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Chapter 66 Upright (Part 1)

It was very good for Xiang Kang. With the crossbow arrows rushing out by the Qin army, after paying a certain price, when the Young Commander's chariot rushed into the enemy formation, there was no decent brave generals in the Qin army. On the contrary, the Qin army's strict formation was quickly in chaos due to the impact of the Young Commander's chariot. The front team directly collapsed, the back team was shaken, and there was no way to form a whole battle.

Amid the screams, the front yoke of the young commander's army's chariot with blades was like a sharp sword that stabbed forward, or a sharp knife flying forward and cutting across, stabbed on the soldiers in front of the Qin army. Even if the Qin army stood in front of the army, they were all talented (elite) in the army, wearing rhinoceros leather made of armor, they could not block the impact of the four war horses at the same time. They were either pierced directly by the spikes of the yoke, or were cut to death by the sharp blades at both ends of the yoke. They could not stand firm in their original position, either screaming and being injured or forced to disperse and flee. Therefore, the first row of horizontal lines collapsed almost instantly.

The situation of the Qin army behind was slightly better, but it was not better. The huge inertia of the chariots was still like a heavy punch, hitting the Qin army's horizontal team one after another, directly smashing the Qin army's horizontal team into pieces and falling into pieces. When the Young Commander's infantry brigade took the opportunity to follow him, a massacre of more and less was launched.

The mobs are always extremely brave when fighting with the wind, and the young generals are no exception. When the Qin army has lost its formation and can only fight on their own, the young generals are like tigers going down the mountain one by one, and when they meet the hungry wolf of the lamb, they meet the beautiful woman's erotic demon, and they rush up and slash, thrust swords, and wield swords and knocked them randomly. Relying on the large number of people, they desperately bully the few people, they beat the Qin army soldiers in a turtle and embarrassing manner.

During the melee, many Qin soldiers who had received more military training did not even see the appearance of the enemy clearly, and were stabbed by the scattered swords and sharp swords. They screamed and fell into a pool of blood, and died in a very frustration. Although more Qin soldiers also fought back, they still lost to four hands with their fists, unable to block the front and unable to block the back, and could not defend the left and right. They were soon directly submerged by the young generals who were rushing in like a tide, spitting out countless blood and flesh. The young generals with more than three times the enemy's strength was like a rainbow. Under the leadership of two quasi-first-class generals, Xiangzhuang and Xiang Guan, they advanced rapidly, and quickly surrounded the Qin army crowd like a flood.

The worst thing for the Qin army was not that there were no decent brave generals and powerful generals in their team to suppress the situation, but that their overall quality was actually not much higher than that of the purely mob Young Marshals. They just received a period of military training while serving in the garrison. They did not really go through any decent actual combat tests. They were in a hurry to form for only a few days. They were not familiar with each other and even the names of their companions, let alone they could cooperate skillfully in the melee and fight on their own.

Therefore, after the formation was loose, the Qin army had no chance to form a formation again. The young general army brigade rushed to the crowd and could not distinguish between the east, south and north. They subconsciously retreated and pushed and trampled on each other, and fell to the ground countless times. The young general army soldiers who fought with the wind took the opportunity to slash and kill, quickly killing and killing many Qin soldiers, forcing the Qin army to retreat continuously, and soon they fell into the water.

At this time, the Qin army's troops transport fleet had already approached the east coast of Sishui again with two hundred-man teams. However, the original landing site was already crowded and crowded, so the Qin army's troops transport fleet did not dare to land at its original location. They could only gradually go downstream and think of landing in the open area to assemble.

