Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 113
Although Xiang Bo, who hates people and hates dogs, often makes troubles for Feng Zhong, but because Xiang You is the only member of the Xiang family among the generals of the Southern Front Corps of the Young Marshal Army, Feng Zhong has never deliberately attacked and retaliated against Xiang Bo. His son Xiang You, there has never been a shortage of people who should be given to Xiang You and his army, and the merits that should be remembered. When attacking Guangling City head-on, he did not deliberately force Xiang You's troops to serve as cannon fodder to attack Tangyi Xiang You's troops. He was the first to ascend the city, and Feng Zhong rewarded Xiang You for his meritorious deeds, and immediately restored Xiang You's position as captain. He definitely has a clear conscience towards Xiang You.

This is even more so in Zhongli's battle. After discovering that Qin Jia's troops abandoned the city and fled, in order to give Xiang You a chance to make meritorious deeds, and to make Xiang You feel ashamed and humiliated by Qin Jia's army breaching the camp before, with other choices However, Feng Zhong still arranged for Xiang You to lead the army first and serve as the vanguard in chasing Qin Jia's defeated soldiers.But what Feng Zhong didn't expect was that in the face of his good intentions, Uncle Xiang still had the face to complain behind his back, saying that Feng Zhong deliberately bullied his son, and asked his son to go head-to-head with Qin Jiajun's rear army first, so that Other generals with different surnames in the Young Marshal Army took advantage of the opportunity to pick up cheap ones.

Fortunately, Uncle Xiang's small belly did not affect the morale and fighting spirit of Xiang You's troops. After catching up with Qin Jia's army first, Xiang You, who was eager for revenge, took the lead and led the young generals to hack and chop without relying on the help of the main force So he fought hard to defeat Qin Jia's rear team, successfully caught up with Qin Jia's army brigade carrying a large amount of food, grass and military supplies, and then with the assistance of the rear army, successfully killed the Qin Jia army's battalion that scattered the besieged beasts and seized countless military supplies. Qin Jia's captured prisoners, while completing the pursuit mission brilliantly, he finally washed away his shame that even his camp was breached by Qin Jia.

At the end of the pursuit battle, it was already dawn, and at the same time, Xiang You's troops and other young commanders pursued them for nearly [-] miles. They were exhausted and exhausted from top to bottom, but because they won the battle again However, the morale of the army was still high. After resting for a while, and eating some dry food in a hurry, Xiang You's troops and other young commanders hurriedly escorted the prisoners captured on the battlefield, and returned triumphantly with the captured military supplies. Returning, while carefully cleaning the battlefield along the way, he withdrew directly to Zhongli City.

When the soldiers returned to Zhongli City, the city of Zhongli had already been taken over by the rear army of the Young Marshal Army. Unfortunately, the military officials of the Young Marshal Army who came to greet him told Xiang You and other young commanders, "Generals, I'm really sorry. , General Feng has an order to tell you not to enter the city, and set up camp directly outside the city after handing in the booty and prisoners, we will soon enter Quyang, so we will not enter the city to garrison."

After saying that, the official said with a smile: "And it's no fun to go in. Zhongli City was ruined by Qin Jia's thieves this time. All the women in the female residence were ruined by his thieves. He was also drunk by his bandit soldiers, if you want to drink two cups to be happy, you might as well be in our own camp."

The generals of the young generals all smiled when they heard this, and Xiang You also smiled and said: "Okay, according to General Feng's arrangement, quickly lead us to present prisoners. The soldiers are tired enough, waiting to rest."

The official agreed, and quickly led Xiang You and others to escort the prisoners to the newly built prisoner-of-war camp. However, the prisoners captured by Xiang You's army were not the first to be counted. Xiang You was bored waiting, so he patrolled in his own army at will After a while, check the situation of the prisoners and luggage escorted by the army.Then, by coincidence, Xiang You looked around casually, and accidentally found a wounded prisoner not far away that seemed familiar. When he looked at the prisoner carefully out of curiosity, the prisoner quickly turned his head away, and at the same time dragged his head away. With a broken leg, he squeezed into the crowd of prisoners with difficulty, as if he was deliberately avoiding Xiang You.

"Who is this person? Why do I seem to have seen it there? It's strange, how can I have someone I seem to have seen in Qin Jia's army of thieves?"

Feeling puzzled, Xiang You rode his horse and trotted a few steps to where the prisoner was, pointed at the prisoner with his whip, and shouted, "You, come out."

