Zhang Liang didn't wait for Liu Bang and the others to react, and rushed out of the hall first. When Fan Hao saw that there was a battle to fight, he was very happy.

After the two left, Liu Bang hurriedly commanded Xiao He and the others: "Hurry! Xiao He, you prepare grain and grass equipment. Cao Shen, you prepare a backup force. Xiahou Ying, you order 50,000 soldiers and horses, and quickly go to meet with the 20,000 soldiers at Hangu Pass. All the strategies of the battle are listened to by the ovary. ”

When the people received the order, they hurried to do what was ordered.

Zhang Liang and Fan Hao left the Qin Palace and immediately got on two fast horses. All the way non-stop, day and night towards Hangu Pass. As soon as the two arrived at the pass, they saw that Liu Bang's subordinate Zhou Bo was leading his troops to resist the dragon and attack.

Without a moment's hesitation, the two hurried up to the city and into battle.

Zhou Bo was already exhausted after fighting the dragon for two days, but when he saw Fan Hao killed, he immediately had confidence again. After Sergeant Liu Bang desperately defended to the death, he finally repelled the enemy's attack.

As soon as the battle subsided, Zhou Bo ran to Fan Xu's side, and then punched the other party and scolded: "Why the hell did you come." Are you going to collect Lao Tzu's body? ”

As soon as Fan Hao saw Zhou Bo's appearance, he knew that the other party had experienced a hard battle. Hurriedly said: "Brother, don't worry." Pei Gong will soon have a large army come to our aid. ”

As soon as he heard that Fan Hao did not bring the army, Zhou Bo immediately quipped: "You came alone?" Waste my rations? ”

When Fan Xu heard this, he replied: "I'm not alone, I brought one." ”

"Who?" Zhou Bo asked and looked around. When he saw that the other person was Zhang Liang, he immediately rushed forward. In the past, Zhou Bo had also been taught the art of war by Zhang Liang, so he was very familiar with him.

"Zhang Situ, you can make us all miserable. It's okay. Zhou Bo looked very excited.

Zhang Liang smiled slightly, and then said, "Hard work, General Zhou." I didn't expect you to dare to start a war with Xiang Yu's general without Pei Gong's order. Ox X! ”

Zhou Bo heard this. Then he said angrily: "Damn, this dragon is too ugly to speak. Every day, I scolded in front of the pass, and since yesterday, I came to attack the city after scolding. I led my soldiers to defend to the death, even if Pei Gong killed me, I would never let them pass. ”

"Scolding?" Zhang Liang heard the dragon and would come to scold. A disdainful smile tugged at the corners of his mouth. "Can the fuck scold me? Come back tomorrow and let me scold! ”

Fan Hao and Zhou Bo still remember the incident when Zhang Liang scolded the city in Fengyi. The past is vivid, and they are convinced of Zhang Liang's lip service.

While the three of them were discussing how to deal with Xiang Yu's army, Liu Bang's former envoy came to them. "Report to the three adults, Pei Gong has ordered General Xiahou Ying to lead 50,000 soldiers to hurry over. Another order Xiao He to escort grain and grass; Lord Cao Shen is ready to provide backup. An army of 50,000 is estimated to arrive tomorrow evening. ”

Hearing that reinforcements were coming, Zhou Bo immediately had confidence. "It's good to come, look at this posture, Xiahou Ying, this kid is rushing here day and night. Otherwise, it would never have been so fast. ”

Fan Xu also immediately smiled when he heard this: "I think that kid is afraid that he will be late and will not fight." ”

When Zhang Liang learned that Xiahou Ying's troops were about to arrive, he began to think about how to deal with Long Ji's troops. Look at the dead and wounded soldiers above the pass. He couldn't help but sigh softly.

Seeing Zhang Liang sighing, Zhou Bo stepped forward and asked, "Zhang Situ, what's wrong with you?" Why sigh? ”

"I'm heartbroken for these soldiers, obviously the Qin Dynasty has surrendered, but they still have to fight bloodily......" Zhang Liang replied helplessly.

When Zhou Bo heard that Zhang Liang was heartbroken for the soldiers, he hurriedly said: "If you want to blame that Xiang Yu, you will attack us for no reason." See if we're bullies? But then again, Xiang Yu's army is indeed powerful. My defenders are now less than fifteen thousand. The losses of Ke Long's troops were less than three thousand. If we continue like this, we will be in danger. ”

As soon as he heard that the battle loss ratio was five to three, Fan Hao immediately reproached: "Zhou Bo." How did you fight this battle? We are defending the city, and people are attacking the city, and they will lose more than them?! ”

Zhou Bo was helpless at this time. "Can I not know what this battle is about? But the morale of Xiang Yu's troops was very high, and they would die if they attacked the city. Our army has been absent for a long time, after all, there have been few battles along the way. In addition, the soldiers have no intention of fighting at all, so ......"

After listening to Zhou Bo's explanation. Zhang Liang began to think about how to deal with tomorrow's battle, after all, Xiahou Ying's troops would not arrive until evening.

After a long time, Zhang Liang suddenly asked Zhou Bo, "Old Zhou, is there any sulfur here?" “

Zhou Bo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked puzzledly: "Sulfur?" What is it? ”

"I really don't understand this. But someone understands. It is a medicine practitioner. “

As soon as Zhou Bo heard that there was a need for medicine refining, he immediately found a few people in the army who were familiar with medicine refining.

