Chapter 207

In the city.

The resistance of the Han army was nearing its end.

Wang Shang swept all the way along the long street of the West City towards the center. The Han soldiers who knelt on the ground along the way did not let Wang Shang stop. His target was Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty Palace.

"The King of Han, Liu Bang, is recuperating in the city." I don't know who told Wang Shang this extremely inaccurate information, which made him excited all of a sudden.

If Liu Bang can be captured in one fell swoop, then the Han Kingdom will basically have no cohesion. Next, the Qin army can go east along the Han River, capture Nanjun, and march to Jianghuai. Thinking of this, Wang Shang only feels the goal of unifying the world.

It's right in front of you, you can easily get it by reaching out and grabbing it.

When people are excited, they often ignore some things.

For example, Wang Shang didn't notice that among the kneeling Han soldiers, there was a tall figure with his head lowered, anxiously expecting the Qin army to pass quickly.

When the city was broken, Xia Houying took the opportunity to get off the city wall. Then he found the body of a Han soldier of similar stature, got down and put on his clothes. At the same time, he also gave his armor to the dead general.

The favored soldier was neatly dressed. In order not to expose any flaws, Xia Houying even stabbed the corpse's wound several times with a big halberd.

Later, Xia Houying mingled with the fleeing soldiers, hoping to sneak out of the city before the Qin army rushed to enter the city. However, he did not want Wang Shang's troops to enter the city too fast and block him on the long street.

The dignified Duke Teng of the Han Dynasty.

The most trusted generals under Liu Bang, King of Han, had to kneel down and beg for mercy from the Qin people like other soldiers. This change made Xia Houying feel resentful and resentful.

However, he doesn't want to die yet.

No matter what, as long as I can escape, there will always be a day when I can ask the Qin people for the humiliation I suffered today.

After a moment, Xia Houying slowly raised his head and spat at Wang Shangyuan's retreating figure, then turned around and disappeared into a half house in the city.

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In the mansion of Cao Shen, Marquis of Yangping.

There was silence. Compared with the noise outside, it was so peaceful here that you could hear a pin drop. Cao Shen just lay quietly in the courtyard of the mansion, looking at a locust tree in the courtyard, wondering.

What are you thinking about?

"General Wang, is there anyone here?" A voice shouted in surprise.

Immediately, there was the sound of neat and rapid footsteps. Cao Shen closed his eyes for a moment, and without turning his head, he could guess that the people entering the house were not Han soldiers, but their old rivals from Qin.

From the performance point of view, this time the Qin army defeated the larger one with less, relying on its superiority in military strength to bully others. In fact, Cao Shen understood that the training quality of the generals determined the outcome of this war. One to four.

The comparison of military strength is not terrible for the side defending the city. What is truly terrible is the quality gap between the soldiers on both sides.

Wang Shang hurriedly entered the palace. When he saw Cao Shen lying down, he began to feel a little relieved. Just now, Wang Shang, who was running rampant all the way, did not catch any big shots in the Han palace. Not to mention Liu Bang, the king of Han, even Liu Bang

I didn't meet any famous Han generals.

Cao Shen and Wang Shang had fought many times, and they were already acquaintances on the battlefield. Wang Shang looked around and saw clearly that the person in front of him was Cao Shen himself.

"General Cao, why do you look like this? Can you tell me where the King of Han is?" Wang Shang asked. He was unable to catch Liu Bang, which made him feel very uncomfortable as if there was a thorn in his heart.

"King of Han, haha, there is no need to worry about General Wang. The King of Han has already returned to Wancheng early." A hint of pride flashed across Cao Shen's pale, bleeding face.

Even if he loses, it is a kind of pleasure to be able to disappoint the people of Qin.

"Cao Shen, are you still stubborn? Liu Bang abandoned Xicheng and you, but you still have to sacrifice your lives for him. You are really unrepentant." Wang Shang scolded angrily.

"Bah, Qin Gou, don't try to sow discord. Your Grandpa Cao doesn't care about it. I have a life here today. If you want to kill him, I will take it." Cao Shen spat out a mouthful of blood and sneered.

Wang Shang was humiliated by Cao Shen, and his anger gradually grew in his heart. He originally had some admiration for Cao Shen's ability, but now he no longer has even half a good impression.

"Come here, take the enemy general down and wait for Marquis Li to make his move." Wang Shang shouted loudly.

"Haha, don't bother General Wang, Cao can just take care of it himself." Cao Shen laughed, and as he spoke, a dagger in Cao Shen's hand had already pierced his heart.

The blood flowed out slowly.

With a bit of unwillingness and a bit of sadness, Xicheng fell, and the Han general Cao Shen committed suicide.

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Compared with Cao Shen who committed suicide, Xia Houying did not have the courage to commit suicide.

After continuously hiding in Tibet to avoid being hunted by the Qin army, he finally escaped to the east moat of Xicheng. The city walls in this area were broken in many places. As long as he turned over gently, he could jump into the river and then dive for a swim.

Escape into the Han River. This was Xia Houying's idea.

"Who is it?" A cry awoke Xia Houying from his sweet dream. This was when a Qin army search team discovered Xia Houying hiding at the base of the city wall.

Xia Houying was so distraught that he couldn't care about anything else for the moment. He tried his best to stand up and ran toward a gap in the city wall.

