Alert to the increasing approach of Zhang Han's army, Xiang Kang, who was absolutely unable to compete with Zhang Han in strength at present, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly wrote a letter to tell his heroic second uncle Xiang Liang about the situation, asking him to prepare to go north to reinforce him as soon as possible.

At the same time, the western front of the young marshal army also came successively, Zheng Bu and Ding Ji after a hard battle, finally for the young marshal army to take the second county-level city, the county of Surabaya County, and successively killed the county and the supervisor of Surabaya County, Xiang Han, who sent troops from Fuli, also successfully took Zhuyi, basically completely crushed the Qin army force of Surabaya County.

But it's a pity that the previous repeated tug-of-war has exhausted the vitality of these places, Xiangxian and Zhuyi have been difficult to see sturdy men over the age of fifteen, the people in the territory are mostly old and weak, women and children, money and food are pitifully small, the newly occupied territory is like chicken ribs, and the situation in Xuan County and Qi County is even more serious, plus the city father was also captured by Zhang Chujun during this period, so Xiang Kang also decisively gave up the idea of completely taking the whole county of Surabaya, and aimed his greedy eyes at Dangjun in the northwest of Surabaya County.

The situation in Dangjun is far more complicated than that of Surabaya County, the southern Yuxian and Qiaocheng have been occupied by Zhang Chu's army, and a large area of territory in the north has also been seized by the newly restored Wei State, these places can not be started by the young marshal army, and at the same time, relying on the advantage of a large population, the strength of the Qin army in Dangjun can not be ignored, after the fall of Yuxian, the Qin army of Dangjun has already gathered a large number of troops in the area of Mangdang to prevent Zhang Chu's army, and also directly blocked the pace of the young marshal's army advancing westward, so Xiang Kang did not dare to rashly order Zheng Bu and Ding Ji to directly enter Mangdang, chose to arrange a large number of detailed expeditions to the west, and prepared to find out the situation of the Qin army in Dangjun before deciding how to enter the army.

The news heard by the careful investigation made Xiang Kang very embarrassed, in the area of Mangdang, the Qin army of Dangjun not only gathered more than 4,000 troops to guard, but also had excellent weapons and equipment, Zheng Bu and Ding Ji's second army did not even have absolute certainty of winning the field battle, let alone attacking the second city of Mangdang, which had been repaired and reinforced, and the young marshal's army had only one way to advance westward, and sent reinforcements to strengthen the offensive, so that it was sure to take Mangdang and enter the hinterland of Dangjun.

Knowing that Chen Sheng was about to be destroyed, and afraid that Zhang Han would not be able to quickly withdraw the army of the Western Expedition when he suddenly killed, Xiang Kang certainly did not dare to easily decide to continue to divide the troops, but the fighter was rare, but Xiang Kang was reluctant to give up this opportunity for expansion, and it was inevitable that he would hesitate for a while. But fortunately, with Old Man Fan here, Xiang Kang doesn't need to worry about his mind alone in the military aspect, after asking Old Man Fan for advice, Old Man Fan just made a little calculation, and immediately said: "The old man thinks that we should increase the troops on the Western Front, and at this time we can enter Dangjun, not only can we seize a large amount of people, money, food and land, but also take the opportunity to eliminate the tyrannical Qin army in Dangjun and weaken the direct threat of our Western Front." Otherwise, in the future, Chen Sheng will be destroyed, Zhang Handpifu will advance westward, and the tyrannical Qin army in Dangjun will also take advantage of the situation to join the battlefield, and the pressure we will face will only be greater. ”

felt that Old Man Fan's words were reasonable, and Xiang Kang immediately adopted them, but Old Man Fan said: "However, the old man thinks that it is best for our reinforcements not to directly enter Mangdang, the Tyrannical Qin army has been entrenched there for a long time, and must have established strong fortifications, and our army will attack head-on, and the pressure will be very great." It is best for our reinforcements to directly enter Xiayi, where the violent Qin army is relatively empty, and then take Li County in the south, so that we can not only avoid the frontal defense of the violent Qin army, but also cut off the connection between the violent Qin army in the Mangdang area and the Dangjun county governance, and force the violent Qin army in the Mangdang area to return to the division to save Li County. ”

After finishing speaking, Old Man Fan added another sentence and said: "There is another advantage of doing this, that is, to avoid frontal entanglement with the tyrannical Qin army, once there is something in our rear, our western expeditionary army can also quickly withdraw to Pengcheng relatively easily." ”

