Chapter 146 The most dangerous enemy
Time flipped a little, and returned to Xiang Liang's Chu army camp and Yingbu, Lu Chen and others' anti-Qin coalition camps, both of which were broken through by the Qin army in one fell swoop.
Standing at the height of the Young Marshal's camp, Xiang Kang saw with his own eyes that the camp of his uncle Xiang Liang's father was on fire, and the Qin army crowds with dense torches rushed into the Qin army camp. Xiang Kang was so worried about the safety of the second hero Xiang Liang, but he had no choice but to know that Xiang Liang was in danger, but he could not send reinforcements to reinforce Xiang Liang.
Xiang Kang had no choice this time. The Qin army took action too suddenly. In the camp of the Young Marshal's army, only Feng Zhong's troops, whose combat effectiveness was at the second-line level, had some preparations in advance and entered the camp war in time. They sacrificed their lives to block the Qin army's assault charge. It was impossible to pull out to rescue Xiang Liang. Several other young Marshal's army, including the army directly under Xiang Kang, were all caught off guard by the Qin army. The generals were panicked and the soldiers were panicked, and some soldiers who were too nervous ran away after leaving the tent, which almost caused the camp roar. Generals of all sizes were panicked and restrained the soldiers, restore order and assembled the army, so naturally they could not send troops to reinforce Xiang Liang immediately.
So Xiang Kang was unable to do so, so he had to watch the movements of the battlefields nervously, while praying silently to God for blessings, allowing his hero, the second uncle to escape this disaster and successfully overcome this crisis. He also prayed to the gods passing by to open their eyes and bless the Qin army's ripples to accurately hit the third uncle's throat or heart during the melee, and help the old Xiang family get rid of a disaster in advance.
Fortunately, although Feng Zhong's troops were a little less combat power, the number of troops was very sufficient, and there was some advantage in the territory. Therefore, no matter how crazy the Qin army attacked, the young generals under Feng Zhong still gritted their teeth to defend the fence defense line, and never gave the Qin army any chance to enter the young generals camp. As the other young generals slowly passed the panic period of sudden attacks, they gradually gathered into troops to join the battalion battle. The young generals camp gradually stabilized the situation and began to attack the Qin army's attacking soldiers in an orderly manner, basically shattering the hope of the Qin army breaking through the military camp.
It was still at this time that Xiang Kang, who had been nervous in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but wiped his cold sweat and sighed: "It's dangerous. If Brother Feng hadn't reacted in time and prepared first, we would be in danger today."
"Young Marshal, I'm sorry, the general said bluntly that our danger is just the beginning." Uncle Zhou, the guest general next to him, still couldn't speak as usual, and immediately stood up and poured cold water on him, saying: "Our friendly camps have been broken by the tyrant Qin army. Even if the terrain is wide and it is impossible to be annihilated by the tyrant Qin army, they will definitely be defeated and fled. When they leave, all the pressure will be concentrated on our army, so our danger is just the beginning."
Xiang Kang nodded slowly, looked at the Chu army camp and the anti-Qin coalition camp that had already ignited the sky. He quickly made up his mind and said, "Sustain tonight and hold on until the tyrant Qin army retreated to rest. We retreat immediately and can no longer get entangled with the tyrant Qin army here."
"Young Marshal, if you really plan to withdraw your troops immediately, we will suggest that we should start from now on and make fire and make rice immediately, and seize the time to make dry food rice balls so that we can retreat at full speed." Uncle Zhou made another suggestion and said: "Xiang Zhuguo and General Yingbu were killed and defeated by the tyrannical Qin army overnight. We will definitely not have time to bring food and cooking utensils. We should make as much dry food as possible, and we can also use it to reinforce them at any time, so as not to retreat on hunger and implicate our speed of retreating eastward."
Xiang Kang nodded and immediately ordered his army to start cooking immediately, and directly make fire and cook a pot in the Central Army camp to make rice that is easier to process. Then, Xiang Kang patted Uncle Zhou’s shoulder directly and said sincerely: “General Zhou, you are a great soldier. Wei Bao has no eyes and just treats you as an ordinary war general. I feel so wronged. Come and help me, I can’t treat you badly. I will tell him that as long as he gives you to me, I can agree no matter what the conditions are."
