Three days later, Han Xin returned to Hangu Pass with an army of 450,000 troops, and sent someone to report to Lin Ze in advance, requesting reinstatement to enter the pass.
Lin Ze immediately responded: "I will personally welcome the return of the hero."
Then he personally led an army of 50,000 people out of the city to greet him to show his respect.
After the army entered the city, they did not go into camp to rest. Instead, Lin Ze took them to the school grounds to assemble. Even those who were originally at the Hangu Pass camp were gathered together by him, leaving only 20,000 troops to guard the city wall.
Lin Ze stood on the high platform, looking at the densely packed army of more than 600,000 people in front of him, and said with excitement: "Thank you for your hard work, all soldiers. To celebrate your safe return, I have decided to reward the three armies tonight. I have enough meat tubes. You will be happy.
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The entire school grounds burst into excitement, and countless shouts rang out, startling the birds and beasts in the distant mountains and forests and fleeing in all directions.
Lin Ze nodded with satisfaction, but this was not enough.
Lin Ze clapped his hands, and Qianyuan led people to carry the wooden boxes to the stage one by one, opened them one by one, and placed them in front of the army.
A whole hundred boxes of gold reflected dazzling light under the reflection of the sun, making the eyes of the army under the stage scorch, and even though it was dazzling, they stared at it closely.
The originally noisy school grounds immediately fell silent, and only the sound of swallowing could be heard from time to time.
Lin Ze smiled, his true energy circulated, and his clear voice echoed above the school grounds: "I have always made clear rewards and punishments. Every meritorious deed must be rewarded, and every delinquent must be punished. In this war, there are countless of you who have made meritorious deeds, so I
Today I am here specifically to discuss my merits and reward them as a reward."
Then the military secretary was summoned to the high platform by Lin Ze. Based on his poor military merit, he announced in public that he would be promoted and rewarded.
When the rewards were completed, the morale of most soldiers was high and their mood was high. Only a small number of soldiers were in a low mood, but this was because they had insufficient military exploits and few rewards.
Seeing his companions getting promoted and getting rich, he secretly made up his mind.
After the reward, the civilians led by Qian Yuan had already prepared the fragrant monster meat, waiting for the whole army to enjoy it.
At this point, Dajun's eyes looked at Lin Ze with gratitude, and when he saw Lin Ze passing by, he saluted sincerely.
Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. It seemed that he had done a good job.
Lin Ze did this naturally to show that no matter who the leader (general) is who instructs you, the person who pays the wages (rewards) is the boss (coach).
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On the second day, Lin Ze sent someone to summon Han Xin and said: "Next, I will lead an army to attack Chen County, and Hangu Pass will be entrusted to you."
There was a trace of hesitation on Han Xin's face at first, and then he said firmly: "Han Xin thanks the military advisor for trusting me, but it's just..."
Lin Ze smiled slightly and said, "Just what?"
Han Xin gritted his teeth and said: "It's just an attack on Chen County, so there is no need for military advisors to come in. Han Xin can also help."
Lin Ze shook his head and said: "The risk is too great. After all, Chen She is a strong master at the master level. You may not be able to resist it. Besides, my military advisor has other plans for this matter, so I have to do it myself."
"The world is in chaos this time and there are many rebels. You will have many uses in the future. There is no need to just focus on this point in front of you."
Han Xin bowed and saluted: "What the military advisor teaches is that since the military advisor has said this, my subordinates can safely guard Hangu Pass and wait for the military advisor's triumphant return."
Lin Ze nodded slightly: "This time, our military division will set off with an army of 500,000, leaving you with an army of 250,000 to guard the pass. What do you think?"
"It all depends on the military advisor's orders."
Lin Ze waved his hand: "Go ahead, you choose the 250,000 troops first, and the rest will go out with our military division."
Han Xin bowed slightly, turned and left.
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In the afternoon, Lin Ze led an army of 100,000 troops each led by Zhang Han and Li Xin as the vanguard. He himself led an army of 300,000 troops and left the city in the direction of Yangzhai.
It is worth mentioning that Li You and the 50,000 troops assigned to him were naturally incorporated into Lin Ze's staff.
Five days later, Lin Ze led his army to the foot of Yangzhai City, only to see the banner of Zhang Chu planted at the top of Yangzhai City.
It seems that Zhang Chu's reaction was quite fast. Only ten days after Han Xin burned all the food and grass in the city and led his troops to evacuate, he sent people to reoccupy Yangzhai.
It's just that Lin Ze's arrival with his army means that Yangzhai City will have to endure another tragedy.
The arrival of the Qin army immediately attracted the attention of the defenders in Yangzhai City, and the warning drums kept ringing.
Under the command of the city gate guard, some rebels stepped forward and drove away the people at the city gate, and then worked together to close the city gate.
Some of the rebels climbed onto the city wall, and the defensive equipment stored in the city were moved out and placed on the west wall.
After doing these things, the rebel guard thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but when he looked at the almost endless Qin troops outside the city, he couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.
Yangzhai City had been attacked by the Qin army once before. The defensive equipment and food and grass were all burned by the Qin army. The difficulty of defending was more than ten times more difficult than before.
Lacking food, grass, and defensive equipment, the rebel garrison looked at the 50,000 troops he had assembled here and there, and then at the heavily armed and aggressive Qin army outside the city, completely losing their fighting spirit.
Lin Ze couldn't guess what the rebel guard general was thinking, and he didn't want to guess. He just said to Zhang Han: "The first battle is yours. In an hour, I will see the army camping in the city."
Zhang Han's face became solemn and he made a military salute and said: "Commander, please rest assured. It will take less than an hour for the general to capture Yangzhai City. Commander, please wait and see."
After saying this, Zhang Han immediately sent someone to summon the army he led, and led them to slowly approach Yangdi City.
Li Xin couldn't help but look envious at the side.
Zhang Han led an army of 100,000 to a stone's throw west of Yangdi City. He did not rush to order an attack, but stood in the air and carefully observed the defense situation of Yangdi City.
Ten breaths later, Zhang Han got the information he wanted, so he came down and ordered: "Split out three armies of ten thousand people and rush to the other three sides of Yangzhai City to wait for the opportunity."
The rebel garrison watched the Qin army in front of him divide into three armies, intending to attack the city from the other three walls. In desperation, he had no choice but to divide his troops and garrison them.
Zhang Han then ordered the sword and shield soldiers to protect the crossbowmen and move forward. Arrows rained down on the Yangzhai city wall, suppressing the rebels from showing their faces.
The rain of arrows poured down for a quarter of an hour, and Zhang Han suddenly ordered a stop. Before the rebels could react, he personally led 20,000 soldiers on ladders to attack the city wall.
The rebels in Yangzhai City were weaker than Zhang Han had imagined. He actually took the opportunity to attack the city wall in one fell swoop. Then a steady stream of Qin troops climbed onto the city wall, killing the rebels and retreating.
Half an hour later, the rebel guard general died among the rebels. The rest of the rebels either turned around and fled, or surrendered on their knees. Yangzhai City once again fell into the hands of the Qin army.
Lin Ze led the army to Yangzhai City, waiting for the arrival of various coalition forces.