Xiang Kang's threat through the shameless traitors of the Jibei Army, in fact, it was not difficult for Tian Du, with Tian Du's status, when he saw Xiang Yu, he asked Xiang Yu to leave all outsiders aside and talk to him alone, Xiang Yu would not refuse, and then Tian Du only needed to tell Xiang Yu what had happened and his plans, Xiang Yu would definitely be understandable, and secretly agreed that Tian Du would first deceive the remaining Jibei Army back with some vitality.

In this way, of course, Tian Du's letter to Xiang Kang asking for surrender will be completely useless, even if Xiang Kang finds a way to shake it in front of Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu will definitely not pursue it, and within the Jibei Army, at most, it will only lose Tian Xin and a few of his comrades, and it will not hurt Tian Du himself at all.

Tian Du also planned to do this, just sent away the shameless traitor Zhao Peng, Tian Du immediately wanted to rush to the camp of the Western Chu Army, and tell Xiang Yu the truth about these situations in person, but when he walked to the door of the Chinese army's big tent, Tian Du stopped and recalculated, because Tian Du suddenly thought of a fatal question, it is indeed not difficult for him to ask to talk to Xiang Yu alone, but if the Han army really has eyeliner next to Xiang Yu, seeing that he asked to talk to Xiang Yu alone, can he guess that there must be something strange in it? Then once Xiang Kang knew about this, how could he possibly let Tian Xin come back with the army to take an adventure?

In addition, Xiang Yu's fiery temper also made Tian Du very worried, with Xiang Yu's irritable personality and lack of city government, knowing that Tian Xin had rebelled and was ready to stab him in the back, Xiang Yu would definitely be able to jump nine feet high, when his loud voice shouted, it was possible to leak the news at any time, and once Xiang Kang knew about it, wouldn't Tian Du's remaining main army be fed to the wolves immediately?

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages has been human nature since ancient times, considering this danger, Tian Du had to change his mind, and said secretly: "You can't tell Xiang Yu now, otherwise once the news leaks, the remaining main army of this king will be finished." The safest way is to wait for Tian Xin's puppet to cross the river with the king's army, and then tell Xiang Yu's reckless man the truth. No matter how bad it is, you have to wait for Xiang Yu to tell him when there are few people around him, otherwise, if this king goes directly to see Xiang Yu and asks him to drive away the people around him to talk to him alone, Xiang Kang's traitor's eyeliner hidden by his side will definitely be suspicious! ”

Will Xiang Kang preemptively stab that fateful letter to Xiang Yu? Of course, Tian Du also had to consider this problem, but after thinking about it carefully, Tian Du found that there was almost no such possibility, because Xiang Kang's biggest purpose was to force himself to turn against the water and stab Xiang Yu in the back during the decisive battle, so that it was in the best interests of the Han army, and he would never take the initiative to break the matter first because of a small loss, which ruined the plan of the decisive battle between the Han army and the Western Chu army.

It was precisely because of these aspects that Tian Du finally dispelled the idea of telling Xiang Yu the truth now, and instead chose to issue a gag order to the guards who knew about it, and strictly sealed the news, and at the same time, in order to prevent it, Tian Du didn't even let him know about his important adviser Liu Hua, and planned to pretend to be nothing first, and first trick the damned traitor Tian Xin into bringing his army back.

After all, Tian Xin is also the general of the Jibei Army, with a high and powerful position, and he has deep roots in the Jibei Army, and he has a lot of ears and eyes.

In this way, in order to protect his army, Tian Du finally chose to keep it secret from Xiang Yu temporarily, and fortunately, because the traitor Zhao Peng disguised himself as an ordinary person to contact Tian Du, the Western Chu army that was close at hand did not find out about this situation, which saved Tian Du a lot of trouble, and also allowed Tian Du to wait patiently for the return of his army like no one.

