If it weren't for the food and grass issues, Liu Laosan would have been able to take his Pei County friends directly to the city of Hangu Pass. However, because he had light equipment and there was not much food and grass at the army, he was not sure that he could take Hangu Pass in one battle. When he rushed to the city of Shanxian (Sanmenxia), which was more than 30 miles away from Hangu Pass, Liu Laosan and his friends could only stop and set up siege tactics, preparing to take Shan County first, temporarily solve the problem of food and grass supplies, and then attack Hangu Pass.

Fortunately, during the preparations for the siege, Liu Laosan's scouts quickly confirmed that no army had arrived to reinforce Shan County in the past few days, and there were still only more than one thousand county guards in Shan County. Liu Laosan was overjoyed when he heard the news and applauded and said, "Okay! Since the tyrant Qin court did not send reinforcements to Shan County, there would definitely be no reinforcements on Hangu Pass. Otherwise, the tyrant Qin army had sufficient troops and would definitely divide the troops to strengthen the defenders of Shan County and build an outer barrier for Hangu Pass."

"Pei Gong, it's better to hurry up." Zhou Bo said: "It is very likely that Hangu Pass has already known that we are here, and we must have sent people to ask for help from the tyrant Qin court. If we don't act quickly, we will give the tyrant Qin army time to reinforce Hangu Pass, we may have been wasted this time."

"I want to do it quickly too!" Liu Laosan stomped his feet and said, "But the siege weapon has not been built yet. How can you fight me?"

"The wind is very strong today, and the wind direction is very stable, and it has always been southeastern." Zhou Bo suggested: "We can build siege weapons overnight, and arrange two thousand soldiers to cut a bundle of firewood each. After dark, it will be piled up outside the south gate and east gate of Shan County, and set fire to the city gate. If the city gate can be directly burned, of course it is best. Even if the city gate cannot be opened, the smoke will definitely smoke the violent Qin army on the city. When we launch another siege tomorrow morning, it will be much easier."

"Good idea." Liu Laosan was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "But two thousand soldiers are not enough. Three thousand soldiers are mobilized. Each of them cuts a bundle of firewood to prepare to burn the city."

Zhou Bo agreed with a smile and immediately organized three thousand soldiers to launch an outing under the order of Liu Laosan to rush to the mountains and forests south of Shaanxi County to cut firewood. Cao Shen personally supervised the army to build siege weapons. Xiao He led a group of people to make food and food, and was responsible for logistics affairs. Zhou Chang and Xiahou Ying were responsible for leading the army to monitor the movements of the Qin army in Shaanxi County and protect the temporary safety of Liu Laosan's army. Fan Kuai took more than a thousand elite soldiers to sleep, preparing to take on the important task when the siege was officially launched. A group of friends from Pei County performed their duties and prepared in an orderly manner to welcome the siege.

When it was slightly dark, the soldiers of Liu Jun who were going up the mountain to chop firewood successfully completed the task and returned to the camp. After a full dinner, at the second update, the army still dispatched and carried the firewood bundles they cut from each other to the two gates of Shan County. Under the cover of the crossbowmen, they took turns to go forward and threw bundles of firewood into the city gate to pile up. During this period, although the Qin army guards on Shan County also shot arrows to block the fire, the light was too poor, and the effect of blocking the bow and arrow was very small, which blocked the Liu Jun soldiers who were like worker ants to transport firewood. The defenders of Shan County had no choice but to prepare for firefighting and prepare earth, stone and sand bags inside the city gate so that the city gate corridor could be blocked at any time.

After a large amount of firewood bundles were piled up outside the east and west cities of Shaanxi, dozens of soldiers immediately stepped forward and threw torches at the firewood pile. At the same time, Liu's archers also fired arrows at the firewood pile, shooting countless rockets at the firewood pile. The defenders on the city quickly poured water and stones, desperately stopping the Liu's soldiers from setting fire. There were shouts in the city and the city.

There was too much firewood brought by Liu Jun soldiers. No matter how the Qin soldiers poured water to put out the fire, there were still big fires outside the two gates in the southeast of Shan County. The fire became stronger and stronger. The flames soared for several feet. The Qin soldiers could not stop them at all. They could only transport earth, stone, sand and sand bags to block the corridor of the city gate so that the city gate would not be able to be protected after it was burned.

