Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 133 Against Li You
In order to recruit a like-minded good friend Chen Ping, Xiang Kang, who has always been cautious in using troops, took a rare risk, allowing Feng Zhong, a young commander whose combat effectiveness is actually not very good, to advance alone, and was still defeated by the Qin Army of Dangjun County. The two cities of Xiangyi and Yongqiu under control directly attacked Chenliu, which was favored by Chen Ping.However, when Xiang Kang led the main force of the Young Marshal Army westward to the city of Xiangyi, he dared not let the main force do the same. He could only honestly station troops under the city and rush to build siege weapons to launch a siege .

joke!If the main force does not take down the cities along the way and goes directly westward, then the connection between Xiangkang and the rear of Huaisi may be cut off by the Qin army at any time?Let alone Xiang Kang, who is notoriously cowardly, such a thing, as long as he is a commander with a slightly normal mind, he would never dare to take such a risk.

The defenders of the Qin Army in Xiangyi City are not tenacious. After a long period of actual combat training, the main force of the Young Marshal's Army has also improved in combat effectiveness and combat experience. In order to be loyal to the new master, the two cannon fodder troops Yingbo and Luchen fought very hard to have the face to ask Xiang Kang for money and food, so they only launched an ant attack, and the young commander successfully took down Xiang Kang. Yi County.

After the success of the siege, Xiang Kang, who always paid attention to his hypocrisy and false name, fulfilled his promise and distributed half of the seized grain to the two armies of Yingbu and Luchen. In addition to thanking Xiang Kang repeatedly, he couldn't wait to take the initiative to ask to be the forward, continue to go west to attack Yongqiu, and expressed confidence that he would be able to replace Xiang Kang before the main force of the young commander arrived at Yongqiu. It was captured by the isolated Yongqiu City.

The morale could not be discouraged, and Xiang Kang readily agreed, but after Yingbruchen left happily, Chen Ping, who was still an envoy of the Wei State, remonstrated with Xiang Kang: "Young commander, the envoy thinks your The main force should also speed up, and the two generals Yingbo and Lu Chen cannot be allowed to take down Yongqiu alone. Otherwise, when they are driven to fight against the main force of the Tyrant Qin, you, young commander, will fall into a passive position. Only we can also participate In the siege of Yongqiu, take down Yongqiu with them, and they will have no excuses to bargain with you in the future."

Xiang Kang accepted Chen Ping's suggestion without hesitation. Even though Yingbo and Luchen volunteered to serve as cannon fodder, he still urged the main force to speed up the westward march, and he arrived in Yongzhou before Yingbo and Luchen broke the city. Qiu, the Lishan criminals who were driven as the vanguard still attacked the city earlier than the British and Lv allied forces, completely blocked the mouths of Yingbo and Luchen, and also made Yingbo and Luchen want to fight in Yongzhou. Qiu's excuse of taking a short break to recuperate was in vain, so he obediently followed Xiang Kang to continue westward, fearfully following Xiang Kang to reinforce Linji who was surrounded by the main force of the Qin army.

Dang County is already a densely populated place, but the area around Yongqiu is even more densely populated. Therefore, even in the busy season of spring farming, many local people still came to join the army on their own initiative. Zhou Zeng also took advantage of the situation to persuade Xiang Kang Duo sent eloquent people to the surrounding villages and pavilions to persuade the local people to join the army and further expand the strength of the Young Marshal Army. Xiang Kang nodded in agreement, and when he was arranging this work, Xiang Kang accidentally noticed that The most populous township in Yongqiu County is actually called Gaoyang, and he said casually: "It turns out that Gaoyang is in Yongqiu. I heard that the wine in this place is very famous. Uncle Ya, when you are purchasing military supplies, pay attention to buying more wine in Gaoyang." , when rewarding the army in the future, let our soldiers have good wine to drink."

"Gaoyang's wine is particularly famous?" Zhou Zeng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Young Marshal, when you checked the Yongqiu County Code before you leave, the county code didn't mention that Gaoyang produces good wine?"

"Did I remember wrong?" Xiang Kang was also a little surprised, and said, "I seem to have heard the word Gaoyang drunkards, which means that Gaoyang produces good wine, and the local people often get drunk, so there are so many drunkards."

"Gaoyang alcoholic? Why haven't I heard of this word?" Zhou Zeng became more and more confused when he heard it, and Chen Ping next to him was also puzzled, saying that although his hometown Yangwu is not far from Yongqiu Gaoyang, he had never heard of it. Over the term Gaoyang drunkard, Xiang Kang, who has a poor history, also said that he confused the dynasty, so he found an excuse to prevaricate, didn't get entangled in this matter, and quickly forgot about it.

