Liu Bang looked up at Chen Liucheng's unattainable city wall, spat heavily on the ground, and roared unwillingly; "Let's go."

The soldiers behind him were all overjoyed when they heard this, and they all followed Liu Bang back to the camp slowly.

Peng Yue carefully reminded Liu Bangdao behind him; "Big brother, Chen can't go down for a long time, I'm afraid that the soldiers' sharpness will run out, so let's continue to take a detour."

Liu Bang glared at him and said angrily; "As long as you talk a lot, I naturally know." After a while, he said; "You can watch and get it, it's really not good, we'll leave in three days."

Peng Yue also sighed, shook his head with a helpless wry smile, and turned his horse away.

Although Liu Bang said this, he was still a little unwilling in his heart. I looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky, and I felt very uncomfortable.

When he left Pengcheng, King Huai had agreed that 'the first to enter the customs is the king'. This sentence was full of temptation for Liu Bang, and he was full of confidence to take advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Qin army were attracted by Xiang Yu. But it's been two months, and he, Liu Bang, is still just going around in Henan, and he hasn't even captured a decent city, while Xiang Yu has already won a huge victory in the north and is besieging Zhang Han with all his might.

This made Liu Bang feel very uncomfortable, he has always boasted of himself as the Duke of Zhou, the king of Wen, and thought that Xiang Yu's kid was just a horseman who relied on brute strength. Xiang Yu has already made jaw-dropping feats in the north, and he, Liu Bang, is still hiding from the Qin army in Henan, and when he encounters a weak Qin army, he will unceremoniously go up and kill him, and when he encounters a stronger one, he will immediately turn around and leave.

At this time, the main force of the Qin army was in Hebei, and the remaining troops in Henan were only second-rate small troops, but Liu Bang couldn't eat this point, which really hurt his self-esteem. After hearing that Xiang Yu won Julu, he was even more anxious, for fear that Xiang Yu would be crowned king in Guanzhong first, and at that time, there would be nothing to do with him Liu Bang.

Very depressed and returned to the camp, Liu Bang pushed open the tent, and two young and beautiful maids surrounded him, took off his coat for him, and brought hot water to wash his feet carefully. Liu Bang was in a slightly better mood at this time, squinting his eyes and looking at the breasts and buttocks of the two maids beside him, and the evil fire in his heart gradually rose.

At this time, an uninteresting soldier opened the tent and said loudly; "Pei Gong, someone asks to see you."

Liu Bang glared at the pro-soldier, but the pro-soldier was stunned with a thick neck, not noticing the boss's anger at all. Liu Bang had no choice but to do anything, these big bosses and coarse people under him were still honest farmers with hoes a few months ago, how could they be expected to know what to say.

Lying back in the soft arms of a maid, Liu Bang opened his mouth and asked lazily, "Who wants to see me?" ”

The soldier said in a rough voice: "It's an old man, he calls himself a Gaoyang drunkard, and he says that he wants to see Pei Gong." ”

"Gaoyang drunkard." Liu Bang's eyes rolled, this is an interesting person, it's boring anyway, it's better to see it.

"Let him in."

Li Shiqi stood quietly outside the camp, and the curious glances cast by the soldiers in the past did not make him feel any discomfort, but looked at the soldiers of the Chu army with interest, thinking of such a rabble, no wonder Chen Liucheng, who had a high wall of the city. Now it depends on who this Liu Bang is, and whether it is worth taking refuge in himself.

In the troubled times, talented people like Li Shiqi are all waiting for the price to sell, waiting for the appreciation of the British lord to appear. Although Gaoyang is a small land, it is the main place of the Central Plains, since the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, there are many leaders of the rebel army who have passed here, but Li Shiqi can't look down on any of them, and feels that these people are vulgar and unbearable, without any great talent, and they are not worthy of him to follow.

Although it is said that being pregnant is like being pregnant, it will take a long time to see it, but it has been nearly two years, and there is still no favorite British master to come to the door. He gradually became a little flustered, seeing that the world was about to be calm, but before he could eat anything, if he didn't go out of the mountain, I was afraid that this talent would be wasted in the market.

