Chapter 13: Zhang Han’s back

In the wind and snow all over the sky, the world is vast.

Zhang Han stood in the snow, beside him were Sima Xin and Dong Yi, and behind him was the 100,000 "Black-clad Legion" lying in the valley.

Now, Zhang Han's mood is as bad as the weather. Half a month ago, after receiving the imperial edict that Hu Hai scolded him and ordered him to win within a time limit, Zhang Han has fallen into endless troubles. By the way, Zhang Han had to work with Sima Xin and Dong Yi to find Fusu's flaws.

Unfortunately, Fusu has been using troops for many years and knows his own enemy. His experience is far better than Zhang Han. He also has a cautious and cautious Zhang Liang mentioned that the camp was as solid as a rock and had no flaws. Zhang Han had no choice but to try his best to lure Fusu to fight. However, Fusu seemed to be "devoured the enemy with great strength". No matter what Zhang Han played, "saying east and attacking west", and "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", he was reluctant to divide his troops and soldiers to give Zhang Han a chance to defeat each of them.

Now, Zhang Han pretended to go south to capture Hongnong County, and wanted to lure the main force of Fusu to fight to ambush him. Unexpectedly, a 100,000 army was frozen and hungry in the mountains for a day and a night, and even the ghost shadow of the New Qin army was not seen. He was so cold that his nose was blue and swollen and his tears flowed.

Zhang Han, who was in trouble, was eager to see the new Qin army not coming, so he had to smile bitterly: "Oh, this Fusu is too cunning. He tried his best to fight, what can he do! What can he do!"

Sima Xin was also cold and annoyed, and said angrily: "Since Fusu does not save Hongnong, then we might as well fight Hongnong and threaten Luoyang. I don't believe it, then Fusu will not go to fight!"

Zhang Han smiled wryly and said, "It's hard to fight in plains and fields now. It's not easy for you to ask the soldiers to attack the city! Moreover, Hongnong, as an important town west of Luoyang, has also linked Fusu's grain road, and there will definitely be a perfect defense. Maybe Fusuba will not be allowed to fight Hongnong now, because if our army has not attacked Hongnong for a long time, not only will the teacher and veterans be exhausted, but also dispersed their own forces. Wouldn't this give Fusu a chance to defeat each other? Inappropriate!"

Dong Yi sighed and said, "In addition, the war in Shanxi has been developing towards a favorable situation for Meng Tian. Now Taiyuan is trapped, and only the lonely city of Shangdang is left. If Shangdang loses again, Meng Tian's main force will definitely cross the Yellow River, take Guanzhong west, or directly attack Tongguan along the river, and cut off my back. This situation may happen at any time, so our army cannot and dare not divide the troops. Otherwise, once Fusu and Meng Tian join forces to attack me, our army's troops will be dispersed and there is no rush to react, then the situation will be gone!"

Sima Xin said in confusion: "Didn't it mean that the pseudo-Zhao King Wuchen sent Chen Yu and Li Liang led a 150,000 army to restrain Fusu? In addition, Shangdang choked his throat, Meng Tian's army should not have escaped so quickly!" Zhang Han smiled bitterly and said: "Chen Yu, Li Liang and other mediocre talents are far from being matched by Fusu and Meng Tian. They may be beaten down at any time! Shangdang's lonely city can last under the joint attack of Meng Tian's army and Li Xinjun, and it is even more unknown how long it can last! I dare not be careless!"

Sima Xin was anxious and stomped her feet and said, "This is not possible, nor that is, but the one-month period has passed half a month! If you can't defeat Fusu at that time, not only will you, General Zhang, be unlucky, we may also be burdened!" Zhang Han shook his head sadly and said, "No, Zhao Gao is just worried about me! If it really doesn't work, he will only attack me to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and will not touch you two. Because he also depends on you two to stabilize the morale of the army, and it is impossible to take them all!"

