Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 109 Welcome Peigong to go south
"... [-] soldiers, [-] armored soldiers, thousands of chariots, thousands of horses, and excellent bows and crossbows are countless. Based in Huaibei, the banners reach the Yangtze River in the south, the sea in the east, Yimeng in the north, and Zhuolu in the west. (Also known as Pengcheng), with a vast territory, millions of people, and relying on the virtues of the ancestors, relying on the legacy of the old Chu, the head of Guizhou loves, the peasants love, the government is well-organized, the soldiers work hard, have enough food and clothing, invincible, and destroy the tyrant Qin , Recovering the mountains and rivers is just like raising your hand to move your palm, picking up a mustard with your fingers, counting the days and waiting!"

"...a bird cannot fly without wings, and a man cannot do without a head. Although Peigong launched an army to attack Qin, although he has made many military exploits, the city of Peifeng is small, the people are few, the money is scarce, the armor is endless, the city is not strong, and the army is not trained. The food is running out, and Xiang looks at it, which is really worrying for Pei Gong. It is a coincidence today that the two armies of your country and ours are close at hand. Xiang is willing to prepare a feast in Pengcheng, cattle, sheep and wine, and sincerely invites Pei Gong to go south to Pengcheng to share with a certain Shang and his troops are discussing the great plan of Qin, working together to break the tyranny of Qin, Wan Wangpei is fair and obedient, and after reading the book, he will go south to meet face-to-face with Xiang Mou. Very sincerely."

After reading Xiang Kang's letter written by Zhou Zeng in cadence, Liu Laosan couldn't help but yelled at Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Kui and others present, as if he had discovered the New World, saying: "Others still say that I am Liu Ji's rascal Compared with Kang, a scoundrel, I, Liu Ji, are simply a gentleman!"

"[-] soldiers and [-] soldiers? Thousands of chariots and thousands of horses? A vast territory and millions of people? Xiang Kang, this little man, really treats me, Liu Ji, like a farmer who doesn't know anything? There are only a dozen or so cities at most, how could they afford to support so many elite soldiers? So many horses and chariots? And from there come so many people and common people? It’s so big, Xiang Kang’s small Isn't Li Zi afraid of being flashed with his tongue?"

Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and the others roared with laughter, mocking Xiang Kang's brashness, bragging nonsense, and talking so loudly that they lost their minds.But after laughing happily, the politically minded Cao Shen hurriedly reminded: "Pei Gong, Xiang Kang is showing off his military strength and inviting you to meet in Pengcheng. It is obvious that he has evil thoughts and wants to bully the weak and annex us The army also took advantage of the momentum to annex the three counties of Pei, Feng, and Huling controlled by our army, and we must be careful on this point."

"Of course." Liu Laosan sneered: "But it's easy to deal with, as long as you find an excuse to prevaricate, don't take risks in Pengcheng. Annex our anti-Qin army by force, and let the world criticize him."

"It's better to be careful." Cao Shen said again: "You need to find enough excuses not to go to Pengcheng, so that Xiao Zhuzi Xiang Kang has nothing to say. Zhu Zi acted recklessly without regard to the consequences. After all, his strength is indeed much stronger than ours, if he really wants to attack us, he will also be punished, and there will be no excuse."

Liu Laosan nodded, and after thinking for a while, Liu Laosan made up his mind and said, "Cao Shen, I'm not good at writing, you can write a letter to Xiang Kang Xiaozhuzi for me, praise him for being so good, and say as much as possible." Good words, and then I said that I am willing to join other rebels and respect him as the leader of the anti-Qin alliance, but I still don’t know the attitude of other anti-Qin rebels. To appease, I really can't spare my birth to come to Pengcheng to meet him, so I can only talk about it later when I have a chance."

After dictating the general content of the reply letter, Liu Laosan then ordered: "Prepare more gifts and send them together with the letter. In addition, give more favors to the envoy of Xiang Kang Xiaozhuzi, so that he can go back and say something good for me. .”

