Overlord of the late Qin Dynasty

Chapter 307 Chu Army Enters the Pass (9)

Ever since, not long after Zhao Shi had just finished speaking.

The prefect of Hanzhong, He Que, immediately got up and cupped his hands and said, "My lord! I agree with General Zhao Shi's words, please take the throne as the king!"

He Que's statement made the rest of the people surprised, and then thought that he and others helped Zhao Kang control the three counties because they wanted to use Zhao Kang's hand to climb into the court.Now it is better to let Zhao Kang be the king directly to seek greater benefits for himself among the three counties.

In an instant, Luo Zhang, Qiao Ting, He Qi, He Hui, He Hu, Meng Wei, A Xiao, Yin Tongliu, Zhang Jiu and others stood up and clapped their hands together, saying, "My lord, please ascend the throne as king!"

The original Zhao Kang just wanted to be a lord of the Qin State, so that he could become a powerful minister like Lu Buwei, and he never thought of self-reliance and becoming a king.

Today, Zhao Shi proposed, He Que seconded, and all the senior officials of the three counties made a request.Zhao Kang's heart became more and more moved, and he asked: "Since everyone persuades me to be king, then I should be king! But, which place should I name my country after?"

Seeing that Zhao Kang agreed, Zhao Shi was secretly relieved.

When He Que heard Zhao Kang's question, he said, "Before the land of Bashu and Hanzhong was captured by Qin, it belonged to the Kingdom of Shu. Now the king is willing to lead the people of Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong to rebel against Qin. The Kingdom of Shu, to receive the hearts of the old Shu survivors in Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong!"

Zhao Kang felt that what He Que said was reasonable, so he nodded and said, "That's it! Let's re-establish the Kingdom of Shu!"

"I've met the king!" As soon as Zhao Kang finished speaking, He Qun, Zhao Shi and others bowed their hands and bowed down.

"Hahahaha!" Seeing this, Zhao Kang couldn't help laughing.

After signaling everyone to get up, Zhao Kang immediately rewarded all the officials in the hall.

He Que was granted the titles of Zuoxiangguo and Guanneihou, Qiao Ting was granted the title of Youxiangguo and Guanneihou, Luo Zhang was named Yushi Dafu and Guanneihou, He Qi was named Taiwei and Guanneihou, Zhao Shi was named General and Guanneihou, Meng Wei and Lei Shu and Wu Hui were the front, rear, general Zuo, and right Geng respectively. He Hui was transferred to be the county captain of Shu County and granted the title of Zuo Shuchang, He Hu was transferred to be the county captain of Bajun and granted the title of Zuo Shuzhang, Zhao Sulfur, A Xiao, Yin Tongliu and Zhang Jiu were named General and Zuo Gengjue respectively, Wu Ziyou and Wang You were named Zhonggengjue, and Jiang Hao, Yang Wanli and Hu Wei were named Zuo Shuchang.

Afterwards, Zhao Kang asked Lei Shu, General Zhao Li, and A Xiao, who had just been named the rear generals, to lead an army of [-] to rescue Ma Xiu.

Xieshui, Taibai.

Ma Xiu was besieged by Yan Le's army for three days and broke through here. He occupied Taibai City and waited for the reinforcements from the south, while dealing with Yan Le and Xu Shun.

"Kill!" Thousands of Qin infantry began to attack the city again.

The crossbowmen above and below the city kept shooting, and some people were shot to death from time to time.

Under the leadership of various officers, the Qin army attacked the city wall many times, but was repelled by Matthew himself.

On the battlefield of the Qin army under the city, Yan Le shook his head when he saw that the siege soldiers were repelled again.

Then, he said to Xu Shun with some helplessness: "General Xu, you said that the Qiang people are not good at attacking but not good at defending? How could Ma Xiu's troops be able to repel several attacks by our Great Qin warriors?"

"The last general doesn't know either!" Xu Shun heard Yan Le's words, although he knew why in his heart, he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he could only evade. "Maybe this Matthew's department is of a different kind!"

"Hey!" Sighing, Yan Le ordered: "Mingjin retreat!"

