After taking advantage of the unpreparedness of everyone to sneak into the city from the city wall, although Wang Zhao immediately sent someone to stop him, but after all, Bao Wen took the lead, and the officials and soldiers under the city did not have time to know what was happening in the city, and failed to help Wang Zhao's people stop Bao Wen in time.

Then, in a desperate situation, Bowen, who had no choice, could only choose to defect to the enemy for his own sake, and fled back to his home first, quickly summoned his subordinates to announce his decision to rebel, and then sent people to contact his own people and let them also bring his servants to help him rebel, while not hesitating to lead his family to set fire to the city, creating chaos and responding to the attack of the young marshal's army.

Although the incident happened suddenly, after receiving the news sent by Bowen, the clansmen who shared Bowen's honor and disgrace still rose up one after another, either taking their servants to the street to find Bowen to rendezvous, or directly setting fire to the chaos, so that the defenders in the city could not go all out to round up Bowen and others. Therefore, Xiang Kang and the soldiers of the young marshal's army were able to see the fire in the city outside the city, and the morale of the defenders in the city was also frustrated, and the morale of the army was seriously affected.

Of course, if there are no outsiders to answer, in the case of almost no preparation in advance, Bowen and his people will not be able to make any big waves even if they have great ability, and sooner or later they will all end up with their hands tied. But there is no way, the young marshal's army has launched an attack on the city at the same time, and the offensive is still quite fierce, worrying that the defenders will be attacked by the enemy, of course, there is no way to concentrate on cleaning up Bowen and his people, plus the fire in the city, the people are chaotic and block the road, so even when the young marshal soldiers rushed to the city, Bowen and others are still in the city and the defenders are still hiding and hiding everywhere, and they also seized the opportunity to set fire to two more houses, adding more chaos to the city.

Then the situation is relatively simple, taking advantage of the confusion of the defenders in the city, the young marshal soldiers who have succeeded in the ant rush to the city wall one after another, and successfully occupy a large area of the city position at the same time, and try to attack the east gate tower, even if they do not succeed, they also contain the enemy around the city tower, and the young marshal soldiers who are crashing under the city take the opportunity to push the crash wood, and successfully crash open the city gate, and the young marshal soldiers outside the city cheer and pour into the city like a tide, completely sounding the death knell of the Qin army.

After the young marshal's army brigade entered the city from the city gate, the Qin army, which was demoralized, was of course not an opponent, and the smart ones quickly put down their weapons and surrendered, and the unsmart fled into the depths of the city, and there were not a few soldiers who really sacrificed their lives to fight. And what's worse is that Wang Zhao and Lu Fa and other major generals who are worried about the Qin army also have no intention of resisting, as soon as the city gate is knocked open, Wang Zhao's most trusted henchman Lu Fa is the first to pull out his feet and flee for his life, Wang Zhao also immediately packed up the jewelry after receiving the news, and led a few fellow villagers to flee to the only one who was not affected by the enemy's worries Ximen, no one stood up to organize the Qin soldiers to fight to the death, and the Qin army was leaderless, of course, it was not the opponent of the young marshal army.

In such a situation, if the young marshal army can no longer take the city in one fell swoop, it is simply that even the four words of the rabble have to be insulted, the first to lead the brigade into the city of the young marshal army general Chao Zhi is familiar with the road, with the army first went straight to the official temple, easily took the official temple, and immediately divided the troops to take the granary, the county treasury and the stable and other important places in the city, and then waited for Xiang Zhuang to take the second brigade of the young marshal army into the city, Chao Zhidu had already personally led people back to his own house, Chopped off the wife who dared to put some kind of hat on herself with a knife.

