Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 112
The melee in the Central Plains became more and more fierce and chaotic. On the second day of Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge's official marriage, before Xiang Kang could recover from the joy of newlywed Yan Er, a hearsay was reported below. According to the news, the military officials who broke away from Chen Sheng and established themselves as the King of Zhao sent their general Han Guang to the north of Yan. The matter was furious, and he had personally led troops to the north to crusade against the traitor Han Guang who had betrayed himself as a traitor.

Xiang Kang told the news to Fan Zeng who lived in the guest house of the temple in Pengcheng County that day, but old man Fan was no longer as complacent as he was yesterday, taking advantage of the situation to boast of his foresight, instead he sighed and said: "Snipe and clam Competing, the fisherman gains, and Wu Chen and Han Guang are doing this, it is really a matter of relatives and enemies, and it is a waste of money to oppress the Qin army."

"There will be more and more cases like this in the future." Xiang Kang also sighed, and said, "I just hope that Chen Sheng can last a little longer, don't lose too fast, and buy us more time."

"Never put your hope entirely on others, let alone on your enemy's mistakes." Old man Fan put on the airs of the elders again, and taught: "Only by striving for self-improvement, never forget to live in adversity and die in peace." , to control your own destiny.”

Xiang Kang quickly expressed that he took old man Fan's advice to heart, and then old man Fan nodded in satisfaction, and asked bluntly: "Young commander, how do you plan to arrange for me, a bad old man? I am old and weak, and I can't fight. If you don’t have a horse, you can’t let the old man fight for you, can you?”

"Don't worry, Mr. Fan, I have already made arrangements." Xiang Kang said very respectfully: "I originally wanted to invite Mr. Fan to be the military advisor, but Mr. Fan has just arrived, so he just took up the post of advisor. So I take the liberty to ask Fan Gong to take up the position of Zuo Shi (senior staff officer) for the time being, and then invite Fan Gong to be the military adviser in the future, and I ask Fan Gong not to feel wronged."

The proud old man Fan laughed when he heard it, and said: "I can't see that you still have such courage at such a young age. I am new here, and I dare to let me directly participate in your military affairs. Well, it depends on you For the sake of a little sincerity, this old man will help you."

Xiang Kang was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Old Man Fan, and respectfully presented his Zuo Shiyin letter, which was rushed to be made overnight. Old Man Fan took it unceremoniously, and immediately stood up with his stick, saying: "Don't waste time! , let’s go, lead this old man to your study, this old man must immediately read your military documents to know your military situation.”

Old Man Fan, the top strategist at the end of the Qin Dynasty, did not gain his reputation for nothing. He only stayed in Xiang Kang's study for a long time, and he had already memorized the military situation of the Young Marshal Army in detail. When he was having dinner with Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng, He put forward three suggestions to Xiang Kang. One is to suggest that Xiang Kang take down Xiangxian County and Zhuyi as soon as possible, and establish a forward base for entering Dangjun County; The Corps marched into Jiujiang to expand its territory and strengthen its strength; the third was to suggest that Xiang Kang strengthen the defense of Fuli City, and hoard a large amount of military supplies in Fuli for future use.

Xiang Kang's plan to march into Xiangxian County and Zhuyi was already in Xiang Kang's plan. Of course, Xiang Kang would not object to letting the already idle Feng Zhong's corps go west to Jiujiang to seize the land of the city. Xiang Kang also nodded immediately, but Old Man Fan's third suggestion However, Xiang Kang couldn't understand it, and Zhou Zeng who was next to him couldn't help asking: "Fan Gong, after our army took Xiangxian County and Zhuyi, Fu Li was already in the rear, why do we have to rush to repair it?" City defense, hoarding food, grass and military supplies, what's the point of doing this?"

"If the enemy comes from the west, don't you realize that Fuli will become the biggest weakness of our army's defense?" Old man Fan asked back, and then said: "If you gather your troops in Pengcheng, the center of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, you can indeed be defeated by Chen Sheng. After that, it will give you an opportunity to wait for your work. But if the enemy doesn’t come to fight Pengcheng, or divides into two groups, all the way to Pengcheng to confront you, all the way to continue eastward, attacking your back of the East China Sea, you still have that one Can the city play a role in protecting the rear?"

"Only Fu Li can take on this heavy burden." Old man Fan asked himself and answered, "Fu Li tightly strangles the waterway of Sui River, and there is also a fast road connecting Pengcheng and Jiujiang. In the rear, you have to go through Fuli. You have strengthened the city defense here, and hoarded enough food, grass and military supplies. You can station heavy troops in Fuli at any time to protect your East China Sea rear, and also protect your direct contact with the southern army. , if it is really necessary, your troops on the southern front can also quickly go north along the Chi Road to reinforce the battlefield on the western front, do you think we need to pay attention to the defense of Fuli?"

