The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

Seeing that Zhu Di still looked completely bewildered, the old Zhu couldn't help but sigh.

"I don't have much to teach you about marching and troop deployment, but there's still a lot for you to learn in other areas."

"It's a very simple principle. Let me give you an example. Back when the Yuan Dynasty was powerful and I was just a leader of the Red Turban Army, the Yuan emperor suddenly sent an envoy to me, saying that he wanted to pass the throne to me and hand over the world to me. Do you think I could still negotiate with him at that time?"

This is like a pie falling from the sky—a complete act of charity.

Typically, those who receive charity only care whether the pie is real or fake, and never think about how to make the pie that fell from the sky bigger.

"As for the current situation, we have captured a high-ranking official of the Yuan Dynasty, and coincidentally, the Yuan Dynasty has expressed its willingness to negotiate with us. Although he said that his original intention in coming here was to negotiate, in our opinion, he is just unable to win and is preparing to back down. At this time, we feel that we can set any terms we want."

"Even at this point, the difference in strength between the two sides is still quite obvious, but with this premise in place, it will always create some misconceptions that shouldn't exist, understand?"

Both of them in this challenge understood human nature very well.

Therefore, after seeing the intelligence sent back by Zhang Liang, Liu Bang only hesitated slightly before mobilizing his troops.

If you win the bet, then everyone is naturally happy.

While completing the challenge, he was also able to satisfy his own obsession.

Even if the gamble fails, the three armies will launch an offensive simultaneously. With the addition of the three thousand soldiers led by Wen Yang in the city, they can ensure that the Han army's illusions will be shattered in a short time, and the challenge will be brought to an end!

They were still prepared for both possibilities, but this time, even Zhang Liang felt that he would most likely lose.

"If the bet is lost, wouldn't Zhang Liang... be gone?"

Zhu Di found it somewhat difficult to accept.

This is risking one's own life!

It's a gamble that's likely to be lost!

"Is he stupid? For Zhang Liang, this is just a challenge. Even if he dies in the challenge, as long as Liu Bang completes the challenge, he can still return unharmed, and he won't miss out on the reward!"

Old Zhu cursed in annoyance.

"He took this gamble simply because he didn't want to see Jiao Bo die and wanted to protect the ministers who had made contributions in this challenge as much as possible."

"Although they are all ministers of the Great Wei, they are also loyal and courageous men. This kind of behavior is like what Zhang Liang would do."

Liu Heng then explained two more sentences.

He had met Zhang Liang, and he knew him better than anyone else.

That Marquis Liu may seem nonchalant and indifferent to everything, but in reality he is a kind-hearted person.

He always tries to help his old friends whenever he can.

"If that's the case, it's not hard to understand why he did such a thing."

"But the problem is that this is a gamble that can't be won."

"Huang Hao is already on guard. His first condition will definitely be that Wei release the crown prince."

"Others may not care, but he alone would never accept Liu Chen as the crown prince."

This is a fundamental conflict between the two sides.

Even if he had wrongfully killed Jiang Wei, the enmity between the two sides had already reached a point of no return before that.

“When others ascended the throne, even if he did not have a position second only to the emperor, he could at least retain some power. But when Liu Chen ascended the throne, he could not even save his life.”

"Zhang Liang shouldn't have gambled on this inevitable defeat. No one could save him, and he might even lose his reputation as a strategist..."

"Wait a minute? Emperor Gaozu's decree seems to differ somewhat from Zhang Liang's suggestion?"

"Did he order Chen Tai to bring Liu Xuan along as well?"

"What the hell is he trying to do now?"

Just as Li Er was about to lament Zhang Liang's misjudgment, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

Why did Chen Tai bring Liu Xuan along?

Knowing that negotiations were about to begin, did they anticipate the conditions that Shu Han would propose?

But once Liu Xuan is returned to Liu Shan, Liu Chen will once again become the unloved Prince of the North.

This doesn't seem to be the outcome Liu Bang wanted either, does it?

What on earth does he want to do?

"Use Liu Xuan to exchange for Jiao Bo and the others' lives?"

He conceded defeat and left the battlefield, returning Liu Xuan to the Han Dynasty while signing a treaty ceding some prefectures and counties in exchange for the safe return of Jiao Bo and others.

The decisions he made were unlike those made by Liu Bang; they were more like those made by Liu Bei!

Most importantly, if we actually did that, it would be far too pathetic!

This is not something Emperor Gaozu would do!

"Hey, hey, hey, don't you guys have some misunderstanding about my father?"

"He has never been stingy with his meritorious officials, nor has he ever abandoned anyone when circumstances allowed."

"As for your complaints about being a coward, that's the least important thing."

Liu Heng always felt that the understanding of his father by later generations was somewhat too mythical.

Or perhaps they overestimated their father's shamelessness.

Incompetent?

As long as the final outcome is more favorable to him, Liu Bang would do it without batting an eye, no matter how humiliating it might be.

"The dragon can transform into a snake, soaring to the heavens as a dragon and descending to the earth as a snake. The Emperor Gaozu's magnanimity was truly unmatched by ordinary people."

There are many shameless people in this world, so this is hardly a virtue.

Even at Liu Bang's level, he was still able to shed the invisible, worldly robes that bound him, which is truly remarkable.

"But if this happens..."

Liu Bei muttered to himself, but could not continue speaking halfway through his sentence.

How pathetic! Utterly pathetic!

Moreover, it was because of his son, Liu Shan, that Emperor Taizu of Han was humiliated!

He wanted to slap himself twice, wondering why he hadn't just thrown A Dou to his death back then!

And they even let that scoundrel sit on the throne. Does he even know how to be a proper emperor?

He even favored eunuchs!

"Kongming, where is that scoundrel? Has he been brought here yet?!"

"Don't even think about covering for him. I won't be able to calm my anger down until I've given him ten lashes!"

Zhuge Liang: “…”

A Dou did arrive, but under these circumstances, he felt it was still inappropriate for Liu Bei to see him.

He even said he'd give him ten lashes! With Liu Bei's fighting prowess, five or six lashes would probably be enough to send A Dou to find a new family to be reincarnated into.

Once, Liu Bei, after drinking, jokingly said that if he had the chance to imprison Sun Quan and Cao Cao together and have the three of them duel to determine the world, the Han Dynasty could be restored in less than half an hour.

Although it was drunken talk, Zhuge Liang believed that if he really had the chance, he would probably talk for half an hour, which would be an exaggeration.

The following scene shows the sky.

Just as everyone expected.

The negotiations had barely begun, and before even Liu Shan had expressed his opinion, Huang Hao directly proposed that Cao Wei return Crown Prince Liu Xuan to demonstrate their sincerity.

That is to say, Jiao Bo is still imprisoned; otherwise, he would have jumped up upon hearing this condition.

A subject would rather die than see his emperor suffer such humiliation!