When he suddenly received Xiang Yu's summoning order, just the nervous expression and drifting gaze of the envoy of the Western Chu Army who seemed to give the order, Tian Du's sixth sense warned himself that the situation was not good, and Xiang Yu's dispatch to summon him this time was probably not so simple.

There is no way to vaguely feel that it is not good, Tian Du, the king of Jibei, is sealed by Xiang Yu, and he has always been afraid of Xiang Yu like a tiger, and now he must rely on the protection of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu to block the upcoming Han army tiger and wolf division, so Tian Du quickly accepted Xiang Yu's summoning order with a smile on his face, and immediately led a team of guards to go out of the tent with Xiang Yu's herald messenger and go to the Western Chu army camp to meet Xiang Yu.

Tiandu's important strategist Liu Hua also saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed him when Tiandu was about to leave the account, and said in a low voice: "King, the envoy of the King of Western Chu has a wrong expression, it seems that he has been paying attention to the movements left and right, as if he is on guard against us, this is definitely not a good sign, for the sake of caution, you had better reconsider whether to meet with the King of Western Chu." ”

Just hesitated for a moment, Tian Du replied in a helpless low voice: "This king also sees that the situation of the envoy of the king of Western Chu is a little wrong, but there is no way, the temper of the king of Western Chu is placed there, he sent someone to summon him, if this king does not go, he will definitely not be happy, and there will be no things when the time comes." But it's okay, this king is not afraid of crooked shadows, even if he goes to see the king of Xichu, there is no problem, you just have to rest assured. ”

Liu Hua, who also knew Xiang Yu's temper, was helpless, so he had to give up dissuasion, Tian Du also got out of the tent and got on the horse, and rushed straight to the West Chu army camp to meet Xiang Yu, and then just arrived in the West Chu army camp, Tian Du, who was experienced in the battlefield, immediately launched The situation was very wrong, the atmosphere in the West Chu army camp was very tense, and the battalions and armies seemed to have signs of secret preparations, Tian Du was even more strange and anxious in his heart, but there was no way but to go straight to the Chinese army camp and enter the Chinese army tent to meet Xiang Yu.

Of course, the seriousness of the situation is far beyond Tian Du's imagination, he has just entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and before he has time to salute Xiang Yu's subordinates, Xiang Yu has already shouted and taken it, and then immediately after, the left and right guards immediately rushed up, holding Tian Du tightly with seven hands and eight feet. At the same time, the Western Chu soldiers outside the tent also immediately took action, surrounded all the guards of the Jibei Army brought by Tiandu, forced them to disarm, and then tied them all with ropes.

"Your Majesty, what fault did your subordinates make? Why do you treat your subordinates like this? ”

Tian Du hurriedly asked in horror, and he was very smart and didn't dare to resist at all, but Xiang Yu directly smashed the letter of surrender written by the Han army envoy He Mingmo into Tian Du's face, and roared angrily: "You still have the face to ask why this king is taking you, look at it yourself, what is this?!" ”

The guards of the Western Chu Army picked up the book of departure and landing, held it up in front of Tian Du and unfolded it for him to read carefully, and then only roughly read the general content, Tian Du scared the six souls away, and asked with a scream: "King, where did this come from?" This ......, this is not written by His Majesty, the king, you can compare the handwriting, this is really not written by His Majesty! ”

"If you wrote it yourself, this king would have slaughtered you with a sword a long time ago!" Xiang Yu's expression was extremely hideous, and he asked angrily: "This king now asks you, have you ever written such a letter?" Did you secretly contact the Han thief and hand over such a letter to the Han thief's envoy?! ”

The sweat of the soybean immediately appeared on Tian Du's forehead, and he wanted to deny it, but Tian Du did write a letter with a very similar content in his own hand, and he didn't know how much Xiang Yu knew, let alone whether the original of the fatal letter would appear in Xiang Yu's hand, so Tian Du didn't know how to answer for a while.

