Tang Cheng arranged military affairs and came to the enemy's building again.

"General, you should go to rest." Tang Cheng bowed to Gu Feng and said, "The rebels did not carry siege equipment. If they want to attack the city, they must cut down wood and build ladders. Therefore, it is impossible for them to attack before dawn. Now there is still half an hour before dawn. General, you should go back to the headquarters."

Gu Feng waved his hand and said, "I won't go back."

After saying this, Gu Feng said again: "Tang Cheng, what do you think?"

Tang Cheng pondered for a moment and replied: "General, the rebels outside the pass were ragged and their soldiers were not in order. It was absolutely impossible for them to be the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang. Moreover, there were not so many people in the Chu army in Xiangzhuang."

Gu Feng nodded and said, "Don't you find it strange? How did such a rebel army break into Sanchuan County?"

Tang Cheng shook his head and said, "The last general was puzzled. Sanchuan County has Hulao Pass as its gateway. With such a rebel army, how could it be possible to break through Hulao Pass and enter Sanchuan County?" After saying this, Tang Cheng said, "Did this rebel army bypass Hulao Pass and enter Sanchuan County through the water?"

Gu Feng nodded and said, "It's possible."

Tang Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that the news from the Guandong direction has been strictly blocked by the rebel scouts. Otherwise, just ask the passing merchants and peddlers to know the truth. However, no matter where the rebels come from or where they are going, we just need to guard Hangu Pass."

Gu Feng said silently and just nodded.

Outside Hangu Pass.

Amid the rapid footsteps, Xiao Kai and Tian Heng strode to Xiangzhuang's horse.

"General." The two bowed to Xiangzhuang, and then Xiao Kai asked, "Why did the baggage team stop?"

The Chu army has now been burdened with supplies. Not only are there bulky ladders, well railings, siege cars, but also thousands of ox, mule carts and horse carts. The carts are filled with grain, meat, tents, iron cauldrons, and anvils that have been captured from Luoyang and surrounding counties.

Xiao Kai asked about the ladder, the well railing and the siege cars.

Xiang Zhuang said: "Tomorrow, you cannot use ladders, well railings or siege cars."

"Ah? Then how can you attack the city?" Xiao Kai was stunned when he heard this, and Tian Heng's face changed slightly.

Xiangzhuang looked at Xiao Kai again and Tian Heng said, "You will send troops up the mountain to log wood, and build simple long ladders overnight. To seize the city tomorrow, you will use these simple long ladders."

Xiao Kai, Tian Heng said in a lost voice: "General, this..."

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and stopped the two of them and said, "Please implement military orders."

"No!" Xiao Kai, although Tian Heng was puzzled, he still took the order.

Hangu Pass, enemy building.

Tang Cheng suddenly pointed outside the pass and said to Gu Feng: "General, look, the rebels went up the mountain to cut wood."

Tang Cheng didn't say that Gu Feng had already seen it. Teams of long torches had already driven up to the mountains on both sides of the road. Obviously, the rebels were preparing to go up the mountain to cut wood, and Gu Feng's thick eyebrows suddenly frowned. Could it be that the rebels really planned to attack Hangu Pass with the temporary simple ladder?

Tang Cheng said coldly: "This group of rebels really don't know how to live or die."

Gu Feng's brows became more and more tight, and he always felt something was wrong.

Is the rebel general outside the pass an idiot? He really thought that with 20,000 ragged and 30,000 ragged and disorganized mobs, he could break through Hangu Pass? What is particularly unbelievable is that the rebels did not even have cloud ladders. How could they climb a six-meter-high wall with a simple long ladder built by temporary logging?

However, after dawn, Gu Feng knew that the rebels were definitely not bluffing, they really planned to attack Hangu Pass!

When the east sky was slightly white, the rebels had already built dozens of long ladders more than six meters long, and then the horns of attack sounded outside the pass. The endless sound of horns, hundreds of rebels carried dozens of simple long ladders and swarmed towards the towering walls of Hangu Pass.

When the rebels entered within a hundred steps, dense arrows as dense as locusts suddenly poured down from the gate.

The rebels who were clamoring to charge forward fell down in groups. After more than a hundred casualties, the remaining rebels finally lost their courage and threw down the long ladder and fled back.

However, before the Han army could catch their breath, another team of rebels rushed forward.

When the rebels rushed within a hundred steps again, dense rain of arrows poured down from the gate again. The second rebels performed slightly better than the first rebels. They advanced dozens of steps forward, but they still failed to approach the city wall, let alone erecting the long ladder to prepare to seize the gate.

For the next whole day, the rebels launched more than twenty attacks on Hangu Pass.

Unfortunately, except for the two rebels who had approached the city walls, the other twenty attacks were defeated by the Han army in the middle of the road with arrow rain. When the day gradually darkened, the wilderness outside the pass was covered with rebel corpses, and there were at least two thousand people.

Upstairs, Gu Feng held the fence and fell into deep thought.

