A group of big birds panicked, flying into the sky in groups, under Yangzhai City, the drums beat slowly, the horn whimpered in the air, 120,000 Chu troops and 30,000 Han troops shouted, roared, and the queue neatly advanced to Yang Zhai City, about a distance of more than 1,000 steps, all the soldiers and horses stopped moving, a general wearing a red coat, riding a horse to the front of the formation, the iron sword in his hand was raised, as if telling the soldiers something, not long after, accompanied by the shouts of the generals, the Chu army and the Han army were like boiling water in a fried pot, roared and swarmed towards Yang Zhai City.

The war started at this moment, the first infantry team carried the ladder, brandished the spear, and went straight to the city.

And the person who just swore an oath is Liu Bang, since he and Zhang Liang met in Quyu County, the two cherished each other, and talked until late at night, Liu Bang also agreed to help South Korea regain the land, and then went west, pointing directly at Guanzhong.

The contact with Han Wangcheng laid Liu Bang's determination to enter the Han land, because Han Wangcheng had promised that he would allow Zhang Liang to follow Liu Bang to the west, but the premise was that after Liu Bang recaptured the Han land, he would also give South Korea some visible benefits, and Liu Bang also agreed to Han Wangcheng.

For Liu Bang, who has the sunshine of the hero, Zhang Liang is far more valuable than gold, silver and jewelry, as long as there are Wenchen generals, Liu Bang will win more land, have more wealth, and can develop more long-term, and Han Wangcheng only fancy the immediate interests, in Liu Bang's eyes, Han Wangcheng is just a villain.

The drums rumbled, the trumpets had already thought about the third round, the Chu army had invested as many as 70,000 troops, and the Han army had also sent nearly 20,000 troops, which was impossible for Yangzhai City, which only had 20,000 defenders.

The misty smoke filled the sky, the fire engulfed the city, and the Chu army continued to climb the ladder, brandishing weapons, and fighting bloodily at the head of Yangzhai City, and the banners of the Qin army were thrown down, accompanied by Lu Juan's bare hand waving the first Chu army flag, and the head of Yangzhai City finally fell.

About three hours have passed, the shouting and killing sound on the city tower has gradually become scarce, the opening of the city gate of "squeak quack" sounded, and the Chu army and cavalry who have always hit the door together swarmed into Yangzhai County, Liu Bang was in the Chinese army formation not far away, and Han Cheng glanced at each other, each rode his horse, and slowly walked towards the city.

In the early morning, the Korean army Zhang Bang calmed the people, calmed the panic caused by the Chu army's siege, and in the afternoon, Liu Bang's army began to withdraw from Yangzhai County one after another, and set up camp next to the bank of the Yinghe River in the north of the city.

After arranging the city, Zhang Liang hurried to Liu Bang Dazhai, and just arrived at the gate of Dazhai, a captain who was guarding the camp greeted him and said: "General Zhang, my lord has been waiting for you for a long time, please follow me in." ”

The captain took Zhang Liang through several camps and came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and the two soldiers who were responsible for guarding the big tent opened the curtain and shouted: "General Zhang is here." ”

Zhang Liang bowed his head slightly, walked into the big tent, only to see Liu Bang and others gathered in front of the map, as if discussing something, Liu Bang saw Zhang Liang at this time, surprisingly surprised, he put down the command stick in his hand, greeted Zhang Liang, Lang smiled: "Ovary, I've been waiting for you for a long time, come on, I'm about to discuss with you the strategy of westward expansion." ”

"Why is General Liu in such a hurry?" Zhang Liang was slightly surprised, and came to the map with Liu Bang, Liu Bang pointed to Xingyang on the map and smiled: "I got accurate information, Yang Xiong has been beheaded by the imperial court due to poor supervision of the war, at this time, Sanchuan County has no generals to guard, it is a good opportunity for soldiers to enter the pass." ”

Stopped, Liu Bang put away the excitement just now, and sighed again: "Another news, I heard that Xiang Yu has sent Sima Wei as the vanguard to march to Hedong, it can be seen that Xiang Yu has begun to consider the matter of entering the customs, if I enter the customs after Xiang Yu, I am afraid that the throne of the King of Qin will be mine!" ”

After speaking, Liu Bang sighed again, he had promised King Han to help him recover Handi, seeing that Handi had been half pacified, Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong, which caught Liu Bang off guard, and he had to temporarily consider giving up recovering Handi and turning to Guanzhong.

