Liu Laosan didn't need to feel so guilty about Xiang Kang at all, because Xiang Yu suddenly sent someone to stop Liu Laosan from entering Hangu Pass, and the real reason was not Tian An's small report later, but because of Liu Laosan's good brother Xiang Kang.

This is also a very long story, at the beginning of the Chu king Xiong Xin in order to take revenge on Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang, the embarrassed ministers and brothers, just found out that Xiang Kang had the intention of entering the army from Wuguan, and immediately issued an edict as the leader of the anti-Qin alliance, announcing that whoever can enter the Guanzhong first will be crowned as the king to rule the old land of Qin, Xiang Yu also had selfish intentions, in order to win the throne of Guanzhong, Leng is to send his Zhongjuan Hao as an envoy, with a letter to Nanyang to contact Xiang Kang, with sibling affection to force Xiang Kang to give up entering Guanzhong, return to the division to reinforce the Central Plains battlefield.

It's a pity that Xiang Yu seriously underestimated the thickness of his cousin's face and vigilance, and after knowing that Xiong Xin had this order by mistake, Xiang Kang played a trick and preemptively got the letter written by Xiang Yu to himself, and burned the letter sent by Xiang Yu to ashes, so that Xiang Yu could not be moved by himself, and he could also let himself enter the army without the burden of family affection, completely shattering Xiang Yu's dream of blocking the young marshal's army from grabbing the advanced soldier pass.

Afterwards, Xiang Kang pretended to write a letter to intercede for Hao Yu, the messenger of Xiang Yu who 'accidentally' lost the letter, but because he was familiar with Xiang Yu's temperament, he had just returned to Yingchuan County, Hao Yu beat a drum in his heart, and he was extremely worried that he would be punished by the grumpy Xiang Yu after going back, and the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, Hao Yu simply found an opportunity to get rid of his two entourages on the road, and quietly fled to the end of the world, not daring to return to Xiang Yu to find death.

Fortunately, Hao Loss's two entourages are relatively loyal to their duties, even if they are looking for Hao Loss, they still insist on returning to the north, but the entanglement of these two entourages was all swept away by Hao Loss, and Yingchuan County is another big mess, the road is seriously blocked and extremely dangerous, the road is very difficult, it took countless more time, and it took a lot of effort, all the way to eat bark and chew grass roots, and finally returned to Sanchuan County, and then heard that Xiang Yu was besieging Wang Li with the main force of the anti-Qin coalition army in Henan, so he quickly changed his route to the west, Finally, in the western suburbs of Luoyang, he met the return of the Chu army, reported the news of Hao Qi's escape to Xiang Yu, and also reported the important news that Xiang Kang had entered Wuguan with the young marshal's soldiers.

Hearing that his envoy dared to abandon his post and run away, Xiang Yu was of course furious, and immediately ordered the execution of Hao Yu's parents and relatives, and heard that Xiang Kang refused to listen to his own persuasion and insisted on taking the army to Wuguan, Xiang Yu was of course even more furious, so angry that he smashed the case in front of him on the spot. After scolding his cousin for his ambition, Xiang Yu suddenly remembered that Liu Laosan, who had a good relationship with Xiang Kang, was also in a favorable position to enter Hangu Pass first, and he forgot to tell him not to go west and attack Hangu Pass first.

The news that Xiang Kang grabbed the advanced army has been confirmed, if nothing else, Qin Ting must have given priority to the Guanzhong army to defend the battlefield on the southern front, and the Hangu Pass on the eastern front must be relatively empty, if Liu Laosan finds out about this situation, he will also be greedy, and take advantage of Xiang Yu's lack of time to enter the Guanzhong to rush to attack Hangu Pass. The more Xiang Yu thought about it, the more worried he became, so he hurriedly sent an envoy to the west, ordering Liu Laosan to only cooperate with Tian An to flank Wang Li's defeated army, and not to enter the army to attack Hangu Pass without authorization, which is why Xiang Yu's envoy caught up with Liu Laosan in Caoyang Pavilion.

Then, Tian An then sent someone to make a small report, which immediately proved that Xiang Yu was not worried in vain, Liu Laosan, who seemed to be more loyal and honest, was indeed the same as Xiang Kang, he was ambitious and dared to covet the throne of Guanzhong, Xiang Yu was angry, and immediately hated Liu Laosan to the extreme, in addition to sending someone to bring his own warrant to summon Liu Laosan back to the division, he angrily urged the anti-Qin coalition army to step up the attack on Luoyang City, wanting to eradicate the remnants of the Qin army in Sanchuan County as soon as possible. Dredging the grain road to solve the problem of grain and grass supply, and quickly freed up his hands to take the throne of Guanzhong, which he had long regarded as a forbidden one.

