"Oh?" Han Xin had an interested look on his face, "What are the conditions I can't refuse?" ”

Lu Pheasant smiled lightly, with a slight meaning in his eyes, "For example, ......"

"For example, our common enemy - Xiang Yu!"

Han Xin looked at Lu Pheasant with a smile and said; "Really? But as far as I know, Liu Bang is one of the most powerful forces in the anti-Qin princes' army under Xiang Yu, and in the siege of the city in the past few months, Liu Bang has not made any less efforts. ”

Lu Pheasant had already said with a straight face: "Brother Han, we are all smart people, so we don't have to detour when we speak." Yes, my husband was one of the princes who besieged Xianyang, but he was only forced by Xiang Yu's strong strength. Not only him, but also the other princes, I'm afraid that no one except Xiang Yu himself is interested in the hard bone of Xianyang. They are interested in splitting the territory and claiming hegemony, in other words, they are not unacceptable to a Qin state that has weakened to the point that it can no longer pose a threat to them,"

"What good will it do them to capture Xianyang? Their roots are in their hometown in Kanto, and they are all young, and they have no interest in symmetrical king Guanzhong, and they just want to return to their respective homes to claim the king after capturing Xianyang. After many years of fighting, their soldiers were already tired, and now the unfavorable siege of the city made them have the intention of retreating, but they were afraid of Xiang Yu, so no one dared to retreat first. ”

Han Xin pondered for a long time, of course Lu Pheasant would not be so kind to think about the Qin State, what she meant in her words was that she wanted to convey to Han Xin a secret that was not a secret. That is, the anti-Qin coalition is not an iron plate inside, and each prince has his own small abacus in his heart. Of course, Liu Bang will not be an exception, and he is still the most thorny one of them, other princes may be afraid of Xiang Yu, and just want to tear the soil and seal the king on the side of peace, but Liu Bang is not, he is ambitious and does not lack means, what he lacks is just an opportunity.

Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are not compatible, Xiang Yu looks down on Liu Bang, who was born with mud legs, and Liu Bang is also not used to seeing no one in Xiang Yu's eyes. If Xianyang is captured, then the Qin State will be equivalent to destruction, and the next step of the so-called anti-Qin coalition will definitely be to discuss how to distribute their respective interests, and this process will naturally be led by Xiang Yu, who is the most powerful. At that time, Liu Bang's situation must have been very bad, even if Xiang Yu would not attack him out of morality, he would find a remote fief to send him away.

This is the root of the possible cooperation between Han Xin and Liu Bang, Liu Bang has never been a person who keeps to himself, and he has not been and will not be. So Han Xin did not refuse Lu Pheasant's proposal, but looked at her deeply, thinking that this woman's insightfulness was a great help to Liu Bang.

looked at Lu Pheasant and smiled slightly, and said, "It's just Mrs. Liu, why did you only remember to tell me these words today?" You must know that you have been a guest in Xianyang for almost three months. ”

Lu Pheasant pulled his hair in a bun lightly, and said calmly: "It's very simple, because I'm also watching you to see if you're qualified to cooperate with us." If you can't keep Xianyang, then why should I waste my tongue. ”

Han Xin laughed, to the point that he felt that Lu Pheasant's words were quite sincere. This is also Lu Pheasant's cleverness, talking to smart people, it is better to treat each other with sincerity.

"Then you mean that you want me to let you out of Xianyang, and I want to ask if you can represent Liu Bang's meaning, after all, you have been separated from him for three months, how do you know what he thinks at this moment?"

Lu Pheasant nodded and said; "It's not to let me go, it's to let me and Ying'er go, although I know that Xianyang is surrounded, but the waterway is still in your hands, I think you must have a way to send us to the other side safely. As for the latter, you don't have to worry, Liu Bang is my husband, and no one knows better than me what he wants most. ”

Han Xin looked at Lu Pheasant and said slowly; "You guessed right, I do have a way to send you to the other side, but there are coalition soldiers on the other side, and I can't guarantee the safety of your mother and son." After a pause, he said; "If you just want me to let your mother and son go, then I advise you to stay in Xianyang City, although I, Han Xin, am not a hero who stands up to the sky, but I will not fall into using women and children to blackmail opponents, you are still safe in Xianyang."

