It's good for Xiang Kang, under the risk of the crossbow arrows sent out in a hurry by the Qin army, after paying a certain price, when the chariot of the young marshal army rushed into the enemy formation, he was worried that there were no decent brave generals in the Qin army, on the contrary, the strict formation of the Qin army was also quickly chaotic because of the impact of the chariot of the young marshal army, the front team directly collapsed, the rear team was shaken, and there was no way to form a whole battle.

In the shouting and screaming, the bladed yoke of the young marshal's chariot was like a sharp sword that stabbed straight and stabbed, and it was like a sharp knife that flew forward and cut horizontally, stabbing at the body of the soldiers in the front team of the Qin army, even if the Qin army standing in the front team was all military soldiers (elite), wearing rhinoceros leather made of armor, there was no way to block the impact of the four war horses at the same time, or the sharp thorns of the yoke directly pierced the body, or were cut to death and slashed by the sharp blades at both ends of the yoke, no matter what, they couldn't stand in their original position, not screaming and being injured and killed, was forced to break up and flee, and the first row collapsed almost instantly.

The situation of the Qin army's horizontal team behind is slightly better, but it is not much better, the huge inertia of the chariot is still like a heavy punch, smashing into the Qin army's horizontal team one after another, directly smashing the Qin army's horizontal team to pieces, scattered, and when the infantry brigade of the young marshal army behind took the opportunity to rush up, a massacre with more fights and fewer also began.

The rabble is always very brave when fighting a good battle, and the young marshal soldiers are no exception, in the case that the Qin army has lost its formation and can only fight on its own, the recruits of the young marshal army are like tigers going down the mountain one by one, the hungry wolf who encounters the lamb, and the pervert who encounters the beauty, pounces on it and rushes up is to swing the knife and slash, stab the sword, wave the war and knock indiscriminately, and desperately bully the few people with more people.

In the melee, several soldiers of the Qin army who had received more military training did not even see what the enemy looked like, and they were already stabbed by a swarm of slashing knives and stabbing swords, screaming and falling in a pool of blood, and died extremely aggrieved. Although more soldiers of the Qin army also resisted, they were still invincible with two fists and four hands, blocking the front and the back, and they could not defend the left and the right, and they were soon directly submerged by the tide of young marshal soldiers, spitting out countless blood and flesh. The young marshal army, whose strength was more than three times that of the enemy, was like a rainbow, and under the leadership of the two quasi-first-class fierce generals Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan, they marched forward in great strides, and quickly surrounded the Qin army like a flood.

The worst thing for the Qin army is not that there are no decent brave generals in their ranks who can calm the scene, but that their overall quality is actually only not much higher than that of the pure rabble of young marshals, they just received military training for a period of time when they were serving in the guard, and they have not really undergone any decent actual combat tests, and they have been formed in a hurry for only a few days, and they are not even familiar with the names of their companions, let alone can skillfully cooperate in the melee and fight in teams on their own.

Therefore, after the formation was loosened, the Qin army had no chance to fight in formation again, and was rushed by the young marshal army brigade rushing in a cluster, and it was impossible to distinguish between east and west, north and south, and subconsciously pushed and trampled on each other between retreats, and fell to the ground countless times.

At this time, the Qin army's troop transport fleet had already carried two hundred-man teams approaching the east bank of Surabaya again, but the original landing site was already overcrowded, so crowded that even a needle could not be inserted, so the Qin army's troop transport fleet did not dare to land in the original position, so it could only gradually go down the river and want to land and assemble in an open place.

In such a situation, what Xiang Kang, who commanded from the West Gate Tower, should do most should be to divide an army to block the landing of the Qin army and buy time for the main force of his army to annihilate the enemy on the shore, but the young marshal army is too lacking in actual combat experience, whether it is Xiang Zhuang or Xiang Guan, after taking the army and the enemy on the shore to get entangled together, they all forgot that they should free up one hand to accept Xiang Kang's banner command, so no matter how Xiang Kang's personal soldiers waved the flag desperately on the city wall, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guanduleng had no way to immediately divide their troops to block the follow-up enemy landing, and Xiang Kang had no choice but to quickly order the reserves he had prepared in advance to attack, and let the reserves led by Xiang Sheng be responsible for blocking the follow-up enemy.

