Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 163
Li You's desperate roar failed to save the bad luck of the Qin army in Sanchuan County. On the contrary, because of Li You's tenacity and stubbornness, the Qin army in Sanchuan suffered even heavier losses. Many soldiers of the Qin army who had the opportunity to escape from the camp Either because they did not receive the retreat order, or because of their admiration and love for Li You, they still did not choose to retreat or escape even though the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army had broken through the camp of the Chinese Army, so they gritted their teeth and stayed to do it. The needless stubborn resistance added many unnecessary sacrifices in vain, and it also gave the young commander, a group of despicable villains, the opportunity to injure the Sanchuan Qin army even more.

Amidst the flames and smoke, the young commander-in-chief who was good at fighting with the wind followed the banner of his own army, rampaging through the chaotic Qin army camp, as if entering no man's land, Li You gathered his soldiers several times to try to stop them, but they all failed. Soon, they were directly overwhelmed by the imposing young generals. Wu Qingxiang, Luo Fen and other generals of the Qin army gave up their lives, and repeatedly led the soldiers of the Qin army who were still under control to attack Xiang Kang's handsome flag. , were all killed and retreated by the young generals. The Qin army in the camp fought less and less, and the more they killed and injured, the more the young generals rushed, the more unscrupulous they were, and the more they killed, the more unstoppable they were. Completely turned into a sea of ​​flames.

In the end, Li You was forcibly escaped from the Qin army's camp by his own soldiers. No matter how Li You cried and scolded, the soldiers did not dare to let go. Long Qie beheaded and killed with his own hands, Wu Qingxiang was wounded and fled, more than 3 Qin troops were completely disintegrated, and fled in all directions in the dark night. The brigade didn't let go, and the slogans of capturing Li You alive kept coming and going.

The young commander's army was really chasing and killing too closely, the battlefield was too chaotic, and the sky was too dark. A little carelessness might cause the young commander's army to follow and enter Jiyang City, so Li You, who gradually calmed down, did not dare to run back to the city , chose to take the defeated Qin army directly to the Jishui Ferry and fled south, but the result was not bad. The pontoon bridge at the Jishui Ferry was still under the control of the Qin Army, and Li You and some of the Qin Army's soldiers were able to escape the Jishui Ferry smoothly. However, not long after Li You crossed the river, the Jishui Ferry was quickly captured by the Young Marshal, and countless soldiers of the Qin Army were blocked on the north bank of Jishui. Li You burst into tears again, but he had no choice but to Adopting the suggestion of his subordinates, he hurriedly withdrew to Waihuang with the remnants of the defeated soldiers around him, and at the same time sent people around to send orders to let the separated soldiers of the Qin army flee back to Waihuang to join him.

The fighting will of the Qin army in Sanchuan is still admirable. Except for Li You's Qin army recruits in the Yingchuan area, there are very few old Qin soldiers who followed Li You in the defense of Xingyang who voluntarily surrendered. Refusing to accept the surrender of the young generals, more veterans of the Qin army fled in all directions, or fled to the city of Jiyang and entered the city with ropes, or disappeared in the distance in the night. There are still many Qin army soldiers He chose to swim across the river in the dark, and went south to continue to follow Li You. As a result, although the Young Marshal's army captured a lot, they captured quite a few soldiers of the Qin Army, but the number of veterans of the Qin Army in Sanchuan was not many.

The tenacity of the generals of the Qin Army in Sanchuan County made Li You suffer this time. After the sky cleared, the young generals withdrew their troops and returned to the camp. Before they had time to count the results of the battle and the losses of their own army, Uncle Zhou, whom Xiang Kang dug by all means, came in a hurry In front of Xiang Kang, he remonstrated to Xiang Kang: "General Right, we must not waste time, we must seize the opportunity to pursue with all our strength immediately, and we must not let Li Yupi have a chance to breathe. Otherwise, once Li You is slowed down With this breath, if we want to completely annihilate him, it will only be more difficult."

"Send troops to pursue immediately?" Xiang Kang was stunned, and said in surprise: "But we haven't taken Jiyang City yet? If we send troops to pursue immediately, doesn't our connection with the main force mean that we have been cut off?"

"Young Marshal, don't miss this opportunity, never again." Uncle Zhou cupped his hands and said, "Although Li You, the thief general, is of mediocre ability, he has too much morale in the army. Countless tyrannical Qin soldiers would rather risk their lives to follow him than to accept our surrender. If those people don’t seize the opportunity to cut them off quickly, as long as they give him a little time, he will soon be able to regroup an army to fight against our army again. At that time, if we want to eliminate him again, it will only be more difficult than it is now More than twice. So the general thinks that we can go back and fight again in Jiyang, but we must not let the tiger go back to the mountain against Li You. If we miss this opportunity, we will definitely regret it in the future."

