Chapter 236: It's hard to ride a tiger
Give Ao Cang's Qin army guard Sima Duan 10,000 chances, and even if Sima Duan plays at a super level every time, and at the same time pulls out two strong bows and shoots an arrow, it is impossible for Sima Duan to hit a target far beyond the range of ordinary bows and arrows again.
But things are so magical, Xiang Yu's location, far from Sima Duan's location, is almost twice the range of an ordinary bow and arrow, so far that Sima Duan can't see Xiang Yu's figure at all, Sima Duan risked an arm injury, gritted his teeth and shot an angry arrow, but after drawing a parabola in the sky, it accurately shot into Xiang Yu's right eye!
If Xiang Yu is given another hundred chances, Xiang Yu is sure that he will dodge Sima Duan's arrow every time, because the distance is too far, when the feather arrow flies in front of Xiang Yu, the momentum has been greatly exhausted, and Xiang Yu, who has charged in the rain of guns and arrows countless times, can shoot Sima Duan's arrow away with his bare hands even if he doesn't use weapons!
But things are still extremely magical, when the feather arrow came, Xiang Yu, who was riding on the horse, happened to be lowering his head and scolding Feng Zhong to order, and the position was far away from the range of the Qin army's bow and crossbow, so he didn't find that the danger was approaching, and he didn't expect that there would be a feather arrow flying, and when the feather arrow fell along the parabola, Xiang Yu just raised his head, and it happened to be as if he was hitting the sharp arrow tip with his own eyeball, so naturally he didn't have time to make any dodge and swing reaction.
Xiang Yu and Sima Duan both won the lottery jackpot, or bought two lottery jackpots with a very small probability at the same time.
It's a pity that the prize Xiang Yu won was not a huge bonus, but an arrow that caught his eye, blood splashed, and after covering his eyes with a scream, blood still gushed out of Xiang Yu's fingers like a spring. And Xiang Bo, Fan Zeng, Feng Zhong and the others next to them were all stunned, they couldn't believe that there could be such a thing, and from such a distance, there could still be a stray arrow to shoot Xiang Yu.
"Kill!"
The first to react was Xiang Yu himself, and in a heart-wrenching pain, Xiang Yu's roar was like a thunderclap sounding on the ground, "Kill!" Kill the tyrannical Qin army in Aocang for me and leave no chickens and dogs! ”
After countless actual combat experiences, Feng Zhong's reaction was far from being comparable to when he was still a small pavilion chief, but in a snap of his fingers, Feng Zhong weighed the priority of the matter, knowing that if the news of Xiang Yu's arrow had not yet spread, he hurriedly attacked and killed the Qin army camp, and if the time was delayed a little, the morale of the anti-Qin coalition army would be severely defeated, and the previous efforts of the army under his command would not only be doomed to be wasted, but would definitely turn victory into defeat and suffer heavy losses! Therefore, Feng Zhong did not hesitate, gave the order to charge with a loud roar, and personally led his rear army to charge.
Feng Zhong made the right decision, and after decisively launching a charge, most of the soldiers and soldiers of Feng Zhonghou's army, who were still unaware, not only did not have their morale affected at all, but also rushed to kill one more fiercely and bravely in order to give Feng Zhong, who had won the hearts of the army, the opportunity to become a marquis. However, the Qin army did not know that they had created a miracle, and they were also captured by the momentum of Feng Zhong's rear army who was bare-chested and covered with hair, and the army was extremely panicked.
After Feng Zhong's rear army rushed to the Qin army camp one after another under the cover of the front army, the Qin army no longer had the opportunity to expel Feng Zhongjun from the wall, and the positions on the wall were lost one after another, and the soldiers were either killed or directly expelled from the wall, but the soldiers with high morale were all like crazy tigers, fiercely brandishing weapons and desperately stabbing the Qin soldiers, and there were constantly Feng Zhong's soldiers rolling into the camp with the Qin soldiers, the Qin soldiers were frightened, and they were even more unable to parry, and there were constantly soldiers who fled timidly between the retreats. The officers could not be restrained at all.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Sima Duan, who also didn't know that he had won the jackpot, could only quickly retreat from the wall and withdraw to the camp to organize a counterattack by the rear army, and the red-eyed Feng Zhong soldiers also rushed down the wall one after another, shouting and rushing to the Qin soldiers who hurriedly came up to block him, and fought to the death with the Qin soldiers with his bare arms, and quickly seized a Qin army camp gate, smashed the door latch and opened the gate, and the two thousand-man teams of Feng Zhongjun, who were previously responsible for bow and arrow cover, took the opportunity to charge into the camp and joined the battlefield in the camp.
