After all, the sisters of the Yu family are not as thick-skinned as Xiang Kang, although it is not good to be bitter and bitter, so they were forced to agree to Xiang Kang to be the queen of the princess, and they also made practical actions, but Xiang Kang couldn't wait to marry the Yu sisters on the same day, but the Yu sisters still categorically refused, because Xiang Kang could be shameless, but the Yu sisters had to take into account the opinions of others and the feelings of the Yu family - how many people could accept it at once when it was so sudden?

In the end, after repeated discussions, Xiang Kang, who dreamed of hugging left and right every day, had no choice but to make concessions and promised to hold a wedding for Yu Miaoge, and wait for the Yu sisters to slowly do the work of the family, and wait for this limelight, and then let Xiang Kang marry Yu Yu's little girl. But fortunately, Yu Miaoge did not propose that Xiang Kang and Yu Jiao's little girl should not continue to hook up before this, and promised that after getting married, in the name of taking care of each other, Yu Jiao's little girl would be brought to live together, and Xiang Kang could barely accept it.

After the emotional entanglement with the Yu family sisters that was once chaotic finally ended in a happy ending, Xiang Kang, who had been so sad about this matter, also seemed to have let go of his burden, not only did he not resist officially marrying Yu Miaoge in his heart, but he was only preparing for his wedding two days later. But fortunately, in this era, there are no troublesome rules such as holding wedding banquets, worshipping heaven and earth, and picking hijabs, and there are no bad habits such as blocking the door and asking for money to make a hole house, Xiang Kang only needs to decorate his residence and prepare the convoy and entourage to welcome his relatives, plus how many people are willing to help, so Xiang Kang is still able to free up his hands to handle the mountains of military and government affairs, and he did not delay the business because of his wedding.

Only the day of marriage must be an exception, in the morning with Zhou Zeng and other civil officials to handle the official business that must be handled by himself, after eating a little to replenish his strength, Xiang Kang can no longer find time to handle official business, quickly have to return to the residence to change the wedding clothes, ready to accept the congratulations of the civil and military personnel, and then have to lead the crowd to the Yu family to pick up relatives. However, at this time, a personal soldier suddenly hurried up to the hall and said to Xiang Kang, who was wiping his mouth: "Young Marshal Qiqi, there is an old man with a cane from outside the county temple, saying that he heard that the young marshal has recruited wise men on your list, and he specially came to meet and asked you to meet him in person. ”

"Are you stupid?" Xiang Yang, the captain of the pro-soldier next to him, said angrily: "You don't know that the young marshal is about to go to greet his relatives, so what kind of guests will you see when you come?" Tell him to leave, and come back another day to visit our young marshal. ”

"Back to Xiang Zhongjuan, the little one said." The soldier who came to report said with a sad face: "But the old man didn't leave, and said that the young marshal should focus on military affairs, and don't delay the reception of talents for personal matters, and said that if the young marshal doesn't see him today, even if he goes to ask him in person in the future, he will definitely not come again, and all the consequences will be borne by the young marshal." He also said that if the little one didn't inform him, the consequences would be borne by the little one, and the little one saw that he was too old, and his eyebrows and beard were snow-white, and he couldn't drive him away directly, so he had to come in and report to the young marshal. ”

"If you don't see him today, you won't come even if you beg him in the future? What a big breath. Xiang Kang was caught a little curious, and after a little calculation, he said: "Anyway, there is still some time, Xiang Yang, you go to meet the old man for me and invite him in to meet me." ”

"Brother, you're going to greet your relatives soon." Xiang Yang was a little reluctant and said, "Why delay time for an arrogant old man who is not ashamed of his words? ”

"People who dare to say such big things may really have some ability." Xiang Kang was relatively calm, and said: "We are recruiting talents, is it to recruit talents to help us achieve great causes, now there are people who come to run, or very old people, if we insist on not seeing, who is willing to come to us again?" Go ahead, while I still have some time, and we'll see you. ”

