Maybe many people didn't notice a detail, that is, Xiang Kang led the army to go out before, unless it was an urgent need for the war, Xiang Kang generally set off in the morning with the army, leaving a daytime for the army to march. Only when he decided to send troops this time, Xiang Kang deliberately explained that he was going to send troops at noon, leaving only half a day for his own army to march.

At the beginning, Xiang Kang's civil and military cronies, including Zhou Zeng and Xiang Zhuang, did not pay attention to this detail, or the next morning, the army was ready to leave, but when there was still more than an hour before the departure time, Zhou Tong and Xiang Zhuang and others suddenly found that this seemed to be Xiang Kang's arrangement mistake, and then Zhou Zeng kindly said to Xiang Kang: "Young marshal, the army is ready, anyway, we didn't pick any time, it's better to ask the diviner now and set off as soon as possible." In that case, we can also travel more today. ”

"There's no need for that." Xiang Kang shook his head and said with a smile: "We can only set off at noon this time, so it is most beneficial for us." ”

Zhou Zeng was stunned, and hurriedly asked Xiang Kang why he had to leave at noon, but Xiang Kang shook his head and said nothing, his smile was still very mysterious, and Zhou Zeng was confused, and he couldn't understand why Xiang Kang said that it was best for the army to set off at noon, so he had to hide this question in his heart for the time being, and patiently waited for Xiang Kang to reveal the mystery in the future.

At half of noon, according to the rules of the army in this era, Xiang Kang arranged a fortune teller who was well-known in the area of the worry to ask the good fortune in public, and the result was that because of the receipt of Xiang Kang's gold, the fortune teller divined the result of course it was good luck, and the young marshal army went out this time to use a wooden stick to knock on the flag and win the victory, and break the enemy's army, and at the same time inform the whole army of this good news, Xiang Kang also ordered the army to set off, and also asked the young marshal army to march at a normal marching speed, and did not rush to the Fu at all.

The normal marching speed of the infantry is about 50 miles a day, and there is no hurry to set off at noon, of course, the young marshal army only walked about 25 miles on the first day to set up camp to rest, and the second day after continuing to set off westward, although the road was smooth, there was no harassment and obstruction by the Qin army, and the people along the way in Fuli territory also closed their doors early, and did not dare to cause chaos to the march of the young marshal army, but the young marshal army that was advancing at a uniform speed still walked more than 50 miles, and the sun was gradually setting westward, and the young marshal army had to stop and set up camp to rest. The temporary camp of the young marshal's army is about thirty miles away from the city of Fuli.

It was only at this time that Xiang Kang smiled and asked Zhou Zeng, "Uncle Ya, how is it?" Do you understand why I had to leave yesterday at noon? ”

Although he was not born to eat this bowl of rice like Xiang Kang, after all, he received military education when he was in the school, and he accumulated a lot of actual combat experience during this time, after thinking carefully for a while, Zhou Zeng still understood Xiang Kang's intentions, and said happily: "The young marshal is clever, yes, choosing to set off at noon yesterday is indeed the most beneficial for us." ”

"What's the advantage?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile.

"Why should the young marshal test me?" Zhou Zeng smiled and said: "I chose to set off at noon yesterday, yesterday plus today, our reasonable march is less than eighty miles, not only to let the enemy have suspicions, but also to rush to the outskirts of Fuli at noon tomorrow, and then leave Zhao Zhuang Pifu plenty of time for the decisive battle, so as to induce him to launch a decisive battle at noon tomorrow, and we don't have to work hard to set up a camp, and it will be much more convenient when retreating." ”

Xiang Kang laughed, very proud of his accurate grasp of time, but after holding back the laughter, Xiang Kang was a little worried, and said: "Tomorrow will see if Zhao Zhuang will obediently send troops to a decisive battle, if he is not fooled, he does not plan to rush to a decisive battle, or simply chooses to stick to the camp, then we will be in big trouble." ”

