Obeying Xiang Kang's orders, more than 300 soldiers who voluntarily or were coerced to participate in the rebellion were quickly re-arranged, and Xiang Kang did not have time to count the number of people and screen the elite auxiliaries, so he hurriedly appointed Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, and Xiang Sheng as the commanders of the hundred, and asked them to appoint the tun chief, Shi Chang and Wu Chang by themselves, and the extra 40 people were organized separately, led by himself to serve as the central army, and let Xiang Yang and Xiang It each lead half of it, responsible for protecting themselves and conveying orders.

At this time, the blacksmith apprentices who had not been recruited and the militia that Xiang Kang had personally cultivated before had already come out of the crowd and spontaneously came to Xiang Kang, asking to participate in the rebellion, and also expressed their vows to follow him to the end. Xiang Kang was of course overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly organized all these cronies into the Chinese army, which greatly enhanced the strength and loyalty of his own Chinese army.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered Xiang Guan to lead a team of 100 people, and hurried to his own dilapidated courtyard and blacksmith shop to get the weapons hidden before, and distributed them to the guards, and at the same time ordered Xiang Yang to bring some people to rush into the pavilion and use all the weapons and horses in the Shiling Pavilion, fortunately, several pavilion guards in the Shiling Pavilion had already scattered and fled, and Xiang Yang's team did not encounter any resistance, so they easily got some weapons and three horses.

Before it was over, Xiang Kang, who had already deduced the action steps, called Xiang Zhuang again and instructed him: "Brother, take your people and go to Duke Yu's house immediately, borrow all the oil and carriage from his family, if he doesn't borrow it, you will rob it." But remember, don't hurt anyone, and don't tell the Yu family what happened for the time being. ”

Xiang Zhuang received the order, hurriedly took his hundred-man team and rushed directly to the Yu family, Xiang Kang led some people to stride in front of Feng Zhong, and while personally untying Feng Zhong, he said: "Big brother, give you two choices, one is to quickly take Sister-in-law Qiu and your child away, and the other is to do it with me, the matter is done, I will definitely not be able to treat you badly." ”

Feng Zhong was silent and didn't speak, but when Xiang Kang untied the rope in his hand and asked him again how to choose, Feng Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, I'll do it with you." ”

"No regrets?" Xiang Kang asked.

"It's too late to regret it." Feng Zhong replied very frankly, and said: "You have killed so many county officials here with me, and the two of us have done so many things together, even if you let me go, I will definitely not be able to escape from sitting in the future if I am caught by the government, and at the least, I will have to be sent to Lishan to be a prisoner." Instead of being a prisoner, it is better to fight with you and the court! ”

Xiang Kang smiled and stretched out a hand to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong understood, reached out and held Xiang Kang tightly, shaking it vigorously.

It was also at this time that Feng Zhong discovered that Xiang Kang had been holding back this bad for a long time - after Xiang opened the luggage package that Xiang Kang was carrying before, he actually took out a big flag with the word 'Chu' from Xiang Kang's package, and a slightly smaller flag with the word 'Xiang', and a few small vermilion flags, and all of them were Chu-style military flags from the Warring States Period! Then he found a few bamboo poles from the pavilion, put the military flag on it, and an army of Chu reappeared on the land of the old Chu State after a lapse of fifteen years.

Xiang Kang hurriedly distributed the horse chopping knife to the militia who had practiced the horse chopping knife before, and also took the opportunity to incorporate these militiamen into his own Chinese army, and once again strengthened his Chinese army strength, more than 20 hook inlays were also distributed to the soldiers of Xiang Kang's Chinese army, and other ordinary swords and axes and hammers were divided into three parts and distributed to Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Sheng's hundred-man team.

After another moment, Xiang Zhuang smoothly drove a few carriages of the Yu family back to Xiang Kang with more than a dozen jars of grease, saying that Yu Gong was so frightened that his legs were weak just by seeing so many people rushing into his house, and as soon as he said that he would borrow oil and borrow the carriage, Yu Gong immediately opened the treasury and lent all the grease and carriage to himself, during which there was no conflict, and the Yu family did not dare to ask what happened. Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "Okay, put the Zhou County Order on his carriage and tie it up, set off, and go to the county seat!" ”

After the departure order was issued, according to Xiang Kang's arrangement, Xiang Sheng led a team of 100 people to serve as the vanguard at the front, Xiang Zhuang led a team of 100 people to follow, Xiang Kang led the Chinese army to escort Zhou County Linghe Xiangfu as the third team, Xiang Guan led his 100-person team to walk at the end, and the four teams strode forward together, and the queue was slightly chaotic to open to the county seat.

