Ni Chu

After entering Hangu Pass, Xiang Yu stationed his army at Hongmen.

This time Liu Bang sent troops to guard Hangu Pass, although it did not cause much trouble to Xiang Yu's army, and did not achieve the purpose of blocking the army from entering the pass, but this behavior made Xiang Yu very dissatisfied.

As soon as he was stationed at Hongmen, Xiang Yu ordered the generals to be summoned to his tent, and an emergency meeting was held to discuss the matter of Liu Bang sending troops to guard Hangu Pass.

"General, the last general thinks that Liu Bang sent troops to guard Hangu Pass to block the way for our army to enter the pass. His purpose is nothing more than to occupy the pass and become the king of the pass." Xiang Ye knew that after the garrison Hongmen, The Hongmen Banquet was not far away, and this was an excellent opportunity to kill Liu Bang. He didn't want Xiang Yu to let this opportunity go easily, so he took advantage of Xiang Yu's opportunity to ask the generals about Liu Bang's purpose, and he made a sharp analysis. Then he went on to say: "His heart is really to be punished, the general should make a decision early to eradicate this person, otherwise it will be a disaster in the future."

"Liu Bang shouldn't be like this," Xiang Yu said hesitantly after hearing Xiang Ye's words, "How about we send someone to ask and see what Liu Bang said?"

"Hehe," as soon as Xiang Yu's words fell, Fan Zeng smiled and said: "The general is too kind. Although Liu Bang is loyal on the surface, he is actually very ambitious. I think this person has the air of an emperor. Figure it, "

As soon as Fan Zeng spoke, Xiang Yu fell silent. He frowned and pondered for a long time, but he didn't say how to deal with Liu Bang.

"General, Liu Bang's Sima Cao Wushang sent someone to say that he has important military affairs to report to the general," Xiang Yu was thinking, when a soldier came in from outside the tent and said to him.

"Oh," Xiang Yu was taken aback, and then said to everyone in the account: "Cao Wushang is under Liu Bang's command, why did he come to report to me for important military affairs?"

"General, you might as well listen to what the visitor has to say." Xiang Ye knew very well that Cao Wushang sent someone to say something to Xiang Yu, but he couldn't say it himself, so he could only push him to persuade Xiang Yu to meet the visitor.

Xiang Yu nodded, and said to the soldiers: "Go and call someone in, I want to hear what this Cao Wushang wants to say to me."

The soldiers responded, turned around and walked out of the tent. After a while, a general in armor walked in.

After the general entered the account, he half-kneeled on the ground and bowed to Xiang Yu, saying: "The last general sees the general, and the generals."

"Just tell me if you have anything to say," Xiang Yu waved his hand at the general and said, "Cao Wushang is guarding Hangu Pass. I haven't asked him about his crimes yet. I want to know what important military affairs he has to report to me. ,"

The general looked at the people in the tent, with a troubled look on his face.

"Don't worry, here are my confidantes. If you have anything to say, you will never spread it outside," Xiang Yu said to him with his hands on the table and leaned forward slightly, not daring to speak. : "If you have anything to say, just say it,"

"The last general will obey the general's order," Hearing what Xiang Yu said, the general responded and continued: "General Cao sent the last general here to explain to the general that it was not General Cao's intention to guard Hangu Pass this time. But Pei Gong ordered him to guard the pass and not allow the generals and princes to enter the pass."

"I already know this," Xiang Yu waved his hand and said before Pian Jiang finished his sentence, "Don't talk about these useless things, tell me quickly what important military affairs you want to report to me."

"Yes," the general saw Xiang Yu's impatient expression, and quickly said: "General Cao asked me to tell the general that the army entered the pass. He has not reported to Peigong yet, let the last general go forward first." Let me remind the general that the reason why Pei Gong sent troops to garrison Hangu Pass is because he wants to become king in the pass, appoint Ziying as the prime minister and take all the treasures in Xianyang for himself, and please make a plan early."

Everyone in the tent except Xiang Ye was stunned by what he said. They were all angry at being rejected by Liu Bang before, but after hearing what he said, their temper was as violent as Xiang Yu Long Qi slammed his fist on the table in front of him and cursed: "Damn, Liu Bang is like a bird, and he still wants to be the king of Guanzhong. Brother, let's kill him."

"You go down first, tell General Cao, the general already knows his loyalty to Da Chu," Fan Zeng waved to the trembling general who was frightened by Long Qie, and the general responded quickly and walked out of the tent .

After the general went out, Fan Zeng said to Xiang Yu: "General, when Pei Gong was in Shandong, everyone knew that he was greedy for money and lustful. I heard that he entered Guanzhong this time. He has won a good reputation. From this point of view, this person has a lot of ambition, and as I said earlier, I think he has an auspicious aura on his head, his aura is like a dragon and a tiger, and his color is colorful. , the general should plan it early, in my opinion, this time, in the name of Liu Bang sending troops to guard Hangu Pass, he should be wiped out in one fell swoop, and the opportunity must not be missed."

