Following the example of the Mongol Great Khan to expel the enemy captives and siege the city, Xiang Kang has been holding back for a long time or two, as early as the Ningqin battlefield, Xiang Kang has already begun to lay out, ready to do this kind of lack of morality.

As for why such unscrupulous means, there are two reasons, one is that Hangu Pass is too important to the young marshal's army, if you don't get it back for a day, Guanzhong will not want to have peace for a day, although the terrain of Hangu Pass is destined to attack from west to east is much easier, but the sooner you can get it back, the more at ease Xiang Kang and the young marshal's army will be, right? With some vicious means, it is naturally not enough.

The second reason is that the reputation of the Qi general Tian An is too good, in order to oppose the great cause of Qin, he did not hesitate to give up his official position and relatives to defect from the Qi country, and took his army to Xiang Yu to lead the way for the Chu army to reinforce the Julu battlefield. The young marshal's army suddenly plotted to capture him alive, whether it was to slaughter him or detain him, it would cause a lot of damage to the reputation of the young marshal army, so Xiang Kang resolutely decided to release him unconditionally, but also aimed at the weakness of Tian An's righteous and loving name, set a trap for Tian An, and in turn chose the ball of morality or interest to kick to Tian An, and also forced Tian An into a dilemma.

The effect is better than Xiang Kang hoped, most of the captured Tian An soldiers are Qi people, and the rest are all outsiders, after being captured, people are panicked, I don't know how the young marshal army will send them down, seeing that Tian An personally came forward to answer that they should be exchanged for Hangu Pass, these captives in order to survive and return to their hometown, of course, they all hope that Tian An can fulfill his promise and exchange it back with Hangu Pass earlier. However, after coming to the Hangu Pass, Tian An first did not give any reply for two days, and then categorically refused to hand over the Hangu Pass in front of them, and these prisoners of war were disappointed and angry, even though they knew that the young marshal army forced them to walk in front with bad intentions, they still rushed to the west gate of Hangu Pass, shouting loudly for Tian An to save them back.

"Don't let go of the arrows! We are our own people! ”

"General Tian! General Tian! You promised to save us, how can you not talk about it? ”

"Shut the door! We're going back! Don't let the arrows go, open and close the door! ”

The chaotic shouting of killing is getting closer and closer, and the sweat on Tian An's forehead is getting more and more, and he wants to order the arrows to be released, but he can't give up his heart, and he must take care of the consequences of doing so, don't let go of the arrows, the young marshal army is following behind the captives of the Qi State, and he may launch a surprise attack at any time, attacking the west gate wall of Hangu Pass, and no one dares to predict what the consequences will be. was really helpless, Tian An simply asked a few henchmen next to him, "What do you say?" Should I release the arrow? ”

No one dared to take this responsibility, and several henchmen did not say a word, only Tian Li plucked up his courage and said cautiously: "General, Ci is not in charge of the army, if the prisoners are allowed to cross the moat, and Xiang Kang's rebels take the opportunity to attack again, our losses will definitely be greater." ”

Tian An also understood this truth, and after hesitating for a moment, seeing that the crowd of Qi captives was less than thirty steps away from the moat, Tian An still commanded in a painful tone: "Release the arrow!" ”

Countless feather arrows flew out of the air, whistling and shooting at the unarmed Qi army captives, killing and wounding dozens of Qi captives in a blink of an eye, Qi captives either screamed and screamed, or scolded, and were forced to turn around and flee for their lives, but the young marshal soldiers who followed behind did not hesitate, and immediately opened their bows and arrows at them, roaring and forcing them to continue to advance, the Qi captives had no way out, the noise shook the sky, and many people howled and cried on the spot.

More feather arrows flew out of the young marshal's army formation, and in desperation, the captives of Qi could only rush to the Hangu Guanxi Gate, where bows and arrows were relatively sparse, Tian An roared, forcing the defenders in the city to step up the release of arrows, but the psychological burden of the soldiers of Qi was greater after all, and many soldiers were ruthless to attack their companions, and the feather arrows shot were weak and weak, and no matter how Tian An and Tian Li and others urged and persecuted, the frequency of shooting was not fast. The prisoners of Qi took the opportunity to rush directly through the moat from the bridge, rushed to the bottom of the city tower and desperately knocked on the gate, asking their comrades in the city to open the door and let them in and return to the team.

