In fact, as early as the moment when the Qin army of Xuxian County abandoned the Qin army of Xuxian County and fled for their lives alone, the Qin army of Xuxian County was already doomed to the fate of failure, and the only suspense in the final result was how many Qin troops of Xuxian County could be eliminated, and how many people of the Qin army of Xuxian County could escape.

In order to reduce the difficulty of the next battle, Xiang Kang of course hoped to eliminate as many Qin troops in Xu County as possible, and it was best to wipe out the Qin army in Xu County, so the Chinese army had just come out of the mountains, and Xiang Kang immediately ordered the Chinese army in addition to his own personal army to step forward, outflank from both flanks, and encircle the Qin army in Xu County, which was already entangled with the young marshal's army.

Wang Mo, the chief general of the Qin army in Xu County, also soon found that the danger was approaching, but there was no way, the army had been entangled with the young marshal's army, there was me in the enemy, I had the enemy, and the battlefield was dusty, people shouted horses, and no orders could be conveyed, and he could no longer command the army to break through in a cluster, Wang Mo could only collect the army around him as much as possible, while desperately shouting and beckoning the soldiers of the Qin army to move closer to him, while using his main flag as a guide, he led the army to the southwest with difficulty, in a vain attempt to get rid of the entanglement of the young marshal's army, The group broke through to the southwest, bypassing the Chonggang Mountains and fleeing back to Xu County.

Of course, Wang Mo did this wishful thinking, if he put down the main flag and gave up the command, and let the army scatter and flee, then the young marshal army would not know how to effectively intercept it; But he vainly tried to use the main flag to command the army to break through in clusters, but it was tantamount to telling the young marshal soldiers how to block the front and chase behind, so the Qin army had just found a good direction to break through under his guidance, and the young marshal soldiers who were outflanked from the two wings were already blocking in front of them in groups, and at the same time, the young marshal soldiers in the rear were also slashing and killing, desperately kicking the Qin army's ass.

Forced to helplessly, Wang Mo could only choose to go due west, but he didn't go far, the crowd of the young marshal's army appeared in front of him again, blocking his escape path again, Wang Mo urged the army to fight to the death, but no matter what, he couldn't break through the resistance of the young marshal's army, and was forced to turn around and rush to the south, dreaming of escaping into the mountains and fighting for as many chances as possible for the soldiers to survive. However, after turning the flag, Wang Mo found that the front and rear of his army were already young marshals and soldiers, and it was difficult to break through in clusters, but Wang Mo still refused to give up, and shouted with red eyes: "Kill!" Kill it! Take my life! ”

The dying struggle is still useless, although the Qin army in Xuxian County is eager to escape by the road, and they are also quite hard at the time of rushing and killing, but the quality of individual soldiers is limited, no matter how hard they rush and kill, it is impossible to reverse the situation on the battlefield. Although the young marshal soldiers who bore the brunt of the pressure were huge, and were rushed back again and again by the Qin army in Xu County, they always retreated without crushing, and insisted on gritting their teeth to stop in front of the Qin army while constantly retreating, and the young marshal soldiers in the other three directions took the opportunity to continue to rush and kill, like peeling bamboo shoots, weakening the Qin army that was eager to flee for their lives little by little.

The battle has already entered the white heat, the Qin army is desperately rushing to the south, the young marshal soldiers are desperately covering up from three directions, the shouting and killing is deafening, the swords are going back and forth, the soldiers on both sides are red-eyed and sacrificed their lives to kill, either you stab me to death, or I hack you to death, crazy roars in the crowd one after another, from time to time you can see the soldiers on both sides hugging together, scuffling and biting on the ground, fighting so dark, the sun and the moon are dark.

The reason why the Qin army in Xu County played so hard was of course because they were not far from their hometown Xu County, and the hope of returning home was just around the corner, so even if they were betrayed by friendly troops, their morale would not fall. However, with the gradual passage of time, after this morale gradually eroded in the fierce battle, the Qin army in Xuxian County gradually showed defeat, and the left flank with the most enemies was once again pulled into a melee by the young marshal's army, many soldiers could not get out to keep up with the team, and could collapse at any time, and the situation in the rear and left flank was also grim.