"Safe?" Lu Pheasant smiled lightly, his face a little disapproving. "Brother Han, what you think is too simple. If you Qin people are defeated, I think the Qin soldiers guarding when the city is broken will definitely want to kill our mother and son to vent their anger; It's better for you to win, but at that time, Liu Bang must have died or not, so what else can I rely on? ”

"Instead of sitting and waiting, it's better to fight." Lu Pheasant raised his forehead slightly when he said this, "I, Lu Pheasant, will never put my fate in the hands of others. ”

Han Xin's face moved slightly, thinking that this Lu Pheasant was a strange woman, you must know that in the pre-Qin period, the status of women was still very low, and even the wife was still a vassal of men. can have such an idea, I have to say that this Lu Pheasant is not an ordinary woman, and it is very unusual.

Han Xin groaned; "Okay, I'll arrange a ship to send you to the west coast tonight, and I'll send more people to send you to Pei Gong's camp safely, but I don't know how Pei Gong plans to cooperate with me?"

The joy on Lu Pheasant's face flashed, and then he said; "Brother Han, I don't want to deceive you. Xiang Yu is now powerful, if my father-in-law openly jumps out to oppose him, he will definitely die without a place to be buried, and I can only persuade him to communicate with other princes more after I go back, and advance and retreat together to resist Xiang Yu's arbitrariness. Those princes are afraid of Xiang Yu one by one, if you want those soft bones to stand up against Xiang Yu, then only if you Qin people hurt Xiang Yu on the battlefield, even if you can't win all, he will be hurt and his prestige will plummet, so that we can take action. ”

When Han Xin saw Lu Pheasant say this, he believed her in his heart. If Lu Pheasant agreed to it, then Han Xin would definitely not believe what she said, but it seemed reasonable to say so, so he nodded and agreed: "I naturally know this, since the two sides want to cooperate, then I will naturally show my sincerity." ”

This time it was Lu Pheasant's turn to be stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise; "Do you already have a way to break the enemy?"

Han Xin couldn't help but be stunned by her question, and then there was a murderous look in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice; "How do you know?"

Seeing that Han Xin's face was not good, Lu Pheasant did not panic, but said calmly with a smile; "I'm just guessing, and when I saw that you agreed, there was no embarrassment on my face, so much so that I already noticed it in my heart. Brother Han, you can rest assured, let's not say that we are friends and not enemies now, and even if I go to tell Xiang Yu, do you think that according to his arrogant character, he will believe my unfounded speculation as a little woman? ”

Han Xin's face eased slightly, and he couldn't help but feel a little numb when he looked at Lu Pheasant with a calm face, thinking that this woman was so cautious, she could guess so much just from the unintentional expression on her face, which should not be underestimated. I just don't know if it is a blessing or a curse for me to have her help Liu Bang, but for the time being, it seems that it is still beneficial and harmless to me.

Regardless of whether Liu Bangken is willing to fulfill his promise, as long as there are people in the anti-Qin coalition who have different intentions for Xiang Yu, it will be of great benefit to the Qin State.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Now that he has paid attention, Han Xin looked at Lu Pheasant and said with a smile: "Since you and I have become allies, then I will not hide it." I do have a countermeasure, but I was only fifty percent sure, but now with your help, it is one or two more points, and I am inconvenient to disclose the specific details, I just hope that you will tell Pei Gong to make a decision, and not to miss the opportunity. ”

Lu Pheasant's eyes wandered, and he and Han Xin looked at each other and smiled, their faces slightly pale.

"Mrs. Liu will go back and rest with Ling Gongzi first, and I will send someone to see you out of the city at midnight."

In fact, Lu Pheasant's guess was indeed good, and Han Xin did have a follow-up move, but he was not sure at all.

Three days ago, the scouts who risked their lives to swim through the Wei River came the news that Han Xin had been waiting for a long time, and Li Xin had successfully subdued the three counties of Longxi, and gathered 100,000 troops to secretly rush to the west of Xianyang. This was undoubtedly great news for Xianyang, who was struggling to defend it, and Han Xin sent an envoy to tell Li Xin not to get too close to Xianyang and had been discovered by the coalition forces, but to stay in place and hide his traces and wait for Xianyang's instructions.

