"...60,000 soldiers, 30,000 soldiers, thousands of cars, thousands of war horses, and powerful crossbows. He is counted. He is located in Huaibei, and the flags reach the Yangtze River in the south, the sea in the east, Yimeng in the north, and Zhuolu in the west (alias Pengcheng), with a vast territory, with millions of people. He also entrusted the virtues of his ancestors to take over the power of the old Chu. The head of Guizhou loved Dai, the scholars and farmers were in love with the political and harmonious people, the soldiers used their lives, had enough clothes and food, and were invincible. He killed the tyrannical Qin and restored the mountains and rivers. It was just like raising his hand and raising his fingers, picking up mustards, and it was a day to wait!"

"...Birds cannot rise without wings, and people cannot go without heads. Pei Gong launched troops to attack Qin. Although he had many military achievements, Pei Feng City was small, with few people, little money and little armor and soldiers, the city walls were not solid, the army was not trained, and the grain was not sustainable. Xiang looked at it and was really worried about Pei Gong. Today, by chance, our two armies were close at hand. Xiang was willing to prepare a feast in Pengcheng, cattle, sheep and wine, and sincerely invited Pei Gong to go south to Pengcheng, discuss the plan of joining forces with him to fight against Qin, work together to defeat the tyrannical Qin, and hope that Pei would follow him fairly. After seeing the letter, he went south and met Xiang in person. He sincerely."

After reading the letter from Xiang Kang, Zhou Zeng's pen, Liu Laosan couldn't help but shout at Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Kuai and others present, saying, "Others even said that I am Liu Ji is a scoundrel. Compared with Xiang Kang, this scoundrel, I am Liu Ji is simply a gentleman!"

"Sixty thousand soldiers, thirty thousand soldiers? Thousands of cars, thousands of war horses? A vast territory of millions? Xiang Kang, this little master, really treats me, Liu Ji, as a farmer who knows nothing, and bullies him casually. He has only a dozen cities at most. How can he support so many elite soldiers? So many war horses and chariots? So many people and civilians emerge from there? He brags so much that Xiang Kang is not afraid of his tongue being flashed?"

Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others burst into laughter, mocking Xiang Kang for his arrogant words, making them silly, and saying things loudly made them confused. However, after laughing happily, Cao Shen, who was very politically wise, quickly reminded: "Pei Gong, Xiang Kang's son is showing off his military strength and invited you to Pengcheng again. It is obvious that he has evil thoughts. He wants to bully the weak and forcefully annex our army, and also take advantage of the opportunity to annex the three counties of Pei, Feng and Huling controlled by our army. We must be careful about this."

"Of course." Liu Laosan sneered: "But it's easy to deal with. Just find an excuse to get over it and don't go to Pengcheng to take risks. I don't believe it anymore. Xiang Kang's son dares to take the big picture of the world and openly annex our anti-Qin army with force, so that the people of the world can point to him."

"It's better to be careful." Cao Shen said again: "The excuse for not going to Pengcheng is to find more excuses, so that Xiang Kang Xiao Shuzi has nothing to say. In addition, he has to send more people to keep an eye on Pengcheng to prevent Xiang Kang Xiao Shuzi from acting regardless of the consequences. After all, his strength is indeed much better than us. If he really wants to attack us, he will be guilty of it and he will not worry about it."

Liu Laosan nodded, and after a moment of consideration, Liu Laosan made up his mind and said, "Cao Shen, I am not good at writing. Please reply to Xiang Kangxiaozi for me, praise him well, and say as much as possible. Then he said that I am willing to join other rebels and respect him as the leader of the anti-Qin alliance. However, I don't know the attitude of other rebels against Qin. There are also violent Qin troops in the northern part of Sishui that have not been completely eradicated. The heads of the Qianshu also need to be appeased. I really can't get out of here to meet him in Pengcheng, so I can only wait until I have the opportunity in the future."

After dictating the general content of the reply, Liu Laosan ordered: "Prepare more gifts and send them together with the letter. In addition, give more benefits to Xiang Kang Xiaoshuzi's messenger, and ask him to go back and say more good things for me."

