Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 78
Still inexperienced, after receiving the news that the enemy in Tong County had suddenly received reinforcements, Xiang Kang, no matter how scheming he was, would inevitably be a little at a loss. He didn't know what to do next. Xiang Zhuang, Feng Zhong, and Zhou Zeng And Bao Wen and others were worse than Xiang Kang. Not only did they fail to make any good suggestions in time, but they also focused all their attention on Xiang Kang, expecting Xiang Kang to come up with a decision quickly.

After silently taking a deep breath, Xiang Kang forced himself to calm down, and made a safe choice when the enemy's situation was unknown, and ordered: "Order the whole army to continue advancing at the original speed, and first go to Tongxian City to have a look Let's talk about the situation."

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, the Young Marshal continued to advance southeast at the original speed. During this period, the scouts kept reporting back, saying that the reinforcements from the Qin Army coming from the south were advancing very fast, and it is likely that the Young Marshal also knew about the situation. The news that Tong County is approaching, Xiang Kang nodded calmly, but secretly analyzed in his heart: "Knowing that I am about to arrive at Tong County, the reaction is to speed up the advance. It seems that this enemy is quite cautious and wants to be one step ahead Join forces with the enemies in Hetong County just in case. Be careful, this battle seems to be really worth fighting."

More than half an hour later, the young marshal arrived at the northern suburb of Tong County smoothly, across the river from the city of Tong County on the south bank of Tongshui. Temporarily gain a foothold outside the west gate of Tong County.At the same time, the Qin army in Tongxian City also sent troops to guard the only wooden bridge across the river outside the north gate of Tongxian County. They were very careful not to give the young generals the opportunity to cross the south immediately, and also to buy time for the tired reinforcements who came from afar.

The distance is too far, and it is difficult for Xiang Kang without binoculars to see the specific situation of the Qin army's reinforcements clearly. However, judging from the enemy's formation, the Qin army's reinforcements have obviously undergone certain military training, and the orderly formation is by no means comparable to the ordinary mob. .And the flags in Tongxian City are neat, the soldiers are arranged in an orderly manner, and they have the mental outlook of a regular army.Xiang Kang couldn't help being even more worried when he saw this, knowing that even if he fought the enemy head-on in the wild, the young commander who had only accumulated some actual combat experience would have little chance of winning.And even if they can win in the field, the losses of their own army will definitely not be so small.

After careful consideration for a long time, Xiang Kang called the scouts and asked them about the water flow and bridges in Tongshui. The scouts reported that Tongshui was deep and difficult to cross. The reason for scouting the enemy's situation is because there is a small folk bridge five or six miles upstream that only allows two people to pass side by side.Xiang Kang nodded after listening, and then ordered: "Go and burn that small bridge. The whole army retreats ten miles, ten miles upstream of Tongshui, and sets up camp on the north bank."

"Brother, there's no need to retreat too far?" Xiang Zhuang questioned, saying: "With Tongshui blocking the way, it's not so easy for the enemy to sneak across the river and attack us. We can directly garrison troops near here, so that we can attack the city easily. Why do you need to retreat so far? Also, what are you doing burning that small bridge?"

"Don't ask, I have a plan." Xiang Kang shook his head, refused to answer, and said, "Also, let the wind go, and say that the enemy has received reinforcements, and Tongxian County will stop fighting for the time being. We will wait for us to get back from the prime minister and take it out." Let’s talk about reinforcements after we call in from the rear.”

Although I really don't understand Xiang Kang's arrangement, but because I have seen Xiang Kang's insidious, vicious and despicable tactics more than once, Xiang Zhuang and other young commanders still obeyed the order, and led the young commander with Xiang Kang. Withdrew slowly, leaving only the scouts to continue scouting the enemy.As a result, seeing the Young Marshal's army retreating without a fight, the Qin army in Tongxian City and the reinforcements outside the city were of course cheering like thunder, and the military flags were waving endlessly. The young commander-in-chief with boundless scenery on the battlefield.