At this time, there were only 100,000 soldiers in Xianyang City, and many of them were wounded, even if Li Xin's army all entered Xianyang, it could only hold an invincible situation. As for letting Li Xin directly attack Xiang Yu's camp, that is something that you don't have to think about, you must know that there are still more than 400,000 people in the coalition army, and Xiang Yu's headquarters has not suffered much damage, and the elite is still in combat power. Even if Li Xin can catch Xiang Yu off guard, Xiang Yu will definitely crush this Qin army mercilessly after reacting.

So Han Xin is patiently waiting for the opportunity, there is only one chance, and if he misses it, there will be no chance to turn over.

In the coalition camp outside the city, Liu Bang happily hugged Lu Pheasant tightly, with tears faintly flashing in his eyes. If he has no feelings for this wife, it is absolutely impossible, but compared with Jiangshan, Lu Pheasant naturally seems insignificant.

Lu Pheasant saw that Liu Bang missed himself so much, and his face showed true feelings that did not look like a fake, so he relaxed slightly, and happily pulled out Liu Ying, who was hiding behind him; "Ying'er, didn't you say that you miss your father very much, why did you become shy when you met, come, call your father quickly."

Liu Ying is already seven years old, but his body still looks like a child of four or five years old, he looked at Liu Bang with some cringe, and shouted softly; "Father."

Liu Bang happily hugged him, kissed him fiercely, and laughed; "Well, my good son, my father has finally seen you and your mother."

Lu Pheasant smiled slightly, waved his hand to summon the soldiers beside him, and asked them to take Liu Ying down to bathe and rest. When Liu Bang saw that she had separated from the people around her, he knew that she must have something to say, so he didn't stop her.

After the people around Lu Pheasant left, she told Liu Bang in detail about the cooperation conditions she had reached with Han Xin, and Liu Bang pondered after listening to it, and thought for a long time before saying; "Lady, what do you think of this Han Xin? Is he bluffing to win, or is he really sure? ”

Lu Pheasant lowered his head and thought about it and said; "I haven't had much contact with him, but I've heard a lot about him from the guards who guarded me, and I think this person is unfathomable when I talk to him, and I believe what he says."

Liu Bang nodded, and said with a somewhat regretful expression; "I had a relationship with him in Peixian at the beginning, and I thought he was a talent at that time, but unfortunately I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and now I regret it when I think about it. If I had known that Xianyang was in charge of him instead of Ziying's little ghost who didn't know whether to live or die, I wouldn't have been so careless in the first place, alas, not only did I lose my soldiers but also tired my mother and son. ”

Lu Pheasant said with relief; "Now it seems that it's not a bad thing that he is stronger, at least Xiang Yu has hit a wall under Xianyang City, so he doesn't have the strength to clean us up. Otherwise, according to his strength, don't say that he is the king, whether he can save his life is a question. ”

Liu Bang thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he said again; "Then we really want to help the Qin people deal with Xiang Yu? You must know that we are Chu people, if we help the Qin people deal with our own brothers, then who will be willing to follow me. ”

Lu Pheasant shook his head slowly; "We don't help anyone, we only help ourselves, whether it is Xiang Yusheng or Qin Guosheng, we will definitely be greatly injured, as long as we keep our vitality, we will be able to get a piece of the pie in the future."

Liu Bang said with an embarrassed face; "It's just that how can we protect ourselves, if Xiang Yu orders me to attack the city, how dare I disobey."

After all, Lu Pheasant is just a woman, and she has any clever ideas about where to make a strategy for the march, and the husband and wife think about it, but they still can't come up with a way. Liu Bang couldn't help sighing, nostalgic for the days when Zhang Liang was by his side, but it was a pity that this guy lost his trace in the chaos that night, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, but he wasted his painstaking friendship with him.

Since he couldn't come up with an idea, Liu Bang summoned all his henchmen to discuss. His subordinates are still full of talents at this time, including Xiao He and Cao Shen, and Peng Yue, Fan Xu, Zhou Bo, Xiahou Ying and other diehards, but these people are either good at civil logistics or good at charging into battle, and it is a little difficult for them to come up with a strategy to win thousands of miles away.

