"How's it going?"

Bai Zhong didn't be too polite, and first asked about things related to the battle situation.

Yang Duanhe said: "The Xiongnu have gathered 300,000 troops, just outside the Yanmen Pass, and there is no attack yet, as if they are waiting for some time, the king has come to the news, and will send troops to support as soon as possible, but the road is not short, and it will take a certain amount of time." ”

Bai Zhong spread out a map, probably looked at Handan County, Dai County, Yanmen County, as well as the Xiongnu, Liaoxi and other places, and said: "Qi State, Yan State and Xiongnu cooperate, the first thing they want to fight is the former Zhao Land and Yan Land, the purpose of Yan State is to recover the lost land, Qi State should want to invade Zhao Land, Yan Qi and Qi Kingdom cannot be unguarded." ”

Yang Duanhe already knew about the internal coup d'état in Qi State, and said: "Yan State and Qi State are relatively easy to deal with, and our focus is on the Xiongnu." ”

"That's right!"

Bai Zhong nodded slightly, and asked again, "How many troops does General Yang have?" ”

Yang Duanhe said: "150,000 people, of which 100,000 are already in Yanmen. ”

"The people of Yanmen don't need so many!"

Bai Zhong pondered and said: "General Yang took 50,000 people back to Handan to deal with the Qi army, and then divided 50,000 troops to Yuyang to resist the Xiongnu from Liaoxi, as well as the Yan soldiers. ”

Yang Duanhe said worriedly: "The generals divide the troops like this, and the troops are insufficient, I'm afraid that they won't even be able to defend the Yanmen Pass." ”

Bai Zhong said: "No, the Huns are used to fighting immediately, the discipline is not as good as ours, and siege warfare is not what they are good at, Yanmen Pass can be held, as long as Yuyang holds on, it can be dragged until the king's reinforcements arrive, and at that time, it will be our turn to counterattack." ”

Yang Duanhe said again: "The Yan army and the Qi army can attack the city. ”

"Soldiers, murder weapons!"

"It's not fierce, it's not killing, you can't call it a soldier."

"No matter what time it is, the army has no murderous intentions, no matter how good the weapons are, no matter how many troops there are, it is nothing more than that."

"Qi country, that's exactly the case."

"General Yang also said that Qi Yan is easy to deal with, how can he be timid now?"

Bai Zhong analyzed: "Except for when we destroyed Chu, we sent troops to harass Handan, Qi has not officially used its troops for decades, and the army has no murderous intentions, even if Qi has hundreds of thousands of troops, it is also useless, as long as a part of the Qi State troops is defeated, the rest will be afraid and dare not move forward, General Yang should understand, right?" ”

Yang Duanhe didn't expect that he would be disciplined by Bai Zhong one day, but what he said also made sense, originally his morale was a little low, he was motivated, and said guiltily: "I am cowardly before fighting, a big taboo in the army, thank you for mentioning it." ”

Bai Zhong continued: "Although the Yan Kingdom has been on alert for the past few years, the environment in Liaodong is not good, and it is a question whether the soldiers of the Yan Army can eat enough, not to mention the experience of being disabled by the general, and I am afraid of our Qin army. The Xiongnu are not good at attacking cities, the state of the Yan army is similar to that of the Qi army, and the number of troops is even less than that of the Qi country, and the Yuyang side should be able to hold on until the support arrives. ”

As long as you can hold on, it's not a big problem.

Yang Duanhe agreed with his analysis and immediately divided the 150,000 troops.

Yanmen also left only 50,000 people.

For Bai Zhong, it was enough.

Yang Duanhe took 50,000 people to Handan, and another 50,000 people went to Yuyang, and the troops were divided into three routes.

Bai Zhong did not stay in Pingyang County and set off directly to Yanmen Pass.

Yanmen Pass, on the Great Wall of Zhao State, is known for its danger and is also known as the first pass in China.

There are nine stops in the world, headed by Yanmen.

With Ningwu Pass and Partial Pass, it is collectively known as the Outer Three Passes.

If Yanmen is lost, then Xinding and Taiyuan have no danger to defend, and the three Jin Dynasty are not guaranteed, and they can go south to enter the Central Plains.

When Bai Zhong arrived at Yanmen Pass, it was already October.

Time entered the twenty-first year of the reign of King Qin.

The weather in the north is getting cooler, but there is still some time before the snow falls.

Bai Zhong walked to the tower of the pass and looked north, and the Xiongnu military camp was seven or eight miles away from the pass, as large as the one north of Yilu.

Ying Shu said: "Next, you can only hold on for a while. ”

"With this little force, we can only defend to the death!"

Bai Zhong agreed: "Yanmen Pass is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not difficult to defend, it is not difficult to hold it, it will be delayed until the winter when it snows, the north of the desert is cold, the snow is flying, the Huns can only retreat, and in the spring when the ice and snow melt, we will fight back." ”

After a brief tour of the tower, they went down and made arrangements for the 50,000 guards.

"Archon, there's news."

At this time, a person from the Black Ice Platform came back and said: "According to the news, the Huns in the northwest of Liaoning, together with the army of Yan, began to enter, most of the cities in western Liaoning were lost, and the defenders had to retreat in the direction of Yuyang. ”

Now that there is a fight in Liaoxi, the Huns north of Yanmen Pass are also about to start.

"They want to get in before the snow falls, to get into the customs and avoid the cold."

Ying Shu's statement, Bai Zhong also agreed.

The person from the Black Ice Platform said again: "The Qi State is also attacking Handan, and General Yang can deal with it." ”

"It's good to be able to handle it."

Bai Zhong said.

The next morning.

As soon as Bai Zhong got up, he heard the sound of war drums, and hurriedly put on his armor and walked towards the city tower.

"General, the Huns have attacked."

One of the lieutenants said eagerly.

Bai Zhong said in a loud voice: "Prepare to defend!" ”

50,000 Qin troops immediately assembled at Yanmen Pass.

They looked outside, and the 100,000 Xiongnu army rushed over, but the Huns did not attack the city immediately, but jokingly looked up to the city tower under the city gate.

"You Qin State, is there a person named Bai Zhong, who is very strong?"

A Xiongnu general, in a relatively blunt Central Plains dialect, said with a smile: "His head must be very valuable, is he not in Yanmen Pass?" If I am here, I will break the barrier later, and I will first behead Bai Zhong and go back, and I will definitely receive a lot of jewelry rewards. ”

As soon as this man's words were finished, a burst of mocking laughter suddenly sounded in the Hun army.

The Qin soldiers guarding the pass were furious, eager to rush out of the gate and kill all the Huns.

"Don't be angry, the order is to be held, and the whole army is ready!"

Bai Zhong was not angry because of this.

The Huns outside the pass, seeing that the Qin army did not react much, felt that it was boring to ask for themselves, and the general shouted in Xiongnu and began to attack Yanmen Pass.

The siege skills were all learned by them from the Yan Kingdom.

They can't do things such as building cars and rushing cars, the structure is too complicated, and it is difficult to learn in a short time.

The ladder is relatively simple and not difficult to manufacture.

The main equipment of the Xiongnu siege is to use the ladder, dozens of ladders, to the city tower of Yanmen Pass, countless Xiongnu soldiers, like ants, climb from the bottom to the top.

The Qin army had long made all kinds of preparations, smashed stones down, and shot them with bows and arrows.

The Huns did not have much experience in attacking the city, they couldn't even throw, and there were not many shields and the like, and as soon as the two sides clashed, a series of screams came up from under the tower.

The Hun soldiers who climbed the ladder could not even get close to the edge of the tower, so they were killed.