After the Zhou City army retreated, Lin Ze did not relax his vigilance because of this, because he knew that the other party would definitely not easily give up the idea of capturing Hangu Pass, and the next battle would only become more intense.

As for Lin Ze having told Zhao Wen "inadvertently" before that there were only 50,000 troops in the pass, whether this was one of the reasons why the other party was determined to attack, Lin Ze did not know.

Under Lin Ze's orders, sufficient assault equipment was carried to the city wall, including arrows, fire oil, logs, and stones.

These are all necessary to defend the city, and Lin Ze will naturally not be left behind.

Lin Ze also ordered that, in addition to ensuring that there were 20,000 troops stationed on the city wall at all times, another 20,000 new troops under the city wall would be on standby at any time in order to support the city wall and replace the defenders who had suffered heavy casualties.

In the evening, Qianyuan was ordered by Lin Ze to prepare thousands of torches and send them to the city wall.

was in charge of stationing Yingbu at night, and soon understood Lin Ze's intentions, and immediately had hundreds of torches lit to illuminate the city wall to prevent the night attack of Zhou City.

Regardless of the long-distance attack of Zhou City, and whether he has the energy to plan a night attack, Lin Ze always feels that if he can achieve ten points, he should not think about passing six points.

The lion fights the rabbit, and he still does his best, Lin Ze naturally will not make such a low-level mistake as underestimating the enemy.

Cao Cao also once thought that the east wind would not blow in winter, but as a result, he almost lost the battle of Chibi.

In fact, Zhou City is indeed not as demonic as Zhuge Liang, and the night was safe.

Early the next morning, Lin Ze, who had breakfast, personally led people to climb the city wall and replaced Yingbu and 20,000 soldiers who were on duty at night.

At this moment, the army of Zhou City was also slowly gathering, and outside the range of the strong crossbow, it opened up a formation.

Half an hour later, all the 100,000 rebels were assembled, Zhou Shi stood on a high platform made of wood, looked at Hangu Pass, which was connected with the mountain range, raised his right hand, and fell down violently: "Beat the drum, march." ”

After the "boom" drum sounded, the 5,000 rebels broke away from the army and attacked towards Hangu Pass.

In the front row, wide shields were held high, and they were joined together, step by step towards the city wall.

The shieldmen were followed by rebels carrying ladders and nest carts.

After the rebels entered the range of bows and arrows, Lin Ze immediately ordered: "The crossbowmen are ready, shoot in three sections, and the arrows can only be stopped after shooting before the commander stops." ”

The 10,000 new troops armed with strong crossbows were divided into three rows and shot forward in turn, and when the third row finished shooting, the first row was already loaded with arrows and shot forward again.

In turn, the rain of arrows did not stop, falling on the rebels who were approaching the city walls, and from time to time someone fell from the arrow.

After paying nearly half of the casualties, the rebels climbed the walls for the first time.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Shi waved his hand, and 15,000 rebels walked out of the queue and rushed towards the city wall in black.

Lin Ze smiled slightly, and ordered: "Bed crossbows and trebuchets are ready to attack enemy reinforcements, and half of the crossbowmen abandon their bows and prepare to boil alchemy juice and fire oil." ”

"The spearmen come forward, ready to kill any fish that will climb the walls, and make sure that the rebels do not climb the walls. ”

"Uncle Shi, you take a few elders to inspect the city wall and kill the rebels' martial arts masters at designated points. ”

Theoretically, Lin Ze doesn't seem to need to throw out the good cards in his hand so quickly, but the battle is about momentum, and on the first day, no matter what, you can't let the other party attack the city wall.

Even if a rebel army attacked the city wall, it would be impossible to attack it in front of the dense defenders.

But when the other rebels see it, they will subconsciously think that the siege is not so difficult, and the morale will then be high.

If you don't say anything, it will definitely affect the battle situation, but it will definitely bring more damage to Lin Ze, such as the expansion of casualties.

So when the rebels were dense and climbed up the city wall like ants, Lin Ze decisively ordered the soldiers to throw down the gold juice and boiling oil.

The rebels standing on the ladder were doused with hot gold juice and fire oil, and they fell down screaming.

Then several soldiers threw their torches out, and immediately ignited the fire oil on the ground, and a three-foot-high fire broke out.

The rebels within ten meters of the city walls were all enveloped, and the rebels, who had suddenly caught fire, wailed and rolled on the ground in an attempt to flee for their lives.

