"Former general! Former general, what's wrong with you?! ”

"Call the Medic! Call the medical worker! Call the medic right now! ”

"Carry the former general back to the account! Fast! Fast! ”

Xiang Yu, who fainted again, made everyone present in a big mess, and when Xiang Yu was rescued, he saw that Xiang Yu's face was like gold paper, his breathing was weak, and the blood flow in his right eye was continuous. During this period, the labor division moved the crowd and the voices were boiling, which caused the news of Xiang Yu's sudden aggravation of his injuries to spread quickly, which greatly affected the morale of the Chu army.

And the news of Tian An's killing also spread quickly, and in the panic, Xiang Yu's absolute henchmen Fan Old Man and Cao Ji and others only cared about his injuries, and completely forgot how to deal with the aftermath of Tian An's killing, so the news that Tian An was killed by Xiang Yu himself was also quickly known by the Chu soldiers, which caused quite a stir, and was soon known by the Qi soldiers who escorted Tian An to meet Xiang Yu, and they could no longer conceal the blockade.

It's still good, Xiang Yu is strong after all, he has exhausted all kinds of rescue methods, and when he tossed until late at night, Xiang Yu finally relieved his breath, although he has been unconscious, his breathing has been much more stable, and his face is not as ugly as at the beginning, at least there is no danger of sudden breath loss, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan, who have not even eaten dinner, are also a little relieved, and discuss how to deal with the current situation next to Xiang Yu's sickbed.

"Tian An's death must have no way to hide it." Old man Fan was the first to speak, and said: "So far, we can only make mistakes and make mistakes, no matter whether Tian An was wronged or not, we can only insist that he was bought by Xiang Kang, and came back to Xiang Kang to act as a traitor, and was discovered by us, so the former general killed him with his own hands." ”

"But what if the Qi army still doesn't agree?" Cao Ji said with a sad face: "Just based on Zheng Chang's words, he killed Tian An, who made great contributions to us, and the Qi army can't just give up like this." ”

"Let's go all out to win over Tian Du, who is currently the strongest." Old man Fan said helplessly: "Send someone to contact him immediately, tell him the reason why the former general executed Tian An, let him come forward to take over Tian An's old department, and then promise to put him on the throne of Qi for the former general, and win him over, as long as he speaks for us and helps us pacify the Qi army, we don't have to worry about the Qi army turning against us." ”

At this point, Cao Ji had no choice but to nod, agree with Old Man Fan's plan, and arrange for people to go west overnight to contact Tian Du, the general of Qi State, and make every effort to win the strongest warlord Tian Du of Qi State at present. Then, after sending an envoy, Cao Ji asked Old Man Fan again: "Father, then what should we do next about the crusade against Xiang Kang's rebels?" Do you want to continue to enter the Guanzhong? ”

Old man Fan didn't answer immediately, and thought about it for a long time before saying: "In the current situation, there is almost no hope for us to take Guanzhong, the former general's injuries continue to recur, it is difficult to continue to lead the army to fight, and the princes outside the gate have their own ghosts, and the people's hearts are not aligned, so they insist on continuing to enter the Guanzhong, not only is the certainty of victory pitiful, but maybe there is also a possibility that the boat will capsize in the gutter and be defeated by Xiang Kang in turn." Our best choice should be to decisively abandon the plan of the western expedition, withdraw to Pengcheng to regroup, let the former general recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind, and wait for Xiang Kang to settle accounts later. ”

It was Cao Ji's turn to be silent, and after a while, Cao Ji said: "It is impossible for the former general to agree, with his temper, it must be more difficult to tell him to stop now, it must be more difficult than ascending to the sky." ”

"The former general is more stubborn, but he is not completely incapable of persuasion, as long as we persuade patiently and carefully point out the pros and cons, it may not be impossible to succeed."

Old man Fan has always been full of confidence in Xiang Yu, believing that Xiang Yu is by no means a second person who can't listen to persuasion at all, and turned to Uncle Xiang next to him and said: "Master Xiang, after the former general wakes up, I have to ask you to help us persuade the former general more, you are his own uncle, the current patriarch of the Xiang clan, he should be able to listen to your words." ”

"The old man is not sure." Master Xiang suddenly became arrogant, and said with a sneer: "The two of you have the final say on major military and political affairs, when did you ask me for my opinion?" Why do you think of me again now? ”

