Out of Xianyang to Sanmenxia, the big river made another bend here, and was blocked by the Qinling Mountains and turned to the east, opening a new journey. However, thanks to this big river, if the world wants to go west, they will either cross the Yellow River from the east of the river, or they will have to cross the Wuguan from the Chu State, which is "dangerous and obstructive, surrounded by mountains and rivers", or go around a little far, cross the Shu Road from Bashu that is "difficult to go to the blue sky", and enter the land of Guanzhong through the Dasan Pass. But no matter which one, it is better to pass through the mountains from Luoyi and enter the pass through Hangu Pass. The reason is that either the road in other places is too far, or there are too many dangers, many of them are still near the mountains and streams, only Hangu Pass, which is a relatively open place.

However, even so, Hanya Pass is not easy to pass.

"Mingjin, collect the troops." Gongsun Yan ordered with a gloomy face, under the tall and majestic Hangu Pass, the corpses of the Five Nations Alliance Army were piled up, and they couldn't even find a place to put their feet, and the destroyed siege equipment was also paralyzed in front of the city gate, the big river with yellow mud and sand was red, and the corpses were floating on the moat, if you were fast enough, you could step on the corpses and go over, without worrying about falling!

Some of these corpses belonged to the Five Nations Alliance, and some were from the Qin State, and their bodies were wounded, and some were still bleeding. The raging waters of the river poured in, swept them away, and carried them into the main stream of the great river, some of which sank to the bottom of the river, some of which hung on the shore and withered, and their blood flowed through the Kanto lands. In another embarrassing way, he returned to his homeland. However, that skin still remained on this land.

This was the second siege operation in the fifteen days that the Five Nations Coalition had been stationed here, and it was clear that it had failed again.

There's no way around it. Hangu Pass is bordered by a large river in the north and mountains in the south, so there is no other road that can be passed, and before the pass, it is a desperate stream washed by a raging river, and there are not many flat lands for the army to set up a formation. As a result, it became what Pang Cong said, even if the five-nation alliance army sent 50,000 people to attack the city each time, it was only to attack the city in a limited space, and the frontal combat radius actually compressed the agglomeration effect of 50,000 people. And the people of the Qin State do not need to defend on all sides, as long as they do a good job of defending on one side, they can completely block the Five Nations Alliance Army under the Guancheng. The Five-Nation Alliance could only give full play to its numerical superiority, attack in multiple batches and time-sharing, pull the fatigue of the Qin army, and thus cause the opponent's negligence in defense, so that it was possible to ascend to Guancheng and win this war.

However, the reason why the Qin State is called Qiang Qin is that in addition to the fact that since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin people have worked hard to govern the country and painstakingly managed the Guanzhong Plain and gradually become rich, and the employment strategy of Qin Xiaogong and the current King of Qin is also a very important reason. The two male lords are eclectic in employing people, the measure is the move, and the six eastern countries are the clans controlling the overall situation, constantly conquering each other, under the advantages of one and the other, how can they not gradually become stronger?

With such a country, such an army, and a general who is well versed in military affairs, it is absolutely very difficult for the five countries to take Hangu Pass.

"Let the armies count the losses and return to the Chinese military account later." Gongsun Yan commanded. After speaking, he put his hands behind his back and walked slowly towards the Chinese military tent. Seeing that his face was covered with frost, the princes knew that the war was unfavorable, and he was in a bad mood, so they avoided him and walked away.

News came from the Wei State, the King of Wei sent Hui Shi to the Chu State to lobby, the Chu State ordered Yin Zhaoyang to assemble a large army, and he will lead the army to come soon, according to Hui Shi, the Chu State has raised 100,000 troops, once the assembly is completed, it will soon come to the front line of Hangu Pass. The implication is that the other five countries need to wait. Gongsun Yan knew that although the State of Chu was the largest King of Chu, in the matter of sending troops, the words of the King of Chu sometimes needed to be discussed, after all, the power of the clan nobles in the State of Chu was far from being comparable to other countries, and he could only be helpless about this. I only hope that Chu State will not break its promise.

In order to express his support for Gongsun Yan, the king of Wei sent 60,000 soldiers and horses to reinforcements, so that the number of soldiers and horses in Han and Wei alone has reached 150,000, and South Korea saw that Wei increased his troops, and also added 50,000 soldiers and horses, so that the number of soldiers and horses in Han and Wei reached 200,000, and one by one the camp tents were laid in front of Hangu Pass, which was really overwhelming and extraordinary.

But when it comes to quarrels, the momentum is also extraordinary. Shen Cha and Gongsun Xi blamed each other, either the Koreans had poor combat effectiveness, and they were so frightened that they retreated when they saw the Qin army blocking the city wall, and they did not dare to engage the Qin army at all; Either that the Wei people were arrogant and arrogant, patronizing their own charges, and they were completely unaware of the problem of receiving the troops behind. Gongsun Xi even grabbed a mistake of the kite, and kept sneering, which made the kite's face blush, so he had to leave ahead of schedule on the grounds of physical discomfort. And the city was no better, and the dog blood who was scolded by Shen was almost made the city angry, and in the end, it was not enough, and he left first on the grounds of physical discomfort. Shen Cha and Gongsun were happy to see that the situation was already like this, and they no longer argued, and each left the camp in a rage. Only Gongsun Yan was left with a cold face, looking at the empty Chinese military tent without saying a word, and suddenly overturned several cases in front of him to the ground. He walked outside the tent of the Chinese army, looked at the camp tents all over the mountains, and occasionally heard one or two tunes, and the anger in his chest became even more powerful. Although he had long been strict with military discipline and repeatedly ordered that no one should play any music to prevent the army from feeling homesick and discharging morale, he, as the nominal commander, really couldn't control too many people, and whenever he wanted to implement military law, he would be taken back by the generals of various countries, saying that he was punished by himself, and in the end he was gone.

