"I can't imagine that Yang Xiong Pifu is so cunning and cunning that he can even deceive us!"

Xiang Kang, who was not very good at character, not only smashed the case directly, but also forgot to analyze why the Sanchuan Qin army went to such great lengths to enter the city to reinforce the Kunyang defenders. On the contrary, Li Shiqi, who is quite familiar with military affairs, first noticed that something was wrong, and stood up and said: "It's strange, Kunyang is just a small city, neither has it hoarded a lot of grain and grass and military supplies, nor is it in any dangerous position, there is a need to hold on, why did Yang Xiong Pifu spend so much effort to send troops into the city for reinforcements?" What was his purpose in doing so? ”

"There is only one possibility, the violent Qin army in Nanyang County has deployed heavy troops in Ye County and is waiting for us to go south."

Uncle Zhou, who was proficient in military affairs, came to a conclusion and said: "If this is the case, the Tyrannical Qin army must hold Kunyang, and then we can use Kunyang as a backing to cooperate with the Tyrannical Qin army in Nanyang to flank us before and after." Otherwise, if we take Kunyang, we only need to leave a partial division to guard, which can effectively contain Yang Xiong Pifu, so that he does not dare to go south with confidence, and our main force can also free up our hands to calmly deal with the tyrannical Qin army in Ye County, and we don't have to worry too much about the threat from behind. ”

"If that's the case, aren't we now very passive?" Li Shiqi's face changed, and he said: "To the north is Yang Xiong, whose strength can fight with us, to the south is the violent Qin army in Nanyang, and in the middle there is the violent Qin army in Kunyang. ”

Uncle Zhou lowered his head slightly, and said with remorse: "We are too light on the enemy this time, if we were more cautious before and resolutely defeated Yang Xiong Pifu in the hinterland of Yingchuan, the situation would definitely not be so passive." ”

The young marshal army present was silent, all of them regretted their previous carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, and ignored the threat from behind, Xiang Kang was also silent, extremely regretful just listening to the shouting and killing sound from afar, and when he heard the cheers coming from Kunyang City, Xiang Kang immediately understood that the Qin army had successfully entered the city!

"It seems that General Zhong Liwu was one step too late and failed to stop the Tyrannical Qin army."

Uncle Zhou also came to a conclusion helplessly, and when the young marshal's army and civil and military were all disappointed, Xiang Kang's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly shouted: "Long Ji, immediately lead your headquarters out of the camp, give me reinforcements to Zhu Jishi, and help him chase down the violent Qin army that lured the enemy before!" In addition, he sent someone to contact Zhong Liwu and told him to give up blocking the Tyrannical Qin army from entering the city, and instead reinforce Zhu Jishi to pursue the Tyrannical Qin army that had lured the enemy before! ”

After saying it out loud, Xiang Kang added viciously, "Also, you must pursue it to the end!" If possible, try to follow the defeated soldiers of the Tyrant Qin army into the camp of the Tyrant Qin army! Don't worry about being outnumbered, I'll send you reinforcements as soon as possible! ”

Long He immediately hugged his fists and took the order, and rushed out to organize the people of the headquarters, and Xu Ji, the captain of the personal army, also immediately arranged manpower and rushed to the front line to give orders to Zhong Liwu, who had attacked before, and Xiang Kang ordered Guan Ying to lead the cavalry of the young marshal army to attack overnight, and rushed to the vicinity of the Qin army camp to maneuver to assist Long and Zhong Liwu and other troops to directly attack the Qin army camp.

It was also the unlucky head of the Qin army Yang Kang, who was also responsible for the cover, after successfully luring Zhu Jishi's main force away from the blocking position, the Yingchuan Qin army lurking in the northeast took the opportunity to rush through Zhu Jishi's rear army to intercept and enter Kunyang City for reinforcements, Zhu Jishi found that he was fooled and hurried back to reinforce, but Yang Kang, who had successfully completed the covering task, refused to give up, first, he wanted to share the pressure for the friendly army as much as possible, and second, he also had some greed, and even took the Qin army to turn around and kill again, attacking Zhu Jishi's back.

In this way, the poor Yang Kangjun naturally fell into bad luck, first fell into a melee with Zhu Jishi's department, and there was no way to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, and then Zhong Liwu and Long and killed directly with great momentum, and then Zhu Jishi, who failed to stop Yingchuan Qin's army from entering the city, also turned around with red eyes to take revenge, and the three armies joined forces to kill Yang Kang's department to a big defeat, Yang Kang saw that the situation was not good, so he could only quickly flee with the army to and fro, Long and Zhong Liwu and other generals kept in mind Xiang Kang's advice and resolutely pursued to the end, It was directly pursued from the outskirts of Kunyang to the Qin army camp for more than 20 miles. What's worse is that the cavalry of the powerful young marshal army has already rushed to the vicinity of the Qin army's camp, attacking the Qin army's defeated troops from the flank, forcing the Qin army's defeated troops to flee back to the camp.

