Chapter 192: No Vain

"Uncle Sun Tong, the lower official, I have seen the right general, please issue an order to the right general, and immediately push the lower official out of the tent and behead him!"

"What does Mr. Uncle Sun mean by this? You ventured into the city to negotiate with the Tyrannical Qin army, no matter what the outcome was, it was all meritorious, why did General Ben put you to death? ”

"The lower officials don't dare to deceive the right general, the tyrannical Qin's Yingchuan County Shou Gao Jing invited the lower officials to enter the city to discuss the surrender of the city, in fact, it was just a trap, after the lower officials entered the city, they were immediately arrested by the violent Qin soldiers under Gao Jing, and the old thief of Gao Jing also took the lower officials to the head of Yangzhai City to be killed (dismembered), and used the blood of the lower officials to pay tribute to the violent Qin court that he was foolish and loyal."

"Is there such a thing? How did you get back, sir? ”

"This is also the reason why the lower official wants to ask the right general to die, the lower official is not afraid of death, he can die for the right general's loyalty, and the lower official is even more worthy of death, although the death is still glorious, but in order to be able to give the right general you continue to serve, continue to assist the right general to overthrow the tyrannical Qin, rejuvenate the Chu State, the lower official is unwilling to be willing, forced to do so, the lower official can only be reversed black and white, in front of the old thief of the high scripture said a lot of heart-wrenching words, falsely claiming that the lower official was forced to put into the right general your account, still miss the tyrannical Qin in my heart, and said some very disrespectful words to the right general, Only then did the old thief believe that it was true, and released the lower officials out of the city. ”

Not to mention, Mr. Shusun is really a frank and straightforward moral gentleman, after luckily picking up a small life and returning to the camp of the young marshal, Mr. Shusun did not hesitate at all, and immediately reported the big lie he had told Xiang Kang truthfully in front of Gao Jing, and he didn't even hide the disrespectful words he said to Xiang Kang behind his back, and honestly explained to Xiang Kang to know. The result was also the same as Mr. Uncle Sun's expectations, Xiang Kang, who was very reasonable, really didn't mind such a trivial matter, and waved his hand before Mr. Uncle Sun finished speaking: "It's okay, it's a trivial matter, as long as Mr. can come back safely, what can I count as a few disrespectful words behind my back?" ”

"General Xie You's kindness, but the lower official also committed a serious crime, and he can't help but report to the right general, in order to win the trust of the old thief of Gaojing, the lower official was bold, and he also gave the garrison picture of our army's camp to the old thief of Gaojing."

Mr. Uncle Sun was still loyal and honest, and took the initiative to admit his crime of betraying the important military information of the young marshal army, as a result, Xiang Kang's face finally changed a little, and Zhou Zeng, Chen Ping, Li Shiqi and others next to him also turned a little dark, but fortunately, Mr. Uncle Sun immediately reported that he was also planning to do so, and wanted to take the opportunity to lure Gao Jing to send troops to attack the camp of the young marshal army, so that the young marshal army could arrange a trap to ambush the Qin army out of the city, and then introduced the success of his clever plan, saying that Gao Jing had been deceived, It was decided to send troops to rob the camp tonight, and asked Xiang Kang to prepare early and annihilate the Yang Zhai Qin army that had sneaked out of the city at night.

Naturally, hearing this, Xiang Kang, who was worried about the loss of the fortified city, was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "There is such a good thing? Quick, Mr. Uncle Sun, tell me the details of this matter carefully, and the more carefully the better. ”

In accordance with Xiang Kang's instructions, Mr. Uncle Sun carefully stated the belief of the matter, and even some inconsequential small details were not omitted, Xiang Kang was of course even more happy when he heard it, and said: "If the tyrannical Qin army really goes out of the city to rob the camp tonight, then sir, you will have made a great contribution for us, and this general must reward you heavily!" ”

