Chapter 134 Against Li You
In order to recruit good friends Chen Ping, who has always been cautious in using troops, Xiang Kang, who had always been cautious in using troops, made Feng Zhong, the troops of the young commander, who had not had a good combat effectiveness, advance alone, and bypassed the two cities of Xiangyi and Yongqiu, which were still controlled by the Qin army in Dang County, and directly attacked Chenliu, who was favored by Chen Ping. However, when Xiang Kang led the main force of the young commander's army westward to the city of Xiangyi, he said that he did not dare to let the main force do the same. He could only station troops at the city of Xiangyi and rush to build siege weapons to launch an siege.
Just kidding! If the main force does not take down the city along the way and goes westward, the connection between Xiang Kang and the rear of Huai Si will not be cut off by the Qin army at any time? Not to mention Xiang Kang, who is famous for being timid, as long as he is a commander with a slightly normal mind, he will never dare to take such risks.
The Qin army defenders in Xiangyi City were not tenacious. After a long period of practical training, the main force of the Young Marshal's Army also made considerable progress in combat effectiveness and combat experience. In addition, in order to be loyal to the new master, the two cannon fodder armies of Ying Bu and Lu Chen fought very hard to get the money and food from Xiang Kang, so they only launched an ant-attachment attack, and the Young Marshal's Army successfully captured Xiangyi County.
After succeeding in the siege, Xiang Kang, who had always paid attention to his hypocrisy and false reputation, fulfilled his promise and distributed half of the seized food to Yingbu, Lu Chen and the two armies of the British and Lu coalition forces, were naturally happy to see Xiang Kang's words. In addition to thanking Xiang Kang repeatedly, he couldn't wait to take the initiative to serve as a vanguard and continue to go west to attack Yongqiu. He expressed with confidence that he was confident that he could take down the isolated Yongqiu City for Xiang Kang before the main force of the Young Marshal's Army arrived in Yongqiu.
The morale is not to be extinguished, Xiang Kang agreed immediately, but after Yingbing Luchen left happily, Chen Ping, who is still the envoy of Wei, advised Xiang Kang: "Young Marshal, the envoy thinks that your main force should also be faster and you cannot let Yingbing and Luchen take Yongqiu alone. Otherwise, when you drive them to fight with the main force of the tyrannical Qin, you will fall into a passive position. Only when we also participate in the Yongqiu siege and take Yongqiu together with them, will they have no excuses to bargain with you in the future."
Xiang Kang accepted Chen Ping's suggestion without hesitation. While Ying Bu and Lu Chen voluntarily served as cannon fodder, he still urged the main force to move westward quickly. As expected, he arrived in Yongqiu before Ying Bu and Lu Chen broke the city. The prisoners of Lishan who were driven as vanguards still attacked the city earlier than the British and Lu coalition forces in the siege, completely blocking Ying Bu and Lu Chen's mouths, and also let Ying Bu and Lu Chen's excuse to take a temporary rest in Yongqiu. They could only follow Xiang Kang obediently and follow Xiang Kang to reinforce Linji, who was surrounded by the main force of the Qin army.
Dang County is already a densely populated area, but the Yongqiu area is even more densely populated. Therefore, even when the spring farming season has entered, many local people still rush to join the army. Zhou Zeng also took the initiative to advise Xiang Kang to send more eloquent people to go to the surrounding townships and pavilions to persuade the local people to join the army, and further expand the strength of the Young Marshal's Army. Xiang Kang nodded in agreement. Then when arranging this work, Xiang Kang accidentally noticed that the largest populous town in Yongqiu County was actually called Gaoyang, and he said casually: "It turns out that Gaoyang is in Yongqiu. I heard that the wine in this place is particularly famous. When you are purchasing military supplies, please pay attention to buying more wine in Gaoyang. When rewarding the army in the future, let our soldiers have good wine to drink."
"Gaoyang's wine is particularly famous?" Zhou Zeng was stunned and said hurriedly: "Young Marshal, when I was checking the Yongqiu County Dian before I went down, the county Dian did not mention that Gaoyang produced good wine?"
"I remembered wrong?" Xiang Kang was also surprised and said, "I seem to have heard of the word Gaoyang Drunkard, which means that Gaoyang produces good wine. The locals often get drunk, so what does it take to produce alcoholic drinks?"
"Gaoyang Drunkard? Why haven't I heard this word?" Zhou Zeng became more and more confused as he heard it. Chen Ping next to him was also inexplicably aware that although his hometown Yangwu was not far from Gaoyang in Yongqiu, he had never heard of the word Gaoyang Drunkard. Xiang Kang, who had a poor history, even said that he had confused the dynasty, so he casually found an excuse to make excuses, and did not get entangled in this matter anymore, and soon forgot about this matter.
