Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 86
Many people may not have noticed a detail, that is, before Xiang Kang led the army to go out, unless there was an urgent need for a war, Xiang Kang usually set off with the army in the morning, leaving a daytime march for the army.Only when he decided to send troops to Fu Li this time, Xiang Kang deliberately confessed that he planned to send troops at noon, leaving only half a day for the self-armed army to march.

At the beginning, Xiang Kang's civil and military cronies, including Zhou Zeng and Xiang Zhuang, didn't pay attention to this detail. By the next morning, the army was ready to set off, but there was still more than an hour before the departure time. At that time, Zhou Tong, Xiang Zhuang and others suddenly realized that this seemed to be a mistake in Xiang Kang's arrangement, and then Zhou Zeng kindly said to Xiang Kang: "Young commander, the army is ready. Anyway, we didn't pick any time, so it's better now." Ask the fortune teller to make a fortune, and set off as soon as possible. In this case, we can travel more today."

"It's not necessary." Xiang Kang shook his head and said with a smile, "We can only set off at noon this time, which is in our best interest."

Zhou Zeng was stunned, and hurriedly asked Xiang Kang the reason why he had to leave at noon, Xiang Kang shook his head and said nothing, his smile was still very mysterious, Zhou Zeng was at a loss, and couldn't figure out why Xiang Kang said yes It is in the best interest of our own army to set off at noon, so we have to keep this question in our hearts for the time being, and wait patiently for Xiang Kang to reveal the answer in the future.

At half past noon, according to the rules of military expeditions in this era, Xiang Kang arranged for a well-known fortune-teller in the area to ask about good and bad luck in public. As a result, because he had received Xiang Kang's gold, the result of the fortune-teller's fortune-telling was of course Good luck, the Young Marshal's army was able to win this expedition even if they knocked it with a wooden stick, and defeated the enemy army. At the same time as telling the good news to the whole army, Xiang Kang also ordered the army to set off, and asked the Young Marshal's army to march at a normal marching speed , Xiang Fu left Baba without the slightest hurry.

The normal marching speed of the infantry is about fifty miles a day, and they set off at noon without rushing on their way. Of course, the young marshal only walked about 25 miles on the first day and then set up camp to rest. After being harassed and obstructed by the Qin army, the people along the way in Fuli also closed their doors early, not daring to disturb the march of the young commander's army. Slanting to the west, the Young Marshal had to stop and set up camp to rest.The temporary camp of the Young Marshal Army is about thirty miles away from Fuli City.

It was at this time that Xiang Kang asked Zhou Zeng with a smile: "Uncle Ya, how are you doing? Do you understand why I must leave at noon yesterday?"

Although he is not born to eat this bowl of rice like Xiang Kang, he has received military education in the classroom after all, and has accumulated a lot of actual combat experience during this time. After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Zeng still understood Xiang Kang Noticing his intention, he said happily: "Young commander has a good plan, yes, it is indeed in our best interest to choose to set off at noon yesterday."

"Where is the advantage?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile.

"Why does the young commander test me?" Zhou Zeng smiled and said, "I chose to set off at noon yesterday. Yesterday and today, we marched less than eighty miles within a reasonable distance. Arrive at the outskirts of Fuli, and leave plenty of time for Zhao Zhuang to make a decisive battle, so we can lure him to launch a decisive battle at noon tomorrow, and we don't have to work hard to build a camp, which will be much more convenient when we retreat in a false defeat."

Xiang Kang laughed, very proud of his accurate timing, but after stopping his laughter, Xiang Kang was somewhat worried, and said: "Tomorrow we will see if Zhao Zhuang will obediently send troops to a decisive battle. If he doesn't If you are fooled and don’t plan to rush to a decisive battle, or simply choose to stick to the camp, then we will be in big trouble.”

"Young commander, don't worry." Zhou Zeng comforted: "I have dealt with that idiot Zhao Zhuang. I know that he has a quick temper and loves to save face. He will definitely not stick to the camp in a wimpy way. They will rush out to fight us at noon tomorrow."

Xiang Kang nodded, but he was unwilling to be completely at ease. After careful consideration for a while, Xiang Kang made up his mind and said, "Uncle Ya, write a letter of persuasion to Zhao Zhuang for me, and use my reputation to persuade Zhao Zhuang to lead the Qin army Put down your arms and surrender to us, saying that as long as he agrees to surrender, I will make him a general of Chu State, but if he is stubborn and insists on being buried with the fatuous Qin II, then after I capture him alive, I will If you want to split him up and kill him, your tone should be as arrogant as possible."

"Young commander wants to provoke Zhao Zhuang on purpose? To lure him to a decisive battle as soon as possible?"