The prisoner pretended to be stupid and didn't dare to do anything, but Xiang You's soldiers were unceremonious, and pulled him out by force. The prisoner struggled in fear, and dared not raise his head to face Xiang You, and Xiang You's heart grew stronger. Strange, he simply pressed the captive's chin with a horsewhip, forcing him to raise his head, but after taking a closer look at the captive's appearance, Xiang You's face suddenly turned pale, because this captive not only knew Xiang You In fact, Feng Zhong, Xiang Kang and other Xiang family children all know each other!And he is none other than the former Lingxian Youwei Shan Chang who once fought to the death with the Xiang family's children!
"Xiang..., General Xiang...."

Shan Youwei also knew that Xiang You had recognized him, so he had no choice but to tremble and beg: "General Xiang, please spare my life."

Shan Youwei's pleading brought Xiang You subconsciously holding the sword hilt. Knowing that Xiang You wanted to kill people, so as not to let others know that Xiang You had betrayed Xiang's children to him, Shan Youwei hurriedly plopped and knelt down. He kowtowed again and again and said, "General, please forgive me. The little one didn't hear clearly just now. He thought you asked someone else to come out and didn't come over to kowtow to you right away. The little one deserves to die, and the little one deserves to die! General, please spare your life! Please General, spare me!"

Shan Youwei's actions attracted the attention of countless others, and Xiang You made quick calculations in his mind, and quickly made up his mind, and ordered to the soldiers next to him: "Bring him here, and I will interrogate this prisoner myself."

After saying that, Xiang You turned his horse's head, rode the horse to the side and dismounted, and the soldiers behind him also supported Shan Youwei, who was injured in his leg, and just as soon as he let go, Shan Youwei immediately fell to his knees again, trembling Said: "Don't worry, general, I haven't said anything, I haven't told anyone, and I will never say anything in the future."

"When did you join Qin Jia's army?" Xiang You asked with a gloomy face.

"When the Qin Jia dog thief first started his army, the younger one went to join him." Shan Youwei's answer surprised Xiang You, and then Shan Youwei said tremblingly: "Later, the younger one followed the Qin Jia dog thief and fought side by side with you, the general. It's been a while, so you can believe it, general, if the villain is not strict, isn't Qin Jia a dog thief..., isn't it..."

Shan Youwei didn't dare to finish his sentence, but Xiang You also understood what he meant, knowing that he really didn't tell Qin Jia and others about his ugly behavior, otherwise Qin Jia would have already publicized it to make himself completely famous Sweeping the floor.However, this did not make Xiang You feel grateful. Xiang You called Shan Youwei over just to find an excuse to kill him. Xiang You kept his face calm, but his arms moved slightly, and he was about to draw his sword to kill Shan Youwei directly, and then Just find an excuse to explain to everyone.

"Yu'er, what are you doing here?"

The sudden sound of Xiang Bo's voice saved Shan Youwei's life. When Xiang You turned around quickly, he saw his father Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang leading a few followers, striding towards him. He let go of Shan Youwei and bowed to Xiang Bo, but Xiang Bo was very strange, pointing to Shan Youwei who was kneeling next to Xiang You and asked, "What is this prisoner doing? Why did you bring him here for interrogation alone? "

Xiang You hesitated and didn't know how to answer for a while, but Shan Youwei was very clever, and took the initiative to kowtow to Xiang Bo and said: "Old General, Major General, he has sharp eyesight, and found that the villain seems to be Qin Jia. The villain is a small pawn, so the villain was brought here for interrogation alone, and the villain dared not tell the truth. In fact, the villain is the two or five hundred commanders under Qin Jia's dog thief. Last night, in order to escape for his life, he found a soldier's clothes and changed into it. .”

"It's not bad, with this vision, you can tell that this dog thief is a thief in disguise." Xiang Bo was very pleased to hear that, and then asked Xiang You: "How many prisoners have been captured? How about other gains?"

"Reporting to my father, the 510 captured two captives. I haven't had time to count the money and food captured, but it must be a lot." Xiang You answered truthfully.

