Chapter 208: The Chu army attacked and broke through the pass
Pei Gong, Zhang Liang and others waited for news at the pass, they checked the map, carefully studied the terrain, analyzed the roads, bridges, checkpoints and other facilities, as well as their location, distance, distance and other conditions, and then sent people to inquire about the news on the pass. One night, Zhang Liang said to Pei Gong: "According to the calculation of time, General Mei and they should have arrived at their destination, and we should be ready." Pei Gong called Zhou Bo and instructed: "You carefully observe the northwest direction tonight, and if you find someone raising a fire, report it immediately." In addition, once the battle starts, your 3,000 suspicious soldiers can only shout and cheer and receive orders to go down the mountain. Zhou Bo agreed and walked out. Pei Gong also called the generals and ordered: "Tonight, everyone should not sleep, if you see the signal of Jiangshan, immediately launch a general attack." Now you each lead the sergeants to get ready, all the soldiers and horses for the main attack must be in place in advance, and we must take the pass! The generals said yes in unison.
At the foot of the mountain, at about midnight that night, Mei Kai had quietly led the Chu army out of the dense forest to approach the Qin army garrison in the mountain, and then sent a sergeant to infiltrate the Qin army camp, and cleaned up the guards on duty one by one, and then launched an attack inside. The Qin army in Jiangshan never dreamed that the Chu army would bypass the pass and come here, and they were not prepared at all, and when they heard the shouts of killing, they were so shocked that they scattered. Some people ran outside to inspect, only to see that the flags of the Chu army were all in the firelight, and there were shouts of killing all over the mountains, thinking that the Qin army would completely lose its combat effectiveness when the divine soldiers descended from the sky, and some Qin troops who had no time to escape quickly knelt down and surrendered. In a short time, the Chu army occupied the entire camp of the Qin army, and also controlled the main hill and all the checkpoints.
When the Chu army got the mountain, Mei Kai immediately asked the sergeants to light a fire and send a signal to the pass, leaving five hundred sergeants to shout and cheer on the mountain, and then led the brigade to kill in the direction of the pass. When the Qin army in Yaoguan heard the movement, they hurriedly came to report to Han Rong. When Han Rong heard that the Chu army had appeared in the direction of Jiangshan, he panicked, wondering if Xianyang had also been captured by the Chu army. hurriedly led Lu Sheng, Yang Wu, Xu Ke, Ding Ran and other deputy generals to Houguan to check. I saw the torches in the direction of Jiangshan, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Just when they were panicking, suddenly the sergeant from Qianguan rushed to report again, saying that the Chu army had launched a general attack, and the artillery stones were beating at the pass. Han Rong listened to the report and was shocked, he didn't know what happened tonight, why it was Chu Jun before and after the pass. Let Geng Pei, Xu Ke, and Ding Ran snipe after arriving at the pass, and immediately brought more than a dozen deputy generals such as Lu Sheng and Yang Wu to rush to the front of the pass to fight.
Pei Gong led the generals to the pass, first let the stone truck send artillery, and a company fired more than a dozen carts of cannon stones at the pass. After the artillery was fired, the closing was already on fire. Just when the Qin army was fighting the fire, Cao Shen and more than a dozen other Chu generals launched an attack. Everyone came to the gate, set up a ladder and began to climb. Zhou Bo's suspicious soldiers only cared about shouting at this time, and their voices were very loud, only to startle the surrounding mountains and valleys. Han Rong saw that there were fires everywhere at the gate, and the shouts of killing were also connected, so he was dizzy and could only put out the fire while directing the Qin army to counterattack. At this moment, Han Rong suddenly received a report that Houguan had been broken by Mei Kai and was heading for here. When Han Rong heard this report, he seemed to understand, so he shouted, "We have fallen for Liu Bang's tricks!" They pretended to send things for peace talks, but in fact they secretly bypassed the pass and went to capture the mountain. Now that the Chu army is attacking back and forth, the pass is over! My Great Qin Kingdom is also finished! So he couldn't take care of the beginning and the end, and his heart panicked, so he came to the front gate to protect the door.
