The blocking battle at Yishui Road ended and the army was withdrawn from Xiaxiang City. Because she could not bear it anymore, Xiang Kang and Xiang Bo finally had a head-on conflict.

The cause of the conflict was Xiang Bo's strong son Xiang Sui, who was blocking the battle between Yishui and the small roads of blocking the battle. Xiang Sui led his army not only established a defensive position, but also withstood the full-scale attack of the Qin army in the East China Sea, and successfully defended the blocking position of the Young Marshal's Army. At the same time, it caused considerable casualties to the Qin army. He also performed well in the battle, fighting the first tough battle of the Young Marshal's Army since the onset of the army, and gave a good start to the soldiers of the Young Marshal's Army who were used to fighting the battle with the wind. This was the well-deserved first merit in this blocking battle. This was not only recognized by Xiang Kang, but also led his army to withstand the fierce attack of the Qin army, Ding Ji, and Xiang Guan, who won the pursuit battle.

After the war, Xiang Kang not only gave Xiang Sui the corresponding money and grain rewards, but also gave Xiang Sui a certain bonus. Then he promoted Xiang Sui to a higher level in accordance with the military laws and promoted Xiang Sui to the Chief Commander. In addition, Xiang Sui also went on a battle to kill the enemy when the situation was critical and cut off two enemy heads. Xiang Kang promoted Xiang Sui's title from Zanniao to No. 1. As for this reward, Xiang Sui had nothing to say, and almost nothing else said.

The only thing that he had to say was Xiang Bo. In order to let his son master more troops as soon as possible, Xiang Bo did not care about the military system of the Young Commander Army and made a fuss to Xiang Sui. He insisted that Xiang Sui performed well in this battle and should be granted a title over the top, and insisted that Xiang Kang directly promoted Xiang Sui to a general, so that Xiang Sui was on par with Xiang Zhuang, who had made many military achievements before. Even if Xiang Sui himself opposed it, it was useless. Xiang Bo felt that his two sons were of great use and should have the opportunity to command troops alone like Xiang Zhuang.

Other matters can be discussed, but Xiang Kang must not give in this matter. In order to maintain the solemnity of the military law, Xiang Kang could only stand up and argue with Xiang Bo. No matter how furious Xiang Bo was, he would not give in at all. Finally, Xiang Kang was forced to make anger. He said angrily to Xiang Bo: "Uncle, I am the young marshal of the Chu army. The marshal and Shangzhuguo are your brothers. Now that the second uncle is not here, I have the final say in the army! If you think that my reward and punishment are unknown, you can go directly to the second uncle and ask him to come forward to the military law to deal with me! But Xiang Sui's official position must not be promoted again this time!"

If Zhang Liang and other Xiang family members were not holding each other tightly, Xiang Bo would have rushed up and fought directly with Xiang Kang. Xiang Sui was forced to be anxious. Regardless of his injuries, he struggled to rush to Xiang Bo's face and knelt down on his knees, and cried and said, "Aweng, please don't say anything more. The state-owned country and the law have family rules, and the army is even more military orders. Ah brother rewarded me in accordance with the military laws. If you must mess with the military laws, how can you command troops in the future? How can you convince the public?"

He kicked his unfilial son who was not strong and unwilling. Xiang Bo left with a blue face. When Xiang Kang helped Xiang Sui up with kind words and comforted him, he also made up his mind and said in his heart: "We must find a way to eliminate this disaster. Even if we can't kill him directly, we have to find a way to drive him away! Otherwise, this disaster will sooner or later be like killing Xiang Yu, and will also cheat me!"

However, Xiang Kang was unable to deal with Xiang Bo immediately. The reason was that Xiang Kang had not come up with any good solution to ensure that while dealing with Xiang Bo, he could avoid the division of the Xiang family. Second, Xiang Zhuang sent someone to send an urgent letter, saying that Qin Jia, the leader of the rebel army in Ling County, had turned around and headed south to Ling County after looting Siwuting in the north. At the same time, he sent an envoy early to get in touch with Xiang Zhuang, asking the young commander army to fulfill their promise and give them 40% of the money and grain of Ling County.

