"Disloyalty or filial piety? Unkindness and injustice? ”

The old man became fine, and the discoloration of the field certainly did not scare Mr. Zhou Shu, one of the four old men of Shangshan, on the contrary, the smile on the face of the old man Zhou was more kind and kind, and he said with a smile: "General, the old man doesn't understand, I advise you to accept the canonization of our Han King and become the lord of Qidi, how can it be regarded as disloyalty and filial piety, and how can it be regarded as unkind and unjust?" ”

"You let General Ben betray the king, deceive the king ungratefully, and accept the throne canonized by your thieves, isn't it a matter of disloyalty, filial piety, and unkindness?" Tabe asked angrily.

"General, the old decay doesn't understand it even more." Old man Zhou asked slowly: "If this can be regarded as betraying the king and bullying the king and being ungrateful, then when Tian faked betrayed the king of Qi Tian Shi, accepted Xiang Yu's canonization, and replaced Tian Shi as the king of Qi, is it considered a betrayal of the king and an ungrateful beast?" ”

Tian was speechless, and he really couldn't find the words to refute the old man Zhou, because Tian Jiao, the current Qi Wang Tian Jiao, who Tian Bei was loyal to, was only a Qi general sent by Qi Wang Tian City to reinforce Zhao during the Anti-Qin War, because he stood in the right position and won Xiang Yu's appreciation, and then Qi Wang Tian Shi and Qi Xiang Tian Rong were destroyed by the Western Chu Army because of their opposition to Xiang Yu, and Tian Jiao was named the King of Qi by Xiang Yu, so strictly speaking, Tian Jiao also obtained the throne by betraying King Qi.

"General, Fan Shuimo Mountain, since Tian Jiao took the lead in opening such a head, why can't you follow him?"

Old man Zhou struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Besides, Tian Jiao, the king of Qi, whether he has the hearts of the people of Qi or not, you should know better than anyone else in your heart, General." When Xiang Yu attacked Qi, he buried the prisoners, killed innocents indiscriminately, connived at the soldiers to rape the people's daughters, and robbed the money, and the people of Qi all hated the Western Chu to the bone, Tian Jiao was a Qi person, a descendant of the Qi royal family, and did not want to avenge the Qi people, on the contrary, he also accepted Xiang Yu's canonization, and led the Qi army to help the Western Chu thief army to abuse. How could he willingly accept him as the king of Qi? ”

"In that case, why don't you take this opportunity, General, to accept the canonization of our Han King and replace Tian Jiao as the King of Qi?" Old man Zhou continued: "Then lead the Qi army to kill back to Qi, set things right, expel the unpopular pseudo-Wang Tian Jiao, avenge the blood hatred of the people of Qi who have been poisoned by Western Chu, rebuild the Sheji Sect Temple of Qi, and return the head of Qi to live and work in peace and contentment?" ”

Old man Zhou's words may have a great effect if they are used on other careerists, but unfortunately, Tian Bu is a person who does not have much ambition, both his family members and children are hostages in Linzi, and he knows that his prestige is difficult to convince the public, and it is absolutely impossible for the generals in the army to follow him to rebel and become king, so Tian not only refused to accept the letter from Xiang Kang that Old Man Zhou subsequently presented, but also shouted: "Shut up! Less rhetoric in front of General Ben! It is true that my lord King Qi was canonized by the King of Western Chu, but my lord was able to become the King of Qi because of his efforts to lead the army against Qin! The hard work is high, and the name of the king of Qi is justified, as a matter of course! ”

After drinking, Tabe waved his hand again and said, "Doctor Zhou, it's not too early, General Ben doesn't want to continue talking nonsense with you, please go back!" Go back and tell Xiang Kang that he is a traitor, and he will say that my field stands up to the sky and the earth, and I am loyal to our King of Qi, and I will never covet the so-called King of Qi that he canonized! He wants to fight, he just sends troops to attack, and he wants my Tabe to be ungrateful and surrender on his knees, he is daydreaming! ”

"The general is really a loyal minister! Admiration of the old decay! Old man Zhou praised you quite from the bottom of his heart, and said: "But General, the old man still feels sorry for you, for two reasons, one is that our Han King really appreciates you very much, and sincerely hopes that you can surrender." The second is that although you are loyal, the general, other people are not like you. Therefore, the old man can conclude that in a few days, the general, you will definitely regret not accepting the kindness of our Han King. ”

"The others aren't like General Ben? What do you mean? Tabe was alert.

