The main force of the Young Marshal's Army wanted to go south from the bank of the Yellow River to Nanyang, bypass the Qin army's heavy guard, and build a large circle from Wuguan to the heart of the Qin army's Guanzhong. It is definitely not an easy thing to do just by saying it. The Qin army's layers of obstruction along the way, blocking front and chasing back, and there is no rear to provide food and military supplies. The supply depends entirely on fighting to support the war. There is no reliable foothold to rest and rest. The road geography and customs and folk conditions are seriously not familiar enough. Whether you can win the support of the local people? As long as one of these objective problems is not solved well, it may lead to unexpected consequences.

In addition, the main force of the Young Commander Army, which currently has only more than 33,000 people, is obviously insufficient in terms of military strength. In addition, the battles along the way will definitely cost the troops, so the Young Commander Army must continue to replenish troops and expand the army during the battle. This involves raising weapons and equipment, various military supplies and soldiers training, etc., and whether it can be solved smoothly, no one is sure of whether it can be solved.

No matter how difficult it is, it must be done. In order to survive in this troubled times, Xiang Kang resolutely chose to face the difficulties and complete the historical mission of entering the pass and destroying Qin for Liu Laosan. He had just retreated across the Yellow River with the main force of the Young Marshal's army. Xiang Kang immediately assembled his army and advanced west along the road with food and grass that was only enough for one month, returning to the small Yangwu city that he had previously captured, and preparing to go south from Yangwu to Yingchuan.

Xiang Kang was both angry and surprised. He was generous enough to give all the remaining food and grass in Puyang, Baima City and the city to Xiang Yu. Halfway through Yangwu, Xiang Yu actually sent someone to send letters. With the reputation of the leader of the Qin alliance, he ordered Xiang Kang to give up his tactical plan to advance to Yingchuan and Nanyang, and lead the main force of the Young Commander Army to directly enter the hinterland of Sanchuan County, trying to cut off the direct contact between the main force of the Qin army and the rear of Guanzhong. As a result, when Xiang Kang heard this, he blurted out: "Dream! I have not participated in the Julu Alliance, why should I give me a commander?"

"Cough!" "Cough!"

Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping next to him coughed almost at the same time, and also winked at Xiang Kang, reminding Xiang Kang not to forget the messenger sent by Xiang Yu was right in front of him. Xiang Kang woke up in time and quickly changed his words and said, "If I am sure to directly defeat Sanchuan County, I still need to arrange it with my brother? I will go to Yingchuan and Nanyang to attack Yingchuan and Nanyang, just to lure the tyrannical Qin army out of the cave, and to engulf Sanchuan's tyrannical Qin army to the southern line, and then find a way to enter Sanchuan?"

Seeing that Xiang Kang changed his words in time, Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping were busy at the side to explain Xiang Kang's difficulties to the messenger sent by Xiang Yu, and offered generous gifts to ask the messenger to go back and speak with great words for Xiang Kang. Then Chen Ping wrote a letter to Xiang Yu with a sincere attitude, explaining that the Qin army deployed heavy troops in Sanchuan County, and the young commander's army was weak and had almost no chance of success in forcibly attacking. Only by advancing to Yingchuan and leading the snake out of the cave, trying to lure the Sanchuan Qin army to the southern line to annihilate, and then it was possible to advance to Sanchuan County. After all, he finally sent the messenger sent by Xiang Yu away.

After this incident, Xiang Kang certainly had to regret his impulse and speechlessness, but the water he poured out could not be taken back. Xiang Kang could only hope that Chen Ping's bribe would take effect, so that Xiang Yu's envoy would not talk nonsense when he went back, and then he did not dare to waste time. He quickly led the main force of the Young Marshal's Army to advance west quickly and returned to Yangwu City in less than three days.

Yangwu County, which was voluntarily abandoned by the Young Marshal's army, has now been re-occupied by the Qin army. However, the granary in the city has long been emptied by the Young Marshal's army. The food that was not taken away was also distributed to the people in the city to win the hearts of the people. The main force of the Young Marshal's army had no need to force the attack on the city, so Xiang Kang did not waste time. He led his army around Yangwu and went south directly, and successfully arrived at the shore of Honggou that night, preparing to cross the Honggou and go directly south.

