Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 645 Breakthrough of Hangu Pass

6Chapter 16: Breaking through Hangu Pass

In the fifth year of Tiantong, in May, two armies of more than 40 troops from Xue Rengui and Murong Ke attacked Hangu Pass from east to west. Ying Huai, the commander of the Qin Army at Hangu Pass, resisted desperately. The two sides fought fiercely for half a month, causing countless casualties. Deng Jun, especially Xue Rengui's troops attacked the city day and night, and the [-] Qin troops stationed at Hangu Pass suffered heavy losses.

Seeing this, Xue Rengui ordered all the ministries to step up their offensive and keep attacking at twelve hours a day. The pressure on the Qin army in Hangu Guandong City increased sharply. Fortunately, the 1000 troops dispatched from Yinghuai from the West City relieved the pressure a little, but These 1000 people are just a drop in the bucket. In the face of the bombardment of 30 Deng Jun, it is only a matter of time before the city gate falls.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on May 24, Deng Jun continued to attack the city as usual. This time, General Ying Yangwei, who is known as the number one fierce general of Deng, was in charge of attacking the city, General Flying Tiger Li Cunxiao, and Tiger Wing General Yue Yun of the Guard and General Li Dingguo of the Spirit Snake Guard, Yue Yun's troops attacked first.

"Get up, Deng Jun is about to attack the city!" Looking at the posture of Deng Jun below the city, Jing Lu and Zhu Kuo, who were in charge of guarding the east city, quickly cheered up the soldiers.

"Isn't Xue Rengui crazy? For such a reckless onslaught, doesn't he treat the soldiers under him as human beings? According to my estimation, Deng's army lost at least 1 people during the onslaught in the past few days." Jing Lu looked at Deng Jun who was attacking again, and couldn't help saying.

Since May 1th, Deng Jun has launched a non-stop onslaught for twelve hours a day, with almost no time to stop. With such a high-intensity offensive, Deng Jun's losses will definitely not be small. Jing Lu estimated that the casualties of Deng Jun had exceeded 1 in the past few days. That was [-] people.

"Hehe!" Zhu Kuo smiled miserably with blood on his face, "Deng Jun suffered a great loss, do you think our loss is small? On the 2000th, the general's [-] elite soldiers who came to reinforce us from Xicheng had already lost all of them. And now there are less than [-] people in the entire East City who can stand up and fight, and the physical fitness of the soldiers has already reached the extreme, all relying on willpower to support it. If this continues, it is still unknown whether we can survive today. .”

The loss of Deng Jun was great, and the loss of Qin Jun was not small. After half a month of fierce fighting, there were only less than 7000 people left in the Qin Army in the East City. Later, Yinghuai transferred another 1000 people from the West City. After a few days of fighting, the Qin army has less than 2000 people left. This loss is heavier than the previous half month.

The reason why so many casualties were caused is that Deng Jun’s offensive has been strengthened a lot, and secondly, Deng Jun’s attack day and night. Qin Jun’s physical fitness and will have reached the extreme, and he is not an opponent at all when fighting. If it weren't for the advantage of the city wall, I am afraid that the current Qin army is not enough for Deng Jun to charge.

Jing Lu looked around, and found that all the soldiers of the Qin Army were very exhausted, all relying on one breath to hold on, but no one knew how long this breath could last. In desperation, Jing Lu had no choice but to sigh secretly. Tone, now I can only live one day at a time.

"Kill!" Yue Yun gave an order, and nearly ten thousand Deng troops came to Hangu Pass. First, they bombarded the city with catapults, and then the army swarmed in. After nearly a month of confrontation, the Qin army had already I have a certain understanding of Deng Jun's catapult, so the damage that the catapult can do to the Qin army is not great, it is more of a deterrent effect, and it does not have much real effect.

Yue Yun was superior in force, so he took the lead and rushed to the bottom of the city with a sledgehammer, commanded the army to attack the city, and even climbed up the ladder himself to the top of the city.

Seeing Yue Yun's bravery, Li Dingguo in the back couldn't help saying to Li Cunxiao next to him with a bit of taste: "Third brother, look at this Yue Yun is so brave, it seems that we won't be needed."

Although the Li family has a large number of talents, Li Tianhu has only three sons. The eldest is Li Xiucheng, the second is Li Siye, and Li Cunxiao is the third. Li Xiucheng and Li Jing lead the army alone. Li Dongyang is the prefect of a county and has served for many years. His political achievements and reputation are very good. He is very likely to be a governor. Fame makes Li Cunxiao's status no less than that of the Great General of the Yiwei, not to mention Li Siye, the Great General of the Governor's Mansion Hussars, the three giants of the military, and the third generation of the Li family, there are also several generals of the First Guard However, Li Dingguo, on the other hand, is not only the worst in the second generation, but also has many third-generation children on an equal footing with him. Li Dingguo has long been very dissatisfied.

