Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 85
"Two days ago, you already started to arrange the plan to lure the enemy?"

When Zhang Liang and Xiang Bo lost their souls together, of course all the members of the Xiang family were happy, and they were full of confidence in Xiang Kang's strategy.However, Xiang Zhuang suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Zhou Zeng: "Uncle Ya, if I remember correctly, I remember that you had already feigned surrender to the Tyrant Qin army once during the last prime minister's battle, and this time you surrendered to the Tyrant Qin army again." Zhao Zhuang, the Sishui prefect of Tyrant Qin, pretended to surrender, would he still believe it?"

"General Xiang Zhuang remembers correctly, I have indeed surrendered to the Tyrant Qin army once before." Zhou Zeng nodded, and then said with a smile: "But don't worry, general, Mr. Zhao Zhuang will only believe in my surrender this time, because the strict To put it bluntly, my plan of feigning surrender this time is actually a continuation of the last time. The last time I feigned surrender to Gu Bi, the county magistrate of Tongxian County of Baoqin, and helped the young commander lure the troops of Baoqin to rush across Surabaya. In addition, we also found out my true identity. Gu Bi sent my letter of false surrender to Xiangxian County and handed it over to Zhao Zhuang at my request. This has already left Zhao Zhuang with the impression that I have different intentions, so this time I Sending a letter to pretend to surrender, Zhao Zhuang will not doubt it, on the contrary, he will be more likely to believe that I really want to surrender."

Xiang Zhuang suddenly realized, nodded quickly, and praised Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng's clever plan with a smile. Zhao Zhuang must be fooled again this time.After secretly admiring Zhang Liang, he couldn't help but asked Xiang Kang: "Young Marshal, it is indeed a good move to let Mr. Zhou, who used to be a tyrannical official of the Qin Dynasty, come forward to lure the enemy by feigning surrender. The Tyrant Qin army from Sishui County has been brought in ahead of time? If Zhao Zhuang still insists on sending troops at the same time as the Tyrant Qin army from Donghai County, it will be difficult to kill you, so what do you do?"

"Yes." Uncle Xiang immediately said as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, "Even if Zhao Zhuang believed Zhou Zeng's false surrender, but he refused to send troops alone in advance, what should you do?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as he believes in Uncle Ya's surrender." Xiang Kang said with a sneer: "As long as he believes, even if he sends troops at the same time as the Tyrant Qin army in Donghai County, he must be the one who came to fight. The army is attacking us behind our backs, and when the time comes, I only need to ask Uncle Ya to come forward to lure Zhao Zhuang to secretly send troops to steal the city, defeat him with ambush for a while, and then deal with his remaining mob, of course it will be much easier."

"It's easy to say." Xiang Bo snorted coldly, turned to Zhang Liang beside him and asked, "Brother Han, what do you think, is my nephew's plan feasible?"

All eyes focused on Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang was silent for a long time, then nodded, and said: "It is feasible, and it is also aimed at the weakness of Zhao Zhuang's unsteady character, and there is a great chance of success." .”

"How is that compared to our tactical plan?" Uncle Xiang asked persistently, "Which one is better?"

When Zhang Liang was hesitating, Xiang Kang also sensed the strangeness, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, Uncle Han, what, you also have a strategy to defeat the enemy? How about telling me about it?"

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Liang cupped his hands and said: "To tell you the truth, young commander, actually, my brother and uncle want to advise you, and I want you to arrange for Tongxian's subordinates to go out to Zhao Zhuang to feign surrender, and persuade Zhao Zhuang to attack Tongxian first. You Yuyi, if Zhao Zhuang plans to send troops, first attack Tong County, which seems to be easy to win, and then you, young commander, take the opportunity to attack Zhao Zhuang's back, and attack with your Tong County defenders inside and outside, you may hope to defeat Zhao Zhuang."

Changing to Xiang Kang now is a bit dumbfounded, because Zhang Liang's strategy Xiang Kang really didn't think of in advance, and there is still a lot of possibility of success, so Xiang Kang, who didn't have a good impression of Zhang Liang before, inevitably felt bad about Zhang Liang. Some looked at him with admiration, and secretly said: "I can't see that this guy has some skills, but he can also come up with a plan to defeat the enemy."

"How is it?" Uncle Xiang yelled not very confidently: "Kang'er, your Uncle Han and I came up with this method, how does it compare with yours?"

