Chapter 118 Rewards are coming
Chen Sheng, the King of Zhang Chu, was indeed a bit lacking in control. In addition to the frequent rebellion and independence of the generals sent out, the envoys sent to ask Xiang Kang to send troops to rescue Chen County were also an unreliable product. After having a good meal of wine and meat in Pengcheng, he also collected some of Xiang Kang's benefits. Not only did he immediately tell Xiang Kang many of the Qin army military information that should not be known to the Young Commander Army, but he also sold many inside stories about Zhang Chu's small court, which made Xiang Kang, who was not very good in history, finally understood why Chen Sheng was destroyed so quickly.
It was also through the introduction of Chen Sheng's envoy that Xiang Kangcai roughly understood the basic situation of Zhang Han's army, and knew that Zhang Han's army was at least 250,000, and the core backbone was not the prisoners of Mount Li who many people thought of. However, after the Battle of Water Playing, the Qin court drew back from the Longxi area. He had extremely strong combat power. During the Battle of Water Playing, Zhang Chu's army could barely remain defeated in front of Zhang Han without defeat. He retired from Hangu Pass. However, after the Longxi garrison advanced east to participate in the war, Zhang Chu's army was beaten to the ground for searching for teeth in Caoyang and collapsed. Zhou Zhang finally fled to Mianchi with a few defeated generals, and was immediately surrounded by Zhang Han's pursuers and then completely annihilated.
In addition, Zhang Han's army advanced eastward, defeated Tian Zang, Li Gui, Deng Shuo and Wu Yu's four-way troops, and entered Chen County with the most thorough crushing force. Chen Sheng struggled to death and concentrated all the mobs in Chen County to commander Cai Ci, the Shangzhu Kingdom, and fought with Zhang Han to the northwest of Chen County. It took Zhang Han a half-day to kill the army. Cai Ci, whose official position was comparable to Xiang Liang, was also cut off his head on the formation by Qin soldiers and presented it to Zhang Han with a chamber pot. Chen Sheng was completely desperate and had to organize the Chen County defenders to prepare for war, while asking for help from Zhang Chu's troops, including Xiang Kang.
"Empress, in your opinion, can King Zhang Chu stop the tyrannical Qin army under the city of Chen County? Persist in the process of returning to the army to serve the king?"
Xiang Kang just asked casually and unintentionally, but he immediately got unexpected gains. The envoy Zhang Chu, who had been flushed by Xiang Kang, shook his head and sighed, and said it was hard to say. When Xiang Kang asked again, the envoy Zhang Chu told Xiang Kang many good things that Chen Sheng did in Chen County, saying that Chen Sheng had become arrogant and arrogant not long after, not only refused to treat his old friendship in the past.
Companion, because these mud-legged friends occasionally say something to them, they will immediately kill these people, and treat their generals even more cruelly. As long as they are defeated and return from the war, they will be killed immediately no matter what the reason is. Even Ge Ying, the general who made great contributions to Zhang Chu, died tragically under Chen Sheng's butcher knife, which caused panic among the generals of Zhang Chu. As long as they have a little ability, they will never want to return to Chen County after going to another place.
After selling Chen Sheng clean, the envoy who had no confidence in Chen Sheng was also begging Xiang Kang: "Young Marshal, can you let the envoy live in Pengcheng for more days? If you go back for a while, Chen County will definitely be upside down now. If the envoy goes back now, he may not even be able to enter the city of Chen County, and it will soon fall into the hands of the tyrannical Qin army."
"That's of course. If you like it, it's okay to live in Pengcheng for a month or two."
Seeing that the envoy Zhang Chu provided him with so much useful information, Xiang Kang of course agreed to his request. The envoy Zhang Chu was overjoyed and thanked Xiang Kang repeatedly. Xiang Kang carefully sorted out the information provided by the envoy Zhang Chu for him, and suddenly found that he had forgotten something to pay attention to. He hurriedly asked the envoy Zhang Chu: "Empress, I forgot to ask about something. What are the main generals under Zhang Han's men? Who are there among them? Who need to pay attention to?"
"The young magistrate is forgiven. The young envoy is a civil servant and doesn't know much about this." The envoy Zhang Chu said in a dilemma: "The young envoy just heard that Zhang Han's two most trusted deputys, one is Sima Xin and the other is Dong Yi, who was a tyrant general who helped him command troops in Guanzhong. There was also a tyrant general named Zhao Ben. He heard that the war was also very powerful. Deng said that General Deng and General Wu Yu were directly defeated by the vanguard of the tyrant Qin army led by Zhao Ben."
