Still lack of experience, after receiving the news that the enemy in Yuxian County suddenly received reinforcements, no matter how scheming Xiang Kang is, it is inevitable that he is at a loss, and he doesn't know how to choose next, and Xiang Zhuang, Feng Zhong, Zhou Zeng and Bao Wen and others next to him are even worse than Xiang Kang, not only failed to put forward any good suggestions in time, but also focused on Xiang Kang, expecting Xiang Kang to quickly come up with a decision.

After silently taking a deep breath, Xiang Kang forced himself to calm down, and also made a safe choice when the enemy situation was unknown, and ordered: "Order the whole army to continue to advance at the original speed, and go to the city of Yu County to see the situation first." ”

According to Xiang Kang's orders, the young marshal's army continued to advance to the southeast at the original speed, during which the scouts kept reporting that the Qin army reinforcements coming from the south were advancing very quickly, and it was likely that they also knew the news that the young marshal's army was approaching Yu County, Xiang Kang nodded quietly, but secretly analyzed in his heart: "Knowing that I am about to rush to Yu County, the reaction is to speed up the advancement, it seems that this enemy is quite cautious, and wants to take the first step and join the enemy in Yu County to prevent any eventuality." Be careful, this battle seems to be really worth fighting. ”

After more than half an hour, the young marshal's army successfully arrived at the northern suburbs of Su County, facing the city of Yu County across the river from the south bank of the river, and the reinforcements of the Qin army from the south rushed to the city of Yu County and temporarily gained a foothold outside the west gate of the open terrain. At the same time, the Qin army in the city of Yu County also sent troops to guard the only wooden bridge to cross the river outside the north gate of Yu County, and was very careful not to give the young marshal army the opportunity to cross the river to the south immediately, and also to give the tired reinforcements from afar time to rest.

The distance was too far for Xiang Kang, who did not have a telescope, to see clearly the specific situation of the Qin army's reinforcements, but judging from the enemy's array formation, the Qin army's reinforcements had obviously undergone a certain amount of military training, and the neat formation was by no means comparable to the ordinary rabble. And the city of Yuxian is also neatly flagped, the soldiers are arranged in an orderly manner, and there is a small spiritual outlook of a regular army. Xiang Kang was inevitably even more worried when he saw it, knowing that even if he fought head-on with the enemy in the field, it would be difficult for the young marshal army, who had only accumulated some actual combat experience, to win. And even if they can win in the field, the losses of the self-army will definitely not be small.

After carefully thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Kang called the scouts to inquire about the situation of the water bridge in the water, and the scouts reported that the water was quite deep and difficult to cross, and the reason why the scouts were able to freely go back and forth between the banks of the river to reconnoiter the enemy's situation was because there was a small civil bridge five or six miles upstream that only allowed two people to pass side by side. Xiang Kang nodded when he heard this, and then ordered: "Go and burn the small bridge, and the whole army will retreat ten miles, go to ten miles upstream of the water, and set up camp on the north bank." ”

"Brother, there's no need to retreat too far?" Xiang Zhuang questioned and said: "There is a water blockage, the enemy is not so easy to sneak across the river to attack us, we can directly station troops near here, it is convenient to enter the city and attack the city, why do we need to withdraw so far?" Also, what do you do with burning that little bridge? ”

"Don't ask, I have a plan." Xiang Kang shook his head, refused to answer, and said: "Besides, let the wind go, just say that the enemy has received reinforcements, and the county seat of Yuxian will not fight for the time being, and we will talk about it when we transfer reinforcements from the rear of the Prime Minister and the Consideration." ”

Although he was very puzzled by Xiang Kang's arrangement, because he had seen Xiang Kang's insidious and ruthless tactics more than once, vicious and despicable, Xiang Zhuang and other young marshal generals still obeyed the order, and Xiang Kang led the young marshal army to retreat slowly, leaving only scouts to continue to reconnoiter the enemy. As a result, seeing the retreat of the young marshal's army without a fight, the Qin army in the county town and the reinforcements outside the city were of course thunderous, and the military flag was waving endlessly, and the proud army was able to directly scare away the young marshal army who had been in the prime minister and worried about the battlefield during this time.

