Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 129 Don't worry

The snowflakes were falling and getting bigger and bigger. Under the cold wind, they splashed on the faces and bodies of the soldiers of the Qin army. Their eyebrows and beards were frozen white. The exhausted and hungry soldiers of the Qin army suffered even more. Many seriously injured soldiers couldn't stand the torture of cold and hunger.

The soldiers of the Qin army who died of serious injuries were pitiful, but the soldiers of the Qin army who were still struggling were not much better. After the defeat of Xiao County, every soldier of the Qin army had only enough rough dry food left for one meal. However, if they want to get to Dang County, where they can get food and grass supplies, the soldiers of the Qin Army have to walk for at least more than a day. Originally, the Qin Army wanted to divide a meal into several meals, and endured a little bit to get to Dang County, but when they set off After going on the road, I realized that there is no such good thing in the world - I just fought a big battle in Xiao County, and my physical strength has declined seriously. At night, most of the soldiers of the Qin army couldn't help eating the last dry rations, and then completely ran out of food, so they could only continue on their way with an empty stomach.

What was more terrifying than hunger was the pursuers of the Young Marshal Army. After discovering that the Qin Army had fled towards Dang County, Xiang Kang didn't even bat an eyelid, and immediately led the main force of the Young Marshal Army to pursue him. The army was already far away from the base area, so he resolutely dispatched General Cao Shen to lead an army of 3 to assist Xiang Kang in pursuing the Qin army. At the beginning, the pursuit of soldiers did not dare to be too rampant, but after asking the lagging Qin army prisoners about the news that the Qin army had run out of food, Xiang Kang immediately speeded up his pursuit, and successfully caught up with the Qin army that night, and fought another battle with the Qin army. The exhausted Qin army was defeated again, and had to flee overnight. There are countless soldiers, and the army of more than [-] in Pengcheng has rapidly shrunk to more than [-].

The snow will always only make it worse. Early the next morning, the sky began to snow again, and it continued to fall until noon without any sign of stopping. Of course, this also added a lot of difficulty to the pursuers, but Shen Yi Trekking on the muddy road with shallow feet, the tired and hungry soldiers of the Qin army were still in great pain. Many soldiers were unable to move after slipping and falling. No matter how much the general urged, insulted or even beat them, they just refused. Standing up again and continuing to move forward, there were even crying sounds from time to time in the team.

Suffering from the flames of war, the village pavilions along the way have long been empty. Even if they forcibly robbed the food, the food they robbed would be a drop in the bucket, and it would not be of any use. There were still some horses, and Zhang Ping was determined to kill horses for food. , but the pursuers of the Young Marshal Army are right behind, and no one can guarantee when they will suddenly kill them, so the Qin Army dare not stop to kill horses and cook meat at all, so they can only walk westward desperately with difficulty. Stopped and rushed to Dang County.

Going to Dang County to have a full meal became the only way for the generals of the Qin Army to encourage the soldiers. In order to keep the army as much as possible and speed up, the generals of the Qin Army at all levels could only keep telling the soldiers in the army that Zhang Ping had sent people to chase them away first. When they arrived in Dang County, an order was sent to Dang County to prepare hot meals and warm houses for the soldiers of the Qin Army in advance. As long as they arrived at the city of Dang County, the soldiers of the Qin Army would be able to eat enough and sleep well.It's a pity that such tricks are only effective at the beginning. With the continuous decline of physical strength and temperature, the big cakes drawn by the generals of the Qin Army can no longer fill the stomachs of the generals of the Qin Army. Inevitably dropped to an extremely dangerous level.

To make matters worse, it so happened that at this time, the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army chased up again, bypassed the position of the army behind the Qin Army's palace, and rushed directly to the flank of the Qin Army's brigade. After paying a heavy price, they finally managed to force the fledgling young marshal cavalry back.During such a slight delay, the main force of the infantry of the Young Commander's Army caught up with the Qin Army's rear army again, and raised the butcher's knife to the hungry Qin Army's rear army.

"Tell Chen Kan to fight to the end and buy time for our main force."