The entire rebel offensive was at a halt, and on the battlefield, apart from the sound of drums, there was only endless wailing.

Zhou Shi's face couldn't help but show surprise, the other party used the fire oil to defend the city so quickly, did he not know how to defend the city, or was he confident?

Zhou Shi's mood at the moment was a little complicated, and he couldn't figure out the thoughts of the chief general of the official army opposite, if he wanted to say that the other party was average, but he could easily recapture Hangu Pass, and he also saw through Zhao Wen's plan.

If the other party's talent is extraordinary, isn't the fire oil used when the pressure of defending the city is high?

It's like fighting a landlord, the other party throws a bomb at the beginning, which makes people unsure.

However, this did not affect Zhou Shi's order to let the besieging rebels retreat, and now that the fire oil was blocking the road, rashly attacking the city would only increase casualties.

When the siege troops retreated, Zhou City arranged for someone to count it, and after learning the results, he was faintly distressed, and it was less than half an hour before the siege of the city, and half of the 20,000 troops were killed and wounded.

Lin Ze, who was standing on the city wall, saw the rebels retreating, and ordered with an expressionless face: "Change the guard, go up to the city wall with the reserve army, and the third brigade of 20,000 troops is on standby under the city wall." ”

After receiving the military order, the new army on the city wall retreated in an orderly manner, and greeted the companions who had just made up for it with nervous faces: "The enemy's attack is very weak, don't embarrass the commander." ”

The new army that had made up for it couldn't help but relax a lot, and took its positions in turn, waiting for the next wave of attacks by the rebels.

Normally, in offensive and defensive battles, the first game is often the easiest.

Half an hour later, the fire in front of the city wall had already been extinguished, the ground had cooled, and Zhou Shi waved his big hand and directly rushed forward with 20,000 troops and rushed to the city wall.

This time, Lin Ze didn't set fire oil so quickly, and after letting the crossbowmen shoot all the arrows hoarded on the city wall, he ordered all the stones and logs to be thrown down one by one.

A quarter of an hour later, some rebels climbed the city wall, and of course they were stabbed seven or eight holes by a group of defenders and fell.

Seeing this, Lin Ze couldn't help but shake his head, it was really a group of new troops, and it was a bit of a waste of physical strength.

Seeing more and more rebels climbing the city wall, Zhou Shi's eyes lit up, and with a wave of his hand, another 20,000 troops rushed to the city wall.

Before he reached the city wall, a smile appeared on the corner of Lin Ze's mouth, and with a flick of his hand, countless jars containing fire oil were thrown down.

The fire reappeared, intercepting the rebels in two, and then the officers and troops worked together to slaughter the rebels on the city walls.

This time, the new army suffered a lot of casualties, and Lin Ze roughly calculated that at least more than 2,000 people were killed or wounded.

Taking advantage of the blockage of the rebel offensive, Lin Ze ordered a second change of guard, the wounded were carried down for treatment, and the bodies of his own soldiers were carried down to wait for centralized treatment.

As for the corpses of the rebels, they were naturally thrown off the city walls and in the wilderness.

At the same time, Lin Ze ordered Qianyuan to take the people with him, and quickly replenished the fire oil and arrows to defend the city.

In offensive and defensive battles, it is rare for a battle to decide the winner or loser, and the comparison is patience and will.

Whoever insists first and does not [31 31xs.] will lose.

Lin Ze, who had the support of the entire Qin State, did not panic at all, and there were still 250,000 troops in the pass, so there was no need to worry about the lack of troops at all.

In Zhou City, outside the city, he couldn't help but feel a little irritable, and after two attacks, his army lost more than 20,000, which was not a small casualty compared to the 100,000 army.

Moreover, the guards on the city wall were changed twice before and after, and Zhou Shi could see it clearly, how many officers and soldiers were stationed in this pass, and he had no bottom in his heart.

But if you want to let Zhou Shi give up, he is not reconciled, at his level, of course, he knows the importance of Hangu Pass.

If you want to completely destroy the Qin State, Hangu Pass is a hurdle that the righteous army cannot bypass.

After resting for half an hour, Zhou Shi ordered the third siege to begin, this time more intense than the last two.

Lin Ze urgently had people support the city wall twice before repelling the rebel attack.

This time, the siege battle was fought directly into the afternoon, and except for the 20,000 back troops in Zhou City's hands, all of them were rotated once, which made Ming Jin withdraw his troops.

In this battle, the rebels suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and more than 10,000 officers and soldiers suffered casualties.