General Qin

More than twenty miles north of Xiangxiang, after receiving the news of the Xiang family's murder of officials and rebellion, the Qin army of more than 1,200 people stopped advancing and set up camp under the orders of military officials at all levels. .

"Your Majesty, I heard from the Prime Minister that the Xiang family has at least 600 young men and women, including children and slaves at home. Now that they have seized the arsenal of the Prime Minister and obtained a large number of soldiers and armor, they will definitely use this opportunity again. Opportunities have taken hold of other large clans and the head of Guizhou, and their strength must be more than a thousand."

"The Prime Minister is the former fiefdom of the Xiang family. They have quite a reputation and power here. If Xiang Liang is given time, the number of people he can summon will probably be close to two thousand."

County Lieutenant Zhao Guang knelt down and sat under Zhao Tuo, his face full of worry. They were the only two people in the whole tent.

He said with some excitement: "We only have a thousand county soldiers and two hundred guards and cavalry brought by the prince on this trip. If time goes on and the number of the opponent increases, it will be troublesome. It is better to attack Xiang Xiang tonight and fight Xiang. He was caught off guard."

Faced with Zhao Guang's suggestion to defeat the enemy.

Zhao Tuo glanced at him, then shook his head.

He sighed: "You are also a veteran who has fought with me for many years and fought against the six countries and the barbarians. Why are you so upset at this time? I know you are afraid that the rebellion will expand and your guilt will be aggravated, so you want to break it quickly." Rebels, put an end to this war."

"But as a general, once you enter a state of war, you must devote yourself wholeheartedly to the outcome of the entire battlefield and not be easily affected by factors outside the battlefield. Our army has been running along the road for several days, and the soldiers are tired. In addition, after the emperor was assassinated, The county soldiers are unsettled, and Xiang Liang is facing the arrival of our army. Do you think he will be prepared? Is it appropriate to attack Xiaxiang, which is occupied by the rebels, at this time?"

When asked by Zhao Tuo, Zhao Guang suddenly blushed.

He was indeed confused because he was anxious, but there was nothing he could do about it. When he thought about what happened in just a few days, he felt like his head was about to explode.

First, the Surabaya Baoding incident turned into a scam, and he had to bear part of the responsibility. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Liang was assassinated. He, the county lieutenant in charge of public security, was fully responsible. As a result, the assassin was not caught yet, and the Prime Minister made another rebellion by killing officials.

Assassin, rebel.

Do you want anyone left alive?

All these things suddenly fell on Zhao Guang's head. How could he think calmly? His whole body was already in chaos.

Zhao Guang took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said: "What the Lord is saying is that our army has traveled a long way here. It is exhausted and its morale is unstable. It is really not suitable to attack the Prime Minister. It is better for our army to pretend to withdraw to Pengcheng, ambush halfway, and lead When Xiang Liang comes to pursue him, he can be ambushed and killed, and then he can counterattack the prime minister."

Zhao Tuo smiled and then shook his head.

"Don't underestimate the people of the Xiang family. Xiang Liang is the son of Xiang Yan. He has been familiar with military books since he was a child. He will not be fooled by this. It is better to learn the tactics of Wucheng Hou. He is upright and uses force to suppress others."

"Using force to suppress others?"

Zhao Guang was stunned.

Zhao Tuo said lightly: "For the time being, we are looking for a spacious place to set up a stronghold and use it as a battlefield. We will send out scouts for these two days to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks. At the same time, we will care for the soldiers internally to stabilize the hearts of the county soldiers with rewards, and use the Qin law to prevent them from being attacked. I was deceived into surrendering to the enemy, so I recharged my energy and waited patiently for Xiang Liang to come and fight."

Zhao Guang gritted his teeth: "What if Xiang Liang doesn't attack, but sits on guard and responds to the rebellion of the Chu people in the surrounding cities."

Zhao Tuo smiled and said: "Don't worry, Xiang Liang will come, he can't defeat us."

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The city of Xiaxiang was filled with a murderous atmosphere.

Xiang Liang had a long sword hanging on his waist and a pair of red armor on his body. He walked out of the county temple. The attendants behind him also held many precious documents found in the county temple.

