Since the troubled little traitor Xiang Kang and the anti-Qin hero Chen Sheng have raised their troops one after another, the Qin army has suffered countless defeats, and there are not a few who have lost more completely and miserably than the battle of Wuguan, but no matter what battle, it is absolutely that Wuguan has lost this battle so cowardly, aggrieved and unwilling!

What kind of place is Wuguan? Qin Chu's throat, the key to the pass! Although it was breached twice before this, didn't those two battles end up with a mountain of corpses and a river of blood, and the siege party took Wuguan Guancheng with a corpse mountain higher than the city wall? On another historical plane, Liu Laosan ordered the slaughter of the city to retaliate because his army suffered too heavy casualties in the siege battle! The difficulty and hardship of attacking Wuguan can be imagined.

In this historical plane, the resistance faced by the young marshal's army in attacking Wuguan is actually greater than that of Liu Laosan, because of the influence of Xiang Kang's demon moth wings, the pressure on the frontal battlefield of Hangu Pass is not very huge, and the Qin court also sent Li Cai, the son of the famous general Li Xin, of the Qin army, to lead the elite of the six thousand passes in advance to reinforce Wuguan, making up for the relatively weak weakness of the Wuguan army. In any case, the young marshal army should be made to pay a heavier price to take the Wuguan.

But the final ending made everyone fall through the glasses, just because of a forged surrender book, a seal carved in wood, a messenger who couldn't stand the torture, and all kinds of inconsistencies and misfortunes got together, the Qin army in Guanzhong and the Qin army in Wuguan actually fought a hot and inextricable by themselves, and when the young marshal army took advantage of the fire to rob and launch a strong attack, the traitor scum in the Qin army jumped out again to make waves, and Leng opened the east gate of Wuguan to welcome the young marshal army into the city, and completely handed over the Wuguan natural danger to the despicable villain Xiang Kangxiang, who sowed discord.

After the city was broken, the Wuguan Qin army, which was aggrieved to the extreme, struggled to resist in the street battle, and Li Cai, who had suffered all the grievances, regardless of the previous suspicions, immediately launched a counterattack with the Guanzhong Qin army, in a vain attempt to recapture the Wuguan Guancheng, but the general trend has gone, and the strong young marshal army is inexhaustible into the city, and almost all of the Wuguan Qin army who resisted the street battle with the crushing momentum is killed, and the counteroffensive of the Qin army in Guanzhong was successfully repulsed, and the Wuguan Guancheng was forcibly taken at a price that was far smaller than expected, and the Wuguan guard defeated Wang Bang's soldiers. Extremely aggrieved, he went to Jiuquan to apologize to Qin Shi Huang, Li Cai saw that the situation was not good, so he could only hurry to take the Qin army in Guanzhong to the west, retreat to the dangerous place far west to re-establish camp, and at the same time send fast horses to rush back to Xianyang to report the bad news that Wuguan had been lost.

The fierce street fighting lasted until midnight before it was basically over, the next morning, when the villain's ambition Xiang Kang led the young marshal army into the east gate of Wuguan, the narrow Wuguan city was already full of bloody corpses, and the fire caused by the fierce battle also burned most of the houses and streets in Wuguan City, and the people in the city were displaced, and they could only cry in pain in the ruins, looking pitiful.

"You didn't kill innocents, did you?"

According to the usual practice, Xiang Kang, as every time he broke the city before, the first thing he said when he entered the city was to pretend to ask about the situation of the people in the city, and learned that the young marshal soldiers did not take advantage of the chaos to rob and kill the people, and that the desperate Qin soldiers were allowed to lay down their arms and surrender, Xiang Kang nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Pass the order, Zhang Bang to calm the people, and open a warehouse to give relief, and these poor civilians can't be starved." ”

Xiang Kang has long been accustomed to Xiang Kang's hypocrisy and righteousness, Zhou Shen, who is in charge of logistics affairs, immediately agreed, and immediately organized manpower to pacify the people in the city, Xiang Kang issued orders one after another, so that the young marshal and sergeants should clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, so as not to cause plague caused by corpses, and asked for a thick burial of Wang Bang, the general of the Qin army who committed suicide and martyrdom.

