The Si River is surging, coming from north to south. When it flows through the northern part of Pengcheng, grain water flows into the Si River, making the Si River, which already has a large flow, wider and deeper. The clear river water irrigates fertile fields, nurtures the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and indirectly creates the first place of food and food in the Sishui County of the Qin Dynasty. However, at this moment, this mother river in Pengcheng became the biggest obstacle for the main force of the Young Marshal's Army to attack the city.

Walking on the high ground on the east bank of Sishui, Xiang Kang tried hard to look at the situation on the other side with his naked eyes, his face full of worry. However, what Xiang Kang was worried about was not how to cross the Sishui soldiers to the west bank, but how to seize the fighter's opportunity, defeat or even eliminate the main force of Sishui County soldiers led by his old opponent Zhao Zhuang in the field, laying the foundation for calmly taking over the important land of Pengcheng.

The old opponent Zhao Zhuang obviously learned from the lessons of underestimating the enemy during the last Fuli War. This time, he was very careful in the tactical arrangement and chose the main camp at a location that was only about a mile from the Sishui Ferry, so that he could send troops to intercept the Young Marshal's Army to cross the river at any time. He also repaired several sentry towers on the banks of Sishui, setting up gongs, drums, beacons to prevent the Young Marshal's Army from smuggling at night. At the same time, the Pengcheng defenders also urged the civilians to build sheep and horse walls and build defensive fortifications under the city, which was obviously preparing to fight the city defense. Once the main force of the Sishui County soldiers with a force of more than 4,000 retreated to the city to garrison, it would be difficult for the Young Marshal's Army to take over this heavy land of money and food.

The walls of Pengcheng are more than three meters high, the moat is wide and deep, and the two gates in the northeast are protected by Sishui and Gushui. Only the two gates in the southwest can be controlled. If Zhao Zhuang's army retreated to the city with all its might and attacked head-on, even Xiang Kang would not be sure to be able to take it. Even if he could take it, Xiang Kang would not dare to imagine how much the price he would have to pay.

"It's not difficult to cross the river, but the difficulty lies in how to break the enemy." Xiang Kang once again repeated his expected judgment, and he wanted the surging Si Shui to suddenly cut off the current, allowing his army to directly kill outside Zhao Zhuang's camp, and use the advantages of troops and the gradually accumulated combat power to completely annihilate the enemy who would immediately flee into the city when the situation was not good.

When he returned to the newly established Central Army camp with concern, the scouts who had sent downstream sentries returned to the camp one after another and reported to Xiang Kang that they had found many ferries suitable for crossing the river downstream of Si Shui, but Xiang Kang was not happy because Xiang Kang knew very well that even if the main force of his army could cross the Si Shui safely, it would have no effect. Zhao Zhuang, who had suffered a great loss, would definitely not stay outside the city and wait for death, and would only retreat to the city to guard immediately as soon as possible. So Xiang Kang did not intend to go to the site to explore and find a suitable crossing place. He just asked Zhou Zeng: "Uncle Ya, Xiang Dian will take people to the nearby to collect civilian ships. Is there any news?"

"Not yet." Zhou Zeng replied: "But there should be some gains. If all the tyrannical Qin army confiscated the civilian ships on the east coast of Si Shui, Xiang Dian and Xiang Qianmen would have sent people back to report."

Xiang Kang nodded, just as he wanted to put aside his worries and take a break for a while, but unexpectedly, a personal soldier came outside the tent to report that it was the Qin army who sent an envoy across the river and requested to meet Xiang Kang to meet Chen Jiyi. Xiang Kang immediately ordered the summons, and then, a civil servant of the Qin army came to Xiang Kang with a gift box, and bowed tremblingly and said, "The young envoy is on the order of Zhao Junzun to pay homage to the young commander Xiang, and the young commander is safe."

"You're welcome, let's talk, what did Zhao Zhuang send you to do?" Xiang Kang asked with a happy look.

