Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 229

Grain rain, spring breeze, the No. 1 pass in the Qin and Han Dynasties Hangu Pass is soft like silk, and the dense mulberry fields on both sides of the pass are dotted with green grass, wild flowers waiting to bloom, and bright sunshine. It shines on the earth, and the traces left by the winter wind, snow and frost can no longer be seen.

However, Wang Muli, the guard of Hangu Pass, was still cold in his heart. He stood at the head of Hangu Pass with his hands behind his back, staring at the black flag of the Great Qin Army fluttering in the wind. It was blank, as if it was a walking corpse whose soul had been hollowed out.

Wang Muli was not so thin at first, but since he received the edict from Xianyang five days ago, in just five days, Wang Muli has not only lost a lot of weight, but also has many more wrinkles around his eyes, and his temples are still unknowing. Unknowingly, dozens of Chinese hairs grew out, making her look almost ten years old.

The soldiers of the Qin army beside Wang Muli were also lifeless. For a long time, no one said a word or uttered a word. It was the scouts who came back from outside the pass and rushed to the wall of the pass, hurriedly came to Wang Muli and reported loudly, breaking the barrier on the pass. silence.

"General, the front team of the Chu thieves has passed Caoyang Pavilion, with a strength of about [-] troops. The leader of the thieves is surnamed Zhou, and his identity is temporarily unknown."

Wang Muli closed his eyes weakly, and after a long time, he waved his hand slowly, and said in a low tone: "No need to probe anymore, go down and rest."

The scouts of the Qin army clasped their fists and sang promises, and honestly returned to the team to rest. Wang Muli did not move any more, and stood there as if he had already settled down. A thousand generals of the Qin army next to him hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "General, the Chu thief is coming soon. , We have to make up our minds about where we are going.”

Wang Muli ignored the reminders from his subordinates, but tears gradually began to glisten in the corners of his eyes, and when he finally saw the khaki-colored Chu army flag rushing from the east, Wang Muli, who was ashamed, thought of himself unconsciously. I couldn't help but sang the song I've been singing since I was a child...

"No clothes? I'm in the same robe as my son. The king Yu Xingbing, repairing my spear, and my revenge..."

"Is there no clothes? I have the same luster as my son. The king Yu Xingshi repaired my spear and halberd and worked with my son. I said no clothes? I wore the same clothes as my son. The king Yu Xingshi repaired my armor and walked with my son."

"Is it called Wuyi? I have the same robe as my son. The king Yu Xingbing, repaired my spear and spear, and I have the same hatred with my son. Is it called Wuyi? I have the same lust as my son. The king Yu Xingshi, repaired my spear and halberd, and worked together with my son. Qi Said no clothes? I wear the same clothes as my son. The king Yu Xingshi, repairing my armored soldiers, and walking with my son."

The singing gradually started, and all the officers and soldiers of the Qin Army present at the same place followed Wang Muli and sang this military song that they were very familiar with since they were young. Afterwards, all the soldiers of the Qin Army sang along the entire Hangu Pass. Unfortunately, At this moment, this military song no longer has any heroic and murderous aura. On the contrary, it is full of pain and desolation, despair and sorrow. Many soldiers of the Qin Army, including Wang Muli, burst into tears while singing repeatedly, and then wept uncontrollably... …

The neatly sung Great Qin Army Song was clearly heard by the generals of Liu Jun who had already arrived outside Hangu Pass. Hearing this already familiar military song and the sad tune in the singing, Zhou Bo, who was in command of Liu Jun’s front team, returned the message. His complexion changed, and he blurted out: "Oops! The Tyrant Qin army has already made up their minds to die, and this battle may be difficult to fight!"

"General, how do you know that the Tyrant Qin army is determined to die?" the general asked curiously.

