Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 205 Temporary Rear
In fact, Xiang Kang, the top scumbag of this era, like Qi Min, also had an amazing feeling when he saw Qi Min for the first time. Beforehand, Xiang Kang couldn't have imagined that Qi Ji's daughter would be so charming. , the beauty is definitely comparable to that of my favorite sister-in-law Yu Yu, and the temperament is even more well-behaved and gentle.

You know, when Qi Ji, in order to help Xiang Kang win the trust of the enemy, offered to let Xiang Kang take his daughter away on purpose, Xiang Kang also said that Qi Ji wanted to take advantage of him further, and wanted to make him a vulgar fan At the same time, considering the impact on the military discipline of the young marshal, Chen Ping and Uncle Zhou urged him, thinking that only doing so could help Qi Ji win the trust of the Qin army. Xiang Kang reluctantly agreed to this matter that required sacrificing his appearance and reputation.

It's okay, a scumbag is a scumbag, Xiang Kang still knows how to restrain his desires, no matter how surprised he is by Qi Min's moving appearance, he doesn't show the slightest bit of brother pig, no matter how itchy his heart is, he doesn't take advantage of it. Taking advantage of Qi Min's opportunity to temporarily live in the self-army camp, he thought of some way to forcibly cook raw rice into mature rice. He only concentrated on arranging a plan to lure the enemy, and focused his energy on the battle in Wancheng, just like a hen crowing and a rooster laying eggs. , for the first time, he didn't think about any dirty thoughts on Qi Min.

Everyone knows that when Uncle Zhou's niece Bo Yuanzhi temporarily stayed in the Young Marshal's Army, Xiang Kang often took advantage of her. One can imagine how difficult it is.

Not bad, Xiang Kang didn't sacrifice his chance to flirt with beauties in vain, and successfully tricked Qin Jun out of the city. After the night battle, relying on the full preparation before the battle, the battlefield experience and combat effectiveness that are clearly ahead of the enemy, and the firm determination to seize the opportunity , the Young Marshal finally succeeded in severely injuring the Nanyang Qin army, beheading more than half of the more than ten thousand Qin troops who ventured out of the city, taking more than a thousand prisoners, and most of the remaining Qin troops were forced to flee to other directions. The soldiers of the army fled back to Wancheng by chance, which greatly weakened the defense force of the Qin army and greatly reduced the difficulty of attacking the city.

Xiang Kang also really attached great importance to his reputation of hypocrisy. On the morning of the second day after the victory in the night battle, he only counted the results of the battle and the losses of the self-army. It is required that every soldier of the young commander knows that it is false that he robbed civilian women, and that it is true that the friendly army joined hands to lure the enemy.At the same time, in order to punish himself for hurting the reputation of the young marshal, Xiang Kang also ignored everyone's opposition and forced the military law team to hang himself out of the account, and beat him with twenty army sticks in front of everyone, so as to strictly discipline and deter the three armies .

Although when Xiang Kang was beaten with the army sticks, the executioner was merciful in secret and did not take this opportunity to beat Xiang Kang to death, but Xiang Kang's buttocks were still red and swollen after being beaten with the twenty army sticks. His head was so painful that he was sweating all over his head, but Xiang Kang still declined the kind persuasion of the young marshal Jun Wenwu, and did not immediately return to the dormitory to recuperate from his injuries. In addition to sending someone to escort Qi Min back to the Qi Army camp, he insisted on returning to the Central Army Camp. The account continues to deal with business.

Forcibly pretending to be coercive has never had a good end. He gritted his teeth and returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and just sat down. Xiang Kang, who had just received a big stick on his buttocks, was so painful that his face turned blue and his mouth turned pale again. Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping saw that No, he hurriedly urged Xiang Kang to return to the dormitory immediately to treat his injuries and rest, but Xiang Kang couldn't hold on anymore, so he could only let the soldiers help him, and limped back to his dormitory to rest.But there was an accident, Xiang Kang happened to meet Qi Min who was leading the maid to go home before going far to the camp after leaving the account.

