Han Xin saw the Chu army retreating on the tower of the city gate, and his face was quite angry, "When the military situation comes from Chenggao, Xiang Ji will definitely be captured by me, and now it is just a plan to delay the army." ”

Xiang Yu saw that the Han army in Xingyang was heavy, and heard that Chenggao was garrisoned with 50,000 troops, so he retreated to the periphery and no longer attacked rashly, preparing to find other methods, after all, it is more difficult to attack the city than to defend the city.

However, at this time, Li Sheng also brought Lu Yan's family out from Linzi, Zhang Cang and Lu's mother also went with him, he hadn't seen Lu Yan for a long time, Lu's mother was quite worried in her heart, Li Sheng was a Confucian student, how she didn't know the relationship between mother and son, so she didn't refuse, as for Zhang Cang, she was completely worried about her daughter.

Now from Linzi to Handi, you must pass through the territory under the jurisdiction of Tian Guang, and Tian Guang can even betray his father, in order to please the overlord, he immediately told Fan Zeng about Lu's mother's trip.

Fan Zeng was in the north of Chen County, and when he learned that Lu's mother was out of Linzi, he was overjoyed, the current situation in Chu and Han was in a state of stalemate, and if Lu's mother was invited, perhaps the situation could be reversed.

Therefore, Fan Zeng sent Zhou Lan to Chengyang, preparing to invite Lu Yan's family, and when Li Sheng went to Linzi, he only brought a few entourage, and there were no soldiers around him.

Zhou Lan led more than 100 horsemen to the north quickly, Li Sheng and Lu Mu were both sixty or seventy people, and there were many inconveniences in their movements, so the speed of the journey was not fast, and they happened to meet Zhou Lan's army outside Chengyang.

Li Sheng acted cautiously, and when he saw the Chu army coming, he felt that the situation was not good, and immediately asked his entourage to drive the carriage aside, Zhou Lan saw this, and immediately dismounted to investigate, no one else knew him, but Li Sheng had seen it several times in Wuzhong, and he was quite familiar.

"How many of you go and stop the carriage! In the current chaotic situation, how can there be such a gorgeous carriage? Zhou Lan said suspiciously.

When the Chu army received the order, he immediately surrounded and stepped forward, and the horseman was frightened, so he hurriedly got out of the car and stood aside, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are just in a hurry, please let us go." His words trembled slightly.

"Open!" Zhou Lan immediately shouted, Chu Jun threw off the driver, and at this moment, Li Sheng first lifted the curtain of the car, "General Zhou, why did you do such a reluctant, could it be that this was done by the overlord of Western Chu?" ”

"This is the order of my father, in the car behind must be the family of Pingnanhou, Mr. is still here to do this at such an old age, it is really hard." Zhou Lan said coldly.

Li Sheng stepped out of the car with a little difficulty, and straightened his clothes slightly, "In ancient times, the two countries were at war and did not kill them, but now they kidnap other people's parents, what is their crime?" ”

"It is the fault of his parents that his son is an enemy, and besides, the father only asked me to invite them back, and he did not say anything unright, and asked Li Sheng to understand more." Zhou Lan said that, immediately waved his hand, and Chu Jun was like a tiger wolf, and immediately walked towards the vehicle behind.

Lu Mu was in the middle of the car, hearing the noise outside, so he asked Wen'er to help him get out of the car, just when Chu Jun came over, seeing Lu Mu coming forward, he stood in place quite respectfully.

"Sir, why is this lord blocking the way?" Lu Yan said with a calm face.

When Li Sheng saw Lu's mother get out of the car, his face was a little flustered, "Today, the Chu army wants to take me back to the camp, and the old lady also asks the car to rest." ”

"What do you do, I think I came to take my old bones, my son is a man, and it has nothing to do with you, and let the old woman come forward to answer." Mother Lu walked up as she spoke, and Zhang Wen'er next to her was quite helpless.