Cao Shen, who had been the president of the Pei County Court (prison guard), agreed to write the letter soon. Liu Bang took it and saw that Cao Shen's words were humble in the letter, and he praised Xiang Kang so much that it should be able to satisfy Xiang Kang's vanity. Only then did he nod in satisfaction, and after the signature was printed, he arranged for an envoy to go south to Pengcheng to flatter Xiang Kang and try to stabilize Xiang Kang temporarily.And then, of course, Liu Laosan urged his soldiers to hurry up to build siege equipment, preparing to launch a strong attack on Liuxian the next day, and take down this completely isolated county as soon as possible.

The preparations for the siege battle went very smoothly. Before it was dark, three towering ladder vehicles and five ramming vehicles had been completed. At the same time, with the hard work of the soldiers, the moat of Liu County was also filled for [-] years. Yu Zhang opened the way for the third army of Liu Lao to reach Liuxian County directly.What makes Liu Laosan even more happy is that the defenders in the city are still obviously unstable. During the period of preventing Liu Jun from filling the river, they fired arrows in a mess and gave orders without order. He has the confidence to win, so Liu Laosan, who has already accumulated a lot of experience in siege, can basically be sure that if he sieges the city tomorrow, the self-armed army will be sure to break the city!

Unexpectedly, when the generals of the Liu Army were full of confidence to win, and when the generals of the Liu Army were actively making final pre-war preparations under the command of generals at all levels, that night, a fast horse suddenly came from behind. Coming from the south, he foamed at the mouth and rushed to the gate of Liu Junying to ask to enter the camp. The guards at the gate of Liu Junying shouted and asked about the identity and origin of the visitor. As a follower of the envoy, we met Xiang Kang on the way south, and Xiang Kang's army suddenly went north and came directly to Liu County. The envoy was afraid that Peigong would suffer if he was not prepared, so he told me to come back and report!"

After carefully checking the badge of the envoy's entourage, the envoy's entourage was quickly led to Liu Laosan who was about to sleep. Hearing that Xiang Kang suddenly sent troops to the north, he was worried that Xiang Kang would forcibly annex his own Liu Laosan San was of course taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "How many soldiers and horses are here? Who is leading the team? Did you ask them why they came?"

"Reporting to Peigong, there are four thousand-man banner troops, and there is also an unknown number of cavalry, more than 4000 people, led by Chao Zhi, the captain of the young commander." The messenger's entourage reported truthfully, and said: "The messenger Going forward to inquire, Chao Zhi said that he was ordered by Young Marshal Xiang to lead the army north to meet Pei Gong and you went south to Pengcheng for a banquet, and he also said that we should not misunderstand, they have no malicious intentions, they just want to take Pei Gong to Pengcheng."

Things have come to this point, of course, Liu Laosan can't get it wrong, he hastily asked the young commander Chao Zhi's troops to come to Liuxian County at the speed of marching, Liu Laosan didn't dare to delay any more, and hurriedly summoned Cao Shen overnight , Zhou Bo, Fan Kui and Xia Houying and other cronies discussed countermeasures.When they heard the news, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others were also taken aback. They all exclaimed, "What does Xiang Kang want to do? Does he really want to annex our army by force?"

"Basically, this is the only possibility." Liu Laosan judged others by himself, and concluded: "Xiao Zhuzi sent someone to invite me to meet him in Pengcheng, and on the other hand, he suddenly sent troops to stay in the county without saying hello, and directly directed at him. We came here to force Lao Tzu to agree to meet him, and then force Lao Tzu to merge the army into his bullshit young commander's army and eat up Lao Tzu's army and territory."

"Fight with them!" Fan Kui yelled at the table: "Little Zhuzi is too deceitful, this time I can't swallow my anger and fight them to the end!"

Liu Laosan kept a straight face and said nothing, but quickly calculated the consequences of annihilation with the young commander's army, but Cao Shen was very calm, and said: "Don't mess around, the enemy is strong and we are weak, let's not talk about it. With our current strength, we may not be able to fight." Xiao’er Xiang’s partial division is useless even if he wins the fight. Xiao’er Xiang Kang’s army is strong, and he can immediately send troops to take revenge on us. If he personally leads the main force to attack us, how can we resist?”

