Although he did not believe in fortune-telling from the bottom of his heart, considering that people in this era are generally superstitious about ghosts and gods, and are easily fooled by the so-called destiny hexagrams, and Xu Mofu's famous reputation, Xiang Kang tried his best to help others, and even agreed to enthrone Xu Mofu as the Taizhu, and at the same time promoted Xu Mofu's father and three older brothers.

Because Xu Mofu was famous for not liking to show up in public before, Xiang Kang was a little worried that she would not accept her recruitment at first. Unexpectedly, Xu Mofu thought for a moment and nodded immediately and said, "It's not that the people's daughters are greedy for wealth. The people's daughters are to repay their father's raising grace and the brotherly love of the three brothers. The people's daughters know that neither their father nor their three brothers have a great fate. If they want to help them succeed, they can only use the luck of the king to help them change their fate against the will of heaven, so the people's daughters are willing to serve the king."

After saying that, Xu Mofu smiled slightly and said frankly: "There are some selfish intentions in doing this. The girl has also shown her face and knows that her future future is just a marquis. If you want to go further, you must use the luck of the king to help the girl go against the will of heaven and change her fate."

Xiang Kang rolled his eyes when he heard this, thinking that you could even fool yourself. He insisted that I had any luck in changing the world and refused to change my words. But of course these were all irrelevant minor issues. Xiang Kang pretended to be very happy to express his happiness at Xu Mofu's joining, and then he randomly granted several official positions to Xu Mofu's father and three brothers. Then he no longer cared about this matter and focused on the tactics of taking advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng.

In the evening of that day, Xiang Kang discussed with Uncle Zhou alone the possibility of taking advantage of the opportunity to advance to Pengcheng. After analyzing the current situation, Uncle Zhou said: "King, from a strategic perspective, we will firmly oppose the risk of advancing Pengcheng. Now we have the advantage of the Hungou and Ao Cang. We only need to lure the main force of the Western Chu army to the Xingyang area to confront each other and compete for consumption. It can be said that we can ensure that we can stand invincible and ensure victory. Even if we cannot defeat the main force of the Western Chu army in a short period of time, we can still kill the main force of the Western Chu army by relying on consumption alone."

"But the last general knows your difficulties, King," said Uncle Zhou again: "Our main civil and military officials are almost all Pengcheng Huaisi. Now, such a good opportunity is placed in front of you. If you still ignore it, it will be difficult to explain it to everyone."

After sighing softly, Uncle Zhou suggested: "Do this happen. If you are determined to take advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng and rescue our civil and military families detained by the Western Chu army as soon as possible, then you will not object. However, before entering Pengcheng, we must first take down the two cities of Solanzao and Yan County, establish our northeast buffer, and prevent the main force of Xichu from suddenly withdrawing from the battlefield in Qi and attacking Ao Cang, and then we can enter Pengcheng with confidence."

Xiang Kang nodded and soon decided to send Zhong Limei to lead his troops to advance eastward to seize the outer buffer of the Yan County and build Ao Cang. Then, while actively setting up a tactical plan to take advantage of the situation to advance to Pengcheng, he was patiently waiting for the reply from Zhao State. The two fence-makers, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, could not be pulled over, and let them help them temporarily restrain the main force of the Western Chu army, and Xiang Kang would never dare to take the risk of attacking Pengcheng.

The plan did not change quickly. Just one day passed, another unexpected news came to Xiang Kang. The King of Henan, Sima Hu, who had been missing on the battlefield in Xingyang, suddenly appeared in Anyang and tried his best to gather the remnants of the Henan Army in Handan County to make a comeback. Xiang Kang had no choice but to quickly order the Han army general Long Qi to lead his army north to attack Sima Hu, who was determined to fight against the thief.

Fortunately, it was still only a day later, and good news finally came from Zhao State. Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, who were watching the wind, saw that the Han army was in great power, abandoned Xiang Yu without hesitation, turned around and threw themselves into Xiang Kang's arms again. Not only did they sign a mutual aid alliance treaty with the Han army envoy Chen Hui, but they also dispatched their troops to enter Handan County as soon as possible and stabbed Sima Seo in the back. Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard the news and applauded: "Okay! Zhao State has indeed agreed to form an alliance. Now, not only will we convince them that there is hope for sending troops to the whole country, Sima Seo should not jump into the clown under our noses."

As Xiang Kang expected, a few days later, Sima Seung, who was attacked from both sides, did not dare to wait for death in Handan County. He voluntarily gave up Anyang and retreated to Puyang, fled to the Western Chu army to avoid the pursuit of the Han army. The flanking crisis of the Han army was resolved, and there was no other army around Sanchuan and Hanoi that could slightly threaten the safety of the Han army. Xiang Kang was even more happy when he heard the news and hurriedly recalled Long Qi's army, which not only fulfilled his promise to return Handan County to Zhao State, but also concentrated his troops to facilitate the entry of Pengcheng.

