After discovering the scheme, Xiang Kang, who was furious, almost subconsciously opened his mouth, wanting to drink and order the guards to take down Xiao Ying, the personal soldier sent by Feng Zhong, but when the words came to his mouth, Xiang Kang suddenly calmed down, and asked about the date of Xiao Ying's departure from Pengcheng, what route he took, and Feng Zhong's recent situation, with a suspicious look on his face. In addition, Xiang Kang also handed Feng Zhong's letter to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping to read.

Xiao Ying's answer was obviously prepared, the date and the route of sending the letter were reasonable and flawless, as for Feng Zhong's recent situation, Xiao Ying, who was indeed Feng Zhong's own soldier, answered even more backwards, and even the details of Feng Zhong's two sons and one daughter who liked to call Uncle Xiang Kangji directly were not omitted. Xiang Kang nodded when he heard this, and casually ordered: "You have worked hard, go down to rest and receive the reward, and when this king has a decision, he will decide whether to let you go back to deliver the letter." ”

After that, in addition to letting his guards lead Xiao Ying down to rest, Xiang Kang also ordered Xiao Ying to be given a bounty of one hundred, Xiao Ying was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang three times, and then left under the guidance of Xiang Kang's guards. As a result, as soon as Xiao Ying walked on his front foot, the smile on Xiang Kang's face disappeared immediately, and he asked Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, "What do you think?" ”

"General Feng Zhong was forced to write this letter." Chen Ping immediately replied: "Let's not talk about the brotherhood between him and the king, just because he secretly reported to us the incident of the king of Western Chu being hit by an arrow, he absolutely didn't need to say anything suspicious, he deliberately added this sentence, obviously reminding us that he was forced to write this letter, and this letter was not his original intention at all, but was forced to write by others!" ”

"That's not all." Zhang Liang also said: "General Feng also deliberately mentioned the old relationship between you and him, claiming that he was not doing well under the account of the king of Western Chu, which is not necessary at all, because he has already proved with practical actions that his real position is on your side of the king, and there is no need to add to these things." In addition, he deliberately did not send the king's familiar subordinates to deliver the letter, which was also to imply that there was something wrong with the letter. ”

"Hehe, I haven't seen you for a few years, and Brother Feng has grown a lot, and he is far more thoughtful than before."

Xiang Kang smiled, but there was no joy in his voice, and then said: "It seems that this time we were careless again, and fell into someone else's trick, Pengcheng is definitely a trap, if we continue to enter Pengcheng, we will definitely fall into the trap of my brother." ”

After coming to this conclusion, Xiang Kang frowned again and said: "But this matter is also a little strange, my brother asked Brother Feng, who was in Pengcheng, to come forward and lure us to attack Pengcheng, the purpose is nothing more than two, one is to lure us into his ambush circle in Pengcheng, and the other is to divert the tiger from the mountain and lure us out of the battlefield of Sanchuan Aocang, so as to create an opportunity for him to attack Sanchuan Aocang." ”

"But Peng Cheng and Ao Cang are thousands of miles apart, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient, how sure can he guarantee that Brother Feng can lure the enemy into success? He is not afraid that during the period when the messengers came and went, what changes suddenly appeared in the Central Plains battlefield, I couldn't get out of it, and let him give up his previous efforts? ”

Reminded by Xiang Kang, Chen Ping also suddenly remembered an important question, and hurriedly said: "King, you don't think about this, Your Majesty really forgot a major event, didn't the King find out, is this too much of a coincidence?" We had just taken Suiyang, and General Feng's own soldiers immediately sent a letter of surrender, luring us to march into Pengcheng more confidently and boldly. ”

Xiang Kang also suddenly woke up, and hurriedly said: "That's right, this matter is too coincidental, we have just taken Suiyang, and the fraudulent letter that Brother Feng was forced to write will be sent to us immediately, it is difficult to have such a coincidence in the world, this is probably arranged by our enemy in advance, and lead us to Pengcheng step by step!" ”

Zhang Liang was terrified when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "King, if this is really arranged by the enemy in advance, doesn't that mean that our big victory in Suiyang may also be deliberately lost by the enemy?" Wan Xun, who led the Suiyang defenders to surrender to us, is it likely that the king of Western Chu arranged for him to come forward to surrender and deceive us into trust, not only luring us to go east with confidence, but also inserting Wan Xun into our army, so that he has the opportunity to stab us in the back at a critical moment? ”