It just so happened that there was no way to avoid it, so Xiang Kang could only force a smile, nodding and smiling at Qi Min, but Qi Min had already seen Xiang Kang's limping appearance, and went straight to meet him regardless of the crowds around him , asked with concern on his face: "General, are you injured? Is it serious?"

"A little injury, it's okay, just rest for a while." Xiang Kang forced a smile, and said, "Go back quickly, girl. I have an injury, so I can't send you off in person. Please don't mind, girl."

Before he finished speaking, there was another sharp pain on his buttocks, which caused Xiang Kang to grin his teeth, and the sweat gushed out on his forehead. Seeing this, Qi Min was concerned and sympathetic, but he did not know where a burst of courage came from. He even took out his own handkerchief, and took a step forward to wipe the sweat off Xiang Kang's forehead with his own hands.As a result, the young general and Qi Min's maid next to him all stared wide-eyed. Xiang Kang, who felt vaguely familiar with this scene, was also completely stunned. He didn't understand why Qi Min would do such an ambiguous action in public.

Reminded by Xiang Kang's sluggish expression, Qi Min, who was temporarily forgetful, suddenly came back to his senses, and suddenly understood what he was doing, Qi Min immediately covered his face with his hands in shame, and fled to the distance quickly, leaving Xiang Kang in place He continued to be in a daze, and after a while he came back to his senses, secretly said: "No way, I have only met a few times, so is this little girl interested in me?"

This discovery also made Xiang Kang couldn't help thinking about Qi Min. While dirty thoughts kept coming up in his mind, the pain on his buttocks was greatly reduced. Unfortunately, even with minor injuries, Xiang Kang was still busy. Don't let it go, I didn't have much time to rest after returning to the dormitory, and the young marshal Jun Wenwu, who hastily dealt with the post-war affairs, came over to inspect the wounds, and Shusun Tong, who was extremely loyal to every master, was still prostrate by Xiang Kang's couch Weeping loudly, desperately pouncing...

"General You, General You, you are willing to sacrifice your noble reputation in order to reduce the casualties of our soldiers! Why are you so hard on yourself, insisting on hitting your own army stick? It is tantamount to directly hitting the hearts of our Chu soldiers! General You, your gentlemanly demeanor really makes us subordinates feel ashamed! God, please be merciful and transfer the injury of General You Come on me, the civil and military officials, generals and soldiers of our state of Chu cannot live without the right general at all times!"

"Okay, it's okay, Mr. Shusun, I appreciate your kindness, but it's not necessary." Unable to stand up to Shusuntong's flattery, Xiang Kang could only wave his hands quickly and said, "I have to do this too. , I have repeatedly demanded strict military discipline. Although there is a reason for this incident, if I don’t give an explanation to the soldiers of the army, our soldiers will definitely not be convinced. This is also a lesson for myself, reminding me that I can’t do things in the future Too unscrupulous."

Shusuntong curled his mouth when he heard this, and was about to cry again. Xiang Kang was also afraid of him, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "Mr. Even smaller, I don’t know if you have the courage to enter Wancheng again, and go and persuade the governor of Baoqin, Lu Yu, to open the city and surrender for me?”

"This..." Mister Shusun hesitated for a while before he asked cautiously: "May I ask, General You, on the battlefield last night, did our troops capture or behead Nanyang County Wei Qiu'an who was a tyrant to the Qin Dynasty? And that thief general named Ma Dayan?"

"Ma Dayan was killed by our soldiers, but Qiu An is nowhere to be found. He must have fled back to the city." Xiang Kang replied truthfully.

Mr. Shusun was troubled, and he said hesitantly: "General You, it's not that the lower officials don't want to serve you, but that tyrant Qin County Captain named Qiu An is really stubborn, he is simply stubborn, and he is in Nanyang again. The Qin army is quite influential, and the lower officials are worried that not only will there be no way to persuade him to surrender, but it may backfire and delay your recruitment, General You."

After Mr. Shusun had finished speaking and expressed his attitude of not daring to take risks to persuade the surrender, Li Shiqi said, "General You, let me go. I am willing to risk entering the city and persuade the Tyrant Qin army to open the city for you." surrender."

