Yanshi Dao stood quietly outside the Chu army's camp, bowing slightly to the people who were looking directly at him in front of him, with a humble smile on his face.

It's not the first time he has done this kind of work, Zhao Gao once asked him to go north to persuade Wang Li to take refuge in him. In the past three years, Yanshi Dao has worked hard for Zhao Gao, and with his incorruptible tongue, he has subdued dozens of officials, large and small, for Zhao Gao, so after Zhao Gao fell, he was arrested and imprisoned as an important figure in Zhao Gao's party.

Yanshi Tao comes from a famous school, and the famous family is also an important school among the hundred sons, but it is much weaker than other schools. Famous scholars are not as popular as Legalists, soldiers, and Zongheng families, which were in the limelight in the Warring States Qin Dynasty, nor are they as popular as Mohists, Confucianists, and Taoists. The famous scholars advocated the study of the form, law and relationship between name and reality, a bit like the philosophers who engaged in behaviorism in later generations, and were known for their good arguments, and the representative figures were Gongsun Long of 'White Horse and Non-Horse' and Huizi of Zhuangzi, a friend of 'Zi Feiyu'.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the common people's stomachs were not full, how could they have the energy to study behaviorism with you, which doomed the tragic fate of the famous family. Yanshi Dao has been gifted since he was a child, he can speak at the age of three and break the text at the age of seven, and when he was a teenager, he was dumbfounded by the local Confucianism, but when he was thirty years old, he was so poor that his family was surrounded by four walls. The reason is nothing more than that the officials hired by the Qin State are extremely talented and learned, and people like him who have to take advantage of their tongues will naturally not be hired by the government.

Three years ago, Zhao Gao heard about his talent, so he found him and asked him to do things for himself, which allowed the Yanshi Dao family to get rid of the poor life. Although Yanshi Dao despised Zhao Gao in his heart, he still lobbied others for Zhao Gao with due diligence.

He has his own standards of conduct, and he is loyal to the king. After Zhao Gao was ambushed, he was naturally sentenced to death as Zhao Gao's henchman, and he originally thought that he was going to die, but he was accidentally brought out of prison by Han Xin.

Han Xin gave him two choices, one was to die immediately, and the other was to do something for him, if he could return safely, he would be rewarded by high-ranking officials.

Yanshi Dao naturally chose the latter, so he came to Liu Bang's camp.

Although he had been waiting for a full hour, Yan Shidao was not in a hurry, he knew that this was Liu Bang's intention, and these small tricks often used in peace talks naturally would not disturb his mind.

It's just that Li Shiqi in front of him couldn't hold his breath, he snorted heavily, and asked contemptuously with squinted eyes; "You're the famous Yanshidao?"

Yanshi Dao lowered his head and replied in fear; "It's under that, I don't know if you are, sir?"

Li Shiqi raised his head, and said with his nostrils facing the sky: "I am Nanyang Confucian Li Shiqi, Mr. Jiuwen has unparalleled dialectics, and he has been old for a long time, and he is fortunate to meet today, how about we have a competition?" Let's see if your famous sophistry is great, or my Confucian subtlety is even better! ”

In the pre-Qin period, there was endless fighting between the hundreds of schools of thought, and the famous ones were even more eloquent, so it is no wonder that Li Shiqi, who likes this way, wants to have a try.

Yanshi Dao did not let him get his wish, but humbly bowed down and said: "Mr. is falsely praised, thinking that my famous family is just blindly taking advantage of his tongue, and he has already fallen into the side door and the left way is now in decline, where can it compare with the Confucian doctrine of benevolence and righteousness spread all over the world." Besides, it is very important for Wansheng to come this time, and I hope that Mr. will make it convenient. ”

Yan Shidao's humility made Li Shiqi quite satisfied, and the feeling of looking at each other in his heart was reduced a lot, and he smiled; "Come with me, I'll take you to see Pei Gong."

Liu Bang was sitting in the camp with a proud face at this time, thinking that two years ago he was still a disciple in Pei County, and he was idle in the countryside and despised by everyone, but now he is Pei Gong of the 150,000 army under Gao Jutang, and Xianyang is close at hand, and the position of the king of Guanzhong is also close at hand, how can he be unhappy at this moment.

But he still didn't forget to remind himself in his heart that this was not the time to get carried away, because the Qin State had not yet fallen, and Xiang Yu's army was about to knock in. The more times like this, the more he should keep a cool head, so he did not meet with the Qin envoy for the time being, but first discussed with Zhang Liangxiao and He in the camp for a long time.