was too busy and nervous, or after departure, Xiang Kang remembered that he forgot to say goodbye to the two uncles, and hurriedly turned back to look at the crowd in front of the Shiling Pavilion, wanting to find the figure of Yu Jiao's little girl, but the crowd was chaotic, and it was difficult to find it, and after repeatedly seeing the figure of Yu Yao's little girl, Xiang Kang had to leave this little girl behind for the time being, and said in his heart: "Baby, wait for your brother-in-law to come back and hurt you." ”

Of course, what Xiang Kang didn't know was that since he started to capture Zhou County's order, Yu Jiao's little girl has been silently watching herself in the chaotic crowd, and a pair of beautiful eyes have never left her figure, and she doesn't know that at this moment, the little girl is clasping her hands together in the crowd, and she is silently praying with tears streaming down her face, "Ghost God, God, please bless him to come back safely, please." ”

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I know how to unite people's hearts, and when I set off to the county seat, according to Xiang Kang's arrangement, the children of the Xiang family agitated loudly, and sang loudly with more than 300 soldiers who still had not been completely forgotten by the people of the old Chu......

“…… Wu Gexi was rhinoceros armor, and the car was wrong and short-handed. The sun covers the enemy like a cloud, and the arrows and fallen soldiers compete for the first. Ling Yu staggered for the rest of his life, and his left side was injured and his right blade was injured. The haze is two rounds and four horses, and the jade is beating the drum. The days are full of power and anger, and they kill all the ...... of the wilderness. ”

Fifteen years ago, more than 300 soldiers who were all Chu people seemed to have returned to the era of Qin and Chu struggle, and felt as if they had become the Chu warriors on the battlefield of the anti-Qin war, the feeling of timidity and weakness gradually disappeared, the morale began to be high, the military spirit gradually began to solidify, and the spirit and spirit have risen significantly.

However, even so, Xiang Kang was still very clear in his heart, knowing that these more than 300 soldiers were still a group of genuine rabble, as long as there was a slight setback, they could scatter in a hurry at any time, turning the seemingly large team into only himself, the commander of the light pole, and a dozen Xiang family children. And to solve this problem, there is only one way, to win the battle! Keep winning! Until he takes down the county seat of Xiaxiang, then he can have money and food to expand the army, free up his hands to train the army, and prepare for greater challenges.

Because of this, when passing by the Dahu Pavilion where the township is located, Xiang Kang decisively ordered Xiang Sheng to lead the front army to attack the Dahu Pavilion, and almost effortlessly took the pavilion, killed the pavilion pawns and hacked the pavilion chief, and seized all kinds of materials in the pavilion, which greatly boosted the morale of the army. Then, Xiang Kang gave up the opportunity to directly enter Xiaxiang County, and deliberately commanded the army to open up Santai Pavilion in the north of Xiaxiang County, and wanted to attack Santai Pavilion, the assembly place of Xiaxiang County's garrison.

"Uncle Ji, what are you doing in Santai Pavilion?" Xiang Qi asked puzzledly: "Go to the detour, Santai Pavilion is also the assembly place of the lower soldiers, and you will encounter a lot of enemies when you go there?" ”

"It's because it's a gathering place for the lower soldiers, so you have to go there first." Xiang Kang replied: "Otherwise, if we are attacking the city, those soldiers under the leadership of the county lieutenant stab us in the back, we will immediately suffer a big loss, and it is not impossible for the army to be broken up immediately." Therefore, we will fight the three pavilions first, and kill the soldiers there first, so that they will not pose a threat to us. ”

"But the entire subordinate minister's pawns should all be there, can we fight with such a small number of people?" Xiang asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I can guarantee that those soldiers are no match for us." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "There is no organization, there is no preparation in advance, and no one wants to go to the frontier to be a soldier in vain. There will definitely be people who are willing to surrender to us, follow us, and strengthen our army. ”

According to Xiang Kang's expectations, when Xiang Kang, the newly baked Chu army, suddenly appeared in Santai Pavilion, the surprised subordinate minister Xu Zuowei, although he was also quite smart, immediately organized the newly assembled subordinate soldiers to attack Xiang Kang's army, and successfully forced the soldiers of Santai Pavilion to reluctantly go into battle. However, none of the soldiers under the command of Xu Zuowei were willing to work sincerely, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Zhuang's two hundred-man teams had just launched a charge, and the countless soldiers under the command of Xu Zuowei couldn't wait to start fleeing for their lives, and shouted while fleeing, "Run!" The world is in chaos, hurry home, hurry home now! ”

The shouts that shook the hearts of the army led to the rapid collapse of the army, and when Xiang Sheng and Xiang Zhuang rushed to the front with the army, less than half of the six or seven hundred soldiers around Xu Zuowei were left, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng and others were overjoyed when they saw it, and they just rushed directly to Xu Zuowei, who was riding on the horse, hurriedly stood up to meet the battle, and also relied on the condescending advantage, and indeed injured the two fastest Xiang Kang sergeants, but Xiang Zhuang saw the opportunity, and after a sword was inserted in the butt of his war horse, Xu Zuowei's war horse immediately lost control, carried him straight into the crowd of Xiang Kang's soldiers, first was hooked off the war horse by Xiang Kang's soldiers, and then was stabbed to death on the ground by the swords and swords, and died beyond recognition.

