Wuguan:

Ye Tong looked at the Wuguan information sent by Jinyiwei, showing that the offensive and defensive battle of Wuguan had entered the stage of hard work. The day and night attack of Liu Bang's army, regardless of casualties, made the defense of Wuguan difficult. After all, there were only 5,000 soldiers defending at Wuguan, and they could barely take turns in two shifts.

Blood flowed under the city wall of Wuguan, and Liu Bang ordered his soldiers to attack continuously as if he had taken stimulants. Heavy casualties were inflicted, and the defense of Wuguan was also under great pressure, with increased casualties. Fortunately, the battlefield rescue measures were effective, and the mortality rate was greatly reduced.

Han Xin saw that the black-pressed soldiers of the judgment army attacked under the city wall, and the archers could no longer stop it, so he immediately ordered the oil to be poured out.

Yes!

The soldiers of the judgment army who attacked under the city walls were enlightened by the fire oil, and were burned by the divisor fire to the point of weeping and wiping tears, becoming fire men, and scurrying around. The original siege equipment was burned, and this wave of attacks was once again in vain.

Shoot!

Whoosh!

Faced with the chaotic judgment army, Han Xin ordered the archers to shoot. A soldier of the Judgment Army was shot, some died directly, some were wounded, shouting, shouting, and crying on the ground, and various sounds of the entire battlefield were intertwined to form a unique sound effect of the battlefield.

Liu Bang's soldiers were originally ordinary people who had just put down their hoes, and after countless baptisms of war, they transformed into powerful elite soldiers. Attack power has been greatly improved.

On the Wuguan, Han Xin's soldiers also transformed, and after the transformation of their superior physical fitness, their strength was extremely strong. After all, when they are exchanged, they are basically elite soldiers, and once they are transformed by the baptism of war, their strong strength will be immediately displayed.

The number of soldiers in Wuguan is small, but it is elite. In addition, the Wuguan area is narrow, which is not conducive to the attack. Liu Bang's superiority in military strength could not be brought into play, and there was no way to do anything except fight attrition.

To tell the truth, Liu Bang really doesn't want to fight consumption, and the losses are all his subordinates! The problem is that if you don't capture the Wuguan, you can't enter the Guanzhong. If you reroute into Guanzhong, then you won't meet with Xiang Yu's army again and enter Guanzhong, how can you divide the order!

There is another reason for the recurrence, Liu Bang is afraid of Xiang Yu, once he stays with Xiang Yu, he wants Xiang Yu to act with a pale face, and he does not dare to disobey Xiang Yu's orders, so he will not become Xiang Yu's cannon fodder. If there is merit, it must be monopolized by Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang will not get anything.

Li Shiqi said: "Lord, you can't work hard like this, the loss is too great." Li Shiqi was a strategist who recently defected to Liu Bang, and after Zhang Liang left, he won Liu Bang's trust.

"Sir, is there any way to take Wuguan?"

Li Shiqi had no better way, only to see thousands of soldiers fall under the city wall, and they couldn't even climb the city wall, which was an act of sending them to death, so he spoke out to persuade them.

"Lord, if you don't take the most primitive method and fill in the soil and bury the city, it's just that the project is huge, and you will also have to face the bows and arrows of the Qin soldiers on the city wall."

Cao Shen suggested: "The soil filling method is too difficult and takes more time, so it is better to dig a hole in the ground and dig directly into Wujian." ”

After Liu Bang discussed with his generals, he felt that according to the plan of Li Shiqi and Cao Shen, it would be implemented synchronously, so that the speed would be slower and the loss of soldiers would be reduced. What's more, Xiao He told Liu Bang that Xiang Yu was also facing danger when he took the Qinguan Road, and it was impossible to take the Qinguan Pass in a short time.

It stands to reason that Liu Bang has so many soldiers, and it won't take long to fill in the soil and bury the city. The problem is that the terrain of Wuguan is steep and narrow, no matter how many people there are, it is useless, and there is no place to arrange manpower to perform! If you want to be able to give full play to the numerical advantage, Wuguan may have won it early.