Mr. Uncle Sun hurriedly thanked him, but unfortunately Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping next to him frowned, and Li Shiqi, who was also a Confucian student with Mr. Uncle Sun, said directly: "General Right, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, right?" As the lord of a county, how could Gao Jing Lao Pifu easily listen to Mr. Uncle Sun's words? Will you be impressed by his words and make a hasty decision to venture out of town and attack our camp tonight? The old man was worried that Gao Jing might be trying to capture the old man and pretend to be a trick. ”

"Old man, did the old man dig your family's ancestral grave, or threw your son into the well, why did he always go against me? I was forced to go into the city to take an adventure, and now that I have returned from meritorious service, I doubt the truth of my credit? ”

Mr. Shusun was furious in his heart, but he was afraid that Xiang Kang was at the scene, and he didn't dare to have a seizure immediately. But fortunately, Xiang Kang did not erase Mr. Shusun's exploits because of Li Shiqi's worries, and said with a smile: "What Mr. Li said is extremely true, it is indeed possible that the old thief of Gaojing is trying to capture and pretend to be in the scheme, but it doesn't matter, this has little impact." ”

After that, Xiang Kang immediately sent someone to announce that Uncle Zhou came to see him, and then after a while, after Uncle Zhou came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiang Kang had just finished talking about the situation, and Uncle Zhou immediately said with great joy: "Good opportunity!" Regardless of whether the tyrannical Qin army is pretending to be a trick or not, whether it wants to capture the old and indulge, this is a great opportunity for us to take the opportunity to break the enemy. ”

"What does General Zhou mean by this?" Li Shiqi asked in surprise: "If the Tyrannical Qin army is pretending to be a trick, then their robbery of the camp tonight must be fake, and no other plot is true, we can't predict the enemy's moves, and what is the great opportunity to take the opportunity to break the enemy?" ”

Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou laughed together, and then Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Sir, don't worry, we don't need to know the true intentions and actions of the Tyrannical Qin army in advance, we just need the Tyrannical Qin army to go out of the city." There is a huge disparity between strength and weakness, as long as we are prepared in advance, the tyrannical Qin army will play a hundred tricks, and it is destined to die in vain in front of us! ”

Li Shiqi was stunned, but Uncle Zhou couldn't wait, and immediately said to Xiang Kang: "General Right, the Korean soldiers and horses follow your orders, and they will go to the south gate and the east gate of Yangzhai at night to beat the drums and gongs to disturb the defenders of the city. The terrain outside the north gate is narrow, the troops remain unchanged, and the road for night raids is relatively far away, and it is not very likely that the violent Qin army will go out of the city through the north gate of Yang Zhai, but it is most convenient for the violent Qin army to go out of the city through the west gate of Yang Zhai, and we should arrange tactics in advance for this point to ensure that we can annihilate the soldiers and horses of the violent Qin army out of the city. ”

Xiang Kang smiled, nodded vigorously with a hideous expression, and said, "It's a big deal to wait all night, but this opportunity must not be missed!" ”

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Li Shiqi's worries were right, although he was impulsive, adopted the suggestion put forward by Mr. Shusun, and decided to take the risk of going out of the city to attack the camp of the young marshal's army, but after sending someone to send Mr. Shusun out of the city, when Gao Jing excitedly summoned the generals of the Qin army to discuss the sneak attack tactics, a relatively calm general of the Qin army still raised questions and said: "Junzun, is it too risky to make a hasty decision to sneak attack and rob the camp just based on the words of the envoy of the thief army?" ”

"Junzun, the last general also feels that it is too risky." Another relatively calm general of the Qin army also said: "Although that uncle and grandson keep saying that he is still loyal to Great Qin, but the hearts of the people are separated from the belly, who dares to guarantee that he is temporarily making up nonsense for the sake of survival?" If this is the case, he went back and told the truth to Xiang Kang's rebels, and Xiang Kang's rebels arranged a trap in advance for us to drill, wouldn't our robbery army be in danger? ”

