Hangu Pass.

There used to be a saying that "one man is the key to ten thousand people", which is usually used to describe those very majestic, steep and difficult to attack passes.

Hangu Pass is undoubtedly the best among such passes.

Since its completion, it has been the most important pass in the entire Qin State, and there is no one.

The people of Qin have resisted the attacks from the six countries of Shandong many times by virtue of this pass, although there have been times of failure, but for most of the time, this Xiongguan in the world is the pride of the Qin people, giving the old Qin people an infinite sense of security.

It is precisely because this pass is so important to the Qin people that even at the height of the war, there are still 4,000 Qin soldiers guarding this place to guard against possible attacks from the Kwantung region.

Such precautions have proved to be very necessary.

Five days ago, a full 100,000 Zhao army came to Hangu Pass and launched an extremely fierce attack on Hangu Pass.

Lian Po stood on the chariot, his whole posture standing as tall as a pine tree, staring at the majestic Guancheng in front of him.

Behind Lian Po, countless Zhao soldiers were busy nervously, the trebuchet was smashed down, and the huge boulder roared up into the sky, falling towards the head of Hangu Pass in the distance.

On the plain before Guancheng, thousands of Zhao soldiers were like tireless ants converging into a black tide, sweeping towards the Guancheng in front of them.

Many arrows shot down on the city, shooting down many Zhao soldiers who were running, but the rest of the Zhao soldiers were completely blind to this, they held high the ladder and pushed the rushing car, and there was only one goal in their hearts, that is, to completely tear down this wall and break through this world's Xiongguan.

The battle was very fierce, and many soldiers of the Zhao army fell on the way to charge at every moment, and many soldiers of the Zhao State successfully rushed under the city wall.

A series of ladders were erected on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Zhao army began to cling to the ladders like ants.

In the days prior to this, the ditches and moats under the Hangu Pass had been filled in by the Zhao army.

Starting today, the two sides finally ushered in the most intense siege moment.

By Lian Po's side, more than a dozen generals of Zhao Guo surrounded the old general in the middle like the stars holding the moon, and the eyes of each general of Zhao Guo were firmly fixed on the head of Hangu Pass in front of him, and everyone had a look of urgency and expectation on their faces.

Yes, the main force of the Zhao army led by Lian Po did not go from Yiguan to reinforce Quwo as others think, or to attack Anyi City from the vast Zhongtiao Mountain, but chose another place that the Qin people and even everyone in the whole world did not expect - Hangu Pass.

This time, Lian Poke did not plan to face Bai Qi head-on, but planned to find another way.

As long as the Hangu Pass is broken, then the Zhao army can drive straight into the pass and smash the hinterland of the Qin people.

At that time, Lian Po and Li Mu's 20,000 cavalry, who had already made the wind and rain in Guanzhong and make the Qin monarchs and ministers extremely uncomfortable, the two troops together could completely turn the Qin State Guanzhong upside down.

As long as Lian Po's army enters Guanzhong, then Xianyang City will be extremely seriously threatened, unless the monarchs and ministers of Qin are really ready to exchange their lives for Hedong, otherwise the main force of the 200,000 Qin army led by Bai Qi in Hedong County will definitely come back to help.

This is called "encircling Wei to save Zhao", or to put it more specifically, it should be "encircling the pass to save Hedong".

Of course, the premise of all this is that the Hangu Pass in front of you must be broken.

If you can't conquer Hangu Pass, then everything is impossible, and even when Hedong County is defeated because there are no reinforcements, Lian Po will have to carry a huge black pot because of this.

It's a bet, a very big bet.

It was precisely because of the necessity of conquering Hangu Pass that when Lian Po opened his mouth to speak, the words that came out of his mouth were full of unquestionable meaning.

"I don't care how many casualties you have to pay, before sunset today, we must completely take this Hangu Pass for me!"

If you want to break through Hangu Pass, which is comparable to Zhao Guogao's Que Sai, it is obviously very difficult.

Since the establishment of Hangu Pass to the present, this Xiongguan has only been breached by others once, that is, the general Kuang Zhang of Qi led the alliance of Qi, Han and Wei.

Since that time was breached, the Qin people have renovated the Hangu Pass, making this Hangu Pass even taller and stronger.

Since then, there has been no record of Hangu Pass being breached.

From this point of view, even if there are only 4,000 defenders in Hangu Pass at this moment, it is actually very difficult to conquer Hangu Pass.

But Lian Po knew very well in his heart that things were not completely hopeless.

Although Hangu Pass is indeed the Xiongguan Pass in the world, it has a characteristic, that is, due to the topography, the importance of Hangu Pass is completely different concepts for the Central Plains regime and the Guanzhong regime.

For the Qin State, if the Hangu Pass is lost, then it will lose a major barrier that can protect the security of the Qin State Pass.

For Zhao Guo, whether there is Hangu Pass or not, it is actually a very indifferent thing.

The Central Plains region where Zhao is located is too big, and there are countless entrances and exits in the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

Moreover, Zhao Guo had always been an offensive posture when facing Qin State before, and since it was an active attack, the importance of Hangu Pass, which can only be used for defense, is obviously going to decline a lot.

This is why in the previous war, the defenders of Hangu Pass of Zhao State who were originally stationed here immediately evacuated Hangu Pass very happily after discovering the arrival of the Qin army, and gave this pass to the Qin people.

But of course, Zhao Jun will not give up this pass in vain.

In the two years that Zhao Guoren took control of Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass did not actually receive any renovation, but became somewhat deserted.

A large number of Qin army's fortifications were dismantled, and many of the defenses in the pass were also abandoned, resulting in the Hangu Pass now being able to play only about seventy percent of its heyday.

In addition, today's Zhao Jun also has a very complete understanding of Hangu Pass from the inside out, and there is an extremely complete plan of Hangu Pass in Lian Po's handsome account.

From this point of view, Zhao Jun's battle can be said to be truly knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent.

When the many defensive measures in a fortress are clearly understood by the enemy, when the enemy knows where to attack is the easiest to break through the wall, when the enemy knows which place is the hole that may be overlooked in the defense line, and most importantly, when there are 100,000 of the most elite troops of the Zhao State under this wall, it is not very difficult to break through the Hangu Pass.

As long as you keep filling in with your life, it's probably enough.

In this siege battle, Lian Po, who has 100,000 heavy soldiers, is the most lacking, that is, a steady stream of human lives.

When the sun above the sky was gradually setting in the west, an earth-shattering cheer suddenly erupted above the wall of Hangu Pass.

Lian Po followed this sound and looked up, just in time to see a red flag symbolizing the Zhao State rising above the wall of Hangu Pass.

Looking at this bright red flag, the old general's face slowly showed a smile, and beside him, many Zhao generals were extremely excited, and the entire Zhao army camp became a sea of joy.

After five days of fierce fighting, the 100,000 troops of Zhao led by Lian Po forcibly broke through the Hangu Pass at the cost of nearly 10,000 casualties and officially entered the Cuihan Pass.