When Li Shiqi came with the Qin envoy, Liu Bang tidied up his clothes and packed them to meet the Qin envoy in the Chinese military tent.

Yanshi Dao saw a middle-aged man on a high seat from afar, surrounded by everyone, so he guessed that it was Liu Bang, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow down with the standard etiquette of the Qin State to worship the king, and shouted in his mouth: "See Pei Gong." ”

Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced in his heart. Although he is a prince, most of the generals under his command are from bitter brothers, and they are used to calling him brothers, and when they see him, they will casually shout 'Pei Gong', where is there a formal bow like Yanshi Dao. Liu Bang's heart couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, and his perception of this Qin envoy also improved greatly.

"That...... Aiqing is flat. ”

"You are the messenger sent by Ziying, say, what is the matter with Ziying sending you." The news of Ziying's serious injury was blocked by Hanxin very tightly, and the external decrees were all edicts claiming to be Ziying. Therefore, it is normal for Liu Bang not to know that the principal of the Qin State is also normal, so he has this question.

Yanshi Dao stood up, and bowed down again when he heard the words; "Hui Peigong, King Qin sent me here precisely so that the world can stop the war."

"Oh?" Liu Bang showed an interested look on his face, and hurriedly asked; "So Ziying wants to surrender?"

Yanshi Dao Zhengse said; "It's peace, not surrender."

"What's the difference?"

"Of course, there is." Yanshi Dao raised his head slightly, and said with a face that was neither arrogant nor humble; "Those who surrender are desperate, and I am a fish and meat for the sake of the sword, just like the surrender of Qi Wang Tian Jian to my Great Qin in the past. And the peacemaker is like Lin Xiangru when Qin Zhao Michi meeting, although Zhao is weak, but he can not be arrogant or humble and finally fight for Qin and Zhao to strike the army and repair, this is peace. ”

Liu Bang laughed and said; "What a good mouth, but in my opinion there is no difference between the two, do you come to my camp to see the majesty of my army? In the past, Zhang Han's more than 400,000 troops were not the opponents of my 100,000 Chu army, but today you can resist my 200,000 army with just a few remnants of defeated generals? ”

Yanshi Dao did not change his face and replied; "Pei Gong, you are not Xiang Yu, and my king is not Zhang Han. I once heard that you Chu people have a saying called 'Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu', I think that you Chu people can be reversed by you to return to the sky no matter how weak you are, today my Great Qin although the national fortune is bleak but the Guanzhong still exists, there are still 100,000 troops in Xianyang City, if I am forced to refuse the city to protect myself, even if Pei Gong can capture Xianyang as he wishes, then what I get is just a ruin, and there is the hatred of millions of Qin people. ”

Zhou Bo on the side couldn't help but snort coldly; "What kind of cowhide to brag, and 100,000 tigers, if you have the ability to bring it out of the city, we will fight."

Liu Bang was already moved when he heard this, he knew that the 100,000 tigers that Yanshi Dao said was just bluffing, he calculated that after an internal strife in Xianyang City, it would be good to have 30,000 or 40,000 people left. However, what Yanshi Dao said is true, if the Qin State refuses to surrender, even if he forcibly captures Xianyang, it will definitely suffer heavy losses, and if he can't get the support of the Qin people, how can he gain a foothold in Guanzhong and become king.

Liu Bang groaned and said; "Then what do you King Qin mean?"

Yan Shi Dao heard that his tone was relaxed, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said; "What my king means is willing to sacrifice Xianyang and share the customs with Peigong."

Liu Bang shook his head decisively and refused, "This is impossible, the Qin State must perish, if I agree to your conditions, then how can I explain to the world and the King of Chu." ”

Seeing that Liu Bang refused so thoroughly, Yan Shidao did not have the slightest tone of discussion, his face suddenly turned pale, the expression on his face changed several times, he gritted his teeth and knelt down and begged bitterly; "I also hope that Pei Gong will remember that my Qin people have been inherited for 500 years, if it is cut off today, how will my king face the ancestors and ancestors, Pei Gong is benevolent and righteous, please have mercy on my Qin country, and my millions of Qin people will be grateful to Pei Gong."

Liu Bang listened to the tearful pleading of the Yan Master, his face pretended to show sympathy, and he gritted his teeth for a long time, "What you said really embarrassed me, but I have some sympathy for the fate of the Qin State in my heart. Alas, I don't think it's better to be like this, you go back and tell Ziying that as long as I, Liu Bang, am still alive for a day, I will definitely protect the wealth of the Ying clan for generations, and the army I lead is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and will definitely not intrude on the people of the Qin people, is this okay? ”

Yanshi Dao shook his head and said with a wry smile; "There is no basis for empty words, how can Pei Gong rest assured that the conditions of avoiding the important and light, the world often says: the cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey cooks, and the birds are good and the bow is hidden', and when Pei Gong sits firmly in Guanzhong, it is not for you to regret it at will."

