Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 114 Rescue Allies
Be wary of Zhang Han's army approaching. Xiang Kang, who is absolutely unable to compete with Zhang Han's current strength, dare not neglect. He hurriedly wrote to his heroic second uncle Xiang Liang and asked him to make preparations to go north to reinforce him as soon as possible. At the same time, in order to quickly and reliably grasp the situation of Zhang Han's army, Xiang Kang, who had symbolically played the banner of Zhang Chu, took the initiative to send envoys to contact Chen Sheng, requesting to establish a stable and fast information exchange channel with Chen Sheng, and to use the strength of Zhang Chu's army to inquire about Zhang Han's military situation.

At the same time, good news came from the west front of the Young Marshal's Army. Zheng Bu and Ding Ji finally won the second county-level city for the Young Marshal's Army after a hard fight. , and successively beheaded the Jun Cheng and Jian Yushi of Sishui County, and Xiang Han, who sent troops from Fuli, also successfully captured Zhuyi, basically completely crushing the power of the Qin army in Sishui County.

But it is a pity that the previous repeated see-saw battles have exhausted the vitality of these places. It is difficult to see strong men over the age of 15 in Xiangxian County and Zhuyi area. Unfortunately, these newly occupied territories are worthless, and the situation in Zhi County and Qi County is even more serious. In addition, Chengfu was also captured by Zhang Chu's army during this period, so Xiang Kang decisively gave up and completely took down Surabaya. The thoughts of the whole county aimed their greedy eyes at Dang County in the northwest of Sishui County.

The situation in Dang County is far more complicated than that in Sishui County. The southern counties and Qiaocheng have been occupied by Zhang Chu's army, and a large area of ​​northern territory has also been captured by the newly restored Wei State. The advantage of a large population, the strength of the Qin Army in Dang County cannot be ignored. After the fall of Feng County, the Qin Army in Dang County had already assembled a large number of troops in the Mangdang area to guard against Zhang Chu's army, and directly blocked the march of the Young Marshal's army westward. Xiang Kang did not dare to rashly order Zheng Bu and Ding Ji to march directly to Mangdang, but chose to arrange a large number of detailed investigations to the west, preparing to find out the situation of the Qin army in Dangjun before deciding how to advance.

Xiang Kang was very embarrassed by the news that Xi Zuo heard. In the Mangdang area, the Qin Army in Dang County not only assembled more than 4000 troops to guard, but also had excellent weapons and equipment. , let alone attacking the second city of Mangdang, which has been repaired and reinforced, there is only one way for the young marshal to advance westward, sending additional reinforcements to strengthen the offensive, so that they can take Mangdang with confidence and enter the hinterland of the county .

Knowing that Chen Sheng was about to be destroyed, he was afraid that Zhang Han would not be able to quickly withdraw the Western Expeditionary Army when he suddenly came. Of course, Xiang Kang did not dare to easily decide to continue to divide his troops. Difficult.Fortunately, with old man Fan here, Xiang Kang no longer needs to worry about the military alone. After asking for advice from old man Fan, old man Fan just made some calculations and immediately said: "The old man thinks that we should increase troops on the western front. When we march into Dang County, we can not only seize a large amount of people, money, food and land, but also take the opportunity to eliminate the Tyrant Qin army in Dang County and weaken our direct threat from the west. Otherwise, Chen Sheng will be destroyed in the future, Zhang Han will go west, and the people of Dang County will be defeated. The Tyrant Qin army also took advantage of the momentum to join the battlefield, and the pressure we face will only increase."

Feeling that Old Man Fan's words were reasonable, Xiang Kang immediately accepted them, but Old Man Fan said, "However, this old man thinks that our reinforcements should not directly enter Mangdang. The Tyrant Qin army has been entrenched there for a long time, and must have established With strong fortifications, our army will be under great pressure to attack from the front. It is best for our reinforcements to go directly to Xiayi, where the Tyrant Qin army is relatively empty, and then take Li County to the south, so as to avoid the front of the Tyrant Qin army. Defense can also cut off the connection between the Tyrant Qin army in Mangdang and Dangjun County, and force the Tyrant Qin army in Mangdang to return to rescue Li County. Pincer attack, win the chance."

After finishing speaking, Old Man Fan added another sentence, saying: "There is another advantage of doing this, that is, to avoid direct entanglement with the Tyrant Qin army. Once something happens to our rear, our Western Expeditionary Army can also quickly withdraw to Pengcheng relatively easily. "

After careful calculation, Xiang Kang didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately arranged for his most trusted Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan to lead the [-] troops westward, crushing the small town of Xiayi in the northwest of Xiao County with the momentum of Mount Tai. Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan, who were bored, were overjoyed when they heard the order, and they couldn't wait to go down to prepare after receiving the order.However, Xiang Sheng, another hero of the Xiang family's children, quit, ran to Xiang Kang and protested: "Brother, they are both Xiang family's children, why can Brother Zhuang and Brother Guan fight the enemy? You can only stay behind forever? Before, you asked me to guard for several months, why come to Pengcheng now, and you still want me to accompany you to guard Pengcheng? Or do you not want me to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds?"