It was too late when he arrived at the Ganggu. I felt sorry for the hard work of the soldiers. Xiang Kang did not let the army rush to build a pontoon bridge overnight, and planned to build a bridge and cross the river the next day. However, what surprised Xiang Kang again was that his decision turned out to be a big mistake. After the sky was clear the next day, the young generals had just started to build a bridge. Not long after, the scouts sent an urgent report that an unknown number of Qin troops suddenly came from the north, and it was less than twenty miles away from the main force of the young generals.

"There is a tyrant Qin army coming from the north? How is that possible?" After hearing this news, Xiang Kang almost couldn't believe his ears and hurriedly asked the scout: "Where is the enemy coming from? Who is the chief general? Have you figured it out?"

"The Right General is forgiven for his crimes. Time is in a hurry and there is no time to find out these situations." The scout replied truthfully.

"Continue to explore again." Xiang Kang ordered: "We must find out the situation of the enemy as soon as possible. If possible, try to grab a tongue and come back."

The scout took the order and left. Xiang Kang ordered the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army to continue building the floating bridge, while making the army ready for combat so as not to be raided by the enemy. However, what surprised Xiang Kang again was that not much time had passed, the Young Marshal Army's scout came to report again, saying that the enemy from the north had stopped advancing about ten miles away from the main force of the Young Marshal Army, and seized the high ground on the roadside and immediately started to build defensive fortifications. Xiang Kang was shocked when he heard the news and said, "This enemy is not simple. You are not in a hurry to fight with us, but you are almost going to set up a camp. It is obvious that you want to pester us and take advantage of the situation when we cross the river."

"Right General, the enemy situation is unknown, so we'd better act cautiously." Uncle Zhou next to him suggested: "The last general believes that our army cannot rush to cross the river. It's best to build some fortifications to prevent it. Let's make a decision after you understand the specific situation of the enemy."

Xiang Kang, who had always liked to seek stability, immediately nodded his head and agreed, immediately ordered the soldiers of the Young Commander Army to build fortifications, and at the same time ordered Guan Ying, who was the cavalry in Xiang Guan, to send a cavalry to arrest the Qin army scouts as soon as possible to ask questions.

It was almost noon, and the scout of the Young Marshal's Army finally sent accurate information to help Xiang Kang confirm that the sudden appearance of the Qin army was about 17,800 troops, and the organization was composed of the county soldiers of Sanchuan County. Then, the young Marshal's Army Ranger sent by Guan Ying also successfully captured a Qin army scout. Xiang Kang personally interrogated it and took a lot of verbal comments. Only then did he finally figure out the general situation of the Qin army.

It turned out that this Qin army was actually an old acquaintance of the Young Marshal's Army. It was Li You's remaining defeated general fled back to Sanchuan County and added a large number of new soldiers to reorganize the soldiers of Sanchuan County. The main general was Yang Xiong, a veteran Guanzhong sent by the Qin court. The reason why he suddenly appeared in the north of the Young Marshal's Army was that Yang Xiong had received news that the Young Marshal's Army had once again advanced to Yangwu. He mistakenly thought that Xiang Kang wanted to directly enter the hinterland of Sanchuan, and hurried from Xingyang to reinforce Yangwu. When he was about to arrive in Yangwu, he found that the main force of the Young Marshal's Army had gone south directly. Yang Xiong led his army south to chase him, which caught Xiang Kang off guard.

The magic trick was no longer so magical when it revealed the mystery. After finally figuring out the origin and identity of the enemy, no one of the young generals who had bullied the soldiers of Sanchuan County had laughed out loud, and then couldn't wait to speak out: "Right General, the tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan County is not enough to be afraid. Please immediately order us to go north and fight to the tyrannical Qin army to the death, and give the tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan County a little color."

