Chapter 990: The Magnificent Power of Han (One Hundred and Fourteen)

With a bang, the door was knocked open. Chongguang struggled to raise his head. The first thing that caught his eye was the familiar uniform of the Qin Army.

"I am Chongguang, the guard of Hangu Pass. What happened outside?" Chongguang shouted.

"General Chongguang, are you still alive?" Several Qin soldiers who broke into the door screamed and rushed up, looking at Chongguang who was covered in blood. "Go find General Bai Qi, General Chongguang is still alive."

Some people rushed up and some ran outside. Chongguang held the bed with both hands and tried to sit up, but he was unable to do so. Halfway up, he fell heavily again. Two Qin soldiers ran up and pulled him down. Helped him up.

[Pig^Pig^ Island^Novel][www].[zhu][].[] "What happened?" Looking at Qin Jun beside him, Chongguang's eyes were a little confused, but more of he was excited, "Big The general has led his troops to fight back?"

"General Chongguang, the general has not come back yet. We are subordinates of General Bai Qi." the soldier replied.

There were hurried footsteps outside. Bai Qi stepped out of the house and looked at Chongguang, his eyes full of excitement, "General Chongguang, you are still alive, this is great!"

"What happened? How did you recapture Hangu Pass!" Chongguang asked, looking at Bai Qi.

Bai Qi looked around and waved. The sergeants around him retreated knowingly. Only Bai Qi and Chongguang were left in the room. They walked to the bed. Bai Qi sat on the edge of the bed, pondered for a moment and said: "General Chongguang, to tell you the truth, we have been at Hangu Pass."

"What? You have been at Hangu Pass, why didn't I know?" Chongguang asked in surprise.

"General Chongguang was transferred from Changping City just before the war. The war broke out less than two days after arriving at Hangu Pass, so he is not very familiar with the situation inside Hangu Pass. A month ago, under the military order of General Li, , Bai led his troops to dig out countless criss-crossing tunnels under Hangu Pass and did a good job of concealing them. Except for the soldiers who participated in the whole process, no outsiders knew about it. We have already made enough progress in these tunnels. I have been hiding for six days." Bai Qi said.

"Why?" Chongguang looked at Bai Qi, his hands trembling.

"General Chongguang, this is to annihilate the 100,000 troops of Zhao State's Hedong camp. In order to achieve this goal, Hangu Pass has become a bait. General Li Xin has set up a dragnet, just waiting for the 100,000 Zhao troops to hit them head-on. Go in, and we will retake Hangu Pass and block their only way of retreat."

"So, I was actually transferred here to die, right?" Chongguang asked.

"You can't say that!" Bai Qi said: "Hangu Pass must be resisted desperately. General Chongguang is brave and good at fighting, and he happens to be high enough to be the guard at Hangu Pass. In fact, the general does not have many choices."

Chongguang covered his face with his hands, "Then why don't you tell me the truth?"

"General Chongguang, if you knew the truth, would you still have the determination to fight to the death?" Bai Qi asked: "No, definitely not, because once a person knows that he has a way out, there is another choice, psychologically There will definitely be shaking.”

Chongguang leaned back and fell heavily on the bed, "Three thousand soldiers, plus Changping City and Yangfeng City, more than 5,000 soldiers, were kept in the dark and died on the battlefield like this!"

"In order to achieve this goal, someone must sacrifice." Looking at Chongguang's appearance, Bai Qi's eyes slowly turned cold, "General Chongguang, you are the general of the Qin State. You should understand that it is not you, but someone else's. Every Qin soldier should be prepared to sacrifice everything for Da Qin, otherwise, he cannot be called a warrior of Da Qin. Yes, we paid the price of five thousand people, but what we got was the destruction of one hundred thousand Zhao troops. In return, I think you understand this exchange ratio."

Chongguang nodded, "I understand, of course I understand."

Seeing Chongguang with tears streaming down his face, Bai Qi felt some sympathy, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. On the contrary, he thought it was an honor.

"General Bai, we have captured Zhao Jin, the governor of Hedong County of Zhao State." The voice of soldiers reporting came from outside. Bai Qi stood up and saluted Chongguang with clasped fists, "General Chongguang, you should have a good rest, and then I will find a doctor to treat your injuries. After Zhao Jun gets into the cage we set up, and everything is fine, I will send someone to send you to the rear to treat your injuries. Your injuries look like you will have to rest for a long time. It’s too late. We can’t catch up with this battle, but please don’t worry, we will definitely avenge our brothers who died at Hangu Pass.”

Seeing Bai Qi striding out, Chong Guang, this brave general who led three thousand soldiers to fight nearly one hundred thousand troops and suffered dozens of wounds without even taking a step back, covered his face with his hands and burst into tears.

He had a feeling of being betrayed, which was not a good feeling at all. He was still alive, or he would be greatly rewarded after the war, and would be promoted to a higher official position, but the thousands of brothers who died would never They were unable to enjoy these honors. Before they died, they must still regret that they did not hold the door of Da Qin.

Zhao Jin's current appearance is very miserable. His originally luxurious clothes have been pulled into strips, and the exposed fat is dripping with blood. Although the injury is not serious, his expression looks extremely painful. It seems that these injuries are enough to make him It was deadly. He was born into a noble family and had been pampered since he was a child. He was in a high position and rarely saw blood. Seeing himself become like this was really a big psychological blow.

