Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 154 Temporary intention
He has never liked to attack forcibly from the front. Xiang Kang was also very worried that Xiang Liang would choose to face the difficulties and force the soldiers of the Chu army to attack Zou County, which had been built like a copper wall by the Qin army. The generals of the Chu army caused heavy losses.However, Xiang Kang soon discovered that he had underestimated his second uncle, Xiang Liang. Facing the difficult problem of attacking the city, although Xiang Liang also asked the soldiers of the Chu army to rush to build a large number of siege weapons, he was not in a hurry to decide when to launch the siege. At the same time, while sending people to the north to try to get in touch with the trapped Chu army's divisions, and to investigate the various details of the main force of the Qin army, Xiang Sui was asked to personally supervise the transportation of grain and grass north from Tancheng, making preparations for a long and hard battle.

Chen Ping, who had the same taste as Xiang Kang, saw through Xiang Liang's thoughts at a glance, and reminded Xiang Kang: "General You, you'd better be more cautious in your words and deeds these days. In the first battle, he encountered the most difficult fortified city. He must be cautious and strive to win the first battle so as not to damage his reputation. If you don't pay attention to your words and deeds, you will be caught and stabbed to Wu Xin In front of you, even if Lord Wu Xin is so magnanimous, I am afraid he will not feel comfortable in his heart."

Knowing that Uncle Xiang would be eager to grab his braids and report in front of Xiang Liang, Xiang Kang also firmly remembered Chen Ping's instructions, and kept his words and actions carefully in the next two days. Xiang Liang's order made the soldiers rush to build a large number of siege weapons, but also strictly restrained the soldiers under his command, not daring to show the slightest arrogance, and only cautiously waited for Xiang Liang to make a firm tactical decision.

But the one who should come still couldn't get away. On the afternoon of the fifth day after arriving at the battlefield in Zou County, after basically figuring out the general situation of the Qin army, Xiang Liang still held a meeting in the big tent of the Chinese army to report to everyone including Xiang Kang. The generals of the Chu army said: "Our scouts have roughly figured out the situation on the Xiaqiu battlefield. Zhang Han's main force is about 16, and 15 of them are deployed by him in Lu County to protect him from hoarding. Grain and grass in Lu County. Of the remaining 11 or so, about [-] were arranged by him on the north bank of Surabaya, with ditches and walls to surround our side division trapped in Xiaqiu City. The other [-] were led by Zhang Han himself. Stationed on the south bank of Surabaya to prevent us from rescuing the partial division."

"Baoqin's army surrounded Xiaqiu too tightly, and we have no way of contacting Yu'er, so we have no way of knowing their specific situation." Xiang Liang's face was very serious, and he said: "But according to common sense, The situation of our partial teacher is definitely not the case, Xiaqiu is just a small city, and this year’s food is not mature yet, even if there is a little surplus in the city, there is definitely not much, no matter how economical our partial teacher is, I’m afraid it won’t last long.”

"We can't take the risk of bypassing Zouxian County and go directly to rescue Xiaqiu." Xiang Liang went on to say, "Because Zouxian County is right at the throat of our grain road. If we were dragged into a war of attrition by Zhang Han, our food and grass would definitely go wrong before long, not only would we have no chance to rescue our partial division, but our main force would also be in danger."

"So we have no choice but to attack Zou County by force." Xiang Liang's tone became very serious, and he said, "You know the situation of Zou County's city defense. This battle must be extremely difficult, but no matter how It's hard to fight, but we have to fight too! I hope you will inspire your soldiers and encourage them to fight bravely when you go back. You must not be afraid of hardships, take Zou County as soon as possible, and open the way for us to enter Xiaqiu!"

"Promise!" All the generals of the Chu army clasped their fists together and chanted promises. Xiang Liang nodded in satisfaction, and announced on the spot that he would launch an attack on Zou County the next day. An army was arranged for the battle, ready to use [-] troops to forcibly attack the fortifications.

After making the deployment arrangements, Xiang Liang ordered the accounts to be disbanded, and the generals were asked to return to their respective camps immediately to organize the army to prepare for the battle. Xiang Kang did not dare to disobey, and accepted the order honestly. He hurried back to his camp and called his generals to organize the preparations for the battle.As a result, Chao Zhi, Zhu Jishi and other generals had nothing to say, and immediately went to mobilize the soldiers after receiving the order. Uncle Zhou, who Xiang Kang finally dug from Wei Bao's side, did not move in a hurry, and the other generals left Afterwards, he asked Xiang Kang directly: "General You, Lord Wu Xin is really determined to attack by force? Isn't he afraid that if he can't attack Zou County for a long time, it will frustrate our army's spirit and give the main force of Tyrant Qin a chance to wait for work?"

