At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 195: Attacked from two sides, the whole army was defeated
In fact, most of the 800 prisoners who followed Xu Fan were farmers who could not afford to pay taxes. If they really had any option of stable farming, they would not want to rebel.

Zheng Xin is that kind of honest person. Even though he became an officer of the Han army, he still likes farming more. He likes to look at his family's 1000 acres of land when he has nothing to do. Now in this autumn harvest season, he still cares about his land even more. Has the food been harvested?

Han Xin smiled and said: "Even if our Han country's grain production is cut off this year, Han country will not be short of food. You have forgotten that General Yingbu captured Aocang. The food there is enough for our entire Han country to feed for three years. There is no need to worry about the food problem." .”

Zheng Xin shook his head and said: "After all, I didn't grow the food myself, so I don't feel safe eating it."

Then Zheng Xin asked: "By annihilating Sima Xin's 3 Qin troops, will my Han Dynasty end the war early?"

Han Xin said: "Of course, Meng Tian already wants to escape now, and what we do is to prevent him from escaping."

Zheng Xin was surprised by Han Xin's confidence and asked: "Not to mention Meng Tian, ​​the 3 Qin army elites below us are not easy to fight."

Han Xin confidently said: "Sima Xin's 3 Qin troops marched more than 7 miles in 500 days, most of which were mountain roads, and they are already exhausted. When Sima Xin leads the Qin army to attack the city, we will seize their camp, and the Qin army will The soldiers will definitely collapse when they see their escape route cut off.”

Han Xin's scouts had been searching for information about Sima Xin. Hukou Pass was captured. Sima Xin was really anxious. He marched hundreds of miles on the first day, arrived at Wu'an on the first day, and marched more than 200 miles to Shexian County on the third day. But so The fast marching speed caused the Qin army to fall behind thousands of people. Sima Xin had to rest for a day in Shexian County to wait for the stragglers in the rear.

After entering Shexian County, the road to Hukou Pass was rugged. Sima Xin could only maintain the army's speed of 50 miles despite all his efforts. Therefore, Sima Xin's 3-strong army was already exhausted before reaching Hukou Pass.

"Counterattack, push the enemy down!" Cao Xing was no longer afraid of the Qin army than bows and arrows. He immediately ordered the soldiers to fight back with bows and arrows. The crossbow arrows with the mouth closed were shot down like a heavy rain. They already had a geographical advantage. Soon, the Qin army's bow and arrow camp The soldiers suffered heavy casualties and had no choice but to escape from the Hukou Pass.

Of course Sima Xin knew that his soldiers were exhausted and he had no choice.

Han Xin and Zheng Xin were lying here like tree vines, watching the battle at Hukou Pass not far away.

This time did not make them wait too long, when Han Xin saw Sima Xin putting the last group of Qin soldiers into the battlefield to attack Hukou Pass.

The red sun rises in the east, and the autumn canyon carries a cool breeze. The soldiers in the Qin army camp at Hukou Pass begin to get busy.

An hour later, the Qin army's vanguard suffered so many casualties that the morale of the soldiers collapsed and they fled Hukou Pass one after another.

Sima Xin was unmoved and said: "We don't have time. Although our army will suffer heavy casualties from attacking the city like this, the enemy's casualties will not be small. Our army has a strength advantage of ten times that of the enemy. If we continue to fight like this, we will consume it." , it must be the enemy who cannot bear it. Since you can't bear to see this scene, go to the rear to collect the broken troops and restore their morale."

"Dong dong dong!" The earth-shattering sound of war drums came from the closing of the pot mouth. The Han soldiers heard the sound and their blood boiled. They felt that they were full of strength. They clenched their spears with both hands, ready to destroy the enemy in front of them at any time.

Although the former army resisted Hukou Pass, they had to cut down trees and build barracks and ladders, so they did not get any rest at all. Many of the stragglers arrived in the middle of the night, and all the soldiers in the army were extremely tired.

Cao Xing looked at the corpse under the city gate and panted with a smile: "Nai Gong's sword is a hundred-forged steel sword, worth thousands of gold. If you dare to attack Nai Gong with a bronze sword like yours, you are just asking for death."

"Attack!" Sima Xin pointed his sword at Hukou Pass and shouted.

He said to Zheng Xin: "The last group of Qin army is about to attack the city. We can prepare the army now."

Zheng Xin saw the Qin army repeatedly ascending the wall of Hukou Pass and worriedly said: "We should go to war, otherwise Hukou Pass will be captured by the enemy. If this happens, we will not only be sorry for Captain Cao Xing, but also Sorry for the dead brother."