The headquarters of the Qin army has been seriously damaged in the street battle, there is corpses and blood everywhere, and there is no way to move in for the time being, Xiang Kang had no choice but to lead the young marshal army Wenwu to climb the tower at the west gate of Wuguan and sit down to rest, looking at the mountains and mountains in the west, Xiang Kang was full of emotion in his heart, and suddenly asked everyone: "Everyone, you say that we have won Wuguan, can it be regarded as having entered the Guanzhong?" ”

"Of course." The young marshal said one after another: "Wuguan has been the border of Qin and Chu for hundreds of years, and we broke through the Wuguan, of course, we can be regarded as entering the pass." ”

After answering Xiang Kang's question, Zheng Bu, the accomplice of the old qualification, couldn't wait to say: "General Right, we first entered the Guanzhong, according to the order of our King Chu, the one who enters the Guanzhong first will be the king, and you can directly be crowned king." The last general suggested, General You, you might as well proclaim yourself the King of Qin from now on, and when we enter Xianyang and overthrow the tyrannical Qin, we will immediately hold an enthronement ceremony and officially establish a new Qin state. ”

The young marshal's civil and military forces echoed one after another, but Xiang Kang shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't be in a hurry, we have only entered Guanzhong, and we haven't taken Xianyang yet. And you also know my temper, when I raised troops in the lower prime minister, it was just to overthrow the tyrannical Qin and rebuild the state of Chu, and I never had any thoughts about the throne. ”

After a few words of hypocrisy and politeness, Xiang Kang suddenly changed his tone and said loudly: "But now, I also understand that I don't covet the throne, but if I don't claim the throne, I can't thank you civil and military generals who are loyal to me, and the soldiers of the three armies!" So don't worry, for you, and for the sake of the soldiers under your command, I will definitely not give up the throne again, because only in this way can I have a veritable position of the king (feudal monarch) to thank you for your bloody battles, and only then can I have a fief to reward you for your birth and death, and have fields and houses to thank our army officers and soldiers! Therefore, I can also guarantee that all the generals and officials have followed me in the past few years to fight in the south and the north, and to fight in the east and west, and you will definitely not work in vain, and in the end you will get nothing. ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang finally showed his fangs, he made it clear that he wanted to call Wang Jianguo and reward the meritorious heroes, of course, the young marshal's army and civil and military forces were all overjoyed, and they hurriedly got up and bowed to Xiang Kang, and scrambled to bow to him: "The king is grateful!" Please rest assured, we will swear to follow the king to the death, assist the king to achieve the great cause of the king, and thank the king for his grace. ”

Xiang Kang laughed and hurriedly greeted: "Everyone, please get up, please get up, and it's still the same sentence, don't rush to call me the king now, wait until we take Xianyang." ”

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, the young marshal's army and military officers got up one after another, and because Xiang Kang finally said that he was going to be king, they were all smiling and excited. However, just when the young marshal army was excited, the figure on the other side of the steps flickered, and Han Cheng, the king of Han Cheng, suddenly led Han Xin and Zhang Liang to come up, and he hugged his fist to Xiang Kang from a distance, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to King Qin, congratulations to King Qin, King Qin's soldiers have broken through the martial barrier, completed the order of the king of Chu, the leader of the anti-Qin alliance, and can finally soar into the sky and establish a foundation that is not easy for generations." ”

"This guy must have heard what I just said." Xiang Kang muttered in his heart, with a modest smile on his face, and said politely: "King Han, don't hand me over like this, I'm just taking Wuguan now, stepping into Guanzhong, it's still early to take Xianyang." ”

"The King of Qin is too humble, with the King of Qin's soldiers being strong and strong, using soldiers like gods, it is not easy to take Xianyang?" Han Cheng laughed and said: "Xiao Wang is brave, and I also ask King Qin to lend a helping hand to help Xiao Wang rebuild Korea after he officially ascends the throne, and Xiao Wang will definitely thank King Qin for his great grace in restoring the country, and will be in good faith with King Qin Yongcheng brotherhood for generations." ”

"That's a good thing to say, if there really is a day, you and I won't fight for the city land within three years." Xiang Kang continued to mutter in his heart, but he still had a kind smile on his face, and happily agreed: "If there is really such a day, please rest assured that King Han will do his best to help King Han recover the country." ”

Knowing that Xiang Kang's credit was very good and he had never done anything that he didn't believe in his words, Han Cheng was of course overjoyed when he heard it, and he hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang again and again, and put down the shelf and desperately complimented the important civil and military forces of the young marshal army present, and talked and laughed with everyone, Han Xin also tried his best to help and compliment Xiang Kang to the fullest.

