The discussion at the decision-making level of the Han army did not end because of Mr. Shusun's temporary departure. Xiang Kang personally turned the sentence back to the point and said to Tang Bing and Wu Shi who refuted himself: "What Mr. Dongyuan and Mr. Qiliji said was very true. Xiao Wang did not consider it, and we really cannot rely on force to compete with the princes outside the pass. No matter how small the grasp is, we must try our best to win over allies and weaken the enemy through diplomatic means. This is the best way."

"King, I'll blame you again, "King, don't underestimate yourself." Wu Shi rarely flattered Xiang Kang and said, "If you are willing to raise the banner of righteousness and openly compete with your cousin, King Xichu, you will not be very small, but very big."

"The reason is also very simple." Tang Bing took over the conversation and said, "The King of Western Chu is cruel, and you are generous in character; the King of Western Chu is greedy for profit and neglects righteousness, and never likes to consider others. You are neglectful and value righteousness, and can understand others' difficulties; the King of Western Chu is brave but not scheming, and only knows how to use strong in everything, and you are both wise and brave, and likes to think twice when encountering things; the King of Western Chu acts impulsively and likes to bully the weak, and you are cautious and cherish the weak. In contrast, the princes outside the pass will only be more willing to form alliances with you in the depths of their hearts, but are not willing to be driven into a cattle and horse by the King of Western Chu."

"So on the issue of storm and storm, you just have to contact the princes outside the pass." Wu Shi said again: "The princes outside the pass are not fools. Now they have seen the strength of the Han army with their own eyes. They will definitely understand that the King of Western Chu may not be sure to win, and then they have the idea of ​​riding a fence to watch the wind. King, as long as you lure them to benefit, at least you are sure to keep them neutral, or even openly turn against each other, and instead join forces with the King of Western Chu to fight against the King of Western Chu."

Xiang Kang smiled and said, "I hope the situation can be as said by Mr. Dongyuan and Mr. Qiliji, to win more allies for me and reduce a few enemies. Oh, by the way, as for the current situation, Mr. Dongyuan and Mr. Qiliji, Mr. Zifang and Mr. Chen Ping, what are your opinions?"

"King, I believe that we should make every effort to stabilize Shenyang and strive for Zhao." Wu Shi immediately replied: "Shenyang and Sima Huo both come from the Zhao army and often fight together. They must have a lot of friendship with each other. It is very difficult to fight him over. Therefore, for Shenyang, it is better for us to find a way to keep him neutral and not go north to Sanchuan to make trouble for us. This is the most confident success."

"The State of Zhao can strive for it with all his might." Tang Bing said immediately: "The King of Western Chu has divided the world into three parts. The State of Zhao has suffered the greatest loss. Not only has the army divided into three parts by the King of Western Chu, but the land has also been lost. The King of Western Chu has been granted to Wei Bao, Sima Xin, Zhang Han, Sima Sei and others respectively. Zhao Xie must have hated the King of Western Chu to the core, but he is afraid that the King of Western Chu is powerful, so he has to bow to the King of Western Chu. Now that our army has shown enough strength to fight head-on with the King of Western Chu, Zhao Xie will not fail to have repeated thoughts. Only when the King is properly used and the benefits he has made are enough to make Zhao Xie moved, Zhao will likely change his course and make an alliance with our army again."

Xiang Kang nodded again, then asked again: "Then how should we do it?"

When asked about this, Xiang Kang looked at Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, because Xiang Kang had long seen that the Four Elders of Shangshan had far-reaching visions and comprehensiveness in strategic theory, but when it comes to specific operations, they still couldn't match Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

Neither Zhang Liang nor Chen Ping were in a hurry to answer Xiang Kang's question, but first discussed a few words in a low voice, and then Chen Ping bowed and said: "King, as long as we make three promises for Zhao State, we should have hope of fighting them back."

"Those three promises?" Xiang Kang asked again quickly.

