Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 307 Frustration
Under the cover of the Lu shield, the three thousand tigers rushed into the depths of the Jiange again.

This time, the Han army stationed on the cliff still didn't have much to do. Although flying spears and hundreds of catties of rolling wood and rocks could hit the Chu army, they couldn't help the Chu army's huge sculls. The giant oar that threatened the Chu army could only fall straight down the cliff, and it was difficult to hit the Chu army's head.

As for bows and arrows, under the cover of Chu army's huge oars and large shields, they were simply decorations.

With the blaring of waves higher than the waves, sixty square formations formed by three thousand tigers approached the fortress again, and then slowly moved upward along the stone steps over which the stream overflowed. This time, the stream overflowed The stone steps and the green whips scattered everywhere could no longer stop the advance of the Chu army, because the Chu army had already changed into straw sandals.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, Chu Jun had already climbed half of the stone steps.

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On the unfinished wooden wall of Jiange Fortress, Bai Mo, dressed in white, is supervising the battle.

Seeing that the slippery stone steps and the green cane could no longer stop the advance of the Chu army, Bai Mo sighed softly, then turned his head and told Li Bu: "Lieutenant Li, you can spread the barbed wire."

"Here!" Li Bu responded abruptly, then turned around and shouted, "Scatter barbed wire!"

Li Bu gave an order, and the soldiers of the Han army guarding the wooden wall grabbed handfuls of barbed wire and threw them down on the stone steps below. Throwing it dozens of steps away, in an instant, a large piece of black barbed thorns fell from the sky, covering the upper half of the stone road.

Even on the lower half of the stone path, a large number of caltrops rolled down.

A tiger ben warrior stepped out, just stepped on a barbed wire, the sharp iron thorn pierced the straw sandal and deeply penetrated into the sole of his foot, under the pain, the tiger ben warrior immediately killed Howled like a pig, and soon, there were screams one after another on the stone path, and hundreds of tiger ben warriors fell on the stone path with their feet hugged.

"Be careful under your feet!" Jin Xiang was in a hurry, shouting loudly, "Barbed caltrops, there are barbed caltrops under your feet!"

In fact, without Jin Xiang's reminder, the three thousand tigers and bens all knew what was going on, but they knew that they had nothing to do. Due to the limited protection area of ​​the giant scull, the fifty tigers and bens in each phalanx They all had to be tightly packed together, which made it impossible for them to see the ground under their feet clearly. Even if they were moving forward, they had to be reminded by the little school in charge of leading the way how they could see the ground. Caltrops?

Even though the small schools at all levels howled loudly, even though the three thousand tigers knew that there were barbed thorns under their feet, they could only push forward step by step, and then stepped on the barbed thorns one after another, screaming and falling down in the pool of blood. In a short time, at least four to five hundred Huben Ruishi fell into a pool of blood, and the giant oar also overturned more than ten yuan!

The next moment, arrows rained down on the fortress and on the cliffs on both sides, and the Huben Ruishi who were injured and fell to the ground and lost the cover of the giant scull were shot and killed one after another. The casualties of the Huben Ruishi suddenly increased sharply. At this time, Jin Xiang Even if he is unwilling, he also knows that it is impossible to continue the attack. If it continues, the entire army of three thousand tigers will be wiped out!
"Change the back team to the front team, withdraw!" Jin Xiang's tiger eyes burst into flames, and he ordered through gritted teeth.

Amidst the endless sound of horns, the Chu army withdrew again. In the first attack, the Chu army only killed more than a hundred people, but this time, the Chu army suffered a total of 600 casualties. Almost all the stone steps under the fortress were piled up, and the blood flowing from them almost stained the entire stream red.

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The Chu army was in the rear.

Looking at the remnants of the Chu army that had fled back "bouncing around", Xiang Zhuang couldn't believe his eyes. Hu Benwei's second wave of offensive was disintegrated by the Han army in this way?Moreover, of the [-] tigers that went into the attack, less than [-] escaped back, and most of them were wounded, and many soldiers had their soles crippled!

Jin Xiang explained the whole story to Xiang Zhuang, and in shame, he drew his sword and wanted to kill himself.

Xiang Zhuang grabbed Jin Xiang's hand and said angrily, "Jin Xiang, you're doing well!"

Jin Xiang drooped his head, shamelessly said: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent..."

"Incompetent, incompetent, what would you say other than incompetent?!" Xiang Zhuang said angrily, "I said earlier that there is no general victorious in this world, let alone an army that will never be defeated. A few days ago, I was still in Jiange After losing the battle, do the widows have to learn from you and commit suicide to thank Jiangdong's elders?"

Jin Xiang panicked and said, "Your Majesty is in danger of Chu, so how can he commit suicide?"

"A widow can't commit suicide, can you Jinxiang do it? A widow can lose a battle, but you Jinxiang can't lose a battle?!" Xiang Zhuang snorted, his tone was a little slower, "It's no big deal to lose a battle, sum up the failure well Lesson, just win back on the battlefield in the future, you are not even afraid of death, are you afraid of living?!"

Jin Xiang remained silent, but there was a thoughtful look on his face.

