Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 194 Eyes pecked by geese
Although if the Young Commander-in-Chief returns to Yangdi immediately, the Qin Army may not have a firm footing, so there may not be no hope of recapturing Yangdi quickly, but the decision-makers of the Young Commander-in-Chief just discussed it for a while, and still feel that there is no need to go back Wasted time, agreed that they should continue to go south, lure the Qin army of Sanchuan County, which is not as powerful as their own army, away from Jiancheng, and then try to annihilate the enemies who dared to chase from Sanchuan County, and eliminate the hidden dangers behind them.

Of course, what Xiang Kang and the young commander-in-chief's army didn't know was that Yang Xiong, a veteran of the Qin army who commanded the soldiers of Sanchuan County, was actually unwilling to go south to fight with the young commander-in-chief. Scalp to chase after the young commander-in-chief, he had no choice but to do so.

Two days later, the main force of the Young Marshal's army, carrying a large amount of food, grass and military supplies, arrived at the outskirts of Yingyang without any problems. As expected, there was an urgent report from the scouts, saying that Yang Xiong and Xu Wei had joined forces to chase after them. Xiang Kangguo ordered the troops to Stop advancing, set up camp on the west bank of Yingshui, prepare to deal with the pursuers first, and then decide whether to spend time attacking Yingyang County on the east bank of Yingshui.However, to Xiang Kang's surprise, after discovering that the young marshal stopped advancing, the pursuers of the Qin army who had chased them within [-] miles turned around immediately, and retreated five or six miles on their own initiative, occupying the dangerous high ground to establish camp.

"Yang Xiong is very cautious." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "Knowing that head-to-head fighting is not our opponent, so we simply take it step by step, not seeking merit, just seeking no mistakes."

"Perhaps the Tyrant Qin army wanted to seize our opportunity to cross the river to launch a surprise attack." Li Shiqi, who is quite skilled in military affairs, analyzed: "If we want to attack Yingyang, we must first cross Yingshui before launching an attack on the city. When the army crossed the river, the head and the tail couldn't respond, and Yang Xiong's opportunity came."

Xiang Kang nodded, it was also the same suspicion, and after a little calculation, Xiang Kang asked the young generals, civil and military: "Everyone, do you think it is necessary to attack Yingyang City?"

"General You, I don't think it's necessary." Yu Que, the magistrate of Yuanling County who surrendered, rushed to reply: "When King Zhang Chu rebelled, Yingyang was once captured by his army, and almost all the young and strong men He was conscripted into the army, and when the Tyrant Qin army recaptured Yingyang, the defeated Zhang Chu army set fire to the city and burned down most of the houses and streets in the city. Yingyang, robbed all the military supplies in the city. After several wars, the city of Yingyang has long been dilapidated, even if it is captured by force, it will definitely not be worth the loss."

Looking at the Yingyang county town with obvious traces of war from a distance, Xiang Kang nodded again, dispelling the idea of ​​crossing the river to attack Yingyang on the spot, and then told his most trusted military uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, Take a hard trip, take some cavalry to see the situation of the Tyrant Qin army in the north, and see if we can go back and attack the Tyrant Qin army's camp."

Uncle Zhou agreed without hesitation, and immediately led a team of cavalry out of the camp, Qingqi went north to investigate the situation of the Qin army's camp, but when he got to the scene and took a closer look, Uncle Zhou couldn't help frowning. I have never dared to fight head-on with the Young Marshal Army, but I have rich military experience. The location of the camp I chose is very dangerous and extremely difficult to attack. If it is to attack, even Uncle Zhou dare not say that he is sure that he can take the Qin army's camp by force.

After coming to this conclusion, when he returned to Xiang Kang, Uncle Zhou could only state the truth, and suggested that Xiang Kang continue to go south and lure Yang Xiong's troops to a battlefield that was beneficial to the young commander's army to start a decisive battle. Of course he trusted Uncle Zhou's judgment, so he immediately nodded in agreement.However, at this time, a soldier from outside the account suddenly reported that Yang Xiong sent an envoy to visit Xiang Kang in the camp, and wanted to present Yang Xiong's handwritten letter to Xiang Kang face to face. Xiang Kang was surprised by the report and immediately agreed interview.

In a short while, the envoy of the Qin Army was led to Xiang Kang. In addition to presenting Yang Xiong's autographed letter to Xiang Kang, he also presented a pair of jade walls with both hands, and said very respectfully: "General You, we General Yang After the Han bandits returned to Yangdi, I heard that when you attacked Yangdi, you not only stopped the Han bandits from killing innocent people, but also pardoned all the guards of the Great Qin. A pair of walls was given to the general as a token of gratitude to General You for his life-saving grace to the soldiers and civilians of Yangdi."

