Three days later, after the plank road was repaired, 50,000 Qin troops were assembled at Baogukou under the leadership of Li Zuoche and marched southward.

Nanzheng is just a county in Hanzhong, which is naturally far inferior to the big cities with high cities and deep pools like Xianyang and Xingyang, and it is not as good as the border counties like Fushi and Yunzhong. Nanzheng City is just an ordinary city built according to the third-level standards of the Qin State, the city wall is only two zhang high and not very strong, the only advantage is the surrounding Han water surrounded by three sides outside the city, so that Liu Bang can concentrate on defending the east of the city without spending too much effort on the other three sides.

However, there are pros and cons, while the Han River brought a barrier to Liu Bang, it also brought great convenience to the Qin army to surround Nanzheng, Han Xin only needed to block the east, and the other three sides sent patrols and scouts to investigate.

Liu Bang is now blocked in the city, the army is discouraged and there are no reinforcements outside, and he is in fear in the mansion all day. The Qin army did not rush to attack after besieging Nanzheng, but made a posture of besieging the city for a long time, besieging Nanzheng to the ground, and at the same time sent a small force to take over other county towns in Hanzhong County. In less than three days, all the other counties in Hanzhong County, except for Nanzheng, were taken over by the Qin army.

In fact, Liu Bang was not the only one who was panicked in Nanzheng City, and the 60,000 troops and 300,000 residents in the city were also suffering. To be honest, although the residents of Hanzhong did not have a good impression of Qin, they also did not have any hatred, and in their opinion, Qin and Han were nothing more than a change of rulers. After Liu Bang ascended to the throne, he abolished many of the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the Qin State, and they naturally happily raised their arms in support, but they only supported it, far from the point of dying generously for Liu Bang.

Now that the Qin army is besieging the city, the people of Hanzhong remember the benefits of the Qin State back then, and the local soldiers in the Han army inevitably deserted a little half-heartedly, and in less than a few days, thousands of people took off their military uniforms and secretly fled back to their homes in the city. Liu Bang is helpless about this, now it has reached a critical juncture, if the whole city locks these deserters to strict military discipline, then I am afraid that the whole city will be in chaos, so I can only force the generals to keep an eye on the soldiers to prevent the soldiers from fleeing.

On the fifth day of the siege, a huge trebuchet was erected in the camp of the Qin army outside the city, which was made by the Xianyang craftsmen who accompanied the army for several days. In the frightened eyes of the guards at the head of the city, the trebuchet staggered and shot more than a dozen stone bullets, only two of which hit the head of the city, and the city wall built by Kuatu suddenly collapsed in an uproar, smashing more than a dozen soldiers who could not evade to pieces.

The Han soldiers at the head of the city shouted in unison, and then they ran around hugging their heads, and no one dared to stay on the city wall, while the Qin army in the distance crossed their waists and laughed.

The terrain of Hanzhong is hilly and plain, and it is not easy to collect stone bullets, and these dozen stone bullets were transported from the distant mountains by the Qin army with great effort, but unfortunately only two were hit by the poor accuracy. However, the impact on the military spirit of the Han army was very huge, originally the Han army still felt that even if they could not win the battle, they could rely on the city to defend it, but in front of the powerful trebuchet, the city wall seemed to be vulnerable, how could this not make them panic.

In the past few days, Liu Bang and others have gathered in the mansion to think hard, but they all looked at each other with sad faces, but no one could come up with a usable idea. Originally, before the siege of the Qin army, Peng Yue had proposed to abandon Nanzheng and retreat to the Central Plains, but because of Liu Bang's momentary hesitation, he missed the best time to escape.

On this day, Liu Bang and all the henchmen still sighed for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a feasible plan, so they had to disperse and wait until they went back to rack their brains to find a way.

Just when Liu Bang was at a loss in the hall, a personal soldier reported that there was a Qin envoy outside the city asking to see him, Liu Bang was suddenly very strange, thinking that what Han Xin was sending an envoy to do at this time, did he want to persuade himself to surrender?

It's really a big joke in the world, how could he surrender to him, how could he surrender to him. Just wanted to wave back his own soldiers and say that he couldn't see the Qin envoy, but suddenly thought about it again: Maybe Han Xin has other meanings, it's better to listen to what the Qin envoy says. He ordered his soldiers to use hanging baskets to transport the Qin envoys into the city and send them to the Han Palace.

After seeing the Qin envoy, Liu Bang stood up angrily, strode forward and grabbed the Qin envoy's shirt fiercely, and roared angrily; "Okay, you dog haggard, you still have the courage to come to see me."

Yan Shidao gently pushed Liu Bang's hand away and said with a smile; "The King of Han is unharmed, yesterday's Pei Gong and today's Han King, who was arrogant in the past, is panicked today, the world is really impermanent."

