Since he sent someone to quietly contact Xiang Kang, Qin II Hu Hai's distant cousin Cheng Yanqi of Yuxian County has never slept well, and every night what he dreamed of was all confidential leakage, and he was thrown into prison, humiliated and tortured, and then put into a prison car and escorted to Xianyang, like his ten distant cousins, Princess Daqin, was executed by a car in the downtown area. I was woken up by a nightmare every night, and my wife, who was sleeping next to me, kindly inquired about the reason, but Yan Jian didn't dare to tell the truth, so she could only hide the secret in her heart, and the pressure was as great as a mountain.

It was only after the confidant's family successfully brought back Xiang Kang's handwritten reply, Yan Qi, a distant relative of the Qin Emperor who had been worried that the young marshal's army would not be able to tolerate him, was slightly relieved, but what Yan Jian didn't expect was that on the same day, after also receiving the news of the fall of the county, Hao Ba, the county right lieutenant with deep roots in the local tree of Yu County, would suddenly ask for help from the Qin army in Xu County, and forced himself to adopt it immediately, and went to Wenxu County on the spot, and asked the Qin army of Xu County to send troops to help resist the upcoming attack of the young marshal army.

I didn't completely grasp that I could secretly open the city gate unconsciously, of course, Yan Jian didn't want to invite the Qin army of Xu County to make trouble, but there was no way, it was a matter of course to ask for help from neighboring counties when the danger was approaching, Yan Jian couldn't find any reason to oppose the rejection of Hao Ba's proposal, and he was afraid that Hao Ba would see that he had the intention of surrendering, so he had to send a letter to Xu County for help in the name of the county Cheng, while quietly comforting himself, and secretly said: "Don't worry too much, in this situation, it is too late for the counties of Surabaya County to sweep the snow in front of the door, Xu County may not agree to send troops. ”

Things completely exceeded Yan Yan's expectations, the Qin army of Xu County not only agreed to send troops to rescue, but also sent reinforcements to take the lead in the city of Yanxian, not only completely shattered Yan Yan's hope of stealing the city gate to welcome the young marshal's army into the city, but also forced Yan Jian to a dead end - Yan Jian knew very well that if Xiang Kang had doubts about the truth of his surrender, as long as he deliberately released a little bit of rumor, he would immediately be doomed.

It's okay, Xiang Kang accepted Yan Bing's explanation very reasonably, and expressed his understanding of Yan Bing's forced request for help, but Xiang Kang put forward a difficult request for Yan Bing to encourage the Qin army of Xu County to settle in the city of Yu County, and at the same time, judging from the comparison of troops, Yan Jian also pinched a cold sweat for the battle of the young marshal army in the county - the difference in strength is not much, and the Qin army in Yan County has a city to defend, Yan Jian is racking his brains, and he can't think of any hope of winning for Xiang Kang.

Then, the actions of the Qin army in Yu County also made Yan Jian raise his heart to his throat, or when the Qin army of Yu County sent troops from the north gate in the middle of the night, Yan Wu, who was completely overturned by Hao Ba, knew that the Qin army of Yu County was going to sneak attack the camp of the young marshal army overnight, and the world was spinning one after another, and he wanted to send someone to report to Xiang Kang but it was too late, so he could only silently pray for God's blessing to let the young marshal army hold the camp and survive the sneak attack of the Qin army in Yu County. - Otherwise, once the young marshal army suffers a big loss, Xiang Kang just wants not to suspect that Yan Jian is deliberately helping Hao Ba and others deceive him.

