This time, the children of the Xiang family finally did not rely on Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang to make a big fuss. Although Liu Laosan repeatedly inquired around the bush, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and others still kept their mouths tacitly and did not tell what the old man Zhou Shu of Shangshan said to them to Liu Laosan, the culprit of the Hangu Pass, and insisted that Zhou Shu was just trying to persuade them with some nonsense that would not be slaughtered. Then he issued a ban on others present at the time, not allowing any news to be revealed.

It's not bad, because the Xiang family's children, a scum, treacherous and cunning, are Xiang You, the beloved son of Master Xiang Bo, is relatively slippery, and the other Xiang family's children are usually honest and honest. In addition, the etiquette letters of Zhou Shu brought by Uncle Zhou did not mention any requests to Xiang Zhuang and others to investigate the truth of the Hangu Pass incident on their own. Therefore, this time, even Liu Laosan was rarely deceived by Xiang Zhuang and others, and did not feel suspicious. They kept crying for Xiang Sheng, who was unfortunately killed in battle, and swearing to avenge Xiang Sheng.

Of course, Liu Laosan just said that he had avenged revenge. After being severely injured in the breakout battle, the remnants of the Chuji coalition forces who fled back to Boyang finally exceeded 18,000. Even though he received thousands of troops in Boyang, the capital of Jibei, the total strength was only about one-tenth of the Han army's Northern Line Army. His strength was so weak that he had no hope of defending Boyang, let alone a Jedi counterattack, defeating the Han army's Northern Line Army to avenge Xiang Sheng.

It is also because of this that the night when Xiang Sheng's coffin was welcomed back, it was basically confirmed that it was impossible for more remaining soldiers to flee back to Boyang and return to the team. Under Liu Laosan's strong suggestion, the remaining senior civil and military officials of the Chuji coalition gathered together to hold a meeting to discuss the next countermeasures.

After the meeting began, Liu Laosan rushed to speak first and said straight to the point: "Zuo Sima, King Jibei, and generals, from the perspective of our current situation, there is no hope of defending Boyang. In addition, because the amount of Wenshui is far less than that of the Jishui River in the Great River, there is basically no possibility of relying on Wenshui to stop the thieves. Therefore, I think it is best for us to make preparations to voluntarily give up Boyang earlier, withdraw to the battlefield that is beneficial to us and regroup, and wait for reinforcements."

Out of his duty, Xiang Zhuang temporarily put the words of Zhou Shu, an old man from Shangshan, and asked, "Then where will we retreat?"

"Two choices." Liu Laosan, who had thought about this carefully, immediately replied: "First, retreat westward to Wuyan area in Zhangxian north of Juyeze, use the complex terrain of the rivers there to confront the Han thieves, waiting for our King of Western Chu to return from Puyang to reinforce. The second is to retreat directly to the hinterland of Xue County, lengthen the supply line of the Han thieves, exchange space for time, wait for our king to return from Chidao to reinforce, and shorten the northward journey of other reinforcements behind our Western Chu."

"We must not retreat to Wuyan, Zhangxian County." Han Xin said calmly: "If we retreat to Wuyan, Zhou Shuppifu will immediately understand that we hope to meet with the King of Western Chu in the northern part of Juyeze, and will definitely seize the opportunity to advance decisively to pursue the army. Then Xiang Kang's traitors will also take the opportunity to lead the army to pursue, join forces with Zhou Shuppifu to attack us and the King of Western Chu, and directly launch the decisive battle between Han and Chu."

"All situations are not good for us in the decisive battle in the northern part of Juyeze." Han Xin added: "First of all, our grain channels cannot be guaranteed. Although the Wuyan area in Zhangxian has waterways to connect with our Dingtao important town, there is a Juyeze in the middle that is the nest of the Peng Yue thief army. With the ability of the Peng Yue thief army, after receiving the assistance of the Han thief, it is easy to cut off our water grain channels. On the contrary, the Han thief can pass through the Jishui channel and send endless supplies to the front line from Licheng, and will not have to worry about the grain channels like we do."

"In addition, the northern part of Juyeze is far away from our Western Chu hinterland, and our subsequent reinforcements are easily surrounded by Han thieves and defeated them one by one. Therefore, if we meet with the King of Western Chu in Wuyan, Zhangxian, not only will we still have no hope of turning the tables, but even the army led by the King of Western Chu will be at risk of being annihilated by Han thieves."

Liu Laosan nodded and said, "There is no way. We just need to retreat to the last choice of the hinterland of Xue County. Zuo Sima, what do you think?"

