Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 210
The defender of the Qin Army at Suoqiao Ridge is really a bit proud. Although the boundary wall is not high, some of the young commanders successfully rushed to the top of the boundary wall in their first charge. However, relying on absolute geographical advantages and partial strength advantages, Qin The soldiers of the army quickly drove off the soldiers of the young commander who rushed to the top of the wall, and did not allow the soldiers of the young commander to gain a firm foothold on the top of the wall.

The biggest disadvantage of the Young Marshal in this battle was that it was too difficult to invest troops, and it was too late to fill the trenches under the boundary wall. The foothold on the opposite side is also very narrow. The width from the boundary wall to the trench is only five feet. , It is easy to be broken by the Qin army one by one, and the offensive is naturally difficult to work.

This also made it difficult for the front team of the young commander who was a bit greedy for merit. With the rapid adaptation of the soldiers of the Qin army, they began to take advantage of their condescension, stabbing the young commander's soldiers who were climbing the ladder with spears and war spears. Throwing stones and gray bottles to smash the soldiers of the Young Commander under the wall, not only did the attack of the Young Commander become more sluggish, but the casualties also increased rapidly. Although the soldiers of the Young Commander behind roared like thunder and rushed to join the frontline battle, they Suffering from being unable to cross the trench, no matter how urgently you make noise, it will have no effect.

Fortunately, the new trench bridge vehicle was already on the way up the mountain quickly. Seeing that the offensive was not smooth and the soldiers suffered too many casualties, Zhong Limei, who had won the first opportunity to attack by drawing lots, decisively asked people to ring the golden bell, and temporarily withdrew the soldiers who attacked the wall. Reorganize the team and prepare to wait for a large number of trench bridge vehicles to go up the mountain before launching an attack again. At the same time, the young commanders and soldiers behind the long shield also seize the opportunity to draw their bows and arrows, shooting and killing the soldiers of the Qin Army who were too late to squat down to avoid them, and gave the inexperienced soldiers of the Qin Army Had a bloody war lesson.

It was also unlucky for the soldiers of the Qin army. The water had already been cut off. Today happened to be a sunny day. The bright sun rose from the east. Many sweaty soldiers of the Qin army felt increasingly thirsty, and the voices of asking for water kept coming, and the morale was quickly affected.

At the same time, the reinforcements from the Qin army from Wuguan had rushed to the west of Suoqiao Ridge, but just as the reinforcements from the Qin army reached the mountainside, the young marshal's new trench bridge car had already reached the top of the mountain. Don't lose, let people beat the drums immediately, and attack the Qin army's boundary wall defense line again.

After opening up more roads to cross the trenches, the offensive of the Young Commander's Army has obviously strengthened a lot. Coveting the heavy reward promised by Xiang Kang, the soldiers of the Young Commander's Army continued to attack the top of the wall on the flying ladder, and they succeeded many times Rushing to the top of the wall, if Ning Zhi hadn't used the reserve team to reinforce the boundary wall defense line in time, he would have almost occupied the boundary wall position before the Qin army's reinforcements arrived. Shuai Jun was dragged into a stalemate.

Seeing this scene, Zhong Limei was of course jumping in anxiety, and kept urging the rear team to send more trench bridge vehicles, but he didn't know that the soldiers of the Qin army were also suffering now. Unable to drink, many people were already so thirsty that their throats were smoking, and they kept looking back to see if the drinking water had been delivered. If it weren't for the fierce fighting, some soldiers would have rushed down the mountain to find water to drink.

After more trench bridge vehicles were sent to the top of the mountain, knowing that the opportunity to fight was fleeting, Zhong Limei simply put on his clothes and went to the front line to attack with young commanders and soldiers, forcing the Qin army's reinforcements to go to battle in full. It was only then that he barely withstood the suddenly intensified offensive of the Young Marshal's Army. Zhong Limei couldn't make an impact, and was so anxious that he screamed, but there was still nothing he could do.

"Water is coming! Water is coming!"

"Here comes the water! Go drink the water!"

The opportunity of the battle appeared when the first Qin army water truck was carrying water up the mountain. Knowing that there was a shortage of water on the mountain, the soldiers of the Qin army who went down the mountain filled the first water truck and immediately carried water up the mountain without waiting for all the water trucks. After they were all filled, they went up the mountain together. However, the kindness of these Qin soldiers had serious consequences. Seeing that there was finally water going up the mountain, many Qin soldiers who were so thirsty that they were about to breathe fire ignored the military order and rushed over to grab the water , It immediately affected the morale of the frontline army. Many soldiers of the Qin army only looked back at the situation of the water tanker and no longer concentrated on fighting.