At the same time, seeing that the situation was not good, the defenders of the south gate of the young marshal's army, who were attacked by the division of the young marshal's army, took the initiative to open the city gate, laid down their weapons and surrendered to the young marshal's division, and Xiang Sheng personally led the army into the city. When the defenders of Ximen saw Wang Zhao open the door and flee, they dispersed in a hurry, and fled cleanly in the blink of an eye. The Qin army reserves in the city also quickly collapsed, the soldiers either directly laid down their weapons and surrendered, or fled directly to their homes to hide, only a small number of Qin soldiers outside the city escaped from the west gate out of the city, and the official battle was less than four hours before the young marshal army successfully took the whole city.

The first thing after entering the city is to organize people to extinguish the embers in the city and control the four gates, and the second thing is to post a list to appease the people, and at the same time strictly order the army to prohibit disturbing the people, strengthen the protection of the county temple, granary and county treasury and other important places in the city, in addition, focus on protecting all kinds of archives and documents in the county temple, so as to facilitate future governance and take over the whole city in an orderly manner.

In the end, it was still in the evening, the order in the city was initially restored to stability, Xiang Kang also lived in the Jinxian Temple, and counted the harvest losses of the siege battle, and the results of the preliminary statistics of course made Xiang Kang smile crookedly, the young marshal's army had only killed less than 100 people in total, and it actually captured more than 600 Qin army prisoners, captured the almost intact granary county treasury, as well as more than 100 war horses, and a large number of weapons and baggage.

This is not over, there are still things that surprise Xiang Kang, he adopted the suggestion of the general Bao Wen, and after sending someone to raid Wang Zhao's residence on the same day, the young marshal soldiers actually seized more than 10,000 gold and a lot of satin cloth from Wang Zhao's home. And after the news was reported in front of Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang, who was worried about the lack of military resources, suddenly smiled and crooked his mouth, and scolded: "Dog officer! Sure enough, it's a dog officer! Unexpectedly, he is greedy for so many people's fat and people's ointment, this young marshal is doing the right thing for heaven today, and he must eat your stolen goods ...... black, oh no, he must return your stolen goods to the worried fathers and villagers! ”

"Wang Zhao, this dog thief, how is he greedy?" Zhou Zeng, who had also served as a county magistrate for the Great Qin Imperial Court, was also a little dumbfounded, and said in surprise: "I was no longer a too clear official before, and the money and food of the population I was worried about have always been inferior to the prime minister, but all my family property is less than one percent of this Wang Zhao, what means did this dog thief use to accumulate so much money in worry." ”

"It's not surprising that the poorer the magistrate, the richer he becomes." Xiang Kang, who was also not a good bird before the crossing, of course did not make as much fuss as Zhou Zeng, but said with some regret: "It's a pity that I didn't catch Wang Zhao's dog thief, otherwise he would be escorted to the city and beheaded in public, but it can give the people of Qianshou a bad breath." ”

"He can't run!" Zhou Zeng snorted coldly and said: "If the county order loses the county seat, the lightest is to behead the crime, even if the surname Wang can escape to other tyrannical Qin cities, it is still a dead end!" Not to mention that the county royal history of Surabaya County is just his distant relative, even if it is his own father, he can't protect him this time! ”

Xiang Kang smiled, and was about to say something to Zhou Zeng again, but he didn't expect that a personal soldier came in outside the door, knelt down on one knee to Xiang Kang, hugged his fists and said: "Young Marshal Qiqi, our army scout has taken a man outside the city, that person claims to be a confidant of Cheng Yanqi in Yuxian County, and there is a confidential letter that he wants to present to the young marshal. ”

"Confidential letters?" Xiang Kang, whose ear muscles had already degenerated, suddenly pricked up his ears, and shouted without thinking about it: "Quick, invite someone to come up, so that he can talk to him, and don't be frightened!" ”

The soldiers took the order and left, but Zhou Zeng next to him was confused, and said: "The county of Yu County is strictly armed? What did he do when he sent someone to contact us? ”

"Uncle Ya, why are you smart and confused?" Xiang Kang said with a smile: "At this time, the county magistrate of Yu County sent someone to deliver the letter, of course, there are only two reasons, one is to see that the situation is not good and is ready to surrender, and the other is to pretend to want to surrender and want to use the deception to play some tricks. ”

"But it's unlikely that the weapon will surrender to us." Zhou Zeng's words were shocking, and said: "I know his situation, anyone in the county town is likely to surrender to us, but this strict weapon is the most unlikely to surrender to us?" ”

"Why?" Xiang Kang hurriedly asked.

