Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 248 The Captive Problem
This battle with Zhao Guo's army was not the most intense, largest or most influential battle fought by the Young Marshal's Army, but it was definitely the most refreshing battle fought by the Young Marshal's Army so far!
Before the war, the Young Marshal’s Army could be said to be at a disadvantage. Its strength was less than one-third of the enemy’s. There were still many Qin soldiers who had just surrendered and took up arms again. The morale of the army was not stable enough, and there were hidden dangers inside. , although there is a geographical advantage, but the weakness of the Yellow River defense line was seized by the Zhao army, and there was a danger of a fire in the rear at any time. At that time, let alone ordinary generals and soldiers, it was Xiang Kang, Chen Ping and Zhou Shu. The decision-makers are already mentally prepared to retreat to Hanzhong Bashu if the situation is not right.

But no one thought that Mr. Uncle Sun, who was originally going to delay the army, slept in a barn in the Zhao Jun camp for one night, and the situation suddenly changed dramatically. There was a big fight in the military camp, and then Zhang Ao forcibly kidnapped Zhao Jun's coach Chen Yu, causing Zhao's army to be leaderless, and the morale of the army was in chaos. Too busy to take care of.

With such a good opportunity in front of us, if Xiang Kang and the Young Commander-in-Chief still can't win this battle, they will feel sorry for Mr. Uncle Sun who spent the night feeding the mosquitoes in the barn. First, Ding Ji defeated Zhao Jun with his own troops. Then Xiang Kang commanded Ruoding again, using static braking to force Zhao Jun to give up the attack on his own initiative, which successfully exhausted the fighting spirit of the Zhao Jun soldiers who were inspired to survive, and then counterattacked aggressively, like chopping melons and vegetables. The army in the early 8s chopped down more than [-] Zhao's army so that they were crying for their fathers and mothers, ran away with their heads in their arms, and chased them for nearly forty miles in one breath. A big defeat, a loss that can no longer be lost.

This big victory allowed the Young Marshal to survive the biggest crisis after entering Guanzhong, and bought precious time for the Young Marshal to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong. At the same time, he also achieved a huge victory, almost all Not to mention the food, grass and military supplies of the Zhao army, more than 8000 soldiers of the Zhao army were captured on the Weihandao battlefield and outside the city of Shanxian County, and 35 generals of the Zhao army with a thousand generals and above were captured.At the same time, as Zhang Aojun took the initiative to open the gate of Shan County to join the Young Marshal Army, Zhao Jun's coach Chen Yu and Qi State General Tian An also fell into Xiang Kang's clutches.

After the great victory, there were constant cheers in the ranks of the Young Marshal Army. Without Xiang Kang's order, the various armies of the Young Marshal Army took the initiative to escort the Zhao Jun prisoners to the southern suburbs of Shan County to join Xiang Kang, count the battle and hand over the prisoners. They were extremely busy. During the handover period, Xiang Kang's order was still not used. The young commander who helped the army manage the prisoners went deep into the Zhao army's prisoners and loudly publicized the young commander's policy of captives, saying that the young commander would never kill prisoners indiscriminately, so that Zhao Jun The prisoners don't have to worry about their own personal safety, and they also said that after the event, Zhao Jun prisoners who are willing to join the Young Marshal Army will be recruited, and those who don't want to fight will be released home.

Xiang Kang's capable accomplice, Chen Ping, stopped the young general's usual policy in time, and quickly ran to Xiang Kang and told Xiang Kang about the situation. Xiang Kang also understood what Chen Ping meant when he heard it. Said: "Mr. Chen Ping, do you think Zhao Jun's prisoners should not be included?"

"That's exactly the case. Taking Zhao's captives now will do us more harm than good, and we are doomed to lose more than we gain." Chen Pingran replied.

"The foreign minister also believes that the right general should not covet the small profits of recruiting prisoners, but should consider your long-term interests."

Zhang Liang next to him took over the conversation and said: "We were able to win the decisive battle with Zhao's army yesterday. The real hero is Zhang Ao, the general of the Zhao army. The reason why Zhang Ao helped us was to preserve Zhao's country. The army, don't give Chen Yu the chance to split the Zhao army and betray the Zhao country. He failed in the mutiny and seized power. We were forced to meet the Zhao army by force and killed the Zhao army with heavy casualties. There is a reason for this, and he will definitely not say more What, but if we want to incorporate the captured Zhao soldiers into our army, so that Zhao will no longer have soldiers to use, he will definitely not agree."

