"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son!

How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son!

How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son! ”

The generous voice handed down from the pre-Qin era echoed in the cold wind repeatedly, and in the rhythmic beating of war drums, on the snow-capped land of Chen County, the Qin army team holding high the large and small military flags was lined up, maintaining an unusually strict formation, slowly pulling out to the city of Chenxian County, slowly like a forest, and calmly adjusting in the march, and gradually forming a mixed army formation of the Great Qin army that had been tempered for hundreds of years. The mixed army formation of the Qin army also appeared intact in front of Zhang Chujun in Chen County.

Zhang He, the general of Zhang Chu who commanded the defenders of Chen County, Chen Sheng, the king of Zhang Chu who came to the front line to supervise the battle and boost morale, and the soldiers of the Zhang Chu army who participated in this battle, it is not that they have never seen the mixed army formation of the Qin army, but they have never seen such a huge and terrifying Qin army battle formation, which is strictly organized to the extreme, but it contains dazzling changes in the neatness.

In fact, Zhang Han, who had a total of 280,000 troops, did not exert all his strength this time, but only used 150,000 troops to participate in the decisive battle of Chenxian County.

The phalanx is like iron, the first three columns are all crossbowmen, the crossbowmen are followed by a mixed queue of chariots and infantry, the infantry is either in armor, or lightly armed, each with different weapons to undertake different tasks, each wing has a column of crossbowmen, arranged outwards as wings, and the rear team also has crossbowmen to the back, preventing the enemy from attacking from behind, both offensive and defensive, and the water is not leaking.

The curved formation is complex, composed of crossbow formation, cavalry formation, mixed formation and chariot formation, each performing its own duties, with reasonable and not chaotic at all, changing freely, the cleverly placed cavalry queue is open and clawed, and can maneuver at any time to attack, charging into the enemy's weak point. The soldiers of the Qin army in the phalanx are already well equipped, but the soldiers of the Qin army in the curved array are even better equipped, obviously the elite of the Qin army, the blade in Zhang Han's hand.

The overall attack power of the Chinese side is the strongest, the whole army stands in the face of the enemy, the crossbowmen are in the front, the light and heavy infantry are in the rear, the defense can be ten thousand crossbows in unison, the enemy will shoot in the future, and when ordered to attack, it can slowly move forward, just like Mount Tai pressing the top, and strongly crush the enemy on the opposite side.

The latter two formations are also in order, the rear right bend formation is the main attack, responsible for supporting the front army to fight, the rear left phalanx is the main defense, Zhang Han's command is arranged on the high ground behind the rear left phalanx, the chariot curtain, the guard of honor is distinct, the drums are complete, the guards are strict, and there are herald knights in and out, the golden drum banner changes in an orderly manner, just like the behind-the-scenes front line in the lantern and shadow play, commanding the armies and their formations to advance and retreat, like a shadow.

If Xiang Kang and the young marshal's army encountered such a battle, even if Zhang Han's troops were only half of the current ones, Xiang Kang would definitely have to be frightened immediately, and then flee quickly. Zhang He, the general of Zhang Chu who was ordered to lead Zhang Chu's army to start this decisive battle, also wanted to do this, but there was no way, according to Chen Sheng's requirements, the army had been pulled out, and at the same time, Chen Sheng was still personally supervising the battle in the back, and now he was retreating, even if he was not hacked to death by the pursuers of the Qin army, he would definitely have to be Chen Sheng after he went back, so Zhang He had no choice but to draw his sword in his hand, point his sword at the battle formation of the Qin army, and shout hoarsely: "Drum!" Offensive! Destroy the tyrannical Qin! ”

Just as Zhang He did not have any choice, there was no doubt about the outcome of the victory, the hastily organized Zhang Chu army met Zhang Han's army, just like a flock of sheep met a wolf pack, it was easily torn to pieces, less than an hour after the battle, Zhang Chu's army collapsed, the soldiers and generals lost their armor, fled all over the mountains, everywhere, the Qin army rode like a tiger down the mountain, rampaging in the crowd of Zhang Chu's defeated soldiers, invincible, and killed the soldiers of Zhang Chu's army all over the field, bleeding and bleeding, Zhang He, who was still dutiful, launched a counter-charge with the last reserves, but he was still like a moth to a fire, and was burned to ashes by the fire of the Qin army in the blink of an eye.

Then, before the Qin army besieged Chen County, Chen Sheng had already abandoned the city with the last army in the city and countless rare treasures, and Zhang Han calmly sent the love general Zhao Ben to lead an army of 10,000 people to launch a pursuit, while dividing his troops into the city and seizing the capital of Zhang Chu State less than half a year after its establishment.

