Being able to stand out from the famous generals of the late Qin Dynasty such as Yingbu, Ji Bu, Lu Chen and Huan Chu, and was personally arranged by Xiang Liang to serve as the vanguard of the main force of the Qin army, Feng Zhong's status in the main force of the Chu army can be seen, and Xiang Liang's trust and expectation of Feng Zhong is also self-evident.

However, Feng Zhong behaved a little uncompetitive this time, and the speed of the light pursuit was extremely fast, Feng Zhong's department easily caught up with the main rear team of the Qin army in the evening of the day of departure, but in the face of the rare fighter plane that pursued by victory, Feng Zhong, who had been bold in his troops since he was in charge of the battle, suddenly became a little timid, neither daring to fight and rush, nor daring to rely on the open terrain to boldly intersperse, just fought a tentative contact battle with the rear team of the Qin army, and forced back the rear team of the Qin army who did not dare to stay for a long time. The pursuit was immediately stopped, and the army was allowed to rest on the spot for the night, not daring to risk the pursuit overnight.

The same was true the next day, after relying on the speed advantage of lightly armed pursuit to catch up with the Qin army's rear team again, Feng Zhong still did not dare to risk fighting hard, and took the initiative to retreat after losing the contact battle, maintaining a certain distance and following the Qin army's advance, not so much to pursue the victory, but to send the Qin army to retreat.

This point can not be completely blamed on Feng Zhong's incompetence, the main reason is that Feng Zhong's combat effectiveness is not strong, the book once said, unlike the main force of the young marshal army of the elite army policy, Feng Zhongjun, who originated in the Huainan battlefield, because of the sparse territory and the barren land, there is no way to select the best soldiers in the recruitment of soldiers like the main force of the young marshal army, and can only be cut into the basket are vegetables, and in order to bluff in the north, a lot of old and weak soldiers were also recruited, it seems that the number of troops is huge, in fact, the overall combat effectiveness is not high, and the equipment is quite simple.

After going north to participate in the war, relying on the capture of the battlefield and the supply supplement of the rich rear, although Feng Zhongjun's equipment has improved a lot, and it has basically caught up with the main army, its combat effectiveness is still not very strong, and the total strength of the Qin army is ten times that of Feng Zhong, so it is reasonable that Feng Zhong does not dare to take the risk of coming hard.

Crookedly, Feng Zhong's timid performance this time made Zhang Han a little confused, because Zhang Han, who had carefully collected and understood the intelligence of the Chu army, had already discovered that Feng Zhong, the former little pavilion chief, was definitely not an easy character to deal with, not only had he never suffered defeat since he was alone, but sometimes he was more powerful and difficult than Zhang Han's rather vigilant Xiang Kang, and he was better at defeating the strong with the weak and winning by surprise, so Feng Zhong's timidity seemed to Zhang Han to be deliberately showing weakness, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. Zhang Han didn't dare to take danger even if he had the opportunity to get rid of Feng Zhong's pursuit, so he took the initiative to slow down and retreat carefully, not daring to give Feng Zhong any chance to take advantage of.

Sooner or later, the paper tiger will be exposed, two days later, the main force of the Qin army retreated to the city of Zhangxian, and it was necessary to cross the Wenshui River to continue to retreat westward, and it was also very easy to expose the flaws during the river crossing, giving Feng Zhong the opportunity to take the opportunity to assault, Zhang Han, who had always been cautious in using the troops, did not dare to be careless, and would rather waste time, and first built a full twenty pontoon bridges on the surface of the Wenshui River, and left the elite army behind, and then organized the army to launch the river crossing.

Feng Zhong was also completely exposed at this moment, obviously the Qin army's garrison was tight, and there was almost no chance to take advantage of it, but in order to complete the task of slowing down the retreat of the Qin army, Feng Zhong still led the army to attack, but was drawn all over the ground by the rear army of the Qin army who was fighting against the water, and the ghost cried wolf, and fled east for more than ten miles before stopping, and the main force of the Qin army took the opportunity to quickly cross the Wenshui and the more difficult to cross the Jishui River, and withdrew directly to the city of Fanyang, and in turn threw the problem of crossing the river to Feng Zhong and the main force of the Chu army further behind.

