Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 234

In fact, within the Chu army, Feng Zhong was not the only voice who opposed the war with the young commander-in-chief. Most of the Xiang family's children who were of the same generation as Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang also disapproved of brotherhood, and preferred to solve the problem through negotiation. It was still useless, the influence of the Xiang family's children on Xiang Yu was not too great, and most of their attitudes were not very firm, so they still failed to achieve any effect.

This also has a lot to do with the reasons of the Xiang family's children. In fact, speaking from conscience, except for the overlord of Chu Xiang Yu and the time traveler Xiang Kang, the talents and abilities of the Xiang family's children are not very strong. Even Xiang Zhuang, who is second only to Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu, has a major flaw in commanding operations that is extremely unstable. They are generally at the level of second-rate generals, and it is difficult to take on important tasks, let alone become Xiang Yu's right-hand man.

When I was under Xiang Kang's account before, because of the blessing of Xiang Kang's despicable tricks, I just acted according to the order, desperately when I should work hard, and pretended to be a grandson when I should pretend to be a grandson. This weakness of the Xiang family's children has not been exposed. They have been influenced by their ears and eyes, accumulated experience, and have achieved considerable growth. Even if they still can't bear too heavy a burden, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, Xiang Han, and Xiang Sui alone have no problem in commanding troops to deal with the battle at the county level. , if he can continue to grow under Xiang Kang's account, he may not be without hope of becoming one of the first-class generals in the future.

It was still Bo Xiang who harmed the children of the Xiang family and obeyed the instigation of his younger brother Xiang Bo. After Xiang Liang incorporated the Young Marshal Army, in order to weaken Xiang Kang's influence on the Chu army, and also to strengthen the Xiang family's control over the Chu army In order to encourage them, almost all the Xiang family's children were transferred from Xiang Kang's side and placed in important positions in the Chu army. Regardless of Xiang Zhuang's weakness of not being stable enough, he let Xiang Zhuang, who was still learning to be independent, form his own army, and then immediately Letting Xiang Zhuang lead the army to follow Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan to launch the Northern Expedition did not give Xiang Zhuang a chance to grow step by step, and also caused Xiang Zhuang to gradually become mediocre after the failure of the Northern Expedition, becoming an ordinary general who could only passively accept orders.

The other Xiang family children were even worse. After being forcibly placed in important positions in various departments of the Chu army, the treatment of the Xiang family children directly improved a lot, and their status immediately became more prominent. For the sake of Xiang Liang, they treated the children of the Xiang family with courtesy, and dared not hand over any dangerous tasks to the children of the Xiang family, which caused the children of the Xiang family to stagnate in a peaceful environment, and finally grew up under Xiang Kang's tent. The ability is even a little degraded.

Later, Xiang Yu was even worse at using people than Xiang Liang. He just tried to use the Xiang family's children, and found that it was not easy to use, and the effect was very bad. I entrust my brothers with oily and watery errands, such as managing food, grass and military supplies, distributing weapons, money and food, cleaning the battlefield, counting trophies, receiving granaries and money banks, basically all good deeds are given to the children of the Xiang family, but all the dirty work is handed over to others. The children of the family can only drink good wine and enjoy the beautiful women with their arms around them, and they don't have to tie their heads to their belts and work hard, and of course they have no hope of growing into a general in charge of their own.

These objective reasons also directly caused the children of the Xiang family to gradually lose the right to speak in front of Xiang Yu. Although for the sake of brotherhood, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, and Xiang Han all advised Xiang Yu not to fight each other, and to resolve it through negotiation and dialogue. Guanzhong issue, but Xiang Yu has never been in the habit of listening to their persuasion, and old man Fan, Cao Jiu and others suggested killing Xiang Kang, and it was indeed for the sake of Xiang Yu's future, so Xiang Yu didn't talk to his brothers at all His persuasion was just to promise that Rao Xiangkang would not die, and that he would give Xiangkang a rich man's life in the future.

Xiang Bo was also among them. In addition to Dali, on the afternoon when Xiang Yu detained Li Shiqi and broke his face with Xiang Kang, Xiang Zhuang pleaded for Xiang Kang again. Now Xiang Bo, the most senior member of the Xiang family, decisively summoned the Xiang family children In the honor of the elders, I asked the children of the Xiang family not to object to going to war with Xiang Kang, and they must unconditionally support Xiang Yu's crusade against Xiang Kang. In addition to being righteous and awe-inspiring, they denounced Xiang Kang's treachery and let the children of the Xiang family know that Xiang Yu is a famous teacher, and he is very blatant Said so:
"Your elder brother Xiang Yu decided to kill his relatives righteously, and it was also for your own good! Don't you know how your elder brother Xiang Yu treated you? As long as there is something good, didn't your elder brother think of you first that time? Lu, beauties with jewels, rewards of money and food, when did your elder brother Xiang Yu miss you? When he takes down Guanzhong, the richest place in the world, how much benefits you can reap, don’t you think about it?”

