Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 108 A Hooligan Meets a Hooligan
Pengcheng is the largest city in Sishui County. The city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The city has a large population. The number of county soldiers alone is nearly [-]. The manpower available to defend the city is very sufficient. There is also a lot of food, and there is no need to worry about food and grass for a year or so. Therefore, if the defenders of Pengcheng are determined to defend the city, the young commanders will not only be doomed to suffer heavy casualties in the battle, but will they be able to win? Pengcheng, in fact, is the number of two.

But there is no way, no matter where there are traitors and scum in that dynasty, no matter where, in the late Qin Dynasty, the local officials, large and small, are notoriously numerous. At the gate of the city, he helped the Marshal to drive away Zhao Zhuang, the governor of Surabaya, who was loyal to the Great Qin Dynasty. After forcing his boss away, Wang Yong secretly contacted Xiang Kang to discuss the details of surrender at the first time. After getting Xiang Kang's agreement After promising himself a reward of [-] yuan and ten jade walls, Wang Yong opened the city gate without hesitation, and rewarded Pengcheng's money and grain to the Young Marshal.During this period, some subordinates refused to obey, and were directly killed by Wang Yong's army loyal to him.

I don't really like Wang Yong's character, but for the sake of the future, after taking down Pengcheng, Xiang Kang still fulfilled his promise. In addition to giving all the rewards, Xiang Kang generously let Wang Yong continue to serve as the county magistrate of Pengcheng , was promoted to a rank, and in exchange for Wang Yong's gratitude, he swore to be loyal to Xiang Kang for the rest of his life. Of course, no one believed Wang Yong's oath except himself.

Xiang Kang soon found out that his reward to Wang Yong was really worth the money, because it was the first time Xiang Kang came to Pengcheng after he was stationed in Pengcheng. Compared with Xiapi, which is heavy on money and food, it is much stronger. Not to mention the city’s size is more than double that of Xiapi, and the population in the city is almost twice that of Xiapi. There are many merchants, and the trade is flourishing. The money and grain economy not only far surpasses Xiapi, but also throws off the current base of the Young Marshal Army, and there are more than three underground streets.

At the same time, the city of Pengcheng is still located on a high ground, without the fatal flaw of Xiapi's low-lying terrain, so it is suitable for long-term garrison.More importantly, the traffic in Pengcheng is still very developed. Not only Qin Chi Road can connect to Tancheng, another important town of the Young Marshal Army, but also countless county-level roads lead directly to various places in Surabaya. It is connected to most of the cities currently controlled by the Young Marshal Army. It can reach the hinterland of the Central Plains to the west, and Qilu to the north. After all kinds of situations, Xiang Kang inevitably came up with the idea of ​​staying in Pengcheng permanently, and wanted to move the headquarters of the Young Marshal Army to Pengcheng, and remotely command the various battlefields of the Young Marshal Army.

What prompted Xiang Kang to make up his mind was a sudden unexpected news. On the fourth day after he was stationed in Pengcheng, Wang Yong, who had just surrendered for a few days, suddenly came to Xiang Kang in a panic. Said: "Young commander, bad news, the servants under the officials just heard a rumor on Gushui Wharf that Zhang Chuwang Chen Sheng's Western Expeditionary Army had almost reached Xianyang, but suddenly ate it while playing in the water." A big defeat, has been forced to retreat."

"Sure enough, it's here." Xiang Kang's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "How about it? Do you have more details?"

"Forgive me, young marshal. The servant just heard about it. I'm not very clear about the details." Wang Yong replied truthfully: "The servant of the servant just said that he heard that the tyrant Hu Hai pardoned the prisoners in Lishan, and let him The criminals formed an army, which defeated King Zhang Chu's western expedition army."

"Zhang Han really made a move!" Xiang Kang came to a conclusion in his heart, and after thinking for a while, Xiang Kang said to Wang Yong: "It's okay, let's not say whether the news is true or not. It doesn't matter if it is true. It doesn't matter if it is true. It’s so far away, Zhang Chu’s army won’t affect us even if it’s defeated. Go and handle your official business, send more people to inquire about the news of Central Plains and Guanzhong, sort out the collected information and report to me.”

