Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 90
The reason why the Young Marshal Army was able to survive the fierce counterattack of the Qin Army and grow rapidly is that the Qin Army in Donghai County definitely contributed a lot. The Qin army in Xiapi County or Ling County of Donghai County also dispatched troops in time to stab the young commander in the back. Whether the young commander can survive that level is a big question.

But it is a pity that the Qin army in Xiapi and Lingxian missed this best opportunity. The first reason is that the Qin army in Surabaya at that time was too underestimating the enemy. Second, the officials of the Qin Dynasty in Xiapi and Ling counties did not want to be troublesome, and did not want to contribute both money and effort to help the officials of neighboring counties to make meritorious service and be rewarded, so they watched helplessly that the Qin army who took Tong Qin was defeated by the young commander. under the shameless trick.

After the failure of the Tong Qin Army, the East China Sea Qin Army actually still had a chance. If the East China Sea Qin Army, which was still relatively peaceful at that time, gathered the main force of the county soldiers and went south in time, then even if the Young Marshal could survive this hurdle, he would never have captured it. Tongxu San County had an opportunity to expand its territory and strengthen its strength, but it was a pity that the East China Sea Qin Army still missed this opportunity.The reason for the missed opportunity is still that Gongsun Qing, the governor of Donghai County, refused to make wedding dresses for others, and risked a head-on confrontation with the main force of the Young Marshal Army. After Zhao Zhuang restrained the main force of the Young Marshal's Army, he took action and easily took down the empty city behind the Young Marshal's Army, earning the greatest gain at the smallest cost.

Under such circumstances, the Young Marshal's initiative to attack preemptively disrupted the wishful thinking of the Qin Army in Donghai County, forcing Gongsun Qing to make a temporary adjustment plan and rush to send troops. What Gongsun Qing did not expect was that the Surabaya Qin army How could the army be defeated so quickly and so miserably that they were killed by the young commander in just three days and fled.As a result, Gongsun Qing, who had already led the army southward, suddenly fell into an embarrassing situation. Continue to go south. There is no certainty in fighting alone, and he may repeat the mistakes of Zhao Zhuang; Withdrawing to Tancheng without fighting, there is no way to explain to the court, and it is doomed to destroy one's own ambition and increase the prestige of the young commander.

It was really a last resort, Gongsun Qing could only pull the army to Xiapi first, and even if he could not destroy the Young Marshal Army, he could warn the Young Marshal Army not to play Donghai County's idea, first to keep his own territory safe, and then Then consider the next step.

The sudden eruption of the Ling County civil uprising disrupted Gongsun Qing's calculations again, but it also let Gongsun Qing quietly heave a sigh of relief, knowing that he had the opportunity to explain to the court about the donkey downhill, and at the same time, not far away, Gongsun Qing also made up his mind early on, and planned to personally lead [-] troops to the east to kill Qin Jia's group of thieves in Ling County who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. He had the guts to fight the young marshal, but his own backyard was on fire, so he had to get rid of the hidden dangers in the rear first.

But the plan never changed quickly. Just as Gongsun Qing was actively preparing for the expedition, the scouts of the Qin Army in the area of ​​Maling Mountain suddenly escorted a messenger from the Young Marshal, and also submitted the letter that Xiang Kang asked Zhou Zeng to write. In front of Gongsun Qing, after carefully reading Xiang Kang's letter, Gongsun Qing's face was as ugly as it could be, and once again he felt that he was on the verge of riding a tiger, and he didn't know how to make a choice.

"Junzun, what happened? That rebel Xiang Kang, what did you say in the letter?"

Seeing that Gongsun Qing's expression was wrong, Guan Hu, the commander of the county who was assisting Gongsun Qing to lead the troops to the south, opened his mouth and curiously asked the reason. Afterwards, he was shocked, and said in a voiceless voice: "Xiang Kang's traitor has hooked up with Qin Jia's traitor? And concluded a covenant? So soon?"

"They're all rebellious rebels, nothing surprising." Gongsun Qing didn't doubt the authenticity of Xiang Kang's claim to form an alliance with Qin Jia, but frowned and said, "It's troublesome now, although Qin Jia's rebellion has just begun. The rebellion didn't take off, so it wasn't difficult to deal with, but after we sent troops to the east, what if Xiang Kang's rebels really sent troops to attack Xiapi? Xiapi is the most important place for money and food in the East China Sea."

"Your Majesty, but we can't just watch Qin Jia's traitor grow up in Ling County and become the second Xiang Kang traitor." Guan Hu hurriedly reminded: "If Qin Jia's traitor grows stronger, Not only did the situation in Ling County become more difficult to deal with, but he and Xiang Kang's rebels might join forces and join forces to attack us."

