Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 145 The most dangerous enemy

Time turned back a little, back to Xiang Liang's camp of the Chu army and the camp of the anti-Qin coalition army of Ying Bu, Lu Chen and others, and the moment when both were broken by the Qin army in one fell swoop.

Standing on a high place in the camp of the Young Marshal's Army, Xiang Kang saw with his own eyes that his uncle Xiang Liang's big camp was on fire, and the crowd of the Qin Army with dense torches rushed into the Qin Army camp. Xiang Kang was heartbroken and worried about the hero. The safety of the second uncle Xiang Liang was helpless, even though he knew that Xiang Liang was in danger, he had no way to send reinforcements to reinforce Xiang Liang.

Xiang Kang really had no choice this time, the Qin army's action was too sudden, in the camp of the Young Marshal's Army, only Feng Zhong's troops, whose combat effectiveness was at the second-tier level, had made some preparations in advance, and went into the camp defense battle in time, risking their lives to block the Qin army It is absolutely impossible to pull out to rescue Xiang Liang.Several other young marshal troops, including the army directly under Xiang Kang, were all caught off guard by the Qin army. The generals panicked and the soldiers panicked. Ying Xiao, the generals were panicking to restrain the soldiers, restore order and assemble the army, so naturally there was no way to immediately send troops to reinforce Xiang Liang.

So Xiang Kang had no choice but to watch the movement of the battlefield nervously, while silently praying for God's blessing, so that his heroic second uncle could escape this catastrophe and survive this crisis smoothly, and also prayed for the gods of the past to open their eyes and bless him Qin Jun's arrow hit his third uncle's throat or heart accurately in the melee, helping the old Xiang's family get rid of a disaster in advance.

Fortunately, although the combat effectiveness of Feng Zhong's troops is inferior, the number of troops is quite sufficient, and the location is somewhat favorable, so no matter how crazy the Qin army is, the young generals under Feng Zhong still gritted their teeth and guarded the fence. The line of defense never gave the Qin army any chance to enter the camp of the young marshal.And as the other soldiers of the Young Marshal slowly passed the panic period of the sudden attack, and gradually assembled into an army to join the battalion defense, the Young Marshal's camp gradually stabilized the situation, and began to attack head-on in an orderly manner. The Qin army's attacking soldiers basically shattered the Qin army's hope of breaking through the camp of its own army in chaos.

It was at this time that Xiang Kang, who had been extremely nervous in his heart, was relieved, and couldn't help wiping off a cold sweat, and sighed: "It's dangerous, if Brother Feng didn't respond in time and make preparations first, we It's dangerous today."

"Young Marshal, pardon me for speaking bluntly, our danger is only just beginning." Uncle Zhou, the guest general next to him, was still speechless as always, and immediately stood up and poured cold water on him, saying: "Our friendly army camps have already been breached by the Tyrant Qin army. , even if the terrain is open, it is impossible to be wiped out by the Tyrant Qin army, and they will definitely be defeated by the Tyrant Qin army and flee. When they leave, all the pressure will be concentrated on our army, so our danger , is just the beginning.”

Xiang Kang nodded slowly, looked at the camps of the Chu army and the anti-Qin coalition army that were already on fire, and quickly made up his mind, saying: "Survive tonight, and persist until the Tyrant Qin army retreats to rest. Let's retreat immediately, and we can no longer entangle with the Tyrant Qin army here."

"Young Marshal, if you really plan to retreat immediately, then I will suggest that we should light a fire and make rice right away, and hurry up to make dry food and rice balls, so that we can retreat at full speed." Uncle Zhou made another suggestion, and said: "Xiang Zhuguo and General Yingbo were defeated overnight by the Tyrant Qin army. They must have no time to bring food, grass and cooking utensils. We try to make as much dry food as possible, and we can use it to reinforce them at any time, lest they retreat hungry and get hurt. The speed of our eastward withdrawal."

Xiang Kang nodded, and immediately ordered the army directly under him to start cooking rice immediately. He directly lit a pot in the camp of the Chinese army to make rice that was easier to process.And then, Xiang Kang patted Uncle Zhou on the shoulder again, and said sincerely: "General Zhou, you are a great soldier, Wei Bao has no eyes, and he just uses you as an ordinary general. It is really wronged." You. Come and help me, I can’t treat you badly, I’ll go to Wei Bao’s side and tell him, as long as he gives you to me, I can agree to any conditions.”

