In fact, it is not easy to go directly south to the hinterland of Nanyang from Lixian County, there are two roads in the southeast and southwest of Lixian County that can bypass Yexian County and go straight to Nanyang, but these two roads are remote and narrow mountain roads, quite rugged and difficult to walk, and the roads are full of high mountains and dense forests on both sides, which are very easy to be ambushed, as long as there are other ways, Xiang Kang will never take these two dangerous roads to the south.

On the contrary, it is the city of Lixian city is quite valuable to attack, after the chaos in the world, because of the relatively remote location and the more effective defenders, has not been affected by the war, not only the population is more abundant in money and food, but also many rich businessmen and giants in the hinterland of Yingchuan moved to Lixian County to avoid the war, bringing a lot of wealth to Lixian County, once taken, the young marshal army is not to make a small fortune is difficult.

Because of this, after arriving at the city of Lixian County, Xiang Kang not only sent people into the city to recruit surrender, but also ordered the army to hurry up and make all kinds of weapons at the first time, planning to take Lixian County first and then consider other issues. While the defenders of Lixian County seized the time to prepare to defend the city, they again sent messengers to contact the surrounding Qin troops to ask for assistance.

Because the young marshal army deliberately indulged for some purpose, the messenger sent by Lixian County was very successful in sending the letter for help to Yang Xiong, a veteran of the Qin army, the next day, Yang Xiong only promised to send troops as soon as possible, but in fact he continued to be a turtle with a shrunken head, and continued to hold the army. Death in vain? ”

"What about the county? Do you want to watch Lixian County being taken by the thief army? Yang Kang asked suspiciously.

"Those who are good at fighting cannot be stuck in the gains and losses of one city and one place." Yang Xiong replied more confidently, and said with a sneer: "Lixian is just a county seat, even if it is temporarily lost, it will have too much impact on us, Xiang Kang Xiaoer likes to fight Lixian County, let him go, and when he defeats Lixian County, the old man will see what tricks he can play, if he really dares to go south directly from Lixian County, the old man will immediately go to block the entrance of the mountain road and cut off his retreat, as long as our friendly army in Nanyang is effective, it is not hopeless that we will completely trap Xiang Kang Xiaoer's thief army in the mountains." ”

The generals of the Qin army did not dare to be as big as Yang Xiong, but Yang Xiong was the commander of the Qin army in Sanchuan after all, he insisted on holding his troops still, and no one dared to force him to send troops, but in the afternoon of the next day, there was suddenly amazing news from the side of Lixian - the young marshal's army actually suffered a defeat under the city of Lixian County! The strong attack on Lixian County was not successful, and was killed and retreated by the defenders of Lixian County!

After listening to the news sent by the Qin army's scouts Kuaima, of course the generals of the Qin army were in an uproar, and Yang Xiong couldn't believe his ears, and exclaimed: "How is it possible? How could the small town of Lixian County be able to withstand the frontal attack of the thief army? ”

"General, it's true! Our friendly forces in Lixian County have really won the battle! ”

The Qin army scout replied excitedly, and carefully introduced the before and after the victory of the Qin army in Lixian County, it turned out that after the young marshal army arrived at the city of Lixian County, in order to take Lixian County as soon as possible, the next day only used a morning to prepare siege weapons, and launched an attack on Lixian County in the afternoon, but because of the hasty preparations, coupled with the brave resistance of the soldiers and civilians of Lixian County, the young marshal army who carelessly underestimated the enemy capsized in the gutter, and several sieges were repelled by the Qin army, and the siege weapons that were temporarily built were quickly exhausted, and they had to take the initiative to withdraw the army, Quite embarrassed, the troops returned to the camp.

