The defeated soldiers of the Western Chu Army, who were caught up by Xiang Zhuang and his party, were really Liu Laosan's team, and Liu Laosan himself, several of his Peixian friends and Han Xin were all in this defeated team of nearly 500 people.

is also the same as Xiang Zhuang suspected, Liu Laosan and his party did cross Surabaya at a remote ferry that Xiang Zhuang accidentally discovered, and got rid of the pursuit of the Han cavalry.

The situation at that time was like this, after being chased by the Han cavalry to the vicinity of Liuxian, Liu Laosan, who was the first to lead the army to flee, pretended to order the defeated soldiers to flee at the Liuxian ferry, and then it was not Liu Laosan's expectation, his defeated soldiers had just begun to cross the river, and the famous old slippery head Ding Gu of the Western Chu Army fled to the scene with more defeated soldiers, and rushed to the dock to grab the boat with Liu Laosan's army, Liu Laosan took advantage of the chaos and continued to flee south with a part of his cronies' army, hiding in the dense forest in the southeast, Leaving the defeated brigade of the Western Chu Army to block the guns at the Liuxian ferry to attract the firepower of the Han army's pursuers.

Then it was not true, but in a moment, the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying and Yang Xi chased and killed to the scene, so frightened that the defeated brigade of the Western Chu army, which had not had time to cross Surabaya, hurriedly continued to flee south, attracting the attention of the Han cavalry, and also led the Han cavalry to stride south, Liu Laosan, who knew the terrain of this area well, patiently waited until the Han cavalry went south, and then hurried to the remote ferry near Shilipu with his own team of cronies, and quickly flowed south across Surabaya, successfully getting rid of the Han army's pursuers.

The pavilion that Xiang Zhuang later found was also looted by Liu Laosan's army, and long before the sacking of the pavilion, Liu Laosan had already put away his banner, and hid among his own soldiers and did not personally participate in the looting, so as not to let the people of Liuxian County, who were close to Pei County, recognize themselves and report to the Han army, so that the Han army knew his whereabouts. During this period, several seriously injured soldiers were also killed by Liu Laosan because they couldn't walk, and threw their bodies into the ditch on the side of the road and buried them with weeds temporarily.

Still after surviving the night of the day, he didn't see any Han army chasing from the north, Liu Laosan knew that he had passed the most difficult pass, but of course Liu Laosan still didn't dare to rest assured, only rested for half a night, and hurriedly took the remaining defeated soldiers south at dawn and continued to flee in the direction of Pengcheng.

Liu Laosan's caution and cunning are not only that, in fact, when he was about to be inadvertently caught up by Xiang Zhuang and others, Liu Laosan was still thinking about whether he should show his identity and go to the city to rest after returning to Pengcheng?

When he gradually had an idea in his heart, Xiang Zhuang also took more than a dozen of his personal soldiers to chase behind Liu Laosan's team, because Xiang Zhuang and others were not many in number, and they were wearing the military uniforms of the Western Chu Army, Liu Laosan didn't take this matter to heart, and casually arranged for a trustworthy fellow villager from Peixian County to go back and negotiate with Xiang Zhuang and others, understand the identity of Xiang Zhuang and others, and then turned to Cao Shen and said: "Prison, after arriving in Pengcheng, we will not enter the city for the time being, and I will not show up and hide in the army, you are responsible for entering the city to contact, Find a way to meet Xiao He as soon as possible, ask him to send us more food and grass, military supplies and wound medicine, and be ready to go out of the city and run south with us at any time. ”

"Why?" Cao Shen asked a little strangely.

"You don't have a brain?" Liu Laosan scolded angrily, and then said: "Our main force must be finished, even if Xiang Yu's vertical son can escape back to Pengcheng alive, their Xiang family will definitely persuade him to sue for peace with the Han thief, as long as he wavers or agrees, he will definitely take me down, and prepare to sacrifice Xiang Kang's little traitor in exchange for peace talks." If he dies on the battlefield, not to mention, the Xiang family who stayed in Pengcheng will definitely surrender to Xiang Kang traitors immediately, and they will also take me down and hand them over to Xiang Kang traitors. ”

"That's why I can't risk showing up, let alone going into the city." Liu Laosan sighed and said, "Unless Xiang Yu's vertical son escapes back to Pengcheng alive, and decides to continue to flee south to Huainan and Jiangdong to regroup, I dare to meet him and return to the team." Otherwise, I'll have to run south, and I'll have to run as far as I can. ”

"Pei Gong, what should we do in the future?" Xiahou Ying asked.

