Chapter 75: Battle of Qin and Han dynasties

Longguan was originally an eastern gateway to the Wuwei County of Qin. However, when Qin resurrected in Liangzhou, the Han State was afraid that Guanzhong would be unstable, so it sent troops to seize Longguan. This gateway, which was originally Qin's resistance to Han State, became the western gateway of the Han State.

The commander of the Qin army, Meng Zhan, stood on the head of Longguan City, and looked at the land of Guanzhong from afar. This is the hometown of the Great Qin. He has been lost for more than two hundred years. Now he finally has the opportunity to set foot on the hometown of the Great Qin.

Meng Zhan is a descendant of Meng Tian. When Liu Bang entered Xianyang, Qin Prince Ying asked Liu Bang to surrender and was treated by Liu Bang. When the Qin people were originally planning to accept their fate, Xiang Yu came. Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu and could only give in to Xianyang and the entire Guanzhong land. He was trying to avoid the troubles of Bashu, but the descendants of Qin were massacred by Xiang Yu.

Meng Li, the ancestor of Meng Zhan, escaped in this massacre and found Ying Jin, the descendant of Ying Chengjiao, who failed to compete for the throne with Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, and took him to the Hexi Corridor. Taking advantage of the Chu-Han struggle, he took the opportunity to occupy the seven counties of Wuwei, Longxi, Hanyang, Jincheng, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, and Zhangye. After the Battle of Gaixia, all countries emerged. Meng Li supported Ying Jin in Guzang, Wuwei County as the King of Qin. For more than two hundred years, it was the dream of the kings of Qin who have been recapturing Guanzhong and returning to the old capital.

Now the fierce battle between the east and west camps in the Central Plains finally gave the King of Qin a chance, so he sent Meng Zhan to command a 150,000 army to attack Han State. Meng Zhan ordered the general Wang Feng as the vanguard to raid Longguan. The Han army was unprepared and captured Longguan by Qin State without any effort.

"General, the army is ready." At this time, the Qin general Bai Chen came to Meng Zhan and said.

After hearing Bai Chen's words, Meng Zhan retracted his thoughts, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll send orders to the three armies. In one hour, the troops will be sent to Yan County!"

"Here!" Bai Chen said.

In August of the eighth year of Qianyuan, the Qin army arrived in Fengxian County, and Guanzhong was shocked.

At this time, Cao Tian, ​​one of the three generals of the Han Dynasty, was guarding Shixian County. He was originally stationed in Hanzhong to guard against Shu Kingdom. Suddenly, he heard that Longguan had fallen. Cao Tian ignored Chang'an's reaction and hurriedly brought his personal guard to Shixian County.

Because of the long-term peace in Fengxian County, no war has happened in many years, resulting in the dilapidated city and few military equipment. Moreover, the defenders only had only 3,000 troops. After Cao Tian came to Fengxian County, he saw this situation and quickly sent a letter to Chang'an, asking the Han prince who was in Chang'an to send troops to reinforce. At the same time, he used his identity as the three generals of the Han Dynasty to urgently dispatch troops from Chen Cang to the north. With the support of Chen Cang's troops, the military strength of Fengxian County reached 15,000. After a period of reinforcement, the walls of Fengxian County had been completely renewed and would not be defeated by the Qin army.

"Sheng'er, how does Chang'an respond?" On the head of Feng County, Cao Tian looked at the Qin army camp outside the city and asked his son Cao Sheng who was standing beside him.

Cao Sheng replied: "Back to my father, I came to Chang'an today. The prince of the regent and the ministers in the court have urgently assembled 30,000 troops out of Chang'an and came to Fengxian County."

"Is there only 30,000?" Cao Tian said dissatisfiedly with his eyes.

Cao Sheng explained tremblingly: "Return to his father, the prince of the regent, no one can mobilize troops at will without the order of the king. These 30,000 troops are already the largest force he can mobilize."

"Oh..." Cao Tian knew that his son was not lying. The Han State had always been very suspicious of the generals in commanding the army. What's more, the King of Han is far away in the Central Plains and the prince is young. How could the King of Han give the power of the country to others? It is not easy for the prince to send 30,000 people to support Fengxian County. However, the Qin army outside the city has a total of 150,000, and his side, even if the 30,000 troops from Chang'an, was less than 50,000 troops. Fengxian County was dilapidated and could not be defended.

