On the side of the Guanzhong battlefield, the reason why Liu Laosan was able to successfully take Ningqin County was of course that the young marshal's army deliberately released water, reluctantly accepted Liu Laosan's extortion, and took the initiative to give up Ningqin City to Liu Laosan.

If Xiang Kang can have half of Liu Laosan's luck in history, Liu Laosan will not want to blackmail and win, in history Liu Laosan destroyed Qin in October 206 BC, and in December Xiang Yu knew that Guanzhong was occupied by Liu Laosan, and he killed Liu Laosan to settle accounts, in three months, Liu Laosan not only had a firm foothold in Guanzhong, but also expanded his more than 30,000 troops when he entered the customs to 100,000 people by recruiting new recruits and recruiting soldiers, etc., even if he was still not Xiang Yu's opponent, It's definitely not something that ordinary princes outside the gate can bully casually!

Xiang Kang was unlucky, just eight days after the destruction of Qin, he was discovered by the greedy Liu Laosan, and then Liu Laosan, who was already desperate, in order to protect himself, also decisively attacked Hangu Pass, slandered Xiang Kang had claimed the king in Guanzhong without authorization, blocked the entry of the anti-Qin coalition army by force, and directly provoked a war between the anti-Qin coalition forces.

In just eight days, the young marshal's army has gained a firm foothold in Guanzhong, but it has not even had time to figure out the east, west, north and south of Xianyang Street, how is it possible to recruit new soldiers, recruit and surrender soldiers, and expand the army? With only more than 30,000 troops, they have to control Xianyang and the hundred officials of the Qin court, and they have to guard against the Qin army that has just surrendered in various parts of Guanzhong, and how many troops can be divided to recover Hangu Pass and resist the crazy attack that the main force of the anti-Qin coalition army is about to launch?

What's worse is that the new Guanzhong is new, and the military and civilian officials in Guanzhong who were forced to surrender are not stable, and the slightest wind and grass may immediately lead to unpredictable consequences, and when the war is in full swing, the rear suddenly catches fire, causing the young marshal's army to be wiped out by the enemy, and it is definitely not impossible to do so! The possibility of this is quite large!

So there is no way, even if he knows that the matter of Hangu Pass is likely to be Liu Laosan's troublemaker, Xiang Kang not only did not dare to send troops to find Liu Laosan, who slaughtered the soldiers of Hangu Pass, to take revenge, on the contrary, he had to ask Liu Laosan for peace in a low voice, took the initiative to wipe Liu Laosan's buttocks, and put all the responsibility on the innocent Hangu Pass guard Wang Muli, while borrowing the road from Liu Laosan to negotiate and contact Xiang Yu, and do his best to peacefully resolve the dispute and the ownership of the land in Guanzhong, while seizing the time to reorganize the army for war, so as not to be powerless to fight back after the failure of the negotiations.

Xiang Kang once again underestimated the thickness of Liu Laosan's face, and within a few days, Liu Laosan actually sent his accomplice Lu Jia as an envoy to come to Hongmen, the new garrison of the young marshal's army, to negotiate with Xiang Kang, and asked Xiang Kang to unconditionally hand over the three cities of Ning Qin, Huaide and Lian Jin, in exchange for Liu Laosan's so-called help Xiang Kang to make peace with Xiang Yu, and played hooligans to the extreme.

Knowing Lu Jia's intention, Rao is Xiang Kang's cultivation is already good, and it is inevitable that there is an impulse to boil with anger, and Ding Ji, the general of the young marshal army who happened to be present, directly lifted the case in front of him, rushed forward and grabbed Lu Jia, and roared with red eyes: "Piff, do you still want to make a face?" Killed so many of us in Hangu Pass, we didn't care about you anymore, and now you dare to ask for our three cities? Aren't you afraid of dying?! ”

"General, please calm your anger." Liu Laosan's subordinates are indeed full of talents, even if they have been lifted off the ground by Ding Ji, Lu Jia is still not afraid, and said with a smile: "Our Pei Gong is not wanting, but please take the initiative to give up the three cities, so that our Pei Gong can give up the affairs of the former general, and also help the right general prove that the matter of Hangu Pass is all a ghost of the violent Qin general, so that our Pei Gong can also take the opportunity to persuade the former general to reconcile with the right general, don't fight with each other and kill each other, for your own good!" ”

"Fuck you for our good! Shameless dog thing! ”

In a fit of rage, Ding Ji was about to greet Lu Jia in the face with his fist, Xiang Kang hurriedly opened his mouth and shouted, "Slow! Ding Ji, don't be impulsive! ”

"Right General!" Ding Ji shouted to Xiang Kang aggrievedly.

