Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 644 Battle of Hangu Pass

Chapter 645: Battle of Hangu Pass

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the tenth day of the fifth month, on the top of the city of Chang'an, Bai Qi and a group of generals of the Qin army regarded it as a densely packed tent of the Deng army. Having launched an offensive against Chang'an City, not even a tentative attack, Bai Qi knew very well that Li Siye and Deng Han were waiting, what are they waiting for?Of course they are waiting for Murong Ke and Xue Rengui.

When Deng Jun came to Chang'an City, he did not completely surround Chang'an City, but left the east gate, so Bai Qi could still know the news about the direction of Hangu Pass.

The news of Shen Zhi's surrender without a fight was also reported to Chang'an by the messenger of the Qin army on the second day after Shen Zhi's surrender. Qin Emperor Yingzhuang, who was not in good health, also vomited blood with anger, and his condition worsened a lot.

But Bai Qi, as the commander-in-chief, is very bearish, because in his opinion, it is not surprising that anything happens now, because Qin is already at the end of the road, as the so-called ants are greedy for life, even Yingzhuang cannot force everyone People died for the Qin State, especially when the Sima family and Ma clan in Xiliang surrendered to Deng State and received generous treatment, there were countless people in Qin State who wanted to surrender to Deng State.

For Shen Zhi's surrender, Bai Qi had already been mentally prepared. Half a month ago, there was a sudden riot in Chang'an City, and then Shen Zhi's family members mysteriously disappeared. Bai Qi had this guess. The only one with the ability to send the Shen family out of Chang'an City without anyone noticing in Chang'an City, which is heavily guarded, is Deng Guo's Ming Jing, and why Ming Jing suddenly robbed the Shen family, its purpose is self-evident. But at that time Deng Jun was about to approach the city, Bai Qi didn't want to worry too much, because in Bai Qi's view, even if Shen Zhi didn't take the initiative to open the city and surrender, the Strider Pool wouldn't be able to hold for long.

As for Shen Zhi, it would be absolutely impossible for Bai Qi not to feel angry, but Bai Qi felt more regretful. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and now the Qin State Building will collapse, let alone Shen Zhi at that time. The family members are all in the hands of Deng Jun, and Shen Zhi's decision to surrender in order to protect the family is understandable, but what makes Bai Qi regret is that Shen Zhi's surrender caused Qin to lose a commander.

Yes, that's right, it is the commander in chief. Since Deng Qin started the war, the Qin army has been defeated repeatedly. Generals who can stand on their own, such as Geng Yue, Wang Feng and others, have sacrificed their lives for the country one after another. Among the generals under the age of 50 in the country, Li Jin, Meng Tong and others can only be generals, not commanders. Apart from Bai Qi himself, Shen Zhi is the most capable leader in Deng Guo. Expectations for Shen Zhi are very high.

Back then, when Meng Zhan was still alive, there were many famous generals around him. Bai Qi, Wang Feng, Ma Sheng, Geng Yue, Ying Huai, Sima Gong, etc. were all the leading generals in the world. Zhao, it's not in vain, but what about now?Ma Sheng, Geng Yue, Sima Gong, Wang Feng and others either died in battle or died of illness in bed. He died of illness, and there are very few people available in Qin State.

"Your Majesty, Deng Junbing has been at the city for several days, why didn't they attack the city?" Meng Tong asked puzzled beside Bai Qi.

"They are waiting!" Bai Qi replied.

"Wait? What are you waiting for?" Meng Tong was even more puzzled. Now the Deng Army outside the city has nearly 30 people, while the Qin Army in Chang'an City has less than 8 people. The Deng Army has three times the strength of the Qin Army, occupying Advantage, shouldn't we take advantage of the situation at this time and win Chang'an in one fell swoop?So what are you waiting for?

"They are waiting for our army's vigor to wear off and for Murong Ke and Xue Rengui." Bai Qi said: "Now that Deng Jun's soldiers are approaching the city, although the officials and people in the city don't say anything, they are not trembling, but we are forcibly suppressing them." As time goes on, the inner panic will eventually be revealed. Secondly, Murong Ke and Xue Rengui's hundreds of thousands of troops attack Hangu Pass. As long as Hangu Pass is broken, Murong Ke and Xue Rengui's hundreds of thousands The army can march westward to Chang'an. When we meet, we will not only face Li Siye and Deng Han, but more than 60 Deng troops. The loss of Hangu Pass will also deal a huge blow to our Daqin. Waiting for my Daqin morale to reach the bottom."