Uncle Zhou is not stupid. Of course, he had long seen that Xiang Kang was interested in winning over him. At the same time, he was very moved by Xiang Kang's respect for him and obeyed his words. However, as a general of the Wei army, Uncle Zhou, who attaches great importance to the word "loyalty and righteousness", was difficult for him to make a decision to defy the master. So after hesitating for a while, Uncle Zhou could only answer like this: "Thank you for your wrong love, but this matter is too big. Please give me some time to consider it."
Xiang Kang continued to persuade him sincerely, but Uncle Zhou was still unable to make up his mind. Xiang Kang had no choice but to let Uncle Zhou think about it for a while before talking. Chen Ping next to him had his eyes rolling around, sometimes looking at Uncle Zhou, sometimes looking at the direction of Wei Bao's escape, and gradually making up his mind...
A rare wonder appeared on the battlefield. On the outside of the camp, the young commander army and the Qin army soldiers fought bloody battles, fighting to the death, fighting to the darkness and blood and blood splattering. However, inside the camp, countless young commander soldiers in armor were rushing to set fires, washing rice and cooking rice, and they were also very busy. Fortunately, the young commander army soldiers with simple fortifications finally blocked the Qin army's attack, persisted until the sky was clear, and also persisted until the Qin army soldiers' physical strength dropped seriously, and were forced to withdraw their troops and return to the camp to rest, and survived this catastrophe.
Although he successfully defended the camp, when the Qin army was forced to retreat, there was not much cheering sound in the camp of the Young Marshal's Army. Many of the Young Marshal's soldiers were so tired that they didn't even have the strength to cheer. They collapsed on the ground and sniffed heavily. Xiang Kang had no time to count the losses, but quickly arranged for the Central Army that did not join the battle last night to temporarily take on the task of the rear army, carrying dry food and drinking water everywhere. At the same time, he hurriedly summoned several important generals of the Young Marshal's Army, announced that they would rest for an hour and immediately abandon the camp and go east to cover Xiang Liang and the defeated soldiers of the anti-Qin coalition forces to withdraw back to Suiyang.
"Brother, are you too anxious?" Xiang Zhuang raised a question and said, "Our soldiers couldn't rest well last night. They fought another half night's battle. They just had an hour to rest and then withdrew their troops immediately. Will it make our soldiers too hard?"
"This time we can only be wronged by our soldiers." Xiang Kang answered very directly, pointing to the Qin army camp in the distance and said: "If we don't hurry up and retreat immediately, and when the main army of the tyrannical Qin recovers, it will be too late for us to retreat again."
"What if the tyrannical Qin army launches a pursuit right away?" Xiang Zhuang asked again.
"Let's talk about it then." Xiang Kang replied: "If nothing unexpected happens, Zhang Han will definitely not let his tired main force send troops to pursue him immediately. It will only let him move the rear army who stayed in the camp last night to delay our retreat speed. Therefore, when we first retreated, we will definitely not be under great pressure. Then, as long as we find a way to get rid of the entanglement of the tyrannical Qin army, we will have hope to distance ourselves from the tyrannical Qin main force and retreat smoothly to Suiyang."
Seeing that Xiang Kang had made up his mind, and considering that once the main force of the Qin army recovered, the army would immediately face heavier pressure than the mountain, Xiang Zhuang did not say anything more. After Xiang Kang had a little calculation, he immediately ordered: "Arrang the envoy immediately and ride a fast horse to go east to find our Xiang Zhuguo. First, understand his current situation, and second, ask him to order him to allow our army to withdraw immediately, and take on the task of the rear of the palace to protect the entire army to withdraw from Suiyang."
"Young Marshal, you seem to have such an extravagant move?" Feng Zhong said with a wry smile: "At this time, in addition to our army, there is also an army that can bear the heavy responsibility of the palace queen. Why do you have to go to Xiang Zhuguo to ask for orders?"
Xiang Kang glanced at Feng Zhong and said meaningfully: "Brother, the situation is different now. It's not a waste of time for me to do this."
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At the same time, after escorting many prisoners and leading their troops to retreat to the Qin army camp, Zhang Han didn't even have time to take a sip of water, and ignored the Qin generals who rushed to congratulate him. He just immediately ordered Dong Yi who was staying in the camp last night: "General Dong, immediately draw 30,000 troops from the army that did not participate in the war last night, and bring enough dry food for two days. When he found that Xiang Kang's young man led his army to retreat east, he immediately sent troops to pursue him. Be sure to entangle Xiang Kang's young man's thief army, so that he could not retreat at full speed. Give our main force back to reinforce you to get time."