The next situation was relatively simple, in the vicious battle, the Feng Zhongjun soldiers who flocked into the camp were like a rush, but in a moment they defeated the interception team of the Qin army, and the more they fought, the more morale was high, but the Qin army without the protection of the camp was more and more panicked, and the more they fought, the more frightened they were, and they kept retreating into the camp. And when Ji Bu, the general of the Chu army, also came with troops to reinforce him, the fiasco of the Qin army in Aocang became a matter of time.
However, this battle took much longer than expected, because the anti-Qin coalition army treated the Qin army too inauthentically, even if the Ao Cang Qin army was doomed, almost no one laid down their arms and surrendered, the Qin army defeated first retreated into the granary street battle, and then tried to withdraw to the Cangcheng located on the top of the mountain to continue to resist stubbornly, fortunately, the Qi army has surrounded the Cangcheng, which did not give the Qin army a chance to return to the city, and the warring parties continued to fight fiercely on the slopes leading to Cangcheng, and there was still no hope of an end in a short time.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and Feng Zhong, who had killed an enemy with his own hands, also found a place to rest temporarily at the bottom of the mountain, and after thinking about it for a long time, Feng Zhong made up his mind and pulled his own personal soldier captain Tan Gu in front of him, and ordered in his ear: "You go back to the camp immediately, tell Feng Qi to quickly clean up, and go to Guanzhong overnight to report to the right general, saying that the former general's right eye arrow is very seriously injured, even if he can save his life, he must be seriously injured." But remember, apart from you and Feng Qi, this matter must not be known to a third person. ”
"Now?" Tan Gu asked in surprise.
"Now!" Feng Zhong nodded vigorously and said in a low voice: "If nothing else, Fan Zuoshi and they will definitely give a ban order, if they don't send someone to report to General You, I'm afraid they won't have a chance." Rest assured, this matter is done, and General Right will definitely not treat you badly. ”
The reason why Feng Zhong trusted Tan Gu and Feng Qi was because these two were Feng Zhong's pawns when he was the pavilion chief in Shiling Pavilion, Feng Qi who Feng Zhong sent to report to Xiang Kang by name, and he was also a distant relative of Feng Zhong with the same surname, not only loyal and reliable, but also very familiar with Xiang Kang, and was destined to be the master who could soar as long as he was on the line with Xiang Kang. As a result, Tan Gu did not disappoint Feng Zhong, and immediately nodded to receive the order, and also borrowed a set of clothes and armor from Feng Zhongjun's soldiers, and dressed up as a return to the camp to give orders.
When Tan Gu was about to leave, Feng Zhong suddenly remembered a big event, hurriedly grabbed him, and whispered in his ear: "By the way, ask Feng Qi to bring a message to General Right, please General Right don't worry about his wife, no matter what way I think, I will try my best to protect the safety of his wife." ”
Tan Gu nodded solemnly, and then took advantage of the chaos to get out of the already chaotic battlefield, and hurriedly returned to the camp to arrange for Feng Zhong to go to the messenger to tell Xiang Kang. Feng Zhong sighed lightly and said secretly: "Brother Xiang Kang, the eldest brother can only help you here, whether Feng Qi can successfully deliver the news to you depends on the will of heaven." ”
The bloody fierce battle was basically over until late at night, most of the Qin army outside Cangcheng was annihilated by the anti-Qin coalition army, only a small part escaped by luck in the night, Sima Duan killed himself after being surrounded by the Chu army, and the anti-Qin coalition army also successfully took Ao Cang to hoard grain, completely solving the problem of military rations. Later, Xiang Yu sent people to send orders to all armies, ordering the Qi army to be responsible for besieging the remnants of the Qin army in Cangcheng, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Han led the army to take over the Ao Cang grain storage, and the rest of the armies collected their troops and returned to the camp to rest.