In this case, what Xiang Kang, who was commanding on the Ximen City Tower, should do the most is to divide an army to stop the Qin army from landing and buy time for the main force of his army to annihilate the enemies on the shore. However, the Young Commander Army lacked practical experience. Whether it was Xiang Zhuang or Xiang Guan, after he was entangled with the enemies on the shore, he forgot to free up a hand to accept Xiang Kang's flag command. Therefore, no matter how Xiang Kang's personal soldiers waved the flag desperately on the city wall, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan were unable to divide their troops to stop the subsequent enemy landing immediately. Xiang Kang had no choice but to quickly order the reserve team he prepared in advance to attack, and let the reserve team led by Xiang Sheng be responsible for blocking the subsequent enemy.

Fortunately, the young commander's army rookie, the Qin army was also a group of rookies. Seeing the self-army fleet sailing downstream, in order to survive and obtain support, the Qin army on the shore actually chose to break through the downstream actively. With the courage and desire to survive, they miraculously rushed out of a bloody road and rushed to the downstream in a mess. The young commander's army soldiers who had lost their command fought all by intuition and rushed to the downstream in a swarm, unintentionally joining forces with the enemy to block the subsequent Qin army's landing path.

Seeing this, County Magistrate Gu on the west bank of Sishui was of course cursing, cursing the Qin army's stupidity as a pig, and was so stupid that he didn't know how to fight for landing space for friendly forces. Xiang Kang laughed at the Ximen City of the lower court, and quickly asked the reserve team to temporarily stop moving forward, leaving plenty of back-up measures to prevent the situation, and let Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan, who were in a misfortune, continue to play on their own.

The young generals under Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan did not disappoint Xiang Kang. While chasing the enemy on the shore in a mess, the young generals rushed and chopped, and the spring silkworms continued to eat mulberry leaves, successfully forcing the enemy on the shore to follow the Qin army's fleet forward, and joined forces to avoid giving the subsequent Qin army a chance to land. The Qin army soldiers on the fleet and the Gu County Magistrate on the other side were so anxious that they jumped straight, but there was nothing they could do.

The sky gradually became darker, and there were fewer and fewer Qin army soldiers on the battlefield on the east coast. As a group of young commanders who fought by intuition went forward on their own, blocking the escape space of the remnants of Qin army again, the Qin army was doomed to be wiped out. The Qin army was doomed to be wiped out by the soldiers in front and left and right, and behind them was the vast Sishui. At the end of the desperate situation, many Qin army soldiers were forced to put down their weapons, kneel on the ground and shout surrender. Some Qin soldiers jumped out of Sishui and swam to the self-driving army fleet. Occasionally, a few stubborn resisters were soon cut into pieces by the numerous young commanders, and died miserably.

The war reached this point. The magistrate Gu, on the west bank of Sishui, even Wu Qi and Li Mu, could not turn the tables again. With no choice, the magistrate Gu had to give a dejected order to ring the golden gong and withdraw the troops transport fleet that had never been able to land on the shore. The young generals were cheering like thunder. While fighting to kill and capture the remaining enemies, they couldn't wait to rob the spoils left by the Qin army. They refused to let go of the ragged rhinoceros armor covered with human blood, and once again fully demonstrated the true nature of the mob.

In this battle, the young commander army, who fought with more and less, wiped out the three 100-man teams of Qin troops that crossed the river first, and their morale was greatly boosted. The timidity and fear that the enemy inevitably arose when they were in the face of the enemy was greatly reduced. Less than 20 people from the 300 Qin troops swam and fled onto the troop transport ship, their morale was severely damaged, and their morale was greatly affected. County Magistrate Gu, who was still energetic before, was so angry that he drew his sword and cut the stone, cursing, "Idiot! A bunch of fools who took care of it! The thieves were obviously a bunch of mobs, and they could still fight the war to this point and defeat the entire army. I am convinced!"

"Relieve the anger, please calm the anger." The trusted man Hao Ce quickly spoke out, and winked at the Magistrate Gu, signaling that the chief general of the Qin army, Chao Zhi, was beside him, and persuaded D County Master D. Victory and defeat were common in military affairs, so there was no need to be so angry. Moreover, although we lost this battle, we basically figured out the situation of the Xiaxiang rioters. A group of mobs will not be difficult to deal with. As long as the fleet of troops we had arrived, we could carry five or six hundred people across the river at a time. Even if the Xiaxiang rioters were dispatched in full swing, it would never be possible to stop us from landing again."