"You're a pig! Can't you listen with your ears?" Zhou Bo, who was a drummer, scolded angrily, and said, "Is the military song of the Tyrant Qin army usually like this? Listen carefully, the song of the Tyrant Qin army is full of It's death anger, and it's clear that you're ready to die, and if you encounter this kind of army that's ready to die, will the battle be easy?"

Listening carefully, I found that the military songs repeatedly sung by the Qin army were indeed very different from usual. The general nodded quickly, and Zhou Bo gave a very cautious order: "Order the whole army to put on armor immediately, get ready for battle, and guard against violence." The Qin army jumped over the wall in a hurry and went out of the city to surprise our army."

According to Zhou Bo's order, the generals of the Liu Army who came rushing in light clothes quickly put on their armor and lined up to prepare for battle. Fortunately, what Zhou Bo was worried about did not happen. The generals of the Qin Army just sang military songs on the pass and Without sending a single soldier out of the city to launch a surprise attack, the generals of Liu Jun were lucky enough to escape a fierce battle that must have been extremely difficult.

Not long after, Liu Laosan also led the main force of Liu Jun to the outside of Hangu Pass. Although the singing on Hangu Pass had stopped at this moment, he saw the towering pass wall of Hangu Pass and the flag of the Qin Army fluttering on the wall. , Liu Laosan still had some drums in his heart, and secretly said: "God bless, the Tyrant Qin army guarding Hangu Pass must not be stubborn to the end, otherwise, even if I can take Hangu Pass, the casualties will definitely not be as small as there .”

"Pei Gong, you should first send people to the city to surrender." Cao Shen suggested: "Tell them the news that the Qin army outside the pass has been destroyed, and blow their morale."

Liu Laosan nodded, and immediately arranged for an envoy with a loud voice, explained to him a few words on how to surrender, and then immediately asked the envoy to go forward with a white flag to the Hangu Pass city and shouted: "Listen to the closed Tyrant Qin army!" Now, your army outside the pass has been completely wiped out. Zhang Han surrendered, and Wang Li was captured alive by Pei Gong of our state of Chu. If you are smart, you will surrender immediately! If not, our army will break through the Hangu Pass Dogs and chickens will not be left behind!"

The eyes of all the soldiers of the Qin Army on the Guancheng were focused on Wang Muli, but Wang Muli looked hopeless, and he ordered after a long time: "Change the flag, the court has already surrendered, there is no need to let our soldiers die in vain. Send someone out Guan, tell the thieves outside the pass about our situation."

At the same time, in Liu Jun's army, Liu Lao San couldn't wait to arrange for Liu Jun's soldiers to cut down trees and make various siege weapons, but Xiao He next to him suddenly pointed at Hangu Pass and yelled loudly in disbelief Said: "Pei Gong! Look! There is movement in Hangu Pass!"

Liu Laosan turned his head suddenly, and almost sprained his neck in such a violent movement. Then, Liu Laosan was immediately stunned to see—on Hangu Pass, the black military flags of the Qin Army had been put down one after another, and instead, there was a The khaki national flag of Chu!On the flag, there is still a huge Chu character written clearly!

"Wow!"

Countless exclamations resounded in the formation of Liu Jun's soldiers, and Liu Laosan was even more excited, roaring and shouting, "Surrender! Surrender! The Tyrant Qin army at Hangu Pass really surrendered! I'm not dreaming, am I? The Tyrant Qin army at Hangu Pass changed flags and surrendered so quickly?!"

Liu Laosan was indeed not dreaming. First, he pinched his thigh and didn't wake up from the dream. Then, the closed gate of Hangu Pass was opened directly, and a knight galloped out, directly aiming at Liu Laosan's. When the handsome flag came, Liu Laosan laughed loudly, and hurriedly adjusted his clothes, preparing to welcome the Hanguguan Qin army to surrender voluntarily with the most handsome and majestic appearance. Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Kui and others beside him were all ecstatic I never dreamed that Hangu Pass would be taken so smoothly.

