Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 125 The Night Attack on Hangu Pass

The waning moon is like a hook, hanging alone on the top of the mountain.

In the middle of the night, Xiangzhuang's three thousand soldiers had already assembled in the hills a dozen miles away from Hangu Pass.

Previously, Xiao Kai and Tian Heng's two armies had been fighting in rounds at Hangu Pass. After three days of rounds, Xiao Kai's rear army and Tian Heng's right army had killed more than 4000 people. More than [-] people were added to the Chinese army. Up to now, there are less than [-] people left in Xiangzhuang's Chinese army.

However, Xiang Zhuang's [-] soldiers have never moved, and they have been recharging their energy all the time!
Also, more than [-] ladders, more than [-] well rails, and five siege vehicles have never appeared!
After three days of continuous fierce fighting, Xiang Zhuang has reason to believe that the defenders on Hangu Pass have formed a fixed mindset. Most of them will think that the rebels outside the pass will build long ladders at night and continue to attack the city during the day!
Tonight, Xiao Kai's rear army is still cutting down trees on the mountains on both sides of Chidao, building long ladders with great fanfare.

However, the Chu army will not wait until tomorrow to launch an attack, and Xiang Zhuang will surprise the guard of Hangu Pass!
In the middle of the night today, after the waning moon in the sky falls into the mountains, when the earth is completely plunged into darkness, Xiang Zhuang will dispatch all the ladders, well rails, siege vehicles and [-] Chujia troops to attack the Hangu Pass. Launch a thunderous attack, this battle, the Chu army must win and only win!
Surrounded by Gao Chu, Jin Xiang and Gongsun Sui, Xiang Zhuang walked slowly into the mountain ao.

The night wind was as cold as water, and the pines were sobbing. The three thousand Chu Jias all turned their heads, and the three thousand pairs of burning eyes gathered on Xiang Zhuang almost at the same time. They ate, drank and slept for three days. It's time for Qian Chujia to make a move, and it's time for the Han army who closed the Hangu Pass to learn from the Chu army's front.

Facing Sanqian Chujia's fiery eyes, Xiang Zhuang raised his head to the sky and roared, "Do you still remember the Battle of Julu?"

"Remember!"

"Remember!"

"Remember!"

At least [-] veterans of the Chu Army suddenly agreed.

The rest of Chu Jia who had not participated in the Battle of Julu all looked at the five hundred veterans with reverence. Obviously, in their eyes, it was a great honor to be able to follow the former king to participate in the Battle of Julu.

Xiang Zhuang nodded his head and continued to growl: "In the battle of Julu, our 20 Chu Jia faced [-] elite Qin army, and our strength was less than a quarter of the opponent! How sharp is the Qin army? Hand crossbows, kicking crossbows , cart crossbow, bed crossbow, all kinds of crossbows; catapults, punching chariots, chariots, all kinds of chariots, but so what? Oh, so what?!"

"In the end, didn't the Qin army still lose to us?!"

"The Qin army is the elite, but what our Chu army destroys is the elite!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Sanqian Chujia's blood was stirred up by Xiang Zhuang's words, and they couldn't help but hit their shields with knives, stomp the ground with their feet, or simply bump their chests with their fists, while roaring hysterically.

Under the faint burning firelight, Xiang Zhuang leisurely raised his right hand.

Three thousand Chujia's roars suddenly stopped abruptly like a knife cut.

Xiang Zhuang took a deep breath, and then shouted hoarsely: "Do you still remember the battle in Pengcheng?"

"Remember!"

"Remember!"

"Remember!"

This time, at least a thousand veterans responded with a bang.

The remaining two thousand Chujia once again gave these thousand veterans enthusiastic and envious eyes. Compared with the Battle of Julu, the Battle of Pengcheng was more legendary and more exciting.

"In the battle of Pengcheng, old man Liu Bang gathered more than a dozen princes and 56 coalition troops to attack Chu!"

"Our army of Chu State is far away in Qi State. In the end, even the capital of Pengcheng was lost, so most of the nine counties of Chu fell and defended. But so what? Oh, so what?!"

"In the end, the 56 coalition army was defeated by my [-] Chu Jia!"

"Old Liu Bang even threw away his father, wife and son in order to escape!"

"In front of my great Chu elite, ten princes and millions of coalition troops are all local chickens and dogs, and they are all mobs! My great Chu soldiers, how can those rats be able to resist?!"

"Big Chu!"

"Big Chu!"

"Big Chu!"

Sanqian Chujia howled again in response.

Xiang Zhuang raised his right hand again, and the wolf howling of Sanqian Chujia stopped abruptly again.

"And..." Xiang Zhuang pointed to the three thousand Chujia, and shouted again, "Battle of Dabie Mountain!"

"I ran out of three thousand arrows and food, and I was exhausted. Old Liu Bang gathered eighteen princes and 70 coalition troops to try to enter the mountains to encircle our army, but what happened? Oh, what happened? !"

"In the end, the encirclement network of the 70 coalition forces was smashed to pieces by my three thousand Chujia!"

"Old Liu Bang clamored to take the head of Xiang Zhuang from me, but in the end he almost died in the Dabie Mountains!"

