Xiang Yu is bold, but sometimes he is also very suspicious and stubborn.

Overall, he seemed like a contradiction. He could respect Fan Zeng as his father, and tolerate Fan Zeng's fingers, but if he exceeded his bottom line, he became a little narrow. Fan Zeng's arbitrary mobilization of troops was not only against Xiang Yu's orders, but also touched the very sensitive string in Xiang Yu's heart... Can he easily mobilize troops without being known by Xiang Yu?

This time I ambush Liu Kan, what about next time?

Xiang Yu had to consider this matter, so he began to have doubts in his heart.

On the second day of the Huwanhuihui meeting, Xiang Yu sent people to the Tang army camp.

The person who received the envoy of Xiang Yu was not Liu Kan, but Chen Ping. This was originally a normal thing. As the king of a country, Liu Kan naturally could not see people easily. Chen Ping did not have any rudeness when receiving the envoy. He held a big banquet at the beginning and was very enthusiastic.

But as soon as I talked, a problem occurred.

When Chen Ping learned that the messenger was sent by Xiang Yu, his face immediately became ugly.

"I thought you were Laozi Fan's man, but I didn't expect it to be the King of Chu."

A message was revealed in the words: on the surface of Chu State, Xiang Yu was the king, but in fact, Fan Zeng had the final say. It was meaningless to tell you that things were there. If Fan Zeng sent someone to come, it would be almost the same. Even the food and food were changed. After saying a few words, Chen Ping stood up impatiently and left, leaving Xiang Yu's messenger in the big tent, and ignored him, and acted very rudely.

After the envoy returned to Jiyang, he told Xiang Yu about the incident with grievance.

Xiang Yu's heart suddenly became unbalanced: he calculated that he did not treat me as a dish at all, and the people of Chu State wanted Fan Zeng to be respected?

In the next two days, he secretly sent someone to inquire.

As a result, the news from all over the country all said that the real leader of the Chu State was not Xiang Yu, but Fan Zeng.

Xiang Yu's mood became worse...

When discussing matters with Fan Zeng, he no longer had the respect he used to be. No matter what Fan Zeng said, Xiang Yu felt that he wanted to put himself in a weak position or even replace him. At the beginning, Fan Zeng didn't care, but after several days of this, Fan Zeng felt uncomfortable.

After inquiring carefully, Fan Zeng immediately understood the reason.

He was also stubborn and was furious. He asked Xiang Yu to resign without saying a word.

Although Xiang Yu tried to keep him, Fan Zeng was unwilling to look back. Fifteen days after the meeting of the house, Fan Zeng left quietly alone.

"Fan Zengtu has a false reputation, but is not a true virtuous person."

After Zhang Liang and Chen Ping received the news, they couldn't help but laugh to the sky.

Liu Kan nodded slightly and expressed his agreement with Zhang Liang's words, "If I were Fan Zeng, I knew Xiang Ji had doubts, I would stay by Xiang Ji's side. This person cherished his reputation and ignored the overall situation. For a mere false reputation, he abandoned his master and left. Even if he was full of knowledge, what would he do?"

Chen Ping smiled and said, "I heard that the people of Chu like to be in monkeys and beloved. When I saw them today, it turned out to be true."

Liu Kan refused to comment...

"As soon as Fan Zeng leaves, the Chu army is defeated, and it is just around the corner."

Zhang Liang immediately took a step forward, "The most urgent task is to cut off the Chu army's arm.

Your Majesty can immediately issue an edict, ordering General Mengke to send troops to attack Suiyang. At the same time, two generals Li Biluojia surrounded Chen County, Yingchuan, and Cao Ju would definitely not be able to resist. Once Dang County was broken, all Sishui County would fall under Your Majesty's control, and even if Xiang Ji rescued it, it would be difficult to save it."

After saying that, Zhang Liangyou pointed to the map and offered advice: "Your Majesty ordered Li Zuoche and Peng Yue to speed up and be sure to trap Ying Bu to Linzi. At the same time, he secretly ordered General Guan Ying to cross the river and ambush the mountain in Liangfu. When Chai Wu goes to Linzi for rescue, he ambushed the Chai Wu will inevitably be defeated. Once Chai Wu is defeated, even if Ying Bu has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to escape from Linzi, so he can only wait for death."

After hearing this, Liu Kan nodded repeatedly, "Just follow the plan of Zifang.

However, we still have to make a good stand in Linji, so that Xiang Yu thought that our army would fight him in Linji. When he reacted, the overall situation was decided. In this battle of Linji, I would have to trouble Zifang to personally command, including me, Zifang can be dispatched."