Xiang Kang came to his senses, thanked Old Man Fan quickly, and then issued orders one after another on the spot according to Old Man Fan's suggestion, ordering Zheng Bu and Ding Ji to send troops from Xiao County to attack Xiang County, and let Xiang Han march into Zhuyi while organizing manpower to reinforce the talisman Licheng defense, as much as possible to stockpile food, grass and military supplies in Fuli, and at the same time go to the south line, let Feng Zhong send troops westward from Tangyi, and seize Jiujiang County, which is already isolated.Zhou Zeng, who was next to him, knew very well that he was not good at military affairs. Although he was somewhat jealous of the old man Fan who had just arrived with so much respect for Xiang Kang, he did not speak indiscriminately to interfere with the decision Xiang Kang had accepted.

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Two flowers bloomed, one on each branch, to see Feng Zhong's situation. It was a coincidence that after Xiang Kang sent Feng Zhongbing's order to enter Jiujiang to the south line, Xiang Liang, the boss of the young marshal Jun Yaozun, also sent him from Kuaiji. The news came, telling the various departments of the Young Marshal Army that they have accepted Chen Sheng's canonization, and formally assumed the post of Shangzhuguo and Marshal of Zhang Chu, so that the various departments of the Young Marshal Army will symbolically fly the banner of Zhang Chu from now on, knowing that Xiang Kang respects Xiang Liang very much. Uncle Feng Zhong didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately asked someone to sew a Zhang Chu flag and put it on it, and then sat down to discuss with his most powerful personal soldier surnamed Han about entering Jiujiang County.

"It's not difficult." The soldiers surnamed Han said directly: "Although Jiujiang County has a large area, it is sparsely populated. The Tyrant Qin troops in various places will not have too many troops to compete with us. It is not difficult to attack. However, the road is far away and difficult. It is even more difficult to transport food, and it will take a long time for us to seize the cities one by one, and the army will be very tired, and it will be difficult for us to return to the army immediately for reinforcements if something happens on the northern front."

"So we must not go directly west from Guangling. We can only go back to Huaiyin first, and then go west along the Huai River to take advantage of the Huai River to transport grain. Then issue an order with the seal of the Jiujiang prefect to make the cities in the south of Jiujiang change their flags and surrender. The county magistrates and county magistrates of those cities are afraid of our military power and fear that we will send troops to attack. Many people will definitely choose to surrender. Even if there are several For those who resist in the corner, we only need to send partial divisions, and we can easily take them down."

He had already listened to the words of the soldiers surnamed Han. Of course, Feng Zhong immediately adopted his suggestion without hesitation. Regardless of Xiang Bo's nitpicking objection, he led the young marshal Junnan who had grown to more than [-] people that day. The frontline corps went north along the Qinchi Road, and it took only two days to easily return to Huaiyin, and then loaded the grain, grass, and luggage into ships and water.However, at this moment, news suddenly came from Xutai that Qin Jiajun, who parted ways with the Young Marshal's Army before, had successfully captured Zhongli City in Jiujiang County and blocked the Young Marshal's westward path.

Hearing this news, Uncle Xiang, who had opposed the choice of this route before, of course wanted to be as proud as he could be. He barked his teeth and claws in Feng Zhong's tent, yelling, and kept accusing Feng Zhong of making mistakes in his decision-making, with an arrogant expression on his face. He yelled: "How is it? The old man is right, right? Since you want to enter Jiujiang County, don't look far away, go directly to the East City from Guangling, take the East City first, then capture Yinling and Quyang, and enter Shouchun. Just don't listen, I want to be greedy for easy roads, convenient transportation of food, long-distance travel, and Shouchun along the Huaihe River. Now, Zhongli has been captured by Qin Jia's thieves. They are also anti-Qin rebels. You can't fight, and you can't borrow the road. Old man What do you do?!"

Unexpectedly, Feng Zhong, who didn't expect this accident to happen, looked depressed, so he could only sneak a look at the soldiers surnamed Han, but the soldiers surnamed Han didn't even think about it, and said, "General, the villain thinks that there is no need to have any worries, so he just bypasses Zhongli. The troops continue to march into the city, and it's okay if Qin Jia doesn't send troops to intercept him, but if Qin Jia dares to intercept him, he can just start fighting, anyway, they are the ones who are the first to attack the unrighteous, even if we destroy him, the people of the world will have nothing to say."

