As a general who commanded an army of 10,000 people under Guan Shuo, the commander of Changsha Qu Shuai, Huang Kang was not so incompetent, just because he was timid after a defeat in Kunyang City, even if there were still more than 6,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 green forest thieves under his command, he was still ready to wait for Guan Shuo to lead an army to help.

In fact, after the defeat at Kunyang, Huang Kang also wanted to redeem his defeat, but unfortunately, there were really not many options in front of him.

For example, the matter of reclaiming Kunyang.

Don't think that Huang Kang didn't know the casualties of Kunyang County in the last siege battle, you must know that he witnessed the entire siege battle with his own eyes at that time, as long as he calculated the losses of his own troops, it is not difficult to guess the approximate casualties of Kunyang County.

From this, he could conclude that in the last battle to defend the city, Kunyang County was actually seriously injured, with at least 5,000 casualties, which was not much better than his side.

Therefore, he felt that if he could re-boost the morale of his soldiers and green forest thieves, he would have a great chance of breaking through Kunyang County, and he would not have to wait for Qu Shuai Guan Shuo to lead a large army to help.

Kunyang is not an isolated city, it also has a strong reinforcement, that is, Ye County, which is only more than 40 miles away from Kunyang.

Two days ago, when Huang Kang led his army to attack Kunyang, Ye County immediately mobilized 5,000 Nanyang troops to reinforce Kunyang, and even when he withdrew to Ye County, he left 3,000 Nanyang troops to assist in defending Kunyang.

You must know that according to the information obtained from his careful investigation by the righteous army, the army sent by Wang Shangde, the general of Nanyang, to Yexian County was only 10,000 in total.

However, in this case, Yang Ding, the county commander of Ye County, can dispatch 5,000 Nanyang troops for Kunyang and send 3,000 troops to station, it is not difficult to imagine that the young county commander knows very well the significance of Kunyang to his Ye County.

This means that once he, Huang Kang, attacks Kunyang County again, Ye County will inevitably send troops to intervene, and even take the opportunity to sneak attack his rear.

If Kunyang is easy to get, Huang Kang can also take a risk, but the problem is that Kunyang is not so easy to get, if he rashly attacked, it is very likely that not only failed to capture Kunyang, but his retreat will also be cut off by Ye County's army - then Ye County's army only needs to block the south bank of the Shahe River, and within a few days, his army under Huang Kang's command and the green forest thieves will collapse due to lack of food.

Ye County's eyeing was the reason why Huang Kang never dared to re-attack Kunyang, so he could only watch the missed opportunity, so that Kunyang could get precious time to recruit guards again.

Some people may ask, in this case, why not turn around and attack Ye County? Considering that Kunyang County was greatly damaged in the last battle to defend the city, it may not have the spare strength to reinforce Ye County.

Admittedly, this idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

First of all, although Huang Kang's current forces are still a huge threat to Kunyang County, they cannot pose a threat to Ye County.

You must know that Ye County is stationed in Kunyang, and there are 7,000 Nanyang troops stationed inside and outside the city, and considering that Ye County also took advantage of the influx of refugees to recruit a large number of county soldiers some time ago, its current guards are more than the troops under Huang Kang's command, and even, more than seventy percent of them are Nanyang's regular army, at this point, Huang Kang can't bargain at all.

Not to mention, Ye County also has an 'ally', that is, Luyang County, which is located on the west side of Ye County, according to the information sent back by Xizuo, once his Changsha army attacks Ye County, Luyang County will inevitably immediately reinforce Ye County.

Summing up the above reasons, you don't have to think about it to know that it is far from enough to rely on the little troops that Huang Kang has at hand to attack Ye County.

Kunyang can't fight, Yexian can't fight, which puts Huang Kang in a dilemma.

Thinking about it, the only thing he can do at present is to build a military camp on the south bank of the Shahe River, about 20 miles northeast of Ye County, to divide the connection between Ye County and Kunyang County as much as possible, and to prepare for the future where Qu Shuai Guan Shuo will lead his army here.

In addition to building the camp, Huang Kang naturally did not forget to motivate the soldiers and boost morale.

Speaking of the new Chu soldiers under Huang Kang, they generally can't let go of the defeat in the recent battle, and most of them are a little confused, feeling that the defeat is inexplicable.

You must know that Kunyang City is different from Zhaoling County, which is currently plunging his Changsha army into a bitter battle, and there is no naturally formed river like the Luo River that can be used as a natural hazard, and Kunyang County does not even have a moat.

However, it was such a county town that did not even have a moat, which made 10,000 soldiers of the New Chu Army taste defeat.

If you want to ask about the factors that led to the defeat, it may be that Huang Kang, as the main general, was too light on the enemy and failed to reserve enough siege time for his army - of course, considering that Ye County would send reinforcements, in fact, even if there was enough siege time a few days ago, Huang Kang could only evacuate, otherwise his army would inevitably fall into the embarrassment of being burdened by the enemy and fighting the enemy in both directions at the same time.

In other words, the losses will be greater.

At the end of July, Huang Kang reined in his army and built a camp on the south bank of the Shahe River.

As he expected, Ye Xian would not watch him build a camp here, and the day after Huang Kang's army began to build a camp, more than a hundred cavalry appeared nearby, watching their movements from afar.

At that time, Huang Kang realized that Ye Xian might not be satisfied with reinforcing Kunyang, and would most likely increase the blow against his Changsha army.

As it turned out, he guessed not bad at all.

