"Do you want the main force of our young marshal's army on the southern front to go north to aid Pengcheng?" Master Xiang Boxiang sneered all over his face, and said with a bit of yin and yang: "Isn't my young marshal and virtuous nephew invincible in a hundred battles? What kind of trouble did you encounter this time, and you can think of our little division in the remote land of Jiujiang, and you want us to go north to Pengcheng to reinforce him? ”

Knowing Uncle Xiang's lack of temper, Feng Zhong didn't mind, but just said truthfully: "The Tyrannical Qin army marched into Pengcheng, and the young marshal was afraid that he would be alone and would not be able to stop the Tyrannical Qin army, so he asked us to hurry north to reinforce him." ”

"Joke!" Xiang Bo raised his voice and sneered again: "Alone? Doesn't he value military power more than anyone else, and has always controlled our main elite, and he still has to worry about being alone? How many Tyrannical Qin troops can there be around Pengcheng? Does he still have to worry about being alone? ”

"The master blames the young marshal, this time he is really alone." Feng Zhong explained: "The Tyrannical Qin army that launched an attack on Pengcheng this time has more than 50,000 troops in the front army alone, and there are more than 200,000 main forces of the Tyrannical Qin army behind, and they may follow their front army into Pengcheng at any time, so even if the young marshal gathers all the troops we can use, he is still at a disadvantage in terms of troops?" ”

"There are more than 50,000 troops in front of the army alone? There are more than 200,000 main forces behind? ”

Xiang Bo's face turned a little pale, and he hurriedly asked why so many Qin troops could emerge in the Central Plains, Feng Zhong also told Xiang Bo the news that Zhang Han's army had gone out of the customs, and introduced the situation that Zhang Chuguo had been destroyed by Zhang Han, Xiang Bo's face was inevitably even paler when he heard it, but Feng Zhong suddenly said: "Master, although the violent Qin army is powerful, but Pengcheng is our foundation after all, and the families of the main civil and military forces of our young marshal army all live in Pengcheng City, and we can't help it." The last general means, I want to ask the master you and the Xiang You brothers to lead the army as the vanguard, first lead an army to rush back to Pengcheng, and the last general will lead the main force and then go north, I don't know what you think? ”

Hearing this, of course, Xiang Bo almost didn't pounce and strangled Feng Zhong to death on the spot, and wanted to jump up and have a seizure, but he didn't have the face to open his mouth to admit that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and his face was extremely pale, but fortunately, Feng Zhong said again: "Of course, master, if you are unwell, you don't have to be reluctant, the last general remembers, master, you said a few days ago that you have a cold outside, and the last general is busy with military affairs, and he has no time to care about your condition, and I don't know if you are better?" Do you want to stay in Jiujiang to recuperate? ”

"Ahem, ahem." Being reminded by Feng Zhong that he suddenly remembered that he was sick, Xiang Bo hurriedly coughed a few times, nodded and said: "Thank you General Feng for your concern, the old man is indeed a little unwell, and he has not been well, this time I will return to Pengcheng, the old man may not be able to help you, I have to stay and recuperate for a while." Ahem, ahem. ”

"So be it." Feng Zhong said casually: "The last general will take the main force of the southern front to return to aid Pengcheng, master, you stay in Jiujiang to recuperate in peace, the army and civil affairs on the Jiujiang side, you don't have to worry, the last will arrange for Feng Hui and Jiang Guo to be the commander of the army, and then let Li Yuan, Tang Quansheng and Yu Hao and a few of them act in charge of civil affairs, master, you just have to recuperate with peace of mind, and you don't need to worry about these complicated affairs." ”

If Feng Zhong directly arranged for other young marshals to take over Jiujiang and did not give Master Xiang Boxiang a chance to take power, then needless to say, Master Xiang Boxiang's spit stars could definitely spray directly on Feng Zhong's face, but since Master Xiang had admitted that he was sick, of course he couldn't swallow back what he said, so no matter how secretly he hated in his heart, Xiang Bo could only accept Feng Zhong's arrangement with a smile on his face, and he had to thank Feng Zhong for his care and care in turn. There was no way to become the soil emperor of Jiujiang after Feng Zhong left, and he was extremely depressed and aggrieved.

But fortunately, Master Xiang Boxiang at least didn't need to go north with Feng Zhong to die, if the Battle of Pengcheng ended with the annihilation of the young marshal's army, Master Xiang Boxiang also had time to flee to Jiangdong to join his own brother Xiang Liang, and he didn't have to worry about being buried on the battlefield, let alone being captured alive by the Qin army, and the car was split and separated, so thinking of this, Master Xiang's heart suddenly became much more balanced.