After careful consideration for a long time, Gongsun Qing made up his mind and said, "Change the plan for dispatching troops. I will take the main force to stay in Xiapi City, and you will take [-] troops to Ling County to help the county soldiers in Ling County wipe out Qin Jia's rebellion. thief."

Guan Hu looked puzzled, and said hesitantly: "Junzun, it's not that the officials are evading you. You can ask the officials to send troops, but the officials are really not sure that they will be able to wipe out Qin Jia's traitors. Because you know that, Junzun, The land to the east of Ling County is sparsely populated, and the terrain is open, making it difficult to wipe out. It is most suitable for bandits to flee. The officials only brought a thousand troops there. It was like throwing a handful of salt into the sea. It was difficult to guarantee that Qin Jiana would be wiped out quickly. A traitor." (Note: At that time, Lianshui, Shuyang, Guannan, and Guanyun counties did not exist, and there were no cities in the east of Ling County to the East China Sea.)
"You don't want to wipe it out, as long as you drive Qin Jia's rebels into Sishui County." Gongsun Qing had a bit of foresight, and he saw the only feasible way at a glance, and said, "After you arrive in Ling County, just It is necessary to collect all the wild valleys and enter the city, so that Qin Jia’s rebels will have no food to eat, and then send troops to drive him west as far as possible, forcing him to go west to Surabaya and join Xiangkang’s rebels, then our affairs will be much easier. .”

This request made by Gongsun Qing is of course much easier than asking Guan Hu to wipe out Qin Jia's troops, so Guan Hu didn't hesitate, and quickly nodded in agreement, and hurried down to prepare under Gongsun Ce's urging, planning to unify Qin Jia's troops today. The soldiers rushed to Ling County to make preparations, and tried not to give the Qin Jia uprising army a chance to grow.However, the matter was not over yet. Just as Gongsun Ce was still considering how to deal with the messenger sent by the Young Marshal Army, someone from outside the tent reported to Gongsun Qing that he had just received an urgent report from Xutai County.

The content of the urgent report from Xutai County surprised Gongsun Qing so much that he yelled out loudly—in Dongyang County near Xutai, a group of young knight-errants killed the magistrate of Dongyang County directly, and supported a Dongyang elementary school named Chen Ying. As the leader, the officials not only occupied Dongyang County in one fell swoop, but also directly pulled up an army of thousands of people. Because Dongyang County Temple was directly occupied by the rebels, Xutai County Temple, which could not directly know the news of Dongyang, confirmed this situation. When the urgent warning was sent to Gongsun Qing, the entire county of Dongyang was already in ruins, and the size of the Dongyang rebel army had also expanded to thousands of people!

After being unbelievably shocked, he was extremely bewildered. At a loss as to what to do, Gongsun Qing couldn't help having such thoughts, and secretly said: "Could it be that the world is really going to be in chaos? Daqin is really going to perish? Otherwise, the leader of the world Why did the common people rebel one by one?"

After feeling ominous, Gongsun Qing couldn't help but read the letter sent by Xiang Kanggang. In the letter, Xiang Kang not only threatened and threatened Gongsun Qing, but also pointed out to Gongsun Qing the truth that tyranny will lead to death. Urge Gongsun Qing to follow the sky and directly lead the soldiers of Donghai County to directly rebel against the Qin court.

Although he was a little shaken, although this wavering would not cause Gongsun Qing to lose his mind, after calming down, in order to leave a way out for himself, Gongsun Qing still made a wise decision, which was to use the excuse that the two countries were fighting each other. Come to the envoy, order the envoy sent by the Young Marshal Army to be released at the border of Xiaxiang County, and let him return to Xiaxiang County on his own. Opportunity to negotiate.

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Without the perfect postal transmission system of the Qin Dynasty government, knowing the news from the outside world depends on careful inquiry and hearsay. Of course, Xiang Kang is unlikely to be like Gongsun Qing, the governor of Donghai County. He knew so early in Dongyang County of Donghai County that another Qin The Mo Niu people raised their troops to rebel.So when Gongsun Qing received this shocking news, Xiang Kang could only honestly bring a team of soldiers, accompany the sisters of the Yu family back to the Shiling Pavilion to visit the father and son of the Yu family, and respectfully invite the Yu family again. The father and son moved to Xiaxiang City.

In fact, it’s just going through a scene and talking nonsense. Seeing that Xiang Kang was invincible in the Southern and Northern Wars after he raised his troops, the young commander’s army is growing stronger every day and winning consecutive battles. The Yu family’s father and son have long regretted their intestines, so we met After talking nonsense, when Xiang Kang once again invited the Yu family and his son to move to the county seat, Yu Jian and Yu Zhi just evaded a few words, and soon couldn't stand Xiang Kang's "repeated pleading". On the spot, he agreed to visit the city with Xiang Kang first, and then decide whether to move his family to Xiaxiang City.