"Fart! How dare you talk nonsense here, a little soldier with a halberd?" Uncle Xiang, who had long been displeased with the soldiers with the surname Han, yelled, "They are all anti-Qin rebels. If it is spread, our Xiang family should not be reviled by the world? In the future, when our Marshal Xiang asks, who will take care of it?"

Feng Zhong's personality is indeed a little weak, although this shortcoming has been improved after leading the army, but he did not dare to be such a big master without authorization, he hesitated for a while before saying: "Please order, I will give it to Young Marshal Xiang Write to him, explain the reason to him, and ask him to make a decision."

"You have to ask the Marshal for orders!" Uncle Xiang said in a vicious voice, "Only the Marshal can make a decision on such a big matter, otherwise no one can make the decision!"

Feng Zhong, who chose to stay closer and seek farther away, did not dare to separate from Xiang Bo this time, so he immediately nodded and agreed, and wrote a letter on the spot to report the situation to Xiang Liang, asking Xiang Liang to decide how to deal with it, and send a fast horse to send it out immediately.After sending Xiang Bo and others away, Feng Zhong quietly wrote a letter to Xiang Kang to report the situation, of course he did not mention it, and then Feng Zhong adopted the suggestion of the soldiers surnamed Han, and led the troops to march westward slowly, preparing Walk away and wait for Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang's reply.

In fact, Uncle Xiang should definitely regret forcing Feng Zhong to seek his brother's opinion. Six days later, Xiang Kang sent a reply, asking Feng Zhong to act cautiously, and sent his envoys to try to borrow the road, and he must not act first unless it is absolutely necessary. If it is impossible to give people a handle to injure them, they can go far away from Zhongli and go directly to the Yin Ling in the southwest of Zhongli.However, before Xiang Bo was happy, Xiang Liang sent someone to send a reply, not only asking Feng Zhong to go directly west to Zhongli, but also sending Zhang Chu Wuping Jun Li Pan, who was sent by Chen Sheng to appease Xiang Liang, to Feng Zhong's army. Ask Feng Zhong to send Li Pan as an envoy to appease Qin Jia with a letter written by Xiang Liang. If Qin Jia agrees, he will forcefully borrow the way.

At the end of the letter, Xiang Liang also clearly told Feng Zhong that although Qin Jia was also against Qin Yijun, it was already unrighteous for him to break the covenant and attack the camp of the Young Marshal Army, and now he blocked the advance of the Young Marshal Army Road, if you don't lend the way to the young commander's army to attack Qin, you will openly become an enemy of the anti-Qin rebel army all over the world, and the young commander's army will kill him justifiably!Tell Feng Zhong not to have any worries, and Xiang Liang will bear all the responsibilities and consequences in the future alone!

Of course, the brother's reply made Uncle Xiang's face extremely ugly again, but Feng Zhong, who was looking forward and backward, seemed to have taken a reassurance, and without any worries, he immediately ordered the army that had approached the border of Jiujiang County to continue advancing at a normal marching speed Take Zhongli directly.At the same time, he informed Xiang Kang of Xiang Liang's decision in a letter, so that Xiang Kang could know the reason.

After crossing the border of Jiujiang County and heading westward for just over a day, Zhongli City was already in sight. Qin Jia, who received the news, had already been waiting at the foot of Zhongli City.According to Xiang Liang's instructions, Feng Zhong sent Chen Sheng's direct minister Li Pan as an envoy to borrow a sealed letter from Xiang Liang himself to borrow a way from Qin Jia. Ready to fight.

Qin Jia's answer made Feng Zhong, Xiang Bo and others dumbfounded - after Li Pan entered Qin Jia's army with Xiang Liang's letter, not long after, a fast horse ran out of Qin Jia's army , threw Li Pan's head to the front of the young commander's army, and yelled: "The Xiang family is a thief, shameless and despicable, who broke his promise in Xutai City, and now we want us, General Qin, to kneel and surrender to you! Dreaming!" If you want to fight, you can fight, today I just want to settle the old and new debts with you!"

After saying that, Qin Jia's envoy galloped back to the formation, but Feng Zhong, Xiang Bo, Chen Ying and others looked at each other in blank dismay. They couldn't believe it was true——Qin Jia was so crazy that he dared to take Chen Sheng His direct subordinates were also directly slaughtered?Only the soldiers surnamed Han behind Feng Zhong and Zhang Liang behind Uncle Xiang sighed together, and said: "As expected of our Xiangzhu country, ah! I can't think of a letter with deliberately arrogant words, which can make Qin Jiapifu like this .”

After sighing, the soldiers surnamed Han bowed their heads to Feng Zhong's ear again, and said in a low voice, "General, why are you still staring? Such a good opportunity, if you don't start fighting, when will you wait?"