Wang Yong hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly said goodbye and left. As soon as Wang Yong left, Xiang Kang immediately said to Zhou Tong who was next to him: "Uncle Ya, we can't delay, we have to discuss quickly to adjust the army garrison, and move our main city to Come to Pengcheng, and then use Pengcheng as our strategic center to adjust our strategy and tactics."

"There's no need to go so fast, right?" Zhou Zeng said a little strangely: "Although Pengcheng's population, food, roads and transportation are more suitable for us to be our main city than a prime minister, we have only just won Pengcheng for a few days. Is it too urgent to relocate the main city at this time?”

"Prepare for the rainy day, we must make preparations quickly." Xiang Kang replied: "Pengcheng is a transportation hub in the Huaisi area. It may threaten other cities under our control, moving our main city over early and deploying heavy troops to strengthen control in Pengcheng can not only use our further expansion of territory, but also help us protect the rear and stabilize our foundation."

Xiang Kang did not tell Zhou Zeng another important reason why he made this determination on the spot. Xiang Kang knew very well that with the current strength and influence of the Young Marshal Army, after Zhang Han broke through the main force of Chen Shengjun, he would probably immediately send him to the army. His eyes turned to himself.But the North China Plain has no danger to defend, and fighting against Zhang Han's division of troops is tantamount to finding his own way. Only by guarding the center of Pengcheng, can Zhang Han be forced to attack Pengcheng, gaining a partial force advantage and a chance to wait for work, so Xiang Kangcai made up his mind so briskly, before he saw Zhang Han's shadow, he had already started planning for the decisive battle with Zhang Han in the future.

Fortunately, although Xiang Kang didn't explain all the reasons, Zhou Zeng, who had always admired Xiang Kang's decision, nodded and no longer objected to moving the main city to Pengcheng so early.At that moment, Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng discussed in a hurry, and decided to gather the young commanders and horses from various cities in Huaibei to Pengcheng, and at the same time adjust the personnel, so that Xiang Guan and Xiang Sheng's capable generals could come to Pengcheng to listen to them, leaving only Xiang Han to continue to garrison Fuli, waiting for an opportunity to advance in Zhuyi and Zhixian counties and other places.In addition, the northern line was also adjusted by Xiang Kang. Some of the newly recruited troops and the two generals Zhong Limei and Long Qie were transferred to Pengcheng by Xiang Kang. Only the self-protection army was left to let Xiang You guard the northern line and temporarily stop expanding northward.

After discussing these things, Zhou Zeng made another suggestion and said to Xiang Kang: "Young Marshal, since we have decided to move the main city, for the sake of safety, we'd better take down a few surrounding cities and build a barrier to defend Pengcheng. The next suggestion is that during the relocation of the main city, we might as well send troops to the west to take Xiao County first, cut off the connection between Sishui County Zhixiang County and Liu County, and force Zhao Zhuang back to Xiang County to defend the city, and then want to take it Isn't Liu County in the north just as easy as pie?"

Zhou Zeng's idea was good, but Xiang Kang didn't immediately adopt it, and after some consideration, he said, "It's a good idea, but Uncle Ya, you forgot that in the north of Liu County, there is an army of Liu Ji and Liu Laosan." , let’s attack Xiao County first, what if he takes the opportunity to attack Liu County? Sending troops to rob is against the great righteousness of the anti-Qin Yi army, if we don’t send troops to rob, won’t we just take advantage of Liu Laosan for nothing?”

"That's a problem. If we allow him to seize Liu County by chance, we won't be able to rob him by force. We can only make him a hidden danger around us." Zhou Zeng frowned, and said, "If we don't send troops to Liu County at the same time, County and Xiao County, anyway, after recruiting Zhao Zhuang's surrendered troops and Pengcheng's army, our army strength has exceeded [-], and it is more than enough to send two separate troops at the same time."

Although I never like to divide the troops too much, but I have thought about it again and again, considering that Pengcheng really needs to build a peripheral barrier, and at the same time leave more time for the enemy, it will be more difficult for the self-armed army to take down the two surrounding cities. Xiang Kang also made up his mind , nodded and said: "Okay, let Chao Zhi lead Zhujishi to Daliu County, let Zheng Bu take [-] troops to fight Xiao County. In addition, give Xiang Han an order to send troops to attack Zhuyi, let Zhao The strong man can't look at the head and the tail, and doesn't know where to guard it."