After withdrawing with the army to ten miles upstream of the river, according to Xiang Kang's order, the young marshal's army immediately set up camp, and divided the manpower to build four pontoon bridges across the river on the surface of the Sushui River. Then soon, the scouts of the young marshal army sent an urgent report, confirming that the reinforcements of the Qin army were indeed from Xu County, and at the same time reported that the Qin army of Xu County did not enter the city of Xuxian County, but chose to camp three miles in the southwest corner of the county, forming a situation of mutual horns with the Qin army of the county of Xuxian County.

"Strange thing, why didn't the tyrannical Qin army in Xu County enter the city?" Zhou Zeng was very puzzled and said: "Next to it is the county seat of Yu County, why didn't the violent Qin army in Xu County enter the city and rest in peace?" Instead, they chose to set up camp outside the city? ”

"Not surprisingly, it was the right choice." Xiang Kang analyzed: "The enemy in Xu County stationed the army outside the city, one is to avoid mixing with the enemy in Xu County after entering the city, and it is inconvenient to command and transfer, the second is to facilitate the attack, and the third is to be horns with the enemy in Xu County. ”

"Also, there is another advantage to the enemy of Xu County being stationed outside the city." Xiang Kang said casually: "It is that we can send troops to intercept us at any time, prevent us from bypassing Yu County, and directly attack the rear of Xu County, where they must have been empty." ”

Zhou Zeng nodded in a trance, but Xiang Kang, who had no intention, moved in his heart and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Ya, what did I just say?" ”

"What did you just say?" Zhou Zeng was stunned, and then replied: "You just said that the violent Qin army in Xu County is stationed outside the city, and they can send troops to intercept us at any time, preventing us from bypassing Yu County and directly hitting the rear of Xu County, which they must have emptied. ”

Xiang Kang laughed when he heard this, and said to himself: "I have drilled the horns of the bull, and I just stared at the two enemies in front of me, how could I forget that the enemy still has the rear of Xu County, a place that needs to be saved?" Okay, this is a good fight, as long as you make a fuss about this, the enemy will not be difficult to deal with. ”

"What is the young marshal's plan to break the enemy?" Zhou Zeng asked tentatively.

"I haven't come up with a clever plan to break the enemy yet, but I have an idea." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait until we get in touch with Yan Jian first, no matter whether Yan Jian is really surrendering, if there is no accident, he should send someone to contact us as soon as possible." Taking this opportunity, I also want to test the truth of his intentions. ”

Xiang Kang expected that after the young marshal army established the camp, that night, the family of the previous Yan Bing really came to the camp of the young marshal army again, and brought a message of Yan Jian to Xiang Kang, saying that the reason why the Qin army of Xu County came suddenly was because Hao Ba, the right lieutenant of Xu County, forced him to send a letter to the Qin army of Xu County for help, but he was stubborn, and he was afraid that Hao Ba would find out that he had the intention of surrendering and offering the city, so he had to be forced to comply. In addition, Yan Yan's family introduced some information about the Qin army in Xu County to Xiang Kang, saying that the strength of the Qin army in Xu County was more than 1,100 people, with more than 100 war horses and more than 40 chariots, and that the main commander would be Wang Mo, the right lieutenant of Xu County, and that the establishment of the Qin army outside the city in Xu County was the result of joint discussions between Wang Mo and Hao Ba and others.

At the end, Yan Yan's family said cautiously: "Young marshal forgive me, my master didn't dare to let the villain bring the letter this time, the reason is that the city defense of the city is all in the hands of Hao Ba, even if my master makes up excuses for the villain to enter and leave the city, he may be searched at any time, my master does not dare to let the villain carry the letter just in case." ”

"It's okay, I understand that." Xiang Kang nodded, and said: "You also bring me a message back to your master, just say that he will try his best to persuade the tyrannical Qin army of Xu County to enter the city, if this matter is successful, I will have a way to take the city of Xuxian County." ”

Yan Yan's family agreed, and said more carefully: "But young marshal, the affairs of the army are all in charge of Hao Ba, and my master is probably not sure that he will be able to persuade the Xu County army to enter the city, which is ...... if my master can't do it." ”

"It's okay, tell him to do his best." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "I will also try my best to help him, I will find a way to make it difficult for the tyrannical Qin army in Xu County to accommodate outside the city, so that he can reasonably persuade the tyrannical Qin army in Xu County to enter the city." ”