"Don't be impulsive." Xiang Kang shouted again and said: "The two countries are fighting, don't kill the envoys, not to mention that Pei Gong still belongs to the same Chu army as us, put Mr. Lu Jia down, if there is anything to talk about, don't let others say that we are rude to the guests." ”

After all, it was Xiang Kang who was personally promoted from the grassroots level by the young marshal army, no matter how angry he was in his chest, Ding Ji still reluctantly let go of Lu Jia, and Xiang Kang also asked Lu Jia: "Mr. Lu, listen to your tone, if I don't give up the three cities to Pei Gong, not only will he not help me speak in front of the former general, but he will also deliberately fan the flames, so that the conflict between me and the former general will further expand?" ”

"General Right misunderstood, Pei Gong even has a hundred guts, and he doesn't dare to do such a thing." Lu Jia hurriedly gave up his hand and said very politely: "It's our Pei Gong who is really thinking about you the right general, the right general, you are the first to enter the pass to destroy Qin, and complete the decree of the king of Chu to enter the pass first to be the king, and it is a sure thing to be crowned the king, those narrow-minded despicable villains must be extremely jealous of the right general, and they will definitely use the matter of Hangu Pass to make a big fuss and encourage the former general to enter the pass and make the right general the enemy." If we Pei Gong don't hurry up to help General Right prove that you have absolutely no intention of monopolizing Guanzhong, I'm afraid that it will give those shameless villains a chance to take advantage of, and I hope that General Right will definitely understand our Pei Gong's hard work. ”

After Zhen Zhen finished speaking, Lu Jia hurriedly added: "Of course, if the right general is reluctant to the three cities, our Pei Gong will never force it, and will definitely try our best to help the right general and the former general resolve the misunderstanding, but the former general has issued a clear order, requiring our Pei Gong to immediately enter the Guannei, take the three cities in the Guannei and open the way for the former general's troops, and our Pei Gong, as the former general's general, also have to act according to the order." When the time comes, the two armies will fight, and I hope that General Right must show mercy to his subordinates and not spread anger on our Pei Gong alone. ”

"If you have the guts, come!" Ding Ji roared: "You don't need the right general to go out, I, Ding Ji, will lead the people of my headquarters alone, and I will keep killing you rabble!" ”

Lu Jia didn't talk about Ding Ji, just patiently waited for Xiang Kang's decision, Xiang Kang also quickly calculated in his heart, knowing that in the current situation, it was easy for the young marshal army to deal with Liu Laosan, who had less than 10,000 troops, and he had a great grasp, but after the conflict further expanded, it would definitely be more difficult for him to reconcile with Xiang Yu, and Xiang Bo, who hated himself so much, would definitely go further to fan the flames and encourage Xiang Yu to send troops to seize Guanzhong, and the consequences would definitely be more unpredictable at that time.

You must hold back your anger and not be in a hurry to take revenge, Xiang Kang has another choice is to quickly increase the troops of Ning Qin, or immediately go west to Hangu Pass, block the road for Liu Laosan to enter the pass, and not give Liu Laosan the opportunity to seize the city by force, but if he does not give Liu Laosan a little benefit, this hooligan will definitely deliberately make trouble, sabotage his peace plan, and make himself unable to reconcile with Xiang Yu.

So after thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Kang could only make up his mind to continue to swallow his anger, and said secretly: "Anyway, even if Xiang Yu agrees to reconcile, I will have to cede at least half of the land in Guanzhong, and Ning Qin, who is now at the forefront, will bear the brunt of it, and he will definitely have to be the first to let it out." Instead of turning his face with Liu Laosan, an old rascal, for a city that can't be saved, it is better to be generous and let out first to keep the hope of peace. ”

After making up his mind, Xiang Kang opened his mouth and said lightly: "Trouble Mr. Lu to go back to Peigong, please rest assured that he will enter Ning Qin, after he arrives at Ning Qin City, I will order Ning Qin's defenders to abandon the city and leave, let him take Ning Qin smoothly, and give an explanation to the former general." ”

