Now that the two sides had made an agreement, Xiang Yu no longer worried, and the next day he led an army of 400,000 and set off to Hangu Pass.

It's just that this time Hangu Pass is completely different from when the city gate was opened before. The entire pass gate is closed. Not only that, everyone on the city wall did not see the familiar archers and crossbows, but instead there were strange black figures.

Thick pipes stretched out from between the battlements, pointing straight to the ground, and behind these thick pipes stood something like a large shield, which looked particularly strange.

In addition, there are flags fluttering in the wind at the top of the city.

"The wordless flag is good. It seems that the other party really wants to stick to it here."

Seeing this, Fan Zeng also reached out and touched his beard, and then whispered. Hearing Fan Zeng's words, Xiang Yu frowned slightly and remained silent.

The so-called wordless flag refers to the flag of the Founder's Rebel Army. In this era, the flags of various countries generally have their own surnames or country names, such as Zhao Qian, Sun Li, etc. However, the Flag of the Founder's Rebel Army is unique, with the red flag as the base.

, but there is no word on it, only a huge five-pointed star and crossed sickle and hammer heads are drawn in the center of the flag.

Because of this, among the princes, Founder's flag was called the "Wordless Flag", and Founder's army was also called the "Wordless Army". On the one hand, this is true, but on the other hand, it also secretly belittles the other party.

.After all, only those with low status don’t know how to write and write. This also somewhat implies that Fang Zheng’s people are all uneducated low-class people.

At this moment, the entire Hangu Pass was completely silent. No one could be seen and there was no sound. However, everyone could see numerous figures through the gaps in the huge iron shields, which showed that there were indeed people behind.

"Siege the city!!"

Xiang Yu looked at Hangu Pass without any sound in front of him, and felt a little guilty. Although Fang Zheng said that he did not know how to use the magical power of musical instruments, but the opponent used 40,000 people against 400,000 people and acted so confidently, Xiang Yu would not think that it was because of this.

Fang was just making a show of himself.

“Dong dong dong dong dong!!!”

Soon, the war drums sounded, and then the soldiers immediately pushed forward with the siege equipment. Originally, at this time, the other side should have fired arrows to stop them, but the other side of Hangu Pass just watched silently and did not react at all.

, as if there was no one inside at all.

Something is wrong, but why exactly is it wrong?

Xiang Yu is a general who has experienced hundreds of battles and has his own grasp and judgment of the situation. At this moment, he sees the soldiers moving forward so smoothly, but he can't stop feeling uneasy. Could it be that the surroundings

Is there an ambush? Or is there a trap?

But when it comes to ambushes, there is nowhere to hide in the terrain of Hangu Pass. As for traps, the plains are flat now, and it is impossible to attack the city first with cavalry. Even if there are traps such as horse ropes and ravines, what is the use?

However, when Xiang Yu was thinking hard, a vision suddenly appeared.

"boom!!"

The soldiers pushing the siege equipment had just reached less than half the distance of the battlefield. Suddenly, they heard a thunderous roar, and the next moment everyone saw the soldiers pushing the rams and cloud towers forward.

There was a flash of fire, and then the ground erupted instantly, directly blowing the extremely hard siege equipment into pieces together with the soldiers.

I saw the bloody stumps of the soldiers flying in the air and falling to the ground. The soldiers looking at the rear felt chilled. But before they could recover, they heard another loud bang.

Several thunderous sounds erupted, and then the siege troops in front were once again swept away by the flames emerging from the ground. In less than a moment, a large number of them were killed or injured.

"what on earth is it?"

"Could it be lightning and thunder?"

Seeing this incredible scene, everyone was talking about it, and Xiang Yu subconsciously looked towards the sky, but the sky was blue, and not even the shadow of a dark cloud could be seen. The sun was so bright, and it looked like it was sunny and windy.

Weather, but even if it is like this, where does the thunder come from?

Thinking of this, Xiang Yu couldn't help but recall what Fang Zheng said before leaving yesterday. He was also uneasy, but he still steeled his heart and issued the order.

"Continue the attack!!"

“Dong dong dong dong!!”

The sound of war drums continued, and soon, the first batch of siege troops was completely defeated, but then the second batch immediately pushed the siege equipment and continued to advance. However, their end was not much better. The second batch of siege troops was no better than the first batch.

One group of people walked less than 300 meters before completely collapsing, while the third group was unwilling to go up, even if the supervisor behind them was so angry that they cracked their whips.

You can't blame them. The scene in front of you is really weird, and those people were killed by the explosion. There were also many people who had their arms and legs broken by the explosion, and there were even many people who screamed in agony.

The person was directly swept up by the blast wind, and then fell directly backward into the military formation. Just looking at these miserable corpses, morale dropped to the bottom.

"There must be something wrong with the ground."

At this time, Xiang Yu also saw that Daodao was coming. Although he didn't know what Fang Zheng did, he was sure that the other party definitely did something on the ground, so it exploded when those people passed by.