After instructing Yan Qi's family, Xiang Kang first let Yan Yan's family stay in his military camp for the night, and only at dawn the next day did he send someone to send him out of the camp secretly and sneak back to the city by other roads. Then Xiang Kang arranged for a number of scouts to cross the river from the pontoon bridge and go to the southwest of Xu County to explore the camp and defense arrangements of the Qin army in Xu County. Then Xiang Kang first ordered the army to rest during the day and prepare for the night battle, and then sent a messenger at noon, carrying a sealed war book and a box with sealed mud, to the camp of the Qin army in Xuzhou to fight, and the Qin army of Xu County fought to the death in the western suburbs of Xu County at noon the next day, and never stopped!

According to Xiang Kang's order, the envoy of the young marshal army brought the war book and the sealed box and went to the enemy camp with a white flag, but as soon as the envoy left, Zhou Zeng next to him immediately asked: "Young marshal, do you want to attack the enemy's camp at night?" I'm afraid it's hard to succeed this time, right? The last time you met Gu Bi for a decisive battle, you sent an army to attack his camp that night, and many scattered soldiers fled back directly, Hao Ba They can't not know, you repeated your old tricks this time, how could the tyrannical Qin army continue to be fooled? ”

"All I want is that they won't be fooled." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "If they are really fooled and really send troops to fight our dignified decisive battle tomorrow, our battle will be even more difficult." Only if they are not fooled will we have a chance to win. ”

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Not to mention Xiang Kang's various night battle arrangements in the camp of the young marshal's army, but after the envoy of the young marshal army came to the camp of the Qin army in Xu County with letters and wooden boxes, although Wang Mo, the chief general of the Qin army in Xu County, quickly met with the envoy of the young marshal army, but after opening the sealed letter brought by the envoy of the young marshal army and taking a closer look, Wang Mo suddenly roared angrily, it turned out that Xiang Kang wrote in the letter:

"Wang Mingzi, as the left lieutenant of Xu County, you were ordered to lead the army to reinforce the county, you don't want to be stubborn, you fight for each other, and you only care about closing the camp to protect yourself, how is it different from a woman? A piece of women's clothing for you, if you don't have the guts, you can wear it, if you have the guts, tomorrow at noon, in the western suburbs of Yu County, fight to the death! Young Marshal Chu, Xiang Kang! ”

Roaring, Wang Mo directly smashed open the sealed wooden box, and it turned out that it was really a set of women's clothes - it was still the women's clothes that old ladies like to wear. As a result, seeing this, the generals of the Qin army in Xu County next to them were of course furious, and they drew their swords one after another to kill the envoy of the young marshal army on the spot! Fortunately, Wang Mo was quite calm, and shouted in time: "Wait, the two countries are fighting, if you don't kill it, this person can't be killed, and the official will let him bring the letter back!" ”

After that, Wang Mo first approved the four big characters of the decisive battle in the coming day on the battle book, and then ordered someone to beat the young marshal's army envoy with twenty military sticks, and asked him to carry the reply letter and women's clothes to Xiang Kang. Then, while ordering the army to immediately seize the time to rest and prepare for a night battle, Wang Mo sent people into the city quickly to invite Hao Ba, who had always been good friends with him, to meet with the camp.

In a moment, Hao Ba was invited to the Qin military camp in Xu County, and as soon as they met, Wang Mo quickly told Hao Ba what had just happened, but Hao Ba was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, don't be fooled, Xiang Kang, this traitor, is known for his tricks, when he was in the prime minister, he asked us Gu Xianzun to fight a decisive battle at noon the next day, and suddenly sent troops to attack our camp that night, killing us by surprise, and directly harming our Gu Xianzun." This time, he repeated his old tricks, ostensibly asking you to fight a decisive battle, but he was afraid that he would send an army of thieves to attack your camp again tonight. ”

"Of course I won't be fooled." Wang Mo sneered and said: "In the morning, I have already discovered that the situation is wrong, the thieves have sent a lot of scouts to spy around my camp, and I suspected that the thieves wanted to attack my camp. So when he sent someone to deliberately humiliate me, I did what I wanted, pretended to be fooled and agreed to a decisive battle, and asked the soldiers to hurry up and rest and prepare for the night battle, just waiting for him to come and attack my camp tonight, and kill him who lost his armor and on him! ”

