Xiang Guan, who led the team to welcome the two aunts and the Yu family, did not return to the north gate of Xiaxiang until the evening. He used the handwritten warrant issued by Xiang Kang to open the city gate and enter the city. Unfortunately, when Xiang Xian, who was guarding the north gate, sent someone to deliver the news to Xiang Kang, he also said that the Yu family refused to move to the city to live. Xiang Kang knew that Mr. Yu was worried that he would be the grasshopper in the autumn for a few days, but he had no choice but to lead Xiang Yang quickly. Xiang and his personal soldiers hurried out of Guan Temple and welcomed the arrival of the two aunts in front of the Guan Temple.

In a moment, Xiang Guan's team of 100 people came to the front of the county temple gate with several carriages. The torches shone on the illuminated. The two aunts sat side by side in the carriage in front. The second aunt, who was strong in character, smiled and nodded at Xiang Kang from afar. The third aunt, who was a little weak in character, kept wiping her tears, but she did not forget to wave to Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang did not dare to hesitate when he saw it, and hurriedly led Xiang Yang and Xiang Xian to meet the carriage quickly, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said in unison: "I would like to welcome my uncle."

After saying that, Xiang Kang, who was very good at pleaseing his two aunts, added another sentence, saying: "My nephew and two other aunts are scared and afraid. The nephew is unfilial. Please forgive me for your guilt."

"Get up, get up soon." The second uncle greeted him, jumped out of the carriage and helped Xiang Kang up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Good child, if you are still unfilial, there will be no filial children in the world. Do well and do well. When you grow up, your father has a spirit in heaven. When you see that the banner of our Chu State can be inserted into the city of Xiang again, I think he can rest in peace."

"It's just a lucky chance." Xiang Kang said modestly: "Without all the princes and brothers, they charge forward and fight bravely, our Chu State flag could not be inserted into the top of the city."

"Everyone is filial and everyone is good." The second uncle said along Xiang Kang, then quickly pointed to the carriage behind him and said, "Kang'er, look, who is here?"

"Who is here?" Xiang Kang was stunned and turned his head to look at the second carriage. When the bamboo curtain of the second carriage was lifted up. Xiang Kang's authentic fiancée Yu Miaoge stood up shyly. Xiang Kang was shocked when he saw it and asked in surprise: "Miaoge, isn't your family unwilling to move to the city?"

"It's Aweng and the prince who don't want to come, I didn't say I don't want to come." Yu Miaoge replied shyly.

"Then can you, Aweng and your prince agree to let you come?" Xiang Kang asked in even more surprise.

"You have sent so many people to my house. I want to leave. Do they dare to stop me?" Yu Miaoge was slightly angry, and mustered up the courage again, and said shyly: "Young Master Xiang, I will rely on you to raise me in the future."

"It's okay, a small matter."

Xiang Kang's casual answer was exchanged for his second uncle's heavy push. After pushing Xiang Kang forward, the second uncle scolded him angrily: "Is there anyone who talks to your wife like this? Why don't you help your wife down quickly?"

Only then did she realize that she was not intimate enough to speak to her fiancée. Xiang Kang hurried forward and carefully helped her fiancée out of the carriage. However, at this moment, a familiar cold snorkeling suddenly came from behind the bamboo curtain of the second carriage. Xiang Kang, the peerless scumbag who was holding his fiancée's little hand, suddenly lit up his eyes and blurted out: "Little sister, are you here too?"

The bamboo curtain was lifted again, and the little girl Yu Gui stood up with a stern face. Without waiting for Xiang Kang to come up to help him, she got off the carriage. Then she said to Xiang Kang in anger: "I won't come, keep it outside for the officers and soldiers to arrest him? How could my family not be implicated after you have done such a big thing? My Aweng and my prince are confused, can I be as confused as they do?"

Seeing my sister-in-law's intentional anger but more moving face, Xiang Kang, who had already hooked up with her sister-in-law, was itchy. However, because her fiancée was by her side, Xiang Kang could only force her to be impulsive and said with a smile on her face: "It's good to come, it's good to come, now I can feel much more at ease. Don't worry, little sister, I will treat you like you sister."

Yu Gui deliberately did not look at Xiang Kang, but his face could not be controlled. Yu Miaoge next to him was as sensible as he knew the real reason why his sister voluntarily followed her to join Xiang Kang. However, Yu Miaoge, who is gentle, never pointed it out and didn't know how to solve this difficult problem. So the only thing Yu Miaoge can count on now is that he hopes that his fiancé can stay in a mess and not have any evil thoughts about his beautiful sister...

