In fact, the overall strength of the main force of the Qin army in Surabaya County is definitely not below the young marshal army, and it still has a great upper hand in some aspects, and the battle ability is far above the young marshal army who only likes to steal chickens and dogs, but it is a pity that in the battle of Fuli Night Battle, the Surabaya Qin army still lost completely.

The fiasco of the Qin army was doomed as early as when Zhao Zhuangzhong, the commander of Surabaya County, rushed into the camp of the young marshal army and was attacked by the ambush soldiers, and the Surabaya army that was good at battle did not have any time and opportunity to fight in formation, and could only be forced to fight directly with the young marshal soldiers who were good at fighting a smooth battle, and was killed by a surprise The army was flustered, not to mention, the morale and fighting spirit were far from being as high as the young marshal army who succeeded in stealing chickens again, and there was no instant collapse but a big defeat and fled, which was already considered a good performance of the Surabaya Qin army.

Fleeing in the middle of the night, the chaotic Qin army soldiers trampled on each other, countless dead, finally fled into the Fu Li city, before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief and drink saliva, pretending to be the Qin army soldiers to sneak into the city's young marshal army death squad and suddenly attacked, hacked to death The doorman opened the city gate, and helped the morale of the young marshal army to chase directly into the city, and also killed the frightened Qin soldier again, of course, the Qin soldier who was panicked and frightened to the extreme, of course, did not have any courage to fight, countless people did not wait for the young marshal army to kill in front of him, has already fled into the depths of the city with a shout, and Fu Licheng is doomed to the fate of being defeated by the young marshal's army.

"Run! The thieves are coming into the city! Come on! ”

"Can't hold it! Run! If you don't run, it's too late! ”

The screams of despair echoed in the city of Fuli, and the frightened defeated soldiers of the Qin army were also like headless flies, running for their lives on the narrow streets of the city, and the terrible trampling of the defeated soldiers happened again, and the torches that flew and were thrown away also quickly ignited the houses on the side of the road, and the atmosphere of panic quickly spread throughout the city, and even the defenders of the three gates of Fuli, southwest and north, who had not yet been affected by the enemy, were directly affected, and under the extreme panic, they were ready to open the city gates and flee for their lives at any time.

Diametrically opposed to the frightened Qin army soldiers, the high-spirited young marshal soldiers were overwhelmed, almost effortlessly killed the Qin army defeated soldiers in the east gate of Fuli, and then expelled the Qin army defeated soldiers to serve as free vanguards, and directly killed the Fuli County Temple, the Qin soldiers guarding the county temple panicked to meet the battle, but they were first overwhelmed by the crowd of their own defeated soldiers, and they had already collapsed before they saw the face of the young marshal army, and the young marshal army easily took the Qin army headquarters, and at the same time chased the defeated army of the Qin army reluctantly, forced the defeated Qin army to flee to the west gate.

Can't resist the fear in his heart, or didn't wait for the young marshal soldiers to kill in front of him, the Qin soldiers guarding the west gate of Fu Li had already opened the city gate and fled out of the city first, and the defeated army of the Qin army that followed also cried and shouted and scrambled to escape out of the city, and the young marshal army easily took control of the west gate of Fu Li, and then immediately rushed to the south gate, once again forcing the south gate defenders of the Qin army to take the initiative to abandon the door and flee. At the same time, the pursuers of the young marshal's army had all entered the city, and Xiang Kang also personally led the rear army of the young marshal's army to the outside of Fuli City.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Zhuang, whose hands were stained with the blood of the peasant rebels at the end of the Qin Dynasty, could only decisively choose to flee out of the city in order to survive, and also fled very smartly to the only Fu Li North Gate who did not shout killing, and escaped from the city from the north gate, directly giving up the last persistent efforts. The other Fuli officials in the county temple followed suit, almost all of them chose to kneel and surrender, and took the initiative to lead the way, helping the young marshal soldiers to seize the granary, the county treasury and the stables and other important facilities in the city, as if they had already made up their minds to surrender.

In such a situation, of course, it is difficult for the young marshal army to take the whole city of Fuli easily, and before dawn, the battle in the city is nearing the end, and the four gates of Fuli are all occupied by the soldiers of the young marshal's army. Xiang Kang, on the other hand, did not lead his army into the city until it was dark, and the first order issued after entering the city was that it was strictly forbidden to kill prisoners, and he also sent someone to pretend to tell the Qin army that they had surrendered, saying that although they participated in the massacre of the prisoners of the rebels in Xuan County and Qi County, they knew that they were forced to act according to Zhao Zhuang's orders, so they would not be held accountable.

Of course, Xiang Kang's decision greatly appeased the emotions of the Qin army captives, afraid that the young marshal army, who was also a peasant rebel army, would avenge the soldiers of Chen Sheng's rebel army, and none of the Qin army captives no longer worried that the young marshal army would follow the same example, and also took them to the knife, and suddenly heard such good news in fear, the Qin army captives were of course full of joy, and they were grateful for Xiang Kang's hypocrisy and righteousness, and countless people took the initiative to express their desire to join the young marshal army on the spot, and there was no idea of escaping or resisting.

After appeasing the captives, of course, it was to appease the people, but fortunately, Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng and others were already very familiar with this, in addition to posting a list of people in the first time, they also took out a little money and food to help the people of Fuli whose houses were burned in the war, in exchange for the heartfelt thanks of many people of Fuli who cried bitterly, as well as the support and support of the residents in the city, and the order in the city quickly returned to basically normal.

It was only after the young marshal army scouts confirmed that Zhao Zhuang had fled to Zhuyi City in the west, but because of the frustration of the defeated army in the battle, not many of the Qin soldiers who fled out of the city ran to Zhuyi to defect to Zhao Zhuang and continued to accept Zhao Zhuang's orders, so the remnants of Zhao Zhuang's current hand are difficult to even protect themselves, let alone continue to cooperate with the Qin army of Donghai County to attack the young marshal's army, and the young marshal's army has temporarily gotten rid of the dilemma of being attacked on both sides. You can free up your hands to deal with the threat of the Qin army in the East China Sea with all your might.

However, there were also accidents, at noon on the third day after taking Fuli City, the scouts of the young marshal army suddenly rushed to Xiang Kang to report that nearly 1,000 men with rudimentary weapons had been found on the north bank of Surabaya. Because the incident happened too suddenly, Xiang Kang was of course a little surprised when he heard the report, and hurriedly ordered Xiang Sui to lead a team of 500 people to reinforce the garrison guarding the bridge as a precautionary measure, and at the same time hurriedly sent a scribe to the north bank to negotiate with the gang and inquire about their intentions.

The result of the contact made Xiang Kang both a little surprised and very happy, it turned out that the humble army was not here to find trouble with the young marshal's army, but under the leadership of a fellow countryman named Zhu Jishi, who came to join the army as a team, and wanted to join the young marshal's army as a cow and a horse for Xiang Kang. At the same time, the scribe who came to report the news also happily told Xiang Kangdao: "Young marshal, the one named Zhu Jishi, also said that there is something very important to report to you, he has a very good ranger friend who also wants to lead his fellow townsman Qianshou to raise troops, young marshal, if you want, he can come forward to contact his friend and let him bring someone to you." ”

"Good thing." Xiang Kang smiled happily and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, invite that Zhu Jishi Zhu Zhuang into the city, and then send some grain, wine and meat to his team, so that his subordinates can eat a full meal first." ”

In a moment, Zhu Jishi, who was well-known in Fuli folk, was invited to Xiang Kang's face, Xiang Kang personally greeted him outside the hall, saw that he was tall and thick-shouldered, and his waist was round, and he looked at the material of a fierce general, and his heart was suddenly more happy, and he hurriedly invited Zhu Jishi to the hall, treated him politely, and at the same time introduced Zhou Zeng and Xiang Yang and others to Zhu Jishi who were present, Zhu Jishi was a quick talker, and left the table without saying a few words to bow to Xiang Kang, begging Xiang Kang to accept himself as a general, and was willing to obey Xiang Kang's command, Under the leadership of Xiang Kang, he overthrew the tyrannical Qin, rejuvenated the state of Chu, and vowed never to betray.

