Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 153
Encouraging Xiang Liang to send out partial divisions to attack the surrounding cities and lands that were still controlled by the Qin army. Xiang Kang's move was actually for his own sake. I found that my wishful thinking was too good. First of all, there were more than one or two generals of the Chu army who had plans with Xiang Kang, and some people robbed Xiang Kang of this deal. Second, Xiang Kang seriously underestimated the hero's second uncle Xiang Liang. political mind.

Of course, if it was changed to follow other bosses, Xiang Kang would not dare to dream that he would be able to get the chance to wipe out his rookie opponents and continue to grow in strength-Xiang Kang's direct army is the most in the Chu army, no matter which boss They wouldn't be wary of Xiang Kang at all, and they would never give up such a good opportunity to Xiang Kang again.But for Xiang Liang, Xiang Kang has a lot of fantasies. He always feels that the second uncle of the hero loves him from the heart and has a deep sense of guilt for himself. He should give himself some compensation. He chose to open his mouth to agree to send troops, and tried his best to get the opportunity to continue to lead the troops alone.

Xiang Kang became his heroic second uncle. Compared to Xiang Bo, Xiang Liang loves Xiang Kang very much, but Xiang Liang also loves other Xiang family children. Since the army under Xiang Kang's command is already the largest among the generals of the Chu army, in order to balance the strength of the generals in the army, with such a good opportunity, Xiang Liang is of course more willing to hand it over to other Xiang family children.So only one day later, Xiang Liang made up his mind and decided to let Xiang Yu, Xiang Sheng, and Liu Laosan each lead their own troops to form the Chu Army's partial division, and go north to sweep the semi-empty area still controlled by the Qin Army's local army.

After Xiang Liang announced this decision, Xiang Yu, Xiang Sheng and Liu Laosan were of course overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Liang together, but Xiang Kang and other generals of the Chu army were disappointed. It was extremely frustrating, and it was very rare to cry in public.Seeing what Xiang Kang was thinking, Xiang Liang said, "Kang'er, don't blame Uncle for not giving you this chance. Uncle left you in Pengcheng for your own good. You must understand Uncle's painstaking care for you."

"From today onwards, you will come to Uncle every evening, and Uncle will personally teach you how to fight." Xiang Liang went on to say, "You are really talented in military tactics. I'm afraid I can't match Uncle in many places." You, but your formation battle is too bad, you must strengthen it, take advantage of the time and opportunity now, uncle, I will help you make up for it personally, lest you continue to be afraid of fighting formation, and the enemy will not let go of your weakness. "

"Brother, why don't you thank uncle soon?" Xiang Yu patted Xiang Kang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Not everyone is so lucky to have uncle teach you how to fight."

It is hopeless to continue to work alone, and at the same time, his own shortcomings in the battle really need to be strengthened. Xiang Kang has no choice but to thank Xiang Liang for his kindness.At the same time, out of duty, Xiang Kang said to Xiang Liang: "Uncle, my nephew has a few words to say about elder brother and Pei Gong's northern expedition. My younger nephew thinks that elder brother and their northern expedition should give priority to capturing Chi." The cities along the road rely on Chi Dao, and then attack the surrounding cities. In this way, our army can maintain unimpeded communication with the partial division, and my brother and the others can retreat quickly when they encounter a strong enemy, which is not easy become alone."

"That's a good idea." Xiang Liang nodded, and then ordered: "Yu'er, Sheng'er, Peigong, keep Kang'er's suggestion in mind, and after you go north, please remember not to stay too far away from Chidao, lest you be cut off by the Tyrant Qin army." You have lost your connection with the rear and are in danger."

Xiang Yu, Xiang Sheng and Liu Laosan agreed together, but after agreeing, Xiang Yu said carelessly in his heart: "It's unnecessary, the Tyrant Qin army in the north is a bunch of mobs, and the main force of Zhang Han is far away in Chenliu. Even if you stay away from Chidao, what danger can there be?"

In this way, under Xiang Liang's arrangement, Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan and others quickly took part of the army to attack the city and plunder the land, while Xiang Kang was forced to stay in Pengcheng, and had to go to Xiang Liang's army every day to accept Xiang's attack. Liang personally taught and learned the art of war from the beginning.But it’s okay, Xiang Liang’s supervision of Xiang Kang is strict, but the teaching is very careful. No matter how stupid Xiang Kang is in this area, he never beats and scolds casually. Patience is just the battle method left by the old Xiang family ancestors. He taught all of them to Xiang Kang, and indeed Xiang Kang, who was weaker than the battle, learned a lot.

