"Oh, no!" Liu Kou roared and took a step forward suddenly.

Chu Heng and more than a dozen other generals also opened their eyes wide and stared at the front with disbelief on their faces. The well railing could be cracked like this? It's simply unheard of!

The next moment, the more than forty well railings in front finally fell down one after another.

The archers who were originally standing on the watchtower of the well railing fell down in the air like little ants thrown off. The Liang army soldiers crowded around the well railing were even more scattered in a hurry, but the staff was too dense and they had nowhere to hide. In an instant, hundreds of Liang army soldiers had been killed by the broken well railing.

More than 20 ladders that had just entered the gap were also crushed on the spot.

The Liang army was aggressive and the offensive that was determined to be defeated was actually disintegrated!

Liu Kou's mouth twitched violently twice, and then swallowed his saliva. At this moment, his mood was indescribable. Frustration, shock, and anger? It seemed that neither was it, but one thing was very certain, that is, the defender at Hulao Pass opposite was definitely the Chu army, and the defender must be Xiang Zhuang!

Suddenly, Liu Kou raised his right hand: "Tell me the order, and all the battalions retreat."

Chu Chun rushed to the side of the guardrail in two steps, raised a flag and waved it vigorously.

In an instant, a desolate trumpet sounded in the Liang army formation. Accompanied by the endless trumpet sounds, the Liang army's armored soldiers who were panicked and at a loss retreated like a tide.

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When Hulao was closed, Jing Qian went to Pang Yu and punched him fiercely in the chest.

Pang Yu grinned his teeth in pain, but a faint smile appeared on his face. What is this small victory today? If he was given 30,000 elite soldiers, Pang Yu would even be confident that he would destroy all the 100,000 Liang troops outside the pass! Peng Yue? Liu Kou? The soldiers of tigers and wolves? In his eyes, Pang Yu was just a group of native chickens and tile dogs.

Taking a deep breath, Jing Qian suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Great China!"

Five hundred light soldiers in the camp responded like a tsunami: "The ceremony collapsed and the music was ruined!"

"Reorganize the rivers and mountains!" Jing Qian yelled again.

"Only I am the Great Chu!" This time, all the veterans of the Chu army roared.

"Only I am the Great Chu!"

"Only I am the Great Chu!"

"Only I am the Great Chu!"

The next moment, more than 7,000 new recruits who survived the disaster also roared hysterically. Although they killed and injured more than 2,000 people in the very short confrontation just now, no matter what, Hulao Pass was finally defended, and they finally won this battle. For these new recruits, this is very important, really important!

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Liang army's rear formation.

General Hu Zhu sighed and said sadly: "General Liu Kou underestimates the enemy too much. The Jinglan should not be so close."

Peng Yue waved his hand and said with a harsh words: "It's not his fault. If I were the commander, I would do this. Xiang Zhuang's son is indeed cunning. He can use a crossbow to break the well railing. It's absolutely unheard of."

Hu Zhe said: "King, now more than 40 well railings are almost all damaged, and the ladders and siege cars have also lost more than half. Will this battle still be fought?"

Peng Yue sighed and shook his head and said, "I won't fight anymore. I'll order the entire army to withdraw our troops. We will return to Ao Cang!"

After saying this, Gu Yue said again: "In the Battle of Hulao Pass, our Liang army had lost thousands of troops and had all the siege equipment, which was worthy of the King of Han."

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Xingyang, Liu Bang's headquarters.

Chen Ping hurriedly entered the headquarters, bowed to Liu Bang and said, "King, please give me a quick horse. The Liang army has retreated from Hulao Pass."

"Retreat?" Liu Bang said with a sniff, "Peng Yue's army of more than 100,000, as well as well as well railings, cloud ladders, siege cars, catapults and other heavy siege equipment, they didn't even take down a small Hulao Pass? Chen Ping, could it be that Peng Yue secretly reached a tacit understanding with Xiang Zhuang's son?"

Liu Bang had to doubt that Peng Yue had more than 100,000 troops, and was also an elite army that had been through battle for a long time, especially the 30,000 troops led by the general Liu Kou, which was even a group of tiger and wolf soldiers. He could not win against thousands of Xiangzhuang with tens of thousands of people. If there was no problem in this, Liu Bang would not believe it even if he died.

Although the Chu army had the advantages of Hulao Pass, the Liang army also had well railings, cloud ladders and catapults.

As for the tens of thousands of Wei people who flee into Sanchuan County, it was not within Liu Bang's consideration. In Liu Bang's view, the combat effectiveness of these tens of thousands of strong men was negligible.

Chen Ping said: "King, according to the detailed reward, the Liang army has actually tried its best. The first attack was short of siege equipment, and the result was a crushing defeat. The second attack made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, resulting in the destruction of most of the well railings and ladders. It is reasonable for the Liang army to retreat when they see the difficulties."

After all, Peng Yue was just Liu Bang's brother, not Liu Bang's general.

So, it is unrealistic that you cannot expect the Liang army to join the Chu army to death.

Liu Bang thought about it again and felt that what Chen Ping said was reasonable, but in this way, Sanchuan County was absolutely over, and Hangu Pass and Guanzhong were in danger. When Zhang Liang led the army to arrive, it would take at least five days. Even if he threw away the baggage, grain and fodder and advanced lightly, Zhang Liang's army would take at least four days to arrive in Xingyang!

