In broad daylight, the Qin army's sudden move to retreat was certainly impossible to hide the eyes of the young commander's scout. However, it was a pity that because of insufficient experience, and the Qin army directly gave up the entire camp in order to speed up the retreat, the young commander's scout failed to immediately determine that the Qin army was preparing to withdraw from the camp. The first thing to report to Xiang Kang was that there was an unexplained commotion in the Qin army camp, which misled Xiang Kang failed to react in time and missed the best opportunity to gather troops in time to prepare for war.

Finally, when I saw the Qin army's vehicles gathered in the camp from afar, and when I saw the Qin army fleet on the east bank of Sishui begin to approach the west bank, the young commander's scout realized that the Qin army was preparing to cross the river and retreat, and quickly drove back to the city and reported the news to Xiang Kang. As a result, Xiang Kang, who was thinking about how to force Chao Zhi to surrender, jumped up and shouted in surprise: "The tyrant Qin army gave up the camp to cross the river and retreat? How could it be? That ordinary man Chao Zhi didn't want his head? When he retreated at this time, even if he didn't lose his head, he would be sent to Mount Li to be a prisoner?"

"Xiang it, hurry up, blow up the account, let our army gather, let Xiangzhuang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Sheng come here immediately!"

Xiang Kang was also a very quick-responsive person. Before others could answer his questions, he realized that his scream was just a waste of time. He quickly ordered the tent to be promoted. Or after Xiang Da hurried out to command Xiang Kang's personal soldiers to raise the account, Xiang Kang asked the scout who came to report the message again: "Did you see clearly? All the vehicles of the tyrannical Qin army have indeed gathered in teams? Could it be that the water truck was preparing to go to the river to prepare for transporting water?"

"Reporting to the young marshal, I can see clearly that all the vehicles of the tyrant Qin army have indeed been assembled into a team." The scout answered truthfully, and said, "And the young man also saw with his own eyes that the vehicles of the tyrant Qin army were loaded with many things, but they were too far away to see clearly what they were loaded with."

"Continue to explore again, and whenever there is any movement, I will repay you immediately!" Xiang Kang shouted again, and the scout sang Nuo and left. It was only after the scout left that Xiang Kang turned to Zhou Zeng next to him and asked, "Uncle Ya, what do you think?"

"I don't know much about military affairs and dare not speculate randomly." Zhou Zeng cautiously explained that he did not dare to make a conclusion, and then said: "But I think that if the tyrant Qin army is really preparing to withdraw, then there should be only two possibilities. One is to consider the county magistrate ordering Chao Zhi to lead the army to retreat. Chao Zhi had to obey for some reason. The tyrant Qin army had changed commands at the last battle. Chao Zhi had been replaced by others. The tyrant Qin army was led by others. Otherwise, with Chao Zhi's achievements in this battle, he would not dare to lead the army to retreat without authorization!"

"So which one is the biggest?" Xiang Kang asked after thinking about it.

After deducing and analyzing from the perspective of officials of the Qin Dynasty, Zhou Zeng replied: "The first possibility is the largest, and the second possibility is very small! Because Chao Zhi was the left lieutenant of the county, and he was always responsible for the recruitment of the garrison soldiers. Although he did not have the right to lead troops in normal times, the generals in the army must have used his old subordinates, and he had a relatively high prestige in the army."

"This war has been like this. If the county magistrate of Caiwu changes his commander in the last battle, Chao Zhi will definitely understand that he is dead. In addition, Chao Zhi has obviously wavered in the face of our surrender before, so he may be surrendering very little. Even if he does not mutiny with his old subordinates, he may run out to join us. But now there is no turmoil in the tyrant Qin army, and Chao Zhi has not come to join us alone. This is enough to show that the tyrant Qin army is likely to have not changed its commander in the last battle. Chao Zhi should still be the tyrant Qin army."

Zhou Zeng's answer was of course a bit one-sided, because he did not consider that Chao Zhi might be captured by someone and captured the king first, so Xiang Kang did not dare to fully agree with this view. He just tapped the desk with his finger for a few plans. After a while, Xiang Kang made up his mind and shouted: "Come here, come quickly! Uncle Ya, please write for me a letter to Chao Zhi to see him off, don't mention the surrender, just write some polite words to say goodbye. Xiang Yang asked someone to prepare a pair of jade fights immediately and let Xu Shu deliver them to Chao Zhi as a gift."

