Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 87 Break Zhao Zhuang Again
The first battle defeated the main force of the Qin army in Sishui County, and kicked away the camp of the main force of the Qin army in Sishui County outside Fuli City. The Qin army was defeated and fled back to the city. The army made great progress, and immediately came up with the idea of ​​taking advantage of the victory to take down Fuli City.However, after the preliminary results of the battle were counted the next day, Xiang Kang and the young marshal Jun Wenwu were surprised and disappointed to find that the real results of the self-army were not as great as estimated and hoped—except for the capture of a lot of military supplies and supplies. In addition to weapons and armor, the number of beheadings by the Young Marshal's Army was less than 900, and only more than 700 prisoners of the Qin Army were captured.

This is really no wonder that the young generals are incompetent. Even if they won a complete victory, they could not kill too many enemies. The key is that the battlefield is located in the North China Plain, and the terrain is too open. With infantry as the main force, it is naturally more difficult to effectively annihilate the enemy.

Before that, Zhao Zhuang directly commanded the main force of the Qin army stationed outside Fuli City, which was close to 5000 people. Fuli also had 1000 local defenders with more than 600 people. The total strength was more than [-]. Bringing captives only wiped out more than [-] enemies in total. Even if the Qin army still had some who disappeared on the battlefield and took the opportunity to desert, the total strength of the remaining Qin army should still be more than [-]. Sticking to Fuli City, and still has the power to fight, if it is done properly, even the possibility of turning defeat into victory cannot be ruled out.

After all, the Young Marshal had only barely accumulated some experience in actual combat and killing people, and they were still a bunch of mobs at heart, and anything could happen if they were at a disadvantage.At the same time, yesterday's battle also clearly showed that the Young Marshal's army is indeed seriously lacking in battle experience, the ability to break the formation is not strong, and it is difficult to be sure when confronting head-on.

The only thing that made Xiang Kang feel at ease was morale and fighting spirit. After the victory, the morale of the young commander was high, and his fighting spirit was high. From top to bottom, he was full of confidence in defeating the enemy again; It is difficult to recover combat power and combat courage in a short period of time. As long as the progress of the next fight is slightly unsatisfactory, it is easy to be easily defeated by the young commander.

Based on these circumstances, Xiang Kang reaffirmed his previous decision, and said directly at the military meeting where the next battle plan was discussed: "It is absolutely not possible to attack the city directly. It is not very sure, and it is easy for the Tyrant Qin army to rely on it." Gradually regaining confidence in the battle of defending the city will make our future battles even more difficult."

"Then what should we do?" Xiang Zhuang asked: "Just retreat? Or find a way to win by surprise? Kill the Qin army again and be caught off guard?"

Xiang Kang didn't answer, but just silently calculated whether to retreat. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Xiang Kang found that retreating is indeed a good choice. The morale of the enemy has been depressed. After the main force of the young commander retreats, Zhao Zhuang has almost no possibility Take the opportunity to launch a pursuit, even if you retreat before the battle, there is not much danger.At the same time, after withdrawing troops for consideration, even if the Surabaya Qin Army and the East China Sea Qin Army continue to join forces to launch an attack, with yesterday's big victory at the bottom, it will be much easier for the young commander to defeat the enemy one by one in the field.

Having said that, Xiang Kang's rationality reminded himself that anyone can imitate, and he must not imitate his cousin Xiang Yu, who is trying to make a name for himself. He is extremely worried that if he does not pursue and fight to the end, he may give the enemy a respite and make a comeback. Opportunity, when the time comes, it will be too late to regret.So Xiang Kang quickly made up his mind and said: "We can't retreat, the enemy's vitality is still there, if we can't seize the current opportunity to completely defeat the enemy and give Zhao Zhuang a chance to breathe, we will only have endless troubles."

"Then what should we do?" Xiang Zhuang asked again: "We can't attack directly, how about letting me lead the army to fight in the city? See if we can lure the enemy out?"

Although the confidence is very small, Xiang Kang wants to give it a try, and wants to make up some vicious words to provoke and anger the enemy, but when the words come to his lips, Xiang Kang's heart suddenly moves, and he shook his head and said: "There is no need to fight!" , from now on, we will do our best to strengthen the camp defenses, dig a ditch to protect the camp, and build a wall of sheep and horses. In addition, don't send soldiers to the surrounding area to cut wood, and don't rush to build any siege weapons."