Chen Ping sighed and said helplessly: "King, if you can only wait patiently now, fortunately, Hangu Pass is a powerful pass in the world, with a wall of more than six meters high. Gu Feng General has always been cautious. Xiang Zhuang is eager to capture Hangu Pass. There is also Prime Minister Xiao, who will definitely draw reinforcements from the pass after hearing the news."

Liu Bang was silent. There was indeed no other way now, so he could only wait.

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Three days later, late at night, the Chu army finally arrived at Caoyangyi, less than twenty miles from Hangu Pass.

Long before the main force of the Chu army arrived, Gao Chu had already brought a thousand elite troops of the Nufeng camp to razed Cao Yangyi.

In order to match the time, from the more than 5,000 Han prisoners captured by Hulao Pass to almost exhaustion, they were almost dragging ladders, well railings, and siege cars crawling forward. Gongsun Sui's cavalry team killed dozens of people at the beginning to demonstrate, but later they did not continue to kill people. Otherwise, the more than 5,000 prisoners would have been killed.

In the dark night, Gao Chu hurried to Xiangzhuang's horse with his scouts.

"General." Gao Chu bowed to Xiangzhuang and said, "Everything is as usual in Hanguguan."

Xiang Zhuang said: "In other words, no reinforcements have arrived in the past few days, and the defenders have not sent scouts out of seclusion?"

Gao Chu said: "There are definitely no reinforcements. The scouts sent a few, but they were all intercepted and killed by the last general."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, looked up accidentally, but saw a crescent moon hanging alone on the ridge to the west. I guess the time is now, it is the early morning and there should be a time before dawn! In a flash, a thought jumped out of Xiang Zhuang's mind like lightning. The crescent moon is like a hook, and the crescent moon is like a hook...

The next moment, Xiang Zhuang turned around and ordered Gongsun Sui, "Gongsun Sui immediately knew the various camps. Except for generals and small schools, the rest of the soldiers took off their Han army armor and looked for tattered clothes from Caoyang City and nearby farmhouses to put them on. The weapons used should also be replaced with wooden swords and bamboo halberds. This matter is of great importance and cannot be mistaken. Violators... will be killed without mercy!"

"No!" Gongsun then responded to the promise and immediately rode his horse away.

Behind Xiang Zhuang, Wu She looked confused and didn't know what Xiang Zhuang wanted to do.

Wei Liao stroked his beautiful beard under his chin, but he quickly guessed Xiang Zhuang’s intention. He immediately gave Xiang Zhuang a thumbs up and exclaimed in a low voice: “The general is well versed in the essence of war planning, I am convinced.”

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said lightly: "The military advisor has been awarded too much."

To be honest, Xiang Zhuang really has no capital to show off in front of Wei Liao.

This old guy, Wei Liao, may not be as good as Xiang Zhuang in tactical planning, but in strategic planning, he is definitely a master of the times. Even Zhang Liang and Chen Ping may not be able to be stronger than Wei Liao.

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Hangu Pass, Gu meets the headquarters.

Deputy General Tang Cheng reported to Gu Feng: "General, Prime Minister Xiao condemned the flying cavalry and replied that reinforcements will not arrive at the fastest time, and the first batch of reinforcements only have 5,000."

"Five thousand people are fine." Gu Fengdao, "It's better than nothing."

After saying this, Gu Feng said again: "Where is the scout team sent to Kanto? Is there any news?"

Tang Cheng shook his head and replied, "The last general has sent more than a dozen scouts, but no news has been heard back so far. Most of them have been intercepted by the rebels, so it is not clear that the exact details of the rebels. However, there have been more and more rebels doing things outside the pass in the past two days. I think the rebel army should be coming soon."

"No news came back?" Gu Feng frowned in an instant.

At this moment, a sudden sound of rapid footsteps sounded outside the gate, and then a personal soldier hurried inside and knelt on one knee to report to Gu Feng: "General, a large number of rebels appeared outside the gate!"

"Hmm?!" Gu Fengran suddenly changed color and looked at Tang Chengdao again, "Let's go!"

At that moment, the two of them went to Dongguan as fast as possible. They stood on the enemy building in the Eastguan and looked out. Sure enough, they saw a faint long torch dragon appeared on the road outside Hangu Pass. Under the dark night sky, the long torch dragon stretched for more than ten miles, extending to a distant place where vision was difficult to reach.

"General!" Tang Cheng said sternly, "There are at least 20,000 rebels!"

"Yes." Gu Feng nodded and said, "I just don't know if the rebels have heavy siege equipment such as cloud ladders, well railings, siege cars, etc. If not, then only 20,000 rebels are not worth worrying."

"General, I'm afraid that the thousands of Chu troops in Xiangzhuang are also among them." Tang Cheng reminded.

"You are right, our army must not be careless." Gu Feng said solemnly, "From tonight, the guards at Dongguan will increase by ten times, and the patrol patrol team will increase by twenty more!"

"No!" Tang Cheng responded with a loud promise and immediately took the order.

Less than half an hour later, the rebels who were surging along the road finally arrived at the Hangu Pass.
Chapter completed!