The words of the two generals finally made Gao Jing regain some calm, and after thinking about it carefully for a long time, Gao Jing couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart, because Gao Jing didn't dare to guarantee whether Shusun Tong was lying to himself, but after thinking about it for a while, for the sake of face and unwilling to miss this only opportunity to save Yang Zhai, Gao Jing still stubbornly said: "Don't worry, Shusun Tong is my old friend, I know that he will never be willing to go along with the thieves, and he has already made a heavy oath, and he will never go back on his word." ”

After that, Gao Jing also said: "We must not miss this opportunity, the enemy is strong and I am weak, the enemy is outnumbered, if we can't seize this opportunity to break the enemy in one fell swoop, completely reverse the situation of the battle, and stalemate, Yang Zhai will be broken by the Chu Han thief army sooner or later." Therefore, we must take this risk, and we must take advantage of the opportunity of the thieves to temporarily neglect their precautions, and fight to the death with the Chu Han thief army, so that we can have a chance to protect Yang Zhai and our army. ”

Seeing Gao Jing's insistence, the two generals of the Qin army no longer objected, but said again: "Junzun, since this is the case, it is best for us to divide the camp army into two teams, the front team is responsible for sneaking up on the camp of the thief army, and the rear team is responsible for responding, if the situation is not right, you can also immediately withdraw to the city to defend the city." ”

Such a cautious suggestion Gao Jing of course will not refuse, at the moment Gao Jing and the Qin army generals quickly agreed on the tactics of robbing the camp, decided to send two thousand troops out of the city at night through the west gate of Yang Zhai, sneak attack on the camp camp of the young marshal army located in the south of Yang Zhai City, before and after the soldiers, the front team of 500 people is responsible for sneaking up on the camp gate of the young marshal army, if it goes well, the rear team will follow into the camp to expand the results, if the progress is not smooth, or the young marshal army is prepared in advance, then the main force of the rear team immediately retreats to the west gate of Yang Zhai back to the city, and the front team detours back to the north gate from the east gate to enter the city, In order to attract the pursuers of the young marshal's army, to avoid heavy losses to the main force.

After the tactics were decided, the Qin army was quickly ready for night battle, but as the sky gradually became dark, Gao Jing gradually retreated in his heart, and planned to abandon the night attack plan more than once and use all his forces to defend the city. But still that sentence, this is indeed the only chance for the Yang Zhai Qin army to turn defeat into victory, if it is missed, when the young marshal army with overwhelming strength is ready to attack the city and officially launch a full-scale attack, the Yang Zhai Qin army is still destined to not escape the defeat of the city, so after hesitating again and again, Gao Jing gritted his teeth and decided to send troops according to the original plan, taking a big gamble.

"Ancestor Kongqiu, please be sure to bless your disciple uncle and grandson to be honest and trustworthy, help me temporarily stabilize Xiang Kang's rebel thief, and give me the opportunity to break the enemy in one fell swoop. If you succeed tonight, this official will definitely show the emperor and ask the emperor to use your Confucian disciples more. ”

After silently praying to Kong Laoer, at the third quarter of the second watch, Gao Jing, who was over fifty years old, personally put on his clothes, took two thousand Qin soldiers out of the city from the west gate of Yangzhai, and quietly touched the camp of the young marshal army located in the south of Yangzhai City under the cover of night. The result is also okay, every once in a while to run to the city to beat gongs and drums to harass the Han army team is operating outside the south gate and east gate of Yangzhai, the whereabouts of the Qin army were not noticed by them, and the Qin army team that was a long distance away from each other was very smooth to touch the outside of the young marshal's barracks with few lights.

When the three watchmen rang, the front team of the Qin army lurking outside the young marshal's barracks immediately moved, and quietly touched the door of the young marshal's army under the cover of night, and tried not to make a sound to raise the latch, and carefully put it on the ground to open the camp gate, but when the camp gate was pushed open, the young marshal army sentry who was sleeping next to the door woke up, shouted and rushed into the camp, and at the same time desperately rang the gong to alarm, the Qin army front team was overjoyed, and immediately rushed into the camp of the young marshal army with a loud shout, Without hesitation, he rushed to the position of the young marshal's grain and grass hoarding.

