Chapter 143: Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger

The first banquet after the reunion with the hero's second uncle Xiang Liang was mainly to reminisce about the past, and there was not too much discussion about the military, let alone any personnel issues and the merger of the army. Although the children of the Xiang family, who finally met the second uncle, were a little reluctant, they still obediently obeyed the order, and honestly followed Xiang Kang back to the young marshal's camp to take charge of the troops.

There was nothing to say at night, and early the next morning, Xiang Kangsheng gathered the generals and announced that he was going to invite Xiang Liang to the camp this afternoon to review the young marshal's army, and asked the young marshal generals to prepare and accept Xiang Liang's review in the best state as much as possible.

We all know that Xiang Kang has respected Xiang Liang as a marshal since the beginning of the army, and he is the real leader of the young marshal's army, and he has seen with his own eyes that Xiang Liang's army has just arrived at the Suiyang battlefield and defeated the Qin army in the field, proving his leadership position with real skills, so the young marshal generals did not dare to slack off, and all of them hugged their fists and sang promises, whether they were the children of the Xiang family or the generals with foreign surnames, they were all full of energy to behave in front of Xiang Liang, and left a deep impression on Xiang Liang, who was about to take over the command of the young marshal army.

There was an accident, just when the young marshal army generals were gearing up to perform well, a herald suddenly came in outside the tent and saluted Xiang Kang and said: "Young Marshal Qiqi, the battalion gate official reports, there is a person who claims to be the supervisor of our army sent by Marshal Xiang of Shangzhu State, and he came to the gate of our army camp with the seal and letter of appointment issued to him by Marshal Xiang, and asked the young marshal to personally greet him. ”

"Uncle sent me a prison guard?" Xiang Kang listened to it for a while, and said suspiciously: "Last night, my uncle didn't say anything about it?" ”

The young marshal's generals looked at each other, and they were as inexplicable as Xiang Kang, Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping couldn't help but be a little worried, for fear that this was the beginning of the estrangement and contradiction between Xiang Kang and Xiang Liang. After doubting, Xiang Kang asked casually: "Who is the prison sent by the marshal to us?" ”

"Back to the young marshal, that person claims to be called Zhang Liang, the word room." The herald replied truthfully: "He also said that he once assassinated the violent Qin Emperor Yingzheng in Bolangsha, and is currently serving as Zhongjuan under Marshal Xiang." ”

Before the herald finished speaking, Xiang Kang, who had not yet reached the extreme of history, had already jumped up and exclaimed in disbelief: "Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang? Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang, who assassinated the First Emperor in Bolangsha? When did he come to serve under my uncle's account? How come I don't know at all? Hurry up, everyone, follow me to the gate of the camp to meet Mr. Ovary. ”

At the beginning, Zhang Liang stabbed Qin in Bolangsha, although he accidentally hit the deputy car and failed to get it, but it made a sensation in the world, and caused the price of grain in the Guanzhong area to skyrocket several times, and he did accumulate a lot of reputation, and no one in the young marshal army had not heard of his name, so they were also surprised, saying that they didn't expect Xiang Liang to send the young marshal army to serve as the supervisor. Therefore, after listening to Xiang Kang's instructions, the young marshal generals did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went out of the account with Xiang Kang and went to the gate of the young marshal army's camp to greet Zhang Liang.

Then, before and after arriving at the gate of the big camp, Xiang Kang, Xiang Zhuang, Feng Zhong and others were of course extremely dumbfounded to see that standing in front of the gate of the big camp with a team of entourages was Han Liang, Xiang Bo's close friend, and Han Liang, who was so burdened by Xiang Bo that no one in the young marshal's army did not like to be treated. Then Xiang Kang didn't turn around for a while, and asked in surprise: "Uncle Han, why are you here too?" What about Mr. Zhang Liang and Mr. Zhang Zifang? ”

Glancing at Xiang Kang with a complicated expression, Zhang Liang arched his hand and said: "The young marshal forgives the sin, and the next is Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang, for various reasons, Zhang Liang has been using a pseudonym, and he has deceived the young marshal a lot, and I hope the young marshal will not blame." ”

