Tuolong Pass has never experienced a war since its establishment, so it is true that it has never been conquered. The Wei military is well aware of the mysteries of this place, so it often sends some generals who are about to be promoted here to guard it.
As a general at the gate, upon expiration of his term, he will receive a commendation order for meritorious service in guarding the gate, and then be promoted smoothly.
The same situation applies to Wu Yizhi, the current guarding general. Because he is the brother-in-law of the general, his career in the army has been very smooth. Although the guarding general is not a formal general, he is still a general in name. As long as he is here
After staying there for two years, the nominal general became a real general. Seeing that his term was about to be over for another month and a half, he was in a very good mood.
In fact, the King of Wei did not issue any order to close the customs. The mastermind behind all this was Prince Ji Jia of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He asked Sima Hui to come here three days ago with a batch of property and successfully bribed Wu Yizhi to let him
Use the pretext of closing the border to stop Da Zhou’s wedding procession!
Ji Jie sent people to spy on the information and brought him the news. Now that he knew the secret inside, he decided to take advantage of it.
There are only a few defenders on the top of the city who have fallen asleep leaning against the city wall. This is basically the case every day. After all, no one has ever attacked here. In the eyes of the defenders, what they are defending is basically a worthless building.
There is no pass.
The man quickly climbed up to the top of the city, took off the rope and tied one end firmly to a wall stack, then lowered the other end. The men in black below climbed up one after another along the hanging rope, making no sound at all.
Not sent.
Ji Jie was very satisfied with the performance of the assassin team. In less than ten minutes, dozens of people successfully climbed onto the city wall. They acted together, knocked out a dozen sleeping defenders, and took control of the entire city head and even the city gate.
The city gate slowly opened, and Ji Jie waved his hand and shouted: "Warriors, rush in with me!"
The remaining members of the assassin team followed Ji Jie into the city gate, followed by the light cavalry and archers led by Ji Jian, and the heavy armored infantry stayed beside the convoy to hold down the formation.
For a moment, there were shouts of killing, and the sleeping Wei officers and soldiers were all dreaming. It was not until cold weapons were pressed against their necks that they realized the seriousness of the matter.
Wu Yizhi jumped up from the bed the moment before Ji Jie rushed into the tent. He just took the long sword in his hand, but before he had time to pull it out of the scabbard, he was surrounded and had to abandon his weapon and surrender.
This was really a lifeless attack. Ji Jie took advantage of the defenders' disorganized defensive awareness and the drama he showed them before dark to successfully dispel their little sense of precaution. Only then did he have this moment.
of victory.
A group of disheveled garrison officers and soldiers were kneeling on the ground in a row, including their highest officer Wu Yizhi. Only then did he understand the situation in front of him. In his opinion, as long as the person who captured him was not the Qin army, he would
Then it's no big deal.
"Ji Jie, what do you want to do?" Wu Yizhi asked sharply: "Do you know that this is the Tuolong Pass of our Kingdom of Wei, so aren't you afraid that our Iron Army of Wei will sweep your Zhou Dynasty to the ground?"
"Shut up!" Ji Jian slapped Wu Yizhi so hard that he vomited blood and lost two of his front teeth.
Ji Jie said with a smile: "How dare you talk so brazenly about the iron army of the Wei Dynasty? Is it a shame? Ever since Qin Xiaogong appointed Shang Yang to reform, when has your Wei State ever taken advantage on the battlefield? A large area of land was taken away by the Qin army. You
It is already very difficult for the so-called Iron Army of the Wei Dynasty to protect itself, but you still want to defeat me, the Great Zhou Dynasty? Give it a try. It is estimated that if your army walks out of the Wei State, the Qin Army will take advantage of the opportunity and attack you!"
Wu Yizhi was speechless. Although this guy was a loser, he still understood such a simple truth.
"Then you can pass!" Wu Yizhi's tone softened a lot.
Ji Jie waved his hand, shook his head and said: "General Wu, you are really good at judging the situation. Who stood at the top of the city in the evening and told me with an arrogant look on his face that he was ordered to close the pass? You have to find out, what is Tuolong Pass now?
In my hands, I can go there whenever I want, without your reminding me!"
Beads of sweat appeared on Wu Yizhi's forehead. He never thought that things would develop to this point. Sima Hui came to him three days ago and made the request. He agreed without thinking. It was not a big deal anyway.
, you can also get a considerable amount of money, why not?
"Your Excellency Zhao Wenjun, I, Wu Yizhi, am blind!"