The order was issued in a hoarse voice, and Zhang Ping immediately urged the main force to speed up, ignoring Chen Kan's troops who were in charge of the rear. None of the generals in the Qin army questioned Zhang Ping's decision, because they all knew that at this time, Only by sacrificing Chen Kan's army can the Qin army brigade win the hope of escape.

In fact, Chen Kan is also very clear that his own army must have been abandoned by Zhang Ping, but it's okay, Chen Kan, who was born in the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, is very loyal to his duty. Even though he knew that his own army was doomed, he still led the army to block the young commander The main force of the infantry, and gritted his teeth withstood the two attacks of the young marshals, buying precious time for the main force of our own army to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.However, the price of doing so was that Chen Kan's troops were surrounded by the main force of the Young Marshal Army, and in the end they were almost wiped out by the Young Marshal Army. The devotion and loyalty of the imperial court.

When it was completely dark, the Qin army was overtaken by the young commander and was defeated again. It was forced to flee westward for more than ten miles overnight before getting rid of the pursuit, but the strength of the Qin army was less than 5000. At the same time, he was afraid that the young generals would pursue him overnight, and Zhang Ping had to discard all the luggage accompanying the army, and urged the army to march westward overnight, and continued to stumble towards Dang County.

At the same time, when he was not far from Dang County, Xiang Kang once considered dividing his troops and going forward to block the way of the Qin army. Unfamiliar with the roads and marching at night was too dangerous, Xiang Kang finally gave up this plan and chose to let the young generals rest on the spot for two hours, and then pursue them with all their strength.

Xiang Kang's decision of course gave the Qin army officers and soldiers the last chance to escape. In order to obtain supplies and a safe foothold as soon as possible, the extremely sleepy Qin army officers and soldiers forced themselves to work hard, and there was almost no rest this night, no matter how the road was. Difficult to walk, but still gritted his teeth and persisted desperately, and miraculously rushed to the position only ten miles away from the city of Dang County at twilight, and kept a distance of six or seven miles from the pursuers of the Young Marshal Army.

Through the dilapidated pavilions on the roadside, it was discovered that the army was not far from Dang County. Zhang Ping hurriedly announced the news to the public. Climb and rush to the west of Dang County City Pool.At the same time, Xiang Kang, who had a keen sixth sense, also realized that his army had only one last chance to wipe out the enemy. He also urged the army to speed up and pursue it at full speed on the muddy and slippery road.

Perhaps it was the blessing of Qin Shihuang's spirit in the sky. The Qin army brigade whose morale had been improved created a miracle and successfully saw the city of Dang County before being overtaken by the young commander. The black military flag of the Great Qin Army was still flying, but after confirming this, countless soldiers of the Qin Army burst into tears, and Zhang Ping couldn't help but shed tears of excitement, choked up and said: "It's here, it's finally here!"

"General, look!"

At this time, an accident happened suddenly, and the black military flags of the Qin Army on Dangxian County suddenly fell down one after another, replaced by a khaki-colored Chu State military flag. When it was opened, an army carrying the Chu army flag strode out of the city, rushing directly towards the Qin army without stopping.

"Chu thief! It's the Chu thief's army! How is it possible? How is it possible?"

Desperate cries rang out in the ranks of the Qin Army. The soldiers of the Qin Army who had been extremely happy before were like boarding a roller coaster. As soon as they reached the peak, they immediately fell to the bottom of the valley. Desperate to the extreme, his face was pale and he shouted: "How is it possible? How could the army of Chu thieves suddenly appear here? Then this army of Chu thieves came? Where did they come from?"

The appearance of the "Feng" banner told Zhang Ping the answer. He rode his horse and walked in front of the young generals. He also laughed wildly and said: "Baoqin dog thief, you made this general wait so hard, this general almost thought you would not come."

Adopting the suggestion of the soldiers surnamed Han, leaving Xiangxian County behind, and pulling the main force of the southern line to the remote town of Dangxian County. For this decision, Feng Zhong was of course questioned by the young generals. Zhong himself was also worried, for fear that he would make a mistake in his choice and miss the precious opportunity to double-team the Qin army with the main force.However, after Feng Zhong won this bet, the result of the battle was that he fully took the initiative, and completely shattered Qin Jun's last hope of escape.

