Zhang Qian was awakened from his sleep by a violent knock on the door, yesterday he was busy until very late before he fell asleep, and asked for a thick stack of grain and grass to be shipped today, and waited for the document to be completed before resting, and it was almost the fourth watch at that time. People are old, they have less sleepiness, and their minds are highly nervous, so they lie on the bed for a long time before they can barely fall asleep, but they feel that as soon as they close their eyes, there is a fierce knock on the door.

It seemed that the knocker outside was extremely anxious, and before Zhang Qian could get up from the bed, there was a bang, and the person who came had already pushed open the door and rushed straight in.

"General Zhang, enemy attack, enemy attack!" The person who came was sweating profusely, it was still early, and the weather was also very cool, and this person's sweat was clearly in a hurry.

This sentence suddenly made Zhang Qian jump up from the bed: "Enemy attack, where did the enemy attack come from?" Where did the enemy come from? ”

"Han people, Han army, Yellow Dragon Banner." The messenger was also incoherent.

Zhang Qian only felt a buzz in his head and exploded, Han Army, how is it Han Army? How can it be Han. "What nonsense are you talking about? How did the army of the Han people end up here? ”

"General Zhang, how could you be wrong, the army of black oppression, at least tens of thousands of people, so many flags, how can you be wrong?" The messenger said with a white face.

Zhang Gan's face also turned white, he put on his clothes haphazardly, pulled his legs and ran out.

Ascending to the head of Wuguan, Zhang Gan's face turned a little whiter, it was indeed the Han army, and it was also the most elite young guard regiment of the Han people, that was the guard army of the Han king, they appeared here, the meaning they represented, so that Zhang Gan's mind was like thunder roaring.

The Han State went to war against the Great Chu, and the target of these Han troops was Wuguan, the 200,000-strong army of General Qu Wan.

Opposite side. The flags were unfurled, the ranks were tight, and the fast horses galloped back and forth between the phalanxes, and as these fast horses came and went, the phalanxes began to move slowly, obviously making the final preparations before the attack.

"General Zhang. Shao Xi Mountain, you see Shao Xi Mountain! Beside him, the adjutant general's voice trembled, and the adjutant general Fan Kui had just rushed to the city wall in dishevels.

Zhang Gan's heart sank a few more times, and at this time he remembered that some time ago, because of the continuous rain, the garrison on Shaoxi Mountain was almost soaked in water, which was really difficult, and after asking himself. He let the large army withdraw to the city, leaving only a sentry guard, but who would have thought that the Han army would actually fight at this time.

On Shaomu Mountain, the fire phoenix flag representing the Chu State has long been gone, replaced by a yellow dragon flag fluttering in the wind at the highest point of the mountain.

Shao Xi Mountain was also lost.

"What should I do, General Zhang?" Fan Kui's voice trembled a little.

Zhang Qian raised his head and narrowed his eyes. Looking at the fiery red clouds on the horizon, it has been rainy for the past few days. Seeing that today is a sunny day, Zhang Qian suddenly hated the sun that was about to jump out of the mountain, and if the rain poured down, it could cause some trouble to the attackers. But obviously, God is not prepared to give the Chu army some convenience.

"General Fan, what are you afraid of? Wuguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with such a small attack surface, the army cannot be deployed at all. The opponent's one-time investment in troops is limited, and, looking at the opponent's lineup, what comes is only the size of one of their divisions, about 10,000 people, although our Wuguan is now not in order, but there are also 5,000 people, even if we lose Shaoxi Mountain? Could it be that they can still fly down from Shaoxi Mountain? ”

The initial agitation slowly calmed down, Zhang Qian began to think about countermeasures, with the topography of Wuguan, the defenders have a great advantage, even if they lose Shaoxi Mountain, they will be attacked from the top of the mountain, but the impact of that blow on the city defense is not too great, the enemy can invest at most one battalion of troops at a time, and his own side, but there are sufficient troops to correspond, holding Wuguan, he thinks it is not a problem.

In fact, what he is thinking more about now is the significance of the Han State launching a war against the Chu State at this juncture, is it just this way, the goal is General Qu Da, or has the general offensive of the Han State begun? Previously, it was unanimously believed that the Han State would not make a move against the Chu State before destroying the Qin State, and the Qin State was naturally ranked first in the list of enemies of the Han State. Zhang Qian is now skeptical of this conclusion, Qin is now in a difficult situation both internally and externally, it stands to reason that this is the best time for Han to destroy Qin, and a considerable part of Qin's strength is now being restrained by Qu Wan, no matter from which point of view, it is a good and harmless thing to fight Qin now, but why did Han target Chu?

He took a deep breath, he thought too much, although he is a senior general, but he is not the kind that can enter the core, what he has to do now is to hold Wuguan, I believe that after getting the news, General Qu will immediately understand the meaning of this, and immediately withdraw his troops and return to Wuguan, but it is a pity that in this way, the southern part of Qin State, which Chu State spent a lot of manpower and material resources to capture, will most likely not be able to keep it.

