"Xiang Kang, dare to do this? I swear to destroy it! ”

Receiving the news that the Qin army's forward Dong Peng's department was defeated by Xiang Kang with shameless tricks, Zhang Han, who was calmly marching west with the main force of the Qin army, was so angry that he directly cut the horse whip in his hand into two, and his anger did not subside, and he once again roared out to destroy Xiang Kang. The generals of the Qin army present also roared angrily, roaring and shouting at Xiang Kang to kill, and also hated Xiang Kang who repeatedly jumped off the beam by the clown, and wanted to eat Xiang Kang's flesh and skin and break his body into thousands of pieces!

Only Sima Xin, who has a lot of connections with the old Xiang family, was calmer, and after carefully reading the urgent military report sent by Dong Fei, Sima Xin immediately said to Zhang Han: "General, we must speed up immediately, Dong Fei said in the military newspaper that when he was forced to abandon the camp, he did not have time to take away the food, which means that General Dong Fei's army must have run out of food at this time, and if we don't hurry over to reinforce him, his army will have no food, and I am afraid that he will suffer a big loss again." ”

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Han didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly ordered: "Give Shi Cheng of the front team an order to speed up and move forward to meet General Dong Fei." Besides, if you catch up with the thief army that fled from Yongqiu West, you don't have to be polite, try to kill all of them, and let Li Shu, the head of Dangjun, see what kind of fate will be if you follow Xiang Kang's rebels! ”

The Yongqiu army mentioned by Zhang Han is actually Xiang Kang's Yongqiu Confucian's 'Li Yiji' suggestion and used Yongqiu recruits to temporarily form the Yongqiu garrison, which is called to let this army stay in the city and block the eastward advance of the delayed Qin army, in fact, it is deliberately to give these Yongqiu recruits a chance to flee home for their lives, so as to avoid the accidents of these Yongqiu recruits who have just joined the army and are about to be forced to leave home and flee eastward, which will affect the morale of the young marshal's army.

But what Xiang Kang never expected in advance was that because he didn't want to be poisoned by the tyranny of the Qin court, and because of the encouragement of the younger brother of 'Li Yiji' and some Yongqiu soldiers who hated the Qin court, when Zhang Han's main force approached Yongqiu, more than half of the more than 3,000 Yongqiu recruits chose to continue to follow the young marshal army, and under the leadership of the Yongqiu guards arranged by Xiang Kang, they resolutely fled east to fight with the main force of the young marshal army, and only a small half of them chose to disband on the spot and fled home to reunite with their relatives. Zhang Han was also furious when he learned of this situation, so when he sent the former army to pick up Dong Peng, who had run out of food, he issued a killing order for the young marshal's Yongqiu recruits by the way.

The order was sent to the front team of the Qin army, and Zhang Hanai, who commanded the front team of the Qin army, did not dare to slack off, and immediately urged the army to advance at full speed, and it didn't take much time to successfully cross the city of Xiangyi, where the city wall had been completely razed, and half a day later, he caught up with the young marshal army Yongqiu recruits who were fleeing westward in a hurry, and immediately issued an order to kill them all.

The equipment is inferior, the training time is short, the weak Yongqiu recruits of course did not dare to touch the stones with eggs, just to the Qin army to catch up, immediately scattered their legs and ran wildly, fleeing eastward, the Qin army chased closely, and relying on a long period of strict training, gradually narrowed the distance between the Yongqiu recruits, howling to wave the butcher's knife, crazy slaughter these Yongqiu recruits who dared to firmly follow Xiang Kang.

Fortunately, just when the Yongqiu recruits felt that they were already in a catastrophe, there was a sudden change in the front, a large group of Qin army defeated soldiers who dragged the flag suddenly fled from the east in embarrassment, and there was a cavalry of the young marshal army behind them who were struggling to chase and kill, Yongqiu recruits were greatly boosted, and hurriedly held high the banner of the young marshal army and rushed to the east for help, and when they collided head-on with the defeated soldiers of the Qin army, they easily killed a lot of defeated soldiers of the Qin army who were already hungry, and the defeated soldiers of the Qin army had no intention of fighting, and stumbled just to pounce on the friendly army for assistance, There were also many people who cried out in excitement and desperately shouted, "Is there anything to eat?" I'm going to starve! I'm starving! Food! Food! ”

The next thing is relatively simple, found that the reinforcements of the Qin army have arrived, and Xiang Guan, who commanded the cavalry of the young marshal's army, received the Yongqiu recruits, and immediately covered the Yongqiu recruits to turn around and leave, although the Shicheng department also divided the troops to chase, but after the long-distance run, the physical strength declined, and the cavalry of the young marshal army could not be killed, so he could only watch the Yongqiu recruits flee victoriously and escape under the cover of the cavalry of the young marshal's army.