Fortunately, the rookie of the young marshal army, the Qin army is also a group of rookies, seeing that the self-army fleet sailed downstream, in order to survive and get support, the Qin army on the shore actually chose to take the initiative to break through downstream, and relied on the courage and desire to survive, miraculously rushed out of a bloody road, rushing downstream in a mess, and the young marshal army officers and soldiers who had lost their command fought all by intuition, and also rushed downstream in a swarm, and inadvertently joined forces with the enemy to block the landing road of the follow-up Qin army.

Seeing this scene, Gu County's commander on the west bank of Surabaya of course scolded and scolded the Qin army for being as stupid as a pig, and he was so stupid that he didn't know how to fight for the landing space for friendly forces. Xiang Kang laughed on the West Gate City of the Prime Minister, and hurriedly asked the reserve team to temporarily stop advancing, leaving plenty of backhand to take precautions, and let Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan, who were crookedly beaten, continue to play on their own.

Xiang Zhuang and the young marshal soldiers under the command of Xiang Guan did not disappoint Xiang Kang, and while chasing the enemy on the shore in a mess, the young marshal soldiers rushed and slashed, and the spring silkworms continued to eat the enemy like mulberry leaves, and successfully forced the enemy on the shore to follow the Qin army's fleet, and joined hands to prevent the follow-up Qin army from landing a chance. The soldiers of the Qin army on the fleet and Gu Xianling and others on the other side were so anxious that they jumped to their feet, but there was nothing they could do.

The sky gradually darkened, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers of the Qin army on the battlefield on the east coast, as a group of young marshal soldiers who fought entirely on instinct stepped forward on their own, and once again blocked the escape space of the remnants of the Qin army, there were less than 100 people to worry about the Qin army, and the fate of the whole army was doomed, even a few stubborn resistors, were soon cut to pieces by the many powerful young marshal soldiers with swords and swords, and died a miserable death.

The battle has reached this point, and the Gu County Order on the west bank of Surabaya is Wu Qi's rebirth and Li Mu's reincarnation has no way to turn the tables, and there is no other choice, Gu County Order has no choice but to hang his head and order to ring the golden gong and withdraw the troop convoy that has not been able to land ashore. The young marshal's soldiers were thunderous with joy, desperately slashing and capturing the remnants of the enemy, while eagerly snatching the spoils left by the Qin army, and even refusing to let go of the tattered rhino armor stained with human blood, once again giving full play to the true colors of the rabble.

In this campaign, the young marshal's army, which fought more and fought less, completely annihilated the three 100-strong Qin army teams that crossed the river first at a small cost, and the morale was greatly boosted, and the timidity and fear that the enemy inevitably generated at the present time were also greatly reduced. And less than 20 people of the 300 Qin army escaped on the troop transport ship, the morale was hit hard, and the morale of the army was also greatly affected. A bunch of fools! The thieves are obviously a rabble, but they can still fight to this point, and the whole army is annihilated, and the official can be regarded as obedient! ”

"The county respects the anger, the county respects the anger." Hao Ce, a close confidant, hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade him, and while glancing at Gu County's envoy, he signaled that Chao Zhi, the chief general of the Qin army, was beside him, and at the same time persuaded County D with good words, victory or defeat is just a common thing in soldiers, so there is no need to be so angry. Besides, although we lost this battle, we also basically figured out the situation of the army of the subordinate rebels, a gang of rabble, it is not difficult to deal with, as long as the troop transport fleet we are concerned about arrives, it can carry five or six hundred people across the river at a time, even if the subordinate rebels are dispatched, it will never be possible to stop us from landing again. ”