Seeing this scene, of course, the soldiers of the Qin army behind were all overjoyed, and they couldn't wait to ask Gao Jing to order the charge immediately, but Gao Jing was very calm and said: "Don't be in a hurry, let's see the situation." ”

Gao Jing's calmness saved the main force of the Qin army's rear team, and before his words fell, there were already countless war drums beating together in the camp of the young marshal's army, as if the sky was falling apart, and then, the two sides of the front camp of the young marshal's army immediately started to kill, and there was an army on the left and right, rushing to the front team of the Qin army like a tide, and the front team of the Qin army was frightened, and hurriedly shouted and fled for their lives. Gao Jing in the back was also pale, and he yelled without thinking about it: "It's a trick!" Evacuate! ”

The rear team of the Qin army hurriedly turned around, Gao Jing hurriedly turned around the horse's head, and did not forget to greet his old friend Shusun Tong loudly, and roared wildly: "Uncle Sun Tong, the old man must personally slaughter you shameless villain!" ”

Even more so that Gao Jing's soul was still behind, the rear team of the Qin army had just begun to flee for his life, and the gate of the west camp of the young marshal army had already been opened at night, and a team of young marshal cavalry rushed out with torches and rode their horses, shouting to the north to kill, Gao Jing was shocked, and could only quickly shout: "Quick!" Fast! Fast! Hurry back to the West Gate! ”

Fortunately, the dark night covered the whereabouts of the Qin army's rear team, and the war drums in the young marshal's barracks and the shouts of the front camp also covered up the sound of the Qin army's rear team. However, just as the rear team of the Qin army rushed to the city gate, the Qin soldiers who were running at the front suddenly screamed like killing pigs, "There is a thief army!" ”

The book explains that in order to ensure the annihilation of the Qin army's out-of-town army, Xiang Kang arranged in advance for Zhong Liwu to lead 2,000 troops out of the camp after dark, and returned to Yangzhai's west gate to lay an ambush in the distance under the cover of night, without torches and scouts to investigate the enemy's situation, and try to avoid exposing his whereabouts. As a result, this hand really had a miraculous effect, and the rear team of the Qin army, which was panicked, bumped headlong into the Zhong Liwu army that had just come to the city of Yangzhai West Gate, and was immediately pulled into a hand-to-hand melee by the young marshal's army.

At this time, the cavalry of the young marshal army who heard the shouting of killing had also chased to the front, and rushed to the rear of the Qin army from behind, the soldiers of the Qin army were flustered, and the troops were at a disadvantage, and they were soon killed by the soldiers of the young marshal's army, and countless soldiers were forced to jump off the moat, and fled across the river in the cold winter, and Gao Jing, who was unwilling to die, also took off his armor, jumped into the cold and piercing moat, and fled to the other side of the moat. However, the young marshal soldiers under Zhong Liwu's command were also crazy, regardless of the Qin soldiers on the city wall, they rushed across the moat from the bridge, and went to the other side of the moat to chase and kill the Qin soldiers, and they were determined to destroy the enemy outside the city as much as possible to reduce the resistance to the siege.

Gao Jing's luck is better, after swimming across the river in the chaos, not only was not immediately blocked by the young marshal's sergeants, but also quickly grabbed a rope from the city, and fled on the city wall, but unfortunately most of the Qin soldiers were unlucky, either directly hacked to death by the young marshal army on the bank of the moat, or poked to death by the young marshal soldiers with spears when going to the city, and were directly dragged down the city wall by the young marshal's army, and then pecked to death by the chaos, only thirty or forty people can be as lucky as Gao Jing, and can escape from the city wall with rope help.

The Qin army soldiers on the other side of the moat ended up even more miserable, many people were directly trampled into meat sauce by the hooves of the cavalry of the young marshal's army, and more soldiers were hacked to death and chopped to death by the young marshal's army, and it was useless to escape, as long as the cavalry of the young marshal army wandered around the periphery saw the Qin soldiers fleeing from the battlefield, they immediately rushed up and greeted them with spears, trampling the horses back and forth, the Qin soldiers who could have played a huge role in defending the city screamed endlessly, and the young marshal soldiers roared constantly, and never let go of any enemy with red eyes.