"General Bai, a very powerful Zhao army elite protected him and rushed out of the pass, but this guy was too fat. During the battle between us and our opponent, the horse couldn't hold this guy up and fell down, throwing him He came down and was captured by our army. Seeing that he fell into our hands, those Zhao soldiers broke out and left." A tooth general approached Bai Qi and whispered back. The man looked at Zhao Jin as he spoke, There was a smile that couldn't be concealed in the corners of his eyes and brows. This was the first time he saw the fat man pushing the horse down.

"A few shrimp soldiers and crab generals are leaving as soon as they leave!" Bai Qi waved his hand, "The 100,000-strong army of Zhao Guo's Hedong Camp has now all entered our Qin Dynasty. These small fish and shrimps will run away as soon as they can."

While the two were talking, Zhao Jin suddenly shouted, "I am Zhao Jin, the governor of Hedong County of Zhao State. Please call the doctor to treat my injury. I am going to die!"

He raised his hand tremblingly, wanting to touch the scars and blood stains on his body, but he finally lacked the courage.

"Chief Zhao, I know who you are!" Bai Qi looked over with contempt, "Don't worry, this little injury won't kill anyone, you're so thick-skinned!"

"I lost a lot of blood, and I'm going to run out of blood!" Zhao Jin said tremblingly, and slid down to the ground. If the two Qin soldiers behind him hadn't grabbed him, he would have collapsed on the ground. .

Looking at Zhao Jin's pale face, as if he might faint at any time, Bai Qi shook his head, "Grandma, you are such a bad guy."

"Call the doctor and bandage him." This guy is a big fish, and we can't let him hang up his hair like this.

When it was daylight, Hangu Pass was completely easy to defend. The last Zhao army that resisted room by room in the pass was also eliminated. The flag of the Qin army was raised again at Hangu Pass. Except for a few of the two thousand Zhao soldiers led by Zhao Jin, they broke through. The rest of the people who escaped from the pass were either taken prisoner or died in the battle in the city.

Under the command of Bai Qi, Hangu Pass began intense post-war repair work. Before the thousands of Qin troops who were waiting outside the pass arrived, Bai Qi wanted to re-fortify Hangu Pass so that it could meet the subsequent madness of the Zhao army. Counterattack.

Hangu Pass had changed hands overnight, but Zhao Jun, who was still unaware of this, was still advancing rapidly. Jing Rufeng flew the army into three groups, with himself leading the middle group, and Zhao Xilie and Li Mingjun leading the left and right groups. , three armies attacked Yongshou County, Chunhua County, and Sanyuan County respectively.

On the tenth day after breaking Hangu Pass, Zhao Xilie's troops arrived in Yongshou. Compared with the previous places where there was almost no resistance, Yongshou was obviously well prepared. At first sight, he saw the densely packed Qin army in Yongshou County and the cold light of countless bows and crossbows. As well as the dense antlers in front of the county town, blocking horses and traps, Zhao Xilie knew that he had a tough battle to fight.

"Attack, capture Yongshou, and force Xianyang!" Zhao Xilie is convinced that Yongshou's Qin army will never have too many troops, and he now has a full force of 20,000 troops, and Yongshou's city wall is not high, less than The five-meter-high wall is definitely not a fortified city for the well-trained Zhao army.

In just half a day, Zhao Xilie cleared all the obstacles outside Yongshou City, and then launched a strong attack on Yongshou City. With just one attack, Zhao Jun was able to attack the city wall, but what surprised Zhao Xilie was that, The Zhao army who stormed the city wall did not gain any advantage after a half-day battle with many casualties. The Qin army on the city drove them away. They attacked several times but returned without any attack. , seeing that it was getting late and Zhao Jun was exhausted, Zhao Xilie could only order to withdraw his troops temporarily.

Almost when Zhao Xilie encountered the Qin army in Yongshou, Jing Rufeng, who was attacking Chunhua in the middle, and Li Mingjun, who was attacking Sanyuan on the right, also encountered strong resistance from the Qin army. The three armies attacked separately. In the three places, no one could achieve victory. The Zhao army, which was advancing like a wild wave, seemed to have encountered a hard rock in the three places. It could no longer advance smoothly and had to slow down its pace.

At the same time, on the outskirts of the three counties, the Qin army had spread out and was approaching the Zhao army in the three counties.

A fast horse galloped towards Jicheng along the newly built galloping road. There were three red flags behind the rider. This was a messenger from Yuyang County. The war between Zhao State and Qin State resumed, and Zhao Jun captured The information about Xiahanguguan was currently in the iron tube behind him.

"Eight hundred miles, hurry, eight hundred miles, hurry!" Rushing into a station beside the galloping road ahead, the knight jumped down and shouted loudly.

Seeing the three red flags on the knight's back, the station officials did not dare to be negligent at all. From the station, a cavalryman dressed in the same dress immediately rushed out, untied a war horse tied in the yard of the station, and rushed in front of the messenger. The messenger He took off the iron barrel from his back, handed it to him, and put the iron barrel on his body. The cavalryman immediately hit his horse and galloped away. (To be continued...)