As early as July 23, the day after Yexian County ordered Yang Ding to lead an army to reinforce Kunyang and then returned to Yexian, he summoned Wei Dong, Wei Chi, Wang Yan, and Gao Chun to discuss in the county office, preparing to start two things.

The first is to deliver the material aid promised to Kunyang County as soon as possible.

According to the discussion with Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, Yang Ding learned that although Kunyang County will inevitably suffer from food shortages in the long run, what is needed most at present is still armament, that is, weapons and armor.

In fact, Yexian County is also short of armaments, after all, during this time, Yexian County has also selected many county soldiers from the refugees who poured into the county and from the people of this county, and expanded the county army to 4,000 people in one go, so there is no possibility of surplus weapons and armor.

But Yang Ding still decided to gather 5,000 sets of weapons to Kunyang County as much as possible, help Kunyang County, and help the Black Tiger Thief.

Moreover, he asked that the delivery be completed as soon as possible, preferably within five days.

After hearing his request, Wei Dong, the general of his family, and Gao Chun, the county lieutenant of Ye County, immediately exclaimed: "This is impossible! ”

In the eyes of the two of them, if they wanted to meet Yang Ding's requirements, then they could only deliver the weapons and armor of the county guards and even the Nanyang soldiers to Kunyang.

Even, you have to put on a batch of weapons and armor of the Nanyang Army, which is ...... Is it worth it?

When everyone was puzzled by this, Yang Ding said his considerations in a deep voice: "Zhou Hu is ambitious, and I don't want him to take the opportunity to become bigger, but as far as the current situation is concerned, I Yexian needs Kunyang, Zhou Hu and his black tiger thief." …… According to the scouts I sent out, the main force of the rebels is currently pinned down by Zhaoling County, which may be the reason why the rebels have not marched northward. Although I admire the courage of the soldiers and civilians of Zhaoling County to resist the rebels, I really don't think that the soldiers and civilians of Zhaoling County will always be able to hold the city. …… Once Zhaoling falls, hundreds of thousands of rebels will immediately march north. The location of my Ye County is very critical, once Ye County is lost, the rebels can use Ye County as a stronghold, send troops to the southwest, and attack Fangcheng, which will directly threaten the entire Nanyang County, and General Wang Shangde will also suffer from the enemy. …… For our county, Kunyang is very critical, it can greatly contain some rebels and help me share the pressure in Ye County. ”

He looked around at everyone present and continued: "Five thousand sets of armor can arm five thousand soldiers, it is undeniable that five thousand people is a big force, but if you think about it carefully, how much impact can five thousand more or five thousand less have on my Ye County?" How much impact can it have on Nanyang County? Although we have just said that once Yexian County falls, it will inevitably endanger the entire Nanyang County, and even General Wang Shangde, but in fact, General Wang Shangde cannot sit idly by and watch our Ye County be broken by the rebels, and once the rebels attack Yexian on a large scale, General Wang Shangde will inevitably do his best to send troops to reinforce it. …… But Kunyang is different, when the rebels march northward and cut off the connection between Yexian and Kunyang, Kunyang can only rely on itself, at best, with the neighboring Runan and Xiangcheng counties, for Kunyang at the time, more than 5,000 guards are very critical, it may be able to influence whether Kunyang can hold or not. …… As long as Kunyang is not broken by the rebels, the rebels will inevitably divide a force to continue to attack Kunyang, in other words, Kunyang County can contain far more than 5,000 rebels for us, 10,000, 20,000, or even more rebels. …… Do you understand? ”

Only then did everyone present suddenly realize that even Wang Shangde's brother Wang Yan was also convinced by Yang Ding's opinion.

He nodded and said: "Yanting, if you can't get together five thousand sets of armor in the short term, I can help you get two thousand sets from the army under my command, no matter how much it is, you know, I must ensure that Yexian County will not be broken by the rebels......"

"No, no, this has already helped me a lot." Yang Ding immediately expressed his gratitude.

In addition to negotiating the delivery of armaments to Kunyang County, Zhao Yu also discussed another matter with everyone present, that is, the pursuit of the rebel Huang Kang's first division.

According to the information inquired by the cavalry sent by Wang Yan, the men and horses under the command of the rebel general Huang Kang are currently stationed on the south bank of the Shahe River, which is only more than 20 miles away from Taye County.

In this case, Yang Ding naturally couldn't watch Huang Kang build that military camp.

Therefore, he consulted with Wei Dong, Wei Chi, Wang Yan, Gao Chun and others, planning to take advantage of the defeat of the rebel general Huang Kangxin in Kunyang, and the morale of the army was low, so he pursued the victory.

If you don't want to completely annihilate Huang Kang's rebel army, at least you can't watch him build that military camp.

"Do you want to contact Kunyang County?" Gao Chun, the county lieutenant, interjected: "If Kunyang County can also send men and horses, it may be possible to make that rebel army lose sight of one or the other." ”

Hearing this, Wei Chi sneered: "I, Ye County, delivered his five thousand armors for free, how can he Zhou Hu have to express it?" ”

Yang Ding smiled slightly, and after thinking about it for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay." In this way, Gao Chun, you send someone to Kunyang to tell Zhou Hu that we have decided to fight that rebel army, needless to say, with Zhou Hu's wisdom and cunning, he naturally understands what to do. ”

"Yes!" Gao Chun hugged his fist and led his life.

Half a day later, several Yexian county officials hurried to Kunyang County and conveyed Yang Ding's words to Zhao Yu.