Since sending someone to contact Xiang Kang quietly, Qin Ershi Hu Hai's distant cousin Tongxian County Magistrate Yan Ji has never slept well. Every night, all the secrets were leaked. He was thrown into prison, humiliated and tortured, and then put into a prison car to Xianyang. Like his ten distant cousins, Princess Daqin, he was cracked and executed in a downtown market. He was awakened by nightmare every night. His wife who was sleeping next to him kindly asked about the reason, but Yan Ji did not dare to tell the truth. He could only hide the secret in his heart, and the pressure was as high as that of a mountain.

After his confidant family successfully brought back Xiang Kang's personal reply, he was worried that the young marshal's army could not accommodate his distant relative Yan Jue, who breathed a sigh of relief. However, Yan Jue did not expect that on the same day, after receiving the news of his concern for the fall, Hao Ba, the right marshal in Tong County, suddenly made a request to ask for help from the Qin army in Xu County, and forced himself to accept it immediately, go to Wenxu County on the spot, and ask the Qin army in Xu County to send troops to help resist the upcoming attack by the Qin army in the Young marshal.

There was no complete confidence that he could open the city gate secretly without knowing it. Of course, Yan Ju did not want to ask the Qin army of Xu County to make trouble again, but there was no way. It was natural to ask for help from neighboring counties when the danger approached. Yan Ju couldn't find any reason to object to reject Hao Ba's proposal. He was afraid that Hao Ba would see that he had surrendered, so he had to send a letter to Xu County for help as the county magistrate, while quietly comforting himself, and said: "No need to worry too much. In this situation, it is too late for each county in Sishui County to sweep the snow in front of the door, and Xu County may not agree to send troops."

The matter was completely beyond Yan Ji's expectations. The Qin army in Xu County not only agreed to send troops to rescue, but also led the reinforcements sent to the city of Tong County first. Not only did Yan Ji completely crush the hope of stealing the city gate to welcome the young marshal's army into the city, but also forced Yan Ji to a dead end. Yan Ji knew very well that if Xiang Kang had doubts about the authenticity of his despair, as long as he deliberately made a little noise, he would immediately end up in a desperate situation.

It was pretty good. Xiang Kang accepted Yan Ji's explanation reasonably and expressed his understanding of Yan Ji's forced request for help. However, Xiang Kang put forward the difficult request to let Yan Ji encourage the Qin army in Xu County to enter Tong County. At the same time, just from the comparison of troops, Yan Ji also sweated a cold sweat for the battle between the Young Marshal's Army of Tong County. The troops were not much different, and the Qin army in Tong County had a city to defend. Yan Ji racked his brains and could not think of any hope for victory for Xiang Kang.

Then, the actions of the Qin army in Tong County also made Yan Ji raise his heart to his throat. It was when the Qin army in Tong County sent troops from the north gate in the middle of the night. Yan Ji, who was completely obsolete by Hao Ba, realized that the Qin army in Tong County was going to sneak attack the Young Marshal's camp overnight. It immediately turned dizzy. He wanted to send someone to report the message to Xiang Kang, but it was too late. He could only silently pray for God's blessing and let the Young Marshal's army guard the camp and survive this sneak attack by Tong County Qin army. Otherwise, if the Young Marshal's army suffered a great loss, Xiang Kang would not suspect that Yan Ji was deliberately helping Hao Ba and others to deceive him.

The cruel fact quickly told Yan Ji, who was a little cowardly, that he was completely worried about it, and finally made Yan Ji finally understand that he had made a choice that was so correct that he could not be correct. In the second half of the night, Yan Ji was first surprised to see the Qin army in Xu County, which was designed to ambush the Young Marshal's Army, turning victory and defeat. Under the pursuit of the Young Marshal's Army, the soldiers of the Young Marshal's Army, fled back to the camp. Then at dawn, Yan Ji saw Hao Ba with his own eyes, taking the Qin army in Tong County back to the north gate of Tong County in a mess. Behind him, there was a group of young Marshal's soldiers chasing him. Yan Ji was surprised and desperate with other Tong County officials, but he laughed in his heart. He couldn't help but say viciously to Hao Ba's flag, "You have today too!"

