There were loud sounds of killing at the pass.

The fire in the back mountain was raging.

The scorching summer sun bakes the fallen branches and leaves, emitting bursts of stench. Under the action of fermented bacteria, biogas accumulates under the soft fallen leaves, gradually forming a flammable gas.

The generals of the Chu army were going crazy.

There were burning flames everywhere, and they couldn't be extinguished no matter how hard they tried to put them out. The trail that was finally able to be identified was completely lost after being detoured several times.

Where to go?

Where is the pass of Hulao Pass.

The cry of killing echoed in the valley, making bursts of whimpering sounds, making it impossible to tell where the fierce fighting was taking place. The Chu army crossed the line and hit one head to the left and the other to the right, fighting for a while with the fierce fire.

Finally, they finally encountered Wang Shang and Zhang Ping's besieging troops.

"Chu barbarian, where are you going to run away?" Wang Shang shouted, and immediately led his two thousand crossbowmen to approach the Chu army scouts in the chaos. When a machine crossbow was set up, Ji Xin and others were already on their way.

Can go.

At the other end, doctor Zhang Ping led a Qin army to guard the only path down the mountain. This time, he was finally able to surround the Chu army, which had always been aloof. Zhang Ping felt indescribably happy.

In the battle of Jiyuan, the Qin army was full of fighting spirit. Zhang Ping and his brother Zhang Han reluctantly surrendered to Xiang Yu. They thought that with this contribution, they would also get preferential treatment. Unexpectedly, although Xiang Yu made Zhang Hanyong king,

But he is a short-term prince who has the status of a prince. Not to mention compared with powerful princes like Zhang Er and Liu Bang, even Shen Yang, who only knows how to flatter, is much more beneficial than Zhang Han.

Full of grievances and resentments, Zhang Ping returned to Guanzhong. There is no need to describe what happened next. For Zhang Han and Zhang Ping, returning to the embrace of Qin was the greatest comfort in their hearts.

The Chu army fought and retreated.

Under the continuous fire of crossbow arrows, their casualties gradually increased. The wailing wounded soldiers were abandoned and could only stay in the injured place waiting to die. If they were found by the Qin army and stabbed to death, they would still be lucky. If they were unlucky, they would wait until the fire came down.

When rolled in, their fate was like wild beasts driven into a fire, becoming charred flesh roasted alive.

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Ji Xin is going crazy.

The cry of killing is in my ears, but I can't find the way.

After the death of the greedy guide, the Chu army once walked along the path trodden by the Qin army's fallen team. Unfortunately, soon, the fire, blown more and more fiercely by the mountain wind, swallowed up everything that could be distinguished.

Wang Shang's crossbowmen hid in the dark, firing cold arrows one after another. Ji Xin couldn't help but cursed at this shameful method of warfare. However, their shouts and curses not only did not attract Wang Shang's Qin army's crossbowmen, but instead attracted

Pull out again and again

The reinforcements of the Qin army learned that a small team patrolling the mountain had been killed by the Chu army. The Qin army was excited. Without Wang Shang and Zhang Ping to mobilize more, almost all the teams were speeding up to encircle and annihilate them.

closer to the center.

"Quick, retreat, retreat from the original road!"

After losing nearly 300 elite soldiers, Ji Xin finally lost the confidence to find another way to attack Hulao Pass, although at this time, he had already heard the continuous shouts of killing at the pass.

This must be the main force of the Chu army attacking the pass!

Unfortunately, it was extremely difficult to reunite. Ji Xin felt that even if he risked his life, he would not be able to defeat the encircling Qin army.

Mountainside.

The path along which the Chu army came was curved.

Zhang Pingping sneered as he looked at the Chu soldiers who were getting closer and closer. These Chu soldiers no longer looked as heroic as they did when they entered the mountain. What was left on their faces was a look of fear and helplessness.

Suddenly, Zhang Ping saw a familiar face.

"Ji Xin, that's him." Zhang Ping's heart was churning like boiling water. It was Ji Xin who blocked Zhang Ping's return at Puban Ferry, causing a total of 200,000 Qin troops to be surrounded.

In Jiyuan, they provided food and grass and sent reinforcements from outside, but they had no choice but to surrender Xiang Yu.

"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi. Unexpectedly, just two years later, the war between Qin and Chu would have a different outcome." Zhang Ping clenched the bronze dagger in his hand, with a look in his eyes.

Light the flames of revenge.

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Two hundred steps.

One hundred steps.

Fifty steps——.

Zhang Ping, who silently counted the distance between him and the Chu army, shouted, jumped up first, and rushed towards the Chu army's ranks that were scattered into several sections. Following Zhang Ping, rising up behind him, were the Qin soldiers with ferocious faces and bare upper bodies one after another.

Soldiers, they shouted for a fierce battle, holding nothing but a bronze sword in their hands.

"It's Qin Gou!"

One of the Chu army scouts who was clearing the way screamed in surprise. Before he could warn him again, Zhang Ping had already jumped forward and stabbed his opponent in the abdomen with his copper sword.

"Porphyrin!"

The sword penetrates the skin.

There was a slightly cold numb feeling, and then, there was a sharp pain. Chu Junsui's eyes widened in pain. He grabbed the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands and gave Zhang Ping a violent blow.