"Don't look at my big Chu with only [-] iron armors left, but I can still break through the Hangu Pass, and I can still go straight to the pass and destroy the old man Liu Bang's Xianyang nest!" After a pause, Xiang Zhuang asked hoarsely, "Han It is true that Guguan is a mighty pass in the world, but in front of my great Chu iron armor, it is just a thatched cottage, which can be broken in one blow!"

"break!"

"break!"

"break!"

Three Thousand Chujia suddenly roared like a tsunami.

Xiang Zhuang pulled out the horizontal knife abruptly, pointed the sharp tip of the knife at the void in front of him, and yelled again, "My sons of Dachu, please tell me, are you men?"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Sanqian Chujia responded frantically.

Xiang Zhuang yelled again: "It's a man, let me break through Hangu Pass and go straight to Xianyang!"

"Go straight to Xianyang!"

"Go straight to Xianyang!"

"Go straight to Xianyang!"

Sanqian Chujia responded enthusiastically.

With their blood boiling, many veterans of the Chu army were even furious. At this moment, they just wanted to kill Shanghangu Pass with a ring knife and enjoy the bloody killing feast!At this moment, they are a group of bloodthirsty beasts, they just want to tear up the prey in front of them, and then enjoy their flesh and blood!
Xiang Zhuang grinned grimly, and lightly drew the horizontal knife in his hand forward.

In an instant, the three thousand Chujia turned around in unison and rushed towards the outside of the mountain.

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Hangu Pass is closed, and more than a dozen pots of fire oil are burning vigorously.

The waning moon hanging alone in the sky has already fallen into the back of the mountain, and the earth has already fallen into sinking.

However, more than a dozen pots of blazing fire oil still illuminated the entire pass city as bright as day, and even the scenery within fifty steps outside the pass was vaguely distinguishable. In the distance, several patrol teams were holding long iron halberds and patrolling back and forth on the closed wall.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a strange noise coming from the night sky outside the pass.

"What sound?" A veteran of the Han army who had participated in the Battle of Xingyang pricked up his ears, but after listening carefully, he found nothing. He only heard the sound of pines.

"Team leader, you'd better go down and rest." A recruit came up to him and said flatteringly.

Another recruit also said: "Yes, team leader, the rebels will not attack the city until after dawn. Look, they are still cutting wood to build long ladders."

After finishing speaking, the recruit Danzi pointed to the distant mountain again.

On the mountain, you can faintly see the dots of fire, which are the rebels who are logging on the mountain.

"You guys know nothing!" The veteran team reprimanded honestly and bluntly, "I tell you that there is nothing wrong with being careful. On the battlefield, you must maintain sufficient vigilance at all times, otherwise, you won't even know if your head is off." What's going on!" After finishing speaking, the veteran team turned his head and shouted, "Er Gouzi, push the bed crossbow over there to me."

The recruit Danzi named Er Gouzi didn't dare to neglect, so he hurried forward and pushed a bed crossbow over.

The bolts of the bed crossbow had been tightened, and the arrows had been installed. The veteran team took the two giant arrows from the bolts, and then tore off a battle robe from the recruits around him, and wrapped them around the arrows. Then dip some kerosene into the fire oil tank, and then put it into the burning brazier for a flick, and the two faintly burning rockets are ready.

The veterans took the lead and put the two rockets back into the crossbow's crossbow, and then took the wooden hammer and smashed them down.

Just hearing a loud "bang", two rockets immediately passed through the gap between the battlements and roared towards the outside of the pass.

The rocket shot forward for a hundred steps, and the momentum was still undiminished, but at this moment, the veteran team leader and the dozen or so recruits next to him discovered something terrible. , They clearly discovered that a towering giant suddenly appeared in the wilderness outside the pass that was supposed to be empty!

"That's..." The recruits didn't realize it all at once, they looked at each other, not knowing why.

The veteran team was well-informed, and immediately howled incomparably terribly: "The well, it's the well! Damn it, that's the rebel's well! God, how could the rebels have a well? How could they have a well?!" After finishing speaking, the veterans turned their heads and roared again, "Enemy attack! Blow the horn, blow the horn to warn!"

In a short while, there was a continuous sound of horns on Hangu Pass.

Almost at the same time as the horn was sounded, bits and pieces of flames suddenly burst out outside Hangu Pass. With the light of thousands of torches, the sentries and patrols guarding Hangu Pass were terrified. It was discovered that in the wilderness outside the pass, there were dozens of well rails, dozens of ladders, and huge siege vehicles!

Obviously, after realizing that their whereabouts have been found out, the rebels have no scruples!
The next moment, there was an overwhelming sound of chant outside Hangu Pass, and the well rail and the ladder suddenly started to speed up.

Surrounding the well fence and the ladder, there were suddenly black armored soldiers of the rebel army. Under the light of the fire, the swords, guns, swords and halberds in the hands of the armored soldiers of the rebel army all reflected the cold light, and even the shields in their hands could reflect the gloomy light. Obviously, this rebel army who raided at night is fundamentally different from the rebel army armed with bamboo swords and wooden halberds a few days ago.

In less than a moment, the rebels' wells, ladders, and siege vehicles were less than fifty steps away from the closing wall. Seeing this scene, the Han army guards guarding the closing wall were so anxious that their faces turned green. , although the Han army camp in the pass has already turned against the sky, and teams of Han army armored soldiers are swarming along the street, but...is there still time?

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PS: Niu is just one word, sons of Dachu, you are indeed men.

(End of this chapter)