But fortunately, the front team of the Qin army is still stubbornly advancing, and gradually approaching the edge of the mountain, Wang Mo is also secretly happy in his heart, knowing that as long as he can escape into the mountain, with his army's familiarity with the geographical environment, more than half of the army can escape back to the city of Xuxian. However, at this time, a team of 500 people of the young marshal's army descended from the sky like a divine soldier, suddenly interspersed between the front team of the Qin army and the mountainous area, and the reinforcement force blocked the escape path of the Qin army, and the front team of the Qin army was also suddenly in chaos, and panicked shouts were everywhere.

"A son of a bitch!" In despair, he scolded again, but Wang Mo still didn't want to give up, and shouted frantically: "Forward!" Keep moving! Rush into the mountains! Rush into the mountains to stay alive! ”

After the road ahead was completely blocked, many desperate Qin soldiers either chose to flee to a place with few people, or cried and put down their weapons and knelt to surrender, the team was in chaos, and the young marshal soldiers took the opportunity to shrink the encirclement and surrounded the desperate Qin army in Xu County from all directions, and the surrender slogan of surrender and not killing also resounded in the sky.

The Qin army of Xu County, which was still fighting in the beast, was still rushing left and right, but it had no effect, not only could not break out of the encirclement of the young marshal's army, but the soldiers were also obviously fighting less and less, but in ten minutes, there were less than 100 people left around Wang Mo's side, and they were surrounded by more than ten times the number of young marshal soldiers and soldiers, and there was no hope of escaping. Seeing this scene, Wang Mo had no other choice but to sigh and commit suicide by slashing his neck with a sword to cut his carotid artery before the soldiers next to him could react.

After Wang Mo's death, most of the Qin troops in Xu County, who were under siege, of course, chose to surrender, and occasionally a few stubborn resisters were quickly cut into meat sauce by the young marshal's indiscriminate swords, and the Xu County Qin army of more than 600 people also ended in complete annihilation, and only a few dozen people fled into the mountains and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest. However, after the victory, the young marshal's army didn't even have much time to rest, hurriedly gathered the team, let the rear team take the Qin army prisoners, and then immediately set off to the north to chase and kill the Qin army of Yuxian County who had fled before.

It took much longer to annihilate the Qin army in Xu County than he expected, and Xiang Kang was still a little worried that it would be difficult for his army to catch up with the enemy in Yu County, who fled first, and the cavalry of the young marshal's army, which only had more than 200 people, could not entangle the Qin army in Yu County for a long time, and insisted until his main force caught up with the enemy. However, the change in things made Xiang Kang so surprised that he couldn't believe it was true - before it was dark, the young marshal's army who came forward to investigate brought good news, saying that the Qin army of Yu County had been completely defeated by the cavalry of the young marshal's army, and the Qin army of Yu County had now fled in all directions, and there was no possibility of escaping back to Yu County in formation!

"Already defeated?" Xiang Kang asked in surprise: "How was the battle fought?" Our cavalry is not superior, huh? ”

"Back to the young marshal, in order to escape for his life as soon as possible, the enemy messed up the queue when he fled, and our cavalry tried to rush, and immediately dispersed the tyrannical Qin army." The scout replied with a fluttering eyebrow: "The Tyrannical Qin army also threw away all the flags and gave up the unified action itself, so our cavalry can only cut people and kill people, and there is no need to worry about the enemy fighting in formation." ”

Laughing for a while, and secretly thanked the chief general of the Qin army in Yu County who was kind enough to help, Xiang Kang relaxed a little, and ordered the main force of the young marshal army to slow down and go north at a normal speed, so as to save the physical strength of the soldiers.

