readx;?readx; Chapter 584 is on the verge of breaking out

The conversation finally turned back to Qin Lei, and as soon as he passed the Hu Pass, he wrote to Qin Li and others on the other side of the mountain, ordering them to 'leave only 50,000 people to take care of the war horses, 50,000 troops to be stationed in Yangjiban, and the rest crossed the mountain on foot across the Wang Mang Gorge and quickly assembled in the direction of the Tiger Pass. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info' and said earnestly: 'The country is in danger, under the nest, how can there be eggs? I hope that all the public will take this as the mind, take the safety of Daqin as the priority, and take the personal gains and losses as the lightest, do not delay and hurry, do not doubt that you must be firm, and do not be private and public! ’

He himself led a special task force consisting of 50,000 Eastern Army, more than 10,000 Shenwu Army, less than 10,000 Jingshan Army, and a total of more than 70,000 people, and went south in the starry night to support the front line of Hugao Pass.

We know that marching and fighting a war is not as simple as traveling, and besides, traveling also requires a good preparation, right? Not to mention the eight-hundred-mile advance of more than 70,000 troops? Ten days and half a month can't be fully prepared.

But the military situation is like fire, Qin Lei has no time to organize the people and transport the baggage, how can he do 'the soldiers and horses are not moved, and the grain and grass go first'? He had his own method, and ordered the officers and soldiers to take seven days' worth of grain and grass for the Tiger Prison Pass. ’

Qin Lei asked Xu Xu, where did the grain and grass for the garrison at Huguan come from? Answer: 'Shangdang has a granary, and the warehouse has millions of rice, which is provided for the military needs of the eastern expedition. He asked Xu Xu to issue a handful of instructions to collect grain, and ordered the troops to go around to the party, from officers to non-commissioned officers, all of them took grain on their own backs, so that although they had to walk an extra 70 miles, they could save more than ten days of collecting people's husbands, collecting baggage, and transporting grain.

This journey was more than 780 miles, and according to the marching speed at that time, it would take more than ten days even to travel lightly. But Qin Lei only let the troops bring food that they barely ate for seven days, which was considered from the perspective of loading...... You must know that they don't even have time to steam dry food, so they can only carry japonica rice and salt on their backs. Under the high-intensity march, the soldiers relied on low-calorie japonica rice to maintain physical fitness, each person needed at least three catties a day, and seven days was more than 20 catties, plus weapons and armor, there were more than 50 catties of weight, which had reached the limit of affordability.

On the other hand, it is also a strong signal to the soldiers that the seven-day ration is "for the Tiger Prison Pass", and if we do not arrive at the Tiger Prison Pass within seven days, we will be hungry.

Qin Lei also worked out a reasonable marching time, when to march and when to rest, there were strict arrangements, on the one hand, to ensure the speed of the march, on the other hand, but also to make the soldiers not overtired, and finally created a miracle in military history, it took seven and a half days to rush to the city of Tongguan......

The reason why he didn't go straight to Tiger Prison Pass or Hangu Pass was because Qin Lei considered the military situation and could not know the situation of the two passes, so he decided to ensure the last line of defense first, and then advance layer by layer. This is not conservative, but the necessary security as a general.

In fact, Zhao Wuyi's long-planned attack was as fast as lightning, like a bag to get something, and even the two cities, according to the time calculation, Qin Lei would not have time to rescue the Tiger Prison and Hangu two passes. We also know that even the rescue of Tongguan is dangerous and dangerous, and it happens in a flash.

Qin Lei couldn't complain that he shouted 'luck' after seeing that Tongguan was still there, and even said later: 'Heaven will not destroy my Great Qin!' Such words of rejoicing.

This is not an exaggeration, if Tongguan falls, there is no barrier in the pass, and the Qi army can run rampant in the land of Qin at will, or even directly enter the capital! At that point, the big thing will be over...... The timely arrival of Qin Lei's army announced the end of Zhao Wuji's military speculation, and the two sides gradually turned into an offensive and defensive battle of internal strength, so that Qin avoided the comical fate of being beaten to death by a random stick......

Therefore, in the official history, the 'Eight Hundred Miles Great Leap Forward' is called a miracle, a myth, God bless the Great Qin, and so on, and all the beautiful words are added to it. But forty years later, the historian Fan Zhongyan, through visiting the veterans who are still alive, saw the blood and tears hidden in the brilliance, and he wrote in the book with emotion: "Seven days and nights of marching, officers and soldiers all said that they were suffering, and there were not a few people who died of frostbite at the beginning. In the next few days, the horses ran out of food. For the overall situation, the soldiers were ordered to give a day's food to raise war horses...... Only 55,000 people can be born to Tongguan......

Moreover, because Xu Xu did not organize the people effectively, he was unable to treat the wounded and sick who had fallen behind in time, except for more than 5,000 people who were taken in and treated by the people along the way, the rest of the people about 10,000 officers and soldiers froze to death in the wilderness......

