Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 193

The matter did not end because Han Cheng ordered the indiscriminate killing of innocent people. After a long time, he learned that the soldiers of the Han army were still killing people and taking money in Yangdi City. Xiang Kang didn't even bat an eyelid, and immediately ordered The officers and soldiers of the young commander directly shot to stop them, and those who did not listen to the advice would be killed on the spot!

As a result, more than a dozen soldiers of the Han army were buried under the sword of the young commander's army, and a small-scale conflict broke out between the young commander's army and the Han army. If Zhang Liang hadn't stepped forward to stop it in time, the conflict would have almost turned into a large-scale firefight.Then Han Cheng, Han Xin and others were wronged firstly, and secondly because they knew that their own army was not the opponent of the Young Marshal Army, so they could only adopt Zhang Liang's suggestion, deal with some perpetrators with humiliation, and withdraw the army out of the city. Wohuo gave in repeatedly.

What made Han Cheng, Han Xin and the others furious was still behind. After taking over Yangdi City in a very unceremonious manner, the Young Commander Army not only posted a list to calm the people and strictly prohibited looting people's property, but also many soldiers publicized it among the people of Yangdi. Xiang Kang's act of preventing Han soldiers from killing innocent people indiscriminately, as well as his good deeds of forcing Han Cheng to release the kidnapped women, caused countless people in Yangdi who didn't know the truth to be grateful to Xiang Kang and the young commander, and scrambled to give money and food. , to reward the hypocrites of the Young Marshal who came from afar.

Regarding this, Han Cheng, who wanted to rebuild South Korea, was of course very vigilant, and immediately asked Zhang Liang: "Situ, what does Xiang Kang mean by this? What is he trying to do so desperately to buy the hearts of the people in Korea? Could it be?" This kid wants to take over the magpie's nest and make himself king in Han?"

Without knowing Xiang Kang's intentions, Zhang Liang inevitably had some doubts about Xiang Kang's purpose, but at the moment, Han Jun could not turn his back on the young commander, so Zhang Liang could only comfort him: "Don't worry, my lord. Kang is not such a person, when he conquered the rich land of Huaisi with his own hands, he did not become king himself, and even handed over the land, city and military power to Xiang Liang, how could he covet the dilapidated Han land?"

"What if?" Han Cheng said worriedly: "What if he changes his temper? I heard that after he handed over the land of Huaisi to Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang not only didn't appreciate it, but also deliberately He was a bit suppressed. He suffered a loss once, so how could he be willing to repeat the same mistakes? Also, he made it clear that he sent troops south to open up a second battlefield, encircle Wei and save Zhao to share the pressure with the main force of Chu. Yang Di won't leave, he regards Yang Di as his foothold, how can we get Yang Di back?"

There was also such worry in his heart, Zhang Liang didn't dare to say anything, and he said after a long while: "Your Majesty, how about this, I will bring a gift to Xiang Kang, an excuse to thank him for taking back the old capital for us, and take the opportunity to test his purpose Make a plan, and then we'll play it by ear."

Han Cheng immediately nodded in agreement, and immediately prepared a generous gift for Zhang Liang to take the battalion to visit Xiang Kang, testing Xiang Kang's attitude under the banner of thanking the young commander for taking back the old capital for the South Korean army.However, to Han Cheng's surprise, Zhang Liang returned to the Han army's camp not long after, and said to Han Cheng with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, Xiang Kang has already understood that his army is only in Yangdi." He plans to rest for a few days, and then he will continue to go south, when the time comes, he will hand over Yangdi City to us, and will not stay in Yangdi to garrison."

"So refreshing?" Han Cheng couldn't believe his ears, and asked doubtfully, "Is it true? Didn't he mention any conditions?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, he didn't ask for any conditions." Zhang Liang shook his head, and said, "And the subject also thinks it's true. When he readily agreed, none of his cronies, Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping, said anything. This decision has already been made, otherwise, those people would definitely not let Xiang Kang make a promise easily."

"Is it that easy?" Han Cheng was still extremely worried, and said, "Isn't Xiang Kang playing a plan to slow down the army? He wants to stabilize us temporarily, and wait for him to gain a firm foothold in Yangdi before finding a way to hold on." .”

With such a villain's heart, Xiang Kang's gentleman's belly, in the next two days, of course, Han Cheng didn't think about food and drink, and was worried all day long. Always be on guard against Xiang Kang's sudden turn of events, even sleeping with one eye open.Fortunately, after Yang Zhai only rested for three days, Xiang Kang sent Li Shiqi to tell Han Cheng that his own army was going south today, and he had already given [-]% of the money he had promised to Han Cheng. Qian Liang stayed in Yangdi City, and Han Cheng prepared to send someone to receive it.

