No matter how much the young commander hated Liu Laosan, there was no way. Liu Laosan, the ancestor of Liu Huangshu, the master of life-saving on the battlefield, had a very good and outstanding gene in escaping. Xiang Kang personally led his army to chase Hu Ting, but still couldn't catch up with Liu Laosan with a rolling dust behind his butt. Hangu Pass and Qi army remained behind to support him. Xiang Kang was unwilling to take the risk with the tired army, so he had to yell and stop, gather the army resentful, withdraw Ning Qin and reorganize the army and preside over the overall situation. Liu Laosan took the opportunity to flee back to Hangu Pass with his remaining defeated general, save his precious life.

Although it was very regrettable that Ning Qin failed to successfully kill Liu Laosan, the Young Marshal's army had a very gratifying result in other aspects. In the night attack and pursuit battle of Taolinsai, nearly 6,000 beheaded in the Taolinsai night attack and pursuit battle, he defeated Liu Laosan's side division outside Ning Qin City, beheaded nearly 70,000, and killed nearly 70% of Liu Laosan's troops in one breath, leaving Liu Laosan no longer able to fight back in front of the Young Marshal's army. At the same time, the Young Marshal's army basically wiped out the Qi army on the banks of the Weishui River, captured more than 5,000 Qi soldiers, and captured the Qi general Tian An alive. He took the opportunity to regain Ning Qin City, capturing all the Xiang Yu envoys led by Zheng Chang. The total casualties of the Young Marshal's army were only more than 1,000 people, which could definitely be said to have achieved a complete victory.

It is precisely because of this that after the young generals led their troops back to the camp, they all shouted with pleasure and completely exclaimed. While Xiang Kang ordered the reward of the three armies, he immediately announced in public that he would take the opportunity to enter Hangu Pass and seize Hangu Pass to gain strategic initiative. The young generals of the young generals held their fists and sang promises together, ready to do a big fight again.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, who had already become partners inadvertently, stood up and said to Xiang Kang: "General Right, taking advantage of this opportunity, we should advance to Hangu Pass as soon as possible, but before entering Hangu Pass, we must solve an important problem, which is to use an excuse to advance troops to attack Hangu Pass and start a war against the Qi army currently guarding Hangu Pass."

"What other excuses are used?" Zheng Bu rushed to say: "Xiang Yu believed in slander and slandered our right general for being king in Guanzhong without authorization, and insisted on leading the coalition of princes to attack us. We were forced to fight back. Isn't this an excuse to start a war?"

"This excuse is useful." Zhang Liang said: "But General Zheng should not forget that the former general has sent Zheng Chang as an envoy and took the initiative to request a resolution of the dispute with us through negotiations. When we were preparing to attack us, we started a war against him on the pretext of not being named? Let's give people a handle?"

Zheng Bu thought about it carefully and found that it was the same. He was stunned. Chen Ping also said: "I also think that we cannot use this excuse to declare war on the forward general. In addition to being unnamed, it is also equivalent to forcing the coalition of princes who promised to join forces with the former general to attack us to the opposite side, making us the public enemy of the world. It is difficult for the people to win over and divide the princes outside the pass through alliances and alliances, reduce our enemies, and strengthen our strength. If we still want to go out of the pass and develop in the future, it will only be as difficult as climbing to heaven."

"Then what kind of excuse should we use?" Zheng Bu asked hesitantly.

"It is best to be an excuse to start a war that can separate the princes outside the pass." Zhang Liang replied: "It is the best way to only target some enemies and give another part of the enemy room to move around."

Zhang Liang's answer was too general and Zheng Bu, who was not good at strategy, was of course confused. Fortunately, Xiang Kang himself was a master in this field. After only a moment of calculation, he said: "Master Xiang Bo is very ruthless. He openly violated the order of the King of Chu who entered Guanzhong first as the king, concealed the news that my prince was seriously injured and was about to die, pretended to be the king of my prince, and sent envoys to deceive Guanzhong into being a king, and tried to make his party member Liu Ji secretly harm me. I was forced by Xiang Bo and forced to fight back, and decided to send troops to attack Xiang Bo, the rebel minister of Chu, and safeguard the dignity of the order of the King of Chu. The princes outside the pass helped Xiang Bo, who were punished with Xiang Bo, and helped our army to attack Xiang Bo, the rebel minister of Chu, and rewarded him with money, grain and land."

Before Xiang Kang finished speaking, the young generals and civil and military officials present burst into laughter. Zhang Liang, who had a close relationship with Xiang Bo, also burst into laughter and said, "General Right, you hate Master Xiang so much. If you put shit on Master Xiang like this, aren't you afraid that the people in the world will say you are unfilial?"