Xiao He is old-fashioned, and he has been a Qin official for many years, and his vision is naturally not comparable to Peng Yue, he saw that everyone was looking at him, so he said to Liu Bang; "Pei Gong, I think we have always had a fatal weakness since we started the army."

"Oh?" Liu Bang showed an interested look and hurriedly asked; "Lao Xiao, don't sell it, talk about it quickly."

Xiao He stroked his beard and said slowly; "Since the Peixian uprising, we have been wandering around like a rogue, and we don't have a base that we can rely on. Although we have captured most of the Central Plains, we immediately left the whole army and handed over to the officials sent by the king of Chu to take over, and now we have been fighting for several years, but there is still no place to stand. If you think about the other princes, which one does not have soldiers and territories, they can return to their respective territories if they win or defeat, only whether we stay in Guanzhong or withdraw to Chudi, we must rely on Xiang Yu's snort, this is our biggest weakness. ”

"Then Lao Xiao, which piece of land do you mean we want to grab?" Liu Bang asked impatiently.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, but now that the world is falling apart, the Kanto region has already risen together, and almost all the territory that can be occupied has been snatched up. However, there are still two vacant lands in the west without owners, one is the northern land and Shangjun of Qin, which is too close to Guanzhong, and Qin's strength is still there, so let's not provoke it. The remaining piece is Hanzhong and the two counties of Bashu in the south, Bashu is known as the country of abundance, rich in grain, and the sense of belonging of the three counties to the Qin State is not very strong, after Pei Gong occupies it, he only needs to apply benevolence and righteousness to replace the harsh government of the Qin State, and there must be many supporters. ”

"The best thing is that the mountains and rivers of Shu are dangerous, there are Qinling Mountains and passes in the north, and there are Bashan and Chu in the south. And now the Qin State has no time to take care of Shudi, most of the defenders there are vulnerable, if we go to attack with a great victory, and then lie that Xianyang has been captured, and then the high-ranking officials are tempted, then the officials left there by the Qin State will not honestly submit to us. ”

Liu Bang looked up to the sky and smiled, patted Xiao He's shoulder with a smile and said; "Who said that there is only an ovary, I think Lao Xiao, your ability to come up with ghost ideas is weaker than the ovary, and it is really strategic." Then he said with a look of embarrassment; "It's just that how can I get Xiang Yu to let me go to attack Hanzhong Shudi?"

Xiao He said again; "This is not difficult, as long as Pei Gong proposes to Xiang Yu to divide two partial divisions to attack Beidi and Shangjun, and go south to attack Hanzhong and Bashu, so as to destroy the warlike power of Qin, I think Xiang Yu is not lacking in vision, and will definitely agree to this idea." At that time, Pei Gong took the opportunity to ask Ying to go south, saying that he could only bring 10,000 people from the headquarters, and let Xiang Yu send another 10,000 descendants to accompany him, thinking that he should not refuse. ”

Liu Bang said with a sad face; "Do you only bring 10,000, but we still have more than 40,000 people under our hands, don't we want them all?"

Xiao He shook his head and said; "Only in this way can Xiang Yu reassure us, as for the 10,000 troops he sent to monitor us, it will not be difficult to deal with. The generals under Xiang Yu are only Yingbu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwei, Long Ji, and Yu Ziqi, Ji Bu guards Pengcheng, Zhong Liwei and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and the remaining three Xiang Yu will never let them use it to spy on Pei Gong. As for the other shrimp soldiers and crab generals, doesn't Pei Gong have the confidence to clean it up? ”

Liu Bang laughed and slapped his thigh violently; "Okay, that's it."

At the regular meeting on the second day, Liu Bang took the opportunity to put forward the idea of dividing the troops, and Xiang Yu thought about it carefully and felt that it was indeed feasible, so he agreed to Liu Bang's proposal. Liu Bang was ordered to be the main general, and one of his henchmen was the deputy general, leading 20,000 men to capture Hanzhong; The generals Sima Xin and Dong Peng led more than 20,000 headquarters to the north to capture Beidi and Shangjun.

This division of troops did not have much impact on the strength of Xiang Yu's army, and at this moment he was in full swing arranging the next round of attacks, an offensive that was confident enough to destroy the already exhausted Xianyang