After the main force of the Qin army withdrew from Wenshui and Jishui, the small city of Zhangxian County, which was isolated on the east bank of Wenshui, did not hesitate to take the initiative to open the city and surrender to Feng Zhong, but unfortunately the grain, grass and military supplies in the city had already been completely emptied by the Qin army, and even if it was taken, it would be useless. At the same time, what made Feng Zhong confused was that although the main force of the Qin army withdrew directly to Fanyang City, it deliberately gave up the insurmountable Jishui natural danger, did not send a single soldier to guard the Jishui Ferry, and put on a posture of letting the Chu army cross the river early.

I really couldn't understand Zhang Han's intentions, of course, Feng Zhong could only ask his own soldiers surnamed Han for help, and put aside everyone and cheekily asked the soldiers surnamed Han: "Brother Han, what kind of reputation is the violent Qin army doing, not in a hurry to continue to retreat eastward, but also deliberately giving us the Jishui ferry, is it luring us to cross Jishui, and then take the opportunity to launch a full-scale counterattack?" Should we boldly cross the river, or should we hold off and wait for our main forces to come and meet? ”

The soldiers surnamed Han were silent, looking ahead as if they hadn't heard Feng Zhong's words, no matter how Feng Zhong pleaded and asked, he just didn't say a word, Feng Zhong was anxious, but there was nothing he could do, and finally Feng Zhong gritted his teeth, and simply ordered the army to cross Wenshui immediately and advance to the camp at Jishui Ferry, but the soldiers surnamed Han still remained silent, and let Feng Zhong make his own decisions with a straight face.

According to Feng Zhong's order, the advance of the Chu army easily crossed Wenshui, and advanced to the Jishui ferry to set up camp on the same day, but the main force of the Qin army more than ten miles away still did not move, allowing Feng Zhong to constantly send people across the river to investigate the enemy's situation and build bridges on the Jishui River, as if he had completely abandoned the Jishui natural danger.

If the vanguard of the Chu army can muster the courage to cross Jishui and set up camp to the west bank of Jishui, then after the main force of the Chu army arrives in Jishui, they can easily cross Jishui under the cover of the front army, and no longer have to worry about being assaulted by the Qin army when crossing the river, which is very conducive to the next war. Feng Zhong's generals also saw this truth, and almost all of them persuaded Feng Zhong to take the opportunity to cross the river and open the way for the main force to enter the army. Feng Zhong hesitated and said, "It's easy to cross the river, but if the Tyrannical Qin army suddenly sends troops and raids the army we are crossing the river, how can we resist?" ”

"General Feng, this risk must be taken." General Yu Kai pointed out: "The general let us serve as the vanguard to pursue the tyrannical Qin army, it is a trust in us, if we don't seize the opportunity that the tyrannical Qin army did not send troops to garrison the ferry, and then our main force arrives, the tyrannical Qin army suddenly divides its troops to guard the ferry, and the general sees that we missed the fighter, what will he think of us?" What will you think of General Feng? ”

"General, if you are afraid of a surprise attack by the Tyrannical Qin army, we can secretly cross the river at night." Another general, Zhu Dan, also said: "First send a part of the army to cross the Jishui at night, rush to build fortifications to protect the ferry, and then let the main force cross the river during the day, and the certainty of success will be much greater." And even if it is unfavorable to cross the river, our army, which crosses the Jishui first, can quickly withdraw to the east bank by means of a pontoon bridge. ”

After that, Zhu Dan also took the initiative to ask: "If the general does not give up, the last general is willing to serve as the vanguard and lead the army of his headquarters to cross the river overnight." ”