"You brother Xiang Yu treated you like this, and how did that little bastard Xiang Kang treat you? During the war in Huaisi, what hard work was not done by you, and what benefits were not given to people with a different surname? He asked you to take care of it. Grain, or has he received money from the treasury? Now that he has conquered Guanzhong, did he say a word or write a letter asking you to go to Guanzhong to enjoy happiness with him? What are the benefits of Guanzhong? Isn’t it that he distributed it to those people with foreign surnames? You guys still want to talk to him after eating and crawling to this point?"

Soaked by the comfortable life, none of the Xiang family's children dared to refute Uncle Xiang, who stood with Xiang Yu, and had to admit that Xiang Yu was much more 'fair' to the Xiang family's children in terms of remuneration and benefit distribution. Xiang You also took the opportunity to stand up and said: "Everyone, brothers and sisters, listen to Brother Xiang Yu. Anyway, the matter has been settled, and it is hard to get over it. Brother promised that he will never kill Brother Xiang Kang. We don't have to worry about Brother Xiang Kang. Just stop talking."

The Xiang family's children reluctantly agreed, and Uncle Xiang turned his anger into joy, and said: "Then stop talking, and help your elder brother take down Ao Cang as soon as possible, and then enter the pass to attack Xiang Kang, that rebellious little bastard." , don’t hold your elder brother back, he won Guanzhong, he will only benefit you and not harm you!”

It was also a coincidence that the next afternoon when Uncle Xiang personally came forward to settle the Xiang family's children, the anti-Qin coalition forces were basically ready to storm Aocang. Chen Yu, who led the Zhao army to besiege Xingyang, also sent someone to send news that it was Zhao Guo's attack. The army was also ready to attack the city, and decided to launch a full-scale attack on the second day, striving to win the city of Xingyang in the first battle.Xiang Yu was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately sent an order to the whole army. He also decided to launch a full-scale attack on Aocang the next day, and asked the main force of the Chu army and all the princes to take down Aocang in one fell swoop the next day to completely eliminate the anti-Qin coalition forces. The supply of grain and grass in Jinbing Pass.

The time for the decisive battle came soon. In the early morning of the next day, the anti-Qin coalition forces on the Aocang battlefield mobilized [-]% of their troops in one go, and arrived aggressively at the Aocang battlefield surrounded by mountains on three sides. They decided to attack the north with the main force The Qin army camp at the mountain pass attacked the mountain beams to the west and south of Aocang with partial divisions, and completely annihilated Sima Jin (Shi Jiaer) of the Qin army who was trapped in Aocang.Naturally, Sima Jin did not dare to be negligent when he heard the news, and immediately organized the army to defend the camp and Cangcheng to the death to fight against the anti-Qin coalition forces. The Yamaguchi position commanded the decisive battle.

Before the official start of the war, both sides had made sufficient preparations for mobilization. In order to boost morale, Xiang Yu made a promise again, promising that whoever can take the lead in leading the troops into the Qin army camp in the mountain pass will be made a marquis, and the city will last for thousands of years. household.Sima Jin's tone was sad, and he said loudly to the soldiers of the Qin army: "Soldiers, the bandit army has finally arrived! We have no reinforcements to count on. Whether we can survive depends on whether we can hold Ao Cang until the Six Kingdoms bandits The army rations are all withdrawn! I hope you will fight bravely, keep Ao Cang, and keep our hope of survival!"

"Don't expect to survive by surrendering! The Qin generals who fled from Luoyang a few days ago have already told you how the six-nation bandit army bullied and insulted us Qin's surrender! Surrendering the six-nation bandit army, we also have a dead end ! Instead of being bullied and killed by the bandits, it’s better to fight to the end, killing one is enough! Kill a pair and earn one!"

Sima Jin's desperate roar echoed in the Qin army's camp, and all the soldiers of the Qin army also looked sad, holding their weapons tightly, and making the determination to die.Because before that, some Qin soldiers who had escaped from the Luoyang and Henan battlefields had already told the Aocang Qin army how the anti-Qin allied forces treated the Qin army's soldiers, and the Aocang Qin army had known for a long time Even if he put down his weapons and surrendered, he would never end well if he fell into the hands of the anti-Qin coalition forces. Therefore, the soldiers of the Qin army in Aocang could only decide to fight to the end. They would rather die in battle than surrender and be humiliated.

