Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 80 Seizing Two Counties
In fact, as early as the moment Qin Jun of Tong County left Xu County Qin Jun and fled alone, Qin Jun of Xu County was doomed to fail. The only suspense in the final result was how many Xu County troops could be wiped out Qin Jun, how many people can escape from the Qin Jun in Xu County.

In order to reduce the difficulty of the next battle, Xiang Kang certainly hopes to wipe out as many Qin troops in Xu County as possible, and it is better to wipe out the Qin troops in Xu County. Therefore, just after the Chinese army walked out of the mountainous area, Xiang Kang immediately ordered everyone except himself to kill the Qin army. The Chinese army outside the army stepped forward, outflanked from both wings, and encircled the Qin army in Xu County, which had been entangled with the young commander's army.

Wang Nai, the chief general of the Qin Army in Xu County, also soon realized that the danger was approaching, but he had no choice. Shouting horses, unable to convey any orders, and no longer able to command the army to break through the siege, Wang Kai could only gather the troops around him as much as possible, while desperately shouting for the soldiers of the Qin army to move closer to him, while using his own Guided by the main banner of the army, he led the army to march southwestward with difficulty, trying to get rid of the entanglement of the young commander, broke out in groups to the southwest, and fled back to Xu County by bypassing the Chonggang Mountains.

Of course Wang Kai’s wishful thinking was wishful thinking. If he put down the main flag and gave up his command, causing the army to scatter and flee, then the Young Marshal would not know how to effectively intercept him; How should the generals of the handsome army block the front and chase after them, so Qin Jun just found the direction to break through under his guidance, when the young generals and soldiers who surrounded them from the two wings were already blocking them in groups. The soldiers of the handsome army also slashed and killed, kicking Qin Jun's ass desperately.

In desperation, Wang Kai had no choice but to choose to go due west, but before he had gone far, the crowd of the Young Marshal appeared in front of him again, blocking his escape route again, and Wang Kai urged the army to fight to the death , but could not break through the blockade of the young commander in any case, and was forced to turn around and rush to the south, dreaming of fleeing into the mountains, and fighting for as many chances as possible for the soldiers to survive.However, after turning the flag around, Wang Kai realized that the front, rear, left, and right sides of his own army were already surrounded by young generals. It would be as difficult to break through as a group, but Wang Kai still refused to give up, and shouted with red eyes: "Kill! Kill! Take my life away!"

The dying struggle was still useless. Although the Qin army in Xu County was eager to escape, they also worked very hard during the charge, but the quality of individual soldiers was limited. No matter how hard they rushed, it was impossible to reverse the situation on the battlefield.Although the soldiers of the Young Marshal who bear the brunt were under great pressure and were rushed back again and again by the Qin Army in Xu County, they always retreated without breaking down. While retreating, they insisted on gritting their teeth and blocking the front of the Qin Army. The soldiers of the Young Marshal in the other three directions Then take advantage of the opportunity to continue to charge and kill, like peeling bamboo shoots, weakening the Qin army who is eager to escape little by little.

The battle has already reached a fever pitch. The Qin army rushed south desperately. The young generals tried their best to cover up and kill from three directions. It was me who hacked you to death, and the crowd roared wildly one after another. From time to time, soldiers from both sides could be seen huddled together, wrestling and biting on the ground, fighting until the sky was dark and the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark.

The reason why the Qin army in Xu County was so desperate was, of course, that they were not far from their hometown of Xu County, and the hope of returning home was in sight, so even if they were betrayed by friendly troops, their morale would not drop.However, with the passage of time, after this morale gradually faded in the fierce battle, the Qin army in Xu County gradually showed signs of defeat. The left wing, which suffered the most enemies, was once again drawn into close combat by the young commander. If you get out and keep up with the team, you may collapse at any time, and the rear team and the left wing are also in a grim situation.