"According to the order of Zhao Junzun, we will present a letter from Zhao Junzun to the Young Marshal, and a gift from Zhao Junzun to you." The Qin army envoy was obviously not confident enough to speak. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately said nervously: "Young Marshal, forgive me for the crime. The young envoy came on order and was forced by Zhao Junzun. It was really not for Zhao Junzun to deliberately humiliate you."

Xiang Kang guessed the clue and ordered people to take the gift box and letter brought by the Qin army envoy, and opened the gift box first, but as Xiang Kang expected, the gift box was indeed a set of women's clothes. After opening the letter, Zhao Zhuang indeed humiliated Xiang Kang in the letter, mocked Xiang Kang for not daring to cross the river and fight him immediately. It was a courageous rural women's behavior. If Xiang Kang had to cross the river and fight him in a decisive way, or put on the women's clothes he gave him and danced women's dance in public on the east bank of Sishui.

"Dongshi Xiaopin." Xiang Kang sneered and said an idiom that already existed in this era. He knew that Zhao Zhuang was deliberately angering himself and copying his previous plans, hoping that he would immediately launch a rush to cross in anger and create opportunities for him to cross in half.

Knowing that his life and death were already in Xiang Kang's thoughts, the Qin army envoy who was forced by Zhao Zhuang to humiliate Xiang Kang was of course immediately bowed down and kowtowed to mercy, but this envoy was naturally in vain. With Xiang Kang's face, how could he be angry with the provocation plan of twice? So after a moment of calculation, Xiang Kang quickly said with a kind look: "Get up, I know that Zhao Zhuang forced you to come, so of course I won't expose you anger. Go back and tell Zhao Zhuang, and I said that I am not ready yet. When I am ready, I will definitely cross the river at this ferry and fight him to the death. If I break my promise, I will put on the women's clothes he gave me, and dance a dance to everyone on the pier on the east bank of the Si Shui River in front of everyone."

The Qin army envoy breathed a sigh of relief and quickly promised to bring Xiang Kang's original words, and couldn't wait to say goodbye. Xiang Kang smiled slightly and said, "What's the hurry? How can you go back hungry when you have worked so hard? Besides, I want you to bring a letter back, wait, and have a meal first."

After saying that, Xiang Kang asked his personal soldiers to bring wine and food immediately, and set up a banquet in the central army's tent to entertain the Qin army envoy. Not only did he personally serve as a companion, but he also brought five taels of gold to reward the Qin army envoy who took the initiative to shirk responsibility as soon as he came up. Seeing that Xiang Kang was so generous, the Qin army envoy was very grateful, and he tried his best to please Xiang Kang during his conversation, and he spoke without reservation.

Of course, Xiang Kang did this, so he talked casually. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Qin army envoys gradually relaxed, Xiang Kang suddenly asked: "What is the situation of Zhao County Magistrate recently? I heard that after he returned to Xiang County from Zhuyi, he had to personally supervise the soldiers to train the military formation every day, which must be very tired."

"Report to the young marshal, this is indeed the case." The Qin army envoy replied truthfully: "After returning to Xiang County some time ago, our Zhaojunzun personally supervised the soldiers to train the military formation every day, which was really tiring."

"Then how is the discipline in your army?" Xiang Kang asked casually again: "As far as I know, your army is mostly new recruits, and the military discipline is not strict enough. There are several violations of military law every day. Is that true?"

"The Young Marshal's news is really well-informed, it is indeed the case." The Qin army envoy asked and answered questions casually, then woke up and quickly added: "But now it's much better. Our Zhaojunzun has been through the battlefield for a long time and has strict military management. After his personal control, the soldiers in our army have already lost much less discipline."

"Do your soldiers most love or respect Zhao County Zun?" Xiang Kang asked again.

He knew some professional ethics, and the Qin army envoy dared not say anything. Xiang Kang checked his words and looked at him, but he didn't ask questions. He just smiled and said, "If the envoy is inconvenient to answer, then he doesn't need to answer. But I can also guess that because Zhao Junzun loves soldiers like his sons, most of the soldiers of the army must love him, right?"