At this time, even if he killed Tian An, he didn't dare to open the gate, and while yelling that he was not allowed to open the door, Tian An also forced the defenders in the city to fall down and expel the Qi prisoners who were hitting the gate, and kept yelling, "Flee to both sides!" Don't bang on the door! Dead to the doorman! ”

It's a pity that the city is too noisy, and almost no one can hear Tian An's roar alone, on the contrary, as his companions continue to fall, an angry roar also sounded in the crowd of Qi captives, "Rush in and fight with them!" Don't let us go back, force us to die! Die to die together! ”

The anger completely overwhelmed the minds of the Qi prisoners of war, and the flying ladder handed over to them by the young marshal army before was quickly put up on the city wall, and countless Qi captives stepped up the ladder, rushing to the friendly soldiers who were guarding against the young marshal's army without hesitation, and quickly disrupted the queue of the defenders in the city. The young marshal soldiers who followed behind seized the opportunity and immediately launched a charge, quickly built a number of trench roads on the moat with a trench bridge car, rushed through the moat at a speed far beyond the normal siege speed, and put more flying ladders on the west gate of Hangu Pass.

The key reason why it is easier to fight from west to east is that the fortress of Hangu Pass is built on the back of the Chousang Plain, and it is impossible to climb the Chousang Plain Heights from the east for wall protection, but it is much easier to climb the Chousang Plains from the west, and once you reach the Chousang Plains Heights, you can see the entire Hangu Pass Pass at a glance, and you can create chaos for the defenders with arrows. Seeing that the opportunity appeared, the young marshal's army team that had already boarded the Chousang Plains immediately took action, condescendingly fired bows and arrows at the Hangu Pass City, and unceremoniously directly launched expensive rockets, and the Hangu Pass City was soon full of fire, and chaos began to appear in the city.

So many favorable conditions add together, if the young marshal soldiers can not rush to the wall in one fell swoop, Zhu Jishi, who served as the pioneer of the siege, can only apologize to Xiang Kang, fortunately, the soldiers under his command did not disappoint Zhu Jishi, under the cover of the prisoners of war of the Qi State, only the first charge, there are no less than twenty young marshal soldiers successfully rushed to the wall, their other companions are also roaring like thunder, quickly climbing the ladder to keep up, although the defenders of the city are also panicked falling stones and dismounting, but still still can not stop the pace of the young marshal soldiers' charge, On the contrary, it also brought more casualties to the Qi prisoners of war, causing the Qi prisoners of war to become more and more angry, and even Qi prisoners of war began to climb the city empty-handed.

What's even more outrageous is still behind, when the young marshal's ramming car rushed to the side of the moat, the Qi prisoners on the bridge not only gave way, but also helped the young marshal's soldiers push the ram forward, and personally picked up the battering hammer and hit the gate, which seemed to be much harder than the young marshal's soldiers to attack Hangu Pass.

Seeing this scene, in addition to scolding Xiang Kang for his shameless despicability, the poor General Tian An could only desperately urge his soldiers to release arrows and stones, and at any cost to prevent the young marshal soldiers and Qi prisoners of war from joining forces to attack the city. But it was too late to do so, the young marshal army and Qi prisoners of war had already rushed to the city of Hangu Pass in large numbers, and a certain number of young marshal soldiers had successfully rushed to the city wall and captured a position on the city, and the combat effectiveness of the Qi soldiers was relatively poor, and several counterattacks failed to recapture the position, and more young marshal soldiers also took the opportunity to rush to the wall and held this position more reliably.

