Chapter 616: The soldiers are trapped in the Huzhu Pass

In May of the fourth year of Tiantong, Deng and Qin army fought fiercely for more than two months. Although the Deng army had an advantage in military strength, they still could not shake the Hulao Pass. However, the continuous offensive also caused great losses to the Qin army. In addition, the 100,000 elite Zhao army led by Li Rubing was blocked by Xingyang City and could not assist Hulao Pass. In order to preserve its strength, Ying Huai followed Chen Zhi's suggestion, gave up Henan County, and retreated to Hangu Pass.

Moreover, in order to minimize the losses, Ying Huai ordered the Luoyang garrison Ying Tang to move all the food, grass and supplies near Luoyang City and the people in the Luoyang City area to Guanzhong as much as possible. For this reason, Ying Huai also continued to stay in Hulao Pass and bought ten days for Ying Tang.

But ten days later, it was not easy for the Qin army to retreat. If the Qin army retreated, the Deng army would definitely pursue it from behind. In order to bring as many troops as possible to retreat to Hangu Pass, Ying Huai needed to select one of the generals to lead a small number of troops behind Hulao Pass.

However, it can be said that the person who left behind was a life-and-death death, so Ying Huai didn't want to force him, just asked if anyone was willing to stay.

After Ying Huai said that, everyone fell into silence. After a long time, General Chen Guang raised his head, showed his decisive eyes, and said to Ying Huai: "General, the last general is willing to leave behind the rear!"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Chen Guang. They couldn't help but feel admiration for Chen Guang. What would happen if he left the rear end? Everyone present knew very well that Chen Guang knew that he was willing to stay forever, so they couldn't help but admire him. And while admiring, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, because since Chen Guang took over the task of leaving the rear end, it means that they didn't need to stay.

Ying Huai looked at Chen Guang with a look of relief and praised: "Okay! General Chen is indeed a loyal minister and general of my Qin Dynasty. Since that's the case, you will cut off the rear. Ten days later, I will lead my army to leave Hulao Pass and return to Hangu Pass. Jie Shi will leave you five thousand soldiers and horses. All you have to do is to use these five thousand soldiers and horses to block Deng's army for two days. After two days, you will decide wherever you go!" The implication is that as long as you can block Deng's army for two days, even if Chen Guang can open the city to surrender to survive.

In the days that followed, the Deng army continued to launch an offensive against Hulao Pass. In order not to let the Deng army notice anything, the Qin army's resistance did not weaken at all. At the last moment, Ying Huai didn't mind sacrificing more troops.

Ten days later, that is, the fourth year of Tiantong, on May 14, when Ying Tang sent someone to send news, Ying Huai started to retreat. At night, when everyone was preparing for the withdrawal of troops, Ying Huai came alone to find Chen Guang.

When the two were alone, Ying Huai looked at Chen Guang but stopped. This was his direct line. If it were not forcing him, Ying Huai really didn't want to keep him. After all, it would be nice to stay after staying in Hulao after being shut down. The ugly thing is that he would definitely die. However, for the sake of the overall situation, Ying Huai had to do this.

"General, do you have anything to tell the last general?" Chen Guang saw Ying Huai's desire to say something but stopped. He clearly had something to say to him, but he couldn't help but ask.

"Oh..." Ying Huai sighed and said, "Chen Guang, you have been with me for many years. If it were not forbidden, I really didn't want to keep you. What is the situation in Hulao Pass now? I believe that even if I don't say it, you will know very well that leaving the rear is a life-long death. If, if it's really impossible to do it, you can open the city and surrender. I will not blame you!"

"Haha!" Chen Guang smiled and said, "What are the words of the general? The general voluntarily stayed to cut off the rear, not forced by the general. Don't worry, the general is deeply grateful to the Qin Dynasty and will definitely serve the country with loyalty. As long as the general is still alive, he will never let Deng's army pass through Hulao Pass, and the general will survive and die together with Hulao Pass!"

