Crazy busy!

This is Xiang Kang's biggest feeling after successfully winning the county seat of Xiaxiang! Xiang Kang is to be found for the army's eating, drinking, and Lazar, Xiang Kang is to be found for the deployment of the army to take over the city defense, Xiang Kang is to be found for cleaning up the remnants of the enemy in the city and how to clean up the battlefield, Xiang Kang is to be found for all kinds of aftermath problems after taking over the county temple and the county treasury and county prison, Xiang Kang is to be found for the problem of the collection and dismissal of prisoners and the expansion of the army, Xiang Kang is also to be found for the problem of how to distribute rewards, and Xiang Kang is also needed to find Xiang Kang for the problem of how to pacify the people and re-establish order in the city! In the absence of much specific experience, no matter how much Xiang Kang is a traverser, he will inevitably be in a hurry, busy until the sky is dark, the sun and the moon are dark, and he can't wait for himself to grow eight heads and eighteen hands, plus thirty-six legs, so that he can deal with so many problems.

Fortunately, Zhou County Lingzhou, who was forcibly tied to Xiang Kang's chariot, was a talented man in internal affairs, and he helped Xiang Kang a lot in pacifying the people, rebuilding order in the city, and taking over the county temple.

Of course, on the issue of internal affairs, Xiang Kang, who is a traverser, is not inactive, when he was out of the list of Anmin, Xiang Kang painted a scoop according to the gourd, and unceremoniously copied the three chapters of the law that Liu Laosan engaged in in Guanzhong, announcing the abolition of the harsh and complicated old Qin law, and the three chapters of the law with the fathers and villagers of the people - the murderer dies, the wounder is punished, and the thief is guilty! Not to mention the results, after the promulgation of these three simple laws, the people in Xiaxiang City, who were fed up with the torture of the Qin Law, were really relieved, although they did not really support Xiang Kangjun, who had just forcibly occupied the county seat of Xiaxiang, but they also had a good impression of Xiang Kangjun, and hoped that Xiang Kang could fulfill his promise and let them live a few days of easy life.

In terms of military affairs, it is easy to take over the city defense, and the dozen or so children of the Xiang family, whose loyalty does not need to be tested, can take the army to firmly grasp the four gates and ensure the control of the city gates, and at the same time, there are enough people to control all the key points in the city with the army, and there is no need to worry about internal fires causing a catastrophe. In addition, in order to appease the people and enforce strict military discipline, Xiang Kang did not hesitate to execute three soldiers who plundered people's property and raped people's daughters in public - and then publicly announced the merits of these three soldiers during the siege of the city, and distributed the rewards they deserved to their families, so as to buy the hearts of the army.

The law and order in the city was handed over by Xiang Kang to Sun Jiaopeng, the right-hand man of the Zhou County Commander who voluntarily surrendered, to be responsible for maintaining it, and the deputy was the unlucky little official Cang Pi who had just been released from the prison by Xiang Kangjun - this unlucky little official who had been assassinated and was almost about to be escorted to Lishan for life hard labor had just been released with other misdemeanor prisoners, and immediately ran to the county temple to ask to serve Xiang Kang, and after Xiang Kang learned about the process and reason for his punishment, he immediately entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, giving full play to his expertise in anti-theft and maintaining law and order. also used him to spy on Sun Xuanpeng, who still doesn't know if he can be relied on.

The major matter of conscription was handed over to Xiang Zhuang and Feng Zhong by Xiang Kang, although Xiang Kang also knew that soldiers were precious, but there was no way, time did not wait for anyone, and the counterattack of the surrounding Qin army was imminent, Xiang Kang could only pick up the vegetables in the basket, let Xiang Zhuang and Feng Zhong recruit as many adult men as possible to join the army, expand the size of their army, and also recruit all the prisoners who were willing to surrender and join the army.

Fortunately, there is still some grain in the county treasury, even if half of the grain has to be taken out to reward the soldiers who participated in the siege, the remaining half is enough for the army to eat for a month, and the autumn harvest is imminent, as long as the grain collection system can be re-established before the autumn harvest, Xiang Kang does not need to worry about the lack of food - of course, the premise is that Xiang Kang's army can survive the first round of counterattack of the Qin army, and then it is possible to levy food to supply the army.