On the contrary, the situation of the Qin army's front team was even better, according to the original plan, after the Qin army's front team escaped from the camp of the young marshal's army, they immediately fled from the east gate in a roundabout way, and inadvertently bumped into a Korean army squad that carried out harassment tactics while running, roaring and cutting down many Korean troops, and achieved the only result of this night raid, and it was not quickly caught up by the pursuers of the young marshal's army, and most of them were able to successfully escape to the vicinity of the north gate of Yangzhai.

But it is only the end of this, although the distance is far away, the Qin army can detour back to the north gate of Yangzhai to escape for his life, but Xiang Kang, who has enough troops in his hands, still sent a thousand troops to the north, and ambushed near the north gate of Yangzhai in advance, so the front army of the Qin army still could not escape the bad luck of being intercepted by the young marshal army, and was also attacked by the young marshal army before and after, and was almost completely annihilated, only less than 30 people were lucky enough to escape to the city wall with the help of ropes, and the Qin army's defending force was also severely damaged.

The disparity between strength and weakness is too great, there is no suspense about the outcome of the victory, Xiang Kang just issued a general attack order and did not care about the progress of the war, and he was very relieved to nap in the big tent of the Chinese army to make up for sleep, when the sky was light, when the young marshal and the generals returned to Xiang Kang to hand over the order, Xiang Kang only asked how much he had captured This is the only key point, and learned that almost all the soldiers of the self-army army were wiped out of the city, and there were few soldiers in the Qin army who fled back to the city, Xiang Kang smiled easily and said: "Very good, now we must be much easier when we attack the city." ”

But there are also annoying things, when the sky is full of light, Han Cheng and Zhang Liang came to the camp to visit Xiang Kang, in addition to congratulating Xiang Kang, they also complained in addition to their words, blaming Xiang Kang for not informing them of the news in advance, so that they could also prepare in advance, so that they could pick some cheap in yesterday's night battle. Xiang Kang was helpless, so he could only smile bitterly and said: "King Han, Uncle Zhang, in fact, I didn't grasp this opportunity last night at all, I didn't inform you, and I didn't want you to work in vain like us, and it was possible to wait all night in vain." ”

After that, Xiang Kang told Han Cheng and Zhang Liang the details of the incident, and said clearly: "Although I am ready for an ambush, I am also mentally prepared for a hard time, because I don't dare to guarantee that Gao Jing Lao Pifu will regret it afterwards, I feel that it is too risky to temporarily give up the night attack plan, and I have no certainty at all, and I don't want you to be like us, so I didn't inform you." I really didn't expect us to have such luck and really trick the Tyrannical Qin army out of the city. ”

Han Cheng and Zhang Liang were speechless together, and they had to admire Xiang Kang's luck, blindly a few messengers sent to talk nonsense, and they were able to fool Yang Zhai Qinjun into taking the initiative to go out of the city and send them to death. Then after complimenting Xiang Kang's Hongfu Qitian, Han Cheng said very unwillingly: "General Right, in the night battle last night, the soldiers under the command of the widow were unlucky, a cantonment team accidentally bumped into the defeated soldiers of the tyrannical Qin army, and they killed 16 people, in addition, Yang Zhai's tyrannical Qin army shot the widow's servant Han Yang, and our Korean soldiers have a deep enmity like the sea, when attacking the city, please also ask the right general to agree, let our Han army soldiers serve as the vanguard of the siege, and first launch the siege to avenge our sacrificed soldiers and Han Yang's servants." ”

Knowing that Han Cheng wanted to show it as much as possible, so as not to have no face to open his mouth when dividing the fruits of victory, but since Han Cheng took the initiative to ask to be cannon fodder, of course Xiang Kang would not refuse, and immediately nodded and said: "No problem, it will be hard for King Han's soldiers when the time comes." ”