Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 91
While the emotional issues between Xiang Kang and the sisters of the Yu family became more and more complicated and entangled, the situation in the world became more and more turbulent and chaotic. It gradually fell apart.

First of all, of course, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising army attacked from all directions. After taking down Chen County in one fell swoop, Chen Sheng refused to listen to the advice and advice of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, the famous scholars in the late Qin Dynasty, and insisted on becoming king on his own just like in history. A brand new regime named Zhang Chu.Then in one breath, six groups of soldiers and horses were sent out to attack all sides, and the six groups of soldiers and horses were: Zhang Chu's false king Wu Guang who was in charge of attacking Xingyang and Ao Cang; General Zhang Chu who took Yan and Zhao Wuchen, general Zhou Shi who went north to Dangjun and Dongjun, Deng Zong who marched into Jiujiang (Shouchun), and Zhang Chu general Zhaoping who took Guangling to the east!
Although Xiang Kang looked down on Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rogue tactics, but he had to admit that Zhang Chuyi's crazy tactics of desperately moving forward were still in the situation when the Qin Dynasty government had not had time to prepare for the war. The miraculous effect was received. Wherever the troops of the Six Routes went, the old citizens of the Six Kingdoms who had had enough of the harsh Qin law responded one after another. They either volunteered to join the army, or directly rose up. Kill the county magistrate and surrender to Zhang Chuyi's army.

Zhang Chuyi's army is as powerful as a broken bamboo, rapidly expanding the territory with a daily speed of hundreds of miles. The Qin army in various places is constantly falling apart. The officials of the Qin Dynasty surrendered or fled continuously. If the county magistrate surrendered to Zhang Chuyi's army, only a few cities could close the city to protect themselves, and Zhang Chuyi's army controlled Chen County as the center, spreading in all directions like splashing ink.Xianyang shook, and the world of Great Qin was completely in turmoil.

In addition to Zhang Chuyi's crazily expanding army, anti-Qin rebels in other places also swarmed around, one after another.Not to mention the Huaibei side, the young general army headed by Xiang Kang has been fighting steadily. Not only has it established a firm foothold in the southeast corner of Surabaya, it has also seized a large area of ​​fertile land, with abundant money and food, and full stamina; In Ling County, Chen Ying rose in Dongyang. In addition, after the main army of Sishui County was severely injured by the Young Marshal Army, and after being captured by Chen Sheng's uprising army and then occupied, a strong man named Dong Jue jumped out. With the remnants of Chen Shengjun's defeated soldiers, Zhang Chu's banner was raised again. The people of Zhixian County, whose autumn harvest plan was severely damaged by the war, gave up their lives to follow when they had no food and clothing. a nail.

At the same time, Yingbu, a famous general at the end of the Qin Dynasty, also married the daughter of Wu Rui, the order of Panyang. With the support of his father-in-law, he quickly gathered thousands of people, joined forces with Wu Rui to set up troops in Poyang, and actively contacted the descendants of Wu Yue in Minzhong County to make an appointment. Although the Anti-Qin was not as big as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, but like Xiang Kang's young commander, he firmly grasped a piece of territory and had great stamina.

In addition, Xiang Kang's heroic second uncle, Xiang Liang, and Overlord's cousin, Xiang Yu, are also ready to move in the territory of Kuaiji County. When the time is right and the opportunity comes, they will start to fight immediately and dominate Jiangdong as in history.But Xiang Yu's old rival, Liu Laosan, moved one step faster. At this moment, he has accepted the invitation of the magistrate of Peixian County, who has a different ambition, and rushed to Peixian County with the bandits from Mangdang Mountain. Another bloody storm is about to start in the north of Sishui. .

The turmoil is so severe, no matter how remote Xiang Kang's control area is, of course he has received a lot of relevant news from hearsay. It was discovered and reported to Xiang Kang at the first time.At the same time, when reporting the news, Feng Zhong also put forward a very strategic suggestion to Xiang Kang through letters-to take the whole county of Donghai from the east, and then use the land of Donghai County and part of Sishui County as the foundation to send troops to enter the Central Plains!
"Take the East China Sea from the east, and then take the East China Sea and the southeast of Surabaya as the foundation, and enter the Central Plains? Brother Feng is really getting better and better, and he still has such a strategic vision. It's really three days after the farewell. You must look at it with admiration."

