When Xiang Zhuang rode his horse into Hangu Pass under the swarm of Wei Yu and Wu She, the sky was already bright.

Wei Yu patted the broken gate of Hangu Pass, and said with emotion: "General, Hangu Pass is a great thing in the world, but after all, I still let Da Chu take it down, hehehe." ”

Wu Shi also slammed the festival and praised: "I am a big Chu iron armor, there is no Xiongguan that cannot be broken!" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, then turned over and dismounted, and stepped on the juncture step by step along the horse road.

Walking all the way up along the horse road, I saw that there were corpses lying on the ground all around, most of them were from the Han army, but there were also many corpses of the dead soldiers of the Chu army, especially when Xiang Zhuang stepped on the city, he saw Gongsun Sui with a vultures on the gate at a glance, although Gongsun Sui was already angry, but his eyes were wide open, and the corpse did not fall.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help sighing, he didn't want Gongsun Sui to die here.

Gongsun Sui was originally a small colonel under Xiao Gongjiao's account, brave and good at fighting, good at martial arts, Xiang Zhuang still remembers the scene when Gongsun Sui and more than 50 Chu soldiers were rescued, but he never thought about it, but today he is folded here.

In addition to Gongsun Sui, the Xiandeng camp also suffered heavy casualties, at least 200 people were killed in battle, and more than 100 people were seriously injured!

Except for the first camp, the casualties in the trapped camp were relatively small, and there was no casualty in the Fufeng battalion.

Jin Xiang came to Xiang Zhuang dejectedly, and said ashamedly: "General, Jin Xiang is useless, he failed to save the life of Brother Gongsun, please take responsibility early." ”

"Silly boy." Xiang Zhuang patted Jin Xiang's shoulder and sighed, "How can I blame you for this?" ”

After saying this, Xiang Zhuang looked around at the soldiers of the Chu army standing solemnly, raised his arms and shouted: "As a soldier, Gongsun Sui was able to die on the battlefield and be shrouded in horse leather, that is his honor!" And all the fallen soldiers, this is also their honor! How honored it is for them to be able to die on the battlefield and die on the Hangu Pass?! ”

Xiang Zhuang's loud voice spread all over the wall with the cold morning breeze.

In order to take Hangu Pass, the Chu army paid a high price, and the casualties of 20,000 recruits were especially heavy!

However, compared with the casualty figures, what is even more lame is the morale and morale of the 20,000 recruits, the battle of Hangu Pass, the 20,000 recruits almost have to face double killings before and after, forward, killed by the Han army, and retreated, they were slashed by veterans! Therefore, although Hangu Pass was captured, the remaining more than 10,000 recruits seemed to show signs of instability.

The top priority at the moment is to resolve the grievances in the hearts of these more than 10,000 recruits and rebuild the morale of the army!

Xiang Zhuang roared, and the recruits and soldiers who were closing the gate and cleaning up the battlefield raised their heads one after another, but they all looked indifferent, and it could be seen that the grievances in the hearts of the recruits and soldiers were still very heavy.

Xiang Zhuang took a breath and yelled again: "People, after all, they are going to die!" ”

"Even if it is the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Yao Shunyu soup, didn't it turn into a cup of loess in the end?"

"You, you, and you, will one day die on the battlefield and turn into a cup of loess!"

"But I want to tell you, as long as you die well, death is not as terrible as you imagined."

"What does it mean to die well? Even if you die, but the title you earned by your military exploits, and the reward you got in exchange for the head of the enemy's army, let your wives and children buy land, have food and clothing, and live a good life without worrying about food and clothing. ”

Whether it was a veteran or a new soldier, they all nodded silently when they heard this.

What do you want to do when you are a soldier? In addition to eating together, don't you just want to be a wife?

Although many soldiers are still alone, as long as they earn military merits and have a knighthood, are they afraid that they will not find a lovely little lady and will not be able to give birth to ten or eight sons?

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang turned his head and shouted: "Where is Wu Shi? ”

Wu Shi hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "Wu Shi is here." ”

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said loudly: "Register the names of all the soldiers, whether they are alive or have died in battle, they will all be promoted to the first level!" Xiang Zhuang's promise was actually just a blank check, because now he had neither land nor grain income, and he promised the title but could not give Lu rice at all.

However, no one doubted Xiang Zhuang's promise, because the ancients were very faithful.

Especially for a person as powerful as Xiang Zhuang, if he openly does something untrustworthy, he will inevitably be spurned by the whole world! Therefore, whether it is a veteran or a new soldier, they are willing to believe that when the Chu army returns to Jiangdong, Xiang Zhuang will definitely fulfill his promise and will definitely reward them with a real title!

After hearing Xiang Zhuang's promise, all the soldiers were excited!

Especially those veterans of the Chu Army, there are many of them who have already obtained the fourth-level "no more" title!

Once you get the title of no change, it means that you can be exempted from changing the pawn, that is, you can retire at any time, and you don't have to work the battlefield to earn military merits! Of course, at this stage, even if the veterans of the Chu army have obtained the title of no change, they still have to serve in the army, and in the final analysis, Xiang Zhuang does not even have a piece of land now.

In less than an instant, more and more recruits gathered at the pass.

The recruits relayed that Xiang Zhuang's promise soon spread throughout the army, and under the encouragement of military merits and the temptation of the title, the resentment in the hearts of the recruits and soldiers finally disappeared.

Behind Xiang Zhuang, Wei Yi couldn't help but quietly bow his head.

is worthy of being a general, and he hit the nail on the head at once!

However, Xiang Zhuang's purpose is not only this, the military merit and title are only to deal with the military heart of the recruits, but the morale problem is still not dealt with, after the iron and blood baptism of the battle of Hangu Pass, the remaining more than 10,000 recruits are almost all elite, but they are now demoralized, no fighting spirit, Xiang Zhuang has to find a way to stimulate their fighting spirit.

It's hard to say that it's hard to motivate these recruits, but it's easy to say it.

Just try to arouse the ** of the recruits, arouse their desire to burn and kill the captives, and they will immediately turn into a group of bloodthirsty beasts, and they will immediately be full of blood and fighting spirit!

It's just that the people of Guanzhong are about to suffer an unprecedented catastrophe.

Xiang Zhuang didn't care about these anymore, and besides, he originally planned to destroy Liu Bang's Guanzhong foundation! Now that the matter is coming, how can you be soft-hearted? It's really so-called, the amount is not a gentleman, the non-toxic is not a husband, the heart is not ruthless enough, and the hands are not black enough, how can he fight Liu Bang, a scoundrel who can push his own son out of the car and flee for his life?

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang didn't hesitate anymore, jumped on the women's wall at the moment, and then raised his arms and shouted: "Warriors of Da Chu, tell me, are you hungry, do you want to eat meat?" ”

"Yes!" The veterans of the Chu army above and below the wall responded violently.

"Do you want to drink?" Xiang Zhuang spoke sharply and roared again.

"Yes!" This time, all the recruits who heard the questioning also responded with a bang, and then the recruits on the periphery also roared hysterically.

"Do you want to sleep with a little girl?" Xiang Zhuang roared angrily with his neck again.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Whether it is a veteran or a new recruit, this time they all responded in unison.

Although the veterans are gearing up, the recruits are also ready to move, and they can't wait.

Xiang Zhuang pulled out his horizontal knife and pointed to the direction of Xianyang in the west with the tip of the knife, and then roared hoarsely: "Then what are you fucking stupid standing here for?" Along this gallop road to the west is Xianyang, Xianyang City has meat, wine, and thousands of little girls, into Xianyang, wine, meat, and little girls are all yours! ”

Xiang Zhuang's words are like water droplets falling into an oil pot, closing it and turning it off and boiling in an instant.

"Let's go, go with the old man, kill into Xianyang City, drink wine and eat meat, and sleep with the little lady!"

"Hahaha, listen to the damn listen, the old man of wine and meat in Xianyang City is going to be decided!"

"Rabbit cubs, cheer up the old man, enter Xianyang City, grab money, food, and little girls!"

Looking at the beast blood boiling pseudo-recruit veterans under the gate, Xiang Zhuang felt cold in his heart, so he quietly moved forward with the horizontal knife in his hand.3 Tens of thousands of recruits and veterans were like a flood that broke the embankment, overflowed through Hangu Pass, and swarmed along the straight and spacious gallop road towards Xianyang, which was four hundred miles away

Xianyang was originally the capital of the Great Qin Empire.

At the end of Qin, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu entered the customs one after another, Liu Bang listened to Xiao He and Zhang Liang's advice, and almost did not move an inch of Xianyang City, but Xiang Yu did not follow the advice of his father Fan Zeng, and almost burned the entire Xianyang with a fire, but now, under the painstaking operation of Xiao He, the prime minister of the Han State, Xianyang has restored its former prosperity.

Xiao He even built a lot of construction and built Changle Palace on the basis of the Qin Palace.

A few days ago, the magnificent Changle Palace was finally completed, and Xiao He was accompanying Queen Lu Pheasant and the ten-year-old prince Liu Ying to inspect the entire palace.

Looking at the layers of palace buildings, Lu Pheasant said to Xiao He as he walked: "Prime Minister, there are only a few wives and concubines of the king, and there are only six or seven children, and a dozen people live in such a big palace, isn't it too lonely?" ”

To be honest, this will make Lu Pheasant's mood quite contradictory, on the one hand, she also wants to live in, such a big palace will definitely be very comfortable to live in, but the problem is, once you really live in Changle Palace, there will definitely be many palace maids who serve the Han King, the Han King is originally very lustful, and when the time comes, won't it be ** bee into the ten thousand flowers?

Lu Pheasant has just turned forty, which is the age of a wolf and a tiger, and she doesn't want to be left alone.

Xiao He naturally knew Lu Yan's thoughts, and he had nothing to say at the moment, so he casually prevaricated.

Lu Pheasant sighed and said again: "Prime Minister, I heard that there is a trace of the rebels outside Hangu Pass?" I don't know where this rebel army came from, why hasn't my eldest brother heard from me yet? ”

Lu Tan's voice fell, and a small official suddenly caught up with him out of breath.

The little official under the door saw Xiao He from a distance, and before he could see the ceremony, he shouted loudly: "Prime Minister, the king is in a hurry!" ”

Because the galloping road through Hangu Pass was blocked, the messenger sent by Liu Bang had to make a detour through Nanyang County, passing through Qishan from a small road, passing through Wuguan, and walking day and night for five days and six nights, and finally arrived in Xianyang.