Chapter 190: Hongmen Banquet 2
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After a while, Xiang Yu's personal soldiers brought wine and food, and Liu Bang and Zhang Liang also sat down in the guest seats.
At each table sat a pro-soldier, who knelt at the table and held a wooden spoon with a slender handle.
They put the wooden spoon in the wooden barrel containing the wine and stirred it gently, and when Liu Bang and Zhang Liang were seated, the soldiers in front of each table scooped up the wine with the wooden spoon and mixed it into the wine vessel on the table.
"Go down!" When the soldiers had mixed the wine, Xiang Yu waved his hand at them and told them to retreat.
The soldiers bowed and withdrew from the tent.
"Pei Gong is far away, this cup should be honored to Pei Gong first!" After the soldiers withdrew, Xiang Yu picked up the wine glass on the table and said to Liu Bang: "This time, you and I were ordered to march into Guanzhong, and I fought with Zhang Han in Julu and annihilated hundreds of thousands of enemies. Pei Gong fought against the Qin army on the southern front, and it was very difficult to attack the city. Especially when I heard that Wuguan and Yaoguan are steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, they can be broken in one fell swoop, Pei Gong is really a talent! ”
"Where, where!" Liu Bang heard Xiang Yu praise him, and hurriedly raised his wine glass and said: "This cup of wine should be paid tribute to the general, I only captured a few cities, and the general annihilated the main force of the Qin army in one fell swoop, and 50,000 people broke the cauldron and fought against the water, defeating the 400,000 army of the Qin army." Look at the whole world, who can do it! General, I respect you! ”
Xiang Yu nodded, and did not be polite to Liu Bang, but took the wine glass and drank it all. Liu Bang, like Xiang Yu, drank all the wine in the cup.
Everyone just pushed the cups and changed the glasses, you and I tead each other while drinking wine.
Fan Zeng saw that everyone had almost drunk the wine, and he looked at Xiang Yu again and again, wanting Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang.
Xiang Yu saw Fan Zeng's eyes on him, but he pretended not to see it. He hadn't made up his mind to get rid of Liu Bang, remembering that he and Liu Bang had led the army together, although Liu Bang had done something that made him feel very uncomfortable, but he was quite humble in front of him, and Xiang Yu really couldn't kill such a person.
Fan Zeng made a number of eyes in a row, seeing that Xiang Yu was unmoved, he was in a hurry, pretended to be drunk, pulled off the 'jade' Jue he was wearing from his waist, pinched it in his hand, put his arm up, and put his head against the little arm holding the 'jade' Jue, and the 'jade' Jue in his hand swayed back and forth.
Seeing Fan Zeng holding the 'jade' jue in his hand and shaking it back and forth, Xiang Yu frowned, pretended not to see it, and still talked and laughed with Liu Bang and others, pushing the cup and changing the lamp.
Xiang Yu always pretended to be deaf and dumb at Fan Zeng's prompts, and Fan Zeng was very anxious. He saw that Xiang Yu also had no intention of killing Liu Bang, so he had to get drunk and walk out of the big tent.
Out of the big tent, Fan Zeng asked his soldiers to summon Xiang Zhuang.
Xiang Zhuang was responsible for the safety of this banquet, and when he heard that Fan Zeng had called him, he didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly came to the big tent.
Fan Zeng pulled Xiang Zhuang to a corner not far from the big tent, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said to him: "Previously, Liu Bang sent troops to guard Hangu Pass, and his purpose was to refuse the army to enter the pass, and wanted to occupy the pass and claim the king. Liu Bang is a person with great ambitions and ambitions, and he is capable of many people in front of his account, and he will definitely be an opponent in the world with the generals in the future. Just now, I signaled the general several times to attack him, but the general was too soft-hearted, and he must have remembered that he had fought against Qin with Liu Bang in the past. If you don't kill Liu Bang today, you will be harmed by him in the future, and you and I will become his prisoners in the future! After I enter the account, you will also go in later, and tell the general that you want to cheer up our sword dance, and when you dance the sword, take the opportunity to knock Liu Bang down on the seat, and you must stab him to death! Do you understand? ”
Xiang Zhuang clenched his fists and bowed to Fan Zeng and said: "What Ya Father said is that today I will definitely kill Liu Bang in the seat room and cut off the troubles for the general!" ”
With Xiang Zhuang's assurance, Fan Zeng returned to the big tent with great confidence, confessed to everyone, and sat back in his own place.
Liu Bang was still talking nonsense with Xiang Yu, and when the two of them talked about happiness, they would laugh from time to time.
But Zhang Liang, who was sitting on the side, had been fidgeting since Fan Zeng went out, and when Fan Zeng returned to the tent, Zhang Liang gave Xiang Bo who was sitting next to Xiang Yu a 'look'.
Xiang Bo looked at Zhang Liang a little blankly, and he didn't understand what he wanted to say for a long time.
Everyone was drinking, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Xiang Zhuang strode in.
"General! The last general thought that it was boring to just drink and chat, so he came to ask for a sword dance to cheer up the general and everyone! After entering the tent, Xiang Zhuang stood in the middle of the big tent and bowed to Xiang Yu and asked to dance the sword to help the fun.
"It's rare that you have this thought, okay, you can dance the sword to help us!" Xiang Yu, who had already drunk a lot of wine, didn't think too much about it at all, and when he heard Xiang Zhuang say that he wanted to dance the sword to help the fun, he was also interested, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "You have to give me a good dance, so that Pei Gong can see your swordsmanship!" ”
"No!" Xiang Zhuang clasped his fists and saluted Xiang Yu again, 'drawn' out his long sword and danced in the tent.