There are still some weapons in the county treasury, although there are not many of them, but they are barely enough to arm three or four hundred people, but of course Xiang Kang will not be satisfied, the situation in the city has just stabilized, Xiang Kang vacated the site in the county seat, concentrated all kinds of necessary materials and began to smelt steel and build weapons. At the same time, Xiang Kang sent Xiang Guan to lead a team of 100 people back to Shiling Pavilion to welcome the two uncles and carry the remaining materials of the blacksmith shop back to the city, and Xiang Kang instructed Xiang Guan: "Brother, by the way, take the Yu family into the city, if they don't want to come, you tell them, saying that I have done such a big thing, the tyrannical Qin court will not spare them no matter what, if they insist on not coming, all the consequences will be borne by themselves." ”

When Xiang Guan took the order and left, the time was close to Shen Shi on the afternoon of the fifth day of the seventh month, no matter how young Xiang Kang was last night, he couldn't stand too much work, and couldn't help but crawl on the bookcase and fell asleep, Zhou Zeng, Xiang Yang and Xiang It and others who were helping next to him knew that Xiang Kang was tired, and they couldn't bear to wake up Xiang Kang, but Xiang Yang took a piece of clothing and put it on Xiang Kang, and then discussed some small matters in a low voice.

They all wanted Xiang Kang to rest for a while, but they didn't think it would take long, but Xiang Kang suddenly woke up with a scream, and Xiang Qi hurriedly asked, "Uncle Ji, what's wrong?" ”

"I had a dream." Xiang Kang said truthfully: "I dreamed that there were two people, killed two captains, and led a large group of soldiers to shout the prince and general together, rather than have a kind of care." ”

"How do you do this weird dream?" Xiang It was confused when he heard it, and said suspiciously: "The prince and the general, would you rather have a kind?" Didn't you take the lead in shouting, Uncle Ji? ”

Xiang Kang smiled bitterly and didn't answer, because Xiang Kang didn't finish the strange dream he had just now - in the dream, those two people took the lead in shouting that the prince and general Xiang Ning had a kind of care, and then came to Xiang Kang with a sword to find Xiang Kang desperately, insisting that Xiang Kang give any copyright fee, and said that he would sue Xiang Kang for plagiarism, so Xiang Kang, who had done too much at heart, was scared awake.

Shaking his head and trying to leave the content of the strange dream behind, Xiang Kang noticed that Sun Prison Peng also came to the county temple hall, and quickly asked what happened, Sun Prison Peng replied: "Back to Xiang Gongzi, it's like this, Cang criticized them to catch a bandit who took advantage of the chaos to rob, originally according to the Tyrannical Qin Code, that bandit should be sent to Lishan to do hard labor after the face is gone, but now it must not be done, how to deal with it, please show Gongzi." ”

"You can discuss this matter with Uncle Ya." Xiang Kang said casually: "If possible, you'd better come up with a new set of sentencing norms to facilitate our handling of cases in accordance with the law in the future." Also, don't want any barbaric punishment of cutting off hands and feet, and if you break your hands and feet, you can't grow them, so let's change them to a wrench. ”

Sun Prison Peng agreed, and he was eager to try and immediately wanted to formulate a new sentencing system with Zhou Zeng, but unfortunately Xiang Kang did not give Sun Prison Peng and Zhou Zeng this opportunity, and asked Zhou Zeng again: "Uncle Ya, ask something, if you are still in the post of the county commander of the next minister, and you receive a request for help from the county next to you, saying that someone gathered a crowd to raise an incident and led the crowd to besiege the county seat or the county seat, will you send reinforcements to reinforce it?" If so, how many troops will be sent? And reinforcements will be sent in a few days? ”

