After being forcibly put on the position of the political vase of the master of Chu by Xiang Kang, Xiang Bo, who was already bad-tempered, of course became an angry man of the Xiang family, no matter who he looked at, he didn't like anyone, and no matter who he looked at, he felt that he was angry, and that night he scolded his two sons Xiang You and Xiang Sui for a bloody head; The next morning, Xiang Sheng just said a few meat jokes in the county temple to Chao Zhi, who was guarding the city with his partner, and was immediately counted by Xiang Bo for a long time; In the afternoon, Zhang Liang took Xiang Bo to visit the main camp of the young marshal army, and because he saw that the training method of the young marshal army was not pleasing to the eye, he reprimanded Xiang Han, who was supervising the training of the soldiers.

Even Xiang Zhuang, who pays the most attention to brotherhood among the children of the Xiang family, and the well-known good baby Xiang It, did not escape the clutches of Xiang Bo, and Xiang Zhuang, the first general among the children of the Xiang family, was immediately sneered at by Xiang Bo because of his lack of proper and respectful etiquette when he saluted Xiang Bo, forcing Xiang Zhuang to kneel on the spot to apologize. Xiang It was because of his loyalty to his duty that he tried to stop Xiang Bo from looking at the bamboo slips in the big tent of the young marshal's army at will, and was so angry that Xiang Bo yelled in cringe, and he didn't even dare to take a breath, and he just kowtowed to Xiang Bo again and again to apologize.

Don't think it's an exaggeration, if Uncle Xiang is really the material to be the boss, then after Xiang Liang unfortunately died in battle in history, it should be his uncle who took the Xiang family to kill Song Yiqiang to grab military power, and took the children of Jiangdong to break the cauldron and break the boat. Xiang Yu, who can be overwhelmed by his low political ability, has no record of commanding troops alone, and only dares to hide behind his back and engage in some conspiracies and tricks to trap his own family from beginning to end, Xiang Bo's ability to command the army can of course be imagined.

Of course, Xiang Kang's actions were soon known to Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang never intended to stop the persuasion, the first reason is that Xiang Kang's seniority is placed here, and it is not only inconvenient to reprimand and warn the elders as a junior, but also easy to fall into the infamy of unfilial piety. The second is that Xiang Kang still wants Xiang Bo to do this, knowing that the more Xiang Bo behaves and messes with the elders, the less likely it is for the children of the Xiang family to follow him. So of course Xiang Kang chose to pretend to be a fool, as long as Xiang Bo did not affect the morale of the army and the army's preparation for war, Xiang Kang would do whatever he wanted, and he was happy to see Xiang Bo himself desperately ruining his poor prestige.

As a result, things were just as Xiang Kang expected, in less than two days, the children of the Xiang family were already a little unbearable, including Xiang Bo's own son Xiang Sui, they all ran to Xiang Kang to complain, and begged Xiang Kang to come forward to restrain Uncle Xiang, the troublesome uncle, and ask him to be less tempered and use himself less as a punching bag. Xiang Kang was kind of persuasion, and comforted these wronged Xiang family children with wine behind Xiang Bo's back, while persuading them not to forget the identity of their juniors and the nurturing grace of their elders, and to endure Xiang Bo if they could, and let them go, while taking the opportunity to envelop the children of the Xiang family, and also received the ideal effect, so that almost every Xiang family child felt that Xiang Kang was still easy to get along with and talk, and Xiang Bo was an obese resentful woman who was in menopause due to irregular menstruation.

On the morning of the third day after the banquet, Xiang Bo once again took Zhang Liang, who had never taken the initiative to ask for Xiang Kang, who was willing to work for Xiang Kang, to the main camp of the young marshal's army, and unceremoniously took Zhang Liang directly into Xiang Kang's Chinese army tent, and launched a fire on Xiang Kang, who was discussing with Zhou Zeng, and said: "Kang'er, Zhao Zhuang, the county guard of Surabaya County, who is tyrannical Qin, has been in Qi County for several days, why hasn't there been a military intelligence report on him?" Did you forget to know that you were victorious and didn't send someone to spy on him? Or are your subordinates all eating dry rice, and there has been no news yet? ”

Sighing quietly, Xiang Kang could only introduce the news he had received the day before yesterday, and said with a smile: "Uncle blames that the little nephew is also about to send someone to the city to invite you to discuss, and the detailed news I just received, after Zhao Zhuang's puppet conquered Qi County, he quickly moved to Fuli to recuperate, and he was still desperately preparing for war there, if nothing else, he should soon return to send troops to take care of it." ”

"May I ask the young marshal, how many troops does Zhao Zhuang have?" Zhang Liang hurriedly asked.