Xiang Yang was helpless, so he could only go out to greet the guests for Xiang Kang with an unhappy face, Xiang Kang also temporarily dispelled the idea of going back to the room to change clothes, sat in the hall and waited patiently, and then after a while, a thin old man with snow-white hair was led by Xiang Yang, holding a bamboo cane and striding up to the hall of the county temple where Xiang Kang was located. However, what surprised Xiang Kang was that Xiang Yang, who felt that he was wasting time, was already unhappy, and the expression of the old man with a cane was even more unhappy than Xiang Yang, and he did not salute after meeting, and shouted in a foreign accent: "Young Marshal Xiang, your frame is so big, the old man came to meet you thousands of miles away, and wanted to discuss anti-Qin affairs with you, but you actually refused to do the etiquette of going out to greet you in person, and you were so slow and rude to the point that you should have the attitude of seeking talent?" ”

was a little dumbfounded, Xiang Kang was inevitably a little at a loss for a while, and the old man with a cane was aggressive, and scolded like a machine gun: "The old man knows that today is the day of your marriage, marriage events can't be child's play, your affairs should be a lot of urgency, but don't forget, now there are treacherous clouds, disputes among the armies are continuous, and the situation changes three times a day, so no matter how busy and urgent your own affairs are, you should also focus on military affairs!" Coveting happiness and enjoyment, wine and beauty, is it a hero's doing? ”

For the sake of what the old man said with a cane, and for the sake of his hypocritical reputation as a corporal of Lixian, Xiang Kang, who is very good at superficial work, hesitated for a moment, but still stood up, first politely invited the old man with a cane to the seat of the guest, and then saluted and said: "The old gentleman has learned a lesson, you came from afar, and the kid didn't go out to greet him in person, which is indeed very wrong, and please forgive the old man, the kid must know how to change in the future, and he will never dare to snub an old elder like you, the old man." ”

For the sake of Xiang Kang's sincere attitude of pleading, the old man with the cane snorted heavily, and reluctantly said that he would not care anymore. Xiang Kang also asked curiously: "Dare to ask the old gentleman's surname, who is from?" ”

"Is the origin of the old man's name important?" The old man with the cane not only had a very bad temper, but also had a really arrogant personality, and said: "For you, young marshal, it seems that the old man is the most important thing to see you for, right?" ”

"Stubborn old man." Xiang Kang muttered in his heart, but his face was silent, and he just said respectfully: "The old gentleman has taught him a lesson, so please ask the gentleman, what is the matter with the old gentleman here?" ”

"The old man is here to tell you one thing, Zhang Chu Wang Chen Sheng will be finished soon, you have to prepare in advance to deal with the next great changes in the world."

The words of the old man with a cane made Xiang Kang's eyes widen, as a traverser, of course Xiang Kang knew that Chen Shengjun would soon be destroyed after the failure of his western expedition, but Xiang Kang said that he didn't expect that the old man with a cane in front of him could also expect this change. And the old man with the cane was misunderstood by Xiang Kang's surprised expression, and said a little unhappily: "What? Think the old man is talking nonsense? Do you think that Chen Sheng's soldiers are strong and strong, and it is impossible to end it soon? Do you want the old man to tell you the truth? ”

"Please give me advice, boy."

Vaguely found that the stubborn old man in front of him did not seem to be simple, Xiang Kang's attitude became more respectful, and the old man with a cane also discovered this, and secretly praised Xiang Kang's attitude was not bad, and the old man with a cane said: "Chen Sheng has three defeats, one is that the army is weak, and the army is only greedy for more people, and the soldiers under his command are almost a rabble, without soldiers, lack of training, weapons, armor and grain and grass are all relied on robbery and forced conscription, and there is no guarantee of long-term conquest needs. It can be invincible and indomitable, but when it encounters a setback, it will inevitably be defeated, and it will be difficult to clean up. The previous setback in his western expedition was in the pass, and he could only withdraw from Hangu Pass immediately, which is proof of this. ”

Xiang Kang opened his mouth and stammered, and looked at the old man with a cane in surprise, and then hurriedly said: "Then may I ask the old man, Chen Sheng still has those two defeats?" ”

"The second is that His Majesty is incompetent, and there is no way to control it when the army is sent out." The old man with the cane said: "His subordinate general Wuchen was ordered to march north, and as soon as he reached Handan, he immediately established himself as king, and Chen Shengpifu not only did not dare to send troops to fight, but on the contrary, he also sent Wuchen's parents, wives and children to Handan, officially recognizing Wuchen as king. Although doing this can avoid being invincible with Wu Chen, so that Chen Sheng Pifu can free up his hands to concentrate on dealing with the tyrannical Qin, but he Chen Sheng Pifu forgot that with a person like Wu Chen, how could there be no one to follow suit? In addition, he was defeated in the western conscription, Xingyang was unable to conquer for a long time, and the situation was critical, so the old man dared to assert that it would not be long before his other generals would follow the example of the military ministers and completely split his army, so that the defeat of his Chen Sheng Pifu would be even worse! ”

