Vol 2 Chapter 2438: Break the Sanguan, lock the pass
Chapter 2438 Breaking through the Sanguan and locking the Pass
Chapter 2434: Breaking through the Sanguan and locking the Pass
“With Kong Peng’s temper, how could he not avenge you?”
Gongsun Xuanyuan sighed and shook his head.
He originally wanted to conquer the three of them, King Lion, King Xiang, Kong Peng. After all, the three of them were easy-going and had worked against the Qin Dynasty, but they did not cause any big losses, so they were all acceptable candidates.
One hero has three gangs.
If Xuanyuan could surrender the three generals of Kong Peng this time, his lineup would also be greatly improved. However, he did not expect that he had already captured the king, lion, and elephant alive, but was destroyed by a stray arrow that came from nowhere.
Now that Wang Shi and Wang Xiang are dead, the hatred between Kong Peng and Da Qin has further deepened, and it is completely impossible to surrender to Da Qin.
Even though Kong Peng was interrupted again this time, there is no doubt about his potential. With such a big threat, Gongsun Xuanyuan naturally cannot let him grow.
“Brother Kong Xuan, I’m sorry, it’s not me that won’t help you, it’s fate.”
Gongsun Xuanyuan underestimated this sentence and said in a deep voice: "Chasing, you must not let Kong Peng go."
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The four generals Yuwen Chengdu, Huang Tianhua, Pei Yuanqing and Qin Yong said in unison.
The more Xuanyuan and his men chased into the pass, the more Tang troops there were. In addition, Kong Peng was faster than everyone else, so he gradually disappeared.
“Damn it, let Kong Peng run away.”
Huang Tianhua's face was full of unwillingness. He was just a little short of completing the feat of killing the sixth general on the list.
Just after Kong Peng exited the state of unity between man and nature, he even prepared the drill, but he didn't expect that Xuanyuan was going to force Kong Peng to surrender, let alone that Kong Peng would run away.
Had he known this would happen, he should have pretended not to hear it and nailed Kong Peng to death with a drill.
However, who shot those two arrows?
The incident happened so suddenly that not even Huang Tianhua, not even Yuwen Chengdu could react.
"As long as Kong Peng is against me, Da Qin, he will meet him sooner or later, and it won't be too late to kill him." Yuwen Chengdu comforted him.
He was not upset about Kong Peng's escape. After all, the top ten people in the military general list were all notoriously difficult to kill. Killing Xiang Yu alone would have gathered all the powerful generals in the world.
Luo Shixin, Yuan Hong, Hou Yi, and Ran Min were all easy to kill.
“Since Kong Peng has disappeared, the top priority is to capture Sanguan as soon as possible.”
Hearing what Gongsun Xuanyuan said, all the generals nodded in agreement, and then each led a group of men and horses to kill the Tang army in the pass.
There are not many masters in the Tang army, but without the three gods of war, King Kong Peng, King Shi, Xiang, the remaining strongest ones are just **** generals, who were directly killed by Yuwen Chengdu with a single blow.
Other first-class and first-class generals did not pose any threat to the Qin army and were quickly slaughtered by the four gods of war.
Although there were 15,000 garrison troops in Sanguan and commanded by famous generals, they were extremely lacking in high-end combat power and were crushed by the 5,000 Qin troops who invaded the pass.
Gongsun Xuanyuan, Yuwen Chengdu, Pei Yuanqing, and Qin Yong, the four generals, single-handedly charged into the Tang army, and galloped at will, charging back and forth to kill.
The Tang army was in chaos when they were killed. Rivers of blood flowed and corpses were scattered all over the field.
The Tang army who was killed was completely frightened and no longer dared to resist. They all knelt down and begged to surrender.
Seeing that the resistance of the defenders was getting weaker and weaker, Li Siyuan knew that the situation was over, so he decisively ordered the burning of the grain depot and armory, while leaving part of the army behind, while he himself withdrew to Hanzhong with a small number of his confidants.
"General Gongsun, something bad has happened. All the warehouses in Sanguan are on fire."
"What?"
Gongsun Xuanyuan was startled, then gritted his teeth and said: "Damn Li Siyuan, you really can't relax at all.
Take people to put out the fire quickly. Leave everything else aside. The ordnance must be rescued. "
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The reason why Gongsun Xuanyuan gave priority to saving the armory was naturally because the Qin Dynasty was not short of food. Regardless of the distant places, the grain stores seized from Chencang alone were enough to keep the scattered garrison until the end of the war.
Chencang is not far from Sanguan. Even if there is no food in Sanguan, it can be transported from Chencang.
But if it is ordnance, it will be too late to transport it from Chencang.
Once the armory of Sanguan was burned and the Tang army in Hanzhong counterattacked Sanguan, the Qin army without the equipment and supplies to defend the city would have difficulty taking advantage of Sanguan's defensive advantages.
That’s why Gongsun Xuanyuan gave priority to preserving the armory.
When the raging fire was about to get out of control, a large number of Qin soldiers came to put out the fire with buckets or sandbags. They extinguished the fire in time and saved most of the ordnance.
The armory was saved, but the ration depot was not so lucky. 90% of the rations were burned, and only 10% was saved.
“General, the fire has been put out, 70% of the armory has been saved, and only 10% of the grain depot has been saved.”
After hearing this, Xuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "What are the casualties of our army?" "General Qi, our army has a total of 1,000 casualties, killed 4,000 of the Tang army, captured 8,000, and beheaded the general of the Tang army. King lion king elephant…
Li Siyuan, the guard general of Sanguan in the Tang Dynasty, fled to Hanzhong with his remaining troops. "
Li Tang deployed a total of 20,000 troops in Chencang and Sanguan.