"Uncle, he can't do anything about it." Xiang Kang's face was obviously gloomy, and he said: "Zou County is just at the throat of our grain road. If we don't take this vital point, neither Pengcheng nor Tancheng can deliver the grain and grass. On the front line of Xiaqiu, we don't have any confidence to quickly defeat the main force of Tyrant Qin, so my uncle has no choice but to take down Zou County first, clear the food roads, and then continue to advance."

Uncle Zhou was silent, but he refused to give up, and asked again: "General You, how is the deployment of the Tyrant Qin army in the north? Have our scouts figured it out?"

"I probably figured it out."

Xiang Kang answered smoothly, and then told Uncle Zhou carefully the situation of the Qin army introduced by Xiang Liang. As a result, Uncle Zhou was overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly asked: "General You, the violent Qin army has hoarded food and grass in Lu County. Are you certain?"

"It shouldn't be wrong." Xiang Kang replied: "No matter how incompetent our meticulous work is, we should not mistake the grain storage area of ​​the Tyrant Qin army."

"Then we will win this battle!" Uncle Zhou said in surprise, and hurriedly said: "General You, go to see Lord Wu Xin and ask him to take back his order and stop taking the risk of attacking Zou County. We just need to bring more food and grass, bypass If Zou County goes directly to fight Lu County, he can immediately turn passive into active, and in turn control the initiative on the battlefield in Dang County, and if he wants to repel the main force of Zhang Han, it will be as easy as turning the palm of his hand!"

"Go directly to Lu County?" Xiang Kang was stunned, and said very puzzled: "Is this useful? It is true that Lu County is the grain storage area of ​​the Tyrant Qin Army. As long as we take down the granary of the Tyrant Qin Army, we can also Immediately turn the tide of the battle and push the Tyrant Qin army to a disadvantage? But Lu County is the county seat of Dang County, the city must be stronger than Zou County, and it is heavily guarded by the Tyrant Qin army, how can we take it easily?"

"Don't worry, General You. We don't need to take down Lu County. As long as we surround Lu County and cut off the road for the Tyrant Qin army to transport food, we will still have the upper hand in this battle!" Uncle Zhou said confidently: "General You, don't forget that since the Tyrant Qin army has Lu County to store grain, there will definitely not be too much grain and grass stored in the barracks. As long as we cut off their grain transportation roads, it won't be long before the Tyrant Qin army is bound to If we are eager to fight, our army will not only be able to wait for work at leisure, but our partial divisions who are surrounded in Xiaqiu City will also be able to take the opportunity to break through on their own, cooperate with our main force to pinch back and forth, and smash the violent Qin army!"

Blinking his slender eyes, which were not too ugly, he calculated for a moment, and then noticed that Lu County on the map is located on the south bank of Surabaya. The self-armed army can directly threaten the Qin army's grain storage area without crossing the river. Xiang Kang made up his mind, stood up and said: "I'm going to see my uncle right now and persuade him to use this strategy instead. However, this strategy is also a bit risky, and my uncle may not listen to it, so we still have to continue preparing for the battle, lest my uncle insist on attacking Zou County first and delay the battle preparation."

Uncle Zhou agreed, and hurried out of the account to organize the army Xiang Kang assigned to his command to prepare for the war. Xiang Kang hurried out of the account and came to the camp of the Chinese army. In Liang's Chinese army tent, Xiang Kang ran into Xiang Bo, who was incompatible with him.Seeing that Xiang Kang came to the camp of the Chinese army again, Uncle Xiang, who hated Xiang Kang so much, yelled and asked: "Xiang Kang, your second uncle told you to go back to the camp to prepare for the battle. If you don't go and prepare for tomorrow's attack, what are you doing here?"

The filial piety of this era is greater than the sky, no matter how angry you are, Xiang Kang can only hold back his anger, cup his hands and say: "Uncle, forgive me, my nephew has important military affairs and needs to face my second uncle, so I came here again .”

"The general has already made arrangements, what other important military matters need to be presented?" Xiang Bo said with a rough attitude, "Go back to prepare for the battle immediately, the general is discussing important military matters with others now, and I don't have time to see you. "

Hearing this, Xiang Kang couldn't hold back no matter how good his temper was, he stiffened his neck and said, "Forgive me, third uncle, it's about military affairs, I have to meet the general immediately, and I'm the right general of Chu State. Currently, my position in the Chu Army is only under the General, and no one has the right to stop me from meeting the General!"

