Xiang Kang had been in a bad situation for more than a day or two. Even before he made up his mind to become Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, Xiang Kang had simulated and deduced the tactics of attacking Xiaxiang County. He soon discovered that the city gate of Xiaxiang County was the weakest link in Xiaxiang City's defense, and it was also the most ideal breakthrough for attacking Xiaxiang County. Due to the backward smelting technology in the late Bronze Age, the city gates of this era were not wrapped in iron like the city gates of later generations, and the iron sheet was tightly nailed to the door with city gates, which was both fire-proof and collision-proof. The city gates of this era were made of solid wood nails, which were not resistant to collisions, but were more afraid of fire attacks.

Of course, if there were sufficient defenders in the city, the equipment for defending the city was perfect, and the materials for defending the city were sufficient, Xiang Kang would definitely be a fool to boil the city gate with a few bundles of grease. However, the county military system in the Qin Dynasty helped Xiang Kang a lot of help. In this era, the county military system was the county military group of the county military group of each county in the county. County Temple was a military administrative organization that integrates military and political affairs. The county military magistrates were responsible for the reunification and mobilization of the county army. Without the county magistrate's seal and release official documents, even the county magistrate could not assemble and form a county army to suppress the rebellion. They just temporarily recruited some people in the city to participate in the defense of the city.

In addition, Xiang Kang was too quick to take action, and he attacked Shiling Pavilion at noon, and in the evening he led his army to the city of Xiaxiang. The leaders of Xiaxiang were naturally unable to quickly assemble and form county troops to fight, nor could he arrange strict defenses and prepare enough equipment and materials to guard the city. It was precisely because Xiang Kang had predicted this that he dared to use only more than 600 people to attack the county town, and dared to use the tactics that burned the city gates that he didn't grasp very much. He deceived the city defenders in the city as if they were scattered, and the city was seriously inadequate.

In addition, Xiang Kang's plan to attack the west also played a major role during this period. He was attracted by the sound of drums and gongs. The officials of Xiaxiang City not only focused all their attention on Xiaxiang North Gate, but also transferred the only reserve team to Beimen Houming early. At the same time, the other three Xiaxiang Gate were seriously careless and determined that Xiang Kang's main attack point was at the North Gate, so he could take a nap and sleep boldly. So when Xiang Kang quietly took the main force of the rebel army to the east Gate, the defenders at the east gate not only did not notice at all, but were also mostly sleeping with the battlements of the city walls, and they didn't know that the danger was approaching.

Xiang Kang knew very well that he had only one chance. In order to ensure that he could succeed in one go, after sending Xiang Guan to lead 50 soldiers to burn the door with their salary, Xiang Kang also went to the front line to announce the reward himself, promising that as long as the city gate could be burned, each of the suicide squads, Xiang Guan, could receive a heavy reward of hardware, and those who died were doubled to his family, encouraging the morale of the suicide squads to boost their morale. Then he waved his hand to order the suicide squads to move firewood forward.

The dark night helped Xiang Kangjun's suicide squad, and the defenders were seriously inexperienced, so they did not pour lamp oil on the juku holes on the city wall in time to light the lights. The defenders on the city wall could not see the situation in the darkness under the city. In the end, when most of the Xiang Kangjun's suicide squad had crossed the city wall and began to pile up firewood at the city gate, some soldiers on the city wall found something wrong. Unfortunately, the soldiers were seriously inexperienced and did not immediately beat the drum and shout to issue an alarm. Instead, they woke up the soldiers next to them and asked: "Brother, you have a good look. Look at what is going on below. Why do I hear any sound below?"

The companion yawned and poked his head out of the city wall. After looking around for a long time, the companion howled like a pig: "Someone! Someone is under the city! Beat the drum! Beat the drum! The thieves are coming, and the thieves are coming to hit the east gate!"