After leading the army to retreat ten miles upstream of Tongshui River, according to Xiang Kang's order, the Young Marshal Army immediately set up camp, and divided up the manpower, and rushed to build four pontoon bridges on the Tongshui River. The scouts also kept going back and forth to investigate each other, keeping track of each other's movements.Then soon, the scouts of the Young Marshal Army sent an urgent report, confirming that the reinforcements of the Qin Army did come from Xu County, and also reported that the Qin Army in Xu County did not enter Tong County, but chose to be in the southwest of Tong County. A camp was established at Jiaosanli, forming a situation of mutual horns with the Qin army in Tongxian County.

"Strange thing, why didn't the Tyrant Qin army from Xu County enter the city?" Zhou Zeng said in a puzzled voice, "Tongxian County is next to it. Why didn't the Tyrant Qin army from Xu County enter the city and rest in peace? Instead, they chose to stay in the city. Set up camp outside the city?"

"Not surprising, this is the right choice." Xiang Kang analyzed: "The enemies of Xu County stationed their troops outside the city. One is to avoid mixed camping with the enemies of Tong County after entering the city. It is inconvenient to command and mobilize. The other is to attack. Convenience, and the third is to form horns with the enemies in Tong County, no matter which group of enemies we send troops to attack, the other group of enemies can immediately send troops to attack our back or flanks, making it difficult for us to look at the head and tail."

"Also, there is another advantage for the enemies of Xu County to be stationed outside the city." Xiang Kang said casually, "That is, they can send troops to intercept us at any time, so as to prevent us from bypassing Tong County and directly attacking Xu County, which must be empty of troops. rear."

Zhou Zeng nodded in a daze, but Xiang Kang, who was talking but not thinking, was moved in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle Ya, what did I just say?"

"What did you just say?" Zhou Zeng was stunned, and then replied: "You just said that the Tyrant Qin army in Xu County stationed troops outside the city and could send troops to intercept us at any time, so as to prevent us from bypassing Tong County and going directly to fight. They must have empty the rear of Xu County."

Xiang Kang laughed when he heard this, and said to himself: "I'm on the edge of my head, I just stared at the two enemies in front of me, why did I forget that the enemy still has a place behind Xu County that needs to be saved? Well, this time the battle is easy to fight." Now, as long as we make a fuss around this point, the enemy will not be difficult to deal with."

"What's the young commander's plan to defeat the enemy?" Zhou Zeng asked tentatively.

"I haven't come up with a clever plan to defeat the enemy yet, but I have an idea." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "No hurry, we will talk about it after we get in touch with Yan Xie first. , he should send someone to contact us as soon as possible. Taking this opportunity, I also want to test the authenticity of his surrender."

According to Xiang Kang's prediction, after the Young Marshal Army established the camp, that night, the family of Yan Xie came to the Young Marshal Army's camp again, and brought a message from Yan Xie to Xiang Kang, saying that it was Qin Qin from Xu County. The reason why the army came suddenly was because Hao Ba, the right lieutenant of Tong County, forced him to send a letter to ask for help from the Qin Army in Xu County. .In addition, Yan Xie's family introduced some information about the Qin Army in Xu County to Xiang Kang. They said that the Qin Army in Xu County had more than [-] troops, more than [-] horses, and more than [-] chariots. The right lieutenant Wang Nai in Xu County, and the Qin army in Xu County set up camp outside the city were the result of joint discussions between Wang Nai, Hao Ba and others.

In the end, Yan Xie's family said cautiously: "Forgive me, young commander. My master did not dare to let the villain bring the letter this time. The reason is that the defense of Tong County is controlled by Hao Ba. Even if my master makes up excuses for the villain to go in and out The city may also be searched at any time, my master did not dare to let the villain carry the letter just in case."

"It's okay, I understand this." Xiang Kang nodded, and then said: "You also bring me a message back to your master, saying that he should try his best to persuade the Tyrant Qin army from Xu County to enter the city. If this matter is successful , I will have a way to take down the city of Tong County."

Yan Xie's family agreed, and said more cautiously: "However, young commander, Hao Ba is in charge of military affairs. I'm afraid my master is not sure that he can persuade Xu County's army to enter the city. If my master can't do this... .”

"It's okay, tell him to do his best." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "I will try my best to help him, and I will find a way to make it difficult for Xu County's Tyrant Qin army outside the city, so that he can persuade Xu County reasonably. The Tyrant Qin army entered the city."