In the second half of the night, Yan Yan was pleasantly surprised to see that the Qin army of Xu County, who designed an ambush for the young marshal army, won and lost, and fled back to the camp in embarrassment under the pursuit of the young marshal soldiers, and then at dawn, Yan Jian saw Hao Ba also embarrassed to roll back to the north gate of the county with the Qin army of the young marshal, and there was a group of young marshal soldiers chasing and killing. Yan Jian and the other county officials were surprised and desperate on the surface, but they laughed in their hearts, and couldn't help but say viciously in their hearts at Hao Ba's banner, "Shaft! You also have today! ”

No matter how much schadenfreude is in his heart, he still has to go through the motions, as a group of Ziyu counties greeted Hao Ba, whom he hated deeply, Yan Jian first pretended to ask for warmth, and then couldn't wait to ask: "Captain Hao, how about the loss of our army's troops?" ”

"I haven't had time to count it yet, but it's definitely a lot." Hao Ba replied with a gloomy face, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm again, and scolded: "The thief raised by the son of a bitch, he is really fucking cunning, he actually expected that I would go to attack his camp for a long time, and he was fully prepared early on, and it was difficult for Lao Tzu to even get close to the fence of his camp with arrows!" ”

"Right Lieutenant Hao doesn't have to be angry, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, if you lose this time, you can win it back next time."

Yan Wukou was not comforting, but Hao Ba didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, but just yelled at the other county officials: "Did the Xu County army send someone to contact us?" How did they lose last night? ”

It was also a coincidence that at this time, the liaison messenger of the Qin army in Xu County hurriedly arrived, and introduced to Hao Ba that the Qin army in Xu County was dead and missing last night, losing a total of more than 380 people, and nearly 100 soldiers who fled back to the camp were wounded. Hao Ba was shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Why did Brother Wang lose so much?" Forty percent of the army was defeated in one battle, how should it be fought next? ”

"Right Lieutenant Hao, why don't we let our friendly troops from Xu County enter the city and station." Yan Jian took the opportunity to suggest: "Wouldn't it be wonderful to let our friendly troops in Xu County withdraw into the city, not only to let them rest and recuperate with peace of mind, but also to use their strength to hold on to the city of Xuxian County, killing two birds with one stone?" ”

"Let Brother Wang and them enter the city and station?" Hao Ba was a little tempted, but he hesitated, and said: "But all of them are withdrawn to the city, is it too passive?" Also, Brother Wang may not agree, and when he enters the city, he will not be able to prevent the thieves from going south to fight Xu County in time. ”

Although he didn't quite understand why Xiang Kang tried his best to persuade the Qin army of Xu County to enter the city and station, in order to complete the task assigned by Xiang Kang and express his loyalty, Yan Jian still did his best, and it was rare to reach Hao Ba's ear, and whispered in a low voice: "Captain Hao, only by inviting the Xu County army to enter the city and station, can we hope to hold on to Yu County." The Xuxian army continues to be stationed outside the city, if there is any accident, or suddenly withdraws, our Xuxian army will be completely isolated, and once the Xuxian city is broken by thieves, not only you and my lives will not be saved, but we are afraid that our wives and children and net worth and property will also be difficult to keep. ”

Yan Yan's words hit Hao Ba's heart, and Hao Ba, who was born in a big family in Yu County, was most afraid of it, that is, the young marshal's army broke through the city of Yu County to find himself to settle old accounts, loot his own property, and slaughter his wife and children. So for the sake of his own interests, Hao Ba quickly nodded, and immediately asked the messenger of the Qin army in Xu County to bring a message to Wang Mo, persuading Wang Mo to quickly take the Xu County army into the city of Yu County, and at the same time, in order to promote this move, Hao Ba also sent the Su County Prison Peng, who was completely obedient to his words, to the Qin military camp in Xu County, and persuaded Wang Mo to transfer the camp for himself.

Because he really needed to rest and recuperate, in the case of a great injury to his vitality, although he knew that it was too passive to enter the city and station, Wang Mo thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to accept the suggestion of the Qin army in Yu County, and gave up the camp outside the city at noon on the same day, and stationed in the city with the remaining more than 600 troops. Hao Ba, who was all in the city of Yu County, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly pulled Yan Jian and other officials of Yu County to the city gate to greet him, and the defenders of Yu County also received a lot of supplements, and with the geographical advantage, the battle situation in Yu County was balanced again.