Knowing that Xiang Kang wanted to analyze when the enemy of Yu County and the worries would launch a counterattack, Zhou Zeng carefully pondered for a while before replying: "Back to Xiang Gongzi, I will see the opportunity to act, if I know that there are not many enemies besieging or worrying about the county, about six or seven hundred people, I will gather an army of about 1,000 people in the shortest possible time to reinforce, of which it will take about two days to recruit and assemble, and then immediately send troops, plus the time required for the journey, about three days, my reinforcements will be able to arrive in the county or take reinforcements." ”

After that, without waiting for Xiang Kang to continue to ask, Zhou Zeng, who knew Xiang Kang's intentions, took the initiative to say: "If during the period of recruiting and forming the county army, I receive news again, knowing that the county or the county has been captured by the enemy, then I will have two choices, one is to give priority to self-protection, use the army in my hand to give priority to guarding the county seat of Xiaxiang, and at the same time ask the county guard for help, and ask the county guard to send the county army to counterattack the county, and then I will send troops to help." ”

"And what about the second option?" Xiang Kang asked.

"If the county is captured by the enemy, I will contact the county order and invite him to join me in sending troops to counterattack the prime minister." Zhou Zeng replied very simply, and said: "Before the enemy gains a foothold in Yu County, take back Yu County as soon as possible, and nip the rebellion in the bud." ”

Xiang Kang's brows furrowed a little, and he asked without giving up, "Uncle Ya, then you are most likely to make that choice?" ”

"The second." Zhou County Commander replied more directly, and said: "Immediately joining forces with another county commander to quell the rebellion can not only prevent the rebellion from expanding and threatening my territory, but also strive for meritorious service and reward, and it is not a small merit to recapture a county town from the hands of the rebels." ”

Xiang Kang's brows furrowed even tighter, and he even wanted to change his strategic plan, wanting to learn from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in history and many rogues to attack instead of defending, taking advantage of the fact that the local government had not had time to react, and preemptively launched an attack on the surrounding county towns, like a locust crossing the border, while looting all kinds of useful materials, while strengthening the army, and gradually accumulating the capital that can compete with the main force of the Qin army. However, considering the miserable fate of Chen Sheng, Wu Guanghe and countless rogues in history, as well as the people's support, influence and appeal lost in doing so, as well as the pitiful military strength in his hands, Xiang Kang dispelled this idea - the rogues are good, and if they are not good, they will die quickly and miserably, and Xiang Kang, who has not been intimate enough with his sister-in-law, does not want to end up like this.

Shaking his head again, putting aside the unrealistic thoughts of being a rogue, Xiang Kang asked Zhou Zeng again: "Uncle Ya, what about Xiapi and Ling County next to you?" Will they also send troops to fight us? ”

"It's probably not big, and even if it comes, it won't be soon." Zhou Zeng replied: "Xiapi and Ling County both belong to Donghai County, and the county army must first obtain the consent of the county guard of Donghai County, or receive a request for reinforcements from the county guard of Surabaya County, otherwise it is suspected of rebellion, and neither the Xiapi County Order nor the Ling County Order can afford to bear the guilt." So even if they will send troops, they will not send troops immediately, and they will have to delay for a while. ”

"That's good, so that we don't have to worry about the threat from behind for the time being." Xiang Kang nodded and said, "We only need to defeat the Su County and the tyrannical Qin army first, so that we can buy a period of time to reorganize our troops and fight." ”

After that, Xiang Kang turned to his own pro-soldiers in the hall, who were all composed of apprentices from the blacksmith shop of Shiling Pavilion and the militia of Dongxiang, and asked: "I need two people now, go to Hexian to inquire about the news, inquire when they will send troops, what is the scale of the troops, who is the main general, and which of you dare to go?" After the success, I have a big reward. ”

Several pro-soldiers stood up and volunteered, Xiang Kang chose to choose from his memory, and selected two who usually behaved meticulously, each gave them a little money for action, and then asked them to disguise themselves as fleeing people to seek information about Hexian County. In the end, Xiang Kang thought carefully for a long time before asking Zhou Zeng: "Uncle Ya, who do you have a deeper relationship with than the two county orders of Yu County and Duo Xian?" ”