The situation has reached the point where it is indescribable, the Qi army has no choice but to hurriedly mobilize the reserves in the city to help the battle, and the rear army stationed outside the east gate also quickly entered the city to prepare for the war, and Tian An also cheekily sent people to contact Liu Laosan, asking Liu Laosan to also prepare to enter the city to reinforce his own army.

The hurried mobilization of the Qi army gave the young marshal soldiers on the Chousang Plains more opportunities to kill the enemy, under the rain of arrows, the Qi soldiers who were forced to leave the hiding place screamed and fell to the ground continuously, it was difficult to maintain a strict queue to reinforce the front line in an orderly manner, after the reinforcements outside the east gate entered the city, the soldiers in the city were too dense, and the young marshal soldiers on the high ground could only hit the target with their eyes closed and arrows, forcing the soldiers of Qi to only put their shields on their heads to block the arrows, but even so, there were still many Qi soldiers who were hit by arrows one after another, and they were constantly killed and wounded, The morale of the army was affected together.

Although many Qi captives climbed the wall, they immediately obeyed the command to enter the pass to avoid and did not stay in the city, but some Qi prisoners were extremely angry and moved with their companions, and there were some cannibalisms, coupled with the excessive number of Qi captives, they were constantly going to the city, and they still created a lot of chaos for the Qi soldiers in the city, so that the defenders in the city could not resist the offensive of the young marshal army with all their might, can only watch the young marshal soldiers continue to climb the city and succeed, as well as desperately slamming into the already crumbling gate.

At this time, Zhu Jishi has also decisively launched a charge of the whole army, personally led his rear team to the west gate of Hangu Pass, Zheng Bu also immediately led the army out of the formation, ready to follow Zhu Jishi to attack, and also advanced the trebuchet brought by the army to the vicinity of the wall, and directly threw stones inside the Guancheng to attack, and the inside and outside of the city of Hangu Pass were shouting and killing, and the fierce battle was in full swing.

The final breakthrough was the city gate position, not long after the comprehensive ant annexation battle of Zhu Jishi's department, under the cover and help of the prisoners of Qi, the second car invested by the young marshal army hit the city gate is to crash open the city gate, the Qi prisoners outside the city and the young marshal army soldiers cheered like thunder together, and couldn't wait to rush directly into the city, Zheng Bu also laughed and personally led the army to charge, like a tide to the west gate of Hangu Pass, which had been opened.

The jack gate on the inside of the city gate was forced to be put down, and several Qi prisoners who were in a hurry to return to the city to escape for their lives were killed, but the jack gate used for emergency use was destined to be difficult to hold for a long time, without any order, there were immediately countless Qi prisoners of war frantically hitting the jack gate, and also pushed the crash car used to hit the door into the city gate road, and continued to hit the jack gate and smashed it, the soldiers of Qi were forced to fight back, and they were very helpless to kill many companions, but they still couldn't stop the Qi captives who were eager to flee.

In this scene, taking advantage of the opportunity that the morale of the soldiers of Qi was affected, the young marshal army led by Zhu Jishi had rushed to the city wall in large numbers, completely crushing the hope of the Qi army to recapture the position on the city, and began to use the materials and weapons left by the Qi army to defend the city, and in turn to attack the Qi soldiers in the city, especially the Qi soldiers who focused on taking care of and protecting the jack gate.

I have to praise the courage of Tian An, the general of Qi State, even if the situation is extremely critical, Tian An still refuses to give up, and takes the initiative to withdraw to the city, organizing the Qi army to prepare to launch a street battle, but Tian An has just opened his mouth to give an order, and Tian Du, a henchman next to him, quickly grabbed him and said: "General, does it make sense to fight like this again?" Let's not say that even if we insist on fighting in the streets to the end, we may not be sure that we will be able to keep Hangu Pass, even if we barely keep Hangu Pass, our army will definitely be greatly damaged, what confidence do we have to talk to the princes outside the pass in the future? ”

Tian An's lips trembled, and he said after a while: "But if I can't keep Hangu Pass, how can I explain to Xiang Yu?" ”

"If we keep the army, even if we can't explain it, we still have the capital to make a comeback." Tian Du said in a deep voice: "But if there is no army, we will be finished with everything." ”

