The 15,000 Qin defenders on the Guanxi defense line haven't figured out what's going on with the soldiers and horses on the side. Liu Bang's army in front is rushing towards the trench like a red ocean.
All the Qin troops looked horrified, but He Yutai shouted calmly: "All troops, listen to the order! According to what the spies reported just now, the Qin army led by Hu Qing, the garrison of Yaoguan, has surrendered to Liu Bang's army."
Another bombshell exploded in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Qin army, and the people behind them felt as if they were dead. This... Even General Hu Qing has surrendered to Liu Bang? How can we continue to fight this bird war?
Hu Qing continued: "All the troops listened to the order. Yaoguan has been lost. Shoot all the crossbow arrows at the Liu Bang army on the opposite side! Then follow me to Lantian to retreat!"
The troops were shocked again! Are they simply abandoning their positions and fleeing? If so, Liu Bang's two armies will march straight into Xianyang City.
Is this going to sell Da Qin directly? But then I thought about it, with these more than 10,000 people, Liu Bang's army of more than 100,000 people was coming from the front and left. If we continue to defend, no one will survive.
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The troops did not dare to hesitate. At this moment, in a deadlock, they were faced with the enemy surrendering. They could only bite the bullet and obey the general's order. No matter what, He Yutai would not surrender the enemy, let alone look at what was left.
Tens of thousands of Qin troops died in vain
"Yes, General He!"
The Qin army manipulating the heavy crossbow machine said nothing, loaded the crossbow arrows, and fired thousands of arrows at Liu Bang's army, which was densely packed not far away and was preparing to build a bridge to cross the trench.
Liu Bang's army had built three wooden bridges. Some of them just broke through the ditch, but they were hit by countless flying arrows. They were immediately shocked.
Liu Bangjun couldn't escape, so they retreated and stampeded. Many people actually fell off the wooden bridge and were directly penetrated by the wooden thorns at the bottom of the trench...
Heavy crossbow arrows are powerful and have a long range
Several arrows actually landed in front of Liu Bang. Liu Bang was so frightened that he quickly ordered his shield troops to stand in front of him and ordered his troops to retreat.
But the Qin crossbow that covered the sky and avoided the sun did not stop for a moment. Round after round of arrows fell on Liu Bangjun who was rushing towards the trench. Countless young lives disappeared in an instant.
It was so tragic that when Liu Bang saw the power and lethality of Qin Nu with his own eyes, his face trembled. It would be really difficult to break through this line of defense without taking lives or a hundred thousand troops.
Liu Bang shouted anxiously to Zhang Liang and Xiao He: "Aren't the two bastards Zhou Bo and Cao Shen arrived yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the rain of arrows in the sky suddenly disappeared, causing Liu Bangjun to pause and look at the Qin army opposite him in confusion.
After confirming that the opponent had stopped firing arrows, all the troops rushed across the wooden bridge with great momentum and pressed towards the dark Qin army.
At this time, the crossbow arrows had been exhausted. He Yutai turned his head to the left and saw Liu Bangjun coming from the direction of Aoguan like a tsunami. He was afraid that he was less than a mile away.
He Yutai said loudly: "All troops listen to the order! Give up the crossbow machine and follow me to retreat to Lantian!"
"Here!"
I saw all the Qin troops abandoning their heavy crossbows for a moment and forming a queue. He Yutai rode a tall war horse, whipped his whip, and headed north at the lead.
The Qin army, armed with spears and swords, ran at high speed behind He Yutai and other generals...
A minute later, Zhou Bo and Cao Shen led nearly 70,000 troops to the western defense line of Guanguan. The troops looked at only the black heavy crossbows and the burned tents that could not be seen, and there was not even a living Qin army.
They couldn't even see it, and all the troops were confused.
Looking to the north, I seemed to vaguely see a long black dragon moving rapidly to the northwest, bringing up dust all over the sky...
A few minutes later, Liu Bang led his army through the wooden bridge that had just been built and quickly arrived in front of Qin Nu.
After the two armies joined together, Zhou Bo, Cao Shen, Li Shiqi, and Hu Qing dismounted and came over, kneeling on one knee and saying: "Greetings to my lord!"