"He is familiar with Gu Bi, the county commander of Yu County." Zhou Zeng replied without thinking about it: "Because I have met twice on business, we chatted quite happily, and we can barely be considered acquainted." As for taking care of the prefectural order, I've never seen it. ”

"That's good, it just so happens that Yu County is closer to the lower prime minister, if the Yu county and the county commander join forces to send troops, the county commander of the county is most likely to personally lead the troops to defeat the prime minister." Xiang Kang was very happy when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Ya, you have worked hard, and immediately send a letter to the Gu County Order, saying that you were forced to surrender to me, and you still want to be loyal to the Tyrannical Qin Court in your heart, and you want to pretend to help me deceive my trust, waiting for the opportunity to act as an internal response, help the Tyrannical Qin Army regain the lower minister, and ask the Gu County Commander of Yu County to report to the county for you." ”

"It's okay to write a letter, but Childe, what's the point of doing this?" Zhou Zeng asked suspiciously.

"Take precautions, let the enemy know that you are in Cao Ying, and your heart is in Han." Xiang Kang casually used the wrong allusion, and said: "As long as the Gu County Commander of Yu County believes that you are willing to be the internal response, then whether it is the Gu County and the Zhao County Commander who joined forces to march into the army, or the Zhao County Shou of Surabaya County personally led the troops to defeat the Prime Minister, we can use this letter as the basis to further create fighters." ”

Zhou Zeng was actually not very good in military affairs, so naturally he didn't understand what Xiang Kang meant by saying these words, but since he had been tied to Xiang Kang's chariot, Zhou County's order of course had no way to refuse Xiang Kang's request, so he could only quickly pick up the pen and make a book, write a letter according to Xiang Kang's request, and then according to Xiang Kang's arrangement, after returning home, he chose a family member, and without telling him the truth, let him carry the secret letter out of the city disguised as a common person, and hurried to the county located in the southwest of Xia Xiang to deliver the letter.

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By the way, when Zhou Zeng put pen to paper, on the side of Daze Township, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had already killed the two captains who led the team, and called on all the soldiers to raise troops to rebel, and the result was the same as in history, the desperate Chen County soldiers followed Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to shout the slogan of the prince and general Xiangning. Then, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang loudly declared that Qin Gongzi Fusu and Chu State famous general Wu Xinjun Xiang Yan were not dead, and announced that they would launch an uprising in the name of Fusu and Xiang Yan, calling the Great Chu State, Chen Sheng proclaimed himself a general, and Wu Guang was named the captain, and launched an attack on the adjacent Qi County at the first time.

It was still the same as in history, because of the proximity and the fact that the officials of Qi County had no time to react, the rebel army led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also took the county seat of Qi County, which was also located in Surabaya County, in one fell swoop on the same day. However, it is a pity that limited by the speed of transportation and information transmission in this era, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang did not know that only more than 400 miles away, there was also a rebel army that had taken a county seat, and had formed a favorable situation with them from afar, so after plundering all the useful materials in the county like crazy, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led their troops westward the next day, killing their hometown of Chen County, and missed the best opportunity to join Xiang Kang's rebel army.

Of course, in terms of the personalities of Chen Sheng and Xiang Kang, it may be a good thing that the two rebel armies were not able to join forces. Otherwise, with Chen Sheng's wide outside and taboo inside, strong and domineering, Xiang Kang's smile hides a knife, and he is generous on the surface, but in fact he is stingy, and the possibility that the two rebel armies will not fight when they meet is absolutely very small.

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Let's also take a look at the situation on Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang's side, although Xiapi and Xia Xiang belong to Donghai County and Surabaya County respectively, but because of the relative distance, in fact, it was only on the evening of the sixth day of the seventh month, Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang had already received the amazing news that the children of the Xiang family had launched an uprising under the leadership of Xiang Kang and successfully captured the county seat of Xia Xiang.