On that day, both the young marshal army and the Qin army needed time to rest and clean up the battlefield, and there was no conflict between the two sides, and they were at peace with each other. However, at noon of the next day, the young marshal's army stationed in the upper reaches of the county suddenly pulled out the camp and moved south, crossed the water and moved to the southwest corner of the county, and re-established the camp five miles away from the county seat. The defenders of the city reported the situation to Hao Ba and Wang Mo and others, and Hao Ba and Wang Mo and others were not surprised, and snorted coldly: "Want to attack the city? Come on, let's see if you rabble can take down our heavily guarded county town! ”

Having said that, for the sake of prudence, Hao Ba, Wang Mo and others still let the city soldiers closely monitor the young marshal's every move, always guard against what tricks the scheming young marshal army played, and took turns to go to the city several times that night to inspect the enemy's situation, afraid that the young marshal's army would repeat its old tricks, and run to steal chickens and dogs at night, and suddenly sneak attack the city of Yuxian City. But fortunately, such a situation has not happened, and there are only some drums from time to time in the camp of the young marshal's army, which has not yet been perfected, to inform each other that the armies are safe, and there is nothing abnormal, Hao Ba and Wang Mo and others gradually put their minds at ease, so that the soldiers can sleep in the city with peace of mind.

However, in the morning of the next day, Hao Ba and Wang Mo and others gradually discovered that the situation was wrong, although there were still drums in the camp of the young marshal army from time to time, there was no soldier activity in the camp, and at the same time, there was no cooking smoke in the morning, Hao Ba and Wang Mo were suspicious, and hurriedly sent people out of the city to investigate the camp of the young marshal army. As a result, the news brought back by the scouts also surprised Hao Ba and Wang Mo - the camp of the young marshal's army was empty, and the army didn't know where it went!

"There is no one in the camp of the thieves? How can it be?! Hao Ba exclaimed: "There is no one, who is beating the drum in the camp of the thieves?" ”

"Captain Hao, we have been fooled." The scout said with a sad face, "The thieves tied a few sheep upside down to the drum, and the hooves of the sheep beat on the drum surface, so they made a sound!" ”

"Hanging sheep drumming?!" Hao Ba was dumbfounded, and only after a while did he roar: "Xiang Kang, a traitor, how much bad water is in his stomach?" He deceived us once the night before last night, why did he deceive us with a shameless trick last night?! ”

"Where did the army of thieves go?" Wang Mo was more concerned about the whereabouts of the main force of the young marshal's army, and quickly jumped up and yelled and asked.

"Back to Wang Zuowei, I don't know for the time being." The Qin army scout replied truthfully, and said: "But judging from the footprints and ruts, the thief army should have gone to the south, in the direction of Xu County. ”

Before the Qin army scouts finished speaking, Wang Mi's face was already like ashes, and after finally coming back to his senses, Wang Mo hurriedly yelled and shouted: "Brother Hao, quickly send scouts to investigate, if the thieves really go to Xu County, I have to go back to rescue immediately, the main force of Xu County has been brought here by me, there are only a few hundred defenders in the city, and it is absolutely impossible to stop the attack of the thieves!" ”

Hao Ba hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly sent a large number of scouts to the south to investigate, looking for the whereabouts of the main force of the young marshal army, and Wang Mo quickly sent an order to the Qin army in Xu County, so that the Qin army in Xu County was ready to go, so that he could go south at any time to return to his hometown of Xu County. And in the afternoon, the scouts sent out to report back to Pegasus, saying that the young marshal's army was indeed marching along the official road to Xu County. Wang Mo didn't dare to slack off when he heard the news, and hurriedly said to Hao Ba: "Brother Hao, no, I have to go back to defend the city immediately, otherwise, Xu County will not be able to keep it." ”

"But you suffered heavy losses the night before yesterday, and you may be intercepted by thieves on the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to bring all the remaining troops back to defend the city." Hao Ba reminded.