"Don't be anxious, the tyrannical Qin army has seized the high ground and set up a camp, and will not easily send troops to fight us." Xiang Kang shook his head cautiously, and asked the captured Qin army scout: "Since you are pursuing us, why are you stop moving forward when you get close and dare not come over to fight us?"

"God of your life, this villain really doesn't know." The captured Qin army scout said timidly: "But he heard from above that, General, as long as you cross the river, we will immediately hit you behind you."

"Then have you said, what if we turn back and fight you?" Xiang Kang asked again.

The Qin army scout shook his head and kept begging Xiang Kang for his life. Xiang Kang didn't expect to ask anything from a small pawn. He just waved his hand and asked for someone to temporarily harbor him. Then he turned to Uncle Zhou and asked: "General Zhou, did you not find this a bit strange? Yang Xiong's troops are either new recruits or defeated generals, and their troops are only more than half of ours. Logically speaking, they should not have the courage to fight us head-on. Why did he dare to take the risk of leading the army to chase us near us?"

"The general also thought this was strange." Uncle Zhou was also full of doubts and said, "In theory, Yang Xiong, who found that we went south to Yingchuan and was responsible for guarding Sanchuan, should have no choice. Why did he dare to pursue us with weak forces and be ready to attack us halfway? Aren't he afraid of getting angry with us, turning back and attacking him, killing him without leaving any armor?"

Seeing that Uncle Zhou could not understand Yang Xiong's intentions, Xiang Kang was inevitably confused. Li Shiqi next to him suddenly said: "Can it be that Yang Xiong misunderstood our intentions? Is it suspected that we crossed Honggu in the south, and were preparing to bypass the Bolangsha and Yanqing line they were guarding, and rushed from the south bank of Honggu into the hinterland of Sanchuan County? That was why we firmly entangled us so that our raid would not succeed and he could not explain to the tyrannical court."

Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou were stunned together, then looked at each other and said in unison: "Only this explanation! Otherwise, the tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan County would never fight with us to protect Yingchuan!"

"Right General, what should we do now?" Zhou Zeng asked: "Would we go back and fight immediately and drive away the tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan County at any cost? Or should we try to avoid unnecessary decisive battles and find a way to cross the gap?"

Xiang Kangyunsi was very fast and quickly replied: "If we can find a way to quickly cross the gap, we would better try to avoid unnecessary decisive battles. The road to Nanyang is still long and we still have many battles to fight. Yang Xiong has already seized the high ground and established a camp. We attacked head-on. He will definitely only defend but not fight. Even if we succeed in the strong attack, the casualties will definitely not be small. If we are not lucky, we may waste countless food and time, which will make the gains more than worth it."

"Then what should we do?" Zhou Zeng asked.

"Set up a camp on the spot, let our soldiers rest during the day, and hurry up and prepare torches and other night battles." Xiang Kang ordered casually: "Another, write a letter of war for me and ask Yang Xiong to fight with us to a decisive battle tomorrow morning, and clearly tell him that if he does not agree to the decisive battle, we will attack his camp head-on tomorrow and wipe out all the mobs under his command. Then arrange an envoy to send it to Yang Xiong in the afternoon."

"The Right General is planning to rob the camp at night again?" Zhou Zeng smiled.

"Of course." Xiang Kang smiled and showed more white and bright teeth, saying, "This is my signature tactic. As long as Yang Xiong collects information, he will definitely know that I have always had a fake fight and a sneak attack is real."

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Let’s take a look at the situation on the poor General Yang Xiong. As Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou analyzed, the poor General Yang Xiong had already known that with his more than 10,000 defeated generals and new soldiers, he would never be able to compete with the main force of the 30,000 generals under Xiang Kang’s command, and ventured westward to reinforce Yang Wu. It was entirely because the newly appointed Sanchuan County Magistrate personally ordered the force that Yang Xiong did not dare to disobey, so he bit the bullet and led the army to the expedition.