"Here!" Xu Shun bowed his hands and accepted the order.

After Yan Le's order was issued, a bell rang quickly.

Hearing the bell, the Qiang soldiers in Taibai City heaved a sigh of relief.

Xu Shun looked at Taibai City not far away, feeling a little emotional.

In the past, the Qin army was brave and unrivaled in the world, but now it can't even take a small city after ten days.How sad and desolate this is!
In Taibai City, Ma Xiu saw that the sergeants around the retreat of the Qin army were a little slack, but seeing the fatigue of the fellow clansmen who had fought for several days, it was not easy to reprimand them.

"Han Liu, arrange it so that the brothers guarding the city take turns to rest! But remember, don't let the Qin army retreat outside the city!" Send someone to find the deputy general Han Liu, and Ma Xiudang immediately ordered.

"Yes! General!" Han Liu immediately surrendered and took command.

As soon as Matthew ordered, all the Qiang soldiers on the entire city wall congratulated loudly.Under Han Liu's assignment, the sergeants went to the city to rest in batches.

In the camp of the Qin army, Yan Le summoned his generals to the camp of the Chinese army.

First, he angrily reprimanded the school lieutenant who led the troops to attack the city for not fulfilling his duty, and then asked the generals in the tent for any clever strategies for attacking the city.

The generals were immediately speechless and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Seeing this, Yan Le sighed secretly, then waved his hands and said: "Go down! We won't be attacking the city for a few days, let the sergeants repair first!"

"Here!" Xu Shun immediately stood up and cupped his hands.

All the captains, captains, and commanders left the tent with smiles on their faces, only Xu Shun stayed behind.

"Unbearable! Unbearable!" Seeing that everyone except Xu Shun had left, Yan Le immediately threw all the documents on the table to the ground, and shouted angrily.

"Master Taiwei, please keep your voice down. These people are the old team of Mr. Taiwei. Although it is not good to lead troops to fight, but the loyalty to Mr. Taiwei is not comparable to others!" Seeing this, Xu Shun said softly Consolation said.

"If it wasn't so, do you think that the Marquis would let these people control the [-] army?" After hearing Xu Shun's reassurance, Yan Le seemed to lose his anger a little, and pointed to the captains and captains who left outside the tent.

"Now Zhao Kang in Hanzhong probably knows that Ma Xiu is trapped, and his army should be on the way! The general thought he would send a troop to station near the ramp to guard against the enemy in Hanzhong!" Seeing Yan Le's chest calm down Come down, Xu Shun immediately suggested.

"Zhao Kang is nothing to worry about! The only thing to worry about is these ten thousand Qiang people who are good at defending and attacking! If these more than 1 Qiang people are allowed to flee to Hanzhong and become Zhao Kang's subordinates, it will be difficult for us to take back Hanzhong !" Yan Le waved his hand immediately after hearing the words. "Therefore, the most important thing for us right now is to destroy the Qiang people under Matthew's command!"

Seeing Yan Le's firm words, Xu Shun didn't dare to say anything more, so he had no choice but to agree.

After several hundred steps out of the big tent, Xu Shun turned to look at the big tent, and said to himself: "I, the generals of the Qin army, under the hands of such people, will never be able to win the battle!"

The Qin army had been repaired for two days, and the troops of Ma Xiu in Taibai City had also been repaired for two days in rotation.

Both sides had enough rest, and started another whole day's battle for the city wall.

At this time, Shu general Lei Shu, general Zhao Li, and A Xiao led fifty thousand Shu troops out of the ramp.

The brigade rushed to Taibai City mightily, without any fear of the Qin army ambushing them.

After receiving the order to rescue Matthew, Lei Shu and A Xiao sent no less than hundreds of scouts to investigate on the ramp.Then they learned that there was no Qin army stationed in the ramp, and there was no Qin army blocking the north entrance of the ramp, so Lei Shu and A Xiao agreed with Zhao Li's suggestion to bring all [-] troops into the ramp.

Within three days, [-] Shu counties passed the ramp safely.This made Lei Shu and A Xiao very surprised, but even more delighted.

(End of this chapter)