In desperation, the soldiers of the Qin army, determined to fight to the death, also sang the famous military song, "Is there no clothes? I am in the same robe with my son. Wang Yu Xingbing, repair my spear, and my son Same enmity. Do you say no clothes? I have the same luster as my son. Wang Yuxing master, repaired my spear and halberd, and worked together with my son. Do you say no clothes? I have the same clothes as my son. Wang Yuxing master, repaired my armored soldiers, and walked with my son... .”

In the resounding military song, the anti-Qin coalition army can't wait to launch an attack. The Qi army climbed the mountain from the south and directly attacked Cangcheng on the top of the mountain. The Yan army attacked the mountain ridge from the west, and the Chu army again urged the Qin army to surrender. The forward attacked the Qin army's barracks at the mountain pass north of Aocang head-on. The troops were divided into three groups to attack at the same time, maximizing the advantages of their strength, forcing the Qin army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in strength, to divide up and fight.

The treatment has improved somewhat. This time Xiang Yu sent long shieldmen and crossbowmen to cover and fill the trenches with arrows. The morale of the Qin army's troops has obviously improved. The speed of carrying soil and rocks is obviously faster than before Hurry up, but in front of the dense feather arrows of the Qin army in Aocang, the soldiers of the Qin army are still falling down, sacrificing at the last moment of the end of the war outside the pass, and after sacrificing more than a thousand soldiers, they finally made it up. Ping the outer trenches of the Qin army, helped the Chu army take down the Qin army's sheep and horse wall behind the first trench, and opened the way for the Chu army to reach the Qin army's camp.

Xiang Bo tried his best to encourage Xiang Yu to continue to use the surrendered soldiers of the Qin army as cannon fodder. He first filled up the second trench outside the Qin army camp and then launched an attack. While attacking the camp while filling the trenches, in order to appease the soldiers of the Qin army who had worked so hard to fill the trenches, Xiang Yu also accepted Fan Cao's suggestion against his will, and ordered the soldiers of the Qin army to quickly flatten the sheep and horse walls around the Qin army, and immediately Huan Chu was sent to lead [-] troops to attack the camp of the Qin army and cover the Qin army's surrender and filling of trenches.

As a result, the intensity of the battle rose sharply immediately. Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing and the sound of war drums, the feathers and arrows of the two warring parties kept coming and going in the sky. Fill the trench with earth and rocks and charge in stride, rush to the trench outside the Qin Army camp, fill the trench and open the way, and attack the second sheep and horse wall outside the Qin Army camp. The fighting on the defense line of the wall was so dark that the sun and the moon were dark.

Because the Qin army resisted too tenaciously, the Chu army fought fiercely for nearly an hour and paid a very heavy price. The Chu army barely broke through the Qin army's second trench and sheep-horse wall mixed defense line, and touched the Qin army's tamped wall. The camp was solid, and the Qin army also worked hard to fill up many trenches. Xiang Yu, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, immediately rotated his troops, withdrew his troops from Huanchu, which had suffered heavy casualties, and ordered his beloved general Chai Wu to lead his troops forward. Continue to attack the Qin army camp.

At the same time, the army of the State of Yan also successfully rushed to the mountain ridge to the west of Aocang, and fought inextricably with the army of Qin on the ridge. The army could not free up its hands to reinforce other battlefields, so in general, the progress of the anti-Qin coalition army's attack is actually quite smooth, and there is great hope for taking Aocang in one fell swoop.

However, the smooth progress of the anti-Qin coalition forces ended here. In front of the Qin army's barracks, which were as thick as a city wall, the soldiers of the Chu army encountered the most violent and tenacious resistance. The wall refused to give an inch, repelling the fierce attacks of the Chu army one after another, killing the soldiers of the Chu army all over the field, causing heavy casualties. Halfway through the fierce battle, he failed to rush to the Qin army's camp, which also made Xiang Yu very angry. With a yell, he had to withdraw the frustrated Chai Wu army, rotated Yingbu to lead the army into battle, and continued to storm the Qin army's camp.

After many times of actual combat training, Yingbu's troops, who had to rely on the protection of the young generals on the Suiyang battlefield, have become an ace army under Xiang Yu's command. Xiang Yu's trust and reuse.But this time, the Yingbu army encountered unprecedented tenacious resistance. No matter how they sacrificed their lives, they were also unable to attack the Qin army's camp. kill down.

