Chapter 36: The Princes Take Sides

Originally, Zhang Han didn't think too much, even if he knew Liu Bang's idea of attacking the land of Hanzhong, he didn't have any good way.

After all, his status is there, compared with Xiang Bo and Liu Bang, he must be a soft-spoken person, and it is difficult to refute the two. If he rashly stood up against it, not only would he not be able to make Xiang Yu change his mind, but it would attract the hatred of the two.

Zhang Han saw the current situation very clearly, although the land of Hanzhong is important, it must be able to get it back to count. If he already knew that there was no way, then he would never do such a thankless task.

But now the situation has changed a lot, if you can unite with Sima Xin and Dong Peng, and Sanqin will oppose it together, even if it is Xiang Yu, you have to weigh it carefully.

Sima Xin can be called an old fox, and after listening to Zhang Han's words, there is no reason why he doesn't understand. Although there was still a contradiction between the two, this matter was also beneficial to himself, so he did not resist and readily agreed to Zhang Han's request.

"Well, this matter is settled, Guanzhong and Hanzhong are all one, and I will never give it to others. When the time comes, I will be the first to stand up and oppose it, if you and General Dong oppose it again, I believe that King Xiang will not insist on going his own way. ”

After agreeing on this matter with Sima Xin, Zhang Handengshi breathed a sigh of relief, he was still a little worried that Sima Xin had an opinion on him and would not agree to cooperate with him. But to his surprise, the other party's attitude was obviously very positive, and there was no hesitation at all.

In fact, this is normal, after all, in the eyes of people like Sima Xin, everything is the supremacy of interests. In the face of common interests, Sima Xin will definitely temporarily lose his memory, leaving behind the unhappiness of the two before, in order to achieve greater benefits.

Of course, this is not to say that the rift between the two has been bridged. On the contrary, Zhang Han and Sima Xin both knew in their hearts that this alliance was only temporary, and it was formed based on common interests, and when the division was completed, it would be the time when the three Qins really began to fight.

"Since the king has nothing to do, then the general will take his leave, and we will see you when the meeting of the princes is held."

After discussing the matter, Sima Xin didn't want to stay any longer, and said goodbye and walked out of the house. The mustard between the two is deep-rooted, and naturally there is nothing to say, so Zhang Han didn't keep it and let him go out.

When Sima Xin walked out of the door, Zhang Ping immediately rushed in, looking at his anxious appearance, he had probably been waiting outside for a long time.

Zhang Ping's face was nervous, and he looked at Zhang Han with great worry, and only after finding that Zhang Han was unscathed, did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing his brother's eagerness, Zhang Han couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, but he joked half-jokingly: "What's the matter, why are you in such a hurry?" Didn't you get burned to the butt by fire? ”

Hearing Zhang Han's words of laughing at himself, Zhang Ping said with a sad face: "Big brother, you really make me so worried." As soon as I came back from the placement of soldiers, I heard that Sima Xin was discussing with you, and I was worried that I would come in rashly and disturb you, and I was worried that Sima Xin would not be good for you, so I was about to die. ”

"Haha, don't worry, I'm a general in charge of the three armies, and I'm not a three-year-old child, do I still want you to take care of it at all times?"

Zhang Han patted Zhang Ping's shoulder as he spoke. Zhang Ping, his own brother, was loyal to him, and he was very moved.

This also made Zhang Han secretly glad, fortunately as soon as he came to this world, he had the help of Zhang Ping Shicheng's two henchmen, otherwise, I am afraid that it would be difficult to get to this point with his own strength alone.

In the future, there may be other more capable talents who will take refuge in Zhang Han's command, but it is certain that no one will be able to replace Zhang Ping Shicheng's position in Zhang Han's heart......

"Woo-woo-"

While Zhang Han and Zhang Ping were teasing, suddenly a melodious horn sounded outside the house, and then a thick drum sound came from all directions.

"Knock-knock-"

"Knock-knock-"

The thick and incomparably thick war drums stimulated everyone's eardrums, making people feel their blood boiling out of thin air, Zhang Han and Zhang Ping glanced at each other, they knew that the long-prepared meeting under the play was finally going to be held.

When Zhang Han just pushed the door and walked out of the house, he found that Sima Xin in the opposite room couldn't sit still and walked out, the two nodded slightly, but did not speak, which can be regarded as a greeting. Then they all focused their attention on the core of the camp in the distance, looking out from afar.

While watching, the messenger who led the way just now had already walked over, and when he saw Zhang Han and the others, he hurriedly said respectfully: "The auspicious time has arrived, please King Yong and the general move, and King Xiang is waiting in the big tent." ”

Zhang Han and Sima Xin hurriedly said that they didn't dare to say anything, and slowly followed behind the envoy and walked towards the core of the Chu military camp.

Xiang Yu has 400,000 soldiers, and the camp covers a wide area as you can imagine, although everyone has entered the barracks at this moment, there is still a short distance from the big tent where Xiang Yu is.

What's even more depressing is that in order to show his military strength and give everyone a dismount at the same time, Xiang Yu did his best to arrange elite soldiers, or infantry drills, or cavalry charges along the way, which made Zhang Han and Sima Xin, the commanders of the light pole, envious, and almost drooled.