County Magistrate Gu's face was gloomy, and after a while, he nodded reluctantly, saying, "It's reasonable. Take the troops back to the camp. When the troops transport fleet that he had been considering tomorrow comes, then cross the river."

County Magistrate Gu's face was still gloomy, but he didn't know that the Qin army commander Chao Zhi was almost crying. In the first battle, he paid one-fifth of the Qin army. Even if he could win this battle in the end, Chao Zhi could not escape a punishment when he returned. So while he was in tears, Chao Zhi also made up his mind and vowed that he would never fight head-on with the Young Marshal's Army in the future. He would never be able to take any risk. He had to wait until the Qin army and the Young Marshal's Army in Tong County fought to the point of losing both sides.

After the defeat of the first battle, the Qin army camp was in dying. No matter how County Magistrate Gu, Chao Zhi and others encouraged the military spirit, they claimed that the Young Commander's Army was actually vulnerable. The Qin army and the Qin army in Tongxian formed in a hurry were no longer as high as before and were excited. It was still at noon the next day, when the Tiewu fleet that came from Sui River arrived at the front line, there was some voice in the Qin army camp. County Magistrate Gu also quickly held a military meeting in his central army tent to discuss the ferry tactics and landing locations.

I suffered a great loss at Shajidu yesterday. At this time, the magistrate Gu said that he would not dare to land on Shajidu, which is too close to Xiaxiang County. He could only choose to initiate a ferry ten miles downstream of Shajidu, and arranged for his most trusted ferry Hao Ce to lead an elite force to cross the river first, guarding his position to cover the main force to launch a ferry. However, just when the magistrate Gu was hesitating whether to initiate a ferry today or another ferry tomorrow, someone suddenly came outside the tent to report that the Young Marshal's Army sent a small boat to carry a Qin army soldier who was captured yesterday to cross the river, and sent a letter from Xiang Kang to Gu County Magistrate Gu.

Out of the need to know oneself and his enemy and a certain curiosity, County Magistrate Gu summoned the Qin army prisoner who came back with the letter at the first time and learned about the specific situation of the Young Marshal's Army in person. But unfortunately, the Qin army prisoner reported that he was directly imprisoned in Xiaxiang Prison after being captured. Today, he was blindfolded after being taken out of the prison, so he basically knew nothing about the situation in the city. County Magistrate Gu was disappointed and had to pick up the letter brought by the Qin army prisoner and open it for closer inspection. However, as he looked, County Magistrate Gu's face turned pale, and subconsciously wiped his cold sweat and blurted out: "It's so dangerous!"

"County Master, what's the risk?" Hao Ce asked quickly.

"Xiang Kang, the traitor who mocked me for not understanding military tactics and astronomy and geography, chose our army camp to be a place of death." County Magistrate Gu confessed and said with a pale face: "He said that if he was cruel, he would have sent a few troops across the river last night and dug the west bank embankment of Sishui upstream, then the river in Sishui would immediately submerge our camp and turn us into fish and turtles!"

After receiving a reminder from the magistrate Gu, he suddenly thought about the surface of the Sishui River, which had risen sharply due to the continuous autumn rain, and the self-army camp was established in the open area. Hao Ce, Chao Zhi and others immediately changed their faces and almost broke out in a cold sweat on the spot. Then Hao Ce quickly asked D County Zun, why did Xiang Kang's thief not do this?"

"He said he pity the people of Guizhou in the downstream of the Si River and did not want to use such despicable tricks." County Magistrate Gu said with a gloomy face: "He also said that he just wanted to fight a battle with his official, and decide the outcome in one battle. He asked his official to lead his army across the river and fight him head-on to the death."

