Chapter Seventy-Four: Take the Pass!

"Kill!"

"Ahh ....”

The 15,000 Qin defenders on the western defense line of the Guanxi had not yet figured out what was going on with the soldiers and horses on the side, and Liu Bang's army in front of them rushed towards the trench like a sea of red

The faces of the Qin army were shocked, and they saw He Yutai shouting with a calm face: "The army listens to the order!" According to the report of the spies just now, Hu Qing, the general of the Guanguan guard, had led the Qin army to surrender to Liu Bang's army. ”

Another bombshell exploded in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Qin army, and it sounded like ashes. This... Even General Hu Qing has fallen to Liu Bang? So how can this bird battle continue?

Hu Qing continued: "The armies listened to the order, the pass has been lost, and all the crossbow arrows are shot at Liu Bangjun on the opposite side!" Then follow me to Lantian to retreat! ”

The army was shocked again! Is this a direct abandonment of positions and an escape? If this is the case, this Liu Bang's two-way army will go straight to Xianyang City

Is this going to sell Daqin directly? But after thinking about it, with more than 10,000 people, there are more than 100,000 troops of Liu Bangjun in front and on the left.

The army did not dare to hesitate, at this moment, in this dead place, they encountered the judgment of the army to surrender to the enemy, so they could only obey the order of the main general, no matter what, this He Yutai would not surrender to the enemy. He won't even watch the remaining more than 10,000 Qin troops die in vain

"Yes, General He!"

The Qin army, who was operating the heavy crossbow machine, didn't say a word, loaded the crossbow arrows, and fired ten thousand arrows at Liu Bangjun, who was not far away and was preparing to build a bridge and cross the trench

Liu Bang's army, which had already built three wooden bridges, had just broken through the trench, but they were hit by countless flying arrows, and they came directly to the heart

Liu Bangjun couldn't dodge, and they retreated and stepped on it, and many people fell off the wooden bridge and were directly pierced by the wooden thorns at the bottom of the trench...

Heavy crossbow arrows are powerful and have a long range

A few arrows fell in front of Liu Bang, so frightened that Liu Bang hurriedly ordered the shield army to block in front of him and ordered the army to retreat

But the Qin crossbow that covered the sky and the sun did not stop for a moment, and round after round of arrows fell on Liu Bangjun, who was rushing towards the direction of the trench, and countless young lives disappeared in an instant

It was unbearable to see, when Liu Bang saw the strength and lethality of the Qin crossbow with his own eyes, his face trembled a few times, and it was really not easy to break through this line of defense, without taking human lives, or without an army of 100,000 to rush to the death

Liu Bang shouted to Zhang Liang and Xiao He: "Zhou Bo and Cao Shen, the two rabbit cubs, haven't arrived yet?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the rain of arrows in the sky suddenly disappeared, making Liu Bangjun pause. looked at the opposite Qin Jun suspiciously

After confirming that the other party no longer fired arrows, the army rushed across the wooden bridge with high momentum and pressed towards the black Qin army

At this time, the crossbow arrows had been exhausted, He Yutai turned his head to the left, and saw Liu Bangjun coming from the direction of Yaoguan like a tsunami, and he was afraid that it was less than a mile away

He Yutai said loudly: "All the troops listen to the order!" Give up the crossbow machine and retreat to Lantian with me! ”

"Whoa!"

I saw that the Qin army gave up the heavy crossbow machine in a moment and lined up. And He Yutai rode a high-headed war horse, whipped his horse, and took the lead towards the north

And the Qin army was holding a spear and running at great speed, following behind He Yutai and many other main generals...

A minute later, Zhou Bo and Cao Shen led nearly 70,000 horses to the western defense line of Yaoguan, and the army looked at the black heavy crossbow and the burned camp tent that could not be seen at a glance, and there was not even a living Qin army, and the army looked confused

Looking north, I vaguely saw a long black dragon moving rapidly northwest, bringing up dust in the sky...

