ended the blocking battle of Yishui Xiaolu and led the army to retreat to Xiaxiang City, because it was really unbearable, Xiang Kang and Xiang Bo finally had a head-on conflict.

The cause of the conflict was Xiang Bo's competitive son Xiang Sui, the Yishui Road Blockade Battle, Xiang Sui led the army to not only establish a defensive position, but also withstood the full onslaught of the Qin army in the East China Sea, and successfully held the blocking position of the young marshal army, and also caused a lot of casualties to the Qin army, and performed well in the battle, playing the first tough battle of the young marshal army since the start of the army, and brought a good start to the young marshal soldiers who were accustomed to fighting a smooth battle, which was a well-deserved first merit in this blocking war. This was not only admitted by Xiang Kang, but also by Ding Ji, a general with a foreign surname who also led the army to withstand the onslaught of the Qin army, and Xiang Guan, who won the pursuit battle.

After the war, Xiang Kang gave Xiang Sui the corresponding money and food reward, and gave Xiang Sui a certain reward, and then in accordance with the military decree to Xiang Sui to add a rank to the officer, promoted to the captain, in addition, Xiang Sui also personally went into battle to kill the enemy when the situation was critical, and personally cut off the heads of two enemies, Xiang Kang and promoted Xiang Sui's title from hairpin to no. As for this reward, Xiang Sui himself had nothing to say, and the others almost didn't have anything to say.

The only thing to say is, of course, Uncle Xiang, in order to let his son master more troops as soon as possible, Uncle Xiang also disregarded the military system of the young marshal's army, and just fought for Xiang Sui, and insisted that Xiang Sui's outstanding performance in this battle should be added to the level, and he had to force Xiang Kang to directly promote Xiang Sui to a general, so that Xiang Sui and Xiang Zhuang, who had repeatedly made military exploits before, were on an equal footing, even if Xiang Sui himself came forward to oppose it, it was useless, Xiang Bo just felt that his two sons were of great use, and they should be like Xiang Zhuang, and they should get the opportunity to lead the army alone.

In order to maintain the solemnity of military law, Xiang Kang could only stand up and argue with Xiang Bo, no matter how violent Xiang Bo was, he would not give in. In the end, he was forced by Xiang Bo to be anxious, Xiang Kang couldn't help but get angry, and said angrily at Xiang Bo: "Uncle, I am the young marshal of the Chu army, the marshal and Shangzhu are your brothers, and now that the second uncle is not here, I have the final say in the army!" If you think that my rewards and punishments are unknown, you can go directly to the second uncle to complain and ask him to come forward to deal with me! But Xiang Sui's official position must not be promoted again this time! ”

If it weren't for Zhang Liang and the other Xiang family disciples pulling to the death, Xiang Bo would definitely be able to rush up and do it directly with Xiang Kang, and Xiang Sui was also forced to be anxious, regardless of his injuries, he struggled to rush to Xiang Bo and knelt down on his knees, crying and said: "Ah Weng, please don't say it again, the state has national laws and family rules, and the army is even more military orders, Ah Di gave me a reward in accordance with the military law, if you must mess up the military law, how will you tell Ah Di to command the army in the future?" How to convince the public? ”

Kicked the unfilial son who was not angry and had no ambition, Xiang Botie walked away with a blue face, and when Xiang Kang personally picked up Xiang Sui's kind words and comforted him, he also made up his mind in his heart, and said secretly: "We have to find a way to get rid of this scourge, even if we can't kill him directly, we have to find a way to drive him away!" Otherwise, sooner or later, this scourge will kill Xiang Yu like a trap and pit me too! ”

However, Xiang Kang did not immediately deal with Xiang Bo, the reason is that Xiang Kang has not come up with any good way to ensure that he can clean up Xiang Bo while avoiding the Xiang family's children from falling into division, and the second is that Xiang Zhuang sent someone to send an urgent letter, saying that Qin Jia, the leader of the Ling County Righteous Army, had turned around and returned to Ling County after sacking the Siwu Pavilion in the north, and at the same time sent an envoy to get in touch with Xiang Zhuang early, asking the young marshal army to fulfill his promise and give them forty percent of Ling County's money and grain.

