Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 65

It was very good for Xiang Kang. With the crossbow bolts hastily sent out by the Qin army, after paying a certain price, when the chariot of the Young Marshal rushed into the enemy's line, there were no decent soldiers in the Qin army. The brave general, on the contrary, took into account that the strict formation of the Qin army was quickly thrown into chaos by the impact of the young marshal's chariot. The front team collapsed directly, and the rear team was shaken, and there was no way to form a whole to fight.

Amidst the screams and screams, the bladed front yoke of the Young Marshal's chariot was like sharp swords piercing straight forward, or like sharp knives flying forward and cross-cutting, stabbing at Qin Qin. Even if the soldiers standing in the front of the army are all talented soldiers (elite) in the army and wear armor made of rhinoceros leather, they can't block the impact brought by the four horses at the same time, or Being directly pierced by the sharp thorns on the yoke, or cut to death by the sharp blades at both ends of the yoke, they could not stand still in their original positions. They either screamed and died, or were forced to flee. So it collapsed almost instantly.

The situation of the Qin Army's horizontal team in the back is slightly better, but it's not much better. The huge inertia of the chariot is still like a heavy punch, hitting the Qin Army's horizontal team one after another, directly smashing the Qin Army's horizontal team to pieces. When the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal Army took the opportunity to rush up again, a massacre with more fights and less began.

The mob is always extremely brave when fighting against the wind, and the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army are no exception. Considering that the Qin Army has lost its formation and can only fight on its own, the recruits of the Young Marshal Army are like descending from the mountain. Tigers, hungry wolves who meet lambs, and perverts who meet beautiful women, rush forward to slash wildly with knives, stab wildly with swords, beat wildly with spears, and bully the few with all their strength. The soldiers of the Qin army were beaten with fists and screamed incessantly, and they were extremely embarrassed.

During the melee, several soldiers of the Qin Army who had received more military training did not even have a clear view of what the enemy looked like. Falling in a pool of blood, he died extremely aggrieved.And even though more soldiers of the Qin Army rose up to resist, they were still outnumbered by four hands. They could block the front but not the back, and they could defend the left but not the right. Submerged directly, spit out countless blood and minced meat.The young generals, whose strength was more than three times that of the enemy's, were imposing like a rainbow. Under the leadership of two quasi-first-rate generals, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan, they strode forward and quickly surrounded the crowd of the Qin army like a flood.

The worst thing about the Qin army is not that there are no decent generals in their team who can calm down the situation, but that their overall quality is actually not much higher than that of the young generals who are pure mobs. They just received military training for a period of time when they served in the garrison, and they didn't really go through any decent actual combat tests. They were formed in a hurry for only a few days, and they didn't even know the names of their companions, let alone be able to work together. Cooperate skillfully in melee, and fight in teams on their own.

Therefore, after the ground was loosened, the Qin army had no chance to fight in formation again, and was rushed into the dark by the young commander's brigade rushing in groups, unable to distinguish east, west, north, south, subconsciously retreating and pushing and trampling each other. , Countless fell to the ground by themselves, and the young generals who fought against the wind took the opportunity to slash and kill, quickly killing and wounding many soldiers of the Qin army, and forced the Qin army to retreat continuously, and soon fell into the water. situation.

At this time, the Qin Army's troop transport fleet had already carried two centurions and approached the east bank of Surabaya again. However, the original landing site was already overcrowded, so crowded that even a needle could not be inserted, so the Qin Army's troop transport fleet The team didn't dare to land at the original location, so they could only gradually go down the river, thinking of landing in an open place and gathering.

Under such circumstances, the most important thing for Xiang Kang, who is commanding from the Ximen Tower, is to send out an army to prevent the Qin army from landing, and buy time for the main force of our own army to wipe out the enemies on the shore, but the young commander is really lacking. After actual combat experience, whether it is Xiang Zhuang or Xiang Guan, after leading the army to get entangled with the enemy on the shore, they all forgot that they should free up one hand to accept the command of Xiang Kang's banner, so regardless of Xiang Kang's personal soldiers on the city wall No matter how desperately they waved the flag, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan couldn't immediately divide their troops to prevent the subsequent enemy from landing. The team is responsible for blocking the follow-up enemy.

