Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-09-25

Although Xiang Yu called Liu Bang to the city, he did not arrange their residence and people to receive them. Liu Bang's original residence was the prefect's mansion in Surabaya, but now it has become Xiang Yu's subordinate. Of course, it is impossible for them to live again. , the hundreds of people who entered the city at one time could not find a place to rest.At this time, Fan Zeng in Nai had no choice but to take this matter on himself. Although he wanted to eradicate Liu Bang as soon as possible in his heart, he still had to do superficial work. After placing them in an empty house in the city, Fan Zeng to leave.Liu Bang quickly thanked Fan Zeng for his arrangement with a smile, and then asked, "Mr. Fan, why did General Xiang ask me to wait to enter the city? If it's really important, we'll have to go back to Kuaiji."

Fan Zeng thought how do I know why Xiang Yu asked you to enter the city, but he said: "It's better to ask General Liu himself when he sees my general. My general has already prepared a banquet, and we are going to invite the general tonight." Let's drink together."

Liu Bang said with a face of shame: "I am a defeated general. If General Xiang hadn't raised his troops to rescue him, I'm afraid Liu Bang would have died at the hands of the Qin people. How could he have the face to drink with General Xiang?"

Xiao He also helped and said: "My general has to go back to Kuaiji as soon as possible to plead guilty to the king, and I hope that Brother Fan can speak for my general in front of General Xiang." He made a deep bow.

Fan Zeng hurriedly replied, "I'm just an aide, but I can't be the master of the general, and the general's banquet for General Liu is also out of respect for General Liu. If General Liu fought against Qin before, my land of Great Chu might have been destroyed by now. The Qin army is finished."

"Where is it, ashamed and ashamed! Since General Xiang insists on this, I can't quit Liu Bang. After I take a bath and change clothes, I will go to General Xiang's appointment at night." Liu Bang said.

The two sides exchanged a few more pleasantries before Fan Zeng left.Although people on both sides knew that Xiang Yu had turned his back on the court of Chu, they never mentioned it, just like Xiang Yu was still a general of Chu, and the surrounding soldiers were all in a cloud of mist.

After Fan Zeng left Liu Bang's subordinates, he was even more determined to kill Liu Bang: "Although this man is not very capable in the military, but with his perseverance and resourcefulness, if there is a general to help him, he will definitely become a leader. Yu'er's biggest opponent, why not get rid of him while he is still fledgling." Thinking of this, he hurried to Xiang Yu's place to speak to him.

Xiang Yu was practicing his sword in the Martial Arts Hall, and saw the sound of the sword, his sword was everywhere in the hall, and the surrounding soldiers had retreated farther and farther away, afraid of being injured by Xiang Yu's sword.Over the past few days, Xiang Yu's sword skills have become more mature. Perhaps this is also related to the fact that he has to consider more things after he becomes the leader of a party. Now Xiang Yu has slowly moved from an ordinary man to a mature military strategist, but he I still don't know much about politics.Seeing Fan Zeng walking in, Xiang Yu held back his saber and asked, "Mr. Liu Bang and his party have made arrangements?"

Seeing that Xiang Yu only knew how to improve his martial arts, Fan Zeng frowned, but he had persuaded Xiang Yu many times that besides the military, he should also pay attention to the public opinion and the relationship with other forces, but Xiang Yu agreed to him on the surface. , but it was still the same after going down, Fan Zeng had no choice, after all, Xiang Yu was the master, he was just a military adviser, he could only advise, and today he still had something to discuss with Xiang Yu, so he put this matter aside first, yes Xiang Yu said: "Yu'er, just now I arranged for Liu Bang and his party to live in a house in the city that had been vacant for a long time. Not only did he not complain about our arrangement, but he was also very happy. Don't you think there is something wrong?" Since then, Fan Zeng has been on the same level as Xiang Liang, so he calls Xiang Yu "Yu'er" just like Xiang Liang. Although there is a difference between the master and the slave, this title has not changed. Xiang Yu is probably to commemorate the time with his uncle. , which is also the default for this title.

Xiang Yu put the knife aside, and at the same time took the cloth handed over by the soldiers, wiped the sweat off his face, and said: "Liu Bang lost to the Qin army, and almost caused the entire army to be wiped out. If our army rescued him, he would have been defeated and died. Why else would you come and talk to me about accommodation conditions, it would be good if you could sleep peacefully, I don't think there is anything wrong with that."

"He is also the general of the three armed forces. Now you are humiliating him openly by doing this. He can still do this, which shows that Liu Bang is kind and forbearing. Even if he encounters some humiliation, he can completely endure it. This person's plan is not small. In my opinion, it is better to get rid of him as soon as possible," Fan Zeng said.

Xiang Yu said disapprovingly: "With his talents, even with a 50 army, he is still no match for my 5 horses. What threat must be eliminated now? And what puzzles me is that I heard that my uncle was killed by the Qin people that day. When I killed him, I wanted to lead my troops to attack the rear, to avenge the death of my uncle, but you tried my best to stop him, but today you want to kill Liu Bang so urgently, what is the reason?"