"I see." Yang Xiong suddenly realized and said: "Xiang Kang'er is careless this time, but as long as this child learns a lesson and makes more adequate preparations, it will only be a matter of time before he takes Lixian County." ”

"But General, this at least proves that our friendly forces in Lixian can still be counted on." Yang Kang, the love general, hurriedly said: "As long as we lend a helping hand to them in time, they may have hope to hold the city and hold out until the thief army is forced to withdraw from the siege." ”

The generals of the Qin army echoed one after another, all believing that since the defenders of Lixian County could win the first battle of defending the city, they had the hope of winning the second and third battles, and that the self-army could not continue to save them from death, and should send troops to the west to exert pressure on the young marshal's army behind their backs to help the friendly army finally hold the county seat of Lixian. Yang Xiong was also a little shaken, but considering the strength of his own army, Yang Xiong still used a delaying tactic against the generals of the Qin army, and said: "Don't worry, let the old man think about it again, anyway, Lixian County is not far from here, and it is very convenient to send troops to rescue." ”

The old general Yang Xiong soon couldn't resist it, first in the evening of the same day, Lixian sent someone to contact Yang Xiong again, to report to Yang Xiong the situation of his army's lucky victory, as well as the determination of the soldiers and civilians of Lixian County to defend to the end, and asked Yang Xiong to send reinforcements as soon as possible to share the pressure on the defenders of Lixian County. Then in the afternoon of the next day, Nanyang County Shou Lu Qi once again sent people to urge Yang Xiong to send troops to Lixian County as soon as possible, and said that Lu Qi had adjusted the defensive deployment of Nanyang's hinterland, and was also ready to go out, and tomorrow he would personally lead the main force of the Qin army in Nanyang County to the north and rush to help the Qin army in Sanchuan rescue Lixian County.

"Lu Junzun is coming?" Yang Xiong's joy was not trivial, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, when Lu Junzun's main force arrives, we will immediately join forces to go west to rescue Li County." ”

"Old General Yang, do you have to wait for our county honor's army to arrive before sending troops?" The Nanyang messenger was a little angry, and said: "Old general, you have agreed to send troops four or five days ago, and you are still holding your troops until now, and now you have to wait for our county army to arrive before joining forces to send troops, if the time is delayed for a long time, what is the mistake of Li County, who will bear this responsibility?" ”

"Bold!" Yang Xiong said angrily: "What are you? Dare to talk to General Ben like this? ”

"The old general forgives the sins." The Nanyang messenger hurriedly pleaded guilty, and said: "The little envoy is worried about the battle situation in Lixian County, and anxiously said that he offended the old general, but the old general, I really can't waste any more time, there are only more than 1,000 defenders in Lixian County, if the thief army seizes the time to launch a strong attack again, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on." ”

Yang Xiong calculated in his heart, and found that if he insisted on waiting for the Nanyang army to arrive and then send troops to save Lu County, it would be a little difficult to explain in front of Lu Qi, if he really annoyed Lu Qi, and then when he joined forces to fight, it would definitely be difficult for him to persuade Lu Qi to accept his own tactical proposition, and there would be a gap and contradiction between the two doors, which would only cost the young marshal army in vain. So after thinking about it, Yang Xiong could only reluctantly nod and said, "Okay, the old man will send troops to the west tomorrow, and go to Lu County first to open the way for Lu Junzun." ”

The messenger of Nanyang was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Yang Xiong, while Yang Xiong arranged for the generals of the Qin army to organize soldiers to pull out the camp and set up the village, and said in his heart: "After arriving near Lixian County, as long as you defend the danger as before, at most it will take more than a day at most, and the reinforcements from Nanyang will be able to arrive, and everything will be easy to say at that time." ”

In this way, in the early morning of the next day, the Sanchuan Qin army, which had been standing still, finally pulled out the camp and marched westward, rushed to the battlefield of Lixian County for reinforcements, and because it was confirmed that the young marshal's army was far away in Lixian County, the marching speed was extremely fast on this day, and it took only one day to rush to a place about forty miles away from Lixian County, and after setting up camp and resting for a night, Yang Xiong ordered the army to advance at full speed, trying not to give the young marshal army time to send troops.

