"Li You won't fight, we can just try to let him fight to the decisive battle, wouldn't it be enough?"

Chen Ping answered very easily. Xiang Kang, who knew how much Chen Ping was, was relieved. When he asked Chen Ping again how he acted, Chen Ping smiled and replied: "Why should the young marshal be so anxious? We are just speculating that Li You is going to temporarily restrain our main force for Zhang Han. This is not yet confirmed. Why do we need to be so anxious to lure or force Li You to fight?"

"What sir said is very true, I'm anxious." Xiang Kang thought about it carefully, and then said with a smile: "Okay, we don't have to worry. Let's talk about it when we confirm Li You's movements."

"The young marshal is forgiven. I think we cannot just sit and wait." Chen Ping bowed and said, "In the opinion of the following, we should immediately send an army to cross the Honggou to establish a camp and guard the bridge and ferry. In this way, we can not only cover the defeated soldiers of the two generals Yingbu and Lu Chen to withdraw from Chenliu as much as possible, but also seize the West Bank position in advance so that our main force can quickly cross the Hatch when necessary."

"Mr. Chen Ping, isn't this too fucking?" Zhou Zeng, who was next to him, raised a question and said, "Just as you said just now, we can't confirm whether Li You really wants to restrain us for Zhang Han. At this time, we will divide our troops across the gulf to establish a camp. If we make a mistake in our judgment, wouldn't our soldiers have to work hard for nothing?"

"Besides, even if our judgment is not bad, Li You really wants to temporarily restrain our main force for Zhang Han. Seeing our army establishing a camp on the west bank of Honggou in advance, how can Li You dare to get close to Honggou?" Zhou Zeng added: "When the time comes, Li You will establish a camp away from Honggou. If our army's main force wants to get a chance to fight, we must cross Honggou in advance. At the same time, in order to gain a local military advantage, we have to recall General Feng Zhong's troops on the north bank of Gushui to participate in the battle. In this way, wouldn't it be the intention of the tyrannical Qin army? At that time, Li You will fight and retreat and gradually lure us away from Chenliu. Can Zhang Han's ordinary man be more at ease to attack Linji and deal with Tian Dan?"

"What Zhou Jijiu said is that our army set up camps on the west bank of Honggou in advance will indeed have these disadvantages." Chen Ping nodded, admitted that Zhou Zeng's analysis was very reasonable, and then said: "But if we do not cross the Honggou first and protect the bridge and ferry crossing of Honggou in Xidu, then Li You's army is close to Honggou and set up camp, and wouldn't Chenliu's initiative in the battlefield fall into his control? At that time, we will not only take time and effort to attack Westward, but also the danger of being attacked by Li You halfway. How can we be as convenient as having an army set up camp on the west bank in advance? With this benefit, if we make a mistake in judgment, it will only make the soldiers work hard in vain, but if we make the right judgment, we will definitely benefit greatly in the next battle."

After pointing out in detail the advantage of establishing a camp on the west bank of Honggou in advance, Chen Ping said: "As for the issue of Li You staying away from Honggou, we don't have to worry too much. In order to restrain us, Li You will never be able to distance him from us too far. If it is necessary or there is a chance, our army only needs to rush to attack and can still catch Li You off guard. Moreover, our army crosses the camp in advance in advance, not necessarily to cover the main force's attack across the river. If it is necessary, it may play a more important role."

Chen Ping's answer on this question was a bit vague, but considering that this time the Young Marshal's Army had a little advantage, it would undoubtedly be more beneficial to his side to get the initiative first. It is better than the time-consuming and labor-consuming force to cross the Honggu and launch a decisive battle. Xiang Kang quickly made up his mind and ordered Zhu Jishi to command the five thousand young Marshals, including two thousand Lishan prisoners, to cross the Honggu in advance, establish camps at the ferry crossing, protect the crossing bridge, and at the same time build two bridges so that the main force of the Young Marshal's Army can cross the river faster when necessary.

The Young Marshal's Army grasped the rhythm this time. Zhu Jishi's camp had just been established and two bridges were just set up. Ying Bu and Lu Chen's defeated soldiers had already fled to the west bank of Honggou like a frightened bird. Fortunately, the Young Marshal's Army was well prepared and responded in time. Most of the British and Lu coalition forces, which had already lost, were lucky to be beaten by the Qin army when they crossed the river and fled west, and were able to retreat across Honggou smoothly. At the same time, the pursuers under Li You did not dare to forcibly attack the Young Marshal's Army's camp. They chose to station ten miles northwest of the ferry, waiting for Li You's main force to come to reinforce, and temporarily remain in peace with the Young Marshal's West Bank army.