The slight disdain at the corner of the Qin army envoy did not escape Xiang Kang's eyes, but although he was despised and was barely loyal to his duties, the Qin army envoy, still nodded repeatedly, echoing Xiang Kang's guess and judgment. Seeing that he was already on guard, Xiang Kang stopped asking questions, but only advised him to drink and eat meat. It was only after he had enough wine that Xiang Kang gave him his reply and arranged for people to escort him back to the dock and cross the river by boat.

After the Qin army envoy left, Zhou Zeng was curious about why Xiang Kang treated a Qin army clerk so well. Xiang Kang replied: "Of course it is to get indirectly and understand the current situation in the tyrannical Qin army. Fortunately, it is not in vain, and it is a bit rewarding."

Zhou Zeng asked again what he gained, and Xiang Kang replied: "From my temptation, there should be many problems in the tyrannical Qin army now. There are too many new recruits who are not strong in combat, and the military discipline is definitely not as strict as the tyrannical Qin army we encountered in Fu Li. Zhao Zhuang was always pressured, and the soldiers were only afraid of him but did not like him. If the head-on battle, Zhao Zhuang's current army would definitely not be as powerful as his previous army in terms of formation battles. Once setbacks occur, it is definitely easier to collapse than the previous Zhao Zhuang army."

"How did the young marshal plan to take advantage of these weaknesses of the tyrannical Qin army?" Zhou Zeng asked again.

"I'm already a little bit angry, but I'm not sure yet. I have to think about it carefully." Xiang Kang replied vaguely, and said again: "The most important thing now is the ferry. See how many ships Xiangdian can get us and how many troops can carry across the river at a time."

When it was dark, Xiangdian, who was ordered to collect the ferry, returned to the camp to communicate with the order, saying that he had searched the east bank of Sishui. Finally, he got more than 140 civilian ships of different sizes. He eliminated the sailors needed to drive the boat, and could carry about a thousand soldiers across the river at a time. Xiang Kang was very happy when he heard the news, so he asked Xiangdian to concentrate the ferry on the east bank of Sishui and sent more troops to protect it. Then Xiang Kang immediately sent people to call two hundred generals and asked them to lead their team to carry more drums and gongs and horns, and then they went to the bank of Sishui to follow the plan after night.

That night, the young commander's army, which had become Xiang Kang's signature, appeared again. Every time, two hundred-man teams of the young commander had to blow trumpets and drums in the darkness on the banks of Si Shui, pretending to be rushing to cross overnight. Because the Qin army was too close to the ferry, they had to get up and prepare for battle every time when they heard these sounds. They kept going so hard that the Qin army soldiers who were not sleeping were complaining and complaining, and they all hoped to move to the camp and suffer less of these tortures.

At the same time, Xiang Kang used another despicable means to secretly send an envoy to Pengcheng to visit Wang Yong, the magistrate of Pengcheng County, and gave him a heavy gift, persuading him to oppose Qin and surrender to Chu, and promised that as long as he closed the city gate when Zhao Zhuang was defeated and did not allow Zhao Zhuang's army to retreat to the city, Xiang Kang would have a heavy reward afterwards. Wang Yong was hesitant, neither gave a clear reply nor handed over the secret envoy of the Young Marshal's army to Zhao Zhuang, and cut off his retreat. He chose to secretly send the secret envoy of the Young Marshal's army out of the city, and then burned the letters written to him by Xiang Kang without evidence. While secretly swallowing Xiang Kang's grand gift, he also decided to check the style and make a decision.

Zhao Zhuang really hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of half-crossing to win a battle first, inspire the morale of the army and boost morale. On the second day, Zhao Zhuang sent envoys to cross the river again, urging Xiang Kang to cross the river again, and made a wild statement that he would never send troops to stop the young commander's army from crossing the river. Xiang Kang secretly laughed at Zhao Zhuang's wishful thinking, but still used the excuse that the army was not ready to cross the river, so that Zhao Zhuang would continue to wait patiently. Then, while Xiang Kang arranged for Xiang Zhuang and Ding Ji to secretly select elite soldiers to prepare for the battle, he continued to use the strategy of disturbing the enemy's tired soldiers, so that the young commander's army team would roar drums at night, and not give the enemy a chance to rest with peace of mind.