After experiencing so many ups and downs, it is difficult to shock Xiang Kang anymore in general, but after finally learning that Han Liang, who had been with him for a long time, was Zhang Liang, Xiang Kang inevitably opened his mouth wide, and he couldn't believe his ears for a while. Fortunately, Xiang Kang's psychological quality is quite good, although he was shocked and extremely regretful, but Xiang Kang quickly came back to his senses and said to Zhang Liang: "Uncle said it, you are a wanted criminal in the violent Qin court, once your identity is exposed, you will be killed at any time, and you will be forced to go incognito, but it is human nature, how dare the little nephew blame?" ”

"Thank you for your understanding." Zhang Liang returned the salute, took out the letter of appointment issued to him by Xiang Liang and the letter of supervision of the army, and said: "Young marshal, Xiang Zhuguo is wrongly loved, let me serve as a supervisor in your army, and I hope that the young marshal will not be suspicious of being shallow in his studies, and it is difficult to be competent for his job." Please also ask the young marshal to send orders to the three armies, and make your official positions public so that you can assist in your military affairs. ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and immediately sent someone to order the whole battalion, so that all the young marshals and soldiers knew that Xiang Liang had sent a prison army to him, and this supervisor still assassinated Zhang Liang, a famous soldier of Qin Shi Huang, in Bolangsha, and then politely invited Zhang Liang into the camp and invited Zhang Liang into the Chinese army's big tent to sit down.

Most of them had already known Zhang Liang before, and of course there was no need for Xiang Kang to introduce the young marshal generals to Zhang Liang one by one, but because of Xiang Kang's scourge of the third uncle Xiang Bo, Zhou Zeng, Feng Zhong and Chao Zhi and other Xiang Kang's cronies did not have a very good face towards Zhang Liang before, and finally this will meet again, or in the case of Zhang Liang returning to the young marshal's army camp as a supervisor, the atmosphere in the Chinese army's big tent is inevitably a little embarrassing, and he can't be active in saying anything.

In the end, after finishing the formalities that should be taken, Zhang Liangcai said to Xiang Kang: "Young marshal, Xiang Zhuguo still has a word to bring to you, the reason why he suddenly appointed him as the supervisor of the army, to your army to assist him in military affairs, inspector general, is a special reason, and said that with the young marshal, you are extremely smart, you will be able to immediately understand his intentions, I hope you will actively cooperate to achieve the goal he wants." ”

Xiang Kang sighed, turned to Xiang Zhuang and the others and said, "Brother, from now on, as long as you and your brothers and sisters have time, you can go to the camp to meet the second uncle at any time, and you and Brother Xiang Yu can play as much as they want, and you don't need to tell me in advance." ”

"Brother, how can this work?" Xiang Zhuang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "At the moment of the great enemy, how can we leave the army at will and go to our uncle's camp to play?" ”

"That's what my uncle meant, you just do it." Xiang Kang commanded casually.

"That's what Uncle meant?"

Xiang Zhuang and the other children of the Xiang family were inevitably even more inexplicable when they heard this, and Chen Ping next to him arched his hand and said: "Young marshal, some more soldiers should be arranged, so that they can deliberately have a conflict with Mr. Zhang Liang outside the camp." ”

"Okay, I'll trouble Mr. Chen Ping to arrange this matter." Xiang Kang nodded, turned to Zhang Liang and said, "Mr. Zifang, Mr. Chen Ping's intentions, I think you also understand, if there is any offense to our sergeant at that time, please don't mind." ”

"Please rest assured, young marshal, understand below." Zhang Liang agreed, sighed secretly in his heart, and said in his heart: "No wonder I have always looked down on me, even if I am extremely smart, there are still many talents under the account, and I can even see the subtleties, and immediately understand the true intentions of Xiang Zhuguo." ”

In this way, under the deliberate dissemination, Xiang Liang immediately planted a news of the supervision of the army in the ranks of the young marshal's army, which soon spread in the camp of the young marshal's army, and quickly spread outside the camp with the activities of the soldiers and contact with the outside world. At the same time, according to Xiang Kang's requirements, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, Xiang You and other children of the Xiang family also deliberately went out of the camp frequently to meet Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu in the camp of the Chu army, posing a posture that had gradually stopped Xiang Kang.