"Why?" Xiang Zhuang said in bewilderment: "It's fine if you don't cut down trees to make siege weapons, why do you need to strengthen the fortifications and take a defensive position?"

Xiang Kang smiled and said with a very relaxed smile: "Of course there is a reason, because in the scuffle yesterday, I was shot by the arrows of the Tyrant Qin army, and the injury was quite serious."

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Qin Jun's situation is of course opposite to that of the Young Marshal's Army. After counting yesterday's battlefield data, he found that the losses of his own soldiers were much less than he estimated. Of course, Zhao Zhuang heaved a long sigh of relief and recovered somewhat. Confidence, and immediately pursued the culprit that caused yesterday's fiasco, chopped off a Qin army with two or five hundred leaders who were ineffective in governing the army and caused confusion among the soldiers, and two generals with 500 soldiers, and at the same time severely beat the Qin army general who voluntarily abandoned the camp With fifty army sticks, he confidently pushed all the responsibility for the fiasco to his subordinates, and lost his temper very much.

Knowing Zhao Zhuang's unruly temper, no one dared to stand up and beg for mercy for those unlucky people. It was only after Zhao Zhuang finally scolded and vented enough that he persuaded Zhao Zhuang to choose the competent assistant who was on the defensive. Standing up, he cautiously persuaded: "Your Majesty, please take a break from the anger of the thunder. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Yesterday we were just unlucky. Opportunity. Fortunately, the losses of our army are smaller than estimated, and the vitality is still there. As long as the strategy is proper, it is not impossible to turn things around again."

"I regret that I didn't listen to your advice. I underestimated the enemy and wanted to fight. That's why I suffered yesterday's disastrous defeat." With a somewhat self-critical sigh, Zhao Zhuang asked, "In your opinion, what should we do next?"

"Junzun, the officials feel that we should stick to the city and wait and see the changes." The assistant official suggested: "Our army's current situation is that our army is not aggressive enough and has more than self-preservation, so the officials think that our army only needs to stick to Fuli City, then You can make it difficult for the thieves to move under the city. The thieves can't do without the attack talisman for a long time, and the old master is tired, so they have to retreat. Besides, if you don't visit Donghai, you will tell the Donghai county guard the truth about our army. He sent troops south as soon as possible to attack the back of the rebellious thieves, then the rebellious thieves would have to withdraw even if they didn't want to. At that time, our army could act according to the opportunity, or take the opportunity to launch a pursuit, or gather troops and horses to advance slowly, and cooperate with Donghai County soldiers to attack the chaos on both sides. If there are thieves, then the thieves will be broken.”

He still knew what it means to make up for a dead sheep, and felt that his subordinates' suggestions were reasonable. Zhao Zhuang, who had lost the courage to fight outside the city, immediately nodded and accepted. Zhao Zhuang immediately reorganized his team, while strengthening the city defense and preparing to defend the city, he dispatched fast horses out of the city to the East China Sea. The Qin army in Donghai County asked for help.At the same time, more scouts were sent out of the city to investigate the specific movements of the young commander's army, and they dared not repeat the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

Under such circumstances, the strange action of the Young Marshal, who won a big victory yesterday, desperately reinforced the camp fortifications. Of course, it was quickly reported to Zhao Zhuang. He learned that the Young Marshal did not intend to seize the opportunity to attack quickly, Taking the same defensive position as himself, Zhao Zhuang certainly felt a little strange, and subconsciously strengthened the reconnaissance and surveillance of the Young Marshal's Army.Inevitably, Zhao Zhuang, who had received military education in his school room, quickly discovered another detail—the Young Marshal had never sent anyone out of the camp to cut wood. Making weapons doesn't look like preparing to launch a siege war.

"Strange thing, what are the thieves trying to do? Instead of cutting down trees to make weapons, they dig trenches and build walls. Do they want to confront our army for a long time? Their food and grass can last for a few days, so they are not afraid of our attack." The friendly army from the East China Sea suddenly went south and stabbed them in the back?"