Li Zhongxiang's eyelids twitched. The fleeing Han soldier in front of him gave him a familiar feeling. It was him - the Han general who escaped his arrow on the first day of the attack.

"Hurry up, don't let him escape." Li Zhongxiang shouted, flipped his wrist, took the big bow in his hand, put an arrow on the bowstring, opened the bow full moon, almost without any aim, shot out an arrow, and ran towards Xia Houying

The departing figure shot over.

"Whoosh!"

A fatal arrow!

Xia Houying's feet felt weak, and his heavy body suddenly fell forward and rolled down from the break. This fall made him bruised and swollen, but he was also lucky that the archer Li Zhongxiang missed his vital point with an arrow again.

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The last time, Li Zhongxiang shot an arrow through Xia Houying's hair.

This time, the same arrow hit Xia Houying's left shoulder, causing him to almost scream in pain. During the continuous rolling process, the arrow shaft collided with the hard mud and stone, and was embedded in the bone again and again.

"Portom!"

Before Li Zhongxiang could fire his arrow again, Xia Houying finally rolled to the edge of the moat and quickly dived to the bottom of the water. When he was in Peixian County, Xia Houying often went to swim in the river. This time, it was this trick as a boy that made him swim.

He escaped the Qin army's pursuit.

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Xicheng was captured.

The Qin army finally seized the gate of Hanzhong County. At the same time, the Han general Lu Ze, who was fighting and retreating on the Baoxie Road, heard the news that Xicheng had been lost. He no longer wanted to fight, and hurriedly burned the plank road at one end of the Xianggu.

Following a group of Han troops, they fled towards Wuguan along the inclined valley.

In the third year of the Qin and Xin calendar years, it was April 9th.

Feng Xuanjun went all the way over the mountains and met up with Wang Shangjun at the southern end of the Xie Valley. Unfortunately, Baoxie Road, the plank road connecting Hanzhong and Guanzhong, was temporarily impassable because a section of the plank road was severely burned. If the Qin army wanted to attack from Guanzhong,

Large-scale mobilization of troops can only be mobilized from Chencang Road, which is further to the west.

On April 12, Han Xin led his army to attack Wuguan, an important pass at the junction of Hanzhong and Nanjun. Although this important pass used by Liu Bang in the past, although its geographical location was very important, it was very difficult for the Qin army attacking from Hanzhong.

It does not have much of a blocking effect, but the topography of Wuguan allows it to play a greater role in resisting attacks from Kanto.

On April 14, the Qin army attacked Wuguan, and the Han general Han Wangxin fled without a fight. In the first head-to-head confrontation between the two Han Xins, the more famous and talented Huaiyin Han Xin in history took the natural position.

Advantage.

After Wuguan was captured, the Qin army completely occupied Hanzhong County. Except for a few small counties that were still in the hands of the Han army, all other places surrendered to the Qin state except for unnecessary resistance.

While Han Xin was attacking Wuguan, Qin General Wang Shang was ordered by Li Yuan to start heading south along the Daba Mountains to attack the Langzhong area in the Bajun area. The Han army in the Bajun area had already been mobilized by Liu Bang and faced the oncoming attack.

In the face of the fierce Qin army, the Han magistrates in each county obediently handed over their Fu books and knelt down on the road outside the city, begging for the Qin army's forgiveness.

Li Yuan was not embarrassed about these internal affairs officials. After asking briefly whether they were close associates of Liu Bang, King of Han Dynasty, he ordered to appease those officials selected by the Bajun fathers themselves, as long as they could continue to cooperate with the Qin army's offensive and execute Qin's

Depending on the country's policies, it is not impossible to stay in office.

In the Bashu area, what really caught Li Yuan's attention was the Shu County area. This land of abundance in later generations, the Chengdu Plain was still occupied by the army of Han general Li Shang. After Li Shang learned that the Qin army was moving south, his attitude was extremely tyrannical.

Not only did he order his soldiers to block the Stone Cow Road, but he also personally led a group of troops to move to the Bajun area in an attempt to block the Qin army from Shujun.

Among the generals of the Han army, Li Shang was the third most talented person after Cao Shen and Zhou Bo. However, now Li Shang's contact with Liu Bang has been basically severed. A lone army is guarding a remote county, facing the Qin Dynasty.

Due to the aggressive offensive of the army, Li Yuan did not think that Li Shang could hold on for much longer.

Even if Li Shang doesn't surrender, what's the point?

Because the fathers of Shu County would not agree with Li Shang, they could not bear the thunderous wrath of the Qin army. Therefore, Li Yuan was not in a hurry.

Wang Shang's vanguard only needed to capture Ba Commandery, and then wait until Han Xin captured Wuguan before mobilizing the Qin army to move southward. Li Yuan did not believe that Li Shang's small force could pose any threat to the Qin army.

Hanzhong County changes hands.

The Qin army once again had the key to controlling the general trend of the world. Preparations for the iron ore mining in Juxian County had been completed. After eliminating the Han army forces that might threaten the safety of the army, Li Yuan could attack the open-pit iron mines in Jushui without any worries.

While mining, we can also try to test a series of advanced iron-making methods such as steel filling technology.

As long as it can forge a hundred-refined iron sword that is soft and soft, the Qin army will be ahead of the Guandong princes in terms of weapons, and it will have an advantage in technology that other princes cannot compare with. This is Li Yuan's struggle for hegemony.

The greatest capital in the world. (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go and read.)
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