"What did you say?" Uncle Xiang jumped three feet high when he heard that, and roared wildly in front of countless soldiers standing guard: "Little Zhuzi, what are you, dare to put on airs as a right general in front of this old man? You Have you forgotten that if the old man hadn't raised you for the sake of the same blood of the Xiang family, you, a little scorpion, would have died of starvation and freezing to death many times! You ungrateful dog, the old man a few years ago I have raised you in vain!"

Xiang Kang clenched his teeth, and couldn't help clenching his fists quietly.But fortunately, at this time, a soldier of Xiang Liang happened to come over from the big tent of the Chinese army. As soon as they met, he said in surprise: "General You, why are you here? It just so happens that Lord Wu Xin has an order to You go to see him right away, I want to discuss with you about important military matters."

Xiang Kang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that, he quickly agreed, and then left immediately, but Uncle Xiang refused to give up, and followed Xiang Kang straight to the big tent with big strides, even rushing into the big tent of the Chinese army one step earlier than Xiang Kang. He opened his mouth and yelled loudly: "Brother, do you care about our Xiang family's nephew? Do you know that just now our good nephew Xiang Kang not only put on airs as the right general in front of me, but also contradicted me in public?"

"What happened?"

Xiang Liang, who was sitting high in the tent, asked doubtfully. Uncle Xiang rushed to speak again, embellishing the conflict between himself and Xiang Kang just now. In a hurry, he hurriedly told the truth about what happened, and said that he had a Chu soldier standing guard nearby to testify.It's a pity that Xiang Liang frowned when he heard this, and said, "Kang'er, there is no need to find someone to testify for you. Your third uncle did something wrong, but as a junior, you shouldn't treat your third uncle like this." Speak. Quickly, apologize to your third uncle."

Xiang Kang was so wronged that he almost cried, but he still swallowed his humiliation and apologized to Uncle Xiang, and then Xiang Liang yelled at Uncle Xiang: "Brother, it's not that I'm the elder brother who said you, Kang'er is your junior. , but he is the right general of our state of Chu after all, who gave you the right to stop him from presenting his military sentiments to me? Come, drag Xiang Bo down and beat him with twenty army sticks!"

Xiang Liang's rewards and punishments were quite clear, and Xiang Kang also expressed his grievances, but it was a pity that Ling Yin Songyi stood up and pleaded for Xiang Bo. Xiang Bo yelled angrily: "For the sake of Song Lingyin, I will temporarily write down your military stick. Next time you dare to disrupt the military plane for no reason, you will be punished for both crimes. You will never show mercy! Stand aside, without my order, don't show any mercy!" Talk nonsense!"

It was only after Xiang Bo stood beside him disheartened that Xiang Kang unexpectedly discovered that Feng Zhong, who was like a brother and brother with him, was also in Xiang Liang's Chinese army tent. Unfortunately, the place where they met was doomed. Talking, the two can only nod each other as a salute.After Xiang Liang dismissed Uncle Xiang, he said to Xiang Kang: "Kang Er, I have a very important matter to discuss with you. General Feng Zhong came to see me just now and gave me a suggestion for using troops. It's a bit risky, but it's quite feasible. Once we succeed, we can immediately turn passive into active, and in turn gain the upper hand on the battlefield in Dang County. I'm a little uncertain, so I ask you to discuss it."

"Dare to ask uncle, what is your suggestion?" Xiang Kang, who was still emotionally calm, asked casually.

"General Feng suggested that we abandon the fight against Zou County and go directly north to fight against Lu County, cut off the road for the Tyrant Qin army to transport food, and force the main force of the Tyrant Qin to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle with us..."

Before Xiang Liang finished speaking, Xiang Kang's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but blurt out and asked, "Brother Feng, why are you here to persuade my uncle to abandon Zou County and go directly north to Da Lu County?"

"I'm coming too?" Feng Zhong was taken aback by Xiang Kang's question, and then he immediately came back to his senses and asked in surprise: "Brother Xiang, do you also want to persuade Wu Xinjun to abandon the attack on Zou County and go directly north to surround the Tyrant Qin army? Lu County, where grain is stored?"

"It seems that this time Uncle Zhou and Feng Zhong thought about it again."

Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and then turned Uncle Zhou's strategy into his own idea, and reported it to Xiang Liang. As a result, Xiang Liang was overjoyed when he heard it, and said, "I didn't expect Kang Er, you and General Feng have a good understanding, and you can also think of this anti-customer as the master." So, Kanger, do you agree with us taking a little risk?"

