Chapter Ninety-Nine: The End of Hangu Blood
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Such a situation can be regarded as more of a helplessness for the coalition officers and soldiers who have been blocked on the front line of the theater of operations.
There were less than 10,000 of them, and it would be difficult for them to retreat in such a situation, unless they could confidently rush through the increasingly burning fire. But such a thing is impossible.
At the same time, the coalition forces on the east side of the fire could not rush over.
Perhaps it won't be long before the fire is extinguished. But after seeing such a situation, Huan Feng quickly exerted his ability as an excellent general:
"Don't miss the opportunity, let the brothers in the city quickly destroy the enemy army!"
Huan Feng's order is certainly a bit difficult for a strong man, but many people, including Li Zuoche, who are more officers and officials who are watching the battle, do not think that there is anything wrong with Huan Feng's order. Because if Huan Feng didn't even know how to beat the water dogs, then he would not have become a famous general of the Qin army with heavy troops during the period of the First Emperor.
Maybe in terms of qualifications, Huan Feng may not be able to compare with Zhang Han, but in terms of prestige in the army and some other circumstances, even Zhang Han, who has more than 200,000 elite Qin troops, cannot compare with the other party.
Prestige is more of a manifestation of personal ability and the accumulation of meritorious deeds.
This is like Zhang Jiashi, although he was born poor, but after the Battle of Yongdu, rumors about Zhang Jiashi in this regard really began to circulate in the Great Qin Empire.
Later, the Battle of the Great Wall and the Battle of the Korean Conquest of Jizi were more of a spread among the forces of the Liaodong Army or some nearby forces, but it is undeniable that the victory of these wars established Zhang Jiashi's current status.
No soldier really wants to fight with a losing fool because they want to win, and they don't want to be killed by an incompetent general.
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The battle on the city wall soon showed a picture of the coalition officers and soldiers being continuously reinforced, and the Qin officers and soldiers who replaced the battle were pushed back to the position where they had climbed the wall.
Under the wall, many coalition officers and men have lost their will to fight. After all, many people are not stupid, although they do not know and have not experienced real military training, it does not mean that they will not see that their situation is dangerous.
The screams on the city walls gradually reached their ears, and these coalition officers and soldiers wanted to live more than be killed.
Of course, in such a situation, it is not what they want.
Because Li Zuoche's situation on the front line was relatively safe, under the escort of several guards, he followed Huan Feng to climb the wall of Hangu Pass.
When he saw the corpses of officers and soldiers on both sides in the middle of the wall, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At this point, he knew very well that the offensive launched by the coalition forces could be regarded as being repelled by them.
It doesn't matter if the coalition will make a comeback, what matters is how they will reorganize their defenses.
After all, they can't lead what these enemy troops should do, if they have such a ability, do they need these officers and soldiers to pay a very heavy price, and even use countless lives to stop the enemy's offensive?
It's just that Li Zuoche, who was constantly moving forward, hurriedly asked Huan Feng after smelling some stench coming from the battlefield: "General Huan!
After hearing Li Zuoche's words, Huan Feng thought for a while and nodded lightly: "It seems that this is the case, the other party has never sent someone to communicate with us about this situation." ”
Hearing this, Li Zuoche's face couldn't help but change drastically: "Oh no! I don't know where the camp with the most wounded in the neighborhood is, I have something to confirm." ”
Seeing Li Zuoche's pale face, although Huan Feng didn't quite understand what was going on, Huan Feng didn't think that Li Zuoche did it was meaningless.
He hurriedly called for a 500 lord who followed him: "You take Mr. Li to the camp in the west to have a look." ”
"Whoa!"
Although the five hundred lord didn't know what was going on, he didn't resist, but he clasped his fists at Li Zuoche and said, "Mr. Li, please follow me." ”
"I'm tired. ”
After Li Zuoche returned the salute, he quickly followed behind the five hundred lords and walked towards the bottom of Hangu Pass.
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About ten minutes later, Li Zuoche, under the leadership of the five hundred lords, rode his horse to this camp.
After Li Zuoche entered several camp tents and observed the situation of some wounded, his face became more and more pale.
Because as he thought, these wounded were not only wounded, but also some officers and soldiers were seriously ill.
Li Zuoche gritted his teeth and directly ordered the five hundred lords: "You immediately tell General Huan and ask him to send some sturdy soldiers over to assist this officer in handling some things." ”
The five hundred lords looked at Li Zuoche in confusion, but under Li Zuoche's urging again, he left the camp with doubts.
Li Zuoche, who did not stay in place, was in a worse mood after inspecting several camps again.
It's no wonder that Li Zuoche has changed so much, for him, although he doesn't understand what role Zhang Jiashi has in the training of the Liaodong Army, the corresponding training has a role. But there is one thing that cannot be denied, that is, Li Zuoche knows one thing very well, that is, the stench of rotting corpses he smelled on Hangu Pass obviously means one thing, that is, the battlefield has become a dangerous area for the living not to enter.
He doesn't have the epidemic prevention knowledge that Zhang Jiashi knows from later generations, but it doesn't mean that Li Zuoche doesn't know what the situation is. After all, Li Zuoche is Li Mu's grandson, and he can see the relevant records when he learns some of the leading experiences handed down by Li Mu.
For example, ethnic groups like the Xiongnu and Donghu will pollute water sources with some rotting corpses when the war is unfavorable.
This kind of polluted water source must not be drunk, otherwise it will bring serious consequences.
Such a situation made Li Zuoche know a lot of things that he had not even touched on.
And Li Zuoche's understanding can be regarded as a great favor to Zhang Jiashi in a sense. After all, if Li Zuoche hadn't realized such a situation in this situation, then Zhang Jiashi's casualty reports in the next period of time would probably not be about 20,000 people, but more or even geometric multiples of population losses.
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After knowing Li Zuoche's request, Huan Feng didn't think too much, after all, Huan Feng didn't think that Li Zuoche was an incompetent person, on the contrary, the person who could be trusted by Zhang Jiashi, the other party was indeed quite capable.
Even he had heard before that Nguyen Ong Thao, who was a brave and unscrupulous reckless man, had in fact gradually become a passing commander.
He then quickly mobilized a group of officers and soldiers who were ready to go up to the wall to support the battle, and under the leadership of the five hundred lords, he quickly changed direction and went to the camp.
If the battle is in full swing, Huan Feng will still give priority to the battlefield situation, but in this situation where they have the initiative again, Huan Feng can also know one thing, that is, these supporting officers and soldiers seem to be going to the places where they are needed more.
This is also a gesture of favor by Huan Feng to Li Zuoche. After all, Huan Feng knew very well, and he also heard what some of his family members near Xianyang had heard. Especially after Gao Jian captured a large number of Great Qin Ying surnamed Zhao clans, including Ying Ziying, Huan Feng knew very well that Zhang Jiashi might be the next monarch of the Great Qin Empire.
He didn't have much loyalty to the clan surnamed Zhao. His allegiance was only to the Great Qin Empire, and to the deceased First Emperor Yingzheng.
He didn't have any resistance to Zhang Jiashi becoming the new king. First, it was because he had contact with Zhang Jiashi before, and he felt very good about Zhang Jiashi, and secondly, he believed that Yingzheng, his friend Fusu, and even some people he respected were not wrong.
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No one knows that after the death of the First Emperor, a man dressed as a swordsman came to his mansion late at night.
This person Huan Feng knew, and even a few years ago, he fought with the other party.
"Lu Goujian, what are you doing in this place?"
"Captain Huan, I am entrusted by someone, I hope you can take a look at a book. ”
This swordsman, known as Lu Goujian, took out a bamboo slip from his linen robe.
The above content was written to him by a person who Huan Feng had never thought of himself.
"How is this possible? If so, why would he sit idly by and watch his sons end up like this?"
After reading this book, Huan Feng said this sentence that showed that he himself was unbelievable.
Lu Goujian shook his head: "Don't ask me about this, if it weren't for the fact that I still owed the other party a favor back then, I wouldn't be like Gai Nie and help you Qin people do things." ”
Although Lu Goujian did not hate the Qin State, because of Jing Ke's ending, he did not have a good impression of the Great Qin Empire.
He didn't understand why Gai Nie would devote himself to the Shang Jun camp, after all, with Gai Nie's swordsmanship, even if Gai Nie was allowed to face hundreds of fully equipped Qin army elites, even if Gai Nie couldn't beat them, these Qin officers and soldiers would not be able to leave each other.
The Qin people are not without masters, but Zhao Gao, who is known as the first master of Great Qin, and Meng Tian, the fierce general of the first military of Great Qin, even if they join forces, they dare not say that they can solve each other without being hit hard by Gai Nie's counterattack.
So Lu Goujian didn't believe that Gai Nie would be willing to help the Qin people. But he also understands that although there is a certain friendship between Gai Nie and Jing Ke, the relationship is not very good. After all, with Jing Ke's temperament, Gai Nie is not very accustomed to the other party.
Gai Nie went to Jing Ke once before Jing Ke entered Xianyang Palace, and Lu Goujian knew this. At the same time, Jing Wuji has now gone to Liaodong and lives with a married man, Lu Goujian has naturally heard about it.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with that. After all, Jing Wuji is a girl, so she has to marry and have children......
Although the other party doesn't sound very good, but the other party can command a large army to fight at the age of a weak crown, how many people can compare with this ability among the young talents in the world?
Therefore, he didn't wonder if the person who asked him to deliver the letter really regarded the other party as his son.
However, he still had to hear Huan Feng's statement before leaving: "Huan Weiwei, you still say a result, so that I can reply to the other party." ”
Huan Feng heard such a sentence, and after being silent for a while, he said: "If it is really as that person thinks, Huan should help him!"
"It's time for the despicable man to take his leave. ”
"Don't send it!"
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At this time, Huan Feng raised his head to look at the black smoke that was gradually drifting in the distance above him, and muttered to himself: "Mr. Meng, what I promised you, Huan Mou will not break his word and fatten himself!"
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At the same time as Li Zuoche was waiting for the personnel sent by Huan Feng, in the area near the western part of Cuihan Road, many coalition officers and soldiers who were preparing to go to the front line to fight fell on the road to the front line one after another.
Further east, in the coalition barracks, the situation was even worse.
Not only a large number of officers and soldiers inside the camp showed symptoms of various epidemics, but even civilian officials, including Fan Zeng, and even some middle-level officers and professionals who were wounded, showed corresponding symptoms.
If Zhang Jiashi were in this place, he would have clearly found a situation, that is, these people had been infected with plague bacillus and began to show symptoms of plague.
In fact, Zhang Jiashi's understanding of the plague is not detailed. Plague is rarely directly airborne at first, but once there is a transition, such as a patient with bubonic plague in the lungs and symptoms of pneumonia, it will evolve into the real "Black Death", the pneumonic plague.
In the case of the coalition camps, a considerable number of plague patients have been infected with pneumonia, and if this situation occurs without immediate and effective isolation measures as the basis for the next response, then the problem will become very serious.
Soon, perhaps most of the coalition officers and soldiers themselves were already quite tired and weak, or their wounds had been transmitted by contact with plague patients, and more and more coalition officers and soldiers collapsed.
They did not die immediately, but many of them lay on the ground and groaned.
Some officers and soldiers tried to lift their robes that had fallen to the ground, but they did not expect one thing, and that was because of this, many of them did not live to see their family members who might have died.
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Xiang Yu has not received any news about the situation in the coalition camp, but now Xiang Yu is not in a relaxed mood, that is, after Fan Zeng suddenly fell, he quickly became seriously ill.
Xiang Yu took Xiang Zhuang, who had to hang his head and follow behind him, into Fan Zeng's tent.
After seeing that the old servant who Fan Zeng trusted was wiping the beads of sweat from Fan Zeng's forehead, Xiang Yu walked to the edge of Fan Zeng's bed and asked the servant about the situation: "How is the father?"
"Very bad, the host he hasn't been in this situation for a long time. ”
The old servant's words made Xiang Yu's heart uneasy.
He turned around and glared fiercely at Xiang Zhuang, who still didn't understand what he had done wrong, before he said, "Why are you still stunned! Why don't you hurry up and find a medical !!worker for your father?"
After Xiang Zhuang heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and promised, and then turned around and left Fan Zeng's camp.
Xiang Yu came to the side of the basin, gently picked up the piece of cloth, and wiped the beads of sweat oozing from the corners of his forehead for Fan Zeng again.
At this time, what he saw was that the corners of Fan Zeng's mouth seemed to move.
Xiang Yu hurriedly lowered his head, and what he heard was Fan Zeng's intermittent muttering: "Hurry up...... Get out of this ...... places, get out of ...... This one...... Place ......"
Hearing these intermittently, but Xiang Yu, who had said this sentence several times, couldn't help but freeze his expression.
He didn't know why Fan Zeng would say such a sentence, but he knew that Fan Zeng would not say this for no reason.
He still trusts his sub-father very much, but this situation makes it difficult for Xiang Yu to make up his mind.
"Maybe it would be better to send Yafu to Rongyang City for recuperation. ”
Xiang Yu, who stood up straight again, couldn't help but have this thought in his heart.
However, soon, before Xiang Yu could think about what to do, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly returned to Fan Zeng's camp and said with an unkind face: "Brother Yu, something big is happening outside!"
Xiang Yu heard Xiang Zhuang's words, and looked at Xiang Zhuang puzzled: "What happened?
Xiang Zhuang heard this and hurriedly said, "Brother Yu, you better go outside and have a look!"
Xiang Yu, who heard this, glanced at Xiang Zhuang again, and strode outside the tent.
This time, he saw many officers and soldiers under the command of the camp suddenly fall to the ground......
Although he didn't know what the situation was, Xiang Yu was still able to know that it was not a good thing for the officers and soldiers under his command to suddenly appear in this situation when Fan Zeng fell.
He couldn't help but grab one of his lieutenants who ran towards his tent, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"
The captain saw that Xiang Yu was outside Fan Zeng's camp tent, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he quickly came back to his senses and directly clenched his fists and said: "Report to the general, many people in the entire camp have symptoms of serious illness, and the subordinate is asking the general what should we do?"
Xiang Yu directly grabbed this lieutenant in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "You mean that the entire camp is like this?"
"General, not only our army camp, but also many other friendly camps have this kind of ......"
After Xiang Yu heard the words of this captain, he was stunned.
When he came back to his senses, he said in a deep voice: "Ask the others to come to the general's tent with the dragon and them!!!"
After Xiang Yu said this, he let go of his arm, and this lieutenant hurriedly ran out as if he was about to be amnesty......
After standing still for a while, Xiang Yu stood outside Fan Zeng's tent and let out a loud and long howl......
"I'm not convinced, why do you want to fool me like this!!"
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