During the almost torturous wait, the envoys of the Qin Army from Hangu Pass finally came to Liu Laosan's commander-in-chief, but to the surprise of Liu Laosan and others, Liu Laosan's personal soldiers stepped forward to stop the Qin Army The envoy led him to Liu Laosan and introduced Liu Laosan's identity. The Qin Army envoy bowed without accepting his head. He just bowed his hands symbolically and said loudly with no expression on his face:

"Don't fight, we have received the imperial edict from the King of Qin five days ago, asking us to change to fight the flag of the Chu State, and to accept the command of Xiang Kang, the right general of Chu State. Now we are the subordinates of Xiang Kang, the right general of Chu State , are your own people, there is no need to fight any more."

Before the envoy of the Qin Army finished speaking, the smile on Liu Laosan's face had completely froze, and all his friends in Pei County looked dumbfounded, looking at the envoy of the Qin Army stupidly. Believe in your eyes, and then completely can't believe your ears.

I don't know how long it took, but Liu Laosan gradually came back to his senses, and pinched his thigh fiercely, proving once again that he was not dreaming, Liu Laosan asked tremblingly: "So, you Qin Guo Already surrendered to the Right General of our Chu State?"

The envoy of the Qin army nodded in pain and said: "General Xiang entered Guanzhong from Wuguan and Yaoguan. Our newly enthroned King Qin was no match for him and surrendered to him. General Xiang and his army marched into Xianyang. On February 25, eight days ago, he died."

With a plop, Liu Laosan fell directly off the horse, and his head was spinning one after another, screaming in his heart, "Qin is dead? Qin is dead? Brother Xiang Kang drove in eight days ago. Xianyang? Then my hard work was in vain, hard work in vain?!"

"Pei Gong! Pei Gong! Are you okay?"

The friends in Pei County got off their horses one after another, and rushed to help Liu Laosan who fell to the ground, but after being helped by the friends, Liu Laosan suddenly turned pale, because Liu Laosan suddenly remembered that he In order to ascend to the throne of Guanzhong, this time he not only rushed to Hangu Pass without permission, but also rejected the good intentions of the Qi army to stop him, and directly killed the messenger sent by Xiang Yu to contact him. If the news leaked...

Liu Laosan no longer dared to think about it anymore, but the cruel reality forced Liu Laosan to think about the next thing quickly. Originally, Liu Laosan planned this way, as long as he could enter the pass first, save life No matter how dissatisfied Xiang Yu is with the cooked rice, he has to consider the consequences of violating Xiong Xin's decree, and then he only needs to take out part of the land and city to trade with Xiang Yu, even if he can't get the whole Qin State, he can at least split the soil and become king. It is easier to solve the matter of getting a prince and not listening to Tian An's dissuasion and the disappearance of Xiang Yu's envoy.

But the situation is completely different now. Xiang Kang is the first to destroy Qin directly. The Guanzhong King Liu Laosan has no hope, so naturally he has no bargaining chip with Xiang Yu. With Xiang Yu's fierce temper, he will definitely follow up the order carefully As for the truth of the messenger's sudden disappearance, as long as there is even a little bit of news to come out, Liu Laosan will immediately end up dead without a place to bury him!
Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Xia Houying is absolutely reliable, all the insiders can be silenced, and Xiang Yu will not let it go if he can't find out the truth about the disappearance of the envoy - no matter how well-developed and simple-minded Xiang Yu is, he will not fail to understand The disappearance of the messenger must have something to do with Liu Laosan, right?At that time, Xiang Yu can just find an excuse, and he can still take Liu Laosan's head!In particular, Tian An must have sent a small report to Xiang Yu, saying that Liu Laosan refused to listen to dissuasion and insisted on attacking Hangu Pass!
At this time, seeing that Liu Laosan was only in a daze and did not speak, the envoy of the Qin Army who came to negotiate with Liu Laosan did not have the patience to wait any longer, and took the initiative to say: "Pei Gong, the villain has already arrived, so the villain will leave first. Also, General You also gave us an order at Hangu Pass, that foreign troops should rest outside Hangu Pass for a while, and send envoys to Xianyang to contact him and discuss how to enter the pass.”