On the same day, a major event happened, that is, the Han army spies sent by Chen Ping to Linji, and finally found the wife and children of the Han army, Uncle Zhou who was wandering among the people, and took them back to Xingyang to reunite with Uncle Zhou's family. Although all the generals of the Han army were happy for Uncle Zhou, they also felt homesick, wishing that they could not bear the wings and fly back to the back of Huai Si of the Young Marshal's Army, and reunited with their parents, wife and children who had been away for many days. In the Han army, they soon made a voice that hoped that Xiang Kang would take advantage of the opportunity to advance to Pengcheng. This is also a common sense.

It was still only a few days later, and the good news came from Zhao State. Under the temptation of the Han army helping to regain the occupied territory, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er indeed agreed to send troops to Qi, helping the Han army to restrain the main force of the Western Chu army, making it more difficult for the main force of the Western Chu army to withdraw from the quagmire of Qi as soon as possible. At this point, the Han army took advantage of the opportunity to advance to Pengcheng, and all the conditions were ripe, and only the last problem was left to start implementing.

That night, Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Zhou Shu and others secretly discussed the plan to take advantage of the situation to advance to Pengcheng. As a result, with the right time, place, people and everyone, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang all thought they should seize the opportunity and send troops decisively. Zhang Liang also pointed out: "King, if we succeed in this move, we can not only save you and the families of the generals in the army, but also cut off the food and supplies of the main force of the Western Chu army, and destroy Chu in one fell swoop. This is not impossible."

Xiang Kang, who was cautious, was still a little hesitant. After hesitating for a while, Uncle Zhou also said: "King, why don't you let General Mo lead his troops to Pengcheng? General Mo promises to save your family and the generals' families and families with all their strength. Even if they fail, General Mo will try his best to bring the army back as much as possible."

"I can only go." Xiang Kang shook his head and said, "Your army has too few troops. Their confidence in rushing to Pengcheng alone is too small. And if I don't take the old man Huaisi in person, Long Qi, Ding Ji and Zhu Jishi will never agree."

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Kang gritted his teeth and made up his mind and said, "This is how I will take the main force to fight Pengcheng. General Zhou, you stay in Sanchuan Hanoi. Remember one thing. No matter what happens, you must guard Ao Cang for me. If there is any accident in the rear, I will lead the army to reinforce you as soon as possible."

Uncle Zhou quickly agreed, and Xiang Kangze said to himself in his heart, "It's really in order to calm the morale of the army, and I have to take a risk of taking a gamble. Otherwise, I would rather find a way to bring my brother's main force into a decisive battle."

On the second day, Xiang Kang finally announced his decision to take advantage of the opportunity to advance to Pengcheng in public. The result was the same as Xiang Kang expected. When he learned that he would soon have the opportunity to save his family. Most of the Han generals were old people in Huaisi, they were indeed cheering and raised their hands to agree with Xiang Kang's decision. Several Han generals who were worthy of the Han army were still rushing to be the pioneers.

After a large number of Henan prisoners of war were recruited, the Han army in Sanchuan had reached more than 130,000. Xiang Kang was no longer as stretched as before. He was soon allocated. More than 20,000 of them were handed over by Xiang Kang to the leadership of Uncle Zhou, who stayed in Sanchuan and Ao Cang, and more than 10,000 were led by Zhonglimei. They were stationed in the county of Shizao and Yan, serving as the peripheral barrier for Ao Cang. The remaining 90,000 troops followed Xiang Kang to fight, with the veteran Han army Ding Ji as the vanguard, advancing east along the Honggou and Sui River, preparing to take down Zhucheng along the Sui River first, and then advance from Xiang County to Pengcheng.

There are open plains east of Ao Cang, and of course the Han army advances very quickly. It took only three days for the main force of the Han army, carrying a large amount of military supplies, arrived at Quyuting near Daliang. At the same time, the front of the Han army led by Ding Ji also fought with the Chu army outside Daliang City. Before Xiang Kang decided whether to send troops to help Ding Ji, Ding Ji had already sent people to send good news, saying that the front team of the Han army led by him defeated the Chu army outside Daliang City and had already taken down Daliang City. Xiang Kang was of course very happy to hear the news and asked, "How did this battle be fought? Why did he succeed so quickly?"