Xiang Kang was somewhat disappointed when he was unable to find out more useful military information. However, when he heard the envoy Zhang Chu talk about the name Sima Xin, Xiang Kang's heart suddenly moved and suddenly realized that he seemed to have heard of this name there, and it seemed that he had heard of this name not before traveling through time, but that he had heard of this name after he came to this era or in the memory left by Xiang Kang in the previous memory.
Have you heard of the name Sima Xin before? Of course, it is not important to Xiang Kang now, so Xiang Kang quickly forgot this matter and asked his personal soldiers to lead the envoy Zhang Chu who was grateful to him to rest in the guesthouse, Xiang Kang immediately turned to Zhou Zeng and the old man Fan next to him and asked: "Uncle Ya, Mr. Fan, you have heard what Zhang Chu said just now. What do you think?"
"Chen Sheng is about to finish. Even if he did not die in Chen County and escape, he will definitely finish." Zhou Zeng concluded with a gloomy face and said, "But it is no longer important to discuss this issue now. What is important is that after Zhang Han's tyrant Qin army took Chen County, will it move eastward and attack us?"
Old Man Fan, who has always been arrogant, also looked grim and said, "If Zhang Han directly attacked us, with our current strength, there would be no possibility of stopping him. Even if he sticks to Pengcheng, he would probably not be very sure."
"What if Zhang Han really comes over?" Xiang Kang asked again.
Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan did not say anything. After a long time, Zhou Zeng said carefully: "Our only choice at that time is probably to give up Sishui and retreat to Guangling to wait for Marshal Xiang's reinforcements, or to retreat directly to Jiangdong and protect themselves across the river."
It was Xiang Kang's turn to stop saying a word, and gave up the territory that he had finally captured and brought the defeated generals to Xiang Liang. Of course, Xiang Kang was reluctant to leave and ten thousand were unhappy, but the huge gap in strength was placed here. In addition, the open terrain in the Huai and Si area was destined to have no danger to defend even if he wanted to defend. Xiang Kang had no confidence or confidence to block Zhang Han and persisted until Xiang Liang's reinforcements arrived.
Moreover, even if Xiang Liang's reinforcements arrived in time, Xiang Kang could not guarantee that he and Xiang Liang could defeat Zhang Han after joining forces. Xiang Yu fought in Julu, but the reason why Xiang Yu was able to win the Julu was not only because of the 50,000 elite troops in his hands, but also because other vassal troops were restrained on the flanks, sharing the pressure from Xiang Yu. Moreover, because Zhang Han's army had a long-term battle, the soldiers were exhausted and their combat effectiveness declined. However, there was no one in Zhang Han's army at present.
With no choice, Xiang Kang could only be frowning with Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan, and was helpless. He sat down until it was dark and could not come up with any way to deal with this problem. Finally, Zhou Zeng said, "Young Marshal, take a step by step. After Chen Sheng's destruction, there will be Wei Ju and Tian Dan in the north to help us share the pressure, and there will be Song Liu from Zhang Chu in the south. Zhaoping two partial troops are Zhang Han's target of attack, so he may not come directly to us. It is not a solution to worry now. Let's talk about it when you understand Zhang Han's direction of action. It's late at night, and Fan Gong is old, so let's take a break earlier."
Thinking about this, Xiang Kang had no choice but to nod and agree. He first sent Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan away, and then returned to his residence with great worries. Then Xiang Kang was a little strange that time was approaching the second update, and his room was still brightly lit, and some laughter came vaguely. However, after pushing open the door, Xiang Kang immediately understood the reason. It turned out that his two aunts came to talk to Yu Miaoge, and his sister-in-law Yu Gui was also joking with his two aunts with his sister, so his room was so lively.
Seeing Xiang Kang pushing the door in, the Yu sisters who were sitting around the ground stove laughing and stood up to salute Xiang Kang. The second uncle also said with a smile: "Kang'er is back, there is no need to salute. Your third uncle and I are bored. I heard that you are busy with work in front of you, so I came over to talk to your wife for a few gossips. Since you are back, we will leave immediately."
"You don't have to be polite, if you like it, just sit for a while." Xiang Kang forced a smile on his tired face and said, "I have too many things these days and haven't been to greet my two aunts. Don't blame me for you."
