After the end of the war, Lin Ze ordered a replacement to garrison the city wall, and at the same time asked the army clerk to count his own casualties.

An hour later, a casualty list was sent to Lin Ze by a clerk.

When I opened it, the homepage was impressively recorded: more than 4,000 killed, 4,000 seriously wounded, and more than 3,000 lightly wounded.

Lin Ze's face sank slightly, as the defender of the city, in the case of taking advantage of the situation, the Qin army still suffered more than 10,000 casualties, if it continues like this, won't he lose his strength if this battle is fought?

This can't be done, Lin Ze thought for a moment, and ordered: "Come here, go and invite the heads of those powerful families in the city to come over, this commander has something important to discuss." ”

The guard hesitated for a moment and asked, "Dare to ask the commander, everyone?"

Lin Ze thought for a while and said: "Everyone except Li You and Zhao Guang, tell them that if they don't come, they will suffer a loss when the time comes, don't blame Ben Shuai for not informing them." ”

The guards bowed down and took the order to leave.

When the heads of the powerful families learned that Lin Ze was summoned, they didn't know why, and they couldn't help muttering in their hearts.

And because of Lin Ze's sentence that if he doesn't come, he will suffer a loss, and he is a little itchy.

After thinking about it again and again, after exchanging news, he took his son and nephew to Lin Ze's mansion.

Two quarters of an hour later, the lobby of Lin Ze's mansion was full of heads and heirs.

After everyone arrived, Lin Ze, who learned the news, took Li Xin and stepped into the lobby unhurriedly.

After Lin Ze sat on the throne, someone who was anxious asked, "I don't know what happened when Lord Shaofu summoned me tonight?"

Lin Ze smiled slightly: "A few days ago, didn't you complain about your own officials and didn't give everyone a chance to make war exploits?

The head of the Meng family coughed lightly and said: "Lord Shaofu is laughing, there are millions of rebels outside the city, where am I waiting for the opportunity to reap the merits of the war? Could it be that Lord Shaofu plans to give up the geographical advantages of Xiongguan and want to lead the army out of the pass to fight a decisive battle with the rebels?"

Lin Ze shook his head and said: "No, the rebels have just begun to attack the city today, and the official is about to defend the pass and inflict heavy losses on the rebels, so naturally he will not abandon the pass." ”

The head of the Xi family was puzzled: "I don't know what Lord Shaofu's so-called meritorious service means?"

Lin Ze smiled mysteriously and said, "Naturally, it's guarding the city." ”

The heads of each family looked at each other, what kind of merit was to defend the city?

Lin Ze turned a blind eye to this, and said to himself: "Today, the rebels are frantically attacking the city, our army has suffered 10,000 casualties, and the rebels have suffered at least 60,000 casualties, so it can be seen that the casualty ratio of the two sides is about 1 to 6. ”

"This official thinks, if each family arranges soldiers to go to the city wall to defend, won't it be easy to kill and injure a large number of rebels and gain battle merits?"

The head of the Bai family couldn't help but say: "But according to Qin's law, the battle merits of defending the city and killing the enemy are only one-third of the frontal killing, so there are not many battles in defending the city." ”

Lin Ze shook his head slightly and said: "One-third is not less, if each family is willing to pay something, how about the official take a little risk and change it to a captive?"

The eyes of the heads of the various families in the lobby couldn't help but light up, this young man is really greedy enough, and he dares to do this kind of thing for the sake of some resources.

The head of the Meng family asked tentatively: "I don't know how much Lord Shaofu wants?" If it is too much, we may not be able to bear it. ”

Lin Ze touched his chin and said slowly: "According to the calculation of three six-grade earth treasures per family, there are a total of thirty-six here, and the official wants one hundred and eight, less than this number, if the official has not mentioned it, you can leave directly." ”

The head of the Meng family arched his hand and said, "Please wait for a while, I will discuss it." ”

Lin Ze nodded, got up and said, "You guys are here to discuss, the official will leave for a while, and after the discussion, inform the official." ”

After speaking, he left with Li Xin.

After Lin Ze left, the pot exploded in the lobby, and the principals of the various families discussed one after another, and their opinions gradually became unified, and they agreed.