Liu Bang laughed and said; "You also underestimate me Liu Bang, since I Liu Bang is under the slogan of benevolence and righteousness, I will treat the enemies who submit to me with a tolerant heart. Since there is no evidence for empty words, then I, Liu Bang, set up a note, and add another one, Feng Ziying is the prime minister, and the lord is the marquis of ten thousand households, and the generations will never lose each other, how about it? ”

Yan Shidao stood there with a painful twitch on his face, obviously struggling with fierce thoughts, Zhang Liang, who had not spoken on the side, coughed lightly, stood up and said politely; "Lord Qin, Pei Gong is known for his benevolence and righteousness, and the conditions offered today are already our bottom line. Don't forget, Xiang Yu's army is speeding up towards Hangu Pass, the king of Chu in the past had an appointment first, and the first to enter the pass is Wang Zhi. If you surrender to Pei Gong at this time and support him as the king of Guanzhong, Pei Gong will definitely treat the Qin royal family favorably to appease the Qin people. But if you are still hesitant, it will be too late when Xiang Yu enters the customs. Xiang Yu hates the Qin people the most in his life, and according to his brutal character, he will definitely slaughter the Qin royal family to avenge his father, and even if Pei Gong pities you, there will be nothing he can do at that time. ”

"Where to go, I hope Qin will make you make a decision as soon as possible."

Yanshi Dao hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said; "Okay, according to what Gong Pei said, I hope you can make a note to make my king feel at ease."

Liu Bang laughed, and naturally happily promised, and when he set up a note, he would let his entourage return to Xianyang to report, and he himself stayed in the Chu military camp.

Liu Bang smiled and held the hand of the Yanshi Dao; "Now that the document has been established, Mr. can rest assured, since the Qin State has surrendered to me, then Mr. will be my subordinate sooner or later, why don't you tell me the truth, what is the situation in Xianyang City?"

Yanshi Dao hesitated for a moment, sighed and said; "Don't hide it from Pei Gong, although my king successfully killed Zhao Gao, but the defenders in the city were greatly injured because of the rebel counterattack, the available soldiers in Xianyang City are no more than 10,000 people, and the available soldiers in Longxi, Beidi and Hanzhong counties have already been looted, if my Qin State is not at the end of the road, I will never come to surrender Pei Gong."

"No matter what conditions I get for today's trip, tomorrow morning my prince and baby will tie their necks to a group, a white horse and a chariot, a seal of the Son of Heaven, and welcome Pei Gong into the city on the Baqiao next to the road."

Liu Bang laughed; "I see, it seems that Mr. is really good-tongued, and he has won so many preferential conditions for the Qin State out of thin air."

Yanshi Dao shook his head helplessly and said; "I am a Qin person, even if the matter has come to this, I still have to do my last bit for the Qin country. I know that Pei Gong is a trustworthy person, so I tell the truth, and I hope that Pei Gong will not fail me. ”

Liu Bang smiled and nodded; "This is natural, Mr. can rest assured, I am a person who wants to be the king of Guanzhong, if I don't have such a little heart, how can I achieve great things."

Since he knew that Ziying was about to surrender, Liu Bang was naturally in a good mood, ordered the slaughter of pigs and sheep and the three armies, and announced the news of Qin's surrender at the same time. The Chu army suddenly cheered and shook the sky, and both the generals and soldiers from top to bottom were ecstatic and carnivaled all night, and the camp was quiet until it was almost dawn.

This night, Liu Bang slept very sweetly, he dreamed that he was sitting on the top of the Jinluan Palace, sitting on the coveted dragon seat, and accepting the kneeling of hundreds of officials in the court, and couldn't help laughing happily. Suddenly, the picture shook, the entire Jinluan Hall trembled and collapsed like an earthquake, and the sound of killing suddenly shook the sky in his ears, and the hundred officials of His Highness also raised their heads one after another, rushing up and biting him with hideous faces.

Liu Bang woke up from his dream violently, and was shocked into a cold sweat, but found that there was still a murderous sound in his ears, Liu Bang woke up, and hurriedly jumped up and opened the camp tent violently, but opened his mouth wide and stunned there.