"It's nothing to offend a mere Zhang Ao. The key is Zhang Er and Zhao Wang behind him. If they know that we have incorporated and annexed Zhao's army, they will definitely not let it go."

Chen Ping also said to Zhang Liang: "Now that we have not gained a firm foothold in the Guanzhong, and we have turned against the princes outside the Guanzhong, it is just the time to make foreign aid and establish party members. It is too unwise to offend Zhao Guo for the sake of more than 2 captives. Only when we return to Zhao completely, and hand over all the captured Zhao prisoners to Zhang Ao, and let him lead them back to Zhao, can we take the opportunity to conclude an alliance with Zhao, and use Zhao's army to help us resist the princes outside the pass. Completely isolated and helpless, becoming the target of public criticism."

"Besides, given the current situation outside the customs, you must also give Zhao Guo a hand, General You." Zhang Liang said again: "Zhang Ao ruined the former general's good deeds this time. You will transfer your anger to Zhao Guo. If you, General Right, weaken Zhao Guo too much, it will be more difficult for Zhao Guo to stop the ex-general's retaliation. The flank is the most beneficial for you, general on the right."

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping spoke to each other, and before they finished speaking, Xiang Kang had already made up his mind and said: "What you two gentlemen said is very true. When I meet Zhang Ao, I will immediately agree to give everything to you." The prisoners of Zhao State were handed over to him, and by the way, the food, grass and military supplies of the Zhao army captured by us were also handed over to him, and let him bring the prisoners of Zhao State back from Shangdang to the country."

It was also a coincidence that just as Xiang Kang made up his mind on this seemingly benevolent idea, Zhang Ao had already led Guan Gao, Tian Wu and other cronies out of the city to visit Xiang Kang. Zhang Ao, who was ten years older than himself, invited him to sit in the open air at the temporary headquarters of the Young Marshal's Army, and said very apologetically, "Forgive me, Major General, for coming too hastily. The army doesn't even have a mat, let alone a tent. I can only wrong the major general and sit on the ground."

"You don't need to be polite, General You, this is very good." Zhang Ao is not the kind of person who is too fastidious, he sat down on the ground generously, looked at Xiang Kang curiously and said: "I have heard that General You is young and capable. Why, I really didn't expect to be so young, this year, Major General..., I don't know how old you are?"

"20 years old (false age)." Xiang Kang replied casually, and then sighed quite sincerely: "In a few months, it will be time to perform the ceremony of being crowned, but so far nothing has been achieved. The major general laughed."

"Haven't you made it to the crown ceremony yet?" Zhang Ao suddenly had the urge to cry, and rarely cursed in his heart, "Little Zhuzi, you're hitting me in the face. You won the entire Guanzhong before you were 20 years old. Occupying almost all the old territory of the Qin State, how dare you have the face to say that you can’t achieve anything? I’ve seen people who put on airs, but I’ve never seen you put on airs like this.”

Fortunately, after Zhang Ao's face was swollen with a slap, Xiang Kang fed another sweet date in time, and said, "The major general came just in time, and I wanted to discuss something with you. More than 8000 prisoners were captured on the battlefield, they are all soldiers of the Zhao State, please take them back and reorganize them, and bring them back to the country in the future.”

Guan Gao, Zhao Wu and others who were still worried about this matter immediately showed joy, and Zhang Ao was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears, he asked quickly: "General You, do you really want to capture all Zhao Guo?" Hand over everything to foreign ministers?"

"They are all soldiers of the Zhao State, so of course the Major General should be asked to take them back." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Also, I will send someone to bring over all the grain and grass we have captured for your country's military. The general took away, and we should return those things from Zhao State."

Zhang Ao's joy was no small matter. He hurriedly got up and thanked Xiang Kang, and said very sincerely: "Please don't worry, General You. After returning to the country, the ministers will definitely report the benevolence and righteousness of General You to my king. Your Majesty should form an alliance with the right general as soon as possible, and join forces to defeat the traitor Xiang Bo, the rebellious minister of Chu, and you will always form an alliance with you, the right general, and become a country of brothers forever."

Of course, Xiang Kang hoped that Zhang Ao could do this the most, so he quickly got up and helped Zhang Ao up with his own hands, pretended to thank Zhang Ao, and asked to send an envoy to return to the country with Zhang Ao to sign a formal alliance treaty with Zhao Xie on his behalf. Zhang Ao also agreed.Then it was at this time that Xiang Kang suddenly remembered an important matter, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, Major General, I forgot to ask you a very important matter. You have obtained the ironclad evidence that Chen Yu's rebellious minister is going to betray Zhao Zili." Already?"

