A small Qin army of more than a hundred people rampaged through Bajun City. They were well-equipped and highly skilled in martial arts. After encountering two Zhou armies of the same number, they were all killed.
"Damn it!" Xiong Ben cursed: "Bajun City must have a secret passage leading to the outside, otherwise how could these people appear in the city!"
The general said indifferently: "It's just a hundred-man team. I will lead my men to destroy them immediately. General Xiong, just wait and see!"
After saying that, the general led his troops and rushed towards the place where the sound of commotion came from. Xiong Bi did not doubt the ability of the general at all. You must know that he has thousands of elites in his hands, which is more than enough to deal with a hundred people.
But so what if this team is killed. The three most important strategic materials, artillery shells, gunpowder and arrows, have been blown up. What can we do to fight against the Qin army? By then, they will just throw artillery shells into the city. , which is enough to send all the defenders inside to the west.
In addition, only the people of Qin knew about the secret passage that day. They could send people in whenever they wanted. You couldn't stop them at all, and they were impossible to guard against. In a few days, tens of thousands of people in the city would be attacked by these little people. The enemies were exhausted.
Not long after the explosion, the Qin army's siege troops began to retreat.
"Damn, I really didn't expect to encounter such a thing!" Xiong Ben was so excited that he punched the city wall. He originally wanted to show off his ability to defend the city in front of Ji Jie, but he didn't want to get eaten as soon as the fight started. deficit.
"Pass my order, each general will lead his troops to evacuate Bajun City alternately, destroying all the equipment that cannot be taken away before the withdrawal!" Xiong Bi made a very helpless decision: "This general will lead his troops to retreat, and everyone will The order will be carried out immediately!"
"yes!"
The north gate was attacked just now. The Zhou army withdrew from the west gate one after another. The destination was Shu County in the west. Xiong Bi also ordered the messengers to rush there quickly to report the news, and asked them to dig three feet into the ground to make sure there was no access to it. The secret passage outside the city, otherwise Shu County will follow in the footsteps of Ba County.
The Qin army did not pursue the Zhou army. Wang Jian smiled and said to the generals around him: "Now you know what is going on. This is called fighting without bloodshed! Haha, of course, many soldiers died in the feint attack, but Their deaths are definitely worth it. After occupying Ba County, Shu County became an isolated island. If the Zhou army insists on defending, no matter how many people will die there, because their supply line has been completely cut off by me! Of course, they can choose to retreat, but in this case, the advantage they had before will be gone, and Ji Jie will not get any benefits!"
"General Wang is wise!" All the generals began to flatter him.
Even if he wears a lot of clothes, even if he doesn't wear flattery, Wang Jian can't escape from this circle.
But one thing he didn't expect was that Xiong Bi had been following Ji Jie for a long time and was more or less affected by his style of doing things. In what aspects specifically?
The answer is: don’t play your cards according to common sense.
Although Xiong Bi didn't know how much impact the loss of Bajun would have on Shujun, he saw that Wang Jian was eager to get Bajun and would use any means to do so. He thought to himself that since you want it so much, I can't finish it. I'll leave it all to you.
When Xiong Bi led his troops to retreat, he came up with an idea: "Everyone, set fire to me, set all the houses in the city on fire, and leave nothing for the Qin people!"
Then, black smoke rose everywhere in the city, and all Zhou troops withdrew, and the fire burned all night.
The next day, Wang Jian stood in the ruins of Bajun City, looking at the piles of blackened bricks and the empty streets. He just wanted to curse, but in front of so many subordinates , he endured it.
"Damn Zhou Jun actually set fire to the city!" He gritted his teeth and said: "There is no point here anymore. The army is marching towards Shu County. This kind of thing will never be allowed to happen again!"
In fact, Wang Jian received a report of a fire in the city yesterday. He thought it was caused by the previous shelling. The sporadic small fires were nothing to worry about, so he didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until the fire burst into the sky at night that he realized what had happened. The severity of the incident was too late by then, and it was too late to save it.
"Send the battle report to Xianyang!" Wang Jian threw an envelope to the messenger and said, "Tell Xiangguo Lu and let him arrange to replenish troops and supplies for this general!"
"yes!"
In the battle report, Wang Jian did not mention that he sat back and watched Bajun City be burned. He only said that he took the city and asked for credit for the soldiers.
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The situation before him made Xiong Bi take a breath of air. A small Shu county actually had four or five secret passages leading to the outside of the city, some dug by the government and some dug by private individuals.
"I thought it would be easy to be a guard general, but now it seems I'm really not that good!" Xiong Bi sat down in the Chinese army's tent and said to himself: "Fortunately, I didn't eat too much this time. It’s my fault, otherwise I will definitely be scolded by your Majesty, so I’d better take the initiative to resign to avoid further casualties!”
In an artillery battle yesterday, both Zhou and Qin suffered casualties, but they were not many, only a few hundred people.
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When Ji Jie returned to the Zhou army's camp, the first thing he did was to remove Ji Xueling from his position as general. At the same time, Chen Yao and Sima Xueran were also removed from their posts, and he gave orders to the three armies.
The three girls sat in front of Ji Jie with their heads lowered. He did not speak, and none of the three dared to speak first.
Since the New Zhou Army was founded by Ji Jie, it has never suffered such a big loss. There were more than 70,000 casualties in one battle, which was more than twice the total number of people killed since Ji Jie took charge of the army. The three of them Of course I know the seriousness of the matter.
"What are you doing with your heads hanging down? Come on, raise your heads and give me a smile!" Ji Jie looked at the three girls with a rogue look on his face.
The three girls thought that Ji Jie would reprimand them severely. Just now he dismissed the three of them with a stern face in front of all the soldiers. Why did he turn into a playful and smiling face in the blink of an eye?
They looked at each other, but no one dared to speak.
"Three wives, look at how scared you are, hehe, husband, why don't I apologize to you?" Ji Jie couldn't help but pick up Ji Xueling and let her sit on his lap, and then hugged Chen Yao and Sima from left to right. Xueran's Liu Yao said with a smile: "Don't be angry. Let me tell you the truth. It was a show just now in front of everyone. Only in this way can you escape and perform more important tasks for your husband!"
"Really?" Chen Yao asked cautiously.
"Of course!" Ji Jie nodded and said, "It's not your fault that you lost to Wang Jian. That kid's intelligence is not inferior to mine, and only I can deal with him. But, you three have special status, no matter where you appear, you will It will attract others' attention, so I will take advantage of this and remove you from your post. This way, it will be much more convenient for you to go to Qi State again!"
"Qi State?" The three women asked at the same time. Isn't the main direction of attack now Qin State? What's going on with Qi State?