Let's take a look at the situation on Xiang Kang's side, after quickly taking the important town of Puyang by despicable means, before the order in the city stabilized, Xiang Kang immediately set out to do two major things, the first is to send the army to collect all the ships in the Puyang area, and transfer soldiers who are proficient in water and can drive boats to form a temporary naval army, so as to intercept the grain transport ships of the main force of the Qin army - starting in the Huaisi area with a dense water network, the number of sailors in the young marshal's army is of course very sufficient, and it is not difficult to do this.

The second thing is that Xiang Kang decided to strike while the iron was hot, and sent Zheng Bu and Li Shang's second generals to lead 7,000 troops to the west to fight Baima, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qin army's mobile force Dong Kansuo's troops to return to the division to rescue, to seize Baima County, control Baimajin, a famous ferry in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and control the initiative in the Puyang battlefield.

Of course, no one objected to Xiang Kang's first decision, Zheng Bu and Li Shang were also very happy to receive the order, and immediately led the army westward to fight the White Horse City, which was too late to take before the main force of the young marshal's army, but Uncle Zhou, who was not reused in the Wei State, suddenly regained his feeling of being resentful in the Wei Army, and jumped out to stop him: "Slow." General Right, the last general is a little puzzled, why should we immediately divide our troops to fight the white horse? ”

"Why go and fight Hakuba right away?" Xiang Kang was asked for a moment, and then said: "Of course, it is to control Baimajin and grasp the initiative on the Puyang battlefield?" After taking Baimajin, we can calmly cross the Yellow River, cooperate with our main force to flank the tyrannical Qin army, and retreat to hold the ferry, so that the tyrannical main force cannot go south, and ensure the safety of our main force? ”

"General Right forgive me, forgive the last general, your thinking this time is a little inconsiderate." Uncle Zhou shook his head and said: "After taking the white horse and controlling the white horse, we can be invincible, but it is even more difficult to cross the river calmly and cooperate with our main force to fight." Because at this time, the tyrannical Qin army that was deceived by us to go to Aocang must be returning to Puyang day and night, and when we arrived at Baimajin, we found that Puyang had been lost, and our army was attacking Baima or had already taken Baima, and the tyrannical Qin army would never risk crossing the river, but would only set up camp on the spot to guard the ferry on the north bank, and it would be even more difficult for our army to cross the Yellow River north. ”

"It turns out that General Zhou is delaying this." Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and said with a relaxed smile: "I also consider this, if the Tyrannical Qin army that returned from Aocang to support the Baima Ferry, then we will immediately cross the river north from Puyang directly, and it will be no problem to defeat them before the main force of the Tyrannical Qin returns to Puyang." ”

"General Right, you forgot to consider that you might return from the Thorn Plains to save the tyrannical Qin army in Puyang." Uncle Zhou reminded: "We rushed to Puyang such a big move, the violent Qin army left behind in the Thorn Plains will not be able to turn a blind eye, and it is likely to immediately divide troops to save Puyang, if they do this, the Tyrannical Qin army from the Thorn Plains to the west is likely to return to the vicinity of Puyang in a day or two, when the time comes, the Tyrannical Qin army from Thorn Plains will cross the Puyang Ferry, and the Tyrannical Qin army from Aocang will cross the Baima Ferry, how can we cross the river north and cooperate with the main force to fight?" ”

I really forgot to consider this possibility, Xiang Kang stopped talking, and Uncle Zhou said again: "General Right, if you are determined to fight with our main force, then we must take a little risk, don't fight the white horse for the time being, first cross the Yellow River with our main force, and move to the north bank of the Yellow River before the Tyrannical Qin reinforcements arrive in Puyang, and then take advantage of the Tyrannical Qin's hasty action to contact the difficult opportunity to break the Tyrannical Qin army that returned to Puyang from Aocang and Jianyuan respectively, and then we have the opportunity to cooperate with the main force to fight." ”

Considering that history has changed too much, his overlord cousin may not have the opportunity to create a miracle of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and at the same time, if he can't defeat the main forces of Zhang Han and Wang Li, he can't get out of the attack on Guanzhong, Xiang Kang, who has a great view of the overall situation, hesitated again and again, but nodded and said: "What General Zhou said is very true, we can't waste time to fight the white horse, we can only seize the time to cross the river immediately, and pull the main force to the north bank of the Yellow River first." ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang was so obedient to him, Uncle Zhou, who was very unusable under Wei Bao's tent, was of course very pleased, but Li Shang, who finally got the opportunity to fight, refused to give up, and interjected: "General Right, General Zhou's opinion may be very reasonable, but what if the violent Qin army that returned from Thorn Plains to aid Puyang did not take the road on the north bank of the Yellow River and chose to take the road on the south bank of the Yellow River?" When the time comes, our main force will reach the north bank of the Yellow River, and the ferry port in Puyang will be far away from the city, and the violent Qin army will take the opportunity to block the ferry and prevent us from coming back, so won't we fall into passivity? ”

