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"Come here, call a few locals immediately, and ask if there is any path here, even if it is a steep path, as long as there is a path that can pass people, report it to someone."

Qin Zhong also realized the seriousness of the matter. If Xiang Yan attacked Wuguan's back, and then the Chu army attacked back and forth, Wuguan would undoubtedly be broken.

"General Ye, a certain person is going to ask..."

Not long after, Qin Zhong came to Ye Teng's room from outside, sweating profusely.

When Ye Teng saw Qin Zhong, his heart skipped a beat. Is there really a small road nearby? "General Ye, you are amazing. I just asked the hunters in a nearby village. They said that there is indeed a small road that leads directly to the pass, but it is very steep and it is impossible to pass through the army."

"Damn it...it almost caused a catastrophe, it's impossible to pass? Then how did the hunter pass? As long as there is a glimmer of hope, Xiang Yan will take advantage of it..."

"Qin Zhong, lead an army of [-] immediately, bring Liannu, and station on this small road, ambush Xiang Yan's sneak attack army."

"General Ye, there will be no one left on the frontal battlefield..."

"No matter, take a gamble!"

"Yes, the general will go right away."

Qin Zhong left to ambush Xiang Yan's attacking army.

Ye Teng couldn't calm down anymore, he was sure that Xiang Yan would definitely attack Wuguan Pass.

Now he only has [-] troops left in his hands, and there are no arrows. Those continuous crossbows and large crossbows are now useless.

Once Xiang Yan attacked with all his strength, he might not be able to stop it for an hour.

The Chu army first came with [-] troops, [-] were killed, and [-] were left. Later, Xiang Yan brought another [-] troops, making a total of [-] troops.

Later, more than 3 people came one after another.The situation is not optimistic, and the Chu army has the upper hand in numbers.

Ye Teng personally stood on the tower and began to command. Once the Chu army attacked with all their strength, they could only pay with their lives.

Whether we can persist until the crossbow arrows are delivered to Wuguan depends on God's will.

as predicted.

In the early morning of the next day, the Chu army gathered a large number of troops and began to attack from the front of Wuguan.

Ye Teng stood on the tower and didn't sleep all night. When he saw the Chu army attacking, he immediately ordered to shoot all the remaining arrows.

Seeing this, Xiang Chao backed away immediately.

In my heart, I scolded the Qin people for being shameless. I went out to pick up arrows yesterday, but I didn't expect that there were so many arrows today.

Sure enough, as my father said, the people of Qin wanted to lure them up to die.

But this time he just feinted and didn't get too close, so the loss wasn't too big.

By tomorrow, my father, Xiang Yan, should have arrived at the back of Wuguan. At that time, I will attack again, and I will definitely be able to capture Wuguan.

"Report..."

"Young master, something is wrong. Our rear was captured by the Qin people, who also took away our food, grass, weapons and equipment."

Chapter 230 The supply of the Chu army was cut off, and Xiang Chao was furious

Xiang Chao was furious, these bastard Koreans are endless.

"Tell Xiang Kui to command five thousand cavalry to kill these jumping clowns and get back the supplies."

"Yes……"

Xiang Kui is the uncle of Xiang Chao's family, and he has made great military achievements. He is in command of all the cavalry brought this time.

But Chu State has no land to raise horses, and there are very few war horses, all relying on exchange from Qin State, Zhao State, Yan State and other countries.

But in recent years, since Yingzheng took charge, Qin State has not exchanged war horses with them, and even Zhao State and Yan State have not exchanged war horses with them.

There are only [-] cavalry in such a large country, and the cost of raising cavalry is too high. This time they only brought [-] cavalry.

Xiang Chao let Xiang Kui lead [-] cavalrymen and gave away half of his family fortune. It can be said that he hated the nobles in Han!

After Xiang Chao harassed him, he could only wait for news from his father Xiang Yan. Once his father arrived and the news came, he could start attacking from the front.

So next, Xiang Chao began to dispatch troops and generals to prepare for the next fierce battle!

Xiang Kui, who was sent to the south to teach the Korean nobles a lesson, finally arrived in the south of Wancheng after two hours of raiding, but encountered a large number of personal soldiers head-on.

Xiang Kui was stunned. Where did the Qin army come from behind them, and there were tens of thousands of them. Looking around, the mountains and plains were full of Qin soldiers.