After saying that, the envoy of the Qin Army cupped his hands, turned around and was about to leave, but Liu Laosan suddenly had an idea and hurriedly shouted: "Wait!"

"What orders does Pei Gong have?" The envoy of the Qin army turned back in doubt.

Liu Laosan didn't answer, but walked up to the Qin Army envoy and said, "What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."

"The villain said..."

The envoy of the Qin Army just said the beginning, and a sharp blade had already pierced his heart. The envoy of the Qin Army lowered his head in disbelief, and he couldn't believe it even more when he saw that it was Liu Laosan who took a sharp knife with his own hands. The sword pierced his heart.

Pulling out his sharp sword, Liu Laosan pushed down the corpse of the envoy of the Qin Army, turned to Cao Can and Xiao He who were already stunned, and said loudly: "Tell all our soldiers that Xiang Kang, the right general of our Chu State, Great rebellion, without being canonized by the king, you have already claimed the title of king in Guanzhong! We are not allowed to enter the pass, and we want to monopolize the Qin land in Guanzhong! Tell our soldiers to prepare for the attack, enter the Hangu Pass, and crusade Xiangkang's rebels!"

Cao Shen and others who knew the truth were speechless, but Liu Laosan roared angrily, "Why are you still in a daze? Immediately pass on the order to let all our soldiers know that Xiang Kang's traitor has claimed the king without authorization in Guanzhong, and we are not allowed to enter the pass." !"

I have been used to obeying Liu Laosan's orders since I was a child, and seeing that Liu Laosan was angry and anxious, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and others did not dare to neglect, so they quickly arranged manpower and spread rumors to Liu Laosan's soldiers, slandering that Xiang Kang had In Guanzhong, he claimed to be king without authorization, and troops from outside the pass were not allowed to enter Guanzhong, and the generals of the Liu army were immediately ready to attack.Not to mention, the vast majority of Liu Jun's soldiers were shocked when they heard such rumors, and many grumpy people even cursed directly, extremely dissatisfied with Xiang Kang's selfish behavior.

Then, Liu Laosan quickly winked at Zhou Bo again, called him in front of him, whispered something in his ear, Zhou Bo nodded, and immediately led his troops to stride forward, and lined up to close the door. Hangu Pass was still wide open, and Liu Laosan's specific orders were not given until he was on the way.And because of the distance, Wang Muli and other soldiers of the Qin army in Guancheng did not see that their envoy had been killed by Liu Laosan himself. Seeing that Liu Laosan suddenly sent troops over, although they were extremely surprised, they were not overly defensive. , watched helplessly as Liu Laosan's army came directly to Hangu Pass.

"Kill!"

There was another change, and the front army of Liu Jun led by Zhou Bo suddenly yelled in unison, and countless soldiers charged together, like a sharp knife, directly killing the wide-open Hangu Pass to close the gate. He shouted, "What's going on? We've already surrendered, why are the Chu thieves still beating us?"

It was only when Liu Jun's soldiers rushed into the closed passage that Wang Muli came back to his senses, and quickly shouted: "Shoot the arrow! Drop the stone! Stop the bandit army from attacking!"

Only then did the soldiers of the Qin army panicked, shooting arrows and falling rocks to resist Liu Jun's offensive, and hastily lowered the thousand-jin gate on the inside of the city gate to rescue them. Unfortunately, it was too late to do so, and some Liu Jun soldiers had already killed them first. After entering the Hangu Pass, the Qianjin gate that was put down in a hurry was quickly destroyed by soldiers of the Liu Army. The soldiers of the Liu Army swarmed into the city, screaming to kill anyone they saw. He rose up and fought back, and in a blink of an eye he fought with Liu Jun's soldiers in full swing.