In terms of commanding troops, Li Dingguo thought he was not as good as Li Siye and Li Jing, and in terms of bravery in individual combat, he was far inferior to Li Cunxiao, but Li Dingguo was very confident that at least he would not be inferior to Li Xiucheng, and Li Xiucheng was a little better than him He is just the eldest son of the Li family. According to his qualifications, he has long been qualified as a general of Wei. After Murong Ke entered the general's governor's mansion as a general of chariots and riders, Li Dingguo once thought that he could take over as the general of the spirit snake guard. Li Dingguo was very dissatisfied. Of course, Li Dingguo also knew that he was not as good as Wang Yanzhang, but he was from the Spirit Snake Guard. After Murong Ke left office, he should not have been from the Tiger Wing Guard. Wang Yanzhang served as the General of the Spirit Snake Guard. Of course, Li Dingguo did not dare to have any dissatisfaction with Deng Sheng, but it is normal to have some thoughts in his heart.

But now that Yue Yun is acting so bravely, if he is allowed to break through the Hangu Pass, he will definitely be promoted after returning. In this way, how can Li Dingguo balance his mind? Although Yue Yun is very brave, Li Dingguo is full of confidence. If both sides led an army, he could definitely defeat Yue Yun. In Li Dingguo's eyes, Yue Yun was a reckless man through and through. How could Li Dingguo be reconciled to being ridden on the head by such a person?

But at this time, Li Dingguo didn't dare to say anything more. His status was incomparable to Yue Yun's. Yue Yun was the eldest son of Wu Guogong Yue Fei and Deng Sheng's nephew and son-in-law.They are just collateral descendants of the Li family.

Li Cunxiao glanced at Li Dingguo, although Li Cunxiao was not particularly smart, but with decades of experience in dealing with people and things, he could tell Li Dingguo's careful thinking at a glance, nothing more than dissatisfaction with the status quo and complaining.

So he said: "Dingguo, taking down Hangu Pass is related to my Great Deng's foundation for thousands of years. General Yue Yun can take it down. We should be happy. Your ability is good, but it's just bad luck. There will be opportunities in the future." , still need patience!"

Li Dingguo is also a smart person, so he naturally understood the meaning of Li Cunxiao's words, so he nodded and said: "The third brother is right, it's my younger brother who is careful, and I will pay attention to it in the future!" Although Li Dingguo said so, Li Dingguo I don't know if I think so in my heart.

Li Cunxiao also ignored Li Dingguo's thoughts, and kept staring ahead, as long as Yue Yun's troops showed signs of fatigue, he would go up to take over the task of attacking the city. This was also Xue Rengui's strategy.

On the other hand, on the top of the city, Yue Yun tied the double hammers around his waist and climbed up to the top of the city. Although Qin Jun tried to stop him, Yue Yun was very brave. Inevitably, there were a few more wounds on Yun's body, but these minor injuries were nothing to Yue Yun.

As soon as Yue Yun climbed to the top of the city, he pulled out the double hammers on his waist and threw them down at the soldiers of the Qin Army. Shang Yue Yun, although Jing Lu's courage is very commendable, but the gap in strength cannot be easily made up by courage. Although Yue Yun is not the number one general in Deng country, but in terms of strength, he can also be ranked among the top ten in Deng country , how could Jing Lu be able to resist it?What's more, Jing Lu has been fighting continuously for almost a month, with numerous injuries and lack of physical fitness, how can he be Yue Yun's opponent?He was defeated in less than ten moves. If Zhu Kuo hadn't seen that the situation was wrong, he led a few soldiers up to block Yue Yun and rescue Jing Lu, Jing Lu would have died under Yue Yun's double hammers long ago. .

After this battle, both Jing Lu and Zhu Kuo knew that they would never be Yue Yun's opponents, so they gave up the idea of ​​blocking Yue Yun, but in this way, Yue Yun's wish was fulfilled. Under the obstruction of the General of the Qin Army, Yue Yun swung the sledgehammer as if he had entered the land of no one. Countless soldiers of the Qin Army were killed or injured under Yue Yun's double hammers. Jing Lu and Zhu Kuo felt very helpless when they saw such a situation. .

