Chapter 1094: Surprise attack on Han Valley (Part 2)
Chapter 1094: Surprise attack on Han Valley (Part 2)
Chapter 1092: Surprise attack on Han Valley (Part 2)
On the other side, Li Shimin was almost scared to death. He didn't expect that he was already wrapped up like this, but he was still almost recognized by Li Cunxiao.
In this regard, Li Shimin could not help but sigh: The new number one in the world is indeed well-deserved.
Of course Li Shimin could not be bored and deliberately wander in front of Li Cunxiao, but life is always full of surprises.
Even before the meeting before the expedition, Li Shimin had already aroused Li Cunxiao's curiosity, but he did not expect that he would meet Li Cunxiao by chance later. If Dugu Qiufei hadn't arrived in time, his identity would have been exposed.
“Senior Dugu, thank you very much.”
Li Shimin said with lingering fear, after all, if his identity is exposed, who knows what changes will happen.
Dugu Qibei glanced at Li Shimin indifferently and said coldly: "Don't provoke Li Cunxiao anymore. If he really wants to take action against you regardless of everything, even I can't stop him."
Li Shimin felt a little aggrieved when he heard this. How dare he provoke Li Cunxiao? He was hiding away when he saw Li Cunxiao!
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After several days of rapid march, the 5,000 Qin army, led by Zhou Yu and Li Cunxiao, finally arrived at Hangu Pass without anyone noticing.
Late at night, Zhou Yu led his army to ambush outside the pass. Seeing that the appointed time was getting closer and closer, but seeing that the pass in front of him did not change at all, Zhou Yu couldn't help but feel anxious secretly.
“Gong Jin, did you lose your chain?” Li Cunxiao asked impatiently.
Zhou Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "I don't know either."
During the exchange with Dugu Qiubai, Zhou Yu already knew that there was an internal agent in Hangu Pass, and he would open the city gate tonight to help his army invade Hangu Pass.
After learning this, Zhou Yu was completely relieved. After all, although the number of defenders in Hangu Pass was not large, with the five thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, it was absolutely impossible to capture Hangu Pass by force.
During the Warring States Period, after Qin Xiaogong seized the land of Weihan from Wei, he set up Hangu Pass here. Guancheng is 7.5 kilometers long from east to west, and the valley road can only accommodate one vehicle. It is known as "one man can guard the pass, and ten thousand people cannot open it".
In the third year of the reign of King Shenliang of Zhou Dynasty, King Huai of Chu mobilized the troops of the six kingdoms to attack Qin. Qin relied on the natural dangers of Hangu, causing the armies of the six kingdoms to "lay millions of corpses and bleed in the oars".
In the sixth year of the First Emperor of Qin, the armies of Chu, Zhao, Wei and other five countries invaded Qin. "As far as Hangu, they were all defeated."
Since Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, after various uprisings against Qin in the late Qin Dynasty, the newly established King Huai of Chu, in order to quell the war as soon as possible, declared that whoever entered Guanzhong first would be the king of Guanzhong. The pass referred to here is also Hangu Pass. Guguan.
Liu Bang entered Guanzhong first, but not directly into Hangu Pass. The reason was that Hangu Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Xianyang, the capital of Qin, was within the pass. The Qin army guarding Hangu Pass must be elite.
In order to avoid attacking the fortress, Liu Bang accepted Zhang Liang's suggestion to take a detour and attack Wuguan, which was empty of troops, and then he was able to enter the pass.
Liu Bang had to take a detour to enter Guanzhong, let alone Zhou Yu?
So, if there is no internal response to open the city gate, let alone Zhou Yu who only has 5,000 troops, even if 50,000 Qin troops come, they may not be able to break Hangu Pass.
Although Zhou Yu was anxious, he forced himself to calm down and said to Li Cunxiao in a deep voice: "It's not the agreed time yet, let's wait a little longer."
“At this point, we can only wait.” Li Cunxiao said helplessly. After all, with the troops in their hands, it was impossible to forcibly break through Hangu Pass.
Time passed little by little, and finally the ugly time arrived, and the city of Hangu Pass was opened as promised.
Li Cunxiao pointed to the city gate and said excitedly: "Gongjin, open it, the city gate is open."
Zhou Yu suppressed the excitement in his heart and seriously told Li Cunxiao: "General Li Cunxiao, you don't need to participate in the attack for a while. You only need to lead some elites to the city lord's palace and kill the Hangu Pass guard as quickly as possible. That’s enough.” ˜ ˜ “Understood.” Li Cunxiao nodded seriously.
Zhou Yu was relieved when he saw this. He immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "Act immediately."
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Five thousand elites took advantage of the darkness and secretly ran towards the gate of the carriage. When they arrived at the gate of the city, nothing strange happened to the defenders in the city.
Li Cunxiao couldn't help but reveal a ferocious smile when he saw this, waved his long arm, and shouted: "Kill!"
Five thousand Qin troops poured into Hangu Pass like a tide. Although the defenders in the city discovered the invaders, it was already too late.
Outside Hangu Pass, seeing the Qin army successfully entering Hangu Pass, Dugu Qiubai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Dugu Qiufei was not sure whether the people placed in the pass by the Li family were reliable. After all, Li Yuan was dead and Li Shimin had been captured for several months. During this period, Yang Jian had taken over a lot of the Li family's influence. , so how can Li Shimin determine that person's loyalty?
Different from Dugu Qiu’s anxiety about defeat, Li Shimin was not surprised at all, as if he had already guessed the current situation.
Looking at Li Shimin with a calm face, Dugu Qiubai finally understood why the young master Qin Hao valued him so much.
No wonder the young master asked himself, as the Grand Master, to come and watch Li Shimin in person. He is really a man with unlimited possibilities. Dugu Qiubai thought to himself.
In the past few months, Dugu Qiubai has witnessed with his own eyes that Li Shimin went from a prisoner who was bound to die, to having a glimmer of hope, and now about to regain his freedom.
The process was so difficult that it was hard for Dugu Qiufei to believe it. Others would have lost hope, but Li Shimin persevered tenaciously until the last moment. This perseverance alone is not something ordinary people can possess.
“Li Shimin, congratulations.” Dugu Qiubai said calmly.
Li Shimin glanced at Dugu Qiubai and asked, "Congratulations on my regaining my freedom?"
"Yes."
Dugu Qibei nodded: "When I receive the news that Li Yuanba left the Wild King, I will follow the order and let you go."
“Thank you.”
Li Shimin said sincerely that his freedom was very hard-won!
The guard of Hangu Pass was Qiu Rui, King of Changping, who was the seventh among the nine elders of the Xing and Sui Dynasties.
On the surface, Hangu Pass is as stable as Mount Tai, but Qiu Rui still does not relax at all in terms of defense. However, it is difficult to guard against domestic thieves day and night. No matter how tight he arranges the defense of Hangu Pass, it is still difficult to block the attacks from within. of enemies.
As soon as he heard the cry of killing Zhentian outside, Qiu Rui realized that the situation was not good. He didn't even have time to put on his armor and ran out in his pajamas.
Handled over a defeated soldier, Qiu Rui shouted and asked, "What's going on? What's going on?"
“General, what’s wrong is that the Qin army is coming in. Brothers can’t hold it anymore.”
"What…"
(End of this chapter)