"I can't tell the people of the world that I took the opportunity to monopolize Guanzhong because I knew that the prince was seriously injured and might have died, right?" Xiang Kang smiled and said, "But I am not completely wronged my uncle Ji. I bet that I lied to hand over Guanzhong. He must have intervened and sent troops to attack him. In addition, in order to save the country, King Mu of our Chu State met his father, King Cheng of Chu. I destroyed my relatives for justice and imitated our Chu State's ancestors."

Knowing the grievances between Xiang Kang and Xiang Bo, and Xiang Bo's various bad behaviors against Xiang Kang, seeing that Xiang Kang took the opportunity to take revenge and insisted on putting the shit on Xiang Bo, Zhang Liang had no choice but to oppose it, just nodded and said, "It's a good idea. It not only gives the princes outside the pass an excuse to preserve their strength, sit and observe success or failure, but also announces the news that the former general is seriously injured and death, which makes it easier for us to disagree and divide, weaken the enemy and strong themselves. And also leaves room for rewind. Even if the former general survives and regains the army, we still have the opportunity to negotiate with him, so that it will not be overwhelmed and become an unsolvable death."

"Right General, in order to seize the moral superiority, we would better have someone write a manifesto to spread the world and let everyone in the world know why you are right general, you have to turn against the army outside the pass." Chen Ping suggested: "There is also the King of Chu, right general, you should send someone to send a seal immediately to explain the reason why we turned against the army outside the pass and started the war. By the way, please ask the King of Chu to fulfill your promise and officially enthrone you as the King of Guanzhong."

Xiang Kang nodded and immediately ordered his best-in-law Shusun Tong to write a pen to write a book, write a demon-making excuse for starting a war, and forcibly establish Master Xiang Bo as the culprit for the anti-Qin coalition armies. He also announced the news that Xiang Yu was seriously injured and was about to die, so as to shake and attack the morale of the vassal coalition. Then he wrote a letter to the so-called King of Chu Xiong Xin, explaining the reason for the war, and also asked Xiong Xin to fulfill his promise and formally enthrone himself as the King of Guanzhong as the anti-Qin coalition leader.

Before the matter was over, after a while, Xiang Kang quickly ordered: "Please Zheng Chang and Tian An together. I have something to say to them. Don't interrupt casually, just give me a whim."

After saying that, Xiang Kang waved Chen Ping to his face again, and whispered in his ear. Chen Ping quickly bowed and agreed with a smirk on his face, saying, "The Right General, I admire him, please rest assured, you will definitely act as you told me."

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, in a moment, two unlucky guys Tian An and Zheng Chang were taken to Xiang Kang. Then, it was natural that Tian An and Zheng Chang of course cursed Xiang Kang, condemning Xiang Kang for disregarding morality and suddenly plotting against the anti-Qin friendly forces, which was extremely shameless and despicable. Xiang Kang remained silent, first snatching the two of them, and then said to Zheng Chang: "Zheng Chang, please stop the black and white of this general. I will only ask you one question now, how is the injury of my former general Xiang Yu? Is he still alive?"

Zheng Chang was shocked, Tian An was even more shocked and blurted out: "What did you say? How was the injury of former general Xiang Yu? Are you still alive? What does this mean?"

Xiang Kang glanced at Tian An and said, "General Tian, ​​it seems that you are really implicated by innocent people. Zheng Chang and Liu Ji must have not told you yet. My former general Xiang Yu was unfortunately shot by a wandering arrow in the neck when he attacked Ao Cang. His life was in danger. Even I don't know whether he is still alive now."

Although Xiang Kang deliberately misled the position of Xiang Yu being injured, Zheng Chang's face changed drastically after hearing this. Tian An's face turned pale and quickly asked, "How did you know that the former general was injured so seriously?"

"I have carefully placed my work beside Liu Ji to find out the accurate news." Xiang Kang continued to frame and slander her red mouth and white teeth, and then said: "General Tian An, haven't you found out that the situation is wrong? Yesterday, after you and Liu Ji joined forces to Ning Qin, why did Liu Ji's man insist on stationing in Taolinsai, which can retreat at any time? Also, why did your camp be broken when I attacked the camp, but Liu Ji's camp last for a long time before I broke it? What does this mean?"

"What does it mean?" Tian An asked quickly.

"General Tian, ​​you are really honest." Chen Ping said with a wry smile: "Liu Ji is well prepared, which means he has been preventing the leak of the news. We suddenly took action, but you have been kept in the dark and unprepared, so we easily slashed into your camp."

