Chapter 178: The Alliance of Huannan
&n] Shortly after Fan Zeng persuaded Xiang Yu, Zhang Han sent Sima Xin to the Chu camp to discuss with Xiang Yu about the surrender of the Qin army.
This time is Zhang Han's last hope, if Xiang Yu does not allow him to surrender again, his only way out is to lead these Qin troops to fight with the Chu army
Hearing that it was Sima Xin who came to discuss the surrender of the Qin army, Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng Ying went out of the 'gate'
The reason why Xiang Yu treated Sima Xin with courtesy is also not unreasonable, when Sima Xin was Qin Liyang Prison Peng, Xiang Liang had committed a crime and was rescued by him, Xiang was always his favor, this time Zhang Han sent him out of a last fight, wanting to use his kindness to Xiang to promote the surrender of the Qin army to the Chu army
"I don't know if General Sima came in person, Xiang Ji is far away, and please ask the general, don't blame" When Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng walked out of the 'gate', Sima Xin was already waiting there, Xiang Yu hugged his fists and stepped forward, saluted and said: "General, please come into the camp and talk."
Sima Xin hurriedly saluted Xiang Yu and said: "The general of the defeated army bows to the general of Great Chu, and the general has so many courtesies, Sima Xin is really ashamed."
After returning to the big tent with Sima Xin, the guests sat down, Xiang Yu pretended not to know what Sima Xin came to the Chu army camp for, and said: "General Sima has always been in front of the Zhang Han tent, why did he suddenly come to our army's camp?" ”
Sima Xin bowed slightly, first saluted Xiang Yu, and then gave Fan Zeng a salute and said: "General, General Fan, and the last general came to your army because I wanted to beg the two of you to ask you to give us 200,000 homeless people a way to live."
"Oh?" Xiang Yu tilted his head and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What did General Sima say about this?" The confrontation between the two armies of Qin and Chu was originally the master of each other, so how could it be said that it would leave a way for your army to survive? ”
Sima Xin bowed his body and said to Xiang Yu very humbly: "The general doesn't know, General Zhang Han led us to fight abroad for three years, Julu was defeated, Qin II blamed Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao was afraid of taking responsibility, and put all the responsibility on us, and now we are waiting to return to Xianyang, and the decisive battle with the Great Chu army is also death, only surrendering to the Chu army is the only way to live, but the general has repeatedly refused our army to surrender, is it not just cutting off the way of life for our 200,000 people?" ”
Xiang Yu held his forehead with one hand and made a very troubled expression, and after a while, he raised his head and said to Sima Xin: "General Sima, the envoy sent by your army before, did propose to surrender to our army, but you don't know that now the two armies are 'fighting', both sides are doing everything for victory, if Zhang Han let the general come early, where would I not agree?" In this case, you go back immediately and tell Zhang Han that I accept his surrender."
Sima Xin had imagined many scenarios on the way here, but he had never imagined that Xiang Yu would agree to their surrender so easily, he looked at Xiang Yu a little blankly, with a sleepy and confused expression on his face
If Xiang Yu refuses his request, he may feel better, and then he will have a good relationship with Xiang Yu by virtue of the 'friendship' between the two parties, and in that case, Xiang Yu will agree to their surrender, and he will feel much more at ease
"General Zhang Han is really sincere to the last general this time, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not" Sima Xin hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to say the worry in his heart: "The battle of Dingtao, General Xiang Liang died in battle, General Zhang Han still feels guilty when he thinks about it, and the last general is worried that the general can't let go of his hatred, and when our army surrenders, he will still kill General Zhang Han, that is not a hero's doing."
After listening to Sima Xin's words, Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng glanced at each other, and then the two of them raised their heads and laughed
Sima Xin was covered in sweat and hairs from their laughter, and looked at them in bewilderment, wanting to ask them what they were laughing at, but they didn't dare, the expression on their faces was very embarrassed
Fan Zeng saw Sima Xin's face 'exposed' embarrassed, and said to him with a smile: "General Sima, you look down on our general too much, since the general has said that he has promised to accept your surrender, he will definitely not regret it, you just go back, just tell General Zhang Han, although you can rest assured, you will not harm in the future."
Xiang Yu also shook his head with a smile on the side, and after Fan Zeng finished speaking, he then said to Sima Xin: "If I don't sincerely accept the surrender of your army, how can I agree?" Since the husband has promised, how can he regret it? When General Sima returns, please tell General Zhang Han that I will go to Huannan with him tomorrow to make an alliance."
