Liu Bang has never been a person of noble character, and he has not denied this again, so whenever someone sings praises for him and praises his benevolence, most of them laugh when they hear it.

He knew very well what he wanted, and in order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to use any means, at any cost, just to climb up step by step, to climb to that supreme position, above ten thousand people.

When he was young, he once saw the frame of the First Emperor's patrol, and the immense atmosphere of "the flag is closed in the air, and the iron ride is like a stream" made him such a hillbilly dumbfounded. If you are an ordinary person, you will finish reading it after reading it, it's just that there is one more story to talk about after dinner, but Liu Bang is not an ordinary person. He secretly swore in his heart that one day he would also sit in that seat, and the scenery like Yingzheng was incomparable.

If it weren't for the vigorous peasant uprising in the 36th year of the First Emperor, Liu Bang's deep wish would undoubtedly be just a dream. But God gave him this opportunity to stand at the forefront of the stage of history, and he would never miss it.

He is not as good as Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu was born as the grandson of Xiang Yan, a famous general of Chu State, and his uncle Xiang Liang is a great man in Wu, who was famous before the incident, and has a large number of die-hard loyalists; He is not as good as Zhao Xie and Tian Heng Wei Bao, who was born as a king and grandson, although he has declined, he still responds to every call; He can't even compare to Han Xin, who started from poverty and whiteness, he doesn't know martial arts, he doesn't know the art of war, and when he is forty-eight years old, he is still inactive, but he is only in Pei County, and he is not even a small official.

But Liu Bang has something that makes him unique, that is, he is good at winning people's hearts. He was born in a mustard, nearly fifty years old but still has nothing to do, but he can make Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying, Zhou Bo and others, who are also from humble backgrounds, swear to accompany him, and even more so that Xiao He, who has the talent to stabilize the country, will not give up, I have to say that this is where his unique personality charm lies. He is not good at using soldiers, nor is he good at governing the country, what he is good at is controlling the talents under his command.

More importantly, he has a strong heart, and he will not give up after identifying the goal. Since the time of Peixian's army, Liu Bang was defeated in the first battle by the hands of the unknown young general Yongya of the Qin State, and was laughed at by the princes of the world. After taking refuge in Xiangliang, he turned to a sneak attack on Guanzhong, hit a wall one after another on the road, and lost several battles, but finally stubbornly attacked Guanzhong. In the last battle, Liu Bang was almost wiped out under Han Xin's sneak attack, and then he was suspicious of Xiang Yu, who entered the customs, and almost died in the Chu camp.

Xiang Yu was a great feudal prince, Liu Bang was the king of Han, and he divided a piece of Hanzhong, which was neither good nor bad, but was defeated by Han Xin, seized the foundation, and fled to the Central Plains in a hurry. But he took advantage of the fact that the Chu army was fighting a fierce battle with the anti-Chu coalition army, and not only swept the Central Plains but also became the leader of the princes, and then he joined the princes of the six countries and gathered 560,000 troops to jointly crusade against Xiang Yu.

Who would have expected that the battle situation would take a sharp turn for the worse, under Xiang Yu's bold attack, the anti-Chu coalition army was devastated, and Liu Bang also lost all the scenery in one day, and returned to the precarious situation, trapped in the lonely city in Xiang Yu's terrifying attack, and he couldn't live in fear. Even so, Liu Bang still persevered tenaciously, not only was he not destroyed by Xiang Yu, but fled into the Qi State, occupied the Tian family, and became the lord of the party again.

In this huge anti-Qin war, except for Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Wuchen and others in the early days, the world has become a battlefield where the nobles of the six countries compete with each other, and the prince who is really from the grassroots class is only Liu Bang. From this point of view, Liu Bang is undoubtedly a hero, and Chen Sheng's shouting of "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning" was practiced by him himself.

Now, Liu Bang was once again defeated by Han Xin, and the turtle retreated into Qi to protect himself. Han Xin didn't intend to let him go, but the army went all the way south to suppress the border, becoming aggressive. At this time, although the Han army was sitting on 300,000 troops, and the Qin army on the other side was less than half of them, Zhou Bo not only took the initiative to attack, but stepped up the river defense, for fear that the Qin army would smuggle in.

Since Liu Bang started his army, he was defeated by Han Xin every time he met him, without exception, for a long time, the Han army, whether it was a general or an ordinary soldier, was permeated with a strong "fear of Korea". Therefore, Zhou Bo only stepped up his defense, and did not dare to take the initiative to seek battle when he was killed, but fortunately, with the protection of the big river, the Qin army was unable to cross the river for a while, so he had to look at each other across the bank.

The war has not yet started, but there is already chaos in Qidi.

It turned out that in order to solve the staggering amount of food and salary expenses for the expansion of the army, Liu Bang listened to Chen Ping's suggestion and hit the idea on the wealthy merchant clan of Qi State. Chen Ping's opinion was fiercely opposed by Xiao He, and in his opinion, although this method can solve the urgent needs of the moment, it is tantamount to losing trust in the world and isolating himself from Qi people. If Liu Bang really kills, it will not only be the support of these wealthy businessmen who will be lost, but the trust of the Qi people, which is tantamount to drinking water to quench their thirst.

But at this time, Liu Bang couldn't take care of these anymore, he was like a red-eyed gambler, desperately pressing all the chips in his hand, just to turn the game around, completely defeat the Qin army, and regain his lost confidence.