Gu Xianling's face was gloomy, and he nodded reluctantly for a while, and said: "It can be regarded as reasonable, collect the troops and return to the camp, and wait for the troop transport fleet to come tomorrow, and then cross the river." ”

Gu Xianling's face was still gloomy, but he didn't know that Chao Zhi, the chief general of the Qin army next to him, was already about to cry - he lost one-fifth of the Qin army in the first battle, and even if the prime minister could win this battle in the end, Chao Zhi would not be able to escape a punishment when he went back. So while wanting to cry without tears, Chao Zhi also secretly made up his mind, swearing that he would never fight head-on with the young marshal army in the future, and he would never have the slightest danger.

After the defeat of the first battle, the camp of the Qin army was lifeless, no matter how Gu Xianling, Chao Zhi and others encouraged the army, how they claimed that the young marshal army was actually vulnerable, and the hastily formed Qin army and the Qin army were no longer as high morale as before, and the military spirit was uplifted. It was still at noon the next day, when the fleet of the convoy from Suishui arrived at the front line, that there were some voices in the camp of the Qin army, and Gu Xianling also hurriedly held a military meeting in his Chinese army tent to discuss the tactics of rushing to the ferry and the landing site.

Yesterday only suffered a big loss in Shajidu, this will be Gu County Commander of course said that he would not dare to land on the Shajidu ferry that is too close to Xiaxiang County, so he could only choose to launch a rush ten miles downstream of Shajidu, and also arranged for his most trusted left lieutenant Hao Ce to lead an elite team to cross the river first, strictly defend the position and cover the main force to launch the crossing. However, just when Gu Xianling was hesitating whether to launch a rush to cross the river today or tomorrow, someone from outside the tent suddenly came to report, saying that the young marshal sent a small boat carrying a Qin soldier who had been captured yesterday to cross the river under a white flag, and sent a handwritten letter from Xiang Kang to Gu Xianling.

Out of the need to know oneself and the other and a certain curiosity, Gu Xianling of course summoned the Qin army prisoner who came back with a letter at the first time, and asked him about the specific situation of the young marshal's army in person. But it's a pity that the Qin army prisoner reported that he was directly imprisoned in the lower minister's prison after being captured, and he was blindfolded after being escorted out of the prison today, so he basically didn't know anything about the situation in the city. Gu Xianling was disappointed, so he had to pick up the letter brought by the Qin army captive and open it carefully, but looking at it, Gu Xianling's face couldn't help but turn a little pale, and he subconsciously wiped a cold sweat and blurted out: "It's so dangerous!" ”

"County Zun, what's so dangerous?" Hao Ce hurriedly asked.

"Xiang Kang, that traitor, ridiculed his own officer for not understanding the art of war, astronomy and geography, and chose our army camp in a place to die." Gu Xian Ling also confessed, and said with a pale face: "He said that if he is ruthless, as long as he sends a few troops to cross the river last night and dig the west bank of the embankment of Surabaya upstream, then the water of Surabaya will immediately flood our camp and turn us all into fish and turtles!" ”

Gu had to be reminded by the county order, and suddenly thought of the Surabaya River where the water level had risen sharply due to the continuous autumn rain in recent days, and the self-army camped in an open place, Hao Ce, Chao Zhi and others also immediately changed their faces, and almost broke out in a cold sweat on the spot. Then Hao Ce hurriedly asked County Zun D, why didn't the Kang rebel thief do this? ”

"He said that he took pity on the people of Qianshou in the lower reaches of Surabaya, and did not want to use such despicable and vicious tactics." Gu Xianling said with a gloomy face: "He also said that he just wants to fight a battle with this official in a dignified manner, and he wants to lead the army across the river and fight him head-on." ”

"What an arrogant little shaft." Hao Ce gasped, and hurriedly said D County Zun, then what should we do? Should we cross the river and move the camp to the heights on the east bank? ”

Gu Xianling nodded subconsciously, almost wanting to cross the river and move the camp immediately, but when his head was just halfway pointed, Gu Xianling, who had already suffered a big loss, suddenly moved in his heart, hurriedly swallowed back the order that had been said to his mouth, and changed his words: "No! ”

"County Zun, isn't it right there?" Hao Ce hurriedly asked again.