After a day full of doubts, on the second day, Zhao Zhuang still sent more scouts to investigate strictly, but the results were slightly different from yesterday's. The young generals who had already dug trenches and built walls Although no further fortifications were built to protect the camp, they still closed the camp for self-protection, did not send an army out of the camp, and at the same time did not send anyone to cut wood nearby. What kind of medicine is sold here.

In the middle of the afternoon, there was a sudden change. The Qin army scouts patrolling outside the south gate of Fuli suddenly caught a strange man who was trying to approach the city gate. The man also said that he had a confidential letter to submit to Zhao Zhuang, the scouts of the Qin Army did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly escorted the man into the city and handed him over to Zhao Zhuang's personal soldiers.But when the soldiers escorted the strange man in front of Zhao Zhuang, Zhao Zhuang's first reaction was that the man looked familiar, and then he immediately remembered - this man came to visit with a letter of surrender last time Live your own Zhou Zeng family!
Thinking of his identity, he always thought that Zhou Zeng, the former magistrate, was in the bandit camp and his heart was in Qin. Of course, Zhao Zhuang was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Zhou Zeng's family about his situation, and Zhou Zeng's family smiled all over their faces. He saluted and said: "Congratulations to Junzun, congratulations to Junzun, great news, although your soldiers and horses suffered a small setback the day before yesterday, Junzun, the soldiers under your command made great achievements in the chaotic army, and they were shot with one arrow. Xiang Kang's child's right chest was injured, and the child was seriously injured and could hardly hold on."

"What?!" Zhao Zhuang's joy was no small matter, he quickly jumped up and asked, "Little Xiang Kang was shot by our arrows, is it true?"

"Reporting to Junzun, it is absolutely true, and it was shot here." Zhou Zeng's family gestured on their right chest, pointing out the location where Xiang Kang was shot by Liu Ya, and said beamingly: "The master also told the villain that Xiang Kang's After returning to the camp, the rebel kept vomiting blood, fell into a coma several times, and was almost unable to hold on, but he was only worried about affecting the morale of the army, and he was even more afraid that you, Jun Zun, would take the opportunity to send troops, so his bandit generals have never dared to announce this news."

"No wonder the thieves want to strengthen the camp, and they are not in a hurry to build siege weapons, so it is like this!" Zhao Zhuang suddenly realized, and hurriedly urged: "Quick, quick, get your master's letter."

According to Zhao Zhuang's order, Zhou Zeng's family quickly took out a sealed letter, and after the soldiers handed it to Zhao Zhuang, Zhao Zhuang couldn't wait to open it, and saw that Zhou Zeng's letter was indeed a report to himself about the matter. The good news that Kang was shot by Liu Ya also introduced that Xiang Kang was seriously injured and might die at any time.In addition, Zhou Zeng also reported an important news to Zhao Zhuang, that is, because of Xiang Kang's serious injury, the Young Marshal has decided to retreat tomorrow to take care of himself, and suggested that Zhao Zhuang launch a sneak attack overnight and kill one of the Young Marshal If you are caught off guard, you will definitely win a big victory, just like the disastrous defeat of the Qin army the day before yesterday.

If there is no previous foreshadowing, then Zhao Zhuang will definitely not easily believe the amazing news reported by Zhou Zeng, but there is no way, Zhao Zhuang has already passed Gu Bi's report, knowing that Zhou Zeng is in the body. The heart of the thief camp is in Qin. A few days ago, Zhou Zeng contacted Zhao Zhuang directly and secretly, and asked the person in charge to help Zhao Zhuang defeat the Young Marshal Army. So this time we will see the good news that Zhou Zeng sent suddenly. Of course Zhao Zhuang did not Any doubts, immediately applauded, determined to adopt Zhou Zeng's suggestion, and sent troops overnight to attack the camp of the Young Marshal's Army.

Then, of course, Zhao Zhuang rewarded Zhou Zeng's family who took the risk to deliver the letter, and immediately summoned his subordinates to announce the amazing news that Xiang Kang was shot by the Qin army's arrow. He was overjoyed and clapped his hands.But there are also people who are more cautious. The official who advised Zhao Zhuang to act calmly stood up and said, "Dare to ask Jun Zun, where did you receive the news, is it reliable? Is it too coincidental? Although swords and arrows have no eyes on the battlefield, and it is very common for arrows to injure people, how can we have such good luck, that a single arrow just happened to shoot Xiang Kang's traitor seriously?"

