Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 293 Entering Pengcheng
Although I don't believe in fortune-telling and face-to-face from the bottom of my heart, considering that people in this era are generally superstitious about ghosts and gods, they are easily fooled by the so-called destiny hexagrams, and Xu Mo's famous name, Xiang Kang will make the best use of it for others. He tried his best to invite Xu Mocheng to stay by his side to serve him, and also agreed to confer Xu Mocheng as a great blessing, and promote Xu Mocheng's father and three older brothers at the same time.

Because Xu Molong was notorious for not liking publicity, at first Xiang Kang was a little worried that she would not accept his solicitation, but Xu Molong just thought about it for a moment, then immediately nodded in agreement, and said, "It's not Minnv is greedy for wealth and honor, and Minnv is to repay her father for nurturing her and the brotherhood of her three elder brothers. Minnv knows that neither her father nor the three elder brothers are destined to be nobles. If she wants to help them get ahead, she can only rely on the spirit of the king. Only luck can help them change their lives against the sky, so the women of the people are willing to serve the king."

Having said that, Xu Moling still smiled lightly, and said very frankly: "The girl doing this is somewhat selfish, and the girl has also seen her face, and knows that her future will be as good as the sky. Hou, if you want to go further, you must rely on the king's luck to help the women change their lives against the sky."

Xiang Kang rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said in his heart that you can fool yourself, insisting that I have some good luck to change the world and refuse to change your mouth.But these are of course trivial issues. After Xiang Kang pretended to be very happy to express his happiness for Xu Moling's joining, he casually sealed a few official positions for Xu Moling's father and three brothers, and then he didn't care anymore. In this matter, the only thing to concentrate on is to consider the tactics of taking advantage of the emptiness to attack Pengcheng.

In the evening of the same day, Xiang Kang discussed with Uncle Zhou alone the possibility of taking advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng. After considering the current situation, Uncle Zhou said: "Your Majesty, from a strategic point of view, we will firmly oppose the risk of entering Pengcheng. Yes. Now that we have the danger of the chasm and the advantage of Aocang, we only need to lure the main force of the Western Chu army to the Xingyang area to confront each other and compete for consumption. It can be said to ensure that we can remain invincible and secure victory even in a short period of time. The main force of the Western Chu Army cannot be defeated internally, and the main force of the Western Chu Army can still be exhausted by exhaustion alone."

"However, the general also knows about your difficulties, Your Majesty." Uncle Zhou said again: "The family members of our main civil and military officials are almost all Huaisi in Pengcheng. Now such a good opportunity is in front of you. It’s really hard to explain to people.”

After sighing softly, Uncle Zhou suggested: "Let's do this. If your lord is determined to take advantage of the situation and enter Pengcheng to rescue our civil and military family members detained by the Western Chu army as soon as possible, then the general will not object. Before, we had to take the two cities of Suanzao and Yanxian County first, and establish our northeast buffer to prevent the main force of Western Chu from suddenly withdrawing from the Qidi battlefield and rushing to attack Aocang, and then we can safely enter Pengcheng."

Xiang Kang thought about nodding, and soon decided to send Zhong Limei to lead his troops to advance eastward first, capture Suanzao and Yan County to build the outer buffer of Ao Cang, and then actively set out the tactical plan to take advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng, while waiting patiently The answer given by Zhao Guo was that Zhao Xie and Zhang Er could not be pulled over to help him temporarily contain the main force of the Western Chu Army, and Xiang Kang would never dare to take the risk of attacking Pengcheng.

The plan did not change quickly, and only one day later, another unexpected news came to Xiang Kang. The Henan king Sima Ang, who had disappeared on the Xingyang battlefield before, suddenly appeared in Anyang and desperately assembled the Henan army in Handan County. Xiang Kang had no choice but to quickly order the general of the Han army, Long Qie, to lead his army northward to attack Sima Ang, who was never dead.

Fortunately, still only one day passed, and good news finally came from Zhao Guo. Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, who were sitting on the wall watching the wind, saw that the Han army was powerful, so they abandoned Xiang Yu without hesitation, turned around and joined Xiang Kang's army again. Huaihua not only concluded a mutual aid alliance treaty with Chen Hui, the envoy of the Han army, but also immediately dispatched troops to Handan County and stabbed Sima Ang in the back of the ass.Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard the news. He applauded and said, "Good! Zhao Guo has indeed agreed to form an alliance. Now not only is it hopeful that we can persuade them to send troops together, but Mr. Sima Yi will no longer be able to play tricks under our noses."

Exactly as Xiang Kang expected, a few days later, Sima Ang, who had been attacked by the enemy, did not dare to wait to die in Handan County. He voluntarily gave up Anyang and retreated south to Puyang. The crisis was resolved, and there was no army around Sanchuan and Hanoi that could threaten the safety of the Han army.Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly recalled Longqie's army. He not only fulfilled his promise to return Handan County to Zhao State, but also concentrated his troops to facilitate the invasion of Pengcheng.