Glancing at Fan Kui who was shaking beside him, Zhang Qian snorted, this Fan Kui is the nephew of the doctor Fan Zhuo, who has always served in the Praetorian Guard in the past, after Bi Xuan took office as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, he kicked out this incompetent guy, this person is a typical character who occupies the pit and does not, he can't do anything, and he is also a good hand at grabbing credit, General Qu threw him here, naturally he also sold Fan Zhuo's face, here, after all, it is not the front line, there will not be too much danger, the battle is won, But the credit will not be less.

It's just that thousands of calculations can't be counted as Wuguan, and it has become such a dangerous place.

It's really such a burly body for nothing.

"Vice General Fan, you immediately go down and organize people to transport the city's defense equipment to the city, mainly long-range attack weapons, now there is still too much difference above the city, at least double, we don't have much else, these things, now there are a lot of them." When you have done this, you go and urge the latter to prepare the meal, and when the time comes, send the soldiers to the city. Zhang Qian commanded.

"Understood, General Zhang, the last general will do it immediately." Hearing that he could not stay on the city wall, Fan Kui was like Meng Dahe, turned his head and left, and the speed was extremely fast.

What a waste of dim sum.

The defenders of Wuguan moved quickly, this time Qu Wan brought out the 200,000 troops, but the results of the Taiwei Qu Chong's hard work in the past few years are the essence of the entire Chu army, even if they stay in Wuguan to guard the back road, the army responsible for logistics is far from the previous army can compare, in the passionate war drums, a team of soldiers quickly put into place, on a bed crossbow, the crossbow arrows flashing with cold light are aimed at the attack surface that is not spacious in front, and in the rear, more trebuchets also tighten the ropes, of course, now they are throwing stone bullets, but the explosives were packed.

Ignite the explosive bag, and then use the trebuchet to throw it, the power is much greater than the stone bullet, this is the invention of Tan Feng of Yingchuan County, in the past two years, Tan Feng and the Chu State have close contacts, and the Chu people have also learned the use of this technology. The original trebuchet was slightly modified, and the explosives package was thrown.

The explosives package of the Chu people was mixed with broken porcelain pieces, and after the explosion, the damage should not be underestimated. And clay pot grenades are now popularized in the army, and this kind of thing is also extremely useful against the infantry of the ant-attached siege. Now there is no shortage of explosives in the state of Chu, and after Qu finishes attacking Qin, the first target is the whole city, and after controlling the whole city, he controls the huge explosives workshop built there, and Mao Wei, who is in charge of all this, was sent to Yingdu by Qu Wan in a carriage as soon as possible. Mao Wei was not well-known when he was in the Han Kingdom, but now, he is an explosives expert in Qin and Chu, such a person, of course, Qu Wan can't let go.

"Come on, come on, I'll let you taste the defeat of Pengcheng again." As the soldiers took their places, Zhang Gan's heart slowly settled.

After the Han army in front of the formation was in a good position, they were not in a hurry to attack, waving the flag, they seemed to be waiting for something, they were not in a hurry, Zhang Qian was not in a hurry, he felt that time was on his side, and when he repelled this wave of attacks of the Han army, he had to find a way to recapture Shao Xi Mountain, if there was the assistance of Shao Xi Mountain, Wuguan would be more stable as a rock.

And at this moment, on Shaoxi Mountain, Long Bin held a telescope, and was also looking at the city defense layout above Wuguan, this telescope was borrowed by him from the division commander, this thing is now produced very little, and it is only equipped to the division level, all the lenses are polished by hand, and the proportion of waste products remains high, the value is extremely amazing, but it is indeed a good thing, through the telescope, the Wuguan guards who were originally as small as ants under the mountain are as if they were pulled to the eyes, and even a few moles on their faces can be seen clearly, Long Bin pondered whether to think of a way for the division commander to swallow this thing after this battle, there is such a thing, it is a lot more convenient to start a battle to gauge the enemy's situation.

After looking at it for a while, he handed the binoculars to the artillery battalion commander beside him, "If you look closely, the first wave of attacks is to blow up all their trebuchets to me, otherwise they will throw out the explosives pack, which will cause huge damage to our besieging army." ”

The artillery battalion commander looked at it carefully for a while, and grinned: "Commander Long, don't worry, these Chu people have no sense of concealment, where are these trebuchets placed like this, and they are huge, they are simply the target now, watch me blow him up into scum." ”

"Get ready to do it, the attack will be launched from us, the division commander has spent a lot of effort to drag your dozen guns up the mountain, but there is great hope." Long Bin said with a smile. "The telescope will be lent to you first, aim a little, and strive for a roll call one by one, the division commander said, this battle, the capture of Wuguan is not a big deal, the most important thing is to hold Wuguan, because it is too much, Qu Wan will definitely attack us like a madman. When the time comes, your artillery will still be of great use, save some ammunition, the roads of this Qin country are too scummy, and it will be too difficult to transport a cart of shells. ”

"Don't worry!" The artillery battalion commander smiled and said. (To be continued.) )