"Go to Huainan first, then cross the Yangtze River, and go incognito to see if there is a chance to start from scratch." Liu Laosan said expressionlessly: "If you don't have a chance, go to Lingnan to defect to Zhao Tuo, in short, Xiang Kang's traitor will definitely not tolerate me, and I can't stay on his territory and wait for death." ”

"Huainan, Jiangdong and Lingnan are all remote miasma places, sparsely populated, and scarce money and food.

Han Xin next to him opened his mouth and said, "Why doesn't Pei Gong consider the Xiongnu in the north?" I heard that the current Xiongnu Shan Yu is eloquent, has annexed many grassland tribes, not only has a large number of soldiers and horses, the army is also generally brave and good at fighting, Pei Gong you are extremely familiar with the situation in the Central Plains, to get there, there must be a lot of hope to get the Xiongnu Shan Yu's reuse, relying on the Huns to help start again, how is much stronger than going to Zhao Tuo. ”

Liu Laosan was silent, and only said after a while: "I am from the Central Plains, Zhao Tuo is also from the Central Plains, I went to him with peace of mind, but the Huns are only outside the Saiwai Yidi, not my race, if I go to him, help him enter the Central Plains, and harm my Central Plains clan, then I even look down on myself." ”

Han Xin's expression obviously became a little surprised, looking at Liu Laosan as if he didn't know him, Liu Laosan understood Han Xin's thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Are you laughing at me for being pedantic?" At this point, I am willing to be pedantic, when the tyrannical Qin destroyed Zhao, the father and son of King Zhao would rather die and surrender than borrow troops from the Huns, am I not even as good as them? Originally, I also laughed at them for not having such brains, but later after I took my soldiers to the frontier to build the Great Wall, I saw with my own eyes how the Xiongnu barbarians brutalized us Central Plains people, and I immediately became admirer of them. ”

Han Xin didn't say anything more, he lowered his head thoughtfully, and then after a while, Cao Wuxian, who had been sent by Liu Laosan to contact the people from the north, also trotted back to Liu Laosan, and hugged his fist to Liu Laosan and said, "Qi Peigong, it's Ji Bu and his personal soldiers who are coming from the north." ”

"Is it Jibu?" Liu Laosan's surprise was not trivial, and he said in surprise: "He broke through? How is our king, has he broken through? ”

"Pei Gong forgives the sin, the villain didn't ask just now." Cao Wuxian said truthfully: "General Ji just asked you to wait a while, and he will come over to meet you immediately." ”

"You told him I was here?" Liu Laosan's face changed, and he immediately regretted that he hadn't made up his mind earlier just now, and didn't tell Cao Wuxian not to reveal his identity.

"The villain said." Cao Wuxian nodded and said, "General Ji's personal soldiers asked about this, and the little one immediately told him. ”

Because he didn't order Cao Wuxian to keep it secret before, Liu Laosan, who had a clear reward and punishment, of course didn't blame Cao Wuxian, after a little calculation, Liu Laosan quickly turned his anger into joy, and said: "Ji Bu is fine, this puppet has always regarded face and faith as more important than life, and has always looked down on Xiang Kang as a traitor, and because of the breakthrough in Jinjiling, he turned his face with Xiang Zhuang Xiaozhuzi, who advocated peace with the Han thief, as long as I explain the reason to him, he will definitely help me keep it secret, and maybe help us run south." ”

Trustworthy Ji Bu's daughter, Liu Laosan also immediately made up his mind, and said to a few Peixian friends next to him: "Hurry up, go with me to meet Ji Bu, say more good things after meeting, and hold him on the road first." ”

"To meet Jibu?" Cao Wu's heart moved, and he suddenly vaguely understood the purpose of the person from the north, and immediately said in his heart: "I can't say anything else, this is an opportunity, I have to give it a try anyway, it's great to be scolded, I was careless for a while, Liu Jipifu couldn't kill me for this matter." If the north is really the man of the Han King, I don't need to accompany this puppet all the way south. ”

quickly made up his mind in his heart, Cao Wuxian also closed his mouth, not only deliberately did not report the suspicious situation he found to Liu Laosan, but also quietly followed behind Liu Laosan and others, and as Liu Laosan and Zhou Bo, Han Xin and others came out of the crowd, temporarily left Liu Laosan's cronies, and took the initiative to greet the people from the north who could not be identified so far......