As a result, when they heard the news, Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang opened their mouths wide for several minutes and couldn't say a word, and finally Zhang Liang came back to his senses first and asked the family member who reported the news: "Is the news reliable?" Is it really Mr. Xiang's nephew who led the subordinate soldiers to raise the banner and rebel, and also took the county seat of the lower minister? ”

"Homecoming, infallible." The family said excitedly: "The city has already spread the news, or Mr. Xiang's son and nephew have raised the banner of Chu to recover Chu and overthrow the tyrannical Qin!" The people in the county temple are also saying the same, so it is absolutely reliable. ”

Zhang Liang was dumbfounded again, he never expected that Uncle Xiang, who had been eating and drinking in his house for more than a year, would have such a group of Niu Cha's sons and nephews, who not only openly rebelled under the banner of Chu State, but also directly took down a county seat! However, what Zhang Liang didn't expect was that Uncle Xiang suddenly shouted, jumped up and rushed out of the door, Zhang Liang hurriedly shouted: "Uncle, where are you going?" ”

"I'm going to go down!" Xiang Bo turned around and said confidently: "My gang of sons and nephews are not more important, they took a city by luck, and now they must be in a hurry and don't understand anything, everything is messed up, I want to take over our Xiang family's army, take our Xiang family's army to overthrow the tyrannical Qin, and recover the Chu State!" ”

"Uncle, are you in too much of a hurry?" Zhang Liang said worriedly: "Although I don't know how your sons and nephews took a county seat, I'm sure it was definitely because the prime minister's side didn't have time to prepare and was caught off guard that your sons and nephews were able to get it." Now the tyrannical Qin officials next to the prime minister must have received the news, and they must be calling the army to prepare for a counterattack on the prime minister, no one dares to guarantee whether the prime minister city can withstand it, you go now, if you happen to meet the counterattack of the tyrannical Qin army, how can you resist? ”

Uncle Xiang, who was full of confidence just now and wanted to go back to take over the Xiang family's army, closed his mouth, and only after a while did he say hatefully: "These little rabbits, doing such a big thing, why don't you call me a call?" What could they have done without my leadership? ”

"Let's send someone to inquire about the situation first." Zhang Liang proposed: "I understand the situation on the side of the lower minister, if it is feasible, I will go with you to the lower prime minister to join the army." If the situation is not right, we can also ask the people we sent to send a letter to your sons and nephews, telling them to come to us when they are desperate. ”

After pondering for a long time, he found that it was best not to take this risk, so Xiang Bo had no choice but to nod and agree with Zhang Liang's proposition. However, Xiang Bo was still very dissatisfied, and said hatefully: "It's definitely Xiang Kang's little rabbit cub messing around, no one in my nephew except him dares to do such nonsense, overthrow the tyrannical Qin, and restore the Great Chu?" Phew! Don't give away all the lives of our Xiang family's children! ”

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By the way, the news that Xiang Kang took the children of the Xiang family to regain Chu and successfully captured a county town continued to spread southward, and gradually spread to the territory of Huiji County south of the Yangtze River. Brother Zhuang! You deserve to be my brother! It's my good brother! Wait for me, brother, I will come to help you as soon as possible! ”

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Let's take a look at the situation on Liu Laosan's side, after the news that Xiang Kang took the Xiang family to take Xiangcheng in one fell swoop reached Mangdang Mountain, Liu Laosan was surprised and a little dazed, and couldn't help but ask his brother-in-law Fan Xu: "Fan Xu, didn't you say that Xiang Kang's stupid boy is a stupid fat sheep?" I can't even see if the gold used to buy a knife is real or fake, why does this stupid boy still have such a great ability, not only dare to rebel, but also directly take a county seat? ”

"How do I know?" Fan Xu also said very suspiciously: "That day, that little boy was really stupid, I handed him the fake gold, he accepted it directly without even looking at it, how do I know that this stupid boy still has the ability?" ”

Liu Laosan was silent, and only after a while did he smile and said: "No matter if he is really stupid or fake, as long as he dares to make trouble, it is best to make as much trouble as possible." It's a big deal to return the real gold and the money owed to him later, first gag his mouth, and then slowly pit this stupid boy. ”