The matter did not end because Han Cheng ordered the indiscriminate killing of innocents, and after a long time, when he learned that the soldiers of Han were still killing people and taking money in Yangzhai City, Xiang Kang didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately ordered the young marshal soldiers to stop them directly, and for those who did not listen to the advice, they were killed on the spot!

More than a dozen Han soldiers were thus buried under the swords of the young marshal's soldiers, and a skirmish broke out between the young marshal's army and the Han army. Then, Han Cheng, Han Xin and others were at a loss, and secondly, they knew that the self-army was not the opponent of the young marshal's army, so they could only adopt Zhang Liang's suggestion, and reluctantly dealt with some of the perpetrators, withdrew the army from the city, and repeatedly gave incomparable.

After Han Cheng and Han Xin and others were even more angry, after taking over Yangzhai City very unceremoniously, in addition to posting a list of people and strictly prohibiting the plundering of people's property, many soldiers and soldiers also hyped up Xiang Kang's righteous act of preventing Han soldiers from killing innocents indiscriminately, as well as forcing Han Cheng to release the robbed women's good deeds, which caused countless Yangzhai people who did not know the truth to be grateful to Xiang Kang and the young marshal's army, and rushed to take the initiative to contribute money and food to reward the young marshal army hypocrites who came from afar.

In this regard, Han Cheng, who was bent on rebuilding Korea, was of course extremely vigilant, and immediately asked Zhang Liang: "Situ, what does Xiang Kang Xiao'er mean by this?" is so desperate to buy the hearts of the people of Han Di, what does he want to do? Could it be that this kid wants to occupy the magpie's nest and establish himself as the king in Korea? ”

I don't know Xiang Kang's intentions, Zhang Liang inevitably has some doubts about Xiang Kang's purpose in doing this, but at the moment, the Han army can't turn his face with the young marshal army no matter what, and Zhang Liang can only comfort: "Don't worry, the king, Xiang Kang is not such a person, he personally laid down the rich land of Huaisi and did not establish himself as the king, and handed over the land and city and the military power to Xiang Liang, how could he covet the dilapidated and withered Han land?" ”

"What if?" Han Cheng said uneasily: "What if he changes his temper?" I heard that after he handed over the land of Huaisi to Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang not only did not appreciate it, but also deliberately suppressed him, he suffered a loss, how could he be willing to repeat the mistakes of the past? Also, he made it clear that he sent troops south to open up a second battlefield, encircle Wei and rescue Zhao to share the pressure for the main force of Chu, if he is determined to stay in our capital of South Korea, Yangzhai, and take Yangzhai as his foothold, how can we get Yang Zhai back? ”

There was also such a worry in his heart, Zhang Liang didn't dare to say anything, and only said after a while: "King, if this is not the case, I will bring a gift to see Xiang Kang, under the pretext of thanking him for retaking the old capital for us, and take the opportunity to test his purpose and plan, and then we will act again." ”

Han Cheng immediately nodded in agreement, and immediately prepared a generous gift, and asked Zhang Liang to bring the camp to visit Xiang Kang, and test Xiang Kang's attitude under the banner of thanking the young marshal army for regaining the old capital for the Korean army. However, to Han Cheng's surprise, it didn't take long for Zhang Liang to return to the Han army camp and say to Han Cheng with a smile on his face: "King, Xiang Kang has already made it clear to his subordinates that his army only intends to rest for a few days in Yangzhai, and then he will continue to go south, and then he will hand over Yangzhai City to us, and will not leave troops in Yangzhai to garrison." ”

"So refreshing?" Han Cheng didn't believe his ears a little, and asked suspiciously, "Really?" He didn't mention any conditions? ”

"The king can rest assured, he did not mention any conditions." Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "And his subordinates also think it's true, when he readily agreed, several of his cronies Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping were silent, obviously they had already made this decision, otherwise, those people would definitely not let Xiang Kang promise easily." ”

"It's that refreshing?" Han Cheng was still very worried, and said, "Xiang Kang Xiao'er shouldn't be doing a delaying tactic, right?" He wants to stabilize us for the time being, and then find a way to stay on it when he has a firm foothold in Yangzhai. ”

With such a villain's heart, Xiang Kang's belly as a gentleman, in the next two days, of course, Han Cheng didn't think about tea and dinner, and was worried all day long, and also adopted Han Xin's suggestion to let the army loose on the outside and tighten on the inside, and always prevent Xiang Kang from suddenly turning his face and making a move, and even sleeping with one eye open. But fortunately, after Yang Zhai only rested for three days, Xiang Kang sent Li Shiqi to the camp to tell Han Cheng that the army was going to set off south today, and he had already left the forty percent of the money and grain promised to Han Cheng in Yang Zhai City, so that Han Cheng was ready to send someone to receive it.