Xiang Kang saw with his own eyes how Li Youhe won the hearts of the army, and he was naturally a little shaken after hearing Uncle Zhou's suggestion, but considering that an immediate pursuit would lose contact with the main force in the rear, Xiang Kang, who has always been cautious in using troops, still hesitated, Uncle Zhou Seeing what Xiang Kang was thinking, he hurriedly said: "General You, the general knows that you are cautious in using your troops and don't like to take risks, but it is definitely not a risk if we give up fighting Jiyang and pursue directly. Li You has already been defeated. It is impossible to reorganize too many troops, and there are only some county soldiers from the Tyrant Qin army guarding the city in Dang County, and no army can threaten the safety of our army. Even if our army advances lightly, it is actually not very dangerous."

"I'm not worried about our army, I'm worried about our main force." Xiang Kang said something in his heart, "If we lose contact with our main force, if our main force is in any danger, it will be difficult for us to respond in time." Return to the rescue."

Uncle Zhou was stunned, and only then did he realize that Xiang Kang was still thinking about the main force of the Chu army.But fortunately, Xiang Kang is also very difficult to make a decision, he gritted his teeth and said: "But since the opportunity to fight is rare, let's send troops to pursue it immediately. When I took the order, my uncle told me to seize the opportunity to wipe out Li You's Tyrant Qin Army, if I miss the opportunity, Third Uncle will have something to say."

After saying that, Xiang Kang immediately issued an order to let the soldiers of the young commander-in-chief immediately set up their troops and go south to pursue Li You's remnants. He also took the cavalry led by Xiang Guan as the vanguard, and went south first to entangle Li You's defeated army. A chance to escape quickly.Then Xiang Kang sent someone north to contact Xiang Liang and report the situation of his own army to Xiang Liang, so as not to make Xiang Liang worry about himself.

In this way, under the exhaustion of the night battle, according to Xiang Kang's order, the officers and men of the young marshal forcefully cheered up, quickly packed up the army tents and loaded them into vehicles, and went out of the camp to assemble with food and supplies. The Qin army captured the army.However, when the Young Marshal's Army was so busy, a pair of mother and daughter in plain clothes suddenly came to the camp of the Young Marshal's Army on foot. The junior general of the Young Marshal Army who received him felt strange, so he hurriedly sent someone to lead the mother and daughter to see Uncle Zhou.

"Wei Wei (Aunt Wei)? Why are you? Why are you in Jiyang?"

Not to mention, Uncle Zhou really knew these two folk women who came to vote suddenly, and asked the mother of the mother and daughter in surprise as soon as they met.The mother who was called Wei Wei by Uncle Zhou's eyes turned red, and she shed tears when she opened her mouth, and said, "General Zhou, my daughter and I escaped from Linji. , Our mother and daughter have no support, and we can’t even eat, so we have to go to Dingtao to join our former friends. Passing by Jiyang, I heard that you are here, General, so I came to join you first.”

"It turns out that the king of Wei died for his country, and you have no support, Mrs. Wei, so life must be very difficult." Uncle Zhou nodded thoughtfully, and said with some embarrassment: "But Mrs. Wei, our general on the right has strict military discipline. , the army is not allowed to bring family members, and now Jiyang City is still in the hands of the Tyrant Qin army, you come to me, I have no place to put you?"

Wei Wei burst into tears when she heard it, and begged with sobs: "General Zhou, for the sake of the old man, can you think of a way? My friends in Dingtao may not be reliable. If you temporarily take our mother and daughter , when our country of Wei is restored, and I have something to rely on again, I will definitely repay you.”

After all, Wei Wei took her daughter to bow down to Uncle Zhou in public, pleading repeatedly with tears, Uncle Zhou was soft-hearted, and could only say this in desperation: "Well, wait a moment, I'll go see you right now. General, ask him to arrange manpower to escort you to Pengcheng for a temporary stay."

Wei Wei was overjoyed when she heard that, and hurriedly thanked Uncle Zhou. Uncle Zhou quickly found Xiang Kang who was already on his horse and was about to set off. The old man of Wei State that I met in Linji City, the capital of Wei Jiu State, used to have a little friendship, so I begged Xiang Kangkan to arrange a carriage and a few attendants for his own sake, and escort Wei Wei's mother and daughter to Pengcheng for a temporary stay. Give them a little livelihood.