In a short time, the Chu army had already attacked the wall, Cao Shen and others rose up and killed the tower in one go, and then met the Qin army that was blocking the front, and the two sides started a fierce battle on the tower. The generals of the Chu army took the lead and killed the Qin army. Han Rong led the Qin army to encircle and counterattack. But whether it was the Chu army or the Qin army, they did not retreat, only the sound of swords and shields, the sound of swords and axes, and the hoarse shouts of the sergeants desperately screaming to kill. The sounds had shattered the silent night sky of the mountains, and frightened the birds and beasts hiding in the mountains into running in all directions. Voices were heard from one place to another, and the Grim Reaper was wandering around. The blood of the soldiers on both sides also stained every inch of land under their feet, and the weeds that shivered in the autumn wind also tasted the watering of the blood. In the course of human history, if justice is to triumph over evil, if benevolence is to replace tyranny, and if a new dynasty is to replace the old, is it not through the most cruel means of war?
Pei Gong saw that the Chu army had already attacked the Guanlou, so he asked Zhou Bo to come to help in the battle, and they all came to the Guanxia together to wait for the moment when the gate was opened. At this time, Han Rong saw that the offensive of the Chu army was extremely fierce, and their resistance slowly became passive. After a while, the Qin army retreated. Mei Kai led the Chu army to attack from behind at this time, and when Han Rong saw it, he shouted: "We have fallen for Liu Bang's trick!" I'm done with Daqin! As soon as the words fell, I saw a member of the Chu general fighting with a knife, walking like flying, and all the interceptors were cut down by him. Han Rong was furious, and no matter who he was, he went straight forward to fight, and kept shouting: "I am Han Rong, the general of the Qin State, and the thief will see the assassination!" "After that, he will attack the Chu generals with the momentum of Mount Tai. It turned out that General Chu was none other than the general Cao Shen, and he didn't talk to him, and raised his knife to parry. The two fought for dozens of rounds, and Cao Shen picked Han Rong off the horse, and then pressed forward step by step, and captured Han Rong.
Fan Xu saw that Cao Shen had captured the commander of the Qin army, and he also wanted to capture a Qin general, so he rushed into the crowd to find a target, and suddenly found that a Qin general was running from the direction of Houguan, because he couldn't see it clearly, so he stepped forward to stop and fight. The two fought for dozens of rounds, and Fan Xu was very happy to see that this Qin general was Geng Pei, and shouted: "Briquettes, black goods, I am your grandfather Fan Xu, quickly dismount and surrender!" Yiyue knocked Geng Pei's weapon away, and then dragged him off the horse, and even the men and horses were captured. At this time, Guan Ying, Li Shang, Ji Xin and other Chu generals also killed together, and drove the Qin army to run, so they came to the gate and opened the gate together. Pei Gong and Zhou Bo waited under the gate, and when they saw that the gate was wide open, they led the sergeants to rush into the gate. Everyone entered the gate, and worked together to encircle Xu Hark and Ding Ran, and the two generals died in the chaos. When Lu Sheng and Yang Wu heard that Han Rong and Geng Pei had been captured by the Chu army, they panicked and rushed left and right, preparing to break through, but the Chu generals surrounded them together, and the two were finally captured. The rest of the Qin army saw that their generals were all resting, so they had to surrender on their knees. Under the protection of Xiahou Ying and Zhou Bo, Pei Gong joined forces with Mei Kai from Guan Dao. The battle between the two sides continued until dawn, and the more than 40,000 Qin troops were basically wiped out except for those who surrendered.
It was dawn, and the sounds of the battlefield had gradually stopped, but there were corpses scattered everywhere, and the sparks on the instruments, weapons, sandalwood, and antlers were still burning. After a while, the sun rose, the flag of the Chu army was already fluttering above the high tower, the morning sun through the billowing smoke, the military flag was more vivid and dazzling, the red military flag was like a burning flame, popping in the morning breeze. The passionate soldiers of the Chu army all gathered on the Guan Tower at this time, and they enthusiastically embraced, cheered, and shouted. Pei Gong, Zhang Liang, Xiao He and others also slowly climbed the tower under the support of the generals, and they couldn't help but burst into tears when they saw that the majestic pass had been trampled under the feet of the soldiers of the Chu army.
