"Hahaha... All officers and men, quickly return the arrows to the Bashu army." Li Xin shouted.

The Qin soldiers lowered their heads to pick up the arrows, put down their shields, drew their bows and shot all the arrows back. Without the enemy's arrows raining down on the formation, the Qin soldiers took this opportunity to shoot dozens of arrows. The Bashu troops outside the pass scurried away with their heads in their hands.

Li Xin squinted at the opposite side and shook his head unconsciously, "Who is the general opposite? How did they get all the way to Xianyang?"

The bearded man opposite hugged his shoulders and looked at the corpses on the ground. He hugged his shoulders and joked, "Commander Kong's orders are really amazing. He can win the battle with his eyes closed. Hundreds of people died in vain. When Lu Pheasant comes back, Kong will

Even if the leader dies, he will lose some skin."

The elegant man twisted the collar of the bearded man and said, "Do you prefer the King or Lu Pheasant?!"

"Commander Kong doesn't think that the king can seize power, right?" The bearded man stepped back fiercely, "Lv Zhi placed us here, it's a dead end. Either we lose, let the Qin army come in, or we win.

Otherwise, it means losing troops and generals. Either way, Pei Gong has nothing to do. It would be better to repel the Qin army so that Bashu can survive, and then we can think of other strategies."

The elegant man lowered his head and gritted his teeth, "I will leave everything to Commander Chen. But...I will leave at least 10,000 soldiers behind!"

"Pedantry!" Chen He scolded, "How can the Qin army resist with at least 20,000 and 15,000 troops?!"

"I never said it would be good if the pass was released!" Kong Fu said angrily, and said his plan in his heart, "We will hide with the soldiers and let the Qin army attack Chengdu. No matter whether we win or lose, Lu Shizhi will be greatly weakened. Then

At that time, we will send out troops to attack him again before we can accomplish things for Duke Pei!"

Kong Huan became more and more excited as he spoke, "The Qin army will be defeated without enough food and grass. We can also go directly to Fuling to prevent Lu Pheasant from returning, and then summon the Bashu soldiers to attack Lu Shizhi. Lu Ze brought all his close friends with him on this trip.

This is the opportunity left for me to wait for!”

"Confidants? And summoning soldiers? Haha..." Chen He scratched his forehead and smiled bitterly, "As soon as you enter Bashu, the Lu family will be in charge. This is not Sishui County. They will only recognize the Lu family. If Commander Kong does this,

, in the eyes of Bashu people, they are just rebellious ministers. Every city in the city is filled with Lu Ze’s people. Commander Kong leads his army to hide? Which city’s garrison will provide food and grass? Idiot!"

Kong Xuan was completely speechless and stood silent.

"All generals, listen to the order!" Chen He shouted, "Anti-camp at the crossing! Archers ambush. If the Qin army dares to pass through, bows and arrows will be fired, and halberd soldiers will respond!"

The Bashu troops, who were already dissatisfied, all lowered their heads and marched to both sides of the road.

Li Xin, who was in the middle of the road, frowned secretly, "Don't fight? This is the best policy..."

"Commander Li, what should we do?" Zhang Er asked anxiously, "Three or five days can be postponed, but as time goes by, we will definitely return without success."

"If your Majesty hands over the remaining 25,000 troops to my commander, we will force them through today." Li Xin was slightly dissatisfied, "Now we can only delay it first, and then think of other strategies."

Zhang Er looked around at the mountains, "Oh, they are all on steep cliffs, and all the sharp tools for climbing are in Qin..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhao Ji coughed slightly, Zhang Er quickly shut up, and then remembered that Ziying didn't want Li Xin to know that he was in danger.

Li Xin glanced at Zhang Er without asking further questions.

"Commander Li, does he know where the west side of the sword pavilion is?" Zhao Ji turned back and looked north, seeming to have thought of something.

"This is my first time here, so I didn't know about it." Li Xin frowned and shook his head.

