Chapter 1406: Han Banner World (Ninety-Six) Easy

The importance of Wuguan can be seen from the fact that it is called the fortress of the Three Qin Dynasties and the throat of Qin and Chu. Historically, when Qin invaded Chu, most of them entered through Wuguan. The terrain is dangerous, with Shaoxi Mountain in the north. It is surrounded by water on three sides. The entire city is about 1.5 kilometers long. It is built on a relatively flat highland in the canyon, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. If there had not been an internal enemy in Qin and a sudden attack by Chu, Wuguan would have been extremely difficult to capture.

Qu Wan captured Wuguan and opened the way to enter the Qin State. Two hundred thousand troops swept in. Naturally, he also knew the importance of Wuguan to his army. If Wuguan was captured by the enemy, a letter from the pass and twenty Even though he knew that the Qin State was now in a group and it was impossible to send troops to recapture Wuguan, Qu Wan did not take it lightly and left a garrison of 10,000 people here.

In addition to ensuring that the Chu army had no worries about their future, Wuguan also made Qu Wan twenty. Pig. Pig. island. Novel w.hha.om The logistics reserve center of Wan Dajun, a large amount of grain, grass, and weapons were transported from Chu State to Wuguan, and then distributed to the troops entering Qin State.

If you want to capture Wuguan, you must first capture Shaoxi Mountain. This is the task of Long Bin, the pioneer group. After capturing Shaoxi Mountain, set up artillery on the top of the mountain and bombard Wuguan from a high position. Wuguan will inevitably be difficult to defend. Of course, this strategy of seizing Wuguan could only be carried out by the Han army, because to do this, the first thing is to have sharp weapons such as artillery. If it is just long-range weapons such as trebuchets, it is impossible to defeat Wuguan. causing serious harm.

The continuous rain for many days successfully covered the approaching Han army, but the Chu army in Wuguan did not expect that there would be a hostile army approaching them infinitely. In their minds, they could not imagine It was just that under such bad weather and road conditions, it was impossible for that army to march, but they forgot. There is an army in this world called the Han Army.

For the generals of the Chu army in Wuguan, letting them station here may be more like a punishment for them, because seizing a large area of ​​​​Qin's land is worthy of a special mention in the history books. There will be no traces of them. Currently, the southern part of the Qin State is occupied by the Chu army, and the Qin State is in a state of complete defeat. Who can threaten Wuguan?

Shao Xishan. There were originally two thousand garrison troops, but the continuous rain made the garrison on Shaoxi Mountain miserable. After getting the consent of the guard Wen Fu, only 500 people were left on Shaoshi Mountain to guard the camp, and all the others were withdrawn. Arrived in the pass. When the scouts sent by Long Bin found out that there were only 500 defenders on Shaoxi Mountain, they were immediately knocked unconscious by happiness.

"If God doesn't take what he wants, he must be punished by God. The rain from God is actually helping us!" Long Bin spread his hands and looked up to the sky and sighed. "Oh my god, I have wrongly blamed you these days. I will burn incense and offer three sacrifices to you later. Hahaha, the defense of 500 people will save me from losing many people!"

Long Bin was in high spirits at the second watch. The troops began to march towards Shaoshi Mountain. Although the rain stopped in the sky, the heavy dark clouds were still heavy on the top of the head. Invisible, the forwards of a battalion led by Long Bin personally were under the cover of night.

Secretly climbing towards Shao Xi.

The reason why Shaoxi Mountain can become one of the barriers to Wuguan is that it is dangerous. On the mountain road, the narrowest point can only allow two people to walk side by side. If you fight hard, you will indeed have to pay a huge sacrifice, but now, from Going all the way under the foot of the mountain and less than a hundred meters from the top of the mountain, Long Bin did not encounter any resistance, and the Chu army had no defense at all.

Above his head, he could already see a simple stone wall, which was built with stones and three-piece soil. It was about two meters high. On the top of the wall, an air-dead wind lamp emitted a dim light, but the light was not enough. Wherever he looked, Long Bin didn't find a single figure. But a loud commotion could be heard in my ears.

Turning his ears and listening carefully to the noise, Long Bin couldn't help but laugh. It was probably because the Chu troops on duty were gathering somewhere sheltered from the wind and rain to gamble. These people who were shouting and drinking were probably enjoying themselves.

"First battalion commander, you personally lead a company, climb up, deal with the guards, and open the gate of the camp. Be quick!" Long Bin ordered in a low voice.

"Okay, Commander, just look at me!" A battalion commander smiled softly. Perhaps this will be the easiest battle he has ever experienced. When the previous deduction was performed on the sand table, everyone thought This is a tough battle, but now it seems that it is easier than suppressing bandits.

A group of black shadows moved under the wall as quickly as a bobcat. The people in the front row squatted on the ground, holding their hands on the ground. The people in the back row jogged a few steps, jumped up suddenly, stepped on the shoulders of the person in front, and then jumped up. He had already grasped the top of the wall with both hands, strained his waist, retracted his elbows, and climbed up with one leg. Then he rolled over and disappeared on the top of the wall. Long Bin watched everyone in a row climb over the wall, and his heart that was still holding on was finally relieved.

