Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 141 Uncle and Nephew Join Forces
Like Sima Xin and Zhang Han, Xiang Kang, who judges others by himself, does not like and even fears battles, has fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking. He thinks that the heroic second uncle is as dirty and incompetent as himself, and that he will never be able to fight against Qin Jun, who is good at battles. , only relying on cheating, abducting and stealing chickens and dogs, but completely forgot that generations of his family have relied on battles for food, and his heroic second uncle was not only taught by his even more heroic grown-up father Xiang Yan, but also followed Xiang Yan when he was young. In terms of battle experience in the Yannan Conquest to the North, I am afraid that even the commander of the Qin Army, Zhang Han, can't match it.

Under such circumstances, Xiang Kang was of course overjoyed and ecstatic when he received the news that Xiang Liang's army had gained the upper hand in the battle. Then, he saw that Zhang Han was forced to send reinforcements to meet Xiang Liang who was holding him down. When Dong Yi was beating him violently, Xiang Kang, who always liked to be a coward, made a rare move. He decisively ordered the three generals Xiang Zhuang, Zheng Bu and Ding Ji to lead the attack and intercept the reinforcements sent by Zhang Han. The heroic second uncle can clean up Dong Yi without any distractions, and further expand the results of the battle.

The young marshal with high morale also fought a rare good battle in the field. Without the addition of any shameless tricks, the young marshal who went out to fight bravely fought tenaciously and repelled the Qin general Shi Cheng many times. The attack from the Ministry of Defense successfully won a lot of precious time for Xiang Liang's army.And Xiang Liang also seized the opportunity. Through the ingenious use of troops, coupled with the bravery of Xiang Yu, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and other Chu army generals, he finally succeeded in defeating Dong Yi's central army with the tactics of flanking back and forth, forcing Dong Yi to attack. The Yi army could only break up and flee, and then chased them with all their strength. They successfully joined forces with the young commander's army at the foot of Suiyang City, shattering Zhang Han's dream of defeating Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang's uncle and nephew one by one.

Seeing Dong Yi's retreat, the reinforcements of the Qin army led by Shicheng did not dare to entangle with the young commander, and quickly changed from attack to defense. First, they covered Dong Yi's defeated brigade and fled to the Qin army's camp. Before the main force of Xiang Liang's army Joining the battlefield, Shi Chengcheng hurriedly retreated with the army.For the first time in the field, the young commander who was repelling the Qin army upright did not pursue him, but hurriedly joined Xiang Liang's army under the leadership of Xiang Zhuang, and the earth-shattering cheers sounded like thunder under the city of Suiyang. And for a long time without rest.

After many years, I finally met my second uncle again. Xiang Zhuang, the most stable son of the Xiang family, was uncharacteristically. He just saw Xiang Liang, and immediately jumped off his horse and crawled in front of Xiang Liang, hugging Xiang Liang's legs and crying loudly. Crying, Xiang Liang, who attaches great importance to family affection, couldn't help but burst into tears. He stroked Xiang Zhuang's head and his voice choked up. He kept saying goodbye to Xiang Zhuang. Suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Xiang Zhuang: "Zhuang Er, where are Kang Er and the others? Where are they now?"

"In the camp." Xiang Zhuang pointed to the camp of the Young Marshal's Army, and said, "Uncle, please wait a moment, Brother and the others should be here soon."

"It's a big air." Uncle Xiang stood up in time, and said in a strange way: "You know that the elders will come in person, but you still come to save him, but you haven't come out of the camp to greet him. Do you want us to be elders? Why don't you come back and visit him?"

"Master Xiang, what do you mean by this?" Old man Fan stood up from the other side, and said with a sneer: "The enemy has just arrived, our army has just arrived at the battlefield, and we haven't had time to set up camp, the soldiers haven't rested, and the horses haven't had time to feed. When the foothold is not stable, Young Commander Xiang sticks to the camp, gathers troops and horses to be ready to meet the Tyrant Qin army at any time, and does not give the Tyrant Qin army a chance to launch a surprise attack, is this also wrong?"

"you……!"