The whistling night wind did help Liu Laosan. The wind took advantage of the fire to blow thick smoke on the top of Shan County, which made the defenders on the city cough and cough, their eyes were red and swollen and tears, and their skin was oily and their beards were curled. From top to bottom, they were all miserable. However, they were afraid that Liu Laosan's army would take the opportunity to launch an attack, so they could only bite the bullet and continue to persevere in the city. Everyone worked hard for no reason. Zhou Bo seized the opportunity and urged the soldiers of Liu's army to start a guarding river at the south gate of Shan County to open up a road for the next day's siege.

The fire was raging until the sky was dawn, and at the same time, Liu Laosan's army also built a large number of siege equipment, which did not give the Shan County defenders any breathing time. They immediately launched an attack on the two southeastern gates of Shaanxi, which were burned to the dark, and directly launched an ant attack.

Finally, it was Liu Laosan's turn, Fan Kuai, whose brother-in-law, showed off his skills. He carried the dog-slaughtered sword that he had tricked from Xiang Kang. Fan Kuai, who was covered in black flesh, was the first to charge up the ladder. Unfortunately, Fan Kuai was not lucky this time. The ladder under his feet was taken seriously by the Qin army and was directly knocked over by the Qin soldiers with a wooden bump. Fan Kuai leaned back and fell over. The Liu army soldiers were immediately in an uproar, and their morale was immediately affected. Liu Laosan in the distance was not worried at all and cursed: "A useless dog thing is as stupid as a dog!"

Perhaps hearing Liu Laosan's insults, Fan Kuai quickly got up from the ground, rushed back to the city, grabbed a Liu army soldier who was about to step on the ladder to climb the city, bit his sword and his feet, and climbed up the city quickly again, and successfully rushed to the top of the city wall, avoided the spear that the Qin army soldiers rush to jump onto the top of the city, and chopped over a caught off guard Qin army soldier, and rushed to the enemy's city head first.

In this era, if we only use personal force, Xiang Yu is the number one in the world. When it comes to who is the second in the world, the dog nemesis Fan Kuai is definitely one of the most powerful contenders! So after Fan Kuai stood firm in the town of Shaanxi County, the Qin soldiers beside him were immediately in trouble. As his dog slaughter knife swung, the Qin soldiers either flew directly into the air or their arms were cut off directly. The remaining Qin soldiers screamed and retreated repeatedly. Fan Kuai's dog slaughter knife became more and more powerful, chopping and chopping, slaughtering Qin soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, and quickly opened up a large area of ​​position space on the city.

Not to mention exaggeration, it is the dog nemesis that is so fierce. In history, he has countless records of first landing in siege. When he attacked Liu Laosan, he personally killed a total of 176 enemies and captured 288 people. Even after being appointed as a marquis, the dog nemesis still had the brilliant record of first landing in the city.

Fan Kuai's bravery not only opened up the position space, but also once again inspired the morale of Liu's soldiers. Under his cover, the Liu army warriors who had been raising their strength before successfully climbed the city one after another, quickly opened up a larger position space and covered more Liu army warriors rushing to the walls of Shaanxi County. When more than 200 Liu army warriors successfully rushed to the front of Shaanxi County, the Shan County defenders basically had no hope of counterattacking and regaining the position. They could only watch the Liu army warriors rushing to the walls one after another and gradually seized the entire Nanmen City.

After halfway through the fierce battle, the city head position at the southern gate of Shan County had been basically occupied by Liu's army. Liu Laosan calmly joined the rear army and helped Fan Kuai launch an attack on the Shan County city. The Shan County defenders were forced to retreat into the streets and began to surrender voluntarily. Then, after midday, the Liu army's soldiers had just moved away the earth, stone and sand bags used by the Qin army to block the city gate corridor. The main force of the Liu army immediately entered the city. The remaining Qin army in Shan County were either forced to put down their weapons to surrender, or opened the west gate and north gate to flee. The Liu army soldiers were unstoppable. They successfully captured the Shan County city, seized the food and grass supplies stored in the city, and temporarily solved the food shortage problem of Liu Laosan's army.