The alarm drum sounded finally, but unfortunately it was too late. Most of the firewood bundles had accumulated at the city gate. When Xiang Guan, who was leading the team, did not hesitate, immediately ignited the flammable material brought with him with fire, and lit two firewood bundles with rosin sprinkled, and threw them on the firewood pile to set fire. At the same time, the suicide squad members brought by Xiang Guan were also very enthusiastic. When stones might fall on their heads at any time, they actually took off their clothes and fanned them to help the fire. The firewood bundles with rosin sprinkled burned, and soon ignited the firewood pile that had been poured over the grease, and the fire quickly increased.

It was still at this time that the defenders on the city walls rushed to smash the stones, and they hit several members of the Xiang Kangjun suicide squad like a rat. Xiang Guan hurriedly led the suicide squad to retreat to the moat, and shot several crossbow arrows on the city walls, but they were a drop in the bucket and could not seriously damage the Xiang Kangjun suicide squad, which had basically completed the task. At the same time, with the help of Ye Feng, the fire pile piled up by the Xiang Kangjun suicide squad was already soaring into the sky, which could be seen for several miles.

There were constant shouts and screams on the city wall, and some water was poured down from the city wall, but the amount of water was obviously insufficient and not sustainable. It was obvious that the defenders on the city were not ready to prevent fire attacks in advance. Xiang Kang, who was far away from the fire, had a tough face and ordered Xiang Zhuang next to him without hesitation: "Brother Xiang Zhuang, bring your 100-man team, bring a squat, and prepare for charge. As soon as the war drum sounded, I charged into the city immediately. Whether I could take Xia Xiangcheng in one fell swoop depends on you."

Xiang Zhuang agreed. Just as he was about to go down to prepare, Feng Zhong next to him jumped out and bowed to Xiang Kang and said, "Brother, please let me and my brother Xiang Zhuang go to fight the front row together."

Knowing that Feng Zhong wanted to take the opportunity to show his loyalty and accept the letter of confession, Xiang Kang, who was eager to train his confidants, did not hesitate, and immediately nodded and asked Feng Zhong to temporarily join Xiangzhuang's commando. Immediately afterwards, Xiang Kang arranged for Xiang Sheng to lead the 100-man team he swept as the second siege team, and Xiang Han and Xiang You each led a 100-man team incorporated in Santaiting as the third siege team, and launched a charge after listening to the sound of drums. Finally, Xiang Kang issued an order: "Send the order to the entire army, after entering the city, no robbery, no raping the ** girl, no indiscriminate killing innocent people, and those who violate the orders are killed! In addition, after the city is broken, half of the money and food in the county warehouse will be owned by the entire army, and the merit will be distributed!"

The order was issued, and the soldiers of Xiang Kang's army who were coveting the rewards were ready to go into the city and immediately became rewarded. Xiang Kang still looked firm and stared at the burning firewood pile that was almost motionless, with a calm demeanor with a calm face that collapsed in front of Mount Tai. However, in Xiang Kang's heart, he was so nervous that his heart had already reached his throat, because Xiang Kang knew too well how to crack his siege tactics - there was no need to work hard to move water to the city to put out the fire. Just light a big fire inside the city gate, which was enough to put his hard work into waste, and he had no chance or hope to win Xiaxiangcheng.

Fortunately, although it was common to ignite the fire in the city gate and some critical moments in later wars and in some critical moments, there was no precedent in the late Qin Dynasty. In addition, there were no wise men like Yang Zhiji who were good at adapting to the situation. Therefore, the defenders on the city only knew how to carry water and lift water to the city to put out the fire. They did not expect to lit a bunch of fires inside the city gate to block the road. At the same time, the county magistrate of Xiaxiang County and Gong Youwei and others only knew to rush to reinforcements with reinforcements, and they did not think about how to crack Xiang Kang's fire-breaking tactics of breaking the city through fire. The fire piles piled up under the city were getting stronger and stronger. Soon the city under the east gate of Xiaxiang was red. The city gate made of solid wood nailed also quickly smoked and caught fire, gradually turning red and burned.