Xiang Kang laughed when he heard that, and said with a smile: "Uncle, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"What's the truth? What do you mean?" Uncle Xiang asked suspiciously.

"Brother, there's no need to compare, our strategy is not as good as the young commander's strategy." Zhang Liang took the initiative to admit, and admitted honestly: "Compared with the young commander's strategy, our strategy obviously takes more time. The grasp is much smaller, and the strategy of the young marshal is better and saves more time."

Hearing this, Xiang Bo immediately turned into a discouraged ball, and Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and others next to him also said: "Lead the Tyrant Qin army to Tong County, and then we will send troops to Tong County to fight them decisively." , since it takes a head-on confrontation and takes time, of course it is not as good as deciding whether to fight a decisive battle, or to kill a part of Tyranny before a decisive battle, who is more confident and who is easier to see, how can there be any comparison?"

Xiang Bo kept his face stern and did not say a word, Zhang Liang also felt a little ashamed, and hurriedly bowed his hands to Xiang Kang and apologized: "Forgive me, Young Commander, I have taken the liberty of presumptuousness. The Young Commander has a clever plan, and the decisive victory is thousands of miles away. I admire you so much. I have confessed my crime, and I will not dare to take the liberty of plotting those trivial schemes in the future."

"Uncle Han has said it before, and you also want to help me out of kindness." Seeing that the strategy proposed by Zhang Liang is also very feasible, Xiang Kang said a few words of comfort, and then took the initiative to say: "Uncle Han, In fact, your strategy is also quite good, if you think of any strategy to defeat the enemy in the future, just tell me directly, as long as it is feasible, I will definitely adopt it."

"The young commander deserves the award, I am ashamed and dare not take it." Zhang Liang smiled modestly and sighed in his heart: "After all, I am the descendant of Xiang Yan, the famous general of Chu State. My family has a long history, and I have been caught by tricks. It’s not surprising to compare.”

The matter was not over yet, just when Zhang Liang was secretly sighing, a soldier of Xiang Kang suddenly came in outside the tent, presented a sealed letter with chicken feathers in front of Xiang Kang, and said respectfully: "Mr. Shuai, Feng Zhongfeng from Xu County has just sent an urgent letter from his horse, which is extremely urgent."

"It's urgent? Did something happen in Xu County?"

Xiang Kang's heart froze, he hurriedly asked Xiang Tait to take the letter and presented it in front of him. After a quick glance, he saw that the seal was correct, Xiang Kang hurriedly pried off the seal with a knife, and took out the envelope wrapped in two blank slips. After reading the letter in the folder, Xiang Kang showed a look of surprise after just a few glances, and when he read it carefully, Xiang Kang gradually opened his mouth wide, rubbing his eyes a few times with an unbelievable expression on his face, Obviously surprised to the extreme.

"Young commander, what's the matter? Can you let me see it too?"

Zhou Zeng saw something was wrong, so he hurriedly obtained Xiang Kang's consent, and stood next to Xiang Kang to read Feng Zhong's letter together. Then, like Xiang Kang, when he quickly read Feng Zhong's letter, Zhou Zeng also opened his mouth in surprise. , the expression on his face was even more shocked and unbelievable than that of Xiang Kang.After finally reading it carefully, Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng looked at each other, and said in unison: "When did Feng Zhong become so powerful? Why didn't we find out that he still has this ability before?"

"What happened?" Uncle Xiang couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked, "Can you let me see? What exactly did Feng say?"

Xiang Kang ignored Uncle Xiang, but turned to Zhang Liang, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle Han, it seems that both of us have to bow down, don't you believe it? My general Feng Zhong also saw that the current situation is ours. It is necessary to pre-emptively strike and destroy the enemies one by one, and I have planned a more sure plan to destroy the enemy."

"A more sure strategy to defeat the enemy?" Zhang Liang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What is it specifically?"

Xiang Kang didn't answer, but just handed Feng Zhong's letter to Zhang Liang. When Zhang Liang hurriedly stepped forward to take it for a closer look, he saw an unfamiliar handwriting on the bamboo slips, which indeed proposed to Xiang Kang to preemptive strikes and individual defeats. The correct strategy, but also proposed a specific tactical plan.When looking at the detailed content of this plan carefully, Zhang Liang's eyes gradually became straight, and he couldn't help exclaiming: "A clever plan! It is indeed better than ours, not only saves time, but also has more confidence!"