Dong Yi smiled bitterly when he heard this, "What General Zhang said is bad! If you are taken down by Zhao Gao, we will be won by Zhao Gao Yanling! To be honest, our two are not as talented as you in command of the army, and you cannot win, and we will give it to you in vain. So, if you are unlucky, we will not be far away!"

Zhang Han was silent and knew that what Dong Yi said was true.

Sima Xin gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "The eunuchs are in trouble with the country! If you are forced to force me, why would I rebel?" Zhang Han changed his color and said, "General Sima banned his words! Don't forget that my family is all in the hands of Master Zhao!" Sima Xin and Dong Yi couldn't help but be silent!

The news of the Jingxing victory in the New Qin Army Camp had just arrived. In an instant, one passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds, and the entire military camp became boiling. The soldiers rushed out of the camp and cheered to the sky. It was really a joy!

In the imperial tent, when I heard the cheers like the collapse of the mountains and the earth outside, Fusu also said happily: "Meng Tian, ​​Wang Li, Weng Zhong and others really do not disappoint me! I will pass on my will to reward the three generals and reward the three armies! We all have fun together!" "Hahaha" the generals also laughed.

Zhang Liang said happily: "As soon as Chen Yu was defeated, Meng Tian's army's retreat was determined. As long as Shangdang was defeated and they could enter Hebei together, they would definitely capture Wu Chen and other thieves in one fell swoop!"

Ying Bu also admired and said, "Your Majesty is far-sighted and smart and bold. He fights against the weak and defeats the strong with the weak. This is really a great admiration for the last general!" Fusu smiled bitterly in his heart: "If you want to talk about yourself, I'm afraid you can't think of this kind of war against the enemy. Even if you think about it, you won't dare to use it. This is not Han Xin used Chen Yu just in time. He has learned from the past, and it can only succeed by chance! I am ashamed, ashamed!"

Qiang Wei also said happily: "I heard that Weng Zhong was a man who was one hundred, making a one-horned bronze man invincible among the Zhao army. He killed the Zhao army and fled. He was frightened when he heard it! He was a brave general! When he met the next day, he must discuss with him to see who is so powerful!" Ying Bu smiled and said, "You two are brave generals in the infantry battle, and they both rely on their strength to defeat the enemy. Weng Zhong is taller than you and stronger than you. I like him!"

Ying Bu always likes to argue with Qiang Wei, and this sentence almost made Qiang Wei go wild. Qiang Wei snorted and said, "That's not necessarily! You are smaller than me and not stronger than me, but I can't beat you, and Weng Zhong may not win me either!" Ying Bu teased Qiang Wei and said, "Then you think you are smarter than Weng Zhong, I don't think so, maybe you are not as good as him!"

Qiang Wei was anxious and jumped up suddenly, and was about to argue with Ying Bu. Fusu saw that the two of them were having a bad mood and his face darkened: "Look at what you look like, or generals, I look like two children! Sit down!" Qiang Wei was afraid of Fu Su, so he sat down angrily and glared at Ying Bu fiercely. Ying Bu secretly returned his face.

These two people are having a good time, but their personal relationship is very good!

Zhang Liang was also funny and turned to Fusu and said, "Your Majesty, the situation in Shanxi is stable now, and our army can also deal with Zhang Han with peace of mind!" Fusu nodded and couldn't help laughing, "Zhang Han was forced by Hu Hai and Zhao Gaoyan's orders, and he couldn't lure me into battle again and again. Now he must be so anxious!"

Qiang Wei also forgot to praise Yingbu at this time, and smiled gloatingly: "Zhang Han is quite patient and has been tempting me to fight with clever tricks! If I had been waving the army long ago, I would have rushed to the enemy camp!" Fusu smiled: "Zhang Han is a wise general, and he is happy to mobilize the enemy and search for flaws by using the opportunity to find flaws. Therefore, as long as our army is not moving, he will have no choice but to do anything even if he is full of wisdom and strategy. "The generals laughed.