On the afternoon of the third day, the main force of the young marshal's army arrived at the city of Yu County again, and the army had lost more than half of the county, of course, there was a big chaos, in order to defend the city, Hao Ba, the right lieutenant of the county county, in addition to pulling all the male servants of his family into the army as soldiers, forced the county to recruit all the young men and women in the city into the army, and formed a cannon fodder army to participate in the defense of the city, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense. The young marshal's army, who was tired from the march, was not in a hurry, and calmly set up a camp five miles south of the city to prepare for various siege affairs.

At the same time, Yan Yan's family, who had been lurking out of the city for a long time, also came to Xiang Kang's front again, in addition to reporting to Xiang Kang the latest situation in the city of Yuxian, he also clearly told Xiang Kang and said: "Young marshal, my master plans to start at the third watch tomorrow night, secretly open the west gate of Yu County to welcome your army into the city, and when the time comes, as long as you see a torch shaking under the west gate of Yu County, please ask the young marshal to enter the city immediately and take over the city of Yu County." ”

Xiang Kang nodded and said, "Go back and tell Yan Xiancheng, just say that after the matter is done, I will make him the county commander of Yan County, and I will continue to reuse it in the future." In addition, I will also destroy the entire Hao clan and avenge his shame. But....... ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Kang dragged out his tail a little, and paused before saying: "But don't lie to me, although I don't like to kill innocents indiscriminately, but if your family master deceives me and lets my soldiers die in vain, I will never let him go, and his whole family!" ”

Yan Qi's family trembled, quickly knelt down to show that they understood, and promised to bring Xiang Kang's original words, Xiang Kang nodded, asked the soldiers to take him down to rest, and quietly sent him outside the camp at dawn, and asked him to return to the city of Yu County to bring a letter to Yan Qi. After Yan Yan's family left, Zhou Zeng next to him naturally asked curiously: "Young Marshal, are you sure that Yan Yan is really ready to surrender and sacrifice the city?" No longer suspect that it is a scam? ”

"I'm not sure yet, people's hearts are separated from their bellies, unless our army really relies on the response of strict weapons to kill into the county town, otherwise I don't dare to determine whether he really surrendered or surrendered." Xiang Kang shook his head and said, "But I still have to give him a chance, because first, I want to minimize the loss of some siege soldiers, and second, I can afford to lose now, so I can take a risk if I am not sure enough." ”

"Can you afford to lose? What do you mean? Zhou Zeng asked suspiciously.

"If Yan Qi really surrenders, we will only lose a few hundred people at most, and it will not hurt our vitality, and it will not be able to turn the current tide of battle." Xiang Kang said lightly: "And we still have two rear areas to replenish the troops, so we can afford to lose some small battles now, and we can take appropriate risks." ”

Carefully considering the current situation of the young marshal's army, Zhou Zeng nodded quickly, and said: "I hope that Yan Bing is not a fraudulent surrender, if we can successfully take Yu County at a very small price, we will go south to fight Xu County, and the certainty will be even greater." ”

Xiang Kang smiled and said: "First fight the battle of Yu County, and then think about Xu County, the rice must be eaten one bite at a time, and the battle must be fought one by one, you can't eat a big fat man in one bite, and you can't destroy the tyranny Qin in one battle." ”

On the morning of the next day, Xiang Kang called Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and Feng Zhong, the three most powerful generals under his command, and told them about Yan Yan's preparations to surrender the city tonight, and asked the three of them who dared to lead the troops as the vanguard and risk entering the city first. As a result, the three generals all volunteered and rushed to ask to take up this burden, but Xiang Kang did not immediately decide on the candidate, and said: "You have to think clearly, whether Yan Jian really surrendered, I am not absolutely sure now, the first person to lead the troops into the city is likely to face the danger of being ambushed by the violent Qin army, and there is also the possibility of dying." So if you think about it again, do you want to go? ”

After that, Xiang Kang deliberately looked at Feng Zhong again, although Feng Zhong didn't understand that Xiang Kang was deliberately giving himself a chance to make meritorious contributions, he still overcame the fear in his heart, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the young marshal, the last general has already thought it through, and the last general is willing to go." ”