"Damn it, if it wasn't for Shen Zhi, that villain who treacherously surrendered to the enemy, how could we, Daqin, have come to such a point? If I see Shen Zhi again, I will cut him into pieces, so that I can relieve my hatred!" Meng Tong heard He said angrily, "Deng Jun is a conspiracy, even if he knew it, he couldn't break the situation, so Meng Tong had to blame Shen Zhi for all this."

Bai Qi smiled helplessly when he heard the words. Meng Tong's words were unfair. It is true that Shen Zhi's surrender had a certain impact on the situation of the war, but the impact was not that great. How could it be that the Qin State has come to this day? A mere Shen Zhi can change it, even if Shen Zhi doesn't surrender, it's just delaying the day.

But Bai Qi didn't refute Mengtong's statement, because the state of Qin has been reduced to such a degree, there must be someone to bear the infamy, and the best candidate is Shen Zhi, who told him to surrender without a fight, since he chose to betray Qin Guo, then he had to be mentally prepared to bear the infamy of the Qin people, but now that Shen Zhi is not here, Qin Guo can't do anything to him.

"Okay, the matter has come to an end, it's useless to say anything more, it's better to be on guard, don't let Deng Jun take advantage of it, let's go back!" After saying that, Bai Qi walked down the wall.

On the way back, Bai Qi couldn't calm down for a long time. He wasn't worried about the destruction of Chang'an City, because the strength of Chang'an City is not just talk. When Han Wang Liu Bang built Chang'an City, he planned to use Chang'an as the capital of a country. , rules the world, so the scale is very grand. Chang'an is not like Jinyang, Pengcheng, and Wancheng. The city is a newly built city, with a total of outer city, inner city, and palace city. Coupled with the continuous expansion of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an City has long been the largest city in the world. Otherwise, Qin would not have given up when it entered the customs. Xianyang, the former capital of the Qin State, chose Chang'an instead, and Chang'an City, which is guarded by nearly 60 troops, even if [-] Deng troops gather together, it will not be possible to break the city within a year or so.

What worries Bai Qi the most is Qin Emperor Yingzhuang's body. According to the imperial physician, Yingzhuang's body has reached the point of exhaustion. Although Yingzhuang is not yet 40 years old, he has been hit repeatedly in recent years. , the state of Qin is going from bad to worse, and Ying Zhuang is almost unable to hold on under the double pressure of illness and state affairs. According to the imperial physician, Ying Zhuang may go west at any time.

Now that the state of Qin is facing subjugation, Yingzhuang is the sustenance of all Qin people. If something happens to Yingzhuang, the people of Qin may collapse instantly. Although Yingzhuang has already established a prince, the current prince is just a ten-year-old Childish, there is no strength to support the entire Qin country. At that time, where will the people of Qin go?
At the same time, wars were raging on the east and west sides of Hangu Pass, because the main general stationed at Hangu Pass was Ying Huai, the clan of the Qin Dynasty, and there was no possibility of surrender, so Murong Ke didn't talk nonsense and directly attacked on a large scale. After the attack, Xue Rengui in the east also ordered the army to attack with all its strength. Now Zhao Jun took the initiative to shrink the defense line. The two important towns of Xingyang and Puyang were guarded by Deng Guo's heavy troops. Batch attack.

Hangu Pass has less than 40 soldiers and horses. Facing the two-sided attack of Deng Jun's 10 troops, Yinghuai can only divide the soldiers and horses into two parts, although Murong Ke's troops in the west of Hangu Pass are not as strong as those in the east There are many Xue Rengui, but the original intention of Hangu Pass was to prevent Qin from the Kanto states, so the east side is far more dangerous than the west side, so even though Murong Ke only has [-] people, Yinghuai's soldiers and horses in the west city are a little bit No less than the east side.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on May [-]th, it has been nearly half a month since Deng Jun stormed Hangu Pass. Although Qin Jun repelled Deng Jun's attacks many times by virtue of its geographical advantages, its own casualties were also very heavy.