The more adventurous advance southward to pursue the main force of the Young Marshal Army was the same as Li Shiqi analyzed, because General Yang Xiong misjudged the purpose of the Young Marshal Army's southward advance, thinking that the main force of the Young Marshal Army was planning to spare the Qin army's front line and enter the hinterland of Sanchuan County from the flanks. In order not to be guilty of dereliction of duty, he plucked up the courage to chase him, intending to seize the opportunity to attack halfway. If he couldn't catch it, he firmly entangled the main force of the Young Marshal Army and gain time for the rear of Sanchuan County to adjust its defense deployment.

It is precisely because of this that after seizing the favorable terrain of the roadside highlands, Yang Xiong's first thing was to personally urge the Qin army soldiers to repair defensive fortifications so that when the main force of the Young Marshal's Army turned around and had a battalion to defend, so that they would not be quickly defeated by the Young Marshal's Army. Fortunately, it was similar to what Yang Xiong hoped. The main force of the Young Marshal's Army, who had always disliked fighting head-on, did not return to the army to attack, and gave the Sanchuan Qin army time to establish a solid camp.

However, it was impossible to hide. When it was almost Shenshi in the afternoon, the Young Marshal's Army suddenly sent an envoy to the camp and invited General Yang Xiong to fight to the death the next morning. He also made a wild statement, saying that if Yang Xiong refused to agree, the main force of the Young Marshal's army would launch a frontal attack the next day. Fortunately, General Yang Xiong's face also caught up with Xiang Kang's 100% or 20% of that of Xiang Kang. After reading the war letter, he immediately smiled and said, "Please go back and report to the right general, and I said that this general was unwell and had no interest in fighting head-on battle with him. If he was confident that he could attack this general's camp, just let the horse come over, and this general would definitely accompany him to the end."

Seeing that Yang Xiong was so shameless, the Young Marshal's Army envoy had no choice but to take Yang Xiong's reply to hand over the order. As a result, as soon as the Young Marshal's Army envoy left, Yang Xiong ordered: "Send the order to the entire army to prepare torches, dry food and other night battles. Everyone is not allowed to disarm and weapons are not allowed to leave. Always beware of the thief army's sneak attack on our army camp at night!"

"General, do you suspect that the thief army will come to rob the camp tonight?" several generals next to him asked in surprise.

"It's not suspicion, it's certain. This is also Xiang Kang's specialty." Yang Xiong snorted coldly, "I have carefully savaged Xiang Kang's military habits. In addition to never like to fight head-on with others, this traitor also likes to set up illusions and highlight surprise soldiers. He has made our Qin official army careless and then took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack at night. This time he did not come to attack the tough head-on, but instead sent a letter to make a fight. It was obvious that he wanted to use the same trick again and caught us off guard at night!"

Several generals next to him suddenly realized and nodded quickly. Then a general had an idea and said hurriedly: "General, since we can be sure that Xiang Kang's son will come to rob the camp tonight, why don't we use the tricks, arrange ambush in advance, arrange traps and wait for Xiang Kang's son to come to drill?"

The poor General Yang Xiong smiled bitterly, and then said, "It would be great if it was so easy. Xiang Kang's child was as cunning as a fox. How could he just rob the camp without leaving a backhand? We set up ambush with the plan. If he set up ambush with the plan and then set up ambush outside the camp, wouldn't our troops going out of the camp be dangerous?"

After sighing, Yang Xiong said again: "Just do it like this, don't take risks. The enemy is strong and we are weak, and the enemy is large and we are few. We can only focus on being cautious. If the thief army comes to rob the camp tonight, we will just use random arrows to retreat the enemy. We will definitely not take risks, otherwise the consequences will definitely be unimaginable."

In this way, under Yang Xiong's arrangement, the Qin army soldiers quickly prepared to strictly guard the camp at night. Even when they were resting at night, they did not dare to relax and put their weapons in a place with their clothes in their arms. Yang Xiong, who was over 50 years old, did not care that his body had gradually weakened. In addition to inspecting the camp himself after night, he was also not untied and Ge refused to leave, and was always ready to welcome the young commander's sneak attack at night.

