Chapter 320 Failure

Under the cover of the oar shield, the three thousand tigers rushed into the depths of the sword pavilion again.

This time, the Han army stationed on the cliff still had no choice. Although the flying spear and hundreds of kilograms of rolling wooden stones could hit the Chu army, they could not do anything to the Chu army's huge oars. The huge rock weighing thousands of kilograms was enough to threaten the huge oars of the Chu army, but they could only fall straight down the cliff, making it difficult to hit the Chu army's head.

As for bows and arrows, they are simply decorations under the cover of the huge oars and shields of the Chu army.

With the sound of trumpets higher than the waves, the sixty square formations formed by three thousand tigers approached the fortress again, and then slowly advanced upward along the stone steps that flooded the stream. This time, the stone steps that flooded the stream and the green whip that were scattered everywhere could no longer stop the Chu army's advance, because the Chu army had already changed into straw sandals.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the Chu army had already climbed half of the stone steps.

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On the unfinished wooden wall of the Jiange Fortress, Bai Mo was wearing white clothes and was supervising the battle.

Seeing the slippery stone steps and the green whip could no longer stop the Chu army from advancing, Bai Mo sighed softly and turned around and ordered Li Bu to say, "Person Li, you can sprinkle caltrops."

"Here!" Li Bu answered with a loud bang, turned around and shouted, "Spread caltrops!"

With Li Bu's order, the Han soldiers guarding the wooden wall grabbed handfuls of iron caltrops and threw them hard on the stone steps below. The iron caltrops were only a few two more. The strong soldiers could throw them out dozens of steps at once. In an instant, a large area of ​​dark caltrops fell from the sky and sprinkled the upper half of the stone path.

Even in the lower half of the stone path, a large amount of caltrops rolled down.

A tiger-bearing sharp man stepped out and happened to step on an iron caltrop. The sharp iron thorn pierced the straw sandals and pierced deeply into the soles of his feet. In the pain, the tiger-bearing sharp man suddenly howled like a pig. Soon, screams came one after another on the stone path, and hundreds of tiger-bearing sharp men fell on the stone path with their feet in their arms. (")

"Be careful of your feet!" Jin Xiang shouted anxiously, "Iron caltrops, there are Iron caltrops under your feet!"

In fact, without the need for Jin Xiang to remind them, all three thousand tigers knew what was going on. But even though they knew, they had no choice. Because the protective area of ​​the giant oar was limited, the fifty tiger soldiers in each square formation had to be squeezed together. This made them unable to see the ground under their feet at all. Even if they were moving forward, the school responsible for leading the way had to remind them specifically, how could they see the caltrops on the ground?

Although the school at all levels shouted loudly, even though the three thousand tigers knew there were caltrops under their feet, they could only push forward step by step, and then stepped on the caltrops and fell into the pool of blood. In just a moment, at least four or five hundred tiger soldiers fell into the pool of blood, and the giant oars also sank and fell into the pool of blood!

The next moment, on the fortress, arrows were raining on the cliffs on both sides. The Hu Ben soldiers who were injured and fell to the ground and lost the cover of the giant oars were shot and killed one after another. The casualties of the Hu Ben soldiers suddenly increased sharply. At this time, Jin Xiang was unwilling to accept that it was impossible to continue the attack. If he continued to waste, the three thousand Hu Bens would be wiped out!

"The back team changed to the front team and withdrew!" Jin Xiang's tiger eyes spit fire and gritted his teeth to order.

Amid the endless sound of trumpets, the Chu army retreated again. In the first attack, only more than a hundred people died in the Chu army, but this time, the Chu army suffered a total of five or six hundred casualties. The bodies of the Chu army soldiers almost filled the stone steps under the fortress, and the blood flowing from them almost dyed the entire stream red.

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The rear formation of the Chu army.

Looking at the remnants of the Chu army who fled back "Bounced and jumped" and Xiang Zhuang couldn't believe his eyes. The second wave of the Hu Ben Guard's offensive was dismantled by the Han army? Moreover, the three thousand Hu Ben who were involved in the attack had less than two thousand five escaped, and most of them were injured, and many soldiers' feet were ruined!

Jin Xiang reported the whole story to Xiang Zhuang, and in shame, he drew his sword and wanted to commit suicide.

Xiang Zhuang held Jin Xiang's hand and said angrily: "Jin Xiang, you are so successful!"

Jin Xiang drooped his head and said ashamed: "King, I am incompetent..."

"Incompetent, what would you say except incompetent?!" Xiang Zhuang said angrily, "I have said that there is no general who will win in the world, and there is no army that will never be defeated. A few days ago, I was defeated in Jiange. Should I also learn from you like this and commit suicide to thank Jiangdong's elders?"

Jin Xiang said panic: "The king is in danger of Chu State, how can he commit suicide?"

"I can't commit suicide, can you Jinxiang? If I can lose, you Jinxiang will not lose?" Xiang Zhuang groaned, his tone slowed down, "It's no big deal to defeat the battle. Summarize the lessons of failure and win it back on the battlefield in the future. You are not even afraid of death, but are you still afraid of living?"

Jin Xiang remained silent, but his face showed a deep thought.

Xiang Zhuang has always had high hopes for Jin Xiang. Although Jin Xiang is young, his qualifications in the army are not inferior to Pang Yu, so he is only slightly inferior to Gao Chu. More importantly, Jin Xiang's loyalty to the Xiang family has been integrated into his bones. Unfortunately, Jin Xiang does not love studying much, and it is difficult for him to become a handsome man without studying. At best, he is a powerful general.