"The opportunity is here! Hurry up!"

Keenly aware of the opportunity, Zhong Limo roared, bit the ring head knife in his mouth, and quickly climbed up with his hands and feet. The young commander in front of him was also very upbeat, and was stabbed by the spear of the Qin army soldiers and grabbed him. Grabbing the handle of the spear, he rolled down the flying ladder, and while getting out of the way, it also created an opportunity for Zhong Limei to climb the wall. Zhong Limei jumped up on the ladder, and first kicked away the Qin soldier whose weapon had been taken away. Then he raised his knife and slashed fiercely, knocking down several soldiers of the Qin army one after another, covering the young marshals behind him from climbing the wall. Several young marshals succeeded in climbing the wall one after another, and finally successfully seized a small position on the top of the wall.

After finally gaining a reliable foothold, the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army also gave full play to their melee advantages. Under the leadership of Zhong Limei, the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army flexibly dodged the long weapons stabbed by the enemy while wielding axes that were convenient for melee combat. With machetes, he slashed fiercely at the soldiers of the Qin Army on the top of the wall, and chopped the soldiers of the Qin Army who lacked actual combat experience into blood and blood, screaming continuously, and the soldiers of the young generals behind also rushed to the top of the wall in an endless stream, seizing They established more positions on the top of the wall, and quickly joined forces with the soldiers of the Young Marshal who ascended the city at other positions, and controlled the top of a section of the boundary wall that was more than 20 feet long.

Still inexperienced, Qin general Ning Zhi still didn't understand why his own army's solid defense line was suddenly broken by the young commander's army. It's a pity that no matter how the soldiers of the Qin army counterattacked, they couldn't stop the fierce offensive of the soldiers of the young marshal, and they were still killed and retreated steadily, with constant casualties.

What made Ning Zhi even more angry was still behind. After another water truck went up the mountain, many soldiers of the Qin army rushed over to grab water regardless of the tight front line. The young commander seized the opportunity to attack and forcibly He rushed to the vicinity of the city tower, cut down Ning Zhi's general flag with a single knife, and severely hit the morale of the Qin army. Ning Zhi personally led his own troops to fight, but was quickly defeated by the young generals with strong morale, and was forced to flee. On the city tower, the soldiers of the Young Commander took the opportunity to cut off the ropes of the suspension bridge, causing the suspension bridge to fall to the ground and become a spacious avenue for the Young Commander to directly attack and close the gate.

In the ensuing battle, the performance of the Qin Army can only be described as a crushing defeat. The young commander had just opened the door and rushed into the Qin Army's camp. They scrambled to escape down Suoqiao Ridge, but Ning Zhi couldn't stop him, so he had to flee westward in a hurry under the persuasion of his own soldiers. The defeat of the army weakened the defense force of the Qin army in Wuguan.

Around Shen time in the afternoon, Xiang Kang led his army up to Suoqiao Ridge. Xiang Kang was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery on the top of the mountain, nor to pay attention to the battlefield of Suoqiao Ridge where corpses lay all over the field. He just walked to the west immediately and looked at Wuguan Pass in the distance. City, and the Qin army camp in Guanzhong farther away, their faces were still full of worry, and they were not at all happy and excited because they successfully captured Wuguan Waiguo.

You can't blame Xiang Kang for being so demanding. The reason why the Young Marshal was able to take Suspended Bridge Ridge smoothly was not just because the Qin Army's inexperience gave the Young Marshal the opportunity to cut off the water. Another very important reason was the top of Suoqiao Ridge The terrain is relatively open, with a length of seven miles from north to south, and the soldiers of the young commander can launch an offensive with their troops.However, Wuguan Pass City, which is five miles away, is located in a canyon. There is almost no open space in front of the pass. It is still unknown whether Wuguan can be won.

The young generals next to him, both civil and military, understood what Xiang Kang was thinking. In order to comfort Xiang Kang, Uncle Zhou stood up and said, "General You, don't worry so much. Although Wuguan is strong, it is not indestructible. During the Warring States Period, Chu and Qin The armies of China have all attacked Wuguan head-on, but now our army is strong and strong, and our soldiers are elite and good at fighting, while the Tyrant Qin army is lax and inexperienced, so it is by no means impossible to attack Wuguan head-on.”