"Okay." Old man Fan sneered and said: "It doesn't matter if Master Xiang refuses to help, anyway, Xiang Kang's excuse for raising troops this time is aimed at you, if we lose the battle in the west, Xiang Kang's rebellion is powerful, and when the king takes you to give Xiang Kang's rebellion and the people of the world an explanation, don't blame us for not being able to help you." ”

Master Xiang didn't dare to say anything, and Cao Ji had long been aware of his fierce and inward-looking character, and knew that he didn't have the courage to deliberately drag himself and Old Man Fan back when he shut up, so he didn't pay attention to him, but asked Old Man Fan again: "Fan Zuoshi, even if we can persuade the former general, what about the princes outside the Guanwai?" It's absolutely impossible for them to accompany us and wait for the former general to heal from his injuries? If we want to get them together in the future and let them bow down to the former generals as they do now, it is almost impossible for them to return to their countries and continue to accept the orders of the six royal families. ”

This question is very tricky, but fortunately, Old Man Fan has thought about it carefully before, and immediately replied: "Of course, we can't dismiss them on the spot, the best way should be to immediately divide the princes, let the princes outside the Guanwai who follow us be their own kings, and let them only continue to follow the former general in the future to get the land and city that were divided to them, so that after the former general recovers from his injuries, he can continue to lead the princes into the pass, crusade against other princes who refuse to submit to us, and also create opportunities for the former general to dominate the world in the future!" ”

"How do you divide it?"

Cao Ji asked again, and Old Man Fan brought a map of the world, hastily drew some boundaries on the map, wrote the names of the feudal princes, and wrote the name of Xiang Yu on the territory of the Chu State, and finally said: "As for our current king, we can't abolish it, we can only continue to raise him as a puppet, respect him as Emperor Chuyi, the co-lord of the world, and don't give him specific real power, only let him be like Zhou Tianzi, responsible for ordering and commanding the princes of the world to fight against the ministers, so no matter who the former general sends troops to recruit or not, can be famous. ”

After thinking about the map for a long time, or when his stomach was growling with hunger, Cao Ji reluctantly nodded and said, "That's the only way, try your best to persuade the former general to do this." ”

The most arduous battle of the top of the Chu army unfolded, and it was not easy to survive until Xiang Yu woke up, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan immediately persuaded Xiang Yu to temporarily give up the westward expedition and withdraw to Pengcheng to recuperate from his injuries, but Xiang Yu did not listen at all, no matter how weak his body was, he insisted on continuing to go west to find his cousin Xiang Kang, who had repeatedly teased and deceived him, to settle accounts, and was also angry with Cao Qi and Old Man Fan, and because of this, his injuries worsened, and he fainted again.

Seeing that the cousin who could shelter him really couldn't hold on, Master Xiang Boxiang had no choice but to swallow his anger to help his rival Old Man Fan speak, and persuaded Xiang Yu when he woke up again, begging his cousin to stop the westward expedition that he was not much sure of this time. Not to mention the results, Xiang Yu, who attaches more importance to family affection, was really persuaded by Xiang Bo to be a little shaken, no longer insisted on yelling, and began to calm down and consider the consequences of his expedition to the west with serious injuries.

During this period, the impact of Xiang Yu's impulsive killing of Tian An gradually emerged, because he was dissatisfied with Xiang Yu's indiscriminate killing of heroes, and was afraid of repeating Tian An's mistakes, Zang Di, Wei Bao and Tian Du, who were fighting for the Chu army, and other princes outside the Guanguan had excused themselves not to dare to advance alone, so that the troops under their command were stationed on the spot, and they were still secretly colluding with each other, and secretly prepared to turn against Xiang Yu. Cao Fan and the others knew this, but they were helpless, and at the same time, in order to prevent Xiang Yu from acting impulsively, they had to desperately help them say good things in front of Xiang Yu against their will.

When Xiang Yu was forced to recuperate outside Luoyang City, the envoy of Pengcheng came over with Xiong Xin's order to get in touch with Xiang Yu, asking Xiang Yu to immediately stop the armed conflict with the young marshal's army, and wait for Xiong Xin to send someone to find out the truth before making a decision. Xiang Yu was even more furious when he heard this, regardless of his physical weakness, he yelled directly in front of the bear-hearted messenger, and said, "Wait until you find out the truth before making a decision?" What else is there to check? Xiang Kang's rebellion against the minister claimed the king in Guanzhong without authorization, and met with the army outside the Guanzhong by force, and the blind people who monopolized the Guanzhong were not subordinate, so what else could be checked? ”

