Bi Lan is a senior official in Hanzhong who supervises agricultural affairs, and at the same time supervises the manufacture of all armaments and iron weapons in Hanzhong, but in recent years, Bi Lan is old and Ma Jun is extremely talented, so as early as when he first entered Luoyang, Chen Lin ordered Ma Jun to come in order to Hangu Pass. Escorted by a group of guards, Ma Yu was already about to arrive at Chen Lin's army, but Chen Lin didn't know it.

At this time, Chen Lin was worried that Hangu Pass could not be attacked for a long time, Hangu Pass was under Duan Xuan's strict order, and he ignored everything that happened to the east of Hangu Pass, no matter what kind of plan you have, Duan Xuan just didn't open and close the door, as long as he didn't open and close the door, 10,000 troops guarded Hangu Pass, and Chen Lin didn't dare to attack easily anymore after several days of ineffective attack. On this day, after scolding Duan Xuan under Hangu Pass, Chen Lin returned to the barracks angrily, and now Chen Lin has led his troops to camp under Hangu Pass in order to attack Hangu Pass. Chen Lin threw the reins on the case and said angrily, "Duan Zhongming is a coward. ”

Jia Xu silently picked up the reins, hung them up, and said to Chen Lin: "Lord, if the lord is the guard of Hangu Pass, what should I do at this time?" As soon as Chen Lin heard this, his anger immediately disappeared, Jia Xu was right, if he was now the guard of Hangu Pass, he would definitely not be able to retreat, Duan Xuan just did the right thing. Jia Xu looked at the tent, only Chen Lin and him, and said: "Lord, now our army has concentrated the old department of Hanzhong, these several sieges are based on Hongnong's new soldiers, and the combat power is insufficient, plus Hangu Pass is a famous Xiongguan, and Duan Zhongming is not a dull person, it is normal for our army to not be able to attack, and the lord does not have to mind." ”

Chen Lin sighed and said: "Alas, now our army also has 6,000 recruits, Xuande also has 2,000, plus my old Hanzhong department of nearly 3,000, the 10,000 army has not made any progress here, and I am not convinced." After Jia Xu listened, he did not have the slightest expression, and said again: "Lord, there is no progress in our army within half a month, and we can only retreat, now the coalition army has dispersed, Hongnong is poor, and Liu Xuande is now taking Henan into his hands, there is no grain and grass enough to feed our army here, our army only has one month of grain and grass left, and if we don't leave after half a month, our army will not be able to run away and flee without forming an army." "Now no one will supply Chen Lin with grain and grass, if it weren't for Chen Lin secretly withholding food many times and hiding it in the army, I am afraid that now the Hanzhong army will run out of food. Half a month later, if the Hanzhong army does not go back, it means that the Hanzhong army will collapse due to hunger on the way back.

When Chen Lin heard this, he slapped his thigh: "No, we must capture Hangu Pass within half a month, send people to Hanoi, go to Chenliu, go to Yanzhou, go to Runan, these places close to Sili, see if the local shepherd can borrow grain, whether it is successful or not, send people first, if you can't prepare it, you will continue to storm Hangu Pass tomorrow." ”

"Report, there is a team of Hanzhong soldiers from outside the barracks." Chen Lin Jia Xu was stunned, Hanzhong soldiers, Gao Shun can't come, now Gao Shun is afraid that he hasn't returned to Hanzhong yet, more than 300 cars of books, definitely can't go fast. Chen Lin hurriedly left the camp, and when he saw it, he was overjoyed that Ma Qian was here. Chen Lin recognized Ma Yu from afar and shouted: "Deheng, is it Deheng?" At this time, Ma Jun was being escorted by more than a dozen Hanzhong soldiers, and he was a little tired from traveling day and night. At this time, when he heard Chen Lin's voice, he was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted, "Lord...... Lord, the ...... Precisely...... 鈞...... 鈞...... Here it comes. As soon as Chen Lin heard the stammering sound, he laughed, there was no doubt that it was Ma Jun. With the increasing importance of Bi Lan's master and apprentice in Hanzhong, Ma Jun is now under the control of Chen Lin and is called the lord.

Chen Lin hurriedly welcomed Ma Jun into the military tent, but when he saw Ma Jun's tired face, he secretly thought that Ma Jun must have suffered a lot when he came over in such a short time, and his heart was moved, so he hurriedly let Ma Jun rest first, and the reception banquet was gone, just let Ma Jun rest. Ma Jun knew the problem Chen Lin was facing now, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, Ma Jun asked Chen Lin to check on the situation in Hangu Pass, and there were several Ma Jun's assistants behind him, all of whom were brought from Hanzhong.

In front of Hangu Pass, Ma Jun and Chen Lin pointed at Hangu Pass, only to see half a ring, Jia Xu said: "Lord, when the battle of Hanzhong was pacified, Deheng's siege tower made a great contribution, at this time you might as well build a siege tower, as long as the siege tower is completed, our army and the defenders of Hangu Pass are almost like fighting on flat ground, and there is a big fight." When Chen Lin heard this, he also looked at Ma Jun very excitedly, only to see Ma Jun say lightly: "Lord...... Lord, instrument...... Machinery, after all, is ...... It is an auxiliary ...... That's it, two ...... The two armies are at war, or ...... It's ...... In order to...... With generals and ...... and the soldiers...... The most important thing. Ma Xu's meaning was nothing more than hoping that Chen Lin would not be too obsessed with the role of siege equipment, which surprised Jia Xu, and he didn't expect this little stammerer to have such insight. So Jia Xu said: "Lord, yes, what Deheng said is very reasonable, the siege equipment is the same, if it is used too much, everyone has a defense, then the siege equipment will lose its power." However, the battle of Hanzhong was remote in Hanzhong, and few people in the world must have seen it, so you might as well give it a try. ”

Then Ma Jun said that Dong Zhuo was in control of the imperial court, and he was still a general guarding the border back then, so he might have some powerful weapons in his hands, such as a ballista and a stone thrower. Although in recent years, these instruments have slowly withdrawn from people's vision because they are difficult to make and not easy to carry, but as soon as the siege tower appears, maybe Duan Xuan can make one or two ballistas and the like, and the siege tower made by Ma Qian will be in vain. The siege tower has a large target and moves slowly, and it can be dispersed if it can't withstand a few rounds of attacks from the ballista, and the ballista has little effect on the scattered crowd, but it is still effective against this huge siege tower.

