While the emotional problems of Xiang Kang and the Yu sisters became more and more complex and entangled, the situation in the world became more and more turbulent and chaotic, and the land of China, which was painstakingly unified by Qin Shi Huang Fen VI, gradually fell apart like a dangerous house in a storm.

First of all, of course, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army attacked from all sides, and after taking Chen County and governing Chen County in one fell swoop, Chen Sheng did not listen to the advice of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, famous men at the end of Qin, and insisted on establishing himself as the king as in history, and established a new regime called Zhang Chu. Then he sent six soldiers and horses to attack from all sides, frantically attacking cities all over the country, and these six soldiers and horses were: Zhang Chu fake king Wu Guang who was responsible for capturing Xingyang and capturing Aocang, Zhang Chu general Song Liu, who led the army to attack Nanyang, Zhang Chu general Wuchen who commanded Yan and Zhao in the north, Zhou Shi, the general Zhou Shi who went north to Dangjun and Dongjun, and Deng Zong who marched into Jiujiang (Shouchun), and Zhang Chu who took Guangling in the east, Zhaoping!

Although Xiang Kang looked down on Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rogue tactics, he had to admit that in the case that the officials in various parts of the Qin Dynasty had not had time to prepare for war, Zhang Chuyi's crazy tactics of desperately moving forward still had miraculous results.

Zhang Chuyi's army was like a bamboo, and quickly expanded its territory with a momentum of 100 miles a day, and the Qin army in various places that was hastily faced was constantly collapsing, and the officials of the Qin Dynasty continued to surrender or flee, and there were constantly cases where the county order killed the county Cheng or the county Cheng killed the county order to surrender to Zhang Chuyi's army, and only a few cities could close the city to protect themselves, and the control area of Zhang Chuyi's army was also centered on Chen County, which continued to spread in all directions like splashing ink. Xianyang shook, and the Great Qin world was completely plunged into a storm.

In addition to the frantically expanding Zhang Chu Yi Army, the anti-Qin Yi Army in other places also swarmed one after another. Not to mention Huaibei, the young marshal army led by Xiang Kang has fought steadily, not only has gained a firm foothold in the southeast corner of Surabaya, but also seized a large area of plastered land, with abundant money and food, and full stamina; At the same time, Qin Jia raised troops in Ling County, Chen Ying rose in Dongyang, and after the main force of the Surabaya County soldiers was severely damaged by the young marshal's army, after being captured and fallen by Chen Sheng's rebel army, a strong man named Dong Yi jumped out, and with the remnants of Chen Sheng's defeated soldiers, he raised the banner of Zhang Chu again, and the people of Gongxian County, who were seriously damaged by the war, also sacrificed their lives to follow in the case of food and clothing, and once again became a nail for Zhang Chu's righteous army to penetrate into Surabaya County.

At the same time, Yingbu, a famous general at the end of Qin, also married the daughter of Fanyang Ling Wu Rui, and quickly gathered thousands of people with the support of his father-in-law, joined forces with Wu Rui to raise troops in Poyang, and actively contacted the descendants of Wu Yue in Minzhong County to meet against Qin.

In addition, Xiang Kang's heroic second uncle Xiang Liang and the overlord's cousin Xiang Yu are also ready to move in Huiji County, just waiting for the time to be ripe and the opportunity to come, they will start things immediately, and dominate Jiangdong as in history. And Xiang Yu's old opponent Liu Laosan moved one step faster, and at this moment he had accepted the invitation of the county order of Pei County, who had different ambitions, and rushed to Pei County with the bandits of Mangdang Mountain to raise an incident, and another bloody storm was about to unfold in the north of Surabaya.

The turmoil is so great, no matter how remote Xiang Kang's control is, of course, he has also received a lot of relevant news from hearsay, and at the same time, there is also news of a rebel army in Dongyang, which was also quickly detected by Feng Zhong, a general under Xiang Kang, and reported to Xiang Kang as soon as possible. At the same time, when reporting the news, Feng Zhong also put forward a very strategic proposal to Xiang Kang through a letter - take the whole county of Donghai in the east, and then use Donghai County and part of the land of Surabaya County as the foundation, and send troops to enter the Central Plains!