As soon as Xu Zuowei died, the frightened soldiers behind him of course completely collapsed, almost in the blink of an eye, they were rushed to pieces by Xiang Kangjun's two hundred-man teams, fleeing countless times, kneeling and surrendering are countless, Xiang Kangjun easily killed this potential enemy during the siege, solved the potential hidden dangers during the siege, not to mention, morale rose sharply again, the morale became more high, and the cheers of victory came and went, and they did not stop for a long time.

As Xiang Kang expected, after learning the cause and purpose of Xiang Kang's army's uprising, those captured soldiers really rushed to ask to join Xiang Kang's army, and even those soldiers who had fled before also took the initiative to come back and ask to join after learning of the situation, and the number of Xiang Kang's soldiers quickly exceeded 600. Xiang Kang temporarily dispatched troops, and quickly formed three teams of 100 people, handed them over to Xiang Han and other commanders of the Xiang family's children, and then pointed at the sword, and shouted: "Go to the county seat, take the county seat!" ”

Santai Pavilion is less than ten miles away from Xiaxiang County, and Xiang Kangjun, who was lightly armed, strode on the road, and it only took more than half an hour to easily rush to the north gate of Xiaxiang before it was slightly dark. But unfortunately, the county town has received news that the four gates of the city have been closed, and many officials and people have gone up to the city gate, and are carrying stones and timber to the city, preparing to defend the city and fight.

"Uncle Ji, the city gate has been closed, we can't enter, and we don't have siege weapons, what should we do?" Xiang asked anxiously.

"It's okay, I expected it, I had a way." Xiang Kang comforted, and then ordered: "Order the whole army, rest on the spot, hurry up and eat dry food, and ask Xiang Han to take his team of 100 people to cut firewood everywhere, bundle it into bundles and carry it, the more the better, I will be of great use in a while." ”

According to Xiang Kang's order, the officers and soldiers of Xiang Kang's army immediately rested on the spot in a mess, and took out the dry food they carried with them - set off to the frontier to serve as soldiers, and the soldiers of Xiang Kangjun, who were basically soldiers, of course brought dry food with them. In accordance with Xiang Kang's order, Xiang Han led his team of 100 people to cut firewood everywhere, bundled it into bundles and transported it to the army for backup, and soon got dozens of bundles of firewood for Xiang Kang.

During this period, there were also Xiang Kang's soldiers who tried to light a fire to keep warm, but Xiang Kang strictly forbade it, and ordered those who dared to light a fire to be immediately beheaded, Xiang It and Xiang Yang were puzzled, and asked the reason, but Xiang Kang refused to answer, just kept looking up at the sky, so that his army was gradually shrouded in night.

At the same time, the subordinate prime minister county Cheng, who temporarily acted as the commander of the L county, also boarded the north gate of the lower prime minister with Sun Xuanpeng, Gong Youwei and others, and tried to look at the movements of Xiang Kangjun. Why don't you even light a fire? ”

"Maybe they wanted to launch a sneak attack at night, for fear that we would find out about their movements, so we deliberately didn't build a bonfire." Captain Gong, who also went to the battlefield when he was young, analyzed.

Youdao L County Cheng nodded, and ordered: "Right Lieutenant Gong, you will live here tonight, and if you find that the thieves are stealing the city, you will immediately meet them, and you must not let the thieves climb up to the city." ”

Gong Youwei agreed, and said that he was worried about his lack of manpower, and he was afraid that he would not be able to take such a thorough precaution, so the county Cheng waved his hand and said: "There are still two hundred people in the temporarily recruited team in the city, all of them are for you, so that they can defend the city well, if the thieves kill them, none of us will survive!" ”

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At the same time, Qi County, Daze Township, the area of the shrine temple next to the pavilion.

"Great Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng! Da Chuxing, Chen Shengwang! ”

The strange shouting alarm alarmed the Chen Jun soldiers who were about to fall asleep, hearing this cry similar to that of a fox, and seeing the looming ghost fire in the shrine temple, none of the Chen Jun soldiers who had just greeted each other and were preparing to sleep were not frightened, and none of them were not talking to each other, discussing in a low voice what the fox shouted. Only one of them, named Chen Sheng, slept on the broken straw mat early, turned over, hummed comfortably, as if he was sleeping soundly.