At this time, in order to lure Liu Laosan to leave the defeated brigade temporarily, Xiang Zhuang and the others were of course already trotting south, and when they saw several knights turning back to the north, Xiang Zhuang, who was hiding behind his own soldiers, was of course ecstatic in his heart, in addition to clenching the spear in his hand, he secretly prayed in his heart: "It must be that horseman, it must be that horseman!" ”

After a little bit of trotting forward, when he was only sixty or seventy steps away from the people from the south, Xiang Zhuang finally vaguely saw that Liu Laosan, who had been his deputy for a period of time and had caused his own brothers to kill each other, was indeed at the forefront of the people from the south, and he laughed loudly early and shouted: "General Ji, junior brother Liu Ji is polite!" ”

Hearing Liu Laosan's familiar voice, Xiang Zhuang did not hesitate anymore, immediately clamped his crotch and got off the war horse, and shouted in a low voice: "Do it!" Rush! ”

Heaven gave Liu Laosan one last chance, and when Xiang Zhuang and his personal soldiers had just charged with their horses, Han Xin, who was beside Liu Laosan, suddenly shouted: "Pei Gong! There is a deception to come! There were no blood stains on their bodies, it was absolutely impossible for them to be Ji Bu and his own soldiers who were surrounded by Han thieves yesterday! ”

Surprised, he looked at Xiang Zhuang and the others, and saw that Xiang Zhuang and his party did not have any scars and bloodstains on their bodies, and it was impossible to kill the people who broke out of the encirclement anyway, Liu Laosan, who had already opened his hands and was about to hug Ji Bu, was startled at first, and then quickly turned around and shouted: "Go quickly, go back!" ”

At this time, even if Xiang Zhuang and the others had already begun to charge with their horses, they were still at least sixty steps away from Liu Laosan, leaving Liu Laosan with enough time and space to escape. So after seeing Liu Laosan suddenly turn around, Xiang Zhuang's heart was also shocked, and he couldn't help but cry out bitterly, "Oh no! ”

When Xiang Zhuang was complaining, Han Xin, Zhou Bo, Xiahou Ying, Cao Shen and others, who found that something was wrong, had also turned around, and Cao Wuxian, who was following behind, was of course also turning around, but his movements were a little slower......

"Let's go!"

After quickly turning the horse's head, Liu Laosan roared, and rushed towards his cronies, while at the same time, Xiang Zhuang had already rushed out from behind his own soldiers, clutching his spear tightly, and roared loudly with red eyes, "Piff! Hugh away! ”

roared out with all his might, but because of the distance, Xiang Zhuang still knew very well in his heart that his hope of success was actually very small, as long as Liu Laosan escaped into the crowd of the Western Chu Army first, not only would he not have any chance to avenge his brothers and sisters, but it was very likely that he would be killed by Liu Laosan's cronies in turn!

Of course, Liu Laosan, the ancestor of the battlefield life-saving master, also understands this truth very well, so in addition to clamping the horse, Liu Laosan also waved the horse heavily, urging the war horse to move forward at the fastest speed, but when Liu Laosan was about to pass by Cao Wuxian, who was following behind, something happened that Liu Laosan never dreamed of, his fellow villager in Pei County, who had followed him from birth and death for many years, Cao Wuxian, the old henchman, actually picked up a spear and smashed it heavily on his chest!

"Ahh

Without Takahashi's saddle and stirrups to fix his body, and he was smashed to his chest and arm by a spear in a high-speed charge, Rao is Liu Laosan's riding skills were already very good, and he was also caught off guard by Cao Wuxian's spear and fell directly off the war horse, and suddenly let out an unbelievable scream!

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang, who was rushing at high speed, widened his eyes, and at this moment he couldn't believe his eyes at all, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and Xiahou Ying, who had already fled south, and the same was true of Cao Shen, Cao Wuxian's clan brother Cao Shen, who immediately let out an angry roar, "Cao Wuxian, you ——! ”

Cao Wusan didn't have any expression on his face, but immediately raised the spear again, and stabbed Liu Laosan in the chest who fell off the war horse, Liu Laosan had no choice but to endure the severe pain all over his body, and immediately a lazy donkey rolled to avoid Cao Wuxian's spear, and rolled out of breath for several steps, and then quickly got up at an unbelievable speed, and ran south.

"Pei Gong!"