As soon as he walked out of the door, a thick smell of blood flew into Xiang Liang's nose.

He glanced briefly and saw a hideous pile of corpses on the right side of the county temple. It was made up of more than ten headless corpses and looked very scary.

Among the corpses were those of the magistrate and the county captain. Mosquitoes and flies were flying all over the sky, biting the Qin officials who once dominated the county.

As for the heads of these two county officials, they had been chopped off by the Xiang clan members long ago. After being passed around to the whole city, they were hung at the city gate, signaling to the Chu people in the city that the weather had changed.

"Brother, all the Qin people in the city were killed. It was we who led the people to force the major clans and Qian Shou Qingzhuang to move. Now that their hands are stained with the blood of the Qin people, they can only follow my Xiang family to fight back. Qin is going down!"

Xiang Tang strode over and spoke excitedly.

Xiang Liang nodded expressionlessly.

Yes, Qin's laws were very harsh. After the Chu people in the city were forced by Xiang to kill the Qin people in the city with their own hands, no matter whether they wanted to or not, they never had a chance to look back.

Even if these people want to defect before the battle, they still have to worry about whether the Qin people will give them an account of their rebellion.

Xiang Liang originally disdained the use of such coercive means.

The most ideal situation in his mind is for the Xiang family to raise their arms and call for help, and all the tribes in the lower ministers will rush to respond, and join them to fight against the violent Qin in order to revive the Chu Kingdom.

However, in fact, when Xiang Liang led the Xiang family's children and servants to raid the county temple and kill the county magistrate and county lieutenant, few of the rich families in the city were willing to respond to them, let alone those heads of Guizhou. .

This made Xiang Liang very disappointed.

It's normal to think about it. If it weren't for Zhang Liang's incident involving the Xiang family, he, Xiang Liang, would have gone crazy and would raise his troops to fight against Qin when Qin was gaining momentum. This was completely seeking death. the behavior of.

But Xiang Liang had no choice. Xiang Tao was too deeply involved in the assassination, and the Xiang family could not escape from this vortex. In addition, Zhao Guang had already led troops by that time. If he did not resist, there would be only death.

To be captured without mercy is to die, and to rebel is also to die. It would be better to rebel against this violent Qin and gain a way out of a dead end.

The reason why the Xiang family fell into death was because Xiang Xiang's other clans and Guizhou leaders were not in this situation. Naturally, they could not abandon their wives and children and follow his Xiang family to rebel.

Therefore, Xiang Liang had no choice but to take this tactic and force those people onto Xiang's warship, and use the righteousness of reviving the Six Kingdoms to drive them to fight against the Qin people.

"The emperor has been assassinated, and the news calling for the restoration of the six kingdoms has been released. I don't know how many people will respond. There must be passionate heroes, but most people will probably be on the sidelines."

"Unless I can defeat a Qin army and tell them that the Qin army is not to be feared, only then can I give them confidence and respond to every call, and truly find a way out."

Xiang Liang is very sober and realistic. He knows that if the Xiang family wants to survive, he has no other choice but to make this matter as big as possible, so that he can truly get help from the survivors of the Six Nations.

If the Xiang family wants to survive, they must turn this assassination into a confrontation between the entire Six Kingdoms remnants and Qin.

"How many people are there in the entire Xiangxiang community now?"

Xiang Liang turned to look at Xiang Juan.

Although Xiang Juan has various problems, there are not many people in the Xiang family who can hold great positions. He must rely on this disciple.

Xiang Juan said excitedly: "With the help of these clans and the leaders of Guizhou in the city, we have nearly three thousand people at our disposal!"

Three thousand!

There was also a glint in Xiang Liang's eyes. Although most of them were young and strong men who were held hostage by the Xiang family and were unwilling to do so, there were quite a lot of them.

According to intelligence, the county soldiers brought by the county lieutenant Zhao Guang were no more than a thousand.

"Very good, gather these young men together, distribute weapons, and practice military formations. Just wait for Zhao Guang to lead his men to attack the Prime Minister, and we will wait for work and defeat him with one blow, and then take advantage of the situation to pursue and sweep the Chu Land! "

Xiang Liang made his decision, with hope shining in his eyes.