Zhou once guessed Xiang Kang's intentions, Xiang Kang nodded, smiled and said: "I wanted to give him a set of women's clothes, but doing so is too obvious, even a blind person can see that I deliberately provoke him to a decisive battle, maybe it is possible It's just the opposite. So I have no choice but to tease him tactfully, and make him feel that I don't know the heights of the world, so it's easier to deal with."

Zhou Zeng nodded with a smile, expressing his understanding of Xiang Kang's vicious intentions, and immediately wrote a book, writing an arrogant letter to persuade Xiang Kang to surrender, but Xiang Kang was not in a hurry to send someone to send it to Zhao Zhuang. It was just carefully arranging the camp defense to prevent the Qin army from sneaking at night, and at the same time rushing to make dry food for two days. After spending the night safely, Xiang Kang led the army and continued westward, while dispatching a team of fast horses Go forward first and go to the Qin army camp to deliver the letter.

When the cavalry of the Young Marshal arrived at the camp of the Qin Army outside Fuli City, the Qin Army of Sishui County, headed by Zhao Zhuang, of course had already figured out the general situation of the Young Marshal, and knew that the Young Marshal would definitely be there at noon today. At that time, they arrived at the outskirts of Fuli City, but when it came to how to deal with it, the generals of the Qin Army under Zhao Zhuang were divided into two factions. One faction advocated immediately preparing to send troops and launched a decisive battle with the Young Marshal Army in the suburbs of Fuli City today, while the other faction advocated Don't act rashly for the time being, it is recommended to find out the strength of the young commander's army first, and then launch a decisive battle before it is too late.Zhao Zhuang's attitude was ambiguous. Although he was more inclined to send out troops for a decisive battle today, he felt that it would be good to have a closer look at the specific strength of the Young Marshal's army before launching a decisive battle, so he didn't make up his mind immediately.

Under such circumstances, when the cavalry of the Young Marshal shot the letter of persuasion into the Qin army camp with crossbow arrows, and the soldiers of the Qin army also presented the letter to Zhao Zhuang at the first time, of course Zhao Zhuang immediately lost his patience. , patted the table and roared angrily: "Xiang Kang, you are so bold that you can take the initiative to send him to your door to seek death, but you have the face to persuade me to surrender to you! Order the whole army to prepare to go out to fight immediately, and fight against Xiang Kangni today!" Thieves fight to the death!"

"Junzun, should you wait a little longer?" A general of the Qin army who advocated a slow war, persuaded, "We don't know the specific military situation of the rebels at present, and a hasty decisive battle is risky, so it's better..."

"Don't wait!" Zhao Zhuang interrupted angrily, and roared: "A group of mobs, how do you need to investigate and understand? Fight today! Get ready right away!"

Knowing that Zhao Zhuang's violent temper did not dare to continue to disobey, the generals of the Qin army who advocated a slow war could only sing promises together, and then immediately returned to camp to prepare for the battle with the generals of the Qin army who advocated a decisive battle today. After the chariot and everything was ready, Zhao Zhuang couldn't wait to lead the army out of the camp in person, and gathered more than [-] Qin troops outside the camp to prepare for battle.

Not long after, the scouts of the young commander who patrolled back and forth reported the news of the Qin army leaving the camp to Xiang Kang. Lead the army to march slowly to save energy, and keep a strict formation to move forward.

Zhao Zhuang's urgency exceeded Xiang Kang's estimate, and he had no patience to wait passively outside the camp. Zhao Zhuang actually led the Qin army out of the camp to advance eastward and took the initiative to meet the main force of the young commander's army. The advancing Young Commander Army and Qin Army could already see each other's flag formation, and then Zhao Zhuang and Xiang Kang did not dare to hesitate, and immediately ordered the army to line up in the eastern suburb of Fuli, and directly launched the main decisive battle.

This is also the first time that the Young Marshal Army has fought the Qin Army head-on in an upright manner. Xiang Kang did not dare to take risks, so he asked the Young Marshal Army to arrange a large square formation with a balanced offense and defense, and hide more than a hundred chariots brought by the army in the formation Among them, the infantry was mixed and lined up for strict protection, the cavalry was arranged on the left flank with open terrain, and the grain, grass, and transportation vehicles were behind.Zhao Zhuang adopted the traditional formation of the Qin army. The heavy crossbowmen were arranged in front of the two wings, the cavalry was hidden behind, the light crossbowmen were in the middle, and the main force of chariots and infantry were mixed behind the light crossbowmen. On the high ground behind the left wing, he commanded the overall situation from a high position.

After the formation was set up, Xiang Kang, who had never fought in battle, was the first to attack. Amid the sound of war drums, Xiang You, who was named the commander of two or five hundred by Xiang Kang, led his troops out of the battle first, and attacked the Qin army's crossbow formation head-on. Zhao Zhuang, who was full of confidence in the crossbowmen, laughed out loud when he saw it, laughing loudly at the young commander's recklessness.As expected, Xiang You's troops had just bullied the front of the Qin Army's front, and were immediately hit head-on by the Qin Army's powerful crossbow.