But fortunately, the front team of the Qin Army is still advancing tenaciously, and is gradually approaching the edge of the mountain. Wang Kai is also secretly happy, knowing that as long as he can escape into the mountain, relying on his own army's familiarity with the geographical environment, no matter what More than half of the army can escape back to Xu County.However, at this time, a team of 500 young commanders suddenly intersected between the front team of the Qin Army and the mountainous area like a magic soldier, and the reinforcement force blocked the escape route of the Qin Army. There was a sudden commotion, and panicked shouts arose everywhere.

"You bastard son of a bitch!" He yelled again in despair, but Wang Nai was still unwilling to give up, and yelled frantically: "Go forward! Go forward! Rush into the mountains! Rush into the mountains to live!"

Wang Kai's frenzied shouting this time failed to inspire again. After the road ahead was completely blocked, many desperate soldiers of the Qin army either chose to flee to places where there were few people, or wailed and put down their weapons and knelt down to surrender. The team was in chaos. The soldiers of the Young Marshal Army took the opportunity to shrink the encirclement circle, and surrounded the desperate Qin army in Xu County from all directions, and the surrender slogan of surrendering but not killing resounded through the sky.

The beleaguered Qin army in Xu County was still rushing from left to right, but it was useless. Not only could it not get out of the encirclement of the young generals, but the number of soldiers was obviously getting smaller and smaller. In less than ten minutes, Wang Nai's side There were only less than a hundred people left, and they were surrounded by more than ten times the number of young commanders, and there was no hope of escape.Seeing this scene, Wang Nai had no choice but to regret that he didn't choose to let the soldiers disperse and flee earlier. He could only sigh a long time, and before the soldiers around him could react, he stabbed himself with a sword. With a smear on his neck, he cut his own carotid artery and committed suicide.

After Wang Nai's death, most of the Qin army in Xu County, which was under siege, of course chose to surrender. Occasionally, a few stubborn resisters were quickly chopped into meat paste by the young commander's army. The Qin army in the county also ended in complete annihilation. Only a few dozen people fled into the mountains in disorder and disappeared deep in the dense forest.However, after the great victory, the Young Marshal didn't even have much time to rest. He hastily gathered the team, let the rear team take the Qin army prisoners, and then immediately set off to the north to chase and kill the Tongxian Qin army who had escaped before.

It took far longer to wipe out the Qin army in Xu County than he expected. Originally, Xiang Kang was a little worried that his own army would not be able to catch up with the enemy in Tong County who fled first. The cavalry of the Young Marshal Army with only more than 200 people could not hold Tong County for a long time. The Qin army in the county persisted until its main force caught up with the enemy.However, the change of things surprised Xiang Kang so much that he couldn't believe it was true—it was not dark yet, and the Young Marshal who came forward to investigate quickly brought good news, saying that the Qin Army in Tongxian County had been killed by the Young Marshal. The cavalry was completely defeated, and the Qin army in Tongxian County had now dispersed in all directions, and there was no longer any possibility of fleeing back to Tongxian County in an organized way!

"Already defeated?" Xiang Kang asked in surprise: "How did you fight the battle? Isn't our cavalry superior?"

"Reporting to the young commander, in order to escape as soon as possible, the enemy messed up the formation when they fled. Our cavalry tried to charge, and immediately dispersed the Tyrant Qin army." Throw them all away, and give up the unified action, so our cavalry can only kill people and kill people, and don’t have to worry about the enemy forming an formation to fight.”

After laughing for a while, he secretly thanked the general of Tong County Qin Army who was kind enough to help, Xiang Kang was relieved a little, and ordered the main force of the Young Marshal to slow down and go northward at a normal speed, so as to save the soldiers' strength, while capturing The soldiers of the Qin army in Tongxian County, who were left behind and separated, led the army northward calmly, turned around and attacked the city of Tongxian County.