Xiang Zhuang has always placed high hopes on Jin Xiang. Although Jin Xiang is young, his qualifications in the army are not inferior to Pang Yu's, and he is only slightly inferior to Gao Chu. More importantly, Jin Xiang's loyalty to the Xiang family has been integrated. It's a pity that Jin Xiang doesn't like reading very much. If you don't study, it's hard to become a handsome talent. At best, you can be a fierce general.

Xiang Zhuang hoped that these two fiascos today would touch Jin Xiang.

Looking up at the sky, it was almost noon, and the soldiers should be hungry, so Xiang Zhuang gave an order: "Order, the whole army rests for a while, and prepares to eat!"

The military order was passed down quickly, and the soldiers of the Chu army who were waiting in full force sat on the ground to rest one after another. The whole family marched with delicious fatty pork cooked in the cauldron, and many soldiers were already salivating.

In the large canvas tent, Xiang Zhuang, Bai Lixian, Gao Chu and Pang Yu had no appetite at all.

After being silent for a while, Xiang Zhuang sighed, "This Bai Mo really deserves to be a brother who learns sword."

Gao Chu nodded, and said with regret: "Ten years ago, if only Lao Qu could kill this person."

Xiang Zhuang was silent for a while, then turned his gaze to Bai Lixian, and asked, "Ziliang, do you have a countermeasure?"

At this juncture of the battle, Xiang Zhuang has no other tricks. However, judging from the current situation, it seems that a frontal attack is not a good way. Bai Mo is too difficult to deal with. In the end, I was lucky enough to capture Jiange, and I am afraid that I will not have the energy to compete with Liu Bang for Hanzhong.

Bai Lixian shook his head, Xiang Zhuang had nothing to do, and he had nothing to do.

In fact, it’s not that Xiangzhuang and Bailixian don’t know how to use soldiers, let alone that they are not smart enough, but that the terrain of Jiange is too steep, and the Han army took the first step to occupy the cliffs on both sides. It has become impossible to turn over the cliff and intercept the back of the Han army. In all these cases, the Chu army has no other way but to attack directly.

Pang Yu suddenly said: "Your Majesty, maybe Huyan can really find a path through the mountains."

"Huyan?" Xiang Zhuang smiled wryly and shook his head, "There is really another way to go from Shuzhong to Hanzhong. Don't Mrs. Qin and Tang Tong, the Bashu tycoons, know?"

For Huyan, Xiang Zhuang really had no hope.

If it wasn't for the inconvenient communication, Xiang Zhuang would probably have asked Hu Yan to bring back the two thousand Sirius Guards long ago. It would be a waste of time to stay in the mountains and run around, wouldn't it?
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Xiang Zhuang didn't expect that Hu Yan really found his way.

The Sirius Guards searched for tens of miles separately, and finally found three Orion households in the deep mountains.

These three Orion households are said to be the descendants of the royal family of Ba. They have been hiding here for more than 100 years since the Qin Dynasty destroyed Ba. After Huyan left, I asked them. These three Orion households really knew that there was a small road. It goes straight from Langzhong to Hanzhong, and taking this path is much closer than taking the Jinniu Road.

Huyan was overjoyed when he heard the news.

After presenting three horizontal knives and three high-quality iron tire bows to Orion, Orion finally agreed to lead the way. When Xiang Zhuang was frustrated in Jiange and had nothing to do, Hu Yan had already brought two thousand Sirius Guards to Orion. Under the guidance of the leader, he embarked on the narrow path leading directly to Hanzhong. At this time, it is less than a hundred miles away from Hanzhong Qunzhi Nanzheng.

However, a deep ravine with a width of several tens of feet blocked the way of the Sirius Guard.

Huyan frowned, turned back and asked Orion, "Didn't you say that there is a big tree on this stream?"

Orion scratched his head, and said in embarrassment: "It turns out there is a big tree. My brother and I just walked past it last year, but this big tree has been around for some years. It may have fallen into the mountain stream after a long time." After a pause, Orion said again, "But don't worry, general, the villain has a way to send you there."

"Do you have a way?" Huyan said angrily, "What way?"

This is a deep stream with a width of several tens of feet, not just a few feet wide. If it is a mountain stream with a width of several feet, just throw the flying claw across it, but the distance of several tens of feet, the flying claw can't get over it!If there is a giant crossbow, you can also use the giant crossbow to shoot the flying claw rope, but the problem is that the Heavenly Wolf Guard does not carry a giant crossbow at all.

Orion didn't answer, just put his hand in his mouth and let out a whistle.

Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling sound from the sky, and then a golden eagle with huge wings fluttered down from the top of the mountain, and finally it stopped on the right arm of the hunting shoulder. Orion stroked the golden eagle's feathers, took out a bundle of thin silk ropes from his rucksack, and tied one end to the golden eagle's claws.

Orion raised his right arm again, and the golden eagle flew towards the opposite side of the mountain stream with a scream.

Under the watchful eyes of Hu Yan and the two thousand Sirius guards, the golden eagle circled behind a big tree on the opposite side and flew back. The rope is tied to the silk rope, and the heavy and thick hemp rope is pulled to the opposite side of the mountain stream by the silk rope, and finally pulled back to form a double-strand cable bridge.

"Hey!" Huyan said overjoyed immediately, "I didn't expect you to have a way."

(End of this chapter)