Chapter 08: Xiang Bo's Night Visit
Liu Bang's troops are in Bashang, located in the area of today's Lantian County, which is the buffer zone of the Lishan Mountain Range, but Liu Bang's camp is stationed on the plain north of the Bahe River.
In the past few days, Liu Bang's military camp has continued to have cavalry rushing out of the camp and patrolling around, which is why Liu Bang is worried that Xiang Yu will suddenly kill, so he takes strict precautions.
But Liu Bang also knew very well in his heart that if Xiang Yu's 200,000 allied troops attacked the hegemony, it was located in the plain, and he had no danger to defend, and he would not be able to resist Xiang Yu's army and become a lamb to be slaughtered.
But fear has always permeated Liu Bang's military camp, not only Liu Bang, everyone is worried about Xiang Yu's army, every day someone more or less mentions this matter, and then was arrested by the patrolling soldiers, and then was immediately punished with a cane, in order to set an example,
Today, when the drums of the first watch were beating, outside the barracks, a cavalry team of more than 20 people galloped forward, and the leader was Xiang Bo, and when he was about to reach the vicinity of the barracks, the gong of early warning suddenly sounded in the barracks.
The sound of the gong was very urgent, and soon, more than 100 people rushed out of the camp, all of them rode horses, and surrounded Xiang Bo and others at a very fast speed, and the first captain drove his horse to the front of the battle, shouting: "What people,"
"Please tell Mr. Zifang, the late Uncle Xiang is visiting, if there is a consultation," Uncle Xiang handed over immediately,
The lieutenant looked Xiang Bo up and down, and saw that he had no malicious intent, and there were only more than 20 people in his entourage, so he let down his vigilance and shouted, "You wait here,"
Before the captain turned around, he gave a look to a few cavalrymen around him, and soon more than fifty people galloped towards the wilderness in the distance, wanting to find out if there was a large army following behind Xiang Bo.
But the captain has hurried to the camp,
About a stick of incense, the captain rode his horse back, came to Xiang Boma, and arched his hand with a smile: "General Zifang, please go in, you come with me,"
The captain shouted: "Let go," all the cavalry gave way, Xiang Bo told his relatives, and with only three people, he hurriedly rode his horse to the Chu camp.
Zhang Liang has been worried about Xiang Yu these days, worried that Xiang Yu will suddenly attack the hegemon, if Xiang Yu takes advantage of the night to enter the army, then, Liu Bang's army will be powerless to resist, but at this time, the two armies are the same fire, for a while, Zhang Liang has nothing to do, how to turn the danger into a disaster, has become the most difficult hurdle in Zhang Liang's heart to break through,
He also tried to shirk responsibility from various angles to let Xiang Yu feel relieved, but after several deliberations, Zhang Liang felt that these strategies were unusable, so he had to give up.
Suddenly, Xiang Bo came to visit today, which made Zhang Liang think that it was an opportunity to turn the situation around through Xiang Bo, and because of this, after Zhang Liang received the report from the captain of the battalion, he didn't have time to tidy up his robe, and hurriedly went to the camp.
After walking about five camps, he saw a team of people holding torches and leading Uncle Xiang to his barracks, Zhang Liang was overjoyed and walked up quickly: "Brother Xiang, we haven't seen each other for a long time,"
"Brother Zifang, you make me think so much," Xiang Bo said politely, hugged Zhang Liang tightly, after a while, the two separated, by the light of the fire, the two looked at each other for a while, Zhang Liang flashed over, and said with a smile: "Quick, it's cold outside, go to my barracks to test the fire,"
Zhang Liang looked at his entourage on the side again, and ordered: "Go and let the room prepare a banquet, I want to treat Uncle Xiang well,"
The two of them had a distance to Zhang Liang's barracks, and just entered, Xiang Bo hurriedly said: "Brother Zifang, you can quickly pack up and leave here with me,"
Uncle Xiang's abnormality made Zhang's conscience tighten, he seemed to realize something, and immediately asked, "Why did Uncle Xiang say this?"
"It's urgent, let's talk about leaving," Xiang Bo pulled Zhang Liang and wanted him to pack up his things quickly, but Zhang Liang didn't seem to appreciate it, he looked at Xiang Bo and sighed: "Brother Xiang doesn't say it clearly, how can I leave easily,"
Stopped, Zhang Liang pulled Xiang Bolai to the carbon pot, took two soft mats, threw himself on the ground, and said with a smile: "Sit down and say, don't worry,"
Seeing Zhang Liang like this, Xiang Bo had to sit down first, stretched out his hand to test the fire, and sighed: "Yu'er has already ordered, gather troops and horses at dawn, and want to fight against Liu Bang, if Brother Zifang doesn't leave with me as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the coalition army will cross the border, and there will be no armor left,"
As he spoke, Xiang Bo looked outside the tent and sighed: "It's almost two watches, Brother Zifang should pack up quickly,"
The news brought by Xiang Bo did not surprise Zhang Liang when he arrived, Xiang Yu intended to beg // kill Liu Bang, which was already expected by Zhang Liang, and it was Xiang Bo who hurriedly came to report the news, so that Zhang Liang relieved the anxiety in his heart, he thought for a while, and replied: "Brother Xiang sit less, wait for me to go out,"
Without waiting for Uncle Xiang to speak, Zhang Liang had already gotten up and hurriedly walked out of the tent, leaving only Uncle Xiang in a daze, sitting next to the carbon pot, not knowing what to do, he wanted to leave, but it was inconvenient to abandon Zhang Liang, staying, and felt extremely inappropriate, just like that, Uncle Xiang waited for a while, and then got up and paced in the tent, but Zhang Liang never came back,
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Zhang Liang left the big tent, hurriedly marched to the Chinese army, and walked for a while before he came to the front of the handsome account, and several guards guarding the handsome account stopped Zhang Liang: "General Zifang, it's so late, do you have anything to do?"