It was still at this time that Xiang Kang discovered that he had been secretly secretly. He forgot to calculate the amount of firewood and burning time needed to burn the city gate. The fire had already risen in the city gate. Too many piles of firewood were still burning. At the same time, there were more and more torches and defenders on the city, and it was possible to think of ways to block the city gate at any time. Fortunately, just as Xiang Kang was complaining secretly, the continuous autumn rains in recent times suddenly came to help. The rain suddenly became heavier, and quickly suppressed the fire in Xiaxiang East Gate. The enemy in the city thought that this was actually helping Xiang Kang. On the contrary, he cheered and worked hard to carry water and take out the fire in the city, desperately watering the fire, and help Xiang Kang's army clear the way for the army.

Another important point is that the sudden heavy rain also helped Xiang Kangjun to get more busy, that is, the bowstrings made of animal tendons were wet. The bowstrings made of animal tendons became soft when they encountered water. Not only did they reduce their power, but they were at risk of being broken at any time, resulting in the Qin crossbow, the main weapon of the Qin army, which was the main combat weapon, could not play a role. Therefore, the more enthusiastic the cheers of the defenders in the city, Xiang Kang, who knew this, became happier and more excited, and could not help but say, "God helps me."

Finally, with the help of rainwater and the defenders on the city, the fire outside the east gate of Xiaxiang quickly became smaller and no longer could not get close to him like before. Xiang Kang saw the opportunity and decisively ordered the drum to be beaten. The vanguard of Xiang Zhuang and Feng Zhong also immediately carried a beating wood and launched a charge, "Kill!"

The crossbow arrow shot, and the influence of the rain, the arrow was weak and weak and was outrageous, and it almost did not play any role in blocking the enemy. The vanguard of Xiang Kang's army shouted and rushed directly across the moat, facing the messy stones on the city, five or six Xiang Kang's soldiers carried the vanguard and stepped on the pile of firewood that had not yet been completely extinguished. They rushed directly into the dark city gate without any reluctance. With just a moment of collision, the city gate was knocked open. Xiang Kang's soldiers cheered like thunder, and carried the vanguard of the vanguard and hit it one after another. They almost ran out of a big hole in the city gate for several people to enter and exit. Feng Zhong took the lead and rushed in with a war spear. Xiang Zhuang followed closely, and the vanguard of Xiang Kang's army followed closely, and directly expanded the entrance of the hole several times with his body.

Fierce battles unfolded in the narrow city gate corridor. More than a dozen officials from the lower court led more than 200 temporary recruitment militias to fight stubbornly in the city gate corridor, trying to drive Xiang Kang's army out of the city. Unfortunately, the militias temporarily recruited had no morale and fighting spirit, and did not dare to go forward and fight desperately. They only dared to hide behind and shout loudly and cheer. Those who really dared to fight head-on with the soldiers of Xiang Kang's army head-on were the more than a dozen officials from the Xiaxiang County, relying on their terrain advantages, temporarily blocked the offensive of Xiang Kang's vanguard.

"Kill! Kill in!"

The reason why Xiang Kang appointed Xiang Zhuang as the vanguard of the city was nothing more than that Xiang Zhuang was the best among the children of the Xiang Xiang family. At the critical moment, Xiang Kang's decision to know people and be good at appointing people also played a decisive role. He knew that time was urgent and that the war was unfavorable, the old Xiang family had just pulled up these mobs and could collapse at any time. Therefore, in the fierce battle in the city gate corridor, Xiang Zhuang forced himself to become a tiger down the mountain, holding a steel knife of Shilingting Pavilion, slashing and stabbing, and with red eyes, he kept calling the enemy, and even trying to cut and stab the enemy with injuries. He also quickly killed three officials from Xiaxiang County in the fierce battle.

At the same time, Feng Zhong beside Xiang Zhuang also tried his best to fight, and quickly killed and injured a low-level official, which led to the morale of the Xiang Kang army soldiers behind him, and rushed forward with red eyes. However, the low-level official officials who were fighting stubbornly were frightened and kept retreating to avoid Xiang Kang army's edge. Several official officials turned around and shouted at the militia who were temporarily recruited behind, "Come up and help, come up and help!"

