Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 140
Let's not talk about Xiang Zhuang's recruitment of various wealthy families in Xianyang, let's talk about Liu Bang, who has already rushed outside Hangu Pass.

Zhang Liang's 10,000+ army finally arrived, because after entering Liangdi, there was a wide and flat road to walk all the way, so the marching speed was greatly accelerated.

Without time to catch his breath, Zhang Liang hurried to Liu Bang's big tent.

"Zifang, you're here." Seeing Zhang Liang, Liu Bang felt as if he had seen his relatives. He immediately stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Liang's hand tightly, and then led Zhang Liang to the big tent where he placed his hand. In front of the screen, he said eagerly, "Zifang, the widow just got the news that Lu Ze has blocked Wuguan, but why did the Guanying cavalry come to Hedong?"

According to Chen Ping's plan, Lu Ze would block the Wu Pass, and the Guanying cavalry should block the Feihu Path.

Zhang Liang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this is all my minister's arrangement. General Fu Kuan has led [-] elite soldiers to cross the river from Baimajin. Huguan and Jingxing should have been blocked by now. The kings of Guan and Jingxing have attracted [-] troops, and they should have gone north to Yunzhong and blocked Feihuxing."

"Oh, so it was arranged by you, the ovary." Liu Bang felt relieved.

Chen Ping said, "Brother Zifang, Guanying has eight thousand cavalry, do you have other arrangements?"

"That's right." Zhang Liang smiled slightly, and said again, "Guanying's eight thousand cavalry troops will seal off the east bank of the river and strictly prevent the Chu army from fleeing eastward into Han. In this way, as long as Wuguan is not lost, the Chu army will There are not many choices, either flee into Hanzhong, or go west to the territory of the Qiang people, or go north to Hetao to join the Huns."

Chen Pingdao: "With the abilities of Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao, the Chu army should not go to Hanzhong."

Zhang Liangdao: "Let's not talk about whether the Chu army can enter Hanzhong. If they really enter, I'm afraid they won't be able to get out!"

Hanzhong is surrounded by natural dangers, and it is true that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but on the other hand, it is not easy to get out of Hanzhong. The reason why the army of the King of Han was able to break out of Hanzhong, and also set up Sanqin, was because of Han Xin's " The ingenious plan of "building plank roads in the open and crossing Chencang secretly" completely deceived Zhang Han, Sima Xin and others.

Therefore, if the Chu army entered Hanzhong, Liu Bang would never give him another chance to leave Hanzhong.

At that time, whether it is to go south to Bashu, or go north to Hanzhong, or go east to Jingchu, all roads will be blocked by the Han army.

Liu Bang frowned, and said somewhat depressedly: "Zifang, Chen Ping, and Hangu Pass haven't left yet."

Zhang Liang said indifferently: "Don't worry, my lord, Xiang Zhuang will never be so arrogant that he thinks that the Chu army can hold the pass, so he will never leave too many troops at Hangu Pass. Your lord has an army of 10,000+, plus there are With heavy siege equipment such as ladders, well rails, siege vehicles, and catapults, it will be a matter of time before Hangu Pass is captured."

"Ah." Liu Bang sighed, and said more and more depressed, "Ovary, you don't know that all the corn that Lu Ze hoarded in the Luoyang warehouse was robbed by Xiang Zhuang's children, and even the corn in the surrounding counties was also looted. Now, I can only send troops to pretend to be the Chu army to grab food, after this battle, the people of Sanchuan may be empty."

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were silent, there was no food in the army, and it was impossible to rob the people of food.

You can't let 10,000+ soldiers go to fight the Chu army hungry, right?If this is the case, the 10,000+ army will mutiny immediately, and there will be no need to fight this battle.

##########
At Hangu Pass, Pang Yu and more than a dozen sharp men were peeping at the Han army on the left peak of the pass.

Hangu Pass is built between two towering peaks. One side of the isolated peak on the left side of the pass is Hangu Pass, and the other side is the roaring river. The downstream of the river is extremely wide and the water flow is extremely slow. But near Hangu Pass, the water surface is extremely narrow, the current is extremely fast, and there are many hidden reefs underwater, making it impossible for boats to ferry across.

Standing on the top of the lonely peak, looking at the endless Han army camp outside Hangu Pass, Pang Yu's expression was unprecedentedly dignified. There is no doubt that the Han army from far away in Qidi has already arrived at Hangu Pass It is also foreseeable that the Han army's offensive will become more violent in the future.

When the armies of Huan Chu and Ji Bu withdrew from Hulao Pass, there were still more than [-] soldiers.

However, now, after two days of fierce battles with the Han army at Hangu Pass, there are less than 4000 of the 200 remnants left. What worries Pang Yu especially is that the morale of the remaining [-] remnants is extremely low, and even more than [-] remnants The veterans who fell into the battle also thought that the fall of Hangu Pass would happen sooner or later. After all, Pang Yu still lacked prestige.

If General Jing Qian was still there, the situation would probably be different, right?

But Pang Yu also knew very well that the reason why the general transferred Huan Chu and Ji Bu but left their [-] troops behind was to give him a chance to build up his prestige!Thinking of this, an inexplicable emotion surged in Pang Yu's heart. No matter what, Pang Yu could not let down the trust of the general!
However, how easy is it to hold the Hangu Pass?
Pang Yu was not worried because the Han army had many generals, but the ladders, well rails, siege vehicles and catapults of the Han army seriously threatened the safety of Hangu Pass, especially the well rail built by the Han army. It caused great damage to the soldiers of the Chu army who closed the gate. Most of the more than [-] people who died in the battle were shot and killed by the archers of the Han army on the well.

