Wuguan.

Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and is known as the title of "Sanqin Fortress".

In its north, is the lofty Shaoxi Mountain, the south is the Wuguan River, so by the mountains and rivers under the terrain, Qin and Chu in order to fight for the control of Wuguan, experienced several fierce battles, zuihou, Qin with a strong army, captured Wuguan, and then gained the initiative in the war against Chu.

Li Yuan's chariot arrived at Wuguan on 12 February, and he was accompanied by 1,500 brave soldiers carefully selected from various departments, as well as a general of the Qin army who had been absent from the Central Plains for a long time.

Li Zhongxiang, this guy who has become the concubine of the Lou Kingdom, after marrying An Qinglan, his life is very comfortable, but the hotness of the high-nosed and blue-eyed woman in the Western Regions obviously makes him a little unbearable. No, taking the opportunity to meet in Chang'an, Li Zhongxiang followed Li Yuan to Wuguan with a dead face.

"Wuhou, this Gan Yong boy is not here, these arrogant soldiers in the pro-barracks are not under control, it is better to let the last general accompany him, and then look at those thieves and take a look, my Loulan archer is powerful." Li Zhongxiang puffed up his chest proudly, and his eyes showed a look of longing.

Although Loulan is the so-called big country among the 36 countries in the Western Regions, this big is compared with the vast Great Qin, just like the grain of rice is compared with the pearl.

After Li Zhongxiang led the alliance of the 36 regions to defeat the Xiongnu Zuoxianwang tribe, this coalition army composed of many countries was soon disbanded, and only about 2,000 Loulan soldiers were left to merge into his subordinates.

For the Serbs of the Western Regions, the Qin people, like the Huns, belonged to foreign races, and the alliance in times of crisis was only a temporary measure at best, and once the crisis was resolved, the role and status of the Qin people naturally declined.

Li Zhongxiang's eastward entry into Chang'an this time. In fact, the purpose was to persuade Li Yuan to send another new force out of the border, and while consolidating the security of the Hexi Corridor, he would launch a sweeping offensive against the countries of the Western Regions, especially those countries that were still interested in the Xiongnu and had doubts about the strength of the Qin State, and if possible, they would oust all the kings and ministers who were inclined to the Xiongnu from power at any cost.

Regarding Li Zhongxiang's bold proposal, Li Yuan told the truth and was very interested.

The last fierce battle in Hexi, for the Qin and Xiongnu, was just a mutual tentative battle. The Huns did not do their best because of the heavenly sacrifice, and the Qin State was subject to the containment of the vassal states in the Kwantung region, and the troops sent were also insufficient.

To deal with the aggressive attack of the Huns, it is not enough to blindly defend it, you must know that the current border between the Xiongnu and the Qin State starts from the sea in the east to the Yumen Pass in the west, such a long defense line. If the Qin army defends in all aspects, it can only fall into a situation of being passively beaten.

In this competition for survival between nations, the Huns occupied an innate advantage, and they lived without a fixed place and on grass. Even the royal court of Maudun was constantly changing places, and on the side of the Qin State, the fixed towns, the farming people, and the smoky cottages were all immovable.

But. The Huns also had weaknesses.

That is, once they were outflanked, only the women and children and the elderly were left behind, and because of the lack of strong city walls as barriers, they could only watch one steppe tribe after another lose their offspring. Zuihou sadly disappeared into the cruel competition between the desert tribes.

Where is this strange army that can copy the back road of the Huns? Who is the composition and who are the generals who lead the troops? Li Yuan had an idea from the moment he saw Li Zhongxiang.

The plan for the Western Regions was only one of the contents of the conversation between Li Yuan and Li Zhongxiang on the way from Lantian Pass to Wuguan through business Luoyi, and this exchange of views on strategy marked Li Zhongxiang's gradual growth from a general who only knew how to carry out orders to a general who could stand alone.

The experience of life leads to different paths because of different encounters.

Li Zhongxiang's experience of leading the coalition army in battle allowed him to grow up rapidly under heavy pressure, which other Qin generals did not have the opportunity to encounter.

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Seeing the arrival of Li Yuan and Li Zhongxiang's reinforcements, Yan Le was overjoyed.

From the shadows, he learned the news of Lu Pheasant's approach step by step, which made him happy and anxious, happy that Lu Pheasant finally had wings this time, and where was the Qin army guarding Wuguan? Could it be that he only relied on the dozens of intercropping elites under his hands, and a group of county soldiers who only knew how to mess around and didn't know what to do.

"Wuhou, General Li, you are finally here, Jian Zuo has just reported that the woman Lu Pheasant is coming towards Wuguan with the thieves, two days ago, they occupied the outer city of Xicheng, and now the distance from Wuguan will not exceed thirty miles." Yan Leyu reports.

Thirty miles.

In the plain area, it only takes two hours to arrive, but fortunately, in the mountainous area of Hanzhong County, especially in the area of Shaoxi Mountain, there are thirty miles of winding mountain roads, and Lu Pheasant and others carry the looted wealth and other baggage, and they should be thankful that they can walk twenty miles a day.

The Qin army still had one day to prepare, which was enough for an experienced general like Li Zhongxiang, and more importantly, he had full confidence in the pro-army under his command.

The Qin army was on standby.

Between the cracks of the rammed earth walls, the arrows that shimmer with cold light are like blood-devouring ghosts that take people's lives, opening their huge mouths to welcome a round of revelry and feasting.