With Yue Yun taking the lead and killing all directions, the morale of Deng Jun rose immediately. More and more Deng Jun soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and gradually began to gain the upper hand in terms of numbers.

However, the siege vehicles under the city were still hitting the gate of Hangu Pass, and the soldiers of the Qin army stationed at the gate became more and more powerless.

After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, with the sound of "boom!", the gate of Hangu Pass was blasted open by Deng Jun. Seeing this, Li Cunxiao and Li Dingguo in the rear shouted loudly: "Hangu Pass has been broken. All the officers and men obey the order, and follow this general to kill!" With one order, [-] Deng's troops frantically rushed towards Hangu Pass!
Jing Lu and Zhu Kuo on the top of the city also knew that the city gate had been broken. Jing Lu hurriedly said to Zhu Kuo, "General Zhu, the city gate has been broken. The Deng army is about to enter the city. I will lead my troops at the city gate." Get in the way, hurry up and notify the general!" After saying that, he led his soldiers and horses down the city to stop Deng Jun who was trying to enter the city.

Seeing this, Zhu Kuo realized that they could no longer defend Hangu Pass. Seeing that Jinglu had already gone to buy time for himself, Zhu Kuo left the city without looking back, mounted his horse, and headed for the west city. .

Although Jing Lu under the city only had more than 1000 soldiers and horses, in the narrow place of the city gate, the army could not be deployed at all, so Jing Lu unexpectedly blocked Deng Jun's offensive for a while.

Seeing this, Li Cunxiao outside the city rode his horse forward and charged towards the city gate. Jing Lu was caught off guard and was beheaded by Li Cunxiao in less than three moves. Li Cunxiao looked at Jing Lu lying in a pool of blood and said with a sneer: " You are very good, remember, the person who killed you was Flying Tiger General Li Cunxiao!"

Jing Lu, who was in a pool of blood, didn't expect that he could die at the hands of Li Cunxiao, the number one general of the Deng country, and couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, I didn't expect that I, Jing Lu, could die at the hands of the number one general of the Deng country, it's not a loss! "After that, there was no vitality.

As soon as Jing Lu died, Qin Jun's will collapsed instantly, and he fled in all directions. Li Cunxiao led his army into the city, and at the same time sent people to chase and kill the fleeing Qin Jun.

At the same time, Zhu Kuo also rushed to Xicheng, and at this time the Xicheng was also engaged in fierce fighting, Murong Ke also sent troops to attack the city, Zhu Kuo rushed to Yinghuai's side.

Ying Huai was very surprised when he saw Zhu Kuo coming from the sky. He had an ominous premonition in his heart, and asked quickly, "General Zhu, why are you here? Could something happen in Dongcheng?"

Zhu Kuo said with a sad face: "General, the east city is broken, and Deng Jun has already entered the city. In order to buy time for the last general and the general, General Jing Lu personally led troops to guard at the city gate to block Deng Jun. General, the guard of Hangu Pass. I can't stop, Deng Jun will soon go to Xicheng, what should I do now, please tell the general clearly!"

"Finally can't hold it?" Hearing this, Ying Huai not only did not have the slightest worry, but he was greatly relieved. The loss of Hangu Pass was already expected for him. Since the pass, he has been under a lot of pressure, but now that Hangu Pass has been broken, he feels relieved.

Ying Huai smiled and said, "Since you can't keep it, then don't. General Zhu, are you afraid of death?"

Zhu Kuo shook his head and said, "General, the last general is not afraid of death!"

"Okay!" Ying Huai nodded, patted Zhu Kuo on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "In this case, we will fight Deng Jun, gather all the soldiers and horses, and retreat to the general's mansion. We will fight with Deng Jun A fight to the death!"

"Here!" Zhu Kuo responded, then turned around and was about to return to the East City to gather the remaining soldiers and horses.

After Zhu Kuo left, Ying Huai said to Ying Fu: "Ying Fu, pass on the order, the whole army retreats, and I will retreat to the General's Mansion, where I will end up with Deng Jun!"

"Here!" Ying Fu replied.

Soon, Yinghuai took the remaining more than 1000 soldiers and horses and began to evacuate from the city. As soon as the Qin army retreated, the Deng army quickly broke through the west city and entered the city.

Ying Huai led the army to retreat all the way, and soon joined Zhu Kuo outside the gate of the general's mansion. The soldiers and horses in Dongcheng suffered too much loss. In addition, Jing Lu was killed in battle, and the soldiers fled in all directions. Zhu Kuo could gather only a few hundred people. People, together with Yinghuai's soldiers and horses, there are less than 2000 people.