This time Uncle Zhou didn't need to speak, Xiang Kang immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "General Li, rest assured, the tyrannical Qin army that returned from the Thorn Plains will never come back from the south bank, first, because they dare not guarantee whether they can reach the Puyang battlefield before we take Puyang, and only by taking the road on the north bank is the safest; The second is that the mobile forces that Zhang Handpifu arranged in Hanoi before were stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River, and only by taking the road on the north bank could they join the violent Qin army in Hanoi, and the violent Qin army would definitely not forget to consider this issue. ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang had already anticipated the route of the Qin army's reinforcements, Li Shang had no choice but to give up, and Xiang Kang immediately gave up his plan to divide his troops to attack Baima, so that the army could seize the time to rest, and at the same time sent scouts to listen to the movements of the Qin army's reinforcements. When the civilian ships were quickly raised in place, on the afternoon of the second day after taking Puyang, Xiang Kang arranged for Zhou Zeng and the general Chao Zhi to lead an army of 5,000 to guard Puyang, and led the main force to cross the Yellow River directly from Puyang to the north, so as to meet the Qin reinforcements who were bound to return to Puyang.

In order to save time, the young marshal army did not erect a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River where the water surface was too wide, and chose to cross the river directly by boat, and because of the large number of military supplies and baggage, the young marshal army did not cross the Yellow River until late that night, and set up a temporary camp to rest overnight. However, to the surprise of both Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou, a whole day passed after the successful crossing of the river, and none of the scouts and Xizuo sent to the east to listen to the news in the direction of Thorn Yang in the east reported the movements of the Qin army, and no Qin army came back from Thorn Plains to rescue Puyang.

"It's a strange thing, calculate the time, if the tyrannical Qin army on the Thorn Plains sends troops back to help Puyang, it must have been discovered by our scouts?"

Xiang Kang may have been worried in vain, with this question and rested on the north bank of the Yellow River for another night, and when a routine military meeting was held the next morning, a personal soldier suddenly entered the report outside the tent, saluted and said: "General Yuyou, General Chao Zhi sent people across the river to report, and the scouts under his command have discovered the violent Qin army that has returned from the Thorn Plains to support Puyang. ”

"It's finally here." Xiang Kang first breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly came to his senses, and immediately jumped up, shouting in disbelief and asking, "What?" Chao Zhi sent someone across the river to report? Was it his scouts who discovered the Tyrannical Qin army returning from the Thorn Plains? Where did the original tyrannical Qin army come from? Already there? ”

"Returning to the right general, the violent Qin army is taking the road on the south bank of the Yellow River to return to Puyang." The soldiers who entered the report first slapped Xiang Kang's little face, and then said: "When the scouts under General Chao discovered the Tyrannical Qin army, the Tyrannical Qin army was only more than thirty miles away from Puyang, and the strength was about 20,000. ”

Xiang Kang was even more dumbfounded, and Uncle Zhou, who was even amazed by Han Xin in military affairs, was even more dumbfounded than Xiang Kang, and after glancing at each other in a daze, Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou also sighed in unison, "Miscalculated, this time we were self-defeating." ”

When Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou lamented together, of course, there was already a big uproar in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Zheng Bu, Long Ji and Zhong Liwu and other generals asked for orders one after another, asking to immediately lead the army south to cross the Yellow River, and return to the army to save the important town of Puyang, which was only guarded by 5,000 troops, Xiang Kang almost opened his mouth to agree. But after forcing himself to calm down, Xiang Kang only thought for a moment, and quickly shook his head and said: "Can't cross the river, crossing the river at this time, our troops can't immediately put into the Puyang battlefield, at most we can only keep Puyang, force the original tyrannical Qin army away, there is no chance to break them in a battle, and we will miss the opportunity to annihilate the Aocang defenders of the tyrannical Qin army!" ”

"But if we don't immediately return to the division to rescue Puyang, what if Zhou Xijiu and General Chao can't stand it?" Zheng Bu asked worriedly.