"Don't worry, young marshal." Zhou Zeng comforted: "I have dealt with Zhao Zhuang's horseman, and I know that he has a quick temper and loves face the most, so he will definitely not stick to the camp with all his pockets, only defend without fighting, and it is very likely that he will rush to send troops to fight us at noon tomorrow." ”

Xiang Kang nodded, but he refused to be completely reassured, after careful consideration for a while, Xiang Kang made up his mind and said: "Uncle Ya, write a letter of persuasion to Zhao Zhuang for me, and persuade Zhao Zhuang to lead the violent Qin army to lay down their arms and surrender to us with my reputation, and say that as long as he agrees to surrender, I will make him the general of Chu State, but if he is obstinate and insists on burying the mediocre Qin II, then after I capture him alive, I will tear him to death, and my tone should be as arrogant as possible." ”

"The young marshal wants to deliberately provoke Zhao Zhuang? Lure him into a decisive battle as soon as possible? ”

Zhou Zeng guessed Xiang Kang's intentions, Xiang Kang nodded, and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to send him a set of women's clothes, but this is too traceful, and the blind can see that I am deliberately provoking him to fight, maybe it may backfire." So there was no way, I could only make him angry with him, and make him feel that I didn't know how thick the sky was, and it was easier to deal with. ”

Zhou Zeng nodded with a smile, indicating that he understood Xiang Kang's vicious intentions, and immediately picked up the pen to make a book, and wrote an arrogant letter of persuasion to Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang did not rush to send someone to send it to Zhao Zhuang, but carefully arranged the camp defense to prevent the Qin army from sneaking up at night, and at the same time rushed to make dry food for two days.

When the horse team of the young marshal army arrived at the Qin army camp outside Fuli City, the Qin army of Surabaya County led by Zhao Zhuang had of course also figured out the general situation of the young marshal army, and also knew that the young marshal army would definitely arrive at the outskirts of Fuli City at noon today, but when it came to how to deal with it, the Qin army generals under Zhao Zhuang were divided into two factions, one faction advocated immediately starting to prepare for sending troops, and launched a decisive battle with the young marshal army on the outskirts of Fuli City today, and the other faction advocated not acting rashly for the time being. And then it's not too late to launch a decisive battle. Zhao Zhuang's attitude was ambiguous, although he was more inclined to send troops to a decisive battle today, but he felt that it was not bad to carefully understand the specific military strength of the young marshal's army before launching a decisive battle, so he did not immediately make up his mind.

Under such circumstances, when the cavalry of the young marshal's army shot the letter of persuasion of surrender into the Qin military camp with crossbow arrows, and the Qin soldier also submitted the letter to Zhao Zhuang as soon as possible, of course, Zhao Zhuang immediately lost his patience, patted the case and roared angrily: "Xiang Kang Xiaoer, be bold, take the initiative to send it to the door to find death, forget it, and even have the face to persuade this official to surrender to you!" Ordered the whole army to prepare to go out of the camp to fight immediately, and fight to the death with Xiang Kang's rebels today! ”

"Junzun, are you waiting a little longer?" A general of the Qin army, who advocated a delay in the war, did not know whether he was alive or dead, and persuaded: "At present, we still don't know the specific military situation of the rebels, and it is a bit risky to rush the decisive battle, so it is better to ......." ”

"No waiting!" Zhao Zhuang interrupted with a roar and roared: "A group of rabble, how do you need to investigate and understand?" Hit today! Go ahead and get ready! ”

Knowing Zhao Zhuang's irascible temper and not daring to continue to disobey, the generals of the Qin army who advocated a delay in the war before could only sing a promise together, and then immediately returned to the camp to prepare for war with the generals of the Qin army who advocated a decisive battle today, and when everything was ready for weapons, war horses and chariots, Zhao Zhuang couldn't wait to personally lead the army out of the camp, and gathered more than 4,000 Qin troops outside the camp to prepare for battle.

It didn't take much time for the young marshal scouts who were patrolling back and forth to report the news of the Qin army's departure from the camp to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang was excited when he heard the report, but his face was silent, and he didn't urge the army to speed up, but just led the army to march slowly to save physical strength, and maintained a strict formation to move forward.