Xiang Zhuang hopes that these two crushing defeats today will touch Jin Xiang.

Looking up at the sky, it was almost noon, and the soldiers should be hungry. Xiangzhuang ordered: "Send the order, the whole army will rest for a while and prepare to eat!"

The military order was quickly conveyed, and the soldiers of the Chu army, who were waiting for battle, sat on the ground to rest, and the soldiers in the army fed water from the stream and buried pots to make rice. In less than a moment, smoke from cooking fires rose from the Taurus Road, and hundreds of marching pots were boiled with fragrant fat pork. Many soldiers were already drooling.

In the canvas tent, Xiang Zhuang, Baili Xian, Gao Chu and Pang Yu had no appetite.

After a while of silence, Xiang Zhuang sighed and said, "This Bai Mo is really worthy of being a senior brother who learns swordsmanship."

Gao Chu nodded and said in grief: "Ten years ago, Lao Qu could have killed this person."

Xiang Zhuang was silent for a while, then turned his eyes to Bailixian and asked, "Ziliang, do you have a solution to it?"

At this critical moment, Xiangzhuang had no strange plans. However, judging from the current situation, a frontal attack seems to be a good idea. Bai Mo is too difficult to deal with. If Tianlang Camp and Hu Ben Camp really attack from the frontal attack at any cost, even if they luckily conquer Jiange in the end, they will probably not have the strength to compete with Liu Bang for Hanzhong.

Bailixian shook his head, Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to do anything, and he had no choice.

In fact, it was not Xiangzhuang. Bailixian could not use troops, nor was it not that the two of them were not smart enough, but that the terrain of Jiange was too steep. In addition, the Han army took the lead and occupied the cliffs on both sides, which made it impossible for the Chu army to cross the cliffs and intercept the Han army's rear route. In all these things, the Chu army had no other way except for a head-on attack.

Pang Yu suddenly said, "Master, maybe Hu Yanzhen can find the path from the mountains."

"Hu Yan?" Xiang Zhuang smiled bitterly, "There is really another way to go from Shuzhong to Hanzhong. Can the Bashu tyrants like Mrs. Qin, Tang Tong and others know?"

Xiang Zhuang really had no hope for Huyan.

If it weren't for the inconvenience of communication, Xiang Zhuang might have asked Hu Yan to bring back the two thousand Tianlang Guards long ago. Staying in the mountains would also waste time, right?

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Xiang Zhuang did not expect that Hu Yanzhen was looking for a way.

The Tianlang Guard searched dozens of miles apart, and finally found three hunters in the deep mountains.

These three hunters are said to be descendants of the Ba royal family. They have been living here since the Qin Dynasty destroyed Ba. They have been here for more than a hundred years. After Huyan went there, he asked, and they really knew that there was a small path, which could lead directly to Hanzhong from Langzhong, and it was much closer to taking this small path than taking the Taurus Road.

Hu Yan was overjoyed when he heard the news.

After giving three horizontal knives and three best iron-tied bows to the three hunters, the hunters finally agreed to lead the way. When Xiang Zhuang was frustrated in Jiange and had no choice but to do anything, Hu Yan had already taken two thousand Tianlang Guards and, under the guidance of the hunters, embarked on the sheep intestine path leading to Hanzhong. At this moment, it was less than a hundred miles away from the Hanzhong clan's Nanzheng.

However, a deep ravine dozens of feet wide blocked the Tianlang Guard's way.

Hu Yan frowned and turned around and asked the hunter, "Didn't you say there is a big tree in this stream?"

The hunter scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "It turns out there is a big tree. My brother and I just walked past last year, but this big tree has been a bit old. It may have been decayed over time and fell into the mountain stream." After saying this, the hunter said again, "But don't worry, General, the villain has a way to send you over."

"You have a way?" Hu Yan said angrily, "What's the way?"

This is a deep ravine that is dozens of feet wide, not only a few feet wide. If it is a mountain ravine that is several feet wide, just throw the flying claws over it, but the flying claws cannot be thrown over it by a distance of dozens of feet! If there is a giant crossbow, you can also use a giant crossbow to shoot the flying claw rope over it, but the problem is that the Tianlang Guard does not carry the giant crossbow at all.

The hunter didn't answer, but just reached into his mouth and let out a whistle.

In an instant, a sharp roar sounded from the sky, and then a divine golden eagle had already flapped its wings and descended from the top of the mountain with its huge wings. Finally, it held its wings on its right arm with its hunting shoulders. The hunter stroked the golden eagle's feathers, took out a bundle of thin silk ropes from the backpack, and tied one end to the golden eagle's claws.

The hunter raised his right arm again, and the golden eagle suddenly roared and flew to the opposite side of the mountain stream.

Under the gaze of Huyan and the two thousand Tianlang Guards, the golden eagle circled and flew back around a big tree opposite. The hunter untied the silk rope from the golden eagle's claws, tied a two-fingered hemp rope to the silk rope, and used the silk rope to pull the heavy and thick hemp rope to the opposite side of the mountain stream, and finally pulled it back to form a double-stranded cable bridge.

"Hey!" Hu Yan suddenly said with joy, "I didn't expect you to have a solution."
Chapter completed!