The envoy of the bear's heart did not dare to say anything, but Old Man Fan opened his mouth and commanded him: "You go down to rest first, forget what the former general just said, and if we hear any rumors, be careful of your head." ”

In fact, the bear-hearted envoy who was eating Xiang's family only agreed and quickly retreated, and then after the envoy left, Old Man Fan said: "Former general, the king is deliberately favoring Xiang Kang's rebellion, the purpose is to set up an enemy for you, and also to give Xiang Kang's rebellion time to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and have the strength to compete with you, so that he can balance between you and Xiang Kang and sit firmly on the throne of the king of Chu." ”

"Little Shaft!" Xiang Yu scolded with red eyes: "When I return to Pengcheng, the first thing I will do is to abolish him!" ”

"Former general, you should be glad that the king does not know about your injuries yet, as well as the internal situation we are facing now." Old man Fan said very calmly: "If he knows that you are injured like this now, and the princes outside the gate are scattered, he will definitely encourage you to enter the Guanzhong immediately, borrow the hand of Xiang Kang's rebellious ministers to get rid of you, and then take the opportunity to take back the military and political power of the Chu State." ”

Xiang Yu was even more furious when he heard this, and immediately yelled to continue to go west and Xiang Kang desperately, let Xiong Xin see if Xiang Kang had the ability to kill him, Cao Yu hurriedly persuaded: "The former general is angry, although the king has ill intentions, but his order is just to make a step for you, we will take the opportunity to stop this westward expedition, which will not hurt your face, but also win the reputation of loyalty and righteousness, just killing two birds with one stone." ”

Xiang Yu rolled his eyes, and was about to continue to be angry, Master Xiang Boxiang had already knelt down in front of his sickbed with a plop, and cried out with a handful of snot and tears: "Virtuous nephew, just listen to a word of persuasion, uncle knows that you are brave and invincible, even with one hand, you can pinch a hundred Xiang Kang little evil animals, but now you are injured, you can neither ride a horse, nor fight, Wei Bao and Tiandu's gang of horsemen have ghosts in their hearts, and they may see the wind at any time, if you insist on continuing to fight Guanzhong, there is no chance of winning at all!" Only by healing your wounds, and then leading the army westward, can you be sure to clean up that little evil animal! For the sake of our Xiang family, and for our Chu country, uncle, please retire! ”

Master Xiang's crying and begging regardless of his face still played a role, and Xiang Yu, who had not yet been reckless to the extreme, considered that his injuries were too serious, and it was difficult to preside over and command a strategic decisive battle of hundreds of thousands of scales, so he finally nodded, and said very helplessly: "Okay, listen to my uncle, take this opportunity to go down the steps, and don't fight for the time being." ”

Seeing that Xiang Yu's brute bull finally turned back, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan were relieved, and hurriedly took out the princes' division map they had carefully planned to present to Xiang Yu, and strongly persuaded Xiang Yu to preside over the alliance in Luoyang, and divide Huaxia Kyushu to the princes outside the Guanwai who were willing to follow Xiang Yu, and also set up the increasingly obstructive Chu King Xiong Xin as Emperor Chu Yi, and completely turned into a totem puppet in Xiang Yu's hands. After Xiang Yu carefully studied the map, he suddenly asked, "Why didn't you give Pei Gong Liu Ji the crown?" ”

"Crowning Pei Gong as king?" Old man Fan and Cao Ji were both in the same place, and then Cao Ji said suspiciously: "How could the former general think of giving Pei Gong the king?" This puppet took the lead in provoking the war in Hangu Pass, if we don't clean him up, why do we still want to crown him king? ”

"It's because he took the lead in provoking the Hangu Pass war, so he must be crowned king!" Xiang Yu said viciously: "I want everyone in the world to know, as long as he is willing to help me deal with Xiang Kang's traitor, I will definitely not be able to treat him badly!" And I also promised, as long as I can capture and kill Wang Lipifu, I will give him Nanyang and Nanjun as kings, Liu Ji has done this, I am now fulfilling my promise, one is to keep my word, and the other is to let him go to Nanyang to threaten Xiang Kang's rebel thief's martial pass, so that Xiang Kang's rebel thief will not be able to live day and night, and also take the opportunity to lure Xiang Kang's rebel minister to send troops to Nanyang, so that we have the opportunity to annihilate his army in Nanyang! ”

