Ni Chu

After Fan Kuai finished speaking, everyone in the big tent turned their eyes to Xiang Yu's face.

Xiang Yu had a straight face at first, and slightly squinted his eyes to look at Fan Kui. After a while, he suddenly laughed "haha", and said to Fan Kui: "The strong man, please sit down first."

Fan Kuai thanked Xiang Yu and sat down next to Zhang Liang, and soon some of his own soldiers replaced him with a smaller wine glass and overcooked meat.

Everyone had another drink. Since Xiang Zhuang entered the tent and danced with swords, Liu Bang has been sitting on pins and needles. His eyes can't help but glance at Fan Zeng a few times, and he is very afraid that Fan Zeng will plot to harm him again.

"General, I'm too drunk to drink. If I want to go to the toilet, I'll take my leave first." Liu Bang stood up, cupped his hands at Xiang Yu, and asked Xiang Yu to go to the toilet.

Xiang Yu waved his hand at Liu Bang, and said with a smile, "Pei Gong is so polite. If you want to go to the toilet, I will let you hold your breath. Go, go, go back quickly."

Liu Bang said thanks, and when he got up, he gave Zhang Liang and Fan Kui a wink.

"General, Peigong drank too much. I'm afraid that he might make a mistake when going to the toilet. Let's go and have a look." Not long after Liu Bang got out of the tent, Zhang Liang also stood up and told Xiang Yu to retreat.

Xiang Yu smiled, and said to Zhang Liang: "Pei Gong is such a big man, could he still fall into the latrine and drown, that's all, that's all, you are also loyal, go."

When Zhang Liang came out of the tent, he nodded to Fan Kui, Fan Kui understood, and followed him out of the big tent.

"General, I'm afraid it's not very good for you to let Liu Bang and them all go out." Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and Fan Kui all left the big tent, and Fan Zeng said to Xiang Yu: "I guess Liu Bang is not going to the toilet, but thinking of a way If you get away from here, if you let him return to Bashang, the general will have no excuses if he wants to ask for the crime again, if you don't plan on Liu Bang today, you will regret it in the future."

Xiang Yu pondered for a moment, then shouted to the outside: "Come here!"

A soldier heard the shout and entered the tent. Xiang Yu said to the soldier: "You go to Chen Ping immediately and ask him to call Liu Bang back."

The soldiers went out to find Chen Ping. After Chen Ping took the order, he thought for a while and rushed towards the Yuanmen. He found Liu Bang almost without much effort.

Liu Bangzheng was with Zhang Liang and Fan Kuai, forming a bunch and discussing something.

"Pei Gong, General, please go back." Seeing Liu Bang, Chen Ping first bowed his hands and saluted him, then greeted Zhang Liang and Fan Kui and said to Liu Bang: "Pei Gong has been out of the account for a long time, and the General is restless. Come and invite me, "

Hearing that Xiang Yu called him to return the account, Liu Bang was still willing to go back, so he quickly returned a gift to Chen Ping and said, "Please return the account, sir, and I will go back immediately."

Chen Ping smiled slightly, and said to Liu Bang: "Pei Gong is a dragon among men, and he will become a great weapon in the future. I will report to the general, and Pei Gong can carefully consider how to deal with it."

Liu Bang was stunned by Chen Ping's words for a long time. Before he could recover, Chen Ping had already turned and walked towards Xiang Yu's big tent.

When Chen Ping's back disappeared before the eyes of the three people, Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang: "Pei Gong is in critical condition now, you can't delay here any longer, leave quickly, I will send you here."

Liu Bang pondered for a while, and said to Zhang Liang with some hesitation: "I just used the excuse of going to the toilet and didn't say goodbye to Xiang Yu. If I left like this, would it be a bit out of courtesy?"

"When is it now, why do you care about so much etiquette?" Seeing that Liu Bang did not dare to leave, Fan Kui stamped his feet anxiously, complaining to Liu Bang and saying: "Those who do great things don't care about trivial matters. Compared with life, etiquette is nothing more than life." It’s a trivial matter, now people are like knives and chopping boards for cutting meat, but we are like fish on the chopping board, they are going to slaughter us, so what kind of etiquette do we have with them?”

Zhang Liang nodded again and again, and said from the side: "Just now in the tent, Fan Zeng tried to murder Peigong many times. I think if he stayed here for a long time today, it is impossible to guarantee that he will not fall into his tricks. For the present plan, Peigong should leave quickly. , Xiang Yu has me to deal with it, "

Liu Bang frowned and thought for a while, then said to Zhang Liang: "Okay, then this place will be handed over to the ovary. I will leave first with Fan Kui, Xia Houying and others, and everyone else will stay here to wait for the ovary. Zifang must be careful when speaking, don't annoy him."

Zhang Liang nodded, and said to Liu Bang, "Don't worry, Mr. Pei, I will deal with it myself."

Liu Bang also didn't want to stay in Hongmen for too long. After deciding to keep Zhang Liang, he led Fan Kuai and turned around and walked out of Yuanmen.

"Pei Gong, wait a minute," Liu Bang just walked a few steps, Zhang Liang chased him up and asked, "Did Pei Gong bring any presents for Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng?"