Looking at the few remaining soldiers around him, Ying Huai felt very emotional. He thought back then that he led an army of [-] troops out of Chang'an, but now there are only a few people left.

"Form the formation!" Ying Huai gave an order, and the Qin army quickly formed a circular formation around Ying Huai, guarding Ying Huai in the center.

Soon after the formation of the Qin army, Yue Yun, Li Cunxiao, and Li Dingguo led troops to kill them. Seeing that the Qin army was still struggling needlessly, Li Cunxiao took a step forward and said loudly: "Yinghuai, Hangu Pass has been broken, my great Deng Xiongshi You have already entered the city, you have no way to retreat, quickly abandon your weapons and surrender, this will save your life without any worries!"

"Haha!" Hearing Li Cunxiao's words, Ying Huai laughed loudly and said, "I, Ying Huai, am a descendant of the Great Qin Clan, a descendant of the surname Ying. How can I bow my knees in order to survive? You wait for the traitors from Deng Guo to kill this general if they have the ability. , want me to surrender, don't even think about it!"

"Hmph!" Li Cunxiao said with a sneer, "If you are stubborn and don't understand, kill, if there is resistance, shoot and kill!"

"Kill!" Li Cunxiao gave an order, and Deng Jun charged towards the Qin Army's position, and Qin Army barely resisted by virtue of its formation.

After fighting for a while, the vanguard sent by Murong Ke, General Qin Qiong of the Jinwu Guard, led his troops to arrive. Seeing Li Cunxiao and the others fighting with the Qin army, he didn't talk nonsense and ordered them to kill them directly.

Facing Deng Jun's two-sided attack, Qin Jun's formation began to be messy. There were less than 2000 people in the area. In the narrow area in front of the General's Mansion, Deng Jun strangled them cleanly in less than an hour, leaving only a few personal soldiers. Under the protection of Ying Fu, he retreated to the gate of the general's mansion, but Zhu Kuo, the general of the Qin army, had already died under the random sword of Deng Jun.

At this time, Deng Jun also stopped attacking, and Xue Rengui and Murong Ke, who had already arrived, walked to the front and said to Ying Huai: "Ying Huai, the demise of the Qin State is a foregone conclusion, you will stick to Hangu Pass for several months , already worthy of Qin, let’s surrender!”

"Haha!" Ying Huai covered the bleeding wound on his chest with his hands, and said with a smile: "Xue Rengui, I am a descendant of the Ying surname, and I will not bow my knees just to survive. Just come on!"

"As expected, Zhonglie, I will fulfill you, release the arrow!" Xue Rengui saw that Ying Huai had made up his mind and would never surrender, so he ordered to release the arrow.

With an order, countless arrows flew towards Ying Huai and the others, and soon Ying Huai and the others were shot into a hornet's nest. Ying Huai held his last breath, looked at Xue Rengui with blood on his mouth and said, "Xue Rengui, Great Qin! The subjugation of the country is inevitable, but the Qin people are innocent, please treat us Qin people kindly!" After saying that, he fell down.

Xue Rengui nodded, and said to Ying Huai's body, "Don't worry, my great Deng Zhi is in the world, as long as the people under my great Deng's rule, no matter where they were before, they will only be Deng people in the future."

Ying Huai and other Ministers of Civil and Military Affairs of the Qin State may die for the State of Qin, but there are so many people in Qin that it is impossible for all of them to die for the State of Qin.

After Yinghuai Day, which represented the last resistance force of Hangu Pass was wiped out, Xue Rengui said: "Decree to search for the stragglers of the Qin Army in the city, and not let them harass the people. In addition, pack up the corpses of the Qin Army's fallen soldiers for a safe burial. In addition, Ying Huai and other generals of the Qin Army will be buried separately and erected monuments!"

Although Yinghuai and other generals of the Qin army were all killed in battle, it is impossible for all the Qin army in the city to die, and a small number of them fled in all directions. Now that Hangu Pass is already the territory of Deng Guo, how could Xue Rengui let them What about the place that harmed the country of Deng?

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on May 24, Deng Jun broke through Hangu Pass and wiped out the Qin Army. Qin Army generals Yinghuai, Zhu Kuo, Jing Lu, Wu Cong, etc. all died in battle. Deng Jun completely controlled Hangu Pass , but after a month of frantic onslaught, Deng Jun's own casualties were not light. Xue Rengui's troops suffered the most losses, with more than 6 casualties, and Murong Ke's troops also suffered more than 2 casualties. It can be said that the Battle of Hangu Pass was the heaviest casualty since Deng Jun attacked Guanzhong.

(End of this chapter)