Zhou Zeng promised to quickly draft an order for Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang sent someone to send three generals, Chao Zhi, Zhu Jishi and Zheng Bu, and asked them to lead their own troops to attack the second county of Xiaoliu. He was overjoyed, but when Xiang Kang issued the military talisman to the three generals, Xiang Yang, who was in charge of the sentry work, hurriedly came to Xiang Kang, and said to Xiang Kang: "Brother, I just received the detailed detective work. According to the report, more than a day ago, Liu Jiyi's army suddenly sent troops from Pei County to the south, and launched an attack on Liu County, north of Pengcheng. The Tyrant Qin army in Liu County sent troops to fight, was defeated by Liu Ji, and was forced to retreat to the city."

"So fast?" Xiang Kang was stunned, and then stomped his feet and shouted: "Old rascal! It really is an old rascal! He must have found out that we have captured Pengcheng and defeated Zhao Zhuang's main force of the county army. The Tyrant Qin army is no longer able to reinforce Liu County, so it hastened to seize the opportunity to attack Liu County!"

"Young commander, don't worry." Chao Zhi said impatiently: "The general will go down to prepare, and raise troops to go north tomorrow, and I will definitely take down Liu County for you!"

After thinking about it, Xiang Kang replied: "Don't be in a hurry. If you send troops to the north at this time, not only will you not be able to take Liu County, but it may backfire. In turn, it will help Liu Ji and Liu Laos take Liu County more easily."

"Why?" Chao Zhi, who had finally managed to get the chance to be the only one, asked anxiously.

"Two reasons." Xiang Kang said: "The first is a moral issue. They are all anti-Qin Yijun. Although there is no agreement between each other, as far as the city of the Tyrant Qin army is concerned, whoever strikes first will be the one who fights. You In Liuxian County, as long as Liu Ji does not retreat, you can only do nothing. The second is the reaction of the Tyrant Qin army in Liuxian County. They were already in a critical situation, and they saw that we were also sending troops to the north. In order to survive, Maybe he will choose Kaesong to surrender, and then Liu Ji will take advantage of it?"

"Then what should we do?" Chao Zhi almost had the urge to tear Liu Laosan alive, and said, "If we stand still, Liu Ji really took down Liu County, how can we attack Liu County?"

It is related to the northern barrier and buffer of the main city in the future. Of course, Xiang Kang cannot tolerate Liu Laosan's taking down Liu County to pose a threat to himself, but how to take down Liu County before Liu Laosan, but Xiang Kang has a headache Of course, you can't directly rob him by force. Explain the reason to Liu Laosan, and you can't ask Liu Laosan to retreat. Last time Liu Laosan voluntarily retreated once in Xue County, and this time he asked him to withdraw. Say something.

But fortunately, after racking his brains, Xiang Kang suddenly considered another key issue - Liu Laosan had great ambitions and was unwilling to be subordinated to others. With his prudence and cunning, he will definitely prevent himself from annexing his team by force, and eating the three cities he currently controls, Pei County, Feng County and Huling. If he has done enough in this regard, he can So scared that Liu Laosan obediently retreated to protect himself, so that the army could eat Liuxian alone? ,

After discovering the key point, Xiang Kang made up his mind and said, "According to the original plan to send troops tomorrow, Uncle Ya, immediately write a letter to Liu Ji and Liu Laosan for me, announcing to him our For the military power, please come down to Pengcheng to meet me in person to discuss the matter of joining forces to challenge Qin, and try to be as arrogant as possible."

Zhou Zeng promised to write a book quickly, but Xiang Kang said again: "Uncle Ya, when declaring our military power, try to exaggerate our strength as much as possible, don't be afraid of being exposed by Liu Laosan, but don't tell us in the letter. Liu Laosan, we are about to send troops to stay in the county, after writing it, we will send it out on a fast horse, and we must send the letter to Liu Laosan within tomorrow."

　The state is extremely poor, the number of words is less, friends forgive me.

　　
　
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