignation, he urged the army to storm and take Hangu Pass, and implored Xiang Yu to immediately send reinforcements, and take himself as the pioneer to crusade against Xiang Kang, a traitor who claimed to be the king without authorization!

After personally sending off Zhou Ke, who was shouldering the heavy responsibility, and watching the back of Zhou Kao's departure, Liu Laosan muttered in his mouth and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiang Kang, I'm sorry, if the eldest brother doesn't do this, he will definitely fall to the ground." So I can't help it, this time I have to pit you, a good brother. ”