Zhang Han successfully achieved his goal, Xiang Kang personally reported the news of the Qin army in Lu County abandoning the city to Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang ignored the fatigue of the main force of the Chu army in the decisive battle yesterday, and also ignored the fact that the Chu army had not had time to come from the flawed hill to join the main force, and immediately shouted: "Blow the trumpet and convene the generals to discuss the matter!" ”

The soldiers agreed, and immediately rushed out to give the order and blow the trumpet, and summoned the generals of the Chu army to immediately rush to the big tent of the Chinese army to meet Xiang Liang, but Xiang Kang wanted to speak and stopped, and only said after repeated hesitation: "Uncle, Zhang Handpifu asked the violent Qin army in Lu County to abandon the grain and grass in the city and retreat overnight, and its purpose is probably not just to protect his Lu County division, and I also ask my uncle to investigate carefully." ”

"You know, take the opportunity to lure our army into pursuit." Xiang Liang smiled and said, "If my uncle can't even see this, he will live in vain, and I'm too sorry for your father's personal teaching." ”

"Then uncle, you were deliberately led away by Zhang Handpifu?" Xiang Kang asked suspiciously.

"It's not that he is leading away, it's that he will make a plan, take advantage of his initiative to retreat, and seize the opportunity to completely defeat this horseman." Xiang Liang said quite confidently: "Zhang Handpifu took the initiative to retreat, its purpose is nothing more than to show the enemy weakness and lure the enemy deeper, but as long as we pursue cautiously and use troops carefully, we don't have to worry about repeating the mistakes of the last time. ”

Xiang Liang's words are not completely underestimated, at least he is still highly vigilant against Zhang Han, who likes to make sudden calculations, and at the same time, it is indeed a good opportunity to pursue with victory, so Xiang Kang didn't say anything more, replied that the little nephew understood, and then retreated to the side and waited for the arrival of the generals of the Chu army.

In a moment, the civil and military forces of the Chu army, who were qualified to enter the big tent of the Chinese army, quickly arrived, and Xiang Liang first made the good news that the Qin army had abandoned the city and abandoned the grain, and then said: "Zhang Handpifu was defeated and left, the army's morale is frustrating, and our army is in full swing, just pursuing with all our might, striving to completely defeat the main force of the tyrannical Qin, and laying the victory of the Central Plains in one fell swoop, the opportunity cannot be lost!" Immediately send an order to the whole army, pull out the camp and raise troops, and go north to pursue Zhang Handip! ”

The generals of the Chu army sang the promise together, and Xiang Liang commanded loudly: "Xiang Yu, you immediately return to Defective Hill, organize Perfection Hill soldiers and horses to immediately go north to join the main force of our army, and join forces with our army to launch a pursuit." Feng Zhong, you command the men and horses of the headquarters to go north immediately, pursue lightly, and be sure to entangle the Tyrannical Qin army for our army, delay the retreat speed of the Tyrannical Qin army, and buy time for the main force of our army to catch up with the main force of Tyranny Qin! ”

Xiang Yu and Feng Zhong both clenched their fists and received the order loudly, Xiang Liang nodded, and arranged for Xiang Han to stay in Lu County, responsible for organizing people to transport grain and grass to supply the main force, and also recapture Zou County with Xiang Sui, completely dredge the grain road, and then immediately announce the disbandment of the tent, so that the Chu army generals immediately went down to organize the army to pull out the camp and launch a pursuit under their own personal leadership.

It is said that it is to organize the army to pull out the camp and raise troops, in fact, Xiang Kang does not need to worry about many things, after returning to the camp, he only needs to gather the generals to give an order, and then the rest of the things will be done by the subordinate forces, Xiang Kang just needs to check it casually, so when the middle and grassroots generals and soldiers are busy pulling out the camp, Xiang Kang still has time to go to the front of the camp in person, see off his friend Feng Zhong, who led the front army to pursue lightly, and tell him to be careful when pursuing, and never give the Qin army a chance to counterattack.

Feng Zhong's performance after taking charge of himself did surprise Xiang Kang again and again, and he became more and more elegant in fighting with soldiers, originally Xiang Kang didn't need to be so wordy, but there are many examples of arrogant soldiers being defeated in history, and he and Feng Zhong are brothers and sisters and have a close relationship, so even if Xiang Kang knew that there should be no need for this, he still couldn't help but run to the gate of the camp and told Feng Zhong a few words.

