Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 228
If he hadn't considered the problem of food and grass, Liu Laosan would definitely be able to take his friends from Peixian County and rush directly to the Hangu Pass. When they rushed to the city of Shan County (Sanmenxia), which was more than 30 miles away from Hangu Pass, Liu Laosan and his friends could only stop and start to deploy siege tactics, preparing to take Shan County first. Temporarily solve the supply problem of grain and grass, and then go to attack Hangu Pass.

Fortunately, during the preparations for the siege, Liu Laosan's scouts quickly confirmed that no troops had rushed to reinforce Shan County in the past few days, and there were still only more than 1000 county soldiers guarding Shan County. Liu Laosan heard that He was overjoyed and applauded and said, "Good! Since the Tyrant Qin court did not send reinforcements to Shan County, there must be no reinforcements at Hangu Pass. Otherwise, the Tyrant Qin army has sufficient strength, so it is necessary to divide troops to reinforce the defenders in Shan County. , to build an outer barrier for Hangu Pass."

"Pei Gong, it's best to hurry up." Zhou Bo said: "The Hangu Pass probably already knew we were coming, and they must have sent someone to ask for help from the Qin court. If we don't act quickly, we will send reinforcements to the Qin army. During the time of Hangu Pass, our previous efforts may be wasted this time."

"I also want to do it quickly!" Liu Laosan stomped his feet and said, "But the siege weapon hasn't been made yet, how do you ask me to fight?"

"Today's wind is very strong and the wind direction is very stable. It has always been from the southeast." Zhou Bo suggested: "We can rush to build siege weapons overnight, and at the same time arrange two thousand soldiers to chop a bundle of firewood each. Pile them outside the south and east gates of Shan County, and set fire to the city gates. It would be best if they could directly burn the city gates. , when we launch another siege tomorrow morning, it will be much easier."

"Good idea." Liu Laosan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "But two thousand soldiers are not enough, three thousand, mobilize three thousand troops, and each of them cut a bundle of firewood to prepare to burn the city."

Zhou Bo agreed with a smile, and immediately organized [-] soldiers under the order of Liu Laosan to rush to the mountains in the south of Shan County to cut firewood. For logistical matters, Zhou Chang and Xia Houying were in charge of leading the army to monitor the movements of the Qin army in Shan County and to protect the temporary safety of Liu Laosan's army. Fan Kui led more than a thousand elite soldiers to sleep soundly, preparing to take on the important task of ascending first when the siege was officially launched. , a group of small partners from Zipei County performed their duties and prepared methodically for the siege battle.

When it was getting dark, the soldiers of Liu Jun who went up the mountain to cut firewood successfully completed their task and returned to the camp. After a full meal, at the second watch, the same army was still dispatched, carrying the firewood bundles they had cut and lined up to the camp in Shan County. Outside the southeast two gates, under the cover of crossbowmen, they stepped forward in turn, throwing bundles of firewood to the gates to pile up.During the period, although the guards of the Qin Army in Shanxian County also shot arrows to block them, but the light was too poor, and the effect of the bows and arrows to block them was very small. Be prepared to put out the fire, and at the same time prepare sandbags of earth and rocks inside the city gate, so as to block the passage of the city gate at any time.

After a large amount of firewood piled up outside the east and west gates of Shaanxi, dozens of soldiers immediately stepped forward and threw torches on the firewood. The army hurriedly poured water and rocks, desperately preventing Liu Jun's soldiers from setting fire, and there were shouts from above and below the city.

The soldiers of the Liu Army brought too much firewood. No matter how the soldiers of the Qin Army poured water to put out the fire, fires ignited one after another outside the two gates in the southeast of Shanxian County. There is no way to stop them, so they can only quickly move the sandbags to block the passage of the city gate, so as not to be unable to guard the city gate after it is burned down.