Uncle Zhou is not stupid, of course he has already seen that Xiang Kang intends to win him over. At the same time, Uncle Zhou was also very moved by Xiang Kang's respect and obedience to him, but as a general of the Wei Army, he attaches great importance to "loyalty" The two-character Uncle Zhou had a hard time making up his mind to make a decision to betray his master, so after hesitating for a while, Uncle Zhou could only reply like this: "Thank you for the wrong love, young commander, but this is too big a matter. Take some time to think about it."

Xiang Kang continued to persuade him sincerely, but Uncle Zhou still couldn't make up his mind. Xiang Kang had no choice but to agree to let Uncle Zhou think about it for a while, but Chen Ping next to him rolled his eyes and looked at him from time to time. Uncle Zhou, he looked at the direction Wei Bao was fleeing from time to time, and gradually made up his mind...

A rare spectacle appeared on the battlefield. Outside the camp, the young generals and the soldiers of the Qin army fought bloody battles, desperately attacking and defending.But inside the big camp, countless young commanders and soldiers in armor were busy lighting fires, washing rice and cooking, and they were also very busy.But fortunately, the generals and soldiers of the young commander who had simple fortifications to defend finally blocked the attack of the Qin army. catastrophe.

Although the camp was successfully defended, when the Qin army was forced to retreat, there were not many cheers in the camp of the young commander. Many soldiers were so tired that they didn't even have the strength to cheer, and they just slumped on the ground Just gasp for breath.Xiang Kang didn't have time to count the losses, so he hurriedly arranged for the Chinese troops who didn't participate in the battle last night to temporarily take up the task of the rear army, carrying dry food and drinking water around and distributing them around. Abandoned the camp and went east to cover Xiang Liang and the defeated anti-Qin allied forces retreated to Suiyang.

"Brother, are you in a hurry?" Xiang Zhuang questioned, saying, "Our soldiers didn't have a good rest last night, and fought for half the night, and retreated immediately after only an hour's rest. Are our soldiers working too hard?"

"This time we can only wrong our soldiers." Xiang Kang replied directly, pointing to the Qin army camp in the distance and said: "If we don't hurry up and retreat immediately, wait for the main force of the Tyrant Qin to calm down. It’s too late for us to withdraw.”

"What if the Tyrant Qin army launched a pursuit immediately?" Xiang Zhuang asked again.

"Let's talk about it at that time." Xiang Kang replied: "If there is no accident, Zhang Han will definitely not let his exhausted main force immediately send out troops to pursue him, but will only send out the rear army he stayed in the camp last night to slow down our retreat. , so when we first retreated, we will definitely not be under a lot of pressure, and then as long as we find a way to get rid of the entanglement of the Tyrant Qin army, there is hope that we can distance ourselves from the main force of the Tyrant Qin army and retreat back to Suiyang smoothly."

Seeing that Xiang Kang has made up his mind, and considering that once the main force of the Qin army recovers, the self-army will immediately face heavier pressure than the mountain, so Xiang Zhuang didn't say anything more.After Xiang Kang made some calculations, he immediately ordered: "Immediately arrange for an envoy to go east on a fast horse to look for our Xiangzhu Kingdom. The army withdrew immediately to Suiyang, and took on the task of protecting the entire army from withdrawing to Suiyang."

"Young Marshal, it seems unnecessary for you?" Feng Zhong said with a wry smile: "At this time, besides our army, there is another army that can take on the heavy responsibility of the rear, so why go to Xiang Zhuguo to ask for orders?" ?”

Xiang Kang glanced at Feng Zhong, and said meaningfully: "Brother, the situation is different now, and it is not unnecessary for me to do this."

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At the same time, after escorting many captives and leading the army back to the camp of the Qin army, Zhang Han didn't even have time to take a sip of water, and ignored the generals of the Qin army who rushed up to congratulate him. He ordered: "General Dong, immediately dispatch [-] troops from the army that did not participate in the battle last night, and bring enough dry food for two days. When you find that Xiang Kang's army is retreating eastward, send troops to pursue immediately. You must entangle Xiang Kang's son." Bandit army, make him unable to retreat at full speed, buy time for our main force to go back to reinforce you."

"General, it's impossible for Xiang Kang to retreat so quickly?" Dong Yi asked in puzzlement, "Although his bandit army suffered little losses last night, the soldiers must be very tired. Let's take a rest for a while, shall we?"

"Don't underestimate the decisiveness of this rebel." Zhang Han replied: "Retreating before the main force of our army recovers is the only chance for this rebel to get out of his body. He will not stop fighting for it. Get ready to let this treacherous kid slip under our noses again, it will be too cheap for him."

