Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 128 Attack on Xianyang
When Xiang Zhuang rode his horse into Hangu Pass surrounded by Wei Liao and Wu She, the sky was already bright.

Wei Liao patted the broken and closed door of Hangu Pass, and said with emotion: "General, Hangu Pass is magnificent in the world, but it was finally captured by me, Dachu, hehehe."

Wu She also slammed Jie Zan and said: "I have a big Chu iron armor, there is no impenetrable pass!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, then got off his horse and stepped up to the critical point step by step along the path.

Walking all the way up the horse path, I saw corpses lying on the ground everywhere, most of them belonged to the Han army, but there were also many dead soldiers from the Chu army, especially when Xiang Zhuang stepped on the top of the city, At a glance, he saw Gongsun Sui standing still on the gate. Although Gongsun Sui had passed away, his eyes were wide open, and his body did not fall down.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help sighing, he didn't want Gongsun Sui to die here.

Gongsun Sui was originally a small school under Xiao Gongjiao's tent. He was brave and good at fighting, and his martial arts skills were outstanding. Xiang Zhuang still remembers the scene when Gongsun Sui and more than 50 Chu soldiers were rescued, but he never thought about it, but today he is here.

In addition to Gongsun Sui, the first camp also suffered heavy casualties, at least 200 people died in battle, and more than a hundred people were seriously injured!
Apart from going to the camp first, there were relatively few casualties in the camp, and there was not a single casualty in the Nu Feng camp.

Jin Xiang came to Xiang Zhuang dejectedly, and said in shame: "General, Jin Xiang is useless, he failed to save the life of Big Brother Gongsun, please punish him."

"Stupid boy." Xiang Zhuang patted Jin Xiang on the shoulder and sighed, "How can I blame you?"

After saying this, Xiang Zhuang looked around at the soldiers of the Chu army who were standing in awe, and raised his arms and shouted: "As a soldier, Gongsun was able to die in battle, and it was his honor to be shrouded in horse leather! And all the soldiers who died in battle, this is my honor!" It is also their honor! How honored they were to die on the battlefield and at Hangu Pass?!"

Xiang Zhuang's loud voice instantly spread inside and outside the closed wall along with the cool morning wind.

In order to take Hangu Pass, the Chu army paid a high price, and the casualties of [-] recruits were especially heavy!

However, compared with the number of casualties, what is even worse is the morale and morale of the [-] recruits. In the Battle of Hangu Pass, the [-] recruits almost had to face double killings. Veteran slash!Therefore, although Hangu Pass was captured, the remaining ten thousand recruits seemed to be showing signs of instability.

The most urgent task at the moment is to resolve the grievances in the hearts of these more than ten thousand recruits and restore the morale of the army!
Xiang Zhuang roared, and the recruits who were closing the doors and clearing the battlefield raised their heads one after another, but they all looked indifferent. It could be seen that the recruits still had a lot of resentment in their hearts.

Xiang Zhuang took a deep breath and shouted again: "People are going to die after all!"

"Even if it is the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the soup of Yao, Shun and Yu, it still turns into a cup of loess in the end?"

"You, you, and you, will die on the battlefield one day, and will turn into a cup of loess!"

"But I want to tell you that as long as you die well, death is not as terrible as you think."

"What does it mean to die well? It means that you are dead, but the titles you earned with your military exploits, and the rewards you earned with the heads of the enemy, let your wives and children buy land and land, have food and clothing, and live comfortably. Days, this, is called death worthy, and it is not in vain to come to this world for a lifetime, and this is all worth it!"

Be it veterans or recruits, they all nodded silently when they heard this.

What do you want to do when you are a soldier?In addition to making a living, isn't it just a way to seal your wife's shadow?

Although many soldiers are still alone now, as long as they have earned military merits and titles, are they afraid that they will not find a pleasing wife and give birth to ten or eight sons?
At that moment Xiang Zhuang turned his head and shouted, "Where is Wu She?"

Wu She hurriedly took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said, "Wu She is here."

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said loudly: "Record the names of all soldiers, whether they are alive or dead in battle, all of them will be promoted to the first rank!" Xiang Zhuang's promise was actually just a blank check, because now he He has neither land nor food income, and he can't give Lumi at all despite being granted a title.

However, no one doubted Xiang Zhuang's promise, because the ancients were very loyal.

Especially for a high-ranking and powerful person like Xiang Zhuang, if he blatantly does something that does not keep his word, he will inevitably be cast aside by the whole world!Therefore, whether they are veterans or new recruits, they are all willing to believe that when the Chu army returns to Jiangdong, Xiang Zhuang will definitely fulfill his promise and reward them with real titles!
After hearing Xiang Zhuang's promise, all the soldiers looked excited!
Especially those veterans of the Chu army, many of them have even obtained the fourth-level title of "Unchanging"!
Once you have obtained the title of no renewal, it means that you can be exempted from renewal, that is to say, you can retire at any time, and you will no longer have to work hard to earn military merits on the battlefield!Of course, at this stage, the veterans of the Chu army still have to serve in the army even if they have won the no-renewal title. After all, Xiangzhuang doesn't even have a piece of land now.

In less than a moment, more and more recruits gathered in Guanxia.

