Deng Yulong ordered again to transfer 8,000 soldiers to Xi Juan and Worm Da, who were fully responsible for logistics affairs, and temporarily stationed in Dasanguan, responsible for receiving food and materials delivered from Hanzhong, as well as transporting materials to the front-line troops.

The rest of the people set off with Deng Yulong and headed for Chen Cangcheng.

After arriving in Chencang, Deng Yulong will determine the siege method according to the actual situation, and then arrange the task on the spot.

After the Han army soldiers had eaten, all assembled, Fan Xu, Kong Ju led the cavalry to set off first, Deng Yulong, Liu Bang led the large army to march at the normal speed, Dasanguan is more than 20 kilometers away from Chencang, although the road still belongs to the Qinling Mountains, but the road is not too rugged, you can reach Chencang before dark.

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Waste Hill, King Yong's Palace, Zhang Han is having dinner with his younger brother Zhang Ping.

"Report to the ......," the squire hurriedly entered, "Report to King Yong, the person sent by Chen Cang has an urgent military situation and wants to report to you in person." ”

Zhang Han and Zhang Ping were both shocked.

"Let him in!"

After the soldier was brought in, he said to Zhang Han: "King Yong, this morning, the little one was ordered by General Zhang to hurry up. ”

He took out the bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Zhang Han.

Zhang Han took it and took out a piece of cloth from the bamboo tube, which was written by his eldest nephew Zhang Zhi.

"Sure enough, it came! Sure enough, it came! Zhang Han, who was taken aback, muttered to himself, and then gave the cloth to Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping was surprised after seeing it: "Brother Wang, Liu Bang can really kill from Chen Cangdao, we all thought wrong before. ”

Zhang Han said: "If Chen Cang loses, let Liu Bang gain a firm foothold, and we will be in trouble in the future." In this case, I will take all the cavalry and rush to Chencang at full speed, and you will guard the ruined hill for the time being. ”

Zhang Ping asked: "The Han army dares to send troops, that is to declare war on Xiang Yu, do you send someone to inform Xiang Yu?" ”

At this time, it was too late to rush to Chencang before dark, but the city of Chencang was strong, the terrain was steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhang Han did not think that Chencang would lose, but to defeat the Han army as soon as possible, at least to drive it back to the south of Dasanguan.

The four levels of Guanzhong are built to defend against external enemies, while the inside of Guanzhong is not dangerous to defend and can be attacked directly.

In addition, Zhang Han sent another order to let the defenders from other places rush to Chencang to support, and he was going to fight a decisive battle with the Han army in the area of Chencang.

Zhang Han said: "With our strength, we may not lose to Liu Bang, besides, there are Sima Xin and Dong Peng." As a last resort, don't contact Xiang Yu. You sent someone to report to Sima Xin and Dong Peng, asking them to send reinforcements. ”

Xiang Yu is the person he hates, and the people of Guanzhong hate him even more, unless he is forced to do so, he is really unwilling to let Chu Bing step into Guanzhong again.

Zhang Ping said: "Brother Wang obeys orders, Brother Wang should be careful on this trip." ”

Zhang Han quickly gathered the cavalry and marched towards Chencang.

His cavalry had 6,000 people, and when he was divided at the beginning of the year, Xiang Yu allocated 30,000 soldiers and horses to Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Peng, all of which belonged to the infantry, and the cavalry of the three princes and kings were all formed later.

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To the east outside Chencang City, 6,000 Han cavalry appeared here.

The cavalry and the main force set off at the same time, but the cavalry was fast and arrived first.

Fan Xu and Kong Ju rode close to Chencang, looking at Chencang City in the distance, the city is surrounded on three sides, the city is high and the wall is thick, there is a moat in front of the east city wall, and the city tower in the west of the city is towering in the distance.

Fan Xu frowned and said, "It seems that this city is very difficult to capture!" If it were me, there would be no way at all except to attack. ”

Kong Ju next to him said: "The task given to us by the general is to deal with the reinforcements of the Yongwang army, and the general will make other arrangements for the siege of the city." ”

Fan Xu said: "Also, Zhang Han's cavalry, that's a piece of fat, let's eat this piece of fat." ”

He told the soldiers to rest, and when the main force behind them came, he would set up camp.

On the east floor of Chen Cang, Zhang Zhi and Yao Tong were here, and the two looked at the Han cavalry in the distance.

Yao Tong said: "General, no matter how many people there are in the Han army, they can't help us!" ”

Zhang Zhi said: "Chen Cang is solid, the king will definitely send troops to help, and it is naturally no problem to protect Chen Cang." You said that the Han army's attack on the infantry army of Dasanguan is very powerful, I haven't seen this yet, but looking at those cavalry, the military appearance is indeed very good. ”

Zhang Zhi is nearly thirty years old, he is the eldest son of Zhang Han's younger brother Zhang Ping, and he has a certain military ability, he knows that his uncle's 6,000 cavalry was formed only a few months ago, and the training time is not long, and the people of Guanzhong do not support his uncle very much, and the morale of the soldiers recruited from these people is not very high. He was a little worried about whether his uncle's cavalry would be an opponent of the Han cavalry.

Yao Daodao: "General, as long as we guard Chencang, as soon as King Yong's army arrives, we will naturally clean up the Han army." ”

In the battle of Dasanguan, he did witness the strength of the Han army, but what he described to Zhang Zhi in the morning was added to the vinegar, which made Zhang Zhi have little confidence in the Yongwang army.

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Deng Yulong led tens of thousands of troops, from the Dasan Pass to the northeast of Chencang, arrived at the outskirts of Chencang when the Youshi arrived, the army set up camp, Deng Yulong rode a horse to the outside of Chencang City, while the sky was not dark, first understand the terrain here.

In modern times, Deng Yulong specifically checked the information about Chencang during this period, which is located on the edge of the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, surrounded by the west, south and north of the city, and is built on the mountain.

Deng Yulong took his own soldiers, rode his horse from the south of Chencang City, and then ran to the east and north of the city, and carefully observed in three directions outside Chencang City, and sure enough.

To the east of Chencang City, the terrain is open.

The city wall in the west of the city is built on a hill, and the city tower is built on a hill, which can be condescending to observe the whole city and the surrounding situation of Chencang. This situation is not surprising, in ancient times some cities were built on the mountains. In modern times, he learned about the city wall of Guangzhou, built in the early Ming Dynasty of the city wall of Guangzhou, the north city wall was built on the mountain of Yuexiu Mountain, as the city tower of Zhenhai Tower was built on the Panlonggang of Yuexiu Mountain.

In the area west of Chencang City, there is a steep mountain range next to the city wall, and from a distance, the mountain range is steep and the forest is dense.

The north and south of the city of Chencang are also backed by mountains, which are the extension of the mountains in the west of the city, but they are not next to the city wall, and there is a moat between the city wall and the mountain range.

Chencang was built as a military stronghold, such a geographical location, it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if there are more soldiers, they can only launch troops to attack the city in the east of Chencang.

No wonder during the Three Kingdoms period, during Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition, Hao Zhao, a general of Wei, guarded Chencang with 2,000 troops, leaving Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands of troops helpless.

No matter how strong Chen Cang is, Deng Yulong must take it down.

After returning to the army, it was completely dark, and the soldiers of the Han army were busy building the camp, as the highest priority to build the Han king's tent and the commander's tent, which has now been built.

The drums outside the tent sounded, it was the drum of the general's promotion, and the generals quickly came to the tent, if it was overdue, it would be a violation of the military order, and the light would be beaten with a military stick, and the heavy would be beheaded.