After a while, the Chu army escorted Han Rong and Geng Pei to the gate. Pei Gong scolded the two: "You took my good things, but you can't make up your mind, it's really a waste!" Hand over your things now, or I'll kill you!" Han Rong said: "The thing is not on the body!" Pei Gong asked where the things were. "We are afraid that the treasure has been damaged and has been hidden in the cellar of the barracks. Pei Gong asked the sergeant to fetch it. After a while, the sergeant found the pearl of the night and the treasure. When Pei Gong saw that everything was intact, he was overjoyed, so he let the two of them serve as the vanguard of the Qin War. Han Rong and Geng Pei were very ashamed, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him. Immediately afterwards, the sergeant brought in Lu Sheng and Yang Wu. Pei Gong asked the two if they were willing to surrender. The two expressed their determination not to surrender. Pei Gong drank the order and pulled the two down and cut them down. Xiao He hurriedly said: "If the two of you don't surrender, you are loyal ministers, it's a pity to kill them!" Pei Gong immediately called the sergeant to escort the two of them, and said: "I, Liu Bang, am going to march into Xianyang next, but I am worried that I will kill the loyal ministers of the Qin State by mistake, and I hope that the two of you can distinguish it for me all the way, and I will never kill a good person in vain." If you complete the mission and you want to die, I won't stop you! When Lu Sheng and Yang Wu heard this, they knew that this was what Pei Gong meant not to kill them, so they cried and surrendered to Pei Gong. Pei Gong said: "A good man should leave a useful body and continue to benefit the common people in the world!" Later, the two of them fought in the east and west, and have been following Pei Gong to fight, and in the Chu and Han wars, they have been chasing and killing Xiang Yu to the wall, and have made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
After all the Chu troops entered the pass, Pei Gong left Ji Xin to guard the pass, and then commanded the army to continue to advance. On this day, they crossed the mountain together, everyone stood on the mountain and looked forward, only to see the open Guanzhong Plain and the vast white deer plain have appeared in front of them, and the fields, farms, Qianmo, and roads on the plain have also been vividly remembered. At this time, Chu Jun's heart was surging and his passion was high, as if they had seen Xianyang. Pei Gong said to everyone: "Qin Shi Huang sent batches of troops from here back then, thus completing the great cause of unifying the world, but he never expected that such a strong Qin State would only be in operation for fifteen years before it was broken by the army of Chu!" A generation of Qin Emperor, how famous is its prestige? An emperor through the ages, how great his exploits are! And I, Liu Bang, am just an insignificant pavilion chief, an ordinary person in Sishang, but now I have also come here, to complete the great cause of ending this dynasty, is this the will of heaven? After Pei Gong finished speaking, he was also excited.
Zhang Liangdao: "After more than 600 years, the Qin State has developed from a small tribe to a powerful empire, and there have also been many accomplished kings and famous ministers and generals, such as Qin Mugong, Qin Xiaogong, Qin Zhaoxiang King, Qin Shi Huangdi; Famous ministers include Baili Xi, Shang Ying, Fan Ju, Gongsun Yan, Bai Qi, LΓΌ Buwei, Wei Yi, Wang Qian, Meng Tian, Li Si and so on. The Qin State reached the peak of the first emperor's unification of the world. But the Huhai boy who ascended the throne was not angry, and buried their ancestral business with his own hands! I heard that the First Emperor sent Meng Tian to conquer the Hu people because of the phrase 'Hu Ye, the one who died in Qin'. But now, I think that the one who died in Qin should be Hu Hai, and he should be mainly responsible. Although the Qin State was also because of the invasion of the Huns, it hurriedly recruited troops to defend the border, thus forcing Chen Sheng to rebel, but this cannot be regarded as the main reason, this is probably the fate of history, right? However, this third generation, who has just ascended the throne, is a cool-headed person, and he can get rid of the extremely evil Zhao Gao in a short period of time, which is really amazing! However, he has only been on the throne for more than 30 days, but he has to send off his dynasty to the end, which is really difficult for him! β
Xiao He said: "Mr. is right, if the third generation can ascend the throne, or if he ascended the throne half a year ago, and get rid of Zhao Gao a few months ago, history is likely to be a different scene!" Pei Gong also agreed with this statement very much, and said: "Yes, it seems that the sky is going to die in Qin, and we just follow this trend!" Now that the Western Route Army can come here with the princes of the world first, this is indeed caused by the internal reasons of the Qin State! It's a great place to be! Since ancient times, a good place should be lived by the virtuous, and the unvirtuous should be lost. This is both the will of Heaven and the way of Heaven! At this time, a blazing sun had shone the earth like a splendid one.