This urging has prompted a problem, as in the decisive battle with Wang Li, in order to reduce the casualties and losses of the anti-Qin coalition army, the battle of Luoyang, the anti-Qin coalition army still forced the Qin army to serve as cannon fodder, responsible for filling the moat outside Luoyang City, opening the siege road, and the Qin army soldiers were extremely discriminatory and more poisonous and abused, after Xiang Yu ordered to step up preparations, the situation of the Qin army's soldiers was naturally even worse, and the project of filling the river and opening the road was not completed, and hundreds of Qin soldiers who refused to die in vain were executed by the anti-Qin coalition forces. Those who were severely beaten and injured, as well as those who were killed by the Luoyang defenders with bows and crossbows, are even more numerous.

I really couldn't bear it anymore, and there were a few heroes who were not afraid of death in the Qin army's stroke, secretly contacted some people, and suddenly launched a mutiny at night, rushed out of the prisoner of war camp to escape, and took the opportunity to follow tens of thousands of imitators, and the defenders in Luoyang City also seized the opportunity to go out of the city to raid, taking advantage of the chaos in the camp of the anti-Qin coalition army, and killed the affected Zhao army camp next to the prisoner of war camp, causing considerable losses to the anti-Qin coalition army.

Although the rebellion was quickly quelled and the Qin army in Luoyang was killed and repulsed, there were still more than 20,000 Qin soldiers who took the opportunity to escape, which greatly affected the morale of the anti-Qin coalition army. Xiang Yu was furious when he heard the report, and while sending troops to chase and kill the fleeing Qin soldiers, he escorted Sima Xin and Dong Peng, who replaced Zhang Han to lead the Qin army, to question the guilt.

Sima Xin and Dong Fei also knew the seriousness of their crimes, and as soon as they saw Xiang Yu, they immediately prostrated themselves and took the initiative to ask for guilt, but Xiang Yu was furious, and roared at the case: "Incompetent rats!" Asking you to lead the Qin State to surrender to me, and actually made such a big mistake for me, what's the use of keeping you? Come on, push these two horsemen out for me and cut them down! ”

Sima Xin and Dong Phong hurriedly shouted and begged for mercy, and Cao Ji, a heavy general of the Chu army who had a very close relationship with Sima Xin, also stood up and pleaded, saying: "The former general is angry, although Sima Xin and Dong Phong are guilty, but last night was in chaos, they did not take the opportunity to escape, which is enough to prove that they are loyal to you, and I hope that the former general will think about the overall situation, and do not kill the generals of the Qin State who surrendered sincerely, which completely chilled the heart of the Qin State." ”

Old man Fan also walked to Xiang Yu's side, and whispered in Xiang Yu's ear: "Former general, don't forget that there are still 20,000 old Zhang Han troops in Ao Cang who have not surrendered, kill Sima Xin and Dong Fei at this time, and the 20,000 old Zhang Han troops will definitely not surrender to us, they will only resist to the end." ”

Considering that Sima Xin and Dong Fei would also use Sima Xin and Dong Fei to recruit the Qin general Sima Xin, who was guarding Ao Cang, Xiang Yu thought about it for a long time, but still waved his hand, signaling the guards to let go of Sima Xin and Dong Fei, who had been taken, and the two generals escaped death, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Yu. Cao Ji also asked Sima Xin and Dong Fei at this time: "General Sima, General Dong, you also talk about it, how did things become like this?" Why did the Qin State under your command rebel and make such a big disturbance? ”

Sima Xin and Dong Fei hesitated and exchanged a few glances, and then Sima Xin plucked up the courage to reply: "General Cao, the last general will tell a few words of truth, don't feel that you don't like it, the Qin State surrendered and rebelled, and it was really forced." ”

Hard-headed, Sima Xin trembled and carefully reported the situation of the Qin army's soldiers these days to Xiang Yu and Cao Yao, what the soldiers of the six countries outside the border deliberately bullied, beat and abused, the generals of the six countries only wanted to use the soldiers as cannon fodder, and did not regard the Qin army's soldiers as human beings at all, and there were also logistics officials who were corrupt and deducted, and almost did not let the Qin army's soldiers eat enough, and even the coalition soldiers avenged their comrades, and tortured and humiliated the corpses of the surrendered enemies, and the Qin army's soldiers were really unbearable, so they were forced to surrender and rebel.