In order to survive, the desperate Qin army had no choice but to go forward desperately to attack Feng Zhong's army that was in charge of intercepting him. However, how could the exhausted Qin army soldiers now win against Feng Zhong's army who was waiting for work?Even if Zhang Ping personally led the army to charge, even if Zhang Ping directly dispatched the Longxi elite to assault, the once brave and invincible Longxi elite would not be able to overwhelm the mob under Feng Zhong's command at this moment. Corpses were strewn all over the field, and blood pooled in puddles.

At this time, Xiang Kang had already rushed to the scene with the young generals chasing troops. Seeing that Feng Zhong's main force was in Dang County, Xiang Kang, who was originally extremely worried, was of course ecstatic to the extreme, without any hesitation. Immediately, he urged the troops to attack fiercely, and flanked the defeated Qin army with Feng Zhong back and forth.

Things have come to this point, even if the Qin army is commanded by the surname Han, it will definitely be powerless, let alone Zhang Ping, who became the commander-in-chief of the Qin army because of his brotherhood. The sleepy and desperate Qin Army brigade collapsed immediately, and the soldiers fled in all directions. Zhang Ping had no choice but to change into the clothes of ordinary soldiers in a hurry, throw away his general flag, and flee for his life with the cavalry. They slaughtered the soldiers of the Qin army wantonly like chopping melons and vegetables, beheaded countless people, and captured a large number of Qin army prisoners.

The hard work of this battle was spent on the pursuit, but the real battle ended in less than half an hour. The more than 5 Qin troops who marched westward into Pengcheng were almost wiped out. Dong Ke and many other Qin generals or Captured or beheaded in battle, only a few cavalry escaped from the battlefield by chance. The rest of the army was either wiped out by the Young Marshal or forced to be captured. , and almost all returned to Xiang Kang's clutches.

Before the sporadic battle was over, Xiang Kang rode his horse and rushed in front of Feng Zhong. After the meeting, Xiang Kang didn't say a word, and immediately hit Feng Zhong's body with several heavy punches, and then strangled Feng Zhong's neck , asked viciously: "Tell me, how did you know that the Tyrant Qin army would come here, and pulled your main force to Dang County early to wait for work?"

"Analyze, analyze." Feng Zhong said with a smile: "Although I didn't know that you, the young commander, would push the Baoqin army to this point, but since the Baoqin army that I was chasing and killing fled to Xiangxian County first, they rushed to kill them again. I abandoned the city and fled to the west, so I think that the Tyrant Qin army in Xiangxian County will definitely send someone to contact Zhang Ping before retreating. If Zhang Ping receives this news, he will definitely not go to Xiangxian County again, and he will definitely not dare to go Xiayi, which is still under our control, will only come to Dang County, so I quickly brought the main force to Dang County first."

"Then you are not afraid that Xiang County's Tyrant Qin army failed to contact Mr. Zhang Ping in time, and that man went to Xiang County?" Xiang Kang asked curiously.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter even if this happens." Feng Zhong smiled and said: "I asked Brother Xiang You to stay in Xiangxian County with [-] troops, and told him that the Tyrant Qin army was at the end of its rope, so I immediately sent troops to intercept it. The army is powerful, so they are only allowed to defend the city and are not allowed to go out to fight. At that time, the Tyrant Qin army will not be able to enter the city, nor can it supply food and grass, so it can only continue westward to Mang County. I just need to keep in touch with Xiangxian County at all times. Xiang County, immediately pull the main force to Mang County, and still be able to block the Tyrant Qin army under the city of Mang County."

"It's yours!" Xiang Kangle tightened his grip, and said with a smile: "When I was with you before, why didn't I realize that you have such a powerful ability, Brother Feng? If I had known that you were so good at using troops, I should have I beg you to be the general and let you lead the troops to fight for me, so that I will be more relieved."