Fortunately, the young general is a rookie, and the Qin army is also a bunch of rookies. Seeing the self-army fleet sailing downstream, in order to survive and get support, the Qin army on the shore chose to take the initiative to break through downstream, relying on The courage and desire to survive, miraculously broke out a bloody road, and rushed downstream in a mess. The young commander who had lost his command fought purely on intuition, and also rushed downstream in a swarm, joining forces with the enemy unintentionally It blocked the landing road of the subsequent Qin army.

Seeing this scene, the county magistrate Gu on the west bank of Surabaya, of course, yelled at the Qi who took care of the Qin army as stupid as a pig, so stupid that he didn't know how to fight for the landing space for the friendly army.Xiang Kang, on the other hand, laughed loudly on the Ximen City, which was a prime minister, and hurriedly stopped the reserve team from advancing temporarily, leaving ample back-up to guard against the unexpected, and let Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan, who were playing crookedly, continue to perform on their own.

Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan's young generals did not disappoint Xiang Kang. While chasing the enemy on the shore in a chaotic manner, the young generals rushed and slashed, and the spring silkworms continued to eat away at the enemy like mulberry leaves. The enemy on the shore was forced to follow the fleet of the Qin army, and joined hands to prevent the subsequent Qin army from landing.The officers and soldiers of the Qin army on the fleet and the county magistrate Gu on the other side jumped their feet in anxiety, but there was nothing they could do.

The sky gradually turned dark, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers of the Qin Army on the battlefield on the east bank. With a group of young generals who fought on instinct, they detoured forward and blocked the escape space of the remnants of the Qin Army again. With fewer than a hundred people, the Qin army was doomed to be wiped out. Front and left and right were all red-eyed young marshals and soldiers, and behind them was the vast Surabaya. With nowhere to go, many Qin army soldiers were forced to die. Putting down their weapons, kneeling on the ground and shouting to surrender, many soldiers of the Qin Army jumped down from Surabaya, swam and fled to the troop convoy of their own army. The soldiers of the handsome army hacked into pieces with wild knives and swords, and died a miserable death.

The battle has come to this point, and even if Wu Qi was reborn and Li Mu was reborn, County Magistrate Gu on the west bank of Surabaya would not be able to make a comeback. With no other choice, Magistrate Gu had no choice but to order the ringing of the golden gong in desperation, and withdraw the land that had never been able to land. troop fleet.The soldiers of the Young Marshal Army cheered like thunder, while desperately slashing and capturing the remaining enemies, they couldn't wait to snatch the trophies left by the Qin army, and even refused to let go of the tattered rhinoceros armor stained with human blood. The true colors are brought into full play.

In this battle, the young commander who fought more and less paid a small price, and wiped out the three centurions of the Qin army that first crossed the river. Their morale was greatly boosted, and the cowardice and fear that were inevitable when the enemy was in front of them It is also greatly reduced.However, less than 20 of the [-] Qin troops swam and fled to the troop carrier, their morale was severely damaged, and the morale of the army was also greatly affected. ! A bunch of idiots who think about it! The thieves are obviously a gang of mobs, but they can still fight the war to this extent, until the entire army is wiped out, and this official is convinced!"

"The magistrate, calm down, the magistrate, calm down." His confidant Hao Ce quickly persuaded him, and while winking at the county magistrate, indicating that Chao Zhi, the chief general of the Qin army, who was worried about Qin, was beside him, he persuaded: "The magistrate, victory or defeat is not a matter of victory." It's commonplace for military strategists, so there's no need to be so angry. Besides, even though we lost this battle, we have basically figured out the situation of the army of the traitors. A gang of mobs is not difficult to deal with. As long as our troop fleet arrives, It can carry 600 people across the river at one time, and even if the thieves are out in force, they will never be able to stop us from landing again."