To Tian Du's surprise and puzzlement, on the afternoon of the third day, the soldiers of Jibei on the west bank of the river actually came to report again, saying that a Han army envoy came by car, and he wanted to meet Tian Du by name, or Xiang Kang's national letter was to be presented to Tian Du in person. Tian Du was puzzled when he heard this, and said secretly: "What's the matter?" Why did the Han thief send someone to contact the king again, or did he come by car, I'm afraid that the Western Chu Army doesn't know about it, right? ”

Puzzled, out of curiosity, and limited by the unwritten rules left over from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Tian Du still asked the self-commissioned soldiers to escort this Han army envoy who came in the open and honest across the Yellow River and brought him to the camp to meet him. Then after a period of time, the envoy of the Han army dressed as a Confucian was escorted to Tian Du, and as soon as they met, they saluted Tian Du respectfully, and introduced themselves very politely: "He Ling, a pawn pedestrian under the command of the King of Han, has seen the King of Jibei. ”

"No need to be polite." After all, he was born in a nobleman, no matter how he didn't wait to see the envoy of the Han army, Tian Du still waved his hand, let the envoy of the Han army, He Ling, get up and excuse himself, and then asked, "What's the matter?" Go ahead. ”

"The foreign minister was ordered by the king of Han to come to the plain to submit the letter of my Han kingdom to the king of Jibei, and asked the king of Jibei to accept it."

He Ling didn't talk nonsense, he directly explained his intention, and at the same time held the Han military letter in the gift box with both hands, Tian Du didn't think much about it, Nunu asked the guard to step forward to take it, and then carefully looked at the Han military letter that the guard forwarded to the front, Tian Du was immediately completely confused, on the national letter, Xiang Kang actually proposed to Tian Du to surrender again, explaining the stakes to persuade Tian Du to make a wise choice, leading the Jibei army to abandon Chu and return to Han, dumping Xiang Yu to be a cow and a horse for himself, and promised that as long as Tian Du chose to surrender to himself, He will never pursue Tian Du's previous crime of chasing and beating the families of important ministers of the Han army, and at the same time, he will also divide Langya County to Tian Du as a reward.

"What the hell is Xiang Kang Xiao'er? This king has already pretended to agree to surrender, why did he send an envoy to persuade him to surrender? Could it be because of the road, Xiang Kang Xiaoer, who is currently in Julu, doesn't know the situation? Or did Xiang Kang Xiao'er send two messengers at the same time, one bright and one dark, and they didn't know the situation with each other, so the messengers sent on the bright side came again? ”

When Tian Du was wondering in his heart, there was a sudden report from outside the tent that Liu Hua, an important strategist, asked to see, and after Tian Du casually agreed to summon him, Liu Hua also quickly entered the tent, and first glanced at He Ling, the envoy of the Han army standing in the tent, and then immediately walked in front of Tian Du and asked in a low voice: "My lord, Your Majesty heard that the Han thief sent someone to contact us, is this this person?" ”

Tian Du nodded in acknowledgement, and handed Xiang Kang's letter to Liu Hua, Liu Hua quickly read it, and then quickly lowered his voice even more, and said: "King, you can't hesitate, you must immediately send this Han thief messenger, along with the Han thief's national letter, to the King of Western Chu!" Otherwise, the irritable and suspicious king of Yixi Chu, once he hears the rumor, he will definitely be suspicious immediately, then we will be in big trouble! ”

As if to confirm Liu Hua's words, before Tian Du made a decision, there was a voice outside the tent from Xiang Yu's subordinate Zhonglang asking to see Tang Xiu, and then without waiting for Tian Du to agree, Tang Xiu, who was standing behind Xiang Yu, walked in directly, and did not salute, and said directly to Tian Du: "King Jibei, our king heard that the Han thief sent an envoy to contact you, and asked the foreign minister to come and see the situation, what is the situation, what is the Han thief sending the envoy for?" ”

"I was planning to send someone to report to the king of Western Chu." Tian Du hurriedly smiled with a smile on his face, and while personally handing Xiang Kang's letter of state to Tang Xiu, he explained: "The Han thief sent a messenger to deliver this letter to Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang has just finished reading it, and he is also about to send someone to send this letter of state, as well as the messenger of the Han thief, to send someone to hand it over to the King of Western Chu for disposal." ”

After reading the letter of state written by Xiang Kang to Tian Du casually, Tang Xiu smiled and asked, "King Jibei, so the foreign minister can take the letter of the Han thief and the envoy away now?" ”

"Of course, of course."