Then, without waiting for Zhang Liang to react, Liu Kan issued an edict to grant Zhang Liang the title of the doctor, perform military affairs and command warfare.

Zhang Liang originally wanted to refuse on the grounds that he was "successful as a minister, afraid that the generals would not accept it", but when Liu Kanfeng finished, he could no longer speak.

The doctor is a member of the nine ministers, and is the attendant of the emperor and in charge of the palace guards.

Although he was not as noble as the prime minister and as noble as the Taiwei, he was also a very powerful minister. Even the emperor didn't care about Zhang Liang's identity as the surrendered minister, and was still an attendant of the emperor, which was equivalent to acting on behalf of the emperor. Especially the position of the general was only under the Taiwei, which was enough to shut up everyone.

It is just a sign of trust that everyone, including Liu Kan, must obey Zhang Liang's orders.

Zhang Liang could not really send Liu Kan, but after this gesture was made, like Liu Ju and Liu Xin, he would obey military orders.

Who dares to object?

Chen Ping nodded repeatedly, and then whispered in Liu Kan's ear.

Liu Kan immediately issued another edict to transfer Kuai Che from Li Zuoche and grant him the title of Chief Secretary of the Taiwei Mansion, obeying Chen Ping's order. This Chief Secretary of the Taiwei Mansion may not be as good as the Chief Secretary of the Nine Ministers, but it is the same official position as the General in the Taiwei Mansion except Chen Ping.

The official is not very strong, but he holds real power.

Although Zhang Liang did not know Chen Ping's intention to transfer Kuai Che back, he understood more or less that Kuai Che did not come to check and balance him...

Ten days after the two sides stopped fighting, the Tang army and the Chu army fought on the old river road.

From the initial battle generals, to the later battle formation, to the final battle of the army, the war gradually escalated and became particularly tragic.

Just when most people thought that Liu Kan was going to fight against Xiang Yu in Linji, Li Bi sent troops from Chen County and successively occupied Kuxian and Qiao County, which made Cao Ju in Suiyang suddenly panic. He originally thought that this was just a trick of the Tang army to disrupt Xiang Yu's sight. However, when Luo Jia of Yingchuan also began to move closer to Chen County, there was a tendency to join forces to capture Xiang County, Cao Ju panic.

Once Xiang County is broken, Sishui County will be in danger.

Although when she was guarding Suiyang before, Fan Zeng repeatedly warned Cao Ju that she should not send troops. However, the situation became like this, and Cao Ju could not listen to Fan Zeng's warning. Besides, Fan Zeng seemed to be inappropriate. The King of Chu was kind to him and wanted to undermine the King of Chu? Cao Ju was a retainer of the Xiang family, and the thing he looked down on was Fan Zeng's affairs, so he immediately sent troops to prevent Li Bi and the others.

Then, on the third day after Cao Ju sent troops, Monk personally led 20,000 cavalry troops and suddenly sent troops from Chenliu.

Instead of attacking Suiyang, they directly bypassed Suiyang and occupied Sui County, cutting off the connection between Cao Ju and Suiyang. Cao Ju and Li Bi Luo Jia launched a fierce battle in Lingbi, but they did not expect Munch to attack Cao Ju's rear army. The 20,000 cavalry fell from the sky with a storm. Cao Ju was killed and defeated. On the way to Xiang County, he was chased by Munch and led a group of troops to die in the chaos.

Only after Cao Ju's defeat did Xiang Yu learn about the attack on Xiang County.

He immediately stopped the decisive battle with Liu Kan, retreated 300 miles, and retreated to Dingtao City.

Xiang Yu personally led 10,000 cavalrymen, preparing to follow the situation when they attacked Wei Bao, and used the maneuverability of the cavalry to travel thousands of miles to rescue Cao Ju. However, Xiang Yu ignored a problem. Mengke was not Cao Ju. Not only after a famous general, he also trained in the Lantian camp since childhood, and also worked in the northern border for many years. In terms of understanding the cavalry, Mengke was no less than Xiang Yu, or even more so.

When he learned that Xiang Yu was coming, Monk attacked with a small group of cavalry and lured Xiang Yu to chase him to the foot of Dangshan.

Then he assembled 20,000 cavalry to confront Xiang Yu at the foot of Dangshan. These two people, one is the bravest army, one is the outstanding military strategy; one is the ever-winning general, and the other is experienced in many battles. The cavalry battle between Monk and Xiang Yu can be considered evenly matched.

But Monk waited for his leisure and gained an advantage in military strength.

When the two sides were in full swing, Li Biluo Jia suddenly broke out from both sides of Dangshan, and the Chu army was defeated.

