Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 158 Chapter 150 Eight: Xiang Zhuang rushed to Muling Pass

On the day Fan Zeng entered Muling Pass, another team of nearly a hundred people had quietly arrived a hundred miles away from Muling Pass. These people were the special envoys of the Jiangdong Xiang Clan. Mausoleum Pass recruits Zhang Han.

What is different from Fan Zeng and his party is that the leader of this team is not an old man, but a young general.Although he didn't wear strong clothes at the moment, the aura that he showed was clearly only for those who are in the army. This person is Jiangdong's little general Xiang Zhuang. In order to show his sincerity in recruiting, Xiang Bo deliberately arranged for Xiang Zhuang to come to Muling Guan pays homage to Zhang Han.

At this moment, they were walking on a path between the mountains outside Muling Pass. The setting sun near the mountain scattered the dim yellow sunlight mottled on the path through the gaps between the branches. Added a bit of rare peace.However, Xiang Zhuang's heart is not peaceful at this moment, because at this moment his heart is suffering from this trip to Muling Pass, and the reason is because he received a piece of news that made him extremely disturbed yesterday.

Just yesterday, Xiang Zhuang received a letter forwarded by Uncle Xiang. According to the report from their spies stationed in Qin, Fan Zeng was escorted by two thousand Tigers and Ben to leave Xianyang a few days ago. I went to Lingguan.

When Xiang Zhuang learned that the person Fusu sent to Muling Pass was Fan Zeng, he was very depressed for a while.Since Fusu succeeded to the throne, Jiangdong and Fusu have been attacking and killing constantly, and there are not a few confrontations with Fan Zeng. Unfortunately, in these confrontations, Jiangdong hardly took advantage of it, but suffered setbacks everywhere. Lost city and lost ground.

In order to arrive at Muling Pass before Fan Zeng, Xiang Zhuang and his party had not rested for a long time since they received the letter yesterday.

"Major General, this place is still a hundred miles away from Muling Pass, and besides, it's almost dusk at this time, why don't we rest here! We will rush to Muling Pass tomorrow morning, but we really can't make it. Already!" The accompanying clerk suggested to Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang glanced at the little official helplessly, then sized up everyone, and finally shook his head helplessly.

"Hey, Xiang Zhuang doesn't know how tired you are. It's just that the general wants us to meet Zhang Han before Fan Zeng. If we delay and let Fan Zeng take the lead, Jiangdong will fall into a passive position. , At that time, don’t talk about recruiting Zhang Han, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to enter the closed gate. I’ve wronged you, and when I enter Muling Pass, I will definitely let you rest well.”

Although Xiang Zhuang knew that the two days of continuous travel had exhausted the entourage, he would not dare to delay the trip until he saw Zhang Han, no matter how tired they were, they could only be stretched.Because for them Jiangdong, if they can't recruit Zhang Han, Jiangdong can bear it. I'm afraid Fan Zeng will take the lead. If Zhang Han can't stand Fan Zeng's eloquence and chooses to surrender to Fusu, then for Jiangdong It is a catastrophe.Once Zhang Han returned to Fusu, Jiangdong would be completely hopeless, and it was only a matter of time before they were annexed by Fusu.

After several years of fighting, the people of Jiangdong at this time are already exhausted. Facing Fusu's aggressive offensive, Jiangdong is already struggling and can only support it.In the First World War in South Vietnam, even their natural barrier, the Xiangshui River, became the inland river of Daqin, and the Changsha County of Nuoda was completely included in Fusu. If Zhang Han returned to Fusu at this time, he would assist Fusu to attack from the north. , then Jiang Dong really couldn't hold on.

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang didn't agree with his suggestion, the accompanying officials stopped talking, but lowered their heads and gritted their teeth and continued on their way.

In the middle of the night, Xiang Zhuang and his party finally arrived at the outskirts of Muling Pass after a rapid journey in the middle of the night.