When Feng Zhong led his army to withdraw to the Chu army camp, it was already dark, and Feng Zhong himself didn't even have a chance to go back to the tent to rest, so he was immediately called by Xiang Yu to meet him. But when Feng Zhong came to Xiang Yu's bedroom door to ask for a meeting, Xiang Yu did not let Feng Zhong enter the tent, but just asked his absolute henchman Cao Zhi to come out to meet Feng Zhong, and Cao Zhi also arched his hand with a smile on his face when he saw Feng Zhong, and said, "Hu Linghou, congratulations." ”
"Marquis Huling?" Feng Zhong was a little surprised and asked, "Sima Cao, are you talking to the last general?" ”
"Talking to you, General, of course." Cao Ji smiled and said: "In this battle, the general, you were the first to lead the army into the camp of the violent Qin army and achieved the first merit. ”
"The last general will not dare." Feng Zhong hurriedly humbled and said, "This is all the work of our army's soldiers, how dare the last general swallow it alone?" ”
"General Feng doesn't have to be modest, the reward promised by the former general must be honored to the general." Cao Ji smiled and said: "As for the rewards of the generals under the command, we will also send people to send them soon, and there will definitely be no shortage of them." ”
Feng Zhong had no choice but to quickly thank Cao Ji, who smiled and said: "Also, by the way, tell the general another good news, the former general's injuries are very light, and the tributary arrow only shot him in the thigh, or he will be able to move freely in a few days, can the general understand what the former general means?" ”
"Sure enough, the news is going to be blocked." Feng Zhong snorted coldly in his heart, but his face was silent, and he quickly nodded and said: "The last general understands, please rest assured that Sima Cao, the last general will go back and tell the good news to the soldiers under his command." ”
"That's fine." Cao Ji nodded with satisfaction, and said casually: "At that time, except for the former general and Fan Zuoshi, there were only General Feng and some of the soldiers under your command, if there are any rumors in the army, the former general will ask for you." ”
Feng Zhong sighed lightly, and said helplessly: "Cao Sima, don't worry, the last general will go back and explain to the people present, and there will never be any rumors." ”
"Good." Cao Ji smiled again and urged: "The general must be very hard, go back and rest, the former general is busy with military affairs, so he has no time to see you." ”
Feng Zhong obediently said goodbye and left, and Cao Ji also returned to Xiang Yu's sleeping tent with a smile on his face, but after entering the tent, the smile on Cao Ji's face immediately disappeared without a trace, because at this moment, Xiang Yu was still lying unconscious on the couch, even if his right eye had been wrapped in a thick white cloth, the blood was still slowly oozing out, and Old Man Fan and Xiang Bo sat next to them with sad faces, looking extremely depressed.
After shaking his head helplessly, Cao Ji opened his mouth and said: "Feng Zhong's side, I have already issued a ban order, with his usual behavior, he doesn't dare to talk nonsense, our military spirit will not have much problem for the time being, now it depends on whether the former general can wake up." ”
"What about Zhang Zifang? Did you send someone to chase it? Old man Fan asked in a hoarse voice.
"The fourth watch sent someone to chase after him." Cao Ji sighed and replied: "But he set off back to Guanzhong the day before yesterday, and he was in a hurry with a light car, so the possibility of catching up with him is very small." ”
"Gotta catch up!" Old Man Fan's tone was filled with pain, and he said, "At this time, we must not turn against Xiang Kang. ”
Cao Ji smiled bitterly, and he also knew very well that in the current situation, if Zhang Liang brought the news of Xiang Yu's insistence on going to war with Xiang Kang back to Guanzhong, and closed Xiang Kang to a dead end, and the young marshal's army was forced to fight back, no one dared to imagine the consequences.
