When Fusu, Han Xin and others returned to the prefect's mansion, they saw Meng Tian leading thousands of troops and about to go out. Fu Su hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "General Meng, there is no need to go out again." As soon as Meng Tian saw that he was safe.

Only when he came back did he feel relieved and said: "The general has been gone to see the prince for a long time, and there are no people from General Han."

I came back to report the news, and because I was worried, I thought of taking someone to take a look. Since the prince is fine, let the soldiers go back and rest." After saying that, he asked the soldiers to disperse and go back, and he went in with Fusu and Han Xin.

When Zhang Liang happened to come out of the house, the five of them entered the main hall and sat down while talking.

"...Just like that, under the random arrows of the sergeants brought by General Han, Mo Jiuxing and Le Ding were all shot dead." Fusu told the whole story.

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"I didn't expect that Leding's return this time had another purpose. He wanted to deceive the prince into their trap. He was so cruel." Meng Tian said bitterly, "If Brother Peng Hong hadn't arrived in time, this time it would have been impossible.

Too bad." There was a hint of fear in his tone.

Peng Hong smiled and said: "If General Han hadn't led the army here, I wouldn't be Mo Jiuxing's opponent. I didn't expect that there is such a person in the world. It's really surprising. I used to think that my martial arts were already good.

Unexpectedly, compared with such masters, it is still far behind."

"As long as one's martial arts can protect oneself, it is enough. No matter how high your martial arts are, if you really face the attack of thousands of troops and the random shooting of arrows, you will still die?" Fusu said indifferently.

Zhang Liang asked: "Didn't the prince always refrain from killing Leting a few days ago? How come he is so determined to fight today?" Zhang Liang also admired Leting's ability and wanted to take him in with Fusu just like Fusu.

Fight side by side.

Fusu looked at the injury on Peng Hong's shoulder and said: "I killed him for three reasons. First, I was still worried about him a few days ago. If I killed him, it would cause dissatisfaction among the people of Sanchuan County. After all,

He has been an official here for a long time and has a good relationship with the people here. But now the people of Sanchuan have returned home. Even if he dies, in order to live a good life, the people will not be our enemies.

Secondly, because he first surrendered to me and then betrayed me, what I hate most in my life is the person who betrayed me. No matter how talented he is, I can't use him." At this point, Fusu thought of himself in time travel.

The previous operation resulted in the death of a comrade because of someone's betrayal. At the same time, he also thought about the fact that Li Heng, whom he had always trusted, betrayed him and was executed by him, and his face darkened.

Among the people present, only Meng Tian and Peng Hong knew about Li Heng, but Peng Hong didn't know the relationship between Fusu and Li Heng, so Meng Tian, ​​who knew best, guessed that Fusu had remembered this as soon as he saw Fusu's appearance.

He wanted to think of someone, so he changed his mind and said, "I wonder what the third point is?"

Sure enough, his question brought Fusu back from his thoughts. He sighed and said: "The third point is because Mo Jiuxing is too difficult to deal with. If he is allowed to leave, there will be danger around me at any time.

, and to kill him, Le Ding must be used as bait. This is also to prevent the person who protects me from being hurt again. Therefore, Le Ding must die." At this point, Fusu's eyes were full of murderous intent.

Peng Hong glanced at Fusu with emotion, knowing that Fusu was referring to himself by not wanting anyone to get hurt.

Zhang Liangdao: "The prince is really a person who does great things. He makes decisions when he is right and never drags his feet. I really admire him. I wonder what the prince plans to do next?"

Fusu looked at the two generals Meng Tian and Han Xin and said: "Now Sanchuan County has been completely captured. According to the information sent from Chu District, although Zhang Han suffered losses in Chu District, he still brought a large number of troops and came here.

, we must capture Xianyang before him. Otherwise, it will be in danger if the Qin army attacks us from both front and rear. I wonder which of the two generals is willing to take the first step to attack Hangu Pass?"

Han Xin glanced at Meng Tian and said: "General Meng is the general of the Qin State and should be very familiar with Hangu Pass. Why don't you lead the troops to attack first?

Meng Tian did not refuse and said: "Okay, although Hangu Pass is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack, I am still confident that we can take it down. After all, the elite Qin army who originally guarded Hangu Pass are no longer in the pass.

It is impossible to defend this most powerful pass in the world by relying only on those old and weak soldiers."

"Okay, since General Meng is so confident, I will give you 30,000 troops to go ahead. Without further ado, I will send a letter to Guguan early tomorrow morning, and I will take care of all the matters in Sanchuan County.

Just bring the army to help." Fusu said happily.

So a few people decided on a strategy to get to Hangu Pass, and then they went back to rest.

Hangu Pass is one of the earliest Xiongguan fortresses built in Chinese history. Because the pass is in the middle of a valley and is as dangerous as a letter, it is called Hangu Pass. It is also known as "one man can guard the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it." It is located in the west.

The plateau is bordered by Juejian in the east, Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Yellow River in the north. It is the throat of Xianyang. Therefore, whenever the six Shandong kingdoms want to attack Qin, Hangu Pass is the most important barrier. In the third year of King Zhou Shenliang's reign,

The five kingdoms of Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Yan attacked Qin, and Qin occupied Hangu Pass and defeated the armies of the five kingdoms. In the sixth year of Qin Shihuang's sixth year, the five kingdoms of Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Wei attacked Qin, but also at Hangu Pass.