Zheng Bu was left to guard Yongqiu and preside over the work of conscription and expansion for him. One day later, Xiang Kang led the main force of the Young Commander Army to successfully drive to the city of Chenliu, which is not far away. Xiang Kang was very satisfied that Feng Zhong, who was ordered to restrain the police, completed the work very well. He directly arranged the camp on the south bank of the valley water northeast of Chenliu City, and built several bridges on the river, showing the situation behind the possibility of crossing the river northward to attack the Qin army at any time, forcing Zhang Han to deploy heavy troops on the southern line, and could not fully deal with the Wei army retreating in Linji City, as well as the Qi army that was approaching Linji quickly.
Next is the highlight. When Lu Chen convened the young marshals and the civil and military forces of the young marshals and Ying Bu, when Lu Chen discussed how to rescue Linji, according to Xiang Kang's prior arrangement, Wu She, a famous Xutai scholar who was used as a civil servant by Xiang Kang, stood up and advised, proposing: "Young marshal, from the bottom of the lower point, our army is still at a disadvantage in the main force of the Wei and Qi, and the head-on attack will probably be difficult to lift the siege of Linji. Therefore, I believe that in addition to sending troops directly from Chenliu to reinforce Linji, our army should send another army to attack Yangwu again, and cut off the road connection between the main force of the marshals and Ao Cang, so that the marshals of the marshals will be difficult to deal with. In this way, our army will be more confident in rescuing Linji."
Pretending to study it in front of the sand table of the map, Xiang Kang nodded and said, "Yes, this plan is feasible. With us and the Qi army attacking north and south, restraining head-on, and the Wei army acted as internal supporters, threatening the main force of the violent Qin from behind, Zhang Han would never dare to divide his troops back to support Yangwu. Our army did not have much resistance to attack Yangwu, and we must have a great grasp of success."
After saying that, Xiang Kang turned to Yingbu and Lu Chen again and said, "General Yingbu and General Lu Chen, why not do this? I'm sorry that you two will continue to serve as vanguards. From Chenliu directly to Linji, attack the main force of the southern line of the tyrannical Qin army head-on, cooperate with the friendly troops of Wei and Qi to restrain them. Our army's troops serve as support for you, and our army will also attack Yangwu. What do you think?"
Before Xiang Kang could finish his words, Ying Bu and Lu Chen's faces could not help but turn a little pale. Then, as soon as Xiang Kang finished speaking, Lu Chen immediately said: "Young marshal, it's not that we refuse, but that we may not be able to bear this burden. With our little force, what are the confidences to compete with the main force of the tyrannical Qin army?"
"Young Marshal, we are not afraid of losing, we are afraid of missing you to attack Yangwu." Ying Bu, a famous general at the end of Qin, took the initiative to be a turtle with his head, and like Lu Chen, he quickly made excuses to refuse.
"Why are the two generals so humble?" Xiang Kang deliberately pretended to be a little unhappy and said, "General Yingbu, you have more than 7,000 troops, General Lu, your troops are directly more than 18,000 troops, and there are more than 18,000 troops. Why do General Feng Zhong's 12,000 troops dare to attack Chenliu directly and confront the main force of the tyrannical Qin. Your army has a larger number, and our army acts as a supporter, and he dare not go north to attack the southern line of the tyrannical Qin army?" (Note: Feng Zhong's general Chen Ying led an army to sweep other remote cities in Dang County, so Feng Zhong's tyrannical forces has declined.)
Ying Bu and Lu Chen were speechless, but they still didn't dare to agree to accept this extremely dangerous task. Fortunately, Xiang Kang's right-hand assistant Zhou Zeng spoke in time and said kindly: "Young Marshal, since General Ying Bu and General Lu Chen do not have this confidence, don't change it, what if they are responsible for attacking Yangwu?"
"No, it's even more dangerous to attack Yangwu. This important task can only be taken on by our elite army." Xiang Kang refused, completely forgot that he had said that it was not difficult to attack Yangwu.
"Young marshal, let General Yingbu and General Lu Chen and others go." Perhaps because he couldn't stand Xiang Kang's oppression of friendly troops, Zhou Zeng said: "Since our army started to fight steadily, relying on the rear, and was not used to long-distance raiding enemy cities. Yingbu and General Lu Chen and others were the best at using the enemy's troops to deploy weakly. They were raiding for a long-distance raiding, and letting them attack Yangwu, which was also to make their strengths and avoid their weaknesses."
Zhou Zeng said this and did not dare to go to Ying Bu who was holding Zhang Han in front of him. Of course, Lu Chen was just down and said, "Young Marshal, what Zhou Jijiu said is very true. What we are best at is to leave the rear and attack the enemy city for a long distance, so when we fight Yangwu, we will leave it to us for the task of cutting off the food route of the tyrannical Qin army."