The whistling night wind also really helped Liu Laosan a lot. Taking advantage of the fire, the wind kept blowing thick smoke up to the head of the city of Shan County, and the defenders on the city were coughing, their eyes were red and swollen and weeping, and their skin was scorched by the raging fire. Oily, curly beard and hair, everyone is miserable from top to bottom, but they are afraid that Liu Laosan's army will take the opportunity to launch an attack on the city, so they can only bite the bullet and continue to persist on the city. Everyone has worked hard for no reason.Zhou Bo seized the opportunity and mobilized Liu Jun's soldiers to start filling up the Hucheng River at the south gate of Shanxian County, paving the way for the next day's siege.

The raging fire raged until it was dusk and gradually extinguished. At the same time, Liu Laosan's army also rushed to build a large number of siege equipment, and did not give the defenders of Shan County any breathing time, and they were immediately burned to the ground. The southeast two gates of Shaanxi launched an attack, and directly launched an ant attack.

Finally it was Liu Laosan's brother-in-law Fan Kui's turn to show his talents. With the dog-butchering sword cheated from Xiang Kang, Fan Kui, who was covered in black flesh, was the first to charge up the ladder. Unfortunately, Fan Kui was unlucky this time. The flying ladder was taken care of by the Qin army, and was directly knocked over by the soldiers of the Qin army with a ram. They even fell back and overturned together with Fan Kuai.Liu Laosan in the distance was not worried, and scolded: "Useless dog, as stupid as a dog!"

Perhaps because he heard Liu Laosan's insult, Fan Kui quickly got up from the ground, rushed back to the city and grabbed a soldier of Liu Jun who was about to step on the ladder to climb the city. Going up to the top of the city wall, avoiding the spears stabbed by the soldiers of the Qin army in a hurry, jumped to the top of the city, and even knocked down a soldier of the Qin army who was caught off guard, and once again rushed to the enemy's top position first.

In this era, if only in terms of personal force, the number one in the world is of course Xiang Yu, and when it comes to who is the second in the world, dog nemesis Fan Kui is definitely one of the most powerful contenders!Therefore, after Fan Kui gained a firm foothold in Shan County, the soldiers of the Qin Army around him immediately fell into bad luck. When he swung his dog-butchering knife, the soldiers of the Qin Army either flew their heads into the air, or their arms were directly chopped off. Frightened, the rest of the soldiers of the Qin army screamed and retreated again and again, but Fan Kuai's dog-butchering knife became more and more vigorous, chopping and slashing, slaughtering the soldiers of the Qin army like melons and vegetables, and quickly opened fire on the city. A large area of ​​space was formed.

Not to mention exaggeration, it is the dog killer who is really so fierce. In history, there are countless records of his siege first registration. When Liu Laosan helped Liu Laosan, he personally beheaded 170 and 280 enemies and captured [-] and [-] people. Leading the battle, Dog Buster still has a glorious record of being the first to break through the city.

Fan Kuai's bravery not only opened up the space of the position, but also once again inspired the morale of the Liu Jun soldiers. Under his cover, the Liu Jun warriors who had been recharging their energy before ascended the city one after another, and quickly opened up a larger position. The space provided cover for more Liu Jun warriors to rush to the city wall of Shan County.And when more than two hundred Liu Jun warriors successfully rushed to the head of Shan County, the defenders of Shan County basically had no hope of counterattacking and regaining their positions. They could only watch helplessly as Liu Jun warriors rushed to the city wall one after another, gradually capturing the entire city Take the position at the South Gate City.

Halfway through the fierce battle, the front of the city at the south gate of Shanxian County was basically taken by Liu Jun. Only then did Liu Laosan calmly join the rear army and help Fan Kui launch an attack on the inside of Shanxian County. The defenders of Shanxian County were forced to After retreating into the street fighting in the city, voluntary surrenders began to appear. Then at half past noon, the soldiers of the Liu Army had just removed the sandbags of earth, rocks and sandstones that the Qin Army used to block the corridors of the city gates. The main force of the Liu Army immediately entered the city in large numbers. The Qin army was either forced to lay down their weapons and surrender, or fled by opening the west and north gates. The food shortage problem of the third army.