If the defeated soldiers of the Qin army are fooled and flee directly into the camp of the army in a mess, the young marshal soldiers do have hope to follow the defeated soldiers of the Qin army directly into the camp of the Qin army and crush the hope of the veteran Yang Xiong of the Qin army. It's a pity that the young marshal's army once again underestimated the overall situation and fighting will of the Sanchuan Qin army, and after discovering the intentions of the young marshal's army, Yang Kang, who was personally promoted by Yang Xiong, gritted his teeth and chose not to return to the camp, and fled directly to the Ziyun Mountain Mountains in the north with the defeated troops of the Qin army, preferring to let his direct subordinate army suffer heavy casualties than to involve the main force of the Sanchuan Qin army.

Yang Kang's choice caught the young marshal's army off guard, although the infantry and cavalry cooperated with the front to block and chase the rear, killing the Qin army all over the field, but still failed to force the Qin army's defeated soldiers back to the camp, and could only watch the scattered Qin army's defeated soldiers flee into the Ziyun Mountains with high mountains and dense forests in the dawn of dawn.

The news was reported to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang had no choice but to send Uncle Zhou to lead the troops north to pick up Long and Zhong Liwu and others, Uncle Zhou also took this opportunity to explore the situation of the Qin army camp at the scene, but there was no way, the experienced Qin army veteran Yang Xiong still built the camp impregnable, and the location of the camp was on high ground, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the main force of the young marshal army was dispatched, he did not dare to say that he was sure that he would be able to break through the Qin camp.

On the same day, the scouts who went south to Yexian to investigate the enemy's situation also sent news, confirming the speculation that the Nanyang Qin army had deployed heavy guards in Yexian County, and what surprised Xiang Kang even more was that Nanyang County Shou Lu Qi led the Qin army stationed in Ye County, and the strength of the army reached more than 30,000 people, which was not much different from the young marshal's army in terms of strength, and if you add the Sanchuan Qin army in the north, as well as the Yingchuan Qin army in Kunyang City, the strength of the young marshal army is at an absolute disadvantage.

After being surprised, there were still doubts, and after looking at the map of Nanyang, Xiang Kang asked very strangely: "Nanyang is vast and sparsely populated, it stands to reason that there should not be many troops, Lu Qi is just a county guard, how can he organize as many as 30,000 county soldiers to meet us?" ”

"There should be two possibilities." Uncle Zhou analyzed: "First, Nanyang was not greatly affected by the war before, the population did not suffer too many losses, and there were sufficient soldiers available, and the second is that Nanyang is the southeast gateway of the Tyrannical Qin, and the location is important, and the Tyrannical Qin Imperial Court may draw troops from Guanzhong to reinforce Nanyang, so the Tyrannical Qin army in Nanyang is so numerous." ”

Xiang Kang was speechless, and only then did he know that Liu Laosan took advantage of the void to enter the customs in history, which was definitely not as simple and easy as a few strokes recorded in the history books, and it was also through countless bitter battles and vicious battles that he won the final victory. After a while, Xiang Kangcai said again: "Let's have a meeting, tell everyone about the current situation, and discuss what to do next." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, the important civil and military personnel of the young marshal's army gathered in the commander's tent, and Han Cheng, Zhang Liang, Han Xin, and others were also invited to participate in the military meeting held by Xiang Kang himself.

Xiang Kang was quite relieved, although the current situation was not very good, the young marshal army had been flanked by the Qin army, and it was difficult for the small city of Kunyang next to it to go south quickly, but the mood of the young marshal army was not depressed, on the contrary, they also advocated taking the initiative to attack, taking advantage of the fact that the Qin army in Sanchuan and the Qin army in Nanyang were far away, and the Qin army was broken and reversed the current passive situation.

The distance between the Qin army stationed in Yexian County and the Yang Xiong headquarters of the Sanchuan Qin Army is about 60 miles, and it is difficult for each other to rescue each other in a short time, Xiang Kang is also more inclined to break this tactic individually, and also carefully considered the tactical plan of giving priority to dealing with the Sanchuan Qin army, and the young marshal army and the civil and military forces also almost unanimously agreed, all of them believed that they should first attack Yang Xiong, who was weak in strength, clean up Yang Xiong, and then turn around to deal with the Kunyang Qin army and the Nanyang Qin army.