Sighing, Xiang Kang accidentally used a wrong allusion. Fortunately, Zhou Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and others didn't hear it. After carefully reading the letter Xiang Kang handed over, Zhou Zeng asked Xiang Kang Said: "Young Marshal, what about Feng Zhong's proposal?"

"It's not bad, but it's not very good." Xiang Kang answered somewhat ambiguously, and then explained: "It's not bad because judging from the current situation, if we want to build a foundation and win a relatively stable rear, Donghai County is indeed our best choice. Otherwise, it will be too far for us to go south to Jiujiang, and the rear will be too dangerous after the lone army goes deep, and it is easy to conflict with Chen Sheng's troops when we go north and west. The East China Sea is safer."

"Brother, since entering the East China Sea is our best choice, why do you say it's not very good?" Xiang Zhuang asked curiously.

"Of course it's because the geography and population of Donghai County are not suitable for us to establish a foundation and become our stable rear." Xiang Kang said casually: "The whole county of Donghai is located on a plain. Except for the protection of the Yangtze River in the south, there are three lands in the east, west and north. There are no dangers to defend in any direction, once the enemy launches multiple attacks, it is easy for us to focus on one thing and lose sight of another, resulting in a difficult situation.”

"Also, the central part of Donghai County is sparsely populated and the transportation is inconvenient (there was no canal at that time), only the situation in the north is better." Xiang Kang went on to say: "So even if we take down the entire Donghai County, we can't afford it." It is destined that only the manpower and material resources in the northern part of Donghai County can be used, while the central and southern parts are useless, tasteless to eat, and a pity to discard, even if they are all taken, they will not be of much use."

They have both eaten chicken ribs. Of course Zhou Zeng and Xiang Zhuang both know what Xiang Kang’s description means. They also think of the actual situation in the south of Donghai County. Zhuang and others also nodded together, approving Xiang Kang's analysis.Then Zhou Zeng asked again: "Then young commander, should we adopt Feng Zhong's suggestion?"

Xiang Kang was silent for a while, and then replied: "It's best to only partially adopt it. Take the densely populated areas in the north of the East China Sea, get the money, food and population, dredge the Yishui River to transport troops and food, and integrate our forces. At the same time, take the east Ling County and Huaiyin, or just take the city of Ling County, cut off the north-south communication of Donghai County, drive the remnants of the Tyrant Qin army to the southern part of Donghai, and slowly map it. At the same time, we will leave enough space for our friendly troops in the East China Sea. They refused to surrender and be organized, and directly became our enemies."

"But if we do this, we will have to face the main force of the Tyrant Qin army in Donghai County alone." Zhou Zeng reminded: "Although in the current situation, we don't need to be afraid of them, but if they choose to only defend and not fight, we If you want to win the northern part of the East China Sea, I am afraid it will be quite difficult."

Xiang Kang didn't answer, but asked Xiang Guan who was also present: "Brother, did the person sent to contact Qin Jia get an answer?"

"Not yet." Xiang Guan replied: "However, I heard about Qin Jia's news. I heard that he has gathered thousands of people. The momentum is very strong, and he is already marching towards the city of Ling County."

"A group of mobs will definitely be vulnerable to the Donghai County soldiers who tyrannized the Qin Dynasty." Xiang Kang snorted coldly, still scoffing at Qin Jia's rogue tactics, and then Xiang Kang said: "But we can't treat them like that." If you don't want to save them, you have to help them, and you have to try to seize the opportunity to take down the city of Ling County. If this is successful, Gongsun Qing will not be able to command the cities in the southern part of the East China Sea like a man, and our southern line will be gone. After the threat is too great, we can also dispatch troops to the north, so that we have enough strength to attack the northern part of the East China Sea."

"Young Marshal, I have a suggestion on how to capture Ling County." Zhou Zeng, who is not very good at military affairs, made a rare tactical suggestion, saying: "Didn't General Xiang Guan say just now that Qin Jia is rumored to be marching towards Ling County? At the same time, the Tyrant Qin army also sent a partial army to reinforce Ling County. If they fought on the outskirts of Ling County, Qin Jia would definitely be defeated. Once he fled in other directions, the Tyrant Qin army would definitely pursue him with all his strength. The county soldiers will be dispatched to help chase, and Ling County will be empty at that time, as long as we make corresponding preparations in advance and suddenly send troops eastward, won’t we have a chance to easily take down the city of Ling County?"