The large battalion in the distance was already on fire, and his soldiers were fleeing in panic with their heads in their hands, Liu Bang hurriedly grabbed an escaped soldier and shouted; "What's going on, but the enemy is coming?"

The soldier looked at him with horror on his face, recognized him as Pei Gong, and stammered in horror; "It's a ghost, thousands of ghosts are here, it must be a demon invited by the Qin sorcerer, Pei Gong, you run for your life."

Liu Bang was furious and roared; "Fart, where did the ghost come from?"

looked into the distance in a panic, but saw a few cavalry chasing a group of Chu army routs towards this side, and when Liu Bang got closer, he saw the enemy's appearance clearly by the firelight, and was suddenly frightened.

These cavalrymen look like cavalrymen, but the mounts under their crotch are not like ordinary war horses, but are covered in strange colorful patterns, the most terrifying thing is that the eyes are red and there are high horns on their heads, and the knights on their bodies are also naked, their bodies and faces are covered with blood and oil paint, wielding large swords and killing like demons from hell.

Imagine if you wake up from a dream in a daze, and when you open your eyes, you will see an enemy attacking like a ghost, and no brave soldier will run away in panic. This group of cavalry almost drove the rout of the Chu army and attacked the remaining camp, and the Chu army was terrified, and no one dared to turn back to meet it.

Behind this group of cavalry was the Qin army, which was closely followed by nearly 30,000 troops, who collapsed the Chu army camp that had been breached, and fiercely attacked the remnants of the Chu army.

Liu Bang had suddenly realized at this time, it turned out that the Qin people negotiated peace with him and left the envoy in order to paralyze himself, and he knew that the king of Qin would surrender on the second day, and he would definitely relax his vigilance, hateful! Hateful!

If thoughts could kill people, Yanshi Dao would have died hundreds of times at this time.

Liu Bang hated a lot in his heart, so he had to look up to the sky and shout a few times to vent the hatred in his heart. At this time, those Qin soldiers had also noticed Liu Bang, and immediately abandoned the pursuit of the Chu soldiers and killed Liu Bang.

When Liu Bang saw this, he dared to stay, and he was so frightened that he turned around and ran, shouting for help while running. At this time, a burly man had already arrived and shouted: "Pei Gong, don't panic, Fan Hao is here." ”

Fan Xu held a large iron cone, strode up to meet it, and smashed the flesh and blood of one of the leading cavalrymen head-on, and slaughtered these Qin soldiers in less than a few rounds.

Fan Xu carried the corpse of Qin Bing and yelled at the deserters who kept running by; "What kind of ghost is this, it is pretended by the cunning Qin people, everyone doesn't need to panic, follow me back to kill the enemy." The deserters around him only cared about fleeing for their lives, and no one had the heart to listen to him, so angry that Fan Xu stomped his feet again and again, but he was helpless.

Fan Xu's bravery alone naturally could not change the rout of the entire Chu army, and Liu Bang saw that the general trend was gone, and the Qin army was about to be killed, so he had to reluctantly climb into a carriage and flee in a hurry under the cover of Fan Xu. On the road, I saw Xiao He, who was stumbling and helping Zhou Bo to escape, and hurriedly stopped the car and stretched out his hand; "Lao Xiao, hurry up."

Xiao He and Zhou Bo climbed into the carriage in embarrassment, and Fan Xu, who was driving, turned around and asked Zhou Bo, "Have you seen Mrs. and Son?" It turned out that Liu Bang also brought his family with him in this march, and Zhou Bo lived very close to Lu Pheasant, so Fan Hao would have this question.

Zhou Bo shook his head with a pale face and said; "I crawled up in a panic, I wanted to gather my troops to fight back, but I only saw Mr. Xiao being chased and killed by the Qin people, so I didn't see my wife and son."

As soon as Fan Hao heard the urgency, he wanted to turn the horse's head and go back to pick up Lu Pheasant's mother and son, but Liu Bang stopped him, glared and shouted; "When is it, how can we take care of this, we need to escape."

glared at Zhou Bo again and yelled; "You get down for me, go find the ovary for me, or I won't be able to spare you."

Zhou Bo was kicked off the carriage by Liu Bang, so he had to turn around and go back to the chaotic army to find Zhang Liang, while Liu Bang kept urging Fan Hao to speed up. Liu Bang fled all the way east, and did not stop until the sky was dark and there was no trace of the Qin army, and ordered Fan Hao to re-erect his banner of the Chinese army, collect the remnants of the army everywhere, and at the same time send someone to inform Xiahou Ying of Hangu Pass, so that he could lead his troops to come to the rendezvous.