"King Jibei, don't try to play tricks!" A shout sounded in the corner of the big tent, and he said with great eagerness: "It's useless for you to cheat, I'm a witness!" I can swear to God, I have seen the original of this letter with my own eyes in Tobu Castle, and it is not only written by you, but also by your autograph and your seal! ”

After seeing clearly that it was He Ling, the envoy of the Han army who had just taken the initiative to hand over to the Western Chu Army, Tian Du's head immediately buzzed, and he was almost so frightened that he fainted on the spot, and he vaguely understood in his heart that he was likely to fall into the Han army, but because he didn't know what the whole thing had happened before, Tian Du didn't understand what kind of trap he had fallen into.

Fortunately, Xiang Yu and Ji Bu and others around him were more calm, and they all persuaded Xiang Yu: "King, please calm down, this matter is just the words of the Han thief envoy, the Han thief is treacherous, and he has always been good at forging other people's letters, even if the informant Han thief envoy really sees such a letter, it may not be true, or let the king of Jibei explain the matter clearly first." ”

After saying that, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly turned to Tian Du and said: "King Jibei, speak quickly, the Han thief messenger told the secret that he was in the Han thief army in Dongwu City, and saw with his own eyes the letter you wrote to Xiang Kang's traitor asking for surrender, have you ever done such a thing?" Say it! Don't worry, if the thieves designed to frame you, we will definitely find a way to prove your innocence! ”

Tian Du's reaction made Xiang Zhuang, who was kind enough to help him clear his name, dumbfounded, considering that he had indeed written such a letter and had indeed had secret contact with the envoy of the Han army, it was not impossible for Xiang Yu to find out the truth if he investigated deeply-several insiders that day had now all been taken down by the Western Chu army outside the tent. Considering that the Han army wanted to frame him, there must be a way to hand over the original letter to Xiang Yu, so after hesitating for a long time, Tian Du trembled and asked: "General Xiang Zhuang, can you tell Xiao Wang what kind of incident happened?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Xiang Zhuang's heart also had an ominous premonition, or after hesitating for a while, Xiang Zhuang told Tian Du in detail about the whole thing, and what made Xiang Zhuang even more dumbfounded was that listening to his introduction, Tian Du not only gradually looked like ashes, but also was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and his legs were not stable at all, and when Xiang Zhuang finally finished telling the whole situation, Tian Du screamed in despair, "I was fooled!" Xiang Kang is a traitor, you are too ruthless, you actually set such a vicious trap for this king to drill! ”

"King Jibei, what do you mean?" Xiang Zhuang understood more and more in his heart that the situation was not good, and couldn't help but ask with a trembling voice: "Could it be that you have really written such a letter?" ”

Tian Du nodded helplessly and admitted, so that Xiang Zhuang and Ji Bu and others almost fainted on the spot, and finally understood that after he fell into Xiang Kang's trap, Tian Du, who was in the hands of the Han army, did not dare to have anything to hide, and immediately knelt down on Xiang Yu's knees, and cried: "The king spares his life, His Majesty did write such a letter!" But his subordinates were also deceived, so they were deceived by the thieves to write this letter! ”

I never thought that Tian Du would frankly admit that there was indeed such a thing, and Xiang Yu, who originally thought that it would take a lot of effort and time to find out, couldn't help but open his mouth wide, but Tian Du didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and quickly kowtowed desperately, while crying and telling Xiang Yu the truth of the matter in detail, honestly admitting that he had secret contact with another Han army envoy the day before yesterday, and in order to protect the rest of the army, he wrote this letter against his will and handed it to the Han army envoy, and even admitted that Xiang Kang and Tian Xin, a great traitor to the Jibei Army, wrote a letter to himself, At present, they are all hidden in their own army.

