"Drive!" A man and a horse were galloping on the road leading from Hangu Pass to Xianyang under the cover of night. He was the Qin soldier who escaped from Hangu Pass before it was breached and returned to Xianyang to report the news.

Lu Ying was quite a sophisticated person. When he heard the report that Fusu's troops suddenly appeared in Guanli, he knew that he might not be able to defend the most majestic pass in the world, so he immediately sent someone to Xianyang to report the news, lest people in Xianyang city want to do it.

Only when Fusu's troops came to the city did they know that Hangu Pass had been broken.

This man saw that Hangu Pass had indeed been breached outside, and hurriedly spurred his horses to gallop towards Xianyang. Firstly, he was told by Lu Ying that he must rush to Xianyang as soon as possible to report to the emperor, and secondly, he was afraid that he would be walking slowly.

He was caught by Fusu's people, so he did not dare to make any stop and rushed towards Xianyang.

After running all night, he slowed down and wanted to take a rest on the roadside. Suddenly he saw a big flag with the word "Qin" fluttering in the wind not far away. He was overjoyed and hurriedly drove his horse over. He was looking at

They arrived at the camps and tents and stood there. They were the people from Xianyang City who were forcibly captured to make up the numbers. They were more than 70,000 people who supported Hangu Pass. Because they were not regular soldiers, their marching speed was very slow, no matter how much the generals urged them

, still unable to increase the speed, and many weak people fell ill due to the bumps and fright along the way. The generals had no choice but to let them rest here first, and then rush forward in one go after they had regained their energy.

Go to Hangu Pass.

When the person who reported the news came to the front of the camp, someone shouted and asked: "Who is it?" After he reported his identity, the person took him to the Chinese army's tent without saying much. He heard the person say "Hangu"

The pass had been breached, and the general shook his head repeatedly to express disbelief. Indeed, in the eyes of the Qin people, Hangu Pass was a place that could not be breached. But after seeing him repeatedly stressing this matter, the general believed it a little, and said:

"Then I will give you three fast horses, and you can quickly return to Xianyang to report the news, while I will take people to Hangu Pass to find out what is going on."

In this way, the man left the Qin army and continued to Xianyang, but because he had horses to trade with, his speed increased a lot, and finally arrived at the gate of Xianyang two days later. By this time, he was exhausted.

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"What, Hangu Pass has been breached?" Ziying asked with a surprised look on his face. Other ministers in the palace also started talking in disbelief. First, there was a constant "buzzing" in the whole hall, and some of them expressed disbelief.

Some of them were doubtful, and they were all whispering to each other and discussing in low voices. When the man saw it, he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Before Hangu Pass was breached, General Lu specially ordered me to escape and report to the emperor. I would never dare to lie.

The emperor and your lords."

"Hangu Pass was unable to be conquered twice by the coalition forces of hundreds of thousands of people from the six countries. How could it be conquered this time with only tens of thousands of people in Fusu? Is it possible that someone in the pass turned against him and opened the gate?" A minister asked.

said.

Ziying thought it right and asked, "You said the pass was broken, then tell me how the impregnable Hangu Pass was broken."

So the man started talking about the arrival of Fusu's troops, continued to talk about the exhaustion of the Qin army in Guanzhong, and then continued to talk about Fusu's army suddenly no longer attacking. "Unexpectedly, although Fusu's army no longer attacked the city, it had another conspiracy.

, at three o'clock that night, hundreds of people took advantage of our unpreparedness and descended from the sky, killed the soldiers guarding the gate, opened the gate, and let Fusu's army enter."

Ziying and other ministers could understand what he said before, but they couldn't understand what he said about hundreds of people falling from the sky, so they asked: "When you talk about falling from the sky, do you mean that there are spies under Fusu's command in Guanzhong, or are you talking about it?"

What else are you referring to?" Although they asked this, they did not believe that there were really hundreds of Fusu's spies in Hangu Pass.

The man shook his head and said: "When the villain said they fell from the sky, they meant that they really came down from the sky."

"That's unreasonable! Fusu is not a god. Could it be that he can also invite heavenly soldiers? Could it be that in order to cover up your fault, you just made up a story to deceive me?" Upon hearing this explanation, Ziying said angrily, "

If you cannot give me a satisfactory answer, I will convict you of the grave crime of disrupting the morale of the army and execute you in Ling Chi!"

The man was shocked when he saw the emperor being furious, but he still had to say what he said, so he stammered: "Then...those people really...came down from heaven. Their whole bodies...

.Wrapped in something like...wings, they floated down in the wind, so the villain dared to say that they...fell from the sky." After saying these words, he compared himself to fighting with others.

I still feel tired after several hours.

Ziying glanced at the ministers in the palace and found that they already believed this man's words, so he said, "Please tell me carefully what shape these wings are."

So the man described the appearance of the big kite, and then said: "There are high mountains on both sides of Hangu Pass. I think they used this thing to jump from the mountains into the pass." Seeing that the emperor was no longer angry, he let it go.