The rest of the generals echoed one after another, and they all mustered up the courage to ask Ling to take the risk to cross the river first, but unfortunately although the generals under his command were very courageous, Feng Zhong himself still looked ahead and hesitated, and after thinking for a long time, Feng Zhong also played a scoundrel and said to everyone: "I'll go to the toilet first, and I'll talk about it when I come back." ”

After that, Feng Zhong really went out of the military tent and went to the toilet outside the tent, and the soldiers surnamed Han, who were ordered not to leave Feng Zhong's side, had no choice but to follow as usual. As a result, after leading the soldiers surnamed Han to a no-man's land, Feng Zhong suddenly stopped, turned back to the soldiers surnamed Han and said: "I'm sorry for you, but I'm also worthy of you, don't you see, every time I receive a reward, that time is not equal to you, is there a half and a half taels of ink that you deserve, a horse and a silk?" ”

"Am I a money-grubber?" The soldier surnamed Han finally spoke and asked coldly.

"I know you're not a money-grubber." Feng Zhong nodded, and said, "But have you thought about it, if you and I swap identities, will you be willing to hand me over and cut off your most powerful arm?" Will you be willing to let everyone know that the victories you fought are actually my credit? ”

Feng Zhong's words were absolutely from the bottom of his heart, and the soldiers surnamed Han understood it when they heard it, but they still kept a straight face and didn't speak. Feng Zhong said again: "Also, do you think that if I recommended you to the general, the general will really reuse you?" My good brother Xiang Shao Marshal has worked so hard, but what is his situation under the general's account now, don't you know? Do you think that after you arrive at the general's account, the general will treat you better than Young Marshal Xiang? Will you want me to be as obedient as I am to you, and what you say is what I say? ”

The soldier surnamed Han continued to be silent, Feng Zhong waited for a long time and didn't see him speak, so he could only sigh helplessly: "I can't imagine that you hate me so much, okay, as you wish, when the general's main force arrives, I will immediately recommend you to him, but whether the general will reuse you, I dare not guarantee it, and I can't guarantee it." In addition, I would like to remind you that after you arrive under the general's account, your temper must be changed, don't look down on this and that at every turn, the general is not like me, a country man, and he doesn't have such a good temper as me, so he won't let your temperament come to him. ”

After finishing speaking, Feng Zhong raised his leg and walked back, and the soldier surnamed Han hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Zhang Handpifu is luring the enemy." ”

"Zhang Handpifu is luring the enemy?" Feng Zhong stopped, turned around and asked in surprise, "You want to trick me into crossing the river, and then attack me?" ”

"No, Zhang Handpifu's lure is not you, it's our main force." The soldier surnamed Han said coldly: "While he was stationed in Fan Yang, he deliberately gave up the Jishui Ferry, the purpose was to let our main force cross Jishui with confidence, confront him on the front line of Fanyang, and then slowly clean up our main force." ”

"Since Zhang Handpifu wants to confront us, why doesn't he fortify Jishui, but retreat to Fanyang City?" Feng Zhong was puzzled and asked: "Isn't it safer for Zhang Handpifu to rely on Jishui to deploy defenses, and the confrontation is more certain?" ”

"Because the rainy season is approaching, the area to the east of Fanyang is low-lying (that is, the current Dongping Lake, as well as the famous Liangshan Shuibo in later generations), which is the easiest to launch a water attack." The soldier surnamed Han sneered and said: "As long as our main force is lured through Jishui, and when the rainy season comes, the river will rise, as long as Zhang Handpifu seizes an opportunity to dig up the embankment of Jishui or Wenshui, the overflowing river can easily flood our grain road, or even directly flood our camp." Therefore, as far as Zhang Handpifu is concerned, as long as he lures our main force through Jishui and confronts him until the rainy season comes, he can have a stable chance of winning, and he is more than eighty percent sure that he can break the main force of our army. ”