The news reached Suiyang, out of emotion, and in order to buy people's hearts, Xiang Kang decisively personally went out of the camp to welcome the arrival of Yongqiu recruits, and what made Xiang Kang even more moved was that the old man of Yongqiu, who was over sixty years old, 'Li Yiji', also fulfilled his promise, and came to join him in a carriage with Yongqiu recruits, Xiang Kang did not hesitate, and immediately named the old man Li as a counselor, let him help Zhou Zeng act in the affairs of the army, and made the old man Li's younger brother 'Li Shang' as a captain, and both of them were reused.

Old man Li is still the same free and easy, and he didn't thank him after receiving the title, but just said directly: "Young marshal, the old man's official position can not be in a hurry, the most important thing now is how to resist the main force of the tyrannical Qin army, the old man is foolish, in this battle, we must stick to it, and the deep ditch and high fortress confront the tyrannical Qin army head-on, drag until his army runs out of grain and grass, and is forced to transport grain from the rear to supply the front line, and then our army has the opportunity to make a fuss on his grain road and get the chance to win." ”

"What Mr. Li said is extremely true." Xiang Kang nodded and said calmly: "In fact, the juniors are also planning the same, Mr. will follow me to the camp in a while, and I will know how much effort the juniors have spent this time to prepare for a long time." ”

Xiang Kang is not boasting, in order to resist Zhang Han's main army, the young marshal's army did spend a lot of effort to establish a camp defense this time, although only two trenches were dug to protect the camp, but each one was as wide as two zhang, more than one zhang deep, and the introduction of Sui water filling, making the Qin army more difficult to overcome, and built a camp wall and a sheep and horse wall, and the fortifications such as sentry towers, corner towers and antlers to resist horses should be complete, and the degree of solidity is definitely not under the Pengcheng camp, plus the available strength of the young marshal's army this time is far more than that of Pengcheng during the battle, so Xiang Kang believes, This time, he will definitely be able to continue to block the attack of the Qin army and hold on until Xiang Liang's rescue arrives.

However, Xiang Kang's confidence soon wavered a little, and two days later, when Zhang Han personally led the main force of the Qin army to approach the city of Suiyang, Xiang Kang, who was fighting against the main force of the Qin army for the first time, was shocked to find that he still seriously underestimated the strength of Zhang Han's army, and it was also the first time to see the terrifying scale of nearly 200,000 troops.

Standing on the high ground in the camp and looking westward, the banners of the Qin army are dense, and you can't see the end at a glance, the Qin army under the banner is stacked on top of each other, like the ups and downs of the waves, the spears and halberds are like forests, and the soldiers are like the sea, just like a huge black tide, flowing unhurriedly under Suiyang City, and gradually becoming submerged.

Seeing this scene, the young marshal army Wenwu who was standing beside Xiang Kang was almost speechless, and they all frowned, and began to worry about whether their own army could withstand Zhang Han's terrifying army, and even worried that even if Xiang Liang's rescue arrived, I am afraid that it would not be able to turn the tide of the battle - after all, the Qin army not only has an absolute superiority in troops, but also has an elite advantage - no matter which army is under Xiang Kang's command, it can't compete head-on with the elite of Longxi under Zhang Han.

It was only after a long time that Xiang Kang asked the generals beside him about their views on the main force of the Qin army, and the young marshal generals who were generally lacking in confidence kept silent, and Xiang Kang didn't mind, just turned to Uncle Zhou, who was standing beside Wei Bao, and asked him directly: "General Zhou, what do you think?" ”

"Young marshal, rest assured, the strength of the Tyrannical Qin army is very strong, but we are not powerless to fight back." Uncle Zhou replied: "The most important thing at the moment should be to try to boost the morale of our army and dispel the fears of our soldiers, and then we can stick to the camp and hold out until the turning point comes." ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and after a little calculation, Xiang Kang ordered: "Send someone to contact Zhang Han, and ask him and me to send thirty warriors each, not wearing armor, only carrying swords, to fight to the death in front of the two armies, and gamble on the outcome of the battle." At the same time, spread the news so that our soldiers would know, and by the way, thirty warriors would be selected to prepare for battle. ”

"The young marshal wants to win a warrior duel to boost morale?" Zhou Zeng asked: "What if Zhang Han sees through your plan and refuses to accept it?" ”

"Isn't our morale boosted then?" Xiang Kang sneered and said: "Our army took the initiative to fight, but Zhang Handpifu didn't dare to accept it, what will our soldiers think of the tyrannical Qin army when they hear the news?" Do you feel that the tyrannical Qin army is vain, but in fact vulnerable? ”

At the same time, Xiang Yang, who had been named the captain of the guard, also immediately sent people to all parts of the young marshal's camp to announce Xiang Kang's decision in public, and by the way, encouraged the brave young marshal soldiers to come forward and fight for the life and death for the whole army in front of the battle.