After the victory, the soldiers of the Qin army were full of joy, and Zhang Han, who had always been steady, had a relaxed smile on his face, and said to the generals under his command: "After taking Chen County, the group of thieves outside the gate is equivalent to half of the annihilation, without Chen Sheng, the puppet in the middle of Chen County, our battle will be much easier to fight, whether it is the Wei thief Wei Qi in the north, the Qi thief Tian Dan, or the Chu thief Xiang Kang in the west, Zhang Chu Yu Song Liuhe and Zhaoping in the south, it is impossible to be like Chen Sheng, who has the ability to gather all kinds of thief armies to compete with us, We only need to defeat them individually, level the outside of the pass, and rebuild Daqin, and then we will be just around the corner. ”

Everyone said yes, and then the general Sima Qu couldn't wait to ask: "General, how should we fight next?" Destroy the thief army first? ”

"Don't worry, I'll have to think about it carefully before I make a decision." Zhang Han replied: "After all, Chen Shengpifu has not yet been awarded the head, and his thief general Song Liu is still threatening Wuguan, we can't choose the direction of the main force at will, otherwise, if we are not careful, we may lose sight of one and the other, giving Zhang Chu a chance to resurrect the thief." ”

The generals said yes again, and Zhang Han also arranged for his right-hand man Sima Xin to organize people to consult the military Chinese books discarded by Chen Sheng when he fled in a hurry, collect relevant information on the rebel armies from all walks of life, and then actively contact the surrounding Qin army cities that have not yet fallen, understand the surrounding military situation, and study the next main target.

As Xiang Kang was worried, after carefully understanding the situation of the surrounding anti-Qin rebel army, Zhang Han really set his eyes on Xiang Kang and the young marshal's army, because after studying the various information collected by the Qin army, Zhang Han soon found that Xiang Kang was likely to be a more dangerous enemy than Chen Sheng, not only did he raise an army against Qin a day earlier than Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, but his development and growth after the uprising was also quite strategic, and he was by no means as blind as Chen Sheng, although the total number of troops was not much, but he paid great attention to buying people's hearts. Recruiting soldiers and horses is not at all like Chen Sheng's exhaustive fishing, and the war potential is huge.

What makes Zhang Han even more vigilant is that Xiang Kang's uncle Xiang Liang has also raised troops in Jiangdong to oppose Qin, and has also opened up direct contact with Xiang Kang, and may move his army north at any time to join forces with Xiang Kang and become a more powerful anti-Qin force.

Fortunately, there are still people blocking the gun for Xiang Kang, Zhang Chujun's Song Liusuo Department in Nanyang County is obviously a greater threat to Guanzhong than the Shaoshuai Army, although Song Liusuo's Department may not have the ability to break through Wuguan and enter Guanzhong, but considering the bear temper of Qin II Hu Hai, Zhang Han, who is very good at being a courtier, still does not dare to ignore the threat of Song Liu, first break Song Liu, and then destroy Xiang Kang, which is also a choice for Zhang Han.

But it's just a choice, Zhang Han hasn't made up his mind yet, in the case of Chen Sheng's death, the primary goal of Zhang Han's army is still to prevent Chen Sheng's resurgence, in Chen County just rested for two days, the main force of Zhang Han's army immediately went south, and launched a pursuit of Chen Sheng, who had fled to the direction of Ruyin, but Zhang Han said that what he didn't expect was that his main force had just arrived in Yu County, and Chen Sheng's head had been sent to him.

Xiang Kang's demon moth wings did not change Chen Sheng's final destination, as in history, after fleeing south to Ruyin, Chen Sheng, who was unwilling to fail, decided to go north to the city father, to the junction of Surabaya and Dangjun to regroup, and fought with the Qin army again, but he had just arrived at the city father, his most trusted coachman Zhuang Jia had a different heart, took advantage of his sleeping opportunity to assassinate him, cut off his head and surrendered to the Qin army's pursuers, in exchange for the Qin army's sparing him from death and rewarding the official position.

Chen Sheng's death made Zhang Han completely relieved, in the case that Chen County has been basically pacified, Zhang Han, who is temporarily worry-free, immediately convened his subordinate military forces to discuss the next crusade target, and the result is also evil retribution, although there are many people who think that Song Liu should be given priority to deal with the hidden dangers in the rear of the Qin army, but there are still several Qin generals who think that they should send troops to Pengcheng first, and give priority to cleaning up the evil Xiang Kang, and feel that to deal with Song Liu, it is enough to send a partial division and cooperate with the local Qin army in Nanyang County.