On the afternoon of the third day, the main force of the Young Marshal arrived at the city of Tong County again. Tong County, where more than half of the army had been lost, was in chaos. In addition to joining the army as a soldier, he also forced the county magistrate Yan Ji to recruit all the young and strong men and women in the city into the army to form a cannon fodder army to participate in the defense of the city. The atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense.The young marshal, who was exhausted from the march, took his time and calmly set up a camp five miles south of Tongxian County to prepare for various siege affairs.

At the same time, Yan Xi's family, who had been lurking out of the city for a long time, came to Xiang Kang again. In addition to reporting the latest situation in Tong County to Xiang Kang, they also told Xiang Kang clearly: "Young commander, my master is going to Tomorrow night at the third watch, secretly open the west gate of Tong County to welcome your army into the city. When the time comes, as long as you see torches shaking under the west gate of Tong County, please ask the young commander to enter the city immediately and take over the city of Tong County. "

Xiang Kang nodded and said: "Go back and tell Yan Xiancheng that after the matter is over, I will make him the county magistrate of Tong County, and I will continue to use it in the future. In addition, I will kill the whole Hao family and do it for him. Revenge. But...."

Speaking of this, Xiang Kang prolonged the ending a little bit, and then said after a pause: "But don't lie to me, although I don't like to kill innocent people indiscriminately, but if your Patriarch deceives me, let my soldiers die in vain , I will never let him go, and his whole family!"

Yan Xi's family members were trembling, and hurriedly knelt down to express their understanding, and promised to bring Xiang Kang's original words. Then Xiang Kang nodded and asked the soldiers to take him down to rest, and quietly sent him outside the camp at dawn to let him Return to Tong County to bring a letter to Yan Xie.After Yan Xie's family left, Zhou Zeng, who was next to him, asked curiously, "Young Marshal, are you sure that Yan Xie is really planning to surrender and offer the city? Do you no longer suspect that it was a false surrender?"

"I'm not sure yet. People's hearts are so tight. Unless our army really relies on Yan Ji's support to enter Tong County, I'm not sure whether he really surrendered or pretended to surrender." Xiang Kang shook his head and said: "However, I still have to give him a chance, because one is that I want to minimize the loss of some siege soldiers, and the other is that I can afford to lose now, and I can take a risk without being sure enough."

"Can afford to lose already? What do you mean?" Zhou Zeng asked doubtfully.

"If Yan Xie really surrenders, we will only lose a few hundred people at most. It will not hurt our vitality, nor can we reverse the current situation of the battle." Xiang Kang said lightly: "And we still have two things to do in the future. Replenish our troops, so now we can afford to lose some small battles, and we can take risks appropriately."

Taking a closer look at the current situation of the Young Marshal Army, Zhou Zeng nodded quickly, and said, "I hope that Yan Ji is not a false surrender. If we can successfully take Tong County at a small price, we will go south to fight Xu County, and we will be more sure." big."

Xiang Kang smiled and said: "Fight the battle in Tong County first, and then think about Xu County. Food needs to be eaten bite by bite, and battles have to be fought one by one. One bite can't eat a big fat man. One battle It can't destroy Tyranny."

On the morning of the next day, Xiang Kang called Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han, and Feng Zhong, the three most powerful generals under his command, and told them about Yan Xie's plan to dedicate the city tonight, and asked the three of them Whoever dares to lead the army as a vanguard will take the risk of entering the city first.As a result, the three generals all volunteered, scrambling to ask for this burden, but Xiang Kang did not immediately decide on the candidate, and said: "You have to think about it carefully. I am not absolutely sure whether Yan Xie really surrendered. First lead the troops." People who enter the city may face the danger of being ambushed by the Tyrant Qin army, and may even die. So you should think about it carefully, whether you want to go or not?"

After saying that, Xiang Kang deliberately looked at Feng Zhong again. Although Feng Zhong didn't understand that Xiang Kang was deliberately giving himself a chance to make meritorious service, he still overcame the fear in his heart, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Young commander, don't worry, the last general has already passed away." Think it over, and you will eventually be willing to go.”