"Elder brother, don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future." Xiang Kang said with a wry smile: "I sent Brother Xiang Guan this time because he has been guarding the city for longer than you. If you don't give him a chance, I will be too sorry for him. You accompany me." Seeing that I have fought a war of deliberation, I should let him go. But you don't have to worry, as long as there is a chance next time, I will definitely let you go."

To put it bluntly, Xiang Kang barely comforted Xiang Sheng, but what Xiang Kang didn't expect was that just as Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan led the Western Expeditionary Army left, unexpected news suddenly came from the northern line, and Linji was their capital. After the Wei army captured Changyi and Jinxiang in the north of Dang County, under the personal leadership of Wei Xiang Zhou Fu, more than 3 troops went southeast and directly entered Sishui County. There was a direct conflict between Liu Laosan's army in Fenger City. (historical event)

"Is Mrs. Zhou Fu crazy?" Xiang Kang said in surprise: "If the Tyrant Qin army in Dangjun and Xuejun don't fight, how can they attack Liu Laosan's territory? He is not afraid of the world's scolding, and he will take advantage of the Tyrant Qin army for nothing. ?”

"The profit makes you stupid!" Old man Fan also said very angrily: "He must be bullying Liu Ji's weak strength, and seeing that Liu Ji's main force has gone north and penetrated into the hinterland of Xue County, so he wants to take advantage of the fire and eat Liu Ji's territory in one go! "

"Young commander, do you want to send troops to help Liu Ji?" Zhou Zeng asked calmly, and then said: "Zhou Fu is always bullying the weak. If he is allowed to occupy Liu Ji's territory, I'm afraid he will spy on him right away." Our city and land are dying, so we might as well consider sending troops to reinforce Liu Ji, help him keep the second county of Peifeng, and use his strength to block Zhou Fu's aggression."

Xiang Kang was planning in his mind, and subconsciously turned his eyes to Old Man Fan, but Old Man Fan was not polite, and immediately shouted: "Look what I am doing? Zhou Fu is a man who regards his relatives as enemies, and does not want to resist Qin, but plots to rebel Qin Yijun's city and land are abandoned by the whole world. If we don't beat him, who will we beat? Beating him will not only benefit us, but also make the world return to his heart, let the whole world know that we value morality and hate evil like hatred. Such a good thing, and what else? What is there to hesitate about?"

Xiang Kang smiled wryly, and said: "Mr. Fan, it's easy to make a decision, but don't forget that there are more than 3 soldiers under Zhou Fupifu's command, and we only have more than 9000 troops in Pengcheng. If we leave a part to guard Pengcheng, even if we can recruit [-] troops from Zhujishi in Liuxian County to join the battle, we will still be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength. We are not sure about this battle, are we?"

"Don't worry!" Old man Fan said without even thinking about it: "Wars have never been determined by the number of people. Before Zhou Fu was ordered to march to the north, how powerful was it? But he was defeated by Tian Dan's one county. The soldiers were forced to return to the south, which is enough to show that this man is incapable of running the army and has no way to use his troops! Our army has fine generals and soldiers use their lives. Even if we use thousands of troops, it is enough to match Zhou Fu's 3 mobs !"

Xiang Kang didn't dare to be careless, he thought for a long time before making a decision, and said: "Send someone to contact Liu Ji's Peixian guard Xiao He and Fengyi guard Yong Chi immediately, and let them guard the city with peace of mind. Our rescuers will be here soon. Then send someone to contact Zhou Fu, show him righteousness, and persuade him to withdraw his troops and stop, otherwise, we will join hands with Liu Ji and fight him to the end."

Zhou Zengfei, who looks like a secretary, quickly wrote a book for Xiang Kang. At the same time, Xiang Kang called Xiang Sheng again, apologetically arranged for Xiang Sheng to lead the troops to stay in Pengcheng, and decided to lead the main force to go north, and rescue Feng Pei with Zhujishi. two cities.Although Xiang Sheng was not happy with 1 people, he knew that Zhou Fu was coming in a huge way, and only Xiang Kang would be able to deal with it with confidence, and he also knew that the important area of ​​Pengcheng must be guarded by someone Xiang Kang absolutely trusted, so what to do Reluctantly, Xiang Sheng nodded and accepted Xiang Kang's arrangement.

