Hangu Pass, a famous pass through the ages, the pre-Qin Dynasty relied on this steep pass to resist the eastern countries, so that the country has a stable development opportunity. It is located at the border junction of Hongnong and Luoyang, and it is also the main access road, at this time, there are only two roads between the two places for the army to march, one is to pass Guò here, and the other is in the south, where there is also a Xiongguan called Lu Hun.

It's just that Luhun Pass is located in a remote area, relatively speaking, the road is more difficult, all if you want to enter the middle of the pass from Luoyang, Hangu Pass is the best choice, of course, if you want to enter Luoyang from the east of the pass, this place is also a must.

Zhang Liao is now leading the White Tiger Legion to guard Hongnong, and he has always been safe, but that day he ushered in a group of people in black, and he was quite strange at that time. It wasn't until he saw the face of the person at the head that he was taken aback, because it was none other than the queen of the current Chu State, Xu Shu!

What shocked him even more was that among the people accompanying him, in addition to the attendants, there were also Zhao Yu, Zhu Rong, and Sun Shangxiang.

He was really frightened at the time, his face turned pale instantly, and his first reaction was that something happened in Xiangyang, Wang Xu was in danger, and the purpose of the girls was to ask him to return to the army and serve the king.

Fortunately, Xu Shu knew that he was likely to misunderstand, so she didn't dwell on it, and went straight to the point and explained her intentions.

After knowing the cause and effect, Zhang Liao's heart finally let go, but then it rose infinitely excited, because there was finally a battle! Although Zhang Liao didn't know all the deployments, Xu Shu personally came here with Wang Xu's handwriting, so he just followed the order.

When Wancheng was lost, Zhang He fell into a dilemma and retreated to Bowang. The mighty White Tiger Army. I also arrived outside the Hanya Pass. The fighting spirit is monstrous.

Because of the lesson of losing the land of Guanzhong back then, Zhong Xuan, who was sitting in Luoyang, was not careless, and went to Hangu in person early to be on strict guard. At the same time, he sent a message to Xu Rong, the guard general of Luhun Pass in the south, and asked him to prepare for the battle, and on the other hand, he also hurriedly sent a message to Yecheng and Yingchuan's Xi Zhicai!

Not far from the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the White Tiger Legion, there is a small camp tent where a group of people in black live. Except for Zhang Liao and a few other main generals, almost no one knows the true identity of the master, and the soldiers are all dressed in black and masked on weekdays, and Zhang Liao also forbade any soldiers to approach them.

After inspecting the whole camp, Zhang Liao came to the small camp, and after saluting the girls, he went straight to the topic: "Mastermother, the soldiers are all ready, but I don't know what to do next, and I hope that the master's mother will give advice." ”

Xu Shu had already removed the veil from her face. Beautiful eyes swept over Zhang Liao calmly, but said unhurriedly: "General Zhang just shows his skills." Attacking Hangu Pass is! ”

"Attack?" Zhang Liao was stunned.

"Hmmm! General Zhang let go of the attack, and there is no need to report the transfer of troops and generals! Xu Shu said with certainty.

"This ......," Zhang Liao hesitated. Master, this Hangu Pass is extremely steep, if it is attacked, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take the loss of soldiers! The subordinates think, can they find another way? ”

"It doesn't have to be that way!" Xu Shu waved her hand, showing her graceful beauty. "The king's first order is to let General Zhang attack freely, and the rest will have his own arrangements."

Zhang Liao's face showed some doubts, but after hesitating for a moment, he still chose to obey orders.

"No!"

Exiting the tent, his steps were a little heavy, his brows furrowed, and he thought secretly in his heart.

After a short time, he had returned to his camp, but as soon as he raised his head, he found that Huang Quan and Liao Hua seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

Seeing him come in, Liao Hua got up instantly and hurriedly asked, "General Zhang, what did the mistress say?" ”

Zhang Liao glanced at them and spit out two words flatly: "Attack!" ”

"Assault?" Huang Quan on the side was stunned: "Our White Tiger Legion has a total of 80,000 people, the soldiers of Hangu Pass are well-fed, the city is high and the walls are thick, and there are capable people to defend it, how can it be defeated!" Did the master and mother make a mistake? ”

"Nope!" Zhang Liao was also puzzled, shook his head and said, "The master mother said very clearly, and said that this is the lord's order!" ”

Even Liao Hua, who has always liked to move forward bravely, is a little speechless at this time. "Could it be that the lord intends for us to put pressure on Hangu Pass and drag down the enemy's forces?"

"It's possible, but it doesn't mean much!" Zhang Liao shook his head.

"yes!" Huang Quan sighed and took over: "The army guarding Luoyang and Yingchuan belong to two systems, unless our side has an absolute advantage, otherwise we will not be able to influence the deployment of Cao's army at all, and with the current situation, we definitely don't have much advantage in storming Hangu Pass." ”

After speaking, he thought about it, and before Zhang Liao and Liao Hua could speak, he asked suspiciously: "The last general thinks that this matter needs to be discussed, and the lord's edict only says that we should obey the queen's arrangement, but he has not said that he will attack, and the master mother will not say too much to us this time, and issued a wrong order, and the last general is a little worried......

He didn't finish his sentence, but Zhang Liao and Liao Hua both understood that he was referring to whether there would be other unexpected situations!

For example, Wang Xu was set aside, such as Xu Shu giving orders indiscriminately, such as the struggle for power, such as excluding dissidents, etc.!

From their point of view, these are all possible, and there are lessons from history that have to be embankmentd.

There was a long silence in the tent because of his words!

