Loyalty and betrayal.

Only in a thought.

Zhou Bo and Liu Bang belong to hardcore brothers and have a deep relationship, this time the Qin army besieged the city, and Zhou Bo held on to his illness, which was determined to die with the city.

But it is obviously not enough to defend the city by one person, so Zhou Bo promoted Chen Xuan, and hoped that Chen Xuan could conscientiously carry out his orders, guard the two most important gates of Wancheng, and restrain the disheartened Han soldiers in the city.

In the first Zhou Bo's thoughts, his relationship with Chen Feng is like the relationship between Liu Bang and himself, the soldier dies for his confidant, and his loyalty remains unchanged all his life.

However, would Chen Feng think so?

Of course not.

Zhou Bo's promotion and reuse, if it had been earlier, might have been able to win Chen Xuan's loyalty even more, but now, the promotion of the line of fire is unreliable.

In other words, you Zhou Bo want me to work hard, what are you doing in the morning?

Of course, Zhou Bo can also say that Chen Feng's official position is not up to me to decide before, it is decided by Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, so whether Liu Bang will reuse Chen Feng.

The answer is no.

For Liu Bang, Chen Feng was just the leader of a newly joined Xiao Shili, who rose up and roared in the township, and then led a group of brothers to the more powerful princes.

Isn't this exactly what Liu Bang did before? Therefore, it is natural that Chen Feng, who has followed in the footsteps of Liu Bang, cannot be reused.

With this layer of estrangement, Chen Xuan's status in the Han Kingdom will not be up or down, neither will he be reused, nor will he be left out in the corner, and he will not be given a chance at all.

——。

When twilight fell, outside the city, the whimpering horn of the Qin army came, with the unique desolation and tragedy of the land of Guanzhong, Chen Feng stood on the towering city tower for a long time, looking at the Qin army camp outside the city. I don't know what to do.

Squeak!

The sound of a series of wooden stairs made Chen Xun turn his head to look, but saw his confidant guest Zhang Chunzheng running over with a worried face, and seeing that there was no one on the left and right, he stepped forward and whispered.

"What are you talking about, Chen Chu voted for the Qin people, and went into the city to hide in your residence?" Chen Xuan's face changed, and his mouth couldn't help twitching.

Chen was his third brother and served as the county lieutenant of Ye County, Nanyang County, which was captured by the Qin army not long ago. Chen Chu was trapped in the city and did not escape, which made Chen Feng think that this kid had died early, but he didn't expect him to come back alive.

"Zhang Chun, you lead the way in front, go with me to meet Chen, and in addition, be careful not to leak the news." Chen Feng thought about it, and finally couldn't help but miss it, and commanded.

Chen Chu actually entered Wancheng as early as three days ago in a group of defeated soldiers. He wanted to look for Chen Feng directly, but found that Chen Feng was already a busy person and couldn't see him, and when there was no way, Chen found Zhang Chun's residence and hid.

Zhang Chun and Chen Feng have been friends for many years. The relationship is very unusual, Chen Chu doesn't have to worry about Zhang Chun betraying him, after some thought, Chen Chu said his identity as a lobbyist for Qin State.

Zhang Chun's residence.

Chen Feng finally saw his brother Chen, who had been missing for many days and suddenly appeared. Different from what he imagined, Chen Chu was in good spirits, except that his face was a little pale except for not seeing the sun for many days. There is hardly any helplessness and loss in the expression, on the contrary, there is a faint excitement.

"Big brother, Ming people don't say dark words, I entered the city this time, I was ordered by General Han of Qin Guo to persuade my eldest brother to donate the city, if the eldest brother felt harsh, he tied me up to see Zhou Bo." As soon as Chen Chu saw Chen Xuan, he was immediately excited, and he explained his intentions thoroughly.

If it were someone else, Chen Chu probably wouldn't be so tough, but Chen Feng is his eldest brother, and with this layer of blood relationship, Chen Chu doesn't have to worry about Chen Feng handing him over to Zhou Bo.

"Virgin brother, my own brother, what are these words, and sit down, first talk about your experience after being captured in Ye County." Chen Feng asked quietly.

"Big brother, I wasn't captured, but I took the initiative to sacrifice the city anyway before the war, otherwise, how could General Han send me into the city this time, instead of sending others." Chen Chu boasted complacently.

Chen has been suppressed by his eldest brother, and this time he finally had a chance to turn over, and the cowhide blew it, and no one said to break it anyway.

"Hehe, the virgin brother took the initiative to donate the city, but the foolish brother was wrong." Chen Feng smiled, a tolerant smile on his face.

"Hey, eldest brother and Zhang Chun, haven't you really seen the generals of the Qin army, they are really proud generals, the horses, armor and weapons of the cavalry, as well as those Yueshi people and Hu people, are not at all the weak soldiers in our hands can resist." Chen Chu blushed embarrassedly, and then told Ye County's experience with palpitations.

Chen Chu followed Han Xinjun all the way from Yexian to Wancheng, and he was only talking about the situation of the Qin army on the southern front, and on the northern line, the sharp cavalry of the border army, known as the elite of the Qin State, had not been counted. In the past, Liu Bang and Zhou Bo always used the Han army of 200,000 people and the Qin army of only 100,000 people to cheer up their own generals.

