I’m The King Chapter 1505: : Han Banner Tianxia one hundred and ninety-five decisive battle nine

Qian Zhongyi specially put on a big blood-red cloak today, and stood upright on the city gate tower with a knife, which was very cool and conspicuous. He was the commander-in-chief of the last defenders ordered to guard Hangu Pass.

Since the beginning of this year, the soldiers and civilians at Hangu Pass have begun to retreat towards Xianyang on a large scale. Hangu Pass is the focus of Luchao's past operations. It is also relatively high. Compared with the Qin people in other places who have no food to eat, the Qin people around Hangu Pass still live a more nourishing life. Although they have labor and military service, they still have food and clothes anyway. , The money is not much, but it can still be spent, so the soldiers and civilians here gave up their family business here without saying a word, and headed towards Xianyang.

Lu Chao’s military workshop and other important factories are concentrated here. These must be retreated to Xianyang city. Then came the army and young men, and the civilians were the last to withdraw. In order to ensure a smooth retreat, Qian Zhongyi led 20,000 people to stand firm here.

"Father!" Qian Zhongyi's eldest son, Qian Ming, came over and stood beside him, looking at the densely packed artillery and countless siege equipment of the Han army in the distance, his face turned pale.

"Why, are you scared?" Qian Zhongyi glanced at the eldest son, a little dissatisfied.

"I'm not afraid, my son." Qian Ming cheered up, "In the past two years, I have followed my father in the charge, and which time has my son not rushed to the forefront, but this time, is our perseverance meaningful?"

"Meaning?" Qian Zhongyi glanced at his son and laughed: "Behind us, thousands of old and weak women and children are retreating to Xianyang. Every time we hold on for one more day, they will be more complete. One point, every day we stick to it, Xianyang will prepare for one more day. His Majesty the Emperor is preparing for an unprecedented decisive battle with the Han army in Xianyang. That is the battle that will determine the life and death of our Qin State. You said we are here Is there any point in sticking to it?"

Qian Ming was silent for a moment: "Father, how sure are we of winning this decisive battle?"

Hearing what his son said, Qian Zhongyi was also silent, and said after a long while: "If you don't fight, you don't have any confidence at all. If you don't fight, who will know? Before the dust settles, there will be no conclusion There are many cases of turning defeat into victory in history, as long as we Qin people are united, there may not be no chance of a comeback."

"I hope so!" Qian Ming lowered his head.

"As a general, you lack confidence. Doesn't it make the generals under your command even more frightened? Your subordinates are looking at you for the courage of the general!" Sullen.

"I know." Qian Ming nodded, "Father. Last night, I asked my second uncle to take their family, second brother, and younger sister out of the city. Mother refused to leave. But she also agreed. I won't tell you about this, now, Second Uncle and the others, I'm afraid they have already entered the Han army's control area."

Qian Zhongyi turned around in astonishment. Looking at his son, his face slowly turned red, and he raised his hand violently. With a crisp snap, five red handprints appeared on Qian Ming's left cheek.

"You bastard, you are rebellious, you, you actually sent your family away, this, if this is leaked out, won't it distract the army in the city?" Qian Zhongyi's whole body trembled with anger, but Had to lower my voice. The surrounding soldiers were all stunned when they saw the general slap the young general suddenly.

Qian Ming's voice was also lowered, but he stared at his father without fear: "Father, in fact, you also know that we are just making the last struggle. If this is the case, why drag the second uncle and the others along?" A family, and the second brother and younger sister, they died here together?"

"Who said that you will die in the city?" Qian Zhongyi said solemnly: "As long as we defend the city, we can guarantee the safety of everyone, and to defend the city, the most important thing is to be united."

"We are fighting now, not in the past. Look at the artillery below the city, which part of the city is safe? Within the range of the artillery, there is a possibility of being killed, even if they can get away with the artillery fire , when the city is really broken, will you let them survive?" Qian Ming said.

Qian Zhongyi froze all of a sudden, and said after a while, "Qian Ming, do you know why His Majesty the Emperor appointed me to guard Hangu Pass, and promoted me to be a general?"

Qian Ming sneered: "I don't understand this, because countless Han troops died under your command. Their 20th Army was half disabled by you. Let you guard it and never worry about you." I will surrender, because the Han army will never let you go. Then Li Mingjun must eat your flesh and sleep with your skin."