After receiving such a letter of approval, Han Chengcai finally put the heart in his throat back into his stomach, and hurriedly took Zhang Liang and others out of the camp to see off the young commander who was already pulling out the camp.But what made Han Cheng extremely jealous was that when he came to the scene, countless people in Yangzhai ran outside the Young Marshal's camp, crying and begging Xiang Kang and the Young Marshal to stay, saying nothing. The young marshal with strict military discipline left.

Being forced to do nothing, Xiang Kang could only come forward to appease the people of Yangdi himself, explaining that his army went south to conquer the Tyrant Qin army, and there was no way to stay in Yangdi for a long time, but the people of Yangdi still didn't listen, crying loudly It was even bigger, and many people directly begged: "General You, you should be king here. Only when you become the king of Han, can the common people in Guizhou in Han land have a good life."

The ambitious Xiang Kang flatly refused, saying that Han Cheng is the king of Han, but the people of Yangdi shouted angrily: "He is the king of that family? If he is the king of Han, how could he indulge his army?" Kill people and set fires everywhere, and treat us Yangdi’s Qianshou civilians as human beings? General You, we only want you to be our king.”

Hearing such shouts, Han Cheng's face was as ugly as it could be, and his jealousy towards Xiang Kang completely turned into hatred, and then he saw countless Yangdi people kneeling in front of Xiang Kang, begging Xiang Kang to become king At that time, Han Cheng turned around in a rage and led his followers back to his camp, not wanting to see his people's hearts being bribed by Xiang Kang again.Zhang Liang had no choice but to follow. When he looked back at Xiang Kang who was surrounded by the people, Zhang Liang couldn't help but feel a little melancholy—when Zhang Liang went to test Xiang Kang's attitude towards Yang Zhai for Han Cheng, Xiang Kang took the opportunity to invite him. Zhang Liang went south with him, and he said that he wanted to recruit Zhang Liang. Although Zhang Liang, who was determined to restore the Qin Dynasty, did not agree, he still had some regrets and missed the opportunity to flex his muscles under Xiang Kang's tent. .

Fortunately for Han Cheng, Xiang Kang finally categorically rejected the pleas of the people of Yangdi, and insisted on taking the young generals to the south. The people of Yangdi reluctantly sent the young generals a dozen miles away Han Cheng immediately led his troops into the city and took over Yangdi City, which was voluntarily abandoned by the Young Marshal.

The matter is not over yet, and he returned to the Korean royal palace where he had been away for a long time. Han Cheng, who had been depressed for a long time, just started to feel better. When Zhang Liang and other Korean nobles were crying with excitement, Han Xin, who was temporarily in charge of the army for Han Cheng, suddenly rushed to the palace. In front of Han Cheng, before saluting, he said loudly: "Your Majesty, something is wrong. Our army scouts urgently reported that a tyrant Qin army suddenly came from the direction of Xinzheng, and it was less than [-] miles away from Yangdi!"

"What?!" Han Cheng couldn't believe his ears, and hurriedly asked, "What is the strength of the Tyrant Qin army?"

"It's not clear yet, but it's at least [-]!"

Han Xin's answer stunned Han Cheng, and Zhang Liang and the others couldn't believe it. They asked, "How is it possible? How could there be so many Tyrant Qin troops in Yingchuan? Where did the Tyrant Qin troops come from?"

"I don't know for the time being." Han Xin shook his head again, and said, "I only know that the leader of the soldiers who led the way for them was Xu Wei, the Prime Minister of the Tyrant Qin Yingchuan County, who was beaten away by the Chu army. It’s coming from the direction of Sanchuan.”

Han Cheng, Zhang Liang and the others were dumbfounded again, and after finally regaining consciousness, Han Cheng roared like a dream: "Understood! No wonder Xiang Kang gave Yang Di to us so readily, so he He had known for a long time that the Baoqin army had come to kill Xiangyang Zhai, and he didn't want to fight head-on with the Baoqin army, so he took his army away immediately, leaving us as a shield for him, and let us contain the Baoqin army for them. "

"Is it a coincidence? Or did Xiang Kang do it on purpose?" The matter was so coincidental that Zhang Liang also had some doubts. Fortunately, Zhang Liang was very calm and didn't want to waste time on this issue, so he hurriedly said, "My lord, I don't have time to think about it now." That's all, now the most important thing for us is to organize the army to defend the city immediately, otherwise, when the Tyrant Qin army has killed the city, we will be too late for anything."