A day later, under Chen Ping's careful arrangement, the young marshal sergeant under Feng Zhong still clashed with Zhang Liang's entourage brought from the Chu army camp outside the camp, and also made a big fuss, forcing Xiang Kang and Zhang Liang to come forward to solve the problem in person, and then Xiang Kang also pretended to be angry, and deliberately beat the self-sergeant under Zhang Liang's persecution, and led Feng Zhong and Chao Zhi and other young marshals to leave angrily.

has been closely monitoring the young marshal army and Chu army's every move, of course, these situations were quickly reported to Zhang Han, in this regard, Zhang Han, who is well aware of the weakness of human nature, is of course secretly happy in his heart, and believes that Xiang Liang is preparing to completely absorb and annex the young marshal army, and the children of the Xiang family are also obviously inclined to Xiang Liang, and Xiang Kang is used to being the boss and is unwilling to lose power, and has been dissatisfied and estranged from Xiang Liang.

In addition to continuing to closely monitor the situation of the camp of the young marshal army and the Chu army, he blindly just let the Qin army go deep and stick to the camp, even if Xiang Liang sent someone to send a letter to make an appointment for battle, and took the initiative to ask for a showdown with the Qin army, Zhang Han, who did not like to fight uncertain battles, still refused, and patiently just waited for the enemy to lose his breath and show his flaws.

After a few days of confrontation, Xiang Liang sent a letter for the second time to fight, but Zhang Han once again categorically refused, and the voice of the Qin army was gradually heard in the Chu army camp, and at the same time, the children of the Xiang family, who were overflowing with hormones, became more and more jubilant, not only to gather in the Chu army camp every day, but also often rode out of the camp, ran and frolicked in the open space outside the camp, and tried to ride and shoot, completely treating the Qin army camp ten miles away as nothing.

This day is the same, after frolicking outside the camp, Xiang Yu, who felt that it was not enjoyable, had a whim, and said to Xiang Guan, who was in charge of commanding the cavalry of the young marshal's army: "Brother, if not, you go to your camp, select a hundred cavalry to come out, let them fight with me alone with a spear wrapped in white ash, and see if any of them can stab me, as long as someone can stab me with a spear, I will lose you ten jars of good wine." ”

"Okay, I don't believe a hundred people can't beat you." Xiang Guan agreed, and immediately flew back to the camp to gather the cavalry under his command, and selected a hundred elite cavalry to carry training equipment out of the camp to test martial arts with Xiang Yu.

Without his own orders, Xiang Guan randomly dispatched a hundred cavalry out of the camp to play, of course it was impossible for Xiang Kang to ignore such a big movement, so after receiving the news, Xiang Kang immediately took Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping and a team of personal soldiers out of the camp, personally went outside the camp to check the situation, and asked Xiang Guan in public why he transferred troops out of the camp privately? I never thought that Xiang Liang also heard the news, and he also came to the camp with great interest, not only stopped Xiang Kang's scolding of Xiang Guan, but also said very indulgently: "Kang'er, let them make trouble, uncle also wants to see how your cavalry is doing." Let them behave well, if someone can really stab Yu'er with a spear, the old man will reward him with twenty gold. ”

Xiang Liang's orders Xiang Kang certainly did not dare to disobey, so he had to let Xiang Guan, who was increasingly ignoring himself, mess around, and let a hundred young marshal cavalry compete with Xiang Yu to try riding and shooting, and at the same time, of course, the Qin army scouts were also carefully watching this situation from a distance.

With Xiang Liang's personal order, the competition began, a hundred young marshal cavalry patted the horse together, raised a spear and rushed to Xiang Yu a hundred steps away, Xiang Yu was relaxed and smiled, first turned the horse's head sideways, trotted to accelerate, temporarily avoided the frontal charge of the young marshal cavalry, and took the young marshal cavalry in the open space in a big circle, and then relied on the horse of the black horse and amazing horsemanship, suddenly changed direction in the gallop, rushed into the crowd of the young marshal cavalry from the side, shouted a spear and stabbed out, and immediately poked a young marshal cavalry out, He then knocked over a companion.