On the same day, another major event happened, that is, the agents of the Han army sent by Chen Ping to Linji finally found the wives and children of Uncle Zhou of the Han army living among the people, and brought them back to Xingyang to reunite with Uncle Zhou's family. Although all the generals of the Han army heard the news, they were all happy for Uncle Zhou, but they also felt homesick one after another. They only wished to fly back to the back of Huaisi where the young commander had been, to be with his parents, wife and children who had been away for many days. Reunited, among the Han army, the voice of wishing Xiang Kang to take advantage of the situation and march into Pengcheng was quickly expressed, which is also human nature.

Still only a few days passed, Zhao Guo spread good news again. Under the temptation of the Han army to help regain the occupied territory, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er agreed to send troops to the whole area to help the Han army contain the main force of the Western Chu army and let the Western Chu army It is even more difficult for the main force of the Chu army to get out of the quagmire of Qidi as soon as possible.At this point in the matter, when the Han army marched into Pengcheng, the conditions in all aspects were all mature, and only the last problem of starting to implement was left.

That night, Xiang Kang, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Uncle Zhou and others secretly discussed a plan to take advantage of the situation to attack Pengcheng. As a result, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang believed that they should seize the opportunity when the right time, place and people were available. Zhang Liang also pointed out: "My lord, if this is successful, we can not only rescue you and the family members of the generals in the army, but also cut off the food and grass supplies of the main force of the Western Chu army. Not impossible."

Xiang Kang, who has a cautious personality, still hesitated, and after Uncle Zhou hesitated again and again, he also said: "My lord, why don't you let the last general lead his troops to Pengcheng? Xiao, even if it fails, the last general will try his best to bring the army back as much as possible."

"I can only go." Xiang Kang shook his head and said: "Your army is too small, and the chances of success in attacking Pengcheng alone are too small. And if I don't take the old man Huaisi with me personally Go, Longqi, Ding Ji and Zhujishi will definitely not agree."

After thinking for a long time, Xiang Kang gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and said: "Well, I will take the main force to fight Pengcheng, General Zhou, you stay in Sanchuan Hanoi, remember one thing, no matter what happens, you must guard Ao Cang, if there is any accident in the rear, I will bring the army to reinforce you as soon as possible."

Uncle Zhou quickly agreed, and Xiang Kang said to himself again, "It's really to appease the morale of the army, so I have to take a risk, otherwise, I would rather find a way to lure my brother's main force Come to the battle on the chasm."

On the second day, Xiang Kang finally announced in public his decision to take advantage of the situation to enter Pengcheng. The result was as Xiang Kang expected. He learned that he would have a chance to rescue his family soon, most of them were Hans of the old man Huaisi. The generals of the army really burst into cheers, and they raised their hands in approval of Xiang Kang's decision. Several generals of the Han army who were worthy enough were scrambling to be the pioneers.

After a large number of prisoners of war from Henan were recruited, the strength of the Han army in Sanchuan had reached more than 13. Xiang Kang was no longer as stretched in terms of military use as before, and was quickly allocated, of which more than 2 were handed over to Zhou by Xiang Kang. Under the leadership of the uncle, they stayed in Sanchuan and Aocang, and more than 1 troops, led by Zhong Limei, were stationed in Suanzao and Yan counties to serve as the outer barriers for Aocang. As a vanguard, march eastward along Honggou and Suishui, preparing to take the cities along the Suishui first, and then march into Pengcheng from Xiangxian County.

To the east of Aocang is the open plain of Yimapingchuan. Of course, the speed of the Han army's advance is very fast. It only took three days for the main force of the Han army to arrive at Quyuting near Daliang with a large amount of military supplies. The front of the Han army led by Ji also fought against the Chu army outside Daliang City, and before Xiang Kang could decide whether to send troops to help Ding Ji, Ding Ji sent someone to send the good news, saying that he led the The front team of the Han army defeated the Chu army outside Daliang City in the first battle, and has already taken Daliang City.Of course Xiang Kang was very happy when he heard the news, and asked quickly, "How did you fight this battle, and how did you win it so quickly?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in order to lure the enemy into battle, we, General Ding, purposely led two thousand elites to fight outside the Western Chu bandit camp under the banner of partial generals while erecting floating bridges." Ding Ji's messenger replied truthfully: "The Western Chu bandits bully We had few soldiers, so we sent troops to fight. Our general Ding took the opportunity to replace the banner of the partial general, and showed his banner to let the Xichu bandits know that he personally led the army to fight. We succeeded, the Western Chu thieves were defeated and fled eastward, and we took advantage of the momentum to take Daliang City."

"This Ding Ji is really a dog who can't change Chixiang. He is already a general, and he likes to charge in person." Xiang Kang scolded with a smile, and then said: "But it's okay, we won the main beam smoothly, and we don't have to After crossing the river, we can directly attack Chenliu from Quyu."