"Thank you, General Right." Lu Jia thanked him happily, and asked cautiously: "General Right, what about Huaide and Lian Jin?" ”

Xiang Kang waved his hand first to stop Ding Ji's impulse, and then smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, isn't it enough for you Pei Gong to go in inch by inch?" Do you have to go three feet further? Aren't you afraid that we'll really be forced to rush and fight with you to break the net? ”

"The villain doesn't dare." Lu Jia hurriedly apologized,

"It's better you don't dare." Xiang Kang sneered and said: "Go back and tell Pei Gong, just say that as long as the former general agrees to reconcile with us, before the negotiation is reached, I will definitely let him give him two more cities, but if the former general does not reconcile, please ask him to quickly spit out what he eats for me!" Otherwise, we may not be the opponents of the former general, but we will definitely be more than enough to deal with you! ”

When he said this, Xiang Kang's eyes showed a cold light, and his momentum was like a tiger that could burst out at any time, Lu Jia was worried in his heart, and he didn't dare to continue to kick his nose in the face, so he could only quickly give up his hand and leave, and hurriedly returned to Hangu Pass to report Xiang Kang's reply to Liu Laosan. Ding Ji next to him couldn't bear it anymore, and Lu Jia jumped out as soon as he left and said, "General Right, how can you agree to give Ning Qin to Liu Jipifu?" That's our city! ”

"I can't help it." Xiang Kang sighed and ordered, "Call everyone, have a meeting, I have to tell everyone the reason." ”

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, the young marshal army and the military soon gathered in the tent, Xiang Kang first told his decision to the people under his command, and then explained that he had to swallow all kinds of hardships, and finally said: "I promised to give Ning Qin to Liu Ji Pifu, in addition to trying to buy time, but also to lure out of the Kui Han Dao, if the negotiation fails, we just need to immediately send troops to take the Taolin Sai located outside the city, and immediately can trap him in the pass, and catch turtles in the urn to avenge our Hangu Pass soldiers." (Taolinsai is Tongguan, but there was no Guancheng to defend at that time.) ）

Fortunately, the young marshal's army and the military are very clear that the self-army is now the opponent of the princes' coalition army, even if the peace talks are reached, Ning Qin, who is close to Hangu Pass, will definitely have to hand it over first, so although everyone is angry in their hearts, they still nod their heads, expressing their understanding of Xiang Kang's helplessness, and then gritting their teeth one by one, saying that if the negotiation fails, the self-army must kill Liu Laosan to the annihilation of the whole army, leaving no armor, and Yixue is a shame today!

Xiang Kang once again seriously underestimated Liu Laosan's cunning, and after getting Xiang Kang's reply, after confirming that the main force of the young marshal's army was hoarding troops in Hongmen, Liu Laosan did personally bring 7,000 troops into the pass to take Ning Qin, but just forced the Ning Qin defenders to abandon the city according to the order, Liu Laosan did not even enter Ning Qin City, and immediately fled back to Hangu Pass with 5,000 troops, leaving only Zhou Bo to lead 2,000 troops to guard Ning Qin, and also looted the money, food and materials in the city, while recruiting troops and horses, and expanding the army on the territory that should have belonged to Xiang Kang. By the time Xiang Kang received the news and reacted, Liu Laosan had already taken him back to Hangu Pass.

After successfully winning a Guanzhong city as he wished, Liu Laosan of course sent someone back to report the good news to Xiang Yu as soon as possible, and really asked for a few words of affection for Xiang Kang, suggesting that Xiang Yu give Xiang Kang a chance to negotiate, and planned to take advantage of the opportunity of Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu to bargain and force Xiang Kang to hand over two more Guanzhong cities. However, within a few days after the envoy was dispatched, the corporal under his command suddenly came to report, saying that the envoy sent by Xiang Kang to negotiate with Xiang Yu had returned to the east gate of Hangu Pass, and asked to return to Xianyang through Hangu Pass to report the results of the envoy to Xiang Kangyu.