"Of course the news I received is reliable." Zhao Zhuang smiled confidently, and asked the official back, "Why don't you think about it? If our Liu Ya hadn't shot Xiang Kang's traitor seriously, the chaos outside the city would have ended." Why haven't the thieves seen any movement these two days, and they have closed their camps in deep ditches and high forts to protect themselves? Also, the thieves haven't started to cut down trees and rush to build siege equipment. Doesn't this clearly show that the thieves never dared to dream? Siege, are you still preparing to withdraw troops at any time?"

After all, he is just an unknown soldier, and he has not studied all kinds of military books that will appear in later generations. There is no precedent to follow. Of course, Zhao Zhuang's subordinate does not know that Xiang Kang's previous hard work is to mislead Zhao Zhuang to make wrong judgments. I can only rely on my intuition: "Jun Zun, it's better to be careful. If Xiang Kang's rebel is really seriously injured and will die, then within a day or two, there will be actions from the rebellious thieves. We still guard the city and wait and see what happens. For the top."

"I can't wait any longer. I have received reliable inside information that the thieves will withdraw their troops tomorrow. If you wait any longer, they will slip away." Zhao Zhuang didn't publish Zhou Tong's letter, but ordered: " Order the whole army to prepare for the night battle immediately, and send troops at the second watch tonight, and I will personally lead the army to attack the bandit camp, which will be a shame of the day before yesterday!"

Knowing Zhao Zhuang's unruly temper and cautious personality, the official wanted to dissuade him several times, but he didn't have the guts to dissuade Zhao Zhuang, so he could only sigh in his heart: "I hope the news is true, otherwise, we will Maybe we will lose another battle.”

The supplies in Fuli City were quite sufficient, and before it was completely dark, the Qin army had already made all kinds of corresponding preparations for the night battle, and had a full meal. It was the second watch of the night, and the Qin army quietly opened the east gate of Fuli , people with titles, horses and chews, sneaked out of the city to gather quietly, and directly dispatched a total of 3000 troops in one breath. Under the leadership of Zhao Zhuang, they quietly marched eastward to the camp of the Young Marshal's army ten miles away.

The cloudy night sky provided an ideal cover for the Qin army. When he quietly touched the gate of the young commander's barracks with few lights, the officers and soldiers of the young commander who were on duty at the gate were still unaware. A group of veterans moved forward to attack the gate of the Young Marshal's camp.As a result, the young commander guarding the gate of the camp was killed. He was caught off guard. One was shot to death by the Qin army's crossbow arrows, and the other was injured by the Qin army soldiers. The rest of the young commander fled into the camp in a panic. Shouting and beating the gong desperately to call the police.The veteran of the Qin army did not hesitate, and immediately cut off the latch with an ax and opened the gate of the young commander's camp.

"Kill!"

Excited shouts of killing sounded, and under the urging of Zhao Zhuang, the soldiers of the Qin Army rushed towards the camp gate that the Young Marshal had already opened like a tide, and entered the camp of the Young Marshal without any effort. He kept walking again, heading straight for the commander-in-chief's flag of the young commander's army.Zhao Zhuang was overjoyed to see his army progressing smoothly outside the camp, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Revenge is finally possible!"

"Dong dong dong dong dong!"

The sudden sound of intensive war drums in the Young Marshal's camp made Zhao Zhuang's maniacal laughter freeze on his face, and then naturally, before Zhao Zhuang came back to his senses, the camp of the Young Marshal's camp was suddenly lit up with torches, and two The army rushed out from the left and right, and rushed into the two wings of the Qin army. At the same time, an army from the rear camp of the young commander's army also rushed out, attacking the Qin army from three sides. The Qin army was in chaos and had to turn around and run for their lives.Zhao Zhuang complained repeatedly, cursing: "Shameless traitor, it's actually a trick!"

