How could the already cracked city wall withstand the bombardment of thousands of artillery pieces? In addition, the previous explosion in the armory had a great impact on the trebuchet position in Guanguan Pass, so that as soon as the Zhou army fired the artillery, they were suppressed and carried away. Without getting up, there was no time to fight back.
A few minutes later, a large piece of the legendary pass fell down with a "bang". Ji Jie pulled out his sword and shouted: "Warriors, charge!"
The 300,000-strong army ran wildly together, and the ground trembled and the mountains shook no less than the previous bombing. Xiong Ben led his troops to rush to the front, slashing at the Qin soldiers. The five thousand defenders soon They were about to be slaughtered, so that the Zhou army behind them didn't even have a chance to wield their weapons, and everyone was depressed.
Looking at Ji Jie with a smirk on his face, Sima Xueran despised him in her heart. This guy was so perverted, he always used unexpected moves to catch his opponents off guard.
The total strength of the Qin State did not exceed 600,000, and four-fifths of it had arrived on the Chu battlefield. Only a few hundred thousand defenders remained in the country. Not only were they old, weak, sick and disabled, but they were also distributed in dozens of cities. Except for Xianyang, the capital, the number of garrison guards in other cities rarely exceeded 10,000.
A city only has so few troops. How can it fight against an opponent dozens of times larger than itself? Ji Jie didn't follow any rules when he attacked the city. He just punched the old master to death, and hundreds of thousands of people swarmed up. In one day, Within a short period of time, they conquered three cities and advanced for more than seventy miles.
Lu Buwei was really panicked. He did not expect that Hangu Pass, which he had placed great hope on, would be captured so easily by Ji Jie. On the road from Hangu Pass to Tongguan, there was no barrier that could stop the Zhou army's advance.
Moreover, the defenders of Tongguan only have 7,000 people. As long as Tongguan is lost, it means that Xianyang cannot be defended. If Xianyang is lost, the Qin Kingdom will be finished... Lu Buwei does not dare to continue thinking about it.
Now he finally knew that he had been fooled. From the beginning, Ji Jie's target was Qi State, but he foolishly thought that Dazhou would attack Qi State first. Now that it's better, even if the country's troops are concentrated, it will be difficult to defeat Ji Jie. Jie was in time to attack Tongguan, let alone mobilize the 400,000 troops from Chu State to come for reinforcements.
A sense of crisis, a strong sense of crisis filled Lu Buwei's brain.
"Lord Xiangguo, I think we should stop the war in Chu State immediately and go north to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty!" A retainer suggested: "Directly attack South Korea, which has just been included in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The defenders there are still the old Korean troops. Their fighting strength limited!"
"But Ji Jie doesn't seem to attach much importance to the safety of Han!" Lu Buwei said worriedly: "Even if we take over the entire Han, what will happen? Ji Jie's foundation is in the three cities of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and only these three As long as the city is not lost, it will not have any impact on him! But if we lose Xianyang in the process, we will suffer a big loss!"
Finally, Lu Buwei combined the opinions of several people and decided to divide the Qin army in Chu into two parts. One part was led by Meng Ao and rushed back to Qin as quickly as possible, and the other part was handed over to Wang Jian to go north to attack Han. Ground, two-pronged approach.
Wang Jian's military talent was fully demonstrated in the battle a while ago. He is good at attacking and is also good at defense. In contrast, Meng Ao is better at defense, so Wang Jian is assigned to attack and Meng Ao is assigned to return. aid mission.
Lu Buwei's decision was within Ji Jie's expectation. Ji Jie didn't care about anything else. He still led his troops to attack fiercely. When encountering a relatively close city, he would divide his troops to fight. When encountering a difficult bone, he would concentrate his superior forces. Fight, there is no unwinnable battle wherever you go.
Ji Jian transferred from Qi to Han to command the old Korean troops and the reinforcements from Zhou and Yan. Ji Jie only had two requirements for him: not to go to war, and rely on the city wall to fight against the Qin army; to lose as little city as possible and keep one is one.
Ji Jian carried out Ji Jie's orders to the letter. No matter how Wang Jian's generals clamored outside the city, I just won't go out. I will come and attack the city if I have the guts. Grandpa has plenty of gunpowder here!
But after a few days, Ji Jian still lost two cities. It must be said that Wang Jian had extraordinary abilities and had broken two hard bones.
These are all within Ji Jie's expectations. God is always fair and will not let you take advantage of the situation. Since you can capture other people's cities, they will also have the opportunity to capture what belongs to you.
Next, Ji Jie made the decision to divide his troops. He also divided the 300,000 people into two parts. The first part, 100,000 people, set up a formation outside Tongguan and attacked the city every day, focusing on artillery battles and trying not to use infantry. and cavalry, this group was put in charge of Ji Xueling, assisted by Chen Yao and Sima Xueran; he personally led the other 200,000 people and took eighty miles along Tongguan to "welcome" the reinforcements led by Meng Ao.
When Meng Ao was marching, he heard that Ji Jie personally led 200,000 people and was waiting on his only way. To be honest, he was really a little afraid of Ji Jie, in case he was defeated by Ji Jie again. Here, he, the great general, has completely messed up.
Meng Ao wanted to garrison on the spot, but the order he received was to quickly return to Xianyang and allocate part of his troops to reinforce Tongguan. As long as Tongguan was preserved, Xianyang would not be in danger.
In the Qin court, a group of ministers headed by Lu Buwei were reprimanding Ji Jie for his crimes against Qin.
Ying Zheng is sitting on the throne of the king. Recently, his view of Ji Jie has changed a lot. He has changed from a benefactor, mentor and friend to an enemy. There are many reasons for this change in him. : Ji Jie’s invasion, Lu Buwei’s instigation, and the instigation of the ministers, etc.
Only Zhao Ji did not resent Ji Jie because of these things.
"My dear friends, do you have any good strategies to defend against the enemy?" Ying Zheng looked young and mature.
Whenever Lu Buwei sees Ying Zheng with such an expression, he doesn't know whether to be happy or worried. It can be seen that it won't take long for Ying Zheng to seek national power, and that's when Lu Buwei will withdraw from the stage. , maybe it will end badly.
All the ministers talked about it over and over again, but it was still the same old talk with nothing new. Ying Zheng felt that his ears were about to grow calloused after hearing these words, but a group of old guys were happy with it.
"Wang Er, I'm tired for my mother, so I'll go back first!" Zhao Ji said hello to Ying Zheng, then stood up and left.
Facing two powerful men, one old and one young, and a group of indignant ministers, she knew that she could no longer speak for Ji Jie. In this case, she might as well leave and be clean!
"Farewell to the Queen Mother!" Ying Zheng stood up and saluted Zhao Ji's back.
"Farewell to the Queen Mother!" All the ministers headed by Lu Buwei also bowed and saluted.