Zhang Chu Wang Chen Sheng's imperial ability is indeed a little insufficient, in addition to the sent out generals repeatedly rebelled and became independent, the messenger sent to ask Xiang Kang to send troops to rescue Chen County is also an unreliable goods, ate a good meal of wine and meat in Pengcheng, and received a little Xiang Kang's benefits, not only immediately told Xiang Kang a lot of Qin army information that should not be known to the young marshal army, but also sold many of the inside stories of Zhang Chu's small court, so that Xiang Kang, whose history is not very good, finally understood why Chen Sheng was destroyed so quickly.

It was also through the introduction of Chen Sheng's envoy that Xiang Kangcai roughly understood some of the basic situation of Zhang Han's army, and knew that Zhang Han's army was at least more than 250,000, and the core backbone was not the Lishan prisoners that many people think, but after the water war, the Qin court was drawn back from the Longxi area of the frontier elite, and the combat effectiveness was extremely strong, collapsed, Zhou Zhang finally fled to Mianchi with a little remnant of the defeated general, and was immediately surrounded by Zhang Han's pursuit regiment, and then completely annihilated.

In addition, the eastward march of Zhang Han's army also in just over 20 days, successively defeated Zhang Chu's army of Tian Zang, Li Gui, Deng Shuo and Wu Yu four ways of soldiers and horses, with the most thorough crushing momentum into Chen County, Chen Sheng dying and struggling, concentrated all the rabble in Chen County to hand over to the Shangzhu State Cai Ci command, and Zhang Han fought with the northwest of Chen County, and was also killed by Zhang Han's army in only half a day, Cai Ci, whose official position was equivalent to Xiang Liang, was also cut off by the Qin soldiers on the battle, dedicated to Zhang Han with a night pot. Chen Sheng was completely cornered, so he had to desperately organize the Chen County garrison to fight, and at the same time ask for help from Zhang Chu's various armies, including Xiang Kang.

"Envoy, in your opinion, can King Zhang Chu block the tyrannical Qin army under the city of Chenxian? Persist until all the soldiers and horses return to the division of the king of Qin? ”

Xiang Kang just casually asked unintentionally, but immediately in exchange for an unexpected gain, Zhang Chu's envoy, who had been irrigated by Xiang Kang's blushing face and thick neck, shook his head and sighed, while even saying that it was difficult to say, when Xiang Kang asked again, Zhang Chu's envoy told Xiang Kang about many good things that Chen Sheng had done in Chen County, saying that since Chen Sheng became the king of Zhang Chu, it didn't take long for him to become unpopular, and he was extremely arrogant, not only refusing to treat his old companions well, but also because these mud-legged friends occasionally said two words to them, Immediately kill these people cleanly, and treat the generals even more cruelly, as long as they go back after defeating the battle, no matter what the reason, they will be killed immediately, and even Ge Ying, the general who has made great contributions to Zhang Chuguo, also died tragically under Chen Sheng's butcher's knife, causing Zhang Chuzhong's generals to panic, as long as they have a little ability, they don't want to go back to Chen County when they go to other places.

After selling Chen Sheng cleanly, the envoy, who had no confidence in Chen Sheng, begged Xiang Kang: "Young marshal, can you let the little envoy stay in Pengcheng for a few more days, and then go back after a while, Chen County's side must have been turned upside down now, if the little envoy goes back now, I'm afraid that even the city of Chen County will not be able to enter, and it will soon fall into the hands of the tyrannical Qin army." ”

"Of course, if the envoy likes it, it's no problem to live in Pengcheng for a month or two."

For the sake of Zhang Chu's envoy providing him with so much useful information, Xiang Kang of course agreed to his request, Zhang Chu's envoy was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang, while Xiang Kang carefully sorted out the information provided by Zhang Chu's envoy for himself, and suddenly found that he had forgotten something that needed attention, and hurriedly asked Zhang Chu's envoy: "Envoy, there is another thing I forgot to ask, Zhang Handpifu's subordinates, what are the main generals?" Who are the people who need attention? ”

"The young marshal forgives the sin, the little envoy is a scribe, and he doesn't know much about this aspect." Zhang Chu's envoy said with some embarrassment: "The little envoy just heard that the two deputies that Zhang Handpifu relied on the most, one was named Sima Xin and the other was Dong Peng, who was a tyrannical Qin general who helped him command the army as early as Guanzhong. In addition, there is a tyrannical Qin general named Zhao Ben, I heard that the war is also very powerful, Deng said that General Deng and General Wu Yuwu were directly defeated by the vanguard of the tyrannical Qin army led by Zhao Ben. ”

Xiang Kang was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't find out more useful military information, but when he heard Zhang Chu's envoy mention the name Sima Xin, Xiang Kang's heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly found that he seemed to have heard of this name there, and it seemed that he had not heard of this name before he crossed over, but after he came to this era, or in the memory left by the previous Xiang Kang, he heard this name.