After blocking Xiang Bo's mouth with a trick and quickly arranging the civil and military forces of the young marshal army who stayed in Jiujiang, Feng Zhong did not rush to lead the army north to reinforce Pengcheng, the reason was not that Feng Zhong was greedy for life and afraid of death like Master Xiang, and did not dare to go back to face the Qin army's tidal offensive with Xiang Kang - Feng Zhong has the shortcomings of being relatively timid, but Feng Zhong's wife and children all live in Pengcheng, and Feng Zhong, who has always been a good family man, will certainly not sit idly by and ignore them.

The reason why Feng Zhong did not rush to send troops was that Jiujiang County was vast and sparsely populated, and several troops sent out before had not yet had time to rush back to Shouchun to assemble Hou Ming, and at the same time, Feng Zhong's most trusted soldier surnamed Han also pointed out: "The soldiers are not expensive, this sentence is not wrong, but our army does not have many elite soldiers, if a small number of elite troops go north to aid Pengcheng, it will not play any role, on the contrary, it will be a better chance for the Qin army to break our each." Rather than this, it is better to bring all the troops we can use to Pengcheng, so that we will not only have sufficient troops available, but also increase the difficulty of the Tyrannical Qin army to defeat us, and increase our certainty of successfully returning to Pengcheng. ”

He had long been accustomed to obeying the words of the soldiers surnamed Han, and Feng Zhong was still good this time, until the southern army of the expedition to Liyang returned to Shouchun, Feng Zhong led the army to cross the Huai River, commanded the 16,000 troops he could use to the north, and quickly returned to Pengcheng.

Although there is a gallop road, the traffic is the most convenient in this era, but the loss is in the distance, or arrived in Qi County with the army, Feng Zhongcai learned from the urgent document sent by Xiang Han that the Qin army's partial division Yao Ang's division has marched to Fuli, hearing this news, the Han surnamed personal soldiers did not hesitate, and immediately suggested: "General, we should speed up the north, no matter what, we must arrive in Fuli before the violent Qin army crosses Suishui, and grasp the initiative on the battlefield of Fuli, if not, If we let the Qin army cross the Suishui before us, the initiative will be grasped by the violent Qin army, and our battle will be difficult to fight. ”

Still obedient, Feng Zhong immediately asked the young marshal army on the southern front to speed up the advance, marched straight to Fuli, and successfully rushed to Fuli more than an hour earlier than the Qin army's partial division, quickly grasped the control of the Suishui ferry, and shattered the hope of the Qin army to immediately rush to Suishui.

Then, in addition to quickly sending people into the city to exchange military information with Xiang Han, who was in charge of defending the city, Feng Zhong also sent scouts to carefully explore the surrounding terrain, and at the same time went to Suishui Ferry with his own soldiers surnamed Han to personally explore the hydrological situation of Suishui. The result is also the same as what the soldiers surnamed Han had guessed before, the Suishui of the famous river is really not wide and deep enough, and it is in the dry season of winter, and the flow rate of Suishui is even more gentle, as long as it is a slightly more suitable terrain, you can launch a rush to cross the river. And the Qin army could even cross the river directly on a raft if they wished.

Feng Zhong, who had accumulated a lot of military experience in actual combat, also saw this problem, and couldn't help but say to the soldiers surnamed Han worriedly: "It's troublesome, I didn't expect that the water on Suishui would be so small in winter, even if we hold the ferry, I'm afraid it won't have much effect, and the tyrannical Qin army can find a suitable place at any time, and it can still be directly crossed." If you want to rely on Suishui to block the violent Qin army on the north bank, I'm afraid there is not much hope. ”

The soldier surnamed Han was silent, and suddenly asked after a while: "General, have the envoys we went to exchange military information with General Xiang Han come back?" Before this, did General Xiang Han confiscate all the ferries on the south bank of Suishui? ”

"The ferries on the South Shore?" Feng Zhong was asked for a moment, and then said: "Probably not, the tyrannical Qin army is coming from the north, even if the Xiang Han brothers collect the Suishui boats, they should only collect the civilian ships on the north shore, and will not attack the ships on the south shore." ”

"It's important to confirm." The soldier surnamed Han replied.