"Sticking to the Jishui defense line is different." The soldier surnamed Han explained: "First of all, after the main force of our army was blocked on the east bank of Jishui, it was relatively easy to retreat, and it was difficult for Zhang Handpifu to launch a pursuit even if he seized the fighters. Secondly, within more than ten miles of the west bank of Jishui, the terrain is also low-lying, easy to accumulate water, and the confrontation until the rainy season comes, it is also possible that our army will strike first, dig the embankment on the west bank of Jishui first, and use the flood to break his camp on the west bank of Jishui. ”

"What a vicious puppet!" Feng Zhong suddenly realized, and immediately gasped, and then couldn't wait to ask, "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

"It's not difficult, you can rest assured to cross the river tonight, I dare to guarantee that Zhang Handpifu will not send troops to stop even if he finds out, and tomorrow you can rest assured that you will move the camp to the west bank of Jishui." And then....... ”

Listening to the countermeasures of the soldiers surnamed Han, Feng Zhong immediately applauded, and then Feng Zhong gritted his teeth again and said: "Don't worry, after you succeed this time, as long as you are willing, I will definitely recommend you to the general, I am serious this time, and I will never lie to you again." Also, you should think carefully about it yourself, if you are willing to continue to follow me, I will let you lead the troops first, and then promote you as soon as possible, and let you be in charge of the army alone like me in the future. If you feel that you have been wronged under my account, you are willing to follow and talk to me, and I will recommend you to him. ”

After finishing speaking, Feng Zhong also patted the shoulder of the soldier surnamed Han again, and said: "But Brother Han, I still have to say something from the bottom of my heart, with your temper and character, it is really difficult to get ahead when you get under the general's account, and you will definitely offend countless people you can't afford to offend." If you really don't want to help me anymore, go to Young Marshal Xiang's side, my brother has a big belly, is good to people, and can listen to persuasion, it is much easier for you to serve him. ”

The soldier surnamed Han was silent, and he was really a little hesitant in his heart, knowing that with his own identity and status, even if he was recommended by Feng Zhong and appointed by Xiang Liang, it would definitely be difficult to be reused by Xiang Liang. And Xiang Kang's side, now Xiang Kang has not only handed over the military and political power, but also has an Uncle Zhou who can match him by his side......

"Maybe it's a good choice to stay here as well." The soldier surnamed Han even thought so, and said secretly: "At least, Feng Zhong, this puppet, is obedient to me, and what I say is indeed equivalent to what he says." ”

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Adopting the suggestions of the generals and the soldiers surnamed Han, that night, Feng Zhong resolutely sent 5,000 troops to cross Jishui overnight, and launched a comprehensive river crossing early the next morning, bringing all the more than 13,000 troops under his command through Jishui to set up camp, holding the ferry to open the road to Fanyang City for the main force of the Chu army, and immediately began to build camp fortifications, and shouted the slogan of defending the ferry early. As a result, after the news was sent to the Qin army camp by the Qin army scouts, the generals of the Qin army ran to Zhang Han to ask for orders, asking Zhang Han to send his own army to attack and kill Feng Zhong with an unstable foothold.

"What's the hurry?" Zhang Han had a rare smile on his face, which had been gloomy for many days, and said: "It's easy to get Feng Zhong Pifu through Jishui, but it's difficult to lure the main force of Chu thieves through Jishui." Don't bother with Feng Zhong, he likes to cross the river, just let him come over and send him to death. ”

The generals of the Qin army were puzzled and asked the reason one after another, but Zhang Han did not explain, but sent people to closely probe the movements of Feng Zhong's rear and grasp the movements of the main force of the Chu army. As a result, after the generals dispersed, Sima Xin, who knew Zhang Han's intentions, suggested: "General, should we hurry up and let our soldiers go deep into the ditch and build a strong camp, so that after the main force of the Chu thieves arrives, we can also rest assured that we can confront them for a long time." ”

