Chapter 988: The Magnificent Power of Han (One Hundred and Twelve)

In the middle of the night, Zhao Xilie and Li Mingjun rushed to the foot of Hangu Pass to join forces with Jing Rufeng. As Jing Rufeng expected, the number of Qin army defenders in Changping City and Yangfeng City was very small, and the whereabouts of a large number of Qin troops were unknown. There can only be one explanation, and that is that the Qin State is in big trouble, and the most likely possibility is that the eldest prince of King Wulie of Qin has found Meng Tian, ​​and Meng Tian rebelled. Forced by circumstances, Li Xin could only lead his army back to Xianyang to protect Xianyang's safety. As for whether Hangu Pass can be defended, it is no longer within the scope of Li Xin's consideration.

"General, as soon as Changping and Yangfeng were lost, Hangu Pass was already alone. Li Xin led his army away again. Our army will take Hangu Pass just around the corner. The great achievements that General Zhao Mu failed to complete back then will be realized in our hands. Got it!" Zhao Xilie said overjoyed. If he can capture Hangu Pass, it will be Zhao's greatest success in the past decades or hundreds of years. However, all of this was achieved when his father was in power. It is a long-lasting achievement that is above the history books. It will definitely be written down in detail.

Jing Rufeng nodded with a smile, "Xi Lie is right. There are only 3,000 lone troops in Hangu Pass. Today there was a fierce battle with our Chinese army, and the losses are probably more than half. At dawn tomorrow, Mingjun will take the lead in attacking, and it will take half a day to In one round, if it cannot be captured, it will be replaced by Xilie. At night, if Hangu Pass has not been captured, it will be replaced by me. The three armies will rotate. Tomorrow, our army must capture Hangu Pass, and then use the entire army. Approaching Xianyang, hahaha, at that time, I want to see if Li Xin, who is known as the best general in the world, can have the ability to return to heaven?"

All the generals in the tent laughed together, but there were various meanings in the laughter. Zhao Jin looked at Jing Rufeng, and there was a lot of teasing in his smile. Jing Rufeng made this arrangement clearly because he wanted Zhao Xilie to With the honor of being the first to break into Hangu Pass and win the first pass in the Qin Dynasty, this old man who is in his late sixties is no less capable of flattering him than his military talents.

Li Mingjun himself is Zhao Qi's confidant and Zhao Xilie's close friend. Naturally, there is no objection to this arrangement.

"You and your left and right armies have a good rest tonight. My central army is on guard for you. Qin's soldiers are never discouraged when faced with desperate situations. We also need to guard against their sneak attacks at night and disrupt the morale of our army." Jing Rufeng stood up. "Get up," the whole army got up at the fifth watch to bury the pot and rebel. At dawn, the general offensive began. They captured Hangu Pass and headed straight for Xianyang!

"Here!" All the generals in the tent stood up in response.

Hangu was closed, and Chongguang was sitting on the sticky ground holding a knife. The blood from the day had dried, but there was still an unpleasant stench in the air. The corpses of the enemy had fallen off the city wall. As for his brother's body, it was impossible to keep it for a long time in this weather. He could only collect it in an open space in the city and burn it on fire.

Under the dim light, a swarm of green-headed flies circled back and forth, and from time to time a few would land on Chong Guang. He didn't bother to chase them away, letting them crawl around on his body.

"General!" A tooth general walked up to Chongguang. "Please give me five hundred soldiers. I will go out of the city to take a risk and go straight to the Zhao army's tent. If I can kill Jing Rufeng, the morale of the Zhao army will be improved." They must disperse, and there is still a slight chance of survival at Hangu Pass."

"That's Jing Rufeng, who is as old as a fox and knows our army's tactics well. There is no way he can succeed." Chongguang shook his head, "Don't go out and die."

"General, can we still defend tomorrow?" General Ya asked.

Chongguang was stunned for a moment, yes, can he still defend tomorrow? In the daytime battle, half of his three thousand soldiers were killed. Now in the city, even the cooks and grooms have put on armor and picked up weapons. , even so, he could only barely gather another 3,000 people, but the combat effectiveness was no longer the same as during the day.

"Since we can't hold on any longer and can only survive, why don't we give it a try and give it a try?" Ya Jiang said in a deep voice.

Chongguang lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Okay, I'll give you five hundred warriors, you can choose them yourself."

"Yes, General Ya will definitely fight until the last moment and try his best to kill this old thief Jing Rufeng." General Ya said fiercely, "General Ya is gone!"

Looking at Ya Jiang's leaving figure, Chongguang suddenly said: "Brother, what is your name, and what words do you want to leave to your family?"

General Ya smiled and said, "General, my name is Huo Dalang. If I am lucky enough to succeed and the general can return to Daqin alive, please tell my father that his son is a brave soldier. He will not disgrace him as a veteran."

"Okay, if I can go back alive, I will definitely find him and tell him that you are the bravest soldier in our Great Qin." Chongguang's voice was choked with sobs.

He stood on the city wall and looked into the city gate hole. The gate was quietly opened a gap. Huo Dalang and five hundred soldiers wandered out of the city like ghosts, heading towards the Zhao Jun camp in the distance. Touch it.

The fluttering Jing Rufeng Chinese Army flag is a dazzling beacon in the dark night, guiding them in the direction of progress.

Chongguang tried his best to keep his eyes wide open, trying to clearly see his troops leaving the city, but as the distance increased, the army of several hundred people finally merged into the darkness.