We must be responsible for the lives of the remaining soldiers of the Western Chu army. After hesitating for a while, Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "I have to do this. If we confirm that the Han thieves continue to attack Boyang, we will quickly retreat southward to the hinterland of Xue County."

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang recognized Liu Laosan's suggestion, Tian Da, the king of Jibei who had been in a complicated expression, hesitated for a while and couldn't help but ask: "Zuo Sima, Pei Gong, what should I do if Boyang is? Boyang is the capital of our Jibei."

"King of Jibei, the foreign minister knows you can't bear to leave." Liu Laosan said with a wry smile: "But there is no way. The situation is here. Sticking to Boyang will definitely be a dead end. Only by leaving the green mountains can there be firewood. Therefore, King Jibei, you can only bear the pain and give up love this time. Not only will you have to give up Boyang voluntarily, but you have to try to transfer the food, grass and military supplies in Boyang City to the south. If you really can't take it away, you have to burn them all. Otherwise, the thieves will not be told that they will be in vain. The thieves will definitely use these military supplies, food, and grass to continue pursuing, and will not give us a chance to breathe."

Tian Da twisted his face in pain, but Tian Liu, aka Jibei, refused to give up and said, "Zuo Sima, Pei Gong, can't think of other ways? Boyang is the capital of our Jibei. The city is high and the fortifications are strong. If you stick to it with all your strength, you may not have hope to keep it?"

"Can't be defended." Liu Laosan shook his head in pain and said, "No matter how strong Boyang City is, can it be as strong as Julu Puyang and other famous cities in the world? Even Julu and Puyang cannot stop the strange catapults of the Han thieves, let alone Boyang."

I saw the Han army's counterweight catapults breaking Licheng on Jinjiling. Of course, King Tian Da of Jibei also understood that Liu Laosan's words were definitely not exaggerated. After gritting his teeth, Tian Da simply said: "I can take the initiative to give up Boyang, but Zuo Sima and Pei Gong, I still have a problem. If the Han thief took Boyang and still refused to give up and continued to pursue the south, what should we do? We will not retreat again and again, retreat to Pengcheng, retreat to Huainan, and then retreat to Jiangdong, right?"

Liu Laosan was completely speechless and replied after a while: "You can only take one step at a time. First, try to lengthen the supply and food supply routes of the thieves, and gain time to meet with our king's main force, and then discuss how to go next."

Tian Da sneered helplessly, and was very disdainful of Liu Laosan's perfunctory answer. Then Tian Liu had a sudden idea and suddenly said: "King, Zuo Sima, since you all think you should give up Boyang on your own initiative, why don't we use this to do something and try to rebel against Uncle Zhou's man?"

"Is Tian Xiang telling a joke?" Liu Laosan laughed directly and said, "Not to mention that Uncle Zhou is already a general of the Han thief. In the Han thief army, just based on the current situation, how could Uncle Zhou, who was the same as us..., Huh?"

Speaking with a wry smile, Liu Laosan suddenly felt a sudden change in his heart, and he spoke out in surprise and changed his words, "Why did I forget this method? In the current situation, Uncle Zhou's common man cannot surrender to us, but we can instigate him to persuade him to become king. As long as he seeks the throne and betrays Xiang Kang, not only will our current crisis be resolved immediately, but the entire world's war situation will also turn over completely?"

"That's what I mean." Tian Liu nodded and said, "Since you both think that you should give up Boyang voluntarily, we might as well make our favor bigger and send someone to contact Uncle Zhou, and take the opportunity to persuade Uncle Zhou to betray Xiang Kang's traitor and take the opportunity to persuade Uncle Zhou to betray Xiang Kang's traitor and take the army under his command to become king in Qi. As long as he is moved, in order to win the recognition and help of the King of Western Chu, he will definitely not kill us. Then we can not only get a chance to breathe, but also seriously weaken the overall strength of the Han thief and completely reverse our current increasingly passive strategic situation."

After saying that, after looking at his master Tian Da, Tian Liu quickly added: "Of course, as compensation, the King of Western Chu must also ask the King of Western Chu to take out a piece of land from other places and grant it to us the king to make up for the losses of our Jibei Army."

Hearing this, Tian Da immediately understood what Tian Liu meant. Considering that he could not save the territory of Jibei no matter what, and was about to live under someone else's roof and beg for the leftovers of the Western Chu army, Tian Da immediately said: "Zuo Sima, Pei Gong, as long as the King of Western Chu promised to make up for the losses of our Jibei army, this king can not only take the initiative to give up the entire territory of Jibei, but also use the power of our Tian clan to help Zhou Shuppifu become king in Qi, in exchange for Zhou Shuppifu to rebel from the Han thief army and reverse the situation in the world."