"General, it's impossible for Xiang Kang to retreat so quickly, right?" Dong Yi asked in confusion: "Although his thief army suffered little losses last night, the soldiers must be very tired. Even if they want to retreat, they will have to rest for a while before talking about it?"
"Don't underestimate the decisive decision of this traitor." Zhang Han replied: "Retreat before the main force of our army recovers is the only opportunity for this traitor to escape unscathed. He will not fail to fight for it. If we don't prepare early and let this treacherous child slip through our noses again, it would be too cheap."
After hearing Zhang Han's right, Dong Yi no longer hesitated and quickly organized the Qin army's rear army that did not participate in the war last night to build enough dry food to prepare for the pursuit. Then, as Zhang Han expected, one hour later, when the Qin army soldiers in charge of the pursuit were still receiving dry food, the Qin army scout sent news on the horse, saying that the young commander's army had given up on the camp and had no time to pack the military tent. He just carried food and grass weapons and went out to the camp eastward, strode towards the road.
Hearing this news, in addition to admiring Zhang Han's foresight, Dong Yi urged his soldiers to hurry up and get the time to collect dry food. At the same time, he couldn't wait to let the Qin soldiers who had already received the dry food go out to gather in the camp so that they could start a pursuit as soon as possible. As a result, Zhang Han once again came to Dong Yi and reminded him: "Be careful on the way to pursue, you must be careful that Xiang Kang's children will make another trick, and in turn, they will catch you off guard."
"General, don't worry, Mo Jiang will never be fooled again." Dong Yi replied confidently: "No matter what tricks Xiang Kang plays this time, Mo Jiang will never fall into his tricks again. He will definitely entangle him and give you time to catch up with him."
Zhang Han still had great confidence in the ability of his deputy Dong Yi, so Zhang Han didn't talk much anymore. He personally sent Dong Yi out of the camp, watching him lead the troops eastward to chase Xiang Kang, and then ordered the main force of the Qin army to hurry up and rest, and to advance eastward early tomorrow morning, and pursue the young commander's army at full speed.
Looking at the situation on Dong Yi's side, he was relatively physically strong and moved eastward with light clothes. Just after noon, the front army of Dong Yi's troops easily caught up with the young commander's army led by Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang had no choice but to let the rear army turn back and fight quickly, and spent a lot of effort and time. He finally retreated from the front team of the Qin army and continued to advance eastward before Dong Yi's main force arrived at the battlefield. Dong Yi chased her closely, forcing Xiang Kang to advance west at full speed, and was forced to meet with the front army with reduced physical strength, and was caught up by the Qin army again at sunset.
Being chased by the Qin army too tightly, the sun was gradually setting. It was easy to be defeated by the Qin army in the darkness of the night. With no choice, Xiang Kang could only order the entire army to turn around and form a formation to fight to the death with the Qin army. Unfortunately, Dong Yi refused to fight with the main force of the Young Marshal's Army, who was eager to jump over the wall, decisively ordered the army to take a defensive stance, and waited for the Young Marshal's Army to rush to the formation and die. Xiang Kang did not dare to take the risk of rushing the formation, and chose to command the army to retreat slowly, gradually distance from the Qin army. Dong Yi saw that the sky was gradually dark, and did not take the risk of attacking. He just followed slowly, always maintaining about two miles away from the Young Marshal's Army, waiting patiently for Xiang Kang to give up the formation and retreat at full speed.
Xiang Kang's caution saved the lives of countless young commanders. When it was dark, when it was still impossible to get rid of the Qin army's entanglement, Xiang Kang decisively chose to let the young commanders rest on the spot. Dong Yi was not in a hurry, and also let the Qin army rest on the spot. He bit the main force of the young commanders at only two miles apart. After the news was sent back to the young commanders' team by the scouts, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and Chao Zhi were inevitably a little nervous. They hurried to Xiang Kang and asked Xiang Kang: "Brother (Young Marshal), the tyrannical Qin army is holding us tightly. Our retreat speed is not fast. Isn't it a solution?"
In contrast to Xiang Zhuang and others who were nervous, in the bonfire, although Xiang Kang's face was covered with fatigue, his expression was very relaxed, and he said, "Don't panic, the tyrannical Qin army can't bite us. As long as we pass tonight, we can easily escape."
"It's enough tonight?"
Xiang Zhuang and others were very surprised. Uncle Zhou next to him, and the Han soldiers behind Feng Zhong, looked at Xiang Kang curiously and waited patiently for Xiang Kang's next arrangement. Then after Xiang Kang finished talking about his retreat plan, Uncle Zhou and Han soldiers said in their hearts: "Awesome! Although they still lack in many aspects, I am afraid I can't get enough with conspiracy and tricks."
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At the same time, Dong Yi not only arranged a large number of posts and continued to closely monitor the young commander's camp two miles away, but also reminded the Qin generals: "We must be more careful tonight. In addition to preventing the rebels from fleeing east overnight, we must also beware of them being anxious to jump over the wall. Taking advantage of the opportunity when we had no time to establish the fortifications of the battalion, we will launch a night attack. This is also the usual method of Xiang Kang's rebels. We must be careful of the dikes."
The Qin generals agreed together, and resolutely carried out the on-duty task arranged by Dong Yi, arranged the army to take turns to rest and prepare for the war, ready to fight at any time. Then, as Dong Yi expected, it was just halfway through the first update, and in the darkness not far away, the sound of horns and gongs came. The Qin soldiers on duty did not dare to be negligent, so they quickly stood up to prepare for the battle. Dong Yi, who was awakened by the horns and gongs, also jumped up and picked up their weapons to prepare for the army to fight.
But it was also strange that the sound of the horn gongs and drums only sounded for a moment and soon disappeared without a trace. At the same time, half of the young general soldiers came to charge. The Qin soldiers and Dong Yi were inexplicably surprised. In addition to continuing to be on guard, they also carefully sent a few scouts to check the movement. However, only two of the four scouts sent came back and reported that they were ambushed by the young general cavalry, so they lost two companions. At the same time, they saw no movement in the young general's military camp from afar, and there was no sign of the army being mobilized.
"Xiang Kang's son, what medicine do you sell in the gourd?"
Dong Yi was inexplicably, but he had already suffered enough losses and had been deceived, so Dong Yi did not dare to risk his troops, so he could only let the army continue to take turns to rest and be on guard. However, just after the second update, the sound of horns and gongs came again in the darkness in the distance. The Qin army hurriedly stood up again to prepare for the battle, but the sound of horns and gongs and gongs still disappeared quickly, and there was still no young commander-in-chief coming to charge.
At this time, Dong Yi, who was familiar with military books, finally woke up and cursed: "The dog thief actually wanted to play a real trick in the ten fakes. He wanted to numb us repeatedly and gongs to numb us, so that we could take it lightly, and then suddenly launched a real raid to kill us off guard."
"General Dong, what should we do?" asked the general Zhong Ji.
After a little calculation, Dong Yi made up his mind and said, "Ignore them, follow the original plan, respond to changes in the same way, take turns to let the army rest, and take turns to prepare for the battle. It is a bit harder to do this, but as long as we entangle Xiang Kang's thief, we will win this battle!"
The generals sang promises. At this moment, the generals of the Qin army continued to strictly restrain the team, be careful to guard against the sudden plot of the Young Marshal's army. Every time they heard the noise deliberately made by the Young Marshal's army, they stood up to prepare for the battle. However, after being disturbed by the Young Marshal's army twice, Dong Yi suddenly came to his senses and shouted: "No! Xiang Kang's thief is playing the golden cicada to escape, right? He deliberately beat the gong and trumpet with a small number of cavalry, making us feel that he is ready to sneak attack our camp at any time, and take the opportunity to lead his thief army westward overnight to get rid of our pursuit?"
Considering this possibility, Dong Yi did not dare to hesitate at all. He quickly sent a team of cavalry to explore the situation of the Young Marshal's military camp. Then, as Dong Yi expected, the Qin cavalry, who had gone to explore the enemy situation, did send people back to report, saying that although the bonfire in the Young Marshal's military camp was still burning and the food and vehicles were still in place, the main force of the Young Marshal's army was gone! Dong Yi was furious when he heard the news and immediately shouted: "The whole army stood up and chased him immediately! No matter what, he would catch up with Xiang Kang's thief army!"
After finally discovering that he was cheated, the extremely angry Qin soldiers immediately stood up and started a pursuit. In order to catch up with the young generals' soldiers as soon as possible, even the food and grass vehicles that Xiang Kang had forced to abandon were rarely packed. They directly crossed the young generals' camp and strode to the east and advanced at full speed. Dong Yi also led the way and rushed to the front with red eyes. He just shouted, "Hurry! Quick! Get up! You must catch up with Xiang Kang's child! You must catch up with Xiang Kang's child!"
