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"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Attack! Attack it! ”

At the urging of a Qin general, a Qin soldier held his shield high above his head and stepped on a ladder to climb up.

Suddenly, he heard a scream overhead, and then a figure fell from him, along with a huge lump of mud that grazed his shoulder and slammed into the ground below.

“……”

He looked up, a little trepidation in his eyes.

However, at this time, the generals below kept urging him: "Attack!" Punish the cowardly! …… Attack me! ”

Hearing the threatening urging, the Qin pawn stubbornly continued to climb upward.

Suddenly, there was a thud, as if something had smashed against the shield in his hand, and in an instant, a muddy, viscous liquid flowed down the shield to his wrist, and then down his wrist to his chest.

“……”

His pupils narrowed, because he knew what it was.

It's oil!

"Set fire! Burn down this ladder! ”

Overhead, there was the voice of Wei Pawn, and when Qin Pawn subconsciously looked up, he clearly saw that a Wei Pawn had lit this one with a torch and had been doused with oil.

Hearing only a snort, the flames spread rapidly, and a little fear appeared in Qin Pawn's eyes.

If you retreat, you will die, and if you attack, you still have some life.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and continued to climb up, despite the fact that the ladder had been ignited by the fire.

As he climbed, his left hand shielded his head and body, and his right hand had to grasp the ladder covered with flames, and he was inevitably in pain from the flames.

"Bang!"

"Bang bang!"

The shield he held above his head was filled with a tremendous force, and it was Wei Pawn on the wall who was trying to push it down with Changge.

He was unable to break through the defensive line built by the Wei army with several Changge on the wall.

He finally couldn't hold it anymore and let go of his right hand in pain.

"No—"

With a scream, he fell off the ladder and slammed it to the ground.

However, there was no robe around to pick him up from the ground, and I saw that his robes, under the order and urging of the Qin army general, continued to climb the cloud ladder that was already full of flames, but unfortunately until this cloud ladder broke from it because of the burning, and failed to break through the defense line of the Wei army on the wall.

"Fuel!"

"Fetch the fire pot!"

I could vaguely hear that the Wei soldiers on the wall were shouting, and immediately, clay pots were thrown on the wall, smashing on the shields held high by the Qin soldiers under the gate.

Immediately, the Wei soldiers threw their torches.

"Ahhh

In a scream, several unfortunate people were poured with oil on Wei Pawn, and they suddenly turned into burning people and rolled on the ground in pain.

Seeing this scene, the Qin soldiers under the gate retreated one after another, and their eyes inevitably showed a little pity and sorrow.

However, no one came to their rescue, as the Wei counterattack continued.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With the shout of a Wei general on the wall, a dense rain of arrows fell down on their heads, but because the Qin soldiers had already taken precautions and held their shields above their heads, the effect of this rain of arrows was minimal.

"Damn it!"

Meng Sui, who clearly saw this scene, frowned and gritted his teeth hatefully.

At this moment, he looked to the bottom of the wall, and there were Qin soldiers holding shields high everywhere under the wall, which greatly reduced the effect of his Wei army's crossbow attack.

Seeing those Qin soldiers holding their shields high and forcibly climbing up with many arrows, Meng Sui could only tell the soldiers to speed up the speed of carrying oil tanks, use fire attacks to burn those cloud ladders, and block those Qin soldiers who were attacking frantically.

Suddenly, Meng Sui heard a scream in front of him, and when he suddenly looked up, he happened to see a Wei pawn screaming and falling off the wall—probably by Qin Pawn who grabbed Changge and dragged him down.

And just as the Wei pawn beside him was about to step forward to make up for the vacancy, a Qin pawn with fire on his body jumped onto the wall, threw him to the ground with a hideous face, and at the same time, pierced the Wei pawn's chest with the short Ge in his hand.

The line of defense, torn through a gap.

"Kill him!"

Not far from Meng Sui's side, a Wei pawn shouted urgently.

But as soon as the words fell, two more Qin soldiers rushed up to the city wall, only to see these three Qin soldiers leaning on their backs, and they blocked the attack of about seven or eight Wei soldiers on the wall, buying time for the Qin soldiers behind them.

"Not good!"

Meng Sui said secretly, immediately drew his sword, and took the lead in rushing towards the three Qin soldiers, shouting in his mouth: "Kill them, don't let the Qin soldiers attack the wall!" ”

"Meng Chengcheng!"