Cao Shen, who was once the president of Pei County Court (prison officer), agreed and quickly wrote the letter. Liu Bang took it and saw Cao Shen's humble words in the letter. He praised Xiang Kang so much that he should be able to satisfy Xiang Kang's vanity. Then he nodded with satisfaction, and signed the signature and arranged the envoy to go south to Pengcheng to flatter Xiang Kang and try to temporarily stabilize Xiang Kang. Then, Liu Laosan of course urged his soldiers to speed up the construction of siege equipment, preparing to launch a war to attack Liu County the next day, and take down this completely isolated county town as soon as possible.

The preparations for the siege were very smooth. Before the sky was dark, three towering ladder trucks and five city-striking cars had been completed. At the same time, with the hard work of the soldiers in the army, the moat of Liu County was filled with more than 20 feet, opening the road for the Liu Lao San's three army to reach the Liu County. What made Liu Lao San even more happy was that the defenders in the city were obviously unstable in the morale of the army. When preventing Liu Jun from filling the river, they were messy and ordered. It was obvious that they were in despair and had no confidence in winning. Therefore, Liu Lao San, who had accumulated a lot of experience in siege, can basically be sure that he would definitely win if he sieges the city tomorrow.

Something was unexpected. Just when the Liu army soldiers were full of confidence in victory, and just as the Liu army soldiers were actively preparing for the final pre-war preparations under the command of generals at all levels, that night, a fast horse suddenly came from the south and rushed to the gate of Liu army camp with foaming mouth to ask for entry. The guards of Liu army camp asked about the identity and origin of the visitor. The knights who were running wildly answered loudly: "I am the envoy sent by Pei Gong to Pengcheng today. We met Xiang Kang on the south road. On the way to the south, the army of Xiang Kang and the young commander Xiang suddenly went north and came directly to Liu County. The officials were afraid that Pei Gong would suffer losses if they were not prepared, so they asked me to come back and report the news quickly!"

After carefully checking the waist card of the messenger's entourage, the messenger's entourage was quickly led to Liu Laosan who was about to sleep. When she heard that Xiang Kang suddenly sent troops north, she was worried that Xiang Kang would forcibly annex his Liu Laosan was of course shocked. She quickly asked: "How many soldiers have come? Who is the leader? Have you asked about their purpose?"

"Reported to Pei Gong, there was a army of thousands of flags from all sides, and there was also an unknown number of cavalry, with more than 4,000 people. The leader was Chao Zhi, the captain of the Young Commander Army." The envoy's follower reported truthfully and said, "He came forward to inquire. Chao Zhi said that he was ordered by Shao Zheng Xiang to lead the army north to welcome Pei Gong, you went south to Pengcheng for a banquet. He also told us not to misunderstand that they had no malice, just wanted to take Pei Gong to Pengcheng."

When things got to this point, Liu Laosan was of course not to misunderstand it. He hurriedly asked what the young commander Chao Zhi's troops came to Liuxian at a fast speed. Liu Laosan did not dare to delay any time and quickly summoned Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Kuai and Xiahou Ying and other close friends overnight to discuss countermeasures. As a result, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others were of course shocked, and all screamed: "What do you want to do if Xiang Kang's son? Does he really want to annex our army with force?"

"Basically, this is the only possibility." Liu Laosan judged others by himself and concluded: "While Xiao Shuzi sent someone to invite me to Pengcheng to meet him, he suddenly sent troops to Liuxian County without saying hello, and came directly towards us. He must have wanted to force me to agree to meet him, and then force me to incorporate the army into his bullshit Young Commander's army and eat my army and territory in one bite."

"Fight with them!" Fan Kuai slapped the table and shouted: "The little clerk is too bullying. This time I can't swallow my anger anymore, fight with them to the end!"

Liu Laosan said sternly, but he quickly considered the consequences of the fight with the Young Commander's side troops. Cao Shen was very calm and said, "Don't do anything randomly. The enemy is strong and I am weak. Not to mention our current strength, we may not be able to compete with Xiang Kang's side troops. Even if we win, it will be of no use. Xiang Kang's side troops are strong and powerful. You can immediately send troops to seek revenge. If he leads the main force to attack us, how can we resist?"

