When a fire broke out on the wall of Hangu Pass, Lin Ze immediately ordered a pause in firing arrows, his eyes were like torches, and he carefully observed the reaction of the rebels on the city wall.

In Lin Ze's sight, the rebels who suddenly encountered the fire looked a little panicked, and some even dropped their weapons and fled from the place where the fire started in a panic.

At a glance, the thousands of rebels standing on the city wall were all like headless flies, and none of them stepped forward to extinguish the fire.

A sudden look appeared on Lin Ze's face, it seemed that he had guessed correctly, the rebels occupying Hangu Pass were all a group of newcomers, and it was no wonder that the guards were hiding at the pass so carefully.

Thinking of this, Lin Ze showed a look of pity on his face, if he brought 50,000 elites, it was estimated that this pass would be able to fight in a battle.

The chaos on the city wall lasted for a quarter of an hour before a general-like soldier appeared on the city wall with a team of soldiers in iron armor.

Under the forced suppression of the rebel generals and others, calm gradually returned to the city walls, and the rebel soldiers were organized to extinguish the remaining small fires, treat the wounded, and clean up the corpses and garbage on the city walls.

Lin Ze stopped and waited for a while, and found that the other party had no intention of leading troops out of the city to attack him, so he ordered the troops to retreat and return to the camp.

It's not that Lin Ze doesn't want to attack the city, it's that he doesn't have the strength to attack the city now.

The rebels guarding the pass are indeed a rabble, but the 50,000 recruits he brought are not strong, 50,000 against 100,000, the other party is still the side defending the city, even if Lin Ze uses personal force to forcibly lead troops to hit the city wall, the outcome is not yet known.

Even if he wins by luck, it is estimated that most of the 50,000 recruits will be lost.

If it weren't for the early planning, Lin Ze might have gambled and tried to exchange 50,000 recruits for this Xiongguan, even if it was for now, it would be better to take the opportunity to train the recruits.

The gap between recruits and veterans is not only reflected in strength and proficiency in weapons, but also in will and cooperation.

The tempering intensity in the early stage should not be too large, otherwise it is easy to make the recruits collapse, and the same strength should not be too small, otherwise it will not have the tempering effect.

Let's have a tailwind battle, it shouldn't be much different.

......

The next day, the defenders of Hangu Pass were still nested in the pass, without the slightest sign of coming out, Lin Ze brought 30,000 troops this time, like yesterday, to launch rockets at the pass, this time it was full of 70,000, forming a sea of fire on the city wall, which looked extremely terrifying.

It's a pity that the results of this battle are not as good as the last time, the rebels on the city wall, seeing the rockets flying, immediately hid, it is obvious that the rebels in the pass have been prepared this time.

As soon as the rain of arrows stopped, not long after the fire started, countless soldiers poured up the city wall with buckets, and poured buckets of water on it, quickly extinguishing the fire.

After the fire was extinguished, there was a burst of cheers from the rebels on the city wall, Lin Ze stopped and watched for a quarter of an hour, and saw that the other party had no sign of leaving the customs, and ordered the troops to retreat back to the camp again.

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In Hangu Pass, seeing a rebel general who led the army to retreat, a look of disdain appeared on his face: "This official general is also timid and afraid, he has been here for two days, and he has not even attacked the city wall once." ”

A general of the same level next to him laughed and said: "Second Wang, if you can't get used to it, take your subordinates out of the customs to fight with others, what are you complaining about here?"

Wang Lao Er was a little anxious when he was said like this: "If it weren't for the general's order to defend to the death, labor and management would have been killed long ago, and it is your turn to say cool things here?"

Zhao Laosi just sneered: "I thought you really dared to ignore the general's orders." ”

Wang Lao Er's face showed an unkind look: "The surname Zhao, you don't want to make labor here, who doesn't know that the general was ordered by Zhou Shuai to come over to test the truth of Hanguguan." ”

"Speaking of our general's luck, who knew that such a large Xiongguan would only be guarded by a few hundred old, weak, sick and disabled, otherwise how could we take the pass so easily?"

"You must know that this is a great achievement, after letting Zhou Shuai know, the gold and copper treasures that will be rewarded are definitely not a few, you and I can get a piece of the pie, just wait for the messenger sent by the general to inform Zhou Shuai, and it will be done." ”

"The most important thing now is to guard the Hangu Pass, Zhao Laosi, you are here to try your best to get me out of the customs, don't you want to harm labor and management? Or are you a spy of the government?"

Zhao Laosi's face was slightly unnatural, but he said: "Cut, Wang Laoer, you don't dare to go out of the customs.31xs. Forget it, why are you talking about this bunch of nonsense?"

Wang Lao Er stopped doing it: "Who do you say is cowardly? If you have the ability, you and I will fight, and whoever admits defeat is a coward." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Laosi to answer, the third general in the audience reprimanded: "Enough, you two are also partial generals, in public, like a ruffian, you are not afraid of losing your identity?" ”

"The general asked us to keep an eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers, and now the officers and soldiers have retreated after a burst of rockets, and the fire has been extinguished, so we haven't hurried to report to the general. ”

Probably because the general's reputation is really useful, Wang Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si lost their temper all of a sudden, each snorted coldly at each other, left the city wall with his personal guards, and reported to the general.

As for why the two of them are together, they are afraid that the other party will hit their own small report.

In a house in the pass, the two met the general they frequently mentioned, and at first glance, he looked like a middle-aged peasant in armor.

Wang Laoer and Zhao Laosi respectfully saluted the general, and told the generals about their actions today.

Hearing this, the general nodded: "Continue to keep an eye on the actions of the officers and soldiers, and once the officers and troops attack the city wall, notify the general immediately." ”

The two of them arched their hands and replied, "No." ”

After agreeing to the promise, Zhao Laosi wanted to retreat and leave, but Wang Laoer on the side asked cautiously: "General, why don't the officers and soldiers attack for a long time, and retreat every time they release a few arrows, this is a bit weird! General, you said that they don't have any conspiracy, right?"

"Shall we send someone out of the customs and test it?"

The general pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Hangu Pass is the world's first-class Xiongguan, and it is not something that the other party can easily capture. In addition, the other party can't figure out what our specific strength is, so naturally they don't dare to act rashly. ”

"Such a hasty release of the arrow, maybe it is the appearance that the official and military commander is afraid of being impeached, so you don't have to worry. ”

"Now the most important thing for us is to hold Hangu Pass and wait for Zhou Shuai to reply. Ben will roughly calculate, a maximum of twenty days back and forth, now that it has just passed five days, and after half a month, Zhou Shuai will definitely send the elite to assist, and everyone will be relaxed by then. ”

"All right, go down. ”

Wang Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si bowed their hands: "The subordinates retire." ”

After the two left, a trace of uneasiness suddenly appeared in the general's heart, and then he shook his head and forcibly cleared it, thinking to himself: "With 100,000 troops in hand, is it possible that he can't hold this Xiongguan?"

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When Lin Ze returned to the barracks, he saw Wu Fan standing in front of his tent, waiting for his return.

After seeing Lin Ze, Wu Fan hurriedly greeted him and said softly: "My lord, my subordinates have brought someone to handle the things you ordered, and I have come to return to my life." ”

When Lin Ze heard this, a smile appeared on his face, patted Wu Fan on the shoulder and said, "Well done, if you can successfully win the level, you will be the first to take the lead, and this official will definitely reward you." ”