After a few more minutes, Liu Bang led the army through the wooden bridge that had just been erected, and quickly came to the Qin crossbow

After the two armies converged, Zhou Bo, Cao Shen, Li Shiqi, and Hu Qing dismounted and walked over, knelt down on one knee and said, "Meet the lord!" ”

Liu Bang nodded solemnly and said, "Get up." Zhou Bo, why did his Qin army abandon its position and flee to Guanzhong? ”

Zhou Bo arched his hand and said: "My lord, it must be that He Yutai learned that General Hu Qing had surrendered to our army, and he couldn't resist it, so he took the opportunity to escape." The remnants of the army are just defeated. ”

I saw Hu Qing arch his hand to Liu Bangyi and said, "Descend to Hu Qing to meet Pei Gong!" ”

Liu Bangdingqing saw that this young man looked to be about 30 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, quite heroic, and he was happy in his heart, so he stepped forward to hold Hu Qing's arms and said with a smile:

"General Hu, please get up quickly, since you surrender to me Liu Bang, the general can rest assured, Liu will not treat you badly. Follow me to fight the world, and the general can make contributions again in the future. Ha ha. ”

Hu Qing's body trembled after hearing this, and with tears in his eyes, he knelt down again and leaned over at Liu Bang's feet: "Lord... Lord, I, Hu Qing, have to see the Lord today, and only by swearing to serve Pei Gong can I repay the grace of the Lord for knowing the encounter! ”

Liu Bang was a little irritable, although he had broken through the barrier now, and then there was a flat region. I can't wait to quickly eliminate the remaining Qin army in Guanzhong and take Xianyang in one fell swoop

Liu Bang didn't talk nonsense: "General Hu is under Zhou Bo's camp for the time being." Ofan, our army has broken through the pass, how to eliminate the Qin army in the pass next? ”

After hearing this, Zhang Liang approached Hu Qing and said: "General Hu, I am Zhang Liang, the military division under Duke Pei, and I also ask the general to inform me of the current situation of the Qin army and the defenders in the Guannei." ”

Hu Qing returned a salute and smiled: "Master Zhang, when He Yutai and I led the army to pick up the defense pass, the pass was divided into parts of the Qin army except for the border pass. There are more than 40,000 main forces of the Qin army stationed in the Lantian camp, and there are 20,000 Qin troops stationed near Bashui, plus about 10,000 other garrisons, and the battleable army is about 70,000..."

"I don't know much about the Qin army in Guanzhong recently, but it is estimated that if you add the newly recruited new army, it will only be 80,000 at most."

After hearing this, Xia Houying pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "Heh." Lord, how can you stop my 120,000 army of 80,000 Qin troops? The lord can give me 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry troops, and I will take him to dominate the water Qin army! ”

Liu Bang waved his hand to stop talking, and looked at Zhang Liang with an expectant face

Zhang Liang was looking around the heavy crossbow that the Qin army didn't have time to take away at this time, shook his head and said: "Although the Qin crossbow is good, it is also a chicken rib without crossbow arrows, and it is not of great use to our army, so we can only stay here first." ”

Then he looked up at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone, looking at the hurry of the Qin army's defeat and retreat, even if there are still some main forces of the Qin army left in this pass, there will be no fighting spirit at this time, the lord can rest assured that he will send a large army to destroy the Qin army in Guanzhong, hehe." ”

After hearing this, Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Xia Houying, Fan Hao listen to the order!" I order you two to lead 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry troops to sweep away Bashui and all the Qin troops nearby! There must be no mistakes. ”

The two knelt down on one knee and said, "Yes, lord!" ”

"Cao Shen and Zhou Bo listen to orders! I order the two of you to be the main general's vanguard, and lead the remaining 90,000 troops to the Lantian camp to sweep away the main force of the Qin army in one fell swoop! ”

Cao Shen and the others knelt down and said, "Yes, lord!" ”

After thinking for a while, Liu Bang felt that he had missed something, and asked Zhang Liangdao: "Ofan, the main force of the Qin army in Guanzhong has been eliminated, and the Qin defenders stationed at the border and Hangu Pass are still there." Do I need to send an army to clean it up? ”

Zhang Liang shook his head and denied: "No! The lord only needs to concentrate his superior forces to take Guanzhong and Xianyang City, and if there are too many troops at this time, there may be changes. ”

"And as long as our army takes Xianyang, the Qin border guards will be self-defeating, and then they will surrender to Peigong."