Chapter 714: Breaking through the Martial Pass
Guanzhong was not as prosperous as imagined, there were almost no people on the roads, and a large number of officials from all over the country were recruited to the front, which made some problems in the management of Guanzhong.
Due to the decrease of youth and strength, large areas of farmland are barren, many old people and children are looking for wild vegetables in the fields, and after seeing Zhao Jun, they hurriedly hide to the side.
Although there was fear in his eyes, it was mainly because of Zhao Jun's might, not disgust or fear.
Of course, it was not because of how good the reputation of the Zhao army was, but because the Zhao army did not show its banner, and the Qin people did not know that the army in front of them was not the Qin army.
"This war of the Qin State has completely emptied all of its savings, and if it continues to fight, the people of Guanzhong may have to change their children." Huang Shigong looked at the Qin people with a dish on his face and said.
He was born at the bottom, and he has the deepest feelings for these low-level people, and when he sees these Qin people, it is as if he saw himself back then.
"I don't know what happened to Zhao Guo." Lian An said.
He didn't have any feelings for the Qin people, in his opinion, the Qin people were the enemies of the Zhao State, and the more they died, the happier he was.
Sympathize? That doesn't exist.
In contrast, he cared more about Zhao Guo's current situation.
"Look at the treatment of our army, you can know how great the pressure is in the rear, if it weren't for the reform of the king, plus the reclamation of so much land in the past few years, it would have been impossible to support it a long time ago." Huang Shigong said.
In his opinion, the first war between Zhao and Qin was still a little early, and if Zhao could develop for another five to ten years, even if there was no Han and Wei, Qin would be able to destroy Qin with absolute strength.
Now even if the Zhao State invades Guanzhong, it is impossible to destroy the Qin State.
Not to mention that other countries disagree, the land and population of Qin alone, which is no less than that of Zhao, will seriously slow down the development of Zhao.
However, sometimes it is not up to Zhao Guoneng to decide when to go to war.
"Don't worry, Handan didn't send a letter urging us, the grain and grass will definitely be able to support it." Feng Ting said with a smile.
For generals who lead troops to fight on the front line, as long as the rear does not rush, there is no problem.
After Zhao Jun crossed the Weishui, he soon came to Lantian.
"Do you want to fight?" Lian An looked at Lian Po and Huang Shigong, as long as he made a move, it meant that Zhao Jun was exposed, and the rest of the time could not be delayed for a moment, and he had to go to Wuguan non-stop.
Don't look at the Zhao army who rampaged through Guanzhong before, but they didn't enter a single city, and they didn't show their banners, the Qin people were not sure of their identities, which bought them time.
Huang Shigong's brows were tightly locked, Lantian's position was a little tricky, just at the exit of Wuguan Road, Zhao Jun wanted to enter Wuguan Road and would inevitably be discovered by the defenders in the city.
"Is there a way to bypass Lam Tin?" Huang Shigong's eyes widened, he looked viciously at the few Qin people he had just arrested, waved his hand, and said to Lian An, "Interrogate them separately, and those who dare to lie will be killed directly."
Zhao Jun was completely unfamiliar with this place, and if there was no help from the locals, let alone sneaking up on the Qin army from behind, he wouldn't even be able to find Lantian.
If you want to bypass Lantian and enter Wuguan Road, you also need to rely on the help of the locals.
When the few Qin people who were caught by Zhao Jun heard this, their faces changed instantly, like mourning.
"Answer well, and lead the way, you still have a chance to live. If you dare to play tricks, you don't want to go back alive. The Qinling Mountains are beautiful and clear, and it is not a disadvantage to use them as your cemetery." Huang Shigong said in a deep voice.
"General, there is really no way to get around, there are two trails nearby, but the army can't walk, and now it's dark, and it's especially dangerous to walk on the mountain road." The captured Qin man knelt on the ground and said.
After a while, Lian An walked over with the remaining three Qin people, his face was not very good-looking, and he shook his head at Huang Shigong.
"His grandmother's, the geographical location of the Qin Kingdom is really unique, there are passes all around, and there is no way to get around." Lian Po patted his thigh and said indignantly.
"For the sake of today, I can only fight." Huang Shigong looked in the direction of Lantian , because it was getting late, the city gate of Lantian was closed at this time.
"Fight now?" Lian Po asked.
"Nope." Yellowstone
Gong shook his head, "It's night, the Qin army hasn't discovered us yet, let the soldiers rest for the night, wait until it's almost dawn, take Lantian, and then go straight to the pass."
"Okay." Lian Po nodded.
"Join the army, what about these people?" Lian An pointed to a few captives, put his right hand on his neck, and made a motion to wipe his neck.
"Please, don't kill us." The Qin people knelt on the ground.