The surrounding Wei pawns shouted loudly, and hurriedly rushed up, helping Meng Sui finally kill the three Qin pawns on the ground.

During this period, a Wei pawn stopped Meng Sui and said urgently: "This place is dangerous, please Meng Chengcheng retreat." ”

"Where is not dangerous?!"

Meng Sui pushed away the Wei pawns who stopped him, and took the lead in killing the Qin pawns who were pouring up the city wall, and killed more than a dozen Qin pawns with the rest of the Wei pawns, so as to re-plug the gap.

And Meng Sui was also wounded in the shoulder because of this, and he couldn't help but gasp for breath while holding the sword.

Because he needs to spend a lot of time on weekdays to deal with the affairs of the army on behalf of Meng Zhong, and Meng Sui himself does not like to dance with knives and guns, so to be honest, he is not a general who is good at martial arts, not to mention that the force is not as good as Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, and Le Jin, and may not even be an opponent for the hundreds of generals in the army.

But Meng Sui knew very well that he couldn't retreat, because he was the city of Fangcheng, the second-in-command of the entire Fangcheng Wei army, if even he retreated, how could he inspire the Wei soldiers around him to fight hard to kill the enemy?

After taking a few deep breaths, Meng Sui shouted in a deep voice: "Look! As long as our army is united, Qin pawns are not afraid! ………… Our army is not fighting alone, Zhai Zhang's reinforcements have already arrived here, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in Yeyi who are silently supporting our army, whether it is today, tomorrow, or later, the Qin army does not want to break through my Yangguan! The only end of the Qin army is defeat! This is the only way! ”

"Hooray!"

The walls resounded with the cheers and shouts of the Wei soldiers, as if they had repelled the Qin army.

I have to say that the arrival of 780,000 reinforcements led by Sima Zhai Zhang to Yangguan really brought a lot of confidence and confidence to the Wei army in Fangcheng, so that although the Qin army frantically launched an offensive against Yangguan, Yangguan still repelled waves of Qin army's offensive without danger under the condition of relying solely on the defense of the Wei army in Fangcheng.

But what is incredible is that the Qin army's offensive is endless, and even though it has been repulsed again and again, it still has no intention of slowing down the offensive, as if they are not attacking Yangguan, but the capital of Wei.

"Mengji."

Meng Sui suddenly shouted.

Hearing this, a Wei pawn covered in blood and about the same age as Meng Sui turned his head: "Here!" ”

I saw Meng Sui staring at the Qin army's main formation in the distance with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "Go to the Guanlou immediately and convey the message to the city order for me." The Qin army's offensive today...... I'm afraid there is something else! ”

"Whoa!"

Wei Zhi, named Meng Qi, retreated with his fists clenched.

At this time, at the Guanlou, Meng Zhong and Zhai Zhang were frowning and watching the Qin army's attack on his Yangguan.

As Bai Qi judged, Meng Zhong deliberately asked people to use the banner of Zhai Zhang from the beginning, just to scare him and make Bai Qi realize that he could not capture Yangguan, and then force him to withdraw his troops.

Some people may find it strange why Yu Mengzhong didn't take this matter as the last hole card to be opened: wait until the Qin army and the Fangcheng Wei army hit the midfield, and then invite the seventy or eighty thousand reinforcements under Zhai Zhang's command, wouldn't there be a chance to defeat Bai Qi in one fell swoop?

The reason for this is very simple, because in this way, the losses of the Fangcheng Wei army will be very large.

It's not that Meng Zhong is partial and refuses to let his army fight a tough battle, it's just that he feels that in the current situation, there is no need to fight a war of attrition with the Qin army.

You must know that the Qin army under Bai Qi no longer has much food, Bai Qi is destined to retreat to Wancheng, and on the way to retreat to Wancheng, he has the opportunity to unite with Zhai Zhang to take the opportunity to chase and kill this Qin army - obviously he can achieve a big victory at a small price, why fight hard with the Qin army?

But to his surprise, even though he played the banner of Zhai Zhang, the offensive of the Qin army outside the Guanhai did not weaken at all.

No, it should be said that the offensive of the Qin army has become more and more ferocious.

I have to say that this incident made Zhai Zhang, a veteran, feel a little faceless, because the little hairy boy named Bai Qi on the other side didn't seem to take him seriously at all.

He couldn't help but laugh at himself, laughing at himself that he was really old, and now that he was famous, he couldn't scare away the milky little hairy boy opposite.