Knowing that Xiang Kang wanted to test the truth and reality of Chao Zhi and the current situation of the Qin army under the banner of seeing off farewell, Zhou Zeng did not dare to talk nonsense, so he quickly picked up a pen to write a letter to Chao Zhi with Xiang Kang's reputation, and handed it to Xiang Kang for signature and seal. At the same time, Xu Shu, who was in the county temple, hurried to Xiang Kang's front, Hou's order. Xiang Kang quickly explained the mission and asked Xu Shu to spy on the enemy's situation under the banner of seeing off. As a result, Xu Shu did not disappoint the recommendation of his old boss Zhou Zeng and Sun Gong. Even though he knew that the trip was dangerous, he took the order without hesitation, hurried out of the city with the letter and Yu Dou, and quickly went south to the Qin army camp to contact Chao Zhi.

After Xu Shu left, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and Xiang Sheng, the commander general of the three young commanders, also came to Xiang Kang's front, and Xiang Kang immediately dispatched troops and arranged for Xiang Guan, who was relatively cautious, to lead the army to stay in Xiangchengchi to prevent the situation. He led the central army and Xiang Zhuang, and Xiang Sheng's two troops to send troops together, hurried south to the Sishui Ferry Crossing to block the Qin army from crossing the river. However, when Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng were extremely excited to ask how to fight this battle, Xiang Kang was a little confused and said, "So when the time comes, should we stop the tyrannical Qin army from crossing the river, or attack them halfway, and eat the tyrannical Qin army in one bite. Then I will make a decision depending on the situation."

After saying that, Xiang Kang turned to Zhou Zeng again and said, "Uncle Ya, thank you for your hard work, go with me. You are more familiar with the tyrant Qin officialdom than me, go and help me advise." Zhou Zeng agreed, and immediately followed Xiang Kang and Xiang Zhuang and others out of the house, leading the young commander army with a total of about 1,200 people out of the city, rushed out of the city, heading all the way south, and headed straight to the ferry where the Qin army had originally crossed the river.

It was confirmed that the Qin army had abandoned the camp and retreated a little late. When Xiang Kang, Xiang Zhuang and others rushed to the scene with their troops, the Qin army had already given up the camp and tent, and moved to the ferry with various vehicles of all sizes. They also arranged the rear army in front of the ferry early to be on guard in front of the ferry, and established temporary fortifications. They lined up more than fifty chariots brought with them in front of the formation, ready to resist the attack of the young commander army at any time. At the same time, various military supplies were quickly loaded under the Qin army's transport, and some had been transported across the river.

The enemy has been prepared closely, so Xiang Kang would certainly not be so stupid as to lead the young generals and the mobs to rush up to death. After stopping the team around the ferry, Xiang Kang first sent a cavalry to look forward to the banner of the chief general of the Qin army. After learning that the banner of the chief general of the Qin army was still written with the word Chao, Xiang Kang breathed a little relieved and asked the self-scout who came up to report the enemy situation, "Have the envoy sent by the general has contacted the tyrannical Qin army?"

"Report to the young marshal, you should contact us." The scout replied: "A moment ago, our envoys were close to the enemy with a white flag, and they were immediately taken down by the enemy and taken to their army, but we never saw our envoys come back."

"Don't come back?" Xiang Kang was stunned, and an ominous premonition suddenly came to his mind. Chao Zhi, who treated the young commander's army twice, suddenly turned out to be abnormal and seized Xu Shu, the young commander's army envoy who was barely considered an old acquaintance. This is not a good sign.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng had already attacked Xiang Kang one after another and asked if they should launch an attack immediately. Xiang Kang hesitated and asked Zhou Zeng for a moment: "Uncle Ya, you just said that Chao Zhi suddenly withdrew his troops because he was concerned about the possibility of the county magistrate's direct order. Chao Zhi had to obey for some reason. So in your opinion, what is the most likely reason that Chao Zhi had to do this?"