It is purely a slaughter, although the front of the spear in Xiang Yu's hand is covered with white ash, and even the metal spear tip is temporarily removed for safety, but under Xiang Yu's divine power, every time his spear is stabbed, he can basically stab a young marshal cavalry off the horse, although the young marshal cavalry also stabbed hard, but Xiang Yu just waved his spear easily, and immediately swept away the spear of the young marshal cavalry or even directly flew away, the young marshal cavalry shouted endlessly, but it was still Xiang Yu was extremely easy to stop and rush through, and more than ten people failed to fall from the horse.

The next situation was much the same, relying on the swiftness of the black horse, Xiang Yu first deliberately led the cavalry of the young marshal army to go around in a circle, and when he saw the opportunity, he immediately stopped the waist and impacted, and rushed the young marshal cavalry off the horse one after another, but he was unharmed, and the soldiers of the Chu army who were watching the battle from a distance applauded loudly and cheered desperately, but the young marshal soldiers were amazed, and they didn't dare to imagine that there could be such a fierce general in the world.

As more and more cavalry of the young marshal army fell to the ground, Xiang Yu also obviously fought more and more easily, and finally simply didn't bother to go around the circle, directly reined in the horse and stood in place, waving a spear with one hand to easily deal with the young marshal cavalry, still killing the young marshal cavalry was difficult to parry, and the horse was constantly falling. However, just when Xiang Kang was stunned, a competitive soldier finally stood up among the cavalry of the young marshal's army, not only dodging flexibly, but also avoiding the two spears stabbed by Xiang Yu in the front one after another, and almost stabbed Xiang Yu with a spear, and at the same time, the cavalry of the young marshal army behind also took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and several spears stabbed Xiang Yu's back almost at the same time.

"Get out!"

Seeing that he was about to be stabbed at the critical moment, Xiang Yu suddenly roared loudly, as if a thunderclap exploded on the ground, which not only shocked the eardrums of the surrounding young marshal cavalry, but also frightened the cavalry and horses of the young marshal army around him, and involuntarily retreated, Xiang Yu took the opportunity to dodge to avoid a spear stabbed from the front, and turned around with a wave, knocking all the spears behind him away!

Xiang Yu was a little surprised, in the case that the war horse was already frightened, the young marshal cavalry on the opposite side relied only on his legs to clamp the horse, quickly withdrew the spear, and stabbed a spear in his chest, Xiang Yu could not avoid it, he could only use his hands for the first time, holding the spear with both hands, and smashed the head of the young marshal cavalry with the handle of the spear, not only directly smashed the horse's head, but also smashed the horse directly, and fell to the ground with the young marshal cavalry. Then Xiang Yu did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly rode his horse out of the encirclement, and continued to use mobile guerrilla tactics to compete with the cavalry of the young marshal's army.

At this time, Xiang Kang, of course, noticed the performance of the young marshal's cavalry, and also noticed that he was wearing a five-hundred-long military uniform, so he hurriedly asked Xiang Guan next to him, "Brother, who is that five-hundred-long man?" It's not bad, but you can avoid our brother with both hands? ”

"Irrigation baby, the person I accepted when I was in Li County." Xiang Guan replied casually: "Not only is my riding skills good, but I am also very good at using my brains in battle, and the battle in Xiao County was the one where he suggested that I raid the temporary bridge of the tyrannical Qin army, so I didn't give Zhang Ping a chance to supply grain and grass in Xiao County." ”

"It turns out that he is a baby." Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, go and invite General Guan Ying over, I want to talk to him face to face." ”

The soldiers stepped forward according to the order, and then it didn't take long for the disgraced Guan Infant to be led to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang first looked at him carefully, and then said with a smile: "How is it?" How does it feel to compete with my brother? ”

"If it weren't for the fright of the last general's war horse, the last general would definitely have a chance to stab General Xiang Yu just now." Guan Ying said hatefully: "The last general's horse is too bad, and it is too far from General Xiang's mount. ”

Xiang Kang laughed, first turned over and dismounted, and then handed the reins of his war horse to Guan Ying, and said with a smile: "What the general said is extremely true, the cavalry general has no good horse, which means that the tiger wolf has no claws and the eagle has no wings." Come, take it, although my horse is not as wonderful as my brother's black horse, it is also a rare good horse, and I will give it to you. ”