"General Yang is really polite." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Since this is General Yang's kindness, then the general is not polite anymore. Come here and accept the gift."

The left and right soldiers agreed, and immediately accepted Yang Xiong's gift for Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang also opened Yang Xiong's autographed letter and read it carefully. To prevent the Han army from killing innocent people in Yangdi, there is no other important content.Xiang Kang read it without making any changes, just handed Yang Xiong's letter to Chen Ping, Uncle Zhou and others to read, and chatted with the envoy of the Qin Army for a while, and found out that Yang Xiong was over fifty this year, and he still All the southward pursuits were persecuted by Zhang Han's order.

Next, Xiang Kang sent the envoys of the Qin Army down to treat Yang Xiong with wine and meat under the pretext that he needed to prepare a letter for Yang Xiong, and then asked Chen Ping, Uncle Zhou and others who had read the letter, "What do you think?"

"It seems to be your usual style, General You." Chen Ping said with a smile: "You show your favor and give gifts again, tricking the enemy into taking it lightly, and then highlighting the surprise soldiers, killing the enemy by surprise."

Xiang Kang laughed, and sneered at Yang Xiong's tricks, and then asked: "Then how should we deal with it?"

"Of course it's a plan." Uncle Zhou said: "Pretend to be fooled, and in turn paralyze Yang Xiongpifu, lure him to send troops to raid our camp, and use ambushes to deal with him."

Xiang Kang had planned this for a long time, so of course he nodded immediately, but what made Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou a little embarrassed was that it was getting dark at this time, and it was already difficult for the envoys of the Qin Army to return to the Qin Army camp as soon as possible with Xiang Kang's reply, to lure Yang Xiong sent troops to sneak attack on the camp of his own army. At the same time, Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou did not dare to guarantee that Yang Xiong would treat the envoy as an abandoned son and give up, and launched a sneak attack overnight before the envoy returned to the camp.So after a little discussion between Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou, they could only decide to loosen the outside and tighten the inside, to guard the camp tonight, arrange an elite army to respond at any time, and try to lure the enemy after this night.

Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou were tossing around for nothing. Not to mention the Qin army team that came to attack, they didn't even see a single mouse, but Xiang Kang didn't give up. Returning to the camp of the Qin army with his reply letter, he deliberately spoke proudly in the letter, persuading Yang Xiong to lead the Qin army to surrender himself, pretending to look down on Yang Xiong completely.At the same time, while letting the army secretly prepare for the night battle, they built a pontoon bridge on the Yingshui River, pretending to cross the river to attack Yingyang.

That night, in order to ensure the complete annihilation of the attacking army, Xiang Kang spent great efforts in setting up ambush traps. In addition to setting up ambushes in the camp, he also set up two lines of ambushes outside the camp.But what made Xiang Kang vomit blood was that after another night, there was still no sign of the Qin army outside the camp. On the contrary, some young commanders and soldiers were sneezing and snot constantly because they were sleeping in the wild in winter and were frozen by the cold wind. .

When things got to this point, of course Xiang Kang didn't want to fight with Yang Xiong any longer, and soon decided to move south and continue to Xiangcheng, luring the Qin army to leave the favorable terrain to launch a decisive battle.But Xiang Kang still underestimated Yang Xiong's patience and prudence. After the young marshal continued to go south, a whole day passed, and Yang Xiong hid in the camp that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. At noon of the next day, Xiang Kang Only then did I receive a spy report, saying that Yang Xiong finally led his army to chase after him.

Xiangcheng is not far from Yingyang. Although the young generals carrying a large amount of food and grass did not walk fast, they still arrived at the foot of Xiangcheng City by the Rushui River in the evening of the same day. After carefully understanding the situation in Xiangcheng, Xiang Kang was still Deciding to give up attacking Xiaoyi in Xiangcheng, which was also dilapidated, he immediately started to build a pontoon bridge, preparing to cross Rushui before Yang Xiong's troops caught up with his own army, so as not to be entangled by Yang Xiong again.