Whether he had heard of the name Sima Xin before, of course, it didn't matter to Xiang Kang now, so Xiang Kang quickly forgot about it, and after letting his soldiers lead the grateful Zhang Chu envoy to the guest house to rest, Xiang Kang immediately turned to Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan next to him and asked, "Uncle Ya, Fan Gong, you also heard what Zhang Chu's envoy said just now, what do you think?" ”

"Chen Sheng is about to end, even if he doesn't die in Chen County and escapes, he will definitely be finished." Zhou Zeng came to a conclusion with a gloomy face, and said: "But it's not important to discuss this issue now, what matters is that after Zhang Han's tyrannical Qin army takes Chen County, will it advance eastward and attack us?" ”

Old Man Fan, who had always been arrogant, also looked grim, and said: "If Zhang Han kills us directly, with our current strength, there is absolutely no possibility to stop him, even if he sticks to Pengcheng, I'm afraid I won't be too sure." ”

"Then if Zhang Han really comes over, what should we do?" Xiang Kang asked again.

Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan were silent, and after a long time, Zhou Zeng said cautiously: "At that time, our only choice is probably to abandon Surabaya and withdraw to Guangling to wait for Marshal Xiang's rescue, or withdraw directly to Jiangdong and protect ourselves across the river." ”

It was Xiang Kang's turn to be silent, giving up the territory that he had finally won down and going to Xiang Liang with the remnants of the defeated army, of course Xiang Kang was reluctant to do a thousand, and 10,000 were unhappy, but the huge gap in strength was placed here, coupled with the open terrain in the Huaisi area, the young marshal army was destined to have no danger to defend even if he wanted to, but Xiang Kang did not have any confidence and certainty to block Zhang Han and insist until Xiang Liang's rescue arrived.

And even if Xiang Liang's rescuers could arrive in time, Xiang Kang did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to defeat Zhang Han after joining forces with Xiang Liang. The battle of Julu was fought by Xiang Yu, but the reason why Xiang Yu was able to win the battle of Julu was not only because he had 50,000 elites in his hands, but also because there were other princes' armies on the flanks and shared the pressure of Xiang Yu, and because of the long-term campaign of Zhang Han's army, the soldiers were tired and their combat effectiveness declined, but for these objective reasons, there is no one in Zhang Han's army at present.

Completely helpless, Xiang Kang could only frown and bitter together with Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan, and there was nothing to be done together, and he couldn't come up with any way to deal with this problem after sitting until it was dark. In the end, it was Zhou Zeng who said: "Young marshal, let's take a step at a time, after the fall of Chen Sheng, there are still Wei Qi and Tian Dan in the north to help us share the pressure, and there are also Zhang Chu's Song Liu and Zhaoping in the south, and the two partial divisions are Zhang Han's crusade targets, and he may not come directly at us, and it is not a way to worry now, so let's wait until we find out the direction of Zhang Han's actions." It's late at night, and Fan Gong is old, so let's rest early. ”

Thinking about this reason, Xiang Kang had no choice but to nod and agree, first sending Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan away, and then returning to his residence with a heavy heart. Then what made Xiang Kang a little strange was that the time was close to the second watch, and his room was still brightly lit, and there were some faint sounds of laughter, but after pushing open the door, Xiang Kang immediately understood the reason, it turned out that his two uncles came to talk to Yu Miaoge, and his sister-in-law Yu Ji also accompanied her sister to laugh with the two uncles, so her room was so lively.

Seeing Xiang Kang push the door in, the Yu family sisters who were sitting around the stove and laughing hurriedly got up and saluted Xiang Kang, and the second uncle and aunt also smiled and said: "Kang'er is back, there is no need to salute, my third uncle and mother are bored, and I heard that you are busy with office work in front, so I came over to say a few words of gossip to your daughter-in-law, since you are back, we will leave immediately." ”

"The two uncles don't have to be polite, if you like it, you can sit for a while." Xiang Kang barely squeezed out a smile on his tired face, and said: "The little nephew has had too many things these days, and he hasn't gone over to greet the two uncles, don't blame the two uncles." ”

"It's okay, you're busy, don't worry about us all the time, your second uncle and I are in good health." The third uncle waved her hand and said with a smile: "But we still have to hurry up, we can't delay you and Miao Ge to rest, and the second uncle and I are still waiting to hold our nephew and grandson." ”

Hearing this, Yu Miaoge, who was extremely thin-skinned, of course, blushed to the root of her neck all of a sudden, and Yu Jiao's little girl couldn't help but blush a little - although she lived here under the banner of facilitating mutual care with her sister, during this time, Xiang Kang's efforts on Yu Miaoge's little girl were no less than the efforts he put into his genuine wife Yu Miaoge.