After giving instructions to Yan Xie's family, Xiang Kang first let Yan Xie's family stay in the barracks overnight, and at dawn the next day sent someone to send him out of the camp secretly, and sneaked back to the city by other roads.Then Xiang Kang arranged for several scouts to cross the river from the pontoon bridge, and went to the southwest of Tong County to inspect the Qin Army's camp defense arrangement in Xu County.Then Xiang Kang first ordered the army to rest during the day and prepare for the night battle, and then sent an envoy at noon, carrying a sealed letter of war and a box with a seal of mud, to the camp of the Qin Army in Xuzhou to fight, and asked the Qin Army in Xu County to fight. At noon the next day, in the "dignified" showdown in the western suburbs of Tong County, there will be no end to death!
According to Xiang Kang's order, the envoy of the Young Marshal took the letter of war and a sealed box and headed out to the enemy's camp with a white flag. As soon as the envoy left, Zhou Zeng who was next to him immediately asked, "Young Marshal, are you here again?" Want to attack the enemy's camp at night? I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed this time, right? The last time you met with Gu Bi for a decisive battle, you sent troops to attack his camp that night. At that time, many soldiers from Tong County fled. Come back, it’s impossible for Hao Ba and the others not to know that if you repeat your tricks this time, how could the Qin army continue to be fooled?”

"What I want is for them not to be fooled." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "If they are really fooled, and they really send troops to fight us in a decisive battle tomorrow, our battle will be even more difficult. Only if they are not fooled, can we There is a chance to surprise and win.”

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Not to mention Xiang Kang's various night battle arrangements in the camp of the Young Marshal's Army, but only to say that after the envoys of the Young Marshal's Army arrived at the camp of the Qin Army in Xu County with letters and wooden boxes, although the chief general of the Qin Army in Xu County, Wang Kai, quickly He received the envoy of the Young Marshal Army, but after opening the sealed letter brought by the envoy of the Young Marshal Army and carefully reading it, Wang Kai roared with anger. It turned out that Xiang Kang wrote in the letter:
"Wang Naizhuzi, as the Zuowei of Xu County, you were ordered to lead an army to reinforce Tong County. You don't want to put on a strong and sharp, decisive battle. You only care about protecting yourself. How are you different from a woman? A woman's dress is given to you. If you don’t have the guts, you can wear it. If you have the guts, at noon tomorrow, in the western suburbs of Tong County, we will fight to the death! Young Commander of Great Chu, Xiang Kang!”

Roaring, Wang Nai directly smashed open the sealed wooden box, and it turned out that what was inside was really a set of women's clothes—or women's clothes that folk old ladies like to wear.As a result, seeing this, the generals of the Qin Army in Xu County were of course furious, and they drew their swords to kill the envoy of the Young Marshal Army on the spot!Fortunately, Wang Kai was still calm, and stopped in time: "Wait a minute, the two countries are fighting, if you don't behead the envoy, this person can't be killed, and this official will let him bring the letter back!"

After speaking, Wang Nai first wrote down the four characters of the decisive battle in the future on the letter of war, and then ordered the envoy of the Young Marshal Army to beat the twenty army sticks hard, and asked him to bring the reply letter and the woman's clothes to Xiang Kang.Then, while Wang Nai ordered the army to rest immediately and prepare for the night battle, he sent people into the city quickly to invite Hao Ba, who he had always been friends with, to meet him in the camp.

After a while, Hao Ba was invited to the Qin army camp in Xu County. As soon as they met, Wang Kai quickly told Hao Ba what happened just now, but Hao Ba was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, can you Don't be fooled, Xiang Kang, a traitor, is notoriously scheming. When he was in the prime minister, he asked us Gu Xianzun to have a decisive battle at noon the next day, and at the same time sent troops to attack our camp that night, killing us. He caught us off guard and directly harmed our County Honorable Gu. This time he repeated his tricks and asked you for a decisive battle on the surface, but I'm afraid he will send an army of thieves to attack your camp tonight."

"Of course I won't be fooled." Wang Nai sneered and said, "In the morning, I already found out that something was wrong. The bandits sent a lot of scouts to spy around my camp. At that time, I suspected that the bandits He wanted to attack my camp. So when he sent someone to intentionally humiliate me, I followed the plan, pretended to be fooled and agreed to a decisive battle, and let the soldiers take the time to rest and prepare for the night battle. I just waited for him to attack my camp tonight and kill him. He throws away his helmet and armor, and fucks off!"