"Your Majesty, General Ding has another gift for you. I hope Your Majesty will like it."

The envoy of Ding Ji smiled and took out a map and presented it with both hands. The guard stepped forward to take it and presented it to Xiang Kang. The map sent by someone turned out to be a map of the troops stationed in the hinterland of the Western Chu Army. It showed in detail the deployment of the Western Chu Army's troops in the Huaisi area, and also marked the guard's name and official position. Only the senior generals of the Chu Army can know it at first glance. confidentiality.After being overjoyed, Xiang Kang hurriedly asked again: "Where did you get this map? Is it reliable?"

"Reporting to the King of Han, it was Wan Nan, the general of Suiyang of Western Chu who secretly sent someone to deliver it to us." Ding Ji's envoy quickly replied, and took out another letter and said: "General Wan Nan also wrote a secret letter to Let us, Your Majesty, take a look."

"Wan Nan?" A familiar figure quickly flashed in Xiang Kang's mind, and he immediately recalled that this Wan Nan was once a member of the Young Marshal's Army. The deputy, but later he was stupid and handed over the military power to Xiang Liang, and Xiang Liang split up the Young Marshal Army, so Wan Nan left his command and became a member of the Western Chu Army.

Thinking of this, Xiang Kang was of course excited, and hurriedly got down to take Wan Nan's letter and read it carefully. The result was not as Xiang Kang expected. Wan Nan wrote on the letter, except to state his thoughts on the Young Marshal. Not only did he not forget the kindness of Xiang Kang's promotion back then, but he was also extremely dissatisfied with Xiang Yu's insistence on going to war with the young commander in spite of his brotherhood, so he took the initiative to present the western Chu army's hinterland deployment map, and expressed his willingness to act as an internal response , to help Xiang Kang regain the land and city of Dang County that once belonged to the Young Marshal Army.

Excitement turned into excitement, but Xiang Kang didn't lose his mind. He first asked Ding Ji's army how he got in touch with Wan Nan's envoy, and then sent Ding Ji's envoy back to return, asking Ding Ji to send someone to send Wan Nan's emissary as soon as possible. He came to meet himself, and finally asked Chen Ping and Zhang Liang who were reading maps and letters beside him, "What do you think? Does it look like a trick to lure the enemy?"

Old man Fan finally calculated more cleverly than Chen Ping and Zhang Liang this time. After discussing in a low voice, Chen Ping replied: "Your Majesty, it should not be a false surrender plan. There are two reasons. The first is to calculate the time and distance. Never knew that we had sent troops to the east, it could not have been premeditated."

"Secondly, Wan Nan is stationed in Suiyang. It is not very far from Sanchuan and Aocang, but it is thousands of miles away from Qidi, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. There is absolutely no possibility for the main force of Western Chu to return to Suiyang quickly. So even if it is a false surrender to lure the enemy, if we advance directly to the city of Suiyang, there will be no danger, and we will have more time to deal with any eventuality."

Xiang Kang nodded deliberately, but also found that the possibility of Wan Nan pretending to surrender was very small.Chen Ping added: "Also, the garrison map of Western Chu troops provided by Wan Nan is exactly the same as what we have found through careful investigation, and it is more detailed and comprehensive. It is also impossible to be forged."

"You can give it a try. Anyway, Suiyang is not far from Sanchuan and Aocang. If the situation is wrong, I have enough time to return to Sanchuan immediately." Xiang Kang made up his mind, and without hesitation, said: "Then don't It's a waste of time, but there is a gap, and the side of Daliang will also be handed over to Ding Ji to deal with the aftermath, and our main force will set off immediately, and immediately attack Chen Liu."

Huan Chu, who was stationed in Chenliu, had just found out through scouts that the main force of the Han army was moving from Quyu to Chenliu. Huan Chu knew that the treacherous and slippery Xiang Kang finally capsized once in the gutter and was shot by his own army. It is a trick to lure the enemy into depth.However, while secretly happy, Huan Chu had to worry about a problem, that is, how to lose reasonably and lure the main force of the Han army to continue advancing to the hinterland of Western Chu?Still can't reveal any flaws, so that Xiang Kang can see that he is cheating to lure the enemy? ——You know, this is definitely not an easy problem to solve.

Fortunately, although Huan Chu was unworthy of giving shoes to top traitors such as Xiang Kang, Chen Ping, and Zhang Liang in terms of schemes and schemes, he had a unique cleverness. He quickly thought of an important question, and secretly said: "Why should I worry about this kind of thing? I can't beat Xiang Kang'er when I'm cunning, but since he raised his troops to fight Chen Liu, he will definitely find a way to finish the battle quickly. I just have to pretend to stick to Chen Liu and force him Find a way to lure me into battle, and then no matter what trick he uses, I won’t be caught? As long as I am careful, don’t risk my life, and take the army to escape immediately if the situation is wrong, don’t worry that he won’t take the bait? "

(End of this chapter)