Chapter 987: The Magnificent Power of Han (One Hundred and Eleven)

The war in Hedong, which had been calm for a long time, suddenly broke out. One hundred thousand Zhao troops came out in full force and rushed towards Hangu Pass. Jing Rufeng changed his usual cautious style and divided his troops into three groups. He led the main force to attack Hangu Pass. Zhao Xilie Attack Changping City, while Li Mingjun attacked Yangfeng City.

Changping and Yangfeng are the two wings of Hangu Pass. A few years ago, when Zhao Mu almost captured Hangu Pass, these two places were the first to be captured. However, Changping and Yangfeng had not yet built cities at that time. , but there are two military strongholds. Because of the loss of these two places, the flanks of Hangu Pass were wide open. After that battle, the Qin people began to garrison these two places, passing by Wang Xiao and Li Xin. With the efforts of General Ren, Yangfeng City and Changping City rose from the ground and became a powerful barrier on the flanks of Hangu Pass.

If you want to go down to Hangu, you must first go down to Yangfeng City and Changping City.

On the wall of Hangu Pass, General Chongguang of the Qin Army looked at the Zhao army that was coming in from the distance like locusts with a worried look on his face. The enemy had arrived by chance. Just a few days ago, General Li Xin suddenly led the main force to leave the city and return. Xianyang, it is said that something big happened in Xianyang. The eldest prince plotted a rebellion and wanted to misbehave in Xianyang. General Li Xin followed the king's order and led his army back to Xianyang to quell the rebellion. Although the general sent a letter to confuse the enemy. The troops at Guguan and Sakon adopted the strategy of setting off in batches to gather at the agreed place, but this obviously did not go unnoticed by Zhao Jun's eyes and ears, and the enemy came at the right time.

Chongguang was not the guard general of Hangu Pass. He was the chief general of Changping City before. Before General Li left, he was suddenly transferred to Hangu Pass as the chief guard of the pass. From Changping to Hangu Pass, although it was said that It was a big improvement, but Chongguang was not happy at all, because as soon as he arrived, the Zhao army had already attacked here. He had not even recognized the generals under his command, and he was extremely unfamiliar with the city defense of Hangu Pass. .

More importantly, there are only three thousand soldiers of the Qin Army in Hangu Pass now. Three thousand Qin Army guards Changping or Yangfeng, which is more than enough, but to guard Hangu Pass, the force is stretched. Chongguang can't think of it. I understand why General Li, who knows how to fight and is good at fighting, would not think that Zhao Jun would lead troops to attack. Even if it was just in case, he should leave at least 10,000 troops in Hangu Pass for defense.

With three thousand people, he can only defend the wall. If there are ten thousand people, not only can he defend, but he can also attack at the right time. Attacking and defending are the way to defend the city. If you just defend blindly, you will eventually fail. One day it will be breached.

"Have the messengers been sent back?" Chongguang asked in a deep voice, staring at Zhao Jun who was getting closer and closer to the city.

"Returning to the general, the messenger was intercepted and killed by Zhao Jun's scouts outside. He was seriously injured and escaped back. He only brought back a sentence from General Li."

"explain!"

"People are in the city, but the city is dead and people are dead." The voice behind him was trembling.

Chongguang's body trembled slightly. From this sentence, he heard what Li Xin meant. It seemed that the situation in Xianyang City was far more serious than he imagined, otherwise General Li would never abandon Hangu Pass. Regardless. The meaning of General Li's words was already very clear. Resist to the end and buy time. This reminded him of the battle in which General Ying Teng died a few years ago. It was also at the head of Hanguguan City. In order to win Time allowed Qin's grand strategy to be implemented. General Ying Teng died on the spot, and the king who arrived with reinforcements from Xianyang also suffered many injuries. However, that battle completely reversed Qin's strategic situation and almost wiped out the Xiongnu. This continent was wiped out. From then on, the Xiongnu never reappeared as a force and had to rely on the heights of the current Han Kingdom to survive.

Now, it's your turn.

Chongguang did not feel angry or sad about this. On the contrary, he only felt that the blood all over his body was boiling. It was an honor to be a general of the Qin Army to be able to repeat what General Ying Teng had done. .

"General Li's military order is spread throughout the city. The city is alive but the people are alive, and the people in the city are dead!" Chongguang choked and pulled out the sword from his waist. "Even if everyone died in the battle at Hangu, he would never take a step back. Tell us." The soldiers, the heroes of General Ying Teng are standing on the tower at the moment, watching our Qin Army sons, don’t let General Ying’s face fall into disgrace.”

"As you command!" The voice from behind no longer trembled.

"The city is alive but the people are alive, the city is dead and the people are dead!" As the messenger shouted loudly, the repeated general's voice sounded at the top of Hangu Pass, gradually converging into a torrent, the sound shook the sky. Every Qin soldier's voice Passion burst into excitement in these shouts.

"Correct Lao Qin, defend our rivers and mountains, and fight until the end of the war until the blood is shed dry!"

The war song of the Qin army sounded on top of the city, lingering between heaven and earth for a long time.

Under the banner of Zhao Guozhongjun, Jing Rufeng stood on horseback. Beside him, Zhao Jin, the governor of Hedong County, also followed him. Listening to the military songs coming from the top of Hangu Pass in the distance, Jing Rufeng's His body was shaking slightly, and he was bursting into tears.

"General Jing, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Jin asked, slightly surprised.