It was also a coincidence that it didn't take much time for the envoy who went to exchange military information with Xiang Han to return to Feng Zhong's face, handing over the Fuli military intelligence summary that Xiang Han had prepared a long time ago, Feng Zhong took it and hurriedly looked through it, and saw that Xiang Han said on the military intelligence summary that he only collected the ships on the north bank of Suishui, and hurriedly told the situation to the personal soldiers surnamed Han. When the soldier surnamed Han heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Great! We're going to fight this battle! General, please give us an order at once, let us go to the south of Fuli City and set up camp and prepare for battle. ”

"Fu Lichengnan?" Feng Zhong suspected that his ears were wrong, and hurriedly asked the soldiers surnamed Han if they wanted to set up camp in the south of Fuli City, seeing the soldiers surnamed Han nodding, Feng Zhong couldn't help but be even more dumbfounded, and said: "We hurry up and hurry, and finally rushed to Fuli one step ahead of the violent Qin army, why do we still take the initiative to give up the ferry and set up the camp in the south of Fuli City?" ”

"Of course, because Suishui can be crossed everywhere, even if we hold the ferry, it won't do much." The soldier surnamed Han smiled and said: "So it's better to be generous, just give the easiest ferry to cross the river to the Tyrant Qin army, and let them cross the river at the ferry, so that we can also fight them head-on." ”

Feng Zhong was even more dumbfounded when he heard this, and hurriedly asked for a deeper reason, and threatened that if the soldiers surnamed Han dared to sell Guanzi, he would not adopt his suggestion, and the soldiers surnamed Han had no choice but to tell Feng Zhong the original plan of his plan, and said: "The Tyrannical Qin army is attacking Fuli with a partial division, no matter how much food and grass their army has, they will inevitably strive for a quick victory, we will take the initiative to give up the Suishui Ferry, and the Tyrannical Qin army will definitely directly launch a rush at the ferry where it is easiest to cross the river in order to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, They will also cross the river first with the elite to prevent us from attacking halfway. As long as the Tyrant Qin army does this, we will ....... ”

After listening to the detailed introduction of the soldiers surnamed Han, Feng Zhong, who was overjoyed, did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the army that had taken control of the ferry to abandon the ferry and move to camp outside the south gate of Fuli. As a result, after the young marshal's soldiers followed the order, Xiang Han, who was in charge of guarding Fu Licheng, was also taken aback, and hurriedly went out of the city to meet Feng Zhong in person, asking why Feng Zhong took the initiative to give up the ferry and give the Qin army a chance to cross the river easily?

Of course, Feng Zhong drew a scoop according to the gourd, and said that the plan of the pro-soldier surnamed Han was his own idea, and told Xiang Han the tactical plan formulated by the pro-soldier surnamed Han, Xiang Han listened to it and pondered it carefully, and found that it was not only feasible, but also very sure of success, and he was immediately overjoyed, and couldn't help but pat Feng Zhong's shoulder and said: "Brother Feng, there is you!" The soldiers are not tired of deceitful to this point, I can be regarded as obedient to you! Hey, why didn't you see it before, you still have this ability? ”

"It's not something that I've been trained little by little." Feng Zhong said shamelessly: "I learned the art of war while fighting in actual combat, and slowly learned some skills in using tactics and soldiers, I just hope that this time can be successfully successful." ”

Hearing this, the soldier surnamed Han standing behind Feng Zhong was of course disdainful of pouting, but unfortunately Xiang Han didn't notice it, on the contrary, he complained that Xiang Kang only let himself defend the city, and didn't let himself fight in the east and west like Feng Zhong, and had no opportunity to learn and use the art of war in actual combat like Feng Zhong, which delayed his time to become a famous general in the world.

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When Feng Zhong and Xiang Han were talking and laughing, Yao Ang had already arrived at the north bank of Suishui with the Qin army's partial division, and found that Feng Zhong had led the army to rush to Fuli City first, Yao Ang's face was of course extremely gloomy, and then heard that Feng Zhong took the initiative to set up camp at the ferry to the south of Fuli City, Yao Ang couldn't help but be surprised: "Take the initiative to give up the ferry?" Feng Zhong is so confident, he thinks he is sure that he can fight us head-on? ”

Although he was only Zhang Ping's deputy, Yao Ang's personality was actually more cautious than Zhang Ping's, and he felt that Feng Zhong's initiative to give up the favorable terrain was too strange, and of course he did not dare to take risks. Then, naturally, Yao Ang quickly discovered one of the reasons why Feng Zhong took the initiative to abandon the Suishui ferry - the water flow was too slow, and the river was obviously not wide enough, even if he held the ferry, it was useless, and the Qin army could launch a rush at other suitable places at any time if he wanted to.

At the same time, through meticulous investigation and collected military information, Yao Ang quickly discovered that although the number of young marshals brought by Feng Zhong from Jiujiang County was quite large, the weapons and equipment could not be compared with the main force of the young marshal army in Pengcheng, and at the same time, Jiujiang County in this era was vast and sparsely populated, and the land was barren (the leaching effect of rain did not become the current fertile land until long-term cultivation generated paddy soil), and there was absolutely no possibility to support such a large team for a long time, so Yao Ang could conclude, Feng Zhong's subordinates are definitely a cobbled together rabble, and their combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to that of the real main force of the young marshal army. - In fact, it is.