"That's exactly what I'm trying to say." Wang Yu said: "Brother Hao, it's time for me to ask you for help, send a support army to me, and help me go back to defend the city." ”

Hao Ba didn't want to agree, but he just owed Qin Jun a great favor to Xu County, and Hao Ba was embarrassed to refuse no matter how thick-skinned he was. So after hesitating again and again, Hao Ba could only say very reluctantly: "I don't have many troops here, so I can only lend you a team of five hundred people." But you have to be careful, Xiang Kang's traitor is too cunning, you have to prevent him from setting up an ambush on the road and sneaking up on your army. ”

"Don't worry, I am familiar with the terrain in the south, except for the area of Chonggang Mountain, which is suitable for ambushes, the rest of the place is an open plain, and there will be no danger." Wang Mo replied confidently, Hao Ba nodded reluctantly, and immediately ordered his clan brother Hao Xiang to lead a team of five hundred people, go out of the city with the Qin army of Xu County, and rush south to Xu County for reinforcements.

It was already afternoon Shen Shi when they set off, no matter how rapid the march was, of course, the Qin army could not catch up with the main force of the young marshal army, which had already set off south in the middle of the night last night, and was forced to sleep overnight near the Shuangzhai Pavilion that night. Then before dawn the next day, Wang Mo, who was in a hurry to go back to rescue the nest, hurriedly urged the army to set off, leading the army all the way south, and the result was that the hard work paid off, and at noon the next day, the Qin army, which was marching at full speed, caught up with the rear of the young marshal's army. As a result, seeing that there were many enemies, and only a few hundred young marshals did not dare to engage the Qin army, they rushed to the south, Wang Mo and Hao Xiang led the army in hot pursuit, and at nearly half an hour in the afternoon, they pursued to the only complex terrain in this area, Chonggang Mountain.

Then, of course, the rear army of the young marshal's army rushed into the mountainous area of Chonggang Mountain without hesitation, but Wang Mo decisively ordered to stop the pursuit, and explained to Hao Xiang next to him: "We can't chase anymore, the mountains in front are high and dense, the road is narrow, and it is the only place where the thieves may arrange an ambush, if we chase it directly, we may encounter danger." ”

"What then?" Hao Xiang asked.

"It's not early, let the army rest overnight, and send more scouts into the mountains to search to see if the thieves have ambushed soldiers." Wang Yu replied: "If not, we will directly cross Chonggang Mountain tomorrow, and if there is, we will bypass Chonggang Mountain and go south." Fortunately, in the mountainous area of Chonggang Mountain, it is not far from Xu County, no matter whether we detour or not, we can rush to Xu County before sunset tomorrow. ”

Hao Ce, who was also reluctant to take risks, nodded his head when he heard this, and immediately agreed, and at that moment Wang Mo and Hao Ce immediately ordered the army to rest on the spot, but the order had just been issued, and the tired and hungry soldiers of the Qin army immediately lay down on the side of the road, gasping for breath and resting, and Wang Mo sent many soldiers who were familiar with the nearby terrain into the mountain to detect the possible ambush of the young marshal's army. However, to Wang Mi's and Hao Ce's surprise, the scouts who entered the mountains quickly reported that the young marshal army who had fled into the mountains before had also rested on the spot not far away, and did not flee directly.

"Strange things? Why didn't the thieves run away? Still want to lure the enemy? Couldn't I have been fooled? ”

When Wang Mo was surprised in his heart, the strangeness reappeared, and in the sound of the war drums of the marching army, the young marshal soldiers who had fled into the mountains before actually appeared in front of the Qin army again, walked out of the mountain road, and stood in front of the mountain road to protect the exit of the mountain road. And then, when the Qin army hurriedly assembled to prepare for battle, more young marshal soldiers lined up and walked out of the mountain road, smiling cruelly and walking to the two wings of the rear army before, and at the same time, Xiang Kang's young marshal banner also appeared in the mountain road.