Reaching out to wipe away his old tears, Jing Rufeng shook his head in embarrassment, "I am old and fragile. After more than 20 years, I can finally fight back from Hangu Pass in a dignified manner. How can I not be extremely emotional? Thank God for giving me such an opportunity. I am almost 70 years old. If it were not for this opportunity, I think I would never be able to return to my hometown of Xianyang and take a look at the familiar streets there again. "

"General, are you sure that you can capture Hangu Pass?" Zhao Jin still has some doubts to this day.

Jing Rufeng smiled confidently, "Listen, this is the war song of the Qin army."

"I know, these years, my ears have been hearing cocoons." Zhao Jin said disapprovingly. His fiefdom was competing with the Qin people, and they would have to fight with the Qin people every once in a while. How could the Qin people not sing war songs? familiar.

"Listen again and feel it carefully." Jing Rufeng chuckled and said, "How is this war song different from what you usually hear?"

Zhao Jin glanced at Jing Rufeng in surprise, listened carefully for a long time, and felt something in his heart, "This song seems to have more of a tragic atmosphere, but lacks the indomitable momentum of the previous songs."

"That's right!" Jing Rufeng clapped his hands and laughed, "Zhao County Governor is indeed a man who knows the military. The Qin army is powerful. In recent years, we have faced off against our Zhao army, losing less and winning more. So in the past, when they sang war songs, There is a lot of thoughts of victory in their hearts, so there is an indomitable momentum in the songs. But today, they have a strong city to rely on, but they still only see tragedy and no thoughts of victory. What does this mean? It means that their military strength is serious. It's not enough, it's not enough that even they themselves don't believe that they can hold Hangu Pass, so we will definitely be able to capture Hangu Pass, the only difference is the length of time."

"Of course, the sooner the better!" Zhao Jin immediately became more confident after Jing Rufeng's words. "If you delay it for one more day, something might happen. General Zhao fell short of his achievements back then. I think about it every time today. I still sigh with regret!"

"This depends on the fighting power of our sons!" Jing Rufeng said: "If my estimate is correct, the number of troops in the city will not exceed 5,000. I will attack it with ten times the army. It will take three to five days as late as possible, or as short as three to five days." In a day or two, Hangu Pass will be broken."

"Okay, after breaking through Hangu Pass, Zhao must get drunk with General Jing in Hangu Pass before resting." Zhao Jin said loudly.

"It's a deal!" Jing Rufeng laughed loudly, raised his arms, and shouted sternly: "Send the order to the three armies to attack."

The sound of war drums was earth-shattering, flames shot up and down Hangu Pass, and thick smoke covered the sky. Tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers swarmed up and launched a fierce attack on Hangu Pass that blocked their steps. On the city, the soldiers of the Qin army stood high Singing war songs, fighting back bravely, up and down the city, arrows flew like locusts, the buzz of arrows, the scream of crossbows, the dull sound of stone cannons thrown by trebuchets, the roars of warriors fighting, His screams when he was dying turned Hangu Pass into a Shura Hell in an instant.

In the sky, the blazing sun gradually lost its temperature and turned into a plate of gold, slowly falling. The day passed by in the endless fighting. There were piles of corpses above and below the city, but Hangu Pass still remained. Standing proudly under the golden light, accompanied by the sound of golden gongs that retreated, the Zhao army retreated like a tide, revealing the siege equipment and countless corpses left behind.

On top of the city, Chongguang sat down helplessly. The knife in his hand had already curled teeth, like a saw. The armor on his body was broken everywhere and stained with blood. He didn't know whether it was the enemy's blood or his own injuries. As soon as he sat down, he almost didn't want to go back. stand up.

"General, look!" The soldiers beside him who were also tired and fell to the ground suddenly exclaimed. On the left and right sides of Hangu Pass, three lines of thick smoke rose from the horizon and reached into the night sky.

"Three rays of smoke!" Chongguang lowered his head sadly. Changping City and Yangfeng City have been lost. From now on, Hangu Pass will no longer have flank cover. It seems that the 100,000-strong army of Zhao Jun's Hedong Camp has been exhausted. And out.

Zhao Jin's face was very ugly at Zhao Jun's camp. The desperate fighting during the day made him a little frightened. Although he had been at the forefront of the war, this was only the first time he had gone to the front line to witness such killings. In the past, He was only responsible for raising food and fodder for the soldiers in the rear.

"General, can we capture Hangu Pass?" He became a little unconfident again. During the day, the Qin army's combat effectiveness once again left a deep impression on him.

"Of course we can, we will break it tomorrow!" Jing Rufeng said in a leisurely manner, "Although there was no success today, the defenders of Hangu Pass have been severely damaged. I carefully observed that the defenders in the pass only have 3,000 people at most. Even if it is Duizi, I will I'll finish him off."

Zhao Jin let out a long breath. Jing Rufeng said it very easily, but this ease meant that tens of thousands of lives would no longer exist.

Zhao Jin said goodbye and left. Jing Rufeng walked out of his big tent and looked at Hangu Pass lying like a monster between the earth and the sky under the water in the distance. He shook his head with regret, focused on the light, and fiercely Also, it's a pity that he is destined to die in his own hands.

I'm sorry, we are all for the same goal! He whispered in his heart.

In order to completely make Zhao Jun no longer doubt the correctness of this attack, Chongguang and the three thousand Qin soldiers guarding the city must be the bait thrown by Li Xin. Their purpose of existing at Hangu Pass is to resist until the last man. To be continued)