Chen Guang is not that stupid. He really listened to Ying Huai's words. When things are not done, open the city and surrender. Even if Ying Huai really won't blame him, what about the Chang'an court? What about the Emperor of Qin? You must know that his parents, wife, children, and clan members are all in Chang'an City. If he really opens the city and surrender, he can indeed save his life. However, the family members who stay in Chang'an City will definitely be killed by the court. Qin has always been ruthless in treating traitors. No matter what your hidden information or what kind of promises anyone has made to you, betrayal is betrayal, and there is no emotion to speak of.

Ying Huai looked at Chen Guang and said, "I don't know what you have any wishes. This will be able to help you achieve, but it doesn't matter. As long as this will be able to do what you can do, you will definitely do your best."

Chen Guang said: "From the day after the army, the general has been prepared to die on the battlefield. The soldiers are wrapped in horses and horses and corpses is the highest honor. This is the general's greatest wish. Others are not worth mentioning, but the general wants to ask the general for something!"

"What's the matter? But it's okay!" Ying Huai said quickly. Ying Huai felt guilty about leaving Chen Guang in Hulao after he was shut down. If he could do something for Chen Guang, Ying Huai would feel better.

"If the generals really can't get out of Hulao Pass, the generals' family in Chang'an City can take care of the generals for their loyalty to the country, so that they can't live their lives!" Chen Guang said.

Ying Huai nodded and said, "General Chen, don't worry, your parents will be my Ying Huai's parents in the future, your children will be my Ying Huai's children, and your brothers will be my Ying Huai's brothers. As long as I Ying Huai is here for one day, they can live a stable life!"

"In this way, I will rest assured. General, it's getting late. Please leave earlier to avoid the night of dreams!" Chen Guang bowed and said.

Ying Huai looked at Chen Guang again, held Chen Guang's hand tightly, and said, "General Chen, take care of him!"

"Precaution, General!" Chen Guang nodded and said.

Ying Huai left, led 30,000 elite troops to leave, leaving Chen Guang and 5,000 elite troops to stay in Hulao Pass. After Ying Huai left, Chen Guang took over the defense of Hulao Pass. Chen Guang knew that the news of Ying Huai leaving must not be hidden for too long. In order to let the Deng army know the news so early, Chen Guang gathered all five thousand elite troops at the city gate without leaving a trace of troops in the city. In addition, he ordered people to create a large number of battle flags to create a scene where the main force of the Qin army was still in Hulao Pass.

The next day, the Deng army still attacked the city as usual, and Chen Guang also led his army to resist with all his strength. At first, the Deng army had not noticed anything, and the fierce battle was fought until dusk, and the Deng army also withdrew.

After returning to the camp, Zhang Liao, the general of Shence Guard, who was responsible for siege today, noticed a trace of unusualness. Today, the resistance of the Qin army has been significantly weakened. Moreover, after a day of fighting today, the Qin army has significantly fewer troops and horses supported by the Qin army. This is not normal, there must be ghosts.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao hurried to the central army tent, met Xue Rengui, and said, "General, the last general attacked the city today and found something wrong."

"Oh? There is something wrong with General Zhang, but it's okay!" Xue Rengui asked quickly when he heard this. He knew that Zhang Liao was very steady and cautious, and would never make any decisions. Since he thought something was wrong, there must be something wrong.

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Zhang Liao said: "Today's general is ordered by the general and leads his army to attack the city as usual, but today's Qin army's resistance is obviously much weaker than usual. In the past, if there were a long battle, the Qin army would definitely have reinforcements to support him, but today he did not find it. The last general thinks, will the main force of the Qin army be no longer in Hulao Pass?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Rengui carefully analyzed what Zhang Liao said, and felt that what Zhang Liao said was very likely, otherwise how could the Qin army's strength declined so much overnight, so he said: "General Zhang is reasonable. In this way, Ying Huai's main army must be no longer in Hulao Pass. But in order to confuse our army, he deliberately left a group of troops and could also buy time for the main army to retreat!"

"But Ying Huai left Hulao Pass, where can he go?" Zhang Liao said.

"Do you still have to think about it? It must be from Hangu Pass!" Xue Rengui said affirmatively.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he suddenly realized and said, "Yes, the biggest obstacle for our army to march from the Central Plains to Guanzhong are the two heroic passes, Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass. Since Ying Huai gave up Hulao Pass, he must have gone to Hangu Pass!"