Zhao Zhuang's eagerness exceeded Xiang Kang's estimate, and he had no patience to wait passively outside the camp, Zhao Zhuang even led the Qin army out of the camp to take the initiative to march eastward, and took the initiative to meet the main force of the young marshal army, so it was just over halfway through, and the young marshal army and the Qin army who were advancing head-on could already see each other's banner queues, and then Zhao Zhuang and Xiang Kang did not dare to hesitate, and immediately ordered the army to line up in the eastern suburbs of Fuli and directly start the main decisive battle.

This is also the first time that the young marshal's army and the Qin army fought head-on, Xiang Kang did not dare to take risks, so the young marshal army arranged a large phalanx with a balanced attack and defense, and hid more than 100 chariots brought by the army in the formation, mixed with the infantry to strictly protect them, and the cavalry was arranged on the left flank of the open terrain, and the grain and grass and heavy vehicles were behind. Zhao Zhuang used the traditional military formation of the Qin army, so that the heavy crossbowmen were arranged in front of the two wings, the cavalry was hidden behind, the light crossbowmen were in the center, the chariot and the main force of the infantry were mixed behind the light crossbowmen, and Zhao Zhuang's flag array was arranged on the high ground behind the left wing, commanding the overall situation from a high position.

After the formation was set, the first to attack was Xiang Kang, who had never fought in battle, and in the sound of war drums, Xiang You, who was named two or five hundred long by Xiang Kang, led the men and horses of his headquarters to take the lead in the battle, and attacked the crossbow formation of the Qin army head-on, Zhao Zhuang, who was full of confidence in the crossbowmen of his own army, of course laughed loudly and laughed loudly at the young marshal's army. The result was not surprising, Xiang You's troops had just deceived the Qin army's front of the formation, and they were immediately hit head-on by the Qin army's strong crossbow, and they were shot so that people turned over on their backs, ghosts cried wolves, and had to retreat in embarrassment to avoid the Qin army's arrow rain.

After sighing that the Qin army's strong crossbow was indeed worthy of its name, Xiang Kang waved the command flag and commanded Xiang You to attack again, but unfortunately, as before, Xiang You's department was still shot by a chaotic arrow of the Qin army, and had to flee back to the distance to regroup the team in embarrassment. Then, according to Xiang Kang's command, he shifted the target to attack the crossbow formation on the right wing of the Qin army, and at the same time, the cavalry of the young marshal army on the left flank also trotted forward, preparing to attack the side of the crossbow formation on the right wing of the Qin army in a roundabout way to help the infantry of the self-army break the enemy.

Of course, it was useless to do this, Zhao Zhuang just waved the flag, and the Qin cavalry hidden behind the crossbow array on the right wing of the Qin army immediately attacked, charging towards the cavalry of the young marshal's army, shattering the dream of the cavalry of the young marshal's army to unite the infantry to break the formation, and at the same time, the strong crossbows on the right wing of the Qin army also fired arrows in unison, shooting the infantry of the young marshal's army screaming continuously, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

The fragility of the combat effectiveness of the young marshal army was still above Zhao Zhuang's imagination, and it didn't take long for the fierce battle to be overwhelmed by the cavalry of the young marshal army under the command of Xiang Han, and they were defeated and retreated by the Qin army, which was inferior to their own numbers, and had to turn around and flee for their lives. After seeing the cavalry retreating, the infantry of the young marshal's army led by Xiang You also immediately fled, and fled directly to the self-army formation in embarrassment, and stupidly messed up the array of the young marshal's army, which looked quite neat.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhuang, who laughed loudly, of course, waved the flag and commanded the main force of the Chinese army to take advantage of the situation to attack, while the young marshal army was because the formation had been disrupted, so he could only quickly ring the retreating bronze cymbal, turn around and flee in advance before the enemy got close, and fled faster than one by one.

