Ni Chu

After a while, Xiang Yu's personal soldiers brought food and drinks, and Liu Bang and Zhang Liang also sat down on the guest seats.

There is a soldier kneeling in front of each table, and the soldier kneeling in front of the table is holding a wooden spoon with a long and thin handle.

They put wooden spoons in the barrels of wine and stirred them gently. After Liu Bang and Zhang Liang were seated, the soldiers at each table scooped up wine with wooden spoons and poured it into the wine vessels on the table. .

"Go down," Xiang Yu waved to them when the soldiers finished mixing the wine, telling them to retreat.

The soldiers bowed and all withdrew from the tent.

"Pei Gong is coming from afar, this cup should be the first to respect Pei Gong." After all the soldiers withdrew, Xiang Yu held up the wine glass on the table and said to Liu Bang: "This time you and I have been ordered to march into Guanzhong. I will fight against Zhang Han in Julu. Annihilating hundreds of thousands of enemies, Pei Gong fought against the Qin army on the southern front, and it was very hard to attack the city and pull out the strongholds, especially when I heard that the terrain of Wuguan and Gaoguan is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they were able to break through in one fell swoop. Peigong is really a great talent! ,"

"Where, where," Liu Bang heard Xiang Yu praise him, and quickly raised his glass and said, "This glass of wine should be toasted to the general. I just captured a few cities, and the general wiped out the main force of the Qin army in one fell swoop. 5 The people broke the boat, fought with their backs, and defeated the 40 troops of the Qin army. Let's see if anyone in the world can do it. General, I respect you."

Xiang Yu nodded, and without being courteous to Liu Bang, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Liu Bang also drank the wine in the glass like Xiang Yu.

Everyone just pushed and changed glasses like this, you and I praised each other while drinking wine.

Seeing that everyone was almost drunk, Fan Zeng winked at Xiang Yu again and again, wanting Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang right away.

Xiang Yu saw Fan Zeng winking at him, but pretended not to see it. He hadn't made up his mind to get rid of Liu Bang. He remembered that he and Liu Bang had led the army together. Although Liu Bang had done some things that made him feel very uncomfortable, but in front of him It's still humility, Xiang Yu really can't do it to kill such a person.

Fan Zeng winked several times in a row, seeing that Xiang Yu was unmoved, he was anxious, pretended to be drunk, pulled the jade ring he was wearing from his waist, pinched it in his hand, raised his arms, and rested his head on the jade pendant. On Jue's forearm, the jade in his hand dangled back and forth.

Seeing Fan Zeng shaking the jade ring back and forth in his hand, Xiang Yu frowned, pretending not to see it, and still talking and laughing with Liu Bang and others, exchanging cups and cups.

Xiang Yu always pretended to be deaf to Fan Zeng's reminders, and Fan Zeng was very anxious. Seeing that Xiang Yu had no intention of killing Liu Bang, he had to excuse himself to be drunk and walk out of the big tent.

After leaving the big tent, Fan Zeng sent his soldiers to summon Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang was in charge of the safety of this banquet. When he heard that Fan Zeng had called him, he didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to the big tent.

Fan Zeng pulled Xiangzhuang to a corner not far from the big tent, and seeing no one around, he said to him: "Before Liu Bang sent troops to guard Hangu Pass, his purpose was to prevent the army from entering the pass, and wanted to occupy the pass and become king. Liu Bang is a man with a lot of ambition and aspirations, and he has a lot of talented people in front of him. He will definitely be his opponent in the world in the future. Just now I signaled the general to attack him several times, but the general is not a man. The heart is too soft, it must be because I thought of the past when I fought against Qin with Liu Bang and couldn't bear to do it. If you don't kill Liu Bang today, you will be killed by him in the future. You and I will become his prisoners in the future. After I enter the account, You will also go in after a while, and tell the general that you want to dance swords for me, and when you dance swords, take the opportunity to knock Liu Bang down on the seat, and you must stab him to death, do you understand?"

Xiang Zhuang clasped his fists and bowed to Fan Zeng, "What Yafu said is that today I will definitely kill Liu Bang in the seat, and cut off future troubles for the general."

With Xiang Zhuang's guarantee, Fan Zeng returned to the big tent with peace of mind, complained to everyone, and sat back in his own seat.

Liu Bang was still talking nonsense with Xiang Yu, and when they talked about their happiness, they would laugh from time to time.

But Zhang Liang, who was sitting by the side, had been fidgeting ever since Fan Zeng went out. When Fan Zeng returned to the tent, Zhang Liang kept winking at Bo Xiang who was sitting next to Xiang Yu.

Uncle Xiang looked at Zhang Liang in a daze, and didn't understand what he wanted to say for a long time.

While everyone was drinking, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Xiang Zhuang walked in with big strides.

"General, the general thinks that drinking and chatting is quite boring, so I come here to ask for a sword dance to cheer up the general and everyone." After entering the tent, Xiang Zhuang stood in the middle of the tent and bowed to Xiang Yu A request was made to dance swords to add to the fun.

"It's rare for you to have such thoughts. Well, you can dance your sword to cheer us up." Xiang Yu, who had already drank a lot of wine, didn't think too much about it. Xiang Zhuang said: "You have to give me a good dance, so that Pei Gong can see your sword skills."

"No," Xiang Zhuang clasped his fists and saluted Xiang Yu again, drew out his long sword and danced in the tent.