"Your Majesty, you can swear to heaven that I am truly loyal to you! It's just that the subordinates were afraid that Tian Xin's puppet dog would jump off the wall in a hurry, and he really surrendered the thief with the army, so he pretended to agree to surrender to the thief and tried to trick Tian Xin's puppet back! His Majesty had already made up his mind that as long as Tian Xin's puppet came back with the army, His Majesty would immediately tell you the truth, and put Tian Xin's puppet to death! ”

Not to mention, Tian Du's honest confession really calmed down the hot-tempered Xiang Yu a lot, but after thinking about it carefully, Xiang Yu asked Tian Du with a dark face: "Then why did you report the situation to this king immediately?" Tell the king the truth in advance? ”

"Because the envoy of the Han thief threatened his subordinates, saying that Xiang Kang's rebel thief has a lot of eyeliner around you, the king, if your subordinates dare to tell you the situation, they will hear the rumors, they will immediately let Tian Xin Pifu surrender on the spot, Xiao Wang for the rest of the army in Jibei, so he didn't dare to risk reporting the situation to you in advance!"

At stake, Tian didn't dare to hide anything, so he could only quickly explain his worries and worries honestly, and frankly admit that he chose to keep it a secret from Xiang Yu for the time being in order to protect the army, and kowtowed even more like a chicken pecking rice, and said bitterly: "King, your subordinates deserve death, and your subordinates should not hide it from you for their own army, but your subordinates are really loyal to you, really loyal to you!" ”

Or after Tian Du broke his forehead, Xiang Zhuang and Ji Bu and others gradually woke up like a dream, and then Xiang Zhuang just thought about it for a while, and hurriedly said to Xiang Yu: "King, since King Jibei has confessed frankly, it seems that this matter must be true." And this matter is indeed reasonable, the king of Jibei was already short of soldiers and food, in order to protect his remaining army, it is understandable that he chose to surrender to the Han thieves, and asked the king to read the king of Jibei for the sake of taking the initiative to confess, and let him make meritorious service and atone for his crimes. ”

Seeing that Tian Du was honest and frank, and listening to Xiang Zhuang's persuasion, Xiang Yu, who had never had any brains, was inevitably a little shaken, and almost wanted to give Tian Du a chance to make meritorious service and atone for his sins. But it's a pity that at the critical moment, Master Xiang Boxiang suddenly jumped out and whispered in Xiang Yu's ear: "King, you can't be gullible, you have to prevent Tiandu Xiao'er from really having plans to surrender to the Han thief, but I just saw that the organ leaked, so I made up these nonsense to deceive you." ”

After waking up the person in the dream, or after being reminded by Master Xiang Boxiang, Xiang Yu suddenly had such a possibility - Tian Du really planned to betray himself and surrender to the scum cousin, but he was lucky to discover the truth and saw that the matter could no longer be denied, so he temporarily made up these nonsense to coax himself!

It is precisely because of this concern that after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Xiang Yu could only choose a more compromise method, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, this king believes in you for the time being, and leaves you a life for the time being, and then sends you down when this king finds out the truth of the matter!" ”

Tian Du was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly kowtowed to Xiang Yu to thank him, but Xiang Yu was silent, and issued orders one after another, first sending people to the camp of the Jibei Army to find Tian Xin's and Xiang Kang's letters hidden in the army, and then ordered people to interrogate several Tiandu guards who were present at the time in detail, and then temporarily deprived Tian Du of his military power, temporarily imprisoned Tian Du in the camp of the Western Chu Army, and let Tian Du's fellow sect Tian Da temporarily act as the commander of the Jibei Army, Tian Du only wanted to clear his grievances, of course, obediently, I also thanked Xiang Yu for his kindness and gratitude.

Tian Du, who was lucky enough to save his life temporarily, soon found that he was too happy, because this matter was completely a headless public case, no matter how the guards of the Jibei Army who were present at the time cooperated with the investigation and interrogation, and how they honestly explained what happened at that time, there was no way to prove whether Tian Du had the intention of secretly surrendering to the Han and promised to surrender to the Han army, in the end, just to deceive the Jibei army isolated in the territory of Zhao State, or whether he really planned to abandon Chu and return to Han, and was ready to stab Xiang Yu in the back at a critical moment.