Still got such a letter, Han Chengcai finally put the heart that mentioned his throat back into his stomach, and hurriedly took Zhang Liang and others out of the camp to see off the young marshal army who was already pulling out the camp. But what made Han Cheng very jealous was that when he came to the scene, countless people of Yangzhai actually ran outside the young marshal's barracks, crying and shouting and begging Xiang Kang and the young marshal to stay, saying that they were reluctant to leave the young marshal army with strict military discipline.

Forced to have no choice, Xiang Kang could only personally come forward to appease the people of Yangzhai, explaining that the army was going south to conquer the tyrannical Qin army, and there was no way to stay in Yangzhai for a long time, but the people of Yangzhai still didn't listen, and the crying voice was even louder, and there were many people who begged directly: "General Right, you are the king of us, only if you become the king of Han, we can live a good life for the Qianshou civilians in Handi." ”

Xiang Kang, who was ambitious, flatly refused, saying that Han Cheng was the king of Han Land, but the people of Yangzhai shouted angrily: "He is the king of that sect?" If he was the king of Han, how could he condone his army to kill people everywhere and set fires, and treat our Qianshou civilians in Yangzhai as inappropriate? Right General, we only want you to be our king. ”

Hearing such a shout, Han Cheng's face was of course how ugly and ugly it was, and his jealousy of Xiang Kang completely turned into jealousy, and then when he saw countless Yangzhai people kneeling in front of Xiang Kang and begging Xiang Kang to be king, Han Cheng was extremely angry and turned around directly, leading his entourage back to his camp directly, not wanting to see the scene of his people's hearts being bought by Xiang Kang. Zhang Liang had no choice but to follow, and when he looked back at Xiang Kang, who was surrounded by the people, Zhang Liang's heart couldn't help but feel a little melancholy - when Zhang Liang went to test Xiang Kang's attitude towards Yang Zhai for Han Cheng before, Xiang Kang took the opportunity to invite Zhang Liang to go south with him, and he also wanted to recruit Zhang Liang.

Fortunately for Han Cheng, Xiang Kang finally categorically rejected the plea of the people of Yangzhai, and insisted on taking the young marshal soldiers to set off south, and the people of Yangzhai were reluctant to send the young marshal soldiers out of more than ten miles, and Han Cheng immediately led the troops into the city and took over the Yangzhai City, which was voluntarily abandoned by the young marshal army.

The matter is not over, and he returned to the Korean palace after a long absence, Han Cheng, who had been depressed for a long time, was just beginning to improve, Zhang Liang and other Korean nobles were also crying excitedly, Han Xin, who was temporarily in charge of the army for Han Cheng, suddenly rushed to Han Cheng's face, and said loudly before saluting: "King, something is wrong, our army is scouting urgently, and a violent Qin army suddenly came from the direction of Xinzheng, and it is only less than thirty miles away from Yangzhai!" ”

"What?!" Han Cheng could hardly believe his ears, and hurriedly asked, "How much is the strength of the Tyrant Qin army?" ”

"It's not clear yet, but at least it's above twenty thousand!"

Han Xin's answer made Han Cheng stunned, and Zhang Liang and the others were incredulous, and they all asked, "How is it possible?" In the territory of Yingchuan, how could there be so many violent Qin troops? Where did the Tyrannical Qin army come from? ”

"I don't know yet." Han Xin shook his head again and said: "I only know that the leader of the troops to guide them is Xu Wei, the tyrannical Qin Yingchuan County who was beaten away by the Chu army, and his subordinates suspect that the tyrannical Qin army behind Xu Wei may be from the direction of Sanchuan." ”

Han Cheng, Zhang Liang and the others were dumbfounded again, and after finally coming back to their senses, Han Cheng still woke up like a dream and roared: "Understood! No wonder Xiang Kang Xiao'er handed over Yang Zhai to us so quickly, it turned out that he had long known that the Tyrannical Qin army was already killing Yang Zhai, and he didn't want to fight head-on with the Tyrannical Qin army, so he immediately took his army away, leaving us to use him as a shield, and let us contain the Tyrannical Qin army for them. ”

"Is it a coincidence? Or did Xiang Kang do it on purpose? It was too coincidental, and Zhang Liang was inevitably a little suspicious, but fortunately, Zhang Liang was very calm and didn't want to waste time on this issue, so he hurriedly said: "King, there is no time to think about these now, the most important thing for us now is to organize an army to defend the city immediately, otherwise, when the tyrannical Qin army is killed under the city, we will be too late." ”