Just when Xiang Zhuang and his party were about to walk the last few miles, the scout in charge of exploring the road reported a shocking news to Xiang Zhuang. It turned out that the scout found a camp not far from them, which blocked their way. It stands to reason that Zhang Han's men and horses should all be in Muling Pass. At this moment, a camp suddenly appeared outside Muling Pass, which is indeed a bit unimaginable.

For the sake of safety, Xiang Zhuang immediately ordered all the entourage to extinguish the torches in their hands and stand by on the spot, while he himself followed the spies to find out the news.

After crossing the accompanying team and marching towards Muling Pass for two miles, the camp mentioned by the spies suddenly appeared in Xiang Zhuang's sight.

At this time, they were in a position where they could clearly see the Mulingguan Guanlou and the camp not far away. The Mulingguan Guanlou was ten miles in front of their eyes. It was so clearly visible again, and the camp mentioned by the spies happened to lie between them and the Muling Pass gate building, which happened to block their way forward.

After gazing at the Guanlou for a while, Xiang Zhuang turned his eyes back from the Mulingguan Guanlou, turned to the camp in front of him, and looked at it carefully. It was pitch black, and it was obvious that the soldiers in the camp had already rested at this time.On the fence around the camp, there is a circle of sparse torches. Although these torches are not very dense, they can roughly outline the outline of the camp. Relying on the experience accumulated when setting up camp in the past, Xiang Zhuang made a rough estimate. This camp is about two to 3000 people in size.

Faced with this sudden situation, Xiang Zhuang lost his mind for a while. It stands to reason that this camp should not belong to Zhang Han, because any leader with normal thinking would not throw thousands of people on his own. out of reach.If it wasn't Zhang Han's subordinate, then who does this camp belong to? Could it be the Qin army?Judging from the number of people, there is indeed this possibility, because the Qin army escorting Fan Zeng happened to have two thousand tigers, but after careful analysis, this reason seems to be untenable. Openly set up camp under Muling Pass, right?Once the guards of Muling Pass break out at night, will the 2000 people survive?

Even though Xiang Zhuang racked his brains, he couldn't figure it out.He really wanted to ignore this camp, and headed straight to Muling Pass with his entourage. He came here all night long, just to meet Zhang Han before Fan Zeng?Now that he was about to arrive, Xiang Zhuang was really unwilling to encounter such a strange thing.

But rationality tells Xiang Zhuang that if he really wants to ignore it, it is very likely that the team of hundreds of people will die inexplicably.If the situation was unknown and they bypassed these people and went directly to Muling Pass, who could guarantee that the group of people in the camp would not suddenly attack and kill them in the dark.Just when that happened, his team of one hundred men would be completely hopeless. In such a dark night, even Zhang Han, who had tens of thousands of soldiers in his hand, would not dare to switch easily and rashly send troops, let alone them with only a hundred men.

After thinking about it again and again, Xiang Zhuang temporarily gave up the idea of ​​approaching the Mulingguan Guanlou, but decided to take advantage of the night to go closer and investigate with the spies.

After making up his mind, Xiang Zhuang and the spies left the hiding place and returned to the team. After changing into black night clothes, they went straight to the camp not far away under the cover of night.

After a cup of tea, the two of Xiang Zhuang arrived at the outskirts of the camp. At this time, they could vaguely see the tents where the soldiers slept in the camp.Judging from the attire of the patrolling soldiers in the camp, it is indeed the attire of the Great Qin Huben Army.

After confirming that the camp here belonged to the Huben army, the two of Xiangzhuang took advantage of the darkness to go back.

After Xiang Zhuang told everyone the news he had inquired, everyone was silent for a while, and a melancholy mood enveloped their heads instantly. They came day and night, just to meet Qin before the Qin people. Zhang Han, seeing that he had arrived at Muling Pass, was blocked by the Qin army. The most hateful thing was that he didn't know if Fan Zeng was in the camp at this time. Maybe he had already seen Zhang Han.

Just as everyone was silent, an attendant broke the silence and said happily to Xiang Zhuang: "Young general, I have a plan for my humble position. It will definitely ruin Fan Zeng's plan and make me Jiangdong go on this trip to Muling Pass." Take the lead."

(End of this chapter)