Just like Xiang Kang was worried, Xiang Guan was indeed secretly watching Zhou Yin, the commander of the Western Chu Army's Northern Line Corps. The reason was nothing else. First, Xiang Kang and the Han army had a very bad reputation in persuading surrender and instigating rebellion. They had a lot of bad records and had a lot of records, which forced Xiang Guan to guard against. Second, Xiang Guan had indeed become suspicious of Zhou Yin, and suspected that Zhou Yin had begun to waver.

Xiang Guan was actually more suspicious of Zhou Yin than Xiang Kang estimated. Before the start of the Julu War, Xiang Kang tried to send envoys to write letters to explain his interests to Zhou Yin. Xiang Guan, who also saw most of the contents of the letter, was already alert, worried that Zhou Yin would be afraid that he would not be able to explain to Xiang Yu in the future, and that he would really have a strange intention.

Immediately afterwards, during the Julu War, Xiang Kang took advantage of the opportunity of Xiang Guan, who was strongly stanced, and sent envoys to contact Zhou Yin again. He also wrote a letter and promised to persuade Zhou Yin to lead his army to surrender. Afterwards, not only did someone report to Xiang Guan, but Xiang Guan also asked Xiang Kang for the content of the letter from Zhou Yin to check the content. Because Zhou Yin did not take the initiative to tell him about this situation, his suspicion of Zhou Yin increased, and he even more doubted Zhou Yin's true attitude and position.

Under such background conditions, when the old man from Shangshan Cui Guang personally went to the Western Chu army camp to persuade him to surrender, Zhou Yin's wavering expression, of course, could not hide Xiang Guan's eyes, which made Xiang Guan's heart more affirmed, "Zhou Yin, this ordinary man, may have really been shaken. If I accidentally guarded and let the thieves avoid me and contacted Zhou Yin's ordinary man, the consequences would probably be unimaginable."

It is precisely because of this that after brutally driving away the old man Cui Guang from Shangshan, Xiang Guan not only prescribed the right medicine and told Zhou Yin clearly that he would jointly take the crime with him when he met Xiang Yu in the future, but also secretly stepped up his secret surveillance of Zhou Yin. At the same time, he used his influence in the Western Chu army to put a spy in the defenders of the Western Chu army camp, and told him that as long as he found suspicious people entering the camp or trying to contact Zhou Yin, he must report to him as soon as possible.

Perhaps it was to prove that Xiang Guan's worries were not too much worry, but I drove Cui Guangcai away one day. When it was approaching the morning of the third day, when Xiang Guan was still sleeping in his tent, his personal soldiers suddenly woke him up and said anxiously: "General Xiang, wake up quickly, the South Gate urgently reported that someone had just entered our camp and was taken directly to the Central Army Camp to pay homage to the Grand Sima."

The personal soldiers' words made Xiang Guan suddenly wake up. After quickly lifting his bedcloth and sitting up, Xiang Guan immediately asked: "Do you know the identity of the visitor? Have you ever said why you want to meet the Grand Sima?"

"Reporting to General Xiang, I heard that it was the messenger sent by our king and brought our king's orders to the Grand Sima, so I was immediately taken to meet the Grand Sima."

Xiang Guan was extremely surprised at first, then overjoyed, and immediately jumped up from the couch with cheers, "I finally got in touch with Brother A. Hurry up, help me change my clothes immediately. I want to see what's going on. Are our reinforcements coming?"

With the help of his personal soldiers, he changed his clothes in a hurry. Xiang Guan didn't even have time to wash his face. He immediately rushed to the Central Army camp of the Western Chu army to check the situation. Without any notice, he rushed into Zhou Yin's Central Army's tent. As a result, he saw that there was indeed a man dressed in ordinary people in the Central Army tent, saying something to Zhou Yin. After seeing Xiang Guan in, the man immediately bowed to Xiang Guanxia and said respectfully in a authentic Pengcheng accent: "Tan Shuang, the doctor under the tent of the Western Chu King, has seen General Xiang Guan."

Zhou Yin agreed immediately, and in front of Xiang Guan, he immediately arranged for his guards in his tent to rush to the battalions to spread the news, claiming that Xiang Yu's reinforcements would definitely arrive within ten days. At the same time, he sent people to contact the Qi army and told the situation to Tianbu and others. Xiang Guan wanted Tan Shuang to ask about Xiang Yu's recent situation. Tan Shuang answered happily, saying that Xiang Yu's health has been very good recently, because the war was not very smooth and his temper was a little bad. It was not surprising that Xiang Guan, who was familiar with Xiang Yu's personality.

Then, when the guards delivered the breakfast to Zhou Yin, Xiang Guan remembered that he had not eaten breakfast yet, so he simply had a breakfast with Zhou Yin in the central army's tent. Tan Shuang, who had made great contributions, was taken to other military tents by Zhou Yin's guards to have dinner and rest without mentioning it.

Although he was somewhat disappointed that the reinforcements arrived too late, it was a good thing to be able to contact Xiang Yu's envoy, so when he left Zhou Yin, Xiang Guan's face was still full of long-lost smiles, and he also saw some hope of turning defeat into victory. However, what surprised Xiang Guan was that not long after he returned to his camp, his personal soldiers came to report: "Report to General, the halberd-holding doctor Tan Shuang who delivered a letter to our king has arrived. He said that there is an important secret matter and we will report it to General."

"An important secret matter?" Xiang Guan's heart was stern and he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up, bring him in."