Liu Laosan, who has not yet received the help of Zhang Liang and Han Xin, closed his eyes in pain, and knew very well that it would be a dead end to turn against Xiang Kang at present, but the ambition of being unwilling to let others doomed Liu Laosan would never choose to surrender to Xiang Kang After hesitating for a while, Liu Laosan asked Cao Shen: "Then what should we do now?"

"We can only attack the city temporarily, and at the same time, be prepared." Cao Shen replied, "While being careful to guard against Xiang Kang's sudden attack, he tried to persuade Xiang Kang to accept him by pretending to surrender. Hand, give up the plan to forcibly annex us."

Liu Laosan did not say a word again, and after a while he gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I give me one more day, it would be better! Within one day, I have at least [-]% certainty that I can take down Liu County, and hide safely in the city with Xiang Kang." When the child speaks, do you need to be as passive as you are now?"

No matter how much you cut your teeth, it's useless. There is a city blocking the way, and the young commander who rushed all the way will definitely reach the outskirts of Liu County the next day. Of course, Liu Laosan will not dare to take the risk of attacking the city again, and show his back to the young commander. The partial teacher stabbed the knife.So after gritting his teeth, Liu Laosan still yelled helplessly: "Let's do it this way, temporarily stabilize the siege, and give priority to guarding against Xiang Kang's partial teachers!"

After yelling, Liu Laosan kicked the table in front of him, kicking the table into the air, and the pen, ink and bamboo slips were scattered all over the floor.

In this way, Liu Laosan's army could only be forced to give up the siege for the time being when the defenders in Liuxian County were completely desperate. More than a hundred young commander cavalry rushed to the base of Liuxian County, and stopped at the high hill in the southern suburbs of Liuxian County. Liu Laosan bit the bullet and sent someone to contact him, but the young commander cavalry replied that they were acting on orders , Ask Liu Laosan to go to Chao Zhi himself if he has anything to say.

At noon, the main force of the Young Marshal Army led by Chao Zhi and Zhu Jishi successfully arrived at the outskirts of Liu County, and then Chao Zhi, who was good at training troops, did not send anyone to contact Liu Laosan, and directly led the army to Liu Laosan's barracks The outer platoon formed a battle, and then sent someone to ask Liu Laosan to come out of the camp to answer.Liu Laosan had no choice but to lead a group of people out of the camp and go to the front of the battle to answer Chao Zhi.

This is also the first time Liu Laosan has seen the military appearance of the Young Marshal Army with his own eyes. What makes Liu Laosan feel ashamed is that he is also an anti-Qin rebel army, and he is just an ordinary division all the way. The formation is still incomparably neat, the military flags are like a forest, immovable like a mountain, and the weapons and equipment are even more dwarfed by Liu Laosan's soldiers. Among them, the horses are tall, the body is strong, and the army is far more powerful than the ordinary Qin army county soldiers, chasing the elite Qin army.

After looking enviously at the formation of the Young Marshal Army, he quietly swallowed a mouthful of greedy saliva, and then Liu Laosan patted his horse forward and loudly showed his identity. Yaoyao cupped his hands and said loudly: "Pei Gong, I have admired your name for a long time. Xia Chao Zhi, a captain under the command of Young Marshal Xiang of Great Chu, is here to welcome Pei Gong to go south to Pengcheng to meet our Young Marshal Xiang. Please Pei If you have to resign from official duties, immediately send troops to the south, my young marshal has already prepared cattle, sheep and good wine in Pengcheng, to reward your soldiers, Mr. Pei!"

"Lieutenant Chao, Commander Xiang's kindness, I accept it with all my heart." Lao San Liu said helplessly, "But you have seen it too, Captain Chao. The county has not been broken, and I am entangled in military affairs. I really can't get out of it." Come to Pengcheng to meet Young Marshal Xiang. I also asked Xiaowei Chao to report to Young Marshal Xiang, and said that after I have been busy for a while, I will definitely come to Pengcheng to thank and plead guilty to him face to face."

