Liu Bang's army could not resist and was soon defeated and fled.

Xiang Yu captured Hangu Pass, went to Hongmen outside Xianyang City, set up camp, and Ba Shang, not far from the southwest of Hongmen, was Liu Bang's garrison. Tomorrow, Xiang Yu thought, tomorrow he will go to Liu Bangxing to ask for the guilt.

Thinking like this, he actually fell asleep peacefully.

He still couldn't get a good night's sleep, because one night two men claimed that they had to see him on a hundred thousand urgent matters.

The first person came from Liu Bang's camp and claimed to be Liu Bang's Zuo Sima Cao's uninjured secret envoy. The envoy said to Xiang Yu that Liu Bang had the ambition to be called Wang Guanzhong, and he was ready to appoint the prince of Qin as the prime minister, occupy all the treasures of the Qin palace, and confront the princes' army. The envoy also told Xiang Yu that Liu Bang's army on Ba was only 100,000 people, and if Xiang Yu wanted to raise troops to attack, Cao Wuxian was willing to respond.

This is undoubtedly good news for Xiang Yu, because his own army plus the army of the princes is 400,000, and it seems that it is not difficult to defeat Liu Bang. It's just that he didn't like to make that sneaky look, so he just let him go back after a perfunctory sentence.

The second person to come to see him was his uncle, Xiang Bo. The strange thing is that Xiang Boshen pulled him up from the bed again in the middle of the night, but he just desperately said good things to Liu Bang: "If Pei Gong hadn't broken through Guanzhong first, would you have been able to come in so easily?

Xiang Yu felt very funny when he heard it. What's going on tonight? A man under Liu Bang came to persuade him to attack Liu Bang, and a man under his own came to persuade him not to attack Liu Bang.

"Third uncle, what's wrong with you? Is there something hidden? Just say it!"

Only then did Xiang Bo say that he had already been to Liu Ying. Because when he heard that Xiang Yu was going to attack Liu Bang's military order, he suddenly remembered that he had an old friend who was still in Liu Bang, and he didn't want this old friend to die in vain with Liu Bang, so he was ready to ask this friend to escape by himself.

"Which of your friends is who?"

"Zhang Liang. ”

"Zhang Liang?" Xiang Yu was a little moved, Zhang Liang was famous for Bo Langsha's assassination of Qin Shi Huang, "Is that the person who makes his father Fan Zeng also very respectful and jealous?"

"Yes, I met Qin Shi Huang after he assassinated him, and he was kind to me, so I want to repay him. ”

"Very well, but what happened later? Did you persuade him to come?"

No, he said that he would not escape alone when Liu Bang was in trouble. ”

Xiang Yu sighed, a look of admiration and regret on his face.

Xiang Bo said again: "Zhang Liang not only did not flee alone, but after a few words, he forced me to meet Liu Bang. ”

Xiang Yu frowned and said, "Have you seen it, what did Liu Bang tell you?"

Seeing Xiang Yu's solemn face, Xiang Bo hurriedly said: "General, don't start a war first, give him a chance to explain, Pei Gong repeatedly said that he will personally come to your door to ask for guilt, don't listen to one-sided words, my words are quite reasonable... ”

"Okay, okay, whether to beat Liu Bang or not, I will decide after discussing with my father. Xiang Yu waved his hand angrily and funny, "You go back first, I have to see if Liu Bang has the sincerity to apologize!"

There must be.

.........

Xingyang County Lieutenant Sima Yi was heavily armed and was inspecting the defense at the head of the city.

Two hours ago, Ao Shan suddenly rose wolf smoke, according to the agreement between Ao Cang Ling and the five cities, once Ao Shan rose wolf smoke, it must have been attacked, Jingyi, Suoyi, Guangwu, Chenggao, Xingyang five cities must rush to help, Xingyang Ling did not dare to slack off, immediately lit up more than a thousand old and weak, rushed to Ao Cang.