"Report to the king, in order to lure the enemy to fight, our General Ding deliberately led two thousand elite troops to fight outside the Western Chu bandit camp under the banner of partial generals." Ding Ji Messenger replied truthfully: "The Western Chu bandits bullied our young soldiers and indeed sent troops to fight. Our General Ding took the opportunity to replace the banner of partial generals and showed his banner, so that the Western Chu bandits knew that he was personally leading the army to fight. The Western Chu bandits were caught off guard and were successfully led by our General Ding personally to the battle. The Western Chu bandits were defeated and fled to the east. We took the opportunity to take down Daliang City."

"This Ding Ji really can't change to Chi Xiang. He is already a general and likes to charge in person." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "But it's okay, after successfully taking the Daliang, we don't need to cross the river anymore. We can advance directly from Quyu to Chenliu."

"King, we General Ding has another gift to give to you. I hope the king will like it."

The envoy Ding Ji smiled and took out a map and presented it with his hands. The guards stepped forward to take it and turned it to Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang took it and took a few glances. He was immediately surprised. It turned out that the map sent by the envoy Ding Ji was the garrison map of the troops in the hinterland of the Western Chu army. He showed the Western Chu army's troops in the Huai Si area in detail, and also marked the name and official position of the guard general. It was obvious that it was a secret that only senior generals of the Chu army knew. After the joy, Xiang Kang asked again: "Where did you get this map from? Is it reliable?"

"Report to the King of Han, it was Wan Nan, the governor of Suiyang of Western Chu who secretly sent someone to hand it over to us." Ding Ji's envoy quickly answered, took out another letter and said, "General Wan Nan also wrote a secret letter to us, please check it out."

"Wan Nan?" A familiar figure flashed in Xiang Kang's heart, and immediately recalled that Wan Nan was once a general of the Young Marshal's Army. Because of his bravery in combat, he was promoted to Xiang Zhuang's deputy by himself. However, later he foolishly handed over the military power to Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang split the Young Marshal's Army. Only then did Wan Nan leave his command and become a member of the Western Chu Army.

Thinking of this, Xiang Kang was of course excited. He quickly came down to the table and took Wan Nan's letter carefully. The result was not as expected by Xiang Kang. In the letter, Wan Nan, in addition to stating his longing for the Young Marshal's Army and did not forget Xiang Kang's grace for promotion, was also extremely dissatisfied with Xiang Yu's insistence on going to war with the Young Marshal's Army regardless of brotherhood. Therefore, he took the initiative to offer the defense map of the Western Chu Army's hinterland troops, and expressed his willingness to act as an internal support to help Xiang Kang regain the land and city of Dangjun that once belonged to the Young Marshal's Army.

Even though he was excited, Xiang Kang did not lose his mind. He first asked about the contact between Ding Jijun and Wan Nan's envoy, and sent Ding Ji's envoy back to report, asking Ding Ji to send someone to send Wan Nan's envoy to meet him as soon as possible. Finally, he asked Chen Ping and Zhang Liang, who were looking at the map and letters next to him, "What do you think? Is it like to be a deceiving enemy?"

This time, Old Man Fan finally made a plan more clever than Chen Ping and Zhang Liang. After discussing for a few words in a low voice, Chen Ping replied: "Master, it should not be a plan to surrender. There are two reasons. First, counting the time and the distance. Wan Nan would never know that we have sent troops to the east, so it was impossible to plan in advance."

"Second, Wan Nan is stationed in Suiyang, not very far from Sanchuan and Ao Cang, but thousands of miles away from Qi, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. The main force of Western Chu has absolutely no possibility to return to Suiyang quickly and not only ambush, so even if we pretend to surrender and lure the enemy, we will not be in danger directly under Suiyang City, and we will have enough time to deal with everything."

Xiang Kang nodded and found that Wan Nan's possible surrender was very small. Chen Ping added: "Also, the garrison map of the Western Chu troops provided to us by Wan Nan is also completely consistent with the situation we discovered in detail. It is more detailed and comprehensive, and it is also impossible to be a forgery."

"You can try it out. Anyway, Suiyang is not far from Sanchuan and Ao Cang. If the situation is wrong, I have plenty of time to go back to Sanchuan immediately." Xiang Kang made up his mind and said without hesitation: "Then don't waste time, but the Great Gate is over. Daliang is also handed over to Ding Ji for the aftermath. Our main force sets off immediately and sets off to Chenliu immediately."

Huan Chu, who was stationed in Chenliu, had just discovered through the scout that the main force of the Han army had taken off from Quyu to Chenliu. Huan Chu knew that Xiang Kang, who had been treacherous and slick, finally overturned the ship in the gutter and was caught by his own army's plan to lure the enemy into depth. However, while secretly happy, Huan Chu had to worry about a problem, that is, how to lose reasonably and lure the main force of the Han army to continue to advance to the hinterland of Western Chu? No flaws could be revealed, so that Xiang Kang could see that he was cheating and seducing the enemy? - You must know that this is definitely not an easy problem to solve.
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