I really can't understand the coyness of the Yu family's father and son, but Yu Jian is his de facto father-in-law after all, so Xiang Kang still politely put Yu Jian into the carriage with his own hands, and drove with him, bringing the whole family with him. He returned to Xiaxiang again, and held a family banquet in the back hall of Xiaxiang County Temple, entertaining the Yu family father and son with the Yu family sisters, and was forced to return the free food and drink that he had brought the Xiang family children to the Yu family before.

Still very helpless, Xiang Kang had to invite elders to accompany him to arrange a family banquet for his future father-in-law. As a result, the two aunts readily obeyed, and Uncle Xiang was even more impolite. He even forced his two sons, Xiang You and Xiang Sui, to the scene, and the whole family ate Xiang Kang's delicious food and wine together.

It was finally Xiang Bo's turn to be the master of the house. At the family banquet, Xiang Kang, who was a junior, could only listen with one ear and could not talk too much. Bragging about all the glory of the old Xiang family's ancestors, the inside and outside words are that the old Yu family's ability to marry their daughter to the Xiang family's children means that the ancestral grave is smoking and the elders have accumulated virtue. Fortunately, the Yu family father and son have already recognized the reality and know that It is indeed a bit high-flying for my family to be married to the Xiang family now, so not only did they not have any disgust at Xiang Bo's words, but they also nodded humbly again and again, which made Xiang Bo show off his prestige once in a while.

It was only later that Xiang Kang found out that Uncle Xiang had malicious intentions in calling his two sons together. After boasting enough about the old Xiang family's ancestors, Uncle Xiang suddenly changed his mind and said to Yu Jian with a smile: " Yu Gong, I have something to discuss with you, what do you think of my son Xiang You?"

Following Xiang Bo's guidance, Yu Jian turned his head to look at Xiang You in doubt. Xiang You, who had known this would happen a long time ago, blushed with excitement, sat up straight quickly, and put on a well-behaved picture. Xiang Bo took the opportunity to say again: "Although I am not very competitive, I am also a direct descendant of Wu Xinjun of our Chu State. In terms of blood, he is closer to my father Wu Xinjun than Kang'er. Reading and practicing swordsmanship, capable of writing and martial arts, now an official captain, and made great achievements in the Fuli battle a few days ago, the future is boundless, what do you think of him, Mr. Yu?"

"All-round talent in civil and military affairs, all-round talent in civil and military affairs." Yu Jian nodded politely, and then said casually: "Actually, as early as when our Yu family dared to attach yourself to your family, the old man has already seen that your nephews and nephews are all They are all dragons and phoenixes, and their future is limitless."

"Then Yu Gong, how about we have a kiss?" Xiang Botu saw it poorly, and said with a smile on his face: "I am not married yet, since you have promised the eldest daughter to the old man's beloved nephew Xiang Kang." , why don’t you give your second daughter to me again? Yu Gong, this old man asks me personally, you won’t give me face, will you?”

"I won't marry!"

Shi Potian was startled, and before Yu Jian could react, the little girl Yu Concubine who was sitting under Yu Miaoge had already stood up and said with a straight face: "I don't want to marry, I don't want to marry now, and I will never marry in the future! "

Everyone was stunned, with different expressions. Among them, the two aunts, Uncle Xiang, Yu Jian and Xiang Sui, who were outsiders, were of course dumbfounded. They never expected that the little girl Yu Concubine would refuse so directly and firmly. Yu Miaoge had expected it , expressionless, Xiang Kang heaved a sigh of relief, not only hated Xiang Bo's brazenness, but also somewhat moved his sister-in-law's unswerving loyalty to him.Xiang You's reaction was the most complicated. First, he glanced at the steadfast little girl Yu Concubine, and then at Xiang Kang quietly, vaguely understanding the real reason why his sweetheart insisted on refusing to marry him.

It was only after Yu Cong reiterated his stance that he would never get married again that Xiang Bo came back to his senses, forced a smile and said: "Miss Yu Cong, you have something to say, don't be so excited, as the saying goes, a man should marry when he is a college student, and a woman should be married." When you get married, you are not young anymore, it's time to discuss your life-long affairs."

After saying that, Uncle Xiang turned to Yu Miaoge again, and asked with some doubts: "Miss Miaoge, when I mentioned this matter to you yesterday, didn't you promise me to ask your sister's opinion? Why? ...?"

"Uncle, forgive me, the little girl talked with Xiang Lang too late last night. When I went back, my sister was already asleep, so there was no time." Yu Miaoge seldom lied once.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, it's the same today." Xiang Bo laughed generously, then turned to Yu Jian and said, "Yu Gong, since ancient times, the father has the final say on the marriage of children, and Miss Yu Concubine can't change it for a while. This corner, but I will figure it out soon, or if you are the master, I will decide this matter now."