No one dared to really come forward to help, only symbolic loud cheers, and some people stepped forward and retreated immediately. As more officials were chopped down by Xiang Kang's soldiers, the unstoppable officials were forced to escape, the temporary recruits dispersed and fled all over the streets in the blink of an eye. The desperate shouts shaking the hearts of the army and the people in the city, but also blocked the roads of other reinforcements, creating more chaos in the city.

The cabbages pecked at each other. After the city gate corridor was broken through, Xiang Zhuang and Feng Zhong, who had no experience in the battlefield, did not expect to defend the road and cover the subsequent army to enter the city to fight. As soon as they entered the city, they rushed into the city in a mess. Fortunately, the enemies who rushed from all over the city to reinforce were also cabbages, and they did not expect to block the road and close the door and beat the dogs. They just chased Xiang Zhuang and others in a daze. At the same time, Xiang Kang, who was born to eat this bowl of rice outside the city, seized the opportunity of the fighter and had already beaten the second round of advance drum first, allowing Xiang Sheng to lead the second team to rush towards the city gate, and successfully rushed into the city before the enemy in the city made a correct reaction. Xiang Kang saw that he did not hesitate and immediately beat the third round of advance drum. The two teams of Xiang Kang's army shouted forward and rushed directly to the city gate.

The war in the city began in full swing. Although Xia Xiang County Chief, Gong Youwei and others had temporarily recruited six or seven hundred militias in the city, with obvious advantages in the strength, especially the local force, the same sentence is still the case. There is actually no difference between an army without military spirit and a group of sheep and a group of sheep. Although Xiang Kang's army was also a group of mobs, under the leadership of Xiangzhuang, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han, the mobs still formed a crushing advantage over the flock of sheep.

Amid the shouts, the four 100-man teams of Xiang Kang's army that entered the city one after another were like four hungry wolves, rushing left and right in the sheep pen in Xiaxiang County, rushing around, like entering a deserted place. The messy Xiaxiang militia were like groups of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. They were driven to escape by Xiang Kang's army, jumping up and down, crying and scattering, and constantly dispersing while they were crying and fleeing. Countless people threw down their weapons and fled home, and kept kneeling down and surrendering when they were forced to go to the end.

Although the core backbone of the subordinates of the army was still competent, most of them could still pluck up the courage to resist the Xiang Kang army's charge. However, the subordinates of the army were too few, with only more than 100 people in total, and they were also distributed in various city gates and key points in the city. No matter how hard a few people struggled, they could not resist the collective charge of the Xiang Kang army's 100 team. They were soon defeated by the soldiers of Xiang Kang army, and the casualties quickly exceeded half.

At this time, seeing that the overall situation in the city was settled, Xiang Kang had already brought the remaining troops into the city from the East Gate and joined the battlefield in the city. He also chose to attack the East Gate Tower first, wanting to take the high point of the East Gate, plant the Chu army flag, so that the army in the city knew their position and facilitate the command of the overall situation. After doing this, Xiang Kang sent Xiang Guan to lead his 100-man team to launch an attack on the county temple, explicitly ordered that the official temple not be set on fire, and clearly explained that the officials in the lower court were allowed to lay down their weapons and surrender.

The reason why Xiang Kang allowed Xia Xiang officials to put down their weapons and surrender was that Xiang Kang knew very well that several civil and military officials in Xia Xiang County were relatively honest. All the rebellious actions were forced by Qin II. They were punished by the crimes. So Xiang Kang decided to give them a chance and wanted to reserve some official talents for his future. Unfortunately, when Xiang Guan led his 100-man team to attack Xia Xiang Guan Temple, he not only did not play any role in recruiting surrender, but instead suffered unprecedentedly tenacious and fierce resistance. After fighting for a long time, he could not rush in. When Xiang Kang heard the news, he had no choice but to send someone to contact Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng and other generals, and asked them to lead their 100-man team to help Xiang Guan.