County Magistrate Gu's face was gloomy, and he nodded reluctantly after a while, and said: "It's reasonable, let's withdraw the troops and return to the camp, and wait for the troop transport fleet to come tomorrow before crossing the river."

Magistrate Gu's face was still gloomy, but he didn't know that Chao Zhi, the leader of the Qin army next to him, was about to cry - he lost one-fifth of the Qin army in the first battle. If he wins, Chao Zhi won't be able to escape punishment no matter what.So while crying without tears, Chao Zhi also secretly made up his mind, vowing that he would never fight head-on with the young commander in the future, and he would never take any more risks. Let's talk about Shuai Jun's defeat.

After the defeat in the first battle, the camp of the Qin army was lifeless. No matter how the magistrate Gu, Chao Zhi and others encouraged the army, and declared that the young marshal's army was in fact vulnerable, the hastily formed Tongxian Qin army and the Qin army who took care of them were all dead. The high morale and high morale of the army are no longer there.It was only at noon the next day, when the convoy from Suishui arrived at the front line, that there were some voices in the Qin army camp, and the magistrate Gu hurriedly held a military meeting in his large tent of the Chinese army. Discuss escape tactics and landing locations.

I just suffered a big loss at Shajidu yesterday. Of course, County Magistrate Gu dared not land at Shajidu, which is too close to Xiaxiang County, so he could only choose to go downstream of Shajidu. Shili launched a rush crossing, and arranged for his most trusted Tongxian Zuo Wei Hao Ce to lead an elite team to cross the river first, guarding the position to cover the main force to initiate the rush crossing.However, when Gu County Magistrate was hesitating whether to launch a rush to cross the river today or tomorrow, someone outside the account suddenly reported that the young commander sent a small boat with a white flag to carry a captured Qin soldier across the river yesterday. , sent a letter written by Xiang Kang to County Magistrate Gu.

Out of the need to know oneself and the enemy and a certain degree of curiosity, the County Magistrate of course immediately summoned the prisoner of the Qin Army who had returned with the letter, and asked him about the specific situation of the Young Marshal.But unfortunately, the prisoner of the Qin army reported that he was directly imprisoned in the prime minister prison after being captured, and was blindfolded after being released from the prison today, so he basically knew nothing about the situation in the city.County magistrate Gu was very disappointed, so he had no choice but to pick up the letter brought by the prisoner of the Qin army and open it for a closer look. However, after reading it, Gu County magistrate's face turned pale, and he subconsciously wiped off his cold sweat, and blurted out: : "How dangerous!"

"Xianzun, what's so dangerous?" Hao Ce asked quickly.

"That rebel Xiang Kang laughed at me for not knowing the art of war, astronomy and geography, and chose our army camp in a place of death." County magistrate Gu was also frank, and said with a pale face: "He said that if he ruthlessly Take it easy, if you send a few troops across the river last night and dig the dam on the west bank of Surabaya upstream, then the river in Surabaya will immediately submerge our camp and turn us all into fish and turtles!"

After being reminded by County Magistrate Gu, Hao Ce, Chao Zhi and the others immediately changed their expressions when they suddenly thought of the Sishui River, whose water level had risen sharply due to the continuous autumn rains, and the self-soldiers camping in an open area. There was a cold sweat.Then Hao Ce hurriedly asked again: "Xianzun, why didn't that traitor Xiang Kang do this?"

"He said that he felt pity for the people in Guizhou in the lower reaches of Surabaya, and he didn't want to use such a despicable trick." County Magistrate Gu said with a gloomy face, "He also said that he only wanted to fight the official with dignity and win the battle. Negative, I want this officer to quickly lead the army across the river and fight him head-on."

"What an arrogant little Zhuzi." Hao Ce took a breath, and said quickly, "Master, what should we do? Should we hurry across the river and move the camp to the high ground on the east bank?"

County Magistrate Gu nodded subconsciously, almost wanting to cross the river and transfer the camp immediately, but just as he nodded his head halfway, County Magistrate Gu, who had already suffered a great loss, suddenly felt moved, and hurriedly swallowed back the order that had already come to his lips, and changed his words and said :"wrong!"

