Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 132
Looking at his words, he saw that Xiang Kang had been shocked by his own analysis and deduction, and the eloquent envoy Wei quickly accepted it, and said with a smile: "Of course, with your high integrity and gentlemanly demeanor, young commander, naturally you don't care about it." Such small matters must be the most important thing for the world's rebels to join forces against Qin, and if you don't have the same knowledge as General Yingbu and Lu Chen, you would rather suffer a little loss yourself, and you will agree to join forces with them."

Putting a high hat on Xiang Kang with a smile on his face, the envoy Wei suddenly changed his tone and said, "But I am a philistine, and I always feel that Yingbo and General Lu Chen are acting a little out of place. It is clear that the army is full of mobs who come from everywhere. After joining forces with you, the young commander, it is fine if they refuse to ask you to take in and reorganize them. They even try to rely on a group of mobs to be equal to you, the young commander. It is extremely hateful to be so overreaching to gain benefits for them."

"Sir, what you said seems to be trying to drive a wedge between me and the friendly army." Xiang Kang asked vigilantly, for a moment he really couldn't see through the intention of the envoy Wei to say these words.

"Of course not, young commander, please don't misunderstand." The envoy Wei laughed, and said, "The little envoy is just complaining for the young commander. Also, if the young commander doesn't mind, the little envoy has the best of both worlds." The method can not only help the young marshal to incorporate the troops of the two generals Yingbu and Lu Chen, but also allow the young marshal's army to help our Wei army without having to confront the main forces of the Tyrant Qin. The country's army won a chance to breathe. I just don't know if the young commander will blame the young envoy for overreaching and being rude."

"Help me incorporate Yingbu and Luchen's army, and help you share the pressure without having to confront the main forces of the Tyrant Qin? Is there such a good thing?" Xiang Kang became interested, and hurriedly said: "Mr. If it’s really feasible, I’ll definitely adopt it.”

"The young envoy is taking the liberty." The Wei envoy was not polite, and immediately pointed to the map hanging in the army's tent, and said, "Young commander, can you borrow the map?"

Xiang Kang nodded in agreement, and the envoy Wei got up and walked to the map, but he did not rush to point on the map, but just said: "Young commander, please forgive the envoy for being rude and slandering others behind his back. It seems that the fundamental reason why the two generals Yingbo and Lu Chen are unwilling to accept your recruitment is that apart from their ambition to be resigned to others, the other key is that they have the capital of the army in their hands and know that the young commander-in-chief You are burdened by your reputation, and you absolutely dare not use force to forcibly annex their army, so you have a lack of support. Not only do you want to be on an equal footing with you, but you also try to pretend to be a tiger, and use your army, young commander, to obtain huge benefits that they cannot obtain alone."

"There is only one way to crush their dream, and that is to let them learn a lesson." The envoy Wei said again: "Teach them with the help of Tyranny's army, let them know how high the sky is and how thick the land is, and let Tyranny The army wiped out part of their capital, so that when they are desperate, they can accept your recruitment, the young commander, hand over their military power and join your army, the young commander. And if they do this, even if they still have ambitions, they still refuse. Surrendering to you, they have no confidence capital, and of course they don't have the qualifications to be equal to you, and if you want to drive them to fight for you, young commander, of course it will be much easier."

"Although the words are reasonable, Yingbo and Lu Chen are not fools. If I ask them to lead the army to fight against the main force of Tyrant Qin, they will never agree?" Xiang Kang asked.

"Yes, the two generals Yingbo and Lu Chen are not fools, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a foolish thing, but if you use a little tricks, young commander, the situation will be completely different." Chenliu City on the way up, and said: "Young Commander, please look at this Chenliu City. Chenliu is about seventy miles away from Linji. This distance is not close, but it is not far. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, if the young commander gathers his troops here, he can deter the main force of Tyrant Qin from a distance, so that they dare not attack Linji with all their strength, and there is no need to worry that the Tyrant Qin army will suddenly turn around and attack you with all their strength."

"In addition, you, young commander, have something to say to Yingbu and General Lu Chen." The envoy of Wei said again: "After you stationed troops in Chenliu, young commander, you can use the excuse to rescue Wei. Generals Bu and Luchen led their troops to continue westward to attack Yangwu, west of Linji, and cut off the link between the main force of Tyrant Qin and Aocang. Generals Yingbu and Luchen see you in Chen Liu confronted the main force of the Tyrant Qin, afraid that you would force them to rescue Linji as a vanguard, he would definitely give up the difficulty and take the easy way, so he agreed."

