Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

There used to be a saying that goes like this: "One man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it". This sentence is usually used to describe those very majestic, steep and difficult passes.

Hangu Pass is undoubtedly the best among such passes.

Since its completion, this has been the most important pass in the entire Qin State, not one of them.

The Qin people have relied on this pass to resist the attacks from the six countries of Shandong many times. Although there have been times of failure, in most of the time, this great pass in the world is the pride of the Qin people, and it has given old people Qin people have an infinite sense of security.

It is precisely because this pass is so important to the people of Qin that even at this time of the most tense battle, there are still [-] Qin soldiers guarding this place to guard against possible attacks from the Kanto.

Facts have proved that such precautions are very necessary.

Five days ago, a whole [-] Zhao army came to Hangu Pass and launched an extremely violent attack on Hangu Pass.

Standing on the chariot, Lian Po stood upright like a pine tree, staring at the majestic Guancheng in front of him.

Behind Lian Po, countless soldiers of the Zhao army were busy busy. The catapult was smashed down heavily, and the huge boulder roared up into the sky and fell towards the head of Hangu Pass in the distance. .

On the plain before Guancheng, tens of thousands of soldiers of Zhao Jun, like tireless ants, gathered into a black tide and swept towards Guancheng in front of them.

Many arrows shot down on the Guancheng, and shot down many Zhao soldiers who were running, but the rest of the Zhao soldiers completely ignored it. They held up the ladder and pushed the cart, with only one goal in mind. That is to completely tear down this pass wall and break through this great pass in the world.

The battle was very fierce, and many soldiers of the Zhao army fell on the way of charging at every moment, and many soldiers of the state of Zhao successfully rushed under the city wall.

A ladder was erected on the city wall, and soldiers of Zhao Jun began to climb on the ladder like ants.

In the past few days, the trenches and moats under Hangu Pass had been filled by the Zhao army.

Starting today, the two sides finally ushered in the most intense period of siege.

Beside Lian Po, more than a dozen generals of the Zhao State surrounded the old general like stars holding the moon. There was a look of eagerness and anticipation on everyone's face.

Yes, the main force of the Zhao army led by Lian Po did not go from Zhiguanxing to reinforce Quwo, or attack Anyi from the vast Zhongtiao Mountain, as others thought, but chose another Hangu Pass, a place that the people of Qin and even the whole world have never thought of.

This time Lian Poke didn't intend to confront Bai Qi head-on, but planned to find another way.

As long as the Hangu pass is broken, Zhao's army can drive straight into the pass and attack the hinterland of the Qin people.

At that time, Lian Po will cooperate with Li Mu's [-] cavalry who have already been making troubles in Guanzhong and making Qin's monarchs and ministers extremely uncomfortable. Together, the two troops can completely turn Qin's Guanzhong upside down.

As long as Lian Po's army enters Guanzhong, Xianyang City will be extremely threatened. Unless Qin's monarchs and ministers are really prepared to exchange their lives for Hedong, otherwise, Baihe County, located in Hedong County The main force of the 20 Qin army led by Qi Qi will definitely return to help.

This is called "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", or in more specific terms, it should be "surrounding the pass and saving Hedong".

Of course, the premise of all this is to break through the Hangu Pass in front of you.

If Hangu Pass could not be conquered, then everything would be impossible to talk about, and even when Hedong County was defeated due to lack of reinforcements, Lian Po would have to bear a huge scapegoat for it.

It's a bet, a very big bet.

It was precisely because of the necessity of conquering Hangu Pass that when Lian Po spoke, the words that came out of his mouth were full of unquestionable meaning.

"I don't care how many casualties you have to pay, before sunset today, I must completely take down this Hangu Pass!"

It is obviously very difficult to break through Hangu Pass, which is comparable to Zhao Guogao Quesai.

Since the establishment of Hangu Pass to the present, this grand pass has only been breached by others once, and that was when General Qi Kuangzhang led the coalition forces of Qi, Han and Wei.

Since it was breached that time, the Qin people have rebuilt Hangu Pass, making this Hangu Pass even taller and stronger.

Since then, Hangu Pass has never been breached again.

From this point of view, even if there are only [-] defenders in Hangu Pass at this moment, it is actually very difficult to conquer Hangu Pass.