Observing the words and looks, seeing that Xiang Yu was angry again when he listened, Cao Yu hurriedly spoke, and while wiping his neck at Xiang Yu, he said in a pitiful tone: "Former general, if what General Sima said is true, then we really can't blame the Qin State too much for surrendering and rebelling." In the opinion of the last general, we should arrange special personnel to investigate this matter, strictly prohibit the soldiers outside the Guanxi from retaliating against and bullying the Qin soldiers, and fundamentally improve the situation of the Qin soldiers, only in this way can we stabilize the morale of the Qin soldiers, and let the remaining tyrannical Qin troops surrender to us with confidence. ”

Knowing that Cao Ji didn't want the remaining tyrannical Qin army to be forced into a dead end, Xiang Yu had no choice but to casually order: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to your uncle." ”

Cao Qi hurriedly agreed, first ordered Sima Xin and Dong Fei to hurry back to stabilize the army's morale, and at the same time sent people to go deep into the army of the Qin army's soldiers to investigate the situation of the Qin army's soldiers that he had heard about for a long time, and then asked Xiang Yu to give an order, strictly prohibiting the allied soldiers from continuing to bully the Qin army's soldiers, improve the food problem of the Qin army's soldiers, and also sent medical workers to treat the wounded Qin army's soldiers, and promised not to deliberately force the Qin army's soldiers to die in vain, which took a lot of effort, which barely dispersed some of the Qin army's grievances.

Cao Ji's good intentions are not understandable to everyone, after learning about his appeasement methods, at least Xiang Bo crooked his mouth in front of Xiang Yu, and said: "Virtuous nephew, we can't let the tyrannical Qin surrender too much, they can even do the mutiny in the middle of the night, we actually have to whisper to please them, doesn't this tell the tyrannical Qin to surrender the pawns, the more they do with us, the better their lives will be, and the more we have to swallow their anger?" ”

"Let's wait until we take Luoyang and Aocang." Xiang Yu replied with a very ugly face: "Now Luoyang and Ao Cang are still in the hands of the Tyrannical Qin army, we can't force the Tyrannical Qin army too much, how to clean them up, we have to wait for later." ”

It was also Xiang Kang's bad luck, and when Xiang Yu's mood was very bad, a soldier suddenly came to report from outside the tent, saying that Liu Laosan had sent a guest under the tent, Zhou Cao, to meet Xiang Yu, and said that there were 100,000 urgent important military reports. Xiang Yu's heart became even more nameless when he heard this, and he said with a cruel smile: "This bold puppet finally remembered to send someone to report the military situation to me. Call him in, Lao Tzu wants to see, he Liu Ji is here to report on the important military situation of 100,000 urgent? ! ”

While roaring, Xiang Yu also made up his mind in his heart, preparing that as long as the messenger sent by Liu Laosan reported that Liu Laosan had taken Hangu Pass, he would immediately chop up Liu Laosan's messenger, and then send someone to Hangu Pass to arrest Liu Laosan and punish him for the felony of disobeying military orders!

Of course, the development of things greatly surprised Xiang Yu, after being led into the big tent of the Chinese army, before he had time to salute Xiang Yu, Zhou Cao said loudly in a panic: "Former general, the big thing is not good!" Xiang Kang, the right general of our Chu State, has already established himself as king in Xianyang! He also gave an order to the violent Qin army in Hangu Pass, who surrendered him, not a single soldier of the army outside the pass was allowed to enter the pass! ”

"What?!" Xiang Yu jumped up directly, roared and asked, "My brother has already established himself as the king in Xianyang?" Is the news really fake, but is it reliable?! ”

"Former general, it's true! Absolutely! ”

Zhou Ke nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly took out the letter written by Liu Laosan to Xiang Yu, while introducing the so-called incident, what the ghost said Liu Laosan took Shaanxi County and captured Wang Li alive, originally wanted to stop advancing, waiting for Xiang Yu to go west to join the division, but he never thought that he suddenly found out the news that Xiang Kang had taken Guanzhong, so he hurriedly took the army to Hangu Pass to understand the situation, and as a result, although the Qin army in Hangu Pass really played Xiang Kang's military flag, he said that Xiang Kang had established himself as king in Xianyang, and claimed to have taken Xiang Kang's orders, The anti-Qin coalition army under Xiang Yu was not allowed to enter the pass.

Then, Zhou Cao reversed black and white even more, saying that Liu Laosan also maintained restraint at that time, and sent people to accuse Xiang Kang of disobedience to claim the king without the consent of the princes, and asked the Qin army in Hangu Pass to open the gate and let him send someone into the pass to contact and negotiate with Xiang Kang, but the Qin army in Hangu Pass categorically refused, and threatened to use force to forcibly expel Liu Laosan's army. Liu Laosan was really angry, so he launched an attack on Hangu Pass without authorization, and took Hangu Pass by force, which had surrendered to Xiang Kang!