"Brother Wang's clever plan!" Hao Ba applauded, and said impatiently: "Don't worry, Brother Wang, I'll go back and ask my people to prepare for night battles, and when the thieves come to attack your camp, I will also send troops to help you defeat the enemy! "

"No! Brother Hao, I think you have a better choice." Wang Kai shook his head and said, "You tell your troops to prepare for a night battle. When the enemy comes to attack me tonight, you don't need to send troops to help me. You can directly attack me." Send troops across the river from the north gate, take the road on the north bank of Tongshui, and attack the camp of the rebels in turn. Killing the rebels is a dilemma. If I can lure the main force of the rebels out of the camp and leave their camp empty , maybe you can defeat the enemy in one battle, and directly kick the camp of the thieves!"

Hao Ba was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly bowed his hands to thank Wang Kai. He immediately agreed with Wang Kai to send troops at night.Hao Ba was in charge of personally leading the army to attack the camp of the young marshals, killing every one of the young marshals, and taking the opportunity to try to defeat the camp of the young marshals in one fell swoop.

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In autumn, the days are getting shorter and the sky is getting dark just after the first shift. According to Wang Nai's arrangement, the Qin army in Xu County deliberately turned off the lights and put out the fire on time, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the camp gate, pretending that the army has fallen asleep. In fact, four hundred soldiers were secretly sent to ambush on the left and right sides of the camp. The soldiers in the camp were also unarmored and kept their knives in their hands.

According to Wang Kai's prediction, in the middle of the second watch, a young general army sneaked around the camp of the Qin Army in Xu County, and tried clumsily to seize the gate of the Qin Army's camp, trying to break into the camp. Qin Jun was caught off guard.When the battle drums in the Qin Army's camp were beating together, the Qin Army's ambush soldiers, who had long been unable to hold back, immediately rushed out from the two wings. As for the attacking soldiers, the young marshal found out that he dared not fight the enemy, so he quickly turned around and ran back and forth with his tail between his legs.

At the same time, Hao Ba also personally led a team of 500 people out of the camp from the north gate, passed through the bridge of the north gate that had been controlled by the self-armed army, went straight to the north bank of Tongshui, went upstream, and directly attacked the camp of the young commander.

Let's look at Wang Nai's side first. Although the young commander's army fled quickly, there was a din of people in the dark night. The Xu County Qin army led by Wang Tai himself could still easily bite the young commander's army's defeated soldiers. Soon after the defeated soldiers of the Young Marshal Army came to the vicinity of the Young Marshal Army's camp.Then Wang Nai found triumphantly that the camp of the Young Marshal's army was indeed in a panic, with torches and alarm gongs everywhere. It was obvious that he did not expect that his own army's sneak attack army would suffer a disastrous defeat.Then Wang Kai did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the army to speed up, and sent cavalry to attack the pontoon ferry of the young commander's army, in an attempt to cut off the return route of the young commander's army's defeated soldiers.And then……

Then, of course, Wang Kai found that he had been fooled by Xiang Kang. Amidst the sound of war drums, an army of young commanders suddenly appeared behind the Xu County Qin Army, roaring and charging behind the Xu County Qin Army. The defeated soldiers of the Young Marshal's army immediately turned around and flanked the Qin army in Xu County with the ambushes behind.But when the Xuxian Qin army in a hurry was forced to split up and fight, the drums sounded again, and two more young commanders rushed out from the left and right, and cooperated with the friendly forces to attack the Xuxian Qin army from all sides.

After all, they are only county soldiers. Even if they have received certain military training, they are far inferior to the main forces of the Qin army on the northern grasslands and in the southern jungle.What's worse is that although the soldiers of the Young Marshal have always been relying on stealth to fight the wind, they have actually been on the battlefield and seen blood, and they have accumulated a little actual combat experience. It's time to risk your life, when should you give in temporarily, and at this time, you will be caught off guard again by killing the enemy again, and you are still fighting the wind with the crowd, so the mob of the Young Marshal Army can't think of it as brave and invincible. They were more desperate than each other, and they were more courageous than each other. Surrounded by the Xu County Qin Army on all sides, they beat them violently, and soon chopped down the hapless Xu County Qin Army.