Knowing the importance of credit, Xiang Kang of course decided to fulfill his promise without hesitation, and at the same time, in order to strive for the integration of Qin Jia's department, Xiang Kang also arranged for his right-hand man Zhou Zeng in government affairs and Zhu Jishi, a general who was good friends with Qin Jia, to let them rush to Lingxian County to meet with Qin Jiajun, preside over the transfer of money and grain, and persuade Qin Jia to lead his troops to join the young marshal army and accept the reorganization of the young marshal army and his own command.

It's a pity that two days later, Zhou Zeng and Zhu Jishi, who hurriedly returned to the prime minister, brought back bad news to Xiang Kang - no matter how good Zhou Zeng and Zhu Jishi persuaded them, Qin Jia refused to join the young marshal army, and insisted on standing up and fighting separately with the young marshal army. At the same time, Zhou Zeng also told Xiang Kang with a wry smile on his face: "Young marshal, although this Qin Jia and Zhu Qianren are friends, their temperaments and personalities are really too different. After General Xiang Zhuang and I distributed forty percent of the money and grain in the Lingxian County Treasury to him, he even blamed us for not plundering the people in Lingxian County and distributing the money and grain to him, and his face was full of displeasure. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xiang Kang was very surprised, and said: "If you talk about other places, forget it, he Qin Jia is a native of Ling County, how can he bear to do it to the same county?" ”

"That's what the last general said about him." Zhu Jishi said truthfully: "But Senior Brother Qin said that he needs money and food to raise troops in order to overthrow the tyrannical Qin, so even if he is the head of Lingxian County, he must come up with money and food to support him." ”

"This person can't ask for it." Xiang Kang came to a conclusion and said: "Don't say that he is not willing to join us, even if he is willing to join, I will send him away, and letting such a person join our young marshal army is to open the door to thieves and lure wolves into the house." ”

"I knew that the young marshal would definitely not want such a person, so I didn't continue to persuade him later." Zhou Zeng smiled and said: "That Qin Jia is still not greedy enough, and asked us where we are going to fight next, and wants to join forces with us to attack the city, and divide the money and food in the city equally after the matter is completed." ”

"Think beautifully!" Xiang Kang snorted and said, "Give him a clear answer, just say that we have no intention of continuing to attack other cities for the time being, tell him to go there and there, and get out of Ling County as soon as possible!" ”

Zhou Zeng agreed, and asked Xiang Kang whether to send a letter to reply directly, or let Xiang Zhuang, who is currently stationed in Ling County, reply directly to Qin Jia, Xiang Kang wanted to answer casually, but when the words came to his lips, Xiang Kang changed his mind again, pinched his smooth chin and muttered: "Join forces to attack the city?" After taking the city, divide the money and food in half? This is an opportunity. ”

After blinking his triangular eyes and thinking carefully for a moment, Xiang Kang made up his mind, first asked Zhou Zeng not to rush to Qin Jia to reply, and instructed Zhou Zeng and Zhu Jishi to go down to rest first, and then go straight to the back hall to meet the only second uncle in Xia Xiang City who can barely hold Xiang Bo, and casually asked for a reason to ask the second uncle to agree, and asked her to arrange a banquet at her residence, banquet Xiang Bo and his wife, and mediate the conflict between himself and Xiang Bo a few days ago.

The elder and young are orderly, and the respected sister-in-law sent someone to summon him, and Uncle Xiang didn't dare to follow no matter how he put on a fight, so he could only obediently lead the third uncle and aunt to come over and meet the second uncle, but when he saw that Xiang Kang was also at the scene, Xiang Bo, who had not said a word to Xiang Kang for several days, had the first reaction of of course, was to pull out his feet and leave, but fortunately, the second uncle and aunt spoke in time and greeted: "Brother, you stop, come back and sit down and talk." ”

Uncle Xiang was forced to stop, but he refused to look back, the second uncle and aunt asked him to come back and sit down, and the third uncle and aunt also persuaded him on the side, so that he could talk badly, and finally let Xiang Bo sit opposite Xiang Kang with a straight face, Xiang Kang also left the table and bowed, saluted Xiang Bo, and said in a very sincere tone: "Uncle, the little nephew has asked you for sin." ”