But Lian Po knew very well in his heart that things were not completely hopeless.

Although Hangu Pass is indeed a powerful pass in the world, it has a characteristic, that is, due to the terrain, the importance of Hangu Pass is completely different for the Central Plains regime and the Guanzhong regime.

For Qin State, if Hangu Pass is lost, it will lose a large barrier that can defend the security of Qin State Pass.

For Zhao Guo, whether there is Hangu Pass or not is actually a matter of indifference.

The Central Plains area where Zhao State is located is really too big. There are countless entrances and exits in the southeast, northwest, and Hangu Pass.

Moreover, when Zhao State faced Qin State before, it had always been an offensive posture. Since it was an active offensive, the importance of Hangu Pass, which can only be used for defense, obviously dropped a lot.

This is why in the previous war, the Hangu Pass defenders of Zhao State who were stationed here immediately evacuated Hangu Pass very happily after discovering the arrival of the Qin army, and gave up the pass to the Qin people.

But of course Zhao Jun would not give up this pass in vain.

In the past two years when the people of Zhao Guo took control of Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass did not actually receive any renovations, but instead became somewhat deserted.

A large number of Qin army's defense equipment was dismantled, and many defensive measures in the pass were also abolished. As a result, the role that Hangu Pass can play today is only about [-]% of that in its heyday.

In addition, today's Zhao Jun also has a very complete understanding of Hangu Pass from the inside to the outside, and there is an extremely complete plan of Hangu Pass in Lian Po's handsome tent.

From this perspective, Zhao Jun's battle can be said to have truly known himself and the enemy.

When the many defensive measures in a closed city are clearly understood by the enemy, when the enemy knows where to attack from is the easiest way to break through the wall, when the enemy knows which place is above the line of defense, it may be neglected The loophole, the most important thing is that it is not very difficult to break through the Hangu Pass when the most elite troops of the [-] Zhao Kingdom appear under this pass.

As long as you keep taking your life to fill it, it is probably enough.

In this siege battle, the most indispensable thing for Lian Po, who holds a hundred thousand soldiers, is a steady stream of human lives.

When the sun in the sky was gradually slanting to the west, there was a burst of earth-shattering cheers on the wall of Hangu Pass.

Lian Po followed the sound and looked up, just in time to see a red flag symbolizing Zhao Guo rising above the pass wall of Hangu Pass.

Looking at this incomparably bright red flag, a smile slowly appeared on the old general's face, and beside him, many Zhao generals were extremely excited, and the entire Zhao army camp became a sea of ​​joy.

After a full five days of fierce fighting, Zhao Guo's 1 troops led by Lian Po forcibly broke through the Hangu Pass at the cost of nearly [-] casualties, and officially entered the Weihan Passage.

Chapter 5 Eighty Four Messages (Second Change)

The three battle reports from the Qin-Zhao battlefield arrived in Handan almost one after another, and then appeared in front of Zhao Dan one after another within a quarter of an hour.

In the first battle report, Bai Qi led the 20 Qin army and finally broke through Pang Nuan's defense line after fierce and continuous offensives. Pang Nuan was forced to lead the Zhao army to retreat a hundred miles and set up defense at Pilao Pass.

After this battle, Zhao Guo basically lost its military presence in Hedong County. As long as Bai Qi conquered Pilao Pass again, the entire Hedong County would return to the hands of Qin people again.

After seeing this battle report, Zhao Dan was very troubled. After all, Bai Qi was still Bai Qi. As long as he survived for a day, he would be a major threat to Zhao Guo.

Fortunately, Zhao Dan was comforted by the second message soon.

Li Mu set fire to Liyang, and used the mobility of the cavalry to play with Wang Lu's troops, so that the news of the heavy losses of the Qin army led by Wang Lu returned to Zhao Dan's hands.

This good news made Zhao Dan overjoyed. According to Li Mu's extremely detailed battle report, at least one-third of the Guanzhong land has been ravaged by Li Mu's leading Zhao cavalry. Difficult to rebuild.

In this way, although the situation of Hedong County of Zhao State is similar to that of Guanzhong of Qin State, after all, Hedong County is not the most important grain production base of Zhao State at present, but the importance of Guanzhong to Qin State is unique.