Unable to withstand Wang Baquan, who was besieged from all sides by the Young Marshal's Army, the soldiers of the Qin Army in Xu County scattered and fled for their lives. The glimmer of hope is that the Qin Army from Tongxian County, which sent troops from the north bank, launched an attack on the Young Marshal's camp in time to encircle Wei and save Zhao and force the Young Marshal's army to retreat, and also strive to turn the tide of the battle and turn defeat into victory.So even if the situation was critical, Wang Kai still refused to let the soldiers around him put down his banner of the king character, and he had to be brave enough to stand up even if he suffered a lot of losses. ——Of course, for the sake of caution, Wang Nai still accepted the kindness of his own soldiers, changed into a soldier's clothes early on, and was ready to flee for his life in chaos at any time.

Of course, Wang Nai's wishful thinking was wrong. With Xiang Kang's treachery, how could he not guard against Tongxian Qin Army suddenly sending troops from the north bank and attacking his camp at night?So when Hao Ba, the right lieutenant of Tong County, brought his troops to the vicinity of the Young Marshal's camp, the gate of the Marshal's camp, which was still dark, was immediately lit with torches, and countless bright arrows protruded from the fence of the camp. Facing the Tongxian Qin army who came to kill at night.

In order to share the pressure with the friendly army on the south bank, Hao Ba bit the bullet and led the army to charge, but the soldiers of the young commander did not give the enemy a chance to approach the camp at all. The Qin army in Tong County had just killed the nearby army, and the young commander immediately became chaotic. The crossbows were all fired, and they attacked the Tongxian Qin army who dared to attack the camp.In the case of insufficient troops, Xiang Kang, who always liked to hide behind and design harm, also went into battle in person, and took his own soldiers as the general reserve team, ready to fill in the gaps at any time.

It's still a pity that Xiang Kang didn't get the chance to kill the enemy himself. Facing the strict defense of the young commander's army, it was difficult for the Qin army in Tongxian County to even get close to the camp fence and guard trench of the young commander's army, let alone It was Xiang Kang's personal soldiers who rushed into the camp of the young commander's army and were armed to the teeth. They could only wander around the camp of the young commander's army in a mess like a swarm of flies. Every time they charged, they were shot by the crossbow arrows of the young commander's army. Crying like ghosts, howling like wolves, fleeing with their heads in their arms, they were forced to retreat to reorganize their team, and they kept going back and forth like this.

At the same time, the Qin army in Xu County on the south bank battlefield was completely overwhelmed. In order to survive, Wang Kai, who had fewer and fewer soldiers around him, had no choice but to let his soldiers put down their king's banner and give up command of the army. , under the protection of a group of personal soldiers, fled in embarrassment to the dark depths where there were few people, and the rest of the Qin army in Xu County scattered in a herd, fleeing with their heads in their arms, hating their parents for losing two legs.

According to Xiang Kang's pre-war arrangement, after completely defeating the Qin army in Xu County, Xiangzhuang on the south bank battlefield quickly asked the soldiers to blow the rallying horn, and asked the soldiers under his command to return to their banners and prepare to lead the army. The troops from the headquarters returned to aid the camp.Xiang Kang's good brother Feng Zhong took up the task of pursuing and led the young generals including Xiang You, Xiang Sui and other Xiang family's children to pursue the enemy with all their strength, desperately hacking and killing the prisoners, and weakening the Qin army in Xu County as much as possible. .

During the pursuit, Feng Zhong also thought of the scene when the tents were scattered today - after Xiang Kang arranged for the army to arrange and ordered the tents to be scattered, he left Feng Zhong alone, patted Feng Zhong on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Feng Zhong Brother, I can't just rely on our Xiang family's children blindly. You have to stand up and give me more help, but in order to block other people's mouths, you have to show more performance on the battlefield, so that when I speak for you, Only then can we have more confidence.”

Knowing Xiang Kang's implication, Feng Zhong, who is usually timid, of course acted very crazy on the battlefield. He led the young generals and soldiers, and chased them all the way to the gate of the Qin Army's camp in Xu County, and beheaded him in the pursuit. Nearly one hundred, more than 60 Qin soldiers in Xu County were captured, allowing Xiang Kang to be further promoted and reused.

(End of this chapter)