After that, Tian Du added, "Also, Xiang Yu is seriously injured, can he save his life, even the Chu army is not sure, if we fight the army and Xiang Yu dies, who will take us in the eyes of the princes outside the Guan?" When the time comes, we will not have the capital to make a comeback, and we will not be able to return to the Qi country, won't we become lonely ghosts? ”

After all, he is a warlord in troubled times, no matter how much he pays attention to morality, Tian An must also think about his own interests and the future, after hesitating for a moment, Tian An can only shout: "Mingjin, withdraw from Hangu Pass, go to meet with Zhao Guo's reinforcements first, and then come to counterattack Hangu Pass!" ”

According to Tian An's order, Jin Cheng rang quickly, and heard the sound of Jin Cheng retreating, the Qi army, which could have held out for a while, was amnesty, and all of them rushed to abandon their positions and flee to the east gate, for fear that if they ran slowly, they would be chased and hacked to death by the young marshal soldiers, Tian An was the first to escape from the east gate of Hangu Pass with his personal army, and the first to escape back to his main camp outside the east gate.

Facts have proved that Tian An made an extremely wise choice, just after seeing the rout of the Qi army, Liu Laosan, who was also stationed outside the East Gate City, immediately made a decision, while taking his more than 2,000 remnants of the defeated army to flee eastward, and on the other hand, he cheekily sent someone to contact Tian An, saying that he was leading the army to open the way for the Qi army to retreat eastward, so as not to intersperse the young marshal's army and cut off the retreat of the Qi and Chu coalition forces.

"Xiang Kang's thief army is interspersed with detours? If Xiang Kang's thief army can intersperse a detour back to the east of Hangu Pass to block it in the distance, what will the six countries outside the pass and the violent Qin army fight for Hangu Pass for hundreds of years? Did Liu Jipifu treat Lao Tzu as a three-year-old child? ”

Roaring and kicking the messenger of Liu Laosan who came to report the news, Tian An did not dare to have any hesitation, and immediately ordered the soldiers to reload the grain and grass into the car, and rushed before the young marshal's army crossed the Hangu Pass to launch a pursuit, and immediately fled like Liu Laosan, and did not dare to waste half of the precious time.

Although the escape was extremely embarrassing, because the young marshal's army temporarily left no hands to pursue with all their might, there were still more than 10,000 defeated soldiers of the Qi State who fled back to the city of Shaanxi County, and they gained a little respite. However, what made Tian An speechless was that Liu Laosan, who slipped the fastest, once again fled to the steep road in the east of Shaanxi County to gather and rest, and once again seized a favorable position where he could escape at any time, forcing the Qi army to continue to resist the pursuers that Xiang Kang might send.

What made Tian An's nose crooked was still behind, and after escaping to the city of Shaanxi County, Liu Laosan actually sent an envoy to contact him, suggesting that Tian An should be stationed in Shaanxi County, so as to lure Xiang Kang to send troops to attack Shaanxi County, and create an opportunity for the upcoming Zhao reinforcements to fight a decisive battle with the young marshal's army outside Hangu Pass. Tian An, who had already suffered enough big losses one after another, couldn't bear it, and kicked Liu Laosan's messenger again, and roared: "Shaanxi County will guard you!" Lao Tzu will withdraw to the pond after resting for a while, dare to block Lao Tzu's way, Lao Tzu will fight with you! ”

The envoy quickly brought Tian An's reply back to Liu Laosan, and Liu Laosan was not annoyed, but just sneered and scolded: "A pigeon with a mouse's eyes!" Don't let go of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to please Xiang Yu, you only know how to preserve your strength, if Xiang Yu's little vertical son eases this breath, the Zhao army will not be able to capture Hangu Pass, and will be blocked out of the pass, see how he will clean up you, the horseman who lost Hangu Pass and missed the fighter! ”

