When he suddenly received the order from Xiang Yu to summon him, just the nervous expression and drifting eyes of the envoy of the Western Chu army who seemed to be sending the order, Tian Du's sixth sense warned himself that the situation was not good, and Xiang Yu's summoning this time might not be that simple.

There was no way to avoid a vague premonition. Tian Du, the King of Jibei, was conferred by Xiang Yu. He had always feared Xiang Yu like a tiger. Now he must rely on the protection of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu to block the upcoming Han army's tiger and wolf army. Therefore, Tian Du soon accepted Xiang Yu's summoning order with a smile on his face, and immediately led a team of guards with Xiang Yu's messenger out of the tent and went to the Western Chu army camp to pay homage to Xiang Yu.

Liu Hua, an important adviser of Tiandu, also saw something wrong, and quickly grabbed Tiandu when he was about to leave the tent and whispered: "King, the envoy of the King of Western Chu is wrong. He seems to be paying attention to the movements and movements, as if he is guarding against us. This is definitely not a good sign. To be cautious, you'd better reconsider whether to meet the King of Western Chu."

After hesitating for a moment, Tian Du replied helplessly: "I also saw that the situation of the envoy of the Western Chu King was a little wrong, but there was no way. The Western Chu King had his temper there and sent someone to summon me. If I didn't go, he would definitely not be happy. If nothing happened, it would happen. But it was okay. I am not afraid of being in a rude way. Even if I went to see the Western Chu King, there would be no problem. You just have to worry."

Liu Hua, who also knew Xiang Yu's temper, had no choice but to give up dissuasion. Tian Du also left the tent and got on his horse and rushed straight to the Western Chu army camp to meet Xiang Yu. Then he only arrived in the Western Chu army camp. Tian Du, who had rich experience in the battlefield, immediately initiated the situation was very wrong. The atmosphere in the Western Chu army camp was very tense, and each battalion and army seemed to have signs of secret preparation for war. Tian Du was even more surprised and anxious, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go straight to the Central Army camp and meet Xiang Yu at the Central Army tent.

The seriousness of the situation was of course far beyond Tian Du's imagination. He had just entered the central army's tent, and before he could even give Xiang Yu a court tribute, Xiang Yu had already shouted and took it down. Then, the left and right guards immediately rushed up and pressed Tian Du tightly. At the same time, the soldiers of the Western Chu army outside the tent immediately took action, surrounding all the Jibei guards brought by Tian Du, forcing them to disarm, and then tied them all with ropes.

"King, what mistake did the ministers make? Why should they treat their ministers like this?"

Tian Du asked quickly, who was so smart that he didn't dare to resist at all. However, Xiang Yu directly smashed Tian Du's surrender book written by the Han army envoy He Linmo, and roared and said, "You have the good fortune to ask why I took you, you can see what this is?"

The guards of the Western Chu army picked up the books of takeoff and landed, held them in front of Tian Du and let him take a closer look. Then, after just a rough look at the content, Tian Du was scared away from his three souls and asked in a scream: "King, where is this from? This..., this is not written by his subordinates. You can compare the handwriting. This is really not written by his subordinates!"

"If it were written by you, I would have killed you with one sword!" Xiang Yu's expression was extremely ferocious and he asked angrily: "I'm asking you now, have you ever written such a letter? Have you ever contacted the thief secretly and handed such a letter to the thief envoy?!"

The sweat as big as soybeans appeared on Tian Du's forehead immediately, trying to cheat and deny it, but Tian Du did write a letter with a very similar content in person. He didn't know how much inside the story Xiang Yu knew, and he didn't know whether the original letter of the fatal letter would appear in Xiang Yu's hands, so Tian Du didn't know how to answer for a while.

"King of Jibei, don't think of cheating!" A shout sounded in the corner of the big tent, and said anxiously: "It's useless to cheat, I'm a witness! I can swear to the sky that I have seen the original letter in Dongwu City with my own eyes. Not only did you write it yourself, but your signature and your seal on it!"

After seeing clearly, the person who said this was that after he took the initiative to hand it over to He Lin, the Han envoy who had just taken the initiative to hand it over to the Western Chu army, Tian Du's head immediately buzzed, and he was almost so scared that he fainted on the spot. He also vaguely understood in his heart that he might have been deceived by the Han army, but because he didn't know what kind of trap he had fallen into.

Fortunately, Xiang Yu was surrounded by Xiang Zhuang, Ji Bu and others, and they all advised Xiang Yu: "King, please be calm. This matter is just a one-sided statement of the Han thief envoy. The Han thief is treacherous and has always been good at forging other people's letters. Even if the Han thief envoy who reported to him really saw such a letter, it might not be true. Let King Jibei explain the matter clearly first."

