Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 474 Wuguan
Ziying's order to Zhang Han was to "squeeze the land of Chu". The land of Chu that Ziying referred to naturally included Liu Bang, Xiang Yu and other small insurgents. Xiang Xiang, the two protagonists in the later stage, can't develop, and there will naturally be a lot of trouble in re-pacifying the world.

However, the idea was good, but there were some mistakes in the operation. At this time, even if Ziying explicitly asked Zhang Han to kill Liu Bang and Xiang Yu by name, Zhang Han probably didn't know how to proceed.

Because at this moment Liu Bang and Xiang Yu have risen, but there are at least dozens of forces like them occupying the city to resist the Qin army in Chu.

Except for a few powerful kings, such as Jing Ju who claimed to be the King of Chu, Zhao Ping, the general sent by Chen Sheng to attack the northeast counties, and Lu Chen, the Cangtou army commander who was entrenched in Xinyang, the vast majority of Zhang Han Comrades have never even heard of their names, including Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.

In short, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang at this moment have not yet been valued by Zhang Han's status and strength.

After defeating Xiacheng Father, Zhang Han repaired on the spot for a few days, and was about to go all out to follow Ziying's instructions to clean up the grass-headed kings in Chu, big and small, when an emergency military situation came and he couldn't help it. If you don't go back to your teacher, go north.

Yan Zhao Wei Qi and Lu Chen's Cangtou Army formed a coalition army, and the combined forces were besieging Xingyang.

Although Chen Sheng died, the coalition forces he called for before his death were still formed after his death.

The allied forces sent 30 troops to the south with the most prestigious king Wei Jiu as the commander.

As long as Xingyang is captured and Ao Cang is captured, it will be tantamount to cutting off all the supplies and retreat of Zhang Han's army, and Zhang Han, who is short of food, will have no choice but to kill him.

In desperation, Zhang Han had no choice but to temporarily put aside his plan to pacify Chu, and rushed back to aid Xingyang. Fortunately, after Zhang Chu was destroyed, the rest of the rebels were numerous, but they were not successful, so it should be okay to delay the attack.

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Wancheng can be said to be one of the gateways in Guanzhong. As long as Wancheng is in hand, any idea of ​​bypassing Wancheng and wanting to attack Guanzhong through Wuguan has to be careful of your own back road.

In the previous life, Liu Bang also captured Wancheng first under Zhang Liang's suggestion, and after solving his worries, he was able to enter Guanzhong before Xiang Yu.

In order to ensure that Wancheng was not lost, Ziying left a full 15 Qin troops stationed in Nanyang County, and then led the remaining [-] Qin troops to march westward to Wuguan, the gateway to Guanzhong.

In order to prevent the entry of Ziying, the second emperor and Zhao Gao can be said to have tried their best. Almost all the people in Guanzhong who had never participated in active service were forcibly recruited, and 20 troops were gathered to garrison Wuguan.

As for the common people in Guanzhong who have participated in active service and some veterans who are still in the army, although they are of higher quality and richer in experience, most of them have served as Ziying's subordinates, so they really dare not use them.

Wei Wei Xingqing was in charge of guarding Wuguan.

Although Xing Qing was also an old Qin army, he was only a small five hundred lord in the first battle against Chu, and he had secretly surrendered to Zhao Gao a long time ago. On the high position of Weiwei, one of the nine ministers.

Although it is guarding at the gate at the moment, and the number of troops is larger than that of Ziying, Xing Qing feels a little unconfident when he thinks that he is facing the king of Qin who was invincible across the six kingdoms back then.

However, if he didn't dare to fight against the King of Qin anymore, Xing Qing could only bite the bullet, not only because he had already surrendered to Zhao Gao, his hands were already stained with the blood of loyal ministers and righteous men, and there was no way to retreat.

What's more important is that the day before his expedition, his wife, children, and children had already been taken to the palace, and they were called guests, but they were actually under surveillance nearby.

As a result, Xing Qing had no choice but to put all his heart and soul into defending Wuguan.

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"Wuguan is at the turn of Qin and Chu, according to the dangers of the mountains and rivers. It goes to the south and moves to the east, enters Lantian and passes to the right. Wuguan has a huge defense, and it is difficult to break..." Baosheng and Ziying stood in front of Wuguan Looking at Wuguan, which was strangling the road to the west, on a low slope, Bao Sheng said three difficult words in succession.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in Wuguan that "Wuguan closed Qinzhong, and the Xiangyun, Jianghuai and Huaihe roads are blocked". As long as the commander is not stupid, it is really not easy to break through.

However, Ziying looked in the direction of Wuguan, sighed and said: "Wuguan is not difficult to break through, but there are Qin troops inside and outside the pass, fighting in the same room, so why bother to fight each other."

After sighing, Ziying said to the guards on the side: "Send the order, attack with all your strength, attack with one drum, follow with two drums, and retreat with three drums."

