At the juncture of Jushui, Sun Ning stood against the wall and looked down.

The last barrier in front of this Jinguan City is indeed dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are steep peaks on the left and right, and there is a surging water in front.

If you really want a large army to attack, don't say that you have successfully captured the pass, it is extremely difficult to spread out a considerable number of soldiers and horses, and if you attack in batches, it will be to send heads to the soldiers who collect the pass.

That's why the Tang Sect dared to guard this pass with only 5,000 people, and gambled the life and death of the entire Yizhou and the family on this Xiongguan.

However, they still underestimated the combat strength of the officers and soldiers, and even more underestimated the difference between the battle formation and the fighting in the rivers and lakes.

Although there were hundreds of Tang Sect experts among the 5,000 people guarding the pass, and their secret weapons did cause a lot of trouble to the soldiers who attacked Jushui Pass for the first time, but after the Vietnamese army tested the truth of the pass and mastered the geographical characteristics of the pass, a new strategy that they did not expect was also moved.

On the surface, there were several teams that took turns attacking the fortifications, but they were always repelled by the defenders of the gate, and they barely got anything except a few dead and wounded.

But in fact, behind the scenes, Sun Ning had already asked a team of engineers to dig a tunnel from the side, leading straight to the bottom of the wall, and piled up a large amount of dry firewood and grass under it, until that day, a fire was lit.

Under the scorching flames, cracks appeared in the Jushui wall made of rammed earth, and then it was smashed by the officers and soldiers with a newly built stone thrower, and in only half a day's work, the towering wall that was enough to withstand the 100,000 troops was torn apart, and the thousands of defenders who were struggling to resist were buried below.

And with the collapse of the wall, the army rushed to kill and went straight into the pass, giving the unexpected guards and horses a head-on attack.

Under the impact of thousands of troops, no matter how high their martial arts skills were, no matter how poisonous their secret weapons were, it was just a drop in the bucket, and they were soon submerged under the slaughter of the army, and they couldn't even get a bubble.

Only a very small number of people saw the opportunity quickly, got out of the gate, and fled in embarrassment.

But they were not safe, because long before the general attack, Sun Ning had placed thousands of Ba soldiers on the mountains on both sides, and at this time, these two soldiers and horses also took advantage of the situation and almost blocked the back road of Jushui Pass.

In only one battle, not only was the Jushui Pass broken, but the 5,000 soldiers and horses guarding the pass were wiped out.

This greatly boosted the morale of the whole army, and made many barbarian and Han warriors who were still afraid of the Tang Gate put down their burdens and had great confidence in the next attack on the last Jinguan City.

But just when the morale of the whole army was high and everyone was ready to kill Jinguancheng, Sun Ning suddenly suspended the offensive and only let the army stop inside and outside the city, waiting for the other broken armies to come and converge, and then attack.

And this wait, that is, in five or six days, even the originally destroyed Guancheng has been rebuilt, and His Majesty the Emperor still has no intention of sending troops to Jinguancheng, which makes many soldiers full of suspicion, and they have begun to secretly discuss in private, guessing what His Majesty the Emperor is planning.

However, relying on the great victories that have been overwhelming for most of the past half a year, as well as the lofty status of His Majesty the Emperor, whether it is a general or a soldier, a Han or a barbarian, he does not dare to really question his decision at this time, and always feels that His Majesty the Emperor has some strategy being used.

Today, seeing that the emperor climbed to the threshold again and looked around, many soldiers gathered together again and muttered quietly.

And those discussions were naturally heard clearly by Yan Hu, who came in stride, which made him more and more impatient, and when he came to Sun Ning, he landed on one knee: "Your Majesty, let's hurry up and send troops to Jinguancheng, otherwise the minister is worried that the morale of the whole army will be hit, which will be very disadvantageous to me." ”

Sun Ning didn't even turn his gaze to this courtier who had sworn allegiance from the beginning and followed all the way, but continued to look at the endless plains in front of him and said, "Do you think that with such a large army pressing the border, you can easily defeat Jinguan City, just like taking the state capital and county seat before?" ”

Yan Hu blinked his eyes, and said with the heart that he didn't want to? It's just that in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to be so presumptuous, so he could only be silent.

Fortunately, Zhuge Qingyun, who was on the side, followed and spoke: "General Yan, if you really want to take the last Jinguan City of the Tang Gate, it is not as easy as you imagined."

"As the capital of Yizhou, Sichuan and Shu are important, Jinguan City is a real strong city, if its defenders are united, and there are Tangmen hundred years of accumulation in hand, we attack in a hurry, I am afraid that a year and a half may not be able to capture this city.

"General Yan, have you ever thought that if such a situation really occurs, can we afford to drag it and hurt so many soldiers and horses? After all, His Majesty's ambition is not just to win a single Sichuan Shu, but the whole world.

"If there is too much damage here and it is delayed for a long time, not to mention the Central Plains, even the barbarian Tusi from the other two provinces in the southwest will also lead the army, then it will be really dangerous."

Yan Hu didn't dare to question the emperor's opinion, so he was not so polite to Zhuge Qingyun, and immediately glared at him: "Zhuge Shilang, don't be alarmist, we have built a lot of cities in this time, and some are not under Jinguan City, why will we encounter trouble only here?" ”

"Almost all the other cities are not attacked, or they should be combined with the outside, or they will break their main forces first, and it will naturally be much easier to defeat them." Sun Ning said at this time, "But Jinguan City is different, the main force of the Tang Sect has not suffered a big loss after all, and with their combat habits, even if the city is really broken, just the street fighting is enough for us to have a headache." ”

"That'...... So are we just going to consume it? Yan Hu was very unwilling.

"This word is not in me, but in the enemy. For us, the temporary pause is just to rest the army and recuperate, but for the Tang Sect, who are now in great panic, the longer it drags on, the greater the pressure in their hearts.

"The attackers are the first to attack the heart, if I don't fight, I am attacking their hearts, I will force them out of the city, and then fight again!"

Sun Ning's remarks made Yan Hu hear the clouds and mountains even more, but he didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only obediently go down to appease the army.

For the soldiers below, it is certainly stupid and uneasy for the army to stand still, but there is food and drink here, and there is no danger, so it is naturally acceptable, it is nothing more than some discussion and conjecture in private.

Of course, what they didn't know was that Sun Ning suddenly stopped at this last moment, not only to attack the enemy, but also to wait for a batch of reinforcements to arrive.

This batch of reinforcements was not the soldiers and horses sent to attack the various prefectures and counties in Yizhou before, but the foreign aid specially used to restrain the hidden weapons of the Tang Gate......