Zhang Liang couldn't help but make such a fuss. Feng Zhong's strategy in the letter was indeed quite good. First, he suggested that Xiang Kang take the initiative to lead the main force of the young commander's army to the west, and go to the Fuli battlefield to actively seek a decisive battle. At the same time, he pointed out that Zhao Zhuang was the county guard. It is necessary to save face, and the morale of the two cities of Xiazhi County and Qi County is high. They will definitely not shrink back and avoid the battle, but will only choose to lead the army to fight.Then Feng Zhong suggested Xiang Kang to bluff the enemy to lure the enemy, and expected that Zhao Zhuang would lead the army to pursue with all his strength in order to reduce the pressure of the siege.The third step is that Feng Zhong suggested that Xiang Kang choose a suitable place on the way, deliberately discard the luggage and belongings carried by the army, and lure the soldiers of the Qin army to fight for it. , will definitely be able to win a big victory.

Another advantage of Feng Zhong's proposed tactical plan is that it completely disrupts the Qin army's joint attack plan, and more confidently creates opportunities to defeat the enemy one by one. He easily freed up his hands to deal with the Qin army in Donghai County, and he was still very sure to force the Qin army in Donghai County without the help of friendly troops to retreat without a fight, and resolve the immediate crisis at a lower cost.Therefore, from the perspective of overall strategy, the tactical plan proposed by Feng Zhong is not only far better than the tactics proposed by Zhang Liang, but also better than the tactics planned by Xiang Kang himself.

Another important point is that Xiang Kang's tactics are to lure the enemy to the city of Qulu for a decisive battle. The initiative is on the enemy's side. It is very likely that it can be implemented when the Qin army launches two attacks at the same time, which is too passive. keep.The plan proposed by Feng Zhong is to let the young commander-in-chief fight against the enemy, firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield, and do not need to look at the enemy's face to act. Passively beaten strong.

After carefully reading Feng Zhong's handwritten letter with a face full of shock, Zhang Liang's first reaction was to ask immediately after finally recovering his senses: "Dare to ask the young commander, who is your general Feng Zhong? A descendant of a famous family from the Six Kingdoms? Who did he study under?"

"From a famous family? Who did you study under?" Xiang Kang was taken aback by Zhang Liang's question, and he said in confusion, "I haven't heard of Brother Feng's descendant from a famous family? I haven't heard of any teacher he has worshiped? If I remember correctly It seems that several generations of his ancestors were ministers and farmers, but he went to private school for a few years when he was young, and he could write and count, so he became the head of Shiling Pavilion."

Zhang Liang was dumbfounded, then lost all hope, and couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "It's too shocking! Unexpectedly, I, Zhang Liang, was born in a famous Korean family and studied under the master Huang Shigong. However, the descendants of Lord Wu Xin of the Chu Kingdom are fine, why can’t I even compare to a country fool?”

Feeling extremely lost and melancholy, Zhang Liang couldn't help having the idea that the first thing he did after returning home was to burn the "Taigong Art of War" given to him by Huang Shigong, and he would never admit that he was I have read about the art of war and know about military affairs, so I can't afford to lose this man.

At this time, Zhou Zeng asked Xiang Kang whether to adopt Feng Zhong's tactical suggestion. Xiang Kang thought carefully and found that after he had the initiative, not only was it easy to adjust the tactics, but he also didn't have to worry about the other side in the decisive battle with Sijing, Sishui. The safety of a battlefield, so Xiang Kang quickly made up his mind, and shouted a few times: "Use Feng Zhong's tactics! Order the whole army to prepare for departure immediately, and set off westward at noon tomorrow to find Baoqin in Fuli Army battle!"

The younger members of the Xiang family clasped their fists together and sang promises together. Xiang Yang, who was in charge of conveying orders, immediately arranged manpower to notify the generals of the Young Marshal’s battalions to prepare for the expedition. Uncle Xiang rolled his eyes, even though Xiang Kang didn’t ask him to join the army. He did not take the initiative to make this request.After the dejected Zhang Liang left the young commander's camp, Uncle Xiang said to Zhang Liang furtively: "Zifang, if Xiang Kang's plan to disrupt the enemy is seen through by the Baoqin army, then the Baoqin army will see through it." Qin Jun refuses to be fooled, what do you think will happen?"