"First, return Handan County to Zhao State and recognize Shangdang County as the territory of Zhao State." Chen Ping replied: "Second, when Zhao State had the power to counterattack Taiyuan County, he sent troops to help Zhao State regain Taiyuan County. Third, he swore blood with Zhao State and formed a mutual assistance alliance. In the future, if other princes attacked Zhao State, we will definitely send troops to attack Zhao State's enemies. Otherwise, if other princes attacked us, Zhao State also has the obligation to send troops to attack our enemies."

"Does Zhao believe our promise?" Xiang Kang said with some concern: "The reason why Zhao broke off alliances and ties with us is because we are unwilling to send troops to help them protect Taiyuan and Dai County. Will they doubt that we are untrustworthy now?"

"The king can let our envoys tell the King of Zhao clearly that we did not save Taiyuan and Dai County before because we were insufficient in strength, and the food and grass and soldiers were not fully equipped." Zhang Liang said: "There is another point, that is, the alliance we had signed with Zhao before was just an ordinary alliance, and there was no explicit requirement to send troops to rescue the other party. Now we directly swore blood with Zhao State and explicitly agreed to send troops to help each other. With your credit, Zhao State will not be moved."

"There is another very important point." Chen Ping added: "Our army sent troops to Sanchuan, and bordered Western Chu is about to go to counterattack. The King of Western Chu will definitely attack us first, rather than attacking Zhao first, giving us the opportunity to attack Pengcheng. As long as Zhao Xie and Zhang Er understand this, they will definitely understand that they have the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to reap profits, and they are more likely to choose to repair relations with us and re-conclude an alliance."

Xiang Kang has always been decisive. When he heard Chen Ping and Zhang Liang say it favorably, he nodded immediately and said, "Okay, just do it like this. Still let Chen Hui contact Zhao State and strive to bring Zhao State back to us."

After making up his mind, Xiang Kang smiled and said, "The most important thing is Shenyang. He sent troops from Yangdi and could arrive in Luoyang for reinforcements in less than ten days. How can he stabilize him temporarily and strive to make him neutral?"

"Shenyang's affairs are very difficult to handle." Chen Ping replied: "Sima Sei has a considerable friendship with him, and has a relationship with him. Now Sima Sei is in a critical situation and must have made great profits to lure him to send troops north. If we just lure Shenyang for profit, it would be difficult to succeed. The only way is to explain the interests of Shenyang and let him understand that going north to rescue Sima Sei is just a waste of death, implying that he will not move his troops and observe success or failure, and make another plan when the King of Western Chu returns to counterattack Sanchuan."

"You can try this." Xiang Kang nodded with confidence and said, "As long as we can temporarily stabilize him and allow us to quickly take Luoyang without distraction, the next thing will be much easier. Seeing that Shenyang is still holding his troops, we gave us the opportunity to quickly break through Sima Huo and take down the important land of Ao Cang, which is crucial to the princes outside the pass. With my brother's bearish temper, he will definitely expose his anger on Shenyang, and we will have the opportunity to sow discord and win over Shenyang. But..."

"But who will be sent to lobby Shenyang?" Xiang Kang frowned and said hesitantly: "This person has excellent eloquence and let Shenyang know our power. Sending troops north will definitely be in vain. He also has to be cautious in his words so that he will not anger Shenyang, which will be counterproductive. In my account, there are not many people with such skills."

It was also coincidental that at this moment, Mr. Uncle Sun, who was convenient to go out, carefully poked in from outside the tent and peeked at the situation in the tent. Xiang Kang happened to see it, and his eyes lit up immediately. He hurriedly said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, it's just right for you to come back, come in quickly, I have something big to do."

"No way? Such a coincidence?" Mr. Shusun cried in his heart and said to himself: "Don't just do the job of a mission to the enemy camp. It's okay to ask me to do anything, but it's just a matter of a mission to the enemy camp. I'm absolutely unwilling to do it!"