As soon as Feng Zhong's words fell, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han, who were actually far bolder than him, also immediately spoke, expressing their willingness to take the risk to carry out this task. Xiang Kang sighed and said, "Okay, since Senior Brother Feng spoke first, then you can go." Remember, be careful, and if you find something wrong, immediately withdraw from the city with your army. ”

Feng Zhong, who was secretly favored by Xiang Kang, solemnly agreed, and Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han did not raise any objections because they were a step late, and Xiang Kang immediately arranged a plan to send troops and arrange the order of attack, and at the same time secretly prepared for night battles, while sending troops to cut timber, pretending to make siege weapons, so as to deceive the defenders of Yu County, and at the same time sharpening knives and cutting wood, and preparing to launch a frontal siege when stealing the city failed.

It was the second watch of the night, Feng Zhong and Xiang Zhuang each led a team of 500 people, and sneaked to lurk outside the west gate of Yu County, and then at the time of the third watch, the young marshal soldiers really saw that there were torches shaking under the west gate of Yu County, and they also quickly reminded Feng Zhong to go and see. After Feng Zhong hesitated for a moment, he gritted his teeth, and shouted with a wave of his hand: "Go!" Take down the county! ”

There was no ambush, and there was no conspiracy, the young marshal army led by Feng Zhong rushed into the city of Yuxian very easily, and when Feng Zhong's troops were about to enter the city, the defenders of the city realized that the situation was not right, and quickly rang the gong to call the police. However, it was already too late, after the five hundred young marshals took the lead in entering the city, the main force of the Qin army in Yuxian County, which had been greatly injured, no longer had any way to resist the offensive of the young marshal army, and the ordinary people who were forcibly conscripted into the army had just seen the banner of the young marshal army, so they immediately dispersed in a hurry, and couldn't wait to flee home, waiting for the young marshal army to take over the city, only the Hao family headed by Hao Ba shouted and screamed, forcing the soldiers and people to come forward to resist, but it was destined to be a mantis arm as a car, vulnerable.

The fire soon rose in the city of Yuxian County, the panicked crowd ran and shouted on the streets, completely chaotic, the young marshal army led by Feng Zhong was invincible, unstoppable, all the enemies who dared to resist were cut into pieces, crushed into powder, Xiang Zhuang led the young marshal army has just entered the city, Feng Zhong's department has been killed in front of the county temple gate of Yu County, the Qin army completely collapsed, and the Hao family led by Hao Ba also decisively forgot the revenge of the young marshal army, and took the initiative to send a messenger to get in touch with the young marshal army, The request was made on the condition of laying down the arms and surrendering, in exchange for life.

The Hao family can forget the revenge of killing relatives, but Xiang Kang has not forgotten his promise to Qin II's distant relative Yan Bing, as well as the rich family property accumulated by the Hao family over the years, so after successfully taking the whole city of Yu County, the first thing Xiang Kang did after entering the city was to order the arrest of all men, women and children of the Hao family, and publicly count the various heinous evil deeds they relied on their family power to oppress the people of Yan County - of course, the black materials were provided by Yan Bing, and their family dared to lead the army to resist the unforgivable crime of the young marshal army several times, He ordered the extermination of their entire clan and the confiscation of all their property. Only then did he make a list to reassure the people and comfort the people.

With the help of Cheng Yan of Suxian County, who took the initiative to tie up his thief ship, Xiang Kang of course quickly dealt with all kinds of aftermath matters, and incorporated some Qin troops from Suxian and Xu counties and the people of Suxian who took the initiative to join the army, and the number of troops in his hands soon exceeded 3,000 people. Then Xiang Kang did not hesitate, and quickly arranged for Yan Jian and Bao Wen to lead an army to stay in Xuxian, and arranged for Feng Zhong to be the vanguard, and personally led the troops south to attack Xuxian, where the defenders' strength was already empty.