Speaking of this, the Wei envoy smiled slightly, and said: "But as long as they do this, Zhang Han will definitely not let them go. The little envoy dared to predict that in order to keep the grain road unblocked, Zhang Han would definitely postpone the attack on Linji , take a defensive position on the southern front where you are, and focus on attacking Yingbo and Lu Chen's troops first. In this way, our army can get a chance to breathe, and you, the young commander, don't have to take risks to fight the main force of the Tyrant Qin head-on. After the two generals Bu and Lu Chen were defeated and fled back to Chenliu, wouldn't it be much easier for you, young commander, to recruit them?"

After getting up and going to the map, he calculated carefully for a long time, and then put himself in the position of Yingbu, Lu Chen and Zhang Han for analysis and deduction. Xiang Kang finally nodded and said, "Yes, this method is feasible. If it goes well, we will It can also buy a lot of breathing time for your Wei army, sir, and persist until reinforcements from all walks of life reinforce Linji."

With a plop, the envoy of Wei knelt down on Xiang Kang's knees, cupped his hands and said, "Young commander, the lives of all the soldiers and civilians in Linji City are counted on you to rescue them. Since the young commander thinks that the envoy's foolish trick is feasible, I hope you will save him." The young commander hastened to move west as soon as possible to share the pressure on our army."

"Sir, please, since I agree, I will do my best."

Xiang Kang ordered casually, but the Wei envoy refused to get up, and said, "Young commander, I am bold, and I want to ask you for one more thing. I am worried, if Zhang Han knows that you are leading the army westward , I am afraid that you will have the idea of ​​defeating each other, attack Linji with all your strength, first destroy our country of Wei, and then turn around to deal with you. So the little envoy is bold, and I want to ask you, the young commander, to adopt the little envoy's plan to lure Zhang Han to take the siege The strategy of attacking aid is to suspend the attack on Linji, lest our army be defeated and be attacked first by Zhang Han!"

"Sir, do you have any tricks to lure Zhang Han to adopt the strategy of besieging the city and fighting for aid?" Xiang Kang was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Please tell me, sir, what other tricks do you have?"

"It's a fool's trick." The envoy of Wei replied, "I would like to ask the young commander to order that your former army stop attacking the two cities along the way, Xiangyi and Yongqiu, and the army will go around the city and directly enter Chenliu. In this way, Zhang Han will definitely think that you are going to rescue Linji with all your strength, the young commander. In order to gain the opportunity to wait for work, he will definitely postpone the attack on Linji, and the soldiers will wait for you to go north to die, so there will be no birth for us. Wei Guo and you have each broken the idea."

This Wei envoy's strategy is indeed feasible. If Xiang Kang was in Zhang Han's position and saw the enemy rushing over to die, he would definitely choose to besiege the city first to fight for aid, and would not rush to attack the city again. It may cause the enemy to retreat immediately after losing the rescue target.At the same time, bypassing the strong cities controlled by the Qin army and attacking other targets that are easier to attack are also common in other military operations against the Qin army.but……

But doing so is of course not in line with Xiang Kang's style of playing steady and steady, so Xiang Kang was extremely hesitant immediately. The envoy Wei guessed Xiang Kang's scruples by observing his words and expressions, and hurriedly said: "Please don't worry, young commander, although this plan is a bit risky, But both Xiangyi and Yongqiu are only guarded by county soldiers from the Tyrant Qin army, so there is no way to threaten you, young commander. In addition, the envoy also knows that there is a lot of food and grass in Chenliu city. There is absolutely no need to worry about insufficient food and grass, and you can compete with Zhang Han for a long time."

Unwilling to take the risk of losing direct contact with the former army led by Feng Zhong, let alone trust the Wei envoy's introduction to Chen Liu's many grains, Xiang Kang still hesitated, and asked casually, "How does sir know that Chen Liu's city has a lot of grain? , can it be used by our army for a long time?"

