Chapter 38 2. go their separate ways

Bashang Barracks was busy.According to the disarmament agreement among the princes, Liu Bang can only keep 30,000 troops, and the others have to arrange for demobilization. The affairs are very complicated, and the remaining 30,000 elite soldiers must prepare to leave and go to Hanzhong. In Duke Lu's camp, Lu Zhi was massaging his father's shoulders. "What do you plan to do?" Lu Gong asked. "Of course I went to Hanzhong with Liu Ji. He likes to be promiscuous, and I won't be around to watch over him. If any vixen charms him, he won't divorce me!" Lu Zhi said naturally.

Lu Gong shook his head, "Whether you can secure your position does not depend on whether you are watching him by your side. If he is determined to kick you away and marry another wife, what can you do?" "What does father mean?" Lu Zhi stopped and looked at his resourceful and supernatural father. "If you want to consolidate your position and share the world with Liu Ji in the future, you must not be attached to him, but you must have your own independent status and strong strength. The fruits of father's painstaking efforts over the years will be handed over to you in the future. These are Your capital is the bargaining chip between you and Liu Ji. Your brothers are all worthless, otherwise I would not choose Liu Ji as my agent. But I can't completely hand over these family properties to Liu Ji, otherwise we will There is no way to check and balance his strength. Now it seems that these men of mine can only be entrusted to you. With your vision, strategy and means, you will definitely be able to achieve a career in the future. Therefore, I suggest you go back to your hometown in Kanto, where Sit in command, coordinate with Liu Ji, help him counterattack, and seize the world. With such credits, with your father's friends all over the world and generals in the army, are you still afraid that Liu Ji will shake your position?"

Lu Zhi was completely convinced by his father, "Jiang is still old and hot. I will never catch up with my father's experience and wisdom. However, Pei County is Xiang Yu's territory. Wouldn't it be very dangerous for us to fight Liu Ji with him in the future?" "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub?" Lu Gong said calmly. In May 206 BC, Liu Bang led an army and set off for Hanzhong.In addition to his 30,000 troops from the headquarters, tens of thousands of demobilized soldiers from various rebel armies also followed him.Among them, there was a halberd master under Xiang Yu's command who took refuge in Liu Bang, and his name was Han Xin.

Liu Bang's army entered Hanzhong via the Baoxie Plank Road. Zhang Liang sent him all the way to the mouth of Baoshui Valley, and then reluctantly said goodbye. He returned to Han Wangcheng's command and continued his great cause of restoring the country.When they broke up, Zhang Liang suggested to Liu Bang to burn down all the plank roads after entering Hanzhong. The purpose of doing so was to prevent the princes from attacking Hanzhong, and to paralyze Xiang Yu, indicating that he had no intention of returning to Guanzhong.Liu Bang complied. A new grave has been erected on a hill outside Xianyang. It is the grave of the owner of the restaurant and hundreds of warriors who died in battle with him.Under the guidance of a surviving warrior, Lu Gong, accompanied by Lu Zhi and several entourages, came to the grave of the owner of the restaurant.There is no tombstone on the mound, just a few stones piled up as a mark.

Lu Gong pushed away Lu Zhi's hand that was supporting him, and walked to the grave alone, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and the hand holding the crutch was trembling slightly. "You and I have known each other for decades. We are called master and servant, and we love brothers. We promoted Qin and destroyed Qin, and you spent your whole life for my affairs. Now you take a step ahead, and there are fewer old people in this world." A confidant. You have the right to rest in peace, and your old partner will come down to accompany you soon!" An old man who was over seventy years old leaned on his crutches and sobbed.

Lu Zhi waited for his father to calm down, stepped forward and said, "Let's go, it's getting late!" With her support, Lu Gong and his party walked down the hill. On the official road, there are two old men walking together.Lu Gong's carriage was speeding past, and one of the old men suddenly turned around with a suspicious expression on his face. Seeing his appearance, the old man next to him asked strangely, "What's wrong with you? Could it be that you know the person in the carriage?" "Exactly like Mr. Lu, the Prime Minister of the past!" "Which Lord Lu?"

"It's Master Lu Bu Wei Lu!" "Your old eyes are dim! Didn't Mr. Lu be forced to commit suicide by Emperor Shihuang? I really saw a ghost!" The old man shook his head, feeling that his thoughts were a bit unreasonable, so he continued on his way with his companion. The setting sun in the distance is like blood, the tired birds return to the forest, and the world is quiet.Occasionally, a gust of cold wind blew by, Lu Gong in the carriage wrapped his cloak tightly, and said to himself: "A heavy rain is coming again!" Liu Bang worshiped Han Xin as his general, and after a short stay in Hanzhong, he immediately counterattacked and opened the curtain of Chu-Han struggle for hegemony.In the end, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu, forced Xiang Yu to slay himself in Wujiang, pacified the world, and became the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty—Han Gaozu.After his death, Lu Zhi listened to the government behind the curtain with his unparalleled prestige and powerful influence.