"Because this Yan weapon is the descendant of King Qin." Zhou Zeng said in a deep voice: "I once heard Gu Bi, the county commander of Yu County, say that the father of this Yan Yan's tall father (great-grandfather) is the famous son of Qin State, the youngest son of Qin Xiaogong, whose surname is Win, and the three generations of Zunguli have changed their surnames, first with the fief Lili as the surname, changed the surname to Li, and later received the title of Yan Jun, and his descendants took his fief as the surname and changed the surname to Yan. Yan Qi is a descendant of the disease, and his body is the blood of the Ying family, and he is also the same generation as the current Emperor Hu Hai of the Tyrannical Qin in terms of generation, and he is the distant cousin of the first emperor, how can such a person take the initiative to ask us to surrender? ”

Xiang Kang opened his mouth and stammered, he never expected that Cheng Yanji, who took the initiative to send a book to contact him, would have such a big background, and he couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Could it be that you are here to deceive and use a plan?" But it's not right, even if there is no Uncle Ya you say, I can find out as long as I spend a little effort, he should know this very well, how dare he send someone to deceive him? ”

Zhou Zeng shook his head and said that he didn't know, at this time, Yan Yan's henchmen and family had also been invited to the hall by the soldiers, Xiang Kang hurriedly put Yan Yan's identity and background aside for the time being, and asked about the meaning of Yan Yan's family, but Yan Yan's family really took out a letter and said respectfully: "Young marshal, this is a handwritten letter from the villain's family owner, he knows that there is no way to storm Qin, and the destruction is on the verge of destruction. Surrender to the young marshal, and ask the young marshal to accept it. ”

"I'm really here to ask for surrender." Xiang Kang was a little dumbfounded to take the letter, and when he opened it to read it carefully, he saw that Yan Qi, the distant cousin of Qin Shi Huang, was really asking to surrender to him in the letter, saying that he was also very dissatisfied with the brutal rule of Qin II, knowing that Qin II's perverse actions would inevitably lead to the fall of the Qin Dynasty, and he was unwilling to go against the sky, and was determined to surrender to himself to sacrifice the city, but Yan Jian was worried that his subordinates would not accept it, so he wanted to get in touch with Xiang Kang first, agree on a contact signal, and quietly open the city gate when the young marshal's soldiers were in the city of Yu County, and receive the young marshal's army to take Yu County. At the end of the letter, it was Yan Yan's autograph, and it was also stamped with the seal of the county of Yuxian.

After carefully reading this letter, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a fraudulent letter, Xiang Kang is inevitably even more suspicious in his heart, so he simply asked Yan Yan's family directly: "Your servant, if the news that this young marshal knows is correct, your family master Yan Jian Yan County Cheng should be the descendant of Qin Xiaogong, right?" As a descendant of the King of Qin, how could he be determined to surrender to Young Marshal Ben? ”

"What the young marshal said is extremely true, the villain's family head is indeed the descendant of Queen Qin." Yan Qi's family also confessed, readily admitted Yan Yan's identity and background, and said: "But as early as when the villain's family owner's father was too tall, the ancestors of the villain's family owner had already separated from the Ying family, and then gradually broke off contact, so the villain's family owner has long not regarded himself as the descendant of the Ying family, and he is not willing to be martyred for the tyrannical Qin II Hu Hai, so he decided to surrender to the young marshal." ”