Tian Du hurriedly agreed, and immediately ordered the guards to hand over the Han army envoy to Tang Xiu, but to Tian Du, Liu Hua and others were surprised, seeing that Tian Du actually handed himself over directly to the people sent by Xiang Yu, the Han army envoy He Ling not only did not panic at all, but on the contrary, he also squeezed his eyes at Tian Du again and again, and said with a smile: "King Jibei, the little envoy is gone." ”

"What is this man doing to the king's eyes?" Tian Du was inexplicable, but Tang Xiu next to him couldn't help but say, and immediately ordered the guards to escort He Ling away, He Ling didn't resist, but while being put out of the big tent by the guards, he kept turning back, and looked at Tian Du like killing chickens and wiping his neck, Tian Du was naturally even more strange when he saw it, and he didn't understand why this Han army envoy gave him a completely incomprehensible glance hint.

"My lord, what do you mean that the envoy of the Han thief seems to be giving you a look?" Liu Hua, who was standing next to Tian Du, also saw that something was wrong, and couldn't help but ask strangely.

"How does this king know? Probably scared stupid, got crazy and lost his mind. Tian Du replied casually in confusion.

Not to mention that Tian Du and Liu Hua were strange in the camp of the Jibei Army, just said that after He Ling was escorted out of the Chinese army tent in Tiandu, he was immediately tied up by the Western Chu soldiers sent by Xiang Yu, and then directly escorted to the camp of the Western Chu Army and into the Chinese military camp of the Western Chu Army, but He Ling was not able to see Xiang Yu directly, and Tang Xiu, the lieutenant general of the Western Chu Army who escorted him, just asked people to temporarily hold them outside the tent and wait for the drop-off, and then alone took the Han military letter handed over by Tian Du to enter the account, and reported to Xiang Yu about the contact with the Jibei Army.

Needless to say, seeing that the scum cousin came again, and couldn't wait to send an envoy to surrender and sow discord before the battle was fought, Xiang Yu was of course immediately furious, and immediately shouted: "Cut off that thief messenger, and hang the head on the gate to show the public!" In addition, tell Tian Du again, this time for the sake of his cleverness, this king will not care about him, and next time he will dare to meet the Han thief envoy privately, exchange letters with the Han thief, be careful of his head! ”

Then, when Tang Xiu was ordered to issue an order to escort the envoys of the Han army directly to the execution ground and behead them, He Ling, who was carefully selected by Mr. Shusun from among his many disciples, of course panicked and hurriedly shouted: "The two countries are fighting, don't kill them!" I am the messenger, and you cannot kill me! Can't kill me! ”

It was useless to shout, the Xichu sergeant who escorted He Ling didn't say a word, and dragged He Ling in the direction of the law field, He Ling's soul was scattered, in addition to being directly frightened to pee his crotch, he shouted frantically: "Help!" Help me! The king of Western Chu is really going to kill me! Help me! I don't want to die, I still have my parents to support, my son is not yet ten years old, and he still has to rely on me to eat! Help me! Help me! ”

It's useless to shout and beg no matter how you do, Mr. Uncle Sun's poor protégé He Ling was still forcibly dragged to the execution platform by the Xichu soldiers, pressed to the wooden anvil and prepared to be beheaded, and when he saw the executioner show the axe with the smell of blood, He Ling was even more frightened by the three souls, and almost subconsciously cried madly: "King Jibei!" King of Jibei! King Jibei, where are you? I said that I just pretended to show the king of Western Chu, and said that you would intercede for me and let the king of Western Chu let me go back! How can you not believe in your words?! Come and save me! ”

"Walk slowly!"