Superstition led to panic and nervousness, so that none of these Chen Jun soldiers noticed, and Wu Guang, another tun chief who was very popular in the soldier's death, didn't know where he went, and no one noticed it, and a smug smile had appeared on the corner of Chen Sheng's mouth, who seemed to be sleeping......

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After a period of time, when the time was close to the second watch, in the dark distance outside the north gate, several drums and gongs suddenly sounded - the drums and gongs were captured in the pavilions of Shiling Pavilion, Dahu Pavilion and Santai Pavilion, and they were also beaten very quickly, and they were exceptionally clear in the dark night. Gong Youwei, who was sleeping in the city tower, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly rushed out of the city tower to organize the officials and the temporarily recruited militia to prepare for the battle, but what made Gong Youwei confused was that the drums and gongs only stopped after less than half an hour, and at the same time, he did not see a single soldier of Xiang Kang's army appear under the north gate.

Don't dare to take it lightly, and take the officials and militia to stare at the dark wilderness outside the city, or after confirming that there is indeed no danger, Gong Youwei waved his hand to let the officials and militia go down to rest, leaving only the officials and militia on duty at night to continue to closely monitor the movement under the city, and he was full of doubts and returned to sleep in the city tower, and he couldn't figure out what tricks this chaotic group of thieves outside the city was playing.

Unable to resist the invasion of the sleeping demon, it didn't take much time, Gong Youwei, who had been tired for most of the day, couldn't help but fall asleep again, but before Gong Youwei fell asleep, drums and gongs sounded outside the city, and the distance was obviously much closer than just now. Listening carefully, sure enough, Xiang Kangjun sounded the gong and beat the war drum about half a mile away from the north gate this time, afraid that this was Xiang Kangjun's siege signal, Gong Youwei could only hurry up and force the officials and militia to get up and prepare to meet the enemy, but after about ten minutes, the sound of war drums and gongs suddenly disappeared without a trace, and only a drizzle was left outside the city, and there was no half a figure left.

At this point, Lieutenant Gong, who still had some battlefield experience, also woke up, knowing that Xiang Kangjun was using a tired military strategy to disturb him, and was ready to exhaust himself with the sound of drums and gongs first, and then suddenly hit the truth in the middle of the ten fakes, and killed himself by surprise. But even if he understood Xiang Kangjun's intentions, Captain Gong was helpless, the strength in his hands was too thin, and the temporarily recruited militia hid on the city wall and smashed stones, and they were sent out to fight the enemy, which was a joke about the life and death of Xiangcheng. So there was no way, Captain Gong had no choice but to scold Xiang Kang for his lack of morality, and at the same time let the militia and officials go back to rest.

After being tossed twice in this way, Captain Gong and the official militia on the north gate were already miserable and yawned for days. At the same time, after receiving the elimination of X County, he also hurriedly boarded the north gate, and learned about the situation from Gong Youwei in person, and after learning about Xiang Kangjun's bad behavior and vicious purpose, County Cheng also scolded, and couldn't help but ask Gong Youwei: "Gong Youwei, why don't we send a team of people out and fight with them?" ”

"County Cheng, this is no joke." Gong Youwei was shocked, and hurriedly said that there were only more than 100 officials in the city of D, and the rest were all temporarily recruited people, who had little battlefield experience and poor combat effectiveness. ”

Thinking about it, it was also this Dao L County Cheng had no choice but to give up this plan, and helplessly patted Gong Youwei on the shoulder and said, "Gong Youwei, then you have to work hard." But don't worry, I've already sent an urgent letter to the county and the neighboring counties, and if it goes well, the help will arrive in two days at most. ”

Lieutenant Gong nodded, and just wanted to persuade the county Cheng, who was a little weak, to go back to rest quickly, but he never thought that the east gate suddenly thundered like thunder, and the shouts shook the sky, and he could vaguely see a fire rising on the east gate. Seeing this, Gong Youwei H County Cheng was scattered, and exclaimed in unison: "There are thieves over there at the East Gate?!" ”

"Hit the mark!" Gong Youwei, who was still a little brainy, suddenly woke up and shouted loudly: "The thieves are attacking the east and the west!" Deliberately beating gongs and drums on the side of the north gate to attract our attention, in fact, their main force went to the east gate! Attack our east gate! ”

The county is not stupid, after listening to Gong Youwei's analysis, and seeing the rapidly increasing fire at the east gate, the county Cheng also came to his senses and exclaimed: "The thieves are setting fire to the door!" They're going to burn the gates! ”