Destiny Only Han

Chapter 140 The dawn of the dawn
Guanzhong, Liangshan Palace, the watchtower on the palace wall.

Zhang Ping, the general of the Yong Kingdom, looked over the railing, looking at the continuous Han army barracks in the wilderness.

After the defeat in the south of the city that day, he gathered the prisoner army defeated by the Han army, and withdrew to Liangshan Palace and Haowan County in the east of the city respectively.

Although Liangshan Palace is only a palace that the Qin kings of the past dynasties visited when they worshiped heaven, the palace style of this period is similar to the castles in the European Middle Ages. They all have defensive facilities such as city walls, archery towers, as well as arsenals and granaries.

The reason why the first emperor chose Qinian Palace as his crowning place was also because of the complete city defense fortifications in Qinian Palace.

The so-called city defense, more importantly, is the fortress outside the city and the garrison outside the city. Once they are beaten to the point where they are besieged by the enemy in the city, they will not be far from complete failure.

Because of this, Zhang Ping commanded the rout troops to enter Liangshan Palace and Haojun County respectively, just to make the two strongholds look like corners and take care of each other.

After all, the width of the city wall is limited, and the number of enemy and friendly troops that can climb to the top of the city at the same time is also limited. Gathering a large army in an isolated city cannot strengthen the defensive strength.

It's like a 200-meter city wall. If two people stand per meter, only 1000 people are needed to fill the city wall. Even if shifts and reserve teams are included, at most only [-] people are needed.

Therefore, it does not matter whether the defenders are 1000 or 2000.

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The night is dark and windy.

Outside Wuguan at the southern foot of Xiaoshan Mountain, a large army with no banners and drums appeared, marched lightly, and rushed straight to the Chengguan.

This is the army led by Lu Ze from Nanyang County to the north. The generals leading the army are the former general of Fanjun's department, Mei Yan, and Li Cang, who abandoned Wuguan and took refuge in Liu Bang.

Because Mei Yan had a relationship with Lu Ze, and because he had a feud with the descendants of the former Wu King Helu, the current Hengshan King Wu Rui, he simply pledged his allegiance to Lu Ze and became a general of the Lu Kingdom.

At this moment, under the leadership of Li Cang, the army passed through the high mountains with ease, and with the support of the soldiers who had been hiding in the various fortresses for many days, they easily took down the various fortresses along the way, and quietly appeared under the city of Wuguan.

After all, the number of troops in Sima Xin's hands was limited, and most of the defenders in the small fortresses of Wuguan were the former Qin soldiers.

They are already tired of war, as long as they are not allowed to participate in the war, the city is fortified, you can take it if you want...

At dawn, the general Sima Xin sent to guard Wuguan was sleeping soundly, when he suddenly heard someone outside the courtyard shouting horses, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

He woke up in a jerk, pushed away the concubine who was lying on his chest at a loss after waking up, and hurriedly put on the armor.

When he pushed the door and went out, he saw that the big flag with the character of Lu had been replaced on the city gate in the distance, and the soldiers he brought, although they rose up to resist, but in the end because of the haste and being outnumbered, they were already dead at this moment. There were almost no casualties.

"I, I vote for..."

He raised his hands high and yelled loudly, but the red-eyed Mei Yan couldn't stop at all, rushed past him, raised his sword in his hand, and chopped off a big head.

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Guanzhong, Liyang.

In the old days of Qin State, now in the royal palace of Sai State, there was the news that Zhang Han, who was busy in the world, came together with him. There was also the news that Wuguan was captured by Lu Ze, and now tens of thousands of troops are coming to Lantian County.

Sima Xin stood in the hall, pacing back and forth like ants on a hot pot.

He looked at Zhang Han with annoyed expression on his face: "Brother, it's not that he is unwilling to send troops, but he really can't spare the extra troops to fight against Liu Bang!"

Zhang Han's face showed bitterness, and he sighed in his heart.

As the former commander-in-chief of the Qin State, he has lived in Xianyang City for many years, and he naturally understands in his heart that if Hangu Pass and Wuguan were the gateway fortress of the Qin State in the past, then Lantian County, located in the south of the Wei River, is the throat and lifeblood of the Qin State.

If this place is lost, it will inevitably repeat the same mistakes that Qin was destroyed by Liu Bang in the past!

However, if Haoquan County falls and the Han army advances eastward, the Guanzhong Plain will also have no danger to rely on, and it will be dead!

Zhang Han deliberately persuaded Sima Xin to ignore Lu Ze for the time being, and join forces with him first to repel the Han army in the west, and then sweep Lu Ze who invaded Guanzhong.

However, he knew very well that once he said this, Sima Xin would definitely spit in his face.

After defeating the Han army, the Yong Kingdom survived, but if Lu Ze was ignored, the Sai Kingdom would be destroyed!
Zhang Han felt that if Sima Xin really agreed, he might annex Serbia after defeating Lu Ze...

Just when the two of them were deadlocked, an envoy came from outside the door.

"Report to my king, King Zhai and Dong Yi, please see me."

Zhang Han suddenly sat up, his face full of disbelief.

Dong Yi?

What is he doing here?

Sima Xin's face was full of joy: "Hurry up and invite me, no, I will come out alone to welcome you!"