Fortunately, neither of the two uncles noticed Yu Jiao's abnormal reaction, on the contrary, the second uncle also noticed that Xiang Kang's face was obviously tired, so she asked with concern: "Kang'er, what's wrong?" Why is your face a little unsightly? Are you tired? ”

Xiang Kang nodded, calmly admitting that he was indeed very tired, and the second uncle and aunt were very happy, and immediately said: "Okay, the second uncle will ask you one more thing at the end, Kang'er, has your second uncle contacted you recently, and has he said when he will cross the river to Pengcheng to reunite with our family?" ”

"Uncle forgiveness, uncle sent a letter to the little nephew yesterday, the little nephew was too busy to report to you." Xiang Kang hurriedly pleaded guilty, and said: "However, the second uncle said in the letter that he could not come to Pengcheng in a short time, and asked us to wait for him to completely level the Jiangdong boundary, and then bring troops north to meet us." ”

"That thing, I've been gone for so many years, and now I finally have a chance, and I'm not in a hurry to come back and see." The second uncle and aunt, who were anxious to reunite with her husband, were a little gnashing, but she still got up and said: "Okay, then you can rest quickly, it's late at night, go to bed early, third sister, let's go, let Kang'er and Miaoge rest." ”

The third uncle hurriedly agreed, and Xiang Kang also hurriedly got up to send him off, but when he sent the two uncles out of the room, Xiang Kang's heart moved again, and the memory left by Xiang Kang before suddenly jumped out of his mind, so that Xiang Kang hurriedly said to the second uncle: "Second uncle, if the little nephew remembers correctly, you seem to have mentioned Sima Xin in front of me before, right?" Is there such a thing? It's been too long, and the little nephew can't remember it very clearly. ”

"Sima Xin?" The second uncle was asked by Xiang Kang, and after recalling it, he said: "Did you mention Sima Xin in front of you, I don't remember my uncle clearly, but I do know a person named Sima Xin." ”

"Uncle, how did you know about him? Who is he? Xiang Kang asked curiously.

"He was the former Liyang Prison Peng, because he did your second uncle a great favor, so I heard your second uncle talk about him."

The second uncle introduced: "A few years ago, your second uncle wandered around the world, committed an accident in Liyang County, Guanzhong, and was imprisoned in the prison of Liyang, at that time the prison of Liyang was called Sima Xin, and he happened to be a friend of your second uncle's best friend Qi County Prison Peng Cao Qiao, after your second uncle knew, he wrote to ask your Cao Uncle Cao to help, your Uncle Cao Cao went through Sima Xin's door, Sima Xin released your uncle, and also made friends with your uncle. Your uncle told me about this when he came home, and it was not a small matter, and I have always kept it in my heart. (Historical Events.) ）

"I see." Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and only then did he understand why he felt a little familiar with the name Sima Xin - it must have been Xiang Liang or the second uncle who had talked about him to the previous Xiang Kang before, so his name remained in the memory of the previous Xiang Kang. However, it is also a pity that Xiang Kang has no way of knowing whether Zhang Han's deputy Sima Xin is the same Sima Xin who once helped Xiang Liang, so naturally there is no way to use this relationship to take advantage of opportunistic tricks and exercise his own despicable means such as abduction and deception.

"Kang'er, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly ask your uncle about Sima Xin? The second uncle asked Xiang Kang curiously about the reason, Xiang Kang didn't want to let the two uncles who fully supported him worry about it, so he casually found an excuse to prevaricate the past, and the two uncles left with a smile, so that Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge could rest in peace.

The matter was not over, after washing up under Yu Miaoge's service, as soon as he entered the bedroom, Xiang Kang saw that Yu Jiao's little girl had already made the bed with a slightly red face, and seemed to have become a little more virtuous, and took the initiative to come over and wait for him to take off his shoes, clearly wanting to take advantage of his sister and collect the public food that Xiang Kang should hand over in advance. And although Xiang Kang felt very tired, for the sake of the little girl's rare initiative, Xiang Kang still smiled slightly, and hugged the Yu sisters in his arms......

