A few kilometers later, this is the temporary residence of the Han army, and countless tents are set up on the carved out road a few meters wide, stretching for more than a dozen miles from north to south.

At noon, Liu Bang and several generals were eating meat while roasting the fire, so he would not personally participate in the labor. In the past six months, he only made two symbolic visits to the former army's work sites, said a few words to encourage morale, and then left.

Liu Bang is a little lazy, as long as there are things that his subordinates can handle, he will never do it himself, even if he has to do it himself, sometimes there will be some procrastination.

When he's not on the road, he sleeps most of the mornings.

However, he has the advantage that Xiang Yu does not have, that is, he is proficient in human nature, knows how to control talents, and he can still listen to most of the correct suggestions of his subordinates.

After Deng Yulong did a little work for half a day, he returned here to dine together.

Liu Bang personally took two large bowls, filled one bowl with several large pieces of meat, filled the other bowl with hot soup, and brought it to Deng Yulong.

"Deng Aiqing, the widow knows that you don't like to eat iron beasts, today I was lucky, I beat two big tigers, enjoy it."

Deng Yulong is now a very important talent for Liu Bang, and Liu Bang personally loaded the dishes to show his attention.

"King Xie Han!"

Deng Yulong responded with a look of awe, the dishes eaten by King Han were naturally made by the best chef in the army, and the tiger meat was not bad, Deng Yulong took a big gulp.

Since their departure, except for the front army, the other troops have walked for one day and stopped for two days, and the front army has carved out a road of about 20 kilometers in two days, and the troops in the rear can complete it in less than a day.

In the rest of the time, in addition to resting and chatting, Liu Bang also organized a hunting team to hunt in the surrounding area.

In this era, hunters are very common, there are many wild animals in the Qinling Mountains, such as wild sheep, deer, roe deer, hares, these are too ordinary for soldiers, at least they must be able to hit a big wild boar to make people happy, if they can hit a big tiger, it is worth showing off.

The others continued to eat meat, and the Iron Eater was one of them, eating with relish.

The iron-eating beast is a national treasure in modern times, and although there are many of them in this era, Deng Yulong still can't accept eating its meat.

Among the generals, Fan Xu has the largest appetite, and he said while eating the meat of the iron-eating beast: "General, this iron-eating beast is delicious, you don't like to eat it, it's a pity." ”

In addition to fighting, eating and drinking is a big hobby of Fan Xu, he is not only eating, cooking skills are not bad, especially making dog meat, he used to open a dog meat restaurant in Pei County, so that Fan Hao dog meat is very famous, Liu Bang has always loved to eat the dog meat he made.

When the front army opened the road and the army advanced, the Han scouts would climb over the mountains or stand on the top of a certain mountain to observe the surrounding situation in case there were enemy scouts.

When gradually approaching the Dasan Pass, Deng Yulong asked the army to pay attention to the things that should be paid attention to, especially to prohibit cooking on fires, to prevent the smoke from rising from being discovered by the enemy in the distance, not only to prevent being discovered by the enemy at the Dasan Pass, but also to prevent the possibility of enemy scouts nearby, although it is unlikely, but must be cautious.

Prior to this, Deng Yulong had asked the men to prepare enough dry food and reserve enough drinking water.

Deng Yulong would occasionally say a few words to Han Xin and Wang Dahu, and the closer they got to Dasanguan, the more they looked forward to their meritorious service in battle.

On the seventh day of November, when the road was opened to eight or nine kilometers away from the Dasan Pass, Deng Yulong asked the front army to stop and not continue any further to prevent it from being discovered by the defenders of the Dasan Pass.

It's time to raid the Great Scattered Pass.

Dasanguan, was built in the Zhou Dynasty, is located in the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, is one of the "Guanzhong Four Passes", there is Hangu Pass in the east, Dasanguan in the west, Wuguan in the south, Xiaoguan in the north, as long as the four passes are firmly guarded, it is difficult for the outside world to enter, so that the Guanzhong Plain, which is known as "Qinchuan in eight hundred miles", has become the best geographical area in ancient times.

In history, the Qin State, the Western Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty all took Guanzhong as their base, and then went out of the Central Plains from Hangu Guandong, first pacified the north, and then waved their troops to the south, and then unified the world.

After Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Peng were crowned kings, Xiang Yu each allocated 30,000 soldiers to them to guard the fiefdom, and in the past few months, the three princes and kings have been recruiting soldiers, but they have long lost the hearts of the people, and the Qin people in Guanzhong are rarely willing to join the army to become the soldiers of the Qin traitors.

At present, Zhang Han has only 70,000 soldiers and horses, and Sima Xin and Dong Peng each have 60,000 troops.

Zhang Han himself did not think that the Han army had the possibility of appearing in Dasanguan, and received a report from the spies that the Han army was building the plank road of the Bao Slope, and Zhang Han sent a group of soldiers and horses to strictly guard the north of the Bao Slope Road.

At present, the garrison of Dasanguan is 2,000 people, and the defender will be Yao Tong; The defenders of Chen Cangcheng were 6,000 people, and the defenders would be Zhang Zhi, Zhang Han's eldest nephew.

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That morning, Zhang Han, who was in the ruined hill, woke up from the nightmare again. For months, his heart was occupied by guilt, and his life became more and more painful.

Zhang Han summoned his younger brother Zhang Ping to learn about the latest movements of Liu Bang's side.

"Brother Wang, the spies haven't sent information for three months."

"I asked for information to be transmitted at least once every two months, is there any accident?" Zhang Han was a little puzzled.

"Hey! Even if there is no news ahead, the plank road will not be repaired in two or three years, at least we can sit back and relax during this time. ”

Zhang Han also thought so, he didn't bother to think about any other possibilities, he had long lost the vigor when the soldiers sent letters to Guguan and suppressed all kinds of anti-thieves, and just wanted to live in peace and stability in the fiefdom.

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"Report to the general, Dasanguan is very calm, and the defenders on the wall seem to be very lazy."

This is the report of the scout, the scout is quietly approaching the mountain forest in front of the Dasanguan and lurking, observing the Dasanguan for a while before returning to report.

Deng Yulong immediately summoned the generals.

The temporary camp of the Han army stretched for more than ten miles, when the order to gather the generals was passed down, the generals came as quickly as possible, everyone knew that the battle was coming, the generals could not hide their excitement, and they were eager to immediately lead the army to fight with the enemy.

On the road a few meters wide, more than 20 high-ranking generals gathered, Han Xin, who was in charge of the Tiance Army, was also among them, and Deng Yulong and Liu Bang stood in the middle.

Deng Yulong said: "Everyone, the Great Scattered Pass is in front of you, this pass is steep, and it is not suitable to attack directly." I decided that I would send troops to raid at night, and before dawn tomorrow, I must take the Dasanguan. ”

Liu Bang didn't speak, and Deng Yulong dispatched troops to take full charge of the war, he just listened, and also used this to understand Deng Yulong's on-the-spot command ability.

"I'm willing to fight!"

"General, send me to battle!"

"Send me to battle, and I will definitely win the Great Scattered Pass!"

The generals asked for battle one after another, and all of them exuded a strong fighting spirit, and they had been holding back their grievances for several months, and they had to fully vent them in the battle.