After listening to Zhang Liang's analysis, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping hurriedly carefully calculated the possibility of this matter while their faces changed greatly, and then naturally, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping quickly discovered several doubts that they had accidentally ignored before-why did Huan Chu find out that Wan Xun was preparing to defect to the enemy? Then why did Huan Chu retreat so resolutely, the Han army had just reached the gate of the camp of the Suiyang defenders, and the Huan Chu army, which was besieging the Chinese army of the Suiyang defenders, did not make any struggle and immediately fled out of the camp and eastward? And after Wan Xun led the army to surrender, why did he instigate the main force of the Han army to enter Pengcheng immediately?

After discovering these suspicious points, Chen Ping preemptively said: "King, there may really be something wrong with this Wanyun, if you don't know it, you are really using bitter tricks to deceive our trust, we have to guard against him." ”

Xiang Kang continued to calculate, and soon said: "It's not enough to just be vigilant, I was careless for a while, let him continue to lead the army as soon as he surrendered, and if he doesn't solve this problem as soon as possible, there will definitely be endless troubles." We have to find out as soon as possible whether he really surrendered or whether he surrendered, and if he did, I can rest assured that he will continue to command the army. If he really surrendered, we will easily put the charge of leaking the news on his head, so that we can protect Brother Feng and let him help us more at the critical moment in the future. ”

After saying that, Xiang Kang hurriedly ordered: "Quick, taking advantage of the fact that there is still a little time now, you can quickly deduce how Wan Xun and Huan Chu teamed up to deceive us into the bitter trick, see if there is a hole in the middle, and find a way to let him take the initiative to explain the truth." ”

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After everything was settled, when it was almost evening, Xiang Kang sent someone to announce the old man Wan Yun, who was once a young marshal, and asked him to accompany him to dinner with him, Wan Yun was flattered, and quickly said that he and Xiang Kang had a huge disparity in status, and he was not qualified to eat at the same table with Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang smiled and waved his hand, and said: "What identity is not identity, what is the temper of this king, you don't know yet?" In the past, when we were still under the banner of the young marshal, didn't I use a horse spoon to scoop rice with you that time? Hurry up, I haven't seen you for several years, and this king wants to have a few drinks with you today. ”

Wan Yun was helpless, so he could only quickly thank Xiang Kang again, and then sat down, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping also sat on Xiang Kang's left and right, and had dinner with Xiang Kang. Then Xiang Kang naturally asked about the changes in the situation after Wan Yun left the young marshal's army, as well as the various situations of the Xiang family's children, Wan Yun answered as truthfully as possible, and constantly flattered and flattered Xiang Kang, saying that Xiang Kang was really Jin Lin was originally a thing in the pool, and it didn't take long for him to give up the Huaisi foundation laid by his own hands, and he opened a bigger world in Guanzhong. Xiang Kang laughed, waved his hand and said: "General Wan said that this king was able to successfully take the land of Bashu in Guanzhong, all because of the lives of the three armies and the soldiers working together, can it be said that this king is the work of one person?" ”

Wan Yun hurriedly continued to compliment, Xiang Kang waved his hand to show that he didn't listen, first asked the guard to fill Wan Yun with another jue of wine, and then gave himself a full jue, and then raised the jue, Wan Yun knew that Xiang Kang was going to drink with him, and hurriedly held the wine jue in front of him with both hands, but Xiang Kang suddenly said: "By the way, General Wan, what was the situation yesterday?" You gathered all the generals to prepare to launch a mutiny, how could you suddenly leak the news and make Huan Chu's puppet ready? Have you found out the specific reason? ”

"The king forgives the sin, the last general is incompetent, and the reason for the leakage has not yet been investigated." Wan Yun had no choice but to plead guilty, and hurriedly said: "But don't worry, the king will definitely find out the reason as soon as possible, and pull out the leaky spies and tear up the corpse." ”

"Really?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Wan Yun was a little dumbfounded, and only replied after a while: "Of course it's true." ”

"That's not right." Xiang Kang suddenly dragged out his voice, looked at Wan Yun's eyes and said, "But how did this king hear that there was a person who said that this matter was discussed with Huan Chu in advance, General Wan, and acted for this king, so Huan Chu was prepared in advance?" ”