"Sheng'er, you leave Xianxian quickly and go to Yongxian, lead the Yongxian defenders to strengthen the city walls, and at the same time send a message to the Chang'an army, so that they can stop in Yongxian without coming to Xianxian." Cao Tian said helplessly.

"Father, are you?" Cao Sheng was surprised. Cao Tian was going to give up Fengxian.

Cao Tian smiled bitterly and said, "You guessed that, I want to give up Shixian County. The Qin army came too fast, and we had no time to react. Shixian County could not defend it. Only now can we retreat to Yong County. You can go first, prepare everything in Yong County, and your father is dealing with the Qin army." Shixian County cannot be defended, and Yumi between Shixian County and Yong County is even more unpredictable. Cao Tian had to retreat to Yong County. Yong County was the capital of Qin hundreds of years ago, and the city had a certain scale. In addition, it was a junction with Chen Cang, which made it easier to resist the Qin army.

"Father, I am a great general of the Han Dynasty. How can I take risks with myself? Why don't I let my child stay in Fengxian County and go to Yongxian County. With his father's prestige, he will definitely do better than his child." Hearing that Cao Tian planned to stay alone to deal with the Qin army, Cao Sheng was shocked and knelt down and asked him to stay, so that Cao Tian could go to Yongxian County.

Cao Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head, helped Cao Sheng up and said, "Crazy, I have decided for my father, there is no need to persuade me. Besides, Meng Zhan is outside the city, and he is an old opponent for my father. If you can't deal with him, you will only waste your life. You leave quickly and arrive in Yong County, and make preparations early."

Seeing that Cao Sheng could not persuade Cao Tian, ​​he knelt down with tears in his eyes and kowtowed to Cao Tian, ​​saying, "Take care, father." After that, he turned around and left.

Meng Zhan outside the city saw the big flag of Cao flying in the wind on Feng County, and knew that it was his old opponent. So accompanied by Wang Feng and Bai Chen, he came to the city of Feng County and saw Cao Tian on the top of the city.

Meng Zhan shouted loudly at the top of the city: "Cao Tian, ​​are you safe?"

Cao Tianhan on the city said coldly with a face: "Meng Zhan, you, Qin, take advantage of our Han to conquer the Central Plains and raid Longguan. It is really shameless. What's more, you are just a defeated general under this general, so what's the right to speak loudly in front of this general?"

"Hahaha, Cao Tian, ​​you are still so naive. As the saying goes, you are never tired of deceit. You were stolen by Deng State, which led to the annihilation of Fan Yi's 200,000 troops. I didn't expect that you would have no memory. Besides, who is your defeated general? If Longguan is not steep, do you think you can block this general?" Meng Zhan smiled.

"Hmph!" Cao Tian snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Meng Zhan, it is useless to say more. Today, Japan will stand here and come to attack the city if you have the ability." After that, he ordered the archers to prepare and as long as the Qin army launches an attack, he will fight back immediately.

"Let's go, go back to the camp!" Meng Zhan felt bored when he saw that Cao Tian was no longer quarrel with him, so he went back to the camp.

The next morning, outside the county, the Qin army formed a formation below the city. Meng Zhan stood in front of the formation and laughed at Cao Tian on the top of the city: "Cao Tian, ​​the city of Feng County is dilapidated and it is impossible to stop my Qin iron armor. You should leave quickly, so as not to die in the battlefield when you are old."

"Hahaha!" As soon as Meng Zhan finished speaking, the Qin soldiers burst into laughter.

Cao Tian looked at the ridicule of Qin army and said coldly: "Meng Zhan, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect that you have great skills in verbal skills. But if you want to take the head of me, Cao, just come."

"I will not shed tears until I see the coffin, and I will not be able to do anything. I will order the troops to attack the city immediately." Meng Zhan saw that Cao Tian was unmoved, so he ordered the city to attack.

"Kill!" Meng Zhan gave the order, and the Qin army rushed forward and killed towards Fengxian County.

"Arrowman, shoot arrows!" Cao Tian stared at the Qin army under the city. Seeing that the Qin army entered the range, he immediately asked the archer to shoot arrows.

"Chir! Chi!" "Ah! Ah!"

A rain of arrows, hundreds of Qin troops fell down, but there were too many Qin troops and soon they attacked the city. Countless Qin troops followed the cloud ladder and killed the city to fight with the Han army.
Chapter completed!