Han Cheng nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly ordered Han Xin to lead all the troops outside the city to move into the city, and at the same time burn the Yingshui pontoon bridge left by the young marshal's army before, block the ferry, and buy time for the Han army to prepare to defend the city. Zhang Liang spoke to Han Cheng again, suggesting that Han Cheng immediately send someone to ask for help from the young marshal army who had not gone far, but Han Cheng said angrily: "There is no need for this!" And if someone is sent, Xiang Kang Xiao'er will definitely not come back! He deliberately didn't tell us the news that the tyrannical Qin army had been killed from Xinzheng, making it clear that he wanted to see our jokes, how could he turn back and reinforce us? We will fight this battle ourselves! ”

Han Cheng and others seriously underestimated the marching speed of the Qin army, before the sun set, the Qin army from the north had already rushed to the Yingshui ferry, and then what made the Han army angry was that not only the people of Yangzhai on the east bank of Yingshui rushed to provide ferries to the Qin army, but many civilian boats on the west bank of Yingshui also crossed the river and took the initiative to help the Qin army cross Yingshui, and at the same time reported to the Qin army the important news that the main force of the young marshal army had gone south, and Xu Wei, who served as the vanguard of the Qin army, was also a very courageous person, and he launched a rush in the evening of the same day. And successfully killed the Korean army guarding the ferry, took control of the ferry and quickly built a pontoon bridge, opening the way for the main force of the Qin army to cross the river.

It was only at this time that the Han army confirmed that the main force of the Qin army was indeed the headquarters of the Qin army Yang Xiong, who came from Sanchuan County, with a strength of more than 18,000 people, plus Xu Wei had about 4,000 troops in his hand, with a total strength of more than 22,000, more than double the strength of the Korean army. Fortunately, the Han army already had a city to defend, and the main force of the Qin army had not yet had time to build siege weapons, so Han Cheng, Zhang Liang, Han Xin and others were not too panicked, but just seized the time to strengthen the city defense and prepare for a long-term battle.

Zhang Liang, who was not good at tactics, once again underestimated the ability of the Qin army, and through the information provided by the local people, he learned that the Han army was only stationed in the city today, and the foothold was stable, and he knew that the southeast and southeast gates of Yangzhai were destroyed by the young marshal army during the previous siege, and the new temporary city gate was far from strong enough. Before dawn, they launched an attack on the east and west gates of Yang Zhai.

Even more so that Han Cheng and the others were still behind, the Qin army had just begun to attack the city, and the fire rose one after another in Yangzhai City, and a large number of people in the city spontaneously organized themselves to attack the inside of the city gate to meet the Qin army's siege. When Han Cheng, who was furious, hurriedly sent someone to understand the situation, he knew that after his army entered the city today, many soldiers couldn't control their impulses, and took revenge on the people in the city who had supported the young marshal's army to clean up the Han army, and did a lot of rape and plunder, which completely angered the people of Yangzhai, so the people of Yangzhai would rather be the people of Great Qin again than let the Korean army with corrupt military discipline entrench in Yangzhai for a long time.

It was too late to know this situation, the combat effectiveness of the Korean army was not strong, and the morale of the army was in a serious decline, and the soldiers of the Qin army who saw the fire in the city were greatly boosted, and soon under the response of the people of Yangzhai, they broke open the temporary city gate that was not strong enough, and slaughtered into the city, and the Han army, which was not firmly established, had no fighting spirit, and fled from the city gate battlefield after a little resistance, allowing the Qin army to rush into the city, Han Cheng and Han Xin and others had no choice but to take the army that could still be controlled and hurriedly fled out of the city from the west gate, It had not been more than twelve hours since he took over Yangzhai before he was forced to abandon the old capital of South Korea.

Escaping from Yangzhai City does not mean that you can get safe, seeing the Han army escape from the city, the Yingchuan County Guard Xu Wei, who is determined to take revenge, took the Yingchuan Qin army to kill desperately at the first time, the Han army had no intention of fighting, and immediately fled for his life, and fled directly to the direction where the young marshal army left, and the Qin army chased after him and killed the Han army to a great defeat, Han Cheng and Han Xin and others did not dare to stop, and even the rolling and crawling only fled south, and there was no need for Zhang Liang to say anything during the period, Han Chengcheng cheekily sent a fast horse forward, asking the young marshal army to return to the division to respond.

