Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 75 The Battle of Qian County in the Qin and Han Dynasties
Chapter 75: The Battle of Qian County in the Qin and Han Dynasties
Longguan originally belonged to the eastern gate of Wuwei County of the Qin State, but when the Qin State recovered in Liangzhou, the Han State feared that the Guanzhong would be unstable, so they sent troops to seize Longguan, and this was originally the Qin State's defense against the Han State. But it became the Western Xiongguan of the Han Dynasty.

Meng Zhan, commander of the Qin Army, stood on the top of Longguan City, looking at the land in Guanzhong. This is the homeland of the Great Qin. It has been lost for more than 200 years, and now he finally has the opportunity to set foot on the homeland of the Great Qin.

Meng Zhan is a descendant of Meng Tian. When Liu Bang entered Xianyang, Qin Prince Ying asked Liu Bang to surrender, and was treated with courtesy by Liu Bang. When the people of Qin were planning to accept their fate, Xiang Yu came. The earth surrendered, and he was avoiding disasters in Bashu, but the descendants of Qin were massacred by Xiang Yu.

Meng Li, the ancestor of Meng Zhan, escaped from the massacre and found Ying Jin, the descendant of Ying Chengjiao who failed to compete with Qin Shihuang Yingzheng for the throne, and took him to the Hexi Corridor. During the struggle, he took the opportunity to occupy the seven counties of Wuwei, Longxi, Hanyang, Jincheng, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, and Zhangye. For more than 200 years, it has been the dream of the kings of Qin to restore Guanzhong and return to the old capital.

Now that the two camps of the East and the West are fighting fiercely in the Central Plains, the King of Qin finally saw the opportunity, so he sent Meng Zhan to command an army of 15 to attack the Han Kingdom. Longguan was captured by Qin without any effort.

"General, the army is ready." At this time, Bai Chen, a general of the Qin Army, came to Meng Zhan and said.

After hearing Bai Chen's words, Meng Zhan withdrew his thoughts, nodded, and said, "Okay, send an order to the three armies. After an hour, the troops will dispatch to Li County!"

"Here!" Bai Chen said.

In August of the eighth year of Qianyuan, the Qin army came to Si County, and Guanzhong was shaken.

At this time, Cao Tian, ​​one of the three generals of the Han Dynasty, was guarding Qian County. He was originally stationed in Hanzhong to guard against the Shu Kingdom. county.

Due to the long period of peace in Qian County, there has been no war for many years. As a result, the city is dilapidated, the armaments are sparse, and the defenders are only three thousand. When Cao Tian came to Qian County, he saw this situation and quickly sent a letter. Going to Chang'an, please send reinforcements from the Prince of Han in Chang'an, and at the same time use your status as the top three generals of the Han Dynasty to urgently transfer troops from Chen Cang to the north. However, after a period of reinforcement, the city wall of Sixian County has taken on a new look, and it will not collapse at the touch of the Qin army.

"Sheng'er, how does Chang'an respond?" Cao Tian looked at the Qin army camp outside the city and asked his son Cao Sheng who was standing beside him.

Cao Sheng replied: "Father, Chang'an came to Dao today. The Prince Jian Guo and the princes of the court have urgently assembled [-] troops to leave Chang'an and come to Qian County."

"Is it only [-]?" Cao Tian stared, dissatisfied.

Cao Sheng explained tremblingly: "Returning to father, the Crown Prince Jian Guo said that no one can mobilize troops at will without the order of the king. The [-] army is already the largest force he can mobilize."

"Alas..." Cao Tian knew that his son was not lying. The Han Kingdom has always been very suspicious of the commander-in-chief. What's more, the King of Han is far away in the Central Plains, and the prince is young. How could the King of Han entrust the military power in the country to others? It is not easy to send 3 people to support Qian County, but the Qin army outside the city has a total of 15 troops, and on our own side, even with the [-] troops from Chang'an, there are less than [-] soldiers Ma, the city of Si County is dilapidated and cannot be guarded anymore.

"Sheng'er, you leave Qian County as soon as possible, go to Yong County, lead the defenders of Yong County to strengthen the city wall, and at the same time send a message to the Chang'an army, telling them to stop in Yong County and not come to Qian County." Cao Tian said helplessly.

"Father, what are you?" Cao Sheng was surprised, Cao Tian was about to give up Qian County.