After a while, the envoy of the young marshal's army sent the news to the Qin army, Zhang Han sneered after hearing the news, and said: "What a traitor, knowing that the military might of this general is amazing, and he is afraid that his thief sergeant will be frightened, he actually came up with such an idea to boost morale. ”

"General, you can't be fooled." Sima Xin said: "Each sent 30 people to fight in front of the battle, no one can predict the victory or defeat, if our army unfortunately loses, it will inevitably dampen our spirit, and it will be unfavorable to the battle." ”

"Can't refuse." Zhang Han shook his head and said with a sneer: "I dare to expect that Xiang Kang's rebel thief must have announced this news to the whole army, if our army is afraid and does not fight, the morale of the thief army will definitely be greatly boosted." This battle must be fought, and there must be no retreat! It is also necessary to win and completely destroy the morale of the thief army! ”

After that, in addition to agreeing to Xiang Kang's request for war, Zhang Han immediately sent people to the army to select warriors to fight, and promised to encourage the Qin army warriors to sacrifice their lives to fight. Then, needless to say, hundreds of fearless warriors immediately stood up in the Qin army, known as the old Qin, and volunteered to take over this group fight for Zhang Han, so that the generals of the Qin army could choose the best as they liked.

The same is true for the young marshal army, although it is difficult to give birth to elite soldiers in the rich and prosperous Huaisi area, but the huge base of more than 40,000 people is placed here after all, so when the envoy brought back the news of the decisive battle before Zhang Han promised the battle, the thirty carefully selected young marshal army warriors were also led to Xiang Kang, and among these thirty warriors, there were two peerless generals, Zhong Liwu and Long He.

Glancing at Zhong Liwu and Long Ji, who were eager to try, Xiang Kang did not object to them to fight, but just gave them kind words and encouragement, and promised to reward them heavily, but Xiang Zhuang next to him turned blood red, and suddenly stepped forward and pulled out a young marshal warrior with a relatively thin physique, and said loudly: "You are too weak, stay, I will go for you!" ”

"Brother." Xiang Guan, Xiang Yang, Xiang It and other Xiang family children present were all nervous.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiang Zhuang said with a fierce expression: "At this time, if our Xiang family's children don't go into battle, who dares to give us their lives?" ”

"You go up one level, stay, and let my brother go for you." Xiang Kang pointed to the warrior who was pulled out by Xiang Kang, and commanded quietly.

Don't dare to disobey the military order, the young marshal warrior who volunteered could only hold his fists and take the order, obediently quit the team, and then Yingbu stepped forward on the other side, and also pulled out a warrior with a relatively thin physique, and said in a big way: "Give you fifty gold, let me go." ”

Xiang Kang nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's decided, you guys go, take off the armor first, say that we don't wear armor, only bring a sword, we can't be untrustworthy." Come, bring me the sword I have given me, and let them choose as they please. ”

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, the swords that had been prepared by the soldiers were sent immediately, but as a result, they had just seen the swords arranged by Xiang Kang personally, and the young marshals present were all laughing, but the high-spirited Xiang Zhuang, Yingbu and Long Ji and others were all dumbfounded, and they all said: "Young marshal, this is too bullying, right?" ”

"You don't have to bully people if you think so." Xiang Kang replied with a smile: "But remember, this battle is only allowed to be won, and absolutely not defeated, if we lose, we really can't fight this battle." ”

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At this time, thirty Qin army warriors carrying Qin Changjian had already rushed out of the battle, showing off their might in front of the battle, fighting loudly, the Qin army soldiers shouted and cheered rhythmically, Zhang Han also came to the front of the battle in person, smiling confidently and waiting to appreciate how the warriors of the self-army showed their might, and killed the young marshal army who dared to fight - Zhang Han did have this confidence, because in terms of physique alone, the Guan sergeant is indeed stronger and taller than the Huaisi soldier.