"Pei Gong, you don't have to worry about staying in the county. After you leave, the next generation will attack you." Chao Zhi said in a majestic voice: "I just ask Pei Gong to go south immediately and go to Pengcheng to meet with our young commander and discuss together. Anti-Qin event!"

"It's over, it seems that this old man is determined to force me to go to Pengcheng." Liu Laosan complained in his heart, but continued to evade: "Lieutenant Chao, it's not just about attacking Liu County, it's In Fengpei Huling and other places in the rear, there are countless military affairs that need to be handled by me personally, and I really can't spare myself."

"Then there's nothing I can do. I'm here on orders. If I can't invite Pei Gong to go south, I won't be able to report to Young Marshal Xiang when I go back." Chao Zhi pretended to be helpless and said, "Why don't you think about it again, Pei Gong. I will also set up camp here temporarily, waiting for your reply, Mr. Pei."

After saying that, Chao Zhi turned around and left, leading the army to retreat in an orderly manner, and slowly retreated to a place less than five miles away from Liu Laosan's army camp. We will discuss countermeasures, discuss and analyze whether Chao Zhi might attack suddenly.The result is also human nature. Seeing Chao Zhi showing off his military power so much, and at the same time saying that he is forcing Liu Laosan to go to Pengcheng to meet Xiang Kang, Cao Can and others all suspect that Chao Zhi wants the soldiers to rest for a while, and then regain their strength. Suddenly, he forcibly annexed Liu Laosan's army and territory.

"Pei Gong, you can't wait for them to strike first, you have to strike first!" Fan Kui's reaction was the most violent, and he shouted: "When they are tired from a long distance, and the camp is not stable, immediately send troops to kill them by surprise!"

"Fan Kui, stop talking stupid things, okay?" Cao Shen said angrily, "It's better to strike first? Let's not talk about whether we can succeed, so what if we can succeed? They are also anti-Qin Yijun, and Xiang Kang's son's partial teacher They came here under the banner of welcoming Peigong to Pengcheng. We suddenly turned against them, how can we explain to the people of the world? When the time comes, Xiang Kang will bring the main force to take revenge, and other anti-Qin rebels will also attack us. Don't we have to die without a place to bury?!"

Fan Kuai was at a loss for words, and could only say unconvinced: "Then what should we do? Thousand days to guard against thieves, can we defend against them? What if Chao Zhipifu suddenly turns his back and kills us by surprise?"

Cao Shen's face was gloomy, and he said to Liu Laosan after a while: "Pei Gong, there are only two choices. One is to go back to Pei County to protect yourself. Bearing the infamy, dare not attack us suddenly without giving any reason, attack the city with all your strength, first take down Liu County and enter the city!"

Liu Laosan's face was far more gloomy than Cao Can's, and he thought for a long time before slowly saying: "I can't bear it anymore, Liu County is just around the corner, it's a pity to give up now, and if you give in again and again, maybe Xiang Kang'er will be even worse Pushing the nose further, forcing us to join his bullshit young marshal army with even bigger problems! Take a gamble!"

Liu Laosan made up his mind and said viciously, "Gambling! I won't believe it anymore, Xiang Kang really doesn't care about anything, even the anti-Qin rebel army! Send troops immediately and attack Liu County!"

"Pei Gong, you should think about it carefully!" Cao Shen warned: "If we lose this bet, and Chao Zhipifu really stabbed us in the back when we sent troops to attack the city, then we are not only doomed to a disastrous defeat, The hard work of the past few months may all be in vain."

Considering that he was raided by the Young Marshal during the siege, and there was indeed a danger of annihilation of the entire army, Liu Laosan inevitably hesitated. However, at this moment, a scout outside the tent suddenly reported, saying: "Report! Mr. Pei, the young general from the south sent an envoy to call out to Liu County with a white flag in his hand."

