When the main force of the Zhao army arrived in Mianchi, he had just received the news that Hangu Pass had been snatched back by the young marshal's army by despicable means, and Li Zuoche, the only two Zhao Guoguang Wujun who was called an opponent by Han Xin in history, stood up and suggested that Chen Yu divide his troops to the east of the river, cross the Yellow River from Puban or Xiayang, and enter the empty rear of the young marshal's army.

In the battle of Jingcheng in history, Chen Yu despised Han Xin because of his large number of soldiers, and refused to adopt Li Zuoche's strategy of cutting off Han Xin's grain route, and directly helped Han Xin to break the 200,000 Zhao army with 30,000 Han troops in the first battle, and achieved Han Xin's first fame. And when Xiang Kang met Chen Yu, he also had the advantage of troops, but Chen Yu did not underestimate the enemy at all, and quickly nodded and said: "What Guang Wujun said is extremely true, Xiang Kang's rebels have already taken Hangu Pass, if we blindly attack head-on, even if we succeed, we will definitely have to pay a heavy price, only by dividing troops in Hedong, we can make Xiang Kang's rebels take care of it and take Hangu Pass at the smallest cost." ”

If Xiang Kang heard this, he would definitely be able to point at Chen Yu's nose and scold, asking Chen Yu if he had dug his ancestral grave or ruined his sister-in-law, why did he have to get along with himself like this? But Li Zuoche was very pleased after hearing this, and immediately suggested that Chen Yu send Shen Yang, a general of Zhao who was good at sports warfare, to cross the river in Shaanxi County, and seize the time to attack Puban as soon as possible.

But there are also accidents, after crossing the pond and continuing to move westward, he just met Liu Laosan and Tian An's army who had fled, Chen Yu heard the news that Xiang Yu had been seriously injured from their mouths, and was shocked, Chen Yu, who was still kept in the dark, hurriedly asked if the news was reliable, Liu Laosan did not hide it this time, and honestly admitted that he suspected the specific situation of Xiang Yu's serious injury, Tian An did not hide it, and also calmly admitted that it was Xiang Kang who told him the news.

"Just suspicion? Or did Xiang Kang say it by the traitor? Chen Yu was a little skeptical and said, "Really fake? Could it be that Xiang Kang's traitor deliberately spread false news to shake and blow the hearts of our army? ”

"Probably not." Tian An replied truthfully: "Zheng Chang, the envoy of the former general, was also present at the time, and he did not dare to insist on denying that the former general had been seriously injured, and Xiang Kang Xiaozhuzi was also full of confidence, not like he was bluffing. ”

Chen Yu frowned, and immediately thought of an important question, if Xiang Yu was really seriously injured and hadn't survived, then who would fulfill the promise he made to him to be crowned?

It is still time to come to Xiang Kang to suffer retribution, Chen Yucai was just a little shaken, and Li Zuoche, who did not have this psychological burden, immediately said: "General, it doesn't matter whether the former general of Chu is seriously injured or not, the important thing is that if we still want to enter the Guanzhong, we must not have any hesitation, we must enter Shaanxi County as soon as possible, and immediately divide the troops to Hedong and attack Puban, otherwise, once Xiang Kang rebels gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, he is likely to become the second tyrant Yingzheng, and no one can restrain him." ”

Liu Laosan glanced at Li Zuoche in surprise, and said in his heart: "What's the matter?" Why is it that the grandson of Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, also has the same opinion as Han Xin's little vertical son, and they both think that they should divide their troops to Hedong as soon as possible? Could it be that the horseman really has some ability? ”

After thinking for a while, considering that Xiang Yu's injury had not yet been confirmed, and at the same time, the current fighter plane was indeed very precious, Chen Yu still adopted Li Zuoche's suggestion, and while sending people back to Sanchuan to inquire about Xiang Yu's current situation, he ordered the army to continue to advance, and also asked Tian An and Liu Laosan if they were willing to launch a counterattack with the Zhao army on Hangu Pass? And Liu Laosan and Tian An saw that the Zhao army was strong and strong, and the strength was three times that of the young marshal's army, of course, they were willing to follow the Zhao army, and immediately agreed to go with Chen Yu's army.

Chen Yu's decision gave Mr. Uncle Sun a chance to play, and in the evening of the same day, when the main force of the Zhao army rested overnight in the Kip Shi area, Sima Wei, the general of Zhao Guo who led the front team of the Zhao army, sent someone to send Mr. Shusun over. Needless to say, after Mr. Shusun entered the account, the big tent of the Chinese army of the Zhao State army was immediately filled with all kinds of nice words......

