Although Xiang You, who is hated by people, often makes trouble for Feng Zhong, but for the sake of Xiang You's affection for being the only one of the Xiang family's children among the generals of the Southern Front Corps of the Young Marshal's Army, Feng Zhong has never deliberately attacked and retaliated against Xiang You's son Xiang You, who should have given Xiang You and his army a lot, and he has never been less than Xiang You's army, and he did not deliberately force Xiang You's department to be cannon fodder when he attacked Guangling City head-on, and attacked Tangyi Xiang You's department to take the lead in the city. Treating Xiang You can definitely be said to have a clear conscience.

Zhongli's battle was even more so, after discovering that Qin Jia's troops abandoned the city and fled, in order to give Xiang You a chance to make meritorious contributions, and in order to let Xiang You Yixue be humiliated by Qin Jia's army breaking through the camp before, in the case of other options, Feng Zhong still arranged for Xiang You to lead the army first and serve as the vanguard of the pursuit of Qin Jia's defeated army. It's just that what Feng Zhong didn't expect was that in the face of his kindness, Xiang Bo actually had the face to complain behind his back, saying that Feng Zhong deliberately bullied his son, and asked his son to go and confront Qin Jiajun's palace army head-on, so that other generals with different surnames in the young marshal's army would take the opportunity to pick up the opportunity behind.

Fortunately, Xiang Bo's small belly chicken intestines did not affect the morale and fighting spirit of Xiang You's department, and after catching up with Qin Jiajun first, Xiang You, who was eager for revenge, took the lead in leading the young marshal soldiers to chop and split, and fought hard to defeat Qin Jiajun's palace team without relying on the help of the main force, and successfully caught up with the Qin Jiajun brigade carrying a large number of grain and grass military supplies, and then with the assistance of the rear army, successfully killed the Qin Jiajun brigade that was still fighting in distress, seized countless military supplies and food, and successfully captured many Qin Jiajun prisoners. While completing the pursuit mission excellently, he finally washed away the shame that even the camp was breached by Qin Jia before.

At the end of the pursuit battle, the sky was already light, and at the same time, Xiang You's department and other young marshal's army pursued for nearly thirty miles, people were sleepy and tired, and they were tired enough from top to bottom, but because they won the battle again, the morale of the army was still high, and they rested on the spot for a while, and after hurriedly eating a little dry food, Xiang You's department and other young marshal's troops hurriedly took the prisoners captured on the battlefield, returned triumphantly with the captured military baggage, and retreated directly to Zhongli City while carefully cleaning the battlefield along the way.

When the troops were collected and returned to Zhongli City, Zhongli City had already been taken over by the rear army of the young marshal's army, but it was a pity that the young marshal army clerk who came to greet him told Xiang You and the other young marshal generals, saying: "Generals, I'm really sorry, General Feng has an order, let you not enter the city, after handing over the booty and prisoners, directly set up camp outside the city, we will soon enter Quyang, and we will not enter the city to station." ”

After that, the scribe smiled again and said: "And there is no fun in going in, Zhongli City was ruined by Qin Jia's dog thieves this time, the women in the female lu were all ruined by his thieves and soldiers, and the wine in the city was also drunk by his thieves, if you want to drink two glasses and be happy, it is better to be in our own camp." ”

The young marshal's generals smiled when they heard this, and Xiang You also smiled and said: "Okay, listen to General Feng's arrangement, quickly lead us to sacrifice prisoners, the soldiers are tired enough, waiting to rest." ”

The scribe agreed, and hurriedly led Xiang You and others to escort the prisoners to the newly built prisoner of war camp, but the first ones to be counted were not the prisoners captured by Xiang Youjun, Xiang You was bored waiting, so he casually patrolled his army to check the prisoners and baggage escorted by his army. Then it was also a coincidence, Xiang You looked at it casually, and accidentally found that a wounded captive not far away seemed to be a little familiar, and when he looked at the captive's appearance carefully under curiosity, the captive quickly twisted his head away, and at the same time dragged his injured leg into the captive crowd with difficulty, as if he was deliberately avoiding Xiang You.