No matter how gloating he felt in his heart, he still had to leave the motions he should go. After a group of Zitong County met Hao Ba whom he hated to the core, Yan Ju first pretended to ask about his well-being, and then asked impatiently: "Hao Youwei, how is the loss of our army's strength?"

"It's not time to count, but there must be a lot." Hao Ba replied with a gloomy face, and spat a heavy mouthful of phlegm and cursed: "The thief raised by the bitch is so cunning. He had expected that I would sneak attack his camp. He was ready early, and the arrows made it difficult for me to even approach his camp fence!"

"Hao Youwei doesn't have to be angry. Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. If you lose this time, you will win back next time."

Yan Ji was so worried that he was not right, but Hao Ba was too lazy to pay attention to him, but just shouted at other Tong County officials: "Did the Xu County army send someone to contact us? What was their loss last night?"

It was also coincidental that at this moment, the contact messenger of the Qin army in Xu County came hurriedly and introduced to Hao Ba that the Qin army in Xu County died and disappeared last night, losing more than 380 people in total, and nearly 100 soldiers who fled back to the camp were injured. Hao Ba was shocked and said in surprise: "Why did Brother Wang lose so much? He destroyed 40% of the army in one battle. How should he fight next?"

"Hao Youwei, why not let our Xu County friendly troops station in the city." Yan Ju took the opportunity to suggest: "Let our Xu County friendly troops retreat into the city not only allow them to rest and use their strength to stick to Tong County, killing two birds with one stone, isn't it great?"

"Let Brother Wang and the others enter the city to station?" Hao Ba was a little moved, but hesitated, and said, "But is it too passive to withdraw all of them back to the city? Also, Brother Wang may not agree. Once he enters the city, he will not be able to prevent the thieves from going south to attack Xu County in time."

Although I didn't understand why Xiang Kang wanted to try his best to persuade the Qin army in Xu County to enter the city, Yan Ji did his best to express his loyalty in order to complete the tasks assigned by Xiang Kang, and whispered in a low voice: "Hao Youwei, only by asking the Xu County army to enter the city to station can we have the hope of defending Tong County. Xu County army will continue to be stationed outside the city. If there is any accident or suddenly withdrawal, our Tong County army will be completely isolated and helpless. Once the Tong County city is compromised by traitors, not only will your and my lives be difficult to protect, but we are afraid that our wives, children, and our wealth will also be difficult to protect."

Yan Ji's words hit Hao Ba's heart. What Hao Ba, who was born in a wealthy family in Tong County, was most afraid of was that the young commander's army broke through the city of Tong County and found himself to settle old accounts, looted his property, and massacred his wife, children and young people. So for his own interests, Hao Ba quickly nodded and immediately asked the messenger of the Qin army of Xu County to bring Wang Yan to the city of Tong County, and advised Wang Yan to quickly lead the Xu County army into Tong County. At the same time, in order to promote this move, Hao Ba also sent the Tong County prison officer who was completely obedient to his own words to go to the Qin army camp in Xu County to persuade Wang Yan to transfer the camp for himself.

Because he really needed peace of mind, even though he was seriously injured in the city, Wang Yu thought about it over and over again, and finally agreed to accept the advice of the Qin army in Tong County. At noon that day, he gave up the camp outside the city and stationed in Tong County with the remaining 600 troops. Hao Bawen, who had all his wealth in Tong County, was very happy and quickly pulled Yan Ju and other Tong County officials to welcome him at the city gate. The defenders of Tong County also received a lot of supplements. With the advantage of geographical advantages, they once again balanced the battle situation in Tong County.