Only Uncle Zhou resolutely opposed this tactic, pointing out: "General Right, Yang Xiong's old horseman's strength is less than ours, but the camp location he chose is too difficult to attack, the north and south sides are cliffs that are difficult to climb, the west is a river, only the gentle slope in the east can be attacked by the enemy, our attacking troops are difficult to deploy, and the possibility of quick success is very small." If we can't attack for a long time, and the violent Qin army in Nanyang takes the opportunity to kill us from behind under the response of the enemy in Kunyang, we will definitely only be more passive. ”

Xiang Kang scratched his head, and he also had a headache about this dangerous problem, but the old cannon barrel was a little unconvinced, and said: "What's wrong with being easy to defend and difficult to attack?" How easy is the camp of the Tyrannical Qin army to defend and difficult to attack, and it can be more difficult to fight than the city? The tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan was just our defeated generals, and when they retreated to Waihuang, they were still taken by us in a battle? The old man doesn't believe how long they can stop us with a camp? ”

"Mr. Li, the battle of Waihuang cannot be taken as a regular practice, and we were lucky to win that battle." Uncle Zhou reminded: "The reason why we were able to quickly break the city in that battle was because we pursued decisively and immediately launched an attack on the city as soon as we arrived in Waihuang, which did not give the violent Qin army in Sanchuan much time to prepare for the battle. The second is that the violent Qin army was defeated in Jiyang, and only some of the remnants of the defeated army fled to Waihuang to defend the city, and the army was tired and few, so there was no way to exert its real strength. The third is that the violent Qin army fell into our discord plan, and Li You's troops went out of the city in a negative spirit, and we took the opportunity to annihilate them all, which affected the morale of the army and completely disrupted Li You's deployment to defend the city, so we were able to quickly break through the Outer Huang. ”

Speaking of this, Li You paused for a moment, and then said: "Now these three objective reasons do not exist, the tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan County is good at guarding, Yang Xiong is still treacherous, and he is extremely cautious in using his troops, and we want to quickly break through his camp, and the certainty is absolutely small." ”

Li Shiqi was speechless, and Xiang Kang was also shaken in his heart, and he couldn't make up his mind. As a result, seeing Xiang Kang's embarrassed look, Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, but still stood up and said: "General Right, the foreign minister is presumptuous, there is a sentence to talk about, in this situation, why doesn't General Right follow the previous wandering tactics of our South Korean army, fight if you can fight, run away if you can't, take the initiative to withdraw from the Kunyang battlefield that is unfavorable to us, and go to other battlefields where the Tyrannical Qin army is empty to show your strength?" ”

Hearing Zhang Liang's words, Xiang Kang, who had never disliked guerrilla tactics, was stunned at first, and then suddenly woke up, only then did he realize that he had drilled the tip of the bull's horns, forgetting that he still had the option of taking the initiative to withdraw from the Kunyang battlefield, and immediately said happily: "What Zhang Situ said is extremely true, since the Kunyang battlefield is a dead end, why should we be stuck here?" Why can't you take the initiative to evacuate Kunyang, turn the passive into the active, and go to other places to clean up the tyrannical Qin army? ”

Uncle Zhou, who also drilled the tip of the bull's horns, also regretted it, and after a little calculation, Uncle Zhou immediately suggested: "General Right, we should go west and attack due west of Lixian County (located in the southwest of Pingdingshan), Lixian belongs to Nanjun, there are two roads to bypass Yexian County and directly enter the hinterland of Nanyang, Nanyang's violent Qin army must adjust its deployment, there is no way to concentrate all its forces and fight with Yang Xiong Lao Pifu, in addition, Yang Xiong Lao Pifu is also likely to be forced to reinforce Li County, as long as he moves and leaves the camp to protect, We can hope to force him to fight. ”

rushed to the map sand table and studied it carefully, and asked clearly that there are indeed two ways to directly enter the hinterland of Nanyang, Xiang Kang did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Go to Li County, force the violent Qin army in Nanyang to adjust the defensive deployment, and also force Yang Xiong Lao Pifu to go west to reinforce Li County!" ”

With this idea in mind, Xiang Kang immediately issued an order, asking the young marshal generals to immediately start pulling out the camp and retreating, and also sent people to explore the road to the west early to understand the situation of the Qin army in Lixian County. At the same time, in order to prevent the Qin army from preparing in advance, and preemptively send troops to reinforce the county, Xiang Kang also asked the young marshal's generals to keep the soldiers secret for the time being, claiming that the news said that the camp was preparing to go north to attack the camp of the Sanchuan Qin army, and then sent a messenger with a war letter to Yang Xiong's camp to make an appointment, and invited Yang Xiong to fight a decisive battle outside the camp at noon the next day, and claimed that if Yang Xiong did not agree to the decisive battle, he would attack his camp and annihilate the Sanchuan Qin army, which had been haunting his army for a long time like maggots on tarsal bones.