Ying Bu put on a compassionate face and said, "Poor Zhang Han, you will definitely not be able to eat these days and cannot sleep at night! I guess his patience is almost the same. He will definitely mobilize a large army in the past two days to attack our camp! However, at that time, he will be free soon!" Everyone laughed again!

In the early morning, in Hangu Pass, General Zhang Han’s mansion.

A loud and powerful footsteps came from the mist and entered the handsome room.

"General, call us here early in the morning. What instructions do you have?" Sima Xin said to Zhang Han.

Zhang Han turned around and his face turned gloomy; "Last night, Zhang received another urgent order from Zhao Gao to fight, and Zheng Bo also came to urge him to die. It seems that they can't wait!"

Dong Yi said furiously: "Those birds can only move their mouths and let them try it themselves! We have tried our best, but Fusu just can't hide, what can we do if we take it!"

Zhang Han smiled wryly and said, "It's no wonder that Zhao Gao was anxious. It was also an urgent report that he had just transferred from Xianyang last night: at the Jingxing Pass, Meng Tian defeated Chen Yu with 30,000 people, and Chen Yu himself died in the chaos. Meng Tian's army had no worries. Now Meng Yi and Li Xin besieged Shangdang very urgently, and he might break Shangdang at any time. If Shangdang is broken, if Meng Yi, Li Xin and others rush their troops to advance west and go south, it will be a bolt from the blue for us!"

Sima Xin and Dong Yi suddenly changed their faces and could not speak. After a long time, Sima Xin smiled bitterly: "The general said the day before yesterday that Chen Yu and others were definitely not Fusu and Meng Tian's opponents. They were destroyed only in a daze, and they were still a little unbelievable. After all, Chen Yu was also a little famous, and he was in a strong position and had heavy troops. Unexpectedly, he was killed by Meng Tian so quickly and wiped out the entire army!"

Dong Yi also said a little stunned: "General, the situation is already very critical. We have not been waiting for much time, but we just have no choice but to use Fusu. What should we do?"

Zhang Han gritted his teeth and said, "In the current situation, even if Zhao Gao doesn't give our army a month's deadline, our army will not have much time to defeat Fusu! For the sake of this, only by forcing Fusu may be able to break out a way out!"

"Strong attack!!??" Sima Xin and Dong Yi were a little surprised. Sima Xin smiled bitterly and said, "The barriers of the New Qin army are very strict, and the troops are almost the same as us. Can a strong attack be done?" Zhang Han said helplessly: "Our army has not much time left. For the safety of the family, we can only take a try!"

Sima Xin and Dong Yi looked at it: I knew that if I didn’t defeat Fusu, Zhang Han would be finished; once Zhang Han finished, his army was very weak and was attacked by the New Qin army on both sides. Qin was only in front of him. Then he gritted his teeth and said, “I am willing to obey the orders!”

"Okay," Zhang Han rose up: "Immediately mobilize 300,000 troops out of seclusion, Zhang wants to fight with Fusu!" "No!"

In Hangu Pass, war drums suddenly started to be made after the pass, and teams of old Qin soldiers gathered to prepare for war.

At this time, the atmosphere in the New Qin Army barracks was very relaxed. The soldiers were doing morning exercises in the morning. They held spears, slaloms, danced swords and crossbows, and were practicing enthusiastically. The sky above the barracks was filled with a lively and upward atmosphere, and the cold wind seemed to be driven away without a trace.

Winter is a great opportunity to improve the combat effectiveness and resilience of the army, and it is naturally not to be missed for Fusu.

Suddenly, a cavalry rushed into the camp like a flying one, and hissed and shouted: "Hurry, the puppet Qin army is coming to attack hundreds of thousands of times, send a warning message!" As he said that, he ran towards the imperial tent as if he was flying.

The Qin soldiers in front of the village were shocked and quickly beat the war drums. In an instant, the sound of the alarm sounded throughout the military camp. The well-trained new Qin army immediately stopped training and gathered quickly. Under the leadership of their respective generals, they quickly advanced to their respective areas according to the previously arranged arrangements!