As soon as he saw the situation of the young marshal's envoy group with his own eyes, Liu Laosan immediately found that the situation was not good, first of all, the white-bearded and grumpy old man Li Shiqi disappeared, and secondly, the members of the young marshal's military envoy corps all had cold expressions and unkind expressions, obviously not as if they had gained any good gains. Liu Laosan beat a drum in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the situation from Zhang Liang, who assisted Li Shiqi in his mission, and Zhang Liang honestly introduced the envoy to Liu Laosan in order to give Han Cheng the opportunity to withdraw smoothly from the Guanwai, as well as Xiang Yu's reply, and Li Shiqi's forced detention by Xiang Yu.

Before Zhang Liang's words were finished, Liu Laosan's face was already without any blood, and in a panic, Liu Laosan didn't even give an answer to Zhang Liang's plea for him to allow Han Cheng to leave the customs, and immediately ran to the side to send someone to Zhou Bo to give an order, telling Zhou Bo not to have any hesitation after discovering that the young marshal army was sending troops to the east, and immediately gave up Ning Qin and withdrew to Hangu Pass, lest Zhou Bo's department be wrapped in dumplings and let the angry young marshal army kill the chickens and dogs.

It was finally Liu Laosan's turn to cry his nose, and he didn't have the courage to detain the envoys of the young marshal's army to continue to provoke Xiang Kang, and was forced to send Zhang Liang and others away. Liu Laosan, who had already killed Xiang Yu's envoy once, didn't dare to continue to talk nonsense, so he could only promise with his mouth, feeling worried.

That night, Liu Laosan also had a nightmare, dreaming that he was surrounded by the young marshal's army who jumped over the wall in a hurry, and then he was captured alive by the young marshal's army, and the truth about the war he provoked in order to survive was also found out by Xiang Kang, who personally held a knife to cut his own flesh......

After being so frightened that he didn't dare to close his eyes in the middle of the night, there was something that made Liu Laosan dizzy, and only a day later, Xiang Yu's envoy rushed to Hangu Pass to inquire about the whereabouts of Zhang Liang and others, and learned that Zhang Liang had already passed Hangu Pass, and the new envoy still had a sad face, and screamed: "It's over, there is no way to give a message to the former general now." ”

"Why did the former general send you to chase after the messenger of the right general?"

Liu Laosan inquired curiously, but the new Xiang Yu envoy was tight-lipped and replied with a straight face: "Don't ask me why, I don't know the reason, I only know that the former general ordered me to catch up with the right general's envoy before he entered the customs, and invite them back to Sanchuan. ”

Seeing that the new envoy refused to answer the reason, Liu Laosan didn't ask, but pondered in his heart, and said secretly: "Invite them back to Sanchuan County?" With the word please, could it be said that things will take a turn for the better? ”

The next morning, first Xiang Yu sent someone to send an order, asking Liu Laosan to blockade Hangu Pass, not allowing any idle people to enter and exit the pass, and then the next day, Liu Laosan just received the news that the Qi army Tian An Department who came to take over Hangu Pass arrived in Shaanxi County, Xiang Yu's confidant Zheng Chang led a team of men and horses to Hangu Pass in a hurry, claiming that he was ordered by Xiang Yu to go west and contact Xiang Kang, asking Xiang Kang and the princes to join forces with the territory they now control. Each restrained the army to avoid armed conflict, and waited for Xiang Yu to enter the pass before negotiating with Xiang Kang face-to-face on the issue of the division of territory in the pass. He also showed Liu Laosan order stamped with Xiang Yu's seal, asking Liu Laosan to stop attacking the young marshal's army and not to clash with the young marshal's army again.

In this way, don't say it's Liu Laosan, even Wei Ji, who just came to the Guguan Prison Army, is inevitably confused, and can't help but ask Zheng Chang: "Doctor Zheng, what's going on?" Why is it that when I set off, the former general had just agreed with the princes to crusade against Xiang Kang's rebels, and yesterday he sent someone to order the blockade of the Guanzhong road, and today you came to ask for a truce? How could the attitude of the former general change so quickly? ”

"Isn't it because of sibling affection?" Zheng Chang said in a very helpless tone: "The brothers of the former general's clan pleaded with General You, and they all knelt in front of the former general and refused to get up, and the former general was soft-hearted, so he had to change his mind again." ”

Hearing Zheng Chang's explanation, Liu Laosan was a little convinced, and he was overjoyed in his heart, feeling that he could not only avoid danger this time, but also have a chance to keep the throne - after all, it was Xiang Yu who told him not to fight again, right?