After having a rough idea in his heart, Yao Ang not only ordered the soldiers of the Qin army to immediately start building rafts and pontoon bridges, but also convened the generals of the army to discuss how to cross the river to launch an attack, and the result was the same as the soldiers surnamed Han expected, the generals of the Qin army, who did not dare to leave the main force for a long time, really advocated a quick victory, and suggested that they should directly cross the river at the ferry in the western suburbs of Fuli, which was the easiest to cross, and fight Feng Zhong head-on. And although Yao Ang also planned to do so in his heart, he still said: "It is more convenient to directly cross the river at the ferry to attack, but Feng Zhong rebelled against the thief and deliberately gave way to the ferry, making it clear that he wanted to attack our army halfway." In such a situation, the pressure on the army that we crossed the river first will be great. ”

"Don't worry, general, please let the last general lead the army first." Jiang Wen, the general who commanded the elite of Longxi, said loudly: "As long as the army of the last general crosses the Suishui, even if the two traitors, Feng Zhong and Xiang Han, come to attack, the last general will be sure to hold the position and hold on until our rear army has crossed the river." ”

Full of confidence in the elite of Longxi, of course Yao Ang also knew that Jiang Wen was definitely not bragging, and Zhang Ping repeatedly ordered Yao Ang to take Fuli, seize the food and military supplies in the city and supply the main force, so after hesitating again and again, Yao Ang still made up his mind and said: "Okay, just fight like this, and directly launch a rush at the ferry, General Jiang Wen led the men and horses of the headquarters and two thousand troops to cross the river first, and give us time to grab the pontoon bridge." ”

According to Yao Ang's order, the Qin army, which was anxious for a decisive battle, prepared enough simple pontoon bridges and four pontoon bridges with sufficient width on the second day of arriving in Fuli.

In the early morning of the third day, the snowflakes were flying, and the Qin army, which had just set up a simple camp, set out from the nest, carrying heavy vehicles and rafts, and pontoon bridges to the ferry, and the news was reported to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led 10,000 troops to meet the battle, but Feng Zhong did not set up a formation on the bank of Suishui, but arranged a battle formation three miles away from the ferry wharf, and put on a posture to attack the Qin army in the middle of the crossing.

Of course, Feng Zhong, who is not a bastard, also sent a crossbow team to the shore to line up, with the attitude of how much he can get, and let the crossbow team shoot the Qin soldiers on the raft, pick up enough cheap and then move the real thing.

At the right time, when the Qin army's war drums were beating, the Qin army officially began to cross the river, but the first to cross was not the elite of the Qin army's Longxi, but a thousand ordinary Qin troops who were basically composed of Lishan prisoners. But this point was not enough to completely resist the Qin army crossing the river, the successive Qin soldiers struggled to sway and paddle, and after paying a certain price for casualties, they finally rushed through the Suishui River, which is currently in the dry period, and leaned on the south bank of Suishui.

As soon as they landed, the soldiers of the Qin army on the raft of course immediately rushed to the ground, shouting with a belly full of fire to kill the bow and crossbow team of the young marshal's army, only the short sword and short sword defense of the young marshal army bow and crossbow team did not dare to fight the enemy, and quickly fled for their lives, the Qin army successfully seized the ferry position, and quickly arranged defenses, and at the same time, another ordinary Qin army also immediately launched a river crossing, relying on the cover of the front army to quickly rush through Suishui and strengthen the army on the south bank.

Originally, Yao Ang thought that Feng Zhong would launch an attack at this time, with more and less absolute strength, increasing the difficulty for his army to continue to cross the river, but to Yao Ang's surprise, he had already seen the well-equipped elite of the Qin army in Longxi boarding a raft to cross the river, and Feng Zhong still stood still, and continued to sit back and watch the Qin army cross the river. Yao Ang understood Feng Zhong's plan, and couldn't help but sneer: "Want to eat more of our troops in one bite? It's beautiful to think about, and you're not afraid to break your teeth. ”

Yao Ang expected, when all the elites of Longxi with obviously different weapons and equipment landed on the south bank of Suishui, the young marshal's army really sounded the drum of marching, and more than 10,000 young marshal troops strode forward, and the queue slowly forced towards the Qin army's position neatly, officially starting the shameless action of half-crossing and attacking. However, it was a pity for Feng Zhong, seeing such a situation, the soldiers of the Qin army, who were full of confidence in the elite of Longxi, not only did not panic at all, but on the contrary, they also sneered on their faces, Yao Ang laughed out loud, and said: "Feng Zhong rebel, don't be too happy, you will immediately understand how big a gap there is between our elite of Longxi in Great Qin and your rabble." ”