Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 210 Li Xiucheng Takes Wuguan

Chapter 2: Li Xiucheng seized Wuguan

With huge casualties, Cao Tian finally broke through the siege and retreated to Mei County, but Mei County was too close to the Qin army, so Cao Tian had to abandon Mei County and led his troops to retreat to Wugong and Meiyang for garrison. But he went back to Chang'an directly, not daring to stay on the front line.

The Qin army directly stationed in Mei County, but because the battle in Mei County was too tragic, the Qin army suffered a lot of casualties, so temporarily hoarded troops in Mei County to rest, and at the same time, Bai Qi was waiting for the Han army to mobilize the last elite , I intend to complete my meritorious service in one battle, and since winter is approaching, it is not suitable to use troops. If we want to fight, we must wait until the beginning of next spring.

In this battle, more than 35% of the 10,000 elites assembled by the Han Dynasty were wiped out at once. Now facing the Qin army with 15+ troops, the strength is obviously not enough. In desperation, Cao Tian had no choice but to write a letter to the King of Han to send some troops from Wuguan and Hangu Pass to reinforce. Originally, the Han army had [-] garrisons in Wuguan, but due to the defeat in Guanzhong, they could only send another [-] elite troops to go. Wugong and Meiyang received reinforcements, and with the support of Hangu Pass and Wuguan soldiers, the strength of the Han army in Wugong and Meiyang barely reached [-].

The transfer of the Han army in Wuguan also gave Li Xiucheng's Longwuwei a chance. Since the Qin-Han war broke out, Deng Sheng had given Li Xiucheng a secret order to seize Wuguan at will, but it took [-] Longwuwei to attack two Wuguan, where thousands of soldiers and horses are stationed, is too difficult, so Li Xiucheng has been waiting for the opportunity. Now that the Han army has lost in Guanzhong, he had no choice but to send Wuguan soldiers and horses back to Guanzhong for reinforcements, which made the Wuguan defenders drop sharply. Xiucheng has a chance.

In Xixian County, in the large tent of the Chinese army, after learning that the Han army was forced to mobilize troops from Wuguan to support Guanzhong, so that Wuguan is now guarded by only a few thousand Han troops, Li Xiucheng immediately summoned his generals to discuss the attack. Wuguan.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, the four generals under Li Xiucheng's Longwuwei, Ma Chao, Gao Shun, Huang Deng, Murong Jun, and Cheng Yu, the military commander, were all among them.

"Everyone, a few days ago, Qin and Han fought in Mei County, and the Han army was defeated. In order to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong, Han has mobilized the troops stationed in Wuguan to go north for reinforcements. At that time, the king had issued a secret order to the general to let I, Longwuwei, seized Wuguan with all my might, now that the opportunity has come, let me tell you, what should our army do?" Li Xiucheng said.

Cheng Yu came out and said: "General, according to the report from the scouts, there are more than ten thousand soldiers and horses going north from Wuguan. Now, there will be heavy snowfall soon, if we can't conquer Wuguan before the heavy snowfall, there may be another change next year, so we must take a fierce attack."

Li Xiucheng nodded. This is a big problem. Although Wuguan is steep, there are only 5000 people after all. Under the onslaught of [-] Longwuwei, it will take a little time, but it can still be captured. It's just urgent, but in this way, Long Wuwei's casualties will be relatively large.

"But in this way, will the casualties be too great?" Li Xiucheng was still a little hesitant. Although there were only 5000 people in Wuguan, if he wanted to succeed in a strong attack, the 2 Longwuwei might have to account for [-] or [-] people in Wuguan. Just close it.

"General, as the saying goes, kindness does not control soldiers. As long as we can win the great pass of Wuguan, no matter how heavy the casualties are, it is worthwhile. If we are concerned about casualties and give up this opportunity, wait until the next time. I'm afraid the casualties will be even greater, I hope the general thinks twice." Ma Chao also stood up and persuaded.

Li Xiucheng frowned, struggled for a long time, finally nodded, and said: "Okay, tomorrow morning, we will break out of the camp and go west, but before we leave, we have to send people to clean up the Han army scouts near Wuguan. Otherwise, once the Han army is ready, it will be even more difficult for us to fight."

"Here!" Everyone responded.

The next day, Li Xiucheng led an army of [-] Longwuwei troops to Wuguan, and the scouts of the Han army near Wuguan had been cleared by Deng Jun, so that Zhou Chong, the general of the Han army stationed in Wuguan, knew nothing about it. Know.