After picking up Zhu Jishi with his own hands, Xiang Kang smiled and said: "It is really my Xiang Kang's luck to have the help of a strong man." Okay, from now on, Zhu Zhuangshi, you are the two or five hundred masters of my young marshal's army, in addition to commanding the fellow soldiers you brought, I will add some troops to you, and make up the number of thousands! Weapons and equipment, I will try to add some to you. ”

Zhu Jishi was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down to Xiang Kang to thank him, Xiang Kang hugged him, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a banquet for Zhu Jishi to catch the wind and wash the dust, Zhu Jishi thanked him, and couldn't wait to say to Xiang Kang: "Young marshal, there is one more thing to tell you, I have a close friend named Qin Jia, who is from Lingxian County in Donghai County. If the young marshal is willing, I can come forward to contact Senior Brother Qin and tell him to hurry up and bring people to Surabaya County to join you. ”

The history is sparse, I don't know the weight of Qin Jia and Zhu Jishi in the history of the late Qin Dynasty, of course Xiang Kang didn't pay much attention to Zhu Jishi's proposal, but just said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, let's talk about this matter slowly, come, let's drink first." Zhu Zhuangshi, I don't drink very much, but my brothers are all massive, after they arrive in a while, I will introduce them to you, and you won't be poured by them when the time comes. ”

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, Zhu Jishi could only sit down and drink, and at the same time, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and other children of the Xiang family and enough young marshal generals also rushed to hear the news, Xiang Kang introduced them one by one, and told everyone his decision to accept Zhu Jishi's team. The result is not to mention, because Zhu Jishi's character is indeed quite bold and heroic, the children of the Xiang family still get along well with Zhu Jishi, and they don't put on any stinky shelves after the old nobles of the Chu State, and despise Zhu Jishi, who was born in commoners, and at the same time, Zhu Jishi's alcohol consumption is also good, and he is on par with Xiang Han, who has the best amount of alcohol among the children of the Xiang family.

There was still an accident, just when everyone in the hall was talking and laughing, the pro-soldier suddenly led a messenger who had just come from the lower prime minister to Xiang Kang, and presented Xiang Kang with an urgent letter with chicken feathers, Xiang Kang quickly took it and opened it, and saw that the letter was written by Xiang Guan, the young marshal of the military commander who stayed behind in the lower minister, and the content was that the young marshal army of the lower minister carefully explored the main force of the Qin army in Donghai County of about 4,000 people, and had sent troops south from Tancheng more than three days ago. Xiang Guan was worried that the main force of the Qin army in Donghai County would make a move against the prime minister, so he could only quickly send a fast horse to send a book to deal with the emergency.

If the main force of the Qin army in Surabaya County has not been broken, Xiang Kang will of course have to frown deeply after receiving such a letter, but now that the main force of the Qin army in Surabaya County has been difficult to protect itself, and then receiving such news, Xiang Kang of course smiled calmly, first told the content of the letter to the young marshal army with a relaxed expression, and then smiled and said: "It's good, presumably at this time, Gongsun Qing's puppet should also receive the news that Zhao Zhuang has been defeated, it depends on whether he has the courage to continue to go south and really come to make a chance." ”

"Young marshal, prudence is the best." Zhou Zeng reminded: "The lower prime minister is the place where you start your army, and many of our soldiers and your family members are also in the lower prime minister, so there can be no mistakes there." In my opinion, it is best for the main force of our army to return to the division as soon as possible to prevent accidents. ”

Considering that the two uncles and the Yu family sisters were both in the city of the lower prime minister, Xiang Kang of course did not dare to hold it up, so he immediately nodded and said: "Okay, give the order to the whole army, prepare for departure immediately, and we will return to the division tomorrow." ”

After saying that, Xiang Kang quickly dispatched troops and decided to leave Xiang Han to lead three teams of 500 people to garrison Fuli to prevent the resurgence of the Qin army in Surabaya, and arrange for the Fuli County Commander who had previously surrendered to help Xiang Han govern civil affairs, and lead the main force back to the division and subordinate minister, Zhu Jishi couldn't wait to ask to go with the army, Xiang Kang also agreed, and then invited the crowd to continue drinking and disperse with everyone.