If it weren't for the fear that Hu Hai would blame him for not paying enough attention to Guanzhong, Zhang Han would have immediately decided to enter Pengcheng, but just when Zhang Han was still a little hesitant, a personal soldier suddenly came to report outside the tent, saying that the Qin army scouts had caught two suspicious men outside the camp, and a pair of jade walls were found from them, as well as a letter to Sima Xin, the general of Zhang Han's army. Sima Xin, who was in the tent, heard Daqi and hurriedly asked, "The letter to me?" Who wrote it? ”

"Back to General Sima, the two didn't say anything, they just said that the general, you read the letter, and you know everything." The soldier who entered the account to report answered truthfully, and presented the sealed letter, as well as the jade wall found from the messenger.

With Zhang Han's consent, Sima Xin took the letter with great curiosity, pried open the sealed mud without a seal, and took out the sealed slip in it to look at it carefully, but only looked at the beginning in a hurry, Sima Xin couldn't help but be surprised, "How is it possible?" It's actually Xiang Kang's letter to the thief? ”

"Xiang Kang's letter to the thief?!"

The tent was full of surprise, Zhang Han was also extremely curious and surprised to come over and look at it, and then what made Zhang Han even more surprised was that Xiang Kang actually respected Sima Xin as his uncle in the letter, and he regarded himself as a junior, and the content of the letter was Xiang Kang mentioned the old things when his second uncle Xiang Liang was in Liyang, I heard that Sima Xin is now a general of the Qin army, and led the army to Chenjun, so he sent a special envoy to send a book and gifts, on behalf of the children of the Xiang family, he thanked Sima Xin for showing mercy to Xiang Liang's subordinates at that time, and said that if there is still a chance in the future, I will definitely repay Sima Xin's great kindness again.

At the end of the letter, Xiang Kang also said in a voice, saying that although he and Sima Xin have become enemies, he is still willing to respect Sima Xin as an uncle, and if Sima Xin has any instructions and teachings, he can also send Peng Cheng at any time to discuss with him in person, and he will definitely welcome him. - In other words, if Sima Xin intends to recruit Xiang Kang, he can send someone to Pengcheng to contact him at any time, and he will definitely welcome him.

Zhang Han is a smart person, of course, he can see Xiang Kang's voice, but Zhang Han is more interested in the special relationship between his right-hand man Sima Xin and the old Xiang family. ”

The world is sometimes really small, and after hesitating for a moment, Sima Xin, the former Liyang Prison, nodded calmly and said: "There is indeed such a thing, at that time, Xiang Liang's traitor Liyang committed a crime and was taken down by my officials, because I had a friend who interceded for him at that time, and his crime was not big, so I treated him lightly within the scope of the law." ”

"It's true." Zhang Han was amused when he heard it, and couldn't help but say: "This relationship can be used, if it goes well, we may be able to force Xiang Kang's traitor to surrender without a fight, and obediently hand over the city and land he occupied." ”

After that, and after a little calculation, Zhang Han immediately asked Xiang Kang's two messengers to be escorted into the account for interrogation, and the two messengers also truthfully confessed, saying that when Xiang Kang arranged for them to come to contact Sima Xin, they also asked them to tell Sima Xin that the reason why Xiang Kang raised troops against Qin at that time was completely because he did not want to go to the frontier as a soldier, and he was forced to raise troops when he was desperate. I had no choice but to continue with it, hoping that Sima Xin, an uncle, would be able to forgive and understand.

Xiang Kang's messenger said it to this point, Zhang Han of course no longer hesitated, and immediately asked Sima Xin to write a book on the spot, and wrote a reply to Xiang Kang, persuading Xiang Kang to get lost and return, and quickly surrender to the Qin army with his army and territory, like Zhuang Jia, to kill the enemy for the Qin army to serve the country, in order to atone for his previous sins, and promised that as long as Xiang Kang surrendered, he would not be killed. In the end, Zhang Han also arranged a special envoy for him to return to Pengcheng with Xiang Kang's two messengers to persuade Xiang Kang to surrender to the Qin army in person.