Knowing that Xiang Kang was also kind-hearted, Feng Zhong didn't care about Xiang Kang's mother-in-law, and solemnly thanked Xiang Kang for his kind reminder, and then said goodbye to Xiang Kang in front of the Chu army camp, and quickly went to the Surabaya ferry with his troops. Xiang Kang saw Feng Zhong leave, and was about to return to the camp to continue to urge the soldiers to pull out of the camp, but unexpectedly, a few men dressed as Confucian suddenly came in front of the camp, the first one was in his thirties, and his appearance and temperament were also very upright. ”

"Bold and corrupt, what kind of person are you, and dare to let our right general pass for you?" When a personal soldier beside Xiang Kang heard this, he was furious, and pointed to the camp gate officer not far away and shouted: "The camp gate officer is over there, you have to ask someone to communicate for you, go to him!" ”

"General Right?" The Confucian who claimed to be called Shusun Tong was first stunned, and then hurriedly led a few Confucian students he brought to bow down to Xiang Kang, and said extremely respectfully: "The student has no eyes, but he doesn't know that the general is the world-famous General Xiang Kangxiang, and the invincible young marshal of Chu Xiang who swept Huaisi!" The general's prestige shook Kyushu, and the students had already thundered, and today I saw that the three students were fortunate. He also asked the right general to forgive the student's faux pas. ”

"You're welcome, sir, get up." Xiang Kang said casually: "Mr. has also said, Xiang Mou's thin name, so dare to be a comment that shakes Kyushu?" ”

"The right general is humble and open, what a derby sage." Shusun Tong's face was full of excitement, and he said in an unusually sincere tone: "The general's prestige is unknown to others, but the student knows better than anyone else!" At the beginning, the right general advocated volunteers under the prime minister, broke the army of the tyrannical Qin, the tiger and the wolf, and swept the four counties southeast of Surabaya with lightning speed, the news reached Xianyang, not only the entire tyrannical Qin court was shaken, Li Si Zhao Gao was dumbfounded, and the tyrant Hu Hai was even more frightened, and his color changed when he heard the general's name, and even fell down the tyrannical Qin chapter that recorded the general's exploits, and he sat paralyzed and didn't dare to speak! ”

"The more you talk about it, the more exaggerated it becomes." Xiang Kang said with a wry smile: "It's as if you have seen these situations with your own eyes." ”

To Xiang Kang's great surprise, Shusun Tong, who was lying on the ground, raised his head cautiously and said, "Don't dare to deceive General You, the student did see it with his own eyes, because at that time, the student happened to be at the scene?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xiang Kang was surprised and said, "Sir, you were at the scene at the time?" ”

"The right general clearly investigated Wanli, and the students were indeed at the scene at that time." Shusun Tong nodded and said, "Because the student was the doctor of the Tyrant Qin at that time, and he was qualified to participate in the court meeting of the Tyrant Qin, he saw with his own eyes the grandeur of the right general's prestige shaking the Qin court. ”

Xiang Kang's surprise was not trivial, he was busy picking up his uncle and grandson Tong himself, asking carefully about the specific situation, and then after the careful explanation of Shu Sun Tong, Xiang Kang only then knew what happened, it turned out that Shusun Tong was indeed a person from Xue Di, because he was proficient in Confucianism, he was called into Xianyang by Qin Shi Huang to serve as a doctor, Xiang Kang and Chen Sheng Wu Guang raised troops successively, and Shusun Tong was promoted to a doctor by Hu Hai, but Shusun Tong saw that the fall of the violent Qin court was imminent, and he was unwilling to be martyred for Hu Hai, so he found an opportunity to escape from Xianyang, and fled back to Xue Di incognito. A few days ago, the Qin army counterattacked Xue County, and Shusun Tong was unfortunately trapped in the city of Lu County, and he couldn't immediately come to see Xiang Liang to ask for an official like Confucius's ninth grandson Kong Teng, so it was after the Qin army abandoned the city last night that Shusun Tong seized the opportunity and ran to find Xiang Liang Xianmei.

After figuring out the origin and identity of Shusun Tong, a thought that had been buried in Xiang Kang's heart for a long time suddenly jumped out of Xiang Kang's mind, so that Xiang Kang couldn't help but ask immediately after a little calculation: "Mr. Shusun, you have been an official in the Qin Court for many years, so what is your relationship with Zhao Gao?" ”

"The student didn't dare to deceive General You, the student and Zhao Gao only knew each other, and they didn't have a deep friendship." Uncle Sun Tong is also true, he didn't dare to brag about himself with the help of Zhao Gao, and then said: "However, the student and Zhao Gao's son-in-law Xianyang Ling Yan Le are quite familiar with each other, and they have been invited to his home several times, and they have always been in contact. ”

"That's enough!" Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Sir, since you are very familiar with Zhao Gao's son-in-law Yan Le, can you do us a favor?" ”

"General Right, please instruct, as long as the students can do it, they must do their best!" Shusun Tong replied without hesitation.