On the side, Zhang Liang can understand Liu Bang's urgency, besides, Liu Bang helped Han Wangcheng recover half of the Korean land, it is not easy, if the Qin State can not be destroyed, even if Korea recovers the whole territory, how to garrison the Korean land, it is also a big problem, thinking of this, Zhang Liang smiled and said: "General Liu does not have to worry, if your army goes west, I will definitely help." ”

It seems to see the worry in Liu Bang's heart, he is worried that the Chu army will move to Guanzhong, and Han Wangcheng will not be able to explain this part, Zhang Liang added: "Han Wang, I will persuade him, General Liu does not have to worry." ”

Hearing Zhang Liang say this, Liu Bang's heart was a little relieved, he looked at the map again, pointed to Xingyang and said, "I'm going to enter Xingyang, what does the ovary think?" ”

Zhang Liang stared at the map for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the troops to enter Xingyang." ”

"Why?" Liu Bang was surprised, and asked rhetorically, on the side, Li Shiqi also walked forward and asked: "Xingyang is the world's key rush, and there are Ao storey chestnuts for the Chu army to eat, you can attack if you advance, you can defend when you retreat, why not?" ”

Xiao He also nodded approvingly on the side, which made Liu Bang even more surprised, Zhang Liang saw that everyone only valued the immediate and did not value the long-term, so he had to laugh dryly, pointed to the map and said: "General Liu don't be surprised, please listen to me in detail." ”

Zhang Liang looked at the map again, pointed to Xingyang and said: "Although Yang Xiong has been beheaded now, there are still deputy generals to lead the army, with no less than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and there is Xingyang City as a barrier, holding on to the city, dare to ask the general, how long will it take to take Xingyang?" ”

Stopped, Zhang Liang looked at everyone again, and continued: "Even if Xingyang is taken, the general wants to eat Aocang, let me ask, our army is advancing westward, there are many dangers and obstacles in Guanzhong, the mountain road is difficult, and the transportation of grain and grass is the biggest problem, the general transports grain and grass from Xingyang to the front line, less than half a month, more than a month, its advantages have long been exhausted, dare to ask the general, how much help can Ao Cang Shuli help our army?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Liang no longer said down, and everyone gradually tasted the deep meaning of Zhang Liang's words, the soldiers entered the pass, it was fast, and the troops should be light, and they had entered the pass as quickly as possible.

Liu Bang also acquiesced to Zhang Liang's plan at this time, he wandered in front of the map for a while, looked at Zhang Liang again, and asked: "The meaning of the ofan, should we give up Xingyang and go straight to Hangu Pass?" ”

"No......" Zhang Liang shook his head, he pointed his finger above Luoyang on the map, and said with a smile: "This is our first battle." ”

Ten days later, the Chu army was mighty, leaving Yang Zhai, marching to Luoyang, along the way Liu Bang got the news of Xiang Yu's defeat of Zhang Han, but Xiang Yu at this time, has been monstrous, this is also what Liu Bang is worried about, has Xiang Yu heroic, and then there is the courage of ten thousand people, he will be his biggest strong enemy in the battle for the pass. Moreover, Xiang Yu had more than 200,000 troops at this time, far better than himself.

In the past few days, Liu Bang has been unable to sleep and eat, he has talked about this matter with Li Shiqi, Xiao He and others many times, and everyone has already conceived the king and not allowed Xiang Yu, appeased Liu Bang, and let him feel at ease for the time being.

Today, Liu Bang specially called Zhang Liang, and he was informed of this matter, Zhang Liang did not immediately answer Liu Bang after hearing it, after the two traveled for a distance, Zhang Liang sighed: "Xiang Yu is short-tempered, it is indeed the biggest hidden danger of General Liu, however, General Liu does not have to be so worried, we can use Xiang Zhuang to contain Xiang Yu, I believe that there is really a day when the soldiers meet, we can also Xu Tu." ”

It's Xu Tu again, Liu Bang was a little unhappy in his heart, everyone had already answered Xu Tu, if it was really Xu Tu, why did Xiang Yu have to enter the customs so urgently? Moreover, if it is not as expected, Liu Bang can conclude that Xiang Yu is very likely to give up Zhang Han and go west, in that case, Zhang Han is very likely to go south, abandon Xiang Yu, and directly obstruct his entry into the customs.

