The vanguard of the Chu army arrived at Danfeng County, which was only a dozen miles away from Wuguan, and when Wuguan was lost, part of the remnants of Zhang Qian's army fled here, and the Han army did not know for what reason, and did not send troops to attack this county town that did not have much defensive ability.

Qu Wan also rushed here at the first time, and with the arrival of the large army of the Chu army, the scouts of the Han army also immediately appeared around Danfeng County, and the most unscrupulous guys actually appeared under the head of Danfeng City.

The situation has been so bad that Qu Wan is already very careful, this time he retreated, he almost racked his brains, but on the way to retreat, he still lost nearly 20,000 foot soldiers and tens of thousands of cavalry, and all this was caused by the Han cavalry that had been wandering on both sides of the Chu army.

The morale of the Chu army was extremely high, and the idea of returning to the motherland to fight the rioters made the soldiers return to their hearts like arrows at the same time, but they also maintained high morale, but the successive losses hit the morale of the soldiers hard, and this road back to their hometown did not seem to be so easy to walk.

Of course, it is very difficult to go, Qu Wan has learned the latest information of the Wuguan Han Army, the troops of the First Army of the Han Army Youth Guards Corps, or arrived at Wuguan before him, and now the guard force of the Wuguan Han Army has reached 20,000 people, for a gate city like Wuguan, 20,000 people is already the limit, and it is the most guards that can be accommodated. This is extremely bad news for the Chu army, Qu Wan knows very well that even though he has eight or nine times the opponent's army, but under the terrain of Wuguan, the advantage of being large in numbers cannot be brought into play at all. Moreover, he was facing the first army of the Young Guards, the most elite of the Han army, which could be described as famous.

The fame of the army is made out of the fight, not blown out, and under the fame, there will definitely be no false soldiers. In the face of such an opponent's guarded martial arts, Qu Wan had no confidence in his heart.

Scout teams were sent out, and now he needed to understand the defensive situation of the entire Wuguan, and he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. The more anxious you are, the more careful you must be in your actions.

As more and more information gathered on his desk, the enemy's defense system on the sand table in front of him took shape in front of him little by little, but Qu Wan's heart became heavier and heavier.

It was a defensive system that he had never seen before, and it was completely inconsistent with the experience he had accumulated over the decades of military experience, and it was clear that this defensive position was designed according to the Han army's style of play. The most important part of this is definitely the kind of artillery that can cause great damage at long range.

"General, the Han army takes Wuguan and Shaoxi Mountain as the fulcrum. The entire defensive system has been constructed, and the defensive positions at the forefront are several miles away from Wuguan, and the forward positions are prominent, and we have no way of knowing what is in the rear of the forward positions, but one thing is for sure, if we want to take Wuguan, we must first take Shaoxi Mountain, according to the remnants of Zhang Qian's department. The reason why Wuguan was lost was because the Han army first took Shaoxi Mountain, and then set up artillery on the mountain to bombard the city from a high position. The first thing to destroy is the ranged weapons in the city, and then to bombard the defenders of the city, making it impossible to organize an effective defense on the city. So, the focus of our first offense. It is to win Shao Xi Mountain, as long as we can win Shao Xi Mountain, we can emulate the previous success of our opponents. Although we don't have artillery, large trebuchets can also throw explosive packs into the city. It can still cause massive damage. Forward general Wang Shubo pointed to the sand table in front and said.

"The Han army relied on this trick to win Wuguan, and they must know that the focus of our attack is also Shaoxi Mountain, and now where they are must be the most tightly defended. Everyone knows this, so the battle of Shaoxi Mountain will be a bloody battle. Qu Wan sighed.

"There's no way around it." Wang Shubo said: "General, my department is willing to be the vanguard, even if it sheds blood, we must take down Shaoxi Mountain." Otherwise, we won't be able to take Wuguan at all. And the sooner the offensive is launched, the better, you know, I went to the front for the past two days and looked at it, and I couldn't believe my eyes. ”

"What do you see?" Qu Wan was taken aback.

"The Han army is still building a defensive line, they have built a dense fortress, the speed of construction is shocking, they made molds out of wooden planks, poured some things into it, inserted iron rods one by one, I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but on the third day, when I went again, they had already removed the planks outside, and I saw a gray fortress, and they had even started to install the Divine Machine Crossbow on it. In just a few days, there were more than a dozen such forts on their front line. ”

Qu Wan said in a low voice: "I know this thing, in the Han Kingdom, all buildings built with this technology are reinforced concrete structures, which are extremely fast to build, and they are sturdy and durable, in fact, our Da Chu has also mastered this technology now." This kind of reinforced concrete structure is very difficult to destroy. ”

Wang Shubo was silent for a moment: "General, we must attack as quickly as possible, and every day we delay, the enemy's defense will be stronger." The situation at home is dangerous, and we urgently need to return home, and our logistics cannot support us to fight the enemy here for a long time. ”

"Wuguan was seized, and a large amount of our grain, grass, and weapons fell into the hands of the enemy, but fortunately, some of Wuguan was sent out before, plus what we brought out from Sanchuan County, it can support the army for about half a month." Qu Wan said.