Liu Bang glared at Yanshi Dao angrily and roared; "It's not thanks to you, you still have the courage to come to see me today, are you really not afraid of death? Well, I'll do it for you. ”

"Someone." Liu Bang shouted loudly, and the two personal soldiers strode in in response, Liu Bang pointed to Yanshi Dao and said; "Drag this man down, cook him over a big ding, and cook him over a small fire, and the widow will drink his soup to quench the hatred in his heart."

"No." Two wolf-like soldiers pounced on them, dragging Yanshi Dao and about to pull out.

Yanshi Dao was unmoved, but looked up to the sky and laughed, without a trace of fear on his face, and let the two big men drag him out. Seeing this, Liu Bang's face couldn't help but move slightly, raised his hand to stop the main soldier, looked at Yanshi and asked; "You're so bold, aren't you scared at all when you're about to turn into broth?"

Yan Shidao flicked the folds on the placket and smiled; "King Han has no intention of killing me at all, so why bother to lie to me."

Liu Bang didn't laugh angrily, "Are you so sure?" ”

"Of course." Yanshi Dao raised his eyebrows, "King Han, you must be thinking in your heart at this moment, what is the purpose of my coming, and you must also want to know what conditions I have brought." We are all smart people, smart people don't beat around the bend, the king of Han just wants to deceive me so that I will lose my courage and beg for mercy, so that I can truthfully say the bottom line of the Qin State, right? ”

"Besides, everyone says that Pei Gong is high and righteous, and the two armies do not fight each other, this truth is known to everyone in the world, how can Pei Gong, who has always been famous and famous, not cherish his feathers and leave a handle for the people of the world."

Liu Bang couldn't help laughing, pointing at Yanshi and scolding with a smile; "You dog, you are very angry with me, just because of your courage today, I Liu Bang decided not to kill you, let's say, Han Xin sent you to do something."

Yanshi Dao bowed slightly, took out a roll of cloth from his arms, handed it over, and said with a smile; "The general of my family has come to send me a letter today, King Han, please see it."

Liu Bang was about to reach out to pick it up, but suddenly his heart was alert, and he hurriedly glanced at the guards around him, and the person reached out to take it, and handed it to Liu Bang after opening it.

Liu Bang took it and read it word by word, but when he put down the letter, his face was confused, and he looked at Yanshi Dao in confusion and asked; "What does Han Xin mean by this, does he want to deceive me Nan Zheng again? You go back and tell him that there is no door! ”

Yanshi Dao's face was as usual, "No, no, no, my general's here is here to point out a way out for the King of Han, just a good intention." ”

Liu Bang stared at Yanshi Dao tightly and asked; "What is the way to survive?"

"The way of life is different from the place of death. King Han, you are trapped in the beast and fighting for death, and the east into the Central Plains is like a dragon entering the sea for life. Cooked lightly and ripe heavy, which is right and wrong, King Han, do you still use me to teach? ”

Liu Bang snorted heavily and sneered; "I don't believe that Han Xin has such a good heart, he must be trying to use some tricks."

Yanshi Dao said with a smile; "Believe it or not, King Han, I have already brought the words, please make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise Nanzheng will run out of food in half a month, and the general will not have to spend so much thought."

Liu Bang was shocked, staring at Yanshi Dao in horror and blurted out; "How do you know?"

Yanshi Dao laughed, "We naturally have a way to know. ”

Liu Bang looked at Yanshi Dao in shock, and a year flashed in his heart: who leaked the news. His face was forced to calm down, and he waved his hand to signal his soldiers to retreat.

You must know that Hanzhong originally had enough grain and grass, enough for the Han army to support for four months, but the Qin army relied on a sneak attack to suddenly kill the city of Nanzheng, and the grain from the two granaries in the north had no time to move to Nanzheng, so they had to burn it down. At this time, there were still 60,000 troops and 320,000 people in Nanzheng City, and the daily consumption was huge, and the food stored in the city was only enough to support more than 20 days. Liu Bang was afraid that the news of the shortage of food and grass would be in turmoil after the news spread, so he strictly blocked the news, and except for a few senior generals and Xiao He and others, no one knew the news.

Liu Bang suddenly flashed a person in his mind, could it be that he leaked the news? It's also very possible to think about it, and he also has a chance. At this time, he could only suppress his suspicions, and asked in a deep voice; "I need Han Xin to give me a reason, otherwise I will never leave Nanzheng easily, even if the whole army dies in the city, I will never let the Qin army easily succeed."

Yanshi Dao Zhengse Dao; "It's very simple, let me ask you, who do you say is the biggest opponent of our Qin State?"