"Uncle, fighting is always a risk." Xiang Kang replied: "Zhang Han divides his troops to defend Zou County. He clearly wants to force us to attack Zou County to clear the grain roads. If we attack Zou County by force as he wishes, we will definitely be at a disadvantage. Passive. The only way to take the initiative is to highlight the surprise soldiers and turn the enemy into the main, which in turn will push Zhang Han to the disadvantage."

The militant Old Man Fan, who had previously agreed with Feng Zhong's risky strategy, also persuaded him, while Xiang Liang tapped his fingers on the case to make some calculations, and then he said after a long while: "That's it! Don't fight Zou County, go directly north, go Dalu County!"

Both Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong, who knew that Zou County was not easy to fight, breathed a sigh of relief, and then reminded Xiang Liang to send someone to urge Xiang Sui to send the grain and grass to the north quickly, so that the main force of the Chu army would have more grain and grass to use. Xiang Liang said with a smile: "No need to rush, if all goes well, the grain and grass escorted by Sui Er will be delivered before noon tomorrow, and we can directly bypass Zou County and head north tomorrow."

Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly suggested: "Uncle, my nephew has another suggestion. On the way to the north, we might as well send a few messengers on purpose to deliver the letter to Xiaqiu with a secret letter, saying in the letter that we are going to rescue Xia directly. Qiu, let our divisions get ready. As soon as our main force reaches the Xiaqiu battlefield, they will immediately break out and join us. As long as these false letters are intercepted by the Tyrant Qin army, Zhang Han will definitely believe them. If we are vigilant in going north to Lu County, it will be much easier for us to suddenly encircle Lu County."

"When it comes to tactics, there is really no one in our army who is better than you." Xiang Liang smiled lovingly, nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it like this, I will arrange it carefully."

After saying that, Xiang Liang sent an order to the other battalions of the Chu army to tell the soldiers of the Chu army to give up their preparations for the battle, and to load their weapons and supplies into the trucks early the next morning. Going north, Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong were naturally very happy to see that Xiang Liang obeyed their advice, and soon they left happily together.

Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong left together, and Xiang Liang drove away the other civil and military soldiers of the Chu army present, and then called Xiang Bo to the front and lashed out at him. Xiang Liang scolded him badly, but when Xiang Liang lost his temper enough and waved Xiang Bo down to rest, Xiang Bo suddenly showed a sinister smile and said, "Brother, do you think the suggestion made by my younger brother is very right now?" gone?"

"What suggestion?" Xiang Liang asked angrily.

"Transfer Feng Zhong directly to your tent for use." Xiang Bo said with a sly smile: "Feng Zhong is a man who knows how to use soldiers. Brother, you have seen it with your own eyes today. If it wasn't for my younger brother who urged you to transfer him directly Come to your account, who else in our army can control that nephew you love?"

Xiang Liang fell silent, and Uncle Xiang said kindly again: "Brother, little brother, I may overdo it sometimes, but I really do it for your own good. If you don't suppress our cousin's son appropriately, In our army, sooner or later there will still be two coaches."

"Shut up! Don't provoke me here, get out!" Xiang Liang scolded angrily, but after Xiang Bo smiled and got out of the way, Xiang Liang was still a little shaken in his heart. This is also human nature, no wonder Xiang Liang would listen Xiang Bo's instigation.

According to Xiang Liang's arrangement, the soldiers of the Chu army who gave up preparing for the battle began to load their supplies, grain and grass into vehicles early the next morning. As a result, relying on the convenient transportation of Chidao, Xiang Sui also delivered the grain and grass of Donghai County to the city of Zou County before noon. Xiang Liang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the Chu army to move out of the camp. On the same day, he bypassed Zouxian County and headed northward, and marched directly to the Xiaqiu battlefield.Sima Jin, the Qin army stationed in Zou County, was not as strong as the main force of the Chu army, and he was afraid that the Chu army was leading snakes out of the hole, so he dared not move at all. Finally, after confirming that the main force of the Chu army had indeed gone northward, Sima Jincai Hurry up and send out a fast horse to report the news to Zhang Han.

When Sima Jin's messenger delivered the news to Zhang Han, several messengers sent by Xiang Liang were also successively intercepted by the main force of the Qin army who tightly sealed Xiaqiu, and reported the false letter to Zhang Han. Sure enough, he believed it to be true, not only did he not suspect that it was Xiang Liang's deliberate action, but he also said with a sinister smile: "Come on, old man Xiang Liang, this time the general wants to see how you can save the traitor nephew."

After grinning, Zhang Han also went to order the Qin army on the north bank to prepare the battalions of the Qin army stationed on the north bank of Surabaya. Once they found that the Chu army in Xiaqiu City had deviated from the city to break through, they would immediately attack them head-on. escape!

(End of this chapter)