After successfully taking down the city, the siege army quickly retreated outside the city to rest and count the casualties. Liu Laosan also quickly ordered people to bring wine and meat to reward the Liu army soldiers who had made contributions to the siege. However, just as the Liu army soldiers were cheering, a fast horse suddenly rushed to Liu Laosan and clasped his fists to Liu Laosan and said, "Your Majesty Pei Gong, twenty miles away from the east, you found a violent Qin army coming towards Shan County."

"There is a tyrant Qin army coming to the east?" Liu Laosan was shocked and immediately began to worry that his army was exhausted from siege and his combat effectiveness would be affected. He hurriedly asked: "How many troops are there? Who is the general in charge?"

"Reporting to Gong Pei, there are about four or five thousand people, but I don't know who their commander was." The scout replied and quickly added: "The young man could not find the commander generals of the tyrant Qin army because the flags of the tyrant Qin army were not complete, and there were only two of the tyrant Qin army, and the tyrant Qin army was still in chaos, so it was difficult to count their specific forces, like the tyrant Qin army that escaped after a defeat. Therefore, the young man could not judge the commander generals of the tyrant Qin army, and could only estimate the strength of the tyrant Qin army."

"The flags are not in line? The queue is chaotic? It seems like they have escaped after a defeat?" Liu Laosan began to be surprised and asked quickly: "What is their weapons and equipment?"

"It's very messy. Many people seem to have no decent weapons. They can only use wooden sticks to defend themselves. Moreover, their marching speed is still very slow, as if they are generally lacking in physical strength." The scout answered truthfully again.

"Haha!" Liu Laosan applauded and laughed wildly, "I'm lucky. If the defeated generals of this tyrant Qin army came earlier, I might not be able to take action against them. Since Shan County has taken it down now, I don't have to be polite."

"Pei Gong, what should I do now?" Zhou Bo asked quickly.

"You need to be polite to take the initiative to deliver the fat meat to your door?" Liu Laosan asked back, and said in a big way: "Your army has almost rested. Take your army with you, and I will ask Fan Kuai to help you and clean them up. Try to capture as many prisoners as possible. Maybe it is useful when attacking Hangu Pass, so it is convenient for us to inquire about the situation in the east."

Zhou Bo agreed and quickly ordered his troops to assemble. Liu Laosan asked Fan Kuai to bring the withdrawn elite troops and Zhou Bo, and took the initiative to advance eastward to face the defeated Qin army at the end of the road. Then he no longer worried about the situation in the west and focused on dealing with the aftermath of the battlefield in Shaanxi County.

When the sun was about to set, Zhou Bo and Fan Kuai really carried more than 2,000 Qin army prisoners back to the city of Shan County. Liu Laosan was too lazy to greet them, but sent someone to order them to set up the appendix as soon as possible, and then came to drink with him. Unexpectedly, as soon as the messenger was sent, Fan Kuai personally brought a tied Qin army prisoner to Liu Laosan, and shouted happily from afar: "Pei Gong, guess who we have caught this time?"

"Who was caught?" Liu Laosan asked casually.

Fan Kuai smiled but did not answer, but just lifted the prisoner to Liu Laosan, kicked him down and knelt down, shouting loudly: "Tell Pei Gong, who are you?"

The captive was very stubborn. After being kicked by Fan Kuai, he knelt down and immediately gritted his teeth and stood up again. His face was full of anger with blood-stained Chinese characters, and he shouted: "Soldiers can be killed! Don't be humiliated! If you have the ability, kill me, Wang Li, and ask me to kneel and surrender to you gangsters and dream!"

"I'm quite strong." Liu Laosan smiled casually, but before he finished speaking, Liu Laosan suddenly widened his eyes and pointed at the prisoner and shouted: "Wang Li? You said your name is Wang Li?! You are the commander of the tyrannical Qin army, Wang Li?!"

"It's me." Wang Li replied coldly, "But I would like to advise you, it's better to kill me now, and I want to count on me to surrender to you. You are dreaming in the daytime!"

