As soon as the sky was bright, a continuous sound of horns rang out in Luoyang City.

Then, a group of "Han Army" with distinctive armor continued to drive out the demolished Ximen. Of course, these were not real Han troops, but just Chu troops wearing Han military armor. Xiang Zhuang didn't care about the color of the battle robe, and he didn't have time to dye all the battle robes of the 20,000 troops yellow.

After a day and night of high-intensity training, 20,000 strong men finally looked a little bit.

There is no need to think about improving combat effectiveness, but at least the marching line is quite like that.

More than 20,000 troops lined up into a five-way column, and left the west gate of Luoyang in a mighty manner, and then rushed along the spacious road towards Hangu Pass 300 miles away.

Following the 20,000 strong men out of the city was the towering well railing.

More than 20 well railings are eight feet high. On the top is a huge tower. The tower is divided into three floors, each floor is enough to accommodate fifty people. In the middle is a slender tower. The front and left and right sides of the tower are covered with thick wooden boards, the surface is covered with cowhide, inside the tower is a winding upward staircase, and at the bottom are twenty huge pulleys on two rows of left and right.

Each well railing weighs tens of thousands of pounds, and it takes 200 Han army prisoners to drag it forward.

Following the well railing were more than twenty cloud ladders. Compared with the well railing, the cloud ladders were much shorter and lighter. Only fifty prisoners of war could drag them forward.

Behind the ladder is a siege car.

The siege car designed by the bus is a hollow tower-shaped wooden frame. A huge hit wood weighing tens of thousands of pounds is hung in the tower with iron ropes. A cast iron hammer head is installed on the tip of the hit wood, which can easily break an ordinary city gate. Even if the city gate with iron sheets on the surface cannot withstand a few impacts.

There are also dozens of pulleys on both sides of the bottom of the siege car, which can be dragged forward.

Following the siege car, the three thousand personal troops of Xiangzhuang, the real elite Chu army!

The eight hundred craftsmen who drove the bus and hundreds of blacksmiths who were captured were driven along with the personal army.

In Xiangzhuang's view, these craftsmen are simply treasures. Once they have a stable rear, the role they can play will be immeasurable!

Especially the bust, he is not only a descendant of the craftsman master, the bustler class, but also a contemporary master of the Mohist school!

However, it is a pity that because the Mohist school followed too strict rules, the number of believers became increasingly rare. At the end of the Warring States Period, the Mohist school was no longer as grand as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Now, the entire Mohist school has only two men left. The Mohist school has been in name only.

Xiang Zhuang rode a black horse with a sword on his waist and majestic, and left the west gate of Luoyang with a majestic appearance. To this day, the injuries on his left shoulder have finally been almost healed. However, unless absolutely necessary, Xiang Zhuang would never plan to lead the way and charge into battle. Fundamentally, Xiang Zhuang is a war planner, not a brave war.

Looking at the well railings moving slowly ahead, the ladders and siege cars, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help frowning.

At this marching speed, you can march for more than fifty miles a day, and it will take at least six days to travel from Luoyang to Hangu Pass!

Six days?! Can the Chu army have six days left? Last night, although the Liang army temporarily stopped the attack, with Peng Yue’s trust in Liu Bang, the Liang army would never stop there. Peng Yue was mostly waiting for the baggage troops. Once the subsequent baggage was transported, the Liang army would definitely launch another attack, and that was the real test.

Xiangzhuang asked Gongsun Sui to call Gongshuo and asked, "Mr. Gongshu, how fast can you walk the well railing, cloud ladder and siege car you designed?"

Public Transport Lane: "This depends on animal power or human power."

Xiang Zhuang said: "In other words, as fast as people or mules and horses can run, how fast they can walk?"

Public Transport Lane: "Yes."

Xiang Zhuang said again: "Will you fall apart?"

"Uh..." The busker said in surprise, "General, you are too underestimating me, right?"

After saying this, the bus said: "These equipment is strong. If they are so easy to fall apart, how can they bear hundreds of soldiers fighting on it, and how can they bear hundreds of soldiers stepping on them to seize the city and pass? It's not that I'm boasting, as long as I don't face the bombardment of the catapult, these equipment will never fall apart!"

Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed when he heard this. As long as these equipment did not fall apart, that would be enough.

Because the road from Luoyang to Hangu Pass is in very good condition, I have to thank Qin Shihuang for this. The road leading to Xianyang to Guandong is wide, flat and straight, and even the towering well railing will not easily fall over.

Xiang Zhuang turned around and ordered Gongsun Sui and said, "Gongsun Sui, order the prisoners of war to be added!"

"No!" Gongsun Sui responded to the promise and turned around and shouted to the more than a hundred cavalrymen behind him, "Come with me."

Hundreds of cavalry responded to the promise, urged their horses to whip them, and followed Gongsun Sui to catch up with the Han prisoners of war in front of them.

"Add it, add it!" Gongsun then pulled out his sword and roared loudly to the sky, "The general has an order, and all the orders will be increased. Those who violate the orders... will be killed immediately without forgiveness!"