"Break the city directly!"

The city-breaking equipment of this era is already very complete. In addition to the rams used to break through city gates and the cloud carts used to climb city walls that are often seen in movies and games, there are also stone-shooting tools and a special type called Ge.

The instrument looks like an enlarged crossbow. The arrow alone is three meters long, and it takes dozens of soldiers to push the winch to fill the bowstring.

When such a giant arrow is shot out, almost nothing can stop it. Xiang Yu also knew that he was going to attack Hangu Pass this time, so naturally he would not forget these long-range siege weapons.

Xiang Yu did not use these to carry out the main attack before, mainly because he was afraid that Hangu Pass would be damaged and difficult to repair. It would be great if he could rush in and capture it directly. However, it seems that it is not feasible to directly occupy Hangu Pass now.

, so Xiang Yu had to adopt the second option.

So soon, following Xiang Yu's order, the soldiers behind him immediately became busy. However, at this moment, Xiang Yu suddenly saw a flash of light on the wall of Hangu Pass in the distance, and then...

"boom!!"

In just an instant, the siege equipment behind them was instantly enveloped in flames, and several stone-shooting machines were directly blown into a pile of wreckage.

"What's going on? What happened?"

At this moment, not only Xiang Yu was stunned, but the other soldiers were also in an uproar. However, before they could figure out what was going on, a series of flames suddenly burst out as a whistling sound was heard, completely covering the soldiers in formation.

In the blink of an eye, the 400,000-strong army soon turned into a mess. No one thought that they would encounter such an attack, and the roars and fires accompanied the impact, arousing the most primitive fear of human beings. Even if they are well-trained

The elite soldiers of Su were panicked in this situation, not to mention the soldiers of the princes' armies.

"Withdraw your troops immediately, withdraw your troops!"

Xiang Yu was able to become a general, so he was certainly not stupid. He knew that the situation at hand was unclear and that if he continued, he would completely collapse, so he pulled up his horse and hurriedly issued the order. Soon, the horn sounded to withdraw troops, and then 400,000 troops immediately marched towards

Then they evacuated and left Hangu Pass far away.

Therefore, the first day of the siege was ended in a hurry.

"Hehehe."

Looking at the retreating army, Fang Zheng, who was standing on the city wall, chuckled. For time travellers, making firearms is a must, let alone Fang Zheng. After all, with the current production technology and technology, black gunpowder is not that great.

Things that are difficult to control can only be made simple in terms of installation.

For example, the mines set up by Fang Zheng outside Hangu Pass are actually based on products from the Ming Dynasty. They are made of stone shells, filled with gunpowder, and put into mechanisms as impact devices. The same goes for these artillery pieces, even with current technology

, it has not been possible to build artillery with a long enough range in the future, but it is far beyond the firing distance of the trebuchets of this era, and it is enough to deal with most armies of this era.

After all, times have changed, my lord.

However, for Fang Zheng, what he brought to Xiang Yu was more than just artillery and mines.

"What's going on with that Fang Zheng?!"

Xiang Zhuang returned to the tent angrily and complained to Xiang Yu.

"Didn't he agree with his brother never to use any magical powers? This is simply a lie!"

"No, he is not lying. This is indeed not some magical power."

After Xiang Yu heard Xiang Zhuang's complaint, he shook his head and put down the iron piece in his hand.

"Do you know what this is?"

"What is this? An iron piece? A shield?"

Xiang Zhuang doubtfully took the piece of iron handed over by Xiang Yu and examined it carefully. It was an arc-shaped piece of iron that looked like the corner of a shield, but upon closer inspection, Xiang Zhuang felt that it looked a little different...

"I don't know what it is, but I saw it clearly before. The strange cylinder on the city wall flashed with flames, and then a black iron ball flew out of it, then fell directly to the ground and exploded...

…Well, that’s really weird.”

Xiang Yu also received the true teachings of Xiang Shaolong and practiced those inner skills and mental methods. Therefore, Xiang Yu not only has keen senses, but is also far superior to ordinary people in this aspect. When he was first attacked, Xiang Yu used his skills to see into the distance and easily saw the distance.

The strange scene on the wall of Hangu Pass.

"Isn't that still a witchcraft?"

"Master Fang never breaks his promise. I think this is definitely not a witchcraft, but something we don't know yet."

Thinking of this, Xiang Yu couldn't help but think again of the story that Fang Zheng told him yesterday about the ancestors who wore hair and drank blood, wore animal skins and used stone axes... I'm afraid that's what it meant.

Now I just don’t know what kind of method Mr. Fang used.

"snort!"

Seeing Xiang Yu staring at the iron piece in fascination, Xiang Zhuang also stomped out angrily. Today's bad start made her very unhappy, especially when she heard the rumors from the surrounding soldiers, it made Xiang Zhuang furious.

Come.

correct!

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up.
Chapter completed!