When the news that the lord of Chu, Xiang Chengjunji, succeeded in convincing Han Wang Jise, and asked Korea to fully support the attack on Hangu Pass, and was willing to recruit the people to undertake the heavy task of transporting grain, the main force of the coalition army, including the generals of Qi Touch, were all greatly encouraged, the news spread, and the morale of the coalition army was greatly increased.

A month later, all 600,000 allied troops rushed to the outside of Hangu Pass.

In the face of the dangerous Hangu Pass, the generals of various countries gathered together again.

At this time, the commander of the coalition forces, Tentacles, spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that we have reached the Hangu Pass, the only way to Korea from various countries is the Hangu Pass, and we have no other way.

Therefore, the only thing we can do now is to storm Hangu Pass. ”

As he spoke, Tentacle looked at the generals in the tent and asked, "I don't know who wants to be the vanguard?" ”

When the generals heard this, they all fell silent.

In the past 30 years, it has not been once or twice that various countries have besieged Qin, but the incident of storming Hangu Pass only happened when various countries besieged Qin for the first time thirty years ago.

At that time, the strength of the Sanjin Dynasty still existed, and at the same time, it was also deeply affected by the Qin State, so at that time, the Sanjin Dynasty attacked Hangu Pass, and then hit a head in Hangu Pass.

And this time, the main force of the coalition army is the Qi State, and the Qi State, which accounts for half of the strength of the coalition army, is one east and one west with the Qin State, and it is completely inextricably linked.

And the Three Jin Dynasty, which was deeply affected by the Qin State, of which Wei and Han have been disabled.

Although Wei sent 50,000 troops this time, everyone knew that Wei came to shout and cheer this time, and wanted Wei to use the 50,000 troops that had been gathered with great difficulty as the vanguard to storm Hangu Pass.

That... Wei will definitely agree to send troops on the front foot, and the back foot will quietly withdraw the army.

As for South Korea, not to mention.

This time, although the countries rose up to attack Qin in the name of saving South Korea, South Korea is now only responsible for transporting military rations and providing military funds to the coalition forces, and has not sent troops at all.

Therefore, after the tentacle spoke, everyone's eyes fell on Chu General Xiangji and Zhao General Zhao Yuan.

If the State of Qi, which has an army of 300,000, is the main force, then Chu and Zhao are undoubtedly the vanguard candidates.

With everyone's eyes watching, neither Xiang Ji nor Zhao Yuan spoke.

Then, as the crowd fell silent, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly became heavy.

At this time, Tentacle looked at Chu General Xiangji, and then at Zhao General Zhao Yuan, although he was very angry at the two countries for being so faceless, but he was also very helpless.

Even as the chief general of the coalition army, he could not force Chu and Zhao to send troops.

Otherwise, the coalition forces will surely disperse without a fight.

So, the tentacle spoke again: "I don't know which general is willing to lead the troops to try the reality of Hangu Pass?" ”

In response to the tentacles, there was still silence.

After a while, just when Tentacles couldn't help but think about whether to force Yan Jun to be the vanguard or force Lu Wei and other subject coalition forces to be the vanguard.

At this time, General Chu opened his mouth.

"Hmph~~ This time, all the countries in the Kwantung region except for the Song State have sent troops to Hangu Pass, if no one is willing to take the lead in attacking Hangu Pass, and then the coalition army retreats without a fight, then we will no longer have the face to go back to meet the king."

As he spoke, Xiang said loudly: "When I was about to be ordered, I promised the widow to avenge King Han." Since everyone is unwilling to be a pioneer, then I, Chu State, will be a pioneer again. ”

The tentacle was stunned, and he looked at Xiang Ji with great joy and said: "The general understands the righteousness, and admires and admires it, and please rest assured that my Qi country is not a coward, and I am willing to support the Chu army." ”

When the generals of other countries heard this, they sang praises one after another.

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Chu Ying.

Adjutant General Pang Zhan looked at Xiang Ji puzzled and said: "General, Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as a pioneer to attack the city, the casualties will be heavy, and it will not be effective, why does the general take the initiative to assume the responsibility of the vanguard?" ”

At this time, another deputy general, Qu Hui, also spoke: "Yes, general, although I also know that the king and the general have a close relationship with the king of Han, there is no need to act as a vanguard." ”

When Xiang Jian heard this, he couldn't help frowning when he remembered the secret edict that the King of Chu had given him.

Originally, when he borrowed the edict, he also thought that the purpose of Chu sending troops this time was to rescue South Korea, and to fund a large number of supplies for South Korea, so that South Korea could recover as soon as possible.

But when he read the secret edict, he realized that the rescue of South Korea was only a small part of the purpose of sending troops.

In fact, the most important purpose of sending troops to attack Qin this time was to strengthen the foundation of the Fa-changing faction, promote new nobles, and promote a group of low-level nobles and officers from the grass-roots soldiers, and then let these people return to their hometowns to serve as grass-roots officials in the township, so as to enhance the control of the Chu court over the local area and further expand the influence of the new law.