After glaring at Zhou Zeng fiercely, Xiang Kang still felt a little unwilling to agree to Ying Bu and Lu Chen's volunteering, but he could not resist Ying Bu and Lu Chen's repeated requests. Zhou Zeng also reminded me to put unity first. Xiang Kang reluctantly agreed to let the Ying-Lu coalition army attack Yangwu. Then Xiang Kang said: "Since the two generals insisted on rushing to attack Yangwu, I would not force it. But please remember that this attack on Yangwu is of great importance. It is only possible to succeed and not fail. In addition, in addition, the two generals should also try to destroy the tyrannical Qin army's way of tyrannical Qin army. It is best to dig the Jishui embankment and dig the water to flood the tyrannical Qin army, so that the tyrannical Qin army cannot transport grain through the tyrannical Qin army."
Seeing that Xiang Kang finally changed his words, he no longer forced his army to fight head-on with Zhang Han. Ying Bu and Lu Chen, who just wanted to take advantage of the situation but did not want to suffer a big loss, were of course relieved, and immediately held their fists and took the order. Then, under Xiang Kang's urging, he took their troops west across the Honggu that day, and walked on a small road to attack Yangwu County, which tightly strangled the Qin army's rations.
The surprise troops were actually Chen Ping's idea to Xiang Kang. The reason why Chen Ping proposed this suggestion was not only loyal to his duties and did his best to share the pressure for his old master Wei Ju, but another important factor was that this plan was indeed feasible. Yang Wu had been occupied by the Wei army before, and almost all adult males were taken away by the Wei army. Zhang Han liked to concentrate superior forces to fight with the army. There were not many troops left behind in Yangwu, so it was indeed very certain to attack Yangwu. In addition, the main force of the Qi army arrived in time and joined forces to disperse most of Zhang Han's energy with the main force of the Young Commander Army. Therefore, when Ying Bu and Lu Chen took a small road to attack Yangwu, they were not blocked at all along the way. They only took more than a day to attack Yangwu City, forcing the Yangwu defenders to close the city and protect themselves. At the same time, they quickly asked Zhang Han and the Qin army's Sanchuan County Governor Li You.
Uncle can tolerate it, but aunt can't bear it either! It was originally deceived and misled by the long-distance attack by the Young Marshal's army, so Zhang Han missed the opportunity to defeat Wei Ju, Xiang Kang and Tian Dan. Zhang Han was already very angry. Now Ying Bu and Lu Chen, the two defeated generals, dared to attack Yangwu and cut off the Qin army's food route. Even if Zhang Han has a good temper, he would inevitably get angry and roared. He patted the desk and shouted: "Ying Bu's man, Lu Chen's dog thief, you are so brave! Didn't you beat you up last time in Chen County? Now he dares to attack the general's food route. He doesn't know how to write the word "death"?!"
"General, we must first save Yang Wu." Sima Xin also said: "If Yang Wu is lost, our army's food and grass will be cut off. Wei Ju, Tian Dan and Xiang Kang and other traitors took the opportunity to launch an attack. We will inevitably have big trouble. Only by saving Yang Wu first and protecting our food route can we calmly deal with other thieves."
Zhang Han didn't say anything. After thinking for a while, Zhang Han made up his mind and shouted: "Dong Yi, I will give you 30,000 troops and immediately return to the army to rescue Yangwu! I will send a command to Li You to lead 30,000 troops from Xingyang to advance westward from Xingyang, and join forces with you to attack Yingbu and Lu Chen's thieves' army, and you must win!"
Deputy Dong Yi agreed loudly, but Zhang Han added: "Also, after defeating the Ying-Lu thief army, your army will immediately return to Linji, and Li You will be responsible for chasing the Ying-Lu thief army! Tell Li You that after the Ying-Lu thief army is defeated, he will definitely flee back to Chenliu and meet Xiang Kang thief. He asked Li You to chase Chenliu and confront Chenliu and confront Xiang Kang thief head-on through the gap, restrain the main force of Xiang Kang's thief for me, and win time for me to defeat Tian Dan and Wei Ju thief!"
"General, is it too much pressure for him to let the governor Li be responsible for restraining Xiang Kang's main force?" Sima Xin raised an objection and said: "Xiang Kang's rebels are unparalleled and treacherous, and are especially good at winning unexpectedly. Chen Liu is too far from Linji. If he makes any mistakes, it will be difficult for us to rescue him in time."
"Don't worry, Li You is a cautious person and can defeat the traitor Xiang Kang." Zhang Han was very confident in Li You and said, "In the orders given to him, I will also remind him to be careful in using troops and not to make any attempt to win. As long as he temporarily restrains the main force of Xiang Kang's rebels for me, when I deal with the two rebels Tian Dan and Wei Ju, I will go south to help him deal with Xiang Kang's rebels!"