Cao Tian smiled wryly and said: "You guessed it right, being a father means giving up Qianxian County. The Qin army came too fast, and we didn't have time to react. Qianxian County can't be defended anymore. The only way now is to retreat to Yongxian County. And you go first, prepare everything in Yong County, and deal with the Qin army as a father." Si County cannot be defended, and the Yumo between Qian County and Yong County is even more difficult to defend, so Cao Tian can only retreat to Yong County. Yes, Yong County was the former capital of the Qin State hundreds of years ago. The city has a certain scale, and it is at an angle with Chen Cang, making it easier to resist the Qin army.

"Father, you can't. Father is my great general. How can you put yourself in danger? Why don't you let the child stay in Qian County and father go to Yong County? With his prestige, he will definitely be able to do better than the child." Listen When Cao Tian planned to stay alone to deal with the Qin army, Cao Sheng was taken aback. He knelt down and begged to stay and let Cao Tian go to Yong County.

Cao Tian smiled wryly and shook his head, helped Cao Sheng up and said, "Idiot, I've made up my mind for my father, so there's no need to persuade him anymore. Besides, the one outside the city is Meng Zhan, an old opponent of my father. If you can't deal with him, you will only be in vain." It's all about dying, you leave quickly, and when you arrive in Yong County, make preparations early."

Seeing that Cao Tian couldn't be persuaded, Cao Sheng knelt down and kowtowed to Cao Tian with tears in his eyes, saying, "Father, take care." After saying that, he turned and left.

Meng Zhan, who was outside the city, saw the big flag with the word Cao character fluttering in the wind in Si County, and knew that his old opponent was coming, so accompanied by Wang Feng and Bai Chen, he came to the city of Si County and saw the top of the city. Cao Tim on board.

Meng Zhan faced the top of the wall and shouted loudly: "Cao Tian, ​​are you okay?"

Cao Tian in the city had a cold face, and said indifferently: "Meng Zhan, you Qin Guo took advantage of my big man to conquer the Central Plains and raided Longguan. You are really shameless. What's more, you are just a defeated general. Talk nonsense in front of this general."

"Hahaha, Cao Tian, ​​you are still so naive. As the saying goes, soldiers never tire of deceit. You were stolen by Deng Guo at Wuguan, which led to the annihilation of Fan Yi's 20 army. I didn't expect that you didn't have a long memory. Besides, who is yours? Your defeated general, if Long Pass is not steep, do you think you can stop this general?" Meng Zhan said with a smile.

"Huh!" Cao Tian snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "Meng Zhan, it's useless to talk too much. Today, I will stand here and attack the city if I have the ability." After that, he ordered the archers to prepare, as long as the Qin army launched an attack , and immediately fought back.

"Let's go back to the camp!" Meng Zhan saw that Cao Tian had stopped talking to him and felt bored, so he went back to the camp.

In the early morning of the next day, outside Sixian County, the Qin army marched out of the city. Meng Zhan stood in front of the formation and laughed at Cao Tian on the top of the city: "Cao Tian, ​​the city of Sixian County is dilapidated. Iron armored man, you better leave quickly, lest you lose your age and die in battle."

"Hahaha!" As soon as Meng Zhan finished speaking, the generals of the Qin army roared with laughter.

Cao Tian dismissed Qin Jun's ridicule, and said coldly: "Meng Zhan, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect you to be good at your words, but if you want to take my Cao's head, just come."

"If you don't see the coffin, you won't cry. If you are stubborn, you will order the army to attack the city immediately." Seeing that Cao Tian was unmoved, Meng Zhan ordered to attack the city.

"Kill!" Meng Zhan gave an order, and the Qin army rushed forward to kill Qian County.

"Archers, let the arrows go!" Cao Tian fixed his eyes on the Qin army under the city, and when he saw that the Qin army had entered the range, he immediately asked the archers to release the arrows.

"Chirp! Chirp!" "Ah! Ah!"

There was a rain of arrows, and hundreds of Qin troops fell in response. However, there were too many Qin troops, and they quickly attacked the city. Countless Qin troops followed the ladder, killed the top of the city, and started a hand-to-hand fight with the Han army.

The battle lasted for two days, with [-] Han troops killed and nearly [-] people lost. Cao Tian saw that it was meaningless to continue fighting, so he ordered the army to withdraw from Qian County and retreat to Yong County.

(End of this chapter)