At this time, Lu Pheasant, Guo Ting, and Zhang Ping, who were immersed in the fact that they were about to break through, did not know anything about the changes in Wuguan, and they hid along the way, and their main energy was spent on how not to be discovered by Zhang Ping's Qin army, and it was not clear whether another Qin army reinforcements had arrived in the direction of Wuguan.

February 13.

The night will be temporarily divided.

More than 3,000 people of Lu Pheasant's army finally reached below the Wuguan Pass.

"General Guo, are your troops ready? This Wuguan is backed by a mountain on one side and a water on the other, it is not easy to take it, back then, the King of Han only defrauded the pass with the advice of the Marquis? Lu Pheasant looked at the majestic mountain of Shaoxi Mountain, and said excitedly.

Danger shows loyalty.

After Liu Bang's defeat, Zhang Liang disappeared from everyone's sight in frustration, and when he was in Jiujiang County, Lu Pheasant also personally went to the ghost valley where Zhang Liang lived in seclusion. Zuihou only invited Zhang Liang's sons Zhang Shizhi and Zhang Budo to go out of the mountain, and as for where Zhang Liang went, even his son didn't know.

Lu Pheasant mentioned Liu Bang and Zhang Liang at this time, in order to use the names of these two people who were kind to Guo Ting in exchange for Guo Ting's support for her bloody battle.

"Madam, you have a good look, it is just a small pass, and Guo only took half an hour to take it." Guo Ting replied confidently and loudly.

An empty space.

What a foot!

Guo Ting's confidence also comes from the sturdiness of the 1,000 soldiers under his command who have been eliminated from the homeless, after a winter of brutal survival, have gone from being farmers and hunters to machines that only know how to kill. And Guo Ting is the one who controls this machine.

"Sons, enter Wuguan, we drink, eat meat, sleep with women, what do you want, kill!" Guo Ting shouted and rushed to the front first.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Guo Tingjun's thieves turned red with red eyes and followed behind Guo Ting. Shouting and shouting. Guo Ting's slogan is so straightforward, it just fits the thoughts of these illiterate rogues, if you use some national righteousness, brotherhood and hatred, these men who play with their lives on the edge of the blade every day will not be so excited.

"Whoosh!"

A sharp arrow with a fierce wind. Shot the flaming red banner behind Guo Ting.

Flag broken!

The falling flag covered the mouth and nose of the flag bearer, making him unable to breathe for a while, and at the same time, his vision was blocked. So much so that they do not react at all to the next approaching arrow.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Arrows rain down on locusts. In the screams, Guo Ting's soldiers almost did not resist, like a downed tree, uprooted, in this wave of arrows, Guo Ting was lucky to avoid a difficulty, just when the flag was broken, with previous experience, they had a premonition that danger was coming.

Regardless of the embarrassment, Guo Ting rolled sideways, and pressed his body tightly behind a soldier who was killed by an arrow, and on the opposite side, the sound of the crossbow of the Qin army, which made him frightened and familiar, was coming continuously, and judging from the neat and orderly voice, the Qin army guarding on the opposite side was definitely a well-trained enemy, not a county soldier.

And what made him even more desperate was that from the analysis of the density of arrows, the number of Qin troops guarding was estimated to be more than a thousand, and this was only the number of crossbowmen.

"Where did this enemy come from, and why are they so fierce?" Just when Guo Ting was surprised, Lu Pheasant, who was in the rear, had already sent someone to deliver the letter.

Pass on.

It was still empty just now, but now there is a pitch-black big silk that is as black as ink, and the two words "Li Wu" embroidered on it are like dazzling light, making Lu Pheasant lose all his liliang in an instant.

"How could it be him, how could it be that he came?" Lu Pheasant muttered to himself.

Li Wu is the banner of Li Yuan, the pro-army of Li Yuan, the god of Qin, and the great military exploits of this pro-army have been preached by all the opponents who are enemies of Qin in this era, of course, opponents like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are mostly talking about Li Yuan, and they briefly mention the strong combat effectiveness of Li Yuan's army.

"Madam, let General Guo withdraw first, otherwise, if you rush up again, you will be a live target." Zhang Ping saw that Lu Pheasant didn't speak for a while, and he was also a little anxious.

"Give General Guo an order, let's retreat first." Lu Pheasant said helplessly.

As a woman, it is not her strong point to lead troops to fight and make judgments like this, she prefers to grind people's psychology, so as to find the opponent's weak point and kill it with one blow. It's a pity that Li Yuan is so cunning that Lu Pheasant can hardly find any flaws.

Ying, this old pious woman is already the only object that Lu Pheasant has found to use after thinking about it a lot, but now, Li Yuan is here in person.

Face the enemy who killed the husband.

Lu Pheasant only felt that his whole body was cold, and he couldn't feel a trace of heat.

Under the pass.

The attack formation of the rogues was extremely scattered, and after a period of chaotic rushing, these rogues retreated helplessly, which made Li Yuan a little helpless for a while.

Let's be honest.

Dealing with a group of rogues with the elite of the elite is itself a move to kill chickens with a knife, Li Yuan's prestige has long been praised by the world in the Qin State, just like the most powerful rogue, and he can't help but tremble when he hears Li Yuan's words.

"The stubborn will be killed, and the descending will not die." Li Zhongxiang abandoned his bow and arrows and shouted at Guo Ting and the others who fled.

"The stubborn will be killed, and the descending will not die." The generals of the Qin army also shouted, and their voices kept transmitting out, echoing in the valley of Shaoxi Mountain.

Who doesn't want to live.

Even the rogues who killed people without blinking an eye were eager to live, especially when they were facing despair, hearing this shout of the Qin army, it was obvious that some of the people in Guo Ting's army were fleeing and paused. (To be continued......)