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Of course, Zhang Han, the last famous general of the Great Qin Dynasty, trusted Li You, Sanchuan County Magistrate, so why, because Li You was not only the eldest son of Li Si, the prime minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, but also was definitely the most successful second-generation official in the Great Qin Dynasty! When Zhang Chu's army advanced westward before, the Qin army along the way was either fled to the sight of the wind or was quickly defeated by Zhang Chu's army. Only Li You stood up and organized the military and civilians to defend Xingyang to death, blocking more than 100,000 people led by Wu Guang himself.
The Zhang Chu army won precious time for the Qin court to respond, and at the same time forced the Zhang Chu army to advance westward, creating the opportunity for Zhang Han to defeat each of the Zhang Chu army, and successfully persisted until Zhang Han's army arrived in Xingyang and rescued the siege of Xingyang. Basically, it can be said that if there were no Li You, the Zhang Chu army would have been likely to successfully capture Guanzhong and destroy the Qin Dynasty before Zhang Han formed the criminal army. The reason why the Qin court could survive until today was that Li You should be regarded as the biggest contributor!
At the same time, Li You was also a very loyal person. As soon as he received the news that Yingbu and Lu Chen rushed to Yangwu, Li You immediately began to prepare for the military's military's expedition. However, he was responsible for defending the two major areas of Xingyang and Aocang, so Li You did not dare to launch a counterattack rashly. After receiving the order from Zhang Han to send troops, Li You did not hesitate and led his army eastward on the same day, killing Xiangyangwu with Dong Yi, one left and one right.
Then it was exactly the same as Chen Ping expected. Although Ying Bu and Lu Chen successfully rushed to Yangwu City, forcing Zhang Han to continue to delay the attack on Linji and were forced to return to rescue Yangwu, when the Qin army launched a counterattack from both east and west directions, Ying Bu and Lu Chen could no longer resist it. First, they were pulled over by Dong Yi on the east line and then trampled on the ground by Li You on the western line. After only a little more than a day, they collapsed on the whole line. They were forced to take the remaining defeated generals and flee back to Chenliu in a panic, losing completely and completely.
Then, according to Zhang Han's pre-war arrangements, Dong Yi, who had successfully protected the food route, immediately returned to Linji to help Zhang Han deal with Wei Ju and Tian Dan. Zhang Han was responsible for leading the army to chase and take on the burden of temporarily holding the main force of the Young Commander's Army for Zhang Han. As a result, when the breakup, out of comrade-in-arms' friendship, even though he knew that Li You were cautious and never took risks, Dong Yi still reminded him kindly: "Mr. Li, be careful. You just need to temporarily hold Xiang Kang's rebel thief for us, and don't take risks and decisive battles. Xiang Kang's rebel thief is too treacherous. Our 50,000 partial troops were killed by his weak forces and almost wiped out the entire army. Now his strength of the thief army has been strengthened. You are under great pressure and you must not take risks easily."
"Don't worry, General Dong, I will be careful." Li You said calmly and calmly as usual, "Please report back to General Zhang Han so that he doesn't have to worry about me. No matter what conspiracy and tricks that Xiang Kang used, I will never be fooled by him. I will definitely persevere until you attack Wei Ju and Tian Dan's two traitors. Come back to attack Xiang Kang's traitors with me."
Li You said it very confidently, but if Li You knew what kind of person Xiang Kang was, he might not be so confident. As soon as he received the news that Li You led his army to Chen Liu, Xiang Kang not only immediately saw through Zhang Han's tactical intentions, but knew that Zhang Han wanted to use Li You to temporarily entangle him and give him priority to deal with Wei Ju and Tian Dan to buy time, but also immediately asked Chen Ping, who was the same guy as him: "Mr. Chen Ping, Li You was reluctant to leave Ying Bu and Lu Chen's defeated soldiers, and it is very likely that he wanted to temporarily entangle our main force for Zhang Han. If this is the case, how can we deal with it?"
"Reporting to the young marshal, Zhang Han has no time to take care of the southern front for the time being. Our troops are slightly better than Li You. At the same time, Li You's troops are ordinary county soldiers in Sanchuan County, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as Zhang Han's main force in the Qin Dynasty. Of course, we should seize this opportunity to severely damage Li You, completely disrupt Zhang Han's deployment, and make it more difficult for him to break through Linji and repel Tian Dan." Chen Ping replied.
"But since Li You is here to restrain us, he must adopt a stable strategy." Xiang Kang asked again: "If Li You sticks to the point of not fighting, what will happen to us?"
Chapter completed!