Hearing that what Zhang Han said was reasonable, Dong Yi didn't hesitate anymore, and hurriedly organized the rear troops of the Qin army who hadn't participated in the battle last night to assemble, and hurriedly produced enough dry food to prepare for the pursuit.Then, as Zhang Han expected, an hour later, when the generals of the Qin army who were in charge of the pursuit were still receiving dry food, the scouts of the Qin army sent news on flying horses, saying that the young commander had abandoned the camp, and the army accounted for it. It was too late to pack up and load the car, so they left the camp and headed eastward with only food, grass and weapons, striding towards the way they came from.

Hearing this news, Dong Yi admired Zhang Han's foresight, and then urged the soldiers under his command to seize the time to get the dry rations, and at the same time, he couldn't wait to get the Qin army soldiers who had already received the dry rations to go out of the camp to gather, so as to launch a pursuit as soon as possible.As a result, at this time, Zhang Han also came to Dong Yi again, and said: "Be careful on the way of pursuit, and you must prevent Xiang Kang from making another trick, which in turn kills you by surprise."

"Don't worry, the general, the junior general will never be fooled again." Dong Yi replied very confidently: "No matter what tricks Xiang Kang plays this time, the junior general will definitely not fall for his tricks again. Hold him tight, and buy you time to catch up with him."

Zhang Han still has a lot of confidence in the ability of his deputy Dong Yi, so Zhang Han didn't hesitate anymore, and personally sent Dong Yi out of the camp, watched him lead the troops east to chase Xiang Kang, and then ordered the main force of the Qin army Take the time to rest, and move eastward early tomorrow morning, chasing the young marshal's army at full speed.

Looking at the situation on Dong Yi's side, the physical strength is relatively sufficient, and he is marching eastward lightly. Just after noon, Dong Yi's front army easily caught up with the rear army of the Young Marshal led by Xiang Kang himself. Helpless, the rear army could only turn around and fight quickly. It took a lot of effort and time to finally kill the Qin army's front team and continue eastward before Dong Yi's main force arrived on the battlefield. Dong Yi followed closely Reluctant to give up, Xiang Kang was forced to go westward at full speed, forced to rendezvous with the former army whose physical strength had declined, and was overtaken by the Qin army again at sunset.

Being chased too closely by the Qin army, and the sun was gradually setting, running further east could easily be defeated by the Qin army in the dark. With no choice, Xiang Kang could only order the whole army to turn around and form a formation to prepare to fight with the Qin army. The Qin army fought to the death.It's a pity that Dong Yi refused to fight desperately with the main force of the young commander's army, who was in a hurry to jump over the wall, and decisively ordered the army to take a defensive position, and waited for the young commander's army to rush to die with a grinning grin. The Qin army opened the distance, and Dong Yi saw that the sky was getting dark, so he didn't take the risk of attacking, but just followed slowly, always keeping a distance of about two miles from the young commander's army, patiently waiting for Xiang Kang to give up the formation and retreat westward at full speed.

Xiang Kang's prudence saved the lives of countless young commanders and soldiers. When it was dark, seeing that he could not get rid of the entanglement of the Qin army, Xiang Kang resolutely chose to let the young commanders and soldiers rest on the spot. Dong Yi was not in a hurry. It was also to let the Qin army rest on the spot, and bite the main force of the young commander's army at a distance of only two miles.After the news was sent back to the Young Marshal's team by the scouts, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, Chao Zhi and other generals were inevitably a little nervous, and hurriedly came to Xiang Kang and asked Xiang Kang: "Brother Handsome), the Tyrant Qin army is biting us tightly, our retreat speed cannot be accelerated, is this not the way to go?"

Contrary to Xiang Zhuang and others who were nervous, Xiang Kang's face was full of exhaustion under the bonfire, but his expression was very relaxed, and he said: "Don't panic, the Tyrant Qin army can't bite us, as long as today At night, we can easily get out of the body."

"Is it okay after tonight?"

Xiang Zhuang and the others were greatly surprised. Uncle Zhou next to him and the soldiers surnamed Han behind Feng Zhong all looked at Xiang Kang curiously, waiting patiently for Xiang Kang's next arrangement.Then after Xiang Kang finished his retreat plan, Uncle Zhou and the soldiers surnamed Han said together in their hearts: "Amazing! Although there are still deficiencies in many aspects, but in terms of conspiracy and tricks, I'm afraid I'm a little late." not on."