The two happy aunts and sisters of the Yu family invited them to the county temple. Xiang Kang, who had already arranged residences for the two aunts, first asked Xiang to lead them down to rest, and then said to the Yu sisters in a hypocritical manner: "Miaoge, little sister, remember that you lived separately at home. There are many empty houses in the county temple. How about you sleep in the same room as before?"

Before Yu Miaoge agreed, the little girl Yu, who had known that Xiang Kang had no kindness, said first: "No, I'm not used to it now. Let me live with my sister and I live with each other and take care of each other, that's it."

If there were no outsiders present, Xiang Kang would definitely strip my sister-in-law's clothes immediately and beat three hundred sticks to teach this little girl's dog to bite Lu Dongbin, not knowing the good people's heart! But there were no choice but to have too many outsiders next to her, Xiang Kang had to swallow his anger and agreed. The little girl smiled fiercely, and soon hugged her sister and jumped to the residence to arrange the room, leaving Xiang Kang smiling on the same face, gritting his teeth in his heart. After returning to his residence, he quietly swears to the sky that he must deal with his sister-in-law who deliberately did not give him a chance to have sex when he had the opportunity.

Fortunately, Xiang Kang was a person who knew who was more important. Just the next morning, Xiang Kang temporarily put the matter of how to steal his sister-in-law behind his mind, and focused on the major issues of preparing for war and rebuilding the Chu regime. He adopted the suggestions of Zhou Zeng, Feng Zhong and others, obeyed the habits of the people of this era that were superstitious about ghosts and gods. The next morning, he held a ceremony to worship heaven, and led the people to swear to overthrow the violent Qin Dynasty and rebuild the Chu State.

Then, Zhou Zeng, who was very politically wise, saw Xiang Kang's weakness of being unjustified and strongly suggested that Xiang Kang inherit his ancestral title and proclaim himself Wu Xinjun and Zhuguo of Chu, so as to reward his subordinates with official positions in Chu. However, after repeated thoughts, Xiang Kang shook his head and declined Zhou Zeng's kindness and said, "I can't proclaim myself Wu Xinjun. One reason is that both of my uncles are still alive, and the other is that I have eight or nine brothers on my head. In terms of seniority, Wu Xinjun is not my turn. If I proclaim myself Wu Xinjun, not only will the world not accept it, but my two uncles and brothers will not be happy either."

After thinking about it, he found that what Xiang Kang was talking about was actually the truth. Zhou Zeng changed his words and said, "Young Master, you can not be busy with your title. First, you can claim to be yourselves. Once you become a Zhu Kingdom, you can establish official positions such as Mo Ao, Grand Sima and Sima, and you can also have enough positions for military generals to reward your subordinates."

Xiang Kang still shook his head and said, "No, the general of the Zhu Kingdom is an important official of Chu State after Lingyin. I have given myself such an official position, but the Chu people are still dissatisfied. Moreover, we only have one city now, and there are only one thousand soldiers in our hands and newly recruited people. If they are granted a title to the Zhu Kingdom, it will only make people all over the world laugh at me if it is spread."

"Then you can only proclaim yourself a great Sima or a lieutenant." Zhou Zeng said disappointedly: "Or, generals can do it. Generals can appoint and remove the Chief Captain. The Chief Captain has no limit on the quota, and you can use it as you like."

Xiang Kang did not continue to shake his head, but he did not agree. After a while of thinking, Xiang Kang suddenly asked: "Uncle Ya, before this, is there a marshal on the Central Plains?"

"Yes, but not formal official position." Zhou Zeng replied without thinking: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, Xian Zhen, a famous general of Jin State, was named Marshal, but this official position was not permanent, nor was it a formal official position, but it just meant to represent the chief general."

Xiang Kang gritted his teeth and muttered in his heart that since it was a plagiarism, then he just plagiarized to the end, and then said: "Uncle Ya, then this is how I call myself a young marshal. I will not give myself an official position, but I am the commander of the general who is second only to the marshal, so I have the right to appoint such positions as generals and commanders. Is this the only way?"

"Young Marshal?" Zhou Zeng pondered and thought, "Being a young marshal has the power to appoint generals and commanders. He does not fight with others, does not easily attract hatred, and it also seems different from ordinary generals. He also leaves enough room for promotion for himself. But is this young marshal too difficult to pronounce? Mr. Xiang, why don't you call yourself a young marshal? You are called Xiang Shaoshan, and our army calls itself a young marshal army. No matter how you pronounce it, it will be easy to pronounce it, how about it?"

Xiang Kang, who deliberately avoided but still couldn't escape this title, smiled, nodded, and said, "Just call Young Marshal. Uncle Ya, please organize people to write charts, carve seals, sew flags, and officially announce my new identity."