"Chase!" Without any hesitation, Zhao Zhuang immediately issued a pursuit order and shouted: "Chase to the end, take down Xiang Kang'er's head!" ”

The quasi-10,000-level marathon race began, and the young marshal soldiers who had long heard of Zhao Zhuang's treatment of prisoners smeared oil on the soles of their feet and fled for their lives with the banner of their own army. On the Qin side, the pace was brisk, shouting and striding in pursuit, the military flag covered the sun like a rainbow, and Zhao Zhuang himself laughed and urged the vehicle, leading the Qin army to chase closely.

In the pursuit battle, of course, there were many soldiers of the young marshal army who were physically exhausted and fell behind, and had to put down their arms and surrender on their knees, but the Qin army of Surabaya County, which had long been accustomed to slaughtering prisoners of war, was unceremonious, and without saying a word, they cut down the surrendered young marshal soldiers, forcing the young marshal soldiers who had already knelt and surrendered to the ground and could only quickly stand up and run for their lives again, and also forced the young marshal army brigade in front to run faster, saying that they did not dare to stop and take a breather.

It was also at this time that Xiang Kang really realized what it meant to be defeated, and he was extremely worried that his army would collapse to the end and fall apart directly, but at this point, Xiang Kang had no way back, so he could only try to gather the army, flee with the young marshal's army, and lead the Qin army to the real decisive battlefield he chose on the road. At the same time, Xiang Han, who was ordered to contain the cavalry of the Qin army, gradually led the cavalry of the young marshal's army to the south, gradually leading the cavalry of the Qin army pursuing his own army away from the pursuing battlefield.

Fortunately, Xiang Kang had also considered that if he fled too far, the army might turn from a deception to a real defeat, and the selected battlefield was not too far, only fifteen or sixteen miles away, and the young marshal's army brigade fled to a relatively narrow battlefield with a lake in the south and a water in the north. Then Xiang Kang did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the rear team fleeing in front to abandon their baggage, and deliberately overturned the vehicle, smashed the wooden cage, scattered the cloth and weapons brought by the army all over the ground, and let the pigs and sheep brought by the army escape everywhere.

The critical moment to decide the outcome has finally arrived, in Xiang Kang's worried and constantly looking back, the Qin army brigade finally caught up with the position of the young marshal's army, Xiang Kang's palms couldn't help but be soaked with sweat, and said secretly: "Whether you lose or win, it depends on now." ”

The soldiers of the Qin army did not disappoint Xiang Kang, let alone the 'Feng Zhong' who sent the book and offered advice, after seeing the cloth and weapons scattered all over the ground and the fat pigs and sheep running everywhere, the soldiers of the Qin army really pounced on it like flies seeing blood, and without saying a word, they grabbed the cloth and never let go, grabbed the horns and laughed, not only the queue was completely chaotic, but the soldiers also beat each other in order to rob the property. - But I really can't blame the Qin soldiers for being greedy, the productivity of this era is extremely backward, and even a piece of clothing can be written into a suicide note to specify who to leave it to, and suddenly seeing so many valuable things in front of him, the Qin soldiers, who are used to living a poor life, of course can't do it without thinking about it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiang Kang, of course, asked Shuai Qi to stop advancing, and then he didn't have time to reorganize the team, just collected most of the soldiers and horses, and immediately took the young marshal army to turn around and kill back, killing the already chaotic Qin army team with great momentum, and kept yelling, "Whether you are dead or alive, it depends on this battle!" Kill! ”

It was finally the turn of the young marshal army to show their skills, seeing that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, in the shouting, the young marshal soldiers who had only fought with the wind since the beginning of the army were all brave, and everyone was vying for the lead, shouting and just rushing towards the Qin soldiers who had already been chaotic on their own. And the Qin sergeant was because the team was already in chaos, and secondly, he didn't expect that the young marshal soldiers who had been defeated before would dare to turn back and fight again, and they were caught off guard, not to mention rearranging the strict formation and using their best crossbow arrows to meet the enemy, that is, even the courage to fight in close quarters did not exist, and before the young marshal army rushed closer, they had already broken and fled on their own.