Liu Bang frowned, although he was a little reluctant, but he still said helplessly; "Needless to say, it's naturally Xiang Yu." Although he never thought that he was worse than Xiang Yu in his heart, on the contrary, he looked down on Xiang Yu everywhere, but he had to admit that Xiang Yu's strength was far above his Liu Bang. He Liu Bang is just a disease of ringworm and scabies to Qin State, and Xiang Yu is a big problem.

Yanshi Dao nodded, "That's right, our Qin State's biggest opponent is Xiang Yu, and we don't mind adding a few more troubles to Xiang Yu before we are ready for a decisive battle with Xiang Yu." Don't look at Kanto now as a mess of porridge, but Tian Rong, Zhao Xie, Han Guang, and Wei Bao are all people who are short-sighted, and they can only do the flow of chaos in the world but none of them can achieve great things, although these guys are still struggling to support now, they will be cleaned up by Xiang Yu one by one sooner or later. ”

"Therefore, the Qin State is in great need of a strong foreign aid to confront Xiang Yu in the eastern part of the country, and you are undoubtedly the best candidate, King of Han."

Liu Bang raised his eyebrows, "Me? ”

"Yes!." Yanshi Dao nodded, "It's you King Han, the general actually praises you very much, thinking that if there is anyone in the world besides him who can argue with Xiang Yu, it must be you, King Han." Because you are shameless enough, thick-skinned enough, and good at demagoguery, and more importantly, unscrupulous means, these are all things that Xiang Yu does not have. ”

Liu Bang thought that Yanshi Dao was praising him at first, but when he heard the latter words, he suddenly turned his face and said angrily: "Are you humiliating me?" ”

"The King of Han forgives his sins." Yanshi Dao bowed slightly, "This is the original words of the general of my family, I just told it truthfully, as for whether you believe it or not, it's up to you, King Han." ”

Liu Bang groaned for a while, and still couldn't make a decision for a long time, so he wanted to convene Xiao He and others to discuss before making a decision, so he said to Yanshidao; "This matter is very important, and I hope that the Qin envoy will let me think carefully before making a decision."

Yan Shidao nodded, "Naturally, the general has already said that he will not attack the city within three days, and I hope that King Han will make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Liu Bang stretched out his hand and clapped his hands; "Someone."

A personal soldier walked in. "Yes."

"Take the Qin envoy down to live and rest, come and go freely with him, and don't treat him badly."

"No!"

Liu Bang looked at Yanshi again and smiled; "Although Nanzheng is not a small city, it also has some unique customs, the envoy may wish to play around, and I will inform the results after I finish the discussion."

"Thank you so much." Yanshi Dao arched his hand and thanked him, and then swaggered away from the Han Palace.

After Liu Bang waited for him to leave, he waved his hand and summoned a personal soldier to admonish; "Tell those people who are guarding to let them loose on the outside and on the inside, don't restrict the movements of the Qin envoys, but keep a close eye on them and report their whereabouts in detail."

"No!" The pro-soldiers were ordered to retreat.

Yanshi Dao swaggered and followed the pro-soldiers who led the way to the post house, and went out again before the butt was hot. The guards had been instructed by Liu Bang, so they did not stop him, but only sent a clever spy to follow him from a distance.

Hanzhong is the place where Yanshi Dao used to study in the old days, and he was naturally very familiar, so he pulled passers-by and asked casually to find a high-door mansion, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, only to see an old servant come out. The old servant looked at Yanshi Dao, who was dressed as a Qin official, with a puzzled face, and only after listening to what he said suddenly realized, and hurriedly invited him into the mansion.

The spy saw Peng Yue's mansion from a distance, so he knew that he couldn't afford to offend, and hurried to the Han Wang's mansion to report the news. As soon as he arrived at the door, he bumped into Zhou Bo, who was coming at the invitation, and suddenly bumped into his arms.

Zhou Bo has been in a very bad mood these days, and when he saw that a pawn dared to be rude to him, he immediately said angrily; "Come on, drag this unruly guy down and fight fifty battles, let him know what the rules are."

Thirty heavy battles in the army can be opened, and if these fifty rods go down, half of your life will be removed if you don't die. The spy was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, and hurriedly told Zhou Bo about the 1510 he saw, hoping that Zhou Bo could forgive him with this.

Zhou Bo was shocked after hearing this, hurriedly grabbed the spy and asked carefully, and then gritted his teeth and said secretly; No wonder you wanted to persuade your eldest brother to move to Luoyang, it turned out that you had already colluded with the Qin people.

Thinking of the defeat he had suffered, he suddenly hated itchy, and with a wave of his hand, he rushed towards Peng Yue's mansion with dozens of relatives. When they arrived at Peng's mansion, they didn't knock on the door, but kicked open the hidden door, and dozens of people rushed in with swords and swords.

