Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 186
If the main force of the Young Marshal wants to go all the way south from the bank of the Yellow River to the territory of Nanyang, bypass the heavily guarded Weihan Road of the Qin Army, and take a big circle from Wuguan to enter the hinterland of the Qin Army's Guanzhong, it is definitely not something that can be said and done. It's easy to do, the Qin army obstructed each other along the way, blocking the front and chasing after it, there is no rear to supply food, grass and military supplies, the supply depends on fighting to support the war, there is no reliable foothold to rest assured, the road geography and customs and customs are seriously insufficient Familiarity, whether it can win the support of the local people, as long as one of these objective problems is not resolved, it may lead to unpredictable consequences.

In addition, the main force of the Young Marshal's Army, which currently has only more than [-] people, is obviously insufficient in terms of strength. In addition, the battle along the way will definitely consume troops, so the Young Marshal's Army must continue to replenish troops and expand. For the army, this involves raising weapons and equipment, all kinds of necessary military supplies, and training of soldiers. Whether it can be solved smoothly, no one is sure.

No matter how difficult it is, it has to be done. In order to survive in this troubled world, Xiang Kang, who had nowhere to turn back, resolutely chose to face up to the difficulties and complete the historical mission of entering the customs and destroying Qin for Liu Laosan. As soon as he withdrew the main force of the Young Marshal's army across the Yellow River, Xiang Kang immediately gathered his troops and marched westward along Chidao with only enough food and grass for one month, returning to the small town of Yangwu that he had captured before, and preparing to go directly from Yangwu Go south to Yingchuan.

Xiang Kang was both annoyed and surprised that he was generous enough to give Puyang, Baima Ercheng and the remaining food and grass in the city to Xiang Yu. He had just walked halfway to Yangwu, and Xiang Yu sent someone to send it The letter, in the name of the leader of the anti-Qin alliance, ordered Xiang Kang to abandon the tactical plan to enter Yingchuan and Nanyang, and lead the main force of the Young Marshal directly into the hinterland of Sanchuan County, trying to cut off the direct connection between the main force of the Qin army and the rear of Guanzhong.As a result, Xiang Kang was furious when he heard it, and blurted out: "Dream! I didn't join the Julu League, so why should you give me orders?"

"Cough!" "Cough!"

Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping next to him coughed almost at the same time, and at the same time they winked at Xiang Kang, reminding Xiang Kang not to forget that the messenger sent by Xiang Yu was in front of him. If you can defeat Sanchuan County, do you still need your elder brother to order and arrange? I went to fight Yingchuan and Nanyang, isn’t it just to lure snakes out of the hole, lure Sanchuan’s Tyrant Qin army to the south line and wipe them out, and then find a way to enter Sanchuan?”

Seeing that Xiang Kang changed his words in time, Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping hurriedly helped, explaining Xiang Kang's difficulties to the envoy sent by Xiang Yu, and begging the envoy to go back with a lot of good words for Xiang Kang, and then Chen Ping again On behalf of Kang, he wrote a sincere letter to Xiang Yu, explaining that the Qin army deployed heavy guards in Sanchuan County, and the young commander's army was weak, and there was almost no possibility of a successful attack by force. The Sanchuan Qin army lured them to the southern front and wiped them out before they could enter Sanchuan County.After all, it was hard to get rid of the messenger sent by Xiang Yu.

After this incident, Xiang Kang certainly regretted his impulsive slip of the tongue, but the water that was poured out could not be recovered, and Xiang Kang could only hope that Chen Ping's bribe would take effect, so that Xiang Yu's emissary would go back and stop talking nonsense, and then Not daring to waste any more time, he hurried westward with the main force of the Young Marshal Army, and returned to Yangwu City in less than three days.

Yangwu County, which was voluntarily abandoned by the Young Marshal Army before, has now been re-occupied by the Qin Army, but the granaries in the city have already been emptied by the Young Marshal Army, and the grain that was not taken away was also distributed to the people in the city by Xiang Kang. In the hearts of the people, the main force of the young commander's army did not have any need to forcibly attack the city, so Xiang Kang didn't waste time. He led the army to bypass Yangwu and went directly south. He arrived at the bank of the chasm that night, ready to cross the chasm and go south directly. Qu Yu.

