This battle with the Zhao army was not the most intense, largest, or most influential battle fought by the young marshal army, but it was definitely the most refreshing battle fought by the young marshal army so far!

Before the war, the young marshal army can be said to be in the upper hand, the strength is only less than one-third of the enemy, there are still many Qin soldiers in the army who have just surrendered and re-taken up arms, the military spirit is not stable enough, there are hidden dangers inside, although there is a geographical advantage, but the Zhao army has grasped the weakness of the Yellow River defense line, and there is a danger of fire in the rear at any time, not to mention ordinary generals and soldiers at that time, it is Xiang Kang, Chen Ping and Zhou Shu and other young marshal army decision-making level, they are all ready to see that the situation is not right to retreat to Hanzhong Bashu.

But no one thought that Mr. Uncle Sun, who was originally going to delay the army, slept in the horse shed in the Zhao army camp for one night, and the situation suddenly changed dramatically, Chen Yu and Zhang Ao's uncle and nephew, who were like a family, suddenly turned against each other and fought in the Zhao army camp, and then Zhang Ao also forcibly took away Chen Yu, the commander of the Zhao army, causing the Zhao army to be leaderless, the army was in turmoil, and the prestige of the Zhao general Sima Wei was forced to stand up as the mainstay, and he was also in a hurry, and he should not be careful.

Such a good opportunity in front of him, if Xiang Kang and the young marshal army still can't win this battle, they will be too sorry for the uncle and grandson who fed the mosquitoes in the horse shed all night, first Ding Ji defeated the front team of the Zhao army with his own men and horses, and then Xiang Kang commanded Ruoding, and forced the Zhao army to take the initiative to give up the attack with static braking, and successfully exhausted the fighting spirit of the Zhao army soldiers in order to survive, and then counterattacked in a big way, like chopping melons and vegetables, with an army of more than 30,000 to cut down more than 80,000 Zhao troops to crying dad and mother, hugging the head of the rat, He also chased and killed for nearly forty miles in one go, and beat the main force of the Zhao army, which ranked second in combat effectiveness among the princes' coalition army, to a great defeat, and it was impossible to lose again.

This big victory allowed the young marshal's army to survive the biggest crisis after entering the main Guanzhong, and bought valuable time for the young marshal's army to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and also obtained quite a huge victory, almost all of the grain and grass of the Zhao army were captured, not to mention, and more than 28,000 Zhao soldiers were captured on the battlefield of Cuihandao and outside Shaanxi County, and 35 generals of the Zhao army were captured and above the rank of 1,000 people. At the same time, as Zhang Aojun took the initiative to open the gate of Shaanxi County to join the young marshal's army, Chen Yu, the commander of the Zhao army, and Tian An, the general of the Qi State, also fell into the clutches of Xiang Kang.

After the victory, the young marshal army team continued to cheer, without Xiang Kang's order, the various armies of the young marshal army took the initiative to escort the Zhao army prisoners to the southern suburbs of Shaanxi County to meet with Xiang Kang, count the battle and hand over the prisoners, very busy, during the same period still did not need Xiang Kang's order, the young marshal army clerks who helped the army manage the prisoners went deep into the Zhao army prisoners, loudly proclaimed the young marshal army's capture policy, saying that the young marshal army would never kill prisoners indiscriminately, so that the Zhao army prisoners did not have to worry about their personal safety, He also said that afterwards, he would collect the prisoners of the Zhao army who were willing to join the young marshal's army, and release those who did not want to fight again and go home.

Xiang Kang's right-hand man Chen Ping stopped this customary policy of the young marshal army in time, and quickly ran to Xiang Kang and told Xiang Kang about the situation, Xiang Kang also understood what Chen Ping meant when he heard it, and said: "Mr. Chen Ping, do you think that the Zhao army should not be taken prisoners?" ”

"That's exactly the case, now the inclusion of Zhao State prisoners will do more harm than good to us, and it is destined to only outweigh the losses." Chen replied calmly.