"Don't dare to be." Xiang Bo snorted coldly, and said in a strange manner: "You are the young marshal of the Chu State, except for your second uncle, no one in the Chu State can suppress you, and I, the nominal master of the Chu State, are qualified to ask you for guilt?" ”

"Brother, if you have something to say." The second uncle spoke again and said: "Your business, Kang'er has already told me, he contradicted you, but he also has his own difficulties, and he regretted it very much afterwards, why should you, as an uncle, be so careful?" Sister-in-law Qiu, I am preparing this banquet today, just to mediate your dispute, if you still treat me as Sister-in-law Qiu, put away your bull temper and talk to Kang'er. ”

"Uncle, the little nephew is sincerely here to ask you for sin." Xiang Kang also pleaded guilty again, and said: "The little nephew deserves to die, and if he commits the following crimes, he will contradict your uncle in public, uncle, even if you beat me to death today, the little nephew will never complain." The little nephew only begs your uncle not to be angry anymore, if you are angry and break your body for such a trivial matter, it will not be worth it. ”

"Husband, you see that Kang'er can talk a lot." The third uncle and aunt opened her mouth and said, "Why should you be so angry about a small matter? Among the sons and nephews of our Xiang family, Kang'er is the most filial and competitive, and the Xiang family is currently the largest among you, if you have a discord with him, don't you let others see jokes in vain? ”

"Brother, you are so old, why is your temper not changing at all when you were young?" The second uncle and aunt were half persuaded and half reprimanded, and said, "Why don't you pick up Kang'er quickly?" He has made amends to you, what are you going to do with him? ”

Unable to resist the persuasion of his wife and sister-in-law in turn, Xiang Bo could only reluctantly get up and leave the table, picked up Xiang Kang with his own hands, and said that he had forgiven Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang apologized and thanked him again and again, and respectfully carried Xiang Bo back to his seat and sat down, saluted and toasted, apologized again, and made a sincere appearance of pleading. Seeing Xiang Kang's appearance, Xiang Bo was also useful in his heart, coupled with the continuous persuasion of the two uncles and mothers, Xiang Bo finally put away his underwhelmed face, and his speech was no longer as yin and yang as before, which was hateful.

After the banquet officially began, the protagonist was replaced by the second uncle and mother, and constantly taught Xiang Bo and Xiang Kang to live in harmony with the principles of father-son soldiers and tiger brothers, and took the children of the Xiang family to overthrow the tyrannical Qin and restore the old country. If nothing else....... ”

"Uncle, slow down." Xiang Kang interrupted Uncle Xiang's polite words and said: "There is a very important matter, which is related to you and the third uncle and mother, the little nephew must report to you in person and obtain your consent before deciding to implement it." ”

"What does it matter to us?" Xiang Bo asked suspiciously.

"The little nephew wants Brother Xiang You to take on the important task of the southern expedition, let him lead the army south, and join forces with our friendly forces in Ling County to capture various cities in the south of Donghai County."

Xiang Kang's answer of course made Xiang Bo overjoyed, and when Xiang Bo hurriedly asked for details, Xiang Kang first said Qin Jia's proposal to join forces to attack the city, and then said: "The little nephew thinks his proposal is not bad, although it seems that he wants to take advantage of us, but after all, his soldiers and horses have 6,000 people, how can they help us a lot on the battlefield, we only need to dispatch a partial division, we can rely on their help to take the southern five cities of Donghai County, and even hope to enter Jiujiang or Huiji, Seize the city and land there, and further strengthen the strength of our young marshal's army. ”

"Virtuous nephew, in this way, do you want You'er to take on this important responsibility?" Xiang Bo asked impatiently.