There are not many defenders in Xingyang City, Xingyang ordered to take away more than 1,000 people, and there were less than 500 people left in the city, Xingyang County Lieutenant Sima Yi immediately ordered to close the city gate, strictly forbidding anyone to go to the street, not to make noise, and all the people in the city to catch up with the city, strict precautions, even so, Sima Yi is still not at ease, still personally went to the city to inspect the defense.

When Sima Yi inspected outside the north gate for the fourth time, an army of thousands of people suddenly drove on the main road outside the city.

Sima Yi's whole body suddenly became nervous, and he immediately ordered the archers at the head of the city to get ready, and then leaned out with his hands on the battlements and shouted: "Stop, where are you from?

Under the city, the Qi general led by him snorted, raised a scroll of silk books in his hand and shouted: "By the order of Lord Chen Ao, I have come to assist Xingyang to defend the city, and Ao Cang ordered the customs to be guarded here, so don't come down and check it quickly!"

"Are you from Ao Cang?" Sima Yi frowned, "Didn't you meet my family on the way?"

"Nonsense!" General Qi said impatiently: "Lao Tzu came by copying the path, and he didn't bump into it!"

"Xingyang Ling has already led the army to aid Aocang!" Sima Yi wondered, "Wasn't Aocang attacked? Why didn't you stay in Aocang to defend the city, but ran to Xingyang?"

"Ao Cang has not been attacked!" General Qi outside the city said coldly, "The Ao Shan beacon fire was lit by thieves and spies taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, and our Lord Chen Ao was worried that it was the time when the thief army was moving the tiger away from the mountain, so he sent General Ben to quickly lead the men and horses to help you defend the city, you guy, Lao Tzu has been talking for a long time, why don't you hurry up and send someone down to inspect the defense?"

Sima Yi was still a little skeptical, and then said: "It's better for you to guard against shooting into the city." “

"Fart!" The Qi general was furious, and said angrily: "If you want to check, send someone down quickly, if you don't want to check, it's okay, Lao Tzu will take people back to Aocang, if there is a mistake in Xingyang, only you ask!" As soon as the words fell, the Qi general really turned the horse's head, and it seemed that he really planned to lead the troops back to Aocang.

Sima Yi was shocked when he heard this, in case the beacon smoke in Ao Mountain was really lit by the thieves and spies, and the thieves were indeed fighting when the tiger left the mountain, then Xingyang was likely to be the first target of the thieves, after all, compared to the four cities of Guangwu, Chenggao, Jingyi, and Suoyi, Xingyang is the real county, and there is obviously more oil and water.

Moreover, Sima Yi also knew that in this troubled world, thieves and soldiers were everywhere, and all kinds of anti-Qin forces were surging, which was simply unguardable, especially Xiang Yu's Chu army was brave and brutal, if it was really Xiang Yu's army that came to invade the territory, it might not be able to defend it with just five hundred old and weak people in the city, and Sima Yi hurriedly said at the moment: "Hey, the general is slow, the lower official will send someone down!"

Outside the city, the Qi general turned around with some reluctance, and said with fire: "Then hurry up!"

"Okay, general, please wait a moment, and then send someone down. Sima Yi said, while quickly asking people to hang a small official with a hanging basket, although the little official was very scared, but he had to go down the city wall and swim across the moat in fear, and took the silk book from the hands of General Qi to read.

At that moment, the little official turned around and shouted: "My lord, it is the customs defense order of the Ao Cang Order!"

Only then did Sima Yi put down a hanging heart and shouted: "Quick, quick, open the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and welcome the soldiers of the Qi army into the city!"

In a few moments, the heavy city gate has been opened, the high hanging drawbridge has also fallen, and the thousands of soldiers led by the Qi general have slowly entered the city, and when they pass through the city gate, the corners of the Qi general's mouth suddenly bloomed with an undisguised cruel smile, Sima Yi just greeted the city, and just saw the cruel smile on the face of the Qi general, and couldn't help but be shocked.