The recruits relayed word of mouth that Xiang Zhuang's promise quickly spread throughout the army. Under the encouragement of military achievements and the temptation of the title, the resentment in the hearts of the recruits finally dissipated.

Behind Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao couldn't help nodding slightly.

As expected of a general, he hit the nail on the head!

However, the purpose of Xiang Zhuang is not just this. Granting military merits and titles only solves the problem of recruits' morale, but the problem of morale has not been solved. They are elite, but their morale is low and they have no fighting spirit. Xiang Zhuang has to find a way to stimulate their fighting spirit.

To stimulate the fighting spirit of these recruits, it is difficult to say, but easy to say.

As long as you try to arouse the animal nature of the recruits, arouse their desire to burn, kill and loot, they will immediately become a group of bloodthirsty beasts, and they will immediately be full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit!
It's just that the people in Guanzhong are about to suffer unprecedented catastrophe.

Xiang Zhuang didn't care about these anymore, besides, he planned to destroy Liu Bang's foundation in Guanzhong!Now that the situation is imminent, how can he be merciful?As the saying goes, a small amount is not a gentleman, a non-toxic man is not a husband, his heart is not cruel enough, and his hands are not black enough, how can he beat Liu Bang, a street rogue who can push his own son out of the car and run for his life?
Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang didn't hesitate anymore, jumped onto the female wall, and then raised his arms and shouted: "Warriors of Dachu, tell me, are you hungry, do you want to eat meat?"

"Think!" The veterans of the Chu army on the wall responded loudly.

"Do you want to drink?" Xiang Zhuang sternly yelled again.

"Think!" This time, all the recruits who heard the question also responded loudly, and the recruits on the periphery also roared hysterically.

"Do you want to sleep with my little lady?" Xiang Zhuang hissed again with his neck stuck.

"miss you!"

"miss you!"

"miss you!"

No matter if they were veterans or new recruits, they all responded with one voice this time.

Although the veterans are gearing up, the new recruits are also ready to move, and they can't wait.

Xiang Zhuang pulled out the horizontal knife abruptly, and pointed the tip of the knife in the direction of Xianyang in the west, then roared hoarsely: "Then why are you standing here so fucking stupidly? Follow this road and go west. Xianyang, there is meat and wine in Xianyang City, and there are thousands of maids, if you enter Xianyang, the wine, meat, and maids will all be yours!"

Xiang Zhuang's words are like water droplets falling into a frying pan, and when it is closed and closed, it boils back to the sky.

"Let's go, let's go with Lao Tzu, enter Xianyang City, drink and eat meat, and sleep with the little lady in Guanzhong!"

"Hahaha, listen to your mother, I'm going to order the wine and meat in Xianyang City!"

"You bastards, cheer up for me, rush into Xianyang City, grab money, food, and young lady!"

Looking at the recruits and veterans whose blood boiled open and closed, Xiang Zhuang's heart felt cold, so he lightly drew the horizontal knife in his hand forward, and tens of thousands of recruits and veterans suddenly flooded like a flood that broke a dike. After passing Hangu Pass, they flocked to Xianyang four hundred miles away along the straight and spacious road.

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Xianyang was originally the capital of the Great Qin Empire.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu entered the pass one after another. Liu Bang listened to the advice of Xiao He and Zhang Liang, and almost did not move Xianyang City, but Xiang Yu did not follow the advice of his father Fan Zeng, and almost burned it The entire Xianyang was destroyed, but now, under the painstaking management of the Han Prime Minister Xiao He, Xianyang has restored its former prosperity.

Xiao He even made a big effort to build the Changle Palace on the basis of the Qin Palace.

A few days ago, the magnificent Changle Palace was finally completed. Now, Xiao He is accompanying the Queen Lu Zhi and the ten-year-old Prince Liu Ying to inspect the entire palace.

Looking at the layers of palace buildings, Lu Zhi said to Xiao He as he walked: "Prime Minister, the king has only a few wives and concubines, and only six or seven children. Isn't it too deserted for more than a dozen people to live in such a big palace?"

To be honest, Lu Zhi's mood is quite contradictory at this time. On the one hand, she also wants to live in it. It will be very comfortable to live in such a big palace, but the problem is that once she really lives in Changle Palace, there will definitely be many servants. The palace maids of the King of Han, the King of Han was always lustful, so wouldn't it be that the bees had entered the flowers?
Lu Zhi has just turned forty years old, she is at the age of a wolf like a tiger, she doesn't want to just guard the space alone.

Xiao He naturally knew what Lu Zhi was thinking, so he had nothing to say at the moment, so he casually supported and prevaricated.

Lu Zhi sighed, and said again: "Prime Minister, I heard that rebels were found outside Hangu Pass? I don't know where the rebels came from. Why hasn't my elder brother reported back yet?"

As soon as Lu Zhi finished speaking, a small official under the door suddenly chased after him out of breath.

The little official at the door saw Xiao He from a distance, and before he could see the ceremony, he shouted loudly: "Prime Minister, the king urgently delivers it!"

Because the passage through Hangu Pass was blocked, the envoy sent by Liu Bang had to detour through Nanyang County, cross Xiaoshan by small road, pass through Wuguan, and traveled day and night for five days and six nights, and finally arrived in Xianyang.

(End of this chapter)