"I'm not worried about not being able to take Wuguan, I'm just worried about casualties." Xiang Kang said: "The terrain of Wuguan is too steep, even if we succeed in a strong attack, our casualties will definitely not be small there, and the Tyrant Qin army has reinforcements It can be relied on, if the army rotates in time and in an orderly manner, it will definitely be more difficult for us to win Wuguan."

Uncle Zhou was silent, and he also knew that if the Qin army from Guanzhong cooperated closely with the Wuguan defenders and rotated in time, it would definitely be more difficult for the young commander to take Wuguan.Xiang Kang continued to frown and think, and suddenly said to himself, "No, we can't let the Tyrant Qin army work together. We have to find a way to provoke internal conflicts among them and reduce our siege pressure."

The action had a direction, and after only a moment of deliberation, Xiang Kang, who was always good at discord, made up his mind, asked someone to fetch a pen, ink and silk, sat down in a place sheltered from the wind, and personally took the pen to station in the west of Wuguan. Li Cai, a general of the Qin Army, wrote a letter to greet Li Cai, the second son of Li Xin, a famous general of the Qin Army, as a respectful junior, saying that he, Xiang Yan's grandnephew, could be with Li Cai, the son of Li Xin, Xiang Yan's old rival. Meeting each other on the battlefield is both a coincidence and a fate. It is also a lie that although Li Xin was unfortunately defeated by Xiang Yan, his eldest father still spoke highly of Li Xin and admitted that if it hadn't been for the Chu army to occupy him Advantages, there is absolutely no possibility of defeating Li Xin, and Li Xin is highly respected.

After putting a high hat on Li Cai's dead father, Xiang Kang expressed very politely that he hoped that he could fight Li Cai upright this time, and end all the grievances and grievances between Xiang Yan and Li Xin that hadn't ended He made it clear that he was willing to listen to Li Cai's teachings at any time, and to work with Li Cai to emulate the style of a gentleman in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was an enemy in the battlefield and a friend when the gold was not in battle. Then Xiang Kang not only signed his name, but also He affixed his right general seal on the letter.Finally, Xiang Kang arranged for another messenger and ordered him to carry a white flag to Wuguan Pass to borrow a way, and went west to deliver a letter to Li Cai.

It was only after Xiang Kang sent the messenger out that Uncle Zhou next to him asked, "General You, what is your purpose for doing this?"

"Cheat Li Cai's reply." Xiang Kang replied very directly, "If I succeed, I will be sure to drive a wedge between Li Cai and Wang Bang."

Borrowing a way to send a letter to the enemy, if this kind of thing is changed later, it is likely to make the enemy laugh, but there is no way, the era of the end of Qin and the beginning of Han Dynasty still pays great attention to etiquette, not only rarely kills the envoy, but also common They will treat the enemy's envoys with courtesy and will not deliberately make things difficult.Therefore, in history, the three soldiers of Liu and Lao came to the city of Wuguan. Before launching an attack, they sent envoy Ningchang to borrow the way from the Wuguan defenders and rushed directly to Xianyang to contact the Qin court to persuade the Qin court to surrender. The Wuguan Qin army also sent Liu Lao Three messengers went west.

The envoys sent by Xiang Kang did the same. After arriving at the foot of Wuguan City with a white flag, the generals of the Qin Army reported the news to Wang Bang, the guard general of Wuguan. Since it was an excuse, of course Wang Bang first read Xiang Kang's letter written by Li Cai himself, and laughed at Xiang Kang's pedantry, and then sent someone to send Xiang Kang's messenger to the west of Wuguan Qin army camp.

The next thing is relatively simple. Li Cai, general of the Qin Dynasty, lamented the impermanence of life, and even let himself face off against the nephew and grandson of his father's mortal enemy, and saw that Xiang Kang's autographed letter highly respected his father, He was also very polite and respectful to himself, and out of etiquette, he also wrote a reply letter to Xiang Kang himself. In addition to politely complimenting Xiang Kang's eldest father, Xiang Yan, a famous Chu State general, he also promised to fight Xiang Kang in an upright battle on the battlefield. , to settle the grievances and grievances left by the previous generation, and also stamped his own seal on the letter.