Even the civilian officials of the Western Chu Army found that Tian Xin's letter was suspicious and had subtle traces of forgery, and Dingtian could only prove that this matter might be a trap carefully arranged by the Han army, but it could not prove that Tian Du really did not have hidden dissent, whether he really wanted to surrender to the Han army!

Even if Tian Xin fled back to Jibei with the rest of the Jibei army, a few days later, taking advantage of the opportunity that the Han army did not have time to intercept and block, he took the initiative to give up nearly 20,000 people of the Jibei army in draft county, but he was very lucky to get rid of the pursuit of the Han army, and withdrew to the territory of Jibei by the road of Fuliu and Guanjin, and was not annihilated by the Han army in the territory of Zhao State. But after returning to his hometown, what greeted Tian Xin, the general of the Northern Army who had worked hard and made great achievements, was not flowers and applause, let alone a reward of wine and meat and rich rewards, but a group of wolf-like Western Chu soldiers immediately took him down and escorted him to the camp of the Western Chu Army to be personally interrogated by Xiang Yu.

Like all the loyal ministers who have been wronged in history, no matter how frantically Tian Xin shouts injustice, and no matter how many people come forward to testify that he has never secretly colluded with the Han army, and it also proves that his trusted guard Zhao Peng has long been missing on the battlefield of Huanshui, and there is no way to make Xiang Yu believe that he really did not secretly surrender to Xiang Kang, and he came back with the army instead of preparing to stab the Western Chu army in the back at a critical moment.

What's even more impossible to prove is that Tian Du wrote a letter to Xiang Kang asking for surrender, whether he really planned to surrender to the Han army, even if the truth of the matter has basically been revealed, so the links have been clearly placed in front of Xiang Yu, and Tian Du has no way to prove that he is really loyal to Xiang Yu, whether the surrender letter he wrote to Xiang Kang really intends to surrender. After all, even Xiang Zhuang and Ji Bu and other relatively calm generals of the Western Chu Army had no way to prove what Tian Du thought in his heart, let alone Xiang Yu, whose temper was like a cannonball.

In the end, it was only after nearly a month later, also after the civil and military forces of the Jibei Army sent all the money and grain they had scavenged to the camp of the Western Chu Army, and at the same time, after the Qi State was also forced to pay a large tribute to the Western Chu Army, Xiang Yu received accurate news that his scum cousin Xiang Kang had personally led the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army to the south along the Chi Road and retreated to the Puyang battlefield, leaving only the Zhou Shu Corps to continue to confront him from afar.

"Hit the trick again!"

directly kicked the desk in front of him into the air, Xiang Yu's one-eyed eye was so angry that he breathed fire directly again, and roared angrily: "Xiang Kang, this shaft!" He didn't plan to take advantage of the situation to march into the plains at all, he was playing this king! This king has fallen for his big fool again! ”

After the roar, in a rage, Xiang Yu also shouted and ordered the Western Chu army to immediately send troops to the west and launch a counterattack against Julu! Ji Bu next to him hurriedly reminded: "King, Xiang Kang's traitors will definitely make Uncle Zhou's puppet defend without a fight!" Our hinterland is already empty again, if we can't quickly take down the giant deer and annihilate the main force of the Han thief Zhou Shu's department, Xiang Kang takes the opportunity to attack our hinterland and cut off our food routes, how can we deal with it?! ”

Xiang Yu was stunned, and then remembered that he had been greatly injured after being hit hard, and there was no decent army in the rear of the hinterland to stop the advance of the Han army, if he couldn't quickly take the giant deer, and was dragged into a war of attrition by Uncle Zhou, who was treacherously not under his scum cousin, then the scum cousin who had already gone south only needed to take the opportunity to cut off his long grain road, and he could starve his last main force to death!