Xiang Kang was once again in vain because of Yang Xiong. When he started crossing the river the next morning, in order to prevent the Qin army from taking the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, Xiang Kang not only deployed elite troops on the north bank of Rushui to protect the ferry, but also personally led the rear army as the main rear.However, the pursuit of the Qin army led by Yang Xiong was still not in a hurry, and they moved southward cautiously. It was only when the young commander's army had crossed Rushui that Yang Xiong urged the Qin army to speed up and catch up in the evening of the same day. When they arrived at the north bank of Rushui, they immediately destroyed the pontoon bridge deliberately left by the young commander, and then set up camp on the north bank of Rushui to rest.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Kang was too lazy to waste time with Yang Xiong, and led the army to continue southward in the early morning of the next day, while Yang Xiong still looked like a turtle, and first confirmed repeatedly that the young commander had left Then he slowly crossed the south and went south, followed the young commander's army southward, and still set up a camp to occupy the dangerous position, always preventing the young commander's army from turning around and killing them. The so-called pursuit was like sending the young commander's army out of the country.

Yang Xiong's turtle-shrinking tactics finally made Xiang Kang feel underestimating the enemy, and he was no longer so vigilant about the pursuers of the Qin army who were trailing far away. Four days later, when the main force of the young commander arrived at the city of Kunyang, because there was no need to attack directly However, Xiang Kang still decided to go around the city and go directly to Ye County, which belongs to Nanyang County, and Uncle Zhou didn't object.However, just as the young commander-in-chief continued to go south, Zhang Liang suddenly came to Xiang Kang, and asked Xiang Kang rather timidly: "General You, foreign ministers have the courage to ask, have you never been here before?" Ye County?"

"No, it's your first time here, what's the matter?" Xiang Kang asked casually.

"Sure enough." Zhang Liang, who is not good at tactics, still obviously lacked confidence, and said very carefully: "General You, the minister knows that you use soldiers like a god, and you are victorious in every battle. You are definitely the top famous general in the world. But the minister still feels that, You bypassed Kunyang and directly attacked Ye County, which is a bit too careless."

"Why?" Xiang Kang asked in confusion, and then said: "Uncle, please speak frankly if you have something to say. You should know that I am a person who is happy when I hear it, not the kind of person who doesn't listen to bad advice."

"The foreign minister is taking the liberty." Zhang Liang straightened his body a little, and said, "General You, you have never been to Ye County, and you don't know the geographical conditions there. To the west of Ye County is the Qifeng Mountain with high mountains and dense forests. , to the east are Laojin Mountain and Zhiguo Mountain and other continuous mountains, the distance between left and right is only more than ten miles, and at the same time, the east of Ye County is full of lakes and swamps, which are very difficult to attack.” (Ye County in the Qin Dynasty is located in Wu’an today. City Baoan Town.)
Speaking of this, Zhang Liang paused, and then continued: "Right now, we don't know the specific situation in Ye County. If the Tyrant Qin army in Nanyang had already prepared and deployed heavy guards in Ye County, they would stop it right away. After leaving our way, the Tyrant Qin army led by Yang Xiongpifu came from behind again, our army was attacked from the front and back, wouldn't we be in danger?"

Before Zhang Liang finished speaking, Xiang Kang, who is good at tactics, had already changed his face slightly. When he hurried to look at Uncle Zhou next to him, Uncle Zhou also had a serious face, and said: "General You, the last general has never been to Ye County. If the terrain of Ye County is really as described by Zhang Situ, it would be too risky for us to bypass Kunyang and directly enter Ye County."

"Order the whole army to stop advancing immediately and set up camp to rest." Xiang Kang ordered, and then said: "Send more scouts to work carefully, and go south to carefully investigate the situation in Ye County for me."

According to Xiang Kang's order, the young marshal immediately stopped advancing, chose to set up a camp in the west of Kunyang City, and assigned troops to guard the remaining three gates of Kunyang to prevent the Qin army from entering the city to reinforce the defenders in the city.As a result, the scouts of the Qin army reported the situation to Yang Xiong, who was following with the army far away, and Yang Xiong immediately yelled, saying: "Oops! Has Xiang Kang found out about the situation in Ye County? The city went south, and then temporarily repented and withdrew troops to set up camp outside Kunyang City? If they take Ye County, it will be difficult for us to cooperate with the Nanyang friendly army to attack his bandit army back and forth."

"General Yang, what shall we do?" Xu Wei, the Prime Minister of Yingchuan County next to him, asked anxiously: "There are less than a thousand guards in Kunyang City, so it is absolutely impossible to hold back the bandit army's attack for a long time?"

Yang Xiong made some calculations, and after a while he gave an order: "Order the whole army to advance at a faster speed, and go to the Kunyang battlefield first."