"The foreign minister also thinks that General Right cannot covet the petty profits of the prisoners, and must consider your long-term interests."

Zhang Liang next to him took over the conversation and said: "In the decisive battle with the Zhao army yesterday, we were able to achieve a big victory, and the real hero was actually Zhang Ao, the general of the Zhao army. The reason why Zhang Ao helped us was just to protect the Zhao army and not give Chen Yu the opportunity to split the Zhao army and betray the Zhao army, he mutiny and seizure of power failed to succeed, we were forced to meet the Zhao army by force, and the Zhao army was killed and wounded heavily, there was a reason for the incident, he would definitely not say anything, but if we still want to incorporate the captured Zhao soldiers into our army, so that the Zhao State will no longer have any soldiers, he will definitely not agree. ”

"It's nothing to offend a mere Zhang Ao, the key is Zhang Er and King Zhao behind him, if they know that we have incorporated and annexed the Zhao army, they will definitely not give up."

Chen Ping also said to Zhang Liang: "Now that we have a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and we have turned against the princes outside the Guan, it is the time to rush to make foreign aid and establish party henchmen, it is too unwise to offend Zhao for more than 20,000 captives, only to return to Zhao after completing the wall, hand over all the Zhao captives we captured to Zhang Ao, and let him lead the return to Zhao, so that we can take the opportunity to conclude an alliance with Zhao and use the Zhao army to help us resist the princes outside the Guan, so as not to be completely isolated and helpless, and become the target of public criticism." ”

"And with the current situation outside the Guan, General You, you must also pull Zhao Guo." Zhang Liang said again: "Zhang Ao ruined the good deeds of the former general this time, the former general's gang must hate him very much, and then they will definitely be angry with Zhao Guo, if you weaken Zhao Guo too hard, Zhao Guo will definitely be more difficult to block the former general's retaliation, only if Zhao Guo still has the strength to fight, can threaten the flank of the former general, it is most beneficial to you to the right general." ”

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, before they could finish their words, Xiang Kang had already made up his mind and said: "What the two gentlemen said is very true, as soon as I meet Zhang Ao, I will immediately promise to hand over all the Zhao prisoners to him, and by the way, we will also hand over to him the grain, grass and military supplies of the Zhao army that we have captured, and let him return to China from Shangdang with the Zhao prisoners." ”

It was also a coincidence that Xiang Kang had just made up his mind about this seemingly benevolent and righteous idea, Zhang Ao had already led Guan Gao and Tian Wu and other cronies out of the city to visit Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang hurriedly led Chen Ping and others to greet him in person, and invited Zhang Ao, who was actually ten years older than himself, to sit in the open air at the temporary headquarters of the young marshal army, and said very apologetically: "The young general forgives the sin, he came too quickly, not to mention the tent in the army, there is not even a mat, so he can only sit on the ground with the grievance of the young general." ”

"General Right doesn't have to be polite, that's fine." Zhang Ao is not the kind of person who is too particular, he sat directly on the ground very generously, and looked at Xiang Kang curiously and said: "I have long heard that General Right is young and promising, I really didn't expect to be so young, the young general is ...... this year, I don't know how much Gui Geng?" ”

"Twenty years old." Xiang Kang replied casually, and sighed quite sincerely: "In a few months, it will be time to perform the crown ceremony, but so far nothing has been accomplished, and the young general will not be able to make the military laugh." ”

"Haven't done the crown yet?" Zhang Ao suddenly had the urge to cry, and it was rare to curse in his heart, "Little Zhuzi, you are slapping me in the face, you took the entire Guanzhong before the age of twenty, and occupied almost all the old land of the Qin State, and you still have the face to say that you can't do anything and achieve nothing?" I've seen someone pretend, but I've never seen you so pretentious. ”