As soon as Zhang Liang saw them, he immediately asked, "Which of you knows such a thing as sulfur?" ”

After listening to Zhang Liang's question, several people glanced at each other, and then shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know. Zhang Liang pondered for a long time, and then said to a few people: "It should be called "Yanghou" when you are alchemizing, it is a yellow powder that can corrode gold and silver. Do you guys have any impressions? “

As soon as Zhang Liang's words fell, a young sergeant replied: "My lord, I don't know about Yanghou." But you said that the kind of thing that can erode gold and silver, I know. My master used to use it, but it was so precious, I heard my master say that he found this kind of thing in the north, and he had never seen it in the Central Plains. ”

"Then does your master still have this thing?" Zhang Liang hurriedly asked.

Seeing Zhang Liang's eagerness, the sergeant hurriedly replied, "Master has been dead for many years, but that kind of thing has been left. ”

As soon as Zhang Liang heard that the other party had this thing, he immediately felt like he had obtained a treasure. "Great, how many do you have?"

"It should be a few pounds. Things are hidden in the villain's house, and the villain's house is not far from here, and you can go back and forth in half a day. ”

Zhang Liang heard that the other party had a few catties of sulfur, and he almost didn't take his breath. He hurriedly asked Fan Xu to take two sergeants home with each other to fetch the things. Fan Hao knew that Zhang Liang had a countermeasure, so he didn't ask much, and set off with the sergeant.

Looking at the remaining few sergeants who could refine medicine, Zhang Liang instructed again: "You should go to the back kitchen and the latrine now, and dig up the soil there, the more the better." After digging, set up a large pot to steam the soil with water, and keep burning it all the time. Until a white object forms on the side of the pot, you remove it and grind it into powder for me. I want about ten pounds. ”

After instructing the sergeant, Zhang Liang turned to Zhou Bo and said, "General Zhou bothers you to send someone to find some charcoal and grind it into powder, I need about twenty catties." Find me some jars that can be sealed, and I'll be of great use." ”

Zhou Bo didn't know what Zhang Liang was going to do until this time. But he believed in the other side.

After Zhang Liang arranged everything, he came to the pass and gathered all the sergeants together. When the vivid faces appeared in front of him, he began another speech in his life.

"Guys, I know you don't want to fight anymore. You want to return to your home. But Xiang Yu didn't agree, he sent Longhe to attack us, wanting to destroy us. You may not know that Xiang Yu has sent a letter saying that even if we surrender, we will slaughter the soldiers and civilians in the Guannei!! I want to ask you, what's behind you? Is it the State of Qin? Is it the State of Chu? Is it the Seven Kingdoms?! Neither! Behind you are your homes, your parents, your brothers, your wives and daughters. If you give up your resistance, do you want them to defend themselves with sharp blades? I can tell you that Pei Gong's reinforcements will arrive tomorrow evening, and as long as we survive tomorrow's enemy attack, we can fight back! And I swear to you with my life, we will definitely win Long Ji, and only by winning Long Ji can we force Xiang Yu to accept our conditions and protect our family! Are you willing to fight with me?! “

Most of the sergeants knew Zhang Liang and knew that he was the feared butcher of the Qin army. For his oath, everyone chose to believe it, because he is a flag, a symbol!

After a few moments, all the sergeants were in high spirits and shouted, "Defeat the dragon!" Defeat the dragon!! ”

All the sergeants were like tigers coming out of the gate, all of them were in high spirits, and their shouts echoed throughout Hangu Pass......

About midnight, Fan Hao had already brought back the things he needed, and after Zhang Liang checked it, he was sure that it was the sulfur powder he needed. At the same time, Zhou Bo also prepared the things that Zhang Liang needed.

Finally, Zhang Liang went to the sergeant in charge of steaming the soil, and found that their work had also been effective, and there were already some light white particles on the side of the pot.

It was only at this time that Fan Xu asked him, "Ovary, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Liang felt that there was no longer any need to hide it, so he replied to him: "I have learned a recipe, using that sulfur powder plus charcoal powder, plus this white thing called saltpeter powder, you can make a thing called gunpowder, it is very powerful, it can kill many people in an instant, as long as I succeed." I'll send Long Ji's troops to the Netherworld!! ”

Faced with what Zhang Liang said was like a book from heaven, Fan Hao and Zhou Bo were confused. But they believe in Zhang Liang.

By midnight, the saltpeter powder that Zhang Liang needed had been delivered one after another. Zhang Liang hurriedly found Zhou Bo and Fan Xu. "Lao Fan, Lao Zhou! I'm going to make gunpowder, and if I don't make it in time, I hope you'll hold on until the evening. As long as we wait until Xiahou Ying's troops arrive, we can delay for a little longer, and once my gunpowder succeeds, I will even reimburse Xiang Yu's 400,000 troops!! ”

After Fan Hao and Zhou Bo heard this, they immediately replied: "You just have to do your business with peace of mind, don't say it's Long Ji, even if Xiang Yu is here, we will take it for you!" Until you succeed! ”

Late at night, in addition to the sergeants on patrol and the sergeants who were busy making saltpeter powder, only Zhang Liang was still working alone. There was silence in the pass, except for Zhang Liang's muttering like a spell: "Three grams of saltpeter powder, two grams of sulfur powder, and four grams of charcoal powder!" Damn, I forgot to convert, one catty in the Qin Dynasty is equal to two hundred and fifty-three grams ......" (to be continued.) )