Could it be that Bai Qi really regards Zhai Zhang as nothing?

Or is it that he was blind and didn't see the flag with the words "Wei Da Sima Zhai" written on it?

Meng Zhong didn't think so, but he felt that the reason why the Qin army was attacking more and more fiercely was precisely because Bai Qi had learned of Zhai Zhang's arrival.

"The city order, the city order is under the message, he thinks that the Qin army's offensive today is afraid that there is something else!"

"Don't you have any plans?"

Meng Zhong frowned and looked at the Qin army's main formation in the distance outside the pass, and nodded slightly.

Of course, he understood what Meng Sui meant by his other words, to put it bluntly, Meng Sui thought that the purpose of Bai Qi's attack on Yangguan today was not just to capture Yangguan, but also to borrow the hands of his Wei army to kill some Qin soldiers to relieve the pressure of grain and grass in his army.

By the way, let the Wei army in Fangcheng have a certain degree of attrition.

It's like killing two birds with one stone!

"It's really done, white ......."

Looking at the Qin army's main formation in the distance outside the pass, Meng Zhong thought secretly.

He knows very well that Bai Qi on the other side has never been good at his peers, and when Bai Qi forced tens of thousands of Koreans in the city to attack the Han army under the command of Storm Kite the year before last, when Bai Qi forced tens of thousands of Koreans in the city to attack the Han army under the command of Tyrant Kite, it was enough to prove this person's unscrupulous character to achieve his goals.

Maybe on weekdays, Bai Qi will also treat his soldiers well, but when the situation is critical, Bai Qi will not hesitate to push his soldiers out and sacrifice.

This is Bai Qi, who can do whatever it takes to win.

Therefore, in terms of Bai Qi's character, when there was a shortage of food in his army, it was indeed not impossible to deliberately let the Qin army under his command and the Fangcheng Wei army be defeated and wounded, and to reduce the number of soldiers to relieve the pressure on grain and grass.

And this is exactly what Meng Zhong does not want to see.

At this moment, Meng Zhong, to be honest, didn't want to fight Bai Qi, but Bai Qi was aggressive, so he could only fight.

"Is there any way to get Bai Qi to withdraw his troops?"

Meng Zhong thought secretly.

At this time, Zhai Zhang said to Meng Zhong: "Fang Cheng Ling, the Wei army under your command has been fighting so far, and the old man is quite tired from it, so it is better to ask them to temporarily retreat to the pass and be replaced by the army under the old man's command." …… In this way, it can also make the Qin army retreat. ”

Meng Zhong thought for a while, clasped his fists and said, "Then ...... Please! ”

"It's all for the country, so there's no need to say such things."

Raising his hand and saying a word, Zhai Zhang immediately said to Tang Zhi beside him: "Tang Zhi, you personally lead the troops." ”

"Whoa!"

About half an hour later, Tang Zhi led tens of thousands of reinforcements from the camp behind the pass to the pass, and ordered his soldiers to replace the defense of the Wei army in Fangcheng one after another.

The Qin army is not blind, and of course he can see the rotation of the Wei army.

Especially when different army flags such as "Yecheng" and "Huangchi" appeared on the wall of Yangguan, they would not know that Yangguan had received reinforcements.

No, there were Qin pawns who immediately reported this matter.

However, Bai Qi's reaction to this was very cold, and he only said four words: "Keep attacking!" ”

Hearing this, Sima Jin, who was standing on Bai Ji's side, was puzzled and asked in surprise: "Since reinforcements have arrived at Yangguan, why does Bai Shuai still fight to the death and not retreat?" Isn't it a reckless man's practice to ask soldiers to sacrifice meaninglessly and pile up victories with their lives? ”

He couldn't understand that Bai Qi, who was known for his scheming, would use such a crude tactic.

Bai Qi glanced at Sima Jin without any explanation.

Seeing this, Sima Jin's face was full of anger, and he stomped his feet and said: "I thought you were good at the art of war and strategy, but I didn't expect it...... I misread you! ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi turned his head to look at Sima Jin, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and couldn't help laughing.

He was also a little surprised that the second grandson of the dignified national captain Sima Cuo was so straightforward.

But he didn't hate it, probably because when Sima Jin first saw Bai Qi, he bluntly said that Bai Qi was the famous general he longed for.

"Jin, how many troops does our army have?" He asked, seemingly casually.