Fortunately, after slapping Zhang Ao's little face, Xiang Kang fed a sweet date in time and said: "The young general came just in time, I want to discuss something with you, so far, we have captured more than 28,000 prisoners on the battlefield, they are all soldiers of Zhao State, so please take them back to reorganize, and bring them back to China in the future." ”

Guan Gao, Zhao Wu and the others, who were still worried about this, were overjoyed, and Zhang Ao was even more surprised and couldn't believe his ears, and hurriedly asked: "General Right, do you really want to hand over all the Zhao State prisoners to the foreign ministers?" ”

"They are all soldiers of the Zhao State, of course they have to ask the major general to take them back." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "Also, I will send someone to send all the military grain and grass we have captured from your country, and also ask the major general to take it away, and we should return those things of Zhao State." ”

Zhang Ao's joy was not trivial, he hurriedly got up and saluted Xiang Kang to thank him, and said very sincerely: "Please rest assured that General You, after returning to China, the foreign minister will definitely show the benevolence and righteousness of General Right to our king truthfully, and ask the king of our country to conclude an alliance with General Right as soon as possible, and join hands to crusade against the rebellious Chu State rebel Xiang Bo, and you will always form an alliance with General Right and become a brother country forever." ”

Of course, Xiang Kang hoped that Zhang Ao could do this, so he quickly got up and picked up Zhang Ao with his own hands, pretended to thank Zhang Ao, and asked to send an envoy to return to China with Zhang Ao to conclude a formal alliance treaty with Zhao Xie on his behalf, and Zhang Ao also agreed. Then it was only at this time that Xiang Kang suddenly remembered a major event, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, young general, I forgot to ask you a very important matter, have you got the ironclad evidence that Chen Yu's rebels are preparing to rebel against Zhao Zili?" ”

"It's ......."

Zhang Ao hesitated, and subconsciously went to see his dead friend Guan Gao, Guan Gao did not hide it, and immediately said: "Don't hide it from the right general, I haven't taken the Tao yet, no matter how we interrogate and persecute it, Chen Yu's traitor just refuses to confess and truthfully confesses his crime of preparing to betray Zhao State." ”

"Then the young general, I'm afraid you're a little passive." Xiang Kang frowned and said: "There is no conclusive evidence, Chen Yupifu will not admit it, if the gang of rebels around my brother and his henchmen also help him deny it to the end, I am afraid that you will be a little passive when you go back, young general." ”

"What General Right said is extremely true, and the foreign minister is also worried about this matter." Zhang Ao nodded and said: "There is no evidence, what the foreign minister did yesterday is not justified, even if our King Zhao knows that the foreign minister is for the sake of the Zhao State, it is difficult to explain it to the subjects of Zhao State." ”

Considering the situation of Zhang Er and Zhang Ao's father and son, as well as his urgent need to rely on Zhao Guo as foreign aid, Xiang Kang pondered for a moment and said: "Otherwise, if the major general can trust me, please send someone to bring Chen Yu now, let me try him for you, and find a way to get ironclad evidence of his collaboratorship and betrayal for you." ”

As soon as Zhang Ao heard the great joy, he hurriedly sent someone back to pass the order, and then in a moment, Chen Yu, who was tied up and his mouth was blocked, was escorted to Xiang Kang, and Tian An, the general of Qi who had been captured by the young marshal army once, was also escorted by Zhang Ao's people by the way, Zhang Ao also explained to Xiang Kang with a heartfelt speech: "General right, the thief of Qi handed over Tian An's foreign minister to you, and the foreign minister has long heard that after this thief will be released by you, not only is he not grateful, but he also took the Qi army to continue to meet you by force in Hangu Pass, It is a great hateful to have killed many of your soldiers. This kind of despicable villain who has no faith in his words is really hateful, please feel free to send it down. ”

Hearing this, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang of course immediately glanced at each other, and immediately understood Zhang Ao's true intention of deliberately taking the initiative to hand over Tian An, but Xiang Kang waved his hand and said: "General Lao Shao bothered, take Tian An aside temporarily, and I will personally interrogate Chen Yu first." ”