After the envoy was sent out, Zhang Han, who was still hesitating about the direction of the army, also made up his mind and said to the generals: "Generals, since there is a possibility of persuasion to surrender on the side of Xiang Kang's rebel thief, then we might as well give it a try, our main force is still the advanced soldier Nanyang, and it is not too late to cut off the traitor Song Liu, and then go back and clean up the traitor Xiang Kang." ”

They all saw Xiang Kang's ambiguous attitude with their own eyes, and of course all the generals of the Qin army nodded yes together, but Dong Fei suggested: "General, the main force can march to Nanyang, but Pengcheng cannot relax here. ”

Zhang Han, who was planning to do this, nodded in agreement, and when he saw that the generals of the Qin army who had the opportunity to establish great achievements, they immediately volunteered, rushing to lead a partial division to attack Pengcheng, but it was a pity that Zhang Han was a selfish master, and without much thought, he pointed to his own brother Zhang Ping, and said: "Zhang Ping, you and Yao Ang command 50,000 troops, and go through Xinyang, Chengfu and Xiangxian to attack Pengcheng, and by the way, open up the contact between you and the soldiers of Dangjun, I will go to Shudangjun and let them accept your command." ”

Zhang Ping and Yao Ang happily agreed, but the generals of the Qin army were disappointed, Zhang Han saw the thoughts of the generals, so he smiled and said, "What's the hurry?" There is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, the west expedition to Nanyang Gongwei Guanzhong, and the north to conquer the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, are you afraid that there will be no chance to be rewarded for meritorious service? Go and prepare, tomorrow we will divide our forces. ”

In this way, because Xiang Kang took the initiative to expose his vacillating position, the main force of Zhang Han's army, which was originally very likely to continue to advance eastward, changed its advance plan, and the main force marched west to Nanyang, and only sent a partial division to the east to find trouble with Xiang Kang. However, Zhang Han's choice was by no means wrong, when he came to Xincai with the main force of the Qin army, there was suddenly another great news from the west, saying that Chen Shengjun's partial division of Song Liusuo had returned to the territory of Chen County, and was still rushing towards Xincai's side at full speed.

The prey took the initiative to send it to the door, and of course, Zhang Han, who was overjoyed, immediately laid out a net, while tightly sealing the news that the main force of the army had arrived in Xincai, and on the other hand, carefully arranged an ambush on the east bank of Rushui, waiting for Song Liu to get into the trap by himself. As a result, the Song Liusuo Department was inexperienced, second, they were afraid of being isolated in Nanyang, and third, they wanted to return to Chen Sheng's aid, so they stupidly rushed directly through Rushui, and were suddenly surrounded by the Qin army on all sides. (Historical facts)

After being surrounded, Song Liu's troops broke through several times and failed, Zhang Han tentatively sent people to Song Liu's army to surrender, but the desperate Song Liu's heart was crossed, and he really chose to lead the whole army to lay down his arms and surrender, Zhang Han was overjoyed, in addition to quickly using a prisoner car to take Song Liu's prisoner to Xianyang to offer prisoners, he also saw the hope of recruiting Xiang Kang to succeed. - After all, Song has set a precedent, and I'm afraid that Xiang Kang won't follow suit?

But there are also things that make Zhang Han angry, during this period, Chen Sheng's general Lu Chen actually regathered more than 20,000 troops, taking the opportunity of his main force to go south, he actually counterattacked and took Chen County, and killed Zhuang Jia who happened to be in Chen County, the surrounding Qin army launched a counteroffensive, and finally expelled Lu Chen to retake Chen County, who knew that the British army in Poyang happened to go north at this time, and joined forces with Lu Chen, and recovered Chen County for the second time, Zhang Han was furious, and immediately led the main force back to help Chen County, In a short period of time, the fourth battle for Chen County was launched with the anti-Qin rebel army.

There is still no suspense in the fourth battle of Chen County, no matter how brave Yingbu is at the end of Qin, no matter how brave he is, he can't beat Zhang Han's army of more than 200,000 people in any case, and he was defeated by Zhang Han's army in just one battle, so he could only quickly escape with Lu Chen with his tail between his legs, and the Qin army also recaptured Chen County for the third time. However, after such repeated tossing, no matter how elite the main force of the Qin army was, it was inevitable that they would be exhausted, and they had to stop and rest on the spot.

It was also at this time that Zhang Han finally knew about his younger brother Zhang Ping's Eastern Crusade, and knew that Zhang Ping had been breaking through all the way after advancing eastward, not only successfully captured the city father controlled by Zhang Chujun, but also defeated the Zhixiang County of Surabaya County controlled by the Young Marshal Army, and also forced the landing of Dangjun City Chimang County and Dangxian County controlled by the Young Marshal Army, and successfully joined forces with the Dangjun County soldiers of the Qin Army, and was marching towards Pengcheng. At the same time, Zhang Ping also proudly told Zhang Han in the letter, saying that even if Xiang Kang refused to surrender, he was 100% sure of taking Pengcheng, so that Zhang Han did not have to worry about himself.

"I don't have to worry about you." Zhang Han sighed and said, "It's best not to let me worry about it, the main force is too tired and needs time to rest, and I can't spare my hands to help you for the time being." ”