Although it may not be useful, Ma Jun has come from thousands of miles away, and he must try it, so Chen Lin immediately ordered Ma Jun to supervise the construction of the siege tower. At this time, Ma Jun suddenly found that there were a lot of bamboo forests around Jiaxian, and an idea flashed in Ma Jun's heart, and he hurriedly reported to Chen Lin. As soon as Ma Jun explained, Chen Lin and Jia Xu were dumbfounded, and they couldn't imagine that Ma Jun could still use the art of war. It turned out that after Ma Jun saw the bamboo forest, he suggested that Chen Lin cut down the bamboo, and then tie the straw man into a straw man with dry grass, tie the straw man to the end of the bamboo, and let the soldiers support the grass men on these bamboos to slowly go to Hangu Pass. I never dared to come out of the gate, and it was night, and when I saw a black shadow in the haze and touched the city wall, I would definitely shoot arrows, so that the soldiers would not be able to shoot themselves with three or four feet of bamboo, and the arrows on the gate could only be shot at the straw man. Not only can it consume the defenders' arrows, but it can also take back the arrows for your own use, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. The middle of the bamboo is empty, and gently, it is definitely not a problem for the soldier to lift a bamboo pole three or four feet long.

After Chen Lin and Jia Xu listened, they laughed, anyway, it will take a lot of time to build the siege tower, and it is just right to deceive Duan Xuan's arrows in the middle. So Chen Lin hurriedly ordered the army to go into the forest to cut bamboo. Jia Xu said at this time: "Lord, the siege tower is a sharp weapon, and Liu Xuande must not be allowed to learn it." Chen Lin smiled, then don't tell Liu Bei, just build your own army.

This night, Chen Lin personally watched the straw man plan that Ma Jun said, and didn't know if it would work. At this time, Zhang Bazheng led an army of more than 1,000 troops to stand by in front of Chen Lin, everyone was carrying a slender bamboo pole on their shoulders, and a life-size straw man was tied to the other end. Chen Lin said to Zhang Ba: "Yuanhua, don't get too close this time, don't let the defenders' arrows hit, go slowly, and shout loudly, let the defenders in the city know, only let the defenders shoot the straw man, and then order the soldiers to shake the straw man left and right, so that the defenders think that our army is attacking." ”

Zhang Ba snorted in a low voice, and led his subordinates to go down to Hangu Pass, this team without swords, but carrying a large army of bamboo poles, made Chen Lin's heart go up and down. Hurriedly ordered Huang Zhong and the others behind him to prepare, if they rushed out of the gate, they must immediately rescue Zhang Ba, but Jia Xu was much calmer, how could Hanguguan send troops, he didn't dare to go out during the day, and he didn't dare to go out at night. Sure enough, after a while, the city of Hangu Pass was very lively, and the torches were held high, but unfortunately the torches on the city just let the people under the city see the city more clearly, and the city was still vague about the city.

Duan Xuan was just about to fall asleep, he was woken up, hurriedly rushed over, went to the city to see, my mother, only heard the city shouting, the night was swaying all the figures, Duan Xuan hurriedly ordered the arrow to be fired, from time to time there were screams one after another, Duan Xuan grinned, the rough face was a little scary under the torch, and shouted: "I still want to steal the pass, shoot you and others." Then he hurriedly ordered the defenders to release arrows into the darkness, screaming incessantly, causing Duan Xuan to laugh. After about half an hour, there was gradually no sound in the city, Duan Xuan was proud, snorted, and went back to sleep.

Here Zhang Ba came back and laughed: "Bozhi, you haven't even seen the expressions of those people in the city, it's very funny." Chen Lin and the others saw that there were more than a dozen arrows inserted in the straw figures of everyone in Zhang Ba's department, and according to statistics, there were more than 23,000 arrows, and everyone laughed. Zhou Tai rushed up and said to Chen Lin: "Lord, I will go tomorrow night." "Zhang Ba accidentally made a fortune, which provoked other generals to want to add a little more arrows for themselves. At this time, Jia Xu spoke: "Lord, this plan can't be used for a long time, and it doesn't say that the defenders will be suspicious, but it is said that if the defenders shoot it with rockets, it will not be easy to do." "As soon as Zhou Tai and the others heard it, the rocket, well, the rocket in the straw man, the fool knows what will happen.

Chen Lin said: "It's okay, you can still go tomorrow night, what about the rocket, but if there is a straw man who has been hit by the rocket, just pull it back immediately to extinguish it, but a sergeant can't extinguish the fire on a straw man." The generals laughed again, and the crowd cheered back to the camp, which made Liu Bei puzzled.

After stealing arrows for three days in a row, Duan Xuan also found out and ordered no one to let go of the arrows, and Huang Zhong and the others retreated. Eight days later, more than a dozen siege towers appeared in one fell swoop, causing many soldiers who had never seen this thing to scream. Hangu Pass, Chen Lin is bound to win.