On the contrary, Zhang Liang, who was less and less estranged from Xiang Kang, did not rush to pat himself on the back, but just sat next to Han Cheng with a smile and listened to the crowd laughing, when Xiang Kang inadvertently noticed Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang also gave Xiang Kang a look, and snorted to the side, Xiang Kang understood what Zhang Liang meant, so he used the excuse of enjoying the scenery in Guanzhong, got up and walked around the wall at will, and then it didn't take much time for Zhang Liang to follow alone, leaving everyone alone and talking to Xiang Kang.

"What does uncle want to give to the little nephew?" Looking at the mountains and forests in the distance, Xiang Kang asked casually.

"For General Right, the words of the foreign minister should be redundant." Zhang Liang replied in a relaxed tone: "But the foreign minister still wants to remind General Right, although the situation of General Right is gratifying, but you still can't underestimate the enemy, after all, in the west of Wuguan, there is an equally steep pass, and the tyrannical Qin court also has a well-equipped lieutenant army in Xianyang, and the strength should not be underestimated, General Right, you still dare not guarantee that you will be able to take Xianyang and the entire Guanzhong." ”

"Thank you uncle for your advice, but my uncle can rest assured, what my little nephew said just now was definitely not underestimating the enemy." Xiang Kang nodded slightly, and said quite sincerely: "I said those words, I have to give them an explanation, since the start of the army from Huaisi, they have been loyal to follow me, even when I was down and lost power, I did not betray the rebellion, now if I don't give them a clear explanation, even if they have no complaints, they will definitely calculate in their hearts, and it is worth it to continue to follow me." ”

"What General Right said is extremely true, now you should give them a clear explanation." Zhang Liang nodded, and also understood Xiang Kang's good intentions, and then Zhang Liang asked again: "General Right, what are you going to do next?" ”

"Of course, it is to enter the army as soon as possible, get out of the mountain road, and enter the Guanzhong Plain." Xiang Kang replied lightly.

Hearing Xiang Kang's words, Zhang Liang's expression was obviously a little surprised, and there was a look of wanting to speak and stopping, Xiang Kang found his reaction, so he said: "Uncle, if you have something to say, please say it directly, you know that my temper is happy when you hear it, if my decision is wrong, you can say it directly." ”

"The foreign minister doesn't think that General Right, your decision is wrong." Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "The foreign minister just thinks that General Right can adopt a better strategy for marching into the army." ”

"A better strategy for marching? What is it? Xiang Kang hurriedly asked.

"The foreign minister thinks that the first thing you should do is send a partial division, directly from Wuguan, to enter Hanzhong and seize the land of Hanzhong and Bashu." Zhang Liang replied: "Hanzhong Bashu is remote, the strength of the violent Qin defenders is empty, the right general, you only need to send thousands of partial divisions, to fight to feed the war, and it is definitely not a big problem to take Hanzhong and Bashu, so that the right general you can not only directly obtain a large area of land and cities and a large number of people and money, but also win two benefits." ”

"What about the two benefits?" Xiang Kang asked hurriedly.

"The first is to weaken the tyrannical Qin, so that the tyrannical Qin court will not be able to transfer manpower and material resources from Hanzhong Bashu to the north, prevent the right general from seizing Guanzhong, and reduce the resistance of the right general from taking Guanzhong." Zhang Liang replied very directly: "The second is that if the right general you are unfavorable to enter Xianyang, you can also have one more choice when retreating, after all, the foreign minister suggested that the temporary rear of Nanyang you established by the right general is a place of four battles, and it is difficult to defend, if the right general needs a stable rear foothold for a long time, Hanzhong Bashu is definitely a better choice than Nanyang." ”

Secretly praised Zhang Liang's strategic vision is really long-term, Xiang Kang nodded, and said: "Uncle just said that the first is to send a partial division to capture Bashu Hanzhong, but what about the second?" ”