"There are five flags of two or five hundred lords (thousand generals), about three hundred chariots, and about seven or eight hundred horses." Xiang Kang replied casually: "The specific situation of the troops, because we don't know whether Zhao Zhuang was fully equipped when he led the army, and the loss of his soldiers when he attacked Xuan County and Qi County, we can't be sure, but I estimate that it is at least about four thousand and a half." In addition, in order to prevent us from advancing westward, Fuli's Tyrannical Qin army did not participate in the battle against Xuanxian and Qi County, so if Zhao Zhuang recruited Fuli's Tyrannical Qin army to participate in the war, he should be able to dispatch more than 5,000 troops to attack us. ”

"Then dare to ask the young marshal, how many troops can you gather to meet the battle now?" Zhang Liang hurriedly asked again: "Also, have you found any signs that Zhao Zhuang contacted the tyrannical Qin army of Donghai County to join forces to attack you?" ”

"Uncle Han forgives his sins." Xiang Kang was still wary of Zhang Liang, who was known as Han Liang, and said: "These are all about military aircraft, and it doesn't seem to be a question you should ask." ”

"What your Uncle Han asked, I asked!" Xiang Bo seized the opportunity to vent again, and immediately roared: "Since you respect me as the master of the Chu State, then I, the master of the Chu State, have the right to participate in the military aircraft, and I am even more qualified to know the specific situation of our Chu State army." If you don't want to say it, then I, the master of Chu State, don't want to be either, so I'll pay you back now. ”

"Uncle forgiveness, the little nephew doesn't know that you asked Uncle Han to ask." Xiang Kang apologized helplessly, and then said: "Except for the garrison army that must be left behind, the army I can currently use to participate in the battle can only be more than 5,000 at most, and it is difficult to exceed the number of 5,005, and there are 200 chariots and about 600 war horses. ”

"Fortunately, the difference in strength is not big, as long as the tyrannical Qin army in Donghai County does not come to make trouble, this battle will have to be fought." Zhang Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked, "What about Donghai County?" Are there any signs of troops? ”

"Not yet." Xiang Kang replied truthfully, and said: "But we must not rule out the participation of the tyrannical Qin army of Donghai County in the war now, because of the news we have found before, the tyrannical Qin army guard of Donghai County has already begun to gather county soldiers more than half a month ago, and it is possible that they may suddenly go south at any time and stab us in the back." ”

Zhang Liang was silent, and only said after a while: "Young Marshal, with all due respect, if Zhao Zhuang raises troops to the east, the tyrannical Qin army in Donghai County will never stand idly by, whether it is for the tyrannical Qin court or for themselves, and you will have to fight on two fronts this time." ”

"Do you still need to guide this?" Xiang Kang once again scolded Zhang Liang in his heart, and then said: "I have already prepared for the expected things. ”

"Then how does the young marshal plan to face the battle?" Zhang Liang asked again.

"I haven't made up my mind yet." Xiang Kang replied casually, smiled slightly, and said: "There is no need to rush to make up your mind now, after all, we are not sure whether the tyrannical Qin army of Donghai County will participate in the war, and of course, we don't need to rush to consider dividing our troops to meet the battle." Maybe Zhao Zhuang's puppet was careless and underestimated the enemy, and without waiting for the violent Qin army in Donghai County to make a move, he brought the rabble under his command to death in advance, which is also something that no one can say. ”

"Don't think that the Tyrannical Qin army is all stupid and stupid!" Xiang Bo jumped like thunder and roared: "Could the Tyrannical Qin army be so stupid that they don't even send a single detail, and if they don't find out your truth and truth, they will directly bring the army over to send them to death?" Knowing that your strength is about the same as his, how could Zhao Zhuang's horseman directly lead his troops over to fight an uncertain battle? How could he not ask for help from the tyrannical Qin army in the East China Sea? ”

Xiang Kang was helpless, so he had to honestly admit that his nonsense just now was just a few jokes, making a joke to liven up the atmosphere, Xiang Bo was unforgiving, and brought out the ancients who had no jokes in the army to scold and teach a lesson, and shouted at Xiang Kang so that he was dizzy and his eyes were full of gold stars, and he had to ask for guilt again and again, and said a few baskets of good things, and finally calmed Xiang Bo temporarily, and then Xiang Kang quickly changed the topic and asked: "Uncle, I don't know what you think about this matter." ”

"It's not like I'm waiting for me to think about it." Xiang Bo roared arrogantly and said, "I just learned about the situation between you and Zhao Zhuang's army, and I can't confirm whether the tyrannical Qin army in Donghai County will participate in the war, how can I come up with an idea for a while?" ”

"Then please ask my uncle to work harder, and help my little nephew come up with a way to deal with the enemy." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "The little nephew is really under too much pressure this time, and I ask my uncle to help the little nephew come up with more ideas, and help the little nephew come up with a clever plan to break the enemy earlier." ”

