Chapter 538: Xiliang Iron Cavalry

"Report ......"

A spy quickly broke into Xiang Yu's tent and reported anxiously: "General Qiyu, Dagu Pass has been broken by the Han army. ”

"What?"

Xiang Yu on the main seat stood up abruptly, and said with a shocked expression: "How can it be so fast?" ”

Xiang Yu originally thought that with 20,000 dead soldiers, coupled with the terrain of that Dagu Pass, he should be able to hold out for more than three days, but the Dagu Pass was broken in just two days, which completely disrupted Xiang Yu's plan.

The spy quickly explained, and after hearing this, Xiang Yu's brows suddenly wrinkled.

What the spies said was that Li Yuanba used a sledgehammer to collapse Dagu Pass, and Xiang Yu didn't believe it at all.

Xiang Yu was only one step away from the realm of the Great Grandmaster, and he knew where the human race was within its reach.

The power required to destroy a city wall may not be able to do it even if the ten great masters together can't do it, let alone Li Yuanba alone.

Xiang Yu is not stupid, and quickly thought that it should be Dagu Pass itself that has a problem, but Li Yuanba must also play a catalytic role, otherwise how could it collapse so coincidentally?

"Judging from this, Li Yuanba's strength is probably not below me, but I don't know what his martial arts realm is."

Xiang Yu said to himself with a solemn face, he probably didn't expect that in terms of strength, he would be surpassed by Li Yuanba, and this person who surpassed him was still a fool.

"That Li Cunxiao, who can break the defense line on his own, should also be a tricky opponent."

Xiang Yu muttered to himself again and analyzed, and finally came to the conclusion that if this battle was based on his strength, I am afraid that in the end, it would be difficult to escape being beaten by the group and even killed.

After all, it's not the first time a big man has done this kind of thing.

"It seems that we can only hold on and wait for reinforcements."

Xiang Yu's eyes flashed with a tricky look, and he asked Yang Dingtian with a solemn face: "How long will it take for reinforcements to arrive at the earliest?" ”

Yang Dingtian replied: "General Digong has personally led the army to come, and I am afraid it will take five days at the earliest." ”

"Five days? With this broken tiger prison and 30,000 prisoners of war, it was impossible to hold it for five days under the onslaught of the Han army.

If there were 10,000 soldiers who had been trained personally, even if they relied on this broken tiger prison, Xiang Yu would be sure to hold it for seven days, but these prisoners of war were different.

Although they had the combat power that was not inferior to the Han army before, by that time, they had just escaped from the prisoner of war camp, and their equipment and condition were too poor.

The most important thing is that the military spirit of the army of prisoners of war has not yet recovered, they lack the courage to face the Han army, how can they survive for five days under the onslaught of 100,000 Han army pursuers?

After hearing this, Yang Dingtian pondered for a while, and said: "Even if the Han army breaks through the Dagu Pass, it still has to capture and manage prisoners, transport materials, grain and grass and many other trivial matters, and the Dagu Pass is not close to the Tiger Pass, and it will probably be two days before the Han army arrives at the Tiger Pass, so our army only needs to defend it for three days." ”

"Two days later?"

The corners of Xiang Yu's mouth suddenly flashed with a hint of mockery, and he said lightly: "I dare to ensure that in three hours, the cavalry of the Han army will be killed under the camp." ”

"How so?"

A trace of panic flashed on Yang Dingtian's face, and he hurriedly retorted: "If you march in such a hurry, the Han army itself will be in chaos." ”

Xiang Yu looked at the direction of Dagu Pass from afar, and said lightly: "This time, the people of the Li and Yang families are here, and Qin Hao is also in the Han army, they will never give me two days." ”

Yang Dingtian was speechless for a moment, the enmity between the Li and Yang families and Xiang Yu was as deep as the sea, and the enemy was right in front of him, how could he give him the opportunity to prepare?

As for Qin Hao, not long ago, Yang Dingtian kidnapped Qin Hao's mother, although he finally took the initiative to put him back, but Qin Hao couldn't be grateful to him, so he didn't come to take revenge so soon.

After thinking hard to no avail, Yang Dingtian finally asked, "General, what now?" ”

Xiang Yu sighed at the sky, and then said lightly: "Contact General Digong immediately, so that he must arrive within three days." ”

"But it's impossible to get there in three days?"

"In more than three days, I'm afraid he'll come to collect my body."

Yang Dingtian was stunned, he didn't expect Xiang Yu to be so pessimistic, the situation was really dangerous to this point?

"In addition, the order is to immediately abandon the reinforcement of the No. 3 battalion, and all the troops in the No. 3 battalion will not be withdrawn to the No. 2 battalion to strengthen the defensive line, and prepare to meet the battle in three hours."

Xiang Yu set up three large camps on the line from Dagu Pass to Tiger Prison Pass by taking advantage of the terrain to block the enemy and delay time.

Due to the fall of Dagu Pass in advance, the remaining time is definitely not enough to strengthen the three lines of defense, so it is better to concentrate on defending the last two, and the last one is naturally the Tiger Prison Pass.

"No." Yang Dingtian saluted respectfully, and then quickly left.

Looking at the direction of Dagu Pass, Xiang Yu couldn't help but say to himself: "Qin Hao, I didn't expect to meet the two of you again so soon." ”

With Xiang Yu's order, the army in front of the Tiger Prison quickly turned around, and everyone was still working hard.

The escaped prisoners of war all knew that the big war was coming again soon, and it was difficult for him to compete with the Han army at present, so it was good to pick even more soil.

Three hours later, the ground shook with a rumbling sound.

As soon as the veterans heard this movement, they knew that it was caused by a large number of cavalry galloping, so they all shouted that they had made a warning.

"Quick, quickly withdraw to the camp."

"Don't worry about the outside of the camp, the cavalry of the Han army has already arrived."

……

All kinds of shouts continued to sound, and an atmosphere of anxiety and fear gradually spread inside the camp.

Outside the camp, Li Shimin looked at the camp standing in front of him, immediately raised his hand and shouted, "Stop." ”

After receiving the order, the five thousand Liangzhou cavalry stopped neatly and quickly, just like Li Shimin's arm.

After Li Xiuning observed, he hurriedly said: "Second brother, although this large camp was built in a dangerous place, it was obviously built too hastily, and it was completely possible to rely on the swiftness of the cavalry to break it before the enemy could react. ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Well, but let's wait a while, when the rear cavalry arrives, they will attack to minimize the casualties." ”

As soon as Dagu Pass was breached, Li Shimin immediately led the cavalry to pursue with three days' worth of dry food, and even ignored the prisoners of war along the way, in order not to give Xiang Yu time to react.

When he arrived at the big camp in front of him, Li Shimin's heart finally settled down, such a simple camp showed that Xiang Yu was really prepared in a hurry.

Li Shimin has absolute confidence in the Xiliang Iron Horse, how can such a big village be able to stop the Xiliang Iron Horse?

An hour later, Qin Hao and Yang Jian led the cavalry to arrive one after another, and at this time, 30,000 Xiliang iron cavalry and 3,000 Nanyang elite cavalry had arrived.

The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.