Xiang Kang was shocked again, and only said after a while: "What the old gentleman said is very true, I only received the news yesterday, Chen Sheng's subordinate Zhou Fu, supported Wei Qi, the son of the old Wei king, as the king in Wei, Chen Sheng not only had no way to control it, but on the contrary, he also sent Wei Qi, who was in Chen County, to Wei and let Zhou Fu make him the king of Wei. ”

"This is the incompetence of Chen Sheng's royal subordinates, two such examples have appeared in succession, if his army is not completely divided in the future, it will be simply unreasonable." The old man with a cane sighed and said, "But compared with his third defeat, his second defeat is not serious. ”

"Dare to ask the old gentleman, what is Chen Sheng's third defeat?" Xiang Kang hurriedly asked again.

"Unpopular." The old man with a cane replied very directly, and said: "Chen Shengpifu raised troops to restore Chu, but after the initial results, he couldn't wait to establish himself as the king of Zhang Chu, so that countless old people of Chu who hoped to revive Chu were greatly disappointed, and at the same time, he blindly amassed troops, and did not think about the livelihood of the people under his rule in the coming year. Without the support of the people, he is a rootless Ping, how can his momentum last long? ”

After clearly pointing out the three important reasons for Chen Sheng's defeat, the old man with a cane concluded: "With these three defeats, the Western Expedition has suffered another big defeat, do you say that Chen Sheng's puppet will die?" If you hadn't prepared for this great change earlier, Chen Sheng would have fallen suddenly, leaving you without the Central Plains barrier, and the Tyrannical Qin would have attacked you, how would you resist? ”

Xiang Kang was silent, and only after a while did he say: "Don't hide it from the old man, the kid actually sees it this way." ”

"That's what you see too?" Finally, it was the turn of the old man with a cane, and he was shocked.

"Absolutely." Xiang Kang nodded, and admitted calmly: "In fact, the kid moved the main city to this Pengcheng, the purpose is to prepare for the next big changes in the world, the kid is sure that after the fall of Chen Sheng, the tyrannical Qin army launched a counterattack, and the blade will inevitably point to our young marshal army, so the kid moved the main city to Pengcheng, the Jianghuai hub, to collect the effect of waiting for work." ”

In turn, he looked Xiang Kang up and down, and then the old man with a cane said, "Is it enough to just move the main city?" Although your soldiers and horses are still a bit present, there is still a certain gap between them and the real Tyrannical Qin elite, and the number of troops is far from enough, are you sure that you can stop the main force of the Tyrannical Qin army that can defeat Chen Shengpifu? ”

"The boy is worried about this, too." Xiang Kang said respectfully: "If the old gentleman has a clever plan, please don't hesitate to give advice, the kid will definitely obey his words." ”

"I'm sure it's okay to give you a few words." The old man with the cane set up a stand and said, "But the old man is hungry and thirsty now, and he really doesn't have the strength. ”

Hearing this, Xiang Kang, who was going to get married today, did not hesitate, and hurriedly asked people to prepare a banquet to entertain the old man with a cane, and the old man with a cane was not polite, and immediately chewed according to the case.

Seeing that Xiang Kang respectfully valued himself like this, the old man with the cane was extremely proud and relieved, and he no longer deliberately tested Xiang Kang, but quickly ate enough, and then put down his chopsticks and said: "You can't continue to expand your territory any longer, the surrounding cities are still controlled by the Tyrannical Qin army, and the cities that can be taken down can be taken down as much as possible." But when you encounter a city controlled by other anti-Qin rebels, you can only stop immediately, and at the same time send envoys to make friends with other anti-Qin rebel generals. ”

"Excuse me, sir, what is this for?" Xiang Kang asked respectfully.