Zhou Zeng thought about it and said in a deep thought: "Forcing is absolutely impossible. Chao Zhi was already shaken. If the county magistrate forced him to go back and die, he would definitely rebel immediately. It is impossible to threaten him with any official position. Chao Zhi knew what life and official position were important. If he threatened his family, Chao Zhi might be shaken. However, Chao Zhi should also be very clear. When he went back to receive the crime, his family would definitely not be able to escape even the sanctions. According to the law of the tyrannical Qin, his family could not escape the fate of being a generation of prisoners. Chao Zhi should not be so stupid that he could die and let his family continue to suffer. Inducement..."

After pondering and analyzing this, Zhou Zeng's eyes lit up and he slapped his legs and said, "Yes! Inducement! Only temptation is possible! If I am a county magistrate, if I want Chao Zhi to take the army back obediently, the only way is to tempt it! I will deceive Chao Zhi and say no matter what he said, he will not hold him accountable, and will give him the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for his sins. He will deceive him back when the matter is done and the military power is taken away, I will want to do whatever he wants to do to Chao Zhi!"

Xiang Kang nodded and said suspiciously: "But Uncle Ya, why did the county magistrate of Caiwu use this method to deceive Chao Zhi back to the army? Now Chao Zhi has only lost consecutive battles, but the main force is still there and there is still hope to defend it. In addition, the Sishui County Army may come to reinforce soon. Why did the county magistrate of Caiwu use any means to deceive Chao Zhi back to the army when there is still hope?"

After thinking from the perspective of the county magistrate of Caiwu, Zhou Zeng replied firmly: "There are only two possibilities. One is that the county magistrate of Caiwu cannot trust Chao Zhi, and he is worried that he will lose all the army, so he will do this in order to save the army! The second possibility is the biggest. Young marshal, you, the disagreement plan you sent three days ago, has already succeeded. The county magistrate of Caiwu suspected that Chao Zhi was going to rebel, so he used all means to deceive him back and preserve the tyrannical Qin army!"

A word woke up the dreamer, and many questions were solved. After calculating the time, Xiang Kang found that the personnel he sent to implement the plan of disarmament were likely to arrive within two days within two days. After the matter was successful, the county magistrate who deceived Chao Zhi to withdraw his troops could also go down the river from the boat to the front line to contact Chao Zhi!

After figuring this out, although it is not completely certain, it may be futile or even counterproductive, Xiang Kang decided to strive for it with all his might and shouted decisively: "Send the whole army to shout this sentence in an orderly manner - Chao Zhi should not be fooled, he is lying you to go back and die! Scream in an orderly manner, the better the more orderly!"

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At the same time, in the open space behind the Qin army's phalanx, Chao Zhi and Zheng Lun, the chief clerk who arrived at the front line this morning, were of course watching closely the actions of the Young Marshal's Army. While carefully preventing the Young Marshal's Army from launching an attack, they urged the soldiers to move their baggage onto the ship to cross the river. At the same time, Zheng Lun also spoke in a lotus, constantly praising Chao Zhi's loyalty to the Qin court and his loyalty, and resolutely arrested the messenger who tried to buy his surrender to prove his innocence. He was a rare loyal minister and general who could be encountered but not sought by the Qin court. In the future, he would be no problem.

Finally, all the remaining weapons, food and grass were loaded, and the first batch of Qin soldiers crossing the river began to board the ship one after another. Out of gratitude and gratitude to Zheng Lun, Chao Zhi took the initiative to say to Zheng Lun: "Master Zheng, please get on the boat and cross the river first. The affairs behind the palace are too dangerous, so I will do it."

Zheng Lun was reluctant to ask for it. After saying thanks, he was about to persuade Chao Zhi to board the ship and cross the river quickly. Unexpectedly, the young marshals in the distance were crowded with people. Thousands of people shouted slogans in an orderly manner. The slogans were still relatively messy at first, and then they were quickly unified and gradually became the same voice. When they heard the specific content of the slogans clearly, Chao Zhi and Zheng Lun's faces changed suddenly. Chao Zhi said in surprise: "Tell me not to be fooled? Are you lying to me to go back and die? What does it mean?"