Of course, the soldiers of the Qin army also paid a very heavy price for this. In order to prevent the soldiers of the Chu army from gaining a firm foothold on the wall, many soldiers simply rolled down the camp wall with the soldiers of the Chu army who rushed up, and fought with the soldiers of the Chu army. The army will die together!
Facing such a tenacious enemy, even if Yingbu personally led the army to launch an ant attack, he failed to break through the defense line of the Qin army's camp, and was still firmly blocked by the Qin army's soldiers who were determined to die. , Life and death can not rush to the wall.

At the same time, the reserve team of the Qin Army has also boarded the mountain ridge to the west of Aocang, helping the friendly army to repel the army of Yan State led by Zang Tu, and resolve the crisis on the western front. The three battlefields fell into a stalemate at the same time.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yu's expression was of course very ugly, and he asked the generals of the Chu army in front of him, "Who dares to succeed Yingbo and take down the camp of the Tyrant Qin army for me?"

They all saw the tenacious resistance of the generals of the Qin army, and they all knew that the later the attack, the greater the chance of success in attacking the camp. Even Ji Bu, who was not inferior to Yingbu in bravery, didn't say a word, but Feng Zhong, who was notoriously unambitious, sneered. mouth, stood up and cupped his hands and said: "The final general is willing to go."

"Very good!" Xiang Yu nodded in satisfaction, and said, "General Feng, it's up to you. If you can take the lead in entering the Tyrant Qin camp like in Henan County, this general will immediately make you a Marquis. Don't break your promise!"

"The last general should not be named Marquis Shiyi!" Feng Zhong replied loudly: "If the last general can lead his army into the Tyrant Qin camp, the last general only wants to ask the former general to agree to one thing."

"Go!" Xiang Yu waved his hand resolutely, and shouted: "As long as you can take the lead in entering the Tyrant Qin camp, this general will promise you anything!"

I was afraid that Xiang Yu would ask me what I wanted him to promise, but I didn't expect Xiang Yu to agree without a word of nonsense. Feng Zhong was overjoyed and hurriedly cupped his hands to thank him, and immediately rushed to his army to organize his own troops to attack.But Uncle Xiang blinked his shrewd little eyes, thoughtfully, and said to himself: "Isn't this bastard trying to intercede for that little bastard Xiang Kang? It doesn't matter, the old man won't believe it, it's up to you The little mud-legged Pavilion Chief can really be the first to break into the camp defended by the Tyrant Qin army!"

Before the start of this battle, Feng Zhong's troops, who were constantly replenishing their troops, had grown to more than [-] people. In order to ensure that they would enter the Qin army's camp in one fell swoop, Feng Zhong pulled all his capital to the front line. After forming a formation outside the shooting range, Feng Zhong first arranged two thousand-man teams to cover the bows and arrows, and then arranged two thousand-man teams to serve as the vanguard of the camp, and then asked the remaining three thousand-man generals: After the army goes up, I will personally lead a thousand-man team to fight against the enemy, who of you dares me to go?"

"The end will be willing to go!"

The three thousand-man generals all clasped their fists to accept the order. Feng Zhong nodded with satisfaction, first selected the most reliable thousand-man team, and then loudly ordered to the thousand-man general: "Return to the team immediately, you take the lead, and all the soldiers under your command Disarm! Go shirtless with me!"

After speaking loudly, Feng Zhong tore off his helmet, took off his armor and jacket in public, and also tore off his hair bun. Everyone was shocked when they saw it, and they all exclaimed: "General, what are you doing?"

"Shut up! This battle is very important to me!" Feng Zhong's eyes were already filled with tears, and he yelled at the thousand generals who had been frightened by his selection: "Why? Don't dare to go? Don't dare Go replace me!"

The thousand generals blushed and did not speak. They just bowed their hands to Feng Zhong and rushed back to their own team with big strides. , All of his soldiers followed suit, and while quickly disarmed and bare-chested, those soldiers under Feng Zhong also sang a battle song, "Sorrow for the homeless world, mourn for the loneliness in my heart; the king will not lose his chariot , the common people have never abandoned their wilderness; in the remote corner of Gou'an, where they are happy and happy..."

Buying the morale of the army and getting Xiang Kang's true biography, Feng Zhong seriously underestimated his influence on the soldiers. Seeing him doing so heroically, his remaining two thousand-man teams also took the initiative to disarm and undress, throwing away their helmets and letting their hair loose , Be prepared to die without returning.The two thousand-man teams in charge of the vanguard, and the thousand-man team in charge of crossbow cover also wanted to follow suit. Fortunately, the thousand generals of the four thousand-man teams stopped in time and shouted: "Don't take off! We It is the vanguard, responsible for entanglement of the Tyrant Qin army, not allowed to escape! Only by entanglement of the Tyrant Qin army can the rear army have a chance to break the battalion!"