"I'll say it again, I don't want to get married!" Yu Cong said again, and said in a very firm tone: "No one can be the master for me, Ah Weng, if you dare to marry me, I will run away from marriage and sever ties with my family! "

The status of women in the Qin Dynasty was not bad. Although most of the women were married by their fathers, there were still many women who chose to make decisions on their own. Fumei's wife is a typical example.So after hearing what little girl Yu Yu said, Uncle Xiang's expression was of course embarrassing and embarrassing, while Yu Jian was furious and scolded: "Bold! How can you say such a thing like a girl?"

"Why can't I say something like that?" Yu Yu's little girl sneered and said, "Ah, if you don't believe me, you can give me a try and see if I can escape!"

"You...! So bold!"

Yu Jian, who was not in good health, was so angry that he couldn't even speak clearly. Fortunately, there were two kind-hearted aunts present, who were obliged to stand up to persuade and persuade Yu's father and daughter to speak well. A good thing turned into a bad thing, and the third aunt, who was weak by nature, rarely complained about her husband, and said, "Husband, why are you in such a hurry? Mr. Yu has just entered the city, and you are so hasty to ask for marriage. Isn't that embarrassing? "

"What do you know? Long hair but short knowledge, get out of here!" Uncle Xiang scolded angrily, and completely exposed his true face.

Of course, Uncle Xiang did not choose the right time to lose his temper this time. When Uncle Xiang was domineering in the Young Marshal’s army before, it was because he had the status of an elder to protect his body. No one dared to do anything to him, but this time there was someone with a higher status. Xiang Liang's wife and second aunt, who was above him, were present. Just when he saw his sister-in-law being yelled at by Xiang Bo and wiped her tears, the second aunt immediately stood up and put on the airs of her sister-in-law and scolded him. Daring to mess up the order of seniority, he could only nod his head submissively, and was forced by the second aunt to apologize to the third aunt in public.

When the family banquet was in chaos, Xiang Kang, who was absolutely reluctant to marry off his beautiful sister-in-law, also had an idea, and whispered into Yu Miaoge's ear, "Miaoge, please persuade your old man Well, let’s just say that this matter is not urgent, my little sister is still young, let’s wait a year or two, and wait for my little sister to figure it out.”

If it wasn't for his really docile temper, Yu Miaoge really had the urge to throw a wine glass on Xiang Kang's head. After suppressing his anger and glancing at Xiang Kang, Yu Miaoge asked back in a low voice, "Why don't you persuade me?"

"We haven't officially married yet, and we're separated by another floor, so it's inconvenient to talk." Xiang Kang explained the truth in a low voice, and then begged: "Quickly persuade, otherwise this matter will not end well."

Considering his younger sister's strong character, Yu Miaoge's heart softened, and he stood up and followed Xiang Kang's advice to persuade Yu Jian not to rush to make a decision on this matter, and give his younger sister more time to think about it.Xiang Kang also took the opportunity to speak, brazenly asking his future father-in-law not to rush to marry off his beautiful sister-in-law for the time being, but he didn't notice that his fiancée had clenched her fists tightly and her nails were still deep in her palms.

Because of Yu Concubine's firm attitude and the fact that he didn't know much about Xiang You, Yu Jian of course accepted the persuasion of his eldest daughter and future son-in-law, and tactfully rejected Xiang Bo's proposal to make a final decision on the spot. Xiang Bo, who was dizzy from the training, was furious in his heart, but he couldn't force Yu Jian to marry a daughter by force, so he could only swallow his anger and nod in agreement. Of course, the family banquet hosted by Xiang Kang at his own expense ended in displeasure. end.

Being implicated by Uncle Xiang, Xiang Kang remembered that he forgot to renegotiate the marriage date with Yu Jian after the family dinner that no one was happy with. The opportunity to speak alone is not when he and Yu Miaoge will officially get married.At the same time, to Xiang Kang's great surprise and secret joy, after leaving the back hall, Yu Miaoge took the initiative to say to Xiang Kang: "Xiang Lang, my little sister left first, she must have gone back to the room to be sullen, I will see you off." Weng went to rest at the residence, how about you go and persuade my sister for me?"

"Shall I persuade her?" Xiang Kang asked in surprise.

"You are better at talking than I am, so go and persuade her." Yu Miaoge didn't show any expression, and said again: "After Ah Weng is settled, I will go to my second aunt's place and help her do some needlework. Advise her."

Xiang Kang was in a dilemma, but in the end he reluctantly complied with his fiancée's request, and reluctantly went to talk with his sister-in-law alone. After many days, he got another chance to be alone with his beautiful sister-in-law .But what Xiang Kang didn't know, of course, was that when he and his sister-in-law were sneaking around in the room, Yu Miaoge pricked his fingers several times in the second aunt's room, and secretly made up his mind with red eyes... …

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