After capturing Fuli, of course, the young marshal's army recruited prisoners and recruited new recruits to expand the army to replenish its strength, plus Zhu Jishi brought seven or eight hundred people to join the army in one go, so even if 1,500 people were left to guard Fuli, Xiang Kang still returned to the division with an army of more than 5,000 people. And when passing by, although Xiang Kang did not make a request, Xiang Sheng, who was guarding the concern, still took the officials in the city out of the city to greet him, Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang also put down the shelf, and both went out of the city with Xiang Sheng, and came to the side of the road to congratulate Xiang Kang, who had won a great victory.

Xiang Bo, who loves to put on the shelf of elders, condescended and took the initiative to run out of the city to meet Xiang Kang, a junior, of course, not without a special purpose. After meeting him, he pretended to be polite and said a few words, Xiang Bo quickly tried to see the poor dagger, and took the initiative to say to Xiang Kang: "Kang'er, you go back to the prime minister this time, I will go with you, your third uncle and aunt are in the city of the lower minister, I really can't rest assured of her, I have to go and see it with you." ”

"You killed people and ran away to hide outside for nearly two years, why did you feel at ease with your wife at that time?" Xiang Kang snorted coldly in his heart, and he didn't want to see Uncle Xiang's stinky face from the bottom of his heart, so he said: "Uncle, the little nephew thinks it's not necessary, there are no eyes on the battlefield, it is too dangerous for you and me to go back to rescue the prime minister, it is safer to stay in the worry." What do you think of your aunt and uncle, and when your nephew arrives at the next minister, he will immediately send a reliable person to send her to reunite with you? ”

"That's not going to work." Xiang Boda shook his head and said confidently: "I am an elder, why do you always let your sons and nephews charge in front, and I hide in the rear to enjoy Qingfu?" It's decided, I'll go back to the next prime minister with you, and your Uncle Han will also go, he is proficient in the art of war, and he will definitely be able to help you. ”

A little contemptuous glanced at Zhang Liang, who couldn't even compare to the mud legs of 'Feng Zhong', Xiang Kang wanted to continue to push, but unexpectedly, the soldiers suddenly sent a dispatch from the next minister, Xiang Kang had no choice but to quickly open it in public, but it turned out to be a good news - after the Qin army of Donghai County arrived in Xiapi two days ago, it suddenly stood still, thinking that Sun Qing, the warden of Donghai County, had received the news of Zhao Zhuang's fiasco, and was worried that he would be alone, so he didn't dare to venture into the army again.

After cheekily coming up and reading the letter together, of course Xiang Bo also had more words, and said: "Virtuous nephew, you can rest assured now, Gongsun Qing's puppet no longer dares to enter the army, and it is very safe for us to return to the prime minister now, that's it, I will go with you." ”

couldn't find an excuse to excuse himself, so Xiang Kang had no choice but to agree to Xiang Bo's request, take the army to a full meal prepared by the defenders, and immediately continue to march west with the young marshal's army. Not to mention the result, he may already know that his temper is too hateful and disgusting, on the way east with the army, Xiang Bo was rarely restrained, neither ran to Xiang Kang to point fingers, nor did he use the children of the Xiang family as a punching bag, obediently just with the army eastward, as if he had completely reformed the evil and returned to the right.