"Xianzun, what's wrong there?" Hao Ce hurriedly asked again.

"Xiang Kang, a traitor, why did you kindly remind me to beware of floods? In the words, it seems that there is a intention to lure me to cross the river as soon as possible?" County magistrate Gu said with a face full of vigilance: "This little scorpion, Could it be that you want to play the trick of hitting halfway again?"

Although the number of ships is enough, there is no need to worry about being attacked by the young commander when crossing the river. However, Hao Ce has already suffered a loss once, and of course Hao Ce is not willing to be fooled a second time. After careful consideration, Hao Ce nodded, Said: "It is necessary to guard against this. It is getting late now, and we are going to cross the river downstream. Even if we can cross the river smoothly, and transport all the troops there, we must transport them until night. Crossing the river at night is more difficult. Danger."

"Cross the river tomorrow!" County magistrate Gu clapped his case, and shouted: "Order the whole army to break up the camp immediately and move the camp to a higher place! Xiang Kang is a treacherous traitor, we have to prevent him from breaking his word." , Tonight, I secretly dug up the west bank of Surabaya, and used water instead of soldiers to destroy my camp!"

Knowing that County Magistrate Gu was thinking of the whole army, Hao Ce and Chao Zhi certainly didn't object. The Allied Forces of Boys and Boys, who had just set up camp in a hurry last night, immediately pulled out the camp according to the order, abandoned the camp they had built with great difficulty, and hurriedly moved to the high ground During the period, people shouted and neighed, and it was of course quite hard work to get the soldiers of the Boys' Union Army, but fortunately Gu County Magistrate, Hao Ce and others had already explained to the soldiers the reason for the transfer of the camp, so the soldiers of the Qin Army thought about their own safety. Not much to complain about.

After moving the camp to a higher place, it was getting late, and the magistrate Gu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was about to rest, but Hao Ce hurriedly led a scout to report, and said, "Master, the thieves just broke out again. A boat was sent across the river, and the envoy on the boat got in touch with the people on Quli's side, and then the envoy was led directly to Chao Zhi's side."

Blinking and blinking, County Magistrate Gu said decisively: "Go, go to Chao Zhi's side to see the situation."

After leading a group of relatives to the Qulu Qin army camp next to him, the magistrate Gu, who has the authority to command the Qin Qin army, of course saw Chao Zhi very quickly - and even saw a man standing in front of Chao Zhi at a glance. A pile of gold, and a Qin soldier kneeling in front of Chao Zhi.And Chao Zhi was also very forthright, as soon as we met, he said: "Gu Xianzun, I was just about to report to you, the rebel Xiang Kang just sent another soldier who was captured by our army yesterday, and brought me a hundred gold, and A letter, trying to drive a wedge between you and your subordinate, the county official."

Seeing Chao Zhi being so frank, County Magistrate Gu felt relieved, and asked with a smile, "Chao Zuowei, that traitor Xiang Kang, what did you say in the letter?"

"It's all nonsense." Chao Zhi said truthfully: "What do you mean that our Daqin's laws and regulations are strict, I suffered such a big defeat yesterday, and I will definitely be guilty when I go back. I advise the officials to think about themselves and just go with him He rebelled and rebelled, and he promised that as long as I rebelled with him, he would make him a general of Chu."

"Idiots talking about dreams." County magistrate Gu smiled, but said unwillingly: "Chao Zuowei, where is the letter? Can you let me see it?"

Not knowing why, Chao Zhi hesitated obviously, then picked up the letter on the case and handed it to County Magistrate Gu, and explained: "The letter is a bit smeared, it may be that the traitor Xiang Kang made a mistake, accidentally Send me the draft."