On that day, the Young Marshal and the Qin army needed time to rest and clean the battlefield. There was no conflict between the two sides and they were at peace. However, at noon the next day, the Young Marshals stationed in the Tongshui River suddenly drove south, crossed Tongshui and moved to the southwest corner of Tong County, and re-established camp five miles away from the county town. The defenders on the city reported the situation to Hao Ba, Wang Yan and others. Hao Ba, Wang Yan and others were not surprised, and they snorted coldly, saying, "Want to attack the city? Come on, see if your mobs can take down the Tong County town we are heavily guarding!"

Having said that, for the sake of caution, Hao Ba, Wang Yan and others still asked the soldiers in the city to closely monitor the young commander's every move, and always guard against the tricks of the young commander's army. They took turns to patrol the enemy situation in the city several times that night. What they were afraid of was that the young commander's army re-used the old tricks, and then ran to steal the dog at night and suddenly attacked the Tong County city. Fortunately, this situation had not happened. The young commander's army camp, which had not yet been perfected, only some drums came from time to time to inform each other of their safety. There was no abnormality. Hao Ba, Wang Yan and others gradually felt relieved and let the soldiers sleep in the city with peace of mind.

However, the next morning, Hao Ba, Wang Yan and others gradually realized that something was wrong. Although drums were still coming from time to time in the camp of the Young Marshals, there were no soldiers moving in the camp, and there was no smoke from cooking in the morning. Hao Ba and Wang Yan were suspicious and quickly sent people out of the city to explore the situation of the Young Marshals' camp. As a result, the news brought back by the scout also surprised Hao Ba and Wang Yan - the camp of the Young Marshals was empty, and the army did not know where they went!

"There is no one in the camp of the thief? How is that possible?!" Hao Ba exclaimed: "No one, who is beating the drums in the camp of the thief?"

"Report to Hao Youwei, we are fooled." The scout said with a sad face: "The thief tied a few sheep upside down on the drum, and the sheep's hooves hit the drum surface, so he made a sound!"

"Hanging the sheep and beating the drum?" Hao Ba was dumbfounded and roared for a while: "How much bad water is there in this traitor Xiang Kang? I just used shameless tricks to deceive us once the night before yesterday. Why did I use shameless tricks to deceive us again last night?!"

"Where did the rioters go?" Wang Yan was more concerned about the whereabouts of the main force of the Young Marshal's Army, and quickly jumped up and asked yellingly.

"Report to Wang Zuowei, I don't know yet." The Qin army scout answered truthfully, and said: "But judging from the footprints and ruts, the thieves' army should have gone to the south and Xu County."

Before the Qin army scout finished speaking, Wang Yu was already ashamed. After finally coming to his senses, Wang Yu quickly shouted: "Brother Hao, send the scouts to investigate. If the thieves really go to Xu County, I have to go back to rescue immediately. The main force of Xu County has been brought here by me. There are only a few hundred defenders in the city, so it is absolutely impossible to stop the thieves' attack!"

Hao Ba hurriedly agreed and quickly sent a large number of scouts to go south to explore and find the whereabouts of the main force of the Young Marshal's Army. Wang Yu quickly sent an order to the Qin army in Xu County to prepare for the departure so that he could go south to help his old nest, Xu County. In the afternoon, the scouts sent out did indeed return to Xu County, saying that the Young Marshal's Army was indeed driving along the official road to Xu County. Wang Yu did not dare to be negligent when he heard the news, and hurriedly said to Hao Ba: "Brother Hao, no, I must go back to defend the city immediately, otherwise Xu County would not be able to be protected."

When Wang Yuan was surprised, a strange thing appeared again. Amid the sound of the war drums of advance, the young commander-in-chief army soldiers who had previously escaped into the mountain area appeared again in front of the Qin army, walked out of the mountain road, and stood up to protect the exit of the mountain road. Then, when the Qin army hurriedly gathered to prepare for battle, more young commander-in-chief soldiers lined up out of the mountain road, and walked to the two wings of the rear army that had been standing in front of the front. At the same time, Xiang Kang's young commander-in-chief banner also appeared in the mountain road.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yu finally came back to his senses and screamed: "The thieves don't want to ambush, they want to fight us! What a treacherous thieves, knowing that we found that their main force was in power, we would definitely turn around and retreat immediately, and actually hid the main force in the mountain road, lure us over and then send troops to fight again!"