"Lock them up, and after entering Wuguan Dao, you still want them to lead the way, don't think about fighting and killing all day long." Huang Shigong glanced at Lian An.
"No."
The next day, it was still dawn.
Zhao Jun simply ate a few mouthfuls of dry food and launched an attack on Lantian.
Lantian didn't think about why the enemy appeared here, and he still hit from behind, but he didn't react, and the city was taken by the Zhao army.
Lian Po did not delay time, and left 2,000 troops for his son Lian An to garrison Lantian and led the remaining 8,000 troops into Wuguan Dao.
Then, Zhao Jun effortlessly took the pass southeast of Lantian.
The Qin army was all on the front line, and there were not many defenders in Lantian and Yaoguan, and there were almost no casualties to the Zhao army.
Lian Po did not continue the march, but ordered a blockade of the pass, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving, rested well in the pass for a day, ate all the grain stocks of the Qin army, and hurried the next day.
This time, Zhao Jun did not rest, and it was not until midnight that he rushed to Wuguan.
"Look at this torch, I'm afraid there are many defenders in the city." Huang Shigong's eyes narrowed into a line and said in a deep voice.
"Bai Qi is bold and reckless, but he is not cautious, even if our army engages them in Xicheng, he will leave enough defenders at Wuguan." Lian Po said.
The enemy is Bai Qi is a very headache for all famous generals, you are bold, you will find that Bai Qi is more daring than you. You are cautious, and you will find that Bai Qi is more cautious than you.
Even Lian Po didn't want to face Bai Qi.
"Let the soldiers rest for half an hour, and then we will attack the city?" Huang Shigong looked at Lian Po and asked.
"Okay." Lian Po nodded and gave orders to the soldiers in a low voice.
When the soldiers heard this, they sat on the ground one after another, took out the dry food, bit it down hard and stuffed it into their mouths, and then opened the kettle at their waists and poured a sip of water and swallowed it vigorously
Half an hour later, Lian Po stuffed the last mouthful of dry food into his mouth, chewed it casually, and slowly stood up.
When the soldiers saw this, they immediately understood what was going on, and then stood up.
Taking advantage of the darkness of night, Lian Po led the army to quickly approach Wuguan.
"Who?" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the city.
Puff puff!
Three sounds of breaking the air came from under the city, and three Qin soldiers fell to the ground in response.
"Kill!" Lian Po no longer pretended, and directly propped up the Heavenly Array and talent, and slashed towards the gate of Wuguan with a halberd.
Rumble!
Without the blessing of the war clouds, the gate of Wuguan did not even resist for a moment, and the response was shattered, and Lian Po led the Zhao army to pour into Wuguan like a flood that burst the embankment.
At this time, it was the middle of the night, most of the Qin army was sleeping, and the Qin army in charge of guarding was basically on the wall close to the eastern part of the country, and no one thought that the Zhao army would kill from behind.
In just a few minutes, more than a hundred soldiers deployed by the Qin army here were overwhelmed by the Zhao army.
Zhao Jun stepped over Qin Jun's corpse and continued to kill inside.
"General, the general is not good, the enemy army has come in." At this time, the Wuguan guard Du Ling slept soundly, and when he heard the shouts of the guards, he suddenly bounced up from the bed, grabbed the weapon next to him, and shouted, "Where, where?"
"Enemy troops everywhere." The guard said.
"Nonsense, Wuguan is the best pass in the world, how can the enemy army be defeated so quickly." Du Ling strode outside.
The moment he walked out of the courtyard, Du Ling's heart sank, at this time, there were shouts of killing everywhere in Wuguan City, and the flames were soaring into the sky, and he couldn't see how many enemy troops there were at all.
"Where will your Lord be?" Lian Po casually grabbed a Qin soldier and asked. After a few breaths, seeing that the other party did not speak, he twisted his neck off, and then grabbed another Qin soldier.
"Don't ...... Don't kill me, I said, our general is there, and you will see it as you go along." Sergeant Qin said tremblingly. At this time, Lian Po was a hundred times more terrible than the devil in his eyes.
"Humph!" Lian Po snorted coldly, and the Qin sergeant tilted his body and was directly frightened and fainted.
"It's so timid." Lian Po threw the soldiers on the ground, led the Zhao army to kill in the direction pointed by the soldiers, and said to Feng Ting at the same time, "General Feng, you immediately lead the three thousand troops to take over the Wu Guandong City Gate, and you are not allowed to let a single Qin army out of the pass."
"No." Feng Ting clenched his fists and said, leading a part of the Zhao army to kill to the east.
After successive defeats and setbacks, the morale of the Qin army itself was low, and now it was the middle of the night, and the Zhao army took Wuguan without much resistance, and even the main general was killed by Lian Po.