Knowing the importance of credit, Xiang Kang certainly decided to fulfill his promise without hesitation. In order to strive to recruit Qin Jia's troops, Xiang Kang also arranged for his right-hand assistant in government affairs Zhou Zeng and Zhu Jishi, the general who was acquainted with Qin Jia, to rush to Lingxian to meet Qin Jiajun, preside over the transfer of money and grain, and persuade Qin Jia to lead his troops to join the Young Marshal's Army, accept the reorganization of the Young Marshal's Army and his own command.

Unfortunately, two days later, Zhou Zeng and Zhu Jishi, who hurried back to the prime minister, brought back bad news to Xiang Kang - no matter how kindly Zhou Zeng and Zhu Jishi persuaded him, Qin Jia refused to join the Young Marshal's Army, insisted on taking oneself and fighting with the Young Marshal's Army. At the same time, Zhou Zeng also told Xiang Kang with a wry smile: "Young Marshal, although Qin Jia and Zhu Qianren are good friends, their tempers and personalities are really too different. After General Xiang Zhuang and I shared 40% of the money and grains in the Lingxian County Curry to him, he actually blamed us for not plundering the people in Lingxian County to him, and we were full of unhappiness."

"Is this happening?" Xiang Kang was very surprised and said, "If you say nothing else, just forget it. Qin Jia is a native of Ling County, how can he bear to take action against the hometown of the same county?"

"The general also said that to him." Zhu Jishi said truthfully: "But Brother Qin said that he needs money, grain, and soldiers to overthrow the violent Qin Dynasty, so even the head of Guizhou in Lingxian County must take out money, grain to support him."

"This person cannot be asked." Xiang Kang concluded and said, "Don't say that he is unwilling to join us. Even if he is willing to join, I will send him away. Let such a person join our Young Commander Army, which is to open the door to invite thieves and lead wolves into the house."

"I know that Young Marshal, you will definitely not want such a person, so I didn't continue to persuade him later." Zhou Zeng smiled and said, "The Qin Jia is still greedy and asked us where we will fight next, and we want to join forces with us to attack the city, and after the matter is completed, we will share the money and food in the city equally."

"I think beautifully!" Xiang Kang snorted and said, "Give him an answer clearly, just say that we have no plans to continue attacking other cities for the time being. Let him love to go there and get out of Lingxian as soon as possible!"

Zhou Zeng agreed and asked Xiang Kang whether to send a letter to reply directly or ask Xiang Zhuang, who is currently stationed in Ling County, to answer directly to Qin Jia. Xiang Kang was about to answer casually, but when the words came to his mouth, Xiang Kang changed his mind and sang with his smooth chin and said, "When joining forces to attack the city? After taking down the city, half of the money and grain will be shared? This is an opportunity."

After blinking the triangular eyes, Xiang Kang made up his mind and asked Zhou Zeng not to rush to answer Qin Jia. He ordered Zhou Zeng and Zhu Jishi to go down to rest first, and then go straight to the back hall to pay homage to the second aunt in Xiaxiang City who could barely surrender Xiang Bo. He casually asked for a reason to ask her to arrange a banquet at her residence to invite Xiang Bo and his wife to mediate the conflict between him and Xiang Bo a few days ago.

The elders and the respected sister-in-law sent someone to summon him. No matter how much Xiang Bo is airing, he dared not to refuse to accept it. He could only obediently lead his third uncle to meet his second uncle. As a result, he saw Xiang Kang also at the scene. Xiang Bo, who had not said a word to Xiang Kang for several days, had his first reaction to him, of course, he left. Fortunately, the second uncle spoke in time and called out: "Brother, stop, come back and sit down and talk."