In addition, Xiang Kang's stay in Pengcheng also has the advantage that he can often go back to the city to visit his beautiful wife and beautiful sister-in-law. Still let Xiang Kang enjoy one thing and another, so even though he was a little disappointed, Xiang Kang was not too depressed, and his life was quite happy.

At the same time, the good news from the northern line also flew back to Pengcheng like snow flakes. After the Chu army led by Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan went northward, they first quickly captured Zou County, an important throat of Qin Chi Road, and then easily captured Pingyang. Then he defeated the main force of Xue County's army in Lu County, the prefecture of Xue County, beheaded the sheriff of Xue County, and took Lu County.Xiang Liang was always overjoyed when he received the news, but Uncle Xiang, who was firmly opposed to the expedition, kept muttering behind his back, "I'm not far away from Zhang Han, why are you rushing so fiercely? I'm not afraid of being recruited by Zhang Han's main force."

Uncle Xiang was really right this time. In fact, Zhang Han’s army stationed in the area has been closely monitoring every move of the Chu army. After a period of time, the main army moved to Yangwu, ready to march eastward along Chidao and enter the battlefield of Dangjun.

However, Zhang Han was not in a hurry to send troops. Even if he received the news that Dangjun County Zhilu County had been breached by the Chu army's partial division, Zhang Han still stayed put and kept in touch with the Qin army in Ludi, patiently waiting for the Chu army's partial division. next move.All the generals of the Qin Army were puzzled by this, and asked Zhang Han one after another: "General, the land of Lu is empty. If we don't send troops quickly, the cities around Lu County will be in danger. Why are we still there?" Why don't you send troops to the rescue?"

"Don't worry, just wait a little longer." Zhang Han said with a sneer, "Xiang Liang's rebel army is still moving along Chidao. We send troops now. If they find something is wrong, they can quickly escape on Chidao road. Let us make this trip in vain, we have to wait until they are far away from Chi Dao, and then we can suddenly attack them, so that we can hope to catch them."

When Zhang Han made this decision, the side division of the Chu army, which was fighting more and more happily, had already marched northward along the tens of meters wide road into Jibei County, and directly attacked Boyang City, the prefecture of Jibei County, but It's a pity that the Chu army's partial division finally encountered a hard stubble this time. The Jibei Qin army, which learned from the lessons of Xue County's allies, concentrated its forces and defended Boyang. At the same time, the city of Boyang was also very strong. Failed to succeed, on the contrary paid a considerable price of death and injury.

Unable to take down Boyang, Xiang Yu, who was in a hurry to make contributions, changed his mind and consulted with Liu Laosan and Xiang Sheng. He planned to abandon Boyang and move east to attack Wuyan and Zhang County. Of course, Liu Laosan, who was expanding the army, was applauded when he heard it, because there are many cities and densely populated areas in Wuyan, and they will definitely get countless money, food and soldiers if they are defeated.However, Xiang Sheng was rather worried, and said, "Brother, Wuyan is too far away from Chidao. Uncle told us not to stay too far away from Chidao. Does this violate Uncle's military order?"

"Afraid of what?" Xiang Yu asked angrily, and said: "Uncle told us not to stay away from the road, because he was afraid that we would be in danger, but the area around Wuyan is full of violent Qin county soldiers, who can be our opponent? Zhang Hanpifu's main force has remained silent, so what else should we be afraid of? That's it, let's take the army westward immediately to attack Wuyan and Zhang County."

Unable to resist his big brother, Xiang Sheng could only obediently follow Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan's army to leave Chidao, and go west to attack densely populated Wuyan and other places.As a result, after the news was sent to Zhang Han by the Qin army's fast horse, Zhang Han didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted: "Order the whole army, immediately pull out the battalion, march eastward along the galloping road, and rush to Puyang at full speed! "

It is convenient to march along the ancient expressway with a width of tens of meters. It only took three days for Zhang Han's main force to march to the city of Puyang.At the same time, after successfully capturing the two counties of Wuyan and Zhangxian, the greedy Chu army continued to go northward, and even went to attack Xuchang again.