Leaving Zheng Bu to lead the army to guard Yongqiu, he presided over the work of enlisting and expanding the army for himself. A day later, Xiang Kang led the main force of the young commander's army to the city of Chenliu not far from here, and Xiang Kang was very satisfied with the result. , Feng Zhong, who was ordered by the police to check in here, did his job very well. He directly arranged the camp on the south bank of Gushui in the northeast of Chenliu City, and built multiple convenient bridges on the river, showing that he might cross the Hebei River at any time to attack the back of the Qin army. This posture forced the main force of the Qin army led by Zhang Han to deploy heavy troops on the southern line, unable to fully deal with the Wei army retreating in Linji City, and the Qi army that was rapidly approaching Linji.

Then came the highlight, when the young generals, Wenwu, Yingbu and Lu Chen were called to discuss how to rescue Linji, according to Xiang Kang's prior arrangements, Wu She, a famous Xutai scholar who was used by Xiang Kang as a civil servant, stepped forward to speak out. He suggested: "Young Marshal, in my opinion, although our army has the help of Wei Qi's army, our overall strength is still at a disadvantage against the main forces of the Tyrant Qin. If we attack directly, it may be difficult to break the siege of Linji. So I think that Therefore, in addition to directly sending troops from Chenliu to the north to reinforce Linji, our army should send another army to attack Yangwu on a small road, cut off the direct connection between the main force of Tyrant Qin and Aocang, and let the Tyrant Qin army head to tail. Difficult to care. In this way, our army will be more confident in rescuing Linji."

Pretending to study in front of the map sand table, Xiang Kang nodded and said: "Yes, this plan is feasible. We and the Qi army will attack from the north and south to contain the front, and the Wei army will act as internal support and threaten the violent from behind. The main force of Qin, Zhang Han, will never dare to send troops back to Yangwu, our army will not have much resistance to attack Yangwu, so we must be sure of success."

After saying that, Xiang Kang turned to Yingbo and Luchen again, and said, "General Yingbo, General Luchen, why don't you two continue to be the vanguard, go directly north from Chenliu to Linji, and attack Baoqin head-on?" The main force on the southern front of the army, cooperate with Wei Qi's allies to contain them, our army Feng Zhong's troops will serve as your backup, and our army will also attack Yangwu, what do you think?"

Before Xiang Kang finished speaking, Yingbo and Lu Chen couldn't help turning pale, and just as Xiang Kang finished speaking, Lu Chen immediately said: "Young commander, it's not that we are evading, but we may not be able to challenge you." Take on this heavy burden, with our little force, how can we be sure that we can compete head-on with the main force of the Tyrant Qin army?"

"Young Marshal, we are not afraid of losing the battle, but we are afraid of missing your important event of attacking Yangwu." Ying Bu, the famous general at the end of Qin Dynasty, also took the initiative to be a coward once, and hurriedly found excuses like Lu Chen.

"Why are you two generals so modest?" Xiang Kang deliberately pretended to be a little unhappy, and said: "General Yingbu, you have more than 7000 troops, and General Lu, your army strength directly exceeds 1 people, with a total strength of more than [-] troops. Why did General Feng Zhong's [-] troops dare to directly attack Chenliu and confront the main force of the Tyrant Qin? Your army is larger, and our army is also used as a backup. Line?" (Note: Feng Zhong's general Chen Ying led an army to sweep other remote cities in Dang County, so Feng Zhong's troops have declined.)
Yingbo and Lu Chen were speechless, but they still dared not open their mouths to agree to accept this extremely dangerous task. Fortunately, Xiang Kang's right-hand man Zhou Zeng spoke up in time, and said kindly, "Young commander, since General Yingbo and Lu Chen The general doesn’t have this confidence, why don’t we change it a bit and let them take charge of attacking Yangwu?”

"No, it is more dangerous to attack Yangwu. This important task can only be carried out by our elite army." Xiang Kang refused, completely forgetting what he said just now that attacking Yangwu is not difficult.

"Young commander, let General Yingbo and General Lu Chen go." Probably because he couldn't get used to Xiang Kang's oppressive allies, Zhou Zeng said again: "Since our army started, we have been relying on the rear. They are not used to long-distance raids on enemy cities, Yingbu and Lu Chen are the opposite of us, they are the best at taking advantage of the weak spots in the enemy's military deployment, and long-distance raids. Let them go to Yangwu to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses."

Zhou Zeng had reached this point in his words, and Ying Bu and Lu Chen, who did not dare to confront Zhang Han head-on, of course went down the slope, and hurriedly cupped their hands together and said, "Young commander, what Zhou Jijiu said is very true, we are the best at it." The most important thing is to break away from the rear and attack the enemy's cities long distances, so please entrust us with the task of fighting Yangwu and cutting off the food roads of the Tyrant Qin army."