Therefore, if you want to guard Hangu Pass, you must find ways to destroy the wells of the Han army!
However, the Jinglan of the Han army usually hides behind the camp except when attacking the city, and there are several Han army camps separated from Hangu Pass. How to destroy it?

After thinking hard for a long time and getting nothing, Pang Yu subconsciously picked up a piece of mountain vine.

The mountain vine was about as thick as an arm, but Pang Yu pulled it lightly but it didn't move at all, and when he pulled hard, it still didn't move at all.

Pang Yu couldn't help being a little surprised. When he looked down again, he saw such old vines all over the cliff. Looking at the lush old vines all over the cliff, Pang Yu's heart suddenly moved, maybe...

##########
Silent night.

The more than 200 veterans who fell into the battle have all been summoned by Pang Yu.

Wearing heavy armor and a horizontal knife on his waist, Pang Yu greeted more than 200 pairs of indifferent eyes, and shouted loudly: "Tell me, do you want to be a coward or a hero?"

"Nonsense." A veteran said bluntly, "Of course I want to be a hero."

Pang Yu was not angry because of the veteran's rudeness, and asked again: "What if you can only be a hero for one night?"

"So what?" the veteran said coldly, "If you are a human being, you will eventually die. As long as you can be a hero, as long as you can earn military merit for your wife and children, it is worth being a hero for just a moment!"

"Okay." Pang Yu nodded, then asked the others, "What about you?!"

"Damn, when we fought, didn't we put our heads on our belts?"

"That's right, when did our Dachu's son-in-law admit love? Afraid of death?"

"There is no need to ask. I have killed all the way here from the Dabie Mountains, and I still care about life and death?"

More than 200 veterans immediately shouted, and all of them showed anger on their faces. Obviously, Pang Yu's words angered them.

Pang Yu's face was cold, but his heart was secretly happy.

In Sun Tzu's Art of War, there is a strategy of aggressive generals, and what Pang Yu did today!
"Okay, very good!" Pang Yu pulled out the horizontal knife abruptly, and shouted fiercely, "Since everyone wants to be a hero, then don't wait to die at Hangu Pass, just go and burn the Han Dynasty with this general." The army's supply camp!"

"Ok?"

"what?"

"Burn the supply camp of the Han army?"

"What, to attack the Han army's supply camp?"

"No way, we, more than 200 people, are going to attack the Han army camp?"

As soon as the voice fell, more than 200 veterans immediately looked at each other, and each of them suspected that they had heard it wrong.

"Why, are you scared?" Pang Yu said coldly, "Don't dare to go? Don't want to be a hero anymore?!"

"Bullshit!" said the veteran soldier who spoke first, "Of course we are not afraid of death, but we don't want to die in vain!"

Soon another veteran joined in and said, "That's right, we only have more than 200 people. I'm afraid we can't even break the first barracks of the Han army outside the pass, so how can we burn down the last barracks?"

"Who said we were going to kick the battalion from the front?" Pang Yu asked coldly.

"Don't kick the battalion from the front? Where do you kick the battalion from?" The veteran just said again, "There is only one way out of Hangu Pass. Could it be that we can fly over the cliffs on both sides?"

Pang Yu didn't answer, but a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Immediately after Pang Yu said something to more than 200 veterans, the eyes of more than 200 veterans suddenly lit up, and all of their faces showed excitement, and there was a faint murderous intent.

Looking at the veterans who were enraged, Pang Yu couldn't help but feel at ease.

However, only more than 200 veterans are not enough. It is better to select at least 4000 healthy soldiers from more than 500 recruits, and there are more than [-] elite soldiers, and each of them carries a can of fierce fire oil.

##########
In the camp of the Han army, Liu Bang was sleeping soundly with his arms around Mrs. Qi's small waist. Suddenly, there was a burst of killing and cutting outside the tent. Liu Bang was startled and stood naked before he could put on his clothes. He got up and shouted in surprise: "What's going on, what's going on, where is the sound of killing?"

"Your Majesty, General Li Shang has led troops to respond to the attack on the supply camp."

As soon as Liu Bang's words fell, Xia Houying's reply sounded from outside the sleeping tent, and Mrs. Qi, who was also naked, quickly pulled the brocade quilt to cover her graceful delicate body.

"The main supply camp was attacked?" Liu Bang frowned, "Why did the Chu army come from behind?"

"It's probably not the Chu army." Xia Houying said outside the tent, "It's probably a small group of bandits who came from somewhere."

"Nonsense! When a small band of bandit soldiers saw the large army of widows, they might not have time to escape, so how could they dare to attack?!" After Liu Bang finished speaking, he suddenly lifted the tent and strode out of the tent, about to order Xia Houying to arrest Zhang When Liang and Chen Ping came to find them, a fire suddenly ignited in the direction of the rear camp!
This is? !Looking at the fire that had turned half of the night sky red for a few days, Liu Bang suddenly changed color.

With such a huge fire, the heavy siege equipment such as ladders, well rails, siege vehicles, and catapults in the heavy camp, as well as the corn that was collected with great difficulty for tens of thousands of stones, may not be able to keep.

###################
PS: There are still a few votes short, so I will update it first.

In addition, I solemnly recommend a book "Super Chinese Empire", a passionate anti-Japanese war written by a cutting-edge writer "Autumn Wind Rising and Falling Leaves", ISBN: 2209716, there is a link in the through parking space, don't miss it if you like anti-Japanese military literature.

(End of this chapter)