After confirming the movement of the Chu army's side division, Zhang Han was overjoyed. He hurriedly recruited his general Sima Jin, and told him: "General Sima, I will join you with [-] troops and [-] elite soldiers from Longxi. Arrive at Zou County within a few days, take down the city and cut off the retreat of the rebel army, and create an opportunity for the main force of our army to wipe out the Chu rebel army!"

"General, it will take less than five days." Sima Jin said very confidently: "There is a fast way from Puyang to Zou County, four days! Within four days, the last general will definitely rush to the city of Zou County with his army. "

"That's the best." Zhang Han nodded in satisfaction, and then instructed: "Remember, after you take Zou County, immediately divide your troops to go north to fight Lu County. Let them not enter the city of Lu County! Don't worry about being alone, my main force will arrive soon."

Sima Jin agreed loudly, and hurriedly rearranged his soldiers and horses. On the same day, he led the Qin Army's partial division along the Chi Road to the east, and rushed to attack the throat of Zou County day and night.Zhang Han calmly tidied up the army, let the main force of the Qin army rest for a while, and prepared to go east to clean up the partial division of the Chu army.

Zhang Han's actions are too fast, and the speed of information transmission in this era is too deceitful. After Zhang Han led the main force of the Qin army eastward and crossed Zhencheng, the Chu army's side division that had already entered the territory of Dongjun was shocked. It was discovered that the main force of the Qin army was not far away from its own army, and then Xiang Yu, who was brave and skilled in battle, did not dare to hesitate, and immediately led the army to come and retreat to Chidao in a hurry. Zhang Han led the army in hot pursuit, calmly Recovering the city that had fallen before, while grinning grinningly, he strode to kill the partial division of the Chu army who was too deep alone.

It was only when they fled back to Chidao in embarrassment that the Chu army's partial division received the news from the rear that Sima Jin, the Qin army's partial division, had attacked Zou County, which not only cut off the Chu army's partial division's retreat, but also cut off the Chu army's partial division and Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan and others kept complaining about the connection between the rear of Pengcheng and the Chu army in the East China Sea, but they didn't dare to delay. He was overtaken and defeated by the Qin army several times on the road, and suffered considerable losses, almost losing all the results of the Northern Expedition.

The Chu army's partial division wanted to cry without tears. When they finally fled to the vicinity of Lu County, they received news that Sima Jin, the Qin army's partial division, had sent troops to the north, and took the first step to take down the city. Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan and others had no choice but to quickly divert westward and retreat to the small town of Xiaqiu. The main force of the Qin army continued to pursue and forced the Chu army to retreat into Xiaqiu to temporarily avoid the edge , and then quickly encircle the flawed mound.Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan, who were cut off from the rear, did not dare to take the risk of breaking out, so they could only send people south to ask Xiang Liang for help.

It was still affected by the road traffic, and it was only when the Chu army fled to Lu County in embarrassment that Pengcheng received the news that the Qin army had succeeded in attacking Zou County, and confirmed that the main force of the Qin army was moving eastward.Xiang Liang was shocked when he heard the report, so he quickly summoned the generals of the Chu army to discuss countermeasures and discuss the plan to go north to rescue the partial division.

Finally it was Xiang Bo's turn to be majestic, and in front of everyone in the Chu army, Xiang Bo spit and scolded Xiang Kang who proposed to send a partial division to the north, and tried his best to accuse Xiang Kang of cheating his father for his bad idea, which led to The Chu army's partial division was in danger.But Xiang Kang was very aggrieved, and retorted: "Can you blame me? When Brother and the others left, I reminded him again and again not to stay away from the road, but they just didn't listen. Otherwise, how could the Tyrant Qin army Did you succeed in attacking Zou County?"

"How dare you argue!" Uncle Xiang jumped three feet high and roared angrily, "If you hadn't come up with a bad idea and let our partial division go north to provoke the Tyrant Qin army, how could Yu'er and the others go so far alone? Let me tell you, It’s okay that Yu’er and the others are fine, if anything happens to them, I will never forgive you!”

"Okay!" Xiang Liang finally spoke, and scolded: "Uncle Xiang, don't mess around just because you are an elder. It was my idea to let the teacher go to the north, and it has nothing to do with Kang'er! Don't say these useless words anymore. The important thing is how to bring Yu'er and the others back, that's the big deal."