Liu Laosan, who had not yet received the support of Zhang Liang and Han Xin, closed his eyes in pain, and knew very well that it was indeed a dead end to turn against Xiang Kang at the moment, but his ambitions that were unwilling to be made doomed to Liu Laosan, which was impossible for Liu Laosan to surrender to Xiang Kang. After hesitating for a while, Liu Laosan asked Cao Shen: "What should we do now?"

"It can only be to temporarily stabilize the attack and prepare for both hands." Cao Shen replied: "While careful that Xiang Kang's side master suddenly took action, he also communicated with Xiang Kang's children to show weakness, and tried to persuade Xiang Kang's children to stop by using fake surrender and give up the plan to forcibly annex us."

Liu Laosan didn't say anything again, and after a while he gritted his teeth, he said, "Even if I give me more day! Within one day, I am at least 90% sure that I can take Liuxian and hide in the city to talk to Xiang Kang's child safely. Is it necessary to be as passive as I am now?"

No matter how much teeth are cut, it is useless. There is a city blocking the road in front of him. The young commander's army side division who was walking along the way will definitely arrive at the outskirts of Liu County on the next day. Of course, Liu Laosan dared not take the risk of launching an attack, and stabbed the young commander's army side division division behind him. So after gritting his teeth, Liu Laosan still shouted helplessly: "Just do this, temporarily stabilize the attack, and give priority to prevent Xiang Kang's children's side division division!"

After the yell, Liu Laosan kicked the desk in front of him and kicked the desk in the air. The pen and ink bamboo slips suddenly spread all over the floor.

In this way, when the defenders of Liu County were completely desperate, Liu Laosan's army could only be forced to give up the siege for the time being. At the same time, under the surprise gaze of the defenders of Liu County, the next day, more than 300 young commander cavalry rushed to the bottom of Liu County and stopped at Gaogang in the southern suburbs of Liu County. Liu Laosan bit the bullet and sent someone to contact him, and the young commander cavalry replied that they were on orders and asked Liu Laosan to go to Chao Zhi to tell him if he had anything to do.

It was about to be out of noon, and the main force of the young commander's army led by Chao Zhi and Zhu Jishi successfully arrived at the outskirts of Liu County. Then, Chao Zhi, who was good at training troops, did not send people to contact Liu Laosan, and directly led the army to Liu Laosan's army camp to set up a formation, and then sent people to invite Liu Laosan out of the camp to answer. Liu Laosan had no choice but to lead a team of people out of the camp and answer with Chao Zhi.

This was also the first time Liu Laosan saw the appearance of the Young Marshal's army with his own eyes. What made Liu Laosan feel ashamed was that both of them were anti-Qin rebels, but they were just ordinary divisions along the way. After a long journey, the Young Marshal's army's army was still extremely strict, with flags like forests and mountains, and the weapons and equipment made Liu Laosan's soldiers dwarfed. The front row of armored soldiers was as bright as a sword, as strong as a ox, and the rear row of crossbowmen was neatly arranged, with uniform equipment, and there were chariots mixed in between. The horses were tall and the body of the carriage, and the military power was far beyond ordinary Qin army, chasing the elite Qin army.

After looking at the Young Marshal's army with great envy, he quietly swallowed a greedy saliva. Then Liu Laosan stepped forward and loudly expressed his identity. Chao Zhi also rode a horse to come out of the formation. He bowed to Liu Laosan from afar in front of the formation and said loudly: "Pei Gong, I have long admired my reputation. In the lower city, Chao Zhi, the captain of the Young Marshal Xiang of the Great Chu, is now under the order of the Young Marshal Jun, to welcome Pei Gong to the south to Pengcheng and meet our Young Marshal Xiang. Please refuse Pei Gong and immediately raise troops to go south. My Young Marshal has prepared good cattle and sheep wine in Pengcheng to reward Pei Gong's soldiers!"