"My lord, for now, we had better hurry south and withdraw to our native rear." Ji Bu said again: "In this way, we can not only have sufficient troops to resist the attack of the Han thieves, but also hope to take advantage of the opportunity of the Han thieves to take the initiative to attack and get the opportunity to take the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Xiang Kang's traitors." ”

Xiang Yu's favorite thing is the decisive battle, especially the decisive battle with his scum cousin, so after just thinking about it a little, Xiang Yu immediately nodded and said: "It makes sense, we should withdraw to the mainland as soon as possible and find a chance to fight with Xiang Kang's erector!" On this side of the northern line, we will defend it for the time being, and when we clean up Xiang Kang's traitors, it will not be too late to turn around and clean up Uncle Zhou! Pass the order, prepare to retreat, and take all the food and grass with you! ”

Seeing Xiang Yu make a decision, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly and cautiously said: "King, what should you do with the Jibei Wangtian?" His Majesty believes that since the Han thief's previous threat to enter Jibei was just a bluff, then plotting against Jibei King and General Tian Xin can prove that it is a false thing, and the king might as well pardon King Jibei and Tian Xin and give them justice. In this way, they will inevitably be grateful, defend Jibei, contain the Han thief Uncle Zhou's department for us, and buy time for us on the southern front. ”

"Don't take any chances! Don't take any chances! ”

Master Xiang Boxiang once again jumped out in time to give advice to Xiang Yu, a filial nephew, and said: "None of us can prove whether he is sincere or false!" The Han thieves gave up their eastward advance, and it is also possible that they have detected the rumors and know that Tiandu Pifu has been exposed, and it is difficult to win without internal efforts, so they adjusted their strategy and chose to divide their troops south! And Tian was imprisoned by us to seize power, he will definitely hold a grudge, as soon as our army leaves, no one will monitor and control him, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to surrender to the Han thief, and suddenly stab us in the back from the northern front, and the consequences will definitely be unimaginable! ”

"Uncle Ji, you ......." Xiang Zhuang finally understood why Xiang Kang hated Master Xiang Boxiang so much-stirring up nonsense, it was no different from stirring sticks!

"What's wrong with me? I'm thinking about us Xichu! After scolding Xiang Zhuang, Master Xiang Boxiang hurriedly said to Xiang Yu: "King, the best way is to take advantage of the opportunity that Tian Du Pifu has admitted that he once asked the Han thief to surrender, and use this excuse to execute him and the unreliable Tian Xin Pifu, so that Tian Da, who listens to us, will succeed as the king of Jibei." This can not only be done once and for all, but also make Tian Da more loyal to us, so that we don't have to worry about the sudden change of the northern line. ”

In history, when Liu Laosan's sworn friend Zhou Chang stayed in Xingyang, for the sake of prudence, he did not hesitate to preemptively execute Wei Bao, who had a history of betrayal, and the famous minister Zhou Chang was still like this, of course, not to mention Xiang Yu Xiang Overlord, so just after a little pondering, Xiang Yu nodded decisively and said: "Uncle Ji Gao, the hidden danger of Tiandu cannot be stayed!" It can only be eliminated immediately! ”

"King Shengming." Master Xiang Boxiang hurriedly complimented, lowered his head and said with a smile in his heart: "Tian Dapifu, the king of Jibei that you asked the old man for, the old man has already cashed it out for you, and the reward you promised the old man should not be discounted." ”

In this way, when the truth has actually been revealed, because he could not prove whether the letter he wrote to Xiang Kang to persuade him to surrender was sincere, the poor Jibei Wang Tian Du was still taken to the court, and together with Tian Xin, the general of the Jibei Army, who had worked hard, he accepted the beheading punishment given to them by Xiang Yu.

Maybe God also knows that Tian is wronged, when Tian was taken to the execution platform, the plain area with a beautiful wind and sun was suddenly cloudy, lightning and thunder, a pouring rain suddenly fell from the sky, standing in the wind and rain, Tian who was full of grievances couldn't help but burst into tears, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar, "Sky!" I'm wronged! Wronged——! ”