Uncle Xiang had no choice but to shut up, while Old Man Fan stood up and said to Xiang Liang: "Mr. Wu Xin, since Mr. Zhang Han has personally led the main force eastward, the only way for our army to rescue the isolated division is to The main force is exhausted, and we go north to rescue General Xiang Yu and the others. The subordinate officials suggested that Lord Wu Xin should personally lead the army this time."

"That's the only way." Xiang Liang nodded helplessly, and after a little calculation, he ordered the main force of the Chu army to prepare for the expedition immediately, and decided to leave Cao Jiu to guard Pengcheng, and personally lead the army to rescue the partial division.During this period, Xiang Kang suggested that the Chu army should only take ten days of grain and grass to go northward, and let the Chu army in the East China Sea take on the heavy logistics task, but Xiang Liang did not accept it.

Xiang Liang was too cautious in terms of food and grass, which gave the Qin army plenty of time to prepare for the battle. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the main force of the Chu army to carry heavy food and grass to the north for rescue, Zhang Han quickly adjusted his garrison and asked Sima to gather all his troops in Zou County to defend the city. Firmly pinch the throat of the Chu army going north, and explain that Sima Jin cannot fight when the main force of the Chu army arrives in Zou County, and can only stick to the city.At the same time, he commanded the main force of the Qin army to dig trenches, completely trapped the partial division of the Chu army in Xiaqiu City, and transported grain and grass from various places to hoard it in Lu County, so as to confront the Chu army for a long time.

It was only when the Qin army was preparing for the war that the main force of the Chu army on the way north received accurate news that Xiang Yu and others were trapped in Xiaqiu. As a result, Xiang Kang, who was a general for the first time, also saw it at a glance. Knowing Zhang Han's purpose, he said with certainty: "In a typical siege and aid, Zhang Han purposely surrounded Xiaqiu without fighting, and at the same time divided his troops to guard Zou County. It was clear that he wanted to lure us to attack Zou County by force. Consume the strength of our army, and when we are exhausted, the old master will attack Xiaqiu with all his strength, and after taking Xiaqiu, he will come to our main force for a decisive battle."

"It is also possible not to attack Xiaqiu, but to attack Zou County directly, and cooperate with their Zou County defenders to flank our main force." Uncle Zhou, who was accompanying him, proposed another possibility, saying: "This is also Zhang Han's usual method. , Let us have the illusion that as long as Xiaqiu is still there, his main force will not leave Xiaqiu, and then suddenly attack, he can catch us by surprise."

"Is there any way to deal with it?" Xiang Kang asked.

Uncle Zhou didn't answer, and after careful consideration for a long time, Uncle Zhou said: "Let's talk about it when we arrive in Zou County. If my prediction is not bad, the Zhang Han people were deployed as I estimated. We may have a chance to smash the Zhang Han people to siege the city and fight for aid." In turn, he was forced into a desperate situation.”

This trip to the north to rescue the recklessly trapped partial division was not only the first time that Xiang Kang led the army as a general, and he could not continue to command the whole army like his arms, but it was also the first time that the Chu army went out after the reorganization. There were more than [-] people, and the momentum was very large, and at the same time, the best troops were out. Except for Xiang Yu's troops who were trapped in Xiaqiu, almost all the troops that the Chu army could fight were led northward by Xiang Liang to the territory of Xue County.So although he was anxious, Xiang Liang was still full of confidence. He believed that the self-armed army would be able to take the throat of Zou County smoothly, and drive to Xiaqiu City to rescue the trapped Pianshi.

It was only after he arrived at Zou County with the main force that Xiang Liang realized that he still underestimated the enemy, and he regretted that he did not follow Xiang Kang's suggestion and led the army to the north with light clothes, giving the Qin army too much time to prepare for the battle.Because taking advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Chu army to carry heavy grain and grass to the north, the Qin army turned to Sima and built an extremely strong fortification under the city of Zou County. Not only did they rush to build a tall and thick camp wall early, Numerous fortifications were built, and three wide and deep trenches for the camp were dug, just like hedgehogs wrapped up in a ball, waiting for the Chu army to open their mouths with a grinning grin.

"Zou County is not easy to fight. Even if we can manage to take it down, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. We don't know how much time it will take." This is the unanimous conclusion drawn by Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang.

(End of this chapter)