The next thing was of course very simple. Xiang Kang had just announced that he would entrust the important task of serving Shen Yang's army to Mr. Shusun. Mr. Shusun immediately collapsed on the ground, crying and shouting that he was unwilling to take the risk of beheading. Unfortunately, Xiang Kang first considered that Mr. Shusun was outstanding in his eloquence and showed off his power in the Han army to intimidate Shen Yang. Second, Mr. Shusun had outstanding achievements in his previous missions and had repeatedly created miracles. He had the most hope of completing this difficult task, which showed that he refused to change the candidate for the envoy and insisted on letting Mr. Shusun do this job. He also rarely got angry because of Mr. Shusun's repeated refusal.

Finally, Chen Ping gave Mr. Shusun a reassurance, saying that although the allies of Sima Seo would be somewhat dangerous, the Han army had no grudges with Shen Yang. He had only confronted each other across the river in the east of the river and did not fight in the end. Shen Yang had no chance of killing the Han army envoy. Mr. Shusun decided that there would be no danger in this trip. After all, he finally made Mr. Shusun, who did not dare to completely anger Xiang Kang, change his words and accepted this difficult task with biting the bullet.

Before the matter was over, he had a sad face and thought for a long time. Mr. Shusun said again: "King, since you insist on asking your ministers to go down to see Shenyang, then the ministers dare not refuse, but the ministers have some words. First, the ministers are really not sure. If they really can't speak Shenyang, I hope the king will not blame him. Second, the ministers are brave enough to ask the king to give him some autonomy and be able to make decisions for you. Promise to give Shenyang some benefits. In this way, the ministers may have a little confidence to speak Shenyang."

"Okay, no problem. As long as you try your best to do it, I will certainly not blame you if I can't do it." Xiang Kang agreed and said, "As for the benefits of granting Shenyang, you can do it as long as you don't agree to give the land and city we have already obtained to Shenyang."

Mr. Shusun agreed frownfully, and followed Xiang Kang's arrangement frownfully. The next morning, he took a few followers to disguise themselves as ordinary people and headed south to Yingchuan, and tied his head to the belt to make a cow and horse for Xiang Kang. At the same time, Xiang Kang sent another envoy to Henan County to persuade the Henan County defenders who were trapped in the lonely city to surrender.

To Xiang Kang's surprise, he had already seen the main force of the Henan army fleeing west with his own eyes, but the defenders of Henan County still flatly refused Xiang Kang's surrender, and also collected some of the defeated Henan army who fled into the city to hide, guarded the city with all their might, and openly shouted the slogan of survival and death with Henan County. Xiang Kang was furious and immediately ordered the Han army soldiers to build various siege weapons and forcefully attack the city with force.

In the end, the isolated small city in Henan was of course taken down by the Han army. However, the main force of the Han army wasted another three days under the city of Henan, giving the remnants of the main force of the Henan army a chance to reorganize, and through the dangerous period after the defeat, he also seized time to repair the city defense and hoarded more city defense supplies. When Xiang Kang led the main force of the Han army to move to the city of Luoyang, not only had four days passed, but the Henan army had also built the already sturdy Luoyang city defense to make it more difficult to fight.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Kang was of course worried and said secretly: "I don't know how long it will take to fight in Luoyang. Now it depends on Shusun Tong. If he cannot persuade Shenyang to remain neutral, Shenyang really leads his army north to reinforce Sima Sei, and Luoyang will not know when it will be taken down. Sima Sei insisted on my brother's return to the army to counterattack, I'm afraid this possibility may not be impossible."

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Xiang Kang might not have imagined that he could temporarily stabilize Sima Cheng's neighbor Shenyang, because on the same day, an unexpected messenger, surrounded by ten people, entered the capital of Shenyang Yangdi City, and came directly to the gate of the palace of Shenyang to ask for a meeting. This messenger was no one else, but Xiang Kang's most dangerous enemy, and left a rich and colorful messenger of the Nanyang King Liu Lao San's Evangelist - Suihe!