After successfully capturing the city, the siege army quickly withdrew outside the city to rest and count the casualties. Liu Laosan also hurriedly ordered people to bring wine and meat to reward the soldiers of the Liu Army who had made great achievements in the siege. However, when the soldiers of the Liu Army were cheering, A fast horse suddenly rushed in front of Liu Laosan, clasped his fists and played to Liu Laosan: "I report to Pei Gong, twenty miles to the east, I found a Tyrant Qin army coming towards Shan County."

"Is there a Tyrant Qin army coming from the east?" Liu Laosan was taken aback, and immediately began to worry that his army would be exhausted from attacking the city and its combat effectiveness would be affected. He hurriedly asked, "How many troops are there? Who is the leading general?"

"Reporting to Pei Gong, there are about 5000 people, but I don't know who their generals are." The flags of the army are uneven, there is no general flag, and there are only two thousand people flags left, and the formation is chaotic, and it is difficult to count their specific strength. Judging the generals of the Tyrant Qin army can only roughly estimate the strength of the Tyrant Qin army."

"The flags are out of order? The queues are chaotic? They seem to have escaped from a defeated battle?" Liu Laosan began to be pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Then how about their weapons and equipment?"

"It's very messy. Many people seem to have no decent weapons. They can only use wooden sticks to defend themselves. Moreover, their marching speed is still very slow. It seems that they generally lack physical strength." The scout replied truthfully again.

"Haha!" Liu Laosan applauded and laughed, and laughed wildly: "It's good luck. If the remnants of the Tyrant Qin army came over earlier, I might not be able to deal with them. Now that Shan County has been taken, then I will There is no need to be polite."

"Pei Gong, what should we do now?" Zhou Bo asked quickly.

"The fat meat that comes to your door on your own initiative, can you still be polite?" Liu Laosan asked back, and said in a grandiose manner: "Your army has almost rested, take your army, and I will ask Fan Kui to fight for you. We cleaned them up in the past. Try to capture as many prisoners as possible, maybe it will be useful when we attack Hangu Pass, and it will be convenient for us to inquire about the situation in the east.”

Zhou Bo agreed, and hurriedly ordered his troops to assemble. Liu Laosan asked Fan Kui to take the withdrawn elite troops and Zhou Bo, and took the initiative to march eastward to meet the defeated Qin army at the end of the road, and then no longer worried about the situation in the west. Concentrate on dealing with the aftermath of the Shan County battlefield.

When the sun was about to set, Zhou Bo and Fan Kui took more than 2000 prisoners of the Qin army back to the city of Shan County. Liu Laosan didn't bother to meet them, but sent someone to order them to arrange the appendix as soon as possible, and then hurried over to drink with him.Unexpectedly, as soon as the messengers were dispatched, Fan Kui personally carried a chained prisoner of the Qin army to Liu Laosan, and shouted joyfully from a distance: "Pei Gong, guess who we captured this time?"

"Who was caught?" Liu Laosan asked casually.

Fan Kuai smiled and didn't answer, just slipped the prisoner in front of Liu Laosan, kicked him to his knees, and shouted: "Tell Pei Gong yourself, who are you?"

The prisoner was very stubborn. After being kicked by Fan Kuai and knelt down, he immediately gritted his teeth and stood up straight again. His blood-stained face was full of anger, and he said loudly: "Scholar can be killed! Don't be humiliated! If you have the ability, kill him now!" Kill me, Wang Li, and make me bow my knees and surrender to you thieves, dreaming!"

"It's quite backbone." Liu Laosan smiled casually, but before he finished speaking, Liu Laosan suddenly widened his eyes, pointed at the prisoner and shouted: "Wang Li? You said your name is Wang Li?" Li?! You are Wang Li, the commander of the Tyrant Qin Army?!"

"It's me." Wang Li replied coldly: "However, let me advise you, it's best to kill me now, and to expect that I will surrender to you, you are daydreaming!"

Liu Laosan laughed wildly, and exclaimed triumphantly: "God treats me Liu Ji really kindly. He even sent Marquis Wucheng, who raped the Qin court, to my door to capture him alive. The gods helped me to this extent. See Come on, it’s really hard for me not to take down Hangu Pass this time!”