Fortunately, the young marshal army carrying a large amount of grain and grass and military supplies to the south did not go too far, it was just noon, Xiang Kang, who received the news, hurriedly sent the cavalry of the young marshal army to turn back to respond, and temporarily blocked the Qin army's pursuers for the defeat of the Han army, and the Qin army's pursuers were also afraid that the main force of the young marshal's army would turn back, so they decisively stopped the pursuit as soon as they saw the banner of the young marshal army, giving Han Cheng and others a chance to escape. However, even so, there were only less than 3,000 remnants of defeated soldiers left around Han Cheng, and he was almost beaten back to his original shape by the Qin army in a battle, and he also lost a fine light in the weight of grain and grass.

Then, when they came to Xiang Kang again, Han Cheng, Han Xin, Zhang Liang and others were of course how disgraced they were, how much self-embarrassment they wanted, but Xiang Kang, Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping were all inexplicable and confused, and just after they understood the fiasco of Han Cheng and others, they all immediately asked: "Then why don't you ask us for help?" We don't go fast with the grain cart, you should know that? ”

Han Cheng, Han Xin and the others had no face to answer this question, but Zhang Liang replied stubbornly: "General Right, our king is also well-intentioned, and he feels that there is Yang Zhai Jiancheng to defend, and it is definitely not a problem to block the tyrannical Qin army, and he does not want to delay your southern expedition, so he did not send someone to ask you for help." ”

"King Han, Zhang Situ, we appreciate your kindness." Li Shiqi also said unceremoniously: "But we are also suffering from you now, Yang Zhai lost it so quickly, and the tyrannical Qin army got the grain and grass we left for you, and with enough food to deal with us for a long time, it will not be so easy for us to calmly launch a southern expedition." ”

Han Cheng, Han Xin and the others were even more afraid to say anything, but Zhang Liang apologized again and again, but Xiang Kang sighed and said: "Things have come to this point, it's too late to say anything, king, otherwise, I will give you some grain and grass, and you can attack other Han Di cities to gain a foothold." ”

Han Cheng, Han Xin and the others wanted to cry without tears, and after discussing in a low voice, Han Cheng suddenly knelt down on Xiang Kang's knees and begged: "General Right, it's all Xiao Wang's incompetence, and it's all Xiao Wang's fault, but Xiao Wang, please don't leave us alone, the violent Qin army of Sanchuan County has already entered the Han land, and my main force is seriously injured, if you don't follow your army at this time, let alone the main force of the violent Qin in Sanchuan County, even the remnants of the violent Qin in Yingchuan we can't deal with it." Xiao Wang is cheeky, please take our army to the south. ”

Han Xin, Zhang Liang and other Korean civil and military officers also knelt down and begged Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang had no choice but to say: "Since the king must follow us to the south, then it is okay, but I have one condition, I will collect your remaining army, and completely break up your army and reorganize it." ”

The muscles on Han Cheng's face trembled, and he said cautiously after a while: "General Right, Xiao Wang promises that in the future, he will strictly restrain the soldiers, and he will never make such a thing in Yang Zhai again, is this okay?" ”

"No, it's not negotiable." Xiang Kang flatly refused, and said: "If you let your army continue to maintain its original establishment and act with us, there will only be as much trouble as possible, and it will be even more troublesome when you set up camp." Therefore, the king, you have only two choices, one is to hand over the military power and let me take in your army, and the other is that I will give you some grain and grass, and we will go our own way. ”

Han Cheng had no choice but to turn his gaze to his think tank Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment and said, "General Right, can you agree that when the opportunity is right, let our king lead another army and return to Korea to rebuild Korea?" ”

"Uncle Zhang really can't forget to rebuild Korea." Xiang Kang smiled helplessly, and then said: "Yes, as long as the time is right, I can give King Han some soldiers and horses and let him return to Han to rebuild Korea." ”

Zhang Liang, who knew Xiang Kang's credit, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly glanced at Han Cheng, Han Cheng gritted his teeth, or agreed to Xiang Kang's accompanying conditions, Xiang Kang nodded with satisfaction, and immediately ordered the Han army to be disbanded on the spot, and after being completely dispersed, they were added to the various departments of the young marshal's army, and Han Cheng was not given any chance to create a small hill in his own army. Then, after completing the reorganization of the army, Xiang Kang suddenly came back to his senses and said in his heart: "What's the matter? Han Xin and Zhang Liang are equivalent to temporarily putting them under my account and using them for my use? Confused, how come Zhang Liang, Han Xin and Chen Ping have all been made up by me? ”