Zhang Han was not disappointed, and the shouts also sounded in the camp of the young marshal's army, and the camp gate was wide open, and thirty young marshal soldiers including Xiang Zhuang, Yingbu and Zhong Liwu strode out of the camp and greeted the Qin army warriors in the distance without looking back. When Zhang Han took a closer look, he was suddenly a little angry, and said angrily: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er, he was so untrustworthy, he said that he would only bring a sword to fight a decisive battle, how did he bring out the spear and halberd?" ”

"General, it doesn't seem to be a spear, it really seems to be a knife." Sima Xin looked at it and reminded: "It's a knife, it's really a knife!" ”

When Zhang Han heard this, he hurriedly looked at it carefully, and found that the weapons similar to spear halberds brought by those young marshal warriors were really some narrow long knives, but the length was too long, which Zhang Han had never seen in his life, so Zhang Han also mistook it for spear halberds. Then, Zhang Han said in confusion: "What's the use of such a long knife?" Aren't you afraid of breaking when you chop? ”

No one could answer Zhang Han's question, only Sima Xin reminded: "General, do you want to temporarily stop the fighting, send someone over to negotiate, and let our warriors fight with halberds and spears?" Otherwise, our warriors' bronze swords are too short, and we are afraid that we will suffer. ”

"At this time, the armistice is negotiated, and our morale will fall." Zhang Han shook his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Keep fighting!" I don't believe it, the strange long sword of the thief army can really fight the bronze long sword that our Great Qin swept through the Six Kingdoms! ”

In the earth-shattering shouts and war drums, a total of sixty Qin Army and Young Marshal Army warriors gradually accelerated, staring at each other with their eyes, and quickly turned into a charge.

Blood splashed, Xiang Zhuang and others brought out more than a dozen horse chopping knives were the first to make meritorious contributions, relying on the absolute advantage of length, the blade was the first to chop the heads and shoulders of the Qin army warriors, and the result was that Zhang Han and the Qin army soldiers were surprised that the seemingly narrow and excessive horse chopping knife not only did not break, but on the contrary, it was like chopping melons and chopping firewood, and it was easy to directly open the heads of several Qin army warriors and cut them to the shoulders, and they also directly removed an arm of the Qin army warriors who were hit by the knife!

"Good!" The young marshal soldiers in the camp who were watching the battle shouted frantically.

"Oops!" The soldiers of the Qin army who were watching the battle in the rear lamented loudly, and their morale was suddenly frustrated.

The soldiers of the Qin army who watched the battle were only sorry and psychologically affected, but the soldiers of the Qin army who were in the battle were frightened, because the horse chopping knife personally designed by Xiang Kang was too sharp and too terrifying, in the case that the Qin army warriors did not wear armor, no matter how chopping and sweeping, as long as it hit, the lightest could only make the Qin army soldiers seriously injured, and if it was serious, it would be directly killed, but in the blink of an eye, there were more than ten Qin army warriors on the spot, all of whom were killed by the extremely shameless horse chopping knife of the young marshal. However, only two warriors of the young marshal army were killed, and all of them were people who were worried that they were not used to using swords and chose ordinary swords to fight.

After the casualty figure was quickly opened, the young marshal warriors completely gained the upper hand, shouting and just calling the weapons to the Qin warriors, and although the Qin long sword uniformly equipped by the Qin army warriors had the upper hand over the ordinary swords, it was completely passive when it encountered the horse chopping knife, and his head was constantly cut off, his hands and feet were constantly chopped off, and even the Qin long sword in the hands of the Qin army warriors was also cut off several times when blocking. - Bronze is brittle and is most afraid of chopping, while steel forged horse knives have excellent elasticity, even if they hit hard objects, they usually do not break.

"Dog thief! Shameless! Shameless! With such a long knife, shameless! Shameless! ”

Hysterically scolding, the warriors of the Qin army, who had never encountered this kind of weapon, were in a hurry, and they couldn't take care of the east and the west, and they were wantonly slashed by the young marshal warriors' horse swords like chopping melons and vegetables, and the young marshal soldiers in the camp cheered even more, but the Qin soldiers of the brigade were in a low voice, and they all understood that the army was bound to lose this battle.

Finally, unable to parry the crazy slashing of the young marshal army warriors, several Qin army warriors were forced to flee from the road, and fled back to the main formation to seek rescue, and the cheers of the young marshal soldiers resounded through the world, but Zhang Han was pale, and shouted: "Take down these rats who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Behead on the spot! ”

Chop the last stubborn Qin army soldiers into pieces, Xiang Zhuang and others, who had been killed all over blood, laughed wildly and strode back to the camp, in the case of sacrificing only five warriors, almost all the soldiers of the Qin army were wiped out, the young marshal soldiers cheered continuously, lined up to welcome the triumph of the warriors of the army, and sang the military song of the Chu State in unison, the morale was lifted to the extreme, and the fear was completely swept away. However, the Qin army was completely opposite, and the cheers were all said, and many Qin soldiers and soldiers also began to whisper, whispering about the terrifying long knives in the hands of the young marshal army warriors, and the morale of the army was seriously affected.

At this time, Zhang Han's face was of course even more ugly than just now, and he was silent for a long time before he said word by word: "Set up camp, immediately rush to build fortified equipment, and come to take revenge!" ”