Tongguan was attacked one after another, and the city wall was crumbling under the bombardment of Zhou army's artillery fire. Lu Buwei came here several times to supervise the army. Every time he saw such a situation, he felt anxious.
Meng Ao tried several times to break through Ji Jie's defense line and enter Xianyang, but failed several times.
Lu Buwei became very angry and ordered Meng Ao to arrive at the designated location within two days. Otherwise, it would be dereliction of duty, and military law enforcement would follow.
Meng Ao was complaining in his heart and could only think of a bad idea. He left some people in the camp and lit countless torches and fires at night, creating a situation where the army was still stationed here. Then he took the large army to detour more than 200 miles and turned over. After passing several mountains, we finally arrived at the west side of Xianyang City.
When Ji Jie found out, he could only vent his anger on the two thousand people who stayed in the Qin army's camp. All of these people were captured. The Zhou army captured a large amount of military supplies, including tents, horses and some Qin troops who were too late to retreat. Ordnance taken away.
Since Meng Ao wanted to be unnoticed, he could only move lightly, so equipment that was heavy and had large targets, such as trebuchets, artillery shells, and tanks, were all left behind. Hundreds of thousands of stones of grain.
Looking at the piles of military supplies, Xiong Ben spat and said unwillingly: "I didn't expect that this guy Meng Ao would grease the soles of his feet. Your Majesty, if you had known about this, you should have sent me to lead a team of troops to come in. They There will be no chance to escape!"
Ji Jie shook his head with a smile and said with a mysterious expression: "This is a good thing, not a bad thing, haha!"
Monk Xiong Bizhang was confused. Ji Jie patted him on the shoulder and said, "Young man, there are still many things to learn. You will know in a few days!"
"Oh!" Xiong Bi nodded. As long as Ji Jie didn't tell him, he would never ask.
Returning to the formation, Ji Jie once again divided his troops, leaving 100,000 men to defend on the spot. The commander-in-chief was Zhao Ling, who was also transferred from Qi State. His mission was to prevent the Qin army that had just entered Xianyang from going south.
Ji Jie, on the other hand, led one hundred thousand people with Xiong Bi all the way south, and easily captured Qin's Bajun and Shujun, and was ready to divide his troops and garrison them before heading eastward.
Xianyang City, Xiangguo Mansion.
Lu Buwei threw everything on the table that could be thrown. Losing the two counties of Bashu was equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Qin mainland and the newly occupied Chu land. When Meng Ao and Wang Jian returned to the army, only There was a very small number of defenders.
Seeing that the fat meat he had finally obtained was about to enter Ji Jie's mouth, you can imagine how uncomfortable Lu Buwei felt.
Now he finally understood that when Ji Jie and Chen soldiers stood in front of Meng Ao with 200,000 troops, he had no intention of fighting with them. He was deliberately forcing this army to return to Xianyang as soon as possible. But not only did he not see this However, he repeatedly ordered Meng Ao to hurry up and come back, which was tantamount to adding fuel to the flames.
It was true that Xianyang was saved, but Qin lost more land.
"No, things can't continue to develop!" Lu Buwei made a decision: "Immediately send someone to notify General Wang Jian and ask him to suspend the use of troops against South Korea, immediately return to the original position, and garrison on the spot. We must keep the troops who came here." This is a difficult city. After the situation is stable, Ji Jie will be attacked from both front and back, and the Zhou army will be defeated!"
"Yes!" The messenger rushed towards Handi.
Then, Lu Buwei made a second decision: "Select five hundred strong soldiers, each carrying one hundred taels of gold, and rush to the barbarian tribes in the southwest of Shu County from the road at starry night, and let them send troops to fight Ji Jie. As long as they can defeat Ji Jie, I am willing to pay another hundred thousand taels of gold as reward, and also ask the King of Qin to issue an edict to make King Man the King of Ba County!"
"yes!"
After the person who conveyed the order left, Lu Buwei's face showed an expression that often appeared before. Every time this expression appeared, it meant that a pair of his heads had been completely eliminated.
"Ji Jie, I don't believe you can leave alive under the attack of the barbarians!" He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself bitterly: "You are the one who wants to come to Qin, so just stay with your life in peace. !”
After Ji Jie occupied Shu County, he ordered his troops to rest on the spot for three days. By this time, Wang Jian had returned to the Chu region and built the most solid defensive position to prepare for a battle with the Zhou army.
In the battles to conquer Bajun and Shujun, Xiong Ben was the first to rush to the city every time. Under his brave inspiration, all the Zhou troops fought bravely, while the Qin army fled.
On the afternoon of the second day of rest, Ji Jie received information from Sima Xueran, which was the news that Lu Buwei had invited barbarian soldiers to fight.
At this time, it was too late to send people to stop those people sent by Lu Buwei to bribe the Barbarian King. They were all native Qin people. As long as they went into the mountains and dense forests, it would be difficult to find their traces, especially for outsiders like Ji Jie. .
There was also a detailed introduction to the barbarian soldiers under the information. The more Ji Jie read, the more frightened he became. My biological mother-in-law, my fourth uncle, is this the same rattan soldier who beat Brother Zhu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!
Of course, the Tengjia soldiers became famous in one battle, but in the end they were burned back to their hometown by Brother Zhu.
Damn it, it seems that the feat of setting fire to the vine armor soldiers will fall on my head, hahaha!
To be honest, Ji Jie really wanted to see what the invulnerable vine armor of the barbarian soldiers looked like. Legend has it that it was made of extremely tough mountain vines soaked in oil, dried, and then woven.
"Pass my order to extend the rest time!" Ji Jie vowed to Xiong Bi: "There will be a big fight in a few days. Do you want to fight?"
Xiong Ben nodded without thinking and said longingly: "Of course I do, I like fighting the most!"
The five hundred sergeants sent by Lu Buwei quickly arrived at the area controlled by the Barbarian King. As soon as they prepared to camp, they were surrounded by a group of barbarian soldiers from all directions. The captain at the head immediately shouted: "Don't shoot arrows, we are sent by the Prime Minister of Qin to ask for an audience." His Royal Highness the Barbarian King!"
"What are you doing to see our barbarian king? You Central Plains people are all treacherous!"
“We bring sincerity!”
"What kind of sincerity? Show it to me and see!" The barbarian soldiers were deliberately making things difficult.
"Okay!" The captain picked up his backpack, pulled the cloth strap tied to it, and then shook it hard, and a fist-sized gold ingot fell from it, emitting a dazzling light.
The eyes of the barbarian soldiers were straightened. They had never seen so much gold in their lives in the wilderness.
"These brothers of mine are here to deliver gold to the Barbarian King. If you don't want it, we will go back immediately!" the captain said with a sneer.
"No, you come with me to see the Barbarian King now!" The Barbarian Soldier's attitude made a 180-degree turn, and he called to his brothers and said: "Why are you standing there, go and help the Qin Army brothers get their baggage." Ah, everyone must be tired!"
The captain pointed at him with his nostrils and said: "No, let's do it ourselves, lest we lose a few packages in a while, I can't handle it! Let's make it clear, this time we brought fifty thousand taels of gold, you guys Better keep us safe on the road!"
The barbarian soldiers all opened their eyes wide, fifty thousand taels!