The figure was getting farther and farther away from Xianyang City.
......
Hangu Pass.
In the past few days, Cao Cao and others have moved all their troops here.
In addition, the strategy of surrounding the enemy and leaving gaps was adopted.
Hangu Pass is backed by barren mountains, and the three city gates on the left and right sides were all attacked fiercely by Cao Cao.
The only way out was left for the enemy in the barren mountains behind.
The fierce attacks for several days in a row made the enemy suffer terribly.
Their morale was already low, so how could they withstand the fierce attack of the Qin army whose morale was high?
The ratio of casualties on both sides was almost one to one.
This is a terrifying number.
After all, the Chu army is the one defending the city!
Moreover, who among the Chu army soldiers does not know that Xiang Yan has passed away?
Without this backbone, it would be very difficult for them to persevere.
Moreover, the food supplies in the city have run out.
If this continues, Hangu Pass will fall in three days at most.
In the Chu army camp.
Xiang Chao called his two younger brothers and a group of generals to his tent to discuss the next strategy.
The former looked at everyone and slowly said, "I have been keeping the news of my father's death a secret from the soldiers and the court.
Now it seems that this news can no longer be concealed."
It’s easy to deal with the court.
After all, now even if a bird flew out of Hangu Pass, it would be shot by the Qin army.
Not to mention the scouts who delivered the message.
However, it was difficult to hide it from ordinary soldiers.
Now everyone is saying that Xiang Yan has died of illness.
In addition, they had not seen Xiang Yan for many days, so how could they believe that Xiang Yan was not dead?
Only now did Xiang Chao understand why his father had said before his death that if Hangu Pass could not be defended, then there was no need to defend it.
There was a huge gap between him and the enemy commander Cao Cao, both in terms of military tactics and strategies.
What's more, even if reinforcements arrived, it would be unknown whether they could be used for their own purposes after seeing that the commander was dead.
In this situation, how else can we fight?
There is no way to fight.
"General Xiang, please tell us what your plan is. We will all follow your command."
A general spoke up.
They are all veterans who have fought with Xiang Yan for many years. They are loyal to Xiang Yan and even the entire Xiang family.
Hearing this, Xiang Chao nodded, took a deep breath, and finally made the heavy decision:
"You are all soldiers of the Xiang family army, so I will not hide anything from you.
Now, even if we are trapped here, I am afraid there is only one way out, which is death.
Unless you risk everything and abandon the city to break out, you can have a chance of survival!"
Before his death, Xiang Yan once said that these soldiers were the Xiang family's greatest support.
Therefore, for the sake of the Xiang family, Xiang Chao could no longer continue to hold on.
Otherwise, the army would be surrounded and annihilated, and the Xiang family would lack military protection.
Just like a cub that has lost the protection of its mother, it may be hunted down by hunters at any time.
As soon as he finished speaking, all the soldiers fell silent.
To put it nicely, it was abandoning the city and breaking out.
In fact, it was a rout and escape.
In this battle, the Chu army had no chance of turning the tables.
For all the generals and soldiers, when had they ever experienced such humiliation since they followed Xiang Yan to start the rebellion?
What else can they do at this time except remain silent?
There is no way.
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