Han Xin stood on the city wall, and when he saw Liu Bang's army stop attacking, he frowned and thought about it carefully. felt that Liu Bang had no reason not to attack, and it was impossible to change the route, the only possibility was to change the way of attacking.

The next day, Han Xin saw Liu Bang's soldiers filling in the soil, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly. If you can fill in the earth, can't the walls be heightened? Han Xin arranged for soldiers to block the enemy who filled in the earth, and ignored the rest.

A few days later, a soldier told Han Shin that there was movement underground. Han Xin immediately went to inspect it, and immediately understood in his heart that Liu Bang not only adopted the soil filling method, but also carried out digging holes. If you want to enter Wuguan from underground, don't be funny.

Han Shin ordered a deep ditch to be dug at the edge of the city wall, and then poured water to fill it up, and the water source was diverted to the dug deep ditch, and once the water level was found to drop, the water was immediately diverted and recharged. Prepare some tung oil, and after seeing the other party's hole, pour the tung oil into the ditch and light it to burn hard.

Liu Bang's army attacked slowly, and the defensive arrows of Wuguan were greatly consumed. Han Xin asked Jinyiwei to report to Ye Tong, so Ye Tong knew about the attack and defense of Wuguan.

Speaking of Qin Hui and Mulan, on the second day of Ye Tong's expedition, the two immediately set off, taking the soldiers and horses to escort the craftsmen and their families, grain and grass to Hanzhong. Chen Qi stayed behind to be responsible for transporting supplies from Wuguan and Qinguan, and at the same time organized manpower to escort the relocated people.

After Qin Hui and Mulan arrived in Hanzhong, they showed the emperor's edict and the general's order to Hanzhong County, and Mulan took over the 3,000 soldiers in Hanzhong as soon as possible. Qin Hui took over the government affairs and was responsible for the resettlement of the craftsmen, their families and people who relocated to Hanzhong.

Mulan drew 1,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Shangyong, and then, after the soldiers and horses responsible for escorting the relocated people arrived, she left thousands to continue to escort grain, grass and materials, and stationed them at the main passes in the Hanzhong area.

Qin Hui left dozens of internal affairs personnel to handle the affairs of Hanzhong, and together with Mulan, he led his troops and horses to advance to Shu County and Ba County. Only by taking the second county can it be completely controlled.

After more than a month of marching, Mulan and Qin Hui arrived in Shu County and took over the soldiers and horses, after the internal affairs. Mulan continued to advance towards Ba County. Before and after almost half a month, he completely controlled Ba County and Shu County. At this time, the officials in Hanzhong were notified and asked the people to relocate to Shu County and Ba County.

When Mulan returned to Hanzhong, it was the time when Ye Tong and Xiang Yu were fighting. Mulan reported the situation to Ye Tong as soon as possible, so that Ye Tong could rest assured that Hanzhong, Ba County, Shu County, etc. were all in control. Next, Mulan continued to be responsible for guarding the relocated people and escorting a large amount of grain, grass and materials in the customs.

Qinguan:

After reading the information sent by Mulan, Ye Tong felt completely down-to-earth, he had a stable rear base, and he didn't have to worry about the gains and losses in any pass. Everything went according to plan and there were no major loopholes.

The next day, the coalition army led by Xiang Yu began an attack on Qinguan. Ye Tong looked at it, it seemed that all the soldiers under the other princes were soldiers, and Xiang Yu's own soldiers did not participate in the attack.

The corners of Ye Tong's mouth smiled, who said that Xiang Yu was unwise. The unwise will arrange for the soldiers under the other princes to be cannon fodder, while their own soldiers will stay aside to rest and watch the play. The other princes were reluctant to let the soldiers attack, the problem was that they were afraid of Xiang Yu! You can only pinch your nose and order.

More than a dozen princes led more than 400,000 soldiers of the judgment army, which seemed to be very powerful. The problem is that the princes are not in harmony with each other, and each has its own plans. Famously, Xiang Yu commanded, and after the order was issued, the princes were careful in their hearts and didn't want to be cannon fodder!

