Chapter 260: Escape to the North
Three rounds of drinking.
Xiang Bo has been drunk and hazy, since the loss of power, those snobbish officials of Chu State have never taken Xiang Bo in their eyes, and his ordinary filial piety is also less than his share, along the way, Ding Gong's enthusiasm and the coldness of other local officials formed a sharp contrast, so that Xiang Boton was touching.
"Uncle, a few days ago, Yingchuan Zhang Zifang happened to pass by, talking about the past with the uncle, he was very booed, and the old brother of the ovary also said that he neglected his uncle a few days ago, and he wanted to be humble in person." Ding Gong said as if he didn't care.
"If the ovary is coming, come on, it's just that this Han King is getting worse and worse, and he doesn't even give the festival money in the past, it's really stingy." Xiang Bo sighed and said with some regret.
In the past, he could get a piece of extra money from Liu Bang every once in a while, but after he gradually lost power, Zhang Liang also disappeared for a while, which made Xiang Bo, who had always been greedy for money, suddenly tightened his hands, and even several outer rooms raised outside had to be reluctantly transferred to others.
"Hehe, Bo Gong doesn't know anything, the ovary has been valued by the King of Han recently, I heard that this time to envoy Zhao Guo, Zhang Zifang gave General Chen a lot of good things, and some of them came out of the Qin Palace." Ding Gong smiled mysteriously and approached Uncle Xiang.
"Qin Imperial Palaceββγ Xiang Bo's eyes lit up suddenly, Liu Bang's army entered Xianyang City before the Chu army, and according to the practice of plucking the feathers of the wild goose, Liu Bang definitely got a lot more good things than Xiang Yu's Chu army.
"Uncle, later tomorrow the ovary will come to Chen County as agreed, you will rest here for one night, and when the ovary comes, you and the other old friends will talk about the past misunderstanding and solve it, how about it?" Ding Gong put on an anxious and righteous appearance, and said with a heartfelt advice.
"This. Chu and Han belong to two countries, and we and Zhang Zifang are each their masters, but they are still gone. Xiang Bo was still a little hesitant, but under the influence of the turbid wine, his head became more and more dizzy.
"Where did the uncle say, since the old friend is in one place, he always has to see each other." Ding Gong's voice echoed faintly in Xiang Bo's ears, this was the zuihou sentence that Xiang Bo heard before he was about to fall asleep.
Vertical day.
When Xiang Bo rubbed his head and woke up from his sleep, Ding Gong was already waiting at the door of the house early, beside him. Another person was also looking at him with a smile.
"Uh, ovary, why are you here?" Xiang Bo exclaimed in surprise, Zhang Liang is also an old acquaintance of his, if it weren't for Zhang Liang's face in the past, Xiang Bo would not have secretly accepted Liu Bang's heavy money, so that he did something disdainful to help Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet.
"Uncle, Brother Zifang just arrived in Chen County last night, and I heard that you are also here. I came over to meet immediately, you are also old acquaintances, you can just get close and close, you might as well say anything about it. Misunderstanding, as long as it is solved, it is nothing. Ding Gong stroked his white beard and smiled treacherously.
Zhang Liang did arrive last night. The reason why it is such a coincidence, of course, will not be a pure coincidence, but Ding Gong sent his cronies to Shang Cai overnight. Zhang Liang hurried over.
Liu Bang wants to take advantage of the request to cross the border, in fact, as early as ten days ago, Zhang Liang came to Chen County to explain it to Ding Gong, but Ding Gong felt that Liu Bang was very inauthentic, and when he felt that he was useless, he used a little light gift to send it, and now when he found it useful, he would give a heavy gift, such a person is not trustworthy.
However, this time Zhang Liang's promise of the conditions is really tempting, a full six pieces of small objects brought out from Xianyang, although these jade are not big, but they are all exquisitely made, it is said that they are all good things that the Qin army scavenged from the palaces of the six countries, at the beginning, Liu Bang took the first step into Xianyang, although the good things of the palace have been moved by Li Yuan, but there are still a lot of objects in the homes of those ministers.
If Uncle Xiang, a ghost with a deep background, is in front of him, Ding Gong feels that he is much safer, although Uncle Xiang has a bad reputation, but he can't stand this person's good background and thick foundation, although Xiang Tuo Xiang Sheng respects Xiang Bo, but he doesn't give him a treat?
"Ofan, I won't interfere in this matter, in case you let the overlord know, you know his temper." After listening to Zhang Liang's story, Uncle Xiang's face turned red, and this time he rarely hardened his heart.
"Bogong, it's not a secret, now the Qin people are very anxious to attack Yingchuan, and there is no way for the King of Han to do it, this time it's just a way to go north, and it won't hinder the interests of the overlord, if Bogong doesn't help, we will die and have no place to be buried." Zhang Liang said abruptly, his voice was desolate, and there were slight silver spots in his hanging hairline.
"If the Chinese minister of the ββ, Dynasty knows about this, it is not trivial, and there are people like Kuaicher, I heard that they promised the Qin State to take the head of the Han King as a condition for peace talks." Xiang Bo was embarrassed.
The shoe is on the other foot.
Although the government of Chu is still dominated by the Xiang family, the strength of Kuai Che, Shusun Tong, An Jisheng and others to unite their relatives Yu Ziqi and Yu Ji is also extraordinary.