At this time, Liu Laosan had already dispatched Fan Kuai to lead the army forward to reinforce the battlefield inside the pass, and he had given the order not to leave a single prisoner to slaughter the entire city of Hangu Pass. Xiao He next to him looked pale and tremblingly said: " Pei Gong, what are you doing here?"

"Of course it is for survival!" Liu Laosan's expression was full, and he said with an extremely ferocious appearance: "If you don't frame Xiang Kang, slander him as king in Guanzhong, and not allow troops from outside the pass to enter, Xiang Yu will never spare me!"

"But after the truth is revealed, Xiang Yu will never forgive you!" Xiao He replied even more tremblingly.

"If you were Xiang Yu, would you want the truth to come to light?"

Liu Laosan asked back, and said with a smirk, "If you were Xiang Yu, would you watch Xiang Kang become king in Guanzhong and monopolize the fertile land in Guanzhong and the jeweled beauties of Qin State? If you were Xiang Yu, knowing that Xiang Kang would not allow us to enter the pass, You still meet us by force, will you take the opportunity to make things big, and use this excuse to enter Guanzhong? If you are Xiang Yu, you have an excuse to turn against Xiang Kang and win the throne of Guanzhong by force, are you reluctant to give up this excuse? "

Xiao He gradually came to his senses, but he was still extremely worried. He couldn't help but remind him again: "But Pei Gong, Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang are brothers. Although they are not blood brothers, they are also brothers of the same clan. They will really fight for the throne of Guanzhong. Brothers and sisters Disabled?"

"Bullshit brother! Shit siblings!" Liu Laosan was swearing all over the sky, and said with an even more ferocious expression: "You are a person who has read books. Are there fewer brothers and sisters who killed each other for the throne in the history books? Don't say they are relatives. Brothers, there are fathers and sons who can kill each other! Not to mention that Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang are just cousins, and even the elder father is not the same person. For the sake of the throne in Guanzhong, what can they not do?!"

Liu Laosan became more and more excited when he spoke, and pulled Xiao He in front of him, and said quickly in his ear: "Listen! In order to be the first to enter Hangu Pass and become king, we not only refused to listen to Tian An's dissuasion, but also directly killed him. The messenger sent by Xiang Yu's child, if this matter gets out, we will definitely die! There is no impenetrable wall in the world, if Xiang Yu really insists on investigating to the end, we will definitely find some clues! If we want to survive, we must let Xiang Yu If we don’t pursue the envoy’s killing anymore, we can only quickly establish Xiang Kang as an enemy for him to divert his hatred! Also help him win the Guanzhong throne! Only in this way can he not pursue us!”

Xiao He stood there dumbfounded, and then said weakly after a while: "That's right, now we can only put all our eggs in one basket."

On that day, the Chu army led by Liu Laosan relied on a sneak attack to take down Hangu Pass in one fell swoop, and massacred all the soldiers of the Qin army in the city.Afterwards, Liu Laosan immediately dispatched his confidant Zhou Ke as an envoy, and rushed back to Sanchuan County with a letter to report to Xiang Yu, claiming that Xiang Kang had established himself as king in Guanzhong, and that the anti-Qin coalition forces were not allowed to step into Hangu Pass. , He also ordered the defenders of Hangu Pass to prevent the Chu army from entering the pass by force. Out of righteous indignation, he urged the army to attack and take Hangu Pass, and begged Xiang Yu to send troops to reinforce immediately, and use himself as the pioneer to attack the traitor Xiang Kang who claimed to be king without authorization!

After personally seeing off Zhou Ke, who was shouldering a heavy responsibility, and watching Zhou Ke's leaving back, the third Liu murmured and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiang Kang, I'm sorry, if the eldest brother doesn't do this, he will definitely be killed. So I have no choice but to trick you, a good brother, this time."

(End of this chapter)