After glaring at Zhou Zeng fiercely, Xiang Kang still didn't want to agree to Yingbo and Luchen's volunteering, but he couldn't stand Yingbo and Luchen's repeated pleas, and Zhou Zeng's oblique reminder that unity is the most important thing, Xiang Kang Only then did he reluctantly agree to let the British and Lu allied forces attack Yangwu, and then Xiang Kang said: "Since the two generals insist on attacking Yangwu, I will not force it, but please remember, the two generals, this attack Yangwu is a matter of great importance, only success is allowed, and failure is not allowed. In addition, the two generals not only want to win Yangwu, but also try to destroy the passage of the Tyrant Qin army. It is best to dig the Jishui dam and divert water. Submerged the Chidao, so that the Tyrant Qin army could not transport food through the Chidao."

Seeing that Xiang Kang finally changed his mind and stopped forcing Zijun to go north to fight Zhang Han head-on, Ying Bu and Lu Chen, who just wanted to take advantage and not suffer a big loss, were of course relieved. Under Kang's urging, they took their army across the chasm westward on the same day, and took a narrow road to attack Yangwu County, which was tightly restricting the Qin army's food road.

Sending surprise soldiers to attack Yangwu was actually Chen Ping's idea to Xiang Kang, and the reason why Chen Ping made this suggestion was not only to be loyal to his duties and try his best to share the pressure for the old lord Wei Jiu, another important factor was that this plan was indeed feasible , Yangwu was previously occupied by the Wei army, and almost all adult males were taken away by the Wei army. Zhang Han used his troops and liked to concentrate his superior forces to fight. The main force of the Qi army arrived in time again, and together with the main force of the young commander, they jointly dispersed most of Zhang Han's energy.Therefore, when Yingbo and Lu Chen attacked Yangwu on a small road, they did not encounter any decent obstacles along the way. It took only a little more than a day to rush to the city of Yangwu, forcing the defenders of Yangwu to close the city quickly. Protect yourself, and at the same time, rush to Zhang Han and Li You, the governor of Sanchuan County of the Qin Army.

Uncle can bear it, aunt can't bear it either!Originally, because Zhang Han was deceived and misled by the long-distance raid of the young commander's army, Zhang Han missed the opportunity to defeat Wei Jiu, Xiang Kang, and Tian Dan. The defeated general dared to attack Yangwu and cut off the Qin army's food road. No matter how good-tempered Zhang Han was, he would be so angry that he slapped the table and shouted angrily, "Yingbu Puff, Luchen dog thief, you are so courageous! Last time Haven't you been scared in Chen County yet, and now you dare to attack this general's grain way, you just don't know how to write death?!"

"General, you must save Yang Wu first." Sima Xin also said, "If Yang Wu is lost, our army's food and grass will be cut off, and Wei Jiu, Tian Dan, and Xiang Kang, the rebels, will take the opportunity to attack again, and we will definitely be in big trouble. Only by saving Yangwu first and protecting our supply roads can we calmly deal with other bandits."

Zhang Han didn't say a word. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Han made up his mind and shouted: "Dong Yi, I will give you 3 troops, and immediately return to the division to rescue Yangwu! Then send an order to Li You to lead his headquarters with [-] troops. Go west from Xingyang, join hands with you to attack Yingbu and Lu Chen's bandit army, we must win!"

Deputy Dong Yi agreed loudly, but Zhang Han added: "Also, after defeating the Yinglu bandit army, your army will immediately return to Linji, and Li You will be responsible for chasing and killing the Yinglv bandit army! Tell Li Yu, Yinglu bandit army! After Lu's army was defeated, he must flee back to Chenliu to join Xiang Kang's rebels, and asked Li Youbi to chase him down to Chenliu, and confront Xiang Kang's rebels across the gap, and restrain the main force of Xiang Kang's rebels for me , buy me time to defeat Tian Dan and Wei Jiu's rebels!"

"General, is it too much pressure on Li Junshou to contain the main force of Xiang Kang's traitor?" Sima Xin raised an objection, saying: "Xiang Kang's traitor is extremely treacherous and cunning, and he is especially good at winning by surprise. Chen Liu is too far away from Linji, if he makes a mistake, it will be difficult for us to rescue him in time."

"Don't worry, Li You is a cautious person, and he can stand up to that traitor Xiang Kang." Zhang Han was very confident in Li You, and said: "I will also remind him to be careful with his troops and not to take risks. For victory, as long as he temporarily restrains the main force of Xiang Kang's rebels for me, once I get rid of the two rebels Tian Dan and Wei Jiu, I will immediately go south to help him deal with Xiang Kang's rebels!"