When Xiang Yu led the princes outside the pass to fight blood outside Luoyang City to form an alliance, except for the two unlucky guys Xiang Kang and Zhao Xie, the princes all over the world formed allies. Shenyang and Liu Laosan were of course no exception. After each established their capital and established the country, Shenyang had never had any conflicts with Liu Laosan. This time, Liu Laosan sent an envoy to ask for a meeting and said that there was something important to discuss with Shenyang. Out of curiosity, Shenyang quickly summoned Liu Laosan's envoy Suihe and asked him in person.

"King Han, there is something unknown to the foreign minister, and I want to ask in person." Sui He did not answer the question, and said in surprise: "Yangdi and Sanchuan are close to each other. Xiang Kang's rebels sent troops to attack the King of Henan. You should have known about the news that King Han was a long time ago. With such a good opportunity in front of him, why hasn't your army set out to head north yet and accepted the great gift from God to King Han?"

"The great gift from God to me? What does this mean by sir?" Shen Yang asked in a very confused manner.

"Why should King Han ask me knowingly?" Sui He said with a smile: "Xiang Kang's rebels seek death, but they dared to take the initiative to send troops outside the pass. It just so happened that the princes outside the pass can avoid the dangers of the mountains and rivers in the pass and wipe out him in one fell swoop. If King Han can capture and kill the rebels Xiang Kang's rebels in this battle, not only can they seize countless money, grain and supplies, but in the future, the King of Western Chu will reward you on the merits, and a fertile Guanzhong enclave will definitely be without King Han! This is not a great gift from God to King Han, what else can it be?"

Shen Yang laughed out loud and said, "That's so easy. Mr. comes from afar. You probably don't know. After Xiang Kang's son went east, he won consecutive victories. Not only did he quickly take Xin'an, Mianchi and Shanxian, but he was also in Hanoi. Sanchuan defeated the King of Henan several times, with sharp soldiers and unstoppable power."

"So powerful? No wonder we king must instigate Shenyang to send troops to dispel Shenyang's idea of ​​preserving his strength. Without Shenyang's troops to help, Sima Xie would definitely not be able to hold on for long."

Sui He was alert in his heart, but his face was silent, and he immediately said, "I didn't expect that Xiang Kang's rebels are so rampant. King Han, foreign ministers, are foolish in their opinion, the more Xiang Kang's rebels are like this, the more you should send troops immediately to help the King of Henan resist the attack of Xiang Kang's rebels. Otherwise, once the King of Henan is captured by Xiang Kang's rebels, you will soon be in a disaster."

"King Han must not think that the foreign minister is exaggerating." Sui He continued: "The truth that King Han and the King of Henan depend on each other, and their lips are dead and their teeth are cold, I guess there is no need for the Foreign Minister to explain in detail to King Han. The Foreign Minister only wants to remind King Han of two points. The first is that King Han, you are close to the King of Henan. If King Han, you are still in control of the army and watch the King of Henan be destroyed by Xiang Kang's rebels, then when the King of Western Chu returns to the army to counterattack, you will inevitably be angry with King Han. At that time, the King of Western Chu will send people to question him, and even directly raise an army to punish him. How do you explain to King Han?"

Shen Yang didn't say anything, but he knew very well. With Xiang Yu's bearish temper, if he saw Sima Sei was destroyed by Xiang Kang and he kept holding his troops, he would definitely not spare him easily. Following He checked his words and expressions, he said: "There is another point. The King of Han must not know. If Xiang Kang's rebel traitors are big and have the ability to compete with the King of Western Chu, the rebel traitors may be able to form an alliance with any princes outside the pass, but he must eliminate him and be quick to do so! I wonder if the King of Han wants to know the reason for this?"

"Please give me some advice." Shen Yang was indeed curious about Sui He Gou.

"The first is that your territory is too important. If you send troops from Yangcheng to the north, your army can directly attack the hinterland of Sanchuan and cut off the connection between the front-line army of Xiang Kang's traitors and the rear of Guanzhong. With such a big hidden danger, how could Xiang Kang's traitors sit idly by?"