Fusu had just used breakfast at this time and was about to get out of the tent dance to warm up a few swords. After exercising, he suddenly heard the shrill sound of drums resounding throughout the military camp. He was shocked, and then smiled and said, "Okay, Zhang Han, you are finally here!"

As soon as he left the tent, he saw a cavalry galloping towards him, throwing stirrups in front of Fusu, and reported urgently: "Report to Your Majesty, the pseudo-Qin army has come out in full swing, and it is endless. Then he rushed towards our army at full speed! Please decide!" "Well, go back to the army and explore again!" "No!" Qi's horse retreated.

At this moment, Zhang Liang also heard the alarm and rushed over and shouted from a distance: "Your Majesty, is Zhang Han here?"

Fusu smiled and said, "Don't worry, go with me to meet him!" Zhang Liang took a breath and said, "Okay, it seems that there will be a fierce battle today!" Fusu laughed and said, "Our army has a strict barrier, what's the fear? Let's see how to attack the enemy today! Let's go!" Zhang Liang followed with a smile.

When they arrived at the front camp, they saw Yingbu and Qiang Wei rushing over with their armor, and commanded the soldiers in an orderly manner to prepare for defense.

Seeing Fusu arrive in person, the two of them hurriedly came up. Fusu asked, "Yingbu, Qiangwei, there will be a bad battle later. Are you ready?"

Ying Bu smiled and said, "I started preparing for it half a month ago: trenches, antlers, pits, pickets, tripods, etc., and also prepared a lot of crossbows and catapults. As long as the puppet Qin army dared to come, they would definitely not be able to take it away!"

Fusu nodded with satisfaction and asked, "What's the situation in the enemy now?" Ying Bu said, "Just get the horse to report urgently: Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi lead almost all the main forces, and they are attacking in all their lives. Now they are about five miles away!"

"Okay, come here, prepare a seat, I will watch the battle myself!"

At this moment, the central army guards prepared the imperial chariot and covered it with a black-bottomed golden dragon umbrella. Please take your seat.

After Fusu took his seat, Zhang Liang stood beside him, and immediately surrounded a row of elite soldiers of "Wolf Tooth", everyone holding a strong shield and guarding them tightly!

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After a while, a rumbling sound of war drums came from the horizon in the distance, and a huge and continuous black line appeared in front of everyone. Immediately afterwards, the black line began to rapidly expand into a large area of ​​endless black.

In the roaring blizzard, this shrill black looks even more solemn and desolate, and at the same time exudes a grand murderous aura.

"Squeak squeak..." A strange sound echoed in Fusu's ears in an instant. Long-range crossbows and catapults all pulled the springs. The soldiers of the New Qin army also rolled the crossbows and unsheathed their swords, and they were all ready for battle.

The old Qin army began to approach, sweeping across the mountains and fields. In the cold wind, there were waves of moving footsteps floating in the wind: heavy and powerful, neat and uniform.

What is the concept of 300,000 people: it is equivalent to the population of a modern medium-sized city. If 300,000 people are spread out neatly, especially 300,000 soldiers, that kind of momentum is so huge and majestic that I believe can make any timid person break up and the mobs fly away. The huge momentum like Mount Tai is pressing against the top of the mountain is by no means able to bear to ordinary troops.

Although the New Qin army was also a powerful army in battle, and had a strong camp and a large number of people, facing such a strict and huge military formation, they couldn't help but feel sweating in their palms and beating their hearts, and they couldn't help but hold the weapons in their hands tighter!

Slowly, Zhang Han's "Black-clothed Legion" stopped about 500 steps away from the New Qin Army camp. Zhang Han waved his hand, and dozens of "Black-clothed Legion" soldiers rushed out of the formation, about 300 steps in front of the camp, avoiding the range of the Qin crossbow, and began to curse the formation.

