Take the city to the Warring States

Chapter 236
Hundreds of miles away from Loufan Shanwu City, mountains and mountain ranges, the sound of gold ringing resounded through the sky, and countless attacking soldiers retreated like a tide.

Han Xin sat on the main seat in the central tent of the Han army, looked around the generals and frowned slightly: "Our army has been here for a month, facing the mountains and looking at Shanwu City, which is close at hand, but helpless The mere Loufan family can delay for so long, wouldn't it be ridiculous to wait for the decisive battle against Donghu and Xiongnu in the future."

"General Mingjian, it's not that we don't try our best in this battle. It's that although our army is large, it is difficult to develop a superiority in strength when facing Lou Fanju's entire clan defending against the mountains. Since this month , I can't make any progress by waiting."A general explained to Han Xin.

Han Xin looked directly at the general, and he was so frightened that he trembled in his heart: "The general summoned you to come to discuss the matter, could it be that you were asked to come and complain?"

"The general calms down, but the last general dare not."All the generals stood up at the same time and bowed to Han Xin to apologize.

Han Xin looked bored for a while, and looked around at the generals: "The general will give you ten days, if you can't break through the endless mountain range in front of you, you will come to see me."

"General".The generals were a little anxious, and hurriedly shouted at Han Xin.

Han Xin's face darkened, and his voice was mixed with a trace of anger: "I will give you time, but the lord can't wait, this is a military order, don't you dare to disobey it?".

"promise".All the generals shook their hearts and immediately bowed to accept the order.

At this time footsteps sounded, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Wei Qing, Fan Kui and others walked in slowly.All the generals in the tent bowed one after another, then turned and left.

Zhang Liang looked at Han Xin and asked him, "Why is the general so angry?"

"Time waits for no one, how can I not be in a hurry."Han Xin replied to Zhang Liang, and then looked at Wei Qing, Fan Kui, Zhou Bo and others: "Is it another return without success?"

"The mountains are rugged and difficult to pass. Even if there are occasional roads that can be passed, they have already been seized by Lou Fan's soldiers and horses."Wei Qing and others shook their heads and explained to Han Xin.

Han Xin looked at the map on the case table, and stared at the mountain range: "I don't believe it, there is no second road to Shanwu in this mountain range."

"To launch a frontal attack, it is difficult for the Loufan family to break through based on natural dangers. It is even more difficult to find another reason. It seems that Loufan is a tough bone."Thinking of the battle situation during this period of time, Zhou Bo sighed with emotion to Han Xin and others.

Han Xin didn't pick up the conversation, but turned his attention to Chen Ping: "I don't know what's going on in Zhao Guodai County."

"Since the soldiers and horses of Daijun went south some time ago, Daijun has been relatively peaceful."Chen Ping thought for a while and replied to Han Xin.

Han Xin stood up and fell into deep thought: "Daijun went south, the master is getting more and more difficult in Handan, but our army is blocked here again. If we want to rescue the master, perhaps we can only launch a strong attack."

"It must not be done, the casualties are too great. Even if we take Loufan, our army will not be able to rule Loufan because of insufficient troops. Let alone the matter of going south to rescue the Lord."Zhang Liang immediately dissuaded Han Xin.

Listening to Zhang Liang, Han Xin immediately sighed: "I don't know how the general is."

"The strength of Lou Fan's family is all defending on this mountain range. If you can find a road in the mountain and directly approach Shanwu, you can easily capture Lou Fan and capture this army. So this is absolutely impossible. Act too hastily".Chen Ping couldn't help but comfort Han Xin, and at the same time, he also said these words to everyone in the tent.

Fan Kui looked at Chen Ping: "The military commander has said these words for a long time, but how can there be another road in this mountain? How can the Lou Fan family live here for generations without knowing it?"

"Where is Nie Qiu? Where is Nie Qiu?"When Han Xin heard Fan Kuai's words, he immediately gave instructions outside the big tent.

A soldier came in and saluted Han Xin respectfully: "General Qi, Nie Qiu has not returned yet."

"Is it because he remembered wrongly that he hasn't returned yet? Maybe he shouldn't put his hopes on this so-called road in the mountains."Han Xin heard the soldier's reply and whispered to himself.

Fan Kui looked at Han Xin: "General, it may be nonsense for me to say this road, otherwise we mobilized so many people to search for it, why can't we find the road that Nie Qiu said. It seems that we want to The only way to win Shanwu and Loufan is to attack them by force."

"Ten days, I will wait for ten days, and I will launch a strong attack after ten days."Listening to Fan Kuai's words, Han Xin once again made this decision in his heart.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looked at each other, knowing that what they were talking about was useless, so they stopped talking.

The big tent became quiet in an instant, and the pressure spread unknowingly.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came, and Zhou Yafu and Huo Qubing came slowly with Nie Qiu, with excited expressions on their faces: "General, we are lucky to have found a road in the mountains in the northwest direction, and we can directly cross the mountains There is no good in the army."

"Road in the mountains?".Han Xin and everyone in the tent looked at Zhou Yafu and Huo Qubing.

Nie Qiu bowed respectfully to Han Xin: "To the general, it is exactly the road in the mountains that my subordinates mentioned at the beginning."

"How many soldiers and horses can pass."Han Xin questioned Nie Qiu and the others, his eyes full of anticipation.

Nie Qiu lowered his head in thought, then looked at Zhou Yafu and Huo Qubing as if asking for help.

With smiles on their faces, they bowed to Han Xin: "We have estimated that one hundred thousand troops can cross the mountains."

"One hundred thousand".Han Xin was overjoyed, and couldn't help laughing out loud while looking at the map.

Zhou Yafu saw that Han Xin and others were smiling, and said to them again: "Before we returned to the camp, we sent soldiers across the mountains to investigate the situation in Shanwu City. According to the soldiers' report, there are only [-] defenders in Shanwu City. If our army raids Shanwu, the general can lead the main force to launch a fierce attack here, so that Lou Fan's troops cannot return to help. In this way, there will be no worries about taking Shanwu City."

"As long as Shanwu is captured, the Loufan clan's food, supplies and King Loufan will all fall into our army's hands, and we will not worry about being unable to surrender these Loufan soldiers. At that time, we will drive these surrendered troops south to Daijun, and the lord's crisis will be resolved." .Zhang Liang listened to Zhou Yafu's words and analyzed them to everyone.

Han Xin hammered heavily at the case table, sweeping away the boredom of this period of time and immediately ordered: "With Zhou Yafu as the main general and Huo Qubing as the deputy general, the servant army is [-], and the Han army is [-]. There are no troops on the road in the mountains. Here, lead the army to launch a fierce attack."

"promise".Zhou Yafu and Huo Qubing bowed and saluted, then walked outside the tent.

Watching the two walk away, Han Xin looked around Wei Qing, Zhou Yafu and others in the tent: "After the [-] troops have crossed the mountains, our army will attack immediately."

"promise".Wei Qing, Zhou Yafu, Fan Kui and the others bowed to accept their orders, and when they saw that there was nothing else to do, they turned and left.

The sound of drums resounded through the sky, and a group of one hundred thousand soldiers began to gather.Zhou Yafu led Huo Qubing on a horse and stood at the front.Feeling the [-] army behind him, I felt a little excited.After slapping the horses heavily, an army of [-] soldiers rushed northwestward under the leadership of the two men.

(End of this chapter)