After being harassed by the shameless tactics of the Young Commander's army for a night, Zhao Zhuang and some Qin generals could barely hold on. However, most of the soldiers of the Qin army could not bear it anymore and begged their superiors to report to Zhao Zhuang, asking Zhao Zhuang to find a way to solve this trouble and give them a chance to rest with peace of mind. Unfortunately, Zhao Zhuang was not a lord who liked to treat the soldiers well. After receiving the reports from the generals, he didn't think about moving the camp at all. He just roared: "Tell them to bear it honestly. The thieves are on the other side and may initiate crossing at any time. If we don't guard here, what should we do if the thieves suddenly cross the river?"

All the generals Nuonuo said that the assistant ministers of the county magistrate who had offered good advice in the Fuli War several times before stood up and advised Zhao Zhuang: "County Master, this is indeed not a solution. Our army's camp is too close to the ferry. If the traitors continue to harass them like this, then within a few days, our soldiers will be exhausted and not conducive to the war. According to the opinions of the subordinates, we would better retreat back to the city and stay in an invincible place first."

"Wouldn't that be too cheap, Xiang Kang's traitor?" Zhao Zhuang snorted coldly, "It is safer to retreat into the city to station, but the traitors suddenly launched a crossing of the river. How could we catch the big fighter jet that was attacked halfway?"

"Monday Master, please forgive me for your superiors. It is best not to rely too much on the crossing to attack this fighter jet." The servant advised him: "Xiang Kang is extremely treacherous and treacherous. It is impossible for us to be stationed here. We were waiting for him to cross the river and suddenly launched an attack. We will definitely try our best to force this danger. There are many ferries downstream of the Si Shui River, so he can suddenly divide his troops south at any time and cross the river. It is difficult for us to prevent it. Instead of waiting for this difficult-to-get fighter jet, it is better to retreat to the city as soon as possible."

Zhao Zhuang was hesitant. While he was considering whether to adopt this suggestion, he suddenly reported that his personal soldiers from outside the tent said that the Young Marshal's army sent an envoy to cross the river with a white flag to present a letter of war to Zhao Zhuang in person. Zhao Zhuang, who was eager for a battle, quickly ordered the summons. Then, not long after, Xiang Kang's special diplomatic liar Xu Shu was taken to Zhao Zhuang and said kindly: "Zhao Junzun, our Young Marshal Xiang sent a small envoy here to ask you to agree to something. If you promise to go with kindness, then we will cross the river immediately tomorrow morning and fight you head-on as you ask."

"What do you want to ask this official to agree to him?" Zhao Zhuang asked proudly.

"I would like to ask the county master to retreat five miles and let the ferry terminal out of the ferry terminal so that our army can cross the river to set up a formation and fight you head-on." Xu Shu said respectfully: "If not, the distance between the ferry and the camp of your army is too small. There is no way for you to send troops to set up a formation, so you can't fight head-on with your army."

After saying that, Xu Shu submitted Xiang Kang's letter. Zhao Zhuang opened it and saw that the content was similar to Xu Shu's oral introduction. He said without hesitation: "Okay, I promise you that I will retreat six miles today and give up the position to us to arrange troops. But if you don't come tomorrow, don't blame me for sending people to scold your ancestors for the 18th generation!"

"Please rest assured to the county master." Xu Shu bowed and said, "If our army breaks its promise, our young man Xiang will definitely wear the women's clothes you gave you tomorrow and dance in public at the Sishui Pier!"

Zhao Zhuang laughed, waved Xu Shu back to serve, and immediately issued an order to get the army out of the camp and retreat five miles to re-establish the camp. When the assistant officer next to him heard the emergency, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Prince, please be slow. Xiang Kang is treacherous and treacherous. He must have ulterior motives to ask our army to move to the camp. If our army falls into a trap, it is afraid that it will be too late to regret it."

"What tricks can you do? The worst thing is that you just say that the decisive battle will be tomorrow. Tonight, you will suddenly send troops to smuggle and attack our camp." Zhao Zhuang sneered: "Tonight, I will divide the army into two teams to take turns to rest, and send more soldiers to monitor the ferry closely, which is enough to prevent it!"