One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, this is a bumpy and indestructible iron rule!

When Qin Lei arrived at the city of Tongguan, it was already late at night on the 14th.

The torches were blazing, Bo Xian Saiyang took Li Sihai to wait at the gate of the city, and the captain who talked a lot did not die in the daytime, and even his tongue was intact, which shows that the great life of Fu is also great.

Although it was a bumpy road, Qin Lei's body had healed, and his spirit was also vigorous, and when he saw that the little fat man was also present, he couldn't help but say happily: "Why are you here?" ”

Li Sihai was also very happy, and just wanted to step forward to talk to Qin Lei, but he heard the eldest brother next to him snort heavily, and quickly stopped his steps, and kowtowed with Bo Xian Saiyang and said, "Uncle......"

Qin Lei bowed to him with a smile, and then smiled: "Get up." Then he said to Bo Xian Saiyang: "I know the situation, and you have made another great contribution." Saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and take a break, and patrol the city defense with Gu at dawn." ”

"I see." Bo Xian Saiyang got up and wanted to pull Li Sihai away.

"He can't go," Qin Lei smiled, "I still have to ask him about the situation in Tongguan." ”

Bo Xian Saiyang let go of his hand and whispered: "Uncle, you can help ask, where did he hide my sister?" I asked him for a long time and said he didn't know. ”

"I really don't know, big brother." The little fat man had a sad face, like an eighteen folded bun, and said in a muffled voice: "The military situation is urgent, let's think about it for the long term another day." Seeing that Qin Lei also nodded, Bo Xian Saiyang had no choice but to leave.

Looking at his departing back, Li Sihai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he saw Qin Lei looking at him with a strange smile. He knew that he was a little bit of a trick and a rough man in Saiyang, but as for Qin Yutian, who was better than a monkey, he didn't even think about it.

Fortunately, Qin Lei was in no mood to pay attention to his housework, and pointed to the city: "Walk with me." ”

"Hey." Li Sihai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and followed with a fart.

The soldiers along the way didn't know Qin Lei, but they saluted Li Sihai one after another, although they were not very respectful in their words and deeds, but they were very affectionate.

This made Qin Lei curious to ask him about the reason for his farewell, and Li Sihai was also very interested, and on the way to the front door, he spat and boasted......

It is said that Li Sihai ran away from home back then, thinking of joining the border army incognito, relying on his own ability to make some achievements. But the power of his Li family is too great, and he still works under his uncle after a circle......

Originally, he was a soldier in Luoyang City, the eastern capital, but Li Xun thought that it was too close to the front line and was prone to danger, so he transferred him to Tongguan City, which was far away from the battlefield, so he was relieved.

But if you think that everyone hates these two ancestors, then you are very wrong. As his name suggests, Li Sihai, who became a soldier, is not only not domineering, but even very easy-going and easy-going.

But that's all, as for marching and fighting, I don't know anything, even how the city is defended, and what the grain and straw in the city are.

Qin Lei knew that this must be a greeting from above, but only he didn't know that others knew that he was the fourth son of Lord Taiwei, so of course he could get into the mix. Within two years, he was promoted from a small soldier to a lieutenant, which made him think that he was a natural general, and he was not a marshal.

But Qin Lei didn't break it, anyway, as soon as he went to the battlefield in a few days, it would be clear whether it was a mule or a horse, so why bother to expose his face?

After patrolling around the city, Qin Lei was quite satisfied with the conditions in the pass, although the barracks and facilities were very old, but the pattern was still there, and he could use it with confidence with only a little repair.

After turning around, Bo Xianyang found that Qin Lei was walking straight to the City Guard Mansion, and couldn't help but be shocked and said, "Where are you going?" ”

Qin Lei was stunned for a moment, and scolded with a smile: "It's the third watch, so naturally I want to go back to sleep." "His status is extremely noble, no matter where he goes, the local governor will give him the mansion to stay, without exception, he didn't ask this time, and he habitually went to the city lord's mansion.

But Li Sihai obviously didn't think so, he dodged in front of the road, scratched his ears and cheeks, and said: "It's not convenient for me there, you better go and live elsewhere." If it weren't for the extraordinary relationship between the two of them, just by virtue of this sentence, Shi Dang would have to slap him in the mouth.

"You hid the woman?" Qin Lei squinted and smiled.

"Ah......" Li Sihai hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Absolutely not, you can't talk nonsense, let my eldest brother hear it, it's unbearable." ”

The big war was imminent, and Qin Lei was in no mood to talk nonsense with him, so he nodded and said, "Since it doesn't work, let's change places." ”

Captain Niu, who had been unable to interject on the side, only then did he take the opportunity to express his hand and said: "Lord Wang, although the last general's house is not very spacious, it is also a single courtyard, more than a dozen houses, if you don't dislike it......"