Master Xiang Boxiang was more thoughtful than Old Man Fan and Cao Ji, and after hesitating for a long time, Xiang Bo said hesitantly: "Cao Sima, Fan Zuoshi, if the former general can't wake up, and the army of Chu and the alliance of princes are leaderless, what should we do?" ”
Glancing at Uncle Xiang, Old Man Fan sneered and said: "If the master wants to stand up and turn the tide, of course the old man and Cao Sima are willing to support you to take over the army of Chu, but the old man has a word first, when the time comes, if the princes' coalition forces take the opportunity to make trouble, Xiang Kang's rebels will also take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and all the burdens will be on the shoulders of Master Xiang and you, whether you can subdue the princes outside the Guanwai like the former general, and whether you can block Xiang Kang's counterattack, it depends on your performance, Master Xiang." ”
Master Xiang is still a little self-aware, knowing that his prestige is more than a little bit worse than that of his eldest nephew, and there is absolutely no possibility of making the ambitious princes outside the Guanwai bow to their orders, and he is not sure that the main force of the Chu army, whose morale will be seriously affected, will be able to lead the army, will definitely be seriously affected, blocking Xiang Kang's counterattack, so Master Xiang had to obediently dispel his unrealistic illusions, and changed his words and said: "Yu'er will definitely wake up, his body is strong, and this little injury will not be difficult for him." ”
Old man Fan glanced at Xiang Bo with disdain, and then suddenly remembered a big thing, and hurriedly said to Cao Ji: "Cao Sima, I almost forgot, we should immediately go to Ling Tian'an and Liu Ji, and ask them to immediately block all the roads into the customs, and not allow any idle people to enter and exit the customs, so as not to leak the news and let Xiang Kang receive the news." ”
Cao Qi's heart sank, and he quickly nodded, and then issued an order with Xiang Yu's seal letter, and sent a fast horse to Tian An and Liu Laosan of the garrison Kui Han Road, so that they could immediately block the road to the pass after receiving the order, so as not to let the young marshal's army inquire about Xiang Yu's important military situation and run to Xiang Kang to tell the truth.
On this day, a lot of things happened, first after more than one day and one night of hard and fierce fighting, the Zhao army finally succeeded in taking Xingyang City and eliminated the last formed army of the Qin army in Sanchuan County; Then the Qi army sent another report, saying that the Qin army in Cangcheng was stubborn in resistance and needed more time to take Ao Cangcheng; In addition, Liu Laosan also sent someone to send a good letter, saying that he had successfully taken the county seat of Ningqin in Guanzhong; And more, the generals of the Chu army and the princes outside the Guanwai came to inquire about Xiang Yu's injury, and Cao Ji and Old Man Fan could only take turns to come forward, and said that Xiang Yu's injury was not serious, but it took a little time to rest, and it took a lot of effort to temporarily stabilize the morale of the army.
But it's okay, Xiang Yu, who can pull out the mountain, is indeed physically strong, far from being very comparable, and when it came to the evening of the same day, Xiang Yu, who had been in a coma for a day, woke up slowly, and Cao Ji and Old Man Fan, who were sad and had a lot of beard, were overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Former general, how do you feel?" ”
Xiang Yu's lips squirmed, and he asked in a weak voice for a long time: "My injury, what do the medical workers say?" ”
After hesitating for a moment, Cao Ji said helplessly: "Former general, you must be calm, when you pulled out the arrow, your right eye was also pulled out, and your right eye is no longer there." ”
After saying that, Cao Ji hurriedly added: "But there must be no problem with your life, as long as the former general puts your mind at ease and recuperates, you will get better soon." Also, we have blocked the news, and now our soldiers and princes outside the Guanwai do not know about your situation, and the morale of the army has not been affected. In addition, we have already taken Aocang, so we don't have to worry about the problem of military rations. ”
Xiang Yu closed his left eye painfully, opened his eyes again after a while, and said slowly: "Military affairs, please Uncle Cao, you are temporarily in charge of it for me, Father, Uncle Ji, you help Uncle Cao more, everything is decided by him." On the side of the princes, how long can they hide it, they really can't hide it, and it doesn't matter much if they know it, Ao Cang is in our hands, and the princes outside the gate have no military rations, so they can't turn the sky upside down. ”
Cao Ji and Old Man Fan hurriedly agreed, and Xiang Yu said in a weak voice: "What I'm most worried about is that Brother Xiang Kang is there, he has soldiers and food, I turned my face with him again, if he seizes this opportunity to counterattack, no one will be his opponent, you have to think of more ways, at least you have to block him in the pass, only when my injuries are healed, can I be sure to deal with him ......." ”
Xiang Yu's voice became weaker and weaker, and before he finished speaking, the person passed out again, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan frowned bitterly and smiled bitterly together, only then did he remember that he forgot to tell Xiang Yu that Liu Laosan had already started with Xiang Kang in Guanzhong, and had already taken a city in Guanzhong, Xiang Kang could fight back at any time, but the anti-Qin coalition army had no time to send reinforcements to Liu Laosan.