After that, Yan Yan's family took the initiative to kneel down on their knees again, kowtowed again and again, and said: "Young marshal, the villain's family master really wants to surrender the city, and he doesn't want to be that county magistrate for a long time." If the young marshal doesn't believe it, you can send someone to inquire a little to know what kind of situation the villain's family owner is in the county town, what kind of wretched spirit he has suffered over the years, and the villain's family owner is determined to surrender, half because he doesn't want to give the tyrant Hu Hai a funeral, and the other half is really not wanting to live the previous days. ”

Blinking his eyes, Xiang Kang asked again, "What?" Your head of the family, is not having a good time in the county town? ”

"Young Marshal Mingjian, the head of the villain's family, isn't it just that he is not having a good time in the county town?" Yan Yan's family smiled bitterly and said: "Gu Bi, the county commander of the county who has been killed by the young marshal army, is domineering, and has always been at odds with the villain's family owner, in order to suppress the villain's family owner, he deliberately reused the left and right lieutenants of the Yan County, Hao Ce and Hao Ba brothers, and forcibly replaced the prison Peng of the Yan County with his people, so that the villain's family owner is often unable to go out, and it is like a decoration, the villain's family owner is unhappy, I don't know how many disputes have occurred with Gu Bi and his group, but because of the weak strength, every time it ended in failure. That's why the villain's head of the family made up his mind and wanted to invite the young marshal to join the county and help him get rid of his shame. ”

"After Gu Bi died, the situation of your family master is still the same?" Xiang Kang asked suspiciously.

"Same." Yan Yan's family nodded, and said: "Hao Ce and Hao Ba brothers were born in a big family in Yu County, with a deep background, and the villain's family master is difficult to suppress the head snake, even after Gu Bi's death, the power of Yu County is actually in the hands of Hao Ba, the right lieutenant of Yu County, so the villain's family owner will be worried that if he proposes to surrender, I am afraid that Hao Ba and others will not accept it, so he sent the villain to contact the young marshal and make an appointment to make an appointment." ”

After thinking about the letter suspiciously for a while, of course Xiang Kang did not immediately give Yan Yan's family a positive answer, but only asked him to go down to rest first, and ordered his own soldiers to entertain him. And when Yan Qi's family left, Xiang Kang immediately turned his gaze to Zhou Zeng, Zhou Zeng understood, and replied: "Young marshal, I have heard about Yan Machinery being set up by Gu Bi in Yuxian County, but I don't know if it is so serious. However, this matter is not difficult, we only need to send someone to inquire carefully, and then ask the officials and soldiers of the county who surrendered to us before, and we should know the details. ”

"Okay, Uncle Ya, you can do this as soon as possible, we still have some time." Xiang Kang nodded, pinched his knuckles and said, "If this Yan Qi is really ready to surrender, then it would be great, and when I fight in the county next, I don't need to worry so much." ”

"But what if it's a swindle?" Zhou Zeng asked curiously.

"We must also talk about strength when using deception." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "The main force of the violent Qin army in Yuxian County has been destroyed, in a hurry, no matter how desperate the gang is, it is impossible to form an army that threatens us as before, and they do not have enough strength to play tricks and surrender, and they are destined to only play with fire and self-immolation, and bring about their own destruction." ”

said it beautifully, but Xiang Kang didn't dare to be negligent in his heart, because Xiang Kang knew very well that after the main army of Yu County was broken by the army, many Qin soldiers chose to flee back to their hometowns, and these people were likely to rejoin the Qin army in Yu County and appear on the battlefield of defending the city again. At the same time, the young marshal's army is still a rabble in its bones, and if he accidentally eats a defeat, it is very likely that there will be a situation where the defeat cannot be cleaned up, and it is by no means impossible to beat himself back to the pre-liberation period in a battle. Therefore, Xiang Kang also secretly made up his mind, and made up his mind not to believe in Yan Qi's initiative to surrender, nor to take risks on the battlefield!