Zhang Tang was also stunned. Why did the Chu cavalry suddenly appear in front of him?

He originally thought that Xiang Yan would go all the way north and attack Wuguan pass with all his strength. His idea was to go north from the south, and when Xiang Yan attacked Wuguan pass, he would send troops to occupy Wancheng and cut off the supplies of the Chu army.

Unexpectedly, before they arrived in Wancheng, they encountered Chu cavalry, damn it...

Zhang Tang: "Defense..."

Xiang Kui: "Attack..."

There was no buffer period between the two sides, and the military order was issued immediately.

Xiang Kui was stunned for a moment, and immediately began to charge. He wanted to use the charge and speed of cavalry to charge a wave and kill Qin Jun.

It's a pity that Zhang Tang is also a veteran of the Qin State. When he went south to guard Yingdu, he thought that the cavalry of the Chu State would be difficult to deal with, and the King of Qin did not give him Zhang Tang's cavalry.

He only had [-] cavalry scouts in his hands, and he was still protecting them like treasures. In the end, they were all killed by the Chu army in the battle of Yingdu.

Now he really doesn't have a cavalry, so he organized [-] pikemen, [-] sword shield soldiers, and [-] crossbowmen to deal with the charge of the Chu cavalry.

"Sword and shield soldiers, step forward and guard..."

"Pikemen assassinate, crossbowmen prepare to release arrows..."

Zhang Tang immediately jumped on a chariot, took up the flag himself and began to direct the army to defend.

Although the Qin army was marching at a very high speed, it still maintained a neat formation and formation, because this is the defender of the Great Qin Xianyang side, and its daily drills must be better than other troops.

Moreover, this army is still a full-time army, not half-agricultural and half-soldier, or directly a peasant army.

In addition, the last time the [-] army was beaten by Xiang Yan, the [-] Qin army suffered heavy casualties, and was finally defeated and retreated to Wuxia to guard.

They lost the land of Great Qin, and even the face of the old Qin people. Although the king of Qin did not issue a decree to reprimand them, Zhang Tang felt sad and angry, and the surviving soldiers felt angry.

The brothers who went to the north to attack Zhao State captured even Handan, and Zhao State was destroyed, but they lost to Chu State, lost [-] comrades in arms, and lost a large number of cities and lands of Qin State.

Everyone hated Chu State deeply, and was extremely sad and indignant.

This is a mourning army, and the mourning army will win.

Facing the five thousand cavalry from Chu State charging into battle, these people could not see the slightest fear on their faces, but only indifference and ruthlessness on their faces, pouring all their strength into the weapons in their hands.

Xiang Kui took the lead and rushed towards Qin's army. Last time, he led his cavalry like this and broke through Qin's army. In the end, Qin's army was defeated. More than 4 people were killed and [-] were captured.

"Crossbow arrows, release..." Zhang Tang issued a military order.

Five thousand crossbow arrows were shot out in an instant, forming a rain of arrows. The cavalry of Chu State hurriedly dodged, and some fell off their horses, but a large number of cavalry had already rushed to the Qin army.

"Sword and shield soldiers, defense..."

"Pikemen, assassinate..."

The sword and shield soldiers held their shields tightly, and the pike soldiers held their spears, ready to assassinate the charging horses.

Boom!

The cavalry collided with the sword and shield soldiers, and the Qin sword and shield soldiers flew upside down, but the horses also turned on their backs.

Warriors roar, war horses whine!

For a while, the spears were assassinated, and the horses charged, causing heavy casualties.

The people of Qin held back the Chu cavalry and bought time for the infantry behind to rush up and encircle them!

Xiang Kui didn't expect that this group of Qin people were so powerful, they were totally different from what they encountered before!

How can it be reasonable that his own cavalry was surrounded by the Qin people?

"charge……"

But Xiang Kui led the cavalry to charge three times, all of which ended in failure.

The people of Qin are crazy, they are desperate, even an infantryman rushed towards the cavalry without hesitation...

But the cavalry could kill one or two, but they couldn't kill the third. In the end, when the horse lost its speed, the Qin people would tear it off the horse or stab it to death with a long spear.

Chapter 231 Nanyang recovered, Chu army was broken and attacked Wuguan

Five thousand cavalry were resisted by Zhang Tang's 1 horses, and then a large force overwhelmingly pressed up, surrounded them, and surrounded Xiang Kui's cavalry to death.