Misled by the false news deliberately spread by Xiang Kang, through careful investigation, he learned that the young marshal's army was preparing to come north to attack his camp, and saw Xiang Kang send a letter to fight, Yang Xiong really thought that Xiang Kang was planning to implement various breaking tactics, giving priority to killing the Sanchuan Qin army that was in a weak position, in addition to reinforcing the camp fortifications with all his might, he also sent people to contact the Nanyang Qin army early, so that the Nanyang Qin army was ready to go north to reinforce himself, so as not to besiege his camp and the messenger could not get in touch with the Nanyang Qin army.

Under such circumstances, at noon the next day, when the Qin army scouts confirmed that the young marshal's army was actually marching towards Lixian County, Yang Xiong knew that he had fallen for Xiang Kang's evil deeds again, and he immediately complained bitterly, and said: "Oh no, I didn't expect that Xiang Kang, a traitor, was playing golden cicada shelling again, and he would take the initiative to withdraw from the Kunyang battlefield and go west to fight Lixian in Nanyang County." ”

"General, hurry up and send troops to reinforce the county." Yang Kang suggested: "There is a road in Lixian County that can lead directly to the hinterland of Nanyang, if we let the thief army take root there, we will not be able to prevent it." ”

"It's too late." Yang Xiong shook his head and said: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er has already gone to the front, if we send troops west to reinforce us, it will definitely only be in vain, our troops are not as good as them, if we lose the division again, we will only be more passive." ”

After categorically vetoing the proposal to immediately send troops to reinforce Li County, Yang Xiong thought about it for a while, first sent someone to quickly go south, informed the Nanyang Qin army of the movements of the young marshal's army, and asked the Nanyang Qin army to prepare to prevent the young marshal's army from going directly south to the hinterland of Nanyang from Li County, and then gritted his teeth and said: "For the time being, hold the troops still, send more scouts to monitor the thief army, and wait until the specific movements of Xiang Kang's thief army are confirmed." ”

At noon the next day, Nanyang County Shou Lu Qi also sent a messenger to the north to contact Yang Xiong, in the letter in addition to complaining about Yang Xiong's negligence, did not stop the young marshal's army from attacking Nanyang City in time, and asked Yang Xiong to immediately send troops to reinforce Li County, so as not to lose Li County and affect the future of Lu County Shou's career. The old general Yang Xiong agreed in front of the messenger, but behind his back he blew his nose with Lu Junshou's letter, and said angrily: "It's easy to say, Xiang Kang Xiao'er can't wait to skin the old man now, and ask the old man to immediately send troops to reinforce the county, isn't it for the old man to die in vain?" ”

At the same time, the main force of the young marshal's army carrying a large number of baggage grain trucks has also walked to a place about 20 miles away from Lixian County, Xiang Kang, who was riding a horse, was bored, looking around at will, and inadvertently saw a general suddenly rushed out of his army, and the fast horse rushed to a high ground overgrown with trees on the south side of the road, Xiang Kang was still a little angry at first, and was very dissatisfied with the fact that the generals of the army left the army at will, but when he saw that the person turned out to be the most unambiguous Uncle Zhou under his command in military affairs, Xiang Kang couldn't help but be a little inexplicable, Puzzled, he said, "What is Uncle Zhou doing there?" Toilet? There's no need to run so far, right? ”

The mystery was quickly revealed, and after a while, Uncle Zhou suddenly rushed down the highland quickly, and rushed directly in front of Xiang Kang, pointing to the highland he had just personally explored with a happy face and said, "General Right, do you see it?" The south side of this plateau is a river, the east and west are steep, only the north side is a gentle slope, which is conducive to long-term garrison, and there are many trees growing on the high ground, which can be directly cut down to build fence corner towers, and the antlers are the most suitable for camping. ”

"It's a good fit." Xiang Kang casually looked at the high ground and said, "It's a pity that it's too far away from Lixian County, and it's inconvenient to attack the city, so it's not suitable for us to set up camp." ”

"But it's suitable for Yang Xiong's old horseman to set up camp." Uncle Zhou smiled very treacherously and said, "If I were Yang Xiong's old puppet and came to rescue Li County with the army, I would definitely choose to set up camp on this highland." ”

Xiang Kang stopped talking, and after a little calculation, Xiang Kang simply rushed to the highland, and after carefully exploring the specific situation on the highland, Xiang Kang immediately laughed proudly, and laughed more treacherously and hideously than Uncle Zhou.