When Liu Bang passed by Gaoyang, Li Shiqi paid close attention to him, and felt that although Liu Bang put . Uninhibited, yet approachable. The point is that the person is quite broad-minded and able to read the brilliant opinions of others. And quite reuse talents, quite trust talents.

The last sentence is the key, so Li Shiqi rushed to find Liu Bang, and it happened that an officer next to Liu Bang was Li Shiqi's fellow countryman, so he asked to see Liu Bang through this relationship.

The officer knew that Li Shiqi was a famous Confucian scholar, so he reminded him in a thick voice; Pei Gong doesn't like Confucianism, last time an old sour Confucian came to him and chirped crookedly, he took off the old sour Confucian hat in anger and poured urine into it. I advise you to go back and don't be bored. ”

Li Shiqi smiled slightly, thinking that this Liu Bang is still an interesting person, but it can also be seen that he is a benevolent person, otherwise it would not be as simple as taking off his hat and peeing. The idea of going to see Liu Bang became more and more determined in his heart, so he said to the officer; "It's okay, you can just say I'm a Gaoyang drunkard."

After waiting outside the tent for a long time, he saw the guards who came to pass him in.

Li Shiqi followed the guard into the tent, but saw a middle-aged man standing on top of the tent, his head leaning in a woman's arms enjoying her rubbing, and a woman kneeling on the ground carefully washing his feet. Seeing Li Shiqi coming in, Liu Bang didn't even raise his eyelids, he still closed his eyes and hummed in his mouth to enjoy, and his attitude was extremely arrogant.

Li Shiqi neither saluted nor worshipped, but just shook his long sleeves and said loudly; "Pei Gong, you have worked thousands of miles to come here to destroy the Qin State or help the Qin State."

Liu Bang was thundered by his words, opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time before angrily pointing at Li Shiqi's nose and scolding; "Where did the sour people come from, it's just a fart, it stinks! The Qin State is so tyrannical, and everyone in the world is rebelling against the Qin State, how could I run to help the Qin State? ”

Li Shiqi snorted, raised his head and said arrogantly; "Since Pei Gong wants to destroy the Qin State, he shouldn't treat the elders like this, with your attitude, who will come to offer you advice."

Liu Bang's eyes lit up when he heard Li Shiqi's words, and he looked at him carefully. Liu Bang himself is a person who loves to brag, so the people who love to brag in his heart are generally people with some ability.

Liu Bang laughed and clapped his hands; "What Mr. said is very true, it is indeed Liu Bang who is negligent."

After saying that, he waved off the two maids, put on his shoes, and respectfully invited him to take a seat. Li Shiqi was not polite, sat up with a big grin, and looked at Liu Bang with a smile.

Liu Bang bowed down and said; "Dare to ask Mr. how he taught me."

Li Shiqi sat upright, not thinking that it was inappropriate at all, and when he saw Liu Bang asking respectfully, he said calmly; "I have long heard the name of Pei Gong's benevolence and righteousness, and now I see that Pei Gong is about to come to a catastrophe, so I have come to offer a strategy to avoid disaster."

"Oh?" Liu Bang showed an interested look on his face, Li Shiqi really grasped Liu Bang's mind, and knew that when dealing with people like him, he had to talk endlessly.

"Dare to ask Mr. where the trouble came from? How can we avoid trouble? ”

Li Shiqi talked eloquently: "Since Pei Gong sent troops to Pengcheng, he has not captured a city in March, and Xiang Yu has already commanded the heroes in the north, and the heroes of the world dare not obey." I heard that King Huai agreed on who would capture Guanzhong first, and King Huai liked you as an elder, so he deliberately asked you to attack the weak Guanzhong, and let Xiang Yu do the drudgery of rescuing Julu. Now Zhang Han's army is in danger, and it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed, once Xiang Yu goes south to attack Guanzhong, how will Pei Gong deal with himself? ”

"I heard that Xiang Yu is extremely generous to those close to him, but he will repay his enemies. Pei Gong seemed to be at odds with him when you were in Pengcheng that day, and now you have no size, Xiang Yu just needs to find a reason to kill you. This is a catastrophe, what does Pei Gong think? ”

Liu Bang opened his mouth wide, dumbfounded, and every word he said was in his heart, making him flustered and at a loss, and hurriedly bowed down and pleaded; "Sir, please help me."