Tian An opened his mouth wide and finally found that something was wrong. The position of establishment of the camp chosen by Liu Laosan yesterday was indeed very suspicious. Xiang Kang checked his words and saw that he had been shaken, and then said: "General Tian, ​​if you still don't believe it, Zheng Chang is here. You can ask him now if my prince is seriously injured and may die at any time? Does his so-called peace talks mean that he wants to lie to me to hand over Guanzhong?"

Tian An immediately turned his head to look at Zheng Chang, and Zheng Chang's face turned pale and then said for a while: "You are talking nonsense! You traitor, you obviously want to monopolize Guanzhong and become king, so you fabricate these words to turn black and white."

"I'm talking nonsense?" Xiang Kang sneered, "Okay, since you said that this general was talking nonsense, then you should send someone back and invite my prince. If he was not seriously injured and was about to die, no one else would have to do anything, I would immediately commit suicide and apologize to the people of the world! But if you deliberately concealed the news that my prince was seriously injured and was about to die, and deceived me into handing over Guanzhong for our rebel ministers of Chu, I would immediately break your car and kill you. Do you have the courage?!"

Zheng Chang, who knew the inside story, dared not say anything. Tian An also saw something wrong and hurriedly asked: "Zheng Chang, you are talking. Did the former general really get seriously injured? Also, are you here to trick the right general into handing over Guanzhong?"

It is very clear that Xiang Yu was seriously injured and will sooner or later everyone knows it. Of course, Zheng Chang dared not answer this question. No matter how Tian An asked, he gritted his teeth and said nothing. Tian An was not a stupid person. He quickly woke up and said with a grin, "Okay! I dare not speak. It seems that this matter cannot be left! Very good. The former general was seriously injured and died. You know, Liu Ji also knows, but he just hides it from me! Very good, very good. In Jibei County, in order to help you fight against the tyrannical Qin army, I took the initiative to accept the command of the former general. It turns out that you are repaying me like this!"

Zheng Chang still didn't dare to say anything. Seeing that the fire had arrived, Xiang Kang ordered: "Take Zheng Chang down to me and take good care of him. He is an envoy, but he is not allowed to abuse him at will, and he cannot let others say we are rude to the envoy. Besides, let General Tian An loosen his ties and set up a seat."

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, Zheng Chang was immediately taken away. Tian An was also loosened by Xiang Kang's personal soldiers and asked to sit down next to him. Xiang Kang then said to Tian An in guilt: "General Tian, ​​I am really sorry, because I don't know if you are Liu Ji and Zheng Chang's accomplice. To be cautious, I can only attack you last night. I hope you will not blame the offense."

"Don't blame me?" Tian An smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "The right general's words are the lives of thousands of soldiers in Qi State."

"But if General Tian, ​​you are an accomplice of Liu Ji and Zheng Chang, and suddenly help them attack me, it would not be as simple as thousands of lives." Xiang Kang's tone was even more helpless, and he said, "The whole of Guanzhong is full of life. The innocent people who die can only count tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands."

With his life in Xiang Kang's hands, Tian An was dissatisfied with one thousand and one thousand dissatisfaction. Of course, he didn't dare to vent his feelings. He could only ask Xiang Kang: "General Right, what is the situation? Can you tell me carefully? If I die, I can be a wise ghost."

"General Tian must not say that. Since you were wronged and innocently implicated, why would I make mistakes again and again and continue to attack you?"

Xiang Kang quickly gave Tian An a reassurance, and then told Tian An about the so-called facts, saying that he had found the news by himself in Liu Ji's insider. Xiang Yu was seriously injured while attacking Ao Cang and was in danger of his death. Xiang Bo, the ruthless minister of Chu, was ambitious and deliberately blocked the news. He also pretended to negotiate with him, trying to force himself to hand over Guanzhong, so that he could pass over Guanzhong, so that he could become king in Guanzhong. His gangster Liu Laosan not only helped the evil, but also planned to find an opportunity to suddenly plot against him and seize the entire Guanzhong and the Bashu land in Hanzhong. In order to protect himself, he had no choice but to attack Liu Laosan first, implicating the absolutely innocent Tian An and Qi army.

Of course, Tian An dared not believe Xiang Kang's one-sided words, but his life was in his hands. Tian An dared not raise any doubts. He could only ask, "General Right, what are you going to do next?"

"Of course, it is to destroy relatives for the sake of justice and attack my uncle Xiang Bo, who openly violated the orders of the King of Chu." Xiang Kang replied with a high sound and said, "Also, I hope General Tian can follow the heavens and respond to others and lead the Qi army to help me fight against the rebel Xiang Bo."