Therefore, for this goal, the Chu army must fight a battle this time, and then promote generals and non-commissioned officers according to the army.

Otherwise, if the 100,000 Chu troops only wandered around Wei and Han and returned to the country, so why should the imperial court reward them.

Although Xiang Ji himself is also a member of the feudal monarch, he is only a feudal monarch of Shiyi, and he has not been a feudal monarch for a long time, and the new law has little impact on him.

Moreover, he grew up in the Chu palace with Gongzi Ziqing and Han Wang Jise since he was a child, and served the king of Chu like a father, so he was naturally willing to follow the action of the king of Chu, even if it was to let him support the new law.

Secondly, this time the troops were also sent to express the anger of the king of Chu against the Qin State for sending troops to attack Han.

Of course, anger is not the goal, the real purpose is to let the Qin State also consider the attitude of the Chu State when it wants to attack Korea when the Qin State wants to attack Korea after the end of the Qin War.

After all, King Han Jise was brought up by King Chu.

Thirdly, it was to force Qi to attack Qin.

The initiator of this alliance is the king of Qi, the leader of the alliance is also the king of Qi, and the main force of the coalition is also the state of Qi.

If the State of Chu has already fought hard, and the State of Qi is indifferent, then what will the people of the world think of the State of Qi.

There is no doubt that the alliance will be shattered after the fact. Once the alliance is broken, then Zhao has the possibility of being co-opted by Qin and Chu.

And as long as Zhao betrays Qi, then Yan and Wei may also betray.

Zhao Yanwei all betrayed the Qi State, so it would be difficult for the Qi State to entangle the countries to besiege the Song State.

You must know that although the current strength of the Song State is far inferior to the Qi State, it is not without the power of self-preservation, if the Song State still has reinforcements from other countries, then the Qi State will not want to take advantage of the Song State.

And as long as the State of Qi really dispatched a large army to attack the State of Qin, then with the huge influence of the State of Chu in the State of Qin, then all the hatred of the State of Qin could be transferred to the State of Qi.

has a general understanding of the illness that the king of Chu has already put on the next target of the state of Qi, and of course he will spare no effort for the goal of the king of Chu.

Thinking about it, Xiang Ji did not tell the two of them what the King of Chu revealed, but said excitedly: "The two generals, this will grow up in the Chu palace with the King of Han, fortunately protected by the King, and this is the only way to grow up, I and the King of Han both regard the King as a father, and the King of Han also regards me and the King of Han as a son.

Even the king, who had been absent for a long time, came forward again and vowed to take revenge on the Qin State.

The kings are like this, how can they not strive to share the king's worries. ”

As he spoke, Xiang Ji paused, and then said loudly: "Besides, the king is even more worried, if our coalition army works in vain, and when our coalition army retreats, and South Korea is not strong enough, then, the Qin State will send troops to attack Han again, won't it make the king of Han suffer and be humiliated again?"

Therefore, the king's meaning, this time in the battle of Qin, our Chu State must fight, we must fight hard, and play the prestige of our Chu State, so that Qin State can understand the determination of our Chu State to protect South Korea, so that Qin State will not dare to invade Korea easily after we withdraw our troops. ”

As soon as Pang Zhan and Qu Hui heard what the King of Chu meant, they immediately responded: "Yes, general." ”

After subduing the two lieutenant generals with the prestige of the king of Chu, Xiangjian recruited the generals in the army.

Then, Xiang Ji looked at the dozens of generals in the tent, and saw that they also seemed to be a little resistant to storming Hangu Pass, so he spoke: "All of you here, except for a few who have real titles like the generals, most of the rest are fellow doctors who can't pass on their titles.

This time, the reason why the king sent everyone here was not because of anything else, but to give everyone a chance, a chance to turn the title into a regular one.

The king's edict said that in this battle against Qin, as long as the soldiers under his command can be defeated in the battle against the Qin army, one merit will be counted. In siege battles, as long as the battle loss ratio can be controlled within 1 to 4, one merit can be counted.

For those who have merit, those whose titles cannot be inherited, re-register their titles and allow them to pass on their titles. Those who can inherit the title will be promoted to the first level. ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of all the generals in the tent became hot.

Originally, they were all children of nobles who could not obtain the title, but later they obtained the title because they were in danger to save the country, but they could not inherit it.

And this kind of aristocracy that cannot be inherited, compared with the real aristocracy, there is still a huge gap after all, and it is not looked at by the real aristocracy.

Although many people are satisfied with the status of nobility, there are still many who are not satisfied.

This time, the king of Chu recruited the sons of the nobles in the court who were with the same scholar and the lord to go into battle, and most of the generals present took the initiative to ask for orders.

It's like Qu Yuan, he is Qu Yuan's third son, the last time he rescued Hanbei County, his father Qu Yuan donated a fellow doctor to all three of their brothers, and then in the battle of Hanbei, only the second brother Qu Tian, who set off at the earliest, saved enough credit and turned the title into a regular one. And he still has his fourth brother, because he went late and his credit is insufficient, and he is still the same doctor.