"The city of Puyang is strong, Zhou Saijiu is cautious, Chao Zhi is good at governing the army, it will definitely be no problem to hold Puyang for a while, we don't need to worry about them." Xiang Kang shook his head again, and said: "Fighters are rare, in order for us to be able to cooperate with the main force in the future, this time we can only make mistakes and implement all the tactics of breaking to the end, if we don't save Puyang first, immediately move to Baimajin, go there to meet the violent Qin army who came back from Aocang, and then cross the Yellow River south and return to the division to save Puyang." ”

The young marshal generals were still a little worried, but Xiang Kang had made up his mind and insisted on implementing various breaking tactics, and the young marshal generals had no choice but to obey Xiang Kang's decision. At that time, Xiang Kang ordered the main force of the young marshal's army to prepare to set off for the west, and at the same time sent people to order Zhou Zeng and Chao Zhi, telling them to hold on to Puyang and not to fight, and then turn back to rescue him after killing the Qin army who had returned from Aocang. At the same time, in order to entangle the original Qin army from Thorn and use the Puyang city defense to consume the strength and morale of the Qin army, Xiang Kang also crossed his behalf, and formulated a plan for Zhou Zeng and Chao Zhi to lure the enemy, asking them to arrange for their subordinates to come forward to surrender, falsely claiming to surrender the city, and luring the Qin army from Thorn to launch a frontal attack on Puyang Jiancheng.

It was only after Xiang Kang arranged all this, when the young marshal's generals followed the order, that Uncle Zhou came to Xiang Kang with a face full of shame to plead guilty, admitting that he was careless and underestimating the courage and determination of the Qin army's reinforcements, causing the main force of the young marshal's army to fall into passivity. Xiang Kang laughed and said: "It's okay, let's not talk about the wise man's thousand thoughts, there must be a mistake, everyone has a miscalculation, this time when I analyzed the movements of the Tyrannical Qin army, it was also my first prediction that the Tyrannical Qin army from Thorn would not dare to venture into the army from the south bank, so when it comes to responsibility, it is still my responsibility that is greater." ”

Having said that, Xiang Kang was still a little uneasy, and couldn't help but say casually, "But General Zhou, if we accidentally run into an enemy named Han Xin in the future, then we will definitely have any carelessness, and we must not make such a mistake again." ”

"Han Xin?" Uncle Zhou was inexplicable, and said secretly: "Haven't you heard of this person?" Why is General Right so jealous of him? ”

In this way, after accidentally missing the opportunity to break through the original enemy of the Thorn Dynasty first, Xiang Kang made a calm decision, resolutely left the Puyang defenders to deal with the enemy of the Thorn Yuan alone, and immediately led the main force of the young marshal's army and the fleet to the west from the north bank of the Yellow River, and rushed to Baimajin to continue to implement the tactics of breaking the Qin army's reinforcements. After the movement of the main force of the young marshal's army was discovered by the Qin army scouts, Su Tuo, the general of the Qin army who led 20,000 Qin troops from Thorn Plains to rescue Puyang, also immediately understood that Xiang Kang was preparing to kill the Qin army on the north bank first and then turn back to save Puyang, so Su Tuo also did not hesitate, in addition to immediately sending messengers west to contact the friendly army to warn, he also sent people to carefully inquire about the situation in Puyang, so as to judge whether he could take Puyang before Xiang Kang returned to the division to rescue.

The result of the listening made Su Chan feel very uncomfortable, although the young marshal army in Puyang City is not very strong, only four or five thousand people, in the absolute inferior force of the army, but the city of Puyang is very strong, the Qin army may not be sure that it can quickly break the city, and once the city can not be attacked for a long time, the army is tired, Xiang Kang suddenly took the main force of the young marshal army back to Puyang, and the Qin army just wanted to lose the battle. Therefore, although the generals under his command suggested taking the opportunity to attack the city, Su Chan always hesitated and made it difficult to make up his mind.

In the afternoon of the same day, Chao Zhi's general Wu Tong sent a personal soldier out of the city and handed over a letter of surrender to the Qin army, claiming that he had always been at odds with Chao Zhi, and was often bullied by Chao Zhi, and wanted to take this opportunity to take revenge, promising to launch an internal response when the Qin army attacked the city, and received the Qin army into Puyang City. Su Tuo, who had also read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", was overjoyed when he saw the book, and said that a big pie had fallen from the sky, and he believed it and did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the Qin soldiers to step up the preparation of siege equipment, and decided to launch a frontal assault on Puyang City the next day.

At the same time, the last young marshal army division Zhu Jishi who withdrew from Aocang also arrived near Baima, fortunately, Xiang Kang did not forget his existence, and had already sent someone to contact him and explain the opportunity, so Zhu Jishi was not in a hurry to return to Puyang, according to Xiang Kang's order, he went directly north to Baimajin, stared at the Qin army defenders in Baima City, and was ready to cover the main force in Baimajin at any time, and also reported to Xiang Kang that the Qin army Aocang defenders did not send troops to directly rescue Puyang, which made Xiang Kang feel a lot more relieved.

