Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 131 Burning the Tiger Prison
Hulao Pass.

Amidst the endless sound of horns, the Han army crowded under the Dongguan Pass finally retreated like a tide.

Jing Qian breathed a long sigh of relief, and sat down on the messy wall. Pang Yu also leaned on the battlement not far away, panting heavily.

Looking around, the corpses of the Han army were scattered all over the pass.

Most of the corpses have been charred, which is all thanks to the fierce fire oil.

The closed wall was also covered with corpses, but these were the corpses of soldiers of the Chu army.

The Jinglan of the Han army still posed a great threat to the closed defenders. After two days of attacking the city, the closed defenders were shot and killed at least more than 2000 people by the Han army archers on the Jinglan!Pang Yu's bed crossbow raid once severely damaged Liang Jun's Jinglan, but Han Jun's Jinglan had learned his lesson and never approached within fifty steps of the Guan wall.

Too far apart, it is difficult for the giant arrow to hit the target while dragging the giant cable.

Fortunately, there is still fierce fire oil, otherwise Hulaoguan would have fallen.

After a long while, Jing Qian finally regained his strength and said to Pang Yu, "Old Liu Bang seems to be crazy."

"Old Liu Bang is not crazy, but anxious." Pang Yu shook his head and said again, "But then again, old Liu Bang can't be in a hurry. It's been six or seven days, and the general may break the letter at any time. Guguan, once Hangu Pass is breached, the Han army will have no danger to defend until Xianyang, do you think old Liu Bang can take it easy?"

Jing Qian looked around and said worriedly: "I don't know when the general will be able to break through Hangu Pass?"

"That's right." Pang Yu nodded and agreed, "There is not much fuel left after closing the gate, and there is not much left for rolling wood and rocks. Once the fuel is exhausted, the Hulao Pass may fall sooner or later. "

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes on the long street in the city.

When Jing Qian and Pang Yu got up anxiously to watch, they saw a fast horse had rushed to the east gate like a storm, and then rushed straight to the critical point along the sloping horse path. After unloading his burden, he immediately shouted: "Where is former general Huan Chu? There is an urgent military order..."

Before the words fell, a large group of generals and schools swarmed out from the enemy building.

The two leaders are Huan Chu, the former general of Great Chu, and Ji Bu, the left general.

"Huan Chu is here!" Huan Chu strode forward and said loudly, "Where is the general's order?"

"Here is the military order!" The cavalryman immediately knelt down on one knee, and offered the letter in his hands with both hands.

Huan Chu took the letter, read it hastily, and then looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, great joy, great joy, the general's army has broken through Hangu Pass, and our army has broken through Hangu Pass!"

As soon as Huan Chu's words fell, the soldiers of the Chu army at the critical moment were startled for a moment, and then cheered one after another.

Jing Qian and Pang Yu couldn't help but clap their hands to celebrate. Hangu Pass was broken, so there was no need to defend Hulao Pass. The army of Chu State could completely defend the more majestic Hangu Pass to resist Liu Bang's army!

At the moment Jing Qian said eagerly: "General Huan Chu, what do you say about the military order?"

Huan Chu raised the letter and said loudly: "The general ordered us to abandon the tiger prison immediately and retreat to Hangu Pass!"

"Then what are we waiting for!" Ji Bu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and couldn't wait to say, "It happens that the Hulao Pass is about to break down, so let's leave at night!"

Huan Chu also said: "Order the whole army, prepare to retreat!"

"Two generals, wait a minute!" Pang Yu hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "If our army leaves like this, the Han army will definitely chase after them. At that time, our army will neither retreat nor defend. You will be very passive." After all, Pang Yu has read military books, and he knows that it is important to retreat before the battle.

Huan Chu was a rough man, he said disapprovingly, "Afraid of a bird?"

Ji Bu felt that Pang Yu's worry was justified, and said, "Pang Yu, what do you think should be done?"

Pang Yu said: "The general thought that the two generals led the army and turned in secretly first, but they were not allowed to light torches, and the soldiers of each army were not allowed to make any noise. All horses had to have their hooves wrapped in cloth and their mouths bited, so as not to be discovered by the Han army's spy!" After a pause, he said again, "The last general and General Jingqian will lead [-] elites to be responsible for cutting off the rear!"

Huan Chu frowned and said, "Is this necessary?"

Ji Bu persuaded, "Lao Huan, be careful!"

"Okay, okay." Huan Chu had no choice but to turn around and tell the captain of the guards, "The order is that no torches are allowed in each battalion, all soldiers are not allowed to make noise, and all horses' hooves are wrapped in cloth and their mouths are caged. Move!" At the same time, Ji Bu also issued an order to his left army to move forward.

Jing Qian and Pang Yu's [-] light soldiers stayed behind.

Watching Huan Chu and Ji Bu leave, Pang Yu said to Jing Qian again: "General, it's time for us to get ready."

Jing Qian said: "What is there to prepare? The bodies of the fallen soldiers have been cremated, and the ashes have been collected."

"This is not what the last general is talking about." Pang Yu sighed and explained patiently, "In one night, the Huanchu and Jibu armies may not be able to go too far. Once Liu Bang sends elite cavalry to chase them, they can still go. We have caught up, so we have to set up an obstacle at Hulao Pass to prevent the Han army from chasing as much as possible."