Liu Bang patted his forehead and said: "If Zifang didn't mention it, I almost forgot. When I came, I prepared a pair of white jade biscuits to present to the general, and I also brought a pair of jade wine cups to present to Fan Zeng. It’s just that the situation in the tent was very critical just now, and I haven’t dared to present it to them, so Zifang can help me present the gift.”

Zhang Liang took the jade bi and the wine cup and put them in his arms. He cupped his hands to Liu Bang and said, "Pei Gong, although the journey to Bashang is not very far, the terrain on the way is quite steep. Be careful along the way. Lay an ambush,"

Liu Bang nodded, and said to Zhang Liang: "I'm walking by a small path, and it's only [-] miles from this road to Bashang. Just wait here, I guess I'll go back to Bashang, and then go to see Xiang Yu."

After negotiating with Zhang Liang, Liu Bang left his entourage's chariots and attendants, and rode alone on a war horse, leading Fan Kui, Xia Houying, Jin Qiang, and Ji Xin who were running on the road with swords and shields on their legs. At the foot of Lishan Mountain, copy the Zhiyang Trail and go up to Ba.

After Liu Bang left, Zhang Liang waited outside the gate for a long time, guessing that Liu Bang was almost at Bashang, before returning to Xiang Yu's tent.

Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng were already anxiously waiting in the tent. Seeing Zhang Liang come back, Xiang Yu hurriedly asked, "Where is Mr. Pei?"

Zhang Liang clasped his fists and bowed to Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng and said, "Reporting to the general, Pei Gong is too drunk to come and say goodbye in person, so he specially asked me to present a pair of white jade discs to the general; A pair of jade cups, dedicated to Yafu, Peigong just heard that the general wanted to scold him, he was also very panicked, he has already returned to Bashang by himself, and asked me to make an apology for him, "

After finishing speaking, Zhang Liang gave the jade bi to Xiang Yu, and presented a pair of jade cups to Fan Zeng.

Xiang Yu took the jade bi and put it on the table, frowned and remained silent. Only then did he feel that it was really wrong not to kill Liu Bang, but Liu Bang had already escaped, so it was impossible for him to go to war because of Liu Bang's escape from the banquet. He sent troops to attack Bashang, but he sat there unhappy.

Fan Zeng took the wine glass from Zhang Liang, looked at it with a frown, then slammed it on the ground, pulled out his sword and chopped the two wine glasses into pieces, sighed heavily, stared at Xiang Yu and cursed: "Zi Zi!" Insufficient and cunning, the one who will take the world from you in the future will definitely be Liu Bang, and those of us who follow you will sooner or later become his captives."

Seeing Fan Zeng getting angry, Zhang Liang bowed slightly, and said to Xiang Yu: "If the general has nothing else to do, I will take my leave."

Xiang Yu was speechless after being scolded by Fan Zeng, and sat there sulking. Seeing this, Zhang Liang bowed out of the big tent.

When Zhang Liang pleaded guilty to Xiang Yu on Liu Bang's behalf, Liu Bang did not return to Bashang. When he, Fan Kuai and others were about to arrive in Zhiyang, a group of men in civilian clothes stopped them.

"Who are you and why are you blocking our way?" When these hundreds of men appeared in front of them, Liu Bang stopped his horse and asked nervously to the men who were blocking our way.

These men ignored Liu Bang, but drew out their swords one after another, blocking Liu Bang and others in the middle.

Liu Bang closed his eyes, looked up to the sky, and sighed: "Poor me, Liu Bang, who just left the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den. I'm afraid I will die here today."

The men approached Liu Bang and the others step by step, and the encirclement was gradually shrinking.

These men are exactly the soldiers that Xiang Ye had arranged to wait here in advance. After Shi Lei was transferred back, they were left here. Deep in Xiang Ye's heart, there was still a desire to kill Liu Bang. These soldiers were his last hope.

Fan Kuai, Xia Houying and others protected Liu Bang in the middle, and raised their shields and swords to confront the five hundred soldiers.

"Kill," when approaching only a dozen steps away from Liu Bang, an officer dressed in common people's clothing yelled, and five hundred soldiers rushed towards Liu Bang.

At this extremely critical moment, many people in gray clothes and holding scimitars suddenly jumped out behind these soldiers. The head was split off.

The appearance of the man in gray not only surprised the soldiers who besieged Liu Bang, but even Liu Bang who was being besieged felt extremely incredible.

Among the group of men in gray clothes, there was a man who was only about 24 or [-] years old who was particularly brave. After rushing into the five hundred soldiers who besieged Liu Bang, the scimitar in his hand flew up and down. A long blood groove was cut on a soldier's body and fell down.

"Brothers, the thieves are powerful, let's go." Soon, five hundred soldiers were cut in half by the men in gray who rushed out. The leading officer quickly waved his sword in his hand, calling for the soldiers to retreat.

After the soldiers Xiang Ye arranged in advance to ambush here were killed by the men in gray, the bravest young man in gray wiped the scimitar clean with a piece of linen and inserted it into the sheath, walked up to Liu Bang and bowed to Liu Bang, saying: : "Pei Gong was frightened,"

When the young man walked up to him, Liu Bang hurriedly got off his horse and saluted him back: "Thank you, the strong man, for your rescue. If you dare to ask the strong man's name, I will repay the strong man's kindness in the future."

"Hehe," the young man smiled, and said to Liu Bang, "Pei Gong doesn't need to ask me who I am, I have something to ask to save Pei Gong."