"Chao Zhi should not be fooled, he is lying you to go back and die! Chao Zhi should not be fooled, he is lying you to go back and die!"

The slogans of the young generals' soldiers became more and more neat and loud. Chao Zhi, who was not stupid, was also more and more shocked. He couldn't help but subconsciously look at his colleague Zheng Lun next to him. After finding that Zheng Lun's face was a little pale, Chao Zhi suddenly became suspicious and asked Zheng Lun tentatively: "Master Zheng, what does it mean to shout this sentence in unison in the treacherous army?"

"This..." Zheng Lun obviously had sweat on his forehead, and he said in a slutty voice: "Chao Zuowei, how could this lower official know? The lower official was the front line that he had just arrived at today, and he didn't know the situation of the rioters. How did he know what they were saying to him?"

After saying that, Zheng Lun quickly said, "But Wei Chao, you must not be fooled by the rioters. Our county magistrate asked you to retreat and go back because he wanted you to lead your troops to defend the county town and wait for the reinforcements of the county magistrate. He absolutely had no intention of harming him. Well, it's not too late, I should get on the boat. Wei Chao, take care of yourself, come here quickly."

As he said that, Zheng Lun, who was already quietly retreating, turned around and wanted to leave. However, when things came to this point, Chao Zhi would let Zheng Lun leave unless he was stupid. He would just whisper to his personal soldiers. The two Chao Zhi's personal soldiers immediately stepped forward and stretched their arms to stop Zheng Lun. Zheng Lun was shocked and quickly turned around and asked Chao Zhi, "Chao Zuowei, what do you mean?"

Chao Zhi did not answer, but subconsciously considered the possible outcome after he retreated and returned. He immediately thought of what it means to pull up the ladder and destroy the bridge across the river. He was also shocked and sweated. At this moment, the personal soldiers next to him suddenly pointed to the direction of the Young Commander's Army and reminded him: "Let the lieutenant, look at it, there is a fast horse coming over the thief."

Chao Zhi quickly looked up and saw a knight running out of the young commander's army. He rushed to the front of his army with a whip and raised his hand to release a crossbow arrow. The arrow of the crossbow arrow was thick and white, and there was something obviously tied to it. He flew not far from the Qin army formation. Chao Zhi understood it and immediately shouted: "Take that arrow over and give it to me!"

The order was conveyed. The crossbow arrow shot by the young commander cavalry was quickly sent to Chao Zhi. As expected, there was a bunch of white cloth tied to the arrow. Chao Zhi took off the white cloth and opened it. He saw that the text on the cloth was scribbled and written in vernacular language. The full text is as follows:

"Brother Chao Zhi must not be trapped. I will not hide it from my brother. In order to persuade you to surrender, three days ago, I sent someone to the City of Caiwu to welcome your wife, children, and return to the court, and pretended that you have surrendered to me in secret. Now the people I sent have no news, and you suddenly withdrew your troops. I suspect that the magistrate of Caiwu captured my secret envoy, worried that you would really surrender to me, so I kindly said that you deceived you to retreat, and then confiscate your military power and harm you! You are guilty of being wise, but brother, you must not be trapped! Young marshal of the Great Chu, Xiang Kang."

Before he could finish reading the letter that Xiang Kang had written quickly, Chao Zhi was already full of anger. After reading the letter roughly, Chao Zhi was of course even more furious and shouted wildly, "Children Xiang Kang! You are fucking cruel enough!"

Hearing this heartfelt roar, Zheng Lun, who was already as pale as paper, was of course like a cardiotonic agent. His face suddenly regained some blood. He also quickly asked Chao Zhi: "What did the traitor, Xiang Kang, say in the letter?"

The answer to Zheng Lun was Chao Zhi's angry and violent gaze, but Chao Zhi was still a little rational. After his eyes moved, Chao Zhi strode forward, grabbed Zheng Lun's collar, and lifted Zheng Lun, who was a little short, off the ground, and roared, "Where is my wife? Where is my children? How did you do them?"

"Master Chao Zuo, what do you mean?" Zheng Lun's forehead was sweating profusely again and said tremblingly: "Of course, your wife and your children are all in the city of Caiwu."

