Sun Wu led 150,000 cavalry from Jinyang and went north to conquer Daiguo. The Wu army attacked the city all the way, quickly conquered the cities of Mengxian, Qiuyu, Huoren and other cities in Daiguo, and entered the line from Xiawu Mountain to Juzhu Mountain.

This mountain is also known as the Mountains, the West Mountain, and the Yanmen Mountain. The peaks here are straight, the terrain is dangerous, the east and west wings, and the mountains are undulating.

The Great Wall of the Mountains is winding. As early as many years ago, when Zhao Ying captured the next generation, he fell in love with the beautiful place of Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain, so he built a pass here to make it a male pass - Yanmen Pass!

To the south of Yanmen Pass, it is the state of Zhao, and to the north of Yanmen Pass is the territory of the Hu people such as Lou Fan, Lin Hu, and Xiongnu.

After the fall of the Zhao State, Zhao Wuxian relied on the remnants of the Zhao State to go out of the Yanmen Pass, drive out or annex many northern nomads, and establish the Dai State.

Zhao Wuxian realized that only by guarding Yanmen Pass could Daiguo not be destroyed by the Wu army. Therefore, as early as when Zhao Wuxian established the Dai State, he further strengthened the fortifications of Yanmen Pass and stationed heavy troops.

When Sun Wu led the army to attack Yanmen Pass, he found that this pass was really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Kill!" Braving the enemy's arrow rain, the warriors of the Wu army braved death to follow the ladder, climbed up the city pass, and started a desperate struggle with Zhao Shu.

However, Zhao Jun's resistance was very fierce. The Wu army used powerful weapons such as trebuchets, return cannons, bed crossbows, and crossbows, but they could not shake the Yanmen Pass in the slightest, even if they used the earth-shaking thunder that the Wu people were proud of, the effect was average.

"Boom!" The smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the sound of explosions came and went. Between the splashes of rubble, thick smoke billowed out, and some of the soldiers of the Zhao army who could not be prevented were directly killed, and the flesh and blood fell to the ground, dying of anger, or they were not yet killed, but they were wailing vigorously, waiting for the passage of life...... Whenever the earth-shattering thunder thrown by the Wu army stopped, the Zhao soldiers above the city pass would always poke their heads out and continue to shoot and kill one Wu soldier after another.

The Zhao army lost arrows, rolled wood, stones, gold juice and other things, causing a lot of damage to the Wu army. In each wave of siege warfare, the Wu army had to kill at least a few hundred people before it would be over.

Sun Wu stood on top of the chariot and couldn't help frowning as he looked at the tragic battle situation in front of him. He estimated that the ratio of casualties between the Wu army and the Zhao army was close to one to one.

As a siege party, this is already a remarkable achievement. However, the elite level of Wu Jun is not the same as that of Zhao Jun.

For Sun Wu, most of the Zhao army was a ragtag army, how could it be compared to the battle-experienced or well-trained regular army of Wu?

The death of a soldier made Sun Wu's heart feel painful.

"Mingjin retreats."

"No!"

"Bell, bell, bell!" As Sun Wu gave the order to retreat, the soldiers of the Wu army who were besieging the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if they had been amnestied, they retreated like a tide, and secretly licked their wounds like a wounded tiger.

…… Night falls. In the big tent of the Chinese army, Sun Wu summoned a group of generals of the Wu army to discuss the matter.

For the two days of battle, the generals were not very satisfied, but they were helpless. Gongzi Zhang said: "Wu Anjun, the last general thinks that it is really unwise to blindly fight with the generations at Yanmen Pass. ”

"Since Yanmen Pass is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, why don't our army break through from elsewhere?"

"I am willing to lead more than 10,000 iron horsemen, after bypassing Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain, cross the Changzi River, and go straight to Pingcheng, the capital of Daiguo!"