And this time, the king of Chu recruited people with the title of doctor among the children of the ministers of the court, which he obtained by virtue of his old age.

Most of the other generals are similar to Qu Kui.

Their fathers are all ministers of the court, and they are powerful, except for a few children with many heirs, everyone else basically donated a fellow doctor to all their favorite sons except for the prince.

And after obtaining the same doctor, if they want to remove the same word before the title, then they have to work hard.

At this time, when the main general in the tent heard that the casualty ratio set by the king of Chu was a relaxed condition of one to four, all of them were greatly confident, and they all asked for orders: "General, the last general is willing to fight to the death with the Qin army, and he will not give up if he does not conquer the Hangu Pass." ”

Seeing that the battle spirit of the main general was all mobilized, Xiang Jian raised his hand to signal, and then spoke: "Also, tell the soldiers under your command that in the next battle, as long as they can cut off the head of a Qin army, they will be promoted to the first level."

From now on, in the Chu State, in the army, priority will be given to promoting those with titles as military chiefs, even chiefs, and even tun chiefs. As long as he is promoted to the eldest master, it is not a problem to serve as a five-hundred-hundred-lord or even a two-five-hundred-hundred-lord lord.

Even, even if they return to the local area, they can also act as local officials, such as lieutenant chiefs, pavilion chiefs, and even county officials. ”

As he spoke, he shouted, "Tell the soldiers that if they can cut off the heads of the enemy, the king will not hesitate to reward them." ”

When all the soldiers heard this, they all responded excitedly and loudly: "Yes, general." ”

At this time, Pang Zhan, the deputy general who had only arrived in Chu not long ago, looked at the excited chief general in the tent and showed a thoughtful look.

Soon after, as the generals at all levels conveyed the reward of the king of Chu to all the Chu soldiers, soon, the 100,000 Chu army suddenly doubled their fighting spirit.

This is the first time, ordinary soldiers will also be rewarded by the king of Chu for meritorious service, and this is also the first time, ordinary soldiers are not fighting for the state of Chu, for the king of Chu, and for the generals in the army, but for themselves.

For a time, the morale of the Chu army skyrocketed.

Next.

The Chu army set up a position outside Hangu Pass, and then, with the order of Xiang Ji, five thousand Chu soldiers rushed towards Hangu Pass frantically, and then frantically attacked Hangu Pass.

During the battle, Sima Cuo, who was in charge of guarding Hangu Pass, was immediately startled by the powerful offensive of the Chu army and the desperate charge.

"That's not right!" Sima Coo looked at the Chu army who jumped on the city wall frantically, and muttered: "This battle is originally a contradiction between Qin and Han, and it has nothing to do with the Chu State, and this time the alliance and the main general of the coalition army are all Qi States."

It stands to reason that the Chu army should just be playing on the spot and dealing with something, why is the Chu army attacking the city so fiercely now? ”

Saying that, Sima mistakenly looked at the main force of the Chu army outside the city, and hesitated: "Could it be that the relationship between the king of Chu and the king of Han is so deep, but this is not right, when the countries attacked Chu, the king of Han sent troops to attack the state of Chu, does the king of Chu really not care at all?" ”

As he spoke, Sima Coo frowned, and then instructed Bai Qi beside him: "General Bai, please lead someone to drive the Chu people down." ”

"No." Bai Qi immediately took the order and left.

On the other side, the generals of various countries who were watching the battle in the Chu army saw that the Chu army, which took the initiative to act as the vanguard, was launching a fierce attack on Hangu Pass, and there was no passive slacking off during the period.

Everyone who saw this scene was amazed.

Half a day later, when everyone saw that the offensive of the Chu army had been strong, seeing this, a thought appeared in everyone's minds.

"Legend has it that the King of Chu and the King of Han have a father-son relationship, and now it seems that the rumors are true!"

Subsequently, for five consecutive days, the soldiers of the Chu army launched wave after wave of Hangu Pass into the palace, but they never shook Hangu Pass.

Then, the Zhao army took over from the Chu army and continued to attack Hangu Pass.

Because of the Chu army Zhuyu in front, the Zhao army did not dare to preserve his strength too much.

Five days after the Zhao army stormed, the Qi generals forced Yan and Wei to continue to storm Hangu Pass.

Although Yan and Wei were reluctant to touch Hangu Pass, under the pressure of Qi, Chu and Zhao, they had to grit their teeth.

Moreover, under the influence of Chu and Zhao, the two countries did not dare to make hasty things.

However, after all, the two countries were unwilling to attack Hangu Pass, and the offensive of the two countries could not be compared with Chu and Zhao at all.

In this regard, the generals of the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu and Zhao all saw it, but they didn't say anything.

After the allied forces of the two countries retreated, the Qi general Tentacle personally went into battle to command, with the army of Luwei as the front and the Qi army as the main force, and stormed Hangu Pass for half a month.

When the Qi army was replaced, it was the turn of the Chu army again, and it was already the second month of the siege.