Just like Chen Ping's expectations, after fleeing back to Chenliu City in a panic, Lu Chen and Ying Bu did not dare to dream of anything equal to Xiang Kangping. They also rushed to the central tent of the Young Marshal's Army to see Xiang Kang, and asked Xiang Kang to help them with food and military tents. They also expressed their willingness to obey Xiang Kang's orders and fight as a servant army. However, Xiang Kang did not take advantage of the situation to rob and forcefully recruit the remnants of Lu Chen and Ying Bu, nodded and accepted their request.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li You's main force also approached the battlefield of the Honggou, chose to establish a battalion at the meeting with the front army, and used most of the troops to dig trenches and build battalions, directly put forward the stance of confronting the main force of the Young Marshal's army for a long time, and indirectly verified Xiang Kang's inference, proving that he was here to temporarily restrain the main force of the Young Marshal's army for Zhang Han. After confirming this situation, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping seemed to have taken some wrong medicine, and actually sighed together and said in unison: "It's a pity that time is too late."

After saying this together, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping found that something was wrong together and asked each other: "Young Marshal (Mr. Chen Ping), why did you say it's a pity that there is too late?"

Unexpectedly, the other party would say the same thing again, Xiang Kang and Chen Ping were stunned again. After coming to their senses, Xiang Kang seemed to understand something and hurriedly said: "Mr. Chen Ping, it seems that we should think of being together. Otherwise, let's write down what we think in our hands to see if this is the case?"

Chen Ping agreed immediately. Xiang Kang and Chen Ping picked up the pen together, and each wrote two words on the palm of their left hand. When they showed it to the other party, they saw two words clearly written on the palm of their left hand - Hu Hai! They couldn't help laughing together and bowed to the other party to express their admiration.

Unable tolerate the mystery of Xiang Kang and Chen Ping, Zhou Zeng asked Xiang Kang why he wrote the words Hu Hai in his hand. Xiang Kang smiled bitterly and sighed: "If the distance is close and time is enough, Li You is really not difficult to deal with. We just spread a little rumors, and we say that Li You only defends and does not fight in front of us. He is secretly colluding with us and is preparing to help us drag down Zhang Han's main force. If Hu Hai hears this rumor, Hu Hai will definitely force Li You to advance to fight us immediately. Unfortunately, the distance is a bit far, and there is no time left. Even if we are sure of our plan of disagreement, we will have no chance to use it."

Zhou Zeng rolled his eyes and finally understood why Xiang Kang fell into old ways with Chen Ping at first sight. However, Xiang Kang refused to give up and asked Chen Ping again: "Mr. Chen Ping, there is no chance to attack Hu Hai. Can you do something about Zhang Han and force Li You to advance as soon as possible?"

"I'm afraid it's difficult." Chen Ping shook his head and said, "Li You, as the governor of Sanchuan County, left the territory and went to the Chenliu battlefield in Dang County to confront us. This must be the arrangement of Zhang Han. Li You himself would never dare to make such a decision. Since this was from Zhang Han's instruction, if we use any discord plan, it will not only be difficult to play any role, but on the contrary, it may backfire. Zhang Han's determination to let Li You only defend and not fight."

The plan of disagreement must be implemented with a crack and drill. Xiang Kang, who is also a master of disagreement, is certainly very clear about this truth, so Xiang Kang no longer expects himself and Chen Ping to share the skills. He just asked Chen Ping again: "Mr. Chen Ping, it's up to you now. You said before that if Li You doesn't fight, we just need to try to make him fight a decisive battle. Now that Li You is here, how to make him fight a decisive battle with us, please help me plan more."

This is also Chen Ping's first chance to show since he promised to be an accomplice of Xiang Kang. Of course, Chen Ping couldn't do it either. After careful consideration, Chen Ping said: "Young Marshal, I don't know much about Li You, but since he can defend Xingyang for several months, he firmly obeys Zhang Han's orders and takes on the important task of restraining our army's main force with a county soldier. This person must be a very steady and conscientious person. It is definitely difficult for ordinary provocations, night attacks, frauds and surrenders to him. If he wants to reveal his flaws and be influenced by us, we probably have only one way, which is to make a fuss about Li You's steady and conscientious character."

"Make a fuss about Li You's steady personality and conscientiousness?" Xiang Kang was stunned and said in confusion: "What we fear most now is that Li Youwei will not fight and resolutely entangle us for Zhang Han. Why do we still make fuss about these aspects?"

"Young Marshal, it seems that you are a wise man who has made many mistakes and occasionally makes mistakes." Chen Ping smiled and said, "Young Marshal, you said just now. Li You must firmly entangle us for Zhang Han. Since he wants to entangle us, if we make any moves, wouldn't he have to do this for Zhang Han? As long as we seize this point, we must entangle us, then the opportunity for us to fight will come out?"