"What an arrogant little master." Hao Ce took a breath and quickly said to D County Master, what should we do? Should we cross the river and transfer the camp to the east bank high ground?"

County Magistrate Gu nodded subconsciously and almost wanted to cross the river to transfer the camp immediately. However, when he was halfway through, County Magistrate Gu, who had suffered a great loss, suddenly felt his heart moved, hurriedly swallowed the order that had already been said, and changed his words and said, "No!"

"County Master, where isn't right?" Hao Ce asked again.

"Why should Xiang Kang, a traitor, be kind to remind me to pay attention to flood prevention? In my words, it seems that I deliberately lure me to cross the river as soon as possible?" County Magistrate Gu said with a vigilance on his face and said, "Does this little master want to play the trick of half-crossing?"

Although the number of ships is enough, there is no need to worry about being attacked by the Young Commander's Army when crossing the river. However, after suffering a loss, Hao Ce of course did not want to be fooled for the second time. After careful consideration, Hao Ce nodded and said, "I have to be careful of this. It's getting late now. We are preparing to cross the river downstream. Even if we can cross the river smoothly, we will transport all the troops to the evening. It is more dangerous to cross the river in the dark."

"Crossing the river again tomorrow!" County Magistrate Gu slapped the table and shouted: "I ordered the entire army to immediately set off the camp and move the camp to a high place! Xiang Kang is an extremely treacherous thief. We have to guard against him being untrustful. Tonight, he secretly dug up the west bank of Sishui to use water instead of soldiers to break my camp!"

Knowing that the magistrate Gu County was thinking about the whole army, Hao Ce and Chao Zhi certainly did not object. The coalition forces who had just set up a camp last night immediately took the camp according to the order, gave up the camp that they had finally established and hurriedly moved to the high ground. During this period, people shouted horses neighed, transported food, grass and supplies, and took the soldiers of the coalition forces, of course, it was quite hard to get the soldiers. Fortunately, the magistrate Gu County, Hao Ce and others had already explained the reasons for the transfer of the camp to the soldiers, so the Qin army soldiers did not complain much for their own safety.

After the camp was moved to a high place, it was already getting late. County Magistrate Gu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was about to rest, but Hao Ce hurried to report to the emperor of D County, saying that the thieves had just sent a boat to cross the river. The envoy on the boat contacted the people on the side of the vain, and the envoy was directly led to Chao Zhi."

After blinking his eyes, County Magistrate Gu said decisively: "Let's go to Chao Zhi to see the situation."

After leading a team of people to the Qin army camp next to him, the County Magistrate Gu who had the right to command the Qin army soon met Chao Zhi. He also saw a pile of gold placed in front of Chao Zhi, and a Qin soldier kneeling in front of Chao Zhi. Chao Zhi was also very happy and said as soon as he met, "Gu County Zun, I was about to report to you that the rebel Xiang Kang had just sent another soldier who was captured by our army yesterday, bringing me one hundred gold and a letter to him, wanting to alienate the relationship between you and my subordinates."

Seeing Chao Zhi confessed so frankly, County Magistrate Gu naturally felt relieved and asked with a smile: "Chao Zuowei, Xiang Kang, what did you say in the letter?"

"It's all nonsense." Chao Zhi said truthfully: "What do we say about the strict code of our Qin Dynasty? I suffered such a big defeat yesterday. After I went back, I was unlucky and could not escape the blame. I advised the officials to think about themselves and simply rebel with him. I also promised that as long as I treason with him, he would grant the officials the general of Chu."

"I'm crazy." County Magistrate Gu smiled and said uneasy: "Chao Zuowei, where is the letter? Can I let this official see it?"

I don’t know why, but Chao Zhi hesitated clearly for a moment, then picked up the letter on the table and handed it to County Magistrate Gu, and explained: “The letter is a bit smeared. Maybe it was because of the mistaken thief Xiang Kang and accidentally sent me the draft.”

