Xiang Yu has a strong temperament, but sometimes he is also very suspicious and stubborn.

Overall, he seems to be a contradiction. can respect Fan Zeng as his father, and can tolerate Fan Zeng's fingers, but after his bottom line, he becomes a little narrow-minded. Fan Zeng mobilized troops and horses without authorization. It's not just a violation of Xiang Yu's orders. At the same time, it also touched the very sensitive string in Xiang Yu's heart...... Can he easily mobilize troops and horses without being known by Xiang Yu?

This time it was an ambush for Liu Kan, so what about next time?

Xiang Yu had to think about this matter, so he began to have doubts in his heart.

On the second day of the meeting, Xiang Yu sent people to the Tang army camp.

The person who received Xiang Yu's envoy was not Liu Kan. and became Chen Ping. This was originally a normal thing, and as the king of a country, Liu Kan naturally couldn't meet people easily. Chen Ping did not have any rudeness in receiving the envoys, and at the beginning he put on a big banquet and was very enthusiastic.

But as soon as we talked, problems arose.

When Chen Ping learned that this messenger was someone sent by Xiang Yu, his face immediately became ugly.

"I thought you were Fan Laozi's man. I didn't expect it to be the king of Chu. ”

Between the words, a message was revealed: On the surface, Xiang Yu of Chu was the king, but in fact. It's still Fan Zeng who has the final say. There is no point in telling you that things are meaningless, if Fan Zeng sends someone to come, it will be about the same. Even the wine and food were changed, and after saying a few words, Chen Ping got up and left impatiently, and Xiang Yu's envoy was still in the big tent, ignoring it, and behaving very rudely.

After the envoy returned to Jiyang, he was full of grievances and told Xiang Yu what happened.

Xiang Yu's heart was suddenly unbalanced: accounting, people don't treat me as a dish at all, and the whole Chu State wants to respect Fan Zeng?

In the next two days, he secretly sent someone to inquire.

As a result, the news from all over the country all said that the real head of the Chu State was not Xiang Yu, but Fan Zeng.

Xiang Yu's heart quietly got worse......

Discussing things with Fan Zeng, he no longer has the respect he had before. No matter what Fan Zeng said, Xiang Yu felt that he wanted to put himself in the air. Or even take its place. At first, Fan Zeng didn't care, but after a few days, Fan Zeng was uncomfortable.

After inquiring carefully, Fan Zeng immediately understood the reason.

He is also stubborn, and he is holding back the fire in his heart. Without saying a word, he asked Xiang Yu for his resignation.

Although Xiang Yu stayed, Fan Zeng was reluctant to turn back. Fifteen days after the meeting, Fan Zeng was alone and quietly left.

"Fan Zengtu has a false name, not a real virtuous person."

After Zhang Liang and Chen Ping got the news, they couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

Liu Kan nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with Zhang Liang's words, "If I am Fan Zeng, I know that Xiang Ji has doubts, and I will stay by Xiang Ji's side." This person cherishes his reputation and does not care about the overall situation. For the sake of a mere name, he abandoned the Lord and left, even if he was full of wealth, what could he do? ”

Chen Ping said with a smile: "I heard that the Chu people are good monkeys and crowned, and when I saw it today, it was unexpected." ”

Liu Ran declined to comment......

"As soon as Fan Zeng leaves, the Chu army will be defeated, and it will be just around the corner."

Zhang Liang immediately stepped forward, "The top priority is to break the Chu army's arm again." ”

His Majesty may immediately issue an edict ordering General Munch to send troops. Attack Suiyang. At the same time, with Li Biluo and Luo Jia, two generals, surrounded by Yingchuan Chen County, Cao Ji will inevitably be unable to resist. As soon as Dangjun is broken, Surabaya County will fall under His Majesty's control, and even if Xiang is rescued, it will be difficult to recover.

After that, Zhang Liangyou pointed to the map and offered advice: "Your Majesty will order Li Zuoche and General Peng Yue to speed up and be sure to trap Dubu to death in Linzi." At the same time, he secretly ordered the general to cross the river and ambush in the Liangfu Mountain. Wait for Chai Wu to go to Linzi to rescue. Ambushed in the middle, Chai Wu was bound to be defeated. As soon as Chai Wu was defeated, even if he had three heads and six arms, he would not want to escape from Linzi, so he could only wait to be killed. ”

Liu Kan listened and nodded again and again, "It's up to the ovary."