Is the rebel general outside the pass really an idiot? Even though he knew that such a fighting style was to die, the rebels were still rushing up again and again?

Tang Chengdao: "General, can the rebels be at a desperate situation, right?"

Gu Feng said: "You mean, someone is chasing behind the rebels' butt?"

Ten miles outside the pass, Xiangzhuang's big tent.

Xiao Kai quickly walked into the tent, rushed to Xiangzhuang, and Wei Liao bowed separately, and then said with a tragic expression: "General, this will not work. The last general's rear army is almost over!"

In today's battle, Xiao Kai's rear army killed two thousand people.

In addition, in order to purify military discipline, Xiao Kai killed hundreds of deserters in front of the formation. When it was dark and Xiangzhuang ordered the withdrawal of troops, there were less than 2,500 people left in the entire rear army! What is particularly frustrating is that so many people died, and even the Duwai in Hangu Pass was not even there. How can I fight this battle?

Xiang Zhuang said calmly: "How much did the rear army lose?"

Xiao Kai said miserably: "Two thousand people were killed in battle!"

"You have two thousand people!" Xiang Zhuang said without hesitation, "You can go to the Central Army camp to pick people."

"This..." Xiao Kai was stunned. Seeing that Xiang Zhuang didn't look like he was joking, he quickly turned around and left.

Watching Xiao Kai's figure leave, Xiang Zhuang fell into a long silence and his eyes became unprecedentedly cold.

The main reason was to order Xiao Kai's rear army and Tian Heng's right army to attack Hangu Pass at any cost. Although it was to paralyze the defenders at the pass and create opportunities for Xiang Zhuang's personal army's strong attack, another consideration was that Xiang Zhuang tried to baptize the 20,000 strong men under his command through the offensive and defensive battle at Hangu Pass!

A strong man is a strong man, and no matter how hard he trains, he will still be a strong man.

If a group of strong men becomes a group of soldiers, they must be allowed to undergo iron baptism.

To drive away a group of strong men and carry a long ladder to attack the towering Hangu Pass, this is cruel and cruel. To put it in the civilized words of later generations, Xiang Zhuang's actions are anti-human!

However, this is the most effective quick training technique that Xiang Zhuang can think of.

Faced with the cruel and tragic siege war, the strong men will quickly become polarized. The weak who are not suitable for war or those who are not determined will be eliminated soon and will die soon. However, those who are strong, firm will and are born to be suitable for war will thrive quickly!

The Chu army had no foundation, no rear, and no logistics supply.

If Xiang Zhuang was asked to choose between 30,000 strong men and 3,000 elite soldiers, he would definitely choose the latter without hesitation!

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang turned the Battle of Hangu Pass into a bloody assessment for the Chu army's strong men. If they pass the assessment, these strong men will become fierce veterans of the Chu army. If they fail, then there will be only one, which will become one of the countless corpses lying in front of Hangu Pass!

The next day, the attacks of the rebels outside the pass continued.

Teams of rebels carried long ladders and swarmed towards Hangu Pass, launching desperate and tragic attacks again and again. Then they were defeated by the rain of arrows from the Han army at the gate. Their muscles and bones were broken under the ravage of wooden and rocks. Several teams of rebels climbed the long ladder without fear of death, but were burned to ashes by fierce turbulent oil.

By the dark the next day, more than two thousand corpses were added outside Hangu Pass.

On the third day, the attacks of the rebels outside the pass continued.

Compared with the previous two days, the rebels' attack strength on the third day was much stronger. It may be because the old, sick and weak people died in the battle, while the rest were young and strong soldiers. It may be because the remaining soldiers had adapted to the cruel war, both physically and psychologically, and they seemed more calm on the battlefield.

In addition, the rebels also had some temporary simple wooden shields in their hands. The rain of arrows and rains of arrows blocked by the Han army were not enough to stop the rebels' advance, and the rolling wooden stones were no longer enough to stop the rebels from entering the city. On several occasions, the rebels' dead soldiers had even snatched up to Hangu Pass. The defenders poured a lot of hot turbulent oil to disintegrate the rebels' offensive.

The sun finally set, and the rebels outside the pass finally retreated like a tide.

Under the majestic walls of Hangu Pass, thousands of corpses were added again.

However, the Han army at the gate finally suffered casualties. What was particularly bad was that arrows, rolling wood, rocks and fierce tinder oil were consumed very much. If the siege battle of such intensity lasted for another three days, the fierce tinder oil stored in the gate would be in a hurry. If it lasted for five days, the rolling wood, rocks and arrows would be used up.

Gu Feng had already clearly felt that the rebels' siege was increasing.

It was not until this moment that Gu Feng suddenly realized that the chief general of the rebels outside the pass was definitely not an idiot. On the contrary, the chief general of the rebels was definitely a cruel person. This guy clearly wanted to train troops in the Battle of Hangu Pass, trying to build his tens of thousands of mobs into an elite army with a small number of people but an exponential increase in combat power!
Chapter completed!