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Zhang Han, the last famous general of the Great Qin Dynasty, trusted Li You, the prefect of Sanchuan so much. Of course, it was not without reason, because Li You was not only the eldest son of Li Si, the prime minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, but also the most promising official second generation of the Great Qin Dynasty!When Zhang Chu’s army marched westward, due to lack of preparation, the Qin army either fled in the wind or was quickly defeated by Zhang Chu’s army. Only Li You stepped forward and organized the soldiers and civilians to defend Xingyang to the death, blocking the 10,000+ troops led by Wu Guang himself. Zhang Chu's army bought precious time for the Qin court to respond, and at the same time forced Zhang Chu's army to march westward in a divided manner, creating opportunities for Zhang Han to defeat Zhang Chu's army one by one, and successfully persisted until Zhang Han's army arrived in Xingyang to rescue The siege of Xingyang.Basically, it can be said that without Li You, Zhang Chu's army would probably have successfully captured Guanzhong and destroyed the Qin Dynasty before Zhang Han formed the prisoner army. Li You should be regarded as the biggest contributor to the reason why the Qin court can survive to this day!

At the same time, Li You is still a very loyal person. Just after receiving the news that Yingbu and Lu Chen are attacking Yangwu, Li You immediately started to prepare for the army's expedition, but he was entrusted with the important task of guarding Xingyang and Aocang. , Li Youcai did not dare to launch a counterattack hastily.And after receiving Zhang Han's order to send troops, Li You didn't hesitate, and he personally led the army eastward on the same day, and killed Xiang Yangwu with Dong Yi on the left and right.

Then it was exactly as Chen Ping expected. Although Yingbo and Lu Chen successfully rushed to the city of Yangwu, Zhang Han could only continue to delay the schedule of storming Linji and was forced to return to rescue Yangwu, but when the Qin army When counterattacks were launched from both directions at the same time, Yingbo and Luchen were immediately overwhelmed. First, they were beaten all over the ground by Dong Yi on the eastern front, and then they were stomped on the ground by Li You on the western front. It only lasted for a little more than a day before the whole line collapsed, and was forced to flee back to Chenliu in embarrassment with the remnants of the defeated generals. They lost cleanly and completely.

Then, according to Zhang Han's pre-war arrangement, Dong Yi, who had successfully protected Liangdao, immediately returned to Linji to help Zhang Han deal with Wei Jiu and Tian Dan. Zhang Han temporarily held back the burden of the main force of the Young Marshal's army.As a result, when they broke up, out of the friendship of comrades-in-arms, even though he knew that Li You was cautious and never took risks, Dong Yi still kindly reminded him: "Mr. Don't take the risk of a decisive battle. That traitor Xiang Kang is really treacherous. Our [-] partial division was almost wiped out by his weak force. Now that his bandit army has increased in strength, you are under a lot of pressure , we must not take risks lightly.”

"Don't worry, General Dong, I will be careful." Li You remained calm and calm as always, and said, "Please report back to General Zhang Han so that he doesn't have to worry about me. I will definitely not be fooled by him, and I will definitely persist until you defeat the rebels Wei Jiu and Tian Dan, and then come back and attack Xiang Kang's rebels with me."

Li You spoke very confidently, but if Li You knew what kind of guy Xiang Kang was, he might not be so confident.He had just received the news that Li You led the army to kill Chenliu, Xiang Kang not only saw through Zhang Han's tactical intentions immediately, but also knew that Zhang Han wanted to use Li You to entangle him temporarily, and give him priority in dealing with Wei Jiu and Tian Dan. At that time, he immediately asked Chen Ping, who was on the same road as him: "Mr. Chen Ping, Li You's pursuit of Yingbu and Lu Chen's defeated troops is probably because he wanted to temporarily entangle our main force for Zhang Han. If so, how do we respond?"

"Reporting to the Marshal, Zhang Han has no time to take care of the southern front for the time being. Our troops are slightly better than Li You's. At the same time, Li You's troops are ordinary county soldiers from Sanchuan County, and their fighting power is not as good as Zhang Han's tyrants. Of course we We should seize this opportunity to severely injure Li You, completely disrupt Zhang Han's deployment, and make it more difficult for him to defeat Linji and repel Tian Dan." Chen Ping replied.

"But since Li You is here to contain us, he must adopt a steady strategy." Xiang Kang asked again: "If Li You insists on not fighting, what should we do?"

"Simple." Chen Ping smiled, and replied with a relaxed expression: "Li You doesn't fight, we will try to make him fight, isn't that enough?"

(End of this chapter)