Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Xiang Zhuang rushed to Muling Pass
Chapter 158 Chapter 158: Xiang Zhuang rushes to Muling Pass
On the day Fan Zeng entered Muling Pass, another team of nearly a hundred people had quietly arrived a hundred miles outside Muling Pass. These people were the special envoys of the Jiangdong Xiang family. They came to Mu on the orders of Xiang Bo and Xiang Yu.
Lingguan recruits Zhang Han.
Different from Fan Zeng and his entourage, the leader of this team is not an experienced man, but a young general. Although he is not wearing armor at the moment, the momentum he displays is clearly something that only those who serve in the army can possess.
, this person was Xiang Zhuang, a young general from Jiangdong. In order to show his sincerity in recruiting, Xiang Bo specially arranged for Xiang Zhuang to come to Muling Pass to meet Zhang Han.
At this moment, they were walking on a trail among the mountains outside Mulinguan Pass. The setting sun near the mountains scattered the dim sunlight through the gaps between the branches on the trail, and a layer of light mist was actually dense, adding to this troubled world.
It added a bit of rare peace. However, Xiangzhuang's heart was not peaceful at this moment, because his heart was being tortured by this trip to Mulingguan. The reason was because he received a piece of news yesterday that made him extremely uneasy.
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Just yesterday, Xiangzhuang received a letter from Uncle Xiang. According to the report of their spies stationed in Qin, two thousand tiger soldiers escorted Fan Zeng out of Xianyang a few days ago. These troops were most likely to come to Mu
Went to Lingguan.
When Xiang Zhuang learned that the person Fusu sent to Mulingguan was Fan Zeng, he was depressed for a while. Since Fusu succeeded to the throne to supervise the country, Jiangdong and Fusu have been constantly attacking each other, and there have been many confrontations with Fan Zeng.
, Regrettably, Jiangdong barely gained any advantage in these confrontations, but suffered setbacks at every turn, either losing troops or generals, or losing cities and territory.
In order to arrive at Mulingguan before Fan Zeng, Xiangzhuang and his party had not had a long rest since receiving the letter yesterday. At this time, they were already exhausted.
"Major General, this place is still a hundred miles away from Muling Pass. Moreover, it is almost dusk now. How about we rest here! We will rush to Muling Pass early tomorrow morning. We really can't walk.
Come on!" the accompanying clerk suggested to Xiang Zhuang.
Xiang Zhuang glanced at the officials helplessly, then looked at everyone, and finally shook his head helplessly.
"Hey, Xiangzhuang doesn't know how hard you are working. It's just that the general wants us to see Zhang Han before Fan Zeng. If we delay and let Fan Zeng get the upper hand, then I, Jiangdong, will be in a passive position.
, let alone recruiting Zhang Han, I'm afraid I won't even be able to get through the gate. I've wronged you all, and I will give you a good rest when you enter Muling Pass."
After several years of fighting, the people of Jiangdong were already exhausted. Facing Fusu's aggressive offensive, Jiangdong was already struggling and could only struggle to hold on. In the battle of South Vietnam, even their natural barrier, the Xiangshui River,
They have all become the inland rivers of the Qin Dynasty, and the large Changsha County is in the middle of the Fusu River. If Zhang Han returns to Fusu at this time and helps Fusu attack from the north, then Jiangdong will really not be able to support it.
At midnight, after traveling quickly in the middle of the night, Xiangzhuang and his party finally arrived at the outskirts of Muling Pass.
At this time, they were just in a position where they could clearly see the Muling Pass Tower and the camp not far away. The Muling Pass Tower was ten miles away in front of them. The mottled torches on the tower were swaying in the wind, but
It was so clearly visible, and the camp the spies mentioned happened to lie between them and the Muling Pass Tower, blocking their way forward by coincidence.
Even though Xiang Zhuang racked his brains, he couldn't figure it out. He really wanted to ignore the camp, and headed straight to Muling Pass with his entourage. He traveled all night and night, not just to be in Fan Zeng's camp.
Have you met Zhang Han before? Now that we are about to arrive, but we encounter such a strange thing, Xiang Zhuang is really unwilling.
After thinking again and again, Xiang Zhuang temporarily gave up the idea of approaching Mulingguan Tower, but decided to take advantage of the night to go closer with the spies to investigate.