After laughing wildly, Liu Laosan waved his hand resolutely, and ordered loudly: "Put this Wang Li under arrest, put him in a prison cart and lock him up. He must not be allowed to run away or die. He will be of great use when we hit Hangu Pass. "

Liu Jun's soldiers agreed, and quickly took Wang Li into custody. Liu Laosan rubbed his hands excitedly, and asked Fan Kui how he had captured Wang Li. The defeated soldiers were able to defeat the exhausted Qin army without any effort, and he found out that Wang Li was being protected by the Qin army's defeated soldiers in time, so he quickly led people to launch an assault, and succeeded in personally fighting Wang Li before he fled. caught him.Liu Laosan was overjoyed when he heard that, so he filled a glass of wine for Fan Kui himself, brought it to Fan Kui and said loudly: "My dear brother, it's really hard for you today, and you are the first one to rush up the city wall of Shan County, and you are the first one to rush up the city wall of Shan County, and you are the first one to go up to the city wall of Shan County. Brother, I don’t even know how to thank you for helping me capture the chief general of the Tyrant Qin army, Wang Li. Come on, brother, let me toast you!”

Fan Kui was not too polite, took the wine glass and drank it down. Liu Laosan was very excited, and just when he was about to continue to ask about the specific situation of the eastern battlefield, another scout rushed to Liu Laosan, clasped his fists and said: "Pei Gong, a team of Qi cavalry caught up with us and said that they brought orders from the former general to see you immediately."

Unexpectedly, Xiang Yu sent someone to get in touch with him so soon, Liu Laosan couldn't help but frowned, but still ordered to meet the Qi cavalry who came to deliver the order, and after a while, the envoy sent by Tian An from Mianchi was led to Liu Laosan After paying a symbolic salute in front of him, the envoy of the Qi Army said directly, "Pei Gong, General Tian of our Qi State, sent me to tell you that General Xiang Yu, General Xiang Yu, the leader of the coalition recommended by the six countries outside the Guan, An order has been issued that no one is allowed to lead an army to attack Hangu Pass without authorization. We, General Tian, ​​hope that you will act according to the order, stop your westward advance immediately, and station there, and do not go any further westward. You can't afford it."

Liu Laosan showed no expression, and asked after a while: "Our former general of Chu State, where is he now? When will he arrive at Hangu Pass?"

"Lead the main force of the six countries to sweep away the remnants of the Qin army in Sanchuan County." The envoy of the Qi army replied casually: "The former general will not come west to Hangu Pass until Luoyang, Xingyang and Aocang are captured."

Liu Laosan blinked and blinked, then suddenly stretched out his hand to the envoy of the Qi army, and said, "Where is General Xiang's warrant token? Show it to me."

"General Xiang's warrant token? What kind of warrant token?"

"Of course it is a warrant ordering me to stop going westward, or a token to prove that you are the messenger of General Xiang." Liu Laosan said confidently: "You are not our messenger from Chu, and you don't have a warrant written by the former general. How dare you believe that the password you conveyed is what General Xiang meant?"

The envoy of the State of Qi was at a loss for words and said after a while, "I don't have General Xiang's warrant, but I can assure you that General Xiang does have this order."

"Your envoy forgive me." Liu Laosan said with a sneer: "The matter is of great importance. There is no warrant or token. There is no basis for my words. I dare not trust the order you conveyed to General Xiang."

"Pei Gong, you have to think carefully." The envoy of Qi State threatened: "Our army of Qi State has brought the words to you. If you insist on not listening, General Xiang will investigate you in the future, but no one will take responsibility for you."

"Thank you for reminding me." Liu Laosan said with a blank face and a blunt tone: "But there is no token of General Xiang's warrant, I can't believe your verbal communication, please go back and thank General Tian An for me, and ask him to send someone as soon as possible Send General Xiang's warrant token so that I can follow the order."