"Shut up!" Ji Jie looked at Wu Yizhi with a very meaningful look, and said with a smile: "In general, I want to thank you. If you hadn't let me go, I wouldn't have thought of using this method.
You have got Tuolong Pass into your own hands! Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. When you go back, tell the King of Wei that I, Ji Jie, borrowed his Tuolong Pass for use, but he sent such a good pass to you.
A bear like you is really blind when he comes to guard it. Since you have no capable people in the Wei Kingdom, I will reluctantly help you guard it first. I promise not to let the Qin army get close to this place!"
Wu Yizhi was dumbfounded. Seeing that his term was about to expire, he was about to go back to be the commander of the infantry. Who would have thought that he would lose his position at this time, let alone be promoted. It was still unclear whether he could save his head.
Ji Xueling's carriage entered the pass under the escort of heavy armored infantry. She had just fallen asleep and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the pass was controlled by Ji Jie.
Wu Yizhi and others were imprisoned in a damp dungeon. Just like the pass, the dungeon has not been used once since it was built. They were lucky to be the first batch of guests to "check in".
Ji Jie didn't make such a decision just because of a sudden change of mind. After the last bloody battle with the Black Arrow Gang, he realized that fighting the enemy in a flat area would be detrimental to his own side. It would be much better if there was a solid city wall as the foundation.
. But in the entire Zhou Dynasty, except for the royal city which has decent walls and moats, the other cities are not well-done in terms of defense. You can't capture the royal city, otherwise you will become a rebel!
Tuolong Ridge, where Tuolong Pass is located, is a valley surrounded by mountains and cliffs. The valley covers an area of hundreds of thousands of acres. The Wei State built Tuolong Pass at the only entrance and exit of the valley. It would be difficult to enter from other directions.
It is difficult to reach the sky. As long as a few hundred soldiers are placed in the pass, even if the enemy comes with thousands of troops, there will be nothing to do.
"Ji Jian, you immediately send someone to call the one hundred people who stayed in Zhaocheng!" Ji Jie ordered: "They must arrive here before noon tomorrow to take over the defense of Tuolong Pass!"
"It's an order!" Ji Jian went to do it immediately.
Only Ji Xueling and Ji Jie were left in the big tent. She pouted and said, "Why didn't you say hello to me in advance for such a big operation?"
"My aunt, the most important thing in a battle without bloodshed is to remain unaware of the enemy!" Ji Jie said with a wry smile: "Let the news be released in advance. What if the secret is leaked? We might be the ones who become prisoners by then?"
Ji Xueling couldn't defeat him on this point, so she immediately changed the subject: "Brother Jie, if I guess correctly, you want to use Tuolong Ridge as a foundation and then develop your own power, right?"
Smart woman!
This is what Ji Jie thinks. The poor people in Zhaocheng are weak and their development potential is too small to meet the requirements of becoming a rear area. Looking at hundreds of miles around, only Tuolong Ridge is the most suitable place. The valley is fertile for hundreds of thousands of people.
The land can support more farmers, and the more farmers there are, the more soldiers can be recruited.
The most important thing is that Tuolong Pass has been established here long ago without spending a penny. As long as something like today doesn't happen, no matter how many people come to attack you, it will be in vain.
Ji Jian arranged for the messengers to come back to receive further instructions from Ji Jie.
Ji Jie decided to let Ji Jian stay here. Although this pass was not important in the eyes of the Wei people, they would not just watch it being occupied by others. Even if they were doing a superficial job, they would send troops here.
Fighting and guarding have become particularly important.
In addition, people were sent to the surrounding counties to recruit people in the name of Zhao Wenjun. As long as they were willing to come to Tuolong Ridge to settle and farm, they would be exempted from taxes for three years to provide them with housing and seeds for farming.
"Your Majesty is wise!" Ji Jian gave a thumbs up sincerely.
Early the next morning, Sima Hui walked out of his tent and was surprised to find that the motorcade and Ji Jie's tent were missing!
"It couldn't be that they left early in the morning and deliberately didn't say hello to us!" one of the subordinates said.
"Fart!" Sima Hui cursed, pointed at his nose and said: "If you think about it with your butt, you can imagine that with so many people acting together, how could there be no sound at all? You are sleeping like dead pigs.
, is this captain the same as you?"
Sima Hui accidentally discovered that something was not right at the top of the city. When he took a closer look, he was startled. Oh my god, why did the originally hanging banner with the word "Wei" be replaced by "Zhao Wenjun"?
Rubbing his eyes, he saw it right, Ji Jie was standing on the top of the city smiling and waving to him, along with Ji Jian and Ji Xueling!