"Brother Wang's clever plan!" Hao Ba applauded, and couldn't wait to say: "Brother Wang, don't worry, I'll go back and ask my people to prepare for a night battle, and when the thieves come to attack your camp, they will also send troops to help you break the enemy!" ”

"Nope! Brother Hao, I think you have a better choice. Wang Yu shook his head and said: "You tell your men and horses to prepare for night battle, when the enemy comes to attack me tonight, you don't need to send troops to help me, you can directly send troops from the north gate to cross the river, take the road on the north bank of the water, and go in turn to sneak attack the camp of the thieves, killing the thieves and suffering the enemy, a dilemma." If I can lure the main force of the thieves out of the camp and empty their camp, maybe you can break the enemy in one battle and kick the camp of the thieves directly! ”

When Hao Ba heard the great joy, he hurriedly thanked Wang Mo again and again, and immediately agreed with Wang Mo to join forces at night, and the Qin army of Xu County was responsible for dealing with the night attack army of the young marshal's army, and took the opportunity to lure the young marshal's army to send troops to meet the defeated soldiers. Hao Ba was responsible for personally leading the army to sneak attack the camp of the young marshal's army, killing the young marshal's army and taking the opportunity to break the camp of the young marshal's army in one fell swoop, and then Wang Mo and Hao Ba each organized their own soldiers to prepare for war.

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Autumn gradually shortened the day, just more than half of the first shift, the sky has gradually darkened, according to Wang Yu's arrangement, the Qin army of Xu County deliberately put off the lights on time to extinguish the fire, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the camp gate, pretending that the army has fallen asleep, in fact, it secretly sent four hundred soldiers, separate ambushes on the left and right sides of the camp, the soldiers in the camp are also unarmed, knives do not leave their hands, hiding in the camp tent waiting for the young marshal army to come to sneak attack.

was expected by Wang Mo, when the second watch was more than halfway, sure enough, a young marshal army sneakily touched the vicinity of the camp of the Qin army in Xu County, and clumsily tried to seize the door of the Qin army's camp, in a vain attempt to kill the camp and repeat the old tricks, and killed the Qin army by surprise. When the drums of the Qin army's camp were beating, the Qin army's ambush soldiers, who had long been unable to hold back, immediately killed from both wings, and the main force of the Qin army in Xu County, which was waiting for the day, was also killed from the front under the personal leadership of Wang Yu, and attacked the night attack of the young marshal army on three sides.

At the same time, Hao Ba also personally led a team of 500 people out of the camp from the north gate, and went straight to the north bank of the water through the north gate bridge that had been controlled by the army, and went up the river to kill directly to the camp of the young marshal's army.

Let's take a look at Wang Mo's side first, although the speed of the young marshal's army escaping quickly, but in the dark night, the Xu County Qin army led by Wang Mo himself can still easily bite the defeated soldiers of the young marshal army, and soon chased the defeated soldiers of the young marshal army to the vicinity of the camp of the young marshal army. Then Wang Mo triumphantly found that the camp of the young marshal's army was indeed in a panic, with torches and alarm gongs everywhere, obviously not expecting that the sneak attack of the self-army would suffer a miserable defeat. Then Wang Mo did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the army to speed forward, and then divided the cavalry to rush to the pontoon bridge and ferry of the young marshal's army, in a vain attempt to cut off the return route of the defeated troops of the young marshal's army. And then ......

Then, of course, Wang Mo found himself in Xiang Kang's evil role, and in the sound of war drums, an army of young marshal troops suddenly appeared behind the Qin army in Xu County, roaring and rushing behind the Qin army in Xu County, and the defeated soldiers of the young marshal army in front of him also immediately turned around, and attacked the Qin army in Xu County with the ambush soldiers in the rear. And when the Qin army of Xu County, which was in a hurry, was forced to divide its troops and fight, the drums beat again, and two more young marshal armies came out from the left and right, cooperating with friendly troops to attack the Qin army of Xu County on all sides.