In addition, when he set off, Xiang Kang handed over a handwritten letter to Feng Zhong, asking Feng Zhong to shoot the letter to Xu County with an arrow when he led his army to the city of Xuxian County. When Zhou Zeng next to him asked curiously about the content of the letter, Xiang Kang replied with a smile: "To scare the officials of Xu County, I told the officials of Xu County about my slaughter of the Hao family in the letter, and accused them of daring to send troops to reinforce the county, and asked them to take the initiative to open the city and surrender within one day after our army arrived in Xu County, otherwise after I broke through the city of Xu County, none of the officials in Xu County will be left behind, and all of them will be executed!" And kill the whole family! ”

"Does it work?" Zhou Zeng was a little worried and said: "Will it backfire and force Xu County to resist to the end?" ”

"The strength is enough, I'm not afraid that they will resist to the end." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Also, Uncle Ya, if you were the county magistrate of Xu County, how would you choose?" ”

After thinking carefully for a long time, Zhou Zeng said truthfully: "There is no way out, I will choose to surrender." I hope that the officials of Xu County are also so smart and will make the same choice as me. ”

The officials of Xu County did not disappoint Zhou Zeng, and two days later, the main force of the young marshal army led by Xiang Kang had just crossed the Chonggang Mountains, and Feng Zhong, who led the army as the vanguard, sent a fast horse to send a good letter, saying that the officials of Xu County had taken the initiative to open the city gate and obediently laid down their weapons and sacrificed the county seat of Xu County. Hearing this good news, of course, the young marshal was full of joy, everyone was jubilant, Xiang Kang was also overjoyed, and said with a smile: "This is just the beginning, and there will only be more and more such things in the future." ”

After smiling, Xiang Kang suddenly thought of something, but before Xiang Kang could continue to think about it, Zhou Zeng next to him had already come to make trouble, asking whether to continue to go south to Xu County, Xiang Kang said casually: "Of course we have to go, Feng Zhong still lacks some experience, we have to help him deal with the aftermath, and we also have to add some more soldiers in Xu County." ”

Then after being distracted, Xiang Kang forgot about his accidental move just now, and couldn't wait to think about the various personnel arrangements after taking over Xu County, as well as how to further promote and reuse generals with different surnames, gradually get rid of his excessive dependence on the children of the Xiang family, and prepare for his more long-term future.

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There is another thing that must be explained, when the news that the officials and defenders of Xu County took the initiative to lay down their arms and surrender to the young marshal's army quickly spread, and spread to Huaiyin County, Donghai County, which borders Xu County, of course, it immediately caused a huge sensation among the people of Huaiyin, and became the biggest hot spot of discussion among the people in the streets and alleys and in various townships and pavilions. And when a tall man with a sword heard the news, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Xiang Kang's military might is so sharp? Can you force a county town to surrender voluntarily? ”

"Of course, I heard that Xiang Kang's group of thieves has tens of thousands of troops, invincible, invincible, and has not lost a single battle since the rebellion." The passers-by who were talking were full of pride, desperately showing that they were well-informed, and said mysteriously: "I heard that our county Zun County Cheng in Huaiyin is panicking now, for fear that the county soldiers recruited a few days ago will not be enough, and the county army will be expanded in the future, what I am afraid of is that the thieves will continue to advance eastward and come to fight us Huaiyin." ”

"Not coming." The man with the sword suddenly spoke and said, "If Xiang Kang is really an outstanding hero and hero, and he is determined to be in the world, he will never come to fight us Huaiyin at this time." If he does come, it means that he is just an incompetent person, and his team is destined to be a flash in the pan. ”

"Whew!" The talkative passer-by spat heavily and scolded disdainfully: "What are you? Also worthy of commenting on the heroes of the world? ”

After scolding, the passerby spat at the tall man with a sword and scolded: "Crotch boy! ”

Ignoring the disdain and insults of passers-by for him, the man with the sword just gently stroked his sword, and looked into the distance, looking in the direction of Xu County, with a yearning look on his face. But after touching his empty purse and his belly, which had long been rumbling with hunger, the man with the sword sighed helplessly, and walked cheekily to the river, looking for a kind rinse aunt to beg for food.