Worse than the day before yesterday, ambushed in the dark, the Qin army was far more chaotic than the day before yesterday when it was raided by the young generals in the daytime, people pushed people, crowded people, trampled on each other, and the messy ones just ran out of the camp, and the young people who had been prepared Shuai Jun slashed and killed with all his strength, and continued to fight against the wind, hacking Qin Jun until he was dizzy and blood spattered.And Zhao Zhuang, who was hiding outside the camp, was the same as the day before yesterday. When he found out that the situation was not good, he immediately turned around and ran for his life, leading the rear army directly to Fuli City.

Qin Jun, of course, should stop dreaming of running away smoothly like the day before yesterday. People and horses were galloping in the dark night, either you knocked me down, or I pulled you down. Screaming, countless soldiers of the Qin Army fled in all directions in a panic, and countless people were left behind.The Young Marshal's army pursued with all their strength, constantly chopping down and overturning the soldiers of the Qin army who were falling behind, and successfully forced the Qin army to become more chaotic and collapsed, without any courage to turn around and fight.On the battlefield, wolves rushed forward, Qin Jun's weapons and flags were thrown everywhere, and the soldiers were panicked and chaotic like a group of lambs being chased by tigers and wolves. The Qin army hacked and killed corpses all over the field, and the wreckage was densely covered.

Zhao Zhuang is also considered smart, knowing that it is inconvenient to travel in a night battle, this time he rode a horse to command the battle, of course it was much more convenient for him to flee for his life, and because he retreated in time, he didn't escape like the day before yesterday, even the commander-in-chief flag was killed He was forced to lose, but at any rate, he was a little bit advanced and fled back to Fuli city with the handsome flag and some rear troops.However, a new problem was immediately placed in front of Zhao Zhuang - should we close the gate of the city immediately, so as not to give the young generals the opportunity to enter the city indiscriminately? "

"Don't rush to close the door! Try to let our soldiers escape as many as possible! Only by keeping the army can we hope to keep Fuli City!"

Zhao Zhuang's decision to grit his teeth turned out to be a big mistake. When the defeated Qin army fled back to Fuli city in a panic, even though the soldiers of the Qin army guarding the gate were decisive, they decisively closed the city before all the defeated Qin army returned to the city. At the gate, dozens of defeated Qin soldiers were massacred outside the city by the pursuers of the Young Marshal.However, at this critical moment, dozens of defeated soldiers of the Qin army who had fled back to the city earlier rushed out, rushed to the gate of the city and swung their knives, chopping down the soldiers of the Qin army who were struggling to lock the bar. Amid the desperate cries of the defeated Qin army, the city gate was opened again.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Young Commander who had already chased outside the city were of course bursting with joy. They couldn't wait to charge into the city and continue to kill the defeated soldiers of the Qin army who were heartbroken. Zhuang was completely dumbfounded, and exclaimed, "How did the thieves get into the city? Why didn't I find anything?"

Of course, the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army pretended to be soldiers of the Qin Army and sneaked into the city. As early as before the Qin Army sneaked into the camp of the Young Marshal Army, a hundred selected soldiers of the Young Marshal Army had already put on the captured Qin soldiers. The sergeants wore uniforms and secret marks to distinguish ourselves from the enemy. Under the leadership of Xiang You, they lurked in a secluded place outside the Marshal's barracks.After the Qin army was defeated and retreated, the young commander-in-chief army immediately went out again, holding the hundred-man flag that had been deliberately torn in half, mixed into the defeated Qin army crowd, commanded by the broken hundred-man flag, and messed around with the Qin army soldiers He fled to Fuli City.In the darkness, it was already difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and the Qin army had been defeated and chaotic. Of course, it was even more difficult to tell the truth from the fake. Naturally, the commando of the Young Commander's Army sneaked into Fuli City with ease.

By the way, Xiang You was appointed by Xiang Kang as the captain of the commando of the Young Marshal Army. Although Xiang You was a little afraid to accept this dangerous task, but after being provoked by Xiang Kang in front of everyone, the face-saving Xiang You still gritted his teeth Take this extremely dangerous errand.But fortunately, Xiang You successfully succeeded, and was very lucky not to be killed by the Qin army. He took off the Qin army's clothes in time after the city was opened, revealing the young commander's uniform inside. Fortunately, he was not accidentally injured by the friendly army.

(End of this chapter)