The setback in the first battle made it difficult for the confident Xiao Wei Mou to accept. Although the casualties of more than 600 were a drop in the bucket compared to the 20,000 troops in his hands, if word got out, what would he expect from such a great general?
put.
He called his generals to discuss the upcoming war.
Lieutenant General Wei Mi was the first to speak: "I feel that the most important reason for our army's setback is that we did not pay enough attention to Tuolong Pass. Before the war, we never studied their tactics, including whether they had sufficient food and grass supplies and defensive equipment.
What kind of people attack rashly and cause a small setback in front of the army?"
The lieutenant generals all agreed, and Wei Mou slapped the table and said: "This is the commander's negligence. Since the war has begun, you should talk about the way to win. How can a small Tuolong Pass be defeated?"
Block the steps of my Wei soldiers!"
A strong attack is not possible, we have already suffered a big loss!
Digging a tunnel, no, it’s too slow!
Even if you send spies in, it won't work. It's too late!
Just when the discussion failed, the messenger came in and reported: "General Qi, your brother-in-law, Wu Yizhi, the guard general of Guantuolong Pass, is back!"
"Him?" Xiao Wei Mou frowned and said to himself: "Ji Jie has detained him for nearly two months and refused to let him go. Now that things are at loggerheads between the two parties, what does it mean to let him back?"
Wu Yizhi ran into the tent, knelt down with a bang, kowtowed and said: "The guilty general asks the general to punish him!"
Xiao Wei Mou was eager to know the reason why Ji Jie let him go. He waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about these useless things. Did you ask for it back or were you let back?"
Wu Yizhi lowered his head and said: "Ji Jie took the initiative to let me go. He asked me to come back with a message to the general, asking you to withdraw your troops as soon as possible, so as not to be unable to escape when the time comes. It is not worth losing 20,000 elite Wei soldiers."
Got it!"
"Fart!" Xiao Wei Mou stood up and pointed at Wu Yizhi's nose and said: "How could he, Ji Jie, dare to ask me to withdraw my troops? How many troops does he have to defend the city and how much food does he have?"
Wu Yizhi smiled bitterly and said: "He has more than 3,000 people. All kinds of ordnance are piled up like hills, and there are countless grains and grasses. They can last for at least a year and a half. Moreover, there are thousands of hectares of fertile land in Guan Nei, and the construction has been completed."
Xia Geng, if you do this, they won’t have any problem keeping it for ten to eight years!”
Wu Yizhi saw all this with his own eyes. Ji Jie's purpose in letting him come back was simple: to shake Wei Mou's military morale and show his attitude of fighting a long-term occupation with you.
A small Tuolong Pass, Xiao Wei Mou certainly never thought of putting all his energy here.
"Order the assassin team to set out at midnight tonight, climb the city wall and enter Tuolong Pass!" Xiao Wei Mou ordered: "Order to send a thousand lightly-armed elite soldiers to sneak near the city gate. Once the city gate is opened by the assassins, they will immediately rush in, and then
A large group of troops marched in and captured the pass in one go!"
"Got the order!"
At midnight, the surroundings were silent, except for the crackling sound of the torch burning chamber on the top of the city. A group of assassins in black sneaked under the cover of night and began to climb up with sharp grappling hooks.
A thousand light infantrymen approached quietly. In order to make no noise, they were all dressed in cloth and had a sharp knife hanging from their waist. Each of them held a small stone in his mouth and was not allowed to make a sound.
Seeing that the first assassin was about to climb up the city, his throat was suddenly pierced from top to bottom by a spear. Then the city wall burst into flames, and the position was clearly visible. The assassins lying on the city wall became
An archer's living target.
None of the dozens of assassins were spared, and the rain of arrows began to spread. The light infantry hiding in the dark were in great trouble. They fled like headless flies. On their way to escape, the torches that had been set up were shot out from the city wall. The rockets lit up one by one, and these people became living targets.
On the top of the city, Sima Xueran showed the most bravery. She quickly opened her bow and nocked an arrow, and the arrows were shot out continuously. Each arrow ruthlessly took away the life of the person below.
Ji Jian, Zhao Ling and Ji Xueling were not to be outdone. Naturally, Ji Jie's arrows were all in vain.
"Your Majesty, I request that my cavalry be sent out to cover up the enemy for a while!" Zhao Ling asked for a fight.
"No!" Ji Jie shook his head and rejected his proposal, saying: "Use bows and arrows to deal with these people. It doesn't matter even if a few escape. At least there are no casualties on our side, so why go down and fight with them!"
Zhao Ling nodded and continued to shoot Wei Jun.
Wei Jun once again abandoned hundreds of corpses and returned in defeat. Xiao Wei Mou, who was waiting to lead his men into Tuolong Pass, cursed his mother angrily. It was a perfect sneak attack plan, but how could it fall into Ji Jie's ambush?
It stands to reason that since Ji Jie won the battle during the day, he should be complacent. He would never have thought that I, Wei Mou, would sneak attack at night?
How could Ji Jie's attainments in the art of war be understood by Xiao Wei Mou? He had made preparations for a counterattack early in the morning, waiting for the fish to take the bait. Another purpose of releasing Wu Yizhi was to anger Xiao Wei Mou and make him involuntarily The idea of a sneak attack came up.
It has to be said that Xiao Wei Mou once again fell into Ji Jie's conspiracy.
It's not over yet, you sneak attacked me. If I didn't sneak attack on you, how could I call it a courtesy? Ji Jie put on a set of black clothes, pretended to be one of the fleeing Wei soldiers, and followed them back to Wei in a big way. State camp.
Wu Yizhi smiled bitterly and said to Wei Mou: "Brother-in-law, that guy Ji Jie is very evil. All your methods are useless. I think it's better to retreat as soon as possible!"
"Retreat, thank you for saying so!" Xiao Wei Mou glared at Wu Yizhi and said: "We must win Tuolong Pass, no matter what the price, we must win it, otherwise, how can we return to Daliang City and fight with the king? Explain!"
At this time, Ji Jie touched the Wei army's grain and grass storage area. There were 20,000 people and ten days' worth of grain and grass gathered here - 5,000 tons, piled into more than a dozen huge grain stacks. The supervision was very lax, and no one would think of being busy guarding it. The city's rivals will come and try to take advantage of these things.
An hour later, the Wei army guarding the grain fell asleep, and Ji Jie began to take action. The sacks filled with grain lined up and flew into Xumijie at a speed that was staggering.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, not a single grain of the five thousand loads of grain was left. Ji Jie smiled evilly at the empty ground, and then disappeared into the night.
Early the next morning, Weiying was in trouble!
The Huotou Army got up to make breakfast and found that the mountain of food was gone, so they quickly reported it to Wei Mou.
The food guards who did not know why were all executed by Wei Mou. Now, there is not a grain of food. What will the army eat? Even if people are sent to deliver food immediately, it will take time to prepare. In a few days, a lot of people would have probably starved to death by then.
"Withdraw to Yangyi!" Xiao Wei Mou reluctantly made the decision to temporarily withdraw his troops: "Immediately notify Yangyi and prepare lunch for 20,000 people without any mistakes!"