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In the Qin army at the same time, Dong Yi, in addition to arranging a large number of sentry posts to continue to closely monitor the camp of the Young Marshal two miles away, also told the generals of the Qin army: "We must be extra careful tonight. Let the rebels flee overnight, and we have to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry, taking advantage of our time to build a fortification, and launching a night attack again, this is also the usual method of Xiang Kang's rebels, we must be careful on the embankment."

All the generals of the Qin army agreed together, and resolutely carried out the on-duty tasks arranged by Dong Yi, arranging for the troops to take turns to rest and prepare for battle, and were ready to meet the shameless sneak attack of the young commander at any time.Then, as Dong Yi expected, the first watch was just halfway through, and in the darkness not far away, the sound of horns, gongs and drums was indeed heard. The soldiers of the Qin army who were on duty at night did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly stood up to prepare for the battle. The awakened Dong Yi also immediately jumped up, picked up his weapon and prepared to supervise the army to fight.

But it was also very strange, the sound of horns and gongs and drums only rang for a moment, and then disappeared without a trace. At the same time, half of the young commanders and soldiers came to charge and kill. The soldiers of the Qin army and Dong Yi were puzzled together. , and carefully sent a few scouts to check the movement.However, only two of the four scouts sent out came back, reporting that they were ambushed by the cavalry of the Young Marshal's Army, so they lost two companions. Signs of troop mobilization.

"Xiang Kang, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?"

Dong Yi was puzzled, but he had already suffered enough losses and been fooled enough, so Dong Yi did not dare to take the risk of sending troops, and could only let the troops continue to take turns to rest and be on guard.But just after the second watch, the sound of horns, gongs and drums came again from the darkness in the distance. Qin Jun hurriedly got up again to prepare for the battle, but the sound of horns, gongs and drums still disappeared quickly, and at the same time, the young commander still did not come to charge .

At this time, Dong Yi, who is familiar with military books, finally came to his senses, and cursed: "You dog thief, you actually want to play the trick of one truth suddenly appearing in ten falsehoods, and want to paralyze us with horns and drums again and again, so that we can take it lightly. Then suddenly launched a real surprise attack, which caught us off guard."

"General Dong, what should we do?" Zhong Ju asked.

After a bit of calculation, Dong Yi made up his mind and said: "Ignore them, follow the original plan, keep the same in response to all changes, let the army rest in turn, and prepare for the battle in turns. It's hard work, but as long as you get stuck Xiang Kang is a traitor, we will win this battle!"

The generals sang promises. At present, the generals of the Qin army continue to strictly restrain the team, beware of sudden plots by the young commander, and every time they hear the noise deliberately made by the young commander, they get up and prepare for battle. After the army disturbed him twice, Dong Yi suddenly came back to his senses, and exclaimed: "No! The traitor Xiang Kang is playing the game of escape from the shell, right? He deliberately used a small number of cavalry to beat gongs and trumpets, so that we feel that he will attack at any time. Ready to sneak attack on our camp, take the opportunity to lead his bandit army westward overnight, and get rid of our pursuit?"

Considering this possibility, Dong Yi didn't dare to have any hesitation, and quickly sent a team of cavalry eastward to investigate the situation of the Young Marshal's camp. Then, as Dong Yi expected, after a short time, the cavalry of the Qin Army who went to investigate the enemy's situation really Send someone back to report that although the campfire of the Young Marshal's camp is still burning, and the food and grass vehicles are still in place, the main force of the Young Marshal's army has disappeared!Dong Yi was furious when he heard the report, and immediately shouted: "The whole army rises up and pursues immediately! No matter what, we must catch up with Xiang Kangxiaoer's bandit army!"

After finally finding out that he was cheated, the extremely angry Qin army soldiers immediately got up and launched a chase. In order to catch up with the young commander's soldiers as soon as possible, even Xiang Kang was forced to abandon the grain and grass vehicles that were forced to abandon them, so they directly passed the young commander's army. The camp, striding towards the east at full speed, Dong Yi took the lead, rode his horse to the front, and just shouted with red eyes, "Quick! Quick! Speed ​​up! I must catch up with Xiang Kang! I must catch up with Xiang Kang !"

Marching at full speed in the dark night, after marching eastward for about seven or eight miles, the formation of the Qin army inevitably became chaotic. At the same time, the physical strength of the soldiers of the Qin army who did not dare to rest last night also declined rapidly. However, Dong Yi, who was advancing, didn't notice it, and the soldiers of the Qin Army, whose formation had already been seriously stretched, just marched eastward at full speed.As a result, at this time, there was a sudden drumbeat in front of the road, and immediately a young commander's army rushed out on both sides of the road, attacking the Qin army in the middle.