After sighing that the Qin Army's strong crossbow really deserved its reputation, Xiang Kang waved his flag and commanded Xiang You to attack again. Unfortunately, as before, Xiang You's troops were still shot by Qin Army's random arrows, and they had to panic. Flee back to the distance to regroup.Then, according to Xiang Kang's banner command, they shifted their targets to attack the Qin Army's right-wing crossbow array. At the same time, the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army on the left also trot forward, preparing to attack the side of the Qin Army's right-wing crossbow array in a roundabout way, helping the infantry to break the enemy.

Of course it was useless to do so. Zhao Zhuang just waved the flag, and the cavalry of the Qin Army who were hiding behind the Qin Army's right-wing crossbow formation immediately attacked and charged towards the cavalry of the Young Marshal's Army, smashing the cavalry of the Young Marshal's Army who wanted to join forces with the infantry to break through the formation. At the same time, the strong crossbows on the right wing of the Qin Army also fired random arrows, shooting the infantry of the Young Commander's Army until they screamed and made it difficult to advance.

The fragility of the Young Marshal's army was still beyond Zhao Zhuang's imagination. After a fierce battle, the cavalry of the Young Marshal's army under Xiang Han's command gradually became overwhelmed. They were defeated by the Qin army, which was outnumbered by him, and had to turn around. escape.After seeing the cavalry retreat, the infantry of the Young Marshal Army led by Xiang You also fled immediately, fled directly to the phalanx of the own army in a panic, and foolishly disrupted the seemingly neat formation of the Young Marshal Army.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhuang, who laughed heartily, of course waved his flag and commanded the main force of the Chinese army to take advantage of the momentum to attack, while the young commander's army had no choice but to ring the bronze gong for retreat because the formation had been disrupted. , Turn around and run for your life before the enemy gets close, and one by one escapes faster.

"Chasing!" Without any hesitation, Zhao Zhuang immediately gave the order to pursue, and shouted: "Follow him to the end, and take Xiang Kang's head!"

The quasi-[-]-level marathon race started, and the young marshal who had heard about Zhao Zhuang's treatment of captives for a long time, ran for his life following the banner of his own army.Qin Jun's footsteps were brisk, shouting and chasing with strides, the military flags covering the sun like a rainbow, Zhao Zhuang himself even laughed and urged the vehicles, leading Qin Jun to pursue closely.

In the pursuit battle, of course, many soldiers of the Young Marshal Army who were exhausted fell behind and had to put down their weapons and surrender on their knees. However, the Qin Army of Sishui County, who had long been accustomed to slaughtering prisoners of war, was not polite and surrendered without saying a word. The soldiers of the Young Marshal Army cut down with a knife, forcing the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army who had already kneeled and surrendered to stand up quickly, and ran away again, which also forced the brigade of the Young Marshal Army in front to run faster, saying nothing. Dare to stop and take a breather.

It was also at this time that Xiang Kang really realized what it means to be defeated like a mountain, and he was extremely worried that his own army would collapse to the end and collapse directly. It is to try to gather the army, flee desperately with the young commander, and bite the bullet to lead the Qin army to the real decisive battlefield that he chose on the road.At the same time, Xiang Han, who was ordered to contain the cavalry of the Qin Army, gradually led the cavalry of the Young Marshal to the south, and gradually led the cavalry of the Qin Army who were chasing his own army away from the chasing battlefield.

Fortunately, Xiang Kang had also considered that if he escaped too far, the army might turn from a false defeat to a real defeat. The selected battlefield was not too far away, and he only escaped fifteen or six miles away. So they fled to a relatively narrow battlefield with a lake in the south and Sui River in the north.Then Xiang Kang did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the rear team fleeing in front to abandon all their luggage, deliberately overturned the vehicles, smashed the wooden cages, scattered the cloth and weapons brought with the army all over the place, and let the pigs brought with the army Sheep escaped everywhere.

The critical moment to decide the outcome has finally arrived. While Xiang Kang kept looking back worriedly, the Qin Army Brigade finally caught up to the position where the young commander had abandoned his luggage. Xiang Kang's palms were soaked in sweat, and he secretly said: Win or lose, it depends on now."

The soldiers of the Qin Army did not disappoint Xiang Kang, nor did they disappoint "Feng Zhong" who sent a book to offer advice. Seeing the blood, the flies jumped on it, grabbed the cloth without saying a word, and never let go, and laughed while grabbing the horns. Not only was the queue completely chaotic, but soldiers also beat each other to loot property. ——But I really can’t blame the greed of the soldiers of the Qin army. The productivity of this era is extremely backward. Even a piece of clothing can be written in a suicide note to specify who to leave it to. Suddenly seeing so many valuable things in front of you, I’m used to it Of course, the soldiers of the Qin army in poor days couldn't do everything they could to snatch them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiang Kang, of course, stopped Shuai Qi from advancing, and before he had time to reorganize his team, he had just collected most of the soldiers and horses, and immediately led the Young Marshal's brigade to fight back, aggressively attacking the already chaotic The Qin army kept yelling, "Whether it's life or death, it depends on this battle! Kill!"