Uncle Xiang was forced to stop, but he refused to turn around with a dark face. The second uncle asked him to come back and sit down again. The third uncle also persuaded him, and finally let Uncle Xiang sit opposite Xiang Kang with a stern face. Xiang Kang then left the seat and bowed to Uncle Xiang, and said in a sincere tone: "Uncle, my nephew apologizes to you."

"I dare not take it." Xiang Bo snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "You are the young marshal of Chu. No one in Chu can suppress you except your second uncle. How can I, the nominal master of Chu, be qualified to apologize?"

"Brother, please say something." The second uncle spoke again and said, "Kang'er has already told me about your affairs. He has contradicted you, but he also has his own difficulties and regretted it very much afterwards. Why do you, an uncle, need to be so petty? Sister Qiu, I am preparing this banquet today to mediate your dispute. If you still treat me as Sister Qiu, I will put away your temper and talk to Kang'er well."

"Uncle, my nephew is here to apologize to you sincerely." Xiang Kang also apologized again and said, "I deserve to die for ten thousand times. I will commit the crime. I will contradict you in public. Even if you beat me to death today, I will never complain. My nephew only asks you, uncle, don't be angry anymore. If you get angry for such a trivial matter, it will be too unworthy."

"Husband, look at how good Kang'er is to speak." The third uncle said, "Why do you have to be so angry when you have a small matter? Among our Xiang family, Kang'er is the most filial and competitive. Currently, the Xiang family is also the largest. If you have a dispute with him, wouldn't you let others laugh at it for nothing?"

"Brother, you are so old, why don't you change your temper at all when you were young?" The second uncle half persuaded and scolded him, and said, "Why don't you help Kang'er up? He apologized to you, what else do you want to do to him?"

Unable to resist the repeated persuasion of his wife and sister-in-law, Xiang Bo could only stand up reluctantly and leave the table. He helped Xiang Kang up with his own hands. He had already forgiven Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang repeatedly apologized and thanked him. He respectfully helped Xiang Bo back to his seat and sat down, saluted and apologized again, and made a sincere apology. Seeing Xiang Kang's appearance, Xiang Bo felt very helpful. In addition, his two aunts kept persuading him, Xiang Bo finally put away his face of beating, and his words were no longer as sarcastic as before, and he was hated.

After the banquet officially began, the protagonist was replaced by the second uncle. He kept teaching Xiang Bo and Xiang Kang to live in harmony. He led the Xiang family's children to overthrow the tyrannical Qin and restore the old country. Xiang Kang pretended to be sincere in his teachings, but Xiang Bo went into his left ear and went out of his right ear. He was so tired of hearing it. Xiang Bo simply put the wine glass and bowed to his second uncle, saying, "Sister Qiu, I have enough wine. Thanks to Sister Qiu, I will definitely return it later. If nothing else..."

"Uncle, wait." Xiang Kang interrupted Xiang Bo's polite words and said, "There is one very important thing that has something to do with you and your third uncle. My nephew must report to you in person and obtain your consent before he can decide to implement it."

"What's wrong with us?" Xiang Bo asked in confusion.

"My nephew wants Prince Xiang You to take on the heavy responsibility of the southern expedition, and let him lead his army south and join forces with our Lingxian friendly troops to capture various cities in the southern part of Donghai County."

Xiang Kang's answer of course made Xiang Bo overjoyed. When Xiang Bo asked about the details again, Xiang Kang first mentioned the situation of Qin Jia's proposal to join forces to attack the city, and then said: "My nephew thinks his proposal is not bad. Although it seems to be trying to take advantage of us, his troops have 6,000 troops after all, and he can help us a lot when he arrives on the battlefield. We only need to dispatch a partial army to capture the five southern cities of Donghai County with their help. There is even hope to advance to Jiujiang or Kuaiji, seize the city and land there, and further strengthen the strength of our Young Marshal's Army."