"Uncle Ya's plan is feasible. Ling County is farther away from Xiaxiang than Xiapi. If we send troops suddenly, Gongsun Qingpifu must have no time to react."

Xiang Kang agreed, and frankly admitted that he had wanted to attack Ling County for a long time, but the main force had just returned to the division three days ago, and the enemy's situation was unknown, and the soldiers were relatively tired, so they did not dare to act rashly.Then Xiang Kang said: "But we can't act alone in this matter, we must get in touch with Qin Jia first, tell him our action plan, let him help us lure the Tyrant Qin army away from Ling County as much as possible, and create opportunities for us to make a surprise attack , after the matter is completed, we will thank them with [-]% of the money and food in Ling County."

"Brother, there is no need for this." Xiang Guan said with some distress: "Let's not say that there is no need to ask Qin Jia to help us, even if we ask them to help us, there is no need to thank them with [-]% of the money and food, right?"

"We must ask them to help us." Xiang Kang replied: "If Qin Jia is not greeted in advance, after he is defeated, he may run away directly, without giving the Tyrant Qin army a chance to chase them, and then we will not be able to do that. Come to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Ling County? Also, if you don’t say hello in advance, Qin Jia may even flee into the territory of Surabaya. If he refuses to accept our recruitment and recruitment, it will definitely be a lot of trouble. Accepting our recruitment is also the same. Big trouble, his army must have men, women, old and weak, unlike we only choose young and strong men as soldiers, we have recruited them all, how will those women, old and weak, who have no food and clothing, settle down? How can we afford to support them? so many people?"

"As for [-]% of the money and rations, anyway, they are distributed to them with other people's money and rations, so why do you mind so much?" Xiang Kang said generously again: "Be generous to the allies, and in the future more allies will be willing." Help us."

Feeling that Xiang Kang's analysis was reasonable, Xiang Guan stopped talking, and Zhou Zeng immediately said, "Young Marshal, will I write a letter for you immediately, and help you tell Qin Jia about our request and promise?"

Xiang Kang nodded, and Zhou Zeng immediately wrote a book, while Xiang Kang asked Xiang Guan to arrange secret envoys to go to Ling County to contact Qin Jia's troops, and at the same time asked Xiang Zhuang to arrange elite troops to secretly prepare for the war. Immediately send troops to attack Ling County.At the same time, in order to grasp the battle situation in Ling County as soon as possible, Xiang Kang also asked Xiang Guan and Sun Gong to prepare fast horses at the pavilions along the road leading to Ling County early in order to convey the news of the battle in Ling County at any time.

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The news about the Qin Jiayi Army dispatched by the Young Marshal Army was not groundless. Xiang Kang adopted Zhou Zeng's suggestion and started preparing for the tactical plan to attack the city of Ling County. Indeed, they had reached the area around Wuxing Pavilion in the northeast of Ling County, and captured Wuxing Pavilion with only a few soldiers guarding it without any effort, and it was only about forty miles away from Lingxian County.

But it was very bad. Without the support of the intelligence system, Qin Jia's troops did not know that the main force of the Qin army in Donghai County was in Xiapi at this moment, and had already sent a partial division to the south, rushing to Ling County for reinforcements.So after taking Wu Xingting, Qin Jia didn't hesitate at all, and immediately sent troops to the southwest, ransacked the villages and pavilions along the way, half-forced the people to enlist in the army, and expanded the army crazily, and continued to march towards the city of Ling County.However, what Qin Jia didn't know was that the reinforcements from the Qin Army had arrived in Ling County as early as this morning, and they had already settled in the city to rest, ready to break out suddenly at any time and give him a surprise.

But fortunately, the Qin army was not supported by the people after all. When Qin Jia's headquarters was less than twenty miles away from the city of Ling County, some people in Ling County took the initiative to find Qin Jia's army and reported to Qin Jia that the Qin army's reinforcements had been dispatched. The important news that arrived first, Qin Jia was shocked when he heard the report, and had to stop the army quickly. While sending people to Ling County to inquire about the news, he was ready to rub the soles of his feet with oil at any time.