Thinking of this layer, Liu Bang let out a long sigh again, at this moment, several cavalry galloped from the front, they had a clear goal, and went straight to the Chinese army, and soon, they found Liu Bang and Zhang Liang who were slowly moving forward, a hundred elders came to the front, hurriedly dismounted, and arched his hand: "Lord, Pingyin is well defended, my vanguard army has been defeated in three battles and three times, and it cannot be taken. ”

Hearing the failure of the siege of the baby, Liu Bang was furious, he was just about to give an order, when he transferred troops to help, Zhang Liang grabbed Liu Bang on the side, and said softly: "Lord, the soldiers are fast, don't waste time in Pingyin, we might as well make a detour to Luoyang." ”

Hearing Zhang Liang say this, Liu Bang nodded immediately and ordered, "Change your route to Luoyang!" ”

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Seven days later, the Chu army arrived at the city of Luoyang, at this time, the Chu army was divided into six phalanxes, from six directions, the water around Luoyang was impassable, and the rumbling war drums were slowly beaten.

At the opening of the gate banner of the Chinese army, Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, Li Shiqi and Xiao He and others rode out on horseback, and the generals who had been waiting in front of the battle for a long time also gathered around Liu Bang. ”

Liu Bang nodded on the horse, he looked intently at Fan Xu and Zhou Bo on the side, and ordered: "Beat the drums, attack the city!" ”

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo ......" The low horn sounded, Fan Hao and Zhou Bo each rushed back to their own formation, and soon, groups of heralds rushed to all directions of Luoyang City, and the siege battle began.

Batches of Chu troops carried improvised ladders, battering rams shouted and rushed to Luoyang City, several captains were the first to run to the city, they ordered the shield soldiers to erect the shield wall, and the rest of the infantry began to shout slogans, pull up the ladders, after the friction sound of "crunch, crunch", the ladders of the Chu army set up the Luoyang city wall, and some soldiers began to climb up, but when they just climbed up to more than ten people, the head of Luoyang City, the first wave of gold juice poured down, accompanied by screams, and the Chu army continued to fall down the ladder.

But the Chu army did not give up the siege because of this, and the second and third waves of the Chu army climbed the ladder one after another and stormed the city tower.

Under the city, cavalry, shield soldiers and archers guarded the battering ram and came to the Luoyang city gate, after the slogan, the knocking sound sounded, but the Luoyang city gate was extremely strong, only the thunderous crash, but the Luoyang city gate did not loosen at all.

The Chu army suffered extremely heavy casualties, and the Chu army continued to retreat, and under the deterrence of Fan Xu's own soldiers, they rushed forward again.

The city was filled with gunsmoke and the fire spread, but the Chu army could not cross the city head half a step, Zhang Liang, who was already anxious immediately, sighed lightly, he looked at Liu Bang, and said helplessly: "Luoyang is well defended, I think, we might as well give up Luoyang, turn around and march to Nanyang!" ”

"Walking?" Nippon silently recited a sentence, quickly thinking in his heart, and on the side, Cao Wuxian said unhappily: "The road to the Yuyuan Mountain is difficult, I'm afraid it is not easy to march, once it encounters an ambush, our army is in a dilemma, and the consequences are unimaginable." ”

"Although the mountain road is difficult, the Qin army may not be able to fortify in Yuyuan, and besides, if our surprise troops go south, the Qin army may not guess that we are advancing from the south, so that our chances of entering the pass will be higher." Zhang Liang retorted.

After thinking for a while, Liu Bang also felt that Zhang Liang's strategy was feasible, far better than spending a lot of money in Luoyang, and then marching into Hangu Pass, besides, Liu Bang was always worried that Xiang Yu would give up continuing to fight // kill Zhang Han, and rush to enter the customs, if that was the case, Zhang Han would become his biggest threat, and staying away from here was the best choice.

Having made up his mind, Liu Bang looked back at the generals, and ordered: "Order to collect the troops and give up Luoyang!" Soldiers marching into the pass! ”

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