"It's okay, you're busy with yours, don't worry about us all the time. Your second uncle and I are in good health." The third uncle waved his hand and smiled, "But we still have to leave quickly. We can't delay your and Miaoge's rest. My second uncle and I are still waiting to hold our nephew and grandson."
Hearing this, Yu Miaoge, who was extremely thin-skinned, blushed to his neck. The little girl Yu's face couldn't help but blushed. Although she came here under the banner of taking care of each other with her sister, during this period, Xiang Kang's efforts on Yu's little girl Yu's was no less effort than his real wife Yu Miaoge.
Fortunately, neither of the two aunts noticed the abnormal reaction of the little girl Yu Gui. On the contrary, the second aunt also noticed that Xiang Kang's face was obviously exhausted, so she asked with concern: "Kang'er, what's wrong? Why is her face a little bad? Are you tired?"
Xiang Kang nodded and admitted frankly that he was really tired. His second uncle was doing things readily and immediately said, "Okay, my second uncle asked you one last thing, Kang'er, has your second uncle contacted you recently? Have you ever said when will he cross the river to Pengcheng and reunite with our family?"
"Uncle forgives me. My uncle sent a letter to my nephew yesterday. My nephew was too busy and forgot to report it to you." Xiang Kang hurriedly apologized and said, "But the second uncle said in the letter that he could not come to Pengcheng in a short time. He asked us to wait until he completely wiped out the territory of Jiangdong, and then lead troops north to meet us."
"That god-killer, after so many years, I finally got a chance now, so I don't rush to come back and see you." The second uncle, who was anxious to reunite with her husband, was a little bit twitching, but he still stood up and said, "Okay, then you can rest quickly. It's late at night, go to bed early, third sister, let's go and let Kang'er and Miaoge rest."
The third uncle agreed quickly, and Xiang Kang also quickly stood up to see him off. However, when he sent the two aunts out of the room, Xiang Kang's heart moved again. The memory left by Xiang Kang suddenly jumped out of his mind, causing Xiang Kang to quickly say to his second uncle: "Second aunt, if you remember correctly, you seem to have mentioned Sima Xin in front of me? Is there any such thing? It took too long, and I can't remember it very clearly."
"Sima Xin?" The second aunt was stunned by Xiang Kang's question, and then recalled it before saying, "Have you ever mentioned Sima Xin in front of you, I can't remember my uncle, but I do know someone named Sima Xin."
"Uncle, how do you know him? Who is he?" Xiang Kang asked curiously.
"He was the former Liyang Prison Officer. Because he helped your second uncle a lot, I heard your second uncle talk about him."
The second uncle introduced: "A few years ago, your second uncle wandered around the world. He committed an accident in Liyang County in Guanzhong and was imprisoned in Liyang prison. At that time, the prison officer in Liyang was called Sima Xin. He happened to be a friend of your second uncle's close friend, the Qi County prison officer Cao Ju. When your second uncle found out, he wrote a letter to ask your uncle Cao Ju to help. Your uncle Cao walked through Sima Xin's way, and Sima Xin let your uncle out and made friends with your uncle. After your uncle came home, he told me that this was not small, so I kept it in my heart." (Historical facts.)
"So that's how it is." Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and then he understood why he felt familiar with the name Sima Xin - it must be that Xiang Liang or his second uncle had mentioned him to the previous Xiang Kang before, so his name was left in the memory of the previous Xiang Kang. But unfortunately, Xiang Kang could not know whether Zhang Han's deputy Sima Xin was the Sima Xin who had helped Xiang Liang, so naturally he could not use this relationship to take advantage of his despicable means such as cheating and deceit.
"Kang'er, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly ask your uncle about Sima Xin?" The second uncle asked Xiang Kang about the reason again. Xiang Kang was unwilling to let the two aunts who fully supported him worry, so he found an excuse to make excuses. Only then did the two aunts leave with a laugh, let Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge rest with peace of mind.
Before the matter was over, after washing up under Yu Miaoge's service, Xiang Kang saw that the little girl Yu's face was slightly red and had already made the bed. She seemed to have become more virtuous. She took the initiative to come and take off her shoes. It was obvious that she wanted to take advantage of her sister and collect the public food that Xiang Kang should hand over in advance. Although Xiang Kang felt very tired, because the little girl was so proactive, Xiang Kang still smiled slightly and hugged the Yu sisters on the left and right...