Ye Tong said to Zhang Liang next to him: "Zifang, you see that the princes in the army are of noble quality, they are humble to each other, and one is unwilling to be the first attacker, which is really a humble gentleman, which is admirable." ”

"General, Xiang Yu led this coalition army, it seems that he is not as united as Liu Bang's coalition army?"

Ye Tong nodded, knowing in his heart. Liu Bang's ability to fool people is definitely a master in the world, and no one can match it. It is Liu Bang's ability to flicker that he can fight stronger and stronger, and the soldiers and horses will fight more and more. With the loss of one soldier, Liu Bang can quickly fool two soldiers.

Hehe!

"That's Liu Bang's ability, he sold people, and the other party also helped Liu Bang count the money."

Yes!

Zhang Liang snorted lightly, recalling the time when he was with Liu Bang, not to mention, the soldiers and horses of the other princes all took Liu Bang's horse as the head and obeyed Liu Bang's arrangement. knew that Liu Bangrang was acting as cannon fodder, but no one had any opinions, and he was willing to rush to the front.

The judgment army led by Xiang Yu began to attack, but Ye Tong did not command the battle, and handed over to Jiang Song and Li Shuo to be responsible. Ye Jiang and Zhang Liang stood on the city wall as spectators.

The Judge Soldier carried a ladder and a ramming car into the effective range of the bow and arrow. Jiang Song shouted loudly: "Shoot!" ”

Whoosh!

Two thousand archers loosened their bowstrings one after another, and sharp arrows in their hands shot out quickly. Although the 2,000 arrows could not cover the sky, they caused huge casualties to the attacking judges, and more than 200 soldiers fell on the offensive road.

Jiang Song saw that the attack of the judgment army did not stop, and immediately ordered: "Three-stage shooting!" ”

Whoosh!

In an instant, two thousand archers lined up in three rows, and under the command of the commander of the bow corps, launched a continuous fire. There is a little interval in between, which does not affect the tactical arrangement. The soldiers of the judgment army during the attack kept falling, and before they could reach the city wall of Qinguan, the soldiers lost almost more than 1,000 people.

Blocked by bows and arrows, the first wave of attacks was in vain.

In the distance, the princes were arguing and passing the buck to each other. The princes who had just attacked said that they had lost their troops and could no longer organize an attack, and it was their turn for other soldiers and horses to attack.

In the end, Xiang Yu named and asked Zhang Er's soldiers to attack, Zhang Er couldn't do it, he couldn't twist Xiang Yu's thigh, so he had to pinch his nose and admit that he was unlucky, and arranged for his soldiers to prepare for the attack.

Seeing the painless attack, Ye Tong left the city wall directly. If such an attack can break through the defenses of the city wall, then there is no need to block it, and it is enough to surrender.

As soon as he returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, the plum blossom guard reported: "General, there is an old man named Wei Yu who has come to visit, do you want to meet him?" ”

Ye Tong immediately jumped up after hearing this, Wei Yu? Just kidding, that's a master of the art of war, a lieutenant of the former Qin Empire. Isn't the thirty-one Wei Mizi Art of War that he studied written by Wei Mi?

"What! Lieutenant? Make no mistake, right? ”

"General, the other party calls himself Wei Yu, with gray hair and a look of being in his sixties."

Ye Tong rushed out directly, ignoring the internal guards who were still nagging. As soon as I went out, I saw a gray-haired old man, standing upright, with bright eyes. At a glance, you know that he is a master, a general who has led soldiers and fought in battles.

Ye Tong bowed respectfully and said sincerely: "Excuse me, are you always an old lady?" ”

Hehe!

"Little guy, you are the big general Ye Tong, not bad! has a spirit, and knows how to respect the old and love the young. By the way, the judgment army is attacking Qinguan, why can't the little guy command on the city wall, that can stabilize the morale of the army and improve morale. ”

Sweat!

Didn't buddy just come back? You can't have to manage everything personally, so do you have to do it with your generals?

Hehe!

"Old lady, the attack of the judgment army is weak and weak, there is no need for General Ben to be present, it is enough to have a general to command the defense. In the near future, the Qin Pass is very strong, so don't worry. ”