Regarding Zhou Shi, his confidant and favorite general, Chen She wrote a letter to persuade him to put the overall situation first and handle the matter properly.
Regarding Zhao, Qi and Chu, Chen She reprimanded them mercilessly this time.
The first sentence of Chen She's letter to the principals of the Three Kingdoms is, "Do you still remember the hatred of subjugating your country and the hatred of destroying your family?"
Perhaps he was stimulated by this letter, and Wu Chen's "illness" recovered the next day. He led an army of 200,000 people, marched hundreds of miles a day, rushed to Yangdi, and successfully joined forces with Zhoushi.
Not long after the military officials arrived, Xiang Liang led 200,000 Chu troops, and Tian Rong led 200,000 Qi troops to Yangdi one after another. At this point, a million troops gathered together.
When the reinforcements from the Three Kingdoms arrived, Zhou Shi could no longer hold back and ordered the entire army to march to Hangu Pass in preparation for breaking through the pass.
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At Hangu Pass, Lin Ze deliberately released the news. Almost everyone at the pass, including ordinary soldiers, knew that the rebels were coming with millions of people under their control.
Correspondingly, every morning, large armies leave the customs and return in the evening.
A strong atmosphere of impending war enveloped this majestic pass.
Ten days later, Lin Ze climbed onto the city wall and saw at a glance that millions of rebels were coming in a dense and overwhelming manner.
In the whole world, there is only the sound of feet stepping on the earth.
Lin Ze couldn't help but sigh: "There is nothing better than this in numbers of people. When surrounded by a million troops, there is no need to gather any military force. Just standing there gives people a feeling of being invincible. Not to mention the sixth grade
Dzogchen, if a master-level expert is thrown in, he can easily be surrounded and killed if he doesn't escape."
The only difference is that the Grandmaster will die slower.
After the millions of rebels appeared, they did not rush to attack the city. Instead, they detached a group of about 200,000 rebels and came to the gate of Hangu Pass to take a defensive posture.
The remaining rebels began to scatter, felling trees, setting up camps on the spot, and assembling siege equipment.
Lin Ze showed a smile on his face and murmured to himself: "It turns out that he was afraid of being attacked by a sneak attack. Zhou Shi was as cautious as ever, but he was so sure that all the officers and soldiers were at the pass?"
Lin Ze stood on the city wall, looked at it for a while, and then made a decision: he would guard the city wall with 20,000 soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers would rush back to the camp to rest and wait for orders.
Zhou Shi was more cautious than Lin Ze imagined this time. When night fell, the 200,000-strong army returned to the newly built camp.
After nightfall, countless torches were lit within a kilometer radius of the entire rebel camp, and the light was as bright as day. They were used to prevent Lin Ze from sending people to steal the camp.
To this end, the city has also arranged a special night watch team to be responsible for warning.
Each night patrol team has a total of ten soldiers, wearing flares on their waists and fully armed, patrolling everywhere.
There were at least a hundred night watch teams wandering around the entire camp.
Lin Ze waited and watched for a while. There was almost no chance to deal with the night watch team and secretly open the camp door without being discovered.
As for a strong attack? That is even more unrealistic. The camp walls built by the rebels are not weaker than ordinary city walls, and they are not so easy to break through.
After fully understanding Zhou Shi's mentality this time, Lin Ze changed into Zhang Han to keep vigil and went back home to rest.
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Early the next morning, Lin Ze took Li Xin to the city wall, replacing Zhang Han, who was struggling to keep himself up, and waited for the rebels to attack.
Then what surprised Lin Ze and Li Xin was that Zhou Shi did not order an attack. Two hundred thousand rebels, led by a general, stood in defense in front of the city gate like yesterday, while the remaining rebels
We are continuing to build the camp.
Such behavior by the rebels made Li Xin, who had just ordered the crossbows to be cocked, the trebuchets loaded, and the locomotives prepared, to feel very uncomfortable and couldn't help but curse:
"Military advisor, who do you think led the bullshit rebels? I was ready to attack, but the opponent actually stopped moving forward? Is this battle still going to be fought? If not, just retreat and wait for me to come.
better?"
Lin Ze carefully looked at the movements of the rebels and soon noticed something strange. He pointed forward and said, "Stop nagging and take a closer look. What are the rebels doing?"
Li Xin stretched out his head and looked around, with a puzzled expression on his face: "Military advisor, I've looked over and over again. The rebels are all building camps. Is there any difference?"