Shu Suntong had basically figured out the attitude of Nanyang County Governor Lu Wei for Xiang Kang last time. Of course, Xiang Kang no longer had to worry about Li Shiqi's safety, so he quickly nodded in agreement with Li Shiqi's volunteering, and let Chen Ping wrote for himself a letter of persuasion to Lu Wei, and asked Li Shiqi to take it with him and immediately go to the city to persuade Lu Wei to surrender.

After Li Shiqi took the order to leave, the young general Wenwu reported some military affairs to Xiang Kang, and then he left quickly to let Xiang Kang rest in peace. It was said that Zhang Liang came to visit Xiang Kang's injury alone. Seeing Zhang Liang's great reputation, Xiang Kang immediately ordered to be summoned regardless of the severe pain in his buttocks.

Just as the soldiers said they would like to invite you in front of the tent, Zhang Liang, dressed in dark clothes, quickly came to Xiang Kang, and while saluting, he said quite sincerely: "General You, the foreign minister really admires you so much. , For the sake of military discipline, you can set an example like this, no wonder the soldiers and horses of the right general can be so disciplined, with strict orders, and the foreign ministers are convinced."

"Uncle, please sit down." Xiang Kang groaned, then said with a wry smile: "Little nephew must also set an example, otherwise, if my subordinates violated military discipline, they would use the excuse that there was a reason for it, so why should I use orders to restrain the armed forces? "

"I'm afraid it's more than that?" Zhang Liang murmured in his heart, and secretly said: "You deliberately pretended to rob civilian women in order to lure the enemy out of the city for a decisive battle and reduce your casualties in the siege battle. Your soldiers saw you doing so For their own sake, they even beat their own military sticks for this matter. Will they be more willing to work for you in the future? It not only enforces military discipline, but also buys the morale of the soldiers. The idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone is really clever."

Whispering, of course Zhang Liang would not directly express his contempt for Xiang Kang in his heart, but only pretended to be concerned about Xiang Kang's injury, and after persuading Xiang Kang to rest and recover from his injury, Zhang Liang finally got to the point , said to Xiang Kang: "General You, the foreign minister has another suggestion. After your army defeated the Tyrant Qin army last night, it may have been even smaller for the Tyrant Qin army to hold Wancheng. If that is the case, why don't General You take the opportunity to send envoys into the city? Persuade Nanyang County Governor Lu Yu to open the city and surrender again?"

"Uncle has a good opinion and agrees with my nephew." Xiang Kang grinned and said, "To tell you the truth, my nephew has sent Mr. Li Shiqi as an envoy just now to bring my letter into the city to summon you. If it goes well, maybe there will be an echo in the evening."

"Bai Worry, why did you forget that with this kid's cunning character, how could he miss such a good opportunity to surrender?" Zhang Liang complained to himself, then Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "General You, the foreign minister will Let me ask you a question, after taking down Wancheng, General You, do you plan to stay in the army and gradually occupy the entire Nanyang County? Or continue to concentrate your forces and march directly to Wuguan?"

"Go directly to Wuguan?" Xiang Kang was taken aback, looked at Zhang Liang suspiciously, and asked tentatively, "I don't know who told uncle that my nephew intends to enter Wuguan?"

"General You, please don't get me wrong, you are planning to enter Wuguan. The foreign ministers were not told by anyone, but guessed by the foreign ministers themselves." Zhang Liang shook his head, and explained: "Although the foreign ministers are not good at military affairs, they are good at strategy. On the other hand, I also have a little understanding. This time, the right general led the army to the south, saying that it was to open up a second battlefield in Nanyang, Yingchuan, and share the pressure for the main force of the Chu State in the Central Plains battlefield. If you don't defend and concentrate your forces to go south, the foreign ministers can see at that moment that you, General You, are not interested in Yingchuan Nanyang, but to enter Guanzhong and go straight to Xianyang."