"The admiral forgives the sins, what is the specific situation, the old man can't tell you now." Old man Zhou sold a pass, and said with a smile: "In short, in a few days, in the Western Chu army that fights side by side with you, General, there will inevitably be earth-shattering changes, and it is destined to be absolutely unfavorable to you and the Qi army, and at that time, I hope that the General will not be surprised." ”

"What exactly do you want to say?" Tabe became more vigilant and asked, "What great changes will happen to the Western Chu Army?" ”

"It doesn't hurt to tell the Admiral about you." Old man Zhou's face was full of fearlessness, and he said with a smile: "General, you are loyal to King Qi, but in the Western Chu army, there are people who are not as stubborn as you, General, and it is actually easy for our Han army to take the camp of the Western Chu army!" At that time, the rest of the Western Chu Army will be completely wiped out, and the general will not only be more isolated and helpless, but the danger of the heights will also be gone, so the old man can assert that you will regret it at that time! ”

After letting out such wild words, Old Man Zhou stood up and arched his hand and said: "General, the old man can only say it to this point, think about it again, I can clearly tell you that our Han army will first attack the camp of the Western Chu thief army in the next step, and then send troops to attack your camp, during that period, you still have room to regret remedy, please think about it carefully, and be ready to see with your own eyes, what is the right choice to know the current affairs and advance and retreat." Leave. ”

After that, Old Man Zhou walked out with a step, and of course Tian Bu, who didn't speculate with him, didn't stay, just rolled his eyes and thought in his heart, and said secretly: "The meaning of this old man's words should be that someone has already rebelled on the side of the Western Chu Army, and is ready to cooperate with the inside and outside to help the Han thieves take down the camp of the Western Chu Thief Army, is it true or false?" If it is true, it will be troublesome, once the Western Chu army is finished, and the Han thief army takes the camp of the Western Chu army, so that we lose our condescending advantage, and we are completely isolated, there will be no way to fight this battle at all. ”

The decision-making level of the Han army controlled by the treacherous people has always been extremely thoughtful in terms of strategy, because the old man Zhou was riding a gorgeous float to the Qi army camp, and not long after the old man Zhou left the Qi army camp, the Western Chu army sent an envoy to ask Tian Bu about the purpose of the Han army to contact him, and Tian Bu did not have any need to hide it, of course, he told the situation directly to the envoy of the Western Chu army.

This is not counting, because of the lack of understanding of the internal situation of the Western Chu Army, let alone that Zhou Yin and Xiang Guan are already suspicious of each other, for the sake of prudence, Tian Bu also told the envoy of the Western Chu Army the hint of Old Man Zhou as it was, reminding Zhou Yin and Xiang Guan to be careful to prevent traitors from appearing within the Western Chu Army, and to help the Han Army quickly take the camp of the Western Chu Army - to emphasize, such an important situation, even if the envoy of the Western Chu Army did not come directly to inquire about the news, Tian Bu would definitely take the initiative to send someone to tell the news to the Western Chu Army. As a result, the envoy of the Western Chu army was of course taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Tian Bu, and then hurriedly returned to the camp to report this important situation to Zhou Yin.

Immediately afterwards, when the envoy of the Western Chu Army reported the situation to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin, whose position had long been shaken, of course secretly complained, suspecting that Old Man Zhou was misleading the public and using the hands of the Qi Army to drive a wedge between the army, but also had to worry that Old Man Zhou's threat was true, and there were really other traitors within the army. Then, after repeated calculations, Zhou Yin instructed the envoy: "I know, the matter of the traitor will be secretly investigated, but you must keep this situation secret and not spread it in our camp, so as not to shake our military morale." ”

"What is the need for secrecy? Can't spread it in the camp? ”

Coincidentally, at this time, Xiang Guan's voice suddenly came from in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, and then, as usual, Xiang Guan, who had no fear, rushed directly into the tent of the commander of the Chinese army without being informed, and asked: "Da Sima, I heard that the Han thieves sent an envoy to contact the Qi army, did you send someone to ask about the situation?" Also, what did you just say that the situation needs to be kept secret? ”

"Shaft, it's getting mader and crazier."