He remembered that before leaving Chenggao, Le Yi gave advice to himself and made three things clear: first, the military order is like a mountain, and military discipline must be rectified, without discrimination, and not biased; Second, the order is one door, and the generals of various countries cannot be allowed to specialize in military affairs, and they must be commanded in a unified manner; The third is to ensure morale, it must be known that the attack on Hangu Pass is by no means an overnight achievement, and the time may not be predictable, so how to ensure morale is a problem that Gongsun Yan must consider.

However, now that the fifteenth has passed, the two attacks have been in vain, and the coalition forces have even had the problem of attacking each other, and Gongsun Yan has not done any of the three things that Le Yi said. This is really not his fault, Gongsun Yan's prestige comes from the respect of the monarchs of various countries, not personal military merits, in the army, where seniority is seen, even Gongsun Xi can only be said to have respect for Gongsun Yan, far from obeying orders. How can Gongsun Yan command these proud soldiers? How can we step on Xianyang?

For now, he is either waiting for Zhaoyang of Chu to lead the troops to come, he has the qualifications and ability, and he will definitely be able to serve the public; Either you can only make a desperate bet and transfer Le Yi to the front line to help Gongsun Yan come up with advice. Either way, however, the price to be paid by the Five-Nation Coalition is enormous. Gongsun Yan looked at Hangu Pass in the distance, and what he thought in his heart was what the Qin general guarding the pass was thinking.

He tightened the cloak on his body, and looked at the overwhelming Five Nations Alliance on the opposite side, and his constricted brows still did not loosen.

"The general hasn't even fallen asleep yet?" Just as he was inspecting, Gongzihua's voice came from behind him. Although the two are related, there is no father and son in the army, and there are no brothers on the battlefield. It is because of the strict military discipline of the Qin people, and when they see Gongzihua, they still have to salute.

"Although we have Hangu Heavenly Danger, but the opponent's forces are strong, and they can't attack for a long time, there will definitely be conspiracy and tricks. The last general has the responsibility of sticking to it, and he definitely does not dare to relax. After this battle, the last general just wanted to sleep for three days and three nights, and presumably the king would allow it. After saying that, he laughed first.

Gongzihua knew that he was funny by nature, and he couldn't help but smile: "If the general and a certain can repel the Five Nations Alliance, let alone sleep for three days and three nights, what does it matter if the general sleeps for five days and no nights?" And so-and-so was shameless for a while, and brought all the things that the king had rewarded back to his own home. ”

Both of them burst out laughing. After laughing, Zhu Liji pointed to the Five Nations Alliance outside Hangu Pass and said, "Childe said that although it is necessary to repel the Five Nations Alliance, it is still a little difficult at the moment. After all, it is a five-nation alliance, and the number of people is about 200,000, and the grain and grass in Luoyi Tiger Prison are endless, and there is a Chu State that has not yet come, in case the Chu State also participates in at that time, I am afraid that this Hanguguan will be weak and tired. There was a lot of worry in his words.

"Yes, although there is Hangu Heaven, but the other party is a five-nation alliance after all, and there are many people and they are menacing. To put it mildly, if the six countries of Kanto work together, the stream in front of the Hangu Pass may not be cut off. It is understandable that the monarch's father protected Wei Zhang for Zhang Yi. After all, only Zhang Yi can guarantee the interests of our Qin State by shaking his lips among the six countries. ”

Zhu Liji nodded, thinking of the court debate that day, he could only be helpless.

"However, if the general can break the six-nation alliance under this Hangu Pass, his status in the heart of the monarch will definitely rise to a higher level, and he will be able to keep pace with Zhang Yi at that time.

Yuli laughed bitterly, and the question returned to the original point, that is, how to fight this battle?

"Isn't there any idea, general?" Gongzihua asked suspiciously, in his opinion, Zhu Liji has always been familiar with military affairs, but he has been buried, not to mention how resourceful he is, it is impossible for him to be helpless against the Five Nations Alliance.

"Not really." Zhu Li thought for a while and said: "If the five-nation alliance wants to break through Hangu Pass, it must rely on the numerical advantage to be stationed, and this battle is far from being decided in a few days, and how long it will take is not something that the general can guess. The other party must use a procrastination trick. ”

"However, procrastination is also very important for our country. It's just that it depends on who can't drag it out first. ”

"Not bad. At this stage, it is impossible to achieve a quick solution, and only by surviving this period of time can we see the clues. It's just that my Qin State has one enemy and five enemies, and I'm afraid that the longer the time, the more disadvantageous it will be to me. There are so many people on the other side. Gongzi Hua said worriedly.

"Childe is true, but this matter is not a bad thing in reverse."

"Why?" Gongzihua said suspiciously.

"Today's battle can be seen that the so-called five-nation coalition army, after all, is not a country's army, although the strength is strong, but it cannot be unified command, and the cooperation between several countries is easy to be broken, if not, I am afraid that today, the city is already in danger."

"So the more it drags on, the more the rift between them will only get bigger, and only then will we have more chances."

"Having said that, after a long time, things change, Gongsun Yan, you and I know each other very well, and this person's insight into human nature is also very sharp. If we give him time, we may not find a way to change, and then we will be very passive. Gongzihua said.

"Chu State." Zhu Li Ji said: "The key lies in the state of Chu. As long as Chu doesn't come, the five-nation alliance will not be a big deal! ”

(End of chapter)