In accordance with Xiang Guan's order, Tan Shuang, the guardian of Xiang Yu who had just met Xiang Guan, was once again brought to Xiang Guan. After saluting respectfully, when Xiang Guan asked him about any secret matters he had to report to him, Tan Shuang also looked at Xiang Guan's left and right first and asked very carefully: "Do you dare to ask General Xiang, is it convenient to speak here?"

Xiang Guan understood what Tan Shuang meant and hurriedly said, "No need to worry, this is the general's confidant. Please say anything directly."

Tan Shuang agreed, and then asked the general to forgive him. Then he took off his coat, tore open the interlayer behind, took out two white silk with the smell of sweat and horse smell from the interlayer, presented his hands to Xiang Guan, and said in a deep voice: "General Xiang, this is a letter from the king, please check it out."

Seeing this scene, Xiang Guan certainly understood that Xiang Yu's letter must be extraordinary. He quickly came forward to take it personally. When he opened it to watch it, he saw a piece of white silk with a letter written by Xiang Yu himself. When he looked at the content carefully, Xiang Guan's face suddenly changed. It turned out that Xiang Yu actually wrote on the letter like this:

"Xiang Guan's brother, I have known everything about Zhaodi. Zhou Yin's husband was cowardly and incompetent, and lost his troops and humiliated the country, causing countless soldiers from Western Chu to be buried on the battlefield. Xiang Sui's brother was unfortunately killed in battle, and his crime was unforgivable. I expected that this villain would have a strange intention, and even aspire to surrender to the Han Dynasty and rebel against Chu. Wan Wang Guan's brother was careful and must not let the villa collude with Han thieves and ruin the remaining soldiers of Western Chu and the situation in Zhaodi that could be saved. If Guan finds an abnormality, he must not hesitate. He must immediately take the lead, kill Zhou Yin's husband and his followers, take over the military power, and stand firm and wait for me to help! Brother, Xiang Yu."

In addition to this letter, Xiang Yu also attached a handwritten warrant, asking Xiang Guan to take his own handwritten warrant to kill Zhou Yin at any time, take over the Northern Line Corps of the Western Chu Army, and allow Xiang Guan to arbitrarily deal with the civil and military soldiers of the Western Chu Army who refused to obey the orders.

After reading Xiang Yu's letters and warrants repeatedly, Xiang Guan first carefully folded the letters and warrants and hid them in his arms, and then said to Tan Shuang: "You have done a good job. When you see our king, I will ask you for me. Go back and rest. Remember, don't let others know that you have also brought me the king's letters."

Xiang Guan underestimated Zhou Yin's ability to control the army. In fact, when Tan Shuang just sent Xiang Yu's letter to Xiang Guan, the situation where Xiang Yu's guard Tan Shuang came to meet Xiang Guan was reported to Zhou Yin. As a result, Zhou Yin immediately felt suspicious after hearing this, and said to himself: "The King's guardian, I have worked so hard to deliver the letter to my camp. I don't feel relieved to rest. Why are you going to see Xiang Guan so anxious?"

There was no need for any complicated logic. Just a little calculation, Zhou Yin guessed the biggest possibility of this matter and thought to himself: "Can you convey a secret order to Xiang Guan behind my back? You sent a secret order to Xiang Guan, but didn't want me to know that the matter must have something to do with me. It seems that I have to be more careful about Xiang Guan, a little boss."

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Two flowers bloomed, each with one branch. When Zhou Yin was suspicious of Xiang Guan, another famous old man from Shangshan, Zhou Shu, also led a few people to the camp of the Qi army in a gorgeous float to the gate of the Qi army, and revealed their identity to the soldiers of the Qi army, and asked to join the camp to talk to Tianbu, the commander of the Qi army.

The four old men in Shangshan were indeed famous among scholars. Even though they were thousands of miles apart, the commander of the Qi army, Tianbu, had heard of their names. In addition, since ancient times, there have been rules that the two countries have fought against each other and refused to kill them. Tianbu not only did not refuse to meet Zhou Shu, but also came to the gate of the Central Army camp to greet Zhou Shu in person, and invited Zhou Shu into the Central Army's tent and sat down.

After repaying his favor, Zhou Shu also praised the virtues of Tianmen respecting their elders. He also praised the Tianmen's effective military management and good use of troops. He led the Qi army as a partial division to show the main force. Finally, he suddenly changed his words and said, "General, I cannot take up too much of your time. Let's just say that, I came here to persuade your army to turn wars with our Han army into jade and voluntarily evacuate the Julu battlefield and return to Qi. If the General can agree, our Han King will not only formally recognize your King of Qi as the lord of Qi, but also dispatch a large army to help your country resist the attack of the Western Chu bandit army."

"Doctor Zhou forgives his crime. Such a major matter cannot be decided by the younger generation as a minister." Tianbu replied politely: "Doctor Zhou must be invited to Linzi in person and discuss with us, King Qi in person. Only when our king makes a decision can the younger generation act on orders."

"The General is really straightforward and speaks directly." Zhou Shu praised again, then nodded and said, "Yes, it is related to your country's position. You really have to ask the King of Qi to make a decision in person for such a matter. But..."

After deliberately prolonging the tail sound, Zhou Shu suddenly changed his words and said with a smile: "But General, if you can accept the title of our King of Han and replace Tian Kuo to become the lord of Qi, wouldn't you be able to make such a major decision as King of Qi?"
Chapter completed!