After all, he is a confidant, Zhang Liang immediately understood what Xiang Boqiao wanted to do, and immediately asked, "Brother, do you want to secretly inform the Tyrant Qin army?"

"Zifang, are you kidding? How could I be that kind of person?" Uncle Xiang laughed, and said, "I'm just worried that Feng Zhong's plan to disrupt the enemy won't work, so I'm concerned."

"Then why didn't you say it in the Chinese army tent just now?" Zhang Liang snorted coldly in his heart, and then said lightly: "It's useless if the Qin army doesn't fall for it. If he becomes chaotic on his own, he will definitely lead the army to retreat directly, lead the Tyrant Qin army to the city of Qulu and then find another way, and will not foolishly go head-to-head, that is not his habit and style of using troops."

Uncle Xiang shut up in disappointment, but he secretly hated him, and even wished that Xiang Kang's troops would not go his way, that he would lose his prestige if he lost a battle, and give himself a chance to be in charge of the army.

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According to Xiang Kang's arrangement, at noon the next day, Xiang Kang personally led the main force of the young marshal's army of more than [-] people and set off eastward.And Qin Jun's spy, who was lurking in the Qulu area, also sent the news to the area under Qin Jun's control immediately, and was sent to Fuli City by Qin Jun's fast horse that night, and reported to Zhao Zhuang, the governor of Sishui County.

"Good time! I didn't expect that Xiang Kang, a rebel with such audacity, dared to send troops to Fu Li to fight with me when he was about to die. Then I would not be polite, and ordered the whole army to prepare for the battle immediately! When the thieves arrive, immediately dispatch troops to a decisive battle!"

As Feng Zhong analyzed in the letter, after receiving the news that Xiang Kang dared to take the initiative to die, Zhao Zhuang ordered the army to prepare for the battle as soon as possible, and immediately made up his mind to fight the Young Marshal's army head-on.However, an official who accompanied Zhao Zhuang on the expedition had a different opinion, and advised him: "Your Majesty, please think twice, the soldiers and horses of Xiang Kang's rebels are not much different from ours, and the soldiers under his command have won consecutive battles and their morale is high. In a frontal decisive battle, even if you win, you will definitely lose a lot. Instead of taking a risky decisive battle, it is better to stick to the camp with deep trenches and high fortifications, to wear down the spirit of the rebels, and then it is not too late to plan to defeat the enemy."

"Deep ditch and high fortress, stick to the camp?" Zhao Zhuang sneered and said, "I am the governor of Daqin Sishui, facing a group of rebels and rebels, you tell me to just defend and not fight."

"Junzun, you can be a good man if you can bend and extend." The assistant persuaded: "The sheriff of Donghai County has agreed to join us to wipe out Xiangkang's gangsters, and he will personally lead the army south to Xiapi to join hands with our army. If this is the case, we only need to hold on for a few days until the soldiers of Donghai County go south to Xiapi, and take advantage of the emptiness to attack behind the rebels. Then Xiang Kang's rebels will inevitably be in chaos when they hear the report, so we can only hurry Return troops to rescue, when the time comes, our army will take the opportunity to attack, and we will definitely win a big victory."

If Zhao Zhuang had listened to this official's persuasion, then it goes without saying that Xiang Kang would not want to cry without tears, and he would definitely lose a lot of hair.But it's a pity that according to Feng Zhong's analysis in the letter, Zhao Zhuang really shook his head and said: "There is no need to do this, if you do, it will definitely grow the ambition of thieves and destroy us." The prestige of the officers and soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty, I will lose my face. No need to say any more, it’s settled like this. As soon as the rebels come, I will immediately send troops to a decisive battle! I want to see if the mob under Xiang Kang, the traitor, can be under my command How long can you stand in front of the Great Qin Tiger and Wolf Master!"

Knowing Zhao Zhuang's stubborn temper and not listening to others' persuasion, the officials who made suggestions had no choice but to shut up obediently, not daring to continue persuading him to make himself unhappy.But fortunately, this official only regretted that Zhao Zhuang refused to adopt his safe strategy, but he was not very worried that Zhao Zhuang would lose in the decisive battle. The handsome army is roughly equal, and the weapons and equipment are also occupied. At the same time, among the Qin army, there are many veterans of the Qin army who have participated in frontier wars, and their combat effectiveness is guaranteed. Shuai Jun mob.

(End of this chapter)