Zhou Bo and Xiahou Ying exclaimed and hurriedly rushed over to protect Liu Laosan, while Cao Shen stabbed his brother Cao Wushu with red eyes and a spear, and roared: "Piff, you are so bold!" ”

"I am the man of the King of Han!" Cao Wushu finally roared out his true identity, and while raising his spear to fight with his clan brother, he roared: "Brother, surrender!" I will protect you from death in front of the King of Han! ”

Cao Shen, who was extremely loyal to Liu Laosan, of course did not accept the kindness of his brother, and with red eyes, he just stabbed Cao Wuxian frantically, and temporarily stopped Cao Wuxian, who was closest to Liu Laosan. The defeated crowd of the Western Chu army behind saw that the situation was not right, and they also hurried up to meet Liu Laosan and others.

Of course, the charging speed of the war horse is much faster than the human legs, but in a moment, the surprised Xiang Zhuang has already rushed to the close behind Liu Laosan, Zhou Bo and Xiahou Ying ushered in the blockade with red eyes, but Xiang Zhuang only parried slightly, and immediately let his own soldiers temporarily entangle Zhou Bo and Xiahou Ying, and then continued to ride the horse to rush towards Liu Laosan, who fled quickly to the crowd of the Western Chu army. At this moment, Xiang Zhuang was less than ten steps away from Liu Laosan, but Liu Laosan was still more than thirty steps away from the closest soldiers of his cronies......

The sound of the wind was whistling in Xiang Zhuang's ears, and the roars and screams of the defeated crowd of the Western Chu army also came with the sound of the wind, but Xiang Zhuang was completely deaf, the spear in his hand had already been raised flat, and a pair of fire-breathing angry eyes had been staring closely at Liu Laosan's vest......

One step, two steps, the distance got closer and closer, and finally rushed to within one step of Liu Laosan's back, the spear in Xiang Zhuang's hand also pierced out like electricity, with the bitter hatred of Liu Laosan, and also with the thought of sacrificing his brothers of the same clan, he stabbed the sharp spear into Liu Laosan's vest......

"Ah——!h

Blood splattered, the spear passed through his chest, Liu Laosan let out a miserable scream again, and subconsciously turned back to look at the enemy, and when he saw clearly that the person who stabbed through his chest turned out to be Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan was also shocked all over, and immediately understood all the causes and consequences. Xiang Zhuang was expressionless, pulled back the spear that had pierced Liu Laosan's chest, drew an arc in the high-speed charge, and rushed to the road without looking back, and then it was at this time that tears welled up in Xiang Zhuang's eyes, and he muttered: "Brother, I have avenged you." ”

Xiang Zhuang rushed away without looking back, his own soldiers and Cao Wushu also quickly left the battlefield, and quickly went to chase Xiang Zhuang, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and Xiahou Ying and others did not chase, but quickly jumped off the war horse and rushed to Liu Laosan, who had fallen to the ground, to check the situation, but what made Cao Shen and Zhou Bo and others desperate was that Liu Laosan's chest had not only been pierced out of a transparent hole, but also injured the heart, and there was no hope of rescue.

At the last moment of his life, Liu Ji, who never had the opportunity to change his name to Liu Bang, covered his wounds with his hands, and even showed the free and easy smile he usually maintained on his face, coughing up blood and smiling: "Sure enough, I still didn't hide this day, I owe them the Xiang brothers, and they deserve this fate." ”

"Pei Gong ——!"

Cao Shen and Zhou Bo and others cried miserably together, but Liu Laosan was still smiling, coughing up blood and said: "Don't cry, you don't owe the Xiang family brothers, cut off my head, take it and surrender to Xiang Kang, his kindness is not completely pretended, he will ......, he will leave you ...... and a life." You ......, you have followed me for this ......, so many years, my head can be regarded as a ...... to thank you, thank ......, thank you ....... ”

After saying this sentence with difficulty, Liu Laosan's head tilted, and on another historical level, he died in the hands of Xiang Zhuang, who should have been forced to let him live.

"Pei Gong ————!"

Cao Shen, Xiahou Ying, Zhou Bo and countless Liu Laosan's cronies cried in despair, but Han Xin in the distance was motionless on the horse, listening to everyone's cries and the cold wind, Han Xin suddenly let out a long sigh, and then instigated the war horse, walking alone into the distance, not very fast, but going farther and farther, farther and farther......

Nearly a month later, a tall man, once again with a fishing rod appeared next to Huaiyin's Huaishui, sitting alone on the bluestone on the shore to fish, someone from the passer-by recognized him, and asked curiously: "Hey, aren't you the prince and grandson?" I heard that you went to join the army as an official, why did you come back to fishing? ”

"The fish in Huaiyin is delicious, I want to eat it, so I came back." The tall man replied lightly with an expressionless face.