More than a day later, the main force of the young marshal's army successfully arrived at the city of Xiaxiang, Xiang Guan, Xiang Xian and Xiang Dian and other Xiang family children led the officials in the city out of the city to greet them, and the two uncles also came to Xiang Kang with their eyes, constantly praising Xiang Kang's competitive face and living up to their expectations of Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang, on the other hand, was more concerned about the military, and just greeted the two uncles, and quickly asked Xiang Guan, "How is it?" What are the actions of the tyrannical Qin army in Donghai County? ”

"Don't worry, I haven't dared to move since I arrived in Xiapi." Xiang Guan replied with a smile on his face, and said even more happily: "And if nothing else, Gongsun Qing's puppet will definitely not dare to come to the prime minister this time, and his backyard is on fire." ”

"What's the fire in his backyard?" Xiang Kang hurriedly asked.

"Received yesterday." Xiang Guan said with a smile: "In the east of Ling County in Donghai County, there is a ranger named Qin Jia who gathered a crowd to raise an uprising, pulled up a team of more than 1,000 people in one go, captured several township pavilions, and prepared to attack the county seat of Ling County. I've already sent someone to contact them to see if I can get in touch with them and let them join forces with us to overthrow the tyrannical Qin. ”

"Brother Qin has made an accident?" Zhu Jishi next to him grabbed the conversation with a face full of surprise, and couldn't wait to ask Xiang Guan: "General Xiang Guan, where is Senior Brother Qin's current position, is it close to the next?" ”

"Are you ......?"

I have never seen Zhu Jishi, and Xiang Kang has not had time to introduce Xiang Guan, of course Xiang Guan was asked a little inexplicable by Zhu Jishi, but after Xiang Kang opened his mouth to introduce Xiang Guan, and explained the friendship between Zhu Jishi and Qin Jia, Xiang Guan suddenly realized, and hurriedly said to Zhu Jishi: "General Zhu, forgive me, I only know that your eldest brother Qin is gathering people to cause trouble in the area of the salt field in the east of Ling County, and I don't know where he is." ”

Of course, Zhu Jishi was a little disappointed when he heard this, but Xiang Kang frowned a little, and said to Zhu Jishi: "General Zhu, your eldest brother Qin has a bad time, he is afraid that he will be in danger." ”

"Why?" Zhu Jishi blurted out a startled question, but before Xiang Kang could answer, Zhu Jishi himself came to his senses and said in surprise: "That's right, Brother Qin is indeed in danger, he shouldn't know that the main force of the violent Qin army in Donghai County is in Xiapi, and it is not too far from Ling County, so he boldly started an incident." If the tyrannical Qin army of Donghai County immediately sent troops to fight him, he would be in big trouble. ”

"Not if, yes." Xiang Kang said: "The tyrannical Qin army of Donghai County has arrived in Xiapi, and they dare not come to fight the prime minister, but they definitely dare to send troops to fight your Qin brother, so I am sure that within these few days, the tyrannical Qin army in Xiapi should have a move." ”

"What then?" Zhu Jishi asked worriedly: "Brother Qin has just started an incident, he doesn't have many troops, and his weapons are definitely not good, so he can't be the opponent of the main force of the Tyrannical Qin army?" ”

After thinking about it, for the sake of the same anti-Qin rebel army, and because the young marshal's army really needs friendly troops to help contain the enemy now, Xiang Kang made up his mind and said: "Don't worry, I will help him, and I won't watch him be wiped out by the tyrannical Qin army." ”

"Virtuous nephew, are you going to send troops?" Xiang Bo on the other side couldn't wait even more, so he quickly grabbed the conversation and asked, "Are you planning to personally lead the troops to rescue the friendly troops in Ling County, or do you want to send someone else to lead the army?" ”

"You want me to send you with the army, right?" Xiang Kang snorted coldly in his heart, but he smiled very calmly and confidently, and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, if you want to save our friendly army in Ling County, you don't necessarily need to send an army, I have a way, I don't need to send a single soldier, I can resolve the current dangerous situation of the friendly army in Ling County, so that they have the opportunity to grow rapidly and become our right-hand man." ”

"Don't have to send a single soldier? What's the solution? Xiang Bo asked with some doubts, and he also refused to believe that Xiang Kang really had such a great ability.

"Let's talk about it back in town." Xiang Kang sold the guanzi and said with a smile: "Don't worry, let's go back to the city first, and then discuss how to help our friendly troops in Ling County." ”