Liu Bang nodded solemnly and said: "Get up. Zhou Bo, why did his Qin army abandon their position and flee to Guanzhong?"
Zhou Bo cupped his hands and said: "My lord, it must be He Yutai who learned that General Hu Qing had surrendered our army and saw that he could not resist us, so he took the opportunity to escape. The remaining army was defeated."
I saw Hu Qing cupping his hands to Liu Bang and saying: "The surrendered general Hu Qing pays homage to Pei Gong!"
Liu Bang Dingqing took a look and saw that this young man looked about 30 years old. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was quite heroic. He felt happy in his heart. He stepped forward to hold Hu Qing's arms and laughed and said:
"General Hu, please come up quickly. Since you have surrendered to me, Liu Bang, general, rest assured that Liu will not treat you badly. Follow me to conquer the world, and the general can make great achievements again in the future. Haha."
After hearing this, Hu Qing's body trembled, and with tears in his eyes he knelt down at Liu Bang's feet again: "My lord... my lord, I, Hu Qing, have to see the Lord of the Ming Dynasty today. Only by swearing to the death to serve Pei Gong can I repay the Lord for his kindness!"
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Liu Bang was quite agitated. Although the Pass had been broken, there was an area of vast plains ahead. He couldn't wait to quickly eliminate the remaining Qin army in Guanzhong and capture Xianyang in one fell swoop.
Liu Bang said nothing nonsense: "General Hu will stay under Zhou Bo's camp for now. Zifang, our army has defeated the Pass, how should we destroy the Qin army in Guanzhong next?"
After hearing this, Zhang Liang approached Hu Qing and said, "General Hu, I am Zhang Liang, the military advisor under Duke Pei. I would also like to ask the general to inform you about the current situation of the Qin army and defenders in the pass."
Hu Qing returned the salute with a smile and said: "Commander Zhang, when He Yutai and I led the troops to pick up Fangya Pass, except for some Qin troops at the border gates and other places, there were more than 40,000 Qin troops stationed in the Lantian camp, and there were more than 40,000 Qin troops stationed near Bashui.
There are 20,000 Qin troops, plus about 10,000 other garrison troops, and the number of combatable troops is about 70,000..."
"I don't know much about the Qin Army in Guanzhong recently, but I estimate that if the newly recruited new troops are included, they will only number 80,000 at most."
After hearing this, Xia Houying curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Oh, my lord, how can I stop my 120,000 army with only 80,000 Qin troops? My lord, you can give me 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, and I will go and defeat him to dominate the Qin Dynasty."
military!"
Liu Bang put down his hand to ask him to stop talking, and then looked at Zhang Liang expectantly.
At this time, Zhang Liang was looking around the heavy crossbow that the Qin army had no time to take away. He shook his head and said: "Although the Qin crossbow is good, the arrows without the crossbow are useless and are of no great use to our army. We can only stay here first."
This is the place.”
Then he raised his head and glanced at the crowd, and said with a smile: "Everyone, look at the hasty retreat of the Qin army. Even if there are still some main forces of the Qin army in the pass, they definitely have no intention of fighting at this time. The lord can rest assured to send a large army to destroy the Qin army in the pass.
hehe."
After hearing this, Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Xia Houying and Fan Kuai listen to the order! I order you two to lead 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to accompany them to wipe out all the Qin troops in Bashui and nearby! There must be no mistakes."
The two of them knelt on one knee and said, "Yes, my lord!"
"Cao Shen, Zhou Bo listens to the order! I order you two to lead the vanguard and lead the remaining 90,000 troops to the Lantian camp to wipe out the main force of the Qin army in one fell swoop!"
Cao Shen and Cao Shen knelt down and said, "Yes, my lord!"
After thinking for a while, Liu Bang felt that he had missed something, and asked Zhang Liang: "Zifang, we have eliminated the main force of the Qin army in Guanzhong, and the Qin garrison stationed at the border and Hangu Pass are still there. Do I need to send an army to clean them out?"
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Zhang Liang shook his head and said in denial: "No! My Lord only needs to concentrate his superior forces to capture Guanzhong and Xianyang City. If too many troops are divided at this time, something may happen."
"As long as our army captures Xianyang, the Qin border guards will be defeated without attack, and then they will surrender to Peigong."