"What if I don't agree?" Tian An asked vigilantly.

"Then please ask General Tian to remain neutral and not help each other." Xiang Kang replied calmly, and said, "Also, General Tian, ​​it doesn't matter if you insist on helping my ruthless minister, Uncle Ji, go to war with me. You were indeed wronged before. I misunderstood for a moment and killed many of your soldiers by chance. In order to express my apology, no matter how you choose, I will send you back to Hangu Pass unconditionally and let you go back to join your remaining army."

Tian An quietly breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "The Right General is benevolent and righteous, and it is indeed well-known. Okay, I promise you that after I return to Hangu Pass, I will immediately send someone to investigate the matter. If the truth of the matter is indeed the same as what the Right General said, I will definitely help you attack Xiang Bo's rebel minister."

"Thank you, General Tian." Xiang Kang hurriedly bowed and thanked him, and said, "There is another thing. General Tian, ​​after you return to Hangu Pass, I will soon send troops to attack Hangu Pass and open the road to attack Xiang Bo's rebels. In order to avoid further expanding the conflict between our two armies and reducing innocent casualties, I hope General Tian can take the initiative to give up Hangu Pass and not meet our army with force again. In return, I will release all the more than 5,000 Qi soldiers captured last night and let them return to General Tian's position to serve."

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The army was the lifeblood in troubled times. When Tian An heard Xiang Kang's words, of course, his eyes lit up immediately. Xiang Kang replied with a smile: "General Tian, ​​don't you know that I have always promised a thousand gold? Not to mention that I have only been a captive of more than 5,000 prisoners, I was the foundation of Huaisi laid by myself. Isn't it just a sentence to my uncle, General Xiang Lianggong?"

Knowing that Xiang Kang was indeed very trustworthy, Tian An was even more secretly happy and hurriedly bowed and said, "Okay, I will discuss with my subordinates immediately after I go back, and I will definitely give General Right a satisfactory reply as soon as possible."

"Thank you, General Tian." Xiang Kang also thanked him quickly, and then said: "By the way, General Tian, ​​in order to make your soldiers wait for release, you also ask you to go to the prisoner-of-war camp in person and tell the soldiers of Qi who were captured by our army in public, so that they can have a clear mind."

Tian An hesitated a little, but Xiang Kang was not allowed to say anything, and immediately ordered Chen Ping: "Mr. Chen Ping, thank you for your hard work, accompany General Tian to the prisoner-of-war camp, tell the misunderstanding between us and General Tian to the soldiers of Qi, and also help General Tian tell the decision of my decision to release them all to all Qi soldiers, so as not to make any unstable and do anything confused."

Chen Ping, who had been ordered by Xiang Kang, smiled and immediately came up to invite Tian An to go to the prisoner-of-war camp with him. Tian An was forced to accompany Chen Ping to a prisoner-of-war camp and told the so-called dance that happened last night to the prisoner-of-war prisoners of war. He also understood that Xiang Kang would unconditionally release all the prisoners of war in Qi. As a result, it goes without saying that he could be released unconditionally. Of course, the panic-in Qi prisoners of war were filled with joy and people's hearts became very stable.

Then, after treating Tian An with good wine and food, Xiang Kang really arranged personnel and sent Tian An back to Hangu Pass with a gorgeous float. As a result, after Tian An left, the young generals who were confused about the sight asked Xiang Kang: "Right General, what do you mean? After finally capturing Tian An, he should use him to force the Qi army in Hangu Pass to open the city to surrender. Why did he let him go directly?"

"It is of course a solution to force the Qi army to hand over Hangu Pass." Xiang Kang replied: "But first, it is not very clear, and it is easy to give other ambitious people the opportunity to take the opportunity to make trouble. Second, it is too unrighteous. In order to help our Chu army rescue the battlefield, Tian An resolutely rebeled from Qi and joined the coalition of princes. His righteousness is famous all over the world. If we threaten his life and force the Qi army to hand over Hangu Pass, it will definitely ruin our reputation and will not help us win over and fight for other princes in the future."

"But what if he refuses to hand over Hangu Pass on his own initiative?" Zhu Jishi asked worriedly: "He still has more than 10,000 troops at Hangu Pass, and he can fight with us. We let him go back. If the morale of the army is stable and insists on guarding Hangu Pass, it will definitely be even more difficult for us to seize Hangu Pass."

Xiang Kang laughed and said, "If Tian An dares to do this, he will be the one who has lost his reputation. And even if he ignores his reputation and insists on guarding Hangu Pass, it will still be easy for us to take Hangu Pass."
Chapter completed!