The next moment, more than a hundred Chu cavalry had already swarmed up.

"Hurry up, don't be so slow. I didn't sleep well last night or didn't eat in the morning, Om?"

"You, how dare you glar at me? Believe it or not, I will kill you with one knife, hurry up and follow me."

"Hurry, run for me. If you run faster, I will give you dry food and water to drink. But if you run slowly, I will cut off your heads. Don't think I'll talk to you, hurry up!"

Accompanied by the shouts and scoldings of the Chu cavalry, there was a raindrop-like whip.

A Han army prisoner who was obviously older than he had fallen to the ground while walking. Two Chu cavalry immediately turned over and dismounted, and without saying a word, they carried the Han army prisoner to the side of the road. Then one of the Chu cavalry drew out the ring knife, stabbed the Han army prisoner's left shoulder and neck, and penetrated it straight to the chest and abdomen.

The Han army prisoners of war fell into a pool of blood without even saying a word.

The two Chu cavalrymen were like nothing, and they turned over their horses again and waved their horse whips at the other Han prisoners. However, the Han prisoners were silent one by one. Under the power of the Chu army, they all accelerated their pace. The well railings, cloud ladders and siege cars that were originally moving slowly began to rumble forward...

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Outside Hulao Pass, Liang Army Camp.

Just after noon, Liang's baggage finally arrived at the camp.

In addition to tent equipment, this batch of supplies also includes hundreds of ladders, well railings and siege vehicles, as well as hundreds of large catapults, enough to throw hundreds of kilograms of huge rocks away from the 100-step process!

In an instant, the entire Liang army camp became a noisy construction site.

Thousands of Liang army light soldiers unloaded a large amount of equipment from the ox carts, and then began to build ladders, well railings, siege cars, and catapults one by one. In less than half an hour, hundreds of tower feet had already stood up in the Liang army camp. The defenders at Hulao Pass were far away and could see them.

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When Hulao is closed, the new recruits don’t know how powerful they are. They talk and laugh, and look relaxed.

On the contrary, the five hundred light soldiers brought by Jing Qian, Huan Chu, and hundreds of Chu soldiers under Ji Bu all showed solemn expressions. As veterans, no one could know better than them what the towers that towered up in the Liang army camp meant, and they were all powerful tools for killing!

Especially the towering well railing and the catapult cart, they are simply the natural enemy of the city!

In front of the towering well railing, the defenders on the wall have no danger to defend, and can only be in a disadvantageous situation of being passively beaten. As for the catapult cart, it will be even more terrifying. The huge rocks weighing hundreds of pounds fell from the sky, which is not something that humans can do. At that time, no matter whether the veteran or the new recruits, they will have to live or die.

Jing Qian sighed lightly and said to Pang Yu: "Pang Yu, I'm in trouble now."

Pang Yu nodded and said in a serious tone: "Although the catapult car is powerful, it is more of a psychological shock. In fact, the real killing of personnel is still quite limited. Only the well railing is the real threat. Thousands of Liang army archers hid on the well railing and shot arrows down. Our army guarded the city and would have nowhere to hide. I am very worried..."

He was worried that there were many new recruits around him, and Pang Yu did not say the second half of the sentence, but Jing Qian knew very well what Pang Yu was worried about. Pang Yu was worried that once the well railing advanced to the front of the pass, when the new recruits guarding the city found that they could only be shot and killed by Liang's archers one by one like a living target, the entire army would likely be defeated.

"Yes." Jing Qian nodded and frowned, "I'm also worried."

Pang Yu pondered for a moment and said, "General, the last general has a solution."

After saying that, Pang Yu whispered a few more words to Jing Qian. Jing Qian's eyes suddenly shone, and he immediately turned around to the Sima standing behind him. Junhou shouted: "You, you and you, hurry up and take people to the arsenal and collect all the hemp ropes you can find for me. The more, the better, quickly!"

"No!" Several Simas and the military majesty agreed and took the order.

Jing Qian grabbed a javelin from a veteran, then took Pang Yu to the edge of a bed crossbow, then put the javelin into the groove of the crossbow machine and tried it. The size was just right, that is, the length of the javelin was a bit longer than the giant arrow of the bed crossbow, and the front end was five feet long and almost all the iron spear head was exposed outside.

"General, the problem should not be big." Pang Yu patted the bed crossbow and said in a deep voice, "Since there is no catapult cart on the block, Liang Jun's well railing will probably advance within twenty steps. At such a close distance, shooting targets such as a large one, the hit rate of the bed crossbow can be guaranteed, let alone the five arrows are still fired at the same time, so there should be no problem."

Jing Qian nodded and whispered: "Whether it is OK or not, that's it."

Pang Yu was silent when he heard this. The Liang army was already building siege equipment, so the Chu army no longer had to be lucky. If the next fierce battle cannot be cracked, Hulao Pass will indeed be unable to defend Hulao Pass.
Chapter completed!