Feng Zhong was forced to beg for mercy by Xiang Kang, and he also peeked at the appearance of the soldiers surnamed Han several times. Considering that if the soldiers surnamed Han were asked to leave by Xiang Kang, he would have no help in the future, Feng Zhong still kept his mouth shut, and chose to keep his secrets from day to day instead of telling Xiang Kang about his trump card.

Dang County is small, and even it is very difficult to accommodate Feng Zhong's main force, so while cleaning the battlefield, Xiang Kang had no choice but to let the army set up camp outside the city to rest. Chen Ying, who led the army and territory to join the Young Marshal Army, and Feng Zhong discovered several rising stars of the Young Marshal Army for him in actual combat. A banquet was arranged in the military tent to celebrate this great victory with the generals.

During this period, the soldiers surnamed Han who were already familiar with Feng Zhong's faction didn't care about Feng Zhong's habitual pursuit of meritorious service, and they didn't rush out to tell Xiang Kang that Feng Zhong's beautiful battles during this period were actually all I just took this opportunity to observe Xiang Kang patiently.Fortunately, for Xiang Kang's first impression, the soldiers with the surname Han barely felt good, he was a man without airs, he could treat the generals under Feng Zhong's command with courtesy, he spoke politely, and his cultural level was more than a half and a half higher than that of Feng Zhong, who was born in an authentic mud leg. , doing things frankly, and using troops is still so-so, but I don't know if I can be like Feng Zhong, who can do good things like others, and whether there will be any weakness of self-willedness.

"Don't worry, just take a look first." The soldiers surnamed Han made up their minds and secretly said: "Anyway, he is only a young marshal, and he has a marshal Xiang Liang on his head. Now that Liang is here, I still have to prove myself in front of Xiang Liang. Instead of taking the risk of offending Feng Zhong at this time, I might as well observe patiently and see whether the uncle and nephew of the Xiang family are worthy of my assistance. Who is more worthy of my assistance."

When the soldiers surnamed Han quietly made up their minds about this idea, an accident happened. Someone outside the account suddenly entered the account and reported that there was a riot in the prisoner-of-war camp. The killer had already killed some prisoners of the Qin army to suppress the unrest by force. Xiang Kang was surprised and asked, "Why did the prisoners riot? Is there a reason?"

"Reporting to the young commander, I heard that the prisoners of the Qin Dynasty wanted to eat, and our rear army would not be able to make food for a while, and the prisoners of the Qin Dynasty said that we would deliberately starve them to death and then execute them all, so they made a fuss It is." The Ding Jijun messenger who came to report the letter replied truthfully.

"These thieves!" Zhujishi yelled at him, and said, "Young Marshal, you don't need to be polite, anyway, they are all tyrants from Guanzhong, so just kill them all."

Several young generals who hated the tyranny of the Qin court to the bone agreed with them. They all felt that the prisoners of the Qin army captured this time were all from Guanzhong, and there was no need to show any kindness. clean.Fortunately, Xiang Kang didn't listen to these bad ideas, and subconsciously thought of his cousin Xiang Yu's masterpiece in history-the murder of 20 Qin army prisoners, which made all the people in Guanzhong hate the old Xiang family. As soon as the counterattack entered Guanzhong, the people in Guanzhong joined Liu Laosan's army to attack Lao Xiang's house, and also turned Guanzhong and Bashu, the old places of Qin, into Liu Laosan's stable strategic rear.

It was also because of Xiang Yu's bloody example, so after thinking for a while, Xiang Kang quickly ordered: "General Chao Zhi, you take your troops to help Ding Ji, and first control the prisoner-of-war camp. Killing people, I will go to personally appease the prisoners of war. In addition, I will tell Ding Ji to give priority to controlling the prisoners of war and not to kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Chao Zhi took the order, and immediately set out to lead the army out. Xiang Kang said: "Generals, it seems that we will have to celebrate after a while. Everyone come with me to see the situation. If it is not handled well, it will definitely have a great impact on our future wars.”

The generals agreed, and the soldiers surnamed Han also glanced at Xiang Kang, secretly said: "It depends on your ability, if you don't handle this matter well, it will have a great impact on your war today, but if you handle it well, you will You can benefit immensely.”

(End of this chapter)