It was already late when they arrived at the boundary, and he felt pity for the hard work of the soldiers. Xiang Kang did not let the army rush to build a pontoon bridge overnight, and planned to build a bridge to cross the river the next day. However, to Xiang Kang's surprise again, his decision turned out to be Big mistake——after the sky was fully bright the next day, the young marshal had just started to build the bridge. Not long after, the scouts sent an urgent report, saying that an unknown number of Qin troops had suddenly come from the north. The main force of the army is less than twenty miles away.

"Has the Tyrant Qin army come from the north? How is it possible?" Hearing the news, Xiang Kang couldn't believe his ears, and hurriedly asked the scouts, "Where did the enemy come from? Who is the general?" Do you understand?"

"Forgive me, General You. Time is running short, and I haven't had time to find out the situation." The scout replied truthfully.

"Continue to investigate." Xiang Kang ordered: "You must find out the situation of the enemy as soon as possible. If possible, try to catch a tongue and bring it back."

The scouts led the way, and Xiang Kang ordered the young marshal to continue building the pontoon bridge, while getting the army ready for battle to avoid being attacked by the enemy. But what surprised Xiang Kang again was that after a short time, the young marshal The army scouts came to report again, saying that the enemy from the north had stopped advancing about ten miles away from the main force of the young marshal's army, and had seized the high ground by the roadside, and immediately began to build fortifications. Xiang Kang was shocked when he heard the report, and said: " This group of enemies is not simple, they are not in a hurry to fight us, but want to set up a camp in order to fight for the battle, it is clear that they want to pester us and take advantage of the fire while we are crossing the river."

"General right, the enemy's situation is unknown, we'd better act cautiously." Uncle Zhou next to him suggested: "The general thinks that our army can't rush across the river, and it's better to build some fortifications just in case. We will make a decision based on the specific circumstances.”

Xiang Kang, who always likes to be safe, immediately nodded in agreement, and immediately ordered the generals of the young commander to build fortifications. At the same time, he ordered Guan Ying, who replaced Xiang Guan to lead the cavalry of the young commander, to send out cavalry to arrest the scouts of the Qin army as soon as possible for questioning.

When it was almost noon, the scouts of the Young Marshal Army finally sent accurate information, and helped Xiang Kang confirm that the sudden appearance of the Qin army was about 8000 people, and the formation belonged to the county soldiers of Sanchuan County. The Young Marshal Ranger sent by Ying also successfully captured a Qin army scout. Xiang Kang personally interrogated him, and after a lot of talking, he finally figured out the general situation of this Qin army.

It turned out that this Qin army was actually an old acquaintance of the Young Marshal Army. It was formed by Li You after the remaining defeated generals fled back to Sanchuan County and recruited a large number of new recruits. The general was Qin Ting. The reason why Yang Xiong, a veteran general from Guanzhong, suddenly appeared to the north of the Young Marshal’s Army was that Yang Xiong had received the news that the Young Marshal’s Army had entered Yangwu again. Going westward to reinforce Yangwu, when he was about to arrive at Yangwu, he found that the main force of the Young Marshal had gone directly south, so Yang Xiong led the army south to chase after him, which caught Xiang Kang by surprise.

The magic is no longer so magical when the mystery is revealed. After finally figuring out the origin and identity of the enemy, none of the young generals who have bullied the soldiers of Sanchuan County many times laughed, and then said impatiently: "General You, the Tyrant Qin army in Sanchuan County is not enough to fear. Please order us to go north to fight the Tyrant Qin army to the death, and then show the Tyrant Qin army in Sanchuan County a little bit of color."

"Don't worry, the Tyrant Qin army has seized the high ground to set up camp, and will not easily send troops to fight us." Xiang Kang shook his head cautiously, and asked the captured Qin army scouts: "Since you came south to pursue We, why did we stop advancing when we got close, and dare not come over and fight us?"