At the end of the fight, the Qin army directly started to grab the horses, and even ignored the cavalry.

Xiang Kui was surrounded by more than a dozen red-eyed Qin soldiers, shot after shot with long spears, and finally stabbed him off the horse alive, without even giving him a chance to surrender.

Five thousand cavalry, just gone.

After Zhang Tang ordered the army to clean up the battlefield, he found that the horses were intact and snatched a thousand horses. This made Zhang Tang very happy, and immediately formed a cavalry scout, so that he no longer had to be completely blind.

"Occupy Wancheng and recover Nanyang."

"Revenge, shame..."

Zhang Tang roared, and rushed to Wancheng, the county government of Nanyang County, with his army.

There are still [-] Chu troops guarding Wancheng at the moment, in order to defend against harassment from Zhang Tang in the south or Qin soldiers who came down from Xinzheng in Han.

As a result, the Qin army really came to attack.

There is no doubt that Zhang Tang led the Qin army, and soon captured Wancheng, Nanyang County, directly cutting off the supply line of the Chu army.

At the same time, the Korean nobles in Sichuan and Shu led their private army to burn, kill, loot and torture all the way, captured the city that the Chu army had already occupied, and killed the Chu army guarding the city and the officials who surrendered.

For a while, on the land of Jingchu, except for a few large cities, they were still in the hands of the Chu State, and some small cities were all returned to the hands of the Qin people again.

In front of Wuguan, the Chu army is stationed.

Xiang Chao finally survived until dawn and saw his father's messenger.

The messenger said that Xiang Yan was about to reach Wuguan with an army of [-], and ordered Xiang Chao to formally attack Wuguan.

However, before Xiang Chao could be happy, he saw the Chu army fleeing from Wancheng. Wancheng was broken by the Qin army, and Xiang Kui's five thousand cavalry were wiped out.

Xiang Chao was stunned!

What's the situation, where did the Qin army come from so many troops?

When the soldiers who fled back explained clearly the ins and outs, it turned out that it was Zhang Tang who had retreated to Wu Gorge after the defeat. After they went north, they secretly followed.

Before, he thought that it was the nobles of Han who cut off the supply line and robbed the supplies of the Chu army, but he didn't expect it to be Zhang Tang, a bastard.

Before, he suggested to his father Xiang Yan to completely eliminate Zhang Tang, but his father did not agree, thinking that attacking Zhang Tang had no strategic significance, and the most important thing was to win Wuguan and capture Xianyang.

Well now, the supply line behind him has been cut off, what should I do?

Xiang Chao pondered for a while. According to the speed of his father Xiang Yan, I am afraid that he is about to fight Qin Jun at this moment, and it is too late to notify now.

What should I do?

"Come on, pass on to Mr. Fan Zeng."

After a while, Fan Zeng slowly entered Xiang Chao's tent, and saw that all the generals were there, and even Xiang Chao's expression was not very good-looking.

He didn't know that the Qin army had occupied Wancheng and cut off their retreat, and that Xiang Yan had sent a military order and was about to attack Wuguan.

"gentlemen……"

After Xiang Chao told Fan Zeng the whole story, Fan Zeng broke out in cold sweat all over his body. The supply line was cut off by the Qin army, and the soldiers' food and grass could last for five or six days at most.

The three armies went ahead without using food and grass. How could we fight without food and grass supplies?

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Fan Zeng pondered for a long time, and then said: "For the present strategy, we have to fight to the death. If we can't take Wuguan, we can only die in Wuguan. We have no way out."

"Once we retreat in this way, the general will be in danger, and we still have Zhang Tang's 4-odd army behind us, plus the private army of the nobles of Han, we cannot retreat."

Fan Zeng didn't know that their backer, Sima of Chu State, and Jingyang, the leader of the Jing family, falsely spread the will of the King of Chu, and this Wuguan must be attacked.

They have no retreat at all, retreating means that the Jing family and the entire Xiang family will face annihilation.

Xiang Chao clenched his fists coldly, and said coldly: "Then fight to the death, if you can't break through Wuguan, you will die in Wuguan."

If Wuguan cannot be broken, death in Wuguan is the best result. King Chu and other big clans will not attack his Xiang family. After all, the main figures of their Xiang family died in battle.