However, we still have to make a good posture in Linji, so that Xiang Yu thinks that our army is going to fight him in Linji. By the time he reacted, the overall situation was decided. In this Linji battle, I have to bother the ovary to personally command, including me, the ovary can be dispatched. ”

Then, without waiting for Zhang Liang to react, Liu Kan issued an edict to entitle Zhang Liang as Lang's lieutenant commander, and he was a general military commander and commanded the battle.

Zhang Liang originally wanted to surrender to the body of a minister. I am afraid that the public will not accept it, so I will refuse it, but when Liu Kan is sealed, he will no longer be able to speak.

Lang Zhongling, who belongs to the Jiuqing sequence, is the attendant of the Son of Heaven and is in charge of the palace guards.

Although he is not as noble as the prime minister and the captain, he is also a very human minister. Even the emperor doesn't care about Zhang Liang's status as a minister, he is still an attendant of the Son of Heaven, which is equivalent to acting on behalf of the emperor. In particular, the position of the great general, which is only below the captain, is enough to shut everyone up.

said that including Liu Kan, they had to obey Zhang Liang's dispatch, which was just a sign of trust.

It is impossible for Zhang Liang to really dispatch Liu Kan, but after this gesture is made, such as Liu Ju and Liu Xin, they must obey military orders.

Who would dare to object?

Chen Ping nodded again and again, and then whispered in Liu Kan's ear.

Liu Kan immediately issued another edict to transfer Kuaiche back from Li Zuoche's side and make him the governor of Taiwei Mansion. Obey Chen Ping's dispatch. This is a long history. may not be as good as the position of one of the nine kings, but it is the official position of the Taiwei Mansion other than Chen Ping, which is equivalent to the general.

The official is not big, but he has real power.

Although Zhang Liang didn't know Chen Ping's intention to tune him back, he more or less understood that he didn't come to check and balance him......

Ten days after the two sides ceased fighting, the Tang army and the Chu army. In the old way of the river, a fight was launched.

From the beginning of the fighting generals, to the later fighting formations. and then to the final battle, the war escalated little by little, and became extremely tragic.

Just when most people thought that Liu Kan was going to fight a decisive battle with Xiang Yu in Linji, Li Bi sent troops from Chen County and occupied Ku County and Qian County one after another, which made Suiyang Cao Ji panic suddenly. He originally thought that this was just a trick by the Tang Army, to disrupt Xiang Yu's sight. However, when Yingchuan Luojia also began to move closer to Chen County, there was a lot of joint forces. When attacking the trend of Xiangxian, Cao Ji panicked.

Once Xiang County is broken, Surabaya County will be in danger.

Although when he was guarding Suiyang before, Fan Zeng had repeatedly warned Cao Zhi that he could not send troops. But the situation has become like this, and Cao Ji can't heed Fan Zeng's warning. Besides, this Fan Zeng seems to have bad intentions, the king of Chu has the grace of knowing him, and he actually wants to set up the king of Chu? Cao Ji is the official signature of the Xiang family, and the four dishes are uploaded as soon as they lie down

The retainers, the most unsightly thing is Fan Zeng's kind of thing, so they immediately sent troops to prepare to stop Li Bi and the others.

Then, on the third day of Cao Qi's army. Meng Ke personally led 20,000 cavalry troops, and he suddenly sent troops from Chen Liu.

did not attack Suiyang, but directly bypassed Suiyang, occupied Suxian, and cut off the connection between Cao Qi and Suiyang. Cao Ji and Li Bi Luojia launched a fierce battle in Lingbi, but they didn't want Meng Ke to sneak attack Cao Ji's rear army, and 20,000 cavalry troops fell from the sky with the momentum of overwhelming mountains and seas. Cao Ji was killed and defeated, and on the way to Xiangxian, he was caught up by a group of men and horses led by Meng Ke and died in the chaos.

After Cao's defeat, Xiang Yu learned the news that Xiangxian was attacked.

He immediately stopped the decisive battle with Liu Kan, retreated 300 miles, and retreated to Dingtao City.