"The new Qin army is all cowards, so I dare not come out!" "Fusu is a fake emperor, so I don't have the final say!" "The one who dares to fight is a turtle, come out quickly!"... The cursing men were cursing, but fortunately, Fusu's father was Qin Shihuang. No matter how hard the old Qin army was, no one dared to "give a greeting" to Fusu's ancestors.

Seeing the pseudo-Qin army being presumptuous, Qiang Wei was so angry that he screamed. He rushed to Fusu to ask for battle and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Han is too crazy. He dares to insult Your Majesty. Wait until the last generals personally unify the army and teach him a lesson!" But Fusu was cursing Xia and said disapprovingly: "Zhang Han just wants our army to fight. If you go out, it is not his trick. Don't be angry. If he wants to scold, let him scold him. Anyway, I will not lose half of the meat!"

"Then let them be stubborn!" Qiang Wei was a little angry. Fusu rolled his eyes and said, "Silly, just let them be stubborn. The crossbow soldiers can't reach them. Are your catapults and crossbows that are in vain??" Qiang Wei Dawu smiled ashamedly, then ran back and shouted, "The crossbows are ready, the catapults are gravel, teach them a lesson!"

The New Qin army soldiers quickly installed huge arrows on the crossbow machine and gravel on the catapult machine. After the distance was adjusted, Qiang Wei shouted: "Let it go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sound of mountain collapse and cracking above the camp was heard. Hundreds of huge arrows and countless gravels rose from the camp, flew over nearly three hundred steps, and rushed towards the puppet Qin army's scolding hands. The sky was dim for a moment!

When the scolding hands were urging and were not prepared at all, a loud noise came from the enemy camp, which was so scared that it suddenly: I saw countless huge arrows in the sky, rocks rushed towards me, whistling, and all of them were so scared that they were all terrified. At that moment, I didn't care about scolding anymore, and turned around and ran away. Unfortunately, it was too late, and I was overwhelmed by countless arrows and stones in an instant.

In a sudden breath, when the sky cleared, the soldiers of the two armies looked at the dozens of cursing hands and could hardly see that they were like this: they all had hit many arrows and stones, but they were dead in blood and blood, broken limbs, and they were terrible.

"Oh!" The soldiers of the new Qin army cheered and their morale was greatly boosted. The soldiers of the old Qin army were depressed for a moment and were speechless.

Zhang Han almost tilted his nose, gritted his teeth and became cruel for a long time. Seeing that the enemy was just not out, he came to the front of the formation. The guards around him were afraid that Zhang Han would be surprised, so he immediately caught up and raised dozens of large shields to protect each other. Zhang Han held his horse and shouted: "Fusu, I, Zhang Han, are a hero, and you don't want to retort! But you don't fight and retreat, what's the reason! You crouched in the camp all day long and feared the enemy like a tiger. Wouldn't you let the heroes in the world laugh at you and me to get out of the camp, and you and I will fight one. In this way, Zhang will lose and be convinced!"

Zhang Han had a loud voice, and Fusu heard it sincerely, and couldn't help but smile: "Finally come! Come, prepare horses for me, I will meet him for a while!" At that moment, a personal soldier led the white horse for Fusu. Fusu left his seat, stepped on the horse, and shouted: "Open the gate of the village!"

With a harsh creaking sound, Fusu rode out of the horse, and a thousand elite "Wolf Tooth" behind him also ran out and set up a formation.

Zhang Han was so happy when he saw it. He pointed at Fusu with his halberd and shouted: "Fusu, you are a famous general in the world and have been famous for a long time. Now he is the king of a country. If you are afraid of the enemy and do not fight, wouldn't it make the heroes of the world laugh? Today, Zhang personally led a large army to fight with you. He is a real man. Let's come to see Zhenzhang in front of the formation!"