After all, the fortifications of Guan Temple are far less solid than the city wall. With the addition of Xiangzhuang and Xiang Sheng's armies one after another, Guan Temple was eventually captured by Xiang Kang's soldiers. Most of the officials who resisted stubbornly were killed. Only twenty people put down their weapons and surrendered under the leadership of Gong Youwei. The remaining officials of the Xia Prime Minister either fled out of the city first or chose to surrender to Xiang Kang's army. Only Xia Prime Minister hanged himself first and became the biggest victim of Xiang Kang's first war.

When the news of the suicide of the county magistrate H was sent to Xiang Kang, it was already dawn. When he received this news, Xiang Kang, who had a good impression of the county magistrate of the lower county magistrate, could not help but sigh, but he was helpless. At the same time, he was reminded of this incident, Xiang Kang remembered to send someone to take the county magistrate Zhou to him. He first loosened the county magistrate Zhou himself, and then bowed to the county magistrate Zhou and said that the juniors had offended him and were forced to do this. Please don’t blame him.”

"Young Master has said that, the seal of Xiaxiang County Magistrate is in your hands, and Xiaxiang County has also fallen into your hands. Now you are the Xiaxiang County Master." Zhou County Magistrate replied with a numb and thorny smile, and asked again: "Dare you ask Mr. Xiang, what are you going to deal with me next? Beheading or a car crack?"

"I don't dare." Xiang Kang replied respectfully, and it is rare to say from the bottom of his heart that County Lord D. Not to mention your kindness to me, just because you are honest and upright as an official, I will never dare to have any intention of harming you."

"What will the young master do to deal with me?" County Magistrate Zhou asked again.

"I want to invite you to join the Chu army, join forces with me to restore the Great Chu, overthrow the tyrannical Qin, and to restore the world to a peaceful and prosperous era where people live and work in peace and prosperity." Xiang Kang said sincerely: "Senior, you are not only honest and self-disciplined, but also love the people as your son, but also knowledgeable and talented, familiar with the Civil Affairs Code. You are the internal affairs chief who is currently in urgent need of the urgent need. Therefore, I dared to ask you to raise the banner of righteousness and achieve great achievements. In the future, I will definitely repay you as a high-ranking official and show your title. I will never let you be wronged in a small county again."

"What if I don't agree?" County Magistrate Zhou asked calmly.

"Then I will give you a carriage to me, so that you can take your family and leave on your own, in order to repay you for your previous kindness to me." Xiang Kang replied without thinking.

"Young Master is so generous?" County Magistrate Zhou asked in surprise.

"It's not just generous and repaying kindness. If you meet it on the battlefield in the future, I will never show mercy." Xiang Kang replied frankly and said, "But senior, I'll forgive you for saying that something big happened to Xiaxiang County. As Xiaxiang County Magistrate, even if you can spare you this time, I'm afraid the tyrant Qin court will not spare you. How severe the tyrant Qin court has dealt with the criminal officials, I believe there is no need to remind me."

It is indeed not necessary to remind Xiang Kang. County Magistrate Zhou actually knew that even if he could escape by chance and return to the Qin army's control, he would never have any good ending. At least it would be a beheading and public. His wife and children would be sentenced to prisoners and would work hard at the construction site in Mount Li for generations. So after hesitating for a long time, County Magistrate Zhou made a correct decision and said calmly: "What the young master said is good, and I will definitely die even worse when I go back. Everyone is dead. Since the young master is in a wrong love, I will accept the young master's surrender. In the future, I will try my best to help the young master achieve great things and help the young master complete the career of restoring Chu Wei."

"Thank you, senior." Xiang Kang thanked him very much, and couldn't wait to say: "Senior, I think the previous names of seniors and young masters are too accentuated. Why not do you think so? In the future, I call you Uncle Ya, what's the name you just call me?"

"I am ashamed of you." County Magistrate Zhou was humble and modest, but Xiang Kang insisted not to allow it, and even called Uncle Ya so intimately. County Magistrate Zhou had no choice but to agree to Xiang Kang's uncle and nephew, and was tied to Xiang Kang's chariot. However, County Magistrate Zhou still refused to change his name, Xiang Kang's name, and still called him the young master, and asked, "Young Master Xiang, what are your plans next?"
Chapter completed!