"What's going on? Why did the thieves come back? Quick, line, line, prepare the crossbow arrows! ”

Seeing this scene, of course, Zhao Zhuang, who was shocked, hurriedly commanded the troops around him to line up to meet the battle, but it is a pity that Xiang Kang chose this battlefield to be very vicious to the Qin army in terms of terrain, the north is Suishui and there is no way to go, and the south is a lake that is also going south, and the front team of the Qin army that fled in chaos can only turn around and flee for their lives, and panic under the pursuit and expulsion of the young marshal's army, and directly disrupt the rear team of the Qin army, completely shattering the dream of the Qin army to fight in line again, no longer the arrogance and majesty of the previous pursuit. - After all, the Surabaya County soldiers are only a local army formed by drawing soldiers from various counties in Surabaya, and their combat effectiveness is also far from the real elite of the Qin army.

When fighting a tailwind battle, the young marshal's Wang Baquan is always extremely sharp, and the momentum is like a rainbow rushing into the chaos of the Qin army, and the young marshal soldiers who have accumulated a lot of experience in slashing and killing are slashed harder than one knife, one kopeck and one peck fiercely, and the Qin soldiers are slashed to the point that flesh and blood are splashed, screaming and shaking the sky, and also forcing the Qin army to run more desperately, pushing and trampling each other, with countless dead, and the Qin army's chariots and cavalry mixed with the infantry are deeply trapped in it, neither can charge to fight, but also difficult to turn around and flee. The young marshal's Wang Baquan is a great display of divine might, seeing people kill people, and seeing gods killing gods.

At the same time, the cavalry of the Qin army, which was led to the south of the lake by the cavalry of the young marshal's army, saw that the situation was not good, although they immediately turned around and came over to reinforce the main force, but Xiang Han also immediately led the cavalry of the young marshal army to turn around and kill back, and slashed and killed the ass of the Qin cavalry, while the cavalry of the Qin army had no morale, holding their heads and just fleeing for their lives, even if they met the main force, they did not dare to turn back and fight again, and the handsome banner that surrounded Zhao Zhuang just ran wildly towards the way they came, and the cavalry of the young marshal army continued to pursue, and also attacked Zhao Zhuang's handsome banner several times, striving to capture the thief and capture the king first and kill Zhao Zhuang directly.

Knowing why the young marshal army would stare at him, he had no choice, and Zhao Zhuang, who was still smart, could only let his soldiers throw the handsome flag, abandon the car and ride the horse, and fled for his life in the chaos of the army. As a result, although Zhao Zhuang's safety factor was much higher, but without the command of Shuai Qi, the Qin army completely collapsed, and the soldiers lost their armor and fled in all directions, and they no longer had the courage and heart to fight. The rabble of the young marshal's army took the opportunity to slash and kill, beheading countless people, and capturing countless prisoners.

The matter is not over, and finally escaped back to Fuli City under the protection of the cavalry, because there are not many defenders in the Qin army camp, Zhao Zhuang didn't even dare to enter the camp, and fled directly into the city with the cavalry.

After the war, the young marshal's army was of course exhausted, but because the Qin army camp was too close to Fuli City, Xiang Kang, who was cautious by nature, did not dare to rest overnight in the Qin army camp, so he could only quickly clean up the battlefield, insisted on taking the army to withdraw to rebuild the camp ten miles away from Fuli City, and tossed until the second watch was more than half before letting the army rest. And during this period, Zhou Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and others of course all asked Xiang Kang: "The morale of the Tyrannical Qin army has collapsed, do you want to take the opportunity to take Fuli City?" ”

"Let me think about it." Xiang Kang, whose eyes were already bloodshot, did not immediately give an accurate answer, and said: "If we want to take advantage of the situation to take Fuli City, we can only find a way to win by surprise, and we can't do stupid things that attack head-on, first, there is no way, and second, we have to prevent a fire in the backyard, and the tyrannical Qin army of Donghai County suddenly stabbed us in the back." ”