"There seems to be another road to the west of Jiange Pavilion..." Zhao Ji murmured, remembering that her father who had traveled far and wide told her that there was this road.

"Ma'am, are you serious?!" Li Xin couldn't hide his excitement, "If this is true, madam will have done a great job."

Zhao Ji nodded slowly.

Surrounded by steep cliffs, if there is no bypass, the Bashu army's delaying plan will succeed.

"Five thousand soldiers and horses retreated ten miles and were stationed. The rest of the soldiers followed my commander and retreated to the sword pavilion!" Li Xin shouted.

The whole army's rear team turned into the front team, and they returned by the familiar road.

Three hours later, when the sky was dark, Li Xin stood on the sword pavilion for a long time, his stern face extremely ugly.

There is no road on the west side of Jiange! The rugged rocks are crooked and not a path for people at all.

"I, the commander, should not believe the woman's words." Li Xin cursed secretly, "If there was a way, the Jiange defenders would have informed me long ago."

Zhang Er lay tiredly on the top of Jiange City and sighed, "This battle is all for my king, and Li Xintong is suffering."

Li Xin was in no mood to be polite and remained silent.

Since the failure of the attack on Chu, he has not fought a war to regain his prestige. After Ziying promoted him from the commander of the central defense to the leader of the army, he surrendered the army when he attacked Zhai, and refused to give all the troops to attack Bashu. He felt extremely cowardly.

"Both roads of the Jinniu Barn are at war. What's there to defend in Hanzhong? You have to send ten thousand people?!" Seeing that Zhao Ji was not there, Li Xin couldn't help but cursed, "Your Majesty is just messing around!"

"The King of Qin must have his reasons." Zhang Er defended Ziying, although in his heart he also thought that Ziying was fooling around.

The torches on the sword pavilion were lit, illuminating the surrounding mountain walls with a particularly deserted look. Li Xin suddenly felt like drinking.

"If we don't win this battle, I will not even be the commander of the central defense, but will just become a drunkard." Li Xin complained, "I have to bring women with me every time I go to war. It's okay not to fight this kind of war."

Zhang Er felt a little guilty, thinking that Ziying was helping him, which led to the current discord between the emperor and his ministers.

Zhang Er took the torch from the top of the city and sighed, "Commander Li, please rest early today. I have some things that need to be done."

"At this moment, it's already dark, and it won't be too late for King Changshan to stay until tomorrow." Li Xin squinted at Zhang Er.

"Some things can only be done when it's dark," Zhang Er replied.

"What's going on?" Li Xin asked alertly.

"Alas, when Liu Bang raised an army to fight against the Qin Dynasty, he had many loyal ministers with him." Zhang Er sighed, "Now even though Lu Fei has seized power, some of his ministers may still be loyal. I went to persuade him at night.

"

Li Xin was originally worried that Zhang Er would expose Ziying's plan when he saw Liu Bang's men. But now he had no choice. The worst result would be to withdraw his troops. Even if Zhang Er found out that he had lied to him, it would be fine. Moreover, even so,

If the Bashu generals were to use this trick to seduce them, as long as they took action, they would be given a chance, which would be better than the current stalemate.

"This commander will send the captain to follow." Li Xin said.

"No need, if they really follow Lu Pheasant wholeheartedly, I will be in trouble. There is no need for King Qin's ministers to follow me to death." Zhang Er said sincerely.

"Then there will be King Lao Changshan." Li Xin cupped his hands and said.

Zhang Er nodded, walked slowly down the city, and headed south.

Li Xin watched Zhang Er's back quietly and hammered the city wall of Jiange, "This woman made a mistake and lied about the military situation this time. Your Majesty will be the same as Mrs. Hu when she was there, and you won't punish her! Ziying, you are a fool!"

"Whether there will be punishment, I don't know. But I want to be cautious in my actions, and I won't say anything if I'm not sure."

Zhao Ji's voice suddenly appeared behind Li Xin.

Li Xin was startled, turned around and knelt down on one knee, "Madam... I mean..."
Chapter completed!