As soon as Feng Zhong's words fell, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han, who were far more courageous than him, immediately spoke up, expressing their willingness to take risks to carry out this task.Xiang Kang sighed, and said, "Okay, since Brother Feng spoke first, then you go. Remember, be careful, and if you find something is wrong, immediately lead the army out of the city."

Feng Zhong, who was secretly favored by Xiang Kang, solemnly agreed, but Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han did not raise any objections because they were a step late in speaking. Immediately, Xiang Kang immediately arranged a plan for dispatching troops and arranged the order of attack. Wood, pretending to rush to manufacture siege weapons, in order to deceive the defenders of Tong County, at the same time sharpen the knife and cut woodworkers by mistake, and also prepare to launch a frontal siege when the stealing of the city fails.

It was the second watch of the night, Feng Zhong and Xiang Zhuang each led a team of 500 people, sneaked to lurk outside the west gate of Tong County, and then at the third watch, the young commander saw torches shaking under the west gate of Tong County. He also quickly reminded Feng Zhong to watch it.After Feng Zhong hesitated for a moment, he gritted his teeth and shouted with a wave of his hand: "Go! Take Tong County!"

There was no ambush, and there was no conspiracy. The young commander led by Feng Zhong rushed into Tongxian City with ease. It was only when Feng Zhong's troops were about to enter the city that the defenders on the city realized that something was wrong and hurriedly knocked on the ground. Sound the gong for alarm.However, it was already too late. After the five hundred young marshals entered the city first, the Tongxian Qin Army, whose main force had been severely weakened, had no way to resist the attack of the young marshals. When they saw the banner of the Young Commander's Army, they immediately dispersed and fled back home impatiently, waiting for the Young Commander's Army to take over the city. Only the Hao family headed by Hao Ba yelled and forced the soldiers and the people to come forward to resist. But it is doomed to be a car with the arms of a mantis, vulnerable to a single blow.

The flames quickly rose in Tongxian City, and the panicked crowd was running and shouting on the street, completely in a mess. The young generals and soldiers led by Feng Zhong were invincible and unstoppable, chopping all the enemies who dared to resist into pieces and crushing them into pieces Fan, the young marshal army led by Xiang Zhuang just entered the city, Feng Zhong's troops had already reached the gate of the county temple in Tong County, the Qin army completely collapsed, and the Hao family headed by Hao Ba also decisively forgot the young marshal He took the initiative to send envoys to get in touch with the Young Marshal Army, requesting that he lay down his arms and surrender as a condition in exchange for his life.

The Hao family can forget the revenge of killing relatives, but Xiang Kang has not forgotten his promise to Yan Ji, a distant relative of Qin II, and the rich family property accumulated by the Hao family over the years, so he successfully won the entire city of Tong County. Afterwards, the first thing Xiang Kang did after he entered the city was to order the arrest of all the men, women and children of the Hao family, and enumerate in public all the heinous deeds they did to oppress the people of Tong County by relying on their family power - the black materials were of course provided by Yan Ji, and Their family dared to lead the army to resist the unforgivable crime of the young marshal several times, ordered their entire family to be wiped out, and all their property was confiscated.Then he set up a list to comfort the people and comfort the people.

With the help of Yan Ji, the magistrate of Tong County who took the initiative to tie up his own pirate ship, Xiang Kang of course quickly dealt with various aftermath matters, and recruited some Qin troops from Tong County and Xu County, as well as the people of Tong County who volunteered to join the army. The strength in hand soon exceeded 3000.Then Xiang Kang did not hesitate, and quickly arranged for Yan Ji and Bao Wen to lead an army to stay in Tong County, and arranged for Feng Zhong to be the vanguard, personally leading the troops south to attack Xu County, which was already empty of defenders.