With a bang, the bronze wine lord in Wan Yun's hand fell down and fell on the table in front of him, and at the same time, Wan Yun's face was also a little pale, and it took a while to squeeze out a little smile and say to Xiang Kang: "Is the king joking?" Who would say such a thing? ”

"A personal soldier of Huan Chu Pifu." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "He has a personal soldier who coveted the reward of the king, took advantage of the chaos to escape from the army of Huan Chu Pifu, and quietly returned to Suiyang to report to the king, saying that last night's incident was completely a bitter plan discussed by General Wan and Huan Chu Pifu, and he acted a play for the king to see, deliberately sacrificing some of your soldiers, so that you can deceive the king of your trust in you." General Wan, do you think that's the case? ”

Wan Yun jumped up directly, but unfortunately the Xiang Kang guards behind him were already prepared, and immediately stepped forward to hold him down, and at the same time, the other Xiang Kang guards also immediately showed their weapons and stepped forward, protecting Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. As soon as Wan Yun saw that Xiang Kang had already prepared, he died of the mind of doing it, so he quickly knelt down with a thud and shouted loudly: "King, you are wronged!" Don't take other people's word for it! The last will be wronged! ”

"Huan Chu's personal soldiers have no grudges against you in the past, and they have no enmity in recent days, why should they risk killing your head to wronged you?" Xiang Kang asked with a sneer.

"It's a treacherous scheme! This is Huan Chu Pifu's trick! Wan Yun is worthy of the role of almost deceiving Xiang Kang, thinking very quickly, and immediately kowtowed and defended: "The king, it must be that Huan Chu Pifu deeply hates the last general for abandoning the dark and turning to the light, and in order to frame the last general, he borrowed the king's hand to get rid of the last general, so he deliberately sent someone to come forward to deceive and surrender, and wanted to put the last general to death." The king, you are wise and martial, please be aware of it, and don't listen to the words of the Western Chu thief army! ”

"Of course, this king will not take one side of the story." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "But there is no way, after this king sent someone to investigate carefully, he found a relevant evidence, so I can't help but believe it." ”

"Your Majesty, you still found evidence?" Wan Yun's face changed again, and he blurted out, "What evidence?" ”

"Do you really want to see the coffin and not cry?" Xiang Kangyi sneered and said: "If you tell the truth now, this king can still spare you from dying, but if you are still obsessed, then this king has the heart to spare you, and there is no reason to spare you." ”

Wan Yun hesitated slightly, and Xiang Kang immediately said, "Come on, push that car in!" ”

Chen Ping got up and walked to the grain cart, took a package and opened it, revealing a large bag of rice balls made of white rice, and said: "General Wan, when our soldiers were chasing the defeated troops of Huan Chu Pifu, they captured several such grain trucks on the road, and they were all loaded with dry food rice balls made in advance. Could you please explain, Huan Chu Pifu was in a hurry, and the time to make so many dry food to carry out of the camp was so that his defeated soldiers could not go hungry on the road? ”

"This ......."

Wan Yun was extremely dumbfounded, and just kept scolding Huan Chu in his heart, leaving obvious clues for the Han army to see the flaws. Xiang Kang observed his words and shouted, "Still not telling the truth? You sent someone to send a letter to ask for surrender, is it a trick arranged for you by the King of Western Chu?! ”

Wan Yun was even more hesitant, but Chen Ping kindly persuaded him: "General Wan, let's recruit quickly, as long as you confess your accomplices, our king will definitely not kill you." Otherwise, even if your head falls to the ground, your accomplices will never shed a tear for you. ”

"King, I ......, wronged."

Wan Xun still wanted to die and struggle, but Zhang Liang was agitated beside him: "King, the situation is critical, we will return to Sanchuan tomorrow, anyway, the evidence is conclusive, it is better to behead the most harmful Wan Xun first, and wait for the return army to Sanchuan County, and then slowly investigate his accomplices." ”

Xiang Kang nodded when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Come on, push out this puppet who dares to tease this king!" ”

