Ji Xin sat in the Luan chariot and put on the clothes of the King of Han, which was really similar to Liu Bang, even if Xiang Yu did not find a flaw in the distance, he really thought that Liu Bang went out of the city to surrender.

But when the overlord approached, he found that it was not Liu Bang in the Luan car, and his face was quite surprised, and he immediately pointed to Ji Xin and asked, "Who are you?" Ann dare to deceive me! ”

Ji Xin's face remained unchanged, and he replied very calmly: "A certain Han general, now the Lord of the Han Dynasty has escaped, so he pretends to be the King of Han to die, if the king is angry, he can be executed!" ”

"The king of Han has such a loyal minister, it is really the favor of heaven, now I will not kill you, you are willing to surrender, loyal to my account, open up the territory and expand the territory, and in the future you will be crowned kings and princes." Overlord reassured.

"Faithful to the king of Han, born as a Han general, died as a Han ghost, how can he come back to his lord's theory." The words were very firm, and the overlord was quite moved when he saw that he was a man of temperament.

The overlord paced back and forth in front of the battle, hesitating in his heart, so he called Ji Bu to him, after all, in the Chu camp, only Ji Bu was the best at speaking, Ji Bu heard that the overlord summoned him, and immediately went.

As soon as Ji Bu arrived, the overlord said: "This Ji is faithful and loyal to the ages, I want to surrender, and I ask the general to persuade me, I will definitely reuse it!" ”

Ji Bu bowed his head slightly and led the order to go, but Ji Xin was really loyal, no matter how Ji Bu persuaded him, Ji Xin had no intention of surrendering at all, Xiang Yu saw this, so he had to order someone to burn Ji Xin to death in the Luan car.

This kind of person is too loyal to the Han and must not stay, otherwise he will definitely be a strong enemy if he returns to the Han, and he should take this opportunity to kill them all, so as not to leave a legacy in the future.

Ji Xinbao didn't mention it, and said that when the overlord heard that the king of Han had fled among the women, he was angry and frightened, thinking that only Liu Bang could do this kind of thing.

In the Chu camp, the overlord immediately summoned Zhong Liwu and Long Ji, and now Liu Bang escaped from the east gate and will definitely go to Chenggao, so he let Long Ji and Zhong Liwu lead thousands of people to pursue.

At this time, Yingbu had already led troops to the rescue, because Yingbu at this moment had no choice but to contain the opponent, after Gongao's death, Yingbu led his troops through Linjiang, and Gongwei didn't dare to say anything.

Long and Zhong Liwu were not slow to send troops, chasing all the way towards Cheng Gao, Liu Bang and a few people were fast, and only the hundred officials were walking behind, after all, the king's life was the most important.

Riding about thirty miles to the south, he happened to meet Yingbu's soldiers, Liu Bang was overjoyed, and immediately rode forward, Yingbu heard that the king of Han was coming, and immediately saluted forward.

"King Han, don't worry, a certain self-determination will go to the rear." Yingbu said very bluntly.

"Yingbu is really brave, I have the King of Jiujiang to intercept the enemy army, I am very relieved, but the King of Jiujiang should also act carefully, don't be reckless to face the battle." Liu Bang immediately replied.

"Since this is the case, the king of Han has returned to Chenggao, there are 5,000 soldiers, and if the overlord comes to pursue, he should not bring heavy troops, and he will definitely let the Chu army retreat." Yingbu said confidently.

Liu Bang and Yingbu talked a little and left, Yingbu immediately led the army to the north to intercept and kill Xiang Yu's army, and Long and the two traveled all the way, only killing a few Han officials, and then found nothing.

How did they not know that Liu Bang was in front, so they did not withdraw the army, and drove straight down, but before they could move forward for twenty miles, a scout came to report that Yingbu led the army to support.

Zhong Liwu thought to himself, he only led a thousand troops today, and Yingbu came to support, presumably there must be a lot of soldiers, and if he rashly marched, it was inevitable that the whole army would not be destroyed, so he discussed with Long He how to act.