“…… Thanks to God, I didn't expect that Uncle Sun Tong could have such a blessing and be able to meet the world-famous General Zhao in person. As early as the time of Lu Di, I have heard of the general's great name, such as thunder, admiration, only hated his own blessings, failed to listen to the general's teachings, learn the general's talent through heaven and earth, and often said to the disciples below, the above general your learning rich nine cars, both civil and military, he will inevitably enter the phase one day, famous in China! I never dreamed that I would really have such luck in Xia and be able to see the general's majesty with my own eyes! You can also talk to the general in person! Isn't that a dream? ”

"Thank you for the seat, but not busy, please be sure to accept the next bow, in order to express the admiration of the general! It's okay, I'm just too excited, that's why I didn't stand firm, General, I'm polite to my uncle and grandson! ”

No one doesn't like to listen to good words, and so is Chen Yu, seeing that Mr. Uncle Sun, who is also quite famous in the academic world, admires him so much, and insists on prostrating in front of him to salute respectfully despite the guard's obstruction, and almost fell a mouth to gnaw mud for this, Chen Yu's heart is naturally more comfortable and comfortable, and said with a smile: "Mr. Uncle Sun, you don't have to be so polite, please sit down, there is something to sit down and say." ”

"Thank you, General." Mr. Shusun thanked him respectfully, and noticed Li Zuoche, who was sitting in the right column of Chen Yu, and hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask the general, this gentleman is so extraordinary, he is definitely not an unknown person, and please ask the general to introduce one or two below." ”

"He is the Guangwu Jun of our Zhao State, Mr. Li Zuoche, and the grandson of General Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State."

Before Chen Yu's introduction was finished, Mr. Shusun had already rushed to Li Zuoche's face, bent down and took Li Zuoche's hand, and said with an even more excited attitude: "It turns out that Mr. is the famous Guangwujun!" Let's just say it below, how can ordinary people have Guangwujun's noble bearing and elegant temperament? In the next uncle Sun Tong, you have also admired Guangwujun for a long time, I heard that Guangwujun is also very proficient in Confucianism, in the next is the younger generation of Confucianism, after a while after finishing the official business, please also ask Guangwujun to be sure to give a point or two in Confucianism, and in the next must be to Guangwujun to carry out the disciple gift! ”

Li Zuoche smiled helplessly, and while communicating with his uncle and grandson with false politeness, he muttered in his heart: "I have long heard that this old puppet likes to be flattering, but I didn't expect that he could be shameless to this point, and Xiang Kang actually reused such a despicable villain, it seems that it is not enough." ”

Still after completely discarding Xiang Kang's face, Uncle Sun Tongcai talked about his intentions at Chen Yu's request, and said to Chen Yu with some skill: "General, I am here to tell you bad news for our right general of Chu State, we have received reliable news that Xiang Yu, the former general of our Chu State, has died of his injuries a few days ago and passed away. ”

"Already dead?" Chen Yu's heart jumped, and he asked suspiciously: "The former general of the Chu State has died of serious injuries?" What did you hear? ”

"The source of the news, of course I don't dare to report it to the general truthfully." Mr. Shusun still has a bit of professional ethics, categorically refused to betray the informant, and took the initiative to say: "I know that the general, you will definitely not easily believe what you say, but it doesn't matter, the dark clouds can never cover the sun, no matter how the rebels of the Chu State led by Xiang Bo block the news and deceive the princes outside the Guan, the truth will always be revealed to the world one day." General, you can send someone back to inquire about the current situation of the former general, and see if our right general is deceiving you. ”

Seeing Mr. Uncle Sun's confident tone, Chen Yu's heart suddenly beat a little drum, and he said secretly: "If Xiang Yu'er is really dead, then things will be troublesome, even if I enter the Guanzhong according to his requirements, I will not be able to get the throne he promised me." ”

Seeing that Chen Yu had been shaken, his uncle and grandson hurriedly took out Xiang Kang's letter and presented it to Chen Yu with both hands, Chen Yu took it and saw that Xiang Kang first directly told himself the news that Xiang Yu had been seriously injured and died in the letter, and then pointed out that Xiang Yu had been unable to fulfill any promises made to him, and proposed to pay the price of one million gold, a thousand pieces of jade and a hundred pearls in exchange for the withdrawal of the Zhao army and the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty with the young marshal's army.

