Chapter Eighty-Seven: Han Abandons Hangu Pass, Zhou Wangji is besieged
That night, Uncle Gong and Han Feng quietly took a group of soldiers to spy on the Qin military camp tent, and found that the Qin army camp tent actually extended nearly ten miles west from five miles away from Hangu Pass.
After seeing this scene, Uncle Gong and Han Feng were so frightened that their pants were wet.
So that night, the two of them directly led all the Korean soldiers stationed at Hangu Pass to flee east to Shaancheng at night.
As a result, the actions of Gong Shuying and Han Feng directly led to the return of Hangu Pass, an extremely important strategic location, to the Qin State.
In Xinzheng, the capital of Han, King Han also received the news of the loss of Hangu Pass for the first time, and was shocked all of a sudden, so he lay on the bed and directly reprimanded the soldier who reported the news:
"Isn't there 10,000 elite guards at Hangu Pass? Why was it so easily recaptured by the Qin State? ”
The messenger replied:
"After Uncle Gong and General Han Feng received the news of the Qin army's encampment and the battle, they went to visit the Qin army's camp as soon as possible, and found that its company camp was ten miles, and the number of people was probably nearly 400,000, how could we resist it with only 10,000 guards?"
King Han was furious:
"Won't you go to Yiyang for help? Aren't Yiyang's 100,000 soldiers and horses just to gallop to the aid of Hangu Pass? ”
The messenger soldier secretly glanced at Heyangjun next to him, and then replied to King Han:
"King, the elite defenders of Yiyang have already been transferred to other places, and there are already less than 50,000!"
King Han was shocked again, and he was even more furious:
"What? The Yiyang garrison is now less than 50,000? Who transferred it without permission? Tell the widow ......! ”
Gong Zhongxuan's expression was obviously quite joyful at this time, and the king of Chaohan walked over:
"King, this Yiyang elite has been transferred to the Eastern Zhou Kingdom by Gongzi Shu before, and he wants to blackmail the Duke of Eastern Zhou!"
Ha Yangjun immediately came over and explained to King Han:
"King, when Gongzi Shu transferred troops to the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, did you approve it?"
Han Wang suddenly slapped the bed next to him:
"When did the widow allow Gongzi to bind the soldiers and horses of Yiyang?"
Heyangjun replied:
"It was three months ago!"
It turned out that after Wei Si had just left Korea and returned to Daliang, Han Gongzi Shu found out that the Duke of Eastern Zhou had rewarded a large number of royal weapons to Queen Wei, so he told King Han about it, and asked to bring troops to the Duke of Eastern Zhou to ask for royal artifacts equivalent to Wei.
King Han naturally allowed it, so he also granted Gongzi Shu the right to recruit troops and horses at will.
This incident naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of Han Xianggong Zhongxuan and the crown prince Han Cang, so the two secretly ordered to be stationed in various places to support their generals and not obey Han Gongzishu.
After all, Yiyang's guard Han Du is the nephew of Han Xian, the king of Heyang, and Gongzi Shu is naturally closer to Gongzi Shu, and now that Korea has Hangu Pass, the battle of Chu and Qin Shangyu is over, and the Qin army is greatly damaged, so Han Du also feels that the 100,000 guards in Yiyang are not as important as before, so he also agreed to lend the elite soldiers and horses to Gongzi Shu.
At this time, King Han also remembered that he naturally promised Gongzi Shu that he could transfer troops at will, so he asked:
"Since I gave Shu'er the right to transfer troops, why did Shu'er insist on transferring Yiyang soldiers and horses?"
He Yangjun also seemed to be a little happy in his heart at this time:
"King, although you ordered Gongzi Shu to mobilize all over the world at will, but those generals who obeyed the prince's orders thought that Gongzi Shu was a fake transmission of the king's order, how could he obey Gongzi Shu, so Gongzi Shu had no choice but to transfer Yiyang soldiers!"
King Han smiled bitterly at this time, and became angry again:
"Good...... Good...... At this time, you are still playing tricks on the widow here, and you are all going to get out of here...... Get out...... Get lost...... Get out! ”
At this time, naturally no one next to him dared to stay with King Han, and left one after another, leaving King Han alone on the couch panting helplessly.
Hangu Pass.
Qin Xiang Zhang Yi also came to the upper floor of Hangu Guancheng with the main general Zhu Li at this time.
I only heard that at this time, I looked at the Yellow River and the land of Shangluo not far to the east, and sighed:
"Alas, I didn't expect this Han General Uncle Ying and Han Feng to be so cowardly, they escaped faster than the water of the Yellow River, and so easily let our Qin State take back the important place of Hangu Pass!"
Zhang Yi smiled lightly on the side:
"It's no wonder that Uncle Gong and Han Feng, if any defender sees that there is no one to support on their side, and the enemy army is too strong, they will choose to retreat and save themselves!"
After all, since the defeat of the Qin State in Hexi, the Qin State has been reproached in the eyes of the people of the Qin State, and the battle of Shang Yu was directly abandoned by the King of Qin, and now he has the opportunity to regain military power, and he took back Hangu Pass without spending a single soldier, so he is naturally very excited.
I only heard Zhu Liji continue to say to Zhang Yi:
"But these two stupid donkeys didn't know that we only sent 10,000 soldiers this time, so they set up a battalion to make an account, and scared away these two stupid donkeys...... What a solution! ”
It turned out that after Zhang Yi heard about the siege of Zhou Wangji by the Korean and Eastern Zhou soldiers, he quickly discussed with Zhu Liji, and found out the number of soldiers and horses of the Korean army in various places, so he asked the king of Qin to take the opportunity to recapture Hangu Pass.