Xiang Kang slapped his forehead and admitted that he was indeed stubborn. He forgot to keep the camp, Li You's more important task should be to entangle the main force of the self-army and not give the main force of the self-army the opportunity to go north to reinforce Linji. After regretting, Xiang Kang hurriedly asked again: "Mr. Chen Ping, then how should we act?"

"If you have to ask the Young Marshal to write two letters first, one for Li You and the other for the current king Wei King Wei Ju." Chen Ping replied: "As for the content of the letter, please write them like this..."

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Let’s take a look at the situation on Li You. In fact, when he knew that the Young Marshal’s Army had deployed troops in advance on the west bank of Honggou, Li You, who had been familiar with military studies since childhood, had already understood that it was difficult for him to rely on the Honggou to block it, and he was safer to confront the main force of the Young Marshal’s Army head-on. However, due to his responsibilities, Li You still faced the difficulties and insisted on establishing a camp ten miles northwest of the Honggou Ferry, and continued to carry out the tasks entrusted to him by Zhang Han.

The troops were at a disadvantage, and the combat effectiveness of the army was not as good as the main force of the Qin army led by Zhang Han. At the same time, there was no way to stop the main force of the Young Commander's army from entering the west bank of the Great Gate. Li You did this, of course, a bit risky, but Li You, who was responsible for heavy responsibilities, had no extra choice. In addition to letting the army seize the time to repair and strengthen the camp, Li You also made up his mind early, that no matter what tricks Xiang Kang played, he would guard the camp and not come out, and would not give Xiang Kang any opportunity to take advantage of it.

However, there are some rules that Li You still had to abide by. At noon the next day, Xiang Kang's messenger came to the gate of the Qin army camp to deliver a letter. After the famous minister, Li You, who was following the famous minister, thought about the ancient saying of the two countries fighting and not killing the envoys, he still asked the Qin army soldiers to treat Xiang Kang's messenger with courtesy, and read the letter signed by Xiang Kang as soon as possible. After carefully reading Xiang Kang's letter, Li You, who had always been calm, rarely had a gloomy face and even felt a little irritated. The subordinates next to him saw something was wrong and asked: "County magistrate, what did Xiang Kang's traitor say in the letter?"

"Xiang Kang's rebel thief told me that he already knew the purpose of our coming here." Li You replied: "He pointed out directly that we came here to confront his thief army, not to fight with them, but to entangle his thief army, so that General Zhang Han's main force could safely deal with the two rebel thiefs Tian Dan and Wei Ju in Linji."

"This thief is so powerful? He can see through our purpose directly?" the general asked in surprise: "What else did he say?"

"The rest is nonsense." Li You snorted coldly, "Apart from boasting about his strong traitor army, we would never win, and spread rumors and slander. General Zhang Han sent us to Chenliu to kill us with a knife, and to replace me as the magistrate of Sanchuan County to create opportunities for the general's confidant to retreat and protect ourselves as soon as possible. Otherwise, as long as he leads the main force across the gap, he will be able to kill us in a piece of armor without liu."

"Bluffing." The general snorted coldly: "If this thief was really sure, he would have come directly long ago. Is there any need to say such nonsense?"

Li You did not care about his subordinates' disdain for Xiang Kang. After careful consideration, Li You ordered: "Send scouts to do it carefully and closely monitor the Xiang Kang thief army's every move. If there is any situation, report it to me immediately. Xiang Kang's rebel thieves have seen through our tactical intentions and should prevent him from suddenly sending troops north to get rid of our entanglement and go to make trouble for the general's main force."

Li You must do this, because Zhang Han gave him the task to entangle the main force of the Young Marshal's Army and prevent Xiang Kang from going north to Linji to make trouble. Now that Li You's tactical purpose has been directly seen through by Xiang Kang. Of course, Li You had to guard against Xiang Kang's sudden troops to go north to get rid of his restraint and entanglement, resulting in his failure in his mission. Otherwise, how could Li You afford Chen Ping's comment on him being conscientious?

Fortunately, Xiang Kang had no action in the next two days. He neither transferred back to Feng Zhong's army stationed on the north bank of Gushui nor led the main force over Sui Shui. He went north to meet Feng Zhong, and he remained silent. Li You also kept in mind the instructions of Zhang Han, Dong Yi and others. In addition to closely monitoring the movements of the main force of the Young Marshal's Army, he also had no action and was very patient in confronting Xiang Kang across the river.