Less than half an hour later, a raging fire suddenly erupted in the Zhao Jun camp in the distance, and the sound of killing was faintly heard. Like Chongguang, many soldiers on the city head crowded in front of the battlements, looking at the fire in the distance. Chongguang just glanced at it and then lowered his head in pain. The place where the fire started was the edge of Zhao Jun's camp. In other words, Huo Dalang and the others were discovered as soon as they approached the opponent's camp and had no chance to rush to it. Under the banner of Jing Rufeng’s Chinese army.

"Jing Rufeng!" Chongguang's hands dug tightly into the stone seams of the city wall, and he didn't even notice when blood came out from his fingers.

The fire gradually died down and the shouts disappeared, which meant that another five hundred men had returned to their hometown. Chongguang stood up, slashed the city battlements with a knife, and shouted loudly: "Sleep, sleep, and tomorrow, we will fight again." You live and die, man, there is no joy in life, no fear in death. Kill one and you will earn enough. Kill two and you will earn one. Today we have earned enough. No matter how many we kill tomorrow, we will earn. Brothers, have a good rest and take good care of yourself. If you have enough strength, I will kill him like a fool tomorrow."

"Kill him for being a fool!" The soldiers on the city shouted in unison.

After a while, the city was filled with thunderous snoring.

When the sun showed its face on the horizon again, Zhao Jun's attack came as scheduled. General Li Mingjun of Zhao Zuojun drove his troops to attack fiercely for half a day. Up and down the city, both sides fought in a mass, fought on the city wall, were driven down, and killed again. There were fewer and fewer Qin troops on the city, but they became more and more courageous. Li Mingjun, with nearly 20,000 soldiers, had been attacking for half a day, but he could not even set foot on the city wall.

After noon, Li Mingjun's troops retreated to rest. Zhao Xilie, who had rested for half a day, once again launched a fierce attack on the city wall. Chongguang, like a ferocious beast, led his remaining soldiers to fight fiercely with Zhao's troops on the city wall until At dusk, when the siege vehicles approached the city wall again, Chongguang could no longer organize a decent attack. He looked desperately at the groups of Zhao troops climbing up from the siege vehicles.

More ladders were set up, and Zhao Jun's helmets emerged from the battlements one by one. With Zhao Jun's huge cheers, the gate of Hangu Pass was slowly opened from the inside, and Zhao Xilie drove his horse in confidently. Arrived at Hangu Pass.

The Qin army's important town of Hangu Pass was lost.

Chongguang was carried by several Zhao soldiers to Jing Rufeng. When the city was broken, he led the remaining Qin army to launch a desperate attack on the Zhao army. His general's attire became an eye-catching target. The swarming Zhao army knocked him to the ground, but the scarred Chongguang had lost any power to resist.

Seeing the veteran general with white beard and hair sitting in the lobby, wearing the uniform of a general of the Zhao Kingdom, Chongguang's eyes burned with anger, "Old thief, traitor, you have betrayed your ancestors and will not die a good death."

Jing Rufeng walked up to Chongguang with a sneer, "Twenty years ago, I died in a bad way. I served the Qin army for decades and made countless military exploits. Just because I didn't support King Qin Wulie's ascension, he killed my whole family." , In the past twenty years, I have been thinking about revenge all the time. It doesn't matter if I have to die a good death, I am willing to go to the Nine Nether Hells, as long as I can bite a piece of King Qin Wulie's flesh."

All the Zhao generals in the hall shuddered when they heard Jing Rufeng's demonic roar. They were all speechless for a moment, leaving only Chongguang's angry curses.

"General, this man has killed countless of our Zhao warriors and slandered the name of the general. It would be better to kill him with one sword and send him to Gugu Pass with his head hanging to boost the morale of our army!" Zhao Xilie stepped forward and suggested.

"Traitor, kill me quickly and hang my head on Hangu Pass. I will watch General Li return with his army and kill you like shit!" Chongguang laughed.

"You want to die, but I won't let you die!" Jing Rufeng said with a sneer: "Come here, send the army doctor to treat this tough guy's injuries, hang his life, don't let him die, I will Let him see whether Li Xin leads his army to fight back or I, Jing Rufeng, fight to Xianyang and take the head of King Wulie of Qin!"

Several soldiers carried Chongguang, who was constantly cursing, and walked down. Jing Rufeng looked up at the generals with a murderous look on his face, "The whole army rests for a day. The day after tomorrow, the army will set off to attack Xianyang. Governor Zhao!"

Zhao Jin cupped his hands and said, "What are your orders, General?"

"I will leave you two thousand soldiers to guard Hangu Pass and transport grain, grass, and ordnance. We must not let our army fall short because of grain, grass, ordnance."

"Here!"

"In addition, I also ask Governor Zhao to step up his efforts to suppress the imperial court and immediately mobilize more troops and horses as a second wave of attacks. We must be aggressive and must not give the Qin people any chance to breathe. Xilie, please use your Write a letter to your father in your own name, telling him that you must not make any mistakes in this opportunity to build a lasting legacy."

"Yes!" Zhao Jin and Zhao Xilie bowed to accept the order at the same time.

Jing Rufeng walked to the door of the lobby, looked through the door at the dilapidated but still majestic Hangu Pass, and laughed loudly, "Da Qin, I'm back!"

He roared loudly, seemingly endless resentment pouring out. (To be continued)