5,000 Chencang garrison were all captured, and another 8,000 were captured at Sanguan, that is, 13,000 prisoners of war.
In addition to the four thousand who died in the battle, Li Siyuan only fled back to Hanzhong with at most 3,000 remaining troops.
Most of the thousand casualties suffered by the Qin army were before Xuanyuan arrived, and most of them were Sun Chongjin's subordinates.
Sun Chongjin had only a thousand cronies in his headquarters, but now only about three to four hundred were lost. It can be said that his vitality was severely damaged, but he was not sad at all, because Xuanyuan not only gave birth to his official, but also gave birth to an official. All the prisoners of war of the Wan Tang Army were handed over to him for reorganization.
Sun Chongjin was directly promoted to Zhonglang General because he offered Chencang and falsely opened Sanguan City Gate, commanding two infantry battalions with a total of 10,000 troops. This was ten times more than his military power when he was a Tang general.
“General, Li Siyuan should not be far away yet, let the last general lead his army to chase him.” Huang Tianhua took the initiative to ask for his order.
Hearing this, Xuanyuan thought for a moment and then shook his head.
“The Qinling Ancient Road has steep terrain and is very easy to set up an ambush, making it difficult to guard against. If you fall into an ambush by Li Siyuan, you will have to stop trying.”
"But it would be a pity to waste such a good opportunity like this, and I will be cautious in the end."
“This is not something you can prevent by being careful...”
Before Gongsun Xuanyuan finished speaking, soldiers suddenly came to report.
“General Qi, two generals, Yue Yun and Pei Yuanqing, led a thousand troops out of the pass to pursue Li Siyuan.”
"What?"
Gongsun Xuanyuan's face suddenly became extremely ugly. He had long heard that Yue Yun and Pei Yuanqing had a history of disobeying orders and going into battle without permission. He thought that these two people had already taught them a lesson, but he didn't expect that they would dare to do so without asking for instructions. Going into battle without permission.
"If you win, that's it. If you lose, let's see how I will deal with you." Gongsun Xuanyuan snorted coldly.
Half a day later, news came back from the chasing army. Even though Yue Yun and Pei Yuanqing had been very careful, they still fell into Li Siyuan's serial ambush plan. Nearly 80% of the 1,000-strong army was lost, and only more than 200 people escaped alive. .
In the Sanguan meeting hall, Huang Tianhua looked at Yue Yun and Pei Yuanqing who were kneeling below with arrows stuck in their bodies, and secretly thought that they were in danger.
Fortunately, it was not him who chased them out, but Yue Yun and Pei Yuanqing, otherwise he would have been the one kneeling nearby.
On the other side, Li Siyuan set up an ambush and after repelling Yue Yun and Pei Yuanqing, he did not send anyone to chase them, but returned to Hanzhong at full speed with the remaining army.
The Qin army chasing him was only a thousand men. Even if they were all annihilated, it would not matter to the overall situation. The top priority was to return to Hanzhong to take control of the overall situation.
“General Kong Peng, we will arrive in Hanzhong soon, ah…”
Before Li Siyuan finished speaking, Kong Peng grabbed him by the collar.
After hearing Oli Siyuan's cry, the soldiers quickly surrounded Kong Peng and shouted: "Bring the general here quickly."
Kong Peng turned a deaf ear, stared at Li Siyuan coldly, and asked, "Did you shoot those two hidden arrows?"
Kong Pengmang was a bit reckless, but definitely not stupid. After escaping from Sanguan, he quickly thought of one thing, that is, the coincidence of the two arrows appearing and shooting through the rope was obviously abnormal.
After thinking about it, he felt that there was only one possibility, that is, someone did this deliberately. Even if his two sworn brothers were captured, they might not die, but if they escaped after being captured, they would most likely be killed.
After the rope is shot, it is natural for Wang Shi and Wang Xiang to escape, but if they cannot escape and are killed, they will fight to the death with Da Qin.
No matter which one it is, there is no harm to Tang Guo, it will just put his eldest and second brothers in danger
At this thought, Kong Peng was extremely angry. He asked himself that he had done nothing wrong to Li Tang or Li Shimin. Is this how Li Tang repaid him?
Hearing this, Li Siyuan looked confused and said, "What kind of hidden arrow?"
Seeing this, Kong Peng's eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly: "You are still pretending to be stupid with me. If it weren't for you, how could it be such a coincidence that there happened to be two arrows that broke the rope of my eldest brother and my second brother?"
“Brother Kong, have you misunderstood something? If I am so skilled in archery, how could I not use it all the time?” Li Siyuan said with a bitter smile.
Kong Peng was silent, Li Siyuan was indeed not an expert in archery, and that man's archery skills were extremely high, and he was by no means an ordinary archer.
“Did you ask your men to do it?” Kong Peng asked forcefully.
"Brother Kong Peng, your understanding of Sanguan is no less than mine. If there really is such a magic archer, I will definitely send him to support you when you fight against the four fierce and eight hammers alone. How can I let him go at this time?" Two cold arrows."
Kong Peng was speechless for a moment and could only say coldly, "Don't let me find out it's you behind this." Then he let go of Li Siyuan's collar.
Looking at Kong Peng's leaving figure, Li Siyuan only had one thought in his mind, that is, Kong Peng had changed, become smarter, and became more capable of using his brain. I'm afraid it would be less easy to fool him in the future.
Before Li Siyuan and his party could escape back to Hanzhong, Li Tang's senior officials in Chang'an received news of the fall of Sanguan and the news of Wang Shi and Wang Xiang.
For a time, the entire Tang Dynasty was shocked.
Sanguan is the last gate in Guanzhong. Once it falls, the entire Guanzhong will be turned into a cage, locking up the more than 100,000 Tang troops still in Guanzhong.
(End of this chapter)