Sometimes men really can't force themselves. They have a lot of thoughts in their hearts and are a little tired. After the Yu sister Hu Tian and Hu were moistening the rain and dew to Yu Miaoge, Xiang Kang was not in the power to start the second round of the battle. The little girl Yu Gui who had worked hard before was dissatisfied and deliberately teased her repeatedly, but in turn, Xiang Kang was full of apology and said, "Baby, it's really not possible tonight. I'm too tired."
"Little sister, let Xiang Lang rest." Yu Miaoge, who took advantage of the situation, also advised: "Xiang Lang is too tired, let's do it. You can accompany him alone tomorrow night, is that okay?"
The little girl Yu Gui gave up helplessly, but she was still dissatisfied. She leaned into Xiang Kang's ear and complained softly: "If you don't have it, just say it earlier. She insists on showing off and asking her to be with you with her sister, which will make her work in vain."
The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. When he heard the complaints of the little girl Yu Gui, Xiang Kang, who was too powerful in Zhang Han's army, suddenly felt aroused in his heart and said, "Baby, what did you say just now? Say it again."
Although his face is not as thin as his sister, the little girl Yu Gui said nothing just now, and she immediately denied that she had just said something, but Xiang Kang refused to give up and repeatedly begged Yu Gui to repeat it. The little girl had no choice but to swear Xiang Kang while blushing: "I said, if I don't have it, I'll say it earlier, and I insist on showing off my strength and asking her to accompany you with my sister, which will make me useless."
As soon as the little girl Yu Gui finished speaking, Xiang Kang had already turned over and sat up, because Xiang Kang suddenly found that he was in a stubborn position. With the current strength of the Young Marshal's Army, it was impossible for him to resist Zhang Han's army's full attack. However, if Zhang Han just sent a partial army to deal with him, he would be completely sure to deal with it. Simply put, if several beauties go to bed and fight Xiang Kang at the same time, Xiang Kang really couldn't stand it, but if he only dealt with one beauty, Xiang Kang was completely sure to deal with it.
"Is it possible that Zhang Han will only send a partial army to deal with me? Yes! Chen Sheng's general Song Liu entered Nanyang and threatened Wuguan to Guanzhong. Zhang Han would never ignore his threat! Wei Ju and Zhou Fu's army in Wei State threatened Xingyang and Ao Cang. Zhang Han must also be concerned about his full strength to attack me. After Wei State's troops took the opportunity to go west and threatened Hangu Pass! Moreover, there is no waterway between Chen County and Pengcheng, and it is inconvenient to transport grain. Zhang Han's more than 200,000 troops must consider this issue. First destroy the Wei State and clear the waterway, advance to Pengcheng along Sui River or Si River, and get waterways to transport grain. It is also an ideal choice for Zhang Han!"
"Is there any way to influence Zhang Han's strategic choice, so that he can only send a partial teacher to deal with me, or simply let me go for the time being and cause trouble for others first?"
After this idea came up, the special relationship between the old Xiang family and Sima Xin, the former Liyang Prison officer, naturally jumped into Xiang Kang's mind. Although he was extremely worried that Sima Xin, the Liyang Prison officer, and Sima Xin, the deputy of Zhang Han, were only of the same name and surname, and were not the same person. However, after thinking more deeply, Xiang Kang found that even if it was not the same person, he had no relationship. As long as he contacted Zhang Han's deputy Sima Xin under this banner, he could still influence and interfere with Zhang Han's strategic decisions through the false signals he released...
After half an hour of thinking, Xiang Kang's face showed a smile and his tired expression was completely wiped out. At the same time, Xiang Kang also realized that the Yu sisters had already put on clothes for him to keep the cold without realizing it. Yu Miaoge, who was in charge of housework, was still tired to sleep. Only the little girl Yu was still yawning and complained to herself who had come back to her senses: "Why are you crazy? It's such a cold day, why are you sitting up and dazed? You are not afraid of catching a cold."
Xiang Kang smiled and turned over and pressed the little girl Yu Gui under her body and chewed and kissed her. The little girl Yu Gui who had given up before struggled and complained, but Xiang Kang ignored it at all and said with a smile: "Come on, baby, the reminder for you, the reward is here."
That night, Xiang Kang made the little girl Yu Gui torture and begged for mercy, which made the little girl fall asleep immediately as soon as she had to rest. However, Xiang Kang was still in spirit. As soon as the sky was dawn, he couldn't wait to get up in his clothes and hurried to the front hall to find Zhou Zeng and Old Man Fan to discuss matters.
Chapter completed!