After careful consideration, Xiang Kang did not hesitate, and immediately arranged for his most trusted Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan to lead 8,000 troops to the west, and crushed the small town of Xiayi in the northwest of Xiao County with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. However, Xiang Sheng, another member of the Xiang family's disciples, quit and ran to Xiang Kang to protest: "Brother, they are all children of the Xiang family, why can Brother Zhuang and Brother Guan go into battle to kill the enemy, and I can only stay in the rear forever?" Before, you asked me to guard the worries, and it was several months to keep it, why do you come to Pengcheng now, and you still want me to accompany you to guard Pengcheng? Or won't I be allowed to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions? ”

"Brother Mo is in a hurry, there will be opportunities in the future." Xiang Kang said with a wry smile: "I sent Brother Xiang Guan this time because he has been defending the city longer than you, and I will be so sorry for him if I don't give him a chance. But don't worry, next time I have the chance, I will definitely let you go. ”

To put it mildly, Xiang Kang barely appeased Xiang Sheng, but what Xiang Kang didn't expect was that Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan had just left with the front foot of the Western Expeditionary Army, and the unexpected news suddenly came from the northern front of the back foot, after the Wei army of Linji, the capital of Dingdu, took Changyi and Jinxiang in the north of Dang County, under the personal leadership of Wei Xiang Zhou Fu, more than 30,000 troops actually went to the southeast and directly entered the county of Surabaya County, and had a direct conflict with Liu Laosan's army who stayed in the second city of Peifeng. (Historical Events)

"Zhou Fu is crazy?" Xiang Kang was surprised and said: "If the tyrannical Qin army of Dangjun and Xue County is not fighting, how can they attack Liu Laosan's territory?" He is not afraid of being scolded by the people of the world, and he cheapens the tyrannical Qin army in vain? ”

"Sharp Mind Faint!" Old man Fan was also very angry and said: "He must be bullying Liu Ji's weak strength, and seeing that Liu Ji's main force has gone north and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Xue County, he wants to take advantage of the fire to rob and eat Liu Ji's territory in one go!" ”

"Young marshal, do you want to send troops to help Liu Ji?" Zhou Zeng asked quietly, and said: "Zhou Fu is a bully, if he is allowed to eat Liu Ji's territory, I am afraid that he will soon peep into our city and land, and our lips and teeth are cold, we might as well consider sending troops to reinforce Liu Ji, help him keep the second county of Peifeng, and use his strength to block Zhou Fufu's aggressiveness." ”

Xiang Kang was calculating in his heart, and subconsciously turned his gaze to Old Man Fan, but Old Man Fan was unceremoniously, and immediately shouted: "Look at what the old man is doing?" Zhou Fupifu took his relatives as enemies, and did not think about resisting Qin but plotted against the city and land of the Qin rebels, and the world abandoned it, who would he fight if he didn't fight? Beating him is not only beneficial to us, but also can bring the world to its heart, so that everyone in the world knows that we value morality and are jealous of evil, such a good thing, what else do we need to hesitate about? ”

Xiang Kang smiled bitterly and said: "Fan Gong, it's easy to make a decision, but don't forget, there are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under Zhou Fu Pifu, and our troops in Pengcheng are only more than 9,000 points, and we must leave a part to guard Pengcheng. ”

"Don't worry!" Old man Fan didn't think about it and said: "Fighting a war has never been decided by a small number of people, before Zhou Fu Pifu was ordered to go north, how great is the momentum?" As a result, they were defeated by the soldiers of a county in Tian Dan and were forced to return south, which is enough to show that this puppet is incompetent in governing the army and has no way to use the army! Our army is fierce, and the soldiers are strong, even with thousands of troops, it is enough to match the more than 30,000 rabble of Zhou Fupifu! ”

Xiang Kang didn't dare to be careless, and after thinking for a long time before making a decision, he said: "Immediately send someone to contact Liu Ji's Peixian guard Xiao He and Fengyi guard Yongya, so that they can rest assured that they will defend the city, and our rescue troops will arrive soon." Send someone to contact Zhou Fu again, show him righteousness, and persuade him to withdraw his troops and stop, otherwise, we will definitely join forces with Liu Ji and fight him to the end. ”

Zhou Zeng, who was like a secretary, quickly picked up a pen to write a book for Xiang Kang at the same time, Xiang Kang called Xiang Sheng again, and arranged with an apologetic face for Xiang Sheng to lead the people of the headquarters to stay in Pengcheng, and decided to lead the main force to the north and rescue Fengpei Ercheng with Zhu Jishi. And although Xiang Sheng was 10,000 unhappy, he knew that Zhou Fu was huge, and only Xiang Kang personally commanded the troops to the north to be sure to deal with it, and he also knew that Pengcheng must be guarded by someone that Xiang Kang could absolutely trust, so no matter how reluctant he was, Xiang Sheng still nodded and accepted Xiang Kang's arrangement.