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"Damn it, fortunately, I thought in time that the tyrannical Qin army must be more familiar with the terrain than me. I would definitely suspect that there were ambushers hidden here, and I changed my mind temporarily and did not arrange ambushers." At the same time, Xiang Kang was also proudly shouting and said arrogantly: "But it doesn't matter. If you can't fight an ambush, just fight a head-on decisive battle. If you have more than two thousand troops to fight you more than one thousand, I don't believe you can't win! This place is already eighty or ninety miles away from Tong County. I think how many you can escape back!"

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The Qin army finally understood that the strategic intention of the Young Marshal's Army was not an ambush but a decisive battle. After the decisive battle, Wang Yu was immediately in a dilemma. Fight, the enemy was too numerous to be few, and the soldiers were exhausted, and their physical strength was reduced, and their chances of victory were very small. Escape. Although this place was a plain and it was convenient to escape, it was too far away from the rear. By the time we barely fled back to Tong County, it was already a miracle that the army could save 30% of the achievements. If we no longer had the strength to firmly defend Tong County, it would be a fate that the entire army would be destroyed sooner or later.

With no choice, Wang Yu could only grit his teeth and speak to Hao Xiang: "Brother Hao Xiang, there is nothing he can do, he can only take a gamble. Taking advantage of the main forces of the thieves, we rushed up and drove the thieves back into the mountains, and then withdrew the troops and retreated."

After thinking about it, Hao Xiang nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Wang, you should lead the army to get on first, and entangle the thieves who have already walked out of the mountain road, and then I will go up and help you."

Wang Yu agreed and immediately activated the Xu County army under his command to launch an almost suicide charge towards the Young Marshal's Army who had already walked out of the mountain road. The Young Marshal's Army fired a chaotic crossbow, first weakening part of the Qin army with crossbow arrows, and then he met without hesitation and fought with the Qin army in Xu County. Wang Yu, who was eager to do this, was overjoyed when he saw this. In addition to shouting desperately to encourage the soldiers to sacrifice his life to fight, he kept looking back at the Dui County army behind, hoping that the Qin army in Dui County would come forward to help and help him block the main force of the Young Marshal's Army in the mountains.

Unfortunately, the Qin army in Tong County remained unmoved, and then when the Qin army in Xu County was completely in a fight with the Young Commander's Army, the Qin army in Tong County suddenly waved the order flag, and the whole army turned around and ran to the road. When Wang Yu saw it, he felt like he was struck by lightning in the chaos, he immediately started to curse, "Hao Xiang Shuzi! I fuck your mother's 18 generations of ancestors!"

No matter how hard the swearing was, it was useless. Seeing the friendly army fleeing first, the soldiers of the Qin army in Xu County were in a panic. Although they did not collapse immediately, their morale was severely frustrated, and the army immediately showed signs of defeat. At the same time, a group of cavalry holding the flag of the Young Marshal's Army suddenly rushed out from the woods in the mountains in the northeast, and chased the Qin army in Gongxian, which was the first to escape without hesitation. Although the distance between the cavalry of the Young Marshal's Army was a bit far away, the Qin army in Gongxian was also extremely fast, but they still couldn't beat the four legs anyway, and were soon gradually caught up by the cavalry of the Young Marshal's Army.

——By the way, although Xiang Kang had never expected that the Qin army in Tongxian would be so unfaithful and left the Qin army in Xuxian to escape alone, let alone Xiang Kang, as long as someone with a little military knowledge, he would never place a powerful cavalry in the mountainous area, and would only be deployed in a convenient position to attack. Therefore, the cavalry of the Young Commander Army could appear in time, shattering the dream of the Qin army in Tongxian to escape first.
Chapter completed!