After the order was conveyed, the Qin army's pursuers, who had been crawling like turtles, finally sped up their speed, and arrived at a place less than twenty miles away from Kunyang around Shen time of the day. The experienced Yang Xiong saw the terrain and quickly He quickly picked a high ground that was easy to defend and difficult to attack to set up camp, and immediately started to rush to build various camp defenses.Yang Xiong also called Xu Wei and said to Xu Wei: "Xu Juncheng, Kunyang's defenders are too weak to last for a long time, but if the bandits take Kunyang, they only need to send an army to defend it. If we build the city, we will be able to contain our army, so that we cannot go south to cooperate with the Nanyang friendly army. So there is no way, the old man just asks you to lead your troops into Kunyang, defend the city of Kunyang, and don’t give the bandits a chance to break through the city.”

"You don't have to be polite, general, this is what a subordinate official should do." Xu Wei immediately cupped his hands, and then said in a very embarrassed way: "But general, the bandit army has already arrived in Kunyang ahead of time, and directly blocked the four gates of Kunyang. , can't Xiaguan go south for reinforcements to enter the city?"

"It doesn't matter, I have a way to cover you into the city." Yang Xiong said: "Tonight, you lead the army to ambush in the northeast of Kunyang, and be careful not to be discovered by the bandits. Then I will send another army , pretending to enter the city from the north gate of Kunyang, and after being discovered by the bandits at the north gate, my army will pretend to be defeated and leave, luring the bandits at the north gate to pursue them, and then you can easily break through the north gate position of the bandits and rush into Kunyang Reinforcements in the city."

Xu Wei was overjoyed when he heard that, he clasped his fists to accept the order, and immediately went down to organize his troops to prepare for the night battle. Yang Xiong then called his confidant and beloved general Yang Kang, and asked him to lead [-] troops to carry out the plan to lure the enemy and cover Yingchuan. The county soldiers entered the city to reinforce the Kunyang defenders.

After everything was arranged, Xu Wei took more than 3000 Yingchuan Qin troops under his command to quietly leave the camp just after halfway through the first shift. Rush to the predetermined position to ambush.On the other hand, Yang Kang dispatched troops at the second watch, carrying a small number of torches, and came straight to the north gate of Kunyang on the main road.

In the middle of the third watch, the Sanchuan Qin army led by Yang Kang approached the north gate of Kunyang, and was immediately spotted by the closely guarded guard post of the Young Marshal. They rang the gong to call the police, and Zhujishi led his troops to block the north gate of Kunyang immediately. He got up and organized soldiers and horses to fight, and led the army out of the camp to intercept the Qin army who was trying to enter the city. The Qin army pretended to retreat after a moment of fighting. position.

At the same time, Xiang Kang, who led the main force stationed outside the west gate of Kunyang, was awakened by the shouts of killing from the north gate, and got up in his clothes. Zhujishi, Zhujishi is only allowed to guard the interception position, and must not pursue it greedily, so as not to fall into the trap of the Qin army. ——By the way, because at this time we haven't had time to find out the situation of the Ye County battlefield, and don't know the importance of the Qin army entering the city for reinforcements, Xiang Kang really didn't expect that the Qin army launched a sneak attack to prepare to cover the friendly army entering the city.

At this time, all the generals of the Young Commander-in-Chief also came to Xiang Kang in a hurry, and reported that all the main armies had been assembled in an emergency to prepare for the battle, and they would soon be able to go out to reinforce the North Gate battlefield. When he listened to the sound of killing from the north gate, he found that the sound of killing was gradually fading away, Xiang Kang couldn't help but change his face, and said: "Oh, my order should be a step late, Zhujishi seems to have chased him far away. "

"General You don't have to worry." Uncle Zhou comforted, "Our main force can be assembled immediately, and we can go out to reinforce General Zhujishi at any time. Even if there is any danger, we can immediately send troops to respond."

Xiang Kang nodded helplessly, but at this moment, a new sound of shouting and killing suddenly came from the north gate. Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou were shocked together. "Tune the tiger away from the mountain! The real purpose of the Tyrant Qin army is not to ambush Zhujishi, but to deceive him temporarily and cover their another army to enter the city for reinforcements?!"

It was too late to wake up. Although it is not clear why the Qin army spent so much effort to reinforce the small city of Kunyang, Xiang Kang decisively ordered Zhong Limei to immediately lead the army to reinforce the North Gate in order to stop Qin from attacking the small city of Kunyang as much as possible. After the army entered the city, Xiang Kang slammed his fist heavily on the table, and said bitterly: "Fighting geese all day long, I finally got pecked in the eye by wild geese today! Unexpectedly, Yang Xiong is so old and cunning that he can even deceive us!" "

(End of this chapter)