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Xiang Kang, who has a sparse history, inadvertently changed the trajectory of historical development again this time, and after the Zhou Fu army that shamelessly attacked the anti-Qin rebels entered the territory of Surabaya County, in addition to quickly approaching Fengyi City, he first sent an envoy into the city to persuade Liu Laosan's Fengyi defender Yongya to open the city and surrender, and Yongya, who had always looked down on Liu Laosan, was also very shaken, almost imagining the same in history, directly surrendering Zhou Fu with the Fengyi defenders.

But fortunately, at the critical moment, Xiang Kang's letter was delivered in time, and after learning that Xiang Kang did not hesitate to send troops to reinforce him, Yongya, who was more interested in Xiang Kang, immediately changed his mind, and while expelling Zhou Fu's persuasion envoy, he defended the city with all his might, waiting for Xiang Kang, the master of the Ming Dynasty, to send troops to rescue. Not to mention the result, after defeating Liu Laosan alone twice in history, Fengyi Xiaocheng still successfully blocked Zhou Fujun's attack and persisted until Xiang Kang's rescuers rushed to Fengyi.

This time, Xiang Kang personally brought more than 5,000 well-equipped young marshals to the main force, and requisitioned Zhu Jishi's 2,000 troops in Liuxian County to march westward together, and combined 7,000 troops to fight the treacherous Zhou Fu army. As a result, on the way to the army, Zhou Fu, who had forced Chen Sheng to allow himself to be independent, also sent an envoy to contact Xiang Kang, arrogantly asked Xiang Kang to be nosy, and threatened that if Xiang Kang did not retreat quickly, otherwise Zhou Fu's army would turn the spearhead and attack Xiang Kang's territory!

Because of his personality, in the face of the arrogant clamor of Zhou Fujun's envoy, Xiang Kang, who has always liked Yin people, not only did not get angry, but on the contrary, he also asked people to prepare a banquet and politely entertained Zhou Fujun's envoy, and also told Zhou Fujun's envoy in a kind manner, saying that the reason why he sent troops to reinforce Fengyi was entirely because he had an alliance treaty with Liu Laosan, and he could not save Liu Laosan if he saw death. At the same time, Xiang Kang also begged the envoy in a low voice to persuade Zhou Fu to withdraw from the army, and promised that as long as Zhou Fu agreed to withdraw from the army, he would offer a sum of money and food to Zhou Fu as compensation.

The grumpy old man Fan was also unusual, and he remained silent all the time, and it was only after Xiang Kang personally sent away Zhou Fujun's envoy that Old Man Fan sneered and asked Xiang Kang, "What?" Want to play tricks again? ”

"After all, Zhou Fupifu has more than 30,000 troops, so he can't help but play some tricks." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "This puppet is arrogant and arrogant, seeing that we whisper to him, he will definitely only kick his nose in the face, want to force us away, and even take the opportunity to eat us, he underestimated the enemy, and our battle will be easy to fight." ”

"In the face of a group of rabble, he is still so cautious, and the young marshal is really cautious." Old man Fan snorted coldly, and didn't really praise Xiang Kang's overly feminine methods, but he still said: "Get ready for battle as soon as possible, if you coax you like this, Zhou Fu will definitely only be more relieved to send troops to meet us." ”

Expected by the old man Fan, after the young marshal's army continued to advance westward, there were still more than 20 miles away from Fengyi, and Zhou Fu had already sent more than 10,000 troops to intercept the young marshal army led by Xiang Kang himself.

Seeing that the young marshal's army came with faith, the defenders of Fengyi, who fought hard in the city, were of course cheering like thunder and their morale was high, but Zhou Fu, who had suffered a defeat from the enemy, was taken aback, so he could only quickly lift the encirclement of Fengyi and concentrate his troops to deal with the reinforcements of the young marshal's army led by Xiang Kang himself.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhou Fu's army to mobilize troops and horses to adjust the camp, Xiang Kang went to the front line to observe the enemy's situation, and what made Xiang Kang very relieved was that Zhou Fu had many soldiers and horses, but the equipment was too messy, and the queue was obviously not neat enough. So Xiang Kang quickly made up his mind and said to Old Man Fan: "Fan Gong, we have too many affairs in the rear, I can't leave Pengcheng for a long time, this battle must be resolved quickly, I plan to ......." ”

After listening to Xiang Kang's tactical plan, although Old Man Fan did not object, he did not applaud, but on the contrary, he sighed: "Young Marshal Xiang, although your strategy is good, don't you think it is too ruthless?" Lack of upright heroism? ”

Xiang Kang was silent, but he suddenly discovered in his heart why Old Man Fan chose to follow his lobby brother Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, because compared with himself, Xiang Yu, who is upright and upright, does have a much greater appetite for Old Man Fan, and at the same time, Xiang Kang also found that the famous strategist of this era, probably only the famous bad species surnamed Chen can be in love with him, and his heart is in touch.