"Xiang Kang, a traitor, why should he kindly remind this official to pay attention to flood prevention? In the words, it seems that there is a deliberate intention to lure the official to cross the river as soon as possible? Gu Xianling's face was full of vigilance, and he said: "This little vertical man, doesn't he want to play a trick of half-crossing and attacking him again?" ”

Although the number of boats is sufficient, there is no need to worry much about being assaulted by the young marshal's army when crossing the river, but he has already suffered a loss, of course Hao Ce does not want to be fooled a second time, after careful calculation, Hao Ce nodded, and said: "It is necessary to guard against this, now the time is not early, we are ready to go downstream to cross the river, even if we can cross the river smoothly, all the troops will be transported over, it will definitely be transported to the evening, and it is more dangerous to cross the river at night." ”

"Cross the river tomorrow!" Gu Xian ordered a few shots, and shouted: "Order the whole army, immediately pull out the camp and get up, and move the camp to a higher place!" Xiang Kang, a traitor, is treacherous and abnormal, we have to prevent him from being untrustworthy, and tonight he secretly dug up the west bank of Surabaya and used water to break through my camp! ”

Knowing that Gu County's order was for the sake of the whole army's soldiers, Hao Ce and Chao Zhi certainly did not object, and the coalition army that had only set up camp in a hurry last night immediately pulled out the camp according to the order, gave up the camp that had been established with great difficulty, and hurriedly moved to the high ground.

After the camp was moved to a high place, it was already early, and Gu Xianling, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, wanted to rest, but he didn't think that Hao Ce led a scout to report in a hurry, saying that D County Zun, just now the thieves sent a boat to cross the river, and the messenger on the boat directly contacted the people on the other side, and then the envoy was directly led to Chaozhi's side. ”

Blinking his eyes, Gu Xianling said decisively: "Let's go, go to Chao Zhi and take a look at the situation." ”

After leading a team of relatives and hurriedly came to the Qin military camp next to it, Gu Xianling, who had the authority to command the Qin army, of course, quickly saw Chao Zhi - and saw a pile of gold in front of Chao Zhi at a glance, and a Qin soldier kneeling in front of Chao Zhi. And Chao Zhi was also very happy, and as soon as they met, he said: "Gu Xianzun, I was about to report to you, and the traitor Xiang Kang just sent another soldier of our army who was captured yesterday to bring me a hundred gold, and a letter, wanting to separate the relationship between you and Zaixia. ”

Seeing Chao Zhi confessing so frankly, Gu Xianling was of course relieved, and asked with a smile: "Captain Chao, what did Xiang Kang, that traitor, say in the letter?" ”

"It's all nonsense." Chao Zhi said truthfully: "What do you say that our Daqin's legal code is strict, I suffered such a big defeat yesterday, and I will definitely be guilty of it after I go back, and persuade my subordinates to think about themselves, so I simply rebelled with him, and promised that as long as I rebelled with him, he would make him the general of Chu State." ”

"Foolish dreams." Gu Xianling smiled, and said uncomfortably: "Captain Chao Zuo, where is the letter?" Can you let the official take a look? ”

I don't know why, Chao Zhi obviously hesitated for a moment, and then picked up the letter on the case and handed it to Gu Xianling, and explained: "The letter is a little smeared, maybe Xiang Kang's traitor made a mistake and accidentally sent me the draft." ”

"The letter is a little smudged?" Gu Xianling was stunned, and hurriedly took Xiang Kang's letter to watch, but after only one glance, Gu Xianling found that Xiang Kang's letter was indeed scribbled in several places, and when he looked at the content carefully, Gu Countyling's face changed slightly-the place that was altered was actually the most critical position! In addition to a large part of Xiang Kang's gift to Chao Zhi, a large part of Xiang Kang's place to ask Chao Zhi to help him deal with the Qin army in Yu County was also erased. And more importantly, when Xiang Kang mentioned the old friendship between the Xiang family and Chao Zhi, it was painted black, and he couldn't see any words anymore!