"General Right, the foreign minister has a bold idea, don't blame the foreign minister's whimsical after listening to it." Zhang Liang first gave Xiang Kang a preventive shot, and then said: "The foreign minister thinks that the right general might as well send a secret envoy to Xianyang while marching into the pass, and at the same time send a secret envoy to Xianyang to contact Zhao Gao, a powerful minister of the tyrannical Qin court, to persuade Zhao Gao to secretly surrender to you, and act as an internal response for you to help you break through the pass and take Xianyang." ”

"Persuade Zhao Gao to give me an internal response?" Xiang Kang almost wanted to pinch his thigh, and asked in surprise, "Uncle, how is this possible?" How could Zhao Gao be an internal response for me? ”

"Right General, why is this impossible?" Zhang Liang asked rhetorically, and then said: "General Right, why don't you put yourself in Zhao Gao's shoes and think about what kind of situation he is in now?" Outside Hangu Pass, the alliance of the princes has beaten the main force of the tyrannical Qin to the point of only parrying, and there is no power to fight back, and there is no hope of victory, and now the right general you have broken through the Wuguan again, and entered the Qindi in Guanzhong, and it is only a matter of time before you reach the Lantian Pass at the gateway of Xianyang, if the tyrannical Qin Emperor Hu Hai holds his courtiers responsible, Zhao Gao, who is the prime minister, will bear the brunt, he is not afraid that Hu Hai will kill him like Li Si, kill him to vent his anger, and use his head to give an explanation to the tyrannical Qin soldiers and civilians? ”

Still has to be pointed out by Zhang Liang, Xiang Kang suddenly came to his senses, and suddenly found that Zhao Gao's current situation is indeed very bad, the situation in the Qin court is so bad, if Hu Hai wants to find a scapegoat to give an explanation to the people of the world, Zhao Gao is indeed the first to run away, Zhao Gao is desperate, and it is indeed possible to choose to secretly surrender himself - no matter how bad history is, Xiang Kangke still remembers that Hu Hai was killed by Zhao Gao himself.

Seeing that Xiang Kang had already understood the mystery, Zhang Liang continued: "The foreign minister suggested that the right general should choose a messenger who can speak well, sneak to Xianyang to secretly contact Zhao Gao, know the benefits to him, and allow him to eat the prince and marquis, and lure him to surrender. If this move fails, General Right, you will only lose a messenger, but if this matter is successful, General Right, you will enter Xianyang, it will be a smooth road, and there is no need to worry about the tyrannical Qin court in desperation, completely abandon the land outside the Guan, and all withdraw into the Guannei to guard the mountains and rivers. ”

Xiang Kang thought about it, and said directly after a while: "It's worth a try, I'll arrange this matter myself in a while." ”

After thanking Zhang Liang for his guidance, Xiang Kang asked Zhang Liang again: "Uncle, is there anything you can guide your little nephew about the strategy of entering the army?" ”

"No, the foreign minister is stupid, and at present, I can only think that these two strategies can be dedicated to General You." Zhang Liang shook his head, and then his heart moved again, and he hurriedly asked: "General Right, there is one more thing, do you know the current Tyranny Qin Yao Pass guard, or is it not Chen Qiu's puppet?" ”

"It's too far away, and the road is seriously blocked, I don't know." Xiang Kang shook his head and hurriedly asked, "What?" Uncle, do you know Chen Qiu, the guard general of the Tyrannical Qin Army? ”

"I don't know, I just know a little bit about this person." Zhang Liang also shook his head, and then said: "That's it, General Right, when you get to the pass, if you find out that the guard of the violent Qin is still Chen Qiu, please be sure to tell the foreign minister, and the foreign minister may be able to help you a little." ”

Xiang Kang agreed, and hurriedly asked Zhang Liang what he could do to help him, but Zhang Liang shook his head and sold the pass, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it then, if we say it now, when we get to the guard of the tyrannical Qin in Yaoguan, there will be another person, and the foreign minister will make the right general Bai happy." ”