When Xiang Zhuang drew his sword, Zhang Liang repeatedly looked at Xiang Bo. Xiang Bo didn't understand why Zhang Liang gave him a 'look' before, but when Xiang Zhuang entered the account and asked for a sword dance, he understood that Fan Zeng had just gone out to let Xiang Zhuang in and wanted to kill Liu Bang here.
Xiang Zhuang drew his long sword and danced in the tent. His sword moves can be regarded as 'exquisite', but his steps are a little messy, but every time he moves, he will get a little closer to Liu Bang.
Getting closer and closer to Liu Bang, Xiang Zhuang's eyes flashed with murderous intent. The long sword in his hand also gestured to Liu Bang intentionally or unintentionally.
At this time, Liu Bang also felt that the situation was wrong, and he consciously leaned back, wanting to hide away from Xiang Zhuang. But since Xiang Zhuang has decided to kill him, where will he be allowed to retreat.
Xiang Zhuang gradually approached the position where Liu Bang was sitting, and the long sword in his hand slammed forward, stabbing straight at Liu Bang's chest.
Seeing that the long sword was about to pierce Liu Bang's heart, Xiang Zhuang's mission was also to be completed. At this moment, another sword swept over from the side, and with a "bang", the long sword that stabbed at Liu Bang's 'chest' was pushed aside.
Xiang Bo held a long sword in front of Liu Bang and said to Xiang Zhuang: "It's very boring for you to dance the sword alone, so I'll dance with you!" ”
When Uncle Xiang made a move, Fan Zeng, who had been nervously looking forward to the success of Xiang Zhuang's sword, felt a tight heart, sighed secretly, and scolded in his heart: "Uncle Xiang, Uncle Xiang, you have missed a big thing!" ”
It was not only Fan Zeng who was anxious, but after Xiang Bo made a move, Xiang Zhuang was also anxious and sweating. He stabbed at Liu Bang several times with his sword, but was blocked by Xiang Bo. On two occasions, when Xiang Bo's long sword didn't have time to block, he spread his arms and blocked in front of Liu Bang like a big bird.
He stood in the way, and Xiang Zhuang wanted to kill Liu Bang, but he never succeeded. In the end, Xiang Zhuang's eyes were 'revealed' fiercely, and as soon as the long sword in his hand was 'straightened', he was about to stab at Xiang Bo's 'chest'.
"That's it! Don't dance! At this time, Xiang Yu also saw that the situation was wrong, Xiang Zhuang had already moved to kill, he obviously wanted to kill Xiang Bo first, and then assassinate Liu Bang here. Xiang Yu slapped the table and said to the two: "Dancing the sword like you, it's even more boring, let's step back!" ”
was reprimanded by Xiang Yu, Xiang Bo and Xiang Zhuang both retreated.
When the two of them came out of the big tent, Xiang Zhuang looked at Xiang Bo, who was standing outside the tent, turned around and walked towards his own tent.
"General, what's going on in the tent?" Xiang Zhuang bypassed a few tents, and as soon as he arrived at his own camp, Xiang Ye came out of nowhere and hugged his fist at him and said, "Did the general hurt Liu Bang just now?" ”
"How did you know I was going to kill him?" Xiang Ye's question immediately aroused Xiang Zhuang's vigilance, Xiang Zhuang pressed the hilt of the long sword, stared at him with a frown, and asked, "What I said to Ya Father just now was overheard by you?" ”
Xiang Ye shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "Do you still need to listen to this?" Liu Bangnai is a generation of 'traitor' males, if he doesn't want him today, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future. The wisdom of the father is unparalleled in the world, how can he not think of this layer. And the general is not only noble, but also a relative of the Xiang family, if the father wants to kill Liu Bang, the person used is the general. If I don't ask the general about this kind of thing, who can I ask? ”
"General, please follow me into the account to discuss in detail!" Hearing Xiang Ye say this, Xiang Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, he looked left and right, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he made a gesture of invitation to Xiang Ye and invited Xiang Ye into the account.
Xiang Ye nodded and followed Xiang Zhuang into his tent.
After the two sat down, Xiang Zhuang sighed and said to Xiang Ye: "I was in the second brother's tent just now, and I really wanted to kill Liu Bang, but my uncle Xiang Bo has been covering Liu Bang with his body, and I really don't have a chance to do it!" ”
Xiang Ye sighed and said to Xiang Zhuang: "The general and the general are both the grandsons of General Xiang Yan, and they were both raised by General Xiang Liang. Xiang Bo not only didn't think about the general, but protected the general, isn't this eating inside and out? ”
Xiang Zhuang sighed heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "I was stopped by Uncle Xiang just now, I really gritted my teeth with hatred, I really want to kill him in front of the tent." But the second brother asked me to leave, which is really annoying when I think about it! ”
"Uncle Xiang is kind, but he is not wise, how can he see Liu Bang's trouble?" Xiang Ye smiled bitterly and said to Xiang Zhuang: "He is in Liu Bang's hands." General don't worry, now that Liu Bang is in the camp of our army, it is like a piece of cooked 'meat' in the kettle, and you can take it at any time! ”
"But now I am afraid that I have no chance to enter the second brother's tent again, or the general will go and dance a sword to kill Liu Bang!" Xiang Zhuang wrinkled his brows and thought for a while, and said to Xiang Ye: "If you can kill Liu Bang, the general will also be a great achievement!" ”
Xiang Ye shook his head and said: "I'm afraid the sword dance is not good, the general has already danced once just now, if I go again, wouldn't it be clear to tell Liu Bang that we are going to kill him?" ”~