In addition, Xiang Kang naturally had to buckle all the basins on the head of the unlucky Xiang Bo Xiang with red lips and white teeth, and insisted that it was Xiang Boji who hung old hatreds and coveted the throne of Guanzhong, so he pretended Xiang Yu's reputation to deceive the Zhao army into entering the Guanzhong, the purpose was to make the Zhao army and the young marshal's army kill each other, and let Master Xiang sit and reap the benefits. He also warned Chen Yu that as soon as Xiang Yu died, the alliance of the princes would definitely soon collapse and become a plate of scattered sand, and Chen Yu would have no way to solve the problem of grain and grass at that time, and strongly advised Chen Yu not to be fooled by Master Xiang Boxiang for nothing, and chose to make peace with the young marshal's army to form an alliance and maintain neutrality in the upcoming armed conflict between the Xiang family's uncle and nephew.

As Chen Ping expected, although he was suspicious of Xiang Yu's death, considering that once his support was cut off and the grain and grass could not be supplied, Chen Yu still beat the drum in his heart even more, and calculated: "Really fake? If Xiang Yu'er is really dead, then what's the point of me still tackling the problem? And even if I divide my troops to fight from Hedong into Guanzhong, the supply of grain and grass is not enough, and my main force will not be forced to retreat? ”

At this time, Li Zuoche had already opened his mouth to ask for the letter to watch, because the letter did not mention Chen Yu's throne, Chen Yu immediately handed the letter to Li Zuoche, but when Li Zuoche read the letter, the voice of Zhang Ao, the general of Zhao State, suddenly came from outside the tent, Chen Yu casually ordered to meet, but he didn't know that Zhang Ao, the son of Zhang Er, the prime minister of Zhao State, had just entered the big tent on his front foot, and Mr. Uncle Sun had already rushed to Zhang Ao to bow down, and his face was full of reverence......

"Major General! Major General Zhang Ao! Under the uncle and grandson, it is polite! I have long heard that the young general is young and promising, talented, and is the youngest and most dazzling future general in the army of Zhao State, and even the right general of our Chu State is full of praise for you, saying that your future future will definitely be far above him, and you can see it today, and it is indeed worthy of its name! Major General, is Zhang Xiang okay with him? Are you in good health? I hope that the young general will tell Zhang Xiang in the future, and say that if my uncle Sun Tong has a chance, he must go to his door to listen to the teachings, lead the horse and drive for him, sweep the house and make a bed, please Zhang Xiang must ask me, a junior of Confucianism, a chance! ”

It was only after Mr. Uncle Sun also lost Sage Kong's face that Zhang Ao, who was dizzy by the sycophants, came back to his senses, wondering how Xiang Kang could send such a sycophant to be a messenger to disgrace his face, while casually being polite with Mr. Uncle Sun. Over there, Chen Yu was also a little impatient with Mr. Uncle Sun's endless sycophants, and said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, if you and General Zhang Shao have anything to say later, step back first." Virtuous nephew, what's the matter with coming here so late? ”

"Back to my uncle, it's fine." Zhang Ao hurriedly replied: "The little nephew just heard that the right general of the Chu State sent an envoy to contact us, and wanted to come over to see the situation. ”

"Then sit down."

Chen Yu casually ordered, first told Zhang Ao about Mr. Shusun's intentions, and then asked Li Zuoche to hand over Xiang Kang's letter to Zhang Ao to read, but Zhang Ao was quite shocked after reading it, and hurriedly asked Mr. Shusun: "Mr. Shusun, the former general of Chu has died of serious injuries, is this news reliable?" ”

"Major General, it's useless to say anything now." Mr. Shusun replied very skillfully, and said: "The young general only needs to send someone back to inquire in person, and everything will be known by himself." ”

Zhang Ao was silent, and secretly glanced at Chen Yu, Chen Yu looked obviously hesitant, and Mr. Uncle Sun also saw that Chen Yu had wavered, and hurriedly said: "General, I know that Xiang Bo's gang of rebels from Chu must have promised to give you the title of king, so you brought the Zhao army to attack Hangu Pass, but now ......." ”

"Shut up!" Chen Yu suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "Who said that someone promised to give me the title of king?" Says who? ”

Mr. Shusun was also a little unsightly, and immediately said with a wry smile: "General, why do you still want to deny it? If it weren't for Xiang Bo's gang of rebel ministers who promised you the title of king under the pretense of our former general's reputation, why did you insist on entering the Hangu Pass ......? ”