"General Zhou values ​​love and righteousness, so of course I have to help." Xiang Kang thought about it and said, "However, there are still many tyrannical Qin troops on the road from Jiyang to Pengcheng. It's too dangerous. Let them join us. Let’s go together with the army, arrange a carriage for them during the day, and let them live in your camp at night, so that you can take care of them.”

Uncle Zhou was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang for his old friend Wei Wei and his daughter. After returning to tell Wei Wei and his daughter, Wei Wei, mother and daughter were also not very happy, and hurriedly thanked Zhou Uncle again and again.However, after Xiang Kang sent someone to deliver a carriage with simple decorations, Wei Wei was disappointed. After boarding the carriage, she whispered to her daughter who was only sixteen or seventeen years old: "Return the right general of Chu State?" You are so stingy, and gave us such an ordinary carriage. Daughter, you must keep your eyes open in the future, and you must not fall in love with such a stingy and stingy man."

After such a small episode, the young commander set off quickly, quickly crossed the Jishui pontoon bridge that was captured last night, left Jiyang County, which was still under the control of the Qin army, and went south, striding to chase and kill those who fled south last night The remnants of Li Youjun and the Qin Army's Jiyang garrison were weak and unable to go out of the city to stop them. They could only watch helplessly as the young commander's army crossed the south of the river, not daring to make a move.

Facts have proved that Uncle Zhou's suggestion of pursuing with all his strength was extremely correct. When it was completely dark, Xiang Guan, the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army who went south to pursue first, sent people to send news, saying that after the remnants of Li You fled back to Waihuang City in embarrassment, he fled south sporadically The defeated soldiers of the Qin army fled into the city and continued to follow Li You. No matter how the young commander cavalry intercepted and killed them, Li You's army quickly recovered. It is conservatively estimated that more than [-] soldiers gathered in Waihuang City. Remnants defeated.

"Ms. Li Youpi really won the hearts of the soldiers." Xiang Kang sighed and said, "Even if it were me, I'm afraid it would be difficult to regroup so many troops in a hurry after such a big defeat last night."

Uncle Zhou next to him nodded and said, "General Right, if Li You doesn't abandon the city and flee south after we arrive at Waihuang City tomorrow, please don't hesitate to block the four gates of Waihuang immediately and build a siege immediately." Otherwise, if Li You is given the opportunity to quickly fortify the city defense, with the tenacity of his army, it will definitely be even more difficult for us to take down the small city of Waihuang."

"Of course." Xiang Kang nodded, and said, "Li You is famous for defending the city. How dare I repeat Wu Guang's mistakes and give him too much time to improve the city defense?"

Having said that, Xiang Kang, who has always liked stealing and cheating, is hard to change, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: "There must be a lot of casualties in a direct attack, can you think of a way to slander Li You again, and relieve us of some attacks?" The pressure of the city?"

In the early morning of the next day, the main force of the Young Marshal continued to move southward at full speed. At noon, he arrived at the foot of Waihuang City and joined the vanguard cavalry. Seeing that the flag of the Qin Army was still flying at the top of Waihuang City, he confirmed that Li You was still in the city. Xiang Kang didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly dispatched troops to block the four gates of Waihuang, and built fortifications to prevent the Qin army from breaking through.

After hastily arranging these matters, before Xiang Kang dismounted to rest, some changes suddenly appeared on the north gate of Waihuang. Li You's banner and several flags of Qin army generals suddenly appeared on the top of the north gate of Waihuang. , it is obvious that Li You has personally boarded the north gate to check the main force of the young commander in person.Seeing the flags of the generals of the Qin army, Xiang Kang had an idea, and asked Xiang Guan: "Brother, are there any tyrant Qin generals who fled into Waihuang City with Li Youpifu?"

"This...." Xiang Guan was a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment before saying: "Brother, I'm sorry, I don't know the situation very well, I only know that Wu Qingxiang, who is under the leadership of Mrs. Li Youpi, fled into Waihuang with him. In town."

"Li You's general Wu Qing entered Waihuang City? Are you sure?" Xiang Kang asked.

"Definitely." Xiang Guan replied: "When Wu Qing and his husband fled into the city, my cavalry captured a soldier who was behind him, and asked for a reliable statement."

"That's enough." Xiang Kang applauded, and then immediately ordered Chen Ping: "Mr. Chen Ping, please write a letter to Li You's general Wu Qingxiang immediately in my tone, and thank him on my honor." Help us break through Li You's camp the night before, and ask him to make persistent efforts, and continue to act as an internal response when we attack Waihuang City, help us take Waihuang, capture and kill Li Youpifu. After this is done, I will designate him as General Pi, Anyang Jun, in addition, reward him with a thousand pieces of gold and ten beauties."