"Haha, I didn't expect Ying Huai to have such courage!" Xue Rengui smiled and said, "Actually, he should have done this long ago. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Henan County cannot be defended at all. If it were the general, he would have stationed all his troops in Hangu Pass at the beginning of the war. He fought at Hulao Pass for two months and consumed his troops in vain."

"Then General, what should we do now?" Zhang Liao asked.

Xue Rengui said, "What else can we do? Of course, we will take down Hulao Pass as soon as possible. Since Ying Huai and his main army will evacuate, the maximum number of soldiers and horses in Hulao Pass is only a few thousand. If we can't take Hulao Pass, we don't have to fight this battle anymore. We will order the generals to discuss matters!"

Soon, all the generals who received the order came to the central army's tent.

After everyone came to the city, Xue Rengui didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "Everyone, according to reliable news, Ying Huai had led the main army to evacuate Hulao Pass last night and retreated to Hangu Pass. Now there are only thousands of abandoned Qin soldiers in Hulao Pass!"

"General, the news is reliable?" asked Xun You, a military advisor of Yingyang Guard.

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "It's almost the same as you!"

"What are you waiting for? Strike the city directly. Since Ying Huai has given up Hulao Pass, we naturally have to take it down as soon as possible to avoid long nights of dreams!" said Wang Yanzhang, General of Yingyang Guard.

"That's right, General Wang is right. The opportunity must not be missed. Times will not come again. The entire army will attack tomorrow and launch a continuous attack on Hulao Pass. Before tomorrow's sunset, we must take down Hulao Pass!" Xue Rengui said.

"Here!" everyone responded.

On May 16, in the fourth year of Tiantong, the Deng army launched a general attack on Hulao Pass. At first, Chen Guang thought that Deng's army was an offensive as usual, but the more they fought, they found that Deng's army's offensive became more and more fierce. At this moment, Chen Guang knew that the news of Ying Huai's withdrawal from Hulao Pass must have been learned by the Deng army, otherwise the Deng army would not have launched such a rapid offensive.

"I thought I could hide it for a few days, but I didn't expect it to be exposed so soon. It seems that the Hulao Pass cannot be kept. Well, once a person dies, he can die for the Qin Dynasty. It is also a blessing for me, Chen Guang. Today, I will live and die with Hulao Pass!" Chen Guang murmured at Deng Jun who was rushing towards Hulao Pass like an ant under the city.

The Deng army's offensive wave after wave, after nearly 10,000 casualties, finally knocked on the gate of Hulao Pass before sunset. After Deng army broke through the city, Chen Guang neither chose to surrender nor break through. Instead, he led the remaining troops and blocked the city gate to fight Deng's bloody battle.

After another fierce battle, Chen Guang died at Gao Siji's hands, and the remaining Qin troops were wiped out one by one. After clearing the Qin troops in the city, Xue Rengui led the army into the city!

After entering the city, Xue Rengui came to the general's mansion, and the rest of the generals were basically here.

"Can all the Qin army be wiped out in the city? Where is the chief general of the Qin army now?" Xue Rengui asked.

Gao Siji stepped out and said, "Report to the General, the remnants of the Qin army in the city have been completely wiped out by our army. In addition, the chief general of the Qin army, Chen Guang, fought to the death and was killed by the last general. The last general has ordered people to restrain themselves!"

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "This Chen Guang is also a man. Although he is the general and his master, he admires him very much and ordered people to be buried with a good life and erect a monument!"

"Here!" Gao Siji replied.

"In addition, since Ying Huai gave up Hulao Pass, Luoyang City would not hold on. There must be no Qin army in Luoyang City now. Murong Chui obeyed the order!" Xue Rengui said.

"The last one will be here!" Murong Chui said out of the line.

"I will order you to lead our troops to quickly occupy Luoyang City. At the same time, we will investigate the whereabouts of the Qin army. I will go to Luoyang City to meet you after resting for several days in Hulao Pass!" Xue Rengui said.
Chapter completed!