"Yeah!" Zhang Ping yelled, exerting force on his shoulders at the same time, and had a close collision with his powerful opponent. The impact between the shoulder bone and the hardest part of the shoulder bone made both parties scream in great pain.

The joints fall off.

Zhang Ping's right hand could no longer grasp the hilt of the sword. However, he did not need to exert any more force at this time. The sword entered the enemy soldier's body, and with just a slight touch, blood came out of his buttocks, and there was still a period of time.

An unknown internal organ was cut off by the sword.

"Well!"

Chu Zu was in pain again. He finally lost all his strength and slowly sat down on the ground. The wounds on his abdomen had several layers of armor stained bright red with blood.

This is the most courageous team leader under Ji Xin.

This former Yangtze River thief crossed the Yangtze River all the way from the east of the Yangtze River to the north and experienced several fierce battles, but he did not want to be buried in the deep mountains and jungles of Hulao Pass today.

Zhang Ping and Wang Shang attacked from front to back and blocked Ji Xin halfway up the mountain. This melee started shortly after sunrise and ended near noon.

Ji Xin can escape.

After the Chu soldiers fell unwillingly one after another, Ji Xin, in the last hand-to-hand battle with the Qin army, rolled down the cliff with a Qin soldier in each other's arms, and then passed out after hitting his head on a rock.

While Ji Xin was away, some of the leaders of the Chu army lost their fighting spirit and let go of their weapons and surrendered. Others who were still resisting had no idea of ​​holding on and rushed into the mountains and forests to try to find a way to escape. However, their ideas were very beautiful.

, the results are often cruel. Walking alone in this desolate and roadless mountain, with wounds all over the body and the smell of blood, it is impossible to go very far. Waiting for them in front are large and extremely hungry beasts.

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noon.

Said head is fierce.

The light was shining on Hulao Pass, within a hundred feet, and Li Yuan's whole body was as if washed with water. Sweat continuously flowed from his head to his trousers, making it sticky and wet, making people feel intensely uncomfortable.

"Li Hou, Xiang Yu is coming up?" Cao Xin strode over the gravel on the pass and rushed to Li Yuan's banner. His finger was the flaming red banner of the Chu army that was getting closer and closer.

One black and one red.

Finally, it is inevitable that they will collide.

Li Yuan let out a long breath. His heart had gone from the excitement and frenzy when he first saw Xiang Yu to the calm state of mind now. This change came from this morning's cruel battle.

Someone once said that if a man wants to grow up, send him to the battlefield.

Someone once said that if a man wants to be destroyed, send him to the battlefield.

Li Yuan could no longer remember which person in later generations said this, but when he thought about it today, it was so straightforward and reasonable.

The battlefield is a place where the human spirit is tempered.

Li Yuan saw so many deaths here that he was beyond the control of life and death. So, what about Xiang Yu? What about being the bravest? Faced with a group of soldiers who are not afraid of death, even Xiang Yu has nothing to do.

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"Order: The whole army will guard the pass and fight until the end." Li Yuan shouted, pulled out the bronze dagger from his waist and rushed towards the most critical part of the pass.

"Fight, fight, fight!" Cao Xin shouted with a hoarse voice, roaring at the Qin army generals on the pass.

There is no need for rhetoric to mobilize, actions mean everything. This is true for Li Yuan, and it is the same for Xiang Yu. Two people with different personalities and experiences became entangled in a war in which neither one was willing to give in.

They guarded the dignity of men, and even if they failed, they would still fall in front of the enemy.

Ji Bu rushed up the pass.

Extremely exhausted, he met Cao Xin, who was as fierce as a murderer. The two looked at each other on the battlefield for a long time. This time they finally faced each other for real, and they were inextricably killed for a while.

In another place, Qin general Jiang Yu and Xiang Yu's personal general Zhou Lan each led a group of soldiers and fought at the bottom of the pass. Zhou Lan tried to direct the soldiers to bring huge trees and knock down the last defensive position of the Qin army.

Jiang Yu held on to the imperial position with all his strength. The two sides fought fiercely and suffered heavy casualties.

Xiang Yu climbed up the mountain of corpses step by step. On his left and right, the giant shields set up by several soldiers protected the scattered arrows fired by the Qin army. At this time, even the intact

The Qin army did not have many machine crossbows, and the continuous fierce battles had consumed too many of the Qin army's crossbow bolt reserves.

"Li Yuan, do you still dare to fight?" Xiang Yu opened his own troops and stepped up the pass with a proud smile.

"Xiang Ji, you think you have won. In fact, the real loser today is none other than you." Li Yuan leaned on a protruding rock on the pass, facing Xiang Yu who was getting closer and closer, showing a sarcastic expression.

Smile.

"Haha, Thief Li, you are still quibbling when you are about to die. Let's see how long you can hold on on this pass." Xiang Yu waved his hand and said loudly towards the battlefield of the pass where the fierce battle was taking place.

There was fierce fighting everywhere.

There is resistance everywhere.

The Qin army was like brown sugar, never giving up, never surrendering, never bowing its head. This made the Chu army soldiers who already felt they were on the verge of victory extremely annoyed.

"Kill Chu!"
Chapter completed!