"Exactly." Xiang Kang nodded, and said with a heartfelt expression: "Since the children of our Xiang family raised troops, Brother Xiang You has been performing well, and it is time to take charge of himself, so the little nephew wants Brother Xiang You to take on the heavy responsibility of the southern expedition, go to the southern part of Donghai County, where the army of the violent Qin is empty, to expand the territory, and recover the city and land for our Chu State." It's just that uncle and third uncle and aunt also know that commanding the army to kill the enemy is a dangerous messenger, and if you are not careful, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable, so the little nephew has to ask for your opinion first, if you think it is too dangerous, the little nephew I will send another person. ”

"If you don't go to the front to kill the enemy, you can ensure safety by hiding in the rear, if we don't expand our territory quickly, wouldn't it be the same danger for the Tyrannical Qin army to hit the door again?" Xiang Bo put up an elder stand again to reprimand Xiang Kang, and then couldn't wait to say: "Okay, it's decided, let you go to Brother Xiang You, he should also be in charge alone." ”

The third uncle was a little worried, and hurriedly asked what the specific situation was in the southern part of Donghai County, but Xiang Bo took the initiative to interrupt her and said rudely: "What do you know about military affairs?" Don't worry, there will be no danger, I know the situation in those counties in the southern part of the East China Sea, except for some county soldiers guarding the city, there is no decent army, and the main force of the tyrannical Qin army in the East China Sea is in the north. ”

The third uncle had no choice but to shut up, and Xiang Kang took the opportunity to say again: "Uncle, the little nephew also wants to arrange for an old man to go with Brother Xiang You, help him take care of military affairs, give advice, and also help him negotiate and liaise with Qin Jia's friendly army to discuss specific joint forces, I don't know what you think of Sun Gong, uncle?" Can you send him? ”

Xiang Kang expected it, and before the promised words were spoken, Xiang Bo changed his mind and said secretly: "How can such a good opportunity to take charge of the troops be missed in vain?" Xiang You is my own son, he has always listened to me, I must be the main general directly, and then recruit troops and horses in Huaiyin and Xutai to expand the army, won't the old man be able to pull up a large army soon? With the army in hand, the old man is still afraid that he will not have the confidence to speak? ”

After making up his mind, Uncle Xiang immediately changed his words and said: "Virtuous nephew, you don't need to send another person, your second uncle and mother are right, go into battle with father and son, let my uncle and I go in person, you don't have to worry about the civilian officials, the old man invited your Uncle Han to go with you, and with me and him to help your brother Xiang You, you don't have to worry about anything about our partial teacher." ”

Seeing that Xiang Bo was really tricked, Xiang Kang was of course secretly happy in his heart, but his face was very surprised, and said, "Uncle, do you want to go in person?" ”

"What? Do you think I can't do it, uncle? Uncle Xiang put up the elder shelf again, and said in a big way: "Uncle, I am also a child of the Xiang family, when your eldest father was here, I not only learned the art of war from him, but also accompanied him to the battlefield, and the experience of battlefield warfare is not less than yours, can't you follow your brother Xiang You to take on the heavy responsibility of the southern expedition?" ”

Xiang Kang pretended to hesitate, but Xiang Bo couldn't say anything, and said with a wave of his hand: "It's so decided, the old man hasn't been on the battlefield for many years, and his body has already itched badly, I'll go, you don't have to send another person!" ”

Unable to resist Xiang Bo's repeated requests, Xiang Kang could only nod and agree to this, Xiang Bo laughed, and finally eliminated the anger accumulated over Xiang Kang for a long time, and took the rare initiative to raise a glass to invite Xiang Kang to drink, and then drank the wine prepared by his second uncle and mother with Xiang Kang, Xiang Bo's mind couldn't wait to fly to Ling County, and flew to the southern battlefield of the East China Sea where the Qin army was empty, and imagined the scenery of himself commanding thousands of troops to attack the city and seize the land.

On that day, the Xiang family banquet in which Xiang Kang and Xiang Bo participated together ended happily, and after returning to his residence, Xiang Bo of course found his close friend Zhang Liang for the first time, introduced the situation to him, and invited Zhang Liang to go to his son's army with him to show his strength together.