Fan Zeng sighed and said, "Yu'er, you don't understand how kind you are. If you lead the army to attack his back, then the Chu army will be defeated, and we will be implicated as well. Then you will be the king of Chu." Sinner, even if you can make a comeback in the future, you will not be able to get the support of the people of Chu. But this time we can kill Liu Bang alone, in order to take his troops for our own use and lay a good foundation for you to fight for hegemony in the future."

"These people are useless, so what do I want to do? As for killing Liu Bang, if I want to take his life, I will kill him in an upright manner on the battlefield. Assassination is not done by a real man." Xiang Yu said disdainfully.

Fan Zeng saw that he could not persuade Xiang Yu, so he sighed, turned and left. "Yu'er doesn't know that the real fight is not only on the bright side, but the fight in the dark is more intense and cruel. If you insist on fighting people upright, you will definitely taste bad results in the future. No, Liu Bang has to do it. Even if it causes the hatred of the soldiers outside the city, I can't care so much, at worst, I will bear all the responsibility." Thinking of this, Fan Zeng walked into the barracks.

But on Liu Bang's side, after Fan Zeng left, the smiles on Liu Bang and Xiao He's faces disappeared.Liu Bang looked around the house and said, "I never imagined that Xiang Yu would humiliate you and me so much. He didn't even let us live in the posthouse, but found such a dilapidated house to settle you and me."

Xiao Hedao: "Perhaps this also has a good side. Seeing what Xiang Yu did, he shouldn't harm Pei Gong, which means that he should be completely unaware of Pei Gong's plan to get rid of Xiang Liang that day. It's still safe."

Liu Bang smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that I can only think so. In fact, if Xiang Yu really wanted to take my life, he could ambush us at the gate of the city when we entered the city, and catch us all. Now that we have settled down If I don’t know where I live, he won’t have the intention to kill me. But what I can’t think of is why he wants me to go to the city, and why he wants to entertain me tonight.”

"It's a good banquet." Xiao He sighed, "Pei Gong, we should be more careful when we go to the banquet today. Although Xiang Yu will not harm you or me depending on the situation, some of his generals have formed friendship with us." People from Liangzi, if they want to murder us secretly, Xiang Yu will be optimistic about it. Therefore, Pei Gong, you should wear armor close to your body and hide your weapons to prevent any changes."

Liu Bang nodded in agreement, picked up his own armor and looked at it, and thought it was too big, so he ordered someone to fetch a soft armor so that he could wear it under the robe.Then he took a one-foot-long dagger from the soldier and put it in his pocket.Suddenly he seemed to think of something, and there was sadness in his eyes.Seeing this, Xiao He hurriedly asked, "Is Mr. Pei worried about what will happen tonight?"

Liu Bang shook his hand, touched the soft armor with his hand and said: "I think of Lao Fan, Fan Kuai. If he is still here, he will definitely clamor to go with me when he sees the current situation, and with his protection, even if he is Thousands of troops are coming to kill me, so I am safe. It is a pity that he has been away from us for almost two years now, hey~!" At this point, Liu Bang's eyes showed deep-seated hatred. I wanted to avenge Lao Fan, but up to now, I have only killed Xiang Liang, I have no way to deal with Xiang Yu and others, and now even my life is in his hands, I am really ashamed of Lao Fan."

Hearing what Liu Bang said, Xiao He felt heavy in his heart. He knew that although Liu Bang was tired and lazy, he valued feelings the most, and Fan Kui had the best relationship with him. When Liu Bang was still a gangster on the street, Fan Kui had already I had a heart-to-heart friendship with him, so Fan Kui's death greatly stimulated Liu Bang. "The deceased is gone, so let's take a look at Pei Gong. As long as we put our heart into it, we will definitely avenge Lao Fan. Don't look at Xiang Yu's current glory, but his shortcomings are obvious. He is proud of his talents and self-righteous. And I only rely on my own strength, so I think Pei Gong will be able to defeat him one day." Xiao He persuaded.

Liu Bang nodded, and then said: "It's a pity that we have lost a good general who is accustomed to using troops, otherwise we can really compete with Xiang Yu. Although you are far-reaching intellect, Lao Xiao, you are still inferior to Xiang Yu's two uncles in the art of war." nephew."

Xiao He said: "So now we should put patience first, there is no chance of killing with one blow, and we must not confront Xiang Yu head-on."

After the two talked for a while, Xiao He also went back to his room to rest. They didn't know that the general they had used to deal with Xiang Yu had now become the general under Fusu's command.

As the sky darkened, it was time to go to Xiang Yu's place for a banquet. Accompanied by Xiao He, Liu Bang took fifty soldiers to Xiang Yu's current residence. Liu Bang only brought so few people.

If Fusu was here, he would feel that this situation was somewhat similar to the famous Hongmen Banquet in history, although this place was not called Hongmen, but Sishui City.