After a whole day of marching, Xiang Zhuang finally met with Pang Yu in the evening. Although the Chu army after the joint forces exceeded the Han army in terms of military strength, except for the more than 2,000 people led by Pang Yu, who were elite soldiers of the Tianlang Camp, Xiang Zhuang brought from Langzhong County all the private soldiers of the Qin family, Tang family and other Bashu tyrants, and their combat effectiveness was limited. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple

In the canvas tent that temporarily served as the canvas tent of Pang Yu's army, Xiang Zhuang was summoning the generals to discuss.

Pang Yu spread a piece of white paper on a large stone that was temporarily used as a marching table, and then painted a simple defense map of the Han army of the Deputy Jiange on the paper. While drawing it, he introduced: "The Han army is building a fortress at the highest point of the Jiange Valley Road. Although this is just a simple fortress with a wooden structure, once the Han army is built, it will be a big trouble."

The generals nodded repeatedly, and Xiang Zhuang also agreed. Jiange was a powerful pass that could only be opened by a man, and tens of thousands of men could not be opened. Once the Han army built a fortress, it would be impossible for the Chu army to conquer it.

After a pause, Pang Yu continued: "In addition, on the cliffs on both sides of Jiange, the Han army also stationed heavy troops respectively. Our army wants to use the same trick again. It is impossible to use surprise troops to intercept the rear of the Han army from the cliff. Moreover, if our army chooses to attack from the front, then the two Han troops on the cliff will become the biggest threat!"

The generals nodded again. The Jiange Valley Road was narrow and difficult to walk, and the cliff was steeper and hard to climb. The Han army guarding the cliff only needed to throw down the wooden rocks. The Chu army attacked the front would suffer heavy casualties. What's more, at the highest point of the Jiange Valley Road, there was a simple fortress under construction. It seems that the Han army really planned to build Jiange into a pass that would not break through?

Mrs. Qin, who was fortunate to attend the meeting, frowned her beautiful eyebrows and whispered: "So, isn't it impossible for our army to capture Jiange?"

"That's not necessarily." Tang Channel, "As long as General Hu Yan can take a small path and walk around the Han army..."

Bailixian shook the feather fan and said disapprovingly: "When the king evacuated from the small path, the path behind the mountain was already known by the Han army. Bai Mo was cautious in using troops and could not ignore such a path that might threaten the rear of the Han army. Moreover, after this path was hidden deep in the rock cracks, the Han army only needed to block the rock cracks with huge rocks, and our army would not be able to enter. """

Xiang Zhuang was silent. The reason why he sent Hu Yan to take a small path to intercept the Han army's retreat yesterday was because Bai Mo was confronting Pang Yu on the Taurus Road at that time. If he knew that Bai Mo had retreated to the Jiange, there would be no need to do anything else. As Bai Lixian said, Bai Mo was cautious in using his troops, how could he leave such a flaw?

Now that things have come, there is no other way, so I can only attack Jiange from the front!

Xiang Zhuang asked Baili Xian: "Ziliang, Tianlang Camp, when will the main force of Hu Ben Camp arrive?"

Bailixian knelt down and stood up, bowed and replied, "Report to the king, at most two days, the two battalions of troops will arrive!"

"Okay!" Xiang Zhuang nodded and asked Pang Yu again, "Zi'ang, how many days will it take for the Jiange Fortress that the Han army is repairing in an emergency?"

Pang Yu said: "At least five days!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded again and asked Qu Bucai: "Lao Qu, when will the county soldiers in Hanzhong County be able to complete the assembly? When will the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty in the relevant Zhongzhong arrive in Hanzhong?"

"This..." Qu Bucai was suffocated when he heard this, and he was speechless.

Although Ebony has established a pigeon system, most of them are single-line contacts between branches and headquarters.

There was no cross-connection between branches in various places, which caused the intelligence of the army attacking Shu and Chu. Because after the detailed work in Guanzhong obtained the information and sent it to Jiangdong with a carrier pigeon, the Jiangdong headquarters had to send someone to the branch closest to Xiangzhuang, and then transferred it to Xiangzhuang by the branch. This time, it was too late.

Or, the information has finally been delivered, but time has changed and is worthless.

Xiang Zhuang frowned and said to Qu Bucai: "Old Qu, no matter what method is used or how much the cost is spent, we must grasp the movements of Hanzhong and Guanzhong Han army as soon as possible!"

There are two decisive factors in whether Jiange can be broken and whether Hanzhong can be taken down.

One is Gao Chu, Baili Mao's Chu army can arrive in time, and the other is what will the Han reinforcements arrive?

If the Chu army could break the Jiange before the Han reinforcements, even if Liu Bang personally led the army, he would not be able to save Hanzhong County, because at this time the Han army had already gone to the north to fight against the Huns. Liu Bang could bring countless Han troops in Hanzhong, and his combat power was probably limited. How could he compare with the two elite camps of Tianlang and Hu Ben?

However, if the Hanzhong County soldiers rush to complete the assembly before the Chu army broke through the Jiange, or Liu Bang personally led a large army to arrive before the fall of Jiange, there would be basically no hope of striving for Hanzhong. No matter how brave and good at fighting are, it is impossible to break through Jiange, which is guarded by at least 50,000 Han army!