Seeing that Zhang Liang insisted on selling Guanzi, Xiang Kang did not insist, and after a few words of gossip with Zhang Liang, he was ready to go back, Zhang Liang remembered one more thing, and hurriedly said: "General Right, there is another trivial matter, I saw your soldiers opening a warehouse in Wuguan City to release grain, and giving relief to the Qianshou Li Shu in the city, I feel that this alone is not a way, Wuguan is located in the canyon, the land is scarce, it is impossible to feed so many Wuguan households, and the left and right Nanyang is vast and sparsely populated, and the right general may as well organize manpower and move them all to Nanyang to live." In this way, not only do they not have to worry about food and clothing in the future, but also eliminate the hidden dangers in Wuguan City. ”

Xiang Kang's heart sank, and he hurriedly thanked Zhang Liang and said: "Thank you uncle for your advice, Wuguan is important, you can't leave hidden dangers, and you must firmly grasp it in the hands of your little nephew." ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang was obedient to his words, Zhang Liang, who had never had the opportunity to show his strength, was of course very pleased, and couldn't help but complain about his friend Xiang Bo again in his heart, and said in his heart: "Uncle, if it weren't for your blessing, I really don't know how many detours I would have to take." ”

Xiang Kang has always been good as a stream, and felt that Zhang Liang's suggestions were very reasonable, and after returning to the camp of the young marshal's army, he immediately gathered a few henchmen and told them Zhang Liang's suggestions, but Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping, Zhou Shu, Li Shiqi and others all applauded when they heard it, and they all thought that Zhang Liang's three suggestions were long-term and the most secure, and Xiang Kang also immediately made a final decision and decided to adopt Zhang Liang's three suggestions in their entirety.

And then of course, it is easy to organize the people of Wuguan to move to the hinterland of Nanyang, and it is easy to send an auxiliary army to do it, but it is a big problem to select a reliable general to enter Hanzhong directly from Wuguan, and the result is that the young marshal army is very surprised that Xiang Kang decided to send Li Shiqi's younger brother Li Shang to lead 5,000 troops into Hanzhong after careful consideration, and the deputy is a civilian official who joined the young marshal army as early as the prime minister.

Seeing that Xiang Kang attached so much importance to his brother, Li Shiqi was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang for his younger brother, Xiang Kang smiled and waved his hand to say that he didn't have to, and said that this was a reward for Li Shang to lead the army into Wuguan for the first time, but he said in his heart: "Only your brother is the most suitable, he has low qualifications and prestige, he can't take away the army I assigned to him, and you stay by my side as a hostage, even if he defeats Hanzhong Bashu, he doesn't need to worry about him cutting off the king and becoming my opponent." ”

After the decision of the commander of the division in the Hanzhong Army, Xiang Kang of course found Mr. Shusun Tong at the first time, but when he heard that Xiang Kang decided to send someone to Xianyang to persuade Zhao Gao to surrender, Mr. Shusun of course collapsed directly on the ground, sweating profusely and pleaded: "General Right, it's not that the lower official is unwilling to serve, it's that the lower official has too many acquaintances in Xianyang, and he has definitely not seen Zhao Gao's old thief, and he has already been recognized, which will delay your military aircraft event!" ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Uncle Sun, I didn't ask you to go." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "I want you to recommend a disciple who can speak well and is more familiar with the situation in Xianyang among your disciples, and let him go to Xianyang to contact Zhao Gao for me." ”

"You said it earlier, scared the old man to death." Mr. Shusun breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped a cold sweat again, and then immediately jumped up and said endlessly: "General Right don't worry, the lower official will go back to gather my disciples, know their reason, know the righteousness, let them volunteer, Mao Sui recommended himself, and volunteered to go to Xianyang to persuade Zhao Gao's old thief to surrender secretly!" The lower official can also guarantee that the disciples of the lower official will enthusiastically ask for help, brave the hardships and dangers, and generously go to the post to repay the right general for your long-term important kindness to them, and thank ....... ”

"Okay, okay, let's do it quickly, someone will bring it to me as soon as it's picked." Xiang Kang waved his hand impatiently to interrupt, and muttered in his heart: "I don't have the courage to go to Xianyang to see Zhao Gao, it is generous to ask my disciples to take risks, if Kong Lao'er knows that Confucianism has produced such a scum as you, he will definitely be able to live." ”

(Kong Lao Er: No, he still learned from me.) ）