"The first is of course to avoid making enemies, your north is already mostly Qi soil, the cities in the west are mostly occupied by Chen Sheng, and Zhou Fu is located in the northwest, and then expand to these places, it is easy to clash with other anti-Qin rebel armies, so you must exercise restraint in these directions, so as not to cheapen the tyrannical Qin army in vain."

The old man with a cane pointed out and said: "The second is to prepare for the defeat of Chen Sheng's horseman, once Chen Sheng is defeated, no matter whether he will be buried on the battlefield or not, his scattered soldiers and horses will be completely leaderless, at that time, you have a territory to accommodate, and you are good with all kinds of anti-Qin rebels, and I am afraid that they will not take the army to you one after another, and you will not be able to get countless army soldiers and horses in vain?" ”

"Old gentleman's clever plan." Xiang Kang was overjoyed and said: "Although Chen Shengpifu's army is mostly a rabble, there are also many elite soldiers among them, as long as they take the initiative to defect to me, I will go to the chaff and save the essence, and it is indeed possible to quickly expand the army." Moreover, those soldiers who have been eliminated do not have to be wasted, and can be used to reclaim land, grow grain, transport grain and grass, and reduce the burden on the main army. ”

"The son is quite teachable." The old man with the cane finally showed a happy smile, and said: "Also, you must hold a sacrifice as soon as possible to worship your eldest father Wu Xinjun Xiang Yangong, the bigger the scale, the better, your eldest father used to support Chu alone, and his prestige among the Chu people is extremely high, you can not only use your eldest father's prestige to gather the people's hearts, but also clearly establish the banner of your Wu Xinjun's descendants, which will definitely be of infinite benefit to you to further expand your forces in the future and recover the land and city of the old Chu." ”

"The old gentleman is right, and the boy will do it." Xiang Kang hurriedly nodded, and said, "What other guidance does the old gentleman have?" ”

"Of course." The old man with the cane smiled, and suddenly said: "But I can't tell you yet, I have to wait until the old man meets your uncle Xiang Liang Xiang Zhuguo, because this fact is too big, you can't be the master, and you must get your uncle's approval before the old man's suggestion can be implemented." ”

After that, the old man with the cane moved his shoulders and said, "Okay, Young Marshal Xiang, go and get busy with your going, the old man will talk about it here today, and when you are busy with your marriage, the old man will have a long talk with you." By the way, I forgot to wish you a happy wedding and a hundred years of happiness. ”

"Thank you, sir." Xiang Kang thanked him sincerely, and quickly ordered his own soldiers to lead the old man with a stick to the guest house to rest, and told him to be hospitable, and finally, when he helped the old man with a stick to get up, Xiang Kang remembered something again, and hurriedly asked: "Old man, it's time to tell the boy where your name comes from, right?" ”

"Fan Zeng, the nest man." The old man replied very happily, and said: "I usually like to come up with some bad ideas, and occasionally they are quite effective, if the young marshal does not dislike it, you can ask me at any time if there is anything, and the old man will try his best to help you find a way." ”

Xiang Kang didn't say a word, just politely sent Fan Zeng, the old man with a cane, to the guest house to rest, but when he returned to his seat to accept the congratulations of his subordinates, Xiang Kang laughed like an idiot, and laughed so much that Zhou Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and others quietly shook their heads, and they all sighed: "Isn't it just to marry a beautiful wife with a beautiful national beauty?" How can you giggle like this? ”

Xiang Kang's smirking appearance continued until the evening, at dusk, according to the etiquette of this era, Xiang Kang, who was wearing a dark robe, came to the Yu family's residence by car, first invited Yu Miaoge, who was wearing the same color wedding dress, to the carriage, clumsily, drove the carriage around three times, and then took another car, leading Yu Miaoge's carriage back to the residence, and finally ate a sacrificial animal with Yu Miaoge, and drank wine together like a cave house, during which Xiang Kang kept a stupid smile on his face that was extremely happy.

I really couldn't get used to seeing Xiang Kang's stupid appearance, seeing Xiang Kang entering the cave room and smirking at himself, Yu Miaoge couldn't bear it anymore, pushed Xiang Kang, who was smirking and undressing himself, and said coquettishly: "Look at your stupid appearance, it's not the first time, do you need to be so happy?" ”

"It's hard to be happy, it's hard not to be happy." Xiang Kang smiled and said the reason why he was smirking, "Because today, for me, it is double happiness." ”