As night fell, Yinghuai personally sat in the west city and repelled the Deng army's offensive again. The general Zhu Kuo hurried over here and said, "General, the east city has suffered too many casualties. Minus, the pressure on Dongcheng is too great, I hope the general can send troops to support Dongcheng."

"Send troops? Where will the soldiers and horses come from to support Dongcheng!" Ying Huai was furious when he heard this. He didn't have any troops to send. The entire Hangu Pass soldiers and horses were divided into two parts by Ying Huai , all came in handy, and in the past half a month, in order to support Dongcheng, Yinghuai has dispatched [-] soldiers and horses from West City, which has put a lot of pressure on West City. Such an attack regardless of day and night, the west city has been breached long ago, how can there be soldiers and horses now.

"What's the situation in Dongcheng now? Are there heavy casualties among the soldiers?" After losing his temper, Ying Huai gradually calmed down, and asked Zhu Kuo about the situation in Dongcheng.

Zhu Kuo replied: "The casualties were huge. Twenty thousand soldiers fought hard for half a month, and now there are less than 7000 left, and most of them are wounded. Even General Wu Cong died of his injuries. Deng Jun will destroy the city in five days."

"What? Wu Cong..." Hearing Wu Cong's death suddenly, Ying Huai was a little unsteady, grabbed Zhu Kuo's shoulders tightly and asked loudly, "When did this happen? Why didn't you report it earlier? With this general?"

Zhu Kuo replied: "The day before yesterday, General Wu Cong was hit by Deng Jun's arrow, which hurt his heart, but in order not to worry the general, General Wu Cong did not let us tell the general. General Wu Cong left last night." At this point, Zhu Kuo also showed sadness in his eyes.

With tears in his eyes, Ying Huai closed his eyes silently. Even the soldiers were killed in battle. Is there any hope for Hangu Pass?Originally Ying Huai had five generals under his command, Shen Zhi, Zhu Kuo, Jing Lu, Wu Cong, and Chen Guang, but now Chen Guang died in the battle at Hulao Pass, Shen Zhi surrendered to Deng Guo, and now even Wu Cong died in battle, Ying Huai's hand The only generals available here are Zhu Kuo and Jing Lu.

"Zhu Kuo, now that the Deng army is constantly attacking, and Jing Lu is the only one in the west city, I won't be at ease. You should go back quickly. As for the issue of reinforcements, I will figure out a solution in the future!" Yinghuai had no choice but to let Zhu Kuo go back first.

"Here!" Zhu Kuo responded and turned to leave.

After Zhu Kuo left, Ying Huai said to Ying Fu, the general at the side, "Ying Fu, do you think Daqin still has a chance?"

Ying Fu is Ying Huai's general, with mediocre ability, but he is loyal, that's why Ying Huai brought him with him. Hearing Ying Huai's words, Ying Fu shook his head and said, "Ying Fu doesn't know, but Ying Fu Fu is the general's servant, wherever the general is, Ying Fu will be there."

"Forget it, you can transfer 1000 people from the west city to the east city!" Ying Huai said with a smile.

"1000 people!" Ying Fu was very excited, and said, "General, you originally arranged more than 5000 people in the west city, and then you transferred 5000 people to the east city, plus the fierce battle in the past half month, now the number of people in the west city is terrible." There are less than 1000 Zhan soldiers, and if we send another [-] people, how can we defend the west city?"

The west city is not as formidable as the east city. Although Deng Jun is not as many as the east city, the pressure is not small. After fighting for half a month, the loss in the west city is also very large. Now that we have to deploy 1000 people, how can we defend the west city?

Ying Huai shook his head, and said, "Ying Fu, you still don't understand, the matter has come to this point, do you think Hangu Pass can still be held? If we can't, all we can do is to delay as much as possible and consume as much time as possible." The strength of Deng Jun, the longer we delay, the greater the consumption of Deng Jun, the more time we have to prepare for Wu Anjun, and the greater our hope of Daqin, so Dongcheng must not make any mistakes, and Xicheng, to be honest , there is not much difference between 4000 and 5000."