"The problem is definitely not big. For the sake of the wise and magical martial arts of the King of Chu in the west, I will definitely not be stingy with you to compensate King Jibei for your complete consideration." Liu Laosan immediately drew a big cake for the Jinbei army, then turned to Xiang Zhuang and said, "Zuo Sima, what do you think? If you agree, we will immediately discuss how to instigate Uncle Zhou's man."

It was still due to his duties. Although his heart had begun to shake, Xiang Zhuang said after repeated calculations: "This matter is too big. We must report to the king first, and then act according to the king's decision."

"Zuo Sima, you must not miss the opportunity, you will never come again." Liu Laosan said quickly: "The camp of Zhou Shuppifu is only more than a day away from Boyang. It is possible to come south to attack Boyang at any time. If we have to wait for the king to make a decision before acting, we may waste the precious opportunity of Boyang to instigate Zhou Shuppifu. According to the last general's opinion, we should send people to report the situation to the king, and then instigate Zhou Shuppifu to become king now! If this move is successful, the situation in the world will definitely reverse immediately. Even if it cannot be successful, we can make Xiang Kang's rebel thieves suspicious of Zhou Shuppifu, so that our king can personally take action to instigate Zhou Shuppi after we agree!"

"And," Liu Laosan added: "According to the last general's view, in the current situation in the world, our king will definitely not oppose our plan. After knowing the situation, he will only praise us for doing well and doing right, and will never blame us for making decisions for him without authorization."

Xiang Zhuang, who lacked his own opinion, was still a little hesitant, but he could not resist Liu Laosan's repeated persuasion. Tian Da, who was about to rely on others, hoped to exchange for Xiang Yu's compensation for himself by doing favors. He also kept persuading Xiang Zhuang's decision. Xiang Zhuang finally nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, then you can discuss exactly how to do it, and then we will do it according to the plan."

When Liu Laosan, Tian Da and others were overjoyed, they quickly discussed and quickly decided to send a wise debater as an envoy, and brought a letter written by Xiang Zhuang to Zhou Shu to contact Zhou Shu. In exchange for the initiative to offer the entire territory of Qi and the recognition of Zhou Shu as the King of Qi, they tried their best to persuade Zhou Shu to betray Xiang Kang and make himself king, and induce other Han military civil and military officials to report to Xiang Kang. At the same time, they gave up the impossible to defend Boyang without any resistance. They were in the same favor and proved that the Western Chu army was willing to turn enemies into friends with Zhou Shu, and also induced the Han military civil and military officials and Xiang Kang to become more suspicious of Zhou Shu.

Unable to resist Liu Laosan and Tian Da's repeated requests, Xiang Zhuang first picked up a pen and wrote a letter of rebellion to Uncle Zhou, and then wrote a letter to Xiang Yu, explaining the whole story of the matter to Xiang Yu, asking Xiang Yu to forgive and support his decision to overstepping power. However, just when Xiang Zhuang arranged for people to deliver the letter to Xiang Yu, Han Xin next to him suddenly said: "Zuo Sima, wait a minute and ask a question. When the Han thief sent an envoy to send General Xiang Sheng back the remains of General Xiang Sheng, did he bring a letter written to you by Uncle Zhou?"

"I brought a message, and the content was to comfort me, so why?" Xiang Zhuang asked in confusion.

"That's great!" Liu Laosan next to him woke up and jumped up and said, "Zuo Sima, please send the letter written by Uncle Zhou to you, together with the letter you just wrote, to the Puyang front line and hand it over to our king!"

After all, he was with Xiang Kang, the top bad student, for a long time. Xiang Zhuang immediately understood what Liu Laosan and Han Xin meant and said, "Pei Gong, what do you mean is, let us king arrange for people to imitate the handwriting and seal of Zhou Shuppifu and forge his letters to alienate the traitors of the Han Dynasty?"

"To be precise, it is to repay the grudge with a straightforward!" Liu Laosan said with a grim smile: "Xiang Kang traitors have always liked to forge other people's letters to provoke discord. Now it's our turn to use his means to deal with him. I don't believe it. He will really be absolutely at ease with the Zhou Shupinfu, who is leading more troops than him! Then as long as he has a little action on Zhou Shupinfu, our affairs will be much easier!"

Xiang Zhuang calculated, nodded, and first ordered the guard to find the letter of Uncle Zhou that Zhou Shu brought today, and handed it to the messenger to send it to the front line of Puyang. Then he said in his heart: "You said the saying of repaying grievances with directness, and I will remember it."
Chapter completed!