In this way, without deliberately pursuing, Xiang Kang still obeyed his subordinates' wishes and shamelessly appointed himself as the temporary official position of Young Marshal. He also temporarily changed his army to the Young Marshal Army. In view of the weak military force at present, Xiang Kang only gave Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan the title of Chief of the Chief of the Commander, and the other Xiang family children and Feng Zhong and others were still the leader of a hundred people. Zhou was once named Xiang Kang as a sacrificial sacrificial wine in the army. Sun Jueman, whose real name was Sun Gong, was named Xiaxiang County Magistrate, and Xiang Kang's civil and military team was initially formed.

At the same time, after the unremitting efforts of Xiang Zhuang, Feng Zhong and others, desperately recruiting soldiers and recruiting surrenders and rebels, Xiang Kang's army, who had already renamed the Young Commander Army, had also expanded the number of troops to more than 1,200. However, Xiang Kang was unwilling to be satisfied and sent Xiang Zhuang, Feng Zhong and Sun Juesheng and others to lead the army to Xiaxiang Townships and continue to recruit male men from the countryside to supplement the troops, striving to expand the army to more than 2,000. At the same time, it also checked whether the grassroots officials in Xiaxiang Townships and Pavilions supported the newly established Xiang Chu regime, appointed talents to facilitate the collection of grain taxes during the autumn harvest.

The shadow of the war quickly enveloped the newly established Xiang Chu regime. Two personal soldiers were sent out to send companions to repay, saying that the neighboring Dunxian and Caiwu were not only desperately recruiting soldiers to form county troops, but also openly shouting the arrogant slogan of flattening the Xia Prime Minister and capturing Xiang Kang alive. At the same time, the detailed work sent to Xia Pi and Ling County to inquire about the news also sent the news one after another, saying that Xia Pi and Ling County had also strengthened their combat preparations. Although there was no sign of sending troops to the Xia Pi County Magistrate, it was possible that at any time that the command of the Donghai County Magistrate or the request for help from the Sishui County Magistrate, they suddenly sent troops to stab Xiang Kang in the back.

Faced with such a difficult situation, Xiang Kang was not timid at all. On the eighth day of July, he led Zhou Zeng, Xiang Yang and others out of the county town, went to the shore of Sishui to survey the terrain, and grasped the specific situation of various ferries in Sishui to the east of Xiaxiang. However, the results of visiting the site made Xiang Kang very worried. Because he was located in the North China Plain, even though the autumn rains have been continuous and the water level has risen recently, the flow rate of Sishui is still quite slow. As long as the boats and rafts are sufficient, Tongxian and the enemies who are considering can cross Sishui almost everywhere and step on the east bank of Sishui. Even if the pitiful troops in Xiang Kang's hands are all pulled to the battlefield of Sishui, it is impossible to guard the long embankment and not give the enemy any chance to cross the river.

Of course, such terrain is not without a chance to use Xiang Kang, who has read countless ancient war examples. If Xiang Kang was ruthless and used poisonous moves and killed the enemy from the west without a single soldier, it would definitely not be a fool. However, considering that the autumn harvest is approaching and the people's desires he urgently needs, Xiang Kang could only shake his head and put the poisonous trick that had already been brewing in his heart. He was determined not to use the last moment, and he would never use the ruthless move that was so immoral that he would be able to cut off his descendants.

After walking along Sishui from north to south, when we arrived at Shajidu, the most important ferry in Xiaxiang County, Xiang Kang, who was learning to ride a horse, stopped his war horse, stared at the slow water surface of the Shajidu area, and stared at the slow water surface of the area, and said for a while: "When the enemy of Tong County comes, I will use this place as a battlefield to lead the enemy to cross the river here to fight."

"But the enemy may not necessarily cross the river here." Zhou Zeng said worriedly, "Whether it is upstream or downstream, there are ferries suitable for crossing the river. Seeing that we are garrisoning troops here, the enemy will definitely not take the risk of crossing the river here?"

"It doesn't matter. Then, let Xiang Guan first lead an army to station troops here." Xiang Kang said without thinking: "When the enemy comes, Xiang Guan pretends to flee in the wind and takes the initiative to give up the ferry. The enemy thinks we are vulnerable and will cross the river here. Then when the enemy is halfway through the river, we will suddenly send troops and catch the enemy off guard."

"But what if the enemy sees through our fraudulent defeat?" Zhou Zeng was still very worried and reminded: "I forgot to tell the young marshal that the county magistrate of Tong County Gu Bi had been on the battlefield when he was young and had served as a five hundred chief in the army. He was very familiar with the battle on the battlefield. Our fraudulent defeat may be difficult to escape his eyes."