Zhou Yin was furious again, and he was more and more dissatisfied with Xiang Guan's repeated disrespect for him, but he didn't dare to attack, so he could only continue to swallow his anger, and roughly told Xiang Guan about the situation of Old Man Zhou's envoy to the Qi Army, and also said that Old Man Zhou hinted that there were traitors within the Western Chu Army. Then there was no need to say more, Xiang Guan was immediately suspicious after hearing this, and immediately asked Zhou Yin: "Da Sima, what the Han thief envoy said to the general of Qi Guo obviously means that there are traitors in our army, and they are ready to cooperate with the outside to help the Han thieves take our camp, what do you think of this?" ”

When he asked this, Xiang Guan's eyes were still blazing, and he stared at Zhou Yin tightly, but Zhou Yin was a little bit of a thief, his eyes wandered and he didn't dare to look at Xiang Guan, and said: "The thief is cunning, and Zhou Shu's words may also be deliberately sowing discord, wanting us to be suspicious of each other and give birth to contradictions, we can't be gullible." However, for the sake of prudence, Ben Shuai will also send someone to secretly investigate this matter, if there is really a traitor and a thief secretly colluding, Ben Shuai will definitely not spare him. ”

The more he looked at the suspicious neighbor's thief axe, the more suspicious he became, of course, not to mention that Zhou Yin's expression was obviously a little strange, seeing that Zhou Yin's appearance was wrong, Xiang Guan became more and more suspicious in his heart, and at the same time, he asked: "So Da Sima, if there is really this traitor, then who do you think this traitor should be?" ”

"How do you know this?" Zhou Yin replied with a little more confidence, and said: "Brother Xiang, it's just a one-sided statement from the side of the thief, and there is no real evidence to prove that there are really traitors in our army, so it's better not to rush to publicize this matter first, so as not to affect the morale of the army, and wait for us to find out what is the eyebrows, and then make a decision." ”

"I'm afraid I'm afraid it's too late." Xiang Guan muttered in his heart, but because there was no evidence, Xiang Guan had no way to continue the investigation, so he could only say in a voice: "Then please ask Da Sima to investigate this matter carefully, and please rest assured, no matter who is in our army, if he has a different heart and dares to secretly collude with the Han thieves, I will definitely not spare him!" ”

"Whoever it is? Including Ben Shuai, isn't it? Zhou Yin heard what Xiang Guan's words said, and while he became more and more angry in his heart, he forced a smile and said: "Of course, Brother Xiang Guan, don't worry, if it is found that there is really a traitor in our army, this commander will definitely hand him over to you to deal with personally." ”

Xiang Guan nodded, and then he left the tent of the Chinese army, and the messenger before also left, but not long after, Zhou Yin's personal soldiers came to report to him, saying that after Xiang Guan left the tent, he called the envoy who had previously sent the camp of the Qi army away alone and took him to his camp. Zhou Yin was furious when he heard the report, and he was so angry that he slapped his palm directly on the desk in front of him, gritted his teeth and scolded in a low voice: "Shaft! How dare you distrust Ben Shuai to this point! It seems that you are really doubting Ben Shuai! ”

Is it just suspicion? After privately asking the envoy in person about the details of the envoy's Qi army's camp, Xiang Guan even had such a thought, and said secretly: "The Han thief envoys are so fearless, it must be because they already feel that they have won, even if we know that there are traitors in our camp, we have nothing to do with their traitors, if this is the case, this traitor cannot be someone else, it will only be someone who I dare not ......move casually." ”

Under the increasing suspicion, it is inevitable that in order to ensure that Zhou Yin can be successfully killed at a critical moment to seize military power, Xiang Guan must not start some preparations in advance, just like in history Xiang Yu was ready to kill Song Yi before greeting Xiang's generals and Yingbu, Chai Wu and others, in order not only to be isolated and helpless when he started, but also to be killed by the possible Zhou Yin's henchmen, and in order to be able to successfully seize power after killing Zhou Yin, Xiang Guan After repeated calculations, he still sent his own soldiers to rush to the camps of the Western Chu army. Invite the generals of the Western Chu Army, who are trustworthy and weighty, to post and discuss, and prepare to greet everyone first, so that they can start smoothly if necessary......

Of course, Xiang Guan once again underestimated Zhou Yin's ability to control the Western Chu Army, and the fact that he brought the envoy back to his camp to speak was immediately reported to Zhou Yin, not to mention that he suddenly invited several generals of the Western Chu Army to gather and talk such a big move? Therefore, several generals of the Western Chu Army who were selected by Xiang Guan had just gathered in his camp and were ordered to secretly monitor Xiang Guan's eyes, so they immediately reported the situation to Zhou Yin!

"Who are they?"

"Back to Da Sima, there are General Wu Su and Dongfang Luodongfang, as well as General Xiang Sheng's brother-in-law General Pang Yan and General Xiang Guan's brother-in-law General Zhou Ji."