Seeing Zhang Han's bold words, Fusu laughed in his heart: "Since ancient times, no one has ever achieved great things, but has a strong face than the city! Do you think these words can make me fight you and you? Don't even think about it!" He laughed: "General Zhang, do you still remember your appointment!? I hope you will accomplish things early. I have prepared the position of kings and princes for a long time!" As he said that, Fusu did not say anything, and rode his horse back, and a thousand "wolf teeth" retreated into the village.

With a "touch", the strong village gate quickly closed, leaving only a shocked Zhang Han!

Sima Xin and Dong Yi rushed forward and came to Zhang Han's horse. Sima Xin said with a suspicion, "General Zhang, what is Fusu meant?" Zhang Han also looked inexplicably and said, "I don't know, I don't know what he said!" Dong Yi suddenly remembered the correspondence between Zhang Han and Fusu, and said with a skeptical look: "General Zhang, are you really connected with Fusu, wanting to have his picture!?"

Zhang Han was furious and said, "What does General Dong mean? Heaven and earth can be seen, and Zhang has no intention of this!" Sima Xin was also suspicious and thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, please let General Zhang explain our doubts!" ​​Zhang Han gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll send my general order immediately: beat the war drums and attack the camp with all my strength!" Sima Xin and Dong Yi looked at it and nodded.

In an instant, the three generals returned to the formation, and hundreds of war drums from the old Qin army after the war began to pound at a staggering price. The huge drum sound shook the world and could be heard dozens of miles away. Under the thunderous war drum, 300,000 "Black-clothed Legion" pulled up and slowly advanced towards the new Qin army camp.

Ying Bu saw that it was not good, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the front of the formation is too dangerous. If you fight fiercely, you may find an accident. Please retreat to safety!" Fusu laughed and said, "I used to be a rock and stone, and I have no idea how many people are trapped in the formation, so what are you afraid of!" Then he said with a high voice: "My warriors of the Qin Dynasty, I am with you!"

"Long live! Long live! Long live!..." Seeing Fusu personally supervising the formation, his morale was greatly boosted and his courage doubled.

Ying Bu was helpless and said to Qin Hu: "When the war comes, be sure to protect Your Majesty's safety to the death!" Qin Hu nodded and said: "General Ying, don't worry, if Qin is here, you will have Your Majesty!"

Ying Bu nodded without saying anything, then shouted: "Boxer, catapult attack with all his might, use more fire arrows and turbulent oil balls!" "Here!"

The soldiers echoed and installed a large number of crossbows with fire arrows. When a series of crossbows were shaken, hundreds of huge fire dragons rose into the air and rushed to the enemy's battle formation. The dark sky was red for a moment, and the scene was extremely spectacular. In an instant, the shields, cloud ladders, wooden donkeys and other siege machinery in front of the "Black Legion" were shot and their limbs were broken and caught fire.

Although the attack speed of the New Qin army's catapulted aircraft was not as good as that of the crossbows, seeing that the crossbows were powerful, they could not bear to show weakness. They put a special turbulent bomb into the machine spoon and ignited the latter pulling spring. Hundreds of huge fireballs rushed into the air and fell into the pseudo-Qin army formation. The huge scene was as spectacular and brilliant as a meteor shower that invaded the earth from the distant universe. In an instant, the fireballs suddenly splashed out from the ground. These turbulent oils were on fire and immediately burned the front of the pseudo-Qin army into a sea of ​​fire. Countless pseudo-Qin army soldiers and siege equipment were submerged in the sea of ​​fire, and there was a scream.

For a moment, only one round of attacks was encountered, and the front of the Black Legion was in chaos.

Zhang Han was furious. Zhang Han had never seen the catapult before, was not familiar with it, and could not make it. But there were some heavy crossbows, so Zhang Han immediately ordered the crossbows behind the formation to come up at full speed and launch a fire with the New Qin army.

In an instant, huge arrows flew around in the sky, and fire dragons rushed four times. Both armies screamed in front of the formation, and those who were shot were killed immediately. However, the New Qin army had catapults and strong camp protection, so they naturally had obvious upper hand.
To be continued...