"Virtuous nephew plan!" Xiang Bo hurriedly complimented: "Liu Ji took the lead in starting a war with Xiang Kang's little evil animal, the little evil animal already hated him to the bone, and now we deliberately divided the Nanyang that the little evil animal has taken to Liu Ji, the little evil animal will definitely not give up, as long as we send troops to take revenge on Liu Ji and leave the protection of the natural danger in Guanzhong, we will have a chance to annihilate him outside the pass!" ”

Considering that deliberately sealing Liu Laosan in Nanyang is indeed very likely to lure Xiang Kang to send troops to take revenge, and it is much easier to lure Xiang Kang out to fight than to directly attack Guanzhong, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan did not object, but just suggested that Xiang Yu only give Liu Laosan a county in Nanyang, leaving Nanjun and Qianzhong to be divided among other princes, and Xiang Yu also agreed.

After finalizing the strategy of retreating troops and dividing the seal, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan immediately took the Chu army to act according to the plan, and at the same time went to order the princes outside the Guan, ordering them to retreat to Luoyang to join Xiang Yu and discuss the plan. Because of Xiang Yu's serious injury, the princes outside the gate have long lost interest in entering the guanzhong, and they heard that Xiang Yu was going to share the spoils in advance, so they naturally couldn't wait to turn around and return to Luoyang, and they were ready to get a piece of the spoils at the spoils distribution conference.

A few days later, including Sima Wei and Liu Laosan led the army to Luoyang, the spoils were officially distributed, in front of the princes outside the Guan, Xiang Yu first supported the sick body to worship heaven and earth, and then counted the various exploits of the princes outside the Guanwai in the anti-Qin war, and then took out the map of the spoils, decided to divide Huaxia Kyushu into 16 countries, and also respected the king of Chu Xiong Xin as the Emperor of Chu Yi, like Zhou Tianzi to order the princes.

Xiang Yu's sub-seal is roughly as follows; Xiang Yu himself proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Chu and obtained most of the old land of Chu State, including Jiangdong; Feng Zhao made Sima Wei the king of Henan, leading the three counties of Sanchuan, Hanoi and Handan; Feng Zhao made Shenyang the king of Han and led the land of Yingchuan; Feng Wei Bao was the king of Western Wei, leading the two counties of Hedong and Shangdang; Feng Sima Xin was the king of Jin and led a county in Taiyuan; Zhang Han is the acting king, leading the county and a place; Feng Dong Peng was the king of Zhai and led the land of the county; named Liu Laosan as the king of Nanyang and led Nanyang County; Feng Yingbu was the king of Linjiang, leading the three counties of Nanjun, Changsha and Qianzhong; Feng Chai Wu was the king of Southern Zheng and led the land of Hanzhong and Bashu.

In addition, there was Wu Rui, the warlord of Jiangnan who did not fight with the Central Plains, in order to win him over for his own use, Xiang Yu also named him the king of Hengshan and led Hengshan County.

The innocent Yan Kingdom was more miserable, and was divided into two by Xiang Yu, and Zang Di was crowned the king of Yan, leading Guangyang, Yuyang and Sangu; At the same time, the former Yan King Han Guang was renamed the king of Liaodong and moved to the land of Liaodong; The innocent Qi State was also miserable, and was also divided into two by Xiang Yu, so that Tian Du, who followed Xiang Yu, obtained most of the Qi State's ointment land, and the current Qi Wangtian City was renamed the King of Jiaodong and moved to the Shandong Peninsula to blow the cool sea breeze.

Zhao State was unlucky, because Zhang Ao made trouble, ruined the plan of the princes' coalition army to enter the pass, not only Handan and Daijun were given to others by Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu also temporarily refused to recognize Zhao Xie's throne, and asked Zhao Xie to hand over Zhang Er and Zhang Ao's father and son first, and then officially canonize him as King Zhao, otherwise Xiang Yu would set up another King of Zhao, and even the remaining Zhao land would not be given to Zhao Xie.

Of course, compared with Xiang Kang, Zhao Xie is undoubtedly much luckier, Xiang Yu, who hates and is jealous of his cousin, not only did not give Xiang Kang the title of king, but also took out the Guanzhong Plain that Xiang Kang currently occupies as bait, and promised that whoever can take Xiang Kang's head will divide the fertile soil of Guanzhong into territory for whom, so as to encourage the princes of the world to continue to unite under the banner of Xiang Yu, and kill in the future to kill Guanzhong and cut off Xiang Kang, a rebel and thief!