Because Xiang Kang's messenger arrived at Li Caijun's camp in the evening, he could only borrow a way from the Wuguan defenders in the morning of the next day and return to the team of the Young Marshal who immediately set up camp at the foot of Suoqiaoling Mountain. Wang Bang did the same. I checked Li Cai's reply to Xiang Kang without mentioning it.But to Wang Bang's surprise, one day later in the morning, Xiang Kang actually sent another envoy, carrying a golden jade wall and a letter, to the city of Wuguan to borrow a way to contact Li Cai again, and Xiang Kang this time The letter to Li Cai was still sealed in two blank bamboo slips, covered with mud, and Wang Bang was not given the opportunity to see it directly.

"What kind of tricks is Xiang Kang playing this time? Why is he giving gifts and sealing the letter? What exactly is written in the letter?"

Under the doubts in his heart, Wang Bang subconsciously wanted to dig out the sealing mud. The envoy of the Young Marshal Army who was brought before him hurriedly said according to Xiang Kang's instructions: "General Wang, this is a letter from our right general to General Li. If you insist on opening it, the little ones will never dare to object, but with General Li, I am afraid that the general will not be able to speak."

Considering his relationship with Li Cai as a colleague, and the fact that he must get Li Cai's help now, Wang Bang hesitated for a while, and threw the letter back to the envoy of the Young Marshal Army, and shouted: "Get out, tell Xiang Kang when you go back. Son, it's just this time, don't try to borrow a way from this general in the future, don't bother me."

The envoy of the Young Marshal Army hurriedly agreed, and hurried westward to Li Cai's camp with letters and gifts. However, out of curiosity and vigilance, Wang Bang was naturally impressed by this matter, and decided to wait until the envoy of the Young Marshal Army returned. Finally, no matter what, you have to take a look at Li Cai's reply to Xiang Kang this time - you can't open Xiang Kang's sealed letter to Li Cai, Li Cai must have an opinion after reading it, but Li Cai's letter to Xiang Kang, Even if Wang Bang was torn apart, would Li Cai, who was seven or eight miles away, still know if it was done?
The envoy of the Young Marshal Army did not keep Wang Bang waiting for long this time. At noon, the envoy of the Young Marshal Army went back to the west gate of Wuguan City empty-handed and borrowed the way again. The guards followed Wang Bang's order and immediately escorted him In front of Wang Bang, but when Wang Bang asked whether Li Cai had replied to Xiang Kang, the envoy of the Young Marshal said with a sad face: "General, there is no reply. After General Li read the letter from our right general, he felt very sorry for the villain." He scolded me and said that I don’t want to have anything to do with our right general in the future, so we shouldn’t bother you to borrow a way in the future.”

"Why did General Li scold you?" Wang Bang asked curiously.

"Because our General You wrote a letter this time to persuade General Li to surrender, and General Li was loyal to the Great Qin, so he scolded the villain." The envoy of the Young Marshal replied truthfully.

Wang Bang laughed, and laughed at Xiang Kang's whimsy. He wanted to wave his hand to let him go, but just to be cautious, Wang Bang still pouted at the envoy of the young commander, and ordered: "Search him. , if there is nothing important, let him go."

The guards stepped forward to search the body according to the order, and the emissary of the Young Marshal raised his arms obediently, allowing Wang Bang's guards to search the body at will, but when he searched carefully, one of the guards suddenly found something wrong and said: "General, The man's clothes had interlayers, and there seemed to be something inside."

"What?!" Wang Bang was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, take off his clothes and check!"

"My clothes have interlayers?" The envoy of the Young Marshal was also puzzled, and said to himself: "How is it possible? This is the new clothes that our guard lieutenant gave me today. How could there be interlayers?"

The unlucky envoy of the Young Marshal was dumbfounded. When he set off today, the corner of the new clothes Chen Ping gave him actually had an interlayer. Juan, the envoy of the Young Marshal screamed like a slaughtered pig, "What a strange thing! Why is there a layer in my clothes, and there is something hidden there?"

Not bothering to pay attention to the dumbfounded envoy of the young commander, Wang Bang just snatched the piece of white silk for a closer look, and then just read the general content of the words on the white silk, Wang Bang's expression became extremely ferocious, and he said with a grin : "Pretending to be true! On the surface, we are loyal to our Daqin court, but behind the scenes, we plan to collude with the bandit army, help the bandit army attack our Wuguanguan city back and forth, and dedicate Wuguan to Xiang Kang's child to claim credit! If this general is not cautious , Wuguan is in danger this time."

By the way, if the letter on the envoy was not found, Xiang Kang would of course have even worse means to let Wang Bang see the letter. Doing this kind of thing has always been Xiang Kang's forte, isn't it?

(End of this chapter)