On October 15th, the [-]th year of Qianyuan, in the city of Wuguan, Zhou Chong returned to the general's mansion in the city just after he inspected the city defense, and prepared to have a meal. The situation is precarious, but he can only guard Wuguan without moving, how can he feel at ease.

At this time, his lieutenant ran in panting and said: "The general is in trouble. Deng Jun suddenly appeared outside Wuguan with a large number of siege equipment, intending to attack the city."

"What!" Zhou Chong was shocked and said in disbelief: "How is it possible? This general is full of spies and scouts outside Wuguan, so how can Deng Jun come to Wuguan without a sound?"

Since Zhou Chong was ordered to guard Wuguan, he has been dispatching a large number of scouts around Xi County to report Deng Jun's movements at any time, but now Deng Jun has appeared without warning, which makes him unbelievable ah.

But facts are facts, the deputy general nodded and said: "It's true, and this Deng army is under the banner of Li Xiucheng, with about tens of thousands of people, I believe it is Deng Guolong's military guard stationed in Xi County, As for why the scouts didn't report back, I'm afraid all the scouts we sent out have been cleared out by Deng Jun."

"Damn it, Deng Jun actually took advantage of the fire to rob and take advantage of people's danger." Zhou Chong cursed angrily, then calmed down and said, "Come, follow me to the top of the city to have a look."

"Here!" The lieutenant replied.

However, before Zhou Chonghe's deputy general arrived at the top of the city, they heard killing cries from the top of the city. It was obvious that Deng's army had already begun to attack the city. Zhou Chong was shocked and hurried to the top of the city.

Outside Wuguan, Li Xiucheng was sitting on a horse, watching the fierce battle at the top of Wuguan with indifferent eyes. When Li Xiucheng led his troops to the foot of Wuguan, he did not take any rest, but directly sent troops to attack. The Wuguan defenders were unprepared , was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

But after Zhou Chong arrived, the Han army on the top of the city gradually stabilized the situation, and it became more and more difficult for Deng Jun's attacking soldiers to attack the top of the city.

The bloody battle lasted for half a day, and seeing that it was about to get dark, Li Xiucheng ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. In today's battle, the Deng army suffered thousands of casualties, and due to the unprepared attack at the beginning, it is believed that the Han army would have a hard time.

Sure enough, after the Deng army had retreated, Zhou Chong counted the casualties and found that the Han army had suffered more than [-] casualties. , How to fight this, Wuguan can last for a few days.

Early the next morning, Li Xiucheng once again sent troops to attack, but under Zhou Chong's desperate resistance, Deng Jun returned without success with nearly 3000 casualties. , there are only a thousand people left in Wuguan who can stand up and fight, Zhou Chong's heart is getting colder and colder.

On the third day, Li Xiucheng reckoned that only about 1000 of the Han army in the city could continue to fight, so he directly divided the tens of thousands of soldiers into several groups, and stormed day and night. After paying nearly 2 casualties, Deng Jun finally conquered this great pass, closed the west gate for Deng, and captured a bridgehead for his future march into Guanzhong.

In this battle, the five thousand Han army was completely annihilated, and general Zhou Chong died in battle. After Li Xiucheng entered Wuguan, he quickly wiped out the Han army forces in Wuguan, and then closed the west gate of Wuguan heavily.

After Deng Sheng learned that Li Xiucheng had conquered Wuguan, he was overjoyed. The defense on the western front of Deng State was no longer a problem, so he was overjoyed and rewarded Longwuwei, and Enzhun Longwuwei first replenished his troops and guarded them in the future. Wuguan.

In November of the 15th year of Qianyuan, the entire Guanzhong and Central Plains had already snowed heavily, and the war between the Qin and Han armies finally came to an end, but it was only temporary. When the spring of next year, I am afraid that the Qin army's offensive will be even stronger. Violent, I just don't know if the Han army can withstand it.

As for the matter of Wuguan, the king of Han said that there was nothing he could do. After all, all the energy of the Han country was now on the war with the Qin army. At that time, it is difficult to say whether the Han State was still strong or not, but the Wuguan incident also gave Han a warning. In order to prevent the Wuguan incident from happening again, the King of Han insisted on detaining [-] soldiers and horses to reinforce Hangu. Pass, so as not to fall like Wuguan.

(End of this chapter)