After Peng Yue returned to Nanzheng, he had been resting at home for a few days, but Liu Bang had never summoned him again, which couldn't help but make him very depressed. Hearing a loud noise outside the door, he greeted him, and when he saw Zhou Bo bringing someone in, he couldn't help but be angry; "Zhou Bo, what do you kid want to do?"

Zhou Bo snorted coldly; "Peng Yue, I still want to ask what you want to do."

"What do you mean?"

"Let me ask you, just now a man came to your house."

Peng Yue was stunned for a moment, and said with an unnatural face; "So what, the man said that he was the envoy of Qin, and that he had a letter from my cousin to me. This cousin of mine has grown up with me since he was a child, and he has a very good relationship, but after he was captured in Xianyang City, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, but now he didn't expect it to be in the Qin army. ”

Zhou Bo sneered again and again, "You admit it, I don't think it's a cousin, it's not a letter from Han Xin to you." ”

Peng Yue said angrily; "Fart, what kind of person am I, Peng Yue, how can I do things that sell for glory."

Zhou Bo scoffed at his nasal passages; "You naturally know in your heart whether you do it or not, bring the letter, I want to see it."

Peng Yue was originally hot-tempered, and just wanted to pull out a knife and turn his face, but when he thought about it, he seemed to be really suspicious, so he swallowed his anger and took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Zhou Bo.

Zhou Bo took it and looked at it carefully, and saw that it was just an ordinary homely remark, so he said how his life was in the Qin State, and it did not involve rebellion, but a large part of the letter was blurred, as if it had been altered and erased.

Zhou Bo pointed to this place and said angrily; "Okay, you Peng Yue, you deliberately erased He Juxin here, you must be afraid that King Han will track down this letter."

Peng Yue was furious, the green tendons on his neck burst out, and he roared; "Zhou Bo, you don't spew blood here, this letter was like this when I got it, how do I know why my cousin has changed so much."

Zhou Bo sneered: "No matter how you quibble, do you dare to go to see King Han with me?" ”

"Why don't you dare?"

As soon as Zhou Bo waved his hand, the soldiers behind him stepped forward with ropes to trap Peng Yue. Peng Yue thought that Liu Bang valued himself so much, he would definitely distinguish between right and wrong, but fortunately, he didn't bother to resist.

In front of Liu Bang, when Peng Yue, who was tied up, was pushed down, Liu Bang looked at the confiscated letter in his hand, and listened to Zhou Bo's words on the side, his face was cloudy.

He became more and more convinced in his heart that Peng Yue and Han Xin were colluding, how could there be such a coincidental thing in the world, but it was Peng Yue who proposed to transfer the army to Luoyang so that Han Xin could take advantage of the situation, but on the way to the march, he was suddenly killed by the Qin army, but he Peng Yue was able to return with his whole body after the whole army was wiped out. There is also the most likely possibility of Peng Yue leaking the grain and grass, plus this letter, how can Liu Bang not suspect Peng Yue.

The more Liu Bang thought about it, the more angry he became, and suddenly felt that if Peng Yue really colluded with the Qin people, then his own downfall today was caused by him. Liu Bang was furious for a while, pointed at Peng Yue and shouted; "Come on, push this traitor out and cut it down for me."

Peng Yue was suddenly startled, and hurriedly raised his head and shouted; "King Han, you can't kill me, you can't kill me, I'm wronged."

Liu Bang stepped forward and kicked Peng Yue, gritting his teeth; "Wronged fart, I, Liu Bang, have never treated you badly, but you betrayed me like this, how can I solve the hatred in my heart if I don't kill you."

As soon as the words fell, several pro-soldiers pounced and pulled the bound Peng Yueqiang down, and suddenly there was a shout; "King Han, please calm your anger."

Liu Bang looked at Yanshi Dao who came from a distance viciously, and scolded loudly; "At this time, our own affairs in the Han Kingdom are your, so stay away from Lao Tzu."

Yanshi Dao did not change his face; "I forgot to tell King Han, there is another prerequisite for my Qin State to cooperate with you, that is, Peng Yue must be sent back to our army camp intact."

Liu Bang glared at Peng Yue angrily, thinking that this time you have something to say, and then turned around and sneered: "What if I don't agree." ”

Yanshi Dao shrugged helplessly, "Then I'm sorry, the previous conditions are all nullified, and my Qin State will immediately start attacking the city." ”

Liu Bang was stunned and asked rhetorically; "You are just your own will, can you make the decision for Han Xin."

Yanshi Dao nodded, "This is what the general said, I just conveyed it truthfully." ”

Liu Bang's face changed uncertainly, and he finally gritted his teeth and said hatefully; "Han Xin, count yourself ruthless."