"This……."

Zhang Ao looked hesitant, and subconsciously went to see his buddy Guan Gao, but Guan Gao didn't hide anything, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "Don't hide it from the right general, I haven't got the way yet, no matter how much we interrogate and persecute, Chen Yu, that traitor, won't let me go!" Be willing to confess, and truthfully explain his crime of preparing to betray the State of Zhao."

"Then you are probably a little passive, Major General." Xiang Kang said with a frown, "There is no conclusive evidence, and Mrs. Chen Yupifu refuses to admit it. If my brother's gang of traitors and his followers also help him If you deny it to the end, you will be somewhat passive, Major General, when you go back."

"What General You said is very true, and the foreign minister is also worried about this matter." Zhang Ao nodded, and said: "There is no evidence, what the foreign minister did yesterday is not justified, even though our King Zhao knows that the foreign minister is For the sake of the state of Zhao's country, it is difficult to explain clearly to the subjects of the state of Zhao."

Considering the situation of Zhang Er and Zhang Ao's father and son, and his urgent need to use Zhao Guoyi as foreign aid, Xiang Kang thought for a moment and said: "How about this? If the major general trusts me, please send someone to arrest Chen now." Bring me Yu, let me interrogate him for you, and find a way for you to obtain ironclad evidence of his collaborating with the enemy and traitor to the country."

As soon as Zhang Ao was overjoyed, he hurriedly sent someone back to pass the order, and within a short while, Chen Yu, who was tied up and gagged, was escorted in front of Xiang Kang. He was escorted by Zhang Ao's men, and Zhang Ao explained to Xiang Kang eloquently: "General You, the traitor of Qi State handed over Tian An to you. The foreign minister has long heard that this thief will After being released by you, not only was he not grateful, but he continued to meet you with force at Hangu Pass with the army of Qi State, and killed many of your soldiers. It's really hateful, please feel free to let it go."

Hearing this, of course, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang immediately looked at each other, and immediately understood Zhang Ao's real intention to hand over Tian An on purpose, but Xiang Kang waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to bother you. Temporarily leave Tian An. Move aside, I will personally interrogate Chen Yu first."

According to Xiang Kang's order, Tian An was quickly temporarily taken to a distant place, and Xiang Kang also asked someone to untie the rope that tied Chen Yu's mouth. As a result, just as his tongue was free, Chen Yu, who was furious to the extreme, immediately cursed , roared with red eyes: "Xiang Kang's son, Zhang Ao's son, you two despicable and shameless bastards! The little thieves raised by the maidservants! You secretly colluded with each other and killed so many of our Zhao soldiers. You are not doing well!" Die! You will all be struck by lightning from the sky, and you will die without a place to die!"

Hearing Chen Yu's angry scolding, Xiang Kang was not angry, but said lightly: "This general never cares how others scold me, but I never like to be scolded by others. Come here, slap me and beat me hard. Teach this poor man what good-mouthed virtue is, until he shuts his mouth."

As soon as the words were finished, a strong man jumped out of Xiang Kang's personal soldiers, swung his arms and slapped Chen Yu's cheeks violently. It became red and swollen quickly, and the corners of his mouth continued to ooze blood. Chen Yu still had to close his mouth, and glared at Xiang Kang fiercely with angry eyes. Only then did Xiang Kang's soldiers stop clapping his mouth and use his left hand to help him with excessive force. right hand activity.Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Tired hands? Take a break when your hands are tired, and use someone else to slap your mouth!"

Everyone was stunned, and Chen Yu yelled even more angrily, "Xiang Kang, you can kill me and you can't be humiliated. You have the ability to kill me! Why do you deliberately humiliate me like this?"

"I slapped your mouth just now because you don't have good words and taught you how to speak well." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Now I slap your mouth to avenge the soldiers under my command. This general and my The soldiers under your command have no grievances or enmities with you. For your own selfishness, you insisted on sending troops to attack Hangu Pass, which caused many casualties to our soldiers. This general and my soldiers must come out! Fight! Give me a hard fight! Hit until I tell you to stop!"

Chen Yu's wicked behavior was finally met with retribution at this moment. After an equally strong soldier stepped forward to slap his mouth, Chen Yu's cheeks not only swelled into two red buns, but even his teeth flew out Two, the mouth is bleeding profusely.Xiang Kang also stopped drinking and said: "Enough, let's change people, this time we will use two people to execute."