It's just that there are some shortcomings in tactics, and Zhang Liang, who is good at planning and dealing with interpersonal relationships, of course, can see at a glance that Xiang Kang is trying to capture the old and want to send the unsightly Xiang Bo to clean up the garbage. However, considering that even if it was exposed, it would be of no benefit to him, and that cultivating Xiang Bo, Xiang You's father and son, and the southern expedition was an opportunity for him to show his strength, Zhang Liang still chose to keep it secret for Xiang Kang, and agreed to Xiang Bo's invitation.

After agreeing, Zhang Liang still said secretly in his heart: "Little guy, don't be too happy, with my help, you just wait to watch the show and see what kind of surprise your uncle will give you." Yellow-haired boy, I originally wanted to see if you were a manufacturable material, since you despise me so much, not only did you never ask me for a plan, but you also deliberately didn't let me know about the major military affairs, then don't blame me for voting for another master, and you may become your opponent in the future. ”

Of course, everyone knows that Zhang Liang really blamed Xiang Kang this time, if he had told Xiang Kang his real name and surname earlier, and his origin, then not to mention that he was only Xiang Bo's friend, even if he was Xiang Bo's friend, he would have replaced Xiang Kang's most trusted staff officer Zhou Zeng a long time ago. But there was no way, Zhang Liang didn't tell Xiang Kang his true identity, and he was so close to Xiang Bo, who Xiang Kang hated and even hated the most, so it was no wonder that Xiang Kang ignored him.

At the same time, Xiang Kang had also told his right-hand man Zhou Zeng the purpose of his plan, Zhou Zeng, who had been very dissatisfied with Xiang Bo from the beginning, was overjoyed when he heard it, and Xiang Bo, who was also like Xiang Kang, wished that Xiang Bo, who was hated by people and hated dogs, would get out of here earlier, but Zhou Zeng was still a little worried, and couldn't help but remind Xiang Kang: "Young marshal, will there be some unpredictable consequences of doing this?" The main force of the Qin army in the East China Sea is in the north, and the south is empty, after your uncle goes, what if he really makes a name for himself and the tail is too big? ”

"Absolutely not!" Xiang Kang replied categorically, and then said to Zhou Zeng with a smile: "Uncle Ya, what do you think of Qin Jia's person?" Isn't it like a-stirring stick in a latrine? Who gets it and who's disgusting? ”

"Elephant!" Zhou Zeng replied in a firmer tone, and said: "Judging from the fact that he is not greedy enough, refuses to surrender to our army, and even wants to make up his mind for civilian money and food, this person is not only ambitious, but also a master who would rather die than suffer losses and desperately take advantage. ”

"What about my third uncle? Elephant or not? Xiang Kang asked in a low voice with a smile again.

Zhou Zeng smiled bitterly, but still nodded, and said in a low voice: "Words are offensive, too." ”

"So what else do we have to worry about? Two-stirring sticks are stirred together, pulling each other's hind legs and putting cold arrows, do you still have to worry about what kind of fame they can make? ”

Xiang Kang asked with a smile, and said: "So I dare to expect that they will definitely not make any decent name when they join forces to go south this time." However, we don't have to worry about the safety of our partial division, the violent Qin army south of Lingxian County is empty, even if our partial division can't open up any situation, the loss will definitely not be too big, and then when my third uncle returns, no matter how thick-skinned he is, he should have no face to point fingers in front of me anymore. ”

Zhou Zeng nodded with a smile and said, "I just hope that the master will also fight for some energy, and don't lose too much money and food for soldiers and horses, otherwise we will lose too much." ”

"It's worth losing some soldiers, horses, money and food, because I have another purpose in doing this, which is to pull Qin Jia's gang to the south, so that they don't go north to make trouble for us." Xiang Kang said: "The essence of Donghai County is in the north, and the main force of the Eastern Navy has also been contained by us in Xiapi, if Qin Jia's gang takes the opportunity to go north, they will really make a name for themselves, and they may even become our opponents." So at a slight cost to steer them south, the deal is worth making. ”

Zhou Zeng nodded again, and didn't ask Xiang Kang why he didn't just kill the Qin Jiayi army who refused to surrender and annex their team by force once and for all. Because Zhou Zeng knew that if Xiang Kang did this, the reputation of the young marshal army would be completely ruined, and no anti-Qin rebel army would dare to join forces with the young marshal army in the future.