Liu Laosan laughed wildly and shouted proudly: "God treats me, Liu Ji, really, really, will send the Marquis of Wucheng, a tyrant Qin court, to capture me alive. The gods of heaven helped me to this point. It seems that it is difficult for me to not take Hangu Pass this time!"

After laughing wildly, Liu Laosan waved his hand decisively and ordered loudly: "Please take this Wang Li down and put it in the prison car to lock him up. You must not let him run away or die. He will have a great effect when fighting Hangu Pass."

The soldiers of Liu's army agreed and quickly arrested Wang Li. Liu Laosan was excited and asked about Fan Kuai's capture of Wang Li. Fan Kuai was vivid and said that he and Zhou Bo went to deal with the defeated Qin army fleeing from the east. They killed the defeated Qin army who had been exhausted without any effort. He found out in time that Wang Li was protected by the defeated Qin army in Qin army, so he quickly launched an assault with his people and successfully grabbed Wang Li before he escaped. Liu Laosan was even more happy and hurriedly filled a glass of wine for Fan Kuai and brought it to Fan Kuai and said loudly: "Good brother, thank you so much today. You are the first to rush up to the wall of Shaanxi County. He also helped me catch Wang Li, the chief general of the tyrannical Qin army with his own hands. Brother, I don't know how to thank you. Come, Brother, I'll give you a cup!"

Fan Kuai was not polite, and took the wine glass and drank it all. Liu Laosan was extremely excited. Just as he was about to continue asking about the specific situation of the battlefield in the east, another scout rushed to Liu Laosan and clasped his fists and said, "Pei Gong, a team of Qi cavalry caught up with us, saying that he had brought the order of the former general and wanted to see you immediately."

Unexpectedly, Xiang Yu sent someone to contact him so quickly. Liu Laosan couldn't help but frowned, but ordered the reception of the Qi cavalry who came to pass the order. Then, the envoy sent by Tian An from Mianchi was taken to Liu Laosan. After a symbolic salute, the Qi army envoy said directly: "Pei Gong, General Tian of our Qi State, is sending me to tell you that General Xiang Yu, the chief general of the coalition commanded by the six kingdoms outside our pass, has issued a clear order that no one is allowed to lead the army to attack Hangu Pass without authorization. Our General Tian hopes that you can act according to the order, stop moving west immediately, and station on the spot, and do not take another step west, otherwise, General Xiang will question you, I am afraid you will not be able to afford to be guilty."

Liu Laosan had no expression and asked after a while: "Where is our former general of Chu State now? When will he reach Hangu Pass?"

"Take the main force of the six countries to sweep away the remnants of the tyrannical Qin army in Sanchuan County." The envoy of the Qi army replied casually: "We will not enter the west of Hangu Pass after taking Luoyang, Xingyang and Ao Cang."

Liu Laosan blinked his eyes, suddenly stretched out his hand to the Qi army envoy and said, "Where is General Xiang's hand token? Take it to me."

"General Xiang's hand-in-hand token? What hand-in-hand token?" The envoy of the Qi army was stunned by Liu Laosan's question.

"Of course it is a warrant to order me to stop moving westward, or to prove that you are the token of General Xiang's messenger." Liu Laosan said with confidence: "You are not the messenger of our Chu State, and you don't have the handwritten warrant of the former general. How can you believe that the command you conveyed is the meaning of General Xiang?"

The envoy of Qi State was speechless and after a while, he said, "I don't have General Xiang's hand-to-hand token, but I can guarantee that General Xiang does have this order."

"The envoy is forgiven for his crimes." Liu Laosan sneered and said, "It is of great importance. There is no warrant or token. It is unreasonable to say it. I dare not believe the orders of General Xiang you conveyed."

"Pei Gong, you have to think clearly." The envoy of Qi threatened: "Our Qi army has brought the words. If you insist on not listening, General Xiang will hold you accountable in the future, but no one will take responsibility for you."

"Thank you for your reminder." Liu Laosan said in a stiff tone: "But without General Xiang's hand-to-hand token, I can't believe your verbal communication. Please thank General Tian An on my behalf when I go back, and also ask him to send someone to send General Xiang's hand-to-hand token as soon as possible so that I can follow the order."