After saying that, Xiang Zhuang quickly turned to Tian Du and said, "King Jibei, please speak quickly. The Han thief envoy told me that he had seen you write a letter to Xiang Kang's rebel thief in Dongwu City. Have you ever done such a thing? Tell me quickly! Don't worry, if the Han thief designed to frame you, we will definitely find a way to prove your innocence!"

Tian Du's reaction made Xiang Zhuang, who was kindly trying to help him whitewash. Considering that he had indeed written such a letter and had indeed had secret contact with the Han army envoy, it was not impossible for Xiang Yu to find out the truth if he had conducted a deep investigation. The few insiders that day had been taken out of the tent by the Western Chu army. Also considering that the Han army wanted to frame him, there must be some way to hand the original letter to Xiang Yu. So after hesitating for a long time, Tian Du actually trembled and asked, "General Xiang Zhuang, can you tell Xiao Wang what happened?"

"What's the meaning?"

Xiang Zhuang also had an ominous premonition in his heart. After hesitating for a while, Xiang Zhuang told Tian Du the whole thing in detail. As a result, Xiang Zhuang was even more stunned. Listening to his introduction, Tian not only gradually looked ashamed, but also was frightened to death, and his legs were unsteady. When Xiang Zhuang finally finished telling the situation, Tian Du screamed in despair, "I'm fooled! Xiang Kang's traitor, you are too cruel. You set up such a vicious trap for me to drill!"

"King of Jibei, what do you mean?" Xiang Zhuang found out in his heart that the situation was not good, and he couldn't help but ask with a trembling voice: "Did you really write such a letter?"

Tian Du nodded helplessly and admitted that Xiang Zhuang, Ji Bu and others almost fainted on the spot. Finally, he realized that he had fallen into Xiang Kang's trap, Tian Du, who was controlled by the Han army, dared not hide anything. He immediately knelt down to Xiang Yu and cried, "Good King, please spare me. My subordinates have indeed written such a letter! But my subordinates were also deceived, and they were deceived by the Han thieves to write this letter!"

Unexpectedly, Tian Du would confess that this was indeed true. Xiang Yu, who originally thought it would take a lot of effort to find out, couldn't help but open his mouth wide, but Tian Du didn't dare to hesitate anymore. While kowtowing desperately, he told Xiang Yu in detail the truth, honestly admitted that he had secret contact with another Han army envoy the day before yesterday, and in order to protect the remaining army, he wrote this letter against his will and handed it to the Han army envoy. He also admitted that the letters written to him by Xiang Kang and Tian Xin, a great traitor to the Jibei Army, are currently hidden secretly in his army.

"King, I can swear to the sky. I am really loyal to you! But my subordinates are afraid that Tian Xin's man was eager to jump over the wall and really surrendered to the thief with his army, so he pretended to agree to surrender to the thief and find a way to deceive Tian Xin's man back! My subordinates have already made up their minds. As long as Tian Xin's man comes back with his army, I will tell you the truth immediately, and execute Tian Xin's man to death!"

Not to mention, Tian Du's honest confession really calmed down Xiang Yu, who was so angry, but after careful consideration, Xiang Yu asked Tian Du with a dark face: "Then why did you report the situation to me immediately? Tell me the truth in advance?"

"Because the envoy of the Han thief threatened his ministers and said that Xiang Kang's rebel thieves have many suspicions around you, King. If the ministers dare to tell you the situation, they will immediately let Tian Xin surrender on the spot when they hear the news. In order to make the remaining army in Jibei Kingdom, Xiao Wang did not dare to take the risk to report the situation to you in advance!"

Life is at stake, and Tian dared not hide anything. He could only quickly explain his concerns and worries honestly, admit frankly that he chose to keep it confidential to Xiang Yu for the time being in order to protect the army, and kowtowed even more like a chicken pecking at rice, and said crying: "King, my subject deserves death, and my subject should not hide it from you for his army, but I am really loyal to you, and I am really loyal to you!"

After Tiandu broke his forehead, Xiang Zhuang, Ji Bu and others woke up from their dreams and gradually came back to their senses. Then Xiang Zhuang just made a quick calculation and quickly said to Xiang Yu: "King, since the King of Jibei has confessed, it seems that this matter is definitely true. And this matter is indeed reasonable. King of Jibei was already short of soldiers and short of food. In order to protect his remaining army, it is understandable that he chose to surrender to the Han thieves. He also asked the King to be lenient in his position to confess to Jibei, so that he could make meritorious contributions and atone for his sins."