The first battalion commander was one of the first people to roll over. As soon as he landed, he immediately hid in the shadows under the wall. Not far in front of him, in several tents, the lights were bright, and there was no gambling. The sound came from there. Farther up, there was a neat row of accounting rooms. There were indeed a lot of people stationed here.

A soldier next to him took off a grenade from his waist. The battalion commander glanced at it and stretched out his hand to hold his hand. "Do you need a grenade now? Save it for tough battles. Let's deal with these people with knives and crossbows." ”

The soldiers all laughed softly, put back the grenades, took down the crossbows, loaded the crossbows, and quietly moved towards the tents. Behind them, the gate of the wall had been opened, and hundreds of people from the first battalion filed in. At the foot of the mountain, a regiment of officers and soldiers were moving towards the mountain with some heavy weapons they carried. No one expected that they would encounter such a scene.

God bless the men! Long Bin could only think so in his heart.

The battalion commander raised the bright steel knife in his hand high, and the knife flashed. With a sound of "chi la", a large hole was cut in the tent. The dozen or so Chu soldiers in the tent looked up in astonishment and stared at the gap. What they saw was the crossbows that rained down on them. The short screams soon disappeared, and all the Chu soldiers in the big tent fell in a pool of blood.

On Shaoxi Mountain, the Chu army garrison of 500 people was quietly cleaned up. In less than one shift, Long Bin had already leisurely sat at the highest point of the mountain top to admire the scenery of Wuguan below. Standing on this mountain top, Wuguan was in full view. This kind of pass guarding the key place was the most difficult to attack in the past. If the artillery had not been invented, Long Bin estimated that it would take several times the number of troops to attack Wuguan guarded by 10,000 people. Even if there were several times the number of troops, it might not be possible to take it down. The attack surface was too narrow, and the troops could not be deployed at all. They could only go up one by one like adding fuel. Wuguan was surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on one side. There was only such a narrow valley passage. It was worthy of being one of the four major passes of Qin.

At this moment, Wuguan was completely unaware that Shaoxi Mountain above their heads had changed hands. The lights inside were bright, reflecting the outline of the entire pass clearly. Long Bin could even distinguish where the barracks were, where the granary was, and where the armory was.

The Han army on the mountain has been busy, starting to build artillery positions. After dawn, the main force will arrive and Shaoxi Mountain will also become an artillery position. From here, they will provide the most intense artillery support for the attack below the mountain.

Mei Hua arrived at nearly five o'clock in the morning. His main force finally arrived at the destination within the time specified by the army commander Yang Dasha. At this moment, the cannons were crawling up the mountain with difficulty under the drag of the soldiers.

"Now it seems that taking Wuguan is much easier than our march along the way." Mei Hua put down the telescope in his hand and smiled at Long Bin, "This doesn't look like a war, but more like an exercise."

"This heavy rain helped us a lot. The Chu army didn't even send scouts, which was a bargain for us." Long Bin smiled and said, "Otherwise, this Shaoxi Mountain would be enough to fight."

"This is God's will to destroy them." Mei Hua laughed.

At the foot of the mountain, inside Wuguan City, Zhang Qian, the garrison general of the Chu army, was reading a military report. What he was good at was not fighting, but logistics coordination. This was why Qu Wan left him in Wuguan. Here, he could give full play to his strengths and distribute the supplies needed by the Chu army on the front line to various units in an orderly manner. In fact, only half of the 10,000 Chu troops stayed in Wuguan for a long time, and the rest were rushing on the road to escort logistical supplies. But now his brows were furrowed tightly. The war in the south of Qin State had changed. The southern border troops that had escaped from Qin State had already surrendered to General Qu Da, but suddenly changed their minds and joined hands with the Xuanyiwei who were chasing them. General Qu Da suffered a big loss and lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Fortunately, General Qu Da had already captured Sanchuan County. After suffering this loss, Qu Wan was obviously not ready to swallow this breath. Now he was gathering the Chu army in the south and preparing to fight a hard battle with the two Qin armies. If these two armies were eliminated, Chu State would be able to swallow the southern part of Qin State smoothly and then digest it slowly. Otherwise, there would be changes.

However, Zhang Qian was a little uneasy. The sudden change of the Qin army made him smell a hint of ominous meaning. But this was not something he could consider. In the military report, Qu Wan ordered him to escort more food and weapons to Sanchuan County. He had assembled a main force of nearly 150,000 people to fight a decisive battle with the Xuanyiwei and the Qin army of more than 70,000 southern border troops.

Or maybe this was the last battle of this expedition. If they won this battle, Qin would no longer have the strength to retake the southern land, and Chu would only have to slowly digest the fruits of victory. However, would the powerful Han in the north watch Chu expand its power?

This thought flashed through Zhang Qian's mind, but was immediately driven out by more trivial matters. The logistical support required by the 150,000-man army to fight the enemy was enough to give him a headache. (To be continued.)