When Zhou Lan saw Mother Lu approaching, she immediately bowed down and saluted: "The junior is Zhou Lan, the general of Chu, and I am specially ordered by my father to ask the old lady to go to the Chu camp to rest for a few days. ”

"If I go with you, can I let my husband and my daughter-in-law go?" Lu Mu replied very indifferently.

Zhou Lan listened, her face hesitated, thinking that her father's invitation to Mrs. Lu back was just a threat to Lu Yan, if she brought all her family members with her now, it would only increase her troubles, and if she only brought back Mother Lu, it would be considered to be based on her father's plan.

"In this case, it's all up to the old lady to arrange, please get into another carriage and go back to Chuying with me." Zhou Lan said respectfully.

Seeing this, Zhang Wen'er next to her immediately stopped Mrs. Lu, "Mother-in-law, let's go, you and Mr. go back, so as not to give birth to the pain of missing mother and son." ”

"Wen'er, you still have to inherit the lineage of our old Lu family, don't fight with my old bones, if I have something, Ziyu will have you to take care of it for me." Lu Mu said very firmly.

Zhang Wen'er wanted to speak, but seeing that Lu's mother had already gotten into the carriage, Chu Jun also had a look, and directly led the carriage out, and Zhou Lan didn't say much to Li Sheng, so she got back on her horse and rushed directly to Chen County.

At this moment, Li Sheng just stood blankly in place, "Let's go back to Xingyang first, and then discuss everything." ”

Not long after Zhou Lan returned to Chuying, Li Sheng also returned to Xingyang from the bank of the Yellow River, and Lu Yan knew that his old mother would definitely follow, so he hurriedly went out to greet him.

Although Liu Bang was surrounded in Xingyang, he still prepared a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust for the old lady, after all, Lu Yan called him brother, and Lu Yan's mother was Liu Bang's mother.

Lu Yan stopped at the north gate for a long time, only to see a carriage coming, and immediately walked over on foot, Li Sheng saw Lu Yan from the inside, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Mr. Li, thank you for your hard work, is my mother behind the car?" Lu Yan asked at Chen Nei's Lisheng.

Seeing that Li Sheng was silent, Lu Yan was also a little puzzled, "What?" Wouldn't the old mother want to travel a long way here? Or is something going on in Linzi? ”

At this time, Zhang Wen'er in the back suddenly got out of the car and immediately threw herself into Lu Yan's arms, "Ziyu, the old lady, he was captured by the Chu army, and we were saved because of this." ”

Lu Yan was stunned in place for an instant, and it took a long time to come to his senses, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay for Wen'er to come back, it's good to come back, I'll find a way to deal with my mother's affairs, Wen'er don't worry." ”

Li Sheng next to him got out of the car with some guilt, and without waiting for Lu Yan's reaction, he immediately knelt down and said: "Li Sheng is incompetent, he actually made the old lady lose in Chengyang, and asked the Hou Ye to punish him." ”

Lu Yan sent Wen'er back to the car, and hurriedly helped Li Sheng up, "Where is the sir, this is Ziyu's fault, you shouldn't blindly pick up your mother back, you go back to rest, everything will be arranged." ”

The banquet that day could be said to have broken up unhappily, but in the Chu camp, Fan Zeng was in a good mood, and immediately ordered someone to entertain Lu's mother, and there was no slackness.

After Fan Zeng dealt with the military, he immediately went to visit Lu Mu, hoping that through her, Lu Yan could come to Chu Ying to serve, so that Han Xin and others would follow.

In the tent, Fan Zeng was very kind, and personally poured tea for Lu's mother and said: "The old lady came from Linzi, it's really hard, why don't you drink some warm tea to relieve your fatigue." ”

Mother Lu frowned slightly, "Could it be that you are the father that Zhou Lan said?" ”

"It's the old man, I invite the old lady to come today, but it's just for one thing, that is, I hope the old lady will let her son work for Da Chu, I don't know what the old lady wants?" Fan Zeng asked in a low voice.