Hearing such a cry, Tang Xiu, the lieutenant general of the Western Chu Army who was beheaded for Xiang Yu, of course couldn't remember that it was difficult to remember, so he immediately ordered the executioner to suspend the execution, and then rushed to the execution platform and asked He Ling: "Pifu, what did you mean by what you just said?" What does it mean to say that you are just pretending to show us the king? ”

After all, he was a disciple of Mr. Shusun, He Ling was still a little hesitant, and did not immediately answer Tang Xiu's question, Tang Xiu was even more suspicious when he saw it, and hurriedly shouted: "Say it quickly!" Otherwise, General Ben will have the executioner cut off your hands and feet first, and then cut off your head! ”

Knowing how brutal the Western Chu Army was, and knowing that Tang Xiu's words were definitely not a joke, after hesitating for a moment, He Ling's will to survive still had the upper hand, and said tremblingly: "General, if the villain tells the truth, can you spare the villain from dying?" ”

"As long as you tell the truth, General Ben promises to intercede with the king and ask him to spare you from death." Tang Xiu replied immediately.

He Ling gritted his teeth, but still yelled, "Tian Du Pifu, it was you who didn't believe in your words first, since you are unkind, don't blame Mr. Ben for being unrighteous!" ”

It was still after the roar was finished, He Ling turned to Tang Xiu and said quickly: "General, the king of Jibei Tiandu handed over the villain to you, it was our Han military who discussed it with him first, and he deliberately handed over the villain and the national letter of our Han king to you, so that you King of Western Chu would think that he was loyal and would not rebel, and he would no longer be wary of him, and then he could suddenly stab you in the back when our Han king sent his troops eastward!" ”

Tang Xiu's face opened wide in disbelief, and then blurted out, "Really?!" ”

"It's true!" He Ling replied categorically, and said with a sad face: "General, now you can spare the villain, right?" ”

"Don't kill him! You must not kill him! Wait until I report to the king first! ”

After roaring wildly, of course, Tang Xiu immediately rushed back to the Chinese army's big tent to report this important situation to Xiang Yu, who was drinking in the tent, and then more naturally, it didn't take long for Tang Xiu to rush back and give the order, asking the soldiers to immediately escort He Ling into the Chinese army's big tent and hand it over to Xiang Yu for personal interrogation! And then, when Mr. Shusun's proud disciple He Ling finally saw Xiang Yu himself, Xiang Yu immediately lifted his collar and roared: "Say! Explain the truth to this king, what is going on? Dare to have half a lie, watch your head! ”

Things have come to this point, of course, He Ling has no extra choice, he can only cry and say truthfully: "King, the situation is like this, the villain was originally a protégé of Shusun Tong, an important minister of the Han army, and has been serving under the account of the King of Han. ”

"The villain was afraid of danger and would never dare to come, but the teacher told the villain that the king of Jibei had actually secretly surrendered to our king of Han, and there would be absolutely no danger for the villain to go to the plain, and said that after the villain arrived on the plain, the king of Jibei would deliberately hand over the villain and the letter of the king of Han to the king of Xichu, so that the king of Xichu you think that the king of Jibei is loyal to you and no longer be wary, and then he can suddenly stab you in the back when you fight the king of Han and help our king of Han kill you. Then, the king of Jibei will persuade the king to let the villain live and let the villain go back to make a difference, so the villain has the courage to come. Otherwise, even if you borrow a hundred guts from the villain, the villain will never dare to deceive you, the king of Xichu! ”

Before He Ling's crying words were finished, Xiang Yu had already exploded his chest in anger, and asked wildly: "Tiandu Pifu, did you really betray this king?" Secretly surrendered to you thieves? ”

"Absolutely." He Ling hurriedly said again: "By the way, Mr. Uncle Sun, the villain's teacher, also showed the villain the letter written by Tian Du to the King of Han, and there is also the big seal of the King of Jibei on it. If you don't believe it, the villain, will recite it to you. ”

After that, He Yu really recited the Tiandu Surrender Book that he had indeed seen with his own eyes, and the content was basically the same as the content of Tiandu's letter requesting surrender, Xiang Yu was even more angry when he heard it, first He Ling fell to the ground hard, forcing him to write out the content of Tiandu's surrender book silently, and then yelled: "Come on, go and call Tiandu Xiao'er to this king immediately!" ”

Thinking about it, Xiang Yu immediately added: "Also, ask our army to prepare for war immediately and closely monitor every move of the Jibei army!" If there is any abnormality, there is no need to ask for an order, you can immediately send troops to attack the Jibei Army! ”