Although there is no real evidence in his hand, for the sake of prudence, Xiang Kang really plans to use fake evidence this time to kill the fundamentally unreliable Wan Yun first--when he was fighting against the overlord of Western Chu, it was not a joke that a traitor with military power suddenly appeared in the army. The result was okay, the guards in the tent had just stepped forward to lift Wan Xun up and walk out, Wan Xun had no courage at all, and hurriedly struggled and shouted: "The king spares his life!" The king spares his life! Sin will be admitted, sin will be punished! ”

Xiang Kang quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered Wan Yun to be escorted back to him, and ordered him to confess truthfully, Wan Yun was completely bluffed by Xiang Kang, and immediately explained the matter in detail 1510, and truthfully admitted that he was deceived by Xiang Yu's secret order to surrender to Xiang Kang, and teamed up with Huan Chu to stage a bitter trick to deceive Xiang Kang's trust, and took the opportunity to encourage Xiang Kang to enter Pengcheng, and also confessed several of his accomplices. Then Wan Yun naturally had to kowtow again and again, desperately begging Xiang Kangnian to spare him for the sake of his young marshal and the old man.

Xiang Kang was indeed soft-hearted, and was moved by the tearful pleading, Xiang Kang sighed and ordered: "For the sake of the past feelings, this king can spare you from death, but you must first do one thing for this king." ”

"Please command, the king will go to the soup and the fire, and he will not give up!" Wan Yun hurriedly kowtowed.

"I don't want you to go to the soup." Xiang Kang sneered and said: "As long as this king confesses in public, saying that you really want to surrender to this king, secretly confess all the facts to this king, and then write a letter to my brother Xichu overlord, laughing at him for having no eyes, and actually using you, the old man of the young marshal army who really wants to surrender to me, to deceive and surrender, and then this king can spare your life, and you can also give you a little reward as appropriate." ”

As soon as he heard that Xiang Kang's conditions were so simple, Wan Yun of course agreed, and immediately wrote a letter at Xiang Kang's request, laughing at Xiang Yu's lack of eyes, and even using himself, the old man of the young marshal army who had long wanted to surrender to Xiang Kang, to deceive and surrender, giving himself the opportunity to surrender to Xiang Kang with the army and dedicate the important town of Suiyang, and then signed his name at Xiang Kang's request.

The next thing was very simple, after quickly taking down several of Wan Yun's accomplices, Xiang Kang first summoned the generals of the Han army, and announced in public that although Wan Yun was ordered to surrender, he couldn't stand the torture of conscience, and saw that he really treated him well, so he betrayed all his accomplices again, and executed several of Wan Yun's accomplices in public. Then he forgave Wan Yun's crime in public, renamed him Shaofu Cheng, took away the military power and transferred him back to Guanzhong to serve - by the way, Zhou Zeng and Chao Zhi who stayed in Guanzhong secretly killed him.

Then, Xiang Kang ordered someone to escort Feng Zhong's personal soldier Xiao Ying in front of him, scolded him for helping Feng Zhong deceive himself, shaved his beard and hair, tattooed his face, and cut off one of his ears, and asked him to carry a letter of renunciation back to Feng Zhong, in which he scolded Feng Zhong for being unkind and unjust, betraying his friends, and in order to covet glory and wealth, he actually helped Xiang Yu deceive himself, and threatened to kill Feng Zhong in the future, so as to snow the hatred in his heart. There was also a mocking letter written by Wan Yun to Xiang Yu, and of course Xiang Kang also asked Xiao Ying to take it with him and hand it over to the Western Chu army.

"Brother Feng, I can only protect you to this point, take care of your life, when the time is ripe in the future, I will come back to pick you up." This is Xiang Kang's true heart.

After saying this, although it was still uncertain whether Xiang Yu was luring the enemy deep or diverting the tiger from the mountain, for the sake of safety, Xiang Kang still led the main force of the Han army back to Sanchuan early the next morning, and rushed back to Aocang day and night to prevent accidents. In addition, Xiang Kang also said to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping: "It seems that we all have to be careful in the future, my brother has not only learned thoroughly, but also has a master around him to help him give advice, and can formulate a plan to lure the enemy that can deceive us all, and everything and everywhere have calculated our minds." We can't have such luck every time, and if we are careless, we will have to suffer such losses. ”

Chen Ping and Zhang Liang nodded together in agreement, and said together in their hearts: "The King of Western Chu is not bad at learning from you, with your treacherous cousin who likes to cheat and cheat all day long, can the King of Western Chu not learn badly?" ”