Uncle Xiang was furious, and glared at Old Man Fan who had been against him in everything since they met, but Old Man Fan had no fear, and sneered, ready to quarrel with Uncle Xiang at any time.Fortunately, Xiang Liang next to him opened his mouth in time and shouted: "Sister, shut up! Fan Zuoshi did nothing wrong, and Kanger did nothing wrong. At this time, Kanger should give priority to restraining the army and cover our army to set up camp and rest."

"Third Uncle, don't be picky about Kangdi." Xiang Yu also said very bluntly: "How can Kangdi respect Second Uncle? We just entered Jiujiang County, and he asked Yafu to replace him Welcome Second Uncle, and ask Second Uncle to take over his army and city on the spot, Second Uncle voluntarily handed over military power and civil rights without ordering, how can you be sincere and filial to Second Uncle?"

Xiang Bo closed his mouth helplessly, and hated his unfilial nephew Xiang Kang more and more. How could he send Fan Zeng, a stubborn old man, to welcome his elder brother for him?He was against himself in everything and everything, which made him unable to sow dissension in front of his elder brother. Not to mention, he also fell in love with his eldest nephew Xiang Yu, who was the most competitive and able to fight, and was directly respected by Xiang Yu as his second father. Can play the influence of the eldest nephew.

At this time, Xiang Liang had also taken a good look at the location of the camp, and ordered the Chu army to set up camp one mile north of the camp of the Young Marshal's army. Xiang Kang's order and command temporarily ignored the issue of merger and reorganization, and let Xiang Kang stay in the camp with peace of mind. After he established the camp, he came to meet him in the camp.And Xiang Zhuang, who had finally reunited with his second uncle and elder brother, was reluctant to give up, but still obeyed the order under Xiang Liang's urging, and hurriedly withdrew the camp with the army.

Xiang Liang offered not to consider the issue of merger and reorganization for the time being, and let Xiang Zhuang and other troops continue to accept Xiang Kang's orders. It is still difficult to have such a gentleman's demeanor.In addition, Xiang Liang didn't care about the gains and losses of the Chu army, and would rather have trouble getting water, and let the Chu army and the young commander's army stand side by side to fight against the Qin army, so after learning about these situations, Xiang Kang was still quite moved , Knowing that Xiang Liang really loves his nephew very much.Then, as soon as the Chu army established the camp, Xiang Kang hurriedly arranged Chao Zhi, Feng Zhong and other generals with foreign surnames to stay in the camp, and brought all the Xiang family's children in the army, as well as Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping's counselors, to the camp to visit his uncle.

Leading the Xiang family's children to the gate of Xiang Liang's camp in a hurry, before Xiang Kang stepped forward to reveal his identity, the tall general Chu rushed to Xiang Kang, and then he still did not wait for Xiang Kang to show his identity. Kang saw clearly the appearance of the person who came, and General Chu had already lifted Xiang Kang's butt with one hand, lifted Xiang Kang into the air, and shouted excitedly: "Brother, do you still remember who I am?"

"Brother, even if I don't remember your appearance, I still remember your strength." Xiang Kang smiled wryly in the air, and said, "Can you put me down and talk? We've all grown up, so don't mess around with us brothers. As a tripod?"

Xiang Yu laughed loudly, then put Xiang Kang down on the ground, and then ignored the other Xiang family children who had already bowed down and saluted, he hugged Xiang Kang, strangled Xiang Kang's neck and laughed and cursed: "Little guy! , how old were you when you left, you never thought you would be so promising, you could lead our Xiang family brothers to fight such a large territory and so many troops, compared with my elder brother! Say, do you want to do it on purpose? Angry at your elder brother, making me unable to hold my head up in front of the world?"

"Brother, how dare I deliberately anger you?" Xiang Kang struggled and begged, "Let go, I'm about to lose my temper."

He strangled Xiang Kang a few more times, and almost strangled Xiang Kang's tongue. Xiang Yu let go of Xiang Kang's begging, and Xiang Kang, who was coughing painfully, was the first time after this era. For the first time, he saw clearly his overbearing cousin who went down in history with his own eyes.