Early the next morning, under the temptation of Neiying, Su Yu's troops really launched a frontal assault on Puyang, and Xiang Kang, who had successfully moved to the north bank of Baimajin, although he also knew very well that the battle in Puyang was bound to be extremely fierce, but he still made up his mind to ignore it, and waited patiently for the Qin army's mobile troops who were bound to come back from Aocang to reinforce Puyang, and prepared a large amount of dry food and torches and other materials early for night fighting.

During this period, the scouts of the young marshal army also successfully intercepted the messenger sent by Su Tuo to contact the friendly army, and seized the confidential letter of Su Tuo to the friendly Dong Kan Department to warn the enemy, but unfortunately, after carefully interrogating the captured Qin army messenger, Xiang Kang and others could not confirm whether Su Tuo sent more than one messenger, whether there were any fish that slipped through the net to get in touch with the enemy from Aocang, and there was no way to confirm that the White Horse Qin army sent people to the west from the north bank of the Yellow River in advance, and reported to the enemy in Aocang that Puyang had been lost.

The young marshal's generals were also generally restless because of this, especially in the afternoon, when they still didn't find that Ao Cang was approaching Baimajin, the young marshal generals were inevitably even more anxious, and they all said to Xiang Kang: "General Right, will the tyrannical Qin army from Ao Cang already know the situation in Puyang?" Why did our army withdrawn from Aocang arrive in Baima yesterday, and the Tyrannical Qin army has not moved yet? ”

"Hold your breath." Xiang Kang said very calmly: "Zhu Jishi threw down the camp tent and retreated lightly, and walked on the main road, all of them were still the white horses that arrived yesterday, and the violent Qin army moved one step later than him, and they took the ordinary county road on the north bank of the Yellow River, the speed must be much slower than them, and it is normal to not be able to catch up with the white horse today." ”

"But what if they receive the news in advance that Puyang has been taken down by us?" Zhong Liwu said worriedly: "If the Tyrannical Qin army of Baima preemptively sent a messenger and got in touch with the Tyrannical Qin army from Aocang, the Tyrannical Qin army will definitely slow down when they see that there is no hope of returning, and maybe they will choose to garrison Chaoge to watch the movement." ”

"There may be one, but it's small." Xiang Kang said very easily: "Because it is impossible for the White Horse's Tyrannical Qin army to know the movements of their mobile army on the north bank, even if they send a messenger to report the emergency, they will only send someone to contact Sima Duan stationed in Aocang, or the main force of the Tyrannical Qin army stationed in Thorn Plain, it is impossible to send someone to the north shore to look for a needle in a haystack to look for Zhang Han's army that was originally deployed in Chaoge for emergency, so the possibility that Dong Kan's puppet can get in touch with the White Horse defenders is absolutely very small." ”

Seeing that Xiang Kang was so confident, the young marshal generals had no choice but to forcibly suppress their anxious mood and go back to their respective armies to rest and prepare for war, but Xiang Kang was bored, and couldn't help but say to Uncle Zhou, who didn't leave: "It's a pity that General Zhou, your eldest niece Bo Zhan stayed in Dangxian, otherwise, inviting her to dance at this time can make us relax and relax." ”

"General Right misses her?" Uncle Zhou smiled and said: "If General Right is really reluctant, the distance is not too far anyway, or the general will take advantage of you and arrange someone to talk to Wei Yuan for you, so that she can give her daughter to you directly, so that Zhanzhi can accompany you at any time and dance for you at any time." Wei Yuan, that person, I know, as long as General Right gives you enough gold, she will not refuse. ”

"Forget it." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "The girl is good, I have become a wife again, and I have let her be the side room, I am really wronged by her." ”

"But the last general can see that her niece is also interesting to General You, I'm afraid I'm willing to suffer this grievance. Otherwise, it's decided, and the last general will write a letter to you to ...... to the right general. ”

Evil has evil retribution, Uncle Zhou, who is more old-fashioned, is rarely enlightened, and when he was about to give his friend's beautiful daughter to please Xiang Kang, a dusty scout suddenly stumbled in outside the tent, and shouted loudly before he had time to salute: "General right, here!" The Tyrannical Qin army is coming from the west! Take the county road on the north bank, and it is only more than 20 miles away from Baimajin, and the speed is very fast! ”

Hearing this, Uncle Zhou, who was planning to be a matchmaker for Xiang Kang, and Chen Pingren next to him were full of ecstasy, and they were all glad that they finally waited for the mobile troops of the Qin army to take the initiative to send them to death, but Xiang Kang laughed and said: "Just as I was interrupted at the key point, it seems that I really have no fate with Miss Bo." But forget it, military affairs are important, blow the trumpet, and gather the generals to listen to the order. ”