After listening to Zhou Cao's introduction, and hurriedly reading Liu Laosan's letter, Xiang Yu, who has always regarded the throne of Guanzhong as a bag, is no longer as simple as thunder, but directly pulled out the sword on his waist, and cut the case in front of him in half with a sword, roaring as if a thunderclap suddenly exploded, "Piff!" What a guts! ”

Liu Laosan's luck has always been good, at this moment, Xiang Yu happened to be sitting next to Xiang Bo, who had always hated Xiang Kang, an unfilial nephew, this would have a chance, if Xiang Bo would be polite again, it would be too sorry for his conscience and conscience. Almost without hesitation, Xiang Bo immediately yelled: "It's the opposite! It's the other way around! Xiang Kang is really the opposite! The overthrow of the tyrannical Qin is the common credit of the princes of the six countries, and the annihilation of the two main forces of the tyrannical Qin of Zhang Han and Wang Li is even more of a vicious battle fought by your own hands! Xiang Kang betrayed his nephew and cheated and cheated, took everyone's advantage, and even dared to claim the king in Guanzhong without authorization, and did not allow the army outside the customs to enter the customs one step! It is clear that he wants to monopolize Guanzhong, which is a big rebellion! Virtuous nephew, we must not spare him again this time! ”

"Invite Yafu and Cao Ji immediately! Fast! Xiang Yu's roar with a blue face shook the eardrums of everyone in the tent, if Xiang Kang was in front of Xiang Yu at this moment, Xiang Yu would definitely completely forget his bloodline and sibling relationship with Xiang Kang, and split Xiang Kang into two from head to toe with a sword!

Old man Fan and Cao Yu were soon called to Xiang Yu's account, and learned that Xiang Kang had become king in Guanzhong, and the two of Xiang Yu's absolute henchmen were also surprised, fortunately, both of them were calmer than Xiang Yu, and they quickly asked Zhou Ke for details, Zhou Ke kept in mind Liu Laosan's advice, and was not afraid that Xiang Yu would send someone to investigate, and insisted that Xiang Kang had established himself as the king, and also asked the defenders of Hangu Pass to prevent Liu Laosan from entering the pass by force, no matter how Fan Lao Man and Cao Ji asked, they did not change their words.

After all, it is Xiang Yu's absolute sworn friend, after listening to Zhou Cao's introduction, although Old Man Fan and Cao Ji were only suspicious, and did not fully believe Liu Laosan's words, but considering Xiang Yu's interests and their own personal interests, Old Man Fan and Cao Ji both hoped that Xiang Yu could be the king in Guanzhong and ensure their glory and wealth, so neither of them questioned it, but quickly calculated whether they should use this matter as an excuse to forcibly enter Guanzhong and let Xiang Yu regain the throne.

This naturally gave Master Xiang Boxiang room to play, and almost from beginning to end, he had been instigating Xiang Yu to send troops to the pass, kill his unfilial nephew and regain the throne, and said eloquently: "Virtuous nephew, you must not give up on this matter!" You must be righteous and destroy your relatives! Xiang Kang's rebellious nephew greedy for heaven is his own, he established himself as the king in Guanzhong without authorization, and he did not allow the armies of the six countries to enter the Guanzhong, and the heart of disobedience is obvious, if you still want to think of sibling affection, ignore him, and the rebels of the six countries follow suit, wouldn't it be a great chaos in the world? ! ”

Xiang Yu was angry and confused in his heart, and just asked Cao Ji and Old Man Fan, "Father, Uncle Cao, why don't you speak?" What do you think about this? ”

After hesitating for a long time, Old Man Fan waved his hand to Zhou Ke sent by Liu Laosan and ordered him to go out and wait, Zhou Cao did not dare to disobey his order, and hurriedly retreated. Old man Fan also said to Xiang Yu at this time: "Former general, it doesn't matter whether Liu Ji's report is true or not, the important thing is whether you are willing to let General Right be the king in Guanzhong?" ”

"Of course not! Although Xiang Kang has worked hard, how can the fertile soil in Guanzhong be swallowed by himself? ! Xiang Yu blurted out and added in his heart, "Especially since he was called king in Guanzhong, where will I go to claim the king?!" ”

"Then you can't hesitate at all, former general." Old man Fan immediately said: "Please ask the former general to gather the princes now, announce the right general's attempt to monopolize the pass, confirm his crime, and then quickly wipe out the remnants of the tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan County, enter the pass as soon as possible, and crusade against the right general!" ”