Seeing this scene, Wang Mo finally came back to his senses and exclaimed, "The thieves don't want to ambush, they want to fight with us!" Such treacherous thieves, knowing that we found their main force in battle, will definitely turn around and retreat immediately, and even hide the main force in the mountain road, and lure us over to fight a decisive battle! ”

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"Damn, fortunately, Lao Tzu thought in time that the Tyrannical Qin army must be more familiar with the terrain than me, and he would definitely suspect that there was an ambush hidden here, so he temporarily changed his mind and did not arrange an ambush." At the same time, in the young marshal's army, Xiang Kang, of course, was also shouting proudly, arrogantly saying: "But it doesn't matter, if you can't fight an ambush battle, you can fight a head-on decisive battle, more than 2,000 troops will fight you more than 1,000, I don't believe that you can't win!" It's already eighty or ninety miles away from Yu County, and I see how much you can escape back! ”

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On the Qin army's side, after finally understanding that the strategic intention of the young marshal's army was not to ambush but to fight a decisive battle, Wang Mo also suddenly fell into a dilemma. Escape, although it is a plain here, it is convenient to escape, but it is too far away from the rear, and when you barely escape back to Yu County, it is already a miracle that the army can keep the three achievements, and there is no strength to firmly hold Yu County, and sooner or later it will be the end of the destruction of the whole army.

With no other choice, Wang Mo could only grit his teeth and say to Hao Xiang: "Brother Hao Xiang, there is no way, I can only gamble, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the thieves has not all walked out of the mountain road, we rush up, drive the thieves back to the mountain, and then collect the troops and retreat." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Hao Xiang nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Wang, you lead the army up first, first entangle the thieves who have already walked out of the mountain road, and then I will go up to help you." ”

Wang Yu agreed, and immediately urged the Xu County army under his command to launch an almost suicidal charge against the young marshal army that had already walked out of the mountain road, and the young marshal army fired crossbows in unison, first weakening part of the strength of the Qin army with crossbow arrows, and then did not hesitate to catch up and fight with the Qin army of Xu County. Wang Yu, who was hoping for the young marshal army to do this, was overjoyed, in addition to desperately shouting and encouraging the soldiers to sacrifice their lives to fight, he kept looking back at the Danxian army in the rear, expecting the Qin army of the Yuxian county to hurry forward to help him block the main force of the young marshal's army in the mountains.

It's a pity that the Qin army in Xuxian County has always stood still, and then when the Qin army in Xuxian County was completely entangled with the young marshal army, the Qin army in Xuxian County suddenly waved the order flag, and the whole army turned around together, and rushed back and forth. Wang Mo saw that he had been struck by lightning in the midst of the chaos, and he immediately scolded, "Hao Xiangzi! I'll fuck your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor! ”

No matter how much you scold, it was useless, seeing that the friendly troops fled for their lives first, the soldiers of the Qin army in Xu County suddenly made a big uproar, although they did not collapse immediately, but their morale was seriously frustrated, and the army immediately showed defeat. At the same time, in the woods of the mountainous area in the northeast in the distance, a team of cavalry with the banner of the young marshal's army suddenly rushed out, and without hesitation, they chased the Qin army of Yuxian County, which took the lead in fleeing for their lives, and although the distance of the cavalry of the young marshal's army was a little far, the footsteps of the Qin army in Yuxian County were also extremely fast, but they still couldn't outrun the four legs anyway, and they were soon gradually caught up by the cavalry of the young marshal's army.

- By the way, although Xiang Kang didn't expect that the Qin army in Xuxian County would be so unrighteous and leave the Qin army in Xuxian County to flee alone, don't talk about Xiang Kang, as long as he is a person with a little military knowledge, he will definitely not arrange the powerful cavalry in the mountainous area, but will only deploy it in a convenient position, so the cavalry of the young marshal's army can appear in time and shatter the dream of the Qin army in Yuxian County to flee for his life first.

When the cavalry of the young marshal's army bit the tail of the Qin army in Yu County and dragged down the retreat speed of the Qin army in Yu County, Xiang Kang's banner had already walked out of the mountain road. Looking at the situation on the battlefield, Xiang Kang decisively pointed at the Qin army of Xu County, which had been entangled, and shouted: "Destroy this enemy first, and then go to chase and kill the enemy going north, with our cavalry entangled, they can't run!" This time, Lao Tzu wants to take down Yu County and Xu County together! ”