The stakes are very high, Xiang Kang did not say his plans in public, but just attached to Shusun Tong's ear and whispered his despicable tricks, but Shusun Tong immediately replied: "General You, don't worry, this matter is not difficult, as long as the general commands, the students will immediately send their disciples back to Xianyang to act on behalf of the general." ”

"Then please sir!" Xiang Kang was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly pulled up his uncle and grandson, and said, "Sir, please, I will personally lead you to see my uncle." ”

Pulling Shusun Tong all the way back to the Chinese army camp that was being demolished, Xiang Kang, who has always been cautious, rarely used his right general privilege to ask Xiang Liang to immediately summon himself and Shusun Tong and his party in the Chinese army tent that was being demolished, and then Xiang Kang was not polite, and immediately introduced his uncle and grandson Tong to Xiang Liang, and carefully introduced his origin and identity for Shusun Tong, as well as the situation of being an official in the Qin court. It's a pity that Xiang Liang was obviously not interested in Uncle Sun Tong enough, and said casually: "Since Mr. Uncle Sun is erudite and talented, and the old man's beloved nephew personally introduced him, then stay, and the old man will arrange a position for you as appropriate." ”

Uncle Sun Tong hurriedly bowed down and thanked him, but Xiang Kang couldn't wait, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, Mr. Uncle Sun is of great use to our army, he is not only familiar with the internal situation of the tyrant Qin court, but also has a good relationship with Yan Le, the son-in-law of Zhao Gao, a close confidant of the tyrant Hu Hai. ”

"Is there such a good thing?" Xiang Liang finally became a little interested and asked, "Let me listen carefully." ”

Old man Fan, who had always been disgusted with Xiang Kang stealing chickens and dogs, happened to be at the scene, Xiang Kang inevitably hesitated, but the opportunity was really rare, and it was a pity to miss it, Xiang Kang still gave up his hand and said: "Uncle, we might as well use the relationship between Mr. Shusun and Zhao Gao's son-in-law to make a divisive plan, and let Mr. Shusun Tong send his disciples to spread rumors in front of Zhao Gao's son-in-law Yan Le, saying that Zhang Handipfu has been born with a rebellious heart, secretly colluded with our army, and is ready to betray the violent Qin court and establish himself as the king, and join forces with the world's anti-Qin righteous teachers to overthrow the violent Qin court, Establish himself as king in Guanzhong and divide the land of the world equally with the six countries outside Guanzhong. Then once Yan Le spread these rumors to Hu Hai's ears through Zhao Gao, Hu Hai will inevitably be suspicious of Zhang Han, the monarch and the ministers will be separated, and Zhang Han will not have the trust and support of the tyrannical Qin court, and it will be much easier for us to break his main force immediately. ”

As Xiang Kang was worried, before he finished speaking, Old Man Fan had already sneered with disdain on his face, and what disappointed Xiang Kang even more was that after listening to his shameless tricks, Xiang Liang was not only overjoyed, but also said with a smile: "It's easy to say, Yan Le and Zhao Gao are not three-year-olds, how can they easily listen to outsiders to sow discord?" ”

"Uncle, not necessarily." Xiang Kang retorted: "Zhang Han has repeatedly retreated in front of our army, and the tyrannical Qin court knows about this situation, and it must be very dissatisfied with him, and it is easiest to be suspicious of him. And uncle, you also know that Zhang Han's deputy Sima Xin once had a favor to you, Zhang Han knew this, but he still entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, as long as we poke this relationship to the tyrannical Qin court, how could the tyrant Hu Hai and the traitor Zhao Gao not be suspicious of Zhang Han? ”

It's a pity that Xiang Kang's words still failed to impress Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang still shook his head, and rarely scolded Xiang Kang, saying: "Kang'er, since you know that Sima Xin once had a favor to me, why do you want your uncle to use this relationship to sow discord and frame him?" If this news spreads, what will the world think of your uncle? ”

"It's ......." Xiang Kang was dumbfounded, and said in his heart for a while: "Then when you were on the battlefield in Xiangyi, why didn't you see Sima Xin quietly report to you, saying that Zhang Han was going to send troops to attack you?" Sima Xin is now our enemy, what can the people of the world say if they use some means against him? ”

"General Right, put away your tricks that can't be put on the table." Old man Fan couldn't help but say: "Let's not talk about whether your plan is feasible, it is still a big question whether this Uncle Sun Tong next to you can be relied on." ”

"Why did Fan Gong say this?" Xiang Kang was a little surprised, because Xiang Kang knew very well that Old Man Fan was a little arrogant, but he was not a jealous person, and he had never seen him say such unkind words to a literati and celebrity who took the initiative to vote.