Xiang Yu bravely broke through the siege, which could be called a blood-stained robe. Although the number of Tang soldiers was superior, no one could stop Xiang Yu.

Monk stood on the hill watching the battle, and couldn't help but exclaim: "This guy is brave and brave, no one can beat him if he is not your Majesty and the King of Tang!"

Li Biluo Jia, I agree with it...

After Xiang Yu was defeated, he retreated to Fengyi and prepared to regroup.

But Liu Kan did not intend to give Xiang Yu any chance to breathe. In mid-April, Linzi Yingbu was trapped for more than a month and had to ask Chai Wu for help.

Chai Wu immediately ordered his troops and led his troops to attack.

When passing Liangfu Mountain, he was attacked by Guan Ying and the 30,000 Jipu Army was wiped out.

Back then, Chai Wu's father died in Liang's mountain.

But this time, it was replaced by Chai Wu...

Chai Wu wanted to fight to the death, but when he was trapped in Liangfu Mountain, his former friend Li Zuoche actually entered the mountain alone and came to persuade him to surrender.

Chai Wu hated Liu Kan deeply, thinking that if it weren't for Liu Kan, his father would not have died in battle.

But many years have passed, Chai Wu is no longer the reckless boy he used to be. He also knew that even without Liu Kan, he would not have been able to succeed. As time went by, his hatred for Liu Kan gradually weakened... In the crisis, he did not want to meet his former friend, and Chai Wu was filled with emotion for a moment.

Li Zuoche said: "A Wu, as today's situation has been settled, my emperor is the destiny of heaven.

In the past, you and I hated Lao Qin. But now, Lao Qin is no longer there, why do you have to be obsessed with the past? You need to know that those who know the current affairs are heroes! I came today to persuade you to surrender to Your Majesty, and I would say that I would be able to be named a marquis and generals in the future. Besides, Uncle Chai is the only son of you. Your Chai family has one of the six generations. Could it be that you want to reach your generation and lose your bloodline?”

Chai Wu may not obey anything else.

But when Li Zuoche mentioned his descendants, Chai Wu was moved.

What the ancients value most was the continuation of bloodline. He had not been able to get a moment of peace in the past few years. Although he was nearly 40 years old, he still had no children. This has to be said to be a regret in Chai Wu's heart. However, if he surrenders like this, it would be a pity...

"Then King Tang really can tolerate me?"

Li Zuoche couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty is a hero of the world and has a broad mind."

Don’t you see that Zhang Zifang was also an enemy of Your Majesty, but now he is the chief magistrate and the general. Brother Chai, you are the bravest army. Although you are an enemy of Your Majesty, you are also highly valued by Your Majesty. This time I wrote to Your Majesty, wanting to find a way out for you, but I never thought that Your Majesty would reply in person and sent his uncle Lu Shi to see me before. Your Majesty said, if Brother Chai is willing to surrender, Your Majesty is willing to take the position of general and treat him with vain."

Although the general is not among the three dukes and nine ministers, he can control one army alone and belongs to the Taiwei Mansion, only under the general.

Chai Wu heard about it and never hesitated again.

But he said, "I am not very good at it now, and I really don't know how to face Your Majesty.

Wait for me to take down Linzi for the young master to be a step forward.”

A few days later, Chai Wu arrived in Linzi alone and persuaded Ying Bu to surrender.

In fact, even if Chai Wu did not come, Ying Bu could not resist it for long. He was heavy and had exhausted ammunition and food, and he could not resist it. So as soon as Chai Wu persuaded surrender, Ying Bu immediately stepped down and offered Linzi. He also hated Lao Qin, but now Qin has fallen, what's the use of hatred?

Zhonglimei and Peng Yue didn't care.

One of these two people is Liu Kan’s most trusted confidant, who is in charge of the troops in the mansion alone.

Another one is that he has had a friendship with Liu Kan for more than ten years. Peng Yue's son is still a sworn brother with Liu Qin. Who is Liu Qin? The current crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the successor of Liu Kan, and the future emperor. With such a relationship, he takes credit very lightly.

With the defeat of Linzi, the war in Sanqi was completely calmed down.

After Linzi was defeated, Xue County no longer supported him and surrendered to the city.

When Xiang Yu heard the news, he was furious and furious, but he had no choice but to do anything. As soon as Xue County was defeated, his troops in Dingtao were equivalent to a lonely army. Xiang Yu did not dare to hesitate anymore and quickly ordered the Dingtao Chu army to evacuate from Shanfu. He also led the remaining defeated generals to prepare to join the main force.

When the battle reached this point, how could Liu Kan easily allow Xiang Yu and the main force of the Chu army to join?
To be continued...