"Hurry up and tell the lord, I have urgent military affairs, I want to ask to see," Zhang Liang was a little anxious, but the guards didn't move, he looked at Zhang Liang with a little embarrassment, and squeaked: "It's so late......"
"Don't talk nonsense, go and report quickly," Zhang Liang was a little annoyed, the guards didn't dare to disobey, turned around and walked towards the big tent,
Soon, Liu Bang's voice came from the tent: "Is it the ovary, let him in quickly,"
Soon, the guards lifted the curtain and came to Zhang Liang, and said apologetically: "General Zifang, the lord let you in,"
Zhang Liang nodded, and hurriedly walked towards Shuai Account,
In the handsome account, Liu Bang is consulting the military book, these days, the news of Xiang Yu's garrison playing has come back one after another, the coalition army is 200,000, the momentum is huge, and it has seriously threatened his own safety, because of this, Liu Bang can't sleep every night, he has to take some military books, probably look at a few times, but he is always worried about Xiang Yu in his heart, lest the coalition army kick the camp at night, although he holds the military book, but he didn't read a word,
At this time, Zhang Liang hurriedly visited, so that Liu Bang realized that something seemed to happen, at this time he had put down the military book, got up and paced in the tent, and soon, the curtain opened, Zhang Liang hurriedly walked in,
"General, it's urgent, the coalition army will kick the camp tomorrow," Zhang Liang said in a hurry, and at this time he had come to Liu Bang's side, and continued: "Xiang Yu has informed the three armies that the morning will gather soldiers and horses and march to the hegemony, if the general does not plan early, the army will come tomorrow, and the jade will be burned,"
When Liu Bang heard the news, he almost fell to the ground, at this time he held Zhang Liang's hand anxiously, and said hurriedly: "Where did you get this news?"
"Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo, who was in my account at this time, was revealed to me by him," Zhang Liang replied,
It seemed to see Liu Bang's surprise, Zhang Liang said again: "In the early years, Xiang Bo committed a murder and took refuge in Xiapi, I saw that he was a descendant of the Xiang family, so he took him in the house for refuge, therefore, we have a deep old friendship, this time Xiang Yu decided to kick the camp, Xiang Bo can't bear my life here, I came to send a letter, I hope I leave with him, I have the trust of the general, how can I easily turn my back, I am here to inform the general,"
Hearing Zhang Liang say this, Liu Bang became even more anxious, he walked around the carbon pot, and sighed: "If Xiang Yu's army kills, my life will rest, instead of waiting for Xiang Yu to kill, not tonight, let's flee together,"
"No," Zhang Liang waved his hand again and again: "If the general stays in the army, the army's heart is still stable, and he can still survive, if the general abandons the army and flees, the army's mind changes, Xiang Yu can be broken with one blow, at that time, where can the general flee to, can get rid of Xiang Yu, and if the general escapes from the barracks, he can capture a few pawns, at that time, he will really lose the righteousness of the world,"
Awakened by Zhang Liang, Liu Bang sighed: "I lost my words just now......"
"The general can quickly tidy up his clothes and go to see Uncle Xiang, or he can reverse the situation, otherwise, the big thing will go," Zhang Liang instructed, saluted Liu Bang, and said: "I'll go back to stabilize him first, the general must not hesitate, you can come quickly,"
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Leaving Liu Bang's big tent, Zhang Liang hurriedly returned to his barracks, at this time Xiang Bo was still pacing in the tent, he was like an arrow, lest he be discovered, he had left the Chu camp, but Zhang Liang did not return, and Xiang Bo was not good to leave directly.
After waiting for a while, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the tent, Xiang Bo looked out, Zhang Liang had hurried back, Xiang Bo was overjoyed and said: "Brother Zifang is finally back, hurry, clean up, leave with me,"
"No, no, no, I've asked General Liu to come over, Uncle Xiang might as well wait here for a while,"
"How can this be done, I came here for Brother Zifang, and I didn't plan to see Liu Bang, ...... you" Uncle Xiang was speechless in a hurry, Zhang Liang saw this, so he had to sigh: "I and Liu Bang hit it off at first sight, I really can't bear to give up, I go to tell you, if Uncle Xiang is still in the old days, you might as well stay, have a light meal, go or stay, let me make a decision again,"
Zhang Liang said this, Xiang Bo hesitated, and at this time, a soldier's shout sounded outside the door: "The lord has arrived,"
With the sound of hurried footsteps, Liu Bang walked in quickly, he saw Uncle Xiang, and said with a smile: "I heard the magpie calling this morning, guessing, there will be a distinguished guest coming to the door, but I didn't expect that it was General Xiang coming,"
At this time, Xiang Bo had no way to retreat, so he had to meet him and arch his hand: "I've seen General Liu,"
"Why is General Xiang so polite, come, let's sit down and talk," Liu Bang pulled Uncle Xiang and came to the carbon pot, at this time, a soldier walked in and arched his hand: "The banquet is ready, can you serve it?"
"Quick, bring the banquet up, I want to treat General Xiang well," Liu Bang was extremely enthusiastic, and Zhang Liang also persuaded him: "Uncle Xiang is a bold person, General Liu and Uncle Xiang might as well be closer and interact with each other,"
"I should talk to Uncle Xiang more," Liu Bang also laughed, and at this time, a team of soldiers hurriedly walked into the big tent with wine, food and a square table.
Liu Bang saw that the wine and food had been placed neatly, he pulled Uncle Xiang and said with a smile: "General Xiang, let's talk while drinking,"
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