"That's right! That's how it should be! Xiang Bo couldn't wait to echo and said: "First announce his crimes, call on the people of the world to crusade against Xiang Kang's rebellious nephew, and then enter the military pass to kill this rebellious nephew!" ”

Seeing that Old Man Fan was so happy to advocate war against Xiang Kang, Xiang Yu hesitated a little and said, "Father, we can't give Brother a chance to repent. ”

"It can't be given, and there's no need to give him a chance to repent." Old man Fan replied more directly, and said: "If the former general takes into account his family affection and can't bear to kill each other, just give the right general a chance to surrender and live, and after pacifying the world, giving the right general a marquis and a city, it is enough to reward him for his contribution to destroying Qin." ”

Cao Ji was more direct than Old Man Fan, stepped forward and attached it to Xiang Yu's ear, and whispered: "Former general, Fan Gong is for your good, only by confirming the charges of General You, can you justifiably turn your face and start a war with him and regain the throne of Guanzhong." Otherwise, according to the decree of the King of Chu, General Right is the rightful king of Guanzhong, what excuse do you have to regain the throne of Guanzhong? Although I am a little sorry for the right general to do this, but the matter is related to your future throne, and you must not have the slightest kindness of a woman. ”

Xiang Yu suddenly realized, and only then did he realize that he really had to hold on to this excuse tightly to force Xiang Kang to spit out the fat that had been eaten in his mouth, otherwise, he would be bound by moral and family affection, and what could he take back the throne of Guanzhong, which should belong to him? !

Or is that sentence, in front of the throne, any sibling affection is fake, only the position of power is real, for who can inherit Xiang Liang's position as a general, there is still a lot of dirt between Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang, not to mention the throne of Guanzhong? So after thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Yu still made up his mind and said: "Since Father Ya and Uncle Cao both think that I should kill my relatives in righteousness, then quickly gather the princes to announce Xiang Kang's sins and call on everyone in the world to rise up and crusade against Xiang Kang's disobedience." ”

After that, Xiang Yu added, "Of course, I also give my brother a chance to reform himself, as long as he takes the initiative to lay down his arms and surrender, I can promise not to kill him, and I will definitely make him a marquis afterwards, and eat 3,000 households to reward him for his efforts in destroying Qin." ”

"The former general is really kind-hearted."

Old man Fan nodded, and said casually: "By the way, didn't Pei Gong already catch Wang Li, and took the initiative to ask Ying to be the pioneer of the way and crusade against the disobedient act of General You?" It stands to reason that he caught Wang Li, the former general you should fulfill your promise to make him the king of Nanyang, but he did not ask for instructions, and attacked Hangu Pass, this matter can not be left uninvestigated, the former general should be rewarded and punished clearly, while promising Pei Gong's volunteer, ordering him to enter the pass immediately, while clearly telling Pei Gong that only if he can seize the three cities in the pass before the main force of our army enters the pass, can he atone for the crime, no longer pursue his unauthorized actions, and crown him as the king of Nanyang. Otherwise, if he commits his crimes, he will definitely not be able to be the king of Nanyang. ”

As soon as Old Man Fan's words were finished, Cao Ji next to him had already understood and hurriedly said: "What Fan Gong said is extremely true, and the last general also thinks that the former general should reward and punish Pei Gong clearly. In addition, regarding this matter, we should also immediately send an envoy to negotiate and contact General You, and tell General Right what happened, so that he can know that we have sent troops to recruit against him, and that we have conclusive evidence of his guilt. ”

Although he didn't understand the intentions of Old Man Fan and Cao Zhi very well, Xiang Yu understood very well in his heart that with Liu Laosan's little strength, it was a pipe dream to get three cities in the hands of the young marshal's army, and it was equivalent to dying in vain, in order to save the throne and fiefdom, plus he was annoyed that Liu Laosan had dared to covet the throne of Guanzhong before, Xiang Yu did not hesitate, and immediately nodded and agreed.

Seeing that Xiang Yu agreed with his suggestion, Old Man Fan and Cao Ji also immediately smiled, and said together in their hearts: "Liu Jipifu, I know that your report is definitely not completely true, but it doesn't matter, as long as it is beneficial to us, we can pretend to be confused and admit it directly!" But don't be too happy, Xiang Kang knows that you are sowing discord in the middle, and he will definitely not spare you! If he kills you, we'll have even more excuses to take back the throne in Guanzhong! ”

smiled treacherously in his heart, Old Man Fan and Cao Ji were not afraid of stealing and playing tricks, they would rather not want the throne of Nanyang than dare to enter the military pass, anyway, Liu Laosan was the general of the Chu army, Xiang Yu had the power of life and death against him, and if he wanted to clean him up, it was not just a matter of excuse and words?