"Who is this man? How do you seem to have seen it there? Strange thing, in Qin Jia's thief army, how can I have someone who seems to have seen it? ”

Wondering in his heart, Xiang You trotted a few steps on his horse, ran to the position of the captive, pointed at the captive with his horsewhip, and shouted, "You, come out." ”

The captive pretended to be stupid and didn't dare to make any moves, but Xiang You's personal soldiers were unceremonious, and stepped forward to pull him out, the captive was afraid and struggled, and he didn't dare to raise his head to face Xiang You, Xiang You felt more and more strange in his heart, so he simply put a horsewhip against the captive's chin and forced him to raise his head, but after carefully seeing the captive's appearance, Xiang You's face suddenly turned a little pale, because this captive not only knew Xiang You, but in fact, Feng Zhong, Xiang Kang and other Xiang family children also knew everything! And he is none other than the former right lieutenant of Ling County, who once fought to the death with the children of the Xiang family - Shan Chang!

"...... Xiang, General Xiang ......."

Lieutenant Shan also knew that Xiang You had already recognized him, so he had no choice but to tremble and beg: "General Xiang, please spare the villain's life." ”

Captain Shan's plea in exchange for Xiang You's subconscious hand holding the hilt of the sword, knowing that Xiang You wanted to kill people and kill people, and not let others know that Xiang You had betrayed the shameless behavior of the Xiang family's children to himself, Captain Shan quickly knelt down, kowtowed again and again and said: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, the little one didn't hear it clearly just now, I thought you were calling someone else out, and you didn't come over to kowtow to you right away, the little one should die, the small one should die!" Please spare your life, General! Please spare your life, General! ”

Captain Shan's actions attracted the attention of countless bystanders, and Xiang You quickly calculated in his heart, and quickly made up his mind, and ordered the soldiers next to him: "Escort him over, I will personally interrogate this prisoner." ”

After that, Xiang You turned his horse's head, rode his horse to the side and dismounted in the distance, and the soldiers behind him also put the leg wounded Shan Right Lieutenant over, and then as soon as he let go, Shan Youwei immediately knelt down again, trembling and said: "General rest assured, the little one has never said anything, he has never said anything to anyone, and he will never say anything in the future." ”

"When did you enter Qin Jia's army of dog thieves?" Xiang You asked with a gloomy face.

"When Qin Jia's dog thief first started his army, the little one went to him." Xiang You was taken aback by Captain Shan's answer, and then Captain Shan said tremblingly: "Later, the little one followed Qin Jia's dog thief, and he fought side by side with the general for a period of time, so general, you can believe it, if the villain is not strict, wouldn't Qin Jia's dog thief be ......, wouldn't it be ......." ”

Shan Youwei didn't dare to finish his words, but Xiang You also understood what he meant, knowing that he really didn't tell Qin Jia and the others about his ugly deeds, otherwise Qin Jia would have taken it out and hyped it up a long time ago, making himself completely discredited. However, this did not make Xiang You grateful, and Xiang You, who called Captain Shan over just to find an excuse to kill him, was silent on his face, but his arm had moved slightly, and he was ready to draw his sword to kill Captain Shan directly, and then casually find an excuse to explain to everyone.

"You'er, what are you doing here?"

The sudden voice of Xiang Bo saved the life of a dog from Shan You, when Xiang You hurriedly turned back, he saw his father Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang leading a few entourages and striding towards him, Xiang You was helpless, so he had to temporarily let go of Shan Youwei and salute Xiang Bo, but Xiang Bo was very strange, pointing to Shan Youwei kneeling next to Xiang You and asked, "What is this prisoner for?" How did you bring him here for a solitary interrogation? ”

Xiang You hesitated, and didn't know how to answer for a while, but Shan Youwei was very clever, and took the initiative to kowtow to Xiang Bo and said: "Old general, the young general, his eyes are like torches, and he found that the villain seems to be the thief of Qin Jia's dog thief, and he disguised himself as a pawn, so he brought the villain over for interrogation alone, and the villain didn't dare not tell the truth, in fact, the villain is two or five hundred elders under the command of Qin Jia's dog thief, and in order to escape for his life last night, he found a soldier's clothes to change into." ”

"Yes, with this vision, I can see that this dog thief is a thief and will be disguised." Xiang Bo was very relieved to hear this, and asked Xiang You again, "How many prisoners have you captured?" What about the rest? ”

"Back to my father, five hundred and twelve captives have been captured, and the seized money and food have not yet had time to be counted, but there must be a lot." Xiang You answered truthfully.