"Are you sure that the Qin people are really powerful?" Chen Xuan's eyes moved, and he asked.

"Big brother, what I said is not a lie, this is what I have seen with my own eyes, I have personally experienced, this battle, we can't win at all, big brother still has to make a decision early, if it's late, he will be preempted by others." Chen said hurriedly.

Although he stayed in the Qin army for only a few days, the vigor within the Qin army deeply infected the equally young Chen.

Such an army is the place worth serving.

In contrast, the practice of seniority in the Han army and promotion based on emotional relationships made juniors like Chen feel very disappointed.

Listening to Chen's words, Chen Xuan and Zhang Chunqi were silent, and just as he hesitated, Manqiuchen, the general in charge of inspecting the city walls, stumbled in, holding an arrowless arrow in his hand.

"Chen Hou, outside the city, the Qin people shot in a number of sharp arrows, and there was a letter tied to the arrow shaft, which said that Chen Hou and the Qin army had been in private communication, ready to surrender the city to Qin, and the last general ordered the soldiers to pick up the arrows at the west gate, and I don't know if there are any other directions of the city gate?" When Manchuchen said this, Chen Xuan and Zhang Chun were so shocked that they almost screamed.

They had just talked a few words with Chen, and the Qin people outside the city couldn't wait, which was too anxious, if Zhou Bo knew, then he would not suspect that he Chen Feng had different ambitions.

"Manchuchen, over there in the Taiwei Mansion, you go and keep an eye on it personally, and if there is any abnormal situation, come back immediately to report, in addition, tell Wang Huang that the army in our hands must be controlled, and we must not let people take away the military power." Chen Xuan pondered for a while, and a pair of peach blossom eyes revealed a rare fierceness.

The fish died and the net broke.

Since the Qin people used archery to enter the city to persuade them to surrender, what Manchuchen could do, Zhou Bo's people would do the same, and at this time, Zhou Bo, who was recuperating in the Taiwei Mansion, should also have obtained a broken arrow without arrows.

Now, it's up to Zhou Bo what he thinks.

Whether to continue to trust unconditionally, or to change in doubt, everything depends on the next actions of the Taiwei Mansion, what Chen Feng can do now is to protect his liliang first, and then wait and see what happens. As for the surrender of the city to Qin, this has to be discussed in detail, Chen Feng is not a hot-blooded and impulsive Chen, he wants to use the chips in his hand to win the greatest benefits for himself.

If people do not do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed.

In the face of the siege of the Qin army, the only thing the Han army hoped for was that the reinforcements of Liu Bang, the king of Han, could arrive earlier.

——。

In the city of Wancheng, there is an undercurrent.

After sowing the seeds of division and disintegration within the Han army, Li Yuan handed over the besieging troops to Han Xin's command, and then led the cavalry-based troops to continue south along the Han River to meet Liu Bang's army from Yingdu.

Yingdu.

Spring and white snow, ten miles gallery.

The old capital of Chu is much more prosperous than the west city of Hanzhong County, the beauties of Chu have many thin waists, and the fish and rice produced by the wind and rain are also delicious and sweet, for Liu Bang, who is nearly fifty years old, although the humid and hot climate of Yingdu is not used to it, but in the troubled times, there is such a place to enjoy, which is also a good result.

But now, even the slightest hope is about to be dashed under the attack of the Qin army.

After being confused by Feng Xuanyi for a while, Liu Bang, who was searching for nothing, finally woke up to the strategy of the Qin army, and when the scouts sent by Zhou Bo finally broke out of the siege and presented the military performance that Wancheng was besieged by the Qin army and was in danger, Liu Bang's eyes were dark and he almost fainted.

was tricked by Qin Gou again.

This is not Li Yuan's personal action, but just Han Xin, a thug who has just made his mark.

Deng County and Fancheng fell, and the gate of Nanyang County was opened——。

Yexian and other places fell one after another, and the Han army was defeated in many ways, and countless people surrendered——。

Zhou Bo led his army to confront Li Yuan's army on the northern front, and the long-term battle was unfavorable, so he had to return to the army and retreat to Wancheng.

If this is not the worst news, then the next news made Liu Bang even more angry, and there was internal strife within the Han army, Liu Fei, Liu Jia, Han Wangxin and others led a Han army to leave the main battlefield and retreat in the direction of Yingchuan.

Nanyang County was defeated one after another, the number of Han troops dropped from 70,000 to less than 40,000, and the territory occupied by the whole county also changed from the entire county to a lonely city in Wancheng.

If the reinforcements were a little later, it is estimated that Zhou Bo would follow in the footsteps of Cao Shen and die in Wancheng.

The death of Cao Shen has already made Liu Bang's reputation questioned, and at that time, he could also comfort that Cao Shen was to buy time so that the Han army could make a comeback in Nanjun Dongshan; And this time, if Zhou Bo dies in battle again, Liu Bang will really have no excuse.

Therefore, even if he is ill, even if he doesn't want to fight against the Qin army, Liu Bang has to lead his troops to fight, even if he dies, Liu Bang has to bite Li Yuan hard. (To be continued......)