When Xiang Zhuang drew his sword, Zhang Liang winked at Bo Xiang again and again. Uncle Xiang didn't understand why Zhang Liang gave him winks earlier, but when Xiang Zhuang entered the account and asked to dance the sword to cheer him up, he understood. Going out is to let Xiang Zhuang in, and wants to kill Liu Bang here.

Xiang Zhuang pulled out his long sword and danced in the tent. His sword moves were exquisite, but his steps were a little messy, but every step he moved would move closer to Liu Bang.

Getting closer and closer to Liu Bang, Xiang Zhuang's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and the long sword in his hand gestured towards Liu Bang intentionally or unintentionally.

At this time Liu Bang also felt that the situation was not right, he leaned back consciously, trying to hide away from Xiang Zhuang, but since Xiang Zhuang had already decided to kill him, how could he be allowed to retreat.

Xiang Zhuang gradually approached where Liu Bang was sitting. He thrust the long sword forward fiercely, and stabbed directly at Liu Bang's chest.

Seeing that the long sword was about to pierce Liu Bang's heart, and Xiang Zhuang had to complete this mission, at this moment, another sword swept over from the side, and with a sound of "嘡", the long sword that was piercing Liu Bang's chest was thrown away. The sword was moved aside.

Xiang Bo stood in front of Liu Bang with a long sword in his hand, and said to Xiang Zhuang, "It's boring for you to dance with a sword alone, so let me dance with you."

When Uncle Xiang made his move, Fan Zeng, who had been nervously expecting Xiang Zhuang's sword to succeed, felt his heart tighten, sighed secretly, and cursed in his heart: "Uncle Xiang, Uncle Xiang, you missed a big deal."

It was not only Fan Zeng who was anxious, Xiang Zhuang was also sweating profusely after Xiang Bo shot. He raised his sword several times to stab Liu Bang, but was blocked by Xiang Bo. He opened his arms and stood in front of Liu Bang like a big bird.

He stood in front, and Xiang Zhuang wanted to kill Liu Bang, but he couldn't succeed. In the end, Xiang Zhuang's eyes showed a fierce light, and with a straight sword in his hand, he was about to stab at Uncle Xiang's chest.

"Okay, don't dance anymore." At this time, Xiang Yu also saw that the situation was not right. Xiang Zhuang had already launched a murderous plan. He obviously wanted to kill Uncle Xiang first, and then assassinate Liu Bang here. Xiang Yu slammed table, and said to the two of them: "Dancing swords like you, it's even more boring, step back."

Being scolded by Xiang Yu, both Xiang Bo and Xiang Zhuang backed away firmly.

The two went out of the big tent, Xiang Zhuang looked at Uncle Xiang who was standing outside the tent with a sullen hand, turned around and walked towards his own tent.

"General, what's the situation in the tent?" Xiang Zhuang went around a few tents, and as soon as he reached his own tent, Xiang Ye came out from nowhere and said to him, "Did the general hurt Liu Bang just now?" "

"How did you know that I was going to kill him just now?" Xiang Ye asked, which immediately aroused Xiang Zhuang's vigilance. Everything you said was overheard by you."

Xiang Ye shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "Do you still need to listen to this? Liu Bang is a generation of traitors. If you don't plot against him today, you may never have another chance in the future. Yafu is unparalleled in the world. How can you not think of it?" At this level, the general is not only Gao Yi, but also a relative of the Xiang family. If Yafu wants to kill Liu Bang, the person he will use must be the general. If I don’t ask the general about this kind of thing, who can I ask?”

"General, please come with me to discuss in detail," Xiang Zhuang heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Xiang Ye's words. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he made a gesture of invitation to Xiang Ye and invited Xiang Ye. Income.

Xiang Ye nodded and followed Xiang Zhuang into his camp.

After the two sat down as guests and hosts, Xiang Zhuang sighed and said to Xiang Ye: "Just now I was in the second brother's tent and really wanted to kill Liu Bang, but Uncle Xiang Bo of the same clan has been protecting Liu Bang with his body. There is really no chance to make a move."

Xiang Ye sighed, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "The general and the great general are both the grandsons of the old general Xiang Yan, and they were both raised by General Xiang Liang. If it were to be destroyed by Liu Bang, Xiang Bo not only did not consider the general, but instead protected the general, isn't this just eating inside and outside?"

Xiang Zhuang sighed heavily, gritted his teeth and said: "Just now I was stopped by Uncle Xiang, I really gritted my teeth with hatred, I really wanted to kill him in front of the tent, but the second brother let me leave, I don't think so. Wake up, it's really annoying,"

"Xiang Bo is honest and kind, but he has little wisdom. How can he see Liu Bang's troubles?" Xiang Ye smiled bitterly, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "He has been tricked by Liu Bang. Don't worry, general. Now Liu Bang is in our army. In the camp, it is like a piece of cooked meat placed in a cauldron, you can take it anytime you want.”

"But now I'm afraid I won't have a chance to enter the second brother's tent. How about the general go there and dance a sword to kill Liu Bang?" Xiang Zhuang frowned and thought for a while, then said to Xiang Ye: "If you can kill Liu Bang, the general will be a great achievement."

Xiang Ye shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's impossible to dance the sword. The general has danced once just now. If I go again, don't I tell Liu Bang that we are going to kill him?"