Hearing Bai Qi's inquiry, Sima Jin was a little puzzled, but he still replied angrily: "As far as I know, it was originally 70,000, and now there are 62,000 people...... I mean before this battle. ”

Bai Qi ignored the little irony in Sima Jin's words, and suddenly said melancholy: "As you said, since Yangguan has reinforcements to support, our army should indeed retreat, retreat to Wancheng, and wait for grain and grass to be sent from home to regroup...... But I can tell you that Meng Zhong on the opposite side will never ask our army to retreat so easily, and optimistically speaking, of these more than 60,000 people, only about 20,000 people can escape to Wancheng alive in the end. In other words, there will be about 40,000 people along the way, who will die in the counterattack of the Wei army...... So tell me, both horizontal and vertical are dead, is it better to let these 40,000 people die on the battlefield of attacking Yangguan, so that the Wei army also pays the corresponding casualties, or let them be killed by the Wei army in vain on the way to retreat? ”

“……”

Sima Jin opened his mouth and was speechless, but there was a look of sudden realization on his face.

He finally understood why Bai Qi resolutely attacked Yangguan even though he knew that there were reinforcements in Yangguan.

At this time, Bai Qi chuckled and said to Sima Jin: "Do you know, why did Meng Zhong show the banner of Zhai Zhang?" …… It's strange, isn't it, it's clear that the people defending the pass are all cavalry from other cities, but he still has to show Zhai Zhang's banner, as if, he is afraid that I don't know that Zhai Zhang has led the army to Yangguan. ”

"You're saying that the flag was just a ruse? Is he the one who scared our army? Sima Jin guessed.

"Of course not." Bai Qi shook his head and said, "Looking at the morale of those Wei soldiers on the wall of Yangguan Pass, I know that Zhai Zhang has indeed arrived here with reinforcements......

"That ......"

"He wanted to tell me that he had received reinforcements from Yangguan, so that I could retreat in the face of difficulties. Including the rotational defense of the Wei army, it was all to force our army to retreat. …… Do you know why? Because he felt that on the way of our army's retreat to Wancheng, he had a better chance of inflicting heavy losses on our army in one fell swoop, so he didn't want to engage our army at this moment, but I just didn't want him to be satisfied! …… He didn't want to fight, so I forced him to fight! forced him to fight with our army and lose both. As I said before, tens of thousands of soldiers will die in battle anyway, so why not ask the Wei army to pay the corresponding casualties as much as possible? Of course, this time our army is destined to fail to conquer Yangguan, but the Wei army should not think about it. ”

“……”

Sima Jin nodded thoughtfully.

It is undeniable that he feels that Bai Qi's approach is indeed a bit cruel, but from the overall situation, it is the wisest and most rational judgment.

At this moment, he suddenly heard something behind him, and he turned his head to look, and his face was full of surprise.

I saw that in the distance behind me, there were countless Qin soldiers rushing towards this side.

"That's ......"

"Oh? Here it comes? Bai Qi turned his head and glanced at it, and said indifferently: "It's the army under the command of Tong Yang and Wei Yuan." ”

Sima Jin suddenly realized this, and immediately asked in surprise: "Didn't the two generals Tong and Wei stay in Fangcheng and the camp this time?" ”

"I just sent someone to call them."

After that, Bai Qi glanced at the direction of Yangguan Guanlou with bad intentions, and immediately ordered: "Pass the order, and ask Ji Hong and Zhong Xu to lead the army forward to reinforce Meng Yi!" ”

"Whoa!"

Under Bai Qi's order, the vanguard army under the command of the Qin general Meng Yi temporarily retreated, and was replaced by the army under the command of the two generals Ji Hong and Zhong Xu, and the number of Qin troops attacking the city increased instead of decreasing.

At the same time, the 20,000 troops led by Tong Yang and Wei Yuan were also assembled at the main position of the Qin army, replacing the positions of the previous Ji Hong and Zhong Xu armies.

Seeing this scene from afar, Meng Zhong and Zhai Zhang on the upper floor of Guan both showed incredible looks.

How could they have imagined that when they knew that reinforcements had arrived at Yangguan, instead of retreating, Bai Qi summoned the troops who stayed in Fangcheng and the camp, as if they were going to fight with the Wei army today.

"This white ......"

Zhai Zhang stroked his beard, his face was full of shock, he didn't know what to say, he had never encountered such a ruthless character in his life.