When it was almost noon, the Sanchuan Qin army was only twenty-three or four miles away from Lixian County, and the result was the same as Yang Xiong was worried about, and there was a battle report from the front, saying that the young marshal army had been urgently dispatched and was killing the Sanchuan Qin army head-on, Yang Xiong knew that Xiang Kang was learning the previous lesson, and wanted to seize the opportunity that he had no time to set up camp to force the self-army to fight a decisive battle, and quickly looked around for a dangerous high ground where he could set up camp, and then soon, Yang Xiong noticed that there was a piece of high ground on the south side of the road not far ahead.

"There is a river in the back, no worries about the water source, the east side is steep, the north side is gentle, and it is overgrown with trees, you can set up a camp with local materials, although I don't know the situation in the west, but there is no more suitable place around, there it is!"

There was no time to explore the slope of the west of the highland, Yang Xiong could only hurriedly point to the nameless highland with a horsewhip, and ordered the Qin army to go up and set up camp and station, and the Sanchuan Qin army, which was accustomed to Yang Xiong's military style, did not hesitate, and immediately rushed to the highland, but when he arrived at the scene, Yang Xiong was overjoyed that the west side of this highland was also steep and difficult to climb, and it was the most suitable for camping and garrisoning, but he suddenly rejoiced in his heart: "God help me, there is such a dangerous highland to defend, I am not afraid that the thieves will forcibly attack the old man's camp. ”

At this time, many Qin soldiers had also rushed to the wooded highlands, in order to make room for the rear army, they also rushed into the depths of the woods, but at this time, the dense forest suddenly killed everywhere, and countless young marshal army banners appeared, and at the same time, more young marshal soldiers seemed to come out of the woods as if they came out of the ground, roaring out of the forest, and the Qin army was caught off guard when they entered the forest, and they were suddenly killed by surprise, and there was a complete chaos.

"What's going on? There are ambushes?! Yang Xiong was taken aback, subconsciously looked left and right, and saw that the surrounding terrain was open, and there was no lush grass and trees to hide the ambush soldiers. How could the thief army set up an ambush here, and how many troops could be ambushed on it? ”

In the end, it was a veteran of the battlefield, and in a blink of an eye, Yang Xiong immediately came to his senses and screamed: "It's a trick!" Xiang Kang didn't want to ambush the old man, he didn't want the old man to set up camp on this dangerous high ground and force the old man to fight! ”

By the way, the old general Yang Xiong is also lucky, it is now in the middle of winter, it is not easy to make a fire, and the young marshal's army does not carry much fire oil, let alone sulfur saltpeter and other things that quickly ignite the fire, otherwise, with Xiang Kang's lack of morality and ruthlessness, he will definitely burn countless Qin army soldiers into charcoal with a fire!

Getting back to the point, after discovering the plan, Yang Xiong quickly calculated in his mind, knowing that if he couldn't take this highland as soon as possible, when the main force of the young marshal's army arrived, he would definitely have to fight a decisive battle that he was not sure of, and at the same time, there was no other suitable place around, so Yang Xiong did not hesitate, and immediately used his horsewhip to keep the highland, and shouted: "Kill it!" Resolutely take this high ground! ”

The brutal fierce battle began, and in the shouting, the soldiers of the Qin army rushed up from the gentle slope of the north like a tide, joining the battlefield in the forest area that had been melee into a group.

It was also at this time that the combat effectiveness between the young marshal army and the Sanchuan Qin army was truly reflected, and they were already good at melee, and their experience and fighting spirit were above the enemy, plus the young marshal army was equipped with short weapons that were more suitable for fighting in the forest area in advance, and the fight was like a fish in water, and the young marshal soldiers were like tigers descending from the mountains, waving swords and shields to cut down one Qin army soldiers one after another, and the Qin soldiers who had no time to change their equipment were stumbling in the dense forest with spears. Either touching the trunk of the tree or tripping on the branch, even half of the usual combat effectiveness can not be exerted, many soldiers died tragically under the sword and axe of the young marshal, extremely aggrieved to watch the enemy's sharp blade hit their body, but the long weapon in their hands was tripped by the tree and could not hurt the enemy, and they could not close their eyes when they died.