"Take the East China Sea in the east, and then take the East China Sea and the southeast of Surabaya as the foundation to advance into the Central Plains? Brother Feng is really growing up more and more, and he still has such a strategic vision, he really has to be impressed. ”

sighed, Xiang Kang accidentally used a wrong allusion, fortunately, Zhou Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and others next to him didn't hear it, and after carefully reading the letter that Xiang Kang handed over, Zhou Zeng also asked Xiang Kang: "Young marshal, how about Feng Zhong's proposal?" ”

"Not bad, but not too good." Xiang Kang replied a little ambiguously, and then explained: "Yes, because judging from the current situation, if we want to establish a foundation and take a relatively stable rear, Donghai County is indeed our best choice." Otherwise, it will be too far for us to go south to Jiujiang, and it will be too dangerous for the lone army to go deep into the rear, and it will be easy to clash with Chen Sheng's men and horses when we go north and west, and it will be cheap to storm the Qin court in vain, so it is safer to enter the East China Sea. ”

"Brother, since it is our best choice to enter the East China Sea, why do you say that it is not too good?" Xiang Zhuang asked curiously.

"Of course, it's because the geography and population of Tokai County are not suitable for us to establish a foundation and become our stable rear." Xiang Kang said casually: "The whole county of the East China Sea is located on the plain, except for the Yangtze River in the south to provide protection, there is no danger to defend in the east, west and north. ”

"Also, the central part of Donghai County is sparsely populated and inaccessible (there were no canals at that time), and only the northern part of the country is in a better situation." Xiang Kang continued: "So even if we take the whole Donghai County, we are destined to only get the manpower and material resources in the northern part of Donghai County to spend, and the central and southern parts are like chicken ribs, the food is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it, even if we take it all, it will not be of much use." ”

They have all eaten chicken ribs, of course Zhou Zeng and Xiang Zhuang both know what Xiang Kang's description means, and they think of the actual situation in the south of Donghai County, and they have understood that Zhou Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and others, who are the most important in terms of money, food and population in this era, also nodded together and agreed with Xiang Kang's analysis. Then Zhou Zeng asked again: "Then young marshal, should we adopt Feng Zhong's suggestion?" ”

Xiang Kang was silent for a long time before replying: "It's best to adopt it only partially, take the densely populated land in the north of the East China Sea in the north, get money and food and population, dredge the Yishui River to transport military rations, and integrate the forces in our hands." At the same time, take Ling County and Huaiyin in the east, or only take one city in Ling County, cut off the north-south communication of Donghai County, and drive the remnants of the violent Qin army to the south of the East China Sea, and slowly map it. At the same time, it also leaves plenty of room for our friendly forces in the East China Sea to abuse them, preventing them from surrendering and becoming our enemies directly. ”

"But if we do this, we will have to face the main force of the Tyrannical Qin army in Donghai County alone." Zhou Zeng reminded: "Although in the current situation, we don't need to be afraid of them, if they choose to only defend without fighting, we want to take the northern part of the East China Sea, I am afraid it will be quite difficult." ”

Xiang Kang didn't answer, but just asked Xiang Guan, who was also present: "Brother, did the person sent to contact Qin Jia have answered?" ”

"Not yet." Xiang Guan replied: "But there is news about Qin Jia, I heard that the gang has pulled up thousands of people, and the momentum is very strong, and it is already marching towards Ling County. ”

"A group of rabble, when they encounter the soldiers of the East China Sea County who are tyrannical Qin, they are absolutely vulnerable." Xiang Kang snorted coldly, still sneering at Qin Jia's rogue tactics, and then Xiang Kang said: "But we can't see them die and not save them, we have to help them, and we have to try to take the opportunity to take Lingxian County, if this is successful, Gongsun Qing, the horseman, will not be able to command the southern cities of the East China Sea like an arm, and after our southern front is no longer too threatening, we can also send troops and horses to the north, so that we have enough strength to capture the northern part of the East China Sea." ”

"Young Marshal, I have a suggestion on how to capture Ling County." Zhou Zeng, who is not very good at military affairs, made a rare tactical suggestion, and said: "Didn't General Xiang Guan say just now, it is rumored that Qin Jia is marching towards the county seat of Lingxian, and at the same time, the Tyrannical Qin army has also sent a partial division to reinforce Lingxian, if they do it on the outskirts of Lingxian County, then Qin Jia will definitely be defeated, and once he flees in other directions, the Tyrannical Qin's partial division will inevitably pursue with all his might, and maybe he will also send county soldiers to help pursue, when Lingxian is empty, as long as we make corresponding preparations in advance, we will suddenly send troops eastward, Isn't there a chance to easily win Lingxian County? ”

"Uncle Ya's plan is feasible, Ling County is far away from Xia Xiang than from Xia Pi, we suddenly send troops, Gongsun Qing Pifu will definitely not have time to react."