But in the evening, Hou Wu, who was in charge of scouting and investigation, brought back news that made Xiang Liang's face change slightly.

"Zhao Guang stationed his troops at a small place more than 20 miles north of Xiangxiang. They set up camp and settled in a stronghold. They did not advance. They were just sending people to spread the news around."

"The Qin army said that my Xiang clan colluded with Zhang Liang to assassinate the emperor, so they raised troops to attack. Now they are mobilizing large armies from various counties to prevent the counties and cities from joining us. Otherwise, when the Qin army arrives, the clan will be destroyed. If so If you fight with my Xiang clan and kill one of my Xiang clan, you will be promoted to one rank, given a hundred acres of land, and you will not be punished."

When Hou Wu said this, his body began to tremble.

The people of the Xiang family sitting in the meeting hall also looked bad.

The Qin people are mobilizing an army to come!

That was the Qin army that destroyed the six kingdoms, attacked the barbarians, and swept across the world!

If the army really comes, how can they defeat it!

Old men like Xiang Cang were even more trembling, with despair appearing in their eyes.

Xiang Liang took all this in his eyes.

He took a deep breath and said: "This Zhao Guang is indeed a veteran who followed Zhao Tuo in the north and south. I thought that when he saw our rebellion, he, a county lieutenant, would become anxious and come to attack the prime minister. In this way, we can take advantage of its weakness to defeat the Qin army."

"But now, Zhao Guang has stationed troops to the north of Xiangxiang, blocking our way to the north. He is also waiting for the support of the Qin army from behind. Once the reinforcements arrive, the situation will be unfavorable to us. For the current plan, we can only take the initiative to attack. Defeat Zhao Guang's army of county soldiers, and then with the momentum of great victory, call on the men of Jingchu to march directly to Pengcheng to gain a chance of survival!"

Xiang Liang decided on the next strategy in one breath.

The words were full of hope, but his eyes were full of helplessness.

As the son of Xiang Yan, Xiang Liang had been a general for generations, so he was naturally familiar with the art of war and knew exactly how powerful his three thousand men were.

Without training and forced to twist, except for the descendants of the Xiang family, the rest are just a mob.

Xiang Liang had no choice. He wanted to wait for the response of the anti-Qin people in other cities. He wanted to train his three thousand men, not only to enforce orders and prohibitions, but also to be able to fight in formation.

But the Qin army didn't give him time. From the news he heard from Hou Wutan, he deeply felt a feeling of being oppressed by the general trend.

He is waiting, and so is the Qin army.

The current Qin army in Sishui County only has a few thousand people, but soon, all counties and counties that have received military orders will recruit large armies and rush here. By then, it will not just be these thousands of Qin soldiers, but tens of thousands. Even hundreds of thousands!

In the art of war, this is called "power".

This momentum forced Xiang Liang to take the initiative to attack.

He had to quickly defeat the Zhao Guang troops in front of him before a large number of Qin troops arrived, and fight a mighty battle, so that the Chu survivors who were on the sidelines could support the Xiang family.

Xiang Liang couldn't afford to waste time.

"Although the men and horses in my hands have not been trained, they are all rabble-rousers who are not accustomed to fighting. But Zhao Guang led the county soldiers to gallop for more than two hundred miles, so they must be exhausted. I have an advantage in waiting for my work."

"Many of the ministers are dissatisfied with Qin's laws and officials, and my descendants of the Xiang family have high morale to protect the clan. On the other hand, the Qin army is basically local people from Sishui County and has no loyalty to the Qin State. Now that the emperor has been assassinated again, people must be in panic and have no morale."

"Not to mention that I have three thousand people in my hands, and Zhao Guang only has more than a thousand in his hands."

"Three thousand beat him by more than a thousand. The numerical advantage is not small."

This was the first time Xiang Liang led troops to fight. After analyzing according to the art of war and comparing the military strength of the two sides, he found that he still had the advantage, and he immediately became confident.

"Looking at it this way, I still have a good chance of winning."

"This battle will be the battle where I, Xiang Liang, will become famous all over the world!"