A fierce general of the Qin army personally climbed onto the wall of Hukou Pass and faced Cao Xing. The Qin army general brandished his long sword and slashed at Cao Xing. He struck more than a dozen times in a row, but Cao Xing's sword was still in his hand. However, Cao Xing's long sword broke first, and Cao Xing took this opportunity to chop off the Qin general's head, and then kicked his body off Hukou Pass.

Cao Xing looked at the Qin soldiers rushing towards them and said angrily: "Archers shoot, don't let the enemy get close to the city wall!"

The Qin army's attack was like a wave, constantly rushing toward Hukou Pass. The Han soldiers felt as if they could not kill all of the Qin troops. All the stones they prepared were smashed, all the giant trees were lost, and even the long arrows in their hands were lost. There are also fewer and fewer.

But Han Xin said calmly: "It's not yet time, the captain can still hold on, and there is still a group of Qin troops who have not gone to the battlefield to consume morale and energy. They will only wait until the Qin army is completely exhausted and find that their escape route is cut off." It will collapse. We only have 1000 soldiers, which must be used at the most critical time. According to the speed of the Qin Army, in less than half an hour, the last army in Sima Xin's hands will be involved in the siege. At this time, the Qin Army When there is no way back.

When Cao Xing heard this voice, he staggered and almost fell.

It's not that Sima Xin doesn't want to send more soldiers to attack, it's just that the space in front of Hukou Pass is limited and he can't move the army at all. Even the 2000 Qin army now is a bit too much.

Zheng Yang, who joined the army, looked at the exhausted soldiers, thought for a moment and persuaded them: "The generals and soldiers are already exhausted from marching for days. Should our army rest for two days before attacking the city?"

Starting from the fourth round of attack, Qin soldiers began to climb the wall of Hukou Pass. This gave Sima Xin great confidence that such a fierce attack could conquer the pass. He was only a little away from capturing the pass.

However, Cao Xing ordered his soldiers to use huge rocks to break the ladders and use huge trees to kill the Qin soldiers who wanted to climb the city wall. Soon after Hukou Pass, corpses were strewn across the field and blood flowed into rivers. The battle was extremely tragic.

December 37, the 9th year of the First Emperor's reign.

"Dong dong dong!" The sound of war drums sounded, and 3 Qin soldiers organized their formation and headed towards Hukou Pass.

Sima Xin now wanted to buy time and launched a fierce attack on Hukou Pass as soon as he came up. 3000 archers fired long arrows at Hukou Pass to suppress the Han army. 2000 Qin soldiers watched the ladder rush towards Hukou Pass.

When the mouth of the pot was closed, Cao Xing was covered in blood and fought endlessly. He held a sword and led his own guards in an invincible manner. He repeatedly killed the soldiers who climbed onto the city wall or drove them off the city wall.

When the Qin army came to Hukou Pass, the state of Sima Xin's army was almost as he expected. The front army was exhausted, and the stragglers behind were catching up sparsely. Han Xin alone observed that there were more than a thousand stragglers. This is An army at its limit.

Sima Xin expressionlessly ordered the next group of Qin soldiers to continue attacking the city. The Qin army's fierce offensive far exceeded Cao Xing's imagination. He thought that after repelling a group of Qin soldiers, they would take some time to rest, but he did not expect that in less than half a stick of incense, the next group of Qin soldiers would rush towards them again.

Cao Xing just wanted to take a breath, but at this time, the sound of "dong dong dong!" the war drum sounded again.

Outside Hukou Pass, no one is on duty.

When Zheng Yang, who joined the army, saw this scene, he was heartbroken and persuaded his soldiers: "Let's wait until our army is more fully prepared before attacking. The casualties in such an attack will be too heavy."

"Boohoo!" Another long arrow shot at the Qin army like a heavy rain.

And the Qin army who wanted to go to Hukou Pass, although they attacked frantically regardless of casualties.

"General, are you okay?" Cao Xing's bodyguard supported him and asked with concern.

Cao Xing took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, keep fighting!"

Zheng Yang, who joined the army, said helplessly: "No!"

The soldiers of the Qin Army continued to rush towards them fearlessly, fighting to the death even though they suffered heavy casualties. Each group of Qin soldiers attacked Hukou Pass for an hour. When the hour was up, Sima Xin sent another group of Qin soldiers to take over and continue the attack.

Cao Xing closed the mouth of the pot and saw the Qin army shouting: "Beat the war drum! The whole army is ready for battle."

Sima Xin's eyes were red, and he looked seriously at Hukou Pass and shook his head: "We can't rest, we don't have time. The rebels attacking the upper party army cannot only have these few thousand people, and their main force must be in the rear. We can't conquer Hukou as soon as possible. As for the pass, when the main force of the rebels arrives, our Northern Xinjiang Army will be in danger, and now we are the General’s only hope.”

This Qin army general was killed by Cao Xing, and the Qin soldiers attacking the city collapsed again and fled to the rear for their lives.