"Good!" Xiang Bo was overjoyed again, and said with a bit of gritted teeth: "This time, see how Feng Zhongxiao'er gives you a promotion, if he deliberately presses you again and doesn't give you a promotion to captain, the old man will definitely not spare him!" ”

Xiang You didn't dare to agree, but Xiang Bo shouted to Captain Shan who was kneeling on the ground: "Why don't you go back quickly?" When you enter the prisoner of war camp to report your identity, dare to play tricks to conceal your position, be careful of your head! ”

Captain Shan, who escaped death, was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to Xiang Bo to thank him, couldn't wait to struggle to get up, and limped back with the broken spear picked up on the road, although Xiang You felt sorry in his heart, but when he suddenly saw Zhang Liang standing next to Xiang Bo, Xiang You was moved in his heart, and said secretly: "Isn't it already complete?" Captain Shan has it, and Uncle Han's family member Han Li is now with Uncle Han and us, if they stand up and testify, the ugly thing Xiang Kang did will not be exposed to the world? ”

gave birth to this idea, Xiang You suddenly dispelled the idea of killing Shan You, because Xiang Kang had previously concealed Xiang You's ugly deeds for Xiang You, and had fabricated that Xiang You's bending to Shan Youwei was a lie arranged by himself, so even if Shan Youwei didn't say something strictly, Xiang You could also prevaricate under the pretext that Xiang Kang had arranged it, and leaving Shan Youwei behind might come in handy at a critical moment......

Xiang You has never forgotten the girl Yu Jiao who made her dream, and for Xiang Kang, in addition to the jealousy from the heart, Xiang You actually has no lack of hatred.

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On Xiang Kang's side, when Feng Zhong took the southern army of the young marshal's army into Jiujiang, Xiang Kang also adopted the suggestion of the old man Fan and held a large-scale sacrifice on the outskirts of Pengcheng to pay tribute to his eldest father and the previous head of the old Xiang family, Xiang Yan, so that everyone in the world knew that the young marshal's army was the orthodox army bloodline of the Chu State, and also established the banner that he was the descendant of Xiang Yan. Not to mention the results, after the news spread, many remnants of the Chu State who were nostalgic for the old country really took the initiative to come to Pengcheng to join the young marshal's army, bringing many civilian officials to Xiang Kang who are currently in urgent need. At the same time, several surrounding forces also sent envoys to Pengcheng to worship the temple built by Xiang Kang for Xiang Yan, and took the opportunity to reconcile with Xiang Kang and conclude an alliance with the young marshal's army against Qin.

Among them, of course, Liu Laosan, who has been bordering most of the young marshal army under control, in order to free up his hands to go north to expand his territory, Liu Laosan, who is one of the best in this era, sent his second brother Liu Zhong as an envoy to carry three animal sacrifices to Pengcheng to worship Xiang Yan Temple on his behalf, and then logically proposed to form an alliance with the young marshal army to join forces against Qin without aggression. And Xiang Kang, in order to oppose Qin's great cause, accepted Liu Laosan's request without hesitation, and generously gave Liu Laosan a reassurance.

To Xiang Kang's surprise, after Liu Zhong left, Liu Laosan's subordinate Fengyi guard Yongya even sent his own brother Yonggong as an envoy to worship Xiang Yan Temple on behalf of Yongya. So much so that when Yonggong came to the temple gate of Pengcheng County to ask for a meeting, Xiang Kang couldn't help scratching his head and said extremely strangely: "Didn't Liu Laosan's second brother just worship my eldest father?" Why did this Yongya send someone again, didn't he know that Liu Laosan had already sent someone to worship my eldest father? ”

"I'm afraid it's not just that I don't know." Zhou Zeng is not good at military affairs, but he is very good at political struggle, and said: "Whether Yongya knows it or not, as Liu Ji's general, he bypassed Liu Ji and directly worshiped your eldest father under his own banner, which is enough to show that he doesn't take Liu Ji seriously at all and has two hearts for Liu Ji." ”

A word to wake up the person in the dream, Zhou Zeng reminded that Xiang Kang, who has not yet been sparse to the extreme, immediately remembered that in history, there have been two important traitors under Liu Laosan, the first is Cao Wuxian, who almost lost his head, and the second is Yongya, who once betrayed Liu Laosan with the city, territory and army. And although Yongya betrayed Liu Laosan, and who he surrendered after betraying Liu Laosan, Xiang Kang can't remember, but since this kind of seamed egg was sent to the door, Xiang Kang, who was extremely vigilant about Liu Laosan's big fly, subconsciously did not hesitate, and immediately got up and said: "Go, I will personally go to meet Yongya's messenger." ”

Xiang Kang's personal welcome was of course to flatter Yongya's younger brother Yonggong, and after the passing scene of worshiping Xiang Yan Temple, when he sat down with Xiang Kang face-to-face and drank together, Yonggong also carefully tested Xiang Kang's true attitude towards Liu Laosan, and at the same time took out Yongya's handwritten letter to Xiang Kang and presented it, Xiang Kang took it and saw that Yongya greatly admired himself as a descendant of Xiang Yan in the letter, and obviously revealed Liu Laosan's contempt for this hooligan scoundrel, Xiang Kang also had a bottom in his heart. Knowing that Yongya already has a plan to turn to himself, if he attacks Liu Laosan, Yongya is likely to surrender himself to the same city in history, and stab Liu Laosan in the back!