Therefore, Xiangzhuang must be in control of the movements of the Han army in Hanzhong and Guanzhong at all times.

Qu Bucai immediately knelt down and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will be sure of my mission!"

Ebony Cliff has been in Guanzhong and Hanzhong for ten years and has spread a huge network of relationships, which has been closely linked to many powerful families and official families in the two places. There are many powerful families and official families who raise carrier pigeons. It is entirely possible to use these carrier pigeons to transmit information in a timely manner.

However, in this way, the possibility of ebony cliff tissue exposure is greatly increased.

After all, the intelligence organizations in the world are not the only ones in Chu. The vassal states such as the Han State, Qi State, Liang State, etc. also have their own intelligence organizations. In addition to collecting intelligence from enemy countries, these intelligence organizations are also responsible for the task of counter-spun enemy countries' intelligence personnel. The strangulation between intelligence personnel of various countries has never stopped.

Mrs. Qin suddenly stood up and said to Xiang Zhuang: "King, the Qin family is in Guanzhong, and there are quite a few industrial estates in Hanzhong. Usually, they rely on carrier pigeons to convey messages. If the king needs it and trusts our Qin family, the Qin family's communication system will be able to cooperate with General Manager Qu to deliver messages without reservation."

"Then thank you, Madam." Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed when he heard this. He would not refuse such kindness.

Mrs. Qin smiled and sat back gently. Tang Tong, who was sitting under Mrs. Qin's head, twitched his eyelids. He then knelt down and stood up, saying: "King, our Tang family also has two manors in Nanzheng, and we usually feed pigeons to convey messages. If the king can trust it, our Tang family is willing to help."

"Of course I can trust it." Xiang Zhuang became more and more happy, and said to Qu Bucai, "Old Qu, I'll leave this to you."

"Don't worry, my king." Qu Bucai bowed and said, "I will go back to find the heads of each family and form an intelligence network covering Guanzhong, Hanzhong and Bashu as soon as possible to ensure that Hanzhong is under our comprehensive monitoring!" With the strong help of the powerful Bashu, Xiang Zhuang was also welcomed by Yunuo at all costs. If it is not bad, Qu Bucai really should have committed suicide.

Xiang Zhuang said to Pang Yu again: "Although the main forces of Zi'ang, Hu Ben and Tianlang camps have not arrived yet, you should not let the Han army in Jiange be idle. Whether it is day or night, you have to slap Leng Zi from time to time to time. Even if it is impossible to really attack, at least you cannot let the Han army build the fortress with peace of mind."

"Here!" Pang Yu knelt down and stood up, bowed and replied with a loud bang.

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The trail behind Jiange.

After a long and rapid march for a day and night, after falling and killing dozens of soldiers, Hu Yan finally led two thousand Tianlang soldiers to the back mountain of Jiange. No Han army guards were found at the exit of the rock crack. However, when he sent people into the rock crack and investigated, he found that the exit of the rock crack towards the other end of the Jiangge Valley Road had been blocked by the Han army's huge rock!

Hu Yan didn't believe in evil, so he personally entered the rock crack and tried to push it down, but the huge rock did not move at all.

After the rock crack was released again, a small school said: "General, the passage is blocked and cannot be passed!"

Another school student said: "General, this road is not open, let's just cross the mountains, right?"

Hu Yan looked up at the high mountains and ridges on both sides, and soon gave up the idea of ​​climbing over the mountains. The area of ​​Jiange was high and dense, with deep and steep cliffs. Even local hunters, woodcutters dared not enter at will. If the Chu army entered the mountain, they would probably not be able to get out again. However, after returning the same route, Hu Yan was really unwilling to accept it.

After pondering for a moment, Huyan attracted more than a dozen Tianlang soldiers and ordered: "You guys, go around to see if there are any mountain hunters. If you find them, you will repay them immediately!" Huyan was quite ambitious. This guy was fantasizing about finding mountain villagers in the mountains and ridges, and then led the way with the mountain villagers to take the detour to attack Hanzhong.

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Jiange, fortress construction site.

At the highest point of the valley road, it had become a lively construction site at this time. Two thousand Hanzhong County soldiers had become civil servants, transporting blocks of huge rocks and wood upwards.

A fortress has already appeared on a high ground.

Bai Mo was patrolling the construction site surrounded by Li Bu, the commander of Hanzhong County, and more than a dozen personal soldiers.

Looking back and forth, the busy Han soldiers, Bai Mo had an unresolvable worry between his eyebrows. When he inspected the highest point of the construction site, Bai Mo suddenly stopped and turned around and asked Li Bu: "Person Li, when will the county soldiers in each county in Yexia of Hanzhong County be able to complete the assembly? How many days will it take to open Jiange?"

"This..." Li Bu pondered for a moment and said, "It will take three or five days, right?"

Bai Mo frowned and said a little displeased: "Person Li, three days or five days?"

Li Bu looked embarrassed and replied, "I thought that the assembly should be completed in three days, but it will take five days to open Jiange."

"It will take five days to open Jiange?" Bai Mo's sadness between his eyebrows became stronger when he heard this. He breathed a sigh of relief and said in a faint voice, "I hope the king's reinforcements can arrive in time, otherwise, Hanzhong County will probably not be able to be protected."


Chapter completed!