"Okay!" Uncle Xiang was overjoyed again, and said with gritted teeth: "This time, let's see how Feng Zhong will reward you, if he deliberately suppresses you and refuses to promote you to captain, I will never let him go! "

Xiang You didn't dare to agree, but Xiang Bo shouted to Shan Youwei who was kneeling on the ground: "Go back soon? When you enter the prisoner-of-war camp and report your identity later, if you dare to play tricks to conceal your position, be careful of your head!" "

Shan Youwei, who escaped from the dead, was overjoyed, kowtowed to thank Xiang Bo repeatedly, couldn't wait to struggle to get up, and limped back to the team with a broken spear picked up on the road. When Zhang Liang was standing next to Uncle, Xiang You's heart moved, and he thought to himself, "Isn't this already complete? Shan Youwei has it, and Han Li, Uncle Han's family, is now with Uncle Han and us. If they stand up and do something Can the scandal of Xiang Kang be revealed to the world?"

Having this idea, Xiang You suddenly dismissed the idea of ​​killing Shan Youwei, because Xiang Kang had concealed his scandal for Xiang You before, and had fabricated that Xiang You's kneeling to Shan Youwei was a lie arranged by himself, so even if Shan Youwei said that he missed something, and Xiang You could also use the excuse that Xiang Kang arranged to prevaricate, and leaving Shan Youwei behind may be of great use at critical moments...

Xiang You has never forgotten the Yu concubine girl who made her dream and dream, and for Xiang Kang, besides jealousy from the heart, Xiang You actually also has hatred.

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On Xiang Kang's side, when Feng Zhong led the Southern Front Army of the Young Marshal Army into Jiujiang, Xiang Kang also adopted Old Man Fan's suggestion and held a large-scale sacrifice in the outskirts of Pengcheng to commemorate his eldest father and Xiang Yan, the previous head of the old Xiang family, used this to let people all over the world know that the Young Marshal Army is the blood of the orthodox army of Chu State, and also established himself as the banner of Xiang Yan's descendants.Not to mention the result, after the news spread, many survivors of the Chu State who were nostalgic for the old country really took the initiative to come to Pengcheng to join the Young Marshal's Army, bringing Xiang Kang many civilian officials who are currently in short supply.At the same time, several surrounding forces also sent envoys to Pengcheng to worship the temple Xiang Kang built for Xiang Yan, and took the opportunity to make good friends with Xiang Kang and conclude an alliance with the young commander to fight against Qin.

Of course, Liu Laosan, who already controls most of the territory bordering the Young Marshal's Army, is indispensable. In order to free himself up to go northward to expand his territory, Liu Laosan, who is one of the best in politics in this era, sent his second brother Liu Zhong as an envoy to carry On behalf of himself, the three animal sacrifices went to Pengcheng to worship the Xiangyan Temple, and then logically proposed to form an alliance with the Marshal Army to fight against Qin without aggression.In order to oppose Qin's great cause, Xiang Kang accepted Liu Laosan's request without hesitation, and generously gave Liu Laosan a reassurance.

Xiang Kang was very surprised. After Liu Zhong left, Yongchi, Liu Laosan's subordinate Fengyi guard, even sent his younger brother Yonggong as an envoy to come to worship Xiangyan Temple on behalf of Yongchi.So much so that when Yonggong came to ask for an audience in front of the temple gate in Pengcheng County, Xiang Kang couldn't help but scratched his head, and said very strangely: "Didn't Liu Laosan's second brother just worship my eldest father? This Yongchi Why did he send someone again, doesn't he know that Liu Laosan has already sent someone to pay homage to my eldest father?"

"I'm afraid it's not just that it's as simple as not knowing." Zhou Zeng is not good at military affairs, but he is very good at political struggle. Paying homage to your eldest father, Young Marshal, is enough to show that he doesn't take Liu Ji seriously at all, and has two minds about Liu Ji."

A word to wake up the dreamer, Zhou Zeng reminded that Xiang Kang, whose history has not been so messed up, immediately remembered that in history, there were two important traitors under Liu Laosan's command. Cao Wushang, who almost lost his head, and Yong Chi, who once betrayed Liu Laosan with the city, territory and army, were the second.And although Yong Chi betrayed Liu Laosan, and who he surrendered after betraying Liu Laosan, Xiang Kang couldn't remember, but since this kind of seamed eggs came to his door on his own initiative, he was subconsciously very wary of Liu Laosan. Of course Xiang Kang, the big fly, stood up immediately and said without any hesitation, "Let's go, I'll meet Yong Chi's envoy in person."

Of course, Xiang Kang's meeting in person flattered Yong Chi's younger brother Yong Gong, and after the cutscene of worshiping Xiang Yan's temple, when he and Xiang Kang sat face to face and drank together, Yong Gong cautiously tried Xiang Kang's true attitude towards Liu Laosan, and at the same time took out Yong Chi's autographed letter to Xiang Kang and presented it. Showing the contempt of Liu Laosan, a rascal, Xiang Kang knew that Yongchi had already made plans for himself. If he attacked Liu Laosan, Yongchi would probably be the same as in history. The whole city surrendered to himself, and stabbed Liu Laosan fiercely in the back!