There are three reasons: first, they came here this time, but they spent a huge price, the purpose is to be able to make war merits, and now Lin Ze provides such a good opportunity, I am sorry for myself if I don't seize it.

Second, the price paid this time is not much, on average, each family is only three six-grade land treasures, and everyone can afford it completely.

A quarter of an hour later, the head of the Meng family invited Lin Ze back to the lobby and said in front of everyone: "Lord Shaofu, we have seriously discussed it and think that this matter is indeed beneficial to us. It's just that the risk taken by the adults in this matter is a bit big, and I am a little worried that the adults will deny it at that time, so that I will lose a batch of land treasures in vain. ”

Lin Ze said disapprerovingly: "Since this is the case, then this matter is over, please go back." ”

The head of the Meng family hurriedly said: "My lord, slow down, this matter is not unsolvable, as long as the adult signs a contract with us, one hundred and eight six-grade earth treasures will be delivered to the adult within an hour." ”

Lin Ze frowned slightly and said, "What contract?"

"Count the killing that the Lord promised us to defend the city as a capture, draw up a contract, and ask the Lord to stamp the seal at the place where the payment is made. Please also rest assured that what we ask for is not the merits of the war, and after this incident, the adults can take the request form and exchange the contract back from our hands. ”

Lin Ze thought for a while, and replied briskly: "No problem, prepare the contract and the land treasure." ”

The head of the Meng family said with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency is wise. Then he sent someone down to prepare.

A quarter of an hour later, one hundred and eight earth treasures were delivered to Lin Ze, and Lin Ze did not drag his feet on the contract and stamped the seal of the commander of the counterinsurgency army.

The head of the Meng family took the contract, showed it to the others in the hall, folded it carefully, and put it in his arms.

After the dust settled on this matter, Lin Zefang spoke: "In view of the limited number of people who can stand on the city wall, each coalition army can only send a maximum of 20,000 soldiers to the city wall at a time, and this matter will be discussed by yourself when you go back." ”

"In addition, the official will lead a large army to stand aside, and if you show signs that you can't hold on, the official will take over in time to ensure that the city wall is not lost. Once this happens, all the responsibility will be borne by you, and either the official will deduct a part from your final battle exploits, or you will spend high-level resources to buy this part. ”

"Do you have any opinions?"

As soon as they heard that they could buy it with resources, the heads of each family immediately shook their heads and said, "Lord Shaofu is wise, and we have no other opinions. ”

After explaining, Lin Ze stretched out his right hand and waved it lightly: "Let's go and sort out how to defend the city first, and tomorrow morning, remember to send someone over." ”

The principals of each family withdrew one after another.

After all the people were gone, Li Xin couldn't help but say: "Military advisor, there is something that my subordinates don't understand, with our strength, we are enough to hold Hangu Pass, why should the military advisor fake his hands to outsiders?"

Lin Ze glanced at him dissatisfied: "Who told you that our strength is enough?"

Li Xin's face froze, and he muttered, "Could it be that the 700,000 army can't hold a Hangu Pass?"

I only heard Lin Ze sigh slightly, and said faintly: "How can there be an army of 700,000? Han Xin took away 450,000 alone, and you and Zhang Han combined are only 220,000 troops." ”

"Today, there are more than 10,000 casualties in one day, you come to tell me, if the rebels have been attacking the city at such a cost, do you think you can hold it?"

"The 500,000 miscellaneous troops in the city are not needed now. Do you still wait for the city to be broken and then used again? Let's not say whether they can hold it or not, but you just say that if you ask them to take action, what will be the price that your own army and division will have to pay? How can it compare with now, when your army and division use a little means to let them take the initiative to fight. ”

Li Xin was dumbfounded when he heard this, and there was only one thought in his heart, the military advisor was ruthless enough.

......

The rebel camp outside the city, Zhou Shi held the battle damage statistics book in his hand, and a trace of sorrow appeared on his face, the 200,000 Zhao army only attacked the city for one day, and suffered more than 60,000 casualties, how to fight the next battle?

Is it really necessary to destroy all the armies of Zhao, Qi, and Chu under Hangu Pass?

This mood only lasted for a moment, and Zhou Shi regained his indifferent nature, so what if it was all lost? As long as Hangu Pass was captured, everything was worth it.