When Xiang Kang read the letter carefully, of course Yonggong was secretly observing Xiang Kang's expression, but unfortunately, Xiang Kang's best thing was to hide his expression and reaction, and he rarely lost his temper, and of course Yonggong, who was mediocre, couldn't see what Xiang Kang was thinking. But it's okay for Yonggong, after reading the letter carefully, Xiang Kang not only handed the letter to Zhou Zeng to read, but also said to Yonggong with a pleasant face: "Yongzhuangshi, what Brother Ling means, I already understand, but it's not the time." ”

"Isn't it time?" Yonggong heard Xiang Kang's voice, and hurriedly asked, "Young Marshal, do you think it's not the right time?" ”

Xiang Kang nodded calmly, and said in a cloudy voice: "Although Liu Ji refuses to surrender to our army, he is also an anti-Qin rebel army after all, no matter what I do to him at this time, I will only let the world scold him." I also agree with Brother Ling's evaluation of Liu Ji very much, but please don't be impatient, don't make a decision in a hurry, and wait until you have the opportunity in the future. ”

Yonggong nodded again and again, and understood Xiang Kang's voice very well, and Xiang Kang said: "If you invite the strong man back to my brother, I will say that he is very kind to me, I am grateful, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely double the reward." But now, I have to ask him to be patient for the time being, and when the time comes, I will contact him and ask him to help me, and then this young marshal will greet him again and repay Brother Ling's affection. ”

Yonggong nodded again, and hurriedly said that he would definitely bring Xiang Kang's original words to Yongya, and Xiang Kang asked people to take gold beads and beautiful jade, and presented them to Yongya and Yonggong brothers, Yonggong was overjoyed and thanked, Xiang Kang picked it up with his own hand, and patted Yonggong's hand and said: "Calm down, don't be in a hurry, if there is something over there in Fengyi, just ask me, if you can help, I will help to the end." ”

Yonggong promised again and again, thanked him again and again, and then said goodbye and left. As a result, after Yonggong left, of course, Zhou Zeng next to him immediately asked: "Young marshal, do you want to put a long line to catch a big fish?" ”

"Of course, you have to put a long line to catch big fish." Xiang Kang replied: "Liu Ji is ambitious, shrewd, and will sooner or later become a threat behind us, at this time, for the sake of the great cause of anti-Qin, we can't attack him, but we must not prepare in advance, and bury the bane of Yong Tooth for him, and he may be able to receive miraculous results in the future." ”

"Yes." Zhou Zeng nodded and said: "Although Yongya in the letter is to defect to us, but at present, the great enemy of the tyrannical Qin, if we attack other anti-Qin rebels for the sake of a small city in Fengyi, it will inevitably discredit us. ”

Xiang Kang was silent, thinking about how to use Yongya, a famous traitor, but Xiang Yang, who was in charge of intelligence, suddenly came to the front of him, and said as soon as they met: "Brother, I just received the news that the violent Qin general Zhang Hanbing sent a letter to Guguan and defeated Zhou Zhang (also known as Zhou Wen), the main general of Zhang Chu's Western Expedition in Caoyang, Zhou Zhang retreated again, and Zhang Han entered the army to pursue, and he was about to walk out of the Cuihan Road. ”

"Is the message accurate?" Xiang Kang asked.

"I can't confirm it, it's the news we heard from passing merchants on the Gushui Pier." Xiang Yang replied truthfully.

"No wind, no waves." Xiang Kang's face was gloomy, and he said: "The transmission of civil news is slow, but I am afraid that at this time, Zhou Tong has been wiped out." ”

As Xiang Kang expected, in fact, as early as ten days ago, Zhang Chuxi's army, which had retreated to Mianchi, had suffered a crushing defeat for the third time, and the hundreds of thousands of troops who had once entered the pass completely collapsed, and Zhou Zhang also killed himself. At the same time, after receiving this news, Zhang Chu's army that was besieging Xingyang actually had a civil strife, Zhang Chu's general Tian Zang launched a mutiny, brutally killed Chen Sheng's loyal ally Wu Guang, and took charge of the army by himself.