Zhang Han hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Don't be in a hurry, Xiang Liang's traitor is older than the military, and Xiang Kang's traitor beside him is treacherous, if we expose our intention to confront them for a long time in Fan Yang too early, I'm afraid they will see our purpose." It's better to wait for their army to come, and then we will go all out to dig deep and high, and pretend to be forced to fight a decisive battle, so that it is possible to deceive Xiang Liang's old fox. ”

After saying that, Zhang Han also asked Sima Xin to arrange manpower and deliberately spread rumors around Fanyang, saying that the main force of the Qin army was only temporarily resting in Fanyang, and would soon continue to retreat westward, luring the main force of the Chu army to cross Jishui to confront the self-army under Fanyang City at any cost, and at the same time send people to Puyang to urge grain and grass, and transport grain to Fanyang City to hoard, so as to confront the main force of the Chu army for a long time.

The day passed quickly, and in the evening, the Qin army, who went to investigate the movement of the main force of the Chu army, sent a message, saying that the main force of the Chu army was likely to arrive in Zhang County within tomorrow.

"Bell bell!"

"Kill! Kill! ”

Zhang Han's sweet dream was interrupted by the sudden shouting of killing and the sound of the gong alarm sounding one after another, after opening his eyes, listening to the huge noise coming from outside the tent, Zhang Han couldn't help but pinch his thighs heavily, exclaiming: "How is it possible? The night attack that came? Xiang Liang's old puppet thief army has grown wings, can fly so quickly to attack my camp?! ”

After rushing out of the tent barefoot, Zhang Han quickly found that the situation was not right, in the dark night, although the Chu army that rushed into the Qin army camp with torches was like a bamboo, killing the Qin army camp by surprise, but the number of torches was obviously not very large, and at the same time, the rear army of the Chu army that followed the front army into the Qin army camp also did not have many torches, and it definitely did not seem that the main force of the Chu army was attacking. And then, Zhang Han suddenly came to his senses, and suddenly screamed like a pig, "Feng Zhong! It's Feng Zhongpifu! This rural villager, he crossed Jishui not to open the way for Xiang Liang's old thief, but to facilitate the sneak attack on our camp! This madman, with less than 10% of our troops, dared to sneak attack us, I was fooled! I'm too underestimated! ”

It was too late to find out that he had been fooled, he was deceived by Feng Zhong too badly, and the Qin army was not just caught off guard by Feng Zhongjun's sudden sneak attack, but was really unprepared! Even though the elite of Longxi under Zhang Han took the initiative in time to defend the Chinese camp of the Qin army for Zhang Han, and did not give Feng Zhongjun the opportunity to destroy the Qin army's headquarters and burn the Qin army's grain and grass, the outer camp of the Qin army was still disturbed by Feng Zhongjun, countless soldiers were killed, countless military tents and military supplies were burned, and countless Qin soldiers panicked and escaped from the Qin army camp in chaos, and the outer camp almost completely collapsed.

Fortunately, Feng Zhong's troops were weak after all, and his combat effectiveness was a little insufficient, even if the surprise attack was successful, he didn't dare to be too warlike, and he only rushed to the fifth watch and decisively withdrew his troops, and quickly withdrew to the camp on the west bank of Jishui before the Qin army launched a counterattack, and then immediately turned to attack and defended, and defended the camp with all his strength to prevent the Qin army from launching a counterattack. Left the Qin army camp full of devastation, as well as countless burning military tents and camp fortifications, as well as countless frightened Qin soldiers, many Qin soldiers were still dizzy until Feng Zhong's army retreated, I don't know when the main force of the Chu army has descended to the Fanyang battlefield!

"Feng Zhong! Piff! How dare General Ben lose such a big face! Unexpectedly, he suffered a big loss in front of the enemy whose strength was inferior to his own army, and Zhang Han, who was ashamed and angry, almost vomited blood again, and roared hoarsely: "I won't kill you, I swear not to be a man!" Swear not to be a man! ”