He came to his senses and stopped stammering. He was a craftsman before joining the army, so he inferred the function of the kite from its appearance.

Hearing his explanation, Ziying and others believed it. Some people began to feel that it was inevitable for Fusu to become the emperor of Qin. Otherwise, such strange things would not have happened for hundreds of years.

Hangu Pass, which had never been breached before, was actually breached by Fusu's army. This may have made it obvious that Fusu was the real emperor of Qin. The soldiers who came to report the military information did not expect that they

His words would make the ministers of Qin have such thoughts.

But Ziying had no idea that his ministers had already had such thoughts, and asked: "Now that Hangu Pass has been breached, Fusu's rebel army will soon attack our Xianyang City. How can you retreat from the enemy?"

What’s the strategy?”

All the ministers, look at me, and I look at you, but no one came out to speak. At this time, the soldier spoke: "My General Lu once told me when I came to Xianyang, if none of you have a plan to retreat,

Please ask the emperor to send people to defend Xianyang City.

. He said that Xianyang City is not as strong as Hangu Pass, and it has mountains on its back and water on its back. It has abundant food supplies, which is enough to defend it for the first half of the year. And if our children have to defend it for a month, General Zhang Han will lead his troops back to help.

Su’s rebel army will undoubtedly be defeated.”

All the ministers looked with disdain on their faces when they saw that he, a mere soldier, dared to talk in the palace. But Ziying needed someone to help him with advice at this time. Hearing this man's suggestion was like getting the last straw, and he continued

He nodded and said, "What you said is absolutely true. I immediately ordered people to guard the four gates strictly and not allow anyone to come in or out. I also sent all the soldiers to the top of the city to prevent Fusu from suddenly arriving."

"Emperor, the available troops in Xianyang City are now less than 10,000, how can we hold it?" one of them said worriedly.

Only then did Ziying remember that Xianyang's original troops had been sent to Hangu Pass. Now that Hangu Pass had been breached, there were no more usable soldiers in Xianyang City. He thought for a moment and said, "Then recruit troops in the city. They

After all, they are all the people of our Great Qin, and now it is up to them to help when our Great Qin is in trouble."

When several upright ministers heard that Ziying wanted to recruit people from among the people again, they wanted to persuade Cambodia, but other ministers had already said together: "The emperor is wise!" Seeing Ziying's look, they knew that they could not persuade them at all.

The emperor had no choice but to keep silent. And because of these words, the people in the city suffered again. Many people who escaped last time were caught and guarded in the city this time. For a time, the city of Xianyang was shaking, and the people

They cry for father and mother, but the officials continue to live their own lives.

The news that Fusu had conquered Hangu Pass spread quickly. Zhang Han learned the news when he led his troops to Taiyuan County. This was like a thunderbolt hitting Zhang Han on the head. He lost countless men and horses.

I just came back from Chu, and I was thinking about attacking the Fusu Army at Hangu Pass with the soldiers guarding the pass, thereby completely wiping them out. Unexpectedly, I was still hundreds of miles away in Taiyuan, which had never been captured.

Hangu Pass was actually captured by Fusu. As a result, only the city of Xianyang was left in front of him. If he led his troops to rush there, Fusu could order his troops to defend Hangu Pass, and he would not be able to do so in time.

Breaking the barrier to support Xianyang. For a moment, he didn't know where to go.

Bai Ban and Wang Li, like Zhang Han, heard that Hangu Pass had been defeated, and they could no longer muster the courage to fight again. Only Lu Jie refused to admit defeat, and he repeatedly persuaded Zhang Han to take him with him quickly.

He ordered his troops to attack Fusu's retreat in order to relieve the danger in Xianyang. In fact, there was one thing in his heart that he could not say, that is, after knowing that Hangu Pass was breached, he knew that his eldest brother Lu Ying must have died inside.

, so he asked Zhang Han to go out to the army with the intention of avenging his brother.

On this day, he discussed the old matters again and suggested to Zhang Han that he send troops to attack Taiyuan County. Zhang Han shook his head and said: "There will definitely not be many people in Xianyang City now, and the Fusu Army has newly captured Hangu Pass, and its morale is at its peak.

Xianyang City will definitely not be able to stop the Fusu army's attack. And we are still more than ten days away from Xianyang. Even if we don't have to attack the city, it will still take more than ten days, not to mention that there is Hangu Pass in it. We are no matter what

There is no way to reach Xianyang before he captures Xianyang. If he really leads the army to advance, it will be in line with Fusu's wishes. He can wait for us to arrive in Xianyang, and then get rid of us all while waiting for work."

"Then the general will just watch Xianyang being destroyed?"

"No, actually we have another way." Zhang Han walked to the map and pointed to the Shangjun Road in the north, "As long as we ignore Xianyang and other cities and send troops to attack Fusu's Shangjun City, maybe Fusu will be there
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