Seeing that Liu Laosan was cheating and bit Xiang Yu's token to death, he didn't believe his words. The envoy of Qi had no choice but to leave a few harsh words and say goodbye. However, Liu Laosan remained silent. As soon as he saw him walking away, he immediately ordered the personal soldiers beside him: "Go, send orders to the entire army immediately, rest for a night, set off immediately tomorrow dawn, and open to Hangu Pass!"

"Pei Gong, have you considered it clearly? If that man from Xiang Yu really issued this order and we insisted on fighting Hangu Pass, it would be a serious crime to resist the military order."

Fan Kuai was not only brave, but also very cautious and meticulous. He quickly warned Liu Laosan. Liu Laosan still looked calm and replied with his fingers: "No matter whether he has this order or not, as long as he does not see his hand token, we can bite him to death and block his mouth in the future, so that he will not be able to cure our serious crime of disobeying military orders. Shan County is only more than thirty miles away from Hangu Pass, and it is only one last step away. For the throne of Guanzhong, we have to take a gamble no matter what!"

Seeing that Liu Laosan had made up his mind and Fan Kuai said nothing, Liu Laosan's personal soldiers quickly sent the entire army to prepare for the troops to advance westward in the morning of the next day. Then, early the next day, Liu Laosan only left Zhou Chang to lead more than a thousand soldiers to guard Shan County, and immediately took his main force to advance westward and rushed to Hangu Pass to attack the city.

The matter was not over. At noon, when Liu's front team arrived at Caoyangting, less than ten miles from Hangu Pass, a Liu army commander who came from behind suddenly caught up with Liu Laosan's central army and clasped his fists to Liu Laosan who was leading the troops and said, "Pei Gong, General Zhou Chang ordered the villain to report that our former general of Chu sent messengers to contact us just now and brought his handwritten orders to stop moving forward immediately! We will see you immediately!"

"Fuck him!" Liu Laosan was almost angry and roared and cursed: "Xiang Yu, a shameless dog thief! In order to become the King of Guanzhong, no one allowed to attack Hangu Pass in front of him! I am already shameless. Why is this ordinary man more shameless than me?"

"Pei Gong, what should we do now?" Xiao He, Fan Kuai, Cao Shen and others next to him asked nervously.

Liu Laosan, who is as good at decisive as Xiang Kang, also hesitated this time. On the one hand, he was the temptation of those who entered Guanzhong as kings, and on the other hand, he was the serious crime of disobeying Xiang Yu's military orders. Heaven and hell were only one step away. Liu Laosan really didn't know how he should choose this time...

After all, the gangster was a gangster. His fists were clenched and his joints turned white. After gritting his teeth and thinking for a while, Liu Laosan suddenly asked the messenger sent by Zhou Chang: "Where is the messenger of Xiang Yu's child now?"

"It's on the way." The messenger replied: "Originally, General Zhou Chang deliberately wanted to invite the former general's envoy to dinner in order to buy you time. He refused to agree and wanted to come and chase you to pass the order immediately. General Zhou could only send a villain to report. Fortunately, the messenger sent by the former general and his two entourages ran for a long distance, and the war horses were exhausted and unhurried, so the villain brought you news first."

"It's done very well." Liu Laosan nodded with satisfaction, grabbed Xiahou Ying in front of him again, and quickly ordered with red eyes: "Take some reliable people and pretend to welcome Xiang Yu's children's messenger for me, kill him and his entourage on the way, and not let anyone go! After succeeding, the body was destroyed and the ban was issued!"

"Pei Gong! Calm down!"

Xiao He quickly stopped him, and Liu Laosan responded with anger and asked word by word: "You want us to waste all our efforts? Is it so hard for the past few years?"

Xiao He shut up, and Liu Laosan urged Xiahou Ying to act according to the order again. Xiahou Ying hesitated for a moment, nodded, and immediately selected a few Liu Bang's personal soldiers who were absolutely trustworthy to return to their hometowns to kill the messenger sent by Xiang Yu for Liu Laosan. Liu Laosan's face turned pale and shouted: "Continue to move forward, you must seize Hangu Pass before Xiang Yu's children make a new reaction!"
Chapter completed!