Under the high ground, Yang Xiong certainly couldn't understand the painful feelings of the soldiers on the front line, but just seeing the slow progress of the self-army and the many Qin soldiers screaming and escaping from the forest, Yang Xiong knew that the situation ahead was definitely not good, but Yang Xiong had no choice but to repeatedly urge the soldiers to step forward and seize control of the high ground at any cost.

The more you urge, the more useless it became, the banner of the young marshal's army could already be seen in the distance on the road, and the Qin army still couldn't take the only piece of high ground suitable for holding, on the contrary, the team was in chaos. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Xiong could only ask people to immediately knock on the golden cymbals, withdraw the soldiers and horses on the front line, retreat slightly and arrange a round formation, and was forced to fight a decisive battle in the field with the main force of the young marshal army that came quickly. Long Ji remembered Xiang Kang's advice, continued to hold on to the high ground, and resolutely did not give the Qin army a chance to rush to the high ground and set up camp.

After another moment, the main force of the 20,000 young marshal army led by Xiang Kang personally arrived at the scene, and also immediately lined up the formation, and directly put out a goose-shaped formation with two wings open, Yang Xiong immediately understood at a glance, knowing that Xiang Kang wanted to rely on the combat strength advantage of the young marshal army, attack on three sides, and forcibly break his battle formation, but when things came to this point, Yang Xiong had no choice but to order the soldiers of the Qin army to stabilize their positions, and prepare to use the strongest defensive circle formation to resist the attack of the young marshal army, and stay up until it was dark The young marshal army took the initiative to retreat.

Xiang Kang did not rush to order an attack, but ordered: "Send someone to order all the armies, this battle was won by us deliberately defeating the battle in Lixian County, and it was only after sacrificing nearly a hundred lecturers in vain, and it was also won by General Long and they stubbornly defended the high ground for us, and the blood of our soldiers must not be shed in vain, this battle can only be won!" Don't lose! If you don't break the tyrannical Qin, you will never withdraw your troops! ”

The herald beat the horse and ordered the young marshal's army to all armies, and in the ranks of the young marshal's army, a rhythmic slogan sounded soon, "Don't break the tyrannical Qin!" No withdrawal! Don't break the tyrannical Qin! No withdrawal! ”

The loud slogans gradually converged into a single force, and turned into more than 20,000 people chanting in unison, Xiang Kang nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Beat the drums, beat the flag, the two wings of the Chinese army, advance together, and attack the violent Qin round formation on three sides!" ”

The banner was played, the two wings of the young marshal army flew together, and the front team of the Chinese army strode forward at the same time, shouting and rushing to the Qin army circle formation without hesitation, although the Qin army soldiers immediately met the enemy with strong bows and crossbows, but they could not delay the charge of the young marshal soldiers at all, after paying the price of certain casualties, the young marshal army of the three-way attack still crashed into the Qin army's round formation one after another, splashing the sky with blood and screams to the sky.

Any conspiracy and trickery has lost its meaning at this moment, only the sharp weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the two armies determine the victory or defeat, the soldiers of both armies seem to be crazy, what they don't want to die is just to call the weapon to each other, the knife and axe split the head, the spear pierces the body, the war cut the muscles, pecked into the human body, every second there are countless blood splashes, there are soldiers on both sides injured and killed, the sound of copper and iron collision is endless, roars, roars and dying screams come and go, endlessly, completely converged, It's as if countless unjust souls in the Shura Hell are screaming wildly.