Lin Ze glared at Li Xin and said angrily: "Look carefully, is the rebel camp expanding outward and getting closer to the city wall?"
Li Xin suddenly realized: "That's it."
Then he asked weakly: "But, what does the other party want to do?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "In my opinion, the opponent wants to build the camp all the way to the city wall to offset our army's advantage of relying on the city wall for defense. However, this is not a temporary success. We need to be prepared for long-term operations.
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"Of course we can't rule out that the other side wants to use this to paralyze us and make us relax our vigilance, and then seize the opportunity to capture Hangu Pass in one fell swoop."
After hearing this, Li Xin's face became a little ugly, and he felt even more uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly: "According to the military advisor, in the short term, we and the rebels will only have to face each other like this, and this battle will not be fought?"
Lin Ze did not answer. In his opinion, Zhou Shi most likely thought so.
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In the rebel camp, Zhou Shi was handling military affairs in the commander's camp. The soldiers reported from outside: "The commander-in-chief, Zhao Wang Wuchen, Chu General Xiang Liang, and Qi Shangqing Tian Rong have come together and have arrived outside the camp and want to meet.
Marshal."
Zhou Shi frowned slightly when he heard this, put down the documents in his hand, and replied: "Invite them in."
Soon, a military minister dressed in royal robes stepped into Zhou's camp and said in a strange voice: "Admiral Zhou has so many things to do, he doesn't even have time to leave the camp to greet the distinguished guests."
In his words, he was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Shi for not being able to welcome him when he came to visit him. How could he say that he was also the lord of a country? Why was he, Zhou Shi, so negligent?
Xiang Liang and Tian Rong were also a little dissatisfied with Zhou Shi's attitude, but they still remembered that everyone was talking about allies, so they gently pulled the military minister to signal him to calm down.
Wu Chen received the two men's instructions, took a strong breath, snorted coldly, and looked at Zhou Shi coldly.
When Zhou Shi heard Wu Chen's voice, his face immediately darkened.
Zhou Shi hated Wu Chen's behavior of repeatedly making excuses and delaying joining the army with him at the beginning. Now facing Wu Chen, whose surname is King Zhao, he didn't even have a good face and replied coldly:
"If you don't lead your own soldiers in the camp, what are you doing here in the commander's camp?"
The military minister took a step forward and said in a cold voice: "Commandering the soldiers does not bother General Zhou. I ask you, why do you only focus on building camps and not sending troops to attack the city?"
Zhou Shi sneered and said: "Attack the city? The Hangu Pass is the most dangerous in the world. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are at least hundreds of thousands of troops in the pass. Who will attack the city?"
Wu Chen said confidently: "This time, you, Zhang Chu State, will be the main force. Naturally, your Zhang Chu army will be the main force. We, the Three Kingdoms, will naturally assist you."
Zhou Shi waved his hand and said: "Don't think about it, King Zhao. I can't let my men die by letting them go."
Wu Chen was furious, pointed at Zhou Shi and said: "You..."
Xiang Liang hurriedly stepped forward to grab the military minister, turned to Zhou Shi and said: "If Commander Zhou intends to keep building the camp like this and does not want to attack the city, then the coalition to destroy Qin will be empty talk. King Zhang Chu invited me to come with troops, and more
It’s a lie, and when we can’t figure it out, we have to ask, what does King Zhang Chu really want?”
Zhou Shi took a deep look at Xiang Liang, snorted coldly and said: "It's not that I don't want to attack the city directly, but that the cost of attacking the city directly is too high. I want to build the camp until Han
In front of the Guguan city wall, build a high platform to offset the opponent's geographical advantages as much as possible, and fight with them decisively."
"If the three of you do not agree with what I am doing, you can lead your own soldiers to attack the city. If anyone can break through Hangu Pass, I guarantee that none of the loot will be taken away from you."
Wu Chen sneered and said: "If you do this, how long will this battle last?"
Zhou Shi replied coldly: "No matter how long the fight lasts, it is better than losing the battle."
The military official was speechless.
After a long time, the military official gritted his teeth and said: "I will listen to you for a while, one month later. If the situation is still the same after one month, I will return home with my army and never participate in this matter again."
After that, he turned around and left.
Seeing this, Xiang Liang and Tian Rong said, "Commander Zhou, just take care of yourself." and then left.