Poor Hangu Guan Qiangu, still a person in a spring boudoir dream.

Hangu Pass.

The melting winter snow flows into a stream, pumping into the lush roots of plants at the bottom of the valley, and in the depths of the vigorous vines and grasses are skeletons that have been corrupted into white bones, silently whimpering about the tragic history of the past.

The six countries of Kwantung attacked Qin, no less than ten times before and after, each time in front of the Hangu Pass was blocked in the way, in the depths of the pass in front of the pass, piles of broken cars have been covered by the wild grass, the thatch in winter was blown by the cold northwest wind and fell down, and then revealed a section of the weathered soldier's bones.

After more than ten years of silence, Hangu Pass once again became an important node in determining the fate of the Qin State because of Li Yuan's westward expedition.

The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years.

Hangu Pass is the place where the generals of the Qin State became famous, and it is the place where the heroes of the Kwantung region collapsed. Yan Yi, a veteran of the Qin army guarding Hangu Pass, was nearly sixty years old, and was activated as the Hangu Pass Order three times, originally according to his advanced age, he should have been recuperating at home for many years, but after Zhou Wenjun broke through Hangu, Zhao Gao, who gradually felt the threat from Kwantung, used Yan Yi again, the purpose was mainly two aspects, one was to prevent the princes of Kwantung from entering the pass, and the other was to prevent Li You's troops in Sanchuan County.

Yan family in Shanxi Anyi area belongs to the big surname, tracing back to Yan Yi's ancestors, can be traced to the source of King Wen of Zhou's elder brother Taibo, according to legend, after King Wu ascended the throne, Taibo's great-grandson Zhongyi was sealed in Yan Township, since then Zhongyi's descendants have taken Yan as their surname. When he was appointed as the commander of Hangu Pass for the first time, he was still in the twenty-third year of the first emperor, and Yan Yi was forty years old, and he was in the prime of life, and he also rejoiced and longed for it, hoping that he could be like the famous generals Bai Qi and Wang Jian in the history of the Qin State, and achieve supreme military feats on the battlefield, and accept the worship of thousands of soldiers under the halo of killing and glory.

It's a pity that with the completion of the great cause of the unification of the Qin State, there has been no war in Hangu Pass for a long time. The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. When the physical pain and lack of energy hit him, Yan Yi felt that he was slowly aging year after year, and his ambition gradually receded with the gray beard under his chin.

In the past few months, east of Hangu Pass, there were frequent wars, and Yan Yi also knew that the battle situation was not optimistic from the news and the spread of the past soldiers, so he seconded a crossbow of 200 people to his grandson, Xianyang Ling Yan Le, to strengthen the defensive strength in front of the pass.

As long as he could hold the pass, as long as he did not let the rebellion in the eastern part of the country spread to the pass, Yan Yi was already very satisfied, and at this time, he did not know that less than fifty miles away from Hangu, there was an army marching towards Hangu Pass.

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February 11.

Li Yuan's army arrived at Michi, which was only 30 miles away from Hangu Pass, and after a long march, the 6,000 Li Yuan's soldiers had tired faces but were still in high spirits.

Luo Jia's 1,000 cavalry was the vanguard of this western expedition, behind the cavalry, Li Yuan led the Chinese army, Jiang Yu to supervise the rear, the whole army with a rapid march attitude from Luoyang to Mianchi, it took only one day and one night.

The same day, in the morning.

After burying the pot and cooking and having a full meal, Li Yuan and the soldiers of the whole army held a swearing-in meeting, which was a mobilization meeting of Li Yuan's army in the real sense, and it was also the first army formation ceremony of this ragtag armed force composed of soldiers from Sanchuan County, officials from various counties, and recruited young and strong.

Standing on the high slope, Li Yuan straightened his body and swept his gaze from the black and oppressive soldier formation one by one, in the front of the military formation, Luo Jia, Li Bi, Cao Xin, Jiang Yu and other Li Yuan military generals cast reverent eyes at Li Yuan, and the six thousand soldiers stood silently, only the whistling wind was hissing in their ears.

Flags are rolled up, and guns and halberds are numerous.

A strong sense of pride rose in Li Yuan's chest, which made him suddenly feel a domineering spirit of having a heavy responsibility on his shoulders and giving up his own hands.

"Michi is a place of hegemony, two hundred years ago, the Duke of Jin Wen became the overlord of the princes here, and a hundred years ago, the iron cavalry of my Great Qin broke through the 100,000 army of Korea here. Today, we are here to swear to go west, to rejuvenate our Great Qin, to eliminate treacherous evils, to clean up the dynasty, and to return the people of Great Qin to a strict and orderly country with moderate rewards and punishments. Li Yuan said loudly.

The long curtain of history appeared one by one in front of Li Yuan, at this moment, he was no longer a traversal with the thoughts and souls of later generations, but was really a Qin army general who lived in the era of war and chaos in the Qin State.

"Great Qin, Great Qin!" The soldiers of Li Yuanjun, who were inspired by Li Yuan's passionate words, shouted loudly, their expressions were fierce, and their eyes showed a fanatical look.

In the past two years, the spirit of the soldiers of the Qin State has been consumed by repeated defeats, they are eager to be like the first emperor when he was alive, the army is invincible, and their hearts have a deep hatred for the corruption and degeneration of the imperial court, and they are longing for an outlet, a powerful hero can stand up, lead them to kill the traitorous party, and uphold the dynasty.

"This expedition to the west, thousands of miles of mountains, dangers, we have to face, is the treacherous minister Zhao Gao who can point to the deer as a horse, weaving panic, is those former colleagues who were deceived and forced to fight with us, we have nothing to rely on except ourselves, except for our companions, we have nothing to lose except a blood and a life, we will be isolated, we will become sinners who rebel and rebel, warriors, are you ready?" Li Yuan continued, at this moment, these words, as if he had been suffocating in his heart for a long time, and finally burst out today, in the face of the soldiers who handed over their lives, he no longer needed to think through his brain, and he didn't need to think about what he could say and what he couldn't say.

"No!"

The sound of the whole army like thunder and drums echoed through the mountains and fields, Li Yuan's words were deeply embedded in the hearts of the soldiers, what if there were no reinforcements, this way to fight hard, when there were reinforcements, the only time the border army came to help, and took Xingyang to seize the foundation of their own army, such reinforcements are not needed. What about becoming a sinner, in this turbulent and turbulent world, as long as anyone with eyes can see that if the Qin State continues like this, it will already be at the end of the road, and there is no cure. Since there is no way out, then why give it a go.

"Zhu Zhao Gao, Qingjun side!" Luo Jia raised his arms and shouted, beside him, was the same young Li Bi, these two young generals only had a simple record in history, and now, they are following Li Yuan and are creating their own different life journey.

"Sacrifice your body, go to the country, and die!" Like a surging torrent, the 6,000 soldiers embarked on an unprecedented military adventure under the leadership of a young man named Li Yuan in Mianchi, a place that was still cold in early spring.

If they win, they are the heroes of the revival of Great Qin; If they fail, they are criminals of rebellion.

Heroes and criminals are only in the thought of the soldiers' conquest.

Stepping on the misty grass and dew in the early morning, one team after another of Li Yuanjun's officers and soldiers embarked on an unknown journey in the call of the generals, they were brave and fearless, their blood was surging, they hummed war songs, and rushed to the battlefield that was about to be torn apart.