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Xiang Kang, who has a poor history, accidentally changed the track of historical development again this time. After Zhou Fu's army, who shamelessly attacked the anti-Qin Yi army, entered the territory of Sishui County, except for quickly approaching the city of Fengyi, it was the same as in history. An envoy was sent into the city to persuade Liu Laosan's Fengyi defender, Yongchi, to open the city and surrender. Yongchi, who had always looked down on Liu Laosan, was also very shaken, almost as he imagined in history, he directly led the Fengyi defenders to surrender to Zhou Fu .

But fortunately, at the critical moment, Xiang Kang's letter was delivered in time. After learning that Xiang Kang sent troops to reinforce him without hesitation, Yong Chi, who was more devoted to Xiang Kang, immediately changed his mind and drove away Zhou Fu's envoy to persuade him to surrender. While defending the city with all his strength, he waited for Xiang Kang, the master of the Ming Dynasty in his mind, to send troops to rescue him.Not to mention the results, after Yong Chi, who defeated Liu Laosan alone twice in history, made up his mind, the small town of Fengyi successfully blocked Zhou Fujun's attack, and persisted until Xiang Kang's rescuers came to Fengyi.

This time Xiang Kang personally brought more than 5000 well-equipped main forces of the Young Marshal Army, and recruited [-] troops from Zhujishi in Liuxian County to march westward together, and combined [-] troops to fight the treacherous Zhou Fu's army.As a result, on the way to the army, Zhou Fu, who had forced Chen Sheng to allow himself to be independent, also sent an envoy to contact Xiang Kang, arrogantly asking Xiang Kang to stay out of his own business, and threatening that if Xiang Kang did not retreat quickly, Zhou Fu's army would be defeated. It is time to turn around and attack Xiang Kang's territory!
Due to his personality, Xiang Kang, who has always liked Yin people, not only did not lose his temper in the face of the arrogant yelling of Zhou Fujun's envoy, but instead ordered him to prepare a banquet to treat Zhou Fujun's envoy politely, and also told Zhou Fujun's envoy kindly that his Therefore, the reason for sending troops to reinforce Fengyi is entirely because he has concluded an alliance treaty with Liu Laosan, and he cannot ignore Liu Laosan.At the same time, Xiang Kang humbly begged the envoy to persuade Zhou Fu to retreat, and promised that as long as Zhou Fu agreed to withdraw, he would give Zhou Fu a sum of money and food as compensation.

The grumpy old man Fan was also uncharacteristic this time, and kept silent all the time. It was only after Xiang Kang personally sent away Zhou Fujun's envoy that old man Fan asked Xiang Kang with a sneer, "What? Are you trying to play tricks again?"

"After all, Mr. Zhou Fu has more than 3 troops, so he has to play some tricks." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "This man is arrogant and arrogant. Seeing us humiliate him, he will definitely just push his nose and face and try to force us away. , and even took the opportunity to eat us, he underestimated the enemy, and our battle will be easy."

"You are so cautious in the face of a mob, the young commander is indeed cautious." Old man Fan snorted coldly. He didn't really approve of Xiang Kang's overly feminine methods, but he still said: "Get ready for the battle as soon as possible, because you are so coaxed." , Zhou Fupifu will definitely send troops to meet us with more confidence."

According to old man Fan's prediction, after the young commander's army continued to advance westward, there were still more than 20 miles away from Fengyi. Zhou Fu had already dispatched more than [-] troops to intercept the young commander's army led by Xiang Kang himself. Xiang Kang couldn't ask for more , Immediately sent troops to face the battle, and relying on the excellent equipment of the main force, as well as the brave performance of the two generals Zhongli Mo and Long Qie, they successfully defeated the front team of Zhou Fu's army, which was not of high overall quality, and advanced to ten miles away from Fengyi City. stronghold.

Seeing the young marshals coming to keep their word, the defenders of Fengyi, who were fighting hard in the city, were of course cheering and their morale was high. Zhou Fu, who underestimated the enemy and suffered a defeat, was shocked. He had no choice but to quickly lift the siege of Fengyi and concentrate his troops Specifically to deal with the reinforcements of the Young Marshal Army led by Xiang Kang himself.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhou Fu's army mobilizing troops and horses to adjust the camp, Xiang Kang went to the front line to observe the enemy's situation. As a result, Xiang Kang was very relieved that Zhou Fu had many troops and horses, but the equipment was too messy, the formation was obviously not neat enough, and the camp layout was also poor. Some are lacking in heat, blindly concentrating troops, lacking loopback space and overall stamina.So Xiang Kang quickly made up his mind, and said to old man Fan: "Fan Gong, we have too many affairs in the rear, I can't leave Pengcheng for a long time, this battle must be resolved quickly, I plan... . "

After listening to Xiang Kang's tactical plan, although Old Man Fan didn't object, he didn't applaud him either. Instead, he sighed: "Young Master Xiang, although your strategy is good, don't you think it's too sinister? It lacks open and aboveboard heroism. Xiongfeng?"