"In other words, in half a month, we must take the Wuguan." Wang Shubo took a deep breath: "General, I ask for orders to immediately launch an attack on the enemy, without waiting for Bai Xizhong and Huang Zhong." ”

"Huang Zhong has suffered serious losses, and for this matter, he and Bai Xizhong have a very unpleasant quarrel, for the time being, they can't be counted on." Qu Wan sighed.

"It's no wonder that Bai Xizhong is in this matter, speaking of which, or Huang Zhong was negligent in taking precautions, the Hun cavalry division must have passed through the gap in his defense area and rushed into the middle of Bai Xi first, and after attacking the middle part of Bai Xizhong and attracting the other two cavalry to come to the rescue, he detoured back to Huang Zhong's rear, but how did this Han cavalry do this?" Wang Shubo sighed. "This, not only Huang Zhong can't understand, but even the last general and me, I also feel incredible!"

"The cavalry of the Han army is the most tenacious, ten years ago, the Yan State attacked Donghu in a battle, Gao Yuan was trapped, that is, Helan Xiong did not sleep for several days and nights, after defeating a Donghu soldier and horse, he quickly returned to the division, rushed to the camp, and Gao Yuan attacked inside and outside, and broke the Donghu people, which allowed Gao Yuan to escape from Jingyuan into the prairie, and then returned to Jishi City, if it were not for this battle, Gao Yuan would have been wiped out by the Donghu people." Qu Wan sighed slightly: "The ability to run long distances, no one can be stronger than the Han cavalry, not to mention the current Donghu Independent Cavalry Division and the Xiongnu Independent Cavalry Division, the cavalry are one person, two horses or even three horses, they change horses without changing people, and they can indeed do a wide range of interspersed detours in the shortest possible time, this matter is my negligence, how many years, the Han army has never shown this ability again, almost everyone forgets." After the two of them arrive in Danfeng, I will mediate with them, the enemy is now, if we can't work together, won't we be defeated before we fight. ”

Wang Shubo nodded slightly, in this situation, it can only be that the general first shoulders the responsibility, and after bending to take the responsibility, Bai Xizhong and Huang Zhong will not accuse each other and make the army unstable.

"General, Wuguan Deputy General Fan Kui asks to see." An officer strode in from the outside.

"Fan Kui, is he still alive?" Qu Wan stood up suddenly.

"He, he was escorted by a team of Han troops." The officer hesitated for a moment and said.

Being escorted by the Han army means that Fan Kui has been captured by the Han army, Wang Shubo's face showed anger, and now the army's heart is already low, and the Han army is escorting Fan Kui here with such a swagger, it is not another blow.

"This coward." Wang Shubo said angrily: "What do you want him to do, kill him clean!" ”

Qu Wan shook his head, Fan Kui himself didn't have anything, but the forces behind this person, even him, were a little jealous: "A puppet, it doesn't matter if you kill or not, it doesn't matter if he comes back, we just know some about the situation of Wuguan from his mouth." ”

Fan Kui's body trembled a little and entered the room, Yang Dasha wrote a letter for him to send over, he was extremely reluctant to come, he killed Zhang Gan and surrendered, if Qu Wan knew, then he would not survive, you know, in the Chu army, if anyone dares to kill him, Qu Wan must definitely be one of them. If you don't want people to know, unless you don't do it, the matter of killing people and surrendering by yourself is not a secret in Wuguan, if it reaches Qu Wan's ears, it will be over.

"General!" Seeing Qu Wan, Fan Kui's legs were weak, and he knelt down directly. "The last general, the last general is guilty."

Qu Wan took a deep breath and suppressed the disgust in his heart: "General Fan, please get up, the loss of Wuguan is that the Han army is too cunning, you can resist for so long, it is already very unexpected to me, it is good to come back alive, it's hard." Come on, show General Fan. ”

"Thank you, General!" Listening to Qu Wan's gentle words and comfort, Fan Kui's heart was settled.

"When you come back from Wuguan, you should have a general understanding of the current situation in Wuguan, right?" Qu Wan asked.

"Yes, yes, yes." Fan Kui nodded again and again, not to mention understanding, he himself took the surrendered Chu army to participate in the construction of the fortifications, and the Han army did not seem to shy away from him at all. It wasn't until the final deployment of troops for defense that they let these Chu people leave. (To be continued.) )