"There are some smears on the letter?" County magistrate Gu was taken aback, and hurriedly took Xiang Kang's letter to read, but after only looking at it, Gu County magistrate found that there were indeed several smears on Xiang Kang's letter. , Gu County Magistrate's face changed slightly - the place that was altered was actually the most critical position!In addition to the gift that Xiang Kang gave to Chao Zhi, a large part of it was painted out, and a large part of Xiang Kang's request for Chao Zhi to help him deal with the Qin army in Tong County was also painted out.And more importantly, when Xiang Kang mentioned the old friendship between the Xiang family and Chao Zhi, it was even painted black, and the words could no longer be seen!
He glanced at Chao Zhi vigilantly, and the County Magistrate Gu, who didn't know who was Luo Guanzhong, made some calculations, and then asked cautiously: "Lieutenant Chao Zuo, what do you think of the meaning of this letter? The family seems to be quite familiar, right?"

"The official is also wondering about this." Chao Zhi said truthfully: "The official has never met, let alone acquainted with everyone in Xiang's family, the remnant of the old Chu. I don't know that the traitor Xiang Kang got it wrong What kind of medicine, he even vaguely mentioned in the letter that Xia Li seems to be very familiar with his family, and even painted out the following paragraph."

"Is it really that traitor Xiang Kang who painted it?" County magistrate Gu noticed that the ink color of the letter seemed to be slightly different from the ink color of the text, so he simply asked: "Chao Zuowei, and, After the traitor Xiang Kang wrote that he would give you a hundred yi gold, why was the content below also painted over? Is the color of the ink different from the color of the text?"

"Is there such a thing?" Chao Zhi was stunned, and when he quickly retrieved the letter and read it carefully, he saw that the ink used to smear the words was indeed slightly thicker than the color of the words. Chao Zhi couldn't help being very surprised, and said in surprise: "Really Ah, how can the ink color of the letter be different from the ink color of the text? Could it be that the traitor Xiang Kang changed a plate of ink to smear the text?"

County Magistrate Gu didn't speak, just looked at Chao Zhi silently, carefully paying attention to the change of Chao Zhi's expression. No way? Do you suspect that the official obliterated Xiang Kang’s traitor’s letter? The official took the wrong medicine, why did he obliterate his letter?”

Really unable to hold back the doubts in his heart, County Magistrate Gu asked directly: "Lieutenant Chao Zuo, I would like to ask, Xiang Kang, that treacherous traitor, really only sent a mere hundred gold to buy you?"

Chao Zhi suddenly realized, and at the same time, Chao Zhi couldn't help his chest filled with anger, and said loudly: "Master, do you suspect that the servant deliberately smeared Xiang Kang's traitor's letter in order to embezzle other gifts he gave to the servant? Okay, man The certificate is here, the captive who sent the gold is here, and my entourage has been here just now. You can ask them yourself, is it true that Xiang Kang, that traitor, only sent a hundred dollars to the servants? gold?!"

Chao Zhi had reached this point in his words, of course his followers all came forward to testify, proving that the captives released by Xiang Kang were indeed only sent one hundred gold, but how could the county magistrate be willing to trust Chao Zhi's followers? One-sided remarks?He simply pointed at the prisoner who had just been released and said: "Chao Zuowei, if you don't mind, how about handing over this prisoner to me to take him back for careful interrogation?"

"Anything!" Knowing that the magistrate Gu couldn't trust him, Chao Zhi agreed angrily, and then said angrily: "But Gu Xianzun, you can't use torture on him. He is a general of the Great Qin Dynasty brought by the subordinate officials. He didn't defect to the enemy, and he didn't bend his knees to beg for mercy! Don't let him come back and be wronged!"

"Can't use torture?" County magistrate Gu was even more vigilant, but he still nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you."

After all, County Magistrate Gu really asked his own entourage to take away the prisoner of the Qin army who had just been released, but as soon as County Magistrate Gu left, Chao Zhi kicked over the case in front of him with his back foot. A few days later, when the gold was sprinkled all over the ground, Chao Zhi's face also turned iron blue, and he kept his face for a long time before he said viciously, "You can't trust me! You think we are stupid for taking care of the army! Don't fight for war!" Ask me for help! In case you lose the battle, you suspect that this official deliberately drags you down and deliberately causes you to lose the battle!"

(End of this chapter)