Speaking of this, Zhang Liang paused, then smiled and said: "Otherwise, how could you be willing to give up the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Ye County, General Right? As long as you leave an army to defend Ye County, you will not have to, General Right. Worried about the threat from the north, you easily seized the entire county of Nanyang, but you, General You, did not do so. Doesn't this clearly show that you, General You, have no ambition to be in Nanyang, but to enter the Guanzhong and establish the eternal feat of destroying the Tyrant Qin? "

Xiang Kang was silent, and after a while he murmured in his heart, "Zhang Liang is Zhang Liang after all. Although he is not good at tactics, he really deserves his reputation in terms of strategy."

After muttering, Xiang Kang didn't bother to pretend to be stupid, so he said directly: "To tell you the truth, my nephew, after taking down Wancheng, tried to take all the money and food in the city, and went directly to Wuguan along Chidao. I don't know what uncle thinks?"

"The foreign minister thinks it must not be like this." Zhang Liang also stopped being polite to Xiang Kang, and said directly: "The foreign minister believes that you, General You, must not take the risk of rushing directly into the pass, otherwise you may be in danger. "

"Uncle, please give me advice, my nephew is all ears." Xiang Kang cheered up and said.

"There are two reasons. The first is that the timing is not yet ripe." Zhang Liang replied: "Now the coalition forces of the princes are still fighting fiercely with the main force of the Tyrant Qin in the Central Plains. Although they have the upper hand, the Tyrant Qin army still has the strength to fight. It is still unknown. If the main force of Tyrant Qin wins, immediately send troops back to help Guanzhong. General Right, if you want to win Guanzhong alone, it will be as difficult as heaven. The Qin army, the Qin court may also voluntarily give up the land outside the pass when the pass is in an emergency, and recruit Zhang Han and Wang Li to return to the pass to help the pass, so that you, the right general, will be defeated, and even fall into the danger of being attacked by the enemy."

Xiang Kang nodded deliberately, and couldn't deny the possibility. Zhang Liang then said, "The second is to go directly to the Guanzhong. It's really dangerous. Although Wancheng to Xianyang is easy, the road is mostly steep and difficult. There are too many troops, and it is difficult to advance. General Right, if you cannot quickly break through the dangerous pass of the Tyrant Army, the remaining Nanyang Typhoon Army will regroup and come from behind you, or the Tyrant Army from the Central Plains will follow and kill you, General Right. You are facing enemies from front to back, you can't go forward, you can't retreat, isn't it extremely dangerous?"

Still not daring to rule out this possibility, Xiang Kang could only nod his head again, and then asked, "Uncle, in your opinion, what should my nephew do?"

"Based in Nanyang, establish a temporary rear, and then enter Guanzhong without too late."

Zhang Liang replied solemnly, and then said: "The foreign minister suggested that after taking down Wancheng, General You, you should immediately confer the title of Nanyang prefect, restore order in Nanyang, and try to persuade other counties in Nanyang to surrender voluntarily. For those who refuse to surrender, resolutely Send troops to attack, remove all the remnants of the Tyrant Qin court in Nanyang, and at the same time divide the troops to guard the important area of ​​Ye County, so as not to give the Tyrant Qin army a chance to calmly enter the hinterland of Nanyang, and turn Nanyang into a temporary rear for you to enter the pass."

"In this way, the right general can take the opportunity to inquire about the battle situation in the Central Plains, seize the opportunity to enter the army, and also be safe when entering the pass. Even if the advance is blocked and the food and grass run out, the right general, you can calmly retreat to Nanyang to regroup without worrying. There is no way to advance or retreat, and the army is in danger of being destroyed."

Xiang Kang is not very bad in terms of strategy. After carefully listening to Zhang Liang's statement, Xiang Kang only thought for a while, regardless of the severe pain in his buttocks, and struggled to stay on the bed to thank Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang hurriedly stopped him, He smiled and said: "You are welcome, General You. The foreign ministers have selfish intentions in offering this strategy. With your army in Nanyang, it will be much easier for us to regain the old land in South Korea. And even if the battle is not good, our South Korean army will have a way out." Retreat, is there any help you can ask for?"

"Uncle's words are true." Xiang Kang laughed, patted Zhang Liang's hand again, and said more frankly: "When I was in Huaisi before, if uncle could say such heartfelt words to my nephew, my little nephew Why did my nephew treat my uncle so poorly?"