"It was obtained by our Wei State's detailed investigation before." The Wei envoy explained: "At that time, the young envoy also spoke to our Wei king, advising him to take advantage of Zhang Han's opportunity to enter Chen County and take down Chen Liu and Daliang as soon as possible. Waiting for the land to grow stronger, but the King of Wei was afraid of getting angry, so he called Zhang Han's army to attack him, so he didn't obey. But there is indeed a lot of food and grass in Chenliu City. After you take Chen Liu, young commander, if you find that the envoy has told lies, please Behead Chen Ping, my head, and Chen Ping, I have no complaints!"

When Wei envoy Chen Ping introduced Chen Liu's situation, Xiang Kang had always been very disdainful and skeptical of his words. However, when Chen Ping reported his name, Xiang Kang was shocked and blurted out: "Sir, what do you say your name is?"

"Reporting to the young commander, the envoy's name is Chen Ping." Chen Ping replied.

Xiang Kang was dumbfounded, at one point he thought it was just the same name and surname, and he, who was not very talented, could not have met his most admired counselor at the end of Qin by such a coincidence, but when he thought about it, Chen Ping was able to guess just now with just a few clues. Seeing the results of his discussions with Yingbo and Lu Chen, as well as his own thoughts, Xiang Kang immediately concluded in his heart—it can't be wrong!The Chen Ping in front of him must be the notoriously wicked and fuming Chen Ping in the last years of the Qin Dynasty!

Coming to this conclusion, of course Xiang Kang immediately showed a friendly smile on his face. He first lifted Chen Ping up with his own hands, and then said kindly: "Mr. Chen Ping, I can adopt your strategy and let my army bypass Xiangyi and Yongqiu will attack Chenliu directly, but I have a condition, you must promise me one thing before I can do so."

"Young commander, please tell me that as long as the envoy can do it, the envoy will definitely go through fire and water." Chen Ping couldn't wait to reply.

"I don't want you to go through fire and water." Xiang Kang patted Chen Ping's shoulder, and said with a smile, "As long as you stay and help me and be my counselor, I will help Wei Jiu with this."

"Young commander, you want the envoy to leave Wei Jiu and work for you?" Chen Ping was a little tongue-tied.

"That's right." Xiang Kang nodded earnestly, and said sincerely, "It's a pity that you are a great talent, and it's a pity to be put under Wei Jiu's tent. Wei Jiu still doesn't listen to you, sir, and doesn't follow through with you. He only treats you, sir. I really feel sorry for you when you are appointed as an ordinary envoy. If you can leave Wei Jiu and serve me, I promise that I will never treat you badly."

Seeing Xiang Kang's expression was sincere and his words were definitely not joking, Chen Ping, who was extremely unhappy with Wei Jiu, couldn't help being excited, knowing that he had finally met someone who knew the goods.However, after careful calculation, Chen Ping cupped his hands and said: "The young commander loves you wrongly, Chen Ping is really flattered, but as a Wei minister, Chen Ping took the opportunity to turn his back on the master and surrender to the noble army. , so I really dare not accept the young commander's kindness."

When Xiang Kang heard that he was in a hurry, he hurriedly prepared to continue persuading, but Chen Ping said: "But please rest assured, young commander, as a foreign minister, Chen Ping took the liberty to offer advice to you. You not only obeyed what you said, but also appreciated Chen Ping very much." I have to repay this kindness of knowing you. I promise to the young marshal that after completing this envoy mission, when I return to Linji, the first thing I will do is to resign from the king of Wei, and then I will go to the young commander Handsome, thank the young commander for his appreciation."

"That's good, but Linji's side is fighting now, how can you risk going back, sir?" Xiang Kang asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, young commander, I'm a philistine who is greedy for life and afraid of death. I will never dare to take risks and go back at this time." Chen Ping said with a smile: "So please, young commander, Enzhun, stay in your army for a while longer. , and wait until Linji turns the corner and the journey is no longer dangerous, I will return to Linji and resign to the king of Wei."

Xiang Kang laughed out loud, and quickly ordered: "Come here, hurry up and prepare the best banquet. Tonight, I'm going to have a good drink with Mr. Chen Ping and get drunk together."

What is congeniality?Xiang Kang and Chen Ping, the two top unscrupulous people in the world, get together, and they are like-minded!When they were drinking together at the same table, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping hit it off immediately, and almost every word they said was extremely speculative. They all felt a little blushing, but Xiang Kang and Chen Ping, the two bastards, were beaming with joy, not at all ashamed, but proud of it.When discussing how to coax Yingbo and Lu Chen to go to Yangwu as cannon fodder, Chen Ping even showed his skills and gave Xiang Kang several wicked and smoky ideas one after another. Sighing, he secretly said: "This Chen Ping really likes our Young Marshal Xiang, but I don't know how unlucky our enemies will be in the future."