Sima Xin was so anxious that the Qin army was already at its limit. As long as we seize the opportunity and attack when the Qin army is at its limit, the Qin army will definitely collapse.

Han Xin returned to the valley where the army was hidden and summoned all the Han soldiers. He said: "Captain Cao Xing and the others fought with the Qin army for a whole day. The battle was extremely tragic. It can be said that there were corpses everywhere and rivers of blood. But even so , they are still resisting the Qin army, and now it is our turn to deliver the final blow to the violent Qin army. Soldiers, follow me to seize the Qin army’s camp!"

These Han soldiers rested for a day. When they heard the battle situation of Cao Xing and others, they wanted to fly to the battlefield to fight the Qin army. Led by Han Xin and Zheng Xin, these thousands of Han soldiers rushed towards the Qin army's camp with high morale.

At this time, in addition to the thousands of wounded soldiers in the Qin army's camp, Sima Xin was eager for the entire army to attack Hukou Pass, and there was simply no force to defend the camp.

As soon as Han Xin and his thousands of men rushed over, a few Qin army sentries immediately raised their hands and surrendered when they saw them. Han Xin and others occupied the Qin army's camp without any obstruction.

Han Xin shouted: "Quick, quick, put on the flag of our Han army, blow the horn, let Captain Cao Xing and others know that we have cut off the retreat of the Qin army."

Under Han Xin's order, the Han soldiers pulled out the flags of the Qin army and replaced them with the flags of the Han army. Soon the entire Qin army camp was flying with the flags of the Han army.

The horn sound of "woo woo woo" sounded.

Under Hukou Pass, in the Qin army's formation. In front of Hukou Pass, soldiers from both Qin and Han sides were still fighting desperately. From time to time, soldiers fell from Hukou Pass, including Qin soldiers and Han soldiers. From this, we can see how tragic the war was.

But Sima Xin was extremely satisfied with this situation. Although today's siege resulted in thousands of casualties, it also greatly consumed the rebel soldiers. Judging from the progress of today's siege, even if the Han army resisted their attack Attack, but Hukou Pass will definitely fall tomorrow.

This situation made Sima Xin happy. He became a great contributor to the Northern Xinjiang Army this time.

But just when Sima Xin was dreaming about making great achievements, he suddenly heard the sound of a horn coming from behind him.

Sima Xin suspected that he had heard wrongly. He turned around and looked behind him, and saw a scene that shocked him. The flags flying over his camp were actually the flags of the rebels.

At this moment, three fast horses ran into the Qin army's position.

The soldiers on the war horses saw Sima Xin kneeling down and crying: "General, something bad happened. Our camp was taken away by the rebels."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Qin army's formation exploded. The soldiers of the Qin army who had worked hard to attack the city all looked to the rear, only to find that the flag of the Han army was above it.

Sima Xin's face was extremely pale at this time, with no trace of blood visible. His tall body curled up involuntarily. He seemed to understand that he was finished, and so were the 30,000 troops.

Zheng Yang and others who joined the army were suffering from liver and gallbladder injuries, and this was the first time they had encountered such a thing as being cut off. However, they were extremely panicked and did not know what to do.

At the same time, the Han soldiers who had closed the Hukou suddenly discovered the commotion of the Qin army and stopped attacking the city.

This strange situation made Cao Xing think of something. He looked behind the Qin army in surprise and found that their Han army's flag was planted in the Qin army's camp.

Suddenly, he felt refreshed, and his exhausted body suddenly gave birth to infinite strength. He raised his sword high and pointed at the Qin army camp and shouted: "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived. Han Xin and the others have occupied the Qin army camp. The Qin people and the others have Already defeated.”

The Han soldiers looked in the direction Cao Xing was pointing, and their morale was immediately boosted, and they cheered loudly.

"We are victorious, we are victorious!"

The cheers of the Han soldiers when the Hukou was closed was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. They had been driving hard for several days, and they had been fighting for a whole day in an extremely dangerous environment. Their energy was already exhausted. In a state of extreme consumption, their spirits generally suffered a breakdown, and the morale of the Qin soldiers was extremely low at this time.

And now to find that the camp had been taken away from them had completely shattered their morale.

"The rebels are coming, run away!" Some soldier shouted loudly.

The morale of the Qin army suddenly collapsed. The soldiers ran wildly, trying to find a way out for themselves. The Qin army's formation fell into pieces. Everyone suddenly lost their minds, yelled crazily, and dispersed.

Han Xin and Zheng Xin, who were in the Qin army's camp, saw the Qin army collapse and said overjoyed: "Soldiers, go capture the prisoners!"

The two men led thousands of Han soldiers towards the collapsed Qin army.