It was defeated by the Qin Dynasty, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Hangu Pass is a natural danger. Now Fusu's goal is to capture it, and the difficulty of it is evident.

The few remaining men and horses of the Qin State have been brought to the Hangu Pass. Fortunately, it took a lot of time for the Leding City Guards to attack the Fusu Army, so that the Qin Army could calmly deploy here.

Everything has been arranged, and many traps have been laid on the roads outside the pass. They are just waiting for the Fusu Army to come and die.

Unfortunately, what they encountered was Meng Tian, ​​who was well aware of the terrain of Hangu Pass and was calm and cautious. Therefore, as soon as he led his troops to the valley road, he ordered his troops to slow down and advance slowly to prevent being attacked by others.

In this way, some traps of the Qin army were quickly discovered and destroyed, and then 30,000 troops came to Hangu Pass.

After arranging the troops, Meng Tian ordered his people to send two letters of persuasion and challenge to Guanzhong, just waiting for their response. However, the Qin general in the city neither agreed to surrender nor paid any attention to the matter of leaving the city for a battle. He only ordered his soldiers to

Strengthen defenses on the city to prevent a sudden attack by the Fusu Army. Seeing the opponent's complete lack of reaction, Meng Tian knew that they knew that they did not have enough troops to confront him head-on, so they focused on defense. Since the opponent was only on the defensive, Meng Tian would not

No matter how polite I was, I launched an attack on this pass on the second day after arriving at Hangu Pass.

For a time, there was a heavy flow of arrows after closing the gate. The defenders on the city were well prepared. In order to prevent Fusu's army from easily rushing to the city wall to build ladders, they blocked the path forward for Fusu's army with arrows.

The first step was to withstand countless sharp arrows flying towards them. Fortunately, these soldiers were well-equipped, so although they were hit by arrows, their lives were not hurt. However, even so, they still could not attack the city wall.

Set up the ladder.

However, the crossbow arrows fired by the Fusu Army at Guan Guan were too far away and the wall was too high, so not many of them could hit it. Even if they managed to hit it, the lethality of these arrows would be very little, and they would be easily hit with weapons.

Flying.

The two sides attacked and defended for most of the day. Finally, Meng Tian saw that the soldiers were exhausted, but the Qin army's arrows at the pass had no intention of stopping. He knew that they would not be able to attack the pass today, so he ordered his troops to retreat and wait for the opportunity.

We'll fight again in two days. Go back to camp and check.

, Meng Tian found that three thousand people had been killed and two thousand injured. So many men and horses had been lost in one day without even touching the wall of Hangu Pass. Meng Tian couldn't help being furious. He was full of words in front of the prince.

, but unexpectedly it turned out to be so unhelpful.

Early the next morning, Meng Tian continued to urge the soldiers to move forward bravely, but the rain of arrows on the city seemed to be completely exhausted. No matter how they charged, they were still blocked by the arrows, and thousands of corpses were lost instead.

This continued for three consecutive days, and Meng Tian's army lost nearly 8,000 men. Finally, taking advantage of the lack of arrows from the Qin army, he rushed to the pass and set up a ladder. But before Meng Tian could be happy, the gate of the pass was closed.

The rocks fell down like raindrops, and the soldiers who had just gone up the ladder were quickly thrown back to the ground. One of them was intact when they went up, but they were smashed to pieces when they came down.

Seeing the soldiers bravely rushing up, but soon died under the rocks and trees, Meng Tian, ​​the general of the Qin Dynasty, realized that the reputation of Hangu Pass was not fake. He had never looked at it carefully when he came here before.

Due to the terrain, I didn’t expect that I would suffer a big loss now.

The stalemate continued for another day. The Fusu Army lost more than 2,000 people and was unable to climb the wall. After they withdrew their troops, the Qin Army in Guanzhong honestly and unceremoniously pulled the ladder set up beside the wall into the pass.

, and used them to cause new troubles to the Fusu Army on the second day.

On the fifth day, Fusu finally brought his troops to Hangu Pass. In Fusu’s impression, the first time he knew the name of Hangu Pass was because the founder of Taoism, Lao Tzu, had a TV program and said that he

Legend has it that it was here that he rode a green bull out of seclusion and became an immortal, so in Fusu's heart

This is a fairyland. But when he saw Meng Tian and heard from him that his army had lost more than ten thousand people, he realized that Hangu Pass was also a Shura field. After he saw the charge of his soldiers

After the attack was completely defeated by the enemy, it was even more confirmed that this place was difficult to attack.

"Hangu Pass is indeed difficult to attack. There are not too many defenders in the pass, but it can be defended so impregnably that it is difficult for us to advance even an inch." Zhang Liang also sighed.

"This place is too narrow, and two mountains sandwich it, so we have only one way to attack from the front. In this way, no matter how large the number of our troops is, we can only attack in batches so that they can deal with it calmly." Meng Tianku.

He said with a straight face.
Chapter completed!