"But the subordinates still think it's better not to be fooled." The servant said with a embarrassed look: "For caution, we'd better retreat back to the city and stationed."

"Being greedy for life and fearing death!" Zhao Zhuang scolded sternly and said, "If you are really afraid, go to the city to hide first! Our army is mostly new recruits, and has suffered defeat in Fuli. If we do not seize the opportunity that the rioters are unable to deal with when crossing the river, we will quickly win a battle to boost morale. Even if we retreat directly into Pengcheng City, we will not be able to defend the city!"

Knowing that Zhao Zhuang's stubborn personality, the assistant officials did not dare to persuade him anymore. Zhao Zhuang urged his personal soldiers to go out and pass the order. As a result, because he had enough of the harassment and torture of the Young Marshal's Army, when he heard Zhao Zhuang's order, the Qin soldiers were of course very cheerful. They couldn't wait to pack up the military weapons and load the cart, and happily sorted and moved the camp. Zhao Zhuang's flag, which had been hanging high at the Sishui Ferry for several days, finally put it down and loaded it into the vehicle to move with Zhao Zhuang himself.

When any army does this, some chaos will inevitably occur. The soldiers are scattered and the generals' attention is also dispersed. The Zhao Zhuang army, which is mostly recruits, is even more so. Not only are the soldiers scattered and scattered, but the large and small vehicles are everywhere, but they also destroy many of the battalions that were finally built before. As a result, at this moment, more than a thousand soldiers suddenly lined up in the camp of the young commander on the other side of the shore. Under the leadership of Xiang Zhuang, the general of the young commander army of Xiang Kang, who is most trusted, the young commander army, rushed directly to the shore, boarded the ship as quickly as possible, and then launched a charge to the west coast of Si Shui without hesitation!

"Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Crowned Ding Ding!"

The sudden sound of the gong alarm from the shore shocked the Qin army in the midst of chaos. After rushing to the high ground to see clearly that the young commander's army suddenly launched a rush to rush to rush to the ferry, Zhao Zhuang immediately cursed Xiang Kang for being shameless and despicable, and could be so untrustful. Although Xiang Kang had never promised not to launch an attack when the Qin army moved to the camp, Zhao Zhuang did not dare to be negligent at all, and quickly ordered the soldiers of the army to stop moving to the open space in front of the camp to attack the young commander's army's shameless raid!

Zhao Zhuang's decision was very decisive, but unfortunately, the flag of the commander had been put down and the military weapons had been loaded. The soldiers and generals were even more chaotic as if they were loose sand. Of course, Zhao Zhuang's decisive orders could not continue to command the entire army as if they were commanding the command. The troops who received the orders were abandoned on the spot. The soldiers hurriedly put on armor, and the crossbowmen hurriedly looked for the vehicles and received the arrows loaded to go into battle. The chariots had to struggle to pass through the chaotic camp before they could leave the camp. During the period, people shouted, the horses neighed, the generals scolded, and the soldiers screamed, panicked as if the doomsday was coming.

In this case, the Qin army soldiers certainly had no chance to fight in formation. Before 40% of the army left the camp, the Young Marshal's ferry had already rushed to the shore of the west bank of Sishui. Xiang Zhuang led the way and jumped to the west bank first. The Young Marshal's soldiers followed suit, and did not waste time in the whole team. They immediately rushed to the Qin army in a panic under the guidance of Xiang Zhuang's flag.

"Look, what are those thieves holding in their hands?!"

There were also sharp-eyed people in the chaotic Qin army. Suddenly, among the crowd of the Young Marshals, there were many weapons that were unprecedented in the soldiers. It was a thin and narrow sword that they had never seen before! Kill the horse saber! The powerful sword that the Young Marshals had never used on the battlefield since they were equipped!

"Fight on the spot! Keep it! Keep the position for me! You must never let the thieves storm disrupt our army, and you must never let the thieves storm disrupt our army!"
Chapter completed!