Xiang Kang observed the adjustment of Zhou Fujun's camp by visiting the front line, and initially figured out the basic situation of Zhou Fujun, and Zhou Fu, who had accumulated some military experience, also learned about some of the situation of the young marshal army through various channels, and the result was that Zhou Fu was a little weak that although the strength of the young marshal army was less than a quarter of his, the equipment was obviously above him, and the quality of the soldiers was thrown off a few streets, and the sergeants and soldiers were all adult men under the age of fifty, and there was hardly any existence of old and weak. There are no fourteen or fifteen-year-old baby soldiers, who fight head-on, and the self-army, which has always only been outnumbered, is actually not very sure that it can win.

But fortunately, just when Zhou Fu felt that it was difficult to ride a tiger, early the next morning, Xiang Kang suddenly sent his cronies and scribes Xu Shu as an envoy to take a gorgeous float through the camp to negotiate with Zhou Fu, saying that Xiang Kang wanted to start armistice negotiations with Zhou Fu and peacefully resolve this senseless dispute, and asked Zhou Fu to bring a team of guards to the open place outside the camp to negotiate face-to-face the next day, and promised that as long as Zhou Fu withdrew from the army, Xiang Kang could make appropriate concessions.

There was no certainty of victory, seeing that Xiang Kang took the initiative to send an envoy to sue for peace, Zhou Fu held the attitude of giving it a try, so he agreed to negotiate with Xiang Kang face-to-face, Xu Shu was overjoyed and left, and kept telling the good news to Zhou Fujun's soldiers during the camp, saying that there was no need to fight, and there would be formal peace talks tomorrow.

The matter was not over, in the afternoon of the same day, Xiang Kang sent someone to send back all the prisoners captured on the battlefield the day before yesterday, in order to prove his sincerity in the peace talks. When Zhou Fujun's soldiers saw this situation, they were even more relaxed to the extreme, and they slept at night, just waiting for tomorrow's formal peace talks.

Then, of course, it was Xiang Kang's poor dagger, it was the third watch of the night, Zhong Liwu and Long He each led a team of warriors, and suddenly launched a sneak attack on Zhou Fujun's camp, and successfully rushed into Zhou Fujun's camp to kill people and set fire, the unprepared Zhou Fujun was suddenly in chaos, and Zhou Fu, who was awakened from his sleep, was confused, and even thought that his army had rebelled - this was not the first time for Zhou Fujun, or after confirming that it was the despicable sneak attack of the young marshal's army, Zhou Fucai scolded, "Shameless traitor!" You still have the face to say that it is unjust for me to attack other anti-Qin rebels! Compared to you, Lao Tzu is simply a righteous gentleman! ”

No matter how much you scold, it was too late, after Zhong Liwu and Long He succeeded in the sneak attack, the young marshal military captain Zhu Jishi immediately led the main night attack of the young marshal army to charge, and directly entered the Zhou Fu camp from the gate of Zhou Fujun's camp, rampage like entering no man's land, and the Zhou Fu soldiers who got up in a hurry were completely chaotic, and countless soldiers cried and shouted for their mothers, running around like headless flies, and because Zhou Fujun's camp defense layout was too compact and lacked buffer, the crowd of defeated soldiers directly overwhelmed countless camp tents, Many of the companions who were suppressed by the camp tent were trampled into meat sauce, and the situation of trampling on each other was very serious, and the army that Zhou Fu hastily organized was also directly dispersed, Zhou Fu had no choice but to quickly abandon the camp and flee with his cronies, Zhou Fu's army was defeated and left, almost losing all the grain and grass that he had worked so hard to grab.

At the same time, Old Man Fan, who did not express his support for launching a night attack, of course shook his head and sighed in the camp of the young marshal's army, although he also admitted that Xiang Kang's strategy was wonderful, but he still didn't like Xiang Kang's feminine style. And Liu Laosan, who originally admired Xiang Kang very much, admired Xiang Kang to the extreme at this moment, and said with his hands dancing: "It is worthy of being Xiang Shaoshuai, compared to him, Liu Ji is not even as good as a bird!" ”