While roaring and stopping, the four thousand generals shed tears, and all the soldiers under their command also burst into tears, clutching their weapons tightly and preparing to launch a desperate charge!

Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers of the Qin army in the distant camp were of course all dumbfounded, and they all understood what kind of fierce battle their own army was about to face.And Xiang Yu jumped up from the Chu army flag formation, shouting excitedly: "Did you see that! This is the real warrior of our Chu country, you all learn a little bit from me!"

The drums were beating and the bows and crossbows were intertwined. The two thousand soldiers of Feng Zhong's army, like fierce tigers descending from the mountain, rushed to the battlefield of the Qin army's fortress full of corpses without hesitation, shouting to put the flying ladders one after another on the Qin army's wall. He stepped up the ladder without hesitation. Although the soldiers of the Qin Army on the camp wall resisted desperately, they couldn't stop the murderous aura of the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun. The soldiers of Feng Zhongjun also rushed to the wall one after another soon. Although they failed to open the situation, they followed suit, putting huge pressure on the Qin army.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Feng Zhong did not hesitate, and immediately told his deputy Xu Ci: "After I go up, you will be in charge of commanding the rear army. Go up if you have the opportunity. Don't hesitate!"

After saying that, Feng Zhong raised his knife and walked towards the team of thousands of people he had picked before. Unexpectedly, Xu Ci suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Feng Zhong's hand, and flung Feng Zhong towards Feng Zhong's personal guards. , Feng Zhong's personal soldiers understood, and immediately pulled Feng Zhong back firmly, Xu Ci was expressionless, and rushed to the thousand-man team that Feng Zhong had picked, raised his knife, and the thousand-man team The team understood, and immediately charged with full force. Under the leadership of Xu Ci, they faced the feathered arrows shot by the soldiers of the Qin army shirtless.

Countless feathered arrows pierced through the unprotected bodies of Feng Zhongjun's soldiers, and many soldiers fell on the charge road, but no matter how fierce the feathered arrows of the Qin Army's soldiers were, they did not stop Feng Zhongjun's death squad's charge. The Feng Zhongjun soldiers in front were also crying, While desperately wielding a knife to kill the enemy, while desperately shooting arrows, do your best to share the pressure for the desperate warriors of your own army.

As the flesh and blood flew, when Feng Zhongjun's death squad rushed to the camp wall, the first Chu army's flag also rushed to the Qin army's camp wall at the same time.Feng Zhong was overjoyed, and was about to lead the remaining two thousand-man teams to charge, but Xiang Yu led old man Fan, Xiang Bo and a team of cavalry, holding high his handsome flag and galloping up to him, and said loudly: "General Feng, you did a great job! Get on me right away and rush into the Tyrant Qin camp. No matter what you ask me, I will promise you!"

Feng Zhong was overjoyed when he heard that, and was about to cup his fists to thank Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu added another sentence, "But I have something to say first, I can't have anything to do with that rebellious minister Xiang Kang!"

Feng Zhong was stunned, and suddenly his whole body fell into an ice cellar. Next to Xiang Yu, Xiang Bo showed a wicked smile on his face, and said in his heart: "I know that you, a stinky grass man, are working so hard to plead for mercy for that little bastard Xiang Kang!"

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At the same time, on the wall of the Qin Army's camp, Sima Jin, the general of the Qin Army who led the army to defend Aocang, also saw Xiang Yu's commander-in-chief flag coming to the front line of the battle from a distance. Suddenly, Sima Jin had an idea, grabbed two strong bows with his hands, put an arrow on the two bowstrings, exerted all his strength, pulled the two strong bows at the same time, and released the arrows with a roar!

"Rebel, die!"

The feathered arrow flew out through the air, with the whistling wind, the endless resentment of Sima Jin (Shi Jiaer) of the Qin Army, and the gnashing of hatred for Xiang Yu from the generals of the Qin Army, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky , throwing it towards the position where Xiang Yu's handsome flag is located...

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At the same time, seeing Feng Zhong stunned, Xiang Yu, who had already been reminded by Xiang Bo, turned his face down, glared at Feng Zhong and shouted: "Why are you still staring blankly? Fighting opportunities are rare, why don't you hurry up?"

Feng Zhong's lips trembled, and he was about to say something, but suddenly he saw a feathered arrow falling from the sky, as if he had eyes, and it went straight into the right eye socket of Xiang Yu who was raising his head...

(End of this chapter)