This time is different from any time, Liu Bang can't lose, and he can't afford to lose. Now Hebei has returned to Qin, and Xiang Yu in the south is his mortal enemy, although the world is big, there is no place for him Liu Bang. Qi State is already the last place where he Liu Bang can parasitize, so he must not lose, if he loses, he will have nothing, and he will never recover!

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Bang, who has always been calm and calm, chose to listen to Chen Ping's radical advice and gave up Xiao He Laocheng's serious admonition. He was going to make a big gamble with the few chips in his hand, a big bet with the luck of the world.

Before that, all he had to do was collect chips like crazy.

Chen Ping was ordered to take 2,000 Han army guards to the south, holding the royal edict, and galloping towards Jimo on a fast horse. After arriving in Jimo, he immediately took over the defense of the whole city, and the whole city was locked, and he himself took his men to Taofu to raid his home.

The Tao Mansion is located in the middle of the city and is very recognizable. When the wolf-like Praetorian Guards came to the door, the Taofu guards immediately panicked, but they didn't dare to resist, and they dropped their weapons and begged to surrender. Only a few loyal men drew their swords and stepped forward to stop them, but they were hacked to death by the powerful Han army.

Chen Ping rushed all the way to the backyard with people, but saw Tao Wan sitting on the table in the hall, and saw a group of fierce soldiers rushing in, his face was not panicked, but he looked up at Chen Ping indifferently and asked; "Who are you?"

Seeing that he was so calm, Chen Ping had some admiration in his heart, stretched out his hand to stop the soldiers around him, motioned them to step back, straightened his clothes on the spot, and bowed down with a smile; "In Xiayang Wu Chen Ping, I don't know that the old gentleman is the old Mr. Tao Zhu Gong Tao of this generation."

Tao Wan raised his eyelids and said; "You are Chen Ping, who has to slaughter and share the meat."

Chen Ping showed a slight smug look, this was a past incident from his youth. Chen Ping liked to read when he was young, had great ambitions, and once divided the meat for the township, even even, and his father praised him, he said with emotion: "So that Ping can slaughter the world, and it is also so meat!" It means that if he can rule the world for Xiangguo, he must be as uniform and fair as a separate head, which naturally contains Chen Ping's great ambition when he was young. This story became an allusion and gradually spread.

"Exactly."

Tao Wan shook his head slightly, "It's a pity." ”

Chen Ping was stunned, and asked a little unconvinced: "What does the old gentleman mean?" ”

"I don't care." Tao Wan just replied lightly, "I think your ambition when you were young was to be a peaceful and stable Wang Zuozhicai, but now you have gone the opposite way and become a cool official of the strategists, you will only come up with poisonous schemes and conspiracies, and you will be disappointed in the ambition of your youth, and the old man feels sorry for you." ”

"You ......." Chen Ping was really excited, and immediately became angry, glaring at Tao Wan. Tao Wan was not afraid at all, just looked at him calmly.

After glaring angrily for a long time, Chen Ping snorted heavily; "Old thing, it's useless to talk to you, do you know what I'm doing today."

Unexpectedly, Tao Wan just nodded and said; "You're so aggressive, naturally it's not as simple as just coming to visit me, a bad old man."

Chen Ping was a little out of breath, and strode forward and shouted; "Tao Wan, I respect you for being old, so I don't want to add force, if you know each other, you will consciously tie your hands and arrest you, and let your family also come to the government to surrender."

"Oh? Dare to ask Dr. Chen, what is the crime of my Tao family? ”

Chen Ping snorted heavily in his nostrils, and took out the Wang Zhao that had been prepared from his arms, and read it aloud; "The Jimo Tao family, colluding with the Qin people, premeditated against our Han, this is a great crime, and now the human and material evidence is there, and it is specially handed over to the middle doctor Chen Ping for disposal."

Putting away the edict heavily, Chen Ping squinted at Tao Wan and said loudly; "Tao Zhugong, do you have anything else to say?"

Tao Wan smiled faintly, looked up to the sky and sighed lightly: "If you want to add sin, there is no excuse." ”

Chen Ping sneered, "You are a well-informed person, so it's okay to save me a wasted tongue." "Stretch out your hand and spread forward, and say;" Tell me, where is your Tao family's money. ”

"In the treasury, I have ordered someone to clean up the bills and put them in the treasury, so that Dr. Chen can find out when he goes there himself."

Chen Ping nodded with satisfaction, and smiled, "Sure enough, the older people get, the smarter they are, I like to deal with smart people very much, since you give me convenience, I will also repay the favor, you can rest assured, I will intercede for the Tao family in front of the King of Han, maybe I can also protect your family's well-off governance." ”

Tao Wan raised her eyebrows and arched her hand; "Thank you so much."

Chen Ping laughed several times again, and was about to go to the treasury, but saw a soldier dressed as a Han army officer running in in a hurry, and whispered a few words in Chen Ping's ear.

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, then immediately glared at Tao Wan and shouted loudly; "Old fellow, what about the young people in your family, what about your daughter-in-law and grandson?"

The corners of Tao Wan's shriveled mouth showed a few smiles, and he said with a smile; "Do you think our hundred-year-old pottery family will be so bad? Boy, before you came to the Qi country, we had already taken root in the Qi country for three hundred years, how could there be no way to protect ourselves.

Chen Ping's muscles couldn't help twitching, he knew very well how much trouble it would cause if this news leaked out early.

PS: I write until two or three o'clock in the middle of the night every day, it's really miserable