"Why did I fall for it again?!"

Dong Yi howled in despair, and hurriedly wanted to gather troops to fight in groups. Unfortunately, the young commander not only charged extremely fast, but also kept shouting crazily, "Fight! Fight for a way out! Fight for a way out!"

There is nothing more terrifying than the fighting power of an army when it is on the verge of extinction. It is clear from the top to the bottom that if this battle fails, no one in the army will be able to return to Suiyang alive. Didn't a person forget to be tired and tired, and no one didn't use all his strength to charge wildly. With just one charge, he cut the Qin army's long line into three pieces. It was the generals of the Qin army who were at a loss what to do, crying for their fathers and mothers, scattered and fled, and went directly to Dong Yi's banner without hesitation. With blood red eyes, he wanted to capture the thief first and capture the king first, and directly killed Dong Yi, the culprit!
Unable to withstand the frenzied offensive of the Young Marshal's army, the soldiers of the Qin army around Dong Yi collapsed one after another. Dong Yi's face was full of tears and sweat, and he desperately shouted for restraint, but it was to no avail.In the end, being forced to do nothing, Dong Yi could only accept the well-intentioned suggestion of the soldiers, throw down the commanding flag and give up command, and fled to the dark place with the soldiers on horseback.As a result, Dong Yi's actions of course led to the direct collapse of Qin's army. It didn't take long for him to be completely disintegrated by the young commander's army, and he ran around all over the mountains and plains. Fortunately, Xiang Kang didn't dare to go after him with all his strength, and quickly defeated Qin. After the army pursued the soldiers, they immediately gathered the army and rested on the spot. The next day's sky was just dawn, and they quickly fled with the main force of the young commander's army, rushing to Suiyang to escape for their lives.

It was not until noon the next day that Dong Yi's troops were captured by Xiang Kang. The cavalry of the broken Qin army reported to Zhang Han, who was leading the troops eastward, and when they heard the news, they drove in. Not only was Zhang Han so angry that he jumped off the carriage, but he also pulled out his sword from his waist, slashed at his carriage, and roared wildly, "Xiang Kang, my son! This general will never die with you! !"

"Brother, don't be angry." My younger brother Zhang Ping kindly persuaded: "Although General Dong Yi was defeated, our main force is still intact, and we can continue to pursue."

"Follow me!" Zhang Han shouted angrily, "At this time, how can we still catch up with that treacherous rebel Xiang Kang?! If we chase after Suiyang again, we will be dragged away by the rebel again right away." Into a war of attrition?"

Zhang Ping obediently kept his mouth shut, and the generals of the Qin army didn't dare to speak anymore. It took a long time before Sima Xin said cautiously: "General, why don't we just retreat here? After repeated battles and repeated tussles, our soldiers We are already very tired, our food and grass are almost used up, and Suiyang is too far away from our rear, and our food roads are easily threatened. Why don't we just retreat and return to Chenliu area to rest and eat food, and then come to Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang later The thief settles the score."

Zhang Han remained silent with a stern face, and after a long time, Zhang Han let out a long sigh, and said helplessly: "If we miss this opportunity, if we want to kill Xiang Kang in the future, it will definitely be even more difficult for us. It's a pity, in fact, I would rather let that old thief Xiang Liang escape than let this little thief Xiang Kang have a chance to escape!"

After saying that, Zhang Han, who was so angry in his heart, said to the generals of the Qin army next to him: "Do you know? After we broke through the camp of Xiang Liang's old thief the night before yesterday, we captured a soldier of his thief brother Xiang Bo. From that An important news came out from the mouth of the soldiers. We were in ambush outside Suiyang before. In fact, it was the little thief Xiang Kang who sent someone to steal our cooking smoke, and judged the time of our night attack from the amount of our cooking smoke. It is expected that we will mainly attack Xiang Liang's old thief's camp, use partial forces to contain his camp, and then confront each other, and arrange counterattack tactics that will count on everything, and defeat our main force."

"It turned out to be him?" Qin Jun's generals were all surprised, and said one after another: "It turned out to be this little thief who saw through our actions. We always thought it was that old thief Xiang Liang who did it."

"That's right, it's him." Zhang Han sighed helplessly, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Actually, compared to that old thief Xiang Liang, this treacherous little thief Xiang Kang is our most difficult enemy and our most dangerous Enemy."

(End of this chapter)