Sui He Zhenzhen said with a remark, "Second, King Han, you should also know that Han Cheng's Situ Zhang Liang has always been under the Xiang Kang traitor's traitor, and is very fond of Xiang Kang's traitor. He has never forgotten to restore the old country and let the Korean royal family rebuild his homeland. The Xiang Kang's traitor also sent troops to help Han Cheng restore the country several times. In order to please the Korean royal family and to make the hinterland safe in Sanchuan, how could he not send troops to the South Korean royal family and help the remaining Korean royal family rebuild the old country? What should you do if you do then?"

Shen Yang, who had become King of Han, had gradually become serious. Sui He said: "Don't worry, King Han, you will never fight alone and dare not deceive King Han. The envoy came under the order of King Nanyang Jun to inform King Han, you are here to inform King Han, you are already gathering troops and taking advantage of the opportunity of Xiang Kang's rebel traitors to go east to attack Wuguan. He will not only surround Wei and save Zhao for King Han, but also share the pressure with King Henan, but also strive to break through Wuguan, and enter Guanzhong and take the rear of the rebel traitors. In addition, our king has also sent envoys to contact King Linjiang, and ask King Linjiang to immediately enter Fangling and attack Xunguan, which makes Xiang Kang's rebel traitors difficult to take care of. Therefore, if you enter Sanchuan this time and help the King of Henan to resist the rebel traitors, you will definitely win with the victory and there will be no danger."

After saying this, Sui He Cai presented the letter of nationality written by Liu Laosan to Shen Yang. Shen Yang took it and saw that Liu Laosan did express his attitude in the letter of nationality, saying that he would attack Wuguan with all his might, making it difficult for Xiang Kang, who was doing evil, to be overjoyed. He quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I didn't expect that the King of Nanyang should attach so much importance to morality. Don't worry, my king's troops were actually ready to stop and would soon send troops north to help the King of Henan resist Xiang Kang's thieves."

Shen Yang was secretly happy when he heard this, and understood that Shen Yang was not showing off the rabbit and did not show off his eagle. He must have wanted to blackmail Sima Seo that money and grain were sent to rescue Sima Seo. He quickly offered to say goodbye, hoping to go north to represent Liu Laosan to see Sima Seo, and persuade Sima Seo to pluck the feathers and use more money and grain to buy Shen Yang to send troops as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, at this moment, an envoy outside the palace gate reported that Sima Seo sent the Grand servant Cheng Lian to ask for his meeting. Su He hurriedly shut up and prepared to help Sima Seo's envoy persuade Shen Yang to send troops immediately.

The next situation is relatively simple. After Sima Cheng Lian, the envoy of Sima Cheng, came to the hall, he immediately submitted a letter to Shenyang, promising to repay Shenyang with 30% of Ao Cang's grain and 500,000 gold to repay Shenyang to send troops. He also said that Sima Sui was only slightly defeated at the city of Henan, and took the initiative to retreat to Luoyang for the safety of the capital, and also had the capital to continue to compete with Xiang Kang. In addition, Sui He was constantly helping with him, desperately encouraging Shenyang to send troops north immediately. Shenyang, who coveted Sima Sui's generous thanks, quickly made up his mind and ordered: "Send the order to make our army ready to set off immediately. I will lead the army north to rescue the King of Henan tomorrow."

Sui He and Cheng Lian were very happy when they heard this, and quickly thanked Shen Yang. However, Sui He, who had been with Liu Laosan for many years, was still afraid to rest assured, and hurriedly said: "King Han, if nothing unexpected happens, Xiang Kang's rebels will definitely send envoys to commit fraud when you see you send troops north, and deceive King Han. You will remain neutral and retreat south. Please beware of the King of Han, don't be trapped in the traitor of Xiang Kang's rebels, and make a big mistake."
Chapter completed!