Qin Lei smiled indifferently: "How many people are in your family?" ”

"The old wife died early, the dog ran away, and only the little girl and the last general depended on each other." Xu was frightened during the day, and Captain Niu didn't speak too long-winded.

"Okay, I'll stay at your house." Qin Lei laughed and said: "But there is one more thing, there is an injured brother who is the life and death brother of the lonely king, Lord Niu, do you see if it is ......."

"Let's live together." Captain Niu said generously. took Qin Lei home, asked him to look at the structure of the courtyard, and said respectfully: "The last general and the little girl will move out tonight." ”

"No need," Qin Lei said with a smile: "Even if you live here, there are more people and it will be lively." The Captain Niu was flattered, so he naturally nodded busily, and called his daughter up to clean up the residence for the prince.

Early the next morning, a fair-skinned, good-looking, frugally dressed, tall woman carried a food box to the backyard. The guards had seen her last night, and knew that she was Miss Niu's daughter, and they all called her Miss Niu.

It is said that it is also a city guard, this Niu Lieutenant is much worse than Zhou Pan, General Zhou has seventeen concubines alone, and Captain Niu is not only a widower, the family is also poor, and his diet and daily life depend on his daughter, which shows that he has not understood the official in his life.

Seeing her walking straight over, Shi Dang said politely: "Miss Niu stay, our prince's meals are all handled by the brothers, and I will convey your kindness to the prince." ”

I only heard Miss Niu whisper softly: "Last night, the prince instructed the people to find some goat's milk and millet porridge and send them to the injured number who lived in the wing. "I don't know how the five big and three thick old cows gave birth to such a gentle and gentle girl......

Shi Dang let go of the way, and said embarrassedly: "Miss trouble." ”

Miss Niu walked in, and glanced into the main house intentionally or unintentionally, and saw that the door of the house was wide open, and the young prince was standing in the house last night, and a shorter soldier was close to him, as if he was hanging armor for him, and it seemed that he was talking to me, looking very tired, and there was some improper relationship.

Seeing the two men behaving like this, Miss Niu couldn't help but feel a chill, walked quickly to the side room, closed the door, and gasped for breath, but her mind kept circling the appearance of the prince and the pro-soldier Qingqing......

Qin Lei didn't know that he had been despised by Miss Niu, so while taking the treasure knife and hanging it up himself, he comforted Yunshang in a warm voice and said: "This armor is indeed more complicated, and it is very powerful to be able to wear it in two quarters of an hour." ”

Yun Sheng pouted and said, "Obviously, Shi dares to wear it for you in fifty breaths." ”

"He knows how practice makes perfect," Qin Lei said with a smile, "Let's go, Your Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Pouting, Yun Sheng followed sullenly and went out with Qin Lei.

Seeing the prince come out, Shi Dang and a group of guards also came up, and hugged him and walked out.

Last night, it was too dark, and many things couldn't be seen for real, so early this morning, Qin Lei had to go back to the city to take a look and think about how to defend this Tongguan City.

Tongguan City is built according to the twists and turns of the mountain, bordering the Yellow River in the north, crossing the Phoenix and Qilin Mountains in the south, and between the east-west avenues of the Qin State. There are six gates of the city, and there are two holes in each place, and there are urn cities connected to them. It is said to be a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But it's too close to Hanyaguan...... Originally, Tongguan was built by Cao Cao during the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so the rulers of successive dynasties would choose one key one between the two and give up the other. For the Qin State, Hangu Pass is the real gateway, and it is not surprising that it is ignored here.

But seeing the city wall in disrepair, like the remains of the pre-Qin period, not only weathered, but even cracked with several openings of different depths, Qin Lei was not careful and was stuck, almost to his feet.

However, there is also good news, as a transit station, there are enough food and weapons, and all kinds of equipment to defend the city are also available, which makes Qin Lei add a lot of confidence.

"Order the whole army and the whole city to do everything possible to strengthen and raise the city walls at all costs." Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "Order the special battalion to quickly familiarize yourself with the equipment defending the city and place it in a reasonable place." ”

With his order, the entire Tongguan City was busy, and 50,000 soldiers dragged their tired bodies and worked with the soldiers and people in the pass to dismantle the west wall and transport it to the east to make up for it...... Typical demolition of the west wall and repair of the east wall.

The women carried the cauldron from their houses to the city, and the children and the old people carried bundles of firewood on their backs, and everyone did what they could, without the slightest distraction.

They don't know that this is the gateway to Guanzhong, the barrier of the middle capital, they only know one, this is their home, and they want to protect it.

On the evening of May 15, the outpost of the Qi army arrived outside the city, and in the middle of the night, the army arrived, camped and went down to the village, which was only five miles away from the city, and looked at each other from afar.