There was another fire, and he put on the shelf of the elder uncle, and Uncle Xiang, who was hoarse, took Zhang Liang and left. But don't say it, firstly, because the young marshal army is actually the private army of the Xiang family, and Xiang Bo does not want to see the young marshal's army annihilated, and secondly, because Xiang Bo urgently needs to show off and establish his prestige, so that he can grasp the military power in the future, after leaving the camp of the young marshal army, Xiang Bo still asked Zhang Liang for advice: "Zifang, you have studied the "Taigong Art of War", how to fight this battle, what are your ideas?" ”

"If you can't keep it, you can't keep it, but if you keep it, you will wait for death." Zhang Liang replied: "Although the young marshal army currently has a city to defend, there is no soldier who must be saved, and even if it can hold the city passively, it will be consumed alive by the tyrannical Qin army sooner or later." Dividing troops to meet the battle is even more self-defeating, uncle, the forces in the hands of your nephew are not superior, if you divide the troops to fight again, it will only give the enemy a chance to concentrate local superior forces to defeat calmly, and the loss will only be worse. ”

"Then there is no way?" Xiang Bo asked worriedly.

"There is only one way, strike first and break each one." Zhang Liang replied: "Break through one enemy first, and then turn around and concentrate on the other enemy." ”

"Preemptively, each defeated?" It took a lot of effort for Xiang Bo to figure out Zhang Liang's tactical intentions, and then hurriedly asked, "Then how to do it?" ”

"I haven't figured out exactly how to do that." Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "I don't know anything about the situation of the enemy in Surabaya, especially I don't know Zhao Zhuang's character and temper, I can't target his weaknesses, I don't know if he has a chance here, of course, I don't know whether I should attack him first, and then turn around to deal with the violent Qin army in Donghai County, or deal with the enemy in Donghai County first, and then turn around and clean him up." So I have to go back to the city to gather some information about Zhao Zhuang first, and then I can come up with a solution. ”

"What are you doing then? Hurry back to the city. Xiang Bo urged, and couldn't wait to say: "Ofan, there is something I ask you, preemptively break this strategy, don't be in a hurry to tell others first, let me guide Xiang Kang's little brute." ”

After returning to the city, Zhang Liang immediately found some officials who had dealt with the Surabaya County Guard's mansion with the help of Xiang Bo, and inquired about the character and temper of the enemy commander, and soon found that Zhao Zhuang was a bit stubborn and self-serving, and did not like to listen to the good words and persuasion of others; is greedy, the official reputation is not very good, and the work is only superficially steady, and many small things in ordinary times are not described in detail, just say that after Qi County and Hao County were lost successively, although Zhao Zhuang waited until the county soldiers in the north of Surabaya County were sure to send out the troops, but when he launched the siege, he only blindly attacked and struck, lacking strategy and obviously revealing eagerness; In addition to the slaughter of Chen Sheng's soldiers in Qi County, all the prisoners of war captured in Hao County were buried alive, and the methods were quite cruel.

In view of these character traits of Zhao Zhuang, the resourceful Zhang Liang of course quickly had an idea, and said to Uncle Xiang: "Uncle, Zhao Zhuang's personality and temper have many weaknesses to exploit, you can attack him first, and then turn around and deal with the tyrannical Qin army in Donghai County." I think you might as well ask your nephew to take advantage of Zhao Zhuang's character weaknesses such as greed and lack of stability, and deliberately show weakness to the enemy, so that Zhao Zhuang feels that he has a chance, even if he can kill your nephew without the help of the tyrannical Qin army in Donghai County, then he will definitely rush to the army and immediately bring the army to deal with it, and then your nephew's army will be at ease, and the chances of victory will be much greater. ”

"Clever plan." Xiang Bo praised without thinking about it, and then hurriedly asked, "Ovary, what should be done exactly?" ”

Zhang Liang smiled and whispered in Xiang Bo's ear, but the more Xiang Bo listened, the more he was overjoyed, and then he couldn't wait to pull Zhang Liang up and said, "Let's go, go see Xiang Kang's little vertical right away!" The old man wants to show him what a real trick is! ”

"It's already dark." Zhang Liang smiled and pointed to the sky outside, and said, "Tomorrow, we'll go again tomorrow morning." ”

Looking at the night sky outside that was already full of stars, Xiang Bo had no choice but to give up, but the next day was just dawn, Xiang Bo didn't even eat, and immediately pulled Zhang Liang, who was eating, out of the city to see Xiang Kang, Zhang Liang had no choice but to go out of the city together under the pull of Xiang Bo, and hurriedly came to the camp where the main force of the young marshal army was located outside the city, helping Xiang Bo show his prestige and teach his nephew.

After Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang entered the Chinese army's big tent, Xiang Kang, who received the news, had no choice but to obediently pull Zhou Zeng over to salute Xiang Bo, but Xiang Bo temporarily changed his mind and instructed Xiang Kang: "Kang'er, call all the Xiang family children in our army, I have something to tell you." ”

"Uncle, what is so important? You want to call all the brothers? Xiang Kang was vigilant and subconsciously thought of all kinds of mutinies and coups in history. But fortunately, when Xiang Kang hurriedly and quietly observed the surrounding situation, he found that all the soldiers in the tent were following his own soldiers when he raised troops from Shiling Pavilion, and there were no outsiders except for the weak Zhang Liang, which did not look like Xiang Bo was preparing to seize military power by force.

"Don't ask, you'll know then." Xiang Bo replied rudely, and he couldn't wait to imagine that after he told the strategy of breaking the enemy, the children of the Xiang family looked at him with all kinds of admiration and convincing eyes.

couldn't resist Xiang Bo, the third uncle who was both incompetent and stinky, Xiang Kang had no choice but to send someone to inform Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han and others, telling them to come to the Chinese army's tent to gather quickly. Then after a while, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and Xiang You, who received the news, arrived one after another, and after seeing Xiang Bo present, they had no choice but to curtsy Xiang Bo, and waited for Xiang Kang to speak suspiciously.

To the surprise of the children of the Xiang family, after the children of the Xiang family arrived, the first person to speak was Xiang Bo, who was sitting in the chief of the right column, and asked Xiang Kang slowly: "Kang'er, at present, the violent Qin army in Surabaya County is only a hundred miles away, and the violent Qin army in Donghai County is also gathering troops and horses, and may go south from Tancheng at any time and stab us in the back, as the commander of the whole army, how to deal with it, why haven't you come up with a strategy yet?" ”

"Why do you ask the teacher as soon as you come up? Do you really want to force the palace and force me to hand over the military power to him under the pretext that I am incompetent in commanding the army? ”

In fact, Xiang Kang, who is quite greedy for life and afraid of death, became more and more vigilant in his heart, and became more suspicious of Xiang Bo's intentions, and first looked around at the Xiang family children present, until he confirmed that Xiang You, including the most unreliable Xiang You, looked puzzled, not as if he was always ready to help Xiang Bo force the palace, Xiang Kang was a little relieved. However, in front of the children of the Xiang family, Xiang Kang couldn't blindly back down and fall into his majesty, and soon smiled and said: "How to deal with the current situation, of course the little nephew has an idea, but it is a confidential matter and it is inconvenient to make it public." ”

"Oh, you already have an idea? Tell me, what kind of idea do you have? Uncle Xiang asked arrogantly, and said with a sneer: "Those present now are either our Xiang family's children, your cronies, and the old man's close friends, who will not leak your military aircraft, can you talk about it?" ”

Glancing at Xiang Bo with a face full of yin and yang in even more surprise, Xiang Kang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you say it, how to deal with the current situation, generally speaking, it is eight words, preemptively, and each one is broken." ”

Xiang Bo was stunned, Zhang Liang was even more stunned, and after being surprised, Zhang Liang hurriedly asked, "Young marshal, can you tell me in more detail?" ”

"It doesn't need to be too detailed, it can be explained in a few sentences." Xiang Kang didn't think about it and said: "If the tyrannical Qin army of Surabaya County and Donghai County join forces to defend it, we have no reinforcements to count on, and we just wait for death to passively hope." Dividing troops to meet the battle is even more death-seeking, our troops are not advantageous in the first place, and after dividing the troops, they are even weaker, and they are destined to only meet the attack on two ways and defeat on both sides. So we have only one way, which is to strike first, break each one, concentrate our forces to take out one enemy first, and then turn around and take out the other enemy. ”

Xiang Bo's mouth was almost dislocated, and Zhang Liang looked Xiang Kang up and down again as if he didn't know him, and then asked, "Young marshal, what are you going to do?" ”

Xiang Kang refused to answer, and after Xiang Bo came back to his senses, he opened his mouth and roared: "Say, what are you going to do?" I am the master of the state of Chu and have the right to participate in the military aircraft, tell me what exactly you plan to do? ”

Xiang Kang was angry in his heart, but in front of the children of the Xiang family, Xiang Kang was inconvenient, so he could only bow to Zhou Zeng next to him, Zhou Zeng understood, and immediately stood up and said: "Master don't worry, as early as two days ago, the young marshal had already asked Zai Xia to write a letter of fraudulent surrender to Zhao Zhuang Pifu, declaring that I intended to surrender to the violent Qin army to atone for my crimes, and took the initiative to ask Zhao Zhuang to take charge of the internal responsibility to help him win, and lure Zhao Zhuang Pifu to immediately raise troops to fight for concerns, so as to win the opportunity for our army to defeat the enemy." ”

Xiang Bo's mouth opened to the limit again, and Zhang Liang was lost and muttered, "Two days ago? Two days ago, you already started to set up a plan to lure the enemy? ”