Seeing Tian Du confessing honestly and listening to Xiang Zhuang's advice, Xiang Yu, who had never had any brains, was inevitably a little shaken. He almost wanted to give Tian Du a chance to make meritorious service and atone for his sins. But unfortunately, at the critical moment, Master Xiang Bo suddenly jumped out and came to Xiang Yu's ear and whispered: "Master, don't believe it easily. You have to be careful that Tian Du's children really have plans to surrender to the thief. They just saw that the mechanism leaked, so they made up these lies to deceive you."

After waking up the dreamer with a word, Xiang Yu suddenly had such a possibility after reminding Master Xiang Bo. Tian Du really planned to sell himself and surrender to his despicable cousin, but he was lucky enough to find the truth. Seeing that the matter could no longer be refusal, he made up these lies to deceive himself!

It is precisely because of this concern that after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Xiang Yu could only choose a more compromise method and gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I will trust you for the time being, and I will save you a life for the time being. When I find out the truth of the matter, I will then send it to you!"

When Tian Du heard this, he quickly kowtowed to Xiang Yu and thanked him. However, Xiang Yu kept saying a lot and issued orders one after another, first sent people to the camp of the Jibei Army to find Tian Xin and Xiang Kang who were secretly hidden in the army. He also ordered people to interrogate the Tiandu guards present in detail. Then he temporarily deprived Tiandu of his military power and temporarily detained Tiandu in the camp of the Western Chu army. Tiandu's fellow disciple Tianda temporarily served as the commander of the Jibei Army. Tiandu only wanted to clear his grievances. Of course, he obeyed his orders and thanked Xiang Yu for his gratitude.

Tian Du, who was lucky enough to save his life for the time being, soon found that he was too happy because this incident was a completely headless case. No matter how the Jibei Army guards present cooperated with the investigation and interrogation, and how they honestly explained the incident at that time, there was no way to prove whether Tian Du had the intention to surrender to the Han army. He agreed to surrender to the Han army, just to deceive the Jibei army isolated in Zhao, or to really plan to abandon Chu and return to Han, and to stab Xiang Yu in the back at a critical moment.

Even civil officials of the Western Chu army found that Tian Xin’s letter was suspicious and had subtle traces of forgery. It could only prove that this matter might be a trap carefully arranged by the Han army, but it could not prove that Tian Du really did not have any unfaithful intentions. Do you really want to surrender to the Han army?

Even Tian Xin fled back to Jibei with the remaining Jibei army. A few days later, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Han army's opportunity to block and block, and voluntarily gave up nearly 20,000 Jibei troops in Kuaixian. He was lucky enough to get rid of the Han army's pursuit and took the Fuliu and Guanjin route back to Jibei. He was not annihilated by the Han army in Zhao. However, after returning to his hometown, he welcomed Tian Xin, the general of the Jibei Army, who was not flowers and applause, nor did he receive wine and meat rewards, but a group of soldiers of the Western Chu army who were like wolves and tigers immediately took him down and took him to the Western Chu army camp for Xiang Yu's personal interrogation.

Like all the loyal ministers who were wronged in history, no matter how wildly Tian Xin shouted for justice, no matter how many soldiers of the Jibei Army stood up to prove that he had never secretly colluded with the Han army, and also proved that his trusted guard Zhao Peng had long disappeared on the battlefield of Fengshui, and there was no way to make Xiang Yu believe that he really did not surrender to Xiang Kang secretly. He came back with the army, not preparing to stab the Western Chu army in the back at a critical moment.

Even if there is no way to prove it, Tian Du wrote a letter to Xiang Kang for surrender. Whether he planned to surrender really surrender to the Han army, even if the truth of the matter was basically revealed, the links were clearly placed in front of Xiang Yu, and Tian Du could not prove that he was really loyal to Xiang Yu, and whether the surrender letter he wrote to Xiang Kang was really planned to surrender. After all, even the calm Western Chu generals such as Xiang Zhuang and Ji Bu could not prove what Tian Du was thinking, let alone Xiang Yu, who was as tough as a firecracker.

Finally, after nearly a month, after the civil and military officials of the Jibei Army sent all the money and grains he had plundered three feet of money and grains to the Western Chu Army camp, and was forced to pay a lot of money and grains to the Western Chu Army on Qi State that Xiang Yu received accurate news that his scum cousin Xiang Kang had personally led the Zheng Bu corps of the Han army to go south along the road and retreated to the Puyang battlefield, leaving only the Zhou Shu's corps to continue confronting him from afar.

"I've been trapped again!"

He kicked the case in front of him into the air with one kick. Xiang Yu's one-eyed eyes were so angry that he spitted fire again, and shouted: "Xiang Kang, this guy! He didn't plan to take advantage of the situation to enter the plains. He was playing tricks on me! I'm fooling me again!"