After making up his mind, Xiang Zhuang left the hiding place with the spies and returned to the team. After changing into black night clothes, he went straight to the camp not far away under the cover of night.
But reason told Xiang Zhuang that if he really wanted to ignore it, it would most likely cause the team of 100 people to die inexplicably. Who could guarantee the camp if they bypassed these people and went straight to Muling Pass without knowing the situation?
This team of people inside would not suddenly attack them in the dark and kill them. If that happens, his team of 100 people will be completely hopeless. In such a dark night, even if he has a few numbers in his hand,
Zhang Han, who had tens of thousands of troops, did not dare to switch off and send troops rashly, let alone them who only had a hundred people.
After passing the accompanying team and marching two miles towards Muling Pass, the camp mentioned by the spies suddenly appeared in Xiangzhuang's field of vision.
Faced with this unexpected situation, Xiang Zhuang ran out of ideas for a while. Logically speaking, this camp should not belong to Zhang Han, because no leader with normal thinking would leave thousands of people to take care of himself.
If it is not Zhang Han's army, then who does this camp belong to? Is it the Qin army? Judging from the number of people, this is indeed possible, because the Qin army escorting Fan Zeng has exactly two thousand tigers.
, but after careful analysis, I feel that this reason seems untenable. No matter how courageous the Tiger Army is, they would not dare to openly camp under Muling Pass, right? Once the Muling Pass defenders break out at night, then these two thousand people will
Is there any way to survive?
Just when Xiang Zhuang and his party were preparing to walk the last few miles, the scout in charge of exploring the road reported a surprising news to Xiang Zhuang. It turned out that the spy found a camp not far away from them, which actually blocked their way.
It stands to reason that Zhang Han's men and horses should all be inside Muling Pass. It is really strange that a camp suddenly appears outside Muling Pass at this moment.
For the sake of safety, Xiang Zhuang immediately ordered all his entourage to extinguish the torches in their hands and stay put, while he himself followed the spies to find out the news.
Seeing that Xiang Zhuang did not agree with his suggestion, the accompanying officials stopped talking, lowered their heads and gritted their teeth and continued on their way.
After staring at the gate tower for a moment, Xiang Zhuang withdrew his gaze from the Muling Pass gate tower, turned to the camp in front of him, and looked at it carefully. At this time, except for the flickering torches in the hands of the patrol soldiers, the camp was completely empty.
It was dark, and the soldiers in the camp had obviously rested at this time. On the fence outside the camp, there was a circle of sparse torches. Although these torches were not very dense, they could roughly outline the outline of the camp. With the help of the past,
Based on the experience he accumulated while setting up camp, Xiang Zhuang made a rough estimate and found that the camp had a population of about two to three thousand people.
Although Xiang Zhuang knew that the two days of continuous traveling had exhausted these entourage, he would not dare to delay the trip before seeing Zhang Han. No matter how tired they were, they could only relax. Because for them
As far as Jiangdong is concerned, Jiangdong can still bear it if he cannot recruit Zhang Han, but he is afraid that Fan Zeng will take advantage of him. If Zhang Han cannot withstand Fan Zeng's eloquent words and chooses to surrender to Fusu, it will be a big deal for Jiangdong.
disaster. Once Zhang Han surrenders to Fusu, Jiangdong will be completely hopeless. It is only a matter of time before they are annexed by Fusu.
After a cup of tea, the two men of Xiang and Zhuang successfully arrived at the outskirts of the camp. At this time, they could vaguely see the military tent where the soldiers in the camp slept. Judging from the clothes of the patrolling soldiers in the camp, they were indeed the Great Qin Tigers.
Military uniform.
After confirming that the camp here belonged to the Huben Army, Xiang and Zhuang took advantage of the darkness to touch back.
After Xiang Zhuang told everyone the news he had found out, everyone was silent for a while. A melancholy mood instantly enveloped their heads. They came day and night just to see the Qin people before they could.
When Zhang Han arrived at Muling Pass, he was blocked by the Qin army. The most annoying thing was that he didn't know if Fan Zeng was in the camp at this time. Maybe he had already seen Zhang Han.
Just when everyone was silent, a follower broke the silence and said happily to Xiang Zhuang: "Young General, I have a trick in my humble position. I will definitely ruin Fan Zeng's plan and make Jiangdong lose my power during this trip to Muling Pass."