He glanced at Chao Zhi vigilantly, and didn't know who called Luo Guanzhong's Gu Xian Ling to think about it, and then asked cautiously: "Chao Zuowei, what do you think of the meaning of this letter, you seem to be quite familiar with the old Chu Yu Xiang family?" ”

"The subordinates are also wondering about this." Chao Zhi said truthfully: "The subordinate has never met with all the people of the Xiang family of the old Chu Yu clan, let alone acquaintance, I don't know what medicine Xiang Kang's traitor took wrong, so he would vaguely say in the letter that the subordinate seems to be very familiar with his family, and he also scribbled the following paragraph." ”

"Is it really Xiang Kang's traitor?" Gu Xian Ling noticed that the ink color of the smeared letter seemed to be slightly different from the ink color of the text, so he simply asked again: "Captain Chao Zuo, also, after Xiang Kang wrote that he would give you a hundred eridium gold, how did the following content also be painted?" Is the color of the ink different from the color of the text? ”

"Is there such a thing?" Chao Zhi was surprised, and said in surprise: "Really, how to smear the ink of the letter, will be a little different from the ink of the text?" Could it be that Xiang Kang, the traitor, changed a plate of ink to smudge words? ”

Gu Xianling didn't speak, just looked at Chao Zhi silently, carefully paying attention to the change in Chao Zhi's expression, Chao Zhi was first inexplicable by Gu Xianling's gaze, and then gradually came back to his senses, and said in surprise: "Gu Xianzun, won't you?" Do you suspect that the subordinate himself smeared Xiang Kang's letter to the thief? The subordinate took the wrong medicine, why did he smear his letters? ”

I really couldn't hold back the doubts in my heart, Gu Xian Ling simply asked directly: "Captain Chao Zuo, this official takes the liberty to ask, Xiang Kang, that treacherous thief, really only sent a mere 100 gold to buy you?" ”

Chao Zhi suddenly realized, and at the same time, Chao Zhi couldn't help but be angry in his chest, and said loudly D County Zun, do you suspect that the subordinate deliberately smeared Xiang Kang's letter to the thief, in order to be greedy for other gifts he gave to the subordinate? Okay, the witness is here, the prisoner who sent the gold is here, my dear entourage has been here just now, you ask them yourself, did Xiang Kang, the traitor, really only send a hundred gold to his subordinates?! ”

Chao Zhi has said this point, of course, his entourage has come forward to testify, proving that the prisoners released by Xiang Kang did indeed only send a hundred gold, but how can Gu Xian Ling believe the words of Chao Zhi's cronies? He simply pointed to the prisoner who had just been released and said, "Captain Chao, if you don't mind, how about handing over this prisoner to this officer and taking it back for careful interrogation?" ”

"Whatever!" Knowing that Gu County's order couldn't trust him, Chao Zhi agreed angrily, and said angrily: "But Gu County, you can't torture him, he is a Great Qin soldier brought by his subordinates from the consideration, and after being captured, he neither defected to the enemy, nor did he bend his knees to beg for mercy!" Don't let him come back and be wronged! ”

"Can't be tortured?" Gu Xianling was more vigilant in his heart, but he still nodded and said, "Okay, this official promises you." ”

After that, Gu Xianling really let his relatives escort the prisoner of the Qin army who had just been released, but as a result, Gu Xianling just left with his front foot, and Chao Zhi kicked over the case table in front of him with his back foot, and at the same time that the gold was sprinkled all over the ground, Chao Zhi's face also turned iron blue, and he said viciously after a long time with a straight face, "You can't believe me!" We think we're stupid about the army! Don't ask me for help when you're fighting! lest you lose the battle, and you suspect that the official deliberately dragged you back and deliberately caused you to lose the battle! ”