Xiang Yu frowned and pondered for a moment, and then he said to everyone in the account as if he had made a lot of determination: "Everyone, go back and prepare, comfort the soldiers tomorrow morning, give them more wine and meat, and follow me to sneak attack after they are full." Liu Bang, "

Everyone responded and dispersed.

"Xiang Ye, wait a minute," Xiang Yu called out just as Xiang Ye was about to walk out of the big tent.

"What else can the general tell you?" Xiang Ye asked, looking back at Xiang Yu who was frowning.

"Sit down first," Xiang Yu didn't answer Xiang Ye immediately, and said after he sat down: "The two Zhao Tuo's subordinates you introduced to me last time came to see me for what, do you know? "

Xiang Ye shook his head, and said in a daze: "They just said they were looking for the general and wanted to provide our army with necessary hemostatic medicinal materials for combat, but I don't know exactly what they are asking for."

"Feng Wang," Xiang Yu said with a sneer when he heard Xiang Ye said that he didn't know what Wei He was asking for, "They are too naive. Now that we have just entered the pass, although Xianyang has been breached, the future It's hard to say what will happen, it's not too early to come to me to discuss the matter of becoming king, "

Xiang Ye didn't speak immediately after hearing this, but looked at Fan Zeng who was sitting beside Xiang Yu as if asking for a solution.

Fan Zeng smiled slightly at Xiang Ye and said: "Since Zhao Tuo's people approached the general, we have discussed many times. When Xianyang is captured, we will immediately ask for the king for General Xiang. Of course there are some other people, but this Zhao Tuo Tuo was originally a general of Qin, and he made great progress during the battle between our army and the Qin army. There is really no reason for him to be crowned king, but we haven't finalized how to deal with it, so we want to ask General Xiang for some advice."

Xiang Ye put one hand on his forehead, thought for a moment, then raised his head and said to Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng: "General, Yafu, I am a fool, please don't laugh at me, General, Yafu, I think that we need urgently now." The solution is Liu Bang. Liu Bang is very ambitious. If he is kept, it will be a disaster. This time is a good time to take the opportunity to cut him off. If there is friendship, the last general will be bold, please General Xiang Bo be temporarily detained in the army, don't let him have the opportunity to contact Zhang Liang, otherwise the matter will be defeated. As for Zhao Tuo, if he has the opportunity to be crowned king in the future, then he will How about making him king of Nanyue, South Vietnam is a barbaric land with a small population, but it is quite rich in medicinal materials. If there is another war in our army in the future, the medicinal materials will be quite huge. I hope the general will carefully consider this matter. ,"

After hearing Xiang Ye's words, Xiang Yu did not express his attitude immediately, but Fan Zeng who was sitting beside Xiang Yu couldn't help nodding, and said to Xiang Ye: "General Xiang is very thoughtful and considerate for the general. How about handing over the command task of attacking Liu Bang to General Xiang?"

"No," Fan Zeng wanted Xiang Ye to lead the troops to attack Liu Bang, which surprised Xiang Ye. He quickly clasped his fists in response and accepted the task.

After Xiang Ye left Xiang Yu's tent, he said to Erhu who was waiting outside: "Erhu, you immediately order someone to go to Xiang Bo's tent and put Xiang Bo under house arrest. Don't let him leave the barracks for now."

After listening to Xiang Ye's order, Erhu was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "General, I'm afraid it's too late. Uncle Xiang just talked with General Yingbo for a while, and he has already left the barracks."

"It's a big deal," as soon as Xiang Ye heard that Uncle Xiang had left the barracks, Xiang Ye punched his thigh heavily with his fist, and said to the two tigers, "Hurry up, order people to chase after him. If you see Uncle Xiang, even if you see him, If you use force, you have to carry him back to the barracks."

"No." From Xiang Ye's reaction, Er Hu saw that the matter was very serious, and quickly responded, leading a few of Xiang Ye's personal soldiers and galloping towards the direction where Uncle Xiang left.

Xiang Bo left the barracks, and Xiang Ye knew that the attack on Liu Bang the next day was likely to be aborted, so he hurried back to his camp and summoned Wei Feng and others into his tent.

"The general ordered me to lead the army to attack Liu Bang tomorrow. Just now I learned that Uncle Xiang has left the barracks. He must be looking for Zhang Liang and inform him of the matter. The attack tomorrow will probably end in a hurry. We must do it in advance. Get ready, if you can't kill Liu Bang this time, if you want to move him in the future, I'm afraid you won't have a chance again."

"Everything is according to the general's orders." Hearing that Liu Bang was going to be killed, everyone under Xiang Ye's tent immediately became interested. Except for Jing Ao who joined late, he didn't dislike Liu Bang very much. Of course, among these people, Shi Lei hated Liu Bang the most.

"Shi Lei, you led five hundred elite soldiers to guard the small road between Hongmen and Zhiyang. If Liu Bang came to Hongmen to apologize to the general, he would not dare to take the main road and escape back. He would definitely take the road of Zhiyang. When you meet him, kill him immediately, and don't talk nonsense to him." Seeing that everyone's emotions were high, Xiang Ye didn't delay any longer, and began to assign tasks.