"The letters are a bit smearing?" County Magistrate Gu was stunned and hurriedly took Xiang Kang's letter to watch. As a result, he only took a look. County Magistrate Gu found that there were indeed several smears on Xiang Kang's letter. When he looked at the content carefully, County Magistrate Gu's face changed slightly - the place where the modified part was actually the most critical position! In addition to the gift Xiang Kang gave Chao Zhi to a large part, Xiang Kang also asked Chao Zhi to help him deal with the Qin army in Tong County, which was also smeared a large part. What's more important is that when Xiang Kang mentioned the old friendship between the Xiang family and Chao Zhi, he was even painted black and there was no trace of words anymore!

He looked at Chao Zhi vigilantly, and the county magistrate Gu who asked Luo Guanzhong to calculate for a moment, then asked carefully: "Chao Zuowei, how do you see the meaning of this letter? You seem to be quite familiar with the Xiang family of the old Chu remnant Chu?"

"The lower officials are also wondering about this." Chao Zhi said truthfully: "The lower officials have never met everyone in the Xiang family of the old Chu remnant, let alone familiarity. I don't know what medicine that Xiang Kang took wrong, but he actually said vaguely in the letter that the lower officials seemed to be very familiar with his family, and even painted the following paragraph."

"Is it really the thief Xiang Kang painted it?" County Magistrate Gu noticed that the ink color of the letter seemed to be slightly different from the ink color of the text, so he simply asked again: "Chao Zuowei, and, after Xiang Kang's thief Xiang Kang gave you 100 taels of gold, why did the following content also be painted? The color of the ink color is different from the ink color of the text?"

"Is there something wrong?" Chao Zhi was stunned and quickly retrieved the letter and looked carefully. When he saw that the ink applied to the text was indeed slightly thicker than the color of the text. Chao Zhi was surprised and said in surprise: "Really, how can the ink of the letter be slightly different from the ink of the text? Could it be that Xiang Kang, who was a trait of ink, used a plate of ink to apply the text?"

The magistrate Gu did not speak, but just looked at Chao Zhi silently, paying attention to Chao Zhi's expression changes. Chao Zhi was first confused by the magistrate Gu's gaze, then gradually came back to his senses and said in surprise: "Gu County Master, no, right? Do you suspect that the lower official had applied the letters of Xiang Kang's traitor? The lower official took the wrong medicine, why did he apply his letters?"

He couldn't help but feel confused, County Magistrate Gu simply asked directly: "Chao Zuowei, I took the initiative to ask, Xiang Kang, the treacherous traitor, really only sent a hundred gold to buy you?"

Chao Zhi suddenly realized, and at the same time, Chao Zhi couldn't help but fill his chest with anger and shouted, "D County Master, do you suspect that the subordinates deliberately smeared the letters of Xiang Kang's rebel thief, because they wanted to greedy for other gifts he gave to the subordinates? Okay, the witness is here, the prisoners who sent gold are here, my followers have been here, just now, ask them yourself, did Xiang Kang's rebel thief really only send one hundred gold to the subordinates?"

Chao Zhi said this, and his followers were of course standing up to prove that the prisoner released by Xiang Kang did only send 100 gold. However, how could County Magistrate Gu be willing to believe the words of Chao Zhi's confidant? He simply pointed to the prisoner who had just been released and said, "Chao Zuowei, if you don't mind, hand the prisoner back and take it back for a closer questioning?"

"Whatever!" Knowing that the magistrate Gu could not trust him, Chao Zhi agreed angrily, and said angrily: "But Gu County Master cannot torture him. He is the Qin soldiers brought by the subordinates from the care of the emperor. After being captured, he did not rebel or surrender to the enemy, nor did he beg for mercy! Don't let him come back and begg him for grievance!"

"Can't you use torture?" County Magistrate Gu was even more alert, but nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you."
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