"Here, general, Ying Fu is going to mobilize troops now!" Ying Fu actually didn't quite understand, but as Ying Huai's general, as long as it was Ying Huai's decision, he would unconditionally implement it, so he complied. , and then go to deploy troops.

After Ying Fu left, Ying Huai stood on the top of the city, looking into the distance, as if he saw Chang'an City, and murmured: "Bai Qi, I will buy you as much time as possible, you must hold on Chang'an City, Chang'an, I can't go back, everything depends on you!"

On the east side of Hangu Pass, Deng Jun's camp, in the Chinese army's big tent, Xue Rengui and other generals of Deng Jun gathered together. Now it is Shen Cewei General Shan Xiongxin and Wang Shao who are in charge of attacking the city. In the siege, the casualties of the Deng army were also relatively large. Regardless of the fact that the Qin army suffered more than 1 casualties, the loss of the Deng army was at least twice that of the Qin army. Speaking of it, it's nothing.

"It has been half a month since our army and General Murong Ke joined forces to storm Hangu Pass. The Qin army must be at the end of their battles, and General Li Siye and His Royal Highness the King of Jin have also stationed at Chang'an City for more than ten days. We cannot continue to procrastinate. His Majesty has already sent someone to send a message to the general. Li Rubing has already gained the upper hand in the fierce battle with the Hu people. I am afraid that the winner will be decided in a short time. At that time, he may personally lead the army to the south. At that time, we hadn't taken Chang'an City yet, so we would have added more variables, so within ten days, Hangu Pass must be taken!" Xue Rengui sat in the main seat and said with firm eyes.

Although Xue Rengui is not in Guanzhong, he is still clear about the situation of the various armies in Guanzhong. As for the situation in the northern Xinjiang war, Ming Jing will send it to Wancheng in time, and then send it to the front line of Guanzhong from Wancheng. After learning about Li Rubing's army After gaining the upper hand, Xue Rengui knew that he couldn't wait any longer.

It took Xue Rengui a lot of time to fight Hangu Pass, and Bai Qi personally led tens of thousands of troops in Chang'an City, so the difficulty of fighting will only be higher than Hangu Pass. The war in northern Xinjiang is over. Although Zhao Guo is now taking the initiative to shrink the line of defense, with an attitude of giving up Qin, everyone knows that it is because Zhao Guo has insufficient troops. Once Li Rubing ends the war in northern Xinjiang, hundreds of thousands When the army returns to Jinyang, maybe the Zhao army will go south. Although Deng Guo is not afraid of Zhao Guo at all, but in this way, the battle in Guanzhong will only increase the variables and increase the consumption. It's not what Deng Guo wants to see, so Xue Rengui must conquer Hangu Pass as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, general. In the past half month, the casualties of our army have reached nearly [-]. Presumably the casualties of the Qin army are not small. The Qin army only has [-] soldiers in Hangu Pass. Even if our army The casualties are more than three times that of the Qin army. Don't forget that there is General Murong Ke to the west. According to the estimates of his subordinates, there are only about [-] people left in the Qin army. Guguan is not a problem." Fazheng, a division of the Shence Guard, analyzed.

Xue Rengui nodded when he heard the words. Although he didn't know the specific casualties of the Qin army, Xue Rengui still had a certain ability to analyze the situation on the battlefield after many years of fighting on the battlefield.

"Since this is the case, it is even more impossible to give the Qin army a chance to take a breather. The order will continue, and all the troops will strengthen their offensive. They will not stop for twelve hours a day. The Qin army will be exhausted!" Xue Rengui said cruelly, although now Deng Jun has been attacking the city day and night, but there are still times when it stops, and now in order to break through Hangu Pass as soon as possible, Xue Rengui directly ordered the army not to stop for twelve hours a day.

"Here!" Everyone heard that Xue Rengui was angry. Xue Rengui has always cherished soldiers very much and rarely gave such orders. It can be seen that Xue Rengui is impatient. Fortunately, Deng Jun has 30 people. The place in front of Guguan Pass is not big, and there are not many soldiers and horses that can accommodate it. Only about 1 people go to attack the city each time. Although there are tens of thousands of Deng Jun who go to attack the city each time, they attack in batches Yes, so with the strength of the Deng army, it is completely fine to attack the city non-stop for twelve hours a day.

(End of this chapter)