Zhang Liang smiled wryly, and replied: "General You, if the ministers had been so open and honest with you at that time, how could your third uncle tolerate me?"

The heartfelt words poured out from each other made the gap between Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang even smaller, but Zhang Liang's words inadvertently deceived Qi Ji, who had made great contributions in the Wancheng Battle. After Zhang Liang left, he received the news Qi Ji also came to visit Xiang Kang's injury, pretending to ask for his health, and wanted to take this opportunity to cheat more money and food from Xiang Kang so that he could continue to be the local emperor in Nanyang.However, Xiang Kang was determined to establish Nanyang as his temporary rear area. Although he promised that he would never treat the soldiers under Qi Ji's troops badly, he said directly: "Lieutenant Qi, in addition to thanking you for money and food, I also plan to formally confer You are the general of Chu State, I hope you will not refuse."

"I am appointed as a general of the Chu State?" Qi Ji was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked: "General You, if I am appointed as a General of the Chu State, will I continue to be alone in the future and form an army? Or accept your recruitment and obey you command?"

"Of course I accept my recruitment and obey my orders." Xiang Kang said very directly, "Qi Duwei, you must be very clear about the situation of your army. Although there are many people, the soldiers are uneven There are men, women, and children in the army. If such an army is not streamlined and reorganized, even if it is formed alone, it will definitely not be of great use. Therefore, if you are willing to join our Chu army, Captain Qi, your army must To reorganize."

"Of course, if you don't want to, Captain Qi, I will definitely not force you to agree." Xiang Kang said again: "You have helped me a lot this time. After taking down Wancheng, I will definitely spend enough money and food." Thank you, you can also go there if you want. But I have to tell you clearly that after our Chu army has captured Wancheng, we will also take all the city land in Nanyang County. When the time comes, where will your army go? I hope you will think about it earlier."

"General You, you still want to occupy all the land and cities in Nanyang?" Qi Ji was even more dumbfounded, and blurted out: "But Nanyang is the land of Qin State?"

"Nanyang is the land of the State of Chu, but it has been forcibly occupied by the Tyrant Qin for decades." Xiang Kang replied: "If you take ten thousand steps back, even if the people of Nanyang think they are from the Qin State, Nanyang is the land of the State of Qin. Whoever destroys Tyranny and becomes the new King of Qin, Nanyang is also his land, and no one will tolerate Nanyang County having a country within a country and an army that refuses to surrender."

Qi Ji had nothing to say, Xiang Kang sighed, and said: "Captain Qi, I know that being a local emperor is very prestigious, but if a local emperor does not have land and cities to stand on, he will have to be chased here and there every day." Hurry up, it's really not as comfortable as being a courtier honestly. You have no foundation and your strength is too weak, even if I can tolerate you temporarily, the new master of Nanyang County will not tolerate you in the future. You must carefully consider this point."

Qi Ji sat without saying a word, his expression obviously a little downcast, but Xiang Kang showed no sympathy for him, and made up his mind early on to send him away after thanking him.As a result, at this time, a soldier from outside the tent rushed in, and he clasped his fists to Xiang Kang with a happy face and said, "I am very happy to report to the right general! Mr. Li is back, and he brought back the tyrant Qin Nanyang County Captain." Qiu An's head, and the gates of Wancheng were also opened wide, and the Tyrant Qin army flag was brought down, it should be ready to surrender to us."

"Good thing." Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, help me to the tent of the Chinese army."

The left and right soldiers agreed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiang Kang get up, but Xiang Kang muttered in a strange way, "Sure enough, I surrendered, who should I use as the governor of Nanyang?"

The speaker had no intention, but the listener meant it, Xiang Kang muttered these words in a low voice, but Qi Ji who was sitting in the tent could hear them clearly, then Qi Ji's eyes lit up immediately, and he thought: "What a chance, Xiang Kang Xiaoer himself will definitely not be the governor of Nanyang County. His capable generals will go to war with him, and he will definitely not be appointed as the governor of Nanyang County. If I work hard, I will seize the opportunity to become Nanyang County Shou, even if the army is incorporated by Xiang Kang’s son, what’s the pity?”

(End of this chapter)