Han Cheng nodded hurriedly, and quickly ordered Han Xin to command all the troops outside the city to move into the city. At the same time, he burned the Yingshui pontoon bridge left by the Young Marshal's army, blocked the ferry, and bought time for the Han army to prepare to defend the city.Zhang Liang spoke to Han Cheng again, suggesting that Han Cheng immediately send someone to ask for help from the Young Marshal who hadn't gone far, but Han Cheng said angrily: "It's not necessary! Besides sending someone, Xiang Kang'er will definitely not Come back! He deliberately didn't tell us that the Tyrant Qin army had come from Xinzheng. He clearly wanted to see our jokes. How could he turn around and reinforce us? We will fight this battle ourselves!"

Han Cheng and others seriously underestimated the marching speed of the Qin army. Before the sun set, the Qin army from the north had already arrived at the Yingshui Ferry, and what made the Han army explode was that not only Yangdi on the east bank of Yingshui The people scrambled to provide ferry boats to the Qin army, and many civilian boats on the west bank of the Yingshui also crossed the river, offering to help the Qin army cross the Yingshui. Xu Wei, the prime minister of Yingchuan County, was also a very courageous person. He insisted on launching a rush to cross in the evening of the same day, and successfully killed the South Korean army guarding the ferry. River crossing road.

It was only at this time that Han Jun's detailed work confirmed that the main force of the Qin Army was indeed under the command of Yang Xiong of the Qin Army who had come from Sanchuan County. The left and right armies have a total strength of more than [-], which is more than double the strength of the Han army.Fortunately, the Han army already had a city to defend, and the main force of the Qin army did not have time to build siege weapons, so Han Cheng, Zhang Liang, Han Xin and others did not panic too much, but seized the time to strengthen the city defense and prepare for a long-term battle.

Zhang Liang, who is not good at tactics, once again underestimated the capabilities of the Qin army. Through the information provided by the local people, he learned that the Han army had only entered the city today, and that he had a firm foothold. The army was destroyed during the previous siege, and the newly replaced temporary city gate was far from strong enough. The experienced Qin army veteran Yang Xiong made a decisive decision and led the main force of the Qin army across Yingshui that night. The flying ladder built in a hurry, and a few bumper logs that didn't even have time to peel off the bark, launched an attack on Yangzhai's east and west gates before dawn.

What made Han Cheng and the others frightened was still behind. The Qin army had just begun to attack the city, and fires rose one after another in Yangzhai City. A large number of people in the city spontaneously organized and launched an attack on the inside of the city gate to meet the Qin army. Siege.When Han Cheng, who was furious, hurriedly sent someone to understand the situation, he realized that after his army entered the city today, many soldiers could not control their impulses and retaliated against the people in the city who supported the young commander's army to clean up the Han army. The rape and looting incident completely angered the people of Yangdi, so the people of Yangdi would rather be the people of Daqin than let the South Korean army with corrupt military discipline occupy Yangdi for a long time.

It was already too late to know this situation. The combat effectiveness of the Han army was not strong in the first place, and the morale of the army fell even worse under the chaos. The soldiers of the Qin army who saw the fire in the city were greatly boosted. In response, they smashed open the temporary city gate that was not strong enough, and rushed into the city. The unstable Han army had no fighting spirit. After a little resistance, they fled the battlefield of the city gate one after another. Helpless, he had no choice but to rush out of the city from the west gate with an army that was still under control, and was forced to abandon the old capital of South Korea within twelve hours after taking over Yangdi.

Escaping from Yangzhai City does not mean that you will be safe. Seeing Han Jun escape from the city, Xu Wei, the governor of Yingchuan County who was determined to take revenge, brought Yingchuan Qin Jun to kill him at the first time, and Han Jun had no intentions. He immediately fled for his life and fled to the direction where the young commander left without any consideration. The Qin army chased after him and defeated the Han army. Han Cheng, Han Xin and others did not dare to rest. The only ones who were rolling and scrambling were fleeing south, and Zhang Liang didn't need to say anything during this period. Han Chengcheng had the cheek to send a fast horse forward, and asked the young commander to return to the division to support him.