Unexpectedly, Xiang Kang would be so unreasonable and rude. Chen Yu's eyes were filled with panic. Zhang Ao and Guan Gao next to him couldn't stand it any longer. Your reputation is bad."

"I'm not fighting for myself this time, nor for my soldiers." Xiang Kang said with a sneer, "This time, I'm avenging for the soldiers of Zhao! How many old men, women and children of Zhao State have lost their husbands, fathers and sons? If I don’t speak out for the soldiers of Zhao State and their parents, wives and children, I will have no face to face the elders of Zhao State!”

Hearing Xiang Kang's words, Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and the others had no choice but to keep their mouths shut, and then Xiang Kang also shouted: "Beat! Beat me hard for the soldiers of Zhao! Leave your mouth so that he can speak. Others Fight wherever you want!"

Before the words fell, the newly replaced Xiang Kang's soldiers had already started punching and kicking. In addition to the mouth that was about to be scrapped, Chen Yu also received countless punches and kicks on his body. Chen Yu couldn't bear to scream loudly. Kang, on the other hand, looked calm, so cold that Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others couldn't help but feel a little chilled when they saw him.

In the end, after Chen Yu's ribs were obviously deformed, Xiang Kang stopped his own soldiers, asked someone to put Chen Yu in front of him, and ordered: "Say it, the gang of rebellious ministers around my brother, promise Why did you become the king and allocate those lands to you to build the country? Be obedient, and I will ask someone to take you down for treatment, otherwise, you will know the consequences."

"You're talking nonsense, I didn't." Chen Yu replied with a groan.

"Don't expect to be able to get away with it just by making excuses." Xiang Kang stared into Chen Yu's eyes, and said coldly: "There is something I must tell you. The soldiers under my command have a good habit when cleaning the battlefield. Just pay great attention to keeping the enemy's letters and documents. The camp of Zhao Guo's army was taken by us yesterday. The soldiers under my command will definitely search your bedroom tent carefully. There will be a lot of secret letters between you and brother. It will be delivered to me soon."

Fear flashed in Chen Yu's eyes, Xiang Kang looked at his words, and immediately got the bottom line in his heart, and said with a smile: "Are you afraid? Now you have two choices, one is to bet that your letter has been destroyed, and I can't get you The iron proof that you betrayed Zhao Guo and made yourself king. The second is to confess yourself honestly and expose your accomplices by the way. Instead, I will intercede with the major general for you and ask him to hand you over to me. Then of course I can spare you and let you live without food and clothing. After worrying about the rest of your life, you can also ask King Zhao to show mercy to your wife and children and send them to reunite with you, you can choose yourself."

Chen Yu kept silent, his eyes rolled quietly, and he didn't say a word for a long time, Xiang Kang sneered even more when he saw it, and said, "It seems that you want to gamble, okay, I'll give you this chance."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Kang immediately turned to Zhang Ao and said, "Young General, Chen Yupifu is in this situation. You must not be able to take him back to your King Zhao. Why don't you hand him over to me. Then the soldiers under my command It would be best if we could get the ironclad proof that Chen Yu was collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. We killed Chen Yu, and you returned with the evidence. If you can’t get it, I will kill Chen Yu for you, and you go back and put all the responsibility on me. Then you can say whatever you want, anyway, he can't argue with you."

Zhang Ao smiled wryly and didn't dare to say anything, but Guan Gao next to him was clear-eyed, knowing that if he really couldn't get solid evidence, it would be difficult for Zhang Ao to take Chen Yu back, so it would be better to use Xiang Kang's hand to kill Chen Yu Silence, and then things will be easier to clean up.So Guan Gao didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "Young General, General You is doing it for your own good, thank him quickly."

Zhang Ao nodded helplessly, and really thanked Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang smiled and waved his hands to express that he didn't need it, then turned to Chen Yu with a smile and said, "Mr. Your accomplice, you still have hope of saving your life, but if you still persist in your obsession, not only your life will be in danger, but your family will also be implicated."

After that, Xiang Kang also said: "Also, if I remember correctly, Mr. Chen Yu, when you were young, your family was poor, and your uncle (father-in-law), Mr. Gong Cheng, appreciated your talent and not only married your daughter You, I also gave you countless money to fund your study tour, your wife and family are so worthy of you, don't you want to think about them?"

"You scoundrel!" Chen Yu finally cursed indistinctly.