"General Feng, work harder, you should go to our army's camp immediately, meet the king, and tell the king the news that our army has captured Wuguan." Lian Po handed the letter he had just written to Feng Ting.
"No." Feng Ting said, took the letter, rode a war horse that had been snatched from the Qin army, and ran in the direction of Xicheng.
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During this time, although the Zhao army made some progress in attacking Xicheng, it was not far from actually defeating it.
However, after learning that the siege of Handan had been lifted, Zhao Kuo was no longer worried, and did not continue to attack, but besieged but did not attack.
Pull up the previous cauldron and continue to cook the meat in front of Qin Jun.
However, now Zhao Jun has no conditions to invite the whole army to eat meat, and at most it will be used to provoke the Qin army.
The war not only impoverished the Qin state, but also the Zhao state.
Xicheng and Yuzhong are not particularly large cities, coupled with the fact that the grain road is constantly harassed by the Zhao army, at most thirty percent of the grain and grass can be sent to the city, and after a long time, even if Qin Wangji can stand it, ordinary soldiers can't stand it.
In fact, if it weren't for Qin Wangji and Bai Qi, if they changed generals, the soldiers of the Qin army would have begun to mutiny by now.
Zhao Kuo had nothing to do every day, and continued to wander around the army, focusing on the Great Wall Army.
The Great Wall Army is the only legion in Zhao that is not a descendant of Zhao Kuo, and due to the long-term stationing in the north, it is not as close to Zhao Kuo as other legions, and there are very few soldiers that Zhao Kuo can know.
When he first ascended the throne, Zhao Kuo also sent Li Mu to take charge of the Great Wall Army out of this consideration.
For any monarch, military power is the first priority, without military power, everything else is in the air.
Now that Li Mu led the Great Wall Army to support, Zhao Kuo just took advantage of this time to win over his feelings, at least let them know whose food they ate, whose money they received, and who gave the land at home.
Early in the morning, Zhao Kuo had just gotten up and was inspecting the barracks, when a guard chased after him, clasped his fists and said, "King, there is a person outside the camp who calls himself Feng Ting who asks to see him, and he also says that he is the Taishou of the Shangdang."
"Feng Ting! How did he end up here? Come at once, come to the tent." When Zhao Kuo heard this, his face changed instantly, and he strode towards the camp, and at the same time sent someone to inform Le Yi, Tian Dan, Wei Wuji and others.
Although he didn't know how Feng Ting would appear here, something big must have happened to him.
After a while, Feng Ting came to the camp, and the generals in the army also came one after another, and they were all a little surprised when they saw Feng Ting.
"The last will meet the king." Feng Ting knelt down on one knee and said with his fists clenched.
"General Feng, please get up." Zhao Kuo didn't wait for everyone to arrive, and asked directly, "General...... Why is it here?"
"Your Majesty, our army has just taken Wuguan, and General Lian Po has sent the last general to report to the king." Feng Ting took out Lian Po's letter from his arms, handed it to Liu Ping, and then told Zhao Kuo what happened during this time.
"Huangshi Gongzhen is a great talent." Zhao Kuo stood up happily, all along, what he was most worried about was not how to defeat the Qin army, but how to be able to leave the most Qin army
The general even left all the Qin troops with Qin Wangji and Bai Qi.
Defeating the Qin army is enough to do it with the strength of the Zhao army, but it is too difficult and difficult to leave all the Qin army, let alone Qin Wangji and Bai Qi.
Now Lian Po's divine soldiers have descended from the sky and completely solved the problem of Zhao Jun.
Wuguan has fallen into the hands of the Zhao army, and the Qin army's back road has been completely cut off, unless the Qin army can fly, it is impossible to cross the Qinling moat.
"It's finally time for a general attack." Meng Wu patted his thigh and said excitedly.
"At this time, our army is not in a hurry. Wuguan is in the hands of our army, the grain route of the Qin army has been completely cut off, and the remaining army of more than 100,000 will surrender in a short time." Tian Dan said lightly.
In war, whoever has no food and grass is in a hurry.
"The Qin army should be prevented from counterattacking." Wei Wuji said.
"Yes, when the Qin army learns that the back road has been cut off, it will inevitably mobilize all forces to attack our army." Le Yi nodded.
At the same time, a soldier covered in blood fled into the Qin army camp......
"Wuguan is lost?" When Bai Qi heard this, his face turned pale in an instant, and he felt a little dark, and the whole person collapsed on the chair.
He had obviously arranged an army of 10,000 in Wuguan, why did Zhao Jun break through Wuguan so quickly.
"Order, immediately seal the news, and let no one know except the king." After a long time, Bai Qi slowly stood up and walked towards Qin Wangji's residence.