Xiang Yu personally led a cavalry army of 10,000 people, preparing to follow the situation when he attacked Wei Bao at the beginning, and with the mobility of the cavalry, he traveled thousands of miles to rescue Cao Yao. But Xiang Yu ignored a problem, Meng Ke is not Cao Yao, not only after the famous general, but also trained in the Lantian camp since he was a child, and has served in Northern Xinjiang for many years. In terms of understanding of the cavalry, Meng Ke is not inferior to Xiang Yu in any way, or even a few points more.

Knowing that Xiang Yu was coming, Meng Ke attacked with a small cavalry army and lured Xiang Yu to pursue to the foot of Dangshan Mountain.

Then gather 20,000 cavalry and have a duel with Xiang Yu at the foot of Dangshan Mountain. These two people, one is the brave champion of the three armies, and the other is outstanding in the art of war; One is a victorious general, and the other is a battle-hardened general. The cavalry battle between Meng Ke and Xiang Yu can be regarded as evenly matched.

But Munch waited for work at ease, and even had an advantage in troops.

When the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, Li Biluo Jia suddenly killed from both sides of Dangshan, and the Chu army was defeated.

Xiang Yu fought bravely out of the encirclement, which can be called a blood-stained robe. Although the Tang army had the advantage in numbers, none of them could stop Xiang Yu.

Meng Ke stood on the top of the mountain and watched the battle, and couldn't help but praise: "This fang is brave, if it is not His Majesty and the father and son of the Tang King, no one is invincible."

Li Biluojia thought so......

After Xiang Yu was defeated, he retreated to Fengyi and prepared to regroup.

But Liu Kan didn't plan to give Xiang Yu any respite, and in mid-April, Linzi Dibu was trapped for more than a month. had no choice but to ask Chai Wu for help.

Chai Wu immediately gathered his troops and led his troops to attack.

When passing through Liangfu Mountain, he was attacked by the infants, and the 30,000 thorny Pu army was completely blackened

Back then, Chai Wu's father died in the Liangfu Mountain.

And this time, it was replaced by Chai Wu......

Chai Wu wanted to fight to the death, but when he didn't want to be trapped in Liangfu Mountain, his former friend Li Zuoche actually entered the mountain alone and came to persuade him to surrender.

Chai Wu hated Liu Kan deeply, thinking that if it weren't for Liu Kan back then, his father would not have died in battle.

But many years have passed, and Chai Wu is no longer the reckless boy he was back then. He also knew that even if there was no Liu Kan at the beginning, he would not have thought of success. With the passage of time, the hatred for Liu Kan gradually weakened...... When the situation was critical, but he didn't want to see his former friends, Chai Wu was full of emotion for a while.

Li Zuoche said: "Ah Wu, if the general trend is set today, my emperor is destined by heaven.

In the past, you and I hated Lao Qin. But now. Lao Qin is no more, why are you obsessed with the past anymore? You need to know, those who know the times are Junjie! I came here today to persuade you to surrender to Your Majesty, and I can't say that I can be a marquis and a general in the future. Besides, Uncle Chai only has one son under your knees, and your Chai family has been passed down for six generations, is it possible that you want to go to your generation and cut off your bloodline? ”

said anything else, Chai Wu might not listen.

But when Li Zuoche mentioned his children and grandchildren, Chai Wu was moved.

The most important thing for this ancient man is the bloodline, he has been running around all these years, and has not had a moment of peace, although he is nearly forty years old, but he has no children under his knees. This has to be said to be a regret in Chai Wu's heart. However, if you surrender like that. ......

"Then King Tang, can you really tolerate me?"

Li Zuoche couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty is a hero in the world and has a broad mind.

You don't see, Zhang Zifang was also an enemy of His Majesty back then, but now, he is a lieutenant commander and a general. Brother Chai, you bravely crowned the three armies, although you are an enemy of Your Majesty, but you are also deeply valued by Your Majesty. This time, I wrote to Your Majesty, wanting to ask for a way out for you, but I never thought that Your Majesty would reply in person, and send my uncle Lu Shi to meet me. Your Majesty said that if Brother Chai is willing to submit, His Majesty is willing to treat him as a general. ”

Generals, although not among the three princes and nine kings, can be in charge of an army alone, belonging to the Taiwei Mansion, only under the general.

When Chai Wu heard this, he didn't hesitate anymore.

But he said, "I'm defenseless now." I really don't know how to face Your Majesty.

Wait for me to take Linzi for Shaojun as a step forward. ”

A few days later, Chai Wu arrived in Linzi alone and persuaded him to surrender.