Fortunately, the Young Marshal's Army, which was carrying a large amount of food, grass and military supplies, did not go too far. At noon, Xiang Kang, who received the news, hurriedly sent the Young Marshal's cavalry back to meet them, and temporarily blocked the defeated Korean army. The Qin army pursued the soldiers, and the Qin army was also afraid that the main force of the young commander's army would turn back. As soon as they saw the flag of the young commander's army, they decisively stopped the pursuit, giving Han Cheng and others a chance to escape.However, even so, there were still less than [-] remnants of defeated generals left around Han Cheng, who were almost beaten back to their original shape by the Qin army in the first battle, and all their food, grass and supplies were lost.

Then, when they came in front of Xiang Kang again, Han Cheng, Han Xin, Zhang Liang and the others would of course want to be ashamed, ashamed, and ashamed, but Xiang Kang, Zhou Zeng, and Chen Ping were all Inexplicable and confused, I just asked Han Cheng and others about the disastrous defeat, and immediately asked: "Then why don't you ask us for help? We are not moving fast with the grain truck, you should know this?"

Han Cheng, Han Xin and the others had no face to answer this question, but Zhang Liang answered bravely: "General You, our king also has good intentions. He thinks that Yangdi's strong city can be defended, and it will definitely be easy to stop the Tyrant Qin army, and we don't want to delay it." Your Southern Expedition is a major event, so no one was sent to ask you for help."

"King Han, Zhang Situ, we appreciate your kindness." Li Shiqi also said bluntly: "But we have been tricked by you now. Yang Zhai lost it so quickly, and the Tyrant Qin army took it again." When it comes to the food, grass and military supplies we have left for you, with enough food to deal with us for a long time, it will not be so easy for us to launch the southern expedition calmly."

Han Cheng, Han Xin and the others were even more afraid to say anything, but Zhang Liang bowed his hands in apology, but Xiang Kang sighed and said: "The matter has come to this point, it's too late to say anything, my lord, how about this, I Then I will give you some food and grass, and you can attack other Han cities to gain a foothold."

Han Cheng, Han Xin and the others were about to cry, but after discussing in low voices, Han Cheng suddenly knelt down to Xiang Kang and begged, "The right general is all Xiao Wang's incompetence, and they are all Xiao Wang's." Wrong, but I beg you, Xiao Wang, please don't leave us alone. The Tyrant Qin army in Sanchuan County has already entered the Han area, and my main force has been seriously injured. If you don't follow your army at this time, don't say It's the main force of the Tyrant Qin in Sanchuan County, and we can't handle the rest of the Tyrant Qin in Yingchuan. Xiao Wang is so cheeky, please take our army to the south."

Han Xin, Zhang Liang and other Korean civil and military officials also knelt down and begged Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang had no choice but to say: "Since the king must follow us to the south, that's fine, but I have a condition. I want to include your remaining troops." your army, and completely dismantle your army and reorganize it."

The muscles on Han Cheng's face trembled, and he said cautiously after a long while: "General You, Xiao Wang promises that the soldiers will be strictly restrained in the future, and nothing like Yangdi will never happen again. Is that okay?"

"No, there is no need to discuss it." Xiang Kang flatly refused, and said: "If you let your army continue to maintain the original establishment and act together with us, there will only be as many troubles as possible, and it will be even more troublesome when setting up camp. So Your Majesty, you have only two choices, one is to hand over the military power and let me incorporate your army, the other is to give you some food and grass, and we will go our separate ways."

Han Cheng had no choice but to turn his eyes to Zhang Liang, his military adviser. Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment and said, "General You, can you agree that when the opportunity is right, let our king lead another army and return to the army?" Handi to rebuild Korea?"

"Uncle Zhang is really obsessed with rebuilding Korea." Xiang Kang smiled helplessly, and then said: "Yes, as long as the timing is right, I can give King Han some soldiers and horses, and let him return to Han to rebuild Korea."

Zhang Liang, who knew that Xiang Kang was trustworthy, heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly winked at Han Cheng. Han Cheng gritted his teeth, and agreed to Xiang Kang's accompanying conditions. Xiang Kang nodded in satisfaction, and immediately ordered the Han army to disband on the spot and completely dispersed Afterwards, they were recruited into the various departments of the Young Marshal's Army, and Han Cheng was not given any chance to engage in small hills in his own army.After completing the reorganization of the army, Xiang Kang suddenly came back to his senses and thought, "What's going on? Han Xin and Zhang Liang are temporarily put into my account and used by me? I'm confused, Why did I get Zhang Liang, Han Xin and Chen Ping together?"

(End of this chapter)