"What did you shout for?" Liu Laosan asked quickly.

"Ask the soldiers of the Tyrant Qin army on the city to send them a letter." The scout replied truthfully: "It also said that the letter was written to the magistrate of the Tyrant Qin army in Liuxian County. The basket was lowered by the rope, and the letter was carried up to the city."

"Ordinary surrender letter? Or other letters?" Liu Laosan once again judged others by himself, and immediately suspected the content of the letter from the Young Marshal.

"It's okay if it's just an ordinary surrender letter, but if it's any other letter, then we may be in big trouble." Cao Shen said with great worry: "If Chao Zhipifu is determined to attack us, maybe he will persuade us to stay. The Tyrant Qin army in the county teamed up with us and flanked us back and forth."

Liu Laosan's face was gloomy again, and he thought for a long time before saying: "Send someone to contact Chao Zhi, and tell me that my northern line is in an emergency, and I must return to the teacher's north immediately, so I won't play with him in Liu County. Given the opportunity, I will go to Pengcheng to meet Xiang Kang'er."

"Pei Gong, didn't you just say that you can no longer tolerate it? Why did you change your mind?" Fan Kui became anxious when he heard this.

"You know what!" Liu Laosan scolded angrily, and said, "I'm just trying to find out. If Chao Zhipifu really has any hostility towards us, he will definitely not let us go! Once we understand his attitude, we don't have to Worry about the decision!"

After Liu Laosan's envoy arrived at the camp of the Young Marshal's Army, the ball naturally kicked in front of Chao Zhi. In order to eat the city of Liu County alone, Chao Zhi wanted Liu Laosan to leave quickly, and almost wanted to open his mouth. promise.Fortunately, Chao Zhi has a bit of a brain, and he knows the truth of haste and don't answer. Although he can't think of any clever tricks to get caught, he still remembers that Xiang Kang wants to make an accident by himself as a mysterious pointer when he set off, so he just nodded his head and said Knowing that, he sent Liu Laosan's envoy away without saying a word.

Chao Zhi's move also happened to hit the vital point of Liu Laosan. Hearing that Chao Zhi didn't make any reply, Liu Laosan, who was already extremely hesitant, was inevitably even more worried. The rogue Liu Laosan still gritted his teeth and made a decision, saying: "Tomorrow the camp will be pulled out, the whole army will retreat slowly, and we will retreat to Pei County to defend the city first!"

In this way, when there was only one last step left to break through Liuxian County, Liu Laosan's army chose to back down to protect themselves because they were afraid that the young marshal's army would use force to annex their own troops, and moved north early the next morning. Let's go, maintaining strict vigilance and retreating slowly, while the side division of the Young Marshal Army led by Chao Zhi and Zhu Jishi snickered in their hearts, while standing still, watching Liu Lao's third army who was still unable to make a move, and then immediately took over Liu Lao's army. The old camp site left by San will use the siege weapons left by Liu Laosan to directly attack the city of Liu County.

In the end, it was only after the Young Marshal's partial division used the siege weapons left by Liu Laosan to break through Liu County, and received the news that the Young Marshal's army had moved the main city to Pengcheng, that Liu Laosan completely realized it and was immediately angry. He had to kick the case and yell, "Shameless traitor! How can he be so treacherous! He obviously only wanted to take down Liu County and build the outer barrier of Pengcheng, but he pretended to want to annex Lao Tzu by force, forcing Lao Tzu to cook The cooked duck flies away! They say that Lao Tzu is a hooligan. Compared with Xiang Kang Xiaoer, a big hooligan, Lao Tzu is an honest gentleman who reads sage books! A model of morality!"

After cursing, Liu Laosan, who originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the young commander to contain the Qin army in Surabaya, also completely gave up on this idea, and roared: "Go north! You can only go north! Xiang Kang's son is better than you!" I'm still a rascal and shameless, I can't play with him! Go north to expand our territory, strengthen our military power, and find Xiang Kang to settle accounts with Xiaoer later!"

(End of this chapter)