In fact, even if Chai Wu doesn't come, Tu Bu won't be able to resist for long. Heavy to the bullet and exhausted. I can't resist it. Therefore, as soon as Chai Wu persuaded him to surrender, Duo Bu immediately went down and offered Linzi. He also hated Lao Qin, but now that the Qin State is dead, what's the use of hating?

Zhong Liwu and Peng Yue didn't care.

These two people, one is Liu Kan's most trusted cronies, and he is in charge of a single army.

The other one is also a friend with Liu Kan for more than ten years. Peng Yue's son and Liu Qin are still sworn brothers. So who is Liu Qin? The current crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the successor of Liu Kan, and the future emperor. has such a relationship, but he looks down on the credit.

With the destruction of Linzi, the war in Sanqi completely subsided.

After the destruction of Linzi, Xue Jun no longer supported it and surrendered the city.

When Xiang Yu heard the news, he was furious, but he was helpless. As soon as Xue Jun was broken, his soldiers and horses in Dingtao were waiting for a lone army. Xiang Yu didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly ordered the Dingtao Chu army to evacuate to Shan Father, and he also led the remnants of the defeated army to prepare to join the main force.

The battle has reached this point, how can Kan easily let Xiang Yu and the main force of the Chu army converge?

After the end of the Battle of Linji, Liu Kan established a point on the bank of the Jishui River and took the stage to pay homage to the generals. With Li Zuoche as the main commander, he captured Chengwu and cut off the retreat of the Chu army. Xiang Yu was not in the army again, and the morale of the Chu army was low, and they were defeated by Li Zuoche in one fell swoop, and the ten pavilions were broken by six or seven percent.

Fortunately, Xiang Yu's own brother, Xiang Yuan, protected Yu Ji and led his troops to fight desperately out of the encirclement.

After joining Xiang Yu, he immediately prepared to return to Pengcheng and prepare for a decisive battle with the Tang army in Pengcheng. Who knows, before he arrived in Pengcheng, bad news came. Chen Ping sent Shi Kuaiche, the governor of the Taiwei Mansion, to go out. It is said that after surrendering the Pengcheng garrison Wang Peng, Meng Ke has occupied Pengcheng.

When Xiang Yu learned the news, he was immediately shocked.

There dared to go to Pengcheng again, and immediately retreated to the south with soldiers and horses.

Li Zuoche issued an order, ordering Meng Ke Li Biluo Jia, as well as the soldiers and horses of various units in Surabaya County, to block Xiang Yu's retreat with all their might.

In this battle, the Chu army fought fiercely several times a day and suffered heavy losses......

From the beginning of nearly 100,000 people, after crossing the Suishui, there were less than 20,000 soldiers and horses left. People are sleepy and tired, and it can be said that they are extremely embarrassed.

That night, after defeating Li Bi's pursuit, Xiang Yu retreated to a high hill.

The soldiers and horses under his command could no longer walk, and they had to set up camp on Gaogang. There was no food or grass, so they had to kill horses to satisfy their hunger.

Looking at those soldiers with numb expressions and exhausted expressions, Xiang Yu couldn't help but feel sad.

"Xiang Yuan, what is the name of this river under the mountain?"

Xiang Yuan replied softly: "Great King, the river under the mountain is called Suitang River. ”

Sui Tang River?

Xiang Yu's heart couldn't help but move, and he hurriedly pointed to the east, "After crossing the Suitang River, is it a warehouse?" ”

"That's right, eighty miles across the Suitang River, it's a building."

Today's warehouse is no longer the building with abundant money and grain and thick walls.

At the beginning, Xiang Liang took over the warehouse and recruited troops. After emptying the barn of grain and grass, he ordered the barn to be destroyed. As for the reason? Very simple...... In Xiang Liang's view, the warehouse has lost its original purpose. But it is also in the Huaihan region. If it is occupied, it will become a big problem. Since it is useless, it is simply about to be destroyed. So as not to be used by people with intentions, it is not beautiful.

It's just that Xiang Liang never thought that he would die so early, let alone that Xiang Yu would end up in such a situation.

"If the building is still there, I will guard the building, I don't know what the cunning Liu Manzi will look like?"

Xiang Yu muttered in his heart, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently revealed a faint smile.

He casually asked, "And where is this place?" ”

"King, where we are stationed now. It's called "Down"