After the roar, in a rage, Xiang Yu yelled again to order the Western Chu army to immediately send troops westward and launch a counterattack towards Julu! Ji Bu next to him quickly reminded: "King, Xiang Kang's traitors will bring troops southward, and will definitely let the Zhou Shupeng defend to the death without fighting! Our hinterland is empty again. If we cannot quickly take down Julu and annihilate the main force of the Han thief Zhou Shu's troops, Xiang Kang takes the opportunity to attack our hinterland and cut off our food route. How can we deal with it?!"

Xiang Yu was stunned, and then he remembered that he was seriously injured after suffering severe damage. There was no decent army behind the hinterland to stop the Han army from advancing. If he could not quickly take down Julu and was dragged into a war of attrition by Uncle Zhou, who was cunning and not beneath his scum cousin, then the scum cousin who had already gone south only needed to take the opportunity to cut off his long food route, and even hunger could make his last main force go down!

"King, for now, we'd better go south and withdraw our local rear." Ji Bu said again: "In this way, we can not only have sufficient troops to resist the attack of the Han thieves, but also hope to take advantage of the opportunity to take the initiative to attack and get the opportunity to fight the Xiang Kang thieves."

Xiang Yu’s favorite thing is a decisive battle, especially his own scum cousin, so after just a little calculation, Xiang Yu nodded immediately and said, “It’s reasonable. We should withdraw our hometown as soon as possible and find an opportunity to fight Xiang Kang’s decisive battle! On the northern line, we will temporarily guard it. When we deal with Xiang Kang’s traitors, we will turn around and deal with the uncle Zhou! I will pass the order and prepare to withdraw our troops and take away all the food, grass and military supplies!"

Seeing Xiang Yu make a decision, Xiang Zhuang said happily and carefully: "King, how should the King of Jibei King Tian deal with it? My subordinates believe that since the Han thieves had previously threatened to advance to Jibei was just a bluff, then to rebel against Jibei King General Hetian Xin can prove that it is a false situation. The king might as well pardon King of Jibei King Hetian Xin and give them justice. In this way, they will inevitably be grateful and defend Jibei to the death, restrain the Han thief Zhou Shu's troops for us, and buy time for us on the southern line."

"Don't take risks! Never take risks!"

Master Xiang Bo once again jumped out in time to give advice for Xiang Yu, his filial nephew, and said: "None of us can prove whether Tian Du's man sent a letter to the Han thief to surrender. He is sincere or false! The Han thief gave up advancing eastward, and it is possible that he could find out the news. Knowing that Tian Du's man had been exposed and it was difficult to win without internal support, so he adjusted his strategic choice to divide his troops south! Moreover, Tian Du was detained by us and seized power, so he would definitely hold a grudge. Once our army left, no one would monitor and control him, for fear that he would take the opportunity to surrender to the Han thief and suddenly stab us in the back from the northern line. The consequences would definitely be unimaginable!"

"Uncle Ji, you..." Xiang Zhuang finally understood why Xiang Kang hated Master Xiang Bo so much - he was so confused, and it was no different from the Stir-Shake Stick!

"What's wrong with me? I'm thinking about our Western Chu!" After scolding Xiang Zhuang, Master Xiang Bo quickly said to Xiang Yu: "King, the best way is to take advantage of the opportunity that Tian Dupi has admitted that he had asked for surrender to the Han thieves, and use this excuse to kill him and the unreliable Tian Xinpu, so that Tian Da who listened to us can succeed King Jibei. This can be done once and for all, and it can also make Tian Da more loyal to us, so that we don't have to worry about the sudden change of the northern line."

In history, when Zhou Chang, the best friend of Liu Laosan, stayed in Xingyang, was cautious and executed in order to be cautious. The famous minister Zhou Chang was like this, let alone Xiang Yu and Xiang Bawang. So after thinking for a while, Xiang Yu nodded decisively and said, "Uncle Ji, this hidden danger of Tian Du cannot be kept! You can only get rid of it immediately!"

"The great king and the wise." Master Xiang Bo quickly complimented, then lowered his head and smiled in his heart, "Tian Dapin, the King of Jibei you asked me for, I have already fulfilled it to you. Don't give me any discounts on your promise to me."

In this way, when the truth was actually revealed, because he could not prove whether the letter he wrote to Xiang Kang to persuade him to surrender was sincere, the poor King Tian Du of Jibei was still taken to the court. Together with Tian Xin, the general of the Jibei Army who worked hard and made great contributions, he accepted the beheading punishment rewarded by Xiang Yu to them.

Maybe God also knew that Tian was wronged. When Tian Du was taken to the execution platform, the sunny plain suddenly became cloudy. Amid the lightning and thunder, a heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky. Standing in the wind and rain, Tian, ​​who was full of grievance, couldn't help but burst into tears, and could not help but roar to the sky, "God! My Tian Du is wronged! Unjust-!"
Chapter completed!