The heroes sighed for a long time, and then began to descend the mountain, the mountain road was already crowded with people, they were all Chu army, the army was neat, the clothes and armor were clear, the flag hunting, and the halberd was shining. This Chu army is no longer the army of the Six Kingdoms that was about to collapse with the Qin army decades ago, but a new force, an elite army of justice, they represent the great power of Huode, led by Liu Bang, the general of the Chu army, and its strength is enough to compete with the tiger and wolf army that swept through the six countries that year. It's a pity that the mighty army and the tiger and wolf army of the Qin State have long been sunk in the dusty underground and sunk in the dark underground at the northern foot of Lishan. I don't know if the arrival of the Chu army also alarmed the male lord who was sleeping underground?
The third emperor was shocked when he heard in Xianyang that Han Rong and Geng Pei had been defeated by the Chu army and had retreated to Yaoguan, so he wanted to go to Yaoguan to supervise the battle in person. Wang Juan and others struggled to persuade him. The third emperor was very worried about whether the Qin army could hold the pass, and he was worried all day long. One night, he suddenly had a strange dream: he dreamed that a noble lady, gorgeously dressed and graceful, came to the third world and said, "My name is Madame Bao, and I am from Chencang. Because of his gratitude for the benevolence of the ancestors, he has blessed the Qin State to this day. However, the world is impermanent, and there is a definite number of rise and fall. However, in the future, people who have their own destiny will come to manage the country, and I will also go back today to report to the Emperor of Heaven. After saying that, Mrs. Bao turned and left. The third world suddenly woke up, only to know that it was a dream, so he was restless and suffered until dawn.
The next day, the third generation sent a historian and told him about the dream. The historian said: "When the first monarch Mu Gong, he once dreamed that a noble lady called him to heaven, and the Emperor of Heaven ordered Mu Gong to preside over the pacification of the rebellion of the Jin Kingdom. The noble lady who summoned Mu Gong was named Lady Bao and lived at the western foot of Taibai Mountain, and her husband was Ye Jun and lived in Nanyang. Mrs. Bao once said that if Mu Gong could build an ancestral temple for her, she would bless Mu Gong to dominate the world. When Mu Gong woke up, he asked the internal historian. At that time, the internal historian was named Liao, and Liao said to Mu Gong that Jin Jun favored Li Ji and alienated the prince, which would definitely cause chaos. The lord was appointed by the Emperor of Heaven, which is really a good omen. Mu Gong asked who Mrs. Bao was. Liao replied that in the nineteenth year of the ancestor Qin Wengong, a Chen Cang man dug up a monster and prepared to sacrifice it to the monarch. On the way to sacrifice the monster to the people of Chen Cang, he met two children. The child persuaded Chen Cang not to sacrifice monsters, and said that the monster's name was Hedgehog, and he opened his mouth to eat his mother when he was born, and he specialized in sucking the brain marrow of the dead. Chen Cangren was shocked and prepared to kill the hedgehog. The hedgehog suddenly spoke, and it said that you don't want to kill me, go and catch the two children, their names are Chen Bao, they are the dragon and phoenix fetus of the pheasant essence, and they are called kings by males and dominated by females. Chen Cangren thought that the hedgehog had spirituality, so he released it and then went to catch the child. But suddenly the two children turned into pheasants and flew away. Chen Cangren reported the matter to Duke Wen. Gong Wen then drove to Taibai Mountain, and sure enough, he saw a wild pheasant with pure white fur and brilliant brilliance in Chencang Mountain, so he asked the sergeant to round it up. The pheasant flew to the top of the mountain and became a stone pheasant the size of a goat. The incident was also recorded in the archives of the Inner Palace, which has been preserved to this day. Because I've seen it before, I remember it. Mu Gong asked people to look up the information, and it was the same as what Liao said. And this Mrs. Bao is a female pheasant. Mu Gong built the 'Bao Lady Temple' on the mountain, and renamed Chencang Mountain as Baoji Mountain. In the spring and autumn of each year, local officials were specially appointed to worship Mrs. Bao, and later Mu Gong really became the second overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period. Therefore, Mrs. Bao's blessing of the Qin State was ordered by the Emperor of Heaven, and for hundreds of years, the Qin State has been prosperous for a long time, and finally unified the world. And now Your Majesty dreamed that Madame Bao came to say goodbye to you, I am afraid that she will no longer bless the Qin State! β