In the morning of the next day, following Chen Ping's suggestion, Xiang Kang sent someone to invite Yingbo and Luchen to his tent, first he showed the letter of request for help written by Wei Jiu himself, and asked Yingbo and Luchen to lead the army and fight with him. The army went to Linji to reinforce the Wei army. As a result, Yingbo and Lu Chen, who had already been beaten by Zhang Han, were of course afraid to agree, but they couldn't stand Xiang Kang and Chen Ping's repeated persuasion and ingenious provocation. Bite the bullet and agree with Xiang Kang's decision.Xiang Kang didn't hesitate at the moment, and immediately ordered the army to set up troops and lead the two cannon fodder troops of Yingbu and Lu Chen to march westward. A city, directly to attack Chenliu.

Then the situation was completely expected by Chen Ping. When he received the news that the Young Marshal Army was marching into Dang County, Zhang Han, who already hated Xiang Kang deeply, had the idea of ​​defeating the Wei Army and the Young Marshal Army one by one, and immediately put it into action. The action beat the main force of the Wei army stationed outside Linji City to the point of crying and shouting. It was difficult to parry, so they had to abandon the camp outside the city and fled back to the city in embarrassment to defend the city.However, after finding out the news that the young general army bypassed Xiangyi and went directly westward, Zhang Han immediately gave up his plan to attack the city with all his strength, and said to the generals: "There is no need to rush to attack the city, Xiang Kang's traitor Going west without attacking the cities along the way, it is clear that we are in a hurry to rescue Wei Jiu's traitor. Instead of consuming time and energy to forcibly attack the fortified position, we might as well hold off on the attack and wait for Xiang Kang's traitor to come and die on his own initiative. Otherwise, If we break Linji first, with the cunning of the traitor Xiang Kang, we will definitely run away immediately, and if we want to annihilate the army of Chu traitors, we don't know how much time and food will be spent."

All the generals of the Qin Army said yes, and they all raised their hands to support Zhang Han's decision to besiege the city and fight for aid. However, Zhang Han quickly regretted his decision, and Feng Zhong, the forward of the young commander, bypassed Xiangyi. After he and Yongqiu went westward to the territory of Chenliu, although they built a bridge and crossed Sui River that day, pretending to go north to reinforce Linji, but at night, Feng Zhong's army secretly withdrew. After crossing the south bank of Sui River, they suddenly launched an attack on Chen Liucheng.

Those guarding Chenliu were originally the county soldiers of the Qin army who lacked combat effectiveness. They also mistakenly thought that the young generals only wanted to reinforce Linji and had no interest in attacking Chenliu. The soldiers of the Young Commander with the lightweight flying ladder charged up to the head of Chenliu City with only one charge. At the same time, the soldiers of the Young Commander under the city also smashed open the gate of Chenliu City with a bumper, and entered the city without much effort. The county magistrate of Chenliu He is also a soft-footed guy. He just saw the Young Marshal's army enter the city, and immediately brought the officials in the city to kneel and surrender in the courtyard of the county temple. food for a while.

It was at this time that Zhang Han, who originally only planned to besiege the city and fight for aid, was vaguely in a bad mood, but it was too late to realize this. The young commander's army had already taken root only seventy miles away from Linji, like a Like a sharp dagger, it was pointed at the back of Qin Jun's main force from a distance, and it might suddenly stab Qin Jun's vest at any time.To make matters worse, the reinforcements of the Qi State led by King Tian Dan of Qi also crossed the Yellow River on a white horse and were rushing towards Linji.If Zhang Han divides his forces to attack Chen Liu, all previous efforts may be wasted, and Tian Dan takes the opportunity to smash the Linji encirclement that Zhang Han finally created, and rescue Wei Jiu, a duck that is almost cooked.

After much deliberation, Zhang Han had no choice but to decide to stay the same and respond to all changes. He gritted his teeth and said, "If you like to come to die, let me let the general come over. I want to take a look, you two mobs, Do you have the ability to rescue the traitor Wei Jiu!"

(End of this chapter)