Xiang Kang didn't say a word, but he suddenly realized in his heart why old man Fan chose to follow his big brother Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu in history. I found that among the famous counselors of this era, probably only the famous bad guy surnamed Chen can agree with me and have a heart-to-heart relationship with me.

Xiang Kang went to the front line to observe Zhou Fujun's camp adjustment, and initially figured out the basic situation of Zhou Fujun. Zhou Fu, who had accumulated some military experience, also learned about the situation of the Young Marshal Army through various channels. As a result, Zhou Fu Some guilty conscience is that although the strength of the Young Marshal's Army is only less than a quarter of his, the equipment is obviously superior to his, and the quality of the soldiers is a few blocks away. All the soldiers in the army are under the age of 50. There are almost no old or weak adult men, let alone those [-] or [-]-year-old child soldiers. In frontal combat, the self-army, which has always only outnumbered the few, is actually not very sure of winning.

But fortunately, just when Zhou Fu felt that riding a tiger was difficult, Xiang Kang suddenly sent his confidant Xu Shu as an envoy in the early morning of the next day to come to the camp in a gorgeous float to negotiate with Zhou Fu, saying that Xiang Kang hoped to have a good relationship with Zhou Fu. The truce was negotiated to resolve this meaningless dispute peacefully. Zhou Fu was asked to bring a team of guards each to an open place outside the camp to negotiate face to face. He also promised that as long as Zhou Fu retreated, Xiang Kang would make appropriate concessions.

He was not sure of winning at first, but seeing that Xiang Kang sent an envoy to seek peace, Zhou Fu held the attitude of giving it a try, so he agreed to negotiate with Xiang Kang face to face, and Xu Shu left happily. The soldiers of Zhou Fu kept telling the good news to Zhou Fu's soldiers, saying that there was no need to fight, and the formal peace talks would be held tomorrow. The soldiers of Zhou Fu who heard Xu Shu's words also quickly spread the news. All of them relaxed their vigilance.

The matter was not over yet. In the afternoon of the same day, Xiang Kang sent someone to send back all the prisoners captured on the battlefield the day before yesterday, in order to prove his sincerity in the peace talks. Zhou Fu was overjoyed, and he became more and more convinced that Xiang Kang really planned to negotiate peace, and he should not be careful. be on guard.After Zhou Fujun's soldiers saw this situation, they all relaxed to the extreme. At night, they went to bed with peace of mind, and they just waited for the formal peace talks tomorrow.

Then, of course, it was Xiang Kang's picture. It was three o'clock in the night. Zhongli Mo and Long Qie each led a team of warriors, and suddenly launched a sneak attack on Zhou Fujun's camp, successfully rushed into Zhou Fu's camp, murdered and set fire. The unprepared Zhou Fujun suddenly went into chaos. Zhou Fu, who was awakened from his sleep, was confused, and even once thought that his army had rebelled. This is not the first time for Zhou Fujun. After the despicable sneak attack, Zhou Fu yelled, "Shameless traitor! You have the face to say that I am unjust when I attack other anti-Qin rebels! Compared with you, I am an honest gentleman!"

It's too late to scold, after Zhongli Mo and Long Qie succeeded in the sneak attack, Zhu Jishi, the captain of the young commander's army, immediately led the main night attack force of the young commander's army to launch a charge, directly entering Zhou Fu's camp from the gate of Zhou Fujun's camp, and went on a rampage. In no man's land, Zhou Fu's soldiers who got up hastily were completely in a mess. Countless soldiers were crying for their father and mother, running around like headless chickens, and because Zhou Fu's camp defense layout was too compact and lacked buffers, the crowd of defeated soldiers Countless tents were directly destroyed, and many companions who were suppressed by the tents were trampled into meat paste. The situation of trampling on each other was very serious. Zhou Fu's hastily organized army was also directly dispersed. Zhou Fu had no choice but to He quickly abandoned the camp and fled with his cronies. Zhou Fujun was defeated and left, almost losing all the food, grass and supplies that he had worked so hard to grab.

At the same time, Old Man Fan, who did not express his support for launching the night attack, of course shook his head and sighed in the Young Marshal's camp. Although he admitted that Xiang Kang's strategy was wonderful, he still didn't like Xiang Kang's feminine style.However, Yong Chi, the old general of Liu who had always admired Xiang Kang very much, worshiped Xiang Kang to the extreme at the top of Fengyi City at this moment, and said with dancing: "As expected of Young Marshal Xiang, compared with him, Liu Ji is simply Not even a bird!"

(End of this chapter)