After a whole day of rapid marching, Xiang Zhuang finally met with Pang Yu in the evening, although the combined Chu army surpassed the Han army in terms of strength, but in addition to the more than 2,000 people led by Pang Yu are the elite soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Battalion, Xiang Zhuang brought from Langzhong County are all the Qin family, Tang family and other strong private soldiers of Bashu, and their combat effectiveness is limited.

In the canvas tent temporarily used as the big tent of Pang Yu's Chinese army, Xiang Zhuang was convening the generals to discuss it.

Pang Yu spread out a blank piece of paper on a large stone that was temporarily used as a marching table, and then drew a simple defense map of the Han army of the deputy sword pavilion on the paper, and introduced while drawing: "The Han army is building a fortress at the highest point of the Sword Pavilion Valley Road, although this is only a simple fortress with a wooden structure, but once the Han army is completed, it will be a big trouble." ”

The generals nodded again and again, and Xiang Zhuang also thought that the Sword Pavilion was a one-man pass and a fortress that could not be opened, once the Han army built the fortress, it was basically impossible for the Chu army to conquer it.

After a pause, Pang Yu continued: "In addition, on the cliffs on both sides of the Sword Pavilion, the Han army has also stationed heavy troops, and our army will try to repeat the old tricks, and it is absolutely impossible for surprise soldiers to intercept the back road of the Han army from the cliff, and if our army chooses to attack from the front, then the two Han armies on the cliff will become the biggest threat!" ”

The generals nodded again, the Sword Pavilion Valley Road is narrow and difficult to walk, the cliff is even steeper and difficult to climb, the Han army guarding the cliff only needs to throw down the rolling wood and stones, and the Chu army that is attacking head-on will suffer heavy casualties, not to mention, at the highest point of the Sword Pavilion Valley Road, there is also a simple fortress being built, it seems that the Han army really intends to build the Sword Pavilion into an unbroken Xiongguan?

Madam Qin, who was fortunate enough to attend the meeting, frowned and said in a low voice: "Speaking of which, isn't it impossible for our army to capture the Sword Pavilion again?" ”

"Not necessarily." Tang Channel, "As long as General Huyan can take the trail and go around behind the Han army......"

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said disapprerovitically: "When the king withdrew from the trail, the trail behind the mountain was already known to the Han army, Bai Mo was cautious in his use of troops, and it was impossible to ignore such a trail that might threaten the back road of the Han army, and after this trail was hidden deep in the rock crevices, the Han army only needed to block the rock crevices with boulders, and our army would not be allowed to enter the door." ”

Xiang Zhuang was silent, the reason why he sent Huyan to copy the trail yesterday to intercept the back road of the Han army was because Bai Mo was confronting Pang Yu on the Golden Bull Road at that time, if he knew that Bai Mo had retreated to the Sword Pavilion, then there was no need to do this at all, as Bai Lixian said, Bai Mo was cautious in using his troops, how could he leave such a flaw?

Now, there is no other way but to attack the Sword Pavilion from the front!

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang asked Baili Xian: "Ziliang, when will the main forces of the Heavenly Wolf Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion arrive?" ”

Bai Lixian knelt down and sat up, arched his hand and replied: "Your lord, in two days at most, two battalions of troops will arrive!" ”

"Good!" Xiang Zhuang nodded, and asked Pang Yu again, "Ziang, the Sword Pavilion Fortress that the Han Army is rushing to repair, will it take about a few days to repair?" ”

Pang Yu said: "At least five days!" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded again, and asked Qu Bucai again: "Old Qu, when will the county officials of Hanzhong County be able to complete the assembly?" There are also Han reinforcements from China, when will they not be able to rush to Hanzhong? ”

"This ......" Qu Bucai was stunned when he heard this, and he was speechless.

Although Ebony Cliff has set up a carrier pigeon system, most of it is a one-line link between the branch and the headquarters.

There was no cross-contact between the branches in various places, which caused the intelligence of the Shu Chu army to be unsmooth, because after the details of Guanzhong obtained the information and sent it to Jiangdong with carrier pigeons, the Jiangdong headquarters had to send people to the branch closest to Xiangzhuang, and then the branch was transferred to Xiangzhuang, which was too late in time. …,

Or, the information was finally delivered, but the time has passed and it is worthless.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang frowned, and said to Qu Bucai: "Old Qu, no matter what method is used, no matter how much it costs, we must accurately grasp the movements of the Han army in Hanzhong and Guanzhong as soon as possible!" ”

Whether the Sword Pavilion can be broken or not, and whether Hanzhong can be taken or not, there are two decisive factors.

One is whether the army of Chu at the beginning of Gao Chu and Baili Mao can arrive in time, and the other is whether the reinforcements of the Han State will arrive?

If the army of Chu can break the Sword Pavilion before the reinforcements of the Han State, then even if Liu Bang personally leads the army to come, it will not be able to keep Hanzhong County, because at this time, the Han army has already gone out to the north to conquer the Xiongnu, and the Han army that Liu Bang can bring to Hanzhong is not limited in number, and the combat effectiveness is also limited, how can it be compared with the two elite battalions of Sky Wolf and Tiger Ben?

However, if the Hanzhong county guards completed the assembly before the Chu army broke the Sword Pavilion, or Liu Bang personally led the army to arrive before the fall of the Sword Pavilion, then there was basically no hope of seeking Hanzhong, and no matter how brave and good the Heavenly Wolf Battalion and the Tiger Camp were, it would be impossible to break through the Sword Pavilion guarded by at least 50,000 Han troops!