"Forgive me, General. This villain really doesn't know." The captured Qin army scout said timidly, "But I heard from the higher-ups that as soon as you cross the river, General, we will immediately hit you on the back."

"Then did your superiors say, what if we turn around and fight you?" Xiang Kang asked again.

The scouts of the Qin army shook their heads, and kept begging Xiang Kang to spare his life. Xiang Kang didn't expect to get anything out of a pawn, but waved his hand to ask him to be temporarily detained, and then turned to Uncle Zhou and asked, "General Zhou, are you okay?" Did you find this a bit strange? Yang Xiong’s soldiers are either new recruits or our defeated generals, and their strength is only half of ours. Logically speaking, they should not have the guts to fight us head-on. How dare he take the risk with The army is chasing us close?"

"The last general also thinks this is strange." Uncle Zhou was also full of doubts, and said: "It stands to reason that Yang Xiong, who is in charge of guarding the three rivers, should have wished for us to find us going south to Yingchuan. How could he dare to pursue us with a weak force? Still planning to attack us halfway? Isn't he afraid of angering us, turning back and attacking, killing him without leaving a piece of him?"

Seeing that Uncle Zhou couldn't figure out Yang Xiong's intentions, Xiang Kang was even more puzzled, but Li Shiqi next to him suddenly said: "Could it be that Yang Xiong misunderstood our intentions? I suspect that we crossed the chasm in Quyunan Is he going to bypass their key guards, Bolangsha and Yanqing, and rush into the hinterland of Sanchuan County from the south bank of the chasm? That's why he resolutely entangled us, lest our raid succeed, and he would not be able to explain to the Tyrant Qin court. "

Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou were stunned together, then looked at each other, and said in unison: "There is only this explanation! Otherwise, the Tyrant Qin army in Sanchuan County would never fight us to protect Yingchuan!"

"General You, what should we do now?" Zhou Zeng asked: "Should we turn back to the decisive battle immediately and drive away the Tyrant Qin army in Sanchuan County at all costs? Or try to avoid unnecessary decisive battles and find another way to bridge the gap?"

Xiang Kang thought very quickly, and quickly replied: "If we can figure out a way to cross the gap quickly, we'd better avoid unnecessary decisive battles as much as possible. The road to Nanyang is still long, and we still have many battles to fight, Yang Xiong Pifu has seized the high ground and set up camp again. We are attacking head-on. He must only defend and not fight. Even if we succeed in the strong attack, the casualties will definitely not be small there. It’s even more worth the loss.”

"Then what should we do specifically?" Zhou Zeng asked.

"Set up camp on the spot, let our soldiers rest during the day, and hurry up to prepare torches, dry food and other things for night battles." Xiang Kang said casually: "Also, write a letter of war for me, and ask Yang Xiongpifu to meet us in a dignified manner tomorrow morning." Tell him clearly that if he does not agree to the decisive battle, tomorrow we will attack his camp head-on and annihilate all the mob under his command. Then arrange an envoy to send Yang Xiong there in the afternoon."

"General You is planning to rob the camp at night again?" Zhou Zeng grinned.

"Of course." Xiang Kang smiled, showing even more white teeth, and said, "This is my signature tactic. As long as Mr. Yang Xiong pays a little attention to collecting information, he will definitely know that I have always been pretending to be a war, and that a sneak attack is a fake." real."

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Let’s take a look at the situation of poor General Yang Xiong. It’s the same as what Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou analyzed. It may be that the main force of Xiang Kang's 1 handsome army took the risk to go west to reinforce Yangwu, and it was entirely because the newly appointed Sanchuan County Sheriff personally ordered to persecute him, and Yang Xiong dared not disobey his order, so he bit the bullet and led the army to go out. .

The more adventurous southward pursuit of the main force of the Young Marshal's army was also the same as Li Shiqi's analysis, because General Yang Xiong misjudged the purpose of the Young Marshal's army going south, thinking that the main force of the Young Marshal's army was planning to spare the Qin Army's frontal line of defense. Flanking into the hinterland of Sanchuan County, in order not to be dereliction of duty and being convicted, he bravely chased after him, planning to catch the opportunity if he could seize the halfway attack, and if he couldn't catch it, he would resolutely entangle the main force of the young commander's army. Gain time for the rear of Sanchuan County to adjust the defensive deployment.

Because of this, after seizing the favorable terrain on the roadside highland, the first thing Yang Xiong did was to personally urge the soldiers of the Qin army to repair the fortifications with all their strength, so that when the main force of the young commander turned around to face the battle, there would be a camp to defend, and he would not be killed by the young army. Shuai Jun quickly defeated.The result was not bad, as Yang Xiong had hoped. The main force of the Young Marshal, who had always disliked fighting head-on, did not return to the division to attack the fortifications, giving the Sanchuan Qin army time to build a strong camp.

However, there is no way to avoid it. When the afternoon was approaching Shen Shi, the Young Marshal suddenly sent an envoy to the camp with a book, inviting General Yang Xiong to fight to the death in the morning of the next day. If Xiong refuses to agree, the main force of the Young Marshal will launch a frontal attack the next day.Fortunately, General Yang Xiong's face has also caught up with Xiang Kang's by [-]-[-]%. After reading the war letter, he immediately smiled and said: "I beg your envoy to go back and report to the right general, saying that the general is unwell and has no interest in fighting him head-on. He If you are sure that you can attack this general's camp, just let your horse come over, and this general will accompany you to the end."

Seeing Yang Xiong's brazenness, the envoy of the young commander had no choice but to go back with Yang Xiong's reply and hand over the order, but as soon as the envoy of the young commander left, Yang Xiong gave an order: "Send the order to the whole army, Immediately prepare torches, dry food and other things for night battles. During the rest tonight, everyone is not allowed to disarm, weapons are not allowed to leave the body, and always be on guard against bandits attacking our camp at night!"

"General, do you suspect that the bandit army will come to rob the camp tonight?" Several generals next to him asked in surprise.

"It's not doubt, it's affirmation. This is also Xiang Kang's forte." Yang Xiong snorted and said: "I have carefully inquired about Xiang Kang's military habits. Apart from never liking to fight head-on with others, this traitor also especially He likes to set up false appearances, highlight surprise soldiers, and make more than one false appointment to fight, making us Daqin officers and soldiers take it lightly, and then take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack at night. This time he did not come to attack the frontal attack, but sent a letter to make an appointment to fight. It is clear that he wants to repeat the old trick. Kill us by surprise at night!"

The generals next to him suddenly realized, and quickly nodded in agreement, and then another general had an idea, and hurriedly said: "General, since we can be sure that Xiang Kang will come to rob the camp tonight, why don't we follow the plan and arrange an ambush in advance?" , Arrange a trap and wait for Xiang Kang to drill it?"

Poor General Yang Xiong smiled wryly, and then said: "If only it were that easy, Xiang Kang is as treacherous as a fox, how could he blindly rob the camp without leaving behind? We will plan to set up an ambush, and if he plans to plan, he will plan again." Setting up an ambush outside the camp, isn't it dangerous for our soldiers who leave the camp?"

After sighing, Yang Xiong said again: "Let's do it like this, don't take any risks, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the enemy is numerous, we are few, we can only be cautious. If the bandits come to rob the camp tonight, we will just Repelling the enemy with random arrows is a must, and we must not take risks, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

In this way, under the arrangement of Yang Xiong, the generals of the Qin Army quickly made preparations to strictly guard the camp at night. Even when they were resting at night, they did not dare to disarm and relax. Yang Xiong, who is over fifty years old, does not care that his body has gradually weakened. In addition to personally patrolling the camp after nightfall, he is also fully clothed and always ready to meet the nighttime sneak attack of the young commander.