Finally it was the turn of the mob of the Young Marshal Army to show their talents. Seeing an opportunity, amidst the shouts, the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army, who had only been able to fight with the wind since the beginning of the army, all fought bravely. To the soldiers of the Qin army who have been in chaos by themselves.The soldiers of the Qin army were firstly because the team was in chaos, and secondly, they did not expect that the soldiers of the young commander who had been defeated before would dare to turn around and fight again. It's just that he doesn't even have the courage to fight in close quarters, and he has already fled before the young commander's army rushed close.

"What's going on? Why did the thieves come back again? Hurry up, line up, line up, and get ready for the arrows!"

Seeing this scene, the frightened Zhao Zhuang of course quickly ordered the troops around him to line up to fight, but it was a pity that Xiang Kang chose this battlefield because the terrain was very vicious to the Qin army. The lake also moved southward, and the chaotic and defeated Qin army's front team could only turn around and flee for their lives. Under the pursuit and expulsion of the young commander, they panicked and directly disrupted the Qin army's rear team, completely smashing the Qin army's formation again. And the dream of fighting, Qin Jun also shouted and neighed because of this, the chariot staggered to and fro, completely in a mess, and no longer had the arrogance and prestige of the previous pursuit. ——After all, the soldiers of Sishui County were only local troops drawn from various counties in Sishui, and their combat effectiveness was also far inferior to that of the real elite of the Qin Army. Liu Laosan was directly defeated.

When fighting with the wind, the Wang Baquan of the Young Marshal Army is always extremely sharp, rushing into the chaotic army of the Qin Army like a rainbow. Ruthless, one gebi one ge pecked fiercely, hacking and killing the soldiers of the Qin army until their flesh and blood splattered, screaming and shaking the sky, and also forced the Qin army to run even more desperately, pushing and trampling each other. The Qin army's chariots and cavalry in the mixed formation were deeply trapped, unable to charge and fight, and it was difficult to turn around and escape.The Wang Baquan of the Young Marshal's Army is showing its supernatural power, killing people when it sees people, and killing gods when it sees gods.

At the same time, the cavalry of the Qin Army who were led to the south of the lake by the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army saw that the situation was not good. The buttocks slashed and killed, while the cavalry of the Qin army lost all morale. They just fled desperately holding their heads. Even if they met the main force, they did not dare to turn back and fight again. After chasing and attacking Zhao Zhuang's handsome flag several times, he tried to capture the thief first and kill the king directly to kill Zhao Zhuang.

Knowing why the Young Marshal was staring at him so hard, the smart Zhao Zhuang had no choice but to ask his own soldiers to throw down the commander's flag, abandon his cart and ride a horse, and flee for his life among the chaotic army.As a result, although Zhao Zhuang's own safety factor was much higher, without the command of Shuai Qi, the Qin army completely collapsed, and the soldiers threw away their helmets and armor and fled in all directions.The mob of the Young Marshal Army took the opportunity to slash and kill countless people, beheading countless people, and capturing countless prisoners.

The matter was not over yet, after finally escaping back to Fuli City under the protection of the cavalry, because there were not many defenders in the Qin camp, Zhao Zhuang didn't even dare to enter the camp, and fled directly into the city with the cavalry After receiving the news, the defenders in the Qin Army's camp immediately dispersed and fled back to the city. It completely shattered the dream of the Qin Army of Sishui County and the Qin Army of Donghai County to join forces to attack the Young Marshal.

After the war, the young generals were of course exhausted, but because the Qin army camp was too close to Fuli City, Xiang Kang, who was cautious by nature, did not dare to rest overnight in the Qin army camp, so he could only quickly clean up the battlefield and insisted on bringing The army withdrew to rebuild the camp ten miles away from Fuli City, and it was not until halfway through the second watch that the army was allowed to rest.During this period, of course, Zhou Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and others all asked Xiang Kang: "The morale of the Tyrant Qin army has collapsed, should we take the opportunity to take down Fu Licheng?"

"Let me think about it." Xiang Kang, whose eyes were already bloodshot, did not give an accurate answer immediately, and said: "If we want to take advantage of the momentum to win Fu Licheng, we can only find a way to win by surprise, and we can't do stupid things like attacking directly. First, there is no way, and second, we have to prevent the backyard from burning, and the Tyrant Qin army in Donghai County suddenly stabbed us in the back."

(End of this chapter)