Chapter Seventy-Three: Attacking Hangu Pass

On the other side, the Qin army did not have any cover, directly camped on the edge of the river, and a large number of soldiers carrying large shields patrolled outside the camp at all times, waiting for the Wei army to cross the river and attack halfway.

King Qin and Si Li both understood that it was impossible for Zhao Kuo to give up the Zhao army in Changping, just like it was impossible for Zhao Guo to give up the party, knowing that there was a sea of swords and fires ahead, they also had to break through.

Therefore, the two were very patient and waited by the river for the Wei army to cross the river.

However, this wait was only three days, and the Wei army did not launch an attack.

On the fourth day, Si Li stood by the river, looking worriedly at the Wei army camp on the opposite bank, and suddenly saw a few Luo Sparrow falling into the Wei army camp, his heart suddenly chuckled, and his body suddenly pulled up from the ground and flew towards the other side of the river.

When Si Li saw that the Wei army camp was empty, the whole person instantly became cold!

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"Great King, Great King, no, the Wei army has disappeared." Sili hurried into the tent.

"Gone?" King Qin put down the bamboo slip in his hand and looked at Si Li with some doubts.

Can the 200,000 army disappear?

"The Wei army is gone, and the minister suspects that they are attacking Hangu Pass." Si Li's voice exploded in King Qin's ears like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

King Qin stood up from the seat with a bang, the whole person was like an angry lion, his eyes were burning with rage, and he asked in a deep voice, "How many defenders are there in Hangu Pass?" ”

"There are only five thousand defenders." Si Li said.

"Are you sure that the Wei army is attacking Hangu Pass?" Qin Wangji asked.

"Minister...... I can't say for sure yet, but the minister has already sent scouts to investigate. Si Li said.

"Report, Hangu Pass urgent report." At this moment, a fast horse rushed into the camp from outside.

Immediately after, a eunuch came over with a piece of information.

When King Qin opened it, he was instantly furious, and immediately ordered: "Pass the order to go down and cross the river with the whole army." ”

Although Hangu Pass is known as the first Xiongguan in the world, it is impossible to withstand the wanton bombardment of 200,000 troops in any case.

Moreover, the Qin State now has all its troops outside, and there are no troops to send inside, once Hangu Pass is defeated, until Xianyang is a horse and a flat river......

King Qin simply couldn't imagine the consequences.

Feng Shui takes turns, and the situation that Zhao Kuo faced before is finally the turn of King Qin to taste.

"But...... Our army will undoubtedly lose when crossing the river now. Si Li hesitated.

I knew with my toes that the Wei army must be waiting for them to cross the river at this time.

King Qin raised his head suddenly, stared at Si Li, and said word by word: "Then you mean to let Zhao Kuo break through Hangu Pass, and then attack Xianyang?" ”

"The minister will lead people to build a pontoon bridge." Si Li said immediately.

"Send a message to Xianyang, and order Fan Ju to levy 20,000 strong men from Guanzhong, led by Wang Jian to support Hangu Pass, the sooner the better." King Qin said.

"No."

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Outside the Hangu Pass, huge stones were thrown from catapults, cutting graceful arcs across the sky, and then raining down on the city walls, splashing a large slag or blood splash.

The soldiers defending the city hid behind in fear, not daring to move forward at all, and in the past two days, hundreds of soldiers have been hit.

Although the proportion is not much, but it can't stand the miserable, after being hit, there is not even a complete corpse, only a pool of blood and mud sank at the bottom of the pit, the scene is simply miserable, even the veterans who have fought on the battlefield for many years can't stand it.

"Push the catapult out for me and put it on the Wei army." Qiang ordered.

Catapults were not unique to the Wei army, and the Qin army had already put catapults into the battlefield.

The catapults were pushed out from the rear, and compared with the Wei army's catapults, the Qin army's catapults were smaller and more technologically backward, but each catapult was the same size, which was in stark contrast to the Wei army's unique catapults.

"Click!"

At this time, another wave of stones fell, and several catapults were hit by stones, and the frame instantly cracked, turning into a pile of wood scattered on the ground.

"I don't know if it's okay to put it in the back? Who told you to push so high? ”

If it weren't for the fact that someone in the family of the lieutenant general who commanded the catapult was an official in Xianyang, Qiang was eager to kick him under the city wall.

"General, if you put it in the back, you won't be able to beat the Wei army......" the lieutenant general whispered.

After all, the technology of the Qin State has been accumulated from generation to generation, and compared to someone's hanging, it is still very backward, even if it is condescending, the range is not comparable to the catapult of the Wei army.

"......" Qiang was speechless.

"Put." The lieutenant pushed the catapult behind the women's wall, found the gap between the Wei army's attack, and gave an order.

The stones were mixed with violent noise, falling towards the Wei army like meteorites, and then they reached the ground with a "boom" in seconds, stirring up dust in the sky.

None of the Wei soldiers next to the catapult were stoned to death, but their bodies were covered with dust, like mud figures.

"The catapult retreated a little further and continued to bombard." Jin Wei ordered.

"No."

"General, the Wei army has retreated, and we can't hit them." The lieutenant will look at the Qiang Fist.

"A bunch of waste, what's the use of a stone planing so big, can't you throw the stone away if you plane it a little smaller?" Qiang Qi split the stone in half with a knife and said speechlessly.

Is this group of people's heads ornamental? I can't think of such a simple way.

"The generals of the Qin army still have some ability." Storm Kite looked at the stone thrown down by Qin Jun and nodded slightly.

It's easy to cut a stone into small pieces, but not many people can think of it, especially in times of crisis.

And the size of the stones may be somewhat different for smashing the city wall, but it makes no difference for smashing people, it is all a pile of meat and mud.

Therefore, the Qin army was able to reduce the volume of the stones, but the Wei army was not easy to shrink, so it can be said that the Qin generals directly weakened the role of the Wei army's catapults with this method.

"In time the nations will have a place for him." Wei Wuji said.

Judging from the appearance, Qiang Qiang is not very old, just a few years older than Zhao Kuo, and there is still great room for growth in the future.

"The Zhao State and the Qin State are full of talents." The violent kite looked at Zhao Kuo beside him, then looked at the Qiang in the city, and finally thought of South Korea, and couldn't help but sigh.

There is no successor in South Korea!

"Give the order to go down, pile up a dirt slope higher than Hangu Pass outside Hangu Pass, and pull the catapult to the soil slope and boom." Zhao Kuo ordered.

Since you have chosen to weaken the advantage of my catapult, then I will weaken the advantage of the height of your walls.

"No." Jin Contempt immediately received the order and led the soldiers to start piling up the dirt slope.

"Don't stop now, when a row of catapult stations is full, pull out two rows, and replace the broken ones with new ones immediately, and don't stop at night, the mountains are full of timber, and you don't need money."

There are not many soldiers in Hangu Pass, as long as there is an uninterrupted attack, at most five days, these soldiers will collapse, and then it will be the moment to take Hangu Pass in one fell swoop.