At this time, a tall Wei and his subordinates suddenly walked to Liu Laosan's side, and took the opportunity of Wei Ji to concentrate on talking to Zheng Chang, and whispered to Liu Laosan: "Pei Gong, can you take a step to speak?" Very important. ”

Glancing at the tall Wei and his subordinates, Liu Laosan found that he was a little familiar, so he asked, "Who are you?" How do we seem to have seen it there? ”

"In the lower Hanshin." The tall Wei and his subordinates whispered: "I held the position of Halberd Langzhong under the former general's account, and I have met Pei Gong several times in the former general's account. ”

"No wonder." Liu Laosan suddenly realized, and asked curiously, "What do you want to say to me?" ”

"It's very important, especially for you, Pei Gong." Han Xin lowered his voice and said, "There is no time, please take a step to speak immediately." ”

Liu Laosan is also blessed to the soul, out of curiosity, and without any hesitation, he immediately walked to the remote place next to him, Han Xin immediately followed, and just seized the opportunity, he immediately said: "Pei Gong, didn't you find that this is very wrong?" In the past, the general's temper, even if his brothers of the same clan interceded for the right general, he should not have violated the agreement with the princes outside the Guanwai and gave up the force to crusade against the right general, he suddenly changed his mind, I am afraid that the real reason is not only this. ”

"The former general is a brother, and the brothers plead with him, can he not give some face?" Liu Laosan said casually.

"The former general is the elder brother, but there is also a Master Xiang Boxiang by his side." Han Xin sneered and said, "How much Master Xiang hates General You, you shouldn't know Pei Gong, right?" With him fanning the flames next to him, and he coming forward to suppress the children of the Xiang family, can the children of the Xiang family really seek to move the former general? ”

Liu Laosan was silent, and thought of Xiang Yu's order to block the road to the customs, and he was inevitably suspicious in his heart, and Han Xin said in a low voice: "Doctor Zheng will never tell the truth, but there are many people in his entourage, and there must be many people who know a little bit of the inside story, the villain thinks that Pei Gong, you had better seize this opportunity, and quickly ask Doctor Zheng's entourage for news in the rear, find out the situation, and you will have the opportunity to take precautions and prevent everything if you are on the front line." ”

Liu Laosan's eyes rolled wildly, first whispered a thank you to Han Xin, and then immediately called Zhou Chang, who was good at communication, to the front, and whispered in his ear to explain the opportunity, Han Xin was very relieved to see it, and said secretly: "Fortunately, he is really a person who can listen to persuasion, much more cunning than Xiang Yu, and more assertive and decisive than Feng Zhong." ”

Then, although Zheng Chang tried his best to refuse, he wanted to enter the customs immediately to negotiate with Xiang Kang, but Liu Laosan insisted that he would not allow it, and he must leave Zheng Chang for a meal before leaving, Zheng Chang was not too refusal, so he could only follow Liu Laosan and Wei Ji to the lobby to drink and feast, and the entourage he brought was also politely invited by Zhou Chang into the customs and went to another venue to drink wine in a big bowl and eat meat in large pieces. In the meantime, naturally, several of Zheng Chang's entourage were invited away by Zhou Chang and his subordinates, and they asked them about the situation in the rear separately.

Liu Laosan's Peixian friends have always been very effective, after a full meal, Zheng Chang just left Hangu Guanxi with the envoy sent by Xiang Yu, Zhou Chang sneakily came to Liu Laosan, and whispered to Liu Laosan: "Pei Gong, I heard an important news, when I was fighting Ao Cang, the former general was shot in the thigh by a stray arrow, but the injury was slight, and it will not have a big impact." ”

Before Zhou Chang finished speaking, Liu Laosan's face had already changed, and he said in a low voice: "Oh no! The slight injury is definitely fake news, and it is a fact that the injury is very serious, no wonder he has to change his mind and agree to Xiang Kang's peace, at this time, Xiang Kang's little vertical son is actually invincible in the world! ”

After muttering, Liu Laosan was inevitably depressed to the extreme, he didn't understand what kind of luck he had, in order to stabilize Xiang Yu, who was offended by himself, he had just offended Xiang Kang to death, and bullied him so much that he kicked his nose and face, why did the situation suddenly and completely reverse, and it became Xiang Kang who had the upper hand and took the initiative, and he could pinch himself to death like an ant at any time?