"Obstacle?" Jing Qian was also a rough old man, puzzled, "What obstacle?"

"Set fire!" Pang Yu said in a deep voice, "Let's pour all the remaining kerosene on the barracks in the pass, and then set the fire on fire. Once the fire ignites, within three or two days, we won't die." If you want to extinguish it, old Liu Bang and his army can only stand outside the pass and stare blankly, hehe."

"Oh." Jing Qian gasped, "Pang Yu, I have you."

Pang Yu smiled and said nothing, but he thought in his heart that my son's military books for more than ten years are not for nothing.

At present, Jing Qian and Pang Yu left 50 people to watch the night, and then took the rest to get busy.

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Outside Hulao Pass, Liu Bang's camp.

After Zhou Bo, elite soldiers from Li Shang and Xia Houying also arrived. Now, more than 6 elite soldiers have gathered under Liu Bang's command. However, Zhang Liang's main force and the follow-up supplies and supplies are still hundreds of miles away. , It will be tomorrow evening at the earliest to arrive at Hulao Pass.

The atmosphere in the big tent was a bit dignified, and Liu Bang was pacing back and forth with anxiety on his face.

Zhou Bo, Li Shang, Xia Houying, and Chen Ping stared wide-eyed, none of them dared to say anything.

After a long while, Liu Bangcai stopped and said to Chen Ping, "Chen Ping, how about making a quick attack at night?"

Liu Bang didn't want to wait any longer, and he didn't dare to wait any longer. If he waited any longer, Xiang Zhuang'er might enter Guanzhong.

Chen Pingdao: "The Chu army is heavily guarded, so a sneak attack may not be a big deal."

"It doesn't matter that much." Liu Bang looked around at the generals and said, "Who dares to take orders?"

When Xia Houying was about to go out, a young general had already snatched the squad from behind Zhou Bo, and said proudly: "The last general wants to go!"

When Liu Bang looked intently, it was Zhou Bo's only son, Zhou Guanfu, who immediately nodded happily and said, "Okay, I will give you three thousand elites, and you must take Hulao Pass tonight!" After saying this, Liu Bang said again, "If I don't remember If you make a mistake, you seem to be almost full, and when you break through the tiger prison, the widow will personally crown you!"

"Your Majesty, just take a look." Zhou Guanfu said proudly, "The last general will not disgrace his life!"

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It is the third quarter of Yin time, which is the darkest time before dawn.

Jing Qian and Pang Yu led more than 200 veterans to work in the middle of the night, and finally laid dry firewood, wormwood and other flammable materials under the eaves and on the roofs of buildings such as barracks, storerooms, warehouses, and buildings. The fire spread rapidly, and the two also used all the dozens of cans of fire oil that had been closed.

At this time, Jing Qian, Pang Yu and more than 300 veterans were sitting in the gate to rest.

After closing the door, more than 50 veterans were patrolling back and forth, but they were about to evacuate from Hulao, and everyone's thoughts were no longer here, so everyone was inevitably a little careless.

After resting for a while, Jing Qian said to Pang Yu again: "Pang Yu, if you take a break, I'll close it and turn it around."

Pang Yu nodded, and said to Jing Qian: "General, it's almost there, why don't we set fire to it?"

"No hurry." Jing Qian waved his hand and said, "After dawn, Liu Bang's army enters the pass, and we will set fire again. Hey, before I leave, I will kill a few thousand more people."

After all, Jing Qian went to the gate slowly.

Pang Yu frowned, wanting to persuade Jing Qian a few words.

As the saying goes, when the moon is full, it will lose, and when the water is full, it will overflow. Everything should not be too much, otherwise it will be too much, but Pang Yu thought about it, Jing Qian is a big bastard, telling him these things is playing the piano with a cow, so he didn't say anything.

Besides Jing Qian, when he strode to the critical moment, he saw more than 50 veterans of the night watch sitting together in twos and threes, joking and chatting. There was a strange noise, and when I looked up hurriedly, I saw more than a dozen stepladders had turned up, and the ladders were suddenly full of people!

Jing Qian's pupils shrank sharply in an instant, and he shouted loudly: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Before the words fell, more than a dozen stepladders leaned heavily against the wall of the pass with the sound of "bang" and "bang", and dozens of armored soldiers of the Han army who climbed the first half of the ladder jumped directly to the pass. On the wall, the leader is a young general in white robe with a face like Fu Fen, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, but in his hands is a pair of six-foot iron halberds.

This young general in white robe is naturally Zhou Guanfu, the only son of the famous Han general Zhou Bo.

The Han army almost adopted the same tactics as the Chu army, taking advantage of the cover of night to push the ladder to the pass and directly seize the city.

Zhou Guanfu took the lead, and with more than two hundred sharp men attached to the stepladder, he climbed up the wall directly. Before the stepladder was completely hooked to the battlements, Zhou Guanfu jumped down on the wall, and then he saw the screaming Jing Qian, the two halberds in his hands collided with each other, and there was a loud bang in an instant, and then he threw off his strides and rushed towards Jing Qian.

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PS: It's a miracle, it actually got [-] votes yesterday, I'm touched.

(End of this chapter)