Xiang Kang applauded, and also frankly admitted that he had long wanted to attack Ling County, but the main force had just returned to the division three days ago, the enemy situation was unknown, and the soldiers were relatively tired, so they didn't dare to act rashly. Then Xiang Kang said: "But we can't act alone in this matter, we must get in touch with Qin Jia first, tell him our plan of action, and let him help us lure the violent Qin army away from Ling County as much as possible, and create a surprise attack opportunity for us. ”

"Brother, there's no need for this." Xiang Guan said with some distress: "Let's not say that there is no need to ask Qin Jia to help us, even if they let us help, there is no need to thank them with forty percent of the money and food, right?" ”

"We have to let them help us." Xiang Kang replied: "If we don't greet Qin Jia in advance, after he is defeated, it is possible that he will flee directly and not give the violent Qin army a chance to pursue them, so where will we have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation to attack Ling County?" Also, if he doesn't say hello in advance, Qin Jia may even flow into the territory of Surabaya, if he refuses to accept our recruitment and integration, it will definitely be a lot of trouble, and it will be a big trouble to accept our integration, his army must have both men and women, old and weak, unlike we only choose young and strong men as soldiers, we have incorporated them into the young and strong, how can those women who have no food and clothing settle down? How can we possibly afford to feed so many people? ”

"As for forty percent of the money and food, anyway, I take other people's money and food to give them away, and I am generous to others, so why do I mind so much?" Xiang Kang said generously: "Be generous to friendly troops, and more friendly troops will be willing to help us in the future." ”

Feeling that Xiang Kang's analysis was reasonable, Xiang Guan stopped talking, and Zhou Zeng immediately said: "Young Marshal, should I write a letter for you immediately and help you tell Qin Jia our requirements and promises?" ”

Xiang Kang nodded, Zhou Zeng immediately put pen to paper, and Xiang Kang asked Xiang Guan to arrange a secret envoy to prepare to sneak to Ling County to contact Qin Jia's department, and on the other hand, Xiang Zhuang arranged for the elite army to secretly prepare for war, and when the time was ripe, he immediately sent troops to attack Ling County. At the same time, in order to grasp the battle situation in Ling County as soon as possible, Xiang Kang also asked Xiang Guan and Sun Gong to prepare fast horses in the pavilions along the way to Ling County early in the morning, so as to pass on the news of the battle situation in Ling County at any time.

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When Xiang Kang adopted Zhou Zeng's suggestion and began to prepare a tactical plan to attack Lingxian County, the Qin Jiayi Army, which had exceeded more than 5,000 people, had indeed reached the Wuxingting area in the northeast of Lingxian County, and it was effortless to take Wuxingting, which was only guarded by a few pavilion guards, and there were only forty miles left from the county seat of Lingxian.

But it's very bad, without the support of the intelligence system, Qin Jia's department didn't know until this moment that the main force of the Qin army in Donghai County was in Xiapi at this moment, and they had already divided a partial division to go south and rushed to Ling County for reinforcements first. Therefore, after taking Wuxing Pavilion, Qin Jia did not hesitate, and immediately raised troops to the southwest, ransacked the township pavilions along the way, semi-forcibly coerced the people to enlist in the army, frantically expanded the troops, and continued to drive towards Lingxian County. However, what Qin Jia didn't know was that the reinforcements of the Qin army had already arrived in Ling County as early as this morning, and they had already entered the city to rest, ready to suddenly kill at any time to surprise him.

But fortunately, after all, the Qin army was not supported by the people, when Qin Jia's headquarters was less than twenty miles away from Ling County, the people of Ling County had already taken the initiative to find Qin Jiajun to inform, and reported to Qin Jia the important news that the Qin army's reinforcements had arrived first.