On the side, Meng Zhong also kept a calm face and did not speak.

Just like when he showed Zhai Zhang's banner, Bai Qi deliberately summoned the army that originally stayed in Fangcheng and the camp, also to tell him: Do you want me to retreat despite the difficulties? Hey! I'm not leaving!

But even if he guessed Bai Qi's intention to break the jar, Meng Zhong had no choice but to continue this war of attrition with Bai Qi that consumed the number of troops with each other.

Finally, it was close to dusk that day, and the Wei generals on the wall breathed a sigh of relief.

It's about to fall into the night, and the Qin army outside the gate should finally withdraw, right?

But unfortunately, Bai Qi had no intention of retreating, and he instructed the soldiers: "Order Tong Yang and Wei Yuan, and let them bury the pot and cook on the spot, so that the soldiers can eat and fight." ”

Hearing this order, Sima Jin was stunned and asked in surprise, "Bai Shuai doesn't withdraw his troops?" ”

"Why should I withdraw?" Bai Qi asked rhetorically with a chuckle.

Seeing this, Sima Jin was stunned, and said puzzledly: "But fighting at night, the soldiers are at a low level of combat ability, why don't you temporarily return to the camp today and attack tomorrow?" ”

Bai Qi shook his head and said lightly: "You can't withdraw." According to what you said, our army will withdraw first today, and then attack Yangguan again tomorrow, so our army will be defeated! …… Do you know why? ”

"Why?" Sima Jin's face was puzzled.

At this time, I saw a slight elusive smile on Bai Qi's face, and said with a chuckle: "I didn't expect that even that Meng Zhong would inevitably commit negligence." Ha, and a major negligence ......"

"Negligence?"

"Ahh Bai Qi licked his lips and said, "You should also know that there are at least two or three thousand cavalry under Meng Zhong's command, and these cavalry are also good at attacking the phalanx of foot soldiers, but so far, have you ever seen a cavalry sneak attack on our flank or rear?" ”

"......" Sima Jin shook his head, and immediately seemed to think of something, and said in surprise: "Bai Shuai, you mean ......"

"Hey!" Squinting his eyes, Bai raised his finger to Yangguan, and said in a low voice: "The cavalry under his command is all in Yangguan at the moment, just because the valley is blocked by our army, these cavalry can't get out, if they break through forcibly, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses...... What a pity, as long as there is a cavalry outside, waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack the flank of our army, our army will be defeated! …… Therefore, our army cannot retreat, and once it retreats, it will be equivalent to releasing those two or three thousand cavalry. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, I really didn't expect that Meng Zhong to commit such negligence." ”

At the same time, at the gate of Yangguan, Meng Zhong, Zhai Zhang and others also discovered the abnormality of the Qin army, tomorrow and tomorrow were close to dusk, but the Qin army still showed no signs of retreating, and even in the Qin army's main formation, those Qin soldiers were already preparing to bury the pot and make rice, as if they were going to fight with him Wei army at night.

I have to say that this once again refreshed Zhai Zhang's understanding of Bai Qi, a young Qin general: It's not enough to fight for a day during the day, and continue to fight at night? Are the juniors of the present so cruel?

During this period, Meng Zhong looked at the Qin army's main formation in the distance outside the pass, and suddenly said with annoyance: "I made a mistake......

"What?" Zhai Zhang didn't understand what Meng Zhong meant.

I saw Meng Zhongchang take a long breath and said in a deep voice: "Meng Hu and Hua Hu returned to Yangguan after they attacked Wancheng, I didn't think much about it at the time, I felt that Bai Qi might try to attack Yangguan, and it would be good to leave Meng Hu and Hua Hu in Yangguan; But it seems that at that time, I should have asked the two of them to lead the cavalry outside, so that Bai Qi would never dare to storm Yangguan without reservation......"

Zhai Zhang stroked his beard thoughtfully.

Naturally, he wouldn't blame Meng Zhong for this, after all, who would have thought that the young man named Bai Qi would be so fierce in his fighting methods?

That night, the Qin army really fought at night, forcing the Wei army to fight.

In the black light and blind fire, the soldiers of the Qin and Wei armies suffered casualties among each other.

In fact, at this moment, the generals of the Qin and Wei armies knew that this battle would inevitably end with the defeat of the Qin army and the victory of the Wei army.

It's just that thanks to Bai Qi, the Wei army also has to pay a heavy price for it.