According to Xiang Kang's orders, Tian An was soon temporarily escorted to a distance, and Xiang Kang also asked someone to untie the rope that bound Chen Yu's mouth, but as soon as his tongue was free, Chen Yu, who was extremely angry, of course immediately scolded, and roared with red eyes: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er, Zhang Ao Xiao'er, you two despicable and shameless puppets!" A rat thief raised by a servant girl! Secretly colluding with the inside and outside, killing so many of our Zhao soldiers, you will not die well! You will all be struck by thunder from the sky, and there will be no place to die! ”

Listening to Chen Yu's angry scolding, Xiang Kang didn't get angry, but said lightly: "General Ben has never cared about how others scold me, but I never like to be scolded. Someone, slap my mouth, beat me hard, and teach this puppet what it means to accumulate mouth virtue until he closes his mouth. ”

Before the words fell, a strong man immediately jumped out of Xiang Kang's personal soldiers, picked up his arms and slammed Chen Yu's cheeks, at the beginning, Chen Yu, who was quite backbone, scolded endlessly, but with the rapid redness and swelling of his cheeks, blood continued to ooze from the corners of his mouth, Chen Yu still had to close his mouth, and instead glared at Xiang Kang viciously with angry eyes, Xiang Kang's personal soldiers also stopped palming their mouths, and used their left hand to help the over-exerted right hand move. Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Tired hands? When your hands are tired, take a break and change someone's mouth! ”

Everyone was stunned, and Chen Yu was even more angry and yelled, "Xiang Kang Xiao'er, you can't be humiliated if you can kill, you have the ability to kill me!" Why do you deliberately humiliate me like this? ”

"I slapped your mouth just now because you don't accumulate virtue and teach you how to speak well." Xiang Kang smiled, and said: "Now I am in charge of your mouth, it is to avenge the soldiers under my command, this general and my soldiers have no grievances with you, you insist on sending troops to attack Hangu Pass for your own selfishness, resulting in many deaths and injuries among our soldiers, this tone must be drawn by this general and my soldiers!" Beat! Hit me hard until I stop! ”

Chen Yu's lack of morality was finally retributed at this moment, after replacing an equally strong soldier with a slap in the mouth, Chen Yu's cheeks not only directly swollen into two red steamed buns, but also flew out two teeth, and his mouth was bleeding like an infusion. Xiang Kang also stopped drinking and said, "Enough, change people again, this time with two people to execute." ”

I didn't expect Xiang Kang to be unreasonable and rude to this point, Chen Yu's eyes were suddenly full of panic, and Zhang Ao and Guan Gao next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly said: "General Right, it's almost, right?" Treating him like this is not good for your reputation. ”

"I'm not fighting for myself this time, nor for my soldiers." Xiang Kang sneered and said, "This time, I am angry for the revenge of the soldiers of Zhao State!" Because of this horseman, how many soldiers of Zhao State died on the battlefield in one day yesterday, and how many old people, women and children of Zhao State lost their husbands, fathers and sons? If I don't take a bad breath for the soldiers of Zhao State and their parents, wives and children, I will have no shame to face the Sang Zi father of Zhao State! ”

Hearing Xiang Kang's words, Zhang Ao and Guan Gao had to keep their mouths shut, and Xiang Kang also shouted: "Fight!" Give me a hard beating for the soldiers of Zhao State! Leave his mouth so that he can speak, and fight as much as he wants in other places! ”

Before the words fell, the newly replaced Xiang Kang's personal soldiers had already begun to punch and kick, in addition to the mouth that was about to be scrapped, Chen Yu's body was also quickly hit by countless punches and kicks, Chen Yu couldn't help screaming loudly, but Xiang Kang was calm, so cold that Zhang Ao and Guan Gao were inevitably a little chilled when they saw it.