"Nephew, so, do you want You're going to take on this important task?" Xiang Bo asked impatiently.

"That's true." Xiang Kang nodded and said with a stern remark: "Since our Xiang family's children raised their troops, Xiang You has always performed well, and it is time to be the only one. So my nephew wants Xiang You to take on the heavy responsibility of the southern expedition, expand the territory of the southern part of Donghai County, where the tyrannical Qin forces are empty, and restore the city and land for our Chu State. But you also know that commanding troops and killing the enemy is a dangerous task. If you are not careful, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable. I have to ask for your opinions first. If you think it is too dangerous, I will send another person to you."

"If you don't go to the front to kill the enemy, you can ensure safety. If you don't expand our territory quickly, it would be the same danger if the tyrannical Qin army comes to the door again?" Xiang Bo put on an airs of elders and scolded Xiang Kang, and then said impatiently: "Okay, that's it. Let your Prince Xiang You go, he should be alone."

The third uncle was a little worried and quickly asked about the specific situation in the southern part of Donghai County. Xiang Bo took the initiative to interrupt her and said rudely: "What military affairs do you know? Don't worry, there will be no danger. I know the situation of those counties in the southern part of Donghai. Except for some county soldiers guarding the city, there is no decent army. The main force of the East China Sea of ​​the tyrannical Qin army is in the north."

The third uncle shut up helplessly, and Xiang Kangze took the opportunity to say, "Uncle, my nephew also wants to arrange an experienced person to go with Prince Xiang You to help him handle military affairs, give advice, and also help him negotiate with Qin Jiayoujun and discuss specific joint matters. I wonder what uncle, what do you think of Sun Gong? Can you send him?"

After Xiang Kang was exposed, before he could say what he agreed to, Xiang Bo changed his mind and said, "How can you miss such a good opportunity to command troops in vain? Xiang You is my own son. He has always listened to me. If I go there, I will definitely be the chief general. Then recruit soldiers and horses in Huaiyin and Xutai and expand the army. Wouldn't I be able to quickly pull up a large army? With the army in hand, I am still afraid that I have no confidence in speaking?"

After making up this idea, Xiang Bo immediately changed his words and said, "Nephew, there is no need to send someone else. Your second uncle is right. Father and son are in the battle, let my uncle go in person. You don't have to worry about civil officials. I have invited your uncle Han to go with you. With me and him to help you, Prince Xiang You, you don't have to worry about anything about our partial teacher."

Seeing that Xiang Bo was indeed trapped, Xiang Kang was of course secretly happy, but his face was very surprised and said, "Uncle, do you want to go in person?"

"What? Do you think I am not good at uncle?" Uncle Xiang once again put on an air of his elders and said in a big way: "Uncle, I am also a child of the Xiang family. When you grew up, I not only learned military tactics from him, but also accompanied him to the battlefield. I have no less experience in fighting on the battlefield than you. Can't you take on the heavy responsibility of the southern expedition with your Prince Xiang You?"

Xiang Kang pretended to be hesitant, but Xiang Bo didn't have to say anything. He waved his hand and said, "It's settled. I haven't been on the battlefield for many years, and my body has been itchy. I'll go, you don't have to send someone else!"

Unable to resist Xiang Bo's repeated requests, Xiang Kang could only nod and agreed to this matter. Xiang Bo laughed, and finally eliminated his long-standing anger towards Xiang Kang. He also raised his glass to invite Xiang Kang to drink together. Then, drinking the wine prepared by his second uncle with Xiang Kang, Xiang Bo couldn't wait to fly to Ling County, and to the empty southern battlefield of the East China Sea, fantasizing about the scene of his commanding thousands of troops to capture cities and land.

On that day, Xiang Kang and Xiang Bo participated in the Xiang family dinner and everyone ended happily for the first time. After returning to his residence, Xiang Bo of course found his close friend Zhang Liang as soon as possible, introduced the situation to him, and invited Zhang Liang to go to his son's army with him to show his strength.