"Not only Li Mingjun, but also Zhao Xilie. Compared with Li Mingjun, Zhao Xilie has a higher status and is more influential. Li Mingjun's subordinates are more of Zhao Xilie's elite troops." Qian Zhongyi laughed, "So His Majesty the Emperor appointed me to guard because he knew that I would fight to the end and would not surrender. Because I surrendered, it is also a dead word. So Qian Ming, I keep them, firstly to stabilize the morale of the army, secondly, if If you really want to die, the whole family dies together, and there is a companion on Huangquan Road, so you won’t be too lonely. With you and me on Huangquan Road, they don’t have to worry about being bullied by others, no, being bullied by ghosts, your uncle, and your brother, They are all too weak. Now you send them to the Han Chinese-controlled area, do you think the Han Chinese will let them go?"

"I heard that there is no crime against the Han people. One person does things and one person is responsible. Our father and son have a grudge against them. Uncles, younger brothers and sisters have never been on the battlefield."

"You are always so naive. Well, now that this is the case, I have nothing to say. I hope that as you said, they will have a good life in Hanhui, and they will not be implicated by us! Just They don't have the power to manage, even if they go to Han, how will they survive?"

"In the past year, I have exchanged all my belongings into money, and deposited them in the bank of the Han people. I handed over the vouchers to my second brother. With this money, their survival in Han is not a problem." Qian Ming said.

Qian Zhongyi looked at his son for a while, as if he just met him today, "When did you start doing this?"

"During the Chinese New Year." Qian Ming said: "At that time, I knew that our Great Qin Dynasty was about to end."

"Okay, okay, you are so thoughtful that you even hid it from me." Qian Zhongyi smiled wryly, "Since they are gone, we father and son should deal with the Han people well. The Han army has killed countless people. Today they entered Jinyang. When attacking, I was the vanguard. When retreating, I was in the rear. I have seen many Han armies, and I have fought old battles. This Hangu Pass is not Han. If you want to take it, you can take it."

"The son is willing to live and die with his father." Qian Ming said loudly.

Qian Zhongyi nodded in relief. Although his son did a lot of things without telling him, it was because of filial piety and family affection, but it was beyond reproach. It was completely overwhelmed by the sound of shelling that suddenly sounded from the city.

Under the city, hundreds of cannons fired at the same time. The momentum was so great that everyone was shocked by it. Apart from the roar of the cannons when they fired, nothing else could be heard in their ears. It was clearly visible just now. The position of the Han army was instantly filled with smoke.

Qian Ming threw his father down at the base of the city wall and covered him tightly with his body, but when his waist tightened, his father pulled him over and pressed him under him instead.

"Dad!" He yelled loudly, but found that he couldn't even hear the voice he yelled.

The ground trembled and the mountains shook, the entire city of Hangu Pass was trembling and shaking, and it seemed that it might collapse at any moment. The dense shells flew over, hit the wall, landed in the middle of the city wall, and passed over the city wall Shoot into the pass, close the pass, and immediately fall into a sea of ​​flames.

"Counterattack, father, counterattack immediately!" After the first round of shelling, Qian Ming turned over and sat up forcefully, drawing his sword and intending to rush towards his artillery position.

"No need!" Qian Zhongyi sat leaning against the wall, "Our artillery can't hit their artillery positions at all, that's why I hid our artillery and spread them out , we can’t destroy their artillery positions~IndoMTL.com~ we can only save our artillery positions as much as possible so that they can play a role when the Han army sieges the city. I don’t believe that the Han army is made of iron and steel. It can still blow up their siege equipment and destroy their will to attack the city. Let their flesh and blood fly and blood flow into rivers."

Qian Zhongyi's self-confidence is not unreasonable. After Lu Chao was stationed at Hangu Pass, one of the things he did the most was to strengthen the city wall of Hangu Pass. In addition to the original city wall, steel bars were re-used The cement built a thick barrier again, which made the solid artillery of the Han army hit it, leaving a pit at most. It was difficult to cause substantial damage to this completely integral wall. Although the artillery of the Qin army has a short range and is extremely unreliable, and often explodes, the artillery positions on the city wall are all hidden in the holes made of cement, which cannot be moved or adjusted. Hangu Pass is just such an attack surface, and dozens of artillery can seal the attack surface.

Arranged for his son to go down the city to appease the army, but Qian Zhongyi bent down and inspected the artillery positions one by one on the city wall. Most of the buildings, but each of these artillery positions was safe and sound. The only thing to worry about was the pale faces of the gunners. Obviously, they were also greatly shocked by the shelling of this scale.

Soothing the gunners with good words, Qian Zhongxin looked at the safe and sound city walls and artillery, and felt a little more confident in his heart. (To be continued.)