"Not necessarily." Xiang Kang smiled confidently and said, "No matter how experienced the County Magistrate Gu is, he is just an old horse. How can he lose his hoof?"

After saying a smile, Xiang Kang sent people to strengthen the surveillance of Tongxian and Caiwu counties, and then led everyone back to the county town. He repeatedly considered how to lure the enemy into the Shaji Dudu River near Xiaxiang County, and also seize the advantageous fighter jets that hit him halfway and gave the enemy a heavy blow. Various bad ideas and ill-ethical ideas emerged one after another in my mind. I couldn't wait to hope that the enemy would arrive as soon as possible and give him a surprise to the enemy.

The enemy of Tiewu and Tong County did not disappoint Xiang Kang. Two days later, on the tenth day of July, two personal soldiers who had previously sent to explore the enemy situation returned to Xiaxiang to report one after another, saying that Tongxian County Magistrate Gu Bi personally led more than 1,800 troops to advance eastward and walked downward to each other. Caiwu's side was commanded by Chao Zhi, the left lieutenant in the county, and also went eastward to advance eastward. If nothing unexpected happened, within two days, the Qin army of Tongxian and Tiewu would face the west bank of Sishui, directly threatening the life and death of Xiaxiang County.

The total enemy's total strength reached more than 3,300, and there were more than 100 chariots and more than 300 war horses. However, how did Xiang Zhuang and Feng Zhong and others recruit soldiers for Xiang Kang? The Young Commander's army had just barely exceeded 1,800. There were only more than 40 chariots and more than 100 war horses, which was a huge difference from the enemy's strength. Therefore, after receiving the report, at the military meeting, whether it was the children of the Xiang family, Zhou Zeng and Sun Juesheng, they unanimously suggested that Xiang Kang confiscate and burn all the civilian ships on the west bank of the Si Shui River as soon as possible, so as to increase the difficulty of crossing the river to the enemy.

"There is no need." Xiang Kang shook his head and rejected everyone's proposal, and said with a smile: "Uncle Ya said that the county magistrate of Tong County Gu Bi is barely considered a veteran on the battlefield. He must consider the issue of transitioning the river. From the consideration of the fact that the lower court has waterways to pass, the ships can go down the river and send the crossing boats to the front line at most in one day. Instead of burning the boats and losing the people's hearts, it is better to do favors and leave the boats on the west bank of Sishui for the tyrant Qin army to rob them, so that they can offend the people of Guizhou."

After saying that, Xiang Kang asked Sun Juezhu to quickly send a message to Xiaxiang County Township Pavilion on the west bank of Sishui, saying that the enemy was approaching, and suggested that the fishermen and people in these township pavilions transfer their ships to the east bank as soon as possible to avoid being stolen by the enemy. First, sell the favors that were kindly reminded to the people on the west bank.

Prison Sun received the order and first sent his subordinates to the west bank of Sishui to pass the order, and then asked Xiang Kang: "Young Marshal, since you don't want to burn the boat and lose the people's hearts, how should we resist after the enemy comes?"

"Now, I will only do one thing." Xiang Kang replied: "Uncle Ya, please write another letter to the Tong County Magistrate Gu Bi, and say that you already know that he personally led his army to capture the prime minister. Please break through the Sishui soldiers as soon as possible to come to Xiang's city. At that time, you will find an opportunity to kill me directly, or encourage your old subordinates in the city to rebel and help Gu Bi take over the prime minister and atone for his sins."

Zhou Zeng agreed and immediately picked up his pen to write a letter for Xiang Kang to encourage the Qin army in Tong County to cross the river as soon as possible. Xiang Kang thought about it and added another sentence, saying, "Uncle Ya, add another one, and I will send someone to buy Chao Zhi, the left lieutenant of the county, who was worried, to break away from the relationship between Chao Zhi and him, and let Chao Zhi deliberately pull him back on the battlefield, or deliberately refuse to save him when he sees death, so that he should be careful."

"Young Marshal, what do you mean by doing this?" Zhou Tong asked in a confused manner.

"Uncle Ya, if you were Gu Bi, if you saw this letter, would you be wary of your comrade Chao Zhi?" Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Chao Zhi and his subordinates' army performed a little badly on the battlefield. Do you suspect that Chao Zhi accepted my bribe and deliberately dragged you back? Do you have suspicion of Chao Zhi, will you continue to be close to Chao Zhi and work together? Will you want to push Chao Zhi in front of everything and hide behind and be careful to prevent it? What will Chao Zhi think about you after suffering such a loss?"
Chapter completed!