"promise!"

Seeing the guards running to deliver the order, Bao Sheng asked puzzledly: "Our army is setting up camp, and it will be getting late, so we may not be able to successfully tackle key problems at this time."

Bao Sheng's words were rather tactful, even a rookie in the military would not be able to set up camp and the weather would close at night, but the one who made such a decision was Qin Ziying, who had always been meticulous.

Facing Baosheng's question, Ziying just smiled and didn't answer.

Xing Qing, the guard of Wuguan, naturally did not expect that Ziying would play cards so unreasonably.

Xing Qing's heart was broken when the densely packed soldiers of the Qin army forced their way under the cover of crossbowmen.

Firstly, Ziying's unreasonable playing of cards caused the entire Wuguan's defense to be in a hurry.

The camp has just been set up, the army has not had time to rest, the sky is getting late, and the troops are not dominant. Under such circumstances, any general who makes a decision should rest at least one night to let the team recover after a long journey, and be careful at night. Is it a surprise attack?

How can there be a player who will attack as soon as he comes up, and still use all his forces to attack, the Lun family is not prepared, okay...

Not only that, Xing Qing also found sadly that even if he was shooting arrows at the South Vietnamese Army crossbowmen condescendingly from the top of Wuguan, most of the arrows were still ten dozen away from the South Vietnamese Army crossbowmen except for a few with extraordinary arms. The distance of the step has already fallen.

On the other hand, the Qin army in Nanyue, even though they shot arrows from the bottom up, could easily shoot the arrows to the top of the city. The same Qin army, the gap seems to be a bit big.

For the ordinary crossbow, the divine arm crossbow showed its sharpness for the first time under this martial pass.

Due to Xingqing's lack of preparation, even though Wuguan is dominating the world, he was attacked several times in this first attack. Although he was immediately killed and retreated, the fighting power of the Nanyue Qin Army has been deeply engraved in Xingqing And this heart in the heart of the new Qin army.

Just when Xing Qing was in a hurry, he heard a rush of war drums in the distance from the camp of the Nanyue Qin Army.

The Qin army, which was like a tidal wave, retreated to the Nanyue Qin army camp under the cover of crossbowmen in a short period of time as if the tide was ebbing after hearing the sound of the drums.

Although the fighting time was extremely short, Xing Qing's heart was full of bitterness. According to the combat strength of the South Yue Qin Army, even if Wuguan was guarding him, he might be able to last for about a month at most.

Looking at the Nanyue Qin army who quickly retreated to the camp under the order and prohibition, Xing Qing suddenly thought at this moment that when the Great Qin attacked Chu many years ago, he was also a part of this powerful Qin army.

"There's something on the arrow?" After Qin Jun retreated, Xing Qing suddenly heard an exclamation from the surrounding sergeants.

It turned out that a piece of sheepskin was tied to an arrow shot by a crossbowman of the South Vietnam Qin Army.

Soon the sheepskin was untied and delivered to Xing Qing.

Xing Qing opened it and saw that it was just a simple letter requesting his surrender. Although the content was simple, this letter was signed by Prince Qin.

After reading the letter, Xing Qing frowned and stuffed the parchment into his arms. After instructing the soldiers on the city wall to be careful, he returned to his mansion behind Wuguan.

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The tent of the Qin army.

"I don't know what is the deep meaning of this move by the King of Qin?" The Qin army who knocked on the pass had already retreated. Although the time was short, it was after all a forcible attack on a dangerous fortress. In a short period of time, the troops even suffered hundreds of casualties.

If things go on like this, even if Wuguan is broken, the most ideal state of the Qin army will probably be compromised by more than half. This is because the Nanyue Qin army is far superior to the newly recruited Wuguan defenders in terms of military quality and equipment.

Bao Sheng thought about Ziying's anticlimactic attack, but he didn't understand what Ziying's intention was. It looked more like a joke.

"No one else, show me your strength." Seeing Bao Sheng who was full of doubts, Ziying said with a calm smile.

Bao Sheng was taken aback by Ziying's answer. Ziying's attack this time was simply to show off his muscles.

"Starting tonight, let our army take turns to drill under the city, regardless of day and night." Ziying immediately ordered.

"Then we won't attack the city?" Bao Sheng wondered. Although the drills in the city can tire the enemy, but if you want to capture a city like Wuguan, it is not a simple strategy of exhausting the enemy that can be effective.

"I won't attack, I will open it later." Ziying replied inscrutablely.

This time, Ziying's goal had been achieved by attacking the city with all his strength, and the strength of the Nanyue Qin Army was deeply rooted in the hearts of the generals and sergeants at Wuguan.

This Qin army was his reliance to pacify the world. The hundreds of casualties this time had already made his heart ache. If he really attacked Wuguan by force, the casualties would not be something he could bear.

Ziying's consistent principle is that it can be achieved with tactics, absolutely without force.

(End of this chapter)