Cao Xing, who was closing the mouth of the pot, saw the collapse of the Qin army earlier than Han Xin.

He laughed loudly and said: "Brothers, the Qin army blew up the camp. Now it's our turn to attack them. Follow me and kill them out."

The Han soldiers who didn't have much strength at first were very excited when they saw the enemy who had been attacking them for a day bombing the camp, and their tired bodies felt full of strength.

Caoxian opened the Hukou Pass city gate and led 2000 soldiers to attack the Qin army.

"General, run away quickly, the enemy has already escaped!" Zheng Yang, who joined the army, rushed to Sima Xin and wanted to take him with him.

But Sima Xin shook off Zheng Yang's hand and said dejectedly: "There are heroes in front of us and pursuers behind us. We can't escape."

Then Sima Xin said in frustration: "Surrender, the Han army will not kill the prisoners, but let them die today. I have already felt sorry for these soldiers, so don't let these soldiers be killed by the Han army again."

Sima Xin was desperate and didn't want to escape.

The officer beside Sima Xin who had long wanted to surrender heard what he said and immediately shouted: "Don't kill us, we are willing to surrender, willing to surrender."

The surrounding Qin soldiers who wanted to flee for their lives heard their generals shouting to surrender. They stopped running and shouted: "Don't kill us, we are willing to surrender."

The sky was already darkening, and Hukou Pass was surrounded by wilderness and mountains. God knows whether he could survive if he escaped to the mountains. It would be better to surrender to the Han army to save his life.

So when Cao Xing led his soldiers to rush down Hukou Pass, he saw thousands of Qin soldiers discarding their weapons and waiting dejectedly to be captured by Cao Xing.

Cao Xing immediately ordered his soldiers to surrender the Qin army that was all over the mountains and plains. The 3 Qin army had no way to escape. When they fled halfway up the mountain, they found that Sima Xin and others had surrendered, so they went down the mountain and surrendered to the Han army.

By the time Han Xin came over with thousands of soldiers, Cao Xing and the others were already in the final stages.

Cao Xing laughed loudly when he saw Han Xin and said: "After this battle, the name of our brothers will be spread all over the world. More than 3,000 people defeated the 30,000 Qin army. There have been few battles in which a small number defeated a large number in ancient times." .”

Zheng Xin said with a hint of disdain: "It was Han Xin who made this battle plan."

But Han Xin immediately said: "If the captain hadn't resisted the Qin army, my plan would have been difficult to implement, not to mention that this time our army annihilated the Qin army except the captain who contributed the most."

"I was the one who contributed the most in this battle, and Han Xin was also my subordinate. I deserve all the credit." Cao Xing thought of how he had fought hard for a day and escaped death several times, and he suddenly felt that he had won this victory. The fruit is well deserved.

Zheng Xin said: "Report this battle situation to General Zhang He."

December 37, the 9th year of the First Emperor's reign.

Zhang He led 3 soldiers to Hukou Pass, but it was already reported that Cao Xing and Han Xin had annihilated Sima Xin's troops. He was shocked and speechless for a long time.

Seeing Cao Xing and Han Xin, they even joked and laughed: "It's okay if Shangdang County was penetrated by you with 5000 soldiers. Even Sima Xin's 3 troops were annihilated by you. You really left all the credit for us behind." of these brothers.”

Hukou Pass, the main tent of the Chinese army.

The generals of the Han army gathered in the big tent and congratulated Cao Xing and the others on their unprecedented victory.

Zheng Xin said: "This is all Han Xin's plan. I don't have the ability to defeat an enemy 10 times my size."

Zhang He looked at Han Xin and said with a smile: "A few days ago, you told me that you would accomplish a world-shaking achievement. Unexpectedly, it was not my general's world-shaking contribution, but your world-shaking contribution."

The annihilation of 3 Qin troops in the first battle was a great victory for Zhang He, but it was not a world-shattering victory. However, Han Xin and the others defeated the Qin troops with only people, which was indeed a world-shattering victory for Han Xin. .

Han Xin just wanted to explain.

But Zhang He smiled and said: "You are indeed the first in the officer training class. You are indeed a born general. Your merits will be reported to the King of Han."

Han Xin was overjoyed and saluted: "Thank you, general."

"Immediately report the victory to the Baima Camp and tell the King of Han that not only did we occupy Hukou Pass, but we also annihilated Sima Xin's 3 Qin troops. Meng Tian and the others can't escape." Zhang Hexi said with a smile.

Zhuo Yang, who joined the army, said happily: "No."

Zhang He looked at the map of Shangdang County and said: "The army continues to advance, continue to capture Lu County and Shexian County, and completely surround Meng Tian's army, making it difficult for the Northern Xinjiang Army to fly."

The generals shouted: "Promise!"

(End of this chapter)