"Compared to you, a scoundrel who takes the Zhao army to claim the throne for himself, I am a gentleman of morality." Xiang Kang sneered, and then shouted: "Come here, take Chen Yu down for me, and send someone to tell our wounded soldiers by the way. , just say that Chen Yu, who caused them to be injured and suffered, was caught, and told them to take revenge as soon as possible, otherwise they would have no chance!"

"you……!"

"promise!"

Chen Yu almost didn't explode his chest with anger, but Xiang Kang's soldiers didn't say anything, dragged Chen Yu and walked out. Chen Yu had no choice but to yell: "The former general promised to make me King Yong! The land and city to the west of Jingshui and Bashui will be granted to me to establish a country!"

Zhang Ao and Guan Gao showed ecstasy, but Xiang Kang asked coldly: "Where are Sima Ang and Shen Yang? The rebellious ministers around my brother, what kind of king do you promise to make them?"

"I don't know." Chen Yu shook his head helplessly, and said, "The former general wrote a letter to each of us, but we didn't know the content, so I don't know what kind of king the former general gave them, and promised to divide the land and cities among them. .”

After shaking his head, Chen Yu hurriedly said: "General You, you promised me that as long as I confess truthfully, you will promise not to kill me and not hurt my wife and children. You have always promised me a thousand dollars, so don't break your promise to me. "

"You're smart." Xiang Kang sneered, and shouted again: "Tell me the details, and then sign and pledge! What I promised you, I will naturally fulfill it for you!"

Knowing that Xiang Kang has a good reputation, Chen Yu could only obediently explain the details of how he, Sima Ang, Shen Yang and others were bribed by Xiang Yu, and then signed and signed the confession.Xiang Kang continued to maintain his credibility, first handing Chen Yu's confession to Zhang Ao, and then using Chen Yu as an excuse to attack Xiang Bo's rebellious officials, asking Zhang Ao to agree to hand over Chen Yu to him, and then to take Chen Yu's confession on behalf of Chen Yu. Yu's family interceded, begging Zhao Xie to send Chen Yu's family to Guanzhong to reunite with Chen Yu for the sake of Chen Yu's past meritorious service.Zhang Ao was eager to get out of this matter quickly, of course he was responsive to Xiang Kang's request, and after thanking Xiang Kang repeatedly, he happily left with Chen Yu's confession.

It was only after Zhang Ao and others left and Chen Yu was taken down for treatment that Chen Ping said to Xiang Kang: "General You, Zhang Ao didn't have any good intentions. He deliberately handed Tian An over to you, except to please you. In addition, there is another purpose to divert misfortune to the east, to let the Qi army know that he arrested Tian An at your behest, so that the Qi army will not hate him but hate us, we have to guard against this."

Xiang Kang nodded, and said generously: "We can't completely blame Zhang Ao. He took Tian An down, and he really wanted to sell us a favor. Now that Zhao Guo's army is seriously injured, he wants to get rid of the relationship. It is human nature not to want to form a death feud with Qi Guo."

"General You, you'd better handle Tian An with caution." Zhang Liang also said, "He did not hesitate to leave the Qi State in order to oppose Qin's great cause. Getting rid of him will have some impact on General You's reputation of benevolence and righteousness. It will also make Qi's army more determined to follow the former general and continue to be our enemy."

Xiang Kang didn't answer, but after thinking for a while, Xiang Kang suddenly asked: "Mr. Chen Ping, Mr. Zifang, in your opinion, with the current situation, will my elder brother take advantage of us to gain a foothold in Guanzhong? Steady, and bring the army to attack Hangu Pass again?"

Chen Ping and Zhang Liang were stunned, and didn't understand why Xiang Kang suddenly changed the topic to this. But since Xiang Kang asked, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang couldn't help but answer. After exchanging a few winks, Chen Ping replied: "General Right, excuse me, unless the former general was seriously injured and died, or the injury was too serious to continue to lead the army to fight, otherwise there is still a possibility. Because the former general's temper was too violent and stubborn. It's too unreasonable."

"Then there is no way." Xiang Kang sighed and said, "Actually, I also have this worry, so there is no way. In order to buy us time to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, Tian An must die."

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were stunned again, and they couldn't figure out why Tian An, who was known as a chivalrous man, had to die in order to buy time for the Young Marshal's army to gain a foothold in Guanzhong.
　I'm sorry, the child's grandmother will have an operation in my hometown tomorrow morning. I have to go back. I don't know when I will be back, so I can't guarantee tomorrow's update. I hope everyone understands and forgives.

　　
　
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