Time is precious, and in the case that the county must have been desperately preparing for war, one more day of delay, the attack on the county is destined to be more difficult, so Xiang Kang did not dare to stay in the city for a long time, and hurriedly collected the surrendered soldiers and recruited some new recruits to supplement, Xiang Kang decided to leave Xiang Sheng to lead a team of five hundred people to guard the county, and supplemented by Chao Zhi, who is good at training, so that Xiang Sheng and Chao Zhi continued to recruit and expand the army, so that he could free up his hands to lead the main force south to attack the county. At the same time, in order to prevent accidents, Xiang Kang deliberately took away Bao Wen, the right lieutenant who voluntarily surrendered, to prevent him from using his family power to cause chaos, and left Duan Zixing to help Xiang Sheng act as civil affairs.

At the same time, after inquiring through various channels and carefully inquiring about the Qin army of Yu County, who had been captured and surrendered before, Xiang Kang also confirmed that Yan Jian had indeed been completely ejected in the officialdom of Yu County. In addition, Xiang Kang also learned the news from the mouth of the Yan Gang family, saying that it was Hao Ba, the right lieutenant of Yu County, who was injured by his cousin Hao Ce, who was killed by the young marshal's army, and vowed to avenge Hao Ce with his own hands, and forced Yan Bing, who was like a puppet, to agree to his large-scale expansion of the army, to be responsible for the city defense affairs of Yu County, and had raised an army of about 1,000 people.

After combining these information, Xiang Kang inevitably had some expectations for Yan Ji's initiative, and felt that it was not strange for Yan Ji to have the idea of surrendering under such circumstances, and finally made up his mind to release Yan Ji's family members who had been under house arrest before, and asked him to return to Yan County with a letter written by himself to contact Yan Ji first, telling Yan Ji that he had decided to accept his reply to surrender, so that Yan Ji could prepare as soon as possible and help him take the city of Yu County in one fell swoop.

Even so, Zhou Zeng, who had already been tied up more and more on Xiang Kang's thief ship, was still worried, and couldn't help but remind Xiang Kang again: "Young marshal, prudence is the supreme thing, although that strict weapon seems to be a sincere surrender to us, and the motive for surrender can also be understood, but after all, he is a descendant of the Ying family, and he has the blood of the tyrannical Qin royal family in his body, for such a person, we had better be careful." ”

"Uncle Ya, don't worry, I'll be careful." Xiang Kang nodded, and said, "But you can't beat Yan Jian to death just because he is the descendant of the Queen of Qin." After all, Wang Qian, who broke through the Chu State, is a descendant of King Zhou Ling, and his deputy Meng Tian Zushang is also a Qi person, and legend has it that even Bai Qi is also a descendant of our Chu royal family. When the building is about to collapse, many people don't care about the blood flowing in their bodies. ”

Having said that, however, the change in the battle situation greatly surprised Xiang Kang's expectations, and he led the army all the way south with hope, and when he came to the vicinity of Su County, which was located in the southeast of Yu County, he didn't have time to see the appearance of the city of Yu County from a distance, and the young marshal army scout in front of the sentry scout rushed back to Xiang Kang's front with flying horses, bringing Xiang Kang an astonishing news - about ten miles south of Yu County, suddenly a Qin army with a number of about 1,000 people suddenly came, and it was rapidly advancing towards Yu County!

"The Tyrannical Qin army from there?" Xiang Kang was taken aback.

The scout shook his head and replied that before he could find out the identity of the enemy, Zhou Zeng next to him quickly said, "Xu County! Nine times out of ten, it is the tyrannical Qin army of Xu County! The only one on the side of Yu County who can skip the Surabaya County Guard and ask for help directly is the Tyrannical Qin army in Xu County! ”

"Oops!" Xiang Kang complained bitterly, and said in his heart: "It's troublesome, I only have more than 2,000 troops in my hands, there are 1,000 enemies in the city of Xuxian, and there are another 1,000 enemies in Xu County, the strength is about the same as mine, and the enemy still has the advantage of the land, so this battle is difficult to fight." ”