In the end, it was only after Chen Yu's ribs were obviously deformed that Xiang Kang drank his own soldiers, asked Chen Yu to stand in front of him, and ordered: "Say, the gang of rebels around my brother promised to crown you as the king, and allocate those lands to you to build a country?" Obediently, I'll ask someone to take you down to heal your injuries immediately, otherwise, you know the consequences. ”

"You're talking nonsense, I didn't." Chen Yu replied with a groan.

"Don't expect to get away with quibbles." Xiang Kang stared at Chen Yu's eyes and said coldly: "There is something I must tell you, the soldiers under my command have a good habit when cleaning the battlefield, that is, they pay great attention to keeping the enemy's letters and documents, the camp of the Zhao army has been taken by us yesterday, and the soldiers under my command will definitely search your sleeping tent carefully, and the secret letters exchanged between you and my brother will not be less, and they will be sent to me soon." ”

Fear flashed in Chen Yu's eyes, Xiang Kang observed his words, and immediately had a bottom in his heart, and said with a smile: "Scared, right?" Now you have two choices, one is to bet that your letter has been destroyed, and I can't get ironclad evidence that you betrayed Zhao and established yourself as king. The second is to confess honestly, expose your accomplices by the way, and intercede with the young general for me, so that he can hand you over to me, and then of course I can spare you from dying, so that you can live the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing, and you can also ask King Zhao to be extrajudicial to your wife and send them to reunite with you, you can choose for yourself. ”

Chen Yu was silent, his eyes rolled quietly, and he didn't say a word for a long time, Xiang Kang sneered when he saw it, and said, "It seems that you want to gamble, okay, I'll give you this opportunity." ”

After saying that, Xiang Kang immediately turned to Zhang Ao and said, "Young General, Chen Yupifu's current situation, you definitely can't bring him back to your King Zhao, so it's better to hand him over to me." Then if the soldiers under my command can get the ironclad evidence that Chen Yu is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, of course, it is the best, we slaughtered Chen Yu, and you go back with the evidence to restore your life. If you can't get it, I'll kill Chen Yu for you, and you go back and put all the blame on me, and then you can say whatever you want, anyway, he can't argue with you and deny it. ”

Zhang Ao smiled bitterly and didn't dare to say anything, but Guan Gao next to him was very bright, knowing that if he really couldn't get ironclad evidence, it would definitely be difficult to explain if he brought Chen Yu back, it would be better to borrow Xiang Kang's hand to kill Chen Yu, and then it would be easier to deal with the aftermath. So Guan Gao didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "Major General, General Right is for your good, thank him quickly." ”

Zhang Ao nodded helplessly, and really thanked Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang smiled and waved his hand to say that he didn't have to, and then turned to Chen Yu and smiled: "Mr. Chen Yu, this is your last chance, now take the initiative to confess and expose your accomplices, you still have hope to save your life, but if you are still obsessed, not only your life will not be saved, but your family will definitely be implicated." ”

After that, Xiang Kang also said: "Also, if I remember correctly, Mr. Chen Yu, your family was poor when you were young, and your maternal uncle (father-in-law) Mr. Gongcheng admired your talent, not only married his daughter to you, but also gave you countless money to fund your study tour, your wife is so worthy of you, don't you want to consider for them?" ”

"You scoundrel!" Chen Yu finally scolded indistinctly.

"Compared with you, a scoundrel who took the Zhao army to fight for the throne for himself, I am a moral gentleman." Xiang Kang sneered, and shouted again: "Come on, take Chen Yu down for me, and by the way, send someone to tell our wounded soldiers, just say that Chen Yu, who caused them to be injured and guilty, has been caught, and tell them to take revenge as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no chance!" ”

"You're ......!"

"No!"