When Xiang Kang was reading the letter carefully, Yong Gong was of course also secretly observing Xiang Kang's expression, but unfortunately, Xiang Kang's best skill was to cover up his expression and reaction, and he rarely lost his composure. Out of Xiang Kang's mind.But it was okay for Yong Gong. After reading the letter carefully, Xiang Kang not only handed the letter to Zhou Zengyue, but also said to Yong Gong with a pleasant face: "Yong Zhuang, I have understood the meaning of brother Ling, but Not the time."

"Isn't it the time?" Yong Gong heard Xiang Kang's implication, and hurriedly asked: "Young Marshal, do you think now is not the time?"

Xiang Kang nodded calmly, and said with clouds and mist around the mountain: "Although Liu Ji refuses to surrender to our army, he is also against the Qin Yi army after all. No matter what I do to him at this time, it will only make the world scold. Brother Ling I also agree with Liu Ji's evaluation, but please don't be impatient, brother, don't rush to make a decision, and wait until you have a chance in the future."

Yonggong nodded repeatedly, knowing Xiang Kang's implication very well, Xiang Kang then said: "Then please tell my elder brother that the strong man has shown me his kindness. But for now, I have to ask him to be patient for a while. When the time is right, I will contact him and ask him to help me. At that time, I will greet you again and repay your brother's sincere affection. "

Yonggong nodded again, and hurriedly expressed that he would bring Xiang Kang's original words to Yongchi. Xiang Kang asked someone to fetch gold, pearls and beautiful jade, and presented them to Yongchi and Yonggong brothers. , clapped Yonggong's hand again and said: "Calm down, don't be in a hurry, if there is anything in Fengyi, just ask me, if you can help, I will help to the end."

Yonggong agreed again and again, and after thanking him again and again, he took his leave and left.As a result, after Yong Gong left, Zhou Zeng, who was next to him, immediately asked, "Young Marshal, do you want to put a long line to catch big fish?"

"Of course we have to take a long line to catch big fish." Xiang Kang replied: "Liu Ji is ambitious and shrewd, and sooner or later he will become a threat behind us. At this time, in order to oppose the great cause of Qin, we can't attack him, but we can't do it in advance." Get ready, plant the bane of yongchi for him, maybe you will get miraculous results in the future."

"That's right." Zhou Zeng nodded and said, "Although Yong Chi's words in the letter mean to defect to us, but the enemy of Tyrant Qin is now, if we turn to other opponents for a small city like Fengyi Qin Yijun's attack will definitely ruin our reputation, so instead of gaining more than we lose, we might as well put a long line to catch big fish and wait for double rewards in the future."

Xiang Kang was silent, thinking about how to use Yong Chi, the famous traitor, when Xiang Yang, who was in charge of intelligence, suddenly came to him, and said as soon as they met: "Brother, I just received the news that the tyrant Qin general Zhang Hanbing Going out of Hangu Pass, Zhou Zhang (also known as Zhou Wen), the leader of Zhang Chu's Western Expedition, was defeated in Caoyang, Zhou Zhang retreated again, and Zhang Han advanced to pursue him, and he was about to walk out of Xiaohan Road."

"Is the news accurate?" Xiang Kang asked.

"I can't confirm it. We heard the news from passing merchants at Gushui Wharf." Xiang Yang replied truthfully.

"Where there is no wind, there are no waves." Xiang Kang said with a gloomy face, "The news from the people is spreading slowly. I'm afraid that by this time, Zhou Tong's entire army has been wiped out."

As expected by Xiang Kang, in fact, as early as more than ten days ago, Zhang Chu's army on the west retreated to Mianchi suffered a disastrous defeat for the third time. The hundreds of thousands of troops that once entered the pass completely collapsed, and Zhou Zhang also committed suicide. .At the same time, after receiving the news, civil strife broke out in the Zhang Chu army that was besieging Xingyang. Tian Zang, the general of Zhang Chu, launched a mutiny and brutally killed Wu Guang, Chen Sheng's loyal ally. After further investigation, Tian Zang was conferred the title of Ling Yin and General of Zhang Chu State. So far, the road for Zhang Han's army to enter the Central Plains has actually been smooth.

(End of this chapter)