"Captain Chao, I have been grateful for the kindness of Young Marshal Xiang." Liu Laosan said helplessly: "But you have seen the county, and you are still in trouble with military affairs. You really can't get out of here to visit Mr. Xiang in Pengcheng. You also asked Mr. Chao to report to Mr. Xiang, and said that after the busy period of time, you will definitely go to Pengcheng to express your gratitude to him and apologize to him in person."

"Peigong, don't worry about staying in the county. After you leave, you will attack the next generation." Chao Zhi said majesticly: "Just ask Peigong to go south immediately, go to Pengcheng to meet with our young marshal, and discuss the major anti-Qin incident together!"

"It's over, it seems that this ordinary man is determined to force me to go to Pengcheng." Liu Laosan complained in his heart, but continued to urge him: "People from Chao, not only attacking Liuxian, but also in Fengpei Huling and other places in the Fengpei and Huling in the lower rear, there are countless military affairs that need to be handled by him. I really can't get out of here."

"Then there is nothing I can do. I am here by order. If I cannot invite Pei Gong to go south, I will not be able to report to Young Marshal Xiang when I go back." Chao Zhi spread his hands helplessly and said, "If Pei Gong, please consider it again. I am here to temporarily set up a camp here, waiting for your reply from Pei Gong."

After saying that, Chao Zhi turned around and left, led the army to retreat in an orderly manner, and slowly retreated to a place less than five miles away from Liu Laosan's military camp to establish a camp. Liu Laosan did not dare to stop him, so he had to return to the camp to discuss countermeasures with the generals and discuss whether Chao Zhi would have the possibility of sudden action. The result was normal. Seeing Chao Zhi showing off his military power in this way, and at the same time he kept saying that Liu Laosan was forcing him to go to Pengcheng to meet Xiang Kang, Cao Shen and others all suspected that Chao Zhi wanted to let the soldiers rest temporarily, and then suddenly take action after he had enough energy, forcibly annexed Liu Laosan's army and territory.

"Pei Gong, you can't wait for them to take action first, you have to take action first!" Fan Kuai's reaction was the most intense, and he shouted: "Take the time they came from afar, and the camp was not stable, and immediately send troops to kill them off guard!"

"Fan Kuai, please stop saying stupid things, okay?" Cao Shen said angrily: "It is better to start first? Not to mention whether you can succeed, even if you can succeed? Both the anti-Qin rebel army, Xiang Kang's side troops came under the banner of welcoming Pei Gong to Pengcheng. We suddenly turned against them, how can we explain to the people of the world? At that time, Xiang Kang's son personally asked the main force to come to take revenge, and the other anti-Qin rebel army would also attack us. Wouldn't we die without a burial place?!"

Fan Kuai was speechless and could only say unconvincedly: "What should we do? Can we defend against thieves for a thousand days? What if Chao Zhi suddenly turned against us and caught us off guard?"

Cao Shen's face was gloomy and he said to Liu Laosan for a while: "Pei Gong, there are only two choices. One is to leave as the best plan, and quickly return to Pei County to protect himself. The other is to bet that Xiang Kang's son dared not bear the infamy and did not dare to give any reason. He suddenly attacked us and attacked the city with all his strength. He took Liu County and entered the city first!"

Liu Laosan's face was far more gloomy than Cao Shen. After thinking for a long time, he said slowly: "I can't tolerate it anymore. Staying in the county is about to break. It's a pity to give up now. And if I give up again and again, Xiang Kang's son might be more arrogant and come up with bigger problems to force us to join his bullshit Young Marshal's Army! Take a gamble!"

Liu Laosan made up his mind and said viciously: "Gambling! I won't believe it anymore, Xiang Kang really ignored everything, and even the anti-Qin Yijun can do anything! Send troops immediately to attack Liuxian!"

"Pei Gong, you have considered it clearly!" Cao Shen warned: "If this bet is lost and Chao Zhifu suddenly stabs us in the back when we are sending troops to attack the city, then we will not only be destined to be a crushing defeat, but the hard work over the past few months may also be in vain."

Considering that he was raided by the Young Marshal's army during the siege, there was indeed a danger of being wiped out by the entire army, Liu Laosan was inevitably hesitant. However, at this moment, a scout suddenly came outside the tent to report, saying: "Report to Pei Gong, the Young Marshal's army from the south sent an envoy to the Baiqian town to shout under the city of Liu County."