Of course, the Qin army soldiers and General Yang Xiong did not work in vain. At the second update, the sound of alarm gongs sounded in the direction of the Qin army camp gate. Yang Xiong immediately jumped up from the low bed and rushed outside the tent to check the situation. Then he immediately saw that there were already torches in front of the front of the army camp. Countless Qin army soldiers had rushed to the front of the camp gate and shot arrows. At the same time, there were constant shouts of killing outside the camp.

Fortunately, the Qin army soldiers who were closely guarded did not give the young generals the despicable villain to rush into the camp directly. They used dense rain of arrows to firmly block the young general's camp's troops from the camp, but Yang Xiong was still unwilling to rest assured. In addition to letting the army closely guard the fences of the battalion, they entered the central army's tent overnight and gathered troops to serve as reserves to prevent the situation.

Although he had not been able to rush into the Qin army camp, the young generals who came to attack did not rush to withdraw. They wandered outside the Qin army camp for nearly an hour before retreating in disappointment. As a result, the news that the young generals were beaten away were reported to Yang Xiong. The Qin generals beside Yang Xiong were all happy, but Yang Xiong's face was still serious and ordered: "Send the order to continue to strictly guard our army camp. No one is allowed to disarm the armor of the soldiers, and the weapons are still not allowed to leave. Beware of the thief army's sneak attack again!"

"Will you come again to attack again?" The Qin generals were even more surprised.

"This is also Xiang Kang's specialty!" Yang Xiong scolded angrily: "At the time in Suiyang, General Zhang Han's deputy, General Dong Yi, had suffered such a great loss. He thought that he could sleep with confidence by repelling the sneak attack from the thief army. As a result, Xiang Kang's sneak attack was launched for the second time on the same night, killing countless of our Great Qin soldiers. We must not repeat this mistake!"

When the Qin generals were told that Xiang Kang had such vicious means, all the Qin army generals were frightened and hurriedly held their fists and sang their promises together, and went down to urge the Qin army soldiers to continue to guard the camp closely. Then, as Yang Xiong expected, at the fourth update, the Qin army's camp fence was indeed shocking, and the enemy attack warning was issued again. Yang Xiong calmly responded and immediately rushed into the central army's tent to organize the army to fight, and once again blocked the shameless sneak attack of the young general's villain.

It was still a stalemate for an hour. Seeing that he could not find the opportunity to enter the Qin army camp, the young commander army, who launched the second sneak attack, took the initiative to leave the battlefield and retreat to the direction of the ferry. As a result, when the Qin generals breathed a sigh of relief and thought they could finally sleep with confidence, Yang Xiong suddenly thought of a possibility and shouted: "Hurry up, send a scout to the ferry to check the situation! Let's see if the main force of the thief army is still at the Honggou Ferry?"

According to Yang Xiong's order, the Qin army's scouts quickly ventured out of the camp and rushed to the Honggou Ferry overnight to explore the movements of the Young General's main force. Then when it was dawn, the scouts who went out of the camp to explore the enemy situation stumbled back to Yang Xiong. Before he could salute, he shouted loudly: "General, it's not good! The main force of the thief army has disappeared. He has crossed the Honggou overnight and has set off on the south bank of Honggou."

Before the scout could finish his words, General Yang Xiong had already collapsed on the handsome chair. His eyes were still blackened one after another, and his heart kept screaming, "It's over! The main force of the thief army has crossed the gap under my nose. If they take the opportunity to enter the hinterland of Sanchuan County, I will not be able to explain to the court!"

Fortunately, at noon, the Qin army scout who crossed the river to explore the enemy situation sent another message, reporting that the young commander's army did not advance westward, but went south to the direction of Yingchuan. As a result, when Yang Xiong heard this news, his soul, which had been scared, immediately returned to his body. He couldn't help but fold his hands and pray quietly, and said intimately: "Thank God! It turns out that the thief army is preparing to harm Yingchuan. Now I finally have no danger and I have a way to explain it to the court."

Fortunately, General Yang Xiong couldn't help but complain in his heart again: "Children Xiang Kang, if you had said you were going to harm Yingchuan, I would definitely give way to the road immediately. Why do you have to do this so much? I'll scare me to death and make your thief soldiers useless."
Chapter completed!