In addition, when setting off, Xiang Kang handed Feng Zhong a letter in his own hand, and asked Feng Zhong to shoot the letter at the city of Xu County with an arrow immediately when he led his army to the city of Xu County.When Zhou Zeng next to him curiously asked about the content of the letter, Xiang Kang smiled and replied: "To scare the officials of Xu County, I told the officials of Xu County that I slaughtered the Hao family in the letter, and accused them of daring to send troops to reinforce Tong County. I want them to take the initiative to open the city and surrender within one day after our army arrives in Xu County, otherwise, after I break through the city of Xu County, all officials, big and small, will be executed! I will also kill the whole family!"

"Will it work?" Zhou Zeng was a little worried, and said, "Will it backfire and force Xu County to resist to the end?"

"The strength is enough. I'm not afraid of them resisting to the end." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Also, Uncle Ya, if you were the county magistrate of Xu County, what would you choose?"

After careful consideration for a long time, Zhou Zeng said truthfully: "There is no way out, I will choose to surrender. I hope that the officials in Xu County are also so smart that they will make the same choice as me."

The officials of Xu County did not disappoint Zhou Zeng. Two days later, the main force of the Young Marshal Army led by Xiang Kang had just crossed the Chonggang Mountains. After crossing the city gate, he obediently laid down his weapons and sacrificed himself to the city of Xu County.Hearing this good news, the Young Marshal's army was of course bursting with joy, and everyone was beaming. Xiang Kang also beamed with joy, and said with a smile, "It's just the beginning. There will only be more and more things like this in the future."

After speaking with a smile, Xiang Kang suddenly thought of something, but before Xiang Kang could continue to think, Zhou Zeng who was next to him came to make trouble, asking if he would continue to go south to Xu County, and Xiang Kang said casually: "Of course we have to go." , Feng Zhong still lacks some experience, we have to help him deal with the aftermath, and we need to add some more soldiers in Xu County."

Then after being distracted, Xiang Kang also forgot his accidental movement just now, and couldn't wait to think about various personnel arrangements after taking over Xu County, and how to further promote and reuse generals with different surnames, and gradually get rid of himself. The over-reliance on the Xiang family's children prepares him for a longer-term future.

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There is one more thing that must be explained. When the news that the officials and defenders of Xu County voluntarily put down their weapons and surrendered to the Young Commander-in-Chief quickly spread, and spread to Huaiyin County, Donghai County, which borders Xu County, of course, it immediately caused an uproar among the people of Huaiyin. It caused a huge sensation and became the biggest hotspot of discussion among the people in the streets and alleys, townships and kiosks.When a tall man with a sword heard the news, he couldn't help being surprised and said: "Xiang Kang's military power is so sharp? How could he force a county town to surrender voluntarily?"

"Of course, I heard that Xiang Kang's rebellious army has tens of thousands of troops. They are invincible and invincible. They have never lost a battle since the rebellion." He was well-informed, and said mysteriously: "I heard that our county magistrates in Huaiyin are panicking now. I'm afraid that the county soldiers recruited a few days ago are not enough, and the county army will be expanded later. What I'm afraid of is The thieves continued to advance eastward and came to attack us in Huaiyin."

"I won't come." The man with the sword suddenly said, "If Xiang Kang is really an outstanding hero with aspirations for the world, he will never come to Huaiyin at this time. If he really comes, That means he is just an incompetent person, and his team is destined to be only a flash in the pan."

"Damn!" The eloquent passer-by spat heavily, and scolded disdainfully, "What are you? You deserve to judge the heroes of the world?"

After scolding, the passer-by spat at the tall man with the sword again, and cursed, "Child in the crotch!"

Ignoring passers-by's contempt and insults to him, the man with the sword just stroked his sword lightly, and turned his eyes into the distance, looking in the direction of Xu County, with a longing look on his face.But after touching his empty purse and belly that was growling from hunger, the man with the sword sighed helplessly, and walked to the river cheekily, looking for a kind-hearted rinsing lady to beg meals.

(End of this chapter)