Because the king of Qin wanted to defend against the Chu soldiers, he was naturally reluctant to transfer troops to Hangu Pass, so Zhang Yi and Zhu Lijian jointly presented to the king of Qin that only 5,000 soldiers and 3,000 tents could take Hangu Pass, and informed the king of Qin.
The king of Qin saw that there was such a good thing as only 5,000 soldiers to recover Hangu Pass, so he agreed, and after the loss of Hangu Pass and the loss of Shang Yu one after another, the Qin State was basically under the watchful eyes of Chu, Han, and Wei, and the king of Qin understood in his heart.
After Zhang Yi and Yu Li arrived five miles near Hangu Pass, they began to order people to set up camp and tents, deliberately stretching the tents in order to show the large number of Qin troops, so as to frighten the Han army.
At first, he was a little worried that the Han army would suddenly attack, and Zhang Yi first sent someone to tell the Han side that this camp was just to receive him to worship Zhou Tianzi.
When the camp tent was almost set up, the Korean army also reacted, not only did the main general uncle and infant arrive, but also strengthened the defense.
At this time, Zhang Yi discussed another plan with Zhu Liji, and decisively issued a war letter to the Korean defenders of Hangu Pass to intimidate the Korean army, but in fact, the Qin army did not plan to fight at all.
Zhang Yi and Zhu Lijian are also gambling that the Han army may come to visit their military camp at night, so the Qin army has never stopped camping, even at night.
In this way, the Han army's commanders, Gong Shuying and Han Feng, suddenly thought that the whole country of Qin was attacking, so they naturally retreated from Hangu Pass in fright.
And in Zhou Wangji, there was a big battle at this time.
It turned out that the messenger sent by Zhou Tianzi to deliver a letter to the Duke of Eastern Zhou was intercepted by Han Gongzishu's men, Han Shu was furious, and then ordered someone to quietly put the Duke of Eastern Zhou under house arrest, and led the Korean army and the allied army of the Eastern Zhou Duke to attack the Luoyi City of Zhou Wangji.
And the army of the Western Zhou Dynasty also came to the aid of Zhou Tianzi at this time, but unfortunately the army of Zhou Tianzi added up to only more than 40,000 people, where can it match the Eastern Zhou and Han coalition forces, after a battle outside the city, it was naturally defeated, and could only close the city and hold on.
At this time, Zhou Tianzi urgently discussed countermeasures with Wei Si and the Duke of Western Zhou in the main hall.
Wei Si naturally didn't expect that his letter to the Duke of Eastern Zhou would be easily intercepted by Han Gongzi Shu, so he was also very worried, after all, although this Han Gongzi Shu was young, he was not a rational person, and there was a group of Korean strategists around him, in case the city was broken, then he and Zhou Tianzi, including the Duke of Western Zhou, would probably be destroyed by this Han Gongzishu.
I only heard Zhou Tianzi Ji Yan say first at this time:
"King Wei and Duke Zhou, what should I do now...... How is it good? ”
Wei Si replied first:
"The only way to do this now is to let the soldiers do their best to defend the city, and wait for our Wei army to come to support!"
Wei Si was also waiting for Chen Zhen's soldiers and horses in his heart, after all, half a month had passed, and Chen Zhen's soldiers and horses had no news.
The Duke of Dong Zhou was also at a loss:
"But when will your army arrive, King Wei? If this continues, I'm afraid our Luoyi City won't be able to hold it for three days! ”
Ji Yan also said:
"Yes, if the Han army and the Eastern Zhou army really attack at that time, I'm afraid the three of us won't be able to save our lives, this is a catastrophe!"
Wei Si sighed:
"Alas, it's all because I didn't have good defenses, so that the letter to the Duke of Eastern Zhou was robbed, which led to our current situation, blame me!"
Zhou Tianzi said helplessly:
"In fact, I can't blame King Wei, I only blame one person for checking the unknown person, I didn't expect that the person who sent the letter could also be bribed!"
The Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty said:
"Son of Heaven, King Wei, don't blame yourself anymore, let's figure out how to deal with the rebels outside!"
Wei Si looked around:
"If I have any of the four people here, Chen Zhen, Su Qin, Su Dai, and Ru'er, I'm afraid they can all come up with a way to deal with it for us, but it's a pity that there is no sage."
Ji Yan also looked around at the other royal officials around him who lowered their heads and did not say a word for a long time, and said angrily:
"Isn't there any one of you who can share my worries equally?"
How can this group of Zhou royal officials have any way, at this time, all they are thinking about may be how to protect themselves after the city is broken and surrender.
Seeing that the Son of Heaven and the King of Wei were both anxious, the Duke of Western Zhou suddenly patted his forehead with his hand:
"King Wei, don't you say that I forgot, there seems to be a person outside our palace, maybe it can help us defend this city for the time being!"
Zhou Tianzi hurriedly asked:
"Who is this man?"
The Duke of the Western Zhou replied:
"It's the gentleman who came to give advice to the Son of Heaven last time, persuading you to put on the clothes of the Son of Heaven first, so as not to have an unforeseen thing, I heard that it is called Juzi, and it is the child of the Mo family who is good at guarding the city!"
Zhou Tianzi is happy:
"Then why don't you summon it quickly...... Summoned! ”
Wei Si also heard of this giant for the first time, but when he heard that he was a child of the Mo family, he also had some hope, after all, the Mo family is the most pragmatic and talented person, and those who are incapable cannot enter the Mo family.