The two soldiers and horses were stationed on the riverbank, and Zhong Liwu asked tentatively: "Now that Liu Bang has escaped, there is a Huainan army again, we will go to pursue it, and we will definitely be sent to death, if we withdraw the army and leave, does the general think it is appropriate?" ”

"That's fine, there are only a thousand soldiers today, why don't you go back to the Chu camp first and ask the king to decide." Long He said slowly, so the two of them just slapped and rushed towards Chu Ying.

Yingbu led the army to come, but did not meet the Chu generals, and learned that the front was a large camp of the Chu army, so he did not dare to rush into the army, so he retreated to Huainan and did not attack again.

As soon as Zhong Liwu returned to the camp, he was summoned by Xiang Yu into the tent to discuss matters, and Ji Bu Zhoulan and others were there, "Can the general catch up with the King of Han?" Xiang Yu asked eagerly.

Zhong Liwu's face was ashamed, and he immediately knelt down and said: "King Qiyu, the ministers are incompetent, because Yingbu intercepted our army from it, it is the crime of the ministers to let the King of Han escape!" ”

Xiang Yu was furious when he heard this, "This black-faced thief is bad for me, what do you think should happen now?" ”

Ji Bu next to him hurriedly got up and replied: "After Ji Xin left the city, Xingyang City was closed by the Han army again, and Xingyang should be taken earlier today, and then return to Pengcheng, make peace with Qi Lian, and defeat Han Xin, so that the Han army will have no main force." ”

"Ji Buyan is also, you and others will lead the army to attack the city immediately, there must be no slackness, Zhou Lan, Xiang Zhuang, Zhong Liwu will each take one road, and I and the generals will directly attack the east gate." Xiang Yu was very eager to arrange.

And at this moment in Xingyang City, the guards are Zhou Cao, Fang Gong, and Wei Bao, who was the king of Western Wei at the beginning, saw the Chu army under the city and wanted to go out of the city to surrender.

Then Zhou Ke and Fang Gong were summoned to discuss, and the three people in the mansion sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was more embarrassing, Wei Bao spoke first: "Now the king has escaped, and he has ignored us. ”

"What do you mean by that, General?" Zhou Ke asked very seriously.

Wei Bao immediately waved his hand, "The King of Han escaped by himself, and ordered us to defend the city, but it is just to harm our lives, and now the Chu army is outside the city, if you open the city and surrender, it will not be the best of both worlds." ”

When the king of Han heard this, he was furious, "The king of Han once instructed me before leaving, let a certain one seriously defend the city, if it can last for a few days, it is naturally the best, you and other repeated villains, first surrender to Chu, return to Han, and now want to surrender to Chu, a certain and you are an official in the same dynasty, it is really a stain on my name!" ”

"Why is the fir so angry, a certain non-Ji Xin, just seeking to live, it is human nature, the so-called ants are still stealing life, let alone people?" Wei Bao then said.

"Ji Xin's name, don't say it from your mouth, and tarnish his name! Now you don't want to defend the city, and you can't disturb the morale of the army, and we can solve all things, and now you will protect your name, and you will not die in vain! As soon as he spoke, he immediately got up, and without waiting for Wei Bao's reaction, he directly drew his sword and killed him.

Then he said to Zhou Cao: "Today is in danger and ordered, you can't have two hearts, now Wei Leopard disturbs our minds, and you should be killed, what is different about you?" ”

Zhou Cao was also moved by the integrity of the fir duke, and said very calmly: "A certain wish to be with the city, although it is not as loyal as Ji Xin, but my heart is longing for it!" ”

So, Zhou Ke and the two of them led thousands of people in the city to guard the gates, and the Duke of Fang personally guarded the east gate, Xiang Yu thought that the King of Han had fled, and Xingyang City should be easy to break, but he didn't expect that in two days, the Xingyang City Gate could not be opened at all, and he was very surprised.

In the Chu camp, Xiang Yu was in the first place, his face was very embarrassed, and he said to the generals with some displeasure: "Now that the king of Han has fled, Xingyang City is not broken, why not?" ”