After a while, Dong Yi, who was dressed in a military uniform, walked in. After the three of them saluted again, they sat down separately.

Dong Yi said with a smile, "I know the news about Liu Bang's going to the north, and I also know the news about your defeat in Haoding County..."

Zhang Han was not good at interrupting: "Say it straight, what are you doing here?"

The corner of Dong Yi's mouth raised, "Gu didn't come alone, he brought [-] elites, and they are now stationed on the border with Serbia. Gu still understands the reason why his lips are dead and his teeth are cold."

Zhang Han narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tell me about your request."

Dong Yi laughed loudly: "As expected, I have been in the same robe for many years, my brother knows how to be alone! Di Guo can send troops, but after the war, the thirteen counties of Beidi County need to be assigned to Zhai Guo!"

Sima Xin crossed his arms and looked at the scene in front of him quietly. Although the country of Serbia is small, it is almost the essence of land, with a large population and rich land.

The Yong State of Zhang Han controlled half of the Guanzhong Plain, as well as the two counties of Longxi and Beidi.

Dong Yi is more ordinary. He only got one county, and more than half of it was snatched away by the Huns. At this moment, he can only rely on the old Great Wall of the Qin State to prevent the Huns from going south.

Therefore, it is understandable that he wants to get more land.

After weighing for a while, Zhang Han took a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger in his chest, and said in a low voice, "As long as you can defeat the Han army and save the encirclement of the Han army, the thirteen counties of Beidi will be yours."

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Guanzhong is a good county.

In the early morning, the sound of golden drums came from the camp of the Han army. This was the sound of mobilizing the army and preparing to attack Liangshan Palace.

In the past few days, the Han army stationed outside the city began to cut down trees and build siege equipment such as ladder trucks, but it was limited to the loess plateau here, and there were not many stones, so it was nothing to make the trebuchet. Useful.

Han Xin held his long sword in his hand, put on his helmet and armor, and stood on a chariot drawn by two pure-color white horses, ready to personally command the siege operation.

Yong State's prisoner army is not weak in combat effectiveness. If they are allowed to continue to recuperate in the city, once Zhang Han moves in to reinforce the army, the situation may be reversed.

It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers.

Only by wiping out all the troops retreating into the city can it be convenient to carry out the strategy he mentioned that day.

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In the county town, among the bleak streets.

The person in charge of defending Juan County was another general of Yong State, Robba.

This person used to be a bandit entrenched in Yunmeng Daze. After being arrested, he was punished to do hard labor in Lishan Mountain. After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, Zhou Wen broke into Guanzhong. Under his leadership, Dong Chu continued his life for Da Qin.

Because of his bravery in battle, he contributed a lot in the battle to kill Wei Jiu and Xiang Liang, so he was promoted from ordinary soldier to lieutenant general along the way.

Although the Han army has already begun to prepare to attack the city, the robbers who have been fighting for the past few years are not panicked. He is currently patrolling the city.

To be precise, he is walking on the road of the female relatives of the people's families in Lieyan City.

Born as a bandit, he doesn't have any sense of morality, and now without Zhang Hanzhangping's control, he acts recklessly.

These days, the wives and daughters of the rich families in the city have been raped and humiliated by him almost once, and now it has intensified and played new tricks.

He chose the direction of wandering in the city according to the good and bad luck determined in the "Japanese Book", and forcibly broke into the homes of the people passing along the way.

If there is a woman in the other party's family who he likes, it is natural to escape his clutches. If he doesn't like it, anyway, there are many soldiers behind him, and there will always be someone who is not picky.

At this moment, Robber kicked open a firewood gate, walked into a residential house in the city, looked at the men and women who were kicked out, his eyes straightened, and he swallowed his saliva.

In front of him stood a young woman with a baby in her arms.

Although the other party was unkempt and deliberately smeared his cheeks with black ash, but because he was breastfeeding, his figure looked particularly attractive under the thin clothes.

"Please, me, I'll give you money..." The unarmed man begged on his knees.

It's just that Robber turned a deaf ear to it, smiled charmingly, and walked towards the young woman, his eyes flicked across her body.

Beside him, two soldiers with lettering on their faces strode forward, kicked the man to the ground, put their long swords on his chest, and said with a strange smile:

"It's your honor for the general to have a crush on your mother-in-law... Later, let us men take turns teaching her how to serve men!"

Among the soldiers present, bursts of laughter erupted. They looked at Roba who was walking towards the young woman, and their breathing gradually became short of breath.

On this point, Robber never eats alone. If he has a bite of meat, he will have a bite of soup with his cronies.

Robber walked up to the young woman, sniffed a few times, and felt the unique breath of the other party in a special period. He looked at the man who was lying on the ground, begging constantly, and decided to let the other party see with his own eyes how he showed his glory !
He snatched the baby from the young woman's hand, threw it on the ground casually, then grabbed the mother who was about to jump at the child, and tore the thin clothes on her body with a thud.

The young woman didn't care about the torn clothes on her body at all, but struggled desperately, trying to hold the crying child on the ground into her arms.

But outside the city, the sound of the attacking drums of the Han army was earth-shattering.

(End of this chapter)