"Dare you still lie to me?" Chao Zhi roared, "I'll say, what did you do to them? If you don't say it, I'll kill you!"

Zheng Lun dared not speak anymore, and the panic and fear on his face could not be concealed. Chao Zhi, who had originally suspected that this was Xiang Kang's plan to alienate and treacherously, gradually made a conclusion in his heart. He simply pulled out the sword from his waist and asked with a ferocious expression: "My surname is Zheng, I will ask you the last question, are you here to deceive me for the Wang surname to withdraw my troops and go back to die? What's going on now, my wife and children?"

Zheng Lun's face was enough to wash his face, and Chao Zhi slowly raised his sword with murderous aura on his face. Zheng Lun completely collapsed. He also thought that Xiang Kang had reported in the letter and was extremely afraid, so he couldn't care about so much. He screamed: "Brother Chao, please spare me! Brother Chao, please spare me! I was forced to do so. It was Wangxian Zun who forced me to lie to you back and die! If I don't come, he will punish me for disobeying my orders. I really have no choice but to lie to you for him!"

The truth finally came out, but Chao Zhi had no time to be glad that he had escaped from death. He just shook Zheng Lun's body and roared, and asked, "What about my wife? What about my children? How are they?"

"They are fine, they are fine." Zheng Lun quickly replied: "They are all living in your house well and not being implicated by you."

"Fuck!" Chao Zhi said angrily: "You are all ready to trick me back and kill me with one knife. Can they still not be implicated by me?"

When things came to this point, Zheng Lun could not tell the truth and said with a sad face: "Brother Chao, I dare not lie to you even if I borrowed a hundred courage from me. They are really fine, because your wife personally reported you to the county magistrate, which is considered a self-proclaimer, so she doesn't have to be implicated. Your children don't know it, nor will they be implicated."

"Fart!" Chao Zhi was even more angry and roared: "How could Shui'er tell me? My husband and I have been in love for so many years, how could she tell me?!"

"Brother Chao, do you really don't know?" Zheng Lun's tone suddenly became strange and surprised, and he asked tremblingly: "Brother Chao, you really haven't heard any news?"

"What kind of wind did I hear?" Chao Zhi was even more surprised than Zheng Lun.

"Of course it's Mrs. Zun..., the wind of Wangxianzun..." Zheng Lun's voice trembled even more, and he said, "There have been rumors in the county that your wife and our county priest..., there are..., there are..., there.... I also heard that when the messenger of the thief found your house, your wife happened to be with our Wangxianzun..., together..., that..., so Brother Chao, your wife will never be in trouble."

With a bang, Zheng Lun's body fell to the ground, and Chao Zhi's face turned completely dull, with disbelief and despair. Finally, when Zheng Lun was quietly crawling towards the dock, Chao Zhi, who was shrouded in a cloud above his head, came to his senses and pointed at Zheng Lun and shouted: "Take him down!"

The two personal soldiers who had blocked the road came forward and lifted Zheng Lun up like an eagle holding a chicken. They easily put it in front of Chao Zhi. Zheng Lun begged for mercy in despair, but fortunately, Chao Zhi did not kill Zheng Lun with one sword, but sneered and said, "Binding it! This is the meeting gift I gave to Young Marshal Xiang!"

After sneering, Chao Zhi shouted at his personal soldiers who were in charge of the flag order: "Why are you still stunned? Use the flag? The whole army dispersed! Use a garrison as a team to scatter left and right! Then, stop crossing the river, and all the soldiers who have already boarded the boat will get off the boat!"

In accordance with Chao Zhi's order, Chao Zhi's personal soldiers brought out of the Zuo Wei Mansion shook their flags. Although the Qin army teams lined up inexplicably, because they were all troops trained by Chao Zhi, they believed that the Qin army soldiers still faithfully obeyed the orders, spread out in groups of fifty people, and pulled the queues bigger and bigger. At the same time, the Qin army soldiers on the chariot also followed Chao Zhi's orders, turned all the yokes equipped with sharp blades at the Qin army's own 50-man formation, and then got off the chariot according to Chao Zhi's orders...
Chapter completed!