After marching at full speed in the darkness and about seven or eight miles eastward, the formation of the Qin army inevitably became a lot of chaos. At the same time, the Qin army soldiers who did not dare to rest last night also quickly decreased their physical strength, and the soldiers were very tired, but Dong Yi, who was riding a horse, did not notice it. The Qin army soldiers who had been seriously lengthened, only advanced eastward at full speed. As a result, at this moment, the sound of drums suddenly appeared in front, and a young general soldier on both sides of the road immediately rushed out, attacking the Qin army in half. At the same time, a young general soldier in front also broke out from the front and attacked the Qin army from three sides.
"Why am I trapped again?!"
Dong Yi howled in despair and quickly wanted to gather troops to fight in groups. Unfortunately, the young generals not only rushed very fast, but also kept shouting wildly, "Fight! Fight a way out! Fight a way out!"
Nothing is more terrifying than the combat power that an army bursts out when it is on the verge of despair. From top to small, we all know very well that if this battle fails, no one will ever return to Suiyang alive. Therefore, no one has forgotten the fatigue and fatigue of the young generals. No one has used his strength to rush to kill wildly. Just one charge cut the long team of Qin army into three pieces. At the same time, the young generals who came to the front killed the Qin army even more at a loss. They cried and called their parents to cry and fled in all directions. They also killed Dong Yi's flag without hesitation. They had blood red eyes and wanted to capture the thief and capture the king first, and directly killed Dong Yi, the culprit!
Unable to resist the crazy offensive of the Young Marshal's Army, the Qin soldiers around Dong Yi dispersed one after another. Dong Yi's face was covered in tears and sweat, and he shouted for restraint, but it was useless. In the end, he was forced to have no choice but to adopt the kind suggestions of his personal soldiers, throw down the flag and give up command, and flee to the darkness with his personal soldiers. As a result, Dong Yi did this of course, which led to the direct collapse of the Qin army. After a short time, he was killed by the Young Marshal's Army and completely collapsed and fled everywhere. Fortunately, Xiang Kang did not dare to chase after him with all his strength. After quickly defeating the Qin army's pursuers, he immediately gathered the army to rest on the spot. The next day, it was just dawn, so he quickly took the main force of the Young Marshal's Army to escape, and rushed to Suiyang to escape.
The news that Dong Yi's troops were yin again was not until noon the next day that the dispersed Qin cavalry reported to Zhang Han, who was leading the troops eastward. After hearing this news, Zhang Han, who was in the carriage, was not only so angry that he jumped out of the carriage, but also pulled out his sword from his waist and slashed it hard on his carriage, roaring wildly: "Child Xiang Kang! This general is irrelevant to you!"
"Brother, don't be angry." Brother Zhang Ping kindly advised: "Although General Dong Yi was defeated, our main force is intact and can continue to pursue."
"I'll chase someone!" Zhang Han shouted angrily: "At this time, how could we still catch up with Xiang Kang, the treacherous thief?! When we chase Suiyang, will we be immediately pulled into the battle of attrition by the thief?"
Zhang Ping obediently shut his mouth, and the Qin generals did not dare to speak again. After a long time, Sima Xin said carefully: "General, why don't we retreat here? After a series of battles and repeated tug-of-wars, our soldiers were already very tired, and they had almost used food and grass. Suiyang was too far away from our rear, and the food route was easily threatened. It would be better to retreat here and return to Chenliu area to rest and rest, and then come to settle accounts with traitors such as Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang in the future."
Zhang Han didn't say anything with a stern face. After a long time, Zhang Han sighed and said helplessly: "If we missed this opportunity, if we want to kill Xiang Kang's children in the future, we will definitely be even more difficult. Unfortunately, in fact, I would rather let the old thief Xiang Liang escape than let Xiang Kang, the little thief escape!"
After saying that, Zhang Han, who was indignant in his heart, said to the Qin generals next to him: "Do you know? After we broke through the camp of the old thief Xiang Liang the night before, we caught a personal soldier of his thief Xiang Bo and asked for an important news from the personal soldier. We had been attacking outside Suiyang City before. In fact, it was Xiang Kang's little thief who sent someone to steal our smoke from cooking to judge our night attack time from the number of smoke from cooking. He also expected that we would attack the old thief Xiang Liang, use a partial army to restrain his camp, and then faced the tit-for-tat, and arranged a counterattack tactic to use a trick to kill our main force to defeat."
"It was him?" The generals of the Qin army were all surprised and said, "It turned out that this little thief saw through our actions. We always thought it was done by that old thief Xiang Liang."
Chapter completed!