He could see that since Li Shiqi had come to the door on purpose, he was sure that he would have something to do. Sure enough, Li Shiqi's face was pale, and he stroked his beard and smiled; "Pei Gong doesn't need to worry, the old man has a plan to solve Pei Gong's worries."

"Sir, please advise."

"Pei Gong, what you brought is just a rabble, the number is only tens of thousands, although there has been no big victory along the way, but there has not been a defeat, but the team is getting stronger and stronger, why not?"

"First, the main forces of the Qin army are all in Hebei, and the land of Henan is just some weak divisions. The fiasco of the Battle of Julu made the Qin defenders everywhere tremble, and they had no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit. ”

"Second, although the Pei Gong Department is weak, it is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and he does not commit any crimes in the autumn of the place he goes, and he is at peace with the people. On the other hand, Xiang Yu is a tyrannical, and if he doesn't like it, he slaughters the city and plunders the land, so the people are close to Pei Gong and alienated from Xiang Yu. Those defenders of the Qin State saw that Pei Gong did not plunder, and they just took a detour if they couldn't capture the city, so most of them were unwilling to take the initiative to attack you. ”

Liu Bang's face was moved, and he humbly asked: "What does Mr. mean? ”

"Pei Gong's rate is only tens of thousands of weak brigades, but if he wants to attack the Qin of the tiger and wolf, it is undoubtedly a sheep into the mouth of the tiger, so he must be strong enough to enter the Guanzhong. Chenliu this place, is the world's key rush, the traffic extends in all directions, the grain and grass in the city are piled up, the backlog of weapons warehouse, if you capture Chenliu, and then release grain to relieve the people, the responders will definitely gather in Jingcong. ”

Liu Bang stretched his face and sighed bitterly; "I've also considered what Mr. said, but Chen Liucheng is a high-ranking soldier, and I really can't do anything."

Li Shiqi smiled slightly, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and said with a smile; "Pei Gong doesn't need to worry, the old man's trip is for this matter."

"Chen Liuxian Order is my old friend for many years, and the old man will go to him to know the righteousness, and he will definitely let him return to Pei Gong."

Liu Bang was overjoyed and bowed to the end, "If Liu Bang can achieve great things in the future, he will not forget what Mr. gave today." ”

Li Shiqi entered the city on the same day to persuade Chen Liuxian to surrender the order, Liu Bang easily got a base to rely on, and he rewarded Li Shiqi and Chen Liuxian order. At the same time, the granary was opened to attract displaced people from all over the world to vote, and Liu Bang's troops soon swelled to 100,000 people.

got Chen Liu, Liu Bang swept away the bad luck some time ago, became high-spirited, and marched towards Guanzhong with confidence, and the next stop was Kaifeng.

The ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny, this sentence is perfect to describe Liu Bang.

Liu Bang's pride and ambition was poured cold water head-on under Kaifeng City, he besieged for seven days, and still couldn't take Kaifeng City. Liu Bang looked at Kaifeng City and sighed for a long time, so he had to do the old tricks, and bypassed Kaifeng and continued to advance to Luoyang in the west.

Luoyang is located in the Central Plains, since the relocation of King Ping of Zhou as the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, and to the 51st year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Zhou was destroyed by Qin, and Luoyang has been the capital of the Zhou Dynasty for 500 years.

Since it is the capital of the Son of Heaven, it is naturally high and deep, and the style is extraordinary. The largest city Liu Bang has ever seen in his life is Chen Liu, and the first time he saw such a tall city as Luoyang, he couldn't help but gasp, and the confidence he was still full of suddenly dissipated.

He was even more faintly worried in his heart, Luoyang is so strong and difficult to attack, so what about Xianyang, can he Liu Bang really enter Guanzhong first to capture Xianyang?

Liu Bang's rebel army attacked the city of Luoyang for three days, but there was no progress, and just when he was at a loss, the arrival of good news made him ecstatic.

Zhang Liang is here!