With a bang, the case table in front of Chen Yu flew into the air, and then before Mr. Shusun could react, Chen Yu had already rushed to him with a blue face, pulled out the sword on his waist and shouted: "Piff!" If you dare to talk nonsense again, watch your head! ”

There was another uproar, Mr. Shusun knocked over the desk in front of him, crawled in front of Chen Yu, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said with a colorless face: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, the small one dare not talk nonsense, the small one dare not talk nonsense!" ”

"Listen up! The reason why this general raised troops to the west was because Xiang Kang Xiaoer was rebellious, claimed to be the king in Guanzhong without authorization, and met with the princes outside the Guanxi by force, so he vowed to crusade against him, a traitor! Also, as a minister of Zhao, General Ben is loyal to Zhao State, when did he covet the throne? If you dare to talk nonsense again, Hugh blames General Ben for being ruthless under the sword! ”

Mr. Uncle Sun kowtowed again and again, almost scared to pee on his crotch, but also a little strange, and said secretly: "What does Chen Yupifu mean by this?" He seems to be saying this to me alone, right? ”

Time was in a hurry, and before Mr. Shusun could think about it again, Chen Yu had already shouted: "Get out!" Go back and tell Xiang Kang Xiao'er, just say that General Ben is here to crusade against him, a rebel, this time, and he doesn't want to use any gold and jewelry to buy General Ben to retreat! If you tell him to be smart, immediately open the Hangu Pass for me, lay down your arms and surrender! Otherwise, when I raise troops to break through, he won't be able to regret it! ”

Mr. Shusun hurriedly agreed, but Chen Yu shouted angrily: "Get out! Let's go now! ”

"General, it's already dark." Mr. Uncle Sun was bold and said with a sad face: "Can you let the little envoy stay with you for one night before leaving?" ”

Chen Yu didn't know why he was so angry, he didn't even agree to such a small request from Mr. Uncle Sun, and insisted that Mr. Uncle Sun get out immediately, but fortunately, Mr. Uncle Sun was not a sycophant in vain, Zhang Ao next to him was soft-hearted, and pleaded and said: "Uncle, Mr. Uncle Sun is a messenger, we can't let others say that our Zhao army is rude to the envoy, let's let him stay for one night before leaving." ”

For the sake of his nephew's face, Chen Yu reluctantly changed his words, and promised to let Mr. Uncle Sun stay in the Zhao military camp for one night before leaving, when Mr. Uncle Sun hurriedly thanked him, Chen Yu drank again, and said: "Take him to the stable!" Let him stay with the horse for one night! ”

"Chen Yupifu, how did the old man offend you? Why do you want to treat the old man like this? ”

No matter how much he lamented in his heart, it was useless, and in desperation, Mr. Shusun could only take the two entourages arranged for him by Xiang Kang, and lived in the stable for the night under the supervision of Zhao Guo's soldiers. It was already summer, mosquitoes were flying in the stable, of course, Mr. Uncle Sun was quickly bitten with a red and swollen bag all over his face, and at the same time he hated Chen Yu to the extreme, Mr. Uncle Sun was inevitably extremely strange in his heart, and he didn't understand why Chen Yu suddenly changed his face and did too much to himself?

Able to change hands several times in troubled times, always at ease, and personally formulated a set of court etiquette that has influenced China for two thousand years, of course Mr. Shusun is definitely not a stupid person, although that bit of intelligence is almost all used by Mr. Shusun on how to flatter, but when he was full of firepower in anger, Mr. Shusun quickly thought of an important question, and said secretly: "Does Chen Yupifu not want people to know that Xiang Yu has secretly promised to give him the title of king?!" ”

"That's right, it must be because of this problem! Otherwise, Chen Yu Pifu would not have deliberately said those nonsense that he did not covet the throne! He didn't say that to me, but to others! He didn't want people to know that he wanted to be king, let alone that he wanted to use the army of Zhao to put him on the throne! ”

Swatting the mosquitoes that kept flying to his face, Mr. Shusun thought of a more important question, "Does Chen Yupifu not want anyone to know?" Zhang Ao? Li Zuoche? Or don't you want them to know? And why didn't he want them to know? ”

Li Zuoche is not only a nominal hypocrite monarch, but his grandfather Li Mu was unjustly killed by the previous King of Zhao, and it is unlikely that he will resolutely oppose Chen Yu's claim to be king. After considering this, Zhang Ao's name gradually floated in the heart of Mr. Shusun - the son of Zhang Er, the prime minister of Zhao State, may report to King Zhao and Zhang Er at any time, and once Chen Yu leaves Zhao State and becomes king, the interests of Zhang Er and Zhang Ao's father and son will definitely be immediately damaged! Therefore, Chen Yu would never let Zhang Ao know that he had the heart to betray Qin and stand on his own!