However, Zhang Liang, who is good at planning and handling interpersonal relationships, can certainly see at a glance that Xiang Kang is playing hard to get and wants to send Xiang Bo, who is out of sight to clean up the garbage. However, considering that even if it is exposed, it will be of no benefit to him, and there is still training Xiang Bo, Xiang You and his son Nan Zheng were the opportunity to show their strengths, Zhang Liang chose to keep Xiang Kang secret and agreed to Xiang Bo's invitation at once.

After agreeing, Zhang Liang also said in his heart: "Little guy, don't be too happy too early. With my help, you just wait and see what kind of surprise your uncle will give you. Yellow-haired boy, I originally wanted to see if you are a talented person. Since you despise me so much, not only will you never ask me for a plan, but you also deliberately don't let me know about major military events. Then don't blame me for being a good leader, and you may become your opponent in the future."

Of course, everyone knows that Zhang Liang really blamed Xiang Kang this time. If he had told Xiang Kang his real name and background earlier, then he would have been just Xiang Bo's friend. Even if he was Xiang Bo's gay friend, he would have replaced Xiang Kang's most trusted staff officer Zhou Zeng. But there was no way. Zhang Liang did not tell Xiang Kang his true identity, and was also so close to Xiang Bo, whom Xiang Kang hated and even hated the most, so it was no wonder that Xiang Kang ignored him.

At the same time, Xiang Kang had already told his plan purpose to his right-hand assistant Zhou Zeng. Zhou Zeng, who had been very dissatisfied with Xiang Bo from the beginning, was secretly happy when he heard it. Xiang Kang, who was as eager as Xiang Kang to get out earlier, but Zhou Zeng was still a little worried and couldn't help reminding Xiang Kang: "Young Marshal, will there be some consequences to do this? The main force of the East China Sea tyrant Qin army is in the north and the south is empty. After your uncle goes, what if he really makes a name for himself, what if he doesn't lose his tail?"

"Absolutely not!" Xiang Kang answered firmly, and then said to Zhou Zeng with a smile: "Uncle Ya, what do you think of that person Qin Jia? Does it look like a messing stick in the toilet? Who is disgusting with whom?"

"Elephant!" Zhou Zeng replied in a more firm tone, saying, "From the point where he is greedy, refuses to surrender to our army, and even wants to make plans for the money and food of the people, this person is not only ambitious, but also a master who would rather die than suffer losses and try his best to take advantage of others. He is definitely a messing stick in his behavior. Whoever gets disgusted with it!"

"What about my third uncle? Does it look like it?" Xiang Kang asked in a low voice with a smile.

Zhou Zeng smiled bitterly, but nodded and whispered: "Word offense is also like."

"Then what else can we worry about? Two sticks stir together, pulling each other's back legs and shooting arrows, do you still have to worry about what kind of cause they can make?"

Xiang Kang asked with a smile and said, "So I dare to predict that they will never make any decent achievements when they join forces to go south this time. But we don't have to worry about the safety of our partial division. The tyrannical Qin army south of Ling County is empty. Even if our partial division cannot break through any situation, the losses will definitely not be too great. Then when my third uncle returns, no matter how thick-skinned he is, he should have no face to point fingers in front of me."

Zhou Zenghan nodded with a smile and said, "I just hope that Master will be more aggressive and don't lose too much military, horses, money and food, otherwise we will lose too much."

"It is worth losing some soldiers, horses, money and food, because I have another purpose, which is to pull Qin Jia and his group to the south so that they will not go north to make trouble for us." Xiang Kang said: "The essence of Donghai County is in the north, and the main force of the Donghai army has been restrained by us by us. If Qin Jia and his group take the opportunity to go north, they may really make a name for themselves and may even become our opponents. So if they spend a little money to lead them to the south, this deal is worth doing."
Chapter completed!