"General Right probably doesn't know." Old man Fan said even more unceremoniously: "This Mr. Shusun Tong, when he was serving as a doctor in Xianyang, the tyrant Hu Hai summoned the doctor in the palace to discuss the military situation in the Kwantung region. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xiang Kang, who had a sparse history, was shocked again, and hurriedly asked, "Who did you listen to Fan Gong?" How could Mr. Shusun be such a person? ”

"Mr. Kong Teng, the ninth grandson of Mr. Zhongni (Confucius)." Old man Fan sneered and said: "There was a doctor of Confucianism present at that time who was a protégé of Mr. Kong Teng's father, and he also fled back to Xue County and told Mr. Kong Teng about it, and Mr. Kong Teng told me again. ”

It is related to the descendants of Confucius, even Xiang Kang didn't dare to say much, but Shusun Tong's face did not change and his heart did not beat, and he also bowed his hand to Old Man Fan and said: "What Fan Gong said is very true, the student did say such a thing at that time, but Fan Gong must not know that at that time, the doctors who said that the Guanwai Righteous Army was rebelling were all imprisoned by the tyrant Hu Hai, and only those who said like students were just thieves were spared." In this case, Mr. Kong Teng's classmates were able to flee back to Xue Di like students, so what did he say at that time, can't Fan Gong still be imaginable? ”

Old man Fan was rarely dumbfounded, and then said hatefully: "It was you who took the lead first, and the others had to follow you." ”

"Yes, it was the students who took the lead at the time, and flattered the tyrant Hu Hai against his will." Shusun Tong was still smiling, and said: "But did Fan Gong think about it, if it wasn't for the fact that the student said that at the time, he temporarily stabilized the tyrant Hu Hai for the righteous monarch outside the Guan, and the tyrannical Qin court gathered troops in time and gathered all the soldiers and horses out of the pass to quell the rebellion, and the opportunity for the anti-Qin righteous division to sweep through the Guanwai and become a prairie fire?" ”

"So, the rebels outside the Guanwai still have to thank you?!"

Shusun Tong no longer answered, but gave a positive answer in his heart, but Xiang Liang was too lazy to continue talking nonsense, and said: "Okay, this matter will end here, we still have to send troops to pursue Zhang Handpifu, it is important to quickly pull out the camp, let's disperse." ”

After that, Xiang Liang, who was preconceived by Kong Teng, also casually ordered: "Kang'er, since you admire Mr. Shusun Tong so much, let him and his protégé disciples serve in your army, watch and arrange a position for him, don't wronged him." ”

Xiang Kang, who was rejected for his advice, had no choice but to quickly give his leave, and returned to his camp with Shusun Tong and several of his protégés. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to be appreciated and contained by General Right, the students are already flattered." Uncle Sun Tong didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately gushed out: "To be able to serve the right general who is famous all over the world and powerful in Kyushu, it is the third life of the student's luck!" The right general is highly talented, Bo Gu Tong Jin, Wen Ke Anbang, Wu Ke Dingguo, the students talk about the luck of the sky, they can listen to the teachings under the general's tent from time to time, the students' wishes are satisfied, and where do they dare to care about the level of the official position? Even if he is a small official, it is the ...... of the students. ”

Although he didn't care much about Shusun Tong's disobedience and flattery in front of Hu Hai, but after listening to Shusun Tong's flattery that came as soon as he opened his mouth, Xiang Kang inevitably rolled his eyes a little, and at the same time was a little worried, and said secretly: "This guy loves to pat on the back so much, don't get along with my accomplice lackeys, right?" ”

Xiang Kang soon found that he was worried in vain, because Shusun Tong was not just deliberately currying favor with Xiang Kang, after serving in Xiang Kang's army, Shusun Tong has always seen people and talked nonsense, and none of the civil and military generals under Xiang Kang's account were not coaxed to be happy, and even Uncle Zhou, who had a more old-fashioned personality, raised his hand and surrendered under the flattery of Shusun Tong, and soon became friends with Shusun Tong. Shusun Tong, the number one scum of Confucianism in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, was soon completely integrated into Xiang Kang's army and completely became a member of Xiang Kang's army.

However, Xiang Kang may regret that he was unable to persuade Xiang Liang to adopt his own divisive plan, because when he decided to retreat last night, considering that the Chu army was large and could join forces with other anti-Qin rebels to attack him at any time, in the case of not being sure that he could defeat the main force of the Chu army, Zhang Han had written a seal overnight in order to prepare for a rainy day, and sent fast horses to Xianyang to ask for help from the Great Qin court, asking Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and Li Si to send additional reinforcements to him, strengthen his troops, and let himself have more troops available.

If Xiang Liang adopted Xiang Kang's suggestion, then needless to say, it would be unknown whether Zhang Han would be able to seek reinforcements and further support from the Great Qin court. But it's a pity that Xiang Liang missed the opportunity to be sent to his baby nephew, so it's really hard to say about this matter.