Qin Jia's decision saved his fledgling team, and when it was dark, he brought back accurate news, confirming that the Qin army had indeed preemptively settled in Qin County. As a result, it was natural that when it was already difficult to obtain food and grass supplies from the surrounding places, of course some of Qin Jia's subordinates proposed: "General, why don't we go to the prime minister?" I heard that Xiang Kang, who claimed to be the young marshal of the Chu State, had returned to Xia Xiang with his main force, and he wanted to oppose Qin and restore Chu like us, so we went to him, and Xiang Kang should take us in. ”

The method was good, but Qin Jia didn't adopt it immediately, and after thinking about it for a while, Qin Jia also said: "What if Xiang Kang's little vertical son proposes to take us in? I heard that he is only seventeen or eighteen years old now, how can we obey the command of such a stinky child? ”

"General, let's go over and talk about it first." The subordinate who proposed said: "If he insists on taking us in, we just don't do it, and if we go to other places by his way, it will be an anti-Qin righteous master, can he not agree?" ”

"That's right, if he doesn't agree, we'll just leave, and grab him by the way, and see what he can do with us!" A general with a rough personality also proposed.

Qin Jia began to waver, considering that his food and grass were not much and difficult to hold for a long time, Qin Jia gritted his teeth and still accepted the advice of his generals, and after a hurried night's rest, he immediately led his rabble to the west, far away from Ling County. Although the county governor of Donghai County detected this situation in time, he did not plan to send troops to stop the attack at all, and was ready to calmly send troops after Qin Jia's troops bypassed Ling County, and forcibly expelled Qin Jia to the control of the young marshal's army. - Although I don't know the truth that a large number of people are insects, but after Qin Jiajun and such a large group of people enter the territory of the young marshal army, what kind of trouble will be brought to the young marshal army, the care can still be imagined.

After learning the location of Qin Jia's main force, the young marshal military envoy who was worried about how to find the object of the letter was of course overjoyed, and immediately ran to Qin Jia to contact him, and finally sent the letter signed by Xiang Kang to Qin Jia before Qin Jia's department was about to step into Xiaxiang County.

Once again, Qin Jia was embarrassed, looking at Xiang Kang's letter carefully, Qin Jia was of course a little worried that it would be too dangerous to act according to Xiang Kang's requirements, and he was also worried that Xiang Kang would not keep his word, and even if he succeeded in taking Ling County, he would not fulfill his promise. However, as a celebrity at the end of the Qin Dynasty recorded in the history books, Qin Jia of course also has his own uniqueness, after carefully weighing the pros and cons, Qin Jia still made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "Turn around, go north, and lead the violent Qin army to chase us." ”

"General, isn't it too dangerous to do this?" The ministry general hurriedly reminded: "Also, what if Xiang Kang Xiao'er doesn't believe his words?" ”

"Wealth is in danger! If he doesn't keep his word, he can't be his young marshal anymore. Qin Jia snorted coldly and said: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er wants us to help him lure the enemy, if we don't agree, even if we forcibly enter the lower phase, he will definitely not treat us, let alone give us any benefits, maybe he will send troops to drive us away." Go north to help him, sell him a favor, even if it can't be successful, when he turns back to him for help in the future, he can't find any reason to refuse. ”

After that, Qin Jia added: "And going north is also a good choice, at least you don't have to look at people's faces, you can plunder grain and grass supplies all the way, recruit soldiers to strengthen the team, and the main force of the East China Sea of the tyrannical Qin army has been contained by Xiang Kang Xiao'er in Xiapi and Ling County, and in the north, we may be able to show our strength even more." ”

After making a rational decision quite wisely, Qin Jia decisively led his army to the north, and directly pounced in the direction of Siwu Pavilion, a famous and wealthy place in the north of Donghai County. And the Qin army scout reported this change to Guan Hu, and Guan Hu immediately panicked, and shouted without any consideration: "Send troops immediately to hunt down Qin Jia's thieves, you must not let him go north, you must not let him go north!" ”

Correspondingly, the Qin army had just sent troops to chase and kill the Qin Jiayi army that suddenly turned north, and the scouts of the young marshal's army on the border of course immediately sent the news to Xia Xiangcheng, Xiang Kang did not hesitate when he heard the report, and immediately shouted: "Send troops, rush to Ling County!" Also, strengthen the sentinel investigation of Maling Mountain, and prevent Gongsun Qingpifu from directly sending troops to lay down the photo! ”