Qin Jia's decision saved his fledgling team. When the sky was completely dark, Xi Zuo brought back accurate information, which confirmed that the Qin army had indeed entered the Qin County city first. Qin Jia felt a little self-aware when he heard his complaints. The conveners will discuss countermeasures.As a result, it was natural that when it was difficult to obtain food supplies in the surrounding areas, some of Qin Jia's subordinates suggested, "General, why don't we go to the prime minister? I heard that Xiang Kang, who claims to be the young marshal of the Chu State, has brought With his main force returning to the prime minister, he wants to fight against Qin Fuchu just like us, if we go to him, Xiang Kang should take us in."

The solution was good, but Qin Jia did not immediately adopt it. After thinking for a while, Qin Jia also said: "What if that little Xiang Kang proposes to recruit us? I heard that he is only seventeen or eighteen years old. How could it be possible to obey the orders of such a young child?"

"General, let's talk about it first." The subordinate who proposed said: "If he insists on recruiting us, we just don't do it. If you use his way to go to other places, they are all anti-Qin Yishi. How can he not agree? ?”

"That's right, if he doesn't agree, we will forcefully leave, and grab him by the way, and see what he can do to us!" A general with a rough personality also suggested this.

Qin Jia began to waver. Considering that he didn't have enough food and grass to last for a long time, Qin Jia accepted the general's suggestion as soon as he gritted his teeth. After a hasty rest for the night, he immediately led the mob under his command and headed west, far away from the The city of Ling County moved downwards.Although Guan Hu, the captain of Donghai County, found out about this situation in time, he didn't plan to send troops to stop him at all. Shuai Jun's control. ——Although I don't know the truth that a large number of people is a bug, Guan Hu can still imagine what troubles such a large group of people like Qin Jiajun will bring to the Young Marshal Army after they enter the Young Marshal Army's territory.

It's a blessing in disguise, but you know it's not a blessing. Of course, it's hard to hide such a big move by Qin Jia from the scouts of the young commander. After learning the location of Qin Jia's main force, he was worrying about how to find the person to deliver the letter on the border. The Secret Envoy of the Young Marshal Army was of course very happy, and immediately rushed to contact Qin Jia, and finally sent the letter with Xiang Kang's autograph to him before Qin Jia's troops were about to enter Xiaxiang County. In front of Qin Jia.

Once again, Qin Jia was in a difficult situation. Looking carefully at Xiang Kang's letter, Qin Jia was of course a little worried that it would be too dangerous to act according to Xiang Kang's request, and also worried that Xiang Kang would break his word, even if he successfully captured Ling County. Deliver on promises.However, as a famous person in the late Qin Dynasty recorded in history books, Qin Jia certainly has his own uniqueness. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Qin Jia still made up his mind, and said with a gritted teeth: "Turn around, go north, and provoke Qin The army is coming after us."

"General, isn't it too dangerous to do this?" The general hurriedly reminded: "Also, what if Xiang Kang doesn't keep his word?"

"Wealth is in danger! If he doesn't keep his word, he won't be able to be his young commander anymore." Qin Jia snorted coldly, and said, "Xiang Kang asked us to help him lure the enemy. If we don't agree, we will be fine." If he forcibly enters the state, he will never treat us, let alone give us any benefits, and maybe send troops to drive us away. Go north to help him, sell him a favor, even if it doesn't work , when he turns back to ask him for help in the future, he can't find any reason to refuse."

After finishing speaking, Qin Jia added: "It's also a good choice to go north. At least you don't have to act according to people's faces. You can plunder food and grass supplies along the way, recruit soldiers to strengthen the team, and the main force of the East China Sea of ​​the Tyrant Qin army has already been captured. Kang Xiaoer is confined to Xiapi and Ling counties, and we might be able to flex our muscles even more in the north."

After making a wise decision, Qin Jia decisively led his army to rush north, and even rushed towards the direction of Siwu Pavilion, a famous and wealthy place in the north of Donghai County.The scouts of the Qin army reported this change to Guan Hu, who immediately panicked and shouted without any consideration: "Send troops immediately to hunt down Qin Jia's rebels. He must not be allowed to go north. Let's go, we must not let him go north!"

Correspondingly, the Qin army had just dispatched troops to pursue and kill the Qin Jiayi army that suddenly turned north. Of course, the scouts of the Young Marshal's army on the border rushed to send the news to Xiaxiang City. Xiang Kang heard the report without any hesitation, and immediately He shouted: "Send troops and rush to Ling County! Also, strengthen the sentry on Maling Mountain to prevent Gongsun Qingpifu from directly sending troops to attack the prime minister!"

(End of this chapter)