Chen Yu almost didn't blow up his chest, but Xiang Kang's personal soldiers didn't say a word, dragged Chen Yu out and walked out, Chen Yu had no choice but to quickly yell: "The former general promised to crown me as King Yong!" Give me the land and cities west of Jingshui and Bashui to establish a country! ”

Zhang Ao and Guan Gao looked ecstatic, but Xiang Kang asked coldly, "What about Sima Wei and Shen Yang?" What kind of king did my brother's rebels promise to crown them as? ”

"I don't know." Chen Yu shook his head helplessly and said: "The former general wrote a letter to each of us, and we don't know the content of each other, so I don't know what kind of king the former general gave them, and promised to divide those lands and cities to them." ”

Shaking his head, Chen Yu hurriedly said: "General Right, you promised me, as long as I confess truthfully, you will promise not to kill me, and you will not affect my wife and children, you have always made a promise, don't break your word to me." ”

"You're smart." Xiang Kang sneered, and shouted: "Explain the details truthfully, and then sign and draw!" What I promised you, I will naturally honor it for you! ”

Knowing that Xiang Kang had a good reputation, Chen Yu could only obediently explain the details of how he and Sima Wei, Shen Yang and others were bought by Xiang Yu, and then drew a charge on the confession and signed it. Xiang Kang continued to maintain his reputation, first handed over Chen Yu's confession to Zhang Ao, and then asked Zhang Ao to agree to hand over Chen Yu to him on the pretext of wanting Chen Yu to crusade against Xiang Bo's rebels, and then interceded for Chen Yu's family by the way, begging Zhao Xie to send Chen Yu's family to Guanzhong to reunite with Chen Yu for Chen Yu's past merits. Zhang Ao was eager to get out of this matter quickly, of course, he responded to Xiang Kang's requests, and after thanking Xiang Kang repeatedly, he happily left with Chen Yu's confession.

Or after Zhang Ao and the others left, after Chen Yu was also taken down for treatment, Chen Ping said to Xiang Kang: "General Right, Zhang Ao didn't have any good intentions, he deliberately took the initiative to hand over Tian An to you, in addition to wanting to please you, there is also a purpose to bring disaster to the east, and I want the Qi army to know that he arrested Tian An, it was from your instructions, so that the Qi army does not hate him but hates us, and we can't guard against this." ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and said very generously: "You can't completely blame Zhang Ao, he took Tian An easily, and he really wanted to sell a favor to us, and now the army of Zhao State is seriously injured, he wants to make a clear relationship and does not want to form a mortal enmity with Qi State, which is also human nature." ”

"General Right, for Tian An, you'd better deal with it carefully." Zhang Liang also said: "He did not hesitate to go out of Qi for the great cause of opposing Qin, and his righteous deeds are famous all over the world, even if there is an excuse for the matter of Hangu Pass now, and he directly kills him with a knife, it will also have some impact on the name of the right general's benevolence and righteousness." And it will also make the Qi army more desperate to follow the former general and continue to be our enemy. ”

Xiang Kang didn't answer, and after thinking for a while, Xiang Kang suddenly asked: "Mr. Chen Ping, Mr. Zifang, in your opinion, in the current situation, will my brother take advantage of our unstable foothold in Guanzhong and bring the army to fight Hangu Pass?" ”

Chen Ping and Zhang Liang were stunned, and didn't understand why Xiang Kang suddenly shifted the topic to this, but since Xiang Kang asked, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang couldn't help but answer, and after exchanging a few glances with each other, Chen Ping replied: "General Right, with all due respect, unless the former general is really seriously injured and died, or is too injured to continue to lead the army, there is still this possibility." Because the temper of the former general is too hot, too stubborn, and too unreasonable. ”

"Then it can't be helped." Xiang Kang sighed and said: "Actually, I also have this worry, so there is no way, in order to give us time to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, Tian An must die." ”

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were stunned again, and they couldn't understand why Tian An, who had a chivalrous reputation, had to die in order to give the young marshal army time to gain a foothold in Guanzhong?

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I'm sorry, tomorrow morning the child's grandmother is going to have surgery in my hometown, I have to go back, I don't know when I will be back, so tomorrow's update is not guaranteed, I hope you understand and forgive.