After all, it is only a county soldier, even if he has received a certain amount of military training, he is far inferior to the main force of the Qin army in the northern grassland and the southern jungle. And what's worse is that although the young marshal army has always relied on stealing chickens and dogs to fight a tailwind battle, after all, he has really seen blood on the battlefield, and has accumulated a little actual combat experience. Surrounded by the Qin army of Xu County on all sides, they were beaten violently, and soon the unlucky Qin army of Xu County was cut down on their backs, and the corpses were killed all over the field.

Unable to parry Wang Baquan, who was besieged by the young marshal's army on all sides, the soldiers of the Qin army in Xu County scattered and fled for their lives, and the generals and soldiers around Wang Mo also persuaded him to retreat quickly, but Wang Mo still chose to grit his teeth and insist, because Wang Mo still had a glimmer of hope, that is, the Qin army of Yuxian County, which sent troops from the north bank, launched an attack on the camp of the young marshal army in time, surrounded Wei to save Zhao and forced the young marshal's army to retreat, and also tried to turn the tide of the battle and turn defeat into victory. Therefore, even if the situation is critical, Wang Mo still refuses to let the soldiers around him put down his royal banner, and he has to be brave enough to hold on to it despite the losses. - Of course, for the sake of prudence, Wang Mo still accepted the kindness of his own soldiers, changed into a soldier's clothes early, and was ready to flee for his life at any time.

Of course, Wang Mi's wishful thinking miscalculated, with Xiang Kang's treachery, how could he not prevent the Qin army of Yu County from suddenly sending troops from the north shore and attacking his camp at night? Therefore, when Hao Ba, the right lieutenant of Yu County, came to the vicinity of the young marshal's camp with the army, the door of the young marshal's barracks, which was still dark, was of course immediately brightened with torches, and countless bright arrows stretched out from the fence of the camp, staring at the Qin army of Yu County who came by night.

In order to share the pressure on the friendly troops on the south bank, Hao Ba stubbornly led the army to charge, but the young marshal soldiers did not give the enemy a chance to get close to the camp at all. In the case of insufficient troops, Xiang Kang, who has always liked to hide behind and design harm, also personally put on the battle, and took his own personal army as the general reserve, ready to fill the gaps at any time.

It's still a pity that Xiang Kang didn't get the opportunity to kill the enemy in person, in the face of the strict defense of the young marshal army and soldiers, the Qin army in Yuxian County just wanted to even get close to the camp fence and guard the camp ditch of the young marshal army, let alone rush into the camp of the young marshal army and Xiang Kang's personal army team, which was armed to the teeth, could only be like a swarm of flies, constantly wandering around the young marshal army camp in a mess, and every time he charged, he was shot by the crossbow arrows of the young marshal army.

At the same time, on the battlefield on the south bank, the Qin army of Xu County has been completely unable to parry, in order to survive, Wang Mo, who has fewer and fewer soldiers around him, can only helplessly let his own soldiers put down his Wang Zi banner, give up the command of the army, and flee to the dark depths of sparse voices under the protection of a team of personal soldiers.

According to Xiang Kang's pre-war arrangement, after completely defeating the Qin army in Xu County, Xiang Zhuang on the battlefield on the south bank quickly let his soldiers blow the rallying horn, and let his soldiers return to their own banners, preparing to lead their headquarters back to the camp. Xiang Kang's good brother Feng Zhong took on the task of pursuit, leading the young marshals and soldiers including Xiang You, Xiang Sui and other children of the Xiang family to pursue the enemy with all their might, desperately slashing and killing prisoners, and weakening the Qin army in Xu County to the greatest extent.

During the pursuit, Feng Zhong also remembered the scene when the tent was dispersed today - when Xiang Kang arranged the army and ordered the tent to be dispersed, he left Feng Zhong alone, patted Feng Zhong on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Brother Feng, I can't blindly rely on our Xiang family's children, you have to stand up and give me more help, but in order to block others' mouths, you also have to behave more on the battlefield, so that when I help you speak, I can be more confident." ”

Knowing Xiang Kang's voice, Feng Zhong, who was actually a little timid in ordinary times, was of course very crazy on the battlefield, and with the young marshal soldiers, Leng was chased all the way to the gate of the camp of the Qin army in Xu County, and beheaded nearly 100 people in the pursuit battle, and captured more than 60 people of the Qin army in Xu County, so that Xiang Kang could further promote and reuse himself.