Men sometimes really can't be forced, there are a lot of things in their hearts, and people are a little tired, after the Yu family sisters Hu Tianhu made a call, and gave Yu Miaoge the rain and dew, Xiang Kang didn't have the strength to start the second round of battles, and the little girl Yu Yu, who had worked hard before, was dissatisfied in her heart, and deliberately teased again and again, but in exchange for Xiang Kang's apologetic words, she said: "Baby, it's really not good tonight, I'm too tired." ”

"Little sister, let Xiang Lang rest." Yu Miaoge, who took advantage, also persuaded: "Xiang Lang is too tired, so let's do it, you will accompany him alone tomorrow night, this will always be fine, right?" ”

Yu Jiao's little girl had no choice but to give up, but she was still dissatisfied in her heart, so she leaned into Xiang Kang's ear and whispered: "If you can't do it, you have to be strong, and you want people and your sister to work with you, and hurt people in vain." ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and when he heard the complaint of Yu Jiao's little girl, Xiang Kang, who was overly powerful for Zhang Han's army, suddenly moved in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Baby, what did you just say?" Say it again. ”

Although her face is not as thin as her sister, but what she said just now Yu Jiao little girl said nothing without the face to say it for the second time, and immediately denied what she had just said, Xiang Kang refused to give up, and repeatedly begged Yu Jiao to repeat it, and the little girl was helpless, so she had to say with a red face while holding Xiang Kang: "I said, if you can't do it, you should say it early, you want to be strong, and you want people to accompany you with your sister, and you will hurt others for working hard in vain." ”

As soon as the little girl Yu finished speaking, Xiang Kang had already turned over and sat up, because Xiang Kang suddenly found that he had drilled the tip of the horns, and with the current strength of the young marshal's army, it was impossible to stop Zhang Han's army from attacking, but if Zhang Han just sent a partial division to deal with him, he was completely sure to deal with it. - To put it simply, it is that several beauties go to bed at the same time to fight Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang really can't parry, but if he only deals with one beauty, Xiang Kang is completely sure that he can take it away.

"Is it possible that Zhang Han will only send a detachment to deal with me? Yes! Chen Sheng's subordinate Song Liu entered Nanyang and threatened Wuguan leading to Guanzhong, and Zhang Han would definitely not ignore his threat! The armies of Wei and Zhou Fu threatened Xingyang and Aocang, and Zhang Han must have to worry about him attacking me with all his might, and the soldiers and horses of Wei took the opportunity to advance west and threaten Hangu Pass! Moreover, there is no waterway between Chen County and Pengcheng, and it is inconvenient to transport grain, Zhang Han's more than 200,000 troops must consider this problem, and first destroy the Wei State to dredge the waterway, and march into Pengcheng along Suishui or Surabaya, taking advantage of the waterway to transport grain, which is also an ideal choice for Zhang Han! ”

"Is there any way to influence Zhang Han's strategic choice and let him only send a biased master to deal with me, or simply let me go for the time being and go to find trouble with others first?"

After giving birth to this idea, the special relationship between the old Xiang family and the former Liyang Prison Peng Sima Xin naturally jumped into Xiang Kang's mind, although he was also extremely worried that Sima Xin and Zhang Han's deputy Sima Xin were just the same name and surname, not the same person, but after pondering deeply, Xiang Kang found that even if they were not the same person, they had nothing to do with it, as long as he got in touch with Zhang Han's deputy Sima Xin under this banner, he could still influence and interfere with Zhang Han's strategic decision-making through the false signals released by himself……

After thinking about it for half an hour, Xiang Kang's face showed a smile, and his tired look was completely swept away, and at the same time, Xiang Kang also realized that the Yu family sisters had unconsciously put on clothes for themselves to keep out the cold, and Yu Miaoge, who was in charge of housework, was still tired and asleep, only Yu Yao's little girl was still yawning, and complained to herself who had come back to her senses: "What are you crazy about?" On such a cold day, why sit up and be in a daze? I'm not afraid of catching a cold. ”

Xiang Kang smiled, and as soon as he turned over, he pressed Yu Jiao's little girl under him and even gnawed on her relatives, and Yu Jiao's little girl, who had given up before, struggled to complain, but Xiang Kang didn't pay attention to it at all, and said with a smile: "Come on, baby, reward your reminder, the reward is here." ”

That night, Xiang Kang tossed Yu Jiao's little girl to death, begging for mercy constantly, causing the little girl to fall asleep immediately after resting, but Xiang Kang was still in good spirits, and the sky was just dawning, so he couldn't wait to get up in his clothes and hurried to the front hall to find Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan to discuss matters.

Still the same as before, Old Man Fan still dislikes Xiang Kang's blind yin and lack of heroic spirit, but the huge gap in strength is placed here, and Old Man Fan has no choice but to keep his mouth shut and acquiesce to Xiang Kang's abduction and abduction again.