"Since Tian An is unwilling to be stationed in Shaanxi County, you don't have to be reluctant to do so." Someone next to him spoke: "As long as the Zhao army uses the law well, even if Xiang Kang takes Hangu Pass, it will be impossible to block the Zhao army from entering the pass, and there will still be a danger of annihilation." ”

It was rare to hear that someone was more in a tone than himself and Xiang Yu, Liu Laosan was curious, of course, he immediately turned his head to look at the person who said this bold statement, but to Liu Laosan's surprise, it turned out to be Han Xin, a subordinate of Wei Ji, the prison army sent by Xiang Yu to him. Then without Liu Laosan opening his mouth, Wei Ji immediately scolded Han Xin: "Han Xin, are you here again?" Under the account of the former general, he didn't say enough big words, and he ran to Pei Gong to say it again? ”

"Pei Gong, I am definitely not ashamed to say anything below."

Han Xin didn't bother to pay attention to Wei Ji, but just said directly to Liu Laosan: "Pei Gong, after meeting with the army of Zhao State, you might as well make a statement to Chen Yujin, the general of Zhao State, and persuade him to divide an army to cross the Yellow River in the north of Shaanxi County, and go west to Puban to cross the Yellow River again, and directly enter Guanzhong." Xiang Kang took Guanzhong for less than a month, the hearts of the people in Guanzhong are not stable, and the people's hearts are not really attached, and now he has pulled all his troops to Hangu Pass, the rear is extremely empty, Zhao Guo's partial division just wants not to turn the hinterland of Guanzhong upside down, and it is not difficult to cut off Xiang Kang's grain road, when Xiang Kang's backyard catches fire, the grain road is cut off again, and the army's heart is bound to be in chaos, and the main force of Zhao State will take the opportunity to attack Hangu Pass, and it is easy to capture and kill Xiang Kang! ”

Liu Laosan's military strategy is actually quite good, and he only thought about it for a while and said: "What if Xiang Kang divides his troops to guard Pusaka?" He marched from Chidao and mobilized the army at a speed that must be far above the army of Zhao State. ”

"Then continue to divide the troops, and send another army north to Xiayang, looking for opportunities to cross the river in Xiayang!" Han Xin said categorically: "The army of Zhao State is as many as 130,000, even if it is divided into three routes, it is a sufficient force, but Xiang Kang's current army is only a little more than 40,000. ”

Liu Laosan was silent, but said in his heart: "This puppet, is Zhao Kuo who can only talk big?" Or is it the buried Sun Wu Wu Qi? ”

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At the same time, outside the west gate of Hangu Guancheng, in the temporary camp of the young marshal's army, when there was a bang, Xiang Kang, who was drinking water, fell on the bookcase, and the clear water in the book splashed all over Xiang Kang's body, and also wet the paperwork on the bookcase, but Xiang Kang didn't care, just asked Chen Ping, who hurriedly came to him: "Is it confirmed?" The 130,000 Zhao army is on its way to Hangu Pass? ”

"It's almost confirmable." Chen Ping showed the Zhao military documents found from Guancheng and said: "We found it at Tian An's residence, and Chen Yu, the general of Zhao State, wrote to him to tell him that he was marching towards Hangu Pass with the main force of 130,000 Zhao States, and asked Tian An to hold on to Hangu Pass and wait for him to come for reinforcements. ”

Hurriedly took the letter written by Chen Yu to Tian An and looked at it carefully, Xiang Kang's not too ugly face was suddenly full of worry, and said: "Trouble, if the Zhao army is in a hurry to fight a quick battle, it is better to just come directly to attack Hangu Pass, we can still deal with it." But if the Zhao army has enough patience to confront us head-on and divide our troops to fight Pusaka and Xiayang, we won't be able to cry. ”

"General Right, for the sake of prudence, should we quickly divide our troops to guard Pusaka and Xiayang as a precaution?" Chen Ping proposed.

"We don't have enough troops, and it will only be more dangerous to divide our forces too much." Xiang Kang shook his head with a gloomy face, and secretly calculated: "It seems that we have to quickly think of a way to avoid such a situation." ”