"Hehe." Chen Ping laughed when he heard that, and said, "General You, you really aren't used to not tricking the enemy."

"It's true that I'm used to it." Xiang Kang smiled shamelessly and said, "It doesn't take much effort to write a letter, but if we get it, it will be easy for us to attack the city again."

Chen Ping nodded with a smile, and immediately asked someone to fetch a silk pen to write a book, but Zhou Zeng who was next to him was a little worried, and said: "General You, Mr. Chen Ping, this plan is good, but how can we let Mrs. Li Youpi see this?" What about letters?"

"It's not difficult." Xiang Kang and Chen Ping replied in unison: "Among the captives we captured, randomly find two unreliable ones, give them some rewards, let them go to Waihuang City at night and return to the team, let He will deliver the letter to Wu Qingxiang for us."

Zhou Zeng was speechless, and only after a while did he slander in his stomach, "Wolf is a traitor!"

On the Puyang battlefield, the shameless alienation that disgusted Xiang Kang once again appeared again. Following Xiang Kang's instructions, Chen Ping arranged for manpower, and soon found two prisoners who had followed Li You to participate in the battle. The old soldiers of the Qin army who had passed the defense of Xingyang first coaxed them with good food and drink, and then rewarded each of them with two yi gold, and asked them to go out of the camp at night with a letter signed by Xiang Kang. The city asked to return to the team, and then took the opportunity to send a letter to Wu Qingxiang, a very capable general of the Qin army beside Li You.

According to Xiang Kang and Chen Ping, the unscrupulous partners, after climbing the outer yellow city wall with a rope, although one of the two Qin army veterans was more shaken, the other immediately sold out Wu Qingxiang. At this time, the soldiers of the Qin army guarding the city did not dare to neglect, so they quickly escorted the two old soldiers of the Qin army into the city, and handed them to Li You with the letter.

Out of trust in Wu Qingxiang, after reading Xiang Kang's shameless letters full of nonsense, Li You's first reaction was to never believe it, but the most disgusting thing about divorce schemes is that as long as doubts arise, there will inevitably be a suspicion in his heart. Liao, plus Chen Ping's writing is so good, he vividly described the shameless deeds of Wu Qingxiang and the young commander-in-chief's secret collusion. However, Li You still called Wu Qingxiang and handed Xiang Kang's letter to him for reading.

It is conceivable that Wu Qingxiang was angry after reading this letter. Before he had finished reading the letter, the veins on Wu Qingxiang's forehead were throbbing violently, and he yelled loudly: "Your Majesty, you are wronged! The general treats you and me in the end. Being loyal to the Great Qin court, how could it be possible to secretly collude with the Chu thieves and help the Chu thieves break into our camp? The night before yesterday, the last general fought to the death for you. Countless soldiers can prove this! You have to trust the last general! "

"Don't worry, General Wu, I can definitely trust you." Li You said comfortingly: "I have no other meaning in passing this letter to you. Some people in the army already know about this matter, maybe there have been rumors in the army, so I have to tell you this matter, so that you can have a bottom line in your mind."

"What? Someone in our army is already spreading the word about this?" Wu Qing was almost not mad, and shouted: "Your Majesty, I don't want to talk too much about the last general, give me an army, let me I will take it out to fight the Chu thief! Let our soldiers see if I, Wu Qingxiang, are the kind of shameless villains who betray the country and seek glory!"

"General Wu, don't be impulsive!" Li You was shocked when he heard this, and quickly dissuaded him: "In this situation, we can only defend the city. How can we send troops to fight against the Chu thieves? Don't worry, General, I absolutely trust you. Here is a password ban, no one is allowed to spread unfavorable rumors in the army."

Li You didn't have much time to appease his beloved general. Before Li You could persuade Wu Qingxiang to calm down, there were reports from outside soldiers saying that Xiang Kang had personally led the army out of the camp and was leading the attack that was rushed overnight. The weapons in the city came directly towards the north gate of Waihuang. Li Youwen didn't dare to neglect the report, so he hurriedly called Wu Qingxiang to follow him to the city, and went to the city to observe the situation of the young commander, but he didn't notice it at all. Wu, who was already extremely angry, Not only did Qing Xiang's face turn ashen, and he gritted his teeth to shatter, the ten knuckles of his hands were already clenched white!

By the way, at the turn of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the chivalrous spirit was still prevalent, and personal dignity was highly valued. Thick-skinned people like Xiang Kang and Liu Laosan were rare, and more people still followed the ancient style. To kill or commit suicide, Wu Qingxiang, Li You's single-handed favorite, is precisely this type of person.

(End of this chapter)