Before the pro-soldier's answer was finished, Zhou Yin's face had completely changed, because these generals of the Western Chu Army were not only very close to Xiang Guan, but they were also relatives of the old Xiang family, and they were also the generals of the Western Chu Army who would never follow Zhou Yin at a critical moment! So Zhou Yin also had to beat the drum in his heart, and said secretly: "What did Xiang Guanxiao call these people to do?" What does he want to do? Do you want to be bad for Ben Shuai? ”

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In Xiang Guan's account at the same time, Xiang Guan had also told several of his relatives about the specific situation, and secretly showed them Xiang Yu's warrant to let him seize power, telling them to be mentally prepared to help them do it. Needless to say, because they were either relatives of the Xiang family or Xiang Guan's sworn friends, Wu Su, Pang Yan and others of course all agreed, and all expressed their full support for Xiang Guan to act when necessary.

On the contrary, it was Xiang Guan's brother-in-law Zhou Ji who questioned it and said: "General Xiang, we are only suspicious at present, and there is no real evidence to prove that Da Sima has secretly colluded with the Han thief. Also, Da Sima is the commander of the whole army, we all have to obey his orders, if he really has different intentions and preempts the first attack, how can we deal with it? ”

Xiang Guan is only a martial artist, and he has never had any talent for strategy, so he naturally can't answer his brother-in-law's question, so he can only ask rhetorically: "Then in your opinion, what should we do?" ”

"Or else." Zhou Ji proposed: "General, you should find an excuse now, go and invite Da Sima to come to you to meet you, if he is open and selfless in his heart, then he will definitely not refuse your invitation." If he really has a ghost in his heart and hides some strange intentions, he will definitely not dare to venture into your camp, and will only find reasons to refuse. Then we can also make up our minds to take him down and seize his military power! ”

As soon as Xiang Guan heard the applause, he immediately used the excuse that he had killed a broken leg war horse in his camp, and sent someone to the Chinese army camp to invite Zhou Yin to come over to eat meat and drink wine, and at the same time, in order to prove that Zhou Yin was frank and selfless, Xiang Guan really let people kill a war horse that was injured on the battlefield two days ago but still has the possibility of healing, and cooked horse meat to share with Zhou Yin.

The war horse in Xiang Guan's camp was sacrificed in vain, and he had long known that Xiang Guan had gathered several of his relatives together, and he was indeed a bit of a ghost in his heart, Zhou Yin still dared to venture to Xiang Guan's direct army camp to drink and eat meat? So after Xiang Guan's personal soldiers sent the invitation message to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin just thought about it for a while, and immediately said: "Back to General Xiang Guan, just say that his kindness is understood by the handsome, but the marshal is busy with military affairs and can't get out of it, so there is no way to go over, so I can only wait for a banquet and drink with him later." ”

After that, Zhou Yin also asked people to bring two jars of Zhao Di's wine that Zhang Er had previously honored him, and asked Xiang Guan's personal soldiers to bring it back to thank Xiang Guan. But there was still no way, Zhou Yin's wine was still given away in vain, and the soldiers had just sent the reply to Xiang Guan, Xiang Guan was so angry that he grabbed a jar of wine and smashed another jar of wine together, and roared angrily: "Piff! Sure enough, there was a ghost in my heart, so I didn't dare to come! ”

Wu Su and the others nodded their heads, Zhou Ji also gritted his teeth, and said to Xiang Guan: "General Xiang, you can't hesitate any longer!" Zhou Yinpifu is the commander of the whole army, and it is difficult for us to guard against it suddenly. The only way to do this is to strike first and take him down and seize the military power first, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong! You have the king's warrant in hand, even if we are the first to do it, it is justified! ”

Xiang Guan nodded vigorously and immediately asked, "Then how do we do it?" ”

"General Wu Su, if I'm not mistaken, according to the order, it should be your turn to lead the army on duty tonight, right?" Zhou Ji asked Xiang Guan's nemesis Wu Su.

Wu Su nodded, admitting that Zhou Ji was not mistaken, and then immediately his eyes lit up, and he suddenly understood what Zhou Ji meant, and hurriedly said: "According to the habit, after Zhou Yin Pifu lights the torch every night, he has to go to the army on duty at night to check the night defense preparations, what does General Zhou mean, we will do it at that time?" ”

Before Wu Su's words were finished, Xiang Guan and the others' eyes all lit up, and they all showed a cruel smile at the corner of their mouths.