"No." Sun Wu immediately vetoed: "It's too dangerous to go deep alone. ”

"According to the tactics of the generations, they will definitely be strong and clear, even if they lose Pingcheng, they will trap the deep Wu Shi at all costs. This must not be risked. ”

"This ...... But how can our army break through the Yanmen Pass? Gongzi Zhang sighed and said: "Wu Anjun, I heard that Zhao Wuxian also sent envoys to Yan State, as well as Rongdi in the north such as Donghu, Linhu, Xiongnu, and Lou Fu, asking them to send reinforcements. ”

"Once the Hu people go south, even if our Wu army fights head-on, it may not be able to take much advantage." Hearing this, Sun Wu said slowly: "The old man is not afraid of the Hu people going south. ”

"No matter how many Hu people there are, in the old man's opinion, they are just local chickens and tile dogs, not worth mentioning."

"Fighting a tug-of-war with the Dai army at Yanmen Pass is not good for my Wu army."

"Pass my general order that the whole army stop attacking Yanmen Pass and wait for an opportunity to move."

"No!" As a last resort, Sun Wu could only choose to spend time with the Dai army at Yanmen Pass. Because, Wu Jun's advanced weapons such as earth-shattering thunder and return cannon are not omnipotent.

Even if Sun Wu used his troops like a god, the other party cowered and did not fight, and did not show any flaws, Sun Wu was helpless.

…… The capital of Wu, Xianyang. At this time, in the Zide Palace, Qingji was reading the battle report from the front.

Sitting at the head of His Majesty's platform are Prince Heng, Da Sima Wu Zixu and Dazai Wenzhong.

"The resistance of Daiguo and Zhongshan is very fierce."

"Sun Wu's troops and horses were blocked by the Dai army at Yanmen Pass. Tian Sui Tho led the army to invade the Zhongshan country, and in the past month, he successively conquered eight cities such as Gu, Fei, Fuliu, and Shiyi, and penetrated directly into the hinterland of Zhongshan, and even the people in the capital of Zhongshan have fallen. Qingji frowned and said, "However, the Zhongshan people still haven't given up their stubborn resistance. ”

"They hid in the mountains to fight guerrillas, and from time to time they came out to attack the soldiers in the city, causing a lot of casualties to our Wu army." Qingji has to admit that Zhongshan is indeed a tenacious and unyielding country.

Zhongshan has experienced three stages of development, including Rongdi, Xianyu and Zhongshan, and has been at war with the Central Plains countries such as the Jin State for a long time, and was once regarded as a major problem for the Central Plains countries.

Because the national strength of Zhongshan is too small, it has to advocate force in order to protect itself, and the previous powerful Jin State has been pressing Zhongshan State difficult to breathe.

After the situation in the Central Plains changed dramatically and the countries strife, the people of Zhongshan made great efforts to develop armaments and continuously enhance their national strength.

To this day, Qingji believes that among the three northern kingdoms of Yan, Daiguo, and Zhongshan, the strongest military is Zhongshan.

Tian Sui Tho led an army of 150,000 and destroyed Zhongshan Kingdom in a month? This is not a fake success. But, it's not that simple.

In the face of the powerful offensive of the Wu army, Zhongshan thought that it was invincible, but it would not surrender, so it adopted the method of taking defense as an attack and hiding in the mountains to fight guerrillas, which made the Wu army suffer a lot.

"King, my Wu army is no stranger to the enemy's tactics of fighting guerrillas." Wu Zixu bowed to Qingji and saluted: "In the past, when our Wu army conquered Luo Yue, the Yue barbarians hid in the deep mountains and old forests and constantly ambushed the Wu army, causing heavy casualties to our Wu army. ”

"There is such a precedent, the king, the minister thinks that our Wu army should adopt the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness."

"Find a way to encircle and suppress Zhongshan Rong in the mountains one by one, and I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one!" Three-light policy?

Qingji couldn't help but squint his eyes. Robbing, killing, and burning, such a cruel tactic was once used by Wu Guo against the Luo Yue people, and the effect was not bad.

It's just that is really necessary for Wu Guo to do this to the Zhongshan people?

"My lord, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." Dazai Fumiko said in a deep voice, "Blindly killing will only increase hatred, and it will not do much good. ”

"My Great Wu is a country of etiquette, a big country, we should convince people with virtue, conquer and educate Zhongshan Rong with a gentle policy, and we must not increase the slaughter, so as not to govern it in the future, and there will be many inconveniences......"