But envy is envy, and the two of them don't have any good ways, the only thing they can do is to wait patiently, and wait until the princes leave Qindi, and then it will be time to develop armaments.

Although they could see the majestic tent in the center of the camp from afar, Xiang Yu deliberately let them take a detour, and when everyone walked for a long time, their legs and feet began to be sore, and then they came outside the big tent.

Before he arrived, Zhang Han had already heard the noisy conversation, and when he got closer, it turned out that the master Xiang Yu had not yet arrived, and the princes gathered outside the big tent and greeted each other.

In fact, before coming to the play, Zhang Han imagined the scene of the alliance countless times, and also prepared some appropriate words so that he would not get stuck when communicating with other princes.

But when he actually came to this occasion, his heart was still a mess.

Everyone here is a famous existence in later generations, and suddenly being between them, Zhang Han can't help but have an illusory feeling.

He shook his head violently, getting rid of these messy thoughts, now is not the time to sigh, none of the people present are mediocre, if he doesn't pay attention everywhere, maybe something will go wrong, and it may not lead to trouble.

Standing in place and taking a few deep breaths, when his mood calmed down, Zhang Han began to slowly observe the people present.

At this glance, he also found some clues.

These early arrivals were clearly divided into three groups, and the people in each group talked to each other and greeted each other, but did not show the slightest sign to the others.

In the middle, and also the largest group, seven or eight princes all surrounded a middle-aged man, the middle-aged man had a smile on his face, as if he had just said some joke, and everyone around him smiled.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man seemed to sense Zhang Han's gaze, turned his gaze, and met Zhang Han's gaze.

At a glance, I saw a man with a handsome face, a kind face, a pair of sharp eyes and a beautiful beard on the high bridge of the nose, which made people feel extraordinary.

The moment he made eye contact with the man, Zhang Han almost concluded in his heart that this person must be Liu Bang.

This is not Zhang Han's random speculation, he remembers the record in the "Historical Records" - "Gaozu is a man, with a long face and a beautiful beard, and there are seventy-two sunspots on his left thigh. ”

Liu Bang was dressed in tight clothes, and Zhang Han didn't know if there were so many sunspots on his legs, but his Xuan Ang's appearance was similar to what was recorded.

In the past, Zhang Han thought that Sima Qian's description had a beautification of Liu Bang, but now that he looks at it, it is very realistic.

And not only is he the right number in appearance, just looking at the so many princes around the man, he also knows that his identity is not simple, Xiang Yu is not here, except for Liu Bang, who has such appeal?

Although it was only in the blink of an eye, countless thoughts had flashed in Zhang Han's heart, and he and Liu Bang looked at each other slightly, and Liu Bang immediately withdrew a lot of gaze.

Although he felt a little excited at first, when he saw the real Liu Bang at this moment, Zhang Han's mood calmed down.

This was because it suddenly occurred to him that most of these people present would be his enemies in the future. Thinking like this, my excited heart immediately cooled.

After regaining his composure, Zhang Han stood in place and continued to observe the other two groups of people.

I saw five or six people on the left, basically all dressed in iron armor, Zhang Han found a familiar figure inside, it was Cao Ji, not only Cao Ji, but Sima Xin, who had just arrived, also walked over to join them.

These generals did not have the slightest restraint in their conversations, and from time to time they cast hostile glances at Liu Bang's side. If nothing else, they should be the generals under Xiang Yu, and only they can be unscrupulous in the heavily garrisoned Chu army camp.

Guessing their identities, Zhang Han turned his gaze to the right again. The rest of the group of people seemed very loose, they did not belong to these two camps, nor did they belong to one collective, so they just stood in place, and each sentence was accommodating each other.

There is also Zhang Han's acquaintance in it, that is, Han Wangcheng, who does not fight and does not know each other, he did not stand by Liu Bang's side, but Zhang Han was puzzled.

After observing all the small groups, Zhang Han thought for a long time, and then stepped towards the third camp. It's not that he wants to be a maverick, it's that the first two small groups don't want to go themselves.

Zhang Han didn't want to have anything to do with Liu Bang, he had never been familiar with Liu Bang, and he had nothing to say if he went, not to mention that he would stand up against him immediately, so why bother to curry favor with him now.

As for the generals of the Chu army such as Long and Yingbu, Zhang Han didn't want to get close, among them, except for Cao Qi and Sima Xin, he almost didn't know any of them, and it was inevitably boring to go.

Besides, the atrocities of the massacre of Qin prisoners of war at the beginning, that is, these people committed them, no matter what the considerations, Zhang Han was unwilling to have anything to do with them.

Han Wang and the others watched Zhang Han come over, and a hint of strange color appeared on their faces, even the other people who were talking couldn't help but look sideways.

They are all understanding people, and although they say inconsequential things to each other, they are always observing the scene. They originally thought that Zhang Han would stand on the side of Liu Bang or Chu Jiang, but they didn't expect Zhang Han to choose to go to the corner.

This detail was immediately noticed by many people, and at the same time, they began to figure out in their hearts what the meaning of Zhang Han's move was.