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang must grasp the movements of the Han army in Hanzhong and Guanzhong as much as possible.

Qu Bucai immediately knelt down and stood up, and said solemnly: "The king can rest assured, the minister will not disgrace his mission!" ”

Ebony Cliff has been operating in Guanzhong and Hanzhong for ten years, and has rolled out a huge network of relationships, and has inextricable links with many powerful families and official eunuchs in the two places, and there is no shortage of pigeon breeders in these families and official eunuchs, with the help of these carrier pigeons, it is entirely possible to transmit information in time.

However, in this way, the possibility of the Ebony Cliff tissue being exposed is greatly increased.

In the final analysis, the intelligence organizations in the world are not only the Wumuya family of the Chu State, but also the vassal states of the Han State, the Qi State, the Liang State and other vassal states also have their own intelligence organizations, in addition to collecting intelligence from enemy countries, these intelligence organizations also shoulder the task of countering the intelligence personnel of the enemy countries, and the strangulation between intelligence personnel of various countries has never stopped.

Mrs. Qin suddenly got up and said to Xiang Zhuang: "King, the Qin family has several industrial estates in Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and they usually rely on carrier pigeons to deliver news. ”

"Thank you, ma'am." Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed when he heard this, and he would not refuse this kind of kindness.

Mrs. Qin smiled, and sat back gently, Tang Tong, who was sitting under Mrs. Qin's head, jumped eyelids, and immediately knelt down and sat up, and said generously: "King, our Tang family also has two estates in Nanzheng, and we usually have carrier pigeons to deliver news, if the king can be trusted, our Tang family is also willing to help." ”

"Of course I can trust it." Xiang Zhuang became more and more overjoyed, and said to Qu Bucai, "Old Qu, this matter is left to you." ”

"The king is at ease." Qu Bucai gave up his hand and said, "Huichen will go to the heads of each family to set up an intelligence network covering Guanzhong, Hanzhong and Bashu as soon as possible to ensure that Hanzhong and Guanzhong are under our overall control!" "With the help of Bashu Haoqiang, and with Xiang Zhuang's permission at any cost, if it is not good, Qu Bucai should really cut himself.

Xiang Zhuang said to Pang Yu again: "Ziang, although the main forces of the two battalions of Tiger Ben and Heavenly Wolf have not yet arrived in front, however, you don't let the Han army of the Sword Pavilion be idle, no matter day or night, you still have to kill him for a while from time to time, even if it is impossible to really succeed in a sneak attack, at least it can't let the Han army build a fortress with peace of mind." ”

"Whoa!" Pang Yu sat up on his knees, bowed his hands, and responded violently. …,

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The mountain trail behind the Sword Pavilion.

After a day and night of long-distance rapid marching, after falling to the death of dozens of soldiers, Hu Yan finally rushed to the mountain behind the Sword Pavilion with two thousand heavenly wolf warriors, and did not find the Han army guards at the exit of the rock crevice, but sent people into the rock crevice to investigate, only to find that the exit of the rock crevice towards the other end of the Sword Pavilion Valley Road had been blocked by the Han army boulders!

Huyan didn't believe in evil, and personally entered the rock crevice to try to push it, but the boulder did not move at all.

When the rock crevice was re-emerged, a small colonel said: "General, the passage is blocked, and you can't get through!" ”

Another junior colonel said: "General, this road is not passable, let's just go over the mountain, right?" ”

Hu Yan looked up at the towering mountains on both sides, and quickly dispelled the idea of going over the mountain, the mountains around the Sword Pavilion are high and dense, the stream is deep and the cliffs are steep, even the local hunters and woodcutters are afraid to enter, if the Chu army enters the mountain, I am afraid that they will not be able to come out again, but they return the same way, but Hu Yan is really unwilling.

After pondering for a while, Huyan summoned more than a dozen Heavenly Wolf Warriors and ordered: "A few of you, go around and see if there are any mountain hunters, if you find them, report them immediately!" "Huyan is not small, this guy also fantasizes about being able to find the mountain people in this lofty mountain, and then the mountain people will take the road of "setting sail and not handing", and directly take a detour to attack Hanzhong.

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Sword Pavilion, fortress construction site.

At the highest point of the valley road, it has become a lively construction site at this time, and 2,000 Hanzhong county soldiers have become people's husbands, and they are moving boulders and timbers up one by one.

Above, the rudiments of a fortress have appeared.

Bai Mo, surrounded by Li Bu, the lieutenant of Hanzhong County, and more than a dozen personal soldiers, was inspecting the construction site.

Looking at the Han soldiers who were busy going back and forth, Bai Mo's eyebrows had an indissoluble worry, and he inspected to the highest part of the construction site, Bai Mo suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Li Budao: "Captain Li, when will the county soldiers of the counties under Hanzhong County be able to complete the assembly?" How many days does it take to open the Sword Pavilion? ”

"This ......," Li Bu said after a moment of silence, "it will take three or five days, right?" ”

Bai Mo frowned, and said with a little displeasure: "Captain Li, three days or five days?" ”

Li Bu looked embarrassed and replied, "The last general thinks that the assembly should be completed in three days, but it will take five days to open the Sword Pavilion. ”

"Five days to open the Sword Pavilion?" Bai Mo heard that the melancholy between his eyebrows became even stronger, and he breathed a sigh of relief at the moment, and said in a quiet voice, "I hope that the king's reinforcements can arrive in time, otherwise, Hanzhong County will not be able to keep it." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )