Chapter 181: The Great Master of Chu and Han Dynasty

Pei Gong's army was stationed in the east of Luoyang and confronted the Qin army for several days. One day, Pei Gong estimated that Lu Jia and Zhang Liang had already been in contact, so he sent a rider to answer the baby. Guan Ying led 500 cavalry to Yuyuan Pass, and suddenly encountered a grain transport team of the Qin State, and Guan Ying did not hesitate to lead the cavalry team to kill the Qin army. In a short time, the battle was over, and the grain officer was captured. Guan Ying sent 300 soldiers to transport all the grain to Pei Gong's camp, and then took the grain officer to Yuyuan Pass.

Yuyuan Pass is one of the eight passes in Luoyang, located on the Yuyuan Mountain at the junction of Yanshi and Dengfeng and Gongyi today, it is dug when King Dayu ruled the water, and it is also the throat of Sanchuan County and Yingchuan County. There are 12 bays in front of the pass, circling in the loop, will go to return, so it is called Yuyuan Pass. The cliffs on both sides of the city pass stand in vain, the pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the important place to control and defend in the past dynasties. Here in spring and summer, there are clouds and mist on the upper floor, and the mountains look like knives from a distance, and the road spirals into the sky. At dusk, the scenery is more charming, it is really a thousand rocks show, ten thousand hidden Jiao; The vine is upside down on the North Cen tree, and the waning moon is oblique to the clouds of the western mountains. There is a poem alone:

The mountain is high and the moon is like a hook, and the fog is still revisited.

Since the heroic battle, Guanshan has become more and more beautiful.

Song Suzhe also has poems:

The green mountains want to go up and have no way out, and the streams linger ninety times.

Looking at the high-scoring grass and trees in the east, looking back at the original waves.

Everything depended on the county guard Zhao Ben to occupy the Yuyuan Pass before guessing the intentions of the Chu army, so Guan Ying knew that the task was arduous, and he did not have time to rest, so he galloped along the mountain road. Luoyang is about seventy or eighty miles away from Yuyuan Pass. It was a April day, and it suddenly rained, so the roads were muddy and it was even more difficult to march. When night fell, Guan Ying found that countless torches were also rushing towards Guan Xia on the road on the east side. The baby was filled with a baby, and the grain officer shouted. Through the dialogue, I learned that they were a Qin army that rushed to Yuyuan Pass from the Gui clan to reinforce it. The baby was very decisive and launched another surprise attack. After a period of fighting, the Qin army all fell. Guan Ying led the army to continue on the road, and when he came to Guanxia, it was already midnight.

Before the baby was put into custody, he watched carefully. At this time, the lights on the upper floor of the gate are brilliant, and you can still hear the sound of fighting, the bonfire and the military lamp illuminate the gate as if it were day, and there are Qin troops on the hill, and the guard is very strict. Fill the baby and let the grain officer of the Qin State go up and call the pass. The Qin army reported into the pass, only to see two Qin generals come to inspect. They have a thin face and sparse eyebrows, a thunder mouth, a garlic nose, a pair of wolf eyes, more white and less black, and two long-haired fists, like bear claws, which are none other than Guandu Wei Yuefu. The other square face has yellow eyebrows, a beard and two temples, and a face full of anger, not a fierce god, but also a magistrate, it is Guo Feng sent by Zhao Ben. The baby was filled with the baby and continued to let the grain keeper answer. However, Yue Fu was very cautious, did not let them enter the customs at all, and sent a soldier out to inspect them. As soon as the soldiers came out of the customs, they found that it was not their own team, so they hurriedly retreated and shouted: "They are Chu people!" Before he could finish speaking, he shot the soldier to death with an arrow, and then led the sergeant to rush towards the pass. Seeing that the Chu army launched a surprise attack, General Qin hurriedly closed the gate, and then ordered the arrows to be released.

In a moment, it was dawn. Guan Ying first observed the surrounding terrain, and then rushed to the front of the pass and said, "Qin Nu, hurry up and sacrifice the pass!" Guo Feng laughed and said, "I am the general of the Qin State!" Which green onion is your kid, but you are really bold to come here to break through? I see that you are young and too lazy to kill you. You go back and tell Liu Bang to let him come and surrender as soon as possible, otherwise when the armies from all walks of life arrive, you will die without a place to bury!" Guan Ying was furious and said, "You, how do you know how powerful I am, dare to come alone?" Guo Feng was furious and was about to fight. Behind him, Deputy Lieutenant Yuan Wenshant flashed out, and said, "Kill chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife?" Yuan Wen carried the knife and rushed down the pass. Guan Ying shook the weapon in his hand and rushed to fight. The two horses intersected, the swords and halberds were raised simultaneously, and the tip of the baby's spear had already smashed into Yuan Wenshan's armpit......

When Yue Fu saw that the deputy lieutenant was beheaded, he personally killed Guan Lai and waved the iron halberd like a whirlwind. Fill the baby and pat the horse to greet each other. The two fought fiercely under the pass for thirty rounds, and Yue Fu couldn't resist it, so he shook his halberd and ran towards the pass. The first battle of the baby was successful.

Guan Ying sent 300 soldiers to escort the grain to Pei Gong, and Pei Gong learned that the Qin army was guarding the Yuyuan Pass, so he consulted with the strategists. While he was talking, the spy Pegasus came to report, saying that Yang Xiong had converged with the county guard of Dong County and the county guard of Hanoi, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rushed to Luoyang together. Pei Gong was shocked and said: "There is a strong pass in front and a large army in the back, if you don't get out of the predicament as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the enemy." "The generals said that Luoyang should be taken as soon as possible. Xiao He believed: "At present, we should get in touch with the South Korean army first, and only by entering Yingchuan can we be safe." Li Shiqi also said: "The infant irrigation is weak, and another general should be sent to help and seize the level as soon as possible." Pei Gong sent Li Shang to lead a group of soldiers and horses to immediately support the baby.

After eating breakfast, the baby didn't have time to rest, so he came to the front of the pass to challenge. Guo Feng and Yue Fu discussed: "Although General Chu is powerful, he does not have many soldiers. Why don't we lead the army to kill Xiaguan together, kill all the soldiers who filled the baby, and then capture him alive. The two of them led a large force of Qin troops to kill Xiaguan. Seeing that there were many Qin troops, Guan Ying was afraid that the sergeants would suffer losses, so he ordered to retreat. When the infant had retreated four or five miles, he put the men and horses in place. Then he commanded them: "Just wave your flag and shout here." "But he single-handedly slaughtered the enemy.

When Guo Feng and Yue Fu saw that General Chu was alone, they led the Qin army to surround the infant group. Although the infant was riding alone, he was brave and killed Yue Fu and Guo Feng so much that they couldn't resist. Guo Feng saw that the baby was too crazy, so he shouted: "Where are you from this kid, why are you so deadly?" The baby shouted: "I am the baby from Dangjun!" Less nonsense, hurry up! "After that, he actually killed him towards the gate. The second general was taken aback, and was afraid that the baby would take advantage of the situation to enter the pass, so he hurriedly chased after him from behind. When the infant was killed, the Qin army guarding the pass threw the mulberry to block the attack. The infant filling power is infinite, and the wood is picked apart with a halberd. The Qin army shot with arrows again. And he struck the arrows with his sword, and knocked them down to the ground. Yue Fu turned to the gate and said, "Hurry up and retreat!" Seeing that he couldn't enter the pass, he ran rampant in the Qin army's formation, killing seven out and seven in, like entering a no-man's land, and the Qin army suffered countless casualties. Yue Fu and Guo Feng attacked the baby again. The two hurriedly came to the gate and shouted: "Switch on!" The Qin army on the gate shot the baby with an arrow, and the second general was able to survive. At this time, Guan Ying turned around and saw many Qin troops who had nowhere to escape, so he pointed at them with a halberd and said sharply: "Those who descend will not be killed!" "The Qin army was all lost and depressed, so they all surrendered to the baby.

At this time, Li Shang led the brigade to arrive, and saw that the Qin army knelt in front of the baby's horse and begged to surrender, the baby's armor was stained red with blood, and the white horse turned into a red horse, so he hurriedly took him back to the camp to rest. Guan Ying also reorganized all the Qin army into the Chu army, and discussed with them the method of attacking the closed gate. There is a poem that praises:

How many autumns has swept the Xiongguan War? The man's deeds take Wu Hook.

Jin Ge Iron Horse is called a famous general, and sweat and blood are conquered to expand Kyushu.

There are often heroes who drive tigers and leopards, and there is no erection to find a marquis.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were several meritorious heroes, and the three armies of the brave crown were the upper class.

The next day, Pei Gong learned that the Yuyuan Pass could not be breached, so he discussed a good plan with everyone. Zhang Cang said: "Our army entered the customs alone, which is a taboo in the art of war. Now Luoyang City is also very strong, if it continues to delay, I am afraid that it will fall into a heavy siege. It's better to drive all the soldiers and horses to the Yuyuan Pass and attack the gate with all your might. Mr. Zifang may already know our predicament and will definitely accept us. Suddenly, a military agent from the direction of Yangwu reported that Yang Xiong had led several Qin troops to Xingyang, and Qin transferred troops from Hangu Pass. Pei Gong was shocked, and immediately made a decision, so that Cao Shen and Fan Hao were behind, and the rest of the departments immediately set off for Yuyuan Pass.

Zhao Ben saw that Pei Gong had withdrawn his men and horses, so he led the brigade to chase after him. Cao Shen ordered Fan Xu to retreat first and set up a formation to block the attack. Zhao Ben led a large force of cavalry to chase after him, and he met Cao Shen. The two armies faced each other. Han Meng came to the front of the battle and said, "Anti-country and traitor, where to escape?" Cao Shen stepped forward and fought more than a dozen rounds. Han Meng was overwhelmed, so he turned around and left. Cao Shen didn't chase after him, so he retreated. Seeing that the Chu army had retreated, the county guard ordered Han Meng to continue to pursue. Fan Xu let Cao Shen go, and stepped forward to fight with Han and Meng. Han Meng commanded dozens of Qin generals to outflank Fan Xu together. Fan Xu was surrounded in the middle and killed. Cao Shen stood at the high place, watching the formation, holding the reins in his left hand, dragging away the heavenly knife with his right hand, his beard fluttering, and he rushed down the high slope with a smoke. Han Meng was caught off guard and was hacked to death by Cao Shen. Zhao Ben was taken aback when he saw Han Meng being beheaded, so he temporarily put the men and horses back.

Pei Gong led the brigade to the foot of Yuyuan Mountain, and Guan Ying and Li Shang greeted the camp. Li Shang told him about the situation of the baby irrigation war. Pei Gong praised the baby and said: "Brother Xian is really a tiger general!" He gave him the title of deacon, and named the infant as the king of Xuanling. Then he said to the two: "Yang Xiong has led a few roads to Xingyang, if we can't take the pass, we will be in danger." Li Shang and Guan Ying introduced the situation of Yuyuan Pass to Pei Gong. Pei Gong personally supervised the battle, and commanded the soldiers to carry the ladder and rush to the pass......

The next morning, a sergeant came to report to Pei Gong that Yang Xiong had arrived in Gong County, and Zhao Ben had launched another attack. Pei Gong asked, "Where are Cao and Fan now?" The sergeant replied: "They are not far from here, but they are fighting all night to resist the enemy." Before the words fell, another sergeant Pegasus came to report, saying that Zhao Ben and Cao and Fan were fighting again at the foot of the mountain. Pei Gong asked Zhou Bo and Ji Xin to take all the chariots with them and set up obstacles in the narrow part of the road to block the Qin army.

In front of the pass, people and horses were noisy. Pei Gong, Xiao He and others all stood at Gaofu and commanded the battle. It was dark, and suddenly a sergeant came to report that Yang Xiong and Zhao Ben had met. Pei Gong was calm-headed at this time, so he pondered: "A big battle should be organized, otherwise the Qin army will suddenly arrive, and our army will be in chaos." "Turn the 10,000 soldiers and horses behind into the front team, let Li Shang be the first team, Guan Ying as the second team, Jin Qiang and Jin She as the third team, and Xiahou Ying as the fourth team, and each led the Chu army to rush down the mountain.

Yang Xiong led tens of thousands of Qin troops and rushed to Luoyang day and night. Hearing that the Chu army had fled to Yuyuan Pass, he quickly chased after him. When Zhao Ben heard that Yang Xiong's army had arrived, he was naturally more confident, so he joined forces to kill Yuyuan Pass.

At this time, Cao Shen, Fan Xu, Ji Xin, and Zhou Bo were already waiting in formation. When the Qin army brigade arrived, the two sides fought at the foot of the mountain. Because of the large number of Qin troops, the Chu army gradually became passive. Cao Shen and Fan Xue fought and retreated, and when they were about to reach the bottom of the mountain, Li Shang and other four heroes killed in turn, and Cao and Fan saw that the soldiers and horses were strengthened, and the spirit came again, so they fought hard. In this battle, all nine generals participated in the battle, and none of them, whether they were generals or sergeants, retreated. Only listening to the violent shouts of the belligerents on both sides, the iron-and-blood collision of weapons, the sonorous kicking of horses' hooves, and the neighing of war horses, have long broken the eternal silence of the mountains and rivers, and the echoes continue to echo on the tragic and tragic battlefield, and the god of death is also wandering wantonly in the ranks, from one place to another, this is an unprecedented duel between the Chu army and the Qin army, which is several times its own size.

On the second day, Pei Gong continued to command the attack in front of the Yuyuan Pass, but there was a bad news that came, it turned out that the place where they were stationed was far away from the river stream, there was no water source here, the soldiers could not drink water, everyone was thirsty to death, not to mention that the soldiers were sweating all the time. As the saying goes: "If you don't eat for a day, the tough guy will be paralyzed; He didn't drink water for three days, and the iron bull also opened his mouth. Pei Gong saw that the gate could not be breached, and at night, many soldiers on the battlefield fainted with thirst. Pei Gong looked up to the sky and sighed: "I don't want me Liu Bang to be ordered to enter the customs, and I haven't defeated the Qin army yet, but everyone is going to die of thirst here first!" Seeing this, Xiao He persuaded Pei Gong: "I heard that Pei Gong once asked the heavens for a hexagram in Mangdang Mountain, if the fencing spring water comes out, he will definitely be able to make great achievements in the future." Another sage said: 'Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and the earth has the thickness of loads'. At this critical juncture, why not follow Pei Gong and try to hit a spring with a sword again. If we can get the favor of God, can we relieve the current crisis? ”

Pei Gong was helpless, so he came to the side of the road and happened to find the ruins of a mountain spring. The mouth of the spring is surrounded by rocks, but it has long since dried up. Pei Gong was in a hurry, so he knelt down to God and prayed: "I, Liu Bang, were ordered to go west to save the people from hanging upside down. Now there is Xiongguan in front, there are chasing soldiers in the back, and there is no water source in the army, and the soldiers are hungry and thirsty! If I, Liu Bangyang, have not yet lived and can still complete the great cause of destroying Qin, please ask God to give the soldiers a sip of water to drink; If God does not allow us to make meritorious contributions, I, Liu Bang, will only commit suicide here to avoid being captured and humiliated! After speaking, he used the Chixiao Sword to slash at the gap in the cliff. I saw a cold light passing by, and I didn't expect that a stream of clear mountain spring water really gushed out, which was amazing. All the soldiers were elated, and they all thought that it was God's help, so they came here together to get water to drink, and their morale was greatly shaken. The soldiers in front built a camp and blocked the Qin army at the foot of the mountain. Later generations called this spring "Sword Drawing Spring", and the ruins are still there.

The soldiers had water to drink, and they insisted on resisting the Qin army in front of the pass. A few days later, one afternoon, Pei Cheng was directing the battle, when suddenly an earth-shattering shout of killing came from the pass. Everyone looked towards the gate, only to see that the Qin army had fallen to the ground, and Guo Feng and Yue Fu had disappeared. The effort was not big, and I saw a large team of people standing all over the building. When they looked closely, they raised the banner of the South Korean army. It turned out that it was the Han army that killed, and they came to the pass, because most of the Qin army had been eliminated by the infants, and the rest were all captured by the Han army, and the two Qin generals were also captured alive by the Han army. The time was not big, and I saw a person standing out under the door, that person was wearing a plain robe and jade belt, wearing a bamboo crown, holding a white rhinoceros in his hand, his demeanor was calm, calm and elegant, it was Han Guo Situ Zhang Zifang. There are also Lu Jia, Ren Ao and Lu Juan by his side. The ovary said loudly: "Pei Gong! Zhang Liang is too late to greet him, please enter the customs quickly! Pei Gong and Xiao He were overjoyed when they saw that it was Zhang Liang who closed the door, which was called a desperate situation. At this time, the gate was wide open, and Pei Gong ordered the soldiers to enter the customs quickly.

After Pei Gong entered the customs and met with the ovary, he told each about his parting, and then escorted Guo Feng and Yue Fu, two Qin generals. The two of them would rather die than give in. Pei Gong drank the order and escorted the two out and cut them down. Pei Gong ordered all the Chu troops who were resisting the Qin army to withdraw to Guannei. When the Chu army received the order, they once again retreated their soldiers and horses to the gate. Zhang Liang saw that everyone was safe, so he ordered the door to be closed. Although the Chu army suffered heavy casualties in this battle, it finally got rid of the encirclement and interception of tens of thousands of Qin troops, and finally joined forces with the Han army led by Zhang Liang.

The sergeants of both sides met each other at the gate, and the cheers were thunderous, as if they were reunited. Zhang Liang told Pei Gong about the situation after farewell: it turned out that after he broke up with Pei Gong in Xuecheng, he led his troops to Yingchuan, first repelled Qiangyuan and occupied Yangzhai City, but later Qiangyuan counterattacked, and the Han army lost again. The ovary withdrew from Yang Zhai and started a guerrilla war around. This is a new tactic, which has been fighting with the Qin army for a long time and has also preserved its strength. Later, Lu Jia came to Yingchuan, met Zhang Liang, and told him about Peigong's attack on Sanchuan. The far-sighted Mr. Zifang estimated that the Qin army had arranged heavy troops to guard the Yuyuan Pass, so he and King Han led all the guerrilla armies to the north and captured Yangcheng. Zhang Liang asked King Han to guard Yangcheng, and he led the army to meet the Chu army, so that Pei Gong turned the corner.

This reunion of the old and the reunion of comrades-in-arms are very exciting. Li Shiqi and Zhang Cang saw Mr. Zifang and said: "I have heard Mr. Zifang's name for a long time, it is really thunderous, and I don't want to see you here today." Seeing that Li Shi had a strange appearance and was amazing, the ovary asked, "Are you always?" Pei Gong smiled: "There is an old drunkard in Gaoyang who has a great reputation, hasn't Mr. Zifang heard of it?" The ovary was shocked: "Could it be that you are the famous madman - Li senior?" Li Shiqi laughed and said, "That madman and drunkard is me!" The ovary praised and said: "There is no one in the world who is more clever than you, Pei Gong gets the old man, how can the Qin State not die?" Pei Gong said to Li Shiqi: "I heard that in addition to being lustful, the second also drinks and has fun all day long, and now that he meets an old drunkard like you, I'm afraid he is not your opponent!" One sentence made everyone laugh.

Yang Xiong saw that the Chu army had all withdrawn into the pass, and did not catch them, so he screamed and fell off his horse. Zhao Ben was shocked and hurriedly rescued Yang Xiong to the camp in front of the mountain for treatment. Yang Xiong woke up for a long time. Zhao Ben asked him why he was like this. Yang Xiong lamented: "The previous defeat in Jishui, the imperial court was already very angry. Later, he issued an edict saying that if I don't exterminate Liu Bang in Luoyang, I will exterminate my three clans! Now that the rebels have entered the Yuyuan Pass, when will Liu Bang be caught? "I couldn't stop crying. Zhao Ben said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, please don't be too pessimistic." If we regain our military strength, we still have a chance to capture Liu Bang. Yang Xiong said bitterly: "Zhao Gao holds great power, even if we make great contributions, what can we do?" ”

The next day, Yang Xiongqiang said to Zhao Ben in good spirits: "I have angina now, and I can't fight anymore." Lord Zhao hurry up and win the level, you must catch Liu Bang! Zhao Ben, Dou Xian, Lu Fan and others led soldiers and horses to rush to the pass. However, the closure had been prepared, and after a flurry of arrows, the Qin army could not approach at all. At this time, the Han army waited for work and fought back against the Qin army. Half a month later, Zhao Ben reported the situation to Yang Xiong. Yang Xiong saw that the matter had come to this point, and it was useless to be anxious, so he had to leave Jin Chou's father to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed in the Wu clan, and then transferred the team back to Luoyang.

Chu and Han Lian have been celebrating at the gate for several days, and everyone is elated. One day, when Pei Gong heard that Yang Xiong had withdrawn his army, he asked Zifang when he would be able to take Sanchuan County. The ovary smiled: "Don't worry about Pei Gong, for now, we just need to keep the door closed." But please Pei Gong help me take Yingchuan County first, and then I will help you attack Luoyang, how about it? Pei Gong readily agreed.

Early the next morning, Pei Gong left Cao Shen to guard the Yuanyuan Pass, and then marched to Yangcheng with his team. For a time, on the official road leading from Yuyuan Pass to Yangcheng, the incomparably neatly arranged Chu and Han allied armies marched in order. Pei Gong left Yuyuan Pass surrounded by Zhang Liang and Xiao He, and everyone's laughter and laughter also broke the tense situation of fighting for several days. At this time, the gloomy and rainy weather suddenly shone brightly, and a round of fresh sun sprayed thinly, illuminating the earth warmly. Since then, Pei Gong has started a new journey under Zhang Liang's planning. Someone sang at the time:

The journey is long, the road is long, and the splendid mountains and rivers are smoky.

Words of success or failure, ask about the warmth and cold, and worry about Li Yuan for each family and country.

Tears are in full swing, don't flick, men's careers are not idle.

Make meritorious deeds, resist stubbornness, and show your talents to repay the Chinese year.