"If you don't know the details, the queen's order cannot be disrespected!" Zhang Liao finally spoke, as the main general, he must take all the responsibilities and make decisions. "But there are some things that can't be guarded against, the three of us immediately jointly wrote to Xiangyang, reported to the lord, and informed the Taiwei Mansion!"

Huang Quan raised his hand and stroked the short beard of his chin, and said with a solemn face: "This matter is feasible, but this action has taken a long time to come and go, and there are too many variables, if we continue to attack according to the order, I am afraid it will not be a ......."

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "Half Moon, we try to attack Half Moon, if there are still no other changes and explanations, we will stop the attack!" ”

"Very good!" Huang Quan nodded in agreement.

"You decide!" Liao Hua didn't say much.

Although the three of them had great doubts about the attack, they spared no effort to carry out the order, and soon discussed the siege plan.

The next day, Huang Quan led his troops to hold Dazhai, and Zhang Liao and Liao Hua gathered 20,000 soldiers. Go straight to Hangu Pass.

Zhang Liao personally went into battle to call for battle. Didn't get any response. Although Zhong Xuan and Cao Zhen appeared, they had no intention of fighting, and they could attack as much as they could.

This is also expected by the generals, after all, Cao Jun's purpose now is to hold Hangu Pass, and he has a great advantage, so there is no need to play up his weaknesses and avoid his strengths!

The 20,000 soldiers of the White Tiger Legion scolded under the pass for a day, but it had no effect until evening. Only then did the troops return to the camp.

In the next ten days, Zhang Liao and others will use their own means.

Every night, hundreds of light horsemen were sent to carry torches outside the pass to watch the night, as long as they found that the White Tiger Legion was really attacking, they quickly fled, and made the city ready early.

If it is a false drum, they will not be moved. In this way, the soldiers in the pass will feel at ease, even if the drums are shocking. They can also sleep peacefully, because they know that if the enemy army does attack, the night light cavalry outside the city will send the message to the city early.

Seeing this to no avail, Zhang Liao and Huang Quan discussed and began to dig tunnels at the same time, but there are many underground cylinders in Hangu Pass, which are on the inner edge of the city wall, as long as there is a sound underground, then you will hear the sound transmission with your ears close to this kind of cylinder, and you can also judge the approximate location according to the direction of the furnishings and the strength of the sound.

This is a defense method designed by Lu Ban in ancient times, using the principle of solid sound transmission, which is extremely effective, and it is no exception today.

After he found out, he could have waited for the tunnel to be dug almost completely, and then destroyed it by flooding, smoking, poisoning, or even assaulting, but he chose a simpler method and directly told Zhang Liao the location of the tunnel he was digging the next day, and Huang Quan was shocked on the spot and ordered to stop the excavation.

Of course, Zhong Xuan did not do this with a good heart, but did not want to spend a lot of time, digging tunnels always had an impact on the city defense of Hangu Pass, which was likely to affect the stability of the foundation of the city wall, and it would take great effort to fill it in the future, and at the same time, it was also very difficult for his soldiers, and it was necessary to arrange a large number of soldiers and embankments at all times.

On the contrary, for the White Tiger Legion, since the other party has found out, there is no point in continuing, and it is not cost-effective to send them to death in vain.

After that, the earth slope and the city gate were burned, and Zhang Liao and Huang Quan would use all their means, and they were also resolved by Zhong Xuan one by one.

This also made Zhong Xuan, who had been frustrated by the loss of his subordinates, rise again. It can be seen that the initial failure was not due to his poor ability, but just bad luck!

On the tenth day, Zhang Liao gave up and reported the war to Xu Shu again.

It's just that Xu Shu still only has one sentence. "In the matter of attacking the city, General Zhang only needs to do it with all his might, and it is good to succeed, but there is no correction in defeat."

Zhang Liao opened his mouth several times to ask, but it can be seen that Xu Shu had no intention of answering at all, and finally could only swallow it back into his stomach.

Orders, after all, must be carried out, until the last resort, Zhang Liao is not willing to disobey the order, after all, for the current king of Chu, the civil and military are all respectful from the heart.

In the last five days, the general offensive finally began, and without continuing those useless efforts, Zhang Liao personally supervised the battle, the siege equipment was fully activated, and the offensive rushed to Hangu Pass like a tsunami.

This time, Zhong Xuan finally couldn't laugh anymore, and his brows were tightly knit all the time.

The White Tiger Legion's abundant armament, powerful siege equipment, fierce fighting spirit, and powerful attack power made him tremble.

Even in a precipitous place like Hangu Pass, it is also under great pressure, and casualties continue to increase.

Soon after the outbreak of the all-out siege battle, Xu Shu finally left the camp with his entourage and rushed to the mountain stream to watch.

"General Zhang is really a good general in the world! If it weren't for the fact that Cao Jun had Zhong Xuan and others in charge, ordinary people and others, I am afraid that Hangu Pass would have been captured head-on these days. Sun Shangxiang also knew a qiē, and was sincerely impressed at this time.

Xu Shu smiled softly and said gently: "When there are many people today, how can there be no good generals in such an important place!" However, Zhang, Huang and other generals are indeed amazing, they are the real backbone of our Chu State, and you sisters must have more respect when they see them in the future. ”

"Hahaha......" A member of the entourage next to him laughed loudly: "The master's mother is serious, the wisdom of the king and queen of Chu is the basis for the prosperity of the Chu country, no matter how wise and brave the generals are, if they don't use it, can An be able to show their ambitions?" ”

This entourage also showed his face at this time, it was none other than Huangfu Song's nephew, and now as a guard of the forbidden army, the East Palace Guard Order of the Four Davids - Huangfu Li! (To be continued......)