In fact, Xiang Yu's appearance is somewhat similar to that of Xiang Kang. They are both quite handsome. It is easy to see that they are related by blood, but their temperament is completely opposite. Xiang Yu's temperament is generous and heroic, and he is brave at first glance. However, Xiang Kang is much more refined and elegant, and his physique is obviously thinner. Although he gives people a very city-like feeling, he is obviously not as bold and domineering as Xiang Yu.

At the same time, Xiang Kang's scheming is of course much more than Xiang Yu's. Looking up and down at his overbearing cousin, Xiang Kang actually shed tears slowly, and while bowing to Xiang Yu, he choked up and said excitedly: "Brother, you My second uncle and I are finally here, and from now on, brother, I can finally rest assured that I don't have to worry about being unable to bear this burden alone, and implicating our Xiang family's children and two aunts."

As he choked up, Xiang Kang cried directly, and was so moved that Xiang Yu hugged Xiang Kang again, and said in tears: "Good brother, you have worked hard, you have worked hard, don't worry, from now on , if anyone dares to bully you again, brother, I will chop him up, chop him up, and I will never let you suffer any more grievances."

Seeing this scene, of course the Xiang family's children all cried aloud, hugged Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang tightly, and wept into tears.Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping, Li Shiqi and others next to each other took a peek at each other, and said in their hearts: "It's easy to deal with, such a person, I'm afraid he will be betrayed by Xiang Shaoshuai, and he has to replace Xiang Shaoshuai." Count the money."

After crying for a long time, it was only after Zhou Zeng and others carefully reminded that Xiang Yu thought of leading Xiang Kang and others to meet Xiang Liang. As a result, in Xiang Liang's Chinese army tent, the Xiang family's children fell to the ground and cried bitterly. At the scene, Xiang Liang was so moved that he was also in tears. He got up and helped his nephews one by one, and then took Xiang Kang's hand to look carefully. Live up to it, you didn't embarrass your elder father."

"uncle……."

Xiang Kang, who is good at acting, didn't open his mouth, and tears welled up in his eyes. Xiang Liang patted the top of Xiang Kang's head lovingly, and said softly: "Don't cry, you are the commander of the first army. How can you cry like this? Convince the public?"

In fact, Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo are also very familiar in appearance, and people can tell at a glance that they are brothers of the same mother, but just like Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu, Xiang Liang's personality and temper are completely opposite to Xiang Bo's. His dignity is far superior to that of Uncle Xiang, not to mention that he behaves completely differently from Uncle Xiang, who has a small stomach and small intestines. He also knows how to be a corporal. Looking at Zhou Zeng, he said: "Zhou Jijiu, thank you for your hard work. The old man has known for a long time that you have been by Kang'er's side and supported him since he started his army. You must have contributed a lot to Kang'er's success today."

Zhou Zeng hastened to be humble, but Xiang Liang told the Xiang family's children: "Children, from now on, you all have to be like Kang'er, respect Zhou Jijiu as Uncle Ya, respect him as an elder, and treat him like a nephew. gift."

The members of the Xiang family agreed together, and including Xiang Yu, all of them would treat Zhou Zeng as his nephew and nephew with respect and respect, and call him Uncle Ya. Zhou Zeng, who had worked so hard and made great achievements, was moved in his heart. The children don’t treat you very much, compared with your elder brother, one of you is in the sky and the other is in the ground.”

After introducing the cronies brought by Xiang Kang, Xiang Liang introduced to Xiang Kang his foreign surname, Wenwu, and let Xiang Kang know Cao Jiu, who had a close relationship with Xiang Liang, and the general Xiang Liang brought from Jiangdong. Huan Chu, and Song Yi, Ji Bu and others included after Xiang Liang crossed the Yangtze River north.As a result, when he introduced Ji Bu who was well-known in Chu, Xiang Kang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said to Ji Bu, "So you are the righteous man Ji Buji, and I have heard of the name of the righteous man's thousand gold promises for a long time. I even sent people to look for it, but it was a pity that they never got what they wanted. I never expected to meet here today, I am so lucky.”

"Young commander is humble." Ji Bu bowed his hands and said, "Actually, when you came to Pengcheng, your last general was in Pengcheng. You once witnessed you defeat Zhao Zhuang and force you to surrender to Pengcheng."

"Is there such a thing?" Xiang Kang was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "In that case, why didn't you come to my army and report your name to meet me? The general's chivalrous name is well known. Is it impossible for the soldiers not to introduce you?"

"It's not surprising to be straightforward." Ji Bu said very directly: "At that time, Ji really wanted to pay a visit to you in the army, but Ji heard people say that you, young commander, used deception to get Zhao Zhuang to retreat and win for you. Defeating the enemy's fighter plane, I was very displeased in my heart, so I gave up this idea."

Xiang Kang's thick skin was one of the best in the late Qin Dynasty, but he couldn't help but blush when he heard Ji Bu's direct words, feeling extremely embarrassed.Xiang Bo on the other side showed a sinister smile, still happy that his nephew was deflated.Fortunately, Xiang Liang made the rescue in time and said, "Kang'er, General Ji is a rough man, don't mind. I also heard about my uncle in the battle in Pengcheng. You did nothing wrong. Soldiers never tire of cheating. It is reasonable to use some means to reduce the loss of soldiers. There is no way to blame you."

"That's right, Brother, you did nothing wrong." Xiang Yu also patted Xiang Kang on the shoulder, and said, "But Brother, since we have already met as a teacher, what kind of hard battles and evil battles do you have, and Brother will stand in front of you for you?" Come on, you don't need to be like the past, when you encounter difficulties, you just want to use tricks, there is no need."

Xiang Kang smiled wryly, and only then did he understand why some famous knights in Chudi insisted on refusing to use them for him.Chen Ping and Li Shiqi over there took another peek at each other, and said together in their hearts, "I'm afraid it won't be so easy for us to get ahead in the future."

After finally finishing the due etiquette, Xiang Liang immediately ordered wine and food to be served to celebrate the victorious reunion of the Chinese army and the young commander's army in the big tent of the Chinese army. Xiang Liang never dared to arrange a banquet before the battle was over. Kang hesitated a little, but Xiang Liang said in time: "But please forgive me, we can't make mistakes by drinking alcohol in front of the enemy, so today's banquet, each person should not drink more than three glasses, otherwise the military law will be followed."

Xiang Kang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly led the young generals to sit down. At the request of Xiang Liang, he sat down as the chief in the left column, which made Xiang Bo, who was seated in the right column, look even more ugly (Chu Guo is the one on the left. respect).However, when the attendants were setting up the banquet, a scout outside the tent suddenly reported that the Qin army camp was rushing to dig new trenches for protection, build high camp walls, and at the same time rush to repair new horses, antlers, sentry towers, Archery and other fortifications.

"Is there such a thing?" Xiang Liang was a little surprised when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Although Baoqin was defeated today, it did not hurt its vitality. Its strength should be more than double that of ours. Continue to strengthen the camp defense? Yuer, Kanger, what do you think? Yuer, you go first."

To Xiang Kang's surprise, his brother Xiang Yu, who has well-developed limbs, saw this matter quite clearly, and immediately said: "Reporting to uncle, from what my nephew has seen, Mr. Zhang Han is just showing weakness on purpose. He wanted us to feel that he was already afraid of us, he didn’t dare to confront us again, let us take it lightly, show our flaws, and then stand out and catch us by surprise.”

Xiang Liang remained calm, then turned to Xiang Kang and asked, "Kang'er, what do you think?"

"My nephew's opinion is exactly the same as that of my brother's. Zhang Han must be deliberately showing weakness." Xiang Kang replied: "This is also his usual method. During the Battle of Linji, he deliberately pretended to be defeated. The armies joined forces, and then took advantage of the chance that the Wei and Qi armies had neglected to take precautions after successfully joining forces, launched a surprise attack at night, and defeated the Wei and Qi allied forces in one fell swoop."

Seeing that the two most promising nephews had made correct judgments, Xiang Liang nodded with great satisfaction, and then said, "Then how do you think we should deal with it? Yu'er, you should go first."

"Respond to all changes with the same." Xiang Yu replied quite well, and said: "Stick to the camp, be careful on guard, follow the principle of military strategists and odd victories, first defend the tie, and wait for Zhang Han to lose his temper and make some moves. Adapt to the situation, and use the momentum of thunder to defeat the enemy."

"Kang'er, what's your coping strategy?" Xiang Liang was obviously testing his two favorite nephews, so he didn't ask anyone else, but asked Xiang Kang directly.

Looking at Old Man Fan and Ji Bu who were not compatible with him, Xiang Kang was a little hesitant, but he still said: "My nephew thinks that we should follow the plan and make the best use of the situation. Instead, we should design to paralyze Zhang Han and make him feel that our army has been negligent. Take precautions, lure him to take the initiative to send troops to attack our army, take the opportunity to arrange an ambush, and severely damage his amazing soldiers."

"Brother, why are you here again?" Xiang Yu said very strangely: "Didn't brother just say that in the future, we will stand up to tough battles and vicious battles, so there is no need to just think about winning by surprise?"

"Brother, this is my habit." Xiang Kang smiled bitterly, and said: "And I think it is more beneficial for us to do so. Zhang Han likes to use his troops for stability, and he especially doesn't like to divide his troops. This shows that He is not good at chaotic combat, if we can use his desire to win by surprise and lure him into chaotic combat, then Zhang Han will definitely be difficult to deal with, and we can also use the smallest cost to win the greatest victory."

After all, he didn't want to have a dispute with Xiang Yu, Xiang Kang quickly threw the ball to Xiang Liang, and asked Xiang Liang, "Second uncle, what do you think of my nephew's strategy?"

Looking carefully at Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang calmly, Xiang Liang suddenly showed a gratified smile, and said, "Kanger, your strategy is good. Yuer, your strategy is also right. Both of you are very satisfying to me. As expected, they are all descendants of our Xiang family. Uncle, I am very happy that you two rising stars can emerge from our Xiang family, and there is hope for our Xiang family to revive."

After saying that, Xiang Liang turned to Xiang Yu again, and said, "Yu'er, don't blame your brother for using his odds, he can't do anything about it. When he raised his troops, he was not only isolated and helpless, but also surrounded by powerful enemies. The situation was far worse than ours. It was bad when we raised troops in Jiangdong, and he wouldn’t be able to make it to today without planning to defeat the enemy. And he is right, as long as we have the opportunity, we should win the greatest victory at the lowest cost, so that it will be more beneficial to us.”

Then, Xiang Liang said to Xiang Kang: "Kang'er, you can't be proud. You should also learn more from your brother's daring to attack and confront the enemy head-on. You just want to win by surprise. If you miscalculate occasionally, the consequences will be inevitable." Unpredictable, understand?"

Xiang Kang hurriedly accepted his teachings respectfully, and Xiang Yu obediently accepted his uncle's teachings, and then impatiently asked: "Uncle, then whose strategy should we adopt to deal with the enemy? Mine? Or brother's?"

"Is there even a question?" Xiang Liang said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang Han deliberately paralyzed us and tried to surprise us. If we don't seize the opportunity and use the opportunity to give him a heavy one, wouldn't we be too sorry for his painstaking efforts?"

"That's it." Xiang Liang said again: "From tomorrow onwards, we will be loose on the outside and tighten on the inside. We will be careful in secret, but we will be negligent on the surface, deliberately setting up some illusions of carelessness and underestimating the enemy, luring Zhang Han to stand out and create surprises for us. Destroy the enemy fighter."

Hearing this, Xiang Kang was of course relieved, knowing that he would not be discriminated against under Xiang Liang's tent in the future, and if he had any correct opinions and suggestions, he would probably be accepted by the reasonable second uncle hero.Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Old Man Fan, Li Shiqi and others next to him lowered their heads slightly, and said in their hearts: "If Xiang Liang can always be like this, and listen and accept, let Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang, two outstanding civil and military If the sons and nephews show their strengths, then Tyranny will lose."

(End of this chapter)