The Qin army is completely supported by a dense queue, the young marshal soldiers are moving forward step by step, desperately slashing and killing the enemy with red eyes, the soldiers in front of them fall, and the companions in the back immediately make up for it, countless soldiers twist each other and roll on the ground, more soldiers are fighting with injuries, they do not dare to take half a step back, and the powerful offensive is like an iron hammer, smashing into the circle formation of the Qin army again and again, smashing the circle formation of the Qin army into continuous deformation and bulging inward.

At this moment, Yang Xiong, who usually likes to laugh very much, has only grim on his face, his sharp eyes have been paying attention to every change in the battle formation of the self-army, and he is also ready to lead his own team of pro-soldiers to plug the loopholes at any time. However, Xiang Kang in the distance looked calm, and he was not anxious at all because the young marshal army could not open the situation, because Xiang Kang firmly believed that as long as such a fierce attack continued, the Sanchuan Qin army, which had been defeated in the hands of the self-army many times, would definitely lose morale and completely collapse!

Xiang Kang's judgment was correct, and after a period of stalemate, with the gradual decline of morale and fighting spirit, the Qin army of Sanchuan, which had been defeated by the young marshal army many times, gradually grew cowardly, and sure enough, the formation began to shake, and the position was torn open by the young marshal army, although Yang Xiong immediately rushed up with his personal army and temporarily blocked the opening, but soon, the young marshal soldiers made a breakthrough in another position, Yang Xiong could not make up for it, so that many young marshal soldiers rushed into the interior of the Qin army's circle formation from the gap, There was also an uproar in the crowd of the Qin army, and the morale plummeted.

"The emperor forgives the sin, and the old minister has lost this battle." Yang Xiong smiled bitterly and muttered: "But it's not that the old minister doesn't do his best, it's not that the old minister is incompetent, it's that the old minister's troops are too small, and the soldiers are not as elite as the thief army. ”

Yang Xiong's muttering was not finished, the young marshal army forcibly tore two big holes in the Qin army's circle formation, more young marshal soldiers swarmed in, slashing and killing the Qin soldiers who were fighting in line from behind, the Qin army's circle array was in chaos, countless soldiers rushed to the only east that was not affected by the enemy, Yang Xiong's own soldiers also forcibly put him on the war horse, surrounded him and fled to the east, the young marshal soldiers cheered and strode after him, Xiang Kang also led the rear army to launch a pursuit.

The anger of the young marshal soldiers who were entangled by the Qin army in Sanchuan for a long time was released at this moment, in the pursuit, the young marshal soldiers and soldiers all rushed to be the first, all brave, and killed the Qin soldiers who screamed and fled for their lives.

The experienced Yang Xiong knew that the young marshal's army would definitely pursue his own army for a long distance, and in order to keep his useful body and the hope of rebuilding the Sanchuan Qin army, not long after he fled, Yang Xiong decisively ordered his own soldiers to abandon his banner, and also fled to the conspicuous cloak and armor on his body, so as to avoid being targeted by the young marshal soldiers and men to chase closely. But unfortunately, although it was difficult for the young marshal army pursuers to find him again, the high war horse under his crotch betrayed his important identity, in the chaos, a team of young marshal army cavalry suddenly rushed straight forward, Yang Xiong hurriedly urged the war horse to dodge, but still failed to avoid the young marshal army cavalry, unfortunately was stopped by the road.

"General, let's go!"

The loyal soldiers shouted one after another, and pounced on the young marshal cavalry with red eyes, buying time for Yang Xiong to escape, Yang Xiong also beat the horse and fled with tears in his eyes, but a young marshal cavalry suddenly used the spear as a javelin, and threw the spear at him, the tip of the spear broke through the wind, impartially hit his back without armor protection, and directly pierced his chest.

Glancing at the bloody spear tip that came out of his chest, Yang Xiong muttered again, and then staggered off the war horse and sacrificed his precious life for Daqin.

"Emperor, the old minister did his best." This is the last sentence that Yang Xiong, a veteran of the Qin army, said in his life.