What's more, as early as after the last Hongmen banquet, Xiang Tuo, the boss of the Xiang family, said to Xiang Bo that if there is any more betrayal of the overlord, then he will wait to be expelled from the Xiang clan.
"If the uncle is worried about the state minister's trouble, it is better to do this, the king of Han has some valuable objects here, I heard that they still flow out of the Chu palace in the former Yingdu, if it is dedicated to the state minister, what do you think?" Zhang Liang said as he asked his entourage to open a well-crafted baggage.
Zhang Liang's eyes stared at the cluster of shiny jade and gold inside, and his reluctance was overflowing, these things are honest, it is not easy to keep them in his hands, fortunately, Zhang Liang had already seen the opportunity, and when he left Yingdu, he suggested that Liu Bang divide a part of the hidden weapons looted from Xianyang and bury them, otherwise, it would be a big trouble to deal with Chen Yu, Ding Gong, and Xiang Bo, these insatiable guys.
"It's okay, the King of Han has fallen so far, it is also to resist Qin, my Xiang clan is fighting against Qin, how can I tolerate Li Thief repeatedly humiliating my Kanto Qunhao, General Ding, don't you say?" Xiang Boyi reluctantly took his eyes off the hiding device, and his tone of speech began to change.
If people don't make money, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed.
Without money, this life is really boring. After suffering enough of being left out in the cold, Xiang Bo no longer has much hope for his career, and his current goal in life is to live a life of brocade clothes and jade fur and a beautiful woman.
"Haha, Bogong has this promise, and the three of us hereby agree, today's events will come out of my mouth and into your ears, and don't let others know." Ding Gong smiled proudly.
Xiang Bo finally agreed.
This made Ding Gong's heart that had been hanging finally fall, in fact, Zhang Liang's request to escape by the way, Ding Gong had already known about it in the previous contact, however, this matter does not seem to be a big problem, but in case one of the parties in the court of Chu State is held accountable, he is very likely to become a victim of the court battle if he stands aside without roots and foundation.
Unlike Ding Gong, who has no foundation, Xiang Bo has the Xiang family as a backer, although Xiang Bo has been having a hard time recently, and there are signs of being expelled by the Xiang family, but no matter what, Xiang Bo's background is much deeper than that of his Ding Gong.
This is like a case of corruption and bribery, a person will always be uneasy when he receives money, if he can win over one more person who is bigger than his ability and has a deep background to join, then the sky will fall and there will be a tall one, and a restless heart will barely find a trace of comfort and sustenance.
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In the fourth year of the Qin New Calendar, the tenth day of the first month of November.
12,000 Qin troops set out from Wancheng, all the way along the Funiu Mountain Trail, to Yingchuan County Shangcai area, this is already the third time that the Qin army stationed in Sanchuan County, Nanyang County troops launched the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the Yingchuan Han Army, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, eliminate the evil, after receiving this order from the Shenwu Marquis Li Yuan, the Qin army stationed in Wancheng quickly mobilized.
Different from the previous two times, this time the county guard Jiang Yu sent the partial general Zhang Ping and Chen Feng to fight together, and the two counties of Qin State dispatched more than 12,000 troops under the mobilization order.
The Han army is not as good as it used to be.
After several blows, coupled with the rout of the fleeing soldiers, Liu Bang's remnants are now left with less than 5,000 people, and to deal with such a remnant army, with the current strength of the Qin State, there is no longer a need for Li Yuan to personally lead the troops, and it can be carried out within the local scope of Sanchuan County and Nanyang County.
In the face of the Qin army's strong offensive, Liu Bang had no choice but to give up Shangcai again and pull the main force of the Han army to the border near Chen County to rest.
Relying on the experience of the previous two times, the Qin army would choose to retreat after striking into the air, after all, the Shangcai area was too far away from the Qin-controlled area, and there were hundreds of miles of uninhabited Funiu Mountains in the middle, occupying such an enclave would only increase the burden for the Qin State, and it would not be of much benefit.
However, this time Liu Bang miscalculated, the Qin army guarded Cai with Zhang Ping's army, and continued to pursue the Han army with Chen Xuan's army, Han Wangxin commanded the Han army to fight with Chen Xuan's army for more than 20 days, and the two sides won and lost each other, but on the whole, the Han army had reached the point where it could not be supported.
The Qin army had supplies, and the Han army was completely unreplenished, and in the absence of hope, batch after batch of Han army generals fled from the ranks, at the beginning Han Wangxin and Liu Jia still had the heart to suppress it, and when they arrived in Zuihou, the lieutenants and generals of the military marquis level also began to flee, and the morale of the Han army also plummeted.
The transfer is urgent.
At the beginning of December, in desperation, Liu Bang ordered to abandon the Yingchuan base area, and led the only remaining more than 2,000 people into Chen County, and then this Han army was detained by the Chu general Ding Gong, and handed over to Lang Zhong Xiangbo, who inspected Chen County, to escort Pengcheng, and when he arrived in the area of Baimajin, there was an unexpected mutiny.
Liu Bang, the king of Han, and other Han backbones escaped and disappeared, and Lang Zhong Xiangbo, who escorted these prisoners, was tied up and almost lost his life. (To be continued......)
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