After thinking about it for a long time, Old Man Fan made up his mind and said to Cao Ji: "Cao Sima, Liu Ji's soldiers are outnumbered, the combat effectiveness of the Qi army is insufficient, and it is not reliable at all, and the terrain of Hangu Pass is much easier to fight from west to east than from east to west, if Xiang Kang takes the opportunity to launch a counterattack, Liu Ji and Tian An have no hope of blocking him, and Hangu Pass will inevitably be lost, and we will not be able to complete the former general's instructions." But for now, we can only find a way to stabilize Xiang Kang. ”
"How do you stabilize him?" Cao Ji asked.
"Taking advantage of Xiang Kang's certainty that he doesn't have time to know the news now, he will immediately send a reliable messenger into the customs to contact him." Old man Fan said: "Let's say that the children of the Xiang family intercede for him together, the former general also promised to give him a chance for the sake of brotherhood, so that he immediately took the territory he now controlled as the boundary, and no longer clashed with the army outside the Guan, and when the former general led the troops into the customs and took over the land and city in Guanzhong, he was named the king of Hanzhong, and the land of Bashu and Hanzhong was divided into feudal areas for him, so as to temporarily stabilize him and buy time for the former general to recuperate." ”
Cao Ji calculated, and said after a while: "It is feasible and hopeful, but what if the news suddenly leaks?" ”
"It doesn't matter." Old man Fan said gloomily: "On the one hand, we have the reputation of the former general and his hypocrisy and grievances, temporarily stabilizing him, and on the other hand, we have fraudulently passed on the orders of the former general, promising to reward the benefits, and asked the Zhao army to immediately enter the Guanzhong to reinforce Liu Ji and Tian An, the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army is second only to our Chu army, and it is definitely not a big problem to block Xiang Kang for a long time, as long as the Zhao army can hold on until the former general recovers from his injuries and can continue to lead the army to fight, it will be easy to clean up Xiang Kang." Moreover, after the transfer of the Zhao army, even if the princes outside the Guanwai had any dissenting intentions, it was not a problem. ”
Cao Ji hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Now that the matter is now, this is the only way to do it, hurry up and discuss, how can we let the Zhao army willingly enter the Guanzhong, to help us block Xiang Kang in the Guanzhong, and buy time for the former general to recuperate." ”
I have to explain, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan have also considered being open and honest with Xiang Kang, using sibling affection to persuade Xiang Kang to reconcile with Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu has done things too much before, not only detained Xiang Kang's messenger, but also swore in public in front of the princes outside the gate to crusade against Xiang Kang, can it be said that Xiang Kang is not sure, and Xiang Yu, who is arrogant and loves face, will agree to bow to Xiang Kang, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan are not even more sure - just now in front of the princes swore to kill their relatives in righteousness, In the blink of an eye, he had to bend his knees to the target of the crusade and sue for peace, this face could be more than ordinary, Xiang Yuwei was naturally discredited, and he would definitely become the laughing stock of everyone in the world.
So there is no way, Cao Ji and Old Man Fan, who are difficult to ride a tiger, can only carry out the orders issued by Xiang Yu at the moment of his soberness, and do everything possible to block Xiang Kang in Guanzhong, and also protect the road to enter Guanzhong after Xiang Yu's injury is healed.