By the way, Xiang Yu also made a decision about Xiang Kang after careful discussion with Old Man Fan, Cao Ji and other cronies, and quietly left a way out, that is, when Xiang Kang was a soft vassal, he officially canonized the land in Guanzhong to Xiang Kang, who was not so easy to deal with.

After listening to Xiang Yu's separation, only Sima Wei, who could directly get the land and city, was ecstatic and grateful to Xiang Yu. The other princes and kings, including Liu Laosan, were all forced to be happy, worried in their hearts, knowing that they wanted to get Xiang Yu's feudal land and still had to fight a lot of battles, but there was no way, the land actually controlled by the princes' coalition army was only so much, no matter how it was sealed, someone had to suffer, in order to be able to get military help and support, everyone still thanked Xiang Yu against their will, swore blood in front of the feudal platform, swore to help each other, crusaded against the princes outside the Guanwai who refused to obey the feudal division, and recognized Xiang Yu's feudal feud in Kyushu. He also vowed to obey the orders and commands of Emperor Yi of Chu in the future, unite under the banner of the overlord of Western Chu, and crusade against the rebellious princes who did not respect the king's order - mainly against Xiang Kang, who was almost the public enemy of the world.

Then, when it was already difficult to maintain, the alliance of the princes was also officially disbanded, and the princes outside the Guanwai led their armies to their own fiefdoms to establish a state, and Zhang Han, Sima Xin and Dong Peng took the Qin army to collect weapons and went north to cause chaos on Xiang Kang's northern front; The three generals of the Chu army, Liu Laosan, Yingbu and Chai Wu, who got the throne, also led their headquarters to the south and went to the southern front of the young marshal's army to stir up the wind and rain, so that Xiang Kang could not live in peace day and night, and also waited for an opportunity to seize the land of Bashu in Hanzhong that Xiang Kang had not yet had time to digest. Xiang Yu led the main force of the Chu army to return to Pengcheng to recuperate from his wounds, preparing to make a comeback after regrouping.

It is worth mentioning that in order to disgust Xiang Kang, Xiang Yu not only transferred 10,000 troops from the main force of the Chu army to Liu Laosan, but also strengthened Liu Laosan's troops that had been seriously weakened, so that Liu Laosan could pose a greater threat to Xiang Kang. At the same time, Han Xin also resigned from his position in the Chu army, and took the initiative to ask to join Liu Laosan's army, Liu Laosan had already discovered Han Xin's extraordinary, not only accepted Han Xin without hesitation, but also enshrined Han Xin as a general, and let him participate in the planning of his own military aircraft.

The news of Xiang Yu's dirty division soon spread to Guanzhong, and when he learned that Xiang Yu had indiscriminately divided the old land of Handi to Zhao General Shenyang, Zhang Liang's face was of course ugly and ugly. Xiang Kang laughed and said: "My brother really only has such a little level, so that the princes of the world can be divided without waiting for us to do it, at most in three or five months, the princes outside the gate can beat people's brains into pig brains!" If you want to unite and go to war against me, you can't even think of dreaming like this! ”

After laughing, Xiang Kang immediately patted Zhang Liang's shoulder and comforted: "Mr. Zifang, don't worry, I promised to help you restore Korea, so I will not be untrustworthy, give me a little time, and when I breathe a sigh of relief, I will definitely send troops to help King Han regain the old land." ”

Knowing that Xiang Kang was trustworthy in his words, and even more aware that Xiang Kang would definitely not abandon Han Cheng, who still had use value, in order to divide and divide the princes outside the Guan, Zhang Liang hurriedly thanked him, and said: "General Right, the former general did this, expecting the King of Chu to crown you king, there must be no hope." In order to appease the soldiers under your command, and in order to be able to justifiably confront the princes outside the Guanwai in the future, it is best for you to establish yourself as the king as soon as possible and clarify your banner. ”

"This matter cannot be delayed." Xiang Kang nodded and said, "After returning to Xianyang, I will immediately hold an enthronement ceremony, and give our soldiers an explanation first." ”

"What does General Right plan to use as his country name?" Chen Ping asked curiously, and said: "It's best not to use the name of Qin again, first, it is too disgusting to all the people outside the Guanzhong, and second, it is easy to make the people of Guanzhong miss their homeland, and they will not easily agree with you, the new Qin King who has no blood of King Qin, and will give the Qin royal family an excuse to make trouble." ”

"Of course, you can't use the name of Qin anymore." Xiang Kang smiled slightly, then suddenly raised his voice and said categorically: "Han! Take Han as the country name! I call myself the King of Han! ”