After getting the promise of Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, Sima Xin's heart was put into his stomach, he greeted Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng for a while, did not accept Fan Zeng's invitation, stayed in the Chu army camp for dinner, and hurriedly rushed back to the Qin army camp
Early the next morning, Zhang Han led a team of guards, dressed up carefully, put on his armor, wiped his boots shiny, and stepped on his war horse and rushed towards Huannan
When Zhang Han arrived in Huannan, Xiang Yu was already waiting there
Xiang Yu rode on the black horse, stood proudly in the wind, and the battle flag of the Chu army danced in the wind, adding a bit of domineering to him standing under the banner
Seeing Xiang Yu waiting there from a distance, Zhang Han hurriedly urged the war horse to meet Xiang Yu, and when he was still thirty or fifty steps away from Xiang Yu, he turned over and jumped off the horse, and ran over on foot
"The general of the defeated army, Zhang Han, knocked on the general of Dachu" ran to Xiang Yu, Zhang Han half-knelt on the ground, clasped his fists with both hands, raised high above his head, and said to Xiang Yu: "The last general can't stand it, the general is really guilty, he deserves death, and he is very frightened by the general's pardon."
Zhang Han knelt on the ground, Xiang Yu hurriedly jumped off the horse, stretched out his hands to help him up, and after picking up Zhang Han, Xiang Yu patted him on the shoulder and said: "General Zhang, when I belong to the enemy, my uncle died in battle, although it was the general's doing, but you and I are our own masters, if it was the general who was besieged that day, my uncle must also be a killer, leaving no room for it, now the general is willing to submit to me, Da Chu is really the luck of the Great Chu, the luck of the world, you and I should forget the past from today, unhappiness, work together to overthrow the violent Qin, and restore the Six Kingdoms."
After being helped up by Xiang Yu, Zhang Han held Xiang Yu's forearm with both hands, and was already moved to tears, choked up for a long time before he said: "General Shaorong Bucai has led troops from Guanzhong three years ago to fight against various righteous armies, has been diligent and has made a lot of achievements, and it is true that he was defeated by the general in Julu a few days ago, and he wanted to ask Xianyang for help, and then fight with the Chu army, but he never thought that Zhao Gao's family not only did not send troops, but impeached me in front of the second, saying that we were not good to fight, and we were recalled to Xianyang, and I had no choice but to lead the army to surrender to the general."
Speaking of this, Zhang Han sighed, and then said: "Now Shaorong and the 200,000 army are cornered, there is no way back, there is no way back, come to join the general, Cheng Meng, the general will not give up, abandon the previous suspicion, Shaorong swears again, today from the date of the conclusion of the covenant, I was born as a general, and died as a general's ghost, although I have a liver and brain, I must repay the general's kindness."
Xiang Yu held Zhang Han's hand, before he saw Zhang Han, he was still full of hatred for Zhang Han, but when he really saw Zhang Han and heard him say so much helplessness in person, he couldn't help but feel sorry for each other
"General Zhang, since then, I am a family with you, today I will call you 'King Yong', and our army will go west with you, you are a famous general, with your help, I will definitely be more handy on the battlefield in the future."
"Obey the general's order," Hearing Xiang Yu say that he wanted him to advance with the army, Zhang Han hurriedly responded
Named Zhang Han as the "King of Yong", Xiang Yu looked at Sima Xin, who came with Zhang Han, and said to him: "General Sima, General Zhang, is now acting with the army, you will be the general of the Qin army, lead the army to open the way for the army, we will take Guanzhong and overthrow the tyrannical Qin."
Sima Xin heard Xiang Yu say that he wanted him to be a general, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhang Han, and when he saw Zhang Han's face full of calmness, he stepped forward and accepted the appointment with his fists in his fists
After the 200,000 Qin troops surrendered, they joined forces with 400,000 princes and marched towards Xianyang, and they did not encounter many obstacles along the way, and they came to the vicinity of Xin'an after a short time
Although there was no resistance along the way, the march of the coalition army was not smooth, after the Qin army surrendered, many officers and soldiers of the Chu army and the princes' coalition army who had fought with the Qin army thought that the Qin army had bullied them fiercely in the past, and this was an opportunity to take revenge
"Hey, what are you seeing? Say you, come here," a group of surrendered Qin soldiers were patrolling, and several Chu soldiers walked towards them, and one of the Chu soldiers waved to the Qin army officer who led the team
The officer of the Qin army was stunned, and the soldiers of the Chu army, who had not come back to his senses at first, waved to him, and then shouted: "What are you stunned? Say what about you? Are you deaf or what's wrong? ”
The officer of the Qin army was scolded by the Chu soldiers, frowned, but did not say anything, but reluctantly walked up to the Chu soldiers, bowed to them, and said, "What advice does this military master have when he calls?" ”
The Chu soldier pulled the corners of his mouth upwards and said to the officer of the Qin army: "Master, there is nothing to advise, it's just that our eldest brother's shoes are dirty, you can help him dust them."
"Forgiveness, there is nothing you can do," the officer of the Qin army frowned, he thought that the soldiers of the Chu army had something important to call him, but he didn't expect that he was deliberately humiliating him, and immediately stood up straight and said: "If there is nothing to do, I will go on patrol."
"Patrol?" The retreat of the officer of the Qin army did not make the soldiers of the Chu army give up their provocation against him, he was about to turn around and leave, and the soldiers of the Chu army stepped forward and grabbed him, and said to him: "You."