On the evening of the third day, an accident happened. A fast horse from Daliang rushed into Li You's camp and brought Zhang Han's urgent letter to Li You. Li You also summoned the messenger as soon as possible to read the letter. As a result, the content of the letter surprised Li You again. It turned out that when Zhang Han's Qin soldiers were patrolling the south of Linji City, they caught a messenger sent by Xiang Kang to contact Wei Ju, and searched for a handwritten letter written by Xiang Kang to Wei Ju. In the letter, Xiang Kang comforted Wei Ju that although the main force of the Young Commander's army was temporarily entangled by Li You, Li You's personality was too cautious and conservative, and he was confident that he could get rid of Li You's entanglement at any time and calmly went north to rescue Linji, asking Wei Ju to be at peace and wait for assistance. His reinforcements would go north to rescue Linji soon.

At the same time, Zhang Han's army and Qi's army have entered a critical stage of decisive battle. They are unwilling to suddenly change the southern line and disrupt their tactical deployment. In addition to telling Li You that the content of the letter intercepted by him, Zhang Han also told Li You that he must keep an eye on Xiang Kang and that he must not let Xiang Kang suddenly slip away and make trouble. At the same time, Zhang Han also reminded Li You that even if he could not entangle Xiang Kang's main force, he must bite Xiang Kang's tail and must not give Xiang Kang a chance to easily run to the Qin army's main force to disrupt the situation.

I was worried that Xiang Kang would suddenly send troops north and received Zhang Han's warning. Of course, Li You stared at the main force of the Young Marshal's Army even more tightly, and the effort paid off. Late at night on the fourth day, Li You was suddenly woken up from the bed by his personal soldiers and reported that he found that Zhu Jishi, the troops of the Young Marshal's Army stationed on the west bank of Honggou, were secretly withdrawing troops across the river. Li You was excited when he heard the news and asked, "Where is the west bank of Honggou? Did Xiang Kang's main force do anything?"

"Report to the county magistrate, the report has not been received yet." The personal soldiers answered truthfully.

"Hurry, send more people to the west bank of Honggou to explore the main movements of Xiang Kang's traitors!" Li You stood up quickly and couldn't wait to order: "Blow the trumpet, let the soldiers get up and prepare for war and assemble, and summon the generals to the central army's tent to wait for the order."

Although they were just ordinary county soldiers, after several months of practical experience in the Xingyang Defense Battle, the Qin soldiers under Li You made great progress. Even when they stood up hastily at night, the Qin soldiers quickly prepared for the war and completed the assembly task without much time. At the same time, the Qin generals in Li You's army also rushed to the central army's tent to wait for the order. Not long after, the military intelligence investigation report on the west bank of Honggu that Li You was looking forward to was finally delivered - as Li You expected, the main force of the Young Marshal's army had indeed set off camp overnight and was quickly crossing the river through the Sui River Bridge.

"Son Xiang Kang, you really went north overnight!" Li You said gritting his teeth, and he didn't hesitate, and immediately said loudly: "All the generals, the bandit army is moving camps overnight. If nothing unexpected happens, the bandit thieves will leave a army to confront us across the river, and lead the main force to go north to reinforce the bandit Wei Ju! If he succeeds, General Zhang Han will inevitably be in chaos on the southern front! Our army cannot hesitate and must start a pursuit immediately. Who dares to be the vanguard and pursue the bandit thieves who are crossing the river?"

"I'm willing to go!"

Several Qin generals stood up and volunteered to take on the pursuit mission, but there was also a more cautious Qin general who stood up and bowed and said, "The county magistrate, although it is a fighter, it is too risky to go out late at night. In the eyes of the last general, it is better to suspend the action. After the sky is clear, it will not be too late for our army to launch another army to pursue it."

If it were to be a normal person, Li You, who was more cautious in his character, would definitely adopt the suggestions of this general without thinking. However, the situation is different now. If the Young Marshal's Army successfully completes the camp and successfully builds a defense line for the Gang, then it would be difficult for Li You's troops to cross the Gang and catch up with the main force of the Young Marshal's Army. So after just weighing the pros and cons, Li You, who was extremely conscientious, shook his head and said, "You can't delay. If the gangsters complete the camp, then the gangsters only need thousands of soldiers and horses to block our army for a long time with the danger of the Gangster. This fighter must not be missed, and can only be caught!"

After saying that, Li You did not delay any longer and immediately ordered: "Shi Xi, Guan Kong, you will immediately lead 6,000 troops to attack our army and serve as the vanguard of our army, and attack the bandit army on the west bank of Honggou that was moving to the camp. It is necessary to seize the bridge and open the road to our army's westward advance. Wu Qingxiang, Luo Fen, you two lead 8,000 troops to stay in the camp, ready to set off at any time and follow our main force to pursue the bandit army. The other generals will lead the main force of the central army with me, and serve as support for Shi Xi and Guan Kong!"
Chapter completed!