"What did you shout?" Liu Laosan asked quickly.

"Please send a letter to the tyrant Qin army soldiers in the city." The scout replied truthfully: "It also said that the letter was written to the tyrant Qin county magistrate of Liu County. After hearing this, the soldiers of the tyrant Qin army soldiers in the city put down the basket with ropes and brought the letter to the city."

"A common letter of surrender? Or other letters?" Liu Laosan once again judged others by himself, and immediately suspected the content of the letter of the Young Marshal.

"It would be fine if it was just an ordinary letter of surrender. If it was another letter, then we might be in trouble." Cao Shen said with great concern: "If Chao Zhi was determined to attack us, he might persuade the tyrannical Qin army in Liuxian to join forces with us and attack us from the front and back."

Liu Laosan's face was gloomy again, and he thought for a while before saying, "Send someone to contact Chao Zhi, and I said that my northern line is in a hurry. I must go back to the army and go north immediately, so I will not accompany him to play in Liuxian County. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will go to Pengcheng to meet Xiang Kang's children."

"Pei Gong, didn't you just say that you couldn't tolerate it anymore? Why did you change your mind now?" Fan Kuai was anxious when he heard this.

"You know what's the matter!" Liu Laosan cursed angrily and said, "I'm going to test it. If Chao Zhi really has any hostility towards us, he will definitely not let us go! After understanding his attitude, we don't have to worry about how to decide!"

After Liu Laosan's envoy arrived at the side division camp of the Young Marshal's Army, the ball naturally kicked in front of Chao Zhi. In order to eat the Liuxian City alone, Chao Zhi certainly wanted Liu Laosan to get out quickly, and almost wanted to agree. Fortunately, Chao Zhi was still a little brainy and knew that the reason why he would not answer was that he could not answer. Although he could not think of any tricks to play hard to get, he also remembered that Xiang Kang wanted to take an accident as a mysterious guide when he set off. He just nodded to show that he knew, and then sent Liu Laosan's envoy to leave without saying a word.

Chao Zhi also hit Liu Laosan's key point. When he heard that Chao Zhi did not make any reply, Liu Laosan, who was already hesitant, was inevitably even more worried. After thinking about it for a while, based on the iron law of a bachelor who was not suffering from the loss in front of him, Liu Laosan, who was a gangster, gritted his teeth and made a decision and said, "Tomorrow, the entire army will retreat slowly. Let's retreat back to Pei County to defend the city!"

In this way, when there was only one last shot left to break into Liu County, Liu Laosan's army chose to retreat and protect themselves because they were afraid that the young commander's army would use force to force their troops to annex their troops. The next morning, he drove north and kept a tight warning and retreated slowly. The side division of the young commander's army led by Chao Zhi and Zhu Jishi laughed in his heart while still holding on to the army, watching Liu Laosan's army, who could not take action, leave, and immediately took over the old camp site left by Liu Laosan, and launched an attack on the city of Liu County based on the siege weapons left by Liu Laosan.

Finally, after the Young Marshal's army partial division used the siege weapons left by Liu Laosan to break through Liu Laosan's county, and received the news that the Young Marshal's army had moved the main city to Pengcheng, Liu Laosan suddenly realized it completely, and was so angry that he kicked the case and cursed, "Shameless traitor! He can be so treacherous! He obviously just wanted to take Liuxian and establish the outer barrier of Pengcheng. He pretended to be like he wanted to use force to annex me, forcing me to let the cooked duck fly away! It is said that I am a hooligan. Compared with the big hooligan Xiang Kang's son, I am simply a gentleman who reads the books of sages! A moral model!"

After cursing, Liu Laosan, who had originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Young Marshal's Army to restrain the Qin army in Sishui, completely dispelled this idea and roared: "Go north! You can only go north! Xiang Kang's son is more rogue than me, and he can't play with him! Walk north to expand our territory and strengthen our military strength, and settle the score with Xiang Kang's son in the future!"
Chapter completed!