Looking at Xiang Kang riding the first-class horse with a snow-white body, Guan Ying was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears, and hurriedly said: "Young marshal, the last general has not made meritorious deeds, how can he receive your reward?" ”

"Being able to force my brother to use his hands is already your greatest feat." Xiang Kang smiled, forced the reins of the horse into the hands of the baby, and said, "Take it, wait and see, I bet that my brother will definitely come over to talk to you alone in a while." ”

After Xiang Kang easily cleaned up the remaining cavalry of the young marshal's army, Xiang Yu really rushed directly to Xiang Kang and Guan Ying, and asked Guan Ying very directly: "What is your name?" ”

The baby returned his name, and Xiang Yu was not polite, and said, "Would you like to go with me?" Serve in my cavalry, and I will not be able to treat you well. ”

If it had been changed to ordinary times, Xiang Yu would have been so appreciated, Guan Ying might have left with him immediately, but now it is a pity that Xiang Kang not only discovered Guan Ying earlier, but also immediately gave his best mount to Guan Ying, so Guan Ying did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Thank you for the general's love, but Xiang Shao Marshal is as kind to the last general, so the last general really does not dare to accept the general's kindness." ”

"It's a pity." Xiang Yu regretted a sentence, and was about to persuade again, but Xiang Guan next to him suddenly pointed to Xiang Yu's back and shouted in surprise: "Brother, you were stabbed, you were stabbed!" Look at the back of your shoulder, there's a white dot on it! Hurry up, ten jars of good wine, bring it immediately! ”

"How is that possible?" Xiang Yu turned his head in disbelief, and then simply took off his clothes to check his back, and saw that there was indeed a little white mark on the left shoulder of his back, which was obviously stabbed in the melee, Xiang Yu was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Who stabbed me?" Who is it? ”

The culprit was quickly led to Xiang Kang, Xiang Yu and others, and to Xiang Kang's surprise, the young marshal cavalry who stabbed Xiang Yu had not only seen it, but was also very impressed-it was Yang Xi, a Qin pawn in Guanzhong who instigated the Qin army to capture and rebel on the battlefield in Dangxian. And then, Xiang Yu, who was very conceited about himself, in addition to praising Yang Xi fiercely, couldn't wait to ask: "With such good skills, would you like to serve in my cavalry team?" ”

"The general forgives the sins." Xiang Yu was rejected again, and Yang Xi said very directly: "The young marshal is not only kind to the villain, but also gracious to the reconstruction, the villain will never leave him, so the general's kindness, the villain can only be understood." ”

Xiang Yu sighed helplessly, patted Xiang Kang's shoulder, and said: "Brother is amazing, not only is there a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the army, but everyone is loyal to you, Brother is envious." ”

At this time, Xiang Liang, who had been watching quietly from the side, suddenly sighed lightly and said secretly: "I didn't expect Kang'er to have such a strong control over the army, although this is a good thing, but if he doesn't accept Yu'er, he insists on having a long time with Yu'er under the old man's account, I'm afraid that sooner or later there will be a conflict." And the old man has no children, and after the old man's hundred years, there is ...... between them. ”

At the same time, Xiang Liang fulfilled his promise and asked people to take twenty gold rewards to Yang Xi, who was lucky enough to stab Xiang Yu, and at the same time, Xiang Yu was also very happy, and immediately let people take ten jars of good wine and lose to Xiang Guan, Xiang Guan was overjoyed, and he was busy letting the young marshal cavalry who fought today drink good wine, and everyone dispersed happily.

After these situations were reported to Zhang Han, Zhang Han couldn't help but be furious even if he had a good temper, and said angrily: "Xiang Liang Lao'er, you dare to underestimate me so much, if you don't take revenge, I swear not to be a person!" ”

"General, it's time to do it." Sima Xin also said gloomily: "Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang, the two traitors, have been estranged, and their thief army has been completely relaxed, and the soldiers are separated, our army should seize the opportunity to highlight the strange soldiers, and kill the thieves by surprise!" ”

Zhang Han thought carefully, gritted his teeth for a while, and nodded slowly.