Feng Zhong woke up, stood up quickly, scolded Qin Jia in public for his unforgivable crime of daring to kill Li Pan, a courtier of King Zhang Chu, and ordered the army to launch an attack immediately. They agreed in unison, and immediately stepped forward to attack.

The reason why Qin Jia dared to fight against the Young Marshal Army was because Qin Jia had a crazy personality and didn't like to think about the consequences when doing things, and secondly, when he was outside Xutai City, Qin Jia once broke into the camp of the Young Marshal Army's Xiangyou Department. Afterwards, he retreated relatively calmly, and coupled with Xiang Bo's messing around in Huaiyin City, the strength of the young commander's army could not be fully utilized, so Qin Jia also looked down on the fighting power of the young commander's army from the bottom of his heart, thinking that he was militaristic The re-strengthened army already had the strength to compete head-on with the young commander's army, so it made the decision to kill the envoys and go to war.

However, the cruel facts quickly swollen Qin Jia's face. Under Feng Zhong's command, the young commanders and soldiers with weapons and equipment better than the enemy by a fraction marched in line, like waves, slapping on the ground one after another. On the heads of Qin Jiajun's formation, countless bloody waves continuously splashed, fiercely compressing the space of Qin Jiajun's position bit by bit.However, Qin Jia's army, which took down the small town of Zhongli relying on a large number of people, was retreating steadily. No matter how angry Qin Jia roared, and no matter how much Qin Jia's supervising team waved their knives to force them, they did not stop the young commander's overwhelming momentum. , Just a moment after the battle, the front team of the Chinese army has been suppressed to the same level as the rear team.

Seeing this scene, the furious Qin Jia yelled again and again, forcing the troops on the two wings to attack the frontal attacking army of the Young Marshal Army from three sides. After getting entangled with the attacking army of the Young Marshal's Army, Feng Zhongcai calmly dispatched the two-winged army to attack the back of Qin Jia's two-winged army. Unable to hold back, the soldiers and generals fled one after another, and the morale of the Chinese army was frustrated, and the already shaky position was even more shaken.

Without any suspense, as more and more soldiers of Qin Jia's army fled out of the formation, the formation of Qin Jia's army became more and more shaken and chaotic. After a burst of panic shouted in the formation, Qin Jia's army also collapsed immediately. Fighting to be the first to take the lead in fleeing for their lives, the soldiers ran away so much that they only hated their parents for giving them two legs. Feng Zhong took advantage of the momentum to launch a general attack, defeated Qin Jia in the field, beheaded nearly a thousand people, and had countless prisoners.

After the defeat, Qin Jia fled directly back to the city with the defeated army. Feng Zhong wanted to take advantage of the momentum and march the army to set up camp under the city. But after leaving, we will definitely only stick to our own defense, and if we want to attack the city and take Zhongli down, it will only be more difficult."

"Then what should we do?" Feng Zhong asked.

"Go down to the camp ten miles from the city." The soldier surnamed Han replied: "If you send someone to shoot arrows into the city, it will be said that Qin Jia killed the ministers of King Zhang Chu. The crime is unforgivable, and our army will definitely kill Qin Jia. , to avenge Zhang Chu’s Wu Pingjun, and let the guards in the city take Qin Jia’s head and ask for a reward in front of our army. In this way, Qin Jia’s husband will definitely abandon the city and flee in a short time. Send out troops to pursue, and you will definitely win another big victory."

"Speaking is better than singing." Xiang Bo next to him said in a strange way: "What if Qin Jia doesn't run away?"

"Reporting to Master, Qin Jia has the only choice to run." The soldier surnamed Han said with a smile: "He had an enmity with us, and he killed King Zhang Chu's envoy. He must be afraid that we will have nowhere to go after besieging the city. , His best choice is to quickly take the army and run away, avoid our soldiers and go to other places, otherwise, once we surround Zhongli, he will not be able to fly out even with wings."

Uncle Xiang sneered, and Zhang Liang, who was behind Uncle Xiang, had noticed the extraordinaryness of this soldier surnamed Han long ago, and wanted to find an opportunity to talk to him alone, but Feng Zhong was always unwilling to let the soldier surnamed Han leave his side. Zhang Liang has never found a chance.

Known by soldiers surnamed Han, after finding out that he had caused a catastrophe through the arrow book, he was afraid that the young commander would have nowhere to go after besieging the city. Qin Jia, who liked to wander, chose to abandon the city and flee south that night. However, the army had been prepared for a long time, and immediately dispatched troops to launch a pursuit. Qin Jia's army was defeated again, lost countless money, food and supplies, and the army suffered heavy losses.

(End of this chapter)