Seeing Liu Laosan playing tricks, biting Xiang Yu's password token to death and not believing his own words, the envoy of the State of Qi had no choice but to leave with a few cruel words.Liu Laosan remained calm, just seeing him walking away, he immediately ordered to the soldiers next to him: "Go, immediately send an order to the whole army to rest for a night, and set off immediately at dawn tomorrow to march towards Hangu Pass!"

"Pei Gong, have you thought it over clearly? If Xiang Yu really issued this order, and we insist on going to Hangu Pass, it would be a serious crime to resist the military order."

Fan Kuai was not only brave, but also very cautious and subtle, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to warn Liu Laosan.Liu Laosan's face remained calm, and he pointed his fingers and replied: "Whether he has this order or not, as long as we don't see his warrant token, in the future we can bite him to death and block his mouth so that he doesn't have to There is a way to punish us for disobeying the military order. Shan County is only 30 miles away from Hangu Pass, and it is only the last step. For the throne of Guanzhong, we have to gamble no matter what!"

Seeing that Liu Laosan had made up his mind, Fan Kui didn't say much. Liu Laosan's personal soldiers also quickly sent orders to the whole army to make preparations for Liu Jun's soldiers to march westward in the early morning of the next day. At that time, Liu Laosan only left Zhou Chang to lead more than a thousand soldiers to guard Shan County, and immediately took his main force to stride westward, rushing to Hangu Pass to attack the city.

At noon, when Liu Jun's front team arrived at Caoyang Pavilion, which was less than ten miles away from Hangu Pass, a Liu Jun messenger who came from behind suddenly caught up with Liu Laosan's center. Army, clasped his fists to Liu Laosan who was leading the troops forward, and played: "Pei Gong, General Zhou Chang ordered the villain to report that our former general of Chu State sent a messenger to contact us just now, and brought his handwritten warrant, asking us to Immediately stop advancing! I will see you immediately!"

"Fuck me!" Liu Laosan almost lost his temper, roaring and cursing: "Xiang Yu, you shameless thief! In order to become the king of Guanzhong, no one is allowed to attack Hangu Pass before him! It's shameless already, why is this bastard even more shameless than me?"

"Pei Gong, what should we do now?" Xiao He, Fan Kui, Cao Shen and others next to him asked extremely nervously.

Liu Laosan, who is as good at making decisions as Xiang Kang, also hesitated this time. On the one hand, the temptation to enter Guanzhong first is the king, and on the other hand, it is the felony of disobeying Xiang Yu's military order. Heaven and hell are only one step away. Once, I really didn't know how to choose...

The rogue was a rogue after all, his fists were clenched until his knuckles turned white, and he gritted his teeth. After thinking for a while, Liu Laosan suddenly asked the messenger sent by Zhou Chang, "Where is Xiang Yu's emissary now?"

"On the way here." The messenger replied: "In order to buy time for you, General Zhou Chang deliberately wanted to invite the former general's envoy to dinner, but he refused to agree and wanted to come immediately to chase you. Hurry up and send the villain to report, fortunately, the envoy sent by the former general and his two entourages rushed for a long distance, and the horses were very tired and couldn't run fast, so the villain sent you the news first."

"Well done." Liu Laosan nodded in satisfaction, and grabbed Xia Houying in front of him again, and quickly ordered with red eyes: "Take some reliable people and pretend to meet Xiang Yu's emissary on my way. Kill him and his entourage, and none of them are allowed to escape! After you succeed, destroy the body and issue a ban!"

"Pei Gong! Calm down!"

Xiao He hurriedly opened his mouth to stop, but Liu Laosan responded with angry eyes, and asked word by word: "You want us to waste all our previous efforts? These years of hard work are in vain?"

Xiao He closed his mouth, and Liu Laosan urged Xia Houying to act according to the order again. Xia Houying hesitated for a moment, but nodded, and immediately selected a few trusted soldiers of Liu Bang to go back to the place where Liu Laosan took Xiang Yu. The envoy sent to silence the murderer, but Liu Laosan's face was livid, and he shouted: "Go ahead, we must take down Hangu Pass before Xiang Yu's son makes a new reaction!"

If you want to know what will happen next, please read the next chapter, "Brothers are for cheating"!
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