"So that's the case, Chen Yu didn't want Zhang Ao to know that he wanted to be king, so he was so angry." Having come to this conclusion, Mr. Shusun's thin face couldn't help but show a cruel smile, and said secretly: "It's a harvest, I have to report to General Right immediately when I go back." ”

The matter was not over, under the bite of mosquitoes, when he finally barely closed his eyes, Mr. Shusun was woken up by the sudden sound of footsteps, and when he looked up with a yawn, Mr. Shusun unexpectedly saw that Zhang Ao happened to lead a team of Zhao Junshi with torches from a distance, as if he was inspecting the camp.

Zhang Ao was indeed just a routine night camp, but when he passed by the stable, he saw Mr. Uncle Sun leaning on the hay pile, Zhang Ao's footsteps couldn't help but pause, and he looked at Mr. Uncle Sun with a hesitant expression, and then led his own soldiers to continue to other places.

The resentment towards Chen Yu turned into an impulse, and after killing a damn mosquito that dared to violate his eyelids, Mr. Shusun didn't know where the courage came from, and said, "Young General, please stay, I have a few words to say to you." ”

Zhang Ao stopped, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked in front of Mr. Uncle Sun and asked, "What does Mr. want to say?" ”

"Borrow a step to speak."

Mr. Shusun was quite cautious, got up and walked into the distance, Zhang Ao looked even more hesitant, and only after a while did he order his own soldiers to stay, walked in front of Mr. Shusun alone, and said in a low voice: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"Young General, be careful of your uncle, General Chen Yu." Mr. Shusun lowered his voice and said, "We have received accurate news that the former general's gang has promised to give your uncle Chen Yu the title of king, and in exchange for Chen Yu taking the Zhao army into Guanzhong. Once Chen Yu betrays Zhao and stands on his own, you will be in danger of being killed immediately! ”

Zhang Ao's eyes were sharp, staring at Mr. Uncle Sun's eyes, and said coldly: "You want to sow discord? ”

"I will repay the young marshal for allowing me to stay overnight just now, and I will be rewarded with a spring of water for the grace of dripping water." Mr. Shusun replied confidently, and said in a low voice: "The young general can also think about it himself, if he didn't want to betray the Zhao State and establish himself as the king, why did Chen Yu have to work so hard, and be willing to take the lead for the princes' coalition army, and be the first to attack our right general?" Take the army of Zhao and join us, and let others take advantage of the fisherman? ”

"Uncle, he is here to kill in Guanzhong and avenge the soldiers and people of our Zhao State!" Zhang Ao replied with a sneer.

"Huh." Mr. Shusun directly laughed in a low voice and said, "Young General, if I'm not mistaken, you and Chen Yu seem to be from Wei, right?" Chen Yu, a native of Wei, would be so enthusiastic about avenging the soldiers and people of Zhao State? Also, I accidentally mentioned his claim to the throne just now, why did he react so violently? Isn't this self-defeating? ”

Zhang Ao kept silent, but Mr. Shusun kept talking, and said: "Also, we also received news that the former general's gang also made a promise to you Zhao Guo's generals Sima Wei and Shenyang Fengwang, they are no longer reliable, young general, you are now here to see the enemy, you must be careful and take care, otherwise you will be in danger of dying at any time." (From Zhang Liang's analysis.) ）

Zhang Ao glanced at Mr. Uncle Sun, thinking about leaving with his legs raised, Mr. Uncle Sun struck while the iron was hot, hurriedly caught up with another step, and said in a low voice: "Young General, if you want, you can find an excuse to trick Chen Yu, Sima Wei and Shen Yang into your camp, take them down directly, and lead General Zhao Guo to command the troops, our right general is willing to provide you with all help!" ”

Zhang Ao didn't say a word, just strode away, leaving Mr. Uncle Sun to continue to shoot mosquitoes in the stable, while whispering to Chen Yu's family women, while muttering: "Little shaft, fight for breath, if it weren't for revenge, the old man wouldn't be too lazy to give you such a good idea!" ”