The soldiers of the Qin Army and General Yang Xiong certainly did not work hard in vain. At the time of the second watch, the alarm gong sounded at the gate of the Qin Army camp. Yang Xiong immediately jumped up from the low bed and rushed outside to check. The situation, and then I immediately saw that the front of the self-army camp was already lit with torches, and countless soldiers of the Qin Army had rushed to the gate of the camp with bows and arrows, and at the same time there were continuous shouts of killing outside the camp.

Fortunately, the guarded officers and soldiers of the Qin Army did not give the Young Marshal the chance to rush into the camp, and used dense arrow rain to keep the young marshal's robbing soldiers out of the camp, but Yang Xiong Still unwilling to rest assured, in addition to letting the army closely guard the fence of the guard camp, they entered the camp of the Chinese army overnight and assembled the army as a reserve team just in case.

Although he has not been able to rush into the Qin army camp, the young commander who came to sneak attack did not retreat in a hurry. He wandered outside the Qin army camp for nearly an hour before retreating angrily. As a result, the young commander was beaten away. After the news was reported in front of Yang Xiong, the generals of the Qin army beside Yang Xiong were all overjoyed, but Yang Xiong's face was still serious, and he ordered: "Pass down the order and continue to guard our army camp closely. A, weapons are still not allowed to leave your hands, to prevent the bandits from attacking again!"

"Will there be another sneak attack?" Qin Jun's generals were even more surprised.

"This is also Xiang Kang's specialty!" Yang Xiong scolded angrily: "Back then in Suiyang, General Dong Yi, General Zhang Han's deputy, suffered such a big loss. You can rest assured to sleep, but in the end Xiang Kang launched a sneak attack for the second time in the same night, killing countless of our Daqin soldiers, we must not repeat this mistake!"

Hearing that Xiang Kang still has such vicious means, all the generals of the Qin army were terrified. They clasped their fists and sang promises, received orders together, and went down to urge the soldiers of the Qin army to continue to guard the camp closely.Then, as Yang Xiong expected, at the fourth watch, the Qin Army’s camp fence was indeed full of gongs and drums, and an enemy attack warning was issued again. Yang Xiong responded calmly, and immediately rushed into the Chinese Army’s tent again to organize troops to fight , and once again blocked the shameless sneak attack of the young marshal.

There was still a stalemate for an hour. Seeing that there was no chance to enter the Qin army's camp, the young marshal's team that launched the second sneak attack took the initiative to leave the battlefield and retreat towards the ferry.As a result, when the generals of the Qin army breathed a sigh of relief and thought they could finally sleep in peace, Yang Xiong suddenly thought of a possibility and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, send scouts to the ferry to check the situation immediately! Look at the main force of the bandit army Is it still at Chasm Ferry?"

According to Yang Xiong's order, the scouts of the Qin Army quickly ventured out of the camp and rushed to Honggou Ferry overnight to observe the movement of the main force of the young marshal's army. In front of Yang Xiong, before he could salute, he shouted loudly: "General, it's bad! The main force of the bandit army is gone, they have already crossed the chasm overnight, and arrived at the south bank of the chasm."

Before the scout finished speaking, General Yang Xiong was already slumped on the handsome chair, his eyes were still blackened one after another, and he kept screaming in his heart, "It's over! The main force of the bandit army crossed the chasm under my nose, If they take the opportunity to enter the hinterland of Sanchuan County, I will have no way to explain to the court!"

Fortunately, at noon, the scouts of the Qin army who crossed the river to investigate the enemy's situation sent news again, reporting that the young commander's army did not advance westward, but went directly south in the direction of Yingchuan.As a result, upon hearing the news, Yang Xiong's frightened soul immediately returned to his body, and he couldn't help but put his hands together in prayer, secretly saying: "Thank God! It turns out that the bandits were planning to harm Yingchuan. The danger is not great, there is a way to explain to the court."

After rejoicing, General Yang Xiong couldn't help complaining in his heart: "Xiang Kang, if you said earlier that you were going to harm Yingchuan, this general would definitely give way immediately, why bother? This general scared me to death, and made your bandit soldiers work in vain."

(End of this chapter)