The third generation listened to Neishi's words, and his heart was sullen. Suddenly, an official Pegasus came to report, saying that the pass had been lost, and the Qin army had also retreated to Lantian. The third generation was shocked when he heard the report, and thought that the dream had come true, so he hurriedly convened hundreds of officials to discuss countermeasures. Wang Juan said: "Your Majesty, the matter is urgent, please allow the old minister to lead all the guards to Lantian, the minister is desperate for his life, and he must repel the rebels!" King Qin's heart was bleeding, tears were in his eyes, and he said: "The prime minister is over sixty years old and can't go into battle again." Wang Juan hit his head and said: "Although the minister is old, the minister is an old Qin man when he is alive, and he is also an old Qin ghost when he dies!" "The third was very moved.
Suddenly, someone broke in from outside the hall and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the two of us are willing to lead the army to resist the enemy, and we must cut off Liu Bang's head and present it to Your Majesty!" When the third world looked at it, it turned out to be two princes - Yingwen and Yingkui. The third world said helplessly: "Son, the foundation of the ancestors has been facing annihilation, my heart is like a knife, if you can defeat the rebels, the Qin State will still be saved!" The two princes said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister is the liver and brain, and he will repay the country with death!" The third generation mobilized tens of thousands of tiger troops and let them lead them to resist the enemy. The third emperor personally sent the two princes out of the city. Yingkui let his brother lead the army, he was the vanguard, and then got on the horse and went away. The third looked at the backs of the two princes, and did not feel tears falling like rain.
The story of Baoji must also be told completely: according to the records of Baoji County and other sources, it is said that the male pheasant flew to Nanyang, and was born in Nanyang more than 700 years later, Liu Xiu then raised troops to revive the Han family, became the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, and also fulfilled the prophecy of "the one who wins the male is the king". Until the fourteenth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, Fan Yang Jie Du made An Lushan rebel, which was known as the "Anshi Rebellion" in history. Because the rebels broke through to Shaanxi, Xuanzong fled from Chang'an and came to Chencang. At this time, the rebels followed, Xuanzong panicked, and took a few of his own soldiers into the southwest mountain, they climbed over a mountain, and saw that there were cliffs on all sides, and there was no way to go. Xuanzong fell to the ground and cried bitterly: "My life is over! At this time, a wild pheasant suddenly flew in, circled, and flew south. Xuanzong and his party followed the pheasant to the top of the mountain. The pheasant suddenly disappeared, and a temple appeared in front of him. Everyone took a closer look, it was Mrs. Bao's temple, and Xuanzong rested in the temple. At this time, the sound of killing under the mountain was shocking, and the pursuers had arrived. At this moment, it suddenly rained heavily and hail poured down, only to smash the rebels into a broken army and flee, so Xuanzong escaped. At this time, the sun was shining on the top of the mountain, and there was no cloud. Xuanzong therefore sighed: "Chen Cang, treasure land; Mountain birds, god chickens also. Since then, people have also called Baoji Mountain Jifeng Mountain. After Tang Suzong succeeded to the throne, the Tang army attacked the rebels, the army came to Fengxiang, and people heard the cry of the rooster again, and since then the Tang army has been victorious, and the rebels have collapsed. Tang Suzong believed that the country had been blessed by the gods to turn the corner. Baoji Baoji, that is, the treasure of Guanzhong, renamed Chencang Baoji, which is still in use today.